6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 10th; 1900


IT’S BOOM TIME FOR TOURISM


BUSINESS is booming as never before for the Ribble Valley tourist


industry — and that’s official. : Inquiries are pouring in


from all over Britain grow fourfold,, local coun- sometimes at the rate oft cilllors are considering one a minute — from peo- several options to expand pie wanting to'visit the-the service, includingi a the idea of relocating the area this summer.


attractions. The council’s Recreation


prepare a detailed report on various options for the next committee.meeting. One member who backs


with a’ rush of interest the town’s main street to Atkinson, which has seen inquiries give a better showcase for He explained: “Tourists th e a r e a ’ s u n iq u e may be put off from mak-


Now, in a bid to cope Walk council offices into is Sabden’s Coun. Albert move from the Church tourist information section


Driver’s ban for a year


A SABDEN man was almost twice over the legal limit, when police saw his car weaving about the road in the early hours of the morning.


James Thompson (30), of Homeacre, was fined £200 and banned from driving for 12 months, when he admitted driving with excess alcohol in his breath.


As a re su lt , Martin


son in Whalley Road, Sab- den, when they saw his car weave about the road and mount the kerb as it went round a left-hand bend. A b re a th te s t showed 01 niicrograms of alchohol, the legal limit being. 35.


Police stopped Thomp­


he had gone "with the lads” to a pub in Whalley.


Thompson told the court


and Leisure Committee went into private session to discuss what it hoped would be a golden Easter egg for all those who back the holiday trad e . A record year is looming for the borough, setting cash tills jingling as never before. Now councillors are


ing their holiday inquiries if they have to queue on the same floor where somebody is .involved in a row about their poll tax: “ In other boroughs,


c m t x r o e m z i


Housing plan under fire


fromlabour A SCHEME which will allow, a housing asso-


dation to develop council-ownedjand in Clith- eroe has come under fire from the Ribble Valley Council’s Labour group.


s in t r a scheme by the sidise a scheme in which Bradford and Northern the council had no stake.


eroe) said that part of the hold had to be determined


scheme was intended to at a forthcoming meeting, help first-time buyers, but He pointed out that


interested in putting holi­ day information,right up front by taking it out of the council offices in Church Walk altogether and opening a town centre shop similar to_ a travel


agent’s. Other borough councils


which have done this have reported a sharp increase in inquiries, with such shops becoming self-fin­ ancing as they generate th o u san d s of pounds through advertising and other spin-offs. With extensions to the


information centres in the street have proved very successful from what I understand. They are easily found by people who do not know the area and can quickly turn out to be self-financing.


w h o le q u e s t io n of relocation.” Mr Taylor said it was


“We need to look at the


the prices would exclude there was a new attitude many people on the coun- to h o u s in g schemes, cil’s waiting list.


“When two-bedroomed developers and housing whereby; councils, private r No licence


council offices, the time is considered ripe for such changes and councillors have ordered tourism officer Mr Keith Taylor to


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clear that present staff were now overwhelmed with the amount of work they had to do. One other possibility might be to make the council’s switch­ board a separate section. Few people realised that at present the tourist information staff were also operating the switch­ board. The need for the report


reflected the success of the council’s tourism strategy, but the borough was not resting on its laurels, Mr Taylor said.


CLITHEROE man Ken­ neth Robert Hindle (23), of Brook Street, was fined £75 by the town’s magis­ trates when he admitted using a motor car with no excise licence.


total of £100 for having two defective tyres.'


said the car was on spare land and some workmen had pushed it into the street because it was in their way. His mother had given them the keys.


In mitigation, Hindle He was further fined a Pioneering link with orchestra


CLITHEROE’S Ribbles- dale School is playing a leading part in pioneering a new scheme aimed at forging musical links between the Northern Chamber Orchestra and local schools.


all round when a pianist and violinist from the o rch e s tra v is i ted the school to make music at sessions for pupils from four primary schools and,' th e f i r s t y e a r at!


It was a happy occasion


Ribblesdale. Their repertoire, which


had the children clapping to the various rhythms, in­ cluded the theme song from the popular Austra­ lian TV soap, “Neigh­ b o u r s ,” Country and Western tunes, folk music, gipsy melodies and a little classical music.


teacher Mrs Carol Lowe said: <(The idea was to show that a diversity of musical interests can be a


R ib b le sd a le music


lot of fun and the visit was highly successful.


forge relationships with education in the area and this was the first visit as part of a scheme which will be extended to other schools.”


“The orchestra wants to


in the Ribblesdale drama complex. At the first were pupils from Edisford, St James’s CE, Brookside and P en d le P r im a ry Schools, Clitheroe. Ribb­


Two sessions were held


lesdale first-formers had a similar musical treat and, like the primary pupils, heard the melodies played on a £6,000 violin. A cheaper instrument was available for inspection by the children. Ribblesdale is likely to


houses are £47,000 and associations combined to three-bedroomed £53,000, meet the needs of the peo- I don’t think you are going pie. It offered an exciting to reduce the waiting list,” challenge which could pro- he declared.


duce better results. l _________


“If we are prepared to , Coun. Fleming added ret rid of council-owned that Coun. Jones might fand — which is in short well be surprised that


supply — in this fashion, then we will not be able to meet the demands of the leople who really need a lelping hand.”


homes could not be sold, then the rent asked for them would be much higher than those for


He also felt that if the


play host again for mem­ bers of the orchestra as part of the scheme, with the promise of a wider programme. Our picture shows pri­


mary schoolchildren with the two musicians.


council houses. Coun. Ron P ic k u p


(Clitheroe) and Coun. Jones also questioned whether the land would be sold to the developers on leasehold or freehold. They felt that local poll tax


Cesspit g PERMISSION has been


Council’s Development Control Sub-committee heard that the 18,000-litre capacity cesspit was to be installed adjacent to Pin- ewood Cottage, Forest Road, and was to be sited underground.


ranted for a cesspit in rindletori for North West Water Ltd. The R ib b le Valley


some people on the council waiting list might well be able to afford the houses.


The council was discus- payers would have to sub-


Housing A s so c ia tio n H o u s in g chairman involving 20 houses and 16 Coun. Bill Fleming (Bil-


flats in Carlton Place. • • lington) said that the ques- Coun Bert Jones (Clith- tion of leasehold or free-


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