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“It is our idea that school should he almost like an extension of the home. We try to create a family atmosphere9 and we find that the children enjoy learning in this way”


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schools in all parts of the country, Waddington stands out its one of the most modern in the area. The school has been


designed to make the chil­ dren as individual as pos­ sible. If Mr. Gordon Bot- tomlcy. the headmaster, can encourage every child to be good in at least one subject bv the time they leave, lie will be a very happy man.


His idea is nol to “fill a


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pot” but to "light a fire”, instead of trying to teach to a mass, his approach is to the child.


Parents In order that he can do


£ 20.000. The original “do it your­


this, the classrooms have been designed and built: with this in mind. First built by public subscription for £886 I Os. in 1957. the school has just been mod­ ernised and extended at a cost of something like


self” building remained unchanged, apart from a small entrance porch, until 1955, when parents com­ plained of the primitive toilet facilities. This led to the building


of a new toilet block and entrance hall. The new ex­ tensions have provided three replacement class­ rooms and an additional one. further toilet accomo­ dation. hall, self-contained kitchen, staff and store­ rooms. Tomorrow an official


home’’ corner is just the place for relaxing, plavin g games or for (iiiicl reading.


attention and allowing the children to follow different ....


subjects at the same time. “Every classroom has


two bays; a ‘practical’ and a 'home’. In the practical bay we may have a bench with tools so that the boys can do woodwork. There are other facilities, such as pottery making. “The home corner is a


opening ceremony will take place, with Lady Clegg, wife of Sir Alexan­ der Clegg, chief education officer of tlie West Riding, llie opener. The dedication will be performed by the Lord Bishop of Bradford, the Rt. Rev. Clement George St. Michael Parker. Mr. Bottomley described


the new classrooms which represent a new era in education: “We have got away front


the old square room with rows of desks which face on to a blackboard


Central “What we have is a cen­


tral teaching area, where desks are grouped together in small lots. “This allows the teacher


to wander from one group of children to another, thereby giving them more


little bay which has carpel, on the floor, easy chairs and allows the children to relax, read or do some quicL work. “In addition we have


cooking facilities for the girls. All this is in addition To all the other educational equipment and toys we have.


E amily “The home corner which


we provide is typical of the new trend in teaching. It is our idea that school should be almost like an extension of the home. “Wc try to create a fam­


ily atmosphere, and we find that the children en­ joy learning in this way. “T am a firm believer in


encouraging a child in any sphere in which lie has an inclination. By getting a child to do well in one thing it often encourages him to try to do well in


something else. / “We now- leokA.i,..--.in•


children not avfiiv- large class to be filled with a set. amount of knowledge, but as individuals,? each with his own needs, his own tal­ ents and methods of self- expression. “This is why the school


has been designed like it has”. Mr. Boitomloy said the


school had 96 children on roll, and this xvorld top J00 before the end of ihc vear. All the time new houses were being built, and more children were coming into school. Ages


ranged from five to 11. There was a teaching


staff of four, a part- timer, one cook and two assistants, a caretaker and a secretary.


Headmaster, Mr. G. Bottomley.


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CLUBS AND PUBS ABE NO PLACE FOR YOUTH


1 can answer Miss Judith


Callow’s Question in last week’s Advertiser and Times, as to where the entertainment is in our town for our youth—there


tainment in Clitheroe are the clubs and pubs and in my estimation, these are not places for youth to pass their tune a.ivay. As for the cinemas, there


isn’t any. Tlic only places tor enter­


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are only two. and they are out of date as far as films are concerned, and neither of them is comfortable. Linda and Lynne, of Staai-


tlen Road and Delacy Street, ask about youth clubs. It would be a good idea, as they say. if something could be arranged in some school to get young people together. I quite agree with what


parents.Bigger and more experi­ enced brains have discussed the baths question at length, so please don't plunge in yet. I can see nothing wrong in


the cause of much trouble to the police and worry to their


Linda and Lynne say about being the right church denomination before they are allowed to Join certain youth clubs.


Rack to the Irish


question Yo u r correspondent


Robert G- Cochran, criti­ cises my concern regarding the political and economic


going to a church or chapel youth club, anyhow, and being homo for D-30 p.m. bed­


time. Efforts are made by these


united service was held in Clitheroe, and one of the speakers was all-for the join­ ing up of churches. He said we should be all


Only a Tew weeks ago, a


groups to maintain discipline, and one cannot dispense with that at Linda and Lynne's age.


not only to pul! wool over my eves, but in an effort to be­ little British economy, refers to the growth rate ot the Republic as compared with


state of affairs in Ireland. In so doing lie attempts


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require an economist to real­ ise that the basic thing is from w h ic h point your growth is to he measured. A country starting from a


they desire have had to close their doors because of indis­ cipline. The whole future of youth


So many of those clubs


one Christian unity, and only one week after, deprived youth of being members of his youth club because they were not. of the same denomi­ nation as his church. If this kind o: thing goes


revival, and wo hope con­ tinuation.


organisations is dependent on this age group for their


a Girl Guide group and try to leant something useful—


Their best bet is to join


on how do they expect youth to keep oil' the streets, or en­ joy themselves? All I can say or advise


and no more of this non­


sense. Grandpa, Clitherne.


young people in Clitheroe is. if the people who run the town can't do anything Cor them now. they know what to do when they get old enough to rote. F. Howarth, Talbot Close. Cliiheroc.


show I have received a leltec


from Capi. L. Thomas General Secretary of the Royal Engineers Associa­ tion He a d q u a r t e r s RSME. Chatham. Kent, asking me to contact as many ex-Royal Engineers


to find out how many of the former Engineers would wish to become members of the Association,


in this area as possible. Capt. Thomas asked me


should contact me at my home or ring Clitheroe 2130. Mav I take this oppor­


Anvoiie wishing to join , .


tunity to .remind everyone interested that a film of the R.


Only room for one


cinema 1 wits astounded to read


this not as a loss but, a "rate charge" He is. I believe,-


in the “Advertiser” that llie loss on the Civic Hall Cinema was £82 per week, £4.264 per annum; a rate charge of 2.17 pence in the pound.Aid. Robinson refers to


connected with a local com­ pany and I. pause to wonder what- would be his reaction if his company was making losses at the rate of £82 per week! It would he to no avail in


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very low* level, say, in a ,e.-s civilised part of the world, can always show better growth than', say, America. 3Vhat really concents me is the •basic fact relating to the general scene. Tour Eire and leaving out


whalI TcleplJ


the main tows which are few and far between, you will notice that much is to be done before the economy grants the people that very fundamental thing in life—a high standard of living— which can do so much to establish human dignity. If. as Mr. Cochran sug­


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gests, " it might be embarras­ sing to ask what Britain 3 growth rates were in the last lew years." then all I have to soy is—take a. look at yourself and compare, these things which we call growth to those to be seen in Eire. Again I must point out a


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major point in this respect ancl ask once more why so many Irish, people come to Britain? Can it be they are eager to gather the rewards which do so much in giving one that feeling of freedom and dignity, file basic rights


of everyone? On emigration again we


find the typical argument hurled against British rule. Yes. I have read quite a. lot concerning the potato famine and the millions who died in the second half of the 19'.h


normal business proceedings to refer losses as "a rate


century. I am also aware of that


man slates the Civic Hall is soinsr the right Way. I ant afraid his business in Lower


Low Moor, will he shown at Low Moor Club 011 the even­ ing ot Friday. February 28. S. " j. Morris, 61 Mitchell Street- Clitheroe.


Far too young for


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dances Linda and Lynne's Idler


is rather pathetic, but then they are still very young. Perhaps a little more homework, in both senses of the word, would be the proper way to clip their wings before they iry to


fly Too soon. I wonder whether they ate


able to knit and sew, both useful and ladylike accom­


plishments which will bo invaluable to them as they grow older.No doubt mother or auntie would be glad to help them to make a dress for then summer holiday, or alloxt them to try their hand-at


E. dedication service ax


charge”. Cotm. R. Turner as chair-,


Gate, would be going the wrong way it he showed losses of this nature. Let us get our priorities


right, there is no room in Clitheroe for two Cinemas, there is hardly support for


a business visit to Stroud in the Cotswolds: this town has a. population of 18,000 and one cinema, open 3 days per week as a- cinema, and the other 3 days for Bingo. This letter is not written


one. I have just returned, from


from a destructive angle, but a constructive move from the Council and -their elected duty to'.the ratepayers in the matter of the Civic Hall is long overdue. H. Bury, ‘Rockside', Chat- burn 'Park Drive. Clitheroe.


Alpine


scene When the snows came to


Clitheroe. it made it seem like Switzerland, with the cold, keen, bracing air coming off the snow-covered hills. The town being built on a


hill, with mostly stone build­ ings. modem and old. all helped to give this effect. People are lucky who live


baking a cake. They are far too young to


be going to dunces and returning heme after d a rk - father should collect them


that wc in Britain have quite a lot of complaints against the Romans, and those in­ vading hordes who came across the sea from Norway, etc., to ravish our country and people in Hie distant


I am -also fully conscious epressing period 1.


past. But what really amazes me


is the fact that in spite of our "hidious ways and putrid record," so many people from abroad are eager !o live with us British and emulate our


so called terrible habits. Therefore let us refrain


Unionists in particular are fully justified in their efforts to remain loyal to the Crown.


from all this childish bicker­ ing and face facts. The Ulster electors and


They have much move to gain by remaining within the jurisdiction of. Westminster chan in entering Eire. They too realise the dan­


heard a certain well-known singing group from Eire


naive. Only the other week I


gers of these fed herrings concerning Civil Rights and the. Freedom Marchers which only serve to hoodwink the


being broadcast from Dublin. The record was typical. I t told how thankful the


in Clitheroe: they have some or both worlds, and such a lot to fill their days. Most people look the picture of health, so


around 10-30 p.m. Inexperienced girls of then-


age are at serious risk, and


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