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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 13th, 19S9 7 Clitheroe 2232A (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) ‘We will carry THE FIGHT to save part of Whalley’s rural
landscape is to continue. As the Southern Fringe the plan and chief execu-
Local Plan received the tive and director of corpo- stamp of approval a year rate services, Mr Michael after the closing date for Jackson, warned: “You comments, Col E r ic could leave yourselves Prothero, the man leading very widely exposed if you objectors to housing devel- go back to square one at opment, vowed: “We are this stage.” s t i l l f ighting for our Coun. Ron Pickup beliefs. We won’t give up. (Clitheroe) said a brief I f there is a door to go would have been helpful through, even if it is only with regard to the Lime- left slightly ajar, we will field. Avenue site and go through it.”
regard to the sensitivity.” Meanwhile, Col Proth
hats o f f to a swish night out Limits for museum
castle SAGGING floors
Clitheroe’s Castle Museum — shown to be unsafe in a recent shock survey — will not be repaired until the end of the holiday sea son in October. However, the building
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will remain open to the public — by limiting the numbers of visitors to every room. Ribble Valley Council's
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Recreation and Leisure Committee agreed that to attempt repairs while visi tors were in the building would cause too much disruption. However, committee
added: "Our input now is Ribble Valley Council’s to make sure it is deve- /. J
BRIDGE CLUB
WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Wednesday night were: NS Mr and Mrs Cornfield, Mr Atkinson and Mr Leonard: EW Mrs Ainsworth and Mrs J . Wil- son. Mrs Kingham Tatton.
and Sirs At a recent team of four
match, the following hand came up. At one table the bidding was:
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At th is ta b le n o r th was extremely fortunate with his meagre four points to find south with five hearts, especially as south had already shown length in diamonds. Tnus, despite a joint point count of only 18, they found the excellent slam. When east led the ace of
spades, all 13 tricks were made. E dealer. EW vul.
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ment on Monday night were Mr Garner and Mr Capstick, Mrs Russell and Mr Brown.
R. K. A.
MILK RACE GRANT
A GRANT of £200 is being given to the Milk Race by Ribble Valley Council. The Recreation and Lei
sure Committee agreed to the grant after being told that the eighth stage of the race, which begins on May 2 8 th , will pass through Whalley, Clith eroe and Slaidbum. Clitheroe councillor Ron
On Thursday night, winners were: NS Mr and Mrs Webster, Mr Lank and Mrs Boothman; EW Mrs Pedder and Mr Green wood, Mr C. Pollard and Mr Wolstenholme. Winners of the Howell move
Planning and Transporta- loped in the best way with tion Committee heard that a petition objecting to housing-land allocation on two large sites in the vil lage had been signed by 90% o f W h a l l e y ’ s electorate. After hearing the con
clusions and recommenda tions reached by the D e p a r tm e n t o f th e Environment’s inspector for last y ea r’s public inquiry, councillors agreed that a planning b rief should be prepared before d ev e lopm en t of the remaining site north of Woodlands Drive. Earlier in the evening,
ero speaking from his home in Chapel Close which overlooks the con troversial site, described the planning brief as “a sop to the people of
Whalley.” Questioning whether
the houses would be in the price bracket of first-time buyers or the elderly, he added: “90% of the people approached were against building on this scale and yet their views were not taken into account. We will carry on fighting.”
the council’s Development Control Sub-committee approved a full application for 57 dwellings on land off Hayhurst Road and Lime- field Avenue. Director of development
and client services Mr Phi lip Bailey explained a brief would indicate the areas to be kept free from devel opment, the sites most suited to bungalows or two-storey homes, and indicate the width o roads. On behalf of objectors,
Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw said residents felt'Whalley
was in danger of losing its village status. “There has been a tre
mendous amount of feeling in the v i l la g e ,” she declared. “There is a lot of resentment against the Southern Fringe Local Plan plus a lot of worry for the future. “It is feared the village
Boost for Comic Relief
chairman Coun MyrE Clegg (Wiswell) said coun cillors had public safety foremost in their minds, and museum staff would carefully monitor entry Only eight visitors will be allowed in any room. Repairs, estimated at
£16,500, will strengthen floors and beams which have shifted under the weight of tons of rock and mineral collections. Community service
manager Mr John Heap said that the museum building had started life as a house, and the floors had not been designed to carry such heavy weights.
RAISING hats and glasses to toast their new pro duction are members of Calderstones Revue and
Dramatic Society. Their lates t production, “There Goes Ih e
Bride,” opens tonight in the Hospital Theatre. The Ray Cooney and John Chapman farce
life
Barbara Cilgram appears as the bride and Mary Lehmann as the bride’s mother.
Lesley Guttridgc plays Polly, the flapper girl, ,
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with performances at 7-30 p.m. Tickets are avail able from Whalley 82-2421.
The show runs from tonight until Saturday, .
Pictured are leading players during a dress .
rehearsal this week. From the left are: Brian Fagan, J e f f Makinson,' Geoff Baron, Brian Haworth, Barbara Cilgram, Mary Lehmann, Jean Ratcliffe and Lesley Guttridge (seated).
will lose its historical sta tus and become almost a small town. We could be at the start of seeing the end of this historical village.” Coun Maw said resi
Contest could help save lives on the roads
dents wanted the council to look again at the Wood lands Drive site. "The Limefield Avenue site is beyond repair now. This site is in a beautiful area, if you decide it should go through then its,' future must be on everyone’s mind. I f there is to be building on this site, it has to be an attribute .and not a detriment.” Coun. Chris Holtom
(Wilpshire) said: “Wher ever you go there are two places in the Ribble Valley people know of, one is Clitheroe and the; other Whalley. “Everyone in Whalley is
anti the sort of devel opment we are looking at If you tag on the possible Barrow development, its a p r e t t y m a s s i v e expansion.” Coun., Bill Fleming (Bil-
COMIC R e l ie f has received a boost of over £250 from gener ous regulars at the Buck Inn, Paythorne. The pub raised some
of the money by spon soring Coun. Harry Waddington to wear a T-shirt and red nose for two hours. Coun. Waddington, normally clad in a suit and tie, completed the chal len g e with f ly in g colours. M ore c a sh was
Bid to help
housebound THE Clitheroe branch of Age Concern, Lancashire, is launching a new scheme in a bid to help house bound people in the town.
The project is directed
raised from a pool match, held on the night, and the sale of punch and pizzas made by mine hosts P e t e r and M a ry Hodgkinson. This brought the
BLEAZARD — GORRY
Pickup said the race was a prestigious affair which would bring national pub licity to the Ribble Valley.
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lington) said he was dis turbed that fellow council lors seemed unaware of what they had approved in the Southern Fringe Local
Plan. The council had been
directed by the Govern ment to provide certain areas of land for housing and industry. “ Had the h o sp ita l
authority done the sensi ble thing we could have satisfied all these needs on the site of Calderstones
Hospital.” Mr Bailey stressed that
councillors had already accepted the principle of
honeymoon in Cyprus trian lace. The dress fea-
followed the wedding of tured leg -o f -m u tton youth and community sleeves, a fitted waist, a workers Mr Tim Bleazard and Miss Janet Elizabeth Gorry at St Christopher’s Church, Coventry.
The bridegroom is the
younger son of Mr and Mrs Alan Bleazard, of Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe. The bride is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Gorry, of Shetwode Close, Allesley Park, Coventry. The bride, given away
by her father, wore a full- length white satin gown embroidered with Aus-
Bright ideas can win awards
great seafaring town of Charles Dickens which
SMALL firms or individuals in the Ribble Valley with bright ideas for innovative products can win up
to £87,000 to get their projects off the ground. The Department of Trade and Industry is run
ning the competition under the banner of “The Smal Firms Merit Awards for Research and Technology (SMART) and is hoping for an increased number of entries from the North West.
The competition serves as an excellent means for .
small businesses or individuals to overcome the prob lems of getting backing from the normal financial
institutions.
entrants at special seminars to be held at the Crest Hotel, Wood Lane, Beechwood, Runcorn, on April 13th and at the Trafalgar Hotel, Blackburn Road, Sam-
The whole idea will be explained to any would-be ...' . lesbury, on April 21st. , . , .
employing up to 50 people wishing to develop a pro duct or process using new technology. Anybody requiring further information should contact the D l l
The competition is open to individuals or firms . , r ' North West (061-8385000). , ,
full skirt with train and a neck-line edged with pearls. In her hair she wore a half-circlet head dress with pearls and rosebuds and carried a bouquet of freesia, carna tions and gypsophila. She was attended by
Pamela, Jenny and Jodi Darkins, the bride’s cous ins, and Lydia Beckler. Pamela, Jenny and Jodi
wore short dresses of smocked cotton with puffed sleeves, edged with satin and lace. In their hair they had pale blue silk flower circlets and they carried baskets of blue and white flowers. Lydia wore a three-quarter-length fit ted dress with three-quar ter sleeves and carried a bouquet similar to the bride’s. Page boy was David
Darkins, the b r id e ’s cousin. Best man was Mr David
B leazard, the b r id e groom’s b ro th e r, and ushers were Mr Jonathan Gorry, the bride’s brother, Mr Stephen Blackburn and Mr Alan Marsden. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. John Curtis and the Rev. Gor don Benfield. Organist was Mr David Summers. A reception was held at
the Christ the King Com munity Centre. The couple are to live in Skegness. Photograph: Helmut Levy, Coventry.
PROPOSAL TO SELL SCHOOL
PTrRMT^ION is being posed order can been seen write to the Secretary of T o u g h f i f s e l l off the for^ on any weekday between State for Education and
ley ul bcnooi.
mer Pendleton and Mear- 10 a.m. and 4 pjm. at the Science. IpvCE School
) closed in 1981, to be ulti- g ranch (Legal), Mowden mately sold and the pro-
no . . ; . DATED.
ceeds used to benefit other ggQ_ Darlington DL3
Education and Science be' obtained from the proposes to make an order Department of Education to enable the school, which and Science, Schools 1
Diocesan Registry; Cathe- Two years aicer ine drai close, Blackburn, school closed; the Ribble
The Department of Alternatively, copies c anV a l ley Council granted
' . The school was built In 1837 as a National School
permission for the buildint to be dsed as a residentia youth training centre for young church people. .
church schools in th e ; Anyone wanting to Blackburn Diocese. • : ; - make representations ■ on ...
■ and rebuilt in 1870. When it closed in 1981 there
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final total raised for the national appeal to a worthy £253.90. Our picture shows:
(from the left) Robert Leyland, Peter Hodg kinson, Harry Wad dington, Daryll Cap- stick and Brian Bowe.
at housebound residents and the people who look a f te r them.. They are. invited to attend care and support evenings to be held once a month at Clitheroe Day Hospital when, among other activi ties, they will be able to listen to talks and play cards.
The evening sessions
will be held once a month, the first taking place on May 9th, between 6-30 and 8-30 p.m.
without transport should con ta c t Rosalyri Fox (Clitheroe 29053).
Anybody interested
Road-Safety Association is staging the “Young Driver of the Year Award" com petition on Booth’s car park, Clitheroe, on June 11th for people, aged between 17 and 20. Association press officer
Times”. The Blackburn Area.
people who are killed on the roads,--an
know that anything that can promote g r e a te r respect for driving will also help to cut down on th is t ra g ic to l l ,” Mr Hounslow added. A similar award in the
Mr Walter Hounslow said trophies will be awarded to the three most suc cessful entrants, and it
C c S s lu i e i iL x a i iL a , a u u n>
past created a great deal of public interest in Clith eroe, and final details of the June event will be
was hoped that the event publicised in the Llith- could become an annual eroe A d v e r t ise r and one, with attractions to Times”, make it a family day out. The number of entrants “We run a wide range of is expected to be limited to
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interest to spectators as
need for something in It is hoped that a police Clitheroe and we feel sure display team will attend that with public support and that the award scheme this can be a really useful might be expanded if there exercise. We are all con- is s u f f i c ie n t pu b lic cerned at the number of support.
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centres around wedding day chaos when the bride s father Timothy, played by Brian Haworth, believes that a cardboard cut-out flapper girl has come to
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