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POLICE believe that th ree Saturday night burglaries in Whalley were almost certainly connected. Between 8-40 and 11-40


p.m., thieves broke glass in a rear door at a house in George Street, released the lock-and searched every room. They stole two 9ct. gold


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open a bathroom window and stole watches and jewellery worth a total of


Street were also raided. At one, burglars forced


£555.Items taken included th re e pocket w atch es , a pair of gold cuff-links with a shire h o rse’s head design, two gold engage­ ment rings, each with the middle stone of three missing, and a gold picture locket. At the second, thieves


• several rooms and stole an assortment of property. Clitheroe CID is inves­


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tigating the burglaries and anyone who saw any suspicious activity or vehi­ cles in the area that night should contact Clitheroe


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RETIRED nursing officer Mrs May Lees, of Green Park, Whalley, who has died, aged 71, devoted her working life to the care of the mentally handicappe


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Motorist failed to give way


CHATBURN driver Gor­ don Clark (20), of Dark- wood Crescent, was fined £80 by Clitheroe magis­ trates when he admitted driving without reasonable consideration for other road users.


police officers on mobile patrol duty were travel­ ling along Slaidburn Road, Waddington, near its junc­ tion with West Bradford Road, when they saw a vehicle approaching along that road at a fast speed.


The court heard that


driving, did not stop at the junction and cut directly in front of the officers, failing to give way.


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and later saw him almost cause a accident with a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction, forcing it to brake to avoid a collision.


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Clark said in a letter


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JUSTIFIABLY proud, Lisa McNulty (front right) and Philippa Dawson receive the winners’ shield, on behalf of St Augustine’s, from Miss Lesley Woodhead, an adviser with Young Enterprise .


BUSINESS is booming in three Ribble Valley schools, thanks to -youngsters’ involvement, with the Young Enterprise Scheme.


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are pupils at St Augustine’s RC School, Billing­ ton, winners of a competition for the best business plan.


Proving best organised of the classroom tycoons '


tine’s, Ribblesdale, Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and five other schools throughout Hynd- burn and the Ribble Valley, have been running' their own companies.


For four months, 15 to 19-year-olds at St Augus­


to draw up a business plan and those have now been judged by a panel which included local busi­ nessmen and Ribble .Valley Enterprise .-Agency • Director Mrs Chris Rawlinson, the driving force


One’ of the many vital first steps they took was behind the scheme.:


with its “Eartec” jewellery business, and third was Clithero.e Royal-Grammar School with “RGS Stationery.” ' •'


“Black and White Publishing” company. In second place*came.-Longridge High School,


evening was to announce the winners of the busi­ ness plan competition and make a presentation to them. They were all good, but the winning three were absolutely excellent.


Said Mrs Rawlinson: “The idea of Thursday . !


• “I am> really,:looking.forward to the final- pre- ' sentation. in May, because the work these young­ sters have done already has been so good.”


its half-yearly report and everybody was amazed at the high standard reached.


“It was also a chance for each company to give y_-'. The Billington pupils took first place with their ; For help arid


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Holiday in Spain


PROBUS member Mr Leonard Williams desc­ ribed a recent holiday in Southern Spain to his col­ leagues in the Clitheroe and District club. Starting in the Costa del


Sol at Malaga, Mr Wil­ liams’ tour took him to G ib r a l t a r , th e n on to Moorish Spain via Seville, Almeria, Cordoba and Granada in the province of Andalusia. The talk was illustrated


at Worsley, Manchester, began her career at the age of 15 as a trainee nurse at Calderstones Hospital and later trans­ ferred to Brockhall Hospi­ tal, where she worked for more than 30 years. When she retired 11 years ago, she was the second most senior member of the nursing staff.


Mrs Lees, who was born


Park for the past 36 years and will be remembered by friends and neighbours for her caring and helpful nature.


She had lived at Green


who would always drop whatever she was doing if anyone needed a helping han d ,” said a family spokesman.


“She was a lovely lady


died in 1982, worked as a charge nurse at Calder­ stones for many years.


Her husband, Alf, who


with the English Martyrs’ RC Church throughout her years in' Whalley and was a willing worker for the youth club arid many other social activities.


Mrs Lees was connected


held at the church on Tuesday, prior to crema­ tion at Accrington.


The funeral service was four daughters. Mrs Lees is survived by


Tooth care for children


HEALTH visitors from around Lancashire will be polishing up on the fine details of tooth care for children.


contains seven of the 10 districts with the worst


The North West region


dental record in England and Wales.


with many fine slides of shrines, churches, cathe­ drals, monuments, town and landscape views, including the remarkable Alhambra, which was originally designed as the luxurious dwelling place of an Oriental monarch. Mr W i l l iam s was


thanked by Mr Harry Creaser.


visitors will be emphasis­ ing to mothers in the Rib­ ble Valley is that most dental' disease can be pre­ vented by: avoiding fre­ quent sugary snacks and drinks; learning to brush teeth properly and regu­ larly at an early age; and ensuring regular dental check-ups from an early age.


The message the health


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NINETEEN senior citizens attended a “get­ ting to know you” party after the official open­ ing of an additional sheltered housing devel­ opment and a new community room at


Billington. fla1


and the Hodgefield com­ munity room at Billington Gardens were officially opened on Thursday by the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Albert Atkinson, who unveiled a plaque to mark the occasion. He was accompanied, by


Six flats, two bungalows


another and now we’re planning to hold regular bingo sessions, domino drives and talks in the the community room,” she


said.


the Mayoress, Mrs Mar­ jo r ie Atkinson, and several representatives of the Ribble Valley Council, developers of the site. The residents’ party


Summer start for sewerage scheme


took place on the following day, when warden Mrs Christine Connell intro­ duced the tenants of 10 older bungalows to new­ comers living in six new f l a t s and two new bungalows. ‘I t was an excellent


opportunity for all our people to get to know one


Keen on Guiding


A KEEN worker for the Guiding Association over many years, Miss Kath­ leen Sharpies, has died, aged 83. Miss Sharpies, of Clith­


eroe Road, Whalley, was a district commissioner who helped the movement to flourish in the Ribble


Valley.


ley she lived in Wadding­ ton for more than 30 years and was involved with


Before moving to Whal­


many local charities. The funeral service took


PROPOSED improve­ ments to Whalley’s sewer­ age system look set to go ahead as planned, with work likely to commence in June or July, Whalley and Little Mitton Parish C o u n c i l h a s b e e n informed. The Ribble Valley


Civic Hall stage is


well used


IT has been a busy year for Clitheroe Civic Hall, with various organisations m ak in g u se of th e building.


the stage has been used for the Slaidburn Silver Band celebration concert, the Round Table concert for senior citizens, the Ribble Valley Dance Fes­ tival and the CATS pro duction of "Oliver.”


During the last quarter fiiiiflleswick


attended the musical which raised over £5,000 for the Children in Need Appeal.


More than 3,000 people


Council has pledged that a public meeting will be held to k e ep ev e ry b o d y informed of developments before the improvements go ahead, and also says that disturbance to the vil­ lage will be minimal.


Rate relief


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Finance and General Purposes Committee has agreed to two local appli­ cations for rate relief. Members granted 100%


rate relief on 16 Lawrence Avenue, Simonstone, after hearing that the property is used by a minister of Sabden Baptist Church, Clitheroe Road, Sabden. They also gave the go-


place a t St H e len ’s Church, Waddington, on Tuesday, prior to crema­ tion at Accrington.


group from Settle, will be staging a pantomime at the hall on February 23rd, 24th and 25th, with an additional matinee on the Saturday.


Take One, a theatre


sen to give priority to the Trinity pantomime, the Parish Church musical the Chatburn pantomime and a children’s film to be shown during the half- term holiday.


These dates were cho Race success


HARD-working loca voluntary organistions ensured that December’s Reebok 10k. road race was a great success.


ahead for. 50% mandatory rate relief to be granted to Downham Village Pre­ school Playgroup, after receiving confirmation that the school is a regis­ tered charity.


The Ribble Valle, Council’s Recreation and


Leisure Committee heard that out of 459 entries, the race attracted 392 runners on the day. The next com­ petition will be the 10-mile race on March 12th.


Education officer will fight seat for Tories


DISTRICT Education officer Mr Peter Evans is hoping to transfer to the party political arena at County Hall after his retirement in the


For Mr Evans (64), who has lived in the Ribble


Valley for 25 years, has been adopted as pros­ pective Conservative can­ didate for Clitheroe in the county council elections on May 4th. As required by law, his


nomination papers will not be submitted until after his retirement as a county council employee, says Ribble Valley Conserva­ tive-Agent Miss Pamella Roberts.


Mr E v an s is a fo rm e r teacher and became Dis­


was educated at Manches­ ter Grammar School and Queen’s College, Cam­ bridge. He served in the Army for three years and worked as a trainee man­ ager for ICI in Manches­ ter, before taking up the f irs t of five different teaching posts, progres­ sing to become head ofmo- dern languages at St Mary’s College,, Black-


trict Education Officer for Accrington in 1970, taking over responsibility for Hyndbum and the Ribble Valley five years ago. Born in Prestwich, he


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bum, from 1963 to 1968. He and h is w ife ,


Audrey, who have four children and three grand­ daughters, live in Wilp- shire, where Mr Evans has served on the parish council for nine years, three as chairman. One of his keen interests


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hustings with another retired local government employee, Coun. Ron Pickup, former treasurer for the old Clitheroe Bor­ ough Council, who already serves as a parish and dis­ trict councillor. As already reported in


the “A d v e r tise r and Times,” Coun. Pickup has been adopted as the local Labour Party candidate for the County Council e- lections. Nominations close on April 6th.


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