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iS TheClitkcroe/t'drerrisrr'£ Times, 'January 24,1964 Clitheroe Youth hits back


EQUAL TO CITY-TYPE CLAIM m


RESPONSE


SPIRITED TO CRITIC


Indignation at the coffee bar A LETTER published in the “ Advertiser and Times'’ last week has provoked Clitheroe


A people into replying by letter. The subject of the letter? Colour bar? Chnshan^ Unity. Nuclear disarmament? - No! It was an attack by Jane Sharp-Smith, a city dweller, on the dress


and social behaviour of the young people of Clitheroe. s s a M .


- Printed Mow 6 » cro».,.ction of the letters fro,,, .Cli,l«i« poop n ,,Mofc,,oo of Clrt- j o ^ a aiS


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comments. “ What do voung people in Clitheroe feel about the criti­


cism made about them in Jane Sharp-Smith’s letter. To hnd this out 1 went into the place which was most under lire, the ’ local coffee bar.” ’ writes Kaye Mercer.


Reactions there were quite —


amazing, nearly everyone had music but carol and i like read the letter and groups of


young people were discussing it. Most of them were ready to give their names and criti­ cisms for publication, and stated they would be willing to group together to try and find somewhere to go at night, and something to do. Jane Sharp-Smith wrote in


her letter that there was a difference between town and city girls: but Marlene Bridge, a Clitheroe girl. said. “ How can there be? We are not a set apart! Girls everywhere back­ comb then- hair, and we are equal to city girls in intelligence and behaviour." A b o u t Jane Sharp-Smith’s


comment that Clitheroe girls do not like classical music. Marlene said “ Well, who does like it? Only old-fashioned people! I like pop music end I think that jam is all right."


DANCE HALL She continued, ” Whafwe need


in Clitheroe is a dance hall and more picture houses, instead of closing them down." At another table in l-he coffee


bar were two Accrington Art School students. Harry Water- worth from West Bradford, and Carol Payne, from Blackburn They claimed that not all people who went in the- coffee bar were of the type that Jane Sharp- Smith had claimed. Harry said. "The majority here like pop


classics and country and western music. As for youths being ‘hard-faced and cheeky ’ I have seen many worse sorLs in Lon­


don." Christine Bates, a Waddington


girl who comes to Clitheroe regularlv, commented. “ Jane- Sharp-Smith is too ready to say all city girls dress in suave dark colours and country girls don't. Yet I wear dark colours and low- heeled shoes, and I don't back­ comb my hair. Many Clitheroe bovs, too, wear Italian suits and shaped shoes. I will admit that some of them aren’t with it and could do with wakening up, but so on the the other hand could


some city types.” She continued. "And funnily


enough the boy we think Jane scorned for having leng hair and wearing a studded jacket comes from London, and brought the


jacket from there.” HIS EARRINGS


The boy she mentioned God-


frev Wygell. said. “ I am annoyed that Jane did not mention about my earring.” and he pointed to a ’ cross-shaped earring in his left ear. About Jane's statement that the difference between city and town girls is " fantastic" Godfrey said '' I agree. In cities you can’t tell the difference be­ tween boys and girls—hero you


can!” When asked what Clitheroe


youths could do to remedy the situation. G o d f r e y replied. “There's nothing they can do. is


there? Four or five of us once went to the Mayor with a peti­ tion and nothing was done. And what does Jane expect us to do when she says, ‘storm the castle’? —there’s now't worth Hogging there anyway!”


"We could only pinch the


Father Christmas off the top. No. seriously, youths in Clitheroe ore much more sociable than those in London. Admittedly it takes longer for fashions to catch on, but in London no-one talks to vou. and when yon go into a night-club the.’? all stare at you till you sit down. Here I feel at


home." ■; A smartly-dressed boy, John


Trella, of Clitheroe commented "This Jane Sharp-Smith is not being fair. She should have lived here for a year or so before making comments like that. If she has only lived here for a few weeks she cannot have got to know people properly.


” She is assuming that one


foshion in the city is right and ours is wrong: Clitheroe girls did not sneer at city girls when they started backcombing their


hair before they did.” John agreed that there was


nowhere in Clitheroe to go and said “ Youth should do some­ thing about it. Adults are allowed to strike for more money, why couldn't we do the same sort of thing for a dance hall? My parents on the whole agree with the letter, but it is not up to them, it is up to us.” About Jane Sharp - Smith's


comment that groups ere “ hard- faced and cheeky ” John said, " I f vou get one cheeky person in a’ group then everyone else will naturally be cheeky back, and I think this is what Jane must have seen. But why should


rPHESE two early drinking vessels were photographed at Browsholmc Hall and were used by ■ members o f the Parker family.


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the rest of us get the blame for the cheeky one?"


VERY UNFAIR The proprietor Bert Peet, came


over and joined the conversation. He said. “ I think the letter is


very unfair, and from what Jane says she can only have been in here cnee or twice, and only have seen one sort of group. At night we do not expect voimg people to be very smart, but at weekend the boys are as suave and the girls as prettily dressed as any in the city—and they’re as well behaved.”


Bert continued, " I get tlie


worst and best characters in here, but I haven't had any trouble .vet. As for talking loud, at least there can be none of the whispering behind your back that goes on in city pubs.”


When the conversation turned


again to clothes. Dave Price a Clitheroe bov dressed in jeans and a leather jacket, said.


“ There's now’t better than


old jeans I'll tell you. As for the music point of view. I like 1812 Overture, and I think that class­ ics are all right if you're that tvpe. In Clitheroe there's noth­ ing to do apart from going in the uubs. and tell me how you


can make officials do anything in this town?”


Peter Smith, a Gisburn boy,


who is in digs in Clitheroe, interrupted,


“ I brought my cousin down


from Birmingham last week and lie was surprised. In Nelson wc saw many boys and Beatle suits and hair-cuts, though here we saw hardly any.


” My cousin thinks that boys


in Birmingham are similar to those in Clitheroe except that here they go round in larger groups. You see, King Lane would have been the perfect place for us to go, and yet they go and buy the Civic Hall which has a sloping floor."


"I think Jane Sharp-Smith


sounds stuck tip and is trying to be clever,” was the opinion of Margaret Wrathall, of Barnolds-


wick. HAIR STYLES "We are entitled to our own


hair styles, and in fashion are not forced to do what city girls do.” Although Margaret's friend Hilary Bell of Gisburn. said " I think there is a difference—city boys and girls arc definitely smarter.”


Tlie only two boys in the coffee


bar to agree with the letter were Bob Griffin, from Rimington. and his friend. Bob said,


[/•I am just back from Liver-


jxiut and I agree with Jane. She is right about the coffee bar end pubs. At the ' Pool ’ and Man­ chester. London, even in Black­ burn they are more up to date. Clothes here are definitely old fashioned—they are still on kid's


sniff."


SENSIBLE DRESS


4 S a youth of Clitheroe. I


r l - strongly resent being con­ demned by Miss Jane Sharp- Smith, as I and my friends were


in last week’s letter. Miss Sharp-Smth c e r t a i n l y


attaches a great deal of impor­ tance to the subject of dress, but does dress and keeping up with the city fashions matter so much? Tlie m a j o r i t y of Clitheroe’s youth may not dress e n t i r e l y up-to-date, but they certainly dress sensibly. It is definitely the minority who look "as though they have stepped straight from a scene in an early Tommy Steele rock ’n’ roll film.” As for the girls who back­


comb and dye their hair and wear short dresses, these are condemned by the more sensible umd sizeable) section of the town's vouth. May I point out that such girls, and the boys reminding one of the Tommy Steele era. are to be found in large number in most of our


cities. Regarding the sensible dres­


sers amongst our town's teen­ agers (and I stress yet again, these being the majority), what does it matter i f a boy wears a short Beatle style,” or if he


lias "his hair in big quiffs?” Is the one to be preferred to tile other, and more relevantly, dues it alter his character, per­ sonality, and outlook on life? I suggest that Miss Sharp- Smith stops inhabiting the coffee bars and pubs and starts paying attention to our youth clubs, where she would find young people equally as affable as those hi the city, eager to be friendly, and to talk intelligently on most


subjects. We do talk in “small, compact


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groups" and some do smoke (I suppose city teenagers dont?) but either as a group or as indi­ viduals. you will not find us “hard-faced" or “cheeky • I mvself came to Clitheroe just over a year ago and found the teenagers in youth clubs, at school, indeed in general, very friendly and co-operative. At the clubs she woulld get


■'pop” music, but I am quite sure the love of this medium is not restricted to town dwellers, and although it may surprise her, she would find quite a few of ns who appreciate the classics and cer­


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sharp-Smth has no need to do “uch a thing, as she already lives in and has the benefits of, a city. Sadly, it seems apparent that


«he has taken the town’s youth „n its surface value, having seemingly restricted her observa­ tions to the coffee bar and the nubs (quite a few decent teens also inhabit these occasionally .A , and she has not probed deep enough into the town's nianv y o u t h organisations.


which would have enabled her to make a truer criticism and analysts of the youth of Clitlieroe.


GEOFFREY B. SMITH,


Waddow Cottage, Waddow Hall, near Clitheroe.


GROSSLY UNFAIR


I WOULD suggest that tlie letter of condemnation in the


17th January issue is grossly un­ fair to the youth of Clitheroe. The writer has only been in


the town for a- short time, and one could interpret that the lady has only been in the company of young people in the Coffee Bar— and Public House—environment. To make any comparison with


city life is not compatible. It is not very encouraging to


the people in the borough who have accepted the challenge to reach out and make an attempt to touch the pulse of the modern generation. Many young people in the town


are public spirited and give vol- luitcry service for the commun­ ity's benefit in many ways—visit­ ing old people, raising money for charity etc., etc. Indeed below the "critical letter in the 17th January edition there is an account of an Old People's Party aranged by a Youth Group. I wonder if it mattered what


style the youngsters dressed? The writer seems to be unaware


that the 1st EAST LANCASHIRE JAZZ FESTIVAL was held in the Clitheroe Castle Grounds under the auspices of the Bor­ ough Council last year and was


well attended by young people. The Council ore aware that more entertainment is required and arc attempting to take steps to meet the needs, in many ways. Everything takes time. By all means criticise the


young people but only when it is essential, above all let's encour­ age the younger generation to become first class citizens by our example. I would be grateful to hear


of any suggestions Jane Sharp- Smith may have to assist the youth of the town in entertain­


ment.


E. MACNAUGTON 12 West View.


LOT OF SHEEP


A FTER reading the letter you


-cV. published last week from a certain Jane Sharp-Smith I reallv feel that I must protest on behalf of the youth of Clitheroe. As I have not met this young lady I can well imagine she is


like the scores of others who appear weekly on the popular television programme “ Ready. Steady, Go.” which I believe is a cross section of youth from the


city. From what I have seen of them


they remind me rather of a lot of sheep which as most people prob­ ably know tend to look very much


alike. They do not seem to have


much in tlie wav of original ideas as far as dressing and looks are


concerned. The girls seem to have no in­


dividual tastes of their own and if I remember rightly of photo­ graphs I have been shown they would have been far better off living in the 1920’s and 30’s. There is only one way to describe them, “ shapeless," with hair that looks like It has been cut with an outsize pudding basin. I don't feel that she can say


very much about Clitheroe boys and girls because at least they follow their own ideas of how they should look and dress, and on the whole the majority of them are smart and well behaved. So far I have not said anything


about the boys from the city. Well as Jane Sharp-Smith said they have Beatle suits, Beatle haircuts and Beatle shoes. Have thev no minds of their own? Or do they like to go round


looking like a rather poor imita­ tion of that famous beat group. As our friend who has written


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