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}1R WILLIAM HOLGATE examines the railside fence near the point where the sheep escaped.


Out of petrol but optimistic


CUTHEROE garage owners this week remained optimistic that it would be Hrvicc as usual for their customers, despite some speculation about delays in pfirol delivery.


A: tiv; Roundabout filling ;‘.s‘.:on—


S£ch sc’.uafl.v ran out of ai.o! on Tuesday—owner l!r Gordon Nutter was yes- '..rci.iy buck in full business f/oaing a del.very on Tuc.s- :.iy fv.n:ue.


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ics from Hay- no longer to said. “ and ki order well


in advance, allowing about a week's notice instead of the usual 48 hours. “ This situation has been


brought about by panic buying. There is no short­ age, but llic companies can­ not cope with the demand for deliveries." Mr Nutter said that cus­


tomers had generally reacted well to their restriction of


four gallons which he had imposed when supplies be­ gan to run otn over the weekend. Only doctors and taxi drivers had been exempted, though one or two cunning customers had managed to get double rations by driving round the' roundabout and filling- up a second time.


with the new deliveries there may be a drop of one degree in the octane rating, meaning that more petrol would be obtained from the same amount of crude oil.


There is a possibility that


perienced no difficulty with supplies so far. though they are waiting to see what hap­ pens in the next lew days. At Primrose Garage, too. they are “ playing it by ear.”


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casual customers are beiii; regulated to three gallons, but we arc hoping at least to be able to look after our regular customers. We have never run out of petrol as yet, though we may have run out of a particular


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IN the face of possible oil shortage and electricity- cuts, local churches are generally adopting a " carry on and hope for the best” attitude.


events have been postponed as a precaution. Scheduled for December 7th, a Sunday school prizegiving at Chip­ ping has been put off, as •has a Methodist Christmas Fayre at Newton, due to be held on Saturday.


But already at least two


of SS Michael and John's Fr Edmund Willoughby said that heating in the church had been cut down because of difficulty in obtaining oil supplies. “Heating is the main problem," he said. “ In the e v e n t of electrcal failure, we have plenty of candles for lighting, of course.”


In Clitheroe, parish priest


R. A. Harpur reported that he had cut the use of oil for heating by 10 per cent.


Vicar of Whatley- the Rev.


minister the Rev. Jeffrey Butcher said that the only problems so far were at Low Moor Methodist Chapel, where paraffin heaters were ■being used during evenin


And Whalley Methodist services.


BLAMES BR FOR FENCE FAULTS


BRITISH RAIL th is week refuted a Pendleton fa r ­ mer ’s claim th a t i t was to blame for an accident in which 25 of his sheep died.


whose Higher Standen Hey Farm is close to the Black- burn-Hellifield line, told the Advertiser and, Times: “My sheep were mown down by a goods train after straying- on to the railway because the wooden fence is broken down—and its upkeep is the sole responsibility of British Rail.”


But Conn. Ernest Holgate,


discovered the dead and dy­ ing sheep littered across the


track during a routine daily check of stock.


Massacre


30 sheep wandering on the track, and herded them off. Then he saw another ani­ mal further up the fine, went up to it and discovered what had happened,” ex­ plained Coun. Holgate, a member of Clitheroe RDC for more than 30 years.


“ He noticed some 25 or


about 50 sheep. Some were already dead and some had to be slaughtered because of their inluries. When I arrived on the scene, it was like a massacre.


‘The train had run into


carrying away the bodies he added. “ Some of them


' It was a gruesome job


weighed 200 pounds, and all were mutilated and bloody.


We had to take a tractor and trailer down on the line.”


Altogether. Conn. Holgate lost about a fifth of his 120-


strong herd of Masham sheep. “We will get com­ pensation. but that is not satisfactory.” he said. “ At this time of year we cannot p.o to tlie market and buy- sheep of comparable quality.”


the incident, ana a railway- official joined Coun. Holgate and h's soil at the scene on Saturday- morning, soon afterwards. “ They don't give us any reasons for not mending the fence — they simply ignore us.” said Coun. Holgate.


The train driver reported Expense


been farming at Higher Slanden Hey for almost 80 years, anq the railway runs through their land for about a mile. Fences on both sides of the line are in disrepair, claims Coun. Holgate, and on one occasion more than 60 cows escaped on to the track, but escaped Injury.


The Holgate family has


on the fence many times.” said Coun. Holgate, “ but we cannot be expected to take on the expense of full re­ pairs when they- are British Rail's responsibility.


“ We have put rails back


shocking problem, not just here but throughout the country. When a new motor­ way is built, foolproof fences are used. But the railways seem to come under a dif­ ferent heading.


" These fences ore a


worse, too. Things were all right until the last war. but after that a new system of maintenance was introduced, and the fence has been left practically untouched.”


“ The problem is getting Ji - t '


LICENSEE of the Petre Arms, Langho, for tlie past 16 years, Mr Ernest Livesey and his wife, Elizabeth, have decided to leave their business in order to give themselves a rest and a change of scene.


Denial


no regular passenger ser­ vices on the line—just goods trains. But at weekends, Scottish expresses are some­ times diverted along this route during main-line re­


Since 1962, there have been


pairs. A spokesman for British


Rail at Preston denied that the fence was in a generally- broken down state. “There was one isolated break in the fence through which the sheep escaped,” he said, “ and we do not know how this was caused.”


The rest of the fence was, he said, “ in good repair/


Getting; the facts


archivist is to be sought by Whalley Parish Council before proceeding further with plans to instal signs on buildings and other places of interest in the village. Said the council chairman,


The advice of the county


County Aid. Basil Green­ wood: “We must think very carefully what we are going to label. We should not put too many signs up—or too few—and we must be careful we get our historical facts


right.”


country cottage at Wadding- ton and just “ stand and stare" says Mr Livesoy. However, they are leaving


They will move to their


behind very happy memories of their fife at tile Petre Arms and the good friends and customers they had


went into t-he licensing trade when he came out of the Navy. Newly married he and his wife ran the Chetham Arms, near Turton,


there. Mr Livesey, now 52, first


of the first in the : .ea to provide a cold meat buffet, and that was 12 years ago. This continental style of catering, where families can enjoy a meal together, is really only just catelling on in other hotels. For many years the Petre


leisurely at the hotel. The Petre Arms was one


for seven years. From there he went to Langho. During his time there he has seen tremendous changes in the industry, such as the intro­ duction of the breathalyser, a demand for catering, and a completely new style in drinking. He remembers when there


, and chip supper after hav- i ing a drink, but now they preferred to cat more


was only whisk}-, gin and rum, and not the numerous mixes there are today, or the many beers that have been introduce". At one time his customers would rush out for a fish


ping-place for-hundreds of motorists. Built in 1840, it was the farmhouse home of


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THE plan of Waddinpton WI to (live their village a tree did not work out quite the way they wanted, but at least they have planted one, accord­ ing to the slogan, in ’73.


spare, they planted two on Monday afternoon . . side by side in the parish churchyard. Originally, the WI in­


In fact, with six weeks to


Patricia needs help on road to health


folded to plant one tree in the churchyard and another elsewhere in the village, but their attempts to find a spot were thwarted first by the parish council and then by Bowland Rural Council, who deemed proposed sites un­ suitable. So they settled for two


VOLUNTEER help — and plenty of It — is the next important need in the fight to help handi­ capped Patricia Thwaites, back to a normal life.


trees together. Institute members turned out to see two silver birches planted in the spot where a favourite old birch stood before it was blown down in a gale last Christmas. Now the WI have planted


their tree in '73, they arc wondering if there will be a call to plant some more in


and her parents, Mr and Mrs Alan Thwaites, of Langden House. Dunsop Bridge, this week returned from their visit to the Institute for the Achieve­ ment of Human Potential in Philadelphia. Said Mr Thwaites: “ Intensive tests were carried out during the week we were in America to evaluate Patricia's poten­ tial for treatment."


Sixteen-year-old Patricia


Dorothy Dewrance digging a hole for the president, Mrs Mary Boucher, to plant tree number one. With them are. from the left: Mrs Phyllis Boolhman. Mrs Edna Irwin. Mrs Bernice Barlow, Mrs Nancy Steiger. Mrs Margaret Garnett '/secretary), Mrs Clurc Winning (press secretary) and Mrs Mary Dawson.


’71! Our picture shows Miss


Patricia who is blind and suffers from brain, damage—, was’’ a suitable candidate


Doctors de cid ed that


for what is known as the Doman-Delcato method, and has a good chance of getting back to normal. "But everything- depends on the duration of the treatment, its intensity and frequency," he said. .


Mr Thwaites reckons that at least-200 volunteers will


To make success possible,


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be required to administer the treatment. "We have nov.- got a pattern of exercises that Patricia must do.


teach her brain what it feels like to do simple things —she must revert to being a baby and start all over again.”


Basically, the idea is to


volunteers as we can get, especially as we live out in the wilds. Apart from regular helpers, we would be pleased to hear from people unable to commit themselves to a specific schedule, but who will come whenever they are able/’ " My wife and -I- will teach


" We will need as many


number of volunteers have given their names, and Lancaster University and teacher training college have promised their help. Mr Thwaites asks that


all the helpers exactly what they have to do—it is a very simple operation which anyone in normal health can carry out.”


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crawl on a large table, and later to walk with the help of an overhead ladder. When she is oil the table there will be a bright light on each side of her. “ This is to try and show her what it is like to see.” explained


Patricia will learn to


Mr Thwaites hopes to mane out a rota of volunteers’ names. The time at winch the exercises calling for volunteers take place will be 10-0 a.m. and 7-0 p.m, flexible to within an hour to suit the helpers.” he


Mr Thwaites. When the table arrives,


said. " If any local people think


they can spare half an hour a fortnight to help witn this, Patricia will be very


grateful.” Each sequence in the pro­


gramme of work that Patricia will have to carry out lasts about 20 to 30 minutes, with about 10 different things to be done per sequence. They are repeated 13 times a day, making a total of nine hours work each day. Volunteers will help with the “pattern­ ing” process — teaching Patricia to crawl by manipu- pulation of her limbs. Approaches have already


as soon as she returned home, however. “ She has already begun her vitamin supplements. The pp> gramme is very arduous, and she must begin ver gradually. The doctors have said that she should sle- on her stomach and lie on the floor during the day- ana this she is already doing.”


Patricia's treatment started


travelled to Heathrow taxi — provided by Ciitheroe appeal fund which raised over £2,000 Patricia.


■ Mr and Mrs Thwaites


time any of us had flown, said Mr Thwaites. “ and we were a bit apprehensive. But in the end we enjoyed


at an hotel, they flew America. “ It was the first


After an overnight stay


motel 10 minutes bus ride from the institute. The;


it.” The family stayed at


set, off each morning at S- a.m. and returned between 9-0 and 11-0 p.m.. “ It was by no means a holiday — Patricia was flaked out for


the first few days." The couple had a chance


to see patients at the insti­ tute who had been under­ going for some time the same type of course as Patricia and they were very impressed at the progress made. Although it was their first


anyone who feels they can help should telephone him or his wife, at Dunsop Bridge 227.


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IT’S A proud occasion for members of Clillicro* Conservative Club tonight, for in their centenary year thev are being honoured by a visit from Trim® Minister5Mr Edward H c a th - th c first time a Brrt.sh prime minister has been to the toivn while in offic ■


will be " a free and easy- half hour" according to chairman Mr Max Dawson. “We want to keep it as in­ formal as possible, because he will already have had a busy day attending a mass meeting and reception in


Mr Heath's visit, sched­ uled to begin at 10-10 p.m..


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Nelson." Mr Dawson and the chib’s


president Mr Jim Wilkin­ son, a former Mayor, will meet Mr Heath, who will be accompanied by Sir Charles Johnson, chairman


for ‘pop’ festival


of the North West Area of Conservative Associations. Clitheroe Division MP Mr David Walder will also be there.


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longest record of club mem­ bership, vice-chairman Mr Harold Blackburn, who joined in 1917. He will also meet the rest of the 16- strong committee and is then expected to tour the roorn,s of the club, which has over 800 members.


Mr Heath will be intro­ duced to the man with the


Minister’s visit is in the hands of police, who will carry out a check of the club premises ’ before the visit. Strict precautions will


Security for the Prime


CUTHEROE’S Pop Festival does not directly benefit the people of the town. This was the view of the


Recreation and Leisure Com­ mittee of the Kibble Valley District Council, which is re­ commending that the festi­ val should not be sponsored in 1974. They feel that the festival


mainly involves a lot of pcope from outside the town. Coun. John Blackburn


chairman of the committee said afterwards: "The oilier reasons against another festival were the drunken­ ness^ drug taking and general disorder which r e ­ sulted from the last one. “ But


also be taken by the club officials themselves to en­ sure that only legitimate members gain access to the building.


vis’t. Mr Dawson is not anticipating any trouble from demonstrators. “Clith­ eroe isn’t really that sort of place, is it?” he said.


As this is a non-political BIRTHDAY


CONGRATULATIONS to Mr John Duckworth, of Accring­ ton Road, Whaliey, who has recently celebrated his 90th birthday.


B THMEN AS


People’s Recreation Com­ mittee, who organised the festival, can suggest any­ thing . for the young people of Clitheroc, then the Ribblo Valley Council may con­ sider sponsorship.”


if the Young


Seek help in survey


THE help of Whalley Women's Institute is to be sought in distributing leaflets for a survey by Lancashire County Council’s social ser­ vices department. This course of action wa*


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visit to the States. Mr and Mrs Thwaites were not with­ out friends over there. They met a family from New Jersey, with whom they have been holding a “ ‘aoe correspondence ” for some time. And Mr J>m Dowlc.


been made to local churches and organisations to see if they can help Patricia, A


Dunsop Bridge British Legion committee chairman, had arranged for memoers of the Legion in America to meet the Thwaites and make them welcome.


Protest over library jobs


THE new Lancashire County Council has landed itself in hot water over the appointment of district librarians in East Lancashire.


- Valley District Council has heard anything officially.


Arms, in its commanding position, has been a stop­


a married son Jeffrey, who lives at Hurst Green, a mar­ ried daughter Jean living at Langho, and a 10-year-old daughter Maxine, a pupil at St Leonard’s School, Langho. While Mr Livesey is taking


a hostler for Lions Brewer}-. In 1938 it was bought at what nowadays seems ridiculously low sum of £4,750 by Sam Smith, Tadcaster Breweries, who arc the present owners. Mr and Mrs Livesey have


been offered to Miss Barbara Snell, at present borough librarian at Nelson, but neither Clitheroe Town Council nor the Ribble


The Clitheroe post has


, new county deploring the fact that unsuccessful. can­


Tuesday backed its-Library Sub-Committee in asking the Town Clerk (Mr John Cowdall) to write to the


The Town Council on suggest that district


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stock of his life he hopes to enjoy sour golf and fish­ ing — two sports he never had time for as a busy publican.


Council has not yet asked for a library agency, but its Recreation and Le isure Committee is upset because it was not consulted. In .telling the county council of its unanimous ’ dissatisfac­ tion, tlie committee will


express .regret that .it had not been found possible to appoint the borough lib­ rarian, Mr Barry Williams, ns district librarian for the Ribble Valley. The Ribble Valley District


didates for the posts of dis­ trict librarians have not been notified of the result of their applications. The Town Clerk will also


of which Nelson will be part, is up in arms because it has asked to operate the local library as an agent of the county, but was not consulted about the Nelson appointment, which has been offered to Mr W.. B. Richardson, divisional lib­ rarian at Earby. The protest about there


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confirmed' that talks had taken ■ place with Pendle District Council. No repre­ sentations had been made by other districts, but if some were received from Ribble Valley he had no doubt that they would be considered.


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