i i t h e k o i :


a d v e k t i s


IR & TIMES FRIDAY, JANUARl 12,


1945.


A Reflection ••41 Nin'ME!


“ I am one iwho believes in the very sound advice deal


K ;l5


that the best way.K^ with Ck)lds:j.an^ ’Hu iis their prevention. Others around me nky hbe col^s and sneezes^ biit ’ a the first sign of a feveiris i chiU or other sym p tom s l- a dose o f CEPHQS for


m ------ r - - |-


e—thatV |why always fit.” ;


and young comes to


am During influenza’ epidemics


particular family I The strlklnu_____^ „ is''the! reality tif .the


with [the


CEPHOS has proved !yi eKcellent aijd safe treatment for reducing! a high tempera- Tcure.


, • I :


r th e tippalliiig ,la,ck of discipline and recently


l iosing I its lid en tity vowsraie hel^ lightly


“ Soqni there will be tieople .tha:ifmatried .


estraint nj the Charles


SINGLE DOSE


backbone


our-families there-v|m be np need to : fear. Isuch parents are, the, if .the nation.


ong and


the end—wi tJpn to the entered his demobilised,


trie


■0 Incidents—one at the begin- pi .tjHflijji arid'the'Other at


bead ■ in to , " Yoiir fade


used t° 'be­ 'W


ll serve as an iritroduc- story. Twhen Gibbons hew home after being he tikk his, wife’s ,bls hands and said,


stfohgly


events las death of ’


on a ,Noel Film !


by PfeljER BLOSSOM


of wo^king-lcluss family life as Hyed iii Ldndon' Irom 1918 to 1939. Mit Cowafd


cp uu v^iii,,..efofe. w e ^ e s


I thfe General Strike, the Km'g (^orge V, 'Munich—


in


I t is the story sUch


public thing in the


.A.C film; is indeed] ttoely, d n ^ these are o ^ s Wheii the family is n iTi cf ‘ its lldentity


and marriage together with


:iome. Judge said th a t


ountry”. Be that afe it may, there


s no douW atr all hbout '^Is; soi as w?-jhave Parents like Mr, Mrs. Gibbons


t the head of


more divorced people In this j


ecomme:id uU parents iple 'to see i t when it


great film, and, I


' serioUs business. j^, Y’ou’re 8 riri? fp rnafrv a goodig jl, and I ju i t ^ a n t


to tell yo^d


K she’ll ? e% o o d a ^ ^ ^ ^ as your raotherjhas been to ™e. . Now a bit [of p a re n t^ advice Hkp


a n w S h i r i g l p come b e tw e e g u j It-s.just you and her,_sre.


S .


is riot to be entered upon Ughtlyi L f o n ? . itilA enMM W J


iTisTaj se r ie s affaff, temporars e pW '* f ? j S a r ' S a l


about fromi flower to ffpw.r a y a the Hollywood.! wont. 1 i , na


llliisloned young ;woman 1^°: The marriage vpw is, i


hell, but what have I beep uviub inW' risked'ri dismayed


W t held top^ lightly thdse days We need more [fidelity, and Ip^ of that poisonous! doctrine' .feat, p


must


oward


(Acting


By H.llBOTTOMLEY ~ al Manager, i


: Rlbble Mi


.'ITHERE ar ; which, fei


on'the part o: the staff hus Ject upon


r services. Ltd.) few businesses' In slightest inefficiency


evqn one member of immediate i an


public as!-feat of


the- road pa^enger transport, ip- b lustry,, and Ifeeri is ho i form of more, exact!.Ing'fi


staff feemselj yes. should ibe


ernment riation] , For bxamp


in I !


operators have to imanage! with up to 40 than i er c$nt.


I At ID OUUUlU jiJJU CfcUUWlt


known f e a t ! bus less bus; mileage


of : economy, Impc sed by the' Gov- interests! of I fee


Rlbble Company in fee year ended March 31, 1939, operated 42,596,680 miles; for fe : year ended Marcli 31 last the mileage i was 24,943,343—a


fee e, b'


■ decrease of 1 /,753,337. ' : ' i # ! i If traffic mad diminished in the


permanent I mritriage sh(shOlUldi be a sad pot


and wTveriris Mri and Mrs. CHbbons passed away as [a result of any n w


order here. ! ' to do wife Queenle. onp of The next ep sode In the


it for another,!’ And when they ik p 'th a t borne alter, .all the ups and idpwn^ joys ano sorrow^ of the past yearsrhe says, .as thw_takea


is !not p young as it but I wouldn’t change


last peep at the tpetnfii care where weigo ol what happens


to uslsp long as I lave you.” ^ne Is struck .al , througa the film wl-th this fact of fidelity and affection. So much, i then for the relat on of husband ,ajn 1 wife. iLet us look now


at some son


.scenes where nfliienced |by'


I 'k


TWO meni ipn


and <


ncldbnts concerning fee of the daughtprs.’ .,


BEbkoOyi SCENES; j iinvolved. I The


tirk[ two b'edroom ratlipr and son are ' on has ’- |been ppth who:! has


revdlutionary > horiie late ppe baridaged) h e ,has with fee ppliep. hind Upstairs h looks so pale,


to his room since he


opposite blpe^ being'offered


Theri'hlsifkfeer sa.is, “Son, I want to have ri little ta,i:c with ypu.j You and I don’t see eyf to eye on 'a.lot doll we I


sayp, ,“ GP op it : i


of things, generatlo) in 1914. back.! Tl political


lsl faifeeri joips hl|m.


iderik ■ He !i comes night with his bead enlria scuffle s mother ^euds


,a


A fd’iv moments later They sit on-


of'lthe bed; After


a cigarette the lad get it over with.”


I belong [to a that Werit out to France


wife' one coilntry. j ‘ old I lady lot up me


n thiedd' to , you chaps yop ityiu"


re are irian; bp put


blanie on ernip[ent. you HwIIl huriian 1 ofliriuch of


I you.


Of stamina to ordlnariy to keep |her


Sonie' of us didn’t pom,e ugh m had Idlfferent plriions we went -out iufpose--to defend' this bWi, after the war, fee Is tired, but there’s a Ina in' her yet, !apd It’s folk like you and


teady. 11 injustices


p go. wro


of I this l|o|ise |1: )ur ip! rii pi


everlhac Eori;’’


Now, th some faih win war 0 0 0


ave Isqmefelp^ else t o . ^ay to Den


atur the


riu go slamming out 'atejat, night without


e :.t louble. lip


telling ypur pidfe ir where you are going; M ndt:having her worried,


apd pe5Ct |tlmd!ycu do i t i l ’li give yori; fee piggpt thrashlrig you’ve


lur ife. Gobd-mght,. ncident should give


’Qod for thought. The


fabt of lilumk [nature havjng to be! changed !before wei can have a changed 1 social: order Is plain enoughJ pnly a 1 oof would clispute “■ iatl some of our [young ui[re, however, is a' bit of


cipline 'i ,rld rCstra fnt In some Pb-day, arid! if criHhren run


tl.at. people stralgh such aS son. t1


good deal of the. .palrents. other bProom scene.


Mr. i Gibbons gave Is [far too lltt


talk from their fathers to his


homes riot, a


the blame rests with- n d , now for fee


1»ARENTAL ADVICE.


It happens ,prior t o ' t h f son s i wedding. I Hb -calls his father, jvho


1 Ideas." '1 Take


iMutd by thi SAVfLEY f FAMILf M £m a


FAMOUS OVER 60


COMPOSITION ESSENCE YEARS THE: SAFEST


7P\’f- 52-


r sw


fo^ C ^ g h s , ]3ronc Gi ’anip jin the Stoni


Prepared ito Brandy. ^ ,, SupOTor


A hrtSE A DAY KEEPS „Tr; Enq. ^iTa, Slithers/59, Piccadilly, iitis, Wind apd fromipure Vegetable, Obtainablt! from Boots’, Taylork Chmists andSjtoreS,


ALLILIiS AWAY. anchester 1.


.WEDIDIMG I and! BlltTHDA Y


“ ADVERTISER & i' TIME^ CLITHEROp. P h o n e : i 407-


REMEDY


ch and Bowels 1 /3 8i 3 / . Ex TfAX


ley and ,rieighbourhpod y?llL be learh lof ’ the'death of


Mr Dikdn' (JileS, [which occrirred at his hpmeii Sawey Grangbl Tarm) on Saturdaf ipoVninfe last.jj In Ws


OBITUARY.-ri-' fee; people bf-Saw-, sorrv 'ltb le'arh lof —- - t


77th vei rl I Mr l ' jUes was a/ native J r io r to


his retiiemdnt, 12 employ-ea by the L.M. &


sympaithyj hvils ^ ‘


tariddaug'., ,


heir bereavement I Grpngel farm. ife. GHos


' nterrii-law and fa.mily,in


his%ito by 13 years. -Much extended to' his


srcuucu son - - r a : MOODS ROAD


s■,1A‘cendjng Churu.-^----- eMy I on I SatvTrdpy, skidded and


I'W.Si 5-tori .'lorry, when^de rph-street, Padlham,


iiturned[on,its; side. J; j i. A largeipartjof ,tlie


consist


Ing of bottles'df usl k was l^t, and owing to brokep bottles traffic had


to bei diverted. i The driver, itoherI Merceri of The Crescent, Clitherop


escap'ed with a slight Injury, he was :-,--, ^ a


when iiealthy kidrey action has rid [you of rheuri atic'pains, backache and urinary trjiubles..


THESE symptoms often .arise, if the [action of ycur Iddneys


beccimessluggishpw: len nature’s ;


filters allow excess mic add and other impurities to re nain in the; blood..-11


Let Doan’s Backache, fCidney


Pills help to cleanse.Biid stimulate your kifeieys and soeiiable yqujto' bedotnejyout happyj ;bealtoy selfj , again.; t


" J wish’I had taken Dotm’s Pills, ' , , ' !


. orders ”i f’Myback dots not bother me n«5'I are '


earlier", i ^Now I ke'.p free f rm rheumatic pains and, mnary dtsr


) f‘thousands


'the work''being done by women. Tnls was sa:d by yiscount . Jennett' spe^k- ing at Grosyenor Hou le,. London.; k


Britain is the foren ostj country j;in the world i for charitlK, wril'


t Ctomit/or LAND OF^ CH/l


RIT1ES.* ; s


of statements m ^ e byg •ate/id m m D O A I jS ’ S


' 1'/B.!' '3/5


without Galoniel-j ajid you'll bed |it thy mtonind full of vin


ment doesn’t ^et at the causel I t takes those good,. oW Garters Liulei Uvc i Pdls to get these two p lntt ; ol bile flowing fibely and make you feel “ up up.” Harmless, gentle, yet amnTlng m nakhv» hua tiovi freely. , Ask . for Carters Little liv e r Stubbornly refuse anything else» 1/5 lo d 3/5>


lee) sour, sunk, and toe World looks i^iiok.. ' Laxatives help a little^: but a mere bowel m07cy


_ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ PUU.


umpbut of. and'irigour


■The Uver sikmidipouf.ont two pints into youi .bpweb [daily. lUthisDUe._____ fi«ly, your food ;dot8n’t tocst. It just decays li bowels. Gas bloats un your stomach! You get stipated. ,.


!J of llqoid bOe is not flowing, lintbe ^.con­


- ' ' I [ ' i. W AKtiiPYbUR


supposb |I some adv life, seeing ithat tb be riiarried.’i’ ‘11


facb.” : riage .


cs in tM glrdeiir'to’ His rOom to


and tie r rh e / bb * face fee [mirror, and the father!fays, “Weill son, I ' oiight to be giving you


lve him P I hah 3 'w ith ! his collar


some ^dvlcfr abaut. the facts of Irig'that /ou.are.jubt go ng. The son [replies., to give you a few


ro'; 'which his father, says, bje ablt sp’ri a fe:


t ia tThen he proceeds, i'“.Mar- .. I 'U ■ i _ r r..— Tf


irim cent grin off your t of fun. It’s a


n


erSiit ir fee Bu see


[rjight, .but 3g is just here:


where IVioro •


know that


putting ,all fee


system or feeiGov- If /ou ifelnk deeply


feet It’s deaf old ■ferit


is at


fee root And now


fee -


father o\^th^ dafriV hVr; brofeeri^ or slstw’s wedding (I .fP’i^ot


She dislikes tpxome night and help her mother wife tne -


housework. She Vipr home Is too commori, and re ..


herself miles father tells worse things common and


from, it. I ner her that there are


In life than being ordinary. [Then he


savs ’" Get up-stairs and put on


S r paint: arid powder girls you' work with credit. , Now I ? one wlshep' our young folk not to have a gopd time or to see life,


•but when that is sought at the 'expense of the simple virtues, fee f S y loyalties and fee i common- tasks V e r e isl no lasting happiness • And Oueeiiie found feat lout;, Tills f s ^ r e d


cerning her.


incident con­ ;; , !


WHAT THE SAILOR FOUND.


she has changed towards him risks her If there Is someone else. Ihe admits that there ls.[ On being


: Her sweetljeart, a sailor, | finds, when heicpmls home


Dressed, she confesses that she has fallen in love with a married man. She says that she Can’t,help her feelings Heriygung mdn replies, “ You'want ti5 master yovlr feelliigs.


What a fobl yori are. Yoi are going


to mVk thlrigs up Have you thought of , 'he imans wife and children Pnc,. o your father aid j mother’ , '.EUt ms words avail nothing. In fee dead of night" shri steps out of thpt ihumble lioirie, leavlrg i note to


isay that shb .has elopec. wife the • ’ iinaV Her psrenf'S are The mother accuses the having been a hit too


married shocked, father of soft wife “ We ■ haVe


' the quest wrong fo:


hep and goes on to say, pever been agreed on


on fef! What Iq right and ouf children. 'But; I have


always tried to teach,her to be respectable! and ,to, be a good , girl; What she ha s' done she pas done of her ownlfre}; will, and 1 can never


forgive her.’! Gibbons thinks his wife! is ido hard. But thbre -another point


an agreed pbHcy .Wife regard to their chlldrra. ■ If orie q : them says one felrig rind -tpe other another there wffl tie no discipline in the-, home, i Gibbons succeeded with his he] had not leepj strong ith fels daugh;er.


Parents feould have


son, but enough'


The fl:


Like all deserted,


ises her again, aid lover, B learned


m,|however, ei ds happily, prodigals, Quienie; being!, comes toher {enses, real- j i folly, Is welcomed home.


11Is married‘to her first] feat'it is the fidelities, not,|


1 fee sailor; boy. Shev;


the frivdlitlbs, that bring peace and. happiness.; ! ! .


[ ' • v ! There are [many other incidents::


in fee film! which interest and:, amuse ! us, hut the, ireat thing;! throughout Is the reslity; of; the


! family. -Trie recognitlori of mutual ’


honour for


home, arid [of the love that bindk. one: fact!


- - Tirian and w fe,‘ fee'ipeed: for discibllrie In fee life of thri


parents - arid - chtldrei i —into: “ happy breed,” this i s 'f e e th a t stands .out, an d , i ; lis ifee thing many, of, our moderp hpmCs: need to beifevlved into once a; I Given srich “ Hapiy i[Bre , .


very


Britain caii face the future wlthbriV fear.: Noel'Cowafd has done great pervice, arid he Is to be,[ wariply commended; on 'this productlori] ■The acting! throughoi t is superb) and fee: cast merit our; highest praise, i'.l:. .


tha?fee‘’ls"Ted up wlfe’fee « • dislikes tp come hacri^p^ff ht


J


same proportion all might have been well, b it quite the cohtrary Is ofteih»ithe lase, -and particularly does this-aptiy l i t h e busy North- West,: I not (nly In the industrial area workins: at :ilgh pressure, with riugmented 1 ibou r, but in, ;the rural area where fee dormal population fs conslderally swollen by,evacuees. [From-this it is clean feat the oper­ ators start off something like- 30 per cent, behind, scratch, if not more,: beariig l i mind that full employment anc full, pay packets mean not mly more workers' to carry, but n ore pioney to spend IP shopping ,65 peditlons and on fee more mode :ate kind of pleasure iourneys.


Buses, which are daily carrying i


excessive overlosds.in an effort,on the part of fee [road staff''to :make up for the shortage of service, are much the worse for nearly five years: of wear .and'tear op roads not maintalrie l t o . peace-time standard, riew bus replacements


ineantlme falling far behind scriet dule, from which it will ‘


be untier-


b f .fe e business-the mainte ance rind garagej staffs—are!not reclin­ ing oh/a bed of roses.


ktood that Ithe |“ back-toora^ [b°y® ' in:


• if * ■ * :[ ‘ , j, , ! j


Spare pqrts are pbt in I -good 'supply, and, this causes delays and


.necessitated improvisations 'scale which In'erferes! with fully drafted maintenance grammes. In 5 uch circumstances the'safety element and’considera­ tion for the road-worfelnessjofi fee vehicles in|a mechanical sense has to predominate making a seebnd- ary^considferatibn fee 'appearance


care- ,'pro-


i!'!of .'the vririlclk ; by which the average person Judges the standard


of fee fleet. the fighting services, I and substf staff-has gU..i?lveni ^vu.. .,


I Like all other Industries, the road up Its ,!full qhota to


I ' [ . ! , [ ■ . , -


! tutes with less experience have had to be drafted in!.. A good proportion. of the; suhstltrites wjhb take an Ipterest in fee [work Is, after some years' of es perlence, becoming pro- fiolent.: All fee substitutes who


essential jpb which -must. be done In the [public nterest. Tljere are, however, otheri who do not Interest iri thp work;


. . . . . . . . . .


take an ho are


in Itielther loir what, .they can get out of it or bedause they have been directed irito ij; under the national emergency; ponyers of the [Govern-


ment. * * I*


THOSE A'^WARD MOIVlffiNTS, It is fee' latter elemen;, fortu­


nately! a smaljl proportlori -of the staff as ri wholei. wlilch is! in the main xesponsiple [ fop instances of unpleasan ;hess on the busfes. Lack of sympafeetlp treatment and in­ ability: on thefr part, to ppt them- ■ he place DJace of the passenge; are dealing


selves In fe with whom tpey fe ises dwped' by the


usiness activity iri war-tiirie where conditions reduirlpg perfection!, are the Pperatlng


Sklptop [Deputy Coroner (Mr. D. ■ F; ■


VERDICT w.


Monday,!! on- Robert Henry, , 'Wiad-j dlngtori'i(62),


peacock)!,-at held at I - Bolt


■esumed Inquestl oy-Bowland; J on ^ “


rellreff


when his car lyai a motcf-:coacb,


sented'feedriv Mr. A. Carter, Bl


Mr. Rf|,P. Leb, farmer, of


pre-war 1 days—measures West Bradford oril November 13th, IP collision wife


Salt HUli Villa, Ciitheroe,| who met his death In. ri Foad: aceWept at


for the irelath es'. watched:fee pioc[gedlngs ;i


of the police. , Peter I Dugdsle,


old schoolboy, o: dlngton.1 said th-:, on Mopday, ■i'Jov delivering . nejvs] Bradford. Workp( the village, mill,


to fee Post Offle he noticed a


., JlackbUrn, rsDre* 3r[i)f fee coach, aPd bkburn.i appeared ,Supt.i E^sfeam ~ behalf


Ibft ^a paperl ri^ Mrs. [ Nubtall’s, Brook House Cottage, which is neset As he came out ar coniing from


across feel rbad afterl having Ni


[nd he w ^ walkH rl


o apers [iP West ple werej, leaving


Clltheroe tow£id| the W corner-!travelling at a| moderate


speed. Whilst h f was crewing the road he heart .a crash [arid, , l(wk


Ing round, he saw that l[hC'Cur had collidedi with i. niotor-coaoh. Which


had evitiently coriie from^e direc­ tion of Wadc.initon. 'Trie jcoacri was full of I t i ia n prisoners of war,


He did! not slee. iw


Marjorie W


of - -Wriddow ■said she wa$ work along about a hun Post Office, a


lide,:but he s front of-the! bar


hit Hb


fee bus push fee a few feet along


the'Vehicles col-


the road, MODERATE SPEED.


ffilfeeroe-rpad wHeP,


Immediately aft; a crash,; and the road, she collided wife


the first persin' In -answer |to


Whlttern said ling at a gopd, it passed Her,


Mr. Carter


bus when you a: —It was jusf pj on its own


^ it and was


ern, mill worker, use, iWiaddington, cycling Home from


ing at!,a moderate speed Alipost rdundlng


saw a I uotor coach,


Ire'd yards from fee carfpassed [her trayeL' rWards


saiv that 1, fee car had She


she heard a bendi ln


did pot see the (oUlslonitake plape, but,fsP far'as fee! knew; she:


;o reach ifee[ scene.


, fee Coroner, Miss t ie car was travel- steady speed' when


lyHereabout was fee 'ivedori fee [scene? ;t the porner 'and


j sldP, , s n: far a s 'I o[ -a[ re­


member. .The .car jyras [up agams^^ .urried! Rightly in fee


dlngton, salp she; j too was cycling Home from-(rork about fee time.oi


direction of Grffidleton.,; T, Mrs.' Frapees' Mary Lamb, piUl worker, of Bropk , Cottage, Wad-


the accideril. ';is; she was almost opposite ‘ ih^e ;Millstones_ Inn,.; a motor-coachi laden with I ta ll^


'take i an [Interest IP [fee! work, swhether filly proflciehtior pot, are doing 'a igooa Job |of work—an


prisoners, passed' her travelling In -■ ■


the directioii.'p moderate slpied


mi.:


■ “ , Grlndleton at a lit was on; its cor-


so later sh ; H lopklrig round, | dent had occurred! Mr.: Carter;


corner?—Nc. rect side of the| road. A minute or


Ipard -a [crash, and saw: that an a'cei-


round you ( oulp see the aCcidept? _^Yes.


Could-you seC slightly round the J


..When you 1 ■ ■ '


ITALI/dyS’ HELP.', .Walter Luna,' mill worker, of


Millstones Cottage, West Bradford, said he was oii his way home from ^ le saw: there had been a


cumoimi. if3 -riPtlced some.'Itallans


- carrying W iddjngton lri*'9 .9': cottage, anl he'accompapied them


enger (at


times when unusual circumstances ar-lse calllpg- for tact) cause of


not dlffiqulty. J Sometimes the is fee main


passenger, feels badly and unfairly dealt with Injcoridlfions which are


fully understood,, and a word of patient exjplanatlon to-an ex­ asperated quejstlon would go far to


obviate' trouble, j i , ' Of course It is hot always fee . •


bus empic yee who is responsible for difficulties wHlcK arise. Very often the condi ctori orthe conductress is thP first persPn'connected with fee company whqm fee passenger rees


■after experiencing: trouble. The usual early :nofnirig bus imay be missing qwlpg to I staff failures—


.—


erl i aps-^— A


m oda


to render Issistance. [Waddlngton was suffer ng ;| from head! injuries .and died 'whilst witness -wqs Pre-


sent. Dr. C. Royl


the scene of 5.30 p.m. in front qf cottage an was a dee; and fee ylslble. H' iron, whlc! to accoun. also spffejrpd shock. Ei" death,: anj


said hWrrive'd: .at the accident about


Wa'cdingtori was lying I fire in a ‘ nearby was extinct.: There ration of th,e scalp


of fee • skull: was ered severe [concus- .tself was sufficient als de-slith.' 'Hb had, .rpmendously [from


,helt Icbuld have. I caused loth together: would


certainly b e [ f# l i The'severe con­ cussion wa 5 Ipue ' to fee , injuries sustalned‘ r.-thri accident. The Defeity (joroner: .Had he


whether 'iue to sickness or other­ wise—so I fee coriducto'r.of fee next bus,, ’peril ap .grossly- overladen in i an effort to accommodate a double double


load, has disappointed


to bear 'fee brunt of


.The pert on ■ blame, is fee


criticlsirii -all..............'I'"'


passengers' i s h a r p of .’Which Is tinfair,


the


to [blame, If 'there Is persqn whd has failed


duty rindl whb is not there; After -iiearly fiy-e ye-ars^of .-war


with its stresses and personal anxieties! tempers are more 'easily frayed.' [ Thik a,pplies'notjonly to


'the; travbllirig public, but to the staff alsri jiist [ at'the tlme ywhen


ednditifes cdll for more tolerance.


. [The R bblb Company’s staff has b-ben reipindbd feat “ Incivility be


■gets inciyillto ” |. [' with disagree­ able cdrisequeric'es to,bofe:feore edneerned. jirhls maxim should be remembered! when travel conditions seem .p£^rtlcularly bad. Make no


tirilsTake,| the buC operator knows........ ^ ...... _ 'good:a


.... .......


will he snared' to [restore fee higher standard 'Of service wheri present restrictions are ufted.


silt I circumstances, and.; no ;Pains ; i


-------- — , ,


you could coach?-HYes.


dington paid fe a t her husband had been driving tor more than; twenty years..: He Hto heqn:driving the car whlcai was Involved Iri fee acci­ dent. for atorit five yeato.. Going round b> toaddlhgton v/puld have ■added r about fifte en ; nqtoutes to h their journey, but they'would still


In ansWrl.to


Mr Lee, Mrs. Wad- uphi


. , , . ,


chance of doubt it,


be'en a ycurigef man was: there a sufvllval?-! very .much


WIlJJOW’S EVIDENCE.:


Mrs. Waqdirigton,: deceased, £ widow, sa d she was a passenger to


fee car. whibl: -her husband w^ driving. She was sitting to; fee rear -near-Sia-d seat. They .had, travelled frdto Grtadleton and in­ tended gdlhg iq Clitheroe. ; Aftor


he had tu^ed qoym the'roadlwhich passes the! Methodist Chapel at West B’


rhdfori Mr. Waddlngton


decided to to tb Waddlngton to see a Mr; Banks, a'rid.accordingly drove


towards fee Post, Office corner, where he wquM; have to, turn left. The nex;. tritog she remembered was feat thdre was a crash. She


saw no qantof whatever, nor did she see any] approaching yehlcie. The next 'thtog ;she remembered was beto;i iri the [cottage. ,


seen


ravel cpnditlonsjare .at itlme^s not in, the r'erirdeat ! the car would have as gpodiqs thej( would be in qffifr- | to be fulto ij^ the main rqad before


Mr. Cartor:. As you were'.sittlng J


, motor


1 looked '''


an eleyen-year- Leawood, Wad- about 5115 p.m. 13th, he, was,


Car


river Killed in ColOfeion With Motpr-Coach


w ST; BRADFORD i|TRAGEDY


3f “Accidental recorded' by the


,lie approached! side of the toad/he at about; 18 'niipji. simply shot pfraight iri ,'lrorit o. him. from! ,the CUtt eroe'(;road.‘ H4 ^ y horn j souride4


fee corner 'on his


was travellim A'ripiall car


did riot hear thougri he hail[ so mded! His, jus> befofp he came had no time, which! way the


Immediately he saw the car b applied bis brakes .and stopped


___


- jar Interidqd going 5 an


t ie junction. -Hi [liateveri toTgathe


the gett: „ assisted Mrs. Wa'ddjp[glon out^df the epr and I took herftb' a nparby cottage. On; His way pack he mat some; of fee' Italians,: who were


sPorii as he could. 'The poach struck fee


carrying Mr. jWaddlngton across tlfe road. - He could see He was serious, injured, apd-; 'telephoned: for


doqtpr.and ihe:pollcej The vehick were not molved after the accider


in answer to Mr. Carter,'Eccl


stori said he left Waddlrigton abo 5.101 p.m. arid! arrived at the Po; OfiQcp . at West Bradford; abbrit 5.20[ p.m.. TliPre was no fixed time; for!; !hlm tp i leave : WaddlngtPn. There was a bridge on the road about,; 40 fetet from fee junctlph. He' could not take the benp on - the bridge by keeping to 'his own side, and fee had only a j few; feet [la which to get .back to,: his own- side of''trie road.! : ! 11 i,:: ' ' [ i ■


'[ -Mr'.'’ Darter:-After!'fee junctipri th-ere Is a'hill?—Well, fee-re'Is aa


incline.' , '


near the Millstones Inn. ’ * ! Do you engage third igedr abc this'! corner to get: up the Incllpe more quickly?—No. i


j


‘did •pull ■10


sengers.


If you: were in third.: gear, why you take 17 feet in which to up?—The vehicle weighs 6 tons qwts., ..and I hjad- a lot of pas­ I,]' ■ !r.


: Do you usually take it; in t)p- gear?—No. I aliyays; come to tie Post! Office corner in th i r d . gepr, because I 'p ic k two' prisoners


'! '■[ i


IP ut;‘


Al WINTER IT


wprth, !of 20, Broi r r Iseirving


[


SCE| 10


RECJEIVEDa chC' Mohday from'i Pfe.


ry


i6w;]p#ing in ‘ers. ,_"I; ;ani|ke|pl}


'riridfeutiof mlsChii I tw i fe l l wah.Hpitte de


6 T.’. for Jack R!jgt .bn'^rlca:


; jng fee p£ . _ ! ijilst lifor, a ride 0|n tpe


-


! feb -taKirig a ieiff hObks o’ parcels [froip


.Those were the days, statibried ln!'Engla:id


looked forward to my le


I ' could! see my. mothei g relatives, most of when ,/• _


■epme street, 'I well "Ci; yp.. ,whilst‘I coming .


mee .iiJav:


rit


of iri'ipe, who ils in fee " t :I glad: to sei


dead?-i-You ' mustj rehiember it notj'a- private car [I arii driving. , Seventeen i feet Is. quite,-a normal en.


But at 18 m.p.h. ygu would stop- :eme


dlstpnce in] which tOi|pull up w travelling ^t, thatj speed?—Yes.


IN sounded. In answer] to further questions,


I Eccieston) saW he | sounded his horn. because pel often:met a bus which travelled top. He


particular type of vehicle for abbut


ten' year Mr. eprier: If you had bet:


fee'tar?-p-ffo. / ; j.- b 'rilr. Lee':; This bar ifeo


couple of iPet nparei! to the of,the road, would you liaye missed.


yehind (he Post Office; corner] I . i


wa's : ’The'whcile'of tpe froritjof the 'The! dWage did not extend


badly ;daraaged?r4Yes.


yopd'the front wheel?--No. q ^ e i damage'to you*"'”'''^^


i Clltheroe road. Ito ! tVfe -tow iirds.-1


u^t-e smiall?—Yes.! i- If the car waslcjoriilrig'out of


ition on the road toiwUch you saw it?—None'whateVep


| ^j ;


Clifeercje ton road wifeou-| .place?—Y< s.


oad


P.C.! Sm .at lylier


tlqn In'which you' describe, for the- crir to have turried ; opt from fee the Wadding- CO[lision taking


Would it have been posslbl^i flth y'dur coach on fee rdac in fefrio?.*-


I MlEASUfeteMENTS. 1th, of Grlpdleton,'


of the riot -be' front i of the ci with fee offside fee co£(ch. Thi of fee bach wqr he riear-slde of d ,bf thd poapl. e!Post Office f fee co'aph wpj e ' Width That mea


dciden mov'


■ont near


r 'idthind jfe


ear, er Wth Ife


20,ft! 9;;'h.‘ epming car wq brake


Ins. of,, -traffic.!;


s 4 ft. 8 arks oh


from the wheels Were :lj7‘ -ft. lopg tance 9 ft. we:


the' road, aricl' the;, jwas in


3jfi


iorner. ‘7 ft.Tins.,


roadway foi The width 0 Ins, Therd the


line-; The-


o f ’iHb road nt that .there was[ on-


wasl


’ the- w-ere-


toad, j Itodirig;


oi - the' bus, I andlof Ifeat dls- 'in the! W-addifagtoa


rib br-ake; marks oad. In arisvver.tq Carter, [w.ltness.


klde of the Post Office.;’: Thera i.* tsw/vlr'.rk- yvin»«lrc» nvi i+Vta


ori [the i Clltheroe-


said the near-sldej brake [mark was-.- 3 ft bitap. froml'feeiside !cf - the. The bhk ■was'10; ins, 6y':r the of fee toad. . ii jl' i'.i


roadj crown


Si ru


'f Mr. Carter to prevent feel bus!iff.


’


rieareij -to 'thellep-hand 'todq if fe®’ toad?—-Well, i liavd riever [dr


as'.ijfefeji anything from!


he o:Islq^,toccaslonally; on -those narrow! fo'rids.


tbus. .Vdflver vfould have; to ! ' ■ [ ; : :


'NO’ “HALT;”! ,SIGN.


There! is no ‘ Halt ” sign junctlon?y--No, but you a


proachlrig It uphill. Is It I-a fact thatl


your ■pipasurements, its oivn side of fee .’VyjXjlf’”


consitoe'nt;


ave been rione before btockout as feey orlgtoqlly .iiitended


motor-C')a!ch,! of, 4, Roundell-,ter­ crace, BarnoWi wick, said fils motoTr


, co a d h iD!Jiv eR’s sJcory, William' Eccieston, driyer,of! fee


fee timb of ffha accident; he was carrying ;18, ■ (Italian prisoners of war, fiomi Waddlngton, 'towards Grtodteton.p He ; knew thei district well and hadibee'n driving o n 'fe a t particular ros^d for 18 paonfes. As


oach wris a thirty-two-seater,' At


showM; that fed [bus: had not swerved at all?—Yes. '


• Mr)--' Lee: ---------,


been i applied ,ust to ft. fram the !corner?r4Yes. [ -'I, Ih.; , ■ ■ ,


; In ,; xeturn-lne his; verdi it, th Deputy! Cororie r said it wou! d be in accordance wl H 'feel medical ey' denceJ J . [Mr.;;.' Va'ddtagton’s deatn was'caused by severe; cor.cussion and I shock, duei'toiffhe WuneS ;:


Did It show Hat fee brakes had !


accidentally sustained; wlien, to®: car he iwas driving iwas in liolllsHn wifei a !motor-coach. ' Tlfat was borne;out by tie evidence.


.1 I


at jthe 'e; laB-


[the [car was on road?-Fes.


■accorclng to[


ithe position of the c ehicles. mt;'With fedi coach having fee cdr?-l-'yes.,


The!, i-brake marks; .. ' ! , .


. . c Any thing, coming [ .rburic , ’! fee


side, n l^ t f e a v q bden :to! danlger? Well, rid


orner,; even if kedpirig: to i s: own


being’ "


fth^ ■ regimental,I depot jncas'rilre. Regiment


killed 18 Japanestoi


[toOTe—are lnsc::lbeii' e four ihen conpe: deiiachmeri't’. coriim'arii Crirlstopher, Wlrichds' ;■


. . . . . Cqfpl) Leslie' 'Wlghtra


, Town, statlon-toad> 1 ['; Jlifi Fehdall,' Of 65) ' i Old Traflord, Manchd


Rc-fand' Penbefthyl- .LCLjEtOri^Street,; iLyt|5


,: 'i 1 iMeri the D^st L i iheiongtog to fee 36


|p ^ [ pif - Hopljn, ------Ine-guns'rin W


siOri. (who havfe' ady 'North-Burma and iri IBtoriiria) occupied


!, JAPANESE offipei' -its'way, homei’t: ' ' ” ' i i l r"


1'our namds-lth pe i aachlne-gun whlcl


.were,. said.!


,,he a|:ijived ■at, fed Ito™® !'. the khlclds had'


. T ie near -side-' rd of,


was ,lnterlqcke(i 4,,tosJ


i/heels-’ ' from.


Wfedlngton, would the have [been any need tor It tb[ be|to the ffosl-


your vehicle which came to contact. ; with .feel c!ar?-rYte^,!


oiir side of the road-?--'Yes, I t was the offsi!de,,frqht corpei: of' |


jtlput fijom.: to-,'


car- be-;


'Vehicle was. the--;


[ •& ii‘ .th


from Clitherpe to Grlndle- had been'[driving that-


Is.


■Blackburh|!!r W£ niy uncle,; qf fe ^ and George Wr.


h


. fee m i to he' toy ; teacher .at .jWaterlpo


um ■\n‘ O


: 3 rurigerley .Bridge I fet | ; .Happy ...tlmqs* I ! have s i |


! Bcho'ol.i ‘ ' ‘ I When: ;I i.saw , _


! I;‘jwith me put'hCr't.ls ' Wh£illey ‘arid|! apotier


' towering up .to'the cloi v im It ” v : -


tome, ion 'leave [las [[Jo h n 'Stratton,! jaf dj whd hajrijbeCn [(o M n a v a l! prbducpon -


0 'professiorial; -actoi ^feqn I ipet 'fetollto ‘ ilaiy ’wa-s :origlnall: j- ava lj,. '[I lit, I arid';


thout''rea'rsj’’ [Jorin Ah:


ip ,d& for fee ep' pldyedl


ri feat' of


arjrap'ge show I ito'j onb of “ Kit.!’'


itour: ■'ilMmeiis-elyi by;n6'.riieqns|a-jp: ati'Dlepp'e,' the pai ‘■


’■'"toen,! four.:'df 0 j : the |W,R to Boulogne,


the Municipal 'Phi uoghel they vtonti ti th-ere- tq Rou‘en


first of their i


ocdaslon, they blayed hptitos.


■yfe'es were us.li'j Many


,“ The me:n of simbly


coiriing backstage: Iqf- fee:


Cplals, but .unforti ha riojiiableitci see toe,


_st| one; of tt i


wad e


: .[Jcihn’sjmalririmp.r'dss: Is' l.rine: of. ralnj


icoid “iWe; t r t e ed an, open ;'trrick,’' Man )an i;


MILITARY! p: HlQ.,


s.Ei.A


tontalk .i'to us. and' t< yqu,” ; John .-said. ijlyed home l ihay Nelson; of


-uf -* 8: de


...jg ■to;Dleppe, vfhcii ,r' final iperformahe . . . .


■it-


I ‘ Hapks of the old -kibble ™ I trip, ,'pemenit -Works chit


: 'Blackburn, arid bpfe of| : .-fe'i .j'A' & T.’j after ^


H i


ife I


^ to.'Winchester; afo leun'.ltostruCtoE, w!ai.|


.. [irias- heeh to fee ’fq||: ' HatUe. .‘ I


3 team saw ■ lomiwas'an


% itetorwhen' 1


iwjirds 'them, i


afeL, iW


offipri O iJ


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