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RETIRING from work at Bright Street nursery, Clitheroe, means that not only will Mrs Winifred Webster be missed bv the 60 children, bv' after 22 years in the same job, she will miss them.


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Street, Clitheroe, has been doing general domestic work at the school since it opened. “The children always seem to be the same, but the building, has changed,” she remarked. "There is more equipment now, and everything has improved.


“I have always enjoyed working with a young staff,


Used van without excise licence


STOPPING a van on the Whalley - Clitheroe by-pass, police discovered that the excise licence on display had been issued for another vehicle.


Phillips was fined a further £o, and ordered to pay back duty of £2.08, when he ad­ mitted using an unlicensed motor vehicle. In court, Phillips ex­


excise licence had not been issued for the van, and


plained that his mother had been ifi in hospital, and he needed transport urgently. He added that immediately after the offence, he had


bought an excise licence for the van.


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THE last of the five sons of John Ford, who founded the family business of slaters and plasterers in Woone Lane 90 years ago, Mr Ernest Ford has died at the age of 80.


in Clitheroe by the firm was the slating of Barclays bank and the present GPO building in King Street.


Among major work done


Liberal. John Ford became a town councillor and his son, John Chester Ford, also campaigned in the party's interests, but was unsuccessful.


Street, served in the 1914-18 war and subsequently suf­ fered from the effects of poison gas.


Mr Ernest Ford, of Fort


he became company secre­ tary and he was also a past president of Clitheroe Master Builders’ Federation. He was associated with the former Moor Lane Method­ ist Church.


Returning to civilian life


his wife dying two years ago. A nephew, Mr Robin Ford, now runs the business.


Mr Ford was a widower,


Friday, with cremation at Accrington.


The funeral took place on


new UK centres from which it will be possible to make direct-dialled telephone calls abroad in the next few years are Belfast, Bristol, Coventry, Dundee, Leeds, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Shef­ field and Southampton,


Among the first of many Politically, the Fords were and Church magistrates,


of Rock House, Slaidburn, A magistrates since 1941,


Col. King-Wilkinson is senior partner in a Black- bum firm, W. and W. Wil­ kinson. He is a past presi­ dent of Blackburn Law Society, and served on the Law Society council for 15 years.


burn Trustee Savings Bank. Joining in 1949, he was appointed deputy chairman seven years later, and became chairman in 1962.


Col. King-Wilkinson was also on the board of Black­


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THE fifth annual dinner of the Clitheroe District Ven­ ture Scouts a t the Parker’s Arms, Newton, was attended by 36 people.


Among the guests were


the assistant district com­ missioner for Scouts, Mr Alban Snapc, members of the district Scout service team — and a Scout leader from the Seychelle Islands who is at present studying at Manchester University.


The loyal toast was pro­


King-Wilkinson when he sat on the bench for the last time by his successor, County Alderman Fred Worsley, of Rishton.


senting to him a combined alarm clock and radio on behalf of colleagues, said


Tribute was paid to Col.


posed by Denis Burn, of Ohatburn Road, Clitheroe, who was unit chairman two years ago and has just returned from Voluntary Service Overseas in the Sey­ chelles. A toast to the Ven­ ture Scout Unit was pro­ posed by Michael Bond, also of Ohatburn Road, who is due to leave on VSO during the coming year.


County Aid. Worsley, pre­


that the Colonel had been second to none as a magis­ trate, and “ accepted his responsibilities in every


sense of the word.” Mr N. Lomas, a solicitor,


sion.


told Col. King-Wilkinson that he had a reputation throughout the legal profes­


Improved s ign


A LARGE map-type advance direction sign has been pro­ vided at the junction of Sawlcy Road, Cliatburn, and the Whalley—Clitheroe by­ pass, to replace the original stack-type sign.


of .shrubs have also been provided to screen the car­ riageway on the old A59 road from approaching drivers, county divisional surveyor, Mr K. Helm, stated in his report to Clith­


At this point, a number


eroe RDC highways commit­ tee.


guests, Alex Dubowski, of Mytton View, current chair­ man of the unit, also gave a short review of the year’s activities. During the even­ ing three members of the new unit executive commit­ tee were elected.


Proposing a toast to the


Drive, and Eric Duckworth, of Whalley Road, all of Clitheroe.


PICTURE: Tiie Venture


Scouts’ visitor from the Sey­ chelles (back row, third right) with former members of the Venture Scout Unit. They are, back, from left: Bill Ford, Tony Hall, John Law, Dave Scott, Denis Bum, P e t e r Sainsbury. Front: Peter Friend, Dennis Friend, Duncan MacDonald, Fred Holt, Michael Bond and Alan Holt.


communication s a t e l l i t e came into service, the Post Office has contributed about £9m. towards the purchase and launching of communi­ cation satellites and £10m. developing its earth station at Goonhilly, Cornwall. .


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Pleading guilty to fraudu­ Mrs ■ Webster, of Wilson


children were all pupils of the nursery school at some stage, and when she started working there she took along her younger son, then nine months old.


rules i bit, letting me bring him, otherwise they couldn’t have covered the job,” she said. ‘But it has paid off, and ] have stopped with them all this time.”


“They have to waive the


Websttr worked in the card room it Primrose Mill. 9he changod to domestic work


Befcre her marriage, Mrs


and though I don’t actually look after the children, I like having them around.” Mrs Webster’s own four


to fit in with looking after her family of two boys and two girls—and her husband Clifford, who works for Ribble Motors, did shift work to help.


together with a family,” she said. After two years at Moorland School, followed by a year on a children’s ward at Calderstones Hospi­ tal, Mrs Webster went to work at the nursery.


“You ha-* to work


the cotton mills were in full swing, she remembers that many of the children used


cleaning the baby room before the first children begin to arrive at 7-30. When


The day begins at 7 a.m„


Worked a t B r ig h t S tr e e t nursery for 2 2 y ea r s


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said. “ I like working and I ’ve always been very active. I t doesn’t do for everyone, but it suits me." At a party organised by


the music starts, even if I ’ve been working all day,” she


Mrs Webster will not be putting away her dancing shoes. Her favourite pastime is modern sequence dancing which she practises three or four times a week. With her husband, she has lessons at the Parish Hall, run by the Adult Centre every Thurs­ day, and she also enjoys going dancing to Brockhall, Blackpool or Accrington. “I ’m never too tired when


to arrive at 7 a.m. Although she has retired,


some of the children at the party.


VENTURE SCOUTS ENTERTAIN VISITOR FROM SEYCHELLES


(centre) and her husband Clifford with the staff and


at the nursery as a student when it first opened. Also present was the school’s first matron Mrs Dorothy Wilkinson, who retired in 1962, but Mrs Mabel Cun- liffe, who retired as matron three months ago, was un­ able to be there. PICTURE: Mrs Webster


made by the matron Mrs Betty Brown, who trained


the staff on Thursday, to mark Mrs Webster’s retire­ ment, she was presented with a full-length mirror and a silver evening bag. Tile presentation was


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