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The ccimmiLtee ordered rethink, over projected pending to see whether a 1% increase in committee ircccpts could he reduced
(Clitheroe) said that a pro posal to spend £3.7m by the council meant an increase of £500,()()() or <1% on the previous year. That was a nine pence in the pound increase under
the old rating system, way diove inflation, and likely to trigger a vicious price- ise spiral. Conn. Cowgill
(Billington) said increases hould he no more than
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GOOD, old-fashioned family entertainment — that was on offer at Bolton-by-BowIand Village Hall at the weekend.
of Dance, the Gaunt-I’owcr School of Music and Bolton-by-Bow- land Drama Group in “Three of a Kind.”
Gracing the stage were members of the Gladys Sutcliffe School The different groups had been busy rehearsing for some
months, but hud met up for the first time on the previous Sunday. The performances took place on Friday and Saturday evenings. The raffle proceeds of more than £90 have been donated to St
Mary’s Hospital, Manchester. Our photograph shows appeal co-ordinator Mrs Kathleen Woo
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Council’s Planning and Development Committee. Councillors heard that part of the land belonged
turned down AN application to build two detached bungalows on land at Up Brooks, Cl i t h e r o e , h a s b e e n 'cfuscd by Ribble Valley
to the council-owned Salthill—Upbrooks Indus trial site. ’lie meeting was told
that the site was allocated for industrial purposes oil Clitheroe District Plan. Members decided that ipproval of other uses would undermine the plan and set a precedent.
look at ways of keeping costs down. A report by borough
Leading party
Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, has been named as the leader f this year’s Thwaites’
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Scholarship trip. Mrs Margaret Rey, the
include Clitheroe Royal Grammar School' pupil Clizabeth Roberts (17), who was selected from local schools and colleges by the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Conn. Bowel J ones.
head of modern languages, will head a party of five girls and four boys from the area who will be set ting off for Czechoslovakia in August for a two-week stay. T h e n i n e w i n n e r s
increase, coupled with county demands, could mean a community charge rise of 1<>.2%- for Ribble Valley poll tax payers to £-110.-17 per person. The present level is £358.32. If the working party
agrees on a 10% rise in committee spending, this could mean the £410.47 charge being reduced by £3, which still represents a 15%. rise. Mr Bunt stressed that
Dancing for hospice
SPIRITED fund-raising by a g r o u p o f majorettes amassed £.’15 for the Dorian House Hospice Appeal. The group, Clitheroe
Majorettes, performed a ro u n d town o v e r Christinas and raised the money through collections. In appre ciation, the local chair man of the Dorian House Appeal, Mr John Clayton, presented the delighted youngsters w i t h a s p e e i a I
certificate. The group meets at
Trinity Church Hall every Tuesday and looks to lie going from strength to strength, boasting -10 members after just 18 months. Our picture shows Mr
the unknown factor was how much the county council would want Ribble Valley to collect on its behalf. Factors outside the borough’s control Could easily upset plans to limit rises. estimates were that
treasurer Mr John Hunt li o w e d th a t a 1 4 %
- Site visit first
£ 8 (i 7,0 0 0 w o u 1 d b e demanded from the Ribble Valley at the county’s budget fixing meeting on February 21st. The borough had been
A PLAN to e re c t 11 detached houses on land at Low Moor Farm, Union Street, has been put on hold. At the Ribble Valley
for those who had paid were rising to make up the difference for those who had
not.The committee also approved average council house rent increases of (>%., despite objections by Conn. Bert Jones (Clith eroe), who favoured no
hit by slow payment of the poll iax. As a result, bills
rise at all. There were surpluses in
the budget for this to be done without incurring extra costs, he said. Labour group leader
Coun. Ron Pickup (Clith eroe) agreed, saying some proposals amounted to stealing money from the poor. It was nonsense to take out of the proposed budget items of urgent repair and maintenance he said. Upgrading of local car
Council's Planning and Development Committee it was decided that a site' visit should be held before any further decision was
Conn. Pat Shepherd said that he had received a number of objections con cerning the ii'lan and fully
made. Clitheroe Town Mayor
supported the proposal to hold a site meeting.
EACH member of the 82,000-strong Lancashire Ramblers’ Association has been told to be ever vigi lant against threats to the countryside and footpaths. The message was given
Be vigilant is plea to ramblers
at the AGM of the associa tion’s NE Lancashire area, by Mr Leslie Meadow- croft, a member of the association’s national exec
utive. The Ramblers’ Associa
tion is a voluntary organi sation which has a healthy membership in the Ribble Valley. The association works to protect rightsof way, to campaign for access to open country and to defend the beauty of the countryside. Among the items dis
Clayton with some of t h e c h i l d r e n a n d instructors.
cussed at the meeting, at Oswaldtwistlo, was the dispute over the bridleway at Sawley, which forms part of the Ribble Way long-distance path.
to Lancashire Count’ Council to have the pat] taken off the definitive map, the legal record of
It was reported that the landowners are applying
countryside. Members heard that the
the public’s rights in the
association would fight all the way if the matter goes to a public inquiry.
Pendle Club
WINNERS at the weekly bridge session at the Pen die Club, Clithcroc, were Mrs E. Gudgeon and Mr T. Adey, Mrs E. Porter and Mrs J. Kenyon.
Season is ending with a flourish
CLITHEROE Concerts Society is presenting the last event of its 39th season on Wednesday in the New Arts Theatre at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School.
parks and provision of such facilities as a head quarters for Ribblo Valley Conservation Group at Bashall Eaves were two important items which he said could be provided from available money. The council is now con
sidering the findings of its working group and meets tomorrow to fix a local community charge.
bridge Baroque Camerata, which was founded in 1984 by its director, Jonathan Heliyer Jones, to promote chamber and orchestral works of the 17th and 18th c e n tu r ie s on period instruments.
Artists will be the Cam
written in 1995 for a pro daction of the tragedy “Abdelazer.” This also lias the alternative title o “The Moor’s Revenge,” by Aphra Bchn. The second movement
There will be 10 players, perhaps the largest num
ber the society has heard on one occasion. 1 he leader will be Judith Tail ing and the flute soloist Neil McLaren. The exciting programme
cons ists of the suite “Abdelazer” by Purcell, which is made up of music
Funding discussed
A RIBBLE VALLEY Council committee went into private session to discuss the funding of Clithoroe’s
Policy and Resources Committee on meetings between council officers and members of the sports centre association. Sources of grant aid were considered and, fol
Roeficld sports centre project. Chief executive Mr Oswin Hopkins reported to the
lowing the meetings, talks with the Sports Council are being arranged.
drink-drive convictions, with 227 negative breath
tests. Despite this trend,
intoxicants were a factor. Of these, 13 were on civil ians and two on police. One juvenile was con
Ribble Valley drivers were heeding “Don’t drink and drive” campaigns. In 15)89, there were 78
who “cynically and crimin ally” put other people’s lives at risk. He added: “The public, I
oolicc would continue to jring to justice drivers
believe, demand no less for the potential of drink
ing drivers to kill, maim and cause untold misery and hardship to so many innocent people is well documented. ‘I also believe that
victed of purchasing intox icants, two were cautioned for buying intoxicants and three juveniles were cau tioned for drunkenness. During 1990, 852 visits
were made by police to licensed premises, 002 inside permitted hours and 250 outside. Forty-eight licences
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justices, said constant vigilance was the watch word for police, licensees and the justices. The Bench was very
were transferred during the year. There were cur ren t ly 233 premises licensed for the sell
alcohol.Mrs Margaret Lupton, chairman of the licensing
encouraged at the down ward trend in the figures. The justices hoped the public would continue to
those who are still so inclined to mix drinking and driving need remind ing that when they are caught the penalty could be imprisonment as well as automatic disqualification and a heavy fine.” Further encouraging
figures emerge on alcohol- elated assaults and public
order offences. Public order offences were 25% down, with 32 occurring in 1990, compared with -13 in 1989. Figures for under-age
heed the advice of police and that licensees would continue to run their premises in a responsible manner. For their part, the jus tices would continue to
uphold the law with justice and fairness, Mrs Lupton added.
involvement in licensing offences were again relati vely low and down from 1989. During 15)90, 11 males
and one female were con victed of drunkenness. This compared with 15 males and five females in 19S9. There were 15 convic tions for assault where
Asked for views on trading
THE Ribblo Valley Coun cil lias been asked to say what changes it wants in the Sunday trading laws, following tiie Prime Minis ter’s description of the p re sen t s itu atio n as “bizarre” and his call for reforms which can com mand general support. Already the council has
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