2 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times November 17, 1961


BENCH CLEAR MOTORIST


car became embedded in each other near Clitheroe Rail­ way station, was described by P.C. Alan Gaunt at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court yesterday week. P.C. Gaunt said that the


xA COLLISION in which a x single-deck bus and a


car, driven by George Thomas Wolfenden, aged 18, of Fooden F a rm, Bolton-by-Bowland, was embedded in the bus. The bonnet was ripped off, the windscreen shattered and the driver slightly injured. e Summonses against Wolf­


ing, said Wolfenden had driven perfectly reasonably, and icould not be' held res­ ponsible. The bus was, tech­ nically speaking, on its wrong side of the road, although there was a large area in which to manoeuvre.


without reasonable considera­ tion were dismissed. Mr. J. Greenwood, defend­


cnden of driving without due are and attention and driving


Letters to the ID 111© I! VILLAGE WATER


“ Advertiser and Times ” of the failure of Hurst Green's water supply. It was obviously written in perfectly good faith by your reporter from facts given to him by officials of Fylde Water Board. Unfortunately, as I and other residents in Hurst Green are only too well aware, the official version and the actual facts are very different.


On the Saturday night, a local resident. noticed the burst main


J WAS amazed to read your account in last week's


what was being done, and when the supply would be restored. Some four hours later a tanker arrived in the village along with repairs gangs. At about 1-30 p.m.—13 and not four hours— after the burst, the supply was restored. This was not before the situation had caused chaos dur­ ing a busy lunch hour.


He reported it to the Water Board emergency service just after midnight.


nothing had been done, or appar­ ently was being done. And we were waterless. There was not a drop for washing, cooking or sanitation, which for an hotel such as ours, not to mention the local farmers, posed a serious problem.


We awoke the next day to find reFrom 6-30 a.m. onwards, my


presentatives, and other resi­ dents, were continually enquiring


apparent lack of an emergency set-up in the Fylde Water Board to deal with such a contingency Surely it is not too much to ex­ pect a large undertaking like this to maintain a round-the-clock


What distressed me is the


service? With winter approaching, this


sort of thing could happen again, not only to Hurst Green but to other villages in this area served by the Fylde Board.


Let us hope Clitheroe Rural District Council will enquire why Hurst Green residents had to wait so long without water; why it took 10 hours from the first reports to send a tanker to the village; and what is being done to prevent a recurrence of this appalling situation?


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TRUSTEE


SAYINGS BANK Church Street, Clitheroe


has suffered with its water supply. This latest blow has brought us nearly to the end of our tether.


Over the years, Hurst Green MELVILLE PERRY,


Director, Sliircburn Arms Hotel, Hurst Green.


RETROGRADE STEP


way passenger service will be a retrograde step, and every effort should be taken to avoid this being put into effect.


transport authority's evidence and case for the proposition of closure of the Clitheroe-Hellifield line to passenger traffic, one cannot but agree that it is most certainly an uneconomical ser­ vice, run in the manner it is at present.


On reading and assessing the


an improved railway service, Dr. Beeching can only recommend the public to use a competitors 'bus service.


However, rather than suggest


Railways pay their way and even to make a profit.


His job is to make British


alternative one's competitors is surely quite ridiculous.


To recommend as the only


British Railways are a public service, and that each and every­ one of us has a stake in it. The closure of any one part of the railway system is therefore cutting down on that service to the public.


It must be remembered that


with one's competitors is, in the first instance, to reduce the cost of travel, and, in our particular


Surely the way to compete


case, make available a more frequent .service with extra shopping points at each centre of


TT must be agreed that the closure of the Clitheroe rail­


population on the Blackburn- Hellifield line.


attract a greater proportion' of the public, and would operate successfully given extra places where passengers could hm.-rf and alight.


This service would certamly


deciding to close this line, should at least, over a period or time'


wI would suggest that the rail­ ay authorities, before finally


give the above suggestion a fair trial. A great responsibility lies with


THIS WAS NEWS . . . 50 YEARS AGO


-— ub a gauicwug m tne Old School. Church Brow, when, in recognition of her seven years’ service as Mayoress, Mrs. J. T. Whipp was presen­ ted with a diamond pendant and an illuminated address.


the Town Council, and they would be failing in their duty if


they did not put for,yard officially, something on the lines already mentioned.


for criticism on their handling of the situation up to date fur it certainly would not have done any harm to have called a meet­ ing of all the local authorities and organisations concerned to advise on the implications of the closing of the line, and to explore every avenue to strengthen Clitheroe's position in its efforts to combat the proposal.


The Council justifiably come in


all local organisations, and people in the rural areas, who have not already done so, to forward not later than November 24th their strong protests against the closure of this part of the rail­ way system for passengers, and to address them to: The Secre­ tary, Transport Users Consulta­ tive Committee, Peter House, 2, Oxford Street, Manchester, l.’


X would conclude by inviting ERNEST MACNAUGI1TON. 12, West View, Clithcroc.


rpHE Preston-Leeds road, x which runs through Whalley, Clitheroe, Chatburn and Gisburn, was to be taken over by the government under the Trunk Roads Bill.


rpHE Mayor of Clitheroe, x Coun. G. Hargreaves, was


welcomed as chief magistrate at the Borough Sessions. Before his election as Mayor, Coun. Hargreaves had been a county and borough magis­ trate for some years.


M R S. J. H. SATTERTH- J-’x WAITE presented the prizes at Clitheroe Technical School’s annual prize distribu­ tion. Mrs. J. W. Lambert, chairman of the Higher Education Committee, presi­ ded.


* * * XA FTER accompanying the


greaves, to Wesley Church for the civic service more than 100 ex-Servicemen . went to the Cenotaph in the Castle Garden of Remembrance to


x Mayor, Coun. G. Har­


x Philip Amyas Longstaffe, for many years revising barrister for Skipton Division, who visited Clitheroe annual­ ly, had been appointed a


TT was announced that Mr


county court judge. *


♦ *


shadow”, was the title of the second public lecture, given under the auspices of the Whalley Public Lectures Com­ mittee, by the Rev. Fr. A. L. Cortie, astronomer at Stony- hurst College. The “shadow” referred to the eclipse of the sun at the beginning of 1911. *


“rro the South Tonga x Islands in pursuit of a


* *


ing milk in Hall Street, Clith­ eroe, his horse took fright and wrecked the milk float. The animal was little the worse for the incident. #


* * IN his quarterly report to


of the population. *


*


Council, Dr. T. T. Macklin, Medical Officer of Health, commented on the low birth rate in the area. The num­ ber was 23, or 14.9 per 1,000


Clitheroe Rural District if


“T>LANT life” was the sub- x ject introduced to iLow


Moor Wesleyan Young Men’s Association by Alonza Jack- son. Mr. Tattersall presided.


25 YEARS AGO November 20th, 1930


"iVrANY cases of diphtheria -*-’x were notified to the Clith­ eroe Medical Officer of Health. Parents were asked to assist the Health Committee in preventing the spread of the infection by immediately seeking medical advice for any (child developing symp­


toms of a sore throat. *


* *


TTVHE operetta, “Pearl, the x Fishermaiden”, was pres­


pay homage to 332 men from the Clitheroe district ’ wilti died during the 'Great


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'ji 'Contiriued foot of previous col.


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.‘vaMiniimiiimimmiiiimiinmituiiumiiiiiiuiinniniiiisimiaMmiimimramiiHniMmiia VILLAGE STORY


A/TANY readers of the -L,x “Advertiser and Times” have expressed pleasure at the recent series of articles written by Mr. J. H. W. Fish- wick, of Chatburn. concerning the history of Waddington and the immediate neigh­ bourhood.


been reprinted in book form under the title of “In and Around Waddington”. The book which is illustrated, i Rives fascinating glimpses


These articles have now


esque and charming Bowland village.


nto the past of this pictur­


of Waddington’s birth certi­ ficate and in doing so gives some interesting information about the inhabitants of the village in far off days.


MWlithln the book’s pages, r. Fishwick goes in search


the churches and old inns, while some intriguing facts emerge about Waddington Almshouses.


There is, too, a glimpse of


and “Old farms of Wadding- Iton” are other subjects covered in the book, which has a foreword by Mr. E. P. Alderslcy, a former head­ master of Chatburn School, now retired.


2s. Gd., by post 2s. 9d. can be obtained from the “Adver­ tiser and Times” shop.


Copies of the book, price


villages in a further series of articles in the near future.


describe


Mr. Fishwick proposes to ot h e r Bowland


by Mr. G. Thompson, appeals secretary of Blackburn and District Spastics Group, which covers Clitheroe.


WORTHY CAUSE x A SPASTIC child is born


x every five hours. I am told


from people in the district have made it possible for the group to buy a house in Preston New Road, Blackburn, for the treatment and train­ ing of spastics.


Voluntary contributions


bought, however, before any real progress can be made, and the cost will be heavy.


Equipment will have to be


ted a practical way of rais­ ing the money. At your Christmas party, however small it may be, you could hand round the hat for this very worthy cause, and send t the proceeds to the group


Mr. Thompson has sugges­ SIMCA Etoile NEW


786, Whalley New Road, Blackburn.


reasurer, Mr. H. Chambers,


can help this festive, season is by buying the specially


Another way in which we


printed spastics Christmas cards.


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,i “The old village craftsmen” By “ QUIS1 SWIMMING BATHS I SEE that Mr. R. H. Derby­


Ribblesdale School, has urged the necessity of having swim­ ming baths in Clitheroe.


shire, headmaster of


annual speech day last week, he said a group of staff had taken parties to Blackburn Baths after school, but much more needed to be done which could only be undertaken when there was a swimming bath in Clitheroe.


In his report at the school’s


favour of such a project and I would urge all parents and friends to do all in their power to bring about the con­ struction of baths in the borough”, he declared.


lected representatives is in e “I believe every one of our .......................... .


Clitheroe scene ever be graced by a bus station? The lack of this amenity too, has long been a life-line for those


And yet, and y e t .... will the


t candidates newly-launched on eo the tricky sea of municipal


for some subject on which to base their campaign.


lections and casting around r Now Mr. Derbyshire has


hearts of Clitheronians, and I can only hope that his plea will help in taking the borough a step nearer this much-desired asset.


aised a topic long dear to the NO SOLUTION


baths has long been a thorny problem in the borough, as all Clltheronians a r e aware. Almost every municipal elec­ tion sees some intrepid candi­ date speaking of the need for this amenity. In fact, I seem to recall a promise of action once they found themselves within the stately portals of the Council Chamber.


Now this question of public


Since those days of rosy promises even worse has be­


Alas, we still have no baths.


fallen this ancient borough for we have lost the public hall, and it now seems likely that those among us who are enthusiastic rail travellers will have to travel by road.


may perhaps venture to hope that there will be a town bus station to accommodate all the travellers and help offset


our loss of community hall and railway station.


TfOLLOWING my note last x week, a reader, Mrs. Janet Eatough, of The Barn, Grindleton, has suggested a way to drive out of Clitheroe without going under or over a bridge.


out of the Market Place down Wellgate,


turn left into Highfield Road, left into Peel Street, right into Pendle Road, right at Four Lane Ends and left at Clith­ eroe Golf Club.


ingenious, but to go from Lowergate into Peel Street via Highfleld Road means cross­ ing Wilkin Bridge.


The route is certainly


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