Clitheroe 2232b (Edito U Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 1st, IDS!) Brilliant sunshine for lively gala


GISBURN’S annual gala sprang back into life in brilliant sunshine on Saturday, with visitors, entries and proceeds well up on last year.


event, when only three floats turned out, this year’s procession boasted eight floats, led by the West Craven Youth Band and retired police officer Mr D. E. Beaumont, of Rimington, riding his retired police horse, Hero. The event, held on the


Following last year’s


village cricket field, raised more than £500 for the F e s tiv a l Hall Fund. Judges for the day were Mr and Mrs Colin Pollard, of Barnoldswick, and Mrs Pollard was presented with a basket of flowers by playgroup children Paul Cuthbert, Clare Bancroft and Jane Thornber.


ton, . of Gisburn, assisted by the village butcher, Mi­ lan Frankland, ran a suc­ cessful barbecue and among the other attrac­ tions was a pot smashing stall and a tombola.


Coun. Harry Wadding-


burnc Park Hospital ( The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party); Juniors — Gisburn Play­ group (Care Bears), Friends of Gisburn School (Baker’s day).


Floats: Seniors — Gis-


S.West and Andrew (Noddy and Big Ears); Mrs W. Haighton and Romy (Punch and Judy); Mrs Susan Moorhouse and Thomas (Postman Pat).


Decorated prams: Mrs


(Gisburn garbage), Emma Graham and her dog (Owner’s look like pets). There was a tie for third place between two Sooty and Sweep entries — Craig and Kieran Ryde, and Mrs J. Pedley and Craig.


and Jane (Baby Bea), T. Goulding (Nightmare), Mrs K. Calvert and Sara (Greetings from Gisburn). Five-a-side football —


Original: Mrs E. Peel


— Donna Newhouse (Lit­ tle Bo Peep), Mrs K. Sut­ cliffe and Christopher (Mrs Rabbit and Peter), Rachel and Neil Carroll (Mad Hatter and Alice).


Fancy dress: Character


Horror: Emma Beau­ mont and Nicola Pate


Active in village


life


A WOMAN active in local life in Waddington over many years, Mrs Alice Bargh, has died three weeks after being admit­ ted to Clitheroe Hospital. Mrs Bargh (84), of Holly


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Dene. Backridge, was a lifelong member of Wad­ dington WI.


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Clitheroe Lady Farmers' Club since its formation and for many years was secretary of Waddington Methodist Women's Work Fellowship, which has supported a number of, good causes such as over­ seas missions.


Wilfred, a Ribble Valley farmer, and a granddaugh­ ter, Miss Ann Rigby.


She leaves a husband, I - -"


Waddington Methodist Church on Tuesday, prior to c r e m a t i o n a t Accrington.


A service was held at m BAKER’S Day by the Friends of Gisburn School NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES m


New family A new family has moved Grindleton.


into the Duke of York Hotel,


Licensee Mr Richard Chivers and his French- born wife, Anne-Marie, together with their two children, Emeline (4) and Aurelie-Anne (2) are look­ ing forward to the chal­ lenge of running their first pub.


manager at the Foxfields Restaurant, Billington, and hopes to build-up the catering side of the busi­ ness. At the moment he is looking for a Cordon Bleu cook or commis chef to help him in the kitchen on busy holidays and week


Richard was formerly


family are looking forward to joining in village life and welcoming villagers and visitors to the Duke.


On parade WH ALLEY,


Mrs Mavis Day welcomed Mrs Kathleen Holt, of


meeting. Supper was served by Mrs Eileen


Edwardian music Seniors Whalley WI’s president


Ground Charity annual be the local delegate to the sports take place on Satur- AGM in London. The four dav. Starting at 1-30 p.m. resolutions were read and fanev dress contestants discussion followed. Mrs will parade to the playing Holt was instructed on fields, led by Slaidburn voting, but allowed to use


Grindleton Recreation Clayton-le-Dale, who will


Silver Band. The theme for the fancy dress is “Ani­ mals and monsters.”


sports will follow and dur­ ing the afternoon teas will


Children and adult ends. Mr Chivers and his a memorable day.


be served in the school hall. A summer raffle will be drawn and tombola and ice cream stalls will be available. It is hoped that many village residents will join in the fun and make it


Peace and Mrs Clarice Smith.


^Abbey senior citizens’ drive in Whalley were: Ladies — Mrs A. Rigby, Mrs E. Chiney. Gents — Mrs D. Farnsworth,Mr N. Walmsley. Dominoes: Mrs E .


Whist winners at the


her own discretion on the second ballot. Mr E. Pettinger gave a


very comprehensive talk and played a wide variety


of music from the Edwar­ dian era. He was thanked by Mrs Violet Garner, who expressed good wishes for when he leaves the district to live in Scotland. An outing has been


Horn, Mrs S. Carlyon and Mrs Allan (joint).


Senior Citizens’ Club


Outing A party from Whalley


Winning hands Whist winners at Hurst


Green Over 60s social were: Ladies — Mrs S. Robinson and Mrs A. Haworth. Gents — Mr H. Jackson, Mrs R. Richard­ son. Dominoes: Mr W.


Shoesmith, Mrs M. Card- well, Mrs Whalley, Mrs G. Shoesmith. Raffle: Mrs K. Seed.


WEST BRADFORD


arranged to Tatton Hall, in Cheshire, on July 19th, in place of the monthly


enjoyed a trip to Skipton and’ Ilkley where they visited the James Clarke and Sarah Foley Day Centre. The outing proved so popular that another The annual parish meet- trip is planned for July ing took place at West 26th. This time Cliffe Cas- Bradford, followed by a


Lighting


tie, Keighley and Bolton Pavilion are to be visited.


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council meeting. It was reported that street light­ ing wasnow complete and that the repair system had been improved. It was decided that the Christ­ mas tree would be be erected and lit again this year on Pillings corner. A report was given from a representative of the Building Management Committee stating that finances were good and plans were being discussed with the architect for the new village hall.


would be distributed throughout the village warning dog owners about fines'for fouling of foot­ path and verges. Mena- while, the cost of local housing for young people and the elderly was caus­ ing concern in the village.


Notices, it was decided, Pendle Cl


WINNERS of the bridge session at th die Club, Clitheroe Mrs E. Wood and Adey, Mrs K. Bulc Mrs K. Brabbing.


discussed 'and it was decided that a village rub­ bish skip would be made available, the date for it arrival to be fixed at the next meeting.


Highway cleansing was


AFTER 40 years’ loyal service with ICI, Clitheroe man Mr Norman Robinson has retired from the company.


1954 as a supply clerk and eventually worked his way up to be personnel, commercial and administration manager.


Mr Robinson, of Lancaster Drive, came to the Clitheroe works in .* m


compact disc player from the company and an electric hedge trim-; mer and compact discs from'his colleagues.


Road office. Works manager Mr Martin Hall presented Mr Robinson with a


He was the longest-serving member of staff at the West Bradford TELEPHONES


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£200 for church A nnni-market held in


ety of attractive articles on sale on the well-stocked stalls and a steady stream of visitors throughout the day provided a brisk trad e . Refreshments served by ladies of the churchwere in g rea t demand, helped by the ideal summer weather.


There was a great vari­


St Catherine’s Sunday School, West Bradford, on Saturday, raised over £200 for church funds.


- i f f She had also belonged to t v I W-‘V f r ;i V z Jr./


Team. Tug-of-war: Upper


Wharfedale, Lothersdale, Bolton-by-Bowland.


— Mrs M. Hukin, Mr T. Speight, Mrs A. Frank­ land, Mrs Phillips, Mrs I. Carr. Mrs P. Holden.


Mothers’ Union raffle *4V- / / > GISBURN Playgroup’s Care Bears


Rimington, Coniston Cold A Team, Gisburn Youth


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DENNIS the Menace and his friends . . . children of families employed on the village’s Rowntrec Farms


' V # „ i r — - - 1 Letters to the Editor


Clitheroe 2232b (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified), Juggernaut


Let’s support our fine and caring doctors


I WOULD like to draw attention to the last paragraph but one in the Clith­ eroe doctors’ joint letter which appeared in the “Advertiser and Times, in which our MP was defending the White Paper proposing Government changes in the


Health Service.


Health Service the Government wishes to impose upon them.” I believe that we in Clitheroe are “blessed” with one of the best, if not


The doctors say that “unless the people take active interest they will get tbe . , ,


the finest, cai'ing group of doctors within the Health Service. Over the years I know that not only I, but many, many more have had, and still have, reason to thank our doctors, who have gone far beyond the call of duty on many occa­ sions in the care and understanding they have shown and the help they have given,


and continue to give, to us all. ■ V


ALEXANDER CHRISTIE, 115 Highfield Road, Clitheroe.


Tax in which poor Please turn i


subsidise the rich i * 1 1


• i out and vote


SO the evidence of the encroaching evil of the poll tax is already infiltrating our homes. But who asked us our permission, or who asked us our opinion, whether we want this new form of


tax? Our Member of Parliament has acted very


unilaterally.Now those of us living in cramped terraced houses or council houses will subsidise (because each per­ son pays the same tax) those living in spacious man­ sions and residences.


BITTERLY DISILLUSIONED.


Thanks for the history lesson


alities?


been squandered in his­ tory because they come from an unknown? There are still emperors who walk around without their clothes! Mr Whittle knows both


How many ideas have


sides of the political spec­ trum and so must have encountered many such uses of names as nom-de- plumes. Lenin is one obvious example, but even “The Daily Telegraph” has a Peterborough column!


Contrast in building styles


Till presented an illus­ trated talk on aspects of Longridge history, con­ trasting some of the more ornate building styles of the past with today’s health centre and library.


Local historian Mr J. M.


main local occupation before the steam railway arrived in 1848, he said. The railway enabled the stone to be transported more easily to the growing town of Preston and was a big influence on the devel opment of Longridge. With the arrival of the cotton mills there was a tremendous growth in housing. The next meeting is on


Stone quarrying was the


June 13th, at Clitheroe Cricket Club, starting at 7-30 p.m. Mr C. Spencer will be talking about the Spencers of Slaidburn and the Ribble Valley.


for his history lesson. Apart from the fact that one of my ancestors was a Chartist in Lancashire in the 1850s and is listed in John Foster’s book “Class Struggle and the Indus­ trial Revolution,” that I have read several other books on the aims and objectives of the Chartists and that I am a signatory to the Charter 88 petition, I know nothing about Chartism. I really must be


I must thank Mr Whittle


- more careful in the future. I was wrong about


MEMBERS of the Ribble Valley branch of the Lan­ cashire Family History and Heraldry Society were treated to a slide show at their May meeting.


gurus! I did not realise that this was a Leftist term, with Marxist over­ tones. I thought Hayek, Friedman and the present incumbent, Sir Alan Walters, were economic gurus who gave advice and encouragement to Mrs T, in her crusade to conquer the world by monetarism. Wrong again!


tle had a good time at the electoral count. My only hope is that the whisky held out at the party after­ wards and didn’t turn sour. I certainly did not experience any sour grapes and my original letter was prompted by a desire to reinforce, by rhetoric if you like, what I considered to be an impor­ tant issue raised by our democratic process.


I am glad that Mr Whit­ CHARTIST. Barn home


THE go-ahead has been given by the Ribble Valley Council's Development Sub-committee for the conversion of a barn to a home at Little Monubent, Little Monubent Lane, Bolton-by-Bowland.


WITH the European elec­ tions now looming on the horizon, I' would like to make a plea to the people


them to our elected MP and ask how he justifies a ,m!"nnp how mucl1 eve tax in which the poor subsidise the rich.


I suggest that before we fill in our forms we send by only 52 votes just imagine how much every


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single vote counts. So please remember


BURN (15), 22 Somerset Avenue, Clitheroc.


WHY are people who write under nom-de- plumes always accused of hiding? Mr Whittle continues the witch hunt. Are not arguments and their strengths and weaknesses more THE Rotary Club of Ribb- important than their attribution to person- lesdale is to be congratu-


Unpleasant task is


well done lated 011 lts contnbutlon t0


the growing number of organisations and individ­ uals actively engaged in the anti-litter campaign to clean up Clitheroe and other parts of the Ribble Valley. I am personally aware of


how valuable your vote is, whoever that vote is for.


SIMON H. BLACK­


Racing through Clitheroe


CYCLISTS from around the world will pas s through the Ribble Valley on Tuesday on the eighth stage of the Milk Race. Local interest will be on


Mearley’s Mark Gornall, who is riding with the Bri­ tannia team. The eighth stage of the


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the unpleasantness of the task involving the grub- bing-out of discarded food trays (many with their unsavoury remains), bro­ ken bottles, cans and other assorted l i t te r , from Kedges, verges and other places inaccessible to the machinery of the street cleansing' authorities. Is it too much to hope


gruelling 14-day race, which covers 1,000 miles, begins in Preston with the competitors racing along the A59 to the Langho round-about, and then on to Billington, Whalley. Sabden. the Nick o’ Pen- dle. to the A59 by-pass for Pendle Road and the S h a w b r id g e S t r e e t junction. The race is due to hit


of the Ribble Valley. Having observed the Clitheroe local elections — where official figures esti­ mate the turn-out at less than 50% and where Coun. Ron Pickup (Labour) won


only can we hope to stop the disband of what we have — a caring team of doctors. Let your MP know that you do not want change.


The doctors want us all now to “stand up and be counted and in this way .


misery for Salthill


residents JUGGERNAUT lorries


parking outside homes in the Salthill Road area of Clitheroe are making life a misery for residents, the Ribble Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Committee was told. Coun. Howel Jones


Quilt j '


(Clitheroe) said giant lor­ ries were parking outside homes all night long, caus­ in g s e v e r e a c c e s s problems. A lorry parked from 10


p.m. to shortly before 8 a.m. next morning, so that Lime Street was blocked. An ambulance was unable to get through and had to make a diversion along Chatburn Road. Tyre marks showed


where the lorry had driven on to the pavement, within inches of a house wall. Residents face constant fear about damage from such vehicles, he said. Coun. Pat Shepherd


USING their expertise IV charity are Chippin patchwork quitters.


(Clitheroe) said it was time that action was taken before someone was injured or serious damage occurred. The committee agreed


weekend they mounted i exhibition to display collection of "cuddli quilts made by 12 of the members.


The quilts have boi made exclusively for t


to keep a close watch on the problem and await negotiations taking place by a firm at Salthill which hopes to buy land and make an alternative access from Lincoln Way.


Over the Bank Holidr


the Chatburn Road round­ about at around 11-20 a.m. as the cyclists head for Waddington Fell, Newton. Slaidburn, and Tosside.


that the example set by the volunteers involved in the clean-up will touch the conscience of the litter louts, whose behaviour is such a blot on the land­ scape of our beautiful


area. Whilst hope must spring


eternal, there continues to be an urgent need for new legislation to deal more ef fe c tiv e ly with the related environmental problems of litter dropping and dog fouling.


C O U N . E R I BRACEWELL, Primrose Street, Clitheroe.


Outside village


DESPITE objections from the local parish council, plans to convert a barn to a dwelling on land at the west of Belle View Lane, Waddington, have been approved by Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-committee.


committee, Waddington Parish Council stated that the barn was not within the village and it felt strongly that the present boundaries should be adhered to.


In its submission to the


C l i f f s bid for best bangers


CLITHEROE butcher Cliff Cowburn is hoping to become the sausage-mak­ ing champion of Britain on Monday. Mr Cowburn, of Cow­


A PHOTOGRAPH exhibition in Whal


Library recently cau considerable local inter Retired electrician


Donnie Wallis, of T Cottages, Billington. up photography as a hi


Broth ‘prem


man’s Butchers, Castle Street, is taking part in the annual Butchers’ National Sausage Compe­ tition at the Royal Hall in Harrogate. Celebrity Jeremy Bea­


dle will be among the panel of judges who will decide which sausage wins the prestigious “Meat Trades Journal” Trophy.


Spring walk


June 15th will be a walk round Clitheroe. Members should meet at the Castle gates at 7-30 p.m. prompt.


at the Parker’s Arms. The next meeting on


Norman’s loyal service is recorded - W : 1 1 \ m


hour expedition started at Newton, and took in a sec­ tion of the river path. Members observed many spring flowers and some of the walkers ventured over the rope bridge. A supper awaited them


SEVENTEEN members of the Wednesday Club enjoyed a spring walk led by Mrs Pat Parrott. The two-and-a-quarter


of his


A Clitheroe man brother had a “sti decided to visit tht


brother, Herbert ( died in Wythensh Hospital last week, ti to have the heart o| tion which could 1 saved his life. “He said the only re


For Mr Arthur N


he came to England w see me and that this


the year. I don’t k what he meant, bu think he had a sti" feeling that somethin going to happen,” Arthur, of Union St Low Moor. It is also the latest series of tragedies fo


Docherty guest at dinner


FORMER Manch United and Scotland ager Mr Tommy Doi will be the guest s| at Clitheroe Foi Club’s Sportmen’s D The event is to b


on Monday, June 1! St John's Social Wellgate, Clitheroi also includes elite ment from comedi: Ivor Davies. Tickets cost £12.;


are available by con! club chairman Mr C Murphy (0706 215071 Anybody can also


sor the event for £5i will secure two tic prominent place ad t o t h e to p t a b 1 acknowledgement i souvenir menu and sage of thanks in tl four match progr; for season 1989/90.


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