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1VITH (he opening of their new recreation ground Grindleton and district children have probably found a paradise of their own. And in their "Garden of Eden” for the opening fancy dress parade were none other than . . . Adam and Eve. Four-year-old Amanda Tingle, and her brother, •lames (two) did not seem perturbed by the over cast weather. Anyway, Mum, Mrs Vivienne Tingle, of the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley, was at hand in case of disaster.
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Dust-up about bins
PEOPLE measure the suc cess of a council by the frequency with which their dustbins are emptied.
taken by Clitheroe coun cillors in discussing on Tues day the unsatisfactory per formance of the. town's refuse service over the past five or six weeks.
This was the viewpoint
refuse collection service operating in Clitheroe at this moment,” said Town Clerk Mr John Cowdall. “ Although it did well for nine con secutive weeks before Easter, every time there is a bank holiday we lose.”
•' There is a very poor
Walter Grange said that on average, about one and half days’ collection was being lost each week, equivalent to well over 20 per cent, of normal production.
was keeping up with the schedule.
Public health inspector Mr
their work interrupted by unintended calls and one man has been persistently troubled during the night by people trying to phone a local taxi firm.
Local traders have had
STD codes, used outside the Clitheroe exchange, were altered at the same time as the town numbers. The result is that if a person uses the “old” code along with a “ new ’’ number, the telephone system couples him to a number he does not want.
The problem arises because
Chamber of Trade com plained to the Telephone Manager about the incon venience and possible loss of trade they had experienced. “ For a subscriber to
Clitheroe and District
receive 10 to 12 wrong num ber calls a day is not un common,” they’ said. “While a trader is answering these fmstrating calls he is not attending to his own busi
ness, and indeed the call may be blocking a, genuine
inquirer who, not being able to get through, places his business elsewhere.” The Chamber alleged
nation to put a slip inside the new directories, and then everyone would have known about the change," he said. The Post Office provided post-free cards for sub scribers to notify prospective callers of the new numbers. Mr Kilner doubted that more than one per cent actually sent out these cards. “ Tire Post Office should not rely on every subscriber
the problems could have been avoided.
CONFUSED
sent out merely confused people. His number is 22626 and coupled with the 0200 code he found that callers were more confused than ever if he tried to explain their mistake. “ We do not feel that
dent Mr Chris Leeming found that the cards he
on bonus, only one of the three refuse collection teams
said it was a ridiculous situation where men were getting a bonus and being one and a half days behind with their work, and Coun. Bert Jones commented: "There is something wrong with the method, the values or the men.”
Coun. Robert Ainsworth
backs up quicker than any thing else,” stated Coun. Derek Akker. "They judge a council on how often the bins are emptied." He sug gested that a report should be prepared for the public health committee, including what happened to the refuse collection at times of public holidays.
“This gets the ratepayers
opinion, not all men were interested in working a full bonus. He felt that many- preferred to finish early on Friday with a £2 bonus, rather than later with a £5 bonus. “ If we employed one more man. their bonus would be cut back every week," he said.
In Coun. John Blackburn's
might be to blame for the sudden lowering of per formance, felt Coun. Robert Chadwick, and Coun. Ronnie Todd agreed. " We cannot solve this problem until the cards are on the table,” he said. “Ninety-nine per cent, of such problems are human ones."
A clash in personalities
committee chairman. Aid. Leo Wells, and vice-chair man Aid. Tom Robinson, should look into the case of the overflowing dustbins with officials and the men con cerned.
It was agreed that the
A MESSAGE of congratula tion is to be sent to Edis- ford County P r im a r y School’s gymnastics team by the No. 5 Divisional Education Executive. The team has been chosen to represent Britain nt the World Congress of Physical Education at Brussels later this month.
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that the code number had been changed without national notification. The old code number such as 02002 now dropped the last digit from the local number and gave a wrong connec tion.
DISCUSSIONS
the Chamber that they had taekn steps to notify their various areas throughout the country of the changes, but there was nevertheless “ always the possibility of some initial dislocation." The situation should, tbev said, improve progressively as new dialling instruction booklets were issued. A Post Office spokesman
The Post Office assured Chamber of Trade presi
notifying all the people who are likely to call him, be cause it’s a virtual impossi bility." In Mr Kilner's opinion,
not have taken much imagi
DOWNHAM was filled with melodic sounds on Whit Sunday afternoon, when members of St Leonard’s congregation and visitors to the village joined in together in a special 45 minutes of open air hymn singing at the village green.
St Leonard’s parochial church council. The Vicar of Down- ham, the Rev. Eric Chard, said that this v-as a new venture for the village. It was an attempt to get people out of the church building and at the same time involve people passing through the village.
Leading the hymns was the choir which had
enough forethought was put into this,' he said. “ I think they should have delayed changing the numbers until they- produced new booklets throughout the country. The Chamber think they should have reprinted them all at the same time, and then there would have been no
The idea of open air sing ing was first suggested by-
Blackburn, Accrington, Clith eroe and many of the local villages attended. A few people passing through even stopped their cars, wound down their windows and joined as well. The singing was accom panied by Mrs B. Scott with an accordion. The junior choir, who were
that particular hymn had been chosen. People fom Whalley,
accompanied by three ot their number, Margaret Binns and Gwyneth Hart on guitars and Helen Chard on recorder, sang “ When the saints go marching in." Good weather added the
earlier processed down the village, led by the cross bearer, Mr J. Parker. Between each of the 10
hymns, Mr Chard gave a short explanation as to why
Children in fight against tooth decay
final sparkle to the country- village scene and the after noon proved to be so successful that it is hoped to make it an annual event. Mr Chard is pictured
leading the community- hymn singing surrounded by his eager congregation.
tary Mr William Cooper has been plagued by wrong number' calls, with up to 15 within an hour. " I am beginning to get fed up with it," he said. “It is happen ing to other people as well." Mr Cooper's number
confusion like this.” Chamber of Trade secre
clashes with that of a local garage.
about wrong numbers. “We have discussions with them and tackle each one as an individual case.” For the system to work completely, all STD booklets had to be amended, but not all were due for replacement simul taneously. Callers who dialled a
admitted that they had received other complaints
Moor Lane, recalled the weekend shortly after t-he changeover when the phone never stopped ringing from Friday to Monday. He re ceived a barrage of inquiries about a car sale he knew nothing about. “ We have had a terrific
Mr Stanley Morton, of
. steady stream of callers, since the changeover, want ing a local taxi firm. These calls'often come between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. Mr Robinson's number is
wrong number got either a recorded voice, nothing at all. or a number they did not want. It was the third of these which caused com plaints, he said Mr John Robinson, of Castle Street, has had a
Big potential for Clitheroe council told
TRAFFIC-FREE shopping, a geological trail from the castle to Pendle, new houses and Industrial
expansion . . . . this Is the Clitheroe of the future seen through the eyes of the North East Lancashire Planning Unit.
amount of wrong numbers.' he said. " Although it has not been as bad in the past fortnight." Once, when he was expec
Charles Wilson, described to the town council on Tuesday the Clitheroe of tomorrow as outlined in a draft structure plan due for completion by the end of the year. The eventual plan will
ting a call from Brussels, Mr Morton received one mis taken connection after an other before the important call came through. “ We did not wish to miss it and at that time the
A member of the team, Mr ■
concern broad policies for North East Lancs, which the new county council will consider and implement, while district authorities pre pare local plans.
situation was at its worst." he said. “ Someimes I have been busy in the shot) and have had to leave customers to come to the phone just
22293: the taxi number is 22933. When a caller uses the old code, such as 932 from Blackburn, he gets Mr Robinson by mistake. " It’s a genuine mistake," he said. “ 1 don’t really blame the people.” He wonders wily the Post
Office have not issued nationwide code book stickers showing the amen ded code. “ I think thp situa tion has improved slightly, but it is still fairly persis tent. We sometimes get two or three wrong calls all at once — six or more times a week. At first it was quite frequent. We get them throughout the day-time and during the night.
ANNOYING
want the Post Office to hurry up." Mr Thomas Kilner, of
“It is annoying. I just
Theo’s. thought the solution would have been to issue notes of the new dialling codes along with new tele phone directories. " It would
for a wrong number. It does not do the business any good."
potential for improvement rather than redevelopment,” said Mr Wilson. “ The town has the most interesting and finest character of all the towns in the North East Lancs sub-region. Every effort should be made to con serve it.”
" Clitheroe has a great DISAPPROVED
Untidy land to be cleared
PLOTS of uncultivated land
£195, four plots on Bolland Prospect are to be cleared of rubbish and rough grass, then filled, levelled and sown with grass seed. The decision was made following the housing manager’s report that the plots were in “ a wild overgrown state.”
on and around council estates are to be tidied up. At an estimated cost of
said that it was not the initial outlay tout the up keep of such areas that was a problem, and Coun. Derek Akker commented that as the parks department was
Aid. Clifford Chatburn
already understaffed, the council could not start to undertake maintenance of any more areas. Tidying up was going to
and uncultivated land ad joining a corporation house in Queen Street, Low Moor, is to be landscaped at an estimated cost of £20. A third area, at the rear
have to be kept to what could easily be maintained by contract. Another area of rough
of another conporation- owned house in Highfield Road, is to be cleared and sown with grass. A privet hedge is also to be planted along the rear of the site.
which installed new front ages out of character with the rest of the town. “We might see policies of closing shopping streets to traffic and opening parts just to pedestrians.” Then, only de livery vehicles would be ad mitted.
He disapproved of shops
■footpaths. The recommended housing
ing demand for recreation, the planners proposed a " revitalised museum,” and a geological trail from the castle, through the quarries, to the slopes of Pendle. The hill itself would have more
To meet the ever-increas
A NEW method of dental treatment, aimed at reducing tooth decay among youngsters, is at present being put to the test at two Clitheroe primary schools.
The treatment, being has just completed a special
tried out by the Lancashire County Council’s school den tal service, involves the coating of teeth with a specially protective film of plastic-like material. And al ready 100 children at Edis- ford County Primary and St James's CE schools have received the initial treat ment.
is area dental officer for the Nos 5 and 6 health divisions, Mr John Higson, of Clare mont Avenue, Clitheroe. “ Despite all the efforts of dentists in this country, the state of children's teeth is if anything getting worse," he said.
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teeth of today’s children are subject to more decay than those of their counterparts 20 years ago.”
" Surveys show that the
eight year age range have been chosen for the trials, because that is the age when they are getting their second teeth. “Basically we are trying to prevent decay by coating the biting sur faces of the back teeth which are grooved and col lect food particles in them,” explained Mr Higson.
tely painless—as no drilling is involved. Said Mr Higson: “ Having cleaned and dried the teeth, we paint the plas tic substance on with a paintbrush, and then it is hardened with ultra-violet light.
programme would centre on areas such as Chatburn, Clitheroe, Whalley and Bar- row, and on the edge of urban areas, without invad ing rural landscape.
MORE HOUSES
do not want to live in a new town environment might seek
“Upper income groups that
to live in the Ribble Valley, said Mr Wilson.
aged in and around Clith eroe. An area between Edis- ford Road and Waddington Road w-as earmarked for 600 houses, and another 300 council and 100 private houses could be built in the Up Brooks area.
Extra homes were envis
for more jobs, and to this end the planners have their eyes on 13 acres beside Chatbum Road near Bell man Farm. Mr Wilson re vealed that this land was at present badly drained and there could be problems ac quiring it from Ribblesdale Cement Ltd, but it was an ideal location and could accommodate the small amount of industry required.
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completely new to this coun try, although it has been used in the USA in the past few years with some very promising results."
" It is an idea that is
The treatment is followed up by six monthly check-ups,
and Mr Higson and his staff are making use of the County Council’s new fully- equipped dental caravan, as their mobile workbase.
“ This development is part of a general preventive
measure—an attempt to slant the emphasis away from treatment towards prevention."
chosen for the experiment because Mr Higson himself
The Clitheroe area was
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several sponsored walks, he claims to be ‘not quite as athletic ’’ as Mr Joselin, who recently completed a 75-mile pilgrimage to Lin colnshire.
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has been very co-operative, and we have had a fantastic response from both children and their parents, who have to give written consent for the work to be done."
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and 11, will be going through their routine in a special display to be held at Ribblesdale C o u n ty Secondary School on June 28th at 7-30 p.m. Head master of Edisford school Mr A. M. Latimer this week, extended an invitation to parents of the children, local teachers and all other local people to watch the demonstration. <y- And two days later, the
THE public will have a chance to see Britain’s top junior gymnasts—the Edis- ford County Primary School team—in action before they leave for the World Con gress of Physical Education in Brussels at the end of the month. The 30 children, aged 10
gymnasts, who were chosen to represent Britain after fierce competition from schools all over the country, will be leaving for Brussels. There they will he put through their paces in front of delegates from every country in the' world. Travelling with them will
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WORK on Clitheroe’s new Brookside Primary School, scheduled to begin this week, has been delayed until June 25th. The delay is due to Lan
importance. It is a disease of affluence that cause people to eat far to much starchy and sugary food.”
to follow the rules of dental health,” he said, "and this means regular check-ups, and regular brushing of the teeth. ” Diet, too. is of prime
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