CLrCHEKOi) ADVEETISBK AND TIMES, rs ]BY 19th, 1915. . loiner named Craven,


jf ram a lorry i on which ,I ling wasjlbeing loaded jergate, pnllthe 16th, ^ckbiirn Infirmary the


+ ^if Christian __ Churches jhe war,” was the sub-


|e l at a ' conference t ie Clltheroe and Dls-


' lurch Council, held In pE.tlonal School. The rflbperley;wap In the 11 sslbn was iopened by idlng, of Colne. --


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|cfs ‘ of th e ! operetta,' ■ were glvenj by young ted with iSS. Michael urch and Schools. The '


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e|re Miss !N. iBlackbum’ role), Misses A. Ince, L. Plxon, Ni phlppendale- ' C. Hardman and A. Mr. J. I: Rdc


dd. +


|of milk Id' view of con- ^ n g .cdsliraf feeding e principal |toplc dls- annual Meeting of the .'ch of tne Lancashire


iioclatlonj held a t the nd[ attended by the ■ ■itary, Mr. Hdlborn. Mr. I presided. ''


rner (68), of De Lacy- ! + :■' M '


doe, employed as holst- Moor Mills; was In-


^erjous accident, which his reriioval to th e firmary.! ; , ' 1 + - l i ■ ■ I .


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.as “ Collop I;Monbay,’* irdance with ia very old 'ipi children at Bolton- assembled I i at the


re each received a : 1,I i


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)r(|ed during the week Esther Ann Hltchen, George |Hltchen, 16, Clltheroe,! 74 y ea rs ; Kenyon' (daughter of r.i, Edward I Robinson,


^tburn, diedi at Helm- Iwas Interred! Chat- Ellen D!a!y, wife of Mr. g-streeti, i Whalley, 63;


', il2, New Row, Low laud EUen I Park,' Vlc- , Chatbiiim, i iS years.'


yed; and whether It is the bplhlon of : the experts o t


|ent that dashboard lights alight or should be ex-


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Ihep di'lving in the black- l ; '


fallace : iThe new 20-miIe- |eed limit! during, blacfeout 1 only in localities where a bur limit |has! previously jrce. I do; not think that jre finding; any additional observing the new speed


I greater need for the use of ghts. , i


:


lErlend give the answer for p d , ' which' is j whether his Ihe Ministiy say that the


Irass: Will my right bon.


|to I be alight o)t whether it |o be alight. That Is the asked my right hon. and


K i! '1 ■ Wallace : If the light shows bar it! is ah offence against bns! blit if fhel driver really bw whether the;car is going |o miles per hour I cannot he'switches'pn'the light


Jnt to look at the speedo- ould be l in In


(DINGTON


Ieive.—The wflist drive, in lllng Room funds, held on Bning, was a success, there |f i tables, with Mr. W. Wooff he prize-winners were: Krs. . B. Wilmbt, Miss H.


Jiss ti. Smith.' Gentlemen: llth, Mr.; C. Latham, Mr& I}. The presentation box of iWas won by! Miss Bessie |e r £3 was realised.


EFFORT,—The final


The Infirmary Efforts Com- 1 place on' Moiiday evening, '■ Gddie, the secretary, re- durifig; the! winter the pf £38 had' been raised


£20 has! already been sent ^yal'Infirpiary, and i t


.V. [to send a further £5 to


Ll. Manchester Royal lo to ^ feston Royal fhflrmaiy'wffl


Ink all who ha I f ion of !this


,e £5 and' the omaining £3 t in hand. The committee re a ^ t e d in to e sum of


Following 1 pneumonia,; and


scalds caused by t i e bursting of a hot water bottle, the fifteenj months-old daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pye, Buckstalls Farm, Bashall Eaves, died in the early hours <|f Sunday morning.


The child’s death was the subject


cl an Inquest hleld by the Sklptpn Deputy Coroner (Mr. S. E. Brovm)


ca Tuesday morning, at the fam , which although in the parish;of


riashall Eaves, Is actually sltuafef to the rear of the Moorcock Inn, V?addlngton. ,


j SEVERE > SCALDS.


Dr Cyril Royle, of Clltheroe, said attended Wfr. and Mrs. Pye's


S


aby daughter, anuary, when suffering froin


Margaret, on 20th he found she wqs lobar pneumonia,


January, message to say icalded.' As


e visited her each day, until 2prd when he received: a tha t she had beein


e was out in the


luhtry at the Itlme, he asked Dr. ■ H Falrweatnerv to attend ^ e k s e ' On visiting the child-next


W he found severe burns on the luttock, lower part of the legs, inkles, and feet.


, | Iproner: Would you


^ o s t boiling tb cause the Injuries TOu found ?


consider tha t tl[e water in the hpt water bottle W-


I Dr Royle : W would have to be


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hot, but not nebessarlly hoihng. I [VTOati proportion of the child s body would be affected ?—Some- iwhere between! an eighth' and ^enth of the total body surface.


he


after 3rd


this he Incident. could |detect


lobar pneumlonla, were


healing


7th she began ijo develop bronchu ' 'pneumonia,


ately collapsed.| I


and


By Februa no slgnp j the


used I the particular bottle which burst. I t did not appear to be leaking, or iri hny way unsatisfac­ tory.! On'January 23rd, about 3-15 p.m.,| she jput ; the • bottle a t . the bottom of the; cot, after filling it partly with hot, but not boiling, water, and before she screwed on the stopper she let out the steam. There was no. reason why it should have bufst. She did not place the bottle too' near the child’s feet, and on top were two or three layers of blankets. After putting the bottle In the cot,- shd staybd for about an hour in fhe room until the child went to sleep. About a quarter of an hour after going downstairs, sh e . heard s'cfearns .tod, on running to the bom, found the hot water bottle had burst. Immediately snatching ]


child out ‘of bed, she wrapped in bfankets,'and applied oil to scalds. ’T h e doctor was sum- ned, to d Nurse Robinson had :en care of the child since the


day! after the accident. Answering the Coroner/ Mrs. Pye


said she destroyed the; hot water bottle,' as she could not bear to see it lying about, I t was split at the topi along the seam.


Tfie D k u ty Coroner said he would |


return a; verdict In accordance with thefmedical evidence, th a t the child died from bronchial pneumonia, and t l i a t ' the . previous lobar pne umohla and scalds were con­


tributory factors. i , INTERMENT.


I Continuing, Dr. Royle said 'attended the child almost dmiy


burns satisfactorily. W -


fortunately the fiurns, on top of tpe pneumonia, proved a serious strain oh the child,’sJi heart, whlch u l t l ^


About Februaf nla death taking place h


the llth . He had serious mjs. firings when he saw the child the


previous day. ' In further answer to the Corpnpr,


Dr. Royle said the child cauld have caught bronchial pneumonia in any case, although! it often followed burns He considered th a t the earlier attack |of ^pneumonia and the scalds were contributory factors. The Coroner : In a child of her


age,: would you expect bronchial pneumonia to follow scalds .


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Dr. Royle: I do not think one would expect it, but one would-iiot


be surprised if It happened. _ J Dr. Royle- added th a t Nurse


Robinson had tisoff attending tjhe child for some time, and he v^^as satisfied that, she had had every


care and attention. MOTHER’S EVIDENCE.


The child’s mother said her b^by


was taken 111 oh January 16th. Four days later she' called in Dr. Royle, who Instructed her to put hot water bottles In the bed. She had| to change the bottles several times a day and had bn several occasions


NO CASES R P I^A L CLITHEROEjS


ilECiORD OF SOBRIETY. NO person [was proceeded a|ajnst


any proceedings against licensees at CUtheroe County Sessions during the past twelve rrionths.


for drunkenness, nor werednere This information was contained* in


the respective reports by ent W. Pagett, of the Church DwlMon and Superintendent T. Kay, of the Blackburn Lower Division, to Clith^e County Licensing Justices, on Monqay.


were glad to feel that police work m the area waslbemg carried put so


Assheton) said tremely satisfac


The presiding Elficiently. [ ■


the Church Division there are licensed premises. Excluding stones Institution, the population


the area is 3,9i0, and. Superintendent Pagett stated that


Calder- cf


figure, there are 301 mhabitants uo each fully licensed house. During m® year 1939, 184 official visits were paid by the police to licensed premises—1|« during pennltteti hours, and 37 durmg non-permitted hours, "^be premites


on this


On Sunday the tion, at the B ap t^ k place. . Mr. H. d the prizes vveie HiltoPI, of Accri^- n was the soloist, use the accompan- was 'taken for the le Bumley Victoria


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5 JLI HARTLEY^ E Miss Margarrt


treet,l!Sabden, took Dgton 'Cemetery on


rvices; at the h ^ e I’s Church, S a b d ^ the Vicar, Rev. tv


had been found well conduct^. N® person was proceeded agamst during the year for drunkenness. ThOT were also six registered clubs, which, imm outside observations, also appeared to have been well conducted.


Supermtendent'Elay, quoting the popu­ lation according to the 1931 census which was 2,255, said that on th^ basis there are!225 mhabitants to each


In' the Blackburn Lower Division,


the year, 92 official' visits to licenced f premises were made by the


-fully licensed house. There proceedmgk against licensees, puri^-


, enness. There were no oompltots against the twO registered clubs, which appeared to bei well conducted.


during permitted hours, and, 35 during non-permltted hours.' 'The houses gen­ erally were fourid to be well conducted. There were no[ prosecutions for drunk-


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Magistrate (Mr. R, both reports were lory. The Magistrs


' ^ ; The interment took place amidst


.many signs of sympathy at Waddington Churchyard on Wednesday. Jb® rites were performed by the Vicar of Low Moor (Rev. L Pugh). Floral


tributes [ were kiff by :


Father gnd Mfither. Grandad 'and I Grandma Douglas and Uncle Haig.


Auntie -Mary and. Auntie Hilda. Kathleen; and Mrs. Barton. F-rances.


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ifurse Robinson. ; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Rushton. Ruth, Oonph and Nurse. Auntie Bravm.


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Richard. ! : , ; Uncle and Aunt, 14, Salthill Road. Uncle i George, Auntie Minnie and |


Auntie I Bertha. All at Wiiiton. Auntie I Lily, Uncle Tim and Mary. > Auntie!Emma' and Hilda. Uncle Henry,' Auntie Lois and Mary.


1 George. :


All at Salthill Road. Uncle Jack arid Auntie Fanny. Mr. and i Mrs. I A. Swales and Noreen.


Ethel.’ i '! Mi. and Ml'S.! W. Rushton and Tom.


Re'g and Jenny. !


Doris, Leonard and Violet. Albert,' Ethel and the boys. Mr. and Mre. S. -Whltwara. Mr. and Mrs.: Cafvell and family. Mr. and Mrs. G. Turner. Ml'S. B a n -o w , |


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Rene and Fred (Colthurst). John. :


All at Mill Farm. , John and Mildred; , Mr. and Mrs. iWalmsley and John.


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All at Hollins'Farm. Mr. ,andi Mrs.' Weaver and family.


All at Seedalls Farm.' MinON INTERMENT.—In the absence of


Archdeacon | Ackerley, the Vicar of ■Whalley (Rev. H, 'W. Biitterworth) officiated on Satui-day at the interment of M[rs. Ellen Heseltine, of Withgill


Cottages, whose, death was reported hi, our last issue.! The committal was pre- j ceded by a ! service in the Parish Church, Miss Ackerley being at the organ. There were many friends pretent to pay their last rejects.


.Floral tributes were sent as [follows :— Dad and Children.'


Rosie , an-d Fred, Hilda arid George. Fred and 'Winnie. Mai-y Jane and John and! family. Christiana and Fred and [family. V/illiam and! Meta and family. . Kate,[Richard and Kathleen; J6e and family (Canada). ' John,! Nellie and family.


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Bob, Chris and family (Kettlewe’J). Ruth,' Billie :and family (Kettlewell). Tom, [Sally and family (Marion). Maggie, Meek and family (Grassing- ; ton). .1


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Nellie; Bill and family (Whalley). Ivy, and Tommy (Whalley). Joh!h,i Betty and Fred (Whalley).


Mrs.- Thornber and family. Mrs. T. Carter and family; Mr and Mrs. J. Maudsley and family J (WtogUl).


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Mr. and Mrs.'J. Frankiand. Mr. and Mrs. W. Maudsley and family. Miss Bottomley (Harrogate). Mr. and Mrs, John Blax. 01ive Hargreaves. Mary (Clitheroe).


'i r r. and Mi's. Ward, Elsie, John-and ' i


All at Manor House (Rimington). Mitten Church Council. ; ' Little Mitten and District Women’s ! Institufe and Knitting Class. IThe eSnsirigs Department, and George,


Mr. and'Mrs. Silifants and family. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett. and Mrs. Smith.


;


Siml'tod Percy (Prance). ■ Withgill Piggeries and Factory.


Dolly I and Jean. Mrs. Robmson and family!(Withgill). May Hornby.


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Mr. and Mrs. A. Lord and family. Mr and Mrs.' F. Kearsley and family.


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1 Fleetwood [ Rossendale} Clitheroe i .. ., Southport ;Res. Gt. Harwood .


Leyland M........ Rochdale R. .. Chorley, .[.......


L an c a sh i re C om b in a t io n P. W. L. D.


14 9 ;4 1


generally having attackers. Bates


Play ruled


i P. A. P. 35 37 19


in the home defer op whilst Page, goal made some clever; iaves. It w^is following one of [these; iiri which 'keeper ha-d hurt his jidnd, that rnanuel snatched tpe winning goal whfcn Calyerley cut in. l(rom [outside-right fto [


even, witl^ the defences the ! better of the V^as very prominent


tod the net with Immanuel 2;


[ Bacup j . . . . S. Liverpool . Horwlch I.......,11 1 7 3 22'36 '


Darwen^s record has been deleted.


PARISH GHDRCH v. IMMANUEL. (Accrington Combinal;ion)'


the. Parish Church enter]amed the Immanuel} team at Waterloo. The players were evenly matched. On a hard ground the lively ball Wasi;difficult to control,! yet in spite of this handi­ cap the players gave a [very good account of themselves, the, game bemg,[ contested m a really sporting and' enteriaiairg, style. ,


L


eague football was Resumed m piithieroe last Saturday, when


1 - , The visitors started away [enthusiast­


ically, so [that, for a time the home defence 'was hard pressed. Iminanuel’^ forwai-ds did not make full use[ of their opportunities, however, else they would assuredly have claimed an early lead: When the home team took! up the attack there were strong claims for a penalty against the visiting dkenders, which the I referee ignored. Trie home­ sters had several new players [on view. The new left flank in the attjack, was very prominent In approach vforki but these thrusts were not driven home as they might have been.


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Walsh handled Under the par, after Page had} saved without clearing jhis spot kick the


Immanuel gained a penalty when


charge, and from the visitors took the lead.


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applied sustained pressure; and were rewarded ['for their persistency when Dawson equalised with a low'qross-khot from closq; quarters. Near the interval Adamson missed a glorious chance to put ■ his, Bide ahead, - after he hpd cleverly imtwitted the defence, in a spectacular run down the field. Half­ time (H)| found the score; unaltered.


RetaliatLg the Parish ( Church


were quick! to tako up the offerisive, and it was suhely a-piece of good fortune that the yisitois’ goal teiould survive this early attack.


,On resuming, the Parish Church


lirising against his body, hit the bar tmd passed juri over, the custodian looitog in vain for its flight.


centred from the right flimk and Adamson [met it first time to send in a hard sndt. Luckily for Immanuel, this struck the Tieeper’s foot and, after


,The ' pall pas . , [ ; ■■■


i ; ''t


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WADDINGTON (Accrington


r. SPRING hill, Combination).


a frost-bound ground, but some inter­ esting football W£S witnessed. Spring- hill are as yet unbeaten; but tie villagers came very nekr to lowerirg a hard-fought gam,, he lead early on, and


WADDINGTON’S , home mate h


on two further oicasiori their centrp- luck when good shots Dpwsoh equaliser


their colours in The visitors took


for the home team, tpe ball strikinp oing through. There


forward had hard went over the bar.


the post before


were many stoppages bn account of K injiSr


well contested first............................. score one all. fpor the secord half, Waddingtoii


players being injured by falling, and p half pnded with th


toppi ‘ ■■ ■


made several chpges. j! Latham, whp had been keeping goal went to full-bact teking the place of Braithwaite whb moved into the forward line witp Dawson in goal. The [ichange proyei' effective, the whole I team playinj strongly and giving ph® visitors a severe testing. T. jPeters, at right-half, was outstanding, keeping his forwards well plied, but it was SpringhiU who re­ gained the lead, lie inside-left heading iri from a correr kick. Waddingtoii rallied strongly and riunel shot after shot at the 'visitor’s goal but were un­ able to score. Eeddowb did appear to register with a strong shot, only to bi! ruled offside. However, he equalised soon afterwards.} Jackson made. somq grand runs, ana Charnley shot wide when the winning goal seemed certain. Pinal: Waddington, 2;-iSpringhill, 2. |


with Springhill i'yias played pn


fairer played


a loiy shot. ; Fina'l: Parish! Church 1.


A. draw would perhaps have been although;


result, !better togethSri


Parish Church sulereri frpm unavoid­ able changes in tpeir Composition and 'departmerit. Dawson and


which unsettled 1 evely Page, Bates, Walsh Adamson were most p should be remembered the only regular tiiemhei|s'of thritepm


■opiinent, but it that they were


I. at outside-left, anl Tomjinsori, at left- half, were the pick, h | !


difficult to field £ fully [reprteentatiye team, Immanuel had strengthened their forces by ntrodpeihg no fewer than four of the nDW extinct White Ari team, the most priminept of whom wqs ■Whittaker at certre-hali. The gane was most ably ponttelled by Mr. G. Adams, the well-knovm Ribblesdale cricket league umpire.


Whereas Parish Church had found it to turn out. Of the nlewcomers. Lord,' g * la ireer H


As was orily to be expected; Army demands have [affected Clltheroe’is players. Ori Tuesday, Jim TiTTiniiy Em}- mett was called up, and has, joined the Royal Air Force. Akers


' r I ! t is employed on mu


anid is' no longer afternoons;


i ’ -f :;t is possible th a t three |pla3|ers


new to the club will turn out jto- taiorrow. Sedgwick, a former Fleetj-


w(Jod playqr, will make his dqbut on’ trie extrei plqce In


ae left wing, and le half-back line


ing a new jvisltlng


Akers’ will} [rie


filled by Rhodes, who has played for


Great Haywood and Bacup. Thj committee are also hopeful of sign left full back.


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the other trie comm:


'the Shaw Bridge ground day, I found members of


.............. „ i t te e strenuously engaged Inj a gallant attempti to iget ;the


field of Iplby in readiness. Certainly they had; an vfnenvlable task, jiut they Wereiperslgtbnt in their efforts- Mbst I nianagement i committees might Ihqve contented themselves ^ t h another blahk Saturday. Bqt not Clithbroe. 'Ttoy are keen tojg^t the game! restarted at once, and to tha t end} the football public ow'e them a: debt of gratitude.


The Rlbblesdale} League’s decision i ! ,T ■


to continrie competitive cricket in the coming seasojn will meet Mtp the approval of [all lovers of [tlye Slimmer pastime. 1 For' the Convenl' erice of travelling facilities, [it [has been fourid! desirable to ^vlde the league into two sections, so that[tlie clubs will play [each other poifr times.; | Thus Clitheroe wllljenter- taln the Wanderers twice at| Chat- burn-road, while, jin turn, they will meet twide a t Chyirch! Meadow.'[ As there will! be no professionals, sucli players I as Harold! Wlridle and Geo. Woodworth will 'be a t liberty b throw! ln |th e lr lot with ,the team they faricy. ! ' ! '


| ■ I was ^lad to see Mr. Jonathan ■


Brooks i elected honorary, treasurer of the League. Like his predeces­ sor, the Iqte Mr. Amos Hindle, i Mr. Brooks has been; one of the out­ standing local personalities Ini the,


I hea: Geoirgp tiitldns.


free on Sqturda


aving I been without a matet. fori'a month, Interest should|b(


all thb greater tomorrow, whei, South Liverpool, champions of thi Conbiriatlpn, come to play th^ return riiatcri at Shaw Bridge.- Thp teams should have met on January 20, but! severe weather con,dltl6n^ compelled a postponement.


Grandad land Grandma Pye and Uncle , Toni.:


hot-water BOTtlE I BURIES I


Waddington Childy lU With| Pneumonia, Scalded I I


PATHETIC EVIDENCE I AT INQUEST.


FRIDAY, EEBRTJARY IgJ Serving With H.M. Foijees SEASON’S PROFIT £43. ■Hi r


ECONpMlCAl* MANAGE^NT. . I r


their annual general meeting,; ild on [Monday night, at Mr.


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Gunner Boivland H. ALLEN


Gunner T. COOK


Lac J.


!-Corporal FELL


li Howard’s Rooms, [Moor Lane, mrim- ibers of the iRlbblesdale Wanderers ! Crlckpt and} fowling Club unanl- I mously re-elec'ted Mr. A. LangsriaW: [ to the presidency. There was a! gratlfylhg attendance.


Mr. W. Standring, J.P., presiding,; |


[ spoke regretfrilly'of the passing of nine pembe'rs} during the year, say­ ing tha t tjie club could HI afford the: losses, jand! especially of men [who' had [proved jtheir worth to [the! ijilsatlori. I ’The compariy stood


In silence a] tejw moments as a mark of rkpect to 'th e memory of their former colleagues.


splendid SERVICE. Mr. Staridrlng .went on to nay a Private WALTER GREEN


B’lri’ffr.-Driver , R. STANDEN


Gunner Rowland H.'Allen, with


the L.A.A., !R.A. (Territorials) now in France, is the son of Mr. anq Mrs. Charles lAllen, 42, P ark ! Street, Clltheroe. [Prior to joining: the Battery he yras in the service of Mr, T. Kendal,. Llttlemoor Farm. :


Gunner T. Cook, serving overseas i I ■ : I


with the local Territorials In thb L.A.A., R.A.i resides at 14, Turner- street. H^ Is the son of the late Mr. and Mijs. James Cook, fonnerly of Hothersall Square, and 'before joining up} was employed at the Rlbble Cement Works.


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. Lance-Corporal J. Fell has served In H.M. Forces slx^ years,} four of which have been spent with the Lancers in [India. He Is the' son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Fell, for­ merly of Wilson Street, Clitheroe, and Is at present “ somewhere In England.”


Private Walter Green, R.A.M.C.,


serving with the British fepedltlon- ary Force, [of 4, Pendle View, Grin- dleton, youngest son of the late Mr. arid Mrs. Sam Green,; was} the first Militia mari to leave the village In July last. I He went to France In


Gunner RAWLINSON


November and Is attached to No, General Hospital. Previously 1 was in the' driplc y of [Grindletoij Shirtings. Ltd. A brotrier Is serv-j- ing in the Royal Navy.


Bmbdr.-Driver Raymond Standei with the Battery formed by Iocl Territorials now In France,


son of Mr. and M^s. W. S. Stander 11, Old Row, Barrow, -and was branch manager : h r


and Whalley Co-operative Societ; by whom he had since


Actively


Parish Church, , herw^s onjB of ringers for six ycLears.


'[ ' '


the Billingtoi beeri employe(


leaving the Barrow School Is thri


special tribute to two valued mem­ bers} in Mr. W. Sanderson anri Mr, H. Scott, who, during the ^ hiave done [much work for the Mr. Sanderson, he said, had p many hours p labour on hoi and 1 bowling igreen, and the results would be lapiiarent to membps in the spring Mr. Scott had also done much in! the way of orgajiising social efforts, and, along with an enthusiastic [little band of helpers, had succ^'edejd in raising a very use­ ful ium (j)f money. The club was grei tly indebted to these gentjemen he wanaed publicly to express


nter, club. u t in field


thaiiks 'of members In general thelf thoughtful and generous


connecteiBcted -with Whalley [ Cha,lrmari’s expression of app racla- the


Gunner Williauji Rawlinson, R.A|,


| |gen;lemen concerried was warmly end jrsed. |


assdclatei 1 . themselves with, the tlon, arid a ivote of [


services. MX. Ri


son of Mr. and Mrs. J.i Rawlinsoi of Worston Old, Hall, an{i an old boj of Clltheroe Royal Grammar Schoo joined the Territorials! at Cockerj mouth, where he was on the stai of the District. Bank.: He was tj have transferre(| to ' the branch the ‘ day after war wajs declared. At the] Gralnriiar School, Gunner Rawlinson wap a prefect and an ardent m|ember of the Dra­ matic Society.


Following; Mr. Langshay?’,! ; re-


election as! president, the vice- presidents 'fvere i all re-appeinted. Mr.] Standring will continue ;6 act as chairmari, with Mr. F. Hoi ;, sec­ retary, arid Mr. J. Brooks, tret surer.; , Trie contolttee Is composed of Me^rs. J. Ryan, R. ParkingtDn, H. Scott, A. Sllnger, E. Weavk, R.


thanks t{o the Ti^ylor and Mr. J. Ryan


Trlmriy, T. |,Whitehead, W. Sander­ son, H..Wa[shbrook and E. Sadding- ton.' Meprs. J. Brooks, H. Wash- brook, T. Whitehead, J. Ryan, arid y.[ Greenviood -will constitute the Match. Copnfittee.i Thq Bowllrig Committees! Is composed bf Messrs. J. Hindle, W. Sanderson/^. Latham, arid P. L. Hudson (secret'try);


■ i-'-THE';','CAiPTAIKls.: " I' I


tain [the First Eleven, with Mr. ;E. Standring!' vlce-captaln;i and Mr. Vi Greeij, ! will captain me Second ElevCni ii^th Mri. W, RuSljton acurig ' vlce-Capt^, The duties of auditors ' wUl 'he; discharged; by 'Messrs. T. [Lr Taylor and T 'Scott


Mr. H. Washbrook will pgain cap­ iri theiri - report;' - the- committee I*


stated th i t from a finariclal starid- pblrit- the;! season proved 'unusually successful, yielding a prpfit of £42 19s. Id., bontrasted with a loss} of £11 3s. 9ri. In 1938; This was mainly attributable to a reductlbn in wages


and increased efforts on iriembers[i-£64 4s; 9d.,


the pari; of gaink £53


3s. 6d. Trie refreshment room also contributed £4 more. !


[ From a[ playing poli^t bf view, the


First Eleven fareq bad]y, flnlshfeg neat the [bottom of the League, vjlth the' Secorid Eleven' about midway. In their section. Both tea[ms suffered thro|ugh the!'deiriands o)| the Ariiy.


tained losses by the demise of rifiie Advertiser 8C Times Office


; i CLUB’S LOSSES. During the Reason the club sus­


.membersIn Councillor Hargreaves, Messrs. N. Dewhurst, A. E. Altken, J. Boothman, T. Standring, T. Nor- cross,} W. Wllsoilj G. Ourgess, and Mrs] jp. WUklnsori, all oi whom had t to Welfare of the' clubj at heart. , Regarding the powllng sectlop of


the ! qlubj thcj committee reported th a t’ the green had been in sbtls-; factory condition; [ A handicap held during the sutnm'er wat won by Mr, J. Hartley and Mr; F. Latham. The comirilttee warmly apijralsed yalu- able voluntary work done on green arid field by Mr. W- Saridersori.} • Thanks to the Chairman termin­ ated a most agreeable meeting.


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game arid a bowler whb JommianLdj trie wholesome rpspect of all bats-' riien. In! accepting the ppst, Jona­ than made humbrriris reference to the' fact tha t sbme perform inces, tnlght lyo't altogether have endpred riim to some clubs. However, It was his hope th a t he might live} tha t ‘‘evil” yeputatiori down. Batsmen had especial re a b n to fear thb new treasurer on tha t other- treasury— a dryli^ wicket,[when! his off-break was, deadly.: Nevertheless, hb' has always [^held t t e admlratloiy and esteem} of league clubs everywhere, and deservedly so, forjhe is, arid has always} been, ia thorough-igoing sportsman—one! who} could smile when getting ‘ clouted,” and con- ■tent to |‘‘bide a4wee.” , ! I t v/as said [by one! representative 'at the Meet­ ing: “If he makes as!good a treas­ urer as he did la cricketer, he jvill


[be a real asset to the!league.” And he will;


! ! '' Talking to a Read representative


after trie m'eetlrig, I was given some Interesting'Information anent the


[history of this roadside village club. Without doubt, the ni.aln featjuye of the season in tpe noy( far off days was trie “derby” game with|Padi- hairi, the nearest rivals. To give} an


[Idea of I the tjeemeridous inteyest : which [these •, “blood” [ihiatcheb 'pyp- [duqed,;'I cull the following frorir a handbook which wasj published'riot so long ago:-


“To little boys,


-seemed like the ;pf barbarians, througri ’ the gangs;} and there thousaridS of tliem,


the,Padlham match Irivaslon of a, horde They rolled along


jlliage" In snouting seemed |to ' be


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their numbers [arid rqwdine^s were exaggerated by the'jfact that; the Read [field, p rp v id ^ ! such limited accommodation for-ihem; [but at


[times there were certain sections of them ‘definitely! unfuly. These row. dies had no hutebug bf lmpa|rtlallty about them; tliey had come to see Padlham win, [ to d [in the early years ,of the League they usually got.' their desire: jfor wljfch Joe Redfeam, pro.,! the |Rev. lYffriam- sori. Long Tom«Hollarid and others, Padlham had a ver|y strorig side, Still there were those Tare occa- slops wrien the gods; which really, settle [the [fata of cricketers, had conspired together to humble the pride,,of Padlham, pnd on these occasions th e ! aforesaid [rowdies would glve vent to tlieir feetogs by raiding the'vlllage gardens' throw­ ing the door-mats into thq mldple


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ofj the road and so on. [ I t can be Imagined that at such matches un- tojward Incidents were exaggerated and remembered; anyiplayer who made himself , objectibnahle was ragged and booed unmercifully.


' ' ' - : ■ri,- I , “ One such player was W. :'e .


Bradshaw. His nairiei Is con­ spicuous In Read’s cricket history; you, will find It In the team of 1878, arid he was captaining [the second in .'1904, Even In the nineties, when tlrisTncldent occurred; he was' knoym as ‘Old Edwin.’ J Old.Edwin was never a favourite -with the crowd. He did everything so thoroughly-;, he did not seem con­ scious th a t there were:[any people ! about at all, but carried on with tha t detached air which Is so enormously exasperating.,' On this occasion Read were playing for. a draw. Old Edwin, wheri. It came


rils turn, strolled leisurely domi to 'trie,wicket, tbok ari elaborate guard, sliralghtened' up, calmly [ surveyed' the; field and then wa^ed for the moving of the sight-screen. Now trie slght-tereen a t thai; time did : not work on rails and oiled Wheels ak it does now. The klght screen w[as a hoarding ln„ two ' sections mounted ori; 'legs of sijo.iit 4 by 3 stuff, the whole leaningj a t an angle of'60 degrees against arriefty thorn riedge. Moving the slght-sCreen;


[ypu see, was something bf an opera­ tion, anopefatlonwhlcli ,]vas known ak ‘ shifting the booards.’ [Imagine trie Impatience of the Padlhamers wrillst the;operatlon was beln^Tef- formed ! ' You’bet triey' let Old - Edwlh have it good arid plenty. But ,


‘Old Edwin[ continued! tb conduct himself vrttrijthe air of a man whb Is opening trie Innings in! a th;ree days'match, and In the next over signalled for the screen to be moved ;[qgaln.' 'This Incident added to the g[Mety of; the Read [ v, Padihani fixture for many years]: ' Whenever, Old Edwin emerged : from th e . pavilion he was greeted with the; shout ‘ shift them booards.’ ”


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