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Decision on nursery is still left on hold
school care in the Kibble Valley was highlighted alter opposition was raised to plans for a nursery school during a Ribble
Valley Borough Council debate. Several councillors
application at this time, given the increased need
Jtt>u will be faced with siimjar problems.” His view was supported
Development Committee U’eetmg, Coun. Stephen Sutcliffe (Clitheroe) said: tic l just wonder how realis
it is to turn down an
for nursery care. Wher ever you do it in the town,
urged their colleagues to think twice before reject ing the plans for a nursery school in West View, on the grounds that it would result in traffic problems. At the Planning and
nee<l for pre by Coun. Peter Evans would lead to an increase
received a Gl-tiame peti tion from local residents objecting to the plans for the terraced house. The residents claimed that a nursery school would result in more traffic using the road, which could put p e d e s tr ia n s a t r isk . Another objection was that the road would be restricted in width to sin gle track, because of the
mittee, councillors read th a t the council had
(Wilpshire), a former dis tinct education officer, who said: “I am worried that if we reject this entirely we might be losing an educa tional facility.” In a report to the com
in traffic, but it would not be enough to turn the application down. Several councillors sup ported the views of the
(Clitheroe) said: “While I believe that nursery edu cation should be available to all children, 1 also believe that, rather than meeting that need, these plans would do more harm than good. “The danger that could
residents. Non-committee member Coun. Bert Jones
vehicles parked on each grave concerns about side.
Gisburn auction
at Gisburn Auction Mart last Thursday.
£1,070 (average £870) and second quality to £780(£GG0.40).
riirnc/F/p!!& heifers made to £1,060 (£911.90) and second
. / i ” 1 quality cows made to
quality to £780 (£690.25). There were 215 rearing calves forward and the top price was
£653.98) went to E. and M. Townley. Prices: Continental light bulls to 123.9p (111.3p). medium to
went to J. C. Nelson and the top kilo price (505kg at 129.5p =
forward, including 207 young bulls ana 58 steers and heifers, as well as 1,841 sheep, including 1,711 lambs and 130 ewes and rams. The top bull price of £798.03
made to £182, heifers to £125, Limousin X bulls to £168 (£99.90), h e i fe r s to £172 (£56.85), Belgian blue X bulls to £210 (£137), heifers to £92 (£67.50), Simmental X bulls to £180 (£129), heifers to £38, B. d’Aquitaine X bulls to £105 (£75), heifers to £100 (£82.35), other Continental X bulls to £55, Hereford X bulls to £85 (£74), heifers to £40 (£27.65), Friesian bulls to £97.50 (£95.45), Angus X bulls to £50 (£25), heifers to £95 (£28). T h e r e w e re 265 c a t t le
THEBE were 112 newly-calved «»wS and heifers forward
The top steer or heifer price of £613.05 went to J. Wade and
the top kilo prices went to M, Handley (405kg at llG.Sp = £471.83) and ,1. Wade (490kg at llG.Sp = £750.85).
returned by A. Moorhouse (£210 for a Belgian blue bull). Prices: Gharolais X bulls
Prices: Continental medium steers to 101.5p, heavy to 94.5p, heavy to 94.5p, other heavy t< 102.5p (
93.Gp), Continental l Iight heifers to 109.5p, medium to llG.Sp (101.8p, heavy to 112.5p (99.5p), other medium to 93.5p (8S.4p), heavy to 116.5n (9G.4p)! Sheep: Standard lambs
heav
(U0.2p), overweight to lOOp, homed ewes to £38.00 (£31.50), other to £45.00 (£16.80), rams to £61.50 (£49.15).
electronic auction, there were 2.933 sheep forward, including 80 store lambs, and 273 cattle,
At the Beacon North-West
lambs to 244.5p, medium to 244p, heavy to 217.5p,stores to £42. Cattle — steers to 188p, young bulls to 190p, heifers to 185p. Stores — steers to £400, young bulls to £350, heifers to £500, cows to £450. Sheepdogs: t Registered to £524, unregis
including 90 stores and 143 cull calves. Prices: Sheep — standard
ered to £100, pups to £40.
Petrol station gets A the thumbs down
125.8p (114.6p), medium to 118.2p (109.2p), heavy to 118.5p
to
129.5p (113.4p), heavy to 124.5p (113.5p), other light to 115.5p (9 6 .Ip), medium to 119.5p (9 9 .7p) , heavy to 112.5p (101.6p).
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increase in the number of (Clitheroe) said he had approving the application,
be caused, and is referred to by the town council in the report, would make it extremely dangerous in that area of town.” Coun. Stephen Holt
county surveyor agreed it traffic survey in West View. Due to staffing level
I n th e re p o r t , the after carrying out his own
objected to possible noise and disturbance caused by parents dropping off and collecting their children. Councillors decided to
requirements, the school would need nine staff parking spaces if it cared for the proposed maximum number of 35 children. It would be impossible for the site to cope with that number of spaces. Local residents also
T e m p o r a r y p o s t t h a t l a s t e d f o r
23 y e a r s !
A WOMAN who took up a temporary, part- time teaching post at Clitheroe Royal Gram mar School lias called it a day — 23 years
lewright has retired from the school after teaching English to a few more generations of children than she expected. In 1973, she answered
later. Mrs Maureen Mick-
an advertisement for a temporary, part-time English teacher at what was then the boys’ school, in York S t re e t . She needed a little work after her daughters, for whom
she had put her career on hold, hat! reached primary
porary post. I did not expect the job to last as long as it did, but, I am glad it has. I have had a wonderful time at s c h o o l ,” s a id Mrs Micklewright. Soon a f t e r b e in g
employed on a part-time basis she was offered a
permanent post by the
defer their decision on the plan for further informa tion about the number of children at the nursery and the level of parking.
mid 19S0s, but he was present at a surprise party, at the Call's Head, Worston, to wish Mrs
school’s then headmaster, Mr Gerald Hood. He left the school in the
school age. “I only went for a tem
teachers offered Mrs Micklewright a lip or two on how to enjoy retire ment, but there was no need for that. She said: “About four years ago I took up golf and 1 intend to spend much of my time reducing my handicap. My husband retires m March next year and we hope to do many things together.
organised by husband Arthur, former colleagues from the 1970s mixed with present-day colleagues who wore at the school when she started. Many of the retired
have not had the time to do before.”
CRGS she was the first editor of the school news paper, “Royal Blazer’’, working closely with the editor of the Advertiser
and Times.
gained her teaching certifi cate from St Catherine’s College, Liverpool, and taught in her native Colne and at Ribblesdale before taking time out to have children. During her tune at
Mrs Micklewright
It will just be great to relax and do the things 1
Micklewright a happy retirement from teaching. At the party, winch was
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I e w r i g h t ’ s f o n d e s t after year, wanting to talk memories of the school is about their time there.
Exciting new GP service for village
Ono^ of Mrs Mick- dents who turn up, year ^ the number of former stu-
NEW petrol station in Clitheroe could have
resulted in an increased risk of road accidents, borough councillors were told. At a meeting of Ribble Valley Council Planning
52-name petition objecting to the plans had been handed in to the council by local residents.
and Development Committee they turned down an outline application for the station on the former Cas tle Castings site, off Waterloo Road. In a report to the committee, councillors read that a
tion would causes traffic problems and, therefore, pose a clanger to pedestrians. They also expressed concern about the possible increased traffic and noise levels, as well as questioning the need for another garage within a such a short distance of the BP garage on the Chatburn Road roundabout. C Their views had the backing of Clitheroe Town
poor visibility for drivers wanting access to the site, the risk of accidents could increase and the flow of traffic in Waterloo Road would be hindered. Council officers recommended the application be
ouncil. In the report, the county surveyor said that, due to
turned down, agreeing with the county surveyor’s objections to the plans. They also said it was con trary to local plans, because the site could only be used for housing.
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POPULAR retired Sabden GP Dr Edgar Ains worth was invited to perform an important task on a red letter day for the village. A new, purpose-built GP surgery has recently taken
authority, but the new building is owned by the Sabden and Whalley Medical Group, the group practice which serves both villages, and is now known as Sabden Surgery.
The old health centre was run by the health
ing was supposed to have a life of only seven years, but it Listed for 23 years. Ater giving Whalley a new sur gery we felt that Sabden was missing out, so we bought the old building from the health authority and the land from the Standen Estate. “Meanwhile, we closed the old building in Sabden
Popular dinner lady retires
A HELPING hand for hundreds of infants at a
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Ribble Valley primary school will be missing come September. Whalley CE Primary School dinner lady Mrs Muriel Pearson has retired.
field Avenue, has been at the school for 11 years. She has been described by the headteacher. Miss Yvonne Hulse, as “a great friend of the school, who has given many years of good service and has had the interests of the chil dren at heart.”
Mrs Pearson, of Lime-
dinner lady she has been the extra pair of hands many infants have needed for peeling oranges, put ting their knives and forks right and wiping up the occasional spillage. Miss Hulse said that
Mrs Pearson would be sorely missed.
BMW is target
THIEVES left empty- handed after raiding a BMW 31(5i car parked in Pendleton Road, Wiswell, between 12-30 a.m. and 9 a.m. on Tuesday.
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Afterwards, a group spokesman said: “The old build
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shape in Sabden, replacing an outdated and dilapidated prefabricated building — and Dr Ainsworth (left) per formed the unveiling of a commemorative plaque at the opening ceremony.
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a dispensary, office, large consulting room, treatment and waiting rooms, toilets, a large meeting room, staff room, and other staff facilities. Among the guests and special representatives at
the opening were Dr Ainsworth’s wife, Moya; Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Eileen Lowe, who is also a patient; Vivien Asprey, director of primary care for East Lancashire Health Authority; Mrs Carol Ander- ton, assistant practice manager, who has played an important role during the change-over; and Sabden Parish Council members, who have given valuable support for the venture. The GP team using the surgerv comprises Drs B.
Smith, G. A. Carter, I. D. Whyte, K. K. Wlodarc- zyk, T. M. Golding and W. A. Higson. The practice nurse is Sister Megan Dennett and the receptionist and dispenser is Mrs June Johnson.
Indian journalist tries working life in Britain
AN INDIAN f r e e lance journalist got to grips with the job of his British counter- p a r t s d u r i n g a n exchange visit to the Ribble Valley. Mr Aloy Das travelled
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der Court, is on the look out for old kits to send to football-mad children on the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific. She explained: “A for
mer colleague at the school where 1 worked moved to
just as mad about football as children in England.” However, there is a shortage of kits and her
the islands to teach at a mission school. He has written saying the chil dren are smashing and are
former colleague from St Mary’s Sixth Form Col lege, Brother John McAl lister, wants old shirts and shorts shipped out. All teams’ kits will be
between 11 and Hi at St Joseph’s College on the island of Honiara.
welcome. They will be used by school pupils aged
a kit to the Solomon islands should telephone Mrs Alcock on 0125-1 82IM90.
enough kits, she will box them up and ship them out to the island. Anyone? wanting to send
IF you change your replica football kits as often as the Premier League clubs change theirs, then a Stonyhurst woman wants to hear from you. Mrs Jan Alcock, of Hod-
from his home in Assam to stay with members of Rib ble Valley Rotaract Club as part of his six-week stay in this country. Dur-
Ribblesdale Rotary Clubs a t th e C a lf ’s Head, Worston.
Ribble Valley Rotaract Club’s activities is avail able from Alan Taylor, on 01200 127905, or Jenny Garner, on 01200 -12J200.
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A SNEAK thief stole a shoulder bag, £50 in cash, a black plastic wallet, che que cards and some per sonal documents from a nursing and residential home in KslHon Terrace, Clitheroe, between 2 and 3
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Ol'I’OKTUNIHT llm-vrs stole a bag of change con taining £12.30 from a taxi on Saturday. The driver left the vehicle unattended' while collecting a fare in II a y hurst S t r e e t . Clitheroe.
were given the oppor tunity to meet Mr Das during charter dinners for Hyndburn and Blackburn Rotaract Clubs. He was also introduced to mem bers of Clitheroe and
dubs in Liverpool, Black pool and Manchester, but he said he most liked the R i b b l e V a l l e y countryside. Other Rotaract clubs
with the welcome he received in the Kibble Val ley, describing the warm hospitality of Rotaract Club members as the best he had ever come across. He also stayed with
ing his visit, he took part i n w o r k pi a c e m e n t schemes at BBC Radio Lancashire, in Blackburn, as well as at North-West S o u n <1 A r c h i v e Clitheroe. Mr Das was impressed
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