flje


had been associated lorlH ill, Clltheroe.


Clltheioe Con- Ohur ch , but)


, , she was


syini lathy llextend- Bpbm?, whose sister y jEl zabeth jRoberts, week andhlkdaugh- elr ^great los^l


: ntelrnlent Sti Mary’s (Srturdayll


italned am Ihe sporti! lurday of; Tther the


|rers or lunds. ’


iddington a Wde


I a long


11, be ex-^ two sons, m. their


tdn,' wlllj rhent ■ ini D GhurchVi


awkins,^ l i KS ■


t'orker for ne Hlncks ;Cfitheroe, ston. died ispftal on il years of ,84.' . 0 : was a ; dahie to


s I ,ago to )ther. and d IMrs. W.


n !1 ■


’Sj Church a ‘Sunday


y years with the


-ended to s in their


luthbert’s. II oEQclate


RTS '


, the'Wife rtk ofvlO. leroe. ,dled Ifedhesday She was


10 | \yas. a was em-


for j'many 11 mpis.


t Preston I r —


H1’ . i '1


lyears In; fham was; of the; Up. to!,


iOperativ^, Miss Mary " ' ' of 17} Graft))' dlOd in


A foriner; (tllthercli


Roberts, Clltherp Hospital short illness' aged 73


or) = Friday,


Jubilee Mill] days she ted wlti; Zion .Lowerga


' Sympa|t; her two


Moor intenderlt


Roberts femployea' asi


Born


Clitherb for m!,: a wl In her


the' inti Cemeterk, lane Circuit


their bei eaye hent. .-The


M etpodlst brott


ofmdiit on


. ML


actively form!:


ylll take liemetery


E. ROBERTS


cotton lllzabeth ■street,


litherbe ■ after a


d ,h u r c h ers and sister in exte:ided


.: lister, at St


H. Ferton,, the Super-


Mond ij). MR. N. ROBERTS


.^ r . Norman Roberts} of The m a r j o r i ' e . Whalew - road, Billingtcn. Fe was


hospital' yesterday week, „ The dedth ocdutred,


resided Blllingti i;


ploymeiji in a works.; he was Cuthberl'


survived sincere extended


The arwen


Mr. Robe who formerly yarweif,


I llithf); A wlc I ini G


.•was Mr. ... . turned t vo Ipa


. The prize at


i holes. Membirs art rem


79. 156 , i Dr 38 cap prii was won 'a score


'I


■ Wilpshirje. play shi on . the house.


Tliursdai' .riejft, June .(luld laiipend


team nirtchidie to list poked


Iby |E of, iBl


in m after takjlng t as


r ;s, In| lIriis


T tal a pli roe


,owk Mr.. sbh,


i h is 1


’s Church Darwen. ; cne .


assidclatecl


pathy great


a td |-moulder


went to up em-


engineering mger days with St.


Roberts is to whom will be loss,


term Cemetery dn|Tuesday


;nt took place at


DLij;; Jottings innk ; of. the scratch


.l fe Ha •ds re; holes, in


rup


Holgkte, who had -15-66 nett for 18


S


nped of the De


: Those' ■wishing to


thieir names the Club-


played on 10th, at


c))nducted Mary’s


ly years ider at younger assocla- Mount


Miss


gibDertiJicr pf


FRIDAY. Jl ' Lighting 10-32 p.m.


leroc


NE 4th,. 1951: Vehicles


to 3-47 a.ra


QIV,THEROE Town Cou lors and their gues'


the annual ‘waterworks pi oh Wednesday] noted the Jess now being made < hdrehole scheme which aWeclablv Imp r o v e town’s water supoly and-lessen the risk of seasonal shorta?es.


iundertaklr'' is confined to tlie i tap, will be eaually'encouragod


'by the progress, for' the! in- 1 creased consurpptlon in town, which Has doubled the past quarter of a cenij has inevitably strained etiilst-


itown which i ground.


ing resources complaints of water pressure In parts of lie on 'higher


..... ....—


1 These measures, which 1 affected districts hope to


iRatepayers.jwhose view] of tile town’s lOO-year-old water


mm


PUPlIi ELECTED CLITHEROE ROSE QUEEN


Clitheroe Undertaking’s Centenary


Pitherc»e Water Demai^s Have Doubled hi 25 Yjears Coundllbrs See Progress On New I Boreholb Scheme At Grmdleion


1


I ' I'yyiATEB consumption iq Clitheroe has’almost doubled I I’ since 1930.' This was disclosed by the Mayor! (Councii- ; lor C. Chatburn); former chairman of the Waterjvorks and : Estates Committee, at the annual waterworks inspection on ■IVednesday. when the centenary of the Clitheroe Water- p:orks Undertaking was celebrated by the C o r p o r a t i o n Councillors, and officials of neighbouring l o c a l authorities..


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The undertaking was original ly started as a private enter­ prise, but later came into the Corporation’s ownership.


1th subsea unsatlsfaqfory the


The St. James’s Rose Queen,


i speedily accomplished, shiuld appease the Impatience ' ' ratepayers who-; rightly m. tain that value for record rdtes. should be; given by efifi- efent basic services at least. i


the see


Bishop Praises Abbey Workers


ITHIN a few days of i on-' T.r eluding a strenuous two! ykrs as Mayoress of Cllth^roe,; Mrs. Dugdale, wife of Courcll-' lor Frank


operatio ion last week-end. Her niany friends will be plefised t(j learn


pirk-avenue, u -derwent


pi______


Dugdale, a


satisfactory progress and join in|^wishlng;iher a speedy


that recovery: 1 * , ' *


Clitl eroe .)n Saturday W7 .1 '


who re- g 77 and The handi- ; conjunction,


iPOllard presided. • *


V. J. N. D.iBIRTWIS'rLE, ■ of Blmlngton, riding; hla


X


Btitish Horse Society’s Qi t o ­ pic trials at -Cholmpnceles] Castle. Cheshire, on Saturday.


own horse. "Delagyle.” .was third in the novice combined 0 ymplc trainlpg tCsts at .We


i * .* XX


I-


Novem'ber. * * ; * '


\ 'K Christmas Fayre, to be he(d -------- .♦.■ I ■


etoe, last week; a coffee eve­ ning- and brlng-and-buy^^i raised £23 in aid of the CUt eroe


. u IV


XV by theiMlsses HltChen at 45, Cakle-view, Clith-


w eMBERS of' the Clithkoe iU Women’s i Co-operative GWid heard an Intere^ing taik inspired by the re tent skies of TV programmes ilen| Seeking God’ at their wekdy meeting on Tuesday. The speaker was' Mrs. W. U. C')Pe- latid of Wlialle?, to^w ipm thanks were expressed by itrs. Swales and Mrs. Moorey. Mrs.


* ■ she '


Cl i t he i j de , ; 'serious


of d.


is making will


pi 36i jtoot


Mrs. Askwith. gave a personal welcome fo ipembers of the Whalley i Abbey j Fellowship when they attended.- the annual meeting of the Fellow­ ship, held in the beautiful


■tTHE Bishop of Blackburn (Dr.'W. M, Askwith) and


Abbey G r o u n d s yesterday afternoon.;


f ‘


S. Greenwood, secretary and treasurer, said ; that the Fellowship had enjoyed-a pro­ gressive year, and she ihad to report an Increase In member­ ship and] also In activities. The total membership was now 798, land since the'last annual meeting 170 new mem­ bers had been enrolled. The Fellowship had liow accom­ plished one of its first jaims— the restoration of the [North- Eastern gateway of the: Abbey, which was something of which they could be justly proud.


In her annual report. Miss


Said it was always pleasant to be associated -with any move­ ment which was makihg Pro­ gress, and that was cktalnly true o f the Whalley Abbey Fellowship.


“MORE AUVE TO-DAY” The Bishop of Blackburn


i


than ever It . has been.” he declared. ;


thanks for the gift of £500 from Alderman W. W. Cocker, of Accrington, towards the Interior! decoration of the Abbey,'; and expressed the


The Bishop e x p r e s s e d


Parish Church QpH) other ancient buildings of the he d m , ;abtey


way;; A wato welcome was given


apart


who i gained awards in the recept Methodist Scrikure; Exam inatlons, Dorothy E lack, and David'MelvUle. yinr


d iX members of Moor- ane P Methodist Sunday School


[.John


Joan cent


Lane inten


md Edmond Parker, ami Plnder,' were presci]itetl


with ----- . afterpoon by a_ former^


lent, Mr.: w: Fort. *


their prizes on Suiday -------- '“'oor


Sunday School Suiier-


■OAiNFALL in Clitheroe and ai str 'i ct during! May


lSi. Sii'iifu’it's D.iy— 1. ^clnrni'i^ /Minhc "


“U never K ins bal il pours!” i h o


■ ® -wThe iWorld’s offcry tlie best all wcalhi variety


ers:


p r o o f e d lin in i a l l ' i n c o n e s , i


m w Best ’Veithekproof


is in protection against


of St 'Ics


in a attractive


wide prides to suit


totalled 2.66 Inches, comn.red wlthj3.19 Inches last yeai). *


OrIg a n i s e d by


— VVUUiCXxa ' vxx.x-xx w-i I St. James’S' Church,'. Clitherk, a medlfcal missionary evening


the 'Women’s : Class of


was heM at S f Schoil on Tuesday nightlThi class support a bed at Mplta Hosptal.. Western Taklsfan^ a! Church Missionary Sodlety osp.tal. Major Mason gave


, snow bore


B


rEAD:& (to. 9 JIarket Place, Clithcrcle. !


CURSlCi BLACikl^


fNE 5th:


1-30.a.m. .., Returr. [-30 p.m. ... Returr : I;


,1 6th.


[-511 p.m. ... Retun, l7th.. '•


^30ia.m. Retun. r30 p.m. ..|. Returr


8th. , f30;a.m. Return


y \ \ ■' ! ijUNE 9th.


' ”i!at The Palatje, Depart 5-30 p.m,


)wland A^Ioto ITHEROE' - Tdl,


LTD.


a| talk, and exhlbijs of madd


bed gept by the class. * * '■*


than £10 in aid o:


In Pakistan- wen Proceeds amount!


IliTHDAY greetings tej , Alvah Parkinson, of Bradford, who Is 83 to-da;


f rom, (he' gate-


to the new Warden, Canon F. Harford Cross, who had made a special journey froin 'Lincoln to attend the meeting.


Farmer ^ in s Bowland Q^ction


Alder House, Bolton - by - Bowlarid, was: on Wednesday' elected! to Bowland 1 Rural District Council to fill the vaoancii created by the death of Mr. James Dawson-|Tetlow.' who represented the parish of Bolton-by-Bowland. i i


IVfB- JOHN W. IL'LIAM DINSDALE, farmer, of


Mr. Dlnsdale andiMr. Thomas Edward Robinson, joiner, of


Contesting the electlbn were


the Returning Oflicer Was Mr. A. R. Baskett, Clerk! to the- Council. Mr. Dlnsdale received 63 votes and Mr, Robinson 39.


Bowland Cottage, Bolton-by- Bowland.. ' More 'than 100 electors went to the p’oll, and


[actively associated :with the' activities of Bolton-by-Bow- lant}, to which he came from Cracoe, near Sklptopi almost 26 years ago. ■ ' ' ! He has been a member of


Mr. IE. Parker, of 22 JamCs’s-street. CUtheroe. i ]wh6 w 7 to h Sunday; and to ^rs. u e] liocklev; of 10, Woonet line Clitheroe, who attain her 74th birthday on We)lpes - day.


■ JELD at Waddow I f


; by permission of Mrs ! Hlgham, a coffee mornlnc ; brlng-and-buy stall 10 ; a,bout £20 In aid of Wad|Jfng • tpn. Hospital. Fund.


Waddlngton, on Tufddhyi and


d g i E,


disCa


; t JUMBLE sale held fp I Lower .School on- Ff ! night by the:Clitheroe PPrisi ! Church Youth Groiip i|a|lsei { about £7. I ■ - .


th!, day


,


the Boltbn-by-Bowland Parish Council;for about five years,


I'land farming community as a ; member of the committee of ' the; Clitheroe and Bowland , Branch of the National Farm­ ers’ Union, and also! in his


j capacity as a member of the ' Show '' Committee! of the Bolton - by - Bowlahdi Agri­ cultural Society. ,


! Crash Victim


was yesterday -stated to be ‘improving’:after a.car acci­ dent in the Trough of Bow­ land In which she lost: part of


TiffiS.' ADA; BEVERIDGE, of Crowther-street,' Nelson,


Women’s Unionist Association dn Wednesday enjoyed a Mach outing to Temple Ney;?am. ear Leeds.


\ bout 20 members o!t the Clitherbe bfanch of the


f *


of Waddington-road, Plihllco 3 i


cycle iat the *


■ fOR falling, to stop pedal


Halt” sign while rlplhg his jur itlop


road and Weil-terrace, Derelc fltham (19).!of l7. Moor] land crescent, Clitheroe, was fined £1 at Clitheroe Maglstf^tef Court, yesterday.


CONTRIBUTIONS to a RAt. tin Q* Phnfhtirn Tlunll


Church to meet the . cost of Organ repairs have sq far reached a total of £175.


THIS WEEK’S


ROAD SAFETY SLOCfN Make haste slo-wl;


set up at Chatburn Parish


band', Mrs. Charles! Beveridge, ■with two Nelsonfriends, jwere 'travelling between' Lancaster ahd Glltheroe at jthe T^eek-


her right hand. • Mrs. Beveride and her hus­


end, when, as the car: was descending a hill In the Trough! sheen were encoun­ tered on the road. The car swerved arid overturned.. Mrs. [ Beveridge ,was taker


was injured. 1' Scott, : H. Washbrook, K !-R. Iddou, R


TEAMS FOR TO-MORROW Ribblesdalc' \V.—


Smithies, K. Eccles, D. Puncharo K. Proctor, K. E. Weaver, W., Birch,;A. Musgrove,. Johnson. Whlt-Monday: ;K. Stanorinn


Ccdk,[.p. .O'Donneil.; D. Parkin­ son. J.jDennetfc. I..Johnson, M.


for K. iProctor. Ribblesdale Il.--Tv Hincks, J.


Washbrook, K, Winckley, N. HooleyiiK. Holden. A. Lord.


|


and Is also a member of the committee of the Village Hall. He Is well-known to the Bow-


Councillor Di n s d a l e Is’


“ I t Is [more alive I to-day ;


Jean Weightman (centre of, back row) ;)ictured with her retinue; after jVeflnesday’s ceren ony.


Cro|vning Ceremony ;St. James’s


eroe, I eleven-year-old Jean Weighman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Weighman, of 20,- Vlctoria-street, Clltheroe, was crowned as the'school’s first Rose I Queen, X


3EN by fellow pupils at St. James’s School,,Clith­


bkore an audience of children and parents.


on Wednesday,


the (fustom to elect a May Queen gt the school. This year, jfor the first time, a Rose Queen took her place, and Jean was chosen as a result of a ballot among the junior children.


; In previous years it has been


fined to girls leaving the school during the current year.;


FOUR ATTENDANTS


Valerie Sharpies, Ruth Bolton, Vaneka Houlker and Deanna Williams, one of whom, Vaneka Houlker, performed the crowning', ceremony. The page boy was Trkor Cheet- ham.


Jean’s attendants' were


front of the queen and her retlnpe by Kathleen Scott,: Susan Robinson, Madeline Ford,j and Patricia Dugdale:


Petals were scattered in


hope that the time was not far distant when work could begin dm i the restoration of


ceremony, a concert was pre­ sented, the programme Includ­ ing ■ songs, recitations, a puppet show and choir items.


In addition .to the crowning Both the crowning ceremony


and concert were repeated In the evening, when many nlore


parents were able to attend. Present ’' o n , both occasions


was the Rector, the Rev. A. Lord.


aid of Day and Sunday School expenses.


Proceeds of the day were in ! ^


Curry, expressed thanks to all who contributed to the suc­ cess of the event.'


! Heavy Whit Traffic Expected


(^LITHEROE travel Jrganlsa- ^ tlons are looking forward to a bumper Whitsuntide—If the weather holds.


bookings for excursions to Blackpool. Morcambe, South- port, Windermere, Bowness, and Harrogate.


There have been many


way station stated yesterday that many inaulrles had been received, but that the volume of holiday-traffic finally de­ pended on the weather.


An official at Clltheroe rail­ BOOKINGS HEAVIER


reported that the volume of bookings for this week-end was better than last year.


we are in for ' a busy week­ end,” said one official'. .


The headmaster, 'Mr. S. Selection as queen is con­ Native Fashions


iJiHE eleven children •*- who attend Newton Congregational Sunday School, have a novel role In an effort on behalf of the London Missionary Society, which Is being promoted at the church tils week-end.


:


in a children’s manne-. ouln parade, wearing th e '


They are to take part I


Magistrates’ Bench, yesterday. Lady Worsley-Taylor, presld- expressed the hope that work of .the Court would be too arduous, and that Mayor would find his new


was whe first


Ing, the not the


n.he took his seat for the time on the Clitheroe


tratps’ Clerk) expressed confi­ dence that the Mayor would temper justice with mercy, and] with “that well-known spirit of kindliness and fair plaV which the people of Clltneroe associated with the Maypr.


duties interesting. Mr. T. U. Liddle (Magls-


Inspector W. IVright associa­ ted nlmself with the remarks, and said that the police would make every endeavour to make the Mayor’s magisterial duties as light and as pleasant as possible during his term of office. •


Oh behalf of the police.


Appointed To Farm C( liege Committee


Mr. [Ralph Assheton, M.P. for Blackburn West, and was the first] woman to qualify as a land agent. She Is now a Fellow of the Land. Agents’ Society. For a numbet of years, Mrs.


has been appointed by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries as a’ member of a committee to inspect grant- aided agricultural colleges. Mfs. Assheton is the ^ fe of


'TEE Hon. Mrs.:Ralph Asshe- ^ ton, of Dovmham Hall,


Assheton has managed ■ the Downham Hall and Cuerdale estates, and has run one of the farms at Downham, estab­ lishing .and. maintaining a wellfknown pedigree herd of Ayrshires. She is president of Dowhham Women’s Institute, and I has taken a prominent part in the public life of Clitheroe rural district .


Local bus companies have Mrs. Assheton has been TnC: committee to which “If this weather keeps up,


to-night until Tuesday morn­ ing. Previously, Whlt-Tuesday was a holiday In the Clltheroe mills but this was changed as a result of the new summer holiday arrangements. :


Mills llri the 'town will close Two Fined For ling


TTENNETH VAREY-(20), of' w 21, Rlbbleway, Low Moor,:


Court, yesterday, fined £2 and had his licence endorsed for exceeding the speed limit in a built-up area at Barrow, on his mqtor cycle.


to hospital, but none of the other ' occupants: o f , the car


Uiat P.C. Marglnson, who was bn motor patrol duty, followed the defendant t h r 0 ugh Barrow to .the de-restrlctlon signs and found that he main­ tained a steady speed of 45 m.p.h. When stopped, defend­ ant said, “ I am In a hurry to get to th e‘ Tec’.”


Inspector W., Wright said ; DRIVER DIDN’T KNOW


i For a similar offence at Barrow, a motorist, Harry Haywood (40), of 13, Conistonj road,. Harrogate, was alsq fined £2 and had his licence endorsed.


;


'48 m.p.h. He told the police oflicer who stopped him. “ i dldn^t think it was a bullt-uj area.”


. '


Inspector Wright said .that defendant’s speed , was 45 tc


as at CUtheroe Magistrates’


■ appointed will report to ■the Minister of Agriculture on the work of the grant aided agri­ cultural colleges and make recommendations as to .the grants to be made to them for the five! academic years begin­ ning October 1st, 1954.


Office Tr<msferred with the Clitheroe office.


■DoWlAND’S Fuel, office was on Tuesday amalgamated |


al Cpal Officer that there waA llttlb 'try tolch was part of an exten­ sive aliriiJd at cutting expenditure.


fer l;he office to the borough was first made, the Council protested to the Ministry of Fuel 'were


■When the proposal to trans­


and Power. Later they told by a visiting Region­


changlng Its decision. re-organlsatlon scheme


possibility of the Mlnls-


.tlve dresJ of children 10 live in the various untries where the Lon- in Missionary Society irks.


Court Welcomes New Mayor


view.


Costumes from India, alaya, Madagascar and e South Seas will be on


T^HE Mayor of Clttheroe (Counciiior. C. Chatburn) given a warm welcome


undertaking, coupling with it the chairman (Councillor F: Dpgdale) and the water engin­ eer (Mr. J. Newton Bell); Cbunclllor Chatbiim hoped that .the undertaking would continue to be as successful in the future as It had been in the past.


iProposlng the toast of the


had almost doubled since 1930; when the amouiit of water .consumed had been 450,000 ; gallons a,day, but this was now ! oyer 800;600 gallons a day. ,


The consumption of water


. [Responding, Coubclllor Dug7 dale, who resumed chairman-; ship of the Waterworks Com­ mittee at the Council’s annual meeting this .month, traced the history of the undertaking back,to its earliest;beginnings.


COMPANY FORMED


sideratlon had been given to forming a company to provide piped water to Clltheroe, and after 12 months; j application had been made tO Parliament for an Act permitting thfe raising of £10,000 in £5 shares.


About 100 years. ago, conr | day.”


Act that all of the work: had ip bp completed within four years,” said Councillor Du^- dale, who-added It was intef- estlng to find thatithe springs, such as Duckey I Leach, .were


passing of the Act; a reservoir h'ad been built, pipes laid, and lyater was being supplied, which was rather startling. " I “ It was laid down in-the


[within 12 months of the ' ■ i '


Sun Shone For i


ahd ' friends, on' Wednesday when they exchanged the Ribblesdale ' countryside for the Lake District And the Fylde coast.'


S ; I


annual farmers’ trip ^ranged by the Clltheroe and Bowlarid brarich of the N.F[U. Six motor coaches were rieeded to transport the 220 people who iriade the trip, and tpe party left Clltheroe early on Wed­ nesday morning, travelling, through Settle, Inglqton and ' Sedburgh to Kirby EtCphen, where morning coffee was served.


iThe, o c c a s i o n .was the ' , CIRCUS VIST


. [After lunch at Windermere, they motored on to Bowness. and later continued the jour­ ney In glorious sunshine to Blackpool where tea was fol­ lowed by ah evening visit to the Tower Circus. Clltherbe was reached shortly befote midnight after a thoroughly enjoyable day.


I


■were carried out by the jolht secretaries. Alderman H. Cook ahd Mr. A. Smith.


■Arrangements for the trip r Woman’s Death


Hastened By Falll I


A VERDICT of' “Misadven­


Blackburn inquest on Wednes-. day on Miss Jane Hlncks. aged 64, of Turner-street. Clltheroe, The Coroner (Mr. G. Wightman) was told that Miss Hlncks died after falling out of bed at Queen’s Park Hospital, on Monday, having been admitted the previous afternoon in a ’ very feeble cbndltlori,


. —INQUEST TOLD ture” was recorded at a


!she went back and found she had fallen out of bed. ;


cian, . said' death- had been hastened by the fall.


1 Dr. M. Thomas, house physi­ ! MNE-HOUR HUNT ENDED IN


D this


Thej! ■ were dragged out of thel - lair last week after six' men had dug for more .than nine hours.


covered oh the edge of a pub­ lic footpath' by the River Rlbble, on Mitton Hall Farm land. Mr. Fred Sharp, farm bailiff, Inimedlately set to work with two meri to dig them out. The party worked on for about six hours, after


The foxes’ earth was dis­


whlih they , were relieved by another three men. Finally, threje hours later, the foxes were dragged out.


CAPTURE OF THREE FOXES 14USUAL ‘guests’ at Vlltton Hall Farm, Mitton, week, are’ three foxes.


hours In which the men had been at work they had dug a hole some five feet deep and about 20 yards! In length. Originally, .the lair had been a rabbit hole until the foxes took it over'arid enlarged it.


i' ln the period of about nine


I The foxed-<two:vixens and a dog—are now being kept 'a t the farm. The vixens are friendly and allow Mr. Sharp to stroke them, but the dog will allow no such liberties.]


trapped .on ,,the Stonyhurst j College estate, yesterday, j


I TWO MORE TRAPPEDj Two half-grown foxes were


Kathleen O’Connor, said that at midnight on Sunday when she walked round the wards she thought Miss Hlncks was asleep. Later, hearing a'noise,


; A nurse at the hospital.


U N S HIN E and cloudless skies provided perfect


Farmers’! Trip I '


I I


' ^ I i


■ ]


that Act on June 12nd, 1854 | ! exactly a 100 years ago to-1


[“ Royal assent [was given to


all springs that had been flow­ ing then and were still yield­


tm[.


ing copious quantities of water, i In 1856, two years after the


passing of the Act; 471 houses In Clitheroe were receiving piped supplies of water.


had been in control of the water ! undertaking, and no major changes had been made apart from the construction of Lowcocks Reservoir. •There were now increasing


since 1878, the borporatlon


demands for water, and .that was the reason for the bore­


hole scheme which was now In progress. “We! are trying to Improve


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Clitherpe Advertiser &■ Timy, ■ June \4,'' 1954 I^OU CAN' [see— . ' [


THE [TOUCH OF A SWITcil it"]


I


PRICKET,I HORSE-RACING, VARIETY jBOXING, MUSIC HALL, OfERA, k c . , e J .


I . j ! ^YES! TELEVISION IS THE TOPS


Choose yours from FERRANTI G.E.C. COSSOR ALBA


|REGENTONE Ie t c . ■ '


'ICa L o r TERAis A. E. H A R G R pA V E S


MOOR LANE and WobNE LANE '


CLITHEROE :, . Telephone 683 I ■'


the sources and trying to Im­ prove the supply, and we hope that with the support of the Committee and of the Cor­ poration we shall; in a very short time, have a water undertaking 'th a t will give complete: satisfaction t o everyone concerned.” con­ cluded .the Watehvorks Com­ mittee chairman. ;


VALUE FOR MONEY


staff and to the help of the Corporation In carrying out his duties. He particularly referred to Mr. A. Webster, waterworks foreman, who has been 45 years 'with the under­ taking.


Mr. Bell paid tribute to his


, “We are spending some money; on the waterworks which will be of definite bene­ fit in the years to come,” said Mr. Bell.


proposed by Councillor J. Entwistle, who •. welcomed Councillor W. Proctor, chair­ man of Bowland Rural District Council, arid Councillor E, Holgate, chairman of the Clltheroe Rural District Coun­ cil Waterworks ; Commiitt^e.


The toast of the visitors was


iyeather for Clltheroe and dis­ trict . fanners, their | famlUbs


Councillor Holgate responded, along with the Corporation’s consultant engineer. Brigadier p. C. Parkman. |


Councillor Proctor and


! Before the speech-lnaklng, .the party saw work in progress on the borehole.; The new scheme, when.coinpleted, will ■Increase the yield to an estim­ ated one million gallons a day.'


THE WHALES


from Mr. Thomas; A. Starkle, '■ Abbey Lea,” 'Whalley, who is' a former i member of Clitheroe Rural District Council.


on :the new coat iOf arms, of Clltheroe Rural District Council by the “ Arms of the Abbey.”


heraldic description as "three golden whales with ' abbots', croziers In their mouths, the quaint punning embtem ' Iroin the ancient arms of Whalley Abbey.” ■


The new coat 'of arms'gives the


Three salmon in pale, pierced by as many croziers, or, ■ on an azure ground, in allusion to the granting a right of fishery in the Ribble, , Hodder and Calder, by Henry de Lasci.


The arms of the Abbey are;


is a copy of the arms of, the Abbey, showing salmon, not whales. - ,Tlie Whalley Parish Church .East Window,; top row, second from left; shows "Abbatia, de Whalley,” azure; three salmon in pale, argent, in. the mouth of each a crozler.


., Clearly the new coat [of arms


fish, and differs In having a horizontal tail, not Vertical as in a fish, hence the: fishes of the Abbey coat of arms, and the arms of the Clitheroe Rural District Council are salmon, not ■whales.;


- TAIL NOT VER’nCAL A whale is a mammal, not a


Whalley Parish Church, 'thffd row, fifth from the left, shows the a rms of iWhalley Of Clerk Hill, argent, three ■whales’ heads lying fessewise, sable.


Now - ; the same ' window I of


entirely and cannot: be compared with each other. • :


The two coats of arms differ


of the Abbey have] been chosen by the Council, and the ■word “ whales " substituted for salmon in the; description: The desig­ nation of "three whales in fesse laurient” Clitherbe Rur a l District Council’s coat of arms must-be incorrect. ;


It wduld appear that the arms 23; [#E L LG A ^ CLITHEIIOE


Whalley is derived -from two Anglo-Saxon words meaning " well ’i “ field,” together' " Field of -jWells.” The 'spelling has changed during, the centuries'to ■Whalley. There Is no connec­ tion with whales. :


;The' jname'of the village of


able name' of the village. of "Whalley be made the subject of a perpetual, ridiciilous joke by the Glitherce Rural District Council, taking one coat of arms and imposing thereon a word from another coat of arms differ­ ing'entirely in meaning and expression in heraldic descrip­ tion? I


Must the ancient and vener­ . ' . ■' j [[' -:'i:


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