Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) 6 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, August 9th, 1981,


Clitkeroe 22324 (Editoril


DoctO; had si for eli


PEOPLE from many gathered at ClitheroJ to pay their last resp pie


mple Oliver, a gener;] for 40 years.


Dr Oliver, o f Fo


H ou s e , ClaremorJ Avenue, died sudden last week after a bri illness. The son of a GP


Waterhead, near Oldh: he was educated at Dragon School, Oxfo: and Repton. He qualifid at Edinburgh Universii and worked as a casuali officer and house phy. cian at Blackburn Roy; Infirmary, before comii to Clitheroe in 1940 to an assistant in the prs tice set up by Dr Jose] Fairweather. During the war


Oliver was a captain til


the RAMC, serving India and Burma. He w; in Imphal at the time the siege and at t Battle of Kohima, t turning point o f t Burma campaign, afte| wards accompanying tl advancing 14th Army Mandalay.


In the course of


career he saw ma changes in the Heal


Service, not least t’ move in 1975 from the surgery premises in gate to the newly-1 Clitheroe Health Cent] from which he retired years later.


Throughout his


sional life Dr Oliver particularly


Clitheroe Hospital, whel he was


long association clinical


for 21 years, brought ■ particular pleasure.


devoted


the care of the elderly i his


assistaj !


Coupled with the hifj standards which he set f himself and expected others were qualities kindness, consideratid and compassion appred ated by staff and patienj alike.


Driver-of-yearj contest


A “DRIVER of the yea competition is being gamsed by the Pen Witches East Lancashil group of the Institute Adv


—dvanced Motorists Sunday, at the Broadwa car park, Accrington. The_h . competition,


ween 10 a.m. and 4 . is open to any driver


p.n


entry is free. Competitors shoul


take along their driviH documents and licence ail MoT and insurance certif


cates. Chatl


Wei ■bug


profei


This Advertisement carries a BOOTHS HEALTH WARNING some


missing:i , sslt... l . . - - 0 - - ■ A i


' l l


CHRIST Church, Ch;| bum, was filled to capal ty on Friday for the stitution an


- nd i induction I ’ *’


the new vicar, the Rfj Walter Drain. Even seats in the


le ry were taken parishioners and ty


coach loads of frienl from Mr Drain’s previol church, St Cuthbertl Cheadle, poured into tl


church.


The Bishop of Blad burn, the Rt Rej


,


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