Clithem Advertiser & Times, July 24, 1959 We’ll m e e t you at the


ROYAL LANCASHIRE J


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SHOW , JULY 2?-3lj l<)i9


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IN AND OUT AND ftOUNII ABOUT ~ ■«( i u i s ' h-r— r— ——


obviously Ipft there previcius passenger.


lying on the floor of the bus at the woman’s f^et and - by a


Motor Services’ depot Clltheroe, my friend^’- over the teeth to'be lost property. After deal of: leg] pulling,


Orp returning to the Rlbble la


I'itold that If .they --were not teethi


Isted as a good! he was


claimed! they!'would become his property.! ijiow he wonders .what on earth he carijdo with a full set of deritures -when Nhe I :has all his


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If you need banking' service during-your visit ijve’ll be glad to provide it, whether jrou are a customer of ours or not.


il'ilIn f,


f i n .ND.BA.1NK ■LIM'l'TEe 'i


Hill l^as a ■ namesake In lAmerIca. I now find that it has ^ Another relative—this time In New Zealand)


Airs. C. Richardson, a native of Low Moor, who has lived in


tiser and Times,*’"sent to her by relatives. ;The story of the New


Auckland, which Mrs. Richard­ son has sent me.


Zealand Pendle HIU is told in a copy of » The Weekly News ”


COME SKIPPERS USED V


BRING THE FAMILY • VALUE IN TOP iQir.


-^ Yo


JinXJE FOR YOURSELF that a SKippm!! l ■ ■


TO WITNESS THE SUPERB US®^VEHICLES # ADDED PLEASURE


SED GAR: WILL JhAKE TO JR UFE i


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BE SURE OF A BMGAIN - buy! NOW USEO CARS


Vear Model .. Prhe 1857 ZODIAC .............. . ijiO 1958 ZEPHYR ..............£7(5 1958 CONSUL D.L.......... £7^0


**57 CONSUL Do Luxe fittings


1858 CONSUL 1953 PREFECT


......... £695


1957 CONSUL . . . . . . . -...£68's I9S7 CONSUL ............ .£71*


1957 CONSUL ESTATE £79| ...£625


1963 prefect ............. £350 ]I849 prefect ........... .£16J


............£295


1849 PREFECT . . . . .L .£ 26) 1949 PREFECT .............£24; ]949 PREFECT .............£17;-


1946 PREFECT


PREFECT ; .........£12 i £15)


,«50 ANGLIA ..................£21) \1947 , ANGLIA ...................


W55 ANGLIA . . ! .......... £42; .


1946 ANGLIA .............. ..£i3fc |966 POPULAR '. . . .. . .£ 2 9 8 1956 WYVERN . . . . . ; . .£ 49S


Year Model . Pi-Jct


1.854 FORD6CWT.'VAN£17i 1063 THAMES 6 CWT. £1311


1954 FORD 10 CWT. VAN ...................£i6j)


1966 THAMES 10 CWT. I


’, Year 1966; 1961, 1950 1956 1966


1963 1955 1952 1946 1954


V 1957 : 194S'


1951


' 1948 1947 1849


1 1950 1964 1950 1956


' 1949


‘ .Model WVVERM


Price ..£675


WYVER AUSTIN A.S0 AUSTIN A50 AUSTIN A.70 AUSTIN A.30 AUSTIN A.30 AUSTIN 8 . .. MORRIS OXFORD


W Y V ^ N , £325 W' ...I..... £210 ..,£495


...’ f£550 ....£285


.....£385 .£350 £140


TRAVELLER .L....£425 MORRIS OXF^D £285


STANDARD 8 D.L. £476 STANDARD 8 i....£185


STANDARD 12 L . . £160 triumph


£266i HUMBER SU P ER ^


SHH’R ............:....£285 SINGER SM. 1500 £1851 ROVER 90 . . , ,1___£6851 ROVER 76 ;...!....£375


HILLMAN CALIF. £565! JOWETT JAVELIN £245


LIGHr VANS Year Model;


1047 ford 5 CWT. VAN £611 VAN . . ; ........,£ 23^


1867 THAMES 15 CWT. V*N . . . . ; ...........£49!)


Yoar . Model! ' Price


1956 ! BEDFORD 6 TON I LWB DIESEL ....£47i


1954 BEDFORD 7 TON 'TIPPER .................£65(


lft2 6 TON TRUCK ..£276 ' Pnoe


1967 (Nov.) THAMES'10/12 n OWT. ......I.,..£425; 1963 AUSTIN A.40 PICK­


1947 AUSTIN 10 VAN .. £40 1956’ AUSTIN A.40 j . . . .£275,1 beloyed hill. • rswoiin lu VAN .. £40 ER ............. i....£110


1955 MORRlA < J • type £230 1948 JOWETT 10 . CWT. £75


C O A ^ R C IA t v e h ic l e s


Year, Model 1962 MORRIS TIPPER £260


1953 THAMES 6 TOli P.6 "LWB ...;....!...;£325


1946 MORRIS 30 CWT. XWD .........£10


EjliSy TERMS . DEMONjSTRA'nONS ; EXCHANGES Price !


1956 BEDFORD UtlLI- BUS ........... ,[...£366 1


laift j that made him stand and stare !n mazement.


In l8p4. There was ftmethlng on the


;


the I girl ft his choice, and they palled for Napier.


Harriet stood with Sam on their pwn property.


MAIN DEALERS ROAD, BURNLEY t e l .; m i BURNLEY I


QPEN DAILY TILL 10 SUNDAYS ; - 10 a.m.


p.m. SATS. TILL 6 p.m. — 5 p.m. (INSPECrnON)


the I mists rose arid Sam pointed eagerly. “There It Is . . .jsft . . over there' . . I.!’’


Suddenly, the : sun shone,


a long green sweep of hiU that ran) kcrosi the sky—green agaftpt toe blue. Then, she understood.


agalp,!'and ... .. “There’s Frindle Hfil! that I Is the name . of property


“fth-ere


i t ' Is,” drew


Pendle Hill.” — . .. our


said Sam her close, and


There wft nothing, except At last <|ame the day when


Two years later, he married •


trayelled out with them In the sftp.r He daved to obtain land ’ his own which he achieve


to a,


jglrl who


Th,e thne came when, settled In |New Zealand, Sarii ’wafted Lomas,


I marry


Harriet had


Pendle Hill and returned to his home, a small Inn called " A Bird In The Hand.” (Mrs; Richardson wonders where


the Inn stood. Was It on the


..site of the present day Well- springs?)


^achers and that day there had been a swoop by the Law following extensive poaching the previous night.


Most of the locals were


learned that, somebody had, to u?e an Americanism, “framed” Uncle Bill Wharmby, brother of Sam’s mother, by placing some rabbit traps on his front


It was then [ that Sam


of rabbit traps, and eventually Uncle BUI was sentenced to sey^n years’ hard labour^ after' which he was to; be tfahs-. ported tO|Vah Dieman’siLahd.


' larly as he .was Innocent of any crime. '


- Aj hard sentence, partlcu- . ;


to argue -with the police, for though he, too, was Innocent he!..knew;that, as Bill’s best friend, he would also be “Picked jup” and would probably Jand In gaol.


- Saddling si horse, he set off for: Liverripol, and from there


when the Law arrived! ' '! 1 !


sailed for. America. He had bebn gone! from home an hour


enough In America to send for his iwlfe and son, but she decided iloti to go—the irin was ]dolng top well. After her


Sam's father did :' well ' •'■■■ 1 ’


husband died, Mrs. - Fletcher ma,rried again. .


, V T


emigrate Samj took Peridle' to


■The family decided to "


to'- New Zealand. .4 final walk lip saV farewell to hjs


Sam’s father dld^rBot ‘wait


fence. That was enough for the police, it was against the. law to be found In- possession


by Miriam-Macgregor, begins in the year 1848 when the principal c h a r a c t e r , Sam Fletcher, was only nine yeari old. He had been roaming on


The fascinating story, told


New Zealand for 30 years'^but who ke6ps in touch with local eyents through, the »Adver­


;i learn this In a letter from


J^IiDOWING my note some ■ii.i,


that Pendle 1Mr. arid Mrs. Fletcher had-


with 30 Peridle


3 chUdieri. The .


two Jf


our own hre shows a view of My plop


Pehdle HUI. it #


ills' meintlon


AM| reading with interest i“Neturallst’s ” aiccount ol


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wonder l l he knows’ of "thd Interestln


T ife a s s o c i a t e d -wit: dbermOf 7 Bay? Hill


pioneers ere burlei ■ their relatives, on New Zealand.


I comment;irij "Woi’ld’i Press News,” the trade paper for the new^aprir Industry.


The comment is made by


“ Provlndlal iEditor” In his feature “ Local Logbook.”


I t will be recalled that some


II that the hall should be bought for the I good ; of the com­ munity, and that some Just as strongly condemned those views. I ] I


’


I argument, and they record what’s said at public meetings and print readers’ letters, but carefully refrain from ex- I pressing !their| jown point of


S|cottlsh holiday. He Tobermory, but l tbelr readers.


34 tli


dftja ftal with the jchleftaln


return [ for; armed assistance, the Scots were to 'give the Spanish ;lielp in preparing their ship for sea; again..


u I private , war of his another blah. ; In


Is not. quite clear,!, but it seems thait trouble sprung up between the Scots and: the Spanish' cpw. The upshot was, that] i ^young Scot; was taken on Jtpard the ship and madecaptye.


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sba when, I suddenly, the calm of the hay was shattered by


The galiiion was ready for a terrific e tploslon. After the


iftlse had subsided,-1 nothing was to beiften except wreck­ age, mprkli g the spot where the galleon and all on board h^d gope d jwn. -


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terrible up both self. I


The !Scb ; had tpkep ;„a


revenge by . | blowing his captors and plm-


loaded jwlth treasuie, -1 and thpugh I the centuries j numer­ ous attempts have been iriade tojrecover I t . A few odds and ends -have; been brought; up, but so ifaf nothing lof {/any


great,value has-been dredged from!; toe,,:sllt and mud' in


the rights tc the treasure by Royal; Charte r. He has organ­ ised several expedition^ In rerient yeafs-the late C6m- mrinder I Cftlibe i was lonril of th3 frogmen engaged! in! the search—but the bay still ftlds ■Its secret. I


whlclf the gklleqn lies] {burled. I'The Cuke of‘Argyll libids


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/[ would lio; be surprised to lepm] that the pebplej of


Tobermory, pftfer it that Way, foi| the 'stri treasure I Is |a with tourist's.


iry


there !;mjght :iot I to attract yls: tors.


I*


and assorted whlrih/ peorik them on buse


belftglngs, {pieces of luggage odds arid ends leave ibftlnd and tralnri.


WEIRD and wonderful! are I thejdlyeisity of perronal


A tril£ time of ithe year! no doujt. i maiiy


themselvft .Iost such Items In the {rush to redch their] chosen holiday spot, but! a bus con-- ductor; meft told nje -this week of what must surply! be one I of the strangest, ever pieces of lost property]


readers 'have


to Sklptqn rius last week, my friend .wps suiprised. Wheri a woman' passetaef began [ to act as Ifjshri’Was about to! go Irito I hysterics,


As cqnftcfti ’ bn. a- Cllthelroe


to see If be ftver surprised cause of


Ailxlou !ly,.. ny friend wftt! a comple;e set


(ommotlon was of false tebto,


any esslstancri could' .apd -was .‘greatly and! that :the‘


cargo,; were! to be recovered, nig-


"■7“*


great attraction viic eou v o


of | sui)ken


If the galleon’s be sb much


The ship was, reputid to be What liippehed after that


supplies. Tft S]»anlsh cobmander


. It all started In the days of the, Spanish Armada | when I in 1588[ a galleon, fleeing from’ the; English; fetched iup iri Totiermpry, battered land bad-J heed of a respite for ■rid for taking : ori


fitly In ting


ivlew, bn the ground that it Is certain to offend


some of “ Having seen copies of the


mire them for putting for­ ward a point of view In forthright way.


few ,pf them, will take offence. Equally certainly, some’ -will agree, and some] will applaud.


[that, oni important local issues, It Is always better to come right out with a point of view (so long as one has reported both! sides of the


case Impartially) than to try to sit on the fence. Sitting on the fence Is always dull, and you may get drowsy and fall off, anyway! ;!


“As I’ve said a good many


, International topics, if the focal scene; doesn’t provide a


j .


times In this column, the .strength of the local paper Is that It Is local, and so per­ sonally I have no tjme for leading articles; on national or


C a r r y


subject tor -a { leader, do without one.


,‘ "Neither' do‘ I hold any brief for the weekly which is tied to one, political party or shade of political opinion. Tftre caii be only one criterion for forming a view­ point, editorially, and that Is the well-being Of the com­ munity one; serves.


"You may express an un­


popular opinion; Events may prove you wrong, br they may prove you.Wght. But why be afra-id? Readers ■ love a good argument, and the chance of gaining new followers Is Just as strong as toe risk of losing one or two.! The ] 'Advertiser and Times ’; had a bounty In the shape! of columns' of readers’ letters,; and they are always worth [having from every point jof view.”


.heavy oddb (smaU staffs, {limited mechanical resources and so forth]). True, there are •{plenty of the other sort, but


never mind them for the moment. |.


[


I" The ‘ ClltheroeAdvertiser and Times ’ Is a fair example rif the sort bf thing l have In ilnd.


! • : :


,t|ransmutes It from mere filler ftaterial to a feature well vvorthy ,of the space It opcuple's.” i


ISfiafflawataTOitMHiB aigsnaaa!


qnd set in black panels. The ‘.jVdvertlser’ ftns riature. notes qnd farming: notes, each of \Vhlch has a local slant which


amusing or‘ buttof-the-rut little Stories,; briskly written


everything and everything in Its place,[ ! _ “ I like, too, the;'sparkle of


toes, I particularly like the teyj. In which the paper is ftganlsed, with a ‘place for


le neat and tidy and along nodem ‘middle of the road’


“ The lay-]out! contrives to


FREE ADVICE To get the best out of ring your local Pisons Te sentative or, get yoiur Pis to put you in touch with


iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiitiiii your fertilizers, j


tonicalRtpre- | ons morchant I


;see of weekly papers (and I see quite a lot) the more I am cheered to; realise that, up and down the country, there are Journalists striving to pro­ duce corape'tent; modern, go- ahead sheets, often against


He goes on, “The more . F i s o n s 4 2 I Fisons compounds now to


>.- expensive hand feeding, Forainple !; • or a late cut of silage use I—


s I grazing season and push back the I egi


it end the Miing of grazing


F isons 42 (16.9;9) aiply i t ^4 acre on grass/clover mixtures or al ■grp


Fisons 41; (10.10.18) may be ufttl crop has afteady been taken.


After applying^ fertilizer the field rested before grazing begins.


'!wt. per iss leys


s u m m e r g r a z i n g in t c j a u t u m n w i t h


, - • . ■ : : i ! I


;reaspnable, It will enjoy an enhanced respect, and If it Is proved right by events It can' claim credit. I The moral Is


“In toe ehd'! provided - paper’s, eprrimehts are lair and


Certainly, I they will not all agree with. Its opinions, and a


“I’m sure readers this of their local


----- ----- paper. expect


‘Advertiser and Times’ con­ taining the leaders on the community hall topic, I ad­


“Two things I will always sell papers—tragedy and contro­ versy. Tragedy Is always re­ ported, but qplte a few local newspapeirs fight shy of con­ troversy. 1 Up crops a big


“ Provincial I Editor” writes :


readers were |in favour of the views expressed in the “Ad­ vertiser and I Times ” leaders


the vTdviri .Gpuhcll’s rejection of a.-pioposal. to buy the King Lane'-Hp .fcir i'use as |a com­ munity . -centre , has produced


“ part i played by the I Advetliser arid [.Times ” sn the 1 reoerit • OOntroversy


handed!


[ /Lord and Lady iClitheroe go | by I stage coac^


■ ■ • ■ ' ,'j I ■'V 'i I "


vehicle at Blenheim Palace on Sunday—they were travelling in a stage cpacfi and |four,


part going to the Palacb and th^n bn to Woodstock bn a


the! driver of the coach Ai^ur “Bomber" Harris, it will be rE(!.al!ed, opene p b i^ am Village Hall Pe June, 1958, gave three blakte oii the horn.


, On asrival at the pklace, Sir


urrounding j the. qiieiitlon of wM-]tlme colleague. Sir SYln-: oto the dobr hli 'old


tow bbth herd and .i [jady Clltjheroe; so it was a very happy, If ijriusual rb-uniori,” said Sir Arthiir.


stopJchurchUl, who was v ebk- ent^lpg At his birthplace. Wlnstbri, of course,


Bank Holiday Postal ?lmi


AN Monday, August 3rd, public counter at-Clll


roe head post office wll] closed all day.


the district will be closed day.


letters or! parcels, but „ collection will be made Horn all letter boxes throughout the district as on a Sunddy]


There will be no deliver


sions and allowances will {be made at the head and sub post offices throughout the district on Monday, July 27th.


Advance payments of pen­


, The delivery I of telegrams will be maintained In the Olltherbe district from 9 aft. to 10-30 a.m.


beaten by Mr. C.| Mullins. p* ■T


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overhaul Read at the] toi t<;ined Fadiham at Cha»


Match dral EAGDE champions in their fight to retail


■ vlth a single point.


li nings had /been delayea f(r four.j leaving Padlhaa b it when Stumps were dif t f t loss of .seven wlckets]|


Already six points Ibelj


Bowling and Tennis Club, presented the prizes to the winners of the Mitchell arid Southworth bowling handi­ caps after . the ! finals lak week on the club’s green. Mr. Theo Wilson defeated Mr. Wild, and Mr. W


-! Weaver w


MR. A. HANSON, chairman of Clltheroe Crlckft,


Bowls final


Sub postjoffices througl I


the he- be


out! all;


of a


f the te:In firm This


who,


coijaplete with liveried fbotr men, phey were members bf a


tour organised partlc ilariy to.jattraet iflunerlcan toujrists.


TjORD 'and Lady (Jlliheroe i arrived In an unusual


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to the fine dry bummer. Last year a t this time,, they were doing, their best to harve^'? bumper crop delayed by bad


heavy, hut the-slze ft fte''1958 fhn? fh?


Soma farmers never finished haymmdng at ail.


' equipment were] .bogged down. ' ) * *j' ■ * . ■


'jyiE country [ftii soon ibe coming to tbwn again for


Ciltheroe Show Is being held next month. Tfts year there


will be sections for dogs and poultry, as well as the usual classes for stocli and numer­ ous other attractions.


hand for toe show, being f.^sed on Saturday, August 15th, and all that is needed!Is a fine day to make it another first class exhibition.


i * - *


usual number of birds for! a material cost of only I2s. for each additional bird ifoused Is in operation on one of the


CONVERTED deep litter house to carry twice the


Sllcock .Experimental Farins In Cheshire.


take 160 birds ori deep Utter.


house was closely; divided Into two sections, each section to


of an'.existing deep ’Utter house which was, 64f,t.- long and I7ft._ 61n. I wide! The


production than | correspond­ ing birds on deep litter. It wjs decided to make use


decided to experlmenti with wire floors for laying i stock, following reports! from New Jersey that birds on raised wire floors gave la better egg


About 12; months agp It was Preparations are well In


to get on - the ,landj wherbas last summer tobre were tlnies when toe' tractors and other


the fields in good time. The ^


The sunny' jiweatoer' this ^ann^ioutiln


/ground alsp made it erisy


that toe rain i^ l l t some of Its value.


year s crbp Is not so the fact


ft^y season,


.'^rifMers: have _ thanks


and Bow


r t d with-.160 Birds In the deeij) utteb becticri. : [The exrjerlmen)^ so far has


sfttjm, hut as [one would expc^cti a] , few ftags were


eftmmterkd..Thety;rof^e orlglnalll used was


tube feeders proved to be w^tjful foripeUf j; feecjng.


was the appreclaWe advari- se of having hoi ” e rich have beer


Di) toe] other hand there a


growing demand limited supply chlpjllngs


wire floors the cleaner and


It ;vas also fou


year because pf toe for the


de(5l(li:dly less labclur per bird there


not hjavlng.any 1 to dp


additional jeost for tllG


f t that on .eggs


were was


toth IS regards time spent ft feedhig and time'


Altlougri there was the _ putting in


saved [with tier, chores


per! bird housed Ivas 30: per cent, .less than fo!r the jdeep litter iectlpn as trie result of the jln ireaped rate of stocking.


this system that toe risk of worms and CpcCpdloslb Is appreciably reduced.


If; c m also bC cftlmecl for ]!


risk: o:Mfeather pricking! and egg I eating,! bqt Ifi j the birds


are de beaked befoft they] are put Into the house] at 16 to 18 w;e'eis of age, there Is!very llttlp t ’ouble with these vices.


![This contribution 11'$ by! Mr Heaton T. Brook. N.D.P., head of


the Pou try Division of jtho Silcock Advisorjj Service.]


; ; Theie Is,'however] a greater 'e floor, the ] total cost In


litter costs, increasing


of wood


wire floored hoube, and 320 b t o werb put mto It com-


It was. dnfe of these sections '


RAIN Hr Wakes


Sporting g( A N already ciutailed I


converted Into a


■^almost completely! heavy ! rain which fell] early {afternoon, and scheduled !had a decisiii


who could only drawl match in hand off both|


in Earby ,are, now lei i


somfe decided advantages over- ’ ?®®p litter


p.m. because of ; the co: , In the; other flxturri,’


Whalley’s match wit,


toe league Blackburn performance b^ the !d Northern almost brdug a faultless knock of 54


previous week kored have led the field fro Clitoefte are making a have been breathing do have, however, thrown weak opposition;


b At the top bf the! uilding up to a gr ;


gap between themselve, a mere two points! sportlijgly declared at U Padlham side before tin


On Saturday, they h.


In thltd place, clhicheJ and have moved up to I


On the other hand 4


Ive points behind Read| )to toe other leading ^


..light well be settled bl in successive weeks oit if in August 15th; at Rbaq


The j final destlnatioJ


;hey are virtually certa ’.here Is an. astonishing •emalnlng matches.


If elfter side .can !ta.


ask to win both gamel leems the most likely league clash.


; However, if seems ithl ;


pould have an Importar champlppshlp.


1 [4


ut of the Ramsbottonil ihatburn Road in the , Another Important' ..


;he Read side as they i Clltheroe will start jslt to| Earby on Septem


they could do Clltheroe | ftde and so knock thi ftamplonshlp.'


;September. * The first Imprint will be not fewer than 60,000 copies. It will sell Jat 6d.:


in 19ft, iriih


.TOHN ■ wh.c!


;h ceased pubUcatlon Is ito start jagaln In


O’LONDON’S weekly,


put tills seems a slltn hopes on. 1


I SETBACI


a moderate season, but peatlng Read when the


Read entertain Padll a ftalnsti the Padlham m I Whalley, without a gi


si To-morrow Rlbblesdall teadily since the start f


I The programme is agj three matches are doy


fighting It: out at the ! to season. { ;


wThis’ was the Earriy-i


’fthen Eritwistle and 11 klnson oftned for Cllflt , there was a shock; sti


. the Clltheroe pro. was]k ithout a run being scorebl


three,


Epeak and Wllkinsoii! tJ score to 12 for one, but I k stage ! ’Wilkinson ! .ivT ight by Myerscough ' ,


!


Smithies, and these two ]ba| men took jcomplete comiriaf anij punished the Padlha bowling for 121 runs betwef them. . j


Slpeak was Joined by Hftl I i :


I smote -the bowling fori Which Included seven bqft rifles.


[ '!


] Greenwood also dlsmissl j Smithies a'fter he had riial 1 62 p d sent] the ball to; tj ralli on eight'occasions.


I 155 j for ‘‘four before [ tli Clltneroe skipper declare^.


i only four runsion the boiird' Devon and Myerscough [tod


replV, Clltheroe were not ,4on In b reaklngl through and {Wll son had Mclorhouse caught 'I Entuistle fft a “ duck,” ?wit|


en Padlham began thd the score to 29 bMo:*


NOW b l a <


HOTELS DAY TRIPS


- ISLE 8 Hours on the!


AUTUVIN AND AIR HOLIDAYS T| F i s o n s ^ 9 P P d f a M n i h g


PALMA I TA^GI 3 ! .’


RAIL AND road! Tl| FRANit .! TRAVE 34 KING ST


PJ Wilkinson and skippl Hodftlnsori took the score


caught Speak off Horan ,afl thef Clltheroe batsman !|h|


Eventually,! Gr e e nwb'J


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