Eaifor’s Pos^Bog '?W .'■A plain rule —the ibriefer the better.”


EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL J WELFARE' FARE.


|'


have decided to inaugurate a Fund for the benefit oftoose members of HM,' Forces (bothnien and women) who, on


thefi return to civil life, might he in need' of some measure of financial assistance. The project has the full


Sir,—As Mayor/ of the Borough, -i'


i of Clitheroe lean be relied upon to support to their uttermost those Whose circumstances i have, -been adversely affected by reason of their patflotisin. and: loyal service, ,•


sympathy of ’• the Mayor-Elect ( ^ . Counclltor J. iWilkinson) who .in ■ due course will take over responsibility for the Fund, and I feel sure the people


' ; t


(Commandos turn clubmen — where Service women ^ relaxationwhere “ At Ease” is the order of the day. Where? In Naafi Clubs, of course; In these hew clubs, a variety of comfo ts.andamusemmts


Where the airborne become “ chairborne ” — w lere hnd


awaits the Service mail'pdiWpAan—luxurious lounges,, well-stocked libraries, quiet ; rea^ng ind^ writing-roc ms,] cheerful taverns, games-room^, cafAeriaSp baths and showers


1»i


and barber’si shops, dances,'cabarets> discussion groups, heb ites and lekjires mending and darning service] and eiectri: irons are availcjble. The cost of establishing these dubs :s,borne entirely by


iteligious services, •Each club his a


Naafi — yet another way in which Naaf provides amenities for the Forces.


Sifi tbi ' S' flit


HaatV «.velockRof


are open at |


Borough with' every confldende to, con­ 1 tribute -to' th(s Fund. Subscriptions


1 branches of all Batiks also have ktodly agreed to receive contributions for the


I.Fund” . ■ : ! ,■


I Fund' and to iinvite appropriate organ­ isations in the Borough to appoint representatives to serve on that Com­ mittee. By this means duplication will I bd avoided.; so far as possible, and the


It IS my intention to form a Com- nittee to assist in administering ■ the


Fund' administered to the greatest advantage.'


offerings my fellow citizehs may wish 1 to make.'


I cannot think of any, cause more , appr^iate for .benefit from any peace


______ - GEORGE DEWHURST, Mayor. . '


1 Maydr’s Parlour, ' • Clithferoi : , I


6th October, 1944. DEEpj GAME 1


1 Sii!,-^In his lastiweek’s letter, '‘Vigr lant t’ puts a' question and amwers it to' h k o'Wn satisfaction. Thaf answ^, in my view, Is purely imaginary. He


. clubs'wih L giiiafotd. j


^IjeVdeeH: •jjilcolOj


dHO


I write; Had Mr. Chamberlain offered to the Czechs what he offered to the


ny ]


may be sent (to me'-direct, or .to;th.e Borough ' Treasurer, Church , Street, Clitheroe, and- will be acknowledged in the local Presi. -Managers of the local


I therefore appeal to residents' In the;


spondent Jack Briggs' seem: to be run­ ning onl similar lines to'mine, and pro­ bably many others, viz: “What will | there bi in Clitheroe after the. war ?”; ThA answer to that query is that Cll- theroe will probably be pretty much as always-k-eyes looking backwards at' past history.. ' The things, that'one .chiefly \ hearS'TOofcen about-Are that q f being.| an ancient market town and borough; the antlqqity ,of its Castle—and the like. H. V. i Morton has. described | Clftherofe as being “ half in Lancashire and half in Fairyland.” ■ That, I think, sqms the matter up excellently;'


Sir,—'i’he thoughts of your i corre-1


CLITHEROE’S FCTURE.i I


‘In the early part of- this year I was talking |to a cotton manufacturer, and our conversation'resolved , itself around the future of the Boroughl Ohe remark he made will linger in my memory for many a day.. He said: '‘There never has been-a great deal-in Clitheroe— just a few mills and shops, you' know; there will not be much for a; young, man after this war is over.”. ' I ' , Mr. Briggs asks if Clitheroe has any


■ O'VER, fifty entries were; received for


.never prospers. The Idea of Clitheroe being ‘'residential” has been tile fond wish of the local Council '(particularly the Conservative element) for some years. From my acquaintance with the local shops I think. H is not beside the mark to say- that, on the whole, the shopkeepers’ best friends qre the ordinary working-class who pay as they go.'rather, than the class that uses the 'phone and pays at the month end, or any Time after that—when the mbrd strikes! tiieni. The jmajority .of the monthly public


I Poles, the former would have fought to the last man. Why didn’t he? . . . The lanswer wop’d seem to be that he was playing, a; deep game.” The real, not seeming, Ihnswer was well enough known at the time. It was that we were* in no position to go to war with Hitler, 'Why we were not prepared is another story. ; The difference, .twelye


plans for the future. Well, 11 have some remembrance of the local Council appointing & Development Committee, but what that Committee has developed one does not hear.,.- Certainly Clitheroe needs to be put on'the map industrially.. It takes pride in its public under,takings —its gas, water and electrioitV, and there is'plenty of room, and to'spare, in which the town might grow. i But it remains a little town slumbering in the shadow of its castle, tending to sijpport the old saying that a town with a castle


East Forces. The exhibits were judged by Sgt. 'Alexaiider Drennah. of. tlie Army Film and Photographic Unit, ATarge number of members .ittended


moted by the 'Welfare Camera the Royal Artillery Base Depot Club at


the first monthly competition'pro­ Middle


CLITHEROE MAN TAKES LEAD


‘By A MILITARY OBSERVER, F p


service sheet at the funeral of Mr. Wm. Wilkinson, the bid Clitheronlan who, as Principal of of B ackbum Technical College, became I onkof. the prominent figures in Laheashirfe’s textile industry, and-is mourned bv thousands who valued his friendship 'and exper't know­ ledge.


I Blackburn, I las nrivileg^ oe t to' see


' week-end, I was verse used on the


ter Cathedral, Mt.l Wilkinson came across the following ■, verse which so impressed him that made a request that it should be used in the event bf anything happeningjtojhim; 'It,reads:


Not till the loom is iilent ■ And the shuttlei cease to ply;


For:the dark threads^are as needful , In the weaver’sl skilful hand. And the threads of gold and silver In the pattern He has. planned.


Will God unroll the canvas And explain the: reason why :


Drennan’s , detailed adjud.ica'tion on each picture.:


and listened with great interest to Sgt. INTO the office the other day came a 'letter frem the Rev, ^William


The first: and second prizes were awarded to Gunner Benjamin Tyrcr, UA„ the President of the Club, of 13 Duck ■ Street, Clitheroe, for photo­ graphs of a mosque In whjch light and shade were strongly contrasted.


The adjudicator said that thelexcellent composition- placed these two 'pictures at .the head of; the list. Next bes't.he considered a well-balanced photograph of Egyptian women doing thelt laundry on the batiks of the Nile, submitted by Bomb. Henry Shaw, of MaltoV, who is now taking a driver-Cperator’s course at'the.Base Depot to qualifylas a,sig­ naller in a field regiment.


meetings of the Town Council have been very short indeed—an estimated average of, say, ten minutes per meet­ ing.. That won’t be far out; and, be it noted, (the Council have a 'liking to go into “ qommittee ” during the meetings, which i means'that public and Press have to leave. Of course, Clitheroe is not alone, in this respect: the procedure is pretty well countrywide, •'' 1 In May, this year, '"The, Yorkshire


months later, was two-fold. First, we had 'star-ted to get ready; and secondly it was then more certain than, evtir that! there was no ^limlt to Hlt,« j aggression. It had to be stopped. T


I. the demands of the African campaign for reinforcements . the membership kept small and ever-changing. It was not until recently that'' it really got into its stride and organised regular lectures on all branches of phbtography lor its members, many of whom have only just taken up the hobby. Mem­ bers do their own enlarging. Regular excursions to placeq of inter­


started just before Christmas, 1942, m a tent with ten members, but owing to


The Welfare Camera Club was' first . ; '


the same penalty a year later because, as this war. of five'years has prov^, J twelve months are no time in wluch


I Czechs in 1938 paid the^enMty of oi neglect to re-arm,.and the Poles paid


to lirepare for a world war. These Tacts caitnot tie ' ignored •,and suteti- tuted'by any imaginary point about


‘ playing a deep game.” HI':


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m m


^ H E N ;VOU BUEE i VOUSi EOiJWS o TH S S AUTUMN B I EMf iMB E B r I


I 'V A SeilTABilE'^UU] I AWd indii criminaKi cross broeding. |


★ EJSE A' D&BBV BUiE'ON TOUS BEST BAIQV COWS Dairy hcifi rs ate wmted foi' herd leplacemt nts.


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★ USE ON VOU& BUIE EHAf: CAIVE8


POOnEB C 0 ^ 3 A .COEOUR.MA02.IiS


BEEf U i


* U8E ABEEEBU1EON Beef, storei' are wLnted to feed on the newi leys.


DAini^ DlllK iioiti, olficlallr ImilU feioided t o n proiluce <fie ib.eit .^Ainv USii'yEaif '


WHEN VOlio! CAeW s ARE;; BOON REIiSE.^BER- i


•* Select ll^e. besi—ciill • Ibe unthiifly ' i


xalloni i


•*■061 advice


•* Feedi home an d jieai ihem * ’ Aijk your jWai Agt|cui«uiral Commillec about


. , I


litolyniotel lealletjNo|. 6C A; tolloaV the' li lalvci on calf icacing


Tpar War Agricultural Commttei will help^you, f i f EVERY FARM To Ministry of Agriculture Ipcpt. G.M.F.


ADDRESS.................... .................. ,.......i...... ' M' '


i'.'! ' ' ' '


I . i A' REITER j


Court jHotel, St. Annes, Eytham St. Annes,! Lancs. Plmtsmdme Grovmore Leaflet No. 66-‘'Catf Rearing,"


), Bcrri


NAME.:......... ...............I......:'....... ...... ............ I'


This will give' you beef stores dearly marked as such. TOUR Bl'EIF m x n :


!' F m C A L V E S


serv; vate wou' it is


O^ERVEE. HOUSING COSTS.


doesn’t believe in-viz: that the p te vision of adequate housing is a social ce. If we had had to . rely on pri- enterprise, the shortage Of h o ^ s


»nrpmriRp i,np snuilaxe ui


l ^ a v ^ ^ & m n morl acute than to-day.


i’poration houses I as he likes, ,but I doubt It many tenants of these houses would care to 'return to the houses “ XYZ ” thinks so wonderful, and which have been pa'^ for long ago by the (rents the owners have received.


Ydur correspondent may jibe - at/(Tor­


s i r—There is.’one point about hbus-' ing which “ XYZ I’ either overlooks or


Post” printed ap article in .which it was stated that'a determined effort was being made bv “ certain, orgaiiisatlons behind 'the ,scenes'’; tof combat the secretiveness of many local authorities, which conduces to public apathy. And again: “There can bd no objection to ' '


temporary exclusion where . . Interest requires it: for example, when thb subject is some impending deal in land. I But the councll-dn-commlttee device'of secrecy is often used to con­ ceal a whole range of discussions which ought never to be kept secret. .'. . The best model , for local, government pro­ cedure in manv respects is that ■ of Parliament.”


the. public


Dickinson, well 'known at Chatbum, where: he spent his [early life. He is now in Taunton,, and in the course of a cheeiy letter, says ;;-r


nlans'in this part, but: quite a number from ! Lanacshlre now in the Services


“ I have not met any old Clitheto- '\ ■


have been Statipned I here for a t i ^ . During the summed' 1 was umpiring'a cricket match bbtween R/AF and Army- teams here. At| one stage in the game the R.AF. captain, who hailed from BUry, bowled al.ball that rose and hit the batsman on the ribs: When the batsman came to my end I asked him if heiwas all right. His reply gave me the impression! that 'be came from Lancashire, so I said i to him, i 'What p a r t :of the country are you from?’ He replied 'Lancashire.' I said ‘'What part?' -He answered.‘Blackburn.’ At which the R.AF. captain joined in and said, ’ ThejPadre here comes- from Clitheroe.’ ’Well,’ the batsman said,


I come from WligUcy-': cricket ground, I bhinK.’


coming from a place .with such cricket ■traditions, the 'Whalley-lad did welt with; bat and ball. ,.i. His name was Charnleyr he had played on the village


‘.‘.It was only to .,be expected that- , ^ ,


est are provided for members so that they, can get new subjeefe for. tbeir cameras. Recent trips have been to the Mohammed All Mosque and the Tombs of the Mamelukes, the Delti Barrage, •Memphis and Caccara,


the Base Ddpot as President of the Club.


Gunner Tyrer has a wholefime job at I


as a wholetime' job,” he ;^ id ,'“'but you would be surprised at the amount of work there is attached to Jt. Things


“ It may seem a bit odd'h|aving this


[ getting Qiir share of printing paper and .Chemicals:.all take time.


like preparing the outings, lort the development of members films and


• Mr. Richard Alnwick, Clerk to Aln­ wick Rural Council, in an address to Rotary members,' saldr " Many local authorities to-day, seem seerdtive-about their decisions and policies. Much of the cause of this secretive attitude is found in the sensitiveness of ideal authorities to. public criticism. But criticism should be welcomed, .for


nothing conduces to an efficient system and critical Interest ‘in, rlts


I There are hhndreds of these hpim without hot and cold water,' without


baths, without even e ectrlc light. A go^ proposition for the: landlord, of course, but for nobody else. Private enterprise builders are more inter^ted


1 they can go on drawing rents, but ask the^ to do any inside repairs or


in houses they can sell. house property-owners ever build. They may keep,the structure sound, so tha/t


[improvements! j. . ijAB.C.'''. '■ SUMMER TIME,”


I solved after the last shot is fired in Europe is the question of “ summer- timb.” Up. to 1939 we had the clocte


Sir,—One of;, the • problems to be


I put bn one hour during what we owl, for bonventence, the summer m'onths. Since the war, began., this one hour, has become' an all-the-year-round regu­ lation, and,we. now have in the height of summer a second hour put on. What are we going to have, in pace times? It.is not-Impossible that the


1 Government will consult the people in the Iform of a plebiscite. H so, I, sug- gestlthat it be mode on the following,


lines :


Interference whatever with Green­ wich mean time ?


i(I) Are you for or against any


h )2) Are you for or .'against'one 1


, ;


our being put on say from 'April to September approximately,? .


being put on ,throughout the. whole .year ?.


b ) 'i Are you for or against one ho.ur ; :


ii I I w . b %


'thetiny ‘Featherweight * midget eatpiece ■which fits into your ear. 1


Hearing can be by Bone^oi daction-r - . theEara^rthrough


nothing Ibf or ON rhotinu *PMtIipro;


,'dear^ ea^,' enjoyaole : hearing to more than 150/xx) deaf people.


japerture as cdimortably its your finger-tit) and ican be Worn without leailoop dr ^eadband. iFortiphon^ has brousht


'i


and to conduct Business I


. ■ ■ ■ I


ie Oeai ' to join in conversation, to hear ice, llusic,, TUkies,-Trafl5c, to| shop ' easily and naturaUy! never know bow well yoo


iXou can


You willi:..might hefr until you try. --- have a free. Consultation and t


re yoju Deaf ? I visit! VbP FREg ta S T


ind donsliiltatlon


Test) without obUga- tion, by calling at the nearest of our addresses listed below. J Hours 9*6 (Saturdays 9-1.)


If possible, please write beforehand tc^. arrange an appointment.


i FORtIPHONE LTD I AIm .1 3c| S7


62 l ^ R p i STREEt, MANCHESTER, 2 FAon«'.* Rtaeljri«ra.l799


iHead Offices lAangham louse^ Bldgf.


BmUINClRNCHA^. !) 308 |B


EEGEN^^^Stee^^ I Saoehlriiall Stre^ GLASGOW


.. If the voter is' against (1) that ends the ‘matter entirely. Personally I am in favour of ,(3) and (3), only. T ^ would put' an end to all the humbug of putting the- clock .forward In the spring and backward in the autumn. We should be perinanently one hour ahead of' Greenwich. And one- hour is enotlgh for me. 'Ihere w-Ul of Murse be a great variety, of opinions, but a plebiscite would settle which .had to nrevail


^ I ' TIMEKEEPER., HOUSING COSTS. -


.that itheir •’ rates property, tax,,ground rent,! war damage contnbutioni fire insurance and allowance for repairs mount up fo a figure equal to. or even exceeding the inclusive rent of. a simuar type :of Council ” ouse,” they wifi want to give their, houses away to be rid of the burden. “ XYZ “.’may have noticed a tendency in this direction, but nobody else (has. “XYZ“ write- bitterly, which shows that he 'has. an axe to grind. .Possibly be runs a c a r . ( In normal times. I ' mean). Does he reckon his costs on his oar in the same wav he reckons his cost on his house ? If he buys a : car for £300, does, he expect to get'£300 for it after even three years ? Or would he, put the cost Of repairs and petrol and oil on' the top and'ask'£500 for it ?


Stf,—Seeing that house-owners find


.doing with hie house, or ho-jses. Per- ■hapsT musjudge him. He may have .reduced his rtnts.


Because that isiwhat he is apparentiy ' ! ! TENANT.


1(4) In' the event of your being in. favour of (2i or', (3), ore yovi for or agaiinst a second’hour being put fof- • ward in the hfelght'Of the summer?


■minutes were given,, say, in this style: Councillor X IConservative) or Coun­ cillor Y (Labour) proposed this, ,that or the other, instead of such and such a committee ‘ 'resolved that;” etc. ? ■' One thing is'Certain; the local Coun­


the publication in the Press.of items culled from the minutes of Its Com­ mittees, but would it not give the ratepayers a better guide aa to. how their representati'ves vote if thd names of proposers and seconders , of. the


hSalrsi” Clitheroe Town' Council does permit


as official photographer for all the Base Depot activities, such as cricket, i foot­ ball, swimiping and o'ther,spirts teams. Then when 'anyone. gets: married, or there is a presentation, I, have to be on hand to.record ’it.


take photographs for the- 'war Diary and the album of records kept at the, base, but still I thoroughly enjoy all of jt and II am' very, lucky in being able tb use my peacetime hobby .as an Army job.”


“ Another feature of my work is to


in July,; 1941, photographer..


Joined the Army in .November, 1940, and came overseas to the Middle East was a 'keeh qmateur


WOMEN WHO ARE


cil sorely needs a lively, constructive Opposition. I t 'is not. necessarily cor­ rect to say that the majority, rules; a good Opposition can upset a complacent; majority.; 'Finally, wh?n.We do have. a. Weal


'■procedure seems to be that the political parties just choose from Inside thelr- oWn active ranks, and if a man is ‘a good party member he gets nominated. Surely there must be many more cap­ able people who are not'actively identi­ fied With any particular party. Can Clitheroe have a lively, courageous' post-war Town,Council? If So, maybe the: public will trouble to attend the monthly meetings. ' :


election, is there no way in which the most able men in the town can be put up as candidates ? , As 1 seq''. it, the


; ■ 1 NEV. LEAVEj IT TO STALIN.”


Lord; is once again (in last'week's issue) worrying h'qhself about opr ■


Sir!—Your "regular contributor, Carey


■the'.conditions aid situations-obtaining af-the end of this waj will be very much different to 1918. The'h -there w4s no Eastern Front. 'Then there ,:was ^ ;Red Army. : 'Now there ,is a ‘huge Russian army, poised to invade Ger­ many. 'And the: Germans are terrified of the Nemesis which will crush -theni/ as ;they have crushed' others, TOie millions of British Empire and Ameri­ can; troops will 'also demand an oppor­ tunity of making.“ a c'.tan job of it" this time. So why worry ? Leave it to Joe,’! ' !'


iln (Great Britain and America who Itvould' like to see .the Germans “ let dtiwn lightly,” which is'certainly-not the; case, Jt would avail nothing. Does he really think that the Russians, the French, the Belgians, the Dutch, the Norwegians, etc., are -going to allow anyone to bar the path of -revenge for the awful things which they have had to endure? Not likely. And who is going to stop them ? Certainly not a handful of nit-wits in this'country. 'Carey Lord overlooks- the fact that


■ VIGILANT. • Showrooms


(mSE 2 TABLETS^'? STGPACibffir


y Whon y o aare selzedwltbstom* ach pain, don’t ' desp^rl Instead.


,, lately wrapped to carry loose,


' elick two pl6^ a r i t - ta s t in ? RBNNIQS) one after tke other, l ik e e v e e t s . They.’fe aepa-


' No watorn©ede4 ‘ .


J. take them anywhere! If Bennies don^t '' bring quick relltf, it’s high time yon saw


* * ^ 1


, cnewmg' gum, plastics, sugars,‘.yeast, and rubber, and /that tress Will be used less'for lumber'and morp for making other products.


'


‘the source of a wide variety of pro­ ducts including dyes, baking . powder, toothpaste, medicine, paints, perfumes,


after the war, American forests.will be


TOOTHPASTE FROflj TREES. Dr.'Robert-S. Aries predicts that


lO fZ O , j r h o m a s jS t r e e t , M a n c h e s t e r 4 . 1


I -Telephone :i 'BLAckfnars 8282. i I


Prevention is better Aan! cure! ; ' . ; I f 'you have eye trouble ( consult ns -withopt ,delay• Remember your! eyes are (preddns;


■ ('


I COlV^RON ^ leeMing, '


I '‘F im c . i'! '■'■l!' .' ■ QUALIFIED OPTiqANS, ' MOOR LANE, i CLITHEROE.


away with it." But he needn’t worry his!head in the least. He can safely leave it to Stalin, along with the mil- Koris of victims of the once occupied countries, to exact a just peace. Even- were there a large number of people I


’softies'” letting the Germans “ get


ALWAYS AIUNG NEVER “ CP TO THE MARK." Are you one of the many women who


I really well? Hardly a day passes, per­ haps, without a headache: often your bask feels ready to break and you find it almost more than you can do to get through* the day. You feel’ too weary for anything—every little (task seemS’ beyond you.


do not know what it me ms to feel


need not do so. Perhaps you do; not feallse that mosMllments from which


Why do you suffpr like this? You


increase your blood.and your ailments ^UU vanish. To do this you 'have only } take Dr. Williams Pink Pills. These fils help to create new. rich blood, an lause they do this th ^ | have ilven and vlgo luruij to thousands


hew health


I If you want to get all-the benefit that- newj rich Wood can ‘give you, Sart taking Dr, WUllamk Pink Pills now.,-', New strength,' a good appetite, better'sleep and steady nferves—these will all be .yours if you takfe these pUls. Of all chemists, 1/5, (triple size 3/S), fnoluding punffiase tax). ]


if weary, depressed women. In peacetime. Gunner ’(tyrer, who ! I CULL from."Tlie Countryman” the


did not care tb spend £100 onja new water supply for a poorish cottage, sold


writes ”A Fruit-grower’s Diary’’:—, “Twenty-five; years ago, a friend whe


'lollowing note by BMB.,[ "who


it for £45, In:1940, it.'was offered backj, to his son for £400 and declined with thanks, It was then;pat up Wr auc­ tion, still without, a proper | water supply, and mhde £l,030. -The runner up waq a gypsy."'


: 1 ■ “ In addition to that. I have to ac't STANDING on Higher Hodder Bridgf


admiring the jaittqmn'scene,, spotted t couple. of heijons ,stahding motionlesi in the stream, ' They werd quite a hundred yards away' but pvldently did not like the idea of being watched,; lo i after'oa


the other. morning, a friend flapped lazily away. period they rose and ■I


A NUMBER , of Clitheroe people,'nov s-


of. their safety after what has obvioush been an ordeal. Local newspapers tell in story, and picture <)f the devastatiori wrought in '(bomb alley ” as well as in the ■


bomb menacejanditf ls.good''tto.knqif knot mehacej and i uie


resident in the South, have'sen', racin me mews-of their survival of the fly


suiyivai ui me uyr 'Is go


-the birds flew! off'-in a panic and.nevet got used to the' noisej They made for the (deep hedgerows,, pf , course. Just ap they would in escaping,-from a sparrow^ hawk. Rabbits went' underground, and it is clear that the ; doodle-bugs and shells were enjoyed afe little ;by the wil^ creatures, as Ig' humans.


women suffer are due to one causfeL. . Impoverished blood. lESirloh and


Great' Britain ■ have'i arrived in Ne(v York City. There were sixty of thepi in alll togethfer with | sixteen children. Naval ofifcials have said that most qf the young ladies canle from Northern Ireland, and met their sailor husbams while , the latter were stationed at a naval' construction base there. Ti e husbands are: also ndjw being retumqd


mHE ; first group of: war brides who 1 met their American husbands ip


to .the States.l A' ; i ■.['!■ ■' , : . ! .■ *!'


in pencil, addressedjto' “ HM- Home Secretary,” from Judith Barnes, aged eight,' daughter, of the Rev.; G. G. . Barnes, of Southport.' She ' wrote ; J


church (I gd to church because I-pm a minister’s (daughter), I wrat :to see the lights in Lord-sipeet. 'aey lobk lovely. It is 'the flrst.tlme I have sefen them up here. I' was only a baby when I saw them last time. I; am 8i, and I thaik you very, much tor think-


" Dear ' Secretary,-7Yesterday afte


MONO’niany letW-received ^y Mr. Herbfert Morrison, Home Secre­ tary, on, black-out relaxations was ope


spondents speak'in terms of admira­ tion of the work dpUe bW airmen and, gunners. “ We have had exciting times, but wejare glad they are,over,]’ says one.: Andther noted the re.'actloh of birds to the flying bombs. Most, of


Metropolitan area. All my corrcr


'smart upjtd-date Miss seemed to' find the closely-printed;“ Sorrows of Satan ” of breathless li .te re s t.O n j;another ' plane is the! m i(jdle-aged musician— the' evidence is a 'cello whichj he carries —who is working' steadily/ if slowly, through; a book called “ Teach lYourself Algebra.” ' |


■ accounts* for the emergence of old favourites (says thb London correspdnd- ent of ; the “ Birmingham ' PpSt.”) I noticed : a city man so absorbed in •‘.The Last of the,Mohicans” (that he missed his station. ' Another day, a


The .-shortage of'new books qo doubt I


Christmas ds c


games- - I


SINCE certain tough suggestions for Guards ome fromj a Home Guard him­ self. there can be ho harm in (taking a look a t‘them, writes “Diarist” in the •' Yorkshire Evening Post.” perhaps


the pick-:-


i This j


for_ |ex-(Home Is


74 (Sticky), Take out the safety pin ' and 'stand the bomb on thfe carpet, handla (upwards, keeping hold 'of the handle.' Get the ;Home GUatds -In' a circle and to the tune of ‘‘Where ate the lads of the Old ;Brigade” they ' begin-marching round the room, and . when nicely in the swing the M.C., who


Remove the outer casing from a No. 5^ ^ gu^'^^the w a v ^ ^ ^


awarded a prize, but should he fumble; the job! dispose of what is left of him.. in ' the outer -casing of the wmb. ■ , ‘


handle and replaces the' pin first is


adds the correspondent, “I suggest ’ that each week we send a postal order _ to ,our:N,OG. for 3s.,i that ■ .being the - amount we, received for an all-night guard and usually lost to the N.C.O. at dominoes, solo [or pontoon. He will then continue -to smile at us when he meets us. in the Street.’.’


‘To keep Home Guaifi'spirit,” ■'


V-Day: i “ If the war ends, before 1 p.m. ' all shops and offices will close for the day; irthe last 'iall clear’ ’goes after 1 pan.'they will'close the whole of


(J H IS ; is ' the 'JGngstomdn-Thames Chamber of (Jommerce’s plan for


may accidentally push in ishoo Wln- •dows may plear wmdows of (stocks. -


ing to;'disturb his. .wife [(says the ( ‘,‘Glasaow Herald”), ihe entered the house quietly, crept past the bedroom ' door,' and w'ent to; the, kitchen to make ,


. He had been movmg about in tne kitchen quietly; as -he thought, for some time, when. (an agoplsed vo ce (his wife’s) called: “ Whos^ there ? , “ It’s all right,”, he replied, ' its me


ring the police and tell them they ■needn’t ; come, [round. I'vfe jUst P.honea thfem to say ^herb’s a burglar m tne


—Jimmy. Anythihg you .want/’ ■“-Yes,” she( shouted, "youd better


ktchein.' ’’


po[iples, too. If you’ve time, orj send a gift by post On your sympathy depenefs the British Legion's worit for ex-Serylce men andwqmen of ALL ranks, ALL Sei and ALL WARS, femllles,'and the wljlqws .and children of the fallen.


(of Myl.f.FR STREET WORKS arid WAREHOUSES) FOR


S^itary Equipment, Tile Fir^plac^, |


& Cii M |


Combination Grate^, Furniture, etc.


group still in ' action returned home about 3 a.ml. ..although he was not ■ expected’unilThbout 8 a.m.! Not wte- ::


OWnia to'unforeseen circumstances, a mfember of a [certain Civil Defence


the next day,” , : , ( . ,_ , r Traders who fear that the joy crowds .


■


JMonday evenipg; tribute was paid to the memory of the late Mr. -L.


PARISH COlIN(nL.-At a meet- Jng' bf Whalleii Parish Council, on


.provide , additional lamps where this Is desitable land possible.


(


.•writes In the current Issue of .the Deanery M^gafine :


' :|


•out, by a dim-out is for the home population jwoijth more than a vic­ tory on foreign soil. In that It lifts ja burden spiritual as well as physl-r cal which has had to (be endUred during ■flve‘lo[ng winters of more than styglah-gloom. We shall value .ns never, before;, the cheery - rays that prlvafei -windows lend to .the public street, even if wel are not yet. permitted to sed what Is going on


“The replacement of the black-


LIGHTS i CP !| — The' Vicar ;of Whalley '(Rev. H. W. Butterworth)


JLydeheard.l’or etof the members. Jn Jhls place, 10 was decided to elect /Mr. J. Cotterl|l la member ;of the Council. Consideration! ;was given- td street lighting and the, members decided to | put all the lamps Into use ag-quickly, as possible, and to


Spme years ago, when visiting Ches­ . ] : ';


“ rainy day.” among' bbserveijs may be secured a “ rain i day "


ant y: s


MIDDLE EAST CAMERA aUB


L O O K I N


IN A N D O U AND r o u n d


By QUrs.


—Thank you very '; much for sending me such a nice letter about theriighta Jn Lord-street, jit was thoughtful of you to .write, and I am glad that yea- llke them.^ I hoW it will not be very ge :e can do away with,


Ing of such a nice thing.” aVIr. Morrison rbrnied; ' “ Dear Judi-Ji


Jong now,;before .the black-out alt<


*


T js difficult to know exactly: what is Im jneant. bv'^So vaeue a Dhrn.^p ac ns a


i


rainfall is not less than 1/lOOth of an inch. This majj seem a small amount but it is equivalent';to one,ton ofirainf water per'acre 6f land, an inch (of rain, bringing about 100 tdns of water to the


acre.' ; • ] I | ' '


Europe, it is the southerly and westerly winds that usually bring rain. Air that • has passed oVer a large expanse of warm water becomes laden with'mois­ ture thait willlbe readily precipitated (as the scientists say) when subjected to cooling influences. .These Influences it receives wheh encountering Ijills and, mountains, siiice a mass of moist air when forced (upwards' is- chilled, not only by the asemt into colder altitudes but a’iso by thfe expansion it undergoes!


In Britain, as ln| the greater part of the


Baghdad Thned .ptoff. ' The B',shop of Bprnley and the -


.CUtheroe .PMlsblChurch^han^ ■wal when' offertories totalled ^ 5 . Waterloo Wesleyan (Chapel, stafilaa'


between the ahnual rainfall of [various parts'of the (British Isles, and this vAriatioh is from 23 Inches to 131 inches a year, i Seathwaite in Cumberland being the wettest; spot, and parts of the East coast (and -Midlands the driest.. j; ' ' j ■ ■


The're'is'a|, considerable difference ■ • ■!■;'•'


, The wettest place in 'the- world Is generally considered.^ be Cherrapunji, on the 'Kharij Hills, north of Bombay. There the'average annual rainfall is- nearly 500 Inches or 50,000 tons to the


. acre, and half of this is received .in- the two months June land July !


"I). l a £ ColledUons £14, i . i


b e: Fletcher ; Wre the'fireatffiera


' ' j ' Hlndle Higsoh, B Wood, B. - ' W. Chamberlain G,- Qortoh


^CorOperative Soc( sales at, £22,205 almost £ 6,000 .figures in the p:


.Knowles, PlpiUcd: jOetdber 12th,' h< work as a tfear-,1 works befoije b


In an intenn


-.walking dally fi .l ‘well. For" long


, .Heeves, Stump •Hand.


. Ldcal dea-ths Alien, West-yiev


emuneratlon w oneetihg of mepil


4st, Offertories 'ealised £28. ' I t .was rcpor


_ibers of th e . iciety that the quarter’s ') were an Increase of on! the corresponding, iievlous.year.'.


cd


to the quarterly (jlltheroe


-,boy at Primrose print- le (was six'years old.-


iwi with Mr. William )-road, who was 85 on 'statedjthat he began


; om his home at Wf^


h o u r s t h e job his fis!2s. 6d. pet weekJ.if.


included ■ Mr.' (jharies ,-aged 801 and MjvjE. Cross, Boltort-by-Bpti/r


. in the (Jreat "W i Inspecor Youni


'..lord, to perpetu of the -toTOShi;)


It was deoldec to place a brass tablet jn St. Catherhu


an


,e's I Church, West Brad- Ate the memow of men who lost their lives


..Division, who 1* •iGreat Horwiood, thfe completion


.neSs., .In 1913. Jn 1918, 29.075.


licensing statist able decline in ”


. £ ’of the (Jhurch Police lad spent 15 years at , retired on pension on, )f ,42 years’ service.


Some Office ietiims dealing with thi


. cs recorded a remark- convictions for drunken-! e.figures- were-188,877:;


WHALUEY earll ‘tbolf


nlgn Wei


'.hadGeri -We! Evej werl (i I


the I In'


T3


O l Of; Mil Liv


Are But Bt)l


sec Am Fraa gluij rela


isterf 'the: wltl


folM Thd


(ioWch. Mr. bT Wilkinson; H-R-O.G. <jp], was organist, and an ordte,txa'included .Messrs A. R: Bteazard, E. H^reaves. jiL. Bleazard,’il. B. Shaw, Mi


vices were ctfiduptod by the Rev. h. 'A musical! hour-formed.part of. the


arvest .celebratlbns at WhaLey Pw^h pje


Tarker, with, Mif, F. Pye, AHM.CM. .conductor, and Mr., A. Langshaw, sole


TIB


. ser- Cecll


- 'at festl- ;■ At


Rdv.


M ij in pro) and


SwJ disq with RoU tion


J and meteorbiogiats t hbs heen settled that is 'one on , w


vague.a p rase so; • that


uniformity ’hich the ther.” f 25 Years Ago. O U T <From our issuns October 10th, 1919). (j-J


. The strike of /the 5th, and! a -. jn operation : on


raliwaymen endeS on full service was the 7th.'


j A petition' was ^gned by j and district Ir^Wnte


. I : .


,; /were married pp The marriagewasIsolOTnlrod,


(land, and Mlssj the 4th. ^


! posal to abjOllsli the suh-Post I ithere.


again


■Waterloo the


i- V pro- office


Mr! GeorgV>ai^. Bolton^Bo-w- Emily Lord, iRlshton,


i 6th, at Clitherpe Wesley Chu ja s Kellet, LowjM^


formerly ol Pier'c' Hill. Whalley. . - .. General 4 ^


Blh, a iQTid


C.Q.M.S. Harry I, and Miss Annie


,


Mr. Alfred ^oroh, Fenlscowles,^,~ Alice Kellet, (daughter of Mr. and


At Whalley ^ i s h ; Church, ^ wedffing


roe[ boq Cle ind and whl lla|


----- -jonjthe Xol


Tof of ■


[


Church, ^pl rati ■to Miss Mrs.


Alliue dviaoiiiLv*) — • jtileci soj


■ w M 'o I Newbmy; Mashiter, of Dutton,


between the


stel thti ben


iw,


, £lven. It up.”i RECORD COLLECTI'


a's' a result;of i t the Parish' Decently, the Butterworth)


ilrra place ip; our; affections, and,the afternoon evensong seems best left. :to the cathedri


.than £302 jacc:'ued to church funds gifts and collections Church, bn Sunday^ Vicar (Rev, H. W, Issued .‘an appeal


'.the parish, .These Included £'50 as: A quota to the dtocese for new work;


showing certain requirements of


,a result of The Vicar ____


a t Whalley ■stances allow


painting of the church I as clrcum- .the improvement of church school^ ahd Wiswellrequired as and £150 towards new Education Act. gifts


£1(00 for thd exterior and.Inferior the


■ gregatlon in the mornipg, the Vlcarj 'took the afterridon-service, and the! Rev. H.: Y.l Biijrnett. Sector--of . St.l ■James’i, Clitherde, was the preacher; at evensong, (when an anthem was sung by thfe choir.


furnishing a portal house;


tetlmate' that' the utility furniture required to I furbish, these houses-will cost a-bout:£45.; •


''' ’


states Ihat jstei t arrange-for ( the


from sword Mr.. Huds<in,|


tten for all forum of agricultural worl:.


ids' are being taken t) training of ex-Servlc;


TO PLOUGHSHAKB ifinlster of -Agrlcultun.


.. Portal hoijses Will contain standard ^eed fitments worth about:£80 to £100 These Include wardrobes, cupboards book-case,': iinmerslon heater and gat or electric feodker. The Governmen -


Jectlons at the phrvest thanksgiving services 'on, Sunday—a! record for the parish,' I'The Ven: (Archdeacon R. Newman,' .0 : former Vicar'.of[ Whalley, prea'ched to a large con-(


in the courpe cf Saturday,- and this ■sum was increased to £302 by col-


received' £150 in stat!


-In the lightedj.roopisi -Autumn; evenings w)ll now recover some ,of( the charm ,w: (have iinown: andi loved. ‘It IS; tS- be hoped that the Sunday Evensong will recover h good part df the popularity it has- lost during; thiise black nights, for the evening se:'vlce in the evening, though modern, | has established a


,li which' have never c iJ n . - :■No less.


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