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e ILOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE!


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E ^ G O N O M Y . I t costs no L o r e to purchase your | F lR E P I iA C E from a Mouse with 7 0 Y e a rs ’ experience. |


Kin^ Str^t, Clit^erde P’ -". li : tel ephone,, 81.."P '


i . , ' ' 'j . ■ ■ ■ 1 CM TH E R O E A B V E L T IS E R i AND '


III' WAR COMES ■:[. ' i


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C L ITH E R O E i TRAl'ISPORTj pA^NERS ORGANISING, j


I EM ER G EN C Y P LANS. |


goods vehicles, held at th!e Swan and I Royal Hotel on Monday Evening,


Ways imd means of. orgEnlsIng road transport In this district i ’> and .when, an emergency should arise, were dis­ cussed at a meeting of operators of


i


' Mr. W; Kllner, who prbjded over ja fairly representative gathering, explained how thp scheme would he pu^ Into opera­ tion. Arrangements were.now beliig made by lthel Minister of Transport so!that Jf


war should comp, vehicles icpuld be util­ ised toi the best advaniitage,


TRAFFIC. lApEAS. ;


Tr^c Commissioners land. Licensing Authority—a Government pmclal^at the head I of each. The areas were divided Into districts, to each of which a Dlstrlbt Transport I OfiQcer (agalnl a Government Official) would be sent.| i ”he dlstrlc]ts were to be further dlyldi d Into sub-


t The couiitry had been,dlyded i'^P rajffld areasj' with the fOhalrfnan of j[


and Out and Round About i By **Quis.**


toe warmth] of California after his fairly brief experience of our clunate. He sails to-day on tie Cunardcr "Lancastria" from Liverpool.


IMAGINE that N who Has been o


Clitheirroe, will b ! gKid to get; back' to


only two years old, wlien . his ; parents emigrated to the United < States,' there to settle in NeVr Bedford) Massachussets, which forms a part of the Lancashire of America, jas prh lleged to have a chat with Mr.


Bom ' in Clitheroe, | Mr. McNicholls was I ' . ;


districts, over which woilld be; a su^)- dlstrlct manager—a man;nominated by


the operators who had John d recognised groups. Clltheroe was uhdt r the Blacljr- bum sub-district, which] foi medi part the Bolton district, whlcriinturnw| pkrt of the North-Western fTrafflc Ar^a, It was perfectly clear ! I hat ! it was advisable to form.groups vo untarlly, not front i sense of patriotism;a.one,ibut also for more selfish reasons; ; In the everit of war, fuel would almbst certfilnly be rationed, and those outsld: the groups would! have little chance of .obtaining any, as the organiser] wo aid look first •after pe ben In the group


IF YOU SAW A PENNY ON THE PAVEMENT


YOU'D STOOP TO PICK IT UP • T h e n - w h y n o t4) i c k i u p a , s h i l l ;


[;on


|l -ph h d ^ y .j^ v ^ jb y LI^S? YJni ican A> l^l jolnihg ^ . ■ ' y f e ' ^ 0'


B a l ^ s . u n i


‘ S o c a l l i n a f t h e | B a n k ,t o - d a j .Iwrayrty.-jpil'aslinuj^-istl b u y a| d h e a p p t o i m o r u i b l e j l ^ b u C h o l i d a y r e s o r t


ii y-\


MORE TO SPEND -L E S S TO PAY


poupd you spend


iie'Yprfeto^’.Pehny ,Bahk and ' interest'AS WELL. •: | and open a deposit account yon can each! week-it wUl


;d qhiek journey by X'MS to Iht /eUir


«/ M W


' iu $bi MUtta tr»i JPnny ^ tlL


vpn ■»» ‘tetmU ':- k of tbo Yorhiih :


,hadKappcar^; lh •.,thev(&<M. | As -an accouhtant, he had many clients with A, B hhd C licences, an^ :ione|of them seemed to want to assume the i respon- slbiUty. He felt that bn ;ethlng: ought ta be|done,/and a; deslijej 1o serve bd public was his only reason. He was not seeklig |any remuneratjopi he as]ked noththg yxcept their thr to thCmselves to organ'' m than himself aboi


wouldj Thf® fb stateihls re^ ns for calllfag opeiiMbrsl together, as he hi id been asked severb times 'sbee tne] ■; idvertlsement


It was ore | . “ BE PREPi


' Suiiportipg the Chi of Blfickbuyn, ti!ffip6rt rnen “ Orgbillsatl^n of Road Defeilce i Enfergency," rec^vedi , 'The bookie


$e; for they kh ; the subject.


expressed, |t le hope . that had studied ’|the ,' bbolaet Tkanspoi vileh I


I|ED.” ah Mr.Marsdfen


plahatloh. ' lile had res dj f aany Govern­ ment circulars, iwhich v ere anythtagsbut clear; but thl§ Was an excelitloni ; Gobds vehicle operators must Ig^ together and me^lthfe national needjj In the crisis which occurred'In Septpn^er, the coun­ flhat must j hot itlpris wiere b^ng


pseded no,! ex of f


T H IS IS YO U R TO TA K E ADV^ IN T H E


LA ST p P PO ]R tU N IT Y


TAGE O F ' T H E 2 /6 D ISCOUNT !


HARTLEY Or 416,


L lA ltO p S t iBARCLEY ^dmiifea— i' "I i' ORSETRY Each Barcley, garment is ■, Individually


. Designed, cut and made to the exact reqiUre- ments of each client after consultation and,


a cqreful analysis of figure conditions;'. j


We endeavour to givaybu longer service, more comfort, better health 'and better; figure-Uney :.thaniare procurable [from any other squrce,


ease.Note only Address-^-


i factor 111 defence. What tt e Government I asked bflefly jwas this: ;Gn ups bouldibe .formed !of' not less wa;i twentyrflve vehicles'and not more tpidi a j hundred, arranged, If possible, Itito trade assocla-


f group must appoint a; pn .up prgaifiMr, ifjreCognltloh as a r< ad transport should be Obtained fi om the; Ghalr


igrou] man


while above! hundred W£s too W pd'


•.wlthjione another as tolhou traiffic would bexOntroUediffijtheevbtj;)f.'^^^ ^


___of the. i Traffic !c onunlssioners'. Afterwards the memhets |


c juld inegotiate i r o J b U T F I l tT E R S , I


STREET, CUTHEROE S'


; ' 'Coffid'consldeiV which ’ , ' takq without dlsorganls tig bhsiness;


j|( the fitpuii Org^i^er was called upon to release ce


The iidvantageiof thescieme was[that ; entered* a! group', In; peace, time; ,'would


Th'iiO' members qould copl fol thelir I own destinies. . In Clause IBoi the pamphlet it vvb clearly, Stated that pi operator who


'agree to repialii' within .It for ohO year afteir that, he must give! threO months’ notlbe dt his intention to'h ave' the group. Otherydse, membership of iRoOd Trans­ port Gbup; would entail |i .0 obllgatlOiis: it would Involvejho Ihterfe rened ■with the' membefs’ lndepehdence.1 The ,


'point yyte to haye the Ol|80 olsatlon ready Wsible OmergeHcy,


i Afte: •mouslj formed classes'


for any '


■.liocAL;,.’,pi^()|!ii;s.[


itween'two and ^ve tons, | nakers’, speSl- 'flcatloni:;3, All.other vehlees.. ... ; : Thanks , to the .Chalrmp and .to


over flVe tons; 2, Uncoverfd .wggons tie


!Flejcheir,.'. ■' , ■ . Boltbn-by-Bo yland.


Maifsden were lexpresscq hy Mr.


; iNEmikiABY EFFORT.—KMeeds of rC'Cqnt events 6rgaiilsed| on behalfl 'of


III


Sur^'ical Appliance Maiinfactureris, 16771.


13,EANAMii IM»f t ITiks


tutlon.; Included In this sun Is £5 lSs;.4d. realised by . a competition Id: an eiderdown. Hie committee are to be wi rmly


Infirmary j have f been forward d to i


social life ilf.the WU,age. ‘Mr.| T. W. »»• -.«**»**-*~ has again acted as secretary md treasurer.


.........


for doing so much i lUC Vilioev


Blackburn that’initl-


lafced on! Oils excellent rdsultj and lso .merit praise


acongrafU'


o brighten;the Parklhkm


services are being held on 'O'edneBda'y’i evSh- ings throughout Lent. Tlie Sirmons at these services are beingjpreached b r theiRevi H.iB. Hardwick. Vicar of Grindletcn. , ■ ■


, decided that ;'igrpups'Should be Ijln Clltheroe,; dlyldfedi-lnto ;three i:| 1, Tipping Wagons an^d wSgphs


some, dlscussloh, | It wps uhaiil-


.never comeib pass; bit 1! thq occbloh' ; did' drls^, it) was for, our WeU-bf^ that Wejshouid be pr,ep^e;i. Orgaijlsa- tlon ,of road trarmport jwp'fid be a vital


happen again; I Prepar made for what'


try ■ was I uiiprepared. everyloiy hoped would Before concludbg, Mr. ;K finer said |he At to® outset, I I said that Mr. Mc­


Any operator who refoicd to join I a group would probably] be compe|ledj|to do so, without discrimb ition, in w^r time, but under the |oli ntary system of opeis|tois wouldlpe


the convenience cohsideied


....... icholls toe other Iday. It appears that confinement to the mill did not suit, his m- cimation. Accordmgly, thirteen years agd. he directed his steps tp California, 'where his love of Nature finally resulted in his adoption of the profession of lahdscape gardener. His home at Pasadena is as far-ror further— from that of his parents at New Bedford as is the . Journey across the Atlantic. We in this countily can hardly realise, the vast distance acijoss the Aiherlcan continent. Our London-Glasgow expresses do the journey In a few houty, I Mr. MdNicholls, on .arrival at Boston, will travel three days and four nights by rail to reach his home.


' T, ■=!= ■ /


.. this, his fi[st trip to the home country, Mr. MpNicholls left Pasadena


on January 18th, the vessel on which he travelled proceeding via. the Panama Canal; it was the fourth occasion on which, he had passed through ' this , great waterway. ■; En route to lidndon, calls were made at King- ton, Jamacia,- and St Thomas’s. .Havmg satisfied a desire to see most of the principal sights .m the hub of the universe, he en- tramed forlciitheroe.l where he was met by his aunts, Mrs. H. Maisland and Mrs. W. Burnett, whom he recognised immediately, and he divided hisi time at their, homes during his I stay. Incidentally, he told me that the British ex^iress trains compared more than favourably;with those of Amenoa’,


Nicholls would probably be glad to get back to the warmth of his own


hup- ew


:1 had


si for A


countiy. He told m^it. seemed almost ,m- credlble—tHat Califotola really has no-rain from the iktter end pf April'till November. “Last year, for example, we had 263 con­ secutive days without; so much as a shower,” he asserted, adding that even the .news­ papers commented] about this long unbroken period of tonshme., ]‘But it must get.mon­ otonous,” I said. He agreed, saying he guessed they would gladly effect an exchange of sunshlnp for a feW of Britain’s rainy days' occasionally. -(He knew the Joke about summer having come loti a certain day In the vld. country. I ' put him wise to the .fact that It ' came '[mainly . in March, last , year). Although there was toow on toe high moun­ tains, Mr. McNicholls said he had only once seen snow] on the Ipwer ground during the yeara [he Had' been In California,, !


■’ It appeals that 'tofe water, supply ik piped some 250 miles from Boulder Dam, to the cast of the Mountain i conveyed t|


ange, and! such 1^ the quantity so lat it is adequate for all purposes,


Sierra Nevada (“ Snowy Peaks’’) PABApjENA is a city of the Lps Angeles


■Valley.”- Iks growth has been rapid. In 1880 the populajtlon was 391; to-day it is approxi- mately 85,(100. It is governed by a board of seven: directors, with administrative,;powers


Co'unty, and was so named In 1875, , beingdhippewa for “Crown of the


•vested In a city mapager.. Its elections are non-partisan. Thete are Calllomlans who will tell


; tlonsi It was obvious tha; a upit of less thahUwenty-five was nhtjv forth worMng,


g-I 'j'A


' everywhere', In. Lbs! Angeles, which • IS; surr. rounded l|iy Hollywood, Beverley Hills,'and; several separate muhlolpalitles; and Mr. Mc­


Nicholls mentioned that his profession had


[taken hliri to the houses in Beverley: Hills of; several, will-known 'Slip stars, among them Robert i^strong, [Victor Maclaglen • and Harold Ll.iyd, \ i ; If pur jllmatic conditions are not to be


Garden of Eden. At all events, I was assured that it Is ah all-thC-year-rbund resort) noted for Its beauty, its fprtlllty, and the varied charm of toe- surrounding scenery. '• Roses bloom through the winter, and on New Year’s ' Day is hpld the “Tournament of Roses," a festival attended b^ three-quarters of a million visitors. (I [alluded to this; festival when; a brochure was sent to me' by an old Clitheronian “over toere,” about the end of, January). Landscape,gardening Is a,feature;


that! here was the; origmal


!r- Hubert McNicholls, ™itmg relatives In


friends to Preston to witnesi the match


between North End and Woolwich Arsenal. That he has enjoyed himself iq bis native surroundings there can be no dqubt, and bis friends will


voyage." - ■ , ■ ! ■ ■ ■


join me in wishing him " bop ,


I A CLERG'VMAN who recEntly moved


from Bradford to an outlqndlsh North Yorshire area, has been telling that


the.“plain speaking’! of the woo) capital and other West Rldmg townships |is the most subtle diplomacy In comparison tjo the blunu ness of the average Yorkshirenoan in rural areas. A correspondent in ’! The Yorkshire Observer ’’ says: He told me a story of ,a vicar from the South who took ilp the livmg of 0 Dales; parish. He prepared his first sermon to his newcongregation with great care, being anxious to make a good imprest sion, and alter the service he] decided to tackle the churchwarden-J-a dpur; veteran who was rarely heard to speak—for hlS opin ion of it. After a long pause to® chureW warden said slpwly;


were too-long—we doan’t like long sennond Secondly, you read it—we doan’t like reap sermons.' An’ It wasn't worth reading, any­


!‘ ln tmrst; place, it : way ! ’’ IN a circular! to ; overseas [customers a


Japanese firm denies reports that “our ;. stuffs were going to war apd our bus^


ness were rotten. No member ol! our stuffs,; It is added, “has been going.to |the Chinese wur, and no one Chinese aeroplajn® has been flown over Japanese sky. If you have been received another reports fronr newspaper they are all demagbgues whqopers from


Cbinese side.”


Magazme,” Sir dharles I|etrle,: Bart!, contributes an article on ;“PoMib]e


the March issue of : the ‘‘•'Windsor


Prime Ministers of the Future.’] Observmg that more than twenty years have elapsed since too Armistice was signed, ]Slr Charles says it Is difficult to resist too conclusion that it is only now that Great feritaln has, to the matter of leadership, comO to feel the


full effects of the War, and this Is particu­ larly noticeable IP'the. political, field. .


.


ability between the ages of forty and forty- fivel" he continues, “The members of,the present babtaet are, for the mokt part, far beyond what is usually accepted ps the prime of jlife, but the generation which should be treading on their; heels does ho^ exist., lit. lies,'in its graves in Flanders, to GiaUipollj and in [Irak. To some extent this is true ,of all the'countries that were engaged In. the War, but' there can be; no doubt thaf to quality Britain -suffered most.' In Prance, Germany, and Italy tbe existence of compulsory mill-, taiy service ensuTed equaUty of-Sacrifice from the moment that the first shot was fired, but In toe British Isles toe survival I,pf the vol­ untary system during the first eighteen


'!ln all parties there is a lack of men .of


mbhths of the conflict meant that a relatively higher proportion of the public-spirited and the adventurous lost their lives than was the case elsewhere, - :


‘^In these circumstances one has to'16o[k to a much younger generation ttill for the


their juniors',there [is the, gap caibed by, tljfi Wdr. The time hds probably.gone,|by, fo(r,eyer when a man would become Chan^or ,or the Exchequer at twenty-three, ahd frime


:ister:; when' 'hot yet '[twenty-fiVe,' lib®'*?® younger'Pitt, but there are tadicatlon^^todt,


[betoe long will contain a higheri proportion of young men than has lately beep the


for the reasons -mentioned above, Cabinets rule,


lar supporter of the Natlonsd Gov the House of Commons for thf


I


descending from the gemiral-.to the particular, Sir Charici says that If One were to ask the ordr'” " re(


names;i ,of


lAttoeton, of the 'Conservative M[P.s would Iflgure on toe listj Robert H. Eernays, of the jNational Llberal4) Malcolm Macdonald and Kenneth M. Lindsay,’ of the National[Labdur gi;oup: "and Sir: Hugh Seely, Dingle Foot, Vernon Bartlett] and. Aneurto


evin are


'Singled out ,as toe rising young Opposition., Of'Mr. Ralph


compared with those of the semlidesert, region of California,! we leave it standing— that was ihe expression Mr. McNichiolls used'


'—so fair ai our highways are concerned. “I have been amazed at the excellence of your;, roads, e\en in thb country areas,” be declared. ;,“I have [seen,nothing!to equals them on ;hc American Continent.


'motoring would get to If .our highways werej as good, I don't kriow, for gasoline Is about, half the price it Is In England—tcnpence a


'What


'gallon, as against your one'and flyepence of [one and Sivenpence) I know, of course, that, about hal the price goes in taxation.” ,


'. •AfEN’IION of roads led Mr. McNicholls ! -I-YX to say that feXpertaents In toelc -con-! , st'uctloh .werfe being made In U.S.A.


with wove 1 cloth from the cotton mills, much after the pattern of cheese cloth. Thousands of yards had been-laid between layers of con­ crete, and the experiment was being,,watched with interest. “ It eeems a remarkable way of using the cloth,’: Mr. McNicholls said, “but,'


'after all. It is one way of using surplus cloth. ■Bad as thi Lancashire trade may be, it Is not 'so. bad as Ip the Pall River and New Bedford textile manufacturing 'districts.. You have; parallel cases; but toefe, huge mills have; been ; denuded bf machinery, sold,for junk, ‘and the otoiers of the mills, unable to pay toe; taxes, have offered them to toe city, authori­ ties in the hope that they may be let for some; new Industry, Therb the property stands,- In; many cases toe windows smashed—as' desolate a sight as one could see.j ftactlcally; half toe population, Is, on relief. Nor is un-r


machineryl against Which the old-rtorty to[ fifty years old, and mills, npt; modernised or kept up-to-date—cannot compete. Another thing to te taken tatb accoimt is the cheap


employmeit confined to the textile trade. America has ten niillion unemployed, and that , constitutes a mighty problem. > - ,; ‘ “A6 far*as cotton.'Is concerned, the trade Is going ^uth—to Virginia, and so on, where the coton grown. [• 'there big mills are .go- tag -up,'., equipped,


the. very latest


THE CnilRCH.-'The umaT] mid-week ! Mr, McNicholls has made good use,of the Itimept hik disposal ir. caitheroe, having teen


labour. • 'There, are,' believe a law ' was .. which employers [capnot jshiUtog ap hour.’;’ ,


most of the district. On Saturd^ hOihad the privilege of an Ini pectlon of Sfonyhurst ;ColIege, :aid to the Mtemoon accompanied


passed last year under ■ pay less than a


no unions although I


Qen of the Oetpii, iSlr


'Charles w r i t e s ';. ';{• Another young MLP. of great


Ralph AsSheton, who is thirty-sev


'hhs SO many ties in the City and 'shire, where his family estates he, ddubtful whether he will find tfie ' ,taie[ to devote to Parliamentary activities ap a 'Minister of toe Crown. Yet If he does, suc- icess for him is certain, for he is to i pisseEsor; 'of-boto ablUty and energy, combined with a ’cheerful presenci. How he manages.toi 8®f I [through all he' does Is a mystery to;his ■friehc!,' and until recently he 'managed a; large property unaided, worked'in the City,;


to Lanca-i that it'Is


romlse Is but] he


'arid attended-to].his duties at Wpstriitaster,: [where hei"was'rarllamentary Private Secre-' itary .to 'toe- Secretary,,.of State lorjthe; Colonies. Ministerial office in addipoi would be the last straw, to break! the camel’s back.’,' ii, Mr.' Assheton Is at present 'Servliig onj toe ;Royal iCommis^on which Is .toyespf conditions in toe West Indies.


. 1. ■ i


-IP.- jVomen is Wits,” an taclqe; i! ' called condemtog Lord Nor


iHblland House, she apologised to her hbttess,! isa'ytag: :“ I am pxce'edWgly sorry, jljiuj;, really,| the 'roads are ito macadamnable."


ter, Lady Charjotte, Lindsay, !tl fhere was no more popular; figui 'Vlctoriari society. Her ready 'Wit friends! forget .that .plainness; p: figure she herself so often Joked'a! Ltadsay once set London laughlriL of her excuses. ! Arrivtog late for


RTTING from Ctoatburji, i .meritions that last weelc .reference In' one ; of thi;


newspapers to “ ITie pancake bell,” ence ibetag. that to many towns tofe rung ! to announeb Shrove Tuesday


ilfi niariy places the bell was rung ;):I'ShroVe custom.


Clitheroe i.nmg


aational


customs. My correspondent wOndire n- we irtogtog of a pancake bell was ever e (bUtoeroe' I tan able to' assurehim that it was,


af


toe [Moot on this


reader! ho saw;


tlie Infers bell . was arid its ifi to


Tuesday morning from the Chuijch tower,' but In.'Clltoeroeiit was toe bell at Hah (Town Hall) that was uspd occasion. , t - In .his history, of- the - Farish Church i Bells,' the late m !W. S, [Weeks'pointed but that in prie-Rmirmatlori days, toe great bell of toe Church t ' at an early hour on 9™^® Tuesday


to; every ail article I read quite rOcentl:


j daugh-: whom!


ay on; 1? -rb-i


'Early! ad her!


I ftee.' and! put. Lady! yito one! tonfet at'


aie .W


•balled his.itentlon toithe form on toe bac!t of which Bright carved his Initials and th'


whei-e at orieTttaie John Brijght was. a!scholaif. The lady in, charge of the'Meeting Hous:


to * be' riennltted to peep [into the bulldto; lends’ Meet _ tta. JiyA


'and there attended th® x3uaker Stoool, re matatog foir ajcouple of yeans. ! The grea reformer’s I cjdnnectioh ^ th the Village is \ source of gilelat pride i/O Npwton; pedpje an< there is re^nlto believe that'Bright hlmsel always enjoted-happy. tewnectloM^


year, the, ImcHptlori reading: “J 3 . , 1828. It was oril teavtag toe Friends School at York that Jbhii Bright removed to i Newtoi i


'joum to toe village.. Nowadays,'the Meetto House Is uted' fpr Chiirdh seiwices and Sundaj School. A r if organ had been introduced anu Is certainly] toe'most brhatejpiece of furniture. Another prominent ' object Is a huge Iron stove, -whlclil serves ito heat toe. Meeting House. ^together,' there must be seating accommoddflbn for; more] than fiO^peoplp, especially li the httle gallery over a sMe room Is used.. oAb Is certainly far removed froiri g 'crowds at tthls little ibetheL


Is the madi and it was Society of building Slaidbum.


a happy gesture pri the part of the Friends to place the Wsterlo old


ai, ANbld the disprital bt ^® Pa^iah of 83,


now writesite say thal top of^toe^ & T which I'forwarded, was read with, toe greatr; est tatereit,! and that t o pa^d it on tb hnother (jlltoeronian named ' Wilson^ whp tomerly rCslded to Peel-street. At an EtogUsh tea'oarty-g'hlch he attended at New.Bedford


alorir toe! yew Bedford ebast, last autuitoi' mid to which’I,referred t o ,


K u l r f . to . Beattle-fie, lived to Broot street soriie! fifty, years! ago-says; he camp


with Fall River, and later,still,with Pro dence.’’; “Mr iBeattle makes toquhy,:for S Walter Kf i i g, ' ®Y Sam-Ktog who WM, the signal box at O'® BaUway (bOKtog., ^At


<tori to


upon" suiMier native , of the old^torouglf) BMied AltoMi. “ He had two sons; toe eld. Harold, pli ,yed cricket In,


the moment, I cannot recall Walters but pertojs he will comjnunicate .wito M'. Beattie, wboi“used to - go i round with hm


damage wrought by. a gate Md,tidal wate- toese.columns. ®


sent me a booklet descriptive'of -thb


Cffitheronlan, Mr. Walteri Beattli Wood-street, f ’bttersvllle, Mass


half-a-dozen men whom he. thought] would get to toe' top, .it would be, a safe bet that Alan Lennox-Boyd, H. V. A. M. Raike;;, D.iP. Maxwell pyfe, K.O., .Roy Wlro, and Ralph


Prime Minister of the future, for between tp® present leaders and,, those .very, toapy- yem


parish, so that none might plead forgetful­ ness of the ceremony of confessing and being shriven as a preparation for the solemn season of^ Lent. After the Reformation, this ringing was r still kept up in many places, though the cause;')! It had ceased.; It then got;the name of! ‘The pancake .bell.” .Mr. Weeks added t “ Tlhe late Mr, Robert Heath, for many yeats the Sergeant at Mace of the Borough,: speokmgj of Clitheroe before the Municipal Corpormion Act, 1835, informed pie that It was a ShroVe-tide custom for the Town Sergeant'to ring the bell of the Town Hall at 11-30 every; Shrove-Tuesday ; morning announcing the holiday, of the apprentices, some of whont subsequently accompanied him trackmg lithel boundary, stones of the


borough.! It|!was tlie custom, at least from the 17th century, and- probably, earlier, for


the Bailiffs and the Inquiry Jury to peram­ bulate thetodunds of the borough; on. Shrove Tuesday.' The Rev. Thomas; Wilson alludes to this in a lettcii written m or about 1781, quoted to the Introduction to his ‘Miscel­ lanies,’ (Chetham I Society, Vol. XLV.). When speaking of the Bailiffs he says : ‘ It is cer­ tainly a business that requires no great solem­ nity, since the chief of their busmess is to! carry a sllvePheaded staff; to.scour the mace,; to mark: cattle for the common, and to walk a dozen ;mile^i on Pancake Tuesday.


The ringmg o ; the bell at the Town Hall


was no dolibt irigtaally Intended to give notice to tod 'Jurk of toe perambulation and as there could b i no object to ringing two bells at the same itime, this probably accounts for there being no “Pancake Bell!’ rung at theCfiiurch, li ;|.


i “ The late W. Theophllus Wilson recollects


the- bellibeto^ ruig on Shrove Tuesday at the Town Hall WhenI he was an apprentice and says that'it was toe signal for his two; fellow apprentices and’ihimsclf to leave their work and take holiday,for the remainder of,the


day."


/'(OLLEOTOKIS V


I I J -


and workers for ,!Dr. Bamado’s Home met at a happy little


last Saturday. A friend tells me of .one little gpl who was very anxious to be ready to.good time—M a I matter of fact she was “ all dressed up " and ready, to start an hour before toe. appointed t: me. “ Why j are you in such ...............toother asked.


a 'big hilrry ’! 7 want to be the.reply.


firs ; to see Dr,'Barnardo," was ‘‘ ‘Cause-


• ..ITJL tog ibuqgerigar) I was Vastly enter- ;


delightful I’builgle” : owned by Mr. Jack Rigby, of Wateriooj The bird is allowed to fly about, Wheri the dpors are toosed, of course, and It is I laughOble to watch him,', on a curtato polo Or some other favourite Vantage pomt, as, with head Inclined; he calls.“Jack Rlgby,’t '“Jack Rigby,”, In a catch-me-if-you- can sort of cha llenge. Or again, as he perches on Mis. Rlgl y’s I finger and Intelligently studies the mevement of her lips while she endeavours rtc toktruot 'htoi to some short nursery rhyme. Already he can repeat “Little Jack Hornet!’ and "Little Bo^Peep,”; and is


TlyfUCH has leen heard of late of the talk- itaUiEdI the other! night with a


gradually addii ig to his ispertoire. ■pOLLO'


G [ are. a 'number oMoca


weatbSBaytog^. i.lorwarded; by frierid'


’’ 'IVhen thb C uckoo comes, to toe' bare! tobm,


Sell your Cowi-and buy yopr coni;•; ' But when !sh3 comes! to- the full bit,. 6 ^ your cbm'and buy.your sheep.'


“ If tile cdcK moult before toe hen,! We shEdl.'have weather thick mjd thin;


icnt'to,


But if tob hen moult before toe cock, We shah haye weather hal'd as a blp'ck.


“When toe Wind’s lii toe [South, it’s to the ; rain’s riibhto.’


"No wealh'


h Is ill.lf toe'wind be'! still.” i


But , a swarmi “April and


“ A swarm Ilf hay;


bees in May k worth a load o to July; Is fiot-worth a' fly.”


.' [■ j' ' ilay a'ro j the iceys of toe year.' T IM E S . F R I D A Y , M A R C H 3 , 1 9 3 ? .


HAD LINK WITH CUTHEROE


THE LATE MRS. BELLHOUSE. Mrs. katherlne Wly BeUhouse, j ,of| ! travel, an.i it was during her stay, with,


■W


ayside, [Aniltehurcu, was all her long life—she was 88 years of age—


Tin


I '*


fond of ,


her. sister-In-law, Mrs. C. E. Panter. ana family at 'Walton-on-Thames, .that she died on ^ursday, February 16, Mter. but ; three days’ Ulness. Really; remarkable ' for her giieat age, Mrs, Bellhouse was l i t ' her usual state of health until the Sunday] previous, when she attended church] She had ai close association with the dls-{' [ trlct.of TBtoltehurch, where sjie was held ! In deep affefctlon by all who enjoyed her ' acquaintance.


[ ’ : ’


M.A., who was Vicar of Clitheroe fron. 1892 to 1903, Mrs. Bellhouse had been associated with Whitchurch; practically all her Ufe. A well-known landmark there—tht clock tower—was; erected lii! 1867 In; memory of her grandfather.,, : '! ,


Thp^iwldow of the Rev. H. Li BelUi()UBe Mrs. Bellhouse was first married In


1884, at the Whitchurch .Parish Church, to the Rey. Ernest McCauslanil, who died


some three years later. At [his demise, she .went,] with her son Gordon, to.Uve’at - The Clocif House. The second marriage to the Rev. H. L. Bellhouse took plape In


1891, and It was at Clitheroe! (In . 18fl0). that Gordon died at the age of eleven! years.. ,,l


, • , , . The daughter (Dora) of Mrs, Bellhouso party, helli at the Starkle Arms Hotel maid 'w


Is Mrs.. J.|r. Davis, of Bletchley,.and,1Ji)e['' son, captain Alfred R. Bellhouse, who Is unmarileh, Is In British Honduras. .; ;A[t one tlilieMrs. Bellhouse’s parents’lived, at! The Clock House, Whitchurch.! She was!.. So Interested in the Panter family thit' she brought up three other members of the family; namely Group Captain ’A. :fe. Panter, 'R;AF., the Rev. E D. Pantbr,'' former BjN., retired, now engaged on missionary work,; and Mrs, Kidd, who is; a glrl(;llV|ed at The Clock House, Is the;' wife of a C.M.S. missionary In Kenya.;' 'A


panlon of Mrs. Bellhouse for fifty-fourl years, .was “ Emma ” (Miss Emma .Clay-! don), andlshe was vdthher'nilstlr.ess when she dl^d. K Two nephews and! a - nleCei (Edward, [Emest and Daisy Panter) Uv^ y’s Vicarage' as chlldreh, and' embered by many parishlonefs


hii!» had been the faithful cbnl-


at Stj; will be n InCllthei


Staunton,] who entertained tfiel relatives at Brbokslde, 'Whitehurch) Is a Idescend-;


the. Bible and was deeply interested In Bible prophecy, arid a zealous Supporter of thp' Church Missionary. Society.,' Mrs)'


_____ Ihouse was a devoutistudOTit.of Mrs.' Bell


arit of thje Brown family, friends of the Pantet faSinlly lor 10() years.- [' [ | raE*)FONERAL;'';.|,[;';','|[^


remains,, of her parents and] grand- . parehte, the'oak coffin containing ,tl)te bodyjlof Mrs; Bellhorise'wM Interred',(jn, TueS(iay; afternoon, Ifblldwlrig'[an! Im;. presslve service lii the[olti church at'.St.., Swlthen, at Ganarew.. iLautel. lleaveS Unedlthe grave.,; There were nrimbrbus beamlful floral tributes. [ | 1


.4 ^[ iiiie Bide of' gra[yes!(»ntaihing;tlie; .J.' TH


DISSOCIATION ! WI^-END IN BOWlANp,


[ A party arranged by the : Btokbiirh


'Group of the Y.H.A. spent,a wpek-end. iwiidng tod,cycling In Bbwland, 'Sttoj^! on the 'Saturday , night a t Slaldburn .Ybuth’Htetel.. ; ' . ! , ; ; ■ ! ’ ,:.![.


li !‘T!he walking .piaxty, stated from,


'Clitlierbe;” writes a'correspondent, “'tod,' iCrbsslng the river at iB[rungerley, folloyred ,ttie path on the ritot ,which teadi tb tiie iWaddtogten-West Bradford road,;' which!


■we left to begin the long .climb 'by Dove [Syk^to EaslnidonFell.' ; Rain was In the 'air, a dltoppblntment after the glorlbtis i moiiilng; and a sUght' drlSzle beganjto'| fall'as we.' proceeded,; walking. Into 'toe ! mlM which shrouded the'fell. We Crossed';


'Without difficulty, and came down a t latt j 'to Slaldburn, ' nestling - In the Hodder i [valley, vrtth welcoming lights in the wW-' i


'dbwjs, and,pt the hostel,'a hotj-pot supp®F> I 'prearranged tod etoerly' anticipated, Md taken to; (mffipany with the band "f [cyclists' who formed thb other hmf of btif. ptoty;


evening- passed quickly; arid ! '1


toemly in the usual,hostej fashion. • ICTDBE OF BEAUTTi


■ M


“ Sundjay held' a[-prospect. bfi; fln^ [weatherf, this ttoethe morritofe k’bpf Its


__bydlists [set fbrth,' soirie towtod^i Nevrtonito -potter around' the, ^jiwp'y^;! 'others towards- Settle, while' the iwalkers'; [werfe to returii to Siaidburn for tea. jWe | left] the m ag e at Croasdale Brook, ,leay41 •frig'that to join thei old' uhfenced track,| which hngs the feMdei above the britokf;. crosses ito source) comes into sight of [the; | upper stretch of the 'Whltendale, 'furis wlth-lt for a while, then; outdistances [this [tdojiand presses the watershed to descemi


[prbfnlse of a clearAky, arid sunshine; tpth [a] few plouds to■'complete' the e-yer-.i picture of ..Bowland’s .


‘beauty;:


'wlth thd River Raeburn; to'Salter. . |We tiiriied Irom: the track at Shooter’s Icibugh In favour of. the ,Whlteild£de 'Valley, vvhlch, we .followed past the farin


■arid round toddle Knoll) at the .foot of [which the Whlteridale .and , Brenriand


near the entrance to the Trough' ;,'! (fori a shbrt dtetance. then forspoK t by


'lunched out of doors ahd brought back hearty aupetltes for tea, but we wjcre.sUll


'the curl iuriy. sliapbd hUl,. aptly I named f Sugar Loaf,’ to return by Rough ,Syk© Barn and Pain Hill to Slaldburn. Weihad


rdS'N®Yewton. irsook Ip


. ■ .


'in gbod l orm for walking, and made easy iwbrk of walk back to Clitheroe which 'followed


r ' l l '


rl'v'ers umte to 'itomi' the River DufisoPf arid bn to Dunsop’s humpbacked! bridgef.:


' t o — . . .. 'So, low: haVe; j


] iril' , ',';[.-|f '


1*1'! ihd elripM


Geriiiaiih W hav


not;


I bee; sn


! haife.'dbnfi, ! '';tobbQ|satLo|


.adiriittM'tbi ! thto'isl“rioi


Ipressurj.tpni .'fantastic


! -feork 0 it.


! krowlh g! bte [accomi


. Qerma IV -itsi 5e; bluffed bi Umei t! lis usual'^lid Oas'Ci


toii'Pi. BltaCtly


and that behrifl


5T


I harries tog i-riotjbe iUftbil !-at toe' 3er. ..be hoa! it]. .ruIbi-S; OMjiaBjs ofi anql'litovei he'jprtfe , getoer since j die;'tonatuto to Hen HitiS Kalset’ ij dS)S .damlbf coh .' :day'G'e fm^


Iathimito; harries; itjbp


imaifitt! ga,t, Iwhirioier.tbJ to e h aq itoi-fTthel Itoqd'by


iesceii


At, frie ffitaii ,d!!


ihT soldi; tori


6f|[l lahobi ofii'i 01,^1-


:i maSd - ieinorl tlinfe] ! A ma of the riuthol


! Ratoer than [ prefer i to list! ' ■ ! '(ecoifi


. tloriiaidthrif the'ifib.te, ,


..toe'ibbitbmiljj kriori itoat tff


; pov«ts toa whit t: ifey ’ lt;'lt.-ri ice toe'jiastritopti


'•(i:'i!Ill


'*iQYVlEN . l^i'Foiu; I


papers had! 'ic Eiigefj lift ctorleu


! hOiis^ were I i r.itrooi unit I bxlistei ,ce. ■


];■


i.ktejp,! latloM jyeajs'; md 'ye fevM ibates j toe M mlch ( to'resiond,


[too! oJm[ iBpind so!


; (jirmpiy wen ' and 'cangeril


'I'thri : rio,rq! aliiea® bef' the rsixirf ganlda work


so kb s.jf cites :t he. I for pro lei ly


tle.firsi


ifj.'spri'se w#,r I'lij Pres ap to;.


ilcairpiigri'thl i“!lUSjd; toi belli


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