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ATTACK SEQUEL TO ALLEGATION ABOUT WRONG BAG


vav of mutual


bo happier in the ;•! the realisation


/ h“ can prove his a man.


Irols AND riRISTMAS


I’lAL Clu^niuis scr- weiv held on Sunday the c h u r c h e s in


■ parish Church


t.iv evriiina there was a. r..:re;:ation for a festival a nine >»ons and enrols '.eluded excerpts


li­nn


‘•Messiah” aiven h! choir and ore


Myers. I (. r and


ns wt'i't' read by 1'' ' 'layore.-s. Alderman


icar: the Hev. A. Dean, Mr Anthony Blair-


l........ie Rev. A. F. Clarke, pv and ’ 'vs- D- Sai-


»:u of Cliiheroe C*......"T de: Miss V. Johnson, presi- r>: 'ciilheroe Soroptimists


' cha i rman of Clitheroe Table. Mr. Eric Cafow.


| i warden. Trinity Methodist Church.


Hotarian J. B. Bulier- president of Ciitheroe • Club; and Mr. H. Brown,


,;s from Handel's ”Mes- verc 2iven m i tie evening


. The service \va.> eonr” ''- the Rev. R. Jobling. The wri■e Mis« Rosemary Mrs. Stella Smith and ■nost Dewhur:St.


John A. Dibidale of the choir ancl


% by ail


hesira, f Mv.


worthy of m an ”


TW O carrier bags owned by two different persons were pla ccd close together on the floor of the Station Hotel, Clithcroe, on the afternoon of November 22. One contained three cups and a soup plate, the other a


bottle of whisky. Clilhcroc magistrates were fold last Thursday afternoon


bow Adam Barber, of St. Annes Square. Low Moor. Cltthcroe, picked up the wrong bag and took the whisky home.


They also heard of how


Barber was accused of being a thief and a liar, and of stealing the whisky. They heard, too, of how Mr.


tire house. He eventually agreed to do so if I would go with him, the statement continued.


Barber attacked his accuser causing him injuries to the face


and head. For assauling, John E. Leecc,


a bus driver, of Darkwood Crescent. Chatburn. Barber was given a conditional discharge.


said th a t Barber had acted under gross provocation, and in his own home.. Barber was ordered to pay £3 11s. 6d. wit­ nesses’ costs and 15s. court


Alderman J. XV. D. Critchley


casts.Represented by Miss Eliza­ beth M. Cank he pleaded "not


Swift, Barber admitted striking


the bus driver. In the statement. Barber said


guilty.” In a statemen read by P.C.


in Cliiheroe lie v i s i t e d the Station Hotel. He nut his carrier bag on the floor and had a pint.. He learnt that the Hotel was not going to close until 4 p.m. so he ordered another drink. He later went to the toilets


that after doing some shopping


He kept on shouting that I was a thief I struck him again and he fell to the. floor. I helped the taxi driver to lift him up and then I went in and shut tne


“I went out into tile street.


door.”* Barber added in the statement


th a t when he went back inside the house he found the broken


whisky bottle. John Leece said he went to


Barber's home after homing in the Central Club, Clithcroe.


. about the whisky. “When we got there the taxi


driver knocked on the door and a voice said: 'Come in'. We went in and the taxi driver asked


of Cross Street, Low Moor, said she went to the house with Leece and Knight. She knocked on the door, went in and asked Barber if he had picked up the wrong


Mrs. Edith Mary Czabrowski.


bag. “Adam said he had taken it


by mistake and intended to take it back to the Station Hotel that


night. I said i t was only a mis­ take but the bus driver said that was a likely story,” witness


stated. •‘He was implying th a t Barber


had deliberately t a k e n the whisky. The bus driver went on end on until Adam hit him, she said.


Barber assaulted Leece after verbal provocation.


She added that, in her opinion


from the start. He was very aggressive and his whole atti­ tude was threatening,” she said.


■The bus driver was very nasty


Barber if he had got the whisky." Lcece stated. He said that Barber got the


looking for trouble from the start.


whisky out of the cupboard. He turned to go. and the next thing he could rememer was coming


was a thief and a liar and lie would not leave my house. He


“He kept roarmg out that l


to the police station. “I have no recollection of what happened to me whatsoever. I


might have been in a car smash for all I know." he added. Lecce said that when lie came


and when he returned a woman had taken his place. He picked up what he believed to be his carrier bag and went home on


the tea. I found the bottle of whiskv. I put it in the cupboard because I did not want anyone to think I had been tuning it. the statement continued. "Later, while I was dozing


the bus. “After 1 had started making


had the


vvas Mr. Colin Ishor-


I'cld in the afternoon, at i the .'O’oist was Miss Cooke. I Rev Alan Gaunt was the


K c l a s s carol .-.o:\ice


■ ter n’t Ciitheroe Conarcga- 1 Church on Sunday when was special music by the


to he had a swollen eve, a plaster a t the back of his ear. a cut at the back of his head, swollen


and cut lips, and his false teeth


were broken. Both his knees were also cut. Cross examined. Leece said he


had not spoken a word to Bar­ ber. He had not accused him of


being a thief. The taxi driver. David Knight,


three people walked into the house. A Polish woman asked if


1 had taken the wrong bag. I raid I had and handed the bottle over. “The woman said it was only


of Conway Avenue. Ciitheroe. said lie knew Mrs. Forrester, the owner of the whisky, and th a t he and Leece had gone to Mr. Barbers to get. it. back. “I knocked on the door and we


an accident, but the bus driver said it. was no accident and that 1 had stolen the whisky and hid­ den it away. “He said I was a thief and a.


liar. I asked him to repeat it. He did. so 1 struck him on the


■u: at St. Paul's Church. Tlnor when the service was


|t ' v;ce of nine lessons and was also held on Sunday


Children took part in worship in the morning.


■ readers of liio lessons were 'icar. Mr.-'. Bisbrown. Miss irkie. Miss C. Trotter. Mr. King. His- G. Holliday. Black. Mv. B. Ward' and


ceel by the Vicar, the Rev. Bisbrown.


t H. Derbvshire.


t»v tyjrs Rorviccins wcAUu* oji ir^viou^ Tuesdnv. the choir tvi.’nds wen: round the h sinainz ram!.-. Their :.. raised £16 towards the •ncy Fair.


|:es vour hand you have the |n g that he is trying to pump out of your po


collcagu* : “When he ■ekets.” bader's Digest.


CARE FARM


Ins! winter bill limv many


|ns for the next one which soon as the thaw arrived.’


|ne frost was severe scented d the rush to overtake the upied everyone's attention.


:<h can be reached from ihi: nestead.


i-.nown to congreg.-tc mat


Vhile radical changes in jsing are probably not poss- matcrial improvements In comfort of animals can be


lieved on many farms with tcrials already on the site,


bos and calves are the stock ,s- likely to sutler from bad .ditions such a s d a in p, n a il's or inadequate vcntila- n. straw bales or hurdles .•«•■(! wuh straw can do much make draughty buildings


Fridge a'lentoo^:


* scene from “ nativity play presented by children at Pcndle Junior School on FkrincT'Gawthrop. Georgina Bi.iington (angeis,.


Robert Wightman (Joseph), and Kathrvne Strange (Marx ) . ________ ______________


loll more comfortable. Water triages are. often a. cause of irk not doing well in severe ,..t and every effort should be -.dr to ensure that They can : regular supplies of water. If .2r or roots are being fed >v must, tie kept from freezing d the value of r. windproof ,. .or such as a tarpaulin or r 'ic sheet is often overlooked, ild winds will often penetrate


it .! 4 \r-r rjr —


irk iavers of straw when two inner layers with a sheet, tween them will be much more relive. Pirns for the stock :o be. kept doors should be made now


nt for use in the New Year anti poached by beasts earlier in


EQUIPMENT


loling .systems of tractors and her engines some are .still for- >lten every year. A systematic led: is essential to see’ that one are overlooked, especially ie small engine only used tcasionally. irrigation lines and limping systems must, be drain- i ccmpletly. The milking parlour 20 is a frequent source of ouble and nothing can be more Titrating than a frozen pip® n a bitterly cold momilng with . tight schedule to be ready for he milk lorry. Checking lines o see that they drain completely nd the provision of a heater to ccep pulsators and such like rom freezing will save time and nmpu-,


In .spile of all ihc publicity to anti-fri*ezzt* or to dr-in the


• *£S


W iU L Robinson, aged 20. of 7. Carlton Place. C tthcroc was C5 with costs of 14s. 6d. at Ciitheroe yesterday week,


lined He


and


could the


id if at all passible the most ,titered fields near to buildings .'ticks of fodder should be


if winter .


in-his defence said he remember going into


pleaded “Not guilty"


question but c o u l d not remember a n y t h i n g much


p th a t on October 13 he loileLs on the night m


Drive. Ciitheroe. the Boroughs Public Health Inspector, sa d


afterwards. Walter Grange. E a s t m o o r


Piece, where lie found the weighing machine had been


ublic conveniences m Matkct


been smashed. The recording dial was buckled and distorted and


“ The front of the machine had


the indicating arm was also badlv bent.” Mr. Grange stated. He said th a t the damage had been estimated by the makers at


^ I lc h a e l B. Allen, of 22 Con- ■wav Avenue. Ciitheroe, said that on Saturday. October 12, he went to Accrington where ha met Rob-


to“ w6 bad a f ew drinks and


went to a dance. About 119™- .urpnt io a cafe and had some-


thing to eat. We caUlht the last bus to Ciitheroe and got off m Market Place,” he stated.


son went to the toilets. I was walking out and Joe was behind me when I heard a smash All the glass of ihc weighing machine was smashed. There was nobody else in the toilets. I ran away down Weligate.


Allen said that lie and Robin­


at 4-15 a.m. on October 13 he found that the weighing machine


P.S. Maurice Downes said that


had been broken. INTERVIEWED


November 20 he was with Inspec­ tor Jackson when they inter­ viewed Robinson at his home. “ Inspector Jackson said he had reason to believe that Robinson had smashed the weighing machine. Robinson replied. I.


He said that at. 10-45 p.m. on


had about six or seven pints that night. I am not saying th a t I did it, and I am not saying I didn’t. If I did do I can’t remem­ ber it. I t looks as though my mates are pinning it on me, said P.O. Downes.


ber is going to tile toilets. From there I can’t remember much more,” stated Robinson.


Tile only thing I can remem­


DAMAGED WEIGHING MACHINE


Resolution


“ i h've mccl mi New Year resolution,”


Seel Albert to me t'other clay, “Ah’ve been thinking about all the money.


“AH'vc wasted ond frittered away.


What wi’ ‘asses ond foetba ond bingo.


Ond Inkin' at. cards evry neet. Ah’ve bin n reel twerp. Ah should be ashamed.


But now All'll pul everything rcet!”


Pray now on Ah've finished wi’ bookies.


Ah'vc reformed.—Ah mean it tha'll see.


Ah've med mi New Year resolu­ tion.


T h e y ’ll get no more brass out of me!


Ah've learnt now as gamblings a mug’s game.


,


—Ah’ve not geet mi tongue r nn cheek.—


Ond All’ll bet thee five quid as Ah keep it.


JIMIFEL Half-way down a steep hill


near Egton in the North Riding of Yorkshire, we stopped our car to ask an old womah a t her


gate if the hlU was. dangerous. “Not ’ere ft isn’t," she told us.


they all kills thelrselves.” - Reader's Digesl.


"It’s down a t the bottom where .... . ' The receipt of a card at Christmas from a relative or friend is a welcome event


lHr ^Here‘somc^if^thc*1paticnts^scttlc back to read Christmas messages delivered ... them in the ward.


At least—until pay duv next week!”


Lll |o


u Vi) i H


head.” stated Barber. “I only hit him once in the house. He refused io go out of


Barber said th a t Lecce was ,


also said: ‘That's a right bloody Irishman's trick'," B a r b e r


Knight confided. Each said that the other had


alleged.Miss Cank pointed out that the evidence of Lcece and


asked Barber about, the whisky. Mrs. Czabrowski. on the other


hand, said that she had asked Barber.Miss Cank submitted tha t her


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death fa l l a t DOCTOR’S SURGERY


A WRONG turning in a doctor's surgery led ta the death ot 83-years-old Emmanuel Dickinson, retired coal delivery


man, of Mitchell Street, Clitheroc. A Blackburn inquest was told this on Friday when a


verdict oE “Accidental Death” was recorded by the Blackburn


Coroner, Mr. George Wightman. Dr C H Rutherford, pt Lowiicld, Clithcroe. said that on


and opened a door leading to


As he was Laving, VO turned right instead of


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the cellar. He fell down,; night of stairs and received severe injuries.


• i He was taken to


nfirmary, but never regained lull consciousness and died m


W| " M a r g a r e t Pollard, j f Mitchell Street. CUtheroc. Dickinson's niece, said lit 1 J been a verv active man. and r °,!f a bicycle until the time of Ais


'A i r s Rutherford said she " i s in^tlie surgery office when «4c heard a crash. She went to t i t


A r . C. K. Heflernan. patliot cist said death was due hypostatic broncho-pneunion;


following a fracture to the ha of the skull and contusion


the brain. __________ 7


client had been protecting firstly his property and secondly him­ self. He had acted under gross provocation.


FREEDOM FROM HUNGER CAMPAIGN


CLITHEROE EFFORT


Donations received up to the 23rd December 1963


went in. Leecc asked if Barber had got the whisky. He got the


Previous acknow. .. Anonymous


whisky from tile cupboard saying: "I thought I was going to' get a free bottle'." stated


Knight.Knight said he knew nothing of the fight inside, but only of the second episode in the street, when he saw Barber strike Lcece in his face with his fists.


Mr. D. Cattermole .. Mr. J. Smith, Mr. K. Bradlev. Mr. J. Ban- nett. Mr. A. Veevers Mr. A. Earnshaw. Mr. D. Cowler . . . .


.......... A


3565 17 11 1 0 0 1 0 0


£ s. ds


I 17 10 1 5 6


.£3571 13 3 SCHOOL NATIVITY PLAY


cellar where she fountf ° 1CM' son. There was no light, .sije


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______________ _____________ Q j p j Q p SHARES


MARKS EXAM SUCCESS


fpHE Primrose Group of Com- d i. panics held their annual


Bull Hotel. Blackburn, last week. Members of companies within the group at Blackburn. Burnley. Ciitheroe and London


inner and ball a t the White


were present. After toasting the guests, Mr.


G. Whitcwcli Harper, managing director of T. G. B. Motors Ltd.. Ciitheroe, presented a certificate lor 25 preference shares in the Primrose Companies to 19-years- old apprentice David C. Smith io mark his obtaining top over­


Monday. December 9. Dickinson went to his surgery to have his ears syringed.


NEW G.O.C. MAJOR GENERAL John Noel


The Clithcroe Advertiser & Times. December 27,196.)


ment as General Officer Com­ manding, 42 (Lancashire) Divi­


Thomas took up his appoint­ sion (TA) and North West Dis­


trict, yesterday week. General Thomas who has just


•has had The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment, Tile Lanca­ shire Regiment, and The Loyal Regiment under his Command,


completed a course a t the Imperial Stall College, won both the D.S O. and M-C. in 1945. During the past two years he


all of whom are in The Lan­


castrian Brigade Brigadier Thomas, who is


Hall, near Preston.


Frost damage i SEVERE frost could result


-.’A-


Association warns. Last vear the “ Big Freeze


married and has two sons, lias taken up residence at Cuerden


Customers g and Friends |


hundreds of thousands of pounds in unoccupied and unheated factories, warehouses, offices and homes, the British Insurance


in damage amounting to


began during the Christmas holiday. As a result tremendous damage was caused when pipes burst in buildings where no one was working and the heating was turned off. In one wotlen warehouse alone, damage esti­ mated a t £75.000 occurred when five 'sprinkler pipes fractured in


the cold.The British Insurance Associa­


tion todev issued this appeal to firms: “ Frost can strike sudden­ ly and result in tremendous damage, so keep your premises heated over the holiday—just in


case."


all marks in the summer exami­ nations a t the Accrington College of Further Education. David, who lives at, Gisbum. has been with T.G.B. Motors for three years.


ARCHITECT HITS OUT AT DELAY ON PLANNING


WARNING that a residential estate of 27 bungalows at the rear of Waiklow View. Waddinglon. would mu be


built if there was any further delay, was given by an architect for a private development company at the monthly meeting of the Plans Committee of Bowland Rural Council on Monday


afternoon. The architect, Mr. J. M.


Rushworth. said that the plan­ ning authority was first approached by him 111 May. He had gone along with them and done everything that was


with and agreed by the planning authority as far as I am con­ cerned. Mv clients arc on point of getting rid of thc tJno^ arid withdrawing the white scheme.” Mr. Rushworth stated.


necessary. •'Everything has been dealt


that, had been done on the plans a t the suggestion of the planning


Referring to complaints of terracing. Mr. Rtislrworth sail


office a t Skipton. *• I was against it. and my


clients were against it. hut we were asked to do it by Skipton.


tic stated. " If there is a tack of liaison between the planning office and your council that, :s no concern of my clients, tie


asserted. “ I think it can he seen that


my clients have every right m feci verv. very sore in tile man­ ner that this application has been dealt with." he continued. Mr. Rushworth asked if the


think th a t the matter had ever


been at, a standstill. County Councillor Aspin said


that, though the developer and the planning authority had agreed surely the council had a sav in the matter. •• If we had had a say in the


Woolley, C.B.E.. in a new state­ ment, warns the Government that, British farmers will expect full justice to be done a t the Price. Review in February. 1964. He snvs that unless positive


Farmers’ Union. Mr. Harold


F arm incomes The President of the National


aiu! get a choice of top quality TV sets.'1 (or arc you stuck with a monopolistic brand?)


RENT


steps are taken to bring farmers incomes more into line witR those of the rest of the com­ munity the reaction throughout the countryside will be the


strongest ever known. * The headquarters o f t h o


National Farmers* Union has asked each of the 59 County Branches of the Union to arrange for special meetings to be held immediately the Price Review determinations arc announced.


WINTER KEEP SCHEME


‘lAARMERS rearing livestock in trill areas arc reminded that


the Winter Keep Scheme starts


on New Year's Day. The scheme provides for grants


matter then probably we would have had some houses built by


now/’ he said. Councillor Walmslcy pointed


,1'fl.ve to, be changed. \On the proposition of County


out that, if they objected to the siting of the five bungalows than the whole site would probably


Councillor Aspin support was givenn to the recommendation of the planning office *’ with reluctance.”


of £2 an acre for approved crops produced for winter feed on the farm. The grants are payable to those who occupy farms consist­


ing predominantly of livestock rearing land and livestock reai-


ested in the scheme should immediately obtain the explana­ tory leaflet and application farm now available at the Ministry s local offices. Completed applica­ tion forms should be returned at


ing enterprises. Any hill farmer who is inter­


once.


BOWLAND STREET LIGHTS WARNING


IF Bowh.ml Rural Council allowed their neighbouring authority Clithcroe Borough to take over some ol their services then they would be “out on a limb” when the question


idea was to submit n plan for common or garden bungalows which would doubtless be appro­


ved straight away. The Clerk. Mr. L. D. Telford


pointed out th a t the planning authority and the developers had agreed about the matter, but the


council had not. The committee were consider­


mitted th a t tile gable ends


sional planning officer said the delay had been caused by pro­ longed negotiation. He did not


bachelor made his position clear to one and all: “ No matchmak­ ing! I've flown high and wide for years. And that's the way its going to stay. High and wide.


A fighter pilot and perennial


And alone.” Then conic the clay he sent


this telegram anouncement to all his ftriends: “ Got shot down at 5 p.m. Jerry.’’....... Reader’s Digest.


Mr. J. Wilcox, assistant divi­ .


ing the lay-out of live of the bungalows. Mr. Rushworth sub­


should face the road. County Councillor T. H. Asptn


asked why there had been such a long delay.


of local government boundaries was considered. This teas stated by Bowlaml's Clerk. Mr. L. D. 1 chord,


•it a meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee m S


by Waddington Parish Council asking them to take over


street lighting. Councillor D. Walmsley. of


Waddineton. reported that Waddington Parish Council were considering a s k i n g Ciitheroe Borough Council to lake over their street lighting if Bowland Council were not


West Bradford pointed out that West Bradford had alreadj asked the Clitheroc Council to tnico over their street lighting. The chairman. Conn.


prepared to do so. County Conn. T. « Aspin. of


Williamson, pointed out that t they agreed to the reo.uest otlici


parish councils would apply- in the past, they had refused


“ H O R R IF IE D ”


fied lo hear that the West Brad­ ford parish council had asked


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such recniesls as they considered it unfair to the parishes which did not have street, lighting.


Ciitheroe Town Council to take over its s t r e e t lig h tin g .


ing our services over then we haven’t a leg to stand on as far as any boundary changes arc


“ If other authorities are tak­


concerned.” he stated. A solution to the problem was


supplied by Mr. Telford, who is lo approach tire developers of a residential sire in flic village on behalf of the parish council.


thov are prepared to provide street lighting for the proposed estate. This, he pointed out. would save the parish council the capital cost of providing the


He is to ask the developers if


lighting. Mr Telford said lie would also


discuss witli tlie parish council the possiblily of the rural coun­


cil taking the service over, and running it from the council offices, with Waddington bearing


the cost. ( In conjunction with w. C. Standcrwick) R JJLJLkE


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