Clitheroc Advertiser and Times, Friday, Dcccmba 22, 1967 11


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NEW LOOK .NEEDED- AT DEVELOPMENT POLICY SAYS SIR FRANK


Apart from hearing promises for the future about committees and commissions


being set up we had heard virtually nothing about what had actually been done to help Lancashire during the last three years, declared Sir Frank Pearson, MP for the Clitheroe Division. Sir Frank was speaking in the House of Commons


last week in the debate on Economic Problems in the North- West.


take a totally fresh look at the type of assistance being given to development area policy, observed Sir Frank, He added: “The question of this and similar policies is probably the most vital one affecting the north-west. I wish, therefore, to refer to those policies as they affect my constituency in the north east corner of Lancashire.” Sir Frank said it seemed


The Government should


which is not already on his files. We were delighted to wel­ come the right hon. Gentleman to North-East Lancashire the other day and to tell him of our problems, which he could see for himself. A decision could be made tomorrow if the will were there. Unfortunately, see no sign yet that the will


is there. Even if the Hunt Com­ mittee reported in the middle


of next year, there would be another year before we could know what was to happen.


strange that in an area pre­ dominantly d o m in a t e d by Labour member’s i t should fall to him and another Conserva­ tive. Mr. Charles Fletclier- Cooke, MP for Danven, to put


forward the case for North-East Lancashire. He particularly wished to


speak about the small area around Burnley, N e ls o n ,


Colne, Padiham and his con­ stituency surrounding Burn- Icy, an area which, for the last 16 years, had seen a steady decline in its popula­ tion.


a remarkable decline because ■while in 1951 the population of the area was 179.000 people, to­ day it is only 168,000. During that period the employed popu­ lation in the textile industry has fallen from 40,000 to 18,000. These figures are an indication of the problems faced by North- East Lancashire. The labour force of Great Britain generally has increased by 3 million, or 14 per cent. In North-East Lan­ cashire, it has decreased bv 10 per cent.


He continued: “I t has been HW >


appeared to bo set fail’. The area was beginning to expand, people thought that they had a new life and could begin to play then’ part in the second industrial revolution. But from 1964 the position lias been very different indeed. “As a result of this historical


under Conservative rule, this area was designated as a development area and, during those years, a certain vitality was produced in the district. That vitality was brought about by diversification and that diversification saw the estab­ lishment of the great Milliard factory and Michelin factory, in Burnley. Thank goodness those factories came to the area dur­ ing those vears. I dread to think what the position would have been in the last three years had they not come to North-East Lancashire. "By. 1060, e v e r y th in g


Diversification “Between 1953 and 1960,


that all these committees have been set up so that then- reports come in to form the basis of the Government's pro­ posals for the next General Election. I hope that is not the general order of time. If it is, there will be great disillusion in North-East Lancashire. I see no reason at all why early and immediate steps cannot be taken to give assistance to such intermediate areas as these. "Quite apart from direct


"I should not like to think


improve with modern machi­ nery. and to rationalise the structure of the industry. This, of course, must play a part, but I believe that.the right.hon. G e n t lem a n underrates seri­ ously the part which confidence must play before this restructur­ ing and re-equipriieiit can begin to take place. Some action . is necessary liow to give the in­ dustry a real confidence in its future. I have not heard any­ thing from the right hon. Gen­ tleman this afternoon which, if I were a textile manufacturer, would give me an iota of;con­ fidence more than I have today. "The right ' hon.'' Gentleman'


made great play' about order books being filled for the last six months. They have given that boost .which he and .his Government have wanted' for the- last year. It came and might' have been in time to save ■ his bacon, but circum­ stances are not normal. Any boost to trade today is likely to be s e r io u s ly affected by measures of restraint which have to follow devaluation. “The right lion. Gentleman


Government assistance I stress again the importance of com­ munications. We are very wor­ ried in Lancashire about the proposal to build a new town at Preston on the A6 near the Port of Fleetwood. We know the psychological situation purely on the ground of com­ munications. I welcome the Preston new town and believe that it will do good to Lan­ cashire, but I shall fight the proposal tooth and nail until have an assurance that some


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TOWN’S PROBLEMS EXPLAINED -TRADES COUNCIL -


The proposals for the re-organisation of Local Govern- ment in Wales, as set out in a Government White Paper, has


This was '■ pointed out by r


Loun. Leo wens, Liuneroe s em Gas Boarci intimating, that Housing Committee ' Chair- they did not now expect to man when he gave a report stop prtduction tfgas at


Conn I en Wells' Clitheroe’s received from' the North- West-


to the Trades Council lasl I anc; until -then would npt know week on Town Council acti- what land they would wish to vilies during November.


cussed at a special meeting of granted lease of land for deve- the Finance and General Pur- opment at Claremont, off Stan- poses ’ Committee, and said, I den Road, and near Goosebutt Coun. Wells, the Association of Lane.


The White Paper, was dis- The .Estates . Committee le,^2?,n- „ , ■ „


Municipal Corporations, of 'The Finance, and Gener which Clitheroe was a member, Purposes Committee under toe had been invited by the Royal chairmanship of the Mayor l Commission on Local Govern- the last committee to meet anu ment in England to submit its usually has the-longest agenda, views to a meeting in London The Borough -Treasurer and in mid-November.


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some relationship to the situation here in the Clitheroe Area, councillor c. but bigger areas and totals of population were envisaged,


c°ncern at the proposal, Buckingham,


investigate, and outline the difficulties which would be ex­ perienced by people having cause to use the services of this office should it be transferred to another town, and that they


and -he Town Clerk should


draft a suitable letter stating these facts, to be forwarded to the' Minister. A copy of this letter had been furnished to toe Member of Parliament, Sir Frank Pearson, who, in turn, had made representations to the Minister' of Social Security.”


previously submitted by Clith- gave details of grants-for trunk eroe -and • the neighbouring road maintenance, and other


After reviewing the proposals mitted their reports,.. which Public Health - Inspector sub-


local authorities, the committee works, and in respect of the still felt that smaller units rate support grant. Details of were a better, and a more grants to be made by the Coun- democratic form of local gov- cil for House Purchase, lm- ernment.


Council should adhere to then- approved. It was resolved that original representations to the 1 loans would be accepted at 6? Royal Commission, that the percent, but this figure -will no Committee were generally in doubt have .to- be changed fo!- favour of the proposals out- lowing . the recent increase in ,


It was resolved that the closet conversions were also provements and for water lined in the White Paper en - the Bank Rate..;


representatives nominated by the devaluation .-of currency the Council would attend the will have a- considerable effect meeting on Nov. 16 or any sub- °n the financing of all new


W titled Local Government in You vail realise that any


of the advantages of the Pres­ ton situation will be offset by similar advantages to other industrial areas. “One of the best tilings the


Government could do for North-East Lancashire would


be to announce tomorrow—or better still tonight—a great motorway programme, .linking North-East Lancashire with Manchester, on the one hand, by the Manchester/Yorkshire motorway, and the M6 and Preston, on the other. If the Government promised that this would be put through as a priority job, we could have some hope that we could hold our own and expand.


"Another matter is urban


renewal and amenity. This area is crying out for renewal.


There are old cotton mills, old slag heaps and dirty buildings which all want tidying up."


urban renewal, Sir Frank said: ‘This is one of the most impor­


Action needed Turning to tile question of


background, we in North-East Lancashire have had three years of complete stagnation. Our problems are an ageing population, a stagnant indus­ trial base and, above all, the problem of seeing our young men and women, highly quali­ fied in our local schools and colleges, leaving the area. We know all about exports. I t is a sad thing that we in this area are exporting our highly quali­ fied young people—and that sort of exporting is certainly


not fun. “I do not want the House to


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feel that I am unsympathetic towards the development areas. The President of the Board of Trade rightly pointed out that those areas have our problems, but, in addition, have the prob­ lem of very much higher unem­ ployment. I wish, above all else, to see those problems settled. I wish to see the unemployment in development d i s t r i c t s reduced, I would welcome all reasonable 'measures to that end. but the tragedy today is that the measures to assist the development districts have be­ come unreasonable.


P r im e Minister promises more assistance to those dis­ tricts. Every time he promises further assistance to develop­ ment areas such as mine in North-East Lancashire they become even more dishear tened and depressed.


i “For every employed person T$. f V'-»


Government are to pay £97 per annum to industries wh.ch are well-established there. They are industries which are thriving. To some, such as the Ford fac­ tory, this will mean more than £1 million a year Government money paid to a factory to which it will do no good what­ soever. I t is a total waste of taxpayers’ money and the resources of the country.


n a development district the Bitterness


is bitterness in areas such as North-East Lancashire when people there see this money wasted on projects where.it will do no good whereas they know full well that one-tenth of, that money would make all the dif­ ference- to them between sta-g’- nation and reasonable expan­ sion? I t is not only a question, of stagnation. There are firms in North-East Lancashire to­ day which are seriously con­ templating closing and moving to other areas because in the other areas they can get all the assistance, th e Government


"Can you wonder that there


promise. “The right- hon. Gentleman


says that he will wait for the S t .•f o


Hunt Committee’s report.. He said that his right hon. Fr*end will tell us at the end of the debate when the Hunt Com­ mittee-will report. That is not soon enough. There is nothing that the Hunt Committee can say which he : and his Depart­ ment do not know already and no statistic it can produce


i “Almost every day the


tant .. factors in industrial developihent today. We have a magnificent area in North-East Lancashire, a wonderful hin­ terland. but we want money spent on getting rid of old cot­ ton mills. I would rather see them pulled down than new industries going into them. We want new factories and a new policy- which would encourage about eight science-based fac­


tories to come to North-East Lancashire. They should have good communications. If we had that'.’we would be well on the way towards a successful future. T accept that much must be


said that he was not quite, cer­ tain what the final effects of devaluation' would be. The trade is not1, quite certain yet, but one- thing sticks out a mile. We shall all be wearing clothes with very much more synthetic material in them than we had before. The amount of cotton in our garments ivlll be sub­ stantially less and it will be very much more expensive. I urge the right hon. Gentleman to have another look at the quota. The proportion of the quota in relation to our total take-off cotton will be very much larger than in the past. I implore- -him to consider whether it is not possible to adopt the suggestion made by my right hon. and learned Friend, even as a temporary measure, to . reduce the quota, or certainly to split it' up into the four periods of a ■ year.' I urge him to look at the, cate­ gorisation of cloth to see if we cannot strengthen the sheetm; industry. “The textile industry itself,


Health Committee meeting on housing, the swimming pool, November 6, held under the or any new develpoment plan chairmanship of Ald.C. Chat- may be proceededl with bum, Coun. Wells said mem- The Council have in turn bers had discussed the report to repay the loans at the in- of the Public Health Inspector, terest rates prevailing, and and considered the condition this of course has an effect on of property in Whalley Road the amount of rates we have which had been subjected to to pay. flooding. I t was then decided Under Financial Standing to approach tile owner to ascer- Orders, and arising from the t tain his willingness to under- Borough Treasurers Report it


Turning attention to the loan, will say whether new ment department providing the ales”, and that up to three l increase in the Bank Rate, or


sequent meetings of the AMC projects, and that the govem- on this matter.


Warpers Association, who tlie Trades Council's repres­


of toe Weavers, Winders and


Caller offices Mr. R. Robinson. Secretary


was against the principles of the National Health- Service, as outlined by the • Beveridge Report, and would cause hard­ ship to tile people least able to. withstand hardship, namely, the sick, aged, disabled and in­ firm.


entative on the Social Security Advisory Committee, reporting oil: a meeting of toe Advisory Committee held that day, said that' toe amount of information available at caller offices would be strictly limited. Ho added that, a caller office


covered by toe Clitoeroe office was in excess of 170 square miles, including Clitheroe Bor­


Pointing out that the area - *


ake improvement -works listed "'as resolved that application in the report


The temporary standing of Housing and Local Govern- caravans on certain sites was I rnent for excess loan sanction


be made to the Ministry of


reported and it was resolved to in the sum of £4,461 in respect post notices which prohibited of overspending, against loan


tailed information on. a large letter from ■ .the. Ministry, of number of council . topics, Housing and Local Govern- which have been reported in ment noting that the Council tlie Advertiser and Times. had accepted the lowest ten- The Housing committee, of dcr f°r emergency works, con- rhich Coun. Wells is chairman, nected with the Sewerage


Cbun. Wells also gave de- “The Town Clerk'received a . Development Scheme


since the reorganisation of 1959-60, has done a magnificent job. But. one of, the troubles today is''that; the hundreds-of thousands of pounds worth of new machinery which was put in at that time is now largely out of date. New machinery must be installed. Industry will not consider making the capital investment involved until the Government give some indica­ tion of what is to happen-in future. “I hope that I have made my


that stationing of all moveable sanction at the conclusion of dwellings-on th e; sites-in ques- Phase 1 of the. Civic Hall pj0n •


ough, Clithcroe Rural, all Bow- land Rural and part of Black­ burn Rural, such as Billington and Langho, Mr. Robinson said that many of the outlying areas had only public trans­ port on -two days per week. Others had none whatever. Fares from Clitheroe to Accrington at the present time were 3/9 return, and he doubted whether toe Ministry would repay this expenditure. Another point to consider was that the service was only hourly.Clitheroe Borough Council were also concerned, and over­


Mtures were being made to the


„as responsible for the con- Works, and intimated that for- trol administration and main- mal consent to toe borrowing tenance of 1,050 dwellings, com- of £54,000 -would be issued as prising bungalows, ' flats and soon as possible, houses, with two, ..three and a “Arising from toe previous few with four, bedrooms. In meeting of .this committee on July this year toe Council eii- Oct 23, when the proposed clo- gaged a Housing- Manager to sure of the local office of the take charge of the department. Ministry of Social Security was and he is assisted by a Hous- discussed it was reported that ing Maintenance Inspector. I a- letter had been sent to the The Council also had the ser-


two points sufficiently clearly. The first is that there must he an intermediate programme for assisting the grey or inter­ mediate areas. A totally fresh look must be taken at the assis­ tance being given , to develop­ ment districts. This is the most important problem for my . part of Lancashire. “For the rest—for the textile


vices of a-plumber and an elec­ trician, with an apprentice, all under toe control of the Bor- iough Engineer, but working •nearly full-time with the Hous­ ing Department. Other work was tendered for, or done, b y .recognised local contractors. The letting of council homes


was the responsiblity of a sub­ committee, which includes the chairman, vice-chairman and


toe Housing Manager. ... Councillor Wells' proceeded:


done by the. textile. Industry i t ­ self to increase efficiency, to


industry—I do not believe that anything that the Minister said today is of any real value. The committee; ■ of ' the industry which is studying the structure of the industry will not report mi til the end of 1968. Action will not be taken until 1969, The quota ends in 1970;- We must- know now what is to hap­ pen after.- 1970. If we do not, there will not-be--the necessary investment to give the industry a s t r o n g and prosperous future.”.


Joint talks on


future of local schools.


Members of the Divisional


Executive No. 5 are to meet with members of the Divi­ sional Executive. No. 7, and the chairmen and vice-chair­ men of the Lancashire Education Committee and of the General Purposes Sub- Committee early next year to discuss schemes of reorgani­ sation of secondary educa­


monthly meeting of toe No. 5 Division at Whatley on Tuesday by Mr. E. J. Fox, the Divisional Education Officer. Mr. Fox read out a report of


tion. This was announced at the


the County Special Sub-Com­ mittee on the.reorganisation of Secondary Education at a meet­ ing held on November 24. The report stated, “In June


5 and submit proposals. "Tile Executive have now


decided not to support the previous scheme of reorganis­ ation and wish it to be with­ drawn so that the existing, two- part system can be retained." - The report stated that, the


following scheme of reorganis­ ation for toe Division was still under consideration by the Department of Education and Science: Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School (two-fonn entry): Short term scheme; five-form entry junior high school for boys 11-14; Long term scheme:


Biggest need


.of people from, the, clearance, .or demolition areas, having only usual vacancies to assist I ■;us. I aim glad, to say .that we


-b “Tile problem that we-have I een faced with, is.the housing


•the Hayliurst St.—Pendle Road •site. We still'have a great need­ ie r small'-"unit'- accommodation.) lor our own; tenants, and for •persons in other houses who I '.wish to move mainly-for health 'reasons. There are also people ■living in sub-standard pro­


'have now only/ one person re­ quiring accommodation from


perties, who must be lie-housed 'in the near future.. Yoii will'see that in these circumstances I am anxious that the plans .far. new development at Croasdale Drive, and the mixed develop- | ment'■ scheme at Low Moor should go ahead as quickly as possible, and that we shall soon see building work proceeding |


1967, toe Education Committee asked the Divisional Executive to re-examine both short and long term schemes of reorgan­ isation for the whole of Division


discontinue. Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School (two-form entry): Short term scheme; five-form entry junior high school for girls 11-14; Long term scheme: to be extended to make 10-form .entry- junior high school (mixed) ■ 11-14. Clitheroe - Ribblesdale County


(four-form entry): Short term scheme: 10-form entry senior high school (mixed) 14-18; Long term scheme: 10-form entry mixed senior high school 14-18.


WHEN GUESTS ARRIVE -UNEXPECTED;


stretchable meals, particularly at week-ends when you can never be sure whether you are catering, for two, four, eight


or more. Curried lamb with savoury


Half a shoulder of Now Zea­ land lamb.


.


rice is a typical example. Finish up with fruit and a cake of the cut-and-come variety, or cheese and biscuits.


• 1 tablespoonfut sultanas. Cut the lamb into. Heat


Juice of-4 lemon. Method


.1 chopped apple,.peeled and cored.


1 chopped onion. Uozs butter. . - 1 tablespoon curry, powder. 2 tablespoons flour. I pint stock or water.


When you have teenagers in the family, you need


water. Return to heat, cover,, bring to- boil. thei. simmer for about 10 minutes. Add chopped apple, sultanas and lemon juice. Cover pan again and continue simmering .for about U hours. Season with salt if necessary.


pieces, dust with seasoned flour and try with the. chopped onion in the butter) searing toe meat on all sides: Add rest of the curry powder and flour, cook a few more minutes stirring, alt the time. g Remove from- the heat and


radually stir in the stock, or


elopment’ and Planning Com­ mittee chairman, Alderman. E. Crossley, considered the plan­ ning .proposals submitted, many of which take the same pettern jgf each month. .They.are for gara- ges, storage huts; and plans for private ' building' “development. .The. -Borough .Engineer sub-| mitted' the observations for private; housing development | at Hentoorn Road, and change of use of a house in Railway View for temporary use as a doctor’s surgery. There was also a notice submitted by toe Town. Clerk under. section 16 | of the Town and Country Plan­ ning* Act 1962,' where applica­ tion for planning permission | for change of use of “Roefield”, Edisford Road to a; licensed, or private hotel. A letter had also been received from the County Council, informing- the Council that the appropriate committee had approved an alteration to the Town Map, which would allow land at Union Street, Low Moor, to he Used , for' building | purposes. “The Civic Hall and Enter­


on -these sites. “Oh the same date the Dev­


tainments Committee received a report by Councillor J. A. Barnes the secretary of the | Drama Festival Committee. The Drama Festival .had been a great success, and had attrac-' 'ted groups' from near .and far,


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tended Mr. Robinson, there was every reason for a stand­ still to be imposed ini relation to the closure of the Clitheroe Office of the Ministry of Social Security, for a minimum period of six months. This proposal was accepted by the Advisory Committee. The welcome to Coun. Wells


Member of Parliament. Sir Frank Pearson. In view of these reasons, con­


inister through the local . was given by the President,


thanks given by Mr. L. Allen, seconded by Mr. R. Robinson.


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Mr. H. M. Bullock, Secretary of the Bleachers and Dyers Association and the vote of


. ing on January 10 will be given


The Town Council report at the next Trades' Council meet-


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Some oE the younger section who attended the ICI children’s Christmas p a r t y held in the Parish Church hall on Saturday afternoon._______________'


Housemother’s child care


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you come and tuck us in and kiss us goodnight. Nothin^ very unusual about these words, any ordinary Mum might easily take them for granted, and yet I never cease to wonder at the wealth of feeling behind them. As a House­ mother in a small Children’s Home, these words^ symbolise the relation ship built up between other peoples children and myself. When they ask you to do something of this nature, it shows they have accepted you for what you_ are, and from then on you can really feel you are helping them. Love, patience and a sense of humour are three of


Perhaps one of the nicest things said to me was ‘ _


the essential qualities you need to build UP rel^ ° n/ a'P* so they as individuals know you care about them, their fears,


their hopes and their problems. Imagine one e v e n i n g


receiving a telephone call


from your Child Care Officer saying he’ll be bringing a new child—Johnny Smith in time for lunch. There is no time for all the details of his background, all you prob­ ably know is his name, age and where he has come from. It is my job to welcome him and make him feel wanted


say his name as I shake hands, help bring in his luggage, if


and “at home.” First impressions are so important, so I make sure I


any. and say how-glad I am to see him. Johnny is bound to be feeling a little lost so the next thing I do is show him his new home, the cupboard where he can keep his own. personal possessions, the television, the swings outside his bedroom, which he will be sharing with


...... Johnny too feels he can share.. Will m their companionship.


meet the new arrival, and soon, in the happy way children have with each other, they have made Johnny feel welcome and


—he is fortunate in having both a mum and dad who will visit him, although they no longer live together, and it is import­ ant to Johnny that lie should keep in contact with them. When he is really settled he will go and spend the day at home and if this is successful, after a while it will become a weekend. Slowly and steadily this contact with his own family will increase, until Johnny is able to spend two or three weeks of his holiday at home. During this time it is my responsibility to make sure Johnny is confident enough to overcome the difficulties he experienced before leaving home, so that he may take his rightful place in his own family on a permanent basis. I t would take a long time to


But what of Johnny’s future


Derek and David. Little by little the • tension


breaks and I can begin to tell him about the other members of the family—which schools they go to, the sort of games they enjoy playing, their favourite poprecords and which football team they support. Eventually it’s tea time, the family come home from ’ school, eager to


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who gave. entertainment of a | very high standard. Future programmes to he | arranged are, wrestling in toe new year, and also a charity show, at the Civic Hall during March 1968. This last event |


.' “The /Town - Clerk -had re- I stage such an event.


'additional l and - ■ at - Chester Avenue which -if,Was /proposed |


ceived; a letter from - the Dis-- trict Valuer-.stating,, that he had taken ' into account the |


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explain fully the <iities and responsibilities of a house­ mother. The main aim I think is to care for each individual child according to his or her needs, meeting his problems with understanding and toler- explain fully the duties and experiences with love and affection and yet never trying to take the place of his own -mother.


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