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Bid to unearth Roman history of Whalley
THE latest technological equipment has been brought into a Ribble Valley village in a bid to discover whether it was-built on the site of a Roman fort.
that Whalley is situated on what could become one of the most i m p o r t a n t archaeological finds of
Local historians believe
recent years and their theories nave been backed by the weight of the pro fessionals at Lancaster University. Mr John Chadwick, a
highly-respected local his torian from Upper Calder- dale, moved to Whalley two years ago. .He has unearthed a great deal of detail on the village from walking, research and book and map work. Mr Chadwick came to
the conclusion that Whal ley has Roman connections and now he is setting about proving it. Roth the Geology and
to produce a academic paper on the work and Lancaster University is monitoring p ro g re s s closely. Should the response be favourable, it could well lead to a full- scale archaeological dig. However, one stumbling
ing,” said Mr Chadwick. “Whether or not we have found anything Roman or a bomb shelter from the last world war remains to be seen.” Mr Chadwick is hoping
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mood, with temperatures
weather, with tempera tures rising into the'70s by the end of the month.
block is that much of the site has been built on, pos sibly several times, and this could hamper excava tion work.
Historical and Archaeolog ical Society have been hard at work undertaking thousands of tests using a resistivity meter, which meant inserting probes into key areas of the ground. Now that most of the readings have been carried out, the results will be col lated, fed into a computer and analysed. “The findings so far have been very interest-
Archaeological Depart ments at Lancaster have loaned equipment to enable a survey to take place. Members of the Whalley
London organist will give
recital CLITHEROE Parish Church Organ Society will be presenting its 220th concert in church on Saturday, at 8 p.m. The soloist will be Miss
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started the ever-growing movement called “The National Learn the Organ Year” to make up for the tremendous shortage of church organists. The patron of this organisation is the Archbishop of York and it seems that many people are being attracted
Anne Marsden Thomas, who is the distinguished organist at St Giles, Crip- plegate, London. Miss Marsden Thomas
Fashions exclusively for ladies JEAN FIELDING
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eroe, she will play music from Frank Liszt entitled “St Francis of Paola walk ing upon the waves” and the ever Trumpet Minuet by blind organist Alfred Hollins. The society has been
featuring the music of C. V. Stanford throughout
a cool start for the first 10 daysand poor tempera tures and rainfall each day. It became warmer from the l-lth, with a short dry spell, but then the month was unsettled, with rain on most days.
May was 1.65 inches. June saw a change, with
TWENTY-FIVE children at St Mary’s RC School, Sahdcn, who received blue badges for their swimming achievement, are positive proof that the school’s training policies work. The Puffin badges were presented by the Mayor of the Kibble Valley, Coun.
master Mr Tom Prcndergast. “If I had to limit places, I would rather take just the non-swimmers — they’re the ones who benefit the most." The school started weekly swimming trips just' after Christmas, filling a
Prcndcrgast.
Ilowel Jones, to children who had managed to swim a. length of Padiham Pool. “I don’t believe in taking only swimmers to a swimming-pool,” said head
coach with all 5(1 children where possible, and the benefit of the regular trip to Padiham Pool has paid off. “It won’t be long now before everyone in the school can swim,” said Mr
Questions wisdom o f selling prime housing land
THE disposal of a prime Clitheroe housing site to a housing association has been condemned by a Clitheroe councillor. Conn. Ron Pickup ques- low this course.”
to the organ as a result of this scheme. For her concert at Clith-
tioned the wisdom of sell mg land at Carlton Place, Clitheroe, to the Bradford and Northern Housing Association, accusing his colleagues of “a major change in policy." Stating that the decision
Committe has authorised the sale of the site and agreed with the principle of demolishing existing properties. Chief executive Mr
The council’s Housing
the season and she will play the Fantasia and Toc cata in D minor. Comparatively recently
should have been referred to the council, he said he was not satisfied that the proposal met the statutory requirements, that it should be sold for the best possible price. He had intended to sub
she made a recording of music by lady composers, so it is not surprising to find her including an item by the late Dame Ethel Smyth, an English com poser who knew Brahms, Grieg and Tchaikovsky. The last item of her pro gramme will be the Grand Solemn March in E fiat by Henry Smart, who was formerly an organist of Blackburn Cathedral and took part in the inaugura tion of the first organ at Clitheroe Parish Church more than 150 years ago.
Decorating primary schools
SCHOOLS throughout the Ribble Valley should have a bright new look to carry them through the 1990s. Lancashire County
Council's Education Build- ings Sub -comm ittee approved the spending of £-10,000 for in te rn a l decoration projects at 12 of the area’s schools. Pemlle County Primary
Oswin Hopkins informed Conn. Pickup that a com mittee had been formed to look at the authority’s standing orders.
Coun. Pickup that the scheme was a new venture for the Ribble Valley, adding: “The Government says tlie role of the council in housing is as an enabler rather than a provider — Ribble Valley Council is not the only council to fol-
mit his own proposal that the land be grassed over until the council could redevelop it, thereby ensuring that the subse quent council houses built belonged to the authority. Due to the council’s stand ing orders, he had’been unable to do so, a situation to which he strongly objected. Conn. Bill Fleming told
Rail travellers are
quick off the mark YOU had to be quick to get the half-price rail travel tickets we mentioned in last week’s paper, because most of them sold like hot cakes!
ll,000 donation' was made available for special half- price rail travel exclusi vely for “Advertiser and Times” readers.
tion — there were queues oustide our offices a month ago when a £500 donation was made. Altliam Travel Services
factor, who'wishes to i remain anonymous, a
Thanks to a local bene
queuing up outside the office before we opened on Thursday.”
It was tlie second dona
Agency sold £300 worth (-11 cards) by Saturday evening and the rest by lunchtime on Monday. Both groups could have
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For quake victims
RIBBLE VALLEY resi dents are being urged to dig deep to help the vic tims of tile earthquake in Iran. The Lancashire Red
Cross is appealing for donations and has already sent three relief flights with the £130,000 raised so far.
spent each; Whalley CE School £-1,000; Sabden County Primary School, Wiswell/Barrow School and Brennand’s Endowed School, Slaidblirn, £3,000; Gisburn/Tosside County Primary School and Sab den RC School £2,500; Simonstone CE School, Read CE School, Hurst Green RC School and St James’s CE School, Clith eroe, £2,000. The programme is part
and SS Michael and John RC School in Clitheroe are to have £10,000 of work
CLEMSON — DAWSON
A honeymoon in the Bahamas followed the wedding at St Mary and All Saints’ Church, VVhal- lcy, of graphic artist Miss Sarah Jane Dawson and computer systems man ager Mr David Clemson. The bride is the younger
daughter of Mr and Mrs T. Dawson, of Braeside, Old Back Lane, Wiswell. The bridegroom is the second son of Mr and Mrs
B. Clemson, of Warren- side Close, Blackburn. The bride, given away
shire have always been very generous to our appeals in tile past and I'm sure this appeal will be no exception,” said informa tion officer Marilyn Hahn. Donations can be made
“The people of Lanca
by credit card by tele phoning 0898 23-1222 or by post to The Lancashire Red Cross, 310 Blackpool Road, Preston, PR2 3AE.
Enthusiasm impresses
DURING his first month us Ribble Valley Mayor, Conn. Howel Jones has been impressed by the enthusiasm of different sections of the community. He told his council col
done with more, too, such has been the interest shown locally. However, not every
sold their allocation of tickets within a day and a half, the bulk by Thursday lunchtime Many of those wore to people who first went to our offices to inquire about ttie offer. “We were besieged,"
last. Clitlioroe Travel Agency. He added: “We’e had one or two from Burnley and
said Tony Duckworth, of Altham’s. “VVe had people
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body getting tickets has come lrom the Ribble Val
ley, said Nigel Pratt, of
Blackburn, but we haven't been able to refuse them because there was nothing saying we should ban them, although obviously the offer was supposed to be for Ribble Valley peo ple only."
Kibble Valley Rail on the reopening of the local line, describing it as “a most memorable occasion, despite the lamentable lack of publicity by British Rail" and a timetable which, he said, was in need of adjustment. He referred to Clith- eroe’s town crier Mr
Roland Hailwood, Laurel and Hardy Tans and the Foxhill Bowmen, who travelled to the Ribble Valley for a re c en t competition.
by her father, wore a gown of ivory silk dupion with a fitted bodice, an off-tlie-shoulder neckline embroidered with pale pink bows and a large bow at the back. She carried a bouquet of mixed summer flowers in pale pink, fuch sia, purple and mauve. Bridesmaids were Miss
Caroline Dawson, the bride’s sister, and Miss Annabel Langton, tile bride's cousin. They wore dresses similar in style to Hie bride’s, in fuchsia pink silk (lupion. Best man was Mr Neil
of a £115,500 package for Hyiidlnirii and the • Kibble Valley to be carried out during the financial'year 1990/91.
Library closes for books
transfer CLITHEROE Library's temporary home, off Moor Lane, will be closed next week so that hooks and equipment can be moved to the newly-refurbished library in Church Street The library’s perma-
thunderstorm, each day, with plenty of rain.
The 27th and 30th saw a
June was 3.8 inches, mak ing it a disappointing month.
The total rainfall for
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Clemson, the bridegroom's brother, and ushers were Mr A. D. Dawson, Mr A. Hunt, Mr S. Clemson and Mr C. Clemson. The ceremony was per
the Inn at Whitewcll, in the Trough of Rowland. After their honeymoon,
formed by the Rev. Michael Ackroyd. A reception was held at
the couple will live in West h o u g h t o li, n e a r Bolton.
mons, Clitheroe. Cycle theft
Photograph: David Sim
to do to get your new card is re-register by complet ing a form available from the counter — and to be sure of having your new card ready for the opening you should re-register this week, before the tern porary library closes on Saturday.
have re-registered will be allowed to borrow hooks from the Church Street library. However, all you have
ment home will be opening to the public at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 23rd, with a much-augmented stock of books. Only those readers who
27 72 5-1 13.9 28 66 50 29
26
65 5-1 3.8 58 0.3
70 _____ 30 72 5-1
72 54 5.3 9.5
.June Min. Kain (nun)
60 49 50
48 1.4 50 47
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May »
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The total rainfall for
A family drenching wins prize
A PICTURE of a family d re n c h e d w i t h r a in brought success for Alexis Birtwell in a competition staged by Clitlieroe Ram blers on their family ram bling day, because the pic ture was so apt — it bucketed down that day!
the category for the over sixes.
among the 73 who took part on the family ramble around Ribehcster. All the children were given pens and quiz sheets, including a request for a drawing that best summed up the day.
Thirty children were 12.5
(8), of Meadow Close, Bil- lington, was ill ballpoint and showed the thick rain which started soon after the ramble began at 11
a.in. and hardly let up. The rain did not dampen ramblers’ spirits, how ever, or put the children off. Although tile average age of the children taking part was about five, there were several toddlers and even a four-month-old baby.
The drawing by Alexis
and under section was Jennifer Reynolds (-1), of Shays Drive, Clitlieroe. Highly commended were Tanya Birtwell (1U), uf Meadow Close, Billington, and Helen Marsh (8), of L a n g s li a w D r iv e , Clitheroe.
Winner of the five years
Hear choir in action
THERE is a musical treat in store for pupils of Clith
eroe Royal Grammar School and Moorland School when the 30-strong c li a m b e r c h o i r o f Chetham’s Selioo 1 of Music, M a n e li e s te r , rehearses in the CRGS a r ts th e a tre in York Street.
have been invited to see the famous choir in action, prior to its performance at Blackburn Cathedral on Monday evening, when the programme will include music spanning 500 years.
Alison Bullock will he among the performers.
Former Clitheroe girl Controversy over housing
DESPITE opposition from the town council, an appli cation to build houses on land off Union Street, Low Moor, has been recommended for approval by the kib ble Valley Council's director of development and client services.
the development would over-intensify housing in the area.
The town council has objected on the grounds that
no overiding reasons to withhold consent. The meeting of Ribble Valley Council’s Planning
However, Mr Philip Bailey argues that he sees and Development Committee takes place-tonight. Pupils of the two schools Alexis’s success came in
A PEDAL cycle valued at £100 was stolen from a house at West View, Clilheroe, last week. The Raleigh 10-speed
S P E C IA L
gent’s sports cycle is silver and black with “The Win ner” written on it in red.
Youth sold cider to under age drinkers
TEENAGERS as young as 13 and 14 gathered in Clitheroe Castle grounds on Friday evenings to buy bottles of cider from an 18-year-old youth, the town’s magistrates were told. . rne practice came to His behaviour, said Mrs toilets,
light after members of the Riley, had been considered ■ public complained to the to be a c o r ru p t in g police and a youngster was influence and a means of found drinking from a bot- increasing drunkenness tie and obviously “much among juveniles in Clith- the worse for wear,” said eroe. Police were told that Mrs S u s a n R i le y , young people were seen to prosecuting.
Seedall Avenue, Clith- nights — when Trinity w’0 we?ks a,lfI usually 10 eroe, was fined £75 and Youth Club operated.
ordered to pay £15 costs after pleading guilty to Mrs Riley said that on selling intoxicating liquor February 23rd,. when
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purchasing alcohol on, people had also bought behalf of juveniles who eider from the youth. The were unable to buy it for normal practice was to themselves and made a wait around for McBride small p ro f i t on the on Friday evenings in the arrangement.
that it was a very unusual case. McBride had been
Castle grounds, near the l
w i th o u t a J u s t i c e s ’ police found a juvenile Licence. Mr Riley told the court
David Eric McBride, of Castle grounds on Friday r ,
be drinking alcohol in the
drinking from a bottle, he told them he had paid £2 to McBride for the drink and about 15 other young
ju v e n i le s had been
police that he had bought eider for juveniles. He puchased a bottle for either £1.90 or £1.95 and sold it to a juvenile for £2. He had been operating the arrangement for about
McBride admitted to
involved. McBride told the court
he had nothing to say about the matter.
P. M. Reed said that McBride had not been making much money out of the sale of the cider, but he must have realised that he was being “very foolish to encourage these young people to break the law.”
Presiding magistrate Mr i'<
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