CtiTHEROE ADYEBTISER & tlMDBS. FRIDAY,. DECEMBiSR 27, 1946 0 obituAry MRS. ANNIE IaDAMS, FD


a London hospital on Saturdaly of Mrs. Annie Adams, wife of Mr. F. G’ Adams. Only 34 years of I age, Mrs^ Adams was better known to Clltho-i' roe people- as Miss I Annie ^ k l younger daughter of the late ilitt. HI and Mrs. Cook, of .8, Llttlemloor-i road. She was formerly associate with Moor Lane Church. Much, sympathy will be felt with her hus-t band and. young daughter.


The death occurred suddenl!? iti i i &


I the I the pder 41ss


teat ping for


MRS. ANNIE BRIGGS 'i


resided at Waddlngtori Alms Hohses for some years, was found dead la


bed on Saturday morilng. She'was 79.


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Rlmington, on Tuesdiy, was con­ ducted-by the Rev./E T. Wst.


MR. T. DERbirSHIRE


to Clitheroe from. Cnorley ov^ 30 years ago to take ub=emplpynlent at the Bleach VfQiksi ' He {was a piember of the Britl^ Legion; A' wife and daughter survivf him;


Mr. Thomas Derbyshire, of 'Wllson-street, .Clitheroe,: died Saturday at the age olf 77, He came


After many, years of-;ill.|heilth-,


The I Interment ■ at - St. - Mairy’s Cemetery on Tilesd-ay was dbh- ducted by the ReV; H. A. Bland.


MRS. 3. W. NEIL.j


Mary’s Cemetery on Monday o f ' Jane Susarma Neil, of 36, Whalley- Toad, Clitheroe. She was 63. M&iy years ago Mrs. Nedlj! for some time at -Hoi -was the wife ofijMr.


The interment took place at


vas employed nes Mill, a re


is well known locally is a footballer, and last seasoii wa:


for Clitheroe Cricket Club; groundsifian; • ' MR. HARRY SMITH


Market Place about 9-30'a.m; I on- Monday, a, passenger, Mr. i^ r ry


■When a Ribble ‘bus arrived hi- khel


Smith, 7, Bridge Erid, BUllngton; -was found to have died;


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Aged 52, Mr. Smltli had been, In delicate’health.


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On medical advice he gave -BP. .work about two months ago.


He had been employejd at ChaL.., Dairies as a churn-w|asher. - -When- he left home on Monday he told this '*•' wife he was going tb Clitheroelto ■ visit his sister. - At the White ;'LIon Hotel, Clitheroe,'all the passenwrs alighted-with the exception of Smith, who was thought to ] be -- asleep. When the copductor could - not rouse h'im,!lt wasi-thought t&t maybe he had-falnted.'M Drs.‘O fe r - and Royle were called, hnd -tliey pronounced life! extinct. |


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associated with the Working Men’s Club.


: . ^ LANCASHIRE YOUTH


service for children and young people has been drawn up by me Lancashire Education Com'inlttiC,- Increases in book stocks, re-blndiug of books and an improved service to schools Is contemplated, ^he-ulil- mate cost Is expected to be approx­ imately £30,000 per annum, but if the expenditure Is approved, dt Is' proposed to spend only £ 16,000 dur- In ^ h e first year. War conditions • have until now prevented the'’ County Council from expanding t f e ' ' service as they-would have''Uk^, and the heavy wear and tear bn-;


A scheme to Improve the librtLj


LIBRARY sM vIGE. “


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children’s books has made inroa,dis' into the stock.


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(Seven years. The expense of prp- Jvlding books for children in tlie lower age groups is relatively h lS , ' ^ because many of the books pro- ’ duced for young children are bulky„ and the cost of binding is thus ih- - '^ creased. Younger children. Wo, > 'Carinot be expected to take q,uite ■' much care of books- asi older- chfi^ 1


An Innovation is the reduction the lower age from nine .years


-dren, and this decreases the Uf^ pf - the books.


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, The scheme will take some, years to jbecome- fully developed, - but ’‘.I priority .-wlU; be ^ven W supplyms;-;i.'i books, to secondary 'Cniodem) Md-: ■ grammar schools. A specialised bhllr" dren’s librarian will be Sippplntefflto organise this work; whlfch Walk for.' special experience. - In,' i the r areas, children’s books will, lim . future,, be distributed ' through:' ;;' schools. In the past It has belm '•i'- found that many children living to.-;, rural areas who atfend schools atlk/'.; considerable, distance from thBli*’''''; homes'have ho opportunity of.boV-> - rowing books from a branch Ubrafy or centre, but this will be reraedie® under the new scheme.. Pfoylslph);." will also be made for a book.servli to operate from primary school^ lu'. ,. rural areas, In urban areas w'hpfev; there Is a branch library, the servlr' ' will be centred there, and supple­ mented by additional books dlstn-, buted from secondary, (modem) and-:, grammar schools.- The Laricastiro 'y^ Education' Committee believe that' ' all branch libraries should have . -. separate .children’s rqoms.. -, ,j.


books of fiction were IssiWditpicP dren between the ages of 9 arid l»,|--v and.it is anticipated that'this figufe;;', ;., will, under the new scheme, showia-Jisi; considerable Increase.' ' ’


During 194574b, nearly^! «o6,0^|-'


developed) the school children ih thfeifU{ Lancashire County area AvlU navg, " ' service second ' coiintry.' ■


When the scheme;' Is';-


to . none In'ltlifev'- - .........


den, of Moor-lane,. will be 85 '3n New ’^ a r ’s'Day.-;;{;;;‘|!{«{;^,


Birthday greetings


was a keen greyhound-fancier, be:ng' employed by his brother at kenneli In Chatburnrroad. An. ex-Semce man of the 1914-18 war, he -was .-


In his younger dajs Mn Smith s


W. Neil, fhff lile:


many friends, for only the previous- night she had packedj her 'belong­ ings to go and spend- Christmas with relatives at Grlr Briggs was a regular St. Helen’s Church. The Interment at


Her death came as a shock to dletont Mrs.;


attender at I 1


Martin- Top, ■ Mrs. Annie Briggs, : .who Ihad : ' I FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27th, .■.1946,


I Vehicles light up this week^end 8-23 pun. to 8-3 a.m.


greetings AND BEST WISHES FORTHENEV{f YEAR TO ALL OUR ' READERS.


COUNCILLOR CLIP.FORD CHAT- Ai. BURN’S Request at the Town Council meeting last ■ week fior expressions of bplnlon on Sunday games has been the talklng.^poiht of the week, and-on first thoughts the Interest aroused may seem'-sur­ prising. The; question of Sundky games at the; Castle may seem lof lesser moment than many other matters raised at the Council meeW'- mg, but our i postbag shows -th£(t people are quick to react when they believe there; Is a. moral-Issue, at stake! Iti apfiears that .many aie- reading Into Councillor Chatburn^s remarks., something,, -that was; not even toplied.iThey are linking the question of Sunday games .with the broader Issue ;of Sunday entertain­ ment as a -whole, although there, may be some' Importance In; tfie statement that Sunday games are the thin end of the wedge. Should such I an- Interpretation be gfvqn, then It appea-rs ,thai,"ClltHer6e ,v^l soon jbe in-the throes of the ! same controversy that - has engaged tjie attention of .fnany ..other t o t o ln recent mohms, and;s6onef orilatef' perhkps, t i t .ToWn-Council ''will be callediqpbii to solve, the pfoblem.' i


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. ments supplied.. The response.,was! SD overwhelming I that on. ; the : second night! the Ihall could; dot accommodate !all the young people;


who. wanted ■ . , I


CHtheroe would- do-well to.ppnder- on the significance of Djameh’s experiment, which is now,.lt-seem3,!- to ■become permanent-. •featiife<.idfi i that tovm’s life. ';


- to enter.'.-Perhapd ■' * I * , - ; - l - v


■ holiday- for- operators iand-attend-*: ants' was accepted; with goodWfll. Family parties and private dances were falrlygederal, put the.yreathef, during thelaftemooii especially, wias, conducive, to 'r.hopie, and. fireside/ where entertainment -vfas provided by the B.B,C.-, whose , prograhimes were not Only well diversified-.bBt


' -a. ^were shown, there were no;per- lormances iatjtHe local cinemas bn Chrlstpasnight. ; -The need- pf ! a


:^OR the first time since “ movies'i


'much above the ayeragel -From'a I Bournemouth', cabaret came { this w i s e c r a c k : ; IV"; ■


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; Keeps the reds from the whiter-; , of'.your eyes,';;;|;


;■ Early, to bed,-early to.rise,!- I'j-Vl;,-


' ' ■' A FTER the bells dtmididgh^]hti’d. ^ cardl singing >.by gdonps/tof young people,- the Christmas ihyinns arid other seleitfons played .later ;ln


■ the morning by, the, rerconstltutied i Borough Band, was reminiscent, lof


pre-jvar dayS'/ftnd gladly welcomed. ■


; fPHE descant'can be .effectively em-^:


' choristers. , ' S o in e c a ro l: singers adopted this piodern variant'dilrlfig Chrlstriiastlde^ven one Of;a;trl0;pf quite young girls, but the'effect was


'•*• ■ ployed by, full choirs, butmot to the same extent by iSmall bodlesnf


■ '* p e o p le s '-throughbutj 'tfie ; Commonwealth appealed ■ for,; a


-ln co n p q u s ;/lI. : - fTHE! King’s {- broadcast! ’ toi i his:


.'■. ( was expressed that the New ,Year ■ : inlght be filled mth blessings for all ' pebple,' welcomed' With - hope-; apd . coufqge, and with an exhoftatIptl]to " greet the unseeriwith a cheer;”] ;


mobilisation of the, Chrlstmas'splrit ‘ ; And the appllcatlon.of its' power add. ; ' hewng to our dally life.-. The hope


roam the streets-at a loose ehd -bh Sunday, nights, Especially under, p re s e'n t r day conditions' - r n,ot entirely peculiar to Clitheroe. iFew’ deny .this. ; .The argument alm-Ost. exclusively iievolveS around thelfjpe of'alternative to be. provided., i The most ardent church-goer .will agree .that nobody can hr should coihpel young'people to ! go to church against thpir! .wishes,, : nor would ■that,deal-with the pr.lnclpal (dlffl-: culty, which ;is finding' something for them to;do sit d later-h^odr. Mention has!'been made; of! the experiments at Leeds and Darwen, and perhaps jthe example of .Dar­ wen, which . Is nearer the size of C l i th e ro e , ; may - be worthy jbf scrutiny. The Darwen authority set aside a large hall, for use of youhg people on / Sundays and -wefe assisted in the project by a big number of volunteers. Gamed add, entertainments o f the right !kind were provided, ■ and light refreshr


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cannot be{ In the Interest of the town to allow {young people to


i V annual party arranged by, th< plltMroe Bfanch British Legion, for children of - members, was held at the [ Weavers’ -Institute. * In a . gaily] deebrated . room, upwards of - 20(^ children received gifts from Fathei Christmas (Mr. R. CowpeHhwalte)! whq was greeted with hatTpy cheerd when- he visited the party idong' With the Mayor and Mayoress (AldJ and] Mrs. - Wilkinson) and ;tha Brahch President (Mr. W. Bartlett)! Sergeant Wray sang-, humorous songs In- the George Formby stylei With- ukelele accompaniment. Mr R . , McClelland; chairman of the Clitheroe British Legion, presided! Intrqduclng the Mayor, he reminded the children that the.Brltlsh Legion Party had been arranged to add to; their enjoyment on their day ot daySi The Mayor expressed delight at being with . the children that morning and spoke of-the pleasun It gave him and the Mayoress to set - so many happy faces. ,


Qljl Christmas, morning .the'20tl


fjALDERSTONES patients had t V (.jolly (Christmas. The stat concert party, gave four shows children from-'Whiteacre Camp pre­ sented a pantomime, and Mr. Hart- ley.and his party. of Oswaldtwistle alsq entertained) Parties tool^plact In all the wards on Christmas Day The)rewas the.usual dahee at night' to rptihd off a pleasant»prograinme.


■■CVESTTVITiES at B^rbckhall -begai -rlastBaturdky with'a visit by £ concert party. Oq, Chpistmas Day,


commenced today. . .; #■ # * .. . r-


M-ills in Clitheroe are not .-re-open- Ing until Monday -morning, when It Is hoped that there will be a full “ turn-up” of workpeople, iWork at Chatburn and West Bradford re­


fVOTTON operatives are having an extended Christmas holiday.


that took place a hundred years ago. It was for pupils of Mr. E. -Winder, and was- held at “ The Swan Inn, Clitheroe,” on- Decem­ ber 28th, 1846. Pupils included the Misses Dewhurst, .Hartley, Dean; Kay, Lancaster, Hargreaves, Cooper, 'Baldwin and Bralthwalte, and Masters Yeaisley, Edge and-Catlow. Among- the dances were a Parisian step, hornpipe, pas de trols, quad­ rille, Oellardus, waltz, -polka, the lancers and Sir Roger de (Joverley, as well as ones, named the Last Rose, Spanish Dance, The Water­ fall and Saraband.


A READER.has sent us a well- preserved programme of a ball


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■AfR. G. -WOOD, of Elbblesdale- ."■f view, Ohatburn, iv^Eltes ■ thank-^ Ing the “ Advertiser and Times ” for helping him in his desire to promote English lessons for Polish troops stationed a t Low Moor. He says: “ I enjoyed giving the


At Home For Christmas ;


And Thoughts On The Years Between By H. A. WHITESIDE


JT was ray first Christmas at-home In six years. No need this time to wait nervously outside an. orderly room for a pass or dodge


MP.S on the station. There would be holly arid Christmas cards, -warm fires .and easy chairs; not greatcoats, silt-trenches and guards. • I t was a comfortablefeeling, y e t i was assailed by odd, unreason­


able yearnings as my m-lnd flitted back ov -r other Chrlstmasses In the ' not so very long ago.


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' and dance (will be held,land a pad- tonjlme Is to be given early itt January.


' burn Church Institute) -and a t th< Wedvers’ Institute -the Trade: Council held' a dance for which M 'Prjrle’s' Band prov-lded- the music 'Christmas Eve and "Boxing Nlghl ■were as usual the two big occasion: at iWballey Assembly Rooms am , Mr.(Coggins again spared no.eSofi to (idake -the evenings enjoyable Erid L'afliam' add his- band-playec ■ for'dancing.-'


T)j.lNCER)8 had plenty of chol« ” during the Christmas holidays On TdeSday .thC Regal Band playec {for a'crowded - gathering at' Chat-


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;'i4)d£lan!ex--BervIce maii-to-what he .lookjed./torward most, and the -answer (Mmost • Inivarlably Is the


- readily agree as that df the Y.M.CA From!, general to --private , there 1; nothidg but braise; -The tea-cai that drove throUg-h clouds of sane In! the desert or;slowly made it: ■waV through the -mud<)f(Holland''t( give them ■ a y ttle !'cheer, In the ■forward positions became aS much a-part qt -their lives as .their rifles


ipHERE Is perhaps n o ' topic or ■


*■ {which, ex-Servlce meii sc


;'ho\VEver/.dld' hot end with the war .’As'Lteut.-General'Horrocks, C-ln'-C Wektern.v'Cqrdmand) remarked ai {Hackbufri, It Is perhaps even more Imbqrtaht dowthat the impetus of' War:'jias.{''gone, and Clithefodlans ■vMll [Shortly be, called upon to Shovi ■tadgiWe.'suppo'^t;.


,sdmpi-‘'lettors from home and the ■!f.M;’-'-'-.-Th6;,%rk of the YiM.CJV.


.rrBE -MAYOR(AIdei{man:WiMii- ■f'- ton) 'Is to call a-meetlng to.be


held onvJanukry 20.th' -with vleu to dlsdilsslag'-the yi!.CA.!s appea! on- bdhalf;qf - the- -National'Service


April 15th to , .;receiv0'. pulse's,; fro: East L a n o a ^ e towns add /rdral dlstilcte. Thelappcal fuddllp'Cllth-


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erohnow, standstot! -jSSST.'tond it 'la .Slgnfficadt !toat)-Of vjthla/stdra!


'rural' district• : tias(,; iaiSed:''{v£200 However; toadfiy;{the- 'tojm;''(iday


■ loss,lOf dignity. It i's'-hoped-'-thatthe ' meetingi'^convened ■ by-;':;^ ■'Will 'stimulate' totemt' ■■fuid.' that (the total/finally handed- to ,the 'Prldcess-wlllbe affittle inorC reipre- ''sentative. '


.lollet.' . congratulations, (v'CUthefoc ckndot allow itselfto:'be,outstrlppec’ by , Us . rural 'neighbor; w^


'theannual f-ancy-^dress dance -.and 'carn-lvM for the patients took place and-to-day. and-to-morrow -thert - are 1 to be clnem-a, sh; iws.. On;/Nev .Ifea'r’s'Eve the annual whist,'drlvt


lessons, of which there were about nine. The last .one was given out of doors, in the. style of a nature lesson. Throughout It I 'Spoke to them ajmost, entirely In English, i The soldiers seemed to enjoy the classes-from first to last. Twd local young men ' also volunteered thelf Services In the teachmg of English, to the Poles. As k /^uhg man, Mr; Wood had


(tanks and 'rifles, ..parades; and Inspections, colonqls amd tergeants/ and of beds bade down in broken buildings. -|. [,


the-'expeflence of teaching English on the Continent, using the .“ Ber­ litz” system of Instruction-, and he: qncourages young people to take up , the study of 'languages. '. I His- (first; acquaintance with French -and German was made Iwhen, as a''youth, he attended Blackburn Technical School./ . Mr. Wood goes on: “ I do not claim to have a perfect knowledge.of any language, but I am thankful I have


a partial' knowledge -'of Oerman. Oftem I have .edgaged ,-myself In leaking 'with (P o l ish toldlers, ^ q u s e so many of them'know German. . I: ‘iMany times I have Inquired l^bbut their home'affairs. A good many'Poles who are now at Cllthe- roe 'have not been in' touch nVlth their families for even slx.or seven years. .1 feel It: Is my. duty to be as kind as possible to them.;


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! “ Once I was speaking to a few Poles. In Low' Moor. They had arrived a few days previously from Italy..' .1. could .not. make, -them understand anything, because they hadn’t a knowledge lof German. A -few more soldiers, however, came along, and acted,-;as .Interpreters.' TWiati they wanted to know-was 1‘ are we -in- Scotland or (England.”


'. Mr.'iWood concludes; “ I believe that If young people take up the study, of language?; in a thorough manner, they.iwlll never have.cause 'to regret it.”.,'


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Oosterbelfc 'and Wagenlngen, to .a shattered - hotel in ’ -Afnhem .dnd a Tflfeary/soldlef! -working 24 hours on ehd and bffely having' time- to drink -some self-heating soup or eat -the sweets add chocolate' from a 24 hours: ration! pfek,—gloriously un­ shaven and! very dusty', "and the adjutant saying to me,..'! You look dreadful,”, and .myself, | replying,


' My (Vision went beyond :Soest to !t


“lYes, ■we could (both do with a shave;-sir.’ , J ■■'■


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. St;; Lennart’? when a roaming tank attacked the village-and! we hid In al cellar untll lt had gone,


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I : Inevitably I went farther back ! to a bam; and the strangely odd


- made them almost respectabliOT-a lieutenant-colonel patiently re­ organising his ) RIQ. and passing


looking hqadless bodies of men I had knourn ,ten minutes before, covered with .a fine dust that


'(judgment almost callously. on a dying mad; sa]dng, :^‘He’s finished, yon; may [as jvell leave'him.”


[cbfdei; somOwhefe-^until t heard a “•moaning-mlninle.;’ coming tor me rind surrounding-"me with an Inferno--of! noise- and dust, and blinding Mght!^ and momentary- loneliness. I ; 1


: Then to i -a /snug little cutting wherq three of-us lived a life apart, with a sdiper:’:' jilist around the


in Holland! and I a tfugtout with a body [lying In', ( the slime-covered


I thought of the searidg w-lnter, , •


entranc6-Df: ■'i[)bnderIng;{'Why he had shot-1 himself when -thing?


(seemed- to be turning the! comer- and slightly [envying - him. No longer would -he have to dflve hlm-


!self on and.oni . . -and:)on,,until (some hazy'dayiln toeTuturfe'-whlch ndght never cobe.. • ; ;•[; • ! ^rtoertoack-i still another dug-


- addressed.' to Father.<Christ- has,” Royal Infirmary.


It


(-read-f* Dear Daddy Christmas, — !


{you will have to come to my house,'-but please : go to all the little boy? and girls in the beds.


am at home this Christmas, to


( I was in last year, 1 thank you for niy tank last yeair, and hope


you d6 not 'forget' me.—Your ; little pal, Brian .Avery, Fisherr steeet, Blackburn.


rYUniNEia a bill to be promoted .by l is te n - Corporation • In the


; Blackburn/ Royal ' Infirmary, [ received 'this letter bn Monday,


:T, DEWHURST,' superr- intendent and secretary of


out, a dank, idosqulto-rldden hole on, the’-Caen plain which [we would leave only-irndOr nlght’s'Vast shawl to breathe.[.the| clean, cool- air and look upori-.i- the stars,, chat about home and! snatch -a few hours' desultory sleep! on the • 'hard, grey ■earth.'/ ' I „ {'■ ;.


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' mortar' !flre{ the dead being lowered [into the earth, burnt-out tanks and I carriers qnd the powdery! bonfes of their. crews— fields df: dea!d [ cows, the gutted buildings that were. our constant


Normandy. [. . how (fbuld anyr one forget it, the shill: and


' companions, graves With white crosses stones o] the joiimey.


, Sav: dgs 'League/ and the average small savings k being- well maln-4 talded.' •'Top'place In the, league Is now '-shored. with ‘Colne- only/ the other.'Uwo; towns,(having droppeq beh'ldd'In'-thC-race." In the'recent


(r^ITHBROE.stllI.keeps to the.'ford V ' In ' .the Nod-County Borejughs


industolal/ drive, savings groups were formed'Ot'd further nldelocal Cstwli^ht®tS)'dnd:*,'-there";1^


hope;- of, todip grempd .being'; tomed in the nedf fUtUre. PeCple'Ilii the borejugh .and' rural- district, have kept up a fine!record since April add] -if the New'.Year can inspire them .to'ijan even higher level, they 'again ibrlng'-honour to ,the town ■ district. - Linked wlth thls. will


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be the fact that their money Is Invested In , the safest security Id the world;


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riVHE G.P.O.' estimates that .In thC ■L i- ChristraM ' period no fewer


' mlUloniparcels w p handled.; nifidberi of - lettbrs- and , 'parofels


nslsilng - -through - .Clitheroe' Post Efflfce'wasTp-®hlgh§St,.slnc


{ ■{valuable'' assistance; was given iby ' , : «


. ' - In efficient and expepltlous manner- boys apd; five .girls »


- Cffitherbe Grammar School, and'two ^ “ 1 :“ ''’; , ;


l A T the beginning of the Chrittr'; ■;3- mas rush, Mr. Graham recpl- , .W '-a letter from Miss.;,! Inga


Peterson, of Minnesota; U » ,^ i as)^ Ing lf he could; put, her.Ig topph:


■ .Grammar 'schpolbbys, helped ;|at, • WhaUey- ' TheV did a reaUy l good Job of .work and the .public is.grajie-


, m u e s t to' 1)ost bV'.Decembef -18th ' d id 'not; meet - with the expected response.' i Traffic mhintalnedi a; steady flow, which the Postmaster ' (1^*,-Graham) and staff dealt with


Like In many-other distrlcte,; the thah '450 million -letters and ^4 M. ^S. MAY •■■WHITESIDE, whosd


address was given as Ashbrook{ R-bblesdale-avenue, Clitheroe, was at iJverpQol granted.a decree nisi with costs against her husband, Mrl Will lam' Whiteside, of Beechwoodl Clitieroe, on -the grounds,,lof deser-j .tlOE/. Mrs. Whiteside’s petitions-


present! Parliament; for Increased water supplies, the Town Clerk stated' Ithat, in; addition .to ' .the. Langdep add Hareden streams. It was. proposed to , take, water from four other streams in the. Rowland


Forest.' - ON acrount of the .coal shortage


curtailed from January-6th. Trains withdrawn Include: ' 5-15 p.m. Blackburn' to Chatbum, 8 ' p.m.- Chatbum to Blackburn, 9-48 p.m,: Helllfleld to Blackburn. ■ : r -[■ I,,,,,' *.


local train services are to be


had the pleasure last-week of seeing - a flock.'oL-waxwlngs'-Wlthln-a ridle of the town. These birds have not been-retol'dacl id the-district before; .Breeding as- far north as the! limit of tree! growth wUl;; allow,' the, waxwldg Is • only 'known as an' Irregular- .wln'ter, .visitor, and only through! stress 'of .weather do its migrations extend .westward- to-to- clude bur I s l a n d s . . ,'


TlirB, B; WOLFENDEN CCtOPBR, of ■'■


’^^Church Brow, , informs us he rpHE ' Rev;; *


WhalleyTAbbey, lt:-ls announced in the: Blaokbufn Dlo'cesan Leaflet. He suctoedea' Canon, Lambert when the lattor bMdme 'Atchdeabon of Blackburn. , /1 {!


> resigned the wardenshlp ,bf J. /'ly: Paqker has '


of t ie child, with reasoriable access to-'le given to Mr. Whlteklde. . .{■' i 0 )unsel for Mrs, -Whiteside 'were


dlvcrce on the 'grounds of cruelt; and] adultery were dismissed, an( the Intervener was dismissed froi the suit; '.with costs'''agalnst "Mrs. teslde. She was granted custody


IVTATTraAlLY sbaped-Uke''aiii egg^ , d-’ cup, 'a large holly tree heavily


;glve Miss Peterson her address. .-I./, - ; ' -i. y *


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adorned 'Wth berries has; added a seasonable touch'to the '‘.ehtradee to Pendleton.’’ Many admired; It qn Chrlstta^SiDay.-


with Miss Jane Knight.- lofmerlyipf, Clitheroe. a felloW .aperantlst ,wltn whom I she had formerly'; cor^ ■ responded) Mr. ^Whamfound Miss, Knight lives, at -Bospomb^ Bournemouth, and he was, ablei to,


.Mefflirs. I-Rdidsbottom; --^Llddle and - Dixon, -ftUtherde,' for --Mr. - 'Whlte+ kide, and Messrs. Plckstone and Kin I, Raddlffe, for the intervener


:fo r,. Mrs7' Whiteside] ,'v-!


.-“■•■fi8.'Mlchael' and John’s Ghurchj,' 'Clitherde'i on Christmas Eve, with 'the'* (R0V. iFr.^ ( Ketoball,: SiJ.,; as celebrarit before - A cotigreg-ablon of eoo.i; Id his address, Fr. Kemball sqld homelessness, w^. the traged.r of Burdpetd-day, and drewa paral[


M[DNIGH]T''MASS{' I sun^ 'at-


■Messrs; T. J. Backhouse and OJi- CUtherOei-1


Mr. W. Gorman, K.C;,'Mr; W;-LateV and Mr.'T. M. Bacltoouse.; Counsel for Mr. i Whiteside, were .Mr.' Basl)[. Nle d; K.C.,: and Mr.- J.' Warden Staiisfleld, and-for. the Intervened. Mr. G.' Hellpern. Sbllcltors .were.


history and his, B.D, .ft --London iUnlverslty, -was ordained deacon In 1941 at-Sodthwell: and:;.prle?t -the., following year at [Nottingham. /He


Mr.' Flacker took his. B.A. in


.tdok* a' teacher’s diploma a t 'th e {institute! bfiiEducatlori; And-.-froiiV 1941 to 1943' Was curate at Atte^, borqUgh-wlth-Bramcote, Notts. .Be-- fbrb-comlng to 'vy’halley he was an assistant! master a t - Lancaster Grannnar School and curate at the


Priory Church. v ' ![ -'1 - .■! - ' * # * ■ ■' -i


1||{ lS S i:B E T TY P I ^ C ^ o f BroWnlow-street, who has been :


a c t a n t [leader - in' ■ the junior de^


del 'with,the yhqmelessness .o f , th- i 'Holy PamllV at 'the first Christmai,


.Moor;: Lane Sunday - -Schcol' and- Church


' '


partniedt at Moor-lane Methodist Sun'day School, -was last wtok pre- sen-ted with a hymn book .in appre-, elation of her torvlces: Miss Procter! is bhortly to - -toe! marr lefafter i which shf will go wlth.toertouSband to . New Zealand. . Making ., toe presentat on,' -Mrs. ■ J. ‘ -Wilkinson, (leader)! {said the '-whole school ■wished Wds? Procter- much happi­ ness, ‘Ihey [knew [toel-would- take with her imtiny. hdppf memories of.


vCRUELTY TO ANIMALS


i Ilovem'ber, whlto compares with- 83 in October and i40 dn November, 1945)- 'Out of jthe November total Lancashire contributed six, while: tour written- monitions -^rere given out of the' total ofjSl, and 89 verbal cautions -were, iadndnjstered out of the total qf 929. [Twenty-bne cases of cruelty; to - dCks'were recorded, which is toe highest figure for this animal so' far tols year.- Inhere were 16 cases tof cruelty -to fowls as against 16 In ()ct6bCr. -Wdtli regard toother an-hdalC, there -were ten- cases each of cruelty to horses and. cats, six cases lof/cfuelty to cattle, five of cruelty-to pigs, add two each .to 'sheep'tad quCks; while one case of cruelty occurred: to connection with a inule, a[]donkey, a rabbit and a goose.' ‘Twelvei: cases of cruelty, were ' recorded! in connection '('W.Ith steel traps, a n f thfee:'petsons were disqualified from] Keeping? a dog br


cruelty to -anlaals werOTeOorded by the RJS.P.().A during; tod month'Of


Eighty -{• sevtoi convictions for


I Dhodyt -Oarporatlon-f street,; add Mrs. J. Metcalfe,- i49, 'Woone-ilahe,: as welfare! assistants. There , were 50 applicants. - ‘ Mrs. -; Doady, was a foster-mother:to .alhorn'e; tor. boys, -upder Leicester: City Council; from 1938 to 1941. From 1941 to 1944 she


MANAGERS of St. James’s School "K on: Friday: -appointed Mrs. A.


first-aid 'and'- child care reservist certificates. ;. - .-i ;


. -


! Mrs. Metcalfe' was tormeriy employed to a large catering estab­ lishment to toe 'Midlands,; and for Several years was a member of the B‘r;ltl.sh! -Red (Grass Association, attending Mansfield- H o s p i t a 1, Notts:, where. ito’e .w!^ to charge of


the! Mhildren?s v/ard; .She has attopded-. courses In child welfare, dnd -holds first-aid,' • home nursing apd'(to'Jd, welfare;,certifleates. — ,


■holdln? si: dog|s Icence for' varying periods. ;


• (they- vrtll'!be^{'duty after to? : Christinas holidays -,


■ welfare A s s i s t ^ s


and th e , newly-cut their roughly-made that were the mile-


4 .


W p |T H |E a J « tI()N BUN TO 1HUBBEEH()LME


grave to Grasslngton—our rendezvous for lunch. [,, ■. ] /


behind, our route became more arduous and at YOokenthwaite the road degen­ erated into a cart track which led us. over Horse Head Moor tOiHalton, GUI ■We(plodded on Over,Foxup Moor and skirted Blaydike Moss until we reached Horton Moor when' the . track, shelved steeply, so that ■


Eettlewell wh^el-we branched'left, and near StarBottom/ the heavy- mist changed tolralnj , ' .: !' As.weleftBuckdeh and Hubberholme


on the mosSy surface; we ‘descended to Horton-to-Ribblesdale. ;!


skidding,{^and sliding


wont to Staliifo ' ■ irth. .wher'e;.wb had tea and after which we continued our run home through


___


Dnfortunateiy .


> . 5


might carelfo join,us when we leave -we are- iVlsltlng the


cessfuUy complel ed a noteworthy ride of 71-miles.'i ' VNext Sunday


Wlggleswofth to Olltheroe; having, sue-


ictoria CaVe a t ____ Gfecnacre-street


. . .


at 9-0 a.m. ‘‘GEARS;”


________ _ our usbal tea rroOms at Horton were closed, so we pushed on, rather more [ tiowly'than our usual -


Settle, Rathmel and Settle, so perhaps you


OUR run'last Supday was begun In g ideal weather, ‘ so that we made


, 'Leaving [Graffllngton we , reached-


CUBIC capacity TAX j


ood: time through Glsbum.and Gar- .


January Ist, -1947, '-the. existing hjorse-power on new .<^s Is .being replaced by a cubic capacity itax, the Royal Automobile Club has cbmplled, tor the Information of motorists, a taljle showing toe com-r p'araU've rates of taxatiito under the njew and'toe existing systems. ' !


! In view of the fact that, as from ‘ .. '. . .


at toe rate of £1 per 100 c.c„ will apply: only to cars registered, tor the first time on or . after January, 1947, and not to cars licensed prior to that'date, which will contnlue to be taxed on the? exl?ttog: basis of 25s. per unit lof horse-power. The R.A.C.. points out : that [under- the new-system the owners of low- pbwered cars will, to general, pay less than ' toey :-would under the horse-power tax, whilst owners of higher-powered cars will, to the liajorlty of cases, pay more.


cars: In December are therefore advised to ascertain the alternative rates of taxCtlto before taking out licences. Information and advice on this subject can be obtained-from; 'toe.RA.C.' ■ ■ ' '


' Motorists -taking! delivery of new { The new tax; which is chargeable i ■


■whistling shells-and .the -machlner gun obbligato • of Blefick and Esschen while, we sat .unthinkingly,, unreasonably! scared. and relieved by, tUrns-of our predicament a t


I thought' of the sjrmphony of


had >faded Into a Jumbled'and un­ real dream, but out of the shapeless mass , of memories emerged vivid recollections so .clear and-well; de­ fined that, in a flash I was back among them all. Random thoughts r an through I my mind of men In khaki, nlssen. huts -and - mess-tins,;


That *!not'so very .long ago”


when we slep.t in toe little school at OornevUle: with (r a yard fuU of German .prlsbners-how - we left them .omguarded and slept [peace­ fully, knowing that If they wantto they could cut all our thioats-pf motor-cycling : to the well-known ■hotel jus] to rldg .the famous bells.


The. wild chase to the Seine,


: Backagain tb Belgium,: to a small schoolroom hear a canal, and the sound o f “The, Blue Danube” rising over the,noise of war after Jock had f ound a piano—to Holland ,and the great -bridge at Nijmegen which dominated: our lives so long --Md: the artificial -moonlight ■which silhouetted the Dutch land­ scape In weird beauty.;. I- went -back to the time when:


Christmas meant something, evCn in yffgles, when- we were content to lie ■


-In bed 'and ,/Qnd 'sanctuary from


(Pictures in a half track and trailer, -7


routine, make plans for the futiife and dream of the past,—or just sink- into precious oblivion;'; The time (we ran through a house In a tank and didn’t [Injure a soul, or ■the Christmas-we all went to the


mates-sewlng the - sleeping Lofty’s uniform to his * blankets and: nail­ ing-Pat’s boots to 'his bed.


-the, jokes we played on our room'


ended, and .I came from the past to'toe present.. Had all this hap­ pened since I last spent Christmas athqme. -'


, ; .


- Yes, that life was real, and It could never return. Let the devil do his worst; I could not stand.it all over agaln;-and how could I find dew Taffies, Geoj-dles and Jocks of ■the’ §ame-Intrinsic-worth? -Indeed, I shodld -be amost afraid to meet themi (again, lest: they should say rilce, '| polite things to me and [I should know they had qbanged. I (■Blit why'should they change, il


thought, and. go ■ (back to self- centred complacency and petty egoism-


. their tolerance‘'and understand- ; ing/ their patience and . good ."humour in adversity and enrich the' life of Engand with a new ; spirit of fellowship.


Perhaps they and all .the others will bring back to civilian life


-


gotten the sterner side of the war they will [iemeraber -toe men who diade ,the journey with them, whose friendship brought humanity and liSughter to an .otherwise cheerless life, with whom they shared -their jioys i and sorrows, and. found' that sublime !.,conu:adeshlp.. that only soldiers know. •' ;


i fehaijs long af ter they have tor-


■ fperhaps In the years to'come the memory of that pilgrimage, Sh-lnlng through- the ;thln veil of years, may, endow their more, sombre lives with quiet I contentment and re-klndle a -bidghtness in their eyes. And remembering It perhaps they- (wUl keep that attitude of mind that up/ lifted them In war and -bound them- Into a band of bRnhexs, so that -this country may yet' again save the ■world: by her example. Then per­ haps we shall-be worthy-of those ■who died.Then perhaps we shall be able-to say that we really Won the !(^r. r


[ TYlth that my feverle suddenly


CHARLES CLEGG, CHEMIST


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TRANSPORT BILL CRITISIZED


politically-biased people, but of people wno have spent toelr lives in running the road passenger trans­ port industry, that under natlon£(l- isatlon bus fares will Increase.’,’ * So declared Mr. Cliflord Glossop,


“ It Is the opinion, not. of


M.P., when hC spoke on toe TranS-'- port Bill In toe, (Commons. ?


one aspect of toe-BlR-:that dealing with road passenger tran^wrt, tor,' ks heTolnted out, It-affected every- _Jy, not only the? .towds but .the buntryslde as well.- : - ;[• ■He said that It was - an to-J uted fact that' there ,;was : no , irm‘ ! of mechanical transport iheaper than the‘omnibus.' Several:


■ Mr. Glossop confinedchlmself to


it Is co-ordtoated;! it Is, effectively Controlled; the: Interests of; the travelling public are protected from exploitation.” ^;. ' ■ .


fppllcatlon was made for A licence' 3 operate a service there was an


tI Underitofe Rokd'Trafflc Act, 1930, here was no monopoly. -When an


bubllc,' and any member , of the general public had a right-to make


nq u ' i ry by .toe Traffic Com- ilsslonefs which was held to •


h comes law we' shall .be saddled in ltable -when- ’ toe State ; Is • the dustry ‘ . -. neVer,'perhaps,;, In


■was d nursery attendant at Cffith-' eroe Carporatlon nursery. She holds


;he history of Parliament/has’ it


is' country with?' an Impersonal, v ,d I soulless body, -which Is 'In- ^ 1 r e 0 10 r of th e. activities ..of


; Yorkshire and tancashire. [ e.And he concluded: “ If this BUI


,s to [give this Bill a second read-' ng.” .» !?' - ...


A.N9WERS TO QtlZ:


.' ; 3—March; 1 ■ i 4—Charles-:n. '. - | ,


,! I l - 8^)'a;m/;'i! . j 2—Jennv.'Llnd. (


■'. !5-Slbefia:?' -■' -' I6^A hair style.


.


[ . i 9—Tom'-,Williams., : r: !!!()-?• Nice'Girl.’’ '


.(. [.7—Tennis.^, .■ , ' ■ 8—Jimmy Wilde.


' : .-■:;, '


een iifoposed to place so [ much ' atronage In the hands .'of lady one in as will rest on the -Mtolstor of . ansport If this House ds so'stupid i


;,[{.;


tion, for .-thq travelling .,public If the Commlsslbners were sitting in I/ondon.and had Civil Servants controlling, -the .bus . services In


s voice -heard when the licences re granted, , There would liever be satlsfac-.’


undertakings offered travel at less. t|ian d half-penny per passenger ‘ ille. Throughout the country as a hole fares were about one penny or passenger d a l l e . , ' 1“ Our present passenger tr-ansport ystem Is indeed unique,” he. de- fclared. “ It Is efficient; It is cheap;


'


Mayor’s Welfare Fund ■ 'l


• The Castle ( Lodge of Free­ masons


.Miss W. M.' L. Lumb....... ... 1,1 0


(The Directors'bf the Grand Klnema !


Mr. and'.Mrs. P. Margerison. 1 1 0 Horrocksford! Liihe Co. Ltd... 2 2 0 F; H. Porter/i Estj.


10 0 .2 0 0


-■ Bau" . ...........................3219 -3 » Mrs. D. Fletcher ..............).. 10 0 'Chas. Clegg,-Esq. ................. 1 1 5 -


; Ji.Bentham,-Esq. i . . ' .1 1 0 Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Clough .. . 1 1 0 “W.B.;”, . . / . . . ; ................ ,1 0 0 Messrs. Cowman Bros. . .. . . . 2 2 0 Clitheroe ' Royal Grammar ... School (Girls) .............. 1 8 0 Part proceeds “Old: Tyme


.,


Messrs. 'Wm.l Westhead. Ltd. 2 2 0 : Dr: and Mrs. OUverl........ 1 0 0 1 1 / 0 2 0 0


Clitheroe Royal Grammar . School (Boys)'


- Miss, H. Bracewell ? i '


Mr. and -Mra J. W: Lambert 1 1 0 Mr.'and Mrs. E. G; Edmond- . ' . son


'


Councillor and; Mrs. H. Cook 1 1 0 W. W. Dugdale. Esq.[......... 1 1 0


£174 18 6 ; WILLIAk V^iLKINSON,


1 Mayor’s Parlour, ' . • . ■ .Mayor. ! Clitheroe.!


NEV^ LANC^HIRE


[ prepared by the Lancashire Eduea- !, tlon Committee, a new residential and open-air school will be estab­ lished at Le'vens Lodge, Garstang, at a-cost of £ 120,000.-T h e buildings


[' 'rooms, accommodation for ad. isola­ tion unit, and quarters tor resident


; approve the plans- and estimates


RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL : If the Ministry of Education ,


Mr. and Mrs, A. 'Cunllfle 1 1 0 Mrs. Robt, : Southworth, , . „ Lytham


} 9 S 1 0 0


Mr. and Mrs. T. Clough ... . 1 1 0 Dr. and Mrs. Royle . . . .. .. . 1 1 0


2 2 0 '


Mr."and;Mrs.'C. G. Roe ...'. r 1 0 . J. Blackburn; ■ Esq, '........... ; 1 • 1 0


Previously [acknowledged.. 103 4 3


Subscriptions' received to 24th Dec.: ■ -■


: CHRISTMAS APPEAL . I . - - - - - , ! ., -' 1'


£ s. d. Looking ahead to 1947 MAY WE WISH TO AIL OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS A HAPPY AND Prosperous NEW YEAR


i* Rate of Interest 2 F /o


(Opposite The Pubixc LfsHm)


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EVERY •£! DEPOSITED SWELLS THE TARGET FIGURE : FOR NATIONAL i SAVINGS.


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* . Government Security for yoiir I - , Savings.


* Any Sum (from 1/- to |f500 a year received in the Ordinary Department.


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' gymnasium’; and reraqdlal rooms, parents’ room, sewing and writing


•will be designed on modern prln- ciples with accominodatlon for staff,


■ dren/there; will b?e a sun balcony. ' The,clkss-rooms will be planned on


; possible; ; [ ■ [; !■ The school will harmonise with


( the local surroundings .: and , amenities, and'Will be a boon to 180, , Lancashire chUdren; ; '-; ;( ■


teachers? with lounge arid conmon room. : to;|addltlom-to .doOTltOT^ accommodation for resldent chil-


!; a qUadrantjand will be so designed that-teaching on-the open-air prin­ ciple In fwoutable weather will be


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