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The CUthcroc Advertiser & Times, December 11, 1964


NEW YOUTH CLUB AT METHODIST CHURCH OPEN TO ALL


A BRIGHT memorial to a young medical practitioner Dr. B. W. Laitliwaitc of Clitheroc was started on Thursday, when a coffee bar and youth club for young people of an)


cWirch, was opened amid scenes of great enthusiasm in the former old school attached to Trinity Methodist Church.


______ ;_____ _ Bright fluorescent lights lit the ultra-modern scene lor


the lirsl time, as members, leaders and the public assembled in t'nc small dancing hall. Outside, in keeping with


tradition Mrs. Haigh. wite ot the Division Education ofliccr. knocked on the door, and it was opened to her. the lirst guest.


Inside the Rev. R. Jobling


spoke a few words to the audience before introducing


occasion which we have been looking forward to for sonic time, and tonight we remember all the people who have made it possible, for us to open this club.”


Mr. G. Haigli the Division Education Ofliccr. Mr. Jobling said. “This is an


Haigh said, "This is a unique occasion in your lives.- After all the planning and decorating this day might be termed as the


Speaking to members Mr.


club's birthday. “Months of effort”, he con­


youth centres around here, no- one could call it a cavern, even


tinued, “have gone into this and many vears of pleasure and cnjovment for club members lie ahead. This must be one of the best, equipped and up-to-date


that the club had the firm basis of church connections, even though it was inter-denomina­ tional, and he felt that this would help youngsters a great deal. He added. “Look to the future and look for new ways which you can find to serve the community, for youth service is an essential partnership with


with a capital "C”! Mr. Haigh said he was glad


the public.” MAYOR IS PROUD


Mr. Haigh. the Mayor, Councillor John Hall said. “Clitheroe lias been proud of the way that this church has been reborn, and I am impressed by the way that people of Trinity have encour­ aged young people here. I will be happy personally to attend any of vour events in the future.” After the opening, the public


Proposing a vote of thanks to a nominal fee of 2s. 6d. Much of


the decorating and work was done professicnall) but some of the finishing touches were actually done by members some of whom are professional


and facilities for table tennis and snooker, there is also accommodation for guides,


for out-of-door activities. I t is adjacent to the Castle giounds where playing fields are avail­ able and where outdoor activi­ ties can be allowed full rein.


brownies, scouts and cubs. The club is also ideally situated


' amalgamation of Waterloo, Moor Lane and Wesley chapels, now Trinity Methodist Church. The building, which is com­


vener of the scheme which was brought about following the recent Methodist circuit churches


pletely seperate from the church and Sunday School premises was owned by the old Wesley Church.


was left free to wander round the club, and get drinks of coffee and biscuits at the new bar. The entire scheme cost £2.000


leased to a textile firm in the town, and prior to that had been the old Wesley Day School. The new trust terminated the


in all. £250 of which was raised by members of the youth club by such services as car washing for


Until October 1962 it was


rental agreement and handed the building over to the yputh committee for conversion into


Dr. Laithwaite was the con­


F.njoving the first cups of coffee at Trinity Youth Club are left-right seated, the Mayor of Clitheroe, (Councillor John Hall). Mrs- Haigh, Mr. G. Haigh, Divisional Education Ofliccr; standing, Rev. R. Jobling, Mrs. Eunice Roberts, Mr. Mervin Roberts, Mr. Alan Snape, chairman of the youth club and Mr. James. Fletcher, assistant leader.


full accomodation for all youth activities. The -premises altogether com­


prise an entrance hall, snooker room, table tennis room, office for the youth group leader, games and lecture room/dance hall, toilets, cloakroom, and wash room for the girls. A coffee-bar- already existed,


WhitewelL pothole rescue drama


but this has been vastly improved and the club now has j warm-air ducted throughout from a central-heating system. The leisure-lounge has a j


plush-carpeted floor, and a false 'ceiling which gives the room a long low look. Easy chairs are placed round the room, and a very cosy atmosphere is


resulted from all this, for there is no upward age limit, the minimum age at present being


achieved. A rocket in membership has


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present and a waiting list which is growing longer every day. New members are “on probation" for their first six attendances at the club, after which they are taken into the youth leader's room and given a briefing on the affairs and rules of the club. Club nights are on Tuesdays.


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premises. They can scarcely however


Eagerly trying out the billiards table in the newly opened youth club arc sonic of the first members.


measure the extent of their gratitude to Mr. Alan Snape. the chairman and to Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Roberts, whose leadership has involved them in giving most of their spare time, week in week out over a long period of time.


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^ 15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy who became exhausled when he tried to scramble out of a 200 ft. deep pothole at YYhitc- well. nine miles from Clithcroc, on Sunday, had nol even the


strength to climb up a rope held by his four companions, and had to remain on a ledge 25ft. underground for several hours. Settle Mountain Rescue Team pulled Stewart Kay. of


Dunstcr Avenue, Oswaldtwistle, to safety. Although he was the o n ly _____________


schoolboy in the parly—he attends Witton Park School, Blackburn. Stewart was the most experienced of the pot-


smith. 17, of Thwaites Road, Oswaldtwistle; Kenneth Maden,


holers. His companions were Robert


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harvest. During its first year of opera­


tion, and before it can collect money from growers, the autho­ rity is expected to soend between £100,000 and £200,000. The treasury will make this money available.


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mid kept on trying, he found it Impossible to scramble up the •one to complete the journey to


he was quite cheerful and first pitch


ments he said lie felt fine, and was none the worse for his ordeal.


BEEN DOWN BEFORE


that he entered the pothole, which lies only a few yards off the Whitewell - Clitheroe road,


Robert Smith said afterwards


about 12-30 p.m. “We are all relatively new to


potholing. but Stewart had been down this pothole before.


Stewart became stuck at the j p^cjies to a depth of about 80 of


I .. We went down the first three feet without any bother.,


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the top," explained Robert. Stewart, entered the pot-


rity and any schemes it intro­ duces will be paid for out of a levy of cereal growers.


The cost of running the autho­


hole—the Whitewell Pot, near Duusop Bridge. H e w a s taken to nearby White-


at the bottom of the lirst pitch, which is about 25 feet deep, Stewart just could not get up, because he was exhausted." He said Stewart “ got stuck “


“ We started to come ba.ck., but . .


about 4 p.m. “ I t took the four of us quite


w e l l Hotel - cold, wet and e x h a u s t e d , but otherwise un­


i f i e r a hot bath and refresh-


LOSS OF £1,182 ON ROYAL LANCS. SHOW


A LOSS of £1,182 on (his year's show is revealed in the annual report of the Royal Lancashire Agricultural Society


loss despite record entries and higher attendances than 1363 when there was a surplus of £3,000.


which will be presented to members next Tuesday. The annual report discloses a


loss of £143 was reported. The Society's chairman, Mr.


Burnley Agricultural Society a


nttrnct more visitors the last day admission charge was dropped to 5s. but while attendances rose they did not rise sufficiently to make up for the cash reduction.


The report points out that to


£20.270—nearly £50 less than 1963—and the show itself cost over £51,000 to stage. The report explains that nego­ tiations with Blackpool Corpora,


Gate receipts brought in


Paul Coates, suggested that rep­ resentatives of other agricultural


shows in the area, and delegates or other countryside organisa­


tions could meet to explore the


nossibility of amalgamation to Stage a major East Lancashire Show of rural activities. Mr. Coates thought the show


some time to get out, and when we did we were cold, shivering


and tired out. "We came down to the hotel,


and someone rang the police at Gisburn. Then the cave rescue


team were called in,” Robert added that they could


not use ladders, as the entrance to the pothole was too narrow. One of the rescuers said it was


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relatively simple to get Stewart out, after a ladder was dropped


down the hole. “ There was an unpleasant


amount of water down there, but it was not really as had as it


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looked," he added. After his bath Stewart said


that to get into the warm water after so long in the cold, was


“.terrific.” He added that, lie only just


r a in in g h e a v il y


said on Monday that she did not want her son to go potholing


His mother, Mrs. Anna Kay,


could include th e accepted agricultural show events, linked


tion are proceeding to resolve the question of a long-term lease of the Blackpool site. It adds that the 1965 show—


to be held July 27th-29th—win also include a “Canadian Way of Life” exhibition in one corner of the show-ground. At , the recent meeting of


him safe and well, but I don’t want him to go potholing any


with country sports and pas- M other suggestions • made by


more. ° Coates included the pos­


sibility of "taking the show to the farm” by introducing a t assification for cropping, pro­ duction, hedging, walling etc., while the Society's activities could'also be extended on the lines of a discussion.societ.y.


this would happen, because it was raining heavily when they


“ I was afraid something like .


set off.” Stewart last year gained a


Duke, of Edinburgh bronze award on an Outward Bound course.. He is keen on outdoor sports


and once hiked to Lancaster and back in a.day.


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began to feel warm when he got out of tile bath.


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