Clitheroe Advertiser & Times} April 5th, 1990 7- Clitheroe 22S2U (Editorial) ^22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331(Classified) . FASIIIONABLE'WAY TO RAISE
CASH.FOR SCHOOL FUND
Solutionto parking? problem doubtful
: in' the' village 'of Wiswell, say members of the Ribbje Valley Council’s' Public W o rk s ' a n d H e a l th
THERE may be no solu tion to a parking problem
THE CARPET GALLERY GLUSBURN
Committee. Residents have com-.
RIDDOCH — CUSACK
Assistant manager at the Moorcock Inn,' Wadding- ton, Mr Ian Riddoch was married to Trutex packer Miss Sandra Cusack at Trinity Methodist Church Clitheroe. The bridegroom is the
ilained that visitors to the', .ocal — and .very popular — Masons Aims'.pub have
been parking outside their homes in Old Back Lane and they say that a car park is needed. ■ ‘ ■ Worse still, according to
To be held at COWLING VILLAGE HALL, PARK ROAD, COWLING
Fo l lo w in g th e s u c c e s s o f o u r la s t y e a r s "o n c e a yea r* s a le w e a re d o in g a re p e a t a t th e s am e v e n u e o n :
one resident, Mr F. H. Laycock, the lane is used as a “rat run,” and should be limited to access only. Coun. Mrs Sheila Maw
son of Mr and Mrs M. Rid doch, of Greendale View, Grindleton, and the bride
Clitheroe. : The. bride, given away
by her father, wore a white , silk gown edged with silk embroidery and featuring a full crinoline- style skirt and a shawl col lar! She had a long veil with scalloped , silk edgin: and a headdress of sill- roses,and pearls and car ried a bouquet of roses freesia and gypsophila. Matron of honour was
‘Indecent haste’ criticism of
hospital move
COUNCILLORS have poured cold water on a plan to turn the doomed Ribchester Hospital into a unit for light industry and storage.
Mrs K. Child, the bride’s s is te r , and attendants were Mrs D. McCormick, Miss S. Cusack and Miss K. Lord, the bridegroom’ niece. Mrs Child and Mrs
cuss a planning application tate such a use and offers in respect of the hospital valuable parking space only a week af ter the w i th in th e h o s p i ta l Health S ecretary had grounds. Central Govem- endorsed its closure. ment requests that local The application for p lanning a u th o r i t ie s
They were asked to dis- that the building can facili-
McCormick wore balle rina-length dresses of cornflower blue silk, with sw e e th e a r t necklines, puffed 3leeves and large bows at the back and car ried small shower bou quets. The others wore similar dresses with scal loped necklines and car ried baskets of silk flow ers. All the attendants had h e a d d r e s s e s of s i lk flowers. Page boy was Master C.
Lord, the bridegroom’s nephew. Best man was Mr S.
Lord, groomsmen were Mr L. McCormick and Mr C. Kendrick and ushers were Mr G. Lord, the bridegroom’s brother, and Mr G. Child, the bride’s brother-in-law. Thq ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. J. Needham and organist
was Mr D. Jones. A reception was held at
live in Clitheroe. Photograph: R. Green
the Moorcock Inn, Wad- dington. The couple are to
wood, Clitheroe.
change of use of the hospi- should give careful consid- tal for the industrial and eration to the use of such storage scheme was sub-, redundant sites.” mitted by the North West Coun. Chris Holtom R e g i o n a l H e a l t h (Wilpshire) suggested that Authority.
AT the annual meeting off C l i th e ro e A f te rn o o n Townswomen’s Guild, retiring chairman Mrs J. Roberts was presented with a cut-glass vase to mark her service. Officers elected were:
meeting was organised by Mrs B. MacMillan.
M. Christy (chairman), A. Pedder (vice-chairman), 0. Wolstenholme (secre t a r y ) , M. M cHen ry (treasurer). A quiz at the end of the
tion, members of the bor- in the Ribchester area, the ough council’s Devel- site should be given over opment Control Sub- to that purpose, committee went against a Coun. Geoffrey Ains recommendation by its worth (Mellor) disap- own planning department, proved of the plan to A report from council establish an industrial and officers said: “It is evident storage site in open coun tryside. I t was not a suit able place for large lorries and there was a bad bend near the site. “It’s diabolical and we
In refusing the applies- made for a private hospital since plans were being Cut-glass vase
should re fu se i t , ” he declared. Coun. Mrs Joyce Lil-
bum (Bolton-by-Bowland) described the authority’s move as “indecent haste.” The committee decided
A LOCAL s c h o o l opened its doors on a k a l e i d o s c o p e o f fashions for a fund-rais ing exercise. The fashion show was
o r g a n i s e d by th e Friends’ Association of St James’s CE School, Clitheroe, and raised £100, which will go towards the purchase of a p h o to -co p ie r and o th e r equipment for staff and pupils. A f u l l r a n g e o f
One more step forward for Barrow plan
fashions was staged by Kaleidoscope, of Clith eroe, and the models included two from the school — parent. Mrs J an e t Townsend and teachers’ assistant Mrs J a n e t Sowerby. An entertaining commen tary was given by Mrs P a t Rostron and Mrs Jean Dinsdale expressed thanks to the fashion shop staff and models. The show had some
thing for every taste, including clothes for evenings, weddings, daytime wear, holidays and separates, pluu a nautical theme.
Three-bike crash
THREE motor cycles were involved in an acci dent on the Gisburn to Hellifield road on Sunday. They were driven by
to refuse the application on the grounds that it was not in the interests of safety and would mean cutting down trees, the loss of which would be detrimental to the amenity value of the area.
Annette Elwell, of White- field, Manchester, who was a pillion passenger on Mr Morran’s machine, suf fered slight injuries.
Mr Ilidias and Miss . . .
Nicholas John Ilidias, of Euxton Close, Burnley, Jeffrey Mathews, of Bury, and Roy Morran, also of Bury.
THE controversial redevelopment scheme for the Barrow Print Works site for industry and housing has taken another step forward.
lors heard on Thursday that the department of Transport.has given the thumbs up to a major access point to the site from the A59 Clitheroe bypass.
Ribble Valley council
scheme included the provi sion of a dual carriageway and roundabout between Bramley Meade and the Clitheroe south link and that the work would be finished before the print works site was developed.
They were told that the
'alongside an industrial commercial park. The idea is for the housing to serve as an “enabler site” for the industrial park, providing homes for the employees}
• An 80-plus housing development is planned,
The developer has inti
mated that ne needs to make a start on the houses so th a t he can release money for developing the rest of the site.
members of the borough council’s Development Control Sub-committee
Several months ago,
gave the initial go-ahead to the redevelopment' scheme provided tha t a
Chamber to continue its bid to improve
tourism and parking :r i n * MR WOOD
CAR parking and tourism are the two most important subjects on Clitheroe Chamber of Trade’s agenda, said new president Chris Wood
this week.
mont Avenue, who was inaugurated at the annual meeting on Wednesday, said: “I will be leading the Chamber in the direction it has followed for several years. The town must -improve its parking facili ties and we are putting
Mr Wood (40), of Clare
forward a co-ordinated strategy for tourism. “If people come into the
town to spend th e i r m o n ey , i t can only improve the quality and standard of services for Clitheronians, too.” Mr Wood feels he is
stepping into the “rather large shoes of my prede cessors, . Barry Stevens a n d R o la n d H a i l wood . . . “but with their support, I hope my quieter
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football.” His greatest suc cesses have been wins in the Jersey Marathon in 1983 and 1986. He was second in the Singapore Cross Country Champion ships in 1982, an event he only stumbled across while on holiday there. “I was not acclimatised
package of safeguards could be obtained.
. committed to the access road, although no written a g r e em e n t could be
were told by council officers' that the Depart ment of Transport was
Members on Thursday
entered into. A £lV4m. bond in advance of the road scheme was now required from Pilot Prop erties, developers of the
site.. The sub-committee &130
■ although the decision rested with the borough council. The county did not like the scheme because it was contrary to the struc ture plan for the district, in th a t th e s i te was marked for industry and not housing development, they heard.
heard th a t Lancashire Council Council did not approve of the scheme,
despite the county’s view they should press ahead and Mr Philip Bailey, director of development and client services, was asked to continue working out the package of safe- Jguards and details of the site.
Members agreed that
council spokesman said that detailed planning ele ments had s ti ll to be worked out, b u t once these were finalised, work on the scheme would begin quite quickly, although it would be a few years before the entire scheme was completed.
After the meeting, a
Fined £300 and banned
after crash MOPED rider Brian John Pollard was : found to be more than twice over the legal limit, after his'Honda crashed into a lamp-post on W h a l le y R o a d , Clitheroe. Pollard (29), of De Lacy
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an d m o re low k e y experience in his youth approach will be as effec- wjth Clitheroe builder tfve as their,dynamic
opes.” A native Clitheronian,
Mr Wood attended Bolton- ......... by-Bowland p r im a ry , rewirini school, where his mother, ■ Mrs Eileen Wood, who lives in St Paul’s Close, • L ow M o o r , w as , headmistress. He went to Clitheroe
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Royal Grammar School and later gained a' B.Ed. degree -in mathematics at Leeds University. Then he taught for four years at Bamoldswick’s West Cra ven High School, before deciding the • profession was not for him and mov ing into the world of computers.
dent computer consultant, travelling all over the country to advise com panies on the most effec tive way of computerising their procedures and pro v id in g 's o lu t io n s to problems.
He is now
ah.indepen •-
as a runner, an interest he took up in 1963 at school, “because I was hopeless at
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.YFC enjoyed-a guided tour, of local engineering firm Lodematic. ■, T h ey w e re shown
MEMBERS of Clitheroe
'cesses involved in design projects: A vote of thanks was proposed by Pam Bul lock ana seconded nifer Hindle.
jaround the firm and given an insight into
the.pro-
Mr Wood is well known THE only Labour councillor on the.Ribble cervices rsoara
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Labour member resigns from board Valley’s controversial Direct ^Services Board
s resip - ' ‘ ~ ....................
th a t u n t i l he knew whether the 18-month old board's constitution was legal, he would not con
Goun. Bert Jones said si jaer ieiuuuuK *«,.
Janice, both have strong connections with the town. Mrs Wood’s father, Mr Bill Houghton had links with Harrison’s Engineering and,Mr Wood’s father Vie, grandfather and. g reat grandfather all worked at the town’s Tomlinson’s Taxi and Funeral Service. Mrs Wood is at present working as a locum phar-
Mr Wood and his wife, t
like the other runners and my tongue was nearly on my knees,” he said. “ He is a keen DIY e n th u s ia s t and work
Dick- Moorhouse has helped him to tackle extensions, central heat ing installations and the wiring of his home.
FRIDAY 6th APRIL 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. and SATURDAY 7th APRIL 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
(Whalley) said: “ I t ’s a nasty, narrow road in a dark comer of the village and it isn’t very pleasant walking from your car to thepub.” Tne Masons Arms “is a
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might not be a solution to the problem, but they have asked the local parish council for its views before making a decision.
Advice to dahlia
growers
WITH many y ea rs of dahlia
national level behind him, Mr Leslie White, of Sab- den,
competitions at
bers of CKtheroe Garden Club every, stage in the propagation’ andl growing of this popular an.d beauti- fill plant.
illustrated to mem
easy to follow directions made a most intriguing
His excellent slides and
lecture. Speaking at the next
meeting, on May 14th, will be Mr Graham Iddon, of Hesketh Bank, talkin a b o u t f lo w e r s an arrangements. The sales shed will be
closed on Easter Sunday. Seats are still available for the visit to “Stonestacks,” Turton, on June 11th and to Gateshead Garden Fes tival on July 14th. The outings are open to anyone and details are available from Clitheroe 24165.
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Street, Clitheroe, was fined £300 and disqualified from d r iv in g fo r 18 months, when he pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol in the blood. He was further fined £40 for h aving no excise licence and ordered to pay £5 back duty. A blood te s t showed 185mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood,
be iing85mg. Mr Philip
Pollard, said the defendant Taylor, for
ing 85 g
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had been visiting an aunt in Accrington and had stopped at two pubs for a drink. He had reached the
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ha is resigned in protest after allegations that it is illegal.
. It is made up of officers, and six elected, members,
'it illegal were overwhelm ingly defeated at a recent council meeting. '
aniDui* c o u n t ry t o ,o p e r a t e already written to the dis- by Jen- J through a board of direc- trict aqditor
asking.for a -1 I tors, and moves to declare meeting.
a reasonably good job. But dent: The other 32 mem- in view of the question of bers of the council are not legality, I felt the only fair admitted to meetings. ' , course on behalf of my ‘ Meanwhile, Labour group and myself was to councillor Ron Pickup.-has resign,” he said this week, vowed he will take ; the Ribble' Valley is one of matter to the High Court the first authorities in the if nec es sary . He has
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