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Death of Jimmy Fell casts a shadow over Kibble Valley


polourful character wseem the same again Kar excellence, the l ibble Valley has so s t som e o f its


cocal historian and


WITH the death last F rid a y o f Jim m y l Fell, the much-loved


gav weave the words which u e us a fascinating and senique view of life as l en through his “Whal-


roblems ahead. c From the outset, coun­ j o their utmost to save


management team. i From six chief officers


ing three departments — in other areas, including Chief Executive and Cor- the auction mart site. porate Services, Devel­ opment and Client Ser­ vices and Community and Commercial Services. All have had to become


as three directors head cxecutive and director of


Michael Jackson, predicts there could still be a diffi-


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alk council offices. t First in line for restruc­


d ill lie no massive redun­


Wancies at the Church t with extra workloads as uring was the council’s


employees. c The object of the exer­ wat end and ensure there


perated by their own thise has been to achieve


oobs and retain services hn 11174, the authority now was been good, ground­


ring has hampered action e The authority’s chief


e ork for compulsory tend­


what many believe could be a model authority h While progress to date


apecision was taken to phart a course through the dillors agreed they must


av the council operates. d In October last year the


citive tendering and the tive tendering process. l ommunity charge have wed to major changes in the


tion of compulsory compet- the compulsory competi- ........- ’


has once again reared its bead and with it chal­ lenges which have already resulted in major upheaval as Ribble Valley Borough Council aims to lead the wav into the next century. The planned introduc


2orward to the year coup,It will be a bloodless


r ient local authority e


,000.


point specialist consul­ cr be retained by the ctants to help the authority


many of the offices, mhe wheels are set in


il’s accounts department. l The whole process has


g the borough wall either oo to outside contractors


rDependant on tenders ineceived, refuse collection


ouncil’s own workforce. n The ground mainte­


time the Ribble Valley will have seen the introduction of the community charge, which will be a colossal c undertaking for the coun­


June 1990, by which


ined to substantial upheaval otion for the formation of


inance service follows suit


Out of it will emieertge a streamlined, pre . irofi-


feady and able to go for reorganisation


A REVOLUTION is taking place on the quiet corridors of Ribble Valley Council’s offices in Church Walk, Clitheroe.


Streamlining for the 21st century


ey Window.” The place will never


by Vivien Meath


vice will be advertised this month and from next Sep­ tember will be subject to


undereen the first to come


ontractor. b The refuse service has


much more commercially orientated in view of their c new role as client and


scrutiny. The ser­


2uthority into the year some,0 0 0 sh ou ld go to H one much younger.


escribed his impending o the fact that he feels the


retirement. ofHe has made no secret apportunity to lead the


o feeling sad in some ways, he has decided the time is now right to hand over.


of roasting chestnuts, a band playing carols, hot mince pies and a Dicken­ sian village scene all evoke the spirit of Christmas. WThat will be the case in


Celebrating Christmas THE in style mouthwatering scent


gon Parish Council has theiven its full backing to


evening. Pre ewo o d Homes , of ston.


THE Clitheroe branch of the Save the Children Fund is holding a coffee morning in the Ribble Val­ Sley Mayor's Parlour on


Coffee time


naturday, from 10 a.m. to i


oon. t LJ. J .4 - - . - i . - . 'i . , . i ' - i v . - i . . *


THE long winter nights may be here, hut members of the Rotary Club of Ribblcsdale are already thinking of spring. veA group of members planted daffodil and narcissus bulbs on the


rges in Chatburn Road, Clithcroc, and on the roundabout in . - i , L . - i . i . i ..a '/U A... i ' i . i ' y t


Garnett Road, ready for flowering next year. mIt is a continuance of the club’s policy to do a little each year to


f ake Clithcroe an even better place to live and is about the ifth year that such bulb planting has been carried out. - v - - A , i-' i --A-1 * I


Aalley, Coun. Albert d tkinson, opened the pevelopment, which com anrises 30 two-bedroomed pd one single-bedroom l ar tment s for the L derly, in Whiteacre ane.Developers are Chadd-


THERE has been consid­ erable interest in the pri­ vate development of lux­ ury apartments at Green Park Court, in Whalley. VThe Mayor of Ribble


Mayor opens apartments


be setting up stalls on the same theme and there will be a band playing carols and choirs singing. t Whalley and Little Mit-


Funch, making sure wather Christmas is there h ith his sleigh and per­ toaps even persuading him t give rides in a pony and rap!Local organisations will


sn the streets, including w Coun. Eric Bracewell, pelling hot food, serving


n Dickensian costumes, o volved in entertainment


with their windows appro­ priately decorated. inThe Lions will be


vailable. r e s o u r c e s


m spirit of the evening to b Mr David Morris, the a en until about 9 p.m. wercial services, said staff


ake it memorable. opTraders will be staying ind many will be dressing


T Clitheroe Chamber of Runty council, while the Clrade, the village Lions tioub and local organisa­ thens are all entering into


1 halley on December s 5th, when the village Ptages "Mr Pickwick’s


arty Night.” theThe Whalley branch of


s ere fully occupied in liweeping the grounds. He okened the job at this time Forf year to "painting the


th Bridge."


t ho is a member of both che borough and town


dhing possible was being f one with the limited ain an c ia l


ous because of leaves, but t he accepted that every­


ouncils, said he felt that some paths were danger­


oorough council’s director mf community and com­


his own post will be adver­ ttised and, while admitting


bl e has been in the Rib­ f e Valley for 15 years, 1acing reorganisation in m973/4 and the momentous d ove to new accommo­ ation.In the next few weeks


l e now legendary “leafy tanes of the Lake Dis­ drict,” as one councillor


rian Manning. t In July, Mr Jackson, thibble Valley, heading for


deputy and borough trea­ asurer Mr Gordon Onslow


cult 12 months ahead. Gone are his former


Bnd deputy town clerk Mr Roo, will be leaving the


he area he loved and t eulogised so often, went toaper he used each week


tikeable old rascal and pogether like the ink and


parkle. l The two of them, the


hint of mischief, too. t With a not uncommon


nother “Whallcy Win- We’ll miss thee, old lad


sts 77 years of late as he msured him, as the nor­ atruggled with ill health, and I thought I detected


door. The usual twinkle was in his eyes, still as t bright as ever on a face


ithout our Jimmy. mIt was n o t many arly, round my office


ihat had begun to look


whrew down on my desk a hat I thought was yet


ally loquacious Jimmy wim the BISM for his Wxeing of his “Whalley e made an unusually quick


asy drawer, there, I wistinguished career ork with the mentally


said with an impish grin. mI put the obituary in


theatrical flourish, he warely time to settle t hen the news came


out a life larger than any part he would have taken on with gusto had he fol-


he wings, as he acted


ofessional thespian. j Instead, after his first


essional repertory at the


Problem of town’s — leafy


m was out early with his s ccrington and Ros uefore many people were


treets. torShe said that a contrac­


t omments from some wownspeople that leaves s ere piling up in the


give Jill


p and about. at It was an enormous task


work he was doing, she added.


coRoads are swept by the Cibble Valley Borough s ibble Valley Council


town centre only and he is not allowed to touch the gutters.


weeps leaves off paths in the Castle grounds.


ad full confidence in the His contract is for the


s s husband take centre wwn inimitable style itage, albeit with a car­ tng eye on things from


death while out walking in his beloved Whalley on Friday afternoon with Marjorie, the other half of an indomitable team which had shared a happy married life span­ ning over 50 years. haMarjorie had been ouppy to let her gregari­


hrough of his sudden


ob as a junior clerk in the offices of the Clare­ mont Omnibus Company f and a short period in pro­


xit, to gather dust for many years to come. b Sadly, the dust had had


dfficer in 197fi, after a h hich a year later earned


pr instincts and become a marked the occasion by l o w e d h i s e a r l i e r


JWhalley Window” on muly 10th, 1986, and we


h gs, was the richer for his way with words and


t oving his weekly article th le man and local life,


ost for a subject. F It was a proud Jimmy “ ilestone of his l,0()()th


l eek in, week out, never mell who reached the


ine en te r ta in ed and o formed readers in his


he rest of his life. h For well over 20 years,


o a page one spot. abJimmy was a remark­ inrough his weekly writ­


aiser and Times.” It was w love affair with words t hich was to dominate


handicapped.After the theatre, his other love — that of the written word — took hold of Jimmy many years ago, as he first wrote verse and later penned his famous “Whalley t Window” for the “Adver­


l peared, as he did regu­ hahought it might come in Hng at Ca lderstoncs aponths ago that Jimmy


A personal tribute by the Editor i ndy. Haven’t been feel­


d ow ” h o t o f f th e typewriter. T “ I t’s my obituary.


ng too well recently,” he mtayed until his retire­ o ent as public relations


Grand Theatre, Black­ iburn, he went into nurs­ s ospital in 1932. There he


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


' readable articles. He cap­ tured the rich tapestry of o life perfectly, with a hint


edit the “Advertiser and Times” almost three j years ago, one of my first


appings of pomposity. t I am ashamed to say


as a thick cloud of sad­ ness cast its dark shadow over the whole of the Ribble Valley.


hire days. t Suddenly last Friday,


is ability to write very t We’ll certainly miss


aCLITHEROE pavements l re being swept free of someaves, contrary to what


This assurance was ven by Town Clerk Mrs c Tomlinson, following


streets— e people might think.


b echanical street sweeper oendale College taking t I lost the vote but t ver management of she Whalley-based


dult education merger. A The fight to prevent debate.


C this time of year, but t ervice has almost cer­ h litheore Town Council


tion containing 1,726 sig­ natures collected in just a few days from people who use the service, there is every possihilitythat from January 1st the adminis­ tration of our adult educa­ tion service will bo out on a limb.I tried my best, but unfortunately at the end of the day we did not win the battle,” said a disap­ pointed County Coun. Mrs Gill Lea following the meeting at County Hall. waThe recommendation


s s not a foregone conclu­


aation Liaison Committee isnd the Association of Par­


transfer should take place. RDespite opposition from c ouncil, the District Edu­ h Councils, plus a peti­


t council’s Further Educa­ reion Sub-committee cacommended to the Edu­


ainly been lost. On Tuesday, the county


tion Committee that a


ADAMANT DESPITE PETITION aONLY an 11th hour reprieve can now stop a Ribble Valley


Adult centre tmerger set


hee, old lad. ictory. o go ahead


urious activity in a bid to c convince the county coun­


ye on adult education. f The past month has seen


puion. County Coun. Lea s the distance between Tos- f t forward a strong case tor retaining local adminis­


LOOKING FORWARD TO SPRING oration during a lengthy Aw o r th , s e r v e d by n e-an d -a -h a lf hour d ccrington and Rossen-


tast outpost, and Whi­ ale College 40 miles


oun. Mrs Lea referred to lide, the Ribble Valley’s


f fe e lin g locally and c everyone who helped to


t h a n k s a r e d u e t o ollect signatures.”


ew of the Ribble Valley villages. Signatures were also collected outside Booth’s supermarket on Friday night. C In her speech, County


arions were circulated f ound Clitheroe and a


notice, a public meeting was organised at Ribbles- dale School and in only t four days last week peti­


itil to leave the service as is.With extremely short


the recommendation at its December meeting, she vowed to continue her fight for the retention of v Ribble Valley-based ser­


unusual if the Education Committee did not accept


here was quite a bit of sympathy from all parties and concern expressed about adult education in general,” said County Coun. Mrs Lea. Adding that it would be


eices and to keep a firm deliveredice which could not be by a large, dis­


l Ribble Valley stood to cose a devoted, totally vommitted personal ser­


roup. adThere were no financial


w ur prime concern is a ith people, not with t dministrative struc­ Lures,” County Coun. Mrs “ ea told the meeting. WThe motto which the


institant and impersonal “Otution.


ontinue to do so.” deAfter hearing of the


always used is ‘serving the people.’ We of the Ribble c Valley ask you to let it


halley Adult Centre has


Times” deputy editor Sue Baron said: “At least we


cision, “Advertiser and


tried and made known our views.


t “The jjublic response to the petition in such a short oime showed the strength


ghe 16-19 year old age thevantages apparent and


away.The Whalley Centre, she said, had a tradition of looking after the needs of adults, unlike Accrington and Rossendale College, t where the main thrust was


he sunshine disappeared


ay of sunshine to the s drabbest of East Lanca­


mf being able to make the f ost gloomy of persons reel good, of bringing a


est fans. o He had the rare knack


beAs it turned out, we Gtars from Clitheroe Royal I came firm friends and therammar School set off for g ended up one of his big


o sec sense and avoid, perhaps, one of the big gest mistakes of my jour­ nalistic career. There would undoubtedly have been a justified outcry from his loyal readers at home and from expatri­ ates stretched around the globe.


indow.” t It did not take me long


i ant in the squads, there ws a real chance that they t ill return to England in a iriumphant mood, bring­ vng with them the spoils of


men are travelling abroad as ambassadors of the game.Judging by the level of d experience and skill abun


eams.With our professional i clubs all banned from play­


t he school has sen shree sides to Holland on a rpecial football tour to a e p r e s e n t C lith e r o e t gainst a number of Dutch


ng in Europe, the sports­


sOVER 40 young soccer T Continent last week.


aobs was going to be the


trf erudition without the hat, when I arrived to


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sae licensing magistrates, juid it was the view of the tostices that liquor ought w be traded in a different


atores in Clitheroe selling wlcohol did so on a “shop


ay to other merchandise. s He stated that all the


dividual circumstances. T He said the objection by


uying.The Pendie and Ribble Valley Justices refused to s grant a full licence for self-


co possibility of a street i llection and decided that effort.t had a duty to make an


ouncil meeting. theThe council discussed


ual participation are also *o be encouraged.


aOME suggestions to a ise money for a public mppeal concerning the war puemorial at Whalley were c t forward at the parish


Cervice at the planned SMemorial cash


litheroe store in July Group and individ­


b esco was ill-founded, necause its plans would tot prevent pilfering, ille- bal sales or impulse


nt thought it was wrong or inot properly applied to the


should only deviate from i the Ribble Valley policy if


ithin a shop” basis. He told the court that it


res. thMr Arthur Stuttard, for


the had been found to be c most effective way of aontrolling and selling stolcohol through Tesco


tn a store and to give cus­ pomers the best service shossible, experience had theown that self-service is It only way to operate.


James Duggan, who is in charge of liquor sales, said i that to maximise operation


wsted in this part of the orld.Tesco d ire ctor Mr


seervice basis. That repre­ telf-service was something


nted 309 stores. s The introduction of full tehat had been tried and


ppellant, said that 86% of Tesco stores selling intoxi­ scants did so on a full self-


aterloo Road. a Mr John Littler, for the


tu Licensing Justices had torned down Tesco’s plans s operate a self-service aystem of buying alcohol ut the store, currently Wnder construction on


f alcohol at its proposed store in Clitheroe. ley Pendie and Ribble Val­


tSUPERMARKET giant Tesco is toasting vic­ oory after winning a court appeal over the sale


Tesco’s victory over sales of alcohol


Staggering T response


the number of applications C for jobs at its new store in


hHE Tesco stores group


he vacancies with the s right calibre of staff,” said


aff. atThe recruitment centre


00 will have been made.


d started in earnest for aepartmental managers end assistant store manag­ s rs. Interviews start sthortly to select general


i the Starkie Arms Hotel in Clitheroe will be operat­ wng until December, by mhich time final appoint­ 1 ents out of more than


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THE-village- an Chipping’s conservation lays that two damaged g He points out that these


Special lights for


rom some villagers. s A council spokesman


.


ght be claimed. e The new ones are more 25 watts in the old white


glowive off a golden white mi and are not orange as


wnergy-saving, using 70 1 atts each, compared with


mercury lights. s The installation ,• he


tions between the county planning officer and the county surveyor's depart­ ment, and all the old lights wi l l even u ta ll y be replaced, possibly within six months.


oays, has been carried out


t The spokesman reports ahat other conservation simreas will be receiving a ilar lights. Waddington therlready has them and lem e have been no prob­


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