» ■ . .1 6 •Clithem>{Advertisei^ & Times, December ^21, 1951 , U


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Wheel Wblt>ble ” Crash Says Driver leroe


Court Told of Cu4 Vaii^s Collision


A LLEGED to have driven a 30-cwt. van round a ibend


oh the SkiptonrGisburn I road a t . a “ very fast ” snee^d | bn the wrong side of tjhe jroad, swerved violently o,n ioJ a grass verge, run alongl the verge and finally carjeered


, hack across the road before hitting and breaMng off a telegraph pole at the ibase, Ralph Veevers (50)|, of 111. Pendle-road, Clitheroe, em- ployM at '] Messrs. | A. ; | E. Veevers’, wholesale j b^ers, Clitheroe! was fined I £5 and ordered ta pay £5 5s.| costs at Rowland Magistrates’, on Monday for driving


dangerous manner. I ! I ■


1 Mr. J. Wright, ! Cpunty Prosecuting Solicitor, said that at 12-15 p.m. oh September 10th, Mr. Arnold Bailey iwas [driving a taxi towards Gisburn i with several passenge^;^. , At


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the same time, defendant was driving a bread van In the opposite direction and had one passenger with himll!


GIsburn. the road described a long sweeping left-hand] bend, and as the taxi| approached this bend, the driver was con­ fronted by the brea^ ]van coming towards him bn I the wrohg side of the road at a very fast speed, j


When travelling, towards || | MOUNTED VERGE I


defendant swerved violently, mounting a grass verge, i He ran along the verge,!'went back on the road, skidded,land eventually collided,! With a telegraph pole on me prong side of the road. J rj| ; ^


The taxi stopped, and {the


regard to the speed; of the ivan, it was,i In his subnjilssion, sufficient evidence 6f excessive speed that the van travelled 80 yards, skidding mbst *bfj the way, after the brakes h£^ been first applied.


Mr. Wright said tha^ with


two miles from Glsbun). he approached a long si^eeping bend. A van came round the comer at a fast speedj| on its wrong side of the road and he Immediately stopped. The driver of .the van swerved violently to avoid a dblllsion and witness, heard a screach-. Ing of brakes.


s Arnold Bailey (25) of I High- htreet, Wlbsey, Bradford, said 2e was driving his; taxi] about


I l l 5 m.p.h.- When he was about !i


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Houghton, who : was in the front seat of the taxi !i at the time, said she saw the bread van come round the |! comer on j, the wrong side bf - the road, bn two wheels. ; She “ closed her' eyes and (kept her fingers crossed.” !| •:


dith Ann | Gore; of'! Little


guilty, told the Bench jhe was not normally a van il! driver, but on 10th September there


Veevers, who . pleaded not Gave False N ^ e ,


Said‘Wouldn’t You?’ rp iv o butchers, George Rush- ton (24),' of 19, [ Gross-


I Monday, for trespassing In, pursuit of i game and, giving false names and addresses to a gamekeeper. ;


street West, Colne, andi'John LIvesey (24), of 27, Barnwood- road; Earby, vfeie each!! fined a total of £4 and ordered to pay B two guineas' advocate’s fee at


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rosecuting, told thejl Bench wi this was another of-the cases


lijg quite familiar.


p Ml!. J. A. Bower. Burnley, tbi which they werejjbecom-


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for the HIndley Estates; said he saw the two defendants In Mill Wbod, GIsburn, arid asked them what they were doing. Rushton. who said thfeyj were looking for a rabbit, hAd] three nets In his possession, and two further nets were i fourid! clbse t to LIvesey, , When asked , for


l i ic ' Welling, gamekeeper


heir names and addresses, both; men! gave false! replies but were subsequently] traced


through the numberjiof the motor cycle.


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strates he i Interviewed]' LIvesey, who :-admitted he was the owner of the motor cycle and. that he was at GIsburn on the day in question, but; denied being in pursuit of gairie. He t also Isaid that Rushton jw^® a


ADMITTED OWNElftSHIP P.C. Scott told the magi­


picked him up at GIsburn. Later, however, added, wit­


otal stranger : and thpt he


ha!d: given' a false name aud address he replied,! i ‘‘ Well, wouldn’t you ? ” ' 1 j; !


hing. When ' asked nwhy he


ness; LIvesey admitted! Jie was a workmate of the otper man and they had been irii pursuit t of game but had-not got: any­


i P.C. Scott said he : later hnterviewed Rushton, iwho said


iDaiscmg Honour i^or CEthei’oe Girl


School I pupil has brought honours to Clitheroe, an-d has won local fame as a very coripe- -tent dancer. , , - ', • '


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“ F'ell -Fplot,’’ , Clarem'ont-avenue, Clltheroe’j and she has been suc- ce^ful ■ in, the preparatory ad­ vanced- examination of,:-the British Bpllet Organisation; held


She is Miss Julia H! Rogers; of at 'Manchester., i ■ { !


elelmentary grade jof the Royal Academy I of Dancing; and s6 ;he-. came a student' member of the R.A.D., j


Recently she | passed, the ' j:


■'Clitheroe! district; for the time in its history,' after win!


with -the jcoveted Dolyhir Trorohy, which she brought back to


The picture shows Miss Rogers the


i t .; -with j four first prizes | i for national pind operatic dancing.


first ing


leen M. 'West and Cecille 'WOoff, of :B19ckburn.


Pedestrian Boy


e saw a rabbit and fqllpwed it into! the Park.' ‘When: asked about! the false nAme and address, he replied, ]‘iI|got a bit windyi and: gave Ithe first name! that came into my


hea,d” . . , i" || ! '' i’ No Licenc


without a driving I licence, Ralph Burton, motor driver, of Clitheroe, was fined ! £2 , at Bowland Magistrates’ Court, on Monday. He pleaded guilty.


For! driving a motor van


Church knocked a fractured collar bone a: cut heAd. . was heard Clitheroe Juvenile Pane! Panel oh Tuesday.


■ A :* SEQUEL to W o nhalley anned H e n r y


street, i Read, down and sust:


r th eoad, in pedestrian, Tornkms, of


Hurtf- Cyclists Fined


ah acciqent Accrington-,, which a jne-


ThQmas !10.


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a ined d a ll


was, Miss Rpgers is taught by Kath­


•THOUG]! only.jiu 1 15 years old, ■ nthls Clitheroe Rbyal Grammar


owland Magistrates’ C)ourt on


wheel wobble; it Is a matf;er bf sheer I luck whether you can' get out, of it swithdut an accident,’’! said Mr. Llddle. |


the! most appalling events jin itibtoris t ’s


a life Is 'a o


verge, the van developed! sway and as a ; result t;he defendant igot Into more' trouble. By: the Grace bf G'od there was ho other trafific ibn the toad at the time and after veering Across he came to


After going on the K; grass drt!:a


rest! after hitting the: tele-' graph pole.


' ! t But fori the fact thAt the


particular time .arid that the defendant had, through: Ino fault of nls own, been oni the, wrong-side of the road, there : would haye been ino orosecu-j tloni said Mr. Llddle, sub-i mitting that a front wheel wobble (j)f itself, was - riot evidence of dangerous difivlngi


axi!was at the sdgne at that


acts were ' e VIdeno'e' | !of dangerouA driving; Mr. Llddle asked thfe Benchi to bear| in


f In declldlng- .whether , the


mind the had been and that very well


fact that defendant driving for 29 years, he knew the road


'one (of frpnt


was a shortage of, staff Shd he was acting as driver. He had driven regularly for 29 years and jhe knew the road very well,! havingi travelled along it for a number of years;', ■ !


!i with Thb van was fully loaded


sklddbd from one side of the road Ito the other and finally collided with a telegraph pole-


Defendant disputing


gbods at the time. said that


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he was not his vehicle


Court in a


He fitst saw the taxi when was drlvlnlg round the benj but as hie approached , the bend, he seemed to develtjip |d front wheel wobble. He was traveUing | about' 25 ni.D.h.


and he tried to get out, of it but went over the crown of the lioad In doing I so. I f^ l^ l vehicle hdd not jbeen fully


ront! wheel wobble before;


U For the! defendant. |Mr. T. t . Lljddle. Clitheroe. said that


f He !had never experienced A


have I stood a better chapcc: of getting; ;lt iunder control. , ji


oaded*iiei thought he wbuld


defendant after 29,ye(irs’ un­ blemished! driving record, was charged with one of the most serious offences—driving in dangerous I manner.


his.Iwas a case where tpe.


91, HE LOOKS BACK b i i


w h e n D o c t o r ' ’ ^ Cowperthwalte > child, ChristmasI wa kind that we now see only on i greetings : carils; : In those days there really was


HAPPIER DAYS John


present-day rations for : months.


ufficient


was V |a of trie


i snow at Christmas, jand the ]food; which weighed down s the! 1 f e s t i v e - table was


t o - p r|o v i dje


■There was also a real ^plrit pi gbodwill among people at Christmas, or In. the words o f ! M r. Cowpeythwalte, “ People lived more Ir harmony in those! days.’ “Those days” for Mr C o w p e r t h W: a 11 e, have stretched back |more thAc .


: 90 years, for last mpnth he I celebrated his 91st birthday;


■When I called on idr. Cpwpel-J I thwalte In his little home iri Hothersall - sqUareJ Cllthj


I eroe; on Friday, and asked i him what he 'thought of Christmas of the Inresent day compared to that of


Hospitals Have AT LANGHb


TJATIENTS at] : BrockriaU .-T iHospital,. L a n g h o , | o n ' 5a1;urday, gave a final request performance of their pajnto-' mlme':“ Jack and the Bean­ stalk a brilliant; production which has now been seep] by over 3,500 patients, relatives, members] of trie stlaff and their families. ! and ■ iPbal, ,school­ children.'. The Special : per- forniance was given in £ddi- tionlto the three [presented In: the ' previous week : ahc. in- response to the jbonsldei'able- demarid for anotpfer show.'


saw the show • Ipere : pairtles from'Ithe Blackburn Orpaan- age, ;the Langho |Day IScliools and the Whlteacfe School at Barrow. Officers- from] va rious local health authPritles iri the Laricashlre areaj! were also visitors at the special invita­ tion of the Hosppal Mar age- ment Committee, j I !


Among the children who


i his younger days, Ws eye? m twinkled nostaglcally as his ser' and -Times: ” refiprter.


y ind went back over the Uears, writes an j’ Adver-r


There was no collision be­ Iftween the. two vehicles, and


wheel wotble.


motorists know that . .


“ Those !


In those' |W s ‘'i th ^ e wa| plentv .of snow-4and jit came at fthe right tlme'^ and 1 there wasialsp plenty of festive fare. ' Though w there was not much money


there; on. Ithe facts disclosed; o the accident would still haye


the tdxi had not ! bebn ccurred because of 'the frpnt


“ APPAI-LiNG EVE^T ” of us' wEb are


With the exception oi the cbmedian, a mbinher o:t the riiale -nursing || staff, this really first-class production had! a cast'! composed entirely of patients; ;


managed to get value; for what little money , they; hadli


ith 'Which to I buy] people


“ We managed to -pay oujr way,’! said Mr. Cowperij- t thwalte. who left school lat


work 'in the splnnirig roor of a Clitheroe mill, reward for workihg days A week from .6 6-30 p.m. was ; 2sJ week.


he age of ten' and bega |.


a.m. tp 6d. per


VETERAN ‘^MAYIOR”


:An observant Pye 'and grand; sense of humour have


: helped Whalley i- road’s veteran dignitary to ^pro- seri/B I a host of dpllghtim , memories of ' not pm/


during the past century.; j


Alderman J. Shorrobk. chair- main of the Hospital Manage­ ment Committee, jSpoke for all who saw the shqw; including members of the| Committee, when he said that the pal lents and ajll concerned had igiveh a woriderful display wplep had- giyen pleasure to] all y)hp had seen it and special erijoyment to those patients , w]ho had taken part.


s ’The recreation I! hall, vfhich aeats 850 people, hwasj pi.cked


t ! each perforpiance, and


collections were taken on be-; half of local charities;


' At the public pjerforminces, I FOR CHARITIES


parts excellently Apd are tq be congratulated ' on the: high standards


■The patients played]; their


Great credit is dup to the pro­ ducers, Mr. J. Howard I and Mr. J. E. , Lancaster, very ably


(Christmas in Clitheroe. blit ■ also of life in the [borouai


He : recalls the days ijvhen In Was I “ Mayor ” i pf th ■Whalle.y-road m6ck|/Corppj ation. and claims to be, tr only 1‘Mayor’’ Of Clitherqe to be , taken round tjhe town (along with his Corincil) ipii a wagon drawn i by sik


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That was quite ]a long ago," however, 1 :and- these da.vs Mr. I Cpwperthwalte spends his time: quietly home. !j He, ls| hobing, t spend A pjeasant. thoug|i , quiet.' festive [■ Iseaspn, an ■


tllii c o n f e's s e d I , that last t h e y Ach: eved.*


assisted by Mr. j Wilfred J . Graham, who w;as Also the comedian, and Slkter A. Duck­ worth, who was I . solely responsible for the exceUent speciality dance riiimbers.


the competent hapds of Mr. D. F. H, Stiff and Mr. H. ]3irch, who were supported by the Hospital Orchestra. |


The musical directlcJn was in


to aU those other imeinbjrs of the staff who worked behind the scenes to help]the] patients prepare , and present their show. ,] '■


Praise Is particularly due I' :! ■ I • ■ ■ Caravans


Christmas , “ ;put>,hlm fei bed ” for some 'weeks. ,He blamed it on the fpod !'


Tridge Will Gombsit 3cbool


fresh during trie 'summ Divisional EducAtlon; Excep­ Wtive No. 5, at thelij meeting


difficulty of keeping fo ' j A f t e r hearing! of trie


that application! be made; to the county for a !fefrigera,tpr to I be installed at Clitheroe Rlbblesdale Nursery School, and at ; the ' two nurseih schools in Padlham. j


halley on Tuesday,' decided


■the managers of the iRibbles- r dale Nurser/ School had


a refrigerator at i the school arid that they considered, that


' Miss E. R. Garnett . CO, imented that she [Iwas. rath; ; concerned about; the 'questlc iof a refrigerator.:; There;wAs (nowhere to. keep ;mllk in the summer months, | arid there had been a good deal; pf


it Ishould be standard equip­ ment iri la nursery^ schopl kitchen.


!j - | ' '■ ! leron waste. |


It had -been: reported thAt ecommended the proylsion! of.


Natural Aitnenities TO


—INQUIRY


appealed on Tuemay- a a decision by Blackbudn Council ordering!! them remove the caravans.


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r rw o owners of caravans in the B l l l i n i l


gainst Rural to


area


an inquiry conducted by Mr. K. Braden, an Inspector [of the Mimstry of Local Government ■and Planning', who, waJs told that the Council, las; local planrilng authority, had be­ come alarmed at l;he iricrease of this type of development which injured |. n a tt u r a 1 amenities.


[The appeals were rieatd at I :■


cll’s decision was! I Miss l Doris Mulllneaux, 6, Holly-street, Blackburn, who qmp a con­ verted double-decker(bus body on a field attached j;o [Lower Elker Farm, Blllirigton.j The Sanitary Inspector], Mr.jG. R. White, said Miss jVIulllneaux’s


[Appealing againsjt the poun- . 1 I


van constituted a| danger to the health ,of the '[Enhab .tants.


Mr. P. A. Clifford,; Cl ;rk to hthe Council, said the GDuncil ey of


caravan and shaqk [ develop­ ment. It had reveAlec, that many of the so-called cara- vAns were really| ponverted army vehicles and bps bodies.


ad carried out a sun : , nurser.v school because of the lack of storage |facuities.


stated that an| amount:,! bf cooking fat had ' had toj pe destroyed at 1 a P a d ih ^


Mrs. J. H. Falrweathbr M|The second, appellant was ! :: ' .


he]used a horse-dlawn vari in the same arga] at ends and holidays] to g childreri away from, the to give ithem fresh air,


Friendly F avourlte


r ip all our feathered favourites ^ the robin has! down thrpp ;h the ages, been' alssoclated jwifh Christmas. Along withtiltie holly and mistletoe, the robin redbreast more than any ott bird symbolises the very spirit Christmas with ip good cHe ,,, friendliness and pleapnt ‘ gre^t-:


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' But whatever the season, fie never far away,, ahd' be it wet fine, the cheerful, tender song, always speaks of good che jr.- even ' whAn all other birds I? re silent. .Even when the ground , is hard, or snow] coijers his natuj-al food, unlike others, he does,:iiotj seek shei-ier in the warmer sob Instead he coines to our door display,' not hnly^ his attracti . re'd gorget, bqt his sweet and Ex­ pressive song.


regarding the ] red; colopn ’ breast, but few will] deny that is in-leed a , . very, , pleasi nt thought which associates ] |t ils with the legend tbllihg us that if was caused by . plucking; i(the thorns from Our . Master’s bloodstained brow. | j.


iThere are mahy i explanations


• Three! Clayton - le - Moors boys, one aged lA. and the others 15. were 'each Dned A o total bf 10 shillings I and


rdered Ito share' five shillings costs, fbr without] lights, guilty.


riding pedal c They pie


aded: fcles SOON ON SCENE


: The protective sentiment Also assc-ciated with! the irobin/; and


Iso ably expressed: in ‘f The Ba ies iri the W.ood.”! is' undoubtedly: < lue to the bird's [trustfulness.! for wherever man has set up hab: ta> tion, there also is to be fob:


nc Chrii tirias


FVance and Genpaiiy, it is in the


While flourishing uri to a of 800-900 feet, it js very going higher.


:the redbreast. Indeed, wfe often Id that wherever men ar; work- g.or having meals the c reature soon oil the scene. In sc uthern


niountain forest, at heights of 6 000 feet. In our country, how­ ever. it,is net so ambitious, and leading ornithologists state that


height shy of


OUR COUNTRYSID)^ By Naturalist


iriajority of- cases,-but during a g'reater part of tlie yearj.it is quite! a common sight toisee a robin] near the . top of Widding- tcri Pell. ' HAre well abive the 1,000 leet leve| there is]]a roadside


This may be true In the


iu t used by the resdmar. It is the only sign' of l uirian Shelter beyond the Moorco:k, but'except in very seviere weather, you may see the perkjj robin if a halt is nade 111 the-viciriity. ,


tih'eir j own pet roblnis,; ahd readers have j


CLITHEROE “STATipN” No'doubt several


will, I air 'sure,'be able'td relate]; ch^miilg stories.concerning the. birds’ E3cability. | The idte Mr.. Ton Robinson had ‘forj many? yetrs several pet robins !in our- park at Brungerley. These birds goi to knew him so well that he ■ha 1 only to [whistle and they would come to;take scraps from, his hands. The kind'work which-. Mi . Robinson carried on. -when-:. ev(T the (veather Was severe, isj I am glajd . to note„istlll taking- pit ce. Pphaps you will; notice:


•th:, ga:e to lithe seat, and the- stretch 'j'rom :the seat to] the« ho.ly busli is rield by-rcbini.No;'. 2, ind =0 on. ( ' |


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liness is soon apparent. But this- ea lerness


:ialt for a while and the-friend-• to ‘ make your


ac juainta.nce is i not! accidental. Or, the contrary, these park robins hf.ve become]: tame as a. re: lilt of the kindly action: of many people who come dally, to th ' spot -vith a few jtasty scraps.' M(ssrs. J. Mocriian-d Monk are pa rlicularly well i knpwn to. them, md it is a , charming; sight, .


es:)e(3ially when] the; days are cold,') to sU these gentlemen call- feeding what must her


and several ) ev jryone’s favourite bird.


Wleneyer passing along the,! low' pa;h, tha ; the robins are exceed- Inrly frieidly. j - Each particular- bird has jts j own recognised' teirltory. Robin No. 1 has-from .


r. C. R. G. |Bro-wri. rwhjO saidcara- week- et his town,


ijn Comnlunist PX>M List


Sidney Parkinson, R o y a l Ulster Rifles, whose home] is, at 61, Hig-hfleld-road, Cliith-, eroe is included in the list of Britsh p^oners of war issued; by the Communist forct« in Korea this week-


I he name ' ((of Rifleman


man Parkinson have reached his ■wife in Clitheroe smee he, wa s officially reported missink in Korea earlier this year. J |


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Panto FUlt ALLEY


1 Whalley, has been an aimuAL, event jior )well over 20 years.


something to be Ipqked.ifoc- ward to with ■ eager anticipa­ tion, and, thanks to ;the hard, work of patibnts and staff,! this- : year’s production is! no exicep- i tion. ' ■


Its Ugh standard Oflhumqur, wit E nd. spectacle has made lit


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cred:t for ithe success of trie panto. Fob “ The Man in;tne Mooi,” wnlch had I Its first, performance on, Saturday, waa devised and -wrltteri by him- Besides acting the name part with superb tbmfoblery,, ne was associate ..producer, j' 1 j


ust be given much of] the


not only the hospital’s valu­ able edntribution to Christmas entejrtalnirient,, but |a pralse-


Tills production represents


worthy a ittempt chaiitles. ceeo


are ijlven.


moriths of ’ larly in i


I t is th


direction bf Mr. Jimmy Fell The cast was of hospital,


wor^hops had been


e resqlt of several hard' Work, particu- the I Calderstones where the. scenery made, under the


patients arid staff, lighting was by Ahe (Calderstones electri- claiK, and! music was proVlded by: me Calderstones Orchestra directed by Mr. P. H. Robert- ' son ■ .


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e that the pantomime was in dvery way; a credit to the pro­ , ]


CREDIT TO PRODUCERS Little more can be said than


ucers, Miss Mabel Williams, ' J.P.I and Mr. Fell.


capably portrayed by Mary . Berrington, as; iMoonbeariii The] principal j I boy. Prince was portrayed with charm by Mar|/ha ] : : I '


The parjt of.the heroine was leuuw. ‘ ■


no pantomime , would be com- : pletie, ,WaA in this casp Dame Dripping, cleverly played in traditional fashion by W. E. Lancaster; The witch was played by Laura Gpbrlel, the falw queen by Mary Sallery, anq the Dog Star by Mary Sil- coil. I


The DAme. without whom I 1 I


RWardrobe mistress was Miss Hudson and Mr. H.


ushton, and the stage mana- Mlss


Potts.


given yesterday, and on Mon- , day and Tuesday for patients, i A f rrtherI performance will be j given In January.


Repeat performances were ; periformance realised £12.: i collection - at Saturday’s : 1 i • I to which


to aid local all I prp-


Tc WhaUey’s " well-known. ; m arist. Mr. Jimmy jFelU.


t 1 It Caiderstdnes HospitM,. ! Christmas pantomime


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