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DURING a lifelong interest in bird life I have on many occasions come across a fel­ low who considered it rather strange for one to be so con­ cerned with birds of the feathered variety when there


completely isolated from world­ ly matters. On the contrary even the most devoted bird watcher seeking out the rare species in the Highlands -an, and often does, meet up with even an international rarity seldom spot­ ted on any excursion. Over the years I have had a


able but it is dangerous to as­ sume that the ornithologist is


is so much to admire in the human species. The argument is understand­


International stature


more than most in the ornitho­ logical held and now to this list 1 can add a figure of inter­ national stature. Never did 1 expect that in the far outpost of Orkney fate would bring me face to face with a person de­ scribed as extraordinary in the national press. Or one, who. in a series of articles in a well known weekly, was given the headline. "Is this the most shocking girl in the world?" There were sensational head­


I can claim to have logged Last spring we stayed in a


very small Orkney croft, a place which the rest of the world sel­ dom secs or imagines exist. My wife and myself w'ere the only visitors as the capacity of the cottage was only capable of two plus the owners. Late one afternoon a couple


lines concerning the Blac k Pow'cr movement and het meei- ing with international statesmen in America. So 1 found there is more in the advert which ad­ vises you to "Always carry' a camera" than at first meets the eye.


SMALL


fairly wide experience of life in its broadest sense. I have met many national figures in the p o l i t i c a l and entertainment world. And my excursions in quest of the unusual in the bird world has been gratifying.


confronted with the wildest and most extraordinary situation even if your chief concern is the mere placid hobby of bird watching. But lirst let me briefly put you in the picture.


Always be prepared to be


came to the door and our host with typical hospitality offered a room, or what we would term an attic. The couple were thrilled and stayed in spite of the obvious restrictions. Now, although l am more at


this girl being mentioned iu Ludvic Kennedy's bock on the ‘‘Trial o f Stephen Ward.” She was known internationally for her exotic parties and other associations too numerous to mention. And all this on Ork­ ney where l was hunting for the rare birds of the lochs and moorlands. To return however to less


and waterproofs until we came to an area where several lochans indicated we had reached utter isolation. After shedding all our encum­


head. Success was now im­


minent. Fully aware of what was to


brances on the springy dry heather I began to explore the vast waste of rough tussocky grass. There could be no set plan


case writing on the countryside and wild life. 1 could with little effort fill this page with a de­ scriptive piece of that couple and, in particular, the young lady. She was certainly out­ standing both in regard to dress and general appearance. Once seen never forgotten you may say. All this was twelve months ago and it was only after several months that the true story came to light, and the facts began to startle. My only regret is that 1 failed


to get a photograph. N° on® then had the slightest idea of


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WHEN PAMELA WARD l e f t Clitheroe Grammar School for Edinburgh Uni­ versity, she had no idea that seven years later she would be a C o n g r e g a t i o n a l


Clitheroe, will be ordained a week tomorrow at Christ Church, South Ella. Hull, where she is to become minister. The orders will be conferred


minister. Pamela, of Easlham Street,


would not have women in the


pulpit. Tn October the Congrcga-


by the Rev. Norman Beard, moderator of the North Eastern Province (covering Northumber­ land and part of Yorkshire). The Rev. Mrs. Kathleen Hendry, from Clitheroe, will also be taking part. It was Mr. Beard who in­


to try other churches found that Hull seemed a suitable place. Pamela graduated a few


churchgoer (her lather. Mr. John Ward, is the Congrega­ tional Church treasurer at Clitheroe). she previously had no particular career in mind. At Edinburgh. she became secretary of the university s C ongregational Society, and their discussions led her lo read books on the subject. This thought Pamela, coupled


tionalists and Presbyterians be­ come the United Reformed Church. Pamela is all for unity, with a certain amount of diversification (as in the high and low churches of the Anglican faith). Recognising that people to­


PAMELA WARD


with the fact that ordained women were few and far be­ tween. probably put her on the


vited Pamela to try Christ Church. She preached there as a student, and though entitled


weeks ago from Manchester Congregational College, where she was studying for a Bachelor of Divinitv degree to add to the M.A. in Latin and English which she obtained at Edin­


burgh. It was at university that she


decided to enter the Church. Although brought up as a


It’s in


and something 1 want to do. ’ she said. "I don't think 1 will be happy if 1 don t do this. Naturally enough, she con­


road to ordination. "It's a worthwhile occupation


"There arc advantages with both.” she reasoned. "Some are good at one thing: others at something else. The Methodist Church was about to accept women ministers, while the Congrecationalists had been ordaining women for more than 50 vears—though even now there v.cre some churches that


siders women ministers to be just as competent as men.


day are drifting away from the Church, she hopes to find a remedy: "People think that there is no point in going to church just because, they have been brought up to go. I want people to. see that there is a point. “The worship must be in­ teresting and alive. I will sec that there is plenty going on and that people arc interested and know what they are doing. The Church has to change with the times." But for ordination, Pamela


. . ordained next week


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might have become a librarian, for she includes reading among her interests, a 1 o n g with country walks and music. She plays the piano (being a L i c e n t i a t e of the Royal Academy of Music) and the flute. As a sinter. she was a member ol Manchester Cathed­ ral Cantata Choir and hopes to join a choir in Hull.


so nice to be back dear old Clitheroe


WE'RE not. in fact, abroad; these thoughts might be less nos­ talgic if we were. Abroad, we would be enjoying the sense ol community life that gives such vitality to French and Italian towns: the morning apcritil drunk out of doors in the full bustle of pavement life, the even­ ing promenade in the town s •place’, the gathering outside the church after Sunday Mass. No.


family for \ea:w 1' s closing in two months’ time, bought by a chain store. There arc hardly any other kind of shops to be seen. Except of course the large empty ones that stand at corners ot streets planned for redevelop­


ment. The little shops moved tar


we’re not abroad, wc’rc merely away and the home-sickness springs from a yearning, in this sprawling, characterless city, for the cheerfulness and kindliness and general sense of belonging that gives Clitheroe its charm.


TREAT


’What? Grew dull, windswept Clitheroe?’ No town 1 suppose, actually charms its own children however much they may love it. but Clitheroe certainly charms those who. like us. come trom other parts to live in or near it and those who come to visit it. We always keep as a final treat


‘Charming?’ its natives will say


away to multi-storey, neighbour- less blocks out in the nesv town­ ships which have let t the city s centre without any heart, appro­ priate for a city so heartlessly


planned. Back in Clitheroe. they II be


serving coflcc in the warm and friendly hotel where we go for our elevenses. '1 he waiter knows us now, so docs the kind mana­ geress who once mixed our youngest a fizzy orange to his own specifications: soda water and orange squash. Were wc at home, we would


at home. But that's croc's fault. Back to


not Clit’n- Granny's.


And of course that's the one really great advantage of P . . . over Clitheroe. Not having grandmothers near is one of the many disadvantages ot not being


native northerners. True CTitheronians keep their grandmothers near them. That s another thing tTiey accept as nor­ mal along with the peculiar and precious character ot their little grey town with its grand vistas to the castle, its encircling fells, until they move away trom it and find themselves saying with the same fervour as wc strangers arc saying it now "O to be in Clitheroe now lhal summers there.”


MARY JANE


for visitors, a Saturday morning visit to Clitheroe. and it never fails. W'e go round the market where the children can roam about completely safe from cars or bicycles: delicious cheeses, whey cream which no southerner knows about, great spreads ot flowers and bedding-out plants, multifarious bargains. Or perhaps, to buy a paper


probably go on to visit friends, still living in a house that their family bought nearly a hundred years ago, surrounded by cousins and neiccs and other church and chapelgoing friends who have shared the same outings and meetings, helped each other in illness "and hardship ever since childhood.


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from a shop where before now I have been lent pennies when l had to telephone home in an emcigency. Wc want to look tip the films because it isn’t often that our friends have a chance to go to a half-timbered cinema where the box office has chintz curtains at the windows and the kindly management stands in the hall to say goodbye to their pat­ rons as they leave.


NO LOANS


This is another high spot and again we feci a glow of civic


Often wc go on to the library.


pride; every piece of brass on doors and stairs sparkles, old Clitheroe looks down from stern brown photographs, there is air amazingly up-to-the-minute pile of books on the table as we come in. And as wc go out our visitors marvel once again at the way that everyone calls everyone else by name: ‘You really l'ccl you be­


long don’t you?’ It’s Saturday to-day and we've


IT PAYS


bought the P------ Herald from a shop where no one lends anyone anything. “ Please do not ask for credit . . . ” There are lovely films on to help Sunday along “ Sex is a Pleasure” and “Captive Women” . We’ve taken Granny's book back to the library, very brisk. And now we’re having morning coffee in a little calc above a cake shop in the middle


of the town. It’s a very nice place, a family


business, owned by the same


our wav through the roaring cars and buses, hustling through filter lights, moaning impatiently at zebra crossings, squeezing into tiny parking places along the pavements of all the residential roads that lead into the city. Cars are everywhere, even in


Now. instead, wc must thread


the cathedral precincts. They add to that sense of isolation and alienation which affects one here. In Clitheroe much of the town's life goes on on the pavements: friends talk about prices and people; Rotarians arrange their meetings, the young lounge by the library and comment on the scene. Down by Shawhridgc the old sit sedately contemplating it.


CHEESE


Clithcroc; now wc must go and get a picture book. T hey will be sold in sixes in impenetrable plastic packets trom a stand. In Clitheroe they are sold in


Wc bought Granny a picture of


LOCAL motorists, bus drivers, and long-distance coach and lorry drivers will welcome the government's intention to widen the busy A59 between Gisburn and Skipton. Four sections of the road to


Skipton arc included in a £60 million gronup of road schemes being added to the trunk roads preparation pool. First section of the A59


scheme is the widening and realigning o f two miles o f road including the Horton Bridge diversion between Comercial Hotel, Gisburn and Crook's


with minor diversions will take place as far as Bale Plantation, and from this point to Crickle- bridge there will be a 1.6 mile by-pass of East and West Mar­


House. Widening and realignment


lon.


provides for a Skipton northern lay-pass on the A59-A65 to sup­ plement the western by-pass. The Department of the En­


The fourth pari ot the scheme . ,


vironment says preparatoy work is not expected to take very long and subject to their appraisal showing good value for money and local' procedures being car­ ried out satisfactorily, work could begin within the next two


years.


Famous organist


A FAMOUS lady organist in the USA, Marilyn Mason, will open the new season of the Clitheroe Parish Church Organ Society on September 30th. She will be giving about five recitals in England, the one in Clithcroc being the 102nd since the Society was founded.


spectacular things. We had a very successful interlude with the great Skua's and the Arctic species. Both of these have their nesting territory on the wild desolate uplands. Several years ago we dis­


covered a pair of great Skuas on Handa—at a time when this was the most southerly nesting site. I then attempted to get a shot of the eggs and had to re­ treat because of the murderous dive-bombing attacks of the parents. On Hoy and Orkney they nest in various places and are well known for their vicious attacks on humans. Knowing their territory on


other than to wander about in the hope of seeing the adults, their behaviour would give lie to their nesting area. Experi­ ence taught me to seek the higher ground where the little hillocks have attractions for these birds. In the wilderness I flushed a


follow I must confess to a de­ gree of indifference. As I came nearer to the nest the fantastic, even reckless dives at my head continued. I had only one con­ solation. The attacks always came into the wind. This gave me some respite as both male and female came round into the wind just before each dive. Soon I spotted the two large eggs and at once I retreated.


REGRET


a sitting dunlin from her four eggs. I do not recall seeing a more attractive nest with its pear-shaped contents. Other than this the area seemed de­ void of life. Ten minutes later with no


the heights above Dounby we set out with all the necessary gear, including hide, cameras


warning l saw a great skua threatening my approach. This was encouraging. The threat indicated we were getting “hot” . Of this I was convinced as the massive bird with a wing span of four feet began to dive at my


gear — hide, tripod, cameras, stakes, etc.—and soon the hide was in position. During these activities the dive bombing con­ tinued. Fortunately 1 could work at 30 feet due to the size of the bird which made accept­ ance easy. I have only one re­ gret. We let pass the oppor­ tunity o f getting a picture of those hair raising dives. As we worked erecting the


After a rest we gathered our


hide the female began her down­ ward course from a height of a couple o f hundred feet and


when little more than ten feet from my head she dropped her feet and with a frightening “whosh” cut through the air a foot from my scalp. After entering the hide I saw


the ferocious skua was sitting peacefully on her clutch o f eggs. Never have I encountered such a diversity of mood. Now she was calm and docile utterly changed from that suicidal crea­ ture having no fear of a mere human. Few birds will defend their eegs as do these skuas. The '’following morning saw


us again in the same territory waiting for the arctic skua less than half a mile from the great skuas just over the hill. They are delightful birds and rare even in the northern isles. Those we followed were in no way as aggressive as their neighbours and did not attack even when we came near the nest. In com­ mon they obtain food by per­ sistently harassing the black- backed gulls and even the gan- net until they disgorge their


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ACT OF COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE


A FEW weeks ago, in the House of Commons, Denis Healey, suggested, rather irresponsibly, that devalua­ tion of the pound might be only round the corner. A few days later British holi­ day-makers abroad found it difficult, if not impos­


sible. to cash sterling trav­ ellers’ cheques. Then the Government allowed the pound to “ float” , and appar­ ently all was well, or at least


ber of theories and levels of knowledge with regard to inter­ national finance. None o f them, in my view, provide a complete explanation. George Brown ap­ parently. firmly believes in ‘ ‘the gnomes of Zurich” , sinister little men in dark glasses who mani­ pulate the whole thing to their advantage and our detriment. For myself, and I don't pretend to be an expert, there is a very simple starting point. In the streets of Port Said. It was there, as a young soldier, that T watched fascinated while a money changer, equipped only with a suit case and piles of rather grubby notes offered to change anything from roubles to Mexican dollars.


for the time being. There are, of course, a num­


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operations which were worthy o f note. First, he made a profit on all the rates of exchange. Second the currencies of pros­ perous countries were much more negotiable, and therefore more acceptable, than those of nations whose economies were, for whatever reason, unstable. Tn essence, of course, the


There were tw'o aspects of his


ishes that vital element in a nation’s economy, confidence. T o an extent, therefore, to allow a "free” pound was an act of courage and confidence. To do so was to presuppose that our currency would no; sink to an unacceptable lewcl. What now of the future? Of


David Walder’s Westminster Viewpoint lllllllillllllllli


has been with us since the turn of the century. At least so far as the face value of money is concerned. For when beer was twopence a pint average wages were expressed in shilling rather than pounds. Again it was what you could buv that mattered. So, today when prices in­


uation is complicated by another clement in the financial com­ plex, inflation. Everyone de­ plores and everyone knows to what it can lead if it gets out of hand. Few people can have failed to see he scenes in Ger­ many in the early thirties show­ ing shoppers carrying literally bucketfuls of nearly worthless money. Yet a sense of propor­ tion is necessary. Inflation is a process which


course no nation is so prosper­ ous, not even the USA, that it can declare itself forever free of financial crises. Nevertheless in my view our coming entry into Europe, into a larger econ­ omic and financial unit will con­ tribute to stability. Some day. not far off. no doubt, we shall have a common European cur­ rency, if not in name at least in practice, backed by the pros­ perity of Western Europe. For that reason, among many others. 1 welcomed the Governments' majority in the final vote on Europe last Thursday.


Gost of


building cottages in 1842


Egyptian money changers’ acti­ vities are repeated all over the world by brokers, financiers and governments. Which does not alter the truth of Lord Nelson’s observations to his wife, "all money is trash": though an ad­ miral and no financier he had got it right, it is only what you can buy with it that matters. All standards arc in fact arti­


crease. wage demands follow and these in turn put up prices and stimulate more wage de­ mands in what looks like a con­ tinuous process. Naturally en­ ough in these circumstances other nations and foreign banks ! tend to judge our likely pros-


AT a time when the aver­ age weekly wage tends to run into double figures, and demands for big in­ creases follow one another in quick succession, it is sobering to reflect on what conditions were like in Clitheroe in the 19th cen­


building cottages in Duck Street, dated 1842, makes


tury. A contractor's account for


peritv not by the value we seek j the good old days were not as to put on our own currency but j


by their assessment of what in i the business world would be j called "credit worthiness” .


j Factors


ficial even gold. Russia fought hard to get on to the gold stan­ dard in the 1880's, Britain, re­ luctantly. came off it within liv­ ing memory. In neither case did it make much difference. What a nation makes, what it sells and what it exports is in all cases more important than


new francs or new pence. Unfortunately the present sit-


o f strikes and stoppages. At the same time foreign investment is attracted or repelled by whether we in Britain appear to be "a going concern” or not. The best wav of visualising


volved from raw materials and industrial efficiency to govern­ ment policy and the incidence


There are many factors in­


produce on other countries for their customers and then trv to imagine what foreign banks say


IT’S a .small world, isti t if-> Not a very original remark, but at least it has the merits of truth and, at anyrate, one of the last places one would expect lo have it demon­ strated is close to lhe toP a Lakeland mountain.


less steadily for an hour or^ so and was very short of breath. 1 had plodded dougedly on ^ ex­ pecting my “ secciiid wind” to arrive at any moment, but it was very late in coming and 1 sat down on a convenient boulder in the hope that it would soon catch up with me.


I had been climbing more or


ones from biscuit tins in a magi­ cal shop which stretches from one street lo another through rooms and basements piled high with wonderful goods where kind men behind the mahogany counter go to the same trouble to find you two nails of the right length as to sell you a


the way back. There’s a very grand delicatessen here; self- service of course. Rather chilling for those of us who ape cus­ tomers of the Fortnums of the


lawn mower. Wc must buy some cheese on


North. Well we’ ll go back on the bus.


That's a great, treat and one that's very expensive and difficult


tion. at that'nioment the world seemed to be an extremely large place with the Langdales un­ doubtedly anions 1'1C biggest parts of it. As f contemplated the scenery, the lakes and val­ leys spread out below seemed almost too oerfect to be teal. The mountains were too good to be true; thcv looked hkc the painted backcloth to a gigantic stage. At any moment I almost expected Julic Andrews to come tripping down the mountain gnilv carolling nit tunes from' “The Sound of Music"—-it was that kind ot day and it was that kind of scenery.


Despite my opening observa­ r e tu rn ed


returned to normal :>nd ^ was trying to decide whether to re sttmc my upward journey or to call it a day and retrace steps (although, truth to lei .


Gradually my breathing had


going down was alnic‘’t ,as d ’ cult as going up) when 1 saw 1


lone climber approaching. - viously. he was considerably


older than 1 but the steep gradient caused 1


trouble. Hc was more ad quately shod and dr«sed and


1 1 m


his nut-brown knees P£°tr“ , from neatly pressed shorts l


1


M a n o f t h e m o u n t a i n s .


Whalley Window


garment which, owing to the peculiar construction of my_ legs, l have never thought fit to


“How d'ye do” , he said, "a grand day” , I nodded my head. “ It certain is. Lovely!” My companion looked at me closely, then, “How are things in Whal­ ley?” , he asked. “Fine” . I said, “ just fine. Do you know the vil­ lage?” “ 1 ought to” , said the newcomer, “ I was born there. L know Whallev and I know' you. You know' who 1 am. don’t


adopt.) He squatted down at my side.


you?” CHANGES


your face—its very familiar;— but your name—well ^


sorry, it just evades me” . ’’Think”, said he. “ think. You


"Well” , I stammered, “ I know — I'm


know Queen Street, don’ t you? 1 left there forty years ago. Now, do you remember me?” I shook my head. "No” . I told


he asked me of people and places.


about (nearly all men; obviously he was no ladies man) had pas­ sed on and at some names he was surprised. “Why, hang it , he declared. "They w'ere nobbut lads. I could give them ten years, half o f them. You do surprise me. Is the clay pit still


Many of the folk he inquired .


there?” I assured him that it was.


“Any fish in it” , w'as his next question?” “ I don’t think so . I told him. “ It’s covered with weed most o f the ime and it smells. A couple of mallard nested there last year, so per haps its not to bad, but its dangerous. 1 think it should be


said and plied me with further questions. I answered him As best I could and then. “ You ought to come back and sec for yourself” . I told him. He shook his head. “Nay. I


filled in” . “ Perhaps you’re right” , he


this totally unemotional view of ourselves is to look at some of the regular reports our banks


about us. Britain has in the last year j


in many respects made com­ mendable progress. A past back­ log o f international debts has been paid, long-term as well as short term. Exports have in­ creased and are well in excess of imports. Our gold and dollar reserves arc in a healthy state. Why then the recent crisis’? First I think one should re­


good as all that for master and workpeople. For instance, a labourer was


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paid 19s. 6d. for nine and three-quarter days’ work. The charges for materia.is


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are equally incredible; 600 yards of pine .laths cost £1-17-6 and evidently the charge of 6s 3d for 100 yards was dis­


nails were charged at 3s 4d; 20 yards of side stones were £1 0s 5d; 44 ceiling joists, each three inches by one and a half inches by eight and a half


puted. A 1,000 one-and-a-half inch


feet, came to £5 13s llid. A run of 751 feet of one-and-


a-quarter inch deal was charged at £1 2s; twenty-four yards of three-quarter inch deal board for four doors and one cupboard in Betty Cot- tam’s house cost 15s, while C. Read was paid 19s for paving 57 yards at the back of the houses. The hire of a man with a horse and cart to take away rubbish amounted to 5s.


cognise that there are fashions and trends in these things. Ru- mours gather momentum and international banks, just like the Egyptian money changer, play safe. Many matters in Britain still have a question mark hang­ ing over them Will the Indus­


trial Relations Act work and make some contribution to in­


dustrial peace? Will the big, powerful unions show them­


selves powerful enough, and irresponsible and selfish eonugh, to force any wage demand, however inflationary, for their own members? Could there be a General Strike?


don’t think so. I ’d rather re- member it as it was. It was a grand little village. Everybody knew everybody else; half of ’em were related. Kick one and vou kicked ’em all. 1 don’t think I’ ll go back. l ’vc nobody there


him. “ It’s just about forty years since I arrived from Clitheroe. I’m sorry, 1 just can’t place


you” . “Never mind” said the lone


climber. “ It’ ll come, it'll come. What’s doing in Whalley these


days?” “ How long since you were


back there?” I asked. “ I’ve not been back since the war” , re­ plied my new friend. “There'll have been some changes?” “There certainly have” , I told


coming up?” It was my turn to shake my head. “No thanks ’ . I said, “ time a was getting back. It’s been nice meeting


of ray own, now” . He got to his feet. “Arc you


vigorous strides — he stood nearly six feet—he disappeared up the mountain and, slithering


you” . And so we parted. With long


and sliding. I returned to the traffic-filled village below. A good tea was awaiting me


him and started a long recital. 1 told him of by-passes of Spring Wood, of housing deve­ lopments. of new street lighting,


of changes at Calderstoncs and


and I tackled it with relish as I recounted my experiences to the rest of the party, but I never did learn the name of my friend of the Langdales. I shall remember him as my


Young Old Man of the Moun- tainS-


JiF. Necessary


the Government succeed or fail in its intention to get the neces­ sary legislation through the House of Commons to ensure our entry into the Common Market? If not, would there be a General Election or. if so, who would win? In this atmosphere even Dents


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One of the most striking features is the neat handwrit­


recently by Mr. Wallace Hargreaves among the files at the Shawbridare Saw Mill of Ambrose Veevers and Sons.


Edisford Bridge


parking ban


PARKING on the Yorkshire side of Edisford Bridge is to be restricted along Waddington Road and up the hill, past the Edisford Bridge Inn. to the junction with the Whitcwcll


Healey’s remark, may have con­ tributed to a danger of a niis- judgent as perhaps did Enoch Powell’s contention that the EEC Bill “would not pass” . In fact we have seen a fin­


park opposite the Ribblesdalc Pool will also be put up on existing signposts on the York­ shire side o f the bridge. Members o f Bowland Rural


Road. Signs indicating the new car


ancial crisis not an econmic one and the pound has had to find, as it were, its own value. This is of course wiser policy than trying to force the pound to hold an artificial parity with foreign currencies and then be­


ing forced to devalue. For devaluation, whatever


Harold Wilson may have said to the contrary, in the past, does affect “ the pound in your pocket?. Furthermore, k dimin-


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Council were told this in a letter from the assistant county surveyor. Some councillors commented


that if Clitheroe Town Council did not have a car park charge then the public would use it more frequently. Said Coun. J. Lcedham “ It is


the conditions on the Clitheroe side that need altering” . The council decided that the


West Riding County Council should proceed with the restric­ tions.


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