HERE’S a selection of stories as they appeared in the Chronicle back in August 1968.
YORKSHIRE Traction needing an additional net revenue of £84,000 because of increased costs has applied to the traffic commissioner’s office for further rises in bus fares.
A statement issued by the company said that since the last application they had experienced still further increases in costs due to wage awards, additional fuel tax, increases consequent on the budget and other government legislation, and the costs of materials, maintenance, spare parts etc.
The proposals for obtaining the additional £84,000 were then put forward, which include fares up to and including 11d going up 1d, fares between 1s and 2s going up 2d, and fares over 2s 1d up 3d.
THOUSANDS of Barnsley people are beginning their Feast holiday fortnight with pockets bulging with more money than ever before but it will not go as far as it used to.
A spokesman for the York County Savings Bank said that local folk are expected to withdraw about £180,000, which is £30,000 more than last year.
“People are feeling that prices have gone up and realising that they need more money to get through,” he said.
It has been announced this week that since devaluation, in most countries, last year’s £50 now only buys approximately £42 10s worth of currency so families accustomed to luxury living must tighten their belts.
Many local firms and factories will be closing for the full fortnight.
Among those heading abroad for the break, Spain is still the most popular destination according to local travel agents.
“That’s probably because they devalued their currency at the same time we did,” said a spokesman for Woodcock Travel.
THE Monk Bretton Social Centre, built three years ago by the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation at a cost of around £100,000, has been taken over by the Bailey Organisation Ltd owner of Sheffield’s Cavendish Club.
The Bailey Organisation, which owns a string of clubs throughout the country, intends to run the premises for bingo, music, cabaret, dancing and dining.
In the casino part there will be cards, roulette and American dice.
The takeover follows the closure of Monk Bretton Colliery, which undermined the financial position of the club.
SMALL local football clubs could be put on the injury list for good following Barnsley Council’s decision to increase the charges for use of football fields by 100 per cent, a club official claimed this week.
Since the formation of the new Barnsley Sunday League the council has increased its charges to local clubs using their fields from £10 to £20 a rise which could well mean the end of many small clubs who depend on voluntary subscriptions to meet their ever increasing costs.
