Look after your pets


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'TptpEWORKS cause distress Ito ; animals, and thd


RiB.P.C'.Aj. gives thie advice' for the. Welfare of animals as’ ; bonfire bight approaches.


’ one of the snags will be


the provision of a suitable hall. The King Lahe Hall trould be ideal, and had the Town Council gone ahead with the proposal to buy the piiemises the dlflacultles faf. stkglng. a festival would have bden eased considerably'.


ii . I understand that the


Entertainments.Committee of the Town Council have had- the matter before them this week.'


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restaurant car employees of British Eallways Md the Pullman Car Co., spotlights a claim that these JUxury rail coaches were invented by a Clitheroe man, hfc.'Samuel l^Umah, who emigrated to America . between 1855 . and I860, writes Mr: J. Cliflt^d Fishwick, a well- known local railway historian.


The present s ti^ e inivolving |


. Stephen Clarke in his book “ CUtheroe in the Cpachihg and Railway Days F


this Mr. Pullman abd supports the belief that ib Vfas he who started this internationally famous enterprise.


j Mr. Fishwick\^ writes, [‘I


became so interested, that I wrote j to the Pullman Car Company 'and they .replied that they had no knowledge whatsoever of Samuel Pull­ man, ^either as a relative I of George; M. Pullman, founder


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of the r earliest Pullman coaches, p i c t u r e d aboye, which, since about 1901, has been used as an office and mess room for the lo^al carriage and wagon depart­ ment of British Railways. | ' “The coaches, were ;first


introduced into this' country by the old Midland!: Railway Company and they arrived |in pieces and were erected at the Derby depot.


“ On St. Patrick’s Day, 1874,


they were used for the first time on a Midland Railway special for company officers from Derby to London, and speeds averaging 75 miles per, hour were achieved.


■|“ SjJp,n after, these cars'


were used on a rfegular service from Bradford to London and


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later from; liverpobiCio tHh- don. Tlfe| first Pullman had buffet cus | and.the system{ of. seitylhg 1 meals pn ; British


Baiiwaysl can be traced b^ck to lunches served bA tMt historic .jtilp ! Of j 1874; tf(wlien the caterers Were Spiers und


Ponds, of Melbourne, Austra­ lia.


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; “ The yld railway station Clithero^ Was formerly wh ;:


the present goods warehoiii is and. the present bnlldin were not opened until II Ten yeats earlier all railv; booking ! clerks had be instructed by their compa


to have open 15


train'was due to leave.


“ This old ! by-law stams, In case there shall be


room for all passengers, whom pickets have b^ issued, those to whom tickjets: have been furnished jfor longest distances shall hive preference'and those to whbm tickets l|ave been, issued for the same distance, shall have


■en'


priority j according to |he order iii jw hieh\the tickets have beCn issued.’


“ I t appears that! if


train was; o v e r c r ow d e passengers; rode on top of i he engine, Render and oarriages. The guard was instructed warn any jperson hanging


to the roofs of the train that to do so!made them liable to a line ofi 40s.


“A sigh;of changing times


is emphasised by the fact that today the railway cannot attract sufficient passengers to prevent line-closures. They would no doubt be overjojled to let them ride on the roof!


“ When a train was ready to ‘ leave the station, the guard


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‘ Any . perlsbri;" throulhg, aiiy stone at rn engine, carriage. Or ' truck, with - intent to endanger ] the safety of any


daimd Jfuly


persons or damage engine or’ carriage shall, if fonndl guilty, be transported . beyond the seas for life, or suffe'f a term


of imprisonment of not less than seven years.’


“A folic wing section of the


same Acf' states that ‘Any per^n found setting fire to any property of the company and found guilty, shall, at the discretion of the court, be transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life.’ '


days, these ‘criminals’ would be transported to the port of departurej by train! The


“And, presumably, in those I M


punishments: of yesteryear' seem harsh indeed by present standards and nowadays, of course, cue would flhd it difficult tt» discover a country to which I criminals ’ could be deported.'


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/^HIEP male nurse at Calder- V stones Hospital, 'Wfiialley, Mr. John' i Broadley, of Grey Gables, Mltton Road, i^alley,


died at his home on Sunday. •Mr. Briadley, who was 53,


was a pitient in Blackburn Royal In&mary until'a few days before lUs death. "He had worked at Calderstones .since he was a', boy.


' ' He Is slirvived by a widow and daughter.


A service in Whalley Parish


Church preceded the Inter­ ment at ! Wh a l l e y New: Cemetery bn Wednesday.


The foUpwlng appreciation


o f , Mr. Broadley has been received by the “Advertiser and Times


many years, pen a tribute to the late jir. John Broadley.


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,;;-r ■ Mr. BrJadley came to the


Whalley brea as a boy from the Whittingham district, and commenceld work Tn the mental nursing service when only 16 ybars of age.


Starting In a lowly capacity,


Mr. Broadley, by assidlous attention to duty, and com­ plete dedication to his chosen task, rose: to the highest position the nursing service offers to Its male members, and was appointed Chief Male Nurse at Calderstones: Hospital In December last year.


; : QUIET; CONFIDENCE. ■ His p r o m o t i o n was


applauded I throughout the hospital, and the quiet con-^ fldence with which he under­ took hlsl ; new and very responsible; duties Increased the admiration and respect In which he was already h61d.


An upright and command­


ing figure]: Mr. Bibadley was unassuming by nature, .and he had ap Underlying sense of humour vjhlch endeared him to all Ifi's colleagues and companions. , ,


j He was pre-eminently a home loving ..man,' and was ilttl.e; known outside his Immediate j einylronment, but his devotion to his hospital and administrative duties was


, accordance, with , the highest traditions pf’nufs'lng.


Patients and nursesr-male


gnd female—mourn him with his family add colleagues.


I To his wife .and young daughter the sympathy 61 the whole hospital Is extended.


exa’^mple j of service ,and endeavour. .


His worklilg llfe was a fine ;


in Irisplrgtib’n and ■ example to all his staff—and In


May I, j as a colleague of


the-statioa master> rah^ a bell;:to le t


. blven adequate backing, there is no reason why a festival should not be |a success.- I am sure, local sc^ie’t le s , would] only : be too willing to support such a .venture.. And as I have


3t of .ParUameht 3, !i851, states that


alnted out before, under the !


cal Government Act; 1948, a local authority can spend


.up to a sixpenny rate for the 'piinMse of culture.


There Is no lack of amateiir


dramatic societies In the area, arid any help they could detain from- thb local authori­ ties would be more than welcome'


I ; Pollo'wing my recent re­


marks atout the difflcultlds with which societies have often to contend when pre­ senting their plays In Sunday Schools and church halls,’ I how learn that hopes of pjlttlng von a j certain con­ troversial play have been dashed because of , the dlffl- cillty In obtaining permission


fcir,thls play tJo be given In such a hall.


, T always: understood that


the object of drama was tp rdflect and interpret life in all Its forms—the unpleasant ad well as i the pleasant. If playgoers are to be treated aS children who must be enter-f tklned with cbmedles and other plays


I which' lack


“ ineat,’’ then It] bodes 111 for aeatre moye4 !


the- amateur nient. .


(Such an attitude will only sejrve tot drive frustrated


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producers and ijlayers out of trie movement. Recent years h^ve seen an | encouraging .Injflux of new talent, and Itj would be a pity 1 If this werd to be stifled! at the outset. |


I ■ 55 SOCIETY j have news this wejek. .


month are presenting" Hompi to Roost.”


series “Midwinte and the society a. that this new local comedy | by 'Derrick Greek will be ai feast,of laughter.] ’


This is the t re confident! Rehearsals | have been In


progress for mo're than a month, and the play is rapidly taking shape In the capiable hands bt the pro­ ducer, Peggy Gradwell.


formance may toII be Bob Rawllnson’s Interpretation of three different parts.


a| highlight oi the per­ The show go^ on on


November 12th and runs for three performances.


Clitheroe


Thdatre Group will be giving a revue in December, and In Pebtuary will be' presenting a Lancashire comedy, “ Cock- a-doodle-doo.”.


Techillcal School fflT


j Over to Waddlngton, where,


.during the first] week in March, Waddlngtnn Dranla Grojp will present Agatha Christie’s "Murder at the Vicarage."


- | ; HIT PLAYS


off ; In the same manner as I f did The X . societies viere going a h e ^ with plains tor such hit .plays as “ House by the Lakb ” a n d ' “ The I Reluctant Deb It ante.” . ;


This season has pot started promising last year.


'|


: So far this season we have .had to be content ydth offer­ ings of Lancashire!'comedies,


;of which, as with ^ncashlre hot-lpot, one can'become a


ilittlW tired after, a few .helpings.


' L£|ncashlre comedies are — "s good for a laugh, but


Social evening helps refugees


“ PEDAGOGUES (the school staff) and Parishioners ”


!topk part In a lively quiz whlih was one of the main Itehs In the usual monthly sock 1


1 evening at St. Michael


and St. John’s on Sunday. The Rev. Fr. Wlnstanley


was!question master. The Pedagogues maintained


a ppmfortable* lead over the parishioners.


. I t' was arranged that the


proceeds' of "thils iparficular Evening should be ' devoted ,tb t h e ! Mayor’s E u r o p e a n Reftlgee Fund, and the sum of \ £20 was realised.


YORK STREC.T CLl tHEROE r f l 7 9 f : I -.r>* O r n


thq 55 Society of St: Maryli Parish Church, | who nejcti int:


i ■' i


ilrd In the- r Madness,’’;


L j • j- let shudder to think wh^t our


Southern couslu s must think of we North jjners after spelng a Tew o:' these plays, v/hlch almost , a ways supceed to giving the Inipresslbii- that the. Lancashire


most.of'his time ^ u n d or in a


ejclsts, on hot-pot.


Downham! D itarted the ball


week C h a t h ' i Players followed pie Order.”


fian spends oft a football hen-pen, and


stiple ! diet ' The Love Matih,” and. this


r ama . Cl\ib irolllng With


rn Church. with “ Apple *


s]eem to be out bl step as'hext lonth they ar j presefttlng


■Whalley Chujeh. Pl.ayers


foble Spaniard.’ ;e can nev


imerset Maugpm’s . “ The Somehow,


vWllUe” writing about hot- bt!


sr imagine


to receive liewt on all matters the amateur theatre.


Finally, I shall be pleased and views


.relating to ihen off, domestic


fireworks | a^e . belnj lestlc pets ghnnifj


be- kept indoors, ’ preferably ih a room with someone Jto whom they arei used, arid in whom they have I confidence.


(As a


. prepautloni bring! : the pet Indpbrs before, dark.) I


j inhere anima l s a r e kept


:ln styes, byres and similar places, fastenings of dbori should bW secured'sb that a frightened animal caimot run amok. I t Is heaAless to e^lOde fireworks nea animals.!


War farm! :. Tranquillisers are useful W


.highly-, strung animals and ! the ■ .advice of. a veterinary , surgeon should be sought. !


If an; animal! should be ;


injured the police will direct i any enquirer tol thb nearest' veterinary surgeon or animal clinic.


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over, s e e t h a t anj( fire ik extinguished In the embers Otherwise, animals may re­ ceive bums.


Lastly, I when the' bonfire A cfejposrb a c c o u n b


b e a r in g lirt afc


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Christmas


TJNDER the auspices of : ’Women’s Co-joper J


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Guild, an exhibition] Christmas | gifts -was held the'Loweirl Hall, King on Tuesday night. I


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