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ttm or individual. DEATHS


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» Thursday last , , cl2»a- oniatoriuni.


’ S*Ip. -bT:Bowland0 a‘{ r n- T‘!-


S to u t aacd G7 years u ‘‘ l°ved husband5 o t n N


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an d dear Dennis and Eric V om r 0'


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i'oe* A service iu 2? Church. Clitlieroe. nrc


~SON.—On 21" Optnu’ Edmund Porter f S j . f e f


-■ Moorland Crescent


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ELD. — On 21 Ociohcr a t th e home of i10:


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r - D- Fairfield Drive rd Park. Clitheroe, Ruth


aired 86 years, the d S u ife of th e late Fred


i t a t Clitheroc Ccmeterv October. r B en n e t t (R. Farkincton)


oc. Tel. 2582. '


MGTON.—On 23 October at. his home. 8. Turner Clitheroe. James, nsed 55


ml cremation took pine* n ;riiigton on Tuesday, 27


th e dearly loved husband lyn Wadclington and dear of Diane and Tony. Sc--


B en n e t t (R. Parkington) •oc Tel. 2582.


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n Wilkinson, formerly of oach an d Horses Hotel. -by-Bowland. aged 87 Funeral from her dauch- lome for service in St. Magdalene's Church, to* Yiclay, a t 11 n.m. prior to •ion


gton. Martha, the dearly wife of th e late John


orium. Scales Funeral Service, ccrington 32641.


a t Accrington


e In th e book of mories y tu rn e d today, d a u g h te r Alice, son-in-


mily.


asured memories of ;ife Ivy, died 4 Novem- my thoughts,


iving husband Horace.


P P R E C IA T J O N Mr.


fa th e r an d grandad who 0 October 1969.


r th u r and family; son daughter-in-law Harriet


/ember 1969. R.I.P. ER.—In memory of n


N MEM0R1AM Stephen. 22 May. 1918—


A kind thought


GUY FAWKES pennies col­ lected by four Up Brooks boys will bring pleasure to patients at Ciitheroc Hospital. Neil Dinsdale and his bro­


ther Howard, together with Jimmy Hargreaves and Brian Bicnzard raised £2 and then


ish to thank relatives, .he family doctor and or kindness shown Margaret's stay in


and Mrs. J. Gardens, Waddington,


changed their minds about buying dangerous fireworks. Instead they went to Chat­ ham Road and handed the money in at the hospital to help iniy something for the patients.


CHILDREN OF the staff of Calderstones Hospital a r e


presenting the pantomime. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which they are pre­


senting at the hospital tonight and tomorrow. In our picture Snow White, Catherine Din- nis, is being awakened by Prince Charming, Jean Mac­ Donald, watched left to right by the dwarfs: Peter Beasley, Stephen Gaunt, Peter West- well, Stephen Smith, Stephen Harrison, Michael Harrison and Grenville Grundy.


well. All the scenery and cos­ tumes have been made by the


Rehearsals have been going


hospital staff. Mrs. Pat Gaunt has handled


the musical aspect. u , i ,


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CLITHEROE DISTRICT HOMES LEFT IN


DISGUSTING STATE, SAYS COUNCILLOR


SOME OF Clitheroe's council houses were in a disgusting condition when tenants left them, said Coun. Robert Ainsworth at the health committee meeting on Monday. Referring to a house which houses. Some tenants


a young couple had been invi­ ted to take. Coun. Ainsworth


received a letter from the Town Clerk which stated that it was not the council’s policy to undertake cleaning and


decorating. “Am I to understand it is


Asked Coun. Ainsworth.. THEORY


agreed Coun. Wallace Har­ greaves. Coun. Ainsworth h a d


said: “There is not a member of this council who could have gone into that house.” “I t was like a pig sty,”


but others are difficult. Some just scaiper without giving a month’s notice.” Mr. Hartford outlined a


continually out. “Some tenants co-operate,


plan for inspecting the town’s council houses. Tile estates were to be split into four zones, of 260 houses each.


MINORITY


this council's policy, to let houses knowing them to be in a sub-standard condition?”


. M. D. Hartford said that there were many problems, and it was his intention to outline them in his next monthly


The housing manager, Mr.


go round and see these houses, but with a staff of one, it is only excellent theory,” he said, “there are more than 1,000 homes to inspect.” Mr. Hartford explained that


report. “I t is an excellent theory to


Death


crash car brakes faulty


THE responsibility of garages in making sure that motor vehicles were roadworthy, was emphasised by East Lanca­ shire coroner, Mr. George Graham, at a Clitheroe inquest on a former secretary of comedian Jimmy Clitheroe, who died in an accident on the Sawley Road. A jury returned a verdict of misadventure on Miss veron­


ica Sally Hansel!, of Fordstone Avenue, Preesall, near Fleet- wood, who was on her way to visit her brother in Leeds on October 19th, when her car struck the back of a lorry. A police vehicle examiner.


houses. The Borough Treasurer, Mr.


the council had a regular schedule for inspecting the


Coun. Hargreaves asked if


Ronald Pickup, said: “I have a rent collector who has to go to some houses at eight or nine o’clock at night. It is ridiculous.” Committee chairman, Coun.


were


I NS ON.—On 27 October, d au g h te r 's home ••Fern- 288. Whallcy Road,


W ' 4V'-tl d ls t Church preceded in.


Id an d dear mother o' a service in Low Mnn-


Cheap bus fares plea rejected


a meeting of the council’s Finance Committee when con­ sideration was given to a letter from the Clitheroe Trades Council, seeking an explana­ tion why the town council had turned down the idea in Aug­ ust and asking for the matter again to be considered. But after re-examining the


question on Tuesday the Fin­ ance committee concluded it was not possible to introduce cheap fares, largely on the ground of finance. The Town Clerk, Mr. John Cowdall, said that the Trades


A speedy recovery -and no wonder!


had an alarming experience recently when he was taken


A Calderstones male nurse


stone’s Hospital Internal News magazine—"he nearly had a


Leo Wells said that every house was suitable to go into when the tenant took it over. Bad houses were in the minor­ ity.


direction of a chest which contained everything neces­ sary for an expectant mum, the ailing patient began to make a speedy recovery. Within two hours, all his


acute stomach pains and due to pressure on staff beds, he was transferred to the female sick quarters. After casting his eyes in the


baby” The nurse was taken ill with


gested that the housingg man­ ager should include details of housing inspections in his monthly report.


Aid. Clifford Chatbum sug­


it was very difficult to get into a lot of the council


a nairow escape, and needless to say, he is glad he didn't


symptoms had subsided, and after two days he was dis­ charged to his own quarters. The patient felt he had-had


become a “mum”.


ill on night duty . . . he found himself in a room reserved for maternity cases. According to CHIN—Calder-


FOR Clitheroe Corporation to introduce concessionary bus fares for elderly people, could cost anything from a 2id. to a lOd. rate, it was revealed this week. The statement was made at


GUARD


Council wanted to know how the council had arrived at its decision in August not to sup­ port cheap fares fer pension­ ers; and what would be the cost factor. Mr. Cowdall said that he in­


worth asked for a recap of the previous application. Mr. Ronald Pickup, the Borough Treasurer said there were about 2.000 people over 65 in the town. If they were each given a


travel concession, say £2 10s. a year, the cost to the coun­ cil would be around £5,000. This would provide them with one journey a week and "I don't know whether the old people would consider that satisfactory,” he said. A double trip would cost


£10.000, doubled again it would, of course, be £20,000:


has happened .in Bowland.” After Aid. Tom Robinson, Finance Committee chairman,


explained to Mr. Mitchell that there were no grants available for such purposes and Mr. Pickup said the only circum­ stances under which the cor­ poration could get financial help would be if Ribblc pro­ posed to withdraw' some ser­ vices, and the corporation pressed the company to retain them as a necessary social sendee. Coun. James Barnes: “That


Mr. Cowdall said he had No grants


had said there had been no change in the circumstances since the August decision it vus agreed that the Town Clerk explain the position to the Trades Council and the Clitheroe Old Age Pensions


Association.


the cost could vary between a 2Jcl. and a lOd. rate.


vited Mr. Charles Mitchell, secretary of the Trades Coun­ cil to see him and there was no doubt that the Trades Council felt strongly about the refusal of the request. When Coun. Robert Ains­


DOGS TO COMBAT VANDALS


GUARD dogs may patro public conveniences in Clitli­ eroe in a bid to combat van­ dalism. The idea was suggested by


Coun. Robert Ainsworth, at this week's meeting of Clith- eroe Health Committee, and is to be investigated by commit­ tee leaders. Reports of continued dam­


age were made by Public Health Inspector, Mr. Walter Grange. Toilets in the Market Place had been damaged and those


at Brungerley and Chester Avenue playground were with­ out fittings, he said. The committee decided on


"one more” attempt to repair the damage on the proposition of Aid. Tom Robinson.


Saturdav bus ban is over


CLITHEROE (bus services will be back to normal to­ morrow . Local depot crews voted this week to end the ban on Saturday working. The ban which was first


l


imposed by Blackburn depot and Clitheroe subsequently followed. Last weekend Black- bum decided to end the Sat­ urday stoppages which were over a national pay dispute. There is no change so far as


schools are concerned. Local caretakers are continuing the overtime ban which is preven­ ting the holding of evening classes in country schools.


referred to money allocated for cleaning the brook and wan­ ted to know whether the annual cleaning clean, or part cleaning was due. Mr. J. Newton Bell, Borough


Brook W'ere asked at this week’s meeting of Olitheroe Highways Committee. Coun. Wallace ’ Hargreaves


Surveyor, said there was no programme as suoh, but if a section of the brook, needed cleaning it w'as done. ■


the vehicle had not been properly examined by the people who sold it,” said ,the coroner. Miss Hansell, who was also


one. “It was fairly obvious that


' lorry being driven by Mr. Trevor Lawson, of Camden


a.former Tiller girl, died after her car struck the back of a


the British Empire Cancer Campaign for Research held in Whalley and district amounted to .£204, 10s.. 6d.


Street, Nelson. THE OCTOBER collection for


total brake failure on Miss Hansell’s car which had only been bought a couple cf weeks before. PC Lake added that the defect was a long standing


PC Geoffrey Lake said that the accident was caused by a


money was available for the work and declared that no one occasion the brook got into a bad way through neglect Mr. Bell replied: "No. There has been no neglect since I came to Clitheroe.” Mr. Bell pointed out that


When Coun. Leo Wells'said


point out places where the brook needs clearing.” Mr. Bell:, “I am willing to


this was the reason that water got away quickly last week, Coun. Hargreaves: ”1 can


part of the brook had been btilsngtftened recently and


meet you'and see these places you say need clearing, and


time as many of the roads quickly became submerged in places.


became apparent cm Friday when almost' one and a half inches of rain fell and people living near rivers and streams made preparations in th e event of flood water reaching their doors. Motorists, too, had a hard


■when I have enough men available it will be done.” The threat of floods first


of the Nab at Billington as streams overflowed, and it came through a wall at the side of the road at Painter Wood.


were flooded. As a precaution many stayed at home on Saturday because the river was still running high.


TheRivers-Ribble. andiHod-


rose and came over its banks into the fields just above the weir. Many householders liv­ ing hi the low-lying part of the village near the river, brought out sandbags and boards in • case their homes


At Whalley the River Calder Water poured down the side


so fast and so hard that drains could not cope with the extra flow of water.. At Four Lane Ends, water


the A59 between Whalley and Chatburn had to plough through large expanses of water, several inches deep, which lay across the road especially a t Barrow and on the stretch of road outside Clitheroe Hospital. The rain was coming down


from the new by-pass collec­ ted into several deep pools, causing -difficulties- for' motor­ ists.


der also overflowed into fields at various points. Motorists travelling along


Road bridge, a notorious spot for flooding in heavy rain, was


tiating this stretch. In fact, as our photograph


shows, one man and his van got stuck under the bridge and just to add to his troubles he ranout.ofipetrolias-.well I


around Holden Street and Up Brooks, Cliiheroe, sandbagged their houses as Meariey Brook rose rapidly. There was a danger of flooding and the water did overflow on to spare land but it subsided before reaching the house doors. The road under Waddington


People living in the district WHITESIDE’S ^ / bargainsH


FREE—BELL'S WHISKY TASTING Call and taste BELL'S Whisky—


axle-deep in water and several vehicles had difficulty in nego­


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MEARLEY BROOK came very close to overflowing during this week’s heavy rainfall which brought an­ xiety to householders in the Ribble Valley as rivers rose dangerously. Questions about Mearley


ANXIOUS WEEK AS RIVERS RISE ............... ' -.....................


c i t e ’ * 01 Oie Keeper's' e l , W


IS TELEVISION losing its impact as the chief form of


family entertainment? Folk in the lonely moorland


village of Tosside—population SO—seem to think it is. So they’ve tak en s tep s to


revive community a n d social ]i:e by building th e ir own vil­ lage institute.


ing villages they are putting the linal touches to the new


^ With help from neighbour­ TOSSIDE REVIVES COMMUNITY LIFE


building which they hope will eventually reach full status as a village hall. It is due to be opened on


do-it-yourself effort and re­ places one brought to the vil­


December 12th by Mrs. Nancy Kenyon of Glebe House, Slaid- burn, and the first big event will be a Christmas Fair that day. The new building is a sturdy


were acquired by purchasing three dismantled pre-fab bun­ galows. which have been assembled to form one large building on the original site. And the old institute must


lage in sections by horse and cart from Skipton in 1918. Basic building materials


have been a building of some quality. When lifted, the ori­ ginal sprung floor was in first-


class condition even after more than 50 years. The maple boards were


carefully lifted and numbered and have now been relaid. The smart entrance doors were obtained from the now- demolished old chapel at Long Preston. The foundations of th e


having been raised by means of social events. Mrs. Elma Chapman secre­


building were laid in the spring, a fund totalling £250


tary o f' the building commit­ tee spoke appreciatively of the help given by friends in neigh­ bouring villages such ns Wig- glesworth and Siaidbum, and in particular of the support by the late Mr. Titus Cow- king. When he died the build­ ing fund benefitted by dona­


tions totalling £45 given in his memory. She has no doubts that


people living in Tosside wel­ come the revival of the insti­ tute. Support for recent events,


she said, had indicated that many people were getting


for social occasions—a costly business these days.


tired of going into the town


getting fed up with the poor entertainment value of the •'telly". "The institute will provide


And people round here are WHALLEY TRAGEDY


a new focal point and help now residents to get to know their neighbours", she said.


of villagers at work on their new building . . . and a round­ up of news from the Olitheroc area's small communities a regular feature of your Adver­


• See page eight for picture tiser and Times.


Dead woman and injured husband found in bungalow


A FORMER Ribblc bus inspector at Clitheroc, Mr. Clif­ ford James Taylor, aged 67, was yesterday-seriously ill in Blackburn Royal Infirmary after being found with throat wounds at his semi-detached bungalow on the Abbey


dead in the bedroom. She had cuts thought to have been in­ flicted with a knife or a razor. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor had


lived in Whalley since Mr Taylor retired two years ago after 40 years service with Ribble. For a long time their home


Fields Whalley estate on Wednesday. His wife Maud, aged 74, was


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was in Buccleuch Avenue, Clitheroe. Det. Inspector George Hodg­


son, of Accrington C.I.D. who is leading the inquiry, said: “At the moment we don’t know a great deal about the incident older than that the woman is dead and her hus­ band is very seriously injured. “We think the injuries could


havc been inflicted with either a knife or a razor but until we have made a thorough search we cannot be certain. Mrs. Taylor is understood


to have bcen an invalid, con­ fined to hed home since hav­


ing a seizure. An inquest on Mrs. Taylor


was opened at Whallgy yester­ day by the East Lancashire Coroner Mr. George Graham and adjourned sine die. Evidence of identification


MR. CLIFFORD TAYLOR.


was given by her nephew, Mr. James Waterhouse, of The Sands, Whalley.


THE END


the end for an ailing elm tree in the grounds of Whalley Abbey. About a third of the tree crashed down and another large branch overhanging the gardener’s cottage is unsafe. The A bbey authorities


The weekend gales hastened


sought the advice of forestry experts and they reported that the tree had come to the end of its natural life. There was no alternative but to cut it down.


Park being used as


race track


CYCLISTS and motor cyclists were using paths in Brunger­ ley Park as a race track on Sundays, Coun. Robert Ains­


the practice; Coun. Wallace Hargreaves, chairman, observ­ ing .that the committee were well aware of the problem and one would have thought the .public would assist in solving it. There would be difficulty in getting anyone to work on Sundays.


worth told the Parks Commit­ tee this week. It was decided to ask the police to help put a stop to


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