I Hiesc cbtirises


helpi restjore confidence


m the confidence iof' disabled Speaking at the meeting of-


IREHABILITATIONi courses are doing mubh ;to restore


en. j


the Blackburn bnd District Disablement mlttee, last Advisory Corn-


mlttee’s secretary, Mr. T. H. Slater, gave as an example a Clltheroe exj-serviceman who had not w'orked since his discharge frbm the r 1a.P. in 1945.


week the com- TP U , J ;


course, which he says has restored his confidence and he Is anxious to obtain work ’’ declared Mr. Slater.


“Recently he conipleted a


placlngs of disabled persons had Increased and fewer were u n emp lo y ed than three months ago. Men trained In commercial subjects, hair­


It was reported that


dressing, and watch and clock repairing.


Boy hurt


, torls surgery, I he was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary,


■ :


“ iBumside,”' Clitheroe.


Robert Mervyn Hargreaves, of Waterloo Road,


I Driver of i the van was


’Friday morning. ' ■ After treatment at a doc-


where he was detained for observatloh. j


Pendle Road, Clitheroe, was in an accident with a van in Wateijloo Rokd, Clitheroe, on


A 10 - YEAR - OLD boy, Duncan i McDonald,; of


TWIW wic CU1-*


MEN TOPK VEHICLE


FROM HOTEL PARIt Wanted' trans^rt home


three of the six decided that rather than walk to Sabden to obtain transiiort they would take a utility vehicle Wch was on the hotel car park.


son, plater, of WUhams Road, Burnley, Alan Young, pal iter, of New Hall street, Burnley, and BemardSwales, miner, of Ribblesdale Street, Burnley, kll aged 19, appearing | at Clitheroe Magistrates’ : Court yesterday week charged jylth taking the ve^ilcle without the owner’s consent,


The escapade led to the three men, William Edm md In addition., J: Edmondson


charged with aiding and abetting this office.


vehicle, owned by Cyril Hux­ ley, of Aspln Str let, Meadow Bottom, Todme rden, was withdrawn.


All pleaded guilty; A charge of stealing the


' On the| first charge' the accused were each fined,: £5j and on the additional charges, Edmondson was ^ e d £7 for driving without third party insurance and Young and Swales £7 each for aiding and abetting.


Prosecuting, Imp. D. Glen,


said that the vehicle was left on the car park a t the Well- springs Hotel by Mr. Huxley, who went into the hotel for a meal. When he came out at 11-50 p.m., the vehicle had disappeared. > He Informed the police, and following Inquiries the three accused were Interviewed mt Burnley Police Station by* Det.-Con- stable J. McCarthy, of Cllthe- roe.


j £ ^ t o —£ 5 0 0 :WITH OR WliHOOT SECDHTn: I CALL, WRITE OR 'RHONE ■


Pendleton and Distnet Lending l^ociety, Ltd,


45 CHURCHGATE, BOLTON (Opposite drand Theatre) Phoi|e.4085


y\ - S


driving.” His companions also admitted it.


,:


car without being covered for third party risk dnd each made a statement. ■


ment said that h|e and five friends went to the hotel in a taxi. After being ejected from the hotel, three of the party left.


Edmondson’s alleged state­ ' . . ; : j MISSED GEARS : j


remained on thq car park;and found the utility v ihlcle witli the.Ignition key in the dashi-


He and hls.twoicompariions


Intended to steal It. They also adinltied using a


■All three denletl that they


It to get homej We had an accident and left it. J : was


Edmondson said, “ We. took


was charged with using the vehicle without l^lng covered for third party Insurance. Young and Swales were


: three companions. 'When ^ a r Sabden he missed his ;ears and took his gaze off i the road. The car ran off it i and they left it and walked in to Sabden.


. . .


- . Mr. A. G. P. Davidsoi., of Burnley, for the defence, said while the case was a regret­ table one It was brought a bout by. young men who were ittle more than boys.


' Wellsprings Hotel to a 1 are- well party for a friend, who was joining the Forces. ’They' intended having a meal, but a bit Qfleg-pulUng began to get serious and ‘ an argument developed. After being a iked to be quiet,. they were ejected.


■ When the other three members of the party leftithe car park to walk hime, Edmondson and his epm- panlqns waited there to see Jf they could get a lift, jbut failed to do so and sat Iniithe vehicle, which was unlocked and had Its Ignition key in the dashboard. After sitting for I a time, they decided to drive home.


ance offences, Edmondson was an Inexperienced driver, ind Young and Swales, not being drivers,! had no knowledge of the regulations. !


With regard to , the insur­


Worsley - Taylor, presiding, said that the behaviour of the accused had, been Intoler­ able. The Bench considered that the Insurance offences were the more serious of the charges.


Imposing the fines, Lidy


QN, Friday afternoon, GU;h I eroe Fire Brigade w;re palled to a grass fire on the embankment at Mitchell Street.


Grass fire They had gone to the:


Water merger: JRegfret at


Clitherpe’s *‘No”


TJ EGRET that Clitheroe had -^" decided inbt to join the Pylde Water Board was ex­ pressed by the chairman of Blackburn Waterworks Com­ mittee, Aid. John^ardsworth at Blackburn! Corporation’s pnual Inspection of gather­ ing grounds last week.


not be Ion? before they were compeUed to jjoln.


but the water potential would certalidy put the new'Board out of any anxious moments for very many years to come.”


Water Board. Mr. J. Spencer, said that he did not think there was any doubt that amalgamation would become effective from January 1st next year and that takeover regarding the undertakings


Town Council larmounced that they were no jlonger prepared to take part In the pialgam- atlon. There was ho discus­ sion on the minute.


ing last week that CUtheroe


Whltewell. The Clerk: to the. Pylde


Alderman Beardsworth was at I a luncheon at


velopment, pf the Bowland watershed would take place,


'He thought I that It would No one could say what de^


Children gather round Jeremy Hawk i


I - , I - ^ - - ^ i autograph. to a?k him fori his JA L ITY


CONSERVATIVE Jeremy Hawk has a


urday. | . j


Hawk said he had heahi that this was a sad time fpr the Clitheroe Division, but he hoped the fete | would oe the beginning of a luckier and happlerij phase. I


chairman of the Division; presided and Cbun. Donald' H. ) Coates. Divisional ichalr-' man, Young Conservatives,! thanked; Mr. Hawk, i


Mr. [E. SteWn Green,


queued for Mr. i Hawk’s auto­ graph. j


would be effective from April 1st. Note—It was at their meet­


cars were eagerly ; examined by the many visitors, tt a Isteam ■ traction which chugged up and I down I a the' field was a| counter


The yintage : and veteran ttraction.


ticularly I Interested jn a puppet show and sports.j


!, . ji-LAT. RAPES , JD Il. I i C& Five an


2, Cihrist C icnie.


one! FWe


Thj'ee ahd four: :i, Christopher ■' '2,^ Stephen Ramsey; 3,


Forrest.


d six: 1,, Gail Raynor; ine!;, Moore; j3, ';Anne


ij Kevin : Adamsoti; 2,


Jeffrey Yates; 3, Tommy Ppole. Six; 1,1 Neill Rutherford; I 2,


Peter Swahnick; 3, Trevor Chew. Seven: 1, Susan Howard;- 2,


Susaii Slater; 3; Susan Rudd. Seven: 1, Ian Duck'worth; 2,


David Ste)vart; 3, Peter Hiltdn. Seven; i, Anthony Murphy; 2,


Peter O’Hagan; 3, Almi Patker. Eight: [1, Jean' Haslanl; 2,


Eileen G r^ am ; 3,'Sheila ^lack. Elgit (boys); 1, Stephen[Wil­


son; 2, iteymond' Greenali; 3, Phillijj Chadwick.


! equipment


|Me home fires biiming! Here Ac seasonable exaihples from the •


Is keeping freshT^however high Irises. And very nic» indeed to. lalways, at the turn of a tap—


l - p n the instantl Nice to know ^ g e of ‘Calor’ f^s appliances


fcreatly to increase your: hot lat home.


ECONOMY: EASE:


U; t at home t) to be able to seiiye the children


change over to oi seme J ) d o e s : m o re foi you th a n an y o th e r fi rm o f heating* Every


tan k fu l gi^es you ‘^‘T l fR E E E ” Service. EFnClENGY:


It gives automatic service: consi ant hot water more j^ukkly day


and night. It gives constant wn-flow heat at whatever tem­ perature the themiostat is; ,se:. Oil 'sets new standards of cleanlineis and comfort for mo lern living.


It is cheaper than gas or electricity. Once the tank is filled with oil there is no need to thiiik about hot waterjor heating for months.


Oil heating is clean and odou rless. There is no' smokd, no smell, ash, dust.


HEW 'Cdoir PICNld SET 't I . . i r • . H i jITINO MC 'DBfilV HOMES FROM


iDYfoUSE lit|Up!


|u g i t ln l i ^ r r y l ;


i / .


Jet Works, Tel err) Lane, t c


2315 3»94


s t r e e t , LONDON, W . l i i V/?0UP


73, WHAllEY Tel. B


. Toe ay. oiMired central heating is within the reat b of 'every householder. And delivery from HA ^GREAVJBS comes , widiih . 24 hours of icicphbyng the order.


at Ciunp precautions at 'White-


Barrow, have ;,been reported on t6 Lancashire Education


r - e I Camp S c h 661.


Committee by the Chief 'Fire Officer. :


:■ : '


hose reels: extinguishers land asbestos blankets.,


'


already Ijeen prbvlded. iahd appi;py^l in principle has been given to the prowslon of the fire alam system aihd additional hose reels atj an approximate cost of £1,200-


New- extinguishers have New Vicar for Low Mopr [• , I


Rev. A. K. yaisbrOwn, has bedn appointed wlcar of St. Paiil’s, Lp^ Moor.::


reaves-


aANCAStilRE)’ LTD. a c k b u rn 63


* \ ' Distributors for


KS, black bu rIn ' ■


FUEL OILS


man with three daughters and a son] succeeds the Rev. Ivor Pugh,:] who retlrep at 'the beginning of the year, ! [ ’


wood, i Mr. [I Blsbrown took ilils B-A.. degree at Manchester Unlverjsity.fj


' |


Trinity Church, - Tockhdles. and was :j In charge thjere before! going Into the lArmy, In which he was a chaplain, serving ab^joad.


' : ' j


- Ojr his return, he became:, senior curate at St. -Matthew’s, Chapel Allerton, Leeds, and before going to Weeton was Vlcaf. of SL Stephen’Sj Tock- holes. . v;: '


for the Air: Training C(»ps at Baines Gfamimar School, Poulton-le-‘^ylde.


; Mf. Blsbrown Is chaplbhi ''


He .became curate at Holy Born in Preesall, near Flept- !r.: Blsbrown, a married I ■


alanri system confiecM uli' fin separate Igroups;; ad'dltldnal


suggested the provision! of : an elecijically operated i fire


CAfter consultation with' the ounty Architect, he ihas :


Two-yeaC-olds: 1,'Billy Murphy; Cliristme Wrlgley; 3, Stfephen ' I ' '


t------- branches throughout The children: wWe I par­


manned various


he Division. ; , ' ! | f


goods and xiteneni-ware. to plants


Stalls.ll ranging from jfancy


and sideshows I were 1 by memberp of


Afterwards, ifiany children i :


In opening the fete, Mr; Eight (biys): 1, Richard John


Wadeson; 2, 1 Dennis Byrne; 3, John GreenaJj.


Ten: 1, Keith Woodworth; 2,


Robert Naclln^ 3; Stephen Rye. .Eleven (g^ie): 1, Theresa


Wrlgley; 2, Gjiristine Trotter; 3, Elaine Barirai


|loy Wadeson.j Eleven (ijiris); 1, e . Murphy;


2, p. Hindi:!; a E. Dalby. Twelve (boy^); 1, Michael Pye;


2, Pm c is Hbwarth; 3, Allan Beckett.


Thirteen (girls): l,.p a t Spkk;


2, Norma Stepienson; 3, Saiidra Hall.


Thirteen (biys): 1, Kenneth


Molyneux; 2, Brendan Hillary; 3, Brian Ormerod.


Marion Hall; 2, Susan Joyce; 3, Jean Ellison.


S t e ; 2. l |n n e Ellis; 3, Ol^en Holden.


Nine yearS sack: 1, Alan Davis- 2, Paul Swain; (3, Fred Holt,


Raynor: 2, Ka Marie Bamjs.


Ten years Rot: lUUiitato; 1, .Kdiren leen Turner


Whitehall “Yes” " ' ■ I '


to new '


The school Will • be built i at BUllngton. I 1 ;


Modern School In the 'Whalley area has been taken a step further bs 'Whitehall giving approval to Lancashire Mu- catlori Committee’s proposal m to Jnclude I it j In the 1961U62


Catholic I S e c o n d a ry


ajor building programirie. 11


,be?n much dlfficultv over the question of a ^ultable slte;ii


a Roman (Catholic secondary school In tlie district has b$en under dlst^usslon for sohie Mnslderablfe time. There has


The queitlob of providing


met with dpplosltldn. A site near Clltlierde Road vVas opposed as unsuitable by 011- theroe Rural District Council, who also objected to a site In Broad Lane—a inarrdw thoroughfare bear the rall-


TOy station which joins Up with The sands.


I


Board’s centre in 'Mlttbn Road.


n They recbmlnended a site


was the nlqth to be discuss^. )I. (which will lie


'Wpe Md m h m , udjd|n- Min %a(:k))urn-


The scho iQ^.l


„ between a e f


IWhalley road,) win play an jlmportant parf In proVldhig secoiidary e d u c a t i o n for


'Roman Catholic children In Education Division,


district. :whteh Includes Clitheroe and I '


.—»» lof St, Michael’s, j Old folks^ trip ' Weeton. near'Preston, | the


ear the Milk Marketihg


p miea eventually a site Was j ut forward 4t BUllngton fit


Sites suggested at Whalifey of a Roiian


' Nine y e ak Skipping: l, (krol Witch countr]) I


Nine (^Irls) 'skipping; '


o Inter-meet and sports -cashire Union at Dlmperley,


distance to ride we delayied our s ta r t u n til 9-30 a .b . Then, leaving Clltheroe aiohg th e road by,'Claremont. |we crossed Pendleton Moor — ’ ascended to' th e Nick P e n d le . '


near Newchurch-ln-Pendle.| • As we had only a sh o r t


SANDALS


; den and making our way tun Black Hill. At the top we turned left on to the roUd which runs alongside Pendle Hill, and we were soon In the village Of Newchurch, whidh Is reputed to | have been, the


Travelling down the oth'er side, we were quickly in Sab-


Ing In. water and ju-ju babies In flour.


for the afternoon’s events, our contribution to the fun abd games being an obstacle race, involving sacks,, apples fioat-


STICKY BUNS


opportunity to get our faces black aiid sticky in the treacle bun eatUig contest—


Afterwards, there came an


mpst charming lady' treasurer of CUtheroe Section.


buns on strhigs and no handd! The event was won by the


jj


and more experienced Burnley Section.


. '


each other, farewell. Clltheroe SMtlon split Into two .groupk


After tea, th e sections bade


returned , by way of Barley and In their i eagerness tb reach home they rode the stiff gradient bver- to Arnel Cross. Then came the tvrtsts arid turns of j the downhill Higher Twlston road and ub the break-snatching. Twlston Mill Brow.


the main party returning tlie way they came. The married men’s party


i


i’p'QRTY meiAbers of the 'Clitheroe branch of the


Pld Age Pebslohs’ Association went to SoRthport' for their annual outing last week.'


^


- We .arrived in Clitheroe 8 o’clock.


at DNext week we visit Glasson


ock, leaving at 9 a.m. “SPRITE”


SO MUCH WORK-MILL TO RUN HOUSEVWVES’


’RECAUSE thpre are not enough weavers to cope with the yolime of i^rk on an order, the CUtheroe flm of Jamed


■ j I ■


spokesman for jthe flriri told an “Advertiser and Times’'ref • porter tb^ week that the shift


] The spokesman agreed, that


■be enough abpllcarits to put 60 looms. Into' production. A


; The shift will be. a four hour ope from 6' p,m. to 10 p.mi, arid It Is hoped; that there will


will begin )as | soon- as six weavers, have been; engaged. Eventually, 'It is hoped that from 15 to 20 ■jveavers will be employed oi} the shift. ' : '|


in view o f , the present situa- HPn In.the Industry it was un- n^ual for a firm'to be engaging housewives for part-time work .In .the evenings' but, he ridded, thoijgh the firm had ‘plenty of snrigs arid difficulties’ they had a well-filled ■


and had ‘nothing to grumble order book


; The coiicern Is seeking applicants vHth'experience In Dobby .weaving.


I ,


was a tug-o-war. In the heats, Clltheroe were success­ ful - a g a i n s t Bamoldswldk section, but in the final they failed gallantly to the heavier


The main event of the, day Veget... the bread


vi h.the home-made flavour. . , I


easy to eat... melts in the mouth sticky mmwm


centre of operations of the Pendle Witches. After dinner, we prepared


y o u C A N T im . B Y T H E LORD & SON 5i kOOR LANE, C(LITHEROE d.| I


Sunday,'we attended an rganised by the North Lan­


Buchanhn; 2,,, RoyO Rutherford; 3, Eleven U c y s ) : ■ ■ 1, • Barry new role


fete and field day held by the Clltheroe W^jon Conserva­ Sattive Association at the Showfleld, l im c h fe Farm^on


T , “


iBefore the fete began, there was a precession of vintage ■“ ^“ 1 “ (»■"■«* Sd.0.1,


QUESTIONmSMB in the popular television show, Crlss ; Cross Quiz, Jfr. Jeremy Hawk was the opener of a


board. ’They decided to ,take It; to catch up with their


'W^HEN a fatjewell party at the WeUsprings Hotel, Pei idle- ’ ’ ton, ended with six Burnley. men being ejttted,


^AjNTED


Boy had only one


-INQDESTVTOLD


roe, on May 17th, an elght- yearrold boy had to have a kidney removed. Later It was discovered that he had been bom with only one kldnfey.


Blackburn Inquest last .week, on John ElUsoh, of Giles Street, Clitheroe, when: the


This was stated at i the


jury 'returned a verdict ; of accidental detah.


boys kidney was completely severed and could not have been 'saved. He had |also sustained a fractured feniur


and bruises as a result of the accident;


' ' : i ;


the removal of the severed kidney. It was discovered that the kidneys were not working and the child was transferred from Blackburn Royal Infir­ mary to a Leeds hospltaL i It was there discovered that the boy had haq only one kidney, and after two operations he | was sent bdek to Blackburn


Soon after an operation for


Infirmary, vhere he died Ion June 9th.


’ , HEAL’THY child The boy’t mother, Mrs.


Elizabeth Ellison, told ! the Coroner that to the best i of her knowledge John was , a perfectly healthy child.


pick the child up from 'the road.


ii


dashed Into the road fromlln front of a ; [parked car. He


could not avoid colliding with him.


;; j


accident, Jgmes Brown Par­ ker, of Duncan’s Avenue, Otley, said 'the boy dashed Into the road from Mearley Street. “He did not seem look at all.; He kept running and the car could not miss him,”;he'added.


Clariop sports in Pendle


A co^h driver who saw the TOtMUm


Typlall)rCI»rlci-fine Icatfj vith perfect FIT,


/ FARNIBNTenX ,


Involved. Vfiliiam Elwln Parker, of Aysgarth Avenue, Qatley, Cheshire, said-the lad


The drlvk of the jear nOYANCa


fltimp5«h#rryredctaln, bt«c|( amooth sd« or Wblt^ nubuck In a, choict


Brown tram in 4 width


of widths) beiteo^lGrottO blue iram. infaAu’ Children's U 17/9.23/9 Children’s 2-8 2i/9.n/t


that she . heard a noise i In Whalley Road on the morning of May 17th and saw someone


Of the a(?cident, she said ' ' Dr. ' C. E. Rowell S'aidl thd'


A S :a result of an accident In Whalley Road, CUthe-


^ '^itherofi Adverther ^ Times, June 26, 9S9


Sp^ial iiSbtice t^Farmers « Agfricultural i[)6ntractdrt!


are now In a position TO GIVE YOU


PER SERVICE CrOR REMiULD COVER


we can suiiply any' f w i t k


IN ESOEANGE BOR We have also rece


L0^6 WHEEL IBA to meet all d(


T T O and WHEEL jioiH i QiLD u k n .


^


'p|6ly acquired a land roVer


31HDS and SKdNE&AIND IN SIDck: I 19 600 x 16 J6M X 1? 750,x 18


the ifdllowlng size M 24 10 x 28 (11 x 28


“ 15* 24 11.251x 28 :Hx'36


f. HilRRISbl| ISON i l l CBATBURN


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