Local I ransport Chiefs say Road steel stack collapse Ruin*


^ r-u i 0 ^ ^ ClithClitheroe Advertiser and Ti Times, Friday, February Advertiser rnaay, reuruwy TRAGEDY The man-in-the-street, the housewife and the public in general are not fully


inare that an astronomical leap in road haulage charges is bound to result from the Government's new Transport Bill, if ft becomes law, said haulage contractor Mr. Thomas Holgate, a director of J. Holgate Ltd., Central Garage, Chatbum, ! interview with the Advertiser and Times yesterday. Mr. Holgate, a member of the Preston sub-area of the


Road Haulage Association, speaking on behalf of members, pinpoints their fears about the effects of the Bill on the fn,Urc of the road haulage indusrfy. He warns that if the Bill


-which has had its second


reading and is now in the committee s tage-is finally passed, many smaller haul-


aec contractors will be for- j^j out of business. Mr Holgate --id he wanted


-p’anle outside the industry to Cime aware that one impor-


was increased prices as road transport charges were forced


U


tint side-effect which the Bill likelv to have on them


nc just a national issue but i local one, for the Bill would make its effect felt at all levels. •Local contractors who have


PThe question, he said, was


out time, money and back­ biting hard work into build- in„ U


for the goods they send receive," he added.


fuel tax on every gallon con­ sumed. Some idea of tile total cost of Fuel Tax could be gained from the fact that a heavy vehicle—averaging about eight miles to the gallon—consumed between 30 and t gallons a day This made the annual Fuel Tax bill, plus road fund tax, for only one heavy vehicle, in the region of £1,400 a year. “Where will £.: Government


Added to this was a 3/9d.


want to know. They also ask: "WiU the motorist have to suffer again?”


badly hit. and so will local oeople who have to pay more


Tremendous


haulage contractors have to meet are headache enough," pointed out Mr. Holgate. “God laows what they will be if the new Bill becomes law. One thing is sure — they will be tremendous.” He also explained that during


‘The present costs which n their businesses will be in an


freedom of choice to road haulage users and deprive them of the form of trans­ port which best meets their needs. They say that the Bill will have the effect of handing over British manufacturers


Misadventure verdict on Whalley man


l An inquest was held at Liverpool on Friday on Mr. Allan Walker, aged 23. of Mitton Road, Whalley, who died on January 15 when steel sheets collapsed in a Liverpool factory. A verdict of ‘misadventure’ was returned.


Mr. Walker, a married


f) The Bill’s proposal will make thousands of vehicles economically out-of-date at one stroke.


and traders as hostages to the railway unions. The trading position ot many companies will be affected and some may be driven out of business,


turn for this kind of revenue if many heavy vehicles are forced off the roads?” Mr. Hol- gato and his fellow’ members


vehicles already pay nearly £398 million of the £420 million spent on the roads — 95 per cent of the total cost. Mr. Holgate and his fellow


Operators of road goods


j Under the provisions of the new’ Bill, even when a road haulage operator has been granted a licence, he can be called upon at any time to show cause why it should not be revoked. Contractors sa,y the uncer­ tain tenure on which they will hold their licences will make forward planning of transport fleets almost im­ possible.


members in the Preston sub- area, which covers the Clitheroe district, are in full support of


the Road Haulage Association’s arguments against the Bill and


MPs of all parties are being asked to oppose it. Clitheroe’s MP, Sir Frank


Pearson has already been approached and Mr, Hoigate has written to him on this subject.


the period between 1963 and 1966 costs to the road haulage industry went up 35 per cent., but the majority of contractors haj absorbed the greater part


of this increase. -We cannot go t.. absorbing


them any longer,” he added. At the present time, he said,


road fund tax on a heavy vehicle such : an eight- trheeler, was between £225 and £250 a year.


Chance for pianists


sgc of 30 on November 1, 1968, have an opportunity of entering the pianoforte competition which is being organised by


AU British pianists up to the


BBC North With nearly three weeks to


go. 140 applications have so far been received and prelimin­ ary auditions will ■ select ent­ rants for the competition proper. This will be held bet­ ween February 1 and July 1 next year. On the jury are: Stefan


Askenase, (the distinguished international pianist). Another


international pianist — to be announced. Marion, Countess of Harewood. Fanny Waterman (the celebrated Leeds piano teacher). Gordon Green (tea­ cher of John Ogden and David Wilde i. Martin Cooper (princi­ pal music critic, Daily Tele­ graph). Hans Keller and Peter Gould (BBC Music Divi­ sion. London). Gerald McDon­ ald (BBC Head of Music. North). lhe prizes are: London


Monopoly


against the Bill were put to Advertiser and Times by Mr. Holgate. They are: • It will enable licensing authorities, if they wish, to allow ailing railways a vir­ tual monopoly on long­ distance haulage. Road hauliers say that if such a monopoly were established the railways would then be able to charge what they pleased. They fear the Bill will deny


Some of the arguments


Road Haulage Association asks is: "Why should the railways bother to become competitive when their capital debts can be written down by a stroke of a pen and road haulage business poured into their laps by the licensing authorities at the Minister’s instigation? Mr. Holgate is fully in agree­


Another question which the


ment with the Association when it says: “As for the suggestion


that British manufacturers do not know where their own best interests lie, that is to say, that they are stupid and inefficient , . . this comes well from a Minister whose pet form of transport not only cannot make ends meet but costs the tax payer £150 million a year. “B r i t i s h businessmen do


man, was one of four articled clerks from a Manchester firm of chartered accountants engaged on stocktaking at Steel Sheet Shearers, of Ful­ ton Street, Kirkdale.


NORMAL SYSTEM The jury were told by the


Four of the Holgate family in their office at Chatburn. They are left to right: Mr Thomas Holgate (director), Messrs John and Peter Holgate, and Mr. Fred Holgate (director).


FAMILY COMPANY


COVERS FOUR GENERATIONS


Mr. H o l g a t e is the


fourth generation of the family company. The busi­ ness was started by his great-grandfather, Mr. John Holgate, more than 100 years ago, and was run, in snccession, by Mr. Hoi- gate’s grandfather, Tom, and father, John.


Mr. Hoigate and his


know where their best interest lie. They have no taxpayers’ money to fall back on. They cannot incur an annual deficit of £150 million. They dare not. And, alleges the Association:


“It is road transport which is efficient and rail transport which is inefficient—and the figures are there to prove it.”


co-directors, have died within the last four years. Joe four years ago, and Harold, a year last Christmas.


brother, Fred, who is also a director, both have sons, who also work for the family company. The other brothers, who were


In its early days the firm literally relied on horse-power.


ODN AMN A UDO JUILEBE


sergeant brought all members of No. 110 Squadron of the Royal Air Force together again


fnr the first time in more than 1 The five years. The occasion was the squadron’s Golden Jubilee reception held at base at RAF Seletar. Among


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Prom. 1969 season; London Pianoforte Series recital; Fes­ tival Hall Purcell Room recital: York Festival 1969 recital; Broadcast engagements, includ­ ing one with BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra; Exemp­ tion from preliminary rounds of teeds International Piano­ forte Competition; Cash prizes totalling £500. Full details and application


110 is Flight Sergeant David McDonald (30), an air engineer (pictured left) F/S Mc­ Donald has been in the R.A.F 14 years. He served to Germany for 2i years, from 1958 to 1961, and he has been with No. 110 Squadron for two years. He has his wife and two daughters, Bernadette (8) and Christine (4), with him in Singapore. His parents live at Ladycroft, Holden, Bolton-by-Bowland. Since 1962 the helicopters


those


their home serving with


with horse-drawn carts under­ taking the haulage orders and wagonettes and landaus trans­ porting passengers.


came in the pioneer days of motoring. The haulage and coal delivery side of the busi­ ness relied on “T” model Fords and three motor coaches were acquired for passenger trans­ port.


The switch to mechanisation


down the garage, destroying the three Chevrolet coaches, put­ ting an end to the passenger side of the business, for the vehicles were not replaced.


But in 1931 a fire burned


vehicles and employs a staff of about 30, in addition to the family members of the business.


was extended and. in 1954, the firm became a limited company. Today it owns 25 heavy


Instead, the haulage side


HLE IRA T SQARN RCPIOEETN


made Mr.


John Holgate had handed over the running of the firm to his four sons. They had spent their working their


Before the company was a


FOUR SONS limited one,


hands to any jobs that needed doing.


father,


them to put in a seven day week and,


repairing, loaded


A last-minute dash from worked Borneo to Singapore by one


I t was when


destination, work


customary


needed building, a lorry had to be


leisure because money had con­ stantly to be ploughed back into i


between and


sacrificed them.


the business for new equipment and repiacements.


m rnu« +™o tw»n siuinHv rviving brothers,


Fred and Tom, now try to avoid working Sundays, but they still put in long hours and their working week does not end


than a century—a 100 years of change when n


seien a revoluttion in means and . i


the world jucuaio


has


until late on Saturday. The firm’s history spans more


They then-


the they


driven to shared


a new motor body and


vehicles needed its for turning


alongside then-


lives the late


throughout that time one thing has remained unchanged: Tire Holgate family’s tradition of hard work and enterprise, as evident in the two youngest members of the business, is Rs it was iia the days of the founder.


methods of transport. But


FENCING CONTEST


of the Skipton Gala decided to hold a fencing tournament for the Pendle Fencers at the gala. Unfortunately, after the pre­ liminary rounds had taken place, the tournament had to be postponed due to adverse


for members of the local fen­ cing club, the Pendle Fencers, were competed on Saturday. In June 1967 the organisers


The finals of a competition


weather conditions. After several unsuccessful


attempts to hold the finalsof the competition in Skipton. The Gala organisers allowed the


Deputy Coroner, Mr. George Ensor, that it would seem that the normal system of stacking bundles of steel sheets had been followed. He said he was satisfied that the firm’s employees


Oddfellows’ PGM


new


Waddington Road, Clitheroe, was elected Provincial Grand Master for 1968 at the annual meeting of the Clitheroe Dis­ trict of the Manchester Unity, Independent Order of Oddfel­ lows, in the Oddfellows Hall, King Street, on Saturday. Brother Famell is a member


Mr. Arthur Parnell, at 10,


of Diamond Hill Lodge. Provincial Grand Master J.


p. Richards was in the chair, and at the outset of the meet­ ing members stood in silence as a mark of respect for the late Bro. A. Hustwatte, a district trustee, and other bretheren who had died since the last


meeting.Bro. F. H. Broom, Castle Lodge, was elected Deputy P.G.M.. and Bro. J. S. Brierley- was elected a district trustee. Bro. Broom and Bro. T. Bow­ man were appointed deputies to the Southport A.M.C. In the absence of Bro. E.


Topping through sickness, the incoming officers were instal­ led by Bro. A. Frankland. Bro. Famell then presented a PPGM’s jewel to Bro. Frank­ land.


finals to be held in Clitheroe. The competitors in the final


Pools were as follows: Ladies Final: Mrs. Joan


Margaret Byrom. Men's Final: Ian Clayton


and David Shaw.


were as follows: 1, Mrs. Joan Green; 2, Mrs. Lillian Taylor;


3, Miss Christine Clayton. The men’s Anal was hard


Taylor. The Ladies Foil final placings .


fought with no quarter asked or given, and the final placings were as follows: 1, Ian Clayton, 2. Brian Green; 3, Michael


by Mr. W. Green the president of the Pendle Fencers.


Tlie trophies were presented , ,


Green, Mrs. Lillian Taylor, Miss Alison Spencley, Miss Christine Clayton. Miss Janet Briggs, Miss Barbara Byrom and Miss


Michael Taylor, Brian Green, Kevin Hill. Brian Fothersgill


Retirement gift to Hospital Reader


a shortly to retire as the Reader of Waddington Hospital will live at one of the new bungalows at West Bradford. Miss Rushton, former head­


The Rev. W. Frankland. who


mistress of the National School, who is a resident at the Hos­


pital last week presented to the Rev. and Mrs. Frankland a beautiful coloured picture of the interior of the Hospital Chapel, the work of Mr. R. Pye. Mr. and Mrs. Frankland were


thanks to all. 1


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and men of No. 110 Squadron have been on detachment first in Brunei and later in Sara­


wak and Sabah. For their fiftieth anniversary


forms can be obtained from:— Head of Music, North, BBC, Box No 27, Manchester 1, and envelopes should be marked "BBC Pianoforte Competition


CALEDONIAN SOCIETY I ERR ATE BURNS NIGE


the squadron were honoured to have as guests three former squadron commanders—includ­


1 ROUND AND ABOUT | Whalleys of


- ting the Nizam of Hyderabad whose generosity had bought the first squadron of DH 9a bi-planes. In his speech as guest of


ing Air Vice-Marshal S. F. Vincent, who formed the squad­ ron in 1917, and the High Com­ missioner for India, represen-


took every care to ensure the safety of the stacks. Most of the stacks were six to seven feet high and contained 10 bundles, weighing about 20 tons in all. It was stated that the four


clerks, working in pairs, were checking the quantity labels on each bundle. Mr. Lindsay Hurst, of


Stadhope Road. Bowdon. said the stack fell towards


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where Mr. Walker was stan­ ding. He .was buried by eight bundles and it took firemen three hours to free him. Mr. Hurst added: “I can't


be absolutely positive but 1 think there were some sheets at the top of the stack which were not banded and these started to slide, and when they reached a certain point the bundles began lo move.” Mr. Robert Morley. a


director of Steel Sheet Shearers, said there should not have been loose sheets on the stack and he did not think that there had _ been any. After the collapse it had been impossible to determine this. Mr. Charles Mason, the


foreman at the factory, who drives the overhead crane used for stacking, said the method of working was such that all bundles were banded when stacked.


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D U l i lX PA IN T S 3 3 '/3 W F


Perkodd S U P P L I E S


formation about the Whalley family, formerly of Clerk Hill, Whalley. I t has been made by Coun. J. H. Fell, chairman of Whalley Parish Council, on be­ half of a graduate of the Uni­ versity of Washington who has


Whalley 1 have had a request for in­


honour, F.E.A.F.’s Air Com­ mander, Air Marshal Sir Roch- ford Hughes pointed out that this first reunion for five years was to be short lived as part of No. 110 were moving to Hong Kong for a three-months detachment within a week. The squadron standard was


trooped through the reception carried by Flying Officer Michael Dudgeon, a detach­ ment from No. 15 (F) Squad­ ron, R.A.F. Regiment formed an escort party and trumpeters of the Royal Marines played


the fanfare. To No. 110 squadron 'went


W H E N T H E F A IR W A S H E L D IN T H E M A R K E T P L A C E


the honour of carrying out the first and last bombing raids of World War II. During Con­ frontation with Indonesia the squadron flew from villages and kampongs in Borneo such as Simonggang, Nanga Gar.! and Seputot; in that time their Whirlwinds flew 12,152 hours doing 24,738 sorties carrying 6,252,417 lbs. of freight, 64,211 troops, 673 casualties—and 38


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flying out in support of the civil authorities in Hong Kong.


Soon the squadron will he ... . POET'S CORNER A Burns Night dinner was


h‘>1 at the starkie Arms H°Wi on Friday, Whetii 112 "'•tutors and friends’of the: CMtheroe and Dlstrlot tJalir


."‘Man seoiety celebrated the annual festival. ..'he guests, who inoluded


."•Mayor and Mayoress of Wltheroo (Aid. and Mrs. T.


I" husband Mr. J. Troop;


j . dow and her the0 ’ ? r^ dw t* rOfT the


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tiiftk/ and the vloe^pTwaioeni, M? L. Grant-Townsond.


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nu-") s the chairman of “"theroe Rural Council


Mrs. Mary Troop, and


2™ 'he chairman of Bowland "tral counoil, coun. Mrs. 8.


i t nS?« address t Hepburn.


8lThe *toastr’to “The immor­ tal memory” was proposed by


me Rev. Tom Morrison, of


Blackburn, and the health of “the lassies” was proposed by Mr. Kiddie. Mrs. Jean Hep­ burn responded. The secretary of the sooiety,


the meal and the traditional song “Star 0 ’ Robbie Burns” was sung by Mrs,. Stella Smith, accompanied by Eliza­ beth Hornby. Picture shows, left ..to


Scottish danoing followed . The Snowdrops


I saw them in clusters beneath the trees,


Mr. W. 6- Scott, was toast­ master.


As if afraid to look at the sky; Yet not afraid of the cold Feb ruary day,


looked so sKy,


“We like to come first” they seemed to say,


right; Mr. Hepburn, Mrs. Kiddie, Mrs. Hepburn, Mr. Kiddie, Mrs. Scott and Mr. Scott.


And so in many a sheltered vale


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Blooms the little snowdrop fair and pale. GLADYS CUNLIFFE.


All alone in the icy breeze. With drooping heads, they


ing in Church Street, and no- ono doing a thing about it? What is the world coming to? Of course, pretty obviously


What’s this? A cow stand­


it’s an old picture, the scene above could hardly take place today, when you can wait for live minutes or more Just to CROSS the road.


at the turn of the century, when cattle were driven on foot by farmers from as far away as Gisburn to attend the Cattle Fair held in the


My photograph was taken


common sight to see a oow, exhausted by the days


Market Place. In those days, it was a


journey, standing in the middle of the road quite con­


tent to let the world go by, just as the townsfolk wore content to lot it have its moment of peace. It was


them to let the very occas­ ional vehicle pass—but keep­ ing a sharp eye for the looal bobby, on whose appearance they would make a hasty


retreat. It's a far cry from the


teeming, busy main street of the day. Time marches on indeed!


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letter from some friends m Florida which contains an idea many English people would


Times A colleague has shown me a


favour. They mention that a rule oi


quite common, too, to see pens of sheep In the Market Place and Castle Street, and shire horses being galloped up and down Wellgate. In the quieter days between


their local, .paper, the St. Petersburg .Times, is that if


the sun does not . shine during one day. that day’s issue of the newspaper is given free. Apparently the newspaper is


fairs, lads who lived in or near the town centre used to play football In Castle Street, using their Jaokets as goal markers and only moving


is doing genealogical research into the history of his family, and in his letter he asked Coun. Fell if it would be posable for him to bring the inquiry to the attention of any interested per­ son who could help in the re­ search. “I would hope that some night school student in genealogy might be willing to correspond with me. Ideally, 1 would like to contact somebody named WUralley who lives in


that surname. Twenty-two-year-old Douglas


the area.” Councillor Fell tells me he


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is giving Douglas all the in­ formation he' can on the fam­ ily, and is sending him the names and addresses of one or two interested people. If any other readers would


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