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OWLEDGMENTs •—Mr. Brisgs an<i
h
\u*m. Downliam. he roc.
’ friends and neigh! Jr their kind exare^Sm
>tt: Mr Palshiw tarp wish to thank K
UTT.—The brothers of the late Mr.
uithy and floral t r iw !5 during their time S
Titey also wish to corn-?-’
to the police, doctor^nd •lerson for their wSd ne Farm. Nctvslioiine
tIr. Christopher Cns„ and Prospect, Clltlieroe.
ily doctoix police and n C. C. Campbell fo
nm Ills sad bereavement’ dness.
nd expressions of m f an,d, fIo’
-?! tr:bt,tc-; ■
or kind expressions of ly. flowers received and
SS—The relatives of tlio nies Norcross wish to a.1 friends and neig,.
.cn during their recen- sorrow
dington Road, Ciltheroe.
—Tlic family of tile late rs Rennie wish to thank > ives. friends and neighi
l r their kind expressions
ndness and attention noo- Drive. CUtheroe.'
athy and floral tributes during tlielr time of also the doctor aad staff of Ward E3 Park Hospital, fo
N.—The relatives of the . M. A. Rushton wish to t all neighbours and
;-d.’’ West Bradford.
. Methodist Church and f for their kind expres- eni.
ile members of West
sympathy and flora' n received in their
ON—Mr. Robert Ireland 1 desires to thank a'l friends and nelgli.
a .. the kind expressions dtlty and floral tributes
arnlly doctor and nurses ■ N. Maddock and the 1 Methodist Sunshine
uring his sad bercave- Iso a special thankyou
csdalc View. Cliatburn. MEMORIAM
—In loving memory of \ wife Lily, who died 6
1 memories silently 1968.
wife I loved and will l forget.oving husband Janies Bill.
passed peacefully away uary. 1969. y th a t dawns t h t for you.
THWAITE.— In loving of my dear husband,
ide your loving wife
nc*art.s ive forever I we thought
i February. 1969. raycrwho loved you, memory d true;
s of a dear dad and Harry, who passed
H WAITE.— Treasured Orders Mr. J. D. Hodgson, chairman
and managing director, and his rife, have waived their entitle- r.en; to dividends. Orders in hand are stated to
d of you. Rita, Ken. Simon and
m missed.d Tom. 120, Woone itheroe.
October. 1952. remembered and so
n loving memory of our who died 14 February, ur father, died 30 1951, and sister Annie,
_
ving memory of my \lice, who died 13
369. infolds these pa6« nemories keep yon
nd Jack. i.
Jeffrey who died . . _ ; loving memory of a
•ho died 27 May 196o> nd Au n t Annie.
r Alice; also nephew
ON. — Treasured mem- . dear husband Spencer ed away 12 February
gether in. the same old e my dearest wish your
iary. 1969-.a„, c lwars content,
i living yet l thoso who
nne and
i*edd grand- died l9
o bear 1*- ISchW
’jim. d mcih;
reind: ,athed. ;ind.
loving wifs
reasured mew* ather Spencer,
ted wherever
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be yet another record and de- sand continues to be satisfac-
The cost of the organisation
has had a slightly detrimental effect on profits for 1969 but five directors arc confident th a t five expenditure has placed the raipany in a very strong posi ted to improve future activities. The 5s shares last vear were
?s “ Sh as 24s, have lately slid Bcic to 12s 6d. They are cur- yriiv around 15s and look at- ‘tactivc to investors.
Laurie Calloway, St. Paul’s captain Maurice Dearden, secretary Mr. R. S. Hibble and Dick Mulvaney discuss their favourite game • • . football.
At the start of the soccer season, St. Paul’s Football
Club were nearly £30 in debt. Yet today they have what secretary-treasurer Mr. R. S. Hibble describes as a “comfor table” bank balance.
the funds, but most of all they have sold hundreds of Black burn Rovers Supporters Club tickets.
is all due to the money-raising efforts of the players. A jumble sale helped sivell
And this change in fortune
four-man committee gave the lads a big pat on the back. I t took the form of a dinner
This week, the club's grateful
at the Duke of York Hotel, Grindleton, to which wives and girlfriends were invited.
Guests
Blackburn R o v er s players, Laurie Calloway and Dick Mul vaney, whose wives were each presented with a bouquet by Mr. Hibble.
Guests of honour were two
a minimum, but club president, tile Rev. A. K. Bisbrown, Vicar of St. Paul’s, paid tribute to his fellow committee members, Mr.
The formalities were kept to
Hibble, Mr. D. Kay and Mr. V. Adcroft. They had done a tremendous
amount of work, lie said, and their efforts and enthusiasm had "given us a bank balance for the first time in the history of the club.” . Mr. Bisbrown went on to
Raider hits five homes
Police are looking for a
thief who broke into several houses in Waddington during the early hours of Friday morning and got away with about £38 in cash—£30 from one house. He also took a bicycle but this was later recovered from the Ribble at
Q l l ' im ►
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increase in Trutex
dividend By John Hcffernan, our City Editor
A 15 per cent, rise in turn
over to a record £2,420,947 is reported by Trutex, the Cliilieroe - based group specially noted for its pro- duction of clothing fo r
schoolchildren. The dividend has b e e n
simply increased from 121 to 21 per cent, Profit before tax is
£182,408 against £200,711. Ir, considering this drop in j:ii it has to be borne in mind
iiu: the first full annual opera- ling and overhead costs of the company’s new warehouse and distributing centre and the full installation and development of operating costs of the new pro duction unit at Preston had to be included. This new unit is now coming
or, stream and contributing £7 000 to £8,000 of garments weekly to output. Another cos’ was the transfer of the centra! cutting and supply acti vities from Bury to premises tear Clitheroe.
at Trutex-, Waterloo and ol the Social club. ?0.
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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 20, 1970 FIVEPENCE
SPECIAL MEETING
PLANNED TO DISCUSS TOW S LIBRARY
Bid to defeat take-over Clitbcroe may not, after all, lose control of its Free Library, a possibility for the
past five years. That moves a re afoot to preserve it from a take-over by Lancashire County Library Service was revealed by Coun. Richard Turner, committee chair man, when tlle library minutes were approved by the Town Council on Tuesday.
At this stage he could not say precisely what his com mittee had in mind other than that they would try to con-
council in due course. Pressed by Coun. Robert Ainsworth to say what it
tinue t0 maintain tbe service. They would report back to the
would cost to bring the library up to county standards, if that were possible, Coun. Turner replied: “ It will be discus sed at a special meeting of the committee, in the library. There are many things to talk about but which 1 am not prepared to mention now; it is better to talk about them
present library building was celebrated, they were told of the threat which had come from the Council of the Library Associ ation. The association had recommended that the library powers of all local authorities having rateable values of less than £300,000 in 1953-54 should be surrendered to county councils. The library was founded on April 5, 1879, Clitheroe in October
lose control in the following April. And in October of that year, when the golden jubilee of the
£3,000 by Mr. Andrew Carnegie the "Libraries’ Benefactor.” At one time it was not uncommon for people checking watches and clocks by the sound of the library clock to say, " I t ’s right by Carnegie.”
1878 having adopted the Free Library Act of 1855. The present familiar building was erected w-ith a grant of
his Mayorality, and his two elder brothers, Edward and Mercer Whipp, in memory of their younger brothers, Fred and Walter, who were drowned off XJshant in the wreck of the “Drummond Castle” in 1896, and Mr. William Whipp, who died in 1901. At Tuesday’s council meeting Coun. Turner e x p r e s s e d
The clock, in fact, was the gift of Mr. John T. Whipp, during
first.” It was in August 1965 that the council learned they might
Pendlc Hill's long slopes
are ideal for flying model sailplanes, and among the enthusiasts who make regu lar trips there arc John Whiteside, of Wiswell Shay, Peter Knowles, of Church Close and Dennis Snape, of Derby Street Clitheroe. The models they use are quite sophisticated and are
radio controlled. With a wing-span
sometim es
greater than six feet, they can be manoeuvred at a range of up to two miles from the transmitter. You'll find these three
young men on Pondle Hill every Sunday if the weather is favourable — a westerly wind is best—and they
pleasure that the clock face had recently been given its first cleaning in 35 years.
would be pleased to meet anyone interested in the sport.
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Technical’ offence costs firm £70
The question of whether two works dumper trucks pounds was
should have an excise licence of £5 or several hundreds of examined at Clithcroc magistrates court
Sons Ltd., who are construc ting the Whalley-Clithcroe by pass, pleaded not guilty to using two works dumper trucks for which a higher
yesterday. Sir Alfred McAlpinc and
rate of excise duty was pay dumper trucks were never
the vehicles had been used in the near vicinity of the road construction. But lie submitted that the
able. Chairman, Mr. Stanley
Wesethead said after a two- and-a-half hour hearing that the magistrates had found the case proved, but at the same time they were very conscious of the fact that this was, in their opinion, a techni
County battles on against
Maud The Government’s White
Paper on the Reform of Local Government have dismay ed Lancashire County Council because they say they fail to pro vide for effective local government in the county as a whole.
firmly convinced that a divi sion of Lancashire into three main areas, each comprising a two-tier pattern of local authorities, is the only satis factory basis on which local government in Lancashire can effectively be reconstruc ted, they said in a statement issued this week.
The county council remain
Government had faced up to the realities of the situation and seriously considered the merits of the case they would have been bound to propose the same sort of two-tier local government for Lanca shire outside the two conur bations as they have done for West Yorkshire.
I t is considered that if the
county council, it is clearly the case that the reasons which prompted te Govern ment to propose a two-tier structure for West Yorkshire ap p ly with even greater force to Lancashire outside the conurbations.
For, in the view of the Destruction
other weighty factors which support the establishment of a third two-tier or metropoli tan type authority in Lanca
There are, of course, many
shire. "Not least of these is that the alternative, as pro
posed by tile Government would mean the destruction of the Lancashire ounty Council and the dismemberment of its highly organised sendees which have been developed over the years to meet, at a high standard of perform ance, ■ t l i e comprehensive needs of nearly 24 million people, and progressively to rehabilitate the physical environment of so much of Lancashire.”
to continue to press most strongly for the creation of a further two-tier area in that part of Lancashire outside what they would regard as appropriate for the metro politan areas of Merseyside and Greater Manchseter.
The council therefore intend
Low Moor. Estates visited by the unwel
come intruder were Finder Hill and Waddow View, five houses being entered. There was an element of im
pudence about the break-ins, some were not far from the village police house. All but one of the thefts took
place without disturbing the occupants.
offer profuse thanks to the players and officials, and to Messrs. Mulvaney and Calloway. He hoped Blackburn Rovers
and District Amateur League, in which they are currently sha
wished St. Paul’s success then he and his colleague spent half an hour answering questions on football topics. St. Paul’s play in Clitheroe
ring 10th position with Trinity, whom they meet tomorrow. Most of the players are aged
15 or 16, and the club hopes to enter a team in Blackburn Youth League next season. Although the club is a long
ton supporter!. Laurie Calloway, in reply,
Visiting Africa
would win promotion (despite declaring himself to be a Pres
group of East Lancashire Thwaites scholars on a visit to Kenya.
Grime, of Whittam Crescent, will accompany this year’s
Whalley teacher Mr. Arnold
county council consider that for the reasons stated .in their observations on the Royal Commission’s report, the es
authorities, particularly in C e n t r a l Lancashire, are strongly linked to each other with common problems in many fields which have to be
The areas of these proposed
comprehended and dealt with strategically over the area as
the county council's policy to continue strongly to oppose the setting up of unitary authorities, says the state ment.
a whole. It therefore remains part of
CPL. RAY WESTBURY The First Battalion, The
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way from taking the honours this time, the youngsters are playing good football, accord ing to Mr. Adcroft. “We are hoping to be in the running next season,” he said.
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Kings Own Royal Border Regiment, fly back to Eng land this month after serving three years overseas, during which time they have visited Bahrain, Kenya, Aden and Cyprus. Among them was Cpl. Ray
Westbury, aged 25, whose parents live at P en d ie Avenue, Chatburn. Ho hauled down the Regimental Flag for the last time at a floodlit ceremonial - Beating : of Re treat..
So far as unitary authori ties are concerned, the
tablishment of such authori ties in Lancashire would be disastrous to local govern ment.
HOUSES WILL STAY ON SLUM SCHEDULE
Houses were not taken down ad lib; “We don’t go
recently-announced slum clea rance programme, h e said houses were carefully inspected and those which did not come up to standard were removed. Coun. Richard Turner had
along with a bulldozer,” Coun. Sidney Moore, health chairman, said in town council this week. Replying to criticisms of the
noted that the four-year pro gramme had been called for by the Ministry of Housing. In committee he had been
amazed to learn that certain properties had not been inves tigated before they were inclu ded in a clearance area. Some of them were privately
had not been fully investigated because this did not happen at the proposal stage. Full investigations took place
would not be true to say that the properties had not been in vestigated. I t would be true to say they
owned, two being in the process of being bought by tenants who had spent a lot of money on installing toilets and bathrooms.
Reason
houses myself and am at a loss to understand why it has been declared a slum area,” said Coun. Turner. Was there any reason, he
“I have investigated these
when property was put in definite clearance programme, the formal investigation being undertaken by the Health In spector and the Medical Officer of Health. To suggest that any houses
cal offence. Five of the summonses
related to dumper truck num ber OUX 894G, and two to truck number OUX 893G. The company was fined £10 in each case, making a total of
£70, an-’, ordered to pay 25 gns. advocate's fee and £2 witness expenses.
Outside
Greenwood said that -the use of the vehicles was clearly outside the definition and intentions of licences granted
Prosecuting. Mr. W. D.
to works trucks. He submitted that the
vehicles concerned should have carried goods vehicles
licences, travelling along thee A59 the
a year, whereas if the dumpers had been licensed as goods vehicles the cost would have
Work truck licences cost £5
in travelling along the A59 the vehicles were clearly out side the definition of "immedi
been £450 to £500 a year, Mr. Greenwood argued that
ate vicinity.” Vehicles with limited licen
have been pulled down without thorough investigation o n l y demonstrates t o t a l abysmal absence of knowledge,” he dec- lared. He reminded the council that
ces were restricted to yards, rather than miles, from the sites on which they were
pool barrister,
asked, why the property was to be demolished to make way for some other project-not liouses- which would be a “red-herring” if built? He moved an amendment that
the interests of vendor and pur chaser must be fully safe guarded. If there was any chance of property being pulled down the people who owned it and those who intended to buy must be fully informed of the position.
Through
the property he had mentioned should be taken off the clea rance list. Coun. R o b e r t Ainsworth
seconded, demanding at the same time to be told how many houses were being cleared "without any inspection at all.” He had asked people whether
things are not gone into lightly, The sub-committee went into the question fully and the sug gested programme is the result of a thorough preliminary sur vey.
Coun. Moore added: “These
their houses had been examined or investigated and. most em phatically. not one of them had replied “yes”. Coun. Moore declared i t
ney Hardman, observed that this explanation h a d pre viously been given in com mittee, Coun. Moore agreed. The amendment was defeated,
When the Mayor, Coun. Syd
isideefee mm wm m m ninim defence, said here was no case law to guide the bench on the real issue of whether
f o r the
more than one mile from the by-pass, which was about eight miles long.
entirely at the magistrates’ discretion, he said. Pc Robert Bolt said that on
The distance implied by immediate vicinity” was
seven occasions from June 8 to 23, he saw' the dumpers travelling from the Downham Road site at Chatburn to the Mitton Bridge site at Whalley. Oil certain occasions he
cil.
stopped the vehicles and saw that they were carrying work truck licences issued in May by Shropshire County Coun
Howard Stephens, site agent at McAlpines, and pointed out that the works trucks were apparently being used as goods vehicles and should be taxed at
He later contacted Mr.
a higher rate, Mr. Stephens said that he
would inform his superiors. In court, Mr. Stephens said
that because of the size of th= rocks being carried, the dumpers were the only suit
able vehicles. - The vehicles used the A59
road, the shortest and most suitable route agreed on by the Ministry of Transport.
that SCI. CUthwroe, may be
Rumour denied There is no truth in rumours
used, he contended. Mi-. J. R. Arthur, a Liver
tion manager, told the Adver tiser and Times: “There has been a temporary reduction in the urgency -of business but
there is no question of laying off any of the skilled labour force we have so painstakingly built up.”
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Bananas
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One of tlie creams shown to
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A competition for a lipstick
Mrs. H. Bargli. A buffet supper wns served and six new mem bers were enrolled.
The meeting was presided over by Mrs. J. Barrow.
Distinction
Brian Graham Penny, aged 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Penny, of Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe, has gained a Higher National Diploma for electrical and electronic- engineering with distinctions in maths and elec trical machines. He is currently studying at
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