Clitheroe Advertiser and Times April 23,1971 5 New ch a rg e s u p se t a v e te ran bowler
| sioners lp for a game of bowls at the Castle between the hours of one p.m. and five o’clock. Last year the charge was Id. on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,’ and 3d on Wed nesday.
and, as old age pensions have not been increased for nearly two years, it looks as though
This is a very big increase
I WOULD like to comment oft the proposal to charge pen-
ous about including Wednesday afternoon in the new charges, but lp equals Ad in old money, so there' is no difference.
bit. of a mystery as no one seems to know just what is in- eludes. It looks as though the council is trying to squeeze every penny they can out of the
The season ticket at 75p is a
the council have some spite against pensioner bowlers. Perhaps they feel very gener
OAPs. They really should take note of the other nearby towns where pensioners get far better
treatment. In Blackburn, pensioners can
an hour on Saturdays andI Sun days. Accrington allow “'em to bowl free on weekdays until p.m. On ail Pnee lists our
bowl at any time <>" weekdays free of charge and pay od (2}p)
. council always put ’H a stipula tion about holidays. Perhaps
they do not realise that every day is a non-working, day to a person retired through old age.
member that these were the men who were lucky to come back from the 1914-1918 war. There arc also the ones who worked hard and contributed to pur chase the castle as a war mem orial. Now in the last few years of their lives and lucky to be still able to bowl, they arc now
The council should also re
having to pay very dearly for their summer pastime , by a council who, for the second time in two years, is making it ns hard for them as they pos sibly can.•
charges is to be reconsidered. The Town Council this week sent them back for further consideration in committee,- on Monday. EDITOR).
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HALF a barge! That’s what the Fitwood Ramblers • of Brockhall Hospital can- already buy with the £230 they have
raised from just one event . . . and more is still coming in. The Ramblers, made :up of patients and staff-, recently
completed a 20-mile sponsored walk, and the sponsors were invited to a special social even ing in the recreational hall at the hospital, where they could hand in their money and min gle with the patients. The evening, on Saturday,
patients, officials and friends who attended. During the evening, Mrs.
was a great success, and our picture shows some of the 150
. Ramblers’ Association, showed slides taken in the Lakes and surrounding countryside, where the Firwood walkers have been many times.
Shirley Franks, of Nelson, the local secretary of the National
thinking up some other fund raising Schemes. Food for thought may have been found at Kettlewell where the Fir- wood Ramblers, named after their house at Brockhall hos pital, have been spending four days of this week on a youth hostelling exercise.
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and her five-year-old brother, Darren, of Bleasdale Avenue, Clitheroe, held a jumble sale and raised £2.20 for the Swim ming Baths Appeal Fund. They were helped by Frances Nieol Smith and Lynne Blun dell.
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Something to show
THERE is a suggestion that Clitheroe railway line may once more be opened for pas- enger trains. How nice this would he for
Clitheronians and also for foreign visitors who would be able to see parts of our green valleys, wooded hills and flora and fauna. We have something to show
which would be of lasting memory to them. S. BODDIS. 11 Holden Street, Clitheroe.
No Skeletons
approaching municipal elec tions; people who arc rattled because they cannot make poli tical progress at local or nat ional level?
isn’t it a case of some people acting with . an eye. to the
KEMPLE.
HAVING had ample oppor tunity to scrutinise the census form I am left wondering what all the hullabaloo is about? Perhaps I am lucky in not having any skeletons- in the cupboard. To get near the knuckle
AN IDEAL TOWN HALL FOR AREA
IT was gratifying to read in a recent issue that, on the establishment of a n ew educational system in Clit heroe, the traditions of our a ncient grammar school will
be retained. One question exercising the
minds of interested parties at the moment is, “What would be the best use to which the present school buildings in York Street could be put when evacuated?” It has been suggested—not
by me and so I take no credit for it—that the school would be ideal for use as a town hall for the new Ribblesdale autho rity, if such a body were to be established under the pro posed local government re-or ganisation. This is, a brilliant idea-the
Clean industry!
WHO does the Mayor of Clitheroe (Cotta* *5. J. Moore) think he is kidding with his statement last week that there is heavy industry in the town but that it is mostly light and
clean. Has he been round Castle
school hall would make an ex cellent council chamber and there would be ample room
for health and educational de partments and all the ancillary services under the one roof in a splendid central, easily acces sible position.
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new library, tod! I consider this a first-rate
And possibly room for a J. H. FELL.
Chairman, Whaliey Parish Council.,
Castings when the chimney is sending all the dirt and terrible smell-, also all the sand and dust blowing about so that we have to keep our bedroom windows closed’!
light and clean, but it is not around Taylor Street, Jubilee
Perhaps, where he lives is
Terrace, B ro o k Street and Waterloo Road.
you have a job seeing the traf fic when the castings arc emit ting dirty smoke.
Even on the inner by-pass
look around and you will sec whether it is light and clean . . . not forgetting the cement works and Bold Venture quarry.
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DURING the past months the council workers, power work ers and postal workers have taken a bashing in regards to strike action relating to sup posed excessive wage claims for £ 3.
cracy. We have been accused of ruining the economic structure of Britain and creating the well-used phrase “The plight of the pensioners”:
this massive wage offer from Fords, Vauxhalls and the Ley- land groups with an agreement of trouble free periods, etc.
Then, out of the blue, comes
my previous letters to you signed “N.U.P.)). delegate” our wage claim was in conjunction with higher productivity plus
To my critics I say re-read Fair enough, this is demo
vestment these days, so let _us have a look at the massive in vestment in the public sector, railways, coal, gas, electricity, postal communications and hos pitals and a vast amount by the public authorities, to cre ate more efficiency.
investment in modern equip ment; they may also remem ber that I said no worker, ex cluding the “Money Grabbers”, would object to an increased contribution, to pay, . a, better retirernehtj''pensiori’j»and Mr.' Anthony' Barber . seems t o agree with my suggestion. So, may be the pensioners have something to thank us for, in view of this recent award. Per sonally I do not like the words “Old age Pensioner” and much prefer “Senior Citizens”. One hears so much about in
in this sector are within the lower pay bracket, and there has been only three major strikes in the last 20-30 years, and the politicians say they cannot afford our so-called in flationary wage demands. One agrees that we have no direct effect on exports, but they would soon grind to a halt without the services we give, al though not perfect I agree but who is? I would like to assure my critics 1 am not against private enterprise, but one wonders what the Ministry of Employment and Productivity's attitude towards the industria lists will be. Surely what is good for he goose is good for the gander.
Yet the majority of workers “COUNCIL WORKER” BehMd the times
FOR a solicitor and ex-town clerk, Mr. Sugar is a little be hind the times. It is about three years ago that a mayor of a borough ceased to be come automatically a Justice of the Peace during his term of office. So one nonsense, as Mr. Sagar calls it, has already gone. Neither is there any legis
lation at the moment to say that the aldcrmanic bench will cease although the whole ques tion is certainly under con sideration but is not directly tied to the future of Clitheroe. Mr. Sagar appears to infer-
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AN enthusiastic worker on be half of the village of Bolton- by-BowIandi Mr. Simon Stott, of Peppcrhill Cottages,' has died at the age of 65. Born at Mountbent. Head Farm, he moved with his parents to Chadwick’s Farm, which he took over on the death of his father. During the Second World War Mr. Stott was an active member. of the Royal Observer Corps, stationed near Holden.
15 years ago lie took up part time work and, up to his death, was gardener at the old Rec tory. Mr. Stott possessed a wide knowledge of local affairs and was much sought after for information. He was of a very kindly nature and always ready to give a help ing hand.
After retiring from farming
man of the Memorial Com mittee' and a former member of the Parish Council.
that Clitheroe will still be taken over by a bigger author ity but recently there has been a slight wind of change and the hope is that rather than a “take-over” there will be an amalgamation of several near neighbours into a "Ribble Valley” authority which - is something entirely different from what Mr. Sagar appears to visualise. T. ROBINSON, 7 Princess Avenue, Clithcroc.
For some years he was chair
with the parish church and was a sidesman. The respect in which he was held was shown at the funeral at SS Peter and Paul’s Church by the large number of old friends and acquaintances who paid their last resnects. He is survived by a married sister.
Mr. Stott was associated
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