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Exciting ideas ahead for the Ribble Valley as group plans for the future with the help of funding fromEurope


by Vivien Meath


GRANTS galore appear to be within the grasp of Market Town Initiative group Clitheroe the Future. . . Many of those


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LAST week saw the launch of- the new Billington Phab Club. The club, which has


more than 50 members, is for physically disabled and able-bodied people over the age of 55, living


I'D will be a "Right Royal Do" at,Mytton Fold Hotel, .Langho,TrTFebruary, when Billington and Langho WI host a dinner at! which guests will be wearing crowns and tiaras they have created. Here are the WI diary dates for the coming


WI DIARY DATES


month:- FEBRUARY 5TH: Rimington WI - "A Journey Through Addiction",


a talk by Mrs Marline Holgate. FEBRUARY6TH: Slaidburn WI - "My Life in Music" by Mr Jim


Parker. BoIton-by-BowIond WI - "Osteopathy for all ages",


a talk by Mr Robin Percival. FEBRUARY7TH: Gisburn WI-A talk by Miss J. Coupland on "Aro­


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matherapy and Massage". FEBRUARY 12TH: Waddington WI - Members celebrate with a birth­


Rights" explained by trading standards officer Mr Jim Potts. FEBRUARY 14TH: Grindleton WI - "My Life in Music" by Mr Jim


day party. FEBRUARY 13TH: Great Harwood and District WI - "Know your


Parker. FEBRUARY 18TH:


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■ Billington and Langho WI - "A World of Antiques" with Mr Derrick and Mrs Chrissy Sanderson. FEBRUARY 21ST: Downhnm WI - "Coat for the Millennium" by Mrs


Queens of Lancashire" with Mr and Mrs D. Atkin­ son.


Dorothy Waring. Simonstone wth Read WI - "Pearly Kings and


in and around the Billington area. Its aim is to take groups on out­ ings of their choice to places which otherwise they might have difficul­ ty in getting to, and by using accessible trans­ port it means everyone is able to go along. On Sunday the club


at tending a debate held in Langho la s t Thursday evening left in the belief th a t Europe is currently awash with project money. If th a t is the case, then it is hoped that a very large chunk will eventually benefit the'Ribble Valley. The steering group


behind Clitheroe the Future (CtF) invited representatives from five Lancashire market towns involved in the Market Town Initiative programme, along with speakers from various support agencies, to the debate at Mytton Fold Hotel. During the evening, ideas were exchanged


and experiences were shared.


was formed last year, fol­ lowing several extremely well-attended public meetings to discuss the way forward for the town'.


Clitheroe the Future


. and are likely to get, and the best way of achiev­ ing all three. I t is a kind of micro­


' 18 months earlier by the borough council, CtF's aim is to involve more people in planning the way forward, deciding what the town and out­ lying areas want, need


. Bom out of the Ribble Valley Regeneration Partnership's market towns sub-group, set up


:


scopic exercise in which every aspect of commu­ nity life is examined and, surprisingly, apathy has not yet reared its head. People are at the heart


help market towns to become places where people from the town


f f f h a h t n e W iC lu f o


and surrounding coun­ tryside can: • buy most things


they need; • obtain a range of


basic services, such as legal advice- and libraries;


• find housing of all .


types, rental and for pur­ chase; • have a choice of


jobs, particularly in businesses related to the products of the sur­ rounding countryside; • obtain the training


and education they need, and • enjoy eating out,


the cinema, theatre and musical events. If all that sounds very


much like Utopia, then CtF has every intention of putting as much of it into practice as possible. The meeting was


of the future for market towns, says the Coun­ tryside Agency. Local solutions will


of DEFRA, on funding opportunites. Currently, 40 volun­


teers are taking part in a market towns health- check,


strengths and weaknesses, obtaining information to manage change and pro­ vide a basis for an action plan.


identifying


secretary, is filling the void. To fund the post,


check, an action plan will be prepared. It will iden­ tify projects, resources and funding. Question­ naires have already been drawn up for wider circu­ lation in the town. With some 14,000 residents, CtF is hoping to canvass one in 10 households before preparing an action plan for the end of April. To help in all this, CtF


opened by Ribble Valley Mayor. Coun. Mrs Gwen Pye and chaired by Mr Jeremy Grout-Smith. Speakers included Mr


Chris Kolek, of the Countryside Agency, and Miss Juliet Coates,


Following the health-'


. Ribble Valley Regenera­ tion Partnership has com­ mitted £10,000 a year for three years, with the Countryside Agency adding £15,000 a year for three years, the European Union, via Trinity Com­ munity Partnership development initiative (potentially renewable), and for one year Clitheroe Town Council, £2,000 with a promise to review its donation annually dur­ ing the project's lifetime Whalley Parish Coun­


and scope of its own action plan.


is advertising for a salaried co-ordinator at between £17,000 and £22,000. Initial advertise­ ments were placed in the Guardian, but no one suitable was found, and CtF is interviewing again this week. In the meantime, Mr Richard Jackson, CtF


Help is needed for


take on a variety of tasks from reading lessons to serving refreshments is made in the current parish magazina The vicar, the Rev.


services MORE help is needed for the pioneering Satur­ d a y ^ services at Whal­ ley Parish Church. An appeal for people to


cil and Longridge Town Council are to be approached for contribu­ tions to enable employ­ ment of a second, part- time officer. Project staff will be working to support action plans already developed in both Whal­ ley and Longridge At the beginning of the


year, it was announced that Lottery funding of £6m. had been allocated to North-West market towns. However, Clitheroe's share of that depends on the quality


Market Town pro- grammehas been allocat­ ed by the .Countryside Agency and the North- West Development Asso­ ciation, both present at last week's event, but there, are other funds directed towards the ini­ tiative from the Govern­ ment, charitable trusts and private initiatives. The Lancaster Founda­ tion's promise of £2m. for an arts centre in Clitheroe is seen as a key to attract­ ing other funding. Trinity Community


Funding to support, the


New officials take Third Age reins


THE start of a new year saw the installation of a new chairman at Clitheroe's University of the Third Aga Eighty members


Partnership, through its expertise in accessing EU funding, is intent on building on the £2,000 already gained, with other bids to the EU Social Fund. Groups divided for dis­


cussion on community and social needs, trans­ port, environment and economic matters, together with a process group, and resumes of these will be carried over the next two weeks.


Patterdale venue for mountaineers


A STAY at the George Starkey hut in P a t­ terdale was enjoyed by 14 members of Clitheroe Mountaineer­ ing Club during their January weekend meet. Despite


hired the local communi­ ty transport bus to take a group to Burnley Mechanics, to a sell-out performance of the Brig- house and Rastrick Brass Band. The next outing will


be a trip to see "Miss Saigon” at th Palace Theatre, Manchester, in February, with further trips arranged to King George's Hall and the Opera House, Manches­ ter. Later there will be shopping trips, visits to the seaside, country runs and even a Blackpool weekend is planned for later in the year. Anyone wishing to


join the group can get further information by


en route to Burnley Mechanics are members of the Phab Club, with Mrs Carole Hamer standing.


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and relics at Whalley Parish Church are cen­ turies old, but more mod­ em ones are of high quali­ ty too. Two flagons, a paten and a chalice used every week are currently included in a display of work by their silversmith, Eric Clements, being held In Birmingham.


ing most popular, with young children and par­ ents alike," says the maga­ zina • Many of the features


Chris Sterry, started the services because many young families are involved in other activities such as junior sports or outings on Sundays. "The services are prov­


Whalley car


park meeting VARIOUS behind-the- scenes moves are still going on to try and find a car park for Whalley. A meeting open to the


public in the middle of next month will report progress. Meanwhile, Coun. Mrs


J. Brown says that our report last week of her remarks at a parish coun­ cil meeting should have made it clear that she believes there should be limited waiting on the main street.


party set out from Dowthwaite Head to climb to the summits of Stybarrow Dodd, Wat­ son's Dodd andiGreat Dodd before proceeding via Calfhow Pike to Clough Head for the descent to Dockray. ' Another group took


overnight rain on the Saturday evening, which flooded low-lying areas in the valley and made some footpaths unus­ able, members enjoyed mainly dry conditio'ns - though there were gale- force winds on the high fells. On Saturday one


heavy On Saturday evening


an excellent communal meal was enjoyed, the numerous courses being contributed by various club members who were thanked by the chair­ man, Mr Nick Millward. Despite early heavy


Students offer helping hands


rain on Sunday morning, the party set out for Grisedale to walk to Lanty's Tarn and Keldas before continuing to Greenside Mine. After examining the former industrial site, the group took the miners' track to Glenridding for the return to Patterdale. The club's next out­


A GROUP of young peo­ ple will he manning stalls on Saturday in a bid to help those older and less able than themselves. Katy Smitton (12), a


pupil at Ribblesdale High School Technology Col­ lege, and several friends have decided to raise money for the current Blue Peter television appeal. They are staging a


the track from Rooking to Boredale Hause from where the Beda Fell ridge was crossed towards Hallin Bank. On the descent to the Martindale road, a red squirrel was spotted scurrying along the foot­ path. After climbing to the


door meet will be a day's walk in the Kentmere area on Sunday, Febru­ ary 10th, leaving the council offices car park at 8 a.m. On Thursday, Febru­


ary 21st, an evening meeting will be held at Clitheroe Cricket Club, starting at 8 p.m. and featuring the club's sum­ mer alpine holiday meet at Zermatt in Switzer­ land. Non-members are welcome to attend. A further weekend


summit of Hallin Fell, a fine viewpoint for Ull- swater and the northern Lakeland fells, the group ■ walked via the shore of Ullswater to Sandwick, returning to Patterdale via Boredale and Boredale Hause.


attended the group's annual meeting where Mrs Margret Shaw (pic­ tured) took over the helm from Mr Peter Houldsworth. The new deputy chair­


man is Mr Malcolm Blackburn (also pictured). Mrs Jean Duck continues as secretary, but the new treasurer is Mrs Mar­ guerite Ackroyd. The club is enjoying a


continual rise in member­ ship with around 100 peo­ ple attending each month­ ly open meeting. Mem­ bers, who come from Clitheroe, Burnley, Black­ burn and Skipton, meet on the second Tuesday of each month. Those who attended


the annual meeting heard reports from most of the


20 active interest groups. The wide range of inter­ ests include antiques, chess, choir, bridge, French, German, history, music, painting, table ten­ nis and walking, to name but a few. As well as meet­ ing together, groups also undertake trips with visits to the Potteries in Stoke and the auction rooms in Kirby Lonsdale among those already enjoyed. The club's new chair­


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Young musicians line up for prestigious concert


THE musicians of Stonyhurst College and preparato­ ry school St Mary's Hall had another key musical engagement at the weekend.


large and appreciative audience at the Lowry Centre's Quay Theatre, Manchester. "It is a sign of confi­


They performed to a both schools, a selection of


dence in the school's musi­ cians that they were able to take on such a presti­ gious engagement when so many of the pupils are busy in the many sporting and extra-curricular activities available at both schools," says direc­ tor of admissions Mr Peter Anwyl. No fewer than six


major musical event is in March, when there will be a production of a new musical, "Vision", written by two former pupils. It is based on the life of St Bernadette, whose slirine at Lourdes is a world- famous place of pilgrim- aga The production will


the incidental music to the film ".Emma", starring Gwyneth Paltrow. The college’s next


choirs took part in the concert, as well as the col­ lege concert band, string orchestra and full orches­ tra. The programme included not only familiar and well-loved classics but also, from the full orches­ tra and girls' choirs of


feature actors and musi­ cians from both schools and will be directed by Mr Larry Crouch, also a former Stonyhurst pupil and now its head of Eng­ lish.


former CRGS pupil now in the college sixth form, takes the lead rola


His daughter, Bria, a Games machine is thieves’ target


man told the meeting about the planned open day at Stonyhurst College on July 22nd, when the content is hoped to be based on "How Science and Art Work Together". Members were told


POLICE are investigating the disappearance of £200 from a gaming machine in a Chatbum public house.The front cover of the machine was removed and the money taken.


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Funny trip to the cemetery


‘A FUNNY thing hap­ pened on the way to the cemetery" was the title of a talk given at the annual meeting of Clitheroe. WI Market. Guest speaker was.Mr


meet is scheduled for March 15th and 16th when the club will visit the Gian Dena climbing hut in Snowdonia's Ogwen Valley, a centre for rock and ice climbing on the Glyder and Carneddau mountains.


Sierra Cosworth is stolen


A SIERRA Sapphire Cosworth car worth £2,000 was stolen from Chatbum Road, Clitheroe, on Sat­ urday night. The J-registered vehicle is moonstone grey in colour.


I. Whalley, a retired funeral .director, of


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