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ihcy ever thought how usefSCAUP woman councillor could'


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would have superior kaoi-! ledge of many things- Z,


Bemg a housewife. <*.


ratepayers felt; she would ste the validity .of their com.


would know how the women


plaints much clearer than . man.


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The town’s' women might find it easier to talk tn ,


woman and would feel more confident when they tried explain their grievances


“A good idea”


Clitheroe thought, w e con fronted them with the aue, tmn. ‘Do you think we will


see a. woman Prime Minister in your lifetime?’ “Yes, I do’’, declared Mar


To see what the people nf n m m m


land of Taylor Street, added; “I think a woman would be just as good as a man Women will be running this’ country before long.’’


caret McClelland, “I think it would bo a very good idea ’’ Scots-born Miss McClel­


sion that he felt that all women, ;ct alone women Min­ isters, were a useless lot. Twenty-three-year-old Mrs


ting on a seat in the Market Place dismissed the idea as ludicrous. “They are too busy getting themselves up, paint­ ing themselves and worrying about the new lmt, to take on such a position,” he said. In fact, one got the impres­


Pat Reynolds did not think there would ever be a woman Prime Minister—at least not in her lifetime, and she did not particularly want one. On the other hand, on the local scene, she felt that we


:hnt a woman would be more in touch with things like shopping and housekeep­ ing which a man doesn't know a great deal about. Mr. Dennis Speak was a young man who did not


should “let the women have a go". Another woman thought


object io the idea of a female premier. “If she’s the right sort of


I Queen’s reaction when her | new feminine Prime Minister arrived at Buckingham Palace to collect her seal of office? After the formalities, Her


I might allow some social cliit- ! chat, she might even suggest


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ITMEROE- Tel. 3288 ; sioners Monday. Tuesday and'


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| matter if the Prime Minister is a man or woman, as long as thev can do the job.” Finally, what would bo the


woman then she’ll be just as good as a leader, it- doesn't


An elderly gentleman sit­


GEM OF THE DALES HAS A WILD BEAUTY


Beautiful Swaledale land of rest; Beautiful Swaledale 1 love thee the best;


The land is set in cultivate style; The extension o f Swaledale is twenty long mile.


juts chorus is from a ballad sung many years ago about the ylii’.e and places in this lovely dale, but ramblers from North rw'i Lancashire did not intend to walk so far on their trip to


IBSer.liic journey via Hawes and r; Buttertubs Pass, with


•pely Seat to the East and G


igeent into Swaledale is superb !i:h the fells rising like sen- ids suarding this gem of the vgrkshire Dales National Park. A


-ritually into Westmorland zi Hugh Seat. Descending no Mallerstang they were re- iitiod by excellent view's of Mii Boar Fell and the hills :sher west. O


i:v followed an old pack horse :;tk high above the road back ::o Wenslcydale, where they .joined the coaches at Hawes. A truly glorious walk much toyed' by everyone taking


n reaching Hell Gill Bridge


ie sme point, made their way ter pent hags to Lovely Seat, aiinuing across the Common


,-x including several children. Tne second party, alighting at


Majesty—feeling less inhib­ ited with another woman—


l looking over her now ward­ robe.


:o (Knop Gill before descend- :: into Swaledale asd rejoining i» coaches at Muker. Because of the large numbers


ked and the strenuous party -hied at the top of the pass follow the boundary line !r the tops to Shunner and


s usual, the rambles were


-cat Shunner Fell to the West ; most rewarding, while the


Mr. Walder, attacks the


Whalley Young Conservatives at Clitheroe Conservative Club, Mr. David Walder, M.P., said:


given a mandate to bring the operation of the trades unions within the law, in just the same


The Conservative Party was


way as commercial companies, corporate bodies and individ- duals.


ment’s proposals in detail cer­ tain trade union leaders have condemned them.


that the right to strike, on the basis of a decision taken calm­


No Government is suggesting


ly and democratically, should be curtailed. The Conservative proposals are. intended to curb irresponsible strikes and stop­ pages which harm us all.


ie party on the early route was vlit One group exploring the ide down through Ivelet fteds to Gunnerside and re­ ining along the River Swale,


ie other followed the footpath stream along the young and siserous Swale, clear and fast suing as though in a hurry 3 leave the dale. O


some form of class war exists, between all trade unionists on one side and all people who voted Conservative on the other, is old-fashioned irresponsible nonsense.


To suggest from this that


it Kisdon. crossed bv the Pen­ is’ Way and in a cutting be- the hill tre river has


he of the river which leaps -;r many attractive falls keep- :: the cameras clicking. Hie ramble continued along


Ked a wild beauty that the aiorist does not see. Trees crowd to the rocky


ie west bank through the gods, past the ruins of Crack­ s'. Hall and Swinner Gill then scended to Catrake Force, a aderfui sight, then down the at side of Kisdon Force and 2ft over the fell to Muker. Wonderful names for no less


aderful places, of waterfalls, btdland paths and glorious Our return journey’home


as accompanied by rich mem- ties of another grand day on lot in the Yorkshire Dales. H.W.


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•‘Sil, Blackburn, was fined a hi of £4 at Clitheroe yester- > ffhen he pleaded guilty to an unlicensed car 'and ng no teso certificate,


.?’« h was his wife's car. He - o borrowed it because his ■


‘t car would not start


-see expired in March, the ;S certificate in April. f . Watson to'.d the magis-


hop. T. J. Sumner said the


Borrowed fo r a day- Roped Ian Watson, of Gorse


n our left, rising to 1,636ft.


Party Conference to attempt to foment this idea is irrespon­ sible, and if Opposition leaders accept it they reveal their own irresponsibility as well. I t is not so long ago that Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle were them­ selves proposing reform in trade union law and pledging


Irresponsible For speakers at the Labour


the future of the country on its introduction. They backed down, I presume unwillingly.


verbal contortion in the hope of extracting the maximum of party advantage—looking for any handy stick to beat the Tories—and no doubt minimise their own electoral defeat. We


Now they are indulging in


have all heard of poachers turning gamekeeper, but this is the process in reverse, half­ hearted gamekeepers in Gov­ ernment, full-blooded poachers in Opposition.


bour Party Conference, very anxious not to advertise in pub­


I t may, just, satisfy-the La­


lic its very real divisions and dissensions. I doubt if it will convince the nation which re­ jected Labour policies and per­ formance four months ago.


Centre received a donation of £4 5s. in memory of Mr. W. H. Demain.


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THIS bridge carrying Whitea ere Lane over the by-pass is one of many similarly grace- . ful constructions.


ALLOTMENT PRIZE


WINNERS


’..Clliheroc’s Town-Clerk,. Mr. John -CowdaH,''announced the winners of this '.year’s vallot ments competition at -the parks .committee on Monday. All winners receiived a'certifi­


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(HE Mayoress of clitheroe, ' Evav, Moore, was among l^suests when the Clitheroe


CuiMn B > Townswomen’s ant||j.| |!?ld their seventh inn n' d,lnner at the Swan


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fllsn°=ia. Ho,el on Tuesday. an !cndinS was the cliair-


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1 Holmes,omen’s Guilds, Mrs. .ws<°nw The toast to the- Towns­


women's Guild was given, by Mrs. Holmes, and.the president of Clitheroe Soroptimists Club, Mrs. Calre Winning gave


tho response.' Chairman of the Clitheroe


Guild, Mrs. Edith Turner, proposed the toast to the the guests. The Mayoress


responded. After dinner, r member*' and


guests werev entertained by piano and guitar playing by


Mr. Malcolm Gent, of Burn­ ley, and a friend. Our picture s h ow s the


chairman of Clitheroe Towns­ women's Guild, Mrs. Edith Turner talking to her guests before dinner. On the left is Mrs. Holmes and centre, the Mayoress.


Musson Cup was awarded to Mr. H. Brennand,, of Pimlico Road; second prize of £2 to Mr. G. M. Byrne, of Manor Road and the third prize of £1 to Mr. J. Woof, of Eshton Ter­ race.


cate of merit. First prize of £3 and the


also awarded to Mr. A. -Grim- shaw, of Kemple View, Mr. G. Cowperthwaite, of West View and Mr, S. Morris-of. Mitchell


Certificates of - merit were Street. ■ -


Stoke drama head will adjudicate at Festival


ADJUDICATING Clitheroe’s Drama Festival later this month is Mr. Peter Dutton who is head of the Department of Speech and Drama at the City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth


‘Form College. He has had wide experience of drama festivals as adminis­


trator, producer, author and actor. Previously, he has adjudicated productions for tho Shropshire


(Youth)'Army Department (final) Colwyn Bay, Sheffield (Youth and Adult), Leicester and Rutland Wl (final), Lytham St. Annes, Craven Festival, Luton and Skegness. After producing for. the John Ford Society at Exeter College, Oxford, and University, Mr. Dutton has-specialised in educa­


tional drama. He has also produced plays and musicals in North -Stafford­


shire, including four ipwodiwttons for ;*He Newoastle. Amateur Oporatio-Sooiety.


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‘‘irresponsible” Speaking to the Clitheroe arid


Langho Whist and


drive held in the school on Tuesday in . a.’d of the school extension fund the prizes were won by: Women; Mrs. G. Anderton, Mrs. Crowe,


Dominoes At a whist and domino


Mrs. Tonge; Men; Miss A. Forber, Mrs. Tate, Mr. J. R. Ellis. Dominoes:' Mrs. G. Johnson, Mrs. N. Hacking and Mrs’. F. Crook. The men’s committee or­ ganised the event.


At matins the newly crowned Hai'vest Queen Beverley Ashfield. and her attendants were present. and Beverley read one of the lessons. The church had been beautifully decorated with flowers and harvest produce.


vices were held at the Parish Church on Sunday, week when the Vicar, Rev. R. Kirkham, was the preacher.


the day school re-opened after the holidays and the children went into church for their own harvest festival


School On the Moncay morning


Rev. R. Kirkham conducted the service. After the ser­ vices the fruit and flowers were distributed among the sick, elderly and local hos­ pitals. On Saturday evening before


sei'vices. Thev brought gifts. The


Miss Noelene Whittam, and her attendants, and the Rose Queen and her attendants from Salesbury St. Peters were at the ceremony. The new Queen presented


Queen, mine-years-old Bever­ ley L. Ashfield, of 76 Billing- ton Gardens, Billington, was crowned by Mrs. L. Bantford, wife of the new secretary of Brockhall Hospital. Beverley’s attendants are Susan Beau­ mont, Pamela Hancock, Wendy Ingham. Zisa Jo­ anne Murdock,' Susan Know­ les. Julia Timmins and the cushion bearer was Timothy James Murdock. Also the retiring Queen,


a good audience in the school the new Harvest


Harvest Festival The Harvest Festival ser­


ved by the ladies committee. The event was organised by •the school . extension fund committee and raised just over £14.


bury, near Preston, enter­ tained the company. A buffet supper was ser­


services were held at Old Langho Church. At the morn­ ing service the vicar. Rev. R. K rkham, celebrated com­ munion and at the evensong the preacher was Mr. C. Holt, lay reader for- the parish. Miss Beverley Ashfield. the


Harvest Festival On Sunday. Harvest Festival


Harvest Queen, and her atten­ dants were present and Bev­ erley read one of the lessons. The Olq Church was beauti­


fully decorated with flowers, fruit and other harvest pro­ duce. After tile services the fruit and flowers were dis­ tributed among the sick and the local hospitals.


held in the school on Tuesday ■the St. Leonard’s Church Mothers’ Union decided to have an open night and husbands and friends were invited to a talk by Mr. G. Howarth. Chief Decimalisation Officer of the Blackburn Trustees Savings Bank.


Decimalisation At their monthly meeting


After explaining the ' new change of coinage, Mr. How­


Mr. Howarth for a most inter­ esting talk and said she thought all who had heard Mr. Howarth would be a great deal wiser when the new system came into use.


arth answered many questions from the floor. Mrs. G. Ainsworth thanked


sale was held in the school arranged by a Leeds fashion company. This event was one arranged


Bargain Sale On Friday evening a bargain


by the day school staff in aid of the school extension fund.


More Langho news on Page 9


TRAFFIC queueing in Chat- burn Road, Clitheroe, at tea- time on Friday because of an accident between two lorries, led to a four-car collision. The drivers of the two lor­


ries, Mr. George Elijah Bell, of Inglcton Avenue, Leeds, and Mr. Paul Adams, of Westbrook Crescent, Fulwood, Preston, were both taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary with cuts and shock. While the traffic was queue­


ing, a oar driven by Mr. Waller Lister, of Castle View, Clith­


eroe, was in collision with a car driven by Air. Jack Altham, of Orchard View, Grindleton. This car in turn struck the


car in front, driven by Mr. Christopher Wood, of West View, Clitheroe, and his car hit a fourth car, driven by Mr. Jack Ollerenshaw, of Valley View, Grindleton. Only one person was injured,


Miss Wendy Altham, of Stopper Lane, Rimington, a passenger in Mr. Aitham's car, who received treatment for cuts to her right eye.


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£3£m by-pass is fine feat of engineerng


BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS A MAJOR PROBLEM


THE engineering problems involved in the construction of the eight-and-a-quarter mile long Whalley-Clitheroe by-pass provided fascinating listening for members of the Clitheroe


and District Probus Club. Guests of the club at their meeting at the Starkie Arms


chairman presided at the meet­ ing at which more than 30 members were present. Mr. Sinclair said our predecessors, the turnpike builders, left be­ hind a basic road pattern which was generally well-engineered and this system coupled with the land they acquired was capable of minor improvements to accommodate traffic growth in the pre-war period.


The turnpikes were built to


connect townships and little or no adequate improvement with­ in townships such as Whalley and Clitheroe was done at that time or can be done now with­ out destroying the character


of the towns. LOWEST ROUTE


trunk road (A. 59) followed the turnpikes and today carried a considerable volume ■ of traffic (12,000 vehicles a day in 1969 on the Whalley length). It was also the lowest route


The Liverpool-Preston-Leeds


on Friday were two of ‘ the men vitally concerned in the project, Mr. R. H. N. Sinclair, group engineer to the N.W. Road Construction Unit (Lancashire County Council sub unit) and Mr. J. H. Thomas, resident engineer. Mr. Emrys T. Morgan Club


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tern Road Construction Unit covers Cheshire. Cumberland, Lancashire and Westmorland, of which Lancashire and Che­ shire formed a sub unit with Mr. J. H. Dean as chief en­ gineer and acting county sur­ veyor, while Mr. Drake was seconded on loan by the County Council to the North Western Road Construction Unit head­ quarters which as Director, he


clair implied that any improve­ ment meant either wholesale demolition in the built-up areas or by-passes around them, and so initial lines had been examine^ pre-war and set aside during the war. and Bridges Committee the Road Plan for Lancashire. The Whalley by-pass, from


to Whalley the Whalley Eastern by-pass from Rose Cottage to Whalley Golf Club was pro­ posed to deal with the East Lancashire traffic. The Clith­ eroe by-pass was investigated on a varying number of lines to fit in with its extension into the West Riding, including agricultural and other interests and changing standards of de­ sign.


the Petre Arms to Rose Cot­ tages, was included in the plan more or less on the alignment now adopted. To give the max-mum relief


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the scheme was designed for the Ministry of Transport on an agency -basis by the Lanca­ shire County Council’s Survey­ or's Department. Tile Ministry exercised control in those days through the Divisional Road Engineer at Manchester, said


ground surveys were put in hand on the Whalley length


From 1947 when the first


across the Fennines between Lancashire and Yorkshire and seldom closed in winter condi­ tions. Clitheroe had for cen­ turies been the centre of trade and local or feudal government in the area and the ancient road pattern from Roman days focused on Clitheroe. The same is basically true of Whal­ ley especially with the crossing of the Colder to which the East Lancashire traffic was drawn. These legacies said Mr Sin­


19 . outstanding objections on the Whalley-Clitheroe by-pass


th e County Surveyor’s post and that of Chief Engineer of the Lancashire County Sub Unit. From this it would be seen that Mr. Drake had taken the scheme through all its stages. Mr. Sinclair said there were


set up.Mr. Dean retired as County Surveyor at the end of 1968 and Mr. Drake returned to take up


Mr. Sinclair.. In 1967 the Min­ ister set up the Road Con­ struction Units to look after, on a regional basis, the design, legal procedures and construc­ tion of motorways and trunk road schemes costing over £1 million. In this area the North Wes­


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A MOTORIST’S view of the curving line of the by-pass a s it sweeps crossing at Whalley.


and a public inquiry was held in July 1968. The Inspector heard evidence for the Ministry and for the objectors. He also inspected the site and in due course reported to the Minis­ ter The CPO was confirmed in September 1968 and tenderers were then invited to a pre­ tender meeting to get the con­ tractors feelings on certain con­ structional aspects before the issue of the documents. A period of 10 weeks was event­ ually allowed for tendering.


NEW PROCESS


was confirmed, said Mr. Sin­ clair. alterations to statutory undertakings, mains and ser­ vices were ordered in advance of the main works, as was the construction of the railway bridge at Chatbum. British Railways designed


Once the line of the scheme


two bridges over the Calder and the railway, seven major cul­ verts and a protective bridge for the Haweswater acqueduct. The land throughout the length had been acquired for the ulti­ mate dual carriageway and the structures over the by-pass, with the exception of Chatbum railway bridge span the ulti­ mate layout. The bridges carrying the by­


period realising that a new road policy was required for Lancashire, the County Sur­ veyor, Mr. James Drake pro­ duced in 1949 for the Highways Mr. Sinclair said there were


In the immediate post-war


pass such as at the Calder crossing are capable of ready extension for the dual carriage­ way layout and the culverts under the by-pass are already to the full width. The contract, said Mr. Sin­


clair. worth £3.366,235, was let to the Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son Limited — Leonard Fnir- clough Ltd. Consortium and a start was made on the by-pass at the end of February 1969.


CUTTING


and built this bridge by direct labour. Drainage was by a sealed system using gullies with the water channelled by a kerb on the low side of the carriage­ way. The by-pass is eight and a quarter miles long, of single 24ft wide carriageway with two 3ft 6ins wide hardened strips on each side of the carriageway and two wide grass verges. Road markings are applied by a relatively new process of spraying hot thermoplastic ■material incorporating reflec­


road (i.e. not a motorway) ut it will be a clearway and lay- ■byes are being provided approx­ imately every half-mile—17 in all. There are two bridges carrying the by-pass over other roads and three bridges taking the side road over the by-pass.


tive glass ballotin-i. The road is an all-purpose


Sinclair that Mr. Thomas came on the scene as -the resident engineer looking after the day to day supervision of the con­ tract. Mr. Thomas then took up for


It was at this stage, said Mr.


of the by-pass Mr. Thomas said' they had to drain the water from tho sand before they could make the road. There was only one culvert—


that taking the Mearley Brook —which could also be used for taking cattle from one side of the b.v-pass to the other. Speak­ ing of the cutting at Chatbum, Mr. Thomas said they had to :o down 60 feet of blue lime­


the Calder


at Worston was mentioned but Mr. Sinclair said it was not intended to make this provi­ sion. I t was agreed that there was always a possible danger in crossing the by-pass but at entry from all side roads there was a clear view along each direction of the by-pass which would minimise the danger.


stone, while at Worston there was a much smaller cutting in white limestone. There were 57 crossing points for farmers but they had made cattle pens at the side of the road to help farmers in moving their cattle across the by-pass. There would be no footpath on any part of the by-pass. - Mr. Thomas illustrated his


talk with coloured slides taken in the making of the by-pass.


PEAK FLOW


the by-pass during the first summer is likely to have


He concluded: “Traffis on


a peak flow of 8,000 vehicles a day on the southern link road and 6,000 vehicles per day on the northern section. If Whalley easterly by-pass was constructed, an increase of 5,000 vehicles a day was expected”. When questions were put to


the speakers the possibility of a footbridge over the by-pass


the Probus club members the story of the actual construc­ tion. Mr. Thomas said there was


SNAGS


well-deserved applause for their lucid explanation on the sub­ ject. I t was most appropriate that


The speakers were accorded


Mr. Thomas and Mr. Sinclair should be thanked, on behalf of the members, by Coun. G. Sharp, of .Chatbum, a. member of the Clitheroe Rural District Council and who, at the insti­ gation of the 'by-pass, was chairman of the Council. So he fully appreciated the many snags they had to overcome in the undertaking. He thanked the speakers for­ giving such an. excellent talk on the build-up-of the by-pass. He himself lived very near to the' cutting a t Chatbum and for several months had been “blasted to bits” but this was now happily over. The next meeting of the


Probus Club .will be on Friday, October 16th.


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taking the side roads over the by-pass were very pleasing in­ deed in design. Mr. Thomas explained their difficulty in building the bridge foundations at Rose Cottage and over the Mitton Road at Whalley where, due to the nature of the ground they had to use spread foot foundations, which meant that the foundations of the bridge rested on a platform of con­ crete. At the Petre Arms end


no link with the by-pass from Petre Arms to Clitheroe Golf Club, the next connection being the road leading to Pendleton, followed by the one cuttin: across the Clitheroe-Sabden road at Four Lane Ends, while the fourth connection was that at Worston. He said the three bridges


Mrs. Bamford with a bou­ quet, Mr. H. M. Bullock ■thanked Mrs. Bamford and


the mothers for helping to make the crowning such a beautiful occasion. Afterwards a conjurer, “Uncle Stan,” from Samles-


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