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Sbbcrtis'CT & tEinuiS FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1964
LOCAL NEWS
(JLITHERONIANS saw in the New Year at watch-
night services, parties, and dances.
New Year's Eve at Clithc-
roe Parish Church began with a Youth Group dance atten ded by about 100 people in the school. Afterwards the dancers joined other pari shioners for a watchnight service in the church at 11-45. Tills was conducted by the
Escaped blazing
SOLICITOR Who was arti cled to the then Town
Clerk of Clitheroe (Mr. G. Hctheringlon) before.and shortly after the war, Mr. David Lees,
waited anxiously for news of his wife and family after he had spent four hours in the water after abandoning the blazing Lakonia. Mr. Lees, who now lives at
Vicar, the Rev. A. F. Clark, and the curate, the Rev. A. Dean. At midnight the bellringers
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Liverpool Road on Wednes day when they lost 4-1 lo Skelmersdale United. In a close-fought game,
began ringing a peal which con tinued until 12-20. They then went to the Vicarage where a small party was held to let in the New' Year. A united Anglican and Metho
Bishop Sutton, Bristol, was interviewed cn B.B.C. television on his arrival at London airport on Christmas Day. He told how he led his wile
dist watchnight service took place at St. James's Church. The Rector, the Rev. H. D. Chapman, conducted the sendee and the Rev. Ronald Jobling, superinten dent minister of the Methodist Circuit, was the preacher. The bells were rung at mid
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the National Association of Local Government Officers was atten ded by 120 people at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe, on New Year's Eve. ■ Among those present were the Mayor. Alderman E. Crossley, and the Mayoress. Mrs. D. Sat- tcrthwaitc. the chairman of Clitheroc Rural Council, Coun cillor J. M. Airey and Mrs. Airey, and the chairman of Bow- land Rural Council, Councillor T. Robinson and Mrs. Robinson. The President of the associa
rpHE annual dinner and dance -*- of the Clitheroe branch of
tion, Mr. E. Jones, was M.C., and the president-elect. Mr. J. Newton Bell, introduced the guests.
Council, the Rev. Ernest A. Smith, curate of St. Luke's Church, Brierfield, has been ordaine'd priest at Blackburn Cathedral. Mr. Smith left the Council
ITIORMERLY committee clerk to Clitheroe Rural District
WHALLEY CO-OP CHIEF PREMISES BOUGHT BY CLITHEROE MAN
rPHE central premises of Billington and Whalley Co-operative Society in George Street, Whalley, have been sold to a Clitheroc business man, Mr. Fred Haydock, ~t>f
Somerville, Salthill Road. Mr. Havdock, who is principal of Fisher and Co., land and estate agents, told (he
“Advertiser and Times” that he has bought the building as an investment. Although Mr. Haydock said he was not prepared to disclose the actual purchase price, hc did slate" that the building had by no means been given away.
he was quite prepared to lease sections for business purposes and would welcome all enquiries.
‘The building is an extre
mely good one and there arc rooms whicli s h o u l d be suitable for a variety of pur poses for which planning consent should be able to be obtained.” he declared. In addition to the building
New Year’s Eve barbecue
Billington and Whalley Co operative Society have stood empty since the society was wound up by order of the Offi cial Receiver in November, 1962. The society was incorporated
itself there is a large car park. The George Street premises of
staff in 1962 at the age of 58 and began training at Whalley Abbey and later at Edinburgh Theologi cal College for the priesthood. He was closely associated for
riUSTOMERS at a local hotel were served with sandwiches
filled with lamb which had first been barbecued on the car park on New Year's Eve. The idea to roast a lamb and
many years, with St. Peter’s Church in Accrington, where he resided, and was well-known throughout the Blackburn Dio cese as a la.v-rcader.
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Tattcrsall, of Pimlico Road, Clitheroe.
Judith Tattersall. has been awarded her Ph.D. degree at Southampton University, where she has been studying for three years following four years at Reading University. Miss Tattersall is the younger
A N old girl of Clitheroc Royal Grammar School, Mi s s
on August 10, 1871, the regis tered office being ■ at George Street, Whalley, the objects being to trade as general dealers —retailers and wholesalers of any articles the general meeting of the society might direct. On the orders of the Official
have a celebration began as a joke when regular patrons of the
Edisford Bridge Hotel, Milton, were talking one evening about the possibility of arranging some thing for New Year's Eve.
Receiver, the shop fillings and effects of the central premises were auctioned last March. The three-storey building has
easy. We’ll just get a lamb and roast it cn the car park,” and the idea was born.
Someone said “Well, that's
where once films were regularly shown and in which many of the social events of Whalley were held. There is also the former projection room and several side- rooms and cloakrooms.
OTHER SHOPS
the annual party on Christmas morning given in St. James's School, Clitheroc by Clitheroe branch of the British Legion. The branch president Mr. A!f
\ r ORE than 250 children - 'J received a present each at
has been sold to Mr. Alan Whipp. a Whalley tradesman, who has also a grocery business near the centre of the village. Two other shops, the Langho
The Mytton Road branch shop
Wood presided and the party was attended by the Vicar of Clitheroc. the Rev. A. F. Clark, who is chaplain to the branch, the Mayor, Aid. E. Crossley and the Mayoress, Mrs. D. Sattcr- thwaite. Each child over 11 received
ten shillings, while those under 11 received a toy.
OVER 200 chickens perished in
believed to have started the blase, which severely damaged the lien cabin. Tlte Fire Brigade soon had the
eroc, on Sunday night. An overheated b r o o d e r is
a fire at Up Brooks, Clith
and Billington branch shops, have also been sold.
“L” DRIVER OFFENCES
have driven a car in Lowcrgate while not accompanied by a licence holder, was fined £3 at Clithcroe, yesterday and his licence was endorsed. James V. Shears, aged 31. of
. PROVISIONAL l i c e n c e rA holder who was stated to
Pasquele Di Pietro, of Whallcy Road. Clitheroe, an Italian, works at the Ribblcsdale Cement Com patty's works, Clitheroe.
fire under control. The owner of the cabin, Mr.
Messengers of Clitheroe Parish Church will be a feature of an open morning in Clitheroe Parish Church School tomorrow. The event will show the work
during the past year.
A JAPANESE play with pup- pets made by the King’s
Eastford Place. Low Moor, was also fined £2 for failing to dis play "L" plates and £1 for fail- to notify the acquisition of a car. George Wood. 23 of Curzon
Street, Clitheroe, was fined £3 for aiding and- abetting a pro visional licence holder to drive while not under the supervision of a competent driver. He was also fined £2 for aiding
After llie parly
done by the Messengers, who are aged between five and eleven,
11,1 IRST arrival of the New Year
nity Home, Whalley. was a baby efrl
Street. Accrington, at 4-15 a.m. •
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- \ I R. CHARLES MYERS is tile 4 1 recitalist at next Wednes day's recital arranged by Clith- eror Parish Church Or g a n Socictv. His programme will in clude music by J S. Bach, Stan ford. and the Minuet and Toc cata from " Suite Gothiquc (hy L. Boellmann) which has been
requested.
Joan Aubin (contralto) who is srudvlng at the Northern School of Music. Manchester, to sing some solos and she lias chosen arias from Handel's, oratorios '* Messiah " and “ Belshazzar, a song bv Beethoven and Dvoraks setting' of The Twenty-Third
Mr Mvers has invited Miss . Psalm. • • •
pense prescriptions outside nor mal shop hours next week are: Sunday; noon till 1 P.nt. and other davs (except Saturday) 6 p.m. until 7 p.m., George Shel don. Moor Lane.
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shortly after midnight on Dec ember 9 barged another of the group into the road and shouted We've supped some stufl to
(ANE of a group of young men walking up Moor Lane
night ". This was stated by Inspector
P. Jackson at Clithcroc yester day. when Rcnald Garth, aged 24. of Carlton Place, Clitheroe was fined £2 for being drunk and disorderly. Garth, who pleaded “ guilty ”
told the court that he had just come from a Christmas party.
trailer. James Rogcrson (301. of Greenacres. Read, was ■ fined a total of £5 at Cl'itlieroe yester day.
trailer which was not fitted with mudwings. and £1 for not having the unladen weight marked on
Hc was fined £1 for driving a
the trailer he was fined £3 and his licence .was endorsed.
the trailer. For having inefficient brakes on
Yo u n g Farmers’ Clubs has announced its social events for
March 11th; silver jubilee dinner and dance at Blackpool, April 17th; barbecue, May 9th; harvest dance. September 4th; county ball. October 21st; Christmas
carnival.ball, December 18th.
1964. Important dates are: Quiz ball.
Staffordshire Bull Terrier owned by Mr. G. Creighton, 19 Queens- way, Waddlngton, won 1st Novice and 2nd Junior at Bolton New Year's Day Open Dog Show.
“ Billy Buster" of KiUadease, The Lancashire Federation of
TRAILER FAULTS For three offences involving a
on the ground floor offices and shops which were previously the grocery, drapery, butchery, and hairdressing departments. Above there is a large hall
action and on the night the hotel was packed with customers all eagerly watching the lamb being turned on the spit over a glowing hard 'wood fire.
A committee soon went into
of the fire and other members of the committee. Messrs F. Wood, Ralph Parkinson. M. Wiggies- worth and C. Hargreaves, and the president, Mr. J. Ashworth, and chairman. Mr. Jim Parkin son, cut up the lamb and pre pared and served the sand wiches.
Mr. Sid Morris, was in charge
Clitheroe butcher, on-Wednesday "The lamb resting began as
Commented Mr. Parkinson, a
a joke blit it was very success ful. Wc are keeping the commit tee in existence and we will probably hold one or two more barbecues for local charities.”
is to be handed to the Friends of Clitheroe Hospital.
The effort raised £5 5s. which
Asked about the future of the premises, Mr. Haydock said _____________
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55 YEARS’ SERVICE
QINCE 1909 Mr. R. T. (Dick) ~ Radcliffe has worked at the Holmes Mill of James Thornber Ltd., Clitheroe. Although he lias reached
retirement age, he will still con tinue to work lor the firm he has served lor so long.
cashier at the mill, soon after starting work there, is shortly to go into semi-retirement but will still have a part-time job in
Mr. Radcliffe. who was made
of Cl i t h e r o e Congregational Church’s staunchest members and served for many years as secretary of the church. He has also served as chair
the mill offices. Mr. Radcliffe is known as one
MAYOR’S REPLY
man of the Blackburn and District Congregational Union.
WHALLEY PLAYERS IN complete contrast to recent
ed with Arthur Askev ani Thora Herd in the leading loles, is a homely one about ordinary people. There is Bill Brown, the engine driver. Wally, his fireman, friend and stooge, their wives and families. Into the play is woven the
The play, which has been film •
IT is with sonic reluctance that 1 comment on some
remarks at a recent meeting of Bowland Rural Council regarding West B r a d f o r d
plays. Whalley Players arc to present a down-to-earth Laiica- shire comedy “The Love Mat4^. the well-known play by_rym' ■ Melvin.
productions c-f sophisticated
made could very well lead to a misunderstanding of facts and
street lighting. Pronouncements such as were
build up a feeling of parochia lism in place of the very good neighbourliness that exists at the present time between Clith- eroe Borough and its neighbour ing authorities.
lighting was installed by the then Clitheroe Electricity De
West Bradford's existing street
sort of comic, domestic dialogue that has made “ Coronation Street ” so ’ popular. Fred Bullock is to produce and
rehearsals start this month. The play will open on April 1. The Players are to hold their Christmas party on January 11.
THE WEEK’S OBITUARY MRS. MARTHA HAWORTH
•yyELL-KNOWN in Clithcroe. where she and her husband
were in business for many years. Mrs. Martha Haworth, of Dents Cottage, Hutton Roof, via Carn- forth, died on Tuesday. Mrs. Haworth, who was 74.
MISS G. TAYLOR
for 19 years. Miss Gertrude Taylor, of 21 Union Street. Low Moor, died in hospital on Boxing Day.
l,i ORMERLY a district nurse and midwife in Clilhcroe
and abetting a failure to dis play “L” plates.
died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Nancy Edwards, and son-in-law, 21 Wesleyan Row, Clitheroc. She had come to reside with them in August because of ill-health. Mrs. Haworth was the widow
from Mossle.v, Manchester, and had been a district nurse in various places before coming to Clitheroe in 1930. On retiring in 1949 she went
Miss Taylor, who was 75. came
of Mr. John Haworth, who died about five years ago. and was known in the district as “ Penny Johnny ”. The couple were in business in
partment and maintained by them until nationalisation came
lighting department resuming maintenance of its street light ing came front the West Brad ford Parish Council Itself, on the grounds that closer proxi
along. The suggestion of Clitheroe's
mity would help in cases of f a u l t s and breakdowns and would 'also be less costly to themselves.
ment already maintains the street lighting of Barrow, Wis well, Whalley. and Chatburn. On each occasion that this
Clitheroe's lighting depart
council has consented to do maintenance, it has been on the grounds of helping our neigh bours. Never has there been any suggestion that there was an ulterior motive in so doing.
to live in Great Eccleslon, moving two years ago to live with her friend, Miss M. W. Heselton. who had just, retired as a district nurse and midwife, to Union Street. While in Clithcroe. Miss Tay
Wesleyan Row for many years, selling drapery, fancy goods, toys and hardware, and they also ran stalls on Clitheroc Market, Mr. Haworth being one ot the first stallholders on the present market site. After retirement, Mrs. Haw
orth lived at Burton-in-Lonsda!c for a time, later moving to Rishton and then to Hutton Roof. While living in Clitlicroe. she
confused with “lake over", and this arrangement could be ended
“Maintenance" should not be
been associated with Clithcroe Parish Church and while resi ding in Low Moor had been con nected with St. Paul's Church. She is survived by nephews
and nieces. A service at St. Paul's on
Saturday preceded interment at Clitheroe Cemetery.
was associated with Moor Lane Methodist Church. She is survived by h e r
daughter and a sister. The funeral takes place to morrow at Clithcroc Cemetery.
Sims, wife of Mr. Thomas Sims, of 18. Kemple View, Clitheroe. Mrs. Sims, who was 54, re
ri'HE death J- pital on Friday of Mrs. Ann
MRS A. SIMS occurred in hos-
tired four years ago from the Jablc Engineering C o lit p a n y. Before that she had been em ployed by tile Castle Winding Company. Site was associated with St.
Michael and St. John's R.C. Church and was a member of Clitheroe British Legion Club. Mrs. Sims is survived by her
and St. Joint's preceded inter ment at Clitheroe Cemetery on Tuesday.
husband and daughter. Requiem Mass at St. Michael
MR. J. EXTON
John Exton, of 10 Longworth Road, Billington, died in hospi tal on Saturday, aged 83. A service was held in St.
An old Billington resident, Mr.
Leonard’s Church. Langho, on Wednesday morning, prior to interment at Old L a n g h o
Churchyard.
A welcome refuge
for.travellers during the next few months will be these newly-erected bus shelters at the Yolrk Strcct.bus stop. ’ '
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lor had been a member of the Soroptimists' Club, and of the Clitheroe branch of the Women's Unionist Association, and more the Townswomen's Guild. Before her retirement, she had
during the past 18 months, I have had great support from all our outlying neighbouring autho rities and would greatly depre cate any lessening of. such friendships. Wc like to feel that they look on Clitheroe as their own centre and market town.
at any time. In my position as Mayor
Borough Council, as it is at present constituted, have no intentions of a “take, over bid” of any of its neighbours and have actually already informed the Lancashire County Council
All tlie members of Clitheroe of this.
ERNEST CROSSLEY, Mayor.
in Clitheroe and district will take place on Wednesday, January 8th, when a meeting of repre sentatives of the local protestant churches will be held with the intention of forming a “ council of churches." The meeting will be held in
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the Parish Church Hall, where the chairman will be a Congre gational layman, Mr. E. Hill and the discussion will be introduced bv a Methodist. Rev. R. Jobling. For a long time the churches
in the district have been friendly and have co-operated with each other in many ways, but now it is felt that the time is ripe for an explicit and open expression of basic unity. This does not mean that a
single resolution at one meeting will wipe out all the differences, but it does mean that the churches will openly and to gether recognise their respon sibility to work for that fuller unity’ of the whole Church,
which is God's will. REV. ALAN GAUNT Pimlico Road. Clitheroe.
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side as seme players were not available and others injured. Owing to a last-minute switch,
Clitlicroe's re-arranged side ran the home side close and it seemed that they were well capable of picking up a point until the home side scored twice in quick succcession. Clitheroe fielded a -weakened
and family to a lifeboat after the warning had been given and saw them safely away. The children pleaded with him
to join them but It was women, children and the elderly' first and he had to remain on board. Suddenly there were two ex
Jack Grayston, who travelled with the team but was not selected for the match because of an injury, turned out at centre-forward. Grayston led the line fairly
plosions and the remaining passengers were advised to leave the ship. Mr. Lees slid down a 60-foot
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well and on one occasion rattled the Skelmersdalc bar with a
rope into the water—“ a thing wild horses wouldn’t have made me do in any other circum
stances,” he said. Mr. Lees told how he swam as
far away from the ship as he could before feeling safer. He was in the water four hours before being picked up by the British freighter Montcalm. But he had to wait anxiously
Whalley scheme AN appeal against Clitheroe
for news of his family until he arrived in London where he learned that they were all sale They had been taken to
Madeira and, Mr. Lees was re united with his wife, three children and mother-in-law at the weekend.
the R.S.P.C.A. show an increase in the number of convictions under the Protection of Birds Act. The figure for 1963 is 190 against 143 for 1962. The last year the figure for 1963 was exceeded was 1957 when the total was 196.
Provisional figures issued by
planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act for extensions and alterations to property in the centre of Whalley, was already subject to objections to the widening of the centre of Whalley.
Rural Council’s refusal of
sional Road Engineer in a letter to the Council's Finance and General Purposes Committee, who were told on Monday by the Clerk, Mr. T. P. Rushton, that the a ppeal against the Coun cil's decision on the Whalley Arms Hotel by Dutton’s Black burn Brewery Ltd, was pending. The committee was also told
This was stated by the Divi . .
that an appeal by A. F. Holden against the Council’s refusal of planning permission for an advertisement sign at Warren Farm Hurst Green, would be dealt ’with by written statements to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
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