Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, May 12, 1972 J 1


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man group, named lead guitarist, was ex-members of a


Wells-based group ngton Lodge, which everal unsuccessful


s lead guitar, Brins- himself plays bass


yboards and vocals, nkin. drums. Schwar/.’ line-up is by their newest Gomm, who plays sings. The group


eir own material. Brinsley Schwarz


ric. but short-lived through the help known as "Fame-


lingly infinite fin- ig. they bought a equipment, and


t near-stardom to on:


ty of confidence, 'rom all sides, they


a crusade by Radio n Peel, and by a of stage sound British group has y began to regain


d. avoiding ted- and meaningless breaks. chwarz added to at the weekend, de an appearance


shaw Pop festival, s’ well received.


Gomm joined the hey reached a new' heir third album. The group now with a real and


jitars. Other mem- group arc Nick and vocals; Bob


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CLITHEROE MUNICIPAL ELECTION—1972


The Conservative Candidates w ish to thank all who actively supported them in the recent election.


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ERIC AINSWORTH CLITHEROE A D VER TISER


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GIRLS CAN NOW INVADE A MALE PRESERVE WEST BRADFORD


WHEN the reading room at West Bradford was first opened more than 50 years ago. it had a thriving male membership. Now that the


clientele is down to nine, girls are to be encouraged


to use the facilities. Moreover, the parish council


has decided to consider making a gift of £30 for improvements to amenities at the reading


room. It appears that many people in


the village, living in recently- built houses, arc unaware of the room's existence, al though it is the only source of entertain­ ment for the village’s young


at the council’s annual meeting by the chairman, Coun. Albert Titterington. Two committee members, Coun. Wallace Pen­ man and Mr. James Nuttall, were asked to investigate and repor t on the matter. The clerk, Mr. Campbell


people. The situation was spotlighted


Barker, told the Advertiser and Times: “The room was at first very popular, but with the advent of television it would


appear that the older people lost interest.” Now, the facilities are show­


ing signs of age and funds arc meagre. What funds there are have been raised largely by the efforts of John Tittcrington, the chairman's son, and Martin Dugdalc. In seeking more members, the aim is primarily directed at


children in their early teens, though older people would be equally welcome. The parish council’s grant is


ever. there would have to be supervision. Mr. Barker and Coun. Titterington are pre­ pared to assist with this prob­ lem. and it is hoped that some kind of rota can be devised. A nominal charge of 37-!-p a year for each member will help


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Fruit cake contest


Bracewell, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Bargh. The girls judged fruit cakes. The judge was Margaret Smith. Results were. seniors: 1, J. Bancroft: 2. A. Lancaster. Inter­ mediates: 1 J. Bancroft: 2. E. Lancaster; 3rd. C. Newbold. Juniors; 1. M. Bargh: 2, H. Coates; 3. M. Lancaster. C. Bancroft proposed a vote of thanks. The senior boys had a tractor


ON Monday evening Gisburn Y.F.C. met at Hopwood Farm,


Bargh: 2. S. Bargh. Junior : 1, I. Coates; 2, D. Newbould; 3, D. Redmayne. Fred Wall proposed a vote of thanks. The competi­ tions were followed by a pie and pea supper. A short business meeting was also held.


Intermediates: j. R.


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Widows’ and Orphans’ Fund, a ] journal ist charity. Programmes, 1 costing 30p each, are available j from newspaper offices.


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CLITHEROE firemen dealt with a small rubbish fire at D. Cat termole’s Upbrooks Saw­ mill. on Friday afternoon. No damage was caused, and the fire was soon out.


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brigade attended a chimney fire i at Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe. ! Little damage was caused, and i there were no casualties.


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brigade was out again—this | time to Crosshills tip, where j some waste rubber was on fire. ; On Monday afternoon, the 1


Exactly 24 hours later, the j


17th. The match is at Great Ha r ­


dependent on girls being al­ lowed to join. Said Mr. Barker: “The main thing is to provide some form of entertainment for the girls in the village. There is nothing else in the village and the bus service is inadequate.” With a mixed clientele, how­


to keep the funds alive. The room, which is


making a shot at the billiard table, with left to right: Mr. Barker, Mr. Penman, Kenneth Peel, Mr. Nuttall, Brian Wood


modified house rented from Trutex Ltd, has a dart board, table tennis and billiard table. Mr. Barker also sees it as a a suitable place for villagers. Martin is seen in our picture


in


SS anniversary i at Low Moor j


SERVICES were well-attended j a t Low Moor Methodist Church


on Sunday, when the anniver- 1


sary of the Sunday School was | celebrated. Preacher for the day was the


Rev. J. Goodhall , of Chatburn, who gave an address in the evening entitled “The Treasures of the Church.” Chairman at the morning service was Mr. G. Barnes. In the afternoon, scholars


gave a demonstration of the adorning of the Cross, with pansies, lilies, roses and daffo­ dils. They also sang hymns ant! gave recitations.


The collection for the day


amounted to £63, which went to the Sunday School funds.


Ironing out snags at the pool


PROBLEMS at the Ribblesdale Pool spotlighted this week by a local teacher were described as largely teething trou­


Primary School. Mr. Peter W. Lancaster, told the Advertiser and Times he considers condi­ tions at the pool unhygienic and says he has been appalled at tile amount of litter being strewn around the building. Mr. Lancaster, who three


collected four bags full of plas­ tic drinking cups, sweet papers and crisp packets from outside the building and from the vic­ inity of the vending machines.


times a week is taking 30 senior pupils from his school to the pool, s a y s


they have already HYGIENE


handling competition and a competition to erect an electric fence. Results. Seniors: I. A. Bancroft: 2, J. F. Wall; 3, Ban­ croft.


ted with swimming facilities in Scandinavia having been there 15 limes. He has also lectured


Mr. Lancaster is well-acquain­


attendants at the Ribblesdale Pool who are doing all they can in the circumstances, but in his ipinion the fault lies in the de­


sign and organisation of the pool. He is also concerned that


example have washing faci­ lities. but in the country the standards of hygiene are abys­ mal and there is no excuse’’. He is full of praise for the


fore entering the pool. “All pools in Denmark for


in Africa on swimming. He con­ siders some of the Ribblcsdalc pool’s amenities to be insuffi­ cient. “Two showers are not enough and there is no soap and nowhere for a person to wash their feet” . He had seen some swimmers with dirty feet who were unable to wash them be­


bles when put to baths manager, Mr. Brian Camps. A teacher at Edisford County


was something of a problem. , “We do have suitable litter bins i in the vending machine area and ! are. waiting for more to be de­ livered which will be put out­ side” .


Mr. Camps will be organising ' an anti-liller campaign. He is also tackling the pro­


blems caused by people walking round the pool in their shoes and by swimmers taking drinks to the pool-side. He explained that the en­


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another inconvenience: “ If wc go on the S.20 bus 1 have to take my other two children which means paying for three of us.”


Mrs. Dewhurst just to sec her five-year-old daughter Karen on to the bus. knowing that she would be taken across ing Street by a traffic warden and would be just in time for school.


Previously it was safe for NOT RIGHT


“We should not have to use cars. You can't always depend on them. “There should be a school bus.” Furthermore the parents say


they were not forewarned that the bus was to be withdrawn. “There was just a new time­ table” said Mrs. Dewhurst. “We knew some services were being this one. They never explained anything at all.”


Exchange is running out of numbers


CLITHEROE telephone i users will, in a year or so, have to face up to the task of forgetting all the town's present telephone numbers, in favour of new five-digit ones.


Plans for the change arc. i !i


however, only tentative as yet. 1 and may not take place until some time in 1974. Explained


Mr. J. Hughes, Senior Telecom­ munications Superintendent to j the Blackburn telephone area: j “We shall shortly be reaching \ the limit of services that wc , can provide with the Clitheroe i exchange's present equipment.” ,


was too soon to give any details of the changes, it was likely that each of the present num­ bers would have a fifth figure added to them. “Such changes are happening constantly, and eventually the whole country will have undergone a switch,” said Mr. Hughes.


EXTENSIONS He added that, although it !


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trance for spectators was also the only way out to the service j road and must be kept clear ; in the case of emergencies This j area could not be blocked off. ! However, work was in hand to put up a temporary barrier. Mr. Camps disagreed with the


were available but these were | being thrown into litter bins. Soap dispensers had been in- i stalled but supplies of liquid : soap were still awaited.


smoking is allowed in the chang­ ing rooms.


gered him is that swimmers can leave the pool, go to the vend­ ing machines and return with food or a drink.


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and oranges being split around i the edge of the pool. People


“This is totally wrong. Coffee


round the pool in their shoes. <' X: . Camps, manager of the ,


go to a pool to swim, not to eat and drink”. He also feels concerned that ; people are allowed to walk 1


troubles which would be re­ solved in time. With the baths being newly opened, a large number of people were using using them and this created pro­ blems. In time the numbers would settle down. Mr . Camps agreed that litter


pool, told our reporter that j some of the problems referred to by Mr. Lancaster had soon ! become apparent and he was taking steps to remedy them. Many of them were teething


SHUTS UP SHOP


FOR GREAT DAY HIS LIFE


CHAMPION shoemaker Coun. shutting up shop on Tuesday


while his family of Clitheroe.


____ . but only for the day, Richard Turner will be


and staffattend his installation as Mayor The ceremony will be a


LAST BIG RALLY AT TODBER


SUDDEN downpours on both Saturday and Sunday put rather a damper on Mr. Tom Varley's giant two-day steam rally—and a large


number of people, under cover of the confusion cau­ sed by the weather, took the opportunity to see the show


at Mr. Varlcv’s Todber Ca ra­ van park, Gisburn, at tracted more examples of road steam locomotion than any other of his three previous rallies had done, only about 6,000 instead of an expected 10,000 turned up to watch the fun. Thf» trouble began, explained


without paying. And although Ihc rally, held


Mr. Varley, when people already at the event decided to pack up


r


and leave as the rain began. “ All we could do was open all the gates to the field car parks, to let them all out. and in the mix-up a lot of people ignored the attendants and got in free.”


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stage the event, and although he still made a slight profit, takings were down by a third. The proceeds from the event are donated lo charity.


It cost Mr. Varlcy £1,000 to But those who did pav pot


their money's worth, t o, with about £0 steam vehicles from


the cancellation, through rain, of what was to have been a new feature of the rally—grass


all over the North^ on show-, including showman’s tractors and locomotives, steam tractors, steam rollers, wagons, general purpose vehicles and organs. A big disappointment was


track racing between various


steam vehicles. In fact, traction engine own­


ers spent much of Sunday after­ noon and evening rescuing ; the'r vehicles from the muddy ; field, as did a large number ot j


collection—now numbering half j a dozen steam vehicles—was on j show. Taking pride of place , was his latest completed reno­ vation. a 1931 Sentinel slcum ' wagon. This made its first trip i


private motorists. Mr. Varley's own private j


under its own power during the ; raliv.


“I shall not be organising a . .


after the event, “al though this was bv no means a wash-out. and I believe that many people enjoyed most of the time. Next year, it will be a small gather­ ing with perhaps a dozen eng­


big railey at Todbar again," oi td a saddened Mr. Varley,


ines.”


proud occasion (or Coun. I ur- | ncr and his wife Edith, who j


were born and brought up in ( iithcroc and have lived in the


and both arc connected with many local organisations.


BUFFET


ceremony at the Town Hall will be their son John and daughter Catherine, who live in Clith­ croc. phis


Among those watohing the


Kirkby Lonsdale, Stoke. Black­ burn and Burnley. The official proceedings will


be the turn of Coun. J. H. Fell of Limefield Avenue, Wballey. to be installed as chairman of Cl itheroe Rural Council. Chairman of Bowland Rural


be concluded with a buffet lunch at the Stark ic Arms Hotel for 90 guests and officials. The following Monday i t will


Council for the next year will again be Coun. James Porter, of Hodder Bank, Whitewcll.


relatives from.


town all their lives. They have long associations with St. Michael and St. John’s Church.,


Another point which has an­


before entering the plunge area ! from t h c changing rooms. ; bathers had to walk through a j foot bath. But as these baths j were circulated with treated i water from the swimming pool, j soap could not be added.


Mr. Camps pointed out that j !


country had a cafe or vending machines and the income also j helped to keep down overheads. 1 On the matter of soap, bars j


suggestion that there was no need to sell food at a pool. By doing so, they were providing a service which the public ex­ pected. Every swimming pool in the


ccrnc d \x ill be informed of thc draft plans in the near future.” said Mr. H* ghes. “and our customers \\ ill receive in forma- tion ncarc


“The lo.■al authorities con- I chnngc-ovcr s ” *he lime of the


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sion of showers, Mr. Camps . said that had more been pro­ vided the cost of the pool would have been greater. Half a dozen showers would have meant a bigger building anti Clithcroc w'ould soon have had baths cost­ ing £250.000”.


Comment ing on the provi- I j


Paul’s, 1st Pcndlc. St. Mary’s. Trinity. SS. Michael and John's (Loyola). Waddington. a n d Wliallcy. Each Pack playing six games, some of which were keenly contested. The referees were Mr. W. Seed and Mr. E. Carter. At the close of i ues- dav’s play. Dr. G. Hampson, District Commissioner, intro­ duced Mr. Barry Endean. centre-forward of Blackburn Rovers who presented the Sagar Shield to the winning Pack. SS. Michael and John's (Loyola) I 1 points. \Vhallcv Pack came second with 10 points, and *1 rin- itv third with 9 points.


THE Clilhcroc and dislrict Cub Scout Football Competition for the Sagar Shield was held at Edisford Road School on Mon­ day and Tuesday evenings. Seven Packs competed — St.


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