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A LOT o£ front page pub licity has. recently ■ been given to -the plight of school leavers. . I notice from over:50 out of work, only 12
bothered.to turn up at a . meeting ■
advice. That appallingly low percentage surprises me not! May I quote our own
the area and is known as a reliable and ■ good em ployer, being,, owned by the Civil Service Motoring: Association.. As - a result- of recent
to seek
recent experience. Eaves Hall is a'residential .coun try club, accommodating 62 members, at-any one time and we. have a 100 per . cent, occupancy- for 10V4 months . of the year. I, estimate some 18,000 to 20,000 members use our club at some time every year. The club,1.: as such, wrings a lot of trade to
The price of old
Wit CfjanMter
(J. & E. Fallows formerly of Colne)
FOR BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING
worthy of respect. U n h a p p i ly “ a n n o
I COULD not resist feel-, ing a little flattered to learn that my modest con tribution. ..had been ap-. proved by such ■ a compe-- tent correspondent as Mr F ran k Moon, whose imon sense is always
domini” takes its toll and in my. case deteriorating eyesight has restricted my writing and reading without the use of a mag nifying glass, and a ses sion at the typewriter throws me out of focus for an hour or so. Happily I am told that
publicity we contacted the local Careers’ Office who, as always, were most helpful. • We offered to take on
Careers’ Office nor ourse lves received one reply as a- result of the. letter ■ she icirculated; tSo : do these youngsters really, want to work?
one or two completely in experienced girls (16- years-old) at a starting wage of £49, plus a bonus, for a 38-40 hour week. We would train them in a trade ,and in addition “perks” would include door-to-door > taxi . service and food on duty. Surprise, surprise, neither Mrs Scott at the
:• basis', all: are locally re- ,, cruited 'from Clitheroe’. and Waddington, mainly under 20-year-olds. Many have been with us
since leaving school and it is their cheerful disposi tion', smiling faces and friendliness which play such an important part in causing .our 'members to return repeatedly to the club.
In fact, I firmly believe ■ , ' Letters to the Editor
STAFFING LEVELS UNDER REVIEW
WITH a degi’ee of l’eluctance, but without apprehension, I must deal with the comments of Mr Moon in last week’s issue. Please ask him to note rifices together for the
the sight can largely be restored “in due course” ■ that is the question. Getting older affects us
that at no time have I attributed .the staffing levels of the Ribble Valley Council solely to the es tablishment of a planning department. He may recall that I
ficult to reconcile all his explanations, I . am sure they are made in good faith but why; oh why, Jimmy, did you spoil a perfectly good letter with' that silly last paragraph? I recollect an eminent
speaker saying “Have a good start and a good finish, what you say in between is not so impor tant.” You would be wise to
in different ways which, I . can only assume, accounts for Jimmy Fell’s recent uncharitable, ungentle- manly and uncharacteris tic remarks. While one finds it dif
sake of whole.” My opinion in that re
drew attention to addi tional national legislation, compliance with which brough a considerable in crease in the duties of every other department. I eould have added the
spect has not changed and I refuse to be moon struck. Like your corres pondent I, too, fear the “hyper-inflation experi enced by the Weimar Re public in 1921”, something I have, Cassandra-like, predicted for years. Only by a “U turn” on
opening of a recreation centre in Longridge (a project, incidentally, op posed by myself), the clo sure of slaughterhouse facilities in nearby towns which brought a great in crease in work transfer red to this area and which the Health Department was under.'legal 'obligation to supervise. By drawing attention to
take that to heart. A “punch line” does not mean one that hurts. I was pleasantly sur
the part of the electorate, the unions and Socialist left wingers, can such a disaster be averted. Finally, something that
.
that of the 34 employees .: we have on ... a ; full-time
In closing may I add '
^across in this trade any- s.where in this country. • So there are many ex
our -staff at present are the finest' I ’ve come
cellent youngsters, in fact super, but- come on you bleaters; get up and look for work, it’s there if you really want it! I trust the proposed
course covering interview procedure mentions to the students-that it is simple courtesy to at least ack nowledge an employment offer, whether it be from the Careers Office or a prospective employer.
P. MARLOW, Manager, Eaves Hall Country. Club
Practical help is what we
. make. No doubt the “right cir
need most IN reply to “Resident of Billington”, I was mildly amused at the statement “enthusiasm needs to be cultivated . . . it only needs the right circumst ances to bring it to the surface”, since it only serves to emphasise the point I was trying to
cumstances” would be the overnight appearance of a community centre in our
area. Unfortunately, facilities such as these have to be worked for. The point on the dance
coinciding with other events in the area is hardly valid, since the same could be said of any evening of the year.
however, was just too much. My committee and I
The final paragraph,
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CHRISTMAS FAIR SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd
To be opened at 3 p.m. by Mrs L. DsTelford of Waddington
Stalls include Cakes, Gifts, White Elephant, Tombola
Buffet Teas Admission Adults 10p. Children free
prised to note that your only reference to my letter was in respect to , my light-hearted remark's V about free dinners. The '• donations you claim are part and parcel of the honour of being elected Mayor. It is said that only a
rich man can afford to become Lord Mayor of London. One can hardly blame
your change of style on the approach of second childhood, as your favour ite teacher at the old -, Wesley School, a certain . Miss Ormerod, later to become Mrs Charles Musson, always said that you were a “nice little boy.”
MR CHARLES MUSSON, 15 Pimlico Road, Clitheroe
A dirty
practice I HAVE noticed lately in food shops a lot of finger- licking and I don’t mean that well-known finger- lickin’ chicken. I am referring to the
the lower staffing levels in the Ribble Valley com pared to those of equiva lent authorities, I did not attempt to justify' those levels, but merely indi- cated .that in this respect' our«authority is rather - b e t te r managed .than many others. And, in my original -
was eminently sensible. The offices had to be in operation for a period -before any such action could be meanfully under taken.
appears to have escaped the notice of some of your correspondents. A review of staffing levels in the Ribble Valley Council is currently under way. Not, I may add, as a result of any newspaper corres pondence but a decision tak en many months before the new offices were opened. This, it appears to me,
letter, I was not prepared \ to see our staff, hardly in a position to defend them selves, denigrated in the manner of one other cor- .? respondent. If Mr Moon will throw
his mind back to January ' 3rd, he will recall that I then wrote (in reference to the parlous state of the country then and at the present time): “We must all be prepared to work harder and make sac-
The good side of
football THESE days, football comes in for a lot of cri ticism. : It is levelled mainly at the professional game, hooligans on the terraces, . violent conduct by play ers, ever-increasing trans fer fees and high wage demands. Unfortunately, some of
unhygienic practice of shop assistants who, time after time, lick their fin gers when : using bags or sheets of paper to wrap food. I am convinced they do, it without thinking. In.
one shop I saw all three assistants: doing it. Please could the Public.
Health authorities help to draw shopkeepers’ atten tion to this very dirty practice.
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this tarnished-image rubs off on ■ to the amateur game. Football. is our national
sport and is as popular in the Ribble Valley as any where else in the country. For all those cynics: who “knock” the game, the; place to- be recently was • Shavvbridge football ground when . Waddington FC ■ staged a testimonial match in aid of the Martin Bialecki memorial fund. All that is good in the
game was to be seen that afternoon. There was an atmos
phere of friendship and), togetherness — dose on: 600 individuals united in a : common,- worthy cause. The day reflected • the ;
breaks'down. ,
CYRIL WHITESIDE* .Chairman, . Clitheroe FC
OFFICIAL I THANKS
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I WOULD like tos take this opportunity • to ex press my personal and of:;.: ficial thanks to' all those? involved -in > recent events ? organised by .:my dub . to'f raise funds for the Martini Bialecki memorial fund: / :■
MR P. JEFFREYS,1' Chairman,v-’-f -\ ,
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COUN. J. H. FELL, 7 Limefield Avenue, Whalley
Treatment must be
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WHEN a patient suffer ing from long exposure to hard drugs enters hospital for treatment'he does so, often reluctantly, but in the sure knowledge that that treatment is his only means of survival. Even though he is told
would be highly delighted if anyone from Billington or Langho wishing “to do more for the association themselves,” would come along to the next meeting on Monday, at 7-15 p.m., in St Leonard’s School. The comments about
WHALLEY Lions are on the look-out for local acts for a talent, contest they are hoping to hold in the New Year.
to take part, whatever their age or particular speciality; would be most welcome and further in formation can be obtained from any Lions official.
Anyone who would like P re s s O f f ic e r Mr
Michael. Pilkington said that the contest, the first of its kind to be organised by the Lions, would prob- ibly be held in February,
the “raid’.’ had been a great success in previous years and Lions,represen tatives would be at the King Lane store tonight, ■ tomorrow evening ana all day' Saturday selling tickets:
‘Mr Pilkington said that
at a venue yet to be ar ranged.
currently being sold for the Lions’ annual “Super market raid” at Hillards, on December 8th. The draw will he made a week on Saturday, with the winner entitled to grab up to £150 worth of groceries in two minutes.
Meanwhile, tickets are
' He added that the Lions had recently made a donation to the newly- formed Whalley Play group. Next activity is a street collection, with the help of Father Christmas, in the village on De cember 20th.
annual President’s even ing at the Berkeley, Ac crington, last weekend and tomorrow evening they are staging a “Roar ing Twenties’ flight’’ at the Spring Mill, Langho.
The Lions held their
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local councillors were tot ally uncalled for. The local district and county coun cillors on the committee are ex trem e ly busy people, but still manage to come to most meetings to offer help and assist ance in any way they can. This is a far cry ; from “steering in the direction which councillors on the committee wish -to go.”
dent of Billington” was in sulted by my letter, I can only be grateful to the power of \ the Press in prodding a guilty consci ence. Fortunately, the re
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sponse from those who do help, collecting and saving newspapers and jumble, making cakes, etc., was much more constructive. Several offers of help
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by the hospital staff that his cure will not be easy, he commences the treat ment bravely enough. When, however, the
.under the cover of a nom- de-plume. We hope to see some of them at our next meeting.
withdrawal symptoms start to rack,his frame, he curses his doctor and begs for further doses of pre cisely those drugs which, in his more - lucid mo ments, he realises will ul timately kill him.
present position of the British people? After a decade of liberal doses of the drug “Inflation”, they appointed, in 1979, a doctor to cure their addic-. tion and bring them back to economic health. Now that the withdraw
Is not that precisely the
al symptoms are starting to hurt abominably they scream at the doctor and, encouraged by those politicians who wish to see the economic death of this country in further ance of their, own . evil ends, demand, further doses of the drug on which they have become ‘.‘hooked." It can only be hoped
good .side, of -football, the . friendship it brings, and , the social barriers in
JIM LEACH, Chairman, Billington and Langho Community Association
Michael aims for Madrid
WADDINGTON athlete Michael Morton has set his sights on making the England senior team for the World Cross-Country Championships in Madrid next March. His preparations got off
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to a flying s ta r t on Sunday in his first com petition of the winter, the annual road races round the French town of Dieppe. In the face of strong
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that the doctor : will insist on completing the treat ment, . supported - by the majority of her people, who I am sure, wish , to see real health restored to our economy, if not by all her staff who appear to be becoming frightened by the screams and threats emanating from the patient.
FRANK S. L. MOON, 42 King Street, Clitheroe
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F ren ch o p pos ition, Michael, the former world ju n io r cross-country champion, finished joint first with club mate Pete Livesey in the 10km event, but said he ran well within himself and was not pushed to record a time of 28 min. 33 sec. Fellow team member
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