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s V y o L s ) OF FACTORY'S RECORD o u tP U T )GMS l T \ y BASSAOOil IC. CONSOLE


CHEESE FACTORY WINS DOLLAR


ORDER FOR BRITjAlN Canada buys Lancs ‘‘delicac^”


iijolated Bleasdale Fells, stands!an old factory At first sight it appears a very ordinary building.';. It [Is


j N a,hollow, by the side of W brook oh a rianow andfittHe- used country lane running from Chipping towards the


only'when you approach the mill 'that you hear the clatte:: of imllk churns and'the hiss of steaiii. The afr, too, haa: h pungent odour . . . an ' odour of ripe cheese.


of I Bowland and almost _ two miles from the nearest;village,


This little mill. In the heart


is a cheese factory, now play­ ing its part in Britain’s export drive and quest for dpuars,


P r o d u c e s a m u c h l a r g e r , p u - t u r e t h a n t h e a v e r a g e


J i x h i g h , , : n , p o h s h e p I ; w a l n u i ( e x c l u d i n g a e r i a l )


A^W E B ST E I - ^nd SONS


(BURNLEY) LipiITE


8, Market Plaf^ iciltheroe.


TEL. CLITHEROE lo:


: V.' Tcl. Burnley 28221 .Vlomjay i Thursdaj


9-30 p|ni.


FARMERS IN STOCl


.SHEEP DIPS AND MARKING FLUIDS ^ ^ ^


, BAMFORD ANO ATKINSONIS ! I MANURE SPifEADERB


“MINEL” kills Ruk^, kill i corrects, mineral shoi


i ELECTRIC fence'


ages. S


Tel. Gisburn 251


^ F A R M t e ’ JACKETS


i TROUSER$ -r K^EE P|


" I OVE^ALL^ : MACS


J. LORD & |i CUTHEROE MAR I AND STATIO , ' CLITHEROE


IR/SONI&ET RQAb,


•NTS vrorms, Lindley P4te


3766, eveii;


Mill Dairy Company. Ltd..-Re­ cently the managing,director, Mr. J. Procter, of Brick House Farm, Chipping, recelyed^ an order from Canada. |


i t is owned by the [Wolfen 14i r . .


s c r e e n . C a h i n e t 20i h . x 20i n . 18i n .


£73 Processnian i D. Preedy coiv


suits one of tlWi charts dife played! at the Clitheroe I.O,


factory |to records. .


Inleak all outp “ a J x e ” :


factory.; The charts are pi of I the I pro|ductioa-plannlni


system' which has enabled tpi .1 .


art


New call affect


iButler


I tip thei annual estimates In the ;NewYear. I


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!| The Borough Treasurer, Mr. j Harry Wrlgley, told an “Ad-


I vertiser and Times” reporter


yesterday, that Mr.' Butler had asked councils to ensure total capital expenditure 1956-57 did not exceed that ' 1954-55.


II No hew works,'ieven thdse already authorised are to undertaken inlesfe they Urgently nedssarji._ _


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have been,, authorised Clitheroe magistrates.


t ATER drinking hours Ing .the Christmas per


Christmas idrinks d' 1


10.30 ip.m. to 11.30 p.pi. December 23rd, 24th, 26th . Deceniber 31st- and Janua 2nd


The! extensions are fr


and ry


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if” peal to local authorities I will be discussed by Clithei|oe Town Council when they draw


I |C6uncil talks l^R , i Butlei''s economy £


between October, 1937, December, 1937; are due to ijegister for NatiorlaTSei'vice to-!, morrow (Saturday).


j^ODT 35 I Clitheroe who wete


young


linen, I ml boml ■ and;


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ifcey will get a leaflet tellmg' them; ivhat to do.


two mam groups. Ther^ will be| those who want , deferment, When men in this groupjreglster,'


! These young men will tali intO: - ! i


i ' Then'there are those , who, if; they are fit, will be called up next, year. This second group will he affected by- the rei^ently-- announced chan^ iii call-up. '


VARIED DATES


Olitheroe Employment Ijxchange says about the position young men:


I “ They,will be between and 11 months arid 18


Mr. J, Ashworth,^manager of the of these


month -when they registsr. Thq medical examination of th^ 'oldest, of them will begin- In 'January, 1956. In straigltforward. bases tiiey will- be called |Up in' March at 18 years, five months| ' The youngest will be inedlcally


17, year^ ears, lone


lup in June mt 18 y;ars, six I months.-


examined m April and be called , .


the dates may have -to oe. varied in some cases to enable young men to 'get into the sprvice or unit of their choice.


Mr. Ashworth pointed out that !


-up: How it will next' recruits


tion thb young men 'Will be m- vited toj state in -wifitoig whether they -1


Thei^i safeguards are: 1 1 1 ' • i I 1


. At; their ImedjKjal examma-


..their choice, i If S),l every effort will be i-made to spjbd their caU-


should thbir! ball-up be delayed because 5 there Jwas i(p immediate vacanbvj'in the service or unit- of


would be ipconvenienced up. I I '' "I


will receive, ,'on completion of their; jnedlcal exammatlon,: a leaflet explaming tiat from four to siXi weeks later enlistment


2. Those found ifit for service i ■ : !


notices Jean be' eiipected which wiii allow aJfurtrer minimum statutory period of 14 days before reportmg.-' • j


them! that if at any. time they wish to riiake |any enquiry about the datje, or ]any other matter connected'with -ther call-up, .they 'may lobtaln from'tny local office


' 3, [Thb leaflet-'Will also advise


them'-to put their bnqtliry readily mto !-wri'{ing pnd tssiire them of an early! reply.


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■ These I; arrangements are >n addition! to arid ni>t{ in substitu­ tion I for those which " exist'Tor! early call-up.


already :' lAlthough'Canada Itself iiro-


diices a; large quailtlty; of cheese, and has kept] Britain supplied I with it during [two wars, the taste of the Chipping product I caught the fancy of the Canadian buyer.


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first to have the advantage of ithe three |safeguaids introduced; by the Ministry | of. Labour ■ ;


These; young men will be the


tiser and Times” reporter, who went to Chipping last weejk to see th e ' factory for himself, that he did not yet ikhow* the amount of the order.


'|Mr. Procter told an ‘‘Ad,ver- MILK PROBLEM


quantity of cheese they would be able to seild would he in­ fluenced not only by jthe, fac­ tory’s capacity but also by .the Milk Marketing Board. |


Ip any case, he added, the


factory comes from ;36 local farmers, who have first qf all to send It to the Mllkl Marked Ihg Board. The Wolfenj Mill receives only what it is left when thei Milk !Markeang Board has met its icommltj ihents for liquid milk,


I All the milk supplied to the' 1 f


lajst January. M | ■ . JDUrlng ,'the i Intervening years, the workers were 'abr


factory to close down in 1942, arid It did not re-open until


sorbed by other industries and the management had consider­ able dlfflculty in finding new ones. .:


or nine!people, most of whom come from the Chipping Jdls- trlct; and two from Proton. i '


The Works now employ eight i ;


find the right sort of worker. ; I Tlie factory also suffer^ by


occupation, and with tbe Sun­ day! working it Is not;easy to


Cheese-making Is a' slculed


beirig off the beaten track, for only; the occasional hiker or intrepid motorist' ventures down the .tortuous and hilly, road leading to It. The 'staff reach it either by cycle or car, a hazardous procedure in Winter,! when the road Is covered with snow. ; | ! '


j ; YOUNG. FIRM 'j :


tively young one, having ;been founded In 193,4 byNMr.: John Ellison, a local farmer,; Mr. Charles Smith-Is the tenant of the Wolfen Mill, Mr. .John Milner, his son-ln-Ikw,:l and Mri T. Procter, of Chippirig.'


! The business is a compara­


I, Later the firm was taken over by the Procter family. In whose hands It still remains.


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Ions of milk are coming Into the mill each day. Including Sundays. For Cheese-makliig Is' a seven-day-a-week job. I,


; -At present, about 1,100 galf


'I 'lThe milk gives about 12cwjt. of cheese,!' but Mr.! Procto Stressed the fact .that the milk Supply varies from jweek to week, and fromi season to season.


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of the Mmistry of Labour anp National;; Service I a new and simple form |whlch Ml I enable


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' When the schools are on holiday; for instance, moije milk Is available-for cheese- making. After a good summejr the factory might expect to reach Its maximum intake of


of manufacturing the cheese,” sald'Mr. Procter.; “But;lt can hardly be called.a secret one.”'


“ We have our own method


to day; It depends on; the tem­ perature of the building and the type and quality; of the


The method varies from day milk being Used. i : i.


Pfocter says, local -residents Insist that Chipping cheese has its own peculiar flavour, which distinguishes It from .the !other types of traditional Lancashire cheese.


But! ih spite of What Mr. I ; i


2,500 gallons of milk a day. | mI Like other Industries, cheese


aking has Its labour prob­ lems. The war compelled the


to taste for myself,;.as the stocks had all been cleared.


Unfortunately I wasn’t able


ping 'works, which include whey I butter, are marketed through wholesalers In Black­ pool, Southport, Manchester, Wigan, and other towns In the North-West.


! TheJ products of tlie [chip­ v | I ! THE PROCESS !


FO O T B A L L / Frank


cheese, although a 'fairly simple process, is a lengthy one. It is three days after the inllk enters the factory before it finally emerges In the shape of a cheese.


I tlbn and sale. .


! Then it has ;to spend any­ thing from 10 days to a fort­ night in the riiaturlng; room before it Is ready for dlstrlbu-


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!ls| that of separating the curd, ' from which the Cheese Is iiade, from the whey.


The first step in the process


!•into!a large vat, the sides of which are hollow. 'This iallows steam to be circulated within them, warming the inllfc.


1 Firstly, the milk! Is poured 25 YEARS AGO


Extracts from our issue of November 21s^ 1930


TVOT for 'a long' ,tlme has local football aroused such


|< P Henry : Cottonl


SHOO , Joi Dav s


enthusiasm as at the present time with Clltheroe’s Lanca- shiilre Oorablnatlon li team. When they visited Great Har­ wood last week they had a fol­ lowing of nearly 1,000 j Men and youths travelled On foot or ion cycle, and a !-dozen people were carried ini a’ hen- cabin roped on to a lorry. The result of the match was a win for' Clitheroe, 4-1', and they are! now half way in the first division league. ■ i


stationed in Wadding six -months, has been ferred to Rotherham.


P.S. Downhill, who h


■is been ton for trans-


scores of people assembled at Raythoine Bridge. Unfortun­ ately, the heavy spate made visibility poor but a bumber of visitors caught glimpses of the salmon. '


Observing '’Salmon Sunday,'


shops has brought an jarmy of "silent salesmen” Into; being. Almost everywhere peqple'can nqw see an array, of automatic machines for the sale]of any­ thing from meat pies w head­ ache powders. -


Early closing; houn !


A T H L E f lC S Jo


S


Let him chanje roi He sivei winning every week. Wh^te .pool, Midatwill I


POOLS Midas


Glsburn-Helllfleld roail, a car burst into flames.' With - the help of passers by, the owner subdued the flames with wet sacks, but not before I the car was I badlK- damaged. The cause i s ^ t known, I but the driver saK hfe heard the engine b^kflre justi^ before the acident.


While travelling along the 1 ; I '’ 1'


'Ymulate some scheme tor their mutual benefit; The | form It will take Is not] yet known but there are sure jto be some In­ teresting suggestions as many of ! the nmplrSs think' they; should -have had an organisa­ tion some time! ago. J 1


have an organisation jof their own. At a preliminary meet- Jng-they will proceed to for-


Rlbblesdale umpires are to iThe actual making of .the ‘


then added, in order to spsed the curdling process. A tpr about;20 minutes, the curd a;


r tank. aiKi .the liquid whey, ’ the'toiil can-be drained off use ;ln! iiiother part of the •! The Ijcurd,' resembling


sunk I to i the ' bottom [of


enormous cream - coloirfed blancnjarige, Is , cut :nto mariageahle portions with curved knives, and transfei'red to d pri?^ known as a qralner.


MOISTURE


molstufe is squeezed out of the curd, dnd here again the operative^ ; need ; skill, for the moisture mus - be


In the drainer, ■ the i sur pjus whilst


removfed, the pressure not be sufficient to squeeze thq better fat,


6f jLaricashlre cheese is buttei Ifat which it conta^i salfl Mr.'Procter.


trlcdfiy - driven ; curd where jit is broken up mixed [With salt. It'Is ready for the' last step b It !en erges as a cheeseM-lihi mouldlhg process!


Is the; 3 ;fqri thei One! of the great quafitjes


Miiiusithe moisture; the ri placed Into the :lec- mill aric ei.


squat), I i cylindrical . me u[d£, which are stacked end t,c end off! a Ibng rack. The mi luldk arqj pressed tightly togqtl' ' and l.then, from each einergqs a perfectly-si L'ancrishlre cheese. JFirlaliy, gauze bandages arp


’The * mixture is placed Jlri


This! is the ?ate of interek allowed in I the Special Investment Department, i


Dep6sitors yath not less than ^^50 to their credit: m the Ordinary Depart­ ment can deposit uf to ;(^i,ooo in this! Departihentij Withe,r!aw4 s!ai!e subject! to one month’s notice.


I--I SAVING


wrapped round the cheese, .E nd It Is sealed with grease tc pre[ vent It i from going me ul After Ithat, It Is ready ;o placed in the light, airy mkli- urlng room until It-is reaqy for sale.] I'


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wasted, I for a by-product J of this little mill Is butter.. 'The separation' of the cure and whe; 7 leaves q proportl )n | of the putter fat still rem£,lni,ng in the whey.


drained j off from the esirller in the process, is ijidt


11 ! BY-PRODUCT Thej 'Whey, which


ter fat jand processes 1; li butter, which is then pad Into slabs, wrapped and itorbd In a refrigerator until n ;ed


IM ichlnery extracts thl i b'


was.ted. i The whey;, le-;s butter fat content, is eyenfu- ally sold as pig food.


E’ren i then, nothing


ejcerclsei their skill in decldli how long the various pre cesses should take. It Is a ski 1 .that call only be gained a f t^ Icjpg experience.


j The cheese-makers hrive


AVOID DISAF POINTMENT ... BUY YOUR XN AS jdlFTS NOW !


there Is ,a large amount c f m:fk EivE liable, speed ds esienffal. ye;; the.speed mUst not allowed to spoil the fipisli product.


I During a hot summer] wbbn


District News WEST B)dDFOF [)


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1 wpn by' Mrs. E. Smith ind Mr. Hargreaves. Miss M. Aspin won a competition.


M.p. for the whist and Mr Asbin for the dance in Catherine’s School last veek(. i- winners at whist were: Ijadji Mrs. Green, Mrs. Harris; Mrs. Mercer. Gents,; Mrs. Tomlinson, Mr. J. Holgate; Mh Wood. Spot prizes fere


ANCE..—Mr. J. Calver ey v was


The - effort, for the sbprtS filnd, raised' about £8,


PEEPS INTO


THE FAST 50 YEARS AG6


Extracts from our issue of I November 17th, 1105


R.D.C.! that the Inqulir; 'tt/e aippllcEntlon for sin to borrow £3,000 for tjie


■■THE Ichalrman. statep f- meeting of the


\ I n


.age-disposal works fc dlngtoh had been h that the Inspector 1 pressed his approval line of the sewer and Of the' tanks. I During .the Inquiri question whether to i _ _ the scheme of artlflcis 1 tfeat- riient or to buy inore land and f go in ! for broader ir rlgatlon


a s raised. It was depided to adhere to the former,


Vas an accidental bhlmney firing. The ’ Ings lasted five mlnufesJ


the ^unique experien- being I presented with of white gloves twlcO- months because there' bases.! Unfortunatel;


Chief; Magistrate neatly had ;he Borough Police Cobrtl At the monthly


n three weJfe no there of


:ase,


jmntemplated new rsillway trom Colne, to Blachpcjril is favoured. Notices to . property owners have been received.


In the Sabden Va ley -the


defeat bySkelmersdalfe, ,'Cllth- eroei'P.C. were at hbm3|on Saturday w|h e n Hyde | St. George were the |vlS:tprs., Under very unfavourable con­ ditions, (jlltheroe won 5--0


Following upon the Iteavy


Commfiitee Board


Guardians were recomnibrided me to accept


of Guardlai Is the imbecile wards; by firms for house stationery, and


the tender b^Iered fire exl|t foi


glass for the new Wood)-':]hop- plng shed.


.


Board o£ Guardians, it was stated that there werJ 111 people'In the Workneuse as against 124 the jweek before. There was an Iricreas j joEi four In the number ' of vagr£®ts relieved compared vrlt^ the same period last yeai.


Also at the meetln; [df the


At a meeting of tl e liHouse of


save it, yop’ve The


(511tJUtiferoe S jthe


Jiwork-. for the


! POST OFFICE ' and


TijuSTEE SAVijlOS BANKS wjll take


good! care of ii with interest I lylM jratfM Bl Ommam, LmUm, S.W.f


-cej, of- a II pair


LARGE STOCKS |oF TAX-FREE dpODS


ST LL AVAIL/^BLE aT B R A D L ^ S I


TIES, GLOVES, SCARVES,


SHIRTS, HANDKERCH EFS^ BRACES, CARDIGANS, PMLLQyERS, ' and SLIPOVERS.


Any one of these items will make a pleasing gift, See displays at


' ' 11 I - ■ I. f- % 3, CHUROI STREET, ICLITHEROE A substance called rennet Is


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Nov. 18, 1955 ..'/i


12 &i 14,


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If you spend ittyou*ve had i t r M


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