OPERA CHOICE


In the And presen livan o:


sopranos, passes.


product with a and an oir mord


ofbrja gold, balanced presentation 1[ have


sI At th j mo


oloists f a Gi


and


requisite trained vocalists f ir | par,tk. and


the hall f 'or seven performances, i' neither


woul ■d be ■ 3 public silpport would


extremely fond of but


there m theilibreitto o


presentajtion, will I tliink and cole Gilbert


I dj) not] think u


the.'diffejrent phoirs in our local churche.' part in that thejl would take


principa !lf an


issurance v^ere given


prospect As it is, from Cli


type of musical shows given, As is [, i n s t a r u i ? n-ik


there wpuld be a reasonable of fn artistic succesk. there is perfect support heroA audiences for the


“The Qti do[ bettei


ance was opened c


eVpry seat fbr every: perfornj- book;d before the doors


iced by the fact that iuJi


other so-:ietiej express jealoiik amazemert.


'


pehses. indicates approves


Gilbert ■wijjl get join the Sojiiety,


JiI hopell


is about opera chA enough


the Clj to


The cost of £ there £l,3i


■Xhe o thatu'r


qnd ihto


isen sta:


10 .Operatic Societ; )0, . therefore, .thi


week's productioi hoice.


upper; w’e receive the, whole, distric:


ust be attractivb up


chat |ny anonymous co- t Sullivah enthusiast


puch with me and Cljtheroe Operatic


LAJREN Producer Clitheroe C


GE HARDY, peratic Soc,


tt!| : i l i - i d l 0


tennis courts and the trar fr om the Castle Houk are but have been devised by


have sofnething to deny t|.' decision to elect


to you, the men and women of Clitheroe tvho a p asked freely your own rl^presentativk.


The Tory Party ! Labmr has served you


IL E OPI


i c Busiriess mem are not RO CIENCY ihl ■ you can


Town Councillors, and I be me when I say we must ca leave.it to m e ”


Let us have a broader idi ea of the Tories. \


better informed public. Tl better it .loill be fo r the Coil


necessarily an automatic choi ieve'i the majority of people ar. away that “ I have been a


basis o f interest in town .affairs e more critical the 'electors ncil.


maintain CHtheroe’s long trb YOU to re je c t those loho qu the dignity of our Town Co


Already I have been pr -H I t-i? i , .T ■K‘:


REC <i


through] my work for the .. the United Nations Associati h o n o u r e dme with its chair r e f e r enc e s ; I am eager to You can give me this chanc


ice fo r with


s iwiceess. I ' ; Oir.


Depend upon it, all fmlr Labour Candidates are pled i .ditions o f public service—it is]


ivileged to be of some public orkers’ Educational Associati


el


ite openly admit the y seek to incil to that of a small busini'^


on. Clitheroe Labour Party re nanship. These, if jyou .like, d be o f further ser vic e t o ' cui , ■ !


and a e the


ed to up to educe s.


sefv: idii


ice—


<i and :ently


e my ieroe.


mei right.


\aga ever


Our opponents wou\d have you believe ^ale (jur toivn, that it is


Will you accept


inst overs 'y penny. \


tr town ID We have


poss Pouih k a n i 'ilreii.


ft is purj.


kme ihosk'


Cand will


th courage\and foresight. pkv\ding men Tvho


pleclged .crfirselves' to servb aJ ^eiidirig and to ensure that full v


^ V,, : ,


y assurance that the Labour md u c t thk


that only me kind


ilue is obtdi t-) guard


people, e I fbr


When you think aboi ■t the housing'questio: purchase all availabli


xil have tried to develop? It becovies lohen you consider dy proviej^ek


This election is yo i lidates who will put do their \leael best


OSes. You cannot hfive houses ivithout Ir town which 0 ------------ even


that of ten there are


r opportunity to n your interests first to bring about the


o/fcu IIUUOULU UUViiLW I refl ect o land for


ir Tory-, harder tc<


Id, y e t ho Ill dir us:.


i,mprovementi 'fl/, inhefitanoe


and forenio.


roads and ser rices urn Four


\ ! ■ :■ ‘i : ' /V-v' * - ’ i ''’


business c divine v t y is 11 fairs


f FOR SENSE


for a l l lmu r Candidates or that tljere is e c onomy in of was'liei coupled ivith prog which the town lacks y e t a


majority. [ -


''nress in the provision of those t' ' ■e loithin its \financial resources.


Give Labour a cha rxe^r educ e


well a,nd coi^fidentiTj^asks youl to vote Thursday next. They will sAe to it admiriistration and rigorous avoidance things


the Tory steavi-foUer incorporating an old peo,l i e Schemes i/6f a iiew They do, however, s en.


one certain type of person g iv e


entrance to the Castle s rest c entr e ; playing field


l0 ® i i r G^:


|s/er of the Town Clerk’s Dep(\ri not the handwork of any on the Council as a whole.


I’ f Via


ounds, more


tment party


e to explode, the Tory my th thkt only is. fitted /oA Council work: A'l of us


f o r the good o f our.\Torvn~icho ivill would, of course, but Labour l eaks the


Cl


like to have\\the Press we


; r i


we Str


r emember tH'at\they ha\). f o r local Coii^ncils by a


; that your


anc j !


Give your v'ok this interests, at heart.


ong oppositioii loill keep the Tories on th eir toes. When ybu hear the Tories talk about wl i


But the Tories have, a majority and that ask you toj return four Labour Candidat.


;e been carrying out labour Government.


The Labour^ cause has always had my in'. I hope t'o continue p d .


to devote my whole


•n have rbp looked a h o s s the table at v'a •lant Tory ■es next


■


blhme, the Labour Councillors oe(be|cilause you ----- „oi


•embers h pei had alinosti 100 per cent


have put fonvard and the influence ive For the


past yeari except in cases would [know s ome thing report c ommit t ee n 0 '^own Gou icil. Labeji


ke t ing s so of the a ve exerted


attendances is one reds


sickness,


t they hqi policy


'.erest and Jnie and


time to four Labour C indidates en idt


ilow wo i


me


labeii r ■And


S.


:i Why. 'sday.


done. down


kki/y'uto have


vote,


^NTWISfLE FO R IFFICIENCY


I M K S R ',FO R a y- f,;f 1 "1 f


’ll'- ;' ‘.1


V, '. .. V. ‘ C, * W . 4a * s f il ■ to such ex-


n thd Monday night .o'f laker Girl." , Vfe canit than that and many


^ New Rural Dean


ieit I last week after selven years as vicar of Clithetoe,


to become i Rector of Mdre- cambe.


: i I j


of Blackburn-(Dr,.W. M. Ask- with). Mr. Greatorex was or-


of All Salntjs’i Church, Black­ burn, became vicar of St Paul s, Burnley, in 1936 and W'ent to Read In 1944


*^^6 curacy


The appointment of Rural T ^ I® made by the Bishop


ROO|:ING


The Pormone.i FOR EVERY TYP


t Protection OF BUILDING


from all Iranmonieri & Builders’ Merohanii


V icar of [Read for the past / : [Six yeArs, the-Rev. Gil- bert i Greatorex ihas been appointed [Rural Dean , of Whalley in i succession to [the A. [Bland. Mr. Blknd


G . . — a presentation of a ilbert and Sullivap opera, then


ist be no diverging fro^ vocal score. I a these open that


urful and


to there ' be chorus.


thepe fill


tlie ;


ClitherAe’s' Qpera rule, a o t'ion ofpera chiirch small,


also, must a: siderini


ilso be the


am


generally, for two Operatij;


The


Tirr I was keenly interested


tation iperas.


letteiT in tAe “ Advertiser ^es” An the subject of the of G Ibert and Sul-


and Sullivan operjis and I have| had the pleasure o I


I [have produced many Gilbisrli husiast, but


in en a rea


is ujiderti or clmpel


Sun a Gilbert


day -^chool produc-^ and Sullivan


ptoduction ,:orj Week. As ^


list when c6ri-


veil balari :ed chorus contraltos,


only and the orchestra numbers about


on for a, )ill


five. T Sofiety


l


ken by choir, with


performances ^r three nights j ■ g ’


tenors and


.omp^ny oi about eighty orch?stra of twenty-five


nent, we lack bass choristers, essent


al


derful support for[ the prodijc- tidn in] opera week and the' a as pur [ audiences,


ber-t And Sullivan opeia. ound| that [there is won­


tgree,! is' theatridal'-


o a [degree. With! Sullivan operas,


le . Clithefoe undertakes a whole week


playing pajrts' U :l:


OPINIONS H APPEAL


of patients i at: Blackburn Tnfirmary. | ! | f Toe H members [visit tfie In­


district teahi and on behhlf ,of the local Toe H Branch,! I am appealing for books for ithe use


librarians and [ they are [sadly handicapped Ibylso few books for so many patients. In particular, the appeal id for books (ini good condition and with bold priht) of fiction—Westbrners are much in i l .4 demand—ai|a


— w v . w * * No ol-d magazines (please


:post card [to me will; ensure prompt collection.


I I H. A. COATES, 1 1, Cardigan'Avenue, Clitheroe.!


Gyclis : “Learilt His Lesson”


Jackson (17)| assistant’ chemist, of [964i Rochdale-road, Walsden, Todmorden, j was fined £l at


|


fas|; speed! [ downhill.’ ! ’When stopped Jaclaon said his brakes would not pull him up and when told he would[be reported.replied


FP-Q *> Vitil I ■


Jackson saicj: “i have found that everyone makes a mistake sometime, ’[(’his was mine and I have learnt from' it,”


tin vill be more careful next Pleading guilty in a letter,


duty in G;sb[urn when he saw the defendant riding his cycle at a


If.C. Bromwich said he was on K t .


Halt sign at Gisburn while riding a pjedal cycle, Ronald


Bolton-by-Bpwland Magistrates! Court on Monday.


Morton in Moor Lane and. at Coleman’s in Castle-street, | or a


. aooKs may be left with Mr, S. i children’s C * 1 C books-


patients a i tremendous lot by answering -this appeal.'


Your ;rekd,ersl can .help the irmary weekly ' to act as Sir,—As chairman of ' Tfoc H


Invalid Is Cheerful m To Visitors


garden gat^ Grindleton.r pathway 'ahe chat with Charles Jack'd


fp in s year, •li people


79-year-old Mr. on.


walk, up the drop in for a


is i preyentAd from re­ turning the compliment byi chronic Jill health but although illness has im­ mobilised him and he hasn’t been able to walk as far as the village post office for the past six years, he has found friendship a com- fort and a ccrisoiatlon.


Mr. Jackson, unfortunately,


“ Charlie crippled w: arthritis, in . has its grip has not been at all this not complain greatest wear: battle agaliik Illness Is a se.


For many Jc.'


ith yei:


on’s In the long t this painful nse of humour.


.is why Mr. Jackson Is always pleased to welcome a visitor; In-fact he hss begun to keep a visitors book and he estimates th it about 3,000


friends call at his home each year,


spite of his _ to do much of work. He make ficlency at ha which i't is usually excel, quilt,: beaut crochet work lettering are mony' of his he will wryly success at a exhibition in cpmpetltors were women.


He is a


17-hour day s a farm In ifhc up philosophic some good n ' very weary think of run says, " althougfr shall have to hands and knAi


Grindleton dist: son who can


Born and ill:r


'■ less" his


ifidcraft women A


'S fun bachelor


he manages own house- of his pro­


ifully and „


ocal whic :h


J ent working! on ially


:rlct ■ook


Mr. Jack- back oh a


lature r ometimes travel


ing I


:es.


district, sums and with I grow and


am a f ra il I on ny


away,’’


----- who patchwork fashion


work at


eloquent proficiency tell


sampler testi-


except himself bred


in the


you of his handicraft all


and the an d , In-


ible good humour can not compensate for the long hours of loneliness, and that


But even the piost Irresist­


act so relentless become that he out of the house r. Yet he does For one of his


ckson has been rheumatoid


years now


three thousand will open the at Rockdale,


BEST


OTe times appean f


■ 7EW thinking pCople will that the,best


statement. But the fact . . . ,


ately. as tl e Archbishop pointed out ddring the worth I'cen ;enary fast jbecoming commercial sm.


that while we have eyes tjhe beauty around us cpmparatively rich,


provided fo|r Ipsing.f the


j So ihuch


communal to dislllusio. o[dt individi preveht .th(- hfe and ob, life itself. Qurmuring;


rpereation. cbmmiunal


OUR Q By


surely to erjoy not; only tion but re-creatiohj


a,virile to - spng, or to pful grow.th


lace in o'urselves o:- . • to contradict s


free. [ There wheii every'^ay occ i


things are T


le


Unf- {f


week, creatur


, These- sy oleasures whiep ipmentjnot only ality Arid liber t true [ enjoym


ijjower of think of finding! o


i^cure the purpi To wander brook, to


of our;pleasu:' us that we


uch a; mains ’ enjoy j are


in life owever rences


deny


Words- ve are ;s ' of


ari


ng for own


es are e fast


ithetic lead


ly


ent of ose of the


stamp -y, but


listen


PUNTRYSI Naturalist


the increasing observe the v which I is now ;our countrysih


for the chaffinches wIk - shortly be building the quisite nests in the leafy Several of -the bankside. have suffered by! the e^terly winc[s, but many oi in a more favomAble aspe: as bright and fresh as evei


side is a delight -16 behold deepening greens ,'of the rpiv are rapidly providing


|ln spite oJ' -the recent re wjntry conditions! the c


.abundance !i hMge oloselj th[e cuckooi


its[ crimson approach.


the first, of our wayside plaji brave the opAning of[ the ' unhurriedly flowers and pr berries at w


ekr for its [ life cycle,


r iw in;iLhe| deep shade sometimes nes ;ling by a decc stump of an old ash. or b The leaflets also are very p They are heart shaped ia p the: palest green on la del


ink stem.


o add to its charm -the s ahvays . chooies a deliglh


delicately tinged with pink, of 1 our wayside, flowers „ t such delicate modesty! and


■tiohs the cold the tender. winds have


ni spite.of the sheltered etting. Som etimes besidq


Iharsh on the cielicate wood-, white [petalA


The recent frost has y ild arum, takes up most (if


forth their flower stalk, w the primrose the cuckoo p


rays of ithe i


fo[und everywhere, not one but 'clusters of [bright flowers- amid thb !rose crinkly leavAk exi m e


There ard primroses xaamplle of In


shining [gree'r, -await :-the w before S'


int,' dark p packed leavb


ature’s[ squa In ithe lee


I .


-What a gl|o! of


rosett


ortun- York


bo; Tj.


sp all


sa vfie:e: tis


oft n o


th^y sh.v no ing


ar; tits pr


Se' eel’’


ARE FREE


iketmg the hole, the while with a


ey! spent quite a


m thb ntaze of undergrowth.


the ea


few weeks ago they w’ere to be seen slipping about the :ir characteristic fashion in


But now with nesting on-fhand a have become [exceptionally


coihmohly referred nests.


very active resident [which has a rare habit of buildin j many nests


t onder-aking ‘e IS ecrea-


bird


turn of quntry- l 'Theedge- cover will


Ijlowers chill those ;t are


to


ijdered the. s of fresh irmer


dr two lemon IS of irious


Oi, y i


ending Unlike nt.or the


dduces nters


Aorrel. (ondi- ^Vilted so


been di5’


as if Dlant tful the


Pew play


uletty. of


cate


ying ;ech.


and


ts to ar it


e of be


r ex­ cover.


vis: tor the redstart^ has again arrived on the uplands. Last yeejr I had my first glimpse of thA orange-chestnu|i rump anc ■


; hec ge:


ton see var isli


first migrant just at aid, as usual.


nc, flahks ■the HilJ.


id behind )W.


= as the bird disappeared iii on Broor


ayside bushes Last week I again saw m


my approach quicklj! the low


[-aldeiIman


CMLS ELECTION REPORT iInFAIR


Rooms on Monday! After introducing! the four


in our columns not one word aboflt the capabilities of our


Wontion of


Freni menf„.


the cars, “ Tfhese,


'ey equal ter


peoblc; I; Is not fair let ■As have falj’ t Let us have a


he Whip and [ ccompetiompetl-


fight) on equal terifis because th had no" the finance nor


,


are my o\yn senti- ,,.j


conclu|ded Mr. Editorial Comment Page five.


falr crack Ifight on


T Mr. uj .Ffonch addbd! that Labc ur had: never beeri able to


Labour Candidates Messrs, pitjchl^y, Entwlstle, I Parker land Price, Mr. French went on: “II want fo 'bay i that I nave read the repdrts'ln the locM Press And, to[ be frank, I aih disappointed in them. I make nb bones abbut it, be­ tween the I write [up for the Torifes ahd Tor us. [ One! makes it seem ill:Tory business, but


[Aldprman Mark French when he presided at a public meet- at the Clitheij'oe Labour


ele( last [ing


I^R iTICISM of press reports of the Labour Party’s


tion meeting at! Low Moor week came [ ^rom ex


pve Grindlel ^he bird on


nd retiring. ;^p far I hav! :en able to locate the nest!- hereabouts of ;his tiny, but


to as cock, DE ’Tiiat shy and attractive summei’


off across the pasture. Onb bignifleant feature just now seclusion of: the wrens. Up


ied. with the ____, bot “ see.” Then choice


veral of our resident birds :iow nesting,; ahd two grea were busily examining :e in an as near Sawlej


ible nesting si ly the roadside


long time ir itself calling sliarp, “ seei" as


if


Legion^s Drive Fo More Me:


ibers ;


'British Legion . , membership drive


omen into its


j Legion is t to foster “[Civvy. Street’’ that spirit


member of the N6rth-Westtfl Area Council, says tr t the essence | of the Britis


chairman, of the shire County Branch and


comradeship [and siervice botoli In the stress, of war, and look -after the interests those In nilsfortuiie.


embers of the Legion a i ; surged to seek out ( ases of nee


mto help (those!


Service Committee exh; people _


„


v() that the Committee can ii aestigate and e


of charity, for Legion Is a tru


ssistance required The work is no


assess ■cerned.


voluntarily subs cribed ( Poppy Day. Any' ex-Servi„ man or woman, or dependen Is' entitled to receive from these funds, and th reason many casAs of hard­ ship do not receive aid is bel cause they have not been re ported to the people conl-


public In the ad..... . of the large sun(s of mon.


watchword, and h j its appli cation the ideals of will be attained.


of Rule 7 (a) of Charter defining


The following is


tions of Members nip of th( British Legion.


he Condi ORDINARY MEMBERS


! The following arb entitled tc be Ordinary MembArs : .


and paid service In Navy, Army or


Force, ! or any Auxiliary Forces.


women who h a v e not less than seven days’ embodied


1. All ex-Service men and


the Royal rtoyal Air


of the


.,2- Men and Wornen in the' MGrchant Navy who have served afloat during' hostilities outside territorial waters.


St. [Andrew’s AmbulAnce Asso­ ciation, provided they have served with"'the Foil - Crown


ces of the


i£'3d British subject rpudened seven days


. 4i Any. British o‘


vice In an Allied Fol war.-


natural whd' has ’ paid ser-


ce dufing


John s Ambulance Association' British Red Cross Society and


3. Men and women of St[!


the Legion there fAlls the tasl: of carrying on the torch ,s(i that the movement may pro gress and reacm an' ever, higher level of achievement Service not ■ self ” is th


the Legiof


a summarj i the Roya


^ T(3 the younger jlmembers ot


Uitee of tl dmlnistratlc


the issuh the Britis


Nutter, secretary burn and District! Branffi' East Lane a


' 'Writing of th


s, Mr. E. , of [the Ch il


TN an endeavouir w ex-Service


I as -startec.


to: bring men i ranks'


k To| The ‘Loed’ Centuries


I W which Radeclyf(e - street now stands. The name of this mansion i is first niet with about the middle of the four­ teenth cehtury. It has quite a h orman-French smack about


; name, for it did actually stand jiist at I that spot where the o! d main [ road from the Bapugh to the north began. Just [hciw old the mansion- house! was when it was first npted [in writing nobody knows, for.illke all the ancient ma,nor-houses in the town, its oiigins and its ownership are “ wropt I in ■ mystery ’’ and sj rouded in impenetrable fog.


bAlfjnged tq the Heriz family, wop certainly had an estate in Githeroe : In 1255 which is dAscrlbed; as the Manor of SAlt Hill. It was a William


It is quite possible that it By Arthur Langshaw


w|pd and cut down for "him- s elf ”


eld before that date fropi the L iC33|py faniily


Helappears to have been the last of the Heriz family'to hold th:p. Manor of Salthill, had! no male heirs. prgbably:


mdnslaughteij which hapienecl m Clitheroe in 1292. ^


'rhi nias de. S,tanden, can e on [street; lyhere they


(Ander de | Clyderowe, [and drirjking, when


thejri, whereupon he camje In- to jhe house. And Simon Asked


..... Ito sit with them, bilt he and took his [brother Simon’s


The said [Henry was then ed to; anger against


M(||he did [not want to sit them orl make a stay.


him;


ng, and Simon calleci the si I


were foil owing: reciord of a case of eiiplalned by the


Henry le Heriz and Simon brother were togethler in derowe.l pt the hou§e of


eat- one;


Tnis


paAsed into his possessio:! and became a p ir t


and gave him a certain tidh of Salt Hill Wood th s


parcel! of land


pri[vilege,' th[e Burgesses to [an agreeijient with William,


shhuld [ ar se about In order that no came t uhicn


is Le is


por- and e


of his estate.


pother this


nfe gear ahd his hedges,, a h right which his family had


re|f[ sufficient timber for the iepair of his house, his farmr


Heriz who, when-the Burgesses ol^tained th'e grant of Salt Hill Wood in 1307, was e.xpressly mentioned in the charter as hfiylng the . right to enter the


h ouse, prpbably built of timber cnginall}] and then of stone, r ad long [occupied thA site up-


FHEREj Is no shAdow of ; doubt that a mansion-


, I


sword, but -. Siihon sai Henry, ‘ Deliver me! my s| and he retorted,' Glady j


it,[ as if it [signified the house which stood at the “geiing-out’’ o:[the town. In this, sense it W|qul(l be quite an appropriate


[house again, seeking the^ I Thomas. [His brother' then put [himself in frofct him, and would have hindored his brotheViHe^ory from uoin" harm or injury to the ° Thomas de Standeri, Simon rari on Henry’s .sword and received a \Vopn(li d which he'[died.- and the Henry has not. been ac(


sword drawn, and entered the


tumped up and went int aown to seek hlS' own s


have another sword as Igc j yours.’ '[ Henry . there ’ nd then[[ returned witr


said moii


said


[through [any! hAtred malice.”


panying Edward thb ' probably along with uie followers of Henry, de LacA Earl of Lincoln,! on one: of: his [invasions into Scotland,


. I Henry le Heriz wasme much like it.


pidence of the bxistence century?


inore Is heard ,of him.. can ------- . . . 1 . .


not puu t uhuis


known, b Htory


[ It but ' storyii be o | :


the prison at Newcastl Tyne ! to answer the' i charp^ made^ against What the upshot of it all was is


he was taken and detain takeii- as ( very


nothing '[But


Inn in Clitheroe in the iI3th , sounds


[FARM I MACHINES iVOW that supply ha| I in


be turned moment.


gu(lemand has not been corr-jctly a essed, hi- bec'alise stc s nd financial facilities ar, tufficient to allbw, lalrge st no be carried, or because


uinbers of machines ca oiit


lem as well as tlie manulac- turer’s—and it is urgent.


This Is the'fE.rmer’s p at the


fAre asks all 'farmers to* i,c»p ill solving it, by lAoklng ahsAd,


Ministry of [Agriculture th • ir


time, and by taking! deli i,. ap the machines are made ;


idrill.'


binders, haymaking i macliin- ery,[ potato planters and seed


seasonal machinery , such!! „„ [This, applies especially:;


by placing their orders in riTod Kxy


■ m


ready I to take delivery a; machines are ready! therdils a serious risk that![thb machines will: not :]be llthere n wanted, either! | b e c a


oI Unless farmeirs j place


demand, farmers naturally i want machine “ off thb sh season of [use (Comes But the manufacturer, ll'k farmer, has to [plan: ahead. | ! I


general caugh


• notheir elf ” As I r a


up


hun­ew: the i und.i, the[ ell!


rders in good time anc i taelr: thre


e -


lUsed cr


minf ^irst, 'thb


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