(> The Clithcroc Advertiser & Times, November 1, 1963


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ning approval for a half-acre site at Grindlcton to be used for housing development, the Clerk. MiUl . D. Telford, told ihc Housing Committee of Bowland Rural Council on Monday.


GRANTED EST Riding Co u n t y Council have given plan­


for the site and the County Council stipulated that the area authority should provide a stock-proof fence.


The agreed price was £825 The district valuer had


agreed to the purchase of the land.


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CITIZENS ADVICE PROBE


TfEMBFRS o f Rihhlesdule Wanderers Cricket Club celebraled (lie winning » f Ih c league ^ championship at their animal dinner and dance held at the Siarkie Arms Hotel, on Sator-


the league president (Mr. E. Ilodgkinson) and Mrs. Hodgkmson and Ihc league secretary (Mr. II. Crawford) and Mrs. Crawford.


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R. Hudson, his brother Frank, and Mr. Harry Scott. Congratulating the cham­


members of the first eleven which won the championship m 1920. were present. They were Messrs. Richard


The event was alone notable for the fact that there


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only prize “ that got away to a cricketer.”


The batting prize was pre­


pions, the Mayor of Clilhcroe (Aid. E. Cross’lcy) president of the Clilheroe club, said Wan­ derers had been a team in every sense of the word, and thoroughly deserved t h e s e


honours. No longer could Wanderers lie


described as a “ Cinderella c lu b ” and the success they had achieved was particularly due to the fact th a t the players them­ selves were among the keenest social workers for the club. The Mayor said the Wan­


derers were worthy champions in every sense of the word. The cup was presented by Mr.


E. Hodgkinson. league president, to Mr. Keith Weaver, the skipper, who said the club's professional. John Ingham, had been a tower


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tribute 10 the skill shown by the Wanderers and said that Pair or five of their players would have got into any championship side


of strength. Mr. Ilodgkinson also paid a


in past years. PRESENTATION


Malcolm Denne;. the club’s all-


rounder. who has accepted a pro­ fessional engagement in the North Stallordshire League next season, was presented by bis colleagues with a cricket, bag.


Ho also received the club


prize for bowling, and a prize won on the bowling green— the


sented to Keith Eccles. ami the lidding prize to A. Musgrove, wicket-keeper, Keith Weaver presented special prizes given by himself for sportsmanship to P. Wilkinson. J. Cooke and R. Scott. A cup was also presented to Mr. H. T h om so n , the captain of


the bowling section. Congratulations


to all con­


cerned were also extended by the


c lu l is chairman. Mr. J-


Blackburn. Pictured is Malcolm Dennett


being presented wi th a cricket, bag by the c a p ! ? '' K e i t h Weaver.


W r o n g h e a d i n g


^ s tho roMif. (It a wrong head- ' ing appearing on a para­ graph in our issue of la st week,


the impression was given th a t Mr. Norman T. Brookes, aged 150.


of Whit tarn Crescent. Whalley, had driven through Whallcy traffic, lights a t 50 miles an hour.


This was not correct. The heading concerned a


motorist in a ease with which


Mr. Brookes had no connection and it was in the rush of publi­ cation th a t the heading was inadvertently transferred from one paragraph to the other. We express our sincere apolo­


gies to Mr. Brookes for any wrong impression created.


r[TIII shortage of skilled joiners prepared to work


al ilie Newton and Slaidbum sewerage and sewage disposal scheme is holding' up the work. Mr. .1. A. Scdgcwick. resident engineer on the site said at ihc monthly meeting


of Rowland Rural Council's Public Health Committee on


Moiuiuy. Mr Sedcewic-k said th a t skilled joiners could make more money


doi:v_ work on houses th an on mak;:i: shmtorim: at the site and 'ho job was bring held up in consequent’'"


O-.hprwisp. the w o r k was making good progress.


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wires, ant: an electric cooker was cau.-rc! to "lie village* butchci s shop at Newton on Sunday. Cli’


to Nev.tor.shorilv a f te r 9 n.m. to the premises of J- Howard and Sons, jure hors a n d farmers, Croft .irtaffe. Newton, where an overylrnfd electric cooker had


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COUNCIL DUMP “BLOT” ON LANDSCAPE


G1EVFRAL members of Grindlcton Parish Council com- ° plained bittcrlv, at their October meeting, at tile continual exploitation of the' Bowland Rural Council's dump at the


less than'a permanent, and unsightly monstrosity lying in the centre of the village. One member described it


Decontamination Centre. It was stated that the site had come to be regarded as nothing


as “a combination of a scrap yard and a derelict bomb site, serving only as a g r i m reminder oi the war years. It was pointed out that the


regarding the preparation of a scheme for the continuation of Sr.wley Road widening to a point belond Grccndalc View. ?,Ir. Green said i t was under­


site was unscreened and a con­ stant blot on the landscape for the surrounding householders. I t was decided to press Bow­


land Rural Council to clean np the site and also to provide more


adequate .screening. The Clerk (Mr. N. Be.ilej)


reported on his correspondence


with Ribble Motor Services oil certain anomalies which appear to have arisen as a result or the


recent fnre increases. Despite the Council's protests


the Company pointed out th a t the variations were strictly with­ in the terms of the fare increase, or. in certain cases, fractionally


lower.Mr. S. II. Green, chairman, reported on his interview with the clerk or the Bowland Rural Council, Mr. L. D. Telford,


stood th a t tlie scheme, which included the removal of another village eyesore. Moon Cottage, would be carried out in the com­ ing year.


B U ILD ING PLANS


the Rural Council's building plans for the village, and fully supported their action in utilis­ ing non-agricultural land in the


The Council heard reports on


centre of tile village ra th e r than building on the outskirts. Hopes were expressed th a t with


the erection of additional coun­ cil property, some improvement would be made to Back Lane. The Footpaths Committc re­


ported th a t repairs had been completed to Duck S treet bridge a n d th a t a new footbridge had been erected on the footpath leading through Stonehill Farm, F u r th er bulbs arc to he planted in the grass verges a t Brow Top.


by-p a s s road


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NOTWITHSTANDING Ihc Mich priority given to


the Wlwilcy eastern by-pass by the Co u n t y Council's


Highways and Bridges Com- iniltc e


actual construction


the County Surveyor. Mr. E. n~,kc submitted a t th e monthly


entirely depends upon grant moneys being made available |,v the Ministry of Transport. Tills was stated in a letter from


meeting of Clitheroc Rural Coun- "•ys Highways Committee on


‘VIThe1elter said th a t the County ■surveyor could not a t the present moment give any indication when the County Council would in fact bo abl" to commence construc­


tion of the diversion. The proposed by-pass will con­


nect the Whallcy-Padiham Road louh the Preston-Lccds trunk road and has been given the m-ioritv previously accorded to C scheme for a diversion a t po.id Bridge on the Whalley-


padiham road._________ nuc executive to another


leaving chairman’s office: “He 'e‘us it delegating authority—I


t call' it passing the hack!" a


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Rural Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee and the vice-chairman Coun. E. Holgatc. were appointed on Monday lo attend a meeting to consider whether a Citizen's Advice Bureau is necessary in


rjOUN. .1. G. SHA R P E chairman of Clithcroc


Bowland Rural Council suggest­ ing a joint meeting of the three local councils to examine the


the area. A letter was .submitted from


needs for a bureau. Also submitted were letters


from the Board of Trade and the National Citizens' Advice Bureau on the subject of Citizens’ Advice Bureaux and Consumer Advice


and Information. SPECIAL


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rl ’HE need to provide a special placing s e n ice


was sot up: in 194- th is was reorganised into the technical and Scientific Register centra­


for people with higher quali­ fications has long been recog­ nised by die Ministry of Labour and through the years this need has been met in u variety of ways. In 1938 tile Center 1 Register


lised in London and Glasgow and the A p p o i n t m e n t s Service which was provided a t 31 special


olliees. The number of Appointments


causedn fire, to start. Tlie atnomr of damage was


Olliccs was la te r reduced and by March 1957 the service was pro­ vided in three offices only. In April 1957 a new service known as the Professional and Execu­


tive Register was started. This to some extent replaced


the Appointments Service but instead of being confined to a few special offices i t was pro­ vided a t 48 of the larger Employ­ ment Exchanges as an integral p a r t of the Exchange Service. The number of offices holding th e Professional and Executive Register was reduced to 38 in 19(32 and a t the same time the Technical and Scientific Register was dicontinued as a separate entitv. Workers and employers using th a t Register were invited to use the Professional and


Executive Register. As p a r t of a reorganisation of


th e Ministry’s placing service for nurses a number of occupa­ tions ancillary to medicine were also transferred to th e Register a t about the same time.


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with young men and women with good education s tandards ".ho arc seeking management and


closure of the Technical and Scientific Register was a t educ­


executive trainee posts- Th e immediate result of the


tion in th e number of men and women in these categories who sought the help of th e Ministry.


Gradually, however, th e advan­ tage of having a specialised service available locally lias become apparent to workers and employers alike and both the number of registrants and o outstanding vacancies m these categories has increased In


Julie 1963 the Professional and Executive Register contained


the names of 3,913 men and women with technical and scicn- tiflee qualifications and there were 1,642 vacancies outstanding.


COLLISION SEQUEL A Clitheroc mail who admitted


driving u cur out of a junction and into th e path of a van, on the major road, was lined £3 a t Clitheroe. yesterday week, for driving without due care and


attention. He pleaded “Guilty” and his


licence was endorsed. He was William B. Tattcrsall, aged 36. of Siddows Avenue.


Clithcroc. Inspector P. Jackson s tated


th a t about 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 14. a woman was


driving a van in Pendleton Road,


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P.M. ‘NOT CHOSEN BEHIND SCENES’


lYfUCH criticism has been


]y£ORE than £100 was raised for the Clitheroc Divi­


sion Conservative Association when guinea pigs were in


the home of County Councillor and Mrs. Basil Greenwood. Among those present were Mr.


races at Whalley on Saturday at a party attended by more than 150 people. The party was a t Clerk Hi’.*,


Frank Pearson. M.P. for Clith- eroc, and Mrs. Pearson. * The guinea pigs were released


1 X levelled at the way the Conservative Party has elected the new Prime Minister, but speaking at Padiham yester­ day week, Mr Frank Pearson, M.P. for the Clithcroc Divi­ sion replied to the criticisms^ c He said he wanted to make i t


NEW VE1 BUS’


Joyce and his brother-in-law ing a new venture on the


Hlear that the choice of Sir Alec home was not something th a t


sounding of Conservative opinion both in Parliament and m the country, th a t the decision had been made.


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He was speaking a t the annual .


A NEW filling station on i open tomorrow. Mr. !\


new filling station which wil give motorists in the are: the opportunity of using the new continental pe t r o l . Total. When Peter Harrison attendi


They have established ill.


Clitheroe Royal Grammar Scho< he was persistently late, esp. d a i ly at lunchtime, mainly b- cause he spent every fr< moment mending punctures r his father's tyre factory depot- next to the filling station.


While other boys were .


thinking of the career the hoped to take up. Peter wn already learning his.


he joined his father, Mr. Free Harrison, a t the tyre depot, cnc h a s worked with him ever sine* a p a r t from three years sorv.c* during the second World Wa with the Royai Engineers.


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tine and North Africa an specialised in heavy transpo: maintenance. He was demob'iv in 1949 as a Sergeant. He rejoined his father at til­


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' 5 ft. Bins, high and 25 ins. diameter were sold for £45


each. Many years ago when Mr. F r c Harrison was a salrman on


When he left the Gramma


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