Megan Wallace explores the Barnsley Chronicle archives from 1974.
BOTTLES, not by the dozen, but over three tons of them, were handed over to the chairman of Redfearn National Glass.
Vice-chairman of Barnsley Boys’ Club, Frank Sumnall, handed the mammoth collection to Stanley Race.
Members of the club have spent the last few months collecting the waste bottles from local people and organisations as part of their conservation scheme.
The bottles are recycled and monies raised from this donated to boys’ club funds.
The scheme has been hampered recently due to the temporary breakdown of their collecting mini-bus, but it is hoped normal service will be resumed soon.
THE move to form a ratepayers’ association in the Barnsley area, announced a week ago, has produced a tremendous response.
The businessman behind the plan, Ernest Sykes, of Rotherham Road, Monk Bretton, told the Chronicle his phone hardly stopped ringing all weekend.
So great was the response that the campaign has already reached the stage of forming several neighbourhood associations, to be co-ordinated by a central body.
Hoping to get a membership of 10,000 people, over three hundred workers are now asking friends and neighbours to join the cause, and Mr Sykes said: “We estimate that we already have more than 5,000 members, and we are aiming for a total membership of 10,000.”
A LOCAL working men’s club launched a £2,000 appeal to buy a specially adapted mini-bus for the Barnsley and District Muscular Dystrophy Society.
Perhaps one of the biggest charity projects ever undertaken by a WMC, the appeal is being launched by the Birdwell WMC and Institute and will start with a five-act charity concert, pigeon sale and billiard match at the club.
Club secretary, Mr Hawes, said: “We were not asked to launch this appeal, it was purely our own decision.
“We originally thought about buying a mobile wheelchair, but there are drawbacks to this type of machine, so we decided to set our stall out for £2,000, after talks with officials from the society.”
FOURTH and fifth year pupils at Cudworth Secondary School will be the first in the area to take pre-driving test instruction as part of their school curriculum.
The pupils will spend two afternoons each week learning driving techniques and other aspects of driving.
Pennine School of Motoring are expected to take along four cars to the school order to prepare the youngsters for their driving tests when they are legally allowed to drive on public highways.
The scheme will be introduced as part of Wednesday and Friday recreational studies.
The afternoon classroom studies will involve licensing requirements, Ministry of Transport vehicle tests, insurance and basic car maintenance and servicing. They will also learn of the possible effects of drugs, alcohol, fatigue, illness and anxiety on driving capabilities.
