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Clitheroe Adveiiser & Twin es, j «/|> 1, I960 ill SIIMMER > I !S fi


Saturday July 2nd


CLMR^NCE Saturday July 2n(l


A N D


Council tenants want |Keep| off grass ” signs


‘‘XTEEP oil the grass f’ signs are wonted by residents


I ! I ■


ing this at their meeting on Monday, decided that the Clerk, Mr; T. P. Riishton, should write to I WlBwell Parish Council, who lease land behind Traffoid Gardens, suggesting that if the grass there Were cut short.! children would not play on the lawns: In froht of the houses’


Clitheroe R.D.C., consider­


reported that | the j water supply In Chatbum had been poor, and the Coiunclljare to


Coun. E; A. Parkinson


contact ,the iyldfe Water tr


Board engineer about this. The chalnnaii.of the Coun­


cil. Coufl. 3. G; Sharp, is to be allowed £l00 tb mefet the expense oflhls omce for the year end 31st March next.


of the Whalley i depot In Station RoAd.


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G A T E ione: Clitheroe


CLITHEROE 214 _ _


Coun. J. G. Sharp, chairman of Clitheroe Rural I District Council, opened the Council’s


rp iE Rev; Home, Vicar of A- Chatbbm and chaplain to


With praters 1 !


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monthly meeting with prayers on Monday.


! TTflS WAS


25 Y E A R S A G O jjjLY 5th, 1935;


Road, WtoUey, was first In the country in' the second year conl- merclal eputte ekamlndtlons of the Unlod iOf Lancashire and Cheshire'Institutes, *|!


MR. ARNOLD BULLOCK, of Meaddw Cottage,! Mltton


Clifford Chatburn,: of Chatbum, came first In .1^^ l20'yards handicap (and was'second In the 220 yards.!


i Mr, I. 'T. RuShton, Clltheroe's


former librarian, \was (presented with a pair of Zeiss binoculars,. the gift members


Committed and borrowers, for 47 years’ service, 18 o f ! them as librarian.


of the chairman and of the Free Library


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I960 AUOTIN iA ,55 AUl


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1958 (Mfiy) T ’ f t Y p r i


1958 Series POIjlEi 1957 (Sen " 3t.).


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FiKRDIEO)CONi I ORRIS


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C E N T R A L G : tetoi


i POPUliAi saioon, one owner. " (JONSTJL saloon, one owner. Taxed. CONSUL saloonl one owner. Taxed. )3aORD saloon, one ovfner.


COB VAtti. i Very clean. Clean, I


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PaUgeI :: a^^H^OE . L A N D R O y i m


Langho Vicar, Mr


Spencer, S.M., and Mr; Ratcllfie, A.SM.


A Scoup Troop was formed at Parish (Jhurch. The Holt, was Q,SM„ Mr,


!|


graphs ol Mr. J. Hln^e Hlgson, AR.P.S,, of Church Street, Clitheroe, was opened at the Swan ana Royal; Hotel. Among the exhibits was a photygraph of Browsholme Hall, chosen by the Queen as I a memento o!f; her visit, i


took (Jhildren’


to ’ the ■galley Chutlm Plaiyers, part In a North | Regional Irens Hour broadcast, , i*


ter of Mil.' and Mrs. J. iwilson, of Hezeldeni, West Bradford, was elected croroed


Rose Queen, In August.


I to be Miss I^thll^A .WilMn, daugh­ ; Mrs. TenhantBnilthi’ itfoduCer *■ ■ * M* , An exWbltion of 300 pholo- 4 * I* ■ At Hortpn-ln-Rlbblesdale sports '*|! ! # i


j ; 50 Y E A R S A G O !


JULY 8th, 1910


Commission of the Peacte for ffie County, Before retiring in 1907^ Mr. Turner was manager M Whalley Abbey Printing (3ofn- pany and was also representative for Barfow and Wlswell on the Clitheroe Board of Guardians and Clitheroe R.D.C. I ! ■ * ■ * *


MR. GEORGE TURNER,' of Barrow, was added to the


! Superintendent . Matthew Dawt son, of the Clitheroe branch of the St. John Andmlancte Brigade, and First Officer WUliapa Ru*- ton, were requested to go (to London to receive long service taedals from the King. I : *


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: At a public meeting, at Chat bum. It was agreed [that the Church of England should ertyt an Institution, the name to be decided later, i .


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bverlookty at Brooks Mill, vjas presented with a gold albert and a dressing case by his colleagues bn leaving for Canada, . Also., (Oanada^xiund were Sgt, ’Tbrn Hartley, of the Ambulance Brig^e,! who saw service during ^he Boer War, and Mrs. Hartley.


Mr. Charles Shaw, an assistant * * ■ * ! I ;


fiimitui© and clothing at-RPd- holme' Laiind' Farm, Whltewell, were badly damaged by fife,


The kitchen and a quantitylof r * '* \ Clitheroe' Cklcket, BoWlffig arid


TeUnis' Clflbte mltlual bowling h^'dlcap diaS’ won hy W. Jlat- clltfe, n^t' to order belA^ G: S. Calvdrlty, R H. Bargreavbs J. B. Mitchell.


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WALTS MMITED 31 Gastle Streelt


a t SailhderrAke. (Dhlilping, lot Geo. T^feedy and Coi, Ltd., has been I reftefred | to the County Plannlhg Committee with recoramendatlons that it be refused.! ;


A hlan for a carivan site j | btST iCOMPLAraTS ' The Silrveypr, lu!r. H.


Cockshutt,' reported | com­ plaints from Chatburn resi­ dents about dui^t from the local quarries during the past


few weeks, A letter has bAen received from the Horrocks- ford Lime Co., Ltd.; i saying that the fitting of the wet deLdustlng plant to the main dryers had been; delayed because difiScultles had! arisen from electrical parts. |


Clitheroe


had been completed | on the public convenlehces i at the Brown Cow Inil, Chatbum,


It was reported that work


except for painting and other minor work. This had iproved to be much more expensive than estimated because of other necessary improvements and repairs.


[:


ham were now In use, although some minor work had also to be done there.


The conveniences at'DoWn-


the Chief Constable of Lanca­ shire, follolwlng a letter from the CJlerk to Chipping!Parish Council, suggesting the need for police on traffic duty In


The Council are to write to


Chipping on Sunday; I after­ noons during the summer season.


be made jto Chipping and District A g r 1 c u 11 u ria 1 and Horticultural Society and £5


A donation of £2 2s. Is to


erected at!the bridge -at The Dene, Sandrock, HurstI Green, because there Is no parapet, and there' Is a considerable drop Into the stream, i


BED BLAZESi


fleld Road, Clitheroe. were severely damaged by fire on Sunday morning. Clitheroe Fire Brigade got the outbreak j


A under control.


bed and the contents of; a bedroom at 73i Hlgh-


Two hours later the I brigade: was called , out again, to i


small fire I on a wooden cat- walk o n ' the railway In Chester. Avenue, thought to have been caused by sparks from a passing train.


5s. to the Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Agricultural Society. Protective fencing has .been


U ;0 . Gordon Smith, df lk St. Mary’s Street, CUtheroe, is pictured rock climbing (inthe Kyrenlan M o u n t^ dn Cyprus where he is serviiw: In the B.A.F. Before joinii^ the Royal Air Force, Gordon worked at Moss Bam Farm, Bashall Eaves.


STOCK FARM BLAZE


l^B TY ■8- Tnn I


two calves were dragged James Seed.


........ TONS of hay w Top Farm', Thornley, <


tlser and Times" reporter that the blaze could hav been really serious were ■ not for the speed with whlc.. fite brigades got to the farm. They had to break through ,a bedroom celling to put out a fire which had. started In an attic.


Mr. Seed told an “Advei


irillking, with the cattle safely outside, when he caught a smell of burning


Mr. Seed had Just finished ' ' I hay. . 1


saw the extent of the blazA, and telephoned for the firp brigade. His call was answered by brigades from Clitheroe, Longrldge and Broughton.


!He rushed Into the bam, !


£400 grant to college


■\TEW street name plate's have been put up at


Windy Street, Talbot Strept and Longrldge Road Chipping, and Beech Grove, Wood Terrace, S h aw Garden?, Clough Bank and Mount Pleasant Chatbum, It was reported to Clitheroe R.D.C. on


Monday.


authorities towards the cost of converting numbers 1 and 2 'rtmothy Cottages, Hurst Green, Into one house, and a similar grant to the sam'e Autliorlties for improvement's


to .1; Lower Hodder Cottages


Motor cyclist breaks leg


A COLLISION between V


the Twlston-Pendleton road on Sunday nlgiit resulted In the driver of the motor cycle. Robert Charles Nelson, 6f Brownlow Farm, , ’Twlston, being taken to Blackburn' Royal Infirmary with a broken leg.


motor cycle and,a car on


C H O O S E AT THE


A grant of £400 has been made to Stonyhurst College


|


e destroyed in a fire at Wood MondAy night. Two pigs and 9 safety by the farmer, Mr.


, Fortunately, not all of Mr. Seed’s hay .was stored In the barn.ii Nearby was a Dutch barn,! c o n t a in i n g a big quantity of hay, and he also has a stack, with some more grass yet to be cut. ‘


Disturbance in ^ quiet lane


gestlbn as well as disturbance to residents, and following the report of Mr. F. Shields, County Divisional Highways Surveyor, Clitheroe R.D.C. have discussed the matter


FTRAFFIC (In Church Lane( Whalley, Is causing con-


agreed to A yearly 1 fent of £100 for the' uie of a pOrtion


Fylde wjater isoalrd have


in Traflord Gardens, Barrow, for the lawns In front! of the houses.


CLIMBING HIGH :m m


DANGER AND DEATH IN THE MAYFIELD


making and the introduction of grass (dryers have brought signi­ ficant} changes. Nevertheless, there! is stUl a considerable ^re- age of grass and clover! which is mowil, left: to ' di7 in !the (sun, made' . into hay and finally stacked.


JJAYTIME Is not what it used to be. The advent of silage


' I


ibelng pertormed in the ttM- tlonai way: mei^ wotnen' anil children touting and turning rnbvm hay to get the full (hying e^ect of sun and wlnd^ follqiijp by making! into cocks ready for


Bui there is another side io thh oountry sbe^, ia (daa


And 'sc^re'side. In Jdhe^ 19M, whi(ih sbipe fanherq. saV wba the finest htytinle ih 'livihg mbm#, 19 petyile were killed most of .them during nay-maltii^ opemtioi^. ’Ihls. 'was the bluest nun^.'.of latalities to any! one month throughout the j year.;


THE,B1^0NS


fatalities Feveals[that not one of them need’ have happehed. Thty were mainly caused by lack of carej faulty equipment and uh- safel practices, as 'the following brief extracts show:— ’


A CAREFUL examination of official reports bn these


.seeni by anyone he cr^t under a trallCT which was being loaded; when it moved forward the child was run byer and killed.’’


“A two-year-old child was in the hayfleld with his parents; im-


of a load of imlCs was helping ;to rope the load sectoely. He pulled on the rope which broke, causing him to fall ofljthe load.”


“ An elderly farmer bn the tpp


drawbar of a trailer loaded with bales of hay. As the tractor slowed down to turn off the road, he, fell off and j the front wheel of the trailer passed over his head.”!


- “ Deceased was seated on the ! .


rope, the dangerous! practice of riding on a drawbar: (these and other similar factors exacted the ultimate toll, but they need not have happened.'


’ In addition to these fatal


with the police. The police have agreed to


are caused by motorists turn­ ing joS Station Road and going down the narrow Broad Lane; along The Sands and dowi^ Church Lane to gain the main street Instead of continuing a lo n g Station Road until <lt reaches the main! road at-Stocks Hill.


Congestion and disturbance


was held on Tuesday evening by Clitheroe Women’s Co­ operative Guild.


A discussion followed.


A SUCCESSFUL brlng-and- buy sale for. guild funds


provide means of restricting parking In the narrow part of Churbh Lane, near the main street. .


accidents, (there were hundreds that were non-fatal, , many (of them resulting in serious injury, and! again, most of them , need not i have happened. It is not surprising that someone who tries to clear a cutterbar block­ age I on a power driven mower, using his fingers whilst the knife is in motion, loses some of them or suffers severe lacerations. Carrying unprotected knives on A tractor presents an obvious hazard to the driver; sharpening a knife can result in a nasty cut unless performed with due care and in the proper manner, mak­ ing ' the stroke away from the body,


by threading the; needle whilst the machine is in motion: more serious still is the danger of the. ram making an involuntary for­ ward stroke, after it 'hbs bbOn. stopped, and when' someone is (on top making an adjustment. In­ juries caused In this way have been extremely; severe, and legs have been severed.


gALERS: account for many (accidents. Some ore[ caused


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BALER ACCIDENTS '


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Riding on the top of an im- roped 1(^ Of bales is ohly , subtly less dangerous tljan


A'! child unseen, an iinsound


earlier, and last a little longer, in some parts of the country, but June is the month of the hay harvest and ,a busy bustling time (it is; the first major harvefft of the year. ’There are! :few pleasjanter spots than a [field where the , Job of hay malting Is


Th^ season may start a [little


riding on a drawbar, and a fall from any high moving load on to a hard surface is no light matter. If the whole load should over­ turn when someone is on top another life may be lost. Trao-[ tors may overturn when , drawing; loads of hay down -or across slopes, and some turn over he-! cause they are driven too near a bank or ditch. . .


arising from present diy methods of dealing with Med hay concerns tfip tractor-ttfavto balb sled, on wfalbh a mar stands .to staidr the bales as the:r leave thb bdler. All too often a sudden jerk thjxntls the man c B balance! his foot slips over, tie leading ed^, and, trailed imder the s l^ he Is d rag ^ dong until traetbr driver niltices that (!


(The most commbn injury somethingwrong. carting aivpity. ■ ! '■ i”


e playing m fldil and far iny^ uMtwar® of pbssiblt daiigerB.


bI Gn many farttu bbudreu will S


a'way from the scene of ojbeto- tions. ’IhCT cannot a.ways take Care of themselves, (so adults must db it for them.


will te so totereited iq. tite of mm and matotoe that it will be (Ufficiilt to


Rural cdi find sites


flats


r a Glsbum Parish Cbv^cil,- hafe!


Qlsbum, reqil , isted sites for fiats


been found by Coun.L;,;p, Bentley and offidalk of Bow- land Rural District [Council. ! The' sites have been sub­ mitted to the Areal Planning Officer and the County Sur-; veyor for their preliminary! observations.


This was reported at- the Council’s meeting on Monday


accident w h ic h damagbd! Sawley Abbey arches has bebn called for by the Ministry o? Works. The Ministry havq promised to. go further into the matter, with regard to repairing the damage, when they receive the report.


A police report of in |


[bury House, Newton, the Area Planning Officer has been asked to take up the matter with the Forestry Commission and report back to the Council.


Waddlngton. has asked thb Council to reconsider theli|' decision to allow not more than 23 caravans on the site] the Council still adpere, to


that number.


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j -FIRST VI T'ENTTENARY club Whalley broke tiMj


V their first vlctpry of the Season, f dismltyiiig Blawbum Northern for 4l| Topham, who (took six (or 1^.


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SI Clitheroe took the points from SettlJ wicket. Extra, time, was played.


only a point from the t o of Earby, f won four matches in succession.


hitting up 65. i Ribblesdale Wanderers left the vlctJ


aturday. Billy Slinger hit ;Up 47 and! I Read won agalpst Baxenden with t |


Whalley find ' ^ winning path


■VSTHALLEY scored . their -first . victory, o f ! the '■seasdji.,:,.9n


Saturday, when they defeated Blackburn Northern. (


' The visitors,; batted first to


reach 191, 'to which the chief contributor was G. Lawless with


a sparkllpg '65. Ihey then went on [to dismiss Northern for 41.


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On the; •,whole,. .Whalley's batting was more’ carefree than for some time; [Lawless, ,>who was having his second galmel'with the first team this, season, knocked up his 65 in less than an hom. His tally included eleven boun­ daries. ; :


some big hltttog, having seven boundaries to his total of 41. j


' Boiling honours undoubtedly went to Gordop .Topham, who


■ took six for, 16, three of them In his first over.


!


', At one point, Northern j bad! four wickets down ahrt'otily four runs on the board.


, ’ WHALLEY


J. Peters b Slater ................17 G. Lawless 0 Booth b Hudson 65 G-ltoplhamic Edwards b ..Hudson


: B. ’Tattersah c Hudson b ' Slate


B., Emmett b Slater.......... . 14 J. M, Blrkett Ibw b Hudson .. 5 F. Webb h<|t| out ............ ,. 0, Tattefsall! b Hudson .......... ; 4 ' '; ! i ; , 'Extras . . . . . . . . ' 9’!


G. Ireland tow b Hudson .... ,4; P. Gorton run out .............24 H. K. Sharpies c Hudson, b Shaw ...................


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Hudson ..!..; J. WalSh .(..} R. Slater ,.. W. G, Shaw


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Ttetal ..191 0. M.B.W.


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