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WHEN staff and parents of Ribblesdale Nur­ sery School, Clitheroe, realised their children were missing out because they had no outdoor play equipment, they decided to raise money to buy some themselves.


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ALTHOUGH retiring Whalley Lions president Michael Pilkington had asked fellow committee members not to collect the usual cuttings book to mark his year, they went ahead and did it anyway — and the presentation was one of the highlights of the Lions’ badge of office h an d o v e r on Sunday. Making the presentation


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of the album, as well as handing over a silver sal­ ver memento, was new president John Lang (52), of Abbey Road, a former chairman of the club’s acti­ vities and social commit­ tees and its publicity officer for four years. The lunchtime handover


took place at the Old Ston- ehouse Restaurant, Mit- ton. One high point was the announcement that the Lions’ Wendy Hollin appeal fund had topped £7,700.


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THERE was a midsum­ mer party atmosphere at Clitheroe Evening Towns­ women’s Guild when mem­ bers brought delicious dishes for all to taste. Recipes were sold at lOp a time in aid of guild funds. An amusing report on


In party mood


eight months to raise £2,500 for the purchase of a climbing frame and little slide. Now they face the task


It has taken them just


of raising a similar amount to install them on a special rubber-tiled surface for safety reasons. Head teacher Mrs June


Fun at (the nursery


Man drove again after breath test


A CLITHEROE man was I breathalysed twice in the I same night — and each| time he proved to be over the legal limit.


burn (22), of Moss Street, was fined a total of £7001 and disqualified from driv­ ing for 80 months when he appeared before the town’s magistrates. The court heard that


Andrew Graham Black-1


after a night’s drinking, Blackburn decided to get a take-away meal. When trying to park a Ford Transit van he collided with a glass panel at the Clover Restaurant, Well- gate, causing it to break. I Blackburn was found to I


Dewhurst said: "It has been a mammoth task, but all the staff, parents, chil­ dren and many local shops and firms have helped. For a school with only 80 pupils the result is won­ derful and I would like to thank Clitheroe for its support.” Fund-raising has been


have 97 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, | the legal limit being 35. Shortly after 1 a.m.


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organised by the commit­ tee of the Friends of Ribb­ lesdale Nursery School, elected annually from par­ ents and friends. The school is also hoping


that local firms might help out towards providing video and television equip- ment to widen th e curriculum. Mrs Dewhurst said:


“We are trying to get bet­ ter facilities so that the under-fives get the best possible s ta rt to their education." The school’s success in


ENJOYING the wheelbarrow race at their annual sports day were these young competitors from Ribblesdale Nursery School, in Queen’s Road, Clitheroc.


giving a good s ta rt is reflected in the fact that every year there is a wait­ ing list for entry. At pres­ ent 200 children are wait­ ing for places.


' ‘Invaluable’


the National Council held in the Albert Hall, Lon don, was given by Mrs Mary Mansell. She was introduced by chairman Mrs Christine Washbrook. Miss Nora Briggs gave a


Federation report. There was a sale of fruit and vegetables for the Arts and Crafts Group. There will be no meet­


ing in August.


THE Settle-Carlisle and Blackburn-Hellifield rail­ way lines could be invalu­ able for bringing tourism to the Ribble Valley, County Coun. Ron Pickup told Monday's meeting of the Ribble Valley Council. The council is asking Lancashire County Coun­ cil to ensure that proposals for the Blackburn-Helli­ field line are included in its 1990/91 t r a n s p o r t programme.


Council wants tough action on dumping


THE Ribble Valley Council is seeking ways of cracking down on illegal Mr Isherwood said he


dumping by fly-tippers at a local beauty spot Meanwhile, Wall Clough


Quarry, Chipping, is said to be at the centre of a bureaucratic wrangle. Building materials are


being dumped into the quarry, but a borough council official claims that he has been blocked when attempts have been made to solve the problem. Mr Richard Isherwood,


cashire County Council. He said: “Our direct


labour organisation could do the job and we could send the county council the bill.” Council offficials are


was getting very frus trated in trying to find way to solve the problem.


Ribble Valley's Health and Housing Officer, lays the blame at the door of Lan-


currently investigating who has been doing the dumping and some evi­ dence is currently being evaluated by the borough council's legal department. Mr Isherwood said that


site was owned by Peel Estates, who had applied for planning permission to fill in and grass over. Such permission could


moves will be made at the next meeting of the Ribble Valley's Public Works and Health Committee to ask the Home Office to treble the present £400 fine for illegal dumping of rubbish.


It is understood that


the dumping of rubbish at the site had been a prob­ lem for some time. He explained that the


Fresh offers over Knunck


only be given by thecounty council because it was a quarry. According to Mr Isher­


wood, this permission was refused on the grounds that filling in the site might have had an adverse effect on the trees growing on the rim of the quarry. Peel Estates put a fence


round the site in a bid to discourage dumping, but the tippers appeared to have used lorries to drive up to the fence. Mr Isherwood proposed


Knowles plan NEGOTIATIONS ar continuing over plans for private s tre e t works scheme to enable the Knunck Knowles housing plan to go ahead off E a s th am S t r e e t Clitheroe. The owners of the 10


acre Knunck Knowles site have now acquired a prop erty called “Highfield” to improve road access, the


to the county council that the site could be cleared by a controled bum-off on the site, but this was re fu sed by the f ire brigade.


Worked in chemist’s shop


A LADY who lived in Clitheroe for 17 years and worked at Clegg’s the chemist’s, opposite the library, has died in Bar­ row-in-Furness, at the age


of 71. She was Mrs Constance


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Shaw, who moved to Clitheroe 20 years ago when her husband Eric became deputy superin­ tendent of Padiham Power Station. The couple lived in Chatburn Park Drive. When Mr Shaw died three years ago, Mrs Shaw returned to Barrow-in- Furness, where she grew up, to be with her daugh- t e r , Mrs J e n n i f e r


Marshall. Mr and Mrs Shaw regu­


larly attended Trinity Methodist Church. Mr Shaw was a member of a local Masonic lodge and Mrs Shaw played bridge regularly. The funeral was at Bar-


ro w - in -F u rn e s s or Tuesday.


Ribble Valley Council’! Public Works and Health Committee was told, but talks with the owners of "Morningside” had come to


nothing. The site owners had


made fresh offers to the Ribble Valley Council and the committee agreed to seek the views of the owners of “The Mount and "Morningside" befon m a k i n g


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Blackburn was released] from Clitheroe police sta­ tion, but two hours later police officers realised that the van had been moved. Blackburn was questioned in Bawdlands and admit-1 ted driving the vehicle. ■ This time he was found to I have 59 micrograms of I alcohol in 100ml of breath. In mitigation, Mr John Greenwood, representing the defendant, said that after Blackburn had been released at 1 a.m. he walked back home and realised that he had left his cigarettes in the van. He went to his workshop to pick up some spare keys and thought he was all right to drive. Blackburn drove the


van back home, locked it up, then walked to a friend’s house, where he had two cans of cider. He was walking home when the police saw him. Biackburn admitted two


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offences of driving with excess alcohol in his breath and was fined £300 for the first one, and £400 for the second. He was also banned for 30 months for each offence, the dis- qualifications to run| concurrently.


Planning backlog


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A BACKLOG of planning I applications in the Ribble I Valley has prompted the I borough council to make I new arrangements to deal I with them.


tor of development and cli­ ent services, who regrets I the delay, said: "The inor-1 dinate number of applica­ tions received this year, I likely to be in the region of I 1,000, coupled with a I shortage of staff, has lead I to this unacceptable back­ log of applications."


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Ex-servicemen say thanks to chaplain


LOCAL ex-servicemen paid tribute to the work of their retiring chaplain, the Rev. Brian Stevenson, at a social evening at the Aspin-


all Arms, Milton The Clitheroe and Dis­


trict Branch of the Royal Engineers' Association presented gifts of appre­ ciation to Mr Stevenson, vicar of Low Moor, and his


wife, Marion, for "their friendly association with the branch during their time in Clitheroe.” President Mr Brin Joyn-


moving to a new parish in Blackburn, they would remain good friends of the | association. In his reply, the chap-1


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son spoke of the many occasions when the branch chaplain had shown gen­ uine understanding and appreciation of the com­ radeship among ex-service personnel. He pointed out that


although Mr Stevenson and his wife would soon be


lain spoke of the many fine parade services he had been pleased to conduct at St Paul's Church, and said | he and his wife had very much enjoyed their asso­ ciation with the branch I and had appreciated the many friendships they had made in Clitheroe and. in | particular. Low Moor. Ho also expressed the I


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Wrangle causes delays over flooding problem


A LEGAL wrangle over the ownership of a drain is delaying moves to stop flooding under the railway bridge in Waddington Road, Clitheroe.


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