2 : ' Clitherde Advertiser & Times, Janu^ 8, 1960 ;''


EASIER LIVING I : ' '


' . : WITH; A


WASHING MACHINE TO SPEED AWAY raOSE


Washes Cleanest because it rannot Tangle at 65gns..CASH PRICE; or —


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£6-15-0|Deposit & 156 Weekly ]^aymentsio£9/ - EXCLUSIVE ‘‘ NO;'mNGLE” WASmO ACTION. : iWASHES 7 to 9 lbs. OF CLOTH0S.;! ^


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Cabinet Slzel-361ns. high x 221ns. wide x 221hs. deep. I See this at Our Showrooms NOW!


! ; See also the matching ' I I '


“PACEMAKER’^ REFRIGERATOR at 63^s. CASH; ; or


£6-13-0 Deposit s a i 8/8 Weekly ■ ( ■ !


; wlth'-Silper Safety WrlngeiMwlth Automatic Adjust-; ment. Full 12-lnch Rollers which rotate either way.; Faster Emptying. Two-way Washing Action. ,Blg Vitreous Tub to hold 10 gallons of water. ^ i |


i ' TOP ! VALUE WASHER-LOW PRICE THE SERVIS DE-LUXE


AT I ONLY £59 CASH PRICE; or


£6 Deposit & 156' Weekly Payments of 7/10 MAKE SURE YOU SEE i


i! OUR SELECTION OF WASHING iwACHINES BY


HOTPOINT . SERVIS . HOOVER;! P ^ A L L A.E.G.'. g !e.C . BENOIX , Etc.


It Is' difficult to beliSve that


the sprightly youngsters in this picture are all well in theif sixties, yet their ages total 253 years and total railway service is ; 166 years.


They were all members- of the


Clitheroe Permanent, Way Gang and quite possibly hold the age


record in the London Midland Region.


Ij.. : j . Left to rl^ht they! are; Harold


Townson, ^ d 64, with 38 years on the railway; Ganger Adam Shore, agedj 63, with 45 yeare’ service; Nelson King, who retired recently, aged 65 years, with 45 years’ servici; and Georgi Clark,


100th birthday of a yillage club First “ Roses cricket


battle was fought here


8 MARKET PLAC| - - CLITHEROE, I


Tel^hone: Clitheroe 103 ' SECOND-HAND OFFERS


HDOVEIR; Markil'WlASHER, with Stainless Steel Tub, Itod-operatediWrlngeT ........... |......... £13-10-0


Also BUiRCO CABINET iBOILER wiih full size hand Wrli^er...... ......................................... £9-15-9


IVrEMBERS Of Whalley •^•*•01101165 Club, which this year celebrates Its centenary, are recalling that the Abbey Ground was the scene of the first “Battle of the Rodes" .cricket match. The gaifie between Lancashire and York­ shire' took place In June, 1867.' Yorkshire won by an


was at Sheep Hey, a meadow near the Whalley-Clltheroe ad. The club transferred -0 Its present ground two years


limings and 56 runs. | : i The club’s original ground


after Its formatlpn. First entries In the earliest


March, 1871. The.Rev. R. N. JWhlt’^er, Vicar of Whalley and president of the club, presided.


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president, and' the Rev. R. Edwards-Taylor, Lleut.-Col. Hargreaves and Mr. Roger Green were re-elected vice- presidents.


The Vicar was ejected The Rev. Samuel Norwood


was app o in ted honorary secretary In place of the late Mr. Thomas Hopwood, Jnr.; Mr. Alfred Lon^orth was re-appolnted treasurer and Mr. T. Ainsworth assistant treasurer.


BY MAT 31st - I N ' — LADIES’ SHOES


SLASHED TO 2 /6 in the £ OFF


REGULAR LINES, including— . NORVIC . KILTIE


SWAN . JOHN WHITE START-RITE


HUNppDS OF BARGAINS FOR ^ EVERYONE ' ' i


DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY ^ ■iifj C L I T M I R O I I ' : ' -o'r-n f)fip '••ffj'caoq ».r. wod ^


48 WHALLEY ROAD - CLITHEROE Telephone: Clitheroe 483


LEVER’S ‘LOBOL £5-to-£500


WITH; OR WITHOUT, SBCnm CALL, WRITE OR ’PHOOT


QNE of- the resolutions - passed at the meeting was that “all resident mem­ bers pay their subscriptions by May 31st, or they wUl be debarred the privileges of the club and their names poste,d in the club as defaulters.” ;


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, It was agreed that George ehamberlain be ’engaged as ground keeper. The general statement by the treasurer showed cash In hand to be .£12 12s. 7Jd.


, During’ the ensuing ' season


Whalley played 10 matches, of which they won slxj Jost one and drew thr.ee.


'


scored 995 runs against 897 by opponents.'


In that season, the villagers


Mr. Norwood regretted that he could’not secure possession of certain score books, though he had those for 1861-65.


In his report on the Reason, TO THE DOGS! r


meeting In April, 1872,; that the Rev. Samuel-talks frgnkly about Whalley cricket, which he evidently 'thought | was going to the dogs because of


JT Is In the same report, presented at the annual


the rival attraction of the bowling green. This Is what he said: “The


Whalley Re s ident Eleven stands In need of great attention and reform. It is impossible that It could be In a more unsatisfactory | con­ dition. It presents now a painful contrast to Its 'state some four years ago. The bowling green takes away our most promising playem,


'manly English game, and Whalley .pride's Itself so much on its enthusiasm for every­ thing old and \manly and English, that It Is difficult to reconcile the present lieg-’ lected state of cricket in the village.


: of the Whalley Residents. ' “ Crickets Is so essentially a


the attention of the young men to this, and to exhort them to try with the officers to restore the fallen prestige


' PLENTY OF ROOM


begin to decay,’ the national character will begin to decaV, too. Besides, crijjket not only,, tries the muscles! but also tlie' mind; and the appllcatlbh


‘IT AM persuaded that when manly outdoor sports


“I beg respectfu ly to draw 1] In ’


required to | captain an eleven through a| hard-fought match Is no slight] one. In speaking thus, I do] not wish for a moment |to depreciate the bowling green: there Is plenty of room for] both.”


loss by tfie death of; Its donkey, which, i oijylng to. an accident, jiald tq be destroyed. The ■ animal I was a goq'd servant-somewhat slow,; did Its work without apy remarks, thereby setting an; example iio inany other asses.”


Norwood lisjs.this,paragraph; “ The club has Sustained a


In his report for 1874, Mr.


written record relate to the annual meeting, held m the. Swaii' Hotel, Whalley,


appointed | 'to buy ,another donkey, arid at :a| subsequent meeting ofj the committee, the secretary ije|cord6:i •


VOTE OF THANKS


A LONG and amusing con- vel'satloii took place res­


pecting-Mr. jjohhfngham and the new Idonkey,] which re-


suited Injia Vote] of thanks being unanimously carried to Mr. inghani for his ‘services in conriectldn with the'club/


presented In March, 1876, Mr. Norwood hafi the 1 following: The donikiy difficulty is not


Then in his annual report;:


yet solved. I The! fiery ass, wh o se o u t


astonished every bbholder season, has passed Into a world where even asses are at rest, and I at present we arc, without a 1 donkey of the four-footed jkind.^ | • ,


exertions last


was well. , Mr., Norwood re­ ported:


threatened at one time to as I tangled Question; is


The donkey difficulty, wh


refnarkable I s a g al c 11 y and, vigour, anc '1 In |' every way worthy of the ,Whalley Cricket Club.


I am glad o be able to say that we have an ass of


as the Eastern now settled, and


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• Wlialley plsy In the Rlbblesdale League, and have won the championship oh 12 occaslons-}lfe95, IJ898, 1903, Clltherqe), 1911,' 1913,


1904 (tied with' 1906, 1909, 1910,’ 1929, 1930 and 1945,


VILLAGE AMENITY


^THE , contract ' for the ■ erection] of public con­ veniences at] Hurif Green ;has been duly executed and the period for cbmplejtlon flxejl as three months, it was reported at Clitheroe R.D,tl.’s meeting this week. ■ V -


ON 0 ^ LINE


allowed to Instal a telephone, subject to the position of the G.P.O. line meeting with Cll|;heroe I^.D.C.’5 approval,


rpHE tenant of 13, Trafi( •^ .■


’Gardens, Barrow, is tc


PEEPS INTO THE PAST 25 YEARS’ AGO


Items from ouii Issue of January 11th, 1935 ;


Walter Francis iMowle, of Oalder Avenue, i ’ Bllllngton,


died at the: a^e of 78. ■ * * #


after two months was Mr. James Ruklii, of SabdemHall


Farm, Newchurcli-lnLPendle.'' * J * !'. ,i ^


dance at Tqsslde; Mr. Robert Oddle, aged 130, of West View, Griridleton, :'fell 'heaVlly ' and


Dancing to the lancers at a


broke hls collar bone. I] * I ’ ,


o f. the Blkckbum Labour Exchange wqs[ apblnted sub:- area ' officer ; for Clltherqe under the new Uriemploymeht Assistance ^ard,.


Mr. A. E. Lemon, of the stafl ,


service as teicher and officer of Waterloo Methodist Sunday School,. Mr. Ell Johnson wm presented,'witli a framed lonfr


In recognllon of 36 years’ ' i[* ' ! * Still missing jfrom home


pOLICE sergeant at Whalley for many | years; : Mr.


50 YEARS AGO


Items from our issue ol January 14|h, 1910


tlon.. In ,the Ciltheroe D Sion ’ Mr. David ’ Shackle was opposed by Sir. __ Smith, ,’an advocate" of t^jfl reform.


fFHE couintry was In throes of a.generaT ejei


The bread with s a delicious sOi s enriched wiffi


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. While, getting hay from his bam, Mr. Tom Seed, of Grin- dleton, ,’fell- arid ’ fractured several ribs.


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Room , ball was held In the Game|Rpbm At Tfie. Root. ’The Orofild Band ■ played for dancing, and MeSsrs. W. Ho^le, E.’PM%son and’A. Stephen­ son wWe JJ.Cs.


Maify. P|e,opje attended the


;the' Orchid Band Pj,ayed,| a concert was. 'i^yen by the choir, directed, and accom­ panied by -Mr! Robert Doyle.


annual re-un% ■ of Ist. Michael aitid;’St." John’s .R.C. Cbiirch In ' The ___ addition to dancing, for which


ayr ' veget- for


r YOUR FAMILY TOO! Ben W (^ sJ ^L td ., Darwen, Lanes,


CVS-8 ii ' ■llhe Dunsop Bridge Read a i j * : * )


taste nirerl ih e yesterday’s loaf


hey home-made flavour, ‘Veget : o | nourishment and energy. It


milk-solids and shortening. What could flaypur improves tlie whole lorf through. Even


fast^ nicer today! I dways' go to the shop which sells . ‘Veget’ Bread. . . ready sliced, wrapped ,, , anc sealed with the p ^ t e c of goodness.


^ ' -ima-. :uw not . .uio , 1 0 ^ p ^ r t o n


By the following year all - j ; ’ ’ ’ ’


A small sib-coimlttee was


servic 1


service. ;


Most of the men started with , ■


tbel old Lancashire Yorkihlre Railway, were taken over by the Midland Railway and with nationalisation, came ^uulder British Railways, London |an(l Begioa j ■


did-


The Clarion on the marshes


J )^ P IT E the fact that, cL were 13 of us out on Su:'’


everything seemed to be gL. very smoothly—the sufi the I wind was behind u6, there was very little traffic the! roads.


■ We even managed to arrh Longridge just ahead of sey( other cycling clubs and so' able to enjoy our coffee in fortj before setting off again Garstang, where we halted lunch.


oLce across the busy A.6


amblefi along the lanes Cockerham and turned left t i t on jto Salt Marsh, humero] signs warning iis hot to' propi If the sea was ’Coining over road. The, tide must have well out, however, for ^ could see for miles was brilliant green turf-of the mhri land dotted with! ■ clumps reeds, and , near Braldes halted at the strange sigh what appeM’ed to be' a plane stood on a'scaffoldlnji fsj out I towards the' sea, ' " ‘ ' ]


Of course, .that proved h


too much fof bur curiosity, off we went to Investigate, jumping over several n channels and carefully plcdnfe OUT;way round the more miiddt and: boggy patcJife we got to it


• only to find that It was merdy a silhouette cut ’-out of metffi, bu; If It I was a target it ffidn’t ap])ea!' to have been used because tien were no holes In it.


,wqnder the few: cars we mel all seemed to prefer to keep near the centre of the road.


Back near Garstang we hajlted


for a cup of tea before pushing on again, and It was here that the rain caught up with us, much


to the dismay of oiir writer, ,who then discovered he had left ' ' cape at home.


Fortunately there was .


more than a heavy drizzle oniu.c way to Bleasdale, where we Imd tea,|but for the remainder of journey home the rain ckme dovm In torrents'so th a f 'tliere ■ms one very wet rider In the contingent which arrived back In Clitheroe early on Sunday e’ren Ing.j


Our run on Sunday Is to Mai


ham and ’ Gallon Moor, leailng Wobne Lane at 9 a.m.


“GEARS hls


little the


appeased, curiosity we set ofl again, our road at first b:lng level, with the surrounding countryside and then later running along,the t<5) of bfoad dikes which dropp^ steeply down at the sides to the fields belo^ In a moist dlsconc^ihg manner, Iso that It, was small


So with increased, insteac, ol ere iday


:qlng ne,


62, with 39 years of ralway ■


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I I WASH-DAY. BLUES HOTPOINT


THE OLDEST RAILWAY GANG?


THE WEEK'S WEDDINGS CB’ CKER-OpDIE


Camberwell last wek of Miss Glenys Mary Odqle, elder daughteil of Mr. arid Mrs. B. Oddle, of 60, SalttiUl Road, plltheroe, and Dr. Alan God­ frey Crqcker, son] of Mrs. A. M. Cmcker and the late Mr. P. J. dyocker, of 90, Heol| Gariol, [Trallwn, Pontypridd, Glamorgan.


The wqddlng took place at


, assistant jvark, and the bride ;room is a lecturer


of Advanced Techni ’logy. at Batters’a College


i Both .the bride Sjnd bride­ groom ]are Interested In archseology and- pothplliig. The bride, a member bf Burnley Caving Clab, led a party of six on an jxpedltion in January, 1955, when the party camped' for several days In pne Section of Lancaster Hole, In Westmorlar d.


I The party were all students 'from Sheffield Unlvbrsity, tjie hrltjej .bejng secretajpr of the


'tlnlybrslt^’s Mountaineering Club.''’


recept on A^ter


jaife to for, a Wales.


Stockflejd Road, London, S.W. ]i6, whtriE! Dr. and Mrs. Crocker reside. Later' they left honeymoon


in North


l3um Y.F.C., Mr. David N. Crowe, only son of Mr, and Mrs. N. ]n. Crowe, of Lower Copy Nook, Boltoi,-by-Bow- jand, wap married it Maltby Parish Church], near Rother­ ham, last week tq lllss Llnfia Newton, younger daughter.of Mr.l and Mrs.i E. Newton, 'of 12, Coleridge Road, Maltby.


i.l ■ f.i ■ • ■ ‘ A former membe r of Gls-


j CROWE-NEW TON • ^ ,, ' .! '• -c


This is tte ^ rate of interest aiiowed in; the SpedM Invest­ ment P ep ^ en t. Depositon with to their oedit jn Ac Oidin^ Department may de-


! The bridegroom Is taking up the I post] of lecturer In crop husbandry i at the Surrey Farm Institute.


i Given jaway by her father, the. bride wore a jballerlna^ length g|)wn of white brqcade and a! circular veil secured by a headdress of pearls and orange' ijlbssom; She carried


■a ■white Bible land k bouquet of pink carnations.


.....


i ■ Jjatron-of-hqnour was Ifer sister, itrs.,' irene'.Maskery, who wore a ballermai^length dress of| coffee lae'e' with a lembn stole aiid gloves. ’ Her headdress was a lenoh floral circlet and she carried a


' posit sums up to £z,ooo in die Special Inyqstment Depament Sums up to £ so rqpaid bn de­ mand — larger amguhts on oije month’s notice. ' I:


I T R U S f E r


RAVINGS BANK J '


' '! ' '


Church Street, Clitheroe V V---,, JiCl. i,--


Craftsmanship and reliability


■ Longines, Bdutne, Rolex, i Accurist, AW


Agents and siochlsis for all leading walfhe^ Including


Roamer, Smitljt, etc,, etc. Prices ranging I from 2S/~ \ '/o£J0p.


; This guarantee Is also given ’ by on all watch repairs,


i Jeweller . And Diamond Meruant


!]■ ’] i 24, KING WILLIAM STREET,


! BLACKBURN! Tcl./J920. ■’ Special out of income pajment.


A GA'


.-^lias Syflney.


.which ,yli this wee!


of the pla: therei:. se'ei


J.' ,,:j


B et te r the B re a d - Fitter the Family!


Obyiouslya Veget family I Your family would thrive oh it'tool


.li '■


“ PCiURway ” 'coa'ts/jSuits, usually 301 10()% Pure 0ASHM


WETHER SALE


/ J ' . i


J ‘2 KING UNE ■ Cti - :'■ Tdepiibilb': CUtheroeif


rUrjUl . ' .


M. PARRINGTt . I


'


blouses, separates, hats, oddments, etc, mflesl I < 1'


' sbaaowB of former selvesi Coun. !a. a, Roldry, ’


, Every watch ,b'^ a twelve '■ months writteniguarantce.


the ceremony,- a- was held at 17,


Ing Infceresfc . afc Z' ;


;■ The bride, an o d girl of . Clltherde! Grammar librarian


School, Is at South-


matching nation^.


lim Bible and ,


j[


Mr. R.I Wells, was best man, the g^msmen being Me|srs. P. T. Harrison, G. A. Staples. and L. Maskep. ■ ;


A frtod of the bridegr(»m,


which the Rev. Clifford Aij ;k- land officiated, a recep/on was held In the Edward Diinn Memor al Hall, Maltby. Later, the nbwly-weds left foj* a honemjion In Derbyshire, Iche bride travelling In a majive dress japd green coat i^th black accessories. •


Following the ceremony; at ' >'


reside at Vine Farm, Worp es- don, near Guildford, Surfe'y.


Mr. and Mrs. Crowe are i to


during 8,409, the, ye 1958).


m p ; -*• in


making the total ir 731,516 (727,003


number of live bhjths England and- Wiles Christmas week 'tvas


AJirt surprises I for old folk


and family, who are in Hdng Kong.


I


^ th the Array, and his wife, formerly Miss D. Carusi'of Clitheroe, scut a number!of


p


Messrs. W. ^indle, H. Parkffi. son, A. Parkinson and Price


who each,’ received a cigarette case and lighter.


and Miis Dickinson a tdble lighter. ;i;:


Mrs.. Smythe and Mrs. Turner’ received musical trinket boxes


gifts were jMrs.,Smythe, Mrs Turner ]an^ Miss Dickin^'


JWfLean, who] | is


gifts for presentation to the members.


The lucky recipients wbre ^ ! ; The ladies who rece ved^


J^T^ERS of Clitheroe’Old a I People’s Welfare Club had « Sgt. and Mrs. T. McLeaq


pleasant surprise at Chilst- the generosity


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baby born in am bulance


A -BABY was Iborn In an ambulance, on Monday


niorning as It was passing aikough,' Chatburn on the way


tol Queen’s Park Hospitej, Blackburn.


’!


sa'Wley, was accompanied |by liei husband, Mr, RaymChid gbuttleworth, a farm worker.


' rfhe mother, Mrs. Shuttle- wiirth, of Laiie,S|iae Cottages,


admitted to Bramley Mekde Maternity Hospltpl, Whallcy.


I <][7fis is Mr. and Mrs; ^buttle- ^brth’s first ohUij, | ]


miking satisfactory progress.


I latef. hStE ! mother and were stated to |be


received medical attention at Clltheroe, arid | were then


I Mother and baby—a boy—


“LUXURY k


'NEVER' D/ifflEl .


,YOU tJAMl EHBS, usually 50 gns.|


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