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on shoestring turned into as family rallied to help
EIGHT yards of ivory moss crepe were th e essential ingredient in a bid to set the scene for a perfect 1940s wedding
day. Mr Thomas Wood mar
ried his bride, Violet, at St Andrew's Church. Slaid- burn on October 16th,
1948.
at which the Rector, the Rev. J. G. Byrne, officiated, was followed by a reception in the old court room in the Hark to Bounty Inn on a glorious Indian summer's day. "Our wedding was on a
Their wedding ceremony,
cake, as things were still rationed." Apart from the eight
yards of crepe, which pro duced whoops of delight from the bride-to-be, her future sister-in-law, Emma, loaned her a cathedral-style
shoestring," they recalled. "Family helped us with ingredients for a wedding
long veil. Mr and Mrs Wood, now
79 and 73 respectively, live at Corbridge Court, Clitheroe, but most of their working life was spent in the Trough of Bowland. Mr Wood was a water bailiff for Preston and District Water Board, later the North West Water Board. They retain fond memo
ries of Ilareden Intake; which they say was a lovely spot to live and work, and remember the late Mr Horace Cook, the Advertis er and Times' naturalist, who often visited to see the birds and described the area as "a miniature Glencoe." Before the war, Mr Wood
. He took part in the land ings on the Normandy beaches, but his saddest rec ollections of sights were at
into the Border Regiment and when it was disbanded, went, to the King's Own Scottish Borderer’s and received an array of medals.
was the Slaidburn village postman and walked six miles to Catlow Farm in the snow in the winter of 1947. He enlisted, almost at the start of the war, at Carlisle
for regional MS meeting
standard bearer for the Hodder Valley British Legion, he is proud to have paraded up the aisle of Liv erpool's Anglican Cathe dral, but was disappointed not to have arrived at Lon don's Albert hall to take the standard in 1973, due to involvement in a motorway pile-up near Stafford in which Mrs Wood suffered head injuries. Their late son-in-law was driving the car and the couple recall that the weather was really wet and, unfortunately, they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Mrs Wood was employed
Belsen Camp. A founder member and
Towards the end of the war she was at Waddow Hall, which was then an evacuees' isolation hospital and later she stayed on for the Guides. Both Mr and Mrs Wood
are proud to have the Battle for Britain Medal. Mrs Wood has always been keen to do voluntary work and, if possible, visits someone alone each week. She follows political matters with inter est and, although not affili ated to any political party, until the last election was either helping at the polling booths or undertaking whatever role she could fill. Although partially sight
ed, Mrs Wood is happy to deal with the public rela tions matters for Wadding- ton WI and a local evening newspaper and is also the past president of Dunsop
Bridge WI. She has never let her lack
as a welder on Halifax bombers in Preston and, whenever possible, helped on the famous "Forces' free buffet," on Preston Station.
of sight be a handicap. The couple have a happy mar riage and a deep respect for each other and always end the day with "God bless." They have two daughters, Eileen and Jean, and two
granddaughters, Catherine
and Pauline. Mr and Mrs Wood are
not planning a repeat of their ruby wedding round- the-world trip on board the Canberra, but are intending
Local venue I Lions give elderly concert treat in Colne
LOCAL people who have, or care for, others with multiple sclerosis can air their views at a meeting in Clitheroe this weekend. The Lancashire, Greater
Manchester and South Cumbrian region supports and represents the 21 branches in the area, including Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley, encouraging joint work of mutual bene fit and providing a regional focus for promoting the society's aims and objec
tives. The region hosts two
meetings annually, with the autumn gathering to be held on Saturday at the Pendleton Brook Centre, in George Street. Guest speakers will be
to celebrate with a small family get together. Pictured are Mr and Mrs
Wood on their wedding day (above) and (left) after 50 years of married life togeth er.
Tyres slashed
POLICE are investigating damage totalling £80 to a Peugeot 106 car parked in Black Lane Croft, Clith
eroe. Both the car's off-side
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Look out for sheep, ask the police
DRIVERS using the Pen- dle Hill route between Sabden and Clitheroe are being warned to look out for sheep now that darker evenings and mornings on
are their way. Clitheroe police re-united
a dazed sheep with its farmer owner after it had been brought into the sta tion following an accident with a car. Although the sheep appeared to be unin jured, there was damage to the car and its driver was shaken, according to a police spokeswoman. She warned that it was
Housing strategy plan aims to reduce conflict between [local people and newcomers
by Tim Procter
THERE is "continuing conflict" in the search for homes between local people and newcomers, says Ribble
Valley Borough Council. The council's housing strategy for the
next three years has just been published. It outlines plans to bring extra money and extra private enterprise building into the area so that housing needs are met. Objectives of the strategy include iden
tifying areas for further housebuilding, seeking private rented homes for people on the council waiting list, promoting the use of house renovation grants for privately- rented homes, encouraging the use of empty rooms above shops as flats, contin uing to recognise the issue of under-occu pation and to provide grant aid for improv ing privately-owned dwellings.
the responsibility of drivers to watch out for sheep and she urged those using the route to do so with less
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' The council is to carry on working in close partnership with everyone else involved in housing. It seeks to provide a planning framework which protects the needs of existing residents, allows an active housing market, protects the envi ronment, maintains the area as a desir able place to live and allows social needs housing to be built where other develop
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ment would be resisted. The conflict between the housing needs
of local people on one hand and the pur chasing power of commuters, second home owners and people moving in on retirement is being addressed by seeking a wide range of innovative housing developments to ensure the availability of affordable and managable homes for people in need, espe cially young people entering the housing market for the first time, and the elderly. This provision should be accompanied by measures to ensure that the whole package of living in rural areas is attractive and sus tainable. The increase in commuting is keeping unemployment low, but local self- sufficiency is gradually being eroded away, with people becoming more reliant on large service centres. There can be "deep pockets of rural deprivation in the more outlying
parts of the borough. The council is proud of its achievements
in securing new private sector building and in managing its own stock, but is very aware of the need to obtain value for money in the provision and improvement
of housing. "We will continue to be innovative and
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businesslike in our approach and thorough ly investigate all available resources which can help achieve our strategies," says the
THE Lions Clubs of ; ClitheroFand Whalley' organised a (rip to a major concert organised by the organisation in , Colne.
Lions' World Service Day i.
was marked at the Pcndte Hippodrome Theatre and elderly guests from all over North East Lancashire were taken there for entertain ment by Nelson Civic Pri mary Choir, comedian Jimmy Pickles and a pen sioners' concert party. Our picture shows some
of llte Clithcroc party of guests. (101098/15/08)
Petrol theft
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a car left a petrol station in Read without the driver paying. He put £20~worth of
unleaded petrol into the vehicle at Pollard Brothers Friendship Garage in Church Street at 8-40 p.m. on Tuesday October 6lh. Police say the driver was
lottery bid ropes for
town gallery THE funding of a Lot tery bid to develop the Platform Gallery was given the go-ahead a t a meeting of Ribble Val ley Borough Council's Policy and Finance
for a business plan outlining a development programme for the art gallery and shop was approved by councillors at the meeting. Concern was expressed by Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe) that previous Lottery bids, such as the failed Roefield Leisure Centre bid, had proved to be white ele phants. Coun. Graham Sowter
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(Billington) felt plans to expand the existing gallery's premises should only be undertaken once space had been given over to allow development of the train
station’s own facilities. Finance officers conceded
it was a gamble, but gave assurances that the North West Arts Council had already made very "positive noises" about the plans to establish the gallery as a regional centre of excellence and that plans would allow space for the development of facilities such as ticket offices. The funding of the plan is
to come from money taken from the borough council's capital funding coffers.
Skill-learning scheme at museum
BELEAGUERED par
ents have the opportunity to liberate themselves and their children from half-term tedium through a new skills workshop at the Clitheroe Castle
Museum. The "Resources For
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