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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 1st, 1999 17 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)
Museum celebrates £156,000 windfall from Lottery fund
R I B C H E S T E R 'S Roman Museum has been awarded a £ 1 5 6 ,0 0 0 grant to develop the site by the Heritage Lo tte ry
Fund. The village's Museum
Trust will use the money to purchase an adjoining building and construct an extension, in a bid to improve displays as well as providing disabled access and improved public facili
ties. Ribchester Roman
Museum opened in 1914, specifically to display local Roman and pre-Roman remains, and is located within the boundaries of a Roman fort and the remains of the Roman Gra naries, a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Nearby is a Roman bath house. The grant means the gra
nary will also be improved, with new walls, pathways, and hand and ground-rails, which will enable disabled
visitors to see the site for the first time. A Roman herb garden will also be added. Currently receiving
19,000 visitors a year, it is hoped the numbers flocking to the museum will now increase to around 30,000 by 2002. Miss Anthea Case, direc
tor of the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "This is an attractive local museum of much interest to local peo ple as well as visitors to the Ribble Valley. These improvements will bring the museum right up to date and ensure the widest
possible access." The lottery grant is cauM
for a double celebration in the village, as this week sees the launch of the Ribch ester Music Festival. It opened last night and will run until Sunday evening. Highlights of the festival include tonight's perfor
mance of "Home and Away", a collage of words and music from the First
World War, the English String Orchestra tomorrow, conducted by the festival director Mr Adrian Part ington, and performances by Welsh Brass, The Bochmann Quartet and the internationally-acclaimed pianist Peter Donohoe. Most of the festival
events take place in St Wil frid's Church. For more details contact the box office on 01254 878881. Preliminary plans for one
of Ribchester's Millennium projects, a stone carving, will also be on display throughout this year's festi val. It is hoped this will give residents and anyone inter ested a further chance to view photographs of previ ous work by sculptor and stone mason Fiona Bowley and her plans for the vil lage. The display will be shown in St Wilfrid's Parochial Church Hall until Saturday, when it will transfer to St Peter and St Paul's Parish Centre on Sunday until 12-45 p.m.
Fast-track council homes for
Kosovar refugees who want to stay in the Ribble Valley
A N UM B ER of Koso var refugees currently staying at Calderstones Hospital could be given fast-track rehousing in council homes in the Ribble Valley, it has
emerged this week. A cross-council commit
tee has been set up incorpo rating housing officers from 10 different authorities to look into the re-disperse- ment of refugees to council houses across the county in areas such as Preston, South Ribble, Burnley and
Pendle. Ribble Valley Borough
Council Chief Executive Mr David Morris said, if approached by refugees for
East and West are a hit
CULTURAL divides have proved to be no match for pupils at St Augustine s RC High School, Billing- ton, and Japanese exchange student Kumiko
Isoda. Kumiko (28), who comes
from Saitama, near Tokyo, has been staying in Clitheroe since October and has been sharing her life experiences with youngsters from different schools in the
area. At present, she is teach
ing pupils at St Augustine's about the Japanese culture, and has made quite an impression on them, accord ing to head teacher Mr Anthony McNamara. He said: "Kumiko has been teaching them all about cal ligraphy and origami and she wears a kimono during lessons, so it is something quite different for the
pupils." Kumiko has already
spent time at Edisford CP School, Clitheroe, and at St Paul's CE School, Nelson, and is currently spending her last week at St Augus tine's. She became involved with the school through the neighbours of her host fam ily, whose children are
pupils there.
More traffic disruption as road
stays closed
A ROAD closure in the centre of Clitheroe has been extended due to unforseen circum
stances. Hard rock has slowed
down the progress of Transco workers as they renew a kilometre of main along Lowergate, one of the town's main shopping
streetSt Extra work teams and
weekend shifts have been introduced by the gas pipeline company in a bid to keep disruption to a min
imum. The work, which began in . ,
April, had been due to fin ish tomorrow, but now looks set to continue for up to an
extra four weeks. A spokesman for Transco
said: "We hope the extra work will not take the full four weeks and would like to apologise to drivers, shoppers and businesses for any further disruption this
may cause."
housing in the area, they would be "welcomed." He said; "The scheme to
rehouse the refugees is being co-ordinated by Lan cashire housing officers. In effect, the refugees are free to move wherever they want. If some wanted to stay in the Ribble Valley then they would be more than welcome. "Of course we are in the
luxurious position in the Ribble Valley, whereby our homes are in high demand, whereas places like Burnley and Preston have long-term vacancies. We usually have 150 vacancies a year, an average of about three a
week. "But there would be no
problems for refugees to move into our properties, because they would be effectively homeless and their applications would be given fast-track treatment." A Lancashire County
Council Policy and Resources Committee Report revealed that 200 refugees currently remain at Calderstones, with a number having left to live with relatives and friends in the South of England. The Local Government Associa tion has been given assur ances that all the costs of setting up refugee centres and running costs will be footed by the government via the Refugee Council, according to the reporL____
Local WI dates
mar School's Chatburn Road site on July ^ th. With cookery, crafts and flowers m abundance, why not
go along and see what can be achieved m the WI. For more information about the WI, nng 01200 427165.
JULY 1ST: Gisburn WI — Annual walk.
uVming*ion WI - A talk on the work of the Cave Rescue Organisation.
JULY 7THr Bollon-by-Bowliind WI - A summer walk. Millon WI - A talk by Mr G. Haycock, entitled The
Lighter Side of Funeral Directing". ,„,MrClvn Chipping WI - A "Veterinary Cornucopia , by Mr Glyn
° sllddburn WI - Mrs Ruth Patchett on calligraphy and watercolours.
Thimlej-wi'lh-WlieulIey WI - A visit to Alston Hall. Grindleton WI - A talk by Mr Bill Turner on Trans
ported to New South Wales". S n - ' e ” ale WI - A talk by MrL. Roylance: "Where
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tory of Beads and Gemstones". JULY 13TH:
^bout china and Umgridge Wl^- A talk by Mrs J. Spencer on "The His
Waddinglon WI - An evening about Canada. oi^nlip Bridge WI - Mrs K. Wilkes will give a talk on
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"Life with a Cumbrian Vet". oi!wIhlm wi - A talk by Martin Bradley on Age Con- w Read WI - "What Use Would a
Microwave be to Me?", by Mrs Pay Hayward. idlilgj.m and kangho WI - "Eleven Children and a
Bachelor", by Mrs W. Bridges. JULY22ND:
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Ilursl Green WI - A DIY Evening. JULY 28TH:
Whailcy WI - A Members’ Evening. .
Holiday-let home idea deferred
PLANS to change the use of a Slaidburn bun galow into holiday accommodation have been deferred to Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil's Chief Executive for
approval. The proposal seeks to
allow the bungalow at Pain Hill Farm, Woodhouse Lane, which has an agricul tural occupancy condition, to be used as a holiday let for a temporary period of
five years. Members of Ribble Val
ley Borough Council's Plan ning and Development Committee agreed to defer
AFTER a lapse of 13 years, a sports day was held in Tosside village this year. The event was organised
and delegate the decision to the Chief Executive, Mr David Morris, pending the satisfactory completion of a Section 106 Agreement, which would tie the future of the property to be used for agricultural use. Conditions of the com
mittee's decision are that the temporary consent shall revert to its previous use from July 1st, 2002, unless renewed for the temporary use again an that the prop erty should not be let or occupied to anyone for a period longer than three months in any one year, or be used as permanent accommodation.
Village sports day’s comeback dance of enthusiastic chil dren for the races which fol
lowed. The next event in the vil-
by the village social com mittee and began with a fancy dress competition. There was a good atten-
lage will be a barn dance on July 10th at Bent House Farm, Tosside, tel. 01729 840890 for tickets
Teddy Bears’ picnic proves a hit for all!
EIGHTY children, closely supervised, really did go down to the-woods as part of a school's Teddy bears'
picnic. Almost a third of them
were three and four-year- olds who will make up the reception class at St
Leonard's CE Primary School, Langho, in the
.
autumn. Every year the school
runs a Teddy bears' picnic for the newcomers so that their actual first day will not be such an ordeal. Members of the present
Millennium facelift for historic old church
A BEAUTIFUL and his toric church, a testament to the devotion of local Catholics and a piece of Lancashire's "lost" histo ry, is being restored to its intended glory in time for the Millennium. Tucked away in Chip
ping, St Mary's RC Church was one of the first Catholic churches to bo built in Britain, following years of the religion's state repression. It was erected two years
before 1830s Catholic Emancipation Act on land given by local Catholic landowner Mr George Weld, whose ancestors had suffered, along with many Chipping villagers, during the years of persecution, and whose relative gave Stonyhurst to the Jesuits in the previous century. Built of local stone, the
outside of the church was deliberately intended to blond into the surrounding village and farmland because Catholics were still marginalised from main stream society. As today's parish priest, Fr Alfred Hughes, who is overseeing the restoration work, explained: "That is why it is built like a barn, not very ornate, so as not to draw attention to the fact that it is a church, but compensat ed for by the decoration
inside." Stone for the church was
carried from a nearby quar ry, with the congregation
raising the then-stupen doussum of £1,130 to build the church, which inside was decorated with exquis ite friezes and an ornate baroque sanctuary. For many years, the
church hid its beauty under a coat of whitewash. A 1950 gale blew the roof off, which brought about its last major repair, but for today's work Fr Hughes has taken advice from exports on historic church es and English Heritage. He also commissioned spe cialist ecclesiastical decora tors Bernard Watson to restore the interior to much of its original splendour. Now first impressions are
such that visitors can be forgiven for thinking that a piece of Venice has found its way to rural Lancashire. Echoing their forebears,
parishioners have raised the £32,000 spent so far, after a Lottei-y Heritage bid failed. Said Fr Hughes: "We need money to carpet the church and convert the lady chapel. To do it justice, we need to bring the total to
£50,000." To help swell the restora
tion project coffers, parish ioners are helping to organ ise St Mary's School sum mer fair, which takes place in the village on Sunday from 1-30 p.iii. For an entry fee of 20p, attractions will include a variety of stalls and a five-a-side football tournament.
reception class and the first year join them for the party, and everyone fetched a Teddy. They also looked round the wood near the school for a real live bear - which warned them that they were making too much noise!
___ _____ I ho Al All the hi dren took ; the c chlildren took a
bear to school as part of a separate inititiative to raise money for medical research. Gabriolla Charnley
(four) is pictured with friends watching games during the picnic. (230699/12/20a)
€ . > c’a ;4^2: - ^ -^,3
Hearty boost from Mayoress and her ladies helps appeal . . .
HEARTY efforts by the Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs Susan Yearing, netted
,
a healthy profit. Mrs Yearing (left) and her chanty
committee organised a coffee morn ing, held in the Mayor's Parlour, rais
ing £182 tor the Clitheroe Heart Machine Fund, which supplies local health centres with emergency resus citation equipment. The event boasted a cake and gut stall, a second-hand books counter.
■ _ ,.1 oo fV,o mil Vieroe Heart
raffle and tombola. Watching Mrs Yearing draw the raffle in our photo are her husband,
Ramblers enjoy their sunny trek
TEN ramblers took advantage of a join us" invitation embarking on the Clitheroe
/ ■';6' W'i w the Mayor of
Clitheroe, Coun. Alan Yearing, com mittee members and on-the-day helpers. (130699/25/10a)
White rose campaigners go for some ‘peace talks’ over boundary changes!
TH E white rose campaign group, which has "territorial claims" on part of the Ribble Valley, is hoping for peace talks with Lancashire County Coun
cil. Members of Unite Craven, who
earlier in the year were responsible for erecting road signs at points along the pre-1974 Yorkshire boundary, say the county council has already agreed to
discuss the issue. In their latest bulletin, members
say that the most hopeful outcome of their boundary sign action has been the response of Lancashire County
Council. The bulletin explained: "Respond-
I ing to our letter advising them of our
plans, they offered to discuss perma- nent road signs at the traditional boundary and we will certainly be glad to meet them, together with rep resentatives of the Friends of Real
. . . . . . ________ Tj„-.,in Hoyle said: "Our (rrouD and tlhe group
Lancashire." The two groups are angry over local
government changes 25 years ago which, they claim, have led to contu sion and chaos and played havoc with the traditional country boundaries. They claim that under this change,
which was supposed to be a purely administrative one, residents of such places as Waddington, Slaidburn, Gis- burn, Sawley, Bolton-by-Bowland, Barnoldswick and Earby found them selves dragged against their will out of
Yorkshire and into Lancashire. Unite Craven chairman Mr Gooff
Friends of Real Lancashire are cam paigning to have the true boundaries recognised, in accordance with the Government statement issued on April 1st, 1974, confirming that the creation of new administrative areas had not altered the boundaries of tra
ditional counties. "There was no justification, there
fore, for the councils of these new administrative areas to remove the
traditional boundary signs." The Unite Graven group has mem
bers in Skipton, Earby and Barnoldswick, and is looking for increased support from former West Riding villages now in the Ribble Val
ley.
group's annual long distance walk. An 18-mile trek, starting
and finishing in Wray, saw tine, sunny weather. Led by John Barker, the
walkers started out from Meal Bank Bridge to the farm, crossing fields yellow with buttercups to Park- side, before the group reached Mill Lane and the
back-up team. Dropping down to the
path along the River Wen- ning and the campsite, the group made its way to Bowker House Farm, before reaching Barley Bank prior to going down to the ancient church of Lowgill, where a forest of big hats announced a June wedding. Lunch was taken in the cool shade of Mill
Bridge. Leaving the road at Elk's
Barn, the walkers climbed a steep rise before traversing high pastures to Over House and Lower House. Reaching the road to meet the back-up team, meinbers of the group were given much-needed cool drinks, as well as home-made scones and cake.
C a t t l e n u m b e r s s t a t i c a t a u c t i o n
CATTLE numbers were static at Clitheroe Auction Mart's weekly sale of prime cattle, prime sheep and calves on Friday. The grass-fed cattle sold
to a better than expected trade, with some big heifers making to to 96/97p per kg. Young bulls were again in
good supply and over half of all breeds made over lOOp. Clean cattle, in general, was a similar trade, but few top
quality ones were on show. Prime cattle: Premium bulls
made to 120p/kg (113.3p), prime to 107p (lOO.Sp), commercial to
90p(85.57p). Steers: Prime steers made to
102p (96.8p), commercial to 89p
(81.83P). Heifers: Premium heifers made
to 120p (117.5p), prime to 109p (102.‘14p), commercial to 94p
(85.75P). There was a hardening of traue
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at the new season lambs, prime hoggs and cast sheep sale, follow ing on from last week's low prices. New season lambs: Standard
lambs made to 98.7p (87.01p), medium to 97.62p (88.54p), heavy to 87.23p (83.77p), overweight to
83.33p. Cast ewes made to £29 per
'V
head (£13.09). Calf numbers were up quite significantly, and at least half of those on offer would go for further
rearing. Calves: Friesian bulls (7-20
days) made to £44-£45; Belgian Blue bulls to £98, heifers to £58; Limousin bulls to £95, heifers to £18; Simmental bulls to £90: Charolais bulls to £147, heifers to £18; Iloretord bulls to £82; Blonde d'Aquitaine bulls to £50.
Moped stolen
A SUZUKI moped worth £1,200 was stolen from out side a house in Woone Lane, Clitheroe, early on Sunday morning. The machine is a 49 c.c. R-reg.
Battling Brownies 1 bring home the silver! A »v L- . ■
Weekend Teams Saturday
Clitheroe (v Blackburn
Northern, away, meet ground 12-30 p.m.) P. Bish op, Stephen Bishop, N. Bibby, A. Burns, N. Bolton, M. Bolton, S. Coulter, P., Gaskell, C. Musson, G. Ker shaw, Benjamin. Scorer, P.
Cox. Clitheroe 2nds (v
I- \ W Cr ’
Belvedere, home, meet ground 1-15 p.m.) J. Green. C. Seed, M. Hargreaves, D. Glover, N. Cartledge, M. Coulter, S. Blackburn, Simon Bishop, D. Pickles, S. Trot ter, F. Hussain. Scorer, J.
Blackburn. Ribblesdale Wanderers (v
Whalley, home) T. Braith- waite, G. Monk, M. Briggs, D. Gardner-Chan, D.
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Howard, M. Davies, P. A. Hall, B. Spencer, R. Plamer, A. Aisnworth, Nawaz. Ribblesdale Wanderers
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2nds (v Padiham, away) I. Britcliffe, J. Rain, P. Spencer, M. Wrigley, D. Overy, A. Pearce, A. Marsh, J. Dewhurst, J. Braithwaite, M. Peel, M. Stafford, G. Maguire.
Sunday Clitheroe 3rds (v Sales- :.N
bury, home, meet ground 1- 15 p.m.) A. Hacking, M. Pre ston, J. Ponsonby, D. Walker, M. Eglin, R. Rudd, G. Sut cliffe, P. Griffiths, R. Dins dale, S. Backhouse, T. Hib- bert. Scorer, P. Griffiths jnr. Ribblesdale Wanderers
F IN E batting perfor mances made champi ons of Clitheroe's Parish Church Brown-
;s. In the annual Lancashire
East Guide County Brownie Rounders Com petition, a team from the Clitheroe pack (pictured), representing the Ribble
Valley district and divi sion, hit home to first place, beating strong opposition from Brownie teams from Colne, Black burn, Burnley and other
local towns. The competition was
played in Croat Harwood, whore the biggest cheers for the Clitheroe girls came from their coach. Brown
Owl Mrs Pat Houldsworth. Pictured are members of
the winning team, back row, from the left: Megan Baines, Michelle Dinsdale, Joanne Whitehead, Jodie Fielding and Robyn Isher-
. wood. Front: Mary Water- house, Lucy Clarkson,
Hannah Tindall and Natalia Robinson.
3rds (V Blackburn Northern, away) I. Kirk, D. Binns, R. Clark, A. Kirk, M. Stafford, R. Whalley, G. Maguire, J. Jackson, M. Peel, R. Lloyd, R. Gladwin. Monday
Ribblesdale Wanderers
Youth (V Padiham, away, meet 5-30 p.m.) R. Clark, A. Pearce, M. Peel, R. Whalley, M. Stafford, D. Gardner- Chan, G. Maguire, S. Whar ton, D. Braithwaite, A. Kirk, R. Lloyd, J. Jackson.
The route then led to
Leyland Farm, Scale, Stau- vin and along the road to Harter Beck Waterfalls in Redder Gill. At Roeburn- dale, the group enjoyed a last brief drink before the steep climb to Caton Clear views were enjoyed before the long descent to Bark Farm and the hidden valley of the River Roe-
bum. Through Outhwaite
Wood, the ramblers walked down the road to Wray Bridge and the riverbank path at the confluence of the Roeburn and Hynd- burn, back to the starting
point. The memorable day was
characterised by hedges full of wild roses and honey suckle lined with foxgloves and bunches of dog daisies. Grateful thanks were
expressed to Peter Goodill and his team for their gen
erous support. The ramblers meet next
on Saturday at 9-30 a.m. at Waterloo Car Park for Blacko. Contact 01254 248713 for details.
Bridge club winners
RECENT winners at Clitheroe Bridge Club were: NS — hJr and kJrs E. Holden with Mr J. Higson and Mrs J. Martindale. EW - Mrs K. Higson and Mrs J. Bowker, Mrs E. Wood and
Mr H. Kay. The previous Thursdsay:
NS - Mrs J. Bowker and Mrs M. Thompson, Mrs
M. Phillips and Col M. Jef fery. EW - Mrs B. Tatton and Mr J. Renton, Mr C. Pollard and Mrs M. Parker.
Beetling about in the village
AN evening of fun, laugh ter and, for some, frustra tion is promised on Mon
day evening. A beetle drive is being
held in Whalley CE School hall starting at 7 p.m. Admission is £1.50 for adults, £1 for children, and refreshments are included. It is hoped the evening
will appeal to singles, fami lies, young and old alike. Children must be accompa
nied by an adult. Your support for the
evening will be greatly appreciated.
Solo whist WINNERS at Pendle
I Club's solo whist session were Mrs M. Holding, Mr
I A. Leonard and Mr R. Knight. New members are welcome each Monday at 7-
30 p.m. Bridge drive
WINNERS at this week's bridge drive at the Pendle Club were Mrs M. Butler and Mrs F. Porter, Mr T. Thornber and Mrs D.
Marston. If?*
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