Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,, August, 26, 1949
1‘Me connotiseela hole through a ladder’
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‘ Mraning,’ said Alf Higson, ‘ he’s giormless.’
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‘ Not alius,’ said Owd Snack. ‘ There’s some folks as con do a good
job tf it’s set for ’em. But they’re not good at thihkin’ things out afore they
start. Somebody else has to do tlwt, th’i chap tha sees wi’ th’ collar on. t Tha seldom sees him wi’ a oily
rag in his hand,’ said Alf Higson. ^Rcetj’ .said Owd Snack. ‘ Tm comiot do wi’ too many collar an’ tie .
,chaps,! an’ them tha has should be 'good uns. But it doesn’t do to leave all th’i thinkin’ to them. Thinkin’ should be fro top to bottom. Fro th’ ' managin’ direaor to th’ greenest
lad;’ I f Afore tha starts thinkin’,’ said i
Alf Higson, |‘ Tha has to have sum- mat td think'about.’ Tha’d ha’ plenty to think about if
tha were a woman,’ said Sally Flatt. ‘ If itj were only how to make thi
'money spin |out.’. ‘ There’s some folk’s hawf-crowns
are bigger nor other folk’s,’ said Alf .'/I
Higson. ■ IThey .seem to go farther. Ah wonder how it is ? ’ ‘ Thinkin’, ’ said.Owd Snack. ‘ It
all boils dovm to thinidn’ a thing out before yo’ start. If a thing’s thpu^t out it goes dong smoothly fro begin- nin’. If ^ sets out wi’ th’ wage an’ buys everything as tak’s thi fanf7 in th’ first shop ma gets in tha’U soon be in a, mess., Same wi’ a job in.a mill. It’s surprisin’ what yo’ can save^ in time an’ labour if a job’s planned. all th’ thinkin’ shouldn’t be at
one end either. It should be spread reight through like muck on a mea dow. That’s th’ road to get results. T.T.
TMtehef’s Ctaft Has Vani|shed ' j ; From Ri bblesdale
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rpHATCHlNG is one of the rurhl cralfts that has vanished
from IC l i l th e ro e and the surrounding villages. We see no
more the “ bottage well 'thatched with straw,’! which formerly gave a pleasing and countyiaed aspect to ithe streets of our town, nor those charifaing dormer windows which ipeephd out; beneath their ithatched Ijioods from the low steep-pitched -roofs of those
cpttages. ■ j '
■ Even the tools, home-made for the most part, so that they might fit srlugly
into.' their owner’s
hand, |the;paring! knife and the comb’, the shears,, the rights handed and left-handed knives, the n ^ l e jand the crammer, are no longer to be seen, even in the local inuseUm. |
, I t is trU'i thatiin the district
directories such* n am e s ' as Thatcher, Thacker, Theaker, Thackwray and Thackeray can still be found, and these remind us that the forbears of those who bear these names must once have been,! skilled in this par ticular craft, and must haye gained their skill by the c6n-
[ tinual practice and use of this “ m i s tw ”!
■ Thatch was never looked upon
with any degree of favour by the authoritie;^ of our large cities and towns! By-laws were passed by them from early times that
houses bhbuld not be thatched, and-London was the first to set
the example as far back as the twelfth cehtury. | '
Tbe old houses of timber and
plaster crowned lyith thatch were considered to be a source of danger to the whole community because of, their proneness .to
. catch fire though some writers ■
t.Viink that this danger was exaggerated, but once a fire started there undoubtedly was the , risk of a general conflagra
tion. I
To. ensure Lancashire’s — and Britain’s^future prosperity, cot ton must .produce more. This can oidy be done by backing the efforts workers
1 are making with new
ihethodslthat cut out unproductive vyork. To do this successfully will need co-operation from riey liands, old hands and management alike!
BRITAIN’S BREAD HANGS BY
LANCASHIRE’S THREAD
Any Colton Mill or Ministry of ljihour Office will tell you koto you can come into cotton for tohole or part-time work.
Ittued by the '
M.inistry of Labour & National Service <i>4l j ■ ! Most authorities were .in the
p a s t . careful enough to keep either in the church tower or in the moot hall.a fearsome-looking fire-fighting appliance.
’This
consisted!of long iron rods to which were fixed huge hooks to be used ^or tearing the burning thatch! from the roofs. This contiaptibn wasj s om e t im e s mourit^|on wheels ki that it might be more easily moved to the ! danger spot, and some
. specimens are preserved to this day.!
' By lur L an g sh aW In' timK of civil disturbance a
hostile body of: troops thought nothing of smoking peaceful
citizens puy o f : their homes by putting the torch .to the roofs. Clitheroe sufiered in this way upon onje occasion during the Great CiVu War of three hundred years ago. On: that occasion a band of marauding Royalists canteremup and down the streets setting me to ^fte houses.
There] still exists a printed Utility Suit 1549 This four-hundred-year-old “ utility” suit is made of steel.
We no longer wear steel but we depend on it Tor clothes just as much as our forefathers did. To-day wool, cotton, linen, leatheij, all require steel at every stage in their journey ifrom raw material
to ready-to-wear. I f j | i We can rely on the steel industry to satisfy, every demand for
steel. Enterprise, team work, leadership have their reward in ne\y records of output month by month — at a lower cost than almost anywhere else. Steel is getting on with the job! I !
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certificate from/the Justices and other persons of mfluence testi fying to] the good character and desperate need of John Edisford and his family, ’praying pedple to'
assiit them as! they went theit_. way! about the- countryside beggmg. John!was at that time the!tallow-chandler of Clitheroe, making! lits candles and oil, and his house made a fearsome blaze J upon this one recorded occasion.
Our own Corporation recog-
nisbd this risk iof thatched roofs catching fire from very early times, las our records show. There yere in those days no matched'at all,! the kitchen fire resource had to be imade to the tinder-box and the! bellows. This was a slow job, and folk in a hurry made it a practice to borrow a shovelful of i fire from their nearest neighbobr.' - If'! it was a windy day .there was always the danger o f ! sparks from an uncovered shovelfil of fire' being blpwn upon the thatch and starting a bliize. lour ' Corporation there fore made a by-law that anyone who suffered fire to be parried out of his house uncovered should be subject to a penalty of
■ 6sJ 8d., and the like penalty was iinposM upon the one- who actually carried the uncovered
shbvel.j I A little later, in order to
" la rn ’ those who showed a tendency to break this by-law, the :hebvier penalty of 40s. was imposeld on ^ offenders. We have a very early case recorded, and the only one, for in the year 1608 Elizabeth Herd was fined fourpence “ for carrying fire con trary m the by-law.” There is nothing to show that poor Betty
I eiier . bffended again. She had evidently, “ lairned her lesson,” and the probability is that her husband also ‘‘ lamed ” her upon hjs return from his day’s work, during lyhlth he had earned twor ppncejmore than^the fine.
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Lime Kilns Were Thatched!
Tn addition to the thatching of i , hoiises, bams, sheds and other
ohtbuldlngs likewise had their straw coverings. I t is also extremely surprising to find that the 'Town’s Drying, Kiln carried al/thatched roof. Here, where Wesleyan Row now stretches, the farmdrs of ' Clitheroe brought their Icom' to,be dried but, before it was ctoied down to the Mill i t Hgnthom ito be'-ground.
i It seems almost incredible that
such I a place should have had siichia combustible covering, and'
r I i Sole Agents for Bye, Ekeo and Philgo Radioi j
it is] almost ivith a feelmg of relief we find that^ when the good {Burgesses of Clitheroe bUilt ^ e l r new Drying Kiln at the end of the 17th century, there is no mention o f , thatohing in . the, accounts. • I t was "then roofed with! slate^tones'frofn Ridding’ Hey.iJust as the church and,the Aloot Hall were.
I Bqt even the Ume-kilns. wmb .thatched with straw 1 'this palpably appears in the evidence
given by one witness, James Kenyon,
in the Battersbly
Murder Trial. He was asked:— “ What business are you ?
“ I am a lime-bumer.” “Were you-not employed to
serve a thatcher who was thatching the mouth of a lime kiln near Ellis Pond
oyards off.” ■ “ Did you see any marks? ”-
“ There was straw.' We. though , it had been a passing match o:' something. We were takinr straw out that dgy. We hac. some bottles in ,the pit.”
“What pit did you put th
straw in?,”—“ The shorter one near the orchard.”
I ■ What the examining counsel
was trying to find out wa i whether James had seen any traces of .the immersion of th : murdered man’s body in this particular pond, but he drew u blank. It had been alleged by the ■ principal witnesses, ' th : brothers Nowell, that
this
actually happened. The pai- ■ ticular lime-kiln whose- moutli was being thatched was common - ly known as the"Brungerley
Lime,” and it was situated in thj croft called the Church Ban!;, which was just, across the Waddington Lane from the Alleys, here in the evidence mis named ' “ Elhs,”i and this croit was the property of 'the Oddieii, who had then lived at the AUejs
for over a century. On Piece 'Work
TpROM (the Accounts of 'tie Overseers of the Poor we
learn that the houses in which the poor of Clitheroe were lodged were i also thatcheq., There was of course no Wprk- hoUse in CUtheroe in .the'18ffli century. The : practice of the Overseers was to rent several houses in the .town from different
I owners, keep them in repair, and in them place their poor.
An interesting point emergk
from these Accounts providing us with a knowledge of what it cost to .thatch a house two hundred years ago. In the first place wheat straw was used, obtained from the local farmers, and jit was measured by the “ threave." t h i s consisted of fourteen sheaves, each sheaf having to of a certain 'diameter at .the place where the bafld fastened
.the sheaf. In the second place’we find
that in a period of roughly t:n years there is a very grade al rise in the cost of straw, whi:h ranges from 6d. to 8d. a threa’'e For thatching the roof of one of these houses thirty threayes'were necessary, which in .this instance cpst 7d. a threave. The thatcl er was paid by. piece work, at the rate of 6d. for each .throtve prepared and put on, and t.iij appears to have covered every- ,thing,
included. The thatcher was James
Loynd, and he brought wiP him his son to help him, and .to steady the long ladder to prev.:nt
it slipping. The whole job took five days to do, for it mentioned P a t five dinners
■ provided for him and his spall son, which cost Is. 8d. Adding this sum of money to P e money paid for material and wages we get P e information that a cottage could be thatched ‘■ '”’ about 35s. in the middle of' 18P century.
for the
The , Overseers Accounts 1828-29 show how the cost of straw had increased wiP passage of about seventy ye It is also interesting to note tjhat in this year Giles Hoyle Horrocksford changes over f:
charging <tor h is , straw by .preave to charging by wei. The cost was now is. 6dL a Preave or 2id. a stone, which
Yes.’
“ Did you go hear the pond ? ' —“ It happened to be four or flvs
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meant that the! old .threave weighed between seven and eight stone. So that as late, as 1829 poor-houses were being .thatched' a|id not slated.
“ Old Town” from
^ piAr t "several people have mentioned the thatched hous.
the records; of Clitheroe:
I t is to be noted that these were to be, found in tbe “ old town,’! and. not in .that part which became the “ New [’ industrialised part. ! That .ardent Radical, Greenhalgh, says- p a t his |ather told , him .that when he came to Clitheroe, which would be about 1810 ’ a l l ' the houses in the Market Place from what is noiy Benthqm’s shop to Barclay’s Bank were thatch^ed. If I understand this,aright,
then both the Lower Black Bull and the Brownlow Arms were thatched ; inns. In his book, “ The Old Coaching Days,!’ Stephen Clarke’ says “ Up to a comparatively shdrt time ago,” (unfortunately h e ' does ■ not fix
"ithe date more defmitely), ‘‘ pere 'ere several thatthed houses m
the Borough. Three or four of them were in-Duck Street, nearly opposite to .the.ofidce of Messrs, Baldwin, Weeks and Baldwin; and two opposite the Salvation Army Barracks; a few others being about the County Court.” He also states p a t the Calf’s Head in the Ma:ket Place was the last house there to have its
thatch displaced by slate, also makes
John Easthara
mention of this Ijouse for, when recalling the appearance of the town when he came here from Mytton in .the forties of last century, he said] p a t , “ at P e comer of the west side of P e
Market Place there stood an old patched House called the Calf’s Head,” which "was kept
by Jim Alston." Now Jim Alston took over that
place in 1848, having come Pe re from P e Wheat Stjeaf, This old house is depicted bn an old painting of thr^e men with: a bear land a monkey travelling: to Clitheroe, and one of pe. men is made to declaim .upon the merits of the gin kept [ by Jim Alston.
AnoPer liceneW house to have
a Patched roof! was'the White Horse in Church Street. P a memorandum iof agreement between the
Margaret Hyde, [and the tendnt, Francis Silverwood, made upon the 13th of October, 1824, one clause provided I that Sllverwpod was to provide straw and spelks for thatching itj, and Mrs. Hyde to pay the wages of the thatcher,
j own e r , Mrs. Beyond JU S T when
Memory? did the
thatched he use in Clitheroe s p e l k s and withies
disappear ? The 'Town always had, an,c. still has “ many ancient men arid women full of years.” Can it be that some of Pern still remember a house well Packed with straw to the place ? Or is this disappearance bejjond ■ Pe memory of [man?
One who lived out her days in :
such a cottage always claimed that there wasino better roof to live under,
'mat it was a
“ quiet” roof; P a t it was cooler in summer and warmer) to'
■ winter .pan 'the slated kind; P a t it 'was almost impervious tojrato and storm; and that it lasted at least fOr two generations.
In 1839 hopes
were overturned; .trees Standen and Ppndleton Hall uprooted, and latter place dwellers to the
I were advised selves for it dangerous to
to reriiove was
, «w - - - - - - - - - - - _- - - r U 1 remain to ,
at Primrose at
;he rookery destroyed, thatched cqt
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Doctor’s Orders Bear Fruit
For Ex-P.O.W.
IN AND OUT A^D
ROUND ABpU|r BYCjDlS.
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TlfOST vlUages at the i.”A' present time have lost ^ome of their attractive Characteristics!! through the 1' march of progress." Not long ago children I Used td 'gather round the smithy to watch' the ancient craft of shoeing, but now that trade has died !down with . the advancement Of mechanised) vehicles;! The wheelwright, the miller,- the 'shoemaker or jcobbler as they were generally! known;, and the village tailor have nearly rill been displaced by the con centration of ! modern indus tries. Efforts) are beirig Imade in various places to l revive these ancient ;brafts but I there
just does not jseem to he the in'terest—or slull? | !!
Playful P b g ^ r n « i
GiUGCESS In. gardenl , usually associated
years of experience bub, hot’ .the icase with Mr Lockley, pf “ The Bung Henthorn - road, Clit ■ who f or j the'Second y succession has won the
ilpg Is w iP
his is Sam
..ley Show Cup for the points in the amateur Allotment Polders’
„ flow,” Itheroe, 'Mr in Burn- most and
I and
cut flowers section He also won a medal for his
collection of. .vegetable! altogether, during the ^ ^ two years, he has captui|ed 217 gardenPg awards
But, not very many ago Mr. Lockley had
years only
........ Interest in gardening
and to find ,pe reason tor his present ehthtisiasm and skill, we. must go back to t i e war years. '
. ' Sergeant SamLockley was a
meihber j of Clitheroe Terri torial IA.A. Battery and served with the “ Terriers” P France, [Egypt and Cret^ It was whilst serving |ln Crete that he was wounded by a bullet which ! pierce i his
, stomach and captured by the Germans. • Subsequently he spent many weary months in a prisoner of war cami .
In Crete, Sergeant Lockley
lived on the fat of the land for three months un;il the days -when German para
troops floated down b ringing death and destruction; with them. Together with h .s men, the Sergeant was surrounded and with bullets fly: ng all around they were eventually driven back from their gun site. The officer in .charge decided that an attempt must be made to retrieve the gun and it was while attempting
-this that
..Sergeant Lockley received . a bullet In his stomach , and another P his
arm. FOUND B t GERlVi ANS
little later the nen re
beaches, leaving all stretcher cases behind and after making him as comfoijtable as | possible, his pals left.
ceived orders to make for the
, He was found by dermansf who fortunately spoke English and 'after- explaining 'his younds, they Iscfibble i some- tntog in German on a card) and placed it on his siretcher. up by!
He was then picket
stretcher bearers anc went operations.
X O i U V J l lU l lO
Sergeant Lockley W£u: pointed out to visitor! man who refused 'to lie
In hopsital as “the
under- aiways
■ When the gale blew itself out qiq not receive a letter of any theie people returned to homes.
Their thatched roofs hardly turned a hair!
I .25 YEARS AGO Extracts from our issue fyr
August 29, 1924.
“ T'HE changes wrought by lime ' ■‘"have again been emphaeised
during .the week by the passing of Mr. Alderman J. T. Wh:' J.P., whose death occurrec. his residence, Milthom Tuesday morning. Nine y:ars’ as- mayor of Clitheroe and a freeman of the Borough, Aider- man Whipp recieved his ^ l y : education at the Wesl:yan; day school, and ulttantely' became a member of a cotton manufacturing firm. A member of the' Li:eral
Party he entered the Town- Council to 1883 but only completed one term. ;In 1903 he re-entered the Council and the
f o l l ow i n g year
embarked upon a lengthy service as Mayor, which extended until 1911.' In recognition of ;hose services so admirably fulilled, he was made an honorary p e e - man of the Borough to 1913.”
A verdict of “ accidental
death" was returned a i an
inqu.est on the late Mr. 'w. J. •Povey, manager of the CUtneroe Equitable,' Go-operativ,e Speiety who was killed near ShreTObury , last Wednesday week, .whilst on a motoring; holiday.”
: By t h e ' addition of ' twb
memorial .bells, Whalley Parish Church has now for the first time to its long Wstory,; an octave of bells to summon the parishioners' to worship. The six- old bells have been re-cast and re-hung to the renovated, belfry, together with ■ the recent additions to the peal. ■ |'
TORT POUCT !, • Ten days after Its publlca-
1 Britain,” had ' million mark.
short versions of ,the Ctinserr vatlve Party’s statement of policy, “ The Right Road for exceeded the
PEEPS INT0 THE PAST 50 YEARS AGO
Extracts, from our' issue for September 1, 1899
“ A GOOD many people not having' had the Town Hall
scheme public some time ' ■ was as dead such of our therefore co: surprise that sleepeth.’
cly before -them for vie assumed ■ that it as Home Rule. ■ townspeople it
To will
ime as a disagreeable ijt ‘ is not dead, but
Mrs. Cheiebrough .has been
exhibiting In her window a perspective elevation of the pro posed new building, showng a clock tower, I and a very swagger edifice generally.
i Th'is has brought the! least
knowing of u s , to a state of wonder and surprise that the scheme should have apparently so far : progressed without our knowledge.
We are not reading .the signs of description aid then, one day,
For 18 monihs the Sergeant) Iw
he got 51 letters all at once. I t took him {an houn to sort; them out bqfqre readmg theni!
over and over again. in Germany thiitos were;
much better and mail arrived
fairly regul^ly and Red Cross ParcelA turned up each week.
, . I Although I the Genjians did
not ill-treat’ the arlsonerq «i, they did try!-, to make things ' ^
awkward but as German setbacks them, they lost their
At last thejgreat
and Sergeant Loc! among the prisoners
frews of reached sockiness
and tried to [curry faivour day
ted. They j received mendous reception ships arrived in Live after spending a fev hospital Ini'Hertforr arrived home on October 29, [19.43.
Mr. Lockley, who . arrived
;liley was ■ repatrla-f
d a trej ■ when the ypool and days in
■ qshlre, hfe Friday,
vlously employed by Corporation'! Health ment, has had 18 o The doctor reco gardening;'as the be. for him, and apart fi ing'to supplement Pension, this- has yelbped Into a fir: an(3, Mr, Lockley proud of his achiev'
the times aright if we do riot see looming up a i strong | public , --------------- -------------- ■ i
opposition to the'scheme; such an opposition as .will give the i ^ I T1T|17 \ local Government Board Inspec- I v X w lX ' * - *
tor Something to think over.” At' the match meeting of the
Ribblesdale League on Wednes day night the question of- St. Andrew’s C.C., Burnley having their points restored'to them was agato considered and -]it was decided that the secretary call ■ the General Committee to go into the matter, and to recommend the committee .to give notiqe that the I question be again-brought up at a future meeting:: of . the
League.” • ! . Cli'theroe had a swift visit from
H.R.H. the Duke of York who passed through the town by rail en route for EdingburghI
Five .thousand pounds I'was the
highest figure offered. when Salford Bridge Mill was ifor sale.
S n
an urgent S.O.S. to Giilders. Have you been busy lately' with yopr camera
at j camp or mee^gs ■ and taken any'good photographs of'Brownies or Guipes?.
j
! i t iS possible thit one or two'photos will be ihcluded to the County Annual Repott
this year,
I If you have any will yqu please send to your, snaps to out ■ Divisional Commissioner,
.Mrs. Altken, Roefleld,; Clither oe; by August 27, so that the best ones can be selected. |
here's hoping
..that ■ some Clitheroe faces may be seen to the Annual Report!
So just start searthlng, and i “ EAGLE'EYE.”i
Broughton. Elslack
was preL Clitherofe
; Depart}- < Derations. I hmendeq est thing ■ om help[- ils Army now def
rements.: j ■ :n
Hetton . .. . Oiacoe . . ; . . 'Thorpe . .. . Linton . Threshflelds Skythorns| Grasslngtqa Hebden |.. BUrnsall : . Hartllngton
Garsdale 'Head
Garsdale ........ Cautley Howglll
Again welcomes aniopporturiUyUo meet
you.all and: win tom the
Constituency, visiting the undermentioned places on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, August 30th, 31st, Septemb . Md" 2nd, and Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursdayjand Friday,-September
6th, 7th, 8th and 9)lh.
. 1036 10- 55 ,
10-00 10-15
,11-1011-
11- 46 12-
12-30 2-00
[ Arrive .Depart ) i bay—Tuesday, 30th August,
10-10 AppletreeWlck .. 10-25 Barden : . .— 2-40 10- 45 Bolton Abbey.. 2-55
12- 00 Halton East .. 4-45 12-20 Draughton ------ 5-00 12-45 Addlngbam . . 6-20
25 10
3-35 2-05 2nd Day—Wednesday, 31st August
Sedbergh . .. Gawthropi . .. Dent Cowglll
Bradley’s Parnhlll and Kildwlck ! Cross Hills Glusburni.. Cowling and Ickornshaw Lothersdale Cononley | Carleton ! Eshton i ,..
... hobby,' i s . justly
..........
, 11-20 , 11-40 , 12-10 12-25
. !2-00 Both 10-00
10-30 10- 11-
11- 40 12-
12-40 -■1-00 2-10
3rd Day- Arrlve
Arrive Depart 10-00 10-20 10-50
10-10 10- 11-
11- 00 12- 00
12-20 .2-05
10-20
10- 40 11-
11-30 11-
50 20
12- 15
12-60 1-10 2-15
Ribble Head Chapel-le-Dale
Selslde : .......... - - Horton-ln-Rlbblesdale 3-25
30 30
, 2-30 . 2-50 3-15
Arrive
Helwith Bridge 3-50 Stalnforth . 6 - 1 5 LangcUlIe Settle'
-Thursday, September 1st. Depart'
16 i . . . . . . . 6t50j . . 5-30
----- Wlnterburn : . . 2-20 Calton ; .......... 2-30' Alrton
Klrkb'y- Malbam 2-55 Malham
55 25
Otterburn . . . . 3-55, Bell Busk . . . . 4-30; Embsay .......... 6-30, Eastby
. 6-50
4tli Day—Friday, September 2nd. VISIT BARNOLDSWICK
5th Day—Tuesday, September 6th. KILNSEY agricultural! SHOW
6th Day—Wednesday, 7th September Arrive Depart
East Marton .. 10-30 West Marton .. 1045 Thornton' Kelbrook
iNewby
Rlmlngton .. 1246 Glshum Bawley
Austwlck Clapbam Newby
10-00 10-10 10-15 . 10-25
. .. . 11-00
Salterforth ___ 11-35 Horton-ln-Craven
11-20 . 11-30 Dunsop ■ Bridge . 3-26 . 345
12-05 12-30
1-10 7th Day-
Ingleton i .......... 10-55 Thornton-ln-Lonsdale • 1145
.' 10-15 10-35
Low Bentham . .12-30 High Bentham 1245 Keasden i
Burton-ln-Lonsdale . 12-05
Eldroth ! . ; . . . . 2-25 . . . . ‘ 2-10
Arrlve 10-00
11-10 Newton': . . . . . 11-50 Whltewell 1245 1-00
10-55
1240 Waddington . '. 6-00 Wert Bradford. . 5*20.
5-56 . 6-05 ;
1-20 Qrindleton . }"^
. 11-30 • Long Preston ., Halton iWest
10-10 Glggleswlck ; 10-25 Ratnmell 1045 . Wlgglesworth
. i . 1LS5
• 12-15 1240. 1-00 2-15 2-3Q
paythorne Helllfleld
Great Mltton . . 4-30 . 5-35
Boshall" Eaves 4-00 ■ I
-Thursday, 8th September Depart
. 240 . 3-10 3-30
Arrive
Conlston Cold Gargrave .. Thorlbyi and • , .
8th Day-^Frlday. 0th September VISIT EARBY i
. 4-05 . . 4-20 6-10 640
. 345 . 6-00
Stlrton j . . . . . . . . 6-30 I - .
1 V:’ ■• ■ j . r
Depart .1 3-00 3-20 3- 35
; 3-55 4-
• 6-30 '1 5-50 I 6-20
4-25 640 9-li; EXCH> 10
1040 Holden ; . . . . . . 2*25 Slaldbum . . . . ',2-50 3-05
Bolton-by-Bowlana !
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Arrive Dclepart a-iu
13- 3-
14- 4-
6-10 5- 30 5-50
12-20 2r35 3-00 3-15
.. . . . . 2-401 3-10.
Depart iP-40 !l-00
' |B-20.
Ip-40 M-00 :S-25 'S-40 |8-15
. " . Arrive Depart
2-25 2-35 2- 3-
3^20 345 440 640 6-00
50 05
11- 05 Beamsley -— , 3-15 11-20 HazIewood-w-Storlths 11- 35
! ^
Arrive ! Depart 2-10....2-20 2- 45 3- 05 3-25
!-45 Bi40
-WADDINGTON I -had ' a “ ’ •little lamb.” I Ih fact
■ Waddington still has a little lamb and thojugh Peggy, who belongs to farmer William S. Aspin, of Brobk House, Wad- dirigton. Is only 12 months old, she Is one of the most
1 adventurous and mischievous youngsters In the village. Peggy likes to follow people
j and at t'mesJ cannot-resist a playful butt. In the evening she likes to' take a stroll and on one occasion was waiting
to escort t^e woirien ^ home from a whist)drive.'I ^ Unfortunately for Peggy,
the women did not take kindly to her company and!called fbr the farmer t'o take her hack home. On. another occasion she wandered onto the, village
cricket ground and was quite interested Iti the' vicar who was crouched ready .to take catches. Lricklly he moved sideways just In time to avolq Peggy’s advahees.
Veteran Runner
rTiHOUGH now 42 years of age, Mr. Mark Atkinson,
of 81, West View, Clitheroe, is still keenlj] interested in
athletics. Iri hls younger days he won many prizes for running aH various local sports and Jbst to provq that
he is not too: old for the game, he entered the 100 yards race at Gargrave Sports on Satur-
day and cbme in. first, a creditable ajchleyement, con sidering he was competing against much younger people.
Blind Spot
lifODERN cars have now i l l reached the last word In luxury apd in a report on accidents to! B fm riders. It is suggested t|iat investigations
accidents riders;
, T T T
might: well he made Into the efficiency of the various forms of leg protection for' motor cyclists. In view iof the fa,'ct that Injuries: to . the legs are the most common feature of Involving these
The! report points oui that
there Is a mhtoj] driver’s bllhd spot—-the arpa at the offside rear ,of all .vehicles not proyl- ded ■ with both I internal and external mirrors and the motor) cycle,! being of jsmrill dimensions, ! can | he lost this blind spot.'
W e a th e Big Cifowd:
r ^ H E N . i l j l i t h e r c | e f o u r t h a n n u a l
' ( u n d e r . E a c h y e . a r s t a ) f a v o u r e d w t h g l o r j o i W a s j u s t a [ l i t t l e t o
b u m - r o a d | o n S a t u r d a j 'a dull morning was If I
. by ; a tobrdhinglyj hot noon and {the multl-'c frocks of the womra,' b] with the [lovely Howe i surrounding the . 'green, maije the gree: . resemble an artiste’s p)
In
! Nuineroiis stalls [and tlons staged by yarloi
itlons of the club alia' Ithe visitors and a brisi
.'resulted hi the Club! [fitting by £120.
His|ory Reveal^ In
Chatburn Farmhouse (■ WITH Its ’ white, studded oak door and; Irpn-
barred mulllon windows Laneslde Farm, Chatburn, near Clitheroe, has long been reputed to . be one o f ; fhe oldest farms for miles around.
But that'was all that Mr.
and Mrs. F. Clayton kpew about the history of the farm they tenant. :
I Then one day a decorator
came to the farm. He scraped at' the old ! parlour wall md worked qn:'plaster oyer the
fireplace. , ) !
covered a large plaster) plaq It bore a: pattern of leaves and acorns, two set initials I.B.;and M.B.^and date 1677.; : ,
' ) . Does this solve the mysti
of the age of the Claytf) home? Mr. and Mrs. Clay
the initials mights be the builders owners.
or of
other rqoihs - examples of i work slmlla::
Mrs. Clayton says : rriom.
thebe
that on-; the plaque,) Shb proud of their dlscoyery has been i left uncovered part of the parlour) dec tlons
i t Is reported from Ger
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Pariiamentary Summer Recess I YOUR M .P .
with
;ery in’s' ■ ton
feel It does. ;They think ■. be those
tha
that of
fo iimer As - he diig; deeper ihe j.
! I^he prpduce stai| ; under the supervision G. ) Clarkson arid-;
[ members of the! tennis ana the gift stall)was women members of tij under Mrsi Hlhdle-Hll treasure hiint stall wdsj the: bowlli^ section w|
: organised [the" obstrici J course which 'attfacteef : children ' pud i .adults the a f te rn o o n . ‘
A darts booth,! fixed I
of th e : Isightscreensl equally : lattractlve, f 'I queues of anxious to a ' second
eager ijbowlJ
[take the wl| eleven
formed at the nets. ■ But far the biggest I
tion for the young pebi the pony and trap whll about half a dozen ;!cl
i a t . [a. ; time IrounJ i field,land also thp llttl : which , was; never wltl
child 'on its back, I organised I i; by 1
' constant queues.; j ChUdrenjs I races ■W
; 'Walmsley^and thel was |
i appjirent ! J
i attrabtive I featuire j|q . afternoon’s :j ehtertaj 1 whilp to the veteranSI ‘ men I oVer| 40 years !i1 ) valiantly puffed [and: I their way river 60|yard|
Bcjth I telnnls and !i, finals drevj' (}rowds of
tors ^nd the; games m worth seel}ig. Oh the
! . Mr. R. Attree waS defd ■ the final of the |Jubll| by Mr.! G., Thorpbe scores belilg 6-2, 5-;7J' on the bowling'greefi I the district’s” most sdl players, Mr. {Harry Del beat Mr.! Bon Edwarr
to the flnaji of the Sou Cup, I which____ .was preVented {_to him
; Mayor (Councillor Rushton). 1 ■
; i , The women’s hqndli
the Jubilee Cupj plaj previous Saturday, w, by Miss iBarbara .;Hi who defeated Mrs, greaves 6-3, 6-1, and t for junlor'i members'"
i Braithwalte Crip] pl?i; ! Sunday week,! 'vyas “ Philip Lawton, who Coates 6-4, 6-3 {The together with' prizes,
children’s races, (were
ted to the w!nhers;:l Mayoress/(Miss jD. E.|
: ton)..' :|- ! ■ ’ ' I '■ ■ , ■ Fl!ELb.''3EAFT,
I FolloWlilglthi bowl! : a demonstratloa iwas!
Mr; T. "Wilson and hls spaniel “Ranger;" of; In which a grin dOg
,master-i' work to 'Silence wus- an rissent
. of this demonstrfitlon ' the space of 2() mlnut a prisser-py ,W()uld ne
' known there Was a' progress, j Various me 'retrieving and skill craft were displaced
: Wilson lahd Ms) doe
■; thejendlof theWper^: i received well-earned . from the crowd.;
appointing entry for petiition for thfe most, dog and "the one whig
There was:
. perform the best trIcH First prize In the ca
class I was' ,awarded: Crompton with Paul second. lA special , the best handled dog ; won by Paulto[e [ilsterl was only) one ehtryj
. adult section. Prlzel -presented by Mrh T.T who acted as juhse. i I
The riveriti UhicI
opened by the! Club el Mr. E,: P . ! Alddrslej
! brought to a cohclus an exhibition o r clM
shooting. ! j ■ ,[1 For an enjoyable ahl
able-day,! credit ls,d,ul C . B. 'Musson, secrestarl
Gala, Miss M. A._T
; social secretary; of W and all those clubj who contributed to'
. , Results' of the racej follows; I 1 I
■ cess of the event. '" ,
60yds. Handicap.,Gil 7: 1 ,'Gillian Sutcllffef
.Cranswlck: 3, ; Diana well.! 60yds. Handical
35 40
10 50
5-6-'f; 1, Tony srf Michael I Basford:
! Tkel
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