V: Doctor fumes over Advertiser slory and says


HEAVY SMOKERS HIT HARDEST BY LUNG


I WOULD like to congratu late Mr. Bob Southworth f eatured on your front page, recently on reaching such a notable age,- and in such good health despite having


late you Mr. Editor for having published his views on smoking particularly with such promi­ nence. and during the week following the repoit of the Royal College of Physicians on the subject.


times the chance of dying from cancer of the lungs than a non-smoker has. •. Even more significant is the


tradicts the fact that a man who smokes 25 cigarettes a day for 25 years has seven


fact that 50,000 deaths a year due to that and other condi­ tions can at a conservative es­ timate be contributed to smoking.


smokes for a lifetime survives to 90 years old in no way con­


rile fact that one man who


indulged in what we now know to be the dangerous ha bit of smoking for nearly 80 of his 90 years. 1 do not, nowever, congratu­


Clitheroe every single man whom I have known die of lung cancer has been a heavy smoker. GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTITIONER


Tired of strikes


THERE is very little evidence of any public support for the Post Office strikers. Quite the reverse, in fact, since learn­


LettersAtp the.Editor In my own experience in


•Why not? It happened in Germany, and can happen here. The Post Office workers


of all strikers who are bring­ ing nearer the time when their suitcases will be full of notes worth less than the paper they are printed on.


ing that they can’t manage on £18 8s. a week! The public is sick and tired


would be well advised to turn a deaf ear to Tom Jackson, and get back to work before the public begins to show its teeth as they did with, the power workers. "ARCHER”.


SAVE THE SIXPENCE


will bear the same relation to new pence as the half- crown bore to shillings (and our experience of the great inconvenience caused when the half-crown was with­ drawn!) should make us realise the importance of fighting to retain the six­ pence. Where stores have instruc­


A CAMPAIGN appears to have been launched, by big business, to ‘kill’ the sixpence, when . decimal-day dawns. The fact that the sixpence


ists merely as a convenience for big business and its staff. A campaign for the reten­


society. When, therefore, after D-


day, we are offered two coins (2p plus ip), or even three


tion of the sixpence could be the opening of a much wider campaign to return the cus­ tomer to his rightful place in


subscribes to the campaign to 'kill* the sixpence, let us make our attitude clear, both vocally and by a withdrawal of our trade. FLUNA.


coins (2 x lp plus ip) where one coin (6d = 2Jp) would suffice, let us inquire as to the reason. If it is clear that the store


seen eroded the principle that the main reason for the exis­ tence of business is that of service to the customer and the development of an atti­ tude that the customer ex­


Entertaining on a budget?


Four courses with wine included, still only 26s.


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power if used properly. Let us exercise it. on this occa­ sion. and tell “big brother' that we have had enough of the process which has devel­ oped over the last decade whereby our convenience has to be subordinated to that of big business. Over the years we have


ted their staff not to include this coin in change, after 13- day. they should be told, in no uncertain terms, that such arrogancp to their cus­ tomers will not be tolerated The customer has enormous


Deplorable bus


I SEE that Ribble Motors want a £90,000 subsidy from Lancashire County Council in order to cover non-paying routes throughout Lancashire. If other parts of Lancashire are similar to our Clitheroe depot, 1 suggest that manage­ ment start putting their own house in order first and pro­ vide a public service for which they are well paid, before ask­ ing for a grant.


now deplorable and it is time something was done as ser­ vices are just left and not operated in a morning. Some time ago it was t'he first Man­ chester service until com­


Conditions in this area are service


or try to thumb a lift, which in this day and age is still dangerous. After all, this hos­ pital. the same as Calder- stones Hospital, is not exactly on the main road and bus route.


Clitlieroe will say “You know it is because staff will not turn up for work” but i reply. “We had a good reliable depot at Clitheroe at one time on a lot less pay than now.”


i know management at


muters complained bitterly: then it was the 7-10 a.m. from Clitheroe to Grindleton and return which missed so many times that the residents be­ came so sick that they have now provided their owii trans­ port, as also have a business firm in tihis area.


an essential service—the 7-20 a.m. Brockhall Hospital— comes under fire because in the last three weeks, which is 21 days including Sundays, this service has not run for eight moi-nings. What a dis­ grace when staff and muses have to stand at bus stops early morning in all kinds of weather and the service does not arrive. They can either go home and lose a day’s pay


Now it would appear that


relations between the local management and the men and women at this depot, I know that the platform staff will respond accordingly.


With improved industrial


Gen. Workers Union, ' 16, Grindleton Road, Wes t Bradford.


K. W. Cragg, Trans and


ROLE OF PUBLIC IN PRESERVING THE COUNTRYSIDE


when he spoke on Conservation to members of the Clitheroe and district Probus Club.


England degenerating because the loss of the rabbit popula­ tion allowed the coarse grass on which they fed to grow and strangle the young plant life. He also mentioned the loss of seal and bird life at sea through oil pollution.


matosis . f rom France resulted in much of the North and South Downs in Southern


CHANGES


tryside was man-made and, during the last century, two important changes have taken place: Firstly the explosion of the population over the whole earth has created many pro­ blems and secondly the way in which our countryside had changed. With the present day mach­


inery mountains of earth can be moved in a very short time: new roads were opened and forests could be cut down


BY-PASS CAN BE VALUABLE ASSET


distinct feeling that just the opposite may happen. Adap­ tation to the new order of things is certainly essential but is should not be beyond the wit of our civic authority, businessmen and citizens.


dressing. services and prices and ample parking facilities —but not accommodation to take the “legless” motorist to every shop door; just suffici­ ent to provide him with a little leg exercise which will do him no harm but probably some good.


A little attractive window- HIGHLAND NIGHT AT THE STARKIE


that he is just one of the community, and should not expect to be pampered, as he has been.'


Let the average motorist be brought to a realisation


others can make him an in­ tolerable nuisance, particu­ larly when the law-abiding pedestrian has literally to jump out of the way of the reckless road hog.


indifference to the rights of


able asset and need not , make Clitheroe a neglected back­ water. Time alone will tell. What I would like to see now is another link road from the Pimlico district to the new road. These new amenities are


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HIGHLAND, dress was worn-


by several members of the Olitheroe - and district Cale­ donian Society at their annual Burns night celebrations on Friday.


Arms Hotel, Ciitheroe, was attended by 110 members,and guests, including the Mayor and Mayoress, (Councillor and Mrs. S. J. Moore).


The dinner at the Starkie


Piper Major. Donald Stuart, of ■ Stockport, and •addressed


The haggis was piped in by


Belvedere trio accompanied the'traditional Scottish dan­ cing, which included eight- some reel, the Duke of Perth, and the reel of the 51st. • Master of Ceremonies and toastmaster .was-Mr. William'


A toast to the immortal memory was given by Mr. Fred Christie, and the toast to the Lassies by Mr. James Kiddie. Mrs. Margaret Grant- Townsend replied to the toast. The Pipe Major and the


by Mr.. Robert Slater of Clitheroe..


Townsend, Pipe Major Donald Stuart, the Mayor, .. Mrs. Scott: Mr. Walter Scott (presi­ dent of the society),.and'the Mayoress.


of Rabbie Bums” was sung by Mrs. Stella Smith, of Park Avenue,. Clitheroe. Mrs. Eliza­ beth Scott, of Downham, played-the piano accompani­ ment,' and- her husband Brian the piano accordion. Pictured ■ from the left are1 Mr. Christie, Mrs: Grant-


MacLeod, of Clitheroe. ; The traditional song “Star


That by-pass can be a valu­


REFERRING to a recent edi­ torial comment in the Adver­ tiser and Times let me say. with some conviction, that I entirely disagree with those “Job’s comforter” critics who imagine that the Whalley— Clitheroe by-pass will harm local shopkeepers. On the contrary. I have a


pleasure, opportunity knocks as never before. Our admini­ strators must see .to the pro­ tection and preservation of those fairyland vistas against the vulgar , intrusion .of the ruthless property developer, especially in ' pre-ordained residential areas. HAROLD R, BROUGHTON, Pimlico Road,. Clitheroe,


just as likely to bring people into Clitheroe and Ribbles- dale as take them away. For both business and


Mr. Lees said that the coun­


how it affected animal and bird life and instanced the many waterways that were simply being overgrown with plant life. The introduction of myxo­


topic which got into the news very much recently following European Conservation Year in 1970. He did not want his listeners to think that conser­ vationists were people out to stop things happening. The speaker dealt mainly


He said his subject was a


IF AN atomic device on the scale of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima which killed many hundreds of thousands, had been released over a large populated area each day since, the world population would still have increased at half the present rate, said Professor Eric Lees of Sheffield University,


rapidly. Agriculture, by modem means of feeding, was able to get quick results. But this was not good for preserving the nature of the soil. The re­ moval of hedgerows, particu­ larly in Lincolnshire, had affected the bird life and often with strong winds soil was blown on to the roads. Much education and re­


much despoliation occurred because the public were not educated. Conservation, said Mr. Lees, could be practised in a small-way in one's own gar­ den by the planting of shrubs and encouraging bird life.


THE COSY


to the villagers. Mr. Lees re­ plied that that was why edu­ cation on the subject was so •necessary. Mr. Rushton in­ stanced how a tree preserva­ tion order had been the means of screening an industrial estate in the goods yard at Chatbum.


having sympathy with conser­ vation said that one stumbling block-was that local councils were expected to meet its costs. Mi’. Lees replied th a t . people who enjoy the countryside would have to be persuaded to help financially in preserving this amenity.


Councillor J. C. Sharp, while


thanking Professor Lees for enlightening the members on such an interesting subject, said he rejoiced to think that the younger generation was taking an interest in conser­ vation.


Mr. J. Waddington, in


' Mr .Enirys T. Morgan, the chairman presided over 46 members and had the .pleasant duty of introducing two now members,, Mr. F. Park, of Whatley, and Mr. W. Oddie, of Clitheroe.


Clerk to Clitherce Rural Dis­ trict Council, 1 said that the authorities were having diffi­ culty in getting across the idea


said that although Mr. Lees had dealt mainly with animal and bird life villages were also concerned with conservation and he instanced the preser­ vation at Pendle and Chip­ ping. Mr. T. P. Rushton, former


At question time a member


search was needed on conser­ vation, and In many instances


CUB Scouts from the 1st Pendle Scout Group made up food parcels and delivered them to old people in' the area over the Christmas period, and letters expressing thanks were on display at ithe group’s second annual open night held in the. Con­ gregational School


' five1 cubs introduced ■ to .the scout pack by • patrol leaders and then watched the demon­ strations which all the group were 'putting on...


ers and books about scouting, as well as examples of some of the cubs’ handicraft work, were also on show, but the evening was mainly devoted to -practical demonstrations.. Tile fifty-or-so parents and, friends who attended saw


Camping equipment, post­ trict Scout Leader. Mr. J.


indoor camping during the evening. They are, left to right: Douglas Jones, of Fairfield Avenue; Garry Winc- kley, of Woone Lane, Michael Jones, of Moorland Crescent, and Simon Neville, of Linden


Butters. Our picture shows four youngsters trying a spelt of


see of


flashei’s, simple telephones, and demonstrating the theory of jet propulsion by means of balloons.


.


plays, including foil, cocking, indoor rock-climbing, first- aid, rope ladder-making, and they .- constructed a : h u g e ballista, a throwing machine used in Roman times.


The scouts gave ■


being constructed throughout the .district, for. use on .the River .Ribble; but only. on. cer­ tain days, in the year, by special agreement. •


being assembled during the evening. All told twenty are


a 200-canoe race,. and: “ the scouts villi be taking • (their canoes on to Rydal Water during-the summer camp.


week-end at Bowley Camp, Great Harwood, where they practice indoor camping - and get used to communal living. The evening was introduced


•were Dr. G. Hampson, District. Commissioner, his assistant, Mr. A. Snape,-and th e : Dis­


and compered by the. Rev. J. Gardner, who . ns ithte group Scout Leader. Also presen?


were able to see all these things in progress during a slide show later in the even­ ing. The aim of the event was to allow, parents and friends to ' see how the money is spent.The cub scouts spend a lot of their time doing handi- 'orailts, first-aid, games and outdoor activities, under the supervision of their " leaders, Mrs. C. Hampson and 'Mrs.. C. Capewell. Once a year they spend a


(bridge-building), and cook­ ing over char-coal stoves. Visitors to the open night


ice rock-climbing, camping, fell-walking,


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The summer camp will also t provide opportunities to prac­


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Two fibre-glass canoes were eight .dis­


Trinity and Congregational, with 24 in eachr-performed one, of the .gam'es itliat. they play, and carried out scienti­ fic experiments, making-- elec-' itiro-magiiiqts, ■ 'morse-code


The two cub scout packs—


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