C' li tneroc Ad v e r t i s e r and. Times, Jun e 2, 1972 Hurst CF


mil 7 p.m. AK DI CK <U) IKK)


Icy, it is dangerous indeed to challenge the established order. Whether it is pub colours, or r ig h ts oL way , mayoral Iraditions or change generally, change in the towns and vil­


. . . -ive in the Ribble Val-


lages around here is not welcomed. But when Stonyhurst College


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RON KENNETH COPE* ER-: J":u.r:trcUflW. U


is having its first open day for six years this coming weekend, parking in the vicinity looks like being a major problem. Possibly this is the time to ask by what right persons unknown religiously place a row of hide­ ous boulders across the entrance to the Hurs t Green village hall car park every evening? A recently changed portable notice suggests that the park


and therefore the Hall is out of bounds to all but the few resi­ dents in Hurs t Green. Willi these boulders not even resi­ dents can safely get their cars


in the park, at night. ABUSE


NELSON


bar people f rom using what is af ter all public parking land from parking? I f the land and the hall is invested in the pub­ lic, who decides that outsiders should be kept out? Even more impor tant who


By what right has anyone to


has taken it upon themselves to deny the public access to a pub­ lic right of way that has been public long before the- hall was


built? Surely, sir,


brand hero and ensure in the publ ic interest that ihc rights a f way are being preserved and n o t thwarted against the public j interest.


Rural Council should take a the Clithcroc Visitors to the village have I I


tepor ted being verbally abused j when they have been unwise I


cnfHjgjh to park their cars on i ‘the village hail park. Is this j


tko HUe Lancashirc hospitality, i of is it an unofficial campaign by establised order to maintain what cannot be maintained? PARISHIONER,


PRESS FOR CHEAP FARES


TURDAY


Disco u n :


NOW that Cl i lheroc;


been spotlighted in a survey on concessionary


fares


showing that we arc o n e of two borough councils in Lancashire n o t 0‘pcrating ■ them, i t seems ralher l ik e ly ; that a few more heaves will bring us into the charmed ;


circle. The survey h a s been con- !


ducted hy the Community Council of Lancashire, prompt­ ed by over - 60 clubs and Old People’s Welfare Committees, like our own Cl ithcroe Pendlc Club, which are concerned that we are excluded. And your two correspon­


dents. supposed to be repre­ senting the OAPs. are just about to place their reluctant feet on the bandwagon.


C i . l B BOOB s o u . - ; 3)Li TON


straight on a few points. She now claims that concessions were first brought up by her. No t in this paper. I’m afraid. Up to June. 1969. it was sup- ro s ed th a t only towns with corporation buses could oper ­ ate such schemes, but as soon as it was discovered that ibis was not so, one of your cor ­ respondents commented (tunc. 19691, and repeated in a later issue, that this was a cudgel to place in the hands of any po­ tential councillor. especially one in the OAP movement. This cudgel was not picked up by Mrs. Penny until Nov­


May' J put Mrs. Penny


■ I U a l e A RAGE


\ ! HOUR PARTY A L K


<st g r i f n tor .1 Ikers


n si i r avf.nlt.


■n ’ .30 p.m. —5 p.m. nad. Clithcroc.


MOOR CLUB Tel. 3496


i<l;n. June 2nd


E N' EASY ndav. June 4th


WORTH


mpcrc: Arthur n at the Organ


L I T F A S T


HROUG1I AIN'T a d s


ember . 1970. when she referred to letters already sent out by othe r correspondents and then came out with the amazing boob that “ her Federation had fought for it over a number of


rocketed? Then last week she


years.” What! before the bus lares


WHALLEY & DISTRICT LIONS' CLUB


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D em on s tra t ion entitled


R1BBLESDALE SCHOOL at 7.30 p.m.


Tonight Friday, June 2nd in ADULT CENTRE.


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TN a parochial society iu which we 1


KEEP BILLINGTON AND LANGHO ONE PARISH,


SAY VILLAGERS


BILLINGTON and Langho should continue to be run by one parish council, rather than being split into two separate communities.


declared “docs ah! lire power abhor Ike;


(. Pi


■nccs ions." But ide unions don' t


-T


have power to help" hut she , then repudiate-, (his by reveal- j ing that her branch had sent an emergency resolution calling for (he mat ler to be taken out of the hands of local authori­ ties. What do they' really want? Only CI6 a week will do. which is iust trie in the sky. As Mrs. Pen ny herself says


letter stales! “ i ocai counci ls


(Sept.. I<>7M ■Thousands of pension'd s h;iv a died waiting for ;in ineii ■'NC pension.' How many mop.


"a ins! rev ’•! ’1 t '. as ihc prrsi- dents spile . gel out of


the next be si liling. They arc not thinkin


Ti i S U Y 3 '


associated V. it i ( aiderstones Hospital 1! U slive,! an anony- mous gilt i


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down by lb,• . 1.■ror v as that it should be


that the i of patients pre -cut and future.


condition laid tor the benefit


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A KL SI I Mr. .!. ; 1. Mauh-r. :n:


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Cl i theroc ami Club a b e u


service. Mr. Slanicr


under 10U \euis since the inven- ] non of the telephone, and at that lime it was considered most unncccsai v as there were plenty of little boss to run messages.


■ aiii it wa s just AI I t '■ house to At first


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manual e:a ;;a :l" i■ . h:u 1 changed 1


lew years


all anlom: Mr. St;


Mr. W. C 1 itheroe


lime l!


Mr. Sia: tier ex pi.; me-..1 how the o a utom atm add' FJ.: ifiat in a


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i t i ■ . micr was, ill inked bv IIIe retired


praiseo n ic vni'K . It’ll'e hv Mr. Slimier a 1


.Mel o!!. I'os;


bers M r. 1 . ! els, • II. ( htiieroc. Mr. L I . 11 ,' fun. YYha llev, and Mr. IT 1 . Da v T .. \p; iddinglon. Mr. Mo;; : ■.n said ihe ( luls was dona 1 in". • 25 lo i;.. * I! i hblesda le Swimmim • pool I ILK1. At Ihc next nice: ;;-e. ■ >; 1


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Mr. I nit-v -, i . \ 1.»n•ail (Ncv- d.ie-d ili;


Black h urn. Iiciv inoni- lit!K■ 2nd. Ihc


speaker \■lii be Y1*. Hugh Dc G. Gaudin.


. i 'iirn. ' .his![er. x\ ho .itll the


s were linked d later were ■ iange to ex­ it. stronger , nxcn'.cd the


plume calls between television programmes cat'll • \ la vine equipment ai local exchanges, nager of i


Mlhce tele- ;o l he siul-


nl scl times, members of


; rid i Probus ....... - CLITHEROE


THE funeral took place on .Sat­ urday at the Church of St. An­ drew. Gargrave. of Mrs. Doro­ thy Winifred Barrett, wife of Captain R. C. Barrett, of Bar House. Boroughbridgc. and sis­ ter of Lord Clilheroc. She died the previous Wednesday, aged


72.


Barrcti. who was then land agent for Lord Northficld at Skipton Castle.


In 1924, she married Captain A TRIBUTE A friend writes: With the


sudden death of Dorothy Bar­ rett many people in the North Riding and elsewhere, will have lost a true friend. Some of these might be sur­


prised to know the wide range of her aelivjtics outside her family circle. In this she fol­ lowed the example of her parents, the late Sir Ralph and I adv Assheton of Downham. in a keen sense of social responsi­ bility and a cheerful devotion


for some time in the Foreign Office and then married Cov­ entry Barrett and lived at Skip- ton. While at her next home in Bedfordshire »hc was County Commissioner of Girl Guides.


to duty. After ihc first war she worked


ANTI -VANDAL pa ini, winch docs not drv. has been proved ; to be imsati- iaelorv for use in


Division Educat ion Executive. Mr. E. Calvert, acting Divisional Educat ion Clliccr. said the county architect hail given the paint a trial and had come to the conclusion ui.u ii was not to be used. 'The paint hail been scraped


schools as it can he transferred to other surfaces besides the one it was intended for. At a meeiing of the No. 5


for some years, a member, and. for a time, chairman, of Nor ­ ton RDC. Her many other interests included the Red Cross, the British Legion, the Church and the Conservative Associ­ ation. She served as a school governor and for fifty years was an active member of Queen Mary's Needlework Guild.


they moved to Boroughbridge, where she continued her many activities. Yet, transcending all this pub­


On her husband's retirement,


oil' and daubed on brickwork and clothes and it was not an effective means o'' stopping van­ dals as l i v e v!c‘cmiincd to cause dam .ee would find other wavs of doing so.


T e a cL c r fo r ■10 y e a rs


Division Educat ion Executive, jt was decider! in wri te to Mr.


Garner


end ot August. At a Hireling of ihc. No 5


AFTER 40 years as a teacher at Ribbie .ila le f'ountv Secondary School. C'lill’oroe. Mr. .lames I cslic Gainei- is to retire at the


thanking him for his


work. Mr. Garner , of Standen Road.


Cli'.hcroc. is also chairman of the Clithcroe and District Youth Employment Committee. In 1956. lie was made head of


a depar tment at Rihblcsdale and is now senior head of the mathematics and careers depar t­ ment.


children and children.


lic work, was her love and care for her family circle. One will always remember her courage, her sweet simplicity and deep compassion and her natural tender heart in everything she undertook. She leaves a husband, two n i n e grand­


‘TASTELESS’ COLOUR


THE exterior painting of a Hurst Green public house jn a ‘shocking pink’ colour came in


and Chi ld’—was brought to flic a Mention of the council by the


for criticism at .Clitheroc Rural Council's meeting. The painting — of the ’Facte


Hurst Green representative, Mrs. Mary Brown. The surveyor Mr. H. Cockshutt, agreed that the colour was “ tasteless”, but pointed out that nothing could be done on planning grounds, as there had not been a con­ travention of regulations. He said, however, that he would speak to the brewery represent­ atives to sec what could be done.


spent at Maiton, where her hus­ band was land agent to the late Lord Middleton. She was,


The next part of her life was SISTER OF


The moi: x'V "i a been sent to bank who said


o. of Friends


plea.- ml he lirs and visit towns round ab.v : \\ about crippling their buvire for a month or so.


i ; cy iusi want to i-'\vn for a few


S ONI R.


I'sl die waiting concessions as


o Mrs. Penny’s 1 her federal ion


than two thirds of villagers who at tended a special meeting, called by the villages’ parish council, to discuss whether the area should be divided into two under local government re­ organisation. And after the 2— 1 vote, the council’s clerk, Mr. Lewis Gollup, revealed that two previous meetings—one consist­ ing of local leaders, and one, poorly attended, of the general public—had also voted against the split by a similar pro­ portion. “We felt that the first two


This was the view of more


sm'd that there was already a division of kinds, as councillors from Billington were not in­ terested in the affairs of Langho. and vice versa. He suggested that a solution might be to keep the present parish council, and have two sub-councils also. “The sub-councils could meet reg­ ularly to run the communities, and there could be a full meet­ ing annually of the w'solc council.” Pointing out that there were


/O R he's a iollv good fellow". Conn. Fell's daughter Susan, a m ustc teachet her is her mother and ranged round arc. from the left. Conn. Rich <ir« J '" ' / 'o ’


Fdith Turner: Conn. James Porter, chairman. Bowland RDC an d Mrs. u t s c .


Lungridge U DC ©


. . . , and Mrs. Cottiston; and Conn. Richard Wigga ns, chairman Blackburn RDC and Mrs. IViggans. , n, . y~ > . . i........ ther


CLITHEROE Rural Coun­ cil will play ils part loyally in the new Ribblc Valley authority emerging from the


reorganisation of local government. This assurance was given by Coun. James Fell, new chairman of the council, replying to a toast proposed by the Mayor of CJitheroc, Coun. Richard Turner, at the customary chairman's dinner, held at


Whalley Abbey. In what was clearly an


authori ty as "The Ribble Val­ ley Common Market'. He could sec few benefits to the rural dis­ trict but there was some satis­ faction that the pattern to be adopted followed almost identi­ cally that first suggested by Clithcroe Rural Council in |9W>. What Clitheroc RDC thought then, Whitehall


oblique reference to Aid. I om Robinson’s statement a b o u l lighting on the beaches at Ldis- ford to preserve Clitlieroc s ancient iraditions (made til the Mayor's Dinner in Clithcroe). Conn. Fell said C litlicroc Rural Council would not light from the slopes of Clerk Hill: there would be no quarrel. Coun. Fell described the new


thought six


years later. Mentioning the impor tant part


played by the council’s former clerk, Mr. Thomas E. Rushlon. in formulating the council’s ideas. Conn. Fell said: “We arc gratified that our partners in this venture arc those wc would have chosen ourselves hail wc been granted tile privilege of a free choice.'’


FINE SERVICE


declaration of independence; if Cl ithcroc RDC had one out­ standing characteristic it was that of loyalty and the welfare of the country as a whole—a former British qual ity that seemed strangely lacking in so many large organisations today. Coun. Fell hoped that there


There would be no unilateral


ceded him as chairman, a suc­ cession of five-star chief officers, and the services of the county council. It had often occurred to him,


tribute to Coun. John G. Sharp, finance chairman, whose dedication to his duties w'as a model to the whole council.


TRIBUTE The ratepayers owed a great


deal to him; his tight grip on the public pursestrings had benefited the whole community. He was a wise and valued friend. In a tribute to the new chair­


man. the Mat or mentioned Conn. Fell’s public work as a parish and rural councillor and his long association with Calder-


stoncs Hospital. Conn. Turner also spoke of


the excellent rclaiWisfi'P 'which had for long existed between the borough and Clithcroc and Bowland rural districts.


FRIENDSHIP As in the ruiall areas, there


would not be the same difficulty in selecting a name for the new authori ty “as another council had in christening their baths.” He suggested that the Rural Council's excellent motto; Nos­ trum cst rura tucri—“Our task is to look after the needs of the countryside” could, with very s l i g h t amendment , well be adopted by the new authority: Our task is to look to the


were many people/ in Clitheroc w ho felt that rcorgaGsation was unnccesary, but it ms coming and he was delighted that Clith­ eroc was joining its two neigh­ bours and that Lonjridgc and part of Blackburn rural district were also part of the merger. Accepting that this had to be, the proposals were excellent be­ cause they w'ould not diminish the rural character. However, over the next two


needs of the countryside and town . Nothing, he said, could be better or more appropriate. J n his speech, Coun. Fell paid tribute to those who had pre­


years the friendship among the authorities would be put to the test on many occasions. There would be times when they would have to agree to differ; there would have to be compromise but they were all activated by


he said, that many ratepayers of “ this lovely district’ did not sufficiently appreciate the bene­ fits they enjoyed. lo r years they had paid the lowest rates in Lancashire — almost the lowest in the country—and had enjoyed lirst-class services. Coun. Fell added a special


... / ...... ......; »»«■ ah airmail 9 teacher,


r Mayor of Clitheroc; Conn. Fell, the Mayoress Mrs. ' e at U\i c^a,n,um's lady; Conn. D. Couiston, chairman


pled


a common factor—the preserva­ tion of the area. Coun. Sharp proposed the


toast to the guests who also in­ cluded the chairmen of Bow­ land, and Blackburn rural coun­ cils and Longridgc Urban Coun­ cil. county council representa­ tives and Mrs. Waldcr, wife of Mr. David Walder, M.P. for Clitheroe Division. Mrs. Walder replied to the


memorat ive plaque of the coun­ cil’s coat-of-arms to Coun. Clay­ ton, immediate past chairman, and bouquets to Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Walder and to his wife as the chairman’s lady.


Clitheroc RDC, was toast­ master. Coun. Fell presented a com­


illness. Mr. W. Alan Butt, clerk to


At th e c in em a


MAKING yet another stop at the Civic Hall is the cver-popu- lar and amusing screen version of the television scries ‘On the Buses’. The scene is. as usual, set in


and around the Town and Dis­ trict Bus Company, and all the small screen stars arc there—


toast, deputising for her hus­ band who was absent through


time to pop over to the piano. Seated next to


meetings were scarcely repres­ entative of the general public.” said Mr. Gollup. “but I think that tonight's meeting proves the point.” Opening the meeting, the


council chairman, Councillor Jack Carr, explained that in the future the Boundaries Com­ mission would be taking a look at parish councils. “Although this may not happen for five or even 10 years, wc felt that the Billington and Langho Parish Council should make a decision now, which could be forwarded to the Commission.” He pointed out that the parish


stretches from the River Caldcr. right up to Langho Colony, and


includes Billington. Langho. Old Langho. York and Brockhall. “The difficulty at the moment is that if xvc wanted, for ex­ ample. a village hall, wc would have to decide whether we were going to build it in Billington or Langho, or in between the two—or whether we would have to have one in each village.”


COMMUNITY'


the area would be difficult from a financial point of view— the area’s rate revenue would also •have to be split between the two councils. This would be hard to do fairly, as Brockhall Hospital, for example, provided one fifth of the area’s income. “ I myself am happy as things are. however,” he said, but lie added that he had been the first to draw attention to the pos­ sibility of a division in the area. Mr. Gol lup explained that the


He said however that splitting


w'hen the company’s manage­ ment decides that women bus drivers arc the solution to lack of staff. For the male staff life btecomes—to say the least- chaotic!


Reg Varney. Doris Hare. Stephen Lewis, Bob Grant and Anna Karen. And the laughs arc provided


F au lty l ig h ts


WHEN police stopped a van in Clitheroe Road, Pendleton, because only the offside head­ lamp was working, they dis­ covered also that the rear num­ ber nlatc was not illuminated. Cl ithcroe magistrates were told. For using a van with a def­


National Association of Parish Councils had suggested that every community should have a council. “The question wc have to answer tonight is exactly what is a community?” he said. "I f wc take each community separately, then services must be provided for each separate vil­ lage. but if xve deal with a xvidcr area, then there will be more money and more chance of doing something worthwhile.” Mr. Gollup explained that


the trend in local government was towards the creation of larger areas. “Do wc want two distinctive communities, or just one?" he asked. Local resident, Mr. Harry


Turner thought it was high time the area was split up. “ In Langho, wc have been trying to get a playing field for years, but we never will get one un­ less the split is made." Councillor William Fleming,


ective headlamp, Dennis Allen, 24, of Edisford Road, Cl ith­ eroe, was fined £3 and for not having an illuminated number


plate,~ be was fined £2. Plead­ ing guilty by letter, Allen said that he had had the def'Kts repaired soon after the inci­


dent.


THEY MADE THE BRIDE BLUSH


“I SHALL never forget Whalley”, said the old chap who sat next to. me at din­ ner. “I Lhiink about it al­ most every night before T get into'bed. It was there 1 got my first pair of pyja­ mas. In 1915 it was and I'd never worn them before".


him lor further details and the old boy needed little encour ­ agement. He wiped his mouth on the back of his hand: we’d enjoyed a splendid meal to­ gether. “Sit back” , he said, “ sit back and listen to this". It was at Queen Mary's Hos­


Scenting a good story 1 asked


pital. what you now call Cal- derstoncs. There were 300 hun­ dred of us lads there, all drafted from the St. John Ambulance Brigade from all over Lanca­ shire. and all being trained for male nurses and the R.A.M.C.


LARKING


that used to be where the loot- ball field is now' and on nice days in summer, after we’d been on night duty, we used to pull our beds outside and sleep in the open air Being lads together, you


Wc lived in those army huts


Whalley Window


looked down on the lootball field. He saw more than he intended to and so did his young wife!He saw' me standing on my bed with my shirt tails flapping in the breeze and he saw my pa! Harry, similalyr dressed, de­ monstrating how he could walk on his hands. He was a fine acrobat was Harry. FSergeant Major's wile must have been a bit shy. Three days later wc was all issued with pyjamas—three pairs each” . That wasn't the only story I


sergeant w'ho was moved into tneir billet to keep ordcr_ “ I’m in charge here”- he snouted with appropr iate adjectives, "and


about in future CRASH


know, naturally there was a lot of larking about . We’d chase each other over the beds, do acrobatics and ’press-ups’, play leap-frog and turn cartwheels, all in our night shirts. Nobody ever bothered us un­


til Sergeant Major Roscoe pot married. JIc went lo live in one of the stall houses overlooking


the field where the huts were and when he drew the curtains on the morning following his honeymoon lie stood with his bride a bonny lass she was-— looking through the window and admiring the view.


Longndge Fells and Kemple End, thick with trees it was in diose days, and lie was just about to move away when, he


Sergeant Major pointed out


his mattress on (op of them. When t ’scrgcaiit came m—after lights out it was. so he couldn’t put a light on—be .undressed in t’dark and then jumped int0 bed You never heard such a crash in your life t sergeant never said a word about ,t


I’sergcant slept in a cubicle in the corner of the hut and that night when he was in the mess w'c took the spring out of his bed. Wc stuck it out of sight under the floorboards and then wc tied two or three lengths of siring across the bed and laid


‘•Well’., said niy companion.


it was over three weeks betore he found his bed-spring. He had


to sleep on t'fl°or!„. . . My companion sat nacic and


looked down the long table. He pointed out a couple 0[ his


comrades seatedfehc311 'toc-olliejf


heard that night. My companion told me of the new and despotic


there’s to be no more mucking


just when things were at their worst, we met together on an ambulance ship, an Australian


we were torpedoed tw'icc and it w'as the second one that did us. The old ship went down bows first. I can’t remember the exact number but it was nearly 200. 181 I think, men went down with her. I was in the water seven hours before L was picked up; 1 don’t know how long those other chaps were in. but here wc arc again and all ot us nearly eighty”.


boat, she was. Before wc saw England again


TOAST


men. The youngest present was 73, the oldest 85. and there were apologies from a dozen or so more, some of them nonogenar- ians—all survivors of the Kai­ ser’s War : the remnants of a company that, when the Whalley Boys Association was formed 5/ years ago. numbered 300. The Chairman called us to


without boasting and I looked round at the twenty odd aging


He told his story simply and


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pany whose guest I was. tt was all a little sad. a little


l


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sung with gusto “She’s my Lady Love” . “There’s a long, long


trail awinding”, “ Roses ardy” and, inevitably, "Made­


moiselle from Aimentiers . It was a night I shall remem* ber for a very long time.


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more solutions to the problem than simply dividing the area in two, Mr. Gollup said that lie thought the idea was plausible, and agreed to pursue the matter with the National Association of Parish Councils. “The crux of the matter is the depth to which the community is already split,” he said. Attendance at the meeting


Mothers’ Union


festival


A PARTY of Mothers' Union members from Waddington. ac­ companied by others from West


Bradford and Grindlcton at ­ tended the Mothers' Union Tri­ ennial Festival in Bradford. First they attended the service of Sung Eucharist in Bradford Cathedral, conducted by the Pro­ vost. the Very Reverend W. H. A. Cooper, and assisted hv the Canon Residentary. the Rever­ end Canon J. W. Towel!. Most members then adjourned to the Cathedral Hall for lunch pro­ vided and served bv the Calver- lcv Deanery Mothers' Union, before looking round the shops. In the afternoon the Mothers'


Union rally was held in St. George's Hall, attended by members from all over the dio­ cese. At the beginning of the rally, banners from most of ihc branches were carried in pro­ cession. The singing was led by the Diocesan Mothers' Union choir, augmented In other Bradford choirs. The Archdeacon of Craven.


totalled 25—17 of whom voted against a division. Only five people from Billington attended although it was not known whether there was a poor at- : tendance through apathy, or i because people were in general ; satisfied with the present situ- I ation.


ing that its opinions would be referred to the Royal Com­ mission when it began its work of investigating parish councils. "However, the result of this vote docs not mean that the parish will not be split. It is only a recommendation to the commission,” he emphasised. Before the meeting, the Parish


Councillor Carr told the meet­


Council's annual meeting' was held when Councillor Car r was re-elected chairman, and Mr. J. C. Jugbluth was re-clectcd vice-chairman


NATURAL CAUSES


A NATURAL causes verdict was returned at an inquest on Rupert Allen (63) of Castle View, Clitheroc who died in Withncll Hospital on May 15th. Dr. Patrick Lynch who per­


formed the post mortem said death was caused by tuber­ culosis. Mr. Derek Fazackerlcy the


j


Venerable Arthur Sephtnn led the prayers and the Archdeacon of Bradford, the Venerable Wil­ liam Johnston, took the chair and welcomed all the visitors.


Ihc LEADER


Chad Varah. the Central Presi­ dent of the Mothers' Union, and thus the leader of


Principal speaker was Mi .


Mothers’ Union throughout the world. She gave a vivid nccouni


the


of her visit to different countries in Africa, and the condition-, prevailing among the native members in Nigeria. Zambia,


and Mashonaland. She hud visited the war-ravaged stale of Eastern Nigeria directly after


the Civil War and described in a most moving wav the plight of members many of whom had


members went to Guiselev. where they enjoyed a lish tea at the renowned 1-Iarrv Ranis- den's fish restaurant, before re- taming Tjomc through Wharl'c- clalc. Arrangements for the out­ ing were made by the branch secretary. Mrs. Irene Walnislci


lost husbands, 'children, and homes. After the rally. Waddinuton


Village green is p lan n ed


Preston Coroner heard evidence from Mr. Herbert Allen of Springfield Road Great Har ­ wood, the deceased’s brother. He told the coroner it was


discovered in 1960 his brother had a spot on his lung, but be ! had refused to have treatment. Later though he had treatment j for tuberculosis. The last few months he said his brother didn't look too well


PLANS for a village green am ear park in Chipping came ; step nearer to fruition tin week, when Clilheroc Rnru Council gave the go-ahead to detailed drawings to he pared with a view to


and he advised him to go to the doctor. He was later admitted to Withnell Hospital where he j died.


I


Thanks to chairman


of Blackburn Rural Council, pointed out, however, that a split might defeat its own ob­ ject. “ Billington may link up with Whalley, and Langho may become par t of Wilpshirc,” he said. “When there are more people in one area, better fac­ ilities can be provided, and a split would mean duplication of these facilities. Councillor Norman Ed- dlcston, of the parish council,


THANKS to Councillor H. Eastwood for all the work he had done as chairman of the No. 5 Division Education Ex­ ecutive during the past year, were expressed by County Aid. F. Worslcy at a meeting of the executive. County Alderman Worslcy


for planning permission. T his follows a meeting of thc


apptx ing pre-


village's memorial hall commi t­ tee. which the council’s clerk. Mr. W. A. Butt, and the sur­ veyor Mr. H. Cockshutt at ­ tended.


tion of a combincd'villagc green and car park, from thc'preseni village hall car park. Public conveniences will be included.


P op u la r service


also said how wise the Lanca­ shire Education Authority had been in appointing Mr. F. Cal­ vert as acting Divisional Edu­ cation Officer. Councillor Eastwood thanked


the executive members tor their support, especially those who may not be members next year.


FOR the second year running, the number of people in Cl ith­ croc Rural Council's area who pay rates at the village col­ lecting stations has increased the council’s finance committee re­ ported. This represents an increase of


-said. He added that they were specially useful in view of in­ creased bus lares and postage charges.


16 per cent over the last two years, showing that people ap­ preciate these collecting facil­ ities, the c>crk. Mr. W. A. Butt,


The plan envisages the crea­


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