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V-- CLITHEROE ADVERTISER, AND TIMES, rRIl)AY. NOVEMBER 28, 1941. LOOKING BACK


TWENTY-nVE YEARS AGO ITEMS, prom! our ISSUE OF DECEMBER 1st 1916


A wedding took place at Moor \i


nse from a warm to carry out your fir defence duty in the c that a dose, of Cephcs always ward off a


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•arrest an attack of immjediate soothing It does not aff^ect Valuable remedy to


;he alarm goes and you or leave a cosy fireside'


e watching or other civil lill night air, remember before you go out will


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cold and will quickly ’Flu. Cephos has an action on the nerves, heart and is a most I ave handy in the home.


10s is not just famous presc: ey Street Physician.


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PHYSICIANS' r em ed y


Sold eveffwhere in tablet or powfler form (inf^usi 'c of


purchase tax) .1/3 & Single dose 2d.


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a single drug; it is rlption of an eminent


Biefbreyoii^'Ondu^ always ta k e a d o s e o f


tsJ terrible accident at;Whalley yester­ A


day week, as the result of which Mrs. Flora Dennett ■ (46L o f^ l , Stocks-avenue, 'Whalley, lost her life. Mrs. Dennett was walking on the footpath Ini CUtheroe-road towards the centre of the village, when two heavy [motor vehicles collided just past the. junction with Station-road, and pinned her agEiliist the wall, ^ h e was renamed to -Blackburn Infimary, offering from a fractured pelvis, and passed away a couple of hours later. daughter of the late Mr. and. Mrs. Pye, of Pafk Villas. Mrs.


Dennett, like other [members of her family, was associated with i the Methodist: Churchl and was well known In the village." Mr. and Mrs.


Dennett removed t6 Whalley about 18 months ago,,after living for about eight years In Wobne-lane] Cllth­ eroe. Mr. Dennett Is employed as a stoker at Calders^nes Institution,


OENERAL m a n a g e r s i DAVID W . itsMITH, f .U . S .


F . E. WARBRECK HOVyELl. LL^O. K EA D 'O F F IC ES


H A IiFA X I ' ■ ,‘


Strong In Assets... Substantial In Reserves.., Rich.In Experience. These are the factors wnich have made the ,Halifax Building Society a:;fhlglltx,landmark'In'Social bettetmept


ilpjlft.


and h e and members of the family will have general sympathy' In the heavy blo)v they have sustained. The Interment took place on Tues­ day, a t Whalley Parish Churchyard, being preceded , by a service at the Methodist i Church. The Rev. N. Green officiated. !


'.■tBE INQUEST./! An inquest was held on Monday


THE OFFICE IS OPl'E 'l ON TUESDAYS ONLY, a.m.—345 p.m.


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BARCLAYS BANK CHAMBERS,^ CLITHEROE. Hours 11-3Q


■ AN- INTENSIVE ' ■


TRAINING SCHEME IN ENGINEERING


■Industry by the calling up of skilled workers. i " Course of six months duration will-be


in various branches of engineering is to be provided in over 100 Technical Col­ leges in order to minimise' the .loss to


r p r i s Board of Education aniiounce X that an intensive training stheme-


morning a t Blackburn Sessions House, by the Acting Coroner (Mr. G. Wlghtman). [ Superintendent Platt represented the P61ice,!-Mr. G.. F. Nuttall appeared for Stanley Edmondson, the driver of one of the motor vehicles, while Councillor R. Sugden watched the Interests'of the General Transport Workers' Union. ! i ■


Evidence >vas given by Mr. Dennett !


tha t his wife, who had enjoyed good health ,and was in full possession of her faculties, left home about 2-0 p.m„ on Thursday, November 20th. He was then in the house but he left for his work at Calderstones about three o’clock. Later In the [day he was told tha t his wife had.met with an accident and had been taken to Blackburn i Infirmary. When he arrived a t the-Infirmary, hls wife had passed away. Dr. W. Hi'Berry.-a house surgeon


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^ Employees selected will receive, in addition to free tuition, allowances at the following rates: • £160 per annum in London and ipl30


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per annum outside London, if living in lodgings, and if living at home, £90 per annum in London and: £75 per annum outside, ■


“ Vitamin i A'-keeps illness at


bay—and°^^][’np: the Vitamin A specialist,” ^ys Dn Canot.


. An overcoat! isn’t enough to


i protect you from winter-ills: you! must .alsp have plenty, of protective Vitamin A in your diet. This ydu can get from carrots, one of the. richest sources of ;this vitamih. Thanks to the British farmer/there’s a grand crdpforthisvrater. - .


^w a te r and simmer for 2^ h o u n , when the barley should |>e jellified and th6 carrots


Suite tender.' R oUla piece o f margarine ic 'size o f a walnbt m i tablespoon’ ul


flour, and stir in io the soup. Cook fasi Mr 8 minutes. Seaison jwith .pepper ana


' A rcdpe that has beep tcstdl, tastea, found good 1


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' Grate or mincf 2 )bs. carrots, put with I small teacupful Ibarley into x quart


' and feed mil! \ ‘ MGoiden Barley Soup


Watch these! carrot recipes ~


dents to live at home wherever possible. I Instructors will be provided by the


i Arrangements wlU be made for stu-.


; ter. In some cases it may be necessary for Industry to co^iperate by releasing suitably qualified employees/to act as- i instructors.


full-time staffs o f ' the Colleges, and these teachers will be diverted from any work which is of less essential charac-


I , The Technical Personnel 'Committee, [under the chairmanship of Lord-Han-^ .key, has .issued a memorandum to


, asked to select suitable employees and [get in touch with the nearest College, I ' 'As soon as sufacienf applicants have- i been selected tc form a class of about 20 : students, Colleges will begin work with ! the least possible delay, i Nearest Colleges to our own district ! included in the scheme are: . I Accrington Technical School: Product : tive engineering. ;, Blackburn Municipal Technical ^ Col­ lege: Mechanical engineering.'


[Engineering firms setting out details of ;the scheme. The. addresses , o f ' 116 i Technical Colleges in Epgland, Scotland and Wales are include and firms/are


Bolton Municipal Technical Gdllege: - -


Mechanical,-automobile and electrical engineering.


TOrDAY ANI ■ ■ I- ■ . -I- TO-MORROW,


i A giant ,vegetable marrow whcli was auctioned|for the Red Gross a' a village' near Lincoln, welgl ei 231b. 9oz. Next Spring Its seeds ;ir to be extracted and Its result: nr offspring will be sold each year fo the benefit of| the Red Cross Agrl culture Fund.'I


Fortune seldom' interferes with 'Wise man, for hiS highest interests


V oc axAXi. jiU TA O A AU0 ui5Xi(;oi/


always directedi by reason.—Epicunif ihfi


■' Manchester 'Municipal College of Technology:-Mechanical engineering, Preston Harris Institute: Mechanical


engineering. DO Yoy;


r These were the opening words of a tele-r gram addressed by Mrs. R. S. Hudson, wife of the'Minister of Agriculture, to the women of Swansea on the occasion of Swansea’s Sow, Hoe and Grow Week. This was the first -of fee "Weeks” designed to impress upon.housewives, feat unless they grow their own vege­ tables next year, they may have to do without.


“I grow my own vegetables: do you?” i


provided for men with certain qualifi­ cations and with at least One yearfs industrial experience. After the course .these men will be returned to industry. In addition, the Colleges will undertake training on parallel lines for men in the Fighting Senices:


at the Infirmary, sald^ that Mrs. Dennett wbs admitted at 6-5 p.m. the previous Thursday, unconscious and suffering from shock! and a fractured pelvis. She died' at 7-50 p,m,' without regaining conscious­ ness, -The cause! of death was shock,consequent upon the fracture' of the-pelvis.


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’BUS' DRIVER’S EVIDENCE. Joseph Brown, of 4, Shaw Bridge-


"block at the sanje time. The road was treacherous, and there were plenty of ; dead leaves about. The lorry .he i was. following had pre­ viously stopped between Toll Bar House and iWIswell road-end.


POLICE INQUIRIES P.C. Smith, of the County Con­


stabulary, i stationed at. Whalley; who was called to the'scene of the accidents ssdd that he found a heavy motor lorry stationary on the near­ side of the road facing Cllltheroe, with i t s : near-side! wheel! on the' footpath. '-T h e trailer hdd been


'detached: [when ihe got [there. Another motor lorry; laden with bk'gs of cement, had become locked in the front of this vehicle.'-The front off-side wfreel of the "second lorry was also bn the footpath. He could not [find any trace [of skid­ marks on the road, which tyas 25-ft. 8-.lns. - wldp. : I t ■ was payed with granite setts and treacherous at "the


street, (Jutheroe, | a Ribble 'bus driver, said th a t at 4-20 pirn,, the previous Thursday ,he was driving a single decker ’bus along Clltheroe road towards Whalley centre. He was following at an even dlstande, and at, a speed of 18 miles an hour, a lorry laden with cement. When It reached ia point', about 20 yards from the road block, a t the junction of Cllthefob and Mitton roRds. the lorry began to turn to Its offsld,e and collided with the front, of [a lorry and.: trailer coming I In the opposite direction. He,could not say whether the vehicle in front bf him skidded of not, but the! vehicle definitely turned to'the offside. The Impact caused the fronti'end offa lorry and trailer coming In the opposite direction to be pushed on to . the' footpath, trapping Mrs. Dennett against the wall. In. hls opinion thfere was room for two vehicles to! pass through the road


Atlantic Clipper t ' o this country after a mission to th en n


has just _________ Qnlted States and a visit Private Ernest Briggs Private; Ernest


•Corps, Is the son of A. Briggs, Whalley-


Plight/Mechanlc R. McClelland


Briggs, I Pioneer Mr. and Mrs. J. ■rpad, Clltheroe.


He -wasTdrmerly e’diployed* at Foul- sykes Mill


,, .. f Flight/Mechanic iRobert i McClel­


land,’whose home is at 7, ,George- street, Clftheroe, jplned the R.A.F. in early June last, [leaving ^the ser­ vice of the Rlbblesdale Cement Co., Ltd.' A well-known billiards player, he is a member of fhe local Branch of the British Legion.


Drivqr J. Thompson


Aircraftman E. Wilkinson


Driver J. Thomjpson, R.A.S.C., of


2, Baliharal-avenue, iCHtherpe, I5 the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thompsd)!, 48, Taylof-street.'; He has been with the Forces elghteeii months.


Aircrafiman E; WilWnson, previ­


ously in the eihploy of Mr. J. Hall, fish Sidles nan, Wellgate, Clltheroe. is a wlfel 3SS operator in the R.A.F.


CRUSHED AGAINST WALL


Tragic Main Road Accident At i Whalley


INQUEST STORY OF WAGONI , AS RESULT OF


sad sensation was caused throughout the district by a


[S’ COLLISION Sk id .


time the [Incident occurred, fronts of jbothi 1


The


________ _____lorries were exten­ sively damaged and the near-side front tyre of the lorry laden with cement was .bursted, but he did not know whether th is 'h a d occurred before or .after the accident. Deceased wbs the near-side foot- path wheii M arrived, and suhse- queijtly sfre was taken in Clltheroe ambulancd.,/tq Blackburn Royal Iilfirmary.] " !


Mr; Nuttall.}' Any, skid marks ,


; Witness I: I don’t know. , The driver of the vehicle pro­


following the - accident might have been obliterated by other traffic ?


ceeding towards Clltheroe. Thomas Patrick Roach, o f ; 20, Carr-Iane,


East Liverpool, who Is employed by Messrs. J.l McKenna, haulage con­ tractors, of Liverpool, stated that hls vehiSie arid trailer were un- ladened.' I "When he .got- through' the traffic block, he saw a lony coming in! the opposite direction. I t ■was being driven in a normal manner as far aB he could see, but when aborit 20 yards away from him It suddenly swung to Its off­ side. He [would not say definitely whether this was the result of a skid or noil ,but It seemed to him. to be so,. As At result the approach- irig vehlcld cblllded with the front near-slde fof hls lorry and forced It on .to the footpath, pinning Mrs. Dennett Rgalnst the-wall. In answer to the Cproner, witness


said he did riot notice whether one of the tyres of the other vehicle had burstbd. .


Mr. Nuttall; Did the driver of the oncoming vehicle do all he could'


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.to get hid lorry straight? Witness!: In my opinion he did. Corroborative evidence was given


by th e ' second man on the lorry, John Hugh Jones, of 9, Balfour- street, Liverpool, who said he did not notice whether the front wheel tyre of the other lorry was bursfed or not. ' 1 ■ ■ - ■


[ LOAD OF CEMENT. / The driver of the second lorry,


Stanley Edmon'dson, of 210. Londonr road, Blackburn, who Is employed by Messrs. William Simpson, haul­ age contractors. Bank • Hey-lane South, Blackburn, said th a t at the tlme of trie accident he was driving towards Whalley, carrying a load of cement. ! The capacity of hls lorry was 7 tons.TO cwts.; and he was carrying [sacks weighing six tons. He estimated hls speed to ' be between 10 and 15 . miles an hour Id he fiad been stopped a little


higher up. the road. "When he saw the wagm and trailer approaching through ' the block, from the opposite [ direction, hb applied hls brakes and a second afterviards found; himself skidding. I t was a front'wheel skid and in an effort to rectify it he released hls brakes, but could not do so before he hit the other vehlble. He disagreed th a t hls [tyre was bursted although it might [have been down and thus given the Impression, that It was bursted. f ,


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toswerlng the Coroner.’witness said he | exercised the pafticulai;


care needed' ln view of the state'of the roadJ ' • In reply to Mr. Nuttall, witness


said that- pridr to the accident he had stopped soirie 100 to 150 yards yards up, the road in order to let some cyclists, pass,, and he could not have got up. any great speed afterwards. (Dwlng to a slight bend


'in the road It was Impossible to see through the traffic block. I t wat only when one reached a point past the guard house that one could see through [the barrier towards the centre of; "Whalley.


In recording a verdict of


“Accidental Death,” the Coroner said that; it was one of few Inquests he .had conducted where the unfor­ tunate victim could not be blariied in any way. Mrs, Dennett seemed to have- been trapped between one- of the lorries and- the wall, wljllst she was on thfe- pavement and the accident appeared due to a skid; on


the part lof the .loriy coming from Clltheroe. He had no .evidence to


say the driver of th a t vehicle was not taking the normal amount of care. In recording hls verdict he would like to express very real


sympathy vilth Mr. Denriett In hls great loss.


’ Associating 'himself with the


Coroner’s remark's, Mr. Nuttall said It seeme4 to be one of those unfor­


tunate accidents In which the hand of fate had taken part. ; Supt. Platt, on behalf of the


Police, also expressed sympathy with Mr.; Dennett.


to Canada. He v'as'British GoYemmentl delegate to f e e . Intemationai Labour Organisation Ccnference in Nevy 'Yorl


addressed the Foreign Policy Associ­ ation at a luncheon held at the Hotel Astor, dealing with “ Labour’s . - Stake in the War.” .


During .hi; visit Mr. Asshetoi -


.association witmone of our great Labour leaders, Ernest Bevin, wife whom I have served for eighteen months. [ Ernest Bevin ■ and I ha on mgny subjec have worked harmohjously together during all this time because our-whole energies ate devoted to fee same great cau6e, the winning bf. fee wRr, and


'e .very different ideas ' but none feej less we


because we;both /believe fundamentally in evolution rafeer than revolution. I tell you this, not because I think you are interested in my personal position, but because it is a typical example or the unity of purpose which brings us all-together in England at fei? time. We have put aside all party differences .and: squabbles, I and have determined that nothing shall interfere wife our one great .objeclj—to win fee w^r.


CLOSING THE RAI^KS.


political and social progress has been made ,On fee basis of evolution rather than revolution feat this closing of fee ranks in England was made eaaer.'We had our Civil,'yVar in England three


“ I think perhaps it was because our


our lives, our property, all that we have, to keep the freeabm which we have in-., hefited and to prr serve a world in which free, men can liVi and move and have feeir being wifeort shame and'without -fear,


liberties which we have won that we ate fighting -today. I t Is to safeguard fee freedom which we received from our forefathers and which we are deter­ mined to pass or to our, children. I t is for that cause t ia t w® are fighting in common with tl e men and women of many other; couitries, many of whose citizens are tolay suffermg untold misery under fee domination of the aggressor, and many of whose govern­ ments they are proud .to know are keep- ,ing the'torch of freedom burning for them on our, soil.[ "We in England are ready to sacrifice


so we had to* fight for what, we value most. Constitutional government tri­ umphed over tyranny, and since feat time we have b« n steadily progressing in peaceful and orderly .government based on fee freedom of the individual. “ I t is to protect and preserve the


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. and we are determined to go on wfth' this fight to tlie utmost limit of our resources jand wife all the, energy and initiative' tVe - can- command, until the very end,;


. We would rather die and see our ' children die, tfran-Jlive in bondage,


-Who have'not realised sufficiently the siqipriclty of fee pause which has given to our people, and especially' to our- brave women and| children, fee courage


to face death and wounds without, flinching. Nothiiig but a simple and a just'cause could do these things. .


FIERCE MIGNATION.


.and to -make peace before these evil' forces have beeri utterly destroyed iside,” Mr. Assheton


feat has imposed a war -policy upon fee people,—it Is 'thq great mass of the people' who have risen up in fierce indig­ nation agamst fee barbarism and fee slavery which feto see| ,is threatening' them, and any Government in England feat wished to compromise on this issue


“I t is not the Government in England


tion and/fee will to fight came from fee. people itself has ened our position.


would 'be swept Went on. “ The very fact that fee determjna-


century is largely i battle of production, and in order to get the production of ships,/ tanks, g ^ , aeroplanes, and other materials, it is essential to have peace, and good' will ‘in . industry. Tb Puild;up this great'productive [effort it'


Immensely strength-: War in fee twentieth


England has been fee subject of agree­ ment between government, employers, and workers. ’Throughout this century we have been building up a system in industry based on| collaboration between voluntary oreanlsjations of workers and employers. That system has-been con­ solidated and 'ext mded during fee war. - “ In. May last year,'when our men were standing, on the.beacljes of Dun-, querque, a relent:ess torrent of bombs- raining down upcn them from the sky,


has been necessaky, for all parties in industry to make great sacrifices. "E v e ry step that has been taken in


the empibyers’ orcanisatlons and fee tra-des unions in England agreed that strikes and lock-mts should be made unlawful during the war,: and they asked fee Government to make it the law. Of their tre'i will they agreed feat any disputes should be settled by com­ pulsory arbitration rafeer than by strikes.'


•would. have; been ■ •••


people had been fight. , - i'


greater unit; home, a unity tabled by the fighting for a j by the. bisplri


the suffering; of fee stricken people of Europe,' and we have been ptoud to


....... ........ingT'and somiethbig of


have bad fee opportunity bi these last few days of taeetM a t first hand many: of thete leadeik wjho have been gathered together bi your hospitable land i'fbrfels great Conference Our sufferings and our losses in Eng and, great as they are and hard to bea:, are not so great'as fee sufferbigs ol some of our;friends and allies, in Chna; in Russia, arid on the contbient of Europe.


ing of what:might have been if we had all been wiser. Out of suflertag and


“ I t is no good at this moment thtok- r ■


experience perhaps wisdom will grow, and we may one day realize some of fee truths which We have so long neglected. "We are still unable to see the erid or to know when we shall be able to overcome fee forces arrayed agabist us. (Continued foot of next Column).


trades unfons halve given up many of feeir: hard-won md cherished rights, relying/Upon fee pledge of fee Govern­ ment that they vill.be restored after the war. None of 'these thbigs I believe


making eflectivq the policies _ which m


- Ivei have made sacrifices; fee


possible unless'fee hole-hearted in thp


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/ ' GREAT LEADERSHIP., “ I do riot[thinr there has ever been


a time bi' our his ory when there was a ty . anong


leadership of W: Assheton declari “ ■We know ta


lily bbm of suffering, sus- owfedge feat we are st cause, and iupheld ig,


our iston Churchill,” Mr. and unffinchmg people at


ledge and experience,' and feeir repre- ir tin


ees In many flelcs, they have given fee iovemment fee Deheflt of their know­


'" Since th eir r t irough ■ joint commit- ,


have[been determined upbn. Both sides serttatives have flayed a great par


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ings. Mr. Assrieton explained hls own positibn. We l|i England,are governed today by a;National Government com­ posed of Conservatives, Liberal and Labour Ministeik” he said, “ I myself am a'Conservative both by tradition and instinct, though I hope, a progres-. slvfi one. I beliwe in individual enter­ prise and in the private ownership of property, but 1 work today in close


At fee outset, to avoid misunderstand­


ITX Parliamentary Secretary o f ' the Ministry of Lai our-and National Ser- vice,


got back by Trfins-


Lane .Methodist Church, on 2|4th; November, between Miss Gwendo-; line Parkinson, a former teacher at Waddlngton Day School, daughter of [Mr and Mrs. J.;P.,Parkinson/- West View, Clltheroe, and Mr. Geo. M. Dawson, of Rochdale. The-cere- mohy was performed by the Rev. F, B. Dutton. 1


' On! the 127th, at Wesley Chiirch/ i< ■ ■ . * ' * ; * ’ ; I


the Rev; J. Britton solemnized the wedding of Sapper Robert Davies, R',E„ eldest son of the late Mr. Ed. Davies, Shaw'Bridge House, CHthb- rod, and Miss Margaret Sharpies, second daughter of Mr. Sharpies,


Peel-street. ■


-| * # . * S^x o’clock had been the black-out


Home Office explained that the: hours for subduing lights were fixed after .conkultatlbri With the Military authorities, and tha t the Order did not allow discretionary powers to


Chief Constables. On and after 3rd


December all lights would have to be I subdued l i hours after sunset. One boon granted and appreciated by I those whose work necessitated leaving home.before 6 a.m. was the llg/itlng of about fifty street lamps


In .different parts of the town." /’I;


11 ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ • Ah Interesting little ceremony


took place at Clltheroe Auction Mart, on the 27th, when Major Asplnall (Standen Hall) formally presented a massive Highland scot to be sold in connection with the local branch of the British Farmers’


apiireclatlvely and irom exrferlence in Prance of the work of the Red Crdss,Society.


Mr. E. Whitehead


(Chairman of Directors) and Mr. E. p. Jackson were associated in an ex- presslon o f "f thani "fe to Major A^ln-


J .effort.' ...........................


aU,|Mr. Jackson sayingithat i f was hoped to raise at least.£500'by the


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Clitheroe, received the sad news from the War Office that her son. Private '.John; Haworth, - 68th Loyal Norj;h Lancashire Regt., reported missing on August 9th, 1915, was presumed to have, died; A single man, 40 years of age, Pte. Haworth formerly played football with Cll­ theroe Central and bther local clubs. ,Hls was the' third loss-which the; family had suffered directly through the war.


Mrs. Haworth. 13. Vlctorfa-street, ■


man Joseph Norcross, Second- Lieutenant Frank Ncircross, of Man­ chester, son of Mr. James Norcross,


“ There are, I think, perhaps some - . ■'[■ ■' .* ,* [ [ ’


. Among several Belgians who were blUqted fo r a time at the Catholic Club Was Pte. Frans Vervaet, who subsequently rejoined the Army and was awarded the Belgian'Military


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LOOKING BACK FIFTY YEARS AGO


ITEMS [FROM OUR ISSUE OF .DECEMBER 4th,' 1891 The interment took place at Wad-


dihgton Church, on December 2nd,' of Mr. Robert, Moore, a farmer who had entered upon hls' ;i03rd 'year; He'] received an income of eight shillings a week, left him by a Mr. Newsome, of Preston, conditional to hls attendance at one service each Sunday at Waddlngton Church. After . a time, he was [allowed. tO' attend Slaldburn Church, as It was mote, convenient for hirri. Follow­ ing hls removal from this neigh­ bourhood to Nelson, where he died, hei attended a place of " worship' there. He-had received the allow­ ance for about w en ty years.


The Rev. Ch,'a!rles Williams, faihed , ' 1 j


Baptist divine/ lectured at the Bap- tlsf Chapel, Shaw Bridge, under the auspices-of the Mutual Improve­ ment Society. |


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who; had recognised the long-felt nepd of a nurse to attend the sick and poor of the norough, met at a meeting In-the Town Hall, a t which it was. decided to form a Nursing Association; ■ Mrs.' Klng-Wllklnson (Middlewood) was elected president [and Mrs. Musson, treasurer.. The election of other officers and a com- mi,ttee was deferred / to a later meeting.


A representative body .of-ladles, .


by the help, which has been given us by your great-country, and that by your timely assistance, our people


; We know that we have bien saved


have been furnished with weapons and with food; ^


But we know'also fe at it is the cause of ftocuom that you have-at'heart rather t l to the survival of one country to particular. If you had not helped us, pi r people would now have been suffer-, to ’ as those other peoples are suflertog. Asw people We'are learning by sacn- fipe,, .Mr, Assheton added.! “There is a


kinds are being carried on by all our citizens, and death comes upon all, Irre- spective of rank. All alike, rich and poor, are subject to fee - rationing of food and clothing which fee Shortage imposes upon us. We shall be a better, people as a result of -these trials, and spall know better 'how to take our part to the uplifting of those who nted help, to whatever nations they may belong.


new neighbourltoess among u s .W ith - put regard to class we are sharing all the tasks which war conditions place upon us. We are-sharing our homes wth strangers. Fire -protection, riurs- tog and civilian defence! services of all


the battle, we. in common with other countries, have thought it right to come to fee Intemationai Labour Conference and. to re-affirm our faith to free demo- cratic principles 'and to collaboration and to make clear our-,determination


FAITH RE-AFFlRMED.o "Even while we are - t o


fee'kress of! ' ■ ''«i !,* '* A. B. Taylor, a pupil at Clithetee


Royal Grammar School, who won a scholarship at the Cambridge local examination in 1890, was I awarded a-, further scholarship at the Oxford exahilnatlon, tenable at Brasenose! College, to the value of annum.


CHRISTMAS GISBURN


£80 per


• A ladles’ class In nursing pnd hygieiie was formed at "Whalley, In ; connection with the St .^ h n Amr;; bulance Association, Dr. Counsellor ; acting as Instructor. :' * * .; *■


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and Mr. Thas. Seed, Bashrill-Town, were exhibitors at .the Birmingham Cattle Show. Their exhibits were, highly commended.


Mr. Thomas Cowman, Clltheroe/ i - - Councillor J., Robinson (Brook-


, ment Society, hls topic belrig " Pub- . hc[ opinion.” At . the Moor Lane Society’s/.meeting the Rev; B. J. H. Shaw dealt with “ The rights and,


lands) was the speaker at a meet­ ing of St Mary’s Mutual Improve-


duties of business and money.” At the Low Moor Wesleyan M.I.S., Mr. Hodgklnson (Cilthefoe) lectured on “ The I earth—Its size, form, and motion.”


1 >57 [years.;


ford Place, Clltheroe, at the age of ""Tly


Mr. Henry Beecroft died at Stam- -


wife ofeer countries to help to rebuild a/free world and, I hope, a better one. “ If feat time: arrives, wei shall be


therefore, what is Labour’s stake to the War.


“We need not risk ourselves today, ■'


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I t is the same stake for all sections of the community. - We are all of ns ' in England prepared to risk everyr,' '


, thing we have, and Labour is not ' behindhand to making its contribn- [


. ■ tion. ' I


against; we know fee stakes for which we are playing and there is not a man, I [ woman or child in England ■who has not made up his mind to go through with it. i


“We know the'’forces we are fighting i note;


Mr. Assheton 'closfed on a personal . . -


,Mr. Churchill asked me to join his gov^ emment, I walked up and down wife him to the . garden to Downing Street, and he talked of our country's desber- ’ ate plight.’’ he said. ,“ In spite of ail feat had happened,-to spite of all fen disasters which had come upon us and which he saw ahead, he never flinched for a moment;, and -hls courage never, faltered. :'We walked back, from the garden- into -the Cabinet Room, and I shall never forget ibis last words as we shook.bands together that evening: •‘To fee end, the very end]” ’


‘iWhen one day in May of last year ,


SHOW MART.


■ TTHE Christmas, Prlffi Show and Sale X df lying-off cattilej held at Gisbubm


Auction Mart on Wednesday, wds oi)e of the best for many years. Quality all


• difficulties whlchl neCdless to say, ate many.; I t is generally recbgnlsed th- Gisbum Auction If ■ ”


i overcrtiwdtog thus only Is the mai grading centre ter r-,— , .


most compact, c equipped cattle sal part of the coun;


/ .farmers, the airectq! ate to have: as its


the last year. I Coriipristog nractii:


■ of that period to f reputation In' the


agrlbulturlsts. ■ M' and auct and chatg^ Starkie..


•■ ' 1 I


nightly Mdes ot Cteity Cattle —- on alternative We^Kday’s ,: and, b ness:- has been


iToweiB, who has - position for 15 yea Withl might and toa:^


]tat stock, but foBH ........... 1 are .hrtd


__g: obviated. : i ' used'as a weekiyi


nest and' centres in . riny chance


ndy brisk duri arid experienej t rite is still forti


T. Wrathall;, oneers /with; npl, the secretariiil, - with real


strengthened by fee feeling that our people did not flinch when thejchallenge came, and those who have suffered and maybe lost all will at least hrive saved ; feeir souls.


• springing cows,' , appearance o f ; '• payers. One of fee)


' comprised two ;gr|


T h e champions!; WednesdOT was #o ;son, of DarwenJ


„ a t Clltheroe &lry S[ ■


a Shapely and capi day previously ■wo


overj to calve befori----- T. .Tomlinson,' Darwen; i Howard, East Martta.


n Pair of laylng-of;


' 2fTJ Tomlinson,[Darwen; [ ; Laying-off cows) j (open -


p d iMarch 31st:: 1 I. Sha


within',a radius Messrs. Tam ahdlV 2; George Kenyon,' Champion/jpalr;


making -their awards, [whibh.-were follows:


et,- of Salwlc. ncaster, ■ hgd


L- .


son; I 2, J. H, Ho wf f d . I , .' ' Pair to calve; tetween'January


f Ditto, under U cHs,;/ 1,'T. Toml .iri,


)f teni miles); 1 .iltfleld,:Rlmtogton;


le, Fenc fambrs


-we can find tofonnation upq Johnson. ■ i ; |


' Knowledge is of tWo kinds, a-subject oureelvps or we ku


; -


;;[ cio^on-sense -is instinct! ^nougtj o.y it is [genius., ,' '[ ■


paythome: 'T. ToriiUnson. We know


;ow where m It.-iDr;


to,.rade and amo ’ tattaue I to act


jis one "of “


Sho. .Ordd will] doon


Pa^


lolnnari; Mr. J. thaneq; fee Mar


-worthy efflcler duties are C skiliby Mr. Fb


THE ! LEADERS.


...hlch'.Tiad eviry ooihirig real'- rent a lqvelj roan with,


.fey.Mr.fT.Tomllln- dhose [winning p id heaVy well


show r -


iiou9.yesiel,hadthe thdj champtonsblr


[ Thebe was keen | fee classes and fe


coiilprt tion to|. judges, Messrs; . aha TJ Thoraber no easy task


cows, [ i f cwts. DeCemter 31st 2, J.


•'■/Sg head also!


Xto (


upied-hls prese .. . and [has striv/ip f during;the while


T-i Tohillns®


Wm.l men!


Sg


through fee classes W s at a high level J Showing commeridaple courage, respl tlori and determlnatidn,| the Dlrectg have succeeded Iri oyeroomtog war-tut.,


a! grandson: of the late ex-Alder­


was killed In action oh July 28th, the day after he had been attached- to the 23rd Batt, Manchester Regt.


hour adhered to In Clltheroe since winter’s advent.' Tradesmen made an| application to the Chief Cdn- stahle to ariiend the hour to 7 p.m.j Approached on the subject by thej Chief Constable of Manchester, the:


Medal for; conspicuous bravery Hp


volunteered, for patrol duty which occupied ; four days and fe r ii nights. During the period] he wav aomewhat severely wounded, yet he penetrated/into the German lines


: . ' ! * * *


Dovmham, celebrated their golden wedding on the 29th. Both were natives of the village. At the time


later life he entered the erhplb’y of the Assheton family with whom he • continued for upwards of 39 years ; '


’Where hls dally hours of femlov-! ment were'from 5 a.m. to 8 p m


‘ in ; # I -


Whalley Cricket. Bowling y T e n - nis;Club, [Miss E. E. Pollard, of the


Bllbey, the club’s professional’ in 1914. who later jolried the ^my ;


' Clltheroe Trades and i Labour CouncU passed a resolutlori .urging >


,


the Government “ to seek the earll- est opportunity of promoting nego­


tiations with the object of [securing a just and lasting peace.”


' ! ’/,'* .* ■ j*. i


O’Neil, , living at Littlemoor View, died, on the 25th from the [result of


elght-years-old girl, Annie


burns received on November 1st. It was stated at the Inquest that. In the. .temporary absence | of her mother, she was toasting bread, her pinafore getting alight. !:


A native Of Tosslde, Mr! William I ■ !■'- *, * r,/'


Barrett died a t Eshton Villas Cll­ theroe, on the . 27th, In hls eighty- seventh year. ' He had farmed at Langcllffe (Settle) and Hofton, and was popular with the congregations , at Paythome and Clitheroe Wesley Churches, and in the P.S.A. move­ ment.; ,


' .


- 1 - I..',


.the extension of the rallvlay from Blackburn- to Clltheroe, the jnore nervous section, of the public could riot be Induced to cross.the viaduct by rail. Tfrey regarded it ris unsafe. ■ and such was hls dread of | a catas- ' trophe that a cattle dealer named Longton, who lived at Whif/e House, Whalley, travelled by j:oad , to Langho and joined the tyaln there. i


Jubilee-/-terrace,, on .the -28th| aged seventy-eight, was bom at Chip­ ping, and served an appreritlceshlp as a- shoeing smith at the Stocks ,Hlll Forge, Whailey. . After employT ment at Church.aridBlackburn, the last 35 years of hls working life were spent with Mr. William' Read, Lowerg^te, Clltheroe. Mr. Wilson was wont to recall that In hls early days at Whalley; very shortly "after


Elizabeth Nutter (56), formerly o f , Moorlands Farm, MeUor, who was staying at^Salthlll Farm; Margaret ' Thompson (51),; Coplow Irifirmary; Elizabeth Greenwood (82), Manor House, Twlston,


•' Other deaths recorded wpre: Mrs.


1 i Mr. James Wilson, who died at 85, # ■ ' # ' ! " At th e ; financial meeting of the


Whalley Arms, presented to; the club an enlarged photograph of Mr f


[Mr. and Mrs. James Hartley of


, of hls marriage Mr HarttRy was ® hand-loom weaver atTwiston Mill


CHAMPION DA RY


Recoirid 1 Prices'| At Christmasli Ei


RESERVE CHAMPION R


EEN, blit frleridly rivalry has cha acterised the pnnual Christim show of dairy stock at Clitheroe Aucti?


quality and numberk, but happily did not prove to be the case, tms yea; exhibition being ’Well up to the hit standard of its predecessors. .The d. trlot, of course. Is [noted for the, rid ness of its dairy heps and many cows were on parade. '


Mart, for- many yters, and again Tuesday there was dlose competitior the various classes.. It would scarcely have been surpristai.fo find -that wa|r; time difficulties! had affected bol


J. ,;.*,• ,»v—-


well supported by, M:. W^RobtosonJ tl active Wce-chalrmar, as well as bytl rematatag {member i ;bf the Boai


receive larm conslgi mfepts of local and north-country cattle otyes much to p 6 initiative and entertrise of its director-: ate. In;splte of indflerent heqlthj W(r, Tom Duerden, ol, Pindleton, continues to discharge hls d utlp as, Chalrmfin with energy rind! enthusiasm-, and lie js


This busy mqrt; which continues to


Messrs, ’r! 'wood, F; Coates, R. Cowpek; fewalte' and R.:Whittaker,'


A word'of praise is!also due-to thf - : j


secretary,Mr. Edward Chester, anij members ot his staff, for the courteoi and able manner to which fee adtoini terlaljwork lacan'lei" out. The cor


wera Mr.T withl was! irarl )Ut f


cros] butT FiJ


the]


P- ; <L }lacl


pany also josses? on: of-ithe most popu- far arid'efficient autioneers to fee area in'Mr. T. SUverwocid, wjille an old col­ league, Mr. E. F. Jackson, has in recent months taken the place .of Mr.- U. Balshaw,'riow servin g wife H.M. Forces,


WORTHY PION.


H.' Irelaiid, was this year won by He r- with 1 Cooperative’ Spclety/ with grand! heavy-weight spi "ringing c»w die for hbr secohd calfilwit within'a'fortnight A be'autlfuUy', had a| shapely her


The champlonshl]) offthe show arid fee silver rose bowl


rresented by Mr. J, '


.-land' Memorial (top. Having won t i f Sir William Brass Cup! three times aU, Mr. Aspln made f e f trophy his ov; property. A rich yoilhg roan.of t ie shorthorn cross, hlsi emb lt possess id a very sprltely edrriiags and suggest id generous dairy endowments. \ -


fee' [class for heiVyrweight newly calved! cows with hls reterve champion, the second award: getoa to Mr. A: E # mundson, of Worstem, {who, paraded !' much bigger , shortriora roan, whici however, lacked fee winner’s |?oufe.'[, cleaniy-bullt Ayrshire shorthorn-cioa ■belonging to Mr, R. Bern, of CUthero came rin, easy thtod.' [; There were teni! er t r e weight class: and I'thi


Mb. [Aspln securei the red card ln ,


dlffloulty in reachtoi; imifonn was fee me 'Itl'i Mr. Aspln was again successfullln gitatag the chjef award; and also .the tnlrd prize. Tlfe red card winner was ri grand shorthon roan, 'which had be< n felved less .Mn


es to fee; )lgh [delges-bad son hefr /' deck


a week, and had lefe nicely rested, while 'Mr. Aspto’s other cow was; roan th at had {evirt appearance avy milk yl;


bad reached her fel:d ' calf dark roan;of;trie' tlon,i - compact/ am , i qualities to abundance place for Horwich CMperatlve Soclett The champion of ihf .Show took chief sprtogb '


being a heay


rider, but whit Calf:, A second dairy conforma possessing mil ‘ gained'secoii


the property of'Mr - '


■


East' Marton.^ Society also won


award to /the heavj-weight shorthorn roan ., Jurt 1 '


class, second prtee ■ ■


-HcfrWlch Co-operatlyi third prize with I


J.jH, Howan PRIZE i STOCK.


[ding,to aneg dwtog sprlngb " "iward,


, Asplf Keni 'I: I I


, A , rieavy-welght -newly calvedi'cbd ■which'gave blrlhitd its[ second'calf m /Sundiiy night,,won f i r Mr. W. Aspln, of Grtodleton- the rieservA champIonshpL the Sir william Bn iss'Challenge'Cip for' fee -best newly t alved or 'spring! la cow or heUer. 'ana clsoifee Henry, Iiefl


"straight firim fee mint.” : There.ts :u doubtlthat she was s worthy champlgn At t fhe subsequent st le She was told PT £174'to Mr; J, Fox.' pf Laricaster.


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