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Munder ,C|iai;ge Follows ^ V^halley Discovery


Shepherd ’’ and “ Praise Soul.”


hymns “ The Lord’s i •


Vly Ms


George and Dragon Hotel, Dpwnham, and . afterwards Mr. and Mrs. Quayle left for ; the Isle of Man. The,y will


; reside at 22,. Pendle-ayenue Chatburn.


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were two bedside rugs from workfrlends of the bride at Chatbum Mill.


Among the wedding gj ts j


the youngest son of Mr.land Mrs. H. .Sharpies, of 1 15, Henthorn - road, CllthWoe, . and Miss Marie Bartlett,| the youngest daughter of Mr. land Mrs. R. Bartlett, of illl, Grlmshaw-street, Clltheroe. were married by the Rector, the Rev. A. Lord, at ■ Bt. James’s Church, Clltheroe, bn Saturday.,


SHARPLES—BARTLE'n Mr. Manfred King Sharp es.


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away by her father, .wore' a blue dress with grey acces­ sories, and had a spray I of pink carnations. She was attended by her sister; Miss Elsie Bartlett, who wore] a cherry-red costume with grey accessories, and, like ith'e bride, had a spray of pllnk carnations.


’The bride, who was, given


'Of ithe bride; waiS/hest ms.n, and Mr. John ’ Inghrai,


'1 ■ Mr. Brian Howarth, brother


brother-in-law of the' bride, s was groomsman.


• After a reception at I the Tudor Cafe, • Clltheroe, the couple, left for a honeymoon at Blackpool, the bride wear- . Ing a blue coat with grey accessories. Mr. and : Mr^. ■ Sharpies will reside at ll4, Woone-lane, Clltheroe.’


William Westhead and Sons’ mill, Clltheroe.


was a pair of blankets tom the bride’s wofkfrlehds at


, WISEMAN—COCKSHOTT Mr. Colin Wiseman, son o f


Mrs. Wiseman, of “ Denls- fleld,” RlmTrigton, and Miss. Agnes Cockshutt. of 16, Park- avenue, Chatburn, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. fe. Cockshutt, were married I it Chatbum Parish Church 'on Wednesday by the Vicar, the Rev. E. Wynne. ’


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Mr, A. Cockshutt, the bride wore an ankle-length gown' pf Montreaux blue: moss crepe, with a train trimmed' with silver beads, and a white picture hat trimmed with pink and blue 'flowers arid veiling. She carried a'shower bouquet of pink rose?.


Given away by her. brother. i|


bride, was matron-of-honout. Miss M. Cockshutt, sister 'of the bride, 'was bridesmaid, and. Miss M. E. Cockshutt. niece of the bride, was the small attendant, 'The two senior attendants were attired in ankle-lepgthi gowns df dusky-pink moss crepe;' trimmed with silver beadk,’ and had navy straw pictuile hats trimmed with pink flowers and veiling. They carried shower bouquets of • sweet peas. The smaU brides- ^ maid wore a white satin dress ‘ and a pink floral headdress, I and carried a posy, of foses- i buds and forget-me-nots.- ]


Mrs. A. Eccles. friend of the


Greenwood, ,cousin of the ; bridegroom, and the, groomk- ■ man was Mr. M.' Seed. ,,


The best man was Mr. P. S. ;


sung, Mr. Lawson being the ■ organist.


hymns “ 0 Perfect Love ” and ; “ The King of LoVe were ^


During the cer'efnony,.. th!e ' : ]


Black Bull Hotel, Riiriington. i Mr. and Mrs. WIseman left for a honeymoon In the Western ■ Highlands of Scotland, the ^ bride* wearing a turquolsb- i blue costume .with white ■ accessories. On their return. ; they wUl live at 1, RydaT- I place, Chatbum. ■:


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photographic records of the scene had been made,'the body was bamied by polled officers up the slope to Sandy-broiv, and ;takem by ambulance I-to the mortuary at Caldbrstohbs Hospital.,


After full examination ahd Among the wedding gf'ts '0 A reception was held at ;he


Womaii'S Body Found At Wdll-known Beauty Spot


.rr'HE first murder, charge -heard at ClitherOe Magistrates’ Court since 19S3,| followed the discovery on S u n d ay


night of a woman’s body at a Wbailey beauty spot. • Later the same nlghtJ, a man


was detained by the. police,


' and. on ! Monday - morning, William George Warwick (41), gas works mains layer, of 2. Peter-street, : Rawtenstall, appeared before the: Clitheroe Magistrates and was remanded in custody until next I^Ionday, charged with the murder of Maria Platt, aged 40, a single woman, whose address iwas given as Lane Ends. Bacup.


body lying; on the grass about 20 yards,from the River Calder ■ n’s


Two men found the. woman’s


Whalley Police Statlori, to In­ form the police. •


connection, with the woflikn’s death. ^


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after a post-mortem examina­ tion of the body, Warwick was ^arged with the ^urder.


Early on Monday iriornlng,


, Whilst the police were milk­ ing, their invdktlgatloris, holi­ day traffic was speedirig along the Accrington rbah, 200 yards away.


Iddbn, who motored j to , spot, .was' ' the first| :.p6llci officer to go to the body, and within half-an^hour, the whole of the resourced of tfie Lancashire C.I.D. had been concentrated at Whalley. I lit was n o t ; long hefbre j an announcement was mride that a man had been detained in


Chief Superintendent


wood, and ran 400 yardk to on the edge of St.


the Hlver Calder, loff the Accrington main road a t Whalley. -


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throat and facial injuries, and It was apparent she was beyond .human .aid,” • said the' Chief Superintendent


talned was Immediately circularised, and enquiries commenced, and a short time later the accused was Inter­ cepted in Accringtbn-road, Whalley, by P.C. Crkig, and taken to ■ Whalley Police Station. 1


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: He was later Interviewed and made a statement which, said Superintendent Iddon, -It. was not His iritentlon to read •at that stage. 1 .


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Mowbray, Accrington, ! said, that at .1-80 a.51. on Monday, he cautioned and charged the accused, i He was alleged to have replied; ,“ I am sorry. I thought such a lot. aboqt her. I do not know what cam® over me to do suph a thing;”


Detective Inspector ^6. E.


tendent Iddonr Warwick was' remanded in custody luntll, next Monday.


At the request of Superljl- ' -


. In court, accused asked the magistrates for legal aid! and the .request was grante'di


Inquest Adjourned Until After


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eroe on Wednesday afternoon by the ; East Laheashire Coroner (Mr. "H. Backhouse), the cause of de^th was given by Dr. Georie Bernard Manning,; consultant] path­ ologist, of 8, Albert-road, Boltqn, who.conductec] a post- m o r t em examination, 'as “ haemorrhage from ;a com­ pletely severed .left] carotid artery and j[u|:ular veins.”


AT an Inquest on the dead woman, opened at Cllth­


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tlons w^ Chief InspectorlR. McCartney, of the: County ■


In-charge of the ijivestlga-1


C.IiD;; 'arid - other visitors i to the iSceoei iyere th^ ■ Chief- Constable I of Lancashire’ (Colonel T. E. St. Jonnston),’ Dr. J|. B. Firth, Director of the Home'Office Forensic labora­ tory at Preston, and Dr.' G |B Ma n n i n g , Home * Office pathologist, who conducted the post-mortem examination.'


body! was found. Is a well- known local beauty spot, fre­ quented by many visitors [to


The wood near which ilie


Sandy-^brow. on the Accririg- ton r^ad, arid the RiveifCalder.


‘‘IThLght A l J


Ab(lutl|er^^:Al:egei Smtement


present In the public I gallery ; wheni Warwick appeared jin! court; but I only ■ a ' fbw hy-i slanders saw the blue police; van draw up outsideithe-poiicei station. The doors were un-' locked, and while T police! officers stood round the back, of the vehicle, Warwick, hand­ cuffed to a ' detective, was' hustled out of the van and In-' to the Station.


Theire were about 50; people: ■ j i


George Warwick was called out in court, the accused.w^s, brought from the -.'cells arid ’ through a : trapdoor 'In the t centre of the courtroom, I to


When the name of ’VlUlairi' he witness, box. ^ '


.sunburnt complexion,! War-, ,wick was wearing a g(ey suit with an open-necked shirt..] :


A sturdily-bulltAnaii, abbrit 5ft. 91n, in height and with a


- siding, and Alderman r] p. Bentham) ..that Shortly! before 8 p:m, on'Sunday, Juine 1st, the body of a woman, later Identified as Maria i Platt,! a single woman, aged 40, of Lane Ends. Bacup, was found, lying face downwards In the grass In a Held on the right!bank


Chief Superintendent J. Iddon told the magistrates (Alder­ man J. H. Satterthwaite, pre-


of After reading the Charge,


the Village. I t : covers the slope! between the Itop jof


Detective 'Ihsp^btbrj Mowbfay ■was present at ’’the time .of the examination. .There were a -number pf wounds and extensive bruising- abiout' the ■head.' .■..,■ ! ]


ducted the,,, post - jmortem examination ^;bri the body Identified 1^ ■' him by Chief Superintendent J. Iddon as that , of l^arla Platt, about 11-30


Dr. Manning said iie con­ p . r a . o p Sunday.


was given hTl David Platt, loom sweeper. 21, Mersey- street, Bacup. who ssjld that at 9-45 a.m. op. Monday, he went to the'' mortuary at C a I d e r.s t twi e s Hospital, Whalley, j wherie-.hri? Identified the body lying there to Chief Superintendent Iddon as that of/-hls sister, Marla Platt (40), a single woman, a; cotton beamer, of 4, Lane Ends, Bacup.


Evidence of Identification [-


coroner said he had received notice under the Coroners’ Act that a man had appeared before CUtheroe magistrates on Monday and ! was duly charged with the murder of Marla Platt.


NOTICE RECEIVED Addressing ' the jury, the


all that was required was; to ascertain the identity of the woman and the cause ’ 1 of death.


Under those circumstances, ;,


brick. said the jury were satisfied that she was Maria Platt and that the cause of death was as given ^ by Dr. Manning. |


The foreman. Mr. G. Swar-


adjourned iuntil criminal pro­ ceedings were concluded.


The Inquest ■ was then j! i ■


Mr. -WJ -H] ' G. , Newton, Burnley, appeared; on behalf of William .George Warwick, who ? Was ! remanded for a weeli iwhen he was charged with -murder at Clltheroe Magistrates’ Court on Mon- ,day.


' ' Hprt In Fall


fields near Slaldburn, to visit a relative on Tuesday ■'q.yqri- Ing, Mrs. Winifred Lamb, of 9, Chapel-street, Slaldburn; fell and dislocated, her elbow.


■While walking through the


Royal Infirmary by Messrs. Tomlinson’s Clitheroe- ambu­ lance; and was allowed home after treatment. ,


; ' .She was taken to Blackburn £1 M eW a sM M ^ ^


From Doorstep —PANE! TOLD


proplerty of Margaret son,


and that


Clltl eroe. In


of ; ■32.


Whalley area, a t : Clltheroe Juvenile Panel, on Friday admitted being concerned to- gethjer lit stealing a £1 note a purse valued li's;,' the John-


fTWO 14-year-old hoys, both o f ; whom live In the


Parso soh-lane,


April 4th,, Margaret Johnson left her shopping basket on the’ front! step of heij house for a friend to collect. A purse, -Containing the £1 note was underneath irticles in ;he:'basket. Later, the pur£,e was found to bq miss­ ing.


ipector W; Wright said a t : 7-20 aim. on Friday,


garc en, 9-ft. j In length, separated the front c.oor ;of from the main


house


pressed regret!and to piy the money back selv-is. :


court, both - b


ooy; pro


,’s ex- oriilsed them-


pay 12s. 6d. and 12s. 6d. expenses. ;


Ei ch boy was ordered to j


offence taken into consldera- after It had been ex-


plalijied that i t oijcurred befo :e hb previously appeared befo :e the- magistrates


tion


Ti e olher boy was given a cone itlorial discharge.


To.


'Settlii Res.d


Earb;' v, Barnoldswick. Happod v; Whalley. ■yl'Ulaykbum Northern; V. Padtham,


Ribb; Grea


.Padiham -v. Read


Clith ;r.ae Wha’


RibWe Vallpy Leagu^: i .1 -•


Chatljmrn !v.' Brookiffall. Ribcl estef V. Hurst Green] Veevi rs vl Barrow Sabdi n vl RibblelC. Sales mry ,v.'W;sweIl


R bblei dalh Junior Le^ue Ay V.


miirrow’s Games RiOblesdale League


esda;e Wan. v. ClUji^rce.


ame, ! pk


couijt previously and t[) have beer that


have


placed on probation on tiine, had the present


One boy who was stited to appeared befo: e the


Inkpector Wright kald a- “She had sustained severe' 'Certain Information oh-,


riictiiired mth her festival on MbridaV


1 Slaidburn’s May


icattered Visitors iiteuh Festival


But: 2^0CU Enjoyed A Day pf Rural Pageantry


an d a deluge of rain, gave, officials] a few j anxious monie^ at Blaidburri on Mpiiday. where the annual Whit-Mon^y Mify Queph';Festival, jagearit and spoftsj were being held.


.ceremony and the beklnnlng of .he .sports, and hi ndteds' of ilsltOrs were able to take shel;er quickly In the many marjuees.., . .


fortunately, the downpour occi yred during a short' lull ■betv 'een : the c r ow n i n g


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all over, and once ag£.in the spoils field was bathed ■.in- sum hlne.;


..■Within , 20 minutes it was ' r


Slaldburn's yeaL the. Festival again attracted a huge estliiated; to be equal yeaifs record of 2,000.


OJie ) of. the highlights of


crowd, to last


bess: by ■ Slaldbum Silver und :r the leadership of


In


Clements, walked to White- holme,. a Ifo'rriier. residence of the Squires .'of thd ■ riUage, whe: 'e Miss. ;Klng-Wi: klnson dlstilbuted slxpbnce^ to .the chill Ifeh^a' cereihony which has been Ipemetuated for the past 60 years or so.


CHURCH SERYldE


serv; ce' Ip! the Parish Church which was conducted fay the Reel or, - the' Rev.- J. G. Byrnell. The preacher was Canoh C. J. Straiks, Warden of- 'Whalley Abfai y, and' the churc]h was packe^^,the._pccasloh.--'i-'-


Thiswas followed I by a


dlspiay of . sauare Anclng by the Slaldburn E.F.D.S. undir their leader, Nirs. A. Durham, In the. main) street outs: de ’ the Hark-lo-l Jouhty Hotel, attracted a huge cro'wd' of Sjiectators.


Ai Innovation this year, a


page in f procession from the Village i Hall to the sports fleldf Cin the way .to the field.


Ttls . was followed by a


on o f schoolchlldr-;n, led Band. Mr.'H.


the iriomlng, a pro-


neighbouring villages basked in the jvam suu- freak cloudburst whiC]h[Rioduced,hailstones


the procession halted at the village wajr; memorial jwhere an act,: of remembrance was conducted toy the Rector.^


of Dunsop Bridge,, as May Queen, ll[-year-old Dorothy ,Wood;. of Slaidburn, .was-


Succeeding Lois; Worswjck,


.crowned by Mrs. C.: J. StrariksV who. afterwards presented, her with a silver locket;


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attended -by Jean! NeWhoiise, Joan Lawson, Ann Taylor and Ann Oveijton, with James Ovqrton as icrown ,,be&cer, Russell Mason : as 'sword bearer, Peter Wlghtman abd Brian Nejwhouse i as i train bearers, and Sandy Greeu- wood, David, Ward,; Lavvrei -ce Roe and Michael ; Sllnger, . as heralds. B o u q u e t s were carried by] Susan Taylor- and- Anthea Kirig-Wilklnson.;


' The n t w,, Queen.! vyas


J The r e t i r i n g , , Queeh’s ■


Whitaker {was the crown bearer.


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” Flower girls .were ; Jean Lamb, All,ce iPatker, Mj.ry Wood,:'-Janet Thorpe, Yvotihe, S t a V e 1 e y arid Christine Staveley.


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girls, may-pole dances,: ajnd nursery rhymes by Slaidbum' infants, Items'-by Slaldburn E.F.D.S. and also; by^ Clitheroe St. Mary’s] G.F.S. concluded with a I Circassian circle around the; Queen and Her attendants.,;


daito^/of .the,; flowpr ],


events, races for men - arid' events forjladies and men all contributed to the success of the afternoon.


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One of tlfe highlights was a tug-o’-wgr, in widch teams from Swinton, Blackburn, Dunsop Bridge, and Slaid- burn competed. Honours went io the Dunsop Brid'e team.


adults’, events were held duiflng the afternoon,, li- cluplng the famous fell-race over a 'distance of thriee arduous miles.


Almost 50 children’s and '


presented to the winners bv thef '


btter the! sports, .prizes weire ‘


May Queen.


dancing was enjoyed on tie sports field before- a Festival Dance, to piuslc supplied oy Band, was held jn Hall.


Until 8] p.m., old-tlihe


theiHodder th^ Village


of the many helpers, under the leadership' of the Rector, the Rev. J.lG. Bymell; Mr.]J. Slnmson, hon. secretary; Mrs; H..R; Lawson, hon. treasurer, anq Miss J], Eastwood, sports secretary, pnsured that, tpe Festival mulptaihed Its repu­ tation as one of - the outstand- mg] pageants of the Bowla district.


Once again the hark wofk Conservatives* Until last i tm,o i '


V. Ribblesdale -Wan.-' e Great Harwooc. I


:such as the local'branch-of Toe H,. of I which - he :s a former | 'chairman,' the Old] People’s Welfare Com- mltljee, the Clltheroe Amateur


Operatic Sbclety, and tie Parish Church. ■


week by t ie'" local-Laboir Party.,


; , ;. r .


ent 1 will .be Mr. Jtlchard Trlraby. alsq a former Town Councillor, vfhose adoption qs. candidate was announced last


Mf.Sharpies’ Labour oppoi;- .-


Cornell at Jthe recent muni­ cipal election,, Sharpies was the leading candidate in- the defeated Conservative quaftet, poUlng a total if 2,98f votes. ] ' He Is we|il known In the town throughihls association with .various orggnlsatlors


Conservative candidate at the Clltheroe- byrelection on June 24th; Sfeeking re-election to the


Shajrples. of] Castle-street, -has accepted ai[ Invitation to' be


By-election Choice MEM^R of ClltheA fanth,'Mr. Befnard


Town Cfouncll from IS -


and their children, the' sports this year included more open events than previously stai'^d.' Children’s | races,


■ OPEN EVENTS ' ' To' cater ] for the visitors


l a d l e s ’,


’attendant |Was Maureen PiVe,[ while her train bearers were' Henry and] Allan Carr. John


STOLEN


lescaped .from a t teomandm'an jhorpe to -which'they hji ad been sent with ;a .view to j detem Inln


ifpwp CUtherog - hoys, aged 14 and


the other 13,


committed to an ' approved school;


.attended; motor the ■


•While they wq: > boys drove


clothing from vehicles.


away an unattehi In three


Insta;


re at 11 away ai; wagon', ded cah, I ihces,


! unatt inded


drove , and stole


boy also stole £il 7s. fr school.


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■Clltheroe after]] they ha'd admitted . breaking into" a store Topni at' l a Clltheroe


farm and stealing a camera and a pocket wa’ljch while oh p r 0 b a t 1 on for previous offences.


,.i ],MUST tl^ARN


discipline him. I Unless - h]e learned . discipline he -would be no good as a he could learn to be hOnest he could be somp community and trates would £ no to protect the him.


told Ithe elder boj] that some­ thing had ■ to he done to


citizen


longer have riubllc


use to' ti the ntag:


P.arkerrsald: hopi^.tof.; coming schboras a.useful [The" 'tWd " boys


mitted to, separ: schools.


j,To.;.t(he young Yoi


te app - rove 1


out- 0; worke: .were


have com


^ pillion passei Injured In acc Clltheroe last we


R o a d sh a p s A MOTOR-CYC:


'LIST a iiger


dents tend;


boy


everv _the


fron Coi.


Presiding, Col; R. G. Piarkhr


The, .bo.vs wer'e ofigjnaliv sent to a remand- home froih


at Clltheroe Juvenile Panel oh Friday by- Irikpectoh Wright, who said ,the


These facts,were revealed Whether oriiot theyshoiild he one


:mittee, Cbunclllor J. w D over the;


Improvement' s c h e m e was carried out. j - [


as Mayor, - much of. the ,


; GATHS UNLOCKED HAD


n am e s appear] on the memorial plague.


‘ main , entrance] will be closed, they iwill[ be able to


and the : Rev. Fri A. -B d’Andrla,.S;J, 1 ij:


sounding of Reveille. ; v :


by the Mayor and dedicatory ppxers^ will be said by the Vicar of Clltheroe, the Rev. S, Blrtwell, the Mayor’s . Chap­ lain, the Rev. C. J. Guildford,


LastrPost and a two minutes’ slletice will end with 'the]


Bandsmen ’Will sound '.the


-that the whole of the. Castle grounds ■afe'';'eilthe):be’s- war memorial, the ;:otber that the g.at,es and ! neighbouring gdrdeiis are a ! tribute to the meft'who lost.their lives-iri the Second World War.


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•tribute to: its] fallen-the operilttg of the Castle grounds to the publIc--about 800 ex4


servlfcemen took | part In the eferemony.:;. | : [


nd were near


, The motor-cyc 1st, _____ .Harrison (44). a faijm labqurei of Main-street suffered ! severe when he was thrptjm froth machine at Gisbufn on -Sunb day evening. He was tak into Blackburn Royal Infirpary .after medical att^iiition.


Th oma hl^


‘ The pillion pas^epger, (tlauji Armstrong (81), bf 118, Bel- fleld-road. Accririgton,- fell. from the motor-djjcle he was riding near the Spread-flagle Hotel, Barrow, on Saturday afternoon. He -was taken, to Accrington Victoria Hospital, j


response' ■ for : Ithls year’s ceremony, will.'he. equally, as good a-hd all ex-servicemen of the ) last eWar :. and also the 1914-18 war. are Invited to walk In the oro'cesslon.


i t ' Ja. :, hoped that the “MISADVENTURE”


ipOLLOWING ah accident ini •*• Accrington-rbad, 'Whalley,' a fortnight ago. In which a 44-; year-old cyclist iwas thrown from his machine after a col-! llslon with a ] motor-cyclist,! the cyclist, Frank Brady, of 19, Bacuprstreet, Bury, died in hospital. '


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negligent In any way,” the East Lancashire ! Coroner, Mr: H." Backhouse, ! said at the Accrington Inquest, yesterday- week. A verdict of “Mis-! -adventure "was-recorded.,


“ No one had been criminally!


MIXED WEATHER KEPT HOUOAfMApRS AT HOME


A LTHOUGH the sun was by : ho meaqs totally absent,


showers - ahd thunderstorm^ made many Clithbroe people make this Whitsuntide |i “stay-at-home holidky.” Roaq and rail services-reported that traffic -ivas a little below thfe averkge Whitsuntide,” thp chief reason being" the un'r certain weather'. | I "


j ad


dale countryside of spent q few pleasant .hours In the villages, . . .


]:,


who had spent Sunday In- Whalley or ln the sUrroundlng countryside, were!!, shocked- when they read In their news]- papers the follov?te morning of the tragedy dlscqvered near the .village the previous eyenf ing. ! A 40-yeartold Bacup woman was found dead with throat and face injuries in a field near the RIvjer Caldef. The spot Is part of a! stretch of the ■ river bank which Is a favourite venue -ishh vlsltorq to the village.


] VISITORS LEFT


befbre the news of the tragedy became, generally known, arid they were .mostly] local resf, Idents who witnessed . the . arrival .at Whalley jPollce Staf tlon of the police lehiefs anq


Most of the visitor's had lef


detectives engaged i bn ' th? case. ' ^


side on half-day trips, but the doubtful weather Kept manj from patronising these excuri- slons.v'an official at Railway ' .Stat ion'


Many people visited the seaf . ■ j ■:._ ■ .v; ^j.' Hundreds of hoUdaymaker?'


visitors streame4 ]' into thq Kibble Valley by I]’bus, car, cycle and on foot. Many, braving Intermittent showers, rambled round tie Ribbles­


Nevertheless, thousands of


“ Advertiser and .Times” reporter, on Tuesday. Traffic


for the week-end trips, how­ ever ,h%d been good,, he added.


was how an official at Rlbble Motor Services’ Clltheroe depot described -the Whitsun­ tide traffic. Trips to York, Harrogate: and ! Windermere had been well patronised, as had those to New Brighton land Southport] | Generally, however, holiday traffic had been less than last year, he "said. .' ] . . ■:.j'


! For those who did not go away, local cricket clubs had ah attractive list of fixtures, apd many people! took advah- ta'ge of this, Whalley having one of.their best “ gates" of the season for! their match with Read. on Monday.


POPULAR FEATURE


;] The ' Slaidbufn v i l l a g e festival Is always a popular feature of the local Whitsun­ tide scene: and Ithls year, as usual, there was la large num­ ber bf visitors tb! witness the country dancing I outside the picturesque Hark] to Bounty Inn. The; village] spor,ts,' too; were popular with .visitors,', many of whom had made- the journey by [bus oyef the fells. .


•Clltheroe land, district' had! balloted tb work! the Tuesday of their Whitsuntide holiday this year in brdei: to make up for the; day granteq to make up the ektra holidays In the summer. There- was a full turn-up for work; the mills repqrtlng ‘‘no absenteeism.”•


It was back to ^ork for most people on -Tuesday, as mills'In


’holiday, arid the fine weather attracted many ! visitors to the Rlbbh Valley] ’buses to- : Clltheroe being crowded.


For some. Tuesday was a ' . coiujrise) “ A little below'the average”


D O N T Y O U R


, ' I L L W i r e of .V* ,!


On the. last I occasion that Clltheroe .jpaid a similar


Castle g r o u n d s , bronze plaques will be'fixed to each gate post. These will bear the town’s nety coat-of-arnisl One plaque will aimounce


, BRONZE Pi |aQUES '! !. At th e . entrance to . thei


h ome -ovvnersMip ^ITH THE HELP C f | THE HALIFAX


If you are contemplating the ;>urcha: e or the building of a house] call at the nearisi offi :e of the Halifix


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t)p send foij a copy of “A Hnnie of Your Own” ai d learn how the World’s Largest Bui ding.Society c n assist ydu to:become a HomejOwr er.


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Loeil Agents: STEELE, Barclays Ban|k!Chambers. e.lKlti! Office hours;] ’Tuesdays'atid


to 5-30 p.m. -^1 OFFKt . I


Accoilnt. Books, Analys Ordprj Eooks, M Boo Lever Arch and Flat liiles, Pi Machiaes, Rubber p amps,


s Bcioks, Duplicate cs, Receipt ^ooks, ; aches. Stapling i Stamp Pads.


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ADVERTISER & ^6, MARKET PL


TIMES OFFICE CLUHEROE


ASSETS EXCEED £177,000,000 URGESr iN Tripjvonte f o r :


Fr:


With the singing of.a! hymri; A short address will^be given


be In attendance and the uni- Iwill begin


. terrace of: Woonfe-Iane. iCjitheroe Bopugh Band will


•Adpnee of ! the cefemptayl ; Although the gatef^Jt'the


td tkkg - their] pKces -Iri f


-enter the grounds by ariy of the other three fentrarices— at ParsonrlaneJ JEshton-


: ] 48, WHALLEY RD.


I i; iii ill-I « !l|[ 34; GASTLE ST.


‘ • -PHONE-483- ' • Established: overl 70’years. \BRING\ YOUR SHOE REPAIRS-X FOR BETTER l RESULTS.


' relatives of ] those whose


Tickets'wili be issued to to. enable thein


unlocked and ' opened the gates, the procession, will con­ tinue .to the' Igafden of remembrance,; -where places reseyved for .the


After Aldefmari Cook has


¥ayor. -Alderman fl. til whpse year of. office


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Procession And


Service Will Mark Castle Ceremony


'J'HE (fficial opening:of the ^ new main entrance to Clitherce Castle grounds and


the. subpquent unveiling of a plaque |at the cenotaph; irt memoryi-; of thdse Clithef- onians Who lost their lives!in World .TVacII, wlD take place on Saturday, July 5th.


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cillor^ a[nd Mrs; IF. bu^ale Council


A pr|)cesslori, Jed -by the rMayoress, Coun­


Town hall, I and- walk up


ROSALIAJD^ LOLLABOU T<T'-"r,- r-


walking days,


carefree wear -wilih appeal.. Your foot Is toned In ;perfect; 'bo:. The hovel , slde-bucL wrap-over cuff flatters foot.; In suede trimmed calfp or in all calf.


A Iqyely LoUabout for styled


PAT No; 627W1,


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Cljtheroe. Advertiser 1 & Tiihes, June 6, 1952 O iW " a/y\j iiiecMUYiA


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