Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 5, 1962


AUTUMN BRIDES BROTHERTON - RAWCLIFFE


piVEN away by her father, ^ Miss Margaret Mary Raw- cliffe, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Rawcliffe. of Cliftonville, Whalley Road, Hurst Green, was married at St. Peter’s R.C. Church, Stony- hurst, on Saturday to Mr. Alan Brotherton, second son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Brotherton, of Livesey Green Farm, Bamber Bridge, Preston.


bridegroom Is a haulage con­ tractor.


i The bride is a Civil Servant n the Inland Revenue and the


backed missal, with a satin book mark and a spray of pink and white roses, the bride wore a full-length classically- styled dress of white Notting­ ham lace over satin, with a chapel train and a bouffant veil, secured bv a coronet of pendant crystals.


Christine Mary Rawcliffe, younger sister of the bride, and Miss Constance Rawcliffe, cousin of the bride, who wore short dresses of crimson velvet trimmed with white fur and white rose and net head­ dresses.


Bridesmaids were Miss


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white roses and satin ribbons. B Best man was Mr. Thomas


the bridegroom, and usher was Mr. Leslie Brotherton.


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which Nuptial Mass was said and the Papal Blessing given by the Rev. Fr. M. Mooney, S.J., a reception was held at the Duke William Hotel, Longrldge.


Following the service, at


honeymoon In Devon and Cornwall, the bride travelling In a royal blue suit trimmed with white, and white acces­ sories.


The couple later left for a


They carried bouquets of rotherton, elder brother of


Carrying a white, Ivory-


bouquet of yellow rosebuds and lily-of-the-valley.


Rogerson, sister of the bride-! groom, and Miss M. BoltoiT cousin of the bride, who wore ballerina-length dresses of nasturtium brocade with white accessories and car­ ried bouquets of salmon and white carnations and bridal lilies.


In attendance were Mrs. r


groomsman was Mr. R. Roger­ son and usher Mr. S. Newbold Nuptial Mass was said fol.1


b Best man was the bride’s rother. Mr. R. Bolton


lowing the service, which was conducted by the Rev. Fr. M Mooney, S.J.


wool suit with white acces­ sories.


Black Bull Hotel, Ribchester the couple left for a honey.! t moon at Blackpool. The bride


Following a reception at the ravelled in a green Jersey-


workfriends at Lancaster Hosiery, Co. Ltd., Clitheroe, where she is a machinist. The bridegroom, who is employed in the building trade, received a blanket from his employer. Their future address is 2


Among the gifts was an electric kettle from, the bride’s


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j jVTARRIED at St. Bartlioio- mew’s Church, Great


HaTwood, on Saturday were Mr. Frank J. Rourk, only son of Mrs. and the late Mr. J. Rourk, of 8 Primrose Street. Clitheroe and Miss Carol Mercer, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Mercer, of 127 St. Hubert’s Road, Great Harwood.


the bride wore a full-length dress of satin brocade with a pearl and diamante headdress and a bouffant veil.


Given away by her father,


Their future address Is 149 Brindle Road, Bamber Bridge.


MOORCROFT - PENNINGTON (THE wedding took place at St. Mary the Virgin, Gis-


r Her bouquet was of pink


burn, on Saturday between Mr. Edwqrd Moorcroft, son of Mrs. and the late Mr. iA. Moorcroft, of 6 Hodder Street, Blackburn, and Miss Elizabeth Josephine Pennington, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Pennington, of 11a Cranford Avenue, Whit­ field, and formerly of Chat- burn.


the bride was attired in a full- length white satin gown with short train.


Given away by her father,


roses, lily-of-the-valley and seed pearls, with bouffant veil, and carried a bouquet of white orchids, lily-of-the-valley and stephanotis.


She wore a headdress of


Margaret Lawless and Miss Jean Rawcliffe, who wore dresses of blue brocade with floral headdresses and white accessories. They carried red roses.


oses. Bridesmaids were Miss


Best man was Mr. Terry Honey, groomsmen Mr. W.


O’Donald and Mr. A. Wilson and usher Mr. J. Greatorex. Following the service, which


was conducted by the Rev. B. Earles, a reception was held at the Petre Arms Hotel, Langho. The honeymoon was spent touring.


I The bride travelled in a ! Courtelle dress and a light grey mohair coat.


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Evelyn Seedall, friend of the bride, and she was attired in a short pink dress of wild silk and white accessories. Her l bouquet was composed of


The bridesmaid was Miss


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Clegg, friend of the bride­ groom, and the groomsman was Mr. Edwin Davey.


emon roses and mixed freesia. c The duties of best man were


by the Rev. A. Noble. After the reception, held at


The service was conducted


the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clith­ eroe, the newly-married couple left for a honeymoon in Scot­ land, the bride travelling in a French navy suit with navy and white accessories.


reside at “Braehead”, Ribbles- dale Avenue, Wilpshire.


On their return, they will


cheque from the bridegroom’s friends at R.O.F., Blackburn, and a tea waggon from the directors and staff of J. W. Jackman and Co., Ltd., Man­ chester, where the bride was employed.


Among the gifts were a NEWBOLD—BOLTON


pra/EARING a ballerlna- T T length gown of white


Nottingham lace over net and taffeta, Miss Alwyn Josephine Bolton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bolton, of 29 Avenue Road, Hurst Green, was mar­ ried at St. Peter’s R.C. Church, Stonyhurst, on Saturday to Mr. Kenneth Anthony New- bold, of 5 Shireburn Cottages, Hurst Green .


the bride, whose shoulder- length veil was held In place by a coronet of crystal and orange blossom, carried a


Given away by her father, arried out by Mr. Derek


at St. Mary’s R.C. Church, Langho, yesterday week. They were Miss Patricia Walmsley, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Walmsley, of 9 Springdale Road, Langho, and Mr. Maurice James Walmsley, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Walmsley.- of 24 Aldwych Place, Brownhill, Blackburn. ;


A LADIES’ hairdresser and a sales clerk were married


cut on classical lines and fall­ ing into a short train. Her double bouffant veil was held in place by lilies-of-the- valley.


the bride wore a full-length gown of white corded satin,


Francesca Walmsley, sister of the bridegroom, and Misses Jeanette Taylor and Pauline Heatley, who wore full-length dresses of pink satin brocade with toning headdresses and accessories.


She carried pink orchids. Bridesmaids were Mi ss


| roses and freesia. Mr. Peter Gauge was best


byThe service was conducted


Nuptial Mass was said and the Papal Blessing given.


the Rev. Fr. J. Porter, and


Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton- le-Moors, the couple travelled for a honeymoon on the West Coast. Among the gifts were bed


Following a reception at the Their bouquets were of


man, ushers were Mr. Ian Walmsley and Mr. Frank Har­ greaves and groomsman Mr. Norman Fielding.


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THIS WAS NEWS . . . 25 YEARS AGO


October 8th, 1937


TTSTIMATED cost of supply- ■*-* Ing water to Newton by a scheme submitted by the Fylde Water Board was £1,460,


£1,845 to take water from Waddington Fell. Bowland Rural District Council ap­ proved the Fylde scheme.


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that members of the League should refuse imports from Japan, who had “been a deliberate aggressor against China”.


rtLITHEROE branch of the p League of Nations Union


assed a recommendation


f'lHUB were becoming far ^ too numerous in the Ribble, it was stated in the annual report of the Ribblo Fishery Board. Although brown trout were scarce, migratory trout and salmon were more plentiful than ever.


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(^LITHEROE Royal Grammar ^ School’s annual swimming sports were held at Belper Street baths, Blackburn. In­ structor was a member of the school teaching staff, Mr. L. C. Coles.


50 YEARS AGO October 12tli, 1912


■jl/TEMBERS of Read National ■


solution. A sum of £2,150 was available lor distribution divided on an average of about 13s. for each year of membership. Amounts paid out varied from 17s. to £31 6s.


tT-t School Sick Society held L


heir final meeting before dis­ L * # $


to Bowland Education mlttee for an increase ary, the application h support of the Vicar of well, the Rev. F. Gallah reminded the committi “money is the sweete human toil”.


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made presentations to their number, Tom Spe John R. Fielding, wh emigrating to Australi;


Ti/TEMBERS of St. Football Club,


presentations were mi the Rev. James Robinsc


l instituted and inducted t<


rI 'HE Rev. F. R. Hav Soper, of Liverpool,


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Trees down, power off as gale


sweeps district


rrREES were blown down in J- country districts after High winds on Saturday night, police were called to the C.W.S. piggeries at Mitton early on Sunday morning to remove a tree blocking the road.


down at Paythorne and Edis- ford Bridge, and had to be re­ moved to open the roads.


electricity cables c l a us e d temporary power cuts In the Gisburn and Bolton - by - Bowland area, and extra Post Office staff were needed to. repair the faults caused by the gale.


Branches being blown on to


Flashback to an important occasion. This picture was taken during the centenary celebrations in 1954.


Witnesses to hold convention


DELEGATES from more than a ** dozen congregations of Jeho­ vah’s Witnesses in the North West area from Blackburn over to the Fylde coast, -will be attend­ ing a semi-annual circuit conven­ tion in the Queens Hall, Preston, from October 19th to 21st. Eight hundred delegates are expected to attend.


by the local presiding minister of the Clitheroe congregation,


This announcement was made


Mr. G. Woolley, who said that he expected 40 would be attending from Clitheroe.


For public hall


ORGANISED by Clitheroe ” Youth Action Group, a jumble sale in the Spiritual­ ist’s Hall, Greenacre Street, on Friday night raised £15 17s. 6d. for the public hall fund.


Services were held in room of village mill


piNAL services prior to its closure were held at Union


Although Methodists were wor­ shipping in Low Moor from the i early years of the 19th century,


The chapel was erected in 1866 by Thomas Garnett and Sons, and originally rented to the congregation. It became the property of the members in 1931, becoming trust property the following year.


vices were held at a room in Low Moor Mill, then owned by the firm of Garnett and Hors­ fall. The room had to be pre­ pared for worship and re­ arranged on the Sunday even­ ing ready for mill purposes the following day.


t was not until 1854 that ser­


The present organ was installed at a cost of £32 in 1899, and for over half a century was


NEW BUS STOP FIRST MOVE IN MARKET PLACE SCHEME


rpHE first step in the re-alignment and improvement of A Market Place was taken on Monday, when buses, in­ stead of waiting in the Market Place, took their passengers down to the new stop in York Street.


Engineer and Surveyor, Mr. J. Newton Beil, this leaves the way clear to start work on the Market Place scheme, which now needs official approval.


According to the Borough


been announced for the scheme, but it is probable that the higher side of the Market Place will have its surface lowered by at least three feet.


No definite plans have yet This may necessitate con­


structing an island, with a pedestrian thoroughfare, on the northerly side.


single-line goods traffic to un­ load outside premises on the higher side of the Market Place.


Provision will be made for


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clude a large amount of ex­ cavation and re-laying of water mains, may be started during the next financial year.


The project, which will in­


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Street Methodist Church, Low Moor, on Sunday, 108 years after the church was founded. Centenary celebrations were held at the church in 1954.


played by the late Aid. William Wilkinson, who compiled the official history of the church in 1954.


At the centenary celebrations, letters were read from many former ministers, and members of the congregation who had


In early minute books, reference was made to the honorary office of “kettle carriers.” These were men appointed in con­ nection with social events when water had to be carried to the premises from nearby cottage property.


left the district returned for the occasion.


w Magistrates’ Court at Gis­ burn on Monday were Mr. J. M. Barlow, presiding, Coun. A. H. Porter-Hargreaves, Mr. J. Holgate, Miss M. Rushton, Mrs. M. Lupton.


Magistrates the Bench at Bowland


Other trees were blown


A CHAPEL CLOSES


Reservoir plan accepted as ‘necessity’


rrH E Council for the Preserv- x ation of Rural England


have accepted as a necessity the Fylde Water Board’s £4 million project for flood­ ing Dunsop Valley to form a reservoir.


Council say: “With the con­ tinued expansion of Fylde holiday resorts and the fact that the Board now supplies Blackburn, the need for this reservoir should be accepted.”


In their annual report, the


capacity of 300,000m gallons, would eradicate for ever the chances of the 1959 drought re-occurring in Blackburn.


The dam. with its expected BETTER WAY


proposed reservoir was repeat­ edly mentioned when the Fylde Water Bill was before the House of Lords and would, on the face of it, appear to be a far better way of using the Hodder than taking water direct from the river and its tributaries.


The report states that the


engineer of the Fylde Water Board, said in March that the dam could be completed in seven years’ time if no undue snags cropped up.


The Board were very keen leind out exactly where the


any homes disappearing under water. An existing road would have to be flooded, but this was used only by two farmers and weekend hikers.


vel of shale lay. The project would not entail


to supplement Stocks reservoir at Dale Head.


The proposed dam is needed i 'F Mr. Frank Law, chief


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