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rpHEKE are still a few spots in the Old Borough which wear an : Ii old-fashioned country air; where you feel^you are in the


h'ealrt of the country/away from the whine | and screech of the lyafBo and'the uneasy restlessness of this modern age.


. I Of these' the] south end of Littlemoor iS; one. Less than a


furlong away car and bus and waggon shuttle to and fro along a busy main road and a crescendo of movement is reached upon the day of rest (sic.) But here you may liter­ ally turn your back, upon all this flurry and enjoy in lull measure the “ peace that droppeth slow." There are seats here, and on them, sittifig in :the sun, you wUl flnh the ancients • of the place i‘‘revolving!, many memories.’ When the sun gets too powerful,, ^s it sometimes does in the dog days in Clitheroe, tfle old men move along to other seats jbeneath the shady trees, and with their feet in the cool of the


road was at that time laid out along the eastern and highest


The present line of LitUemoor-


■edge of -the waste, and the old footpath which' led out of Clith­ eroe from the top of Wilkin-lane across the Moor,''and then by ymy of Hell Hole Bridge to Pen­ dleton was preserved. This old Hell 'Hole Bridge still stands within the grounds of Standen Hall, and it is a good example of the Pack Horse Bridge of former days. But no longer is this bridge used.


Igrass, th6y doze' off in |quietn6ss. And at times appointed comes along the man {with tfle brush and barrow to- keep this peaceful pool of peasant greenery swept and


garni^ed. ■Now the name Littlemoor tells


exactly what the place was before the year 1788. I t was


indeed “ the little moor,” and it was so called to; distinguish it from those'far more extensive


I wastes in' Clitherck at that time was over four hundred and sixty-


commonlands, the High Moor and the Low. i Moor. But the “ littleness ” was not absolute but only comparative. TTie whole extent of the moors and


six acres, just-about one-flfth of the total area of land and water in' the place; that is, one acre out of every five was nearly un­ productive, and was used by a few people for the ■ sake -of the rough grazing it pfovided.


I A LONG MOOR Our Little Moor was about


I twenty-two acres in extent, rather less than, one-twentieth of


all :the wasteland in Clitheroe. It was a long moor, for, starting


I at its north end, you could walk for three-quarters of a mile un-


from the wastes called the Shays


I til you reached the uttermost southern tip on the far side of


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[ patch* o f ' garden by Primrose Bridge,; -the only outlier of Clitheroe beyoind its natural boundary to the south. At this point there was a ford, known as the Fleets. The first half of the moor as far as Wilkin-lane was narrow, not much wider than a road, hut with many a nook and corner in it. But from the top of the lane it widened out considerably, and included the larger part of the fields that border the present Littlemoor- rbad bn its west side. Bounding Tc oh the east was


the Pendleton Brook, the small


one of the primitive openfields of Clitheroe, good arable land, marked out in strips, 'iwith the slope necessary to carry off the superfluous surface water. This


was diverted at the beginning of the 19th centuiy, and now; passes round the wall? of Standen, and a modem, but • much less romantic typej of bridge, today bears the old name. The follow­ ing legend of {Hell Hole I give with some misgiving as to its authenticity, and advise all who read it to use the proverbial pinch of salt. iThus it goes; ■ In a deep hollow, surrounded


I The old footpath


■by lofty oaks, there runs a crystal stream composed of the purest water. Time was when


a bridge spanned it. Late one ■ night i'the Reverend Thomas Wilson' left Standen, Hall and took the short cut over the: stream, instead of proceeding homeward by Four Lane Ends- While "his Riyerence" had been partaking of 'Lord Southwell’s hospitality some heavy rains had fallen, ’ and ,the volume i and velocity of the. mountain torrent; had assumed { threatening f pro­ portions.


Archaelogical Dictionary fell into the boiling flood, but arrested his downward progre^ by embracing a tree.; Shouting at the top of his voice he was able to a t tr^ t a person to his assistance; who carried a lantern, mid ' “his Riverence" was freed from his precarious position. The story of the mishap!got out and caused much gossip among the cynical people of Clitheroe, but Wilson was too great; a giant to be en­ countered, .especially as .there w^as also an impression abroad that the sousing of the worthy divine was distinctly traceable to ■the action of; the Devil himself, who was believed to be lurking down in the flell by Hell Hole when ;heavy floods prevailed."


The a u t h o r of the '


•Shottlands; TiDuSiga. PSrk. Nicky Dale's parrock.


ROAD TO I NOWHERE i


"DUT .the new road that been laid down on


Enclosure Plan was pot


ford through' which the Roman cavalry splashed on their regular ride from Ribchester to Elslack and back again over eighteen hundred years ago. And what curious old i field names are attached to some of the fields bordering the footpath, such as Friday Bank,' _ Rawholm and


Just' below 1 Hell Hole is the ce a* Long


Govefnme]|it Ran Away As They Gould


as most unlikely to occur


whicii site at WestminsI happened there the other


causb of {the “ storm.” {TOat was it all about ? single wjird-|-“ jeopardisej’j |


The!-National Dock BoarP iwbo


are the eiriployers of dock labour in thb sense -that they admlifister the kheme- under which dock employees' work, issued a Wfiping, admikble|


intended to facilitate .the! I'eti to work of the London ifl)ckers ■then on strike. The bOTiidlriS word was not essential to the statepenti and in ordirikfy;'C|r; cumstances would have b to pp- fectly harmless.: We all or jus Me jeopardising, or finding .Others eopardising, somethirig! every


U.UUii.^auXC: in its cbiiten ,, Ato ,


lihe old coach house at Littlemoor, now used as an Oflfice for the Standen Hall Estate.


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sebond time, but during' his term ofj office he died at the age of sixty-nine, and his stone is one of{ the few that remain in St. Mary’s Churchyard.


ycu jenter by the main gate in c: lurch-street. On it you wjill alko find his testimony to his w fe who had died while he was still’the landlord of the Swan, ir which he describes her as “ a w iman, of great worth.” , Some years before his death he was seized with a serious illness. On h s recovery he was greeted at h:s next appearance at church by tlm somewhat ribald rem^k of (ead the Sexton, “Ah .thqwt ah )ud a gotten yo once-lower.”, lich mightily displeased John.


You will find it on the left as


his left us a lively description i:; ■


J ad in a dark cloth close-fitting coat, l a p ^ g 'in' shape; snuff- o floured breeches with gaflers to match; a very broad-brimmed lat; a large umbrella under his jrm. He invariably rode aboffi


A real dyed-in-the-wdol Radical John. He says -that. “ He.was


Estate I ■


been schoolmaster at before he launched out cotton ■ business in flb ■Previous to his coming moor House he had lived Cottage, being one of tenants of the (jovemqfl Grammar School purchase of High Earl- Howe.


GREAT STRIKE


gUT it' has not aly/ayls been a peaceful place here as a few stffi alive will remember. { During the time of the Great Strikf of 1878, and while Robert still lived here,


a crowd of disaffected and bH" ruly men arrived here, and after threats and hootirigs ; sn every window iri the; place,


■Along came the.Depu jy Mayor,


on a small thick-set nag with hide of a variegated hue, a s l i^ t Diane, c ow - h a u n c h e d and siavined, tiie whole tapered off niith a tail or part thereof, having teen worn so far beyond the tiems that it had become sharp


farmer George was still King. ---------- ^ ^ — _


By Arthur Langshaw But to correct the ridicule ifi-


1,ended by the Radical writer let IS look again on that tombstone :n St. Mary’s Churchyard. On it she other Burgesses of Clitheroe 'laused to'be inscribed :


He was a gentleman much


j^peqted, and to his Integrity, Seal ghd Experience this Town md Borough are indebted for nanyj valuable Services.” So that if ^ohn Bateson was not exactly iamous, he was at least an lonoured and respected iriember 3f the community.


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'the two houses that face the louth'and stand at its rear, all )f them pleasant to look at. He


Besides building Littlemoor House itself, John also put up


jequeathed the whole of his property to his son John Nurth- ing Bateson, whq married one of the Misses Hayes, of Hqrrocks|- ford. I He sold the houses and the land [around to the Thomson^ about the year 1840, and it was here | that several members of that


also dwelt the widow of James Thomson.


I family resided, and here { (


A charming old cottage standing in a quiet;corner of Little- . moor.


open corn field was again in its turn bordered on the east by the Goose Butts, that is to say, the long headland upon which the common plough! was turned, and upon which a few flocks of geese were permitted {to gfaze. To the west, sloping away from-the more level moor was first another stretch of common arable land, to be succeeded by lush meadow- lands, the undrained holmes and ings that lined the Mearley Brook.


thoroughfare, at least that por­ tion .which [lay beyorid Wilkin- lane to the {south. Before the cutting of the Whalley New Road iri 1809 it could lead nowhere but to Lower Standen Farm, and from thence onward to the Com Mill at Henthorn. .And this occupation road was


gated. Tflere were three of these


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common meadowlands that is, common to the Burgesses but not to everybody. The part on each side of the brook south of Wilkin-lane was the portion that fell to the Lord of the Honour, and’ this stretched about as far as the Wheat Sheaf and Green- acre-street.' Here was the Upper Holme, the Lower Holme and the Orchard Ings, and the names Holmes Mill and Holmes Cottage still remind us of these age-old meadows. This stretch was until quite recently one portion of the small amount of the ancient copyhold land to be found in the Borough.


Ilhese .again were ; TRANSFORMATION


TN 1788 came the transforma­ tion from waste and moor to


the (fields lined with the prey stone walls and green,hawthorn hedges. The Old Corporation met, and they, who somewhat loosely describe themselves' as Lords ' of the Manor, resolved


gates in all, one at -the place where, -Wilkin-lane. led into-'it,


and two more before the cluster of houses now known as Little­ moor was reached. And natur­ ally each portion of the lane was the property of the person ;to whom the land had been Plotted.


arid: forty years since the first; of this cluster of houses was built, ! by John Bateson. 'Not another| house,or cottage was to be seen j along that three-quarter' of a; iriile stretch which we Jmow now [ as -Hayhurst-street and Little-1 moor-road. The only new features to be seen indeed in the{ immediate vicinity were the New! Road and the Thomsons pushing { on with the erection,of their new; printworks at Primrose. Thom-; son' and. Bateson both began to| build together in 1810. John was; no i “ limestone-rocker,” for; 1 fancy that his native heath was round about Chipping. But yer/ soon he became a prominent man in; Clitheroe.


It is now about one hundred | > {


that, in the public interest, the moors should be! enclosed, with ;the' condition that they received the twktieth part of the whole as the Corporation's share. The; other parties Interested


and concerned, who included the (Jrown, the Archbishop Can­ terbury, the Goverriors of the Grammar School, the Trustees of Chorley Church, the:Curzofis and the Listers, all agreed to this; step being taken. Neither the IGng nor .the lord of tha Honour made any. objection, and the Clitheroe Enclosure Act was


passed. '


end of -the 18th emtury as mine host of the Swan Inn, and after about thirteen years in the trade he gave it up. F^m 1810 onwards he interested himself an i the buying and selling of property, and was a very disappointed man whan he failed to handle tri? deal at Primrose. He also


At first he came before the


, and probably attained the {hrigrit of his ambition, when'he' became


la-Bailiff; of the JBorou^ {and thus its chief magistejate!.: ; was even’ elected to :' serve ■


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1854 {and that far-famed business was wound up, the whole of the Littlemoor property was ! put up to ariction, but'at firit it failed to find a purchaser. At length Mr. {Robert Dewhurst, who with his {brother founded the- new Salford Bridge Mills, made this his . home. This family sprang- from Whalley, and Robert had


(When the works were[sold in


end scant. He never pushed his ciiadruped faster than a walk.” 'iffiis tells us how a respectable Olitheroe Burgess dressed when


the Police, , the Spemal Con stables and other officials of the Borough 'to infiuce these men to, keep i&ie peace and. td disperse, to thSir homes. ' But they came ■too late, for after [ doing -whatj they had come to do a t Little^ moor, the rowdies had left. Not content with the damige which they had already done, they also “ rocked” .thg.windqws of Robert Dewhurst’s grimekeepir, who lived in Spririg' Gardens, and finished up by! shatte^g evehf pane .of glass iri the jmi: i w.indojvs that overlooked the road at Salford Bridge. This is the one unpleasant occurrerice connected


'with -this peaceful spot. Cricket is one of t le major


recreations in the English .country scene. Lfltkmoor has its cricketing associate ris. The ■Dewhursts, Bob, Jlrii aid “young Arch” were the leadiig expori- ents of the art in Clit leroe. and Robert attained : tc county honours. But greater -han these was a sturdy rosy-jehieked pro­ fessor, who lodged for some time in one ofl'-thosel cettages at Littlemoor,-each of w,rich down to the youngest of them hag achieved its century, and this was Roger I-adison.|


leading matches. North v. South, Players v. Gentlemen, for Lanca­ shire as well as Yorkshire and equally well for both, .. — - - of the AU England t( uring’ side


in his day he playec in a .


that journeyed the length arid breadth of ; En'g] demonstrate the art oJj.— .. its passionate devotees,- and, above all, one of the first Jtogldsh team ever to visit the Antipodes, and to plant the intense love for the game “do'vn.undir.”'


Arid because Rogei Whalley's second: p


.and because of his p . bat' and ball, he \ wherever -he went “Whalley Wonder.” made one or two appe i: the, Clitheroe team.


behind 'the Wheat {Sheaf —— members of the Club disported —the Club which was afterwards to migrate to Ch^tburn-road, and from which tW present Clitheroe Club sprang. . -Dr. Smithies and Arthir Appleby played there well nigh a century ago. On another, part o f ' the same Little Moor the; St. James’s Club set up their stumps, for the flrst time nearly fifty years ago, and the sweet sound] of ball bn bat'still is heard tb-day, and rude, boys “ quack” on {the same land where once the geese! cackled.


On- the Little Mob:' that


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TTNKNO’WN to many people, the unique crMt ducing period furniture—a craft which i s __


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out—is practised in Clitheroe by Mr. William Harde Wada, Pendle-road, who has taken up this, line ^ following an "active interest in woodwork during hood. ■


begin ‘reproducing ■ period furniture until the end of the. last war and until then, he had concentrated on {modern furniture and his home bears ample pyoof of his skill In that direction.


But Mr Hardcastle, did not ' ' ' '


confined to one particular- type of furniture | and Mr. Hardcastle has made -Welsh Dressers, Derbyshlrey and Yorkshire chairs. Queen Anne chairs, and has just! finished a : magnificent Elizabethan Court Cupboard.


The work is all done by


hand and In the same way, or as near as possible, as the Elizabethan craftsmen .them­ selves would have done it.


would have finished the job much more quickly, “Bill” still prefers the- old method and it would take , an expert to dis­ tinguish; the' dlflererice. [


appears to have acted ,as/the local agent for Standen'arid Stonyhurst. He was an- active iriember' of the Old Corp'qration,


■Where a more modem tool The reproductions are not,


consulted as to of carving and used.


' ths


Elizabethan Cupb'o there for orname the .carved pkne! meariflig slgnific' period.


The carving , . {


Chairs, which {are mahogany, - all ! furniture is of‘old It Is hard to obtah Mr. Hardcastle-hr. In any form I Th. .that old beams an ture all supply I necessary for | th( tions. ; • i


Except for the


over England___ have arrived.mail recommendation.!


These "nave


tion is necessary, before, the required article fliay j be


, A ;vast amount of; prepara­


copied. It has to be photo- gfaphed from/all iringles '/so , that no detail be missed when .the actual copy Is made, ■foB it Is not stlways possible to have the ^ origlnalj; In. ^ th e ; workshop. Books have to be


dingy- little { wi Shaw Bridge-.,, created by the de a,' craftsman; m wood. It is good beauties of the ph: in th is . modem, *' world of to-day.


o: thf


NOT FOR ornament! on ; ! the


iqut \o


Ctoatburn into the 1843.


atShaw he first s of the their


Little- :cor from


The Concise Oxford Diction iry it ‘Uo endanger’’ {Nuttall’s expose to loss or injury; se to peril.” To the ma^ street we are jeopardising ethlng' he is endeavouring to


,'accTmpli^, if we ■ ]itera,llyl or i


You {must return tc work on If /ou labour


,. , I ■ morning,


"your docl will be in je


dockerrarelpaid,'even ^vhen tyork cannot be found for, them, which pute ari ; end to the! old upcer- taiSty Of -the .docker,s’, employ- ment;


. _1 scheme referred [agreement wher


eby


Thk the dockers’ strikje, contrary to the advice of its ,oWn leaders,


■ jeoriardises any existing woremg agreement, seems fairly' obv ,ous.


Indeed tne Minister Of ' Labour, ,in' {the early days of -the-dispute, said: “ The men must reilise th it by their present; conduct


'thby iriay be imperilling ;tlie future I of the dock' labour senemei” ; i ;


thin the Minister of Labour had already'said. They ;tobk it for


The Dock Board sa,id no more , - - ,


granted no seriom- objettion wcjuld be made tpjit, 'But they were wrong. :Soriie msmbpr of the cibinet evidently; had a brain .wave. He {saw in the statement a threat to withdraw the 'concession o f ! pay without wirk made to -the .flockCrs, wl'^oh withdrawal,ebujd only ■ be 'made by the! GoverripieritJ .Froni-this al;irmirig' interpretation of the position it was ctisy..tpTeaclt'thd next stage, namely, that it would bring out the’ dockers-, threjugh-


oiit thb ciountry.' So the Gqyern- ment repudiated the. Dock Beard ard thfe fat 'fiss in .(he fire, i-


mm, is , ------- Biard.| , On! him , force of . this hammqr blow, hb did not take it lying dowri. On ggested that gone


Lordl Ammon, an old Labour Chairman of the Dock '


te l l , the trie ‘ crazv;’ ! and 'spoilt


Gpvernriient: a


Mr. {Isaacs himself, spoui,


“had t uhie,.


full But,


eFhoIe as


Minister of Labour, ■ said “ the St item'ent' was an excellent one, carrying good adyieje, except for t ie point that gave the men a


representatives in additioi tt.e Chairman, the': employe: and employge sides are Equally ::epre- sfnteey! -jv.jth' four each, w irkers’ - representatives wsU^kriowri trade Unionists. Would! be astonishiflg If they had bien a party to any! .threat to- d smantle an'agreeipent so hjghly fi.vourrible:-to; the ’


_ behind him. Of its


Ammon had -the Dock eight to


scheme


being It


■the dock wtjr 'kers.'


irito {it much mi^re thari the s ;atement' contained. If the laboiir Minister’s {remark| that tie dockers were “imperilling the fiture; of the {dock labour sflienie” passed wflhout a { 'flare- up oril the'part of the. dockerS siill riti work, why iri the nrime 'of' crimirion sense should a similar ebservation by thri ■ Dock, Board t ring; {about a flare-up, especially Then! ■'the Minister jof Laboflr was r earer the seat of the mighty than! the members of .the| -Dock Boarfl could possibly' be ?. No vond^N Lord Amriion; exp .oded.


The {Ministers concerned read


WHAT{ lay behind all thehulla- .


lard Is! hot


;at and jail is have! a ;nt to !that


Queen Anne carved! in


the -other oak and as these days,


,Id, old fuijnl- the wood reprodiic-


s to buy It e result ds


.the .tirouble indicates faothirig, for ’ whatever .; interprCtatio|i its •vordirig; was'; opeii tri; the Dock :3oaiid had no intention of going lieybnd Govemineiit ; policy,” Which -is equivalent!: to ]saying ‘he (Government I were, in , an .ilarmist state of mind, otherwise he/l would .have faken no notice )f it. Some, accounts; of -the iffair .have!given the impression,


Jjaboiir icorrespondent; says the actual statement ; which ' started


|m { oo? ' .The ;[ ‘”/inies”


fitet-class .talking point that now fs I threatened.”


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ipardy to is


the


are j day. jour mea


is ni read literally. What verb


“ to jeopar-dise”


CAREY LORp’S REVIEW


'iialistic term and luingless in -the sense that .bt intended that it should


It


Strict Must


ir uiere, is one place mo|'e tliaii another amongst the debatinj _____lo IctirMv fhp Atnfhpr nf Parliameni <:


^ aJthorities of Britain Wheri "a stonn in a tea^iup” is i;egardea - T .


it is steely the Mother of Parliamenls I But w o n d e r s never cease. {It and the Government was the so e The use of


Government must get rid of ;Lird Ammonias Chairman of! the Dpek


•Board. If Mr.'Attlee “ takes'no action


the .trouble at the dbeks may star,t all over again.” j For his part Lord Ammon announced that he could not,^ accept the con­ ditions ion which the dockers had agreed to go. back to vlork, ismee


is a habkneyed riios


-they were in effect an ultimatum to ithe'Govemmerit. “[If that is accepted and the/ (the strikers) win, then we are in ajbad way,” he added. 'Whether Lord Amriion in his later attitude had the full support of the members of the Dock Board, as iie had on the


in ptint.


the dockers have ended strike at their own time and in ■their own way, leaving the Gov­ ernment in a perfect quanqary, since neither , they nor toelr Emergency Powers seem to have had the smallest effect. i|


But Lord Aminonis case|apaft, •


’----- the Reasons For Return


metaphorically stand in his "way. — v — viovo VipA iVinnh Adorn reaches the'stage when really dangerous or perilous. this is what


more effect than anj thing done by the Government. First, ;the illegal strikers came to realise that public opinion yias deciledly against them, and, secondly, they were assured . thej Canidian strike had been called off:in this country by Mr. Harry Davis, the President of the Canadian Sea­ men’s Union, whose Strike began the .trouble over here.'


reasons for retumlilg to work seem ,to have had much


“ black ” Canadian ships “\[hite” again, and so enabled thein to be cleared. .The authority of the strike leaders was ‘[abundantly upheld,” which leaves a pretty problem for Mr. Arthur Djeakln, •the general Secretary of the ’Transport and General 'Workers’ Union, and, other( prominent trade union loaders who stand by thb legitimate trade, machinery for-.tlie settlement o^ disputes, to settle among themselvesi before .they can {regain full authority. “The strike’ leaders have re­ tained their hold oyer the rank and file, j Their object haS been to .maintain their authority un­ impaired,! so that .tfley will be recognised as ‘ the real’, leaders next time.” If they | are,: We may as! well hand over fo .the Com­ munists without furUier iado. But i f ' the ‘Transport and .General Workers’I Union have cut a sorry figure, the Government emerge with still less credit., j '


This, of course, mdde the two i p lE


Waterworks Chi s e r . l ousni e s !


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■ restrictions might have imposed, was! emph'asl i Tuesday’s meeting ofjClfthq Town Council by - Qounc: F. Diigdale, chairmanjOf Water: Works ! and >: EsI Committee.


and warning I tha t economy was 'inot


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Council, .Councillor! pugi made a strong iflpeal economy in the use} of wi and though ' to appeal . successful, the ;heavy dem: coupled with the lack; of was quickly! [depleting, stock in the rriservblt. { ,


At the last meetlni


earlier’ statemeVt issued by the Board, seems to b'e open tp doubt, which may ' well have { been decided by the time this appears


- that would have made!a' slderable difference i tO' level In the | reservoir,


tervals between July 13 ani was l i Inchbs and nbrm|


' The rain wjhlch ’fell; at


amount In stock on Tuei was only 7i mlllloh, fealj compared with the risUal


lor Dugdale ‘ the weekly averaged 150,000 gallons in the absence of heavy continuous rain, the ave: this week will be ihore 200,000 gallons, and j feel' time has nowl come to imii restrictions.. It would be'l| of prudence not to t^o so.


“Previously,’I sald|,;Counl


recommend {this course .1 whether it rains or {not' th Is an urgrint i need . economy. The majority: of’l public respond ! ’ .to i tlf appeals but there!'Ate 'alw the few who Ignore jthem.|


“ I am very reluctfmt| “The main|[pr6blem',” ' (


[ now wholly depehdfent .u| : Clitheroe for Its water} sup Its own supply dried up c(|


tlnued CounclUof Dugd “ Is 'Whalley [ Which Is


' pletely about la fortnight-I and they have tikrin]hel one million gallohsj from) during ,that perlod.’j |


Assuring Cciunclilojr Dugd


that he had .the fuD supi| of the otheij! mempers, Mayor, Councillor il. I Tj Ru ton, said thali.lf they did I take heed of the warnings,! people mlghtiflnd!tljiemse|


' without water.: WILKINISTREET


'A be changed tb Hlghf eld-rJ that the' name W1Ikln. iC


recommendation by Highways


smmll ,-st;


Clitheroe S' water i upl '


' If


!


unable to-make'np!.their minds. Seldom, |if ever in trje history of labour relations haVe''thel public witnessed such an {exhibition of weakness and procrastination. With great brayado{the; (govern­ ment (while really trembling) took tfle step ofjjdeolalring a state of| emergency and obtaining .the necISKary powers to deal with it froiri Pariiamerlt, , anjl. then, proceeded’to do what?;Precisely nothini


From ihe first .thby' have been


HaUng called into being the right to invoke f()rce,; tlic next [part! the Government


_________ ay ai they could, whicji is thing a responsible: ment is expected} to do


Hom ing


its first young bird race jon Sat­ urday from Crewe! Thii]ty com- 'petitors entered 360 birds which were liberated at 12.50 p m. in a light north wind; {Result of the face was.; R- J. priver,} 814 a.; Wallbank and Cottaifl, 812a; Burgess and Son,; Lo.qr Moor, 811a; ^ ‘W. Breaks, 811 . abed; -Wallbarik arid Co{ftam 606; E. Hargreaves 806; [H. Seed 802; G. R. Scott 801; J. Scot;; 796; J. Smith 793 abed.; | J. Crook, Old, tHiall,- ..Horracksford-, woi pools and! position but flying, distance riot!yet to hati'd.,


i Chatburn.—In the ra|;e from Crewe, flrst and{ ■ second place iwent to , G.{ Speak 866.52a; :866.52a; ''3, A. Robinson and; Son '853.06; 4,' J. Hatfield 829.44.


(Jontinental average''waq won by Atkinson Brother/


The old bird average and the 5 Cm.


[Bros., '736.


■Whalley: and pistrictJ—Parker 749,;74'!, 742; -Hirgreaves


L LOANS


sn sent all- in return,' y letters of


tlbn and .develop/ into his, llfe;s {tw


i And so Mr. Hat achieved his {bo/


,]k, and in, a iqrkshop - off treet‘;‘ are


d his hdbby


dcastle has .ariibl-


- j f t hands'of rjiemoriesj In to see ! the


ist surviving mechanical


way. and the.strikpiis oifen But the opinion seems to he, 'ashear imanimdus as public .opinion everi is, that the Government has come out ;of, the. aflair rather baictly.. ' ; ■ •}


v n iy j ■ Because/,!.(he iriait, riot; ,.the' fllegai


.ri4ve/,'flOri'ri/;:back.;on;.:


■trorible to/break tijfq ' or .three ' ln()riths'


Hullabaloo Lord: Aminon


;ays the same i cbfresppndent, h at the difference | is ■ entirely oetween the desire of {the Govern-; ment to'.be {conefliatory, arid 'of the pock Board to {take punitive, measures. " I t is nhw an open; secret, that: .there} is aj .sharp'' divi/on of opinion as to the best way{of hatidlmg trip strike!.There- have been ' i n d ^ corlflicting opinions e/er since it started.” WeU, the [Government grit their


■ 1Loans. Lp^8.;Loanf. £ 1 0 to £1,000


wrra or wiTHODT Beoubitt- I


b y ‘rm s . jsociEjry 1 ■ M


Call. Write or l l u LIBRARY StI BL/jCKBURIt


J. C SMITH AUCTIONEER & VALUER


expects Biinilax; .blit again “ In '


tenris, one of wWch'is toat the


Govern-; strikes, own


time."


STANLI^Y HOUSE, CLITHEROE Tel [400 I


SsIm of Proppriy .ancl uridenakbn,


' Vafuaflonii^br aE piitpriiw*- y Fumlfuif


' ' Per W eeli f Clitheroe Homing Socirfy held.


the last, Sovern-


played larf


M l)ri. fitted wiith j


a)l)) —'•T 'Im time


you} could range. Oil


Sooner oij .latei i


nr auti ipeed mounted F-RPI and mtots.l ^ y to


■shov 1 i- ,


' ’oIdio*


Burr -Biiirnle]


S h ow s S lBim pool- r


From


w ' l l- iJ


l-z'-f fl saves I later


W %


■' * , ii""lrr CLITHERQgS n ’iu ADYERTIS


' ■FOUNi'AIN IPEN3 .GEokfiTflY ' set;] . ' STATIOFfMY,:


1 LEA’iraER GOOl] 1 I ■ ‘ k t p i


. Ia n d J-o i


' Service 'i^ith the Pi ’ • J 'I


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