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■id ministrations Ior tllclt T“°r Hol1sc Fari»- Paythnrn.


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I dig liis sad bereavement* ■’ the family doctor, district


P f°r tHoir help and m inK THentliorn Road. Clitlicroc.


ses and the Rev. G Cam?


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Surprise meeting after Alderman's challenge


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NEW TURN IN SILO SAGA


THE DEBATE on one of the most controversial planning applications come before Clitheroe Town Council continues unabated.


Court told of ‘Moment of weakness’


A 30-year-old Clitheroe man who entered a York Street photographer's premises In ■hat lie called "a moment of eakness"—when he was un­


able to get thc money to visit his scriously-ill mother i n Blackburn—was g i v e n the opportunity of “pulling him­ self t oge t he r ”, after he appeared b e f o r e Glitheroe Magistrates’ Court yesterday on "a charge of trespassing with intent to steal.


of Tower Hill, CHitheroe, was given a conditional discharge, after he pleaded guilty to en­ tering the premises of Robert E. Pve with intent to steal.


Father of five, John Booth,


I .eT onr, .°f sympathy re- ■•cd m their sad bereavement I? stmrf nflilm d‘?<


£or' doct0'"*


secuting, told the court that after the shop was broken into. D.C. Logan had inter­ viewed Booth who admitted the offence and said: “I’m glad you came. It has been worrying me." In a statement to the police he said, that he was worried about his mother who <as seriously ill in Blackburn.


Inspector T. J. Sumner, pro­


thought that I might go in ad get some money and see if I could go and see my mother,”


■ I was walking by Pye’s and


je said. Hr. W. D. Greenwood, for


■elways remembered, husband T rt, daughter Mary and


ily. son Gordon and family, ghter Carole and family,


IRIE-CURRIE. — In memory J 1 Archie, a loving husband. R memory you are always near.


■o died 19 August, 1968. ’itty.


|IPS ON,—In loving memory of ■ta, a dear mother, who died


t August. 1969.


|ear has passed since that sad day.one we loved was called ■away.


■Tom her daughter Greta and Ink. JlLINSON.—


I ust).p in my heart your memory ns kept. 1 treasure, to love and never l ■forget.ove, Edith.


Iittle token true and tender, ■ht to show we still remember,


Ir t h d a y memories l11 NS 0 N.—Birthday memories


I my dear son, Rnwdon, who M 13 August, 1966. from Mother.


-In loving memorv ba dear husband Bob (13 _____ __


IlNSON.—Birthday memories I a dear dad and grandad l Aert (13 August). , A „


eila. Fred. Susan and coroij


SON—Birthday URUst) of a dear fatno* *t)r hearts you will always


'and remembered every ri Joyce, Tom olid Lynd«*


APPRECIATION


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trates, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall, told Booth: "We agree that during the last three years you have tried to keep yourself out of trouble. Let us hope that you can pull yourself together. After all you have a family to think of."


3ooth. told the court that 3ooth's mother had since died and that while she was seriously ill his client had spent “every half-penny” on going to Blackburn to see her. The chairman of the Magis­


the C o u n c il committee, approval was given to the application, by one vote.


mission to build six silos and a grain delivery hopper building. At last week’s meeting of


Planning and Estates Commit­ tee was called last night to discuss conditions to be im­ posed on B. Dugdale and Sons Ltd., the commillers who ap­ plied to the Council for per­


A surprise meeting of the


by the Corporation in case of d.spute.”


son claims he has discovered that th e meeting of the Development Committee, at which the conditions of the application were laid down, was invalid because of insuffi­ cient notice of the meeting to members.


Since then Aid. Tom Robin­


upheld, because a further meet­ ing to discuss the matter has been called for Thursday.” said Aid. Robinson this week.


“My view seems to have been


“I will be several hundred miles away on holiday, but had I been able to be present, I would have put forward the view that the conditions im­ posed were completely inade­ quate and quite useless.”


“Unfortunately,” he added,


working hours in the silos and hopper house which have at present been limited and it would appear that t/he other portion of the works can work at any time.


enlarged—this has never been challenged — and it would appear


“Storage capacity is greatly development can take place.” t h a t considerable


only effective condition which could be imposed was that of tonnage produced per year. “Present figures are known to us and these could have been the subject of auditor’s certifi­ cates and independent check


Tonnage check Aid. Robinson felt that the


BLACKBURN CO-OPERATIVE CLITHEROE DISTRICT


Safe town for all shoppers


PARKING RESTRICTIONS in some Clitheroe streets may help to make the roads safer and less congested, but


officials in the town are anxious not to discourage shoppers. The double yellow lines may t------------------------------------------


eroe Chamber of Commerce, Mr. James Parkinson, said that the Chamber was well aware of the parking hazard, and supported the council’s efforts to make the town safer for the elderly and the young. “In the past we have pressed


cerned about vehicles parking and obstructing the view of traffic using the roads, especi­ ally those coming off the by­ pass into Whalley Road,” said Coun. Leo Wells, a member of the Highways Committee. The president of the Clith­


James Barnes had referred to some areas as “death traps.” The committee are con­


with vision or creates hold-ups. The decision to apply for further parking restrictions was made by the Highways Committee. At their meeting, Coun.


be placed on many busy sec­ tions where parking interferes


He continued: “It is only


finance committee meeting, there would be a further meet­


ditions was given at the com­ mittee meeting on Tuesday week. I t was said that condi­ tions would preserve the amen­ ities of a predominantly residential area and to prevent n the silos becoming a noisy


ing, and no written notice was given.” The reason for making con­


man of the planning and estates committee, said: “There will be no difficulties so far as I can see. The meeting will not go on for very long.” Mr. John Dugdale, a director of the firm, said this week that


he and his fellow directors were pleased with the large amount ofi support they had received. "We have had messages of


support from all over the town,” he said.


Coun. John Blackburn, chair­


uisance. Commenting on the meeting,


REPORTS on the re-organi­ sation of secondary education on comprehensive lines were received at Tuesday’s meet­ ing of the No. 5 Educational


divisional working party to con­ sider the feasibility of a two- tier secondary education sys­


Execulive in Whalley. The Executive is to ask the


tem and to report on the advantages and disadvantages


compared with the existing plans for reorganisation. The two-tier system involves


children attending a school which would cater for 11 to 16 year olds. At the age of 13 or 14, parents advised or guided by teachers, could decide whether their children should move to the school which catered for pupils up to the age of 18.


now received the Government circular from the Minister of Education, Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, which gives greater freedom to authorities in decid­ ing the form of secondary edu­ cation in their areas.. The Executive also received


stay on and take advanced level examinations would leave their school at 16. Education authorities have


a statement regarding the cir­ cular. from the chairman of the County General. Purposes Sub-committee. The statement says: “When


A 21-year-old fitter who was helped to bed after he


FIANCEE HURT IN KNIFE INCIDENT AT MIDNIGHT


“had had too much to drink,” later went with a sheath knife, to the house where his fiancee was living, Clitheroe


Waddington Road, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mary Lakin, his fiancee, caus­ ing her actual bodily harm, possessing an offensive weapon, and earning damage to pro­ perty.-He was fined a total of £30. Inspector T. J. Sumner, pro­


secuting, said that the incident had occurred after midnight on August 1st.


for more off-street parking and we recognise the needs of the motoring public. Each year these problems increase, with more cars and lorries on the road. We are looking forward to the inner and outer by­ passes to become operational. They must surely reduce the traffic difficulties to some degree. “If the suggestions made by


that crossing the road and parking will become a little easier.” said Mr. Parkinson.


KEEP MOVING


County Police a t Great Har­ wood said: “It is one of the un­


A spokesman for Lancashire


written laws that traffic must be kept moving and wherever the traffic becomes obstructed by parked vehicles it’s up to the local authority to attend to it. I t is generally brought to the notice of the County authori­ ties and then to us. We then either agree or disagree with the plans. Usually our traffic officers look into the matter,"


you tend to chase the traffic into side streets. At the same time you do not want to dis­ courage trade from a town. You have to provide alternative parking facilities. No doubt in due course these recommenda­ tions will be referred back to us and we will all get our heads together and work something out. What has to be considered is where the double lines are going to go and what the general effect will'be,” he said.


he said. “Once you put the lines down


1’Sl


i n a h 4L THE


NOW


He pleaded guilty. The court was told that PC


orderly, 21:year-old Edward Robert Bibby, of Standen Road Clitheroe, was fined £5 by Clitheroe magistrates yesterday.


For being drunk and dis­


Green found him in : Standen Road, staggering and .shouting.


HAND LACERATED


the Highways Committtee are implemented I sincerely hope


It was alleged that Moorby knocked on the door of the house in Bowland Prospect and asked “Is Mary in? He was admitted to the house and stood at the bottom of the stairs where he shouted “Come here. I want you. I have got a knife.” When his f i anc e e appeared she put up her hands to protect herself, said Inspec­ tor Sumner, and suffered lacera­ tions to her hand. Moorby then left and went to


his mother’s house. Because he couldn't get in, said Inspector Sumner, he broke a glass panel in the front door and gained entry this way. .All the time he kept asking for Mary Lakin. Moorby was later arrested by


P.C. Terence Swift and taken to Clitheroe police station. When cautioned and charged he said: “I'm sorry—it won’t happen again”


ISOLATED INCIDENT


Moorby, told the court that his client had never been in trouble before and that it was "inex­ plicable” why the offence had been committed. “Since his father died, four


Mr. W. D. Greenwood, for


The ducks were happily swimming again on, the ornamental lake at Stonyliurst this week. One attention they do not enjoy is from dogs.


knife—which was used by the accused in his work—had not been taken out of its sheath. Because the stitching had come loose on the sheath Miss Laikin had cut her hand when she grabbed hold of it, he


said. Mr. Greenwood also dis­


years ago, he has suffered from depression. When he was being put to bed he was crying and he was talking about his father. He can’t explain it himself," said Mr. Greenwood. He asked the magistrates to take into account the "isolated” nature of the incident and the defend­ ant’s "exempiary life” in the past. He also said .that the sheath


THE MYSTERY of the dead ducks at Stonyhurst College has now been solved. I t was thought that about eighty ducks died when weed-killer was introduced into one of the ornamental ponds, In fact'the weed-killer was deliberately put into the pond to kill a growth which was killing the ducks. Some of the ducks weire


naturally weak; others were killed by dogs. The remainder of the ducks. were transferred


agreed that Miss Lakin had suffered '‘severe lacerations".


duced to one of the ponds after several ducks choked on algae which had grown oa the sur­ face of :the water during the recent diy spell. Ten ducks died,. Some were


to another pond. ! Weed-killer had to be intro­


weak birds, which expired when they were introduced to the water for the first time.. College students assisted the game- keeper to collect them. One boy kept a bird in a box while the weed-killing operation was in progress. Another group of stu­ dents used a canoe to bring in the birds.


WEAK SPRAY


ful,” said gamekeeper, Mr. Peter Bibby, of Over Hacking, near Stonyhurst. “The weed-killer was not very strong. It was sprayed on the water to get rid of the algae which had built up during the dry weather. All the. ducks were rounded up and moved to a new place for the time being. We were not able to catch one family of ducks,


“The boys were very help­


but they were all right,” he said.


ducks one day, then there are none. They are moved to another pond. "Nobody seems to know


"Sometimes people see all the


the ducks, added Mr. Bibby. “People will not keep them under control. Then they are surprised when owners object to visitors crossing* their land. Fisher-men also come with their dogs. You can’t fish and look after a dog at the. same,.time, can you?”


exactly why the algae filled the pond but it was decided to spray it. Some fish died because of the lack of oxygen in the pond. The algae can also get hito the duck’s lungs and choke them! We were*notified* about the ponds being sprayed,” said Mr. Bibby. Dogs are a big problem for


Magistrates were told yesterday. John Raymond Moorby, of


He said that although there had been a lot of blood her cut thumb had not required medical attention. An application by the


CLITHEROE


police for the confiscation of the sheath-knife was turned


down by the magistrates after they heard that Moorby used the knife in. his everyday work.


League Cup game at Shaw Bridge last night, Barry Tom­ linson, Clitheroe’s new centre- forward, scored twice and Davies, Stanley's inside left also scored twice, and in aridity ion hit the crossbar.


In a thrilling Combination Those pupils not intending to


that we would not put into effect a n y re-organisation schemes which we considered to be educationally unsound, but that we should widen the scope of educational opportun­ ity.


assessing the effect that this circular will have in Lanca­ shire, i think the committee should be reminded of our policy statement issued in May. 1967 when we said, in spite of circular 10/65 (the circular issued by the Labour Govern­ ment asking authorities to draw up schemes of re-organisation)


POLICY STANDS


the realisation that the major­ ity of people no longer believed it right that a child's future should be determined by exam­ ination at an early age.


is the withdrawal of political overtones from this particular


1967 is still right for today. “What I should like to see


“That policy statement in


problem so that in consultation with parents, teachers, and divisional Executives, and with the guidance of our Chief Education Officer, we may plan a brighter future for all Lan­ cashire children, free as far as possible, from Government edict.”


“We also said that our long­ term policy would be based on


of the Town Clerk’s depart­ ment, said: “Aid Robinson drew attention to the fact that a summons setting out the business of silos had not been given. Members were told that at the end of the


of the meeting came to be challenged Mr. E. Bracewell


Explaining how the validity Mss * ' w i f i ever to S i s l l l i


The peace and holy quiet of St. Helen’s Church in Waddington, where the clock stands at half past four and we hope there’s honey still for tea. On a more practical note our sympathies go out to thc people who have the task, in this changeable weather, of keeping the grass down in the graveyard.


TWO-TIER SCHOOLING


SPORTS CAR IN TRAP: £35 FINE


shop manager, of Ullswater Road, Burnley, was fined £35 with licence endorsement at Clitheroe yesterday, when he pleaded guilty to exceeding a 30 m.p.h. speed limit.


Humberstone drove through Chatburn towards Clitheroe in his Lotus Elan sports car and passed through a police radar trap which registered 51 m.p.h.


Thc court heard that Mr. Rex Humbcrstonc 19-ycar-oId i ' f m i m w m t,**.


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SUCH A NICE TOWN FOR PARKING


IS PARKING in Clilhcroe becoming a nightmare and


arc traffic wardens the ogres that they are sometimes made out to be? These were the questions thc “Advertiser and Times” put to visitors, deliverymen, and Clitheronians in an on-the-spot survey in the town-centre this week. Here are their answers: “Most towns are alike. You


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have always a lot of trouble parking, but the Olithei'oe traffic wardens are very good,” said deliveryman, Mr. Henry Knowles, of Straits Lane, Read, near Burnley. “They seem to understand what you are up against. If you are deliver­ ing they are very good.” he added.


ROOM FOR LOADS


through Clitheroe town centre on then- way from Bolton presented little difficulty- even at thc height of a busy market, day. The traffic warden moved a few vehicles on but the loads passed through easily and there were no snarl- ups.


Two wide loads which passed


around hero for parking.” said Mr. Bert Clayton, who came shopping to Clitheroe from his home in Palatine Drive, Bury.


"Tt’s one of the best towns “The traffic wardens are very


DROP IN MEASLES


dorsements' and had' been dis­ qualified from driving. This ended last February.


Insp. T. J. Sumner said the defendant had two current en­


stances Mr. Frank Roberts, who appeared for the defend­ ant, said Mr. Humberstone went regularly by car between local branches of the jewellery firm for which he worked and would also be using his car to travel between two hairdressing businesses which his wife ran, when she stopped working within thc next few weeks.


Pleading mitigating circum­ TOOK FOOT OFF


burn and passed the radar trap, he had overtaken a furniture van doing about 50 m.p.h. As he overtook the van, he


Just before he entered Chat-


entered the restricted area and as soon as he realised this he took his foot off the accelera- tor_


magistrates not to disqualify Mr. Humberstone.


Mr. Roberts asked th e


ant they would not disqualify him, but he had behaved in a very foolish manner.


Mrs. E. Hall told the defend­


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a statement on the current measles outbreak, made by a spokesman at the County Health Offices. This says that the numbers of new oases had dropped by almost half. The incease in the number


OUTBREAK Parents will be reassured by


tions in Lancashire. The spokesman added, that


the worst of thc outbreak is now over.


helpful and treat you well i r you are all right with them, !:; Bury you have quite a job ge'- ting into the place, but here yev can easily drive to the town shops”, he said.


liveryman in King Street, Cliti’- eroe, was obliged to double-par!: his van, to make deliveries. Mr. Gerald Craven of Osbaldestr.n said that he had never hi d difficulty parking in dither^ .


A Blackburn driver and de­ DOUBLE BANKING


there’s nothing on .the other side of the road i have lc> double-park. Nobody has eve- said anything to me and once or twice the traffic wardens and police have seen my situa­ tion. I think that Clitheroe is a fairly good town for parkin .' " he said. “You can usually get a plane


ing.except when another v.rn parks across the road.


“I never have trouble deli-.■ :- !:


u n ­ • I f li


to park in Clitheroe, if you drive around a couple of time*'. Parking is a problem when you have children with you. If you want to go into the post office for a minute it is best to he parked near-by” said Mrs. Paul­ ine Wilson of Hollowhcod Lane, Wilpshire.


spot, shopping becomes a mov­ ing house", she said. “It’s hard work but it’s not


“If you don’t get a centr..I


of measles cases reached its peak in June but was net large enough to cause concern and never reached epidemic propor­


with parking. They are pretty fair about it,” said Mr. Michael Weshall, of Union Road, Os- waldtwistle, who was delivering meat products by van. “Cars are a problem sometimes. The wardens sometimes move us on but often the police and the wardens go by and without comment”, he added.


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