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Inquest story of tragedy after shooting trip


AFTER a tliree-hour hearing the jury at a Barnoldstvick inquest held yesterday neck, on Captain John Lawrence Spencer, ot Lamb Hill, Slaidburn, a war hero, who was found dead on the fells, agreed that death had been caused “ by laceration of the brain due to a shotgun wound to the head, self inflicted” . The inquest was conducted by the Craven Coroner


(Mr. Stephen E. Brown) Evidence was given that on


Saturday, January 28, Cap­ tain Spencer had organised a shooting trip on the Knowles- mere estate, Newton.


Mrs. Jane Lilian Spencer,


his wife, said she last saw her husband alive on the estate at 2 pm that day. “ I noticed nothing whatever unusual about him then. He told me to expect him back home at 4-30 to 5 pm, she


said. When her husbancl had not


arrived at 7 pm Mrs. Spencer


ran" a member of the shoot- ing=party, Mr. W. M. Fernic,


a company director, of The Hccnings, Newton-in-Bow-


land. Together they went to the Knowlesmcre Estate to search for Captain Spencer


After finding his land rover


parked on the estate, Mrs. Spencer was instructed to call


the police. In evidence, Mr. Fernie


|ble to educed


said he continued the search and saw Capt. Spencer s dog, Patsy, which led him to the


body. Mrs. Spencer said her hus­


band did not worry unduly. “There was no reason for him to worry at this time as far as I know, and I am sure 1


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she said her husband’s health had sometimes been good, sometimes indifferent. He


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occasionally had attacks of dizziness and she agreed that there • had been limes when she had seen him lying on the


floor. Dr. Colin H. Mannock


who carried out the post mortem described the many injuries to the deceased s head. Capt. Spencer’s gun had fired the fatal shot. Dr. Mannock’s findings excluded


accidental death ‘They were consistent with


self-inflicted wounds,” he said.


Summing up, the Coroner said the facts were that the


. _ fifth member to be drawn from their membership in the


gun had not caused any trouble in the past and that it was not liable to accidental discharge.


It seemed difficult to vis­ , A


current list of lectures. For his subject he took Trees and Amenities” using colour slides to accentuate many ot the important features of his talk. He was introduced by Mr.


H. E. Cook. Mr. Jury said the service


that trees rendered to man­ kind caused them to be the best known form of plant


life. It was essential that they should be shown in many and varied settings to illus­ trate that what was happen­ ing to them was also happen­ ing to much of the country­


side. One writer had said that


number one m tne c iiu u fPqt,ures in tbe formation of chart, The Monkees


Afier several weeks at. i


„ n ;n ti „ Clitheroe of human beings as prominent | human environment.” *


been replaced by Engelbert Ml._ Juvy wondered just how Humperdinck, and the group prominent a feature they were,


have dropped to number he said people were inclined to have aruppeu


tmee.


at number eight with then “ 'penn ^ °UlLancf’7 ‘ Strawberry


The Beatles enter first time


fi°Themreare ’" lour other new records in this week’s, chat t, by The Move, The Tremeloes, Donovan and Jim Reeves. Cat Stevens has risen again


take them for granted; were numerous, and also


bigg est the


naturalists tended to disregard them.


with his waxing of “ Matthew and Son." this time from seven


^Although they have knocked down from the top ol


best .selling long plajei.


the heritage from former generations. To understand existence of trees, one had to know the story of trees and this had begun in the ice age.


The trees we saw today were


countryside and yet , ,


Clacial contours


the top ten, The Monkees have I QjL replaced The Beach Boys foi the I


When the ice began to retreat, it left us the contours


ltbgl',CQnntryside "much as we today-a Clay soil


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3 Cl) I'm a believer The Ecoi0gists agreed that this Monkees (R.C.A.).


I nated by forests.


4 (7) Matthew and Son, cat oak 'at)d that these forests Stevens (Deram).


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6 (__i Here comes my baby, The Tremeloes (C.B.S.).


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8 (—) Penny Lane/Strawberry fields f o r e v e r , T h e Beatles (Parlophone).


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(? erS?v rrhu I would cover Britain from coast j bQin„ t parklands were laid out f e e *eai,


climax vegetation would be oah., 1UJU wi.tt; wiv“v'


. M to I mountaln tops, before coast apart from on the


came on the local scene. A typical example of the


curved hills was shown in a picture which had been taken


in the Drumlin West Marton. These forests


habited by ar......... birds and insects. In the val­


and also areas of scrub Trees in plenty


Mr. Jury said the picture was


lot a plentiful supply of trees I provided by a generous nature. I There would be a full flora and fauna, with a stable com- I munity of forest trees.


1 Mr. Jury next described how man had left his mark on the face of the country. Prehistoric man,


would dO lliwtlC iluiiu ix any iu i the woods Romans,


after the o


colonising retreat t


and neither would lands, how to plant trees to give Low Moor Mill for Ribblesdale Committees and the ^ , a the Action Group and carried Danes,


e harm f any to Jutes,


OLIler towns, duct tiiex or | the best effect, and even to use


I Saxons. With the coming of the Nor­


Collided


with car- fined £10


PHILIP HENRY SWALES (18). o£ Milton Avenue, Clitheroe, was fined £10 at Clitheroe yesterday week for driving a motor van without


j due care and attention. Inspector Harold Dickinson,


prosecuting, said that Swales was driving his van along Chatbum Road towards Chat- burn on January 1 this year. Two cars were waiting at the


entrance of Clitheroe Hospital, and Swales tried to get found the nearside of them, colliding


I with tlie rear car. Mr. W. D. Greenwood, defen


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1 He braked and skidded, and could not avoid colliding with


ding said that Swales thought both cars were turning right into the hospital. When he got near to them and was begin­ ning to overtake them on the left, he realised Uiat only the first car was turning right, and the second car was about to overtake on the left.


I Mr. Greenwood, said that. I though Swales had not 'correctly 1 judged the actions the cars were going .to take, the second car was obviously not stationed in its • correct place on tlie road. Weather conditions were bad at tlie time, and this had caused Swales to skid.


the rear car. .. : . mans came a- new culture, that use i


sites. He said "England was a


green and pleasant land,” and we would only keep it so by design and intention. We would have to look to the community as a whole for the provision of botli town and country ameni­


ties. Examples


which Mr. Jury illustrated his lecture, were scenes showing


Amongst the pictures with typical examples of how the


landscape had been shaped by glacial movement, such as the drumlins, and scooped out valleys and areas covered with


boulder clay. He also showed parklands,


some still wooded, others where the woods had been felled in the past, and where much of the young self-sown trees and shrubs had been eaten by


cattle.


showed how nature could improve tho position if it was left to her. There were also pictures showing the improve­ ments which could be made by man on housing estates, industrial sites and the lay­ out of parks.


Examples of regeneration v


interest and information, and was enhanced by the inclusion


This lecture was full of


of scenes in and around the Ribble and.Hodder valleys, and the continental--scenes, which were used to sliow how trees can be used as amenities to the community. The interest was proved by


.......... ,


the many questions at the end. Thanks to Mr. Jury were expressed by Mr. Cook.


......................... ............. .■*:&£ ‘ l'.di . =• - - - • Members-of a musical family, all of.^ ,h“™clS*r^n 23: c ; £ » ^ * ^ w * - x * * » * - - " cc Bruce, and his son, John. Times last i ' ' < A v A. iSiiiliaipSl ;sS:'


of our housing and industrial parlc Ior ciitheroe Borough | resolutions for the AG | .1Some peop.e said. tha t| I London.


existing trees m the planning changing hut at Edisford vear to discuss ,W 1 ^ in I conclusion. 1 Council. ..


Cc"ent


Four flats and hostel at every County, Natio Lkl.


Executive who meet ttuee^a ^ campaign t0 a successful


the of


the


of nature at work, and the end norlll js known. to which she would put the land if left to herself.


This picture shows the force anj harshness ----------- - —


country ice,


leys, there would be marsh­ lands and the climax vegeta­ tion would be hazel and alder,


Regeneration


down, the beasts are in, and quickly graze out any regenera­ tion that would take place. Mr. Jury said that we needed


As soon as a wall or fence is trees , fingered muc:h of the hardness for


their beauty. ”


them


2ss for which the Duck street for Mr. C. Cilia- 0f the week and wecKei u ^ village for man; 1 _


" " J He felt that the lack of


softness created by the loss of trees was the cause of some


of the drift southwards of our population.


from other and other rello. Micklewriglit.


23, in their scores take advantage urses and retur


1


Erection of five lock-up gar- a member of the County ages and store on land at rear tive. She rep°rto on the Con^


I county trenf aJ'er’ ?„^tv<


He felt that we should learn Havdock. towns,


of 54-56. Lowergate for Mr. F. sultative Council whicl up of one representative


of the week and )veeK? "? I the village for mnny^more I co ___ _


of rear vofnTn mvisoraiea i ____ invigorated


dale Avenue for Mr. A. T. Mrs. J. Doodson ^ ioniier e


Private garage at 6, Bleas- to their daily round. ’ ■


increasing- traffic load years> was withdra


jxissage Ttrit.hHrawn. 1^


through 0®


er Ministry alier the Fu


t.rensurer, a VCO. ana | tri^ute to the members of this Execu-1 crluuw;


Association who took the ini _n cajjing the ongmal


}rom protest meeting. and J® ” lembers of many organisa-


tions in the village who jbm® . , h J


l lW I I | j O £ j B A ^ ■ ■ * * **+


f|i K H . 9


From £767.9.10 (including£144.9.10 p.t. and surcharge)


. ¥ § S B BIB l ! l ! * ^


. I should like to pay intti-


amenity, because our ere


in the towns


the north were not so famous Robinson. :auty. About


towns in 5, Princess Avenue for Mr. T. | country, wine-making. i Robinson.


as an


Formation part


of bathroom from husbands too on some courses I endure bedroom at


....................... ...... | Every yem K n >Jna *■--------------------- d preserved. trees even in objecl je ts


take them for granted; they imerous, and also the of natural


“almost everyone was ' inter­


ested in trees, and took notice of them because they play such an'important part in the lives


of administration, but still the population was not sufficient


to affect the woods. Arable cultivation took the


place of hunting animals for food, swineherds would look after the pigs in the forests, the Low, High and Little Moors would be used for the grazing of cattle and geese and the growing of crops


The Lords ol tbe Manor


realised that the land was natural paradise and set aside for themselves large areas for hunting forests, such as Bol- land, Pendle and Gisbum where they would enjoy the sport of hunting deer and wild


boar. Needs ol mail


declined.' With the growth of the population it became necessary to have more and more land to grow grain and pasture the cattle. This meant that large tracts had to be


cleared of trees. Sheep rearing increased as


the demands for wool grew, and SO there had to be more land cleared for the sheep. Finally the status of the natural trees fell to such a low ebb, that England had a lower tree population than it


has today. In the early seventeentb


century change.


commons began, and parcels


things The


enclosure pa


began


ualise the circumstances which the injuries could have taken place accidentally. It was up to the jury to


reach a verdict only on the evidence given on oath, and to ignore rumour or informa­ tion that might have reached


them from outside.


OUR GLORIOUS HERITAGE


Coun. Mrs. Mary Troop


(Chairman of Clitheroe Rural Council) was the special guest at Clitheroe


Borough and Rural Dis­ trict Civil Defence annual dinner held in the Starkie Arms on Friday night. Also present, along with


some 70 members and friends, were Mr. S. F. Saunders (County Assistant Civil Defence Officer), Mr.


(members of flic Clitheroe and District Social Com­


mittee). During the evening, Mrs.


Troop presented cups to the following Clitheroe Civil Defence members: Elizabeth Fish (t a b le tennis), Margaret Stinson (darts), Michael Perkins (table tennis) and Bernard Mercer (darts). After dinner there was


y/. Ainsworth (Senior Administrative Officer),.


Mr. T. P. Rushton (Clerk to Clitheroe Rural Coun­ cil), Mrs. Rushton, Mr. A. H. McGowan ( C i v il D e f e n c e Officer for Clitheroe), Mrs. P. Raw- cliife and Mrs. A. Wood


entertainment and the resi­ dent band supplied music


for dancing. Our picture shows (Iett


to right) front: Margaret Stinson, Coun. Mrs. Mary Troop, Elizabeth Fish. Back: Michael Perkins, Bernard Mercer and Mr. McGowan.


MORE NEW HOUSES AT EDISFORD


PERMISSION for the erection ford35Park S t e ^ ^ f i t h ^ o t ’ j wm-ks" land abutting on


Icfitheroe Town


at the monthly meeting of Council


From this time the paradise Tuesday evening. permission was also granted


for the following; Conversion of the first floor


son and Sons Ltd. Erection


of canopy


into self-contained flat at 4, Church Street, for Theo. Wil­


existing pump island at Pi mi- “


“


high 'Drive for Mr. Clayton. Garage and car port at 7,


Bleasdate. Avenue for Mr. J. HoU


to Hartley of


Pimlico el5


of land all over the country Dli V walls: cities grew bigger and


Mr- D- Garden store shed at 1, Den-


Permission lor land drain­ age into " e y t Brook


to L. Frankland (Contractors). Taylor Street lot Atkmsons oi l Ltd. Clitheroe, was


CIVIL mWm wk m lit


DINNER


VILLAGE PROBLEM ,


i n c r e a s e s ;


Liberal; says, ‘Only one answer’


I MR. CAMPBELL HOPWOOD, Liberal candidate in the forthcoming County Council: election at Whalley, speaking


lat'Whalley on Monday, said it was ,an unfortunate fact that .the . affairs of the County authority appeared to be


I shrouded-in mystdry so-far'as the average ratepayer was concerned.


;


“The' conduct ' of our national - affairs in ■


- Parlia­ ment is well reported by the


[ national press and by. radio and television and opr. local newspapers p r o v i d e an admirable service in report­ ing on the business of Local Government. The. County Council seems td fall bet-


| ween two stools and we hear very little about .it,” he said.


■ “We are all, conscious of the


continued increase in our rates though this year, sig­ nificantly election .year, the County Rate has not been increased. It is apparent .that whatever party ,is in ,office unless the basis of the rating system is changed we are doomed to a perpetual rise.


The cost of education, alone has reached such proportions


that it will soon be more appropriate to describe our rates as an education rather than a General Rate. In’ the estimates for next year, out of a total budget of £M128J, the education service is expected to spend £M76. which is consider­ ably more than all the . other services put together.”


“I whole-heartedly support


the proposal that a consider­ able portion of the cost of education service- should be met by the Exchequer and not


nothing could be done to change the Ministry’s pro­


posals. If your case is a good one and it is argued energeti­ cally and rationally, even Ministries can be led to change their minds. When the Minis­ ter of Transport withdrew the original scheme the Inspector said that he was quite satis­ fied that the traffic problem m Whalley was such that it must be dealt with forthwith. I wrote to the Minister in September last on behalf of the Divisional Liberal Association pressing


Clitheroc Advertiser and Times, Friday, February 24. 1967 7


13 million rate rebate .reminders


Thirteen million leaflets re­


minding people about the rate rebate scheme will shortly be distributed to retirement pen­ sioners, widows and people who get family allowances when they call at the Post Office to draw their pensions and allow­


ances. Distribution will begin on


Monday throughout England and Wales. The leaflets have been printed for the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.


on 1st April, and to be sure of getting maximum rebate people should apply at their Town Hall or Council Offices before April


30th.. The rebate scheme is equally


for the scheme to be pushed forward and in reply was advised that we hope within a few montns to be able to pub­ lish in draft the statutory order necessary to' establish legally the line of the by-pass and the alterations which will be neces­ sary to the side roads which will be affected by it. We will certainly press on with the scheme as quickly as we can as we fully share your concern to see it materialise without any unavoidable delay.


“It has since been announced


that ill fact the Ministry By­ pass will now be commenced m


the 1968/69 programme, though the County By-pass between the Clitheroe and Accrington roads is not scheduled until 1970/71.


form part of the rates. “Certainly salaries, the level


of w h i c h is determined nationally, and over which the


County have no control, should .. -LI* T A UnlintfA


that when changes are made in the rating system these should include, the adoption-ot


site value rating, which among « * * *


penalising any householder i^Sir-practice granted | Clitheroe Ltd.________ ______ _ | y,-fio makes wh


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lU U K I H g o iv i iu i mm n


Lute interests, as is fitting m a home. In another threeweeks *'*^*’®


oking skills form an lmpor-kall v u i a g c o£ i


handicrafts ^


clicrau n ti- | countrywomen s


Rear entrance porch at 100,1 neglected. Road,


------ ' "cc ie e icu . for


Private Stinsc at 1, Fairfield 1 Executive qI£ Hcnthom Rond. garage


lion, community and social Durlng next summer the responsibilities a r e not |


j years a nieiuuci w Tntarv for Mr. K. Mortimer. I county Organis ,


landlords made large for private garage at 2, Winder- tUneS’


About this time, large estates (contractors) Ltd. as we know them came into |


private were dale Avenue.


were enclosed '".th rone mission for seven dwellings on with Parish £mmc 1 ^ d I


at 7, Lang-1 Crounci years a member of the County


Miss AL B. Greenall, for 16 AT-


1C


I to contemplate. FUMING QUEUE


through I “ it will not be long before it sociation I


certainly be easier for a


u®idmg development per- her late ,fa^ " nf™ r h e " I Lme l t o pass through the eye the proverbial needle than


. mere Avenue, ror L. FraiiUand i^ommtion^OioJ Qf parish enoUgh for those of us who ^mfrils at the annual meeting have to endure constant delays


have much useful I ?or traffic to pass through atior}1 to impart on the whall ey. The situation.is


-TS „ „oeVlirA federation | wit,h all ancashtre ^Federation I ^(th


Road, forflexible Reinforce- many ^ a ( ments Ltd.


for Ml-. B. Walker. —- ..


Internal w.c. at 10, St. Mary s th days 0£ the cooking pot this probIem and that is t Street for Mr. Gatti.


iffries.


Moor Lane, for J. E. Lancaster psychology, history. la" f ' a,gel : means, of course, the By-pasA Ltd.


Uluminated box sign at 30, L rchitccture, BBC, car Car port on land at rear of Every year nouse\u\i». .from the . vi" ase ^nS,. .1 ^


magistrates, money—capital A, Wg are thankful that the mis- income. planning in town and


Every year housewives, (and baWy have doomed us to ns Winds too on some courses) ;,ndure the passage of the


concejVed | prooamy


the main street, which W d probably nave aooiucv the


^ proposal to wi Formation of bathroom from ‘ „ lance at the syllabus of their doors, and the patience


trance porch at 21, ‘ rescntative of Denman cm-1 Drive for Mr. J. T- w ^ th e National Federation of ’ en’s Institutes’ own cot- allecw;u. mm - - - , lege of Further Education at the vibrating, fuming due4? Mhrsham near Oxford.


anci yCO vehicles perpetually outeide


part Of rear bedroom at 11, this college gives some small ot tlie long-suffering po Grafton Street for Mr. T- indication of how far countiy- must be strained to the fimi .


, ‘ "omen have developed from There is only °ne ^ ® L 1 ,m(i ihe needle;— Antarctica, I ,-emove the through 4. _.


* then-eir irritation and 1


toilets, showroom and canteen llt l ^ K Cardwell, for those who have to cross the at Claremont Mill, Pendle


Alterations to form offices, of ° pieston 0n Tuesday. dangerous impatience and fo ‘ - member of the streams of traffic, on foot]


|°ff Womra’s ' Institutes, to be frustration • and '


would stop the practice


irauoiii& **---- -------- any improvement


to his property. “So far as local issues are


OF W.L and supporters following their foot- I very bad as crowds of Everton


concerned, there is none -more urgent for Whalley than the provision of some relief from the traffic congestion which, is building up to an intolerable level. As recently as three weeks ago the situation was


auu i supyui iei=


men’ s lnsU-|an{j hack again on their way j „ * Annni^iv-1 Hme it wilt all .he repeated I


‘ ^ route to Burnley - » Igain


- w— “ *>- - their y


b socia\ when Liverpool play at Bum- ri-f t.hp traffic is awful j


elected representatives, and all organisations concerned about the situation to press the urgency of the matter by eveiy possible means, on both the County Council and the Minis-


‘It is encumbent on - our be so "dealt with. Ia lto ’ believe try of Transport.”


for owner-occupiers and tenants —including council tenants and others who pay rates in with tlieir rents; and over one mil­ lion people have a 1 r e a dy received a rebate during the present financial year.


if their total income is not much over £10 -a week if they are married, or £8 a week if they five alone—and the limits are higher if there are children. A reduced amount of rebate can be paid to people with incomes somewhat above • the limits.


People qualify for full rebate


Committed for trial


EDMUND KELLETT (41). a patient oE Calderstones Hospital. Whalley was com­ mitted Eor trial at Lancaster Assizes, by Clitheroe magis­ trates yesterday Week on a charge of gross indecency.


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