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Back to the ’40s | with a swing!


gether a large gathering for its nostalgic evenine of hish entertainment at St Mary’s Parish Hall.


of Western swing music-were on top form, ^ th a great variety of instruments and sounds for what was once again a sellout event.


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: put on this spectacular evening. If you were one of the ■


many unable to get tickets, better luck next time! see vision


THE biggest housing de­ velopment planned for Sabden in decades has


. social housing company be­ hind the project. And more than 20 fami­


lies and individuals regis­ tered an interest in moving into the properties.


been completely redevel­ oped into an estate of hous­ es and flats for rent, sale and shared ownership, initially available to Sabden people and their families.


transform the site of the former Cobden’s. cotton mill, which is alongside Sab­ den Brook and has been largely unused since Con­ trast Upholstery (later Tet­ rad) moved out of the village some years ago. By next April it will have


The development will


Cobden Mill development were scrutinised by around 100 people who went along to an open day organised by Calico, the Burnley-based


been revealed to villag­ ers. Plans for the 44-home


14 houses for shared owner­ ship and the remainder for sale on the open market, with prices ranging from £145,00 for a two-bed to £215,000 for a four-bed. The development has


bedroomed homes, 14 two-- bed apartments for over-55s, four three-bedroom homes and one four-bedroom property, with rents ranging from £80 to £151 a week. In addition there will be


HOME VISION: How the new development will look. There will be four two-


proved controversial dur­ ing the planning stage, with residents packing public meetings to complain about the strain on the village’s al­


cal facilities plus utilities such as gas, electricity and phone lines will not be able to cope.


But Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council gave the green


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ready horrendous traffic and parking problems, and fear­ ing that the infrastructure such as schools and medi­


day, when computerised im­ ages of how the estate .will look were on display. Calico


adaptations to the original scheme, including throwing out plans to have some flat roofs on the site and retain­ ing the stone wall around the development on the Pendle Street East side. Work is al­ ready well under way and the £5m. scheme is due for completion by next April. At last Wednesday’s open


light to the plans, after some


staff were available to an­ swer questions and staff from Ribble Valley Homes, who will be responsible for allocating the properties, were also taking names of


Mike Birkett said the com­ pany wanted to work closely with residents through­ out the building process to ensure everything went smoothly.


those who expressed an in­ terest. Calico chief executive Mr


But developer cannotfind apprentices


A SOCIAL housing company has been un­ able to find apprentices for a local house building scheme.


home development in Sabden, has been ad­ vertising for people to join its construction apprenticeship scheme since work started in April - but so far only one suitable per­ son has come forward.


Calico Homes, which is building a 44-


train in a range of skills, such as joinery, bricklaying, general building and painting and decorating. - •


Calico is looking for six apprentices to


. good chance of being taken on permaiient- a i ly at the end of their training. The vacan- cies have been open to Sabden people only initially, but because of the lack of response Calico is now looking further afield. . Mr Stuart Graham, who is the appren­ ticeship programme manager, said it was


They will undertake either a two or three-year apprenticeship and will have a ^


proving very difficult to find people to take on.


in all types of construction skills, and when the development at Sabden is finished they will move onto other Calico projects until their training is complete.” Anyone interested in taking up a con-


^ruction apprenticeship can contact Mr Graham at Calico in Croft


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plicants do need basic maths and literacy skills. . He said; “They get a really good training


cause for the first year the salary is just £100 weekly it was expected young people such as school leavers to be interested, and ap­


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charities, raising more than £2,000. Thanks go to all those who played, bought tickets donated raffle prizes, served, cleared up, and helped to


ed to be there ; The Clitheroe-based band - the UK’s top exponents


It also proved a profitable event.for Rotary Club c


ing costumes and sounds from the ’40s. Mention the Swing Commanders and everyone want­


ONCE again the Rotary Club of Clitheroe brought to­ ®


This year the theme was “We’ll Meet Again”, featur­ w.clithoroeadvertiser.co.uk ;ow local folk


lived through ;errible sinking Titanic


|eyed much new interest- ng information about this ragedy which happened


ter ship Olympic began in 1909 at the Harland and ^olff shipyard in Belfast. Tie Titanic.was the length


if three International lized football pitchesiand yeighed the equivalent of 50 thousand cars. Nigel corrected some


Collision too. The captain Mf the California was criti- pised for not coming to Titanic’s rescue, but was 23 miles away so could


paused small slits to the fabric of the liner not a big gash. People would have slept through the


Jieeting of Clitheroe Uni­ versity of the Third Age yas Nigel Hampson, cu- ator of The Titanic Mu- eum in Colne, and whose alk was entitled “The Ti- anic in'Lancashire”. He gave an excellent presentation which con-


3UEST speaker at the


JOO years ago. The build- ng of Titanic and its sis­


aaccuracies and myths,, ncluding that the rivets vere faulty. The iceberg


footage from the wreck site. Tanned leather items can be seen, for example boots and money in wal­ lets. The metal is eroding and in 60 years there will be no evidence left of it.' ■ For more information


were there to help third class passengers in New York and the crew who shockingly lost their jobs when the vessel sank. Nigel finished with


putes too as to why life­ boats were not full. An­ other 500 people would have survived if they all had been'. Thirty-eight electrical engineers stayed to the very end to keep the power on, and the White Star Line never claimed the vessel was unsinkable - that was the press. People from charities


not have helped in time. It would be the Carpathia under the command of Capt Arthur Rostron who rescued survivors four hours after the collision. -There have been dis­


. ONE of CHtheroe’s historic hos- telries, The Swan and Royal, was the focus of the latest meeting of the town’s Civic Society. Guest speaker John Trippier


about the Titanic Mu­ seum in Colne visit www. titanicinlancs.com


burn to Skipton coach started to stop at The Swan Inn in the year 1806, and by 1818 a regular coach to Manchester left The Swan yards at 4 a.m. The inn added the Royal to its name when the Royal Mail coach started to stop there in 1851.1n 1910 the hostelry was sold at auction, listed as comprising a large coach house, harness room, stabling for 15 horses, a brew house and a bottle storage facili­ ties. . When work began on restoring


granted a licence to sell wines at The Swan Inn. In 1748 it had new rooms and a new slated roof installed by a Mr Thomas North- waite. The following year it was the meeting place for the town’s Bailiffs. John explained that the Black­


took his audience on a virtual tour of The Swan Inn from its early days to when it was almost destroyed by fire in 2009. He explained that his company, which specialises in ar­ chaeological surveying work, was brought in to help rebuild The Swan and Royal after the fire. In 1722 Daniel'Laycock was


delayed the building work until it ■ was decided that the bases could be installed away from the historic finds. The next meeting of the Civic


level for the installation of the four base plates for the crane, the remains of a wall were discovered. This was not shown on any maps; there were also a stone-covered underground cesspit which vyas still full of muck. The discovery of these items


Society will be at the Ribble 'Val­ ley Council chambers, on Church Street, on May 14th at 7-30 p.m. David Oyston will give an illus­ trated talk on “The Building of Stocks Reservoir”. All members, guests and -visitors are welcome.


he found a room that contained a stone mullion window, suggesting it was once an outside building. It also had a large wooden door, now on display at the Castle Museum. The work required a large crane to be erected to hoist the fire debris through the extension roof. When inspecting the ground


the extensively damaged prop­ erty after the fire in September 2009, John was brought in to give advice on various archaeological items discovered as the work pro­ gressed. During a survey of the cellars


Clitheroe Advertiser &Tlmes,Thursday, May 10,2012 New five-a-side


. The league is for young people of school years 7 and 8. Reg­ istration forms are available from reception at Roefield or from your school. It is however; not a school league. Team members can be from a variety of schools. Teams can have eight players ' per match. To register there is a £20 bond, which is refundable on comple­


ROEFIELD LEISURE is to stage a new five-a-side league on Saturday evenings from.4-30 p.m. to 7 pm starting on May 26th.


tion of the fixtures. The closing date for registration is Saturday, May 19th. Each game will be £15 per team. - A spokesman for Roefield Leisure said: “This will be a fun and exciting tournament. The league will run for 14 weeks. Medals and trophies will be presented to the winners along with free jun­ ior gym membership for a month.”


For further information contact Roefield 01200 442188 or visit thewebsiteatwww.roefield.com


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