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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17th, 1961 VIEWPOINT


rpHE news that the Mayor, Councillor W. Sharpies, Is


to call an exploratory meet­ ing In connection with the provision of a community centre and public baths for Clitheroe, will be welcomed by Clitheronians.


As representatives of various local organisations are to be invited, it does mean that c the different sections of the


ersy in the borough.


oommunity will have an vong been a point of contro­


A BLOW-UP IN ‘BLOWN TO GLORY’ m


pportunity of expressing l their views on what has for


The need for a public hall to be owned and maintained by the town has become more urgent following the closure of the King Lane Hall. At present, some local organisations are compelled to hold their dances out of town because of the lack of spacious accommodation in Clitheroe.


As for public baths, this topic has been a hardy annual at municipal elections for so long that familiarity with it has bred a certain amount of contempt.


In addition to the need for public baths from the point of view of pleasure, there is i the question of swimming


attending local schools. At the moment they have to go to baths outside the town in order to receive this in­ struction.


nstruction for children


From this aspect alone, it is essential that Clitheroe be provided with swimming baths.


The meeting, then, is a step in the right direction, and it is to be hoped that some­ tthing a little more concrete


han pipe dreams will emerge from this and sub­ sequent deliberations.


rpHE Mayor of Clitheroe, A Councillor W. Sharpies,


has received a letter from Clarence House. London, in reply to a message of con­ gratulation from the Mayor and Corporation to Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon on the birth of their son.


L The letter, signed by F. M.


Margaret and Lord Snowdon to send to you and all for whom you speak, their most sincere thanks for your kind message of congratulations, which they greatly apprecia­ ted."


Princess Margaret, reads: “I am bidden by Princess


f t UEST speaker at the meet- ' Jr ing of Clitheroe Round Table at the Sun Inn, Wad- dington, on Monday evening was Mr. T. Robinson, of Accrington.


ness as a newsagent, gave a graphic account of his experiences during the last war, when he was a member of a special mission para­ chuted into Greece to organ­ ise the guerilla bands which formed the core of the Greek resistance movement.


Mr. Robinson, now in busi­


IJIRTHDAY greetings to 13 Mr. Frank Johnson, of :liff Mount Grindleton, who ;as 83 on Tuesday, and to o irs. Jane Green, of Wadding-


egh, private secretary to


Society’s presentation of* the Lancashire comedy, “Blown to Glory which opened m t Parish Church School last night.


The play is being repeated to-night and t o - m o r r o w . ___________________ .


REPAIRS TO CHURCH WILL COST £5,000


1AIVE thousand pounds are needed by the Church Coun- cil of St. Paul’s, Low Moor, during the next few years to maintain the church and buildings.


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the heating System requires a major overhaul, and the spire requires attention. In addition toilet provision is required, and although efforts have been made to overcome dry rot in the Sunday School more renovation is needed.


The church needs decorating,


immense sum is not the responsibility of a few. but of V the whole parish”, says the


“The provision of this


writing in this month’s Deanery magazine.


icar, the Rev. A. K. Bisbrown, PREPARE SCHEME


p The finance committee is to Cubmitted first to the Church


repare a scheme for raising s the money and this will be


money required for ordinary maintenance of the church and its services is £750 a year, but the income falls far short of this figure and the deficit has to be made good by the efforts of a loyal and devoted band of workers on whom the burden has fallen far too heavily and far too long, says the Vicar.


parish. The minimum amount of


ouncil and then to the


arish was involved in further expense following the dis­ covery of dry rot in the Sun­ day School.


p Several years ago, St. Paul’s


Six months’ gaol for ‘vicious assault’


ou will go to prison for six l months. Coun. J. W. D. Critch­


rpHIS was a most vicious and y unprovoked assault, and


ey. presiding, told Joseph Wilson Masters at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court yesterday.


laMasters, a 20 - year - old


Clitheroe, pleaded not guilty to assaulting and occasioning actual bodily harm to Edward Barrie Taylor, a television engineer, of Whipp Avenue, Clitheroe.


bourer, of Franklin Street,


and a friend, John James Travis, of Seedall Avenue, were walking home from the pictures and decided to go through the Castle grounds. They visited the toilets, and while they were there Masters and another youth came in.


Insp. W. Taylor said Taylor


M.P.’s wife visits welfare centres


■jVTRS. F. PEARSON, wife of TLL Mr. Frank Pearson, M.P. for Clitheroe, is particularly


n Hospital, who will be 94 n Monday.


i America to members of Read


o r ELL-KNOWN world trav- ’ ’ eller and author. Mr. Bernard Newman, spoke bout President Kennedy s


it their meeting at the Btarkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe, jn Wednesday.


nd Whaliey Luncheon Club


ITAGISTRATES at Clitheroe ’ f yesterday were Coun. W.’ D. Critchley. presiding


S jr. S. Westhead, Mr. J. *


Jrs. M. Williams. *


roughton, Coun. J. G. Sharp, *


^LITHEROE Fire Brigade ^ soon extinguished burning ■efuse at the Corporation ncinerator in Henthorn Road


/e.sterday noon. *


* * MLITHEROE Town Council >ouncil to go ahead with the


G will be told on Tuesday hat consent has been received rom the Divisional Road Snglneer’s department. Mims- C ,ry of Transport, for the


us lay-by scheme in York


using Committee of rown Council have :ded that a request


i inant in Faraday


; H Egg Marketing l’s minimum prices to


* * egg producers for the


riod are: i. per dozen; standard, dozen; medium, 2s. 6d. ; small. 2s. Id. pel


ng per dozen to be Dm the price of all ;ained eggs.


WEEK’S ETY SLOGAN


tial caravan within ids of the house be


r permission to park


interested in the welfare of ,-ged people and in education.


inDuring last week she was ted the constituency and visi­


Training Centre, Burnley General Hospital. Woodside Old People’s Hostel, Padiham. Woodville Special School, I ongridge, and the over Six­ ties Club in Longridge.


Reedlev Hall Nurses


visits in the future, and looks forward to visiting, particu­


She hopes to make frequent


larly, more old people’s clubs and meetings.


Coal was sold underweight


w Head. Whaliey. was at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court yesterday fined £3 for selling ccai underweight.


TOHN SANDERSON, of Park


Town Clerk, said a Weights and Me a s u r e s Inspector checked the weight of sacks of coal which Sanderson was selling in Clitheroe and found a total deficiency oflGSlbs. in


Mr. T. M. Armitstead, deputy v Masters punched Taylor a


butted him with his head, alleged Insp. Taylor.


iolent blow in the mouth and c Taylor went into one of the GREAT PAIN


loA police officer visited Tay­ inr at his home and found him i great pain. His mouth was


j his front teeth were damaged. i| He was taken to a doctor,


swollen and bloodstained and


‘ recommended that Taylor should visit a dental surgeon. Next day the dental surgeon removed four teeth, and Tay­ lor had to have four false tc-eth fitted on a palate.


who. after giving treatment.


ave said, “Yes. I was in the fight on the Castle. You know how it is. We had a bit of an argument and I lost my temper and hit him. I hurt my hand doing it.”


o Questioned by a police hfficer, Masters was alleged to


youth. into the toilets with another Masters asked him if he


Taylor said Masters came


knew a certain girl, and he said he did not. Masters then struck him in the face. When he went into a cubicle Masters followed him and took a running kick at him while Masters’ companion held him fast.


33 sacks. Mr. D. Race, of Burnley,


FIRST BLOW


defending, said Sanderson had had to work very hard to take over a coal delivery business after his father had dis­ appeared two years ago.


at Low Moor sidings, and was bound to trust this man to weigh the sacks correctly. His only explanation was that the weighing scales used by the filler must have been faulty. He had subsequently replaced


Sanderson employed a filler them. Trefoil Guild


A/TRS. GERTRUDE CORNES, lvx of Roughlee, gave a talk on floral decorations for


Christmas at J a „m®?ting0 Whalley, Read, Sabden and


gets courtesy ! shown.


District Trefoil GuildonTues- nieht Following the talk, a film, on flower arrangements throughout the year was


Masters. He had not. in fact, even defended himself, as the first blow was so sudden.


At no time had he provoked wTaylor said at the time he


tion for injuries sustained in a motor cycle accident.


as receiving medical atten­ shought he heard Taylor


toilets and asked him if he knew a certain girl. Taylor made no reply, but raised his arm as if to hit.


hout something at him. He followed Taylor into the


h “ I hit him first, before he


Masters. “ It was more or less self-defence, not assault.”


ad time to thump me,” said T Masters said he only hit


him. He had tried to kick him, but did not think he had connected.


aylor once, and never kicked


had been “ having a few quiet drinks ” in Clitheroe and were returning nome when they saw Taylor and a friend on the t opposite side of the road. He


Masters said he and a friend


him. Taylor then made his way out of the toilets, and outside Masters made several minor assaults on him.


ubicles, where Masters kicked


i The dry rot was found in I , the plaster and woodwork,


more than £500.


and much of the damaged fabric had to be completely replaced. Together with other repairs carried out earlier, the total cost was


£100,000 raised in four years


for college fund contributed £100,000 to reach


iALD BOYS and friends of Stonyhurst College have


ago. This was announced by the


the target set only four years ago for the College Building Fund. This sum is being used to build a new wing for the college, part of which was first brought into use a month


Rector, the Rev. Fr. Dermot


Boyle. S.J., when he addressed members of the Lancashire branch of the Stonyhurst Association at their annual dinner at the Shireburn Arms Hotel, Hurst Green, on Tues­


The Commandment nopears in danger of being broken in this picture of Clithc • ,


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MORE PRODUCTION AIM OF LIBERALS Standard of living could be


TP production in this country can be increased by five in . Per cent each year, the standard of living can be doubled


doubled in 14 years— 14 years.


production went up by fits and starts as the economic brake went on and off. Last


o g on "Liberal policy for an t ut-of-date Britain,” said


P This was stated by Mr. Terry Maher, the prospective inMr. Maher, who was speak­


costs the yearly.


hat under the Conservatives


year, production did not rise at all. wIf our output and our


COST OF ACCIDENTS


money could only be found for roads, houses and schools by either raising taxes or by cutting spending on other items.


ealth did not grow, more


t Houses, roads and condi­ detions in industry were s eriorating and our present


ing pace with replacement. There were 75,000 houses in the country condemned as unfit for habittaion and every year 100,000 more houses were 100 years old.


pending was not even keep­


Eric Musson and Bob Rawlinson. Apparently unconcerned on the settee .uc Katniccn Aubin, Michael Washbrook and Betty Foulker.


Wielding the hammer is Derrick Green who wrote the comedy, while ciymg‘Pa*,a™


ards as they were at present 300,000 houses needed to be built yearly as a minimum, and 500,000 if we were to improve housing standards.


To keep our housing stand­


Mr. Maher, had many of these decaying and dilapidated houses, and yet every year local authorities built less houses, and private mortgages


North East Lancashire, said


became more expensive and more difficult.


industrial developement was reduced because of this. In m the next 10 years the Ger­


hRoads in the area were opelessly inadequate, and


M95m. in a year, and yet the c inistry of Transport cal­


Honeymoon in


day night. Fr. Boyle said that already


Lake District JACKSON—INGHAM


number could be added to the school next year if building could be maintained at the same rate of progress.


which for the first time in its. 260 years’ history, the college has a headmaster, in addition to himself, who fulfils tile functions that this office en­ tails at other public schools.


o He also told the old boys of rganisational changes by


The life of a footballer


AN Wednesday, Clitheroe " Young Farmer’s Club met t at the Grammar School for a


Jimmy Mclrov. a He gave an interesting talk


aalk by Irish International


sional footballer and answer­ ed questions Thanks were expressed by


bout the life of a profes­


Duncan Pickard and Marie Holden.


congratulated on their win against Bowland Forest Y.r.u.


The junior quiz team were the score being 29 to 13.


‘Fop’ morning aids Indian boy


Church held a coffee and ‘pop morning in the Church schoo. on Saturday.


rVHE King’s Me ss e n g e r Group of Clitheroe Palish


nd Burnley inside-forward


the new wing could accom­ modate 25 more boys than ta the college had been able to


ke before. About the same


Clitheroe, and Miss Joan Ingham, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ingham, of 8. Nelson Street, Low Moor.


Aoor, on Tuesday of Mr. l lwin Jackson, only son of the Jate Mr. and Mrs. W. H.


ackson, of 8, Railway View,


tant surveyor on the staff of Bowland Rural District Coun­ cil and the bride is a clerk in the surveyor’s department of Clitheroe Rural District Coun­


The bridegroom is an assis­ cil.


her father, wore a brown boucle suit with Persian lamb collar and white accessories. She carried a prayer book and a spray of orchids.


The bride, given away by


npHE marriage took place at M st. Paul’s Church, Low


motorways in 10 mile sections. £Spending on roads took


mans planned 1,000 miles of otorway while we planned


ulated that time wasted in road transport by vehicles


cost another £200m. Invest­ ment in roads would save more than It would cost, but n the present Government had


On top of this, accidents


o forward thinking, and no economic policy, but raising and lowering the bank rate.


exEducation was not being tiopanded fast enough, condi­ b ns in industry were falling aehind Continental practice,


production of the country to enable us to spend this extra wealth on housing, roads, and all the other out-of-date structures of our society. p To achieve this growth in


ntirely at increasing the


was stagnating. e Liberal policy was aimed


nd our industrial output &A8SS £ KHTOMB L&TC .C L IT H K IK O I • T S a .@ ® 3 -


arliamentary Liberal Candidate for Accrington, when he addressed a public meeting in Clitheroe on Tuesday night.


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toining the Common Market; phe adoption of a five-year colan for industrial growth;


ship in industry with tax incentives for industrial firms sharing itheir profits among their employees and reduc­ tions in tariffs.


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industry. A wages policy linking wage increases with growth in industrial output was also part of the Liberal


ould ensure competition in


policy. t This policy was committed


among all sections of the community, Mr. Maher con­


ation fairly distributed i


output. A Liberal Govern­ ment would be anxious to see n the increasing wealth of the


o, and working for increasing


cluded. a Mr. Martin Strange, secret­


ry of Clitheroe Liberal Association opened the meet­ ing by reviewing some of the problems facing the country.


the Labour Party, with its panacea of nationalisation, nor the Conservatives, with work their attitude of "it will all


He pointed out that neither


showed the competance or social responsibility required for the solution of these


out in the end,” had


Liberal policy on education, capital gains taxation, and economic affairs.


problems. Questions were asked on


KDr M. D. Parker and Mrs. sec. H. Bulcock proposed and


onded the vote of thanks, and Mr. W. Kilner presided.


Clarion ride


Ann Ingham, sister of the bride who wore a red boucle suit with a black musquash collar and red and black accessories. She carried a spray of cream roses.


The bridesmaid was Miss


Rushton. cousin Messrs.


N. Ingham. wAfter the ceremony, which


groom, and groomsmen wer Bill —i— —.


J. S.


groomsmen were i through Gisburn, soon had us and I warmed up, and a steady pace


Best man was Mr. William sin oi me uwuc-


f th bride ington


the Rev. A. K. Bisbrown. there was a reception at the Red Pump Hotel, Bashall Eaves,


as performed by the Vicar,


District. a Among the many gifts were


and a teapot from the bride groom’s workfriends.


the couple later , J eavil.'la for a honeymoon fn the L a x e


fr carving set and fruit spoons om the bride’s workfriends


” Mr. and Mrs. Jackson are to reside at 8, Railway View, Clitheroe.


i Piyara, a young bov at sen001 in the diocese of Chota Na„


pur, India. The King s Mes senger Group (Junior Miss­ ionary Group) helps to sup­


port him. c The event consisted of


sale, handicraft stall foi r adults and pop room for chna-


and offee room, bring-and-buy


en. The children’s room in­ cluded a toy sale, bookstau. bean tubs, sideshows competitions.


Proceeds of £44 will Jm'PA? BARN SUPPER pay the school fees of Krist


distainment at Waterloo Metho­


iv. JIMMY FELL and the Skylights provided enter­


barn supper, held in the Sun­ day School on Saturday.


Wesley Circuit, presided and supper was served by the men.


s The Rev. A. B. Macgaix uperintendent minister of


thAbout £16 was raised for scheme.


e Church’s 1962 renovation PUBLIC HALL AND BATHS:


MAYOR CALLING MEETING A N “exploratory meeting” to various local organisations


w^t^nrovfiiing ea^ommu^ily emtre^ andeSpublic C


Clitheroe inThis was reported at a meet­


following a suggestion by a member that preliminary


g of the Development ana Town Planning Committee


consideration should be glv^n to examining ways and means of providing and administer ing a community centre ana public baths.


Tuesday night, that wj® matter should be placed the agenda for the January


i The committee have agreed, Ct will be reported to the Town


ouncil at their meeting on


meeting of the committee when the views of the ex­ ploratory meeting to be heia


to which representatives of will be invited, has been


<baths °n


towards the end of this month will be known.


Harold Parkinson, chief assis­ tant in the Borough Treas­ urer’s department, be offered promotion to the position oi Borough Treasurer at a salary commencing at £1,110 a year and rising by the appropriate increments to £1,330 Per


annum. The present Borough Treas­


urer, Mr. Harry Wrlgley, is retiring at the end of December.


t Church’s men’s effort, a


t left Clitheroe on Sunday, but climbs


he steady climb towards Chatburn, followed by further


as we headed on


soon brought us to Skiptcn I for the mid-morning break,


j As has been the custom for i some years, we were able to


i observe the Remembrance


! the run. There was lit tie ! need to hurry as only a few ! miles lay between Skipton and ! 0ur lunch-time venue at I Gargrave.


Day silence before continuing


j Appetites satisfied, we had i an exploratory stroll around,


! club from Bradford, formed two teams for a very energetic game of football.


and. meeting another cycling crOn our way again, we


canal at the Three Bridges, and then followed it for some distance, sometimes losing sight of it for a short while as the narrow road twisted and turned, eventually reaching the road at West Marton.


ossed the Leeds to Liverpool PYRAMID CANAL AGAIN


and we turned off again to meet the canal once more and follow it until we neared Barnoldswick, where we rode along the old Roman Road till we came to Coal Pit Lane, and after a brief excursion of grass-track riding arrived ;n


A mile or so of main road,


before annual meeting


npHE morning was rather cold and grey when we


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