Clithcrae Advertiser and. Times. AvrTl 12171, 1973 g 1 I l o:’ so l'ne owner


not too distant ■pouJ the decorative


1 to comply to Itastc—a relic


\\ uhoufc coni- rnc Estate. The


_ ‘ pleasure as lucierful line of wnich, in their iiave formed


! «ge, wind aliens, buildings . But even the


. nnv residence lb of England stretched from I within a few


hiost impressive


ld. Over h a lf 'a . similar tree ermed a pleas-


|lie Bolton-by-


lion to the more ■in England and I'ed the mark of


lisider the lodge Ices joined by |nagnificeni iron access to the. Gisbume Park


truly. not convinced


iTogether they finest example


1‘om visitors. I other outstand-


fng of these |iich to this day "aspect and


iron craftsman- north. The old is must have ! m the cutting


l:id if they are NATURALIST


Jrmonious and leu they were l ih e creation of tiaie.


nd to slowly , performances are anything to go by, six out of every 10 people will


PLEASE VOTE


IF, hither to vote—even with this reminder—in today’s Lancashire County r0tnril elections. Nor will they bother to vote in the coming district Council


ejections ettner Natwallv enough.


C o n fe rv a :1 to ?ee


ncr cent.I e.rio.' te a *


: ...... vote as possible, and ^.'U;irc But even more


--P peoole vim nevf ,v o tc "■ V ‘ any election,


‘ ..a.c Some part. m this accounted for by


,Cf.- and also those a:•c zenuinfi


:ern Ol'.*


--nr. re illnesses and don't


and. of course. - don't- care;


-,nV(C me voters vote for nxiununist Party, for


ftr •■•erv Wori ther<


brav


larrtrt Po spoil their ballot papers


(Ox r t l SF. n


•Jist abstention is in a sense a form of voting. I could not in honesty disagree with ;bat. a? there have been t;mrs Then I have abstained in the House of Commons bdn: genuinely unable to mate no my mind one way or the oilier, or else not. wishing to support, my own party, "but not being pre­ pared to support the other.


It ?>o possible to argue


ments do not really explain viiv we still get such low polls in local government


1 X I 9y<


uilding iciety lanager


ii Parker as manager of Ic Clitheroe branch office T the Market Place. He sue- Jjds .Hr IV. Stuart Glasby, lio lias moved to AltrinO" lrn office.


I'lPTON Building Society is appointed Mr H. Doug«


■Mr Parker was bom ia lirnlc.v and educated at lirnlev Grammar School. Iterwards he joined the Istrict Bank and worked at I number of branches in 1st Lancashire, including


litheroe.


-Mr Parker is interested ia lid sports generally, but Is a particular interest in


llconry, and is a member the' British Falconers


|ub.


/■ill be. a new batch of reasons and excuses for the


elections. This time, of course, there


times, particularly where Private Members' Bills are concerned, when I have taken the view that the measure proposed has really cot nothing to do with me or my constituents. However, ail tlyese argu­


There have also been


y .vherr about 99 per reason that


! expects a 190 per Even in the


An-native. some ■arcless spirits


-anoiiol or local. There is I . .cner.il election somc- /over a 10 per cent


psephologists to consider. Local government has been reorganised, in fact it lias been considerably simplified. But perhaps some voters will be a bit confused and so will ignore the election addresses and stay at home. It's a poor argument, but it will be heard. As thrre will be fewer independent candi­ dates, certainly in the dis­ trict, elections, we shall also hear that it is wrong to introduce party politics into local elections.


can only say that it is rather late in the day, as most councils have been party political for years. If there is freedom for an Independent to stand, how do you stop a Conservative, a Socialist or a Liberal from doing the same?


Now that may be, but I UNCOMMITTED


p a r t y politics in local government I am prepared to concede is what I might call “ guilt by association,” whereby local councillors suffer ' for the sins of governments.


One unfortunate aspect of


ment in office, Conservative and perhaps Liberal stal­ warts turn out in force to register their disapproval and vote down Labour coun­ cillors. Equally, wdth the Conservatives in power. Labour an'd perhaps Liberal enthusiasts turn out and return the compliment. It seems a pity that the


With a Labour Govern­


GROWING INFLUENCE OF LIBRARY SERVICE


I.V an age when more people are going to have increased leisure time, it is imperative th a t libraries recognised the fact and plan accordingly, commented Mr Barry Williams, Clitheroe Librarian, in a talk to Clithcroe and District Probus Club.


----------------------------— Mr Williams outlined the Iut /x/'vrvr Trii


P L U U i J L l l ( ' A STT F


g . vi- x history of libraries. The


THE arena in Clithcroe Castle grounds will be flood­ lit for this year's rock festi­ val, but overnight camping I yc^ 's;. has been vetoed.


imenit.ies committee recom­ mended using the castle floodlights for the stage after fori; and borrowing extra toilets (used at Preston Guile! i from Preston Cor­ poration.


Clit.heroe recreation and


from the Young People's Recreation Committee, which b organising the festival.


All three suggestions came


Crazy golf course idea


VISITORS to Edisford could soon be going crazy— Wall in the n am e d fun. For Clit hero,.: Town Coun­ cils thinking ot .'iipplement-


ln? tile psteb-iind-put course *itn a crazy golf course. Bathe manager Mr David


Smith told the recreation committee the idea, would relieve pre-sum, on the Pitc’


J’ k


| up such a name) • .Matin.


Wdmakea [does so much $


(iifait du Matin for , , Ik. And come night- ?


|)ok soft, supple


lent. loeen through. . > l increase the skm s I ling, moisturising


s in two versions - . lubtly tinted, Bienfa


lilable in two sensitive or -..v,


nfai t du Matin • r tureDf romas x ]


tie as 95p(apPr°x ' m o n th ’s supply;


Ird for beauty 18 1 ! I


ICLITHEROE 591


Published by Clithcroe Division Liberal Association, 4 Hillside Close, Clitheroe. ASPDENlX » b ® b s


m ■iff


m \ ffV$i


; If !?•> Y p - y


m : ; ■ t\ '-I;


"The icioa will bn studied 'Ms closely.


00. becmif» thu ^nino equip- menumi M.tfr roulfi be UScd.


n-and.pmt at busy times. L ttoulri ro‘> iinlr to run.


oldest public libraries, be said, were those admini-


1 stored by borough councils ; nlKj jt Was significant that


many of these were in Lancashire and had been established more than 100


1 ' ’Clitheroe. along with


other borough libraries, would be taken over by the county in 1974 under the local government reorgani­ sation, and this would mean having to obtain new books for readers through Preston. That was one of the reasons why opposition to reorganisation of library services had been so strong in the North West.


CENTRES


county library services had not come into being until comparatively late in the development of the service, being established by an amendment to the Public


Mr Williams said the


in: nv Conserva- Conservatives win


would like as a


^ ‘-•r-r* I .cliou!d like to ,<


poll than -10 that- there.


Vu by David


councillors’ own political supporters don't rally round, but apparently they don't, either because all govern­ ments in office are more or less unpopular or because people vote with more deter­ mination “ against ” rather than “ for."


general elections are won and lost by the uncom­ mitted. “ the middle ground.’’ “ the don't knows,” call them what you will, shifting from one party to another.


It is said, of course, that


certainly not entirely con­ vinced my'self, it is a stan­ dard which cannot be applied to local government elections. With six people out of every 10 not voting, there would seem to be more " don't knows ” than any­ thing else. When I stood in local


If this is true, and I am


HOME OFFICE REJECTS BID FOR WARDS IN CLITHEROE


our village, our environment, in a much more direct way than any government. The county council makes the decisions in the vital sphere of local education. Coun­ cils control council house rents and levy rates.


trol ever larger sums of money’, they wield consider­ able powers in the fields of housing, planning and social welfare. They can affect our town,


INDIFFERENCE


and some people do. that a large number of decisions taken at Westminster do not seem directly to affect the man in the street. Of course, they ail do ulti­ mately. but I can sym­ pathise with someone who says that the Member for Clit-heroe's views on the Mutual Balanced F o r c e Reduction conference in­ terest him less than his rates or the building pro­ gramme for a school or a health centre. Yet few people do write


It may be possible to say,


government elections some years ago it worried me and it worries me more today. Our local authorities con­


tiser and Times, Mr Tony- Cooper says the Clitheroe Liberal Association, of which


A REQUEST by Clitheroe Liberals for the town to be divided into wards for the first district council elections in June has been turned down by the Home Office. In a letter to the Adver­


he is secretary, suggested a meeting between thmselves and other interested bodies to draw up a warding scheme.


this was that an Advisory Committee was dealing with the arrangements for the first elections and they would consider the Liberals’ comments and proposals.


The Home Office reply to


reported and. referring to Clitheroe. says the scheme for the first elections “had serious shortcomings." But it was noted that Clitheroc Municipal Borough was not divided into wards and that it. was not practicable before the first elections to draw new lines on the map.


This committee lias-now DISTURBED


to me about international disarmament, while a lot write to me about rates, schools and health centres. Yet all these matters are I much more within the con- j trol of local authorities j than of Parliament.


j


So wily the massive in- i difference to the local i


government ballot box? j Some of the explanation in the past may have been th8.t we simply had too many local authorities. The very multiplicity of


that the area should form one multi-member ward pending the review to be earned out by the Local Government Boundary’ Com­ mission after the first elec­ tions." Mr Cooper says the


"Wc. therefore, conclude


ward areas are not ideal and will need to be changed for subsequent elections. “But they do. however, offer some hope of fair representation on the council and that your local councillor will be truly local." They suggested that the


f ' \


AT £7,000 A YEAR SHE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE


Toddler Gemma joins the Commuter set


A RELATIVELY new activity for the British Legion — the provision of housing units for ex-Service- mcn and their dependents— was referred to by Mr C. Eairwcalhcr,


g u e s t of


honour, at the annual dinner of the Chatburn and district branch of the Royal British Legion.


Mr Fairwcather, who is


East Lancashire County- chairman, told of a project nearly completed at Padi- ham with something like 40 units. It would be opened shortly and was to be named after him.


In thanking Mr Fair-


weather, Coun. J. G. Sharp, vice - president, mentioned tiiat the Chatburn branch intended to donate a garden seat to the housing unit.


Grammar School area should have three council­ lors. Trinity and Low Moor areas should share one coun­


areas each should have two councillors. This would give the same


About 100 guests attended


the dinner at the White Bull, Gisburn.


cillor. and Edisford. St i James's and Ribblesdnio


total of 10 councillors for Clitheroe who would each serve 984 electors, almost ex­


actly the same as the average for the remainder of the Ribble Valley District. The refusal of the Home


Office to agree to wards be­ ing formed was reported by the Town Clerk, Mr John! Cowdall.


Finance and General Pur- j poses Committee.


ever, agreed to Ward 5 iClayton-lc-Dale, Sa.lesbury


and Wilpshirc) being split into two wards. This means that there will


Liberals are “greatly dis­ turbed” that an Advisory- Committee based in London and consisting of anony­ mous persons should come to such a conclusion about an area they probably know very little about and with­ out. to the Liberals’ know-, ledge, calling for any further; evidence.


bodies and functions bred confusion and indifference, i It is hoped that the new reformed two-tier system will, in the words of the rejected Redcliffe - Maude report. “ bring local govern­ ment closer to the people." A great deal will also


depend upon our new coun­ cillors. particularly in the fields of publicity and con­ sultation. New demands will also inevitably be made upon their councils’ paid officials and staff. Ulti­ mately. though, the inspira­ tion and interest must come from the voting public. So long as more than half the people in a community ap­ pears to take the view that it doesn't care what sort of local government it wants or receives it is going to be difficult to engender enthu­ siasm and interest. So, if I am allowed to say-


Libraries Act of 1919. Recreation, education arid


so. with hardly any discern­ ible party bias, please vote.


information had been regarded down the years as the main functions ot libraries, but in the last few years the scope ot librarianship had widened.


was that, many new libraries were being built, as centres of cultural life with lectures film shows and exhibitions.


A significant development • t ' - x


a. member of the Clitheroe Town Council at the time of Mr Williams’s appoint­ ment gave a vote of thanks. Mr S. Whiteside. Clitheroe.


Mr J. A. Barnes, Clitheroc lime


■ 't an hour tor organised sctivities.


t'-on min:


;


rIB3U,?DALE Poo'. will : '■'ntinue to clo-n at. 8 p.m. | weekdays t„ allow at |


Baths manager Mr David Md Clithcree rccroa-


April 27lh, the speaker will be Mr Stanley Jeeves, secretary' of the Lancashire branch of the CPRE.


presided. At the next meeting on


. .


comm-ticc that swim- c.itas. ladies' sessions.


jig would widen the n °! !he baths now they


a'e oeen open a year.


fntm"5? alarm with good Clithem"0111 fircmcn from Great u Aecrinston and


l'01,r- *•> and other FARM SALE


stone Tj arwood to Calder- s Hospital on Friday.


MORE than £41.000 was realised at an auction in the Festival Hall, Gisburn, when Richard Turner and Son, of Clitheroe. offered for sale Higher Town House Farm, Nelson. The farmhouse and 23 acres brought £20,500 and 68 acres offered in three lots


realised £20,750.


IT was not. so much a case of tennis-elbow as housemaid's knee for these members of the tennis section of Whalley Cricket Club, when they


pot down to a spring- clean.


players, led by their secre­ tary. Mr David Lynch, gave up three hours to make the


F i f t e e n conscientious


courts fit for a Wimbledon champion to use.


Sweepers, weeders and


painters rolled up their sleeves to clean the courts, trim the grass edges, renew


the white lines and decorate the clubhouse.


Now they can get on with


the game—until the opera­ tion needs to be done again in a few months' time.


[o f AQ£ .Ik ’ J * G i l l 5 r / i


lien to know that the Joint; Reorganisation Committee; for the Ribble Valley area i did not pass any adverse ' comments on the draft j scheme when it was pub- i fished. Could it be their lack I of support which decided the Home Secretary's Committee to recommend no change?” !


Mr Cooper adds: "I hap. SUGGESTIONS I


Tories have for the. past few years dominated the town council on a minority of the votes cast at local elections and he concludes that they wish to follow the same un­ democratic procedure in or­ der to secure power on the new Ribblo Valley District Council. He says, too, that Clitheroe


Mr Cooper notes that the


Labour Party cannot escape a share of the blame. They had the same opportunities as the Liberals to object to the Home Office but did not do so. The Liberals realise their


burv will form one ward j with one councillor, and I Wilpshire the other, with two councillors.


now be 19 wards in the Ribble Valley’, but the total number of councillors re­ mains unchanged at 38. Clayton-le-Dale and Sales-


! Basket ball


STONYHURST COLLEGE has finished equal third in the North East Lancashire Senior Schools’ Amateur Baskctball League, and will be entering a team in the national knock-out tourna­ ment.


the league was Stonyhurst’s Simon Eaves, with 512 points, in reality a team achievement with many of the points resulting from accurate passes from the de­ fence.


Top individual scorer in


distinction of winning the annual league knock-out.


Ston.vhurst also had the GRANTED


AN application by Mr Arthur Tate to operate an off-licence at 28 Nelson Street, Low Moor, was granted by Cl i t h e r o e licensing justices.


to right, front row): Mr Fairwealher, Mrs Green, Mr L. Green (branch secretary l, Mr .1. W. Wilson (chairman > ami Mrs Fairweathcr.


Our picture shows (left


Coun. H. Pearson (presi­ dent), Mr II. Baron (trea­ surer), and Mrs Pearson, with some of the branch members and guests.


Behind Mr Fairwcathcr is The Home Office has. how- ’


to Clitheroe! j


TALK BY SOLICITOR


A CLITHEROE solicitor, speaking to the Edisford Ladies’ Club about different aspects of his work, explained that there are two branches of the legal profession — barristers and solicitors.


access to solicitors, who are controlled by the Law Society, but not to barri­ sters, who are controlled by the Bar Council.


The general public has


day trend is for solicitors to practise in groups, some­ times with as many as 30. When a member of the public approaches a group about a legal matter, he can be seen by the solicitor who is most conversant with the particular type of problem.


He said that the present


He related some interes­ ting and sometimes amusing


incidents connected with various cases, and also described a court steeped in tradition — the Lancaster Assize Court, which still retains the furnishing there when the Lancashire witches came to trial.


given by Mrs K. Owen. The president. Mrs P. Fielding, announced that because of the Easter holiday, the next meeting would be on May 8th. when there would be a talk on bottle gardens.


A vote of thanks was


Spruce up for Chatburn


memorial CHATBURN’S war memo­


rial is to be given a clean, residents were told at then- annual parish meeting.


council, Mr H. E. Boden. said that a plan had been submitted to the Depart­ ment of the Environment for the memorial to be scrubbed and re-lettered, but the department had only given the go-ahead for it to be cleaned. “I t will be scrubbed several times, using a special chemical cleaner." he explained.


Clerk to the parish


ion that the re-lettering- should also be carried out, and Mr Boden said that the Chatbum branch of the Royal British Legion were waiting to see the effect of the cleaning before consider­ ing the matter further.


Villagers were of the opin­


That first fag!


HOW many remember then- first cigarette? Mr w. Kitchen reminded Low Moor Good Companions of theirs with a Lancashire dialect poem, ” Learin’ to smoke, ’ at the latest meeting. There was also a reminder


of the late Jim Reeves when Mrs M. Wilson sang two of his songs, “ You know I won't forget ” and ” I won’t forget you.” To complete the entertain­


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