search.noResults

search.searching

saml.title
dataCollection.invalidEmail
note.createNoteMessage

search.noResults

search.searching

orderForm.title

orderForm.productCode
orderForm.description
orderForm.quantity
orderForm.itemPrice
orderForm.price
orderForm.totalPrice
orderForm.deliveryDetails.billingAddress
orderForm.deliveryDetails.deliveryAddress
orderForm.noItems
f'- i Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 21, 1961.


Moor Lane Methodist Church


SUNDAY NEXT (23rd July, 1961)


Preacher, at 10-30 a.m.:


Rev. R. C. Broughton B.D.


And at 6 p.m.:


Mr. Fred Braithwaite Borough of Clitheroe


LOANS


to accept Loans of £100 and upwards on mortgage of Its General Rate and Properties at INTEREST OF £6 PER CENTUM PER ANNUM for periods of 2 to 7 years.


The Corporation is prepared


Securities. fr Further details may be had


The Loans are Trustee


Church Street, Clitheroe. (Tel. Clitheroe 501/2.)


om the Borough Treasurer,


R. B. SNOWDEN. Town Clerk.


THE EDITOR’S


POSTBAG AN OPPORTUNITY


Clitheroe Rural District were invited In relation to boundary variation.


COME time ago the opinions of Clitheroe Borough and


retirement of the Borough Treasurer of Clitheroe Bor­ ough and the resignation of their Town Clerk, it would seem that an opportunity has presented itself for a marriage between the two authorities.


In view of the impending


of both Councils who would not welcome the change, but, in view of rising administra­ tion costs, I am sure the sharing of these between the


two authorities would, in the long run, be advantageous to the residents of the borough and the rural district.


opinion either for or against. CLIFFORD CHATBURN


I would appreciate any


15, Park Avenue, Clitheroe.


P S.—This is certainly not a feeler from Clitheroe Borough Council.


‘‘FIELDING POINTS”


dale League? This system, whereby the umpires award points for good fielding to a member of each side, is very popular in other leagues, In­ cluding the Craven League.


W H Y is no “fielding points" system run in the Rlbbles-


ing, especially when an" envi­ able team or league trophy is presented at the end of the year.


It makes for more alert field­ Possibly there are members


MANOR HALL (GOSPEL HALL),


Millthorne Avenue


SUNDAY NEXT (23rd July), 1961)


GOSPEL SERVICE — 6-30 p.m. Speaker:


Mr. S. Jaquest (Clitheroe).


HOLIDAY


WEDDING COLLINS—TURNER


"cx Whalley branch of the Young Conservatives Associa­ tion, Miss Elaine Turner, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. Turner, of Brookes Lane, Whalley, was married on Saturday at Whalley Parish Church to Mr. Raymond Peter Collins, a chartered account­ ant in Bolton and younger son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Collins, of Burnley Road, Rawtenstall.


the bride wore a full-length gown of striped white satin brocade with a high straight neckline and short sleeves, the full skirt being gathered into a wide waistband. Her short net veil was held in place by two large white roses, and she carried a bouquet of white roses, lily-of-the-valley and


Given away by her father,


Hannan, and Miss Margaret Harris, friends, wore short dresses of fine striped cotton with broad embroidered panels at the waist and hem, one dress being in pink and the other in blue.


stephanotis. As bridesmaids, Miss Kathie


Norma Fish, was dressed in a long white satin dress with a pink and blue sash, and they all had headdresses of roses and carried bouquets of pink, white and blue, roses and flowerheads.


Mr. Brian Collins, was best man and groomsmen were Messrs. Rex and Ian Trippier and Robert Turner.


The bridegroom’s brother,


Snape, officiated, and a recep­ tion followed at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley. Later; the couple left for a touring honeymoon in Wales, the bride’s travelling outfit being a fine grey check suit with matching accessories and a geranium-red hat composed entirely of flowers.


The Vicar, the Rev. H. C.


dinner service from Magee’s Brewery, Bolton, where the bridegroom is employed, and a coffee service from Remploy.


Wedding gifts included a


Mr. and Mrs. Collins are to reside in Bolton.


HOLIDAY IN ITALY


duel between batsmen and bowler, with fielders content to chase any ball that comes near them. Bad fielding can lose matches, and clever, alert "positioning and eagerness to run in hard and throw accur­ ately can make a great differ­ ence to the score.


Too often cricket becomes a A PARTY of children from


left by coach early on Tuesday morning for Speke Airport, Liverpool, en route for an eight-day holiday in Northern Italy.


Ribblesdale Modern School


or three members who excel neither at bowling nor batting. These men should concentrate on fielding. By becoming bril­ liant fielders they can be just as valuable as their colleagues with more spectacular talents.


Quite often a team has two “CRICKET LOVER.”


master, Mr. R. H. Derbyshire, in Stresa, the holiday centre in the Italian Alps, after spend­ ing a short time in Basle.


They will join their head­


panied by his wife and three children. Four other members of the teaching staff accom­ panied the children.


Mr. Derbyshire was accom­


• of Northern Italy, situated on Lake Maggiore.


Stresa is the premier resort iniiiii] u The small attendant, Miss A FORMER chairman of


Wakes began with drink THE ROACH ARE RETURNING TO WHALLEY orgy watch over corpse


so, for at one time there was perhaps Midsummer Day.


VA/E have come to regard ' ’ iliarity; we take it for


popular, however, and even until the beginning of the last century, Government officers need not go to work on Saints’ days. It was found, however, that there were more Saints than days in the year!


Saints days were much more


days started out as ‘holy days’, a festival set apart for reli­ gious observances as a mem­ orial of some sacred event or sacred person, and these are perpetuated at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide.


As most people know, holi­


known as Bank Holidays, are set apart by statute to be known as general holidays, while the sovereign may, by proclamation, appoint any day to be similarly observed.


In England, four days,


States. LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY


holiday in the sense of the English bank holidays. A legal holiday is dependent upon State and territorial legisla­ tion. It it usual for the Pre­ sident to proclaim the last day in November as a day of thanksgiving. Independence Day, July 4th, and Labour Day the first Monday in September are legal holidays in most


as a holiday throughout the States, followed by Lincoln’s birthday on February 12th and Washington’s birthday on


New Year’s Day is celebrated


only a few States, but Mem­ orial, or Dedication Day, a holiday in tribute to war heroes, is observed in most. Columbus Day, the anniver­ sary of the day .on which America was discovered, is thought in most States to be worthy of a holiday, although Armistice Day finds favour in less than half.


February 22nd. Good Friday is observed in


first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, is ob­ served as a holiday in most


Election Day, usually the


States. Thanksgiving Day has a


picturesque foundation for the Pilgrim Fathers instituted it at the gathering of their first harvest in the New World in 1621.


HOLIDAY LIST


is completed by Christmas Day which is observed in all states and possessions.


The American holiday list


mer holidays when whole towns shut down, are observed more in the North of England than in the South, where staggered holidays are the rule. They have their found­ ations in the mists of anti­ quity. Originally a wake was the period spent in "waking” or watching round a corpse.


“ Wakes,” the annual sum­


Father and sons hurt in seaside road accident


rVATHILE walking on Black- ’ ’ pool seafront on Tuesday,


Mr. James HItchen, aged 40, of Nelson Street, Low Moor, and his sons were involved in an accident with a car driven by Mr. Roy Bradley, of Shaw Road, Oldham.


old son, David, were taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital, where Mr. Kitchen was later stated to be "fairly comfort­ able” and David “quite com­ fortable.”


Mr. Hitchen and his 11-year-


13, was also injured but was not detained in hospital.


David’s brother, Alec, aged


H |» kiiliii


CLITHEROE AND DISTRICT HOLIDAYS


DAY, SPECIAL AND EVENING EXCURSIONS BLACKPOOL


FLEETWOOD TUESDAY, 25th JULY Depart Chatburn 11-0 a.m. 6/3; SUNDAY, 30th JULY


Depart Chatburn 10-5 a.m. 6/3; Clitheroe 10-10 a.m. 6/0; Whalley 10-20 a.m. 5/3.


Ret. Blackpool Cen. 7-15 p.m. MORECAMBE 6/-


WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, 26th and 27th JULY


Depart Whalley 11-10 a.m.; CUth- eroe 11-17 a.m.; Chatburn 11-23 a.m.; Gisburn 11-35 am.


Morecambe Prom ret. 7-30 p.m.


SOUTHPORT MONDAY. 24th JULY


Depart Chatburn 11-0 a.m. 6/6; Clitheroe 11-5 a.m. 6/0; Whalley 11-12 a.m. 6/0.


Southport return 8-45 p.m.


First and Second Class Day Return Tickets will be Issued from Gisburn. Chatburn, Cllth- croe and Whalley to any station within a rail distance of 60 miles. Daily Sunday to Fri­ day, 23rd to 28th July, available outward and return on day of Issue by any train having a through connection.


Clitheroe 11-6 6/0; Whalley 11-13 a.m. 5/3. Ret. Blackpool Cen. 8-25 p.m.


Depart Chatburn 11-0 ajn. 6/9; Clitheroe 11-6 a.m. 6/3; Whalley 11-13 a.m. 5/6.


WEDNESDAY, 26th JULY Fleetwood ret. 6-55 p.m.


Bookings also to Thornton Cleveleys (both dates).


TOWN HOLIDAY


“ RUNABOUT * TICKET


SECOND 30/- CLASS Available for 6 days by any train


SUNDAY TO FRIDAY 23rd to 28th July


These tickets are issued from Stations and Agencies and allow unrestricted travel between WHALLEY. CLITHEROE. CHAT­ BURN, and Southport, Blackpool, Fleetwood. Preston. Lancaster. Morecambe- Windermere Town. Arnside, Grange. Barrow and Millom. Also available between Ulverston and Lakeside, and In­ cluding sailings on Lake Win­ tdermere by B.R. Steamers be­ cween all piers, without extra “harge. Enquire for details of


Wales. The English Lakes and West Cumberland.


Runabout ” Tickets in North For details of all cheap facilities enquire at Stations, Offices and official Railway Agents. LONDON MIDLAND (20494) In the USA there is no legal


the annual holiday with fam- granted. Yet it was not always no such holiday, except for


I In a wider sense it was a vigil i kept in commemoration of the i dedication of the parish


1 church. This religious wake i consisted of an all-night ser- i vice of prayer and meditation | in the church, and appears to have existed since the early


I days of 'Anglo-Saxon Christi- i anity.


I Each parish kept the day I following its vigil as a holiday Wakes soon degenerated into fairs, people from neighbour­ ing parishes journeyed over to join in the merry-making, and


(Ebe Clitljc


Sfcbertuter & £ Lighting of Vchict 10-02 n.m. to 4-30 a


FRIDAY, JULY 21st. viewpof


rrHE suggestion mat letter appearing


tween the Clitheroe and Clitheroe rural; ties is not likely I with a welcome i quarters for amalg is a topic which strong feelings.


correspondence colu; vocating a “mama


the revelry and drunkenness became a scandal. The days usually chosen for church dedications being Sundays and Saints’ days, the abuse was the more scandalous, ana in 1445 Henry VI attempted to sup­ press them.


“WAKING” A CORPSE


custom, so far as England is concerned, is older than


church wakes existed a custom of “waking” a corpse. The


Side by side with these


body, and drink was provided for the watchers. With the customary bonhomie of Merry Englanders, the bottle was freely passed round and people were invited in to watch over the corpse until


this, too, became a drunken orgy. With the Reformation and


consequent disuse of prayers for the dead the custom be­ came obsolete in England, but survived in Ireland.


Busy day in a


Rowland village school


(SCHOLARS of Bolton-by- ^ Bowiand C. of E. School had a busy time last week. For on Monday they had a sports day, Tuesday was open day and


Wednesday was prizegiving day. On Monday, when races in­


Christianity, and at first was essentially Celtic. A vigil was kept over the


But in these days whe overs in industry a: mon, a merger betw two local authoritie no doubt be to the bi all.


The correspondent that the sharing o administrative costs


in the long run, be tageous to the resic; the borough and ru trict. Opponents view will be swift t out that a large ui not necessarily m; ch eap er running rather the contrary, theless, the views si do merit serious coi tion, especially as th­ is in a position to br with some authority


Fishing in the Caldcr! A few years ago such a scene as that captured in this picture would have caused people to scoff for the only fish to be found in the Caldcr were minnows.


High school head gives address at speech day


spoke to scholars of Bren- nand’s Endowed School, Slaid- burn, parents and friends, at the annual speech day held yesterday week.


cluding "shuttlecocks”, “ping- pong” and "bunnies” were run the sports trophy was again won by Peter Team, with a total of 191 points.


n odgson,


points, and Dorothy Capstlck, 20 points.


A DISPLAY


display of all sections of work and watched the children do­ ing physical education, coun­ intry dancing, drama and sing­


g.


a service in St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, conducted by T the Rector, the Rev. J. Savage


he preacher was the Rev Canon G. Rogers, Organiser of


Religious Education, who later presented the prizes. The Tetlow prizes for effort were presented by Miss Daw­


Christopher Dugdale, Alec Simpson, John Metcalfe and Dorothy Capstick in the junior department and Margaret Haythornthwalte, 'Joan Robin­ son, Adele Hodgson, Joan Simpson and Paul O’Rourke In the Infants’ department.


son, a member of the Tetlow family. Special prize winners were


sented to ten children who had not been absent during the school year. One of them Capstick, completed his second year of unbroken attendance


Merit badges were als0 pre­


Safe driving on the railway


A/fR. JOHN HENRY WOOD of Curzon Street, Clithe­


have passed the yearly re­ examinations at the railway ambulance class at Clitheroe Station. They are T. B. Law- ton, W. Billings, F. Sanderson, J. Wallace, L. Whalley, B. Edge, C. Bradshaw, H. Woods, rl! Limbert.


for encouragement of better train' driving. Eight railway employees


Appointment approved


assistant Youth Employment Officer for Clitheroe, was ap­ proved at a meeting of Lanca­


Nelson Street, Low Moor, as


shire Education Committee this week.


gained her B.A. degree with honours at Leeds University succeeds Miss Mary Chatburn' of 15, Park Avenue, Clitheroe’ who is now Youth Employ­ ment Officer at Ulverston.


Miss Davies, who recently


roe, has been awarded his third safe driving award under the British Railways scheme


Speech day was preceded by At open day parents saw a


partment, who had 25 points,’\ followed, in c l u d i n g verse and juniors Alec Simpson, 21 speaking by the infants and


ougson of or the n infants de-'.L ,, v s _ j 1 „


view afterwards. PRIZE LIST


HTop scorers were Adele


Tl/TR. T. P. SNAPE, headmas- ter of Settle High School,


WHALLEY


Klng-Wilkinson. Mrs. Snape distributed the prizes. The Rev. G. H. Gaze, Rector of Slaldburn, led prayers.


The chairman was Col. L. C.


Philip M. Walker, seconded by Shirley Hodgson.


Several items by the children


juniors, and songs by juniors. Other scholars played their recorders.


Specimens of work were on


prize: Philip M. Walker. Miss V. M. Garnett’s prize for


King-Wilkinscn Memor ia l


best scripture essays on subjects selected from year’s curriculum: Marjorie Townson; Margaret


physical education: Raymond Dryden; Colin Townson. Trefoil Guild prize for art and


Moyra S umme rs (Juniors): Geoffrey G. Lawson. The Gillian Yendell prize for music: Shirley Hodgson; Ann


English: Muriel E. Ashbridge. . The Bywaters prize for effort:


(Lower Juniors). Headmistress's


prize for plain needlework: Shirley Hodgson (Upper Juniors): Isabel Mitton (Lower Juniors). The James Henry Watts


Bainbridge. Mrs. L. C. King-Wilkinson


Thanks were expressed by


organised by the 2nd Whalley Girl Guides in the grounds of Whalley Abbey last week raised £5 17s. towards equip­ ment for a patrol camp site at Waddow Hall.


GUIDES.—A camp barbecue


grounds of Waddow Hall last week. PLAY.—For their first pro­


Blackburn Trefoil Guild were the guests of Whalley, Read. Sabden and District Trefoil Guild at a barbecue in the


BARBECUE. — Members of CHATBURN


Barnes and Diane Holgate, two juvenile stars of the film, “ Whistle Down the Wind,” spoke lovingly about Chatburn on the B.B.C. radio programme “ To-day ” yesterday morning.


YOUNG STARS. — Alan


interviewer asked Alan what he had been doing in London he replied he had been to the zoo.


duction of the new season, Whalley Church Players will present the well known com­ edy “ Sailor, Beware,” by Philip King and Falkland Cary. Production dates are 8th, 10th and 11th November.


WISWELL


Newhouse. James Hanson prize for


nature: Freda J. Taylor (Upper Juniors); Anthony Newhouse


priz e for


vice-chairman of the L.F.W.I., Miss Greenall, of Dutton and Knowle Green W.I., spoke to n.embers of Wiswell Women’: Institute on the origin of old sayings at their meeting last week. She was thanked by Mrs. E. Grimshaw, president, who presided.


COUNTY SPEAKER. — The


bring pieces of material and cotton to make up a parcel to be sent to the Solomon Isles. A dressmaking class is to be instituted in the winter ses­ sion.


Bleazard memorial prize for history and geography: Philip M. Walker; Christine Finch. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay's prize


A. Wignall were sold for Insti­ tute funds. Mrs. Cross pre­ sented the Institute with several table cloths. Both members were thanked by the president.


Baskets of fruit given by Mrs.


for progress; Jane Walker: Patricia Robinson. Headmistress's prize for initia­


Barbara I. Gaze; 2, Brenda F. Harrison; 3. Julian Kenmuir- Evans. Attendance and progress: Brenda F. Harrison. Prefects' prizes: P. M. Walker;


F. J. Taylor; S. Hodgson; C. Townson; M. E. Ashbridge.


Farm sold for £4,100


rnHE 69-acre freehold dairy J- farm, Lambing Clough, near the Shireburn Arms Hotel, Hurst Green, was sold for £ 4,100 at an auction at the Eagle and Child Hotel, Hurst Green, yesterday week.


rTHE appointment of Miss solicitors. Carolyn Davies, of ' 30, '


& Co., of Blackburn, and Messrs. Backhouse, Dunkerley & Isherwood were vendor’s


Auctioneers were Sandland


taken to Burnley Victoria Hos­ pital and detained on Sunday after falling from his bicycle on the Gisburn-Bolton-by-


Bowland road. He sustained injuries to his


head and left shoulder.


p GORGE T. LOCKWOOD, of U" p


Fell off cycle Primet Street, Colne, was


tive: Richard Taylor; Bernard Wood.Miss Pickles’s group prizes: 1,


rangement of wild flowers was won by 1, Miss E. M. Foster; 2, Mrs. L. Nicholson; 3, Miss M. Lytle.


A competition for an ar­


was won by Mrs. Smelt and Mrs. Parry. Tea hostesses were Miss Lytle, Mrs. Nicholson and Mrs. Wignall.


A “Guess what” competition SLAIDBURN


Duerden, of Padiham, was the special preacher for the Sun­ day School Anniversary ser­ vices at Slaidburn Methodist Church on Sunday.


ANNIVERSARY.—The Rev. T. Members were asked to


they had enjoyed working on the film and attending the school on the location. Alan, however, had one minor com­ plaint about the school. There were no play times!


Diane and Alan both said


lines for the film had not been easy.


page 3. HURST GREEN


Alan remarked that learning See story and pictures on


at the monthly meeting of Hurst Green Women’s Insti­ tute, held yesterday week in St. Joseph’s School.


W.I.—Mrs. Mather presided


teresting talk on seasonable jobs in the garden.


Miss Cardwell gave an in­


Snape. The competition for the best


dressed egg was won by 1, Mrs. Mather; 2, Mrs. Kay; 3, Mrs. J. Bailey.


spent playing “ Recipe Conse­ quences.”


15/6 for W.I. funds. The social half-hour was


The trading stall realised


dames Bailey, Cotty, Smith and Misses Bailey, Duxbury and Snape.


Tea hostesses were Mes-


Shrewsbury show


Sheila Macgarr and Master Andrew Macgarr, of Clitheroe. Mr. F. Whitfield was organist.


Solos were sung by Miss READ


Parker presented the prizes, and Mrs. J. Kenyon won the special prize at a whist drive, held in the Conservative Club, on Monday evening. Other winners: 1, Mrs. G. Holt; 2, Mrs. Maxwell. Cons., Mrs. M. A. Isles.


WHIST DRIVE. — Mrs. G. WADDINGTON


Waddington organised a teen­ age dance in St. Helen’s School on Friday and raised £4 10s. for holiday spending money for the children of St. Denys’ Home, Clitheroe.


DANCE. — Young people in


Shrewsbury Show, which will be held on 16th and 17th August. New trophies, new classes and new lay-outs are but three of the ways in which this famous flower show, the largest in the country, will meet the challenge of the “60’s”.


i Brierly Crystal Glass will De i awarded. In addition, among 1 the trophies and cash amount- i ing to £5,000 will be the solid ■ gold “E.P. Everest Perpetual Challenge Trophy,” offered for the finest display of gladioli.


Year. To mark the occasion, 14 special trophies (eight for non-competitive and six for competitive exhibits) of Royal


This year will be Gladioli


' gramme of music will be pro­ vided by the bands of the Royal Horse, Coldstream and Irish Guards, and also by the Silurian Singers Male Choir from Rhymney, South Wales.


vations at Shrewsbury, most of the traditional entertain­ ment of this great flower show will remain. A continuous pro-


But, if 1961 is a year of inno­


"l/TANY new ideas will be in- corporated in this year’s


She was thanked by Miss W. FINED


TjVNED £1 each at'Clitheroe A Magistrates’ Court yester­ day for faulty parking were Henry Fox Taylor, of Westby Hall/ Gisbum, Charles Airey, ■ of Lower Gate Farm, Twiston, and Geoffrey Storey, of Old Hall Street, Burnley.


THE WEEK’S


OBITUARY MRS. R. AINSWORTH


15, Faraday Avenue, Clitheroe, died in Queen’s Park Hospital, Blackburn, on _ Wednesday. She was 40.


Mrs. Rebecca Ainsworth, of


the late Mr. John Cockshutt, Mrs. Ainsworth was formerly employed at Messrs. James Dewhurst and Son (CUtheroe) Ltd. Shaw Bridge mill.


The daughter of Mrs. and


two young children. A service at St. Paul’s


She leaves a husband and


Church, Low Moor, to-morrow, will precede interment at Clitheroe Cemetery.


MRS. E. CRABTREE


41, Brownlow Street, Clitheroe, who was involved in an acci­ dent Jn Castle Street on Mon­ day week, died in Accrington Victoria Hospital early yester­ day morning. She was 68.


reported to the East Lanca­ shire Coroner.


MRS. H. THORNBER


After a long illness, Mrs. Hilda Thornber, of Lees House


Thorriber, has farmed at Lees House for about six years, and he and Mrs.- Thornber were previously at Chapel House Farm, Chaigley.


Farm, Cow Ark, died on Sun­ day, aged 46. Her husband, Mr. Fred


ated with Whltewell Parish Church and Bashall Eaves Women’s Institute.


Mrs. Thornber was associ­ Pleasington on Wednesday.


band and three sons. Cremation took place at


She is survived by her hus­


as a weaver at Sun Street Mill. The facts h a v e been


For many years she worked Mrs. Elizabeth Crabtree, of better than London. When the Honours degree 'Both agreed that it was


Stanier, of 27, Green Drive, Clitheroe, has gained a second class honours degree in phy­ sics.


TtyTR. BRIAN JOHN STANIER, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.


King Edward’s, Birmingham, studied physics at Wadham College, Oxford.


Mr. Stanier, an old boy of


the lee of the bridge at Whalicy are seeking roach, which these days are to be found in the Caldcr in good numbers. This is an indica­ tion of the success of Lanca­


Now these anglers fishing in


shire River Board’s anti-pollu­ tion activities over the .past few years.


crossing Whalley bridge and the iron bridge at Billinglon can see tile fish rising.


In the evenings, people


but to many young anglers the river provides plenty of sport, though the fish are not of large size. The sport should continue to improve thanks to the activities of the River Board.


Game fishermen may smile,


SUCCESS AT THE SHOW


R. Milne-Redhead, of Holden Clough, Bolton-by-Bowland, at Leeds Flower Show this week.


A cup and a medal for table x rockery were won by Mr.


Yorkshire Show at Harrogate, Mr. Milne-Redhead was also awarded a medal for table rockery.


Last week, at the Great


Whatever local poor about amalgamatioi is no doubt that course Whitehall w nounce in the matt in that case it may three, and not two ties will be. merged.


Bowiand has more in i with Clitheroe tha Wakefield, headqun. West Riding County under whose jurisdic Bowiand area fal offices of Bowiand R. situated in Clitheroi those of the Clitlien authority. For j purposes, therefore, make for greater c ence all round.


Clitheroe, too, is the ce the Clitheroe and I rural areas hi that from the countrysid into the town for s’, and entertainment i making even closer between townspeop country folk.


Merging of the three ties would also meai crease in revenue, gi greater scope for p those amenities still in CUtheroe, chief c are a community ha baths and a bus sta


Administration could central council offic would also be a help payers who at prese to go to the Castle > to those in Church


Strongest objection p r o p o s e d amalg: would no doubt con the two local author it is they who w threatened with identity, and their the matter deserve most consideration, are excellent local ties, administering t" pective areas efficier. well, and having the Interest in their welt * * *


Alan Waddington, of Street, Burnley, over mile in Mitton Road, His speed varied bet and 50 m.p.h., Clither strates were told ye Waddington was fined


* * *


T TOTTED services for ^ week were held a Lane Methodist Chu Sunday, when the Rei Macgarr, superintender, ster of the CUtheroe Circuit, was the preacl


* * *


Pimlico Road, Clithero will be 81 on Wednesda:


T5IRTHDAY greetings Martha Hampson


* * *


Tuesday evening to dea “burning haystack,” bu they had been given alarm with good intent.


(''ILITHEROE Fire went to Bashall T


and the farmer was bu intentionally.


H: * *


19 - year - old Chri; Eatough, of 7, Queen Low Moor.


A PEN-FRIENDSHIP a holiday in Marsei


Paul’s Youth Group, Lov has just returned after ing two weeks with hi friend’s family.


Christopher, leader ON the Bench at Cl


day were Councillor J. Critchley, presiding, \ Williams, Mr. S. Westhe J. Broughton.


.Hi * * Magistrates’ Court


THIS WEEK’S


iROAD SAFETY SLO TTocfo mav nlpfln


The stack was of o


A check was made speed of motoi


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8