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UT cher


miihiiiiii;


tears on


ision


Sanderson, dburn and id a for- Clithcroe


liool for earing on evision on p.m.


Woman driver helps at


driver, Mrs. Freda Duck­ worth, of Kirk House, is re­ turning home today from the Prince of Wales Investiture


investiture Gisburn’s woman coach


Duckworth, who runs the coach trips and tours side of her husband’s haulage firm, was invited to take her 16- seater Mercedes mini-bus to Wales to drive around VIPs at the investiture of the Prince of Wales. She set out . on Sunday to


celebrations at . Caernarvon. About two months ago, Mrs.


pick up her passengers in Bangor.


special uniform made up for her in Air Force blue, piped with cherry, and a peaked cap. A highly-skilled driver, Mrs.


Mrs. Duckworth had had a


Duckworth holds an advanced driving certificate for both private cars and commercial vehicles.


Midnight service


children ol' Frodsham. where she


n w:\\ be omc of the


llso at the ad a meet- fion House, 16 to mark the retirc-


:is year, and Sister


incipal. the rhouse. . who is 37, hter of Mr. mder.son, of shto”’.


S itain’s first


t Centre, en. The l the Lake i Park and lily during ason from


n. ads in 32 on the lake- bleside and r, about 1900, lrdens were r las Mawson Wil- in whose


e remained ;er which it convalescent


iv the estate 00.


he Country- mal Parks) led the Lake Park Plan-


;o the house ibition to be round floor, cafeteria, an ter and book leatre, rooms temporary


alterations iffices are on


ar park and ■oilet. blocks uctc-d in the ilso includes ea, six acres no 600 yards li a jettv for ole putting alreadv m as beautiful


attached to Children's celebrating


ster of Whalley Methodist Church, conducted a midnight service ’on Pendle Hill on Fri­ day when members of Clith­ eroe Methodist Circuit organ


The Rev. E. S. Joselin, Mini­


ised a hike. About 25 hikers set off at


on to Pendle top. They returned to Trinity


11-45 p.m, and walked via Clerk Hill, Ndck-of-Pendle and


Methodist Church, Clitherce, where breakfast was served by members of the Circuit Youth Council.


Large c o n g r e g a t i o n s


attended the St. James's Day and Sunday School adver­ sary services held during the weekend. At the morning service, the


day school children sang two items and the day school teachers read lessons. In the afternoon, members of the church and schools joined in a procession around the parish to the church. During the afternoon ser­


vice, Sunday School ohildren of the infant department sang and the juniors presented a mime.


In the evening, the highest


possible Covenanters award, the Gold Swordsman, was presented to one of the boys. Preacher for the day was


Mr. Ian Cory, extension sec­ retary for the Scripture Union in the North of Eng­ land.


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Whalley Road petition alleges nuisance


Customers of the Chinese chip shop in Whallcy Road,


Clitheroe, have urinated in adjacent shop doorways, and wiped their chip papers across plate glass windows, allege residents of Whalley Road, in- a petition sent to Clithcroe Town Council.


by the health committee on Monday night, and later, the chairman, Coun. S. J. Moore, said "This is a very serious complaint. "Cusomers from the chip


•The petition was discussed


Derelict house blaze


plaints were mainly about behaviour on Saturday and Sunday nights.- ,


Children


it was illegal to sell chips alone, cr even fish and chips,' on lunday, the - owners were


He explained that although


within ’ the law in selling chicken and chips, or pies and


chips. The petition was signed by


20 residents, and the commit­ tee decided to-refer the matter .to the police.


The Bible’s approach


congregation will be among the many thousands of people attending the "Peace on Earth" international assem­ bly of Jehovah’s Witnesses at Wembley Stadium from July


Members - ol the Clitheroe


29 to August 3. During the assembly, drama­


tised incidents in the lives of the family heads in ancient Israel will be presented in costume. Talks will be given emphasising th e Bi b l e approach'to modern day prob


shop have even lifted up the letter box of the shop next door and urinated through that,” he said. The bus shelter on the opposite side of the road had also been fouled. Coun. Moore said the com­


1


called out three times during last weekend. ' On Saturday, they ex­


Clitheroe Fire Brigade was


from , Clitheroe,., to g e th e r . -with appliances f-rom-Padiham, were sent ~to Cobdert -Mill Watt Street, Sabden, by a malicious false alarm call. They dealt frith a chimney


fire in Duck Street on Sunday evening.


tinguished a fire in a. derelict house in St. Paul's Street, Low Moor. The house had been fired by contractors, who began demolition work on Monday. In the early hours of Sun­ day morning, two . engines


Ministry higher council


rents for houses


Rents of 625 council houses in Clitheroc arc to be increased from October 1 this year. The increases range


from Id. to 6s. lOd. a week. The housing committee learnt on Monday that the in­


creases had been approved by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. Rents "ill go up on all


dwellings which were limited in the last review, the result being that rents of houses built before 1966 will be based on 95 per cent or the gross rateable value. Only 13 houses in this class


PLANS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF WATER


Water consumption in


Clithcroe has risen by more than a third since the supply was taken over by the Fylde Water Board six years ago. This was due to three factors,


• Increase in . the number of automatic washing machines.


0 Increase in the number of baths in private houses.


Ciitheroe Health Committee were told on Monday:


• Increase in industry especi­ ally the ICI works.


ing, Coun. Robert Ainsworth produced a bottle of tapwater with a large amount of sediment


At last month’s council meet­ .


ing a number of complaints about the purity of the water supply.


The committee were consider­


in the bottom, and handed it to the Mayor. Coun. Ainsworth said it was


the fourth such sample that had been shown to him in a


week, and lie claimed the water was undrinkable. “WORSENED”


long discussion about the water supply and, said; chairman Coun. S. J. Moore later, the general opinion was that it had worsened rather than improved since takeover by the Fyide Water Board.


The Health Committee had a


board had two schemes in hand for the improvement of the supply:


plies.


I During 1970-71, the board hope to ciury out a scheme to cover Lowcoeks reservoir where Clitheroe’s w a t e r supply is stored after it has come from the two boreholes on Grindleton Fell.


Members were told that tlio


0 The provision of a 15in. or alternatively an 18in. main to link Clithcroc with the Waddington and Hodder sup


to enter a scheme of house ex­ change between local authori­ ties. They had considered an inquiry from a tenant who had contacted an agency operatin the scheme.


frill pay more than £3 a week. The committee decided not


No dogs


ported on the progress of build­ ing work in Manor Road and Carlton Place, and the com­ mittee . confirmed the lettin„ policy for these new properties. Tenants will not be allowed


The Borough Engineer re­


to keep dogs in the flats. Work is progressing on the


re-rviring of council houses in Holden Street and Turner Street, and on the external painting of houses in Holden Street, Whipp Avenue, Mytton View and Henthorn Road.


Residents complain


at 5-30 a.m. and returning at 1 a.m. the next morning, and maintenance work being carried out throughout the night is disturbing the sleep of residents in the Bawdlands


of noise Heavy wagons setting off


district of Clithcroc. A petition, signed by 22 resi­


dents of Bawdlands and Thorn Street, and presented to Clitheroe Town Council’s Health Committee on Monday, alleged that vehicles owned by the Eric Dugdaie Group were creating a grave nuisance. The noise of maintenance


of algae, the green plant life which has troubled the water supply for the past few years. Coun. Moore stressed that


This would prevent the growth


although the water in some parts of the town had been dis coloured on occasions dui’ing recent weeks, it was quite safe to drink because it was clilori


nated.


plants h a v e - l a i d * o u t in the Castle grounds'for sum­ mer display by - members of Clitheroe Corporation's parks


Summer display . •;.


d in E


staff, members of the parks committee were told on Tues­ day.


‘EROS CENTRE’ GAINS £100


A week of money-raising


events, organised by the Clitheroe Young People’ Recreation Committee support the new E r o Centre at Rocficld, has


to s


week of the missing Wednes­ day” because a jumble sale arranged for that day had to be cancelled. A folk concert and barbeque,


raised about £100. The week was named "The


arranged for the Monday was unfortunately spoiled by rain. Highlight of the week was Tuesday's backwards race


Roefield. This took the form of a spon


sored race around a quarter-


mile circuit. The committee’s chairman.


Clilhcroe Advertiser and Times, 'July 4th, 1969 7


FROM THE FAMOUS NORVICBARONS RANGE A Y P


Mr. P. E. Chatham, of Park Avenue, Clitheroo, said: “This race was a tremendous step for ward and receipts are expected to total more than £50. “Several sponsors misunder


stood the idea of so-much-a-lap and sponsored the whole of the race, but even so we are grateful to them for paying u p ”


Vandalism


the kidnapping of the Mayor css of Clitheroe, Mrs. S. Hardman was also successful. “ The success of the tramp


Thursday's coffee evening and


extravaganza In the St. John Ambulance Hall on Friday night was starred by vandalism to the toilet system. The restora­ tion of the toilet will take awy all the profit from the evening" Mr. Chaburn said this week. The concert parly on Satur­


tre's mascot, were on sale at the events. The centre at Rceiield will


day was enjoyable but the attendance was very low. "Dum-dums" the Eros Cen­


provide recreational • activities for the town's young people and it is expected that the pre mises will be open next month


work, -together with the blare of transistor radios, went on until •two in the morning, said th petition. Lorries also caused obstruc­


tions in the neighbouring streets.


Limited


understood that times of work­ ing in the adjacent industrial premises were limited to the hours between 6 a-m. and 7 p.m., and asked if the same


Residents said that they


restrictions, could be placed on the Eric Dugdaie Group. -■-Conn.'S. J. Moore, chairman of the health committee, said


later th a t‘the Town Clerk had been authorised to write to the Erie Dugdaie Group informing them of the complaint, and telling them it would be pur­ sued further if necessary.


Advertisement chief retires


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After 20 years with United


the United Newspapers group he occupied a similar position with their subsidiary company owning the monthly maga­


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Pub plans


premises on the site of the former Spring Mill, opposite the Langho Hotel. The council's building sur­


ceived by Blackburn Rural Council for proposed licensed


Detailed plans have been re­


veyor is to present the plans to a meeting of Billington Par­ ish Council to seek members’


views.


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a thousand years” will be the subject of an. address given by Nathan H. Knorr, Watch Tower Society president.


lems. "The approaching peace of


Keeping it dark


won their fight against the pro­ vision of street, lights pro­ posed by Lancashire County


Villagers in Wlswell have


Council. . . A recent meeting voted over­


whelmingly to stay in tire dark, and the parish council has now received a letter from the county council saying that the villagers’ wishes would be res­


pected. At Hurst Green, however,


where residents aTe pressing for the provision of street lights, they .are to be provided in the near future.


Thank you


be sent from the 'Divisional Education Executive to sev­ eral teachers leaving alter


Letters of appreciation are to


periods °f long service in the division.


ceiving letters axe Miss E. M. Barton, head of Downham C of E school for. 24 years; Mrs. J. Chadwick, who was taught at Hapton County Primary for 37 years; Mr. M. J. Henry, who has been at the same school for 23 years, and Miss I. B. Whitaker who has been at Fadiham’ County Primary School.for 38 years.,


Among, those who will be re ................


Boarding Establishments Act 1963 is to be grouted .for Ken­ nels nearing completion at Whdtecroft, .. Pendle -, Avenue, Ohatbum. ■ :


Kennel licence A licence under the Animal


including isolation facilities, and will be granted when ,thc kennels have been completed to the satisfaction of the council’s surveyor and public health inspector.


The licence will cover 16 dogs, - ■; s


Rolling pennies was one of the many attractions for youngsters who attended Clilhetoc Cricket Club’s gala on Friday.


Big day


England Primary School held its annual field day and


St. Leonard’s Church of


in the hall and a welcoming speech was given by the head­ master, Mr. E. R. Scott. They


sports on Saturday week. Pupils and parents assembled


items and there were dancing displays accompanied by the recorder band. Spoils results: 20 yards. Girls


toured the classrooms to see an exhibition of the pupils’ work. The school choir sang various


4—5 years: 1 Susan Heyes; 2 Brenda Sandown; 3 Susan Knight. Boys, 4—5 years: 1 James


at St, Leonard’s Primary School


c/


ga-ret Whittam Beys. 9—10 years; 1 Dean


Julia Kenyon and Ann Warbur-1 9—11 years: 1 Gariy Eaton ton; 3 Julia Brooks and Mar-1 and Steven Pilling; 2 William


Chadwick and David Hartley; J. Whittaker and Andrew


Coughlin and Kim Isherwcod; 2, Kevin Turner a n d B r i a n Whittaker; 3 Andrew Kleven and Richard Turner. 11—13:. 1. David Willats and


Hartley. . 11—13 years: 1 Michael


James Wood; 2 Michael Bar-ton and Stephen Harrison; 3 David Mills and Andrew Hartley. ■ Gilds’ egg and spoon race.


Brown;: 2 Christopher Tim­ mins; 3 Francis Terry. Toddlers: 1 Andrew Wads­


Osborne and- Stephen Richards; Michael Willats' and W.


Turner; 3 Stephen Harrison and Gregory Heyes.


Mixed adults three-legged race: Stephen Warburton and


7—9 ycarsn l Karen Bloy: 2 Gillian Prince; 3 Bridget


worth; 2 Susan O’Conner; 3 Heather Whittam. 40 yards: Girls 8—9 years. 1


Price: 2 David.Ashcroft; 3 Eddie Roberts. ' Girls, 5—7 years: 1 Sharon Turner: 2 Janet Heyes: Patricia Leigh. Boys, 5—7 years: 1 Frank Darocca; 2 David Shaw; 3 Alan


Alison Riding; 2 Gillian Prince; 3 Ann Marie Martin. Boys 8—9 years: 1 Philip


Ryding. 60 yards. Girls 11—13 years:


Watson; 2 Michael Leaver; Michael Barton. Adults. Men’s sack-race: Mr.


1 Katrina Price: 2 Lynne Isher- wood; 3 Julia Kenyon. Boys, 11—13 years: 1 Barry


Ryding. Girls ■ three-legged race. 8—10


Sharpies,, 11—13 years: 1 Helen Murray;


Birkett. 9—io years: 1 Angela Mur­ ray; 2 June Kitolling; 3 .Janet


2 Katrina Price: 3 Lynne Ishcr-


David Warburton; 2 Frank Larocca, 3 Richard Prcw. ‘ 9—11 years: 1 Ken Tsher wood: '2 ‘ William Chadwick; :


Angela. , Murray;. 2...... Janet Sharpies; 3. June Kitching. , 9—11 years: Gillian Prince; 2


Girls skiDping. 7—9 years:


years: 1 Joy Watson and Genene Brown; 2 Brenda Medley and Beverlev’Prince: 3 Karen Bloy and Sandra Pilling 11—13 years: 1 Helen Medley and Shirley Hodgkinson; "


Murray;l,21 Gillian Garrett; Ann Wnrbur-ton. Boys' wheelbarrow race. 7—


son. - 11—13 years: 1 Kathleen


, > •


wood. Women's: Mrs. Larocca. Boys sack race. 7—9 years: 1


David Hartley, 11—13 years: 1 Bernard Mur­


ray; 2 James Wood;-3-Andrew Hartley.


Brenda Medley: 3 Ruth Thomp­


Janet Higson. Girls’ 80 yards. 7—8 years: 1 Leona Murdock; 2 Susan


Brew;. 2 Alfie Rushton; 3


Delany: 3 Julia Holt. Boys. 7—8 years: 1 Richard


Timothy Raynor. Girls, 8—9 years: 1 Linda


Pilling: 2 Karen Bloy; 3 Beverley Ashford. Boys, ■


Kleven’: ■ 2 Ronald Waring; 3 8—9 years: 1 Andrew


Brian Low. Girls, 11—13 years: 1 Ruth


Thompson: 2 Brenda Medley: 3 Kathleen'Hughes. Boys.' 9—11 years: ,1 Steven Pilling; 2 .Garry Eastwood;


Mil’s ’' 3/ Dean Coughlin, 11—13 vears: 1 David Willats;


9 years: 1, Stephen Patrick and David .Warburton: 2 .Shaun Whittaker ' and ' Andrew New­ ton: 3 Neil 'Broderick-, and .Neil Jefferies,


and Mr. E. R.' Scott. Judges. Messrs. Whitworth. Medley and Price. Mr.. K. Carter . took charge of the prizes, ... '■


The starters were Mr. Hughes '■..-.•■■■■■■ New/ ' '


William Chadwick.., .' . Bovs TOO yards: 9—10 years: .‘Michael . Willats; ;,2 , David


2 James Wood; 3 Stephen Har­ rison..


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Increased daily hours Monday to Friday : 9.30 to 3.30


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Friday evening hours 5 to 6.30


) Once again Yorkshire Bank has taken an independent line


and £28 was raised for the School; Extension - Fund.


> Refreshments' ■ were served . L . 1


in its approach to late openings The newfiours'amdiiattempt ■to meet the needs of your, local communityandgiveyoii ', ample time to do your banking after-youkavefnished workS^


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