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C litlie ro e A d v e r tis e r a n d T im e s


FRIDAY, MARCH. 3,1967


DARE THE


A CENTURY ago there was a firm conviction, not only in the Clitheroe district, but all over the country that a stage


churches were needed. ov t^w iiuu had uvwii seagfeiBI


cn showing there one million years


y team had to was decked out


quirements were difficulties that


stylo, and among rs were a “ bron-


nd a " dinosaur," to be brought y by car.


:, including Jim 7) of Edisford oe had agreed to mien. But when ame, only Jim


i out, Danny and tcwart McDonald


i The Crescent, cided to make up


re shows left to tiding the pre- mals), Jim Bur- McDonald and


kson. been reached when more iwuv chapels and


towns possessing two or three, and even more, Noncon­ formist chapels, many of which have been closed with the passing of the years and the uniting of various Methodist circuits


rones were ueeucu. Hence, a building spate which resulted in many


to be:


1. Stronger measures to deal with bandits and young hooligans.


aouist circuus. Today the outstanding needs of the country appear .


, homes.


2. Bigger and better prisons, and more remand .


.


much more today about “rat-races” than one lias ever heard before. And the slogan ‘ I’m all right, Jack has


So far as the business world is concerned, one hears , „„ certainly not lost its popularity. .


One begins to wonder where it is all going to end. The so-called man in the street is convinced he has


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the right answer. “Bring back the ‘cat’ and restore hanging” are remedies freely put forward.


Where have we gone wrong? It is true that many people will say that our


greatest need is a deeper and more vital rellS'°1 Leaders at both local and national level have stressed the problems created by young peopie who


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have had too much to drink, as well as by all people for that matter, while a top level inquiry has produced the decision to build better and more secure prisons, and certainly more remand centres are needed. Make no mistake about.it, They are needed. The nation as a whole is m danger ot losng tha^


standard of morals, that ability to fell rig>*fr0™ wrong, that determination to stand by prrnc p e tell the truth at all costs, which has made Britain


HO


COM .AST ist)


-APERS TO THE


oad ED


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LLEY ROAD 0


with i" plate;


inislied Doors; Flexible Board


rs, Designs and 2/10 per sq. ft.


lT“Y are not afraid of the truth ask yourself •'“V r i S a r d ot honesty in works or t«o»,:


school higher or lower than it was a.tew years a<=°- Can you trust your business acquaintances, bosses


OT W?f you'-ot S e chance/< S s . e s . 1 , or wonld


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would°you take it of making ^ , 0. “


S ' S i i ' ^ o bc unpopular ’and One of the


sure waysPto invite criticism is to point out facts 'which hurt one section of the community or the


° lherit is much easier of course to draw attention to the generation. of oM agc ™ny and varied and


in some 0? our hospitals are patients whose plight is pathetic as to melt the hardest heart-^


Fnnallv there are young people wno reel uua a t o j S 'S & S l for “ ■Sm ? S 'r ° S o ‘|'a^ > » . 'oT’iS ' to £


draw/attention .S f n S s o“t .hh.r or bo.h of fhasa and disirict, but Ihroughout the whole coantry.


Deserve medals thanK na person has been broken in '-ahhsimply >stra


(TANT IRTS ideal


fewer to


Ithe lueeze


moment ’s not lJ® h°-ccomn?tmentSj and often, great S s upon” their time and energy in the serv.ee ot


f.frr


othe Y/hat does all this The answer is simp'e'.^V’®*t What is relevant


is infix uiwic oiiww**1 . requirements


If more prisons are n ni uct they must be nTedld” they must be built, if


hooligans persist in oalr ° . people’ they must be f A t o m o ^ ^ t o . r w n . Ike ’act shoa.d


IONOMY JSELF! jom o n ly p e r y a r d


minutes! !rn-No zip


E p a tra a t : —


Members of Clitheroc Rural rn o nW meeting on Monday


List s "REET


may be formed. THIS WEEK'S


road safkty slogan


Jleing sensible means being safe


.o*L-.


a rt teacher at Clitheroc Royal Grammar School, spoke on pottery and demonstrated how


W I —Mr. Brian McDonald,


to make and glaze pota at the meeting of Mitton ’ WI. on Wednesday evening. He. was thanked by Mrs. M Kindle Mrs. H Smithson presided, and Mrs. E Friend reported on the


At tlie 19 fli annual


soring council meeting. In the competition for a


den gained five.


“Veterans’ ” Dinner at Blackpool on Tuesday ' nearly 500 long-


viome-made lampshade, Mrs. G. Gray and Mrs. R. Williams gahied six stars and Mrs. Grow-


scrvicc employees of Ribblc Motor Services saw Chairman Mr. R. !*■ Bc<l-


dow present awards for 40 years’ service to 23 people. Among them were Mr. Joseph Briggs, a conductor, and Mr. Walter Hope, a driver at the Cfithcroc Depot. Mr. Briggs (left) and Mr. Hope next to him arc seen here with Mr.


Beddow (centre) who is presenting a silver tea and coffee set to Mr. John Hesketh, Fitter-in-Charge at the Foundry Hill, Blackburn, Garage. Ribble general manager, Mr. George Brook is on the


right. viaj. day.


Mr. R. H. Frankland hospital a^Bwnley^n&Murday


R- H. Pmuklaud of “ 1^^ 5 “ S T n X .a »


Ltd. a t their Cobden Mffi. He wn« niso associated


ot- rn ch o te Church and -school i


small son out of die s . y map of the worl


5f iSSS’ “ '"“f with his task completed, i-txm&v was again. In a few mn U


"HoThir PaK a


woSd, Dare we face the tru th ' Are you rustrations until cn a , J to pUt it together j® /U al\°e% s frankly amazed. Get man


righ ted weget^he f producing taor^ cr^ n’’ ' haos, cPomplelc chaos.


W.C.C. ^£*afsrsB « sisters. K jjisbi-own officiated a t tire sorviai a t St. B. £14.19.6


T 3/4 & lull length coaU 1 ( l i f e &jtnls')


FROM £9.15.0 UP TO SUPER G


fslinht suhstandanls) RAD E


PETER BRUHSKILLZ?4 50a, FOUNTAIN STREET (twiri)


PICCADILLY, MANCHESTER, 2 * xlt marfcfrlars’lOOA. Open 6 6*H d*t5 I


lSUCIIl SU HA S)


I'cUEARANCEOF I ”, IReal Sheepskin


BSIADRD %*v. * “k a' voun°ster was back again


bUrfOnS“ o u l d S to see the MBE awarded to people who never aPPeij^ " ^ Ctl|™/own’pleasures3in°order S older S e ’r d a S e a r s nfay be made more


frustrated


RAIL TRUCKS LIKE ‘BOUNCING TOYS’


-THEN


h Dazed bv a slight head wound, the guard crawled from the wreckage of his truck, and walked b^ck three and a half miles to Hellifield, leaving detonator warning signals


goods tr inain were derai derailedled three miles on the Gisburn side of IRlimem __nnarri crawled


A railway guard escaped with minor o


a - r


mu i - j i a r " .. t .


along the line as he went. Mr. Fred Richardson of


Hall Street, Blackburn, who has been employed by British Railways for 43 years, said, “I was thrown about the


-were dragged like a bouncing toy until they were eventually


guard’s van like a cork. “The van and the trucks


O u tw a rd b o u n d


pupil at Ribblesdale Secondary Modern School, Clitheroe, has been selected to go on a 26-day course ait the Outward Bound School, Holne Park, Ashburton


Gordon Parker, a 15-year-old


Devon.Gordon, a keen member ol the school c am p in g and mountaineering clubs, is the younger son of A11', and Mrs. J. B. Parker, of 24 Faraday Avenue, Clitheroe. He will begin his course on


transport.


crushed bridge.” The train was the 2-50 p.m.


a g a i n s t stone


goods .train from Appleby m Westmorland to Widnes. The


trucks, each weighing 21 tons, were fully laden with a 20 ton load of limestone each.


realised as the van .bounced along from side to side that the only thing he could do was to lie down on the floor and hope the train would stop.


Mr. Richardson said that he


approaching trams of the hazard.


bridge, he was jammed inside. He broke some glass and


When it crashed into the


climbed out. I walked back down the


line with a red flag and put some detonators on the line as


200 yards of track


were torn up sleepers were smasued to


matchwood. • Both lines were. closed


Wthroughout ’the th ^^vireckage Goods trains were atsins the


ednesday ns *tne mecka^e was cleared.


a warning. •* when X had walked two


and a half miles I was met by a guard from Hellifield and we


Monday after travelling to Devon by train and special


the Skipton Division Conser­ vative Association held a whist and domino drive in the Parker Anns Hotel, Newton on Wed­ nesday night when tire chair­ man, Col. L. C. King-Wilkinson, thanked Mr. and Mrs. Brough- ton for the use of the hotel and introduced Mrs. Broughton to present prizes for whist and


Hoclder Tories The XIodder Valley Branch of


walked on together.” Mr. Richardson was taken


line again by Wednesday eveningf but in the meanwhile trains travelling north were diverted via Preston and Cam. foriit and those travellm; soutti via Skipton mid Burnley


hre mile ...............—- th Gisburn^- ' injuries v .


home by taxi. when he realised what had


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last three Inieks ot ii TTellifield on Tuesday,


i» S’s-.’S Tree village. Femscowles,


lyaunened the driver, Mr Jack S S . ' of Cyprus Ridge,


FORMER MAYORESS TO FIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTION


1 A former Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs. Mary Emma ^ I Conservative candidate.


I This is the first time she ! I has ever been a political can-1


mi a CVCL UCL/II U.


iS H. 5,* <“ ““ IUYV1I WUbU ouv Ii«u She


ciated with many organisations . . . ^ la,te January alter 36 years of nursing in th:


still actively asso- o£ Nurse Margaret Lytle, who —---- * asso- Her husband, A1 d e r m a n shire areas, have presented he. Billington, Whalley and Wup


ol ununeroe a former well known footballer


alind sportsma'n. .


cipal election.


named a five-man. team to fight the forthcoming muni­ pal election.


lU o Ul'Wi***1*** m


uonserviiw-vw


_ ____ ..,~n bnAu-tt fnnhhriAler I rpi-in vnmipv whs raised in vU I account a t the District Bank, j


The Conservatives have also I Whalley , _


Both retiring cotmciUors, ate ^ a r e f l e l d Tom Robinson, ^ C


i .


tO I -KT.ii.cn The money was raised in an |


Nurse Lytle has also received a letter of appreciation from 1 Mrs. Amy Green of The Bunga-


. __r z ,1 Turviollrttr fnrmp.r or rue g S t Nmstag Association to r a AVbuse' inspector, U f I w ^ N m s o Lytle first came


Chester Avenue, are standing 1 in 193-. f0T h o tu t r snm the team are ™ s 1t a d pattorts^wiflju


£ S u ,B1*,“ Clitheroe Football Chib. _ | Whalley area after « e k n g


her training in Liverpool. She is a member of the College of Midwives.


hatle


Wfl» came to the T cw


sendee as a Queen's Nurse foi 21 years, she was presented with a gold medal by Princess Marie Louise at a cei emony in


In 1951 in recognition of her


London. In 1959 Nurse Lytle accom­


ON MOTHER’S DAY


Say if with PERFUME


panied representatives of dis­ trict nursing in the Clitheroe area to Buckingham Palace, along with some 3,000 other nurses from Britain and the Commonwealth, to present the


M O O R L AW E E W O O W E LANE C L 1 T H E K O E * T E L 2 6 8 3 -


Catholic Church.


didate but she was a promi­ nent public figure for many years and was particularly active in the interest of the town when she was Mayoress. is


----; T r i b u l e n u r s e Friends and former patients t o . ur— Pnii


Chatburn, of 15 Park Avenue, Clitheroe, ,sr ? “ "tcSt tl “ forthcoming County Council election in Clitheroe as a|


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Engineers oil the premises ensure quick and efficient service _


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Queen Mother with purses ot , monev collected to mark the centenary of the Queens' Institute of District Nursing.


dominoes. RM.C. for whist was Mr. J._ *•


John Parker. Whist winners were;—ladies: 1, Mrs. J. Mars- Iand; 2, Mrs. W. Eccles; 3, Mrs. J. Gibson. Consolation, Miss M. Rawsthome.


igby and for dominoes Mr.


Mr. B. Taylor; 3, Miss H- Knowles. Consolation, Mrs. Nel-


Gents: 1, Miss M. Jackson, .


2, Mrs. S. Harrison; 3,M r .J . Parker. Consolation, Mr. V.


Dominoes: 1, Mr. A. Howard, Spedding.____ ____________


PLAY SCHOOL FOR CLITHEROE


after Haster in the Parish Church Haili. -----


A private


waiting list at local state-run nurseries and many mothers have been complaining that their children have been de­ prived ot pre-school training


At present there is a long U i:„«.


jji i/K/'oi Qtnte-run in a nursery.


bunt Avenue, Clitheroe, and h r next door neighbour, Mis. C.


Mrs. E. Parker, of 21 Char ,


Heaton, decided tof local authorties on the subject


Treats for m u s ic


lo v e rs Chtneroc School on Wednesday ^ "


visit from The Arts - - ■ opera group, known as Opeia


For All.” This time they are presenting in English. Mozart s Cost Fan Tutte, which was the


"If we try just iluU little


bit harder, we may win the competition next time, and get a seat to go with this


tree,” said Councillor Mrs. Mary Troop on Wednesday


I afternoon, after planimj a E S w S a w f . l ^ ’


\


bv Miss A. Alston, of s&haen, vice-chairman of tho Commun­ ity Council of Lancashire Best Kept Village Competition Com-


.UUUWThe tree had been p re sen t vind been tin


B.P. SCOUT GUILD


I The first meeting of the new branch of the BP Scout Guild, which has been formed follow- ing an open, meeting on Mon-


I day, February 13, will take place on Monday, March 6 at the Toe H Rover Den, Duck Street. The objects of the Guild,


upwards, are:


(1) To have an mtciest in Scouting.


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(31 To give Service to the Community.


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which will be open to young men and ladies of 18 years and


(2) To Give Service to Scout­ ing.


I I t is expected that Guildsmen will give as much time as they


(4) To live up to the Scout Law and Promise.


last that, he composed to die libretto of Lorenzo Da Ponte, with whom he collaborated foi his immortal Marriage of


VILLAGERS SEND


Figaro. Its full title is Cosi Fan Tutte, Ossia La Scuola Degli Amanti” (Womenl al behave like that, or the school


f°CUthei-oe' Parish Church an architect by


continues its. W GM I fa so n with another visit from Mr. Gordon Thome, who ' though


an extremely keen and out­ standing organist by way of hobby. He is the only amateur


organist who has ever invited to give a recital by. the |


PETITION


I viously been in Scouting can be admitted to membership subject to a probationary period and they will be required to take the Scout Promise. Nevertheless


can spare to the Guild. Persons who have not pre-


miu.ee, to commemorate Whal­ ley being runners-up m the Major Village Class, last yeat. wMrs. Troop thanked everyone


CHAMBER


OF TRADE MAKES


eroe and District chamber of Trade will be held at the White Horse Hotel, on Tuesday.


PROGRESS The annual meeting of Clith-


ho had had a hand to help­ Sing to win the competition. It


ways,” site said.


surprised that a village like Whallev had done so well in tne competition, but Miss Alston pointed out that it was not the beauty of the village which mat­


Manv people were perhaps •


tered, but the tidiness. Among the many people who


gathered to watch the cere­ mony, were Mrs. E. T. Eddles- tone, chairman’s lady of Buin- ley Rural Council, Coun. J H- Fell, and pupils from the Wltal-


lev CE school. the tree.


Our picture shows Mrs. Troop (leftl and Miss Alston planting


... ofcant a lot of -work for a lot


share clearing litter, tidying hedges, and in many other


tieople, and everyone had a


The annual report says: ce“We are glad to report a suc­


t ssful year, a year in which


presence felt. We are particu- larlv gratified at the progress made in respect of good rela­ tions with our corporation and civic officials. We appreciated


he Chamber has made ha


more car parking space whilst having the support of the Coi- poration, continue to be fuis- trated by irksome delays. lit particular we look for an caily start on the promised 40-vehicle car park along Station Road.


"Our continued appeals for


little and we have hopes of swelling our industrial repies- entation for the mutual benefit of retailer and manufactuiei


“Membership has grown, a / i alike.”


THE WEEK’S OBITUARY Mrs. E. A. Oddie


nf the late Mr. James Oddie, of Kayley Terrace, Grindleton, died in hospital on Wednesday,


Mrs. Esther Ann Oddie, wife a8Her'7husband, who died about


nine years ago, farmed at Swindlehurst Farm, Grindleton,


for many years. Mrs. Oddie, who came to


Grindleton from Ulverston as a young woman, was associated, with St. Ambrose Cltuicli,


G^ f l°feavcs a married daughter, Mrs. Joan Pye, of


I if any non-scouts' ladies or I gentlemen, come along they will I find a welcome and will be I given nil information.


“ cn’ice preeedes the mtar- ment at St. Ambrose Churcn •tomorrow.


Exam success Mrs. G. Pinder Congratulations to Gordon


I Sergent, only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sergent. of 11 SL


Mary’s Street, Clitheroe, on


Society and that he is ht=l i . thought of is proved by the fact that this will be his fourth visit to give a solo recital.


I College. _____


passing his City _ final examination m Radio and Television servicing, which he took at Blackburn Technical


years, but an extremely populat Clitheroe woman, Mi's. Gei- trude Pinder died suddenly at her home, 5 Henthom Road, on


An invalid for the past .three


Sunday, aged 59. She was brought up r


Clitheroe and was a niember the Newbold family. She and her- husband, Thomas, who is a stonemason by trade, used to Vmve a newsagents shop m Whalley Road and later became licensees of the Railway View inm They left the’Railway^View


some nine or ton Je!US


moviiis 'to Henthoi n. Mrs Pinder later worked at


Rippbtgilles Ltd. and Thombers


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