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Clithem A dm tise r : & Tt7HdS: N o it IS, 195S


RMER


A LONE OBJECTOR “Scheme is urgently necessary”


/THERE ]vas only one objector when a -t Clitheroe Corporation’s application to borrow i4a,551 to s i n f r & I waier borehole andlaya lS-inchtrunkpipe- Unl was lield at the Town Hall on Tuesday.


^ fh e : o^ectlon a h iJ te u ^ s


by Ivir. V. D. Joll, a .Ministry of Housing! ahd! Local Govern- meiit inspector. The Corpora­ tion’s casej-was conducted by thelTownli Clerk,;I.Mr. R. JB.


:li :•::; thelc'ase fbr the Corporation,


a tnile;frbm the proposed borehole. The inquiry was conducted


r t ;»“


780,000 gallons a day, com­ pared: with: a consumption, which hks reached 900,000


amounted to a !maximum of


Snowden. I Mr. R. R. Lee. soli­ citor, appejare.d lor Mr. Bibby.^ Mr. R. B; Sno


, Snowden, opening


referred: to'the: request by the Chincellot.lof th e : Exchequer that local! authorities should bnlV bring: Sorward schemes


1; V. iil } AT DCCKEY LEACH Mr. Edgar Morton, .consult­


AT THE ST PRICES .


iWe still a lar^e jiuantity of fitted CARPETS at PRE


LINOL^M, gI rPET SiQUARES and BUDGET PRICES


U A Y WE QUOTE YOU PQR YOUR ' REQUIREMENTk


|


ing! geolo^st ,to the Council, he told the inquiry, that the Clit-


the! Corporation power to sink boreholes jUnywhere within a certain area.,


rbe Water Order, 1951, gave


was sunk bn a site south of Duckey Lekch! The pumping test resulted In a yield of 20,000 gallons per hour.


Last year. No.: 1 borehole


the borehole had been contin­ uously operated at 20,000 gal- Ions por liouf. From October 29th to NqvenibBr 4th, pump- ing was reduced to 16 hours a


since August- 18th this year


58j VraAIiLEY RD. — OF arTHE]


- I 31, CASTLE ST. ROE Telephone 130


ANYTHING ! SENT ■ VIA iNtEI^LORA


!' ii' FRESH CUT FLOWERS


WREATHS, BO^QTOTS, ETC. ow i i DAILY


DELIVERIES IN JOHN E .U S & SON WAPDINGTON ROAD, I pUTHEROP


jVALE.1 V^W-;. NURSERY' ^ I TELEPHOlilE t 1


For V A L pE i in f in e t im e


In our clock showrooih we have sixty different designs from.,19/- up a Special out of Ii.come


from 26/- up to £27/10/0. ___ tiiu/iz/o lA oVknr^T*v^ftTy,


^ Aiouu


to £35. payments.


?ok


thorities had not been re^ric- : ted by the Corporation. Clith-: €roe R.DlC.. had taken far


gallons a day.” , Bulk supplies to other.^ au­


Imore' thain, .their nprmal ,re- qulrementis due to lack ot supplies in their own rbservoir


they considered i^necessary. “This scheme is urgently nec­ essary,” he said.


at WifalleV. gaThe average, rainfall on the,


thering! grounds oyer a ' ”


period of 40 years was 46.5Jns.; Last !?ean the wettest in the period, produced 76. inches, but to the end of October this


v6ar, the raixif&ll wes.28.7 and the reservoir was holding six million gallons,


sumption has increased from 628.000 gallons, In 1947 to 900.000 gallons at the present time, an increase of over 40


bThe, daily'"average cori-,


pressure in the higher parts of the, town : has dropped.


their-tapk.” .


day, and on November 4th, It was reduced to 12 hours a day. “The results of No. 1. bore­


hole may therefore be regard­ ed las very satisfactory, said


Mr; Morton.! I t was now in­


tended to I; go Ahead with the sinking of;! No. 2 borehole near the head of the'West Clough Brook, almost half a mile to the east of the first borehole.


I AN OBJECTION


proved so successful, there was ever^ feasori to believe that the i second one would


;As the' first borehole had


.also be successful. , The owner; of Hill House


Farm had lodged an objection on (the grounds, that the sec­ ond boreliolei would aSect the, yjeld of five wrings on h i s , farm. ,The spring supplying : the


I from the'site} two; were about, i a mile awayjiarid one was 1.2 milesaway.i; : ‘/Even if-’itlie springs were,


farm’s domestic requirements was just;:under a mile -fpm thk second borehole. Of'the other four springs, presum­ ably used for agriculture, one was about fl'vb-slxths of a mile


oni 'the -'kame" water-bekring


stratum from which the Cor­ poration f boreholes a rb to-


p ie c e s


We have! a lonely, sel'e(iv.u.. from £10/12/6 tq £350.


aocks by, famous! makers. Watcto In ^rome/ Steel r


tlon of Watches and —- ^Ud gold


derive • water, it is unlikely that thefpumping operations would affbcl-' any of them,’/ Mr. Morton said'.


!..


the! springs j all; rise on strata which are hydrogeologically divorced :frpm the gritstone behs upoii which the Corpora­ tion are to rely.”


; GRiprSTONE BEDS j h t happens, however, jthat


:j - JEWiLlER OtAOD .HRHN


Agents 24. KING WILLIAM STREET,


HN ECAT CKBURN. ■ 1 . Rotary Watches!| Tel. 7920. ;for' Longlnes Baiune, Oyma, Tribbx. Accurist, Avia and S m o k e a n p u c e


was impossible for the springs to be afle'ctbd by the activitles- of| the 0prporatlon ■ at either borehole, ii ■;


Geologically, therefor^ it , i |


ough Surveyor, spoke of the increasing demand for, water.


Mr. J. Newton Bell, theiBor-


tion of Gllthero’e waS 10,970. It was inbw approximately was


in 19461 hb: said,, the, popula­


12,010. “The population at its peak of 12,850 in but since that time houses have been built occupied.!


p r o v e t l i e s i e f i v e y o p r s e l f .


the modern' sanltary'facllities provided ;ln these housed to­ gether with the work! now being carried out to Improve older properties has increased the consun|ption of water by a: considerable amount.


-i“It will ibe apTparent that


has increased rapidly ifi the borough. iiCotton mills are no 'longer oohUent ito ,'use -|r— ’• water for jsteam-raisinE: iiidustry in general Is m more us^j of . a pure supply, r


I ' .INl|l|sTRIAL USE I “The Iridjistrlal use of water


,Li i I


aking water


arook smd


is ^taking oh average 250,000 gallons h day.” i. Mr. Bell pointed dut -that this industry —the' I.C'll] wdrks^had i spent ai considerable sum of ijnoney. oh equipment, to r'e-circulate: -the water thky used. | j '


l“In particular. One industry


1ln reply to'the Ministry In­ spector, Mr. Dell said, that the average ps ily consumption of ■yiater per head' In th^ 'Was 33 gallons


:|iJ


slowly over the years, estimated that :lt would op to a Tpbpalation of 14,000. i ; :


; -The tpwh had dev town'


eloped They devel- about,


! In a ncjrhal year, th e ------ supply whs adequate tp meet all demapds; but this year the supply fromisprlngs and bore­ hole together, had hop been sufficient} to keep the- reser­ voir waterj-level stable. The level haq : dropped [fairly steadily since the pnd op June.


water CO i l ! BNUT Xcc. SLICED


Tobacco Company (of jGr<aC DriUm &-lr Hand), Isiutd by:che Ocd«n Brancn of


rial


-for the man whofrmmwhi The tmpC


Ltd. I CNI7C


: iThe borehole pump. Instal­ led, in Ailigus't and brought into operhtlonton August 18th, had saved- the townl from drought. 1 The pump, 1 which had a Qapaclty of 20,000 gal­ lons an npur. had worked 24 hours a pay'until November 1st, when it had'1:un..l5 hours dally to aVoldt electrical peak


load perlhds. i ’ ! ■' :: “The\siinhg|yield haf drop­


: ahd for OTmP ’weeks was less than 300ip00 | gallons ,: a day


ped to an/abnormally low level


1914, 1,218 and


i


per cent. “During this period, the


There are periods during each day when' householders are unable to, draw water from


,


said Mr..jBell, that the .town was served from the gather­ ing grouhds by two nine-inch mains, ohe laid in 1855 and the other about 1879. The carrying j capacity of th^e mains had been considerably reduced kince they were laid- The pressure position had also, deteriorated.


• It shodld' be remembered, BIGGEE PRESSURE Brigadier C. C. Parkman,


consulting engineer to the said, it was recom- thatS.=an additional


structed from Lowcocks Res efvolr to the Pimlico ^arearr- riinning parallel to the exist­ ing nine-inch mains.


council, mended ___


15-inch main should be cqn- u ui. O ULL* wu -----— WU i I


iihese ;'malns would be more than toe estimated require-, ;ments. But this course,was justified and would allow‘fojf deterioration off the. malns.|


main ahd the two existing nine-inch' mains delivering from Xitjwcockk R,eservoir to The-capacity of


I In future, toe Corporatloh would have the new 15-inch


Gllthero


’ to the borough itself, leaving toe other nine-inch main to supply father demands ; The


. I t would also' give certain flexibility in distribution in that one of. the nine-inch mains might be used to take the industrial load en-route


:i5-lnch pipeillne would! tlfen act truly as a trunk main. :


DRY WEATHER j


ately, was brought Into opera­ tion in July, and has worked practically : without stopping since that date, contributing about 500,0.00 gallons a dayj”


“The-new borehole, fortun­ ' The figures of dry-weather


-Mr. Lee said that it seemed quite Qlear : that there vyas going to be ho Interference with his client’s watep sup­ plies, and so he would not con­ tinue to press the objection. The Inquiry was closed. ;


After hearing the, evidence,


yield indicated that a second borehol; should , be 'made available to meet the! esti­ mated :'uture'demands. ■ !


creased pressure required for distribution of water to the higher pjarts of the-town.


i This .would give the in­


last week; has eelebrated h®c 90th birthday. She is the vil lage’s oldest resident._______


"VVarrenhurst,” Smithy Tlmv, Hurst Green, who, as reported


Castle crib at Christmas


inLITHEROE'S 'now-famous ^ Christmas tableau, .which in past years has attracted:


be aii Illuminated and Accor- : ated Christmas tree.


^°In addition ;to the, Crib, with p its lifelike' figures aM ha^--


alnted backcloth, there ,


many visitors to once again lend a. festive tmeh to the Castle entrance..


Miss Elizabeth Noblet,; of


$0th BIRTHDAY


POWER FOR


FARMS WILL BE DELAYED


I' . : TTiARMERS in Rlbblesdale,


1*^! ’ and Bowland who wdht their farms'} epnverting, i to electricity may have to wait: longer than they expected. ;


city Board has announced that between how- and the end


The North Western Electri­


of March, next year It Is .prob­ able that the Irate of connect^


Ing faemv will be only -half, what it has'been. , ■ :


’■While it is :hot yet possible


to say what the full effects of Government ‘ cuf s in' spending will be, the Board has already had to defer jjertaln schema., says Sir Joseph Hallsworth, the board’s chairman.- /


nounced it was hoped to proj vide about j900 farms -with power. Nowi'the figure wll,r.he


Before -■ the; cuts--were .an­


700 or less. I The nupiber of other ru ra l: premises Mi be connected is expected ,1 to fall from about 1,900 to 1,400.


wiThe cuts -ivlff


ith’ the extension . of the shortwave radio system which


appliances'. l| ‘ '! .


Clitheroe Offices tpM an Ad­ vertiser and Times” reporter oh Monday Ithat they had not


.jAn official at the Boardjs


yet: been told What effect toe restrlctions'would have In this


area. .■ i'- - ■ ' ' ' '


$inaller potatoes? BiaiDC those lohig, kunny days


rfUTHEROE housewives Me


:i “ Supplies seem to be gatis : factory in Clltoeroe, a whole- ^ saler told 'an “Advertiser: and Times” reporter lon Monday. There were, however, a lot of small' potatoes.


has a notice in his shop ^ k - hig people to take their sharq of the smaller potatoes. Best: potatoes, he said, were seUlng at 3 lbs. for U4d, -and others: -at 3 lbs. for lOld.


. The South of England! ap­


peared to be worse off. People ^ were sending into


'pinch here,” ; the wholesaler added., ''} . .


FAltMERS MEET


• the farmer was hot to bjame for the high price of potatoes The sole Ireason was thei fact that the crop was below nor­ mal Because: of .toe isummer drought, and to the fact tlmt potatoes wefe now being sold in a free market.


at last week’s, meeting.of .the executive : committee of the 'Lancashire branch- of , toe National Farmers’ Union In Preston. 'I t was stressedithat


The position was discussed


Mr' J. Finder, a Clitheroe member, salfl: “The difficulty


Toe H officials


H/TR: H. Rfabinson was elected chairman of the Clitheroe


branch of Toe 'H at the annual general meeting, held -in the Duck !Street clubrooms,on M6nda|y._


; '


vice j- chairman, will also undertake- the duties of JobT-


Councillor W. Sharpies, toe


master. Other officials elected y/ere;


G O L F


Mr. Si Morton, hon. secretary; Mr; 'H. A. Coates, hon. ;trea- surer; Mr. H. Rawcllffe, pilot.


New homes for olAin big Islum-clearancd scheme


■\fORE than 100 families'at present llvipi ih out-of-date -^'■“•houses will be given brand-new homes in the next five ’ ■ considered by


spread oVer 15 years. In the houses.! .-' I


. Clitheroe Town Council. | Slumj - clearance i s ! to be


first five, years 115 houses are to be pulled down. Eighty-two are ini clearance areas/ The remaining 33 are Individual


' Clitheroe has 277 unfit houses.! . , ;


years lunder slum-clearance plans now bsinji ___ I .


1 ! ' . ■ . I


ing Committee, Councillor! J. Entwlstle told an “Advertiser :'apd Tiipes ’! reporter that the proposals have still to be con- sidered'lby the committee, i '


Imltted to the • Ministry | of Housing In common with .those of other local: authorities


They! had merely been spb- ; throughout-toe country. i yet been decided. . .


! The jTown Clerk, Mr. R.lB. Snowden, said toe scheme was merely! an -outline of toe job the council hoped to be able to tackle.!. Nothing definite had


' Clitneroe Rural Council has i ho clefarance areas, but has 76 - individual unfit houses. They ! are to be found In every village in thei council’s area. When these have been dealt with upder .);he five-year plan there should] be no unfit houses. :


smallest ijmfiber of: unfit houses-hne out of 1.570 per­ manent houses. The house Is latGlsburn.


Bowlaqd Council has the ; : ' secution threat


This -fiowf. coppled wifh, toe - damage, or trespassing.; will be yield ftfain ]the boijeholes, in danger of prosecution.


]u jBaiivuo,^ ua^. lug tihat anyone-: causing ment sites In CHthqroe Indlcat-


'YKTARNING notices are to be - erected on all toe 'aHot-


The chairman of the' Hous­ A'hedge at the bend in/Edls-; ' :


- - : ' - ' 'i


tion'iiwith; St. Paul’s Street,} may I be removed to make/the road 'safer! for motorists.


ford Road near its junc-;


junction from-Edisford Bridge! have a limited view round the; bend in' the road. Similarly,! motorists i travelling - from; Clitheroe and wishing to turn 1


Traffic : approaching the;


the Borough Engineer, Mn-J. Newton Bell, will be consid­ ered: by the Highways Com­


mittee.- !: ' •: ■'/! :!‘J '


So tenants ilvill! choose names i


(WHEN the first tejiantsl " ’ move into two new nouses 1


on dltoeroe’s Littlemoorl housing site'they will not find^ numbers on their front doors.} They: will be asked by the- Town Council to select names;


houses , were numbered It; would'mean the re-numberlngi of all;toe houses. In ;Hayhurstl Street. Llttlemoor Road, and! Llttlemoor. :


on the Tower .Hill housing site are to be fitted with cowls,;


COWLS: 1,26 more chlmneysi "


for their new homes. " . i The reason Js that if. the;


I


into St. Paul’s Street cannot! see properly along the road; - A scheme to be prepared by


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for supplies/ "It will he after Christmas; before we feel the.


'


onel' Drought is the ..culprit.' : One CUtoeroe greengroc^er


understand the potatoes are dear, .she blames the farmer. She wlU_continue to do so unless the facts are plainly presented.” ,


is that the, housewife does not ' i ;


Potato which has


associated high: price


on potatoes this year than last, wheh supplies vyere-plen­ tiful and potatoes were qheap.


i Farmers Some delegates complained


that' there -was too wide a margin between the price re­ ceived by toe growM and the


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price paid by the housewife. ' Although there was a Mow normal crop, farmers were not proflteeririg.


I t was pointed out that the Marketing


bperatlon. was not In anyjway ■ ■ ’ with the present


just come into Board,


in the shops. I were making less,,


has enabled the Board to re­ pair more quickly breakdOTOs in the power , network and in consuimers,’ installations ana


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.. 36in. high, in ■ed walnut.


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17in, Console only £111/0/0. P.M-. ’ £139/0/0.


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Corner Console £95/10/0; 14in.


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