t^RALlST


magazine or pictorial calen-i i dar.


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vlclnffy, was small and Com­ fortable, bup with no Meb- trlclty. . A good supply of hbt and cold water with the UsuM am e n i t ie s was, howfev^ greatly appreciated. .


The cottage in whldh;i I most In I the


1 ’


which impressed me when l| lapded on Mull Was the sheep,' Hap they been washed, or were these almost white creatures the result of an


Power Wringer and Pump 'As above with'Heater


SERVK.


10-gall. Capacity I — Pawe'r 'Wringer and Pump ..


Asi ,above with Heater PARNALL.


Power Wringer and Pump As aboye with Heater


i * 4


HOTPOINT EMpJ 9-lbs. Capacity ...


Combined Washer ‘


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f !^>i ffi'.. ; ; ! -f- '


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b e n d ix Id i a l m Heated — No required ... ...


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. As above with Heater AEG. LAVAEUiX.


and Spin: Dryer — Heate 1 ... ... HOOVERMATIC.


lATIC. Plumbing


QUICKEN YO WilH A M


£6-15-;0 £7-15- 0


£8-12- 0 m-i2- *


7


12-11 11- 4


£8-10- 0 ... 12-6


ilR HOUSPORK >DERN CLEAf^ER


HOOVER JUNIOR,


i l s ik m ... . As ahoKg -with Toolsj


HOOVER Model ^38,


HC^VER Model <^52. ■with Tools


Hoover Cylinder Oeaner , with Tools


£2-14- 1 £3“ 1-


3- 4 3-11


J L x t r a p e n s i o n MNIATURE


if retirement is postponed


after that date for weeks of employment or self-employ­ ment :wUl add Is. to! the insured person’s retirement pension plus, for a married man, 6d. to his wife’s pension.


Pensions and National Insur­ ance. ! Every 12 contributions paid


Insured person’s pension and, for a .Rianied map, Is, tQ| hi?


At present, every 25 Con­ tributions add Is.-.ei. toj the


Wife’s pension. The additions to a wife’s pension are raised to the; Insured person’s rate if she p widowed,-


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tinuing to, work until 701 (65 for a Woman), I when the pen- • slon is paid Irrespective! ©I * retirement, cain earn 6Xtr& pension of iSs. (2fe. tdf i a married couple).


At present, a person con­ j I


ments the,maximum increases will, be 21s. for 6n Insured


Under the jne,w M'T'ange-


person, and 31s. 6d. for i a married couple, on top of the ' flat-rate , weekly pension I :of i


£2 lOs. for lanj Insured person ! and £4 for| a married couple.


< )


FOR WASHERS AND CLEA 8 MARKET ^LACE, CLUHE


' /. . -■'.■I. I - ■ G. F. J.


28, BACK LOWERGATEj CLITHEROE - :


WROUdHTf M l CATES IG S AND W H D IN G


ITOB < ‘ ' .ENQUIRE:


28; ICWERGAOX I or l. PfUNCES^. c u i » E ;


;


travelled to Bournville and In sp e c te d |the - extensive chocolate and | cocoa manu- facturlng works there.


A]bout 'too I Clitheronlans I ■' * E¥EiV bCCASION


BY ALL THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS CONWAY


^ T E m A N


fT EW A R T ’ GUARANTEED


FOUNTAIN PENS


IN , A WIDE CHOICE OF designs and PRICES


PARKER


PARKER DUOFOLD PARKER "51”


THE PEN WITH THE CARTJUDGE


i FILLING SXSIEM , :


i Also the - I ■ Lever Fh-ling Model SHEAFFER


THE PEN WITH THE "SNORKEL' filling’ ! DEVICE


BALLPOINT PENS ) From 1/- to 42/- ! |, One of 'iwo] sketches of


Blackburn’s ! new cathedral, prepared by ]thb architect, Mr. W. A .Forsyth, was reproduced In the “i Advertiser ' and Times.”! The new building was described as being lde,klly situated.. It]was designed to


provide accommodation for 2,500 worshippers. * ! *1 ' * ■ ' , "I


The friends whose gener-'


oslty made a complete day’s* outing to Blackpool possible


for the “Hydro] Children,” as' they were familiarly called, would have felt] amply repaid! if they had seen the children enjoying the] many thrills of the resort and] heard their happy chords of "We have had a lovely day!”


* i # j ' * CALL AND SEE THESE PENS' AT THE I


APYERTISl® 1 T iu p o m a • YOUR pATlONHRS • !


6, Market Place, Clitkeroe i , . I I LOANS


I £S UPWARDS UNSEoilRED ' P. 8. RICHARDS LTO^


\1; WELFOM RD., LEIOESTEd ' I- . SAVE LINO


Htv* y«ur. Old Piaind Pioon OovflrBd with Colourra Asphalt' oy


ROBINSON, H m A CO. LTD. The Old Firm.


' worshippers att^hded, many of them being motorists, cyclists, qnd walkers w^q h^L paused pA their journey to


word trough as meaning a depression and Used It In this context as a simile with the trade, depres^slon being suffered In the world. A record number of 400


apart , from giving travellers an opportunity to wprsljlp, these services had their part In the life of | his pa^h, enabling some ] par/st^ners who lived eleven miles from the parish church to share In services organised by their Rector.


take ., part. The Rector of Slaldburn m e n 11 o n e d ■


thad


Trough Of. Bowland In a modern parable when he addressed motorists, cyclists and walkers In the Trough, at one of the ‘ open-air services arranged and conducted by the Rector of SlaldbUm, the Rev. w. C. Jordan. ' The Bishop spoke of the


The Bishop of Blackburn, Dr. P. M. Herbert, used the


Thijbphpke <. . .


iNBRS ROE


25 YEARS AGO Items from jour issue of


July! 27th, 1934 :


station for both period and day, excursions showed 1 a marked increase oh that i of two years ago] Roqd trans­ port undertakings In the town


also reported an Increase In bookings. I ! f I


candidate for' the Clltheroe Division, Mr, Stanley Awbery, slipped and I fell when alight­ ing from b bus near' his home, breaking his right arm. j


The ! prospective Labour


TSURING CUtheroe holidays, bookings at the railway


an Order made by Mr. I John’ Boyd-CarpeJnter, Minister of


earned‘by postponing retire­ ment j from work beyond age 65 (60 for,.women) willloper- ate from August '3rd, imder


"pHE 'Improved pension Increases whfch can' be


IN RURAL HG$TELRY


will find yourself In !a miniature! armoury. For cn display ln| the lounge lar ard


w s . , Into the ] Pendle Hotel, Chatburn, and you


hallway il^ a fine and impres­ sive collection ot firearms,


this Interesting array Is Mr. Peter Field, the hotel chct and son of the licensee; M ‘ L. Field. !


f


tion about five years ago, when a friend gave him an olci musket. 'He did some reading


lilr. Field began his collec­


-to discover more abotit the piece he; was given, and was bitten by the collectitig bugl His father encourageg {{]C


collection and assists ]ln thk purchase


expert of


Is Peter who Is the i technlfia the team,


of new pieces ■ I ,1


people visit the premises tc view the I collection, I an[d this af course. Is good for tirade.


Mr. Field finds that ....


but„;li manj


collectlop has snowballed and today Mij. lFleld has!-about 8Cj pistols qhd muskets and swords of various types'


From a single musket, the ■ CANE GUNS


fireplace Mr. Field pointed out' to an " Advertiser and Times ”


A MONCl the assortment of ! weapons above the lounge


THE PAST


so YEARS AGO Items from our issue of July 30th, 1909 |


[A RISING out of the * apppMtment of a Bishop Suffragah ;for Whalleir, the


Church Council' decided to place E^Blshop’s thropc In Whalle.v Parish Church ;


! * #


I three organlsatlohs iopefatives ]met at a ’conference !ln Manches'


assqclatlojns of emptoyfers In the cotton! trade arid Of the


consider what steps could be taken to prevent the Indis­ criminate ■


-- -------- .:er to'


: the joint


consequent over production of! yarn.' ' [ ] * * *


spinning companies an'^ the!


the :North-Western Cen;re of the Sanitary Inspectors’ Asso­


R e p r e s e n t a t i v e ; of


ciation held their annual conference in Clltheroe.' ]ij= !


'


Trent, in‘memory of th^ Rev. R; Robinson, were dedicated by the Bishop of Manchester.,


Chipping! Parish Church by Mrs. ForShaw, of Suttoh-on


New choir stalls instal ed at


Vicar yfears.


]The R^v. Robinson of


.slty extension students [visit were


iA party,., „ ;of a dozen urilver-


I‘; The [ brake passed over! the I 'j horse's without overturning II and the p^rty escaped injury.


*


'speech daj St. John’- presented _


At the 4-W I !


j.[ C. Gainett, Rector Slaldburn,'


e sclenc'y ! tests. The * I i Iin. prizes.


p r e s e n te d :*


celebration of


examinatloijs, Graham Lav dalene College’ reported on tha n/BtAnnA Is-aaS... mt_««___


Rev of


the wieu


golden weqeltag. Col. and Mrs. A. I I. .Rqbliison, The Royds,


to dinner at the Pendle Hotel '* : * I


of [ a; WesICyan mtotstei} af iWhalley was' announced,! the Rev. F. I [Taylor ‘ being' appointed. :


A.tfilrd yriange In the draft i ;h lr


pliapb-iupi H entertained the employees b r the Bold Veriture' Lime Co., 'i Ilia tlft members of I Chatbim Reading Room


Grammar School Mr. Snow, late of C!ollege, Oxford, report on] trie and Mr] E. 's. B.A.. Mag-


|i distance-of 35 yards, bringing doy?n the [other two animals.


irig Btonyhurst College travelling [liii a brake d by thrpe horses, when. way In Church Brow, leading horse fell and slid a


rawn mld- the


Chipping for 25 *


------- was ‘flotation of! new! Representatives of the two ■ i ■ ■ -1


dating ifroni the ir.ld-18tlh’ century (;6 the late, 19th. The man responsike


reportei six cafie guns, •whlchi can


he said were mainly used; by poachers ■ and were' i quite


, pool, j ind brought It to Chatbu m with him when his father! took oyer the 'Pendle Hotel m t December.


I lljr. Field began his collec­ tion when he lived In Black-


commop In' -the, Chatburn area.


|


iweapor " time.


are unc ated, Mr. Field thinks he mas several] very old items in jhls collection. The most- Intefestlng pieces for a collec­ tor are those of the mld-|l9th century when there were probably more peculUar


Thou ;h many older pieces than at 'any otriet* ■fitted on the top,


pointed out a jpenklfe which had i ai muzzlel-loadlng pistol


As ah example, Mr, Field


I i other peculiar Items In' the qollectlpn are orie English [and one i American] “ pepperpot ” pistols, which had six revolv­ ing; barrels and which were the foi^erunner of the modern revolver with Its , six-shot revolvlig chamber.


weapons rriore common around the coastal areas than further Inland, and though he has; added one or two pieces to Ills collection since coming to (Jhatburn, he feels that sdmeone has


Mr. [Field has found old


oyer tooth


tjhe area :omb.” .


want to add tq his collection. If they see one, they make preliminary inquiries for him.


distance to add It to his collectlbn.


for a piece depends on; Its condltlbn and rige.


The price collectors will pay I i I' J [


lock mechanisms as progress ■was made in the production of firearms.


I I


Armoqr SbcletyJ Mr. Field has n(i prize piece Hi his collection,


[A.member of the Arms and .


though he admits that when he first began each hew piece He added became the pride of the collection.


grown, he Is more choosy] In his selection of pieces, and no longer has a special favourite.


Now that the I collection has (I POWDER [horns


Iqoks out for powder horns, bjillet i moulds,, bayonets apd other [ accessories to the weapons he collects.


!


Items from India, Japan arid Nbrth ‘ Africa, ; and also ‘ a selection of what were once'


Among the [weapons are


Bbss,” which, used from about 1850 up to the] time of the Battle of Waterloo, was a flint lock weapon. “The Bruns- w ck” percussion musket fol­ lowed this piece as the wbapon of the B r i t is h “ ’Tommy,” and was converted to] I breech loading by an ingenious fitting] known as the Sc|inleder breech


!


weapons bearing -the same name.


i ; v Show winner


Harrogate yesterday week, Mrs, J. R. Bindley, of Gl£-


bume Parlp,; Glsbum, won second prize in the hacks class..


[ I


AT the final day of the Great Yorkshire Show at


If you are no- Hire charge


GREAT HARWOOD, A. and a small CLit;


already a'Calor' Gas user your first appliance ^ 'I involve a Cylinder give you full details-


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weapon which bore a name fapilllar to all ex-servicemen, the Short Lee Enfield, which was used up ‘to the late 19th-centuryi and was, of course, followed; by improved


This was followed by a


standard Issue' [British Army weapons. jThesej Include; the "Brown


H


TN addition to collecting I weapons, Mr. Field also


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easy to clean undergi-il]; and I ivenie u, economical thermo-


drawer in


country home in Britain that can’t affordahew'Courier’ pnam^i ® [if fimsljed m gleaimng vitreous The‘Courier’is wonderful value-it brings you a tirce


Three burner hotplate


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\


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And the (^urier’ hps liother big bonus feature that r^ y js umque—the ovp^ roof


leming-|-an extra,every


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your pocket—i A '


have a Couiim 1 See i[ at you| ‘Calqr’ Gae dlealerisl f i ty cu r kitchen!


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flint Iqcks, have ‘ been spoiled tor collectors were [converted


because they to percussion


piece [which was desirable and In good condition. .! ‘


Mariy, old pieces, such as


[ Mr! Field said that collec­ tors] would pay well for a


drivers are bn the look out for ^ pieces which he might


If; an [item promises to' be unusual and Interesting, !Mr. Field isi prepareld to travel any


ANY DISTANCE ? howevbr, local lorry


* ,Whl|Ch i could not overlook, .■ilhere were, others imore


kindly , and courteous ipanner of the people themselves.


pollution or Industrial smbkef Throughout my stay -i ‘and excursipns this was a feature


rdatter. what ^ u r Intejrest^ there could be no more out­ standing factor ‘ than ' the


sttlklng - perhaps, for i no ]


- :,i|yerywliere, and especially . ..Im-^he, smaller crofting - com-r


munlties, the friendliness was at [times embarraslng, | ■with children and adults Ifadon- yenlenclng , themselve^ ] In


order to oblige.


desire for savlrig.


speed and j i v


tlon for ’this characteristic uhtalnted as It is by our mad time


I pave nothing but adinira- WAY OF LIFE


charming, and, as I have* so far written so much of the wild! iffe, I thought some boin- ments on my observatloris! of these crofters would perhaps be of Interest,


, .! !^!


better than give some Idea*of the place where I stayed bn Loch Don.


I can, therefore, do! no


with] some fourteen white cottages strung across the head] of the water. Behind, and [rising sharply, was the spectacular mountain back­ ground, providing *all that one could desire


glossy Th^ loch ‘ Itself was tidal,


7THERE way of life, even to ^ cou!ntryman,[ was


.-le first thing, however,!


nelghlwurlng cottages, which had the original thatch re­ placed by corrugated, sheets, my new home - was slateld, with a ,comfortable bedroom complete with a roof window.


trie majority of the str^beblei ; ^


accustomed to retiring with candle.


electricity because we have become so accustomed to this service which certainly makis for greater enjoyment-of life, but It Is surprising how, i t least In summer, one can gdt


This, however, was nbt


altogether necessary, for in the Isles .the days are much longer than In Lancashire


GOOD LIGHT.


window at 11 p.m. at this period around mid-June.


j


when the tide was out, the wildfowl, oyster catchers and duck continued their bicker­ ings and overtures long after midnight.


|


flttlng*close to the day to hear the pleasant sounds as I lay In my bed.


, fuel. Coal consumption was i kept down to a minimum, and no doubt :the added freight charges tend to restrict ltd


use to the. colder days of winter.


.


of the crofters, and It was one, of the delights of an evening walk to pass on the shore as the peat smoke drifted on the cool night air.


Peat was burned by several


ismall, and Just adjacent to the cottage. They formed


The outbuildings were very To me: It was always a , Another feature concerned At phis time, especially


Peopli! spent tog. indeeri, he said' If r


see iiollbws formed after


these sea,


, [


grinding ;phe were


a?eT L T year


membfer. He -[vas a.,rine fellow en oylhg a good laugh and t


; PetCT, T I ; sh;^all rilways re-


only wish I had the space to teU sbme of the tales he Related as we sap in the evening ijght in thdt crofter’s cottage In Loch Don.


f


shell bsh before thrown Into the


a j jn d so p ro v ld ^ the men- euqc


gobd fishing all the r


provide tl


In ihJsj wa|y,-ithe fish were ^ P . l n ’ th?


their time flsh-i these


to the rocks of use In


JNDEED, It was quite easy to read by the light from the


eemkll dliontclt a ' 22'


and from chat


It ; I mentloried ..the lack of g fc :U .% - 'S


‘ t r e £ i W l t fe sT ’ n.ed| twice a week.


cream, and was freshly


■faepd the malriC S >»» VANDAUS.M P“t to


' Sir,—Now schiol hoi have started let [us have vandalism and wilful da on the riiany allbtments


poultry holdings in borough. [ Imagine., the dismay


been thrown and renj useless. | j.’. .


.


exert their energy to U purposes! '


I : podltkym| NO AIDS NEEDED!


I’d dearly love to have a cl Alas, I cannot—ai you iJ It’s BUDE; to answer IJ [back! I ■


Sir,-At “Mlslsmlth” Madam" A,”


correspondents (and I’m J sure they are fair) is In if compelling truth, j


At the same time, i J


‘ fascinates me. Who k j what hidden .charms excavations (she’d have to pretty deep!) might revea


good to miss! Give m ring Mrs. Allen, ‘ and j make a date!


This Is an opportunity


It may Improve my prospl baslal, ■


[


' Thank' you very ml Indeed!


When I’ve’! undergone facial! .


[ JIMIFE


SALUTE TO FARMERS ,Sir,—I [wonder if we 1


already been “ with a ;flne


workers who have been p J Ing Into the countryside d Ing the heat wave real! that we were going from! Industry to another.


In the; heart of Worl worth’s imiriortallsed la|


confess sir;‘that Mrs. All generous offer of a "facl


out - resource to [ the b tlclans’ art, and of this civil state of both your L


men need no artificial ale beauty! They are' suffleh attractive to the ladles v


Mr. Editor, [I could, of co offer the obvloub ansv


Strictly, between you ai


We krioiv “beys will boys ” but I appea|i to th3


disappointment tb one t| Ing man on the Salthlll; allotments! when he covered his cabin brokenl arid a valuably Incubatoii


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