W exhibits nliisi e u mi I I


BeUt, unllkie cycles, wears out.! As a cura Clitheroe; Museum he tains an active Interest affairs relating to the of the borough. *


* j * ! *


IfllfRS. H.I LORD,, of Bridge, tells m&hei


I walked into her hui I butchers shop and „ I pound note on the couiji


, And £1 has come as 1 from an (unknown mar


' £35.' ' I { :' !


I name. "He was about; 10—ah old-


said, before walking (Ut the shop without giviii g his


“It’s for |a good caus


fund to buy a guide dot I blind person has now r


Cached i


ispand’s a


a gift , who


put ter.


,” he of


I age pensioner;I should think," Mrs Lord said, “He ceitainly looked as though he cojld do with the 'njoney himsel:,


Shaw £250 i for a !


never »r a t ! main- j


history i In all j


Museuni, to the


'AUTST- hew


Easter which w It is


ANDmG amiohg the exhipits at Clitheroe


as printed'in lM7i


tory of Napolboni many fihi


which will! open during is


book


EdwaM Baines’ "Hls- thef Wars,’’ (jif the


History df L^cashire,’’! when


famous ben of that t[lm.e, Baines


in his Preston apprenUfce,


“Leeds Mere' 1795, an through


hisfioumey toikhlm Clitl: feroe.


BECA^ .EDITOlf


he newspapdr, wlthwl^lch, he was assopia|ed up to hlsideatn.


come north nd .entered the cotton IndQsitJy. Jateii became M.P. for I Slot kport And, with John Blr lg i t , , successfully fought the re real of the Com ^aws,„ I .■-.ji , ;■ I ■ '■


owner of a n ill. at Sabden. Cobder. a [soUthehel: who,


museuni Is a (white porcelain bust.of .Rlchbd.'Cobdeii, once


Another addition ; to the


open to the pi, day and Saturday afternoons from MAy to September, has


Thh museu)


. which , will be ,blic on Wednfes-


been undergblrig a "face lift” during the winter in prepar-: atlon. foil the summer season.


; Beforelthe season ends. It is ' hoped' that ■ ah additional room, wli’have been* brought ihto seriuce. thereby enabling: visitors j o have access: ,to a much wj ler range of exhibits.


of a riuiiber of articles from the - Mt seum, extra | pre- eautlonsj are, toi toe' taken; ito ensure- the safety of the ex-^ hlblts.


Following ime receht theft


Wlthi:| al .^ew years be­ tcame th>,..,v edimr and owner of


Ic 'era, and contains ,e steh engravings of


author of I “Baines’


'teeild walhbd from oLpeds where as An ,e joined the y.” That was In


Members of Clitheroe Parish Chun h Youth Club heard


about prospectsl of a career in aviation from two represen­ tatives of KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines Mr. a] F. Clark, sales promotion managerj; outlined the growth ahd activities of KLM, the world’s oldest airline, ana M|ss M, J. Chatter- ton, a KLMhostets at Manchester,: spe^e about her job. Mil.


Clark and Miss Chatterton were introi need by Mr. F. Tingle, who also gave a short talk, ; i '


I : ^ . ii A BOMB DESTROYED


HISTORIC H ^E R D : to recover it fails


, J^ESTROYED ln the Liverpool blitz. That is the probable , fate of a ceremonial halberd he: dmnee carried before the Mayor of Clitheroe on ceremonia occasions.


i Efforts recently made to trace :thli; piece of Clitheroe


history ended :with a letter from the Director of Museum^ Liverpool, stating that the greater part’ of the collection concerned was:lost when the museum building was desf troyed: in 1941.:i The halberd'head coild not be traced ' !


the exhibit back: to Clitheroe was Captain P. i B. Mitchell, well-known i antiquarian, of Church:Street.:, :l I , :


: Behind, the move toi bring :


tion in 1914 when the Historic Society: of Lancashire! and- Cheshire published a cata­ logue containing: the following reference:


It first came io his atten­


Mayor ; and Corporation :: of T------^


“Ceremonial Halberd Head, formerly carried: before the


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sa-ooth-


Workman NEW AND


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Overhaul. of till inahei of Re-toraying.


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Mrs;.-Jl board


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pnth on her maiden Garner, ■ will be (pn


Mrs. C^arnCr, who no-jv llyes _____ : wds


ihall, Cheshin ’ Miss Annie Southe(rri,


of Richmond! Terrace. S ie anid Mr.! Gamer!,'are to' spend,a holiday! In-Canada ylsltlri'g relatives!


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OBSOLETE MACHINES.: | . Including over 600 New


Clltherie, Lancashire. Given February 5th, 1863, by J.i R. Gibson , Esq:, by whom the staff w IS added.’’


: i


were ilaced In the caret of the: Llybrpool Museum. The Identltj' of “J. H. Glbson’f 'is not:known. :■


Cbntents'Of the catalogue ‘ -


Mitchell tried to arrapge an exchanbe of, exhibits with Liverpool Museum so that the halberd head could be in­ cluded In the Clitheroe Mus­ eum CO lection.


EXdlANGE OFFERED i After;the, 1914 war. Captain


: : ;


were not willing to co-operate and; the move failed. ■ i |


it to Clitheroe was prompted by :the fact that Liverpool Museum had been consider­


lost I among the many exhibits destroyed,’’ Captain Mitchell said.


. j


ably da naged during the blitz ini 1941. “I fe:,red it may have been


Unfoi|tunately, Liverpool


HOSTESS AIRS HER VIEWS


Beque^ to c h a u f f e r in £200,000 will


'■MR,! Jame|s WUcock^Holgate, of Rlversldei Sawley, who


died ;on December 16th, left £216,002 (£213,575 net. duty £132,869) I '


Refuge Assurance Company as an ofiflceiiboy: at Blackburn in 1895 and passed through every department in the divi­ sional ofiSca: , 111'


JJh, ;liplgafe I!'joined -/the


'.when he retlredii: A year'later :he,was appointed president,


L -Hei was appointed: to the iboard in 1912 and was chair­ man; from |l 1928 until 1950,


j His son Maurice • is ‘ the -pre­ sent managing directoriof the Refuge Assurance Company.


! Among bequests was: £2 a week for life to ^illiam Kirk- ,land, chauffeur,: i and on his death, to his widow: during widowhood, the chauffeur is in his service and not under notice. : |:' . ;iJ ■ , .


Drivel* blames road! camber


Inn, King Street; i’WHalley, ,was fined £5 and £5 5s.: advo­ cate’s fee: at Clitheroe yester­ day week when.he pleaded not


: Ambrose. Hsaldi :Mr.: J. A. Bower, of Burnley, prosecut­ ing, drove ! at a fast speed when turning ;lnto Station Road from:: Clltheroci Road. He I struck a . car which was slowing down at: the junction.


licence was endorsed. : h- , :i ;


: Defendlngj MrJ :D.- G.: Franks barrister, of: Mahehester. said Ambrose, who had driven for 33 years without a conviction, skidded on the wet surface of the road while taking the bend at a reasonable speed. ,


: In an : alleged , statement, Ambrose said if the camber of the , corner had I been normal he would not have skidded and the acpldent: would not have happened. 1


1 :


His latest attempt to bring- Driver was over the v(hite line


' J ■,! ■


Captalr. Mitchell:; raised the; matter at a meeting of the Museun, Committee, of which he is a member.


: |


exhibits of particular interest to Men eyslde. These Included two: leather: wallets, inscribed Henry ’Watson, Liverpool,-1774. and: Howard Cummlck, Keri- dal, 1778 (probably used by, Llverpopl businessmen): and some books. ^


Olithjroe offered Liverpool


tain! jjitchell believes It measur’d about 2ft. Sins; in length.,-, j


’ ' ' [


aelpjgy. Captain, Mitchell :s la membei, of many societies lii- cluijlng the Ancient Museum Society, the Lancashire.-’and Cheshire Antiquarian Society and] the Blackburn Society of Antiquaries.'; ',


I kkniy Interested in arcli- ’bus , i,


the I Lancashire and Cheshire Antlqualflani Society, he safe­ guards (the, interests' of the Society ' in I the many lo(cal buildings of; historic interest.


a|, lOTal correspondent for


on many occdslons, supervised the 10-yearly, operation , pf treej-felllng at the Lower Hodderi. Bridge, an operation to prevent! damage to the stonework by the growth:: of the Itrees.., !:-.


: In this connection he Has, : !


Althoigh I he had not actiiallj seen the exhibit, Cap­


: BODY ls.|6d. aiiiile: piiicoiitinued ting description of; the Well Terrac


!service introduced in ^Clitheroe by Ribble Motor Services in [NdvCmber.


'I'own: Council !| this week agreed to It pelrig withdrawn. The service was introduced


because the!;Cornell thought It was needed by ’the residents pf the Hayhurst Street hous- Ing.estate. ( |v , ;;


[,’Why, has .the,:service lost money? -.'People living ton the estate ;say. ^he, times of the ’j)uses do not


ordinary round pf household duties.'-' ; :■ ■


In with the


Irig or afterpbon shopping ex­ peditions i without fiiealjarrang^|merits,


! There Is ho sultablc j’bus to take them to torn on! morn-,


■ I ,:: - i


or i-


upsetting !(’ O’


|- . |jUSTi;00:[EARLY ' j When the:^'wish to go to the


the!servlce is discontinued ,or not," said Mrs, AjPlnch,:of 26, Standen Roajd. ! . , -!


clneilia, they h^ve’ to ‘catch the 7-10 p.m. ’bus, which is ‘’justf:too -eaxly’’ and the re­ turn /bus iealjres yoo soon. '“ I ^m notj [worried whether


quicker to walk to town than ride, round all thb streets,


I, Slmllaj criticism came from


Mrs. V.' Nelsph,: oi 24. Standen Road;i, ,


cinema we ha-ve|j!jto catch a , ’bus; which = ^ts;. ps there far


; “if I we want to a I - 'iW


too early, Apd wpen we come but of the! clpema! wc find’ the ’bus!has left rind iwe are faced with a walk home,’’ she said,


- i Mrs. Nelson woiild, however, be sorry to sbe thp service dfsr continued.:- It vybuld- be tor valuable, if the times'could be re-arrangqd to fit;in with the heeds'; of, resfpentp,’she said.


’bus Ifermlmls ’should be sit­ uated ' at (thb!: tpp i ot Standen Road- : at- 'iitri junction with .(ippsebutts I|ri.ne.|-; ! :


' 6pe/ also ' thought that the -. tp eideViy' /Pebpje’ "who are (! she; thought it was probably


-!“ The tlme^'Of thetouses are p o t : yery, icqhvepMt to the housewife- -who - wishbs ’! to do her ahopplngi’.' she added


Very littl'i use has been made o^ the/service. In fact the i. In ;view of this ClltherCe


company: has bfeen losing Is, 6d. a mile. ' tills


service thal nobody , wants. ( Tliis might be a fit- le--Mayfield Avenue


that an attempt to provide what Is 'thpught to be a much- needed thus service has ended In failure. : : : , ;


This will be the second time


was Introduced from the;town as: far |as| Holland Prospect. But this, tpo, was'discontinued after ,12 months! due to lack of I support]


In , Octolier. 1650, a,’ service scattered across road


when a’ frulterers lorry over­ turned when It was m colli­ sion with another lorry m Cli­ theroe Road, Barrow, early on Tuesday morning!


W. Blac^msTind^ons, of CllthsroC was driven by John Threlfall, aged 29, of 29,! Vic­ toria Street: Clitheroe, who escap :d ( with a : bruised leg. The lorry was damaged.:


The Iprry. ownedJiy-MCTsrs.


vehicle was Leo Durkin, aged 25,' of 19, carter Avenue. Hap- tor


The driver of the other


curred almost bpppslte: the entrance to !the print 'works,' partly blocked the rbad for a time.


'he collision,; which | oc­ ; !. Ou^t] of club


Sylvia Diixbury. Is to .spend a weekend; In London—her first visit to thp capltal-^as' guest of IMaryietione youth Cluh.


ecutive committee of the Lan­ cashire Aissbciatlpn of Girls’ and Mixed Clubs‘meettaff In


She wb I chosen by the ex­ trc,velilng to LoPdori’will be a'


I in London MEMBER of j Knowle Green youth Club, Miss


’C'RUIT' a ad vegetables! .were ' sca,ttered about the' road


LEATHER WALLETS : In an endeavour to trace it,,


line at DPvecote Corner,. Hurst Green, a lorry driver crashed into an oncoming car; Clith­ eroe magistrates were told yesterday week, i -


ilARWING :|:at an excessive speed well over the white


: :


I: Gordon Thomas iPrlce, aged 22, of Lark Hill Cottages, Old Langho, was: finked £7 after pleading guilty!: to driving without duel: care and: atten­ tion., His licence ]vas endorsed.


erably damaged, ::but the two drivers wereiunhurt. !, Price admlttedJin court that


: Both vehicles :were consid­


he was not ::concentratlng at the time of the collision.


! A RNOLD ^AMBROSE, aged 50. licensee:, of the Dog


guilty to driving :a car without due care and attention. His


.


COUNCIL SPENDING IS UP BY £7,782


Pay-as-you-go is the policy 0LITH?ROE Corporation expects to spend £49,520 fiext-


: : year-p :£ll,033 more than last year’s estimate arid £7,782 i more than the probable net spending In this flnaricia i^ear which' ends on April 5th:


: - During thei present period of ihlgh Interest - irate; the


Councillor J. 'fl; D.i Crltchley, chalrmamof the Finance and General Purposes Committee, at the budget meeting of the Town 'Council: on :Tuesday, when a rate-of 18s. 6d. in the £ was! approved.


'


that ^the I Lancashire County Council iwould: be taking slightly over 10s. :4d. of: the 18s.'6d.irate. :


Councillor Crltchley said


Corporation had to raise next Year was £lll,166-£ 14,373 more than last year's estimate or £13,0541. more' than this year’s probable spending.


or £3,340 more|than last year. iThujs the net amount the


THE ESTIMATES


by commenting , on the prob­ able: flnanqlal results of the Council’s : operations during 1955/56: ,ii:


; Councillor Crltchlfey toegan i: , :


' Twelve 1 months ago esti­ mates-showed the net spend­ ing to be; £96,793, of which £95,616 was to be produced by a rate of |24/- In the £, the remainder — £1,177 —to be taken from balances. : This was a reduction of 6d. In the £ on the;prevlous year’s rate, he said. •;


refpnd -of:rates amounting to £2,825 :to: the North-Western Gas Board following a reduc­ tion In: the -rateable value of the' gas ; undertaking with retrospective effect to : April 1st, 1952; was made.


factors,i together with the re­ duction Inl rate Income result­ ed in £5,664 : having to be taken from balances.


WAGE : RISES


was ' due i to national pay- awards,'Increases in the cost of materials :and higher interest rates on borrowed money; all of : which: were outside: the control of I the Council. :


The bulk of overspending


1956-57,: every effort had been made to keep, spending to the minimum, I without Impairing the Council’s services.


In preparing the budget for


ments for Borough Council purposes next: year amounted to £49,520, which was £11,033


; The -estimated net require­


borne out I of- the, current rate Income.: Net overspending by the various committees during the year amounted to £3,251. While the actual amount of the County Council precept was less -than:the figure In­ cluded In 'the estimates, these


The whole of this had to be


£ was: estimated to produce £332. -but during the year a


A rate of one penny In the In bash that was £61,646,


: Council -hopes to adopt a policy Of “pay*hs vou go,’^ borrow­ ing as little money as’posslble. This: was announced by


0ver: last year’s :$stlraa(el arid £7.782 lover'the probablb net spending for this year. |


provision: had been': made for national pay awardk,' in­


So far as, was knovrri full


creased cost : of materials and higher 'Interest rates. I i


years, wages , had ''Indireased by 84 per 'Oent.', charges for holidays, sick pay and nation­ al; insurance by 92 ;pei) Cent., and materials, : generallly by about 40 per cent.: :


these Items was: shown I by the fact that during the last 10


The trend In the cost of :


by the re-valuatlon of prop­ erty—an Increase- of |£l;200, about half of which was pay­ able to other authorltl^si


The Council Itself v as hit


new certieterl*s and street lighting, j: :


vided for new-andilniiproved services, i particularly to the


.: INTEREST RATES


on to ^discuss the: problems raised; by high interest (rates on borrowed money; I |


Councillor Crltchleyl went


deavour to'keep our borrow­ ings down to the verjl mini­ mum. While we have not yet paid more than 5 iper dent., we shall brobably be forced to do: so soon,” he said. |i


“It has: always been dur en­


private i sources : and for periods under seven I years, had without doubt proved advantageous to Clitheroe.


which enabled local authori­ ties to borrow money I from


comparatively high Iri rates prevail, the (jli should adopt a policy 6: as you go.’ " Every end ekvbur should bfe made to; meet our capital requirements (from available capital : or pther funds in |hand or by medium or short-period loans;’/ he said.


:quncil :i ‘pay


I


came to:the precept of the County Council.: The (kiuncll required 1 a rate of slightly over 10s. :4d. next year pressed Jn terms ; of


Councillor Crltchley then


: £3,340 more. thaq. last year, he said.


• , r '


: year’s probable.’’ T rHE PROBLEM


‘‘The revaluation


: Valuation: Officer’s figures on the new lassessments; put. we have mape a snia!ll !'allpwance to provide for a reductlpri In rateable lvalues which may arise as aj result of appeals.


'•that a pbnny rate next year will produce £497, arid a rate of 18s. 6dJ In, the £, plus, £832


“On this basis we estimate


balance: the-budget. !:Thld rate Is a reduction of 5s. 6d. oit last year.


(' '■■■:


ments hpv!e,, bebn inerpaeed by no mpre than 29%, rate-, payers wffi pay less in rates than they did last iyear. Generally/ such inerteas’s will apply only to ho.iises. , Shops, business arid; imdiitrla. premises jwlll pay more


In those cases where assess­


revaluatlop has fixed bi slness and ' sliqllar ' premises on present-day letting Values. Houses, betog controlUd by ;the Rents Restriction Acts, 'retain a 1939 letttog:!value for assessmept'purppsesj!'' I :


“ It Is well knbwn-! thkt the


' Until these controls arc re- la/ced, hpuse; .property will


continue to be assessed on 1989 valu^. THE BALANCES


eluded by referting -i) COupcil’s balances. 'I


Councllfor Glfitchley con- tbe'


(during, thp year, we sh’all have: about £6,600 In hand ritl the iyear end.| ; - , '


icu’rrent year these I stoop at £9,723 for general ratd fund purposes. | With','credits from pther, accounts,- less ] the a m b u n tj,, of • overspePdlngs


! “At the begihntog df the


,. ‘"To cut' the rates by l aktog a lot of moneyafrom ba!apces at this'present time of [un­ certainty would hot ! be good financial policy, ; • ’ ( ' | ■


'ments of the Council for their ready co-operation and-risrilst- ance m the framing of estimates.


. “ In conclusion: I'Would I like, to place on record my appre­ ciation to' the chairmen land heads of the various depart-


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!next year somewhat more difilcult. !,.- ■ j: ‘^ We , bavP acceptejl the


: problem -1 of budgetting for i borough ' has made


o|f the th e


have to provide next velar Is £111.166,: an Increase of £14,373 more than last year’s estimate, (or £13.054 ov^r this


57, were reduced by £145. ''Thus (the net amoiiiit we


Excheqqer grants fof 1956/


shows a: decrease; In rate poundage of 4s. 3id., It does In' fact call upon us fo find


£61,646. : Whilst this demand


of ex- :cash.


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