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■toe magistrates can' Import from the Home I you.”


■ until Decembei 2'-


JAIL Oui- decision will be


[Inspector T. Shaw ■is. said that Mr’


I, « ? hiS„ Car Which l left on Uie forecourt


av Inn. E c.d .


k Norman Cos and J Allenby saw tb ■


110-40 p.m., they saw fine out, reverse the ft. Paul’s Street, park V front of the club I walk back inside. ’


n near Low Moor


Inspector Shaw said ■police officers stopped ■ the foyer and told was going; fe be I la y lor replied: “ i t ’s


. I tried ft few.before one.”


. ■ . ■ ’ Jwas taken to Clith-


Isked about the pistol ipUed: “ i t ’s only a


i / /


mould now


L-ct. Whallcy, on ihc ’ Icl. were again dis- licciing of Clitheroe


liings are at the


I we cannot say |h en we will be able tnce work,” Mr. Kay


ed th a t the question jihing the cottages as


Is of the Council I concern a t the .rapid


jtoe brewei-y pressing ■action.


scheme would have into.


Ion of the state of jittages and asked- the T. P. Rushton to


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HER COAT “BLENDED” WITH SURROUNDINGS WHEN CROSSING ROAD


THE CLOTHES of an old lady who was involved in a fatal collision with a car on; November 18, blended with the surroundings, it was stated at an inquest held at Black- bum yesterday week. The inquest was on Mrs. Nancy Ann Aubin,‘79, of 32 Brownlow Street,.


Clitheroe. Dr. C. K. Heffernan told


the jury that death was caused through m u l t i p l e injuries. He said that Mrs. Aubin received several frac­ tured ribs.


Clitheroe, said his mother would have to cross the road to get home again after leaving -the working men’s club in Whalley Road, Clitheroe. Mr. Ernest Scott, of 2 Tower


good health for a woman of her age. Mr. John Aubin, of Moor End,


He -said that she was in


jury that Mrs. Aubin would not see the car because she had her back to it.


HiU, Clitheroe told the Black­ burn Coroner, Mr. George, Wightman, that he was stand­ ing at the bus stop in Whalley Road, Clitheroe, waiting for the bus to go into Clitheroe.


down waiting for the bus and had his back to Mrs. Aubin for some time.


He said he was pacing up and


elderly lady come out of the club on her own. She paused at the kerb, and after giving a fleeting glance both ways, star­ ted to cross rather slowly.


PAUSED AT KERB Scott added that be saw an


car come from the Clitheroe direction.


Scott said he had not seen a


up and down, and when I turned round I saw a car level with me travelling towards Whalley."


He continued, "I was pacing


he saw the car hit the old lady when she was about three quar­ ters of the way across the road. He added, "The car hit her and threw her back the way she had come. The car was well on the left.”


elling at an excessive speed; Scott then told the jury that


Aubin’s colour of clothing was a bad colour to see under the sodium lights and her clothes blended with the surroundings.


car parked outside the club and Mrs. Aubin walked behind it and then across the road.


Scott stated that there was a


across the road at an angle to him and with her back to him,


“Some people say the street is well lit at that point, but I •don’t’ declared Scott. He told the


He said that she walked Scott mentioned that Mrs. He said the car was not trav­


Street, Mill- Hill,- Blackburn, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the car involved in' the" collision, said that when the car was close to the Commercial Hotel, she saw someone crossing the road. She saw it was a woman because of the headscarf she was wearing.


that the weather was quite good at the time of the accident. Mrs. Jean Eccles, of Lindley


lady crossing the road.” he added. Scott concluded • by saying


‘It wasn’t good to see the.old • • ■


across the road. Eccles added that the woman


She said the lady was rushing


was on the right hand side and still coming across the road. “She had her back slightly to­ wards us,” she stated.


driver of the car braked and swerved to the near side, She added that someone from the crowd that had gathered said that the driver should not worry as he was given no chance.


Eccles told the jury that the


visited the scene of toe accident and found Mrs. Aubin lying in toe centre of toe road.


P.C. David. Craig said he SLIGHT DENT


He told toe jury that he had .examined the car and found a


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slight dent to the offside head­ lamp surround and some dirt on toe car slightly brushed off at one point.


hiust ROad, Blackburn, toe driver of toe car, elected not to give evidence. ,


James Armstrong, of Sunny-


strong after being cautioned was read to-the jury. In it Arm­ strong declared that he was driving his mini car along toe A59 road towards Blackburn at 30-35 m.p.h. He said that the road was quite well lit and he was using dipped headlights He saw a woman right in front of toe car trying to run across in front of him. He braked and swerved but could not ’avoid hitting her. He stopped toe car and got out. A crowd’had gath­ ered and someone sent for toe police and an ambulance.


A statement taken from Arm­ Building Society.


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ASSETS £39,000,000. RESERVES £1,650,000. 5 b iu t end D spoilt* tolM* Society arsfautM-imratfaMitai


Mrs. A. F. Clark, wife


A . verdict of “accidental death” was returned


of the Vicar of Clitheroe, serves at one of the stalls at the Parish Church Mothers’ Union afternoon


. tea in the church hall on Saturday. A brisk trade was done


at the produce and Christ­ mas decoration stalls, and


about 100 guests were served with tea by M.U. members. - The event raised“£43 for Mothers’ Union funds.


LOCAL AGENTS:


Messrs E.. C H E S T E R S O N , 36: King Street,-Clitheroe ... Telephone; Clltheroe'2519


income tax paid by the society


Equal to £7.4s.8d.% where tax is payable at standard rate.


SUBJECT TO 6 MONTHS NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL MINIMUM INVESTMENT £500.


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a Clitheroe social club when the accident .occurred in Whalley Road, near the junction with St. James’ Street.


Mrs. Aubin was returning from a game.of bingo at Gisbum


licensee leaves New Inn


THE longest , serving licensee in toe Bowlamd area, 'Mr.: Albert Toy went into semi- retirement on’ Monday. .


.'.Mr, Toy- left toe New Inn, Gisbum, on Monday after - 14 years. He has-served for 21 years as a licensee in toe Bowland area. Mr. Toy, who will continue to reside in Gisburn, is con­


sidering'taking up - a position with a local brewery, and has already promised to arrange several private cocktail parties for local people.


trates granted a protection order in respect of toe new licensee, Mr. John Alan Jack- son, who has been a licensee for six years.


On Monday, Gisbum magis­ ; ,


Gold weather killer disease


AS THE cold weather, spreads over the country, fears are mounting, that the killer, desase, columnaris, which.'is known to -thrive'in colder temperatures, might spread from the Lune and surrounding contaminated rivers. ■


fish.- - So far,, toe’ disease has not


yet hit either the Ribble or the Hodder and optimistic ■


appeal, to anglers fishing the Ribble and' Hodder, in case they come lip against any dead


Worried -River Authority officials-have made yet another


feel that it ; may be. prevented from spreading. A circular to fishing tackle dealers and private bailiffs,'- describes toe symptoms andi just-.what ’to do in the event of getting hold of a contaminated fish. . The report says: 'Salmon,


anglers


Angling Notes by Colin


Margerison


patches'of fawn-coloured slime and fungus on toe body. “Pish affected with toe


sea trout and to a lesser degree, brown trout,, have been found dead in some rivers in toe area of this authority and it is pos­ sible that other rivers may, with a lowering of water tem­ perature, be found to have dead or dying fish in them.”


SYMPTOMS


ties are thought to be. caused by bacterial infection, the


I t carries on: “The mortali­


syptoms of which are as follows:. Primary. symptoms— bleaching of toe skin in and around the head, dorsal fin and tail, followed by inflamed areas leaving shallow, raw wounds. Secondary infection — occurs later and fish appear to have


disease tend to inhabit slack water, sometimes above weirs, can appear in eddies and may be found close to toe bank.” I t stresses that people who see fish in a dead or dying con­


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