8 Clitheroe Advertiser & -Times, December 13th, 1990


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ting a little cramped, too, thanks to an enormous soft toy dog under his desk.


New style signs


SELLING a house in the Ribble Valley will take on i completely new look shortly. House hunters will have new aid which will


the new boards will be available to vendors who ire anxious to secure a quick sale and who have priced their homes at a particularly keen level.


their traditional sale boards with a new format, where selected homes will have the traditional “For Sale” replaced with the asking price in clear bold figures. The agency hopes that


enable them to quickly find out the price of a property. Black Horse Agencies ire replacing many of


ordinating the collection of the toys. His workspace was get­


week, the tourism office at the Ribble Valley Council was beginning to look a lit­ tle like a toyshop, said Mr Keith Taylor, the council’s . expected and some organ! tourism officer, who is co- sations have given us die-


but more would still be welcome. By the beginning of the


pleased with the response we’ve had,” he said “We’ve received many more to y s than we


“We!re very, very


take place on Sunday, so the deadline for any more toys or donations is, there­ fore, 5 p.m. tomorrrow. Toys anil donations can be left at the Ribble Valley council offices in Church Walk.


Pendle Club


WINNERS of the weekly bridge session at the Pen­ dle Club, Clitheroe, were Mrs J. Kenyon and Mrs E. Wood, Mrs K. Bulcock and Mr G. Horsfield.


launched a month ago by Clitheroe Round Table and the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Howel Jones, aims to distribute toys to the children of needy families in the Rib­ ble Valley. The distribution will


have come from Clitheroe Golf Club, Whalley Lions and the Mayor of Clith­ eroe, Conn. Pat Shepherd. T h e to y a p p e a l ,


ques to buy more toys. Local people have once again proved that they are more than willing to help local children.” Donations totalling £400


THE flavour of a wonderful old-fashioned Christmas was very much in evidence at a “Victorian Enchanting Evening” at Standen Hall.


All Saints’ Church, Pendleton, and the hall resembled a beautiful Victorian scene, with Christmas floral decorations and. background music of carols.


It was organised by


' Some people dressed in Vietorian-stylc costume to add to the atmosphere and visitors were welcomed with a


Enchanting evening at Standen Hall


glass of hot punch. A tempting supper, including hot mince pies, was prepared by ladies of the church and


Pendleton, the Rev. Denis McWilliam, and the Rev. Alan Taylor,


village. The former vicar of


of Burnley, provided music and l lr Eric Birtwell played the piano while carols were sung.


Church funds


benefited bv more than £500.


Our picture shows


helpers serving supper to the hungry guests.


Letters to the Editor Important to vote


on opt-out issue


MAY I remind the parents of children who attend Clitheroe Royal Grammar School that today is their very last chance to vote on the grant maintained option.


to cast their vote. What­ ever the outcome, it is essential that the result of the ballot leaves no doubt as to the wishes of the majority of parents.


O P EN 7 .3 0 a m - 4 p m C LO SED CLO SED


with no strong political leanings, I had no precon­ ceived ideas when the option of grant maintained s ta tu s was f ir s t put forward for consideration. Indeed, I had reservations about any change from the school’s current excellent state. But change is inevi­ table — we have already started the move into local


As a parent governor


and I do not believe this will benefit CRGS.


Having studied the


options available, I am convinced that the GM option is right for the future of the school — par-


Days of the stagecoach


experienced it last week, it took me back over 20


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I demonstrated, via the pas­ senger transport execu­ tive, the value of subsidis­ ing bus fares. People used the buses, instead of jumping into their cars on every occasion. South Yorkshire County


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I our economic life. Such control as there is


I people who never travel I on the buses which they timetable!


MR J. S. KENT, 5 Fairfield Close, I Clitheroe.


I seems to emanate from


“benefits” of the 1984 Tory policy of “deregulation.” Whereas before there was some kind of regulation of services, now it is left to the market, to Adam Smith’s mysterious “invis­ ible hand,” which even he believed was incapable of regulating every aspect of


Council, at the time I was a member (1977-81) pushed the' policy to extremes and it dominated the county budget. But there is no denying the value of such a policy in terms of increasing the mobility of the less well-off and decreasing the use of cars, lowering pollution by oxides of carbon and nitrogen. Now we are seeing the


| some differences. In the 1900s, buses were often crowded but they ran ON TIME. They were run as a PUBLIC SERVICE and the fares were reasonable. In the late 1970s, South Yorkshire County Council


years to the time I used to travel across Oldham and Manchester on my way to Manchester GS. I felt quite like Proust in “A la recherche du temps perdu,” drinking his spoonful of tea containing some crumbs of “made- le in e ” — I suddenly remembered about the whole of my childhood. Of course there were


which began on November 24th, only 21 days after th e la s t ch an g e on November 11th, means that buses are now much more friendly, much more crowded at rush hour. W h e n I f i r s t


relived I WOULD like to thank the Ribble Bus Company (a stagecoach subsidiary) for reminding me of the delights of strap-hanging on buses. Its new timetab le,


those who are entitled to additional r esources do so take the opportunity received will be under the


It is important that all ticularly its pupils. The


direct control of the gover­ nors and can be used to maximum benefit for the pupils, whilst at the same time there is no reason why this should be to the detriment of other schools in the area.


much of what has been written in the papers has been opposed to the GM option and am concerned that this may be seen as representing the majority view. It is certainly not the view of the large


I am conscious that


the same few authors. I suspect that this is a clas­


sic case of the “silent majority.”


Proud of our MP


OVER the past few weeks of political turmoil, it


would be easy for the peo­


ple of the Ribble Valley to overlook the case of our own Member of Parlia­ ment, David Waddington. Mr Waddington lias


to the top, eventually to hold one of the highest political offices in the land — although, throughout his meteoric rise, he never once lost touch with his


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management of schools man?“o fR oV m e n t s in “ des” remaned" the press originate from -


regular feature of the area. Now we, the people of


-


jobbying in the press, and the position of Lord Privy indeed in governors’ meet­ ings, was counter-pro­ ductive. It strengthened my view that the school’s future would best be served by a system in which it is no longer used as a football in local politics.


carefully consider the information presented to them, draw their conclu­ sions and vote accord­ ingly.


JOHN R. CHEW, Parent governor, 83 Edisford Road, Clitheroe.


I hope your readers will


ton all the best in his future career and thank him for 12 years of truly outstanding service to the people of the Ribble Valley.


BLACKBURN, Chairman, Ribble Valley Young Conservatives.


S I M O N M o r e t h e a t r i c a l


m e m o r i e s . . . SOME time ago, I was reading the autobiogra­ phy of Michael Denison and his wife, Dulcie Gray, and in one chapter he mentions being in Greece at the time of the Civil War in 1944, when he was serving in the Army Intelligence


that time, near Athens. He wrote that he was lucky not to have been captured by the rebels as were “some of the RAF chaps who had a rough time in their hands.”


I was in the RAF at


-'the crucial day. “I am glad you have


b o s s , was fo r tu n a te enough to miss the worst of it by being in Athens on


from us both, Michael Denison.”


. J/b'd not get to the show in London, but some time after he was playing in a show at the Manchester


Rovil Fveh™„r mu * back n r w n.ot be5n entertainment. h.Aj K « , s r ;ei!ow-


enjoyed Dulcie’s and my work in the theatre, as well as the book, and'if you should manage to get to London to see my show, please come backstage and take a drink off me after­ wards. With best wishes


participant in the Kiffissia a *ot °f dialogue. It was a (place where I was cap- vcry pleasant afternoon of tured) business though, as theatre and obviously very vou know, I, like your much enjoyed by the


ing to hear from a fellow leuow characters and so they had


playing on the London stage at the time I was reading the book and wrote to him saying that I was one of the “poor blighters” mentioned in one of his chapters. He replied as follows:- “Thank you for your let­ ter. "■s


I found out that he was


It was most interest­ imiii


gested to Barbara that we might pop backstage and meet him. We did this and


audience. After the show I sug­


told him of our pleasure in seeing the production and asked him about the.pro­ posed tour of the show. It has also been playing abroad and — good news for them — they would be playing in the area near t h e i r h om e o v e r Christmas. Dulcie was resting in her dressing room and, no wonder, after playing non­ stop for two hours.‘We expressssed our best wishes


ed ishes


abbess, and George Ber­ nard Shaw. There were only three


Barbara Taylor, to Pres­ ton to see him and Dulcie Gray and Frank Thornton in a play called “The best of friends.” This tells the true and remarkable story of an enduring and endear­ ing friendship between three people which lasted to the encf of their days — Sydney Cockerell, director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, Dame Laurentis McLachlan, an


British Arts Council. . I went with my friend,


H . For me, the political MP has been elevated to


Seal, one of the most important posts in the Lords. We will all, I am sure, feel sorrow that he cannot continue as our MP and wish his successor the best of luck. We wish Mr Wadding­


the Ribble Valley, must feel very proud that our


served the constituency and its people in a most superb manner and has proved to be an excellent representative for us. He, like the cream, rose


Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). B m j l f y J 2 3 3 ^


over (here giving talks and 45 Bolland Prosnect lectures sponsored by the Ctithcroc


DacK to Greece since the lu 1 Du.lc.ie hati been EDMOND CAMBIEN


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