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THURSDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1982 No. 8,987
Price 15p High rents put
COUNCIL houses in Clitheroe are be coming more dif ficult to let — and sp ir a l l in g r en t s have been labelled as the major cause.
■ months, as many two and three-bedroomed
In the past three
houses have come on the “market” for rent as in a normal year, it was revealed at a meeting of the Ribble Valley Council’s Hous ing Committee.
Changes in Swan and Royal set-up
THE company which owns Clitheroe’s Swan and Royal Hotel is being wound up in a move de scribed as “a financial reorganisation.”
with its adjacent courty ard and some shops, and offices in Castle Street, is being transferred from the Swan and Royal (Clitheroe) Company to True Investments.
The hotel, together
not affect the . day-to-day running of any of the businesses.
But the switchover will
companies involved, Mr Edward Trueman, stres ses: “This is purely.- a fi nancial reorganisation. “Under no circumstances are we selling any proper ty in Clitheroe.”
A director of both the
in Douglas, already has property in Australia and the Isle of Man in True Investments.
Mr Trueman, who lives
dispose of the Swan and Royal Company and
It was convenient to
group all the properties together, he explained.
Coun. Tom Robinson (Clitheroe), a member
of the Lettings sub committee, said . that_ recently- th ey had really had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to find tenants for 12 houses.
straight off the waiting list and to let one four- bedroomed house we almost had to give
“Some people came
away Green Shield stamps. “High rents were the
major cause of the
problem,” said Coun. Robinson. “At one time they were cheap, but- this is no longer the case. Family men seek ing three-bedroomed accommodation may be finding . it cheaper to buy a terraced house than to rent property from the council.”
Robinson, prospective tenants had become more “choosey” about the houses they wished to rent.
According to Coun. He said that people on lettings
turned up at his home desperate for some where to live, but when offered a home they would often ask for a house in another area.
a shortage of accommo dation for old people and the committee might have to alter its policy to allow one person to occupy a two-bedroomed dwel
However, there was passing phase, but it
ling. “It may be just a
has definitely not been an "'easy task to let- council houses during th e p a s t
months,” he said. The council’s Health
th r e e
and Housing Officer Mr Peter Gladwin said th a t for years the council had built three- bedroomed family homes. With the trend to
wards smaller families, the need for larger council houses had slac kened off and many families were buying their own.
Angry binmen will fight
‘take-over’
THE Ribble Val ley’s binmen are prepared to resort to industrial action to protect their jobs if the council makes any moves to let the refuse collection service “go private.” The authority’s 50-odd
London-based Exclusive Cleaning Group. The binmen, the majori
able. Exclusive have al
ty of'whom are members of the National Union of Public Employees, say they will “resist utterly” the proposals by the cleaning group. They fear any takeover
ready • said they would reduce the labour force and our lads are very
upset. “Some of them would
binmen are up in arms over a Ribble Valley council committee’s deci sion to look at proposals from a private contractor who wants to take over the service.
Works and Health Com mittee to “think again” on its decision to fill in a questionnaire on the coun cil’s refuse service for the
They want the Public
would lead to a large number of redundancies, poorer pay and conditions for those men who were re -em p lo y ed by th e group, plus an inferior but ■ more expensive service to
the public. Mr John Wilkinson, the
local NUPE branch sec retary, said it would have a serious impact. “What people are not
Implications
had been only two dis- p u te s in v o lv in g the binmen in the Ribble Valley during the past 50 years. “But our lads are 'going to fight to the_bitter end to save their jobs,” he said. NUPE’s Assistant Divi
He added that there
being told is that -all the refuse collectors would be made redundant and then jobs offered only to those who are considered suit-
Chatburn man
found in sea
A RIBBLE Valley mill executive who left home on Sunday saying that he would be returning in a short time was later found dead in the sea at Black pool’s South Shore.
Harb (52), of Pendle Avenue, Chatburn, was discovered b y . a man out walking his dog. -
cashier at Stonebridge Mill' for a number of
Mr Harb' has been
years. The facts have been re
arranged. Mr Harb was bom in
sorted to Blackpool and ?ylde coroner Mr John Budd, but no inquest was
’ the pair moved to Austria and after his father died Mr Harb moved to Eng land in 1947. He started work as a
Yugoslavia, but during the second world war he moved' to Germany with his father, who was or dered to "undergo forced labour. At the end of the war
The body of Mr Josef
be th row n - on th e scrapheap just to satisfy a private contractor’s pro fits.” .
sional Officer, Mr John. Dempsey, told the Adver tiser and Times: - “Our members are completely against the council even filling in the question naire, because it will give Exclusive all the financial and operational details of the Ribble Valley service. They can then draw up a contract to undercut these
figures. “We don’t think the
cpuncil realises the far- reaching implications.” “If the council did go
refuse collection service in Southend and also ap proached every other local authority in the country. Mr Dempsey added:
• At a two-hour long meeting on Tuesday, called by NUPE, union officials put their case to the council’s Chief Execu tive, Mr Michael Jackson, 1 Borough Health and Housing Officer Mr Peter Gladwin, and the chair men and vice-chairmen of the Public Works and Health and Personnel Committees. Afterwards Mr Jackson
“The group claims to be able to provide a cut-price service, but several Tory councils have already thrown out the scheme after seeing the figures. The group also insists on a five-year, index-linked contract, which means the cost of the service must increase every year.”
said: “We had a useful and constructive discus sion and will be reporting the outcome to the next meeting of the Public Works Committee.”
Options
ahead with this private scheme, the ratepayers would end up paying a lot more and they would have no comeback if they didn’t like the service. They couldn’t go to complain to the town hall — they’d have to , complain to the firm in London.
Approach
the council wants to con duct an internal inquiry into the service, because we consider it is second to none and can stand any scrutiny. But if the coun cil fills in this outside questionnaire it will. put itself into a situation it can’t get out of.” The Exclusive Cleaning Group has taken over the
“We are quite happy if
given the full backing of their local authority col leagues in Nalgo, some of whom-would be respons ible for filling in the ques tionnaire. The local Nalgo presi
The binmen have been !H j § | | l l i J
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Jane aims for a job as golf
club pro
CLITHEROE golfer Jane Panter could become Bri tain’s first female club professional. Currently assistant pro fessional at Whalley Golf Club, she was one of the first four women to attend a Professional Golfers’ As sociation training course last week at Lilleshall, Shropshire. Now she is awaiting
confirmation of the, fact th a t she has passed, before taking up a post as a fully-qualified profes sional. Jane (23) and the other
CLITHEROE Royal
than £5,700 towards the
Grammar School now has a gleaming new minibus, thanks mainly to the energetic fund-raising ef forts of more than 400 pupils. The lads raised more
I llllllii!
THE s te e l sh e l l of Clitheroe’s new supermar ket is gradually rising above the Station Road sidings . . . as the cost of the project soars past the £lm. mark. The Preston grocery
firm of E. H. Booth is delighted by the way its foodhall is .emerging, even though a spokesman dis closed this week that the original estimated cost of £500,000 had now more than doubled. Seven months after
cost of the 15-seater Ford Transit bus when they took to the highways and byways of the Ribble Valley for a sponsored hike in October. The hike was organised
by Grammar School mas
ters Mr Norman Thorpe and Mr Anthony Cooper and members of staff also took part in the effort, which offered participants the chance of running or walking.
clocked by teachers Roy Blacktop and Rob Smit- ton, with sixth formers Huw Jones and Gary Bolton in third and fourth place. Only 12 of the 400 or so who set out failed to complete the course.
The fastest time was
place of a vehicle which was bought more than 11 years ago and has needed replacing for some time. Like i ts ’ predecessor, it will be used for. field study trips, sports fix tures and visits.
The,bus has taken the
work started, the car park is almost complete and the framework of what will be the checkout section of the store has been erected at the end nearest to the old railway station. In the coming weeks,
, when a party of third for mers were taken to the artificial ski ran at Raw- tenstall.
few hours after it was de livered on Thursday,
Its first trip came just a
the “skeleton” of the main store and warehouse will appear — weather per mitting. The brickwork, with a
th a t cons idering the recent bad weather, the
Whalley PO theft
stone-effect face, is next on the list, followed even tually by the roof. The spokesman said
site workers had done very well to keep to schedule. A final detailed layout of
the store had just been drawn up and “nice, ex pensive fittings” will push the cost past £lm., he
added. Hopes of an opening by
dent, Mr Brace Dowles, said they had been given only a “general instruc tion” to fill in the ques- tionnaire. “ The q u e s t io n of
this Christmas have now faded, however, with late February or early March a more likely date.
Seeks twin
whether we decide to do so or not is one of .the options to be considered at our executive commit tee meeting on Monday.” He added: “We feel the
tionnaire.”
council should look closely at all. the pros and cons of
this scheme before decid ing to complete the ques-^
- countries. Although the idea is
WHALLEY could have a twin town in the future. Members of the Parish Council have decided to contact the . Twinning As sociation of Great Britain for information on suitable
still in the early stages, some members have a preference for Scan dinavia.
Police want to interview this man
POLICE investigating the disappearance of £8,500 from Whalley Post Office are seeking to interview this man and a companion.
suspiciously near the King Street office a week last Monday, when a green canvas bag containing used £10, £5 and £1 notes was snatched. The " bag disappeared between 2
They were seen acting
and 5 p.m. Head of Clitheroe CID,
Det. Sgt Jim Oldcorn said that the man featured in the artist’s impression in dicated to the other to go to the back of' the .pre mises, while he went into the shop and stood look ing at some goods on display.
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miner in the Midlands and held a number of jobs, moving to Chatburn in 1963, when he started work' at the mill as a warehouseman. Mr Harb was later promoted to cashier. He leaves a wife and
three children. PREPARED
MAIN DEALERS FOR THE RIBBLE VALLEY
SHOULD th e r e be another bout of Arctic weather, Whalley Parish Council aims to be pre pared. I t is going to buy and-store 10 tons of grit to try and prevent icy pavements if . the bad weather returns. Inquiries are being
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made for a suitable stor age site for the grit, which -would be used not only on the village pave ments, .but also: by the
church.' •
NOT a pantomime horse . . . but the antics of Nellie the cownetcrthe^less provided many of the highlights in Trinity s production of Jack and the heanstalk.” There’s a surprised and somewhat pained expression on the face of Nellie, played by Jean Robinson and Hazel Hailwood, when Mother Hubbard (Norman Hornby) turns milkmaid. With them, from_the left, are Jean Avery (Jack), Roland Hailwood (Demon King), David King (Square), Stuart Robinson (Simple Simon) and some of the children s chorus. Turn
to page 11 for a full report. ■ |
question both and would like any person who may have seen them to contact us,” he said.
aged between 19 and 24, of average height and, sturdy build, with a full fresh face, clean-shaven and blue-eyed.
The man pictured is
hair is thought to be parted on the left and he was wearing a white or cream bomber jacket.
His moderately short
' though he was more heav ily built and taller.
No
description.is avail able of his companion,
Record 648 out
of work THE Ribble Valley’s job less total has almost tre bled in the past two years — with this month’s number of unemployed rising to a record 648. According to figures re
leased on Tuesday by the tow n ’s Emp lo ym en t Office, 5.5 per cent of the total working population are looking
for.work..
Fee, sales manager of Cowies of Blackburn, who hkve su p p l ied th e minibus, at the wheel with' a group of pupils. Mr Fee, who lives in Mellor, has twin sons in the first form at CRGS.
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three women were among 31 assistant professionals from all over the country on the PGA course, which included instruction in ev erything from club repairs to book-keeping and cul minated in eight exams. Jane, who lives with
her parents in Brungerley: Avenue and is to be mar ried in April, said she be lieved she had passed and is the first of the four girls to have a profession al’s job lined up. But she added that she
would prefer to wait for. official confirmation of her; resu lt , before saying- where the job would be.
On council payroll
THERE were 256 em-.i ployees on the Ribble; Valley Council payroll on December 12th, according to a Manpower informa-; tion survey issued this week. This compares with a
total of 263 employees on • September 12th and Chief Executive Mr Michael Jackson said the variation was due to sickness or maternity leave and loss of seasonal work.
...The December 12th..
total was made up as fol- - lows (with September 12th figures in brackets):: Non-manual employees: Full-time — 121. (120), part-time — 9 (9); manual employees: full-time — 86 (92), part-time — 40 (42).
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VELVET (ENGLISH WOVEN) IS STILL ONLY
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OSMAN BATHROOM SETS DOWN IN PRICE
ALL REMNANTS REDUCED IN PRICE
WE HAVE STILL MANY MORE BARGAINS IN DRESS FABRICS
READY MADE CURTAINS AT LOW LOW PRICES
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MANY DESIGNS IN QUILT COVERS ALL PRICES REDUCED
per cent or 599 people last month and 4.1 per cent a year ago. In January 1980 th e re • were o n ly . 220 people — 1-.9 per cent — of the workforce unem ployed. This month’s figures
This compares with 5.1
represent 400 males and 248 females;
man.said: “We can’t really pinpoint the. reason for the increase, apart from the fact that the building trade seems to have been badly affected by the weather. There have been no large scale redundan cies from any of the bigger employers.”
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