fa rm er claim s fo r


LOSS OF TWO STIRKS Animals fell over quarry edge


iTiNE of the ancient documents .belonging to Clitheroe U corporation—the grant by Henry De Lacy on June 8th 1307, of land at Salthill—was an exhibit at Blackburn rountv Court on Friday, when the Corporation re­ sisted an action by Mr. Rennie Hargreaves, a farmer, of


Bellman Farm. Mr Hargreaves claimed £91 8s. 6d. for the loss of


two young stirks which, he said, fell over tlm edge of ^althill Quarry because the Corporation had failed to orovide a stock-proof or other sufficiently adequate fence alone the quarry top. He said one animal was dead when he found i t in the quarry bottom; the other animal was injured and had to be destroyed._____


f Mr. R. P. Lee, of Clitheroe,


had been a sub-tenant of James Carter and Sons, who worked the quarry. The tenancy was made by oral agreement and Mr. Har­ lgreaves was shown over the


or Hargreaves, said plaintiff


fallen into the quarry, one was dead.


This


and. There were pointed, out h to him fences which he would


oave to keep in repair, with


repair. The fence along the quarry edge was one of the


previous accidents and when he had reported the state of the fence to the Town Clerk of Cl i t h e r o e , . workmen


There had been other


were sent to repair it. Seventy-nine-year-old Mr.


thers which the firm would


latter'. Mr. Lee added that Carters


t fulfilled their obligations until


PANTOMIME FUN IN THE^VjLLAGE


Making certain of the pensions increase


rrtHE arrangements for pay- ing the higher retirement


and widows’ pensions from April 3rd to the 3,000 Clitheroe and district pensioners are announced to-day by Mr. C.-F. Buckingham, manager of the local Pensions and National Insurance Office, at 31, Whalley Road.


t The standard rates of re­ rirement pensions will be


6d. for a single'pensioner and from 80s. a week to 92s. 6d. for a married couple.


aised from 50s. a week to 57s.


u The.widow’s allowance goes ap from 70s., to 80s. a week,


Worn tyres can kill


Motorists should always keep that at the back of their minds. In thes days of fast motoring it is more important than ever that you should consult a tyre specialist with long stand­ ing experience to give you safe guidance in all your tyre problems—


John William Seedall, of Henthorn Road, Clitheroe,


he firm went into liquidation two years ago. The owners of the land and the quarry had been and still were Clitheroe Corporation. He submitted that when Carters went out of existence their undertaking to keep certain fences in repair devolved on the Corporation.


IRON POSTS


Honour Judge Allan Walmsley i that the fence comprised bope and strands of plain and


Mr. Hargreaves told His rron posts strung with wire


said they would maintain this fence. “ I have never maintained


arbed wire. Carters had


repaired it.” in late May last year, he


it; when it needed repair I told Carters and they


said, he found one of ms heifers at the foot of the quarry face. It was injured and had to be destroyed. In June he found another had


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Calder Vale Works h t thm t ,F,Y


retired farmer, said he farmed Bellman Farm 34


years up to the spring of 1958, when Mr. Hargreaves took over. J He, was the tenant of


in 1927 he took over a strip of land near the quarry. As t the quarry was worked out,


amas Carter and Sons, and


top was moved back. Although he paid rent for the land to Carters for 31 years he never had a written tenancy agree­ ment for that piece of land.


he fence along the quarry A DUTY


case, Mr. Lee said there was a duty on persons working the quarry to keep it fenced against cattle, as occupiers of agricultural land. Clitheroe Corporation, as owners of Salthill, were obliged to carry out the obligations Carters entered into regarding the


Summing up his client’s


Poured are ^L princ^ah of th^ sho’w - ™ t ’„f the pantomime appeared in Iasi week’s issue.)


MORE HOMES GO UP


CjlNCE the war, .527 Council ^ houses have been built in Clitheroe, according to the latest return of the Ministry of Housing and Local Govern­ ment. Fifty-six were under construction at December


fences. b Mr. J. Corcoran (instructed


kerlev and Isherwood, Black­ burn), for Clitheroe Corpora­ tion, called no witnesses.


y Messrs. Backhouse, Dun-


whole question rested on one of the most ancient branches of Common Law—the Law of Trespass.


He submitted that the


not so much to keep them In that place as to prevent them straying. That was the whole basis of the argument—the


A man fenced his cattle in


occupier of land was under an obligation to keep his cattle on his own land.


truction, bringing the post­ war total of private houses to


souses at present under con­


139 Council houses have been built, compared with 149 private dwellings. Four build­ ings have been, pulled down. Bowland Rural District


In Clitheroe rural district, ,


31st, 1960. h Private builders have 28


169.Some 55 houses in the town have been declared unfit, and of these 31 have been demolished.


( Plitheroe ana produced:by Mr., j. Britcliffe. Ihe pantomime was written A report of the pantomime appeared in last


THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF MENTAL PATIENTS


T HrE


S tn lr i^ 11 siivprman consultant psychiatrist to Blackburn “


Parish Church School last night week. M mile meeting on mental health, presided over by the


“Don’t be cruel,” say doctors attitude of “ the man in the street ” towards people marr the success of the treatment, Dr. pUals, ioldC a public meeting in the Clitheroe


eCentlv released from taking mental health treatment o r


of HosV


ir,en?rierf representatives of many organisations in the district Dr R C Webster, Medical Officer of Health fof Division No.' 5i which includes Clitheroe, also addressed


avo^ C^n William Sharpies, was well attended and the meeting. uhat people who had been t Dr. Silverman ----- explained


perately needed social con­ atacts. ' If they were freely


w“ The occupier of land on ishich cattle have trespassed s not liable for any damage


land,” he said. •trie v tn n n n r reserved tude-


ustained by cattle on that


in proper repair the fences of their holding.


The Agricultural Repairs t Regulations 1948 imposed on


enants an obligation to keep


TATOMEN’S World Day of a V> Prayer will be marked


Day of prayer Ct Moor Lane Methodist


Has your family met


the Vegets?—tll0 V008t of loaves!


hurch tonight, when the speaker will be Miss G.


Council have built 88 houses since the war, with none at present under construction. Completed private dwellings b total 51, with seven being


uilt. Some 16 houses have been demolished.______


many cases there was no reason why they should need more treatment. If they were shunned, as happened quite frequently, it was a tremendous blow to them, and many of them found them­ selves unable to meet the demands of life.


ndergoing treatment des­ dmitted Into society, in


as the highest causes of suicide In this country, could be treated with 90 per cent, t success, so far as psychiatric


tr Certain forms of mental oubles, which were regarded preatment went. If, however,


and ridicule in the outside world the odds went down considerably.


atients met with opposition


members of the public, many t cases which could easily be


u Unless there was greater nderstanding shown by


cv “ social club ” at Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, for patients who had left after treatment. This was to help them adjust themselves to social life.


reated could become chronic. For that reason, there was


a Many patients were treated


hospital for the day and returning home at night.


s out-patients, going to


“ towers of strength ” in help­ ing patients after treatment. There was a weekly case con­ ference to discuss the progress of patients.


v Local a u th o r it ie s and oluntary organisations were THE NEED


still spoke of “ lunatics" and “ imbeciles”, not necessarily out of contempt or ridicule, but simply through lack of understanding.


the need for understanding by the public. Many people


Dr. Webster also stressed


complicated as any other form of Illnesses, and just as they had many Indirect causes, they also had many indirect cures.


Mental disorders were as


housing problems, so that every time a local authority built a house it helped, in an Indirect way, In the fight against mental illness. New schools and pleasant working conditions were also con­ tributory factors.


People might worry over


he and his colleagues were trying to Impress on "the pub­ lic that there should be no stigma of shame attached to mental disorders of any kind.


Dr. Webster explained that


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family favourite. There’s . . .


VEGET . . . ready-sliced and wrapped for freshness. FIVE-STAR VEGET . . . the V.I.P. of the Veget range.


BROWN VEGET . . . for keeping slim and trim. SANDWICH VEGET . . . a “square meal” for packed lunches. OVENBOTTOM VEGET . . . the crispy, crusty loaf. TOAST VEGET . . . shape and texture just right for toast.


tall, others were- small. This was something that could not be helped and something about which people were not ashamed.


Some men were six feet


people had a high I.Q. and some people were not quite so bright, due to no fault of their own. The sooner people realised this, the easier it would be for treatment to be really effective. If the new Mental Health


In the same way, some


retarded to try to push him on at the same speed as the rest of the class. Ordinary teachers were not really qualified to deal with these cases.


the widowed mother’s per­ sonal allowance from 50s.. ,to 57s. 6d. a week. The widowed mother’s allowance, which In­ cludes provision for one child, is to be raised from 70s. to 82s. 6d. a week, while the allow-, ance for each of her other1 children is increased from 12s. to 17s. a week (family allow­ ances are paid In addition).


nd the.widow’s pension and, WHAT TO DO


tirement and widow pension­ ers to let his office have their books In one of the five weeks starting next Monday. The particular week depends on s the Initial letter of the pen­


Mr. Buckingham, askes re­


eginning Monday, February 20th; D to H, In week begin­ ning Monday, February 27th; I to L, in week beginning Mon­ ' day, March 6th; M to Q, In


table is: ofSurnames starting with one


ioner’s surname. The time­ b the letters A to C, in week


week beginning Monday, March 13th; R to Z, in week beginning Monday, March


CONSULT . . .


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—OR YOUR LOCAL GARAGE 'LAST FEW DAYS of OF WINTER FOOTWEAR D. LORD & SON


20th. boPensioners can post their


which they can get on request at the Post Office. The en­ velope which they can get on request at the Post Office. The envelope is already addressed and does not need a stamp.


oks In a special envelope


pensioners to let his office have their pension hooks in the right week and first to cash their pension for that week.


needed for adults, particularly for younger people who at present left school at 15 and were not able to get further training.


Training centres were also o There was also a shortage


were people with the neces­ sary training and also a tremendous amount of sym­


f child psychiatrists. These


pathy and charity. leTreatment could not be


Mr. Buckingham appeals to


ing under pressure because of the high number of sickness benefit claims.


“ My office is already work­


get the job done smoothly and to make sure we get pension­ ers’ books back to them in time for their next pay-day if they will follow the instructions in the leaflet (N.I.118) they will get at the Post Office when they draw their pension this


“ It will help enormously to week. CHECK ADDRESS


rllist that “ there, but for tie giace of God, go I.” No one was immune from suc­ cumbing to a mental break­ down, and even the most stable people could need treatment at some time in


ft however, solely to these ■ The - public must


p ‘We shall be posting the dension books back to the ad­


Sress shown on the front cover. r o, please, check that it Is cor­


approached cap in hand to find vacancies for patients, and the whole country should treat them as brothers and sisters, not with the attitude


their life. Emp l o y e r s _ must be


of “Big Brother.” p “ If every time there Is a


not, please write the address to which we should return the book in the space provided at the end of the leaflet and let us have the leaflet with your


ect and up-to-date. If it is


book.”. The Ministry have already


5, MOOR LANE, CLITHEROE Telephone: Clitheroe 488


My laundry is...


written to some pensioners whose pensions are paid at special rates asking them to


we will get nowhere, he stated. “ I t Is no use saying ‘put It in another field. We t must all play our part and


t roposal to spend money on raining centres, people object


regarding the existing facili­ hties for patients coming out of


ake responsibility.” In reply to a question


present there was no hostel n the area. However, the


ospital, Dr. Webster said at


Act came into force as recently as last November, and it should not be long before a hostel was built.


employers to ex-patients, Dr.


EMPLOYERS’ ATTITUDE Regarding the attitude of


Webster said In the whole they were very understanding, but occasionally work-mates


could be very cruel. He instanced a case of a


send in their books. The following pensioners


should not send in their books:


1— Those with pension books on which the orders dated on or after,April 3rd have already been, overstamped with the higher amount.


2— Those whose books end be­ tween February 27th and March 31st. Their new t books will be stamped with issue.


he higher amount before


3— Widows receiving the ‘10s pension” through the old Contributory Pensions Acts as these pensions are not affected by the increase.


Hobbies’ contest at hospital


young man who had left hospital .after a short stay. He had found employment and an u n d e r s t a n d i n g


TN an effort to encourage 1 individuality and resource­


t employer but within a short rime he was out of work. His


mates had made fun of him. Answering another question


Dr. Silverman said that the . „ect;i0n for the Calderstones hopefulness of recovery from ; gcouts, and there were about no e.rt


eason was that his work­ —i----- -


a


Whereas this branch of medicine had long been regarded as the “ Cinderella of the p ro f e s s i o n , the pendulum had now swung and he could safely say that they effected as many, if not more, cures than any other branch of medicine.


a mprifni higher


ental now than Illness was mu


uinpcc war much formerly.


The competition was divided into four sections, with one


, , . woodwork entries, rtv»tvioc:


embroidery. The competition was judged


to painting


from and


meN


introduce a competition for female patients also_______


netxtC°ym e"ri t lte'is hoped to


COTTON TRADE NOW PROFIT ABLE-M.P.


man In the country


Act was to be more than just words on paper, people had to understand and 'help their less fortunate neighbours.


wLancashire County Council TRAINING CENTRES w Training centres for back­ The TA S T Y . B R E A D


ately needed,1 and plans were being considered for one In this area. c It was no kindness to a


ard children were desper­ hild who was a little


expand the facilities for mental patients.


ere making every effort to


Fletcher-Cooke, M.P. for the Da commons last week, includes Billington, speaking in tne w u .


of Labour, Mr. John Hare, that in the cotton trade during the last two years, they had had some 8rea“ l experience of the mobility oi


He reminded the Minister


abour. I t was a reminder to c the. Government that If


could be given a push. The “ hoarding” of skilled


hange was an ally, change


.motors and steel was a bad thing, he continued, and


men by such Industries as anarwen ’ Di v i s i o n , which s r i r i s


suggested that it could be avoided by increasing the employers’ contributions to a the weekly National I n s t ­


employees’ contributions. The Government had not


nce stamp and lowering the


should follow the example of the cotton trade, which,


done enough In the motor and steel industries. They


through Government plan nine, was now extremely profitable.


FOUNTAIN pens ADVERTISER & TIMES OFFICE W " t i l Tariffing rangin trom


bv Aid W. K. Heaton, chair­ man of the Hospital Manage-


week.


fulness among m^e pa^ents at Calderstones Hospital, a competition of male hobbies was held at the hospital last


thousands of Lancashire housewives have felt proud j of their linen, freshly back from “ Chorley. It s not


the tedious ironing, but they really do take care with everything, and share the pride in the result.


ble linen, dresses—and in superb dry cleaning.


f i» wash. For two or even three generations ust that “ Chorley ” save them all the hard work, all


* Every housewife has aipride in her weekly ta “ Chorley ” specialise in the difficult work—shirts,


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IT even though it must entail extra cost— - new


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