4 The Clilhcroc Advertiser & Times, March 6,1964


MAYOR-MAKING THIS YEAR ON


A THURSDAY


]y£AYOR-MAKING In Clitheroe this year will be on Thurs­ day,, May 21, since Tuesday, May 19, which would have


held the same evening and will be attended by the newly- elected Council members and aldermen as well as male members of the public.


been the annual Council meeting, is Whit Tuesday. If tradition is again followed the Mayor’s Dinner will be


The ancient toast “ Pros-


peration to the Corporation ” will be drunk in the Mayor's Punch, a special brew for the occasion. The recipe, which is well


put into it the peel of 14 lemons and two Seville oranges; let it stand for 12 hours; then add three quarts of cold spring water, 21bs. of lump sugar, one pint of lemon juice, two nutmegs, one pint of green tea (strong) and a pint of new milk. Let it stand for 12 hours and then strain it through a jelly bag till quite clear. Add a glass of Maraslichino and a pint of Madeira.


over 100 years old, is an interesting one. “ Take three quarts of rum,


or three days before use.” MUSSEL FEAST


The punch must be made two


tional ceremonies, the Cockle and Mussel Feast, will take place on Monday, May 11. At this “ feast ’ the Council committees will be elected, following the Council election the previous


Thursday, May 7. The Cockle and Mussel Feast


used to be held on the day follow­ ing the elections, but three years ago it was decided to change it so that a few days might elapse between the excitment and strain of the elections and-the appoint­ ment of the chairman and vice- chairman of the various commit­ tees.


tom will thus be honoured once more, although nowadays anyone entering the dinmg room a few mmutes after the meal had begun would see nothing to dis­ tinguish the occasion from any other dmner. The cockles and mussels, no longer “ alive, alive o" as of yore, are now merely


the Starkic Arms Hotel. An old-established local cus­


The feast will take place at Another of Clilheroe’s tradi­


the begmning of tile meal to maintain an old tradition.


FAR-OFF d a y s


their place on Clitheroe’s muni­ cipal menu in far-off days, when some local bailiff wanted to talk over his election-day arrange­ ments with supporters and ad­


Cockles and mussels first took


visers. They would assemble at a


local hotel and the bailiff would send out for. a dish of cockles and mussels sold in the street by a carrier just back from his pony journey through the Trough of Bowland from


Billy Hobbs, who about 100 years ago kept a greengrocer’s shop in Moor Lane. He used a donkey at first, but later pros­


carrier would have taken lime from the Clitheroe quarry, and the feast, therefore, recalls interesting inter-town trade. One of these old carriers was


Morecambe. On the outward journey the


pered and bought a pony. There were other carriers as


over from the old bailiffs, Who were the mayors of their day. by the more modern chief magis­ trates. and the custom is one that Clitheroe would not like to lose. I t is probably unique.


well making this journey from Clitheroe to the seaside, and in the season there were always plenty of cockles and mussels to be had cheaply in the town. The feast was later taken


f r e e d o m f r o m h u n g e r CAMPAIGN


CLITHEROE EFFORT


Donations received up to the 4th March 1964.


Previous acknow......... 3720 4 4 Clitheroe & District Chamber of Trade • 4th Contribution ___


£ s. d.


2nd Whalley Guide Company ................ 16 5 0


19 5 £3737 8 9


WHIPPET RACING


TJEFORE Clitheroc’s game with Bitrscough on Saturday,


spectators at Shaw Bridge w’ere treated to an hour's whippet racing on a 150-yard track laid in a “U" turn on the field. The meeting was organised by


members of Clitheroe Whippet Racmg Club, which was officially formed at a meeting hi the Buck Inn, Clitheroe, on Monday


named Cassius Clay proved lie wasn’t the greatest finishing behind Nobody's Darling, who was the last of four dogs in the final won by Edna’s Lass, finish­ ing one length ahead of Duchess.


night. In the second heat a whippet


meeting of the Club were: presi­ dent, Mr. M. Wigglesworth; secretary, Miss J. Tattersall, chairman and treasurer, Mr. J. Hall; starter, and colours and fitness inspector, Mr. J. Bond; lure runners, Ann and Heather Bond and Master Joint Bond; handicappers and organisers, Mr. T. Whalley, Mr. J. Bond and Mrs. Bond; judge W. Hitchen: lure winders, Mr. D. Pinch and


Officials elected at Monday's


on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays during the summer months.


Mr. R. Berry. The club are to hold meetings


Kfl.IJRft GAME ON SUNDAY


Monday for offences arising out of being seen with whippets on land at Mitton.


TWO Heywood men were fined


Heywood, was fined £5 for tak­ ing rabbits without a licence, £5 for killing game on a Sunday, £3 for being suspected of coining from land having been in pursuit of game and £5 for trespassing hi search or pursuit of game.


Arthur Marsh, of South Street,


Heywood, was fined £5 on four offences, of assisting in taking rabbits without a licence, keeping a dog over the age of six months without a licence, killing game on a Sunday, and trespassing in search or pursuit of game, and £3 for being suspected of coming from land having been in pur­ suit of game.


Leslie Bell, of Whalley Road, a total of £41 at Gisburn on


LABOUR PLEASED


BY RURAL CHANGE


TN liis report to the annual meeting of Clitheroe. Division Labour Party, held in the Labour


Party rooms at Clitheroe last Saturday. Mr. Henry Doswell, 0f


Great Harwood, the lion, secre­ tary said: “ The prospects in the division for the General Elec­ tion are better than at any time since 1945.


Hoyle, propective Parliamentary candidate for the division, said; “ Locally a lot of work has been put into Clitheroe division, and I have been heartened by the support that 1 have found for the Labour Party, even in the remotest villages and outposts of the division, for so long regarded as Tory strongholds.”


In his message, Mr. Doug.


elected: President, Mr. G. A. Monckman; vice presidents, Mrs! A. Whittaker, and Mrs. M. M. Preston; . auditors, Coun. p. Ainsworth, and Coun. W. Smith; hon. secretary, Mr. H. Doswell.


The following officers were


CLITHEROE KEEP RATE RISE TO COUNTY 5d.


ptlTHEROE’S rale for (he next financial year will be 10s. id, in the £, an increase of 5d.,’ it was recommended at


a meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee. The recommendation will conic forward for consideration


at the monthly meeting of the Town Council 'on March 17. • Harold Parkinson, the


tjnrnueh"'Treasurer, t o l d the ^Advertiser and Times’’ on Wed-


nneday morning that the m- was entirely due to an


f.pwase of 5d. in the County pTecfpt? ^ d at 6s. 8d. keep the rost of the rate


,.1 at the same figure, the c„Uncil will be recommended to f X £ 2,923- from the balanoes which will then stand at £36,595.


h *


estimated a deficiency from the ,.:L of £2,820 and this was taken out of balances. This did r,nt aoplv, however, as there was MW a surplus of £2,086.


for local requirements. Last year the Council had


\tr parkinson said that there d been no increased demand


HEAD TO RETIRE


Headmistress of Pendle Junior School, .Clitheroe, for nearly 23 years, Miss Dorothy E. Rushton, of Waddington Road, Clitheroe is to retire this year.


to Pendle Junior, Miss Rushton was headmistress of the girls’ side of Ribblesdale School before it became a co-educational school, and she had also taught at gix’ls’ grammar schools in Dublin. Leigh, and Colchester.


For seven years before going


Clitheroe during the Mayoralty of her father, the late Councillor I. T. Rushton


This is your town Miss Rushton was Mayoress of


CLARION CYCLISTS AT BARDEN TOWERS


£JLUB runs arc planned with two main purposes, either


to go somewhere where there is something to sec—it may be a race or a beauty spot—or just because the particular roads to be covered will give


TMY AUCTION LASTED OVER SEVEN HOURS


F 0R over seven hours a team of auctioneers sold


anything from kitchen furni­ ture to fresh eggs and chickens on Saturday and as a . result more than £300 was raised for the funds of Clitheroe Divi­


things given to be auctioned were a television set which went for £2 10s„ several cases of wine, home-made cakes, a transistor radio, books, pictures, and a v a s t . collection of household crockery and articles.


ham Town Hall and among


Hothersall, of Clitheroe, Mr. Harry Pinder, of Longridge. Mr. Chris Silverwood, of Clitheroe, and Councillor G. Newlove, of Burnley, began auctioning at 11 a.m. and finished at five past six, having got rid of well over 500 lots.


Auctioneers Mr. C h a r l e s


. F. Shields, chairman, in charge ‘.kept up a constant flow of tea ’ and sandwiches for the hundreds of people who came and left the hall throughout the’day.


Frank Pearson, M.P., and Mrs. Pearson.


Among those present were Mr.


a committee which had Mr. John Olphert as chairman and Coun­ cillor P. T. Garside as treasurer.


The auction was arranged by


Clitheroe Division W om e n ’s Unionist Association, with Mrs.


Meanwhile members of the


sion Conservative Association. The auction was held in Padi-


visit Beacon Hill near Ilklcy which gives an extremely fine panoramic view over the sur­ rounding countryside, but long before we reached Skipton it was obvious that the very heavy ground mist wasn’t going to lift sufficiently to make such a visit worthwhile.


pleasant varied cycling, pre­ ferably away from too much traffic. On Sunday we had planned to


ton gave up plenty of time to discuss the problem, and so after dropping down to Adding- ham we turned left instead of going straight on to Ilklcy and rode on past Bolton Bridge and the nearby Abbey to Barden Towers where we halted for lunch.


The long climb up to Draugh-


Appletrecwick, a p e a c e f u l enough place now though the village stocks and gibbet tree still stand to remind us of more troubled times, and along a pleasantly undulating stretch of road through to Grassington and on to Burnsall.


From thence we rode on to


halted for a while when one of the members skidded on a cor­ ner with a rather greasy sur­ face, but though the back wheel of his bike was buckled it was still rideable, and he suffered no more than a slight graze.


There our happy progress was


were soon effected, a club badge reduced the long rip in the member’s pants to less hobo-like proportions, and we were able to continue on our way through Threshfield and Cracoe back to Gargrave where we halted for


Temporary repairs to the bike


to Clitheroe and we arrived home quite early in the evening to be greeted by the news that one of our racing members. John Ramsbottom (w h o s e brother Alan is a professional cyclist on the Continent) had scored a fine win in a road race near York. After six high speed laps of the four mile circuit he had leant from the leading bunch of riders to win easily. Congratulations John. On Sunday our run takes us


tea. I t isn’t far from there back


"GEAR S"


BIG CO


BEGINS Bulk bu


greater bene


NEW chui*tci' in the life Monday when the Sod-


will benefit the members as far as the society,” Mr. T. Rishton, managi


... are a wealthy society as The fusion will follow the eerie,


recommended by the Independent C< on Co-operative Societies and Co-op,


Both Clitheroe and Black­


Union Ltd.. Manchester 11 * The employees at Clitheroe have all been guaranteed jobs but not necessarily the jobs they are doing at present.


burn Societies are affiliated members of the Co-operative


the best interests of the mem­ bers. Blackburn Co-operative Society is move competitive in price.” said Mr. Eishton. who will continue to be in charge at Clitheroe.


future as two co-operative socie­ ties in North-East Lancashire. Centralisation and economies in


’’I see the pattern for the


development h a v e been the merger of the Low Moor society six months ago and the complete modernisation of the furnishing and drapery departments. The society was formed in 13G1


and has central premises and offices in Moor Lane.


in a different direction when we visit Glasson Dock, leaving Woone Lane at 9-0 am.


cery brandies, two butcher’s shops, furnishing and drapery departments and a coal business. Steady progress was made


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sub-committce was appointed to discuss the possibilities of sell­ ing the hall. This was sold later to W. T. Searson Ltd., clothing manufacturers, of Clitheroe. This weekend the board of the


following the opening of the shops and a landmark was the building of the Kins Lane Hall and the opening there of pre­ mises for a cinema. In March, 1958, however, a


/CHILDREN of the 'VVilpshire ^ Orphanage are So benefit from proceeds of a jumble sale, held in the Conservative Club Clitheroe. on Saturday by the Clitheroe and District Women's Auxiliary Association of th e Licensed Trade. Above £25 was raised, and ten guineas of this is to go to the


administration are the coming tiling." Recent stages in the socieiv’s


moved to Blackburn and the pre­ sent grocery manager will pos­ sibly be made a shops Inspector. “ We believe we have acted in


The cashier will probably be


orphanage. The rest will be allocated to charity at the next meeting;'-


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