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June made soup, turkey and ( l ip s fol lowed by truit 0ic and T e am , o r sample the curry I nr ploughman’s lunch.


Iliose and other dishes served each lunch lime and evening.


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TONIGHT. THURSDAY l.V THE LOUNGE at 10-0 p.m.


tomorrows children FRIDAY AND SATURDAY


HIT RECORDING STARS OF JESSAMINE


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md the SCOTT DARNLEY TRIO LATE LICENCE — SUPPERS


SUNDAY TOP LOCAL GROUr


FORTUNE tellers plus


PAUL BRENNAN’S DISCO SHOW


weddings and parties catered fo r hen parties free b y arrangement


LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS POLLING DAY APRIL 12th, 1973


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Monday, April 2nd— Chipping Tuesday. A p r il 3rd— Rochester and Hothersall Wednesday. April 4th— West Bradford fir Waddington Thursday, April 5th— Longridge Friday. April 6th— Bolton-by-Bowland and Sawley


Saturday, April 7th— Longridge Monday, April 9th— Whitewcll 11 a.m., Dunsop Bridge Tuesday, April 10th— Longridge Wednesday. April 11 th— Longridge THURSDAY, APRIL 12th— POLLING DAY


For ALL The People . . .


VOTE CONSERVATIVE rublished by D. Hobinson, 14 Mill Street, Padiham.


ACTION SOUND


IFliere? NEWTON INSTITUTE Then? FRIDAY, APRIL 6th Tim o


e? 9 p.m. — 1 a.m. Hw much? 30p


HAMBURGERS AND HOT DOGS Right of Admission Reserved


DISCO DANCE


WADDINGTON VILLAGE HALL


L HOTEL FACILITIES


Irte menu SLE FROM HURSDAY


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LANCASHIRE versus ISLE OF MAN


motor cycle scramble Al Launrl Hey, Ilaslingclen


n Sunday, April 1st, al 1-30 p.m. | Organised by Arrnngton and District Motor Cycle Club


ADMISSION 2 0 p , CHILDREN lOp REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE


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LLimtKUt FOOTBALL CLUB


ROTARY CLUB OF CLITHEROE


DON’T FORGET ANNUAL JUMBLE SALE


TONIGHT, THURSDAY MARCH 20th at 7-0 p.m.


in the TRINITY SCHOOL ROOM


Ribblesdale Sports and. Social Club SATURDAY, MARCH 31st


TOMORROW’S CHILDREN (Great last time!


REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE SUNDAY, APRIL 1st


DISCO ~ ACTION SOUND Right of Admission Reserved


Sunday Lunch could give you £5 extra if you are present and have the number


^pootxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg CLITHEROE SOCIAL CLUB W E L L G A T E— T e le p h o n e 2 3 5 8 5 KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY


HAVE fun, pit your wits in a general knowledge quiz for family teams. Entries (FREE) are Invited for a general


knowledge knock-out quiz for members of local families, to be staged at the Clitheroe Parish Church Hall on Wednesday, April 11th, and Saturday, April 14th.


Teams must consist of three members of


the same family—from grandparents to grandchildren—with at least one member of


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' on April 7th) ..................................................................... | April 7th, and marked FAMILY. I


, Names of contestants (one of whom must be under 17 I I


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ENTRY FORM .


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the .team under the age of 17 on April 7th, 1973.


No one may be a member of more‘ than


one team. Books to the value of £14.50 (donated by


Ribble Cement) will be awarded to the teams coming first and second.


Entries should be sent to Coun. J.


| Blackburn, c/o Choice Fruit, Moor Lane, , i Clitheroe to arrive bv first post Saturday,


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................................................................................... | Contestants will be notified that . weekend of the draw and when they should


................................................................................... I ADMISSION TO THE CONTESTS 20p, | PAYABLE AT THE DOOR. ALL PRO-


UNDER the Department of the Environment's scheme for “ Plant a Tree ” Year. Aighton, Bailey and Chaig­ ley Parish Council has decided to plant trees on the wall side of the car park near The Avenue, Hurst Green, where they will “ look beautiful in about 20 years.’?,


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ON FRIDAY MARCH 30th 9 p.m. to 1-0 a-m.


ADMISSION 30p Right of admission reserved TONES—DIXON


Frances Emily Dixon, young­ est daughter of Mr F. E. Dixon, of 7 Seeker Crescent Loushers Lane, Warrington, and the late Mrs B. Dixon, was married at Christ Church, Warrington, to Flying Officer Martin David Tones, RAF, elder son of Mr A. R. Tones, of 4 Wood- fields. Stonyhurst, and the late Mrs M. B. Tones.


Given away by her father,


the bride wore an Empire­ line gown of white broderie anglaise, falling into a three-tiered skirt trimmed


orchids surrounded by lily of the valley, freesia and


with ribboned lace, and a Juliet-style headdress with short four-tiered veil. She carried a bouquet of


heather. She was attended by Miss


School teacher, Miss


tenant Eric Tones, brother of the bridegroom, and the groomsmen were Mr Stephen Jones, Flight Lieutenant R. Turnill and Mr Ronald Jones.


The service was conducted by the Rev G. Dickenson


The Cottage, Thelwall, fol­ lowed by a honeymoon in Majorca.’


rington.


aiid Father J. Daley, and the organist was Mr Foster. A reception was held at


Germany. Photo: Ken Gange, War­


The couple are to live in


Patsy Tones, sister of the bridegroom and Miss Bar­ bara Bradbury, friend, who wore wine coloured long crepe dresses in Empire-line with bell sleeves. The best man was Lleu-


PLEASE HELP TR1CIA APPEAL


URGENT ANYTHING


GOOD AS NEW THAT WILL SELL


MOOR LANE. CLITHEROE We will collect


CLITHEROE 24245 or 23163 CHOICE FRUIT


WANTED FLEASE PHONE


Hurst Green row ‘has 64 potholes’


COMPLAINTS about the state of Smithy Row, Hurst Green, described by one tenant as having 64 pot­ holes, are to be made direct to the Bursar at Stonyhurst College.


This was advised by


Aighton Bailey and Chaigley Parish Council after investi­ gation into the ownership of the road. The clerk, Mrs Eileen


Mather, explained that after writing to Stonyhurst College without success, site had written to the Provincial in London. The parish council had been informed that Smithy Row, with the exception of the smithy, now belonged to the College.


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Blame owners not dogs


The items in last week's


paper headed " Where dogs must be kept on a lead ” made my blood boil — that in this day and age the council should be so con­ cerned about the filth on the streets from dogs.


Surely it’s not the fault


of the dogs that they foul these streets but the owners themselves. These are the people who regard them­ selves as ’’ animal lovers ’’ but who allow their pets to roam of their own free will. Instead of taking them a


walk, they shut them out of doors to look out for them­ selves.


I have a dog of my own


and she has been trained to walk to heel. If I take her anywhere, never mind shopping in Clitheroe, she is never far away from me. If I had to put her on a


lead she would be nervous of the full bags of shopping bumping against her. I know’ I wouldn’t like this. You will say, leave her at


home, but I live in Wadding­ ton. I like to go out, and the walk to Clitheroe and back is ideal exercise for both of us. Never on any occasion has


she fouled the street. As for the shops, I tell her to sit outside and she stays until I am served. If I can ’do this with my


dog then surely it’s feasible for other dog-lovers to train their animals as well. You will probably say there are no two dogs alike, but what a reward it would be for all concerned if all animal lovers, as they profess to be, started training their pets and not have the council making them the town’s enemies. MRS W. HOLDEN 8 Spring Gardens, Waddington.


RODDER LEGION DINNER


HODDER VALLEY branch of the Royal British Legion held its 13th annual dinner at the Hodder Bridge Hotel. Chief guest was Mr Jerry


P o w e r, East, Lancashire county assistant secretary, who is a member of the Church and Oswaldtwistle branch. Introduced by Captain


DANCING TIME? . . . it's up to you


We propose to start a weekly session of


MODERN Cr OLD TIME SEQUENCE DANCING


on Wednesday evenings Provided we can get enough members.


If interested, please fill In attached coupon and forward to the ACE OF SPADES CLUB, GEORGE STREET, WHALLEY. TEL. 2510.


I I am interested in your dancing sessions and I


wish to enrol. | | Address


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Kenyon, Hodder Va l l e y president, he recalled that the branch and that at Waddington were formerly part of Chatburn, and des­ pite early fears, the move had been a success. Mr Power paid tribute to


the splendid social work done by Hodder Valley, men­ tioning particularly the hos­ pital visiting scheme and the scheme for collecting books for the troops in Northern Ireland. On the social side, the darts matches and shooting competitions were valuable in sustaining comradeship. Mr Power was thanked by


Mr D. Hook. Certificates of appreciation for services to the branch were presented by Capt. Kenyon to Mr D. B. Bond, secretary, and the Rev. T. B. Rei’d, padre. Mr D. Crompton, chair­


man, welcomed guests and members, and Col. L. C. King-Wilkinson, vice-presi­ dent. proposed the loyal toast.


Companions


Hetherington, was thanked by Mrs F. Addison. Mrs M. Broadhurst sang " Amazing Grace, ” and community singing followed, with Mrs T. Bailey at the piano. A meat pie and peas supper was served. The next meeting will be on April 5th at 2 p.m.


LOW MOOR Good Com­ panions enjoyed a talk illus­ trated by slides on the Pennine Way, at Thursday's meeting in Low Moor Chapel. The speaker. Miss M.


FOOTBALL FIELD DANGER


I WAS interested to read in last week’s Advertiser that the park's superin­ tendent has assured him­ self that the football


pitches at Roefleld were In good condition. He was, I recall, surprised at allegations that there were large stones on the pitches. Local league teams will not be inclined to consider his apparent amazement lightly.


When the council took the


two best football pitches at Edisford last year for a caravan site and pitch and putt course, the amateur league were assured that satisfactory pitches would be provided. Only two are now available at Roefleld for, with council logic, although there are a num­ ber of games yet to play the best remaining field at Edisford has been planted with trees.


I have excluded from my


remarks the Castle Field as it seems only one team may play there, and Dick Field appears to get out of sight out of mind treatment. If the two other pitches


are walked, it is easily ap­ parent that they are not regularly marked out. small stones are scattered all over the surface with large ones showing through and, lastly, they are uneven to the ex­ tent that


t h e y ar e


instance, a trench 18 inches long with a depth of, I esti­ mate, four or five inches on the edge of the penalty area.


dangerous. I could show Mr Hall, for


It is truly surprising that


serious injury has not been sustained at Roefleld this


season. I would agree that the pitches are reasonably grassed, but to footballers this is of lesser importance, as long as the field is level and reasonably flat.


Teams cannot play foot­


ball on nits, and visiting teams openly sympathise with teams that have to play at home at Edisford. What can the teams do?


Any complaints made at the baths are. T understand, passed to Mr Hall. I wonder if he realises how serious these complaints are? We


cannot withhold our match fees as we have nowhere else to go—that is when we can gain entrance to the dressing room—the keys are currently lost.


It seems apparent that


the council as a whole are uninterested in the foot­ ballers of the town. More interest is generated by campers and caravans from other towns.


Have we to have a spate


of serious injuries before anyone will p r o p e r l y examine the state of these pitches?


I for one would be willing


to walk the pitches with whoever is concerned on any evening to show them what is wrong—that is if it is not readily apparent. I think it will be.


the time to examine every square foot. Let him remem­ ber that if he or his depart­ ment do not, they are morally, if not in law. partly responsible for any acci­ dents that nay occur due to the state of the pitch.


Mr Hall says he has not In this I speak for other


clubs also. Perhaps this is something


the new sport council can quickly consider—but I for­ got. they have not yet met!


L. WHITTAKER, Chairman, White Lions FC. 24 Downham Road, Chatburn.


LETTERS., to the Editor


Shop prices can be frozen


I CERTAINLY agree with J. B. Turner (March 15th>, that because world trade is conducted largely on the basis of a capitalist free-for-all, food prices In world


mean that prices paid in the shops cannot be frozen. It is perfectly possible to freeze the price of both domestic and imported agri­ cultural products.


markets cannot be stabilised. This, however doesn’t


The systems adopted by Austria and Sweden, to which I made reference in my original speech, are based on pegging retail prices. Since January 1st, Sweden has frozen the prices of fresh and frozen meat, sausages, ham, beef, pork, milk, cream and yoghurt.


A similar freeze in 1970,


incidentally unaccompanied by wage restraint, reduced the rate of inflation to the


lowest in Europe. Lower prices to farmers are com­


contrary to the current bleatings of the Government, it is possible to freeze food prices and to maintain them by subsidy. I don't believe, and the Swedish examples tend to confirm this, that a freeze can be maintained for longer than six months. It is essentially a short run policy. The basic point I made in m,v Chatburn speecli was now that the Tory Government has pro­ duced an economic crisis so serious as to demand a freeze, only a package that is fair and comprehensive is acceptable. A wages freeze accom­


pensated by exchequer sub­ sidies. These examples show that


panied by. vestigial price controls, such as this current freeze, is clearly unfair. For those who earn their living and those on fixed incomes, it means a reduction in their standards of living. Since then, of course, the


Government has abandoned any pretence at “ fairness " by distributing over £300 millions in reduced taxes to a tiny group of already rich people. J. B. Turner's suggestion


increase in wealth and pur­ chasing power does not match rising world prices, that have serious problems. One of the main reasons why this country has been so ' critically affected by world prices is the “ de .facto" devaluation of the pound last June. This cut our purchasing


that wc should grow at an even slower pace, which he offers as a means to damp down inflation, reveals a central economic illogicality. It is only countries whose


County seats ‘too


large’


WITH elections to be held for all the County Council seats in the Clitheroe area, It is clear that whoever is elected will have a con­ siderable task in repre­ senting the large areas and numbers of electors involved. Need this have been so? I believe not. Although the new elec­ toral boundaries were fixed nationally, local In­ fluence had clearly played a part In securing better representation for certain areas.


Clitheroe Borough had its


own county councillor under the old arrangements, now it has to share one with the Pendleside parishes of


Clitheroe Rural District. Padiham Urban District used to share a county coun­ cillor with Brierfield under the old arrangements, now it has its own. Clitheroe lias 9,852 electors, Padiham has 7,343: the Clitheroe area councillor will have to look after the interests of 11,458 electors, the Padiham councillor only the 7,343. The blame for this most


disturbing state of affairs must be laid squarely at the feet of our existing Con­ servative county councillors and aldermen. Whether they lack the ability or the willpower I do not know but they have not shown themselves capable of press­ ing the needs of this area. Other areas have obtained new schools and youth centres, Clitheroe is still waiting.


With one exception, these


power by 10 per cent. A country like Britain with low growth and a depreciat­ ing currency is clearly going to find it difficult to afford higher and higher prices. To suggest then, that we should grow at a slower rate is economic nonsense. If we grow at a slower rate, we can look forward to further devaluations, to a steady decline in our purchasing power, to a growing inability to afford the rising prices of world food and to a persis­ tent deterioration in our standards of living.


MICHAEL WALSH. Prospective Parliamentary Labour Candidate for Clitheroe.


same people are putting themselves forward again for election to the new county council, one that will contain representatives of the former county boroughs who will certainly be press­ ing the case for their own towns. The prospect of such people being re-elected does not augur well for the future well being of this area. It would even seem that


many of the local Conserva­ tives no longer have con­ fidence in their own repre­ sentatives and officers as recent events involving Longridge and Padiham have shown. In tire one case the official Conserva­


tive candidate is being opposed by an ’’Independent” Conservative: in the other there is clearly dissati- faction with the leadership.


TONY COOPER, Hon. secretary, Clitheroe Liberal Association


Hoary old legend


WITH what monotonous regularity does the hoary


old legend appear in our paper about this time every year concerning pensioners “ pressure groups ” for con­ cessionary travel.


Once more we place on


record, there has never been one, unless we count the pressures against the idea. We, the unattached pen­


sioners. naturally appreciate that some Labour coun­ cillors, and now the Liberals, have begun to show some interest, even though too late, and may indeed have some expediency about it, when we remember how the pensioners withheld then- votes in 1971 and 1972, • bringing the polls down to an unprecedented low. The report in last week’s


issue has come just in time to bring about the same determination to have no more to do with elections at any time.


The pensioners arc now


convinced that if they had had the right kind of sup­ port they would now be enjoying the same facilities as other towns. But just when they seemed on the verge of attaining their object (through the Town Clerk’s token scheme, etc.), their hopes were dashed by remarks like this: " Our national federation does abhor concessions ” and pictures showing pensioners marching to the GPO waving banners inscribed " Say no to concessions.”


If this behaviour didn't


decide the councillors to wash their hands of the matter, it would be rather strange.


It was at this point that


the Community Council of Lancashire came into the


picture, as representing Pendle Clubs. In May, 1972. they con­


ducted a survey, spotlighting Clitheroe. Although the report received plenty of good publicity, it didn’t exactly produce a “ pressure group.”


No doubt they thought


Clitheroe was beyond help, in its inability to speak for itself. So we do thank the Pendle Clubs who do so much for senior citizens.


RETIRED PENSIONER.


Nuisance for 20


years READING Mr Musson'a


letter in reply to my own ip last week's paper, w?


•thought Brook Street had found an ally in the first part of his letter, but. as w® read on we found we were wrong.


It is not 50 years hence


the foundry would be here when the houses are down. It would be the other way round as has happened in other towns not far from •here, where they have had to close the foundries. You mention Taylor Street,


which gets all the dirt and filth along with Jubilee


Terrace and Bright Street. That's what we are fighting about. There is plenty of room behind the foundry for those, wagons, if the


promised work is carried out .


for nearly 20 years, and I don't think it would have been here but for some of the old councillors who are with us no longer.


T. FOULKF.R. 9 Brook Street, Clitheroe.


AT THE CINEMA


AN action suspense drama. “ The Heist,’’ at the Civic


(Monday t.o Wednesday), was filmed round Hamburg


and features a bank raid. " Traffic" (from Thurs­


day) revolves round an international s how i n


Amsterdam where every manufacturer in the world


takes part and each com­ petes with the other for sales and publicity.


A departure from tradi­


tional musical films of the past. “ Cabaret," at Regal I,


Skipton. is set in Berlin m the early 1930s. Dynamic Liza Minnelli plays Sally, the night chib singer. Claudia Cardinalc, the


Italian beauty, has the only feminine role in ’’ Once Upon a Time in the West ’ (Regal II), a story of the railroad.


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we are bothered about, Mr Musson, it is the present. What has North Street got to do with Brook Street? You might as well say what has Pimlico Road to do with Brook Street — nothing. I can tell Mr Musson the houses in Brook Street are as good as they are in Pim­ lico Road. It is only the nam© of the street that is different, and if he would care to come and look at some of them I am sura it can be arranged. Then he would not say


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