Clitheroc Advertiser and Times, Friday. December 6, 1968 9 LETTERS T (T THF EDITOR


'WARNING LIGHT SEEN' Writer's criticism SAYS FINANCE CHIEF was unfortunate


I am n o t su rp ris e d a t th e


ppparent "waste" of the rate­ Xayers' money—and naturally m am perturbed that this


oney has brought nothing tangible and yet I am de­ lighted that in November s 1968 the Council have at last


9 mention a possible rate of B0s in the £ because in my I udget Speech of March 1965 b said "Is it beyond the eounds of possibility that the oarly 1970’s could see a rate


mber for sometime. toMr. Musson is not the first


baths, sports centres, dance halls, white elephants, the


t ouncil, can, subject to cer­ Boain sanctions, give to the v rough anything that the marious sections of the com­


f 20s in the £?” CThis year I said “We as a


unity call for—swimming


lot"These should however be pr looked at in relation to our


eans." CTo have built baths in the


oastle Grounds would in my apinion have been doing ex­ mctly that—going beyond our


a Teans.he architects’ fees, which wre only a portion of wrhat


h On top of that there would pave been the cost of a car oark, roads and the provision f f services so in my opinion a hinal cost of £225,000 would


the scheme had gone on, were based on an estimated baths cost of £196,000 and that estimate is now at least 12 months old.


ould have been charged if


This cost would have been repaid over a period of 30 years and the repayments base' on 71 per cent loan inte st cost would have


ave been on the low side.


and like a prudent ratepayer s we should not burden our­ mmmitments beyond our


esent and future resources coelves with hire purchase


haseen the warning light that a been flashing in reddish-


Finance Chairman would be a greatly concerned with this


co rresp o n d en c e r e g a rd in g the sp en d in g o r £ 6 ,0 0 0 o n what a re n ow u se le ss p la n s for the sw im m in g b a th s in the C a stle G ro u n d s . One would expect that the


etter. b I would therefore conclude


November 1968 i am pleased s to “waste" £6,000 In order to airst year in which the baths a ill be it is impossible to say


Aid Robinson


• t Roefield the baths should onot cost one-half of the t riginal £225,000 but even if


£amounted to £571,500 or so the different type of con­


£he 30 years of £285,000, or b9,500 per annum, and the r aths would give all that was


hey did cost one half there t would be a total saving over


equired. That is why I say that in


19,050 per annum. t It is my opinion that due atruction which can be used


ents appear to desire. b My warnings have at last


l be closely watched.


C am sure all members of the k ouncil appreciate and I anow that any matters which ure not dear from the min­ ptes would be readily ex­ melained by the officials or


he attendance at Council I meetings is something which


mbers.


C T. Robinson, (Aid.) Finance Council.


hairman, Clitheroe Borough Pet shops could M a y I p a y a little trib u te


a n d w e ll-d e se rv ed c om p li­ m e n t to y o u r re g u la r


p a p e r.They are obviousiy inspired by and written from an inti­ mate personal experience. They are knowledgeable and s interesting to me as, I am


c o n trib u to r, “N a tu ra lis t,” w h o s e a rtic le s a rc to me, o n e o f s e v e ra l strik in g fe a tu re s o f o u r w e ek ly


mure, they must be to so very


any more of your readers. i I was more than passively


nterested in last week’s arti. e cie particularly in his refer­


fnce to one of man's best t uestions we can ask about


riends, the dog. q There are almost endless


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gliis permanent pal and house uest.What a variety there is,


ously is an overfed dog find­ sing it rather difficult to


oes not one see what obvi­ ntruggle on, its midriff too


ear the gound to be com-


his. l Harold R. Broughton, Pim­


ico Road, Clitheroe.


th e w rite r’s fu ll n am e a n d a d d re s s a s a sig n o f g o o d fa ith , a lth o u g h re q u e s ts fo r n om -d e -p lum e s w ill b e r e ­ sp e c te d .


nimals we see in our towns.” d All only too true. Often


Rover and his faithful pal. a easonable exercise is cert­ beinly essential and must not a neglected, but isn’t there t right time and place for


ant subject. l All the world loves a dog


p9 L e tte rs in te n d e d fo r u b lic a tio n m u s t in c lu d e


n the last few years. I was sad when last I went


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about these friends of ours? How easy it is to kill them with kindness bestowed on i them with the very best of


ut were lean and very fit. d Noting their meagre, but


some with awe-inspiring pedi­ grees.What really do we know


wion to this. Those crofters’ p orking dogs he recently ex. werienced in the Highlands b ere not full of flabby fat


ntentions. t “Naturalists” called atten­


coasks they undertook, he p uld not refrain from com­ daring the “wasted” and mis­ s irected attention so lavishly ahowered on so many of the


soubtless thoughtfully con­ tidered diet and the hard


vury that I think the Conser­ Eative candidates at the May mlection have kept their pro­ Hises to save money—Coun. i argreaves began by suggest­ tng the new site and from then there was a reborn urge do save money and yet not deny the Town what its resi­


l nd Is not the purpose of this by saying to Mr. G. Sains-


wileen heeded and spending t The correspondence and


fave more than that hi the A public wre in operation. When that


a same Councillor is on reoord ss saying—'before a final deci wion is taken a Town Meeting


ahe Town Council two weeks bgo, you reported a statement oy Coun, Hargreaves to the bffset that when (if ever), t aths were built in Clitheroe, fhey would be built at Roe- ield.Is it not a faot that the


mructed to go ahead with this i uch debated, but necessary


ould be called.’ f Perhaps now is tne time


a town as large and import­ t nt as Clitheroe, should need ro transport its. schoolchild­ sen to a town of the same oire, but eight miles away in srder to have them taught


tem of public expenditure. a It is a public scandal that


wimming and - life-saving. ER. CHADWICK, Oak House,


astham Street, Clitheroe. help


rue animal lover. t This “punishment" is any­


afortable, grossly overweight t nd a very sad sight for any


ef considerable assistance in i fecting some improvement


rhing but what the true lover ingly.Our pet shops could render


c idespread knowledge of s ded much food lor very


anine dietetics. vi“Naturalist" certainly pro. terious thinking on an impor­


n this sad state of affairs. wWhat is needed is a more


eally Intends. t It is inflicted so very unwit­


cor such a . meeting to be t alled, .and our. Council ins­


scandal t Following the meeting of


Council affairs, swimming pool, pets, shopping facilities ''VIADUCT BUILDER Lower gate bus shelter


q u e stio n s , ta k in g h im from th e g e n e ra l to th e p a rtic u la r, it is su ffic ien t to c ritic ise th e v eh ic les c o n ta in in g th em a n d p a s s On.


M r. H o rs fa ll a p p e a rs to b e liev e th a t, w h en fa c e d w ith


laims the previous week. t Your readers can decide for


is own puerility. h Sympathy can be found for


his reluctance to state why leye does not return to Bum- a if he finds Clitheroe such


November, consisting as it r did, largely, of a rhyming


s From his point of view, it teems singularly unfortunate mhat he criticised, as childish,


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y contribution of 22nd cepeat of his unsubstantiated


hhemselves the strength of his accusation . . . or whether he has, in fact, been hoist by


ailed to obtain In Clitheroe. d This would enable them to


goods can be obtained in Clitheroe — or


s ope that he could be per­ iuaded to take over premises sn town and supply the goods, cervice and mien which he


ot be made available. h It is, probably, too much to


laims to be missing. f If his criticisms are justi-


riedhe would, surely, find a h ost traders, that, no matter


g . . . or a letter-writer making t eneral criticisms of all the


LUNA. r, size, shape or price


oaring success on his hands. mHe would, also find, as do wow well-stocked his shop


f ithin the limits of his ainancial capacity, there will wlways be the customer who colouants stock of a different


hraders in town, among whom Fe would be numbered I


a erstand his refusal to tnswer my other question and thus convert his purely des­ tructive criticism to some­ ghing more constructive, by t iving our traders details of wiie goods, or type .of goods, f hich he has, presumably,


n unsatisfactory town. d It is more difficult to un­


(eal with specified facts nrather than vague condem­


ations) by: Telling him where such


•future benefit—or n Explaining why they can­


Stocking'' them for his WAS MY GRANDFATHER’ I h a v e b e en s e n t a c o p y o f y o u r p a p e r, N o v em b e r 1


did not get the correct facts from the “ local woman" you mentioned.You see, the manager of the building of the viaduct C (he would now be called


shire, John Clarke was born in 1823, and In 1835, when he t was 12, was apprenticed to


hag told me that this little f 12-year-old boy had to walk


learn civil engineering. My father (his son Amos)


don with a pack on his back, as his parents could not afford the stage-coach fare, t and he put up at farms on


he way. c He was sent by the railway


se lverley, died, and for Iris mcond wife (my grand­ Aother), he married Sarah E nn Bulcock, a daughter of i noch Bulcock, mentioned,


wJohn Clarke's first wife, Caho was called Rebeccah


ion).


Wreat Harwood reservoir on o halley Nab, which has i nly been pulled down , with­


i rk was going on, they lived Gn a small farmhouse near


n your previous article. woWhile all this engineering


he bricks. GThe . Clarkes came from


George Clarke you mention, who had the brickworks, and t who, I presume, did supply


he railways a t Swindon to rom Graniborough to Swin­


Clarke, who was my grand­ father. He was related to the


lerk of Works) wag John ranborough in Buckingham­


issue,, a n d am re fe rrin g to a n a rtic le h e a d e d “T h e ma n - w h o b u ilt th e V ia d u c t.” I am afraid your reporter


mas I had wanted to show it to I mpleted. John Clarke and


ds family went to live at wved on there till about 1926,


y son. coAfter these jobs were


Blackpool, and he died there li in 1912. Sarah Ann Clarke


a I have always been fascin­ wted by the fact that as John f as in his fifties when my hather was bom, and my fat­ ber was nearly 50 when 1 was t om, there is 100 years be­


CI works.t. is also true that John t larke.was the man who had Nhe control of the “Irish t avigators" who came to do vhe labouring at both the voiaduct and the two reser­


irs.


ween his birth and mine. knoIt is rare ‘ for firsthand


g ho is John Clarke’s great civrandson, also wishes to be a b il engineer and. to build


uch a long period.- h And a final note—Ia in very


ridges arid reservoirs. : b John Clarke would have


eompany to Whalley to sup­ vrvise the building of the ciaduct. He also built Ac­ r rington ana Great Harwood heservoirs (I have some of s is plans still in my posses­


Clarke), Oakdene, Moreton Road, Upton,' Wirral.


Mabel Southworth een delighted. (nee


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odlarke was a staunch Meth­ r ist, and allowed no swea­ bricking and had prayers at the


hen she died. CIt is true, that George


is ‘a disgrace?


• Where are your signs to Lravelling all night from


the buses? t I arrived in Clitheroe after


pumber. I coudn’t find a Lor a bus to Low Moor. “On


re a d re c e n tly a b o u t th e sh o p s in C lith e ro e a n d th e sig n “ T o th e m a rk e t” .


T h e A d v e rtis e r a n d T im e s is s e n t to m e e a c h w e ek . I


aturday monring. s It was pouring with rain. A nTaxi—Clitheroe 154". Wrong


Sondon. It was 6-45 a.m. on ’ign in York Street said


buowergaite,” ITn told. The d s shelter in Lowergate is a


aper shop open for change. f I inquired at the bus office


ing right through it. c The heavy wagons passing


isgrace, with the wind blow­


reate more wind. TI inquire for a Preston bus.


Khis one is just going up o York Street and ITn lucky


ing Lane. t I trudge back up Wellgate


enough to get two sixpences t for a shilling, and then to


ahe taxi depot, and get


old. Yes, I could have walked but. with a case and t in all the rain I thought I ’d


he number has been altered pay, but how helpful to the


Old Clltheronian, Middlesex. han dreams.


—It’s on S.T.D. now.). s A new Clitheroe. people


ry for transport. t At 8-15 I got a taxi (Oh,


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ast. s Yes, the old Library dock


Ctill stands, facing the old t astle. Memories live longer


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