<£ije Oitijcroe


SUiUertiSn- & CimeS Lighting of Vehicles:


4-29 p.m. to 7-26 a.m. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24th, 1961


rrHE “exploratory meeting” A arranged by the Mayor of Clitheroe, Councillor W. Sharpies, in connection with providing a community centre and public baths as announced in the “Advertiser and Times” last week, will be held on Tuesday.


Mayor at Tuesday’s meeting of the Town Council.


This was stated by the


town have been invited to attend the meeting at the Town Hall, and ways and means of providing the public hall and baths will be examined.


t Representatives of all volun­ ary organisations in the


The Council agreed to a recommendation that


matter be placed on the agenda for the January meet­ ing of the Development and Town Planning Committee. *


the * *


ments were presented by the Mayor, Coun. W. Sharpies, at the Town Council meeting on Tuesday night.


Y>RIZES for the best culti- vated Corporation allot­


winners were expressed by Coun. S. F. Hardman, chair­ man of the Allotments and Food Production Committee, and by the Mayor.


Congratulations to the


for best allotment, Mr. G. M. Byrne (West View allotments),


Winners were: Musson Cup


2. Mr. J. H. Gaze (Pimlico Road allotments); 3, Mr. E. Coates (West View allotments). Res­ erve, Mr. E. B. Thompson (Up Brooks allotments).


.A. Wood, W. Procter, W. Grange W. Capstick, E. J. Pollard, H. Brennand, H. Marsland, G. Cowperthwaite, J. Webster, E. Procter, and J. Whittaker.»


Certificates of merit: Messrs. * •


Sagar took up his new duties on Wednesday.


pLITHEROE’S new Town Clerk, Mr. Leslie Harold


Ripon and Pately Bridge Rural District Council, suc­ ceeds Mr. R. B. Snowden, now in private practice as a solicitor. s? * *


Mr. Sagar, formerly Clerk to


TTHE first B.P. Award, the highest award in Rover


Clitheroe Toe H Rover Crew, was only able to complete the course for the award when he returned from A u st r al i a earlier this year.


Mr. MacDonald, a member of


Strathnaver as a dispenser and returned on the Canberra, which had been making her maiden voyage, because he was taken ill at Sydney. While in the Scout Troop at


He went to Australia on the


Scouting, in the Clitheroe area has been gained by 24-year- old Mr. Barry MacDonald, of 15, Pendle Road, Clitheroe.


Pendleton, hold in the Village Hail on Saturday, which, raised nearly £100. fo r c hm c i funds. The Vicar, the Rev. W. F. Cummins, presided and Mr W. Wood, People s proposed a vote of thanks. Judith Nutter presented a bouquet to Mrs. Fovrcs„.


and tombola. Teas were served bv members of the church.


Whitweli. GREEK PLAY WITH A


MESSAGE FOR TODAY Schoolgirls present ‘The Birds’


"OEOPLE don’t change and in every age you will find the A same types, whether they are angry young men, beatniks


stickle :s for the law or politicians. This is the message put across by the girls of Clitheroe


at a big dramatic festival in Athens in 414 B.C. when the country had already been at war for 17 years.


The play was first produced


tions and the political troubles of Athens have so depressed the play’s main character Pithetmrus, that he decides to leave Athens with his friend Euelpides, to seek a better place in which to live.


High taxes, war time restric­


•‘Kingdom of the birds” situated between heaven and »arth and set about persuad­ ing the birds that they are all powerful and can, if they choose, build an ideal city for


The two reach the legendary


role of Pithetaerus( Mr. Per­ suasive) is on stage for al­ most all the play’s 100 minutes.


the men. Gillian Park, in the main


i From the start she got right


Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, he became a Queen’s


Scout.There has been an increase in membership of the crew recently and other members are going in for the award which was introduced about


three years ago.w * *


Organ Society on Tuesday is of special interest for the reason that John Catlow (’cello”, who is an old boy of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is playing as soloist, the earliest, if not his first, appearance as -such in Clitheroe.


TITHE recital sponsored ' by A Clitheroe Parish Church


studying at the Royal Man­ chester College of Music for the last four years and has taken part in many concerts given by the College String


John Catlow has been Quartet. M°EFn. than 230 people


the Allstars Band at Pendle­ ton Village Hall on Friday night when Whalley section of the Lancashire Constabu­


danced to the music of


lary held a rural dance. Refreshments were provided


The proceeds are for the Police Welfare charities.


* *


fund and *


-\TISS j. WILMORE, of Nel- ItA Son, was the preacher In the morning and evening at Moor Lane Methodist Church, Clitheroe, on Sunday, when Ladies’ Day services were held. The soloist was Mrs. Ruth Johnson and Miss Joan Leem-


ing was the organist. *


* *


TT is pointed out that due to A the ambiguity of a state­ ment made in court and pub­ lished in our last issue concerning a youth who was charged with assault trn. impression may, have arisen ihat the youths companion held the complainant. In actual fact, he held the


accused. * „ * * *


170R the first time, public A houses in Clitheroe andds


Sundays for Ch^stmas and New Year s Eve festivities.


trict will be allowed to remain open this year until 11 P.m. on


Boxing Day, December 26th. and Saturday, December 30th, public houses will be open unu


11Th°ePe?tensions were granted by Clitheroe Magistrates yes


terday.________________— THIS WEEK’S


ROAD SAFETY SLOGAN


It’s the Queen’s highway not yours


On Saturday. December 23rd,


common with several of the other members of the cast, her words in some of the longer pieces of dialogue were not always clear.


nto the part, although, in


she affected a firm, command­ ing voice which went well with tlie fine beard she wore.


For the main part, however,


contrasting role— timid where (he other pressed advantage over the birds. She too, did very well, although her part was a lesser one.


Marjorie Slater, as Euel­ pides, (Mr. Optimist) had a


came from Susan Hardley as the king of the birds, and i from Gail Webster, their


Good performances also


spoke in a bigli, clear voice. A series of small parts were


eader who moved well and


>vell done by Margaret Chad­ wick, (poet), Norma Stephen­ son (prophet), Susan F e l l (mathematician),


Weatherley (e,o m m i s s a r > Denise Bowker (law monger). Christine Ingham (fatlier- beater), Leonie Worden (poet and musician), and Judith Lampard (informer).


S u sa n BRIGHTLY CLAD


by the police, and members of Pendleton Women’s Institute helped with the preparation.


stage most of the time, were a brightly clad, twittering lot, who did' their choral speak­ ing clearly and flitted lightly


The birds, who were also on


Rosemary Milner, the herald Rosemary Armitstead, the messenger, Sheila Macgarr, the' crow, Barbara Whittaker jackdaw, Susan Oliver, priest Marilyn Vines, and the chorus birds Gwyneth Barrett, Carol 3 radshaw, Jennifer Brether- ton Na ncy Butterworth, Olwvn Clark, June Cockshutt, Zylpha Grange, Pat flother- sall, Sylvia Jackson, Sylvia Jenkinson, Angela Johnson, Brenda Leigh, Jennifer Milne,.


across the stage. The king bird’s servant was


SCHOOLBOY HURT


Park Avenue, Chatburn, was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirm­ ary on Friday night and was later


A N eight-year-old schoolboy, Francis Arnold Battersby, of


stated to be very poorly. He was involved in a collision


with a lorry while t id in g a bicycle n e a r C h atb u rn C. of E.


SchoolThe driver of the lorry was Joseph Watts, of The Grove. Crossfiats, Binglcy.


Fire call


SMOULDERING timbe r © scorched beams in a cellar beneath garages at the Commercial Hotel, Whalley Road. Clitheroe, on Tuesday evening. Clitheroe Fire Brig Ide dealt with the fire.


Grammar School in their latest play “The Birds, a Greek comedy bv Aristophanes. They gave the first of three per­ formances in the school hall on Wednesday evening.


Gillian Robinson and Kath­ leen Speak.


gods appeared, led by Posei­ don with his trident, and they also made the most of their small roles.


In the final few minutes the


Poseidon, Rosemary Chambers j Herakles, ;Enid Holt, Prome­


Sheila England pl aye d |


theus, Cynthia Thompson the barbarian Triballus and Judith


appearance at the end as the sovreign bride, Joy Clark was the sacrificial goat, and Pamela Ward provided off­ stage the notes of the nightingale.


Allibone, Iris. Marjorie Slater made a brief


the headmistress, Miss Joan Charlton, and will be pre­ sented again tonight and to­ morrow night.


Coun. W. Sharpies and Mrs. Sharpies, were present at the opening performance.


The Mayor and Mayoress, J.M.


Rail closure plan: new move by Trades Council AA LETTER of further pro-


A test, which


nresent railserviceshas been ! Ule lnstigator of the onginal | were flung into the road sint 1to the Transport Users j


information


a':so requests about


Council and Labour Party. The letter, which follows a


CJ ltneioe a n a D is tn u , i ia u L s


memorandum a few weeks ago from the District Passenger manager of the London Midland Region of British Railways, sets out various arguments for not only


-the


i was not everything. ^oun.


was at the instigation of local I butchers and not the Council that the proposed lessee came forward.


. TO BACK OUT ?


retaining th e Blackburn- ■Hellifield line for passenger trains, but for improving it.


a belter service is needed by residents of the district, and f they would like to see a


Members are convinced that


ning to a timetable which could easily be memorised and conveying most schoolchildren who have to travel daily.


requent diesel service run­


deisel service on the line was a success financially and also request the estimated cost of operating a branch line deisel. Have deisel lines been eco­ inomical where they have been


They ask if the pre- war


erly uneconomical areas in Lancashire,? they ask..


ntroduced into several form­ NOT INCLUDED


villages whose residents would l use one of the stations on the


population figures per station, and ask If they could be inclu­ ded and the list amended.


They point out that several ine were not included in the


eroe is a growing community with residential countryside on three sides, and the only railway line in the district Is the Blackburn-Hellifleld line. They plead for a better serv­ ice because the Clitheroe dis­ trict is becoming more and more a residential area for the North East Lancashire Indus­ trial belt.


They also claim that Clith­


using buses because they are much slower, and road traffic and dangers are Increasing,


Many people do not like


for a diesel service is to have unstaffed stops at places like Billington and Henthorn.


Trades Council will attend a meeting to be called by the Transport Users Consultative Committee some time after December 5th.


Four delegates from the


say the Trades Council. One of the suggestions made


puzzled by the fact that originally some people oppos­ ing the scheme argued that there was not sufficient throughput. Now when it was proposed that the abattoir be used to the fullest extent, it seemed that some of the Council were trying to back out of the matter. Coun. T. Robinson said that one of the questions to be faced was would present costs increase?


He expressed him se lf


of the Health Committee, after providing the Council with details of the various costs involved, said he was perfectly satisfied that any extra cost Incurred would be offset by the proposed finan­ cial agreement. He agreed that probably very little of the meat killed would be eaten in Clitheroe.


Coun. S. J. Moore, chairman


certain circumstances. Money i park wail at r.


expressed a fear that a nuis- j nice might be created in ,


Coun. J. W. D. Critchley lvuisuii, wuu »iu , ve I Coun. F. Nelson, who was moved andna m large larg umuo C?i th ero e * an d S A X u S j d e f e r re d ? p o in te d o u t th a t i t * . fo r tu n a te ly th e s ta f f a th e


t h ® ° , f riu r e £ : l e a d i l ' S t o Stonyhurst College. - f i,™


hotel saw the stones and they were removed before any


repairing the road at Gallows Lane had marked it with warning lights, and these


traffic came. County Council workmen


were removed. The loss was discovered


The play was produced by i


Council clash over abattoir proposal


rj'HE future of Clitheroe’s A slaughterhouse again led


evening. The Health Committee had


to a clash of opinion at the monthly meeting of Clitheroe Town Council on Tuesday


recommended that the lease be offered to Arthur Procter, Ltd., wholesale meat and cattle salesmen, for an initial period of three years with an option of renewal for a further period of three years on the same terms.


Coun. J. Hall and seconded by Coun. G. C. Braithwaite, that before the proposal was rati­ fied the full implication should be studied again by the Health Committee was carried.


An amendment moved 'by


the future of the abattoir should be decided quickly, he felt there were one or two aspects of the agreement so far which had not been thoroughly resolved. One related to the actual collection of refuse and the other to possible increases in co^t_5,__


Coun. Hall said that while NOT ON SUNDAYS


insist that there should be no , movement of cattle from the . slaughterhouse on Sundays.


He thought they should also |


felt sure that there would | arise snags that so far had not , been expected. Local butch- , ers, for instance, might find j that the times were not con- j venient. The whole question ; still needed further examina- , tion.


Aid. W. Wilkinson said he I


Vandals tear down wall,


remove lamps


Saturday night, demolishing a wall and removing red warn­ ing lamps from the road.


VANDALS struck in the ’ Hurst Green area late on


j Hotel, Hurst Green, was the


About seven feet of the car the Bayley Arms re­


stones Pictured left to right, are Mr. Wood, Judith Nutter, Mrs. Foricsl, the Vicar ant! M . M s. F. Forrest, of Wiswcll, opened Inc annual sale of work Oi All Saints a ur 1 ,


The sale comprised drapery, cake and produce, hardware and parcel stalls, a bran tub ... ~.,.i iviv Tom


SALE OF WORK AIDS CHURCH FUNDS


hostel site too


near busy road -Alderman


r rtiE lay-out and detailed plans for t’ne provision of an old m .nPj°u e's *los*el on land off Queen’s Road, Clithcroe sub­


agreed to by the Town Council at their monthly meeting on Tuesday night.


But Council agree to county plan itted by Lancashire County Council for observations were


considerable area of the Queens’ Road allotments for the r</»V


scheme.IT5 >PW


The Council agreed to serve notices to quit on the allot­ ment tenants, but at the same time to draw attention to the urgent need for welfare accommodation of Due type proposed and to seek the full co-operation of all tenants.


posed site was made by Aid. W. Wilkinson, who said it was a retrograde step. He was in perfect agreement with the building of a hostel ,and said that while it was obviously better to have one built there than none at all. the proposed site would create a danger to the old folk because it was near to a very busy road.


Strong objection to the pro­ sing


site which Aid. Wilkinson had lavuuiuu was m


Coun. J. Entwistle, expres­ disagreement,


said the


Council could not very well take one attitude on one occasion and then change it on another.


son’s attitude as being dog in the manger. He knew the site particularly well and wel­ comed it.


‘DOG IN THE MANGER’ He described Aid. Wilkin­


the criticism that Coplow Hospital was built In an entirely different position, but they had to remember that it was erected for an entirely different purpose originally— as an institution.


It was all very well making


of the Development and Town Planning Committee, said the proposal was a good one and the new hostel would not cost the ratepayers of Clitheroe a penny piece.


Aid. F, Bentham, chairman


mission had been refused, the , Navy during the last wai. Mr. Parkinson worked for a


favoured was in a green belt, o u, and as certain planning per-


School and served in the Roy J I


| Chief assistant | to be Borough


I Treasurer i J~1H1EF assistant in the ; 'A Borough T r e a s u r e r ’s j Department, Mr, H a ro ld i Parkinson is to be Clitheroe’s , Borough Treasurer. He will | succeed Mr. Harry Wrigley, i who retires at the end of . December.


! Mr. Parkinson's appoint- ! ment was approved by the I Town Council at the monthly | meeting on Tuesday,


i A native of Clitheroe, Mr. ' Parkinson is an old boy of Clitheroe Royal Grammar


,


short time before joining the Corporation staff for Messrs. Baldwin, Weeks and Baldwin, solicitors. Mr. W. S. Weeks was then Town Clerk, when the job was a part-time one.


, urer’s department, the Bor- ! ough Treasurer was the late Mr. J. H. Taylor, who was succeeded by Mr. Wrigley.


When he joined the treas-


of the Appointments and Establishments Committee was considered regarding the appointment, Coun. D . H. Coates protested against the


When a recommendation


procedure. He said that when the Town


Clerk was appointed recently, t the matter was discussed by


Clitheroe or from outside who ^ ave come from the Appolnt- hencontinuedeSlde ^ POi ’ ments Committee. “It is public work and we


ought to do it. We should not be too parochial when it comes to matters of housing old people, the provision of wel­ fare and the care of old folks generally.”


when the full lay-out was seen by the people of the town and by Aid. Wilkinson, what was being done would be very much appreciated.


He was confident that , were then approved. appropriate minutes “Whether it is people of j JeCommendation''“should not


. have been discussed, fully by 1 full Council and that the


that the appointment of a Borough Treasurer should


he whole Council and he felt


it clear that he was not object­ ing to the appointment which was suggested, but to the method of procedure.


He said he wished to make


Young farmers plan ahead


chairman of R ib bl es da le Region of Young Farmers Clubs at the eighth annual meeting, held on Friday at Longridge.


1VTR. THOMAS ECCLES, of IwL Longridge, was elected


Samlesbury. was elected vice- chairman, Miss Mary Bailey, of Clitheroe, secretary, Mr. John McEwen, of Samlesbury, assistant, Miss Pamela Simp-^ son, of Clitheroe, girls correspondent, Mr. Ralph


Mr. John Kenyon. of


Stott, of Chipping, treasurer. Miss Marie Holden, of Clith eroe Press secretary, Mr. Geoffrey Nuttall, of White­


chapel. ' leader and Mr. John Bretherton, of Whitechapel, voluntary regional officer.


organising secretary, was present. wRegional events for 1962


Mr G, Whitefleld, county


arrangements were made foi public speaking and hedging competitions, a c o n c e i t , regional rally, dinner and lance in January and an


ere0 discussed and some


before vehicles used the road, or there could have been a serious accident.


vandals had also been at work dislodging stones.


At Hodder Bridge, the


sheep and lambs. Best half-bred ewes, £7 to £9 10s.; others, £5 to £6 15s.; half-bred lambs for keep. £5 5s. to £7. Wintering lambs, £3 10s. to £5; best horned lambs, £3 15s. to £5 15s.: others, £2 10s. to £3 10s.: small horned lambs, £1 10s. to £2 5s.; best horned ewes, £4 10s. to £6; others, £2 5s. to £4 5s.


Auction Mart Friday, — Forward 800 store


NEW BISHOP VISITS ROWLAND TODAY


of his tour of the Diocese which he has been making since his enthronement earlier this m o n th .


day by celebrating Holy Com­ munion In St. Helen’s Church, Waddington, for his clergy and will then lead them in Chapter.


The Bishop will begin the


ing brief visits to Gisburn, Bolton-by-Bowland, Grlndle- ton, Tosside, Slaidburn, Mit- ton, and Hurst Green.


After lunch, he will be mak­


200 lay members of the church councils, church officers and leaders of parochial organisa­ tions in Waddington School.


Tonight he will be meeting


of Aston, Birmingham, suc­ ceeded Dr. F. D. Coggan. who is now Archbishop of York.


Dr. Parker, formerly Bishop


He has had considerable parochial experience and Is


HTODAY the new Bishop of Bradford, Dr. Michael Parker, A will be visiting churches in the Bolland Deanery as part


keenly interested in religious drama.


he has taken a great Interest was a pageant of the history of the Church of England, which he produced, and In which people from almost every parish In the diocese took part, in Birmingham Town Hall.


One of the items in which


to members of Clitheroe branch of the Women's Unionist Associa­ tion by Mrs. F. Dakin, of Wliallcy, yesterday week. jlrs. D. Satterthwaite presided


tvECORATIONS to make for Christmas were demonstrated


Heaven Bent Rubinstein


the heavenly fragrance Helena


BY


492. Heaven Sent Bath Salts, plastic bottle — so pretty anti so much safer in the bathroom 12/9. 4B7. Dusting Bow-der, plastic bottle 7/9.


486. Heaven Sent Dusting Powder Driun with Velour PulT to use lavishly. The fragrance lingers. . . 14/*. 480. Heaven Sent Perfume Spray Bottle to give you Heaven Sent magic wherever you are. 14/-. 494. Ham! Lotion, plastic bottle 10/-


For these and other exciting gifts see our Showroom upstairs


CHARLES CLEGG, M.P.S. CHEMIST


exchange visit with a Scottish Y.F.C. in May. The Clubs in the Ribblesdale


chapel.


Council ‘No’ to paper bags for refuse


i SUGGESTION th a t paper


A bags should be used instead of dustbins in Blackburn Rural District Council s a , e a v . a s tu rn ed down a t th e C ounci ls meeting on Saturday. Members were discussing a Health Committee recommenda­


5, Church Street, Clitherce T e l e ph o n e : Clitheroe 591


Region are Longndge, Chip­ ping Bowland Forest. Clith- eroe, Samlesbury and White­


lifts " MEN


Make this a practical Christmas and give something to wear


tion th a t a ten d e r for 14 bins be accented when Coun J. B Winder asked if p aper bags h ad


been considered. The Clerk, Mr. P. A. Clifford,


' would be twice as much as dust J L Another danger was that


pointed out that the use of bags tad been discussed, but the cost


does might tear the bags as most houscs'had no special receptacle


for them. ro u n George Haworth of


Wfipshi're, said tta t p ap er bags vL h been considered m tnc


borough, but i t .was found they were too expensive.________


egg prices t j RI TI SH Egg Marketing


" Board's minimum P™es.( be paid to producers foi the


dozen; medium, 2s. 9d. per dozen, and small, 2s. 5d. per dozen One shilling per dozen to be


deducted from the price of all dirty and st&incd eggs.


at tire meeting, held in the Con­ servative Club.


field Road, Clitheroe, who was 85 on Tuesday. ,


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GOWNS . FANCY WAISTCOATS . SUITS OVERCOATS . RAIN­ COATS . SPORTS JACKETS . SLACKS


and other in­ expensive gifts.


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This is part of the Whalley Road clearance area and the County Council had intimated that they would require a


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