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AN equal pay claim by 41 women manual workers employed by Neotechnic Engineer- ing, of Clitheroe, which manufactures aerosol spray bottles, has been rejected by an industrial tribunal in Manchester. At a resumed hear
Federation, submit ted that some of the applicants’ evidence regarded work they could have done if required, whereas the only concern was the work actually done.
ing, Mr P. Mi Sunder land, assistant direc
sustain the claim for like w o rk , a l th o u g h the
“The evidence does not
tor of the Engineer- in g Emp l o y e r s ’
'm u s t have been some anomalies in grades in the past,” he added. For the women, AUEW
company accepts there
representative^ Mr L. P a rk in so n said th a t certain of the jobs were so broadly similar that the tribunal could not ignore them.
suggested one thing and done another. It had no intention of implement
“ The company, has
chairman Mr John Beilis said it was the unanimous decision of the tribunal that in none of the cases were the respondents in breach of> the Equal Pay Act.
ing the Act,” he said. Dismissing the ciainr,
eration, we have decided that none of the jobs is the same, or broadly the same as the men’s,” he said.
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MANAGEMENT and u n i o n s at Calderstones have w e l c om e d th e report of the inde pendent review team set up earlier this year to investi gate staffing levels at the 1,300 patient hospital.
A peace formula at Calderstones
' The other main recom mendations are: . A phased increase in nursing staff to achieve a staff- patient ratio of 1 to 1.4. T h is would involve increasing the present staff of 7® by about 200.
between management and unions, which came to a head when nurses hi-jacked a ward to protest at staffing levels.
relations have been the major cause of dispqtes
mendations in the 18 page report is that ACAS — the government arbitration service — should be called in to help set up better indust rial relations at Calder stones. It states that bad industrial
One of the main recom
A reorganisation of senior nursing staff to make one person responsible for the deployment of manMwer. Possible changes in the type
Offices raided
CLITHEROE police are ■ appealing for information in connection with two burg laries in the town over the weekend. ■' Between Sunday and Monday morning tnieves
broke into the offices of the Rufus Carr motor company.
in Bawdlands. They took a cassette recorder, two radios and 3,000 cigarettes. lA addition, intruders forced their way into tiie Wellgate accountants’ offices of Varley, Edmondson and Co. A smml sum of money was taken.
F u r th e r consultations between man^ment and s ta ff organisations to agree on staffing levels wnich will provide “the right therapeutic environ ment for patients in indi vidual w a ^ and training areas.”
A reduction in the amount of domestic work being done by nurses so they can be given a more thorough training.
of Dr P. Sykes, consultant psychiatrist at Greaves Hall Hospital, Southport, the team met six times between early August and the end of November. The rep o r t expresses
after about three months of investigations by the five man review team which was set up jointly by the Lanca shire Aiea Health Authority and the um'ons. Under the chairmanship
The 18 page report comes
The employment of more trainers to free nursing staff to work in other areas.
The appointment of an expenenced person to be responsible for improved initial and in-service train ing, particularly for night staff.
of patients put together in a ward with a view to o b ta in in g “ a b e t te r balance of behaviours.” The report says this could have an effect on staffing levels.
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• Shop Stewards’ Committee, which represents seven unions at the hospital, said his members generally welcomed the report. They supported the view
public at a ftess conference called jointly by unions and management at the hospital. Mr Tan Barnett, convenor of the recently formed Joint
surprise that the dispute shomd have become so bad that an independent inquiiy was n e c e s sa ry and it
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IF a 13-j/ear-old Clitheroe who fell out of a Land Rover had been wearing a seat beltshe would probably still be alive, said the East Lancashire coroner Mr George Graham' at an inquest on Tuesday.
Kay, of Buccleuch Avenue, died in hospital from a skull fracture and severe brain damage after the accident on the Sawley-Bowland road. Mr Graham added at the
The girl, Karen Lesley
been wearing them at the time of the accident. He ag re ed with the
hearing in Blackburn that the delay of being held in by a seat belt would have given someone time to stop her milling out. Patholo^st Dr Charles Hjeffeman said that had the ^ 1 recovered she would have been “a human vegetable.” Her friend, Jean Bowker,
also 13, of Scott Laithe Farm, BoIton-by-Bowland,
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not properly and Mr Sander son stopped his Land Rover and told her to slam the door closed. As the Land Rover went
side. Mr Sanderson, of Orchard
coroner that there were other bends of similar sever ity on the route before the spot where the tragedy happened and it remained a mysteiy why the door had opened at that particular point. The jury returned a verdict of “Misadventure."
aggravated by the fact that the fall in the number of in patients beds and the rise in staffing levels had not lived up to earlier predictions. The report was made
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Sounds of brass
again? AN attempt is being made to revive the old Clitheroe Borough Brass Band which played its last notes in 1961 after an 80-year history during which i t ma d e r e g u l a r appearances at local fetes and civic occa sions.
The Kibble 'Valley Sports Council has asked the Mayor of Clltheroe, Coun. Bob Ainsworth, to call a public meeting to discuss the suggestion.
attempts to explain possible reasons for the bad staff-
. management committee which was scrapped when the health service was reor ganised.
viduals at Calderstones felt “remote and isolated” from decision-making at district, area and regional health authority level. This had resulted from the loss of the old, more parochial, hospital
management relations. It states that some indi
Twelve to lose jobs at
Trutex A DOZEN workers at Trutex’s West Bradford cloth-cutting factory face redundancy in the New year.
company, which is port of the Tootal empire, said this week that the redundancies had been caused by a continuing over-manning situation.
A spokesman^ for the
tion lias been undprtiiken with the trade''uniort and. notices of termination will not become effective until the New Year,” he said. Only a few months ago,
by the transfer of some stitching capacity to other a r e a s , re su l t in g in a reduced requirement for cutting. “Appropriate consulta
This had been intensified
that ACAS should make a report on industrial rela tions. But in the meantime,
Trutex announced that it was to start importing up to 30% of its normal output of basic school blouses and
shirts, because it could no lo n g e r compete w i th th e low prices of garments made in the Far East. To counter the move, a
Promotion and a move
DETECTIVE Constable Ian Hartley, of the Clitheroe CID, has been promoted to uniformed sergeant at Bamoldswick.
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. But the change of station does not mean a move of house, for Sgt Hartley (35), is to remain in Pimlico Boadf' with his wife and two chil dren, Steven and David.
massive export drive in fashion garments was being launched. At the time, the company
Clitheroe for the past two and a half years ana hope to be back in the department sometime in the future,” he
said.Sgt H ar tley led the successful investigations into the Browshohne Hall break-ins, earlier this jrear and also the inquiries into the. theft of Clltheroe’s memorial plaques. ■ Once a keen golfer at
dispelled fears that the imports might lead to large-scale redundancies within the group, saying that these would be mini mal and that the West Bradford unit would be “basically unaffected” by the new moves.
“I’ve enjoyed working in
Not breaking strike for
money, says fireman
A CLITHEROE firemen has hit back at claims a union chief that retained men are strike breaking because they want to keep drawing money.
Bill McLaren, Lancasl^ chairman of th e Fire Brigades Union, in an attack on Olitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob Ainsworth for inviting the town’s 15 part-time fire men to a Cihristmas recep tion last night.
The claim was made by Mr
majority of the retained men receive less. “We are on call 1§8 hours
a week, 52 weeks a year and when you consider that, our job is m facLpoorly paid,” he added.
blacklegs’ booze-up,” HSr McLaren said: “I wouldn’t mind if the part timers were morally supporting the strike but their first priority. is drawing money.” But the s ta tio n ’s sub-officer Mr Graham Cutler described Mr McLaren’s suggestion as “a load of rubbiM.\”
Whalley, he now wears another iMd of uniform on Saturday afternoons — refereeing in the Kibble Valley Football League.^ In the summer he enjoys
playing cricket for the police team in the local Clitneroe and district league.
Top award
THE highest award in the Girl Guide movement, the Queen’s Guide Award, was presented to 14-year-old Carol Gregson during the family service at ’Trinity M e th o d is t Church on Sunday. C a ro l , who lives in
L a n g s h a w D r i v e , Clitheroe, received her
joined Mrs Hailwood’s Brownie Pack, becoming a Guide three years later. T h is is th e second
this year.
award from District Assis tant Mrs Hazel Hailwood. At the age of seven Carol
Queen’s Guide Award to be presented to a member of Trinity Guide company
man’s pay for November was £125.99. This included a special payment of £46.80 for 36 hours extra duties painting and tidying up the station which he would not normally receive.
.He said his pre-tax fire
national insurance and union subscriptions — amounted to £50.95 leaving him with
Deductions —. for tM,
just over £75. Mr Cutler said that for
each attendance at the station his payment was £1.53. “That means that if you
- Describing the event as “a made worse because the spent away from work when
mHe said the situation was en lost money for, the time
, strike-breaking becauM of the money. We are doing it because our consciences won’t let us stand by and w at^ while human life is at risk. We are proud of the fact that we are carrying on doing a job which must be' done.”
attending a fire. “There is no question of us
the men was strongly criti cised by Mr McLaren and other fire strike leaders who threatened a mass picket at the town hall last night. The Mayor, Coun. Ains
’The Mayor’s invitation ^ FOR REASOS TO U
are called out of bed at two in the morning, but you don’t actually go out on the f ire, you receive £1.53 before tax,” he said. “How anyone can say we are carry ing on just for the money when they. look at these figures I don’t know. That suggestion is a load of
■ invitation in a Christmas and Christian spirit and I don’t see what it has to do with the union leaders,” he
right to invite whoever he wanted and, in addition to the firemen, guests would include off duty policemen and others who had given public service. “I made this
worth, stressed that the reception "was paid for out of his own pocket — not public funds, as had been suggested by Mr McLaren. He considered he had a
added. T h e l e a d e r of th e
rubhish.” Mr Cutler stressed that
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the figures he was giving were for sub-officers-— the
Cl itheroe part-timers. Station Officer Alan Clarke, said all his men would be attending the reception despite the criticism. “We accepted the Mayor’s invitar tion in the spirit in which it was given,” he said. “We consider this is a way of saying thank you for the service over the past year and nothing to do -with the w ^ we are working now.” It has been another fairly
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through a right-hand bend the door burst open and Karen fell ouL seeming to hit her head on the wall along
C o t t a g e , Bolto n-by- Bowland, said he offered the girls a hfVbecause he was
A big load
concerned for their safety after seeing them walking up the middle of the road ahead of him. He. too, recalled how he
told the girl to close the door a second time. Asked by the Coroner if he could explain how the door came open,_ Mr Sanderson said he had since been told that this sort of thing could happen if a passenger chanced to catch the handle in a pocket of his clothing. PC Brian McCabe said the
none of the occupants hbd
Land Rover was fitted with seat belts but apparently
YOUNG footbal lers at Ribblesdale School had a chance to meet ace interna tional winger Peter Barnes when he dropped in to raffle a ball signed by his Manches ter City team-mates. The raffle — which raised £10 — was in aid of sports
graphed .ball, which was
donated by Manchester City FC, was 13-year-old Roger Singer,, of Read. Second
prize of a plastic football
(12), of 'Whalley, and p r i z e , a voucher
went to Brian Thompson • third for
equipment for the school. ^ e winner of the auto
spi Ga Read.,■ Peter’s -visit was arranged by two Clitheroe men who have connections'with City — Mr Dennis Tither, of Croasdale Avenue, and Mr Jack Haydock, of Woone Lane. : Mr Tither, who has a son
Dortswear, was won by ' jary Smith (13), also of
at Ribblesdale, is a scout for the club and 'Mr H^dock
helps run the “Junior Blues” — City’s youngest represen
tative Side. ■ - ■The raffle was_ attended
by about lOO’lads —‘ members of the school's football teams and others who took part in the recent sponsored five-a-side marathon which raised about £150 for new equip ment.
Peter was. introduced 4o IT-
the l^ds by PE teacher Mr Tony Smithson who organ ised the sponsored five-a- side. Before making the draw he chatted to staff members over a cup of tea prepared by pupils Terri Robson (14) and Tracey Gooderham (14) and later he answered questions from . the lads. Picture: Mr Smithson (right) hands over the ball to Peter watched by some of the pupils. -
AFTER becoming the sole British agents for an Italian tile firm m October, Clitheroe’s “Ceramica Italia” has received its first consignment from the Contuient. Twenty tons of tiles have arrived at the Duck Street premises and the firm is now looking forward to a busy New - Year meeting the current ■ demand for tnis fashionable type of decoration. This first delivery consisted of indoor tiles, suitable for kitchens and . bathrooms.
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found time to pop along to S t J a m e s ’s School, Clitheroe, ivhere more than 100 children were holding their Christmas party.
I I ' was another hectic weekend for Father Christ mas — but happily he
beginners’and infants’ departments of St James’s S u n d a y School, sang carols while waiting for Santa.
The children, from the
with presents for everyone, they sat down to a party lea of sandwiches, jelly and biscuits, and then played party games.
After he arrived loaded
The idea of re-vi-vii^ the band was put to the Sports Council by the Kibble Valley Parla Superinten dent Mr Roger Hirst, a brass band enthusiast who would like to see catered for a growing interest in th is type of music, particularly among young people.
M ^ schools, he points out, have good bands, and he believes the idea is worth at least a public meeting to assess interest.
The old band’s 27 instru ments are owned by Clitheroe Town Council, but have been on loan to the Clitheroe Royal Gram mar School since 1964. Nearly all, however, were past uieir best when the school took them over.
teachers organised the party, and some of the mums helped make the tea.
The Sunday School Leaves hotel
MA N A G E R S of t h e "Whitewell Hotel, 'Whitewell for the past nine months, Mr -and Mrs John Briggs, have
_Brigg8 and their three chil- drra left the hotel last week. They are being temporarily r e p l a c e d by a r eli ef manager, until' new mana gers are appointed in the New Year.
Chesnire. Mr and Mrs
left the hotel to t* e up a new appointment in Widnes,
The Mayor has welcomed the idea. “It is a part of old Clitheroe tradition and it would be -grand if the sound of brass could be heard regularly in the town again,” he told our reporter.
Guide on sale
dozen photographs of the valley, a general map of the area sho-wing the location of the villages in relation to Clitheroe and street maps of Clitheroe and Longndge. Price is 30p, and 3,000 copies have been printed.
THE second edition of the official guide to the Kibble Valley, sponsored by the Borough Council, will go on sale this weekend. I ts 48 pages include a
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