■’Wy CLITHEEOE ADVeM SER 4 -TIMES. YOUTHFUL /


AT FORTY-FIVE tyOMEN WHO AR-E ENVlEo.


J posting Is, letters Jvery year is


Kslres tD bublio t<j tain face >ith the feamesUy


I previous Idertaken I without ■or other land this _ if the Itlng weU


land the 1 assist- been


jQUs than far sihpe ped Post : ..in the


ay- a p p ^


iidai^, the letters-


I parcels, btwg the Way, the 1 delivery nould be


J me Post In service' i season',


jiers . no I ordinary Eh, may ublic wiU


jhe regis- | t to post


^ e advice fd'perish-


Tven more les. The 1 to follow ng valu-


I will be Kssary to jimfair to Isages to f ipe when


J becomes


lion. ‘ The I be open


, evening Christmas -hg Day;


|ch week- will .be


le Stamps, Itefs; and


b9-fl am Inter will


■he period [islve, the fice letter


I the same Ithe letter ! made at


|m times itained on I the 24th. Christ-'


I collection .There


Itimesirbut


Iry. lespatches Thrlstmas


nas-BaJ' ASTHMA TABLETS


te Will be he times


he period


|th to 23rd delivery


[verles will i made on


own and and on


pill be no made. In Sunday


lank Holi- ' be open )GE


lilt a 'West‘ ■school .T at;


members:


J- etc. The |m time to 3 the West IjeCts.. Not' | t deal, but ' of meet- i excha'ng-


|nstrationsi ke-up, the natic.art,


|MarsIand,j Alexan-


bms which The party 'orle Par-


kma Class larsal


Jress^ the le and thp Tin re-seed-. J course of


I K. J. Allf , W.A.E.C.I J Improve.


Bowlanq Reading


I was asked _ 1 farmer of


J point :wai ile interest


pubsidy of pcurlty of I view,, thte


£17 lOd


he drained ppenditure.


iav e it as liilum had I re-seeding , of grass-


swer was


lints which I food f:ir


land slag- Ihich were pic: ■' The feed by the Mr. All-


hore sobejr ses where


lil. proved Ity persons |ze-winnerS


IG. Millah l(ClitheHoS) . she Wis ouncih hy ! Accordion


Jtay’': Fred light." Best ' M. Pole. McBride. Mrsi 'B.


foods "Bel 'Bowlan'd Ume; Jeah


and orgaitK ils dance; M IT TO N


drive, dance‘and: hotrpot suppof 'Place in the School oil Friday nlgh^ ■There were twelve tables for whist. ^ ■duties of M.C. being Shared


men of 'ilie parish, a successful w^^ - ................ ■ - ■ ■ -upper toOf


MEN’S EFFOET.-Promoted by A®


Iday night. LUX •••—-


;Chew: Mrs. :J. Troop an d ^M r s .^ Gowerham. Mr. W.>'Heselrine„ MO ,


J. Tri;op,and T. Dugdale. :Pr.lz.eS;WeM Iwori by:' Mrs. G. Robinson,'senr.,


charge of the .(radiogram,iWWchTw^ nished music for daniang.-• .The wn* mitte tender thanks to'.aU.whb ^r® to any .way! concerned wiiilLithe effort.,;


- IfouToiaic (NON’ALcoHoucj


. The profcfsioaal knov;ledge of jfour. chemlit is the soundest guide to the selection of an idea! tonic. VY-TOR is that ideal tonic containing Iron* Malt, and Phos­ phates,, which are blended with! the natural herbal extracts resulting in a most beneficial restorative wMcR has the added advantage of being easily assimilated and


palauble.* Ask your chemist for VY-TOR. l 5/-I


r Laurence' ’ at Dun-^ and' the


Oratilicil sdlTcrcra certify th at tlii-re'b no remCUy quite bo 'good m ** Sillit ” Tablltl. Once 'VOU liavo tried tlicm you will never need : any oilict; remedy—you ,wfil bo amazed a t the iqtiick relief. This space ia too flmall to .cxpiaiii how "S i lb e " Tabltla have helped thousands of sufferers. Con­ vince yourself. 'Simply walk itraI{M Into your neareit Cbimirtlor any brancli ot Booti, 'nmolliy Wliltet &; Taylot'i and aik for a 1L Sd.: hoi. The .odds a n 1/8 against the ciiance to learri to know an BsUiraa-remcdy upon wlUch | y o n ‘can rely with faith , to. prevent threatening ntta'cks and to: cut short—quickly; and safely— attacks' whlcl) have already developed. Take this clianco and you will hlcsa tile day you followo I our suggestion. “ SUbo " Brand Asthma Tahleta are ‘ nianufacuircd


by SlltCB Ltd., 14 Wccdlngton Hoad, . London, N.W.5.


mamg accom-.


' as pos-


'" How young. She looks,”. Is L e remarir often made about the woman who rL tains her youthful appearance and cdlvi spirits until well past mlddl&age. ^ reason is this: the womain who at fortv five still looks In the thlrtdea has orL served heii youth, by keeping her blaS thus she: maintains her ntallty ^ attractiveness. '


' 'i


you soon feel the lll-^eflect. .youBef tired and worn, life seems a burden you lose your appetite and get irrltablB and depressed! you lack, vitalltv becatjse your blood Is . exhausted.:.


When your blood gets thin and noor


I There is ho reason for you to sufler In this way;, it is easy to overcome such troubles.. You have only to enrich and Increase your blood by taking Dr. Wll. hams Pink Pills. - 'The rich; red blood In good order, rich, red and pure, i t is which thesei'pllls create will give vdu new vitality, your appetite will im­ prove, energy and vigour will be yours and your friends will envy you your youthfulness'and good spirits. So gain a new lease of life by taklhg a course of Dr. Willialms Pink Pills now. • Of au chemists, price - Is. 6d. (triple size 3S. 5d.), including purchase tax.


RELIEVE SPY’S . This .Safe, Simple Way That


Thousands of Mothers Praise So Highly. ; s;


fret and lose needed sleeo when Babi lots—gentle and effective—


your restless, feverish iittle one happy, cOol and comfortable? Used by mothers


Why let' your teething baby suffer will make


for over 40 years. Absolutely free from stupefying narcotics and opiates. “ lets


to a powder. At the first dgn of teeth­ ing trouble, be suTe-try Bablets and see for yourself how. quickly they make hot little heads cool, soothe Irritation, and promote natural restful .sleep, i Thankful mothers eveiywhere praiie Bablets for the wonderful way they i <3f all chemists, in singles' containing relieve teething troubles, ctmstip^ion, feverishness, diarrhoea, .disturbed sto­ mach, colic and. fretfulhess. Never be without Bablets. Sickness


are palatable and easily crashed


so -pften strikes when least expected. 3 Bablets 2d. each, or fuli-fiize package ls.'5d., Inc. tax.


B A B L E T S (Baby’s Own Ba>Iets).


m TAm uum m SUFFERERS^


Bab- THIS - B v TH E GRIFF LANCE-JACK —


CLITHEROE MAN’S POLICE DUTIES IN THE


MIDDLE EAST By A MlLITABY OBSERVER.


wife and small son live :at the Corpora­ tion House,,SO, iGrkmoor-road, Clithe- ce, iB now on the GH.Q. M.EiP. Train"


L/BDR. HAROiUD SMAILEY, whose


ing Camp staff,; doing police duties there. ;


I He Joined the Army ; in 1940, and arrived 'Overseas'in 1942.


i ; :


,;‘'! ^ e n we arrived i we constantly train* ; efi firing on Bofors. jih September, 1942, I we relieved a Light ■lAck-Ack unit in the. Suez area. We got


j into action the first night when' Jerry came over trying to bomb the shippihg. Although .W


. . .■'ft DBUBN.


. information reaches ihel frohi Gor­ don Robinson, of Wlthgill, .who w r i t e s


■ Rural District, Novemben1942.-’ I'felt quite bucked tolsee soraethlhg from home; and .lf Ijjou h t ho.me tohld see the useful work these YM.C.A. canteens do. 11 khow you fcduld only be too pleased of the assurance that your: subscriptions , inake these possible,!’ i; ■


■when, on reaching, the te i car,'! 'read the inscription: , ‘Presented by the Inhabitants!-of .Bowland


incident which happened yesterday Mternoon (Novembef; 23rd)L when I had an hour or two ;off duty. I "I wandered around the town where i#e are stationed, and, after about an hour’s aimless wandering I came to a small square, buch as you find In every Italian tom. In (he centre was a|. mobile; canteen and a good-sized crowd ; of Mdiers, JO I took my place Ih ;,thd queiie. You can imagine my; astonishment


i “I must tell you of I the Mlowlng I


of Bold Venture, Chatburnl to the effect that he has |


cI Interesting' neyfsj ifrom ihdid Chambers and Norman Watson.. -


omes from S/6gt. Arthur Rigby; i met Leslie


i; then arranged to fly iby the! return­ ing 'meat’ ’plane. iWe arrived at Calcutta in a couple of houm or so;


'} "-We jeeped the first 80 miles, flrove right on to an - alrstirlp, and


I ' Arthur recently spent 14 days’ leave in Bombay, and!he.fiirites;,


be pleased to learn that the Itea car which they presented ty" the YM.CA. two years jago; is novf doing good service In jltaly. The


Bowland people In particular will > ■ t," 1 [Photjo.;. T. S. Hargreaves.


"he is a member. By a coincidence, t the Division he mentions is the one


another page. • Unfortunately It U not possible, for security reasons, to name the Division, although I can say that the East. LanCs. IS one of the units. Geprge'^rltes


-was caught In a booby trap In Hbl;- land, causing me to leave a fine lot of chaps,' Including'Ernie Walker, ,'of Salthlll, and John Fowler, of


a;Visit to the Clltheroe Rotary Club and to which mention is made oh shells .away—In fact. 96 rounds in the


-alked about by Lieut: Edwards, bn ' "was tiieffrst night of our action there. "l...,- -u. ; -j i


I am In dock, mlnus'a leg which EARt HAIG’S FUND • ii


Billlngton. We managed to get tpe ‘•a: &; ;T/ . each- week, .and jspent I


of £369 16s.-8d., as set


nelghbburhood which you publish prom'ised.to take districts did not turn each'Week.


^Eitiog to welcome the lads home | i^^onieh in two wars.


1 and up to the weight’of arms now , fielngipltted against Germany. The


destruction,of the Fallalse area had to be seen to be believed.”


'; - V, ; l;_' I: i i


•normally It would nave taken nS^fS. iW


i In Bombay, Artpur spent most of , his time afterwards: at' Breach open-air syvlm-


land then travelled' thlrd-lClass to Bombay by rail,' k Journey which occupied 43 hoursj” i '


e spent the afternoon in Calcutta


‘ Mornings ’ were and billiards, and the cinema.” He


candy, " a lovelj mlng bath, with' ferass, sunshades,


i^ent In snooker the evenings at goes on


plenty bf green and; easy chairs;


■ bers on his last n Is being sent h grounds, We had


“Last Monday I :net;Leslie Chanl- “


ght!ln!ildia: he >mei I on medical


o.......a! good night to­ gether, iknd took .p couple of snaps the following moimlng. I also;met Norman Watson on! lyavC In Bofp- bay. He expects to be com! ng home In Febfuary. Expect ■ my pum''will come some day.”


shillings flbm thi forts fund. ‘‘Nice I lot! They mU


Arthur. menfloiis'.recelp.f nf' ten Chatbum Corn-


was just back from leave ^hd hard bP he says-:— ■ 11 1


r '


work, and thanks 5t; have,known !


' I'Was also particularly! glad to hear again, from a colleague^L.A.C, Ken. Holden, of| Chatbum-road, who writes to saythat!'af ter a spell in hospital—hCjhad'an attack of malarla-^he was graiited 21 days’ leave, and a trhnsfe'r fo cooler climes. ,Wi;iting on iNoVeniber 15th, he says:— ■ ' || | ■


■


• order that 'everyone [wears uniform after 6 p.m.i I t Is


I


colder than in the plains, hnd dur­ ing the day-time If renllnas me of an English sprliig day, -WHllst the early' mornings are I more reminis­ cent-of an English iwlnter; fauf it may be that I am not used to cold weather. 'We have fires lr( the bil­ lets in the evenlpgl and


"Up here in the hills It Is much


• your mind. Footjbhll and cricket matches are arranged, and there is also a weekly dance.f’l


teen, blllard rooml table tennis, a library, so that you can always find something with which tb occupy


bought FROM


OVERCOAT SOijDijER


. being in unlawful hossesslon of Army property. He pleaded] guilty-to.the


'Was fined £5 for,unlawfully purchasing Army property, and! a furtner £5 tor


on Thursday last, Jhlm Robt.' Foulker (54), coal bagger,' irfj 3. Brtok-street,


that Spr. Edward.'Q3rieh visited the Crown Inn, .wriere accused alsked him O if he would like to sell hisj overcoat.


accepted 15s. Od. foTit, Shdrtly: after 15 p.m. another,soWier, Spr, Poulter, qscovered that his’pvercoaT was'miss­ ing. and ’ the' landlord took ’ him to Poulker's house, where-he {found an Army overcoat in the kitchen. Not­ withstanding that the! overcoat did not belong to him, he ttok bossesbioh of it. The coat O’Brien’s.


Brlen at first refused, but'later was later identified as


spoke to visiting Foulker's home. In. iximpany with PB. IGbant. Poulker


In the second basb, D.(5. Selleii


.was “Crostoln 14744597.” Foilkef said 'some soldiers 'w'hiO''had stayed at,his house some month | ago must have left the garments. In a dresser in the kitchen, witness fouhdl a . kh akl. shut, with the name' “McRenna ’ oh the neckband. Foulkerlwas; aiS’O |wearing. a


said he had no othbr Afmy property, and Invited them tc 'search the honse. They did so. On a! icnafi it his' bed- worn, under some .fags., was' a hand- towel, a pair of woollen! drawers, a pair of woollen shirts,.two!pairs i-t. shorts, and a p.t. vest. The' mark on the vest


first'^charge, but hot! to (the second. , InWtor J. G. M! I'Whitehead said ',


At the Borough Magistralis’ <?ourt,-


time I have worn! It for over two years, and It felt ireallyT-lstrange after khakL The dabp here Is well organised. There. Is ithe, usual can­


it is an his blue the first


,and especially do I hope that the : New, Year-will see you In-‘‘Blighty.!!


.Mary’s-street,.,a member of.thC ‘‘A. i and T.”. staff, n'bw In' the Middle East;.Sgt.-Noel Aldersley, RA..F., bf I Gowper-avenue":, who Is ■with the Persian and Iraq Force; Jim Has- 1 lam, R.A.S.C., .Woone Lane, who is with the famous 51st Highland D1 v. /) • In Holland, Jim Haslam encloses


cent Wlnckley, Low Moor, now with the 8th Army In Italy; Dr. W.! J) . ; Oliver, Park-avenue, who Is wltlj the RJ4.MG.; Edward Oddie, of St.


; These greetings pome from Vin­


letter, vreek.


to yvhlch I will refer hejet — V —


home this week. Amongst them is Lieut. Edward Birch, of Peel-street, who Is ..with thfr -Indian Navy; Frank Blbby, of Longslght-avenue; Jack Briggs, R.A.F., Waddlngton- road; Dick Dugdale, Fox-street; Bob Parsons, Chatbum-road;,Leslie Thorne, R.N:; Bawdalnds; Staiiley Batker, Seedall-:avenue.


Quite • a number of men are " !■— v '—'


R.N.,, of Henthorn, lucky eiibugh to be home to celebrate his 21st'birth­ day with his brother Bob, whp had jiist gof home after taking part In the London parade of “ the Men of Arnhem.” *


On Frldjay I met Dick', Geldard, NOLO. . ' ' — 'V ,—


R.CB., of St Mary’s-street, back Jibme lrom Italy ; B.SM. Jim Brown i (Chatburn-road) one of the origi­ nal Territorials, here from the Middle East; as also Arthur Thom- ber, R.A.F., of Whalley-rbad, and Jim Thornber, R.A.F., of Park-,


I have also seen Cpl. Jim Oddie, .avenue.i V


Speech Day, last week, I encount­ ered Pauline Sinith, of Whalley- road, who Is with the Wrens; 'and I hear that Peter Haydock, R.AJF., Ribblesdale-vaenue, Is home from the Middle Beast. I t was there that he had-for comrade for several months another Glitheronlan. Ron­ ald Speak,-of Brownlow-street.


At the Girls’ Grammar School


khaki shirt. He said the soldiers! had left the two shirts also. ■ '■


the property which the police had /recovered.


.approached him in the Crown 'Inn and said he was ..willing Jo buy any Army property that was Draught to him. Hq met Poulker three times and- let him- have |a number of articles, including


SpfJ' Edward b ’Br,len said . Poulker


first hharge. In regard to the second, be said he couid not remember buying the .articles .fiom O’Brien, v'’They', had: been left by soldiers who had stayed at his -hhine. .


^ i : . j


martial had touni O’Brien guilty! His; CO. bad "toW the police that a'con­ siderable !amounf of army property was. beinglrolssed; "Fhe offenders were diffi­ cult to detect, and. the 'Military autho­ rities! took' a very' serious view of the matter, especlaliy as, in this , cbm, O’Brien might never had committed ■the offences if he had not been tempted


Inspector 'Whitehead- said ,a court! byFoulker. . ■


Mr. H. Cook said they had seriously considered sending Foulker to pr-s-on.


“ I HITCHED MY WAGON TO A STAR.” ,


Sp^aUng at a;dinner given to mark


_adyl Astor’s 25 count iAstor said: ’ When I ™4rried


Nancy r hitched my wagon .to a^star. And khen when I got'into t^eJKo^e of. Commons, in 1910.1 found that I


t


had hitched my wagon, to « sfar.liln 1M9, when she 0:t mto me House, I found I hid “hched my wagou.to 9| sort of V2 ipekot. |


Announcing the Magistrates’ decision


Foulker had nothing to say about *4|® WKT BRADFORD W.V.S. EFFORT. — MOmbers of the


., : . ' ' ; I


j I


. Grindietoh


Glsburn- Sawley


able space by asking you toi publish the results of the National 'Chidren’s Home and Orphanage house-to-ih:oUse collec­ tion held during October in Clitheroe and district. .The final results are only just to. hand, and are as follows:—£ s. d. 45 13 11 7 16 0 2 10 ,5 1 12 5 6 14 01 1 n 4 0 15 0, 1 10 0 3 17. 43 4 17. 1 2 3 6 4 14 6 5 13 0 1 4 8i I 8 0


Sir,--May we'hnoroach o i your, valu­ -Pendleton


Whalley .......................... Barrow


Clltherce ........ .................


ChatbUrn ....................... Downham Rlmlngton i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


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Mrs. .Blnks, Chatbum Road Clitherae : Box ............■....


Slaidbum ..: • ..........•'••••• Bash'all Eaves .................. Chalgley . . . . . — . . . . . . . . . Mitton


............. •■•••


West Bradford ................. 'Waddlngfon


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tunlt/ to thank, all who have, he.ped to make this effort a success, including ■the valuable- help of -the local Press, which Is reflected.by the Increase oyer


iats yeaj’s figure of £8.—Yours truly, 2 . F. D: TAYTGR. Hon. Sec.


78, Peel Street, Olltherpe. We should like to take this oppor-- Total..£94 0 63


d'ulte a spate of' Christmas cards.. My thanks to all,.'and I do most sincerely and heartily reciprocate jiour greetings and good wishes,


In addition to letters, I have liad


■after victory—for victory Is certain ) The bulk of the funds derived from come. No one country-cbuld iPoppy Day is allocated to the British ............ ■


•


ifimy hour's In Norm an d y ^ at tte , The CUther:e collection is less thati u 1^1 ye^ri us several collectors who had


; I up, or send substitutes, so that some


h!“ I hone to' be, home about the ' streets,,unfortuhately, were'not visited shall certainly be amongst the folks


Uinnlng of tlm Net^^ a n ^ I iu the hoiise-tomouse coUectiein: but ibe sp.endid country efforts made up appeal for -ex-Service men and


Legion Benevolent Department. ' and grants are made to the Officers’ Ben-


George; White, whose' home Is at Pranklln-street, enclosesia cutting frdm 'the “ Western 'Mall” describ­ ing the adventures of a Division which Includes a Battalion of the East Lancashire Reglraeht, of which


Writing from a hospital in Wales,


he travelled many long miles. First to iEU Daba, then to Mersa Matruh, and finally to Benghasi. In August of 1943 he -was! sent to Cyprus. I really liked Cyprusl” he said, "and particularly so because,of all the,fruit growing,there; the bananas; oranges and grapes were the first ones I had ever seen growing.’’' Out of his travels'through the'desert


our intense .barrage,” he toid a Military observdt‘;'Who interviewed him'recently. Leaving the Suez area for the "blue,”


,


feet any of his alr- narmlessly u n d e r craft, his bombs fell


e didn’t


! amongst its regiments a battalion of East Lancs., formed 'the theme of a talk to members of Clltheroe Rotary Club, last Thursday, by Lieut. Leslie Edwards, of the Pioneer Ooips. Lieut. Edwards, a Liverpool journa­


enduring, and the magnificent fighting record of a Division which numbers


T . flghtii F IlipA t,. DECEMBEE 15, 1944.


Bnint bf The Battle INFANTRYMEN’S ENDURAN


COURAGE . IN NETHERLANDS


GE AND STRUGGLE


Queer Battles in i^twerp


he great hardships which the men I side of the fa: nous corridor, ieadlhgiup of me Brttisa Second Army are I to Arnhem. ‘


men fiomg in, C five il ihe.n


needed, i f wm hundred per


O give


list, has been brought f rom Holland by the Ministiy of Information to tell the story of the Division’s'achieyemente. . Explaining how necessary it is lb


keep the Genhans guessing about the Identity of' their opponents,- Lieut. Edwards.. Mid: ; prisoners ;Were taken from his,.Division. •They, absolutely refused' 'to give any information except their names aiid numbers, .Then the' Germans told, them, they, co.nld write a fourteen-words postcard home. They added: ’’Addr.ess them -to your unit, and we Will fire -them into .your lines." The incident'served to show how vital ■the enemy: considered it to know just what .Divisions., were facing them.


- BY KIND PERMISSION


and the’Mlddle East, the "Outstanding memoir hei has is of .action oiie night in the Suez area during a raid. -“ It


------ Ti-,.— Ai..,. I was really- in' my element -with the loading and firing. I got plenly of


first few minutes of the banage, which* made me top scorer,” he concluded.


, Although the ,Americans spectacular, dash' to Paris; thefr vic­ tories were made possible “ by kind permission of the Britiah Army at Caen.”


'


They held Ithe greatest amount of Gh- man armour, so that, the Ameriwns’ path cbUld be made, fairly plaih. Without detracting from the Ameri­ cans’ splendid achievement, it was necessary to emphasise that 'the 2nd Army could not go forward,, because, they ' had' to play a defensive role. -They had‘to sit tight; through, grim


only door, atdlour men fought them for two days and nights.' -They' were only saved wiien an officer crept past a t : dead of night and fcffce i to. deal with' them-


Division were The German;


the German; took a relief


in'grand: ordir.l and even carried away | a hundred i e ^ without cracking one Of them I


were cleared the garrison


relieved. They, emereed BLdOp NEEDED ^ ,


battles, espeually'amongst the regi­ mental site cher-bearets. Who" js'ere infanttymeb with some .knowledge of first aid. -When the ordinary infantry­ man was'abli to “duck” into .the bom- paraitlve'security of his fox-hole,| the stretcher-bea 'eii ..had to go out I and bring in wbinded meh, by jeep or oh foot; Often the" woundbd were given blood trahsf isldils on thb .way, or as S'Don as they reached a .regimental iald post! Oh :nany occasions, too, were given, bioixl transfusions as jumeyed ,twen^.!or thirty miles hospital, and Lt.' Dlwards ^ald he mew blood tranSluslotts ■were; carried fro"


Casualties vere 'high in many of the


fighting. The men of Lieut. Edwards’ Division were afaiougst them. They


■soldier, doliig a 100 per,bent, job was the one who counted liiost of an. He was as much a hero as any V.C.


trapped in- the Falalse -pocket. Many 'thousands, of prisoners were taken,, amongst them boys of sixteen_ android men of sixty-five. Qur artillery had'; pounded them night ahd day, and they, were hr a pitiable statb.. . Thby had not been! able'- to wash,; much ,leSs shave, tor: ten days. The average Ger­ man soldier t'bought the war was oyer,


winner, 'After Caen, ' the Germans were


evolent Department, Preston Hall Sana­ torium, and the Hoppy Factory at Richmond. I ': . £20,000 per annum goes to the Prince


of wales-British Legion Pension Fund, and' £15,000 annually to-St. Dpnstans. Poppies ■were of Inferior quality: owing to shortage: of material, and


- i .POPPY DAY, .1944.


Clltheroe and Low Moor I..181 18 ,5 ' Wreaths ....! .. 20 16 >6


CLITHEBOE AND DISTRICT. i ■£ s. d.


1st. THR.E. ..................... 33 17 0 Bolton-by-Bowiand ............... -14 19: 8 St. Peter’s Parish Church.. - -3. 0<0: ...... ;.. 415 21


Downham Grindleton .................... .;.. 11 2 4 Wreaths____ i.. 1 0 0


' Rimington Mefqilal Inst'to 5 0 .2 ' j Wreaths ....1.'. 1 0 0 .'..12 12 111


Rimington and Twiston '.... 15 12 4 Slaidbum Sawley !..................3


Waddington, Whiteweil, DUn- sop' Bridge, Newton, Ba-


■ ' Wreaths ....! .. , 1 1 0 16 3


West Bradford . . . . . . . . . . J..12 10 0 ,


FRANK' ___________ Hon.. Organlsebl


W. A DENT' Hon. Treasurer.


' shall Eaves," Edislord," &e: 40 4'10. -'■wreaths .....?.. 1 10 0


Grand,total. £369.16 8 Signed


St. Ambrose Church ...... 3* 0 0 Wreaths ....ii ; ' 2 0 '0 •


many disabled men at the poppy fac­ tory were transferred to the manufac­ ture of essential war products.


rilat soihehow, .ihough ■ they did .not quite know how,.Germany would win.


but the ;offlcers were ‘ dcMed think


iThose Germans; who escape 4,.Fa- lalse were sfiughtered ,ih -the iUUng- ground” ' bey^,- ' Artillery, heavy bombers and rpeket-firihg lyphtwns, had a "free for aU" amongst the-Ger­ man columns, struggling madly to get away across the rtaos and fields. Traffic simply got jammed; never was ■there such .devastation,...


AXRQCirK stories


' MdvhJfe', . across : Fiance, • ouf. men encountered many coUaboratqis.


>shaved..bj.!,toelr.;wmpaj^ts. , “Personally, I don’t .tlHnk .we are m


•Pictures of 'file treatmeht meted out'to them had bear published in the^Press, atid some people'hafi been offended because women, had had their hea^


a position to judge,” Lieut. Edwards said. “.We .have not lived under Ger­ man rule for tour years. Iff .many cases .the'treatment .was excusable, for the people thus punished had-been 'guilty 'Of the foulest crime-selling their countrymen -to the Gestapo.” : g Both the French and. Be'.giap people


were proud 'tb huinber h Y.C; amongst, their'ranks, but no one." at home m.ust lose sight.of. the fact that the average


of ca^es where given as' ins h. tent' to anatier. tbeij' blood tor an incalculable the front.. '1-.


the clviuahTpdpuiatton Were^unilergo- Ing terriUdPtivatlbns. ..." i - ': I


Germans Ihafi 'fibbed,the, gto.und,' and | (Between Nijmegan. and .,. ,


this!purpose were doing —---r »— -Tian ' leik .the 1


Volunteers whbt'gave


were offe


service tor-the mbn at | Mnhe:


in . pehcMbne,: tiie 'disirict , a . | ■ " .U ra l


The] probi^* mdoi


,of which iwas jiieeded for ahny 'equip­ ment. In ' Belgium,- the .people bad i


such a great amount of- toansport, all had; suffera


badly who-


___ ___ of feeding- them ]vaS' a 1 trenlendbiis|ohe, ihVolvmg.' aS' It did,


were even any scraps ,they,cohit


■otherwise'!they!'could not hav'e existed I at all] asitfie German , rations v ------ sfflali -Nor were the French too off in cpjapfrison'with the 'Dutcji, most of all,'


bought their fbpd In the black market. I ere-so


E I ^ D ^ C E


' (Paying endurance jtowards si many 'occi . into- battlel oltt,: not


' >and families: f ""If'.ybu 'can !slip‘‘at. extra'letierl ,to thein occasionally,' th ^


one' leg anler'juie! other,' and iiooklng about-as! nuserable as anyone''could. Yet! -they! would go in .and fight'/the Uerinqns'ifdf a.week or'more,'.without respite.'diawliig on apparently Inex- haustiole |' ifeerves' of ■■energy,' which 1 hard tralnlM had! built up'tor them; -•'IMosttof 4it> they missed 'their-homa'


ave our mhn "a . 'terriflo .welcome. t Bottles of , wine, which had been hidden


would be'more than grateful.''|A letter from hbme]is the'best boost for morale they can'gati] You can.'see how dis­ appointed, ithey ale 'when ■ the -mall ■arrives, II their pals have gotja letter and they/haven’t.': I know I /ani.’’ . , ' Starting in January, the men would


sented! '! Indeed,: everjahliig of the very best that the people had was thrust


hroughout. ‘ the joccupa tioh, ■were • pre­


tLTvmfrTT' ' where the people had not had such,a- ' bad time; as, they had' been able to seJ


, some reconipense for' the- bitter fight­ ing they : had endured in Normanw- The welcome in the interior was far j greato" than .it was ,ln Nofmandy,


upon .the: trdops, which! certamJy was


.' There were .many atrocities; . Some people in' this' country, were apt to say '■Oh yes' but you can discount quite a! lot of the atrocity stories as propa-


their produce to .the enemy. ganda.’i , Blit the atrocity, stories were true, ; . .. i


. as those a i home w®*"® ““i when the troops came home.. Every


• British: soldier., must , have, come across first-hand information about


the Germw' ill-treatment of ! the ■partisans. ■; ] ' ,


■ .,j


"■I spoke,to-the’ parents .of six' boys',, most of them in their teens, the oldest In his early .’.twenties.! ’The Germaiis had pulled 'their' finger, nails put,” Lt. Edwards asserted ,


|, ■ ANTWERP FALLS


,1 8 3 i ' to antlitank gunners and asking tor , ,0 10 6 .


Belgium, the Division arrived at Antj werp., 'It .was,’11151 as well/that tJiEy.;]aad, moved quickly,' as Ihey were''able' to: seize the;-port intact. ! In Antwerp, It was an ; amazing battle,Machiner; gunners were fighting in the streets whilst women-in nearby, houses ..were carrying on with their 'usual household duties. Even children. Were com.ng up


Passing duickly. through France and


' fined in 'the Zco., And, by the irony ' of fate, the Zoo was the one area, most heavily -shelled' and mortared' by the


autograrils. Cfollaborators .were round­ ed up and; 'appropriately enough, con-


^Afte^ec'urlng Antwerp, the Division moved up into Holland; on the western


3,-Millthome .Road, CUtheroe. ■■•'0 vraiciLEy.'Treasurer,■


MYTHS'DF THE COUNTRYSIDE. ^ In this; enlightened age it is strange,-


to.flnd so many false beliefs still held, among country-folk. In various parts irf the country, cuckoos are believed eventually to turn'Into towksi the. toad is alleged , to spit fire or poison;


W VS. were responsible for a-success­ ful bring-and-buy sale’ and whist drive, held on'Saturday week at-St.;:Catter- ine’s Sth'tol., Both,events at'tracted,a' laree ■ attendance and more-than, £20 wall raised for the Ribblesdale,: District


Nursing Association. Whist, • at , 13 ■table, was.supervised by Mi's. J, Harris, ■Drizes being won by-Miss Waddington.. Miss Wallbank ahd Mrs. TomUnson ; and Miss Hargreaves, Mr. Peal, and Miss- smith. A hidden number prae was awarded fa Mrs>Farklnson. Com- netitions were won by Mrs', Eo'Dthman, Miss (Jar-ter and Mrs. Purnell. The ■ygVS give grateful thanks to;all who coii'toibuted to the success of the event.


RED CROSS ^,600,000 FOR RUSSIA. ’


-I' .


than £6,000,000, and some 13,000 tons of medical supplies had been shipped fo'Ru^.'ai""!* No convey which goes on the Northern route: goes without some of our supplies,” she added.


London, said bha.t her Red Cross “ Aid to Russia ” Fund now totalled • more


Mrs.' {murchill, recently speaking in


WhenevKwnn m\rY two ^Hannloa u « t ThoT^ • separately


inr^ for oonTtolroci* No S iw J i rot 14. CBtf-


aSi.ra-’Daw mm


the horse-shoe' bat Is charged'with sucking the b'.ood of llyestock; a raven passing over a house is held to presage “bad luck” for the inhabitants.- But aerhanS the greatest; myth of ■ ah is


S teils a hard Winter ■ ; i ; •


Ibate-'ito.the courage and] if the-iinfamrythen, Lieut, iid'fhe 'had '.seerctnera on ! ■ohS marcnlhg alohg roads locking thoroughly tired | ■ ,g, .'but merely dtaggn


II s ud find.


bins lor gom


If the Amheu,battle did not yield 'jOO cent, .'results. It achieved


to seize the Nijmegen bridge intact j In one (own, some men of Lt; Edwards’ trapped insae a church, were entrenched at.jthe


75 per cent' success, as we,were able


and if they were unable . the .full- support they | ho fault-of the Division.


They saw the airborne j ................ (THREE)


"Dads given’US grand


jliristtnas present!"


The fOliowJn t .rnophng:-, the .Germans iromr the''''d.oorw8y, 'dhd I


' 'i D 'i:


- u “Yes, National Savings Gift ; I


1


they ! they to a


'^1


Tokens--^tpst him to be practical! I’m putting them into onr ‘happy home fund,’ right away ” Gift Tokens ate the ideal present for every


age anil every taste. They’re easy to p e , good to receive and. good for the country too. Your gift


grow in value from the day the Tokens


are exchanged for Savings Certificates or used to make a'deposit in the Post Ofiicejor a Trustee


Savings Bank; Another gO()d point —Tokens ■ : . ■


I , , . I .i-'


are no bother to buy. Get them -lat any Post Office, Trustee Savings Bank, Savings Centre, or through your Savings Group in units of 15/- up ;to any amount.


NATIONAL SAVINGS


Make this ■ a ': ■


■


_ Savings. Christmas,


'Ihhded'tab first day Would Imve been dealt with;- T Those who went over (later mlM'.StUl' be 'Waiting at Ithls time next year. Leaves of. 48 hours could be speht 'either, at Br^els- or Antwerp.! Ihrl two!nights the men had the (luxury ofLsleeplng between clean


be getting 4 week’s home leave,.but Lt. Edwards Ithbught /it would be'the: end of 'March I before:'all, .the ,nleh who


twued by tfwNitiaml Savins CommIttM


■sheets'. Food''tor the men at :the front was good;,mough' mostly of' the. tinned variety..That fh'ey groused,-there copld be no doubt, hut that'was the' Army traditiin. They' were' fairly!, well off for ehtertalhmerit.; ENSA'patties paid' ceaslonally there .-were -film


visits,' and | shows.;


I BEklliD THE LINE


fighting.:men, but there are: the men of the, dthe^r s4ryices--the RASiC.- the "Royal Enmeers, the.R.A.MXJ., and the


“’Thus-'far i hive- talked 4bont the I


'men: - You have a .' great .difficulty in convincing these Weii that' .their.,, role is.al mbst'.'tmpbttant ,ohe.;'■Ehpy seem to tblflK they arb doing just;an ordm- arj' job behind! the lines and ,that their work does, not! amount to' much;: and yet they will work days, without sleep, if It Is necessary, so that the fiallows |


rest, who ire'Folng a'grand job,” Lt. ■Edwards continued. ‘'Nor-am T for­ getting .the] padres, .who are i/ery brave


what 'the through.


are crouching, out therein | fox-holes; , sleeping Im a IpW'-lffches of water, and always amid 'great danger. | It would open thehrjeyeS if the publiii could-be transported' to Holland for tiv.enty-four hours. Lei us 'hope it will not be long before' the men are back at |thelr own-1 firesides itt;,;aLwo'rld at peace,”- the i speaker cbncluaed.,


i'lmen out .there .are, going 'Ihey don’t :realise!how-they |


'.m-nC ------ - . , , by the R®V| H-i-A- 'Pland., M- Th haili^O


' The tha4iis_6f the Club were voiced ■ ""A.


hib v 'ir . i


Q U EU TALK are waiting like


“ Why ate theqe no extra buses when crowds this?”


“ In the old days, they’d, send relief buses quickly enough to deal with this rush.”


“And I suppose they’d tell us ‘ There’s a: war on’, if we said anything about i t ;


“ Oh, they’re just like the rest of them. T(jo darned inde­ pendent, until


■ -Tthese days. Wait


Sir and Mads m, you misjudge ‘ us. We-sent, out every bug which the shjrtages of staflf, fuel and rubijier will permit— and for those shortages you know that blame. We convemences


we are not to


deplore the in- and discomforts


ebated Tongue, Ofleibislve;rBre(ath and i Hatiulence.F SmAll hj


Jn aistton.' EnWi^ vegewe. “ Of' all i Take two to-night. 1 ■ .YouTl Peel Bright.


lea, lOotjBtlpdnnn.' -Haitoushes8i:| Effective |


aheavy otop of-wild berriesfore- ' - .BY- WITH ott ' !. 'fh o.1


ns. Loans^ l SOCIETY


to £1,000 [OUT SECURITY.


' Call.'; Write of 'Phone, The ijeigfh & District


Lendihg Society Ltd.' 7, library ST., BLACBBDKN.


WOMEN jMESIBEES OF. MILLION i : POUND CLUB.!


‘fund, warn opened .recenfly at the Miilsion -Hbuse',


, 1


vicea will, have! the same advantage of membership as ex-Servlcemen by 'the - establishment lof ; the ' Victory (Ex-1 Services I Club for which £1,000,900 :


Women . demobilized • tom the .Ser- | PRINTING 1 • FOR ALL-TRADES AND BUSINESS;


“ ADVERTISER BC TIMES,” CLITHEROE. Phone:


. . . OiuTW- s W


Pill YOU surely'. .-leilevS (ijiiiver I


which are forced upon you, our esteemei patrons. But better days are not far away. Wait untU ■


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