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A C H ILD ’S I CLITHEl By ARTHUR THE GLITHeW b u r g e s s , t!


« n d s f i f i^ h i p p y h p m f i i I t a ^ d |w


l e a n f r o i l n I r g S o c i e t y [ a n d I n t i n a n y


h e 4p | ^ i t s r e q u i r e d :


) e e n s d v e d r e g u l a r l y , S o c i e t y ' s M o n t h l y D e p a r t m e n t . ! I t I s :!


i d a l w a y o f s a v l r l g t o t j i e h o u ^ e y o u w a p t . I


' o r I d e a / ' / s depar merit.


EXCEED! £120,000,000


THI WORLD S URGHST BUILDNC SCCILTV [ead o£ ^ ,


ALIF..Z : jocal Agency:


£!t raoca m


BARCLAY i BAIIK CHAMBERS KING


LANE


Daily: 9-30: o'12-30 iijn., 2-0^.B-30p.m.; Satnidays: 9‘


L. PERCif STEELE ^ SQN, OiTICE HOURS::


10 a .m ;w il2 '4 f Aj~u*i-rVirir^ ■^r* ■-


Establish sd 1629. I


(URREMT ACC0UIIT8


m I aneiGN :


■” « H p ; ' X W O R


iiid SS.-'i' DISTRICT


INCORPORATING Bi NTY


ILT|9 > 1


LOCAL .^RANCHES I ’


r i r H A L L J E y


is freely eitposed'in. the'British Museiuh tor all EngUst folk to Idok'upon.: The iOharter of thoi' cokpiete - liberation ;ot the men of Olitheroe Iwill .be: 8s freely exhibltod some day in the Town’s • Mdseum for alt the .to­ ot this Old Borough toj behold, span, of a man’s life, thr^sepre:


rrHE Great. CSi'arter,St English lllbertles JL seaied^by King^aohh.at.Runnymede


habitants Only the yfears and


I t is no lmposmg idocumept to lo® at. The hidetit S nArdlyAsme as mb piece of


I'Tifi'ficf' W W m


i i l


O L IT H E B O E


ILDVERTISER AUTD TIMES. IS TO R Y O F


O E UNGSHAW.


l ie moors and commons during the titop f xedby the Copnoil, usually from Febru- a 17 to OctoberJ


linolhericow, or ,h flock of some eight: to Itwelve geese. In order to kepp his house,tois toutl ulldWgs, his tonbes, his farm’implements idnd his plough in repair, he: wds allowed,to pbtBln from the ’Town,woods the amount of Imler which was considerably: reasonabie


If he ihad no lijorse- he could substitute


_______ ten, separates the dates on .which these charters were sealed, so ours of Clith-: eloo is netjrly as venerable as toat which was, ialed on m ftland in the 'Tnamte to 1216.;


dbuhtlESS have ibeen astonished had be been informed that his work would, be preserved fdr; •eehtimes. I ’The! seal of greet: wax is ebrtatoly i line one, land omit Is Inpressed the figuri of; the |great Earl.of Lincoln, mounted on horseback and armed frrm head to foot, the visor of his helmet lowired. hls sword brahdlshbd to his: right hano, while with hrii toft Le'guWk his vhorse, mii at the:


u»ydii <to wilcB 1 aiii writing. I t [:ontains_ ohly twenty lines of Latlif'which are . written id a neat clerkly hand, and the soril e would


same tirii? hofe hu| purple liol


7 , ’atree jnaa^'fihd.a'w^ brSwn', dight' vith ;his


■ "BAJ MAUS^ ' GI1W ritten. in ink I f ’ifhlitoiits


{he Blah' dl; Cllther k? both j to a yellow-


had la b ip d ahrai,'^ fdr his Normp Lord, giving him bodily'TO Ws cottage and hls patchl of land.;;]A, hundred yea^ a«er- wards thC De LSty had given hiih partial freedom-Md-had


; Two' hfcedyireflre before, his ancestor


certain'of his servicM. Now he wsjs a tohn ot properly and a yfjoman fanner. Pr^uta-, tog that thC number ;of burgesses [had m ; increased betWeenirife, death'of EdtoundSde Lacy Mid the granting of the Charter thra, were ^ such meh;:an Clitheroe, mo than of tnp 68 possessed a very valuaMe


a money payfnent, tor


holding « freehbldlproperty. ■ SoJl<>“8 p he paid; the yearly’customary charge of we t shlUtogand fourpence to the town,land tb


Steward,-be wpsingw .the actual o- house with its accompanytag g a r l ­


and ;ci3)® ahd^the!|outbu^^


•Ings .occHeA^fl^ frontage- al6jfe: wh8tvwe^


ovm paid lts .ten,marks yearly to the Lords


ier of 8 orchard leccssaiy lou ild-'nt. of le main


Btreet,; aipng-;thr yest^s^e o f ,Castle Street,


the'ifact p a t fitfm;' [Parsoh street,.aipuB-'"'? s w "n*.”


King


there were oiily hve p these faimsleads.. biMany of these' houses came to time to


j *


e lliiqW b'y thfe'B'Mes orithe ihen who otrtibdT.!thett ;and ‘wefe .called [“BeySi'


-Ts/! fJeta^gi," .‘'|1 one hbu'se . io-day


; old hurgCss : W ,‘‘‘pndnds'*t iniCh'^ch _ _ _ tept'ilts


, \


, Henry 'tile Bdwy^* Jlohert ] » e . or he would be dlsttoguished _ as 'tfoto fils


of a!far ■eritiate


tatolamoitot of .plough, mCadow, an|l pasture land' which lay to ’.the opeh fields of the towii. : . Just hdW touch-went, to each house it is'difflmlt to state at this distant date, but If the number of aerbs of land in the town which cairled them the right of depasturing on the 'cqtotooils ‘ ito.l'taltefi als.a basis,;the amoimt could not nqve ,^cn far less than an average of ten. acres. 'This flguri is home out, ltoo,i)y the particulars -of. the gifts of


P


(ditlon to, trie house, our irgess becaniie the owner


i ' ,


Clitheroe of a cer-


houses


abbeys at art'early date, , for fa ’many ewes L U • VA IJAUU


the amoilnl of • land handed V-» w ^ WW ' ST . •■••■•■■■■■I Promot


i iely nteed


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(XtlimCIM.: & SOCIAL KURTING EVERY DESCRffilOil.!


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irk at a reasonable charge.


us your next highest class


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Poijrteen Aukliind, N^! on State' ‘ Dominion,


British carpenters have gone to I w-^aland,' to. spend three: years. 16usliig ahd other work In the


,S i'


hbuse Is'itated ito''he'|TOh’a6)?es cf •licsture, and!arable, and 2i t o :3 acres of toeadow-: land. ’These, too, are acres of ithe Lancashire size,I which are about; two-thirds aS 'large again as a statute ac[e.;


under, Hmiy of LkColn's; Charier', pto'cdulu, sell ft, if he so desired, to someone else, and some did this,, but h^ then lost hli position . as-Burgeis. He CDtod'make a wJl, which


^ then was tpe amount of property yhich edih


69 bUMSseisiheli'


kto;!or, l; he died to the service of the King, his-i heir 'Could etoter ' totope-property by right. He could dlvlge up: his property, sell- tog. hls land and keeping his-housc, or vlceH; versa, ■ pi he .cdiild- e r^ t’ two ,:pr;;lttr jp, houses ■


was I to bj “ accouhteq.strctog and sure,” by which hC left his property to hb . neidrof,


oh the qito of his domtoodlous' hltoestead, '' and tWs'was permissible so long as he whole paid the customary'.pne shlllmg pnd four-:


,theyi Qwhed" ho''les^ than 18 houses and gardens, and well over 200 acres of land Ini Clitheroe, besides that which had been given' to' theto by the Lord of the Honouf., Onei of the Mrtions they held was called the Castle pitches, which was evidently the' gtato-clomed dry most of seat that CUtherje’s Lord!


pence to the ;town. “ lf ho were- a p ous taan,' he could, and did, hapd over his property to; the ,neighb6'iirtog abljey of Whallev, and i t Is a'strllitog'fact that this religious tostltu-, tion.beiientted enormously by these gifts, fori


‘ .hadmade TO awe


:‘"niat dread the inferior subjects of the glade.”


their stalls atid expCSp‘.their wgrei .itor liaje.’ after thejr htid paid fhe custotoaty tolls stallage to -,the Steward at the Castle,!lor. this 1'source Of revehiie the Lord n served to hltoself.. Nor could} any ‘‘fprelgnet ” come' and: follow any,,trade or occupation Jn the; town, until he paid to the Bailiff and his dbuhcH a: certain fixed auto of njoney, the :


1 Burgess possessed ivery. valuable, rights and privileges.! For Instance, he had! the excliKlve right to buy and; sell goods in the I'toWh, a -tight: lwhUh.VasiextoldCd .t6 strangers! only at the annual Fair, at ,wljlc‘ ' time traders Trom'p.ther; parts ,could ispt .p.


: A LONg with blsi’property our Chtheroe


Btoount if''Whleh varied 'With the pature of Ws buBlreSs, for the' privilege of doing so; and these sum's wetoiput'into the townahest to be urod for the benefit of the Burgesses.:


, He ilso had.the right of turning out i • one horse and one cow, to depasture, on i


. I ' . . . . .1 ' ■ 1 f'- ■ !r* • I ■ later day was thus named


Clitheroe at the time of .the granting of, the Charter, and a man would be .toiowir b^the trade befpractlsed,p Thotop'thh^Wth,


’There ’Were no such thtogs.'as tmmUheain


Thomas fils-Hehry to mark..hto !5ht from; r _ . • ^--.L.ko rrsvm A’


from M o t h e r ‘' ’IhmS.’’ to differ-


'street of .&e;.town; ahd also stretched some distance pack from them... Bpmd.l,dea of this ifehgffi of iffiiitage.faay-beVetoed from


lor that purpose, while from the brushwppd I


'Stlcla to keep hisipotboiling. But his chief :;uel was peat, and hero again he was per- :toted by the Charter to go to the Moors pf iiashall, and I t e to the thick beds of lea', oniPendlesidt, and slice, stack, and pry


irowingion. the wattes he .could ppllect eno.pgb


r if^ e d e n tfo i lEhe Lord


l^ i t h^''toii hor .m e ‘'away;:'[; gWNE'thtog he was compelled to 4o under


bf. he 'wilq'KiOT !w thfe davmthf thd ,l9tU tsnttoWi thW:’ 'was .done, although' JWW.hud


16 he Xoid’s Coija MiU at H ^ h om to bd CTO iito'itoto.to^lwd flour.i.t^b^ltf.lhe flayt


th i‘ " the Charter All the:com M th e grow, e wheat date Etoa barley, he Itoust take dpm


alW jys jbtotight tp court ' ahd ifliied heayny. population


tool;' aft


upt aid' jump .sijqS^niy. cor 1 grown to M .township. dwtomed w a y


i s bui gess .of the, ^ t


. ' ■# -M s ttom ' WTO.-’lf f lje ..:,.- hiS MkS of corn


j W"'”''”


to Nothing, this agerold practice died out, and to^ ay -the ru b jjp ,qf'


the Burgess, pald'.his:..sixte^. peiice; to the town, as do jibe owners;of jthese proper­


lo r -ftU ' thesH rights [and : privileges ties to this. day. I !


Ih e ToWn ■ sacli Michaelihas pays to ' Lord o f .. ■i,:ihS:pf


le Honor of'tfie i K d S i


mat ,tlM.tter ’jras grontoS, ,r


iJMVlLEGES bring with theto responsl- I 'bffltles, and these our I'Burgess jhad


Btoli ckburnaiire} of helHonorha


Hohor- Here! the' Lord’s Stewara had'pre- sJtlOiUr* xxciD wo


at BlaokJtorn. he had built to


io rm '^ newipOTlre of the


ah; 1 had appointed certain of t foi toifilad^STO!6ffl(sS W(the h


' after-Easter' F to meet togethel


K ig [ to hold .It] Mi ^pa:'C®ritol'W ?


firm thelr nutober ode who ^ p tomke the ' plEce of. the L o f ’s Steward. k,WM_^to:te


eist of Bti Deiiys,.October m ,.a rid


and select frb to lh e to 'a number; Who k r o tolseiwe on theiJiify for totwetetooath.iWd,


Mb: Bailiff;'toq to TOe to mat office iof on! -year.. .Betow'-to (summon fhe Burg”””””


th s' Jury was. c h a rg e d to dfeovcr' hU i PSr- ’


th^Ktog’s: peaebj contrary to toe liw p|-toe La Id I ;or to .Lo al custom,’’.'whUe, .ati.tof


Courts- ‘ '


Gevertonent. any post to whic


'


some Office-under tolk Old .sykto of Local lere was no getting blit ot he'was appointed.: | ’


If he rcfuseld to fill any office he Whs cott4ehed'''byl’ hts‘''fellows


hearth manner he waskF??a to pay for hjs'negligoncer


, . j '[


an l as a subjefet of the King he failM.to obierve elthei; local custom or 'the law Oj’.the,' land, he .was preronted in his own. Court and: fired, land toe-fifaes' wefat into the ’Town’s p h ^ at first for the benefit of tlto Corpdra-


: i as a member of tWs Cbfpqrato Body: ' Legion


heavy fine, qnd Jl he was -h und to l[ave pertOriW His aitiei in ■al-slack aftd hall- -


sbtoO


ND, so qur Burgess must: serve, to.hl? - 1 turn, irebly, !an'd put of h is Own: time,


-'H


same tMe, they to their , tum‘': appQ»ted official^ Who were'to sp that the laws were, ohkrvbd, khd u xm whose. .pvldenCe jtoey could proceed ag dnst Offenders at' their two


clo is t'& fe e tr^ rb to ' howpuy/tofej | .ffie BureesroS were! (o .keep: this Court fori, the


he had testouuteJ ’'them as hj theiridUtles,. hi flhfe'ltopOsMfent to ta ,M ,M ^


id’d over this Court, he had chosen the in- - ' ’■ ----- - as;thq,Jury,


'ere to serve


them to|per-‘ wn,< whllr


iver .s k e ptoto


JiRoger of ftllo’u, &e Lord jwhlch


5 heldtheKing’s:Court, fto t I thqtoat J i e


■tot turves sufflcleijt to keep his o n e to gotog he whole year round, but this fuel he cpuli}


S HlBjaa.


decided to d^tle!dprln{ Datong Geb'


for I 'lehm


fedt' ■model belug.'Special coflgui^tldBi


them-that watch-tlje IS Iming desig^i this year. :


European


am p n i


lnonarchles4those few of left-might , ho ■ well to' toamme ofjState life that


toStober, cam MtlUesfc of'th tht: Throne;


■' CromSi


[tun till


■j^stywlU have.the bfinehtof r’s : long lexperlence 'in


matters, eerpif] m e , a s m P 16* therefore th'ffill


111


Cthamberlaln,|you may re-: e out of retirement at the; j 'King when he acceded to. There iS : little llicpllhood


,y. moulded-by the-King . Ini ’With LOrdf (Stohitoi as a' future years of his reign.-


.ea .by'thSialng 'Of England is probably (the most per- ffioaem'mgBhip, lana is:


roof of the (Philadelphia PostiOfflee,” Mr. Pitcairn told me as we looked , out over the, Thames from his jsulte at the Savoy Hotel.} .“I have made a happy; landing 111 the New York, docks when they ■were emptied for, repair. iThe landing, space gm smaller as We pibgtesk" .


"I have already landed a 'plane onihfe


COCKTAIL JACKETS FOR [ GENTLEMEN,


S al for a'great ftogth of, r did, arid this Ml year being plan led as a gi^cte;


Alfiplahned aaiilgh|lgh'S M t k 'Soyal 'r .i


;'EAtlli:......... ... Mh'sb.'ir


MS: from-.tae r not


:Hi!w&s:idhfe ■akb, tension; pf ove


'T totterittoi,g,n wlthilv t Scent days you .■ NICE LINE IN SKE:


any morn sttoliirig; depar- FofeM OfBcetb occ'upy


*111. - i.. o...


k P r a t t . dr, JO was' chief Mvlser. ori Far Ilfs’ at thObfelgri-Office, itb fetife. 'e lghft’'en; hibflths


r .toe: T ■mer: .Coniul-General . at


en s . . . - fib: fltte down-


'■“S fealnatoi J o h i iB / • the hi


treeh’s Fri


toffemarkable: in 1925. "


,\y k n hl8 tl e%clse lor: 'An old Du grehterpaft


BACK


able i to tak^ fjcpto your-


If'by;.this


i: n ;heihg > th }• brothto of the ikdriSteinV-S r. Botfe'Karloff le Is Chaileii EdWarj4.FratW


BUt'”tJ|ie,‘ crisis Ih 'plllna rleA’tb ,'ah ohn


his aervlce. Last atoek he


___ . e 'M l s e i I n - th e ‘VVlctoyia'and AllbM" Ball horal In tn; wtumn, w d , O & f f i f r i rSaucTrlng l a f e l T ' ' .® e


■ g ^ 'a lid 'Q iieh S la i^ ;’T h i ;; Co;?res, >Arit|i;p^obably to


hold: a Cou rt.’iat: lyinflsor Easter, a p ractice Mpwed


at the. Kligi has already


end of the wedge In button and every ; extra; stripe, will’' Juterpsted .to know jacket lor gentlemen. Its'glaring glbry.’lri section of thp.British EaH’s Court. „ ■ There are no half


from- 'tWerity ■oblPdr&itoyQiirig' f} .apple gr«en4o scwle t- rnid- sktobluto . : You wear It, I am .told) at the cocktail biiftri iristiatt' 6f yoiil: dinner jacket.! 'If wcM(, be £dl .fight I should Imagine ura^i your ho8t;woyided music.' TAb# MOW'guests Wbuid 'mistake you for: dile. 'o fj th b ba nd ;" ,' ' ' ■ '


or toltot, 'aria -tori toik 'Chtodi


' I toA’i; .kriq^ whetieji'' tofi have jahy Ml Itof' sMMk.- fkfS&fOly I ' fli ‘ "


(SKtot^n,’ ;tbe '[thing to .d o is::t6'xaif'nu 'MmiBlerir-Adkm' ' Boffiiy,'}' In .Fitzroy :Stfe'et;-Lbhabn.' ' '■ # - :■ ! - ( . ( [:;...[:»'T.'


iwJy r'in-the'! ast.Tew,months


anjiit^ep ^ ■ to # ' He }re|pty(®cf official to . ihalron a bicycle. • ( He


tctgfr'adyised':vUris ; formVOf arthritis. wich boy.-Slc John spent the rif'his llfe'lnChlria and.had Kiridwledgc ;pf Far*Easter m riti-to 'tjte


' ■


aUtjoglros. t S iljjpiiof tooppr! auwglros, dtolded he' piaties


'betihe«fault tolling'Bresif ptonerGomp mStoent..!'>) (Pltctil


' Bp'Mr. Pif sdlpingauto! b e to Bpieildipi


;’pldne wWc baok-garde:


'behind A M th e million.


im p ly as mol own an alri[li


sihop


I.U '[Dff' ln your 1 bjadk-garden tod offlce.ev0ry;:iiorrilng It'Vipji’t Of-Mr, Haro ;d Pitcalf,h,Tceeri.


GARDEN flBFLANE. tlpe' heirt


lent-of th e American Qlro- uiy, whq Is to Town a t .the


, Qto'.bf'%Wktod selltog '[’lien, three'years, ago, he


;gh'ls mbrieylbri perfeiitlhg ri ■


iptoi gave UP- makirig and .rbs, arid for three years has


- v" . ■


■n .used to majke and sell 3ei: lised .'to ,jn^e qulte',aj


■pas wasting his time, Alr- Id ibe selltog as easily and itbr cars. ‘ jEveryofafe Sliould ane.: - (f


.Vlth folding wings which can be;garaged .vtoctold


■ take off .or land Jn a on'a foof. ! I 'A-’tilana


o|uge' a' 'plane that [Pill bell by year; yotfafen’t!


tall; for: sfiare parte, such as skulW;!< femiirSi or 'humeiiis bones, ^ut, taklpr all round, -bUSlnesli is' very :brlsk.. mbdtot .shop. In Fitzroy .Street Is t peritre of- Britain S ‘'Skeleton- ;tM Mbrikleur Bouilly supplies hospitf schools'and'students .toth a: ''h' atkull tb a nt% notice. , his “raw material," I


Epid I'Austria. They ate usually | human frames of-paupers, or men I have dldd.lri prison. Tt is rather a .gfjl sorab .business, but you get used to lit;


' _ . _ J i t e i t o t o e , ' : t o i UW


i AET OF adlo exhibition


LISTENING.


Mye mcidels the scenes In British , radio, shows} toife ld§ydib!ritoent:'nf[-.wl,rete,ss.: told: giyi


apace :ttiV.Lofld6ni:' ;otog|iaphs,


I t l s t k a p f l l l u s t t i iG.iMeaybu


you I sberie :, Idea how your aririual BMUlftgS'is spent. ' J ' :


^WpuMU probably be Interested to know wnat the B.B.C.:' ’coMderS .'the art ,® good listening. Here you are; 1. Select yOur toogrammes;' '2. Make sure you: set % up'-to-'date and In good order. Dfint 'neglect ybhr set. 4. Dbri’jt


'■( ' '} , liatoi GIsahsi fr6m|(ii‘‘1*rsrton


dbaf|eri your neighbours. • 5. Don’t }mlss the programmes ybri warifto 'hear: : If ithe -.man next -door happens-To se: this exhibition I tijust he will make a me'toto’iiotd of 'No; 4.'’ .(raiiii',(iulte coji ' to.Mrs. Jack. Londoner ought to'it about No. 5. ■ j " ' ' ’:' , '


JACK LONDONER. IB U J I ijW N G CLTHEROE B


AN INVITATION TO ALL :£X-SEEVICE MEN.


AS ah ex friendships


tlcu.' He, toust roe that the rdad before :his. horse,'as,far .as pis lialf was:cb,i


;to: Street, nelthef must his iSwtoe Wander, abmt to Iti .untoked or wmmg., :He must


If he puts thenJ oiit on his bwn: unfenced part of the !atable . land they :must,[be, suBciently yokem His hedges ihust ; be looped an 1 his dltohes'KOuted rttod’!ms'^fbnces 'kept:


keit ;pay^:qhd:prto;'from hq1ffl..i:,^itoh®t: no; stack his refuse or his midden-stujffi to;


. oh lerve the local customs '.wlth}!regard. to the- cb: nmon lands qm woods which'now belcmged; to the town. The beasts which he puts’on th an must be free from all dlsbase; and Wyen,


I Ob alns a licence to brew, ale Iif bqke bread}: i,fd) public consmiptlon. he must-submit his' ! wf res' to the t le^iaster and 'W ,the bread-' ^'Vli wer, that they t oW pass themias.whole-: sdme tod imadul crated. He must not'defile.) tbi water of , toe thfOe town kUs, nor per-;


sqmd. HemiisBnot .tqke mqre wc^troffl: thi woods or more'peat froih'lihe bbds’.lh&ni th it amoimt to which he: is entitled or grthted. .'if he ^ to tradO'hls weights! and;, mi asufes toust he correct, and; hroughti to: th I Tbwn’s .standards to be’ tested. M l ihb;


'


.with: toe'll advantages and 'asslstaripi oftentimes i«i


their depeni adversity, j matters ap) ■AUex^


_p. 1 order -to u i i


yourowri beri efit as well B! fa the interest of the organisatlion. The ad . Btonch is


War you


If you sen ' id with toe Fpirces in toe Great ■ .Uld '-jqfa The Ugioih VoWr .‘tor


11 ises only too suddenly.


' bfarich, :'t' :e to .'case 6:


jmin'Sho: ' 2, 5IEARL1


liberty to jo: an the prlvll


• Men othp: 'A WOOD,


__ toan.^-^ i ihjitoe LegiM(Au1 ■' :es connebfe'l


:^ce men are at lb, and #11 tojby therewith. ' '


•WSTHORNC, Oub Secretary S A W L E Y .


tolt hls 'seryemts or -his cattIe: to dp so. [rb ii s iin iu p ' he'-mrSt do all'forj tob ROtoihgl


-to' toy; office he ■mustiBee'toat'hls.neiglM ob iys it also. ' 'Ahd. so 'two thoustott genera-! tloM !of Clltoeioe , men. learnt this airt; of! go rerntog, ami heWg govertled ' by, | one anrtJier, and in practical fashion understood th it “obedience was toe bond of rule,” which ha; made them and all Englishmen the ro.ost lautobvdlng pepp b on toe face;of tile eprth,'


ap^'nllceslllf .to toe iitt Of selLgovthi- ment for over two hundred years, tod he practised thi t art for ianotherJsIx 'Centuries, . ■


■, nj, -'j 'I;- [


. ; : le grumbled a , the amount qf work Which sa thi ptBctlce'of tie art involved, tod at the'


“ sa d in his Burgpss oath; !to tl|e i best orbls : .".V ,r-. ,.; i;


of 'aggrrototton 'to ’recelved tori havtog..dbne to s, job ;to toe test of his abllltyi or. as It'


had to taake, tod [also ,ftt .tbfeevident'iack


worship, honesty, credit and V an ta g e ' of' th 8 Borough and; of the InhabltantS'toatoOf.'’ Aij'd in totS' resplect .the TowH;jICouB|clll6r of,


{jimntog, ;wlt tod liower, foil tbe benefit, he (riflee of his vf luable time and monOylthat,


:8g llnst, the-common Weal; he toust obejl toe', col timbh or goldeb rule, tod if he is appointed \


QurBurgessiof Clitoeroehad served bis ,


the commlttei gatherings fa Chapel, a gri fa the school^ W. Marshall, opening ' dtogton, attendance.: entertainmen was provide! Sunday rScht performed '■ items to a Marshall merits, wbict


WfS


ful 'evening, of tbe-mee.tlhi


were served'( committee, y, assisted fa ,E


,: (Contfau


to-day is no who first


year 1283. CONCERT! I AND BJjClUi^Erombtedby tiielr


pieslded over a crowded An excellent arid erijoyable of: a miscellaneous character by the Cfaatbum Methodist dol scholars md officials, who indlvldu il . and collective


'room ori Saturday" evening.'BCv. of Chatburi 1, performed the ', and Mrs. Greaves, of Wad-


rifslseworthy manner. Mrs, W. the accompanist. Refresh- generously given, by the ladies and


bo desire to thank a l l , who • way towards a most success- Hie proceeds were on behalf fund. . .


;gs’ expenses


iid from proci a whit beh


cdtqi


e.fato' h i s '“ tofag column) :


NEXT W E ^ I (iwmttoued lfobt of next'Wiimriir'' ' THE SIONKS come TO THE TAUEY


ind .his prototype ' Inheritance fa the


le of the fortnightly winter 'connection V 1th Ithe Methodist and concert and social .was-held


’ ■ STREET,


tttess of.the Local CUTBEBOE.


arid to.firo'inbl ' .The mover


ini


ilservlce are IS formed le dilrlilig


, I'erit psslsts.-e.^ idpiits to times mplbyment, e totalng''tb.r


ite toe spirit


uWare, the British to' further the toe Great War


e of opmradeshl]); :


. clatbing,. and in Ptosiois;'£tc,'''.. ■ ■ ;ally themselves


i-Setvice men and of sickness and


us .'toarfag to' its riecesdty, which'


■' k ) C I E T iT ANOTHER RECORD YEAR. ;.|E1


ESEJEtVRS ^ C H nVE .MILLION ids’ " ■


pdsltjoa of'toe Halifax Building fioplety as ' the'tealtest'- Bu.UaJng|E8clety to worl^


for toe year ended J^uafj>''31st, 1938, sul- mitted to the Directors for. approval, subject to audit,. :dlscloses : (hat ' toe pre-emtaai t


.'This substantial growth, recorded at thi t end of a year torougliout which toerejhavj


he 'public appreclatiqri of' -Its tavesrinent B S W S s .


'


: ,£u7|089,3i9: (em'f'iriorease ‘of, £7,783,560 fo|r ’the year). The total number of Shareholi'


(Share land Deposit j F un# now stahd'Sl!


arid Depositors’ accounts open at the end rmn’^-'nrn/; tllO i^ A ■ ik-n


toe # a r was.712,4l4'i(an'toerea5e! of 29,79fa^ New Advances. The Sobiety’s mortgage


OHI rV C


department has maintained the high level of aqtl'rtty of'tieoent years. During the} yea)


'toe nimber ra mortgage accounts open a January 31st, 1938, was 239,147.


Northern Ireland,, eisures a'reiqerkably widespread distribution of mortgage seoutL ties ,# th all Its atteridajit advantages arid saiegiiaids. -


per account. The unique branch organl ,


totaifra'£98,276,699 q r i ^ ^ .Iriorteage '


Sqclefy invested in together with cash to amount to £23,634,393.


' jLlquld Funds. (’The SqcleV ,1


tlon pf the Society.with offices widely dl tributed throughout


. Great Britain ; arie ' '


Liquid Funds of th| ' M s te e Securities hand and at Bant


D tlOs, and all other, contingencies; enables thb bonui yebr, holde Subsdi plape


lrecr” *------- j


Fund profit


. Reff ‘'rcne'Ftmd. [ -TheTh .


ors to recommend toe distribution of I at the, same: role as fa the preyloui viz., :10s., pel perit.- to Paid-up, Sharei- fs Class L, and £ . per cent; to Monthly rlptlon Shareholi lers, arid further- t > to general leservi the sum of £400,OIK. v 'Furid


.................. ' • '


is now £5,000,00), and the balance o! carried forward £66il67,


total of the Reservi


year kfter oreditfag faterest ,to:tavesfcrs and providing for income tax, National Defence Contribution, depteoIaWon' o f . office iproper-


iPrJflts, ’iri'e Baianbe of 'Profit for the


under review new advances 'amounting , £20,943.616 (an fabrcake of £454,863 on to ariioiint tidvanced^lh''toe previous year) jha'W befinfmade. to.83,795 terrowtag members ani


' Trie ' Mpri;ga^^ Asset of :£41j


■t-'' DANGERS OF THE ’TEENS j lii her early teens, many a girl outgrows


her! strength, tod mfiess ^ler’ devdbpimept is carefully watched, she will become wak,


thin and ptemic. Trie antomio girl soon grows',thin and miserable; her head droops, s te is languid,.'her 'back aches, iW the least exertion leaves her breathless.


( ■What she needs is a course of Dr,|Wniarns


r ^ lo o d ; the good blood that Imparts splen­ did j health, and womanly brightness and c^arm.:;!.: [ ■ }


(


re icontiiually :curfag (girls. and women of aneemia, palpitation, dizziness and langour. If you want toe sparkling eyes and red lips,- that denote perfect health take .a couise of these pills now; Is. Sdiia pOx.(triple slz6:Ss.5 Frir years mother have wed good old Dr. Williams pfak pills to hdip their daughters as well;as themselves th'rbugh those periods of life which are such a drain'on, their hjealth and vitaUty.


a.This Is why -Dl*. W U ll^ brand hfak plUs [ i ' l ■ ms-


pfak pills; no other medicine has. bestowed, siich important bcnellts upon wasted anKmlc girls.' Dr. Wllllanis pink pills huUd up toe bbdyEanew because they a'ctually oj^ate'rich


to the prestige of the Halifax Soclety-and ,t) [


eim:'considerable r#tHcUons upon hew ir - t vjestmerits, provides a i remarkable testlriiohlr ,


Total Assets. The Statement of Accountfe


at their hnnual dinner at the Swan and Royal Hotel.! Major Bleakley was in the chair. ■ ■


■! ; ,1 ■


ISltoMfif c'onsoiidated’i'wllh total Astets now amounting to £{22,62SiQ87 ''(an increase 'of £8,298,431 for the year); ■ ' ■ ['


Dllthei;oe,hut it was'riot intended Wtake any furtiidr action." ’


■


of the North-East Lancashire .Unitarian S ion stated that “ monthly serylces been conducted for six 'months at


' A report read at the annual meeting


at auction by Mr.,R; Helm 'Turner,'(but: yvas #thdrawn at £1,050.


■ Lowfleld House, Clitheroe, was offered


! The.Clitheroe companies of the 2nd to -the number of about 150, Diet


m lli and g( rial, Is certainly going lout Uk« a Uon. Tl^e newspapers are full of


*' Winter, V mch ;has been on the whole


snowstorms w h i s tb a d a a l io


■.!'■;■.■ .sphere.


.liashlon of oui it reached an ev^n .The' *'


recorded f r tp .,. United States}#


tornadoes and have become#


L.M.S. Jo jJCARAVANS, In p a t part 0


thelL,M.S. Rallqi ly has led to manji instances to the caravan being re-booked for 1938 nediately qftf


i xje popularity of the Holiday Caravans on


S i e .of .trie' cdi.chSs are alrea^ ibopked up ftE] August :Bdnt Holiday'Week, 1938. '


Hvliig room, k tonto rind complete equipmp^t. In Ireland the-1 coapes will BM&modatiob for four persons.'ll


twoiprth corqpartmpta toto ■ ■ I


cookirig tod lighting; ■ '! ’ j i L Rental Chajfga' W England, wales aid


I


lor to Saturday, Llime 25th, £3:per week, i im Saturdaj' June {S.th; £4 pCr week. •om Saturday September ;3rd, £3 per week


T SMtland.': - jj |


m.Saturdaj, September 3rd, 'p 10s.;per - week.'' 1 , i- I’-,;


|j,10s. per i[e(k,'fxcept,jipin Julie 25th, tq , 'Wneri the charge # 1 1 be £3


In Northab I r^ n d


Yoitolre, Lar ca ihihi North Wales, Central Wa es, Derbyjhte, (ploucestershlfe, Shrop­


______ ____ em Ireland. tlo leselcoaches .wlU be locaM at t - - „


be booked fijon! Friday 15th sites to Engli ite.l for sites fa ihCi


Kua Jo ris to attractlv i areas'to the Lake District, rural sta-


EUrton 'House, Lmdqn, or the District PaS' aunt’s Banld Marichester.


sen jer Manager;


shire, Worcesters lire,! Scotland, Ireland. , ; Fill partlculriri mriy be obtained from toe, Ohlif Coinmerclajl Mpager, iL,M,S[;RSilw> |


- H j ! ' j ' j


mo3^ luxurriori! jypelof vehicle usid for [this purpse, and cai accommodate six persons to I: th i#


he coatoeKwhicri are 50ft.! long, are lo


' All tod aric tahle linen, ciockery, etc., is provided, tod tlje only extra cos:, is-oil tor


only provide ,


r the 1937 holiday, arid .................... .. , the


[jnost everyday 1 the world."


exciting Incilentsiln connection wlthjthe £ d


if Amerlcal after the,upal ! cousins thefe, p ey ; Ijave


jothercouhtrles i In | the


Isevere | bitli! fate, worse l


lings} are


giV|e us aburic v S r itT d e ^ s of dreadful


cotoiMuences (of, the j cyclones, 11 blizzards [which! seem to


)h iporo sensational atmo- telegratriSI(ifom!i America the


—


•AY . RAILWAY I


rqally : frosts,


tif.hisi'l); # a its latheibhtoitoh.'Sn^^ izabeth Hairgreaves, of '^Iswell, 'who


ell; :pf


.A CUtheroe-bom man, Mr. Peter Now-r wrio had spent the whole


was 95, died during the week.' Mrs. Haf- gteaves had been bllni'' Other deaths record ook, Wilkin Square, ' St Bradford, 72. , ;;


tihOlr arinual -meeting,--elected Colonel Hargreav.e3,-of Whalley Abbey, president; Mri J. R.'Th6riipsbh, hoR secretary; Mr. % Hltchori, seewtatyArid Mr. T. Long- worth, treasurer.


Members of Whalley Cricket Club, at


GujudiBri ? dat Id MAR. 4th, 1^8 m i m


Ja<*son, Hi., Weaey Schocl. the’ chair


of Uectured«l)L' ‘ The Blbio


irid Science” was'-the title .vered hvithciRev. GeOrge of '^aijey,' atj Clitheroe Ml'. JOhhBowker'waSto


which had Wt ;en ;u horse 'and a cow,and wari ulthnatiil;' rim-down and shot at Waddtngton th e Bolton-by-Bowland ■muristrates piraoei an oraer wiai, an puss


Following a cas i of rabies in a dog


Petty. Sesslo:^. zled and kep order was.tevcked


in th e several town hip d ownsh ps comp s ng he d ' an o d


lal Division should be j muz- utder: control [until; the


compri ing the th t all ^ g s


lowing all over week In the: Uiitler6.round


?# e r ig e t Transport jhovrapf this k in d ;'


vestibule'bfChdrlnl raUway. station, I


staged.by th e B.B.i th e country arrive


. Mdnslep Bouilly coss quite a bPine. in stoletona : Therp is, perhaps, mbf


Dress wear diehardii who fiee the thin every additloiilali


the men's fashion Industries Fair at)


Idea. 'A (Cross ’between..a i smoktoi itoket arid "pyjamto, it is c]qt Ifrom 'M


measures in thli


about, the cockttdll I found It, la M


ID A T . I M A R C H Fuiu Twenty.Five Years (Ago CULLED FROM OUR


.: Mri Arthur Poden, youngest son of Mrs. Carlisle;'Stanley House,’sailed for Valparaiso to take up a post as chartered accountant,


Congregational Church to take up a similar position at Egerton.


wI t was fattaiated that the Rev. W. Christie as . to resign -toe pastorate of Olitheroe


President of the Clitheroe Cottagers’ Flower ahd Vegetable Society, Mr. Henry iTomlto- sdn, of :48J Wllkto-street, died on March 2nd,


An enthusiastic amateur; gardener and


aged 63 years. Therjiystery ” alrahlp scare (referred to


I It was In ,1911 that a Wesleyan Sunday School was established at Langho fa a robm oVer a stable, A uew months later the ques- tloni of building a chapel was mooted' and Vfastat I once taken |up; with, enthusiasm BuBdtogi operatlojis; bpgan fa October, ,iSl2, 1 Opened on March 6th, imiriodatlon'prortded for


I ISSUES OF MAR. 4th, 1S13, . J r 1 ■ I.;


- - . . . , . 11 I


andl the: chapel 1913, seating


150,1 but'could a classroom


’Uiri cost liras £! ^as that :£720i


twelve months h


(PatoW’cortle, sA.), the well'known Stony- hurst astronomer, at a meeting on the 5th, led utoh 'one of the membets, to show


last week)'was aebuted by ffie;Manchester AatrotolWcar’ M t e . m President


Bomo lantern slides of the ’’mysterious inHan craft.’! i ’These were photograpte of


exposures were given with e reflecting tele- SeppS, and to'these, wbeh the photographs


i plitoet.Venus,'taken oh onb of {be nights s of'the previous week when the supposed air­


hip; was most; noticeable.- A nutober of


were! thrown, upon tod screeh, toe cresceht ' tope of the, .planet-was. apparent. ;”Tbere


attached to something,” one gentieman was btorotord toremark;, " You ‘ [think there baS been'a mistake to regard to mis.Getfean airship?” Father' Cortlc' smilingly 'asked-of the' iejthlbitor: of the slide.: ” Yes,! undoubt­ edly,” pame toe sharp reply, afaldi laughter, ,‘iall,(ffib dricuihs(toees'point to that."


[certainly the'appeartocej of lights being


which was performed' by "Mr.'W; Cuimtog- hSm, mariufacturei' of the "Little Mdlsrid” cyblecar. Re tested M new 'machlrie at Sawley Brow, said, to be the woikt mil be­ tween Manchester and Edtohuigh. having :a gtodlent -of 1 to 6§. Without stopping the engtod of the rar,( he cllmbed;the:hlll twenty titoes to successlori. 1 The performtfafcfi' was t4itiiesBed by several[local gtotljmen.} The Pbritinuous running was'ifiWe'pdsSlbie-‘by toe circular road from the' top of the hill


Local motorists were Interested to a feat


to Sawley vUlage. ' A t . the end of the twentieth circuit (the. warmth' Of; the back cylinder was only slight.


-l^toWfid-School, an oil palntoig, the artist an'd donor 'of which 'was Miss .Hayhurst, fbrinerly of Chalgley. .The picture—a Dutch btbne-^owed (the :' figure, of little Anh t Strickland, niece of the artist, alSo|riiecb of


. The. 'Vicar of Bretoerton, near Preston, accepted on behalf ot the. trustees of the


HtestOri, -whom ®een Wilhelmtaa" honoured l)(i''( ricb'ep'ttrig' her. pbrtrdlt 'for thp'Driricess Juliana on account of their ages being


identical. , he late Lord of the Manor of Longton, hear


' dart to the dcd caGon- service [were} the: Rev. T, -WCsterdale {Chatoflari. o f , the: Bolton District), W. feo omonj arid J: t>. HOmabrooki who-had charge ()f;thC Work s|t Lrmgho, The: Caitoeroe I Cirbuit [was represeilled i(^ MeSsrs. ■ A, Wade anc J.|H.I Clegg. ( ' i ■ i i


Tha opening (ceremony - was (performed! by Mrs. Mitchell, pi iWllpshlre, to whom the anShltect, Mr,-; F.:| Haworth, of; Preston,! pre­ sented a sllveb-f lit key,' Among ;those taking


)0, One of toe conditlbns shoufd be,paid off within the chapel; being opened.


tocreased bjf the: addition iparated by sliding doOrs.


Baker at'the: eigiith and last of thC season's ■jWialley Public Lectures. Mr. W. H, Thomp­ son was m the chair.! - -


” Flying maillfaesi i airships and bal loons” was the! subject; selected by Miss G.


: i ’ I


;as the subjec irllament.'


“ Compulsory


up '(&oiSy, ' .’celriitt [apd theJean-tTomlirison string ^uartetM [which included Miss ^ i c Haworth ('Acc'ri n ^ h j and' Mias Gtjmq ' llackburn), 'to : orchestra icomprM .afaiy of loca. ifaa curs played the accem-


?led Piper' 9( Hen aid W, blscellarieoUs itributed ""':6: Mr.iRli .


le 'Public Hall, Ir, -F. it. Wi


n'es Torhl: ___ ill'silo'yiollri; Mens. Jfan


by Beatrice 1 Meld Ichard'Evans, baritone;;!


Hajnson as'soloists, .on of.the programme j


.. K v a i . , . .


pariimenis to the |caritata, with Miss S. potter at toe 1 11 no.


Church to aid 'iSh


A'sale of w


master' ;at [Gi, ybars at Leylbi ( ill health.


Mr. James


terthwalte, 40, Ezra Swales, 6, Strickland, Pit illCo, 61 SafidetsOn, -Jptlon-r william HeniWi Dicl


He Was'efaploM by Messrs. J. Ue Other deaths:


Jwen 7’aylcr-Saw-


as and


lp p 5 D » p M 3 p p E i3 2 p jatbuin, died ):i tlie '. Joseph


w # held }at Mount; Zion the' organ (renovation ifiiidl


ihi. .£d


akely, toe .first' station- and afterwards for 32


resigned his post owing m'I;


ibfthouse, 'Jubilee Terrace, le 3rd, at the age of S2. a mason [for many! years !oris.'-[; ' 'jt I } '■- William Gordon Sat- !lteet,:aged:70 years:


Hands, S5 years: Alfred ; il years; Mrs. Elizabeth


Dilnsop Bridge,! qs y mrs. ‘ "


-py-BOWlarifl, -180 . years; ;Idnson,- Closes: Cottdges,


J O T


dfafag for home!defence” jbriled by Chtoerpe’s Mtock


Cllltoeroe Choro)


uridbr the conductorship -ga}/e toe cantata, . lelfa," with Messrs! E.


at a concert in


I - MANY The


■ parkdr, C.r -CllthWoe,:i •week] wasf which took Waddlngtd


■ the Irite Cj county, an


; churqh win agriculture drawn fron with "then sonal frlen to a gep universal messages i fainlly wa


-: Tenants I -sstates anj ■ and Wadd


Mary, whej afternoon


: pouring r | tlves Icarr; added to tl sent to Brq


! Warpen off church anl ducteid by f W. Gj Jon^ of;Craven | who lead of Blackbil later Icondi whp thel family vau evergreens!


., At [the wasdondud


i Atkinson ' ' Ctoeshire);! Thd hyj


' snowdrops J .' Other cla chandel wl (Vicar of 1


: Dyson wasl ; The beaiT


; daughter; Campbell, i Others


I Abercrombj I James Wr| Colonel Pa Mr. Harbis Colonel


' 1 Edward!'


many! resq ! and these


JSobertG.I Mr. and M|


people of tl The fan


the Hall of York, wl Mrs. AUen;|


Charles Cl


mindful off Saints,” wq 53rd Psaln choir [was L


congregatil Muffled I


,! Chapmif


i sented as f J I Record- Sl i: Cheshinf Yorkshire.


. ;.Arch|Tyke| ;■ Mr. W. r ! Lancashirq


:■ E. Bosd Yorkshire] WlTow


J i ' Mr. E. Genealogicl r-.'- SocietyJ ; Corps of


, Lancashird Society! Sailsbul


: Ancient House! H. Whl|


I Governors! . Mr. A. r (headn


Bowland Mr. T.'


i Newton Trusted


! Chipping f ^cietyl


I Rlbchestei qiiarieq


, Wllklr. i The foil stated The Greel "Biggs. 1


Richard I


Clitheroe f Gamed


' (Clerkl


'M;. N. GametJ Crittan


The PeridI M.H.


'!'(Catterlcl! '


Rus^ll HI Llent.-CoJ Michael ’ Walmsleyl Mlss( H. Birley, Ml G. E.


North El Associa O 1 1


thfers I


■ F.B.Mltl Smlthsoif


iM. I KinJ Eoger Hi


.(Radhoh son; Mr. | Mr?. J. Dev


. Colonel ,and Mn ; (Reader Widows I Bancroft!


!Mr. W.HJ i(represen D. I4ster| (Hereford Lady Wl Yorke (ra the i Rev| W. E. S. : Rushton,| J. Sl Coon S.J.j (repl hurst), R| Wlp'dle (agent Superinti McDonall Mr.lL. Glbts (k Craven Parker, 'Ij


' , ProctoiT : Blackburn ’ Lawson


Boltort-byJ


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