)R THE


FARE3WELL GIFTS H /W ED TO 0 XaE SELECTION OF ALL


^PULAR BRANDS OF CIGARETTES


• ' . . . PIPES


^S . . POUCHES MUSICAL CIGARETTE BOXES


An d ta b l e l ig h t e r s


OF n o v e l t ie s . a sh tr a y s , Eire, ACE YOUR o r d e r NOW •


I


AND lOO’s CHRISTMAS PACKS / ■ t.


GUE


Clitheroe


, holidays for 1958


N®XT year Clitheroe’s summer . holidays will be from July


19th to-Augi^t 2nd. ■ The autumn break I'wiU ■ bb


from September 20th! to 23rd. June 21-July , 5.—Chadderton,


Failsworth, Hollinwood, . Lees, Macclesfield, Middleton,, Middle- ton, Junction, Oldham, Spring­ head.,,


' !,.


.Atherton,. Bolton,. Farnworth, Hindley Green, Leigh, Turton,


field, Burnley, Bury, Colne, Coppull, Earby, Edenfleld, Klrk- ■ ham; Nelson, Padthani, Radcliffe,


Ramsbottom, Tottington, Wigan and Woolfold.


I k iT . PLACE, CLITHEROE SECRETARIAL


TRAINING at


ALSTON’S Commercial College


ICHOOL JN TUITION


I MINISTRY


JR T TEST r s


•


|)AILY CAR


iTUmON 14,' BURNLEY


First class (training Is avail­ able for students of approxi­ mately 14 yrs. upwards. Pupils


may attend as an alternative to ‘ present school. F e e s (special rate for CUtheroe district) after deduction of travel concession: 8 guineas per term.


To the Principal: Please for­ ward free prospectus to—


1 Avenue Pel. 439


Name ...................................... Address .........................


1 ...............................C.A.


i ’ •


Every day, all sorts of people bring to us all sorts of financial problems. We, in


consequence, spend a good deal of our time finding the answers, giving advice and rendering assistance. . . talking turkey, in fact. We call this service and if you’d like to know more about it, there’s a booklet* to tell you.


‘Midland Bank Services for You ’ I free from anyofour2130branches


MID|LAND BANK LIMITE|D HEAD OFFICE: POULTi;Y, LONDON, E.C.1


Mr. Edmund Lord seen with colleagues at the presentation


ceremony. Back row: Insp. J. Lord, Mr. J. Smith (senior de­ pot clerk, Burnley), Insp. E. Cannings, Mr. V. Adcroft (con­ ductor), Mr; H. Metcalfe (driver), Mr. L. Wood (senior depot clerk, Clitheroe), Mr. W. Smith (driver) and Mr. E. Parkinson (depot engineer, Clitheroe). Front row: Mrs. Pedder, Mr. A. W. Pedd^ (district traffic supt., CUtheroe), Mr. Edmund Lord, and Mr. J. K. Horn (depot clerk, Clitheroe).


‘FARES PLEASE’ ENDS AFTiR 34 YEARS


Recollections of bus conductor


A MAN who has been saying “ Fares, please!" for more than 30 years, Mr. Edmund Lord, of 29 Pendle Road,


M()RTONS


Now displaying a 0 a lovely selection o f


M (U t LARGE S^ECTION OF LAJDIES’, GENTS’ AND


BOYS’ WAljoiES. C2IOOSE FROM ONE OF THE LARGEST SELECTIONS IN THE DISTRICT.


FULL RANGE OF THE FAMOUS SHOCKPRIDOF TIMEX WATCHES FROM 49/-


STMAS & :lub Now


OF OUTSTANDING VALUE


\0llS and m Toys


)OLLS (with


Df prices. )DY BEARS foys.


nwDwji


|the Largest Toy Manufacturers In the ad are excellent value for money.


les,. this lllft to two-,


selec- 16.


pwroom vlndow nps.


MAKE WONDERFUL GIFTS CHOOSE YOURS TO-DAY


FROM A<^ STOCK OF MANY «»«a 1THNAO


THOUSANDS AT THE


A fine c l 'o c kwo rk [model of a Nuffield


'Tractor. Puffs smoke as It runs along.


26 and 28, MOOR LANE, CLUHEROE 'i'ELEPHONE: CLITHEROE 98


OUR AND


(jREETING CARD, STATIONERY t 6 y depa rtmen ts a r e at YOUR SERVICE


REMEMB?: • SHO]


a om m Hicnur TWUN set Na. M. ge of these world-famous "00” Gauge


bllways to work from either battery or fe. Prices from 79/6 to 139/6.


le range of Accessories In stock.


lid TRI-CYaES in stock \ CHANGE' 19/6


lOM 8/11 pis Now AvaUable


f from our large stocks. We have I See our Windoto Displays.


mes Office le, CUthem


R — YOU CAN DO HALF YOUR CHRISTMAS •^PINGI UNDER ONE ROOF AT THE KAYDEE •


LOGAL ACCENTS FOR INGERSOLL-52/6 TO, £10 ALLTl^ GUARANTEE WITH EVERY WATCH


ALL LEADING MAKES OF SWISS WATCHES INCLUDING AVIA . RONE . ORIS . MEDANO , QMIER, ETC.


CLOCKS - SMITHS . METAMEC . WESTCLOX


SOLE AGENTS FOR “PETO” CONTINENTAL JEWELLERY AND “COUNTESS” PEARLS EVERY LINK GUARANTEED


QUALITY TOYS


DUBLO, TRI-ANG, TRIX ELECTRIC TRAINS AND ACX2ESS0RIES. HORNBY CLOCKWORK TRAINS. BAYCO BUILDING SETS. MECCANO


DINKIE TOYS. DUBILO DINKIE TOYS FROM 1/9 1


BALYNO SUPER SOCCER AND ALL LEADING MAKES 0F GAMES AND TOYS.. FULL RANGE OF ANNUALS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS


SHOP EARLY — SHOP WISELY AT MORTONS GIFT SHOP


18, MoOr Lane, Clitheroe TELEPHONE: OlITHEROE 420.


Clitheroe, retired on Friday after 31 years as a conductor with RibblejMotor Services.


, late.


Throughout that' time, he was late for duty only seven times—theri was one period of 10 years when he was never j


Tribute to Mr. ,Lord’s‘loyalty


and excellent) work was paid by Mr. A. W.| Pedder, the dis­ trict traffic superintendent, at a social and! presentation at the Dog and I Partridge Hotel In Wellgate on Friday even­ ing.


: j On behalf lof all memjrers


of the Clitheroe depot, Mr. Pedder presented Mr. Lord with a smoker's outfit.


I But though Mr. Lord has


now retired, the family’s con­ nection with'^he Rlbble com­ pany will not be severed, for his brother, Mr. John Lord, Is an Inspector at Clitheroe.


He, too, Is well known and


respected by! travellers and staff. ■ Indeed, both men


joined the old Pendle com­ pany on the same day—three


years before j Rlbble took It over. In hls 30-odd years of see­


ing life from I a bus'platform Mr. Lord has watched the transition from the old solid- tyre buses to the luxury coaches of th^ present day.


But though buses have


changed people still remain much the same, Mr. Lord says.


NO TI|lOUBLE “ I never bad any trouble


used to leave I him alone. It usually solved the problem,” he told an ‘‘Advertiser and Times” reporter on Tuesday.


with passengers. If anyone was Inclined to .be awkward, I


There werei always people


who would slip a foreign coin into the fare during the rush hour. This was particularly difficult to detect with dim bus lights during the war, Mr. Lord said.


' “I wish such people would


remember that the conductor has to make u|) deficiencies In hls takings,” he added.


One of the[ most difficult


i periods Mr. I^rd remembers was during the great snow­ storm of 1940. He recalled how several buses ^ere caught In the huge drifts at Clitheroe Golf Club. I


FOG AND ICE But fog and ice are the bus­


men’s ebemy. jOften Mr. Lord has had to walk, In ffront of a^us to guide It through thick


f®. , ,j Doing this almost cost him


hls life on one occasion. He was walking In front of the bus when the driver lost sight of him. Suddeinly, the vehicle loomed up out lof the fog, and


JACK READ


PET DEPARTMENT “THE SMITHY”


LOV^ERGATE, CUTHEROE TELEPHONE: CLITHEROE 341.


BREEDS DOGS


ly Trimmed Shamp^ooed


(>th Scaling . and


Clipping


NAMES AND ADDRESSES ENGRAVED ON DOG COIiLARS, ETC. i


PUPPIES . BUDGERIGARS . ^INCHES CANARIES . TROPICAL ANd| COLD- WATER FISH . PL/In TS . PET FOODS DOG • MEAT AND ACCESSORIES AT THE RIGHT PRICES i •


Chairman for tenth year


T(X)R the tenth successive year, Coun., Ernest Cross-


ley, of the Buck Inn, Clitheroe, was unanimously re-elected chairman of the! Clitheroe and District Licensed Victuallers’ Association at the annual meeting at the Copy Nook Hotel yesterday week.


Mr. T. Cross, of the King’s


■Arms, Clitheroe, was re^ elected vice-chairman.


Coun. Crossley, who, Is well


known In the licensing Jir'ade, which he serves In numerous spheres, expressed thanks for the confidence shown In' him.


Committee | appointments


Clitheroe), Mr. A. H. Bennett I (Copy Nook), Mr. Palmer (Dog ! and Partridge, Barrow), Mr. ' B a l dw i n (Hodder Bridge I Hotel), Mr. F. W. Moran ' '(Black (Horse, Clltheroe) and’ Mr. W. Nuttall (Bay Horse, Barrow)..


i II Trovatore


pLITHEROE Gramophone Society recently enjoyed


an operatic evening when a complete recording of Verdi’s “ 11 Trovatore ” was heard.


The recital was presented ■


by Mr.| Harold Stanworth, who briefly Introduce each scene oi the opera and also provided a number of copies of the vocal score to be followed dur­ ing the'performance, a service which added considerably to the pleasure of the llstefleys.


I ' I


Conservative ball


A BOUT 100 people attended


} a ball arranged by the ! Clltheroe Division Conserva­ tive Association on Friday at the Swan and Royal Hotel.


I Among those! present were Miss liargaret' Whalley, the agent, who organised the event. I t Is hoped,that the ball will become an annual


. affair.


were: Mr. A. Ambrose (Dog Inn, Whalley), Mr. E. Saddlng- ton (Crayen Heifer, Clitheroe), ' Mr. L. Plnchln (Wheatsheaf, I


Lights fail at dinner


TVTEMBERS of the Clitheroe depot of Ribble Motor


Services were enjoying a meal at the Dog and Part­ ridge Hotel in Wellgate on Friday evening, when the lights failed.


But to the Ribble engineers among the party it caused no concern at all. They went across to thelj garage and returned with batteries and bulbs, fixing up a tem­ porary ilighting system, until the lights were restored.


Mr. Lord had to get out of the way qulcl^y.


and despltp irregular hours; and week-end work, Mr. Lord has never regretted becoming a bus conductor.


. “,I have enjoyed every minute of It,” he summed up as he relaxed with pipe and slippers in front of a warm fire at, his home.


And yet iJn spite of all this,'' Kitchen plans


^(DUNTY approval has been ‘given to the proposal to


erect a' kitchen at Peridle Junior School, Clltheroe, In the current year’s building programme.


A tender amounting to £266


for improvement of the sani­ tary accommoaatlon at Bar- row congregational School has also been accepted.


More people


join nat


Glitheroe iiralists


TTHE newly--lfiormed Clltheroe Naturalists' i;s’ Society


con-


tlnues to go strength. T4n were enrolled i sponsored by terday evening i


The lectur; Grammar Sc|i


[:rom strength to en new members I after the lecture the society yes- (week.


held In the :|iool, was given by Mr. J. Aln v s worth, of Black­


burn. Hls subject was “The scenery and fora of the Lan­ cashire coast.


Mr. Alnswo:rth., who Is secre- tary of Blackl urn Naturdllsts’ Field Club, Ulp istrated hls talk with more thi: ,n 100 coloured sclnatlng coast


slides of a line.


Many rare


to the sand du Including sevi


chlds. i After the le


wore passed. ri nation. Ques duced many cusslons.


lowers peculiar aes were shown,


iral unique or- ture specimens


’()und for examl- ;lon time pro- nterestlng dls-


Mr. H. E.'Cook, chairman of


the local society, introduced and thanked the speaker. ,ln doing so he expressed the'hope that the Cljtheroe society would be ab! Blackburn clilb for summer rambles.


July 12-26.—Bamoldswlck, Dar-


wen. EUand, Fre|:kleton, Greet- land, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Heywpod, Horwioh, Blpponden, Skipton, Sdwerby Bridge, Tbd- morden.


'! July 19-August 2.-^Accrlng.ton,


B amb e r Bridge, Blackburn, Broadbottom, Chorley, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, C l i t h e r o e , Glossop, Gt. Harwood, Hadfleld. Holllngworth, Leyland, Mossley, New M i l l s , , Oswaldtwistle, Preston, Rishton, Stalybridge, Whalley.


July 26-Au'gust 9.—Bacup, Bol- Ungton, Gorton, Haslingden, Longrldg.e, 'Newton Heath, Pendlebury, Rawtenstall, Stack- steads, Swinton, Waterfoot. i


Royiton.


August 2-6.—Bradford, Leek, i


August 9-23.—Ashton-under-


Lyne, B r e d b u r y , ) Brlghouse, Compstall, Congleton, Crompton, Denton, Droylsden, I Dukinfield, Facet, Huddersfield, Hyde,' Little- borough, Marple, Reddish, Roch­ dale, Romiley,; Shaw, Stockport, Whaley Bridge; Whitworth.


Preckleton.


August 30 - September 1 — j


September 1-2.—Astley Bridge,


Bolton, Earby, Parnworth, Kirk- ham, Turton, Westhpughton.


September 6^8. U B am b e r


Bridge, Coppull, Gt. Harwood, Leyland, Preston, Wigan.


September 6-9. [— Atherton,


Ohorley, Colne, Darwen, Hebden Bridge, Hindley Grben, Horwich, Leigh, Radcliffe, Rishton, Tod-, morden, Tyldesley. v


September 8-10.--Barrowford,


Brierfield, Burnley, Nelson. September 13-15.—Broadbottom,


.Chadderton, Pallswdrlth,.'Glossop,


. Hadfleld, Hollinwood, Hollings­ worth, Lees, Gldham, Spring- '


j head. ' ' 11 ' September 13-16.--Blackburn,


Elland, Greetland, Halifax, Mid- •dieton, Middleton Junction, Rip- ponden. S owe r by Bridge, Whalley.


' September 20-22.—Bacup, Hey- wood, Stacksteads, Stalybridge.


September 20-23. A- Bamolds­


wlck, Bury, CUtheroe, Edenfleld, Haslingden, Mossley, New MlUs,


■Padiham, Ramsbottom, Rawten- stall, . Tottington, Waterfoot, Woolfold.


Church, Clayton - lie - Moors, Gswaldtwistle.


September 29-30.—Skifiton. October 4-0.—Leek. O c t o b e r 6-7 — BoUlngton,


Macclesfield. HE k l NeCHBOUR


w m | a o T ^ P R O P Incident oVer the yard wall


A LLEGED to have hit his next '■ door neighbour, a 71- year-old retired railway worker, with part of a clothes-


prop, David R?ld Smith, aged 47, of 15 Brownlow Street, Clitheroet wasjat Clltheroe .yesterday week bound over to be of good behaviour for 12 months.


/ Smith, who pleaded not guilty to maliciously wounding


George Edward Turner, of 13 Brownlow Street, was‘ also ordered to pay 15s. costs.


Turner, said Insp. W. Wright


saw Smith leaning over the dividing wall be ;ween the two houses.


When Smith started to use


abusive language, Turner said: “ Now be quiet David. We don’t want anything like that.’


clothes prop ing against the Turner with a


Turner went


house and the called. Three


Smith then took hold of a whli


,ch was lean- wall and hit


^lece of It.


back Into his police were stitches were


Inserted In hls|;] I^r. Cassidy’s sui


Ijiead wound at gery.


SOMEWHAT HAZY Turner said as he went along


the yard he tripped ahd put out hls hand to


He touched the


save himself, clothes prop


and the next t i ln g he knew Smith was pulll ig at It.


"W e were both pulling at the prop and then he lashed


{out at me with part of It.” ! He denied hlttlAg Smith with 1 the prop.


I P.c. Spencer said Smith, {when Interviewed the same ! night, appeared to be drunk ! and was somewhat hazy In hls ! manner.


I OVER THE WALL


' Smith told the magistrates-' (there had be(|n a certain


amount of trouble In the dis­ trict. As soon as he put out hls lights there was always some­


one knocking about near hls front or back dAor. He went out to the back be­


cause he thought someone was In the yard. 1


“ I had a peep over the wall


and thought I saw something there.


“ The next th ng I knew my


neighbour was swiping !at me with a clothes prop. I had to grasp It because .lt struck my arm.”


He denied hitting Turner with the plop. I


Road signs were ^ound in river


rpw o Newton farm labourers were summoned at Bowland


Magistrates’ Court, Grindleton, on Monday, for wilfully damaging road signs.


, iOne of them, James A. Ldwrence, of Blrkett |Farm,


made an alleged statement to the police following the dis­ appearance of two signs.


He said: “We were pretty


drunk. I remember we pulled some road signs off the! posts when we were playing ;about near Newton Bridge.” !


promised It would not happen again.


He said he was sorry and (


" I , P.c. Dean laid he found the


signs at the bottom of the River Hodder., One of jthem was broken In half.


| Mr. Jim Marsland, of , Moor­


lands, Dunsop Bridge, high­ ways supervisor for Bowland Rural District Council, { said the damage was estimated at £4 5s. 6d.


{ • P.c. Roberts said that after


Interviewing 'Lawrence he saw Anthony M. Quinn, aged 17, who at the time worked on Smelthwalte Farm. Quinn denied the offence.


Lawrence; was toed ,30s.: and,


Quinn 50s. Each! was ordered*- to pay £2 2s. 9d. costs.


September 27-29.yAccringiton, ’


10 and 12 ton TRACTORS


i


Two new heavy duty tractor models have been added to the Dodge Normal Cbntrol range. These tractors have gross train weights of i6 and i8 tons respect­ ively, and are designed to accommodate varying types of sem i-^ e rs of tip to 24 ft. in length and having a S.A;E./S.M.M.T. standard king pin. On both tractors there is a choice of diesel powered units, and air/1 ydrauUc braking and two-speed axle are inclui ed ina gene­ rous spedficadon. Hydraulically ^ operated 13 in. diameter clutch, five-speed gearbox, five aoss- member frame to in. dcf p and 35 gallon friel tank are. other| noteworthy features of these extra duty models from Kew.


i( Choice, of 340 cu. in. or 331


'(A


r Powerful air/ hydraulic bx^ tang system;


*16300 or 18S00' two - speed r e a r a x l e according to model


I 1 =


' cu, in. diesel- power units!


'(i June,28-July 12.—Astley‘Bridge, LARGE VARIK T


j Tyldesley, 'Westhoughton, June 5-19.—Barrowford, Brier-


CHKJIREN’S SUPPERS LAMBSWOOL LI T


o )


LADIES’ BO()TEES LAMBSWOOL LINED) ,


MEN’S AND BOYS’ LAMBSWOOL LINED)


Slippers . Boots and Shoes GOOD MAXES OF SHOES AIiWA'YS IN STOCK. SEE WINDOWS


LORD & SON 5, MOOR LANE, CLITHEROE MAKE USEFUL


CHRISTOIAS PRESENTS For Evory Member of tte Family


Clitheroe A d v n ^ e r & Times,. December 6,1957


T.G.B. MOTORS LTD.


PRIMROSE, TEL: CLTTHERC


aiTHEROE, LANCS. E 784 (4 lines) NIGHT OR DAY


KEW DODGE-hORE DEPjENDABlE-MORE DURABLE’ u


n :


23, WEIIXIATE CLITHEROE


PRESENTIS A WIDE SBEECTION OF T/fi l - ^ o d e


J to iu l - f fU i i te d J oM e J t o AND A HOST OF


. FASaNATING THINGS - A ‘I


ENTERITAIN YOURSELF THIS CHRISTMAS


MANY' HOURS! OF FUN AND FASCINATION WITH LOTTS (EHEMISTRY SETS AND HOBBIES’ FRETWORK OUTFITS _ 10^4 to 40/-


KEIL-CRAiET G JDERS . SKYJETS AND POWER I MODELS — 1/6 to 16/6


m ArQUETRY sets - 8/6 to 25/6


SHOULDM BOGS . PURSES, . WRITING CASES . WALLETS . ETC,, IN FINE LEATHERS


AND REMEMB ii \ THJD\


'R LEATHER COSTS LESS’ YOU THINK: - AT • FOR BpTER SHOE REPAIRS


2, YORK STREET, CLITHEROE Tel^lione: 495. ■


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