,,r1tRQE O P E N ALL WEEK AT


THEO WILSON and SONS LTD, 4 and 7 York St , Cl i theroe. Tel . 2 6 8 8


EDITORIAL ................ TEL. CLITHEROE 2 3 2 4 ADVERTISING.......... TEL. CLITHEROE 2 3 2 3 CLASSIFIED ................ TEL. BURNLEY 22331


LOW MOOR’S CASE GOES TO COUNCIL


RESIDENTS of Low Moor last n igh t called upon Clitheroe Town Council to designate part of the village as an improvement area. This, they said, would mean a fairer deal for property owners than if the area was dealt with under a slum clearance programme. T h e re s id en ts ’ as sociation,


Stolen


detonators danger


stolen f rom a lin em an 's cabin n e a r th e railway a t R im in g to n could be d an ­ gerous in th e h a n d s of children, Gisburn police h av e warned.


EXPLOSIVE d etonators


to w a rn t r a in s ap proa ching th ro u g h fog—were stolen some tim e a t th e weekend. They a re ab o u t two inches


A dozen d eto n ato rs—used


across an d resemble ty p e­ w r i te r


ted. A police spokesman sa id : “ I f children get th em an d h i t th em w ith h am m ers or stones, th ey will explode."


Climb peaks


FOUR Clitheroe R o ta r ian s took p a r t in a sponsored


walk of th e th re e peaks a t th e weekend, ra is in g £90 fo r charity. Mr Jo h n Cowdall, Mr


10 hours. They ended the walk with a swim an d a barbecue a t Giggleswick School. T h e effort, orga­ n ised by th e S e ttle R o ta ry Club, involved 240 walkers, 200 of whom finished th e course.


in ju s t o v e r


G e ra ld Hood, Mr Ba rry Aspden an d Mr S tan ley We s th e ad completed the gruelling 22-mile course, which included the sum­ m its of Fen - y - Ghent, Whernside and X n g l e - bo rough,


Schools hav e been circula­ ribbon containers . formed to p ro te c t th e


in te re s ts of people in High S tre e t , Nelson S tre e t , Union S tre e t a n d Albert S tre e t in p a r ticu la r , s ta te d th e ir case to a Public H e a l th an d Housing Co -.mittee te am comprising th e ch a irm an . Aid. Leo Wells, deputy ch a irm an Aid. Tom Robin­ son, finance ch a irm an Coun. H a r ry Pearson, an d Coun. Derek Akker, a member of th e town council Labour group. Officers p re sen t were the


Town Clerk, Mr Jo h n Cow­ dall; th e Borough T re asu re r, Mr R o n a ld Pickup, an d th e Borough Engineer, Mr Jo h n Bowness.


Statements S ta tem e n ts ab o u t w h a t


took place a t la s t n ig h t 's meeting will be issued la te r by th e council rep re sen ta ­ tives an d by members of th e res id en ts ’ as sociation. However, i t c a n be s ta te d


th a t people in th e a re a u n d e r discussion a re n o t ag a in s t change a s su c h ; they a re concerned about i ts form an d ex ten t. House owners have re ­


ceived copies of rep o r ts on th e i r proper ty commissioned by th e council a n d th e y are n o t in ag re em en t with th em . Concern is fe lt ab o u t a


number of alleged 'dis­ crepancies. F o r ex am p le: A house occupied by


one person is shown as h av h .g th re e occupants.


F au l ts a re claimed in


a roof th a t was new some two yea rs age. New windows p u t in


as p a r t of a l te ra t io n s made w ith improvement


g ran ts an d approved when p lan s were passed by th e co rp o ratio n are


now s a id to be n o t la rg e enough. Members of th e as so­


ciatio n also p o in t o u t th a t High S tre e t was modernised w ith b a th s in 1914.


Friendly •' We w an t th e a re a to be


improved w’i th th e loss of as a few’ houses as possible,” say members of th e as so­ ciation. Low Moor is “ a compact


an d f riendly place an d the community sp ir i t m u s t n o t be impaired.” At la s t n ig h t ’s meeting


th e villager’s urged the council to tak e off th e shelf th e p la n s made some time ago to provide old people's flats an d bungalow’s on cleared la n d in High S tre e t . T h e p o in t was also made


th a t some people were a t an age w’h e n th ey would find i t difficult, if n o t im­ possible, to get a mortgage ’.oul'd they lose th e i r homes


an d have to buy an o th e r . On th e o th e r h an d , th e re


were th o se who could n o t m e et th e cos t of h ig h m o r t­ gage rep aym en ts or th e pre­ vailing h ig h re n ts of council houses. A rem in d e r w’as also given


th a t people have sp e n t a lot of money on modernising th e ir homes a n d th a t th e sizes an d h e ig h ts of rooms are su p e rio r to those of some houses which a re n o t included in th e co rporation's proposals. As p a r t of th e drive to


improve th e qu al ity of life in th e village, th e a t te n t io n of th e council te am w’as draw’n to the bad s ta te of ro ad su r fa ce s in th e area, w’i th a request for action.


Blackburn


Co-operative Society Ltd


Clftheroe District *


Furnishing Dept.


SCHREIBER HIGHBOARD ........................ £56 00 SCHREIBER ROOM DIVIDER .................... £37 25 SCHREIBER BOOKCASE ............................. £22 50 AVALON HIGHBOARD ................................. £61 52 BROOKES ROOM DIVIDER ........................ £32 00 BROOKES 7ft. SIDEBOARD ........................ £45 50


KITCHEN SET. TUBULAR STEEL/TEAK g i g KITCHEN SET. TEAK. SPECIAL PRICE £ 2 Q g Q KITCHEN TABLES FROM . .


★ Electrical Department TRIPLE TWENTY OFFER


£20 £20


OFF HOOVER AUTOMATIC 3236H. R.R.P. £124.95. OUR


OUR PRICE ..................................... £79.42


OFF HOOVERMATIC TWIN TUB, 3314L R.R.P. £99.42


20 Piece Broadhurst Dinner/Tea Set FREE on each of these models


H.P. & 20 Week Terms available


It's all a t the


m ★ NOW £104.95 Fund To me et legal costs—th e


as sociation h a s engaged a solicitor to look a f te r its in te re s ts—villagers a re mak­ ing w’eekly co n tributions to a “ fighting fu n d .” C h a irm an of th e associa­


tio n is Mrs L. Bragger, sec­ re ta ry Mrs J e a n Boyer and tre a su re r Mrs Amy Eccles. F o r th e i r p a r t , th e coun­


cil rep resen tat iv es explained th e implications an d prob­ able costs of a general improvement scheme, an d alte rn a t iv e ly th e problems


and difficulties involved in clearing a n area. T h e re su lt of la s t n ig h t ’s


discussions will be repor ted to a special meeting of the Public H e a lth a n d Housing Committee towards th e end of th e month.


25 donations of blood


A SILVER badge ma rk in g 25 donations of blood to the National Blood T ransfusion Service was made to Mr P. R. Bell, of Moorland Avenue, Clitheroe. T h e p re sen ta t io n was


£14.30


made a t a donor session on Saturday, th e badge Being h an d ed over by Mr B


Sharpies,


ac ting for Toe H an d rep re­ sen tin g th e Lan c ash ire b ran c h of th e NBTS. Some 151 donors at ten d ed


local organiser


th e session, seven of whom were unable to make contribution fo r minor reasons. Nine new volun­ teers at ten d ed . Re fre shments were served


by members of th e WRVS an d th a n k s o n b eha lf of th e Lan c ash ire b ran ch to th em an d th e donors were expressed by Dr Bracewell.


Dropping in


MOST customers a t th e Black Bull Hotel, Rimington, ar r iv e by coach, c a r o r on foot, b u t th is weekend one family dropped in literally o u t of the blue . . . by h eli­ copter. Mr Charles Dalgleish, of


Wycoller, with his wife an d small child, lan d ed th e h eli­ copter in a field across th e ro ad f rom th e Black Bull ju s t in tim e fo r lunch. At th e Black Bull, Mr


William B u t ler took i t all in h is stride. “ I t is unusual, b u t we did have a helicopter calling o n us once before,” h e said.


THE prapi race round Cl i theroe pubs teas such a big success th a t it is to be­ come an annual event . Thirty-one “ mums ” and


regulars Alan Dobson, of Tower Hill and “ b a b y " Nicholas Dinsdale, of Up Brooks. The only women compet ­


“ b a bie s” in prams of ail sizes a nd types wi th gay decorations set off from the Commercial Hotel , Whatley Road, on the four-mile course calling a t 13 pubs for a drink. Winner s — six-and-a-half-


■


pints and 39 minute s later— were Royal Oak Hotel


‘Lucky to be alive’


NIGEL COLES, whose life_ line is a kidney machine which he uses th re e times a w’eek a t his home in Park Avenue. Clitheroc, “ was lucky n o t to be killed ’ in a car accident a t Barrow. Those w’ere th e words of his mother yes terday a f te r


sh e b ed visited him in th e artificial kidney u n i t a t W i th in g to n Hospital, w’here he w’as tran s fe r red from Blackburn Royal Infirmary. She said: " He b ad head


stitched. But • he is doing quite well now. When I visited the h o sp ital on


T h e la te s t rep o r t from the hospital was th a t Nigel h ad


sp en t a good n ig h t an d w’as quite satisfactory. As a resu lt of th e accident, how’ever, Nigei w’ill have to undergo


a dif fe rent type of kidney tre a tm e n t being.


THROWN CLEAR His mothei- explained th a t


th e ac cident h ap p en ed on th e s tre tc h of ro ad between Whiteacre Lane an d the Spread Eagle Hotel. “ Nigel's car ap p a ren tly s tru ck a


p arked van an d he was thrown clear, b u t h e doesn’t remember an y th in g about th e accident,” she said. Nigel


(17) pas sed his


driving te s t e a r lier in th e year, a t his second a t tem p t, and bought himself an Anglia. When th e ac cident


way to Whalley, to fe tch a occurred, he wT as on his


schoolfriend who w’a n ted to w’atcli him working on his kidney machine. Nigel, who only resumed


his studies a t Clitheroe Royal G ram m a r School in Jan u a ry , a f te r h is kidney illness, took O-level exams th is summer, an d is hoping to tak e A-levels n ex t year.


C L I T H E R O E ch em is t’s a s s is tan t Miss Adele Hodg­ son, who h a s helped to re a r th re e successive generations of wild deer on h e r f a th e r ’s Bolton-by-Bowland


was ma rr ied a t th e village church of SS P e te r and P au l on Saturday. And a l th o u g h Bambi, th e


farm,


family’s f irs t p e t deer, w asn ’t invited to th e cere­ mony, she was only too


pleased to sh a re some wed­ ding cake w ith th e couple a f te r th e ir reception. Adele is th e only d au g h te r


of Mr an d Mrs H. A. Hodg­ son. of New In g Farm. Bclton-by-Bowland.. T h e bridegroom' was Mr


for th e time


hardly have gone more smoothly . . . except for one pair who returned wi th


ing in the race were Mrs Romy Riley and Mrs Doreen Williams, regulars a t the Nctu Inn. They didn' t win, hut they were voted the best-dressed team.. The programme could


sponsored and the pledges added to money collected on th e way means the S t Denys ’ Children's Home s ’tould benefit by about £300. The winners


three wheels on their waggon! All the runners were


tion manager bravery.


the


cial car park looked more like a nursery as compet i tors wai ted their turns to join the race.


Whatley’s


new parish priest


NEW P a r ish P r ie s t a t the Church of


Whitbread tankards and certificates of achievement from Mr George Abbotts, tenanted house administra­


received Amnesty


for overdue borrowers


injur ies, an d his face is a mess—i t h a s h ad to be


Tuesday be was much better ."


BORROWERS from C l ith ­ eroe Library who have books overdue will have th e oppor­ tunity to return them with­ o u t risk of fine, when a two-week amnesty is in tro ­ duced id the n e a r future.


liams hopes th e fo r tn ig h t's amnesty will lead to the recovery of 700 books a t p re­ sent overdue.


Libarikit' Mr B a r ry Wil­


about 150 books have been overdue for longer th a n three months. “Borrow’ers tend to reach a p o in t when they realise th a t th ey are going to have to pay a pretty stiff fine, an d they I adopt a 'head in th e sa n d ’ attitude,” he says.


According to Mr Williams


all' exercise, and will n o t be repeated.” Mr Williams added.


••But this is a 'once and for Holiday post THE head post office a t


Clitheroe will be open as usual during the September holidays, but all town sub­ post offices will be closed. Barrow and Bolton-by-


Bowland sub-post offices will open as usual, with Whalley


and Dunsop Bridge being closed on Monday only. Normal deliveries and col­


Clitheroe area are now made between 11-30 a.m. and 1-30 p.m.


tions in the


lections will operate during the holidays. On Saturday final collec­ from boxes


Martyrs, Whalley. F r Thomas Murray, ar r ived a t th e weekend and he is busy se ttlin g in. F o r F r Murray, who was


the English


born in Liverpool, i t is his firs t post as p ar ish priest. He moved to Whalley from S t P e te r 's Church. Black- b um , where he h ad been cu ra te for about a year. He wag o rd ain ed in Rome


PICTURE: The Commer ­


A joyous sound a t Waddington


THE so u n d of bells was h e a rd in W ad d in g to n on T u e sd ay n ig h t fo r th e f i r s t tim e in 16 years. And th e v ic a r of S t H e len 's C h u rch . Can o n C. F. Goodchild. told a c a p a c i ty co n g reg a t io n ; “ We a re in b u s ine s s .”


conducted by the newly appointed Bishop of B rad ­ ford. th e R t Rev. R. S. Hook, six firework rockets were launced from th e top were launched from the top The man who climbed up


After a dedication service


to l ig h t th e touch paper was Mr Donald Nelson,


whose fa th e r . R o b i n . ,— - ~ccj the tower’s wood­


work. c second lesson was


read by Canon A. Hodgson, president of th e L ancashire As'ociation of Change


in 1954, h aving studied th e re a t th e Beda College. Before th a t he spent four years ju s t a f te r th e war as a C h r is t ian Bro th e r in Inri’a. For eight years, u n til 1971, h e was in Africa with th e missions. He was pr incipal of S t


members of several belfries who took tu rn s in “ Ringing in " th e new peal. T h e first tu rn went to th e new village te am : Dale Mason (secretary,


Ringers. He a f te rw a rd s


Mary’s Secondary School. Zonlicwa, an d la te r became nrincmPl of S t T h om a s ’s Secondary School. K am o . His cu ra te in Whalley, F r


Anthony Butler, was also in Nigeria in the missions for some years. Although they were in dif fe rent a re as of th e country they will have much to ta lk about and compare about tb e ir lives in Africa.


Cadets seek a site


THE Army Cadet Force in


Clitheroe has acquired a h u t for a h e ad q u a r te rs hut is unable to find a suitable


isitc. Anxious to help, Clitheroe


P lan n in g Committee dis­ cussed several possibilities b” t was unable to come up —:*h th e answer. Meanwhile


have been asked to keep in touch with th e Borough Engineer, Mr Jo h n Bowness.


Chihuahua


AT Tonge Moor an d D is tr ic t Kennel Club show Knuzden Princess of Salsam,shown by Mr an d Mrs S. Carl.von, of Sidney Avenue. Whalley. won th e f irs t prize an d cud in th e any variety chi­ h u ah u a class.


Wedding cake for Bambi


Bryan A r th u r Bowman, the only son of Mr a n d Mrs R. Bowman, of Ringmere, Rib­ blesdale Es ta te, Long P re s ­ ton. He is a n employee of B.


Dugdale an d Son, of Clitheroe. The bride, who was given


gown of shadow striped satin, with a full-length


away by h e r fa th e r , wore a long white Victorian-style


bouffant veil a n d floral headdress. She


gold roses an d chincherin- chee. The bridesmaids were Miss


carried Wine and Spirit Bargains


Lynette Mason, Miss Susan Bowman, th e bridegroom’s sister, and Miss Deborah Greenwood. They wore gowns of blue floral Dacron trimmed with w h i te ''la c e , with white s c a t te r flowers in th e ir h air , an d carried gold roses an d white spray chrysanthem ums.. Best man was Mr David


DOM SILVANO PORTUGUESE WINES Dom S i lvan o Rose, Dom S ilvano W h ite , Dom Silvano Red


75 p each (1 2 for £ 8 .6 4 = 72p) Estate Bott led Wines ----Specially Selected


Procter, ■ an d groomsman was Mr Paul Murphy. Ushers were Mr Jo h n Cox an d Mr Jo h n Baxter. T h e Vicar of Bolton-by- Bowland, the Rev. J . W.


w ' ӣer' officiated a t the ceremony, which th e


Robinson, a reception was 2 rSvu«'st was Mr John


held a t the Coach and Horses Hotel, Bolton-by-


Bowland. After


Austria, th e couple will live in Bolton-by-Bowland. P h o to : Mrs- A. S tre tch ,


a honeymoon m ■ Chatburn. Ulhitesides


SHAWBRIDGE CLITHEROE TEL. 2281


th e h u t Is being stored by • corporation an d cadets


ioined ~~


AEROSPACE WORKERS BACK


MORE th a n 200 workers of th e Clitheroe factory cf Lucas Aerospace are now back a t work a f te r a 10- week strike. The men. to g e th er with the Burnley


workers a t factory were str iking over


a p ar ity claim with Birming­ ham. At a mass meeting of Clitheroe an d Burnley workers on F riday i t was


tower m a s te r -' . J im Herd (ringing m a s te r ) , Joe Jack- son. M a r tin Hevwood. R ich a rd Haworth. Eugene Colwell. Jo h n Saddler and


tre a su re r and were members of


Edward Robottom. Mr Herd an d Mr .Tackson


o'-in-inal team of 16 years th e


cession organised by Mr J. H. Taylor walked from the S und ay School


to the


church. Tile dedication was the


v itin g people called Wad­ dington to donate, an d one who did, Mr Victor Wad­ dington, came from Don­ caster specially fo r th e


ceremony. Child hurt


girl was involved in an accident with a car outside h e r C h a tb u rn Road home on Sunday afternoon. The child, Ju d i th Wignall,


A six-year-old Clitheroe was tak en to Accrington


Victoria Hospital an d was due home today.


Matinees


CLITHEROE Town Coun­ cil's en te r ta inm en ts com­


m ittee is to look into th e possibility of s ta r t in g S a tu r ­ day matinees a t the Civic


Hall.


• Colour Hue and Tint Controls. • Sound and Vision Tone Controls. • New 1 10° Tubes that give a much


Slimmer Cabinet. s ^ §


• Engineered to the Highest Standards and ^ presented in Choice Veneer Cabinets. §


S $


Naturally all these plus features cost a little more th a n ^ ordinary colour television. We are sure tlicv arc worth ^ th e difference. Come an d see for yourself.


S o


culmination of two yea rs of fu n d raising. By various means th e villager,; collec­ ted over £4.500. One scheme involved in ­


ago. Before th e service, a pro­


S fS S S //S S S ///fS f/S ///fS //fS S S /S /S S S S S S S /S S fS S S fS fS S S S S /S S JA ASPDENS


PR0UDLY PRESENT . . .


SABA THE COLOUR TELEVISION


overwhelmingly decided vo end th e s tr ik e forthwith a f te r h ea r ing th a t parity with o th e r Lucas factories should be implemented ov October. 1975.


Clitheroe Advertiser and T im es


SUI T S Ready-Tailored or


Made-to-Mcasure from new Autumn Ran ges


CALL IN AND SUIT YOURSELF No. 4500


THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th PRICE 4p


FRED READ & CO LTD 9 MARKET PLACE, CLITHEROE Telephone 2562


Cement lorry drivers won't join strike


RIBBLESDALE Cem en t d r iv e rs h ave refused to come o u t on s tr ik e in sym p a th y w ith build in g tra d e workers w’ho h av e been p ic k e t in g th e West B rad fo rd Road e n t ra n c e to th e w’orks a t Clitheroe.


already cut by h alf because of th e dispute—have been m a in ta in ed by the 105 drivers. Pickets, some of whom arc


But deliveries of cement—


members of th e T ran sp o r t an d General Workers'


Union, have been a t the p la n t this week. But when th e ir a t tem p ts to persuade drivers to support th e ir fight for a £30 minimum wage m e t w’i th no success, they


left peacefully, promising u> re tu rn later. Mr Jack Binks, TGWU


shop steward at Ribblesdale Cement ,


all of the drivers belong, said th a t they were not volunteer ing to slop work, because " nobody wants to go on the dole." "T h e men are sympathet ic, but feel th a t if they were on str ike the builders wouldn't help them." He agreed th a t the s i tua­ embar ras s ing


to whose union tion was


because some of the pickets belonged to the .same union, but added ’’ the union only s ta r t s a t home."


I£ 51 BA R R AS SI N G


occurred at. a t ime when the effects of the miners str ike are still being felt, the drivers are now down to the i r basic wage, with no chance of overtime for the present. " Unless it is an except ional ly mild winter, the re will probably be no more overtime until


As the building str ike has


spring," said Mr Binks. Al though deliveries are


the


affected, he docs not think th a t the plant, itself will be slowed down, as cement in its raw s ta te is not subject to weather ing and can be stored.


“ As long as the men con­


t inue to drive the lorries to the sites, they will be paid."


thei r loads. Vic will' car ry on while we can leave the works peacefully, but we


said Mr Binks. " ev en if they are refused ent ry with


t inues for any length of time, the re will n a tura l ly be fears th a t drivers might


don' t want, to get nvolvcd in any violence.-’ If tire building str ike con­


have to be laid off. Should this happen. Mr Binks said t h a t the men would take it in turns to work for a week a t a time, so that, everyone was affected equally.


A S P D E N S 26 KING STREET, CLITHEROE '5/////////////f///////f/sfs///////f////f/f//////ff/f/f///7z.


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10