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An unusual start to their married life


A CLITHEROE couple’s relationship got off to an unusual start. Bill and Doris went to the same school but did not know of each other’s existence until, at the age of 21, Bill really saw Doris for the first time and decided there and then that he was going to marry her!


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on March 17th will be Pamela Gertrude Dowson (Conservative), of Hawk- shaw Farm, Clayton-le- Dale; Jo h n H in d ley (Labour), of 2 Billington Gardens, Billington; and Graham Hugh Sowter (Social and Liberal Demo­ crat), of 10 Whalley Old Road, Langho. Voters should note that


IT will be a three-cornered fight in the Ribble Valley Council’s by-election at Billington, caused by the resignation of Coun. Jack Can- (Independent). Standing in the election


Ebenezer Baptist Church, Whalley Road, Billington,


The Inn at Whitewell, a top producer from Anglia, who is a leading advocate of dialect, will listen as Jimmy tries to unravel the intricacies of local “lan­ guage” to make sure they have “gorrit reight” down in th e land of dwi 1 e flonking. In what will be his first


Anglia, is coming up to record an item for Anglia television on the peculiari­ ties of Ribble Valley speech. In the neutral setting of


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all their lives in the town and were married at St James’s Church. Bill (77) has worked in


A film crew from one of retiring at the age of GO r the country s heartlands of fj.om his job as research


design d rau g h tsm an ,


engineer with GEC. A man with a love of


mathematics and an appe­ tite for problem-solving, he now spends at least three hours a day working on his computer and also enjoys playing snooker.


just that and tomorrow Mr and Mrs Hindle, of Woone Lane, will celebrate their golden wedding. The pair have both lived


Six years later he did


many capacities, including that of toolmaker and


keen golfer for 30 years and is a well-known figure at Clitheroe Golf Club, having held office as secretary, competitions secretary and lady cap­ tain. She was captain of the Lancashire County Veterans’ Golf Association two years ago and also likes a game of bridge. The couple have a


Doris (72) has been a


celebrate their 50 years together by having a night out with friends, a family get-together at the golf club and an open house early in March.


daughter and two sons, one of whom lives in Aust­ ralia with his family. The Hindles plan to


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for March 18th for screen­ ing in the near future.


FOUR Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupils have been locked in a bat­ tle of wits which has taken them deep into science and industry. Sara Pearson, Simon Kay, Rani Koya and team captain David Haworth were placed fourth in the Lancashire regional heat of the Shell-Lancaster University


Man are taking part in the Olympiad. The competition is open to fourth, fifth and sixth formers and the top prize is a V.I.P. helicopter flight to a Shell gas production platform in the North Sea, with the second-placed team receiving £200-worth of either scientific or computing equipment. Pictured, from the left, are Sara, Simon, Rani and David.


Pulse-racing event


IT must be over 20 years ago, perhaps nearer 30 that I stood with the old gentleman and looked at the lovely old house across the road.


will be used as a polling his face but, after a few s ta tio n ins tead of St moments, he spoke. Augustine’s RC School. Langho Methodist Chapel will also be used.


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Life on the ocean wave


THE Royal Navy Schools' presentation team will be visiting Clitheroe Royal Grammar School on March 8th to give an insight into its role. The team will be visiting


more than 200 schools round Britain with the


presentation, which is illustrated with slides and short films. The lecture will include details of the h is to ry of th e navy through to the main rea­ sons for its existence today. It is designed to give a general studies lecture to


house,” he said. “I was only a little lad in frocks at my mother's knee; little lads wore frocks in those days; when one day my fa th e r came in. Quite excited he was.


“ I was born in th a t


all the women folk, inside. He locked the doors and fastened the shutters” — the shutters are still there today, for I know the house well, having lived there a long, long time ago, myself.


“He got all the children,


road to our stables where that grocer’s shop is behind us — got on his horse and rode into Black burn. The cotton workers there were rioting; stone throwing, smashing win­ dows, breaking doors down, and the millowners were getting together to defend their property. We were all frightened; my mother, the maids, all of us.”


“Then he crossed the


was silent; who knows what thoughts were going through the mind that had been gathering memories for more than 80 years?


Once more the old man


but fascinated. I had read of the cotton riots before. In the dim and distant past they were, almost ancient history, but now here I was, speaking to a man who remembered them in his own lifetime.


I, too, was silent; silent


It helped so much to put the past into proper pros­ pective; brought history so much nearer home; made it seem almost yesterday.


fifth and sixth formers on drop in the operatives the role of the Royal Navy wages of 10%; a significant and Britain’s maritime sum today and equally sig- interests. It is not aimed nificant all those years ago at recruitment, but to although, in actual cash, it explain the position of the amounted to less than a Royal Navy within the handful of coppers, context of current defence i t brought back the


a little mental arithmetic. The year, I decided, must have been 1878, when there was a threatened


policy. There will be time scenes so graphically for a question and answer period.


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d e s c r ib e d by S te p h e n Clarke in his "Clitheroe in its Old Coaching and Rail­ way days,” favourite read­ ing when I was a boy in th e C a s t l e tow n an d immensely valuable for reference still. Stephen told how, fol­


lowing a series of th re a ­ te n in g in c id en ts in th e town, news was received


Later, back home, I did


The old man stood with pensive expression on


Whalley Window


ported by the Deputy Mayor and other officials, read the Riot Act from the hotel entrance. Words appeared to have little effect and, at a given sig­ nal, the military appeared; the 17th Lancers, who had ridden from Leeds. What words could not achieve, uniformed men,


trouble seemed imminent. The Town Clerk, sup­


thoughts came back to mind because I once chat­ ted with an old man out­ side the house where he was born.


J. F.


pulse-racing event of local history in the last century, it was an exciting story to read. If you have a per­ sonal copy, rejoice and read it again; if you ha­ ven’t, go along to the library and borrow it. You will be entranced. Just think — all these


horses and cold steel could an d , in a m a t te r of minutes, the streets were cleared. P ro b ab ly th e most


Schools Science Olympiad. Thirty schools from throughout Northern England, North Wales and the Isle of


Back to squash club - as owner


FORMER top Clitheroe squash player Mike Heyworth has returned to tne club he used to captain — as the owner.


Helen, of Bay Gate, Bol- views,” said Mike, who is ton-by-Bowland, have an accountant. “I am still bought the Chatburn Road very keen on the game and squash club. Their first this has happened very task was to change the club’s name, from the Empress to the Clitheroe Squash Club, and their second is to give it a new look.


Mike and his wife, of weeks to hear their nicely for me."


squash at the age of 35 with the East Lancs Club. When the Empress o- pened.he transferred to Clitheroe, living then in Pendleton. He captained the club for two years and,in his first year of eli­ gibility for veteran tourna­ ments, won the Lanca­ shire Veterans’ Amateur Championship at Preston.


Mike began playing


ness venture and one which he intends to turn into a success. The three squash courts, one of which is glass-backed, are b e in g r e p a i r e d and cleaned, but it could be several months before the new look is complete.


This is Mike’s first busi­


organised by the Careers Service in conjunction with the Manpower Ser­ vices Commission. A spokesman for the service in Clitheroe said it was hoped to attract as many parents as possible.


The convention has been


sunbed, aerobics room and and national employers bar, is open every day will be staffed by repre- between 8 a.m. and 11 sentatives able to offer p.m.


The club, with its multi- g ym n a s ium , s a u n a ,


wide-ranging advice and afterwards fifth-form


we are planning to do and interviews at the Careers we intend to hold a mem- Office for schemes in bers’ meeting in a couple whlch they are interested.


“There are lots of things leavers will be invited for Stands by many local


Offering advice


on careers A CONVENTION to give all school and college leavers and their parents information on opportuni­ ties offered by the Youth Training Scheme will be held at Clitheroe Parish Hall next Tuesday, start­ ing at 6-30 p.m.


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Mrs N. Foster and pianist was Mrs P. Fisher. A spe­ cial collection for the Save the Children Fund raised £31. Refreshments were served. There will be no meet­


Methodist Church on March 4th, at 2-15 p.m.


Women’s Fellowship heard Mrs C. Holidav, of Accrington, speak on “The life of Peter,” from his first calling through his denial of the Lord to his final forgiveness and zeal for Christ. The chair was taken by


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was opened by Canon C. F. Goodchild, who thanked members of the church, not only those who served on the PCC, but also those ] who had helped in count- j less ways in the mainte­ nance of the church and ministry. Reports were given on


Mr A. Hughes and Mr ' E.F. Rowbottom were unanimously re-elected churchwardens for the ensuing year. The meeting of electors


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the Vicar and Mrs Good- child for the sustained work they had carried out * on behalf of the parish.


Michael Harrison for St Helen’s on his first presen­ tation of the accounts and Mr W. Heanan of St Cath­ erine’s, with great regret that increased business commitments were caus­ ing him to resign from the . office of treasurer. The Vicar was pleased, how­ ever, to welcome Mr Alec i Green to fill the vacancy. ! Mr E.C.Parker thanked !


the work of the PCC, the Fabric Committee and the Electoral Roll. The Vicar thanked Mr


PCC were: Mr R. Brvan, 1 Mrs Y. Bush, Mrs M.A. < Chappell, Mrs J. Chew, 1 Mr A. Green, Mrs A. I Gregson, Mrs N. Good­ ehild, Mr M. Harrison, Mr I R. H a th e re l l , Mr P. f


Members elected to the I ‘


annual meeting of electors of St Helen's Church, Waddington, was held fol­ lowing Sung Eucharist on , Sunday. At the vestry meeting 1


Re-elected The Easter vestry and


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