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grants and donations from the Circle, the appeal has now passed the £10,000 mark. It is intended to provide both a well- equipped toddler and junior area in line with all EC safety requirements on the site of the old BMX track. Mrs Baxter, of St Paul’s


Street, added that several other fund-raising events were in the pipeline and the organisers were hope­ ful that many more volun­ teers among the Low Moor residents would rally round before the first phase of the scheme was due to start in March.


Firm’s grates


00kg each and measuring 52cm by 40cnt, were on a pallet in the middle of the firm’s estate.


diverted to Station Road, near the Castle pub. The


DUE to repairs to Clith eroe estate agent Hon­ eywell’s, on Castle Gate, Parson Lane will be closed to heavy goods vehicles travelling from the Bawd- lands direction. The vehicles will be


For repairs


repairs are expected to be completed by March 5th.


THIEVES made off with 1(12 chrome nickel grates, valued in total at £32,000 and with a scrap value of £10,000, from Castle Cem en t, C l i th e ro e , between noon last Tues d a y a nd n o n n on Wednesday. The grates, weighing


the organisers were very grateful to the people who had provided goods and prizes for stalls and com­ petitions and to the many helpers and visitors to the coffee morning. Together with council


paign, known as Circle Low Moor Challenge, are Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle chairman Christine Beggs, ward councillor John McGowan and Low Moor mothers Gl.vmla Baxter and Katrina Patchett. Coun. McGowan said


THERE was a £220 boost for the ambi­ tious Low Moor play­ ground appeal when fund-raisers held a coffee morning in the Kibble Valley Mayor’s Parlour. Spearheading the cam­


Secrecy of town council undermines democracy claim


A FORMER Lancashire county councillor has accused the Clitheroe Town Clerk of undermining democracy by deliberately and willully


plained that town clerk Dorothy Kane refused on two occasions to provide him with a copy of the council agenda and also denied him access to com­ mittee minutes. “I consider the action


clearly unconstitutional and clearly not in the


withholding information from the public. Mr-Ron Pickup has com- Admission to Meetings


Act 1960, the later act is clearly a precedent that the town council ought to


observe.” He added: “That the


spirit of the Local Govern­ ment Access to Informa­ tion Act 1985,” Mr Pickup said in a letter to the town council. “Whilst I am aware that


Saturday deadline T for contest


allowed to use the exhibi­ tion to sell their items, but


the county council will deduct a 15% commission on each exhibit sold.


tor is allowed to enter a maximum of three entries in the craft section and two in the art section, although the library ser­ vice reserves the right to restrict the number of entries if the competition is over-subscribed. Competitors will be


place between January 2S)th and March 4th and, in keeping with tradition, members of the public will decide the winners, voting slips being issued to those viewing the exhibits between these dates. Initially, each competi­


gories — art and craft — and a trophy for each cate­ gory is donated by this newspaper. Completed entry forms should be retu rn ed to Whalley Library by Saturday. The competition takes


available from all Ribble Valley branch and mobile libraries and the “Clith­ eroe and Advertiser and Times" office. There are two cate­


intending to take part in the annual open arts and crafts competition at Whalley Library, are being warned that dead­ line time for entries is fast approaching. Application forms are


ALENTED local people,


after several members of the long-established club felt local fanciers should be provided with first class competition on their own doorstep, instead of hav­ ing to travel distances of 20 miles to other shows,


of Clitheroe, claimed the prize for the best black tan, under five months. The show was revived


Clitheroe, had the best black fox dwarf in show and the second-placed sil­ ver grey. Mr Dennis Frankland,


local competitor was Miss Doris Brown, of Whalley, who claimed three top prizes — best New Zea­ land white, best beveren and best adult pet rabbit in show. Mr Michael Hodge, of


the best in show was claimed by a silver fox exhibited by Mr Paul Ormand, of St Annes, who received a £20 cheque from th e sp o n so r s , Spider’s Animal Foods Ltd. The most successful


CLITHEROE and District Rabbit Club’s first show for 23 years was a huge success, with exhibitors from a wide area converging on St Ni c h o l a s ’s Church Hall, Sabden, for a keen day of com­ petition in pleasant surroundings. Entries totalled GOO and


Success pulled out of a hat


said Mr Frankland, one of the main organisers. It was a big day for the


judged the open fancy class. In the picture are, from


scheduled for April 17th. Anyone interested in tak­ ing part is asked to contact Mr Frankland (Clitheroe 24293).


the left: Mr Hodge, Miss Brown, Mrs Sheila Parkes (secretary), Mr Whittaker and Mr Frankland. The club’s next show is


Pendle Club THE winners of the


eroe, were Miss A. Yates and Mrs K. Rulcock, Mrs P. Adey and Mr T. Adey.


weekly bridge session at the Pendle Club, Clith­


81-year-old president, Mr Harry Whittaker, who


Puzzling products pay off for these CRGS pupils


PUZZLED and mind-boggled is exactly how customers of one of the Ribble Val ley’s Young Enterprise companies have been feeling after buying one of their products.


mar School set up their own company, called Off the Cuff, producing three-di­ mensional wooden puzzles, as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme.


Pupils from Clitheroe Royal Gram­


all over the area with their bewildering puzzles, which were on sale at the grammar school's open evening and at Clitheroe’s Young Enterprise trade fair before Christmas.


They have been confusing customers


also produces colourful friendship bracelets, which [trove popular with the younger market.


who are directors, and is advised in the wavs of business by Stuart Robinson and Barbara Ally, of Castle Cement, and staff members Mrs V. Fielding and Mr R. Bostock.


The company is run by 11 pupils,


national educational organisation, formed in 1963 to forge links between schools and industry. Its aim is to introduce young people to modern life and commercial enterprise through forming and running their own com­ pany in miniature.


The Young Enterprise Scheme is a Along with the puzzles, the company


the council is only subject to the Public Bodies


council is now controlled by the Liberal Democrats, who always claim that open government is the core of their democratic principle, is now clearly only a figment of my imag­ ination. Clitheroe Town Council is now secretive and unhelpful to members of the public whom it claims to represent.” Clitheroe Mayor Coun.


given.He asks the association: “Would your comments be different if the council delegates its functions to a committee? “For example, dele­


of which proper notice under the law has been


gated function decisions by a committee become the decisions of the council and, as such, are open to inspection at least during


Howel Jones pointed out that the Local Govern­ ment Act applied only to district councils, not town and parish councils, and denied that councillors wished to w ith h o ld information.


the three days’ notice period before the commit­ tee meeting and after the committee has made the decision. “Such minutes of a com­


“This problem has not mg the council meeting at arisen before. We are which th e y will be


.


dealing with a one-off. As far as I am concerned, Mr Pickup has not approached me or any other councillor. If he lets me know what sort of information he is after, then I will discuss that with the town clerk,” lie said. During a section of the


reported and forming part of that council agenda.”


Deer herd


town council meeting on Wednesday, closed to the press and public, members passed the following reso­ lution: “It is resolved that members of the town council endorse the town clerk’s position and that the policy of the council that minutes of council and committee meetings are not made available to the press and public until after they have been approved by the council remains unchanged. "Copies of the agenda


observed A HERD of deer greeted Clitheroe Ramblers on their first Tuesday walk of the year. The walkers, led bv Pat


Parrott, set off from’ Tos- side through the Crow Trees Caravan Site and on to Hammerton Farm, where the deer were 0 b s e r v e d at c 1 o s e quarters.


1 osside via Street House Farm and Snape House.


will be made available to the press and public at an appropriate time before council meetings. Mr Pickup says he is not satisfied with the decision and has taken up his com­ plaint with the National Association of Parish and Town Councils. He has written to the


association asking for information about the rights of a resident to in sp e c t d o cum en ts , minutes and reports con­ tained in a council agenda,


the downpour which set in at dawn on the group’s S u n d a y wa l k to Stainforth.


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passed Warrendale Knot's anil Allermire Scar, before visiting Jubilee t Cave and Langcliffe. At


Leaving Settle, they


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