6 ' CHtheroe Advertiser & Times, November 9, 1962 B e s t Buy
THE WITCHES RIDE AGAIN ON PENDLESIDE
Amateur Stage
By The Critic
‘Someone Waiting’ makes a delayed appearance
Group presenting “Someone Waiting”, the tense drama by t Emlyn Williams, will -have the opportunity of doing so later
QLITHEROE playgoers who earlier this year looked for- ward to seeing Clitheroe Technical School Theatre
his month.
who was to have been leading man.
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given in the Parish Church Hall on November 29th,
In the new production, to be This collection of weird
sisters met upon a blasted heath at Read last week, be fore cantering round Read and Sabden on horse-back.
light Hallowe’en ride by mem bers of the North-East Lan cashire Riding Club, 40 of whom made a circular tour of the villages.
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"PROSPECTIVE Parliamentary Labour candidate for Clitli- A eroe Division is Mr. Eric Douglas Harvey Hoyle, a qualified mechanical engineer of Anderton, near Chorley.
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tion conference at Great Harwood on Saturday. Thirty delegates attended the meeting, and selected Mr. Hoyle from a short list of four.
Mr. Hoyle, who is a sales engineer, was chosen at a selec
with one son, is 36 years old. He lives at Ashfield Road, Anderton.
Mr. Hoyle, who is married,
positions with British Rail ways and Associated Electrical Industries, and is a member of the Association of Supervisory Staffs and Engineering Tech nicians.
He has held executive
trate in 1958 and is deputy chairman of Chorley Juvenile Panel.
He was appointed a magis
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the Labour movement for 17 years, addressed Saturday’s meeting on the cotton indus try, the Common Market and foreign affair's.
Mr. Hoyle, who has served
Hoyle declared that Clitheroe was a marginal constituency. The majority at the General Election was a ‘false’ one, and the division was one which could be won.
Mr. Hoyle secured a decisive majority at the first vote. He specialises in foreign affairs, nationalised industries and youth.
At the ballot on Saturday,
of the constituency shortly, and will attend meetings of local parties.
He hopes to visit all parts Blazing bedlinen
flung from window
Scott smelled burning in his home in Pimlico Road, Clith eroe.
the bed was smouldering. The bedlinen had caught fire when an electric blanket overheated. P.C. Scott threw the bedclothes through the bedroom window to the ground, where they were dealt with by Clitheroe fire brigade. No other damage was caused.
He went upstairs and found
WHAT’S FOR CHRISTMAS?
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(via France and Italy), Egypt, India, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Syria, U.S.A. (Western States), BP.P.O. 53, 170 and 171; letters and Christmas cards, British Guiana, Ghana, Jordan, Nigeria, Sudan, Venezuela, Forces in
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rain (via Lebanon). November 14th: parcels, Cyprus
(direct sea route), Sudan. November 3rd: parcels, Bah
November 12th; parcels, Cyprus
"lA/HILE off duty on Mon- ’ T day night, P.C. John
Turning to local affairs, Mr.
Motorist drove without care —
fined
"BERNARD KERSHAW, a 17- ■
driving a car without due care and attention.
Lr year-old trainee manager, of Straits Lane. Read, was t fined £10 by Clitheroe Magis
rates yesterday week for
Road when he saw traffic ap proaching him, and considered it prudent to brake his car. He did so, and brought the car to a standstill.
ccrington Road. Whalley. d Insp. Taylor said a man was
riving a car down Accrington
and after a few seconds Ker shaw collided with the rear of her car.
alA lady driving behind him so brought her car to a halt, l Mr. Frank Lambert, of Burn
Lambert said. m“That is one of the things
He was driving too close be hind the other car.”
In the lead
Division and District Conserva tive Snooker League;
(JLITHEROE a n d Clayton share the lead in Accrington
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m“ ‘Distance lends enchant d ent to the view’ so far as
riving is concerned”, Mr. y client will have to learn.
dent was due to ,• Kershaw’s youth and the fact that his attention was distracted by the oncoming traffic.
ey, defending, said the acci
Taylor to have collided with A the rear of another car in
He was stated by Insp. W. The occasion was a moon
at the meeting pumt, Read- wood Farm, where witches were judged by Miss Jessica Lofthouse, the Lancashire authoress.
Hot-pot suppers were served
Referees under fire at sports forum
AJODERN standards of referee- A ing and umpiring were strongly criticised at a sports forum, organised by Read United F.C. and held in Read Congrega tional School last week.
chairman of Burnley F.C. and president of Read United F.C.; Ray Pointer, Burnley footballer and England International; Mannie Martindale, former West Indian Test cricketer; Bobby Bennett, Lancashire cricketer; an d sportswriters Granville Shackleton and Keith McNee.
On the panel were Bob Lord,
referees were a long way from being physically fit enough to control first class games. He thought that by raising referees’ fees a better standard would be obtained.
Mr. Lord said that many Civic heads to ONLY HUMAN
Mr. Martindale, however, com mented that umpires and refer ees were human and made mis takes like anyone else. They had to make quick decisions and to stick by them.
agreed that the standard of rerereeing was becoming lower, but did not think that raising
Mr. Shacklelon and Mr. McNee
referees' match fees would be a solution. An audience of about 100
questioned the team on many
controversial issues which caused much discussion.
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Bramley Meade: Proposed closure ‘perturbing’
Home, Whalley, was des cribed as “perturbing” by Coun. Mrs. M. Knoblett at a meeting of Blackburn Rural District Council on Saturday.
we should complain to the local authority about the lack of maternity facilities in the rural area”.
Mrs. Knoblett said: “I think
Blackburn and District Hosp ital Management Committee and ask them for clarification.
It was decided to approach
THIS WAS NEWS . . . 25 YEARS AGO November 12lli, 1937
50 YEARS AGO November 15tli, 1912
/""10UN. and Mrs. George Hargreaves walked in
procession from the Swan and Royal Hotel to the Town Hall prior to Coun. Hargreaves’ election as Mayor for the sec ond successive year. *
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preached at Clitheroe Wesley Church. He was Pastor Kamal A. Chunchie, of London’s East End.
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Ghana and Nigeria. November 15th: parcels, Baha
letters and Christmas cards, Por tuguese East Africa, Rhodesia and Nyasaland, B.P.P.O. 9 and Forces in Rhodesia.
Christmas cards, British Hon duras, Ceylon, India, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sey chelles, B.P.P.O. 12.
November 16 th: letters and
ca, Forces in Jamaica; letters and Christmas cards, Canada, Leeward Islands, B F.P.O. 170 and 171.
November 17th: parcels, Jamai POPULAR BRITAIN
tember, reports the British Travel and Ho li da ys Association, Britain’s official tourist organisa tion. This figure is an increase of seven per cent, on the same month last year.
"NfEARLY 187,400 overseas visi tors came to Britain in Sep
teacher at Whalley C. of E. School, on her retirement. Miss Railton had served as an assistant teacher at Wiswell for 18 months, and had been
"PRESENTATIONS were made to Miss Sarah Railton, a
a teacher at Whalley for nearly 43 years. *
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i gave the recipe for the punch j drunk at the Mayor’s Dinner. I
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| pLITHEROE’S dead of the v'< Great War were remem bered by services at the
Cenotaph and in the Royal Grammar School. * * *
the Minister of- Health and the President of the Board of Trade to inquire into con ditions in the Nursing Service included Miss E. M. Musson, of Clitheroe, and Dr. Gilbert E. Orme, formerly of Clitheroe.
rpHE inter - departmental A committee appointed by
pOUN. FRANK DUGDALE, in v>l a broadcast lecture, des cribed the origin of Clitheroe’s famous toast, “Prosperation to the Corporation”, and also
A MOSLEM who became a Christian missionary
School presented their former teacher, Mr. W. Wilkinson, with a gold watch. Mr. W. C. Whitaker, who succeeded Mr. Wilkinson, made the presenta tion.
lytTEAVING students at ’ * Clitheroe Technical
Victoria Mill, Sabden, Mr. John Hall retired. Formerly book keeper and cashier, he had been manager for the last six yealrs, succeeding Mr. Israel Gawthorpe to that position.
A FTER 27 years’ service with *- Messrs. Stuttard and Sons,
tam were jointly associated in the election and installation of County Alderman J. Mercer Whipp as Mayor. He suc ceeded 'Aid. Clement T. Mitchell.
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<HOUN. R. PARKER objected U to the non-appointment of a Labour |member of the Town Council on the Watch Committee. He was supported by Couns. Cottam and Seedall. * * *
at Clitheroe Parish Church. Preacher was the Vicar, the Rev. J. H. Wrigley.
rpHE Mayor and Corporation J- attended Sunday service
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fTHE proposed closure of A Bramley Meade Maternity
attend ‘hunger’ concert
R.C. Church, Clitheroe, opened their campaign for hunger relief on Sunday by a meeting in The Hall, Lowergate, con ducted by four teenage work ers from Manchester.
were shown of the countries to which aid will be sent.
ley, and the Mayoress, Mrs. D. Satterthwaite, will attend a concert at The Hall to morrow, given by Accrington Operatic Society in aid of the campaign.
The Mayor, Coun. E. Cross-
tTiHE congregation of St. Michael and St. John’s
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30th and December 1st, the lead will be taken by Arthur Neal. Other parts will be taken by Stephen Curry and Kenneth Taylor. All are well-known on the local amateur stage.
Greta Wilkinson, tells me also that for their New Year pro duction, in February, they will be presenting something com pletely different from “Some one Waiting”.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT The group’s producer, Mrs.
tion”, written by that mirth making team, Keith Water- house and Willis Hall.
after the publication of his book “Billy Liar”. He and Hall adapted the book for the stage, and since then the team has gone from success to success.
Waterhouse sprang to fame LAUGHTER-RAISER
Country comedy and a certain laughter-raiser. It has 16 characters and so the group will have plenty of scope.
"Celebration” is a North The Theatre Group has been
have been given in March, was postponed following the in- dispbsition of Barnard Wood,
The play, which should
invited to enter the Settle Festival again next May, and their choice for this is the well-known Terence Rattigan play “Separate Tables”.
out in Clitheroe first, states Mrs. Wilkinson.
It is hoped to give it a try
Players began their season with the presentation of the Noel Coward farce “Blithe Spirit”.
mar School will give their annual play on November 21st, 23rd, and 24th. Their offering is Shakespeare’s “Much ado about nothing”.
The girls of Clitheroe Gram
So local playgoers can hardly complain that the new season
does not offer something for all tastes.
This week, Whalley Church
Boy placed on
probation after father’s appeal
a 12-year-oid Clitheroe boy to an approved school was varied by the County Sessions at Preston on Friday, on appeal by his father, to a sentence of three years’ probation.
the Bench that the boy was convicted by Cl ith er o e Juvenile Panel of shop- breaking and committing wil ful damage amounting to £20 at a school.
Mr. D. C. Waddington told EXCELLENT REPORTS
said he had excellent reports from the remand home.
hostility between the boy and his school in Clitheroe and the problem seemed to be an environmental one.
and another school could be found for him.
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