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R.D.C. ‘No’ to back door collection at Old Row


TJESIDENTS of Old Row, Barrow, will still have to


carry the dustbins through their houses and place them on the footpath for emptying.


asked Clitheroe R.D.C. about the possibility of refuse being collected at the rear of the houses.


Wiswell Parish Council had


however, the Rural Council decided the re was no possibility of this being done.


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villages to receive votes as the prettiest village in this district.


DARLEY and Bolton-by- Bowland are the latest


Houses Farm, Barley, writes to say Barley has a charm of its own, and apart from the Pendle Inn only one house has been built in the village for almost 100 years. “I am not a native of


Mrs. Vera Smith, of Over


the mission church of St. Aldan’s, Burnridge.


was all I could hear as I stood in the churchyard on Sunday afternoon. But on examining the visitors’ book, I found I was not the first caller that day and that several people had signed the book on other weekends in January.


The occasional cry of a bird METRIC SYSTEM


Barley. I came as a bride in 1943 to this farm which has been farmed by my husband’s family for 198 years,” Mrs. Smith writes.


of the Pendle Witch country, but it is not remote or back­ ward. It is a thriving com­ munity with church, village ha l l , Women’s Institute Brownies, the Barley Players, and other activities.


The village is in the heart


which have been handed down from generation to generation, says Mrs. Smith.


inhabitants can tell about the Pendle countryside,


attractive. It is six miles from Clitheroe and during the summer receives hundreds of visitors. Last year, it was in the last


She feels the village is very


Many are the tales the old tales


T>ID you know that a metre is one 10,000,000th part of


the distance between the North Pole and the Equator? Neither did I, until Mr. J. Cowell, of The Cottage, Worston, told me.


measure was defined back in 1791 by a French Commission, and in 1794 a platinum bar showing the exact length of a metre was placed in the Bureau des Archives in Paris


Apparently this unit of


cally all civilised countries except Russia, the U.S.A. and the British Commonwealth, and Russia and the U.S.A have a decimal coinage.


The metre is used in practi­


list of 12 In the "Best Kept Vi l l a g e in Lancashire” competition, being awarded 83 marks out of a possible 88 by one judge. Mrs. Smith, incidentally,


was born in Chatburn. A Worston man, Mr. J.


Cowell, gives his vote to Bolton-by-Bowland, which he describes as beautiful, lively, trim and neat, and which Is pictured above.


LONELY CHURCH


rFHE small church of St. -*■ James’s, Dalehead, Is only


about 25 years old, but today it receives almost as many visitors as the churches in the area which are centuries older. Of course, the reason so many people visit the church


is because it Is all that is left of Stocks-in-Bowland, or Dalehead, as It is now known.


village were flooded by the Fylde Water Board in 1932, the church, vicarage, and the school were left, but then these were demolished and the church was rebuilt high above the reservoir. It stands alone on the


After the remains of the


corner of the road, its porch overlooking the original site


and the masses of conifer trees since planted.


or little about the area might wonder why a church should be placed in such an apparently unpopulated area.


Visitors knowing nothing


porch and read the notices inside, however, they will find a welcome extended to them to take the key hanging next to the notice, and go into the church.


If they open the gates of the


in the neat rectangular build­ ing, lit by gas, is a brief history of the church, which explains to the visitor how the church comes to be there and how it is now in the charge of the Vicar of Tosside, the Rev. R. C. Allan, together with St. Bartholomew’s, Tosside, and


Pinned inside a glass case Christian unity


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rFO mark the end of the week of prayer for Christian


unity, a united service of in­ tercession was held last night week at St. James’s Church, Clitheroe.


Chapman, conducted the ser­ vice, at which the preacher


The Rector, the Rev. H. D.


was the Rev. R. C. Broughton, superintendent minister of Moor Lane Methodist Circuit.


Lessons were read by Mr. S. Curry and Mr. F. Braithwaite.


Assheton sermon


Parish Church on Sunday afternoon, when Lord and Lady Clitheroe were among the congregation.


of Clitheroe and Rural Dean of Whailey, the Rev. A. F. Clark.


The preacher was the Vicar


rrHE ASSHETON sermon was -*- preached at Downham


over our own units can be appreciated by the fact that one metre equals the unwieldy figure of 3ft. 3Jin, and even this is only an approximate figure.


The advantage of this unit


appreciated when reducing a large number of inches to miles. This involves a lengthy sum, whereas in the metric system all that is needed is a slight manipulation of the decimal point.


It can be even better ON THE AIR


Sunday evening have an opportunity of hearing com­ bined choirs from Methodist churches in Blackburn taking part in a broadcast in the B.B.C. Light Programme.


■jl/TETHODISTS in Clitheroe and district will on


munity singing from the Queen’s Hall Me t h o d i s t Mission.


The choirs will lead com­


or two less familiar ones will be introduced by Randal


Well-known hymns and one


Ilcrley. The conductor will be


James Metcalfe and the organist John S. Singleton. The final prayer and blessing will be given by the Rev. G. Eric Dobson, superintendent of Queen’s Hall.


Bridge Road, Chatburn, has to come down when the trunk road between Chatburn Brook and a point east of Ribblesdale View is improved, other trees will be planted, Mr. F. Shields, County Divisional Highways Surveyor, told the Council in his report.


If a large beech tree in


ways Advisory Committee had made a resolution expressing


The Rural Council’s High­


regret at the probable loss of the tree and requested that trees should be planted in its place. SIGHT LINE


a request for the improvement of the sight line for traffic at the junction of Clitheroe Old Road and Pendleton Lane ne;r Standen Hall.


Mr. Shields also reported


line was caused by hedges and it was considered that open type railing would improve the matter. A recommend­ ation for approval of this had been received.


The restriction of the sight Coins find recalls time when


WORKERS’ RIOT WAS STOPPED - BY RAIN!


JTHE chance finding of a A number of -Georgian coins by workmen on the Edisford Park housing estate provides a link with the days when Clitheronians walked the streets in danger of their lives.


The coins were probably dropped during the time of the Luddite loom-smashing riots, when 20,000 half- starved hand-loom weavers were camped in the fields surrounding Low Moor Mill.


The year was 1826, the date April 25th. All over the north of England the Indus­ trial Revolution was hitting at the livelihood of the hand workers. The population was swollen by soldiers re­ turned from the Napoleonic Wars. Families were large, houses were small, and food was scarce.


The nervous magistrates, how­ ever, and the impetuous business men, ordered the Hussars and Yeomanry to charge the crowd, and with­ in minutes 600 of the help­ less weavers lay either dead or horribly mutilated by sabres and horses’ hooves.


This was the spark that was needed to ignite the anger of the weavers, and merci­ lessly they gained their re­ venge, causing damage to almost every mill where power-looms were used.


Soon the matter became almost a national emer­ gency, and a state of mar­ tial law was set up in the larger towns.


Britain had spent millions of pounds on the war in Eur­ ope from which many young men had never returned, and although she might rule the waves, her economic situation was rather shaky.


Then the worm turned. The weavers, who for years had toiled from dawn to dusk under the yoke of profiteer­ ing industrialists, saw a common danger in the new power loom.


Parish Council for th e provision of a restrictive double white line on Crow Trees Brow was not recom­ mended.


A request from Chatburn


Taskers Croft Close and Clarke Wood Close as names for new housing development in Wiswell. Eight houses will be built off Cunliffe Lane by a private developer.


The Co u n c i l accepted


to the erection of a lamp letter box by the Post Office in Kingsmill Avenue, Whailey.


NOT JOINING


join the British Travel and Holidays Association.


1 The Council decided not to


Mlnhinnick, Vicar of Chipping, as a representative governor of Longridge County Second­ ary School.


shire Education Committee had appointed the Rev. L.


County Council had consented to the making by the Council of a public path diversion order at Whiteacre Camp School, Barrow.


It was reported that Lanca- TOSSIDE


mittee had agreed to pay for eight concrete steps and a stile at the southerly end of Whiteacre Lane.


Lancashire Education Com­


permission from the County Council, under the Town and Country Planning Act, to use land at Kirklands, Chipping,


The Council has obtained for housing. KEEPING WARM


TTOT water bottle exports by Britain rose to nearly


1,850,000 last year.


THIS WAS NEWS 25 YEARS AGO February 5th, 1937


IN celebration of their win­


Clitheroe and District Work­ shop Billiards League, mem­


bers of the British Legion team held a social, at which the King-Wilkinson cup was presented to Mr. R. Mc­ Clelland, the team’s captain.


# * *


rpHE second annual meeting -*■ of Clitheroe Unemployed Workers’ Association criticised the manner in which the en­


4 $ tf *


■DECAUSE there were not D enough members willing to stand for election to the committee the annual meeting


of Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club had to be adjourned.


* S & $


M B . TOM WHITWELL, of f-’-L Limehouse Farm, Clith­ teroe, gained first prize and


gricultural Society. *


he championship award in c the open class at a hedging t-


gagement of casual labour by Clitheroe Corporation wa's being carried out.


50 YEARS AGO February 9tli, 1912


ning the championship of IN his report on the work of


Constable W. Clayton com­ mented on “the remarkable


the police in 1911, Chief


freedom from all serious crime in the borough.” Crimes committed decreased from 28 pr to 17. In all, 150 persons were


ent offences, 65 borough prisoners being sent to gaol in default of payment of fines,


oceeded against for differ­


naturalists was the discovery of a strange bird in the yard of a house in West View. The bird, which was unable to fly, was identified as a Little Auk,


■A N event which excited * - ♦ ♦ A. some interest among local


an inhabitant of the Arctic regions. # * * \rxLITHEROE Parish Church


fancy dress ball organised by the Institute committee was held on Friday evening, when more than 300 people danced to music sup­ plied by Johnny Ball and his


FANCY DRESS.—The annual


Band. Mr. and Mrs. J. Proctor, of


(bingo); 2, Mrs. J. Dugdale (Ena Sharpies); 3, Mrs. Clegg (work to rule); 4, Miss Y- Staveley (pop records).


Ladies: 1, Miss M. Jackson


(styled by Dior); 2. Messrs. G. Metcalfe and J. Kenyon (Ban the Bomb); 3, Mr. G. Houghton (milestone inspector).


Mr. S. Foreman thanked Mr.


and Mrs. Proctor. Refreshments were served and


proceeds were for Institute funds. SUPPER.—A supper and whist


Gents.- 1, Mr. J. Dugdale


Chipping, judged the fancy dresses and Mrs. Proctor presen­ ted prizes to:


Itwas reported that Lanca­ No objections are to be made


They saw their livelihood dis­ appearing, and they thought of the mouths that had to be fed, the coal that had to be bought for their damp little cottages.


REIGN OF TERROR


And they united. Great armies of hungry men left their spindles and their looms and joined forces, using for weapons whatever came to hand, and brought a brief reign of terror to the indus trial centres of the north.


In Lancashire, the home of King Cotton, and in York­ shire, where wool provided work for thousands, the new looms were smashed, factor­ ies destroyed and guards killed.


Communications were slow, and the wrath of the weav­ ers was sudden, and for a time the mills were at their mercy. In Manchester, the Peterloo riots started when GO,000 weavers assembled peaceably to demand the re form of Parliament.


Mills were smashed in Black­ burn, Bolton and Burnley, and a* group of the rioters, 20,000 strong, paid an un­ welcome call at Low Moor Mill, where 500 power looms had recently been intro­


duced. LAID SEIGE


They laid seige to the factory, camping in the surrounding fields, and it was here that the money was probably dropped.


The bailiffs of the town had foreseen the danger, how­ ever, and had summoned a strong force of soldiers, among them the Rifle Corps and Lord Ribblesdalc’s Yeo­ manry Cavalry.


The two sides cautionsly eyed each other, neither daring to make the first move. The town was hushed with ex­ pectancy. Shops were closed and business was at a stand­ still.


And then, as suddenly and dramatically as the enter gcncy arose, it was all over. The rioters returned home, the soldiers relaxed and the town breathed a sigh of relief.


The reason for the hasty de­ parture of the rioters was — RAIN !


THE EDITOR’S


POSTBAG COUNCIL THANKED


TT now seems quite evident that x


Blackburn-Hellifield line to pas­ senger traffic has been made.


the decision to close the


eve of the inquiry held by the Transport Users’ Consultative Committee to formulate a strong case for Clitheroe against the proposed closure.


Council, I feel I should now pay tribute to them on the decision to call together objectors on the


As one-who criticised the Town


meeting, initiated by the Coun­ cil, proved to be fruitful inas­ much as it helped immensely to frame the official case.


There seems no doubt that the


meeting with the T.U.C.C., (probably owing to lack of space), prominence was given to the objections voiced by Councils and leading citizens.


In the newspaper reports of the


certainly agree that credit should also be given to the citizens directly involved with the pro­ posed closure -who so courageous­ ly put forward their particular objections, either by writing or by voicing them to the com­


I am sure that they will


mittee. It may well be that the


reader will be astounded to learn that the railway authorities emphasised that the meeting was not called with the object of receiving suggestions for improv­ ing the running of a passenger service, but primarily for the purpose of bearing objections, which could be claimed as hard­ ship cases if the closure proposal were implemented.


ERNEST MACNAUGHTON. 12, West View, Clitheroe.


Best wishes to Council Clerk


Rural District Council decided to send a letter expressing the Council’s best wishes for a speedy recovery to Mr. T. P. Rushton, the Clerk, who has been in hospital for an opera­ tion.


AT their meeting on Mon- day, members of Clitheroe


Mr. B. S. Wright, the Deputy Clerk, presided.


WHEN THE GYPSIES INVADED CLITHEROE


rPHE caravans wound slowly and noisily into the old grey •*- town. Townsfolk stopped to stare at the motley crew


seated behind the horses, and there were many who knew there was going to be trouble.


date September 28th, 1906, and it is recalled by the eviction by the Corporation last week of two families of gypsies from Chester Avenue playground.


The scene was Clitheroe, the


member that day, more than 50 years ago, when a band of East European gypsies set up camp in the Cattle Market, and within a matter of min­ utes were begging not only from the crowd of onlookers but also from the police.


Many Clitheronians will re­


report stated: “When begging failed, the nomads evinced a desire to purchase (at their own price), and where the dodge could be worked they got the tradesman to look for some article in another part of the shop while they helped themselves to his goods and wares.


A contemporary newspaper


drive was held at the Institute last week. Winners were Mr. G. Capstick and Mr. H. Lambert.


"YTOTHING in nature is more beautiful than one snow­


flake, but unfortunately they seldom come like that. “The Reader’s Digest.”


taken from shop doors and such a pest did the visitors eventually become that in some cases shops were barred against them. An unfortun­ ate greengrocer chanced to pass with his cart, and the lawless band carried off half his stock. Wholesale theft was committed and the gypsies seemed to do pretty well as they liked.


“Numerous articles were “They also dug up one man’s


potato patch for him and, pas­ sing by a house from which came the smell of baking bread, they coolly walked in and seized the whole of the bread, leaving the housewife amazed and understandably indignant.


could not long be permitted to continue. In fact, it lasted 24 hours. At noon on the follow­ ing day the Chief Constable of Clitheroe took precautionary measures in case the gypsies turned awkward over his re­ quest that they depart forth­ with.


“Such a state of affairs


out to level hoses against the gypsies in the event of their reluctance to depart, and they would literally have been swil­ led out, an experience which, in the light of their filthy condition, might have done them more good than harm.


"The fire brigade was called


j left the market at a fair pace, and was escorted through


not necessary and the proces­ sion of dilapidated caravans


tender mercies of the York- shiremen, and after a riotous stay at Bolton-by-Bowland, they were moved from the district.


There they were left to the © FINAL SALE-YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY


SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CARPETS FROM LARGE LANCASHIRE WAREHOUSE


Bales as yet unopened, but WE EXPECT TO HAVE 100-150 CARPETS AVAILABLE FOR DISPOSAL


AT A FRACTION OF THE ACTUAL COST


Aompetition promoted by Bury *


Rotary Club of Clitheroe by Mr. R. W. Harris, assistant


mHE relative merits of gas I and electricity for light­ ing, heating and power, were debated at a meeting of the


manager of the Corporation Gas Works, and Mr. a. H Todd, manager of the


Corporation’s e l e c t r i c i t y undertaking.* # $


l~lLITHEROE F.C. signed Aj inside-left Flaherty from Rossendale United. A well- k n own player in the Combination. Flaherty had had a short spell with Wolver­ hampton Wanderers.


IBM: ilength of streets, nhabited houses, ’2,896. 16 miles: 5 muF REV. V. W. A. ROSS-


m-eached the Assheton Sermon at the church.


Society gave Elgar’s “Banner of St.' George” and “Mendel­ ssohn’s “Hymn of Praise Th- soloists were Miss Satterth- waite Miss Hanson and Mr. H. Binks. During the interval, w the conductor. Mr. H. B. Shaw,


j choral and Orchestral


as presented with a silver- mounted baton.


nvHE cold during the 1 week of February said to be greater


s a s a a


than any Many


first was


TOMORROW (SATURDAY) FEBRUARY 3rd * SALE FOR ONE DAY ONLY * 9-30 a.m. to 4-0 p.m. at


“ TONY’S ” NEW EMPRESS BALLROOM


We ment


TOWN HALL STREET, BLACKBURN pER PERSON


PLEASE NOTE — The majority of these Carpets are perfect, but a few are still damp and will require drying.


Lot 73.—3 x 2\ yards CARPETS. All at £4.0.0 Lot 81.—4 x 3 yards CARPETS. All at £7.0.0


immediately . ___ LOTS No. 214-218. THESE UNTOUCHED BY WATER


3 x 2-1 yds CARPETS £5.10.0 3 x 3-1- yds CARPETS 9 GNS. 4-1 x 3-1 yds CARPETS 12 GNS.


5 x 4 yds CARPETS £18 4 x 3 yds CARPETS 9 GNS. 3 x 2-1 yds CARPETS £7.10.0


NO TELEPHONE ORDERS — DELIVERIES ARRANGED


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Leading keep


winning


Tennis League. All —Chaigley Transport Reds and Clitheroe convincingly. Moor had the best win, cl Paul’s 10-0.


rFHERE is no cha top of the Ribb!


been improving ovc week or so. they lo this week to Moor 6-4.


week, the league begin the team knocl tition on February 2 each round on a lion- basis. Each player vidually handicappec respective results thi Tile individual kn


play Moor Lane I arranged match. At a general m


Next week, Moor Although Parish C


be held on Saturc 3rd. It will be st visionally) at Moot was also decided th singles champion, D ard, no longer a met league, would defend


LEAGUE TA P


Chaigley Trans. 11 Clitheroe C.C. .. 9 Moor Lane Reds 10 Barrow ............... 11 Moor Lane Blues 10 Parish Church .. 9 I.C.1...................... 11 Catholic Y.C........ 10 St. Paul’s ............ 10


Last week's results


Chaigley Trans. 9, I. Moor Lane Reds 10,


Parish Church 4, M 6.


Next week's fix Tuesday.


Chaigley Trans. Y.C.


Wednesday:


Moor Lane Reds v.l Blues (re-arrangel


I


Parish Church v. !| Clitheroe C.C. v. I.


Thursday: Barrow v. Moor La;


Yorkshire HPOTAL assets of til Bank Ltd. up tc


31st, 1961, were £| compared with £10| 1960.


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