w. ALLEN,


f .b .o A. (HONS.) owthAlMic optician CONTACT lens practitioner


ELECTORS’ MEETING WILL 30-year-oW DISdJSS


in St. Jafatis’s SfchOoI <ti. Monday night. Clifheroo 1176.


5, MARKET PLACE, i CLITHEROE.


riUTHEhOE elMtoihs will hlave jj ohaiuiO to dfidde Wietfier or not they


Sdfiday cldtilnas at a Tdhbllo meeting S


controversial subject. The decision of the meeting, EoweVer, is not neces­


All CUtneroe elfectors wlU he entitled to vote on this


sarily flnaLr A poll of the whole totyn Will be possible If anyone is able to obtain 100 signatntes against the decision of the meeting.


|


Wby put up with damp j


ID |TACm/M IST^KEPING ICE ' 'i


i t [ in


Moves es I


liif/i


|<;he Lancashire y. servicing


bed, Oitherpi Iheroe 1149


I uneven Floors W H EN Y O U C A N H A V E ASPHALT FLOORS a l s o } t a r m a c a d a m j A N D U N O T I L IN G


Kstlmates Free, No,obligation !|


,1 Consult


and RAYBUlflN ■ Spp'’'aUty.


J A ^ BOLTON & Son EANAM OLD WHAEF, BLACKBOEN


'


ijon all floor problems i T e l :


;|Day, iBIakewater 42015 Evenings. Blakewater 85917 , p a t h s


district without bum and these towns got


At present, The Town


meeting to State to have caUed draft.


, -


Clltberoe is |,one of the few towns in the Simday cinemas. Fadlham, Burnley, Black-


1 aU have Sunday cinemas, and most, of


be considered by both Houses of Parliament, the public meeting to consider submitting the


submit a draft order I to the Secretary of


fnem by means of a public meeting. Council, having decided at their June


The decision would affect not only people In GUtheroe,


but people [in the rural districts who come into town for their entertainment. They, however, do not have a vote at the meeting, j


siderable controversy and has, been the subject of many letters in the correspondence columns of the “ Advertiser and Times.” It |is expected that there wUI be a large attendance of electors at the public meeting.


The question of Sunday cinemas has aroused con­ TRUSTEE


,B-^N,KS 1 8 1 0 - 1 9 6 0


Revl HENRY DUNCAN, D.D., born 1774. died 1846


I


N May; 1810, in the small white-cottaged village of Ruthwell in Scotland, the Reverend Henry


Dancan opened the first Savings Bank in the world It was oj new' and practicable way of helping his villagers tp take care of themselves; and-within a few- yciiits savings banks bad been opened in ihiiny foreign luilds and throughout: the length and breadth of these islands.


, - i ^ I To-day therej are 83 Trustee Savings Banks in


Biitain with 1,330 offices pi-oviding a convenient and personal savings and banking service for eight million depositor^ They are unique local organisations, con­ ducted in accordance with Actk of Parliament and minaged [by local boards of Trustees who receive no


paymcnl for their services. You will find a ready welcome and traditional


shvings bank courtesy iat the office nearest yoor home. i t ta l H e a t n g b y 'G a l . (a ) T h e


iy s tem , ;p s ] )e c ia l ly s u i ta b le f o r lb r em a rk i ib ly e f f ic ie n t S m a l l - b e in s ta l le d in an j ' h o u s e o ld


r ^ e c o r a t i i g afterwai|ds.;^ i


Fanned Warm' Air can be ,!


■ ■ i ■


le p p s i t fo r a s l i t d e a s 1 0 / - a k s oil b u n k e r s ^ t b a t ’s w h y of all to install.! ;


SAyiNC^S BANK cllURCH STREET, Clitheroe


Clitheroe] Advertiser & Times, September 23, I960 3


mlli takes car passes


pUTHEROp garages report only a trickle of motorists


volunteering for the Govern­ ment t^tjng scheme for cats over lb year? old.


six caVs, an average of four being passed. Several others had only minor defects, which were remedied befpre the certificate of roadworthlhess


Most garages report about


was Issued. The test Is c a r r i e d out


by Government appointed mechanics, and involves a detailed survey of brakes;


lights and steering. The oldest car to undergo


a test In Clitheroe was a 30 - year - old Rolls - Royce, which was In beautiful con- dlUon and passed the test without any trouble.


are at present In use In the country more than 1,500,000 motor vehicles aged 10 years and over. These will all be tested when the scheme becomes compulsory, probably before the end of the year.


I t Is estimated that theire Genuine “ veteran ” enthus­


iasts need not be unduly worried, because the require­ ments for their brakes are less stringent. This applies to all cars built before 1915, and motor cycles built before 1927.


Cotton chief


MR- E p h r a im Haworth Hlndle, c o t t o n manu­


facturer, of “ Briar Bank," Wllpshlre, who died In April, left £215,261 (£213;306-net -^ u ty paid £125,878).


Lane, Langho, receives £250 under the will, while Mr. Harry Leemlng, Mr.', HIndle’s chauffeur, also receives £250.


Mr. John H. Norris,i of York


household servahtsj .received .a sum of £300, to, divided among thOhi by the- trustees.


His Indoor andf outdoor


, Personal c h a t t e l Is, an annuity and the use of hls home he left to- 'hls widow, Mrs. Maud Kindle, and the remainder of his property Is on trust for hls brothers and sisters and their issue.-


social club of Calderstones Hospital - was attended b.v


A DANCE held on Friday by the staff sports and


about 350 people. The music was provided,by,


the Embassy Band. | chatbcUn- ^ i


______ _ a n d . secretary of -Chatbum Pootball Club,


Mr. John Richard •■Chatburn, eWest son Of Alderman'and Mrs. Clifford Ohatburii, of 15, Park Avenue, Clitheroe, was married at St. Michael and St, John’s R.C. Church, Clith­ eroe, on Monday to Miss Kathleen 'Isabel Spesk, only daughter ■ of Mr. and Mrs., Albert Speak, of "Ashdene,” Waddlngton. i


' and Is a member of waddlng- dlngton Badminton Club.


the bride wore a fi gown of white brocac e classical lines- and


Given away by


her ull-


Into a train.- She shoulder-length veil headdress of three roses and pearls and bouquet of -White rosps.


Miss Barbara Chatl;i' The three attend'


' bridegroom’s sister, garet Bridge, a fr: Miss Kathleen friend.


shades ■ with leaves £215,261 dresses


With them they had matching Itallan-style headdresses and carried bouquets of cream tea roses..


other in


light two


attendants dhartreuse.


Mr. Thomas C. Bdnnett, the groomsmen being Mr. Peter


The best man was a friend,


Dawson, a frlendl and Mr. Edward ; Speak, the bride’s brother, [ and the ushers Messrs. Berriqrd Jackson and Peter Bridge, frleiids.


which the Rev. Ff. E. Burns, SU., offibldtdd. [there was a receptiori at the Sun Inn, waddlngton. Afterwards, the


Following the ceremony, at


brWe travelling ih a double Jersey-wool suit in moss green hat and African ylolet acces­


newly-weds left w ^ honey­ moon In the Lake District, the


sories. a Hoover cleanei-


brlde’s employers table frdm the employers. I


to reside at 10, Avenue, Clitheroe,


Mr. and Mrs. C


The wedding, g:i:ts Included from the


hatburn are Peel Park


)ind a coffee bridegroom’s


skirts, apron i fronts and side bows, Mss Chatburn’s dress,


bell -


shaped q m


being In a brandy shade, and the


'-length , cut on falling had a


father, carried a


with a French


.qnts were 'um, the 1. Mar-


They wore dresses 1 n autumn Go:


Ijend, and 'rrlll, a


nical assistant at Roll|S-Royce, ^rnoldswlck, and thS brjde Is emp l o y e d at Edward Chester and Son, Clitheroe,


The bridegroom Is a tech­ TW Week’s koUJEN-^TOMLl^iSOJi


Blessing given at Stj Malry’s R.C; Church, Langho. Saturdav tor the weddtof Mr.i Tom Holden, son of and Mrs. J. Holden,; of Tree Farm. Chalgley, Miss D o r 6 t h y Totnlln daughter of Mr. and 1 Mrs. Tomlinson, of Nab Top Fqn iBlllington. ,


T<£rtn?'i)iAL 'Mass was cbie- ibcat^ I and . the P


i


the' bride wore a gown white' witchcraft lace nylon net and satin, three ^'quarter - length with a headdress of P' and white flowers. She ca: a [bouquet of pink i stephanotls and llly-of- valley.


Given ateay by her fa '


Gertrude Fox, the biide- groom’s sister, who wore a dreis of orchld-t>lnk emboMed cotton with a pink headdress and, gloves,^ and carrieii a bouquet of I cream and yejllow tea-roses. |


Matrbn-ofrhonour was Mrs. Mr. 'Wilfred Tomlinson, the


bridegroom’s brother, was best man, the ushers being Messrs. Edward Tomlinson and tTom Noblett. i


The 'Rev. Fr. J. P; ofliclated, i and aftefwi there was -a reception at Hodder Bridge Hotel, c: ley; The newly-married c' afterwards left tor a ho n^obn bn the West Coast bride travelling In a ~ coat with matching soriOs.;


a! clock from the staff Boots Chemists, Blackpi where tlm bride was fori employed;'’


The wedding gifts Mr. and Mrs. Holden


reside at Yew Tree Chalgley.


Church, Dowhham, on S itur- day between Mr. iWLdam Norman. Knowles, youigest son of Mr. an,d Mrs Knowles, of 9, Bright S;reet, Clitheroe, anq Miss Sheila Mary Faraday, eldest daugh­ ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Faraday, of 44, Main Street, Downham.


A Built in 1812 serves a 1$ YOUR FIRE DOING H A LF ENOUGH FOR YOU ? How to get two or even


ice of two bags of; if you have a Gas too, you will save IS Bargain Tarifis,


lall-in domestic use.


There’i i nothing so cosy as a nice coal fire. But are you sure you ari / getting the best out ofyiouf fire—the most heat for. the lea it money and the least work ? The Je are at least four different kinds of improved fireplace


|,in yotu house at e^ctly the lly. iyioreDver an alutomatic I on or off at whatever time


that go on and oh saving you money—because they give you itiore leat from the shme amount of fuel. And you con afford them because o f the National Coat Board House- warm ng Plan...But first let’s look at the fires one by one.


A PDERN OPEN FIRE


air to the ends of the room—at no greater cost in fuel.


A MODERN ROOM HEATER


Either type of fire is available with a back-boiler giving plenty of hot water for baths, washing up, the lot. Average cost to


lin


proved so reliable that only INTENMCE and the first! year.


i ■5


interest rates 5%.i Interest aents are coveted by F ^ E


yice Centre^ NOW ank ask the give you advice and quotation FREE OF CHARGE OR


Many different ’ models are available under . the House­ warming Plan.


A BACK-BOILER FIRE


2 connect a back-poiler to an


a U r g e ^ k-boiler FORRAOjATORS


A latge back-boiler coupled with;an open fire can warm your room, provide hot water, and run a,radiator or two. If you have othei arrangements for hot water, then you can use your back-boiler to heat more radiators and give you a simple centralJheating system.


You icould in; tall back-boiler and radiators for roughly £100.


The cl fireplaiei tenant's upward^ i:t,


o f stri air- merry chink, overhigi stricto escape and yi outwatif wards conv6( upwai


Ask Engini every


iPOSlT TO PAY


:e lESTiftATE


tax relief^ | DURANCE


) BY NORTH WESTERN GAS ;' ; I


BOARD <1>18J HEATING ENGINEERS


G. D> Porter, 97, West View, CTitheroe John Batson & Sons, York Street, Clitheroe


;1 eapest of good modem es; yours to keep (it’s a fixture) from abolit £S 1, Itj^orks by a systenq ai|--control. Set the half!open to have a


fire. Shut it dowii to a 1 the fire stays in Fit a ‘ throat re- which limitsj the


of heat up the chimney,


■c u have more useful heat (is—less wasted heat up- Better still, have a fire (from about £8


(tor rls) which spreads ivarm You can afford it on the NATIONAL COAL BOARD HOUSEWARMINO PLAN


A modem room heater like the one shown above will give you even more warmth for your shilling of fuel. Open it up and enjoy the glow of the fire. Shut it down, and it ‘ ticks over ’ for hours without attention. Cost; £20 to £40


including installation. All these fires And .heaters are easy to clean, easy on fuel, undemanding—and ash re­ moval is the work of a moment.


'i6ur nearest Approved Appliance Distributor or Heating erfor details of the Housewarming Plan that saves you money tit


instatii Appr II


J/gfi. See list below fo r name and address. (F o r c e n tra l-h e a tin g Mons,consulteitheraHeatingEngineer,oroneofthose Kied Appliance distributors marked with an astensn,)


These fires will start paying for themselves th eUoment you put them in. But where’s the money coming f r ^ in the first place? Simple. Get on to the National Coal Board House­ warming Plan. It offers loans o f £20; or oyer, | covering the total cost (including installation) of


any apprpyed appliance


that bums solid fuel. The loans are made by Forward Trust Limited, who are members ;of the Midland pank Group. No deposit. Low interest charges can ,be set against Income Tax; and you have two years—or for loans ofj£S0 or over,


five years-^to^pay back. You owe it to; your po|:ket and your comfort lo.c:tamine the whole Plan in all its attractive detail.


Take the first step at once-i-it doesn’t Churches, offices, bu sin es ses . I f , heating or any heating project for a church, an or business premises, a hotel, or for flats, the Board Housewarming Plan is at your service,


size of central-heating system, [ "


conimit you. you ha’(e a central- office, factory National Coal It covers any


rises vertically for morii than 20 feet, and then mqkes a' rustyt conspicuous way of the walls.'


with varnish, have fitting doors. In. a enclosure Just in front pulpit lies a harmbnlum Ekh! Sunday the ke^s are strummed by Mrs. William: Askew.


[The tall, brown pews,


shiny close- large


of the [ j


you! except two portraits of ancient pastors—Is;a marble, war memorial plaque, which adheres to the wall high above the rostrum. •


iSqle item of adornnent—If


WARiwTH AND HOMEUNES^ ZION was )ullt in


through, the building the yeaf might still be 1812. Yet the chapel nobly serves a scat­ tered farming conmunlty; There Is warmth and home-; lihess. And here Is the Christian spirit of tmeless- nes3.i .


1812. As you wander ,


APPROVED APPLIANCE DISTRIBUTORS R, E. Dawson Ltd., 28 & 30, Parson Lane, Clitheroe ^


to one;


had travelled for miles along poor tracks and roads. The Rev. Be r i j aml n Sowden; minister at Hortort-ln-Craven; was the irian who built up this Interest.


That , y^r, the present


chapel was| built. An unknown well-wisher dropped a £5 note In the collection box; Mr. Sowden built up.the con­ gregation. I He laid the found­ ation stoiie of the chapel. Yet he wqs not invited to become the pastor. And “ when he iheard- this was not to be he fell sick, and died after a feW days.”


The first pastor was. In


fact, the Rfev; Hugh Hart, who was ordained In 1814.


Tosslde never cast away the loneliness [of the old forest


days. I One night in the early


1860’s the (minister, the Rev. John Robinson, was returning


I Mrs. William Capstlck, a


farmer’s wife, Is the sicretary of this remote, high-lying chapel. Mrl Luke . Lawson, of


■ going to the services could toddle.” -The


Throstle' Nest Farm, who Is six (decades old, he s been


he has seen have been mainly to the congregation rather


'•since I changds


than! to the building. There Is one service each


Sunday, often conducted by Methodist local preaoiers, tor now: there Is no resident pastor.


forest of Glsburn, Chilstiaifity gained a foothold in these


Tosslde was In khe old


to the manto, part of fhe church building, after preach­


ing at Settle,, when a big black dok began to follow


him. As the minister passed


along a stretch of road through a gloomy wood two men sprarig' out on him to rob him, but the black dog drove them away. That dog spent the night at the manse. 'When It left thfe next day It was


never seeri again Tosslde chapel has changed


little with the years. Yet here you sense the timeless spirit of Christianity, which In itselj fs Unchanged after almost 2,0'30 iyears.


WILLIAM R. MITCHEiL existiiighotwatersystem-about


|20. Many model; i available un- :r NGB iHousevjarming Plan.


The chapel in the hills noble purpose


that Has bowed to modirnlty only In the sense of acq ilrlng electric lights, and even then an oil lamp has been shrewdly retained [ against possible power failure.


excitingly old-fashlonec. It has remained outside the often blundering grip c(f the


restorer.


like the bridge of a coaster. A h'uge'stove frizzled anything up three yards. It sends a of heat towards tlie.doof, pipe carying away the


The pulpit is high and


within wave The


imoke


long, small would


Thorriber, Higher Sandysyke, between 200 and 300 people regularly heard


B preached, and many of them


nriHEBE is a chapel o i the wild fringe of Bo viand


parts with Houghton Chapel, which was connected with the church at Glsburn.


Mount Zion, Tossld.e, Is


there was a suggestion that it should [be made a parish church, 1 but nothing came of it then. Nor was there success In having it cdrtlfled as “ a Chappell fof Dissenters.” Con­ gregationalism began with meetings iri private houses;


y 1812, when services were held at] the home of Miles


MANY IvORSHIPPERS I 1


gospel Three j hi ndred years ago D . LO R D & S O N


5, MOOR LANE, OITHEROE Telejfhone; Qif|heroe 488


R i l B (In ooniunotlon with W , C, StanderWloW


COACH EXCURSIONS from


C L I T H E R O E . 10, Wollgato: W H A L L E Y , B u » S U t io n : C H A T B U R N , Brown Cow


Dep. Dep. Dep.-


Jlith’oe Whalley Cliatb’rn pjn;


phi.


6-30 6-30


:6-40 'o-40 : — ; — [8-40 —


am. , .am. 8-40' ' [8-50


10-0 • , 9-60 p.m.


6-30 KM)


12-0 noon 12-10 2-0


8-15


i pm. 2-10


am. 10-10


:6-40


a.m. am. am. '9-60 '10-10


12-40


pm. : p;m. , I pm. 12-50 ' ' —


am. am. 1-50 [ 10-10


pm. 6-30


p m . p m . ' i Phu


M6 -. 1-55 , -;! — 6-30


Fare


S A T U R D A Y , 44th S ^ t E H R E R EWOOD park (PootbaU) . .2/3


pii:T,T,Ti! VUE for Zoo, Pleasure . Gardens or Dan(flng


o/o MORECAMBE niUMlNATIONS , 4/0


-BLACKPOOL feir niumlnatlons. Dancing or meatres — 4/o


S U N D A Y . 26th S E P T EM B E R C i^TER & LLANC30I/LEN 15/0


WINDERMERE AND BOWNEES


....12/0


BROWSIIOLME'HALL. HODD|® and RIBBLE valleys . .3/6


CHESTER ZOO; ......... 8/0 RIBBLE .VALLEY-fSc SETTLE 4/3 ,


MCINDAY. 26th.SEPTEMBER AYSOARTH, RICHMOND and, INGLETOil ................•••12/6 SOUTHPORT ......................7/0


TU ES D A Y . 27fh S EP T EM BER YORK & HARRCXJATE ... .11/9


BLACKPOOL ................6/6 ' F R ID A Y . 30th S E P T EM B E R ,


: 8^0 ' — MORECAMBE ILLUMINATK)NS •_


CHEAP EXCURSIONS BY REGULAR SERVICES


' I T o B L / (C K P 0 0 L for the I L L U M IN A T IO N S j ,


! from CLITHEROE ; Day return ............... .j - - ,.........................................-6/9


; Half-Day return ...................• • • • • ................. •■5(3 BooX a t Local OfOcC:


C L IT H ER O E , 16, Wellgate.' Tel. 176. Or at Local Agency:


V y H A L L E Y .j Mr. Brooheai Park Villas. Te l. 2279.


BLACKPOOL for Illuminations, Dancing or Theatres ■ ....4 /8


I I I


green a ices-


halg- ;c uple ney- the


'!'


Incluided of


an'e to arm,


knowles- faraBa]? pretty wedding


place; at St. Leoriard’s took irierly 'um,


(irter ards the


ther,' of


anl


0ver a '


darls .tried OSes, ;he-


veil


[by a : dlaml coronet. He; hink roses, arid stbpham


the bride model [gown, tilly lace an| flnger-tlp-le:


Given awi


're a full-length of white Ghan- chlflon with a


by her father,


lUy-of-the-valley tis.


gth veil secured te and pearl bouquet was of


Mrs. MarJone Briggs, her cousin, Miss Audrey Dixon, a frleiid, Miss Jennifer Mar­ garet Faraday, her sister, arid Miss Joyce j Bleazard, her cousin.


Her four attendants were Mrs. Brlgg|


wore short nylon brode: taffeta wit] pink ros.eb bouquets o: while Miss Bleazard dresses tr: white access' handsprays


friend of th' best man. being Messfi


Mr. Jliri


a friend, Faraday, th|


and the uSl Knowles,


-nephew, ari' bride’s broti


; and Miss Dixon dresses of pink ie anglalse over headdresses df


'araday and Miss 're blue nyibn ,med with lace,


ds and carried mixed freesla,


ries, and carried if mixed flowers,


Darbyshlre, a btldegrobm, was the gromsmen Alan Thonpsbn,


nd Mr. Michael bride’s brother,


er.


ers Messrs. John e bridegroom’s G. Faraday, the


Allen, offlemted arid a recep­ tion followed at the Black Bull Hotel, Rlralngton, and


couple left p r a horieymoon In, Llqnduqno. the bride travelling j in a beige twor piece with blue accessories.


later ’ • the newly - married


The mbny wedding gilts included kitchen ware and a


posy dish workfrlends


Ltd., Clitheroe, where she Is a a machlnliit, and bedside from the bride­


to reside a( 10, Duck Street, Clitheroe.


where he Is Mr. and


a b s o l u i :e d i s c h a r g e


was at Clitheroe yesterday week given! an absolute .dis­ charge for arlvlng a car with no excise lliience.


IVrORTON hurst


COITam, of Hay- street, Clitheroe,


05/11


from the bride’s at W. T. Searson


groom’s workfrlends at Clith­ eroe Co-o;)eratlye Society, a butcher. Mrs. Knowles are


The Vlckr, the Rev. W.


Styled to fit the broader I foot


,1 72/11


Should you prefer, Place j(our Order through your usual local Garage


1 i LARGEST bl!


OF CAR AND GIANT TVRES IN THE DISTRitt ^REMEMBEft WE HAVE A JYRE


-4 ■' ill:


11 } M': M',


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delivery. New and Po rable . Standard and Eleotrlo


Tynewrltera. Adding,: iCaloiriallo.i and Dictation MachinwYCash T i l l * and Reglitere; Office Chairs, Desks. Filing Cabinets. olo„ rto.


Repairs to fill makss | of Typo- writers. Prompt" servlof. Reason­ able charges.


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