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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 16, 1962


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CONSUL RURAL ELECTION


that, owing to the death of Conn. Brooks, there is a vacancy on Clitheroe Rural Council.


last? In the seven years 1 have


T SEE by a recent copy of the " Advertiser and Times ”


he allowed to vote for who we want on the Council. How long does a councillor's term of office


So, we in Whalley are going to


lived in Whalley, I have never yet been asked to vole for any councillor


member that we get a vote, or do Whalley’s councillors think that they should go on for ever?


Is it only by the death of a i. iiiinsi.i:.


for re-election every three years. There have been no rural elec­ tions in Whalley during recent years because only three candi­ dates have been nominated for tlie three available seats on the Council. All the candidates have therefore been returned auto­ matically. The nomination of an additional candidate would have meant a public ballot. Nomina­ tions for the present vacancy close at noon to-day.—Editor.


Whalley. Rural councillors are eligible


ALDERMANIC ELECTION


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Exchanges and H.P. Terms arranged. Not only is With the new Consul


been asked recently as to whether democracy can be cir­ cumvented or side-tracked, and it would seem that, especially in the field of local government, the answer is an emphatic “ Yes.”


AS a matter of urgent public importance, the question has


strictly in order, one might reasonably expect that those responsible for the choice of alderman would, as far as possible, try to reflect what would be the wishes of the elec­ tors in general, if they had the choice, especially seeing that an alderman, once elected, passes almost completely out of the hands of the electorate.


Seeing that the procedure is


election, the obvious choice for the vacancy, a gentleman senior in service and with a fine public record, including two years as Mayor, was passed over in favour of another gentleman whose election, despite an otherwise fine public record, would certain­ ly not have been approved by the general electorate because of the part he played in the loss of the Co-operative Hall. The Hall, which has acted as


Yet in the recent aldermanic BRINGING PLEASURE


fTHE “Advertiser and Times”, * like every other newspaper


and institution in the world, comes in for occasional criticism.


doubly gratifying to know that the ’paper brings a great deal of pleasure to exiled Clither- onians living in far-flung corners of the world.


It is therefore I learned this week of an


instance of the high regard in which the newspaper is held, in a letter from Mrs. Gertrude Walibank, of 992 Haliburton Road, Cordova Bay, Victoria, British Columbia.


Mr. and Mrs. Jack Holmes, former Clitheronians also liv­ ing in Canada, “almost read


She tells me that she and


the print” from the "Adver­ tiser and Times”. Jimifel is very popular, and


Mr. Holmes carries a number of cuttings in his pocket, delighting in reading aloud the Lancashire dialect poems.


Mrs. J. Bullcr, of West View, Clitheroe.


Mrs. Holmes is the sister of


they had a slight earth tremor some time ago, but it did no damage. Three weeks prev­ iously, however, a gale had struck Vancouver and Vic­ toria, blowing down trees and buildings.


Mrs. Wallbank tells me that


Wallbank was looking forward to having her mail delivered for the first time. Up to now all residents of Cordova Bay have had to call at the post office for their mail.


At the time of writing, Mrs. CHEAP DRINKS !


Hotel, Pendleton, Mr. Richard H. Collinson, has shown me an interesting old document which he found in the ancient hostelry.


rr'HE new licensee of the Swan with Two Necks


Song of the sink


the town’s community centre for a number of years, was reason­ ably cheap on present day values and might have been purchased by public subscription, as was the Castle and grounds after the First World War. The attitude of those opposed


T'HA’D be surprised at tthings Ah think,


When weshing up in t’kitchen sink,


Ah sometimes thinks an awful lot,


to the acquisition of this fine building is all the more inexplic­ able in that its purchase had been recommended by a special sub-committee under the chair­ manship of the late Aid. Dugdale, one of the finest brains, if not the


finest, to grace Clitheroe Town Council.............. - . wTins all woula seem to connrm


there is no gratitude in politics and that ingratitude often comes from th e most unexpected quarter.


hat has often been said—that E.B.


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U UEST speaker at the meet- ' Jr ing of Clitheroe Round Table at the Buck Inn on Monday evening was the Rev. D. E. Merryman, of Indian­ apolis, U.S.A. who spoke on the ■American scene and gave his impressions of life in Eng­ land. The Rev. Merryman, who is


acting assistant priest at the Parish Church, is in Clitheroe for a short time under an ex­ change scheme, the assistant priest at the Parish Church (the Rev. A. G. Williams) now being in America. A vote of thanks was pro­


posed by Mr. E. Bracewell. WATER PLAN DROPPED


tion has been dropped by the Government. Instead, th e areas of the Lancashire and Cumberland river boards are to be amalgamated under a new, and smaller, authority. Part of Westmorland will also be included.


A PLAN to carve up Lanca- shire for water conserva­


Just swilling tea-leaves fny the pot,


There’s thoughts as wouldnt bear eating,


For if there’s one thing is j All ’ates,


It’s scraping egg fray brekfast plates!


I


-.xxv-,sometimes 'longs to'ney y ■wishes,


If Ah dared tell the thoughts'Ali think,


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As wouldn’t like the tlmg’s they’d ’ear,


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Ah reckon they’d do more than blink,


Instead of which, Ah ’eaves a sigh,


To get away fray dinner ijsbesi There’s some folk noan sTfar fray ’ere,


, /. ■ -W J A ~ *K **V


Ond keep half t’family fray seating,


IN TOWN AND COUNTRY


- With “ QUIS” — It is a bill of sale of an acre


0f land known as “Little G r e e n ” and two houses ad­


joining the hotel. The bill is dated, October 3rd, 1839.


The land was owned by the landlord of the inn, Mr. John


peel, and the houses were occupied by Mr. John Clarkson and Mr. John Lund. The houses were owned by Mr. William Leach, of Bolton-le- Moors. Mr. Hall, of Clitheroe, was the solicitor, and printer of the bill was J. Berry, of Market Place, Clitheroe.


document accompanied the bill of sale. It was a receipt for drinks served at the sale, and gives an indication of the price of liquor in those days


An even more interesting


It reads: 13 glasses of ale—is. 7Jd.


14 half-crown bowls— £1 15s. Od.


1 gill rum, 1 gill gin—2s. Od.


31 glasses gin and rum— 10s. 41d


Spirits of brandy—8d. 3 new glasses—Is. Od. Total—£2 10s. 8d.


HUNTING THE STEEPLE


T> ACE - GOERS throughout •*-*' the world are fascinated by the big steeplechases. The Grand National Is one of the most famous sporting events, drawing thousands of people to Aintree to see the most highly trained of all thorough­ breds put through their paces over the large obstacles.


how these great tests of equine stamina got


Mr. J. Cowell, of The Cottage, Worston, tells me that one of the quaint sports of 18th century English life was “hunting • the steeple”, in which a group of horseback riders would pick out some distant steeple as a goal and ride hard for it, clearing all obstacles in their way—the more dangerous the better.


“steeplechase”.? A regular correspondent,


But has anyone thought the name


came known as “steeple chasing”, and the racing that we know over man-made obstacles evolved from it.


By the 19th century this be­ AFRICA IN ROWLAND


or geography professor will tell you it some 7,000 miles away, south of the equator, a land of sun, game and rugby- footballers.


‘Vy^niERE is South Africa? Any schoolboy, teacher


read of a South Africa that is much nearer than the Union, for a small wood near Browsholme Hall shares its name with the Republic.


The other day, however, I


to this part of the world and then top your friends’ holiday stories by accounts of your South African camping trip.


Why not take your tent out


Christmas mail for overseas


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November 19th; parcels. China


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November 21st: parcels, Baha­


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November 22nd: parcels, Trini­


and Turkey (via France), Libya, B.F.P.O. 55, 56 and 57; letters and Christmas cards, Dutch Antilles, South Africa, Forces in South Africa. November 24th: parcels, Aden,


NOW OPEN FOR


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Barbados, Gambia, B.F.P.O. 63, 64 and 69, Forces in Gambia; letters and Christmas cards, Bahamas, Bermuda, Iraq, Leban- an, Syria, Trinidad, Windward Islands, Forces In Bermuda.


EGG PRICES


IVTINIMUM prices guaranteed to producers for eggs sent


to packing stations this week are: large 4s. 74d; standard 3s. 2id; medium 2s. 6id; small 2s. Old.


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Ond starts the pudding dish to dry.


Tlie same sad thoughts comes back to me,


When weshing t’cups out eft.ei tea,


But then Ail’d liev to buy some more,


Ah’d like to throw ’em all on t’floor,


Ond in another ’our or two. There’ll be the supper pots to do Ond so, Ah goes to bed in sorrow, It’s back to t’sink agean to­ morrow!


JIMIFEL Leaves £26,398


TlfR. ROBERT THOMAS ■


founders of Whitewell Dairies Ltd., Accrington, in 1929 of which he became managing director.


Mr. Moore was one of the


farm at Chipping, where he bred pedigree friesian cattle.


He also had ‘an extensive THIS WAS NEWS . .


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25 YEARS AGO November 19th, 1937


cashire Highways Department had recommended


Queen Street and Princess Street, Whalley, be made into a one-way thoroughfore. *


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i~1APT. FRANK MITCHELL, of ^ Church Street, Clitheroe, was appointed president of the Lancashire Paper Trade 25 Club.


* * *


■JI/TEMBERS of Clitheroe ambulance brigade were


* *


being trained in anti-gas precautions, it was stated at their annual dinner. Mr. L. C. King-Wilkinson presided. *


annual re-union dinner at the Ribblesdale Arms Hotel, Gisburn. The meal was served in a cellar which had been converted to represent a dug-out, complete with trench equipment.


T^X-SERVICEMEN of the Gisburn district held their


rjLITHEROE Rural District Council learned that Lan­


50 YEARS AGO November 22nd, 1912


ley Rural Deanery was held in Clitheroe Parish Church School. The Rural Dean, the Rev. R. Newman, Vicar of Whalley, presided. * * *


“Shakespeare’s England’’, was held in the Public Hall in aid of St. Helen’s Church, Wad- dington. The object was to raise £1,000 for the church. Opener was Mr. H. W. Worsley- Taylor, K.C., with the Mayor Aid. J. M. Whipp, presiding. * * *


A ’ THREE - DAY bazaar depicting scenes from


TPDGAR STANDRING, a pupil at St. James’s School, was


aw a rd e d a Foundation Scholarship at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. *


* *


at a social and dance In the Public Hall. Mr. F. Turner presided.


TAT ORKPEOPLE at Sun T T Street Mill were present


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