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£62,500 overspending on Water Board schemes


Overspending t o ta 11 i n g


£62,500 on three schemes has been; approved by the


works' committee of the Fylde Water Board. Biggest -item is £27,856 for


additional works'at the Eastern Division’s new' offices and depot in .Wensley Fold, Black­ burn.'.


' The .original.- loan sanction


put a new roof on the weaving shed — the p r em i s e s we r e formerly a cotton mill.


was for £102,930., I t has also been decided to


occurred in connection with improvements at Earnsdale and Sunnyhurst Reservoirs, Darwen. This is due to revisions and


Overspending of £26,703 has


additions in the four years since the scheme was first


POLICEMAN FOLLOWED TRAIL OF DAMAGE


Two Clitheroe youths who went on a spree of vandalism


left a trail of destruction through the town, Clithcroe magis­ trates heard yesterday week.


lamp-posts, demolished two brick walls, -and wenched a


They ripped letter bins from


Regan, aged 19, of Albert Street.-Low Moor, and Malcolm Turnbull,' aged 19, of Henthorn Road, were each ordered to pay £16 2s. restitution.


St. John Ambulance box from a wall. Peter Anthony F r a n c i s


damaging four metal litter 'bins, worth £13 4s, and £5 each for damaging a brick and concrete wall, the property of Barnes and'Tipping Ltd., worth £15.


- YOUTHS


iMr. Robert Smith, and £2 each for damaging a St. John Ambulance • box.


for causing, £2 worth of dam­ age to a stone wall owned by


They' were ■ also fined £2


the night of July 26, Sgt. G. Ooldwell- and Pc I. Hartley followed a trail of damage until they came to a group of youths in Henthom Road.


Insp. E. Janes said that on


among them, and both admit­ ted causing the damage.


Turnbull .and, Regan were


and said they had had too much' to -drink.


Youth fined


youths were each fined £2 at Clitheroe yesterday week for depositing. litter in Whalley Road, Clitheroe.


Two 19-yeax-old Chatbum


Chad’s Avenue, and Andrew John Peacock, of Ribble Lane, were seen by Pc D. Wearden to p throw;their.chip papers on the


Michael Fletcher, of St. avement. In court, ■ they apologised, They were each lined £5 for


R u ra l Dean


resigns The Rural Dean of Bol-


land, the Rev. E. M. Side- bottom, has resigned front his office because of the pressure of scholarly work besides the duties of his parish of Grindleton. In his letter to the Bishop


approved. The original, mate was £146,070.


estk .


Foolholme will cost the board £29,200, which is £8.000 more than estimated.


A new river guaging flume at


mittee Mr Frank Law, the board's engineer, said that because of the .nature of the subsoil the contractors had been asked to carry out extra work to protect the river banks.


been granted a six weeks exten­ sion of contract time.


The contractors have also Main


and Waddington areas, Mr. Law recommended the laying of a permanent six-inch. main.


the go-ahead for the main which will replace a temporary "civil defence" pipeline and keep the new Waddington borehole system in operation.


approval,


authorised Mr. Law to sink a boreliall at Tossidc.


S u b j e c t to Whitehall th e committee


Farrods Ltd., of Ripon, whose tender was the third lowest of the seven tenders received.


Houses will be inspected


In future, when tenants of


of Bradford, Mr. Sidebottom wrote, “I have enjoyed the extra contacts with acquain­ tances, but the added distrac­ tion is making writing practi­ cally impossible."


appreciate your position. I will take your letter as official resignation and will in due course proceed to appoint a successor." Mr. sidebottom is the author


The Bishop replied, “I


Corporation houses give notice to auit, the housing manager or the maintenance inspector will inspect the house. Coun. Leo Wells, chairman,


The job has been given to The committee have, given


Mr. ■ Stanley Westhead, chairman- of .Clitheroe and : District 1 Scout ■


checks the cards , of scouts and cubs at the start of a recent sponsored walk they held. Forty six scouts and 72


cubs, all from Clithcroe and District, took part in the


walk which took them through ths quarries at Salt- hill and Chatburn Road, Crosshills, and Brungerley Park,


The cubs did one circuit


of the six mile route and 'the scouts did two circuits and a bit more to make 1G miles.


Mrs, N. Haslewood, County Commissioner for cubs, led


a camp fire at Crosshills for the cubs when they had fin­


said this week that his com­ mittee had taken this step after learning that repairs to a house in Beech Street had cost nearly £71.


among various monographs of two major works. The Christ of the Fourth Gospel which was published in 1961. and the commentary on James, Judo and 2 Peter in the new Cen­ tury Bible which appeared in 1967. Both of these books have


known at all of what Jesus did and taught.


engaged in writing a work on the teaching of Christ, which will deal with many of the outstanding issues of the day as well as with the whole question, on which recently doubt has once more been cast, of whether anything can be


been used in all quarters of the world in universities and in the training of clergy. Mr. Sidebottom is at present


amount of refuse in the attic had damaged the ceilings.


The storing of a considerable


ished their walk. The last of scouts com­


pleted their walk at about 1-30 a.m.


Proceeds will be shared by


the scout groups, Clitheroe district scout funds, and Bowley Camp Site, near Great Harwood.


MEMORIES OF A SINGER Clilheroe (Evening) Townswomen’s Guild met in the


Conservative CJub last Thursday to .listen to a talk on “Kathleen Ferrier as I knew her” by Mrs. J. G. A. Scott, of


for the Centre..........■■■■■■ v


£100 was raised and this will be used to buy chairs for the wait­ ing area in the Physiotherapy Centre. A concert will be held in the near future also to raise money .


singing. She was thanked by Mrs. E. Marsh. The meeting was attended by 130 members and their friends. At the recent fashion show held by the Guild more than


Mrs. Scott who was Kathleen Ferrier’s sister-in-law. Mrs. Scott also brought some records of Kathleen Ferrier


Chorley. Mi-s. Hazel Hargreaves was in the chair and she introduced


measures taken to maintain water supples in the Clitheroe'


Reporting on emergency Reporting this lo the com­


RURAL COUNCIL SNUBS


Clilhcroc Advcrliscr and Times, October 10; 1969 ’ 7


BOROUGH Blackburn Rural Council


,


docs not, want to go under the; Blackburn or. Clitheroe ‘umbrellas” as part of any reorganisation of local: gov­


ernment in East Lancashire; ■ They -would prefer no chan­ ges at all, but if there have to be, some then • their preference at the moment would be for grouping, with Accrington. • This is clear from a'State­ ment alter the council's gen­ eral purposes : committee had considered a policy statement from Accrington and an invita­ tion to attend a meeting of local authorities in Accrington tomorrow. . The committee also consid­ ered a statement by County' Ald.fLumley about the county’s recommendations for a group­ ing of local authorities into 25 areas with the remainder of the comity outside of the pro­ posed metropolitan areas. ■


tire rural council, said after the meeting;, “We are satisfied that


■ Council, s h a r e d ' ; '^ by- two clubs


Clilhcroc Methodist Circuit Youih Cbuncil held its third swimming gala at Skipton Baths recently and the team


bum, Grindieton., Trinity, Wad- dington and Whalley Methodist Churches.


trophy went to Chatburn and Grindleton, and . third place went to Waddington. Peter Salisbury, of Trinity,


Second place for the team


won the. individual cup for gaining most- points.


stroke, back' 1 stroke: and free style.


supporters travelled to Skipton in a double deck bus. and others went by car.


under 16 and over 16; back stroke for boys and girls, under 16 years. Some of the entrants and


ter, time keepers and recorder, were supplied by the Skipton Amateur Swimming Club.


Fined £10


Westfield House, West Brad, ford, was fined £10 at Clith­ eroe yesterday week for driving without .duo tion.


Jean Margaret Chew, of enr^y a**rvtton--


and free style for boys and girls were 11—12 years. 13—


Age groups for breast stroke 14 years,


people from Sunday schools, youth clubs, scout and guide troops connected with Chat-


trophy was shared by Trinity and Whalley. Those taking part were young


First meeting of new group


held its first meeting on Wed­ nesday week. There was a good attendance


■ Low Moor M e t h o d i s t Chapel Young Marrieds group


Main, events .were breast .


future plans. It was decided to meet mon­


of husbands and wives. They met at 8-15 p.m. and had refreshments and discussed


arrangements were made to hold a second meeting next Thursday when holiday slides will be shown.


thly during this winter, and Officials, referee, judaes. star­


Gifts for sick and elderly


preacher for the day at Whal- ley Methodist Church Harvest Festival on Sunday. A family service was held in


The Rev. E. S. Joselin was


the morning and the children’s harvest gifts were received by Mrs. R. McLoughlin and Mrs. T. Woodhead. Organist was Mr.


Mr. P.; A. Clifford, clerk to


ded with Blackburn Borough as part of a Blackburn unitary authority, or at second-tier level." The council is s t r o n g 1 y opposed to tile view expressed by County Aid. R. F. Motters- head about the path East Lan­ cashire local authorities should take under the Maud recom­ mendations. for local govern­ ment, which he supports. In addition to being a County


alderman, Aid. Mottershead is also leader of the Tory-control­ led Blackburn County Borough Council.


F a rm e rs ’


film n ig h t A varied programme


arranged by Mr. Brian Townson, a local business man, gave much pleasure to a large attendance at Slaid-


a firm of plastic pipe makers showed a film about land drainage, on which ho also spoke and answered questions. He was supported by Mr. E.


burn Young Farmers’ Club Mr. R. J. Peters representing


in this area there should be a two-tier system of local govern­ ment, with tlic county council as the first tier—recommenda­ tions approved by the county. “We do not want to.be inclu­


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Rushton and Mr. B. Robinson representing the designers of pipelaying equipment. Films about tractors, the oil


■distributed to the sick and elderly in the village.


Curtis White. .. Later the.harvest gifts were


• Rates from 30/- a DAY. 3d. a MILE with BUDGET RENT-A-CAR.


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