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MOOR POST THREATENED


9 CLOSURE to have talks


Another Clitheroe Post Office is threatened with closure, members of the finance committee heard on Tuesday. The post-mistress at Low M they might wan


this year, and the GPO have indicated tuhatjai


FIRST WEEKEND OFF FOR


BANKS New hours of business in


banks came into force this week and the majority of Clitheroe banks have found that the public have been making use pf. the extended


time. Bank employees are looking


forward to their first free weekend. Mr. E. Stratter, manager of the


Trustee Savings Bank, echoed the view of some of the other bank managers in the town when he said "Now we think we have a fighting chance of get­ ting staff and keeping them.” Their new hours mean that


their bank is now open for one- and-a-half hours longer than it was before Saturday closing was introduced. Mr. F. A. Hope, manager of


the District Bank, speaking on behalf of his employees said "The staff are naturally glad to be having Saturdays off, bringing them in line with com­ parable professions that have enjoyed this privilege for


' morning opening..,is „;bound«,to; S•gfcjnpg £ O - cls o


years. , "The' elimination of Saturday


-it',U


inconvenience,’ ’to "some ^degree, the customers and with this in mind we accept the revised opening times, although it in fact means working longer


hours." The National Westminster


Bank said “We have gone to considerable expense with Installing cash dispensers in various parts of the country and this policy will be extended. Night safe warrants are also available and both these ser­ vices are available to cus­ tomers." Clitheroe’s banks are now


.w„„


this week that the Post Office had said in a letter to the council that they had do ubts over the future of the Low Moor sub post office, in view of the demolition which had been carried out in the area.


Aid. Tom Robinson, finance committee chairman, said


v»oor is resigning later want to close the office.


the post office after the holidays to discuss the move, as they arc concerned at the large number of old age pensioners


Members of the council are to meet representatives of


who would no longer be able to draw their pensions near home.


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of the Clitheroe branch of the National Federation of Old Age Pensions' Associations, said yes­ terday she would fight to keep the post office open. She is still campaigning for


Mrs. Ethel Penny, secretary


the re-opening of the Shaw Bridge sub post office which closed last year, and immedi­ ately she heard of the threat to Low Moor's pensioners she wrote to the head postmaster at Blackburn to protest. She said: " I t ’s Just stupid.


■WHITEWELL MAN STOLE CAR AND


There’s going to be nothing left in Clitheroe at all. I think it’s about time the councillors did something to prevent it, be­ cause there are only going to be three post offices left in the town in King Street, and at Salford and Bawdlands. “ There would be far too few


for a borough of this size. If they can’t provide a permanent sub post office, they should be able to provide a mobile one where pensioners could draw their pensions. " I don’t think the council


should wait until after the holi­ days before they meet the GPO. They should strike while the iron's hot. “As soon as I heard t


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away, and Ewas writing letters ^ „ , iceiicc; during my holidays.


-------------- , office ^was. n r- that


should get on with this straight away,” she added.


Treasure hunt


open from Monday to Friday from 9-30 a.m. to 3-30 p.m. and on Thursdays from 4-30 to 6-0 p.m.. except the Yorkshire bank which stays open late on Fri- davs from 5-0 to 6-30 p.m. and the Trustee Savings Bank which is open from Monday to Thursday from 9-30 a.m. to 4-0 p.m. and on Fridays from 9-30 a.m. until 6-0 p.m.


a supper-dance was held at Downham last night in aid of the St. Leonard’s Church


A treasure hunt, followed by


Seating fund. The route for the treasure


hunt, which was organised by Mr. R. Hall of Downham Road, Chatburn, and Miss V. Barnes, the next headmistress of Down­ ham Church of England School, covered 15 miles and passed’ through several of the 1 surrounding villages.


to serve the town, and they licence after hearing evidence job I from Mr. Peter A. H. Hartley,


The councillors are elected The magistrate granted the


- .port ot an ‘application for , I


•" ' *■". "V1' , . , . a director ot tne company.


The police offered no ob I jections, ana Supt. G. Wilkin


expressed concern only over the point that the off-licence would be in part self-service.


Lions already held off-licences out, and placed in 'the mini van. Shipley,SRothwell, CHeckmond-1The cai: had been broken .into


wike and Barnoldswick. Separate


All had been granted in the th at g have been found cut, past year, and in only one 0 th at x


,__ justices decision. __. , . ,,


He said that Morton had said, “I am very sorry that I took this car and I am glad


fc t „ u ’


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tion, he said, to provide the of money involved, off licence gales in a completely He said the components of separate room from the main the two vehicles had been self-service part in the super- recovered, but a t the present market.


I t was the company’s inten- the offences, and the amount time it was not possible to say


right of the entrance foyer, I be. and attached to it would be a store-room for drinks.


dance at all the


A cashier would be in atten­ times, supervising


made in the off-street


room. Deliveries would be loading


no I “


I t would be situated to the what the salvage cost would Mi-. D/.aring said Morton’s


wife was expecting ■ sidei able sti ess, bay, and as there was a car l” °:,,a'n d


store opened, the average num­ ber of customers each week h a d considerably exceeded 7,000.„„


In the six weeks since the


management if an off-licence jutes anti-litter campaign, was to be provided.


Many of these had asked th^ j ,e(lel.a t;on 0f Women’s • Insti- | Bolton-by-Bowland WI has held


_ J Lapsed


Mr. Leather * Omitted that there were already several off- licences


ruaryui


trates had granted a licence to the


' tihis n Society jr «u iC.____ ub


Castle Street, but m the same Beu, n : 2 Jonathan Roberts 11: month the licence for another l


Blackburn for


their off-licence in castle Street had


in I aidson, 8; 9-11 years, 1 Kenneth r,


lapsed There were also a large num­ ber of ’on-licensed’ premises


in the area, but these did hot cater for the same type of


trade. ‘The whole attitude to the


Leather.


if a full off licence was granted but a much more liberal atti­ tude has become established by licensing justices and there is now nothing at all unusual in finding two or three .super­ markets in the centre of a town, each one with an off


“I t used to be quite an event ' Page 2— Radio, and Tclc- licence." .


'Britain of several million pounds’ . worth of agricultural produce.


executive committee expressed their disgust this week at the reports of a deal with Rumania involving' the shipment to


Members of Lancashire NFU


. review. V Page 3—Through a Whal- ley , Window;r Whallcy


v i s i o n Programmes; Entertainments and Coming Events; Cinema


Page 4—A visit to Hem­ lock Cottage; Women’s Institute; notes; Sewing Pattern; Recipes.


'and - general news; Readers’ letters.


Page. .5—News; pictures;. : Prize-crossword.


Page 6—District Jottings; Page .7r-Nctfs;. Pictures. ;


; Round and About; Country Diary.


i Page,' 8—Wedding , reports u>. and pictures; News. Page - 9—Classified adver- i tisements, including Situ­ ations vacant, - cars for sale.


i Page 10—Classified adver- . ! tisements; obituaries; ii news; sport.


Page l l—Weekend sports reports.


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granting of off licences has un­ dergone a revolution,” said Mr.


Co-operative | Kevin Hayton, 7: 3 Lucia Don- premises


t she magis- _


winners were:' 7-9 years, ’XiiiioLliv Roberts,


aged 9;


in Clitheroe. year,


In Feb­ As part


Painting contest of


th e . Lancashire


a painting competition entitled “Keep our village tidy." . The competition was split into three age groups and was judge by an a r t teacher from Accrington.


_


equal 3 Kathleen Bowker, IT, and Diana, Parkinson, 1 1 ; over 11 years, 1 Jennifer Donaldson, 15; 2 Anthea Donaldson, 13; equal 3 Angela Robinson, 12, and Susan Moss, 13


park behind the store, there |family upsets’ would be no problems of traffic obstruction.


two or three weeks’ time. “These offences happened in


a child in ___


said Mi. Deal- had been some


bits and these had been left on a tip in Clitheroe.


. Mr- Leather, ot Bradlord, Supt. wilkin said the en| toe that from t*e car had been taken


, „


him, took him to the police station where he was charged.


the engine of one into the other, and then disposed of the second vehicle on a Clithcroe rubbish tip.


Supermart granted


off licence A petition signed by more


than 900 customers of Lions Supermarket, King Lane,


was presented to ^C l itheros. r;,


Magistrates’ Court on Wednes­ day, when John Kenneth Mor­ ton, of Higher Whitewell Farm, W hitewell appeared, charged with stealing an Austin van worth £200, belonging to Trevor Malcolm Scott, and stealing an Austin car, worth £625, belong­ ing to David Hulston. Morton, who pleaded guilty,


This was said at Accrington


VAN, COURT TOLD A 19-year-old married man who stole two vehicles, put


are not unduly worried about their tenancy of the coal yard, pictured above, which is owned by British . Rail. British Rail announced last


have told members t of the Borough Council that they


Clitheroe’s coal, merchants


month that they were to with­ draw rail deliveries of coal


from August, and; coal mor chants arc arranging to have coal brought in bulk by road from Blackburn. Their depots arc rented


Council studies swimming


(pool report


from British Rail on a monthly basis, but they told Councillor John Blackburn, chairman of the development Committee, that in the past they have always been given 12 months’, notice of any changes. If, however, British Rail


decide to sell the land, the Borough Council will bo given first option to buy it.


fined £25 for breaking a con­ ditional discharge. Supt. G. Wilkin, prosecuting.


ScotE” ff£R?eS*ra§'-van on 'th e Accrington' College of 'Further Education car park, and when he returned, it was missing. He said th at Hulstcn’s car


was fined £50 for - the first offence, placed on two years’ probation for the second, a-nd


Borough ^ Treasurer


retirement


had been taken from Ornierod Street, Accrington, where it had been parked on the evening of May 14.


Broken


be better if a counter could be _ e van’ which had been re- provided to separate customers sprayed and after questioning from the drinks „ T n,


He suggested, that it would Wareing saw Morton driving


P.C. F. Booth and D.C. J, ------- =


year.


Clitheroc for the past eight years, Mr. Harold Parkinson to retire at the end of the


The feasibility report for the proposed swimming baths


at Roefield has now been completed, and is being studied by members and officials of Clithcroc Borough Council.


committee chairman, said this week tn a t three alternative


Coun. VJ


schemes,had been prepared. One was the original £55,000


scheme mentioned by finance chairman, Aid T. Robinson in his budget speech in April.


enough for inter-county and inter-school competitions, but not of international size.


I t consisted of a pool large


■sazu -date.“*’^l-A"<i;CTTC.C- '“ •"-.-later Detail


pool ■ of tile- same -size, . with provision for-; the. addition of a .Tep/ners’ potfl. ana extra chang-


The second-scheme is for a Borough Treasurer oE I


pool and learners’ pool to be built at the same time.


The third ■ scheme is for


mittee of his intention this h a s t detail, week.


He notified the finance com- jnto the scheme down.. to the “They have even worked out


Coun. Hargreaves said the consultants, Houghton, Green- h ees and Associates, had gone


Royal Grammar School, he need,” he said, has completed 43 years’ service The proposals will be dis- with the Corporation, and is a cussed at a special meeting of member of the North East the council to be held after the Lancashire Association of holidavs and i t is hoped that Chief Financial Officers.


An old boy of Clitheroe how many coat hangers we will fUu details of the scheme, to


daughter of a former vicar of ings of the baths, will be pub- Chatbum, the Rev. A. E. fished in the Advertiser and Swallow.


Mr. Parkinson’s wife is the gether with plans and draw


live in Beverley Drive, plan to the baths out of balances in ■spend their retirement in hand in order to avoid incurr- Devon.


Mr. and Mrs. Parkinson, who The council plans, to pay for Times.;


ing high interest charges Interest rates are still spiral­


Queues for stamps


ling higher and higher, Aid. Robinson said this week.


Expensive


the first issue Prince of Wales commemorative


arrived’on Tuesday. Mrs.' Bi M. -Ho’olcy, acting post


s t amp s


stamps had also been-sold since to pay for the swimming baths, Tuesday.. : . ■


mistress;' said that the 5d stamps met. the biggest demand but 1,500. ,9d-.and 1,500 Is


uui< i,t>uu, .»u- .


began as soon as the stamps Aid. Robinson said the.mter- came in. I t ' was' one long rush I e s f charges were causing-great from start to finish.”


She added, “The queues be increased tremendously, Though-there were a lot of


private collectors .buying- the stamps,’ there; were also several


stamp dealers. Mrs. Hooley said; that the


Prince ' of Wales, issue had proved the most popular’, for some years,


£ 2 0 0 r a i s e d


ing on Wednesday held by the Clitheroe Branch of the NSPCC a t Grecnbanks, Grin-


| to embark on a £300,000 sewage disposal scheme.


concern to t h e council, especially as they -were about


After completing 12 months successful operations -rail-fed


| s r silo whij.uch, will uii,


Shap, Ribblesdaie Cement Ltd, has erected a


distribution


More th an £200 was raised depot’s storage capacity. a t a coffee-morning and e v e n - ----------------


dleton, home of Mr, and Mrs. John Greenwood. There was a produce, stall and a -hat bar, and games and


sideshows in the garden for children and adults.


from its depot


at


second 250 .tons -—r. double


the


Clitheroe Post, Office when | chaiges laid down ^ the _Pul> .


Long queues formed at th a t the present interest


term was even more expensive, said Aid. Robinson, the rates earlier this week being 12 per


To borrow money on snore


luuu w j j m o n e y w , « • the cost to the ratepayers would


CEH money had to be borrowed


Members of the finance com- .Imittee were told on Tuesday


lie Works Loan Board were 10 per; cent.


____ ... Hargreaves, parks


Manager received broken


inan.Vja.nies; George Brether- 'fined'1


ribs- - A.i?.2iyear-old -Up Holland


£10:by‘Clitiieroe'''niagis".


trates yesterday after plead­ ing guilty to assaulting his manager and occasioning him actual bodily harm.- Insp. S." Evans said that the


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MAUD REPORT ‘CATASTROPHIC’


"catastrophic, unless there is some hope of re-assurance that the Government will not accept the recommendations of the


FOR STAFFING Lancashire County Council’s stalling problems will be


Royal Commission as they stand." -This warning came from the |


council's policy committee, which said this week it was totally opposed to unitary authorities in Lancashire.


“The county council have


always held out that no change is better than change for the worse," i t added.


The committee has begun to


strongly held opinion of the house in Bright Street on committee that it would be a Wednesday afternoon,


I t was the unanimous and 1 . ■ t , . n, 1 ‘ . ,


most backward step to break Ml._ j 0iln Hass, the owner, up Lancashire, or any part of I


some services and, for the i UlUiUlg *■'*’ ^


Commission, of


which needed to be provided at as local a level as possible.


so many s . ” , , , ,


prepare, and place before ine j jjibblesdalc Cement W o rk s , countv council, proposals for a wbere jle jS employed, and he


The■rn oiiuuiLiee tnuo -u | police brought Mr. Haas from i unntends to ;


new * organisation■.-for looal said later: “ I t ’s made a real government in Lancashwe. mess."


two-level approach outlined in smoke coming from the cliim- the county council’s evidence ney, but thought nothing of it to the “Eve” Local Government untfi she realised Mr. Haas was


This would be based on the Mrs. Nutter said she noticed Boundaiy Commission in 1946; at work.


its own, and the County Coun- she then saw smoke pouring cils Association's evidence to fl.0m a bedroom window ana the Royal Commission; and the immediately phoned tile ori- Memorandum of Dissent by I gade. Royal Commission member Mr. | Derek ■ Senior.


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been set up to prepare a scheme based on this broad approach as soon as it .has had time to give more detailed considera­


A special sub-committee has


tion to the various reports and a l l ' current ; views; upon them, including those, o f ;the‘councils in Lancashire.


r — c discharge


_


foreman, Mr. Frank Wilson, noticed that one of the bull­ dozers was idle. The • lunch break had finished some 20 minutes before.


He saw Bretherton walking


towards the machine and asked where he had been. Later Bre­ therton said he was leaving the site and walked towards his own vehicle.


The manager shouted to him,


“ I will see you are barred from all McAlpine sites in the


future.” Abuse Bretherton got out of his car


and pushed the manager against it. Later, Mr. Wilson experi­ enced’some pain and i t was dis­ covered that he had three frac­


tured ribs. For Bremerton, Mi-. Peter


Davies said th at lie-had worked hard all morning and then went for liis lunch and he was some minutes late back.


guage and rather than take any more abuse, Brethefton; walked away. He decided to quit ills


The manager used bad lan­


^ When the manager mentioned that lie would see he wasn’t employed again lie feared for the welfare of his wife and children. After pushing the manager they both s h o o k


head said, “We have a sense of svmpathy with , you, but this is a" serious charge and something we cannot condone.


Presiding, Mr. Stanley West-


Wilson did not altogether’ act wisely in this matter. We would also hope th at the-firm of Mc- Alnine would reconsider then decision about taking .away


“We feel that perhaps Mi. . - ■ your job.” . ' MAN clea r ed Clithcroe Mcgtslor.es Street, Low Moor.


Lincoln Thompson, of U*onl --------


■ Mr. Basil Dearing, prosecu£


ing. said that as a information received, p S. G. L


Griffiths and Pc- nN-. I lola™ visited the garage-the Low


Moor Service Station—a t 11 p.m. on Thursday, May »• They:


Drinks


the garage had heen biokcn, and took Thompson to Chthcrae


The police oficers discovered that a window a t the


°


Police Station .where he i\ns ChIn®C


w a ' statement: Thompson found Thompson


crouched and hiding' m a short alleyway.


that he had arrived home from work to Standish a t about 9 p.m; and had had a, few drmlts in three public houses.


ford Road, he wanted to h r i- nate and decided to go behind |


On his way home down Edis-


“ 'M r^P .^T um e r , defending. said th at Thompson had-with him a small rucksack contain- ing the remains of his ..lunch


and his eating implements, and he cvlso held oboub‘£28. in cash. ‘He had no implements with


which to break into; the garage, and indeed, no reason to do so,


he added. Thompson was awarded • four |


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was granted absolute discharges by Ciitheroe magistrates yester­ day after pleading guilty to using a car without tax or insurance.


A 31-year-old Clitheroe man


Altham saw Matthew Lynch, of St. Paul’s Street, Low Moor, seated in his vehicle a t 6-40 p.m. on February 18. Tile vehicle had no tax or insurance. In court. Lynch said the


Insp. S. Evans said that PC


vehicle had been parked on some spare land for several months, but the residents in the area had complained and he had been obliged to move it. He had only driven it about 25 yards.


Challenge trophy


, lengeTrofiliy competition for


Chorley: Ellesmere Port v Baeup Borough; Arnold v Ley- land Motors.


Saturday, November 8, unless the clubs agree to play on a weekday in the week preceding. Among the clubs exempt until


The ties are to be played on , .


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Evidence committee


effective


on the other hand, unsuitable, I and“kacl t0 don breathing appa as


and democratic provision and running


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the^ efficient services


I filiu irnu y


fiUed with smoke. Thev found tli: that


because the th smoke.


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iron had been left on; A table and a bed-settee were ruined by


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the fire. A carpet was damaged, and


firemen had to saw away char- red floorboards.'


it, into unitary authorities hen the alarm was raised by which, on the one hand, would' be too small running of


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