ND


i.ie landscape was j that of to-day.


d re ison for want- •e was the state of The bad roads transport of corn


i Prior. Tliurstan died soon after d and they were 1 a series of dis­


til must have cost and trouble as well able legal fees,


more, who is stall' the Extra-Mural


t of the Unlvers- Manehestcr, and e Whalley Abbey gives many other glimpses into the he abbey.


tellent’.y produced i.died by the Black- ,-an Board of Fin- tins a foreword by of Blackburn.


IN people will be


an opportunity to r proficiency in an exhibition


>y the Community Lancashire at the


11, Four Lane Ends, n July 27th.


the exhibition is members from this


iin sure that many people would like


t their contempor- uher areas have


lulate wider inter - elderly people and them to take up


of the exhibition to the monks’


HE IS CHAMPION FOR THE THIRD YEAR


Leslie triumphs at school sports day


TjH)R the third year In succession, Leslie Allen was Victor Luilorum at Ribblesdale School sports ,lield at Church


relay race. Pendle won the relay and gained extra points, but were pipped by Hodder, who finished second in the race for the championship. Kemple came third and Calder fourth.


The boys’ house championship was decided by the last


the girls’ house championship, 29 points ahead of Hodder. Kemple were third and Pendle fourth.


Calder were easy winners in


10 by the boys and two by the girls.


Twelve records were broken,


three new records in the fourth year events for the discus, shot putt and 100 yards, and dead heated with Leslie Allen in the 220 yards in the time of 22.5 seconds


John Billington set up GIRLS


Dollin; 2 C. Rotherham; 3 D. Ashton. B: 1 R. King; 2 H. Simpson; 3 J. Thomas.


60 yards: 1st year A: 1 E.


Anderson; 3 J.Kenyon. B: 1 A. McQuarrie;'2 R.’Hodgins; 3 B. Barker.


80 yards, iA: 1 D. Hall; 2 R.


S. Goodbier; 3 C. Wilson. B: 1 B. Ward; 2 M. Robinson; 3 C. Parkinson. First year: 1 E. Dollin; 2 D. Ashton; 3 C. Rotherham. Third year: 1 V. Wilkinson; 2 A. Waterhouse.


100 yards, A: 1 J. Hindle; 2


A. McQuarrie; 3 B. Sieczkow- ski.


120 yards: 1 R. Adamson; 2


Wilkinson; 2 S. Dawson; 3 J. Harper. Fourth and Filth Year: 1 I. Hindle; 2 B. Ward;


he first exhibition d to be held in and includes


knitting, sewing, toy-making, rug-


asketry, painting, woodwork, flower and cake-


ing that it is late to do some- Mr. K. C. Parker,


f the Old People’s ommittee of the Council, appeals


acials, helpers and ) go out and visit bedfast people in


ys, i t means a lot eople to h e a r a


see a smile from tside.


•QUESTS


■ny readers who have or friends serving


ill the opening of a Forces broadcasting


in servicemen abroad nilies and friends at


trees in -Aden will be know that their lilies will be further


objects is to provide


me partly by weekly rom Home" pro- which are played


csis from parents, relatives at home to mes in Aden. Inter- jets of news from are also passed on.


lebat, “ Letters from • r o e s Broadcasting amor Point. British Office 69.


iih friends and rela- wiili the Forces in send their requests


) t


year: 1 E. Dollin; 2 S. Slater; 3 J. Harris. Second year: 1 D. Hall; 2 M. Pinch; 3 J. Kenyon.


Ward; 3 L. Stanier. Skipping, 60 yards: First


2 R. Adamson; 3 A. McQuarrie. Relay, First year; 1 Calder;


Rounders: 1 R. Sieczkowski;


2 Pendle; 3 Kemple. Second year: 1 Calder; 2 Kemple; 3 Hodder. Third year: 1 Hodder; 2 Calder; 3 Kemple.


Evans; 2 J. Thomas; 3 J. Ince. Second year: 1 M. Shaw; 2 D. Hall; 3 A. Fielding.


Obstacle, First year: 1 J. BOYS


Bridges; 2 J. Clegg; 3 D. Graham. B: 1. K. Best; 2 J. Lund; 3 T. Leach.


80 yards, First year tA: 1 R.


W. Bridges; 2 K. Woodworth; 3 P. Hill. B: 1 E. Hunt; 2 B. Johnson; 3 D. Lloyd. Third year A: 1 W. Briggs; 2 A. Hitchen; 3 G. Menztes. B: 1 G. Reynolds; 2 R. Rutherford; 3 D. Woods. Fourth and Fifth year A: 1 J. Billington; 2 L. Allen; 3 A. Learmont. B: 1 K. Pattinson; 2 M. Fletcher; 3 R. Smithies.


100 yards, Second year A: 1


Bridges; 2 D. Graham; 3 J. Clegg.


120 yards, First year: 1 R.


Hitchen; 2 G. Reynolds; 3 W. Briggs. Second year: 1 W. Bridges; 2 K. Woodworth; 3 P.


160 yards, First year: 1 A.


Hill. 220 yards A: 1 L. Allen and


LOANS


equire a sixpenny .innail delivery,


ling, in addition to which they want


ests must state the mil unit of the man is intended. If it is wife or one of Ills same information is


£5 Upwards unsecured F. S. RICHARDS LTD.,


11. WELFORD ROAD, LEICESTER iitiiiii 160 yards, Third year: 1 V.


3 C. Parkinson. 220 yards: 1 J. Hindle; 2 B.


J. Billington; 3 K. Pattinson. B: 1 A. Hitchen; 2 D. Bush; 3 G. Reynolds.


Bridges; 2 K. Best. B: 1 J. Clegg; 2 R. Read. Second year A: 1 K. Woodworth; 2 W. Bridges. B. 1 G. Martin; 2 J. Hornby. Third year A: 1 M. Johnson; 2 G. Reynolds. B: 1 A. Burn; 2 G. Menzles. Fourth and Fifth year A: 1 L. Allen; 2 D. Bush. B; 1 K. Pattinson;


Hurdles, First year iA: 1 W.


2 K. Johnson. Obstacle: First year: 1 R.


Wooff; 2 C. Young; 3 P. Eastham. Second year: 1 K. Woodworth; 2 S. Bato; 3 J. Hornby.


Dean; 3 K. Pattinson. ■ Javelin, Third year: 1 G.


Mile: 1 W. Briggs; 2 J.


Reynolds; 2 G. Menzles; 3 P. Jarvis. Fourth and Fifth year: 1 L. Allen; 2 M. Fletcher; 3 J. Billington.


2 Calder; 3 Pendle. Second year: I Kemple; 2 Calder; 3 Hodder. Third year: 1 Pendle; 2 Hodder; 3 Kemple.


Relay, First year: 1 Kemple;


Open relay: 1 Pendle; 2 Hodder; 3 Calder.


‘Quite docile’ Alsatian ‘bit postman’


docile”, bit a postman and tore flesh out of a poodle, it was stated at Clitheroe yesterday week when its owner, John Hebson, of Bolland Prospect, Clitheroe, was ordered to keep the dog under control.


A WHITE alsatian, stated by its owner to be “quite


when he was delivering letters in Bolland Prospect, the dog jumped up at him and bit his left arm, injuring him. At the time a person was trying to put the dog on


James Bleazard said that a lead. ■


poodle was sunning itself on the lawn when he heard a arowllng noise outside. His wife told him that the alsatian had seized the poodle.


Joseph Crane- said .his


Girls thought £ 3 0 in suitcase was ‘lucky find’


o Clitheroe Juvenile Panel


thought they had had a “lucky find” when they took £30 from a suitcase in a semi­ derelict house.


n Wednesday week that they


on probation for a year after they had admitted stealing the money


The girls were each placed


money belonged to Miss Catherine Durham, who had been taken ill and had been forced to leave the house and


Insp. W. Taylor said the


20th, she saw the money secure in a suitcase. When


go into hospital. Before she left, on February


she returned, three months later .the suitcase was ripped open and the money was gone.


able organisation had ap­ proached Miss Durham and


Insp. Taylor said a charit­


she would not let them do so. The girls said that when


asked her If she would like effects them to remove some of her


to a safer place, but


anyone, but now realised it was wrong to take it.


t they took the money they


Footballer aids police in


alsatian was going away. On examining his poodle, he found a “fair piece” of flesh had been torn out of its back.


when he went up to Hebson’s house the dog rose up in the window, growling ferociously. The hair was standing up on its neck.


P.S. Joseph Eckersley said


good “tenter”, and guarded the house perhaps more than the average dog. While the dog was under his control it was obedient, but his wife could not handle it quite as well.


Hebson said his dog was a


dog away to be trained, and when it returned his wife would go to an alsatian club to learn how to handle the dog properly.


He said he would send the


mill m


l» mil


liiii Ml


HELLIFIELD 3/6: GIGGLES- WICK 4/0; CLAPHAM 4/3: INGLETON 5/3


SUNDAY. 22nd JULY


O Chatburn .. 11-22 a.m. Nrganised Rambles see Handbill ,


nVhalley dep. 11-10 a.m. • Clitheroe .. 11-17 a.m.


o. E 519 for details. 'Fares vary.


B LA C K PO O L SUNDAY, 22nd JULY


Depart Chatburn 10-15 a.m.. 7/0; Ret. Blackpool Cen. 7-45 p.m.


MONDAY and TUESDAY, 23rd and 24th JULY


Depart Chatburn 11-0 a.m 7/0; Clitheroe 11-5 a.m. 6/9; Whalley


TUESDAY. 31st JULY


Depart Chatburn 11-15 a.m. 7/0; Cli th e ro e 11-21 a.m. 6/9; Whalley


11-28 a.m. 6/0. Ret. Blackpool Cen. 8-40 p.m.


SAY EXCURSIONS BLACKPOOL


N K itheroe t 1


IB AY and THURSDAY. 3rd and 2Gth JULY aChatburn 8-55


11-12 a.m. 6/0. Ret Blackpool Cen. 8-20 p.m. each date.


Clitheroe 10-20 a.m. 6/9: Whalley 10-28 a.m. 6/0.


mw\m H ■ TOWN HOLIDAY


“ RUNABOUT” TICKET


Available for 6 days by any train


SECOND 2 1 / 6 CLASS SUNDAY TO FRIDAY


22nd to 27th July, 29th July to 3rd August


These tickets are Issued from Stations and Agencies and allow unrestricted travel between WHALLEY. CLITHEROE. CHAT­ BURN. and Southport. Black­ pool. Fleetwood. Preston. Lan­ caster. Morccambe, Windermere Town. Arnsidc, Grange, Barrow and Millom.


between Ulvcrston and Lake­ side. and including sailings on


.Also available


Lake Windermere by B.R. Steamers between ail piers, without extra charge. Enquire for details of ** Runabout ” Tickets in North Wales. The English Lakes and We s t Cumberland.


FIRST AND SECOND CLASS DAY RETURN TICKETS


will be issued from Gisburn, C h a tb u rn . C l i t h e r o e a n d


n. 7/0. K)1 Cen. ret. 7-0 p.m. each date.


e 9-2 a.m. 7/9; Whahey


Whalley to any station within a rail distance of 60 miles. Dally Sunday to Friday, 22nd to 27th July, and 29th Ju ly . to 3rd August, available outward and t return on day of issue by any


crain having a through onnection. (28118) '" LONDON MIDLAND ^ ii When he went outside the midnight chase


thorn Road, Clitheroe, took part in a midnight car chase on Friday night.


T IVERPOOL goalkeeper Jimmy Furnell, of Hen-


in Market Place when a noise of breaking glass was heard. (A police officer ,on learning that a glass globe on a petrol pump outside the premises of Messrs. F. and J. Bentham had been smashed, ran across the road and asked Mr. Furnell to give chase in the car.


Mr. Furnell was with his car


were later interviewed by the police.


It Is understood that youths


bottle was thrown through a plate glass window in an empty shop In Lowergate. Police are making inquiries.


Also at the weekend, a i CLITHEROE & DISTRICT HOLIDAYS SOUTHPORT WEDNESDAY. 25th JULY


Chatburn depart 11-30 a.m. 6/6; Clitheroe 11-35 a.m. 6/0; Whalley 11-45 a.m. 6/0.


Southport return 7-45 p.m. 'MONDAY. 30th JULY


Chatburn depart 11-0 a.m. 6/6; Clitheroe 11-5 a.m. 6/0; Whalley 11-12 a.m. 6/0.


Southport return 8-45 p.m.


MORECAMBE 6/- TUESDAY. 24th JULY


Whalley depart 11-55 a.m. Clitheroe


Chatburn ,. 12-7 p.m. Gisburn ,. 12-17 p.m.


12-2 noon


Morecambe Prom. ret. 8-35 p.m. THORNTON


CLEVELEYS 6/9


FLEETWOOD 7/3 WEDNESDAY, JULY 25th


•Chatburn depart 11-0 a.m. Clitheroe ,. 11-5 a.m. •Whalley


11-12 a.m.


R e tu rn from. Fleetwood 8-48 p.m. Thornton Cleveleys at 8-58 p.m. •Fares vai;y.


hought it did not belong to


npwo Clitheroe girls, one told aged 12 and the other 13,


There were poor attendances at the last Sunday concert in in


Castle grounds this season. can be seen from the picture, on>y a few people occupied scats m enclosure, while a few more li a free view of the 4th Battalion, East Lancs. T.A. Military Band from the grassy hillside. The weather, however, was not goon.


: Reviewing the concerts held this year, Coun. J. Hall, chairman


of the Town Council Entertain­ ments Committee, told an “ Advertiser and Times ” reporter that they had been held on an experimental basis to make greater use of the Castle grounds.


been poor on several occasions, and not many people had felt tempted to sit on a windy terrace, particularly with overcast skies offering a threat of rain.


Unfortunately, the weather had


100 PER CENT LOANS PLAN FOR HOMES?


Town Council to obtain report


I'lLITHEROE Town Council, at their monthly meeting on Lv Tuesday,-decided to obtain a report on the feasibility of the Council building houses for sale with 100 per cent loans


to suitable applicants. A special sub-committee has been set up to consider a


report by the Borough Engineer, Mr. J. Newton Bell, on the availability of sites In the borough suitable for small hous­ ing development under this scheme.


been set up to review the position disclosed by the Borough Treasurer, Mr. Harold Parkinson, in a report of the housing revenue account.


Another sub-committee has


• This sub-committee will report on their recommend­ ations for ensuring the solv­ ency of the account in the


future. Following complaints arising


f r om the operation of “chimes” by vehicles selling ice cream, the Town Clerk, Mr. H. L. Sagar, is to report on the powers available to control this type of nuisance: • Drainage of the paddling pool provided by the Round Table in the Castle grounds and a flagged surround for the pool will cost £133.


A commemorative stone is to be set into the surround.


Q Permission has been granted to Clithcroc branch of the British Legion to establish a saluting base at the Castle entrance and to have the,,use of the Castle field in connec­ tion with the laying-up of the branch’s standard and the dedication of the new stand­ ard on August 2i6th.


Lord Clitheroe has pres­ ented the new standard.


• An offer by a group of people prepared to act as occasional voluntary wardens at Brungerley Park is to be Investigated.


has been received from Lanca­ shire County Council for the erection of 26 permanent bungalows on the Bolland Prospect site.


Notice of planning consent


pect” and Bolland Close”, all ’new houses to be built on the ;sitc are to be addresed “Bol­ land Prospect”.


clearance areas are to be cleared of all buildings and used as temporary car parks.


North Street and Moor Lane


• A sub-committee is to be set up to consider, the suit­ ability of the cleared site in North Street for redevelop­ ment and residential purposes.


tor, Mr. Walter Grange, is to investigate and report on the likelihood of the area being enlarged by the clearance of sites of “certain adjoining


The Public Health Inspec­ properties”.


Q The layout for the aged persons’ bungalows on the Whallcy Road site has been so


. the site of certain adjoining properties becoming available.


designed as to bc capable of being extended in the event of


developing part of the newly- acquired land at Edisford,


An Interim scheme f°r Smoke control


'/TVHE chairman of the Town ; Council Health Committee,


Coun. M. Dawson, has been authorised to attend, at his discretion, a meeting on smoke control areas to be held at Bolton in October.


the North West Division of the National Society for Clean Air.


i : This follows a letter from


O Due to the confusion caused by the similarity of .the street namcs “Bolland Pros­


and provisional terms for summer grazing are to be In­ vestigated.


• At a meeting between the Town Clerk, the Borough Engineer, the Divisional Plan­ ning Officer and an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture, it was stressed that the land, or part of it, should be brought into use as soon as possible for public open space and add­ itional football pitches should be provided.


representatives of Clitheroe and District Chamber of Trade regarding the pro­ motion of a Civic Trust “street scheme” for Castle Street and Market Place. The meeting is aimed at determin­ ing the precise extent of the scheme and initiating other preliminary arrangements in connection with it.


A sub-committee is to meet


Put more of our district in


‘beauty’ areas —COUNCIL


■ROWLAND Rural District ■, Council are to Inform the National Parks Commission that in their opinion the pro­ posed Bowland Forest Areas of Outstanding . Na t u r a l Beauty should include add­ itional parts of the Council’s district.


i Rimington, Gisburn a n d iMitton in the Areas.


monthly meeting at Clitheroe on Monday to press for the in­ clusion of the villages of Waddington, West Bradford,


The Council decided at their


' There are "satisfactory safeguards” for Du n s o p Bridge’s water supply. Follow­ ing a query by Coun. J. H. Spensley, the Clerk, Mr. L. D. Telford has ascertained that the sinking of two boreholes by the Preston and District Water Board will not adversely affect the supply.


to be made to Clitheroe Show and the Hodder Valley Show.


Subscriptions of £4 4s. are


the proposed concentration of Gisburn sundries railway traffic at Skipton, and are to propose that this traffic be concentrated at Clitheroe.


The Council are to object to


Meadow yesterday week. The Victrix Ludorum award was won by a first year girl, 12-year-old Elaine Dollin.


FEW CAME TO LISTEN TO THE BAND


Mr. H. Ryden: A man j who ‘had lived life to the full’


TIT ANY spheres of public life were represented at the


funeral service at Wilpshire Methodist Church on Friday of Mr. Harold Ryden, M.BIE., of "The: Beeches", Somerset Avenue, Wilpshire, who died the previous : Tuesday, • aged 78. ■


known and frequent visitor to Clitheroe, was. .a former chairman, of Blackburn Rural


Mr. Ryden, who was a'well- £ 1 cla4<


District Council, whose area Includes Billington . a n d Laiigho.


paid by the minister, the Rev. William J. Martyn, who officiated at the service, which preceded cremation at Pleas- ington.


: Tribute to Mr. Ryden ivas


had lived life to the full, and had done many good things


‘for others. 1


‘in 1946, he was appointed a county magistrate, and In the Birthday Honours of 1954 he was awarded the M.B.E..


Council for 39 years, being chairman for 18 of them,


He was a member of the


mourners, the congregation Included Mr. John K. Eat- ough, company secretary of Ryden’s Mills Stores Ltd., Armenia Mill, of which Mr. Ryden was managing director.


In addition to personal COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES


was represented by Coun. A. C. Fawcett, vice-chairman, Mr. P. A. Clifford, Clerk to the Council (who also attend­ ed on behalf of the chairman, Coun. J. W. Brewer), Mr. W. Johnston, Surveyor, Mr. G. R. White, Public Health Inspec­ tor, and Council members.


Blackburn Rural Council D. LORD & SON


5, MOOR LANE, CLITHEROE Telephone: Clitheroe 488


Also present were Mr. F. Shields, Divisional County Surveyor, Mr. H'. 6. Bentley, Divisional County Planning Officer, Mr. W. Lewis, Clerk to Livesey Parish Council, and Mr. A. Cunliffe, chairman of Wilpshire Parish Council.


County magistrates were represented by County Coun. Fred Worsley, and Mr. R. R- Bibby, Chief Constable of Blackburn, represented the Borough Police Force.


Blackburn a nd Church Telephone: Clitheroe 1175.


head attended on behalf of Blackburn Town Council and Blackburn Conservative Party, and Mr. J. Towey, principal assistant solicitor to Black­ burn Corporation, represented the Town Clerk, Mr. F. S.


Alderman R. F. Motters-


Squires. Mr. James Yates, president


TOYS for the GARDEN


of Blackburn Rugby Club, was present, together with Mr. J. H. Stuttard, president of the East Lancashire Golf Assoc­ iation, and its secretary, Mr.


, Denton, secretary, and Mrs. T. A. Dunn, lady captain.


OTHER CLUBS


were: Blackburn, Mr. L. Rich­ ards, captain: Pleasington, Mr. A. C. Ibbotson, captain; Rossendale, Mr. D. E. Ingham, captain; and Clitheroe, Mr. J.


Other golf clubs represented


C. Cowgill. Victory Lodge of Free­


Brother H. Ryden, Director of Ceremonies, Wo r s h i p f u l Brother T. Read, secretary, and Brother J. R- T. Watson, senior warden.


Worshipful Brother P. Sumner Worshipful Master, Worshipful


Gallery


mittee of the Town Council has been drawn to the need to give consideration : to improv­ ing the means of access to the nailery in the Council Cham­ ber and for introducing im­ proved seating arrangements.


rrvHE attention of the Water- J- works and Estates Com­


Council’s meeting on Tuesday night, when the Mayor, Coun. E. Crossley, presided.


This was reported at the


SCHOLARS’ WORK ON SHOW AT SCHOOL OPEN DAY


Ti'DISFORD School held an open day last week and many parents inspected the children’s work, on show in the


programme of percussion work and verse speaking in the afternoon. Singing by the school choir followed.


for the parents to visit and see the children at work.


classrooms and in the corridors.__________ The infants gave a short


All classrooms were open


; The corridors were decor­ ated with fiowefs, and there


ing models was a scale plan of the school, made in balsa wood by a few of the older boys. In the afternoon, refresh­


One of the many interest­ masons were represented by


bers who attended were Mr. F. S. Kenyon, captain, Mr. A. E.


R. Hedley. Wilpshire Golf Club mem­


INFLATABLE PADDLING


POOLS 39/11, 59/11 & 6 5 /9 INFLATORS, 3/- and 2/- each


AIR BEDS 4ft. 9/11; 6ft. (including Inflator), 21/-


SWIMMING RINGS 3/11 and 4/11


INFLATABLE BEACH BALLS 3/11


We have 12 different Models of


TRI-CYCLES in Stock, from 29/11


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CONTACT LENS PRACTITIONER Mr.1 Ryden, said Mr. Martyn,


Here are the shoes (or ieet that are- tired,'weak or overworked. Made in a choice of width fittings, these shoes not only look good In themselves— they help you to look good by doing away with the nagging discomfort of


aching feet.


Clitheroe Advertiser "& Times, July 20, 1962


THE SECRET IS IN THE HIDDEN WIDTH


. . . here’s real comfort \ for aching feet!


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WHEELBARROWS & TRUCKS SCOOTERS . DOLLS PRAMS PEDAL CARS


BOXED SETS OF GARDEN TOOLS


at 2/11, 11/9 and 15/11 TRI-ANG


GARDEN SWINGS


STRONG TUBULAR STEEL FRAME ALSO


CHAIR SWINGS FROM


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We are now Agents for PELHAM PUPPETS and have a full range In stock


ments made by the kitchen staff were served by the older


girls. For the convenience of


,i sure charts, tanks of lizards, l: stick Insects and newts, and rabbits.


: was an eye-catching array of ! nature exhibits. These in- : eluded temperature and pres-


parents who were unable to attend during the afternoon, the school was again open In the evening, when there was a short programme of singing


by the school choir. ADVERTISER & TIMES


4 & 6 Market Place — Clitheroe Telephone: CLITHEROE 407/8


LEVER’S BATTERY ‘PELLETS’


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