r i a l s -eroe cemetery regulation,


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acknowledgmpv^-


Jton sincerely thank -in0 ?1!llr,p. s fiends and nclghboni elatl'fi


in Gnndleton. r0- rnn«.''al<°ii sympathy and tior?i ^


ia. Pimlico Road. ciltw - OLTON.—Tile reiatlviM, t late Mr. William B o l to n 5


the Rev. E.\Vvmlr.ii?m<;. =Cd •kind ministratloiis. C lor


received in their recent snb«e menu. Also the fnmif bcrfcivr‘ Mrs. Dnxbury and 'n11? doctif. Grcenslde Nursln, H',e stall cj


pecial thanks t i £ «»«, J c)


bhank nil friends and , s’ <0 bathy received dur iw0t Jpv Jior arl


ours^ for Mass offcrinL “S'* p tributes and expressions nr


Fairiield, Hurst Green. thelr he;


ereavement: also VL 'Lit Revd Fr. Buckler nlhai>tlri


eeighbours for their4V - l ereavement; also the ,„,ihc»


LOUGH.—Mr. and mT Norman and family S', n thank all relatives, friend?


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nent and staff of J. Thoms 5ei ot011CUtheroe1 Hos°pimri " f j '4®


km a i4 sK- Bisbrowu ^ 4 1. Warwick Street, Church. sA M B.—Mrs. Lamb n n d ~ f^


e triends and neighbours for f e incerely thank all


help received durinc tiieir berenvement; esnccinm. ir*


noctor for their help andffij sent donations


B. Chapel Street. Slaidburn IN MEMORIAM


Research. uanc


ess and ail those vhok& for Can?


xpressions of sympathy M


members of the British i« ,tr‘e dthe Rev. Gaze and the


Macili. the family ’ cl?rt'U F* district nurses for thC and kindness.


rni;o wilson & sons l td . 4 anil 7 York Street. Clitheroc Telephone 2688__________


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Times


Planner moves to let in Press


‘■'Kjwf fk> & * m f


xpressions of svmnVti,,. *“'•4 b lloral tributes received ,?"4


Clitheroe will open one of its most important committees


to the Press and the public, if Aid. Tom Robinson receives the support of his colleagues. He has given notice to the


Acting Town Clerk, Mr. Brian Braithwaite, that he will bring the matter up at next Tuesday’s council meet­


ing. If the council do support


him. Clitheroe will take the first step towards coming


ol a dear husband and fathS Cyril died 1 July, 1962 “ A thought today, A memory lor ever. —F r o m Annie, daughter-in-law.


URGESS.—Treasured memorln. son and I


We never part from those we love.


lHEW—Cherished memories o[ a goving husband, father and


randad who died 4 July, 1968


No distance can divide. Because in memory’s garden We still walk side by side —From his loving and devoted wife and family.


of our dear brother Tom who died suddenly on 4 July. 1968. —From Herbert. Alice and Elsie, and brother-in-law Francis


HEW.—In ever loving memory


Some day I hope to meet him, Borne day. I know not when, To clasp his hand in a better Never land. to part again. —Sadly missed by his loving wife. Florrie.


uly. I960. Never a clay do we forget yon, In our hearts you arc always - near.From Mother. Dad and family,


me flics, but the memory U s there.


rs)


d little Carol, so a dear brother Tom. who i id 6 July 1969. at Bedale,


om your dear wife Jennie


GNALL.—In loving mcraoij my darling husband, Stanley,


th June. 1968. Remembrance, Prom his wile. Edna.


FE —In loving memory ear wife and mother, vho died 8 July. 19o9.. c unfolds these past


ed memories keep you her loving husband


ID A Y MEMORIES


—B ir thday >f our dear mother, 0 January, 1910. inti Tom.


____


:smanship in granite, sreen slate and stone


TH0S. ROCK and ALTY)


ental Masons Place, Clitheroe


me 4277 field Place,


, Blackburn ne 51251


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my dear husband. Albert, died 15 July. 1965.


INDLE.—In loving memory of


FARMERS WARNED


The unification of Minis­


try advisory services caused concern among some mem­ bers at Wednesday’s meeting oi Lancashire NFU Execu­


tive Committee at Preston. Mr. E. Dimnett said the fann­


SORSFALL (nee Wilmoti S.R.N, ve.C.M Treasured memories oi a d ry dear daughter Ailecn. who J ied suddenly in Hhodesla. 2


i0 died 2 July, 1968 (aged 64 Frt the same, so sweeet.


RSLAND.—In loving memory 1 John William iDoe Cottage)


d a brother-in-law, Jim irslancl, 25 September, 1969, ly God bless you alb______


ing community would have to t:e that the advisers did not lose their impartiality. I t was essential to ensure they were not influenced by what the Kliment wanted. Air. J. Allen thought farmers


should not accept this “re­ shuffling” without looking at the economic effects of the chance cn farming. The county branch is con­


tacting local authorities to find cat what by-laws are in exist­ ence concerning control of dogs.


Ribblesdale 70 Tomorrow (Saturd ay )


week, Clitheroe starts its lortnight’s holiday. And the Advertiser a n d Times start a competition which recognises that the best holiday spots in Britain are


right here at home. All you need to enter is a


camera and some film. And, to snap the winning


PICTURED with the Mr. Whippy Trophy, which they won in a road safety quiz, are (left-right) Miss E. Shaw, Miss C. Wagner, team captain S. Nightingale and Miss E. Smith, all of Clitheroc Junior Accident Prevention Com­ mittee. As the Clitheroe “A” team, they beat competition from


Bacup and Haslingden, to win the trophy, at Haslingden during May. They received the trophy from the Mayor o£ Clitheroe, Coun. Sidney Moore, on Thursday of last week.


LOCAL COUPLE’S SON IN CRASH


ONE OF THE 112 passen­ gers and crew killed when their aeroplane crashed into a hillside near Barcelona, Spain, on Friday was the son of a Clitheroe man now liv­ ing in Padiham. He was 19-year-old Stephen


Bond, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bond, of Winder-


mere Road. His grandparents, Mr. and


Mrs. Cyril Bond, live in Brown- low Street. Clitheroe. Stephen, who was flying for


the first time, was a member of the Britannia Hotel football team, which lost four of its members in the air crash.


the team which, last season— the first one in which they had plaved—won all the cups in the Burnley and District Sunday School League, the League Tro­ phy, the Holt Cup and the Charity Shield.


He played centre forward in


apprentice engineer with! a Padiham firm.


Stephen was employed as an


“the nicest lad anyone could ever wish to meet".


A neighbour described him as Stephen's parents will be


travelling to Spain a t a later date, when the proposed mem­ orial is built by the airline near the village where the crash victims are buried


REPORTER: NEVILLE GARSIDE


into line with other neigh­ bouring local authorities, including Great Harwood, Rishton, Blackburn and Dar-


the Pa-ess is happening all over the country. Essex and Wilt­ shire County Councils are two of the latest local authorities to admit reporters to main com­


wen. In fact, opening the doors to


mittees. Aid. Robinson certainly has


this newspaper's support; we have been campaigning for two years for committees to be open to the Press.


open up is Planning and Estates. They have delegated powers


The committee he wishes to


—and this means power to take action without having to seek council approval.


Protest


this committee that resulted m 60 people attending a council meeting, just 12 months ago, to voice their protest about a


I t was the "secret" action of


building plan. At Tuesday's meeting, Aid.


Robinson will move: “That this council, deprecia­


ting the position which arises through the delegated powers vested in the Planning and Estates Committee, whereby ■decisions taken under those powers are finally determined in committee and cannot be the


pictures, you need travel no further afield than the valleys of the Ribble, Hodder or Gaidar, or the tributaries. For full details of the


Rihhlcsriaio '70 nhotngranhic competition—don't miss next week’s Advertiser and Times!


simer ‘Speed water* call


APRIL was one of the wettest months in the history of the Fylde Water Board,


Mr. Frank Law, engineer, told the Board at (heir July meeting. This, he added, had been followed by the most severe drought in the board s


history for a long time. The Meteoroiogical Office’s latest long range forecast


said there was some similarity between the atmospheric circulation during the past month and that about the same time in 1959—when the drought went on until mid-October. Mr. Law was advising the


board oil the importance of speeding capital works to increase reserves of


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usable boreholes were now in In other words, the increase


.n consumption due to the drought had used up all leeway in the board’s sources.


„ was stated that certain precautions would have to be taken while alterations were being carried out at stocks Reservoir—it would be neces­ sary to have a leeway of 6 m g d of resources in excess of normal demands to balance possible reduction of the yield from Stocks Reservoir


In a report last November Precautions st


the re­


water. Over the past lew weeks


COUN. LEO WELLS, chair­ man of Clitheroe Borough housing committoe (left) and housing manager Mr. M. D. Hartford admire the modernised living room at N. 1 Kemple View, the council's pilot improvement house. The contrast. with the original living room can be seen in a special feature on page 8.


Police follow driver


from 12 m.g.d. to 6 m.g.d. during the times when the reservoir was abnormally drawn down to enab’e con­ structional work to be carried


out. It. therefore, seemed neces­


sary. said. Mr. Law, to expedite some of the capital works


ting a start was that the formalities of land acquisition and the obtaining of planning permission had to he ^ com­


pleted before the Ministry could consider an application


ing considerable delays. Although there has been a


for loan sanction. These formalities were caus­


national app“'d to save water, the Fylde Water Board say there is no cause for alarm in this area so long as people ■make reasonable use of water. Of course, excessive use of such things as garden hose pipes for example, could lead to problems but at present the Water Board has no need to make a localised appeal.


already projected. Another reason for expedi­


FOR DRIVING A VAN with an excess amount of alcohol in his blood, Mr. Ernest Dobson- Dixon, aged 37, of Greenfield Drive, Clitheroe, was disquali­ fied from driving for one year, and was fined £25, by Clitheroe Magistrates. He was also ordered to pay £6 doctor's fees and his licence


was endorsed. Mr. Dobson-Dixon pleaded


Guilty. Insp. T. J. Sumner said that


legal limit is 80 mg. PC Parker was driving along


Edisford Road, towards Clith eroe centre, when he saw a van, driven by the defendant, which was travlling towards him and was beyond the crown of the


road. The policeman moved over,


as far as he could, to his near­ side to allow the van to pass


him. PC Parker then turned round


stopped in Greenfield Drive. Mr. Dobson-Dixon was in the


and followed the van. which


driver’s seat. PC Parker noticed th at the


defendant’s breath smelled of alchohol. and. when he got out of his car. he leaned against


! tThe defendant was breatha­ lysed, and the test proved posi­ tive.


the defendant had 135 mg. of alcohol in 100 ml. of blood. The


takes


fresh look at local


government With the possibility that the recommendations of the


Maud Report may not be recognised by the new Conserva­ tive Government as a blueprint for the reorganisation of local government, a much-relieved Lancashire County Council is starting out again to find an acceptable alterna­ tive solution. This time it is


going ahead with the full collaboration of more than 100 county district councils.


a joint study group to work out the most effective two-tier sys­


They have agreed to set up


caster University were told by the county council chairman, County Aid. Henry Lumby, that they were meeting a t the right psychological moment. “We have recently seen a


two of the district councils— the exceptions were Billinge and Winstanley UDC a n d West Lancashire RiDO—who met in the great hall at Lan­


tem. Representatives of all but


Contact


the day-long meeting. Aid. Lumby said they expected that one of the first requirements of the working party would be to contact the Lancashire county boroughs and other neighbour­ ing authorities. They expected that .the work­ ing party would need a t least


At a Press conference after


the form it should take in Lan­ cashire’s -“very special circum­ stances.”


subject of variation or even di; cussion in open council, re. selves;


committee is considering mat­ ters under those delegated powers the public and Press be admitted to the meeting.


“1. That all times when the


the public and Press that por­ tion of the meeting dealing with matters under the delegated powers shall be held at 7-30 p.m, prior to other committee meet­ ings or at some other precise time.”


"2. To facilitate admission of


pose that 48 hours' notice be given of meetings, and that .. list of plans to be considered, and the agenda, be available for public inspection at the offices of the Town Clerk, Borough Engineer and the Lib­ rary at least 48 hours before the meeting.


Aid. Robinson will also pro­ IN OUR VIEW


PEOPLE WHO LOVE CLITH­ EROE say: “The only things that spoil the place are those dirty big chimneys”. People who love Clilh- croe boast of its almost uniquely low unemployment figures. People who love Clitheroc fail, too often, to appreciate the paradox. This, however, is not a local, nor


even a peculiarly British, failing. All over the world conservationists are demanding that Industry cure the environmental pollution for which it has been responsible. They fail to understand that it


is Society which is actually respon­ sible: that the pollution, desecration or whatever have followed the de­ mand that Society has pnt on Industry. The same confusion threatens to


bedevil a realistic appraisal of the proposal to build a link road from the present limestone quarries to the A 59. as a quid pro quo for releasing Chatbum Old Road for quarrying. Of course the companies are


going to make a good thing out of it. Were this not the case, their proposal


would be irresponsible, if not com­ mercially immoral. And the local authorities would


be equally wrong to accept the pro­ posals unless they were sure that the


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communities they represent also stood to reap a worth-while benefit. But it would be a mistake to


assess that benefit purely in terms of a link road and a problematical— who knows what planning consider­ ations will pertain 30 years lienee? —man-made lake. The chimneys thal mar our sky­


line bring prosperity to our town; so do the explosives that blast our hill­


sides. And before we talk of destroying


natural beauty, let us ponder for a moment just how “natural” it is. We are talking of a man-made road, running between man-planted hedge­ rows. in an area that Nature had intended to be thick, near-impene­


trable forest. Nearly all that we call natural


beauty today is the product of Man’s industry in the past: sheep pasturing on the Lancashire Fells; lime burn­ ing on the Yorkshire Moors. Some aspects of technological


progress are, undeniably, regrettable. But many are essential if we are to maintain our living standards above what many would consider the intol­ erable levels of the past. Man cannot live by bread alone


—but he would be In a pretty poor way without it.


Emigrant’s tribute


to Sawley


MANY years ago. a Padi­ ham man, Mr. J. 11. Andcrton, emigrated to Canada.


L i k e Mr. Mitchell, the Advertiser and Times con­ sider it a beautiful tribute to one of the loveliest parts of the Ribble Valley:


Before lie died, he sent a nostalgic poem, entitled “Memories”, to a married daughter, who passed a copy to Mr. S. Mitchell, of Sabden.


I would I were in Sawlcy at the setting of the sun.


I would I were in Sawlcy as the gloaming is begun.


For there is peace upon the meadows and quiet in


the lane


That leads the way to Grindleton to fairy time again.


There are blossoms in the hedges and a murmur in the woods.


That is speaking with the ages like the Ribble


when in flood,


Hunts plan anniversary fair


of the merger between the Pendle Forest Hunt and the Craven Himt, a fu ll-sca le country fair will he held, at Gisburne Park, on Sunday, August 18. Attractions will include


To mark the 25th anniversary


Yorkshire v Lancashire gun dogs competition, clay pigeon shooting and a pony gymkhana. The organisers, who expect at


And the shape of things familiar growing strange and from afar,


A throstle calling loudly to the twinkling of a star.


I’m three thousand miles from Sawley. but a hun­


dred trivial things


Confine me and control me and hold back the spirit’s wings,


And when at night I spread them and o’er the valley go.


I find old Sawley’s ruins, as I saw them years ago.


For there we saw the visions that entwined our hearts forever.


least 10,000 people to attend, describe the fair as a complete


family outing. They say that i t will show


townspeople the sort of thing that goes on in the country, while providing country people with a host of activities in which they can participate.


And there we built a para­ dise mid the roses and the heather,


Yet all my soul’s enrap­ tured thoughts are mem­


ories here below.


To the magic of those lov­ ely hours, full forty years


ago.


HMV PHUiiUUL MILS!


Colour with confidence


six months before it could pro­ duce recommendations. County council vice-chair­


change of Government a t West­ minster,” he said.


ult, the recommendations of the Redcliffe-Maud Commission will no longer be the blueprint for the future organisation of local government in England.”


Two-tier


welcomed by the vast majority and give disappointment to hut


Such. a decision would he


want to see a viable two-tier system of local government. They would be unwise to rush their considerations of the form it should take and he was certain they would not do so.


"They must surely think out local government finance and


how that fits in to the picture. What is even more important, that picture cannot usefully be drawn without regard to the view of Hie Crowther Commis­ sion on the constitution, what they’ might have to say about provincial organisation and the devolution of power from Whitehall.”


, Aid. Lumby stressed hi® council’s desire to go forward "in the closest possible touch with the county district coun­ cils and that, while they were committed unreservedly to a two-tier system of local gov­ ernment a t present they had “an entirely open mind” as to


Saturday was sports day at Moorland Sohool—more pic­ tures and full results on page 40.


a few. he said. The new Government would


“And it seems that as a res­


man, Aid. Sir Fred Longworth, leader of the Labour group, admitted that although the Maud recommendations were supported by the Labour Gov­ ernment, thev had more chance of the kind of local government they wanted for Lancashire under the Tories. Mr. C. P. H. McCall, county


clerk, said there was a "big sigh of relief a t County Hall” when the Government’s decis­ ion was known. They had some of the best teams in the coun­ try working on projects such as school building and road con­ struction and had not wanted to see them'smashed to pieces.


MP quizzes Minister on air crash


on Monday. Mr. David Waider, M.P. for Clitheroe, expressed his sympathy to constituents bereaved by the Barcelona air crash, and his concern about the circumstances that led to it.


In the House of Commons,


particularly worried that such an accident could happen in ah area of known navigational hazard, and about the aircraft’s pretake-off


He said th a t the public were s a f e ty and


efficiency tests. , Mr. Frederick Corfield, Minister of State a t the Board of Trade, said that comment would "be ' futile’ ' before the resul ts of the local inquiry were known, but stressed th at the airline concerned,-Dan-Air, had a “remarkably good safety record and reputation."


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