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BAHM Itrengtheni


leroe Division fSERVATIVE


POLITICAL ACTIVITY.


leal activity. Th^ife has been Jy considerable qulckenlrg of leal life In home affairs; la J of the fact that the war isj not |ver. It is still being rdent- Carrled on by


[fronts. I ice: are appalling


fe the drpad riec If we.-are takee


faeted py unhapjpy divisions log their own people, and • we^ I have ishown the: world the It of Britain and; the strength eniocracy, must see to It |.hat, i nation, we stU| remain as ed In peace^as ln!pr.


{•chill haS: warned jus , of ‘fthe bre magnitude of ithe problems pace,” for althougli the enemy been driven out of imany of the pled countries, spine are still


|lar meetings Ini most of our liches, but all are icpntinulng w their full share in :war activh


ar conditions haye prevented BRANCHES’ jJi)RK.


|r committee are secretaries for • Savings street gpups.


hbes’ Coniforts Fund and ^ St.| Istan’s.;'• Several [members bf


Idy efforts, whWhlj have ated considerablej sums to their,:


eat Harwood ■ report hoi


ding' con-


adlham cbntlnue|tb hold their athly meetings, | mostly social hg to the! dlfflcultyiipf obtaining ftkers. 'They responded whole- rtedly to the special dubecrlp- i drive of: the Registration (Asso- jlon, arid' were largely resppn-


md is last appfoachmg janu there is every] prospectl oi le coming year. [jMr.'


We can, howey^fj_ ^ e fjha..


but Wd all slty of i the our free-


and


|her annual repoi;t the s Mss GreenwQocj.i said: 1944 has been one of laich.


S6i re- !The


• ■ ! i & TIMES. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,


IN ANl Roi


I' tr WAS much interested- in yqnr note 1 of] last weekj contributed!: Iby Mi;.


: ^ f te iJrammal School,” writS pA.Iii'' -‘He drew 'attention to ,a ;biaybill


■ icsued in Mr; Wilson’s day, upbi which ■fyouth named Hardy % e d projm- Spntlv If 'not d yorkshlrpiuani by


' fer he: afterwards became Member pf pari'an: ent ■


he; Alli(s on. dshed


'Church,^ putting


Xnes'i referring to the plays p:odUced IN the note about potato 1 ups and cowns in our. columns' l^ t week,


hlr 11,' be was subsequently closply con­ nected'ivilh the county of bro^ acres,


tinffuisied member Of the Sene te, and great champion of -the Eifiblished


earlier ■than the one ^corded -that oyei] two centufles, ag i>7Q


TrflEedv of Cato ’ Iwas enacted in. the S v wood a-nd plaster . f ading’


in the:year 1739 .to. be precis), ‘The Q, tn hp .nupdR


the cost of production, ’and tbat at a lime when money was scarce. Well, 'I f a fir, far' cry from Cato td Carton,


Sme'down quite handsome,] for they mde -4 grant'-


The Governors ofjl '


Etandinrin the south-west, cpjmer of the cihprchywd. dp|rmg_the hea-i.emn of Mr. Park.


hut the% it Is. ahd the School Drama­ tic Society can authentically c t o that, i 'it can frace its descent back tpppe days


Btom^df valour, yiho foug.htl'it .'Det- a t^neen and exhorted his troops to 'Are,


TEnglanfl.’ , I d -


'Add'soh’s play, th€ Headmast^ ,would Rteu forward with 'his grace! ul, speech of toanks to all who had Wen 'con- cbtnedl in the success of .the # y , it's a long way from Mount [«. Welch,


’ view that presidlrig sprite;:. what., a cl'.armhg tale he bould tell jl


!e for the succSssfifl Bring and IS a le and Dance pn. December which resulted .n £50 being bded over:to the funds.


ihe wipter seasop, |at which Mr. Iner spoke, was most successful, B they hpve a larj e Increase in |l r membership.. J ''


Jlltheroe report regular knitting Btlngs fof the Prisoners of War [oclatlon, :and th e | run dances be a'week to help! me Conserva- ^ Club.i Their opening meeting


llghamj


Ich was followed |by a discussion Jong the farmers H present, and


wnd, Mr. Verner gave an address,


etlngs,! both held a t Mr. ime


'have h|a i much enjoyed, j


J)hatburn| held ai letlng, 'a t which Ike pn: “iConsenja


Inlng for, their position of


tey were chiefly


glstratlbn Assocl i drive, i


langed i m o n th ! tetlngs and a da


berrsir :William [Hrass, had de^ bided not to. seek ye -electiop.


unwelcome news


educational Mr. Verner live Politics.”


jy also revived tlielr annual ball, Ptrumeiital in


jblllng district Jilrd” ,i'n the iion subscrip-


^Vhalley have rptj Imed a strong , officers. They


rganised and mrnittep wffh jhave already y educational


jie, j ' '


TRIBUTE TO WEMBER. In October we r


e leived tlie very lat our' Mem


| a feeling, of ven deep,Negret ■read thiro'ugm the Division,


8. Stephenson’s hi— ., — At the two ,


joint and


1 “:L ■IW


:'but thd ‘genius loci’has been present all thejtiirle. If only one coiid mter-


1 -“ngtoing days are witn;us once I jhore, bringing the: first floweir| of. the


:Ipass.


jv(a'-mih s of love’iness, 1 bedeck the. .


I’S.C^ lW.i„pc


i';rpH0 dark and dreary jw inter is slowly pasSlhg,” writ^; H,;D.B.


toawaking year. 'Snowdrops, .qiropmg orchard


lieyerelfrost has.bfen hard; m 'the;.jas­ mine, but some of its vello-^, 00'versf gleam 'oUt [)ripio|e company. ^


I “ In'I another Mazereum.’


tod in|the Autumh it fr coye'ed iwlto bright red berries: Wild [pirsley .is Ehbwirik its tender frondS: arutos push­ up their curled grpn spikes,; while on the he&er>w above, h'aze!-c'atlans:sway qh-the leafless branches,, i [ I - | :


[shrub is blooming [again, the!!''Daphne ___ unfold later,


garden


to keep crccus| and 'favourite


. Its J®ayes


ett music. When we heai’ the gbldehivoice in ou:' garden, m.r hearts' alre up if ted, tor then we know that.it iU soon be springtime again ‘ .tod hark ! 'how blithe the


::Gan!ie forth intc' the light of things, ’


H'Shigs. ,


e, too, IS no mean prea flier: LSt Nature be your teacher.’ ’’ ■


iw i f


dme tof it fooli4h and soipe quite pdersi-andable.


{,nd has, perhaps, tosociations of all


tommqn wren, was sacred to ti the oldest historical our birds.


jThalj ' useful feathereds atom, [.!


Jcibin pwes at least some of its frpm [molestation to the be.


mroughput : the tinite that he has presented I us In j'Parliament his ptto has been “SCrvlce,” 'and he Is never spared himself triylng to l ip : each one of [rils constituents lien In' need, whether his sup- Irter or not. He has won six elec- bns, each:one kebnly. contested, Ed he has'kmt the Conservative


ir, wol'se. will-vU it any human i that Mrms! it or its' pest or eg'gs: There


'arts Of the count:-y the equaUy useful isaster in, the form of a broken linib,


lief I that


e Druids In many freedom


the


toe still people who believe:that these .decles interbleed, and there is ah old copplet. which has it th|ai . I '


|g flying In (he Clltheroe pivlslon [r 22 years! iWe pave been fortu- Tite 'Inilflhdmg a I hew candidate,; Ir Richard Fort.i Mr. Fdrt Is a htlve of the ClltheioeiDivision; he as had^lgreatj experience lii Indus- hal affairs l and has travelled Idely,. snd we are convlnped that we work hard for him we shall :able: to returrj him to West


llnster bmiWewl^


L,mu>iv„vv members;for thplr con- Inued support, entailing, as It dpea iuch hard i work! Mr. Langshaw id Mr Verrier for their:|regmr


to'thank all officers and mittee


i-operatlon' and I help, a^“ lonardT King-Wllclnson [for so ndly again audltlT g pur accounts


I each ;bne of u? p ;allses


Isult lies in her he nds, and works If' our xause: with conviction aiia hergy, thefe is eyjry prospect oi hr winning [the fig it once again-


the ThpE


ligestive lUpsi'ts


TEET H1N6 TIME iDonltilfet y:ur baby'lose


fcyerisliness lessiy parrlioeii


-----


strengtiifand suffw ncea during I teeth'.n=


etfulness: Bablels,bused suaressway I : by motllers for over fpity


lars. They i help '^eeben fUr lltt; jbmachsl' relieve dfaxrhceaj due ^ Igestive iupsets andlllear out harroiu, ^ te s tnat make iMby frptlul lana


Jitless. I Then see h™ quiCWy “ Irid'siness lessens ar d your i tiny - pn®


lifts off| Into; sound restful sleep^.^^ t liates—no i“ sleepy: ituff" Iri Bab.ets.


ablets Mr the .-woiderful; way hieve teethiivc: troubles;: coristipation


liness.


h'ankful i mothers!, everywl.v- 'r,-,;. ^ iverishness, diarrhoea, colic, and ire-


'i _ ft ATTrrlnv , rsily crushed to a ij pwder. ■Bablets Bv) er be without


Il'Chemhts, trial size 2d., of^fuU-^^" pekage Is.l 5d., inci tax.


ten stKkes when leastexpected. ,


are ■ babvfs i own | them.


BA B L (Baby’s Own Bablets). ; Sickness, sp


^ ,


'time'. I Get a package oi


'very definite assets to any fa-m.-l Magpies have long’ been [a^clTOd-


ulisurdly, charged: - with suokng jinilk :'rpm ‘goats, and even to-day has the hime Bf “ goatsucker.” to. owl perch- tog on a 'house, is held ta foreteU sdrro\\l for the 'Inhabitants: and ,swaJ- !!ows,-tu;lding on r beam in a. cowriied, lafe'believed to le bad for [the cows. iActuallv, both otvl.i.and swaJtoW are


ThejBabln and the Wren':! ' ! Are;pod Almighty’s cock 'arid hen, irhe'lnightjar was fDrmerlyiUnd quite


w|th luck, ■■'both toad and bad. “ 0“® Mr sorrow, two fm jeyi” to


and riot so marly [years aga sahors tilieved that gulls’efnbodied tpe spirrts


• o| drqwned and departed segmeri. ^


,,Swallows were joelieved to spend the winter' in ithe m^^ud at the[ bottom ■of a|pond and in spm'i parts crlckoos aro Etjill believed to turn into hawks in the winter. That vjery canny ' bh-dj toe raven] has tong beep regarded as a bird of ill lomeni 'and ro)ks leaving arook- riy aiie belleyed to presage' ill fortune f'pr tlie estate, concerned. ' ,It is hard to. folive that' that very


toter^ting bird pf .rrey, the,-kite now ahs 5o 'rare that is extinclflonlas a British bird -is fetoed, wad once a cpmmim object end a scavenger to the street^ of 'London 1 There.wgs a.n o-d i iamlhg Shakespcare’s : “.’When toe


'kite,is known to ‘ up of


kite breeds, look fa in this case pro, ., unconside


iu.


ct tijian superetjitiiD1, since [the London ‘snapper


have been ai ■ed trifles.”


liforc


‘A^ _______wonen?’’.W£S a'ques- ten put to a gardening Braihs Trust at


'HE caulifiibwels manage, as


‘ reluctance because his lencl


p audience. He sald'.’w _ , as dlificult' to


t It t'3s answered py'Mr. I^. W. Boll, a wife was


he local Parks Superintendent. with some ........... in thio


rablv 'there Was 'more ■___lat she should not have toe job, of lesser :lmen,’i’ and


■(liiiD birds haVe long been subjects, legend, lore and superstition;,


■j“lt ik lovely to near the hfrds.sing-’ iiigiagiin, to wat;h the .lark toward i -the sky -and bo, hear turousi song, filling the air wdt


h sweet- ithrlish’s’


soaring iteirap-


.throsit'le


n§ out, are) sefented' purplb vloaets. stairlike


Saffron crocuses gr^et , ,the sun, and near them, shyly


'dbout 'the Parish! Church, Schcol,on t e ocofision of the last proddefe no doubt behind the cl'-ck of th^; fcitting ■ ineedlea and the whirr of the i^guiUotme The would hear the voice of Ihe Plfiyw of 1739| declaiming: that ‘ Cato, frwugh dead ’ ihall stiU; protect his 1 friends. S diubtless, too: at the e ^ o f ’lMr


! “If the 'genius loci’ pd:hanging


f dapper George the Second^ atUittle nd behave braveli? fOr the.hohour .of


>: for Bradford, : j j, jdls-


But the boys at the Sch')ol were on plays at a date] -much I t is


a


about .tbe 'early, use of the ptato nuund aboy t our oountryside. ■ The learliesit E have ! got is in .cohneetton wd'th th& wof Peter I Walkdeni,” Iwho was


; I: wonder'i if anyone has. any notes j . -j


atte:itii3n is i drawn to-the f-acti that toe ’ peof 1^ in the North of; England we.re lar-^ieeing: enougn to; grow] potatoes^ wheijmiost lof me rfet 'Oi England des4: p.sel jthem.i That tills is quite correct -[will presently appear. - i


(SEVEN KING YuASE H A I I


"iLI’m E 1


To-morrow ^Saturday) Judy Garland in i^ELLIE KELLY.”


f BEBpCA” I


It is a re-issue of Laurence Olivier and, Joan I Fontaine in '"Hebecqi^” 'Aganst


c One of -toe f .best films of pU, _ti aie omes on Monday for toe entire week.


a background 01 chflltog mystery; Si flz- nick’s.famr


- -- - - - -


have I been! published, and ■ ; with [bhel}(ear 1725.


'laid 85 awk'endate of great potatoes”—: he. l ad previously £0ld I2. awkendale of little j poba'toes for one| ’sh-illlng, pnor,' bably for sets. Not only wereibhe polaf


eaten' a ging up His potatoes in


him “ throng, hog-l which he had


tubqrs. This usually happened in .the sprlig and he expenehced no


in s u - ^ ----- , , - aVirxy I-.Viatti


back! news! once;, that beirg sold j at l/€d. a pylo! which would 'not have ..


enough. Hih Wife Cei


of fine wife I and Son of a parson sitting behind a stall in 'Clithefoe -market sell­ ing their own po:latoes to the wives of the burgesses, ' ' w-


to grow .them. So] we ha-ve Pin Ti


____


i-I of scrap of Ipaper on which Robert doner kept an Account [of what he had spei..t in a'month on ithe food tor the Inmates of I the; poor house. | He was evidently the master there during the ■forties .cf the 18th century. One of the itenjs is "Paid 'to John Kenyon' fpr three strikes of potatoes} l/'lld.”. 'What a Sifrike is I have nin .ldea, and whether a weight or'a'measure fludes me. ' awkendale,” I am told, is the name


r r® next bit I of evidence is a scrap hst century;


[ most probably! grotoi in toe small ' crofts in the town, as well as in the ! giirdens. . , : ! ' : }


j


lof agents all over .the North of England, mainly to [report on- toe condition pf toe [poor, I Unfortunately he never 'can.e -to Ciltheroe, ]and his agents 'seemed -to have yislted only the larger ipl'a&s in Lancashire.! But I he grows ialmost lyrical in -his praise of| the tasty idlshes made with'potatoes Inj this part 'of the couhtiT.' |He hah .quite a lot to say about them] ind he; prophesies t'hat


I ’ hi | .the year ' lW5, ^ Francis Eden sen.'out at hislo-wn.expense 'a numb:r


sun.ption of potatoes; to'this ton be almost as general and


as .torn." i' ^ p ■Now this'Was "Ah I to potatoes,


heeV, toy onjy anc|t(h'.......


.................W :l;a


'm toe course of a few years' the con- ’- ■ '


kingdicm ,™iversgl


ather: a brave prp- a t'hree 'years earher


' they. are ! made, probably for toelr . adbption by theloutoem folk. 'We gU recognise 'f-his jone, and can


i-thel 'human spebies will not touch.” iNotiqultel the fine i careless rapture :abdut the! potato displayed by Sir ! Fralncis ! He compares the-foed of toe 'noiitherner with toat-of the sputoemer, and;says that the poorest labourers In Lai|cash:re' cap land :do regale tihem- selves on a[ variety of dishes wholly: un­ known to toe coutoem inhabitants 6f toe 'island'. He actually gbes ion to des'eribe some of these dishes; and’how


consider them as an article of human toodl which hiiety-rilnU hundredths of


small quantity [ of meat cut small pieces. [ !


. .... J | ’, M ! hjf various -Ways. in ! which: this — , . ,


I raw,;' chopped iwith "a small quantity: of into! very smal


of [this mixture hash, with peppi forms a !<toeap


labourers’ families is by bemg scraped " and boiled! together ■ meat! but


SOTATGES: 'are particularly good ' rto, and are used In The: prmclpal 'way root is dressed' by


j


which being common ^so . li. ships is bv Isailbrs called Lobscouse.


ler, sa'lt and onions,! and and nutritive dish.


as !' potatoes and point : the jneat being t'here ohl'v to point or look: at. With the shortage of potatoeh theldlsh. is tb-day evidently to be referied tolas " point and point.” -Anyhow, the powers thit- be will think twice jn future, befbre dissuading the ploljter frqm gnawing tateis. I - [ '■


this' dish stood its Mk in g|)od stead, although it was generally re[errefi|to


'In toe hungry,,years in lancatoire I l


rriHE! first aiinual general ipi l i the' Dunsob Bridge You'


treasurer: ' ytpy- H. Hurford hon.', treasure:; James Por secretify: Mary, PjarkiMon._! committee; ■


W-ltj ftbre : I Pi esidentj 1 ^ ^ ^


although the agents of Slr overlooked Clltoen3e,,itoey ( Settle and Skipton, [Our nqar -neigh­


it [might be Well to point did' ivlkit


And-, for the edifl’cation of toe feouse- wife I may add .that p' Ms- Walkderi sbld hei-i potatoes in; toe! Market! Pl ,ace'at four pounds fori. a penn" " ^ so that


century. h i for:


'1,.^ U" , L ' h'


ri toe!Mai..-.. rs. 'WalkL,.. y, as d rale, but ,


■When, therefore, the ' potatoes -were' height you did-not; to'sn acquire, a small landed estate at the same time. Nilp said t ' '


carrying them back:to Chipping, toe undercut toe I-market: by selling :an extra half-pound forj the pepny. [And In I those far-^ff days,' the potatoes were shed before Ibeing brought fo market.


'


ibid give them (toe cai:,llflowers) they were b;.fficult to


t itmless JUST TRY


To meet vour cares arid sonows -wl-to a[ smile|:


K always hjelp a comrade!. 'o’qr the ,


To have the (ourage and the will to For


; ,,, . g in life that’s sacred',! 'jus(' and lit ht


,, V to do u — And laiwat’s 'help 'a dear bid ‘leed.


Glac


And; change relight;


iWit( uisfressJ


To put to-day flight, !


's despair and


ilways be -the toaster of :ybUT| fatei iw the seeds of kindness, not oi ate • '


kind and-wo itoy dw^ ' ' '•


[fri^d' j!'■ 1glbom to


i?. gladly shire whatever .ypu ,.‘'ome|poor :soul hi sorrow ahv


E. oXBliRC®'


its grief ■ and Ihis’rv tc ,


_ in 10 baptaihs, '24 lieutenants, 42; ser-


.'in the Middle East : - . iIn memorv bf'Ma.ggle, who,!ln her


gesaflts, 486 priyates^and one tomb. And m [the:end-toe'bucket, j !


njwly-calycd c6ws abd ^ferej and^ JTHEROE AUCTION


c: Tuesday.—'A nice show.of sixty-^6


fewiNorth couhtoy 'store bu^, -. t'l an average [attendance.-- | -lA^eiua


t^fle prey^l?i.


kinds. £18 -to £31 tosS t o l and Siotch heifers. £35 t a ^ ; O^pra. ^ 0 k £34: bull'stfrks, £28 to


fti )ns; Best cows, £48 -to £6()


lidges Messrs.'T; Tomlinson,-Darwra, ind J.’ gllfng( Burnley, a]vard^ toe.


U'.sorts. £32 to £49:loldm-.andlp.ato€r : \he


^kTrison,! . Men and w-dmen: W-th


o’l' the Business. Premm Arflamentary pleattoos


i]?


Efepressntation.'- of;ijthe Feopto Act, 28to,i the last d£ir for licljislon.- ^


Apt F. ■


P '&s .foif the: best da^{y. W h •'' 1, P.‘ Towhson,. ;S-a:dbyirn, : A: a.


use-


N epltkbh tb an I Army iflule,!seen 'to kicked twp coicnels, fopr fli-ajors,


out toaw Prantis


bours, and the information given about- them is helpful' in forming tome;idea, of|.t-he country at the end of the 18th


kinsbri, 'George Haz-ewood, -Litoie I Bolton, Di


that! alter defraying aU expe. wasia'balancd in hand on


lar,' Jaick Parkinson and Wm, ,Thel statement of accouni


congratula-ted result, ' which


fxecutive -and cultural needs of toe dptemt were rrie Par- propounded to toe distinguished vis-t- oroe Mil- '^-s. Both were e»treme.y interested in 'all that was said and, through these


BTom toeYarUcuiar '‘educational


..„oi-----7—n „inn Thk mitine ifelt -to be so needed. . Shortly after working, of over foT - i'iiw ts^ a n d mldn^ht, toe meeting broke up after


was '3 d T |d igKy :baet a moat Intoesling .1.4 P»mab;« appeal to 'evening.


on toe iwhat was gene^_y co^^^^ dd


toej efforts of toe members j CHANGE OF PRESI:


tthe ___ic for -- hat! the balance was due M^-n lithe iJet'ii'toS


president maylhoidofflee fior a year. 1


on , accordance- with ^ 1 Ivy Seied was .electe


l tirely bo


emselves. 'ENT.


mtoMt'iit'tiie speech.’pa'id tribute jo toe ^ result of -toe two meetings, it isTelt h e 'h a d reived from thi members 'that a .tremendous adyarme hM ^ n


. - - - i[ ing, toe problems and aspirations whito ,nt. In a ,


rules, no .ore than George'


found it difficult to achlevq whatever i best'posslbiei light to toose whose sued^ he 'had' had, and :thj; warmesi • sympatoy. it is essential to enlist.


S 'h e r ' help, he said, he vfouid’have


the Youth Coracil is so ^ id u - striving have b^n presented m


appreciation was sho-wn by ewer.W® S n t ' ; of the Seoretary.’i untiring


■ i-vy! Seed put nto .rivords whi t everyone was -fe^g-: toat-a good ceal of -toe siicteSs which |toe .-Council had enjoyed in its! first'year was due to the retiring. President.' Sf t. remarked -tht d although thej rules stip flated that tot office was


'• a*iclub room'for toe Coun:ii .flAe retiring; President then introduced bis succe^or. Ivy.Seed, and, wishing her a succKsful year; of office, promised.to givb her whatever asistana he .could. Thanking ttie i members- or having elected her,.’to the presidei tial chair.


Mrk. John'Parkinson, who hM s<> 6®“' erously allowed the use of -tooir house as an'informal meeting plac(--wtuffly


paj^t president after the Iap;e of a year: or more-


CULTURAL NEEDS


Tyseti'Biding, Mr. Finney. G< ::or Schools, and-a hum.-'; ‘ (Continued in next oalumn)


Gibbon, ItM.I; for Inspector


S ^ y » - o ! the ground tor 1945 :'


work. , [He lalEo thanked afiitoe many- friehdsl'of to'! Council whO[ had done so much to help launch it on ifr and: he 'toanl:ed particularly Mr. and


RECREATION GROUND TO BE [PROVIDED [


at the Rest Boom, Root. Farm. There were present: Mr. John Parkinson, Chairman of the Parish Meeting-;’Miss ' Ivy Seed,' President of and appointed bv the Youth Council: Mr. T. Leedham, aonointed by the 'Reading Room,' Mrs. E nominated by . toe WhtteweU and Drnisop Bridge Social Circle;' Mr. Jack Parkinson, nominated by the Bow- land Forest Young Fanners’ Club; and Mr Arthur Garrard, toe Partoh lepre- senitatlve 'on' toe Rural District Council.


mHE .. Recreation Ground Manage- 1 menti Committee met on ’Tuesday


to be.'held'foi 'one year only, -there was.. of mm/asicr nothing to pieyent the re-election of a;-


' The lease of the recreation ground to toe Parish Meeting from the Duohy Lancaster was: approved and sl^i^ parldii representatives; [ The


oo __ ffeld Hes' behind toe Rowland


Forest Stores'; is of six acres in extent, arid toe lease is for 31 years., [


! [The]following decisions weije arrived ' 8^$" connection Witodhe. management


of tto Council in general, land from I j^ade, and that the objectives tow^s •Marv'I^rkinson in parlicul|.r., With-;


,


I' Finney, along with toe officials bf-toe I ' Youth Council, to dinner at tne ^ t e - i bad been possible on ’the previous even- tj^en been given expression to.; As


'I I The following nigflt, Mr, Arthur (Jar- (rard entertained Mr. Gibbon and,Mr,


' well Hotel. Afterwards, -the -two Inspec.; .'tors discussed, more, intimately than


,ses there a comprehensive imprealon nolonly year’s of what is being done but of what is


showed' informal talks, they were able to ga-n


pieces. The whole is then formed, into a


endome every tvord he says kbout| th ye


r__________ feelingly ' . . . I I .


nd writer had stated it would be idle-to


giiieral use in Clitherbe at the begin- n'llg of the 18th century, and were


Jilt point is I that potatoes were jn


■e'.is a measure also called by tihat :\ : '


’ M . ' '


of taking them to Preston,- because the price! there Was p tive '


fling them. He makes nii mention' Pivi-tyf/m- nmhflh v


,


tainlV brought' tpatafoes. were - 'a glimpse


ot atitrac-


oad tihere, a paid him


toes a useful ajjtlcle: of I diet for his. ;royiing family, but. he sent, tometimes; C lis wife, and at other times nis son. to


lit:ieroe. market I w-iith. .fhe farinaceous' difficulty; probably:


In-order to eke out'a [living and to! provide ;for- his family he | was anj ‘ industrious 'farmer, and his diqry Is full of information ;qn matters connected' with the:land. Only parts of his diary] ' [the first- He notes’


ter' of two [Nonconformist places Of -Worship, the one at Newton and the- oth(r!at Hesketh Lane, pear Chipping.'


Maurjier’s bi corned by. ah picture fans. The two stars have, toe! support of a splenlid cas; whM Includes Judith Anderson, George jSanders Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, :q. Aubf !y' Smith, and FJoreice Bates,


Th(story._coil^cenis a young [ arid hn-


remrn ito liMa'^derley to live! oh -toe bri-Iegrocjm’s’ -yist Tudor estate,. toe bride-pshe is' dp Winter’s second -Wifi finds to' 1 .er h-or ’or that her life is! be: dominated by tlie past of toe hrst"wtife, Rebeijca, a-worian'’wihose beauty'fasci-'. ' all who knew her. Furtoermire,: ,eniory:.of Rebecca -is kbpt;aUve


Ing


by tpe ihouseke':per, Mrs. 'Danyers.'toe role ijflay;_d‘lw I'udlth Anderspn.


de Winter and goes out of he:- way to faaraM aid eralarass toe new wife at; every: turn. .An elaborate ball is given' at Mand^eriey. I ■ Thereafter toe' s-ory movte at a swi:t tempo to a kmaslitog’ climax, : stunhirg in its surprise- ind ■terrific lip -its ipipact. . This !scen'i is atoouse,


Mrs. D mvers' resents toe seolind' Mrs.!


.Unusual,|setting!, .together wlth'autnen- ; es add to the iippee l of


_____ ______________ ,lss wn- taineihlone duiing its'entire sequehfce.


- . . . in an- wito':Laurencel Olivier and.


enacted this


tic Ejigli to seel jbutstandlij


abandoned film.


cigarbtte; for ivounded men awaiting; transpor. horn) bn hospital caniers: has been, openei by Red Grose anc St. 'on the Bdgiar coa. ’


CANTEENj FOR the WOUjVDE A pan'een'providing hot drinks


Richard Grei; BlAITOi


weight which was? in general, uSe ' ist Lancasl^e in! the. qarly _part ipd .that it was 7-lbs.


BIACKBIJEN .This Week-end: ’Thii Week-end: “DON’T TAKE IT TO HEART-


:i, Patricia Medina, I ■ ’ l'-


pr —ij-i all next week in


the Stars,” in •iVhicih toe, lead! are taken by Will B^ffe, Leni 1 Jackie. Hunter. Miss Lynn, possbssor


ov ded .ynn and


radio—i£ giveh plenty of scope in this simple sloryj .of family affection, iryffe is well .cast! 4: an old varle y artist,. “The■'Great Eector Mactavish,” who, with]toe adyeh; of .talkie films, sulers, like.'mahy anh.her artist, a sfid sump in his I fortunes. He is the only relative of Leni Who; (ii the role of Tony Mar­ tin) [has ci-ossed toe -AtlantlO tJ Eng­ land [in the hope of making a name and


of a; gldrlous! soprano voice—she has been!'heard;fi<quentlv of latp on the


put Afirltrust 1-1 Mactavish to giV'- place


back havewhic put


'Sf- ’


now doum anii put, living Inj a small rot m .in. Lambeth, and her olans' to be re-nade. On the vessel: on;


to


MUSICAL COMEDY ROMANCE. Deiightful, care-free entertammeit Is


give Me parts iwb


m


Ray JDlliand, Barbara Britton “ TILL nvE Meet again."


p


f HAIL THE CONQUERING HERO !” This picture, showpg-aU.next| wMk,


i -I


THE PAMABIIIM ihis Week-end:


1 !“THE curse :6F TtHE CAT :|


1 i Simone Simon,'Kent Smith, in !. PEOPLE.” : :


just what toe doctor ordered, Columbia laave continued. toelr Crime Doctor b ' les with “The Sfrangest Case,’’|to


: . j “ T * H E [ S T R A N G E S T I C A S E . ” ; ' ' Since criminals have been- getting


['faced with a complexing murder mys- t teif with' six suspects, either one [of


e ^-eened on Mon&v for three days. Wimer. Baxter as Doctor Ordway! is


leads him 'to a dis-used: night club where-he disco'vers !a victim hanging' froto toe rafters of toe wine ceflar and immediately afterwards the skeleton'of tob late .owner lopg since missing. Thereafter excitement rises to a cres­ cendo wheti Dr. Ordway cracks a safe, bra[cks a hbad and. In a tense climax, when toe building is set on j fire-cracks the case,-


debtor uses an hypnotic influence Jin order to obtain his major clue which


o ^ haying a good leascn for commit- Ytoe crune. Injone instance toe


• . ! I “SHOW BlJsiNESS.”


•Kelly, Joan Davis: -and; ■Constant Moore-^rb starred in the film, which also marks the versatile Cantor’s debut as a screen producer. 'While the'story is hot strictly autobiographical, it pter- many a;c.tual Incidenits ci the


a fifteen-year period as a setting lorjlts romance, drama and comedy. [ : Five;leading Hollywood favourites— Eddie Cantor, George Murphy, Nancy


of:a group! of young people in toe theatre, “ Show Business,” screening' in the later palrt of toe week, presente a tuneful pageant of backstage life oyer


i ’Telling'a human and authentic story THE GBA5H


! This Week-end: i Bette Davis la


“‘DARE VICTORYl


toe -first half of! next week, is one of toe gayest; comedies .to come out of an Engikih studio, was made at Denham This sophisticated. and I lighthearted story (from I the -pens of ’][’ercnce Batti- gan and Anatole de Grunwald) is an ■ ■ ■ — ' qitles’ pro- production nSasboon,


BRILLIANT I LIGHT COMEDY. , “ English Without Tears,” coming for


Anatole de'Grunwald-TW/o duction, and In | charge of were Sydney' Box and WllUa


chiaxmhig butler'' and Dili Palmer as Brigid'Knudsem 'a beautiful Dane, and Albert Lieven as'Felix, ahiP'tematlon- ally famous cartoonist/ i" These four young people give,''excellent perform­ ances to their Respective parts, and make thelPost of the Intriguing situa­ tions and sparkling dialogue


_________________ liove stlory: tthat of Penelope Ward ab Jhan Hesel-


The picture has a doubie ine, and Michael Wilding as Gllbey, a


may be taken with perfect safety, of a Harley Street Physician DephOs


indicator that all during the ’Flu temperature. If you suspect a Cephos at once, cold before' it gets a hold. The prescription


;Ai few doses taken: in time can stop , , . ,


week. The stohv tells hoy? Sam. Camp­ bell, a private i detective, undertakte bo investigate a murder mysfery on behalf of Larry Borden, who feels himself to be under suspicion. .Sam'advises Larry to give himseff up to toe' police whilst, toe investigation, is proceediig. Sam’s suspicions' eventually rest upon 'Ann (Martow, who, he discovers, is toe head


iI . This •. thrilling murder niysteiv drama


“CRIME BY NIGHT.” , ” ' -i


I ■ . . ! , s toowmg' for'toe later'h£If of,-toe-


principals’ careers toto its absorbing plot. Eight "hit” songs, of toe period and one brand-new- tune keeps toe film’s musical content bubbling, !mter- spersed as they are: with vivid scenes iO


formances : and;! stirring glimpses - of ’’ hit” shows.


THEATRE RO lA l f burlesque and musical cbmedy per­


'Cowan and! Jane Wyman, who receive [capable support.!'.The rest o:' toe'pro­ gramme is of especial interest.


ITHAIIET P ipT ipE S !


. .’This'Week-^nd: , Hllywood.


will bring back fond memories pf| Miracle of Morgan’s JJreek. [ ’The genius, of writer-directoi- Preston Sturges', responsible for bath produc­ tions, established him as toe foremr^t bxponent i2f this -type of-comedy m


deals with: a colossal fraud. Br-qcken, discharged from the Marines becaute of hay-fever, meets up with toe tough- est sergeant in 'tiie service, Demax^st, who is acoompani^ by .fiveJ,other marines 'home ion furrough. • Fddies t-fle of woe spurs his newly-found bud- & ” : into actldn,. They ■


atoamed to return home because-of takes'oharco of i^ie situation,


medals, and forcibly deposits the groggy lad in the . centre of the tovm wnerp a


outfits Bracken.......


h she ’ cro ;sed„ from AmericS she over an] act with a tomedian ‘(Jackie'tHuiitei),: and he turhs out be al reSl friei d! On toe veSs^, 'also, Tonli met.La'dy Lester, who, since toe, death of her touttg daughter, [has playing Fairy <iodmotoer to ypun:; folk in difficulties.!


Toni! to go .to her; if ever she is in need. Latei- she fail* in love with , a young englheei but (I here are many barriers, to he brakenl town before toe low find-'toelr way clear, and in toe tours; .the many, experiences, Mac lavish is pjovided :wi■th an opportunity to re-


[Lady iLesterlhapold of


establish his Lme. A jarge c Lindo ; and - Er idys Jobes - ai long the number-i-gives grand supporji ifi this


iiW ■ ■ ■ for-aflitoHenifiy picture. BbLD PL I'st-I-Glga . .u


brass band. toe. mayor and toe hig-wgs await his arrival. Waiting,,top, is Ella


Raines, the .girl Bd'die left behind, flow engaged to the mayor’s son because toe disappointed marine wrote heri to for­ get him. Local c'ilizens homn Bracken


escape toe disaster which he tofs wfll i surefr follow.'' Sure enough, .thO hoax


omp^ off toe'highest roofJn^wh|to


ade is ended., Eddie confesses t^flis followers, but they back him still more strongly to provide a happy ending Eddie^gets the girl loo,. ’This is a hiowL


cs discovered by toe opposltiiOh s [astute ampaign manager, and'the masquer­ S A T RIDGE


Ypilth Cowjcil bn Cultural and E i ibatinJjl Neteds of District


RECREATI3N GROUND NBCURED 'S .5i r , ! ■ The sttry of “Hail .the Conqileror” '


David Ifliven, Stanley Holldway, in “THE WAY AHEAD’.’


“MINISTRY OF FEAR” [


this Paramount I thriller is a'i unusual type of -picture.; More than toe -bon- ventiona] 'spy story, it is, a psychologi­ cal drama'of lives continually on toe R threshold i: of I ffar, dread- aid death.


Iriller,” has.lsplendid support Ir.om Mar­ jorie Reynolds. '


ay, in toe leading role of.£- .“mercy-


" HEAVEN IS ROUND THE ( ORNER.” An .encli'anting picture, this with two


find | he'^is


popular British 'actors oo-sta'red-jWlU Fyffe and Lent 'Lynn, Lau toteri and natoos,-romance'and intrlguelare Inter- wven with masterly skill. Both stars give really .'admirable performances. ’The picture ‘wll |be screened • on Thurs­ day, for the remainder of to< week.


BURNLIjY; AMUSEMEVTS. ’Ihis; Week-end:


EIVIPIRE :


Red Skelton, i Esther WiUi^ms. in “AaTHING DEAUTY.”


4 vOY ;


for Mayor against Raymond Whlhuin. whom toe local gentry feel is, fleecing toe public. 'Even this unlooked |f<w entafeementidoesift Phate Demarest, t toough the new, candidafe wants -to


Jane Powell in


‘SONG! OF the open ROAD.” GRAND:


; Judvj Garland in


“LITTLE NELLIE KE AY.” i I! Next Week,


■ i | | ; - EMPIRE.


the novel by Louis Golding/'’"- Aylmer oast in the title j Great Gyht as " Elsie ,Sf-


“Mr. Eibmanuel,” an adabtation of has Felix


Walter Billa qs “ Brockenburg.” ' The deep', story centres, around the sfnple faith of an old man in that toe true -things of life must prove best in tlje end, ■


role,; lovely ver,” and ,v Leader y moving


- ;;i| ' SAVOY.


will be found in toe comedy dramd, “Ladies Courageous,”: starriig Letotba Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald and Anne Gwynne, [and toe gay musical comedy, “ Hat Check Honey,” whic a features


Two especially enterbainirg pictures


Freddy Slack. Har-ky Owens and Leion Errol.' Bpth are lively films and are sure of a good! reception


GRAND.


" Three Men in White ” is another of 'toa-t splendid f‘Dr. GlHesbie’i series which ha-ve been so popula: ■ ir.


esi


he 'made! famous, and Van lolmson, a voung stat who is coming' rapidl3roto front rank, has a leading. roleJ ’; The supporting! picture, “ Hi., Good Lookm’, is a comedy with music, - in ’vhich -Har­ riet Hiiliiard and Kirby Grqnt.iare co-


Banvmore still plays the hart wlilcihj ; Lionel starred.


April 1st',' 1945,' to 2nd Febiuaiy, 1946, to a farmer living within he [Higher Division:! and tenders wUl be -opened at a Parish Meetln-g to be I eld i on 6th 'March.' | . : j


^l—ThJ[ grazing-'is to be leit'from '■ ! ]'


' 2—A footbaifl: plitch is to be laid out immediately. ' iGn this ground [ it is hoped that,, in addition to footoafl, mixed hockey: will also be played If toe necessary :equipment. can bo ■ secured.


,


without Calomel-^apd you’ll Jump out of bed iri the mo irning full ot vim and vigour


!ii sufficiently keen.


games, such als'bowls -and'I I’wn tennis, ■wifl be :provided'if toe' lemand. is


— In due course, facilities -for 'other


living inj I the I parish and n^ghbourlng viflages.:'[: ': . ^ '


have recreation grounds of so


become a part of toe life of that inter-village


'day, in' the ' Newton Reading, Room. The business, was to select candidates


Y.F.C.-j-r’rhere was' a met ting of -toe; Bowland Yourig Pitttners.Clib, oil Mon-!


X I n I'i-fT


to represent .the dub in -toe Regional' public speakfrig, competition, te' be held


chosen. ’The'judges were Messrs. John Finder, E. Parkinson,. W. iHa^ewood, J.' Coates, Mrs.: Hitchen and Miss Alice -Seed.-Olassesi'arei'be^ h«d iri hadg- Ing and wallmg. :Mr- RMton, 'Wmi gate, Newton, js tutor ^or hedging, and (Mr. J. Coates. Bfennand.Jand Mr. -Ji


ikely -that a|good!-team will finally be oompetitlpDS|Wheii, Itold in toe Spring.


later in' the year. Ten members com­ peted, j-the subjects ranglngJifrom; “’Ihe' Risin-g' Generation to "'Is Milk Re-: cording Essbritial?”- .’The standard; reached was high, considering that this’ was toe first experience of public sneak-' l Ing for most of -the members, and if is;


......................toe Forest. g .F.CJ SPEAKERS 4—The ground is to be free for people i ! ,


o 5r-P-unds are' to' be, raised by means follow DunsopI Bridge and


gkm^ I may


eyentuafly their won,


[SH . l i lV ^-R Blliousne^,' ponstipatwri,: Flatulence;.


Sick Bad Breatei


'eridaqhe, (joated ;’Tongue; and quickly Snd. promptly


relieved by i ,i Small lii elie.


■ / ■ j l | E i t i r e l y | V e g e t a b i e i j ; ; i -■ _ ' Of all ci emlste is.' 5d.i Jnc.' tax.


.


. during ii.toe course of .-tiae next four mouths’. ' ' '


dellyeriet <u temporary houses-rii very ■ small -[riiniMrs.,-.! Siinilar -- deliyeriesi - says'Ml Duncan Sandys, toe I Minister of 'Works; w:fl &tar(. in mariy other areas


TEM F (W i#Y HOUSES'j^OlWG'UP.'!' lAindori h|a begiin bo:receive!.toe flrsi-


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f . whist I drives^ dances, etc,' ‘ It is hoped that other jiflages wfl'l


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f e d s o u r , | s u n i : . ' s o d t h e - y ^ o r l d l o o k s p u n k . | L a i m i y e s b e l p a j l i t t l e , ' b u t a m e r e - b o W e l m o r e -


m e m d o e i n ' t g e t a t t h e c a u s e . I t t a k e s t h o s e g o o d o l d C a n e ( s L i t t l e L i v e r P i l l s t o g e t t b e s e t w o p t o o f b i l e f l o w i p g f r e e l y a n d m a k e y o u f c d | ‘ i u p t n d


S t u b b o r n l y [ r e f w a n y t h i n g e i i ^ 1/5 a n d 3/5. flow £redy. _ ____ __


u p , ” H a i m l e s s ) | g e h t l e , y m a m a ^ i n n i i i d o g U l a f o r C j r t a s l i m e l i v e r ,


£| UP 'YOURy B ill; !


B a c k ^ c h ® Rheumat^ic Pains


' soon wear you out


T^ON’T WAIT 1 mtiliyou become ■ *^ nervy and depressed, but avoid backache and rheumaticky days by taking Doan’s Backache pKidney Pills as soon asyou suspect sluggish : kidney action,


: - i . The function of this special


' medicine is to cleanse the iudney j filters, so that they are I able to ' filter from the blood any excess: Iriric acid or ojther:h arm fu l: [ impurities which may be ijpsctting


the system. - l- i '"'


'Pills overcome baikache, lumbago, urinary and bladder disorders, gravel, rheumatio: pains and stiff- aching muscles or joints.


. Grateful users testify thatDoan’s


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are riolt toe answer to -me maintenance oj full I employment,” fraid Mr. Oliver


.|Effqctiye iii abtion;


can flrid full play.” H.M.^.||nELSON r|eF1TTED in U.S.A,


'THE WAY T'O FULL EMPLOYMENT. .'“ State ownership and State control


Lyttleton, Minister of produotiion; In a recent;'speech. - ."Thq: answer lies to the State creating conditions in which o toe.Initiative, knowledte-and enterprise


f private mdivlduals]:and epmpanies


:.tc) the! 38,000 ton :-yrlhlch:i|went,-:tO: -sea months’ refitting,'.at O


armed ■warships,: the N : Ariiekcan workers ha ye. saldj good-bye an of Sicily, Italy and Nonnandyi.!


navaliiyard-.. One of 'toe' most-heavily, eJson 'is a veter-*--


•bittleship - Nelson againafter six a " Philadelphia


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o f I M I L L E R S T R E E T For TRUSS OR TRUSSED ?


ABGESON 1 3 , BAN


■lihe wearer of a [truss should U'Ot feel trussed up. Our method! of'flttlng 1 trusses pr beltslensur ' imaxlmflm comfopt to the wear;er. 'We have repi tation' for comfort.


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CYLINDERSl & PIPES SHOULD BE I^APPED WI'MI LAGGING


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< ' n il, ? Sho-wing for ttie first half o: toe -week Tr.


of a’ spy iring, .-4nd that! to4 muyders were committed In order ito get posses­ sion of a secret explosive formulae. 'The cleverly enstructed plot grips toe.attoi- tion 'throughout,toe thrills being benf- pered by ;welcome comedy- rpefi [Tfle two leading Iroles are played py Jerome


S o l d e v e r y w h e r e


I n T a b l e t o r P o J r - d e r f o r m , - 8 P o w ­ d e r s o r 10 T a b l e t s


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is not well. • epidemics


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THE S M KNOWN REMEDY for Clough^ Bronchitis, Wind and


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