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recently, garage o w n e r Jimmy Burgess turned out no fewer than seven times to rescue vehicles from the A59 at Sawley. '


, with breakdowns and acci­ dents. and-most of them hap- • pen on that two-mile stretch


, He reckons that about 70 per cent of his-, work is . concerned


-


. "When we fetch cars from Sawley Brow, they are nearly


■ said-Mr. Burges. . •His home is,in Lime Street.


garage at Sawley is littered with wrecks waiting for in­ spection by • insurance asses­ sors and for collection.


of the A.59. • - The land at the side of lus


always seriously damaged,’’


Clitheroe,. but he's having a flat built on top of his garage premises to be on the spot, for calls for liis service can come


modern bungalow some dis­ tance from the road., but he and his wife know'from long experience what to expect from a late-night knock on the door. ,Mr.„ Giles has watched the


the heavy lorries, which : make u p a large proportion of the


flow of traffic increase to flood proportions over the years, all of it channelled ' through a 'trunk- road, which, at this


point, bears more resemblance to a country lane. He has fought. alone cam­


cab of his ‘heavy, recovery vehicle sees the road as the lorrymanTnust see it, says the overhanging trees tend to force drivers towards the centre of the road. All ■ the same, many of .the


paign- for several years now. trying, to make this stretch of road safer. He has written to local authorities and.has raised the matter with the National Farmers’ Union.. At least 10 vehicles have torn


day or night. During the past, five years


he’s seen, some pretty gruesome sights for, apart from local police'fire and ambulance per­ sonnel, there are few who are more frequently involved in clearing up the debris after a


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photos Houses, which' a- builder


proposed -to ■ erect on an estate-, at :-.Waddington iwere alleged to be “no more than glorified hen, cabins”, by a member o f : Bowland Rural. Council’s plans committee on Monday.


• ■ ' ,Coun. Ronald Williamson, of


Milton, asked if • the - builders, could • submit photographs . of similar houses built elsewhere.


PROFFITTS SERVICE VANS ARE EVERYWHERE


BURNLEY. CLITHEROE. COLNE. NELSON.


Bethesda Street, 8 Market Place, 22 Market Street, 2 Bankhouse Road,


tele: 22822,


tele: 3103 tele: 498 tele: 66021,


• He said: it was'impossible to tell from the? plans what -the proposed’ houses would look like, and Coun. J.' Spensley. thought a. row*of several close togetherwould j be- “most ■ un­ attractive". , i j


• .’ ,The committee decided to ask for photographs of'the houses before; coming >to‘ a ! decision, on planning.’permission.


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• went- through the fence,, almost at the identical spot. -


photograph of ■ him which appears on this page, the car shown in the. other, picture


Shortly after we took the .


• But why should this piece of road be so hazardous? The surface is good, perhaps .


GOOD


too good, and although there ’ are many bends, a driver tak­ ing normal care should have no problems. The carriageway, however,


is very narrow in places, leav­ ing little room to spare when


COUNCIL CALL FOR ACTION


Members of Bowland


Rural Council have wel­ comed the news that a new road may be built from the top of Sawley Brow to the Great Dudland, or Castile,


man of - the highways com­ mittee, said on Monday that the stretch of road was the most dangerous in the area. He stressed that the-coun­


railway bridge. Coun. R. Williamson, chair­


cil ought to do everything it could to press the West Riding County Council and the Ministry. of Transport "for action” on the new road. “It is in the pipeline, but it could take four or five years before it-is built”, he said. "Something must be. done


to Mr.- George B. Drayton, MP fo r Skipton Division, asking him to look into the problem. Coun. Mrs. S. J. Dow sug­


gested that until a new road was built, it might be wise to . signpost that stretch of road as an accident black spot.


. . . a n d o n S a t u r d a y


immediately, before there is a really , bad smash’’. . ,


Coun. Williamson sug­ gested that, the council write


. the hedge and overturned m a field at the bend near Saw- ,ley Grange, at the top of Sawley Brow on - Saturday morning. . The driver, Mi cha e l Roberts, aged 21, of Edward Street, Ba r nol dswi ck, escaped injury, although the


A mini car went through


car was extensively dam­ aged:


traffic, pass each other. . - Mr. Burgess, who from -the .


high a.speed for our comfort’ when-we went to inspect1 the broken fences. Pedestrians' there take their- '


- Sawley into Gisburn, we were followed by.a lorry travelling' ' at well over 50 mph. .


lives in their hands; for there is no footpath. And when- we drove from


lorries do overrun the road surface on to the' verges, as the


tyre, marks-, prove. The verges have been worn,


through his hedges and fences during the past .two years; there are claims lodged through his solicitors to prove it.


ters in turn could result in accidents of cars went into them at speed. • .


FACTORS


But speed itself.— and im­ patience — must be major fac­


• Brow, from both directions are ' fast - well-surfaced -,, stretches


without speed restrictions.. ■ One can .sympathise with


■


tors in the accidents. , The approaches to Sawley


drivers who, after following slower-moving traffic for miles


away in several places, some­ times to a depth of two or three inches, and these .gut­


• people?- there ■ are asking is whether these.are enough.


SIGNS


.after a close- study’of- statistical evidence. 'But some progress is being •


made. . • The Ministry has -approved


on the road from .Skipton to Gisburn, are ready to take chances in an attempt to over­


take.Yet it these same, chances


that can lead to disaster. Certainly traffic thundered


THE TOLL IS 62


Four people were’killed


• in accidents on ■■the, six- mile stretch of road from Sm ithies Bridge during ’the


West Yorkshire Constabulary at Wakefield-show thatfthere


tliree years 1966 to.: 1968. Figures, available from the


were 62 accidents involving injury during the three-year


period.


one person was killed, four were seriously. injured,, and 24 people suffered .slight in- juries.


Last • year, in? 19 - accidents, •


- There were 16‘accidents in 1966, and although- no-one


slightly hurt. :


two fatal accidents'aiid many other, serious, ones. --,.


-. This- year there- have- been , ’ ,


accidents, and three 'people, were killed. Sixteen .people received serious .injuries, and 23 were slightly..hurt.',’,-


was killed, 12 people were seriously injured, - and 18


• :


for accidents in - which , np- one’ivas'hurt.K-


Figures are -not available: • ?■


, :j' In 1967, '• there • were 27 . , - £..■ through Sawley Brow at too


the preparation of a scheme for the construction of a: 24ft carriageway from the top of Sawley diversion to just east of the Great Dudland railway, bridge, and preliminary sur­ veying - work has • been carried OUt.: I t’s a start, but how long


county surveyor,. - speaking from his - office 'in Skipton, • pointed out that the signs mow’ provided are in accordance with the regulations. . - Additional signs' would re­ quire, special dispensation by the 'Ministry of - Transport, which iwould . b e - given only


Mr. J. H. Scddon, assistant


■ I t is true that-there are some double white line markings and .road narrows signs, but what


be estimated.. First the Ministry-must make ,


■ lem-of’buying land. “How long i t takes the Mini­


a grant, which Mr. Seddon thought likely to be fairly soon. And then there was the prob-


stry to ■ produce the money, and more particularly, how long it takes the District Valuer to come to terms with landowners we don’t know. "Sometimes land negotia­


tt'will' be-.’before;the. -work- is - ■ completed cannot at present -


kV.;V ■ s ' © MORRIS AUSTIN


AND ASEUEC1 Telephone:


tions come through quickly; other times if owners are awk­ ward, they' can drag on for


which we can look forward. V MORE


So there is : something to . , TYRE


many-months." But he hoped,progress would


be made during the next finan­ cial year'


■ Should- wo just shrug our 'shoulders-and put up -witb. it,


' anything to, go’'by,- accidents will continue to happen at Sawley ’Ferhaps more lives will be lost. . . . . -


- ’ 'Meanwhile,: if - the past.,is • - ■


or could extra, signs, marking the area as an accident black- spot and calling-for extra care,, help reduce the toll? We would lose nothing: by trying, and we’d have every­


: ting a little of that red tape.


thing to gain. : Maybe it’s time-to start cut-


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Lorry was emitting smoke


A Clitheroe lorry driver,.


27-year-old Keith Ralph Goldsmith, of Bolland Pros­ pect, was given an absolute, discharge at Clithcroe yes­ terday week for using a lorry from which emitted smoke!


likely to. cause danger. He was fined £10 and had


his. licence endorsed f°r using a -lorry with an inefficient


handbrake. He pleaded guilty to both


offences. -


■ The owner of - the lorry, Wllliam Redmayne Dawson, 54,


of .-Barrow-in-Furness, was also fined £10 and had his licence endorsed for using a lorry with


an inefficient: handbrake... He was given ati absolute ’ dis­


charge.: for .using? av lorry. from which- smoke-* was icniitted.


•in .Whatley '• Road; , Clitheroe, saw;-‘theVlony-:emitting«ft.?c.on-. siderable:-amount..of;,black,;:oily


- Inspector •Ji-iWithnell;; pro­ secuting, - said that < a .policeman


smoke from ■ the r e a r . ' Inspector -Withnell said that


the smoke had been. caused' by oil leaking'- civ to the exhaust pipe and then burning.; ..- .:


the lorry: was > used Tor. :.yery heavy work on a construction.- site! He- had .mentioned ;'tho,v the- handbrake was. inefficient, and was supposed to-liave.ibeen


In court, Goldsmith saidi-that rectified. ' , ! _


was concerned, it was:.not .a: leak. I t was dripping; after’,the; engine-had: been filledy


He added, “As far as. the'.oll UP",.-.,’ , a


• ’■-■Dawson,/.who pleaded, guilty by. letter,. said ithatv hadw.the


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he": would -have,- made - sure.^the deficiencies .would 'not-,have happened.


£94 from sale


•-. Mrs.- John :Ward -opened an "Afternoon. In: Autumn”, sale • at


lorry-been in-Barrow-in-Furness K About. ■


stopped .it LAvas-observed.-that the 'handbrake ■ was'.; inefficient.


When the .-.vehicle ' was


the, "-congregationalChurch,^ Clitheroe.' on Saturday and .the; proceeds: of the' event ..realised £94.“'


.the event‘.which twasl organised: •b'y Mesdames ■ ’., Blackburn, •Coates and"Lund.' 'i ,


120 .-people• attended chairman.


'There.were.various stalls; and .refreshments were served. « jThe-.-Rev. ‘.K.^Hendry. : was ' ' ' , *


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Thoughtful children


■ Five.yomig- Clitheroe children have' . collected.,one, ■: guinea, which' they,1 -have ..given: to • Fr. F.: Dillon; to ,be forwardedvto the combined-churches’ tractor


fund. 1 ■


Shawn Cross of; Castle, Gate, andChristine and:- Bernadette Wrigley’Of Lowergate. ' The scheme, .organised by


They’ are Stephen; Louise and i


the , Clithcroe, ‘ and , District Council’ of Christian Congrega­ tions, aims to pay for a tractor for the Damien Leprosy Centre- in Kerula, South India. • ■ -'


LETTERS WERE LATE


’• Notices, of a Bowlarid education meeting,, posted in


Skipton on Wednesday \yeek,- were- not;'received ;.by . many


of the’ members >untiln arfew- hours before the'1 meeting was- held in /Clitheroe; on; Mon-v


?. Because, of. their late arrival, one of ’the members of the com- mittce',::Mr.:Donald:;.Wilson,; of Grindleton, was • unable, ; to


day.' •' attend.


The Divisional, Education Officer,’ ’;Mr.: JD.Riddiough,'


„• ■ . i i fin’**'» r,,-- 10F>COLOUR^|S! , * ' ' >'•1 3,


said: “I have;collected avfew. envelopes, and I s. shall' send them-to the post office..


ton .to Rimington, Gisburn, Bolton-by-Bowland, iPaythornei


and i-Grindleton,.; when I-' can drive »to these, places in less


than.half,an hour. , s All .the,‘letters! were sept; by


delivered „in-. ..Waddington^. on Friday, others’.!!!. Clitheroe and Grindletonon:)Saturday,and •the = remainder on^Monday,:; :.


econd-class;:post:. ,Some--t\yere •« GIVE-YOUR HOME-A SPLASH J ^ c * v! f. i iM T A T T A T IK IC ” •‘ ,'R'ae< »e - .An'V


' Sec the‘cxciting and 'colourful range ofjShadcs.^ In alUhc latest designs and the new*'


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“In my- opinion,-' it is-’ a , bit much that these letters should; •take five,daysito get from Skip-:


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