i sergeant knocked


ground in truggle


a n i a n d two c et o u ts id e the to in te rev en e


d k n o c k e d to d e s c r ib ed


onxtables saw two y o u th s f ight- Wh a l le y A rm s Ho te l . Wh a l ley . a n d lo r his t ro u b le wa s s t ru c k th e u ro u n d .


ot Cl i th e ro e I lo n d a y by wh o said An th o n y


or St reet . P.S. H a r rv


:d tiie three near the


rri a scream, youths came They were .short, while


him in the


d :o control track again arm and


L n n e t i i o b e


tor another ioi: :<j the


cy on top of a n d P C .


bseene. even • '•inter people v: entity, and taken Accrington,


a -£20 for beir.g drunk •a.' s ta ted to onvictions. .itv to being and said guilty" of


until taken wr^k plate


■ ' r e c a n t , remember


Tie kept on and swoar- ico. Some of


l o d McVoy and i if red


Round and About


V>1 t]« q m s


^L IT H E R O E Borougii Police Force cap and helmet badges


belore 1947 X u n d e rs tan d are very scarce, and a keen collector


•. ra ean i told IcVoy swore


is nearly a t his wits end try in g to ruici one. Th-.s week P.C. Robert Dobson


of 18 Lancaster Gate, Fleetwood. ‘.915?


c.iniculty in obtaining badges of 1 am finding g re a t


.no five Lancashire forces, inclu­ ding ClUheroo. v l i ich in 1949


amalgamated with the Countv force.”


Ho added : •• Chief Superinten-


oen: Woodmansey h a s allowed me to hold two metal dies for tne making of helmet badges and belt buckle badges for The Chtneroe force, but I am h aving difficulty in having badges made from them. When I have com­ pleted my search for a bad " e I intend to give these dies to” the Cmueroe Corporation."


Besides collecting badges. P C


Dobson is interested in 'th e his ­ tory of police forces, a n d is con­


sidering doing a thesis on the History of th e Police Forces of Lancashire. I f any readers have any old documents o r items rela­ t in g to or used by th e Clitheroe


Borough Police, he would be glad to see them. There arc already some docu­


ments re la ting to the force in the Lancashire County Records Office and he will add to these a f te r perusing any documents he receives.


OBITUARY AM


t r a d e r who c re.'perueci Mr. Robor: as


on Saturday member ol‘


•: Bradford .any of Ills a lifetime


ace cotton :ve conera- family.


! worked as j


he was a ? of doing a \ and con- mployer m


■ r e d th.e village j th e ^


d for many j as a clock- |


t four years family nf


p . a c * ■ a t


disr. Chapel PSON


;on of "New- Brow. Chat- : or . S u n d a y


led in Whal­ ed in 1911.


tor.. Mrs.


c first mar- ' t • i t In /“»


hot l i t"


\ r being time in


• rs of n is association ■ Chapel.


; MR S . M. H E A T O N Mrr. Mary Heaton of Merrick*


Hall Farm. Hurs t Green, died on Saturday in hospital, aged 57. Born a t Dale Head. Mrs. Heat-


ni2 u v o s b r o u g H t uj> i n S l a i d b u r n .


and with h e r husband, farmed a t St irk House. Gisbum. prior to moving to Hurs t Green.


She was associated wnh St.


Jo h n 's Church. Hurst Green, an d a member of Hurst Green


Women's Ins t i tute . Mrs. Heaton leave- a husband.


Mr. Wilfred Heaton, a son and a daughter.


on Wednesday MR. E. B R IN D L E


Cremation was a t Fieasington


A fo rn v r well-known police ■sergeant m Clitheroe. Mr.


Krnest Brindle of Wellsprings Farm. Great Harwood died a t home yesterday week aged 78. Born at Chorlpy. Mr. Brindlc


nac: lived in Brownlow Street Chtheroe since 1936. and was a member of the old Clitheroe Borough Police, reaching the ran k of sergeant.


Particularly iond oi animals,


Mr. Brindle was an expert on horses and dogs and figured in many cases for the prosecution where cruel! v to animals was tile central factor.


ne served in Franco in the artillery.


During the first World War.


Chtheroc Cemetery on Wednes­ day.


Mr. Brindle leaves two sons. The interment took place at


MR. C. S T A N S F I E L D


P and o-porati


nrvivod by


,n. and two place today


Ala nchester


da' is liters. Chatbi irn.


Mitton. Mr. Clarence* Stansfield, of Mitton Post Office, died a t home on Saturday aged 63.


Verger a t All Hallows. Church.,


moved to Mitton about nine years ago.


Born a t Bacup. Mr. Stansficld


beth Jane Stansfield. and a son. Rodney.


He leaves a widow. Mrs. Eliza­


j Cremation took place a t Accrington on Wednesday.


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times -


FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1985


NEWS IN BRIEF


J - J E A R T Y c o n g r a tu la t io n s a n d g o o d wishe s wi l l b e


e x t e n d e d to th e d i r e c to r s a n d s taf f o f C l i th e ro e Sh i r t in g s Ltd . , m a n u f a c tu r e r s o f T ru t e x g a rme n t s , o n th e c e le b ra t io n o f th e i r c e n te n a ry . T h i s la rg e m o d em e n t e r ­


pr ise, wh ich s p r a n g f rom h um b l e b eg in n in g s , n ow p lay s a p rom in e n t p a r t in th e b u s i ­ nes s w o r ld a n d th e w o rd , T r u ­ te x . is k n ow n a n d se en in s h o p s al l o v e r th e co u n t ry . T h e in h a b i ta n t s of th e R ib b le V a l l e y h a v e ev e ry r e a so n to b e p r o u d o f th e i r a c h ie v e ­ me n t s in m a n y d i re c t io n s a n d it is g ra t i fy in g to k n ow t h a t suc ce s s o f th is k in d h e lp s to p u t th e d is t r ic t m o r e a n d m o r e o n th e m a p a n d e n h a n c e


its r e p u ta t io n . *


local actor, who h a s appeared in m any leading ch a ra c te r roles w i th ’Clitheroe Technical T h e a tre Group, a n d o th e r societies, achieved a n ou ts tan d in g per­ formance a t


M th e Blackburn


D ram a Festival on Sa turday. Although he h a s never before


en te red a Shakespeare contest he won th e Id a Shaw trophy n th e Shakespeare section, securing 90


marks. He also won th e Annis Watson


Cup for senior verse-speaking. In tlie S hakespeare section,


second place was tak e n by J a n e Preston, of Clitheroe. who is a pupil of Mrs. G re ta Wilkinson. David Hai-rop. of Brownlow


Stre et . Clitheroe. also did extremely well and h a d a very h ig h mark in his class for verse-


J a n e t Whiteside of Waddington. a n d Mi-. Raymond Grice, of Burnlev. former Clitiieroe Coun­ cillor. received a Meri t Certifi­ cate for gaining 85 marks or


speaking. David, with Josie Lamb and


over. Mr. Grice was also successlul , ,


in gaining first prize a t T u r to n Festival in th e verse-speaking class and th e ch a ra c te r study class He won the championship trophy for verse-speaking. Mr. Grice gained 85 m arks in


« H


i c h a e l s c o t t -c c o m b e r , a p rom inent local am a te u r


TRADERS ARE VERY ANGRY


New-look idea for Whalley Road has * hit them hard5


T 'H E a n n o u n c em e n t th a t t lie T ow n C o u n c i l l ia v e insti-ueled plans l<> lH, drawn u p fo r a n ew - lo o k W l ia l le y R o ad a r ea , involving; the d e inoliii0ll


o f m an y s l io p s and h om e s , l ia s b r o u g h t a c o r o l la r y o f anxiety- anger and fe a r .


th e y fac e a t le a s t p a r t i a l loss o f th e i r l ive l ihood a n d for many- a p p ro a ch in g retirement age. a t rag ic en d to a l i fe t ime 's h a r d work.


A b o u t a score of t rad e r s b e twe en S a l fo rd Br id g e a n d th e Comme rc ia l Hotel consider _______


A t la s t m o n th 's me e t in g of th e T ow n Co u n c i l a n in s t ru c t io n


fo r th e p r e p a r a t io n of a b lu e p r in t for th e a r e a wa s u n an imo u s ly ap p ro v e d .


G e o rg e Br a i thwa i te . c h a i rm a n of th e De v e lo pme n t C om ­ mi t te e . wh ich f irs t discus sed th e pos s ible fu tu r e o f Wh a l le y R o a d , th e re a r e n o def ini te p la n s in h a n d an d t rad e r s


A c c o rd in g to C o u n c i l lo r


tioned by the m ajor i ty of shop­ keepers in th e road. “ I t ’s t h e c r a z i e s t t h i n g I’ve


n e ed feel n o conc ern. B u t his assurances are ques­


ing my premises in th e la s t two years, and i t looks to me as if I m ig h t as well have thrown i t down th e drain.


with th is th re a t of demolition h an g in g over us, and I couldn’t afford the so r t of ren ts they charge for new property in other towns."


"I could never sell the • cafe Mr. Bush was a te n a n t for 16


years an d two years ago bought the property.


“My solicitor asked the Town


Clerk" if there was any possibility of th e shop being included in a


e v e r h e a r d of," Mr . F r e d B u s h t o l d me . Mr . B u s h is t h e p r o ­ p r i e t o r o f a f i sh a n d c h i p c a f e o n t h e f r i n g e o f t h e a r e a , t h e l a s t s h o p t o b e a f f e c t e d b y t h e p l a n . “I ’ve sp en t £1,000 on improv­


the


announced. The


spokesman for many of the trad e rs and h a s discussed the m a t te r with his solicitor. He also in ten d s to call a meeting of trad e rs in the area.


As h a r d h i t a s a n y a r e Mr .


J o h n O’Do n n e l l a n d h i s wi f e Ei l e e n , w h o r u n a g r e e n ­ g r o c e r y a n d m i x e d b u s i n e s s .


th e ir savings into buying th e business, hoping th a t his back would improve sufficiently for him to help with th e heavy work such a s l ifting potato es an d


Mr. O'Donnell was a lorry driver. One day as he was unloading a wagon a t Grimsby docks he fe lt a terrible pain in his back. He h a s never been able to l if t heavy loads since, an d sometimes h a s difficulty gett ing o u t of his chair, so bad is his form of sciatica. He and his wife invested all


Until about th ree years ago


are similarly affected. Mr. Geoffrey Cross, who with his wife operates a bakery, intended to sell out. an d had one client interes ted to th e p o in t of agree­ ing to sign deeds. B u t th e news broke an d th e client changed his mind. Mr. Cross h a s acted as a


F our or


Council's shop


proposals five o th er is st i ll unsold. were shopkeepers


EYE-WITNESS *


> y Brian Edwards


are n o t afraid of having a | fight.


us th a t nothing will be clone for. say. five years, we would be able to do something. B u t you c an ’t ; get them to say anything.


"I f only the Council would tell l j i


reported in the Press one of the j shopkeepers went to see a ; Council official about it. But he was n o t told a thing. They ju s t i d o n 't seem to realise vi iut a terrible position they have placed , us in. I 'd like to see some of j them in the same position. They would not be so keen to s ta r t th e ir grand plans then."


"As soon as the matter was '


stay, the O'Donnells face the I fu tu re with more realism b u t ! less hope than they had three ! years ago. The necessity for the new I


Unable to leave, unable to


p lan is questioned by Mr. “Bill" i Christy, who has traded in the , a re a for as long as anyone.


boxes of fruit. There h a s been no improve­


both th e ad u l t verse-speaking class a n d th e open "dramatic solo" class, and gained 86 in. the open speech from "Shakespeare


class.


Rivcrsmead School. They all a t ten d the Watson School ot Dramatic Art.


Roval Grammar School, and Josie an d J a n e t are pupils a t


David is a pupil a t Clitheroe _ __


ment. and a sh o r t t ime ago they decided to sell o u t so th a t they could take a l ig h te r form of business. The shop was adver­ tised for sale, prospective cus­ tomers came along an d Mr. O'Donnell assured them th a t there was no likelihood of th e property being pulled down. " I t makes me look a l ia r when


S COUTS. Cubs. Guides an d j


CUtiieroc d is tr ic t a tten d ed tbc an n u a l St. George's Day a n d ;


Brownies from a l l over th e .


Founders' Commemoration Ser­ vice in Clitheroe P a r ish Church


on Friday.


The Service was conducted toy th e Vicar, the Rev. A. F. Clark


,


a n d th e curate, th e Rev. A. Dean, gave th e address in which he said th a t th ere was more to Scouting a n d Guiding th a n ju s t lea rning to tie complicated knots. He continued th a t i t was a


m a t te r of lea rn in g self-discipline, responsibility, leadership, values


duty an d honour. T he lesson was re ad by R ich­


a rd Vickers of St. Leonard s troop.


re ad by P e te r Ford, of Ribbes- dale Scout troop a n d David Williams of St . Jam es 's Cubs. T he Guide a n d Brownie Laws


T he Scout a n d Cub laws were . .


were re ad by Pauline Crocker, Ribblesdale Guides, an d Caroline Hargreaves, Moorland School


Brownies. mj-R.


f o r e m a n , the a re a -iaJLrnanager of the Co-operative


Society, spoke of th e affairs a n d nrogres s made since th e amalga­ m at io n with Blackburn Society, to members of Clitheroe Women’s Co-operative Guild a t th e ir weekly meeting on Tues-


d iHc was th an k e d by Mrs M. Adamson an d Mrs. L. Bullock, and th e committee ladies served


supper. _ K OBERT INGHAM. ol 24. • B r o w n l o w Street. Clitheroe.


w a s detained in Blackburn Royal Inf irmarv on F r iday with a n e y e in ju ry a f te r being h i t by a dart.


1 J IL L Y BUSTER of Killadease, 1J a Staffordshire bull te r r ie r


owned joint ly by Mr. G. C re ig h ­ to n of Queensway. Waddington. a n d Mit D. Green, of Whalley Old Road. Blackburn, won the open dog class and was .awarded


best of breed a t Sheffield Bull Breeds Show on Saturday.


diethermv electric machines to give the" lates t electrical t re a t­


( i I_ . IT H E H .O E Physiotherapy c e n t re ha s recently instal led . a cost of £700 two short-wave


m e n t fo r many complaints. T he Committee expresses gra­


t itude for contribut ions from the town an d neighbouring ru ra l


areas. i- *


Hanson and passengers: 2 Miss M. Taylor and passengers.


l im i t on Monday when 22 c ats took p a r t . The h u n t finished a t the Duke of York Hotel. Grindle- ton. with a hot-pot supper. The winners were: 1 Mr. B.


j th e NFU held a car trea sure CtLITHEROE ladies section of Mr. Geoffrey Cross


clearance area, and was told th ere were no plans of any kind being considered.


“Naturally I th o u g h t advice I bought th e cafe.


along with th e Town Council, like most of the other trad e rs round here, but they are not playing fa ir by us. I f they had any plans for our shops they should have consulted us before le t t in g the Press get hold of th e


‘NOT PLAYING FAIR’ " I have always tried to play


have done. I'm not p a r ticu la r ly worried for myself, b u t when I th in k about some of th e other traders, some of whom ju s t about to sell when th e news broke, it makes me very angry. " I d o n 't w an t to sell out. but


storv. "T h a t is the least they could


if I did my chances would be very low now. Nobody would give a fa ir price for property th a t h a s even been mentioned in a Town Council proposal. “In any case. I d o n 't see why


keepers they should tidy up th eir premises and help make Clitheroe more a t tra c t iv e to the shopper. Well, I have done ju s t th a t . T he cafe h a s been decorated inside and o u t and I have h ad a large f ro n t window p u t in. And now they say we m ight be pulled down.


Council


s u s p e n s e a n d i t 's n o t f a i r. T o t h e m Wh a l l e y R o a d is j u s t a lo t o f o l d i s h p r o p e r t y . T o m e a n d a lo t m o r e lik e m e it's a l i v e l i h o o d . I've w o r k e d u n t i l m i d n i g h t five n i g h t s a w e e k t r y i n g t o im p r o v e m y b u s i n e s s , a n d j u s t a s I s t a r t t o s e e t h e b e n e f i t t h i s h a p p e n s . ”


Saturday, with a house-to-house a n d s tre e t collection. They ra ised £132.


ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN THIS WEEK'S S r t i 'p » n o o o n d . / o s « a l i f e


auction for £3.300 on Wednesday by Messrs. Hothersalf and For ­ re s t Clitheroe.* * * r p H E Clitheroe b ran ch of the X N.S.P.C.C. held a flag day on


r pH E h o u s e " Abbotsdene.” * Rimington. was sold by


“I t 's stealing, th a t ’s wl iat i t is.


I t 's taking our living from us. I t 's all r ig h t for them to say i t may never happen, or n o th in g will be done for years, b u t th e damage is done. T he damage was done as soon as th e general public were told about it. “I came here a f te r serving in


th e war an d invested all my post­ war credits. T h is cafe h a s been my whole life since th en .” Next door to th e cafe is a


small shop which h a s been empty for some time. T h en a buyer came along and was about to take th e shop, actually having th e keys in his possession, when


Mr. and Mrs. John O’D onnell " T h e y a r e k e e p i n g u s In


the shops should have to come down. They might be old b u t with a bi t or money spent on them they could be bro u g h t up to th e most modern s tan d ard s . Why should they w an t to rip down property simply because i t ’s old ? "About a year ago the Town told Clitheroe shop­


the


property would be safe for years, and act ing on my solicitor’s


to buy th e shop, an d given me n. fa ir price for it, b u t now no­ body is interes ted. “I 'm a t my wi t’s end worrying j


people read th a t i t m ig h t be coming down a f te r all,” he told me. "The f irs t th in g I h e a rd of i t was when my wife read th e news item out to me. I couldn't believe it. People h ad been ready


about the thing. W h a t r ig h t have th e Town Council to play around with people’s lives ?" Mrs. O’Donnell, who h a s to do


most of th e m anual labour around th e shop, lif t ing gre at sacks of potatoes an d f ru i t th a t arc heavy for a stro n g man. told me : “I dare say people th in k we could get an as s is tant. B u t a shop like th is in an a rea like this c a n 't afford to pay one.


CANNOT AFFORD


over. Sooner or la te r my h e a l th will crack up. Yet we c an ’t sell, and we c a n 't afford to leave.” "We're c au g h t between the


" I c an ’t keep on like th is for


devil and th e deep blue sea.” says Mr. O'Donnell. "We c an ’t s tay and we c an ’t afford to leave. We’ve worked h a rd for three years try in g to get back the money we p u t In th e shop, and now i t looks as th o u g h we m ig h t never do it. “A shop like th is c an ’t afford


could be anything up to 120 years old. but in the case of my shop i t was completely gutted an d given a rigorous overhaul ; an d inspection about 30 years ago. To all intents and purposes : i t 's 30 years old. Why. then, should they want to pull it down ?"


“I agree that the propertv EARLIER PLAN Mr. Christy's shop has been [


included in an earlier plan, i which proposes th a t all property 1 between Salford Bridge and i Mearley Street should be demolished, but lie claims he was never given proper notifica­ tion of this. "We all think we’ve h ad a


rough deal from the Town Coun­ cil," he told me. “Perhaps if pub­ lic opinion is stirred up the


Council will reconsider the scheme more sanely.” Mr. Christy thinks the scheme


Lancashire towns. "The new development lias


put many people out of business in Blackburn and i t would almost certainly happen here. Many of the traders along this f ro n t have been here since before th e war. None of us is get­ ting any younger, and a lot would feel they didn’t w an t the worry and trouble of starting- business in a new shop. “B u t the mam thing th a t most


is a smaller, "copycat” version of w h a t is happening in other East


‘ S e n . p L i)< n . d e f a jf c


SHOPKEEPERS DISC U S SING the news. Left to right : Mr. Rex Alderson, Mr. Bill Christy, Mrs. Alderson, Mrs. Annie Eccles, reporter Edwards.


approach us before an y th in g was p u t in the local Press. Pe rhaps th en we m ig h t have been able to make plans of some kind. B u t th e re ’s very l i t t le we can do about i t now.


■


shop, or any o th er along here, we would be obliged to tell them about th e rumours. I t would be th e only h o n e s t thing to do. Then, na tura lly, people would e i th e r bo Brightened away or th e y ’d offer a rock-bottom price for the business." Mr. Dermis Geldard is one of


SAVINGS THREAT " I f anyone wanted to buy this


the younger t rad e rs in th e area, and feels he would be able to s ta r t up in business elsewhere. "There have been rumours


th a t we would get th e full m a r ­ ket value for our businesses, but where would we go in th e mean­ time ? Naturally i t would take time to demolish and rebuild, and unless they found us su i t­ able a ltern a t iv e accommodation we could be o u t of business. " I feel sorry for the older


ones. None of them have made a fortune down here, but they have all managed to make a decent living an d perhaps saved a l i t t le lo r th e ir old age. Now it looks a« though they might have to break into those savings.


buyers." Mr. Eric Jones operates a busy


were forced to sell for any o th er reason.


" I f any of them became ill. or they would find no


butcher's shop and ha s recently


sp en t a gre at deal of money in I providing the best possible ser- j vice for his customers.


"I had one or two other


improvements in mind, b u t I ’m n o t spending any more money with this th re a t hanging over us. I 'd be silly if I did. because I would never get mv money back if I came to sell.”


Mr. Rex Alderson is post­


] the takings from our business j we won't be affected. T h a t 's a verv popular misconception. We would be affected ju s t th e same as all the others.


m as te r a t the Salford post office. "People th in k th a t because we get a wage every week as well as


j MOST MODERN


' "A few years ago we made our i shop one of the mos; modern in ; Clitheroe. with the very lates t kind of counter. T h a t was about


I the same time th a t we lost a : lot of trade through th e Giles ; Street and Marlborough Street clearance operation, but since


! th en new houses have been built I not too fa r away an d trad e has j picked up. B u t I ’m still very ; angry about what the Council


' have done to us. "I feel perfectly justified in


' per c en t objection to th e scheme i an d the wav it has been publi­ cised. I f they have no defi it" plans for the area they should have kept th e m a t te r top secret. Plans for other p a r ts of the town have been discussed in secret


1 being angrv. and I ’m n o t on my own. I should say there is 100


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of us feel is th a t there’s simply no need for it. There is a lot of c h a ra c te r in these old build­ ings, an d they could be made beautiful with a little co-opera­ t ion from the Town Council."


to pay the £ 8 or £ 10 re n ts the Council would probably ask. I would like to take a fish an d chip shop, b u t u n t il we sell th is shop we c an ’t do a thing. All our money is tied up in th is business. "The Council don’t seem to


a g e n t f o r m a n y y e a r s a t t h e j u n c t i o n o f Me ar le y S t r e e t a n d Wh a l l c y R o a d , has b u i l t u p a t h r i v i n g b u s i n e s s a n d t o l d m e h e h a d m a d e " a d v a n c e d p l a n s ” f o r h i s a n d Mrs. H a r v e y ' s f u t u r e .


Mr . Bo b Harvey, a n ew s ­


have th o u g h t about th e future a t all. They say they m ig h t p u t up new shops, b u t they don't know if anyone could afford to re n t them. "My sister. who owns the


property. will presumably be compensated if i t is demolished, but I d o n 't th in k I. a s a trad e r , will receive full compensation, par ticular ly if they offer me one of the new shops and I am u n ­ able to take it.


" I f t h e y c o u l d g u a r a n t e e


t h a t t h e n ew s h o p will d o u b l e o u r t u r n o v e r t h e n I wo u l d a c c e p t I t a n d p e r h a p s em p l o y a n a s s i s t a n t . B u t t h e y c a n ' t g u a r a n t e e t h a t . W h a t c a n we d o ? ”


For th e las t three years Mr.


fact ion from the Council some of us are prepared to "chip in" and brief counsel to tak e the m a t te r above the Council's heads. We


and Mrs. O'Donnell have worked an average of more th a n 70 hours a week in the shop. "Anyway, if we don’t get sa t is ­


m ig h t be 20 or 30 years before a n y th in g is done, but th a t 's silly talk. Am I supposed to keep oil here u n t il I'm over 70 ? Are some of the others supposed to keep on until they tt>p 80 ? Because we certainly won't get a good price for our businesses before then. “Anyway. I'm leaving the


cillors about it, and I get the impression th a t they know more th a n they say. They seem to w an t to tell me more b u t e i th e r th ey d a re n 't or they can’t, "One or two have told me i t


" I ’ve spoken to many coun­


1962 ( S e r i e s ) A40 d e l u x e Mk. II, one owner, heater. washers


1961 V o l k sw a g e n d e lux e, green, heater, very good con­ dition ............................................................................................................ £395


1959 Au s t i n A55 d e lu x e S a l o o n , heater, washers, excellent condition ................................................................................................. £305


1960 A u s t i n A55 d e luxe, one owner, low mileage. extremely good throughout


H A N D Y M A N S B A R G A IN S


1959 A u s t i n A35 Va n . rear seals, recond. engine ............. £ 1 0 5 1958 A u s t i n A 35 .............................................................................................


1957 A u s t i n A55S ............................................................................................. £ 220 1953 L a n d Ro v e r ,


to clear .............................................................. L OW n . P . TE RMS Primrose Garage (C LIT IIERO E) LTD.


W HALLEY ROAD. CLITHEROE T ale p h o n o 8 8 3 / 4 / 3


m a t te r to my solicitor." Another couple who operate a


saying anything you want.” says Mr. Sharp. "Nothing i.s too s trong for the way we feel about it. I t couldn't have come a t a worse time for us. Like most of the re s t along here we're not gett ing any younger, and sooner or la te r we would want to sell up an'-i retire. But what chance have we now ? "The Town Council might have had the decency to


newsagent's and mixed business are Mr. and Mrs. "Kit" Sharp. "You can put me down as


C A L L A N D S E E O U R S E L E C T IO N £


K O D A K V E C T A ....................................................... K O D A K C R E S T A III


1 .............................................


K O D A K B R OW N IE 44A ........................................ K O D A K S TA R M IT E ............................................. K O D A K 1N S TAM A T IC “ 50" .......... ................ K O D A K 1N S TAM A T IC " 1 0 0 ” ............................. K O D A K IN S T AM A T IC " 2 0 0 " ............................. K O D A K C O L O R S N A P “ 35" ............................. V O TG T L A N D E R “ V IT O R E T "


........................ K O D A K 1N S T AM A T IC " 3 0 0 " .............................


s. 0


16 d. 1 - N


3 16 h 3 0


1


5 4 s 7 8 .V 9 17 s 9 19 6 14 14 10


K O D A K R E T IN E T T E 1A ................................... 22 7 7 K O D A K R E T IN E T T E IB ................................... C A N O N "C A N O N E T T E " (Fu l ly Au toma t ic )


L E T D S


• E V E L O P A N D P R I N T Y 0 D B


d ia r ie s Clegg, M .P.S. Chemist


5 CHURCH STREET


CLITHEROE T e l . 591


3*1 16 4 30 19 6


FOR YOUR NEW


AUSTIN or RILEY CAR and AU STIN COMM ERCIAL VEHICLES


Q U A L IT Y U S E D C A R S 3 MONTHS W A R R A N TY


1964 A60; Gr e y D u o t o n e ................................................................................... £ 6 6 0 1964 H I L LMA N IMP De L u x e T a r t a n Re d S a l o o n


1962 (Nov .) M O R R I S 1100 De L u x e Sal .; T a r t a n R e d ; On e ow n e r


1962 SU N B E AM R A P I E R ; O v e r d r i v e ; An E x c e l l e n t C a r . . . . £ 5 3 5 1962 H I L LMA N M IN X S a l o o n .................................................................... £ 4 2 5 1961 F O R D A N G L IA Oe L u x e ; G r e e n ................................................ £ 3 3 5 1958 A U S T IN A5S S a l o o n ; G r e y D u o t o n e ........................................... £ 2 5 0 1961 V O L K SW A G E N 1200 S a l o o n ; R a d i o ; S e a t Cov e rs , et c. £ 4 1 5


1962 F O R D Z E P H Y R S IX ; M a r o o n ; O n e O w n e r ; Low Mi l e a g e


.............. ........................................................................................................... £5 3 0


1959 M O R R I S O X F O R D S a l o o n De L u x e ........................................... £ 3 2 5 1959 A35 S a l o o n ; g r e y ........................................................................................ £ 1 8 5 1955 M O R R I S M IN O R ; Bl a c k .................................................................... £ 1 0 0


a n d m a n y o t h e r s BUY WI T H C O N F ID E N C E 1 1958 A U S T IN i - T o n V a n ................................................................................... £ 1 1 5


1962 ( S e p t . ) A35 V a n ; Gr e y ......................................................................... £ 2 2 5 1961 A U S T IN A55 j - T o n V a n ; Ch o i c e of T w o ................................. £ 2 1 0 1961 A U S T IN A35 V a n ; R e a r S e a t ; On e O w n e r .................. 1961 (Nov .) A U S T IN MINI V a n ; T w e e d G r e y ....................... 1960 T H A M E S 5 CWt. V a n ..........................................


1964 A U S T IN A55 i - T o n V a n ; Bl u e .......................................................... £ 4 5 0


R a n i p F a c i l i t i e s Av a i l a b l e f o r y o u r O w n I n s p e c t i o n V A N S


. .


F O R D EM O N S T R A T IO N W I T H O U T O B L IG A T IO N F A C I L I T I E S


Y O U R V E H IC L E T A K E N IN P A R T E X C H A N G E P h o n e : 5 7 0 3 3 / 4 / 5


IM M E D I A T E H I R E P U R C H A S E AND IN S U R A N C E ‘


S h o w r o om O p e n : M o n d a y—F r i d a y ............. M a .m. 8 p.m S a t u r d a y ................................. 9 a .m.— 5 p.m. S u n d a y ................................. 10 a .m.— i p.m.


I n s p e c t i o n :


£ 1 9 5 £ 18 5 £ 1 25


.............. £ 4 2 5


1963 A U S T IN A40 De L u x e S a l o o n ; Ch o i c e of T w o .............. £ 4 7 5 1963 V A U X H A L L V E L O X ; O n e O w n e r ; E x t r a s ; S i l v e r S a g e £ 5 7 5 1963 A60 De L u x e S a l o o n ; S n o w b e r r y Wh i t o Ma r o o n F l a s h .. £ 5 5 0


£ 4 9 0


NEW MINI V ANS— MINI SALOONS— A40 s A N D R IL EY 4 72 IN STOCK


•£ 7 5 .................................................... £360


.................................................................................................. £375 .................................................................... £605


1960 F o r d An g l i a d e luxe, deep blue, very good throughout £ 3 0 0 1960 Riley 1.5 s a l o o n , grey, exceptional condition . . . .


£ 3 4 0


1962 S i n g e r Gaz e ll e, blue, heater, bench seat, low mile­ age. excellent ........................................................................................ £465


and shrived and no-one has been , any th e wiser. Why did they have to a lter their routine in ; this case ?**


dresser a t number 66. says he is n o t the worrying type. “But I ’m worried about th is l it t le lot.


Harold Hibble. a g en t’s h a ir ­


I have never made fabulous money out of my shop, but- I ’ve i always managed. B u t if they } came along an d knocked these premises down an d then offered me a new shop a t high re n t they would force me out of business. I t ’s as simple as th a t , and w h a t’s more they know it. *


\


had been hoping to sell their fish and chip re s ta u ra n t and had a client very interes ted in buy­ ing.


Mr. and Mrs. Richard Eccles


earlier and he never mentioned th a t the property might have to come down. One p a r ticu la r per ­ son was very interes ted in buy­ ing—we feel sure he would have bought—and then we heard the news.


“We spoke to the Town Clerk S P I N D R Y E R S ^ “As he was a Clitheroe man.


someone we knew, we felt obliged to tell him. I t would have been dishonest to let him believe th a t the property was here more or less permanently. Of course, he has backed out now.” Mr. Eccles is nearly 60 years


old. and feels the time has come when he would like to leave the business, b u t he knows now th a t he will n o t get anything like the price he considers fair.


i n g a h i g h r e n t a t m y t ime of l i fe. 1 a m t h i n k i n g a b o u t s emi - r e t i r em e n t , n o t s t a r t i n g b u i l d ­ i n g u p t r a d e all o v e r a g a i n . ”


“ 1 d o n ’t w a n t to s t a r t p a y ­ ■ seems


as seems likely, the only people who will be able to afford it arc the multiple s lores. I t a s


“I f they charge high rents, though the Town


Council are p u t t in g i t r ig h t into th e ir lap.


on a new range, and since th e n we have made o th er improve­ ments so th a t i t would be an a ttrac t iv e proposition for a buyer. How i t looks as though we’ve wasted our time, energy and money, and got n othing for it but a lot of worry.” N O T E : The Town Council


“.Ndt long ago we sp en t £450


have asked the Borough Engineer, Mi-. J. Newton Bell, in preparing his plans, to bear in mind th e ul timate redevelopment of a l a r g e r area to improve the approach to Clitheroe.


CASH or l l .P . TERMS HARGREAVES


MOOR LANE and


WOONE LANE


CLITHEROE TEL. 683


j e jL j e c t & k c : - u a .


la te s t models b y -famous makers


C l i th e r o e A d v e r t i s e r <£- / ime s . F r id a y , M a y 14 ,1965


BUY or RENT N OW


at LOW PRICES


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WASHING ^ M A C H I N E S


A U S T IN & RI LEY


TOLL BAR- GARAGE


WHALLEY ROAD BLACKBURN T e l. 5 7 0 3 3 /4 /5


S e r v i c e and S p a r e s : Daisyficld Garage. Dai.-.y S:iee:. Blackburn. Te l s . : All Departments. 57033/4/5.


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