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T WOULD like to reply to "Rate- 'L payer” on his or her enquiries re Clitheroe Waterworks.


the Waterworks Committee and Council have obtained the best possible terms that could be granted on our amalgamation


I commence by reaffirming that


with the Fylde Water Board. . I t should be clearly under­


stood that this is not a financial take-over in the Clore/Cotton


taking over the responsibility of providing a service, which up to March 31st, 1963, is the preroga­ tive of Clitheroe Corporation,


tradition. The Fylde Water Board are


the debts and liabilities as well as the assets of the undertaking.


In doing so, they take over all


providing the assets, such as reservoirs, boreholes, buildings, pumps, etc. Far from being pro­ vided out of the rates, these amenities (although in being) are only in the course of being


These debts were incurred in


in round figures, is a little over £108,000 and is secured in various ways. The main security is, of course, the water rate.


paid for. The present outstanding debt,


expect payment for goods not entirely owned by the Corpora­ tion.


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Water Board will pay a fair price for all they get from our authority in the way of tools, plant and stock, etc., for both authorities have to pay their way.


At the same time the Fylde The Fylde Water Board is a


statutory body with no share­ holders. They exist only to pro­ vide a service for all ratepayers without profit. An attempt to make a profit from the • Fylde Water Board would be abortive, for as from April 1st we shall be a large slice of the Fylde Water


Board. I t should be borne in mind


that the ultimate objective of this exercise is to provide a better country-wide service to the community.


very efficient undertaking has enabled us to negotiate preferen­ tial terms, which, in themselves, represent substantial payment.


The fact th at Clitheroe has a


had widespread publicity, includ­ ing “ Ratepayer's ” final query about staff.


These same terms have already There is a clause which states


that the Board shall employ all officers and staff employed solely or mainly on Clitheroe Water­ works on terms not less favour­ able than those on which they we r e employed immediately before take-over.


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25 YEARS AGO December 10th, 1937


itTERBERT S U T C L I F F E spoke about his world


cricketing experiences at a meeting at Cliitheroe .Gram­ mar School. Col. Leonard Green, of Whalley, captain of the Lancashire team which gained championship honours for three successive years, presided.


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l \ fR . LAURENCE HARDY, -L’A headmaster of Clltheroe Royal Grammar School, pro­ duced “The Ghost Train” given by members of the school dramatic society. *


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School raised £86 for church funds. Opener was Mr. A. H. Walsh, chairman of the Black­ burn District of the Lanca­ shire Congregational Union. *


A SALE of work at Clitheroe Congregational Sunday


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Whalley Methodist Church. # *


* IT was announced that * *


was to close at the end of the year, 32 years after it was opened. *


Clitheroe Catholic Club


*T*HE Vicar, the Rev. D. W. A Holt, dedicated a new G.F.S. banner at St. Leonard’s Church, Langho.


A BOUT 300 people attended an “Old English Night” at


DISCOUNT on advance


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looked for by “ Ratepayer ” and I assure him of my continued


concern.


COUN. S. J. MOORE, M.R.S.H. Chairman, Clithcroe Water­ works and Estates ComnMttcc.


6, Railway View, Clithcroe.) NATURAL SELECTION


TN his article last week, “ Naturalist ” mentions that


strains of bacteria have appeared which are resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics. This recalls to mind the fact


I hope this gives the answers IN THE SUN


grope their way thi ough the usual clammy, unhefelthy ,fog, other natives oF'thq: borough are basking in glornjus sun­ shine “Down Under’’. I,’


exiles is Mrs. Edith Kay, formerly of 1. Beechl Street, who recently attenclsd the Empire and Commcpwealth Games at Perth.


One of these -ilrtunate , /


tells me that on the opening day the shade temperature was 92.7 degrees, with the temperature in the .sin soar­ ing up to 140 degrees.


In an airmail letter she


late Mr. Ernest Allcr, member of the male voice choir, former member choir.


ented at the games,' for Mr. Frank Allen, a' nephe i of the was a


Clitheroe was well repres­ ■'-v. r—.


Fritnk is a of Wesley


Taylor, daughter of he late Mr. Fred Taylor, who ’ yas also a member of Wesley M athodist Church.


Also present was Btqthleen


there, although Mr s. Kay possibly did not see him. He was Mr. Bryan CowgiUi^fqrmer editor of the “Advertiser and Times”, .who was leading the B.B.C. Television camera crew covering the games. 11


Another Clltheroni in was


Edinburgh open the Jiames, and also took part with, him in an open-air service.


( During her nine-months’


stay in Australia, Mrs. $:ay has seen : the orange groves and vineyards, and has j visited fruit-growing areas. . .


the former Clitheronians in Western Australia, all of whom are happy and contented.


Swan River, where one can see houses and buildings lining the banks all the way to Free- mantle.


She has sailed down the


attended the wedding of her nephew, the Rev. Stanley Coates, who lives at Geraldton, about 320 miles from Perth.


During her stay she has


residents of Ribb>‘ have contacted


“ Among the othdr former’ V who


Jim ap^'Dofis Ho*.,


Mrs. Harold EaeSsrialfi-f jh emigrated many years wgo, and M\ and Mrs. J. Rushlon, formerly of Downham. ’


Vy ■are .--I'm*


i) .jai She has also visited most of


helps one to feel better”, says Mrs. Kay. How right she Is !


“Of course, the weather Mrs. Kay saw the lljjke of 72j9-strong


T^THILE Clitheronisins shiver ’ * In the grip of v Inter and


JllBUliiimuiilliilildUiUiiiilulmtew- TOWN AND COUNTRY 1 1 WITH "QUIS"


Jack Wilkinson in July of this year. QUEEN’S SCOUT


fT'HE much-coveted Queen’s Scout Badge has been


Queen’s Sccut certificate in the presence of the Chief Scout at a camp to be held at Gilwell Park In May next year.


the Grammar School Group for six years. He Is a past Patrol. Leader of the curlew patrol and now, in the senior section of the group, he is leader of the Liddell patrol.


-r x who still cutivates his own large garden, Mr. William Ainsworth, of 21 Pendle Street West, Sabden, celebrated his 80th birthday recently.


STILL DIGGING AN enthusiastic gardener


Frederick Ainsworth, he was born at Cobden Farm, Sabden, and has lived in the village all his life. He was one of 14 children, seven of whom are still living.


The son of Mr. and Mrs.


in the mill at the age of eleven and for a short period he was engaged in farming at


Mr. Ainsworth began work DECEMBER PHILOSOPHY


fPHA never knows ’ow things turn out,


The next tha may be in.


So thee keep up thi chin, Although one day th ’art down ond out,


That gives the year its spice, I t ’s t ’bitter things tha comes across,


I t ’s th ’ups ond down o’ life tha knows,


As meks the nice things, nice.


So, don’t let things get thee up­ set,


Ond just keep toiling on, When next tha glances at the sky,


Tha’ll find the clouds ’ave gone.


If t ’load tha carries on thi back, Is more than tha con bear, Just find a pal to ’elp thee out, ’E’ll gladly do ’is share.


At once the roadway brighter


Tfif^lurden breaks in bwo.) Th’art ready then to battle on, Ond ’ev another do.


totally different to that in Clitheroe. Most activities are out-of-doors”, says Mrs. Kay.


"The way of life out here is


that the same kind of thing has happened with many species of insects and once-deadly insecti­ cides, and also that in Australia rabbits are becoming resistant to myxomatosis. In each case the poison or


return voyage to Clitheroe on Monday, Is looking forward to the exhilarating and fascinat­ ing sea voyage.


Mrs. Kay, who sailed on her


virus, when new, made almost a clean sweep, but a few organisms with resistant constitutions sur­ vived. From these the resistant strains have descended—right up- to-date examples of how evolution is brought about by natural qpI/v'M nn


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QEEING that street lighting is ° supposed to be for the con­ venience of the public, especially for those who have to he about early in the morning, one would like to know—and this is speak­ ing only for the Castle View block—why the lights are out when it’s still dark in the early morning and on when it’s rather light in the early evening.


-t-*- “Advertiser and Times” editorial staff, Mr. John Seedle has been appointed editor of the “Islington Gazette", a London Suburban weekly.


EDITOR NOW A FORMER member of the


ism In Clitheroe, where he attended the Royal Grammar School. He served as a ser­ geant in the army and after his “demob” took up his career again in London.


Mr. Seedle entered journal­ E.B.


Gazette” in 1950 and became in turn chief reporter and assistant editor. He assumed the acting editorship of the paper on the death of Mr.


He joined the “Islington THIS WAS NEWS . . .


50 YEARS AGO December 8th, 1912


rnHE Bishop of Whalley A presided and Mr. Mervyn


Peel and Mr. H'. W. Worsley- Taylor, K.C., were the speakers at a meeting held in Clitheroe to protest against the dis­ establishment and disendow-


ment of the Church in Wales. ♦ *


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GALES at Clitheroe Auction ^ Mart fatstock show ex­ ceeded £3,000. For the eighth year in succession, the champion beast was shown by Messrs. J. Whittaker and Son. It was sold for £38 10s. to Mr.


R. Robinson, of Downham *


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Elijah was given by Clitheroe Choral Union. Solists were Mrs. Alfred Musson, Miss M. Satterthwaite, Miss Tonge, Miss Florence Langford, Mr.


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A SUNDAY performance of Mendelssohn’s oratorio


Albert Bardsley and Mr. W. D. Hanson.


iA. W. Musson, won the open mathematical scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cam­ bridge.


1\fR. FRANCIS W. MUSSON, J-TJ- eldest son of Dr. and Mrs.


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erection of 75 houses at Hen- thorn by Messrs. Duce, who were opening up that part of the town.


/ “YLITHEROE Town Council considered plans for the


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