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FRED READ Praise for aiding jobless


RIBBLE VALLEY employers have been praised for their help , in providing work ex­ perience opportunities for jobless school leavers. The praise came at a


meeting of the Manpower Services Commission Spe­ cial Programmes local committee, which said it expects all school leavers to be found work.or a place on a work experi­ ence scheme. But there was concern


lighted was the shortage of work ex p e r ien c e schemes available in shops and offices. Employers in this field are welcome to discuss the work experi­ ence'programme with the Careers Officer or staff at the Employment Office.


The Ribble Valley Borough Council is doing its bit to help unemployed teenagers in the area.


about the situation when the maximum 12-month period for work experi­ ence schemes ends. Another problem high­


months, the council has recruited 12 unemployed young people on a variety of work ex p e r ien c e schemes throughout the Clitheroe area, ranging from clerical work to gar­ dening and environmental


During the past few


improvement projects. Two youths are cur­ rently working in village


At Waddington,'where •


ago under a former job creation scheme.


conservation areas carry­ ing out improvement work, including re-cobbl­ ing.


the youths have re-cob- bled and relaid setts in The Square, villagers are so pleased with the re­ sults that they have asked for further improvements to be considered. Other outside work


taken on a trainee at Rib- blesdale Pool and in thq council offices in Church Walk, five girls and a boy have joined the staff.


The council has also


preparatory work on micro-filming, which could not have been done in normal circumstances. .


Their duties include


schemes include employ­ ing a trainee gardener in the Clitheroe and district Parks Department and the continuation of the survey of sewers, which was started three years


practical experience, they have also been encour­ aged to attend day-release courses in shorthand, typing, secretarial duties, wages and accounts at Whalley Adult Centre.


To supplement this


Cement works looks at ways


to economise Unions oppose cuts in overtime


A REDUCTION in overtime for more than half the workers at Ribblesdale Cement, Clitheroe’s biggest employers, ha-s been proposed as part of a belt-tightening operation.


sure, which would involve about 450 craft and pro­ cess workers, has already been opposed by three unions, which believe other savings could first be made. The firm’s plan to reduce costs was outlined


by the present recession in the construction indus­ try, the firm’s manage­ ment has made an overall review of costs which, in turn, may affect overtime. But the economy mea­


With sales of cement hit by works manager Mr 0. our proposals with the Volkmer at a meeting unions,” he added, with stewards from the However, a clear wam- unions.


with sales being affected, the firm had to look at ways of reducing costs.


Warning" “We have not actually porter yesterday that stewards.


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Mr Volkmer told ourre- meeting by the unions’ — shift- ing was issued at the


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A spokesman said after­


reduced any hours being potential earnings of our worked. But we are look- members eroded.” ing at the general situa­ tion and have discussed


.work at .the plant is being contracted to outside firms, there is no way we will stand by and see the


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unions appreciated the firm had to reduce its costs to remain competi­ tive in what was a shrink­ ing market. Even a reversal of pre­


He added th a t the


‘' transport' night-shifts at Clitheroe. As a result of the


BECAUSE of cu t­ backs in construction and road building, Tarmac is to stop , its


•move, one or possibly two. employees will be made redundant. Some weeks ago


NEW “double-decker” post boxes which will help to speed up mail de­ liveries in large areas of Clitheroe have been in­ stalled in different parts of the town.


districts where postmen need two sacks of mail to complete their rounds.


They have been sited in


i The boxes are in two sections — one for ordi­ nary cards and letters and- the other for the post­ men’s second bag.


Tarmac closed its as­ phalt-producing plant with the loss of four jobs. However, a com­


sent Government policies, which have delayed the building of new . roads and civil projects, would take 18 months to boost Rib­ blesdale Cement’s sales.


Optimism


buyer’s market at the moment but we are main­ taining our share of it. Certainly in the craft sec­ tion we are far from over- s ta f f e d ,” said the spokesman. He forecast that there


“Obviously i t is a


Clitheroe. In hospital


a t


bag was delivered by van and this caused delays, e ither by the driver


“Previously, the second


having to wait for the postman or the postman


pany spokesman said that there were no further plans for re­ d u n d a n c ie s


having to wait for the d r iv e r , ’’ explained Clitheroe postmaster Mr James Moran.


A CLITHEROE tanker driver is still detained in Blackburn Royal Infir­ mary a week after' being injured in a fall at Rib­ blesdale Cement. Mr Peter Mashiter (48),


was no likelihood of the recession leading to re- dundancies- a t the Clitheroe plant and Mr Volkmer shared this op­ timism. On the question of em­


ploying outside contrac­ tors, however, Mr Vol­ kmer' pointed out that in some cases the company did not have the equip­ ment to do the work itself.


Progressing


shortly of the state of the construction industry, the company will discuss with the unions in more detail its proposals for cuts, said Mr Volkmer. The present situation,


After another review


of Langshaw Drive, was said by a hospital spokes­ man to be “satisfactory.” He. was -working on the top of a cement wagon when he is thought to have slipped on ice and fallen to the ground.


to do is to pop the bags into the new boxes, where they will be picked up by the postmen when they have completed half their round. This will lead to greater efficiency and time-saving.”


“Now all the driver has


sited at Lancaster Drive, Henthorn Road, Bawd- lands, Shawbridge and Littlemoor Road.


that the old ones would not be destroyed but would go into store at Blackburn head office and used as replacements when required.


Mr Moran emphasised The boxes have been


-Meals service faces crisis


THOSE . comforting weekly visits from the Clith eroe Meals-on- Wheels team may be lost in the New Year, unless a new organiser for , the scheme can be found.


and few hours a week to spare is all that is needed to keep in operation the service — which provides ' 70 hot meals each week.


A volunteer with a car


“But if no-one comes forward, the service, in Clitheroe run by the WRVS, will have to stop at the end of the year,” says Ribble Valley Dis­ trict Organiser Mrs Mar­ garet Panikkar.


/Paul's, teas a great suc­ cess and raised £60 to­ w a rd s th e c h u r c h ’s


THE talented youngs­ ters of St Paul's Sunday School, Low Moor, per­ fo rm e d s o n g s a n d da n ces fr om foreign countries under the title ■ “Faraway Places’’ to a packed house of parents, relatives and parishion­ ers on Saturday night. The evening, the first of its kind staged at S t ,


Christmas fair fund. Forty children, aged


forward to staging a similar event next year.


“We had a fu ll house and the audience and


case is over voting rights


forthcoming legal battle over the right institutions to vote.


INTERNATIONAL adviser on mental health and the law, Mr Larry Gostin, was due at Calderstones Hospital yesterday to prepare for the of residents in mental health


E n d o f ‘ G r e e n T o p ’ i n


NEW restrictions on dairymen obtaining sup­ plies of Green Top ■ untreated farm milk were announced to members of the Ribble Valley, Council’s Public Works and Health Committee.


which will come into force in the New Year they will be unable to obtain bulk supplies of untreated milk and bottle it for sale at their own dairies. They will have to obtain


Under new licences


the milk, already bottled, from registered suppliers whose licenses will expire in April, 1985. Chief Environmental


strictions was voiced by Coun. P e te r N u t ta l l (Clitheroe) who said that we lived in an area where it was a privilege to obtain Green Top milk. “Farm-bottled milk


... The Whalley hospital is set to become the focus of a “test case” over franch­ ise rights which could well end with an appeal for a decision on the issue to the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.


ecutive Mr Michael Jack- son is resigned to meeting the mental health action group MIND in the county court, over what they see as an issue which could have a widespread ef fect all ove r


country. Officials at the hospital


th e


Health Officer Mr Peter Gladwin said that from that date it was also in­ tended to stop selling un­ treated milk to shops, school, hotels and other catering establishments. Opposition to the re­


reaches the consumer far quicker than pasteurised milk,” he said. “I hope something will be done nationally, tp keep Green Top. Let’s get back to nature and drink our milk straight from the cow.” Mr Gladwin said that-


pasteurised milk was safer from a health point of view and there was little or no difference in taste.


Guides’ helping hand at fair


however, is not-deflecting Ribblesdale Cement from its £22m. modernisation programme which. will make the Clitheroe works the second largest in


745 residents from the electoral roll — 88 of whom had voted for the past two years.


were shocked when Mr Jackson, as electoral re- istrations officer for the itheroe division, barred


Cli


he is only doing his duty in upholding the law as he sees it, after top advice on whether mental pa­ tients are fit to vote.


But Mr Jackson claims


however, see the move as “alienation” of the people t h e y ' claim a r e in­ stitutionalised residents not being treated for illness. .


Mental health chiefs,


said that there had never been a test case as vital as this-and the importance of the whole matter should not be underesti­ mated.


A spokesman for MIND


would succeed in the end, even if it meant taking the case to. the Court-of Human Rights.


He added that they Win a


Britain. ■ According to general


manager Mr John Adder- ley, the twory ear, scheme is progressing smoothly.


Wheels stolen <; off car


• p.m.; a" Sony/ black, radio cas sette - player- .with


speakers worth £50 was taken from a car parked outside the.Moorcock Inn, Waddington. Clitheroe police are investigating.....


TWO wheels with tyres and trims, worth- £90,- were stolen from a car parked in the drive of a house in Pendleton'-Road,, ■Wiswell: - The -;thieves’ struck between 11-30 p.m.: on .Sunday! and 8-30 a.m. Monday. . Also on Sunday even­ ing, -between 9- and, 11-15


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HvDESPITE’Wet;weatKer^SSlMichaeland;JohnW\k. z - Hall 'in'iLowergate, ' Clitheroe, Qwmvpackeds ■ Saturday. afternoon when the < church held. ttoV,: annual Christmas fair.


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betiveen three and 13, who had been rehearsing since the summer holi­ days, took part in the concert ana producer Mrs Lynda Leadbeater, of Bleasdale Avenue, said they were looking


ourful ana imaginative costumes worn in the concert was Mrs Sandra S tr ic k e n , w ith Mr s S u sa n Siddall and St Paul's Youth Club mem­ bers looking after the scenery. Mrs Sharpies played the piano and other S u nday School teachers helped with the arrangements.


children really enjoyed themselves. ” In charge of the col­


resignation of -Coun. Mrs. Beryl Cassidy, the pre­ sent WRVS organiser for Clitheroe, who is respons ible for meals-on-wheels.


The crisis follows, the


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GOING down in price! Th a t ’s r a re these days, but it’s certainly true of “My bag,” the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times special offer of a tote bag for tots. The price last week,


ever, to continue super­ vising the service until the end of the year, by which time it is hoped a successor will have been found.


She has agreed, how­


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job would suit a man or woman recently retired or about to retire in the near future, who could organ­ ise the service but not necessarily go out and de­ liver meals,” says Mrs Panikkar.


“Ideally we think the


ganising the list of helpers and recipients, negotiat­ ing about the supply of meals from Clitheroe Hos­ pital and dealing with the paperwork' required by the borough council.


The work involves or­


but all expenses, including telephone, postage and mileage, are paid. ~


It is a voluntary post,


helping should contact Coun. Mrs Cassidy or Mrs Panikkar through the WRVS office at Whalley Old Grammar School.


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