MOVE TO KEEP TOWN AMBULANCE STATION
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®ave ^lc ambulance stations at Clitheroe, Great lianvood and Padiham from closure, representatives
from lour local authorities met Lancashire County Council officials at Padiham on Monday.
The County Council proposes to scrap the stations some- . tunein the future in favour of a bigger central station in
the Whalley area.
Model railway society stock goes on view
riLITHEROE Model Railway Society, which has pre
viously held exhibitions in the Parish Church Hall, is now exhibiting its layouts, model engines, rolling stock, trolley buses, racing cars and trams in the Jubilee Hall, Blackburn.
report back to the County Ambulance Committee, which, I will discuss whether or not the
The sub-committee will
centralisation scheme is necessary.
"jyTEMBERS of Clitheroe J-,JL Parish Church Mothers’ Union attended the annual Christmas party, a turkey dinner in the Parish Church Hall on Tuesday night. Entertainment was provided
by Miss Vanessa Houlker. Mr. Jack Waterhouse, Miss Joan Aubin, The Two-Tones and pupils of Miss Alice Watson. Mrs. J. Barnes was the accompanist.
opened yesterday and con tinues to-day and to-morrow, is the first model railway ex hibition to be held in the Jubilee Hall for many years.
The exhibition. which
will go towards converting two derelict cottages into a permanent headquarters for the society.
Proceeds for the exhibition
Aid. E. Crossley, is the society’s patron and the Vicar of Clith eroe, the Rev. A. F. Clark, is president.
The Mayor of Clitheroe,
ship cup class in the East Lanca shire battery hen trials at Lay- cocks Farm, Langho, at the end
of the first period.
IVTOORHOUSES Tested Chicks (Sabden) led the champion
Make safe-driving a Christmas gift
—bus chief
“ JET safe-driving be our Christ mas gift to the community,”
Mr. George Brook, General Manager, has told more than
1,600 bus drivers employed by Ribble Motor Services, in a special “ Go Safely" pre-Christ mas message.
terms of skill, care, courtesy and vigilance,” he adds. “The reward
“ The cost can be measured in
is without measure.” “QUITE SPLENDID”
Recalling that the response of
Ribble drivers to safe-driving appeals has always been “ quite splendid,” Mr. Brook observes:
hazards of the road may well be at their worst. Tire long dark nights are here. Icy roads . . . snow . . : sleet . . . poor visibility. One or more of these perils may present a challenge to the skill and care of the driver.
“ During the coming weeks, the FESTIVE SHOPPERS “ Christmas shoppers will be
out in force. Some may be con centrating, when crossing the road, more on thoughts of presents yet to be bought than on taking all the precautions that should be taken when stepping off the pavement.
of every kind of vehicle, have a clear duty to co-operate in reduc ing the risk of accidents. We must be alert and alive, however, to the mistakes of others, and set an example which will still further foster the growth of good road manners.
“ Pedestrians, and every driver
sional driver that he cares for others."
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Loir.imi* Dull' uiu* tun jonn« to help themselves, but Cadet Nurse Carol
Mills uiid Jcuii Duflj oA\\ that lliu) s" Ihur slum ol the food at a Christmas party for children of the staff at Clitheroe Hospital on Saturday.
Father Christmas brought a gift f°r ®uch of the children and games were organised.
Still much to be done in mental
health field —M.O.II.
TN the field of mental health there remains a great
deal to be done in No. 5 Division of Lancashire health authority, according to the Divisional Medical Officer, Dr. R. C. Webster.
In his annual report. Dr. Webster says: “ . . . we are still in the position in matters of mental health of those who, 150 years ago, were faced with cholera at a time when the causes of this disease were still unknown”.
the records of maladjusted children and relating them in not a few cases to subsequent reports of .their conduct as they became adults ,one felt a reai sense of self-reproach.
At times, when looking over
achieving very little as yet in this field”, Dr. Webster says.
“One feels that we are
and as to the efficiency of the means existing to meet such situations.
child had been brought to notice and yet had gone on relentlessly to repeated court appearances, ultimate im prisonment and becoming a social derelict, he could not but question himself as to the adequacy of the action taken
When he saw that a young
ilies” , Dr. Webster says that although the number of these was small in relation to the large numbers or satisfactory families, he could not but reel that efforts to deal with the situation were as yet inade quate.
Regarding "problem fam
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of attention and :cMon by public health servlos work ing In the fullest cooperation with many voluntar services, and especially with “hat most valuable body”, the National Society for the Preimtlon of Cruelty to Children.
This had been M During the year, >;) “new”
families presenting special problems and 125 families from the precedlg year received attention.
removed from the reords as being rehabilitated r by re moval from the divlsjn leav ing 149 families at t’c end of the year still unde super vision or guidance.
Of these families, 2!) were
staff of the division m con junction with sanltai inspec tors and the ISP.C.C.
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is subject This arose in part from the
TOWN TO HAND OVER ITS ‘CROWN JEWEL’
]\TAY, 1955, ma~kcd the centenary of Clitheroe’s water- -t'-1- works, and Spring, 1963, will probably see the end of them, at least so far as control by the Town Council is con cerned.
year, after several “last ditch” stands to preserve local control by the Town Council.
Clitheronians were still carry ing water from the town’s three main wells—Stocks Well by Wesley Methodist Church; Town’s Well, In Wellgate, and St. Mary’s Well, in Well Ter race.
Little over a century ago
springs operated in the town, but not for a century was it realised that Clitheroe’s salva tion lay under the ground, not above.
Fell were proving scarcely adequate for the growing needs of the town, it was dis covered that beneath the ground was a veritable cornu copia—a vast subterranean iake from which water could be easily, efficiently and relatively cheaply drawn.
In the last decade, when the reservoirs on Grindleton
TiVO BOREHOLES
gathering grounds, and both me gjnnst incapable of run ning-dry, no matter what the demand or what the climatic conditions.
attracted the covetous gaze of Fylde Water Board, and al though Clitheroe Town Coun cil have shown great deter mination in their efforts to retain control, and indeed have put forward reasonable and logical arguments for
its retention, the Blackpool giant, backed by Whitehall, nas eventually triumphed.
This does not mean that
Clitheroe will suffer. The Council have secured prefer ential treatment never before offered by the Fylde, treat ment which in itself offers substantial recompense for the loss of control.
throw-away terms used by the central Government to en large upon the word “modern isation”. Several of these terms have been applied to the “Battle of Grindleton Fell”.
SIGN OF TIMES There Is. however, nothing
new, unique or epoch-making about the take-over; it is merely a sign of the times and has its counterpart up and down the country, and in many and varied spheres.
Clitheroe’s water undertak
ing is following the figurative path along which, in the past, control of education, health, gas, electricity and police hive gone.
ing when Town Council affairs will be much more restricted than was formerly the case.
The days are fast approach
Council have fought against the loss of control of some service or amenity. Some times they have won the battle, only to lose the war at a later date.
Time and time again the £150 IS RETURNED TO
“ Y West BradfordTethotlist Church to help them meet the costs of improvemetii to the buildings.
_ VILL/GE CHURCH A CHEQUE for £;o will sow 1)e given to the officials of
to the 1830s. when aDlit occurred among Methodists in the Ribble Valley.
The story behind ne gift goes back more than a century ------------------
ford Chapel, which,ns built in 1797, were excludj from
Worshippers at We, Brad
—never satisfied till you are.
6/8, CASTLE STREET CLITHEROE
the chapel by the owrrs who were associated with (itheroe Wesley Church.
rema in e d closec but eventually the people', b0 had met in cottages, raised; 150 to buy the chapel back flm the Wesley Circuit.
For many years thichapel
into disrepair and a new chqPel was built in 1904, which became part of Moor Lane Methodist Circuit.
Gradually the church fell
costs have caused officials of West Bradford Methodist
Improvements and other
Church to seek about £600, and the newly-created Clith eroe Methodist Circuit has decided to help bv returning the £150.
tion, redistribution, amalga mation, decentralisation and nationalisation are impressive
Centralisation, reorganisa Distinguished
British pianist gives recital
recital given by the dis tinguished British pianist Peter Katin, under the auspices of the Clitheroe Music Club last week.
The programme opened with
the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by J. S. Bach written or at least completed whilst the composer was at Leipzig.
musical difficulties in per formance as well as its enormous demands on a play ers technique, but Mr. Katin
This work presents many
made light of his task, so that one was left to marvel and enjoy his fine playing.
from Opus 90 followed. First that in A flat ithe fourth of this opus) played at a simply breath-linking speed without in any way clouding the main outlines of the music, and fol lowed bv a dazzling perform ance of the E fiat Impromptu (No. 2 of this opus).
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Sonata in C minor (Opus 13) completed the first half of the programme.
Beethoven's P a t l u ' t i q u e
interesting performance of the work, bringing out points which escape many players with much feeling for pian- istic colour.
THREE PIECES
set of three pieces by Claude Debussy entitled “Estampes”.
After the interval came a
First “Pagodes” in which Mr. Katin brought out to the full the exotic feeling of the East; then “Soiree dans Grenade” in which he gave full play to the feeling of this luxurious music, with its Spanish dance rhythm and finally “Jardins sous la Pluie” played with poetic feeling.
the concert, consisting of Barcarolle, Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, all magnificently played.
A group of Chopin ended
which came at the end of the recital showed the great appreciation of the audience and as an encore Mr. Peter Katin played Chopin’s Waltz in C sharp minor (Opus 64. No. 2).
The rapturous applause It was an
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This “crown jewel” has long
At present there are two boreholes on the Corporation’s
Various other wells and Fylde Water Board are to take over the undertaking next
tried. Even now, when they have much less to lose than was the case at the beginning of the century, they are still contesting bureaucratic de cisions with which they do not agree.
They have, however, always
seem to have it. It would appear that you can’t fight Whitehall. But there’s no harm in trying.
FIGHTING WHITEHALL Unfortunately, the “ tions”
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little nation, tries its damndest to hold out against apparently insuperable forces, even though these forces may be beneficial in the long run; and so long as this rugged in dividualism and noncon formity exists, so long will freedom exist. It will not, however, prevent
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