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C.R.G.S. ACTORS TURN BACK, THE CLOCK 1


I '.


/And Sh3w The Unimportance bf Being Earnest


TPLEVEN young heads which are daily-adorned by (the; ■ distinctive bkdge of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School,;:, wore a more flajnboyant uniform on Tuesdayinight. School


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boater and the age.


caps were replaced by the elegant tonopr, the radish oU j ♦h.v ostrich-feathered finery of a more; gracious


I And from y o u t h f u l


wit, as demonstrated by these e l e v e n boy,actors in a / stylish, beaiitifuily-staged production of “ The Importance of B'^g|.^afhesf,’’ sprinw^ perhaps, jfrom an appreciation of the. supfmfe unimportance of being earnest. , :


epigrams of a language that-.wgs completely/^^atch^ the ostentati ious! comedic language i)f Oscar Wilfle/ whose


lips fell the highjyrpolished ------ ■—


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Is no secxet:,of the; success- '


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• SOCIETY DRAGON ;


. MarshaUed by d 17-year-old boy who sank his identity in a devastating portrayal of militant femininity in the role of Wilde’S ; immortal society dragon, Lady Brack­ nell, this boyish bpst naviga­ ted 'a flo^ng strpam. of 'rilt with ah assurance [that belled their years. The reward, both for them


producer and headmaster, Mr. Laurence Hardy,' Who so expertly plotted their course, 4s the delighted reactions of the hundreds of [people who are crowding to capacity each


for the


decor which was used in a professional version - of the


of six perfprmancps. Three sumptuous settings,


. fils produfctloh a treat for the 5 6:


There coiild '1)6- ho; higher-


this week. A- first- on Tuesday


vintage..oomedy- bore.a freShhess as Invigorating as 'Wilde’s om epigramipalic style.


his' guidance^ th ^ t , tpis


.geritte chaxm, it exuded the yery air. of gracious,!.weU-mann^ed, and slightly pointless diving, that Wfde:6UCceeded,so;,briJllantly: in


capturing. ■; ■


. Bpfear in the-play,- .Wk.ite ^selected five as the principal purveyors of his verbal mischief.


, Of . the eleven characters who ■ ■ ’ ACTING HEIGfiTS '


concentrated on -this .wordy quintet .led;, in thisi productlon. by the Society’s ■'.'veteran,’’:',17- year-old Richard [Cowman, whose triumphant :success [in -the role bf, the august Lady BiBrackhell; was; -a revelation [of the . acting ; heights Society scales so Ostrich feathers •rolled umbrella rampant, and


interest' is .-therefore ’ largely


which , this f nimbly.


lU'tterihg,


peering lorgnette-at -this: talented. yqunr


Clitheroe playgoers for a long time to come, and, jl indeed, in.


of natal woe, will remain with actions'' to Mr. 'Wori- ri


of “his ' '


Ammor-tai part Bracknell. b It spokei volumes for the even


every scene, his speech, gesture and immaculate timing cap­ tured the.; very essence 'Of the be-Bkiited battleship; that; Wilde created .when -he i


this memorable study riid not overshadow other cbntributions. Rather did It lend added empha­


alance of the production that


sis' to the general excellence'; of t individual portrayalk such as


play In Manchester recently, and period costumes, make MEMORABLE |DEBGT


eye as well as thelear; but [the r Inclpal lesson i this;, epm- p '.ny Imparts is that versatil­ ity and Imaginative producr tlon know no age limit.


■' BIG DEMAND


tlon of the Society ..has been biiilfri-a . reputation now so wNI established that weeks before the annual production Is.staged, every- bbokablejseat has been eagerly acquired. Visitors making I their first; acquaiii|tance with the Society this .week will quickly under­


On these factor^ the reputar


John Worthing, arifi Noel;-E. Kbrshaw as- his . friend, . the engaging Algernon Moncriefi.


hose of James E. -Wilkinsoni as


wrote 'the 'of Lady


the part, ;fronr the time, he biiyst ■majestically .into view at tne very beginning of the play. The memory


1 F.Q-.«+• ifhli .•TPflrfV. ______ ___________ 'm


'Yorthing’s tale outraged re-


the !reajly, actor lived


ivBeailtlfuUy spokerii, delight-, fuHyi mounted in,;;settings jof


; ; ■ ■


pretatiop' It ;received -from, these ;young ;.actors and., ."actresses.”


•It is a--tribute do dhe skill of. the, producer and-,the-ability of ,th^,


• land


,.the, loudest laughs , .of": 'the: '■'evsnmg, heralded ithe'entrancciof' ■the Rev. Oanoriv- Chasuble,a country - cleric,of ponderous, yet likeable^, proportions; excellen’tly


was:;Robin'.; mfcer'st-telling, little cameo of tie anxioUs, ' i)Trd-llke Miss'Prism,: Cecily’s governess,' arid the culpri'c. It transpires, of Mr. Worthing’s •SOjourn -ln a handbag. Here wasaconfl.dently- drawn portrayal;. of slightly- withered spinsterhood. Oiie -'uf


itherAiS.prent'colour than that the-two ■


previous; characters, ’ House iolders Rei A:


•played:by -Frank Wilson:;.'First-, ra'te- 'Use ..of -toake-up -assisted - him,' but i It Was ;:to his .' own confident aotmg that credit for thri success of the -p^ is- due. ; -jlhe V' dignity' . of ■ Algernon’s manserVarit, Lane,! was, neatly captured by John L- Wilkinson, . whose copfldent,:. pleasing, style and clear; , diction, merited, the


smaller parts as ,a whole was continued ! by John M


scope of a more rewarding: role, while'' the ■PV


____ __ -exP^illA - cel ence ' o


Worthing’s ' butler, .Memman. Roger H. 'Bellis, 'as 'a' footman, and Bryan, J. Marshall, as Lady Brackrjell’^‘m a i d . , ;


(deputising' at short notice for Michael ;D.


FINE; PIMliiuCTION


flaws, - .the hallmark. of. first-rate, production, that.is -the .secret of this Sbeiety’s'^-resounding success, was' betrayed ■ in ■ evbry 'line of dialoguev and every g^Ure Not only: as Sn :outstonding


players mbVed'with such elegant,: success through at smooth pro­ duction, unruffled by first-night


But though-.. , these - young


example of the standards t-iait ' can be attairted By a .company of


bring. ; ' '


trifling detail; whether it be the arrangchi'erit''bf. fib’weisi.ln an ornamental vase,, the angle:at which a hat is to be worn, or l the inflection needed 'to point a


. R's attention to the ■ most . :


oflthine, is e-vident in every moment d e play, and'the result is as vistinguished, as anV bf his »fe-


I


goers are Still-further indebted to. his craftsmanshin' as the result of this polished pro­ duction.


ibus successes. i-OUtheroe play­


scenes was carried out bv Mr. N.l D. Moodv .apd ;-Mr.. K. A.


Panter. stage, 'managers. ■


j BEHIND THE SCENES Valuable, work bebihd the


were ass'Sted by W. G, Altham, G.; B. Atkinson- J. A. Brobks. 'C. Wi CanAick. J. Ferguson. N.


w.io


Mvers. E; W. Eamsha'w, W. G. Hale, ,1 A.[Beilis. -K. P.;5tand-


rine. 'F. Lancaster. M. Calow.'. P. ffm'th. F. Ireland. ,B. Sharpies, J. ; Hanson. K. Veevers.' and q. Bridge. The duties of house ■manaser 'were f'llfilled by Mr.-R.. I Rav. and of business menager by.-Mr. J....A.: Barnes- Mr. G. Bijoeden had charge , of the lighting.: arrangements,


make-up was by Mr. J. Douglas ^ G.B.C.


.and


arid. Mr., Hardy. , :j


'no less ; Complete, for here .-'iA a n o t h e r extremely versatile young actor with stage presepce and a capacity, for characterisa-


' aughter flowing easily, and ithe


tlott- well beyond his riiariy ' wi’tty, 'lines, l arid clearly spokeri - r - —


stand how such ' popiiHrity has been attained, for they are as completely, at home In the high society of Wilde’s flowing wit as they were last


year in the modfern farce of “The Happiest Ijays of Your Life,” of the year before that in the muddy [trenches of


“ Journey’s End.” '.The Importance: bf Being


Earnest,” In coinmon with much that was written for the 19th: century theatre, is a play in which words ■’------ moreL lihportant Unlike plays of day, which are audiences wiho granted that


greasepaint 'can] mix, WUde dramatised hls I wit for a public that was Willing If not anxious to accept the theatre,


take it for blood and


as something habpily divorced frnm Ufa


from Ufe. THE SEPRET


1


survived? It bristles with artlfilclality; in; setting and style It :1s vqry much a period: piece; And yet it con- ■tihues - to flourish While .fts. contemporaries ! have long since sunk Into oblivion. The secret of Its survival lies In the Wilde clothed unexceptional


How, then has; Wilde’s play


wit! with which nn amusing yet


hf leisure, Mr. J.bhn Worthing, Whose prospects of marriage to [the daughter of a titled lady of rigid [ protocol are dimmed, by the fnystery which surrounds'his ojrlglns.


story about, l plight of a-yofl^---------- -


Ijhe romantic ng gentleman


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abandoned'in aj handbag Ini a cloakroom of one of the Lon­ don railway stations,, a cradle unconventional I enough to arouse the opposition of his intended mother-in-law, the forbidding Ladjr Bracknell.


As a baby, he was found MIXED IDENTITIES


an.1 hls deboriqir friend. Alger- ' mon, unending: confusion of Christian, name.j and. you . have •


Add to thls.1 the'' romance i ' between i Mr. Worthing’s ward,


a identities, oh the literal import­ ' nce of having!' Earnest as a


[the story-in a nutshell'.- ; '; The 'Wit casca^sl as readily as


Icharm -that It defies 'analysis' as ; disarm criticism'


[blossom from aJ fruit tree, and l indeed -the whole atmosphere is [one- of • such I good-mannered stubbornly as tb]ese young actors


.............. cloying, despUe — sparkle o f its jwit. but though tastes have changed', -the.-merit of its brilliant word-play remains undlminlshed,


hich find this fea'ther-llgbt dish •»


At all- events -there 'was nothing cloying about the inter-


wThere may 'bei modern -palates


than deeds, the present written for


are always


, inistakeably likeable; character of the role.'arid'his reaction to eachgpiusing situation, aided by easy, gesture and telling facial expression, was a sheer, delignt.


which Noel Kershaw, negotiated the - slightly ' more ' asinine character of the gay Algeftion. Coiripletely ; assured, || and perfect of dictibn, he,l succeeded admirably in - capturing the 'Irresponsible, foppi^,... yet ..un-


por&ay f ■was equally apparent in,, the


'ai 1 polish of delightful


![ Wilkinson’s ease with


| A delicate AIR


dandies were .two .boys. With a delicate air[ who helped preserve what has long : be;en an .out­ standing feature of the Society’S productions — -the [ remarkable success with which female roles are portrayed. '


,| .


.the part .of, Lady .Bracknell’s • daughto, the' Hon.;: Gwendoline


The obvious relish with which Christopher J. Clement tackled


. chief ,6f the part'.! Here Is a- young master. Of [the', art :'Of pofiited reflection, whose every move reflected acting talent of a' de^ee that might jbe the envy of players'twice his age.


WJ, Lawrence Read, as John


Cecily Cardew, showed many graceful '-touches [in a jrple- Sightly less rewarding than that of the livelier Gwendoline, but there was no lack;- of humour, either in the role: itself, or.,--in -the pleasing, nicely-poised , way f it was acted One recalls the


orthing’s , charming ward,


pair as the cause of some of the play's most delicious moments. .-.Yet another neat little study in femirihii'ty, though of a


School I^epairs


’ Tech|nlcal Officer. An . -application' by ’’ the


, parapet' ■walls and jspecial repairs to the flat roofs at the Rlbblesdalei Mode rn [ School, carried out under [the ; supervision of | the


, 'Whalley on Tuesday, •[agreed thalli Ithe (Lancashire Educa- tloh Committee | be [recom­ mended to a-pprove , the additional expehditufe, ,: of £65 9s. Id. [above ..the approved estimate hi respect oLthe plastering; re/alr ;of


■niVISIONAL Education E -*^'ecutive- No. 5 meeting


•femininity-he created made-us Torget I completely that here wm. a schoolboy a'titempting a dim- cult part, as he assumed com-, pletely, not only, the wig and' costume,: but the essential -mis-


Fairfax,. was Sharpd ' by. -the audience. The- Illusion . of ' coy


Farthering these itwo cynical-


years. His beautifully kept the


portrayal- drew'even [greater con­ viction through his gift of main­ taining. a completely ingenuous countenance. The


eleven, ” ' Wilkinson m'emorable debut _ DriDliftle in the Society’s : pro-, duction of- " Pygnialion.” His' present task is a very. different proposition,- but hisi success is


Five'years, agd, at[ the age of made i


as ' Eliza


^lUagiB Cfel^s^es ^ Fortnight Later


/ifORONATlON celebrations V at West Bradford will take place on Saturday, June .l3th, nearly a fortnight after Coronation- Day. '


: I Owing to the dlfflciilty in obtaining -a band, and -In •making other n e c e s s a r y arrangements, the village has decided to hold Its main festivities after the Corona­ tion has taken place,, and [an


attractive programme : is planned. . In addition [.to children’s sports, there wlH ■prohably. he a fancy--dress parade, for which a band has already been engaged. Free teas will also be provided for the children and, for residents In the area over-70 years of age.' :The celebrations will 'con­


Committee has- staged - three money-raising efforts,.; which have realised over £50. The third of these was a vyhlst drive organised by the Social Committee of the; main organisation, held at the s^ool on Monda„v. [ , Prizewinners at the event


the village school. :!'S6 - Jar., the' Coronation


sudh tender years, but as. an object lesson in the skilful stage direction', Mr. Hardy’s produc­ tion glistens with the polish that only ejqjert ; supervision can


.Hindley). as


A scone from the C.R.G.S. product:an of - th o IWiportance.of Being Earnest." Left to right: Chris tophor J. Glcmont. Janies E.- Wilkinson, Roger H. Beilis, Richard Cowman, J. Michaei Hughes, Noel 'F . Kershaw. John L. Wilkinson, J. Lawronec W. Roadt - > -


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Football Chief KiUed In


Billington Crash


fV/fTHEN hls': car I collided . ' with a stationary lorry


on the Whalley New+road: at Billington on -Monday a.fter- noon. Mr. James! Oliver Thompson (57). a director of Barnsley Football Club for 13 years, and proprietor of the Falrhaven -Hotel, Fleetwood, was killed. ![


i


way.to Barnsley to attend.a, meetlhg of thie football. club


J,Mr., Thompson/was on hi.'


dlrectorjs. He[j was formerly In ibusiness jlnl Barnsley as a haulage coiitractor. j


'on Wednesday, the jury returned a. jlv erdlc t .:;of “ accidental [death,” the fore­ man stating [that they felt that, the flve-ewt. [load of Tihned food that Thompson' had In the I back of .the car had moved [forward wlien he ■braked, crushing him against uie steering: wheel and frac­ turing his ribs.


At an Inquest at l^Bpshire . I


Whalley, said [Thompson died from a dislocated neck a s s o c i a t e d ..with gross


Dr. C. E. Brown. The Croft.


pulmonary htemorrhage due to : Inj-firies. [to thfe lungs caused .by the fractured ribs.


ROOM TO PASS


motor driver, ■ of Gsbofne- street, Prestjon, who was driving a petrol tanker In the opporite direction, [said he saw';- T h om p s o n ’ s, car aftpixi'aching,. at a reasonable speed, and Vfhen hls tanker was opposite the stationary


Mr. Alexander F(^ulke[s.


police that the tanker and the lorry were each 7-ft. 61n. in, width and the road was 29-ft. 4-ln. wide.


•Evidence was given by the


' .The:! East ’ Coroner, Mr


Lanc [a shi r e H. Backhouse,


said"'Thomp^n may have braked behind the | lorry to wait until thb tapker passed.


Fund clude with a dance at night In For Ctatburn Head


1# master ,bf Chatbum C. of ;E.: Schqpl, Mr] E. ,P. Aldersley, o f Buccleuch- avenue, Clitheroe. Is to retire at Easter. |j


A FTER 32 lyears {is head^ ; -icjt ■ - j


which realised £18,: -were; ladles, 1, Mrs. E. Bentham, Waddlngton; 2. ' Mrs. G. Asphi; 3, Miss P. Jones, Clith-!- eroe.. Gentlemen,, l. Jilr. W. Perimatti 2. Mr. F. Carr: 3,- Mr. T. Robinson, Sawley. Mr. W. Altham was the M.C. and q competition was won by Miss A. Aspin.


’


Billiards Trophy For Low Moor District S n n d a v


emale twittering .ibetweeri 'this,


Sdhool Billiards League for the first time. Low Moor were iiresented with the Orme Shield at a ceremony at Low ■Jjoor Reading Room on Tuesday .night. • • - - ; The presentation was made by'' Mr, James Howarth, chfilrinM of .- the I,eague. and the 'trophy ■ was received on behalf of the Low Moor team by '-thelrt captain, Mr. J; Y. Lofthouse, ■who '\is also president of the league.


I’ ' u y


. the champions and the rest bf the league was played. In Which: Lo.w Moor ; -were defeated, 426-587. :! An exhibition game , 'was also played between'[ Jack Hargreaves; of the;:'West Bradford team, - and T, Edmdndson, a member [of .the Low Moor snooker team. Mr. Edmondson .was |he winner of a ^ose game.


bcoasion they were the runners-up. ij As usual, a match between


Assistant Commissioner"' for National Savlngsi for the use of a projector In connection with a special Imeetlnge in , Clitheroe, was granted by the Executive.


bei8 &f clubs iin. the league attended, and supper was served by ladles of Low Mqbr. to whom thanks were ex­ pressed on behalf of the visitors by Mr. T. Coates.


Between 50 and 60 ; ipem- i


!: For the pgst two seasons the Shield has been won by West Bradford, and-on this


last year elected President; of the Clitheroe , andj District Association 6f the ; National Union of T e a c h e r s r-f a position he : relinquished i at the Association’s Presidential Dinner at the Station Hotel, Clitheroe. bn'Friday.


-monial fund, to which It Is hoped many [old scholars and friends of the -school will contribute.


ChatbUrn Schbol have also derided t o ;[ recognise Mr. Aldersley’s faithful, service, and have . opened ' a testl-


Now, the: managers I of


-'WINNERS Of the Clitheroe and


. asked to send their donations to the District Bank, Clith­ eroe, or to ■ C h a t b u r n Vicarage, not later than March 31st.


All who wish to support [are


fessibn, Mr.([ Aldersley w-as ■ ■


In recognition of | hls ser­ vices, to the[ teaching piro-


• ■


sided at the annual imeetin of members of the; Liber Club.


i ■' ! ' '


of compulsory, school atten'^ ance should 'be raised to 15 1933 was fead-at a'fiibhtlng the Education, :,(;c>mmitteA


A suggestion that [the ,.age To


lorry | there "was still plenty of : .rcK)m[ for i a car ' to pass between them.


New


tlve No. 5, Aldejrmdn J. H.' Satterthwalte, CouriClllbr [B. A. Parkinson, CouflcHlor |F. Dugdale, and Cqunty Cbup- clllor H. Pemberton, !have 'been appointed a!s Executive


slonal Education Execi


! members bf Di-vl- !CU-


ihead -teacher for-the Cllth- i.eroe Edlsford Coiinty; School which Is at-. present.. 'luider construction in lEdlsford- road.


representatives to[ the'special' committee which will deal with the 'appointment of a


made qt the meeting of the Executive at ,'TOalley on [Tuesday.,


The appointments were ' | r EQUAL NUMBER


. The Committee [will also comprise an equal number of the managers, ■


;. [: ■


appointed to the [rnanaglng body, were: Alder'ih'an Satteythwalte, Mrs. J. : H, Falr^eather, Counclllof D, Critchley and Aldfrmah; W Wilkinson.


Members of the Execultive ,; ,. 'i:, ' , I


managing body bf l -the , new school, stated , the [Dlvlslbna-


The constitution! o f : jthe


Education Officer, Mr. A[ J Rogerson, would [be con­ sidered by the County Couhci: at a . meeting on Febrpars 5th, when It was! expeCtec that they would; formally make the Instrument o: management."


|


expected to, he cbippleted li. September of this (year, wll. assist In easing overcrowqlnf: schools’ ! li.


ThA'hbW'SChb9l,:;'’


In P r ima r y Clitheroe.


^ i l l# h


was caused when wagons :i]olllded Island [in Chatb Cl i the r o e . morning. I


fiPHERE, were and.pnly


by John I Holgate Chatburn, was, ti): Wards piltheroe, Alexander: Tomb : Pendle-ylew, Grlr the cement 'wagon, Thomas! i Gll'me : Altham,: tod drive Westell, 'of 1, C Accrington, was the -Waterloo dir


■ A haujage.


Clitterde l^ishap ■sligl


10 injuries :ht damege two mo ;or the traffic


urn - ro'id. Mono ay


nson, of dleton owned


doming from ectlon.'


n by Frank ayen-str( e


r t ln .


avelllng driven ■


:on, owred -.and Sop


Alderman J. Thomber pre PEEPS INTO THE PAST 1.5 y e a r s ; ago


Extracts from bur issue of February 3rd, 1928


of: the -early .successes from the .famous collaboration, between W. S.' Gilbert' apd Sir Arthur - Sullivan, were pref sented at the C o-dperatlve Hall by the Clithprofe Parish CJiurc'h ; Amateur. Operatic S'bciety. [


‘fpRIAL by Jury:” ^ "H.M.S. Pinafore,”


. ...............two [', !


•in connection with the locm Labour, Party.” I He stated that it had been recognised for - some time, that t^e organisation'oflthe Party was not what; It ought to; be. and recommendations [for Its ir^- orgahisation h a[d i - b e ;e approved! by the Executiye Committee.


Borough Labour Party, hejd at theiyeaVers’ -Injstltute, was descriti'ed ' by (jouhclllor [ R; Parker' as “ one"bf the. most important meetings ever held


- The annual -meeting of the I and


■when Councillor greaves, presiding felt that the rals: age to 15, without: ance grant,- would a burden to famine;


Te n n i s : Club recommenidation ___ Club sho,uld acquire a llcem „ for the sale of Intpxlcants qn the cricket field.


taken, the annual the Barrow - Cr;cket arid


After a!: ballot meeting (f


rejected that : th


was 22 aiHalnst, 15 for, ar two neutfal.


___ '


Extracts from o Jamiary 30tb


,f|THE Rev,


•f vicar Wigan, Assheton ham—a been :obse: church. for


pr e ac Sermon custom rved at over t,W


of


in Rowland were see the perfect si human being w: peridiculafly bet


rocks in the Rivei ,1n1


50 YEARS 'ur


Ahn Mr


AGO issue of


, 1903 Tremlo v,


b ed tlie' at Dow:i- that. Ins the villa ;e centuries.


am,-' near o Two farmers p:'lit. shootlp:


four feet of water with a portion , the skeleton was recovered]by Chlp;D:


cf


•rieen. Hodder Togethe:


'startled eleton of dged pf


ling poliii:


- clpthli eventua


have - caused' the overflow its banks Grlndletoh and Se fields have been Jooded. It


The recent heavy rails


Is about'[2,0 years iince tfie floods wel% so, .her vy.


Vl ----- ---------


CUtheroe i of Wii: a native ;ot Barr#, who a : lad, 'was educated Whalley i Grammar Schobl. He subsequently Entered tne employment [ of, the railway and claimed to


The death' ' b icurfed im Catlc’


Company the first booking Clitheroe opening: of


ihe 'llne in 1351


of- the I many- promlnejrit persons [who occupied a stat In, the auditorium when Lady Rlbblesdale and ter brillla: company i present ;d Plnerp’s " Money i Spinner ’’ and musical; farce “Crazed” the Ppbllc ; Hall, Clitherbe. -The elite jof the-'clstrlct wire


Lord jRlbhlesdate was one


exceptiorialiy', weu , represejii- ted, probably not


influential f a m 1 without; one or me re membks present; !


sinitle being


tatloii on - tie :lerk at tie


-wley many


Ribble and neb


twi


be addin B. . . had beeh


ng of,-the 1 manlten


G. Har- sald h


'nr'A ‘■'/tf- the > 'Hughes


REV -tie


■ dillerent ' were fix


■place of


-Monday, Coupcllloi


meeting


being • il! satisfy , -to I the IP'


said' pile why , *^he


would be with- the :water


. The i


on I the supplies


ifSED seal:' of


1 1 . in the I! the existin parts of (lie


c !d almost


: "I^he 1 :ai5proved


the


. hew chai : Introduced ' ... position


Suo iply Scheme,


the ' curr cqritinueC dale, ■ 'W neCessltai


rate of ' district;


estimated Council’s Revenue Acco mt flnanci.-l Councillor


’4'


. |as only houses' I supplied ubdertakl


ted 25 per c'nl.


,s, £3.079, the levy!


the occ this defiqii receiving Council.


djeficiency JaAacjarill


SDBST- In or


t[ ithe for. said adding ■weire ihlttee about


hecess ry scale


scale the Co tl


of wai


dl 8d. over thi


Jngs. 75 per cB njpiers wen lency rate .inl no supply frf


I the dlstricl from thi-


■j^NTIAL INCIIK to reducf


'c er


'4harges substa 24 years agd


1‘ cussed at nieetlng whicli| t hours.


,jincillor I) u i ,liat the nea


W) scale of The fi■


( llowing is tl ■vater charges!


the £ c of the minimum


[ (A), half-yeaifl


I omesijic supil "ly charges: Isl the rateablq premis'


yearly c' gallons gallons, for the r per 1,0( remalndf r. j50s; (C) all; non be mete: Council [a special :aii ’ ch: 'supplies [yearly, [as at rents to


be


1 fish -, s: I plus 50 I -shops — j [Almshoq: ! domestl I pipes f( :l allowed ![ writing [ Fee 5s. ■


Water purpose than a site c o n t r house (s)


:20s. pi [Village [ doihesti:. I chapels, ![-5s.. 'Catering,


(1), C:


rate, i t " to increai


of charges wq Grlndle.ton


of'.the C n when the on a . ,W. N., .) ,)fj the m'am i


jvised s le at the n


iijibllc Inqu held In i n Council’s -R


i


Non-don estic supplies!


charge of 15|


darges: 3s. pb for the fl'rstl !s.' per 1,000 ext 60,000 gall


. As a generl ■ifomestic prer except wl


, to be madel iistead of qu| present. , < E) be abolished.!


)therwise dec| charge is fi\e rges for


special CHAUC per


i$ops—domestlj .per'cent. (a domestic .>oa ses — 't >. oj scale. ('1


,ttle troug|L in r. half '.I'al Jails and ln.->f scale.' (3:i Cl .and Sunday ] half yea butcherint


0 gallon; fd Minimum I


tv:


ir any purposl .only by lic| ■ from the pe rha l f y| used for where no


0 houses bJij 5s. per -£10(| a c t prici' 0 t h e r 'rtl


i light [ Sklptor- I GIsburi. i re'sultEf. [ '..the : escapee: I [ crash,


•Mills, by Jolk: Kelghli wards lorry, Skinnelr, street, travell: dlrectlb]


Luke [ House


: the vehicl4


-With


Crash In ThJ -^-het


tIrUck. Bothf uninjured which occij


truck, owned flmalley, Emp chatburn,' ai. n E. Wac'.fllil


;y, was tra\t[ Chatburn.


,ng In tne I :'n. .


driven by ,' of 70, Bl a c k b iTl


s collided i | Hotel,


visibility ri'l to 20 or 30


slight daii to the. froi


1st SILVER SALVER AND ALSO! 14 NATIONAL AWARDS OPEN 'T(t» GREAT BRITAIN,! 1949/59/


We have pleasure in annoiiii|cing that we are how r


, Agents! 'for. ‘


GIPSY KING: an^ IGII^ QUEpN '! ,-


'f d o t w e a r : ' [ N e W S T Y L E S ! A N D G O O D S]


IBa6 - OK l?een a ' lorr ■ruck oh tl| -Clitheroe ri) , on Monday I in severe dl


thick fhg. The


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