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WEEK OF MONEY RAISING
PLANNED A week of money, raising
events has been organised by Clitheroe’s Young People’s Recreation Committee, to support the new Eros centre
week "the week of the missing Wednesday” because a jumble sale planned for that day has had to be cancelled. On Monday, June 23, there
at Roefield. Title committee has called, the
LINK WITH BLACKBURN PROPOSED FOR
CLITHEROE DISTRICT Royal Commission report
. Regional government, mini-parliaments, the end of county councils and rural
district councils, and the North West as a province of seven million people. These are some of the proposals in the r eport of the Royal Commissi on on Local Government in England published this week.
week will be a. sponsored back wards race round a quarter- mile circuit at Roefield.
will be a folk concert and bar becue, and several singers have been booked to appear. • One of the highlights of the
as many sponsored laps as possible within an hour.
Competitors will run, or walk, Mayoress
committee whose chairman is Peter Cnatbum, of. Park Avenue.
Sponsorship forms are avail able from any member of the
ing is to be held an the Mayor’s Parlour, under the patronage of the Mayoress and her com mittee. A big ‘tramp’ extravaganza
On Thursday, a coffee even
Development, not reduction, says Minister
planned for Friday evening— nobody well-dressed will be allowed in the dance—with several well-known beat groups, will be held in the St. John Ambulance Hall, Church Brow. Rounding off the week’s activities will be a performance
in the parish church hall by members of the Castle Concert Party, who provide family entertainment for all ages.
Dancing ifX each night of the week, but
dancing facilities for the town’s young people. Eventually t it ;■ will -b e ' open
mascot, will be on sale at all the events. The centre will open in July to provide recreational and
at first there: will only be a blues and folk music session on Monday evenings, and soul music on Wednesday.
Sponsored walk
tive Association is organising a sponsored walk on August 31.
Clitheroe Division. Conserva
cover more than 20 miles from Clitheroe, v ia Chatburn, Grindleton, Bolton-by-Bowland and up to Field Head, return ing to Clitheroe via the Slald-
This Bowland walk will
bum-Grindleton road. Helping to organise the walk
will be Councillor Denis Han son from Padiham, who is a Lake District warden and keen fell walker.
“Dum-Dums,” the eros centre’s
Mr. Robinson, who was addres sing a conference of the Rural District Councils’ Association, spoke only half an hour before the publica tion of the Report of the Royal Commission on Local Government.
Re-organisation was about the administration and develop ment of services; it was con cerned with an enhanced — effort to conserve and im-
While he could not, therefore, discuss the contents of the report, it would be unrealis tic, he said, if he did not refer to the subject.
of. efforts; it was about the continuing and more.effec tive.' participation of the community-in the affairs of local government.
Overdue
"However local government is ultimately re-organised—and
“The pressure for the further development of local govern ment services will certainly continue.”
■ government as members and officers will be needed in the future as they are now—if not more so.
I think everyone is agreed that changes are overdue— the people who serve in local
Local government organisation was cerned with the adminis tration and development of local government ser vices, not their reduc tion, said Mr. Kenneth Robinson, Minister for Planning and Land, speaking , in Blackpool, on Wednesday.
re- con-
The Commission, headed by Lord Redcliffe-Maud, and set up three years ago, recommends that England’s 1,200
local authonties be swept away, and their powers taken over by 61 much larger councils.
i Ci’lher°e Borough, Clitheroe Rural District, and Bow- land Rural District would be included in a super-council based on Blackburn.
' 272,000. By 1981, this is expected to rise'to 276,000.
Blackburn, Clitheroc and Bowland. ah
de range of urban services.
Tll£ ,? Iackbum Unitary Council, as it would be called, would 979rL 2n,AToa,reM™i!?s’ with an
population now of
u ? r ’S !?0lmd“ ies wouId take in Accrington. Clitheroe, mlf°w chur?h’ Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, and Withnell. and. the rural districts of
S 1 * re?oyt claims that Blackburn is the focus of the unit. wi paits o f 't a}'e accessible to Blackburn, and look to it for a
^irvm!f,rtwrn,P1i°vides employment for many people in the areas *areasUndm& * *e *°Wn’ anc* many Blackburn people work in these
to Blackburn than to any other major centre.
Clitheroe is itself a centre for the remoter moorland parts of Bo' i and and Clitheroe Rural District, but looks more
at «A,t.he, t°p of tlle new local government structure .’will be a X
of which would be elected from the Blackburn unitary authority and two from Burnley.
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to Cheshiie. Within it, 21 authorities would replace 201 . It. would have a provincial council of 51 to 55 members, three
wPH1PCe*V stretching from tile Scottish border down
elected by unpeople to represent and communicate their wishes. Initially, these would succeed the existing county borough borough, urban district and parish councils.
, Beneath the 61 major authorities would be local councils,
would be to represent local opinion, but it would have the right to be consulted on matters of special interest to its inhabitants
commission says: “The only duty of the local council
and it would have the power to do for the local community a number of things best done locally.’
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of the main local government services, on a scale appropriate to Us^resources and subject to the agreement of the main authority commission considered
rural district councils, and says: DIGNITIES
prove . lh o ~c/juntry.-ud e,-.iu:d/: our towns, not a relaxation
whether in rural areas the local councils should succeed the
n. .“.We,have
no_daubt_tliat.tho.
munities as rural district coun cils do not and were never de signed to do.” The commission undertook .a
artsn councils represent com
survey which showed that only two per cent, of people thought of the rural district as their home area; 85 per cent, thought it the' parish or something smaller The commission says the post
‘Entertainment ^centre’ plan meets opposition
Clitheroe and District
Chamber of Trade and parishioners of St. James’s
of alderman should be abolished, but says that local councils should retain the titles of mayor and mayoress at the outset. The question of dignities must be studied further. Clitheroe could k e e p i t s
The range of functions would be just as important in the future as they were now, whatever changes were made in the structure of the local authorities by whom they were administered.
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Page 2—Weekend Radio and Television Pro grammes; Entertain ments and Coming' Events.
Page 3—Through a What ley Window; Whailey’s. n ew library, picture; Wedding reports ; and pictures.
Page 5—News; Pictures; Prize Crossword.
Page 6—Country Diary;
Round and About; Dis trict Jottings. '
’’age 7—News; Wadding- ton village sports, report and picture.
Page 4—Beach fashions; Sunbathing tips; Recipe;, Women’s Institutes; All the thrills of car rally-.
..■' ing.
; Motoring features. Pages ’9, and 10—Classified advertisements, . News, features.
Page ■ 8—Readers’ -letters; . >, .
: Page : II—The, week’s sports reports.
Re-el ecte l
Col H .: Eastwood chairman - 1 Council,
e-elccted
chairman of the D'^*°n Five Education Executive
ham. was re-cte*' chairman.-
Miss D.' M. -Walk*; £2 firtj
, A 20-year-old Thfate11, man, Neil Baldwin, • of fteetwood Road, was-fined:£2,J5 Lutheroe
magistrates t y esteiW1 or • di'iv- ing . his' c a r the "T°aS way
along - Market Plact yhtheroe, ■
of..Padi- vice-
C om p la in t s
education:: officer, ’commented, “There have been - some
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Mr. E. J. Fox, divisional
plaints and- they; are being, in vestigated.” ‘
complain about school - meals unless
they.are fed,-a:diet of chips and similar tilings. ;,T cant’t say that any changes
He added, ‘‘Children often :
are going to ■ be, made at the moment, - but ? I - can - say, - that the complaints are being looked, into • and-wilt bo • investigated.’
Protection
Office • with two kinds - < com-; merciiilly-availaWe clear . film.
being ■ carried out by . the,: Post
- Results of the tests may lead to better protection of - the very valuable collection ,of stamps in the National Postal Museum hi London anq could benefit all stamp collectors. ■ ,
finding a better way to pro tect stamps - from fading are
Laboratory tests aimed - at
Church have objected to planning permission being given for a proposed family entertainment centre in Clitheroe’s main street, Moor Lane.
jealously - guarded B o r o u g h Council, for tile naming of the new local councils will, says the commission, be a matter for local choice. “ We expect that some of
traders have also sent letters of objection to the Town Clerk. Although no definite informa
A number of individual
them may elect to be known by the name of their predecessor.” it says. On finance, the commission
tion has been given, Chamber of Trade members are assuming that the entertainment centre
says it would like the “short comings of the present local taxation system” removed. It should be given a wider base by transferring some taxes from central government, but it needs a more elastic tax which grows with rising affluence. They blame the public apathy
towards local government on the present system which has a complex machinery and seems, and 'often Is. irrelevant.
AMENDED
could be raised is left open. Instead, some ideas are floated: Tax on income, a local sales tax, petrol tax, motor licence fees. Although the commission’s
But the way extra money
of Trade, Mi-. R. Dewhurst, said this week that as. far as they had been able to find out - by following . similar. applications in other towns, these'enter
East Lancashire have opened following applications, for family entertainment centres.- "We have Issued our members
tainment' centres' had turned out to be slot-machine arcades. “Arcades in other towns in
CLITHEROE MAN FINED £25 FOR
TWO OFFENCES ; A 29-year-old Clitheroe man, Gordon Taylor of Milton
View, Clitheroe, was fined a total of £25 and had 1® licence endorsed by Clitheroe magistrates yesterday for using a motor car without insurance and excise licence.
j Dumped
report has been accepted by the Prime Minister, it seems unlikely that it could be implemented before 1970, and it Is probable that many of its detailed re commendations will be amen ded. Nevertheless, It proposes the
biggest changes in local govern ment since the present system was established haphazardly by various Acts of Parliament. There is bound to be strong
tarmac A Clitheroe lorry driver
left six tons of tarmacadam in East Park Road, Black burn, the Borough magis
opposition from many sides, especially the rural district councils, whose association was meeting yesterday in Blackpool to discuss the report. Clitheroe and Bowland rural
Lowergate, pleaded guilty by letter to depositing the tarmac on April 15 and was fined £5. Supt. N. Howarth said the
trates heard this week. Harry Knowles, aged 47, of
tarmac was seen by a poiice- man in the road. I t left room for single-line traffic only and
councils have both sent repre sentatives, and we will be pre senting their views next week, along with a detailed report of the commission’s proposals, and an analysis of their effect.
that on February. 12, Bp Peter Woof saw Taylor driung a car
Chief Insp. G.' Wijdn said
in Shawbridge Street without an-excise licence.
Street and explained ®at the licence had 'expired ,'omc time
He stopped shim Taylor before Christmas. Covered
surance certificate, and Pc Woof told him that he would
He could not prodic| an in
be reported. Taylor pleaded no guilty to
pedestrians were limited to one foot nine inches of path. Knowles said he had been told by a foreman to dump it
butadmitted -using ilhe car without-an excise, lienee. In’court; Taylor .sId he was
using ' a car without insurance,
there and that workmen would move it. The lorry he was
driving was too big to get up a driveway.
covered by' a firm’s insurance policy and ’that -lb ,ca* had been- off the road or repairs for some considerabt mic.
•■.Ho was:fined £2 tej'_ the insurance offence, 011} 4,0 for having no licence.
delivery of .objections to the application for planning per mission. which -is being made by a Mr-. Gerald Webster. - The president of the Chamber
will be a slot-machine arcade. Today is the last day for the
with circulars to make them familiar with .the point. Some of them have. objected them selves", continued Mi'., Dew hurst. ■' The circular says that the
development would -injure the amenities o 1 f- the neighbour hood, which -is ' made ' up of, high olass shops and offices, and would attract the attention of
c.ertain- undesirable elements. A petition, containing 129 sig
Chamber of Trade members are objecting to the proposed development for
two.reasons: I t states 'that' the proposed
natures, objecting to the appli cation has been sent to . the Town Clerk by parishioners of St. James’s Church. The Rector, the Rev. K.
“ I t would also have the opportunity to plav a part in some Making llie most of the line spell is veteran bowler
Mr. Will Stratton, aged 79, oE Milton Avenue, playing on one of the Castle green. Revised charges have been recommended for approval by Clitheroe Borough Coun cil at its meeting on Tuesday.
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JAZZ FANS FLOCK TO
Tel.: 2324 (editorial) Tel.: 2323 (advertising) No. 4330
the town holds its sixth Jazz Festival. The festival, sponsored by
Headmaster CHRIS BARBER
serves school
dinners Mr. C. F. Sauer, headmas
ter of Bolton - by - Bowland Church of England School, has had the- extra job of serving school meals since Easter. And his pupils have been
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Clitheroe Castle grounds will be invaded by jazz enthusiasts from all parts of the country tomorrow when
Clitheroe Borough Council, will have one of the top names in the world of jazz, Chris Barber and his band. Another attraction 1 s
Parking offence while man went to bank
A man who left his
Johnny Silvo The festival will also have a hint of Australia with the professional band of Max Collies Rhythm Aces. Other well-known names in
clude, the Wayfarers Folk Group, of Blackpool, and the Silved Bell New Orleans Band, who are centred on Preston. ' Mr. K. Moore of Fenwortliam
vehicle in Castle Gat e , Clitheroc, to deposit £1,700 of his firm’s money in a bank was given an absolute discharge by Clithcroc magi strates yesterday for parking/"
in a ‘no-waiting’ area. David C. Belford, of the Moorcock Inn, Waddington, was also fined £2 for leaving the vehicle with its engine running. I t was stated that on April .
who has been responsible for booking the bands, said yes terday. “We need support at this festival to make sure rye can continue' running the event.” He added that this was the
lending a hand witli the wash- ing up. For despite extensive adver
supplied, by Bowland County Secondary School at Rivers- mcad. Grindlcton.
At the .moment the meals are
helped. There is no-one around here who wants the job.”
Said Mr. Sauer: “ I t can’t be
needed. But Mi-. Sauer is not unduly
21, P.C. Peter Wooff . was on duty when he saw the vehicle parked in Castle Gate. At 3-20 p.m., Belford returned and admitted being responsible for leaving it in that position. In a letter to the court. Bel
reason for engaging the ser vices of a big name like Chris Barber. “We hope this will draw the crowds.” “We are expecting a good
tising, the vacancy for a cook has not yet been filled, although there have been two applicants.
following from the Preston and Blackpool area and Kendal Jazz Club is organising a trip to the festival." The Castle bandstand will
be the centre of attraction during the afternoon, and a dance in the marquee on tire netball-pitch in the evening.
A helper for the cook is also Shield
worried about the p r e s e n t arrangement, and explains: “ I can put up with difficulties, and the meals from Riversmead are perfect.”
Defective tyres
B r u n s w i c k J,Strect.-- Shaw . w Richard Taylor, aged 21, of
licence ..endorsed b j^C h th e ro e magistrdtes-yostordaj? for. using a motor c a r with defective
Taylor was driving his car on King Street, , Whalley. Pc Bar
devoid of tread. The defendants’ father, Wil
he discovered that three of them were almost completely
ton saw’ that the tyres were defective and on examination,
fred Taylor, of Lyon Street, Shaw a passenger in the car, was, granted an absolute dis charge for permitting the use of a car with defective tyres.
Cricketing accident
Broadhurst, said this week that they had raised objections on the grounds or safety precau tions, disturbance to the com munity. moral and Christian principles.
Street, Whalley, has passed the finals examination. of the Savings Bank Institute. Mr.: Coggins, who is 28, is the only son of Mr. ■
Exam success Mr. David Coggins, of Queen
M. Coggins and is employed at a bank in Great Hanvood. He is a former pupil of Giggles- wick School.
and Mrs.
Wigglesworth, of Park Avenue, Clitlicroe, who was named Clitheroe Cricket Club’s most promising young player of last season, was taken to hospital one Tuesday night after an accident at the cricket ground.
Sixteen-year-old R o b e r t
the first team twice this season, and had been picked for both first team matches this week end, was putting his pads on when his knee locked.
Robert, who has played for
he was taken, to Blackburn Royal Infirmary where ho was admitted. He might have to undergo an operation on his knee next week.
. An ambulance was called and ‘We want chips’ say
protesting pupils ■ Pupils at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Secondary
School, Billington, are complaining about their school dinners, saying that the meals are either overcooked or undercooked.
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' Among the complaints are that pastry is wet - and soggy, jam tarts • are > like rocks, rice puddings are lumpy , and
watered .down and that they are. not allowed to have chips or coffee.
Worthington, said on Wednes day, “I,have heard there have been some complaints about the dinners, but there is not a
The headmaster, Mr. J. G.
school in England where there arc no complaints. “There are 600 pupils hero,
and today wo”' serve 550. school dinners.”
■ Extending
■ Postcoding in - Britain is to bo extended to cover all of the country’s 20 million addresses instead of only 75 main cen- tres.
fit in better with Post Office plans to speed up handling of letters - with electronic sort ing machines and to meet r growing demand for a; nation ally uniform system.
The wider programme will
tyres. . I t was stated that on May 9,
winners S.S. Michael and John’:
(Loyola) Cub Scouts won the Clithcroc and District- Cub Scouts football competition which was held at Edisford School on Monday and Tuesday evenings by ■ per mission of Mr. A. M. Lati mer, the headmaster,
by Air. V/. 4’eed and. Mr..E. Carter.
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tition were: I, SS Michael and John’s (Loyola). 11 points: 2. Trinity,, eight points; 3, 1st Pendle, seven points; 4, Parish Church, six; 5 (tie) Chatbum and Whalley, four; 7, St. Pauls, two.
Wrong way
of Fishwick View Preston, was fined £2 by Clitheroe magis trates yesterday for driving the wrong way along Wellgate, Clitiheroe.
Kenneth Thompson, aged 25,
and District competed for the trophy, the Sagar Shield, - and it was presented to the winners by -Mr. A.. Snape, assistant district commissioner . f o r scouts. The positions m the compe
Seven packs from Clitheroe
-Large - numbers v of ’parents the games, which were refereed
out the difficulties of parking near this bank,” he said.
Van driver fined
Derek Tomkins, of Villa Road, was fined £10 . by Clitheroe magistrates yesterday for fail ing to conform to double while lino
i 32-year-old Oldham man,
£5 and had his licence endorsed for exceeding 40 mph in a motor van. Chief Insp. G. Wilkin said
Accrington Road, Whalley. - He was also fined a further
r o a d markings on
that on April 15/PS: Billington was on duty in Accrington Road, Whalley when he saw Tomkins overtake a'vehicle and drive-on the wrong side of the road. He followed him for about half a mile and estimated; that he was’ travelling at-'-a speed ot»SA.fa>jio^nroht-y-
Religions of India
the staff of the Burnley Express. Mrs. Bennett presided at
“Religions of India” was given to -the St.. Johns Mothers’ Union, Read, on Wednesday week by Mrs. W. Bose. Mrs. Bose is a member of
An interesting talk on the
the ■ meeting and refresh ments were served.
the Women's Unionists went by coach last Friday to the home of Sir Frank Pearson. MP for Clitheroe, and Lady Pearson, where they had refreshments and were enter tained by them. ;
More than 30 members of 1
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ford said he had arrived in Clitheroe later than he had expected and’’ found the only available parking area within easy reach of the bank.; 'I fully realise that I was wrong but I would like to point
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