Textile Sti^dent’s


Holiday Was Spent In Swedish Mill


a Swedish I woollep mill, was Mr. Brian i Hamilton, son of Mrs. L. Hamilton, of 16a, King-, street Clitheroe. jVIr. Hamil­


■RACK hdtne in Clltlieroe last y week-end, aftelr spending nis summer holiday; at work in


(^LlTHEBOa by somqlj


ton has 1 returned from Kristianstad, Sweden, where he has been gainiifg practical knowledge: of the textile trade.


College ofi,Technology, where he has been studying for the past two yfears, Mr, H^mllipn


A student at the Manchester


went to Syfeden w|th another student and spenti about; two months worklng.ln the woollen mill—one of the nfost modern In the country. ,


He has i returned -home


greatly impressed ,by all that he has seen during his'stay in Kristianstad, and, ihe told art “Advertiser and Times- reporter oh Monday that he hoped to spend hls‘ holidays In Sweden again nexf year. He found the people extremely hospitable: and anxious to make their guests feel gt home.'


: . ; lvi0TDE|RN BUILDINGS Krlstiahstad, heisaid, had a


population ,of 25,000 people and consisted , mostly- of modern bulldlngsl with the older structures I of Danish architecture. The , sfre'ets* were'very wide and in keeping with the igenefall lay-out of the town, -which h ^ plenty of open spaces and.'parks-where the children could play in safety and adults take their leisure. |


for their personal cleanliness and for their airy and well- kept homes,-. mpst of which consisted of modern flats. The quantity. and quality of the fopd was at timeis overwhelm­ ing to one accustomed to the more austere fare of England.


The people wefe remarkable ENGLISH DIALOGUE


who stayed with! a Swedish family, visited i the ' cinema several times, and found: it amusing when they laughed at fuhny -rtoarks in the dia­ logue.' whfch- was in English; while many of the Swedes had to' Walt until tlfeiSwedlsh sub­ t i t le sw e r e shown before appreciating the I joke.


Mr. Hamilton arid his friend, ; Tliey found plenty to inter­


est them' in thelir work as well as in their relaxation. They worked in the varfpus depart­ ments, connected I with weav­ ing, andi when the mill was closed for the ;hollday period they; spent the whole time do­ ing maintenance fOT^


Royal' Grammar ISchool, Mr. Hamilton worked^ for, ' four years atf^Utlmroel-Shirtlngs at Grlhdletoh. in;the evenings he attended night school, i and for three years ilh- succession gained . .first plaice; in ' the examinations for the whole of the -Lancashire |and Cheshire


An old boy jdf Clitheroe


Institutes. I . 5 . i .


a scholarship to ; Manchester, where he hones |tP gain his B.Scl He Will 'continue his studies there for a further, two fears.


His success qualified him for Bo wlzuid Offence


street, . ;C o 1 n c and two brothers,' Frederick Petty 120) an d Albert Petty (25), labourers. 47, Glenroy-avenue, Colne, were, in their absence, each fined £1 by Bolton-by- Bowland magistrates, sitting at Grindleton oii Monday, on summonses of being suspected of coming from, land where \ they had been jin unlawful pursuit of g2me. . ,


A N. i 18ryear-old soldier, i Ernest Lowe 12, Watkin-


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son told the Bench that on Sunday,; August I 2nd, as a result.of Information received, he stopped, the' three men on the Gishufn-Hellifleld road, a mile - from Gisburn. They were in possession of four rabbits, 17 nets,; two ferrets


Giving evidence, P.C. Meg- and two, dogs, i


V In .letters to the court, defendants pleaded guilty,.


OUR COUKTRYSlDE


snatc'hed so it i seems from summer, I have a charm difficult


to describe. But; I' am convinced that the .true appeal lies somehow in . the ' quiet i mellowness, of maturity.


I


Like most other months. ISoP-' tember and October can. be very


Iflckle arid after -the heavy .delligp at the beginning of the month, we were given - a foretaste -of autumn’s gra!ndeur, Ar walk­


through Brungerley ■ Park held many delights, ! The robin - pro­ vided the only bird song. Blacks birds -were buspy' scouring, the, undergrowth fpr a tasty morsel and a few pairs Of nervous, red­ polls searched -the seed heads of the knapweed.- What a change from those, days of sumjner when only a, few weeks: ago bird song came from every tree arid in-,, numerable insects, produced a- continuous droriej - amongst the flowers. 'Now: all ithat'has given way to a strange silence.


QUIET waterways


•watcher.. 'The- summer visitors have ! gdnp ] and! . - the .-winter migrants wifi not arrive in any numbers until the ! last. -ddys, of the' month;". Ih ! spite bf this.


ceptionally' quiet ijust ndw, and even the large stretches of water have little/ 't’ci attract the bird


-The: waterways too are ex­


TPHE occasional sunny days of yhowev», September a r i d O c t o b e r , (-a'watep


, rare, vagrant.


for it active unique


! -So a;ter an absence .of several weeks |l . thought a' -Visit to my favourite-stretch of water long overdu !.-. -'Although there , was little-'c f,'impoftance to observe, .the, fresh;,,early mommg scene and . the-autumnal silence c6m- ,0 make. a very] 'enjoyable Three . weeks ago .the


bined journeji. great ing tw


Evidently - the other ; pair had. gone to their winter quarters by the coast, i . ■


selves, prised young


to see one- adult and one still in the' vicinity.


VERY SCAR|DE >


niostly females, show no sign, of leaving,' aridno doubt will remain and-be joined-by others.- The mallarls ori my last Visit were Very scarce, with odd: birds-fre- quentiig ■ the shallows. , N0-w there IS a noticeable increase and 'a'- gctril .^sized party were busily lip-endlng Jiist , by, -the i-ushea.. Like the tuftbd -duck, the drikes have not assumed full plumage.-


A dbzen- [or more tiifted duck, youngs ters.: Both at ithat time


were papab'e of feedmg ithem- I was -therefore, very sur-


crested grebes were feed- 0 I fine and alnibst mature


Leaving ViBage P.O. After 50 Years


: AFTER nearly 50 years in - ^ charge of the post ofilce and general store at Bashail Eaves. Mr. and Mrs.; David ■Willson pave retired td Clith­


eroe, leaving: behind them a flhe rgcord-; of- service! to the vllldge and surrounding area;.


the store, Mr. 'Wilson acted as village iwstmaster and post­ man, delivering letters in the area until hp was 76. |


;In addition to looking after (ibniftruc^ii Tlian


prises ip.-the district; was 'to collect ^ggs,. butter and other farm produce in the I White- well area-arid sell them in East ijanca'shlre. He'' made his rounds by horse apd trap, going put in all sorts of weather. Yet he never had an iUnCss.


One o f - his - early-i enter­


ORE housing accommoda- ■ tion is at present under


J: ,;"


iMr.;'arid -lilfs. -'VVilsbh have been amenti, workers' at the village. ; Methodist |Chapel, a'ctlng -as ! caretakers ; arid taking a leading part in the Work of - the church, i For i33 years lifr. Wilson Was organist and also an official!of the chapel


Cha b u m Vicar^g New Parish


rirHE'Congregation oif Cihat- burn' Parish Church were


told onj Sunday by the Vicar, the Rey. Edward Wynne, that Ife had accepted,the invita­ tion- of! thd Bishop .of .Black­ burn (t)r. IV. M. -Askwlth),-to become] Vicar of .St. Gabriel’a Church!, Blackburn. He will siicceecj the-j Rev. G. D„ Pratt; who is going to St., John’s. Sandylbnds, iMorecdmbe.


-graduating ; at 'St.- ' David’s Coliege,] Lampeter. He spept eight'years in Wales, first , as Curate I pf Hr.vriibo, Wrexham;


and 4t- Welshpool! Parish Churcljj


Parish ! Church a s ! Hulme Lecturw, and while in Bolton was T(jc'H Padre.


In lk 7 he went to Bolton \


February. 1950, and! it -was througp his efforts that the now popular annual Rose Queen Festival, which has so far never ;failed to attract less than 1,000 people, was started;


He camei to Chatburn id ,j ! i '


Wynne!] was also In charge of the organisation of a bazSar at Chatbum, which last year raised £ i ;000 for renovations to the phurch and the Church


An ■ energetic worker, -Mr.


Institute. ' It ■


interest in local sport and is the chairman of the cricket and football clubs apd pf the Playing Fields Committee.


.He |has- taken a keen ,


- Mrs.! Wynne is the enrolling member of the Mothers’ Unlori,i arid each year has been responsible for design tag thfe costumes and dresses for the Rose Queen Festival.


An-thopy, aged 10, i who is attending: the village school and Geoffrey, - who' will he startlrg'a'tithe school at the


T h e y ' have, two sons,


end o : tills month when he celebrates'his fifth birthday.


to Blackburn has not yet been decided.


The date I of 'their departure j S l o w DAYS SlW CH to


•s at this seasori that the I the. past! few [years it !has only b®®!’.


it is always best to keep iful eye on suph places,


observer , may ] have the i experience of ] seeing a


Airiother uijiusual visitor rin thesb parts is the coot.!.' During


this isblitary bir-d has been here ;a couple of m|)nths. . | ;


Jate February, but LIliTLE GREBE


|turn! -of- the -little, grebe or dab- ;chick, but whether!my powers of iobservation are on the-wane, or I'this] particular bird: 'was more- cunning than -will inot say.


I -{vas very glad to see the re-


its predecessors, I But: after Ispotting


! the; grebe will take a diye and ! surface a, good distance away. In spite of my precaution and -a good -ten minute: search there ' was no sign of the dabbhick.;


cover and never for a second took j my ! eyes off the. surrounding


water. For as you probably know,


! Musing to myself as T crossed : the' nearby gully a hidden sibat 'spat defiance, at my intrusion. I


lUVS TE PIEO (RBEUBR IMRGAE) MA O


! papsed for' a! few moments in order to test the. pugnaciou';


' ’ ',!■


■ sph;it of this! small] bloodthirsty fellow-, but my presence did not ly any means:quieten or frighten .herlittlu'brute.


PEKTO E' IKENL UH F BOT DC TRA IUQ O TU UK DUNLOP


[Within twenty I yards as;'the grebe ieyed me intently from !-the wispy 'rushes near -!the Lwater’s, edge, j jsuddenly it disappeared.' I took


-this; delightful diver [ near' the -water’s edge. I at on.ee dbmded to iget-ri little hearer to: obtain a better view. ! I managed to get


H o m eM e r E n t b i^ c e c , Wilson and their se'ven- rHEN Mr a andj Mrs. ^E.


.road,']-eiitHeroe, for a fort- nlghtls motor cycle tour to Austria, ithey] little, thought it


Would be almost two months !-they saw! Cllthefoe


before akainl


and .had reached iRelpis, in France,; when Sandra j was taken ill and had to enter hospital; It i was not iuntll six w!eeks later that 5he|.was well [enough' to leave, i and during that time her iparents stayed In the! homes of French people, who!.provided meals and other facilities.


|The family set out in; July '


Mrs. Wilson -have nothing but p r a i s e for the' warm hospitality and ! friendship


! Home In ciith'eroe, Mri and


exterid^to -them during llieir enfoiic^ stay, while Sandra, riow.!maktag steady progress towards] recovery,,retains the rpempry; of having spent her, elghtri birthday in a French hospital.


' i ! By NATURALIST


yea'r-bld: daughj^r. Sari'd'ra,. left their home in' PJmllco-


Chaplajiri for Youth In the. Whalley D e a n e r y , irid Dlocesari Organiser for the Soclety'|for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, was ordained 14! years ago at, St; Asaph l ie a t h e d r a 1, after


Mr. Wynne, who Is Bishop’s


construction in CUtheroe: than at,: I any ' tim4; -in the ; town’s KisWy. ! The total 'of 133 dwellings ' ripvy, Beingi! built includes IS^ hpuses;'^^4 and 36 bungalows.


i


will be completed this: yeat and -it is expected" that 31 houses on ..i th e . -Hayhurst- street sife will also be, 'com­ pleted before I the end of. the yetr^ ' '• '


!i?he '44 fiats at .;Low: Moor '


street .end of I LOW- Moor, were handed over, last week;, and a further


The 'first -four'of -the'.flats being' b u i l ta t


nearing completion. and are ea ir lefllier th ; i 's week. ! Others are four-.Iwere the ! Nelson- occupied


expected'- to i be ready- for handing over within the next fortaiight or BO.-


I INTERIOR At the Queen-strdet' site at


Loyi M]oor, 22 houses Iri'three -blocks 1 of sik land- two, pairs, are, pfoceedirig satisfactorily apd tradesmen.‘are-now at work ph th e ' tateriPfs.-


further ,31 houses ,i at the Hayhiifst.- street site;: was started;' last;; October and st;eadjf progress has : been nialntalried. . It IS. hoped tha; quite.] a: number, of., thesi houses '.will:, be ready , for occupation before the . winter Sets in..:


I : 0 ; !


a i local builder has: started ,on t h e '-! construction : o f i -'36 bungalows for the Corporaf tlbii. [Here, too, satisfactory progress is being made.


lAt the bottom of Henthon|: :Work on the. erectiori- of .d


SawleyAccidbiit i '■ ■ ' ■ , ■


-sticker, !. WatertPlace, Shade; near i Todmorden, .- at Bolton- b'y-Bo w 1 a n d I .Magistrates] Court , on Monday on sumr morises of driving a motor cycle'In, a ’manner dangerous to the public; and driving w i t h o u t due care! and attention. , . . '


-^larid a motor cycle on the Clitheroe. side Of the bottom of Sawley Brow in May resulted in the iappearance of the motor -.cyclist; Leonard Howarth (31),'


AN accident, between a car t u n c ti on :


county solicitor, prosecuting, said that on Sunday,] May 17th, the defendant ! was driving his motor eyefe to­ wards Gisbum; and that he overtook another motor-cycle as he approached. a taend. Defendant, alleged, Mr. Shu-w, then collided with a'motor car travelling in the opposite d Irp ct 10 ri.


■Mr. C. Shaw, West Rldirig COWMAN


WISH ' TO THEIR CO^TI


damage was vehicles.


done, to both ' |


Consldhrahle '


Edward Cyril Bourns, 1^,


Breridale - avenup, Magull, said : he was travelling to­ wards ‘ Glltheroe arid had just overtaken two cybllsts, riding one' behind thp pther, when he saw defendant coming ta the opposite direction. He kept' to his own 'side of the road; but there was a collision; defendant striking his near


side wing. '] :|


Terence Markhairi, Whalley Old-iroad. Blackbpi/n, said he thought. -that Hpwarth wasi going too fast for|the type of* bend.


j ]] '' “TOO 'f a s t ’’ . ■ lorie of the cy cl is ts- .


o I Examined by Mi|. W-. Foster, ! ;'


f Sklpton, d e f e n d i n g , Howarth, who wa^ allowed to sit while he gave evidence because' of his injury, said that! his wife was. on the. pillion, and his sjieed at the time' was ,about 30 m.p.h. He alleged that the . car had come over the wlilte line. '


iAddresstag the-'Bench, Mr.


Foster said the defendant had been taking care, but the car had! been “ straddling ’’ the middle of the road.')-Howarth


had been driving for 13 years without previous! conviction, arid had "been off! work since May . as a ,'result, of the


abcldent. iThe case was- dismissed. ; J. . ,


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signal the occupation of the first of Clitheroe Corpora­ tion’s newly ! completed flats at Low ! Moor. Thp, i first tenants moved in la s t ; week, and Will bo followed by others as I the remainder of the 44 flats reach completion.! i The flats ‘ are the first of i Jtheir type , to bft Jiullt in the i town, aW " wiU iVesiilt in a useful feductioni of the hpiising waiting:list. - ;


Curtains at the wmdows /f; ,


•places.' one in that the I rooi which is chE^ncei'


now ; awaited, but in - the meiintime- a Ciltherpe firm of builders engaged to under- Will erect, side and in order made on


Tlhe report of the] expert is


takje the repairs scaffolding both , u outside the church that a starti can be in^ -worK.


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guttering was erected on, the outside of the'. building.'. as water !■ had for some years prCviolisly been, running .into the fabric of ‘thcr building. While: the^-water had' b'eCtt seeping though, the dry! rot had«; been, kbpt - ;away,: s but when the wood had dried,out the rot had begun to set in.


About 18 moriths'fd'gO; hew ■! b ^ R ALTMt '


tubular-steel sCaflomlng down one side of, .the.clurch land over the alta'r, and also on thA exterior- of thej left-hand side of the, building,, in order to ] get ,to the. under bodrds and wall plates, ! -


ijt is' proposed t o , erect


ing ]the scaffolding next week. The roof of ariolhef Clithr


It is hoped to begin erect­ eroC' church, St. James’s, Is


also In need of repair. A special drive is to be made by] the Rector, the Rev. A; Lord.: to raise the money necessary: to meet the cost] of re-slatingi


Is engaged on' cbnstruCtlrig a- scale model of' the' church,' and this will | be used to] encourage peopl eto contri­ bute towards th^rrOof fund.


the foOf.' , - i At the iriom'erit, the' Rector!


raised .towards] the £ 1,000 needed to ineet the cost of


the repairs. Abo'ut £130 has so far :bee.-i'


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-games were' the champio| time since ]l9 iMgue presid CUtfieroe epri issue with la I


by. the Clithi C.'E. Mussbh.' the -.captainl! their success' reference to Entwistle an. leading fact| success this &


The, presidi


he had pres: Chaitbum-roi ' Clitheroe. occasion had he thought: trophy had [Cl eroe, after a Mr. ’ Ramsbo' the team oh the excellent had shown. ;


'Mr.' Ramsbi The capta;


expressed! h:' team - had bringing ! th' Clitheroe absence. A[ |U doubtedly dup] team spirit a] also made ]a he said.


ANOTH


season has, largely insplr Entwistle a! enthusiastic


Wlrile Cli


'their last had another demolish R!.,. jng ease and'. finish. as chi biggest win


The facto[ opening stt


j 27 not out.,


■ -winntag tot'a, a wicket.' |S played some and firm ijii his back fOp' in a grand while Will thmg more role with j


Southworth, ciptain, an himself the Clitheroe op one of two ,l pionship sid which 'theip take a back vided a w sharing in I f tag stand o vious best | 51 between J. Crabtree enabling Cji'


j The game tional stait first six wi


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haUe FiL^


WHALLEl they bl


By sharing I ship of 1167 scason-|.R.i Tattcrsall ,,, Daagnifitcnti Whallei ijil eight wicke|


But for-^


they had,.' games !of i |


-■'With the r^ the seasoriI bottom; | po|


last - yerir.' In a, matj


batsmtaj


.(52), hridii tions by ith| .(30), rind , .Whal


ieng bow Bar


-Bu bin , . -rs and [ oundaries |


fries a.) yriub!


indl lleir


Wl)aliey's. - —while iXa in a| supij attractive , fell at ll6:'. but Whalll without fu partners ii[ not o]ut) I reaching ■two. I '


. 30; L. pu| •greayes p: Extras lil; ,dec. 149.; j


-Wallbank b Holt 52; 2; K. Ric grearles |l3


Esrby. -


■ BowUrig: Bowman greajes j 1 bank Sta


-Whallej-fl


■bury 82; Dux 26; Toll


-bury Holt 1 for


ably placedl at 149] j) fprT a- soun ! „„di ha


might -welli! for chknfipl notablcj !arly ,h]i |lhij has been tion of] qiari


' stand of 12 score ha when. Boitq. but the inril to destructi' the remdini


I The one ' though 1 matters, beautifully ball from quent resist to the Rea who domi:


' two overs, a for 66. Dy; mcludedja


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