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RAILWAY E xcitement as mystery tunnel is unearthed
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A MYSTERY passage has been discovered not far from Clitheroe Castle and an archae ologist has been called in to assess its histori
cal significance. The discovery of the secret passage” was made
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during pipe-laying opera tions m front of a row of derelict cottages next to Hairways Salon, near the junction of Moor Lane anti Whalley Itoad. Salon owner Mr Ray Standring, who also owns the cottages, found the tunnel after probing a hole dug by a friend who had been laying water pipes to the properly.
The friend, Mr Phillip
Smith, of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, returned to the site so that he coulrTmake further investigations and they found that the tunnel ran in two directions. “ Philip became very
excited about the disco very and wondered if we had found a medieval escape route from the cas tle,” said Mr Standring. Local historian Cyril
Ainsworth was called to the scene with colleagues to inspect the passageway, which is 4ft high and 3ft (iin wide. “ The imagination ran
riot as we considered the possibilities,” said Mr
Standring. Mr Ainsworth now
believes that while the tunnel is an interesting find as far as industrial archaeology is concerned, it is not connected with the castle’s history. His own verdict is that
it is an old mill flue which served a former cotton mill — the original Salford Bridge Mill, long since demolished, which was situated in front of Mr Standring’s cottages. The tunnel, which
passes underneath the cot tages, looks as though it leads to the base of the old mill chimney. Another b ra n ch goe s in t h e direction of the present mill complex on the other
side of Moor Lane. Mr Ainsworth dates the tun- .nel at around 1825-6.
When he and colleagues
from the local history group made a closer inspection, they found several clay pipes and drinking mugs in the pas sage near the base of the former chimney.
Lancashire County
Council archaeologist Mr Ben Edwards visited the
site on Saturday, and said it was the first tunnel of its kind he had ever seen. The offical verdict on the age of the tunnel will be published after Mr Ains worth has compiled a paper on his findings.
Lakeland lecture
FOR lovers of Lakeland.
Mr.John Shaw’s lecture to Clitheroe Naturalists on Thursday evening was superb. M e m hers t h o r o u g h 1 y
enjoyed his portrayal of the beauties of the Lake District, from the highest p e a k s to t he l owe s t valleys. Drawing from a lifetime of experience, he was able
to give an entertaining and knowledgeable commen tary. Mrs C. Bishop expressed thanks. The next lecture takes
place on Thursday at Ribblesdale School, at 7-30 p.m.
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would be more helpful and constructive if the follow ers were advised to direct llieir prayers to Saddam Hussein, George Rush and John Major and, of course, other world leaders. I think God is very
much like myself and inclined to help those who help themselves. I was in a bar the other
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thanks ON behalf of Clitheroe Round Table, I would like to thank the residents of Clitheroe and surrounding villages for the generosity and support they have given to our Christmas collection this year. Wo have raised just
over £3,000, which will go towards our community service projects in the
coming year. I wish everyone a very
happy New Year.
KOBKRT WYATT, W a y s a a d M e a n s Convener, Hawthorne Place, Clitheroe.
METHODIST CHURCH
TRINITY
Sunday, January 20th 10-30 Family Service (Parade) 6-00 United Service.
Preacher: Fr J. Wareing 1. Whatever the statis
tics re retail spacc/spend- ing area, the fact is that there are empty shops in Clitheroe now and the old Hillards site, which was ideally situated for retail development, was not acquired by some devel opment company for that purpose — presumably they didn’t think it worth risking their capital.
2. Lancashire has a
stable, not growing, popu lation, so there are not untapped masses of people waiting to shop in Clith eroe. In fact, it already attracts more people than expected from the sur rounding areas to the south — Whalley, Sales- bury, Billington, Langlto, Mellor, Mellor Brook and Clayton-le-Dale. These people could easily shop in Blackburn or Preston, but the atmosphere and tradi tion of Clitheroe attracts them.
number of excellent cafes in Clitheroe — they must think it worthwhile. It would lie interesting, per haps, to call at the cafes and ask the customers where they live and why they are in Clitheroe?
4. 1 think the idea of
small residential units excellent, not only for the elderly, but for the young who work locally and might like to walk or cycle to work.
5. I hope Clitheroe
doesn’t go “mad” with pedestrian precincts etc. but remains an attractive, traditional, slowly chang ing and evolving market town.
M A R G A R E T PANIKKAK, Broniiley, Ribchestcr Road, Clayton-le-l)ale.
CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION WADDINGTON AND DISTF1ICT BRANCH
RIBBLE VALLEY
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
7-30 p.m. Monday, January 21st, 1991 at WADDINGTON SOCIAL CLUB
All members welcome Printed and published by: P. Robeds, 9 Railway Viow, Clithoroo
A honeymoon in Fucrte- ventura, in the Canaries, followed the wedding of Mr Sean David Palmer i n d M i s s M i e h e 11 e Houghton at St Helen’s Church. Waddington. flic bridegroom, a cara
van park proprietor, is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs I). Palmer, of Hack House, Paylhorne, near Gislmrn. Tlte bride, a theatre
nurse, is the only daughter o f Mr and Mrs A. A. Houghton, of Greaves Farmhouse, Holden Lane, Bolton-by-Bowkuid. Given away by h
lather, the bride wore an Kdwardian-style gown of Austrian lace and silk jer sey designed by herself ind her aunt. It featured a
v-haek with strings of pearls across and a flowing train. Her Spanish-slyle veil was held in place by a headdress of silk flowers
and silk jersey roses and she carried a bouquet ql buttermilk roses, freesia
and fern. In attendance were Mrs
A. Baldwin and Mrs D. Wolthus, llie bride’s eons ins, Miss D. Webb and Mrs P. Halstead. They wore ankle-length
Praise for man tackling litter ‘grot spot’
A NEWCOMER to Clitheroe has won the praises of a local clean-up campaigner for eli minating a local “grot spot.”
The man, who wishes to
remain anonymous, was appalled by the amount of l it te r hanging in the hedges along Bundle Road, so day by day, when he went out for a walk, be started "grubbing out.” Conn. Eric Braeewell,
who has fought a long bat tle against litter louts and is the Ribble Valley Bor
ough Council’s representa tive for the “Keep Lanca
shire, Tidy .Campaign ” says he is delighted with the man’s public-spirited action at a time when there is much anti-social behaviour about. He said: “This particu
larly resident has recently arrived in the Shays Drive area of Clitheroe and it is his practice to go out for walks along Bendle Road where there has been a long-standing problem caused by m otoris ts throwing out all kinds ol rubbish from their vehicles is they leave the town. “This resident has taken
silk jersey dresses and headbands of gold with pearls ami matching roses. They carried bouquets to
match the bride’s. Page boys were Master
L. Baldwin and Master.)
Halstead. Best man was Mr Simon
Palmer, the bridegroom's brother, and groomsmen were Mr P. Palmer, Mr.I Metcalfe. Mr S. Houghton
aid Mr M. Coleman. The ceremony was per
formed by Hie Rev. Alan Bailey. A reception was held at Spartli House, Clayton-le-Moors. The couple are to live in Les- wait, near Stranraer. P h o to g ra p h : Paul Brown, Clitheroe.
3. I notice the growing Help for young
CON C E RN has been expressed by Whalley and Little Milton Parish Coun cil at the lack of affordable housing for young people. It has been directed at
the Ribblc Valley Coun cil’s Housing Committee members, who are looking at ways of helping first- time buyers and providing rented accommodation for young families. The committee beard
from chairman Conn. Bill Fleming (Billington) that land at Green Park, Whalley, could soon be used to 'help the young.
Creosote theft
A QUANTITY of creosote has been stolen from the Bold Venture Works, Clitheroe Road, Chatburn. Thieves stole 180 gal
lons, valued at £181), from the tarmacadam plant.
Cassette stolen
I A RADIO cassette player worth i!250 was stolen!
] from a series three BMW car parked at Church
] View, Main Street, Gis-| | burn, at the weekend. The incident occurred I
I between *2 a.m. and l-dfi I p.m. on Saturday. Anyone | who has any further infor mation should contact | Clitheroe Police (23818).
it upon himself to pick up litter on his walks along the stretch up to_ Four Lane End and at first he collected loads. It is the type of area the county highways staff cannot reach with their vehicles and the man is still keep ing the situation under control. “Whenever he sees lit
ter hanging in the hedges, or on the verges, he picks it up and disposes of it himself. It is a heart-warming
story, especially as it involves a recent arrival in
the town, who feels he wants to do something constructive to improve the look of Clitheroe.”
Meeting the volunteers
THE new regional shops organis e r for the 10 Imperial Cancer Research Fund shops in Lancashire — including Clitheroe — is^ Mrs Karen Lawson (80), of
Preston. Mrs Lawson, a former
jewellery company direc tor, told us: “One of the nicest things about my new job will be to get out and meet the dedicated volunteers who stall our
shops.”
Parcels are well
received NEARLY f»00 Clitheroe . esidents benefited from the Mayor’s Welfare Fund :it Christmas.
“ It. was extremely suc
cessful, with more parcels being delivered than last year.” the Mayor, Conn. Pat Shepherd, told town councillors.
In all, '197 parcels were distributed to the elderly ind needy. There wore dso visits to 12 nursing
homes, St Denys Chil dren’s Home and Clitheroe
Hospital. “Regrettably, there was
no v is i t to Brain ley Meade,” said t’oun. Shep herd, referring to the Whalley maternity home which was recently forced to close its doors.
But on a lighter note, he
added: “We are indebted as a council to the people who organised this very worthwhile distribution of parcels and I have bail a great many letters ol thanks.”
No extra cash
ONCE again the Govern ment has refused to pro vide Lancashire with extra money towards the cost of j> r o v i d i n g a d d i t i o n a 1 security for Lord Wad dington while he was Home Secretary. 'Phis was revealed at a
meeting of the county council’s Police Commit tee, following requests by some county councillors that the cost should be met out of central funds and not solely by the
county. The committee, how
ever, agreed to ask the new Home Secretary tor grant aid from central funds to be provided to help meet the cost of security at the next Con servative party conference
in Blackpool.
Cl. as
patients from further Valley councillor.
Conn. Chris lloltom,
wlio is also a county coun cillor, told members of the Blackburn. Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Community Health Council that the
Clitheroe Hospital ‘should draw from further afield’ ifiekl, s;itys
i
THEROE Hospital coukl function better ispiittalal
iikl true community ho I'm i f
it drew Ribblc
“Clitheroe has 66 beds
and now works more or less to full capacity,” added Conn lloltom, “but there is no way we can consider it as a full com
hospital was working to. munity hospital unless capacity, hut drew its admissions come from a
patients only from doctors ....1.......... in Clitheroe. Whalley and Slaidburn — and not the rest of the Ribble Valley.
The discussion arose
after a comment by a Mel lor representative, who
said the people of Mellor felt they should have the chance of being admitted to Clitheroe Hospital as they, too, were residents of tile Ribble Valley.
wider area. “That’s not a criticism of
tile hospital — I think it’s doing a great job and I f 111
1 v support tlie work
done there. But it’s my personal opinion that we're not using the hospi tal’s potential to the full.” Tlie CHC meeting noted
his and other members' comments but did not decide to take the issue up with the health authority
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