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THE five page “Clitheroe Welcomes You” feature published in six East Lanca shire papers last week has received an encouraging response. Clitheroe Cor
poration has had telephone calls of congratulation on
Elected alderman by casting
vote A MEMBER of Clitheroc Town Council since 1965, Coun. Leo Wells has heen elevated to the aldermanic bench.
announced there was a dead- heat between Coun. Wells and Coun. Harry Pearson, each with four votes. Coun. William Sharpies, Labour, who was de posed 12 months ago, received one vote. Aid Robinson solved his un
retirement of the deputy mayor, Aid. Sydney Hardman. When the voting was
enviable dilemma by following the accepted custom of sup porting the candidate with the longest record of council service.
INSPECTOR
first elected to the council in 1965: Coun. Pearson was elec ted in 1969. Aid Wells, of Chester
Aid. Wells, as he now is, was
Avenue is a Clitheroe depot inspector for Ribble Motor Services Ltd. He has been with Ribble nearly 22 years. His first attempts to enter
bered nine, indicating that two members had not used their vote. Details of the voting will be made public in the Town Council minutes.
Michael and John’s RC Church and is a past Grand Knight of the KSC Clitheroe Council 215. The total' votes cast num
council elections. He is associated with SS
council activities were made in 1964 when he contested the county council and borough
Council he was elected by the casting vote of Aid Tom Rob inson, presiding in the absence of the Mayor (Coun. Sidney Moore) who was on holiday. The vacancy was caused by
At Tuesday’s meeting of the
its enterprise in co-operat ing in the publicity scheme; and the response to our offer to take 40 people on a “Nature Trail” four of the Ribble Valley has been
feature has made.quite an im pact. One Burnley woman, who wrote, said the feature had ‘fired her , enthusiasm’ and would wc send her a guide book as fast as possible”. Chamber of Trade president,
John Cowdall) said: “This week wc have received a regular stream of requests for guides from people outside Clilheroe. “Evidence' shows that the
Mr. Jim Parker, said that he, himself, and colleagues in the Chamber had received favour able comments. Obviously this sort of feature could not be
absolutely overwhelming. Clitheroc’s Town Clerk (Mr.
You” feature was promoted by Clitheroc Corporation and the Clithcroc and' district Chamber of Trade to draw to the atten tion of people from all over East Lancashire, the shopping and' other facilities Clithcroe had to offer.
expected to work wonders over night, but it was hoped it would have a long-term impact in con junction with other ideas the Chamber had in mind to publi cise the town. The “Clitheroe W c I c o m c s
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PRAISE FOR ‘WELCOME TO CLITHEROE’ FEATURE 'Nature Trail5 winners
“spot the difference” competi tion for places on ..a “Nature Trail” outing this weekend, was also published in onr sister papers at Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Barnoldswick and Black
The feature, which included a burn.
poured in from East Lancashire people and others, came irom all corners of the county including Liverpool and Lancaster. ■ Among the / first correct entries received vycre four from
Several hundred e n t r i e s
readers of this paper and, on Sunday, we hope to be able to give even them a new slant on our local countryside. The local winners, who will each be accompanied by a partner arc: Mrs. J. Scott, Pimlico Rond, Clithcroc; Mr. B. D. Bamber, Higher Road, Longridgc; Mrs. R. Blcazard, York Street, Clith croc; and Mr. J. Howden, War wick Drive, Clithcroc.
ducted by Clitheroc naturalist Mr. Horace Cook. It starts at the Market Cafe, where the visi tors will be entertained to a light lunch. Then, the lucky 40 will be
Sunday’s outing will be con
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taken on a coach tour through several of our lovely local vil lages and on a walk, during which Mr. Cook will point out things about the countryside which can often pass unnoticed to the town dweller.
• During the past week wc have received a number of re quests for copies of the pen and ink drawing featuring Clitheroc town centre. Arrangements have been
Local school conducts its own inquiry
made for the drawing to be reproduced on cartridge paper and the illustrations will be; on sale at our King Street head office from next Wednesday, price ■ lOp each. .
GHOST VILLAGES Bus cuts make future bleak for
WITHOUT rural bus services, country areas around Clitheroe are in danger of becoming as isolated as the Highlands of Scotland, forcing people to leave the villages which might then become
derelict. This was the grim picture
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painted by Mr. A. G.Gour- din, of Chipping Parish Council, at a meeting of the Clitheroe Area Parish Councils’ Committee during a discussion about rural bus services. People living in villages, Jie
lie said; adding that the prob lem had to be tackled nation ally because millions of people in Britain would be affected if rural bus services were cut or stopped altogether. “Even if
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only 50 people in an area would be affected, they have still got to be provided for.”
a week would be sufficient in many cases and cheaper than running four or five buses a day.
He suggested that two buses
ble Motors had a case for ask ing for subsidies for several rural routes adding that some one had to subsidise the servi ces.
ing that he thought the authori ties were wise when, about 30 years ago, they would not grant licences to bus companies for lucrative routes unless the com panies put on a skeleton service in the rural areas. “The transport systems in
Mr. Gourdin told the meet
operators were the answer. They would only have to provide a link between the villages and the nearest bus route to the towns where connections could be met. The private operator need
this country have been handled very badly by both Govern ments over the past 20 years.” He suggested that private bus
Mr. Gourdin agreed that Rib
place between Ribble Motors and various local authorities on the general question of bus ser vices.'
County Council had_ agreed to subsidise certain specified routes for a certain length of time. Discussions had been taking
'efnerging'i vwflcHT"'sh'6w^d->'that buses would be essentially for those who needed them—work ers and schoolchildren. Mr. Butt told the meeting
He thought, a pattern Was • ,
a year to run down to Whalley from Sabden to see their rela tions for an afternoon.” Mr. Butt explained that the
"Be prepared" /.v llie Scout .motto, and Clitheroe and-.Dis-
-pared~ fjvr" unyih’gg'
'Gangshow, even if dressing up as girls.
that there was practically no hope of the Pendleton service being continued unless the County Council was prepared to pay the full subsidy reques ted by Ribble Motors. A suggestion which had been
made by the parish council that two instead of four buses should run to the village daily, with no buses on a Saturday, was just not practical, said Mr. Butt. He added that he personally
the Committee, said that buses were obviously not being used. “They can't operate buses for someone who wants them twice
wanted such a private service to carry people to the nearest large bus route, probably to Longridgc. Mr. W. A. Butt, secretary of
only run two buses, one in tiie morning and one in the after noon. This, in his opinion, would go a long way towards solving the problem. In Chipping, he said, they
Parish Council, thought small private firms could not provide
felt a small private operator could run a minor service to and from the villages. Mr. C. Pierce, of Wiswell
Aighton, Bailey and Chaiglcy parish council, commented: “I think wc have got our priorities wrong. Wc can spend billions on putting men on the moon and we can’t take sick people from one village to a town to see the doctor.”
a reliable service. They prob ably only employed one driver and if he fell ill then they would have problems. Mrs. E. Mather, clerk of
means their ’t.m
was pictured at a rehearsal for the forthcoming Gangshow, which will be presented at the Parish Church Huh front May 4th to 8th.
Venture Scouts and Scout lead ers are taking part in the show, which is the fourth to be pro duced by Mr. Edmund Cam- bien.
More than 100 Cub Scouts,
ied programme of songs, dan ces and sketches, suitable for family entertainment. Among the items are a Japanese' scene, with Scouts wearing, kimonos, an Easter parade, songs from the shows, the Block and White Minstrels, and the Bawd lands girls' choir.
The show will provide, a var
been made by Airs. Lilian Bragger and Mrs. S. Metcalf, members of .the' B.P. 'Guild.
Group have made a- donation of £2.50 to Clillieroc Physio therapy Centre.
Trinity Modern Wi v e s Costumes for the show have This line-up of gipsy dancers
Promise.to plant. trees is kept
WHEN the Duchy of Lancaster felled a number-of trees at Dunsop Bridge last year, Mr. C. J. Purvis, land agent for the Duchy, promised they would be replaced. On Wednesday that promise was kept, with the help of a group of local schoolchildren.
about live years old, were plan ted by children from Thorney- holme Roman Catholic school at' Dunsop Bridge. Every child in the school
Some 36 new saplings, all
.trees should die they will be replaced. The headmaster. Mr. J. B. Monaghan, and his wife also
had his or her name and age attached to the tree p~l a n t e d , on a perspex- covered card, and Mr. Purvis assures them that if any of the
each plan ted, a tree. The trees, opposite the
children certainly enjoyed the task of planting trees. It was an extremely useful piece of
and white beam. Said Mr. Monaghan: ‘The
work.”
more light since the original trees were-felled, Mr Monaghan said he was quite pleased that they had' been replaced. “It was a bit of an eyesore after they were cut down,” -he added. When in January, last year,
Although there had been , '
school, arc of red oak, beech, sweet chestnut, sycamore, ash
Mystery illness costs Peter
his job
FOR the past three years 19- year-old Peter Hargreaves has been a police cadet at Clith
eroc.,'But now he has been told that he must .find a differ ent career, because of a mys terious illness he had 18 months ago.
news of the proposed felling came to light, there were pro tests to Bowland Rural Coun cil. but Mr. Purvis later explained that the risk of winds blowing them down had been the deciding factor.
Early morn baking session
A EOOTBALL field has sud denly sprung up in the Hen- thorn Road area of Clithcroe, and it’s all the work of a group of go-ahead youngsters who wanted'to do something for charity.
boys—average age 13—have called their new pitch, used to be a piece of spare ground until a few weeks ago.
“Little Wembley” as the
formed it into a miniature An- field, complete with corner flags, nets; billboards, seating accommodation,
But the lads have trans
bar, and tomorrow afternoon the first “Henthorn boys’ foot ball final” will be played in front of what they hope will be a large crowd.
refreshment
for the event, to sell at 4p each, and all the money will go to charity, probably Oxfam.
Programmes have been made
prise is a ' committee of four officials (although no adults have . been allowed to take part): David Drachenberg (13), of The Crescent; Christopher Stewart (13), of Faraday Avenue; Kieman Ferguson 13), of Whitewell Drive and
At the nucleus of the enter
David Thomas (14), of Mill- thorne Avenue.
a competition, involving eight teams, aged between 11 and 13.. Hcntliorn Celtic and Hod- dcr United will play the final tomorrow, kicking off at 3-30 with 25 minutes each way.
The boys have been running
players a side, one in goai and two out to score. As well as being an official Christopher
The teams consist of three
berg: “Wc have played on this piece of ground for a while, and we thought it would be nice to do something for char ity.” The finalists are shown here
Stewart also keeps goal for the Celtic. Another ofiioial, David Thomas, will referee to morrow’s match, and other local lads will be linesmen. Explained David Drachen
FOUR elderly residents of the Adam Cotlani almshouses. Whallcy, raised the remarkable total of £68 by means of a coffee morning in the Old Grammar School, in aid of the Whallcy Church Restoration
pausing for refreshment during a practice for the big day.
baked delicacies, to make which Mrs. Everton. Miss Thompson. Miss Vocking and Mrs. Sanderson had got up at 5-30 a.m.
Fund. Much in demand were home-
Henthorn Road, was due to go’ to Bruch training college for three months and then be come a constable. But now lie is to leave the force at the end of May.
Peter, a Clithcroe lad of
he joined the force at 16, Peter developed a phase of slight dizzy spells before Christmas, 1969.
Although perfectly fit when
he has felt quite healthy. "A year ago they said 1 would be all right, but three weeks ago they told me there was some doubt and I heard this week that I wouldn’t be able to con tinue.”
For the past year, however, Aspden's
was, it didn’t show up on any tests; it's possible the illness may return—but then it may not.”
said. “I’ve enjoyed my three years’ service.” What will Peter do now?
“Tvc been thinking of going to the Technical College in Blackburn,” he said.
Ambulance cadets to the rescue OUT for a country walk
this week a party of Clith eroc ambulance cadets could hardly believe their eyes. Facing them, in a wood, was a real live emer gency . . . a father and son lying injured following a tree climbing accident.
equipment at their disposal some of the cadets busily set about treating the injured man and boy. But when one of
With the limited first-aid
the Clitheroe St. John Ambul ance Nursing Cadets, Mrs. Edna Hothersall, explained later: “We used fake injury replicas, stage make-up a n d special liquids which look like blood; to make it appear the casualties were badly hurt. Properly applied these ‘in juries’ can be made to look, most realistic.” In charge~\of the party on
their officicrs arrived on the scene the youngsters realised that the accident had been faked to test their initiative. Divisional Superintendent of
the walk was Nursing Officer Mrs. Delia Hudson, who said: “The cadets were carrying only an emergency pack in case any one had a mishap during the
outing. “All they had were a couple
of slings, bandages and plas ters. I stood back and watched them do a really efficient job on the casualties improvising with sticks, etc, to treat frac tured limbs.” The cadets realised the acci
dent had been faked when Mrs. Hothersall arrived on the
Hudson’s husband, John, who had helped prepare the casual ties.
whom they had just stopped from telephoning for an ambulance. In the evening, after all the
With them was a cadet
excitement, most of the 20 young people attended their weekly Tuesday training class at the ambulance hall in
Church Brow. The cadets, aged between
eight and 16, are taught first- aid, home nursing, .child care and hygiene.
Peter added: “Whatever it
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Jones, stressed that the ques tions would be concerned with school life, and would not relate in any way to the chil dren’s homes or parents. He explained that the school
which would not be repeated for 10 years. The aim of the mini-census
teaching situation
is to give 11-year-old children a chance to do some simple statistical mathematics, and to present their conclusions in an easily understood display, for the benefit and interest of the rest of the junior school.
DISPLAY
aged from 7 to 11, will each have 20 simple questions to answer, requiring yes or no answers. Mr. Jones estimated that it
About 240 junior children,
WHILE Clitheroe householders fill in their census forms this weekend, children from Pendle County Primary School will be conducting their own mini-census. But the headmaster, Mr.
quarters at Titchfield.” Mr. Telford said that many
country, enumerators in and around Clitheroc have had no incidents of antagonism al though one woman was bitten by a dog. This was purely an accident and the owner was most apologetic. One or two people have
who had objected to the census withdrew their complaints after they had seen the form and realised that it was not as searching as they thought. Unlike other parts of the
,
telephoned Mr. Telford with problems but these were mainly concerned with members of the household who are going to be away on the census night, Sun
will start on Monday and will continue until the following
day. The collection of the forms
would take about a week for the children to sift and collate the census information, before a display of the material could be arranged. Where the national census is
ford and his three assistants. “We check every form to see
concerned, only one person in the Clitheroe area has refused to accept the census form and Mr. D. Telford, census officer, told the Advertiser and Times that he would be visiting the person to try and iron out the problem. “It does make extra work
Thursday, April 29th. Then, the hardest part of the operation starts for Mr. Tel
that it is filled in properly. Then wc make out a population sum mary and send that off, and finally we send off the actual forms.” He expects that the work will be completed some time during May. The enumerators have until
when this happens and there is always the possibility that they will be prosecuted,” he
said. So far, the census has been
going well in the area. “There have been a few people who have objected but we have managed to sort things out with nearly all of them.
OBJECTIONS
forms direct to me and will not hand them back to the enumer ator and some may send the form direct to the census head
“Some will be sending their
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May 10th to check the forms before giving them to Mr. Tel ford. They have also to fill in record books and make out the computer input pads.
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