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iSbbcrtteer X. QCtme£ FRIDAY. APRIL 26th, 1963


Lightinq of Vehicles: 8-59 p.m. to 5-18 a.m.


VIEWPOINT should have added inte res t


cause the vacancy caused by the death of Aid. W. Wilkinson, who was a Labour member, has not been filled.


The intervention of the Liberals during the la s t few


UNIT WILL HELP HOSPITAL PATIENTS


ELECTION: LABOUR


linn candidatcs, the line-up for Clitheroe’s municipal clec- n next month is now complete.


Name their team Line-up is now complete the announcement of the names of the four Labour


t .The Labour candidates are Coun. G. C. Braithwaite, Mr. h o u s e Allen’ Mr- Rnymond Grice and Mr. James Water-


p;„Te, Development and Town in n in g Committee a n d


plwo!en he contested his first nr ™.on three years ago, Coun. th» . !?a l te c am e s e co n d in of u?° J; He ls vice-chairman


ln the Castle grounds. For 24 years. Coun. Braith­


rin?ii an of a sub-committee Sul!!ng with entertainment F'veu in the open-air theatre


waite has held administrative P„°®ts in the electricity supply industry. Keenly interested !?, football, he was a local referee. He is actively asso­


have to contend with apathy on the p a r t of the electorate. The days when election meetings were well attended, with heckling commonplace, are now past.


To-day, most meetings are quiet aifairs, the members of the audience generally being confined to the “converted".


Television helps to keep electors away from meet­ ings, and when candidates


canvas they also have to compete with the same medium. People watching their favourite T.V. show are not likely to welcome those who call during the middle of the programme to discuss local affairs.


But this apathy has to be overcome if we are to have a keen and vigorous local government system.


The task is one ofTering a challenge to all who would serve their c o m m u n i t y through membership of the local Council.


whose home is a t Sabden, arrived back in London by air on Friday af ter his two-day visit to Italy, where he visited the Milan Trade Fair.


Italians undoubtedly wished to co-operate with Britain in all aspects of trade.


He said he thought the OR G A N I S E D by the


eroe’s Freedom from Hunger a p p e a l .


Michael and St. John’s R.C. Church, a fashion show, given by a Blackburn firm of out­ fitters, in The Hall, Lowergate, last night week raised about £10 for the Mayor of Cllth-


Women’s Sodality of St.


rPHE Minister of State, Board of Trade. Mr. Alan Green, M.P. for Preston South,


a t Calderstones Hospit al, Whal ley.


PREVIOUS ELECTIONS


Waterhouse have contested previous elections.


Both Mr. Grice and Mr.


eral candidates have already been announced in the “Advertiser and Times”.


The Conservative and Lib­


the Conservatives are Coun. J. M. W. Dawson, Coun. S. J.


Contesting the election for


ciated with Trinity Methodist Church. Mr. Allen, who is contesting


Clitlicroe.


The rehabilitation u n it a t Clitheroe Hospital will be opened this afternoon by Lady ...


helping patients to prepare to r their re tu rn home again. Among those present a t t i is afternoon’s ceremony will be the Mayor of Clitlieroc, Aid. E. Crosslcy, who will propose the vote of thanks.


CLITHEROE LOSE IN DREARY DISPLAY


CLITIIEROE 1; ROSSENDALE UTD. 2.


■ \T IN E T Y minutes of drab, d.e ary football in a game which ■at ended in semi-darkness gave no satisfaction to the large


an unprecedented displayofbadly-directed passes and feeble finishing.


crowd a t Shaw Bridge on Wednesday night. Clitheroe, playing with three reserves in the team, gave


team and deserved to win, although they were by no means a good side.


Rossendale were the better


depths of footballing banality, right


whistle. At half-time there were hopes still left th a t one side might overcome the lethargy th a t had bound both teams, but these were quickly dispelled when the players served up the mixture as before.


The first half plumbed the from the opening


well below form and reserve centre-forward M a l c o l m Robinson obviously lost, the Clitheroe forward line had no cohesion and never looked likely to seriously threaten the Rossendale goal.


in the lead early in the second half was a spectacular ellort, but the doubt will always remain w h e l h e r cr not ARTHUR GILL intend­ ed the ball to finish in the net from his 25-yard lob.


The goal th a t put Clitheroe TWO-MINUTE LEAD mThe lead remained for two


R.C. Church organised a dance in The Hall, Lowergate. on Saturday night. Dancing was to “The Firebirds” and proceeds were for club funds.


outside normal shop hours this week are: Sunday noon to 1 p.m. and other days (except Saturday) 6p.m. to 7-0p.m., George Sheldon. Moor Lane.


P'LITHEROE chemists open to dispense prescriptions


“i\TR. ARTHUR RUSHTON, of Jasmine, Whnl'ey Road.


of Langho Methodist Chapel and G25 to the Blackburn Ragged School.


He left £25 to the trustees


Langho, retired commercial traveller, who died on Febru­ ary 6th, left .£1,301 (£1,240 net).


ff^HE Youth Club of St. Michaei and St. John’s


APPLETON had an easy task in touching the ball in after "eserve goalkeeper Walker had failed to gather a cross from Tommy Willighan.


inutes and then TOMMY


shortly .afterwards, APPLE- TON again prodding the ball in af ter a cross from Jimmy Brown had caused havoc among a slow moving Clith­ eroe defence.


United’s winning goal came


selves into impossible tangles end the visiting defence, in which GeotT Norris was the hard - tackling star, were never hard-pressed.


In the falling dusk, Clith­ eroe continued to run them­


Gravston: Horsfield, Hodson, Parkinson: Gill, Wallbank. Robinson, Pinder, Birkett.


N o r r i s , Clark: Ormerod, Kirkcaldy. Whittaker: Blant, Willighan, Smith, Appleton, Brown.


Rossendale Utd: Connor;


Council will be asked to


approve plans


Monday, be asked to approve the following plans under


pLITHEROE Rural Council will a t their meeting on


H i g h e r Hodder Cottages, Chaigley, for V. W. Millington:


enrage a t 1 Sands Cottages, Whalley, for A. Dean; •


Extensions, alterations and


RadcliiTe Hall Farm, Chipping, for J. Morris:


Toilet and septic tank a t


modation oil Bridge Road. Chatburn, for J. Holgate. Ltd.;


Office and toilet accom­


Whittam Road. Whalley, for N. Yates;


crescent, Whalley. for P. S. Harrison:


Garage a t 14 Whittam


Road, Whalley, for R. Smith; Cn’iscrvotorv and store at 7


B-’throom at 41 Accrington


their building byelaws: Temporary garage a t 3


Avenue Road, Hurst Green, for J. R. Lynch:


Bay shop window a t 49


Teams: C 'i lh c ro c : Walker; Heyes.


With Bernard Wallbank ‘Ton-up types’


annoy people in Pendle village


G1AFE and snug under the ^ shadow of Pendle Hill, Sabden used to be a quiet, even sleepy village. Now, according to residents, the quiet of the village is all too often shattered by motor bikes being revved up late a t night.


plained to the Parish Council and the local police chief may be called upon to step in.


Angry residents have com­


around the village are being turned into race-tracks by "ton-up types” who make the v ill a ge their rendezvous, allege the villagers.


The narrow, twisting roads about


spoiling people’s enjoyment of television. Some of the village’s elderly


are revved up continually until late a t night, disturbing those who are in bed and


people are afraid to go out at night because they are in fear


COFFEE BAR


opened in the village last year, teenagers from surrounding towns have made it a niehtly meeting place.


bar. Mrs. Constance Harper, stressed th a t she had had no


complaints about youngsters speeding through the village.


I rouble with the teenagers who congregated there. She had, however, heard


th a t a t times living in Sabden was just like being in the middle of the Manx Grand Prix.


One resident commented


member of Sabden Parish Council, said th a t he did not object to young people spend- i” e so much time in the village, but he strongly objected to them making people’s lives a misery.


Coup. Clifford Moorhouse. a


mo’.or-cyclists raced through the streets a t between 50 and 60 m.p.h.


He claimed th at quite orten


he knew of the complaints and had made several checks on the speeds and behaviour of the motor-cyclists.


The village constable said


warning to several of them had had some elfect and the


Pensioners have glimpse of life


Turner, of Clitheroe, of his recent visit to the leper colonies of Nigeria preceded the annual meeting of Clith­ eroe branch of the Old Age Pensions Association in the Congregational School on Wednesday night.


in leper colony A DOCUMENTARY film show by Mr. Richard


was re-elected vice-chairman to succeed Mrs. Parkinson.


At the meeting, Mrs. Brown


son, social secretary. The committee was re­


Mrs. F. Wilson.


evening in the Old Grammar School Whalley on Friday. Proceeds were for Young Liberals’ funds.


Libe a s a T.lhernlc


chairman: Mr. R. Grice, secretary. Mrs. W. Sharpies, treasurer: and Mrs. E. Smith-


Mr. E. Blacklock was re­ elected president: Mr. F. Holt,


elected cn bloc with the addition of Mrs. E. Crook and


/~lLITHEROE Division Yoon" X-J


held n social He felt, however, th a t his


incidents would not arise again.


Since a coilee bar was The owner of the coiTee


of being knocked down by recklessly ridden machines.


machines, which, they claim,


They also say they are angry the noise of the


The work of this unit, a section of which is pictured above, will be concerned wi n ________ ________


Bride attended by her three sisters


■TTER three sisters were in attendance when Miss


Barbara Ann Winterbottom,


eldest daughter of Mrs. Winterbottom and the late Mr. Winterbottom, of 9 Pendleton Road, Wiswell. was married at All Hallows Church, Milton, on


James Kay, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Kay. of Plantation Farm, Chaigley.


Taft, the bride wore a full- length, white classical gown in heavy duchesse satin with finger-tip tulle veil secured by a crystal coronet. Her bouquet was of cream roses, lily-of— the - valley and wh i t e hyacinths.


Given away by Mr. T. H.


attendance were the Misses Julie, Carole and Freda Winterbottom.


The bride’s three sisters in


was attired in a full-length gown of primrose wild silk, and the Misses Carole and Freda in full-length gowns of aquamarine wild silk.


Miss Julie Winterbottom


headdresses and carried bou­ quets of pale yellow roses, li’.y- of - the - valley a n d . ylfite. freesia.


They had single white rose


groom’s brother, was best man, Mr. William Dootson, groomsman, and Mr. James Winterbottom, Mr. David Kay. cousin of the bridegroom, and Mr. George Wolfenden, ushers.


Mr. Allen Kay, the bride­


formed bv the Vicar, the Rev. G. A. Parker.


The ceremony was per­


Dog and Partridge Inn. Chipping, af ter which the couple left for a honeymoon, which is being spent touring in Cornwall. The bride travelled in a lemon coat and h a t with brown accessories.


A reception was held at the


They want to be Dairy Queen


Mrs. Kiv Plantation Chaigley.


On their


return, Mr. and will reside at Farm Cottage,


was an electric clock from the s ta ll of Boots tlie Chemists, Clitheroe.


Among the wedding gifts


Schoolboy hurt in accident


Royal Infirmary. He is a pupil a t St. Michael


the Dog and Partridge Hotel. Barrow, Paul Swain, aged 13, of Abbey Terrace, Barrow, received a serious head injury and was taken to Blackburn


TATHEN he was involved in a 1 y collision with a car near


and St. John’s R.C. School, Clitheroe.


Malcolm Arthur McCrae, of Balmoral Avenue, Clitheroe.


The driver of the car was ON Friday Clitheroe and


Club held a Dairy Queen dance at Chatburn Church


District Young Farmers’


Institute. The four girls chosen to


enter were Sandra Fuller, of 5 Green Park. Whalley: Gillian Taylor, of Laneside Farm, Waddington; M a r g a r e t Parker, of Little Middop. Gis- burn: and Ann Ho’.den, of Wood End Cottages, Higher Hodder.


and dancing was to the Silver Keynotes Dance Band.


About 450 people attended Easter ball


annual Easter ball of Clitheroe Division Y o u n g Conservatives Association, held on Friday a t the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe.


])ANCING was to the music of the Ron Holt quartet a t the


More than a hundred members


of the Division, along with mem­ bers of neighbouring divisions and friends, were present.


COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER RENTS FOR NEW HOUSES


FT'HE question of the rents to be charged for the houses and A bungalows built on the Riddings Lane site a t Whalley


will be considered by the Public Health and Housing Com­ mittee of Clitheroe Rural Council on Monday.


16 one-bedroomed bungalows and 18 two-bedroomed houses.


The dwellings concerned are


Road, has been in progress for some time.


Work on th e s i te , olT S ta t io n


will be nine lenders for the external painting of 36 Coun­ cil houses a t Whalley.


Submitted to the committee


Purposes Committee will have submitted to them a letter


The Finance and General


sent by the Association to the Local Government Commis­ sion for England, with refer­ ence to the Merseyside Special Review Area and the North Western G e n e r a l Review Area.


special reference to the Coun­ cil’s district:


from the Lancashire Associa­ tion of Parish Councils enclosing a copy of statements


boundary puts Little Mltton in Lancashire and the church In Yorkshire. Near Hurst Green there is an isolated mile stretch of highway in the area °f the adjoining county".


“The Lancashire—Yorkshire


need to have regard for the small communities in the more remote areas when lay­ ing down county boundaries.


mittee will be told, make these references in bringing to the notice of the Commission the


The Association, the com­


They say th a t boundaries should be drawn in the remote


Wednesday. The bridegroom was Mr.


operative a t Pendle Mill and for more than 30 years he has been secretary of Clitheroe Transport and Trades Federa­ tion and president of the Clitheroe branch of the Ware­ housemen’s Association.


Clayton-le-Moors. For many years, he was a cotton


ACTION GROUP


prominent p a r t in public, activities in the town for many years. He sponsored the Clitheroe Youth Action Group, which is engaged in raising money for local worthy causes. He has also been ah active worker on behalf of old people.


Mr. Grice has taken a


J m a t c u r Operatic and Dramatic Society, Mr. Grice has done much good work in connection with the organisa­ tion of numerous entertain­ ments in Clitheroe.


In addition to taking p a r t in productions of C l i t h e r o e


active trade unionist, Mr. Waterhouse has been branch


For more than 20 years an


secretary of the Confederation of Health Services for 16 years and represents em­ ployees before the Hospital Management Committee’s and Regional Appeals Board.


He is a deputy charge nurse


Scouts at St. George’s Day Service


Day and Founders’ Com­ memoration service a t Clith- eroe ' Parish Church on Tuesday night.


Clitheroe and district a ttend­ ed the annual St. George's


CiCOUTS and Guides from troops and companies in


by the Vicar, the Rev. A. F. Clark, the preacher being the Vicar of Waddington, Canon J. C. T. Baker.


The service was conducted


Kenneth Speak, a member of Ribbiesdale School S c o u t Troop.


The lesson was read by


Moore, Mr. C. F. Buckingham and Mr. Allan Hayhurst.


bis first election, is a clerk employed a t English Electric,


his retirement last November, manager of the Ciltheroe office of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insur­ ance.


Mr. Buckingham was, until


man for Mesrs. W. Blackburn and Sons, Ltd.


Mr. Hayhurst is a fruit sales­


Mr. Gilbert Benson, a retired ren t collector and a former Clitheroe policeman; Mr. J. W. Gordon, a salesman; Miss Phyllis Newsam. who is nurs­ ing superintendent of Clith­ eroe St. John Ambulance Brigade and Nursing Division: and Mrs. K. H. Bulcock, of Surbiton House, who is in business in Clitheroe.


The Liberal candidates are


M O O R LAME C WOOESB LAS88ms, jssM THE SHOP WITH THE SERVICE


‘Larking around’ —broke glass in shop door


a panel of plate glass in a shop door in Parson Lane, Clith­ eroe, two 16-year-old youths were ordered to m a k e restitution of £ 5 each at Clitheroe Juvenile Court on Wednesday.


ing wilful damage to the amount of £10 to the premises of a shop owned by Mr. Louis Riding and were given a conditional discharge on payment of 4s. costs.


Both youths admitted caus­ IXr r i ’ES YOU TO


TAKE AUl'AXTAGF. OF THE PRESENCE OF THEIR B E A U T Y CON S U L T A N T


Scott went to Parson Lane after hearing of a disturbance and saw th a t the panel had been broken.


Insp. Atherton said th a t P.C.


youths and took him to the police station, where the youth admitted the oflence.


He interviewed one of the


tioned at the police station and also admitted the offence.


The other youth was ques­


youths said they were “lark­ ing around' ’in a doorway in Parson Lane. He had got “carried away” and broke the window with ids foot.


In a statement, one of the


youths told the court th a t his son had not seen his friend for some time. He believed the youths had ju s t been "larking around" and the glass was broken accidentally.


The father of one of the


CLARION AT KNOTT END


-rV sped us easily on our way on Sunday as we left Clitheroe by way of Edisford. Though the trees which lined the road as we pedalled on to Hurst Green still had little green on their branches, there was a decided touch of spring in the air.


i ROLLICKING tail-wind


was decided to stop a t Long- ridge for elevenses. I t was then th a t the wind decided to change direction, but it wasn’t until we had passed Garstang and were out on the more ex­ posed area of Pilling Moss th a t we felt the full affect of it. Consequently, the last few miles to Knott End called for quite strenuous efforts, and we were far from sorry when we finally arrived and were able to relax over pots of tea and the sandwiches we had


With the going so easy, it


taken with us. COLD NIP


with it. too. and so it was decided to abandon our pro­ posed trip over to Fleetwood.


The wind had a cold nip


while, we headed back towards Garstang. the wind by this time having veered round slightly again so as to attack us occasionally from the side and sometimes from the front.


After pottering around for a


cafe when we reached the main A.6. which wasn’t


We had tea a t a transport


carrying quite as much traffic as might have been expected.


Brock proved quite sufficient for us, and it was very pleas­ an t to turn off on to the country lanes which led us through Longrldgc and Chaig- ley back to Clitheroe.


Even so, the few miles to


Woone Lane at 9 a.m. “GEARS”.


le a v in g


rather than populated places, the hill tops ra th e r than the rivers in the valley, the horizon rathe r than the built- up area.


These make the following


would tend to avoid the splitting of communities and uneconomic duplication of services.


They consider this practice Mine visit


-cV niitheroe branch Young Conservatives donned miner’s helmets on Monday night and were taken bv miners to the coal face of Thorny Bank Colliery. Hapton.


A BOUT 30 members of


Our run on Sunday takes us j to C h ap e l- le -D a le ,


Maurice Bainbridge LTD.


9 NORTHGATE --------- BLACKBURN T e l e ph o n e 570S


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LANCASHIRE EDUCATION COMMITTEE


CLITHEROE EVENING SCHOOL SUMMER CLASSES


will be held as follows:


Evening School. York Street, Clith- croc.


Stanley House, Lowcnratc. Clith- eroe.


Girls’ Gramma r School. Chatburn Road. Clithcroc.


FLOWER ARRANGEMENT — THURSDAY. APRIL 25th. 7 p.m.


PHOTOGRAPHY FOR BEGIN­ NERS — WEDNESDAY. APRIL 24th, 7 p.m.


FENCING — MONDAY. APRIL 2 9 th , 7 p .m .


TENNIS FOR BEGINNERS — MONDAY. APRIL 29th, 7 p.m.


Intending students should enrol at the first meeting of the class they wish to attend.


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Have your Old Flagged Floors Covered wi th Coloured Asohal t bv


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Phone: Bolton 24085


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See before you buy.


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TO OBTAIN


EXPERT ADVICE FREE OF CHARGE da rot it s k ik pi:oi:li :ms — siif. will also kee p you i .xfoi;me i> of the l a t e s t thexus of the PAItlSIAX MAKE-UP.


APRIL 22nd T0 APRIL 27th LAST TWO DAYS


C H O R D B Y


Tills is one of the tailored styles from Church’s 1963 Archmoulded range The high cut for


ankle and instep control is given a slimmer look by the clever use of contrasting suede and calf. A smart and very comfortable shoe for all-day wear. Fittings AA, A, B, C and D.


Price £6.16.6d.


\ LLEGED by Inspector T. Atherton, to have broken


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 26, .1963


CYCLING DAYS ARE


HERE THE JOY OF


THE OPEN ROAD IS YOURS


No Traffic Jams No Queues


No Expensive Maintenance


MILES BETTER ON A BIKE


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