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ioli are encountered, both in dry and wet.


vutomatic transmission con. ues to make advances More s than ever offer it at the 3\v and in the showrooms,


t final point about the cars the Show is that in almost ry case they are just that aunt quieter for the pas- igcrs and for other road rs than ever before. The


se regulations have meant ■t the sports cars perform (lost as quietly as a saloon d interior noise has been 'eked by good frontal design d the even more lavish use deadening material.


^ars will till look lifferent


A t th e P a r i s M o to r Show, licit h a d i ts u su a l q u o ta of n ta s tic c a r s w h ich are c ru ises in v i r tu o s i ty , but Idom se em to com e to j i t io n , ta lk w a s o n the tu rc o f th e m a n u fa c tu re rs ,


r i le trend of th e merger, it s agreed, was not yet over, m next few years will sre ?n larger groupings although e number of actual mimes cl models will probably re- iin the same.


Even if some of the best- own companies do not com­ ic fully, they will co-operate :ether. M. Pierre Dreyfus dis­ ced. for instance, that vcral years ago his firm, ■nault had talks on this line th Fiat.


I'hey did not reach any coll­ ision because it was co-opera­ nt


th a t Renault sought


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F i r s t


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"Everyone in tile industry, icillding Sir Donald Stokes, ill. I mil sure, agree with me, i thinkiaig that in a relatively lort time the number of dual manufacturers will have mink event more,” he said.


"But the cars these fewer


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END OF THE WAR As the happy crowds thronged the Market Place


It was a s if a h o r r ib le


nig h tm a re w a s rem o v e d for h u n d re d s o f C l i th e ro e people w h en th e y f irst heard th a t “ th e w a r is over,” on th a t m em o r a b le day o f M o n d a y , N o v em b e r I I ,


1918. A dazed look spread over


their faces before the reality of it all sank in. It was hard to imagine that it really was iho end. The wrar had become a part of their- ordinary l iv e s for four-and-a-ha!f years.


In the first flush of excite­


ment. no one could grasp the full impact of the great news. Soon the word spread like wildfire. People who had been unknown to each other became great friends in an instant. It was almost a miracle.


the first instance. Flags soon appeared in the hands of little children, on buildings, and the Union Jack was fly­ ing on most of the public buildings.


Not a cheer was raised in It was almost like magic


the way in which Castle Street was gaily decorated. The weak tinkle of a bell


from the direction of the Town Hall seemed to trigger off the crowd who had gathered in the streets, shouting, cheering, kissing and hugging.


It was perhaps the unusual


sound of the bell which added to the atmosphere. Nobody knew a bell existed in the Town Hall, apart from a few council officials.


Work was instantly for­


gotten and hats and shawls donned, many of the work­ people took to the streets leaving the looms to look after themselves. The streets were soon filled with them rushing home to don their •glad rags’.


Market Place were packed with a laughing, jostling crowd. Business people closed their shops, and one licensee placed a barrel of beer on his counter for all to help themselves, free of charge.


On the evening of that day


it was an unusual scene in the centre of Clitheroe. The road from the library to the lop of King Street was packed with a crowd bent on enjoying itself. Earlier in the day, restric­ tions on the sale of fireworks


Castle Street and the Wc have already received a number o f letters


about their experiences from Great War veterans, and hope that others will contribute to this series. F o r some of these old soldiers, we arc planning a special outing as a token o f our appreciation o f their courage and sacrifice. Wc’ il tell you more about it next week.


addressed the crowd. The Mayor said that work


would not begin again until Wednesday and all schools would be closed until the same day. He said it was with mixed


feelings of gladness and sorrow that he spoke to them: E v e r y home in Clitheroe had been affected


tions were concluded by the National Anthem. On Tuesday the town was


a little more settled, although the streets were still full of people. In the evening, thanksgiving services were held in most of the town’s churches. But while the war was officially ended, it was to be


were lifted and all the shops were soon sold out. The fire­ works were soon discharged with obvious delight. Assembled under the lamp


was the Borough band, and a glowing brazier helped to illuminate the Place. The Mayor, Coun. Carter, along with the town clerk and various members of the council, mounted a lorry and


one way or another by the war. There had been many


wives, parents and sweet­ hearts who at Olitheroe’s little station had bade au revoir to loved ones which had proved to be good bye. After the speech-making,


at which there were many cheers, a number of hymns was sung, and the celebra-


For Display The sound came from the Town Hall, and was all the more poignant because


so few people had previously known of its existence. It seemed to express everyone’s feelings.


some time before Clitheroe’s surviving soldiers ah returned to their native town.


At the time of the Armis­ tice, Mr. Edwin Hargreaves,


now aged 75, of West View, Clitheroe, was in hospital with buffet wounds. For him the war had ended earlier, in the middle of a gulley when he was shot in the left leg. In a tetter to the Adver­


tiser he says: “I remembci very well the charge of June 4 when many of the Clitheroe lads were killed or wounded. It was three days after the advance that I received my ■packet’.


“I was on my way to a


nearby gully to retrieve my kit we had discarded when I was hit by a sniper. “On my way to a Red Cross


Station in the middle of an open field, I was being carried on a stretcher when all of a sudden the Turks opened fire on us.


Slirapucl “The two Red cross men put


me down and ran for shelter. Luckily for me the shrapnel was bursting about 200 yards beyond the station. When


they returned to pick me up I said I would report them. “I did not report them,


but I did get some cigarettes, sergeant major tea and chocolates out of them.” One of the events which


stands out most in his mind is when he arrived at his base. He was placed in a large tent by himself, and a short time after, when it was dark, another stretcher was placed beside him. " I remember the man ask­


ing for a match and I seemed to recognise the voice. On lighting the match I found it was Dan Briggs, who related his experiences -in y o u r article last week.-’ He was then transferred by-


came, Ellis Rigby, had just been promoted from sergeant to second lieutenant— tlic only person out of 600 to receive such a commission. A short time later he was demobbed. Ellis, now aged 75, of Gis-


boat back to England. When the end of the war


bum Cotes Farm, Sawley, was one of four brothers in the war. He joined the Duke of Wellington contingent in 1915 and spent some time training in Halifax and North Shields.


During this period, Ellis


who was a strong athlete, won the North Command championships, taking two silver and two bronze medals. In 1916 ho was drafted to


Ypres where he served for six months before going tc Italy as patrol sergeant. It was his job to scon.'


ahead in “no man’s land.' and through his brave action he was awarded the Italian DCM by the Italian King.


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mission, for showing leader­ ship. During the whole of his service he wasn’t injured, although he caught trench fever at one stage. His brother Thomas was


He was sent home lor com­


less fortunate: He died in England f rom w o u n d s received in France. Thomas was a stretcher bearer on the Somme and was wounded, invalided home, returned and was wounded again. Another brother, Walter,


went to France at the end of the war to help clear up, and the fourth brother, James,


who has since died, saw no active service. • To be continued next week.


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of the l iv c p e n n y s tam p . Soon, the Post Office will


reap millions of extra pennies from the posting of Christ­ mas cards, which has reached astronomical propotrions with


the pathetic practice of “You send me one and I'll send you one. ’


devised whereby youth clubs or Sunday schools, etc., could deliver the cards?


After all. at Christmas such


youths are employed by the Post Office to deliver mail.


In all the niggling, irrita­


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talking about it.


Mrs- Winifred Copeland, Clitheroe.


nlicet this unsavoury gesture of the Post Office in two ways first by trying to send cards on'.v to friends far away, for wc' do “like to keep our friendships in repair,” and secondly, in the case of people who feel they must send cards even to people they see every day. couldn't a system be


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drains f irm h a s


A n e n te rp r is in g lo c a l rem o v e d its


m a c h in e ry a n d s ta f f to n ew a n d m o s t e la b o r a te p r e ­ m is e s in th e U p B ro o k s


a r e a . The foot linking Salthlll


Road with Up Brooks has been in a deplorable state, being 10 inches deep in water


in some parts. One reason for the water-


bound footpath is careless


people throwing all kinds of debris Into a dyke which runs alongside it.


In addition to the residents ,, ,


of Up Brooks, employees should be given a fair chance of reaching their work dry and in comfort, and there arc also the schoolchildren who use the path to consider. I saw one resident carrying


some youngsters on his back through the flood water. Surely there should be an efficient way of draining the


water away? Concerned, Clitheroe.


Resident’s


protest I wish publicly to thank


Aldermen Robinson and Sharpies, together with Councillors Aspin, Critch- ley and Norman,


for


voting for the reference back 90 a motion put to the meeting of the Town Council o f September 24. This related to the deceslon


of the Housing Committee, to evict a tenant from a council house and then offer her other accommodation. To suggest later that this is


an experiment in environ­ mental rehabilitation in col­ laboration with the County Council, is both a presump­ tion and an impertinence to ordinary ratepayers and res­ ponsible citizens. I cannot, however, thank


the other members of the Council voting for the propo­


sition, who were aware of an objection by residents which was lodged with the Town Clerk’s office hi the week be­ fore the Council meeting. To those who were m ignor­


ance, I regret the present system which permits deci­ sions made at secret commit­ tee meetings to be placed on


Up and up


they go I see tlie hairdressers


h a v e g i v e n themselves


another 1 2 1 Per cent in' crease in their wages, for


what, I don’t know. It cannot be for the Em­


ployment Tax, as there are seven one-man hairdressers in Clitheroe, and it cannot be for wear and tear of their combs, scissors or electric cutters, as they will last a


lifetime. It is not very long ago


since they gave themselves a 13 per cent, increase. I thought, along with others, that three per cent, was the limit for the time being. “ Short back and sides,’ .


Clitheroe.


sers Federation said this week th a t there had been 1 1 0 general increase in prices re­ cently, although individual


Footnote: The Hairdres members entitled to do so


because of S.E.T. etc., may have raised their charges.


tedious bus journey from K A t t A T ’ Pudsey, near Leeds.


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the agenda of the general council meeting— for rubber


stamping. I deplore the action of the


Town Clerk for not acquaint­ ing the Council immediately of a notice of objection re­


ceived. The letter of complaint will


presumably, be put to the Council officially at the next monthly meeting— and strict compliance with Statutory Regulations has been satis­


fied. A similar mockery of local


democratic government was


reported a few weeks ago in these columns, when the Low Moor Ratepayers Association were ensnarled with these


tactics. Call it what you will, it


all amounts to the same thing— a gross infringement of the public right to know


what is being done for the ------- • —


the moral


W, Parker, York Street, Footnote: The Town Clerk,


Mr. H. L. Sugar, explained


that certain powers are delega­ ted to committee chairmen. The objection referred to by Mr. Parker was considered by the chairman and vice-chair­ man of the housing committee, who decided that the commit­ tee decision—to re-house the tenant—should stand.


We’re


all right Jack Selsnuff’s a tobacconist Who public service seeks. He works eleven hours a day For seven days a week . . . Serving the smokers’ every need.


Smiling when things look bleak.


He’s stood up, well, to every­ thing


That politics could do, Standing quite firm as duty rose.


(Though profits had he fewD Gritting his teeth ‘gainst S.E.T.


Coping with taxes too!


But. now, it looks as if he’s ‘done’,


If super-stores take o’er. Cutting into his profit gross (Already very poor I) Adding their ‘stamps’, and ‘dlvt’ tod.


Showing poor Jack the door.


“For cheaper ‘fags’ we crave. I f we leave Jack, two-bob a week,


“Hurrah! Hurrah!!”, some people cry.


. . . Or more, is what we save. We’re all right, onw . . . and hard luck! Jack. Who loses all we gain I”


The Chanc’llor smiles his tiger’s smile.


(This suits him very well!) He gets his four-and-four a


pack.


Whoever :cheap‘ ‘smokes’ sell. I f super-stores can drop the


His budget he can swell! price


They’ll stand this, now, he’ll say,


“I f fivc-and-eight they did afford,


“I ’ll add that ’5d-off’ per pack To excise, Budget-day! I f traders don’t their profit want


Then let It come my way!”


So ending RPM will help Naught but the robber band Which looks on us as ripe milch cows


Letters to the Editor there arc more jobs than


persons to fill them. The wages are good, but


whether they compare favour­ ably with iron and steel is something I cannot answer. What I do know is that


money is not the major part in the broad pattern of a happy life. The local paper this week


Who’ll, any tax vise, stand . . Until, at last, we reach our ‘lot’ . .


‘Equal’. ‘Poor’ and ’Planned’- Fluna


Happy days


and sad I read the first part of


Clitheroe, I was among the lucky ones that came through all right. It reminded you of some


your very interesting article, 50 years after the Great War. Although not a native of


happy days, but a lot more sad ones and of those who did survive, a big majority have now passed away. There was one point in


your article, which may have been in error: I never knew


a Coronation Street barracks. Shouldn’t it have read Can­ terbury Street barracks?


A, Barnes, Mossfield Road, Kearsley. Bolton.


Jobs to


spare Those o f us who have


had the unhappy ex­ perience of being unexpec­ tedly (thrown out of work must view with consider­ able sympathy (he plight of our neighbours in Cum­ berland,


through the


closure of pits and iron and steel works at MiTlom and the apprehension o f the people of White­ haven who may yet suffer a similar fate.


In other areas it is not un­


common to read of another form of suffering, that ot the housing shortage and over­ crowding in the Midlands and London areas. One wonders whether the


people of Cumberland have ever heard of expanding Clitheroe industry and Its present and prospective de­ mand for workers both male


and female. Our unemployment figure


of less than one per cent is one of the lowest In the coun­ try, and almost all are un- . employables. It Is a fact that1


FILM FARE OF WAR


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Dozen”—is showing a l l next week at the Civic Hall. Among the cast are Hmest


Borgnine, Lee Marvin and Robert Ryan, who link up with 12 prisoners convicted of murder, robbery, and other violent crimes.


These men are chosen and


trained to take and destroy a specified target behind enemy lines before the invasion. At the Palladium, “Theatre


of Death” Is the feature film from Monday to Wednesday. For the rest of the week, Terence Stamp stars in “Blue” a stem and sombre western.


CINEMA Stamp is adopted by a


Mexican bandit leader, Ortega, and kills one of his men who Is about to rape a girt when the gang raids across the


border. He then remains with the


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munity in which he has settled in resisting Ortega.


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