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90-Mrs^ ferewer sjtill' does her own house work


' t MW an old lady tUk week whose vigour and yltaUty are


I ? u ? r S i i g ^ S d e r f g that she Is 90 and|Uves alone ^


Fanny Elizabeth Brewter, o£ 30, Montague Street; Ch^eW, she was standing qutslde her front door In the sunshine and greeted me with l 5n t it a lovely day?"


When I caUed: onj | Mrs. | I was even more surprised


to find that Mrs. BrewOt does all her own house work.


“ I could have help,put I iL .


would rather do It rnyself, although it Is a big pouse just for one," she told me.


hours are very good,’ said. "They often co


"But you know the rjelgh


... she irae foir


me to watch televisioi, and on my birthday I had 33 cards and several vases of flowers.


cakes, but a week or tWo ago I gave over. It’s hard now, and I just don’t can be bothered.”


“ I used to bake,all n,v own


work feel I


Mrs] Brewer used to work


for the Garnetts at LoV and has many friends village. ,


Paul’s Church, and I ptlll go sometimes, wa lking) each way,” she said.


“ I have always gone to St. ! i i


. Moor in the


m^st change, too! The latest change? Opticians


are' being asked for mens style glasses, with the frames as big and bold as possible. The modem miss who made! high fashion news by, wearing men’s sweaters 'and modelled her hats after the bowler stifle, now sports her boy friend’s glasses. I


turning and coihment, to sa,y the I least, but I must say it takes nerve to appear In this fashionable ensemble.


iThe result 'causes head i ! ■ , ! ' — Country cookery


rrHE fresh fruits' of autumn are sweet and juicy, especially;


cultivated blackberries iwhidh ore available from the end of July to


the end of September. news, too, the pips are not ^ lioticeable as in the wild fruit, preserve some in jars now for the winter months.;


BLACKBEEBY ceeam DELIGHT


Ingredients; 11b. cultivated black­ berries; 4oz. caster sugar; 4oz. single fresh cream; 1 egg white; squeeze bf lemon juice; some sweet or wafer biscuits.


caster sugar and leave for several hours


Bom In Little Hoiighton,


.she was 20. She worked for the Garnett’s until her plar- rlage to the late Mr.i Harry Brewer, a, tackier at tljie j mill.


Northampton, . Mrs; came to this dlstrlcli


A '-I


her recipe for good hcalih at the age of 90. I can it, too, for she is eager to do anyone turn.


hard," she explained asked her if she could


“ I have always


worked when I jass on


believe ways good


long-living family, and six of her eight brothers anc sisters are still living. She his three sons, three grandsons ^nd one great-grandson.


Mrs. Brewer comes from a


THE LATEST CHANGE! SO many yeajrs


, , _ — , ago girls who were tolp they’d


have to wear glasses wept, themselves to sleep, copylnced they’d never • be attractive again. Those were the days


| i II i


when glasses were gloomy things in dull shapes- and dreary colours. Howevbr much


they helped a girl’s sight, they certainly hurt her looks.


But those days ha’re gone,


thank goodness, and It’s the girl herself who haj [swept them -away; She started refusing plaln-looklnj i spec­ tacles about 10 yedri ago. Frame makers took the tip


and produced glassesj that


swept up at the ends apd curled along the side!. ’They made them In bright


CARPET SHAMPOOING. FLOOR SCRUBBING by Modem Electric Machines.


G. E. PARKER


colours, trimmed with gold, silver and marcaslte. ,


That’s better, said ithetglrl,-


but now you’ve made them accessories, like my shoes and


!V ‘,;


33, SALTHILL ROAD CLITHEROE


Telephone: Clltheroe 1063


I t’s a joy to get up in the morning to thJ aarm comforts of Central Heating hy Gas.


i l t l J C U


S IN G E R M A IN A G E N T S BOOTES D E ^E S


1956 Hiilman G a y llook £M5 1956 Zodiac . . . . . . . . . . . . * B 5 0


1956 Ford Consul ...............£015 1958 Profeot . ; ...........................*555 1965 Rover .................................. *625 1955


Minx V I I I .....................*5T5


1947 Hillman lOh .p .................Offers 1948 jStandard 12 ...............Offers


A L L Io n o p e n d i s p l a y a t


GouMhurfet Si Grimshaw 759, IWHAIiLEY NEW RD.,


B L A C K B U R N . ’ Te l. 48091-2 VACUUM C H IM Y SWEEPING


1950 SM 1600 .............................Offer; 1949 Hillman loh.p.......Offers


There are tw( revolutionar} building into


ef ill iff install


jo new methods of Central Heating by'Gas. (a) The System, especially suitable for the remarkably efficient Small­


F an n ed |W ^ Air jnew houses and;(b]


bore Hot Wiit( or’new withpi The luxury installed in weekfprSy Central Heal


er System which cm be inst^ed in any house old


lut upset and withpi it redecorating afterwards., by Fanned Warm Air c b be


YPUR home wthout deposit for as little as 10f- a I. No bulky storage tanks or bunkers—that’s why iiing by Gas is the cheapest of all to install.


Skiper [ b co a l to riiii


Cratral Hea O)^ a week WaterHeate^; handsobjy Gas is the ch<


i dng by Gas costs le3s than the price of two bags ojf for the average small house. And if you have a Gas a Gas Cooker and fi Gas Washer too, you will save 1 fiiel bills. Thanks to the new Gas Bargain Tarifis, apest of all fuels for all-in domestic use.


!' I. I S Y O l s w i i r a i CHURCH S T R ^ T ,


untU thick. Whisk egg white stiffly, add sugar, lemon ^ juice and whisk again. Fold egg mte- S e and blackberries into; the


! Cover blackberries with 3oz. the; cream lightly


iream. Divide between M sundae glasses and serve im- lediately with feweet or wafer


: i


hats, don’t stay In a rut. F a s h i o n s change—glasses


= itiiiiMimiiiiiimiiiHjniciiuiiiBk U bed faces, TOO?!


ing bf the Fire Station, in Princess Avenue, will be sur- pjdsed to learn that It was just 25 years ago this month.


f ^L ITHEROE people who were present at the open­


[im)ii)mnffljmn|m


]iT m mffi|i IN AND OUT AND DOUNDI ADOin , B y “ G U IS " To the immense delight


of numerous small boys, some firemen tried to start the engine while others endeavoured to switch off the- slren, which refused to stop. E v e n t u a l l y both were


the opening ceremony was performed by ' the Mayor, Coun. J. H. Satterthwaite, m


On that auspicious occasion


cil, ofidclals and visitors marched with the _ Fire Brigade from Pendle Junior School for the opening


the presence of a large crowd. Members of the Town Coun­


ceremony. Arrangements, had ^6een


made for the alann to given Immediately after the ceremony, and for the brigade to dash out In dramatic style and tour the town.


planned, and the boys _ in blue dashed out and boarded the engine. Unfortunately the massive machine refused


The alarm went off as to start!.


brought under control. It was discovered that ai


cotter phi from the timing gear of the enginfe had become detached, and that a new device fitted to the siren had


and from that day to this, the fire brigade 'has given speedy and efficient service! to the town And district.


jammed. The faulfe were remedied,


| EMERGENCY CALL


THHE shop ;at the corner of A the street Is generally


the kind that sells everything, opens early: and closes late;! but some people carry things too far. I heard one shop­ keeper complain.


When he heard a woman


knocking at the door one morning at 5-30 saying


“Quick; this is an emergency!” thoughts of bandages and cotton I wool were uppermost In Ids mind.


when the woman said Hurry. I want half a pound of lard for my husband’s sand­ wiches!”


OX-ROASTING


rXJLLWING the note! in the ^ “Aldvertlser and Times” last week about the ox-roast­ ing cetemony held in Clith- eroe ih 1935. 1 have been reading a little more about the event.


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committee comprised iMessrs. C. Coleman, J.|W. Strickland, J Heaton, T. ^Silverwnod, E. Walker, H. Howard, A. Holden, T. Noble, H. Uotthouse, H. Taylorl R. Gradwell, J. C. Southworth and MV- Bottom- ley* of|Mltton H a l l ;


I found that the ox-rroasting


ox should be [roasted during the Coronation celebrations was withdrawn because it


’The j 1953 proposal that an Imagine then hls thoughts, B


would £ 200,


have equli found the cost prov: wall,


Th(i ip mi


and would


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lu to be Incomplete and replacements would have about £40, while the


£150 to the bill. The roasted carcase could


rationing was still In force.) The younger people of


only be given away, as It has been laid down by the Ministry of Food that no money could be raid or accepted,


i (Meat


Clltlieroe have not] seen an ox-r lasting ceremony jand It seen s a pity that one [cannot be s ;aged, perhaps as part of the Castle Fete celebrations.


[’r i sure tflat suchjan event lid prove a big attraction only for local people but those from outside the as well.


been about £00J The lent used in 1935 was


have cost more than cost of the ox would


Teltphone: Clltheroe 1176.


ipion of the three-sided the consumption of fuel other incidental costs have added another


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CONtXc T IlENS PRACTITIONER


jirUTHEROE electors will have a ohan V or ntut they


is, M


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Contractor! Education Ai of AGA. coor


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Why put up with damp unevien Floors


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ASPHALT FLOORS I


N o obUgatloa


sarlly A i»ll or the whole to, adyohe is' able to obtain 100 dgnatnresl 6f the meeting.


contrtWtolal snBjtct. ! | The decision of the meeting, bov


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district without Sunday cinemas. Pad hdrii and Skipibh all have Sunday i these tovShs got raem by means of a ;


At present, CUtheroe is one: of tl The Town Council, having v declj


meeting to submit a draft order td State to be consit|erea by both,H(j have called the public meeting to c(H


, dralt.^ j [ at the meeting, j [ , [ . . . The dCciSionj would affect not onid


but pdople in the rural districts whd their entertainment. They, however, |


The question of Sunday cinemas


siderable controversy and has been tB letters in the correspondence columns and Times.” It is expected that to attendance of electors at the ipublic


week you can ■ H i ■ ' ' ' ' 0 I


N May, .1810, in the small white.| of-jRulhwell in Scotland, the


Duncan [opened the first Savings BaJ


It was la new and practicable wayj villagers lo^take. care of thcrasyycs; i years savings banks had been openea lands and throughout the length and j islands.


; To-day there late 83 ,Trus|ee s |


Britain [with 1,330'dIBccb providing i prirsonal savings and banking scrvicel depositrirs. .They ate unique local o t l ducted in accordahee with Acts o f f managed b) local boardi of Trusteca payment for their services.


savings-bank court«Ui>> ll q ready j'^eleomel


Yoi) will find


TRUSTEEI ; SAVINQS


BANldS - 1 8 1 0 - [ i !960


M' ' Rev. HENRY I j' i


'j 'borni


in St. Jatats’s StnMl 6h Monday[nlghl All Clltlieroe elfectori will be


i entlJ


DISCUSS SUNDAY Sliiiday clDeimasl


How to g


There’s nothing so cosy as a idee i you are getting the best out of your the ieast ihoney and the ieast w6rk| There arXatlfeast four differentkii timt go on b d on saving you money


Gas will kefi temperature dock control you choose.


m any or every room in your house at e^aptly the


jioB want, automatically. Moreover kn automatic will switch the heat oh or off at whatever time


BatR l i i


Central Heai Gas can replacement


Let your hquse give you a warm welcome no matter what time you come home. Gas Central Heating is automatically controlled.


i i I Iroatle-lree


tiog by Gas has been proved so reliab :r 5-YEARS FREE MAINTENANCE of any defective parts in the | i s t year.


Bet reeat ler winter, m j


No deposit kqiiired-5 years to p|ay-interest rates 5%. Interest is allowable against tax and rbayments are covered by FREE insurance. So call at your Gas Service Centre NOW and ask the Board’s He3|Ung Adviser to call apd give you advice and quotation iltral Heating entirely FREE OF CHARGE OR


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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER |30th their business will he conducted if ropi 88, BAWDLANDS, CLUHEROJE OLD AND NEW CUSTOMERS WIJjCOMED


With every room in the hquse warm, there^s more room for the fanffly to plc^, study, relax—thatiks to Gas Cen ipral Heating.


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L o * i i i T t e T f f r {Allowable for tax relief) |


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V ■ ’ 1 ’ W I


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The cheapest of good modem fireplaces; yours to keep (it’s a tenant’s fixture) from about £5 upwards; It works by a system of strict air-control. Set the air' inlet half open to have a merry fire. Shut it do vn to a chink, and th? fire Eteys in overnight. Fit| a ‘ throat re­


strictor ’ ■ jvhich lini ts the


escape o f heat up,the c limney,; and you have rhore useful heat owtoardr—less wasted 1 leat up­ wards. Better still, have a convector fire (from a lout £8 upwards) whicli spreae!s warm


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more h6at[ from th( same amoe afford (hem becausi o f the Natio warmiitg But first let’s,loo^


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