m CLITHEKOE ADA^RTISER AKD TIMES, i FRIDAY, APEfL 12. 1940. V


Barrow Reading Room: ■ Whist Drive and Dance 8 plm.


OUberoe Auction Mart Co.-Ltd; Spring Prize Show anij Sale of Geld and itaying-oH Cattl'e at lfli-45 a.m.


' COMING EVENTS. .rf+FBIDAT:


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Sale by Auction! at Cow: Hey Farm, Bacall Eaves; Live and Dead Stock by T., H. Taylor and Son at 12-30 pm.


Moor Lane Methodist S.S.: Jumble Sale 2-30 p.m. |


, SATURDAY:! i i - i


ecial P*i}oclss MOT]


jlOOFIN id also


.EANir JRNIStiiNG VBRICS


Bank Salerooms, iClltheroe : Sale by Auction of Household Furniture and Effects by jHothersall & Forrest at 1-30 pm. j


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Congregational j School, : Clitheroe : ' 0)ncert by Yoimg Worshippers, 7-30-


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Dance in Conservative Club for British , L^on Soldiers Fund, 7-11 p.m.'


! SIMDAY: - j ■ , I :


Moor tane Methtjdlst Church; Services, at 10-30 and 6-0. Men’s class 2-0.


Methpdlst (Wesley) Church; Services lat lfli-30 and 6j4).


Congregational 10-30 and 16-0.


MONDAY:


)YEING )N and


)YEING, BEAr-


Ghargijs. Parcels,


Ibrmatipn, 5piy y ; ) A well-known townsman who


paksed to his rest on Sunday, was ■Mr. Henry Thomas Wilkinson, of 58, Moor llane, having, been born' here 68 y^ars ago. For a long, period he was employed in the cardroom at the now demolished. Commercial Mill. The Rev.; H. Y. Burnett conducted the hbsetjules at St, Mary’s Cemetery yesterday; The widow} son and two daughters will have the commiseration of all friends and acquaintances in their


grief. I


Clitheroe, and especially at the Methodist (Wesley) Church, with which she was formerly allied,'as also the Women’s Liberal Associa­ tion, who will be' sorry ,to learn of the. demls^ pf Mrs. Leith, wife of ex-iSergeant Walter Leith, a former


There are many old i friends: In * * * ; :


member of! Clitheroe Town Council, i ‘ 1..I__ _ ■'..X


.. unuren. oeivices ai.., _____„„„„ The iPalladlum’ Monday 6-0 and 8-15. |


Men’s Class 2-0 p.m. :| Blrminghain, 1 came to Clitheroe as nurse-ln-charge at the Coplow I


(View Infirmary. Until her health she was the


— *1 time of slck-


The Grand : Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- 1 ness, anu uieie aic many who will day and Friday, 7-30. Wednesday .&;1 long remember her for many little


King Lane Picture Hall: j Wetoe^ay Uj. the temporary military hospital have spent. i and Saturday, 6£ and 8-j.5. _Mond^,.l g’^arfaclbugh,


iSaturday, j 6-b and 8-15. Matinees,' acts of kindness and timely help. Wetoesd^ 2-30, Saturday 2-15. . ,| jn^the last] war, she undertook duty


co-operative Pictures, Whalley : Mori- : day to Friday, 7-30. Saturday 6] dnd -8-15. '■: ] ■ '


i Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 7-30. ] Matinee Saturday at 2-15,


Bialto, Blackburn: Matinee daily at ; 2^0. Continuous Monday to Friday


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Grand Theatre, Blackbuni. Variety | ; Nightly, 6 and 8 p.m.


: *WU)W5- Saturday ^


Sale by Auction at Lower Edge Farmi Slaldbum!: ] Live and ]Dead Stock,


KBUPJ^. > R \


: by Rd. Turner and Spn; at 12-30. "TUESDAY I'


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CUtheroe Auction Mart Co. Ltd.: Sale of Dairy Cattle at 10-45.


Clltheroe ;Borough Police t Social and WEDNESDAY:


, Benevolent j Fund: Dance in the ! Conservative Club, 8 p.m.


Cfltheroe Auction Mart^ Co. Ltd.: Grading of] Fat Stock (including ] Calves), 0-3() a.m.


^ w ; -IT ^ .y. Two Manchester evacuees • bil­


leted in ^lltheroe—Kenneth, aged- 10, and Jimmy, aged'8—shared an adventure! oh Monday afternoon, when they attempted to walk home


giving thfir parents a surprise. Keeping their plan secret, they played truant from school, and set out on thfelr long'trudge. < 'Tired; ana feeling the pangs; of hunger, they got as far as Accrington, and there the journey^ended, for they- had to Inquire their way of a ped­ estrian who had the comnjonsense to take th jm to the police station; Much to t^e youngsters’ delight, a substantial. tea was provided for them, and, If their plan had gone awry, they were grateful for the further accommodation of a motor car to bring them back to their billets. I


Manchester, with the Idea of r,orpn+o cnmrjcp


* .* * We understand that at the next FRIDAY, APRIL 12th, 1940. uminster


Iwn, Biiige^ Supplied jri


td carpellsi Is.


..,'£9 ],6 Oi.i


4 ii 4 0, £12 12 0 ; £14 1 £16 £19 £24 £3S


0 0 0 0


12 0 !0 0 }2 0


res. '■ r


Itra charge: for Ives sent £ny ut obligation.


(Certified sales exceed 5,000 copies per ; , ], week).]' j i


Lights on all vehicles to-morrow (Sat­ urday), 8-25; plm.


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Letters in; aliother column Indicate .pharp diylblin of opinion on the


' Scheme 1 to ! establish ] large-scale ^ Industrial works ih the -Mltton ' district. L ^ t week, we printed strong prote^s against the “ spolia­ tion of tne countrysideand there


meeting ojf the Lancashire County Council, Lady Worsley-Taylor will be elevated to the aldermanlc bench. This will afford much sat­ isfaction In 'th e rural district of Clitheroe,! whose :'representative Lady Worsley-Taylor has been for some years assiduously ■ pressing


the needs; of the district and, at '


THE SOCIAL DIARY To Organisers of all Social Events. -'


Put a Preliminary Anhouhcement of); your event in the “ Advertiser;'arid- Times," and secure your place in the Social Diary to avoid clashing.}


April 20—


April 24—Moor ' Lane , i Methodist Church: Grand Concert, 7-30.


, Whist Drive 7-30; p.m. i


May 29, 30f and June 1-7-Moor Lane Methodist Church; Bazaar.


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has provided something like 2,000 lads with; a holiday their parents could not have .afforded'] to give them. ’The joint camp prgjinisa-


M -------- I I itlon bought their own tents,; mar- i Services at 1 who ihad family associations with eluding transport, worked out at


about £1, and the. clubs’ reward has-been rich in terms of] their young guests’ happiness ahd'much Improved health. Except In Special Individual cases, a different set of boys have been sent to the-camp each year; and hundreds of letters from boys and parents have] testi- fled to the rapturous ] times they


anri tho plnho’ rfironrd * * * Congratulations to


Whalley, .of Moorland Avenue, who has obtained a post on the public- health staff of ithe Kent County Council, at the County Offleies in Maidstone. Mr. Whalley Is a founder member of thellRlbblesdale Camera Club, which last week cele­ brated its first birthday} and not­ withstanding that he assured the members] that they will find some Kentish ! landscapes as the monthly competition, his resig­ nation from the post of secretary Is keenly regretted. We join his many friends in wishing him suc­ cess in his new sphere}


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.rred at Southport, on .Vear! ago jfor £130, and last year . iglnally, Mrs Leith (62) the cost of the camp per head, in-


quee and: other camp tackle four more l^ely In order tor entertain, onr> ifnr


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end Insh vfiar i he „alci>Dd nrhat. hp (ip.Scrihprt n.V “The ksid story of Albert Hellewell.’’ Dr. Blunt had already ascertained


— -.T.:--— - rejhte


w at he described as


tl)at the boys understood themean- Ing of 1‘Baht ’at.’’ and had yompli mehted them upon their, knowledge 1 of English, and then he proceeded,


in solemn mein, to tell;,the tale.


“ A LBERT HELLEWEBL lived in •^Hkley 200 years agOj[.Hls father


had come from Keighley, and had risen ] to . high municipal] office:; he


Mr. R. B.‘ 1 had become one of Ithe town’s four ale tasters. The boy'was[l4 and was the stkr! boy of the Iqcal school. And he knew it. He carried off all the prizes posslble-fprlzes for work and conduct. They had not estab­ lished ! a ' prize' for jpopiilarity, or I don’t think he would haye got that. They gave medals, no]l[ book?, ,ln those days, and he | was] so proud of


uua aume I his m^dals that he wore them in


entries In his hat, where the^ made-a^really fine show. As he walked along


' ! Following an accident on Wed-:


nesday, at the] junction of Haw-: thorn Place and Waddington-roadj; George Richard Mitchell, of Stork' House, Pendleton, was]conveyed to his home suffering from concussion and injuries to head i and hands. Employed; by Mr. R. Sutcliffe, of Bawdlaiids, he. wasjridlng a trades-] man’s pedal _cycle and emerglpg from Hawthorn Place when he col­ lided, with a motor-ca|r driven by Thomas Singleton, of ipiorn Bush, Hoghton Lane, Hlgb|er Walton, which was proceeding [towards the centre of the town. ^ ^


ithe same jtlme, playing an increas- jngly important part in the admln^ dstfatlve isffairs of the County [ at 3 l | fedlsfofd-rdad, Clltheroe, on


D a i iw ' amounting to about £5 W . ' . f e . ' ? :


Palatine. .Her election as alderman Wednesday afternoon.: The, house would, of jeourse, create a vacancy ■ • - • -- —■ •


In the representation of the .Cllthe­ roe rural I area, and we hear that- certain members of the Rural Council have already determined


have been fjirther objections since, to nominate their chairman (Mr. J. Now come llpttefs' .welcoming the Qreen) as "candidate. There could introduction! pf new opportunities of employment and It Is perhaps Just ' as well that the ultimate decision! will lie with ] authorities outside the area', since whatever


Councillor. . ^ i * * *


be no more suitable successor to Lady WPrsley-Taylor as County


Mr. H. S. Coleman, who Is by no


CKBU ]


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the final judgment may be, it is means unknown in Clitheroe bound to ckuse profound dissatis­ faction with one section or the bther. ;It Is not yet certain that non


the site,' up| which, irivestlgatlons have been weeks, has' the projected Industry, suitable, the


proceeding for some


'been found ]sultable for If it is


le authorities charged


with' the pirosecution of the war effort will have the responsibility of deciding whether, In the face of the powerful opposition which has been Taised,[the!land shall be used. No ofBclal' prqnouncemeni has been made as .to the nature of the In­ dustry, but] it will be gathered from


! the guarded refereneps rtiade by the ; local authorities concSthed th a t the considqratipns of national' security


] established in what is agreed to be ' a, most delightful and a.ocessible


works should or should not j be | ' ' ' * * : ^


lA stalwart of the Methodist cause, and actively identified- with


' CUtheroe Wesley Church, Mrs. Ann Bradshaw,! died unexpectedly at her home, 6, De Lacy-street, on |


dington


age Of 57. A native-. Williams formerly


virs. M.!M..wmiains., a ijesident at the ne years, died last


>y Bank^. Grlndleton. e sons. |l The-fuiiewl


[onday at St. Helens


rch, ion! Sunday last. eacberiiWas the R6V. outhnort. A ifeature s was -sneclal muSlc with] Miss Speakman


S.—Some four dozen- lart In a whist drive, jlen’s School on Sat- prtzes,' presented W , rth, iwere. awarded tn.. Ison.i Mrs. J. Chester,


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}ishop; i ;Mr. Shuttle^ , Ravnorj;andiMrs. d-


RY-J-Q^iod' icongre-v ed services In cele- anhlversary; of the .


: some time, she seemed to be in her normal state of health until less


1 'Wednesday night. Although she had suffered from heart trouble for


' than three hours before her pass­ ing, which came a s ' a great shock


i to her family. Seventy-three years ' of age, Mrs. Bradshaw had a llfe- i long association with] Wesley, and i was present at both services there last Sunday. The widow of Mr. T.


i BradshaWi who dfed' about , nine years ago, she leaves a family of


I three sons and two daughters, to ! ( whom sympathy will ■ be extended ' In their sad bereavement.


The death occurred: on Saturday


of Mrs. Susannah Hargreaves, of 8, Turner-street,:: Clltheroe. Born in the borough fifty-three years ago, she had mot enjoyed: good health for nearly ten years.: The inter­ ment took place on Tuesday , at St. Mary’s Cemetery, by the Rev. J.. E. Storey. - Her father, the three sons and one! daughter; will hbve gen­ eral sympathy In their • sorrow. One son,i Corporal Hargreaves, was granted special leave;from France to see his mother in her illness.


rural belt. '


: complicate|the problem; formlngpn ] additional | factor in what might otherwise be the straight-cut issue ; of whether' blg-scale Industrial


amateur! theatrical circles, is now chairman of the Accrington Amateur Operatic Society, and he recently had the satisfaction of announcing a profit of £50 on a war-time revue, “Wear a Smile,” staged by the Society. ■ j


Members of Clltheroe’s A.R.P. -services [ook part in the regional


test at Dprwen, on Sunday. x


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ihg of (Jlltheroe Rotary Club was Mr. P. ’ijhomasson, Manchester, a


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The speaker at yesterday s meet- purn-road, I on' Tuesday,, intending The wolf had not been able to eat TTpfo.., oi,.v, — 'tu rn up the by-road leading to the skull, it was so swollen, and the


, , X X X T * ! ^ ' Ut* 'T « -U V' I , X I driving a motor iorrV down Chat-1 ,


.former president of Rotary in Great Britain, who discussed the founda tlon of progress.


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“TVEXT day they discovered what [was left of his ma|ngled corpse.


the movement and Its 1v. -u. 4tx


Hls many friends in the Whalley


area will be Interested to learn that the! Rev. Wilfred Speakman,


1'Vicar of St. Peter’s, Hasllngden, expects -shortly to; undertake the duties of; chaplain in H.M. Forces.


* * I * As the result of , a wonb. 01a C K ‘ OUb I


accident! In 'Whalley-road, last' Thursday night, Stephen Lloyd, of 1, Bashall Wood-road, Farrington, near Leyland, received severe in­ juries to! the head. After treatment by Dr. Ealrwehther, he was con­ veyed home In the Clltheroe Borough] Ambulance. Lloyd was the' owner -of a car driven by Thomas: Wilkinson (35), a service representative, of 391, Leyland- road, Penwortham, which collided with’the! rear of a motor van driven, by Dudley James Brooks (42), a commercial traveller, of 115a, East Bank-street, Southport. The accident occurred outside Messrs. Barton’k Garage. The radiator of the carjwas pushed In, the head­ lamps smashed, and the chassis knocked out of alignment, while the coach work at the rear of. the van was badly damaged. ■ . ] * * ,, *


Miss Margaret Taylor Hargreaves,


of 40, Victoria-street, Clitheroe,left £-1,745 (net personalty £1,315).


■ j- : . * * * ■ - " ' A decision will shortly he taken


on whether to. continue this year the boys’ summer camp organised by the Accrington, Blackburn, Nel­ son) Ro^sendale, Darwen, Colne and


Salthill quarry, when he] was in cap with the medals |was, still on the collision with; a motor-car, driven skull A day or two! later, when by Alfred George Carman (40), a | they] shot the wolf,| they found It Blackpool auctioneer, ] of 37, Forest I was almost blind, so that it could Gate, and, jproceeding| hi the same not have been hunting him by sight


direction. There were no ipersqnal but pyi sound ; morcover it was a Injuries, but the front] spring of [the | wolf!whlch had escaped from Brad-


lorry was broken, and damage |was done to the mudguards ] of both vehicles. ' ■ ! ,! * * ' fl= i


and In consequence one James Whipp suffered bodily] Injury,” J.'H. Birtwistle-and Co., Ltd., Britannia Jlimj, were ] fined £10, including cos^s, and ordered to pay special costs of 23s. James Imttak e r Whipp (32)} victim of the! accident which happened' on November 2nd


.


Court,on Monday for! “ not having warning by the sa^ ^ate of Ajlbelrt ]slnce then people ha,Ve sung] On I jjglsonistreet, Liiw ]Moor,] seventy'


1 ford, and its nostrils [were choked Summoned i at Parham Police


'Ilkla Moor baht 'q t ’i in order to I nine or Sunday! ‘ show Ilkley boys they must I take ■


shaft In open:jrard securely fenced, |Helleweli because he would not go (Continued from next Column). on Ilkley: Moor ‘ baht j’at.’


Tlb-lovt ’nffAriT* ‘ VlOllf N t . ^ I i


! “ It is a cautionary tale;” sldded Dr. &unt, drily, “ Intended fob the


] benefit of the prlze]-w: nners tp-day. I think there Is probably just as ]


last, resides at 17, j Queen-street, Whalley, and was executing joinery work for hls employers, J. Bert- wlstle and Son, Station-road, Padl- haln, to a tea-brewing house, when 1 hls jacket was caught in the shaft­ ing, and he: was whirled round.


CHATBURN , CANTEEN ,.CLOSEp.—4fter hav­ ■


ing been in; operation since the middle of September, th e canteen at the National School closed on Friday. The arraiigements had been carried out by Ata. W. Heaton, bf Mlddlewood, alonp with a rota tof helpers and i t Is estimated that ian average of twenty-five meals a i Iday 'lrave been served throughout! ithe wholb period. D ^dU n g num-j •hers 'and th e approach of warmer] (Weather are I the chief reasons fori


Clitheroe Rotary Clubs. Herd"fo'?.l the canceUatlon of the a'month annually during June and jit Is hoped that it July income saliibrlous spot, the In the autumn. -if the numbers camp, in its-ten years’ , existence; Ifwarrant It.


I much truth in it as] ppsslbly in. say, ‘Dick Whittlngton.f I haveibeen thinking it might; be ■ 'worth my while offering it to Mr.- Francis Laidlen'as a basis if or hls i next] pantomime.”


’ ^ ! IN a recent obituary notice ] rela­ tive: to Mrs. .WlUiam Smith,


It was stated that her late husband built Peel and Grafton-stree,ts, In


the course of his enterprise In the borough. Mr. B) Keighley, writing from Burnley, says that hls father, Mr. : T. I Keighley, [along witl[i Mr. Sanderson, was responsible tcfc, the erection of the property .ln.[ques- :tlon. ‘ I


.A CORRESPONDENT, tp' the] i“


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' ' I I ii Stonyhurst Magazine . pro­


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I I in the detectidrti of crime and had Photography , menl—f


Yet toankind iflas only vaguely con­ scious lof the beheflts which photo­


graphy |had contorted upon it. Great work was still being done to-day and some Of the mep,! whose names were' household words, were amateui's, the majority havin; i graduated . from photographic clibs,. such i. as the


CUtheroe Society ■ | . We Want the public to be interested


and to!encourage and help:us In our work,” Mr. Hlgson: declared. “ I feel that if lonlv thejj were aware of those things, they woud begin to;see phot07. graphy i in ■ a new: light. When that' fime comes I hope: that some of that interest-will be directed to Castle Gate House tad the Ribblesdale Camera;


.Club.” I ' [I ] - !:]; ,}


vides a pleasant little discussion on] local names. ,He begins with a] former' reference in i th e , Magazine 11 to the: “ White iGates” = on the i 'Avenue, and ■raites: “ In thej village ithey. go by -ithe name .of- ‘ Canal Gates.l What a pity It isi that iri the College a traditional! name has been lo^t !■ ' Sir Nicholas ;


fSephton will be [auditor. . It was decided to! hold regular ram- 'bles during thej.summer -months, and weekly! meetings] at the club. ' i . ; .


Brass has become': president of the cliiB, while Mr. J. 'Hmdle Hlgson will continue to act as: chairman. ’The duties of secretary are to be discharged by Mr. H. Eccles, with Mr. E. Chester, Jnr., as treasurer. - Messr?. T. Ashcroft, L,Tonge, D. ’Tattorsall, H. Leach, C. N, Dixon form the Icommittee. -The libra-, rian iS Mr. R.jWrigley, and Mr. H;


As previously stated. Sir William


. iThe annual sijbscription was fixed at 10s., and 5s. for members under 21 year?


of age; extensively used __i __-•..-1- ...


provided the public whh hs most popular form of indoor entertain;


]with‘ Bradford nasal c;atarrh. Ever


Is occupied-by Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Goodbleir,. whose husband Is serving with the B.E.F. .Returning home, after being away since mornlhg, she lighted a fire In the kitchen, at the same time covering the blower with a nevyspaper. Then she went Into the‘'garden, returning after a few minutes, when the fire, was ^‘gettln^ up.” A little later she h6ard q crackling sound and dlSr covered' that the; paper over the blower had Ignited clothes on an adjacent ihaldeiii Neighbours en­ deavoured ] to put out the] .‘flames, pending the arrival of firemen and a tender. A bed chair] and ja. quan­ tity of iwearing apparel were des­ troyed, two windows were ‘cracked and other* damage done: to the interior of the room. :


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they jingled, He loved the sound of thfelr jingling, aind as he passed along,! people would Say, ‘There goes'the star of Ilkley.’ i His I mother dot^d fpolishly on


him, and wondered If h,e would ever rise to be headi^astqr of Ilkley


School or the Archbishpp of York, or possibly even ](Iayqr of Ilkley. His father was not quite so sure of the boy’s charactey, but he had to keep quiet, because motjher insisted on i t . :


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St. Leonard’s Church, D6wn- ham: Jumble Sale 3-30;p.m..


May 13th (Whit Monday) ; Dance in Conservative Cliib.


IN AND OUT AN


rrvHOUGH ^ nobody !tieally knows ■*- how; the somev^hat [ gruesome words of the song “lOn Ilkla Moor baht ’a t ” came into existence, nor who was the venturesome [individual they have:immortalised, the Bishop of Bradford has hiS owni notion of their origin. I t was onA that had not been heard before he; told it to boys at Jtheir speech] day In the Hk- ley Grammar Schoo}. Probably with the object of pointing a ^oral,.but


^AVE \TO LEND! D round about By “ QUIS.”


seems tha|t the villagers have re­ tained the name which their pio-, genitors learnt from the beginning. I t temlndsi u'S|that the! Hurst Green families v ere on the spot long be­ fore the Jesutt Fathers. The local name for the Avenue; .between the Ponds, viz., ‘ The Causeway,’ ' or ‘Cossy,’ goes even further back, perhaps t j Elizabethan days when Sir Rlchaijd Shireburn,| ‘the builder,’ was In poE session} Such names are worth ;pr{ serving in preference] to


Shlreburn, called


title s ' whi anywhere


:ch 'any ordinary estate can-show.’’! ]'■


A ND' here Is ■ another Intdrestlng ■ itenl from thp |.“ Stdhyhutst


Magazine ’’: “ lDurlhg)the] Christmas holidays £. start;,was[nlade Upon the wprh of renewing [ th e 'little pak blocks in, the' tfeads;'Of 'the main staircase. ! I t is 53 [years since this was' operied , (J'anuary, 1887), and


the number of bobts und shoes that have pasted up and flown the stairs since thdn must , be some vast astronomical figure! , In many places thd blocks were worn flat to the Iron I framework} and so fkr nineteen steps have been reset by John Embley and his staff. To, give some idea of the magnitude , of the may ]state; that of the. steps ' tw;o contain i768


vfork we nineteen


blocks etch, four 640, twelve 630, ahd one ^04.’’


IE ihinister of a Caithness parish tells |us (says |the


‘‘Glasgow Herald” ! ithat he was recently visiting the home of one of his congregation at the hour when Lord Haw-Haw condoles with the ‘‘poor prltish worker" upon his


inability to buy baton. ] The wc man of the house was busy


“iWELL; Albert HelleWell set off '^’ dne March afterhpon to walk over ilkley Moor to sed his grand­ mother at Keighley, 'where he was going to speind a night [or two. True, I there had heen


iQ


gnu[O iwu. |


out on the moors so: “ S i ' l S . S I £ 5 e SS intlysafee In Vort


shire.] No^ human being had yet been Attacked by this wolf. Albert was wearing his cap and jingling his medals as he walked along. After‘hPi got on to theimoor It was | getting I dusk, and t ^ track was


empty.


Up on the upper part; of the moor he suddenly heard a


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animal coming towards him. He did not realise what jit! was at first, but When he reallsedl it was a wolf, -he set off worth. But


iiu


frying an ample ^pply of bacon and eggs for her pian’s supper when the Humbug of Hamburg made his ] usual remarks about our haconless


! This Was too much for the good wife’s patience.! |-Forgetting the presence! of the jminlster, she took


nov, I nff thp flre and


receiver hs she dared, shq snapped ‘-■Ye spa o’ the i dell, smell th a t !


OLD AGE! PENSIONS.


'cere thanksi t07“C)id-Age Pensioner” for the kindly interest in bringing the burden of his!colleagues to the


The local branch offer their sin- noise,.,and saw someJMnd of great irelatlve jto the pensioners and the


1 gShred i i f !Lf f i^PiS‘?f S e f x ^ e


running for all he was the wolf kept coming


closer until'he could ]feel Its breath on the back of his neck. At


e Fred : Crosslands, of 48} North-'


street, Clitheroe, employed by T. Bradley and $ons, of Padiham, was


the side of the road where men had been digging peats, arid he leaped Into the hole In the liope that he might escape, but thei wolf discov­ ered and killed and ate him.


[help which Is offered them , to get 'a supplementary] j increase by con­ sulting the political parties.' ,


The right people to consult are last., |i,


, 'wronph hn<i!!firfanefpri to'hold I Its meet?ngs fortllghtly, and a corf


the meihbers of the National Asso^ elation of Old Age Pensioners. The


I dial invitation is extended tp all old age penslone'rs to come to the 'meeting's’ and biflng]their pensions probleiris. Theirs is [our sole inter­ est. The next mbetlng will be held In the Co-operative Guild Room on Saturday afternopn,: April 20, from' 3 to ^-30, and each] alternate Sat­ urday until further inotlce.—(Con)


meetings


Briggs, of Church-street, Slaldburp, who :1s seventy-seven today; 'Mrs Whalley. Pendleqavenue, Chatburh, formerliy of NeWt'on-street, -Cllthe roe, seVenty-nine! tomorrow, Mr, Musgrove,- 66, 'Wilkln-street,; Cli theroe, I seventy-six, jalso tomorrow and : Mrs. Jane iWildmari, of


Birthday greetings to Mrs. John


who enlarged the Ponds, them his ‘Oaijials,’ and It


THE! TRUSTEE, RAVINGS pANK enables^veryone !to save land lend the money that the country miust have to; win the; War. I


j; I Sums from 1/- Upwards Received.


OPEN AN] ACCOUNT TO-DAY AND LEND MONEY Td THE GOVE^MENT THROUG ■ ’ ■ ’ ■ ' .BANK,


YOUR THIS


(FIVE)


BANK TOTAL FUNDS EXCEBD £6,000,000. Head Office : LORD STREET ^EST, BLACKBURN.


Clitheroe Branch - 3 ' Branch Manager: ; JOHN


CAMERA CLUB’S FIRST BIRTHDAY


CAPTAIN BRASS ACCEPTS ] PRESIDENCY.


QIR William Brass, M.P. hds con- P seifted to beconje, the fi^gt presi­


dent pf the Ribblesdale''Camera Cliib. ; This was announced by Mr. jJ Hlndle'i Hlgson, ]A.R.P.S; (chair­ man)! at the first ! anhual meeting of member^ held qt the clubrobm, at Castle Gate, on] Tuesday night “We can!|regard' to-night as' an


occasibn of some ] moment ;ln our history, for we have reached ithe first milestone In our journey as a club,” , Mr. Hlgson bid. “ ..],' Like :anj] other! road, it would


have twists and turns, and it was Impossible ; to foretell where it would lead'to. He felt sure, how­ ever, ; that I members would stand foursquare i to any -problems that might confront them. ■


SECRETARYIS |:NEW ^ S T . Memberdlof theiilub were'happy


to , welcome Sir William Brass as their first president, and were i ex­ tremely grateful for hls donation of £5 to theifunds.!] ‘They had one


cause for regret. For buslness rea-


:; 5ons the secretary^ ]^4r. R; B, Whal- iey, had relinquished hls post;' ; It was largely owing! to Mr. Whalley’s initiative that the club had come Into being; and . he had discharged his duties! with 'real enthusiasm, Thejr were! grateful ,to him, and their best wishes would go with him into hls new sphere. Just as club life was getting into its


R. KEftSHAW.


Church Street. !


OUT OF CONTROL


BOY ADMITS CASES OF E[OUSEBREAKING.


GIVE'^ ANOTHER CHANCE.


An jlght-years-^l^il^lthisroe boy plepjded guilty tb'cttipi charges of house-breaking when i he came befojre the Borough i : Juvenile Panel of Magistrates oni Wednes- -daji afternoon]


j i . The Chief Constable (Mr.'F. K.


^elby) stated that om Mor;day iii6rnl|ng Mr. Marcus Stqpforth, of ■ 10, 'Woone Lane, left hls hpuse' Secure save that the back kitchen, windqw was closed but; not: fast­ ened, j Returning at night, he saw that hhe top half of the window had Ibeen pulled down) and the back' door was wide open; A search of the,house revealed th ^ a couple ' of drawers in the back kitchen had : been opened, but nothing!was miss- i. in© except, a box of matches from the njiantelplece. D.C. Cellars later Intteryiewed the lad, why admitted the o!ffehce,[ and confessed that he ,- had broken'into another [house in


‘ be (hankful that we lived! in England'and that at least our lives and j)ur homes were safeguarded.


stride war broke but, after month? of intematjonal anxiety. Everyone felt under a cloud as they thought of the |fate of the Czech, and the Pole, biit we had reason to


troubles] of ] its own. 'When the thaw set in'[after] the great freeze-up, 'the. clubrooms were flooded, owing to bijrst pipes, but the members set toiwith a wUl and made things ship-shape again. Turning to the aptivities of the club,


Soon ; after that, the club had


Mr. Higsoh 'said that like mos,t other clubs ]in ' the country, thev had arranged rambles during the sumrner months, monthly! competitions and


print criticism..nights had been h^d, demonstrations and lectures had been organised. Members had got tlo kriow each other, well , [and . there j.waS a marked] improvement in the work] of some of the; less experienced members. In another] twelve months, he felt con­ fident they; would be able to hold their own with most clubs in North East ■Lancashire:],


club; had beta drawn up and were now available jin prirlted form for the members. ] I


Riiles for ]the proper conduct of the ,i


jOnce purchased, the equipment would always be 'there, ahd the initial heavy expen-diturp] would mot recur.


the chief problem ] which remained' tp be conquered. This .was necessarily an expensive ! business, but'the club had been fortunate in obtaining much out] side help : in the I form of donations:


- Equipment for the dark room was i .


PUBLIC INTEREST ESSEN’inAL. ' The! club; were [very anxious po get


the public ! interested in photography, which; at!present did not enjoy the


status 'i t desen’ed;


Photography came into being after generations of . patient experiment by chemists and scientists.


The father- of] .photographyi was Daguerre, la PrenohmaUj-.who gave |Lhe art to the 1 world im 1838. Strangely enough, his process was not based;on the research which previous genera­ tions had; made) neither did it hand anything ion to jlater mventors. In 1853, Scott ■ Archer invented the wet plate; process,' which was suolv-ta advance on Daguerreotype that the latter'went put of .use almost immedi­ ately;; For nearly.: thirty years this process reigned supreme until the in­ vention of dry platoSi.in 1878, which was the foundation of modem photo­ graphy. From then inventions followed


i.‘ “ What had all this to do with the public and how Had they benefited;, by it ? i” -Mr,' Hlgson I asked. Photography- played a’great part in modem-surgery. X-ray photographs were cQWifitaplace, and' Infra-red rays were being u^d more ■ and-; more !m the treatment, .of skin diseases. .’Ibis method,' -too, was being used in the detection of forgery and the ; deciphering , of- ancient


■each ! uther with such, rapidity that what was:talked pf with awe one day, was merely a memory the next. .


documents:


lyhalley.-rQad, The offliei: accom­ panied .tiliiLto. the hom| of Alder- rn'ah iRi'Pal’ker, 168, Whalley^rbad, which the boy picked out'as the one he hbd feloniously , entered. There was eiobody iin at the time, and on the officer conducting a search, he found! all the doors a'nd vrtndows securely fastened. The boy pointed to a stone ledge over the jfront door, ■Z-ft. from the ground, dnd demon­ strated hbwi he had cllinbedion to' a wa.ll .dividing the property from


the next house and had] taken the key from' the ledge, i Alderman Parkjr returned a few minutes later to find that severjal drawers In bed and living rooms had been open 5d In hls absence. An electric torch, a meta.1 watch, i packet of cigarettes and two boxes of matches were missing. Accused adihltted having taken the]articles.


’The' Chief Constable added that


alth(iugh:the[lad had not been be­ fore the Court pyeylou^ly, he had been cautioned for theft, no* pro­ ceed ngsiheirig taken at the time on acco int of hls youth;


. '] ,'


orlttos had experlentad trouble with the boy ever since he started school, although hls Conduct had beer, better during tlie last two yeara. He' had always ■


SPECIAL TRAINING! NEEDED, T i e Director of Education' (Mr. . H Taylflr) said the'school auth-


dlsolayed a


tendency to take[thlnys which did not .belong to him, and; had several tlm(s-played truant, having to be chased |all, over; the town. ' The father appeared to; hdve done his best for hls son; wAo, however, seened tp belong to a typejneedlng the care and attentlori of a special school


:'i ' ']: ; ■ ] , Admitting that h a son had


got out of hls control) the fether, v)hc broke down In the courta of his statement, said, lils wife] had been inlpoor,health fo| some'years, aiidj the lad had seeped to-itake advqn,tage of the faett : He added that on several occasions, he'had had to (Obtain leave from work in


order, to find the boy and. take him to dchool


!: I V’arned by the Magistrates as to


the seriousness of thel'offences, the bpyj admitted that he: had dpne vtatag, saying he did riot know, why he [had.Committed .the thefts., ' -


; “It is deplorable that a father


should;have to conress that hls elgnt-years-old son Is beyond hls ] control,” said Mr. H. Cook (presid­ ing magistrate), addressing the accused. “You; will be|;placed under probation for twelve ponths. But foq your age we would' have sent you to a special school. As It Is, we ar^ giving you anothler chance to make good.’,’


|; ■ iongratulations wpe extended


at [yesterday’s meeting of Clltheroe Rotaryi Club to the President (Councillor ■


■ Inner Wbeel Club, on the birth of a> n a4 TT Y^aaI OliiVt Am fVixK


■Wfiklnsoni' who Is' president of the M T


(Contintita foot'of preceding Column), daiijght^r,. on Wednescay. J.. Wllklnpn) and Mrs:


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