HOTEL DRAMA AFTER LATE NIGHT PARTY


JTINES totalling £80 with costs of £20 4s., were imposed on Gillen (25) of Stonyhurst Road, after he had been found


car Ciitheroe. Her S. W. Allen, foun-


in oC Ciitheroe and iitician-s. ‘Mi-. Ei-ne.'l Allen, a ml lather, was a tenor and conductor v Male Voice Choir. [• soloist, he lignred oncert programmes h the names of such us as Isobci Bailie r. Pirrier. oadcast regularly for


cars. iider. therefore, that


steal abilities are SO


i,. piano, she is a jruanist. and has organ at Ciitheroe


eh. entered the Acad-


had passed grade linations in piano


s she a keen and mis;, for she has various ‘ elocution


and has won e. sll- • elocution, a! Academy Judith ntr and the 'cello a no. piano is her main


3he intends to come > free lance piano


it.'' her father told and Times repor-


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day, of unlawfully and maliciously wounding two sons of the Hotel near Ciitheroe with a screwdriver.


He was fined £15 for maliciously wounding Peter Whit­


taker; £15 for maliciously wounding John Whittaker; £15 for being in possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. He pleaded not guilty to these offences. He was further fined £5


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for driving a motor car with­ out due care and attention; £5 for failing to stop after an accident; £5 for driving a motor car without a driving licence and £20 for using a


motor car without insurance. On the latter offence he was disqualified from driving for


five years. He pleaded guilty to all four offences. A foundry labourer, Roland


J. Hitchen, 32 of Hazel Street, Blackburn was fined £25 for assaulting Peter Whittaker and causing him actual bodily harm and £15 for committing damage to four windows of the Hodder Bridge Hotel to the amount of £13 8s. He pleaded guilty to


•both offences and was ordered to repay the latter cost of repairing the windows and costs


of £5 15s. 6d. Mr. J. Wright, prosecuting,


said that the Blackburn firm Wil kin so n and Kenneford


were holding a private party at the Hodder Bridge Hotel on the night of November 19 last year. At 1-45 a.m. as guests were


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leaving Gillen and Hitchen started arguing and using foul


language. The licensee Mr. Jim Whit­


taker told them to get on their way. They quietened down and went towards the toilets at the


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the bar, the argument broke out again, and they started fighting and fell to the floor. Mr. Wright said that this was more due to drink than to any


blows struck. Mr. Whittaker’s two sons


Peter and John then helped their father to eject the two men from the hotel, and at t-his-


away, but Hitchen picked up a stone from a nearby wall and flung it through a plate glass window.


Another stone he threw


caught the licensee’s son Peter on the forehead causing him slight injury.


WINDOWS BROKEN Several other stones were


thrown, alleged Mr. Wright, and a bedroom window and a dining-room w i n d o w were broken. In the middle of this distur­


bance, Gillen drove his car up to the hotel door; He jumped out of the car, and was only wearing his vest and trousers. “He was obviously looking for


yellow screw driver in his hand. When he saw Peter Whittaker, alleged Mr. Wright, he said, “You’re the one I want” and lunged out at him causing him a two-inch long injury in his neck. He was put out of the hotel


again and "saw the other brother, John. He stabbed him in the chest, causing a slight puncture, which was not very serious, because the screwdriver was fairly blunt. Mr. Wright said that Gillen


then jumped back into his car, and reversed it violently across the main road colliding with a


car parked on the other side. Then he drove off at' a fast speed towards Chaigley. The licensee of the hotel Mr. Jim Whittaker said he spoke to


trouble” said Mr. Wright. He was seen to have a small


moment Hitchen deliberately put his foot through a glass panel in the door. Gillen then, seemed to walk


• arguing at- about'l-45when the guests were leaving. They went quiet, hut when


Hitchens.and ■'■Gillen - who were


they were passing through the bar another argument broke out, and both men were in a general melee on the floor. He then ejected one man and


his" sons ejected , the other. -.: Later Gillen came to the front


door in his car, and jumped out wearing only a vest and trousers.


■ “He went berserk" said Mr. Whittaker. “He saw Peter and lunged oiit


at him with a small screwdriver he was holding in his hand like a knuckleduster. He: caught Peter in the neck, and after he was thrown out stabbed John


in the chest.” MENACING MOOD


Mr.. , Peter • • Whittaker, of


Hodder' Bridge. Cottages - em­ ployed as a chef by his father said that Gillen was in a men­ acing mood, “agressive and swearing.” ■ “He was holding a small


screwdriver in his; hand; like .a knuckleduster. He .hit out and caught me in the neck.” . The other son Mr.- John Whit­


taker -of the Hodder Bridge Hotel said that while he was grappling with 'Gillen outside the hotel, . someone shouted, "Look out! He’s got a screw­


- He-saw it and felt a blow in driver.” ;


■his .chest. . . - . v,. .... . . ■ ■ . He went back - into • the hotel


and- found that .the blow had caused a'small-puncture wound


■ The organist . at the hotel, Mr.'Leonard Jackman, of Leven- shuhne,' Manchester,, had come, from Plymouth to the court. ■ In his statement; he/said that he saw the screwdriver in- Gillen’s hand, and saw him when he reversed across the road into his own car. Three other witnesses—Mr.


in his chest •


James Brian Kenneford, direc­ tor of the firm which was hold­ ing the' ■ party, Mr,. Alan Taylor of Brow Top Cottage, Grindleton and Mr. George Stoddart of Valley View, Grindleton had seen, the inci­


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dents and testified that Gillen had been holding the screw­ driver in his hand “ like a knuckleduster.” PC Jack Sowden, stationed at


Waddington, said that on November 21 he saw Gillen at Blackburn police station. He told him he was making


enquiries, and Gillen said, “We went to the Hodder but it wasn’t me fighting. I didn’t stab anyone with a screw­


driver.” PC Sowden then sa‘d when


he had asked Gillen to produce his driving licence and insur­ ance he had replied, “I have no licence and no insurance. I know it’s daft but I ’ve never


had one.” When PC Sowden told Gillen


he would be reported, he answered, “When will I hear about it? Will I have time to get to South Africa?" PC Sowden said he had found


a small yellow-handled screw­ driver • in Gillen’s car, and Gillen had said it was his. PC Dennis Firth, stationed


at Gisburn had accompanied PC Sowden to Blackburn, and as far as he knew none of the Whittaker family was present. However, when Gillen per­


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sisted in court that one of the Whittaker sons had been at the police station, Jim Whittaker was recalled to the witness box. He said he had never been to


'T'HROUGH the kindness of Mr. E. Walsh of 25 Pleck-


gate Road, Blackburn, we repro­


duce these two pictures which give an indication of how the scholars were dressed at a vil­


at Whalicy Church.of England


lage school 60 years ago. Our top picture shows a class


School the teacher of which was the late Miss .Railton. Our bot­ tom picture, as the blackboard explains, is of the scholars who


wore never absent at the yoar ending at the completion of the summer term, 1906. It would be interesting to


know, of course how many oi those who arc pictured on the photograph arc still .alive.


a Blackburn setter, Gerald guilty at. Gisburn, on Mon­ licensee of the Hodder-Bridge


Ciitheroe Advertiser and Times, Friday, January 14, 1966 7 IN FIELD HAD GUNS AND A DOG


rpwo Burnley ' brothers and -*■ their friend were at Gis­


burn Magistrates Court on Mon­ day fined a total of £24 for pur­ suing game without a licence


and trespassing in the daytime and trespassing on land in the daytime in pursuit of game. Mr. J. C. Pollard, prosecuting,


said that on Sunday October 17. Mr. Charles Frankland, a game- keeper on the Hindley Estate at Gisburn had been on the Gis- burn-Long Preston road, when he saw a car parked by the road­ side. Coming over the fields to­ wards it he saw three men, two


I carrying guns and the third with a small whippet-type dog. John Lynch (21), a miner of


Ribchester Avenue, Burnley was lined £4 for pursuing game without a licence, and £4 for ■respassing on land in' the day­ time in pursuit of game. He pleaded guilty to both offences. His brother, William Lynch


(19) a miner of Wycoller Avenue, Burnley, who pleaded not guilty to the same offences was fined £4 on each. Their friend, Victor Simpkin (20), a welder of Dal­ ton Street, Burnley pleaded guilty to both -offences and was


also fined £4 on each. The men each paid two guineas


in advocate’s fees. Mr. Pollard, prosecuting, told


■the magistrates that after the gamekeeper had seen the men he approached them and ascer­ tained that they were on land without permission. He looked at their guns and


found John Lynch’s was loaded and Simpkin’s was not. Later at the police station it was found that Simpkin had cartridges in


. his pocket. The land on which they were


trespassing, said Mr. Pollard, was abounding with game and the shooting rights belonged to Mr. J. R. Hindley. At the police station they were


seen by PC George Poole. He asked the men if they had permission to go on the land.


J.P. HITS OUT AT


POACHERS


a STRONG plea for poaching in the Gisburn


area to cease came on Monday from the presid­ ing magistrate at Gisburn Court, Mr. J. M. Barlow.


After hearing four poaching cases which took up prac­ tically the whole day, Mr. Barlow said, “We have a


lot of poachers round here and we shall have to be-


... come - more - and more drastic with them.”


To four men whose case had just been heard he said, “Warn your friends not to come round here.”


He said that nearly all the court’s time was being taken on poaching cases.


“And after all though it sounds nothing to you, how would you like it if some­ one came into your garden and started helping them­ selves?”


Letter to the Editor


Blackburn police station in his life and his sons were definitely not there that day. Gillen said in court that he


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had firstly gone over to the door to stop an argument which had broken out, then he went back to his wife. “Then” said Gillen, “next


thing I knew Mr. Whittaker came along and started putting the two of . us out. I went and got my car. Then I saw Mr. Kenneford and the Whittakers putting Hitchen out. “ I told them to let him go


and I would take him home. I have a wife and three children and I didn’t want any trouble." Gillen said he had taken his


jacket and shirt off because Hitchen had blood on his face a-d he didn’t want to dirty his new suit when he was getting


him into the car. ' He said he had never held


the screwdriver and that some­ one must have thrown it into the car when the door was open.


Tile decoration of Officer of


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the wonderful response to the Poppy Day appeal which amoun­ ted to £313—an increase of £22 on last year's total. We should also like to thank the Poppy Day organisers, Mr. H. cooper and his helpers for such wonderful voluntary service.


MAY we express our thanks to It was Mr. Cooper’s first year


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that this is the highest total ever collected in Ciitheroe and we hope that we shall have Mr. Cooper’s services for many Poppy


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and whether they had game licences. They replied they had not. Then he asked John Lynch


and Simpkin if they had gun licences and they said they had not. The men who were not in


possession of any game, were told that the facts would be


reported. John Lynch replied, “It’s a free


country. I was just having a walk.” William Lynch said, “Wc didn’t


shoot any game.” And Victor Simpkin said, “We


were just making our way off the ground when we were stopped.” Mr. Charles Frankland, of the


Temperance Inn, Gisburn, said that he had seen the men while he was on duty. The ground they were on was abounding with all sorts of game. PC George Poole said that he


had taken two 12 bore shot guns and six cartridges off John Lynch and Simpkin. He had searched the car, but found no game. William Lynch claimed that


his dog was not old enough at the time to run after game as it was only 3i months old. How­ ever, he later admitted that it could have rim after a rabbit had one appeared near it. John Lynch said he hadn’t


fired his gun. “There were about 100 ducks


there and I was too frightened to fire it." He added, “Men are lower


than animals m this case. Man is born on earth, and yet he


can’t walk in a field when an animal can.”


Sir Thomas Beecham conducted


opera in the era when most lady singers were on the buxom side. He was once asked why he did not choose sopranos who ate less. “I would like to,” sighed Beecham. who had an eye lor » shapely female. “But unfortun ately those who sing like blrdi- eat like horses—and vice versa.”


To honour great Scottish bard


IT seems that not only “ Ye banks and braes o’bonnie Doon” celebrate the birth of their native poet, Robert Burns, but


so does the rest of Britain, including the banks and braes of


the bonnic Ribble. For on January 25th, at


the Starkie Arms Hotel, Ciitheroe, the Pipe Band will combine with the newly- formed Caledonian Society to celebrate the birth of this


. great Scottish bard............ Described by Robert Burns as


"the chieftain o’ the pudding


race” , the haggis will be one of the highlights of the evening.


For the benefit of Sassenachs ignorant of the origin and in­


gredients of this particular dish, the haggis is a food peculiar to Scotland, which was once the poor Scotsman’s main meal. The ingredients-are the minced-hyer: heart and lungs of a sheep, with chopped suet, onions, and oat-,


meal or., crumbled oat-cake, seasoned with 'salt,. pepper, :nut-


mcg,. lemon juice, and cayenne pepper. All these ingredients are put in a cleaned stomach and


boiled..............V


haggis, -accompanied by- the pipe band. When the haggis: is safely


The chef will - carry in the .c


delivered to - the table the chef will pick up his glass, down-the straight whisky therein and


return to the kitchen. Mr. C. F. Hepburn, a Scots­


man living in Ciitheroe..wiH-.


• then address the haggis. This address will include the quoting of Robbie Burns’ poem, ‘T o a Haggis.” At the. verse concerned with the cutting of the haggis so that all the entrails; spill out. Mr. Hepburn will drive a dagger into it. so that the savoury con­


tents can be eaten. Of course, one, lonely haggis.;


will not be sufficient to feed the- whole house, but in the kitchen will be plenty more haggis to be eaten with the traditional ’ fheeps" (turnips). It- is hoped that 120 . guests,


including the Mayor and Mayoress, Councillor and Mrs. J.' Hall, will be! present to' savour this Caledonian concoction which, strange as it may seem, is a delicidus dish tasting rather


like stuffing. Scottish grace having been


said, . and haggis having been eaten, throats have yet to be wetted with whisky • and high­


land flings have still to be flung. - The.. Rev. T. Morrison of


Burnley will propose a toast to “ the' immortal memory” of Robert Bums, then, because, as even most Sassenachs know, Robert Burns was a ladies’ man, Mr.. W. C. C. Buchanan of Whalley will propose a toast to “ the. lassies”. . Slhglng^and dancing will fol­


low, ■ mostly' in Scottish style. Many of the dancers will-also be in Scottish style as dress is optional and, as the majority of ' men and.women will be garbed in the'tartan ° £ their own clan. As at most social gatherings,


Scottish and otherwise, the evening will close with the sing­ ing of “Auld lang syne”. . S c o t l a n d is, not without reason, proud of her native poet, ahd.it is because of the Ciitheroe Caledonian:. . Society that - all


' natives,; descendants and, friends;, o f Scotland in Ciitheroe can.jojri- together,- on this' great occasion;'; .-/ Although the country common: to all ','the' society members v is;)


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