6 .Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 3rd, 1900
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Battle for tidier Sabden as . . . ./' 'I
Angry villagers call for action > on dumping
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THE dumping of a huge load of builder’s refuse off Wesley Street in Sabden has angered villagers, who fear the rub bish will pollute Sabden Brook.
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SABDEN volunteers for the Women’s Institute’s campaign, “No Litter in Lancs, Thanks,” had a disheartening experience at the weekend. They cleaned litter, debris and weeds away from
down on her hands and knees to clear the weeds away from the crazy paving,” said Sabden WI pres ident Mrs Joyce Harrison. “So it was disheartening to return on Sunday morn
for the 10-strong “broom and shovel” brigade and the general verdict was that the' overall exercise resulted in a much cleaner Sabden. “It’s true to say that we made an impression on the
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right, parish councillor Marion Procter), who filled about 10 plastic sacks with rubbish, tackling the work with a smile.
village’s grot spots and we might go out again with our brooms and shovels,” added Mrs Harrison. Our picture shows the ladies (including, on the
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AT the Bowland Forest Gr o u p m e e t i n g o f Women’s Institutes, held in Chatburn School, mem bers from Downham, Grindleton and West Bradford were joined by guests from Gisburn,. Saw-
Si-.RVRYmnr *780 of FREE RAIL C s y°u r chance to travel by train - free of charge - when the passenger service to TICKETS litheroe reopens. •- . •
the North West Ranger, giving limit-less travel for a day throughout the Manchester rail area, stretching from Blackburn to Buxton and Upholland- to Glossop.
Collect today’s token and one each for the next two weeks and exchange them at a, fLee ticket worth £6.10, valid from Clitheroe Station to link up with
There are 32 tickets available on a first-come-first-served basis for each of the lollowing dates:
• May 19th (launch day) • May 26th. • Ju n e 2nd. ° Ju n e 9th.
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for.all dales go on olfer at the "Advertiser and Times” office, 3 King Street Clitheroe, on May 17th. so be early to make sure you are one of the lucky 128 people to travel free when th e trains re turn to Clitheroe.
Offer not open to Ribble Valley Rail Committee members, employees of East Lancashire Newspapers and their families.
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STAFF at the Ribblc Valley Council in Clitheroe continued their drive'to raise'funds for research into motor neurone disease with a quiz night.1’ The £100 raised will go-towards the £4',000 which former borough health chief Mr Richard Ishenvood is
firmed as haying motor neurone disease, which attacks the body s nervous system. ’ - '" ,
on behalf of the fund, continuing events have brought in a steady stream of money. The quiz night at Clith-
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ley, Rimington and Wad- dington.
Mrs Waring, of Longton, who give flower arranging demonstrations all over the country and enter the world championships, kept members enthralled, mak ing 13 beautiful displays while playing appropriate music to m a tch th e flowers. Mr Waring, a retired
attended were county chairman Mrs J.. Fenloti, area leader Mrs Monk, VCO Mrs M. Deal, West Bradford president Mrs Rushworth and Grindleton vice-chairman Mrs K. Taylor. Popular couple Mr and
Special visitors who also
ing to find that people had used the rose garden as a litter dump for the usual type of throw-away items." The campaign, however, also involved other areas
the area known as the rose garden in the centre of Sabden, only to return two days later to find it strewn again with a variety of items. “One of our members on Friday evening- even got
‘Mountain out of molehill’ claim
A LABOUR councillor was accused of “making a mountain out of a molehill” over a fault dis covered during construction work, at the £500,000 extensions at the Ribble Valley Coun cil Offices.
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(Clitheroe) questioned the safety of the extensions at last week’s meeting of the borough council.
Couri. Barrie Parker
•• Coun. Albert Atkinson, chairman of the Finance and General Purposes Sub-committee, ■ gave assurances that the fault had been put right and
that, due to this appalling slip-up, the building will be completely safe in every respect of its struc ture in the future?” he asked.
Valley Council’s architect had discovered the fault and if the council had a clerk of works, on the site to supervise the work. “Can it be confirmed
the fact that there had been a mistake involving a 125m. gap between the new steel structure and the existing floor. He asked if the Ribble
He drew attention to . . .. .
architect, Mr David Sun derland, had discovered the fault and th a t the council did have a clerk of works involved.
criticised Coun. Parker for raising the matter. He confirmed that the
serious point is that here are questions which were unnecessary in the first place. Coun. Parker is, I am afraid, making a moun tain out of a molehill. These events — such as they were — took place a month ago. There was a problem. I t required a solution. The professionals provided one. End of story.”
p o l ic em a n , g a v e a humorous commentary and told several amusing anecdotes about then- competitions and demon strations. Mrs Rushworth thanked them and all the arrangements were later raffled. A quiz was organised by
hostesses and informed members that Gnndleton WI will host next year’s meeting.
West Bradford WI and hostesses Downham made and served supper. - .Mrs Taylor thanked the
THERE is still time to buy tickets for Trinity Theatre Workshop’s production of "The Factory Children." ■ Two performances of the play will be staged at
Still time for tickets
Clltheroe and Christina Lofthouse (20), also from Chthcroe, 1G budding thespians aged between seven and 15 have spent many hours rehearsing and are now ready for the big performance. The group, which meets twice a week, was formed
appearance at the fair will go to help the funding or future productions.
to Blackburn to take part in a Victorian fair; All the money raised from the play and the group’s
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Trinity Youth and Community Centre on Saturday, with a matinee starting at 2 p.m. and an evening per formance at 7-30 p.m. Tickets cost £1-50 for adults and 75p for children and old age pensioners. Under the guidance of Harriet Roberts (21), from
dangerous tiling,” he said. “In this case, Coun. Parker appears to have got tech nical information which either he,- or his infor mant, has not properly understood. “However, the more
“A little knowledge is a
removal service, so there is no need for any kind of rubbish to be dumped. The complaints will be investigated thoroughly and court action taken if necessary,” Mr Morris
ley Council’s environmen tal health officers were investigating anti Mr Dave Morris, director of commu nity and commercial ser vices, warned that the council, would not hesitate to prosecute. “We provide a rubbish
Sabden’s representative on the council, said it was disgraceful that such an eyesore could be created when so many peoplewere trying to improve the village.
added. Coun. Albert Atkinson,
Coun. Bernard P ar fit t said: “The WI has tried very hard with its spring clean to tidy up the village and o th e r groups are becoming encouraged to get involved. . “We want to do well in
Parish council chairman
the Lancashire Best-Kept Village Competition, so we can do without something
'like this happening.” _ : The rubbish includes
tons of old bricks, timber, empty plastic bags and pieces of old iron.
stream known as Badger. Well Water, which flows under a tunnel into Sabden Brook. The fear is that if there is heavy rain the tunnel might be blocked, and flooding could occur.
It has been left above a
rubbish being inspected by parish councillor 'Marion Procter,. who', reports that dumping' is continuing, with two van-loads having appeared on Monday.
Our picture shows the And ladies fight a losing battle
Youth given last chance to sort himself out
A CLITHEROE teenager, who was in breach of a probation order and a community service order, was given a last chance to sort himself out by the town’s magistrates.
Tyrone Lee Bridges (18), of Cross Street, had failed to attend Accrington Day Centre on March 5th, after receiving a two-year pro bation order imposed by Preston Crown Court for assault, demanding money
The court heard that
probation order. Bridges was also in
his head underneath the covers' hoping the world- will go'away, but it hasn’t and it has come crashing down on top of him today.” Mr Houldsworth added
with menaces, and being get himself to work. in breach of a previous
breach of a 120-hour com munity se rv ic e o rd e r imposed by Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court for theft, assault and breach of a conditional discharge, when he failed to perform work as instructed. In mitigation, Mr John
that Bridges was now in a position to work and would
Mr Tom Dugddle, told Bridges, who admitted being in breach, that he would be given four weeks to sort himself out and comply with both orders, and return to the court for a verbal report from the probation officer.
Presiding magistrate,
Houldsworth said: “He doesn’t seem to be able to cope with the realities of life. He has been hiding
Nursery couple strike gold
display was transported to the ” show by van and luckily the delicate operation was a success and nothing was damaged. Mr and Mrs Foley
Foley, of Holden Clough Nurseries, won a gold medal for their impressive garden of alpine and woodland plants. The 180sq. ft.
THE owners of a local nursery have secured a prestigious award at Harrogate Flower Show. Anne and Peter
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Over, £2,000 is. sent to buy Bibles
AT the annual meeting of Clitheroe' and District Bible Society, the Rev. Paul Hartley,' curate at St M a ry ’s C h u rch , was elected chairman, and the Rev.- Rodney Nicholson, Vicar at St Paul’s Church, Low M o o r , became vice-chairman. -: Mrs Joan-Marsh con tinues, as secretary and Mrs Marie Stirzaker is the . new treasurer. I t was announced that
over £2,000 had been sent to Bible House from the : local area over the past i year and Mr Jack Tagg, i r e t i r i n g c h a i rm a n , i described this as an excel lent result. He thanked Mr ,- Stanley Blackburn, retir- ! ing treasurer, and all the'.' committee members for ! their hard. work.
silence in mewmory of •: three committee members < who died during the year. 1 . Mr- Geoff Harrison, the i
There was a minute’s
new area representative, - showed a film about Chris- . tians in Thailand and how the Bible Society helps. He also spoke of the
new situation in the Soviet l U n io n an d E a s t e r n ' Europe and said th a t . Bibles were now being • sent more freely where once t h e y h a d been banned.- He was thanked by Mr Tagg. R e fre shm en ts were'
served by St James’s members and the meeting1 closed with prayers.
Unusual art at library
NOT many people would see art in a signpost or a letter-box . . . but these unusual subjects are the title of an exhibition in Whalley Library gallery, starting on Saturday for three weeks. The d raw in g s and
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photographs are by Padi- ham man Duncan Arm strong. Also on view in the
library display case will be hand-made porcelain dolls by Alison Fleming, of Accrington. Alison started making dolls at the age of 12 and h a s w o rk e d , through to exhibiting at the major London doll fail’s.
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Faulty tyres
last September and is going well; with a lot of interest being shown by youngsters in the Ribble Valley. Anyone who wishes to buy a ticket should ring (2788G). On Bank Holiday Monday, the group will travel-
FOR using a motor car with two defective tyres, Robert Frederick Parker, was fined £120 and had his licence endorsed with three penalty points. Parker (47), of Roefield Cottage, Edisford Road,
Clitheroe, pleaded guilty by le t te r to Clitheroe magistrates.
Quiz night raises cash to fight disease
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