1946 . 1 BY THIS SOCIETY i f* W WITH Of WTHOUT SECURITY. |CaU.


0 to £ 7rlte or


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7, LIBRARY ST., BLACKBURN. lin me CA


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erved Mrb,


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b lla s t I Lady Porter ’ past jidslii nfart


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fOUll; jMlsbl Itress,! IVicaT!


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£ 1 0


dghj, dbers lorts lid 01


t t r o i i l y , ,


higbo spirit! And so. | nloie ydutmul and 1 lovely: Io|>ks! because ■Umestone' FbospbateBmbesonlim- pniitiesandiioisons from your system. Price ;S/3,'including .Purchase’Tax.


iIbaglassloijiiotwater ontbemommk.Biigbt-


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STLEGA GRAE Co. (CLITHEROE) LTD.


PARSON LANE TEL. 489.


NEW LOCjAS BATTERIES in stock, i Oils ^ 4 Sp^Cs. Re-bores & Senegal Overhauls


- ! ^ ' ' We Injlt! yonr engnlries


f QUICK Ss OTCllNT SERVICB.' Bring yokriTyie Permits to os. ■'


KEEP Damage i n (Wer 60


North of ’ England! ‘ last most damage to .the Ri|>ble$daie' area was-ddhe^tWhalley.


IN the r most devastating the cepitniy, iwhdehrs


extent seldom seeinj rose i 15 feet and transformed .fleldsl .Mong „lts banks Into lakes iwhichf in places stretched, a distance iof hlau a talle.'


The RlV5r,Calder,j swobln 'fo' an


going in back W iteONT ’ It was about 1 p,mi thalt p e river


‘ reached I Its full fury. Thtelswlrllng, I fastr-movlng torrent! .was Incapahle'


■ of passtogibeneath the.three'atoh--'' ways to i the brldge,| and ft'siirged over, the side Immeidlately. to -ithe right, of ithe, brld'^ into ^ g -


street. iLprd John;-street,'itoo, succumbed to .th^ floal-water,' which! encroached 1 .lelratlesaly towards the centre' of iWhalley untU Ktogffila-eet was. submerge. from; the bridge '.to the.'Post! Office, a dlstance of about SOiyardsj Most of 'the householdei . vicinity I had already |)


' pointed but that a toanho weighing about half i weight was' lifted away surprisingly ..powerful :


position 1,their 'floorDoard^l face of itoeiirapldly-tlslm water these . precaution^ practlcallyiuseless, .atid'^ of houses had .water pour them .from- 'both hafck an The fofce-lof, .the waterl 1; street - flAh h e ' judg^ .iwhi


hut to 'flood- were


In the d In.


e'cover: ndred- lytoy a' lUspouti.


front. ^£tog-. i''it is


scores Into


i w i i r a r s w


80 P lipple^P^aojaed OPENED


F i iw iK i m m :


h'omea ln"Bllllhgtbn. 'A.fewleople who'had'firgent business in»S Ulng- ton were lailowed' iby the Ritllway .Company .to. walk ifrom .W lallejt •Station ovet''the''railway vi'a lust.


SmANDEO ViBHIGLEfi


.:ajfdrv4ft. At one point, was Im­ passable to! road traffic for f ur or five hour's. Moreover, at one'TCriod/ j-theiroad was completely block ed by i )Slx stranded vehicles—heavy goods vehicles and light vans., Mr. John Duiican,,,of ,23, iHllI Crest, i]jong-i ridge,, whoi’.iwas'iipasstog th ough IVhalleyi wlth a .h^yy motor lony with' ^Diesel oil engine—own ;d by. Mcssr8.fEldtog, haulage contra itors,' of IjbngMdge—kindly volunteered to toW'-ttie stranded vehicles !.to ’dry.


, The;jflooded,'.portion ini flng4 stTMtheWeen ithe ^>ost Office and the rjver'. bridge, which wad sub^ merged! to a depth of between 3fti


.^dJ'He and his mate,'Mr. iJames "lalley, 8, Townley-ro'ad, illong-


rWge, were delayed' an hour it efore their] task was accomplished]


LOSS OF LIVESTOCK


Business ipremlses also suffered damage, and owners ol livestock


ha^ anjanrions '.flme-iralnl ,toi some cases an expensive ttoiel


! I ShUp, along With hencotes, kin-' her . and debris, were swept'.iown! the,rlver.,About8Q pigs to the«hedsi Of the Abbey piggeries, in dinger' 'Of ibdng 'dtowhed, were driven out


. T’FLOOD (1946).


T’other'.day, I we. were flooded T ' "Whalley, i . _■


By gum,y t’were.'a terrible sight; > It rained cats and dogs all one morning,!


—It 'started on’t previous night. . F flefedtlng - Bacup at Lanehead on '


K.rutoed in and out of the houses, All t’gutters and t'dltches were full;. And-cattle stood so. deep I’ water, Tha couldn’t'tell a cow fray a bull 1


Motor ■ ’buses' and lorries' were stranded,! 1


And relght - iin the midst was a notice, !


A Morris, a, Leyland, a Ford; : 0 - , . ■ As t’Cquncil had stuck on a board.


Don't' swill thl flags] or spray’ti ' garden, i ’


It said "Every[ one must save water. So don’t use a hosepipe, or pall;


Or else tha’ll be clapped into jalH”


So; I’ve saved all. i can In a bucket, And if t’Council’s as ®ort as I’ve, ' read,


And bucket, and all—on their headl '


'


If they like to come round, they can have ft, ':


' "JIMIPEL.’’.


were able, to 'return to their houses,'; to whlchlhad 'been left a deposit of mud several Inches to thickness.


i&d byi about 6 o’clock ttsldmts;


The ' 8cene ', must, :toi say "the least,' have been heartHbreaklng to them.


PARISH COUNCIL’S THANKS


of extremct urgency, ''the'fund :wlU remain open only untilOctober 12th,i and 'the Council appeal for generous glvtog.


to £1,000 Wftllbut security


Refuge l i i I ling Society Ltd- 107, "Market DEA’3071.


46a, Markei WILL LEi wtl


^eet; Manchester 1. Est. 1895.


T. W^iTSON, Ltd., St., Manchester 1 D £3 to £100


int Seonrity. Write, call dr -phone BIA 3917.


DRIVE W{](TH AN EASY MIND


AND SERI bED BY- HAVE rot CAR CLEANED F. fcCLEY


LOWEBGATB SERVICE STATION CLITHEROE


Weekly or Mopthly arrangements. REPAIRfi.


: j |WA1CH IT!


.Though' a [further 70,000 surplus'' Government gtches will be In the shops beforh JCOirlstmas, the' selling prices are likefyjto be £12 for a wist and £8 for a Kwket watch.


f


The scene, typical of King Post Office. Water nbiuUr a ! 'high as (he window^sill, people'maroohi d upstairs.


■


ing King-street were flooiled, to most cases;to.depths,of ft: m 2ft.' to 3ft., and articles of I furniture were to be seen .&attog about,' including; chairs, in the street '


■ Over" GO'houses in'Alid djolli- i j


ture, Including suites and'; llanos, was considerable, and .£'6,00: is put as a rbugh'bstlmate of'Jne clWage' suffered by'the householde'j.


n am w to carpbts|fund .td furni­


gavE;B: The rathbr Ibw-Iyli


:-TO A'FE 50 YEARS AGO


|orde• l land


enin end


latio: 1 Rrtai1


kacte r luritj,


cor


Irage lows |rley Tfan bling J i; : Lrdw lEllis


Itock i lorne fbii bu’Olleeim 0 nctl-


I h( Ihero: |com: ;■


1st ! W


Ission. tUast lurch louth


|leyar I aster'leyai lervei th


pniai Roya thi:


Pjpy. cdeatl.


Irs.'J. ,pble: ■ C


gare,


liver ‘b'


| U )tton,


fewS' heroi'


htoE- ™ in relation to e Coiuncil forr iaa >


the I voice ofiG of God is belnt epd to end of ft


rn to support m l Government cei th(


the, annual i Council of the Hyde, was j report formallj of the charity,


Christians. Ti A' resolution


hos. Ormefod


,1 K the Vpltelof the people'Is ever surely now the voice


g heard thundering from he land." This was said' .J, ., plea raised in the .Town riubllc meeting at which


against the Vmrminon'


nameless atrocities |iarmless' Armehlan


the bulldtog;'Bind she war "" by 'Actlngi^rgeant Tayiu -f. Peake, who tcarrled hbr to .a downstairs and 'for .a ;dlsti|ice of 80 yards-thWugh' ^thie ^atfff to 'a'; waiting motor-vehicle. In.' ttls she was .taken to Mount-street He spltal, Preston, where she later to tlie day gave blrtl[ tio a flne..bab| gl:l.


daughter, ah expectant moth |r, who was


Farm, .’ obcupled’' ’'bi Scambler,|..wras flooded of 'between 3ft.


ahdi !|4ft to.labour, could hot get "" ■'


KdP.c. c h a ir


o u t of: iciied”


<n,n,ediate need'fdr a ’! that the Turks


neeting of the Town ! will of the late Thomas [proved, the Mayor to ! if ter the dlstribiition


proposed by Alderman against the reading at


i I The 58th Chatburn Pari®


i i 1 'I ' U


.Frldhy, the !l8tfi, I preached bj( th i jof C|aytop-le-Mjo(|rs,


ledicatlon festival o f ' [Church was held on when the sermon was iev. J. Johnson, vicar


i ; Newton Con; regationaJists promoted i^.pazaar with object of ralshig £150, incunfed


devised to I th Richard Lre, o


the old chapel


a new house, ind repairs on a small farm near! G rasslngtoil, which was


through the buUdlng oT ........ ^ lof the copgrigdtion formed In thei:


account of /jHom appears in a ' historical book etl, written by the Rev.


'incendiarism arreM. The charged with


outbreaks were [comparisoni


Bryan DaleJ an 1 dntitled;“Bl-Centenary of .Nonconformity in Newton.” .


I iFoWwingj oJ two mote'fires,in the.; borough on Saturday . night, which! but of a small order in; ___ ___ of;


vith other acts


n- “-"-J A stealing celeiw,, and. remanded penCln^ charges of arson, ;


ary I Yard, Duck-street ag


the police, made ari' man Implicated 'wa|.‘


.Intermenls; riornas wdlsh. Found-; agfed!, 62; id, 50,


Barnes,^


iday. MlssjKathlee’n Nleii [T5),defeated Hiss Joan 15)J The fin il scores- ! 8r-3, 8-2,


;ithei Jubilee C^p was pla 'tennis courts of CUthei Tennis Clul


Bowling arid 1 'i-'


'j ■ , tennis ftnai ' The final ol 'tlie ladies


^'gles for, ed on the;


------..jI in 1720 when a member i ocality by Gli ’er Heywood, a coheisd


thj I church In 1720'b y . p: Birkett, who also- built


CLITHEBOE & DISTRICT ARTS •! ' ' SLEAGUE.


MATCHES F.OB , WEDNESDAY.


Calf’s Head v. Cross Keys. Black Horse v. Craven Heifer, Bay Horse, Barrow v. Dog ^ Partridge


Bridge Inn Iv.l Victoria. I


Doe Inn,!Vtoalley V. Sotlal Clut. British Legion v. Jolnerk’ Arms. Royal Oak 1A” v. Royal Oak I'ft' Castle Inn V A ’’ v. Castle Inin ' “ C.W.MiC. "A ’l v, O.WJd.C, I"


Commerciallv.’:Buck Inn. i: All games to be 501 up:


WHAT’S 1 IN A LANQlI ■■ . f1'


’o^ter.(ow?;;


le; pricket?,; o&Satujr^* (owe h'alf


supply the ®6es even ion a ddctoi prescription,’, .because Ithe 1 • dt mai


scription; tried to buy a speolaFtTOeiOt shoe-to fit her child’s flat fteti ' The' shop assistant] said ■


A mother larmed with a doctoirij pre­ he was'unkble -to


EuSP aew version of thel prescrip-' “‘®.,written, this time IniLatlh. Mother gotthe®o4ai


.ffie supply. ' The jiloctor ' .-I


■ r r TRADE UNION SENSE


- The view that the hosiery Induwry can make its best contribution to th national .good . under . a\ system


'Union representatives as .-well ' as employers and independent membei s.


.private, enterprise :ls :expreised bj working Party' which'contains-trddq


NEXT


. tostancea | '’ When the] level of the: 'water lKC,ame.':too'reastogIy high-it was decided to rescue those who


■were marooned, and this Itasi was undertaken [by Inspector' Lloyd, Acting - Sergt. Taylor -and [Ckm- stables Pelake and wood.


carried !plc-a-biac to a lorry, to which they were cOnvejed'p the Assembly Rooms, the jjroprletor of which,! Mr, Co^gtoSj nut at their; disposal a warm yoom and supplijed|free of chkrge .hM tea and isan^dwlches. Mr. :5tay< ' llcensbe j of 'ffhalley ?Aiins, tol supplied!free of chUrge ihot'soup and coffee,


In all.; about] 8o| peipiej lwere 'the .police, in the’ lorry to .theto might have been expected.


School children' from! W taey Parish School were also taken by


•' I


and drtok ] by the. civilians, iwho carried' siipplies 'up ladders to the bedroom I: wihdows. The morning’s -milk went aldf t,-as did fish I and chlpsl to a ffew.


ibediooms [were provldied {Wth ifdttd ' And


Householders maroon^ to their,


Mr. tjo 4


DABY


•Street 'John d e p th "His


street, Whatley, froni the bridge to tl e ■Phoio bv'B. .Pra.


'itp..;thIs.actlon, '\vas able to sav< all pf them with the exception' bf one pr two..,Mr.;.-Itoger 'HArgreayesiiof Abbeydene, Ktog[street, .the | v ell- i knoTO poultry ihrecder, was no; so


■luc^. ^.ips,.pens,'Which.oontai tied and he lost the j


upTOifds of.'..40' togh-cla^'[birds, were swept'eiway— [whblepf his, stock. '


!' Other areas or -premises flpdd^


s endangered' when thA flopd ehb fed 'the] trajisfoimerista&w hut hsles


,were hrokeh through the wal[ to release,thewater..:


!-rdar was under-watefi to' a]-de)th ,Of:;4bmit,;2it. “I thtok It-fi the


, ’ ’ THICK s DEPOSIT OF MUD


IWkter.-i begin '.to ;;siibslde,' and clock it was. pdsslbe for trs


;Not.untll about 4 o’clock did the affle


proceed, although even itiem sr to the main road was Fortunately,. no damage ijiad done to paving-stones,


Ift. as


'CottaRe, neMT.to the bridge ac 'oss I 'the Calder, for 26 years, said he i lad never before experlencied any-tttog .like It. It was terrific. You wc uld npt have-believed It," he declki'ed. There-had' been floods'.befOre, he bale ,;'and to recalltog'6he,i'itliloh occurred ten :of twelve iyears'ui go, he stressed'the fact that onltiat occasion ,'the water “ just-got Into the pantry]” This time his house' Wp flooded' and his garden at the


'remeinber It having been. Mrj J. E, F o im p , ? who has lived' at Mige


worst flood, wlthto. living,memo: y,” hekdded, [ . ■ ;


' Ttoe flooding was''the worft more than quarter of a century, **• fact, it Is stated that the river was hlgher,,.''than , anyone can ,(ver,


tocluded.ithe: ground" floor of the (Atohey. Commlll, Ltd. (aboiit' £5 iworth ofi.Cattle. food -.Was^nitopd); Mr] L. - :;Cmoolris :®arage; prenilses; and the Abbey . le village; electricity -supply.


Thb


luids. was


mop


and were made to s'wlm n dlst; nee of j about 150 yards to safety. Ihe pigs were the property. of Mi.: J. Addison, .of.iCotst^ld, Hyndbum- mad'.iGreat:Harwood, who/thinks


who assisted In any way during the flooding, ■particularly the ipollce and the officials bfjC3Itheroe!R.D. Council. The, latter body distributed; perihlts Tor'r-20wts. of ooal and granted the free' Issue o f ' 21bs. - of soap per household and of disin­ fectant. I i


badly 'lilt of. any area locally, there was - flooding and'', dislocation o£ tiaffle over a wide''area In the RlbbleVaUey.


Although iWhalley was' the most .


of Chatburh'' School, Informs us' that 2.l'6'to(toes of rato fell to the 24 hours from 9 a,m. Thursday to 9 ajn. 'Friday. This Is 'the heaviest rainfall he .has ever .recorded. One. Inch' of rato equals: 100: tons to .the acre, so.such a .rainfall ; mekns that sonie 650! tons of


Mr. E.!p..'Aldexsley, Nheadmaster were


absolrbed toto the playtogi area of the Chatburn-road cricket gtound' .'dtirtog the .24 hours’ downpour.' No ■system of. dretoage designed to cope' .with norma! rains, plus a reason-


ablej margin; could ibe expected 'to ;stand up ;to' -Such a ■ strain, and flooding, occurred to several parts of CUtheroe.


V Sawley, *rc«st Braidford,, Grindle- ton and B^niterley. ; '


‘The 'River Bibble burst its banks at severalplaces, including


; to- the early hours of . the mornli^. House- property, apected' ' by the


.floods Included; houses: at Salford 'Bridge,'Wilkin, and: at the bottom


■the -jrlver.j. was ' three times' Its normal .width,’ and the angry; brOroi,,swirling waters thundered over ]the 'Welr with shattering force.: At i to o r d the -wafers almost sub­ merged iheforms placed along-the] bank; possibly, they were submerged


()n Friday morntofl at (Brungeriey


f<nmd necessary to open such a, fund. The ifloods, however, were 'the worst to living memory. The Chairman, Mr. A.'IBrooks, oh »half of the Council, thanked afl


I t liS: thei-first time it has been '


to' public .places; bustodss premises and Institutions are being clrouiar-' ised; and churches and chapels are ex p ec ted to make their own' arrangements, to assist. : Subscrip-;,: tlona may also be handed to 'any: member of the .Council or over the] counter .of the District Bank, , As I the matter ’is regarded as (me.'


. Alt the monthly meeting-!of iWhaUey Parish Council (to Tuesday evening It was decided to open a- Plood Distress Fund. .Ctollectlng boxes are.'betog placed


: , •


Such form suggests that the Coinmlttee have got Itogether. an' attiuctive and successful jslaei worthy ,:of good-support, At Bacupi. the gate, was -£85' and the previous'T^eek. it was £105.: Such gates t at Clltheroe'.would ease the worries of


Thomas. Bradshaw, Snorrock," Emmett, Eccles. ■; • '


l Clltheroe: ■ Barratt;: Brown,'-Cross,


Spencer, Keen, Ashworth;. . Nuttall, J„ Upton, 'Nuttall, J.P., Howatjih, J„ Howorth, D.


he;committee considerably.: Teams:'' Bacup: I Hughes;! -Edwards,' Jones;


i


and; WUd. Waddlnrton, Thompson; 1 . .


placed, shot .over the. bar, and ,a strong shot. by. J. ,Howarth',brought the best out of Barratt. ’ Shorrock'nad a grand' chance to pUt hlsislde IP front] after: Thomas; had provided the' Opportunity,' but -he! failed 'to igathen the; ball


properly, and a quick-moving defence- cleared. ■


Emmettj Shorrock land'Bradshaw, but •they could not, get I through. Keen, at i centre-half!(like.Hughes, he is an old


He and Jones at leftrback -wereichlefly responsible i for -keeping) the aggressive Clltheroe , sldjB at' bay. Half-time : VjBac'up 0; Cuth'eroe O.j


':


OymTWO DJPHES OF BAIN ; IN 24 HOURS


-field again, only to fall tnfougp Ec'cles holding on to the ball too long.. When' the home ..side took, up the running, Upton tested Barratt with a 'ipowerfut shot; but the "keeper ole'a'fed . in- fine style. In the - hopes • of' adding: punch to the attack'Keen brought J. Howarth to centre-forward, .moving J. P/ Nuttall'to'centre-half,' and' he -himself went- to the. right-half position.' For a few.,minutes the new forward Ime, looked dangerous,'but the CUtheroe defence never faltered.' -Shortook' kicked over the bar when CUtheroe pressed, land Upton made the' same mistake .when .the'home side rallied.; A -nice I concerted moye between-the half-backs -and forwards -ended'., with. Eccles shooting -, tote ui.the;! sldemet.: Bradshaw, . Thomas and Shdrrock again, wove their way Uito the danger


tone of the best shots . of the gams,! Hughes punching-the: balhclear. Fmal: CUtheroe! 1; Bacup. 0.


ing •-Ui ithe -defence- and Bradshaw shUiUig Ui .the attack. . WUd made a veiy, promising appearance, using the ball weU, but'Eccles, at outside-left, was out",of 'iposltion.' ! Waddington, i who captained! the side,' was . a idour defender.!; The whole team deserve everyioredit for-their.fine performance. Bacup had a, grand-lef t-back In Jones, and Keen played la thoughtful game at centre-half. Thelr-iorwards showed


'little cooperation, ind J. Howarth was easily the best. ThisI was Bacup’s first defeat of!the seaSoi


'Of Chatburn - road. .The water Invaded, the, cellars. of the Royal Oak, to' Waterloo; and a unit of the


!N.P.S.:'wete 'engaged there for maijiy houfs,: on Friday, pumping;, 5vater;out. ' -They Just'.managfed to’' keep on -top of th e ' to-flowlhg Ivaters ■without gaining appreciably, until the rains ceased.' ,


:two feet' i o f ' wafer, under the- iWaddtogton-road' and Oasworks’’ ;brld^s, butii' good iwork '^by the Clorpofatloh staff soon cleared It. The bus services to Manchester and' Burnley.wOreimatotatoed, .but the, usual service to Bolton-by-Bowl^d had to be discontinued, to -this case.to favour! of an alternative route, via Glsbum.


iw'afers cascaded -Into rvltoalley-road.-‘ Early to;itiie mornitogi there were:


Meafley-'Brook, Overflowed heaj the British Leglon ]Oub, and. the.


Cemetery caused the postponement of'a funeral until Saturday.


Extensive flooding In St. Mary’s • ^PATX.


_ The House : •of Commons Select Committee on i Estimates has reached the , geueral; conclusion . that ■ the' administrative machine has not been


satmctoiy both to the taxpayer and. to the Inland Revenue. Department.


that the amount, of chalk in national flour, Is to: be doubled. '


• HOW Ito househunt


p^lane and - topped .15,000'. leaflets in Chicago, asking for an apartment. He got one.


- .1


,. Using 60. miles cf wire,-fitted radii) has just been-installed in every room to Oiosvenor 'House,London,; which


tbus becomes the first •hotel.to-this country - to ; provide complete - room radio service for guests. ■


- ,


former iU.S. airman borrowed a' I


RADIO IN EVERY -BOOM. '


CIIALKY BREAD Minister of Food, says-


P.A.Y.E. -Consequently there is an: accumulation. of arrears which Is un-


suffloientlv _well equipped to carry the? additional burden Imposed on it'by


WADDINGTON v| QT. HARWOOD -


"I' '[.1 ''EESERi^,


minutes, j: Haworth '[netting from Haslem's | centrej Harwoou .then, attacked .and came near with a lovely header. 'Keeping , up the pressure, the Inside-right' equaUted,[and' the visitors dSservedly, took thejlead a few minutes later 'through the ] : same' playeri Harwood were very liyely and the home' defenders I were : far from steady. It- was the' home tean), however, wha scored ne:(t, Robinson equalised with a long ®ot,: while juht' before half-time Grainger . put iiWaddlngton ahead during a scramble] |^lf-flme: . 'Vl/'addington 3: Harwood 2.


the home side ! with their stedhd success. Good work by Wilkinson oi the,left bfought;a:gdal In the first few


The first home match provided


proved a worry to. t Harwood defence,' and both he and Grainger came near.- ■The -home team’s efforts were rewarded whqn Haworth headed through -from s: comer. Wilkinsoni opened, up msny moves and; after much pressure;' Dugdale scored! the] best goaf of thd match from'30 yards. Final; Waddington 5; Great Harwood 3.


GIFT OF NE' CLITHEBON!'IAN


BALL BY FROM


MOBECAMBE


to-morrow : to Monecauibe who: have lost only one match to date. Clltheroe's C team Is likely to: be i Barratt, Brown,


Olltheroe have' - attractive ‘Visitors


such a good show a t ' Bscup, the only change being at butslde-lett; It Is hoped to strengthen Itlfis weak place to' the attack. . Incidedtally, Bacup ■ beat' . the-strong Marine lude 4-1 to a -mid-,


Emmett, A.'N, .Other., Ten of the ?ers were to the hide; which put; up


week match.


morrow will be -Mr. .Dick Taylor, a bf next column) ]


A .popular ,.visitor, !fe the ground'tO', (Continued at loo|


, j :. s rossland, Wild, Waddtogton, Thomp­ on,. Thomas, Bradshaw, Shorrock,'


the resumption and] they weye early on' level' terms. Their, outsfde-right grazed the- bar with' a- beahty. Smlth.-had-to be .alert , to deal'with further'efforts; Blacklock,' the hpme left back, was prominent In breaking up nyany. attacks, and with'.Robinson and Bush,l he/ set the team dttacklng but they: were haridicapped because Haslem, the outside left who' hid been • Injured in the 'first half, -was. more or -less a passenger. Dugdale] on the right wing,'


Ttie .visitors wcfej sObn attacking oh e The CUtheroe : !slde was a really; ffective unit, with] Crossland; outstand­


most thrilling moment. of the. game. Waddington and Barratt had a mis­ understanding '' when the centre-half passed back from fairly close range when he: Was being hard-pressed. 'The ball:elud€d the goal-keeper, and Wad- dUigton - chased’ after it as it sped towards: the vacant goal. -Be got-therU Just in time to Hack • it away;for;a' corner, and he collided , with the goal­ post, cutting" his i forehead; In the closing minute of iplay,. Eccles pUt In


'zone, but the latter was wide of the mark with the finishing effort... i Two minutes from . time came. the


tlon-. Clltheroe ■ secured .the ■ vital- goal. Hhe -three, inside forwards cbmblned; in a quick' mbve i which got the' defenders, spread-eagled, and' Sh'ofrock drove hard" Into ■ the riet 'from close- uarters; •' giving .' Hughes ? not the lightest! chance to-save, KeebUig on; the 'attack; the Castleltes swept up - the:


Within; two minutes pf the resump-]


by fine positional play,-and ms Clear­ ances ■


Further .'Challenges -were made by . „ . . ■ ' 1; i- ' ■ . , i'


nternational); displayed'his experience always went> to' the right -mani'


breezeiWaS'slight,! andithe ground was to good condition in . view of the recent heavy ..raips. : Clltheroe'were'the first to be dangerous, apd a' cross from Thomas, following neat work by Bradshaw, was' cleared with-dlfflcultyi Eccles; failed' to iflnlsh .off another move, 1 and J. Howarth with a good rmi for the . Bradshaw,. when i-well-


Clltherbe.won the toss, but there was: ' ;e to be gained, slncd ’the


cambe,as] visitors at'Shatvbridge, hhd there should .be a large attendance to support the town’s team. The last four matches have all been won, and three of them were away from home,


tneir good form. .Although'victory.was by. the apparently narrow margin one-nl! they were; the superior side', thrpughollt, and had they i won by two or three goals It'would not have beeii an- unfair result. ■ The 'forwards co­ operated i 1 hi ' fine ' style, ■ .and. moved i together far better .than in iprevious ■Torpiorrow Olltheroe have More^


Dfltchcs. ' ' ■ • Saturday Olltheroe i malntaUied


fqotbaIll p '


w


eroei ers at picup


FpURTH WIN IN SUCCESSION


,'"op;Fp^ D o r e i iE s a e t iQ ^


R a ^ cU ffe ,-s tre e t, mfet: while o n hoUday:,toi P a ris to'i'igSQ. M]!'F6uSt. s a rd , la t th e i to v lta tlo n - o f M r' Wtoteslde] ;catoe to CUtheroe on' h o lid ay to ' tHe sam e y e a r, a n d


W T h u rsd ay byi!'-Monsieur Jl F p . u s s a r d , '[whom a Cllthe ro e Jou rn a list, Mr. A. 'Whiteside, o f


’ which iPiust hSlp .the new, Q d v em r ?mept to' t h e ' N a z lflc a tlo n o f th e F re n c h people; I n 1942. P ie rre Laval' created. I h is own a rm y o f “ mlU- specially c h a rg ed to d isco ver


divided to tw o p a r ts ; th e n o r th a re a , o r j,occupied: zone; a n d thb s o u th a r e a , ' o r n o n -oc cu pied zone; The. la tte r h a d a F re n c h Gtovbm-? m e n t le d by. ex'-rMardhal P e ta to , a n d soon th ey hia'd a new F re n c h Legion


.to F re n c h 'c o n c e n tra tio n s c am p s. : j l n th e occupied zone 'to e re w e re


a n tl-F a sc ls ts , ,a ad i m an y ;. F re n c h - ' p eP ; Arrested .by , th em : v /e te s e n t


Communists, - wh o 'were /e ith e r ishot ' o r s e n t 'to c o n c e n tta tlo n .o am p s to-


601 h o s tag e s ifrom -Je iv s:.and


h ^ - B o r d e a u x . Toulouse, I! Miar- selues, Mo ntp e llie r ■'were ' reallj? s ta rv ed . T n M o n tp e lU e t'd u rin g th e summer? o f '1943 I p eop le fo rm ed queu e s 100 yardS ' o r m o re ' Ibng to getU e ave s o f/c ab b ag e s .' /Me a t, f a t ; a n d p o ta to e s could 'be o bta ined : o n ly to -the' b la c k -market. 1;;


did: n o t su ffe r th ro u g h th e o c cu p a ­ tion,- b u t.to tlte'South,! life w a s very!


■Sdme. p a r ts o f ^ a n c e , however, ' I I ■ Cfermany.


iF r r a c h ' w e re ..unwlUtog /.apdetators o f .manyi'mlUtary.'.iprocesslolis a n d demonstratl<)ns= o f powCr. -Acts, o f s a b o ta i’e were |'n um e ro u s :U ii';i941, a n d e a c fl;tlm & 'ith e i(3e n n a n s : chose 25 to ■


w m a n re ld le rs -to evqry ;tovm of 3^ o r 14,000 In h a b ita n t^ -a in d th e


w h e n -w a r broke o u t h e jo to e d ith e F re n c h Army.;' i F ra n c e ,,.s a id M] Fou ssa rd, Vrad


members; of; CUtheroe R o ta iy Club


" 'f ^ ;'( ic c u p £ jtlo ti (if F ra n c e was ']* -.to e title 'O f a p a p e r 'r e a d to


T(he: Nation; ,‘I^ows.-?^ dairy fatmers and thei i workers will rin thfir


u^oJtto,save a'faU m jwffiterniilk, despite ■ the drastic cuts'ill' fee Ifug '^tuffe; so here is


TO 1 ‘ififllfliEjy "FYOtfTERS ' i|


IBEySE: O


I .'


‘i l


'.hal^ced rations according to[yields. itoqh’t ^


overfeed-j50or yielders. Fred teavyiyielders Well — or their oq^ut will quic^y droj .i; Cut hay-from neks , -in lnisses|' and divide 'CareM]’.|Wqng'.yQur-' cAW


ji : j | Find out weight qf.bushel ’or bi ,ftow-df rilag**, [


connections ibetween-' ] -North .{tod (South the /general sltuatloni ] would have "been.better. i^But.,a.border kept by ,'the .^Gennaiis -Itoilted -the- 'two;Zones.;Purtog the ejurly jJart of- the. i occupation- no letter colfld cross;' ttos ltoe,! /arid never could] parcels, newspapers or'goOds icross. I t officially. But' many .peo^e? crossed to diffeient -toanners. the ' QeimMis: brought , jplenty - of dogs,;and. l£‘beeme very (ian^erous; ? They /Shot .people; In' many leases.. ;In general,-nobody but the itraders' and .the; ;Collaboratl(mlsts ■ spOke to. the. Germans. -To the'majority of the .French pedple, ‘ Petaln was on the 'Allies’ side. Soon afterwards, however, the : majority undebtood' he - was a -Fascist, and. only a few-


RAIDS ORGANISE^ ON VILLAGES If l it ,hpd ..'been possible ito' have]


nationalists remained to- the French: Legion.: ■ . '!


-man. Many buses were;ready,’ and half an] hour later everybody had' left, the village. But some days later the majority had ' return^ and .were eager' to • enter, -the. French Maquis, which, by 1944, .was well organised.


young .


spring of-1044 were very Important; every day. people. were to alarm’. One of seven .Germans Who were asked If-they.knewithe Am^cans were only, 14 1 miles away, said, "Yes, 'but In somc'days .they wll. be sent to. England. We have two new secret arms,” And only one of the :seven .thought the. war was lost: for them.'In fact, a: fortnight later it was the Invasion


TheirAlUed bombings-during the


.you '.can.lmagtoe how- glad. I was when appeared the'pbsslblUty .jo see again ;the green 'Valleys of Lanca- ^shlre. And now libegto again, to. feel :sad when I see the dayk flying away -and;my return very;near. But I hope to be again to Clltheroe: some day,, and you can' 'be 'sure'that 1


, expressed by Eotarlan A; iE Ttodd, who; congratulated I hhn on his : excellen't'EtogUsh. i


at Morecambe. - The imatch-between hte natlve town and the town of his ■adoption has ;alwaysi,iprovlded -Mr. Taylor; with an opportunity, of aiding Mthe . club funds, usually by'the. sale of


Akers, who has been one of the most -popular players In the! Clltheroe side,


i


with a new-football, a glft^Uch wUI be much appreciated, lit is hoped he: sees a good game, with his'.firsWove taking the points.


d oreoambe rock. As he is not able to: o this now. he is ,


:has been advised: toirest -for another fortnight.He' damaged his ankle at


Great/Harwodd, and the injury has not yet fully responded to [treatment.


LANCASHIRE COMBINATION ' . LEAGUE ' TABLE


'Baoup; B. .. Rochdale .. CUtberoe .. Moreedmbe Rossendale,


Accrington . Nelson. — . 'Darwen . ■. ; -Leyland Ml ], Barrow ...J


■Chorley ., Oldham .. Horwlch :.. ■Prescot 0. .. Gt. Hary/ood 1 Southport, I !


■ 'Fleetwood . ;


Netherfleld' N. Brighton Marine ....


Bangor C. .. Lancaster


7 3 3 1 19' '12 7 6 2 2 2 '13 14 1 6 6 2 3 ■'1' lo­■12 5 5 2 2 .1. ll 14 6 6 2 3 1 8 17 5 5 2 3 0 12 18 4 6 ;-l 4 1 11 23 3 5 '1 4 0 8 10 2' .7' -I 6 0 10 27 2 6 1 5 0 .8 20 .2 6 1 6 0 8 21 -,2 6 I 5 0 4 '17 2 6 0 4 11 6 14•


6 5 0 1 16 6 11 7 5 1 1 21 8 U 7 5 1 1 '19 6 11 5 5 0 0 20 3. 10 7 5 2 0 23 13 10 6 ,4 I 1 24 11 9 5 3 0 s2 13 4 a 6 3 1 2 .17 ■10 8 ,7 4 3 0 13 10 8


p -W L. D F AlPtS; Goals J


(MiM 'b ’NU '.•myintu* ; In inUoloiPliwitct. norm, 8 Powden or it Tabbt. i/a II Powden' or


itt-tTiSlen. V'%' Single I doM.: ad.


(me,'Puicluie HZ).' I ICEPHOS LTD, BLAOKBURN.!


AFFEjST.THE HEART 1] ' ] I H L Sgli- Periond PrmtiBg ADVERTISER 8C flME^ OFFICE v o l i ’ t ]' ,L !■ 9 p o U y o u r \d f t u m 4 ,a k e i


win be In. Prance ohe Of the' best am b ^ d o r s of England.” Thanks to M. Fdussard were


;had now Is as'wann as to 1939. It was' with a heavy heart I left thls- town. to Join the French Amy, so


again Clltheroe ,as ipleasant' as It was .before- the war,!’ concluded M. Poussard. “The reception I have'


AN AMBASSADOR OF ENGLAND “ Now the war is over, and I find


WJUU,.,., .1


to Germany, - and they sent back one.' prisoafer to lexchanget for' two workers. /-Later, every- man- boffi after 1920 was Obliged to'work for them, But many/left their homes to go to ■ the . couhtxy! The Nazis orgstoised' raids 'to? the Villages, and entered' '.the i house of every ■


more exacting, i In October,! 1942, they asked for: 'Voliittfeete’-tol work


The Germans .became more and , , • -V.-AW !SW f


.[.wet,SgratoS!i(tod-60,!0s,.-,and of ciirtipad'.of .cabbage, ;/^e^'Sugar,jbeet^t()ps! or roots fed oB pasture;! '."Use;


•a meastoe[fot,C9Bcpnttates; finiitheweight h Chalk abdve each ,cow .numbe 'iof’iSiqasuiieS 'to be


.I'liiii'-j i'l'ici',; I tuiiii'i •]d


' igiven atqch.feed." , "1 ."i '] .;l: I s sued i y the Ministry'} o f Ag r i cul tur e


j]1 ' II i|' ' s; . -•


' Weigh tnBses'Occasionally. D,or ’tffl racks to capacity .for heasts|alwa;^ pull down moie'.flian they nejA yriA -c 'Trample r|st‘und6rfb'6t.


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former Clltheronlan. iwho until his retirement, was In the sweet business


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