SOUT i6nTROV:^SIAL ^ point


fong Whaley cricketers I d,'concerns an incident in


tecent honje game witli tiim Northern. ] The sole ] boot of a Northern flelds- Jame loose, he sat bn [a |i i seat while he made'a 3. 1 A WljaUey batsman ig ithere


ikt of the boundary played "i j shot which would uri- ily have gone for' four if in on the pavilion seat


no fielder at


ot rushed |on .to the field itempted a catch, a,nd in so prevented i the ball from ; over .thej boundary, . the- l^nTtaking only two runs,


liley supporters are now i ;(a) wai the Northern i in order in returning to


tes that e*n if'the catch teen madel he ' would not liven the batsman out.


!■ ■ ^ IL IA R sight jin ;the hill


iilntry of | the' [Lancashire ■Yorkshire I border are the


1 and white] faced, long wool, d variety !j of iLonk sheep, hortly, 30 Of th^e animals


lot sheep: i hav}e already Id to be a success in Canada fcithey wer4 first jexported in land undoiibtedly the sturdy 1 Will be equally successful.


illy chosen, jaire to be ed to British' Columbia to ' fa strainjiof! ,this old hill I in Canadd. North Country


(been out}' (c) was the Ian entitled to four' runs ■ id of the ttvo that were re- 1 An unipire, it is stated,


ieid? (b) if he had made latch would the batsman


daymakers from Clltheroe and district have j been un­ fortunate In encountering a particularly unse|,tled spell for


A FTER fve weeks of perfect sumiaei; w i th e r , holi-


their annual Wakes week. But despite t ie lack!of sunshine, the holic ay spirit hats not been los, and ; a deserted Cljtheroe has this week borne


. witness tc the thousands who have" made their annual trip to the seaside. The Friday night train to London was [a popular


' one for Clltheroe and the allocation of 70 for the station was completely! exhausted. There was also a full, alloca­ tion for the Devon train of 40 bookings. Llandudno and North W ales cPast was as usual a f ivouritej holiday spot and 100 bookings were taken. Also popilar was [the Pleet-


^wood boat train and the train for Skegness "and Filey Holi­ day Cam:)s.


I


the place of honour and 180 bookings were . made, ’ with Morecamoe a close second vrtth ipO.


Once again Blackpool took


has been an Increase In book­ ings and receipts over last year and though the weather h^s not been good for the day bookings they have been well patronlsid.


Generally speaking there


Blackpocl on Monday, Tues­ day and Wednesday, and the evening excursion to More- cambe 01 Sunday carried 150 Clltheronians.


Two trains were run to Desplt 3 , heavy rain on


dp have beenjselected from at Nelson,! Trawden,


Iwood aiid Tcidmorden, and i.Worsley-Tayiorl of Bashall ' president! lofI the. Lonk Breeders’. Association, is


Isupplying th p letort


la I local cricket field recently ^ 'young playCT was boasting 3 prowess: vylth the bat to a ger who; j'getting a little


.;of it 'a ll I drily observed ! only needs


land tha’ll be ... med up."


'Time Tjo cLt Wet ;rEND. of mine vouches for


Ihe truth i ,Of the following ; lent which happened on 'day morning. | The time


|rew up apd offered a lift, acquaintance accepted with


r got wet I through into the aifi if you had not been at he added.. V Why ’didn’t


JUS relief land as he settled [elf in the'jcar explained^ that ;d failedjfto hear the alarm and was very late. :j“ Td


Jarm. ‘‘Ij hadn’t time to . |er with it ’’ was the surpris- •eply.,


id pointing to !an umbrella ih the man had [tucked under


1; j ew! ’a


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|way ' in . -which the present eroe Tovn Council i deal complaints by ratepayers ■ the j Cduflcill of half a


interestiiig contrast of the


,ury ago. Was | noticed this [ When'; extracting our “ cO i ago ’’: notes from the files.


_ the Council Imeeting last I t h . a complaint mentioned ferried funies from a sewer in lie-view,-and .thd Council has Jc; decided to seal the manhole Irs as a preventitive measure.


Ifty years | ago |a resident in . ■ Bawdlarids district made a The stench;


|y from home for five weeks: on her; return ance hadjnot'b


|lar coiriplaint: the manhole a nuisance,


lain away." she would be compelled to


in Bawdlandsj She had been


n found the; eeri remedied.^


, atmosphere abbut her house;; shocking, and not set right


if the -wrong n five or six:,


(to the conducting of the |ri;"


be to send the Sanitary .ector, to, see the lady' in btion and to get a few ideas


- tybody to live


I SCHOOLBOY I eight—proudly [annual report


.1


aother caustic comment came , an Aldermah best way


would be for out in 'the


who said that bice of Experience


[ttmium icpoio imu --------- henting him upop it I asked'


I know—aged showed me


and in com-


ng to [school for the first year p;wo,’'!he said, adding “ I liked teachers too. but the funny


ly yet, but[hq’ll learn when |gets older."'


femnly .told me I»ls my


young " He’s


Cychst Hurt


N 11-year-pld Clitheroe schoolboy, Samuel ■ John


Irryi! Malrgerison, of 19, Irile'tt


road, redeived


Iraslpns his right knee, , Id was also tirulsed, as the lult'iof al collision between V pedal dyclel and a motor 1 at the! Junjctlon of Hen-


jm-road| and Thorn-street Saturday afternoon.. The


pi which was bwned hy Wm- Bley, ;. .Borough Bakery. Icrington,! was driven hy M Whltiaker, 76, Ranger- feet; Accrington. ■


V he liked school. “ I Ukei .,5: is [as yoii get into higher


ises the teachers seem to ‘get " ’ ' Going on to : speak of


friend only a


omment by ore Councillor “would it seriopsly be out of


put .thalt| up?!’’ asked my ■


portly after 6 o'clock and it , [falning hard. As he drove j ir down the road he saw an : ilntance lljiurrying along so :


to swallow


Thursday, 100 people joined the ha[ f-day excursion to Southpo :t, and if the weather had been more favourable, this number might possibly have reached 300.


special holiday trains, and apart fiom these there have been the ordinary bookings for the normal train service.


These are the figures for the


,been i vast contributory factor t(i the number of people going 0 1 holiday, and Where­ as most people several years ago had to be content with the nearer :’esorts or else stay at hoftie altogether, more and more tj-day are journeying further [afield. * * *


There is no doubt th a t the holidaye -with-pay scheme has


.A N J \ . t th 3 previous year was the all-round increase on


report on the holiday traffic of the [ocal ’bus services.'Bol- ton-by-Bowland Motor Ser­ vices la d 40 per cent, more traffic to Southport than in previous years and filackpoql


populai 'lty and 20 per cent, of applications had to be refused owing to the heavy bookings.


was as popular as anywhere. New Brighjton-


regained


Rlbble Motor- Services, Ltd., have aso be^n kept busy, and


'Saturdiy was their heaviest day wl;h th- period bookings In the morning for Blackpool and Mdrecambe. Local traffic was t about normal. , Sunday was fairly quiet though they had g( od bookings for Scar­ borough. New Brighton oil Wednesday was exceptionally well patronised and Man- chestei has been very popular all week. The regular ser­ vices tD Blackpool have done well and three vehicles which left bn Thursday were all full.


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rj>HE Post Office has re- nlained -j open all this


' sltuatlcn has been much on a par v lth last year, though there has been a greater In­ flux (if postcards from the seasld 3 resorts and the morn­ ing d( liveries have been quite heavy From about Tuesday onwarls, there has been a special mail from Douglas, Isle of Man, with the famous Manx KlppCrs which holiday makeis have been! sending to their Iriends at home.


week, ;ind though the counter has been quiet, there has been sufficient work to keep the staff occupied. The mail


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■\fINUTES of the Clitheroe [i’lnance Committee to be


submitted for confirmation of the T own Council on Tuesday next record receipt of a peti­ tion signed by 16 res id en t in Salth 11-road and a letter from a locAl firm of cotton manu- facturers “ protesting against the nfise made by running jet engires” at the works of Lucai, Ltd., Waterloo Mill.


Dlvis onal Planning Comixi^it- tee have recommended to tne County authority that the


It is reported th a t the


buildings should for the purpose of testlilg gas turbines or aero engines afteij


Dece Tiber 31,1^50. The committee decided to


Infoim the firm of the petition and ;he “serious view taken oy


the 'Council of the c(rn- tinui.nce of this fifil^ance with


its irritating and effect on residents of we boroigh.” They also decided


to ask for details of the firm s proposal to minimise toe


nols'.' * m * .


TW O Clltheroe schoolbws are included in the teams


to t ike part In the LancMiwe Cricket Federation’s 1 ^ :


, county , trial game ^ West Cllf e, Preston on TwsdW


evening. They are Wes ver a left hand opening bat man,rwlio has been one .01 Olitiieroe' Royal Grammar sch jol’s - most prolific run get ,ers during the past ^sea­ son and Peter Marslana,


Clltheroe Cricket Clubs socng right arm fast howler Thi I trial is being held sell ct a Lancashire boys. tei to neet Yorkshire boys next


moith^


NEW WORKS PLAN F (il OJiTHEROE


! I ; I .


TJLANS! have been submitted tp Clltheroe Town Coun­


cil for the use of a- permanent biilldlngl atj Wjaterloo Mill, Clltheroe. for the manufacture of agricultural appliances and for light engineering by At-, klnsons’l Agricultural Appli­ ances, Ltd., [who! have similar v/orks at Padiham.


the Couhclljby the same firm concerns the erection of a per­ manent j paint shop. 1


Another jilan | submitted toi Approyal has been given by


the Council i to the establish­ ment of this ne|w Industry in the !tc)wn| and planning authority acceptance- of the project [is expected.


Messrs, Atklnsons was erected during the war land was used for the i manufacture of aero engines.'


1


■Redhead of Holden Clough Nurseries, was | awarded the Mrs. Arthur Smith Cup andf gold medal for the best exhibit bf table rockeries.


A T I the Roundhay Show recently, Mr. R. Milne-


■ I I I * * * A MEMBER of the Town : Council has complained


of. noise and fumes from a local bakehouse, and the Sanitary Inspector, Mr. E, Coates, I is to investigate and report on the m'atter.


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irriHE Clltheroe!branch of the ; British Legion, which has :


already: assisted several local families to visit]war graves In | Italy, announces tha t arrange-1 ments have noyv been made for relatives to visit war graves in the British Zone of Germany, excluding Berlin. This'new arrangement comes i Into operation on August 3rd, i 1949, and applications from | relatives who wish to take] advantage of !j the scheme: should!be made through the local branch. ! |


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W. Kllner, of Demdlke, Chat- burri-rbad, Clltheroe, has beenj


•JVflSS; MARY.KILNER, elderi : daughter of Mr! and Mrs.!


successful In passing her! final final examination ini physiotherapy at St. Thomas’s Hospital, Londoii. Miss Kllner, is shortly to'‘tal!:e an appoint­ ment at a Northern hospital.


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a n Old Boy j of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School,


Mr. G. Bristow, B;A., of Pendle-road, Clltheroe, has been selected for the Colonial Adirtlnlstration ! Service and allocated to , the Western Pacific !area. He will take up his appointment in October.'


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■ \f R- R' H. CARDS is being transferred from the


Borough Engineer’s to the Borough Treasurer’s depart­ ment, and is to be responsible for preparation' of all Cost Accounts and Records of the Council, and of !the Divisional Education Executive, coming under the supetvision of the Borough Treasurer. Miss A. Horrocks, shorthahd-,typlst, is to be given a three-year In­ crease iof salary in recogni; tion of the j commendable character of her work.


1


A PPLICATIONS -TX :Tr»WTi


own


Borough Treasurer, Mr. H. Wrlgley, asklhg to be allowed to retain fees received for electoral registration j work performed by them as Electoral Registration -Officer for the Clltheroe Constituency and as compiler of the Elecr tors’ Lists for the Borough respectively, have been gran­


Hetherlngton, and the ted. I !•


Committee of the Council, with power to act. A|slmllqr applicatlori by the j Arch! tectural Assistant, Mr. F. R. Nuttall, will be considered by the same committee.;


A


drove He


rciARMER William Greeri- •V' wood, driving his van to market, stopped, on a level crossing and [got out to open


the gates. He had just got back to the


van when he saw a , train approaching. So he jumpeii Into the driving ' seat and along the track,


van being couldn’t enouRh.


bfehl:.......


wanted to prevent the[ overturned, but he; get away quick


.'The engine hit Jh e van j^ust


Mcffinfi ,the driving seat a ^ pushed It fifty yards before coming to a stop.


1 j;


badly damaged hut, Grreefi woo(3J of I Shore Farm, shire,' jumped put


driving seat with worse than cut .nose.


-The side of the yaxi wai WUp


of ihls nothing


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n application by the Sani­ tary Inspector, Mr. E.


’I '1 Clerk.,


by the ;Mr.


G;. The 'building! secured by


A happy group of young d i th e r jnians stepping out a t But- lin’s Holiday camp, Pwllheli, North''-Wales. Ledj by the Mayor, Gordon Mitchell, are Maureen Frankland, jVictoria- ayenue, Chatburn, A. Bretherton, 45,; Mitchell-; street, Clitheroe, D. Birch, Newton-street, Clitheroe, M.[ Finder, Pendle-road, CUtheroe .Torn Bleazard, 14, Waddington-road, Clitheroe,'Monica Allen, Pendle-road, Clitheroe, T.-J^kson, Kirkmoorrtoad, CUtheroe, and I. Wiggans, 21; Wilson-street,


Clitheroe. . ! ,_______ -' , ! !:


Labour Shortage Perturbs Cotton Employers


1200 Women Weavers Needed In Clitheroe Area


pOTTON manufactures throughout the Clitheroe area are ^ becoming more and more perturbed a t the lack of young people especially girls, entering into the industry. In the area, which extends from Chatburn to Billington, there are 11 mills and altogether, there, are vancies for [about 200 and a few vacancies for men as loom


women weavers, sweepers.


similar plight and Clitheroe, taken proportionately, ranks high on the list of towns with a labour shortage.


More cotton towns are in a


' the indirect reaction from the pre-war days or more probably, the existence of many varied competitive in­


found for this lack of in­ terest in an industry which, at the mbment, is vital to the economic state of the country, and in' Clltheroe, it may be


Several reasons can be


the Clltheroe Employment Ex­ change, told the '“Advertiser and Times ’’ this week that they had not had to-pay any women for about two years..


dustries. Mr. J. Ashworth, manager of


The demand for women is equally great in other light in­ dustries such as clothing, for both cotton and woollen gar-- ments. They are also in great demand for staffing the various Institutions.


' GOOD CAREERS “There is no doubt about


it,” continued Mr. Ashworth, “ the cotton industry to-day offers very godd careers for both girls and boys ,and the latter should have a really


AROUND THE YOUTH GROUPS


following committee was elected: 1 Chairman, Mary Leigh; vice-


AT the l^lf-yearly meeting of the Catholic Girls’ Club, the;


chairman, Betty Penny; junior leader, Mary Leigh; secretary,' Sheila Cottam;


Eileen Pollard; members, Marie Bolton, Clare Brown, Mary Spencer and Betty Woodworth.


various fortnightly talks during the winter month, and suggested topics included rural studies, the House of Commons, -the law and.


It was proposed to have


girls’ interests." - Some members! of the clubs


are eagerly awaiting a visit to Blackpool in September.


leaps and bounds. Last week they paid a visit lo Whalley Abbey where an enjoyable evening was


The junior 'club is growing in spent.; ' I ' Inquest | Adjourned


good chance of the large num­ ber of over-looking jobs. Most of 'the mills in 4he area have been brought up to stand­ ard and welfare and canteen facilities are quite on a level


with anywhere else. “ The employers have done


their share in making the conditions as attractive as 1 possible, and publicity ■ cam- ! paigns have been organised in the various towns in an attempt to attract the young


managing to replace women who are leaving the mills through retirement or other causes,” added Mr. Ashworth.


people. “ At the moment we are just


Poaching Outbreak Reported To


Ribble Conservators


sequel in the Courts before long, was reported by the Superintendent, Major R. S. Johnson, at the quarterly meeting of the Ribble Board of Conservators held' at Clltheroe Town Hall last week.


AN outbreak of poaching which would have its


point since 1887 said Major Johnson and the fish had been pinned down since the beginning of June. Angling had not been worth while,


The Ribble was at its lowest


innHE inquest ori Mrs. Eliza^^’ A- beth E,! Bullock (65), of


103, Jubilee-terrace, Clltheroe, who died from injuries In Blackburn Infirmary yester­ day week after an accident with a motor lorry in York-1


street, Clitheroe,' was at Blackburn on Saturday ad­ journed' until Tuesday, July 26.


! -treasurer,;


ARE AFFpRDjED SPECIAL FAQIITIES


witn a representative of /the Territorial Army regarding ereitioa of a pair of houses and gariiges on land in ithe Borough, and on his suggestions as to I the desirability of retaining the land for housing purpo^, and; of othir land whicfii might be Suit­ able for Territorial Army requirements.


ipHE Borough Engineer has reported on his interview


Engineer’s action the Council expressed , its desire that the land mentioned should be' available for Mousing purposes, and,of: its wiliirigness to help the Territorial Andy obtain a suitable site.


In' approving the Borough


staffing of the Borough -Engin- department and the amount


[Following consideration of the


eei] of ■the


technical work outstanding. Finance, and ' General


Pulposes Committees have resolved' that a temporary ainJiWteoturali a s s i s ta n - t : be appointed.


■ ' i ■; '------- ! ; ,i I ■ A copy of the road plan: for


Lancashire is to be placed ini the reference section at the [Free Lijjrary.


. ! :i The resignation of the :two


pavior-masons employed in,; the Highways Department has [ been accepted.


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The Ministry of Town ; and untry Planning has submitted provisional list of buildings of


special architectural or historic interest in ' the Borough,! and extracts from the list' arc being supplied to all members of -the Cbuncil. A certified copy of the final list will be deposited with the Council and owners and 0(}cupiers of the buildings listed w 11 be notified.


tq, investigate the inconvenience and nuisance caused-'-by motor VMicles crossing Chfeste^avqnue P -ayground, particularlys regard- ir g danger to children, md will report his findings to the iHigh- W


The ' ..Borough Enginedrj is £


the compulsory purchasejof land in the Henthom-road [district for housing purposes.


The Town : Clerk is itb secure^


been authorised to redeem toe. rent charge ofi £6 a year; which the Corporation pays [on Law-


The Borough Treasurer has


cocks property. The term will be settled by Councillor | Cook, chairman of the Finance and General Purposes Committee.


is to have use of the Town Hall fortnightly on Mondays, j Terms will be fixed by CounoiU(ff Dug- dale, chairman of the [Water­ works and Estates Comm:ttee in consultation with departmental heads.


Bowland Rural District (Douncil


Council to purchase: lajud off Peel-street, and the: Borough^ Engineer is to investigate and| report so thajt the Council may' consider the invltatiori.


Mr. R. Driver has invi ied the


on thd Corporation! housing estates are to be teffiwrarily renovated during thd next 12' months pending consideration of permanent resurfacing.


Where necessary, garden paths


The Perfect ^ike-up Foundatioii " ^ by ■


The Ministry of Health has sanctioned the loan of £200 as the cost of fencing the tepporary bungalows ■ on the Pendle-road site. ^


' ' { '


on Wilkin-street site [is con­ sidered itoo costly by the Ministry and the Council -has! been asked to consider omitting I fences. The Town'Clerk, however, has been instructed to ask thq Mihistry to reconsider the matter^


The proposed fencing bf houses


Library in June were :6,?40, of which 16 were from the [Regional Library. The daily! average-was


Total books issued! at ^Ihe Free 349. j Agreement has been expressed


'ays Committee. Following consideration of


pliying an account for repairs to private, property damaged by a Health Department vehicle in -1944, the Housing Committee has resolved “ that in view of the lapse of time in this case no report be made to the (Council’s Insurers, and the account be paid by the Council."


1 The Ministry of Health; states that, a capital grant can [not be


J MRS. jM. COOPER Friends in Clitheroe this


week learned with regret of the death of Mrs. Marla del- Pllar Cooper, wife of Mr. Mark Garnett Cooper, of 10, Beau- fort.road, Clifton, Bristol.


Mr. and Mis. Arthur Deacon, of Bristol, who during the war resided for, several years In Yprk-streetJ Clitheroe. Mr. Cooper Is the [only son of Dr. j : S. and Mrs. Cooper, for­ merly of The Text House, Clitheroe, and now residing at Exmouth.


Mrs. Cooper was the niece of


Monday, the Interment being at Llttleham, Exmouth. [Sympathy yrlU be extended


The funeral took place oh


td both families In their bereavment. I


| MRS. A. CHATBDRN |


although the nets were doing ! gj^g ^’'^g 02, fairly well and coarse fishing had been good.


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were reported to have reached as far up the river as Slald- burn, and three sea trout taken from tne Hodder on June 17 were thought to be among the earliest fish on


Sea trout In the* Hodder


Coates for regrading Is to .be considered by the Appoint­ ments j and Establishments


was a testimony to the suc­ cess of the Board’s restocking


record. This, said Major Johnson,


policy. The Board decided th a t for


the coming year 20,000 salmon ova and 80,000 sea trout ova should be ordered. ,


Major J. E. E. Yorke, of Hal- ton West, Hellffield, presided.


Ifl-R W. AUBIN, a member M . of the Accountancy sec-


tlon of the


Chatburn arid district, Mrs. Ann Chatbum, wife of Mr. Joseph R. (Jhatburn, of 33,. Victoria - avenue, Chatburn, died at Monkholme Nurslrig Home, Biirhley on Sunday.


Well-known and respected in


The sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be ex-


tended to Mr great loss.


Rochdale on Wednesday. MR. D. H. JACKSON


Cremation


Withnell Hospital on Wednes­ day of Mr. David Horace Jack- son, of 50, j Hayhurst-street, Clitheroe.


The death occurred j Mr. Jacksojn who was 28, was


the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jackson,! of "17, Salfhill- terrace, Clitheroe. He was ,a joiner by trade and served his apprenticeship with M e s^ . A. Veevers and Sons, Shaw Bridge.


, j


Borough has


rpsisrned and .hris been S K d Chief Collector.


nrejHEN an A c c r in g ^ n ” CorpdYatlon bus swerved


Sunday afternoon, .l^-year- old Bernard Bentley, son _cf


to avoid running Accririgton-road,


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Mr. and Mrs. Bentley,. Brlndretts - street., C a r l to n ^


cum-Hardy, was t h r o ^ his seat on the upper deck and received bruises.


.[


served with the R.A.F. for more than four years. On his demobillsatlbn he was 'em­ ployed by a Blackburn firm, and later by the Milk Market­ ing Board. !


During the war Mr. Jackson : I .


secretary ofjthe Men’s Class-at Moor-lane Methodist Church, with which the family | is associated, j ,


Mr. Jackson was: a former [


fant son; whom together with Ms parents! and sister, Tyill have deep Sympathy in their loss. . •■.! ' .


He leaves, a widow and 'In­ .,! '


a t ■ Grindleton ’ Methodist Church to-day, the Interment -being conducted by the Rev. J. E. P. Edwards.


The funeral will take place


Chatburn in his took place


with 'the co-opting of three representatives of the Lancashire Non-County Boroughs’ I Associa­ tion to the County [Council’s proposed Civil Defence conl- mittee.


fumes the manholes sewer along Castle-yew


sealed.


John of Jerusalem has askeii County District Councils for- support by way of an annual grant and .the Town (Jlerk is to submit to I 'the Town Council further informatiori about the annual grant recommmded.


The Council of the Order of St.|


application for supplementary loan sanction, and the Minister is willing to make an additional capital-grant of £5 for each of ;he 54 houses for mbdification


nade., , | The Week’ s Obituary MR. JOHN TOWNSON Residents In the Henthom


district were shocked to hear on Saturday of the sudden death of Mr. John Townson, 10, Henthom-road. (Jll-theroe.


ago, Mr. Townson was a mem­ ber of an old Hoddeti "Valley family, but had resided in Clltheroe for the past 40


Bom at Whltewell 59 years years. - /i .


served 4i years In Salonika with the East LancasMre Regiment. He was employed by the C.WB. Ltd. when it took over the Queen’s Hall in King-street and subsequently became a bus driyer with the Pepdle and, • C l a r e m o n t Companies,


In the First World War he


iaW regarding the increased rice of steel components for houses on the Tower Hill site, but adds that expenditure could be included in a subsequent


agreed the Finance and General Purposes Committee should, for the time being, be the Civil Defence Borough.


Home Office circular outlining a general civil defeniie plan it was


Following consWeration of ri Committee for the


represent consumer interests on one of the 'seven sub-area District


Alderman G. Dewhurst will


Committees being 'set UP by the North Western Electricity Con­


sultative Council.-|! Land in Hayhurst-^treet, which


it is proposed to purchase from Mr. H. Howard, will be used for allotments. [


' it ■


given to the foUoW|ing plans, subject in ithe case of the last four to the obseryatmns of the Divisional [Planning lofficer:— Temporary store-shed |at "Birbls- ton," Littlemoor-r()ad, for Mr. F. Eatough; [ store-shedj at 18, The Crescent, f<)r Mr. W. P. Dixon; temporary garage; at rear of Pimlico-road, for- Mr. H. Jones; temporary tool-lshed at 21, {Jhatbum-rpady [for | Mr. A. Dickinson;' permanent greeri-


Town planning i approval was l /C U l i J U i a i j f g c u a 5 c ;


Ribble Motor Services by whom he was employed for 20 years. He had not enjoyed good health for several


later, [joining


months. Sympathy , will be extended


to his widow and - daughter, and a brother and four sisters in their loss


at at


Ribble Motor Services were represented by District Traffic Superintendent Pedder and Inspector , C. Taylor.' The cortege was escorted by other employees, six of whom acted as bearers. The interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery y?as con­ ducted by the Revi; H. A.


Bland. i ;


MBS. ELIZABETH TAYLOB One of Grindleton’s- oldest


residents, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylrir, of . 3,- Ribble-avenue, Grinflleton, died on Sunday, in her; ,91st year. Mrs, Taylor


was a native.of Liverpool, and for more than 50 years lived In Woone-lane, Clltheroe.


had resided with her daughter, Mrs! Whittaker, at Grindle­ ton. Mrs. Taylor was associa­ ted with Moor Lane Methodist Church and will be [ remem­ bered by many of the mem­ bers of the town’s- older generation.


For the past 20 years she Mrs. Taylor „ leaves eight


sins, two daughters, 12 grand­ children and eight great­ grandchildren, the[ oldest son being Mr. R. Taylor, of Black-


,ment.


. burn, who is 71. ; Sympathy will be extended to the family and to Mrs. Taylor’s brother and sister in their-Ibereave- , |


St. Mary’s Cemetery on Wednesday.- 1 ; 1


The interment took place at At the funeral on Tuesday ’ clyffe-street, for; in 1,


To prevent the j emission of of the


| j . are to be


Tean and Country fcum^tioM Hi stood the test ofume. Its users have remained :aithliil to it for years. Now! :t is even better thag evdr before. It is protective, it wards off sunr dryness, it concealstinv lines and minor biemishes. It gives the aVin a soft, youthful dewiness: arid holds mahe-up fresh for hours on end.


|


Fordryskinsyj6FcroilyskMjl6 \ f riots include tax.


' ^ ^


CHARLES CLEGG CHEMIST ^


5 CHUI^CH STREET, CLITHEROE- Tel. 591


READERS’ TOUGH GUY!


this'E.B. Recovers remarkably well. Or can it be that Big Boy Cunliffe, 11 k e [ !'h 1 s colleagues, is “ too klnii ” and merciful to administer the “ coup de grace.”


S l r ,^ u re he be a tou^h guy, [ ! ; I t is on recdrd that a wag


once said of a certain person tha t “ every time he'opened his mouth he put his foof; in it.” Rather a mouthful to be sure; but certainly, the More these Tories talk,-the more [one realises what a blessing it |Was they weren’t returned tb power in 1945, and how utterly unfitted they are for govern­


ment in the modern wrirld. ■When one who professes to


be ,a serious student of politics cannot see [the danger of' the liquidation of i the Empire In a bloodbath through the frus­ tration of [the legitimate desires and wishes of Its sub­ ject peoples, broken p}:omises, and the endless suspension of self-government, ■with the Mother Country in th^ vortex,' and charges! those vyho arp sincerely trying gradually: and peacefully t o ,. transform Empire Into; Commonwealth, with being ' antl-Brltlsh, it seems high time tha t sonle of the Tory Fighting .Fund [was spent on its'; own[| political education.'


' I these


house at [Vale [View Nursery, Waddington-road, [for Mr. W. M. NidhoUs; temporaiw garage at *, Con way-avenue, Hitchen;


. Ba-wdlands, for Mr. R. “ bay window at I 2l, road, for Mr. B.| Fuinell', bay window at 150, [ Chdtbum-rbaid, for.Mr. J. Slater;I warehouse off Montague-stfeet, for jWessrs. Blackburn; and Sons; ‘ Waterloo-mill for


Smjthies; ' new shop ^ron^ at IS, , A.


.Agricultural Appliaices Ltd., also paint shop j for firm.


jDf agricultural- appl light engineering foi AtkinSoris


Manufacture ances and


building at the - same


CLITHEBOE AUCTMN MART. Tuesday.—-A larger show of 110


W.


' bungmow m Rarie- 1 fv.r>Y,M Kaffo,-: innk 'nn; Tirhof 1 Denmark! aboard 'J,


fcr Mr. W. Rade-


1 down-at-heal,: p 0 V e 1 1 y ■ l stricken world of


muds think tha t we fought the war for the return 0^ the old “ traditional ” ;


political stlcK-***i„..v U iV C 1 D j


things, 19j39,


the then


they’d better look lup' what Eliza Doolittle! said when certalri things were [sjuggested to her! in the famous Shaw play “ Pygmalion.” .


ship E.B.


Castle [Veterais Win yiSITING clitheroe


Kendal Veterans} found the I last week,


Castle Park Veterans I at the top of their term and in an interest­ ing match on the 'C^tle Park Green, lost by 218 points.


cows, £60 to £76; other useful cows, £50 to £59; plainer a!nd older kinds, £35' to £49; best local and Scotch : inilk heiters,


newly-(mlved,j;ows an 1 heifers bn offer to a good attendance with a quick demand I for the best, sorts. Quotations: Best milk'


£50 to £65; others, £32 to £49 each- The judges, Messrs.!,J. Morphet,, of Sblwiifk, and [T. Nuttall, of Heyiwooa, awarcled prizes, for dairy cattle to : -l,i J, Townson, I Slaidburri; 2,1 |M. Taylor, Whitewell.


TOO LATE FOR CLAlSSIFICATlON


- Control of Engagefnents Order, 1947). [


relate to men, unless ; 'excepted'


-j '


lyTANOHESTEB CORPORA­ TION watbbwoeks


HAWESWATEB AQUEDUCT


in connection with ])ubUc works, contracts', an ad!van age; ■wages according to Experience [ knd ability. Application! with' refer­ ences to be addressed, -to undersigned. - , i.


Q-EMERAL OFPKp OLEKK (Male) required,


Experience


TO-MORROWS MATCHES ; ' [.


Read V. Clitheroe. I ■ 19, CastlE Streeti, Cjll-t-heroe.' [


L. BEt®ilLQW, A.M.I.CJE., j . I Section Engineer.


Clitheroe v Read i


RibblesdaJe League! i 1 . ,


, ' ' i' ■ ■' !• ' I ' . Junior L(iague


': !-. 1 / ' '


(This advertisemeat does riot aged 18f50, from ' the


Castle Parlj j | Kendal


21 J. Preston.. T. Nicholson 12 18 A. Norman . . . . J.j Storey 21 21 M. McHale ........' J. Bpek 4


21 S. Hitchen [ . 21 A. Norman: 21 J. Foulds ;-


21 H. Flbtehef J. Hi 21 R. Halstea id 21 A; a Taklor H66n


21 A Baybud 21 r’. Monkl


J : : l .. C,


21 J. Stansfield W.l Bamford 19 21 E. Dewhurst . . . . jJ. Hitid 1 21 B. Swales W.[Taylor 21 A. Hdbble .[.


Holland 20 Mooiaey 3 Wooff 4


Hrigglnson 4 Martin 13 Bealcon 11


G, .Wilson 19


21 R. Sandhafn .. W. Taylor 18 6 G. Allen!.;.


21 P. Knowles' 21 C. Williams


486 Total


J. Brunton 20 - ■ I I .


___ ■ i Total 26B ; J; Braithwaite 13 | ,


. -Gl Wilson 21 T.i Holmes 13


lUggirison 9 Gibson 5


21 J. RicharSon Hi Hojvell 1 21 H. Clare .[... R.i Haroer 8 21 J. Hoyle:..!......'. J. mil 11 21 H. Clarke j: I , -|


The old world Is dea 3, arid if -in4the-


BANK Church Shreet; Clitheroe


Deposits in the Ordinary Department ! are guaranteed by the State and bear


interest at o!l.o|/ ” 2 ' f r t


FOR DEPOSmNG THEIR FUNDS WITH TOIS [b a n k .


^


ALIEN LOYALTIES !


are worried by the question whether Communists shduld be tolerated in certain oifflces and jobs. When the facts [are known a n d . the reasoning la


Slr,^Many good demoMate


accurate there can be! anxiety or doubt on matter.


- '


I'i’he Communist has loyalties. [Hp


revolution, | undermlnirig authority except Comiili^nlst authority.: I He Is committed to a policy of obtaining jjower through industrial strife as opposed tola democratic elec-<


p r e a ( tion. 1 ; . ! I The (differences between


Labour, Conservative 1 and Liberal are differences of political opinion.' They oppose but tolerate each other ^Ithln the democratic electoral system. Their mutual | toler­ ance is baded on strong com­ mon loyalties.


, j Intolerance of the Commun­


ist is not based on his pcilltlcal opinions. I t Is based on his disloyalty.


! j


Regional Director, Ecdnomlc I League. 1 I -


J. D. THOMPSON,


Vikings Bring fiifts To Britain i


/^JFTS jjpf , / amber


replicas df Viking ornaments silver I chains,


bracelets - and


willbebr()ughttoBrUamfrom the ' [ViViking


j n « U w A u r t -V i* 4 a I Iw l 4 f i i v k f v n v n kin “ Hiigin” which | is to


.beach ati Broadstaibs c|n July 28, to ! commemorate the 1,500th anniversary! bf the origiiial. ;Viking "invasion” of the Thariet coast.


j


■ The silver chains will be presented to the Lbrd| Mayor of Londbn and to: the mayors of the other towns which th e : ship Is to visit, announce the Travel Association! (Tourist Division! of the British iTourlst arid Holidays Board) who are handling arrangements for , the reception (Of the qrbw;


ship, replica of the type of vessel used by the Early: nvad- ers, left Esjberg on July 20th, she was escorted ion' her voy­


When the dragonjneaded


service of the Royal | Danish ! Navy.


• i


; apprentices. The chlef-jViklng Is, Erik Suell Klersgaaird, an insurance agent from! Copen­ hagen,, who speaks| I fluent ; English. Under his command, two doctors and a [ dentist- row side by side wjth two. bricklayers—one picturesquely' named Hans Anderson — a butcher and two policemen.


“ Hugin ” represent I -different trades and j sions, and . include! undergraduates, studei


Members of the crew ,ts and : ' For weeks they, have gone i


unshaven and | let itheir' hair i grow so tha t they wlU: appear ; to; the holidaymakers 'a t the Kent coast resorts much as ' ■did the original invriders to ! ■the -startled ■: residents . of '■ Thanet InMhe year',4^9. .


: Following receptlbns.; at'


I'.Broadstalrs, Ramsgdte and Margate, the Viking ship-will


1


1 ■ visit Rochester before being - rowed up the Thames as far ; as Richmond,';on Aug|ist -l, , - ■


of th e ' thirty


profes- elght


age to Broadstalrs by a former . Royal Navy vessel; the Corvette “ Thetis,” which Is now In the !


: h e s ! aU


alien


Uttle this


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