A LOOK back at some of the articles published in The Radcliffe Times 50 years ago reveals that the old Radcliffe Paper Mill building was demolished to make room for its new shell.

Also, on May 31, 1968, the paper covered Radcliffe Scouts' first ever Radboree camp event, as well as reporting on vandalism at Radcliffe Cricket Club.

WORK will not cease for a moment in the waste paper screening and refining plant at Radcliffe Paper Mill Co Ltd, even though the building that houses the plant is being completely demolished and a new building erected.

For the new building is being constructed over the old and erection and demolition operations are going ahead simultaneously — meanwhile the machinery inside the old building will operate continuously day and night with no hold-ups in production.

Eventually, new machinery will be installed as part of the firm's £150,000 to £200,000 rationalisation programme.

Some of the machinery in the plant and a similar plant in another part of the mill, has been working virtually without a major stop, for around 50 years.

Now the old machinery will be replaced by up-to-date equipment and already about half of it has been delivered to the firm.

The old building which housed the refining plant was erected in 1920 and it is hoped that the new building of faced brick and asbestos will be finished and the new plant in full use by July next year.

The Radcliffe Paper Mill is part of British Plaster Board Industries who provided the plans for the new refining plant.

BAD weather marred the Radcliffe Scouts' first Radboree, held at the Giant's Seat camp site at the weekend.

Heavy rain turned parts of the ground into a mudbath on Saturday and several events, including the sports, were cancelled.

Highlight of the weekend was the official opening of the "Okum Ut", transported from Holcombe Brook to Radcliffe and re-erected and furnished for use as a general facilities building.

The hut, 73 feet by 18 feet, contains a kitchen, recreation room, cooker, dormitory for the Cub Scouts, and sinks.

On Saturday morning, the final touches were still being made to the hut ready for the opening.

The official opener, Vera Crossley, Akela leader for South Lancashire, invited Mark Higginson, of St Andrew's Road, Radcliffe, to cut the tape to open the hut.

EXTENSIVE damage was caused to Radcliffe Cricket Club's new bar in the pavilion at the racecourse ground on Sunday.

Vandals entered by breaking a window and reached the newly redecorated bar by forcing their way through the ceiling with a wicket stump.

Fortunately they found nothing of great value in the bar as the till had been emptied and the stocks removed the previous night.