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r their kindness.' ?Un - G,,!T uX-~Al1' T- Hough.


,.nu expressions of sympa, 'jAti floral tributes re-IB


J iieu- kindness. — 23 st ■James's Street, Clitheroe. ‘


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| ,! the late Miriam Parkin'. I on w ish to thank relatives, ’"ends and neighbours ■ .' Kind expressions of J'.vmpathy and beautiful lioral tributes received dur-


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o! the National Blood Trans- t-j-ion Service will be on Saturday, at the Parish Hall, Church Street.


The next visit to Clitheroe Blood Unit


OUR Queen of Industry, Calderstoncs H o s p i t a l nursing assistant, Susan Round, took on a new


role during a weekend trip to Amsterdam for the contestants.


A visit to the bridge


gave Susan a chance to take on the job of “ cap- lain ” of the Tor Line ferry Tor Hollandia for a few moments. And a captivating captain slic made. too. As our picture shows, however, the rea' captain was a t hand to make sure there were no mishaps.


About GO people, in­


cluding the six local con­ testants and their friends joined the fun trip to Holland. More pictures and report on page 10.


£100 gift to


local LEPRA branch


CLITHEROE branch of LEPRA, of which the Mayoress, Mrs Edith Turner, is president, will be making a special effort next year, along with other branches throughout the country, to celebrate the association's golden jubilee.


And Rotary has given


Clitheroe an auspicious start. Learning of the active part that the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Richard Turner, lias played in LEPRA, notably his visits to Nigerian leper colonies some years ago, the Blackpool South Rotary Club invited him to speak to them this week.


Their vote of thanks was


topped with a cheque for £100 for the Clilheroe branch of LEPRA. The


money came from a barbe­ cue which raised £330 for charity.


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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


Firm’s bid to cut out noise


hill Road, Clitheroe, the trouble’ started a year ago when Atkinson’s, manufac­ turers


machinery, built a new ex­ tension to their Enterprise Works.


of agricultural


home is next door to Atkin­ son's. this week told the Advertiser: “The noises we are complaining of come from two sources. Firstly there are two compressors housed in a small building- adjacent to the new exten­ sion. Secondly, there is the noise of machinery and sheet metal in the building itself.


Mr Geoffrey Pinch, whose


pressors is not loud,” he said, “but it is one of those nagging sounds. When you are watching television you can always hear them throb­ bing in the background. If it stops for just a few minutes, the feeling is grand.”


"The noise from the com­ Echo


in Salthill Hoad for 12 years, explained that the compressors run every day —and are sometimes operat­ ing until 10 p.m. on week­


Mr Pinch, who lias lived


to Clitheroe Town Council. "The council told me to make a log showing when the noise occurred, but it is so extensive that this has proved impossible.


move the compressor to the other end of the new build­ ing, where there are no nearby houses. It seems so little to ask Atkinson’s to resite their machinery."


Visit


the town council resulted in a visit to the firm by health inspector Mr Walter Grange.


A letter from Mr Pinch to


meeting of the council's Public Health and Housing


He reported to Monday’s


Committee that the firm had agreed to move its steel-cutting guillotine to the other end of the new building.


port: "To cut down the factory noises from these works will, no doubt, involve the firm in some heavy ex­ penditure, whether by sound insulation or resiting noisy factory’ processes.


Said Mr Grange in his re­


days. “Our other main com-


unit, steps have been taken to contain the noise, but the overall effect leaves much to be desired — noise still escapes."


plaint is that the sheet metal working in the new building is so noisy,” he said. "It is not quite so bad in winter because they keep the main doors shut. But when the weather is warm and the doors are open, the sound of sheet metal being dropped onto a concrete floor echoes right into our


springs up.” Survey


mother of two, commented: -It used to be really peace­ ful and quiet here. This is a residential area, and we


home.” Mr Pinch's wife. Betty, a


should be able to relax and enjoy ourselves. But the children are kept awake, and we cannot even sit and read a book in peace. In summer, we cannot sit out in the garden, and we have to keep all the doors and windows closed.”


lie and his wife, and other residents, had made com­ plaints both to the firm and


Mr Pinch explained that


Deputy’s post for librarian


BOROUGH Librarian at Clitheroe for three years, Mr Barry Mansfield Williams has been appointed deputy director of libraries for the Ribble Valley district when the library passes out of local control under local government reorganisation. The


District Council has decided against asking the County Council for a library


__ new Ribble Valley


agency. For Mr Williams it will be


fessional librarian and came here from Blackburn Col­ lege of Technology and De­ sign, where he held the post of assistant librarian.


He is Clitheroe’s first pro


librarian and he served two-year course at Man Chester College of Com­ merce.


Mr Williams is a chartered


eroe, Royal Grammar School. He plays cricket with Ribblesdale Wanderers in tlie Ribblesdale League, and with Atkinson’s in the Ribble Valley Amateur Cricket League. He was playing secretary with the former Waddington Cricket Club.


He is an old boy of Clith-


sense of urgency and Coun. John Blackburn, chairman, said the planning officer for the new Ribble Valley District Council had been brought into the discussions.


Gifts to church


CLITHEROE Parish Church is to make a children's comer and a library comer with £100 from Mrs S. Walmsley and £30 from Mrs A Sims, given in memory of their husbands.


been received from Mrs J. Dewhurst to buy rose trees for the church path.


Another gift of £5 has


More take plunge


OCTOBER attendances at the Ribblesdale Pool showed an increase of 744 on the same month last year, Clith­ eroe Town Council’s Recrea­ tion and Amenities Com­ mittee heard.


comprising 2,895 adults, 5,009 Juniors, 769 spectators and 4.148 schools admissions. As


Admissions totalled 12.821,


in previous months, adult usage was mainly respons­ ible for the tncreas*


ohairman, coun. Ronnie Todd: “These are very en­ couraging figures, particu­ larly for the time of year.”


Commented committee


DEM bones, dem bones, dem drv bones—id’s de Black and White Wad dington Minstrel ShowI


The 15 Al Jolsons in


our picture, and bong Jriend, are really


Cub Scouts jrorn the 1st Waddington pack. With their banjos on


their knees they gave a concert in the village hall on Saturday night. They did the TV Minstrels proud, performing popu­


lar numbers under the direction of pack leader Mr Michael Darby. A choir oj 40 children


a case of “going home” — he began his career with the county library service In the Great Harwood area.


"With the air compressor “All we ask is that they' Overtime


shut off by T p.m. each night. We have been work ing a lot of overtime re cently.


Grange told the committee: “No sooner do we solve one complaint than another


Commenting, generally, Mr


it appeared the committee was receiving one complaint after another and, this was something he did not like.


Coun. Derek Akker said


tee riot carry out its own survey of the town? asked Coun. Frank Nelson. Then action about nuisances could be taken without having to wait for complaints by the public, he said. Mr Grange said he had


Why should the commit­ “The compressor should be


soundproofing is to move the compressor as well. But this would be very expensive as pipelines would have to be relaid. We will do every­ thing we can to help nearby residents. If, after we have moved the sheet metal machine, there is still a noise problem, we will see if anything else can be done.” Mr Finch; meanwhile, is


“Tlte only alternative to


prepared to go to further lengths if these methods should prove insufficient. “I have a tape recording


of the noise, which I would gladly let the Town Council hear. “I would not hesitate to


been in touch with Atkin­ son’s and they were pre­ pared to do soine rearrang­ ing to help take noise away from the houses. But the firm desired to let


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A CLITHEROE firm has agreed to resite some of its machinery in a bid to cut down noise nuisance. For householders in Salt-


to blame for allowing the machinery to be placed where it is.” This was not so, said Aid.


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Sidney Moore. Finns were entitled to place machinery


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where they wished. Replying to Coun. Bert


Grange should take a fresh look at the problem.


Jones, Mr Grange confinned that the company was “co­ operative.” It was agreed that Mr


retary of Atkinson’s Mr Alan Huddleston yesterday agreed that there are two major noise factors at the firm.


Director and company sec­


and the other the sheet metal machine, which cuts steel. This we are going to move away from the on- trance of tlie new factory.


"One is the compressor


will help the situation. There is no question that the compressor does make a noise, but we have insulated the building.


“We are hoping that this


ONE way to beat the petrol and postage prob­ lems is to get a horse and trap and revert to the -old-style horse power. Farmer Norman Hay- hurst, of Dairy Farm,


Chipping, has done just that, and finds trotting around the country lanes a pleasant change.


with his two sons Norman and Michael, posting the


He is pictured here


Christmas mail in the village.


Raymond Eccics (left), of Dunsop Bridge, a Fylde W a t e r B o a rd employee.


tV'ith them is Mr


One way to beat petrol sho rtage


IT HAS been a hectic week for Clitheroe garages as motorists have queued up for dwindling supplies. Hie garages have had to


Introduce their own ration­ ing schemes, some closing


early as soon as their daily self-imposed quota has been


sold. But the problem for the


garage men has been know­ ing when .they, will receive fresh supplies from the oil companies.


aside a daily amount is the Roundabout Filling Station,


One garage which has set


Chatburn Road. Proprietor Mr Gordon


organise a petition if neces­ sary. There are plenty of people in the Salthill area who would lend their support.”


the compressor remain where it was. "It is rather noisy,” he added. The com­ pressor ought to be isolated but the fact was that "in­ dustry and houses don’t marry well.’’ The Mayor, Coun. Richard


at the meeting to com­ plaints about noise from Bow’ker Brothers’ factory. Mr Grange was able to


Reference was also made


report that replacement of a piece of faulty apparatus


Turner, commented that the only way to solve the noise problem was for the firm to move machinery to the other end of the factory, but this would be a very big job. Coun. Chadwick thought


in a compressed air plant had solved complaints made by neople in Highfield Roa'd. Unfortunately, there was


Nutter has restricted cus­ tomers to £1 worth of petrol in an attempt to keep going as many motorists as pos­ sible, and is also closing on


Sundays. Said Mr Nutter: "We


were the first filling station out of 22 between Clitheroe and Leeds to let one driver have some diesel.


now another source of nuisance arising from the installation of a generator as a precaution against power cuts. Bowkers were looking into


the council had inherited problems from previous bad planning of years ago, and Coun. Robert Ainsworth


questioned whether the council was approving plans without having enough de­ tailed information. “We are


ing up every morning, with trade non-stop from opening to closing.” He has ordered fresh supplies, but yesterday considered it likely the pumps would run out before


“ Queues have been build­


suggested measures for cut­ ting down noise, said Mr Grange. Meanwhile they •were considering a scheme to heat the offices by steam from tiie works boiler, but this would take a little time to complete.


rose Garage Mr Trevor Roberts told our reporter: “ We are just going on from day to day at the moment. People are still being limited. We are selling a set quota of fuel each day, but do not anticipate closing before 8


they arrived. Sales manager at Prim­


pm. CUBS CHANGE UNIFORMS


Sunday and it is likely to be the same this week. Most people are accepting that they can only have so much.


We were not open last


when a driver comes to fill up with about 30p worth. He would -probably have wasted that much in getting to the garage. Unfortun­ ately, the diesel situation is absolutely hopeless and only regulars are being served.”


“The annoying thing is


Carr's Bawdlands garage said they had also set a 'daily petrol target. After it had been readied, the petrol side of the garage would close.


A spokesman at Rufus


ably open on Sunday but not for petrol. It got pretty chaotic last weekend. Cars were queueing down the


served a t Wellgate Motors, and rationed to £1 worth. Said manager Mr John Mercer: ” We are closing earlier and on Sunday will close after lunch.”


road. Regulars only are being


COUPONS


Thursday, when the issue of petrol coupons coindded with pensioners collecting their £10 bonuses, things have s e t t l e d down at Clitheroe Post Office.


After a busy day last


person on counter duty to help cope. On the industrial front


There has been an extra


the shortage of diesd is causing concern.


director Mr E. J. Adderley said: “Our allocations are inadequate. We have been promised a 'delivery, but are having to be careful just how far afield we send the wagons. •


At Ribble Cement Works,


be getting worse every day. As a company we would prefer rationing as soon as


"The situation appears to


possible.” I t’s a difficult time, too,


for taxi firms, one of which has cut out journeys to Blackburn and Burnley.


of Bridge’s Taxis: “ We have to consider our contracts with schools and factories, so we are only operating as far as the surrounding villages.


Said Mrs Dorothy Bridge,


men’s dispute we are also running a service to take people to Clitheroe hospital.” Prompted by the cold


“ Due to the ambulance­


spell at the weekend, there was an extra demand for paraffin for home heating. But local suppliers generally


New nursing officer


THE new nursing office.- at Bromley Meade Maternity Home. WhaUe.v. is Miss


Jean Bracken, who took up her appointment on Satur­


from a Blackburn school helped to lead the slng- ing. For a full report turn to Page 12.


day. Miss Bracken, who ves in Whalley New Road, Black­ burn trained at the Royal Infirmary. She studied mid­ wifery at Salford and at Queen's Park Hospital, where she has since worked as a midwifery sister.


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Parish Church ran out of fuel for the -boiler. Services were switched to the parish hall. Things are now back to normal.


On Sunday, Clitheroe


enough at the weekend to freeze the Ribble a t Brun- gerley Bridge. There were no petrol worries there . people took to their ice skates!


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Crash blocks bypass


PART of the Whalley- Clitheroe bypass was closed for four hours on Tuesday evening after a collision be­ tween two heavy lorries.


the stretch between the Rose Cottages and Petre Arms roundabouts, and traffic had to be diverted through Whalley.


The accident happened on


be used to clear the damaged lorries, including an overturned trailer.


Breakdown vehicles had to


ted lorry involved in the accident, Gordon Ridiug (351, of Stockdale Crescent. Bamber Bridge, was said yesterday to be “poorly” in Blackburn Royal Infirmary.


The driver of an articula­


vehicle and his passenger, both from Liverpool, were allowed home after hospital treatment.


The driver of the other


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