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IT’S all aboard for the Clitheronian special, which comes into town on May 19th at the start of a new railway era.


reopening of the local Blackburn to Hellifleld line is to be marked in style by a special free travel offer for our readers — thanks to the generous gesture of a “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” reader.


The long-awaited


will be able to claim free rail tickets, valued at £780.


A lucky 128 people


readers will be able to enjoy limitless travel for a day throughout the Manchester rail area, from Blackburn to Buxton and Upholland to Glossop.


With the free tickets,


and continue for the next two weeks. Bring all three into


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our King Street office on May 17th — and you


could be in for a free ■ train ride. A day out in


Blackpool, Morecambe, Chester, Southport, shopping in Manchester or even a visit to Wigan Pier can be yours if you take advantage of pur 1 free offer and arrive


made possible by a local reader, who wishes to' remain anonymous.' He has donated £500 worth of free tickets to mark the reopening. Once British Rail heard about his


early to collect your .. ticket. All this has been


advanced for the reopening of the line and members of Ribble Valley Rail, whose


gesture, they offered to top that up with another £280 of free travel between Clitheroe and Blackburn. Plans are well


vociferous campaign has made it all possible, are organising a working party to clean up.the station area prior to the great day. Mr .Clifford


Bradshaw, of De Lacy Street, Clitheroe, the man who locked the station for the last time


in 1962 and is to perform the reopening ceremony, joined members of the group when they met on Monday night and has been made an honorary member. . So start collecting the tokens today and join the “Advertiser and Times” and Ribble' Valley Rail to make May 19th a red letter day.


HE was lost, but now he’s found! Imagine Frank Lonsdale’s surprise when he unexpec­ tedly read about himself in last week’s edition of the “Advertiser and Times.” His sister Elizabeth had asked us to help find her


As the wraps are taken off exciting auction mart site plans plea goes out . . .


£6.10 and there are 32 tickets available on a first-come-first-served basis for each of four Saturdays from and including May 19th.


Each ticket is worth


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The Outlook for next Thursday


MAY’s issue of Owflook will be with your “Advertiser and Times” next Thursday. And i t ’s a bumper issue with a host of interesting, LOCAL_articles.


or how to find out what colours suit you. Step inside the amazing home of Dick Chitty,


Find out how to dress to kill for only £20,


discover the wonderful Slaidburn steam traction engine rally, learn how the Ribble Valley rail line is being brought back to life. There’s a special focus on gardening, meet the


THE w ra p s w e re taken off plans for Clitheroe’s old auction mart site this week — but only for the eyes


of councillors. It will be next Tuesday


before the public gets the chance to see the shape of things to come when the three proposed schemes, which are exciting local planners, go on display. Meanwhile, as the tour­


Lancashire, a test drive in the marvellous new Volvo and the story of Sid Parkinson, the physioth­ erapist of the all-conquering Colne Dynamoes foot­ ball team. Plus regular articles on angling, the local enter­


tainments scene, home brewing, rallying, dining out and interior decor hints. You can’t afford to miss it.


remarkable Titus Thornber, who has just written a book on local walks, and read the story of a very surprising telephone call. There’s a walk to show Southerners the best of


ists arrived this week to bring the temporary car park on- the auction mart site almost to bursting point, leading local figures who are not privy as yet to what is on offer from the developers were con­ cerned that Clitheroe’s town centre parking needs would be “brushed aside” by the council when it makes its decision.


vital questions: • Will the plans include


They were .asking two ;


space for parking — or, at least, a council re-think on long-term parking? • And,, if not, will it


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mean a return to random kerbside parking, which will once again cnoke the heart of Clitheroe? On Tuesday, the waste'


AND, by comparison, the almost deserted Chester Avenue park


U N D E R H o l y s t a r t e r ’ s ’ ’


land auction-mart car park was full to overflowing, with much of the overspill filling available spaces on Booths su p e rm a rk et’s two-hour car park, and many o th e rs cruising around town trying to find on-street parking. With over 500 vehicles


Orders . . . the Vicar of Clitheroe, the Rev. Anthony Roberts, is 'revving up” to take


part in a 60-mile char­ ity .run round all the n u r c h e s i n th e


We help find long-lost brother


brother, whom she. had last seen 30 years before. Details were sketchy, but there were enough for Mr Lonsdale to recognise himself. “I got a' tremendous


shock when. I saw it,” said Mr Lonsdale, who lives with his wife, Grace,.and three children in Tower Hill, Clitheroe. “I haven’t seen my sister for years.” It ends a long search by


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his sister, who lives in Edinburgh and had writ­ ten to Cula Black, hostess of the ITV shovi “Surprise Surprise," in an’attempt to trace brother Frank. It is 30 years since they


THE packed scene on the auction mart site on Tuesday


CRGS HEAD’S SHOCK RETIREMENT NEWS


To leave in July on doctor’s orders /


THE headmaster of Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School, Mr Clive Darley (50) this week gave governors, staff and pupils the shock news that he is soon to leave — ordered by his doctor because of a heart condition.


‘Revving up’ for sponsored run with, a difference


Tam reluctantly having to change the' latter. I have been forced to see the light,” Mr Darley (right) told us on Tuesday, two hours after he informed amazed staff at a special meeting on the York S treet site. Governors were told at a meeting oh Monday evening. Since being appointed in


doctor I must e i th e r change the type of person I am or my lifestyle. I can­ not change the .former, so


“I have been told by my


saw each other and 16 since his sister last heard from him. The couple are now planning a reunion as soon as possible. “ I can’t thank your


newspaper enough, it is wonderful news,” said Elizabeth, who rang our King Street office as soon as her long-lost brother had made Contact with her. Frank had also spent


s e v e ra l y e a rs vainly searching for his sister, so the news has come as a pleasant shock to him. “I have been trying to


get in touch with her for a while,” he said. “I even went to a police station in Edinburgh, but could not find her. Mr Lonsdale moved


from Northern Ireland to Scotland when he was 14 and lived in Dalkeith, but, he has been in England for the last 30 years. It was when he moved


.grated to America. , “I have a brother in


California and I thought that my sister had joined him,” said Mr Lonsdale.


to Lancaster that he lost touch' With his family, whom he thought had emi-


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using those two car parks, concern was undersstand- ably being felt- as to the effects of developing the site — especially as the developer’s brief is to satisfy county parking standards to serve the development, not to solve town c e n tre p ark in g problems. Ribble Valley council­


year-old vicar will shed “surplice” weight after the 8 a.m. Communion ser­ vice . . . and don shorts and trainers to lead a team of 10 church stalwarts in the breathtaking attempt. The service will beitled


Deanery. On June 10th, the 46-


January, 1985, Mr Darley has se en th e school th ro u g h trem e n d o u s changes, including amalga­ mation and redevelopment of the former boys’ and girls’ sites in Chatburn Road and York Street. “ E v en ts have been


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lors were the only mem­ bers of the public allowed to see a presentation on Tuesday night by-the three firms competing for the chance of developing the site. At a special pri­ vate session at 6 p.m before the routine Devel­ opment Control Sub-com­ mittee, representatives of the three developers out­ lined their proposals to Ribble Valley councillors. Also present, to answer queries, was a representa­ tiv e from Debenham Tewson and Chinnocks the council’s consultants and a representative of Daniel Thwaites Brewery. Chamber of T rad e


churchwarden Mr Gordon Dixon, of Chatburn Park Drive, Clitheroe, a keen jogger who will be a mem­ ber of the team. Also tak­ ing part will be church- w a r d e n M r . P e t e r Houldsworth, also of Chatburn Park Drive. The rest of the team so


by the Bishop of Burnley, the Rt. R ev .' Ronald . Milner, who will wave off.’l the runners. I t was all the idea of


derided for me and it is with the utmost reluctance th a t I will leave the school. My condition is not life-threatening, but could be if I don’t change my lifestyle,” said Mr Darley, who will retire officially on August 31st. At present, governors


are considering a brief interregnum ■ until a new head can be appointed, although there is no. news y e t as to who w*ould assume the temporary headship.' ’ ' .The chairman of the


fa r a re sidesman Dr Patrick Hoyte, of Wiswell. and Clitheroe members of the congregation Mrs F ran ce s G riff ith s , of Claremont Avenue, and Mrs Hilary Carr, of York Street. Making up the team, it is hoped, will be younger members of the congregation. They will divide into


chairman Mr Barry Ste ven^ is concerned that Clitheroe’s town centre parking needs will be brushed aside as the coun­ cil’s attitude seems to be that the public should use the free Chester Avenue car park, which' currently is little used. \ But, as. Mr Stevens


g o v e rn o rs , Mr J , D. Parker, said the news was like a "bombshell" from a headmaster who had “led the school with flair and skill, fighting our battles and winning most of them.” Mr Darley aims to spend


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twos to tackle the 60-mile course around the 15 churches' in Clitheroe, Chipping, Whitewell, Read, Risnton, Great Har­ wood and Sabden. The route should not


prove too difficult for the s p o r t in g V ic a r , who already plays squash twice a week and the occasional round of golf. - “However,” he,told us


pointed out: “Even the council employees don’ p a r k t h e r e — it.fi obviously too far away for them.” V He added: “Council staff


TONY ROBERTS gets into training, with wife Hilary keeping a check on things


that she will see less of me in retirement than while I was a t s c h o o l ,” he declared.


Historic Viking hoard takes pride of place


have 131. permits and they all seem to want to-park near the office — but council employees are no different to people who work in banks or shops,; who also want to park in the town centre.” - . The C h am b e r wa


annoyed to find a council policy promise on parkin| made a month ago, alreac. being broken and, on Mon' day, wrote to Mr Paul Timson, the council’s legal


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i Nick o’ Pendle!” - . Clitheroe Parish Church


this week, “I’m hoping my six to 10 miles of the course will be along a flat stretch and not over the'


•; It is hoped-the congre­ gation will sponsor the runners and. anybody, else' wishing to do so can collect


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:Office;• between -10 and noon each day.


sponsorship forms at the Vicarage or the Parish


is expected to raise £2,500 annually, for the church’s national Urban Fund, to p rom o te com m u n ity ’ projects and improve life for inner, city dwellers. Last year, the money was; raised by garden fetes and harvest suppers.


A WORLD-FAMOUS hoard of Viking treasure found on the banks of the Ribble is to go on exhibition at the Liverpool Museum next week to mark the anniver­ sary of its discovery 150 years ago. ■ •The Cnetdale Hoard is the largest collection o f1 Viking silver ever discovered in Western Europe and it will be the largest reassembly of the treasure since the find itself.


• i It will form the centrepiece of a major exhibition' of Viking treasure from various parts of the North West, focusing, on’Viking silver and-Viking .settle-


. ments in the north and west of Britain. ' ; The exhibition, entitled “A Silver Saga," is being


-tant finds to ;be-returned to areas where [they came from, instead of keepingithem locked away in distant. museums.


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return of the. Cuerdale Hoard to the Ribble ( Valley; possibly to go on permanent display at Clitheroe Cas-: tie Museum. , -Their views were in line with wider calls for impor-


: Recently, several borough councillors' called for the ' .


staged by Sir David Wilson, director of the-British-' Musem, where it is normally housed. ,


■ dinavia and Britain illustrate the nature, use and. sig- nificance of Viking silver. ,


September 2nd, is being sponsored by North- West One (Pilot Properties), of ~


t -.The exhibition, which: runs from May: 15th until *' 1


tprovides a unique illustration of the vast quantities of wealth accumulated in the Viking period, a; - ; Coins, spectacular arm rings, magnificent neck .rings, finger rings and brooches from tne Baltic, San-.


" The hoard was discovered on May 15th, ,1840, by; labourers repairing the embankment of the River Ribble. Over 8,500-pieces.of silver had been buried in a chest-—"(coins,' ingots: ornaments■ and; hacksilver originating from (many different sources. It weighed over 40kg, making it five times heavier than any other suen hoard in North West Europe. The hoard


having the treasure returned to the Ribble Valley, but the general feeling is that the Liverpool exhibi­ tion is a step in the right direction because it will give many Iucal people with a strong sense of history the chance to view, the important collection for the first time. ' ■


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