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Backing sought for TV licence changes


C O U N C I L L O R S iheeting tonight are being recommended to support strongly a new campaign on conces­ sionary TV licences. • Members of the Ribble


Valley Borough Council Housing Committee will discuss th e e l ig ib il ity scheme for concessionary TV licences - the fairness of which is again being criticised, this time by the council a t Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. I t is writing to all other


councils asking for support in getting the Government to review the current crite­ ria, which gives rise to wide­ spread anomalies and injus­ tices. , In a report to the local


committee, Ribble Valley Chief Executive Mr David Morris says it is extremely complex system. Eligibility for a concession­ ary TV licence depends on where you live and how long you have lived there, and takes no account of the financial means of the elder­ ly tenants. "The present system is devisive, unfair and a mess" says Mr Mor­ ris.


He recommends that the


committee writes to Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans, requesting him to persuade the Government to take action against the current system of issuing concessionary TV licences. Mr Morris also suggests a


letter of support to Broms­ grove,


Well-known hotelier and charity worker dies just before birthday


FORMER Hurst Green hotelier Mrs Olive Sylvia Perry died last Friday, two weeks before her 91st


birthday. Mrs Perry, formerly of Riverside


Cottage, Hodder Bridge, ran the Shireburn Arms and Bayley Arms during the 1950s and 60s with her late husband, Melville. For many years, she was a dedi­


a champion swimmer and captain of the then prominent Southend- on-Sea club. After leaving school, she


locate a unexploded bomb. Later, Mrs Perry was deputy


returned to London where she met her husband, Melville, who had been educated at Stonyhurst Col­


lege. They set out on a hotel manage­


cated charity worker in the local area. After 13 years as group leader of the Ribble Valley Red Cross Club for the disabled she was awarded the movement's highest accolade in 1990 — the badge of honour. Mrs Perry, who died at Fellview


ment career, running hotels in Manchester, Dudley,


Cotswolds, Norwich and Notting­ ham, before moving to the Ribble


the


Valley. In wartime Britain, their pub in


home for the elderly, Longridge, was born in East London, a mem­ ber of a Huguenot merchant bank­


ing family. She grew up in Leigh- /•m_Qoa in


whprn she became


Norwich, The Bell, became a social centre for Battle of Britain pilots. The bar suffered a direct hit and this incident was recounted in the Douglas Bader biography, "Reach for the Sky." Mr Perry was injured as the cou- nle went across a glass roof to


general manager of the famous Berkeley Hotel in Piccadilly, while her husband served in the Navy,' rising to the rank of Paymaster- Commander RNVR. In 1952, while their son was a


pupil at Stonyhurst College, the Jesuit Trustees gave Mr and Mrs Perry the tenancy of the Shirebum Arms in Hurst Green. They built it up into a notable hostelry for Rib­ ble Valley business people and visi­ tors to Stonyhurst. In 1955, they also acquired the nearby Bayley Arms. A family spokesman said: "Dis­


extensively, retired in 1970 and threw themselves into social work in the Ribble Valley. They ran the Red Cross Disabled Club in Clitheroe, organising flag days, transport for club activities, and supported the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity. Mrs Perry also became widely


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known across Lancashire as a speaker at Women's Institute and Mothers' Union meetings, recalling her travels and hotel career which brought her into contact with many famous people. Her husband died in 1986. The funeral takes place on Mon­


aster struck in 1962 from which their business never really recov­ ered, when the Shireburn Arms suf­ fered a disastrous fire." The couple, who also travelled


day a t St John's Church, Hurst Green, followed by a private family cremation at Accrington. Mrs Perry leaves a son, Anthony,


grandson, Mark, and two great­ grandchildren.


THE Sabden Horticultural Society honoured two long- serving members a t its annual dinner on Saturday


evening. The society, which has


meetings five or six times a year in addition to the annual show, has been part of village life for decades, and demonstrating this were Bill Cook and Leo


Clarkson, who were both commended for 25 years' long service. The president's wife, Mrs


Marion Cliff, and the chair­ man's wife, Mrs Margaret Boocock, were both pre­ sented with flowers at the meal, which was held at Abbots Court in Whalley and attended by around 50 guests.


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 18th, 1999 Good taste certainly seems to pay off l I


GOOD taste is set to benefit a number of local and national charities. Through a series of lun­


cheons, members of Clitheroe's Castle Mason­ ic Lodge have raised £700. Of this, £350 will go to cystic fibrosis research, with the remaining half divided among smaller local help groups. The donation was pre­


sented to the lodge's wor­ shipful master Mr James Ellis at its annual ladies' night dinner, held a t Waddington's Moorcock Inn. Our photo shows some


of the guests who attend­ ed. (130399/26/08)


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Lindsay's service with a smile wins honour


SERVICE with a smile has helped Waddow Rangers' company Guide Miss Lindsay Bremner achieve the organisation's highest honour, i. In a ceremony a t Blackburn Methodist Church, former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Miss


'Bremner (20) was presented with her ’Queen’s Guide Award by the County


Commissioner, Mrs Hilary Wensley. Currently a student at Oxford Uni­


versity, Miss Bremner, of Wilpshire, has spent the last three years working towards the accolade. During this time, she completed a series of pro­ jects, which demonstrated her home skills, commitment to the Guiding movement and service to the commu­


| Guidelines will :help planning appeal notification


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1BOROUGH councillors ■have approved the adoption [of guidelines which set out ■who should receive notifica­ tion on planning appeals. > Members of Ribble Val- |ley Borough Council Plan­ n in g and Development ! Committee heard that the 'Planning Inspectorate had ^requested that all "interest­ ed persons" should be sent a ! letter of notification regard­ in g planning appeals, but •that clarification was need­ e d over whether members of !the public, who sign peti­ tions, should be included in tthe notification process. !” In a report submitted to ithe meeting, chief planning officer Mr Stewart Bailey said: "Recently, there have been two applications, namely the residential scheme for the Dog and Partridge at Tosside and the proposed mosque at 26


Holden Street, Clitheroe,


where petitions have been received, some in support and some against the respective developments. "In the case of the Hold­


en Street appeal, this result­ ed in sending more than 600 individual letters to every­ one who signed the petition. This is not only time-con­ suming and expensive, but many of the letters have been returned indicating 'no-one a t the address', while many people have queried why they have received such a letter. At this point in time, no responses have been received from any of the signatories of the petition." Members of the commit­


tee agreed to establish a procedure whereby only the organiser or the first person signing any petition will receive formal notification.


LClitheroe Bridge Club winners


""WINNERS at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were as follows. NS: Mr and Mrs S. Green, with Mr J. Mortimer and Mrs B. Tatton in second place. EW: Mr B. Ghua and -Mrs I. Park, with Mrs K. Higson and Mrs J. Bowker sec-


:< o'n Thursday evening, the winners were - NS: Mrs A_ ‘Singer and Mr K. Busby, with Mr C. and Mr G. Pollard


'second. EW: Mrs J. Howarth and Mrs L. Wilkinson, with Mr and Mrs S. Green in second place.


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. j Members are reminded that the club AGM will take place on Monday, March 29th, from 7-15 p.m.


nity. Watching Miss Bremner collect her


certificate are, from the left, Interna­ tional Guiding Adviser Mrs Christine Lerning, Ribble Valley Divisional Commissioner Mrs Janet Donnelly and Guider Ranger Mrs Sue Roberts. (130399/29/19)


Gifted musician’s organ recital to a delighted audience


THE recital to Clitheroe P a r ish Church Organ Society by Peter Morri­ son proved him to be


highly gifted. He demonstrated to an


appreciative audience that here was a recitalist of no mean ability who had pre­ pared an excellent pro­ gramme for us of items cho­ sen both for their variety and musical content. A suitably loud opening


work, the Recessional by Welsh composer William Mathias led to the contra­ puntal complexities of Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D major followed by one of his most beautiful choral preludes, "O Man Bewail Thy Grievous Sin." Percy Whitlock, one­


val Prelude" by Dr Francis Jackson, a patron of the society and organist of York Minster for 36 years. The finest work of this


splendid recital was undoubtedly the Introduc­ tion and Passacaglia, by Max Reger, where the organist displayed his finest musicianship in a thrilling performance, using the organ to advantage from the almost inaudible begin­ ning to maximum volume at the conclusion. Short pieces by William


time Bournemouth Bor­ ough organist, composed in 1935 "Seven Sketches on Verses from the Psalms" the last, "Sortie" closing the first half of the recital. After the interval Peter Morrison played "A Festi­


Walond and Frank Bridge led to the final item, Louis Vierne's "Carillon de West­ minster", based upon the chimes of Big Ben and ded­ icated to Henry Willis, the famous English organ builder, whose Westminster Cathedral instrument was recently played by Peter Morrison. Based on this splendid recital, we hope he will be


invited to play here again. Dougins R. Carrington


TRAINS in and out of Clitheroe were stopped on Satur­ day. The delay this time was completely out of the opera­


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New Road, Blackburn and, as rescue trucks removed it, trains were stopped for two hours between Blackburn and


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