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THE age of the train is about to deliver a bonanza of prizes for those keen to make use of the forthcoming Saturday Clitheroe


service. It’s all thanks, once


attain, to the mystery railway benefactor whose generous free ticket offer last year had local folk queuing in the street when the Saturday sendee for the summer season was first introduced. He has again placed


£1,(100 on the track, hut this time it will go in raffle prizes — two SupcrSaver tickets for each winner to anywhere in Britain. If you want to be eligi­


ble for the draw, then you must be among the passengers travelling by train to and from Clithcroe over the first four Saturdays of the summer sendee, which begins on May 18th. The choice of destina­


tion, whether it is to John o’ Groats or just to the Lancashire coast, is entirely up to the winners. The “Advertiser and


eligible for the raffle arc May 18th and 25th, June 1st and 8th.


The travelling dates


made at the end of the first four Saturdays and the draws will continue each week until the


The first draw will be SHEILA NIXON REPORTS


benefactor’s £1,000 has been used up. Therefore, the number of prizes depend on the destinations of the winners. The draw will be


supervised by Ribble Valley Rail, the voluntary organisation which has campaigned long and hard for the return of trains to Clitheroe. Winners will


be contacted soon after each draw' has been made and they will then be able to claim two British Rail SuperSaver tickets from Althams Travel Services, of 20 King


Street, Clithcroe. The destination is


entirely up to the individ­ ual winner. However, the SuperSaver ticket has restrictions in that it cannot be used on Fridays or on some Saturdays in the summer season, so if anyone


wanted to travel on these days or travel first class


they would be required to make up the difference.


Tickets arc valid for three months for return


travel to any place in Britain on the British


Rail network. As politica l h ea v yw e igh ts are ousted . . .


Sheila Maw (Cons.)


B a r r ie P a rk e r (Lab.)


Mayor averts council crisis


C L I T H E R O E ’ S mayoralty has been saved — at the last


Times” has been called in to help the mystery benefactor to organise the raffle. Like him, we are keen to see the summer sendee go full steam ahead, because its success could help to sway a decison, still to lie made, on whether to introduce a daily sendee into Clithcroe. So this is how you can


purchased a Saturday return ticket out of Clitheroe, you will be eligible to have your name entered for the raffle. You must retain the return half of your ticket on coming back to Clitheroe, write your name and address on the hack and bring it along to the “Advertiser and Times” office at 3 King Street, where it will tic placed in a container for the draw.


give the Saturday sendee to Hlackburn and Preston a good send-off and qualify for two SupcrSaver tickets at the same time. Once you have


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Albert Atkinson (Cons.)


by Murray Walker


minute! The town was thrown


Parker failed to win in the Edisford, Low Moor and Trinity ward and that left Clitheroe Town Council without a leader. Under the rules of the


into a constitutional crisis following Thursday’s elec-_ tion results. Mayor-elect Barrie


am staying on for another year because I care about Clitheroe and care about the mayoralty,” said Coun. Shepherd, who is hoping that he will be receiving support from his deputy, who is likely to be Coun. Bert Jones. There is a heavy work­


Ronald Pickup (Lab.)


lors, six have been elected for the first time. For a variety of reasons, three of the existing four coun­ cillors could not take the Mayor’s job so, reluc­ tantly, Coun. Shepherd and his wife, Mary, who have already held office for two y e a rs , have stepped in for another year. “The town council was


1974 Local Government Act, Clitheroe had to appoint a successor to Coun. Patrick Shepherd within a fortnight of the election. Of the 10 town council­


load for the Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress. The Mayor is the


Queen’s representative in the town, the president of a number of the town’s civic societies, a trustee of various organisations, chairman of the Old Peo­ ple’s Welfare Club and co­ ordinator of the Mayor’s Welfare Fund, which dis­ tributes parcels to the old an d th e n e e d y a t Christmas. This is on top of the


numerous engagements, coffee mornings and visits the Mayor and Mayoress make nationally and locally each year. In their two years in


office, Coun. and Mrs Shepherd have had around 350 engagements — and the mayoral diary is already “ busy” until December. Coun. Shepherd will be


officially installed at the annual meeting of Clith­ eroe Town Council and Mayor Making Ceremony, which take place on Tues­ day in the Ribble Valley Civic Suite, beginning at noon. The Mayor’s Sunday


will be at 10-30 a.m. on May 19th, at SS Michael and John’s RC Church, Lowergate, Clitheroe.


Town Mayor Coun. Patrick Shepherd


Eric Bracewell (Cons.)


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dead against a new mem­ ber being appointed as Mayor because it would belittle the mayoralty,” said Coun. Shepherd, who lives in Park Avenue. “It is the oldest post of its kind in Lancashire. If there had not been a Mayor, it would have led to a loss of the town’s indi­ viduality and it would have just become part of the Ribble Valley.” I t would have also


meant the loss of the mayoral regalia, which is among the finest in the world, and possibly some jobs, such as the Mayor’s attendant. Although Coun. Shep­


Political nightmare


AS they awoke on Fri­ day morning,' former Ribble Valley Conser­ v a t iv e councillors ousted in the election drama must have won­ dered if what had gone on the night before was real or ju s t a


— as t’


nightmare. But it was real all right ne biggest shake-up


in local council history sank in and several well- known political figures prepared for an existence without their lifeblood of local political activity. OUT went council


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herd, a former teacher at Stonyhurst College, has been experiencing health problems, he has stepped into the breach to save the post. That decision could prove increasingly impor­ tant in the light of the pro­ posed changes to local government, which might lead to the town and par­ ish councils receiving greater powers if the bor­ oughs expanded and the county councils were abolished. After working hard for


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the past two years, Coun. and Mrs Shepherd were looking forward to some relaxing weekends away in their caravan, but those plans have been scuppered by the week’s events. ‘Although I have had trouble with my heart, I


by Vivien Meath


tives retained overall con­ trol with 24 seats, they lost nine seats to the Liberal Democrats, who ended the night with 13. Labour now has one and lone Independent Coun. John Cowgill retains his seat, with Chatburn’s Coun. Ted Bodcn switch­ ing from Independent to Conservative. Newly-elected Ribble


Although the Conserva­


Valley MP Mr Michael Carr was not present to share his Party’s elation,


leader Sheila Maw, her deputy, Albert Atkinson, and Clitheroe Town Coun­ cil’s Mayor Pat Shepherd, among nine Conservative losses. IN came 12 new Liberal


Democrats, taking nine from the Conservatives and three from Labour, to bring their total to 13 on the Ribble Valley Council. The late-night shock


but kept tabs on the result as he took part in a live broadcast for Granada Television in Liverpool. “There was never a seri­


Valley before the Parlia­ mentary by-election,” he said. “But the by-election has awakened latent politi­ cal interest. It usually goes to sleep for four years. “The Conservatives did


ous challenge to the Con­ servatives in the Ribble


not win a single seat in Clitheroe. They have


now, some very good wins and some very good second places. For the first time ever they will have a proper opposition on the council.” Congratulating the


Party’s candidates, Mr • Story continued


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DEFINITELY a schoolgirl of note . . . that’s 14-year-old Sarah Baron, of Waddington, who has just heard that she has been chosen as one of seven finalists from the North West and Northern Ireland in the BET.


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be chosen to go forward to the national final in London in October. A pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Sarah has been a member of Wad-


the competition and will repeat that at the regional final, along with “Come, Come, my voice,” by J. S. Bach. The competition, which is judged by the Royal School of Church Music and


intended to generally fur­ ther the cause of young choristers’ singing, has a national first prize of £2,000 for the winner’s choir and £250 for the suc­ cessful chorister.


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IT has taken years of hard work, but the end result has been worth the effort — and people who turn up on Sunday to take a look at the Roefield Leisure Centre are sure to agree. The centre’s doors will


in the urban wards has resulted in a majority for the Liberal Democrats on Clitheroe Town Council. The results of the more


be open from noon to 4 pm for a public preview of the super £500,000 building. The idea of the Roefield


populated Clitheroe town wards sent shock waves ricocheting throughout the Grammar School hall in Chatbum Road as the bor­ ough council votes were counted.


leisure centre dates back to the 1970s, when Mr Charles Wilson, the chief planning officer, of the then new Ribble Valley District Council, envi­ saged a sports hall about 120ft by 60ft (including two squash courts), a development of the old


barn on the site for use by campers and a five-a-side football pitch with an all- weather surface. Town mayor Coun. Bob


Ainsworth called a public meeting in 1977 to discuss his idea of a community centre, but only 13 out of 20 local organisations showed interest. The land was leased to the Ribble Valley Sports and Recrea­ tional Advisory Council and by 1981 the barn was in use as a sports centre, although it was not offi­ cially opened until the fol­ lowing year. But already the sports council was thinking of bigger plans, in particular of developing


the land between the barn and the nearby Ribbles- dale Pool. Outline proposals were approved in 1982 with a then estimated cost £220,000, with Ribble Val- ley asked to underwrite £150,000, and fund-raising began.


A CLITHEROE licensee has renewed his plea for anyone convicted of violence on licensed premises to be banned from all LVA members’ public houses


throughout the Ribble Valley. Mr Michael Cox, landlord of the Waggon and


Horses, asked members of the Ribble Valley Police Liaison Committee for their support. He told the committee that his colleagues in the


Licensed Victuallers’ Association felt strongly about the growth in violence at licensed premises over the


past three years.


Call for pub ban on troublemakers Following a recent assault on doormen at a Clith­


public houses by Clltheroe magistrates in seven years. The committee agreed to pass on the comments to the Licensing Bench.


eroe town-centre public house, those concerned were banned from that particular property for two years, but landlords would have liked the ban extending to include all LVA members’ houses throughout the Ribble Valley. Mr Cox said five people had been banned from


mated cost was over organisers would, in fact, £400,000, with Ribble Val- be £20,000 short, ley Council setting aside By New Year, 1990, the £250,000 on the condition f u n d - r a i s i n g w a s that £70,000 was raised approaching £55,000, with locally and £100,000 came £50,000 promised by the from other grant-aiding national Sports Council, sources. The race was on, another £50,000 grant in not only to raise the the offing and Ribble Val- money but to do it before ley Council continuing its 1990 — both to qualify for £250,000 offer. The con­ tract went out to tender and work b eg an in August, after the trustees signed a 99-year lease with the Ribble Valley Council at a peppercorn rent. By December the esti­


Biy e early 19S9, the esti- get would be met and


mated cost of building: and equipping the centre had risen to £494,000.


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