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now resents


Visitor^ Flock To Clitheroe District •gEIGHT


Easter ing towns


iin' the cou :'passing thn I hour.


skies andsahshlne gave Ribblesdale Its busiest lince the v ar. Holidaymakers from nelghbour- d Into .Clitheroelon their way to spend a day


liltry, and a,t one period, cars anld coaches were ■)ugh the t)wn at a fate of more than 2,000 an


fefbble Motorseryiceslrepor- e(j •• a record week-end, and jlltberoe Railway Statibn stP,-


The I Clitheroe i/depht


pri that the Easter traffic wt,s he best they ‘had lud for ■everal yeafs. Local hotels, 00 were kbpt busy c iterln'g or the influx * of: /Isitors hroughout the week-end.


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p f n » . ;, <


1 jervices, Clitheroe, ‘ told an ! 'Advertiser and Times” re- )orter on Tuesday thar it..had seen a recofd. week-end; due the esjcellent ' -Weather,


An official of Rlbble Motor


I which was in contrast ed last I year’s cpcktkll of snow, sun- ihlne arid h'eavy showers.


Jjuble I That is ntl it’s more than a '^5 U 'L


Ippeis^ - - are exceptionally hard-wearing. b-soles are extra-resilientj extra-lone


IS built on the famous Start-rite with all jtjie traditijn^ St^-rite dets will take good care of j|ourki|ddies’


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: 4 (cHld’s) to j 7- ,‘C,D aid E fittiiigs


rt Sunmep Shoes I froin only 20/4 \\


,


U t J A y ' i


iwere kept [working it! full Kressure cop(ng with tt.e large ifrowds op visitors.


sept busy, | bringing |»!»ple from the city Into CV theroe. 3n Good Friday, local nefvices


The Manchester serv ,ce was .1


iwhen the new ’bus stat.on was wrought I Into service for the irst time., This kept ’buses off ;he main* street! while, they loaded and unloaded, and neatly facilitated the flow of Lraffic through the villi ige.


At Whalley, the ■ cor gestlon n the rnairi street was eased


BUSY WHALLET 1 ^ 1 .


Good Friday by Rlbbl; Motor Services because of heavy commitments locally.


No excursions were run on Many people took the oppor­


tunity of enjoying a day at the seaside! during the holi­ day, and !as a result the excursions tb^Blackpoo! proved


popular; > j ‘ ! ! i I


The' introduction of the Bolton-Downhani sers ice saw


many people visiting Down-i ham, a nd i , thei-picaresque little village was crowc.ed with visitors. 1 ; I


,


hard at it; and most "eported their busiest Easter since the


war. i J 1 ' ' '


British Railways a ; Clith­ eroe also reported, a v6ry busy


fppilf after


holiday period—one of the. best for several years. Excur-* sions to tlie coast r^o r ts of Blackpool I and Morecambe were well [supported. Many people also came into Cllth-


eroe by train. Gisburn whs another busy


village thrbughouf the week­


end, and; traffic was reported to he “ bhmper-to-l umper.” There was also a considerable amount of traffic, and visitors at Hurst Green.j extra ’buses catering for the rush.


of Clitheroe. Road, ^83! 34.


<2astie; Street, llone: .TSS


, REPAIRS EOR BETTER RESULTS lOUSEWIVES!


Easter crowds, 1' and! .traffic passed through the vpage Ir. a constant stream.


Whalley had l.ts traditional Music Success


A PUPIL at the Royal ! Grammar


w i t h X ^ L O I GAS!


ST FUEL APPLIANCES i SERVICE


William H. Smithson Mr. and Mrs. Wl Sml Hilton Hey. Wadding; passed -with merit G (intermediate) of th forte examination o f ' Schools, of Music.


qnitheroe School, Son of


rade VI ; plano- th Royal


ijthson of /on, has


e Local hotels were a so kept of Waddingtoiti Theft i M :


i Hotel Intruders 11 Took' Money,


i Cigars And Spirits


TNTRUDERS who broke into the Moorcock Inn, Wad- dlngton, on I Saturday! night,


^gained entry by forcing ;a: window and departed through the door with the bar till con-, tainlng about £80 in cash in addition to a considerable quantity/Of cigars and, spirits.


on Sunday morning, the head waiter found that the Intrud­ ers had left the door' open, and that the bar till and a showcase,, containing cigars, was missing. He also found evidence lh a t a quantity of spirits had been removed. .


When h^ went dbwnstalrs


: Police latPr traced the till to a summerhouse in the gardens adjoining the hotel.! The till had been carried from the bar, smashed open, and about


£80 taken from it. !


members of M e t h o d i s t Churches in the Clitheroe Circuit Who . walked from tVhalley on Good Friday over the Nab and by way of Cron- shaw Chair [to Blackburn, ivlieire they attended ran ainhiial Methodist rally a t the Queen’s Hall. Others made the journey by road and. rail, and about 100 represented the Clitheroe district.


BUS STATION IN USE


cl'gar^ had! disappeared, to­ gether with a large quantity of.spirits, Including ;h.ottles of liqueur brandy, whisky and


In addition, more than 100 BEST BRANDS [ |


. J. Robinsori, said the Intruders Had shown some care In sel­ ecting the pest spirits.' Most of thp missing spirits fvere the best brands. ,


’The managing director, Mr. of ,


glary; werP promptly! started by. the West Riding C.I.D. who began looking for a man who called at the hotel ;Ori Satur­ day, ordered a glass pf beer and made Inquiries about man !who ,was supp6se[^d to staying ih


Inyestlgatlons Into the fciir waa


on as usilal on Sunday' and Easter Moiiday, and many of


Business


dined there, were unaware the ihcldejat.


the hotell No such


1 ' AT WHALLEY !


gin, ! The .stolen bottles had apparently been taken away , In two large hampers.


i '


TATHALLEY’S new “ ’bus sta- 1


used lor the first time on Good Friday—the first day of the summer season holiday traffic J-<ind helped considerably in relieving the congestion In the main street.


’ * tion in the trees’’ .was Pictured here are nearly GO CO'UNOL DEADLOCK OVER SUNDAY ‘ ■


Castle Grounds . came before the Clltheroe Parks and Play­ grounds Committee, seven members voted In favour and seven against. It was reported at the' monthly meeting of! the Town Council on Tues­ day. The proposal was there­ fore not carried.


’^H E N a proposal to allow ’ ' Sunday games In the


of the- question arose from a request from bowlers who use the Castle green that Sunday games should be allowed there.


!


i! (jonstructlon b e g a n > 12l months ago on land owned by j Rlbble Motor Services Ltd. and adjacent to Vale House, and since then the company has been making every effort to have the project completed In time to cope with this year’s rnmmer traffic. . '


LOCAL amenities vw wv


person was among the guests. at the hotel went


the hundreds of people who .,..1 -------- -- ----------of


M R S . F 'DUGDALEJ Maybr- jess of. Clltherpe, ;was


litneroe Inker .7 ^he^l Officials


elected President of the Inner Whefel Club of CUtheroe; at the annual meeting,: held-In the''Swai and Royal Hotel, ClltheroeTlast week.


ij ii


an ;“Any Questions” panel answered] questions putj | to them by the members, ! | officer^ elected were: Mk .


' After the election of officers


F. Dligdale, President; Mrs, T. P. Rushtoii, vice-president; Mrs. F.' Barlow, of Rlmington.


[secretary];' Mrs. Byerf ‘ant..secretary; .Mrs.' treasurer; a n d committee. Mesdames Westhead, Kflner


and Mooh. • j


jeen so placed that the trees vlll have the appearance of Jeing lit up at night-time. 1 ;


mehltles, gardens have been aid lout and forest trees, re- alned. Lamp standards have


To preserve ‘‘the local


loading platforms so that there will be no necessity for the vehicles on the Burnley, Blackburn, Accrington and Manchester or Blackpool routes to pull up at the side of the main road for passen­ gers- to embark or [aUghti


: The new ’bus station will illow ’buses to draw up to


f This''will also‘despense with the Inconvenience of vehicles oh some services having to re­ verse into a side entrance on Che opposite side of the road /n order to turn around.


1’buses travelling In the Cllth- [eroe direction.


! There will be no change in the stopping place for these


ill The construction of the sta- lltlori has Involved the building ! of a road joining King-street : and Woodlands-drlve, the use ' of land forming the garden of iVale House, an outbuilding of which has been removed In


order to make wpy for the sta­ tion, The land was then con­ creted.


ing, which came before the Council on Tuesday, reported that after the proposition to allow Sunday games at the Castle during the current season contained a rider that the position be reviewed at the November meeting of the committee.


The minutes of the meet­ AN AMENDMENT


amendment' was proposed and seconded tha t considera­ tion of the matter be deferred until after the municipal election next month.


Subsequently, however, an


put to the vote, two members voted In favour and a majority against, and It was declared not carried.


When the amendment was


Skating Teacher Hoibe Fm itdy


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she ls‘ an Ice-skating Instruc­ tress, Is Miss Janet Hudson, 19, Chester-avenue, Clitheroe. ' Janet, daughter of Mr.'and


ome again on holiday from sunny Italy, where


Mrs. W. Hudson, arrived at Ringway Airport at the week­ end on board a B.E.A. Viscount airliner.


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league double In the Clltheroe and District Sunday School Snooker League, Clltheroe Wesley were presented with the trophies when they enter­ tained members of o t h e r


by the league chairman, Mr. James Howarth, In the i un­ avoidable absence of the presi­ dent, Mr. J. Y. Lofthbuse.i'


The presentation was made


of the Wesley team received the league shield on behalf of the 'team and spoke of .the sporting manner In which the league games had been con- .ducte’


CAPTAIN’S THANKS [ Mr. Fred Blackburn, captain


d durliig-the season.


of thanks to Mr. Howarth and Mr. Bailey for their assistance to the league.


! After ' t h e presentations,


Wesley completed their suc­ cessful season by defeating a


team drawn from the rest of the.league.-


- Young ladies of the Wesley Youth Club provided the refreshments. .


Mr. R. Carus moved a vote


I.G.S. fijoys To It^y


A MONG the (ongest jour- ney^ begun from Clltheroe


, which will take! them across - I Europe to spend three days I n ! ; Florence and five In Rome.


made a' number of ■ Easter visits to Paris In! recent yeats. but this! Is the first time the school has organised a visit to


Italy. . . [■ The boys, who! were accom-1


gramme !lncludes visits tojthe! Vatican'Museuip, the SlsQne ; Chapel, the Appian Way,i:the| Catacombs, the] Collosseum, 1 Roman Forum and Pantheon. |


Mr. Edon,-will make visits , to , many historic . j centres. In j Rome, for Instance, their pro-.;


panled by three H. Baron, Mr. L


The party Is due back in Clltheroe on April 29th.


£li00


HfORE than £1,500 has! eilready been raised to- i


wards' the replacement o f ! timbers 'affected by dry r o t ! and th e ! re-dec'dratlon of SS. Michael! and John Church, i Lowergate, Clltherqe.


. |


' “ I t h^as been a magnificent[ responsb,” said the Rector,; Fr. Robert Walmsley, S .J .! "The firm concerned have: told me that It js their Inten­ tion, If at all possible, to have the church Completed by 1 Mayor’s Sunday]: May 30t'n.” [


eroe, Counctlloij C. Chatburn.- Is associated with the church!


The Mayor-elect of Clith- i


.and Is chairma mlttee set up f.poeal fill’d ,to cf the r:balrs.


ip of the .'com- to .direct - an- meet the cost


masters, Mr. | C. Coles, and.


Parties from the school have I


during the Easter week-end was that undertaken, by a party of more than 30 boys from Clltheroe, Royal Gram- ; -mar School, who Heft Clltheroe station on Saturday morning 1 on the iflrSt stage of a tr ip '


The committee’s discussion;


Sunday, gaffies be permitted was then put to the meeting, and In view of an! equality of


The original proposal that


votes (seven for | and seven against) | the 'c h a 1 r m a n, Alderman j H: Cook, decided that a matter of this nature should not be determined by his casting vote] and the p losltlon was therefore declared not carried.


ropCu«v*w..


Churches Council


Three-lfold


/AppOSmON to the appll- cation' for Sunday games


a t the Castle Is registered In a letter to ' the Town Council from the ClitHeroe Free Church Council, who feel that Once the Council -[accepts the principle iof allowing public recreational facilities on; Sun­ days by granting! permission for Sunday bowls, [they might have to face a.demand for the opening of all public recrea­ tional facilities on] Sundays.


we feel that the pouncll will have to | accept the conse quences of such a a action.”


“If sucli should be the case,


that th!e ensuing danger apiiears to be three-fold;


The le/ter goes on to j say


Christian! education amongst the-young people of the town would be hindered by the counter attraction of Sunday


(a) Tlie work of Sunday


llltles on Sundays, it! might necessitate the employment of- workpeople, causing them to lose their day [of rest and limiting [their;-.opportunities for public worship!.


games, j (b) By providing such fac


will feel encouraged to open other • avOnu'es of entertain­ ment on Sundays [on a profit-


(c) CoipmercVall interests


'great benefits which the com­ munity now!enjoiis from the Christian conception of Sun­ day, which provides for wor­ ship, quiet and rd-crea;tlon as essential to man’s well-jbelng.


making basis. [This would completely Imperil the very


!before any decision Is; taken Ion the matter.


|


of reliable public [opinion ack--. nowledge the need for a moral a n d spiritual regeneration amongst the pedple of this land we deem It most Import­ ant that serious donslddratlon be given to our [observations


" At a time when all shades


EASTER RAMBLERS WALKED TO RALLY


Nin e I Hurt When


Coach] Struck Tree i In Bowland


h ^^ita l for nine Accrington people injured when the motor coach in which they were 'travelling struck a tree near Bolton-by-Bpwland on Good Friday.


A N I evening tour of the Kibble Valley: ended in


' I . ■ ■ ■ ■ ( Py '■


from Bolton-by-Bowland, the coach was passing a station­ ary car when the accident occurred:


Travelling towards .Gisburn -


and struck a tree; A bough crashed bn to the coach and the luggage rack on the near side was' smashed, falling on to; the pjassengers.,


■The coach suddenly tilted


and d number of people inside the coach were badly cut.


Windows were shattered


were [called and-the injured, ail from Accrington, were taken to] Accrington Hospital.


[Haif-a-dozen ambulances


carylngi 42 passengers, four of whoin were children. The coach door was flung open by the force of the Impact and- one [ of [ the children was pushed I to safety before the boiigh wll.


Th^ coach, a Rlbble, was


sengers [ helped to clear branches from'-the coach and fromi the road and a main


I B^AjkcaES CLEARED ; Afierwards, police and pas­


w


b o u ^ j had to be through before the could be freed. 5 . ,


! TlieTnjured were Mrs. Mar­


garet Kenyon, 99, Carter- street, Accrington, severe cut on forehead. Her husband, 'Walter !' Kenyon, brulSe on rlbs.iJames Burton, 11, Booth- street, Accrington, bruises on leg. Hip wife,!Ethel, cutsron face,' and their son; James (10), cuts on face. Pauline Liversedge, (7), 21, Major- street, Accrington, injuries to arm; Florence Wood" (S3), 6, Water-street, Church, cut on forehead. Jennie Hlgson (26), Primrose-street, Church, cut on hand. Gladys Ellis (35), 80, Arden-terrace*,’ Accrington,


cut face.


Electricity Comes I To Scattered


I Bowland Farms ■INARMS which have for h years relied on oil lamps 1


now have electric light • for the first time with the com­ pletion, after only four ’ months’ work, of ah o'verhead line linking Holddn and Slaidburn. The line com­ pletes a ring main from Clltheroe bspk.Vlto, CUtheroe through a i,'widely-scattered area of Bowland.- - ■


1 farmers on the route, most of [who mguaranteed to take a


[supply and thus ensure cer­ t a i n revenue.


i Electricity Board some years j ago. Some eight miles of


! The' scheme was first put ; forward by the North Western


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' overhead cable were required : and thfe erection of Well over 200 poles was Involved,


RURAL POLICY Although not more than 50


properties could be served by this costly development, the Board pressed op with the job in accordance with its policy] of rural-electrification.


ties within reach of the line which have not been con­ nected and evidence, of the new development can already be detected among farms In this remote' and scattered region where a number of m i l k i n g machines have already been Installed


There are very few proper­ tax on interestYotfreceive on mvestmenti m


iilding Society is pfiid W thd .Society. This makes the 2i% ittresfpaid equal to 41%.if voupaytax a; 9/4inthe pound and your c^ipital is neviy'liable't^dcpreciariQ^^


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cleaning,! heating and light­ ing equipment, and on some farms television has been Installed,, too. .


They now have modern


possibility of extending the supply from Woqdhouse Gate to Catlow Farm, one of the biggest sheep farms In the Bowland district, situated out among the hills towards Bentham.


. Now imder review; is the H ! I YOUR Child Injured A : three - YEAR - OLD


A wad dlng to ri boy, Trevor H. Walmsley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Walmsley, of 13, Spring Gardens, was In col­ lision with a motor. Car near the village -day - school last Thursday night and was taken to hospital at Accring­ ton with a fractured left thigh The car was driven by Mr. Stephen Myerscough, of Mllton-avenue, Clltheroe.


TO CHURCH


windows taken from behind the sanctuary, have been sent to the glaziers and It may be that another one will also, have.to be sent for renova­


FUND Two large .- stained-glass


W B H T tion.


'■ “ It may be possible to say within a fortnight, how soon the work will be finished, added Fr 'Walmsley. '


- Last November evidence of.


■tho'ight that the'trouble was restricted to the woodwork alone. On closer examination by .jlie diccesan.-architect.-the stonework'was, found; to be


extensive damage .-to the north wall of. the church was dis­ covered, but it; .was' then


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