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Clitheroc Advertiser'and Times, May 2,1969 IH On the hills where the wind blows free I am just back after spend­


ing the day on the wildest windswept upland this side of Connemara, a place where the curlew rises at one’s approach and the song of the skylark cascades from a clear open sky.


the golden plovers' flute-like note calls you to a halt as you speculate as to its whereabouts, and again and again the; eye wanders to very distant horizons.


Snipe drum, and out of sight - ;


on too quickly. So let me begin, high above Hodder on ground almost two miles from the nearest road where, at the end of the fattn track, we come to Halsteads farm, a remote' and yet as attractive place as you ever did see. I t is set at the very head of the valley commanding an un-


But. already I am hastening


• interrupted view over mile after mile of , Bowland’s landscape, with Pendle farming a familiar


years ago had, above all things, plenty of good sound common


and distant horizon to the south. , This must surely be one of


sense. They put the farm house and buildings just behind and


the grandest views either by Hodder or Rabble. For Pendle is 12 miles from where we stand’ and between. there is , nothing to restrict the view, save an undulating panorama; To the West the eye is quick


to identify familiar landmarks and some not so familiar. Four miles-, distant; just beyond Slaidburn, is wooded Dunnow, and as the eye wanders to the skyline the clearly defined road, commonly • referred to as Barney, rises ■ towards the summit of Hall Hill at Cow Ark.


: for what else could one expect with- such , a domina-iit land”


Halsteads, you must be think­ ing, is therefore very exposed,


i


scape just at your door? • . But the planners who built


such farmsteads hundreds °f


to the cast of a convenient hill. And in order to give added shelter, a nice ring or belt ol trees was planted to ward on the prevailing winds.


the wind, it nestles as comfor­ tably-protected as anyone can expect at a height of around


Therefore, with its back to


such a place is the purity of the air so fresh and sharp, and even in summer, cool and brac­ ing. The reason is simple, for to the north and west stretch mile after mile of upland moor over which are scattered occa­


1,000 feet. An outstanding feature in


sional farms. one hand.-


•you can count these in a radious of five miles on the fingers of


Indeed, come to think of it, , . . .


farm by the old lime-kiln; where the huge knolls of lime­


What a tonic, what a chal­ lenge to climb just beyond the


stone protrude from the brieht green pasture.


B Plateau


came - to ,an area, flat saucer- like where rain must lod"e and


Twenty minutes later we


filter down through the” peaty ground. I t is an expansive stretch, this ‘Old Moss’ very exposed, of several acres with little or no surface drainage a veritable plateau forming ’ a typical bogland.


West and what seems to be an endless moor to the north and east, I shudder to think of the


With Crutchenber Fell to the


place on a wet misty da,v in November. It does, however, provide a


tion (mostly grass and sedges). rising to a height^of two feet.


lar channel), providing a clas­ sical instance of how peat " is ■ formed./■ Under -these■ circum­


'Surrounding each'is a circu­


stances; growth "can-take place, otherwise : if ■ the entire area. were under water,- plant life, fond as; it is of wet and acid conditions, could not prosper. And, so if no growth then there is no .peat, for peat is merely rotted vegetation.


must find, drainage below and not on the surface. Even after a dry spell, considerable ex­ panses of water lie across the moss, providing a suitable spot for epagnumunoss.


Mast of this area, as I- say,


perfect example of bog forma­ tion with huge tufts of vegeta­


the remains of many birch trees. Some are beneath three feet of turf while others rest high and dry on top with, I was surprised to find, trunks of 12 feet or more.


A most interesting "feature is


The-age of these must be in - the • region of thousands’/o f /


such-an altitude, for. it.is well- over .tlie 1,000 feet ^contour; all .. of which ■ takes us' back to a time, when ‘ this part; .of -the world was enjoying a • more ■ temperate climate.- : - . .


. " Now the only trees which I appear to be happy and pros­ perous are those planted at a - much-lower level by, the,. Forestry Commission.,. How - noticeable as you descend where the entire countryside is en­ gulfed with conifers.


ground the prospect below and . before you ns one of huge dark green carpets, broken at inter­ vals by the'fawn grasses which lie on the "rides.”


As you stand on the higher


change, in the flora and fauna of this ground, feu- as the trees


This has caused a pronounced "Birch cannot1 now- grow;-at'"1 ■ landscape. -


‘.years ,for; bog 'is a wonderful-; preservative.


■' than the tit-mice and goldcrest, are driven to. seek a more open ‘


grow a n d - dominate,, flowers;. disappear and most birds, other-:;


• I t was difficult;not.to dwell on these things, for lying at my feet was the bare skeleton of what-at one time had been a black grouse.


V These have been in the area for a century or more, and over the years have , moved beyond


i They too like the more open ; moorland.


the line of conifers as the trees swamped the grassland.?,


• miles from that which was their : home 20 years ago.


All this I have noted, as they now frequent a spot five;,


shelter of Halsteads to partake of the ever welcome cup. of tea. NATURALIST.


And so, windswept yet; ex­ hilarated, we returned to the


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and bring and -buy sale was held , on Wednesday week at The Manse, Newton, home of the Rev. John K. Gardiner. The proceeds of £30 are for the Bowland Group of Con­ gregational Churches.


Coffee Evening ■ A-successful coffee evening


were held on Sunday after­ noon and evening and the preacher at both services was the Rev. Clifford Holgate, of Burnley, who is chairman of tlie Lancashire Congregational


Annual services The Annual Choir Services


Union. The organist was Mr. G. T.


schoolroom.


Hitchen and the choir sang an anthem at each service. Tea was served in the


Martin Top


Wordscannotdescribe the magnificence of the new Rocola Golden Rapide.


was held at Salem Congre­ gational Chapel on Saturday. Despite the rain, a large gathering- assembled in the chapel.


Spring Effort The annual spring effort


Rev. J. K. Gardiner after a hymn and prayer. He intro­ duced the opener, Mrs. Lilian Lunn, of Bury, who is an old pupil of the 'Sunday- School.';


The chair was taken by the


cakes, plants and sweets were well-stocked and did a brisk trade, an excellent tea followed.


Stalls of household goods,


the minister to all who had helped to make a successful


day. Chatburn


- Campaign for Research by the Chatbum Group, has resulted in the total sum of £154 8s" 6d from home col­ lecting -"boxes, boxes in hotels and shops and from donations.


for the British Empire Cancer


Collection The' April collection made


Soyoulljust


haveto come and look,1 •B/I.Ny!on and Tricopress are res. trademarks of I.C.1.


talking o f Cfothcs


10s from the patrons of the Duke of York Hotel, Grindle-


. This amount includes £11


it'd thank- all who continue to give their support.


Grindleton


were -held, at the Grindleton Methodist Church on Sunday.


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Chapel Anniversary Chapel Anniversary services


noon was the Rev. N. Walton, of Clitheroe. Mrs. Haworth, of Barrow, gave two solos, "Such lovely Things" and "Count Your Blessings". At the evening service, the


The preacher in the after­


Clillicroc Municipal Elections Thursday, 8tli May, 1969


VOTE FOR A I N SWO R T H


tpn. The committee again wishes


Thanks were expressed by THAT SWIMMING POOL PROJECT Waddington


Fellowship On Thursday, April 24, the


lowship Class was held at Waddington Chapel,, con­ ducted by the Rev. Eric S. Joselin, who sang part of a hymn as a solo and spoke on the subject of "My peace I give unto you”.


fortnightly Ministers’ Fel­


mind could only come in so far as we tried' to share the burdens of others. Tie Rev. Dr. T. C. Borth-


In his view, real peace of • pianist,


wick said we. had to settle a civil war that was often fought within ourselves. Mrs. M. Wrigley was the


Sabden


Annual meeting , The annual general meet­


. secretaries';-"Mr.'/A/i'Cliff-fand Mr. j . Newby-■ ' '


! Rimington


Dance On Saturday last, mem­


-Club held a dance in the Rimington Memorial Insti­ tute which was also atten­ ded by some local people. Music was provided by Mr.


bers of tlie Blackburn Deaf


J. Cowking, of Rathmell, and a buffet supper was served during the interval. Mrs. T. Carr, of Riming­ ton, won a competition.


Bolton-by-Bowland Young Farmers On Tuesday, members of


cattle judging competition with Mr. E. Booth as the Master Judge.


The boys held a dairy


I, J; Silverwood; 2, J. Deem­ ing; 3, D. Taylor; junior; 1, A. Metcalfe; 2, F. Smalley; 3, B. Cornthwaite. Mr. E. Booth and Mr. B.


The winners were: senior;


Booth were thanked by Mr. R. Spedding and'the vote of thanks to Mr. and Mrs. B. Booth was seconded by Mr. J. Silverwood.


. / There were fairly good con­ gregations throughout the day.-The organist was Mr.S.


H Green.


secretary to the' Leprosy Society, was the preacher at the morning service at St. • Ambrose's Church Grindleton.


an • interesting . account • of work .being done to relieve- leprosy throughout the world,


During his sermon-he gave


and also o f . the work still necessary to overcome this dread disease.


Slaidburn


Fellowship The United Christian Fel­


YOUR


INDEPENDENT ■ CANDIDATE


R. P. Ainsworth, 4 Goosebutts Lanc/Clifheroe ■ A-


f'Y \ s i t v? ' I m


■;bum Methodist Church, on. Saturday; evening, when .'the Rev. John A. Goodhall. mlnt- ster in- charge of Slaidburn; conducted the service. The special preacher was"


lowship was held at Slaid-


• the Rev.-W. Davies, of Slack- ? pool, and the . hearty singing - was accompanied < by Miss E.


in; the schoolroom; by women of" . Slaidburn Methodist ,,Church,:-....


Cups of tea were served --


Pickles, of Clithme, at the organ. -


Leprosy Society ’ The’ Rev. A. Sowerbutts,


preacher was the Rev. J. Goodhall, of Ohatbum. Musi­ cal contributions to the ser­ vice were provided by Roy and , Daphne Porter and Janice Tomlinson, who to their own guitar and tam­ bourine accompaniment, gave a varied and pleasing pro­ gramme which included “How Great Thou Art,” “Vaster than any Ocean”,, and “Go tell it.on the Mountain/’;-.


Hurst Green


the monthly meeting of Hurst Green Women’s Institute and welcomed Mrs. Jessie Dakin, of Clitheroe, who gave a talk on her holiday m America. The talk was illustrated by slides shown by Mr. Dakin.


Women’s Institute Mrs. E. Mather presided at


Green: chairman, Coun. Miss A. Alston; secretary, Mr. J. Howarth; treasurer, Miss H. Dawson; committee, Mr. H. Marsh, Mr. R. Wal­ lace, Coun. H. Britcliffe; Mr. S. A. Spencer, . Mr. , W. Newby, Coun. A.. Ainsworth, Mr. ' E. .Wilson, Mr. A.- Birt- well, Coun. J. Bodcdck. Mr. J. Newby. Mr. A. J. Cliff, Mr. G. Ainsworth, Mr. ; J. Ains­ worth and Mr.1 J.’ .Hill; show


ted: President. Mr. - A l a n


ing of the Sabden Horticul­ tural Society was held last week in the County School and the following were elec­


Former chairman's view


Does Clithcroe need


swimming baths? One could fill a whole news­ paper page to give valid reasons why Clitheroe needs baths.


.1 will/content myself


here with one point hot previously discussed.


During my term as


mayor, along with the deputy mayor, Aid. Cross- ley and the Town Clerk, 1 met leaders of Clitheroe’s main industries one by one.


ings was that 6ome of our major industries need to ex­ pand and to increase their labour force. The situation appeared likely to reach crisis proportions unless some­ thing drastic could be done to attract new labour.


The reason for these meet­


that executives, technicians, keymen etc., could not be per­ suaded to come with their families unless not only were houses provided, but ameni­ ties such as baths could be assured in the near futoe.


We were repeatedly told


Can we afford Swimming baths? Before full plans were


laid— bflpre. the council, a great d«ai of discussion was undertake! .-with ...leaders ,of local authorities' -of; compar­ able size to Clitheroe.


the consultants we went to London to see if what we were doing was practical for our-town.


Watchdogs


minds of. the Ministry depart­ ment; in fact we were . advised to modify the plans ; by improving many facilities, in order to cater for our population.


There was no doubt in- the


the Bolton - by - Bowland Young Farmers’’ Club met at Raygill Moss Farm, Bolton- by-Bowland, the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. Booth.


our watchdogs and we would , not have been allowed to spend anything considered to be above our means or' over- ambitious.


Ministry technicians are


suit the Ministry and we had every reason to believe that once the loan sanction.' had been cleared we would be one ; of the first in the queue with; plans already approved. .


The plans were improved to


government circulars proving we could not possibly go on at that time with any scheme


chairman gave chapter- and verse in the Advertiser of


At a later stage, our finance


for baths. But at the same time I


ascertained that many schemes for baths were being submitted and approved, in many parts of the country.


C h a rg e s


the annual report of the Institute -of Public. .Baths


These facts were given in


this time-too, that Pacliham received the green light to


Thanks were expressed by Mrs. P. Garnett. Mrs. Garnett, the treas­ urer gave a satisfactory finan­


cial statement, and Mrs." E. Mather thanked all the members for making the group meeting a success. A competition for a dressed


peg was won by :1, Mrs. .M. Melllng; 2, Mrs. M. Duxberry; 3, Mrs. M. Qum; 4, Mrs. J. Crotty. -


Langho


Whist drive At the weekly whist and


domino drive held in the school on Thursday, organised by the men’s committee -of the, school extension fund, the winners were: Whist. Women’s: Mrs. E.


Woodend, Miss M. A. Nuttall, Mi’S. M. Carter. MeiSs; Mrs, Anderton, Mr. A. Altham, Mr. Marshall., - ■ . « Dominoes. Mr. J. Chat­


ham, Mrs. Hacking, Mr. Man- ley.


Jumble sale A jumble sale was held in


the school on Friday night and the sum of £28 was raised for School the exten­ sion fund.


Management. I t must have been, about,;


■proceed. I believe.that too often our


timid members and the public with capital costs, interest charges, maintenance charges -


council leaders, and there are many of these now, have attempted to frighten more


etc. ■ ; - ' ■ H


been devoted to ensuring an . adequate income. We know, ,


- Too little attention has


■do the library, parks, or most: amenities provided by a local authority.


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Hut ait least, a great deal more can and must be done


to minimise the gap. 1 The right method is to


baths. Similar, -


No firm cost of £ 200,000 has ever been,Given; never:


theless I ■ would expect th e , original seheme to have costs;


of this order. ’ A careful study o l . th e .


report of the. Institute; of • Public >-Baths ;"Management;


in fact' be- somewhat.;, under.,


the average costs. , ,; le Why iS ,t that towns with


ss rateable -value r than •


accept the challenge of going all-out for maximum income; ; the easy wav,- defeatist too, is to cut the’standard of the


of course that no baths- run at a profit, but then neither;


MR. JOHN HALL


concerned with.-.. .teaching children- to .swim. ■' . One needs only to take. a


The plans were submitted- to Whitehall, arid along with


Does Clitheroe need swimming baths?


Can we afford them? Is a capital expendi­ ture of £60,000 more feasible and accept­ able than one or £200,000? Is the site at Roefield preferable to that envisaged in the Castle grounds?


Should we have written off our original


consultants at a cost of £6,000? Should we have invited our neighbouring rural councils to join in a scheme? Is it wise to spend £50,000 from our town’s capital fund and balances since we are likely to be absorbed-into a larger local authority?


Mr. John Hall, a former mayor of


Clitheroc, and former chairman of the Parks- Committee, which is handling the - plans for the provision of baths, thinks-- these' questions would prompt some ’ people to say yes and some to- say. no,- largely because of the confusion in the


-minds of most people, a confusion brought about, he says, becausc’of a lack of information from the council; "Some: councillors are as much in the


the council will-sponsor such a meeting without a- great deal of additional pressure. . "I read of one suggestion that a refer­ endum could be conducted at the-same- time as the municipal election. This could result only in positive or negative votes registered with insufficient informa­ tion, and could easily turn into a political slanging match. “A more sensible alternative would be-


a public meeting sponsored by a non- party organisation-with an invitation to members of the council to explain their points of view. “In case none of these things happen,


I would' like; to offer some points of clarification: based on - knowledge as vice-


.- chairman of the committee responsible for launching ithe original plans, later as chairman of the committee, and finally, ;as ’ demoted vice-chairman. "Before answering the questions posed


dark' as ratepayers,” says Mr. Hall. There are ways of resolving these


doubts. On at least two public occasions during the last three years, the present ohairman, Coun.. Hargreaves, has- sug­ gested that there should be some form of Public meeting. A recent letter, in the Press called for


such a meeting, and Aid, Robinson replied with a kind of qualified acceptance, " I do not believe,” says Mr. Hall, "that


- "There are ■ some . influential membors of the council who have never wanted


above, I would like to say without any doubt in my mind, that had the original scheme been allowed to proceed, we would have had and been using swimming baths in Clitheroe for. many months.


baths in Clithcroe, have not dared to say


so oponly, but have used every possible means of delay. " It does not.need a finance chairman to


tell us what "delay means in terms of increased costs or loss of value."


Clitheroe can manage to build and we cannot? £50,000 sounds much nicer


this? I? have not seen these


to many, but what.do we think we are gong to get for


. throughout ..the., country ..and ' against- th e: advice o f those


.thing to go would be the learners’ pool. This would be against the advice of planners'


’pygmy’ plans ■ yet. but I would guess that the first


been turned down for devel­ opment by a previous private' owner and for an old people’s home for the county health- , ■department. • •


Roefield has previously


of • circumstances for the" council, to buy the land and ’immediately " get 'planning - permission, for baths.


Quite an intriguing change


-.- What of the site-itself? • Since acquisition, - the parks', department has been con­ tinually engaged on major drainage operations. Is this a good start for a substantial building? We are told there is plenty


of scope for parking, i would maintain that parking is essential at Roefield, but not to the same extent, at: the Castle. . .


; 7 .h:/' Schools


none but- those with' a car would dream of regular trips to the river bank. More important still is the income from schools. This is the bread and butter


Imagine the winter months;


forcefully over the glories of England's past, and of the occasions when Britain has


old-fashioned style. He ranged briskly and


; of the 1920s, which he had seen in various parts of the country as a commercial trav­ eller, and recalled the courage and endurance of the com­


stood alone against the dic­ tator.- :He spoke of the Depression


mon man. And, scarecely pausmg for


opposed to the present Gov- ernment^-he left his audience in no doubt that he is a true blue — a Tory — but said no Government could by itself put things right. Everything depended on


breath, it seemed, ho went on to describe what he believed to be the causes of the malaise which is affecting Britain today. Mr. Hebden was violently


the people. Long-haired youth also


came under Mr. Hebden’s critical gaze. He referred scathingly to the “permissive


society.” But he ended on an opti­


mistic note: Many-of today’s young people were better in every respect than those of preceding generations. Britain was by no means


finished as a great nation. Mr. Hebden, a Yorkshire


heavy vehicles arid other new equipment without borrowing money at high interest rates.


. "fi ■. .would have - then: to borrow


.' its .'.contributions'. cut in the last two years.


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quate for a town like ours. I t does not make good local government sense to suggest that, because we are likely to be absorbed into a larger authority we can get rid of our balances now.


Nor ar6 - ouv balances ade­


. years .to happen.-Meanwhile, ? both capital fund and balances could - still have a


may be, it would : probably take another six or seven


Inevitable as absorption


. great part to ■ play in those years.


look.’at the learners’; pool- a t : Skip ton to realise just, how much of a confidence booster this is to toddlers, away from the melee of the popular end of the main peel.


Lessons


something expected to la s t : for 60. years or more. Are we to start it off already out of -date and -unable to compete with those of our neighbours? We ought to " have learned


Remember, we are building


should -have tuition, : even infant classes; the earlier the better, provided we have . a learners' pool. , , ,


of any baths scheme. At the moment, only one class per school can have swimming lessons, because of transport costs. Ideally, many more classes


.. .■


only one school would need, transport; at Roefield, all


With- baths in the Castle-


• port. Now we can begin to


except one would need trans-


think of income at Roefield.,- The rate charge for .'£50,000; baths would be greater than, that for - modem baths;,' £6,000 worth of "plans are ■now relegated to the drawer of past-mistakes,- ' '


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our lessons in Clitheroe about - "white elephants.” i t can only- be a third-rate job, and in my view a. complete waste of £50,000 to add - to the £6,000 loss in-writing off a perfectly. sound scheme. And what of the site? Tie ,


original, consultants, . sub­ committee and council officers were quite happy to proceed with erection of baths in the


the rock had been taken into account, the buildings were designed to fit into the sur- „ rounding area, parking facili- .


castle grounds. The terrain was known,;;


- used- woodland and suitable , -parking,on-'streets around the Castle.Buildlng'on rock has always been . ■ considered sound , practice.


ties were expected to be adequate, with an area of un- :


■ Loaded


• left in ignorance of a secre-« five meeting when the consul­


: Although -1 was still vice-; chairman, I was deliberately ;


tants .were called, from, the i Midlands to meet- only .the;:: chairman and the officers to discuss a change of site. ; I surmise that the-consul: i


ta-nts acted in a human way when confronted by. the chair­


« doubtVgawe’sj the! impression >, that the1


5 porting ' evidence - ’as to the, suitability of Roefield ' in


tS^OUth-’ 'two sets'of costs, one for the ° r ' ' 'committee was presented with


erw! L lm of £200,0M,would Castle, and one for Roefield. During - the . course of the-


- the figures, had been loaded m-favour/of Roefield. . - \ .


i t ' ................. ' meeting, it .was. admitted th a t : : new - site: and asked for sup- :j


man and officers, who no ,'council preferred a-


■ place of the'castle.. . ' " : A’-, litt’e 'later, the sub-


Why aren’t the public given j a chance to see the plans and


bours, the ’ two. rural district councils? Have they no part to play in the provision-of an amenity which would benefit not only the town but the whole.area:around^us?


udge for themselves? And "What of our. neigh­


' Ciitheroe now all that we can -to build up'our amenities by the normal method of public loan; loans which would be taken over- by a larger authority? ;


to suggest that, because' we will eventually be governed from either Burnley or Black­ burn, we should be doing in


■Is it not more appropriate ,


. it-will- be more-difficult or even impossible later.


' If we don’t get :what we want and what we need now


' we are prepared to let it pass' by through incompetence,


lack of-vision: and downright bad management.


.know it cannot.


I have lived and worked all ' •my--life.-1 would 'like to see • it -sremain: ‘independent.- I- ....


" This 'is the-town in which


‘ -.In spite of all my feelngs for this town, I am bound to say: that under Burnley or Blackburn it-could not be managed any worse than. it is.now. 1 ‘


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• This article has been submitted by,’ ’ ‘and


- stage, asked to commit them­ selves in any way, but simply to keep in touch with what was going on; offer their suggestions and perhaps con­ sider later how they; could be


involved.


schools of Lancashlre;'if near , enough, could be expected to participate, surely, it could be expected too, -that by. negotiation, some of the West Riding-schools could have,


Naturally-" " the:; viUago,.-, : - ,. ,


helped to swell the income. :• But for some - obscure reason, ‘ invitations -< to our neighbours were suspended. I: am not suggesting that


... Balances,


cussion, both local authori-' ties were invited to.the meet- ■ ings. They were- not, at that


, , i Suspended r ' In the- early stages of dis­


represents th e .personal y views o£ Mr. John Hall, a


' v I'.,-; V


; former Labour, councillor.: , The -present, chairman of the Parks, Cemeteries and ? Allotments - - 1


Committee,


Councillor Wallace Har­ greaves, was invited to


? present his views, but • he declined to do so.


University .appointment


Clitheroe -could not go ; it; alone. I , am suggesting - there was no need to.


r-


f-'- The--"?capital/ffundk’1' and’ ,ibalances? are ■ to bej heavily


-By building it1 up modestly ; each: year, ;we: werc-'able to


■ methods -being suggested to ^pay for a’minor baths scheme/ so that it does not hurt. •' ■


/• drawn upon) foritiilsipurpose.. '-'/'The -capital ifund*has*. Helped-- considerably > finances.


55; in’.Clitheroe’s \ , .


.-Finally;-5)! ‘home’1 ‘to) ‘.th e ‘s


Royal, Grammar *" School, " Dry Vincent Alan McClelland has been appointed' Professor - of Education in the National University of Ireland.


A, former „pupil /of Clitheroe


sorj James Good as head-/ of the! Department 1 of - -.Education in "University* College.' . Cork, and will take up his - appoint­ ment on Octoberil’.-


■A For the past five'years, Dr. McClelland Has been* on *the staff s at- • Liverpool University.


Y ji ’ * i ,«T yg v make ^ purchases,,„suoh . as ^Mrs.'Mclelland.-


Aged ’ 36, he • is the son: of i Mr. Robert \ McClelland,’: of * George Street, : Clitheroe,’i and -the/ late


. S M f e succeeds Rev/ Rrofes-: ,


- " This is- a-period- of Clith- 'croe’s greatest - opportunity ' .-and it "begins ;to look- as:if;-


"' "If We' deplete' this fund, we


'"for;,’any. item; costihg./more ■ than -£oOO;,'.Otir' finance chair­ man'knows the value of this fund, yet it has .already had


historian, was guest speaker at the meeting of Clitheroe Women’s Conservative and Unionists Association at the Conservative Club. About 60 people attended,


Looking


back Mrs.' Elizabeth Jane


Tomlinson, who celebrated her 81st birthday Iasi Sat­ urday,. has lived in the same house in Brennand Street, Clitheroe, for 71


years. When she was about 10 years old, she and her family


moved in having spent a year-and-a’


-half living in a


house across 'the road, wait­ ing for her present home to


be built


very clear memory of things that -took place many' years ago renicnibBrs' watching a man laying: the cobbles in the streets around her home and seeing a wall and sates being erected at the Parish


Jubilee Mill. ■ One of her brothers was


Fcr 45 years she was a weaver at Brooks Mill and at .


Church. , .


" When her three brothers and' adopted sister married and move'd away, Mrs.-Tom­


chauffeur for some years to a local doctor, and drove one of the first cars in Clitheroe.


-; Her wedding took, place nearly 50 years ago at 8 a.m. one Sunday 'morning, at the Congregational Church. Her husband,-Robert, died


" ' Two- of " her three children arc "still alive and they, with her seven grandchildren-and


into .the-: town, "no--matter what the weather. ■.


linson stayed in Brennand Street looking after her parents and continued to live there after her own marriage.


Mrs. Tomlinson, who has a ,


Office manager |


retires The office mana;.|


J. Berry and Sol Chipping, Mr. Gcoil


dale, is to retire nel A native of Chip!


Bleasdale has wol Berry’s chairworks | years.


1941-45 as a memb| Volunteer Reserve stationed ’in the from 1943-45. ;


He served iri the;


Clitheroe Advertisl Times village corl fo r some years, ail years until 1963 her to Chipping ’Parish I He was also a |


Mr. Bleasdale hnl


parish • councillor, years.


Magazin-I


- last month and- wasf honorary warden.:; The parish churcl I


tholomew’s ;; Churel-I years, - Mr. Bleasdil


A warden at


is - one of his int-f Bleasdale and ; his; help, with the settj the magazine and i | tion. His interests incl


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GLIDIN PLAN (I


BY COl A proposed glii|


would cause trafiic- the village, membe | Monday.


ing, not just local;! ther afield in the \ t-riCt. ’ " His garden at h ;| Seed Hill, Chippii|


example of his landscaping. - Mr. Bleasdale is;


tee of the local Odl


Lorries is song


including several members of Clitheroe Borough Council.


\ X,


ing. Church Lane, r | been forced into - til


Cars using the ntl


heavy wagons, saiil Williamson/ Criainrf land Council’s ,Hig| mittcc. on' Moriday| Grass .verges:.


-■


/the": lane," and - the : ded to apply to t l j ing County Council I restriction order,; to |


cbewed/up -by- tb c |


! file lane. . Coun. -Williamsol


.would like to see ‘unsuitable:for heal each end of the lail heavy wagons seeiil it more than ever


£15 donJ


has received a donl from the members “ olic Social Club.


: Clitheroe: Physiol! tre management


1 FROM Tt j


f


- almost 15 .years ago. Mrs. Tomlinson is still very active and . often goes out


-Robson Harrison -Tomlinson, his wife, Ida; and their three children live with. Mrs. Tom­


six - great-grandchildren, all live in and around Clitheroe. One of .her sons.- Mr.


linson.


Her eldest son, John,- was killed in France in il944.


* "


' In three stages /' Decorations /.and‘;repairs


. are to be ‘ made ” at St. 'James’s Church,'; Clith­ eroc, at a cost of about


> fitting of ■ lights”, ’ explained Mr/ Broadhurst. “We are' also going to re­ light the anterior of the


' “The work on' the west front-: entails repairs- to the , cement rendenng and re-


the Rev. K. Broadhurst, said this week that the work would; - be done - in three stages.


£ 2,000. The Rector of the Church,


.


«#A large-sized ", vestibule,; suitable for meetings^ is to 1 be made and furnished with easy chairs ■ and book- . shelves.: Stage three" is-expec. .;


.-the vestibule ’scxeen will be : moved*:to be:in>line'jvlth the ■ front of the gallery.'y ‘


•region'of £500 to £600”. .. During the , third stage. -


,/V > ” ; t f r >


',-ted.to„cost,abouti£l,500.,;S-. " r ,


‘ <i K ‘i* ' > it - J , . » ? ’ ' t ‘ ' i ' ,,


-Jw j i


v v f


’church. and install' hidden floodlights. I t is expected : -that-” this will cost- in the ;


For boys Travel,! Barons; from the I ■thisyear.Madeinj


j For girls New su j -guiding grip/specil sandal sensation f<i Baronettesfromthl


fittings and-an attil


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