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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


THURSDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1979 No. 4,829 Price 10p


SPENDING four months in New Zea­ land with her daugh­ te r ’s family was a wonderful experience for 84-year-old Mrs Catherine Almond. But, as much as she


staying in Bleasdale Avenue, Clitheroe, with Roy’s sister, Mrs Joan Leeming, and her hus­


band Fred. It was 11 years ago


enjoyed her stay on the other side, of the world, Mrs Almond had a special reason for wanting to be home at this time of the ear. For it was on New ear’s Day 55 years ago that she moved into tne


that Billington couple Roy and Ruth went to New Zealand with their daughters Jennifer and Susan. Both are now married and Jennifer (23), a year older than her sister, has a nine- month-old daughter.


neat little house in Ter­ race Row, Billington, where she has lived ever since. But the journey back


round of visiting for Roy and Ruth and there’s lots more to fit in before they return home on January


It has been a busy 24th.


to Lancashire also had that something special about it. For travelling with Mrs Almond were the Browns — her daugh­ ter Ruth, and son-in-law Roy — whom she had gone to New Zealand in August to help celebrate their silver wedding.


Roy and Ruth are now Mrs Almond . . . daughter Ruth . . . and son-in-law Roy


Mrs Harry Brown, live in. Moorfield Avenue, Whal- ley, but spent most of their life in Wiswell.


Roy’s parents, Mr and


people at a big family reunion were Mr and Mrs B rown’s other daughter


Among the 40-plus


Miss Doris Brown (of East Grinstead), and Mrs Almond’s second daugh-


ter Mrs Grace Pool, of Burnley, and her family. It is 21 years since all the members of the Brown family were together. Miss Brown was in New Zealand when Roy and Ruth first went there.


really enjoying their life in New Zealand. They


Roy and Ruth are


live in Otorohanga where Roy has his own joinery company, manufacturing mainly kitchen fittings, and where Ruth works p a r t - t i m e


skills with Bowker Bros, Clitheroe, and he has put them to good use in prac­


delicatessen. Roy learned his joinery


i n a


enjoyed being there, •especially sitting out in the sun. A sprightly


tically rebuilding their bungalow in Otorohanga. Mrs Almond certainly


woman, with a vigour and enthusiasm that belies her age, Mrs Almond has known hard times.


Cold start brings smile for firm


THE snow and below- zero temperatures


which heralded the New Year were not exactly ideal for a return to offices, shops and factories, but for one Clitheroe firm at least it’s the sort of weather that spells prosperity. With a large contract for


Clitheroe is hoping that 1979 will also see a big breakthrough into the Continent for its products. Things look bright at the


ism b r ig hte r than at


company’s Enterprise Works, but Atkinson’s is not the only local firm look­ ing to 1979 with consider­ able optimism. Several Ribble Valley


snow-clearance equipment for motorways already signed with the Ministry of Transport, Atkinson’s of


Q u e e n s way H ou se , Clitheroe, headquarters of


firms are anticipating an exceptionally busy year,


the only cloud on tne hori­ zon for some of them being a shortage of skilled


labour. Nowhere is that optim-


\ Dewhurst told the Adver­ tiser and Times that Lam­ coat had more than dou­ bled its production of tex­ tile wallcoverings during 1978 and now offered a wide range of wall tex­ tures in natural and synth­ etic fibre. The company’s efforts in


the Rectella Group — which comprises Lamcoat Papers and Flexible Rein­ forcements. Director Mr Raymond


But little cheer at village mill


SEVENTY workers went back to their jobs ut a Billington mill on Tuesday with the threat of


redundancy over their heads. Workers at Green Bros. Abbey Mill, have been


told that the premises will be closing down at the end of March because of the extremely adverse


FOLLOW


THE CROWDS TO THE


SALE


NOW PROCEEDING at


(Syrirndkawd


the field of exports are described as “Herculean,” by Mr Dewhurst. Some 90 per cent of total production is exported to most Euro­ pean countries, the Middle East, New Zealand and Australia. In 1979 the company is


by Mr Mcdwin Sherriff, chairman of the directors of the Manchester-based company, nfter consulta­


trading conditions. The news was given to them before the holiday


tion with the appropriate unions. Mr Sherriff told our reporter that it was the


manpower problem more than anything which had influenced the company’s decision. A lack of confidence in the trnde over the last 20


hoping to enter the dif­ ficult US market, as well as introducing its products more se r io u s ly than hitherto for home-trade buyers.


Extension


with some six million metres of product a year coming from the Queens­ way plant, Lamcoat is fast becoming a world market leader in textile wall cov­


Mr Dewhurst says that


ering. Flexible Reinforcements


will continue to produce its internationally-accepted nylon reinforced PVC flex­ ible sheetings. Called Wavelock, pro­


b ro om s t ic k ” symbol printed on every company publication — from invoice to sticky label — the Rectella Group is putting Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley very much on the map, says Mr Dewhurst. . Although the snow-


duction has grown fantas­ tically since 1966 when the process was first intro­ duced in the UK by the company, which at that time occupied Pendle Mill. With its “Witch on a


brought a wry smile to the bosses at Atkinson's, diversity is the company’s keynote. The road roller division is prospering and there is a full order book for the next two months for the company’s Sherpa Stacker Division. The snow-clearance equipment ordered by the


Ministry of Transport, and the firm's other wide range of products designed to keep the roads clear, is also attracting interest from overseas buyers. “We are now actively


OH, FOR SUNNY DAYS!


LOOKING forward to wanner days so that lie can spend more lime in his garden and going on walks is Waddinglon man Mr Leonard Belson. Mr Belson, of Twitter


years had meant fewer young people joining the industry. “Retirements have outweighed recruit­


ment” "he said. A fair proportion of the Abbey Mill’s workers are older women weavers, some of them even now-


over retirement age. Mr Sherriff said that during the next few weeks


raise any false hopes.


the company would continue to explore avenues to stave off the inevitable, but he did not want to


Close, Waddington has just retired after 46 years with Phipps-Faire Ltd., suppliers of components for the textile and footwear industry. Born in Northampton,


he joined Phipps ana Son in 1932 in the f irm’s grey-


cloth department. Called up in 1939, he saw active service in Burma and, at one time, was behind enemy lines directing artillery fire. On rejoining the com­


aomesuc service unu then became;a winder at the Judge Walmesley Mill, where she worked for 32 years.


died 15 years ago, but with a big family and good neighbours she does not lack companionship.


Her husband Charles,


second trip. She went to New Zealand fuur years ago with Roy’s parents.


It was Ms Almond’s


ahead Mrs Almond will be reliving the memories of her holiday in lovely, warm New Zealand.


During the cold winter


lasting impression of her travels was a two-day look at Los Angeles dur­ ing the journey home. “The traffic was abso­


But probably the most


lutely terrifying” said Mrs Almond, who much


prefers the quieter pace nf hpr hnlnved Whallev!


IT was meant to be the best-kept secret of the year. But by the time the BBC TV’s popular children’s programme Multi-coloured Swap Shop was ready to go on th e a i r f r om Cl i t h e r o e Cas t l e grounds on Saturday morning, the news had leaked, and hundreds of youngsters were there in the cold wait­ ing for the show to begin.


cially announced by Noel Edmonds at just 9-30 that Clitheroe was the venue, scores more made their way to the Castle band­ stand, looking really posh after its TV facelift.


And when it was offi­


Castle Keep and surround­ ing countryside looked at its chilly best . . . and despite the bitter cold and snow flurries, the happy youngsters put on smiling faces for the cameras and the country. Not in the 900 years


Mantled in snow, the


since Roger dePoitou raised the first castle on the tree-girt rocky pile has the old town witnessed such a stirring, happy and


chilly sight.Children of every age


When budding photo- g r a p h e r Da l e Higham (16), of P a r k Av e n u e , Clitheroe, learned that "Swap Shop” was at the Castle, he went along to record th e s c e n e , and offered the editor these two shots.


group hurried and scurried to the bandstand, dads and mums — the wise ones with flasks of hot coffee — following with only slightly less enthusiasm. Not only Clitheronians


pany he became a rep­ resentative for the North East England and Scot­


foliow-ing up several inquiries,” says sales and marketing manager Mr Roger Parker. So much of Atkinson’; continued prosperity, how­ ever, will depend on the g en e ra l s ta te of the economy, and particularly on how much local authorities at home and abroad decide to allocate


continued on page


land.I n 1 9 6 5 he w a s appointed an executive with the task of creating a new selling branch and warehouse complex at Great Harwood. At a luncheon at the


health. The l uncheon was


Top is the general crowd scene and,


but parties from outlying villages — some even from the Rossendale Valley — rushed to the town centre and parking places were at


a premium. In Waddington, Whalley


Spread Eagle Hotel, Saw- ley, tributes were paid to Mr Belson, who has retired at the age of 63 due to ill


attended by the company’s managing director and colleagues from all over the country.


and W is well, dads were torn from Saturday morn­ ing chores to take out the family car. Washing up was left half-finished, toy cupboards were hastily raided. Last year’s playthings


skateboards, the Teddy bears, the roller skates, superceded in affection by


t h e


above, clog dancers Alban Snape and Duncan Fielding take the stage with c omp e r e K e i th Chegwin.


Santa’s gifts of a few days


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were dragged out into tne icy weather — the one e y e d d o l l s ,


one young lad on holiday in the town from Coventry brought his old guitar to the swap. Little girls har­ dened their hearts and said farewell to Paddington Bears. Battered Wombles were destined for new homes ever further from Wimbledon Common. Even the Pink Panther and the £6m. Dollar Man were seeking new owners. In the first of three link­


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THE next time disaster strikes in a far off land — flood, famine, earthquake — a box of emergency materials being used there could well have come from Clitheroe.


story and photograph appears the every day items loaded into a special box by members of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe could have brought help to someone in distress.


Indeed, by the time this things bb


sheet, blanket, baby's nap­ pies, pans, plastic cups and plates, knives and forks. Then there are articles of clothing — cardigans, trouse rs , dresses and


The box contains such a towel, plastic


shoes. The box also holdB items


and thread, string and a shovel, to mention but u


few. The emergency box


went to a Manchester


warehouse for storage along with those from Rot­ ary and other organisa­ tions throughout the coun­ try ready immediately for that emergency. Arrangements for filling


the box were made by the


local club's International Committee, under the chairmanship of Rtn John Robinson (left). With him checking the items are the president, Rtn John Myers


(on the right) and Rtn Frank Moon,


felt the box was a much more practical way of help than, perhaps, contribut­


Rtn Robinson said it was ing to a fund opened nftor


a disaster. To us the items might


pients, he said.


appear of little consequ­ ence but be extremely val­ uable to the eventual reci­


their lives. Alban Snape (who has


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Chegwin handled the Clitheroe contribution to the show. He talked to Jonathan Jackson


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