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GENERATIONS OF SERVICE MOVES TO CLOSE


\IR WILLIAM EDMUND SELF Weeks retires as clerk iBowland magistrates at the end of 'this month thus end-


' . iiic Ion" connection his family has had with the work r --------------------of the court.


Clean up^ council


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c l i t h e r o e COUNCIL are _ lough with Brilish Rail, following a petition from ihc residents of Castle View. Kirkmoor Road and district. Either BR dear the land in the area immediately.


tell BR


TOWN sctiing


.say the


Healdi and Farm and Sewerage Committee, or


the council will do the job and give the railways


the bill.


The terms of the petition a rc : since the closure of the rail- Jav station, imcl, more recent- iv. the gas works we have


suffered a great deal in incon­ venience and annoyance. Wc are therefore making this concerled appeal to you, our tom council, to take what- tver action is necessary to improve the amenities in this district. Our complaints are


!. CON.SlABl.i;


i t . C O L U N G - yvi[| smm be slicd-


i'i iimbrell.T and mt (ill patrol in a kncc-iciigtii shorts


i,;>ht-c()lo!ircd shirt, is not a new look IL-ilisii SJobby—


summer outfit ol iida Police, which


ubl P.C. Coiling- f Highfield Road,


■, is to join, nl .stationed at


near JJolton, he out to Great Ker- ii .Itiiic !7. and will


litit (he local lorcc ii aS'lor.


I’.C. Coilingridge: ’.Vinter the Bcr-


Vnee wears a nni- milar to ours, but •. when lempcra- i( up. it's shorts, s'jirt and a flat


is also Ihc chance Coilingridge will p a iro l in a th an a panda


■da is a collcc- s. about 20 ot nhabited and afrolied. igridge added: >iii two-thirds


arc local lads. t are niosll) led Kingdom. n on for five 1 break and a L.ngland allef If years. When


icted the five have anolher will decide


ant to sign on


mta’b l vitl'iiTn,''^-


£15 a


■v


Bu'vn- 5:


1. We badly need a properly made road giving easier ac­ cess to the town centre and tiie Wadciy Road area. .-U the moment vehicular traffic has no aiternative but to go out or come in via Bawdlantl.s bridge. Pcde.strians u.se a •Short cut along an extremely ro'Jgli. littered strewn path­ way behind the .station, and under a .small railway bridge, •.v'nerc. in wet weather, the roadway is frequently flooded, necessitating tlio long detour •iroimd Bawdlands bridge. This puts r.u additional .strain on elderly people and house- rivc.s. Many are already bur­


as folio'iV;


dened with heavy .shopping bags or pram.s. On dark nighis, women and children are afraid to iise this sliorl- cat. and liavc either to he met and escorted by their aienfol’t: or make the detour. ~ People using tire path have


Mr. Weeks has been clerk


since 1948. He followed his cousin, the late ^tr. Harry Weeks, who in turn followed Mrs. W. E. S. Weeks’ father, the late Mr. William Self Weeks.


Week’s assistant has. been Miss Sheila Cottam. Tributes to both were paid t the monthly meeting of the


For the past 14 .years, Mr.


Bowlancl Court .at Clitheroe on Monday.


of the magistrates, said of Mr. Weeks, “We have come to know him and to value his help.”


Miss M. R. 1/ord. chairman


only had he helped with the running of the court but had also helped those who had appeared before the magis­ trates.


Miss Lord added , th.ac not


one had been much apprecia­ ted, and she wished hint a long and happy retirement.


given by Mr. S. L. Skellen, prosecuting solicitor for the West Riding, and Mr. J. L. Lumley. on behalf of the advocates. Mr. Weeks is being suc­


thanked Mr. Weeks for his work, on behalf ot the police force who had always found him and his staff helpful and courteous. Appreciations were also


Insp. Matthew’ W a t i e r


ceeded by Mr. Horace,. Jotdap, who is clerk to the Skipton and Settle magistrates..


His courtesy towards evety’- About £90 was raised on


Saturday, to be shared be­ tween St. Denys’ Home, Clith eroe Hospital and Whallcy Abbey, at a Clitheroe Parish Church Garden party. I t was held a t The Beeches, Wad- dington Rd., home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Robinson, and opened by t h e Mayoress, Mrs. Eva Moore,


TRAVEL CLUB


FORMED


Clitheroe, on Wednesday, May ■27, a group of local people met and after a discussion agreed to form a branch of Trans- Atlantio Families Association, whose aims are'to foster .social culture and travel interests wiUiin for its members, and members of the group can travel across the Atlantic at reduced rates.


At the Conservative Club,


arc: chairman/secreiaiy, Mrs. Moore, West 'View, Wadding- ton; join treasurers, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Shaw Bridge, Clitheroe.


New officers elected to serve


secretary, T.A.F.A., and Mr. Bob Johnson, senior travel sales representative for Ribble Motor Services Ltd., who is travel consultant to the group. The next meeting has been


arranged for Wednesday, 24th June, 1970.


National Institute for the blind lield in Clitheroe on Saturday raised just over £81. Organiser was County Coim.


GOOD FLAG DAY .A Hag day in aid of the Royal


■Mrs. M. E. Chatburn,. who thanks those who helped, and tlie public for their .support.


More than 700 people crow­


ded into the assembly hall, and there was also a queue a t the door as the Mayor ex­ plained the great deal of orga­ nisation th a t had already been


.done. He paid ..tribute to the voluntary workers and in pro­ mising his personal support.


‘PROJECT’ TRACTOR ON ITS WAY TO INDIA


p e o p l e JN CLITHEROE and di.strict have tor Project and a tractor is expected to arrive Southern India some time this month.


To date, the figure stand.?'


:o pass wliat now appears to have become a dumping grmintl for ovei-ybody's rub- bi.m. The people in this area ■ahe pride in their homes and iih'erly resent having this disgusting eye.'orc within dii.se proximity. It i.s a con- ■stant .source of cmbarra.s.s- ment and mu.'t surely be a haaavd to healtii.


1. Since the closure of the ga.s '■'orks. part of tlie premisc.s lu.s been used by Mr. J. H. Myer.s for liis lieavy haulage uisiness. Famiiics living in ■ac vicinity arc now being dt’Uirijcd at frequent inter- particnlariv between a.m. and 7-30 a.m. on


most weekdays by the noise d engines lieing .started and .icavy haulage vehicles either out or coming in along


btrkuinor Road and Ca.stlo Le'.v. ..\.s these vcliicies have


i> laticn wcigiii of U]) to 20 mns vibraiion of doors and ■■meows is quite considerable. "'nnld like to know


,'dner permission for such " enange use of the old gas ’Orks premises wa.s ever ?rantc(i and if .so, suggest mat m order to reduce the ;lar and tear on our nerves me;c vehicles .should a least -I) out aero.ss the “rcc” and iiestor ..\vcmi,-. and return


'■i> CasUc View und Kirk- ■"oor Road


Mia H i i u im .


call LIVING was


llrT ‘^"bwei-'n villagers and i ' / f


'^:b'n.s, Liberal candi'


through con.stituency.


her the


d'.j'l fi 'm cl ude d a better m- .voting widows and help


‘'eiabled, and Mrs. "‘’et she would


e. 40-hour week. ■e mi, 1


c’m' u o ■'^^rhhSham Mem- r J


tbe^^ctolJi°“‘’


^ w.age of '"‘’'s promise at Tuesday.


"• "'OS obvious "wording


Labour, the piTee.s t>oUcy ha,.; been


in III,' • ami


0" ."'ho puts it over eonvinced that,


aonv.^e»' " s^'esman could life nV®,’'-''


i n c k c " e m».st link our pay moducing ’;’ ''


eh'natc. a different one fact of '"■"■‘"""'J'e


'''""re- htit much


a t £3,248 7s. 3d., but this figure is only approximate. The orighial target was £2,270. Ml-, w. McColl, chaiuman of


the Clitheroe and District Council of Christian Congrega­


tions, has received a letter from Msgr. Paul Chittilapilly, director of the Damien Insti­ tute, th.anking the people of Clitheroe and district for their The letter addressed to “The


Good people of Clitheroe and District, ..c/o ..Mr. ..Walter McColl,” tells of the work going on in the Institute. There are about 3,000 regis­


tered cases of leprosy and tiie institute’e bed strength, is 170. Tramed health visitors go out daily, visiting every’ house in the project area, finding new case.? and giving treatment and medicines. Msgr. ChittilapUly says, “We


are trj’ing to make our insti­ tution self-supporting. That is why we develop agriculture. Till this time we were using bulls. Now owing to high wages etc. agriculture by use of bulls has became very uneconomic, Hence we are eager to use the tractor." Mr. McColl is pleased at the


raised more lliaii £3,000 for the Trac- at ihc Damien Leprosy InsHliilc in


GOLDEN WEDDING Mrs. Lydia Waddington,


of Ribble Crescent, Long Preston, got up on Tues­ day for the first time, after two months’ illness, to go out to a special party with her husband, Mr. Walter Waddington. This was to celebrate their golden wed­


ding anniversary. T h e party, for th e ir family


and relations, was held a t th e Duke of York Hotel,


Grindleton. Both Mr. Waddington and


his wife used to live in Grindleton before they were married in th e village. M r. Waddington’s family


were fa rm in g a t Stevenson’s Farm when he was born A f te r th e ir wedding, M r.


and Mrs. Waddington went to Spencer’s Farm a n d Champion Farm a t Lane Ends, Grindleton, which ad­


joined Stevenson’s Farm. Apart from m ilita ry service


during the first world war, M r. Waddington has been a fa rme r all his life in Long


Preston. Mrs. Waddington’s fa the r


farmed a t Swindlehurst Farm, Grindleton. M r. Waddington is well


known in farming circles locally, and still regularly


attends Hellifleld Auction M a r t, and also comes into


Clitheroe on Tuesdays and Fridays to visit the auction m a r t and to do some shop­


ping. During the first world war,


he served with the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and spent some time in France, where he w a s wounded Mr, Waddington served with


the Home Guard in the sec­ ond world war. He was a member of the


Bolton-by-Bowland Memorial Committee, which was set up to look a fte r the Cenotaph and to prepare a welcome for those who had been away fighting in the last war. Mr. Waddington is 73 and


his w ife is 72. They had two sons, one of


whom died, and the other, Mr. Henry Waddington runs a provender and forage busi­ ness in Halton West. Mr. and Mrs. Waddington


have four grandchildren. Mrs. Waddington was a


member of the Bolton-by- Bowland Women’s institute and also the Women’s Union­ ists.


the Mayor particularly reques­ ted tha t those who felt that they could not support the appeal should do nothing to obstruct it.


The Ribble Valley Baths


Appeal Fund got off to a rous. ing s ta rt on Friday evening when the Mayor of Clitheroe, Councillor Sidney Moore, per­


formed the “launching’’ cere- mony a t a coffee evening held at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, York Street.


Another encouraging feature


in addition to the support given to the coffee evening was the presentation by Mr, Ken Watson of a cheque for £46 to the Mayor on behalf of Wad- dington Social Club and the people of the village.


I t was also encouraging to


see so many young people supporting the launching of the appeal. Total amount raised during


the evening was around £150. The committee thank the


many people who donated gifts for the stalls and who worked so hard behind the scenes, with special thanks to pupils of Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar


School, who made such charm, ing waitresses, councillor John Blackburn,


chairman of the organising committee, presided. Object of iho appeal fund is


to raise £ 20,000 over a two- year period. This money will help to pay fo r extra facilities such as a learners’ pool, diving facilities and increased chang­ ing accommodation. Area organisers have now


begun distributing contribu­ tion forms. These offer five easy ways of contributing: woekly,


fort­


nightly, monthly, quarterly or by banker’s order. Total cost of the baths to be


built a t Edisford is in the region of £80,000, of which the corporation is finding £60,000. Our picture shows the Mayor


receiving t h e Waddington cheque for £46 from Mr. Ken Watson, Looking on is Mrs. E, J. Newell, secretary of the appeal committee.


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.success of the project and feels that many people in tho area have got to know each other better as a result. Since the tractor project


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started, there have been several money raising efforts held in the area. These included balloon race, a children’s art exhibition and coffee mornings


and evenings. The house-to-house collection


raised £504 and other money raising efforts realised £2,399, The balloon rece itself raised


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£100. Tags were returned from as far away as Caernarvonshire and Ma’doneth.shire. Balloons were found’in gard


ens, fields, woods and on.moun. tainsides. Many were retimied by children and one was found


by a dog. The winning btdloon, wrich


reached BarmoutJt .on the west coast of wales, was set by 19- year-old Peter Jackson, on Con­ way Avenue, Clitheroe, and'was found by Graham Middleton, of


Birmingham. On Tuesday, Mr. Jackson was liresented with a travelling clock by Mr. McColl and a book token wa.s sendt to the-finder.


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m ArKBURN CIYIC SOCIETY held their fourth annual dinner and award urcsentations at the White Bull Hotel, Blackburn, on EYiday, when the guest ol honour was Mr. .1. Lewis Wonicrsley, a well-known architect and town " Welcomed by Mrs. T. B, Dawson, chairman, Mr. Womersley spoke ot he importance of public participatioa in regard to twon planning. He rcterred to the recently publislied Skeffington Report which sets out stages through planning should no where the public would have a chanc to voice their opinions. Mr. Womersley flso presented awards for the '‘Plan for (he Future Campaign


which went to Ciithcroc Civic Society, Brownedge RC School, Bambcr Bridge, and Mrs.. Bilsborotigh.


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The meeting was also atten­ ded by Ml-. T. Jones, national


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ELECTION TORY VOICES DOUBTS ABOUT MAUD


SPEAKING at a meeting in Wlialley on Tuesday as part of his election campaign. Mr. David VValder, Conservative candidate for the Clitheroe Division, said he did not agree with all the proposals of the Rcdclin'e-Maud Report


especially when applied to the Clitheroe area. He said it was dangerous for


a matter for Government deci­ sion but Mr. Walder said ho thought the majority of his Party agreed with his views on the matter. The meeting was held in the


local government to move away /rom the people. “I t should have contact with the people in the area." The report, he went on. was


and MPs are frequently accu­ sed of digging up the past but, he said, there was an answer to this. Di.scus.sing a governmciifs re­


there were quite good atten­ dances at the meetings. Mr. walder mentioned in his speech th a t political candidates


cord was inevitable becau.se it was the only way to judge the party in ofiicc. He commented: The pres­


ent high rate of uneinplo.v- ineii^ was terrible, he said. T"he great danger ovej- theu “The great danger over


eroe and Wtswell and they were lively meetings with plenty of questions from the floor. Despite the glorious evening,


Churcii of England School and was one of three that Mr. Wal­ der attended th at night. Tlie other two were at Clith­


people's lives in these days is unemployment. Britain today is neither pros-


because their earnings are swal­ lowed up by lax. Tlie Conservatives Iiave re­


der said, were sure tliat taxation was where tlie root of the country’s economic problem lay. People will not work overtime


would introduce legislation to control these; an up-to-date and fair system for such disputes. He was given some advice


not cure strikes but action against the picket.? and a re­ fusal of government help to the families of strikers would soon stop them happening so fre­ quently. The Conservatives’ .system,


from the floor on this subject. Legilatioii. he was told, would


Mr. Walder replied would be to offer a cooling off period.


about the wildcat strikes and stoppages which often happen for only in.significant reasons. Mr. Walder said his Party


duced income tax before and they can do so again. Something must also be done


prou.s nor strong. “We lag be- liind our rivals in Europe in economic growth.” Tlie Conservatives, Mr. Wal­


Clitltcnie /iilxrrtiscr ‘and Tintex, Friday, June 5ili, iy7U 5 liillil ' ....................


The Mayor and Corporation


went to Church on Sunday, thus continuing the tradition of having a Civic Service at the beginning of the new municipal year. The.', sun shone brightiv,


flags fluttered from the Town Hall and Castle Keep and the Clitheroe Pipe Band played


as the new Mayor and May­ oress, Councillor and Mrs. Sidney John Moore, walked


to Ss. Michael and John’s Roman Catholic Church accompanied by council col­ leagues, staff and other rep­ resentatives of the town. The band headed the pro­


cession and imediately behind them were the British Legion with the standards Then came the St. John


Ambulance contingent includ­ ing members of the Nursing Division and cadets.


MAGISTRATES


ot Hanover Street, Colne, app­ lied to Bowiand magistrates on Monday for the removal of di.s- qualificatioii of driving, but liis application was refused. Mr. D. Hawthorn, represen­


NO TO PLEA GEORGE ROBERT BERRY,


ting Berry, said the disquali­ fication had been imposed in 1965, and wa.s due to cea.se next year. Berry, he .said, had been dis-


qua.iificcl a total of four fime.s. Ho added that Berry, who is


29. admitted a had driving re­ cord but was now a mature person, married witli two child­ ren. who accepted rc.s’


coal mercliant in Colne for 11 years and Mr. Ha-wthorn told the magistrates th a t it the app­ lication was granted Berry would bo alile to a.ssi.st both his employer and himself. Insp. M. Waller .said he knew


willingly. He has been employed by a


pon.sibility


Guides, Scouts and cub-


scouts with their banners followed, then representatives of tho Boys’ and Girls’ gram­ mar schools, and Ribblesdale Secondary School. Inspector T . J. Sumner, of


the county police, was fol­ lowed by the halberdiers, cscortng the Mace, carried by the Town Sergeant, Mr. Stanley Flack. The acting Town Clerk, B ria n Braithwaitc,


Mr.


accompanied the Ma.yor and Mayoress behind whom were the Deputy Mayor and his wife. Aid. and Mrs. S. F. Hardman, followed by mem­ bers of tho town council. Then came representatives of women’s and men’s organ­


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isations. Also there vjcrc Mrs. A. H. Todd, a Freeman ol the borough. County Councillor Mrs. Clifford Chatburn, Mrs. John Flack, a former Mayor­ ess. Apart from the women,


it was largely a hatless occa­ sion, notable exception being Mr. James V/ilkinson, a for­ mer Mayor and tho only one to mark the importance of the day by wearing a top hat. He walked with Mr. J. Park­ inson, president of


the


Chamber ot Trade. The church was packed for


the service, in which the Mayor took part. Father F.


W. Diiion celebrated Mass, and Father E. Callaghan, of St. Helens, preached.


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