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THE Clitlicroe-Wlialley by-pass may become


the first.-non-motorway in Lancashire on which ■pedal cyclists arc banned. But the Department of the Environment, in seeking such an order, is likely to meet with stiff opposition from local cycling enthusiasts.


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LEARNING of the plan this week, Mr. Brian Night­ ingale of Chatburn secre­ tary of the Nth. Lancashire Cycling Union said that his organisation would be ob­ jecting to the order and lie was convinced they would be backed up by other na­ tional cycling organisations such as the British Cycling Federation and the Cyclists’


Touring Club.. Mr. Nightingale, whose


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BOWLAND may soon have its ow n bus, if a scheme proposed by Mr, J. Duck­ worth, of Kirk House, Gis- bura, is accepted by West Riding and. Lancashire County Councils. Mr.- L. D. Telford,- Clerk of


Bowland Rural Council, raised the proposal at the Rural- Council meeting on -Monday. It was. three months ago, he


said, since Mr. Duckworth first suggested the idea.


through Gisburn, Bolton-by- Bowlaud, Sawley,. Grindleton,- Clitheroe, Chatburn, Riming- • ton. and back, to Gisburn,


Mr. Telford commented. Itwas impossible to say, however what the likely demand ‘would’ be. Mr. Duckworth would run two buses on a circular route


V l 'n k it has possibilities,” ; A parcel service could be'


rl!n. between villages—a'n:-idea" which Coun. B. Bentley likened


to one used on-the Continent


—and contracts could be made available for schoolchildren.


'Duckworth began to experi­ ment.


dered whether there would be enough passengers to make such a service worthwhile, and Coun. J. Leedham felt that Ribble might withdraw their rural services as soon as Mr.


Coun. R. Williamson won­


service with a 12-month grant in the region-of £270.


; Council has recommended dis­ continuing th e Clithcroc- •Rim ington - Gisburn service, stating t h a t it is adequately covered by the main service going through-to Skipton.


The Lancashire County


■- West Riding County Council - is to be asked if it is'in'favour


provide the-Clitheroe-Slaidbum


of Mr. Duckworth’s scheme. '■ They have already agreed to '


:said, that th e Skipton service was. not adequate, from Riming-


asked , the - Rural Council, to consider whether or n o t'to o _many; buses' are running < and iPany can be cut. Mr. Telford


The County Council has


Ribble for running certain rural services would end on September 30th.


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to Waddington.-Bolton-by-Bow- Iand and Grindlcton----may'


Three local routes—Clitheroe


croe.fif a suggestion made by the Lancashire,County Coun­ cil is adopted, ”


ton and Gisburn and suggested that services should remain as they arc for the next six months until they ha ve had time to look at the scheme put forward by Mr. Duckworth. The Council’s . subsidies to


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A SHINY new refuse collecting vehicle that can gobble up old three-piece suites and other bulky household rub­


the rear -of the vehicle, it is carried- forward’ and pulverised, the advantage being that the crushed rubbish' takes up less space, and . journeys to the tip for. unloading are therefore less-frequent.'


IMPRESSED


officials’ of Clitheroe Corpora­ tion. . ■ Clitheroe's public health . inspector, Mr. W.-Grange, was


undergoing a series of demon­ strations for local. authorities.


Mr.. M.. White,: said that the machine was already on the market and selling well. “ It is thought to be the only one of its kind,” he added, “and its capacity is up to 60 cubic yards of rubbish.” The vehicle is at present


dustbins. A sales officer at Atkinsons,


dow backs’, to get a


rather large to-fit down many of the itowns ‘haefcv *r» nnt n t


on the market was put through Us .paces, in the Hcnthorn and Chatburn Road areas of Clith- croe as a demonstration f o r


The vehicle, which is already


Atkinson’s of Clitheroe Ltd., the machine is officially, and aptly, called the ‘Shark’ Refuse Collecting Vehicle, and has a Dodge K10-50 chassis. When rubbish is placed in


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CLUB SEEKS


OLD BUS FOR HOSPITAL


AN old bus may seem to be an unusual present to give anyone, but members of Whalley Lions Club arc hoping to make just such a gift to Brockhall, Hospi­ tal—for the children to play on.


of the club, and their wives,, touring the hospital as guests of | the hospital’s chairman, Mr. Austin Kay, saw the state of the old bus the children now use.


The idea came when members


’/"Pressed by the machine, but. !he. pointed o u t that it was


infirmary and the hostels of spe­ cial interest. After the tour, they had a


occupational therapy centre the


September 4th, when it is hoped to hand the bus over.


discussion with Mr. Kay, and were invited to attend the open day and gala, to be held on


hart, they toured the entire hos­ pital. They found the school, the


Bob Clarke, and escorted by the matron, Mr. Stacey , and chief nursing officer Mr. John Lock-1


Led by their president, Mr.


Clarion. Club members use the by-pass fdr-lime trials, com­ mented : ‘‘Other organisations in Clitheroe would be well advised to support us”.


Safely


shire County Council’s traffic department told our reporter that the ban was for safety pur­ poses. and would not include mopeds, motor-assisted bicycles, or pedestrians.


banned because this would in­ volve considerable legal diffi­ culties.


Penalised


40 miles of existing cycle track on the roads of Lancashire were dangerous, because they were never looked after. They were also wrongly used by pedes­ trians, prams, and even motor­ ists for parking cars.


proposal as “ridiculous”. “As a cyclist I feel as safe on it as on any other road, and as a motorist I have not been aware of any hazard caused by cyc­ lists. All roads arc fast and


Mr. Nightingale described the Mr. Nightingale said that the O-LEVEL


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the ban could be made, but the necessary legal processes for the order had been initiated long before the road opened. Pedestrians were not being


that it was a pity cyclists had already become accustomed to travelling on the road before


for pedal cyclists to cross the by-pass at staggered junctions, and to travel from Chatburn to , Worston. Although it is unusual to ban cyclists from a road other than a motor­ way, th e area is considered well served by an alternative route. In the future, a cycle track might possibly be pro­ vided along certain sections of the by-pass. T h e spokesman added


Exemptions would be made


will make the new A59 the first road in Lancashire to ban bicycles. A similar order is be­ ing sought for the Runcorn to Widnes road. A spokesman for the Lanca­


come from the Department of Environment, and, if enforced,


should be kept open to all road users whatever their means of transport”. The no-cycling order has


“Public transport highways


being unfairly penalised be­ cause of the high speed of other traffic. “If the excessive speed of motorists makes the road dangerous for cyclists, then it is the motorists who should be checked”, he said.


potentially dangerous, and the by-pass is no more dangerous than any other”. He also felt that cyclists were


chairman of Clitheroe Rural District Council, said that no


be considered by the County Council.


Bid lo re-open river walk


INVESTIGATIONS arc being made by Whalley Parish Coun­ cil into the possibility of re­ opening of a former footpath along the bank of the River Calder.


to run from the bridge to More- ton Hall, was closed off in 1958 although the path was never shown on a map as a right of way. The co-operation of the Ramblers’ Association is being sought in connection with this.


This public walk, which used


NO LABOUR VILLAGE


AN acute shortage of men in ment, caused in the main by senting problems and seriously Mr. E. Berry, engineer and surveyor for the Bowland area,


told Bowland Rural Council on Monday that only 11 men were


Brow until September 17th to give members of the public the nght to. protest- if they. wish, and all complaints will then


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raised at Monday’s council meeting. The public notice is on view at the council’s offices in Church


objections to the order had been


BEFORE packing licr bags for America, 16-ybar-oid Linda . Rndyard, a Clitheroe school-


girl, took lime off to meet the children she will help to look after for a year.


leaves on Monday for Elkhart, Indiana, where she will live for a year with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dakin and their family, as a special baby-sitter. The Dakins, who have lived in America for three years, • offered the fob to a Ciitlicroe giri last November, and chose Linda from a large number of applicants because they liked Iter letter.


Linda, of Chatburn Avenue,


Mrs. Frank Dakin, in Church Street. The boys are over in Eng­


land with their mother, Mrs. Norma Dakin, for the wedding of their uncle Michael, at Clitheroe Parish Church on


TO SWEEP


STREETS the Bowland highways depart-


retirement and sickness, is pre­ impeding work.


at present working in the high­ ways department. Before the last war, the department employed over 50.


villages arc not swept up”, he said. “It is not an economic propostion to send two men and


he concluded. “There are a lot of jobs to do, but we haven’t got the men”.


work force or replace retiring employees. “Jt is a very trying situation ,


taken from the highways depart­ ment to help out with refuse collection. Unfortunately, few men come forward from the labour exchange to improve the


“This is why some of the


a lorry to sweep up one vil­ lage”. Mr. Berry said that volun­ teers sometimes have to be


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for a year doesn't worry me", she said, "but I am a bit scared about the flight, which takes nine hours", IN our picture Linda (centre) is seen making friends with Mrs. Dakin, Stephen and An­ drew.


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IT’S .only, three months sine© a start was made oil the Whalley easterly by­ pass and already the line of the new road is faking a well-defined, shape as showu in this aerial view.


■ graph ...can be seen the Rose Collage roundabout where the road will - Join the Clithcroc-


At the bottom cf the pboto-


Whallcy by-pass opened at the beginning : of - the year


in length, can be seen crossing flic existing road to Wiswcll «nd it then proceeds through Spring Wood where the only bridge on the section crosses


Tlie new road, about „ mile


(top centre) to join the existing road near Whatley Golf Club. Other, identification points in


the Manchester Corporation aqueduct. The by-pass will continue


the photograph arc the River Calder (top right) and the con­ tractor’s huts. Brnmlcy Mead


maternity home is seen on-the


of road, when the by-pass is opened in about a year’s time, it will play a significant part in the future of- Whalley.


.The Clithcroc-Wliallcy by­ pass has already had an impact


materials, unsuitable, for the- roadworks. Although only a short stretch


right hand edge and in the lower part of the picture, above the roundabout, is an area being used . for dumping -


on , the village, dramatically reducing traffic and villagers arc looking.. forward to . even more peace and quiet.


ness- that Whalley must not be allowed to become a . ghost village and already thoughts of the parish council and shop­


But there is also an aware­


to. promote Whalley arc being tired. During the next few


keepers arc turning in ibid direction. The first.shots in a campaign


enter contest with a guided tour of the Abbey as a prize.


about Whallcy’s shopping facil­ ities and a picture-feature con­ cerning the construction of the by-pass. Also there is an casy-to-


weeks (he Clitheroe Advertiser and Times will be putting the spotlight on Whalley as an at­ tractive place in which to live- and shop, and a village with a proud history and welt worth visiting. This week tiicrc is an article


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