X ,


i7^ '» y ^W t i f f ? 'TW i : ! :?'*1' ^■WWSWIW


111 for your saving,i !•’


YOUNG GERMANS’ VISIT Guests of Clitheroe


mEN German teenagers, aged between 16 and 18, left * Clitheroe today after spending a week as guests of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe. They arrived in the town yesterday week, and on Fri­


BANS! | Supervision


on demand >tice >ept.


b/;/r w/YA We 5V.


(ngs bank lurch Street


day were given a civic welcome by the new Mayor of Clith- er0e, Councillor Tom Robinson, in the Mayor’s Parlour. 'Councillor Robinson said


flat though Clitheroe had only a twelfth of the popula­ tion of the visitors’ home town, Solingcn, he was sure they would find much in


to impress upon you,” he added, ■is that, some time during your eav you sample the Lancashire


Clitheroe to interest them. "And one thing I would like


Jjsiies of hot-pot, fish and chips, and tripe."


applauded when he added a brief welcome to the visitors in German.


Councillor Robinson w a s


i 1r. H L. Sagar), Mrs. Phyllis .odd, Freeman of the Borough, M


welcome were the Mayoress, (Mrs Robinson), the deputy Mayoress (Mrs. John Hall), the Vicar of Clitheroe and president of the Rotary Club (the Rev. > F, Clark) the Town Clerk,


Also present at the civic


ihe Rotary International Service Committee, and Mr. S. Flack, town sergeant


r. John Hodgson, chairman of


officials to' show the visitors around the .council chamber, where they inspected' the ancient charters of the borough aiy items of regalia. Rotarian jack Whittaker, of Low Moor, assisted interpreting, though many of the youngsters had a food knowledge of English. The teenagers are all children


CHARTERS, REGALIA Ratarlans h e l p e d council


of Rotarians in Solingen. They stayed with the Rev. and Mrs. Clark at the Vicarage, in Church Street; Rotarian and Mrs. J. D. Hodgson, of Ribbles- dale Avenue; Rotarian and Mrs. C Hothersall, of Kirkmoor Road; Rotarian ana Mrs. F. S. L Moon, of Church Street; Rotarian and Mrs. F. Nelson, of Church Brow; Rotarian and Mrs. J. Y, Lofthouse, of Wad- dington, and Rotarian and Mrs. C. Royle, of Chorley House, Clitheroe.


teenagers were taken around Clitheroe R o y a l Grammar School.


GRAMMAR SCHOOL After the civic reception, the


Eagle .Hotel, Sawley,. before being taken on a tour of the Trutex works at, Henthorn,


They had lunch at the Spread


west Bradford ana.. Grindleton by Rotarian Hodgson, who is chairman .of Trutex. On Saturday and Sunday there were no special arrange­


ments, the boys and girls being taken around the district by their hosts. On Monday the visitors saw


industrial Lancashire. The party visited- Burnley at the invitation of the Rotary Club there, and was taken around Towneley Hall. In contrast, a Lake. District


visit to Blackpool on Wednes­ day, as guests of the Blackpool


tour was arranged for Tuesday, with lunch near Windermere and a sail on the lake. The teenagers enjoyed their


FORMER CLITHEROE > WOMAN RESISTED HANDBAG SNATCHER


A FORMER Clifhcroe woman, Mrs. May Aspin (m Taylor) of Bath Street, Southport and formerly of ■


Brennand Street, Clitheroe, was attacked’ by a handin' snatcher on Wednesday week, while on holiday in Palnu Majorca. She fought off her attacker but was slightl injured in doing so.


Mrs. Aspin. who is 67, was walking on Palma’s prom


enade with her friend, Mrs. Elsie Hughes, aged 66, also ol Southport, when suddenly a man jumped on Mrs. Aspin’r back and tried to snatch her handbag.


Mrs. Aspin fought back


and as they were struggling, she fell to the ground and was dragged several yards still clutching her bag. As two couples arrived on the


Mystery Plays


scene, the man ran away with­ out the bag.


treated in a hospital for shock, bruises and suspected fractures, she toured the resort in a police car trying to spot her assailant.


After Mrs. .Aspin had been


particular interest in the tow n mace, which is Insured for £4,000. To the left of the picture . are the Rotary president, the Rev. A. F. Clark and Rotarian Jack Whittaker.


North Rotary Club. Yesterday t h e y we n t to


Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court where they were welcomed by the chairman of the bench. Lunch was taken with the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, fol­ lowed by a. visit to Mullard Ltd. at Simonstone. Last night the visitors enter­


tained their guests to a musical evening in the Starkie Arms Hotel, Clitheroe.


NINE out of the 14 parishes


were represented at the Ruri- decanal Conference held in Clitheroe Parish Hall on Wed­ nesday evening.


in the Whalley Deanery


the speaker, Miss D. Bagridge, a Church Missionary Society representative in Lahore. West­ ern Pakistan, spoke on "The present-day situation in Pakis­ tan."


After the business meeting,


Rural Dean, the Rev. A. F. Clark, was chairman, and the Rev. A. K. Bisbrown, of St. Paul’s Church, Low Moor, was conference clerk. The conferences are held twice a year.


The Vicar of Clitheroe and


FAMILY LINKED WITH CORPORATION 79 YEARS


JN the history of Clitheroe Corporation, the Davies family has a record of service of which it can be justly proud. For 79 years now, a member of the Davies family has


been employed by the corporation, and for 71 years the sewage farm has been under their management. In 1895, Mr. Henry Davies,


who came to Clitheroe from Shropshire, was made the manager of the newly-formed Clitheroe Sewage farm at Henthorn. Before this, the method of sewage disposal in Glitheroe was the primitive


river-carrying method. At this time, the 72-acre


farmhouse on the farm, which has not been used now for


farm was let out to any rate­ payer who had stock, at prices which today seem ridi­ culous. The rates were— cattle one shilling, per head per week; sheep threepence per head, per week, and lambs twopence. Mr. Davies lived at the old


more than ten years. Mr. Davies’s son, Mi-. Robert Davies, who is 54, and now the manager of the farm, was bom and bred at the old farm, and began working for the corpora­ tion 39 years ago. Mr, Robert. Davies began


The Mayor of Clitheroe, councillor Tom Robinson, with the Mayoress, Mrs. Robinson, shows the German visitors the regalia and ancient charters of the borough. Here the teenagers show a


“I’m still a bit shaken and I would have been far better off If I hadn’t fought back, but I was not going to let my handbag go. It had a lot of money inside.”


Mrs. Aspin said afterwards,


lived in Liverpool for a while before returning to Clitheroe. She left the town for a second time about 30 years ago to live in Southport.


Born in Clitheroe, Mrs. Aspin


In her younger days she was employed in a cotton mill in Clitheroe as a weavei-.


and Mrs. Thomas Taylor, her father b e i n g employed by Messrs. Eastham’s. solicitors, Clitheroe, at the time of the famous Jackson Abduction Case. She has one brother, Mr. W.


in Southport. She is the daughter of Mr.


She now owns a block of flats


LINK WITH HODDER VALLEY


A P R O D U C T I O N of Mystery Plays to be


given in the red stone ruins of Furness Abbey, Barrow-in- Furness, from June 27 to July 8 is to be edited and directed by Mr. John Towler, who is well-known in the Hodder


late Mr. and Mrs. Percy Towler, both lived in the Hodder Valley at one time. His father used to live at the Hark to Bounty Inn, Slaidburn, and his mother was brought up at the Root. Farm, Dunsop Bridge. During the last 15 years, Mr.


Valley. Mr. Towler’s parents, the


SUNSPRAY 26/11-36/11 Brown, Red, While or Blue Smooth Side.


Girts 8-3 i f , 1 Hi L i Y i I I Clithcroc Advertiser and Times, Friday, June 3, 1696 3 f . SANDALS


i }|!


Towler has produced, directed and taken part in many success­ ful plays in Barrow-in-Furness. The performance of Mystery


Taylor, of 21 Brennand street, Clitheroe, and a sister in Little- borough.


work at the farm, but after two years he worked for the high­ ways department for seven years, before t a k i n g h i s father’s old job when he retired. The job entails supervising tipping, which has been done


■SSS


IIIMITED PERIOD ONLY!


|s is such a super Bar- Offer from D.E.R.


|EE fast service - no repair costs! ^


■E E TV stand included! CSitheroe a r a g e s JER or CONCRETE 1


|}St initial payments TV arc now around to £15. That’s why


FRIDG ES


An electric fridge is a No. 1. necessity for the modern home, but which to choose, where to buy, where to get worthwhile advice can be difficult. Your Norweb showroom solves all these problems with Six Star Service.


Wide range o f tested appliances


★ Expert advice ~k Fair prices


★ Choice o f ways to pay ★ After sales service ★ Comprehensive 12 months guarantee


bEALERS i n t ler. First class


iy belts. Parkins s condition. RANGED


EE US n. DAILY


IOTORISTS CAR WASH


I WASHES £1 CLITHEROE pE 73


IRIMINGTON 254


YOUR NORWEB SHOWROOM


ELECTRICITY SERVICE CENTRE KING STREET, CLITHEROE


Both these models have been tested by the British Electrical Approvals Board for safety and durability


Choose from these famous names norweb • FRIGIDAIRE * HOTPOiNT • " y j • LVoLlSfi uiiflM tiorweb shopping is wise shopping 752D North West Electricity Mr. E. Lawrenson, governing director of Castle Castings Ltd), presenting - the


new Lawrenson Trophy to’ Mr. Brian Wilding captain of the Judge Walmsley Hotel darts team after, his side’s 5—4 victory over White Horse.in:thc Clithcrpc and District Darts League Knock-out competition. On. tlie right of the picture is Mr. R. Whipp, the league secretary.


your norweb showroom and choose from the wide range of


in the family line with his job. for he says that his two sons will not follow his footsteps as there are a lot better jobs in this modern world. His son, Peter, who used to


Royce. Mr. Davies now lives at a


new house, about 400 yards from the old farm at Oakroyds, in Henthorn Road.


be in the army, is a welder, and Ills other son, Derek, works in the tool room at Rolls-


has played a part in the history of the farmland, when farmers bid at the mart to hire some of the land for their stock, and the land was let this way for 40 years. Now farmers put in tenders to the corporation for the lease of land. Mr. Davies is to be the last


The Clitheroe Auction Mart


Plays in Furness Abbey belongs to a long and honourable tradi­ tion, and in seeing the produc­ tion one will be able to watch the whole scope of man’s redemption from the Creation to the Last Judgment, as seen through medieval eyes.


RECEIVED CLOTH


at Henthorn for more than 70 years, working on the sewage plant and repairing fences and caring for the farm fields.


STOLEN FROM MILL AT CHATBURN


MAN who pleaded guilty at the County Sessions at Preston to receiving cloth worth £750. stolen from


Stonebridge Manufacturing Co., Chatburn, would not name the man he got it from because of fear of the consequences the County Sessions at Preston were told on Wednesday week


The man, Charles Wallbank, 29, of Kendal Road. Belthorn, near Blackburn, was put on probation for three


years. The prosecution offered no


evidence against Peter Crump, 18, of Havelock Street, Black­ burn, who was charged with stealing or receiving the cloth or being an accessory after the fact and he was released.


Crump denied the charges. Mr. D a v i d Waddington, prosecuting alleged that on May


AT THE CINEMA -—next week


“JJ1ANNY HILL”, the memoirs of a woman of pleasure is the film at the Palladium Cinema from Monday to


Wednesday, next week. The story concerns Fanny


Hill, a young and beautiful woman who comes to London


“companion” to a woman who lives in a house with her twelve “nieces.” Fanny, however, is ninocent of the fact that she is living in a house of ill-repute that is being run for the elite of London.Fanny falls in love with a young ensign, whose intentions are honourable and they plan to marry, but there are many complications before they are


to seek her fortune. She finds employment as a


from the Beach” stars Brod­ erick Crawford and James Robertson Justice.


“Devils of Darkness”, a


thriller, is the .film at the Civic Hall from Monday to Wed­ nesday next week. Starring are William Sylvester, Hubert Noel, Tracy Reed, Carole


able to do so. . Doris Day and Rod Taylor star in the film “Do not Dis­ turb,” which is being shown at the end of the week. Co-starring are Hermione


Brittany on holiday on “All Souls Eve,” when spirits rise from their graves to haunt the local residents, and they are witnesses to the the most mys­ terious happenings. From Thursday to Saturday


Gray and Diana Decker. An English couple arrive in


Baddeley and Sergio Fantoni. The story, which develops


along comedy lines, Is of an executive of a clothing firm who. is sent to England to boost the firm’s sales. His wife, played by Doris Day, surprises him by renting a large rambling coun­ try house for their stay in Eng­ land instead of the town flat that he wanted in the vicinity


of his office. The supporting film,


Wallbank was a polio victim in 1961 and his right arm and hand were paralised. He had difficulty in getting work and he stupidly agreed to lend his vehicle for £5. He did it purely for the money which, inciden­ tally, he had never received. He was frightened to name the men and with his handicap he was “ susceptible to violence.” The chairman, . Mr.. W. H.


appointment to meet the men. The police hid in the van and it was taken to the appointed place but nothing happened. Mr. I. Taylor, defending, said


Openshaw, said the Bench accepted that Wallbank was not as deeply Involved as other people.


MR. MAUDLING TO SPEAK AT TORY FETE


tlie Crown Prince of the Pop world, Elvis Presley stars in “Fun in Acapulco.” Co-Starring Ursula Andress, Elsa Cardenas and Paul Lukas. Elvis plays the part of a


of the Year” organised by the Clitheroe Division Conserva­ tive Association to be held at Great Harwood Football ground tomorrow week will be the Rt. Hon. Reginald Maudllng M.P.


Guest speaker at the “Fete Telephone 2283


sailor who arrives in Acapulco where his singing Equalities are soon discovered. He also very soon, gets romantically invol­ ved with two beautiful women, There is a thrilling ending


“Up.'sea below.


when Elvis has to dive from the top of a cliff info the raging


Bench Opposition speaker to visit the Division within six months, for earlier in the year, Sir Alec Douglas-Home spoke


This is the second Front


in Whalley. Already a vintage car demon


stration has been planned and during the afternoon a local


folk group, The Pendle Folk, will entertain and Mo r r i s Dancing is also planned.


FOR ALL MOTOR VEHICLE


SERVICING, SPARES, REPAIRS, M.O.T. TESTING, ETC.


YOUR USED CAR CENTRE ANY MAKE. OF NEW OR USED CAR


SUPPLIED — Every vehicle over £250 carries our 3 months’ warranty


1964 CORTINA, 4 door 1964


1963 1963 1962


1964 AUSTIN A60, blue/whitc 22,000 miles ' only-.


FORD Zephyr, Maroon............. .


SINGER Vogue Saloon, low mileage, one owner specimen ...............................


ROVER 3 litre automatic,rpower assisted - steering,1 beautiful


............. ., - ■ ■ X .„. . . . ........./• £465 ......... £555


FORD Zodiac automatic, white with ‘Wclbasto’ sunshine roof ..................... £725


£515 £505 £705


A55 Farina de lu x e .................................. £295 HILLMAN Minx, Duo T on e .................... £95 FORD Consul, Duo Tone, Blue ............ £165 .AUSTIN Metropolitan


ROVER 90, 50,000 miles only 10 a.m. to 6 p.m;. Sunday


8-30 a.m. till 7 p.m. Monday to Saturday


QUALITY PETROL a t-4/1 lVaKgailon.,, - REGULAR at 4/7. a gallon •<*?, . WHY PAY MORE?


PETROL v ■w- r_


« 6 5 £165


4th 33 bales of cloth were stolen from the canteen of the mill where they were stored. At 12-35 a.m. on May 5th police saw Wallbank’s van in a garage which he rented and the. cloth was inside it. A watch was kept at 9-40 a.m. Wallbank and Crump got in the vehicle and drove away. They were stopped but Wailbank said he had lent the van for £5 to two men he met in a public house. Later he said he had an


CORRECT FIT FOR SUNTIME FOOT HEALTH in Clarks sturdy, well-designed footwear made in up to 4 width fittings


• We f it correctly on Clarks Footgauge D. LORD & SON


5 Moor Lane, Clitheroe TEL. CLITHEROE 488


FURNISHINGS for YOUR IDEAL HOME


M -


r ii * si, i ’ i f l i t '


III


f W From, W. SOUTHW


40 YORK STREET, CLITHEROE TEL. 191


Also at 12 NORTHGATE, BLACKBURN Tel. 57733


STUBBS' DEPOSITORIES LTD.


Removers and Storers CEDAR STREET, BLACKBURN


3 lines:—57122— 48475—18540


Same Day Estimates :: Whole or Part Loads LOCAL RATES TO AND FROM


TOWN CENTRE, NO RUNNING CHARGES PI ORTH-Sons J i 1it!


I


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10