I i «riim CKtheroe Advertiser and Times. Friday. November IS. 1968 3


MANOR GOSPEL HALL /lilthorne Avenue, Clithcroi


SUNDAY, NOV. 17(1, Gospel Service 6-30 p.:r


Mr H. Mercer (B'-.irkburn) K D N E SD A Y , NOV. 20;, oak


Ladies Bright Horn 2-45 p.iu.


St. Johns Church Hurst Green


Friday, 24lh November at 7-30 p.m. M in theemorial Hall Admission 3/6


Bottle and Feather)


AUL’S CHURCH OWLAND


1BER 23rd, 1968 m the School by


iAZAAR


SAVAGE tincluding biscuits,


Bran Tub


ea. orange squash Etc.


(H A Y


tristmas Wlii,si ( Domino Driw


<Miss E. Billingtori) Thomns'.:-


After cycling 50,000 miles—equal to twice round the world—Mr. Harry Ormerod has retired from his job as a


WHALLEY’S CYCLING POSTMAN RETIRES


postman at Whalley. t Mr. Onnerod, who is 60, and lives at Painter Wood, Billdng-


wc'j-known in both villages. w a small gathering of Post Office staff, he was presented


on lias been a postman in Whalley for 19 years, and is


j Mr Onnerod has lived In Killing-ton for 24 years, and before aoining the Post Office, he was a watch and clock repairer with


ith a pewter tankard to mark his service. Still active


‘oll because, as he said, Tm not finished yet.”


Blackburn firm. t Now that he has retired, he hopes to go back to this delicate


f ' certainly the years of his retirement will not be spent idly, or Mr Ormerod is still as active and as fit as men half his age. Mr. Harry Ormerod


GREATEST CHANGES LIE WITHIN ABBEY


main street stands today more or less as it did 120 years ago. That is, if the Ordnance Survey m a p published in 1848 is accurate, and we have yet to find one of this excel­


The greater part of our


Through a Whalley Window


t rveyed in 1844-’46 by Cap­ aains Tucker and Durnford, Rnd Lieut. Stanley of the t oyal Engineers; was con­


lent series at fault. suTlie map before me was


oured in 1847 by Lieut. Bar- e low of the same regiment, is


ngraved on a scale of 6in. to FOURWAYS aDates fixed for nnual revue


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3-30 p.m.—1 am, ADMISSION 5-


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T R IN IT Y M E TH O D IS T CHURCH GIFT DAY


Between 5-30 p.m. and 6-30 pm. in Choir Vestry SOCIAL EVENING at 6-30 p.m.


Gift Boxes and Donations will be received by THE REV. NORMAN D. WALTON


SATURDAY, 16th NOVEMBER Items by Choir. Vorsley-Taylor <


i.m. COMPETITION


t t G TIM E m ih m


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THE INSTITUTION THE INDUCTION


Rev. John Cecil Hudson will take place on


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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1968 at 7-30 p.m.


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stones^Hospital, ^ h a U e ^ f s ^ ^ ^ tl e ^ ^ o lj^ ^ ^ p f i^ ^ p 1^ the nerformances take place on December 14, 19 an * __ In all there will he five per-


formances, for patients and itheir relatives, for patients


t themselves, and for the staff,


ithe public performance and the proceeds usually go to the Blackburn Orphanage. a Mr. J. Fell is again producing


Admission is by ticket only. A collection is taken after


hedr friends and the public.


phe cast is taken from the t imself, the female physical Mose, and the male instructor,


saking part and more than 20 NSpeaking at a meeting of the t There will be more than 50


r. Alan Pickering. Costumes


aturday.


pital, though they will be sup­ f lemented by an Edinburgh irm.A potted version of ‘‘Snow


White and the Seven Dwarfs” will be included in the pro­ gramme. r The tradition of the annual


1evue dates back to the late s920‘s or early 1930’s and the


c An appeal by Mr. George Mer­ vromised to watch the situation per against the refusal for Cake action before the Hunt hlanning permission for two feommittee, appointed only a


Planning inquiry


House, Hesketh Lane, Chipping, will be the subject of a local Co inquiry at Clitheroe Rural


D uncil offices on Tuesday,


ecember 17. byThe inquiry will be conducted Hnstructed by the Minister of


ng immediate action. S "At the time, as Secretary of


ptate tor Economic Afflairs I t ery closely and, If need be, to


ouses at Lower Chipping p w months’ earlier, had re­ orted.“I did watch. the situation


ousing and Local Government. i Clitheroe Rural Council, act­


i Mr. A. Millar, an Inspector s wanted North East Lanca­ hire, and indeed the whole


month by month, and action was not required. I "I was glad not only because


Cng on behalf of Lancashire p lieved that the underlying i ounty Council, refused plann­ croblems of the Region needed png permission because the pro­ t osal was not in accord with bhe County Development Plan, oecause it was within an area cf great landscape value, be­ aause it would be likely to form c precedent, and because suffi­ hient land for residential needs


Region, to avoid an economic be setback but aiso because I


aareful thought and considered ction."If in a sub-region such as


North East Lancashire there has been net migration out­ wards for many years and its g average unemployment has in


Cad already been allocated in mack of sufficient new industry hipping.


is he colour of the 4d stamp b to be changed from sepia/ 8rown to the red of the present ad. The change is being made ps eye strain is caused by the oresent colour in large sorting


T New colour f mail. „ OJ tamp has yet to be announced.


£5 he Post Office Is to spend ve years.


n 0m on expansion of the telex With the advice of the North metwork, and on the develop­ daent of telegraph facilities for fite, transmission, over the next


T Expanding


seneral been low then this l hould at least suggest that the


result of other factors. Needs


a ay not be so much a cause as a "These may lie in remoteness


tandard is usually a high one.


t nd compering the revue and mThe trend of unemploy­ hatients with the exception of p ent figures were clearly im­ Vraining instructor Mrs. Mary


FIGURES I AREMPROVING


aroving in the Blackburn srea and there had been a t ubstantial improvement in Phe Burnley area, said Mr. Seter Shore, secretary of


p ainly made inside the hos­ hf the Labour Party in Salford mcenes. The costumes are


State for economic affairs on o orth West Regional Council


ae said he was very heartened dbout the situation. Instead of yeteriorating as was feared a


t He told memsers: “Last year dhe prophets of woe were pre­ bicting imminent disaster, f laming the Development Areas aor the current difficulties, caccusing the Government of l llous indifference to the prob­ iems of the area and demand­


ear ago, matters had improved. Disaster


tarea, so many of our most mreasured relics were once


the mile, and was the very first ever produced of this


day. a The Diocese of Blackburn


area.At the published price of 5s. it was quite a bargain, P even in those far off days.


ore exposed to the light of hnd the residents of Whalley


coark Villas isn’t there of o urse, nor Coronation Villas Mr Mechanics Terrace, the y ethodist Chapel was still 24 Dears in the future, and the o istriot Bank 63 years, but Stherwise, structurally, King


treet has changed but little. s A surprise was to find a


gave cause to be profoundly Yrateful to the late Mrs.


town.erburgh of our Cathedral


series of cottages on the wouth side of Church Lone a ith their backs to St. Mary’s cnd All Saints, and another l luster of small dwellings, iong since demolished, stood an the Sands. You will find t picture of these picturesque


4No excuse’ bench tells boy motor-cyclist


hatched cottages in most copies of “The Whalley Coronation Handbook of 1902", a Right across the northern


bspect of the present Abbey "ungalow estate we find tRemains of Trench”, and ahis turns sharply south along the line of the arches und with little deviation


ltimately reaches the river. Even on a large scale map


p A 16-year-old Langho boy who almost collided with a a olice car while riding his motor cycle, was grafted an dbsolute discharge at Clitheroe Juvenile| Court on Wednes. -


driving in Broad Lane, Whal- ley when the boy came round the’ comer on the wrong side of the road.


i like this it is impossible to DISTRICT Rervice at St. John's Church,


nnclude all the detail, but a aumber of the village wells t re clearly marked, in par­ Bicular one in the grounds of s ramley Meade, which was actill to be built, and which, Ncording to the late Rev. R. m. Whitaker, formed the


R Reademembrance Day s The Remembrance Sunday


t ain fresh water supply for elow the Almshouses, in the


field of Wells"?


he Abbey. b Other wells are shown


here were many more, for does not the name of our village, according to some historians, derive from “The


Square, in the grounds of Sands Cottage, and at t Nethertown, but we know


h One local gentleman, who r as conducted considerable weesearch, claims that there v re five springs in the


Clue


icinity of Poole End alone. d Does this give a due to the


t erivation of the name of oages once stand on the verge


his quaint comer of our t village, or did these old cot­ l f the duck pond in the vil


age green? t Travellers who complain of


av. He denied riding without reasonable consideration. PC Norman Oox said he was


He braked and pulled into his


nearside and the boy swerved, s narrowly missing the front off


'


ide wing of the car. a PC Cox stopped the boy later


end.”


ofnd when he pointed out the s fence, he replied: “Yes, I am sorry. I was frightened when I


baw you coming round the Lesson


bead, was attended by mem­ wers of the Parish Council, t ith Coun. N. T. Whittaker, Rhe chairman, and Mr. N.


p in court, the boy said he had r ulled into the centre of the poad to avoid some loose chlp-


araded. f The vicar received wreaths


ushton, the clerk. p The cub scouts also


aid on the altar. d The Rev. G. A. Parker con­


trom various organisations in lhe village, and these were


l ucted the service, and the Eessons were read by Mrs. F.


Womeion.


phe high cost of public trans­ t ort today would have addi­ 1ional cause for complaint in a848, for there were turnpikes at each of the m a in t pproaches to the village; on Bhe BiUtagtom side of Calder Bridge, at the foot of Sroken Brow, (we call it Lobandy Brow today), and at R ley Gate to OlMheroe p oad, where now lies a pleasant recess with seats Courovided by tire Parish


h Our present vicarage WOld Langho Changes


ncil.


oadn’t been built, nor had our arches, when the officers vef the Royal Engineers sur­ t yed the parish, and indeed


offices handling big quantities mf the area and to the scale of s The new colour of the 8d


und bad communications: in urban obsolescence and in an i naaittractlve environment, or sn the lack of a development otrategy suitable to the needs


ahe viaduct than today and e odern d e v e lo p m e n ts


d inners of the whist and


he then vicarage stood very t much nearer to the line of


were:Whist, women: 1, Mrs. Bithell; 2, Mrs. Meredith; 3,


omino drive held on Monday Whist Drive


t right angles to the road. mPerhaps, the railway and


ehese areas we have already ansured that i.d.c. policy is t dministered in a flexible way lo take account of the particu­


odem Industry. t ‘To help meet the needs of


ar needs of particular areas. w ‘‘More important, we have c est Economic Planning Coun­ f social investment,”


ril got on with the long term oemedial measures in the field


Miss Duxbury. AMen: 1, Mrs. Aspln; 2, A.


cxcepted, the g r e a t e s t wivileged to enjoy today


evidence of this old map, lie within our Abbey Grounds,


hanges to be seen on the pr for many of the ruins we are


b ere then buried several feet ‘ as not until the early


eneath the green turf. wIt is perhaps ironic that it gthirties in the midst of the


T


t reatest industrial depression the north has ever known ahat, through the kindness of t Blackburn lady who wished ‘o do something practical to


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t he Rev. John Gardner book the service of Remem­ srance in the Memorial In­


R Rimington rs. Holt. help the unemployed of the nd Mrs. Badrstow. ▼


titute on Sunday. wMr J . ' Bdnns laid the


‘


ltham; 3, J. Hargreaves. b Dominoes: 1, Mrs. Jung-


Mluth; 2, Mrs. Hackins; 3, Temembrance Service


a reath. Miss Bell was the wccompanist and the lessons a ere read by David Leach


f About 35 members and Uriends of the Women’s Pnionists visited Whitebirk Wower Station, Blackburn, on r ednesday evening. On the seturn Journey, supper was Herved*at the Walton Arms


n’s Unionists


were made by Mrs. W. Slin- J ger.umble Sale mA Jumble sale, arranged by


otel, Altham. Arrangements


Members of St. John’s t others’ Union, was held in she Church of England Tchool on Friday evening. Mhe £32 proceeds go towards


others’ Union funds.


the wreaths were laid on the cenotaiph, and the Vicar read bl the roll of honour, and


vans.At the close of the service, t essed the large congrega­


fold him: “There Is no excuse mor you to cross Into the b iddle of the road on a blind


lngs. t Mr. S. Westhead, presiding,


ccident. s “We are granting you an ab­ ore responsible.”


golute discharge, but you have mot to leam your lesson to be


J.F.


Parish of Saint Michael, Whitewell


Sunday, 17th November TRINITY XXIII


TThe Bishop of Blackburn,' Aff will be welcome.


10- 45 a.m.MATTINS Mid SERMON 11- 45 a-m.HOLY COMMUNION


8-00 a.m.HOLY COMMUNION D. LORD & Son


he Rt. Revd. C. R. Claxton will visit Whitewell to preach at Evensong at 7-30 p.m.


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ment, warned Mrs. 0. N. Martland, chairman of the North West area Women’s Advisory Committee, at the half yearly meeUriS of Clitheroe Divisional Women’s Unionist Association, held at


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