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staff of Blackburn RoyaTlnfi? mary for their kind S ‘„Ll?J; 4, St. Paul's Terrace. Low Moor,


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burn Royal Infirmary and the Rev. K. Broadhurst, for thei- ministrations.


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NEWBOULD.—Mr. and Mrs. J Birch and family wish to thank all relatives, friends, and nelch- . hours, and the inaiiagemcnt and


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estaff of I.C.I. for their kind f xpressions of sympathy and sloral tributes received in their pudden bereavement; also the


olice and the Rev. K. Broad­


SNAPE.—Mrs. Snapo wishes to thank most .sincerely all rela­ tives.


sloral tributes received in he: dad loss, al.so. the family doctor, Tistrict nurses. Mr. and Mr.s. T.


Hannan for their kindness. 6, Park Street, Clitheroe.


aylor and the Rev. Father


WHITFIELD,—Mrs. Nora Whit­ field and Family sincerely thank all relatives, friends and neigh­ bours for expressions of syni- pathy and floral tributes t received in their sad loss. Also


he family doctors and the Rev. W. Frankland for their help


APPRECIATION


GOODFELLOW. — Mrs. Ethel Goodfellow wishes to thank most sincerely, all relatives, friends and neighbours, Metho­ dist Sunshine Band, for the many gifts. letters, get-well


cards, and transport. Also Rev. l J. Goodhall. Rev. N. Maddock.


Wrightlngton Hospital. 42, Ribblesdalc View, Chatbum.


or their kindly ministrations during her recent stay in


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friends, neighbours. he doctors and staff of Black­


nhank all relatives, friends and s eighbours, for messages of rympathy and floral tributes teceived in their sad loss, ^iso


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thank, most sincerely, all Jeh fives. friends and neighbour” bor expressions of sympathy S


doctor, doctors and nifruL’®


the Rev. E. S. JosSln Rev. J A. Goodhall’fo?‘'j.}J' f e.\prcssions of symuathv ^ '3


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HEARSLEY. — Mrs. Muriel t Kcarsley and Family wish t„


COUNCILLOR


THERE was iiolliing irregular or sinister about members meetiiif? together informally to discuss council affairs, Councillor Harry Pearson said at a meeting of Clitheroe’s Finance Committee. He was speaking during an argument which blew up


A free sample


Advenisci- and Times wili be receiving free copies of the suppiement with next W


IN A BID to boost trade for the Christmas season, a special, eight-page colour supplement setting out the range of products kept by wine merchants. While- side's of Clitheroe. will be going into more than loO.OOO East Lancashire homes next week. Readers of the Clitheroe


coioiir photographs along with the history of White- sides and general informa­ tion on how to go about choosing the best in wines


Eek.s issue. The suppiement has full


!ind .spirits. The supplement will go to


homc.s m Clilheroe, Black­ burn, Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Accrington, Haslingden, Bam- oldswick and Earby, and to the firm's customers through- cui the country. Rc.hders wondering which


when Coun. John Blackburn, chairman of the Planning Committee, said the council were trying to give the Public Library a new image and he considered they ought to form a small sub-committee to look into possible central sites as a home for the library.


stag a letter from the Depart­ ment of Education and Science asking for submission of applications for loan sanction for major building projects, the deadline for which was October 31st.


UNOFFICIAL


started the ball rolling by ask'ng: "Has this already been the subject of private meet­ ings ith none of the officers present? Is it correct that a small subcommittee has gone into the matter without any authority from this council?” .Aid, Tom Robinson agreed


Coun. Wdlliam Shaiples


that there had been some rivate mettags but, he pointed out, no officials ere present and, therefore, the gatherings were not official meetings of the council in any shope or


wines to choose to accompany Christmas dinners should be especially interested in the supplement.


meeting had been held on Town Hall premises and Coun, Sharpies declared he was "rather perturbed” that tliese things had gone on ■without reference to the committee. Coun. Pearson: "It has been


foi'in. It was revealed, that a


explained that unofficial meet­ ings have taken place hut the fact that one or two more


BLACKBURN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY Ltd.


CLITfclEEOE DISTKICT The committee were discus-


members of the council got togetlier did not make then- meeting illegal, iiTegular or sinister.’’ He wanted it on record that nothing subversive, illegal or suspicious had taken place.


interested members of the council who get together to discuss council business or what they consider may be for the welfare of the town are acting in the to-wn’s best interests. Nothing was done that will not . be eventually


thesfi small committees acting for the coimcil.” Coun. James Barnes: "Surely


of views among interested people.”


reported to the. council. I t ivas simply an informal exchange


posal, now., made to set up a sub-committee is a method to regularise something that must have been illegal.” At this juncture the M.ayor,


Coun. Sharpies. “Tlie pro­


Coun. Sharpies: “It is not the done thing at all to have


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TOO LITTLE, SAYS LOCAL N.F.U. CHIEF


WHALLEY BLACKSMITH DIES AT 81


ONE OP' the best known village blacksmiths in Lanca­ shire, Mr, Robert Altham. of


Woodfleld View,. Whalley. died on Saturday in Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, aged 81. Mr. Altham was a blacksmith


any powers: there was shnply a discussion among friends on council property."


called to a meeting and as Library ch.airman he took it ■to be a committee meeting; people had been invited by Coun. Blackburn.


Coun.' Tui-ner said he was MISTAKE


notice was sent out by the Town Clerk and therefore it was not a committee meeting. Possibly it might have been more advisable not to have met on council property, but that is a technOcal matter.”


Aid. Robinson: “No official


who asked whether’ the Toivn Clerk was invited to the meet­ ing, Aid, Robinson said he could not say, Coun. Blackburn: ”I don’t


Replying to Coim. Sharpies


Coun. Sidney Moore, joined the debate, observuig: “It -was not a' committee .at all. Everything must start somewhere and this is the germination af an idea; there was a discussion, about which way to go. "The meeting did not have


ticeship with i'll'. William Green, who founded the smithy at Waterloo, Clitheroe. For some time Mr. Altham worked at Well Fold Fauudry, Clithr eroe, arid- ut Blackburn and Bm'niey, and, for two years before he started a smithy in Whalley, he had liis ovoi business at Stubbins, near Ramsbottom.


SELF-TAUGHT


cron work, in which he ivas entirely self-taught. He be­ came well-known for has hand­ made wrought iron gates and made altar gates and metal fittings for churches all over Lancashire. During the Fiirst Wca-ld War


CouiiciJ.3 discuss future


EXPLORATORY talks on local government re-organisation in this area were held in Clitheroe yesterday. Dlegates from Clitheroe


think the Town Clerk -will attend meetings unless they are properly summoned.” The Town Clerk. Mr-. John


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and Longi'idge Urban Council met at the Town Hall. Representing CMthcroe were


Cowdall, said he was invited to attend but he declined because the meeting'was an in­ formal one. He added: “I cannot be


Borough Council. Clitheroe and Bowland Rural Councils


lOi


invited to attend any meeting of any group, political or


the Toivn Clerk, Mr. John Cowdall, the Mayor, Coun. Sidney Moore, Aid. Clifford Chatburn, Aid. Tom Robinson and Coun. Harry Pearson. Clitheroe Rural Council were


when Coun. Sharpies alleged that the Town Clerk had been invi'ted to attend the. meeting of trends so that his presence would regularise the whole of the proceedings. ■When Coun, Leo Wells


other-wise, imless it is a comrcil meeting.” There wer-e shouts of "No”


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most of his childhood in Grindleton. He specinlcsed in wrought-


I'll'. Altham was born in West Bradford but spent


for more than 60 years and started the smithy in Whalley in 1914. He served five years' appren­


he made 100,000 horseshoes, an^ in the last war hs was given the job of making nearly 50,000 ho'sting blocks for lifeboats. The gates at the King


Street entrance to 'Whalley Abbey, in memory of the Misses Greenwood, are another example of Mr. Altham's work.


SKILLED


haiici to anything that deman­ ded skill fvith metal—whether it. was. shaping ..the runners., tor a child’s sledge, making dies for the stamping of decorative holes in the uppers of men’s sports shoes, or making a


Mr. Atham could tiini his


three years, he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary in 1958.


terday before intei-ment in Whalley Churchyard. Mr. Althain leaves a son and two daughters.


metal staircase. Mr. Altham, a widower tor


A service was held at Whaley Parish Church yes­


A job for married women


BROCKHALL Hospital, Langho is launching a recruiting cam­ paign for “sensible married womeai.”Women are needed to join the nursing and domestic staff, and the hospital can offer a great flexibility in working hours, which it. feels are suit­ able for married women who combine work at home with work at the hospital. A number of nurses are


reaching retiring age, having been at the hospital since the 1930s, and they will virtually leave' at the same time. It is believed that many


eroe and Bowland branch of the NPU said; “It’s nothing like enough to meet increasing costs."


COMMENTING on the govern­ ment’s £54m award to the farming industry to help them over the present crisis, Mr. F. Giles, ■


chairmari of the Clith­


for a period of time, Mr. Giles did not describe it as a boost. “It is part way thei'e,” be said. Mr. Henry Plumb, president


While the money would help


of the NPU, has welcomed the news but said that he expected further government action, par- ticuiariy in the area of food imports, in the near future. What the farmers will get;


raised by 10s. per cwt., giving the farmer a £1 a cwt. increase altogether.


• Pat Cattle; The gauran- teed price for the year will be


price is raised by 2jd. a gallon, giving the farmer a total of 4d. a gallon extra for the next six months. m sheep: The price will be


• Milk; The gaurantecd


women enJoy working the twi­ light shift, and this time is one of the most important and busy at the hospital. For those who wish to work


during the daytime, a creclie may be provided, as will tran­ sport to and from the hospital. People other than married


women and trained nurses would also be welcome on the staff.


to Neotechnic Engineering Ltd., Up Brooks, Clitheroe, on Wed­ nesday afteraooii. when an oven caught fire. The blaze was soon extinguished.


Clitheroe firemen were called


raised by lid. per lb., and the basic and supplementary rates Of hill sheep subsidy will also


the flexible gaurantee (i.e. the number of pigs to. which the automatic price adjustment is geared) ' will be raised by 450,000.


be raised by 7s. 6d. a head. 9 Pigs: The- middle band of


gauranteeci price will be raised by Is per cwt. 0 Sugarbeet: The price will


• Wheat and Barley: The


ional Farmers’ Union had war­ ned that thousands of farmers w’ould have gone out of busi­ ness this winter.


be raised by Is. 6d. per ton. Before this award, the Nat­


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BAN .CLOSES :


MOST EVENING CLASSES


A SUDDEN banning of ovcrlimc by local school caretakers on Wednesday resulted in scores of evening centre students turning out on a pouring wet night only to find that classes had had to be cancelled for the time bcim:.


day schools controlled by Divi­ sion 5 Executive Executive were not affected.


Fortunately, up to yesterday,


ban is a great disappointment for schools cannot be used with­ out caretakers being on duty.


But for evening students, the


or private rooms rented for the purpose of holding classes.


SUCCESSFUL


Evening Centre at the opening of what promises to be a par­ ticularly successful session.


The ban has hit Clitheroe


and more would almost cer­ tainly have been recorded this week. Total to date is already 850, with an ever widening variety of classes being avail­ able.


been cancelled until further notice, apart from those held, for example, in the Parish Church Hall, St. John Head­ quarters, the Spiritualist Hall and in village tastitutes.


Now, some 70 classes have


not go on too long and con­ sideration is already being given on how to deal with the backlog—possibly by extending tile term.


The hope is that the ban will NO BUSES


morrow will again be a stay-at- home Saturday. For a third successive week Ribble buses will be off the road. This means of com'se, that the Burnley ser­ vice i-un jointly by Ribble and the Burnley, Colne, Nelson transport undertaking -will also not operate tomorrow, Corpora­ tion crews being, in dispute .with their employers over the wage claim.


For the non-car public to­


retary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union, said yesterday that the position would be exactly the same as last Saturday. But he added: “The door is now open for dis­ cussions with Ribble at com­ pany level".


ASPDENS Mr. Harry Keene, district sec­ Enrolments are up by 100 Exceptions are village halls


LOCAL 'councils are a fav­ ourite "Aunt Sally.” Every­ body at some time or another sounds off against elected representatives.


maligned servants of the public are just ordinary folk like the rest of us. The differ­ ence is that they try to do things while others never get past the fault-finding stage.


Yet these unpaid and often And because councillors are


ordinary folk they sometimes find public service a trial.


At any rate that is the


impression we got at this week’s committee meetings of. the town council.


Some problem council ten­


ants,; it was said, flatly refuse to pay up; some motorists refuse to pay the modest parking fee at Edisford and, lastly, vandals are constantly wrecking the town’s public conveniences.


This form of vandalism


has reached a stage where the council is to offer £20 reward for information lead­ ing to an arrest.


How successful this will be,


only time will tell; most dam­ age is done late at night when few folk arc about.


And it is serious damage.


Serious enough to lead to a suggestion that tho outlying public toilets ought to be closed down.


If that were done there


woultl be an outcry, yet the alternative is to go on spen­ ding a great deal of money on replacing fittings which it is known will be smashed immediately.


It all adds up to a dismal


tale. A ray of hope, perhaps, is that whoever is doing the damage is sure to brag about the infantile exploit— that is the only possible satisfaction to be got— so one answer maybe that all of us keep our ears to the ground.


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represented by the clerk, Mr. W. Alan Butt, Coun. J. G. Sharp, County Coun. Harry Eastwood and Coun. James


clerk, Mr. L. D. Telford. Coun. Ronald Williamson and County Coun. T. H. Aspin.


the Mayor, Aid. Robinson and Couns. Backbur-n, Pearson, Todd, Turner and Shai'ples was set up to examine possible sites for a library an^ to report.


warned tha't there 'was always a .danger of such meetings being misconstrued, the Mayor interposed: “It has gone on for years. Maybe a mistake was made in holding a meet­ ing on council premises but for years similar meetings have been held at the Con­ servative Club, the Labour Rooms or at an hotel.” A sub-commottee comprising


CIRCLE’S £20 GIFT


the League of Friends in the board room at Calderstones Hospital a cheque for £20 from the Padiham Ladies’ Circle was gratefully' received by the chaiman, Mr. P. A. Hope.' “Such gifts are a great help to us in our work and are greatly appreciated. They ■will be extremely useful in making possible some of the • exciting events we have in view for our friends, the patients.


At a conunittee meeting of


Pell. Bowland delegates were the


Ciiatburn Road traiHc island in its present form. is soon to vanish


CHATBURN ROAD j'unction ds being altered to meet the needs of the 70’s and the traffic island, a local landmark


finally completed and opened to two-way traffic, tlie island will control -the northern end. The junction with, the A59 at Salford will remain as it is for


the present although some re- consti'uc-tion may take place at a future date.


OVAL


Talking to the Advertiser and Tiimes, Mr, J. Newton Bell, Borough Engineer, explained that tlie Ch-atbum Road scheme was designed to aid the heavier traffic flow. I t had the approval of the Ministry of Ti-ansport


for 40 years, will be re-sited and made smaller. ■When the inner bypass is


diameter; its successor will be oval rather than circular, 28ft, along one edge and 24ft. along the other. Round it will be thi-ee .small triangular islands to help feed the traffic Into the junction. The lighting of the recon­


and, witli commercial vehicles getting longer a n d longer, northbound drivers would find it much easier to negotiate the junction. The present island is 38ft. m


CHANGES AT CHATBURN ROAD


ISLAND


the view being expressed that when inner and outer bypasses are both operational the vol­ ume of traffic through the town centre will greatly diminish. (Turn to page 12).


were mentioned briefly in Town Council committee this week,


School pals emigrate to Australia


TWO CUtheroe young men are emigrating to Australia at the weekend—(Mr. John Hall. 25- year-old son of Mr. John Hall,


Parks Superintendent, and Mrs, Hall, of Eshton ’Terrace, Clith­ eroe, and Mr. Kevin. David Greenwood, (29), of Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe.


South Wales, a collection of towns situated on the coast


They are going to Bulli, New


about .40 miles from Sydney. Initially they will stay with


Mary’s (College, Blackburn, and Kevin is a former pupil of Rib- blesdale County Secondary School, Clitheroc. They have known each other


town all their lives. John is a former pupil of St.


since their schooldays- and they decided to .emigrate about six


John’s uncle, who has lived in Australia for about 23 years. Both men have lived in ffie


Aspden and is a skilled electric­ ian, does not have a job wait­ ing for him, tout he is not at all worried and is prepared to try any sort of employment; Kevin- is hoping that- his mother, Mrs. Isabella Green­


being arranged for John, who was a mechanic at Wellgate Motors. Kevin, who worked for J-


months ago. They had discus­ sed the idea for some time. A job in*the motor trade is


row to Sydney with two stops On the way. The actual flight takes 26 hours but, in-fact, they will be travelling for two days. They are loolang-forward to


hope to return to England for a holiday eventually to see all their, family and relations. They are flying from Heatli-


wood, and 19-year-old brother Jan will also emigrate -to Aus­ tralia in about two years’ time. In any case, he and John


a new outdoor life with swim­ ming and climbing in a climate that is warm all year round. When they an’ive in Australia it will be spring there and the Australian summer still to come.


in honour of John and Kevin was held at the 'Wellsprlngs Hotel,' Nick of Pendle, and about 170 friends and relations were there to wish the two men good luck in-their new life.-'


Recently', a going away party . ■


structed junction will be reviewed after a trial period and Mr. Bell .would like to in­ clude a decorative central pil­ lar. These improvement scliemes


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