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LABOUR’S GRAND OLD LADY ENJOYS A BIRTHDAY TREAT
by Sheila Nixon SEVERAL more annual meetings are taking place
this month, but visitors are very welcome at other monthly meetings. More information is available lrom the federation secretary, tel. 01772 717271. November 4th:
Bashall Eaves \VI — 5<lth birthday party and talk “The Wonders of Wyoming” by A. Patten.
November 5th: Kimington WI — Annual meeting.
November 6th: Slaidburn WI — Annual meeting plus entertainment.
Little Milton WI — Annual meeting. Barley WI — Invitation to Higham WI to join them
for.demonstration “Chocolates for Christmas” by Mrs
D. Chadwick.
BoIton-by-Bowland WI — Annual meeting and talk “Making the Most of Yourself.”
November 7th: Gisburt) WI — Annual meeting. November 11th:
Great Harwood WI — Talk by NSPCC, competi tion for soft toy.
.. Clayton-lc-I)ale WI — Demonstration Christmas .
by Miss B. Bingham. November 12th:
Waddington WI — Annual meeting and Christmas .
stall. November 13th: Dunsop Bridge WI — Annual meeting. Knowle Green and Dutton WI — Annual meeting.
Thornlcy-with-Wheatlcy WI — Talk New Zealand
Fence WI — Annual meeting. November 14th:
bv Mr A. F. Wilson. Grindlelon WI — ti lth birthday party.
November 18th: Billington and I.angho \\ I —
November 21st: Simonstonc with Read WI Name" by Mr C. Schofield.
Downham W “Victorian Lantern
Slides" by Mr J. Barry. Longridge WI — Annual meeting.
November lfltli: I'endleton WI — Annual meeting.
’l — Talk “East Lancs and the Canal b>
Talk “What's in a ,,
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Ms Maggie Simms. Sawley WI — Annual meeting.
Longridge^Vl' — Trip to Harrogate to the Knitting
iTolton-by-ifowiand WI — Party for invited people from village. November 28th: Hurst Green WI — Annual meeting.
SPOTLIGHT ON DRUGS
THE Ribblc Valley’s drug problem will be put under the spotlight at a meeting on
Wednesday evening. Parents are invited to attend Clitheroe
Drug Prevention Partnership’s meeting in the Wesleyan Room at Trinity Methodist Church, Clitheroe, starting at 7 p.m. The meeting will discuss people’s concerns
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Flower Arrangements” by Mr G. Iddon. Sabdcn WI — Talk with slides “Journey to Alaska
CLITHEUOE’S grand old lady of the left is d e f in i te ly not for turning. For Evelyn Bush,
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the town’s o ldes t Labour Party stalwart, celebrated her 93rd birthday this week — as keen to support the cause as ever. “I hope I’ll still be
around at the next General Election,” she said. “I can’t get to the polling station any
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more, but I’ll certainly be using a postal vote. ’ Daughter of one of
the town’s earliest Labour Mayors, she
spent the day with relatives and friends, recalling her early childhood and the influence her father had on her life. Among the visitors
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was the local parlia mentary Labour candi
date, Marcus John stone, who told her that she was one of the party’s oldest active m em b e r s in th e
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country. Although she now
finds walking difficult, she still gives donations to the cause and helps
when she can. She has more than 70
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legends. Taking time out from
'busy'se
doing his sound mimics, ne searching through
a k s s & z s s z ik nb-mce to hear some ‘t s t t tales about the
town.” Already archives to track down h's
S u s g h o I t J am f lo g em b to - “ ^ “ ^ u n g e r l e y [o feature in h.s magical Han mystery tour.
.,r the valley s most g^.^ [launt Waddow story set
^ ghost ho to sp00k visitors to the VMr Entwistle, a Ribble town is the tale of the
al ev Council parks hosUy goings-on at the attendant^ wants to hear ^ hite Lion, in Market
from anyone who can help p)ace. with background mforma- He fe keen to hear from tion for his trail, which is a e who
tell him
expected to s ta r t year.
about an old pub, The Bull, which once stood in
trail bug when taking part gut (-he trail is not just in events around the coun- about ghosts. Mr Entwis- try and now believes
He caught the mystery the town.
could be a big draw for modern legends such as tourists in the Ribble
|e jntends to feature lace in chtheroe s
Valiev.
Valley. Mr Entwistle said: I
storv of Sir Frank Whittle .*7, • i .__Tn nov.
have been on ghost walks in York, Chester and Edinburgh and when 1
MPs’ green mission
MEMBERS of the House of Commons Select Com mittee on the Environ ment are to visit the Rib ble Valley for a fact finding mission on the environmental impact ol cement manufacture.
years’ service to the Labour movement under her belt and is a past president and chairman of the local p a r ty , and former youth league chairman. Her late father, Aid.
William Henry Seedall, Mayor for two terms between 1925-27, was a weaver at Low Moor Mill in the early part of the c en tu ry and a workers’ champion, who battled for shorter hours and improved working conditions. She said: “His bosses
to win the approval of his own father, a life long Liberal, is still a painful memory for Mrs Bush, who lives in the Hentliorn Road area. With tears in her
Her father's struggle
eyes, she explained: “My grandfather den ounced him for his views — until moments
about drugs and advice will be offered. For further details contact the partnership on 01200 444481.
said they could not afford to let him take time off work to attend council meetings, which were held in tne after noons in those days. He overcame this problem when his sisters rallied round and arranged to run his six looms at the mill while ho was at the meetings.’
housing, education and health, and in her adult life carried on the bat tle. She was a commit ted fund-raiser for the party and played an important role in rais ing money for the pur chase of the party rooms in E sh to n Terrace. Mrs Bush, who has
before he died in tragic circumstances. “His father fell through a lift
shaft at the mill and w h e n m y f a t h e r reached the scene, only minutes before he died, lie told him that lie had come round to his way of thinking, after all." The young Evelyn
Bush to her daughter as “the lady who looked af ter me when you were born — and a queen couldn’t have had better treatment!” She attended the for
hard. More recently, she worked at Jubilee and Shawbridge Mills, in Clitheroe. Like her father, she also served as a magistrate on the
joined her father in his campaigns to improve
spent the whole of her life in the Henthorn and Low Moor areas, was the second of eight children and spent much of her childhood helping her mother to bring up her younger brothers and sisters. Later, she was again in demand as a mother’s help. One local woman once introduced Mrs
mer Low Moor Wes le y a n M e th o d is t Church in her younger days and was educated at the old Low Moor Council School. At the age of 13 she became a p a r t- t im e r at Low Moor Mill, in a job known as “a reacher”, and la te r learnt to w e a v e . H e r e a r ly working life was dog ged by sh o r t- tim e working and mill clo sures and she turned to her job as a mother’s help when times were
held in the Ribble Valley Town Hall on November 6th, between noon and 1 p.m., where members of the public will be invited to have their say before the MPs.
A public meeting will be
Jim, a council work man, died about 20 years ago and her older son, Norman, has
local Bench. Mrs Bush’s husband,
also died. Among her well
grandchild. Our picture shows
wishers were son, Eric (62), who lives in Padi- ham, two grandchil d r e n , an d one
Mrs Bush receiving flowers from Mr John stone at her home watched over by her son, Eric.(CAT 4285)
members of the public who have previously made their views known to the Select Committee. Anyone wishing to attend the meeting should write to the Clerk to the Environ ment Committee, 7 Mill- bank, London. SWlp 3JA.
Priority will be given to
has no powers to impose conditions on operators of industrial processes. Mem b e rs will be making recommendations to the Government, which may accept or reject them, as seems fit. A report from the Select Committee is anticipated early next
The Select Committee
and the jet engine. In par ticular, he wants to iincl out more about a German , aircraft which is said to have bombed Chatburn
during the last war. His tour is expected to
take around an nour and will visit various land marks in Clitheroe. Anyone who can help
Jurassic affair!
BONFIRE night should be quite an explosive affair in the Castle grounds on
Tuesday.Battling dinosaurs will take centrestage in a fire works extravaganza cost ing £1,500.
Rotary Clubs of Clitheroe and Ribblesdale, alongside Ribble Valley Rotaract members, a spectacular range of fireworks will be lighting up the night skies, with the main attraction — a tableau depicting pre-
Organised jointly by the .
historic monsters. S n a c k s , in c lu d in g
burgers, hot dogs, treacle toffee and baked potatoes will be served and there will be spa rklers and luminous necklaces for sale
on the field. The event is due to start
at 6-30 p.m. and all the proceeds will be going to
su p p o r t Ro tary and K o la ra e t c a u se s .
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Mr Entwistle should tele phone him on 01200 426821.
f o K \fC H A NOVEMBER
8 - Edinburgh & The Scottish Borders, 2 days . . .from £35
9 - Best of the West End, 2 d a y ................. from £65
13-Scarborough, 2 days . . . .
........................from only £35
16 - Rouen Shopper, 2 days .........................................£55
23 - Smash Hits, Manchester .........................................£25
30 - Bath Christmas Shopping, 2 days......................£59.95
DECEMBER
1 - London Christmas Shopping, 2 days . .£49.99 6 - Clothes Show ............... £29
6 - Loch Lomond, 2 days ............................................. £35
7 - Lincoln Shopper...........£10 10 - Boyzone................£25.50
15 - Tom Jones, Nynex Arena .................................... £31.50
17 - Calais Shopper, 2 days £49
18 - Heathcliff, Birmingham, 2 d a y s ..........................£89
22 - Christmas in Austria, 7 d a y s ........................£299
24 - Edinburgh Christmas, 4 d a y s .............
.£199
24 - Christmas Break, 3 days .........................................£149
29 - New Year in Paris, 4 days £125
30 - New Year in Heart of England, 3 days . . . .£129
1997 PROGRAMME JANUARY
11 - Harrods Sales Shopper £19
11 - Melrose, 4 d ay s ...........£84 25 - Mystery Sales Shopping, 2 days......................£39.95
29 - Cyprus, 22 days . . . .£599 FEBRUARY
21 - Torquay, 5 days.........£ l 14 F A N T A S T I C 2 D A Y B R E A K legoland Vv / I I V P .5 O l< Where the fun it building................
Hands-on activities, rides, themed playscapes and ore lego bricks than you’ve ever dreamed possible • ^
all at Legoland. Windsor, the world’s newest and^~ largest Legoland Park!
DE PARTING 2 9th MARCH ,1997. W h a t ’s Included • Luxury Return c ° a.<jh Tr f v*!
Mystery Sales
To many, the New Year brings one welcome event - the January Sales! Resolutions for more careful spending can be quickly blown away with the tempting offers available.
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• One nisht's accommodation at a carefully selected hotel within a short driving distance of Legoland • All rooms with private facilities, colourTV and
tea/coffee making amenities • One (3 course) ‘andone full English breakfast • Admission Included
vi«it to Leeoland • Services of an experienced tour driver • Single room supplement 15 (not included)
Our enjoyable weekend break will take you to a mystery shopping village/centre, as well as visit a mystery town of htstoric/tourist interest. So prepare to pick up a bargain or
two and take a step into the world of the unknown - at such a bargain price, what have you got to lose?
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Pre-Christmas Spectacular
December 1st - 2 days £49.99
Enjoy the magic of London this December on this sensational value
London Break. A great opportunity for shopping and sightseeing.
coach, accommodation and continental breakfast at the New Barbican Hotel, London sightseeing tour, illuminations tour, free coach, shuttle shopping services, tour manager throughout.
Includes: Return transport by modern
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Bing 01282 426161
For your free brochure on any of the holidays designed especially for readers
breakfast and an evening meal in a comfortable 3-star standard hotel • Services of our driver/courier
S M A S H ROADSHOW
Nyncx Arena, Manchester £25 Saturday, November 23rd
Featuring Peter Andre, Boi/zone, Sean McGuire
Join us on our trip to Manchester to see TV's Smash Hits Roadshow
Price includes return transport bp private coach and admission to the Npnex Arena ________
Clirissttnas; ^Ijoppincj tn Oarfess Wlage and patij
!• F-Departing'SatUrday^ November 30th 1996 * 2 days" from only £59.95
-'»iv - uVv'i- I mfs^eargto • • wbile sorti"8 out your
family’s Our Christmas shopping break takes you to two beautiful but contrasting places. In Bath you'll find the spirit of Christmas past,
with quaint and unusual shops lining the Regency streets. At Street in Somerset you'll find the spirit of Christmas future - Clarks Village is a new shopping concept, featuring 24 outlets offering huge discounts on top brand goods straight from the factory.
Included:!n the price... -Tuxuiy coach travel from your local area • Overnight
accommodation, with evening meal and cooked breakfast, in a three- star standard bote! • Excursions including Bath and Clarks Village • Services of our driver/courier
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NEW YEAR IN PARIS
December 29th - 4 days £ 1 2 5
somewhere rather special - but with a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ at this festival time .
Join us for a perfect New Year break and discover this most exciting of cities -
night with gala buffet and dancing, free time for sightseeing, optional excursion programme, tour guide.
Includes transport by private coach, ferry crossings, 3 nights bed and continental breakfast in Paris, New Year’s Eve party
CALAIS
December 2 days
A chance to stock
Christmas goodies free prices.
Includes, return tra Euro Tunnel crossir breakfast and eveni
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Reader Holidays ’* ?j*c<*lr’'.**-*l*v*o**i'X> 5 DAY C E N T R E D B R E A K
TORQUAY - THE TORBAY HOTEL DEPARTURE.21 st FEBRUARY 1997
WHATS INCLUDED: • 4 Nights hotel accommodation in a bedroom with private facilities, tea/coffee making amenities and television • 4 Dinners,
including a Gata Dinner and 2 lunches (not forgetting 4 breakfasts tool) • Entertainment every evening • Afternoon Tea Dance • 2 free
sightseeing excursions to the English Riviera and Dartmoor National Park
• Luxury return coach travel throughout £9 Front fa c ing s u p p l eme n t
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