TNES


NOT FROM


| t o kill to return book, iuk not have to .


I there will be no ft ■ their books


Traffic


: SEQUENCE of the traffir. ts '? wM ll0-v ®8ata can


(light) jam


‘mheus were told of on-> = wno joined a queue of L Ulc «>d of Sabdeu


fire from members o' , i ~ Couacil at the”;


,b'° to drive through' Ilopie were complainim. | , )0ln-’ beld up and peop’e


■ r>>o traffic n g ht" ‘ 12, Umc« before she


t t.ie lights and, in man? JI boin'^h n °m AccrinStoii


u s connections for Clitli- , J. S. R. Shaw told the


o_ng that on one occasion ouied the traffic in Act­


ipnre he was able to drive t the junction at the


oaffic lights.


I t


hey had changed


was .suggested that, at : periods, the lights were


d to favour traffic on the in A59. to prevent traffic


imes people were too - m moving off in then-


l lk on caving and cave l> was given to 50 nicm- Iif Clil'.ieroe and District l- Farmers’ Club by Mr.


rescue I talk


Cave


onrdman. a master a; I roe Rova! Grammar


- B o a rdma n i 11 ustra 1 rd nIk with slides tellinr aeetins whaf. happened n call gees cut to rescue


I


n g competition. iteams have byes. The I Ciitheroc A 145 points.


J J were representing the | r. t’.ic first round of (he


J n the other matches


i J i g l r l a n d l i i g l i t


Iei --.he party given for | jv the Ciitheroc Caledon-


_RLY people living at l Iford Home thoroughly


) ’ciciy on Monday even- i, 60 of them watched


co by her husband, Mi*,


h lt.e highlight of the was the grand sing- d which everyone looJ


m which ended wi.h g Syne".


yrisiopher Sharpe g :'c i of Scottish and High- cancing. Then Mr-^- gott sung some Scot- n.=> accompanied on


Mdnc's meet ins followed Her. H. Whitwell in the


- Bailer nronossd a vote Dnks and if. was seconded a msdalo.


o. He also -related some experiences.


announced that five


rrow A 141: Clithevoe Rochdale B 97; Clith- 99, Samlesbury 91.


nical fault in the traffic and also added that


m.g up on the trunk road, li Aid. B. Greenwood a e thought there was a


hen the lights changed.


n Road at Alt-ham's rv'.fr" 5I-a.{eW yards from


finc


that competitive enterprise means survival of the fittest, and that nothing a govern­ ment does, he it Tory or Labour, can prevent it. Only when a government


ork-shy. hypochondriacs;


w that a welfare state breeds


PEOPLE seemed resigned to flic assumption that prices and wages will con- linuc to chase each other;


Tax reform could be country's salvation


production does not increase in proportion.


Hydro-carbon fuels, such as


takes drastic action will the apathetic regain interest in the future. And drastic action is needed; for a nation with no concern for the future will be caught oft b a la n c e . For example, by the famine, and resulting wars which we can expect in the next twenty or thirty years, if the population explosion continues, and food


oil, should be converted into food by micro-organisms, rather than burning them in automobiles and domestic and industrial heating arrange­ ments, whioh cause pollution. People should be encouraged


to eat vegetable proteins rather than meat; towns should be built on non-produc­ tive land, such as worked-out quarries. (Ribble Cement Co. and Ciitheroc Council, please note.)


These changes, and thous­


ands of others, are needed to prevent suffering in the near


future. They must be accom­ plished by incentive, and not law, reforms.


To do this, I feel tho govern'


ment must abolish income tax. It serves only to destroy man's enthusiasm to work harder and longer hours in order to earn more money, and as a result, the country as a whole becomes poorer. If the large amounts of


money spent on the civil ser­ vice are to be avoided, one simple system of taxation is needed to replace the maze of old ones. The best candidate for' this


is purchase tax. By controlling prices by tax


or subsidise the government could govern with the least in­ convenience and without des­ troying man’s freedom. At present, luxuries are


taxed, but I think that this should be extended, Rommodi- ties should also be t a x ed according to the amount of harm they do to the individual and society. This could inolude some which arc at present illegally obtained, A range of goods, which


oould be listed as necessities should be subsidized according to their Importance to public woll-boing. This means that a selection of items, considered by experts to be essential for


survival, would be available free. For insfanoe, a minimum range of food, medical treat­ ment and eleotrical power, and at a local government level, personal requirments. Homes and public transport would be


provided to those most in need of them. This type of government


would eliminate the need for unemployment pay, siekness benefit, old age pension, mater­ nity benefits, etc.


It would mean that everyone


had a right to those things essential for a healthy life, whother employed, or not. No one would be left out because


they did not fit into the right catagory, or didn’t know how to claim.


it would mean that to obtain luxuries one would have to work hard, but with tho satis­ faction of knowing that no money would be taken in tax until it was spent. People would work out of


money to be wasted on booze and gambling while ohildren go hungry; and things like soft drugs and hard pornogra­ phy would not be forbidden fruits, but just ridiculously expensive.


enthusiasm, and not out of fear for survival. There would be no dole


Finally the nation's health


would improve almost over­ night, as the most beneficial commodities would be the least expensive, I won’t pretend that such a


Clithcroc Advertiser and Times December 4, 1970 9


system is new, or free of prob­ lems; a black market for cer­ tain goods may flourish, for instance, but this would be far easier to control than the legal and illegal tax avoidance which goes on today, I only hope that those in­


volved in the government, which seems devoid of ideas, will consider suggestions on their merits, and that papers like ours, will give space to them in the hope that present


and future problems will be solved. A. BROUGHTON,


12 Greenfield Avc., Chatham.


is E LETTER in last weeks o sue regarding the resurfacing mt Brook Street brought to p ind the disgusting and dila­ Sidated condition of Bright s treet. This has been in such a


s any mothers each day. Surely Mright Street will be surfaced. mhort strip of road used by


e when I myself went to tt.ic Uuch a largo number of people


pears


xcellent nursery. s potholes abound on this


t sing the road make up for she non-residents on the nur­


1 WONDER who is respon­ sible for allowing Castle View t to be turned into an indus­


Noisy .cul-de-sac


he closure of the gas works road, thunder between the houses. And -to make matters worse, for the aged they are t subject to the roar of the


nd 10-ton wagons racing ten paces from your front door


h orning and you will per­ inaps understand the mean­


a0 ft from your back door m iin the early hours of the


rains a-t the rear. 5 Just imagin0 having trains


citizens”. Again I ask who are the planners?


g of the term “second-class PEACE PERFECT PEACE.


by Sgt. Major Dawson who lived in Montague Street. If i memory serves me correctly


formed and organised


ofould be a troupe of 50 or 60 rem us One half paid the sup­ W o sacrifice in the First coorld War. I am open to


t was taken 60 years ago. wI would say that there


ntradiction but I believe we Ror Jim Dewhurst. of Pimlico


were the first troupe to be be formed in Clilhc-rce. I remem­ m ad and myself were active


embers. JAMES COOK,


York Street.


years ago 1 WONDER if any of your readers have a photograph of Scouts a troupe of Cli-the-rce Boy


Scouting 60


3st cul-de-sacs in town. From v-30 a.m. (yes, 3-30) iieavy t ehicles. dented an outlet by


rial backwater?This so-called residential hunga area, in which we have many ezens. is now one of the noisi­


lows for our senior citi­


INVESTIGATE CHEAP FARES


pIN VIEW of the Town Clerk's statement on concessionarfy fares it would help those t eople concerned if they knew more about the alternative schemes he mentions, par­


ransport. r If Ribble and our elected


hoTn.lie important factor is. l w can those pensioners who aive on or near bus routes and so far out as to make e journey into town an hxpensive proposition be elped?Might I add that a society


f is judged by the way it cares or its old people and its very


af schemes whereby tokens pre purchased or passes are ourchased by the local auth­ s rity for distribution to pen­ aioners. commend themselves tios werhy of further investiga­


ime there was a change. o The Town Clerk’s mention


i n or near the bus routes and beliet would be fatuous to go ve that sucl) people would a out of their way just to t vail themselves of cheap


oepresentatives are incapable gf organising a scheme t-o orant concessionary fares to t ur senior citizens, it is high


sn difheroe would avail them­ oransport, many do not live


elves of the concession. t Many people have their own


accept the population figures given. What we do not accept, i however, is that all pensioners


icularly so because of the inflexibility of the Ribble Bus Company’s scheme. We the Trades Council,


:LettersMo the Editor


t e would not like to think ahey were less concerned t bout their old and young shan ether towns in Lanca­


young. It Is our belief that ero the senior citizens of Clilh-


hire.


C. h. MITCHELL, secretary, Ciitheroc Trades Council.


Matter of priorities


crhich quickly thing of a toy s ies out for the new. Cries quch as these should be elo­ i uent proof of a fitness to anfluence or govern our affairs wnd expenditure. Clitheroe p ith its filthy dog fouled s avements, is at present no


ite for a culture centre. And who, cn introducing a


OAPs, highlighted by Peter c Pun last week in your columns, ed by newly-elected


HARD on pin ns for the heels of the


super club for


gomes the next move in the proposame of "Gimme! Gimme!",


wbviously directed at all those t ho threatened the dire penal­ (y ol withholding their vote, if


Coun. D. E. Mander oIn his election address,


heir just and reasonable claims were net, met, he said t tils! only parsimonious reac­


wionaries would expect those o ho had so bravely defended wur freedom in the last two


°r‘d wars to queue in the


YOUR correspondent's casti- “ nation of ilic council for


and honest satire. The civic mnd council authorities in so r any of their wild schemes wemind one of the child mind


THE LETTER from 'RaitC- a paycr’ is a gem of truth, wit


pilet, this point? With such a s fouling the view who can


visitor to our Brungericy Park can excuse the violation of the landscape by the large a tip on the bank of the Ribble


fee the rubbish beneath our K t.EMPLE.


High Society


I HAVE recently advertisement in cashire paper for LADY to take control of a factory. Can wc now assume that


a FORE' an


seen a


Lan- f


senior tradesmen will shortly be styled FOREGENTLE­ MAN, plumbers, bricklayers, etc? M. M. YORKE. Wall Green Himtroyde, Nr. Burnley.


The game of Gimme! Gimme!


pouring ratn t buses recently


hem.The very least that we s could do for them was to


for the free instituted for


absence of suitable premises, he pointed out that the obvious site for such a centre was that bounded by King Lane. Market Place, Wellgate and Lowcrgate.


eing overlooked. Questioned


tupply a free door-to-door aax; service, supplemented by T day-and-night closed-circuit hV system connecting their womes to the taxi centre. This a ould avoid the possibilty of bny casual desire for a taxi a bo u t the


b Into t h e purpose-built t uilding, which would replace


his rant-shackle town centre, could be incorporated many other free services, including, possibly, those of Mr. ‘A’ who. wielding his £1 hair-clippers, e scissors and contb, would be


i nabled to earn profits vastly an excess of the pittance which,


receiving. c"Not only", concluded the Bre enable Clitheroc to look


pparently, he was at present t ouncillor, “would such a cen­ om which further schemes


s lackburn's whited sepulchre wtraight in the eye but it frould form a springboard could be launched, until that


■w;i.suni» time” even listenin'.? a.<> the .sponsors of the Roefield


lo listen as was your paper io publish the plan'and to print Ratepayer's attack on it Rclusai by the council to listen would have beep rank discour­ tesy and would rightly have ■ brought on our city fathers


w he real point at issue is


m he wrath of those concerned T conceiving it.


one and, on that, score, none s <1 t'ne protagonists must be


hether the plan is a. feasible ilent.A cultural centre, a. swim­


frts centre plan, was unjusti­ ied.The council was duty bound


tentre as envisaged (with congue in cheek) by another dorrespondent are highly oesirable projects and the sort sf things no progressive town


gnd blame our fathers and grandfathers—the p r e s e n t neneration of pensioners who row grumble, not without


omething on the rates? a One could be uncharitable


Wlready have such facilities? g ere the “crackpots” who sug­ dested them years ago (as i no boubt they did) howled down t ecause the time was not ripe, nhe economic climate would s ot allow it, or it would mean


hould be without. a Why doesn't Clitheroe


eason at the high cost of Jiv­


of these amenities. peBur, how much are these


dts height what effective action f id they take to ensure that wuture pensions kept pace t ith the cost of living; that there would be somewhere for


heir working lives. i When their influence was at


hem to go m their old age. a Precious little if we are to


t too much, but no doubt, like


ccept all they now say. This is simplifying things


he present generation of high


or old age—for the absence o ople responsible for their


fing and inadequate provisions


long-awaited day when long-overdue justice would be r brought to those who. quite


gightly, demand it front a t ointed out reasonably enough


rateful society!" p Questioned on cost he that that was a question for objetion to some modest


f eek rates which my son pays sor our council house. Why jhould not all ratepayers moin me in agreeing that com­ t on justice for our people ingakes precedence over mean­


he Finance Committee. no“But”, ho added. "I have w increase in the five-bob-a-


less symbols like LSD?”. WILL BLUIT.


LIVE TODAY- THEBE’S NO TOMORROW cming baths, even an old folk's


wn plight, particularly those f now under 70 who benefited


grom the “never had it- so t ood era" jn the last years of


A 15-YEAR-OLD member of p the 3rd Whalley Guide Com­


Guany has become a Queen's GAide.ngela Hilton, of Trafford


halley.


t ardens, Barrow, was presen­ ded with her badge by the Civisional commissioner for Klitheroe and Bowland, Mrs. Wathleen Hill, at a party in


hatchery


Visit to salmon


A VISIT to the Lancashire e River Authority’s fish hatch­


earners and influence the atti­ nowtude was (and still is)—live


w and let tomorrow and the t elfare state take care of


aenalised by earning rules end taxation on their hard-


l would appear not so. But at ingeast the Civic Society is try­


moarned investments saved from e ney already taxed? Do we


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inadequacy of pensions, long­ provided for themselves still be ver learn from the past? It F . s0 give them credit.


ng to spend evenings in a cosy pensioners’ centre. p And will those who have


orkers also be on the bread­ iline, grumbling about th e


hings. The moral is obvious. wIn 1980, in 1990 will today’s


bry ait Langcliffe, on, the east aank of the Robbie, provided d fascinating outing on Sun­ Cer;' for 21 members of the


Toatcher}' manager, Mr. John a dd. The -hatchery is situated mt Langcliffe Paper Mill which many years ago was a cotton Cill owned by Mr. Hector p hristie. Mr. Todd took the s arty to the locks weir to chow how the salmon are aounted by electronic methods s s they make their way up­


litheroc Naturalists’ Society h The party were met by the


tream. SPAWNING


sish pass at tire weir aaid t alnrcn could not get beyond this point, Mr, Todd explained ahe work of the department t nd showed members around


ohe young fiSh which are fed


aers saw trays each holding t bout 6.000 eggs. Dicubation takes about four .months and ihen the young fish are put en tanks from where they sventually go to the feeder Htreams of the Kibble and


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two years, sot off for the sea. Mr. Todd was thanked by Mr. Lord.


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he hatchery. t There are 48 tanks to hold


powder. The process of spawn­ ing was demonstrated.


Mr. Buckland, an inspector of salmon fisheries in 1867. f At.that trine there was no


oard of Conservators by a


l The locks, opposite the vil­ tage of Stackhouse were men­ Bioned in a report to the


SEE OUR CHRISTMAS TREES


p About 120 girls attended the Harty in the Methodist Church weall. Side shows and games


re organised.


t PICTURE shows Angela (On fhe left) with two Guiding Criends. Marilyn Vines and


apt. Christine Da-vis (right).


odealistic schemes let us get upur priorities right and clean


uggest CULTURE. i So before we embark on


- 4 of brick and old timber \ T Moral leadership


IT IS heartening to. read that t in his presidential address to


Synod, the Bishop, (Dr. c. R. f Claston), stressed the need tit is increasingly evident


ahat many of our problems mt root spring from a lack of


h e Blackburn Diocesan "or moral leadership and that


h hether the Bishop’s disquiet das been stimulated by the Becision of his own Diocesan


oral concern". wOne is compelled to wonder


oard of Finance to negotiate


the sale cf the Wliallsy Abbey enamels and icons—an action c that almost equally prominent


bhurchman, Archdeacon Lam­ “ert, publicly condemned as sa shameful betrayal of a


onbbey Fellowship, whose views b the sale were never sought, dut who feel, with the Arch­ ueacon, that the board was cnder a. moral obligaticn to aare for the treasures in


olemn trust". AMembers of the Wlinlley


rIt is not yet too late to pay hegard to the moral aspects of t is vexed question and, with ihe Bishop’s wishes so clearly sndicated, those who wish to Abbeee treasures restored to the qu y can hardly fail in their s est, for in present circum­ hotances it is difficult to see t w Dr. Claxtcn can condone


published wishes, will welcome Dr. Claxton's support.


ccordance with the donor’s Avc., Whalley. Jhe action of the beard. . H. FELL, 7, Limefield


nre people in Clitheroe who prrc vigorously opposed to e ogress. What was good enough for 1870 is good


ong. If Clitheroe is to a develop as a residential town,


nough for today. wrDr that view, they are quite


cnd even become a tourist jentre, as has been suggested, offt must have something to s er over and above the Emallest Norman Keep in ngland.Among other things,


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t; r


cnd developed it as a leisure aentre. The same cam happen I t Edlsford, given the will.


n the long term we may yet


TH Like minefield late for the last 22


ment is fust as bad as the road p with large holes and cracked


C RS. CAROL A. RILEY, 28


poave to tip-toe through the a tholes like walking through M minefield.


heir homes. B Perhaps m another 20 years h eanwhile I and otlier mothers


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