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Complete chaos was caused on many Ribble and


Hodder Valley roads at weekend, when there was the heaviest snow in the area for about three years. On Saturday morning most


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several feet of snow, and drifts were up' to eight feet


and private motorists had to dig for about an hour to get their cars out of their garages to the road. Pendle Forest Hunt Steeple­


deep. Bus services were dislocated


chases, which should have been held at Sawley Grange on Saturday were postponed, after it became evident on Friday evening that racing would be impossible. This popular event usually


<; Corporation workmen busy in King Street, Clitheroe, moving the snow.


their vehicles skidded even on main roads, and some were abandoned. Isolated farm-houses in the


Ribble Valley and in particular in the Slaidburn area were cut off for several hours. Snow ploughs were used to clear the road from Slaidburn to White- well first, but it took them longer to clear the fell road. I t was the weather’s worst


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WEDDINGS HIT AS GUESTS


£TIISIS after crisis hit wedding ceremonies all over Ribblesdale on Saturday. Conlary to custom, brides waited patiently in church


while their husbands-to-be battled through snowdrifts several feet deep. The best man in one wedding didn’t turn up, and there were hasty re-arrange-


nients in plans. Miss M. Downer-Bottomley played the organ pat’endy lor two whole hours


at a wedding at St. Michael’s Church, in the remote, snowcovered village of Whitewell on Saturday morning. The marriage ceremony—due to be8in at 12 o’clock — was delayed for at least an hour and a half as the guests, the groom and the best man were stuck in deep drifts of snow.


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the village, had difficulty in reaching the tiny village church where the organ music was played to the one or two people fortunate enough to get to the church on time. Bowland Council workmen


were out early in the morn­ ing, determined to keep the


village roads open and even­ tually the groom, Mr. Alec Banks, of Darwen, and his best man Mr. P. David Chad­ wick managed to reach the


April Fool joke ever. And the terrific thaw that followed it brought danger to Saturday shoppers. People were ' knocked down


or shocked as snow suddenly cascaded-from roofs. Guttering


DONOR-TEAM STRUGGLES THROUGH


A routine journey from Man­


attracts thousands of visitors, and this year with a record | entry of horses it was anti­ cipated that there would he a


record attendance. Conditions were particularly


bad on the main road from Clitheroe to Skipton, and at one time on Friday night there was a traffic queue, practically bumper to bumper extending


blood-transfusion team of doc­ tors and nurses turned into a grim battle against the weather on Saturday morning. The team left Manchester at


chester to Clitheroe for a t i®


8 a.m. for the first visit to Clitheroe this year, but ran into blocked roads after passing


for a couple of miles. Snow ploughs were called


moving, chiefly .because car drivers decided to risk driving on grass verges at the sides of


out. but even they got stuck. Eventually traffic started


more serious when at one time four articulated lorries were stuck on the road near Gisburn


the road. The situation became even


village. To add to the confusion, a


car proceeding from the direc­ tion of Skipton was involved in collision with one of the lorries, which slewed round across the road. The driver of the car, Peter Arrowsmith of Standen Road, Clitheroe was injured and was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary.


I other towns on Saturday night had nightmare experiences as


in the Ribble and Hodder Valleys were so poorly attended that they were cut short. People travelling home to Clitheroe from Blackburn and


A number of social functions


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Roby Street, Manchester, the team was re-routed. The minibus carrying doctors and nurses and a van containing equipment had to travel via Bolton and Black­ burn. Eventually; the team arrived


through Bury. After contacting their base in


trict council quickly set to work opening the road to the Moor­ cock Inn, • Waddington, ■ where the reception was* held. Even the 'honeymoon was


village for half past one. After the ceremony, the dis­


was brought down, but luckily there was no serious injury.


Even the bride, Miss Margaret Taylor who lives in


journey to Slaidburn church Said the bride’s mother, Mrs. A. Howden, “The roads were terrible. I thought we were never going to get there.”


Taylor, told an Advertiser and Times reporter, “Bowiand Council did a really wonderful job clearing the snow.” One of the only two weddings


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in Ribblesdale which took place on time was that of Miss Jean Parker of Church View. Gis­ burn.


delayed by -the road condi­ tions and; the couple had to undertake only a half of the journey to the Lake District on Saturday, completing their journey t'/.e following day.


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aged to attend the service, even those from Barrow-in-Furness.


Luckily, ail the guests man­


pretty Margaret Rose Howden of Salthill Road battled with the elements to get taxis to her home before the wedding cere­ mony at Slaidburn. Our picture shows the terrible conditions that were prevalent even in the town.


hitch there. Because of bad weather conditions the best man could not get to the village, and re-arranged plans meant filling that position at short notice. Friends and neighbours of


However, there was even a The bride’s mother, Mrs. M. the bride had a 90-minute s i l S i l l


When the taxis eventually reached the house guests and


for the five weddings for which they had been contracted, the taxi drivers and the garage workers had to dig the drifts of snow from the garage yard so that the taxis could reach the main road. And after this delay they found, in most cases, that the road to the church had to be cleared. In several cases wedding


Before Tomlinson’s Ltd. (Clitheroe) could provide taxis


guests abandoned their cars, as engines stalled and wheels spun in the slush.


through the worst of the snow, but the most amusing incident was when the bride arrived at church in white gown and wel­ lingtons. Needless to say she changed her footwear at the


TAILPIECE: Men carried the womenfolk


door.


FARMERS’ NIGHT BATTLE


WITH BLIZZARD


^ yH E N the snow and blizzards hit the north at the week­ end most of you were wondering about “braving the


cold” to go out and get your shopping. But it was a different story for the farmers. By early April, most of file hill sheep in the district are beginning to lamb, and the weekend's snow made it chaotic and hazardous for the farmers. Mr. Askew of Gills farm, |


Tosside said that on his farm there were 10 inches of level


snow and he was up all Fri­ day night looking after the


side under cover, and though he bad not lost any ewes or lambs the night had been very hard on them.


sheep. He had brought them all in­


troubles, milk wagons had not been able to travel up the snowbound roads and collect his milk on Saturday, but he was hoping that they would be able to get through on Sunday. Also the morning’s post had not arrived. All the grass on the farm


To add to Mr. Askew’s


but fortunately he had some In stock. Also undelivered were his supplies of groceries and post. Mr. Bainbridge and his son


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recalled the bad winter of 1963-4 and said that in that year they had had the terrible loss of 40 sheep. At Blackmoss Farm, Slaid­


burn, Mr. Townson had been through the terrible ordeal. He said that sheep were sensible and had taken to shelter during the blizzard. But it was another story of


uncollected milk, though he hoped that his milk would be collected in the afternoon as he had taken it to the main road. These random examples show


had been covered and there was the extra expense of feed­ ing hay and silage to his stock. Mr. Askew recalled the hard


that the heavy fall of snow does not just mean wet feet and winter scenes. I t can mean great hardship


winter of 1963-64 when he had to take his daily milk supply five miles to Copy Nook. Times were not as bad now. he said, for the snow clearing vehicles were now better equipped. The story was the same at


and loss of hard-earned income to our friends in the farming community.


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at Clitheroe Parish Church School almost two hours late. Meanwhile arrangements had been made to use the Lowe r School, and snow-shifting was begun in Paradise Lane and by bus shelters in York Street to enable the vehicles to be un­ loaded, The local depot of Ribble


Motor Services Ltd. sent several helpers to carry equipment, and they were joined by donors who had been waiting at the school for the team. Despite the weather and


travelling condidtions, 110 donor -attemfed, and refreshments were served by members of the WVS. Morning and afternoon ses­


9 It was a case of “Get me to the church on time” for attractive blond Miss Margaret Rose Howden of Saithill Road who was married on Saturday. Her friends and neighbours j o i n


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the battle against the snow to get the taxi to her home.


Margaret who was married at Slaidburn was one of the many brides in Ribbles­ dale whose first matrimonial set-back was the snow.


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will be on July 2, when donors not called on Saturday will be invited to attend. However any donor who gave


blood on Saturday and wishes to do so again in July should con­ tact Mr. B, Sharpies, 22 Somer­ set, Avenue, Clitheroe, or any member of the Toe H, Mr. K. Barber, the regional


organiser of the blood-donation scheme wishes to thank all donors for attending in such adverse conditions.


sented 1.4 per cent of the estimated total number of employees compared with 1.4 per cent in the previous month and 1.8 in March, 1965. The number registered as unem­ ployed in Great Britain was 314,113. This represented 1.3 per cent as compared with 1.5 per cent in February, 1966, and 1.6 per cent in March, 1965. The March total in the North


Western Region on 14th March 1966 was 41,319. This repre­


More in Work THE number of registered


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Made b e t te r to fit b e t te r


there was a decrease of 2,050 in the regional total, a decrease of 1,777 wholly unemployed and a decrease of 273i temporarily stopped.


Western Region was made up of 40,792 wholly unemployed (including 64 school leavers) and 527 temporarily stopped. Between February and March


not yet been in employment) fell by 39 to 64.


The number of school leavers (i.e. persons under 18 who have


loss for words, once had the task of explaining to a large banquet audience that a slight hitch had developed in the pro.


me.’’ says comedian Milton Berle. “One day I rang her at her hotel in New York. She wasn’t in her room so I asked the operator to page her. Loca­


ted in the crowded foyer, mother walked over to the phone, picked up the receiver and shouted, 'Hallo, is that my son, Milton Berle?”’


up.” “My mother was very proud of


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ceedings. “Ladies and gentle­ men,” he intoned, “the guest of honour this evening needs no introduction—he didn’t turn


® There’s no business like snow business for the kids. The deeper it is the more they like it. These four Clitheroe tots saw the grown-ups hard at work snow- shifting and so decided they would lend a hand.


Youths cleared on poaching summonses


nPHREE Liverpool young men who all pleaded “Not


guilty” at Bowland Magistrates’ Court at Gisbum on Monday were cleared on poaching sum­


monses. The three men were Kenneth


moned for pursuing game with­ out a licence, trespass whilst in possession o‘f a firearm, being found in possession of air gun slugs and a rifle, and trespass upon land in daytime in pur­ suit of game. Wilson, a labourer, was sum­


Halton (21) of Weston Avenue, Derek Bate (20), Denwood Road and Raymond Wilson (17) Conleach Road all of Speke. Halton, a bartender was sum­


moned for the same offences as Halton, and Bate, also a labourer, was summoned for the same offences, except the one


for trespass whilst in posses­ sion of a firearm. Mr. M. Wilkinson, prosecuted


shire Constabulary, stationed at Lancaster said that he was on motor patrol with Mr. J. Bow­ man when they passed a sta­ tionary vehicle. They stopped a little way down the road and kept the car under observation. Witness added that he saw


two youths later identified as Halton and Wilson on the fell about 80 yards from the road, carrying guns and another youth, later identified as Bate, standing just off the road on the grass verge also carrying a gun. He approached the youths


and told them what he had seen and asked them to show then1 firearms licences. He then told them that they would be reported.


not poaching. When questioned in court.


Halton replied that they were - .


and Mr. D. Race defended. P.C. Bennett of the Lanca­


Halton stated that they were on their way to the Lake District. They had left Liverpool at about 4-0 a.m., had reached Bowland Forest and were tired so they had a sleep. After waking up he and Wil­


son went for. a walk to stretch their legs. . When asked why they took


that at the particular spot where the accused had stopped, there were no signs telling them that that part of, the fell was private land. Wilson, who was also sum­


their guns with them on to the fell if they were not going to shoot game, Halton replied, “In the city we are not allowed to walk round carrying a gun, so when we are free to do so it is a novelty. We were not poaching and we had no slugs on us.” In evidence, it was stated


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