C L I T H E R O E A D V E B T I S E R


ILLIE’S VISIT at Moor Lane


|t Services idATIONS' DELIGHTED


|l are. as requisite as accuracy to full


hiMrpretatlon. That perfect gbm, Schubert’s haunting' air “To Music” w.as exquisitely isung,' Miss BalUle


attained the • beauty which ffor so many, who attempt the item! is un­ attainable, Then to hriiig joy brimming;'over she, sang that :charnilng piece, arranged by Hazle- hurs t,G'Leave your Rhe^ ,” and ,'ended" by I singing, quite flawlessly, the Easter Hymn,'“ Alleluja,” which


one wished might have gone on for ever!


. At. thlsi afternoon service, Mr. Dickinson’s choice was'"Opai the Gates of thel'Temple” (Knapp) and Cuthbert Harris’s “Give thanks and Slng.-’^ , He is the-possessor of a very , pleasing tenor voice and'sbigs-with directness of appfdaich and lack of mannerism that;is most effective. ,


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i Opening with the anthem “While - the earth remalneth," (Maunder);; the choir added considerably, to. the, pleasure of the occasion with this and their two succeeding choruses .' from the Creatidn, the, mighty “The Heavens art Telling” and “Achieved . is the Glorious Work,” singing wlth^ Are, but with' proper regard lor ■ essential discipline, :


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;would need religion. in the future trying; years, jand expressing the; ■opinion that he .would not-be sur-| . :prised If the revival of religion did] not.startliiRussia.'- j i-


;the afternoon,, there was another^ remarkably good '.congregation" in; the evening, when the service "was led'by Mr. :Yearsley„ who-gave a . brief address, saying how the world'


: ; - EVENING >tUSIC. ! Whilst hot so tlghtly;packed as in


iqull ’’“Be ’Thou; with Me ” (Bach) ■was a prayer, sincere and moving, while there was the authentic note of jubilation lii "Let the bright Ser­ aphim” (Handel). Two further/ iperfectly sung; items were (‘The ■ ;blrds. go: North 'again” and the 'simple,. straightforward, yet touch- ;ing “ ’Think on Me,” sung with that unaffected sincerity which conceals art. No item 'gave greater pleasure ■ than Mendelssohn’s “ Hear my Prayer,’’ the firm, sonority of the choir accentuating the lovely sweet­ ness and purity of Miss Baillle’s soprano in the: solo. The choir ex­ celled in this number and added to the lustre of the service In. the Wal- ford Davies anthem “Had we but harkened.” Mr. Taylor, as leader, deserves warm praise on the effect­ iveness of his choir’s I contributions to these notable services. Mr. Dlckinsbn was hedrd to full


Miss Balllle increased her hold on the osWeem of Rer, Clltheroe ad­ mirers with her supremely line sing­ ing of some .0^ tlie piost delightful, Items in-her wide repertoire. We had, foh Instance, Purcell’s. “Hark; the echoing air,” and h,ow Miss Balllle made it echo! The. tran-


If 'it' were possible to Im'aglne it,;


’powCr and understanding. Altogether,. ithese . were musical occasions which will long be recalled Vvlth pride and pleasure by qll con­


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DUNSOP BRIDGE . 1 '


(Mr. G. Millar),, Miss D. Parkinson, Miss M. Woods and Mr. G. Mars- land, attended a very .interesting School of Drama,..organised by;the West Riding Youth Committee in the Barnoldswick Modern School, last week-end.- ' Practical problems of.stagermanagement' were discus­ sed 'in detail .iby the'West Riding County sYouth; Committee’s organ­ isers,’ and a great dear of valuable experience was gained.


DRAMA ' CLASS.—The President


R.A.P., Ison of P.C. and Mrs. Benson, of Mocrlahd Crescent. Like many of: the Doyq,out there he has some­ thing tbsay about travelling in that vast ontlnent. . It seems there


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sews from India conies in ter from Gilbert Benson,


" two bet ig 'jised by the na lives. “ It l£ apiazing how many .Indians


■-^they sii they tances Bert s; travel


.are four .classes of traveh" first, second, inter and third,, the last


can pa& themselves Into one . car­ riage. jif there isn’t enough room . cling to the outside and


in I,travel considerable dls- In comparative: comfort,”


the large cities, but I have not been particularly Impressed,” he/contin­ ues. .’ There is dirt and j squalor eVerywherb, ; Even in 'the main streets of Calcutta garbage bins remain uhemptled 'and overloaded so that refuse is scattered all round whilst laalhy; dogs, cats and crows get thefr‘i!neals'there., I need not mention the: numerous beggars in various .itates of physical deformity who ’are 1 continually asking for ‘bakshe^s.i


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advantage, too, in the dramatic solos^ &uhd an Alarm ” and “How , vain/is man,’,’ i which he sung with


ticularly; prominent in Bombay, everyone seems to be trying to sell .somethlrig. be It curio .(more often than-noi^fflade in Birmingham).' br some necessary article i like: talcum powder br ■ razor blades. At night the pavements are littered with what seem like bundles of rags, but which, ini reality; are .people, who apparently have nowhere to sleep and who] make the pavements their homes.


“ In the| bazaars, which are par­


have beefi-entertained by a; gentler Man whb Makes a point of giving the troops the chance of a jllttie home comfort. , I hope that our people atjlhorae are doing the^same for our allied, troops. Perhaps I - ,


few and! dlstlnctiL - troops. However, I and two friends


1 “ 'Whit


people are comparatively here seems to be aj class


are really no better than third class,, there being no cooling fans and no washing facilities. Fortunately, however, these trains have organ­ ised stops, where one can have a good washl, We used to dash to the nearest water tank, xlad only in shorts, and have a most refreshing shower. I -Cfe'long journeys arrange­ ments were made for us to cook our own food,! which worked out very well. ■ pn'e can't exist for ever,on cheese, Jaih, bully and biscuits. “ I have had a glimpse of most of


lys ‘Tne troops usually In military coacnes, which


TOWARDS PENDLE AND Photo.:


shutters. , They are by lio means palatial, and the only lighting we have, Is by ni'eahs of oil lamps. ' A native'boy’ cledns our shdbs, makes .bur beds; .does the wash ng, and generally makes himself useful.”


at his sta S letter from Nofinan Hlndld, of Moss


oom arranged ion.


treet, whi ' •-- ■ - - - - -


this country “Thanks


lads in the


I suppose I tunate In,


— ..........Forces have a I little bit of the “A. and’T.” all to themselves. can


land d u r te my period df service , and. of: course, have beeil able to get home bn leave, so.thgt I have visited the |old, iorough and/noticed how things are there. Incidentally, I have oftdn found hiyselfi compar­ ing It to the different places I have seen and Olltheroe always!seems to me to .be the bebt place of all. I know thap everyone Isl of the opinion!!that the horabtovvn is the best spot on earth, but I bjive never seen ipcenery that bould beat- that of the RlbblC''valley,-and I’ve been- in some'fa|rly Jilce places (so.far as scenery., goes. fWales, for jexample, has quite a feu beauty spots, and the South, In I parts. Is considered


time of wrUing I have been in Eng­ ,


consider! myself for- i|p.


quite pr.etty. '■ j t Is, too, as I say, “ In parts,.]'. *


your' cbluMh li Inyaluab lads in th i t 'ue often get to know the whereabouts in the wolrld of old friends whbm we haven’t Seen Since war broke out] In some Instances, I didn’t e(ren know they were 'in the Services. Apajrt from ohee, at a training camp,' I have never been on a camri with la lad from home, and yet I r ;ad in your column about lads from hoMb' meeting lln places like Cairo, Italy,' India arid practl-' cally everj place on earth! Mind you, I have often numbered among


;If only from one point


.my pals lads from Bblton! Burnley, etc., but I Sust Ican’t .find any Cllth- eroe lads, j , ! ’ . ,.


between them and the some respects: dally the hut I the' time b^lngi Lancashlri and the Sbuth!


nbtlce thb class dlstinctl-Dn between i cheery, i white civilians and the troops be- Londoners cause I spent some time in South Africa, where the people are; just the opposite. ■


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have’seen are the Viceroy’s Palace at Delhi dnd the Old Fort there, Ms well as that Magnificent feat of en- glneerlngJ the Howrah Bridge in Calcutta, land I have also seen the , famous Gateway pf India.,


!“Amonbt the famous buildings-1 :


gramophone jcohcerts has been arranged for alternate' Sunday evenings durlilg the coming Winter- at Staple Oakj, ,A small number of records is selected and a brief exr plahatory - and analytical descrip­ tion precedes the playing. The idea underlying the concerts is that they may serve as dn introduction to an' art which gives ^Immense pleasure to a l^rge nuniber ofipeoplej whose circuihstancesi make 'it possible for . them to attend,concerts-; a plea­ sure-.which. is,.of cojirse, dehled to the inhabitants of remote country dlstricts.'i


LISTENING jGROUP.-A series of j


WAR’ OliGANISATTON, OP THE RED CROSS AND ST. JOHN. ■ i ' OORBEOnON.


Hospital Supply ' Depot gratefully acknowledge the foliowhig contribution: V Friends and ' Neighbours in iKemple


The Conunittee of -f-the Olitheroe i '


iew,'in memory- of lieut. Richard Stewart:' £2 4s. 6d.',


m CU’THEROE & DISTRICT .


Proceeds of -Whist and Do- m;no Drive: ,-per. Mrs. W. Wrench, Mrs, C, Pye and friends


Previously acknowledged ...1849 15 1


PRISONERS' OF; WAR FiflND. ■ £■ s. d.


Mariorle WaUtonk & Betty Simjison:-, Ship .half-pence,. ,0 10 0


20 4 8


Miss Bibomfle'.d; .Effort ..... 0 13 6 Barrie. Wm. Jones: .Ship . Halfpence ..1..........


Conservat:ive .Club; -Box . I


Barrie'Wm..Jones JSporte Section


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Total to date. .£1,882 0 2 C.iPYE. Hon. ’Treasurer.


; PRISONERS’ "BRITISH RESTAURANT.” .


British prisoner af .war has'written tq ,. 'Red Cross to iay that the 147 then in his work, camb" have started a; system ■ of communal feeain’


. Promj Stalaf;;jXXlD-'in Germany a


.ito knb'w.” he asks, ’’If we are the first •to,do.S'f” ; ;i i


g. "We would like DEHYDRATED MEAIjS.


potatoes from Canada and meat, from, p the Argentine were , shown'i to


. Was done in a field kitchen, copstructed -.of emptv'petrol tins, and in charge of ■' Q.’


cooked form, at an Army equipment exhibition in Glasgow.'; Thej cooking


; Dehydrated carrots, cabbage and ublic, first in dehydrated and* then in


M.S. Adams, who In civil life was a <^ef at Grosvenor House, Lohdon.


Mrs, .Smithson,'Hazel Jones . , and Irene Dene; Effort .. -S 17 2 ,


Bdr. RI J. Pye, f).o,W. i . ! . . . - 1 t . 0 Bristol -Aeroplane Co.,' Ltd.


0 8.3 0 8 0


T H E P IN T JP ” G IR L The recent “Pin Dp Girl]’ dance,


Iheld at Thf. Ha'J, Rowergate, proved a most en-joy ible event. Four! Service­ men seleofej^ their ideal f>in| up girl ” ■tfhile dani'mg was In progress. If the applause :jwk any sure criterion, the foremost giill was Miss-Mary/^ckson,


.of Waddington, with' Miss|'Eleanor' ■Whlpp, ' :cf Chatburn,, second., Music wqs furnished by the RE. Dance Band and spot prizes; w'ere awarded to Spr.


, Atkinson and Miss E. Boyers, and Spr. ■Atkinson ■ and ;Miss Kathleen] Oswald.


penses ■K'hich will be entailed bv the, Ohristmas pantomime, totalled £25:


Proceeds, which were to defray « - Girl&W t______ ho Cauke Anxiety I TO ALL M OTHERS


t ature it calling for more nourishment ihia dhe blood ctn ! supply, andi . signs <•( cistreat are aridaw. by dull fcyef,- pallid aheeks, a languid ;step. fits of depreuiom m lching back, periodical headaches, and bl dis­


gigni !of . anxQila,.! and take prompt stepa.ita tive her dauEhterjthe new. blood her' STstem


Pink Pills, jlhottsanas. of .unhappy, feeble, snsemie girls ba«|e : been . transformed into robust! women, through, the'good red Mood Iheie pill* iof't** the! system. , In the ti]eatmat of anxmta, niV other ei^er succeeded; like good . old


ike'for proper foAd." ' ---- - -- i -tho-* watcoiul dother will recognise these s clamouring for by drina her. Dr. Williams


medicine,-has Dr. Williains frejh sill, ,


essential to tp^ t an*mic P 5d.


which ^mce 1915, in Surrey.


The Lar^e has


^r.^ Wilhamii branh Pink Pills, D


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<riple size 3; . ! P»nk, Pills; they generate that


- including purchase- raV


» .f rich blood which lis absolutels girl. All chemists sell id. a bos


«iosT” Butterfly REAPPEARS ITortolseshell hutterfiy


beqn .extinct M .Britain now. been-Seen^ again


anwmia oftenc dertlopa. The anxious mother sees her datuhter pcdually droop and grow fr^IOi bloodied aind oerroui., N' tmeia eoiiditidds indicatie plainly that


bont Uelf ^ugLtkri , lapecUlIy tboM In tWr for il.la h theie trying yetrs that


■•tihtri uTc reuon to be worried


Mate; which is hot and dry in most places, except for about three months of the year. When I was in Bengali Where the climate is very humid, thb temperature reached HO', in MarchJj! At my present station it- is much cooler and more pleasant, vyhllst thb monsoon merely, means heavy rain, occurring mostly at night. Life Is pretty good land the.


“ And now a word about the cll- , cricket.


food exbellent. We have also a very decent cinema where a! different film is shown every night.' There .s a fiction library ahd a canteen, and facilities for playing football and ,:


. the roof Is covered with thick, dry, I leaves, i ’^ e windows are^ merely


walls mads of thin -sheets-of wood fixed to a frame of stout boles, and


“ The huts In which we live have


way it is quite comfortable and in a happy one, espe- use as mylhoMe for We 'have lads,from,


! As to the caMp I am oninow/ in a


■their ablll.y tq take i t ’ and keep so cheerful.


In fact, th Is a .‘(3en’ an old" hilt' Was changed-almost nto ;bne of.jthe best read- I have ever seen. The


overnight Ing rooms reading desks,] made of Wood and stained to


this camp vho :|s a “good bloke” and Isn’t afraiq Of carrying his Ideas out. show'piece of this camp roonji: which, from being'


We ht^v( an education Ofiicer nt


jrou the IMpresblon of .being In some realIy.lsnugTlb)rary—a real ‘wizard’ effort.' ■ p.f course, a ‘Gen’ rbOM doesn’t . have ^o . look nice, but it helps,;and'as It happens,.the Edu­ cation Ofdcer has spared! no pains tip get the stuff to keep the lads on top of the trejnd In world'affairs. We have books and ner'lodlcals ranging from the- Bible, ■ through economic periodicals from Russia, ■France,,America, down t'q the ever useful A.6.C., I a fine effort all bound, ai.d one; that ileads to; thoughts of ojir library !at home. Although I know you won’t want worrying -vlth' what amounts to a controversial t>pic, which after-all belongs not to our colunin but to


some 6f the lads, and wlthlthe usual standq, etc., ate- designed to give


like mahogany by


of the LordOii'|lads have had their homes smished by “Doodle-bugs,” they, have coiitlnued to:be quite hav4 had all my Ideas of changed considerably by


Yorkshire, 'Scotland ahd 'although soMe


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of view,; to the


by an A.E.C. ofideer are provided in a;


CLERK HILL J. Hlndle Hlgson, A.R.P.S


r Details cf an; interesting "Gen” conscious of the photograph which and :as I write, I “


Is with the R.AJF. 'In. a lot for seeing that the


Is fastened ;to| the wall behind! head and over my bbd, taken 1 the “A. and |T.” showing CaSt|i street and the Library. 'A good show 1”. 1 •


tells of- meetings with George Coqk- shutt, of Hentnorn, and Edward Wilkinson, of Low Moor. John also mentions the Work bf;4he late Mr. J. Hlndle Hlgson .whose photo? graphs added so much to this cbl- umn before his untimely death. "Pn behalf bf us all in the ServlceSl I want to,say ‘thank-you’ for all he did for us,”, Johnny writes,' addling -,that he has kept many of the-pjlic-' tures and lookS at them often.


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out East for Some years with RR.F.; Lleut.l Jack Hlnchlifle, Waddington; Dick Geldard, R.N. . . Henthorn; rBill Walmsiey, of low Moor, now with the'.R.E.M.E.: Sgt. Ken Sherllker.lKlngs Own, of Se! all-'-avenue, and Arthur Hargreai RJlE., of George-Street.' '


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to Eric Scott,' bf Klrkmooir-roadJ In the Market Place, when up .came Aubrey Lord, |.EA.F.,, of Plmll'co- road. The three'bf us were'yajfri-. lng“wBeh a chbery “Hello therq!’.’ smote "our ears. It was Geo]:ge Bristow, of-'Claremont, now a Sec- ' ond Lieutenant hi the RA„ just arriving for a! flying visit of a few hours, -With us,'by the*way,.were Harry Rlddloilgh. and Cyril White- side, both of! whom, are stlUIln “clvvle-stre'et,’’ of course, so there was quite a gathering of the elfins and much “ chln-wagglng.”


On Saturday night, I was' talk ng, .V.'-


' I hear ! that Eric Wllkin^n, brother of Hdrgre’aves, of Plmllco- road, and formerly of Castle-vltew, hac joined the Fleet Afr Arm this week. The FlA.A.’s- gain Is She local A.T.Cl’s loss,: for Eric was me of their most -popular N.C.O.’s,


have been on I leave Include Horace Heyes, of; Bfownlow.-street; J^ck Bllllngton,! R.A.F.1 -Cowper-avenue; Nellie Bridge, 1A.T,S., iWllkln-str^t; Sgt, Harry Grlsenthwalte, RA.F.i of Pimlico;’Mrs. iMary. Jackson, a! Ser- gent'In the WA.A.F.,.of West-view,' Geoff. Smlthles“ of .'Whalley-road; Jack Robinson,' R.AiF., of “Fern Lea,” and : formerly of Chatbufn ; Harold Fielding, R.A.-F. Kayrstreet; Jim Joyce, formerly o f ,'Whalley- road, and hoW of Hawthorn-place; Jim Baxter, R.A,F., of Henthofn; Len Cutler,' Coldstream Guards/ of Buccleuch-favbnue; Dick (Nutter, R.A.F., arid 'Winifred Franklalrid. ■W.A.A.F., iboth of Glsburn; ^Im Wrlgley, of' The Crescent, and Lepn- ard Garner, |R.A.F., and Desmond Holden, R.N., of Henthorn,


other members of the Forces who ■ ' I t '


BlirAItham, RA.F., Moorlahd- avenue, was also bn leave this week and had the!good fortune to meet his sister,! Elizabeth, an officer . in the W.R.N.S.!


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SPEED LIMIT EXCEEDED -


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lane, CUtherbe, was summoned at Bolton-by-Boyiand on Monday for drlvlrig a motor lorry !and trailer at a speed exceeding 20 m.p.h.,' and [for driving with/the trailer brake oup of order., His .employers, Sawley Estates Ltd.,! were summoned [for permitting the brake offence and for not' having the, unlad6n welkht on, the trailer.


James H. Townson, 48, Wooie-


ispeed of the! lorry oh the Sawley- jGlsburri road, finding It to bi a isteady ' 3() m,p.h.' Stopped and questioned,' the driver said he was


P.G. Hardy;spoke to checking [the ' F


'under the' Inipresslbn that he was allowed.to travel at 30 miles San hour. The wire coupling the trail­ er brakes with'the lorry was broken and the driver sald. it snapped .the. previous day; ':


:ney.' . The; lorry had recently been I repainted and the unladen we ght I ha'd notbeen;reslored. ■ All the leases' were dismissed -on! paymenli; of 'costs.


: In letters,; defendants said .the driver was under a wrong Impres­ sion-about the ispe'ed rit which! he was allowed toitriaVel Every effort had been made] to repair' the brake wire, but .without success befbre ]the lorry was needed for an urgent jqur-


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end keeping track of all the lads leave this weqk. , Many' of them were at the dance at ;The Hall, ion Frld.ay. There' I met Jbhn Wilkih-. son, of Taylor4flelds, who has been


,1 was kept qiilte busy at the webk-


the phocosiof ,the Old Borough,"' •writes Jonn Smaiiey, of Primrdse, now with the R.A.F. in Iceland, who


“What a thrill It gives me to' see ' . ' 4 . ^ ■


the Editor’s Pqstbag, I do til hk something should be done to bring the library: nibre . up-to-date. I4bd fplldw this; usual plan with open access. Still, enough of that, wrote this in |appreclation of yt effort which,I look forward to s» Ing every week, 1 ' *


flg^lh this summer, and' for the film: year ill succession Mr. Hardy,-. thC Head­ master, tdok a -party of masters and b;^'s to the'Pylde, with headqliarters • at Lythani. As in previous yearn,-Mr". R. I. Kay was in. charge of'a party for the first “ortn-lght of the camp, and Mr. Hardy .was'in Charge for the-second' fortnight. Mr, J. A. Barnes:and twenty .boys accoippanied Mr. Kay from, August 5fih to I9tn, .Mr, Kay went wittt‘an advance 'party-from August 3rd. Mr. 'Hardy -todk over, on August 19th ahd,' with MrpH. E. Oilleard and Mr, . 0. Gaisse and thirty. boK-stayed until September ad . . ! ■ |' |: ' "t |


qiHE bbys of the Royal Grammar A- School assisted In -the ha-frestlng


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the .first fortnight it' was fine and warm, but the. second fortnight .i^as. changeable and there were several very, heavy thunderstorms.': 'These storms hindered and hampered the harvesters; i and the harvest has n-it .been , gathered


’The weather was -variable, buying


•boys .camped in Lytham Hall Park on a very good site, -and from this central headquarters they went to different


n. On some farihs’ about half the harvest has been safely garnered. The


farms in the area on bicycles each dhyi- Work began dally at 8.0 or 8.30 and cMitlnuea for .the boys .until 530 or 6.0, which meant a good day's work for a schoolboy. The farmeisbxpressed themi selves as being very s a t in ’d, with -th^ work done, and Mr. Hardy Was highly complimented by several i fanners o the keenness and.abihty of the boys,


n their fanns. . .;' ! K['


The meals were cooked by boys, and there were four meals a day: Hot breakfast; hot lunch; hot dinner, aind cold supper.


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ork and apple sauce, and on another day, after a tremendous, struggle wltti!


’The.5menus, were many ;ahd yarlL p ihclufllng, on one f^ous day,, rofest


S1ENT FOR TRIAL


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' GIRL CYGLISrS Ml COMPLAINT AT


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day, Arthur' Singleton' (24) grinder, 2Ii, St. CeclUa-street, Great Harwood was commuted for trial, at tVake-i field Quarter Sessions bn October 9th, on a charge of indecently: assaulting Joan Halllwell (19) oi I; Corporation-Street, Great Harwobdi He pleaded “not guilty”: and reseri ved his defence. Accused was're­ presented by 'Mr. C. G. B. Birin] thorne, Blackburn, and the propel cutlon was' taken by ■ Mr. R. C. Llnney, County prosecuting solicitor Wakefield, who indicated that If t^hb magistrates found a prlma faclb case they had no option hut to coriil mlt accused to trial, Complalnarit stated that on evenlng'of August; 3rd, at 8-50 left “I


BOLTON-BY-BO.WLAND | At Bolton-by-'Bowland,', on Mon]


: engine of an approaching vehicle she said she would stop the car. Accused then turned, round and rode away In the direction he had comq! A bus came along, but she did 'not stop If. Cycling towards Clitheroe, she. came to! a cottage arid made a complaint to Mrs. Car­ ter, who gave.her a bup 'of tea.. She then rode home, -told her father what had happened, and went with him to Great / Harwood Police station.


' I n ' reply ,to Mr. Blanthorrie, complatoarit said accused remained on- his blcyclA All he did was; th llffher skirt up.


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House Parriii Edlsford,: ■ said Miss Halllwel] seemed yery distressed.; i P.e. Bennett spoke to Interview­


;,Mrs. , Gertrude Carter, ' Brick i ';


ing accused, along with P.S. Mackle and a detective officer. At first Slrigleton denied' all - knowledge: of the: offence but later admitted being the man In questlqn and said he had felt a bit fresh. He made a statement on the llries of Miss Hal- HwelTs evidence and, told he would be reported; said, “ I suppose this- means three months down the line.”


NEWTON


, THE FIRST DAN.CE of -the season was held in the Village .Institute,!on. Friday last. -Though the attendance was not too good, a very enjoyable time was spent to 'music played:by,'Messrs.. 'Robinson’s dance band, : The ladies’* Committee served supper' during 'the' Interval, Proceeds of the effort, whiob had been organised: by. ,tbs Institute-, committee, will be handed over to the Red Cross Fund. . | • j . , ] ;


of jThe' Parker’s Anns, Mr. .and Mfs. Percy Dawson are .soon ; to relinquish , their 'joint posts. ,•; The hotel has. chringed ownership, and a new mana-; gei! is' expected to move In during the, next few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Dawson are highly respected In. the district, and ithelr many friends will be glad' to kndw t'bev are not leaving the village but will reside at -“ Sunnyside.v Prior to taWng the management of The Parker’s Arms, Mrs. Dawson-was employed' at “The Moorcock,’,’ and Mr, Dawson was-


AF’TER nInE YEARS! as managers


on the staff. of -The j Bounty -’Bus Service.


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Whalley to Mltton, and; then pirol ceeded towards Clltherbe. She saw Singleton by the roadside adjusting his cycle'cllps and-pwo or three Min­ utes later he rodeialongside,her and. forced the: front, wheel of, his cycle Into her’s, causing her to go on to the grass verge, where she came'-to a stop standing astride her mach] Me; Accused, got hold of her skirt and pulled it up. .She told him to. let go and when she .iheard the


’home and cycled throrigh rough


lavishing hpqn' fhls precious frag­ ment all ;the art and feelmg she possesses,: making one sigh as she


D ^ F E O T i , I , I (Photo: “’The Preston Guardian.”


The Duke congratulates James 'Slater, head boy of Clitheroe Royal Grammar Scho.ol. Next to the Duke] is Mr. Hardy, headmaster. !


“ 1T a small amount of fat, fibh and chips. ■AppaMntlv ginger pudding and trifle were the favourite sweets ;!The total number of hours worked


still worked on some of the farms-and for the whole month, the average hours o ' work per boy ■


a xnft 38. Milk was allowed as a special ratioh and'large quantities wene-dnink:


McCulloch and several ofBcials and P.iess representatives, inspected the cimp, and his Grace expressed his p easure at the'.organisation, and com- p imented the biys on their work. . The Duke was warmly wlecoined by


o Durhig the second fortni^t the Duke f Norfolk, accompanied by Mr,. Donald


jpespite- the ,bad weather, the boys per week were round


. V


»BED c b R N BEFORE SOWnW


was 2,413, and the wages totalled £143 12s. Bd.


Bunt M stmkihg'smut of; wheat again causqd some, serious crop losses! last seaspn.' We cannot afford such losses In wartime. They could easily have been avoided-by the simple process of seed


■dressing..- | o p e s


- ' i . ' ' ' ■ •! ] SEEP COiBKil 'WIIH AN


ApPPPVSb 4)'Ri&ANO -.MEPCliilV PtIBV 'and when you buy


Ippp fpp IBIS5 MARBt m CONIAINEB


iMr. Laurie: Hardy, headmaster, 'and he wM vhlKy, impressed Iby the physique of the".boys,; . .They were , ready big fellows.: .One,.aged. 16. told his,Grace that.he was eft, -liin, in his stockinged . feet. ■’These boys,' questioned! about’ ' their future careers, were -highly com- phmen'ted by (he Duke, when thiey 'told him It. was their Intention to 'proceed straight, from school-Into the-Army.


Mere were huts as. wed’ as tents, his Grace paid great attention to the dry- ■ ing robiM ahd washing fadliitdes; which


.On the Lytham ,Had camp,; where


.spoke with the head boy of.'the'school, Jhnes, Slater,,, and congratulated 'him ai reprcMnUng'the rest of the boys, on the work'they were doing'In' getting W a'very valuable com harvest'in this d ^ ict .


when In. camp. -Later'his' Grace


.tlhued the whole day,, but despite th'e ^In, the party struck camp for the fiftih harvest', camp which .me ischool h ^ had during the war. ;


The camp ended on September 2nd In a torrential downpour which con-


: ' : [


WITH OUR FORCES


OVERSEAS ■ " • By ' ,


A ; MHJTARY OBSERVER, I


■ IGeorge and Beryl and his company .were: entertaining men’ of a famous


place, which Is the geog. of -vaudeville, In the.oea'utiful Vaux de Vlre, where five hundred'years ago sringlms songs of love and 'war.


Slvlsion at the Divisional Club. Gui­ lI In : a natural' open-air theatre, In


'huge half-circle, laughed at George’s cracks and joined- in the choruses.


a setting of superb pastoral beauty, the men sat round the stage in a


a the 0, Shb'


Ilhe Vale of Vlre Is as sweet as Alton r ye—an Aroadv not many m'iles to the


ear.of the .battlefront, but it was t njiraculously by-passed by the ■war, arid jire to-day. remains as peaceful as it


Water and gentle as the' Dooti arid the ■W


Vire cattle graze peacefully, and British Tommies orit of the line for; a few' hours’'Test, swim in the cool waters on scoi'Chlng Norman days still; within the sound of battle.


Was in 'the days of OUlvier Baskelin. v jProm Vaux de Vire, came the word


s ’■ It’s just like heaven after hell,” sriid one of the audience to'me, a eylvan paradise where, one i might


i


all (he fragile crea'tures'of a;S4vres vrise..-


BUnto .this setting came George and aeryl, with his grin and Lancashire bboent and'four banjo,-ukeleles.l “I’ve


xpect to meet nymphs and fauns and ' I '


lately; they’re , gettln’ a bit I bomb- happy,” said George to his audience, t handling one- of his instruments


een havin’' a bit o’ trouble with those


magnificently, and there wefe loud cal'.? for' "Cleanin’ Windows” and other old -favourites, which George had le to'give,the troops before,they would-,


qnderiy. I He and Beryl and others went down


some of tols impromptu' jests about ENSA and wrong map references which Might . lead a minstrel too near- the ehemy lines.


aughter , at his cracks, particularly at . I uring the past three weeks) .


v He and his company have been dery near the. German positions


days,7 said-George, “and we’ve playei to about 70,000 men. A few days ago, Beryl:' my pianist apd I, went'to Hill 112, near CarfHquet and gave a concert there' within a few hours of .the Ger- Mans' clearing out. I had -to keep my yqlce..down a bit In: case Jerry might


“We’ve done 52 shows in 20 workin;


ettbarkation point In England their ENSA vehicle was held-'UD in a convoy. A small boy. peered through the window and -asked” Is -that rea% George' Pormby in, there?” When George replied in the affirmative, the insistent vbice asked, “ And have you got; your old woman Beryl with''.you too ?” Beryl told me that one.


anThe tour has had-lots bf fun for Mr.- d Mrs. Pormby. ,On the way to the


water in his bedding, - “ just for safety,” when 'he set'out from'Bayeux for tne Vaux ,de Vire. I t wasn’t so safe to' the • bedding. , The bottle , broke.- But ‘'Ee- that's nothin’,-- lad,” sa;d George who, bv the way, take's no fee for h'is ENSA work, '


I George ' packed a bottle o f , Vlohv WOMEN ON THE RAIL.


'/More than'. 135,000 -women, are now employed :by the British rauvlays. Of these, more than 800 operate signal boxes--a highly skilled job.


l ‘n England and Wales this year, more ‘.VCT Rsn.niK) tori'!. ■


I POTATO PROSPECTS. I There are 950,000 acres of potatoes


year’s.-average; they should 'produce ■


Bian, twice as much as our acreage before the war. On;the basis of last


l t him' igo. ■ The soldiers roared with ' .1 iM


FROMI .' T o a i -


V .. L..F^ffiMERS.;&;TRACX0R„ . ___ audeville.: By the banks of the River


hough' there rire'scenes of desolation V to the north arid south, the Vale of-


de a ; farm ^ building': hangs the Divi­ sion emblem like an inn slgii.


AT FA!K£ST p r ic e s WE BUY -


We rcqiUre OL'D GOLD, SOVEREIGNS, DIAMOND R INGS , T R IN K E T S , JEWELLERY of all kinds' Look up your OLD GOLD


NOW;—‘it is worth Money. — Call, post or ’phone —


WORiDEN • licerised by HM. Government. 21-23, LORD STREET, BUCKBURN. Watchmaker K , Jeweller,


r. Hardy assured him, had made aU life- the difference ■ to- the comfort of their


M 'iH HIS IS THE « 99 LANCE-JACK


T IM E S . F R ID A Y , i S E P T E M B E R 15. i 1 9 4 4 .


DUKE OF NORFOLK AT :.R.G.S. FA^M CAMP


(TERES)


P iieSiN P SVBIBS A PPSf '.PIJSI ,


® iprevents bunt of wheat, leaf spot and smuts of oats; and jleaffStripe and coveted smut iof barley, ; ,


e jmalces i r better stod and more vigorous early growth. O |ensures jmaximumyields.


; ; '


; Cea^al Se^d P rc s s ln s |b ^bb l inB u raB i ic e A g j i l q B tB d s s


Write to the iMmistry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Bern Court fiotel, St. Annes, liythami.St. Aimes, Lancs., for Growmore Leaflet 4B, « DressingGereql Seed.”


1 I llNE IN ’ at


I ^ ! g


oyembe


id Hear ass in


-Pome Service—October 5,19, c 2,! 16,, 30, December 14; 28 — the broadcast discussions on - the series “ Green Pastures.”


seep thii adTotisanent as a remiader. . .a


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