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SPACE SHORTAGE AT NEW GIRLS’ SCHOOL


A CCOMMOMTION at %


A School, in use for opened by Lord Derby a year ago, is


mT s J. Charlton. h e a t o W - P « told parents that t h e , s ^ o o l n n ^ ^ m “/ch an g e annual report at the


classroom which came into- use at the beginning of the


vear, we have been constanjuy aware of the pressure of o ^ growing population, and un easily conscious that this will


into the senior part of tne school, where It Is no longer desirable to organise them in


E,; 1 »« »■?«


classes of 35, said Mis» Charlton.


review some lessons were being taught in uMrthodox places, and any Nepartui^e from the normal pattern 01 activities called fpr consider ,


“ Already in the year under


Axminster BROADLOOM Cwpet f^ablej y o u ^ o lo ^ f l t out a seam, almost any room., in a .large


plafn, mottled'or patter|ied, from 24/- ^ r so. yd. Wa l t s Lt d .


58 Whalley Road| — or — 31 Castle St. Tel.: 136.


CLITHEROE


NORTH WESTERN GAS BOARD Gas Works


Tel.: 136. Clitheroe


DOMESTIC COKE SUPPLIES


Tn order to ensurelA REGULAR SUPPLY OF GAB C O ^ THROUGIHOUT the winter, Note­ holders are advised to make arrangemente. with the Gas Undertaking for Regular Deliveries to be I made.


The Gas Undertaking wlU deliver qua^yj}^ ° l 2cwts. and over, ielther weekly, fortnightly, or


monthly. If you 'wish to take advantage of t to service iT^I you please complete the attached form, and return I it to the above address.


Winter Price: 9s; 3d. per cwt.


(Please arrange to deliver.............................. of coke each' *week/fortnight/month for on


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Signed Address:


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able ingenuity In the ih^tqp-| Ing of bodies and spaces.]


ticularly pleased to be able to use at last most of the grounds at the end of,,the


summer term.” ^ :


lust said about the increased numbers In the school, we are lii the peculiar position pi havlm only one university


Miss Charlton, continued: “ In spite of what I have


entrait this year.: “ This is not quite as odd as


it seems, because VIA was not only rather small but un­ usually young, and five g rl^ returned to school for a third


year in-the, Sixth Form.


I “ Of the others; nine have gone to training colleges; two


are training as I nurses and one as a physiotherapist, one Is taking a coursp leading to a degree In engineering and two are doing a year’s prac­ tical work from'which they hope to proceed to a univer­ sity for training In pharmacy and in social work.


General Certificate of Educa­ tion examination at ordinary level for the first time in July and of these; 31 passed In five or more subjects.


“ Slxty-two girls took the


the girls who left from the Upper Fifth andiVIB, all but eight have chosen employ­ ment which ! also Involves further study and training.


“ I am happy to say that of


that girls, and their parents, are becoming more aware that a grammar school educa­ tion needs to be lollowed and complemented by a period of


“On the whole, It seems


professional training If Its full value is to be realised.


POPULAR CAREERS i


i I f 1 f!, il


8 ! ii hi: •(


♦ lielete as required BRADLEYS


"CHESHIRE CAT’ BRAND


A L L W O O L Short-ileeved Lo n | P « n u .


from 2 1 / 6 Athletic Vesu and T ru n lk i.; froml 4/i I


secretarial work are still the most popular careers among Fifth Form leavers, but two have begun'worki which may lead to a position as a buyer in a retail stdre and one has gone to the Manchester Royal College of Music. i


“ Nursing, banking and


.which was arranged here by 'the youth employment ser- vlpe, provided a, vaJua.Nle


“The careers.I conference


] opportunity for | 'girls and ('parents to find/ out, about some of the less usual courses avwell as those; which have


However, the year also saw: Imp r o v eme n t s and neW: amenities, , and we were par­


r R e d T . g l V M ‘. 3 T U .sl.m. “ Even with the additional


470 In September, vfetoesdaj;'


THIS WAS icwsL.


Lessons taught in “uuoirtjliodox plac^ ’-headmistress


25 YEARS AGO OCTOBER IStii, 1935


rpHE proposal'that ClltherOe should be divided into


* # ' I *


wards was rejected at ^ a meeting of the Town Council.


not able to arrange a French


exchange, but a senior girls we^ to Swito.^r land for a winter sports holiday at Christmas,


Miss Charlton referred to


the regular visiting by some Sixth Form ghls of old people who are no longer able


to go out easily. “ I know the girls concerned


found this a most rewarding experience, and we were very grateful for the help Md Edvlce of Clitheroe Old People’s Welfare- Oommlttee in making It possible, she


stated. HELP FOR REFUGEES


another out-of-lesson activity was the school’s contribution to the World Refugee Year, for which £248 wfls ralsca.


Miss Charlton added that They were very pleased


that the Old Girls’ Assoclatlm had also Joined In this effort. Both the Association and .the Parent - Teacher A^spclatlon had had an active year.


Two fathers had , been


elected to the Parent-Teacher Association committee.


" I believe,” she added,


"there are still fathers who are not convinced] of rthe importance of educating girls


evidence that so many of our parents t h 1 n k;|) otherwise. Education is a Joint enteprlse —in fact, the school clalrns a surprisingly small proportion of a chUd’s tlme-and active Parent - 'Teacher Association Is of great value to both sides 1 of,the partnership.”


as well as boys, but It is very encouraging to have ithls


THE LIBRARY


management of the llbra^. Miss Charlton stated that the small nucleus brought from the old school had grown; into a working library, entirely new-catalogued and with an active committee of girls and


Comln en ti ng on the


staff. “ The growth of the library


has been impressive,” she said, “ but It Is necessarily slow, and we are still In urgent need of books, not only for the Sixth Form, for whom , general reading Is an essential com­ plement of their more , formal work, but for everybody.


are they are only the be­ ginning of education and they often achieve their greatest success not when they leave the pupil-feeling that she knows something, but when they leave her


“ Vital as classroom lessons


I Keen Interest was taken In a public meeting held at the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe, ito discuss the preservation of the countryside, and at the ]concluslon the Holland and 'District Preservation Society !was formed, with Col. J. W. R. Parker, of Browsholme Hall, as president.]; i I *


eroe 1 and District Grocers’ Association was celebrated by a dinner at the Starkie Arms


The sliver Jubilee of Clith­ Hotel. * * ‘ j * ^ j. .


C l i t h e r o e I Town Council numbered eleven.


Prospective] candidates for ,


* West riding police officers,


special constables and game- keepers,' led by Supt. Elliott, of Settle, were engaged iln searching sections of the Trough of] Bowland for possible clues In the Lancaster


murder case.] ]


50 years AGO OCTOBER 21st, 1910


IT was reported that some Bridge: * ; #,] [ of the nuns who were


expelled from Portugal were to be given a refuge at Staple Oak, the property of the Towneley family, at Dunsop


* .


Amateur Football Club pre­ sented a framed .photograph of the team to Mr. David A. Blackburn, i who sailed, for Canada the ] same week..


Members ]of C l lt h e r o e * \ * ]' *.


Taylor, of! Victoria Street, won the first prize at Black­ pool Musical Festival in -a pianoforte competition open to candidates under 12 years


A Cllthefoe boy, Arnold t


and dance arranged by the workpeople at Messrs. South- worth and Sons Jubilee and Brooks-Mllls took place In the


The eleventh annual social


Public Hall. * : ' # ' *


Mr. F. G. Hlndle, M.P. for Darwen, presented the awards to students of Clltheroe Technical School at a gather­ ing In the Public Hall.


MORE BABIES


T IVE births registered In ^ England and wales during


the week ended October 1st totalled 15,478, compared with 15,066 ‘the previous week.


LABOUR MUST SPEAK l^W LANGUAGE


M o iitirad itio n a l slogans a re dead, says Socialist leader


year i,nd the defeat 0! the official defence policy at the party" ■ ‘‘


turmoil in the Labour Party, following the d iteat of - lu nationalisation policy at the General Elect on. last


turmoil


topics Labou: Party


i


conference Scarborough last week, were ;lie main] at last week’s special meeting of Cliiheroe itorough]


*■


upuiiui* within the movement 1 since its Inception, but | the i party c Iscussed them in pub­


Labour alive opinion


chairman said that] the Party had always been to differences ] of


lic. Ihey had always weathejced the storms. |


nations lisatlon and foreign policy, with the accent; on defence. They were so spilt o n . this issue that only In 1969 cMd they look fbr a possible Labour Goyernment.


throes to-day.


They :had never been in the


of a bigger crisis than the big (Juestion being:


, party jwas so deeply spUt; th ^ onjy' In 1969 could, piley look for a The


Paiby« liic umuiai iA/iAV/jr W»0 • .1 __I __4-Unf


............


TliemeetW was called to discuss the future! of the The official policy was outlined by the qhalrman/ Mr. l arold Duckworth, who said the internal un:ty of the


u j v**v v


____ Jefep... possible Labour Government.


"


teested modlficatlc r famous Clause Four, we have to dress oi r attractive language, generation think;


sacrilege, but the belongs'to the new


policy in he older


of the To-day,


this ils future


generation.


stated, but harder to decide,” said Mr Duckwc rth. “ Should we abandon the manufacture,


“Ban the bcrab Is ekslly


stocking and listing ] of H-bomps and- refuse rthis countn as an American ibasie for nuclear weapons as ipart of the N.A.T.O. defence scheme, or should we con­ tinue tJ support America and


our Western allies by taking our full part in N.A.T.Q.?


deterre " I lelleve fin world 1 dis-


hari| kari [


bomb brlgadb policy, | the Labour Party will be coiti^ mlttinc harl-l;arl, because It would mean a policy, or Ineutra lty, which Is imprac- Itlcable and upreallstlc for the head of the Mtish Common­


“ If we accept the anti­ wealth to ado;)t.


declarijng that pared


defencriess Ih an atomic age. We


to


deserting our klUes in NAT.Q. and binding the Initiative to


vould


leav leaV our be


e accused


country of


Russia ” Mr. Duckworth stated that


members wei^e nh convinced that Socialist system of


society with a planned cconony and public owner­ ship ')f essential Industries


was necessary!, but they could no lorger “ skll ” natlonallsar-


tlon t 3 the riew generation, who biilleved ihatnatlonallsa-


tlon lias a failure and that they cmld not expect a ,poUcy ' design 3d Ih the elegant elghtlM and


gay nineties space-travel “ I


.dressedJin the to appeal In the sixties.


thinks] the same,” Mr. Duck-, worth contlriued. “ He sug-


think ____ Mr. Galtskell ;


“ It would mean going Into the ne >ct elect


on with a policy we are pre­


armammt by] negotiations and that the H-bomb ils a ept,” he declared.


must discuss prrlclples In public with not n.iich detail, because peoplei, |are riot interested In details. The nationalisation begy worked because dl Press pijopaganda, so we must wrap l^t up in a new 1960 dress.


WITHOUT muci:]detaii1 “ To win their mpport we


eternal, but most of traditional slogan We have got t) new language t(> Socialism to the i, tlon. We must young people.


“Labour principles


statements of the individuals In the they should be understand this they speak on bi party.”


. - ]lts are dead, speak] a introduce


are


mw genefa- alttract the


“ The party Is Ji eged by the public by the Lctlons and


i. alf of the


Duckworth’s addre; several members disagreed with 11 and took the unlm argument.


were the executive J. W, D. Crltchley Braithwaite, Coun Pemberton: Messifs J. B. Parker, R. Bradley; Mesda: Grant-Townsend,


E. Fletcher.


Blaze a t wor


Clltheroe. ____ fire was extingr they arrived.


motor started thi shavings, but was done, j


An electrical Mrs. MacKitinori, of Warrington, s^ys ;


-wlahtlng to -. know and Im p a t i e n t , like Kipling’s Rikltlkltavl, to ‘ run and find


out,’ "An ample library which


will cater for the needs of girls of all ages and all kinds of Interests, Is an, essential part of a school’s equipment, and In spite of the progress of the last two years, we are a long way still from being satisfied.”


almost become tradltiorial |for grammar school girls, and here again It; was emphasised that study and training.] In ' " o r elsewhere, beyond


school 4* r


ordinary lovel work., ] 'Is necessary for most careers and desirable for most girk.


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the traditional .pattern of Sixth Form courses has to, be modified. 'There are many girls for whom, the study of three subjects to advanced level is neither necessary nor practicable, but who never­ theless can profit from further academic work during the trine which must elapse before they can begin training. With their needs In mind, we instituted a General Sixth Form course.-


“ In response to this.need I


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made up the first experi­ mental group also chose to study one or even two sub­ jects at advanced level;, in addition their course included English, mathematics, ele­ mentary physiology, civics, music and craft, and they were able to join some of the general courses already pro­ vided for Sixth Form students.


“Most of the girls who


general course group, nine are now In the second year; two have gone to training colleges, and only two did not com- -nlfctfl’l.he first year. Although


“Of the 16 girls In thp first u ig a i i io a u iu i i vv«*uv..


are still in the experimental stage, we were reasonably satisfied with what was achieved in the year under review and encouraged to go on with the experiment.


GREAT SUCCESS ; First birthday


for Wesley Life Boys’ Team


TTOE A attached


Life Boys’ Team to


Clltheroe


Wesley Church Is now, one year old and several of the members are now old enough for the. Boys’ Brigade.


for the 12 to 18 age group and the organisers are now arranging for a branch, at the


The Boys’ Brigade caters


church. The Boys’ Brigade" is a


voluntary movement and has been hi existence for more than 75 years. Religion and discipline are the two essen­ tials, and the Brigade Is free to pioneer, experiment and adapt its work 'to current needs and special clrcum-


stfRnc^Si Founder of the Brigade, in


Thurso in 1854 and who died In 1914.


1883, was Sir William Alexan­ der Smith, who was born In


any political or military association, the sole object of the Brigade being “The advancement of Christ’s King­ dom among boys and the p r omo t i o n of ^obedience,


There Is no connection with


respect ana an mar uenus towards a true Christian manliness.”


meet a specific need—to retain the Influence of the Church on boys beyond Sun­ day School age. Activities Include military style training vrtth drill parades, games and gymnastics with seamanship and signalling, while camping remains the top activity in summer.


The Brigade was formed to WHY


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