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neighbours, and all a r f e j * Training Centre lor fleers


thank all relatives. yirlcnd?. tdonations for Masses' unX iQS


Anslow and lamilv Mlio.se who attended »,?,d •


kind expressions of “ 4


ass. Father Dill an and


Hospu1;;!1' at Acci'lngt°n ^ S g g 4. Carlton Place, Ciithcroe.


BOOTHMAN. — Mrs Bonn,.., r and John wish to than* jS, mnd the Masonic Bretli-cn °«!s Mi.l and members of Trlmff. aind expressions of symnatln-


aelatives, friends. ncighbmul. Manager and staff of prt, k ethodist Church, lor heir bereavement


t nd floral tributes recc:i?a& “ 52 Park Avenue, Clithcroc


BURN.—Mrs. Burn and famju- wish to take this opportunity to n thank ail relatives, friends and


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CLARKSON—Mrs. Clarkson. Jean r and Beryl wish to thank the


s eighbours for the kind expres­ tions of sympathy and floral tributes received during the'” Feime of sorrow: also Manor Ha'5*


belatives, friends and neigh­ loours. and the Rev. J. Bentcn, s r their kindnrss and expres­


tincerely our many friends, lor DEWHURST.—Mrs. G. Dewhurst.


dions of sympathy received muring their recent bereave­ ment: also the family doctors, Redical and nursing staff of l aikswcod Hospital. Skipton, wor their kind attention: we s ould also like to thank


make our visits to hospital ao much easier.


heir kindness in helping to Appletrce Cottage, Gisburn.


gnd Hazel, wish to express nessrateful thanks for ail the kind­ p . sympathy, prayers and receractical help which they have


The Rev. and Mrs. N. D. Walton. s he Lancashire County Con­ Rtabulary. Staff of Blackburn a oyal Infirmary, neighbours mnd friends for their efforts and ' inistrations.


a Miss A. M. Dewhurat. Roy b ived following their sudden


t ereavement. Special thanks to


Kirkmoor Road. CUthcroo. Iabrici S.N.D. (MarjoHe


Doyle for Mass offerings, prayer*, messages of sympathy and


dowers; specially appreciated t was the attendance at


1 ALONE.—Mrs. Maloni- anti family wish to thank a.! friends,


che Requiem Mass and at die iremetery of so many friends I om the Ciithcroe Cricket Club. Ar.isfaii. 59. Queen’s Road,


ccrington.


3. Chatburn Road. C.ithc-.oe._ 1ETCALFE —Mr. Wtcalfc Jim


be staff and workmates a. s received in their sudden and


5ad bereavement.


and Harry desire to thank a., ir ■ •c'ativos. neighbours and dympathy and letters o. con thereavement: they »iso wshto Arought flowers dur-n, Mas thai th‘courage and fortitude:


Boiton-by-BoWiand, IEM0R1AM


district nurses for then kino ness.


Bolton Peel Farm.


nking the doctor* „


IIied April. 1941I- ' always love and


:.ember you. and famiiy.


-Treasured memories ot.a lI Also our dear little


lies of | ---- -


L o died 1* a dear August. departs,


vi til in our


Ada.a dear led 1* cannot ,


brance lw and


ovcm- and


our


b ank the many friends ™ wt/atr'iifp's long illness. o°*l,L


s iends tor kind expressions or bolence received dm.ns tlie>.


__


D relatives, and neighbours, also t r. Bortbwick. Rev. N. Walton,


Kibble Cement Works, lor tneir kindness and floral


4GHAM.—Please accept the j sincere thanks of Sister Maty


ngham' Mrs. Clare Philbln mre Ingham) and Miss Monica


---- J. also fo^ C 1 and 7 YORK STREET THE BALL


' IS IN THEIR


COURT


b Alderman Clifford Chat- burn remarked during the de­ t ate on entertainments at chis week's meeting of Ciith­ ' roe Borough Council that cno sub-committee of this Pouncil ever reports to the a ress until its minutes are cpproved by the full coun­


no sub-committee or committee e EVER reports t° the Press,


il'"The truth is that in Clitheroe


etsIi we had to rely entirely on information fed to us through official channels we f would be in a very sorry state,


xpedient to tell us. t No doubt this would suit gainst the proposal in March c ibis year to admit the Press to


Ciili stands. The Borough riouncil is quite within its legal t ghts, of course, but it is cer­ sainly not in accord with tile lipirit adopted by more en­


ommittee meetings. s In Clitheroe, the Press ban


ghtened authorities. MMr. Anthony Greenwood.


ui lie was left in unjustifiable ig-orance about matters which were Us direct concern. o ' "'lore and more authorities


Ginister of Housing and Local c overnment, addressing the Lonference of the National and Joral Government Officers in pune said that too often the


hvf ;h« past few years have i?.r! lie good sense to admit fbf ui’ilic and the Press more teer‘ to meetings of commit­ J' no added.


t iB lI


o - was revealing about the t r ncie of some members of whe council to this question chen, a few months ago. one rouncillor told us that the deason why there was so little ciscussion and argument at full iouncil meetings was because vssues had been thoroughly mentilated beforehand in com­ ittee.L was all very democratic,


he said. But it isn’t our idea of democracy. p Fortunately, we do not de­


mend solely on official com­ f uniques for our information


the council, for we believe that n proper understanding, and a relationship built on common trust, would be most beneficial to ihc town as a whole. c The ball is firmly in the


ouncil’s court


tbaui council affairs. c Nevertheless, we would wel­


ome the fuller co-operation of


Father F. W. Dillon, whose induction as Parish Priest took place at the Church of St. Michael and St. John on Monday. Story, page 7.


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Pictured after the ceremony are from left to rights the Bishop of Blackburn, Dr. C.' Claxton, the Rev. J. C. Hudso n and Arohdeacon H. N. Hodd.


•L.


inished upside down in a field. a The driver of the first car,


ng out of the car park of the f ent over a small wall and


Wellsprings Hotel, Nick o’ Pendls, Ciitheroe, a motorist w lost control of his car and it


W Preston police officer, William


Cng without due care, by Pis value, especially while at d litheroe magistrates yester­


hiteside, aged 35 of Cedar i Avenue, was fined £5 for driv­


hat a single endorsement would affect his job.


ade on Sunday evening.


i rying to avoid a car revers­ hce. Dr. W. D. Oliver, on be­ rhe door and Mr. Hudson then


Car overturned T in field


harish priest. He had proved


the public—would be told only e what the council felt it was


or the Press—and through us,


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NEW MOVES TO MAKE DARK MORNING


SCHOOL-GOING SAFER Authorities take action


T


New or improved lighting, more widespread use of orange reflective j'ackets, and changes in school hours are among the measures being taken in Clitheroe and


district to help protect pupils travelling lo school in early morning darkness. f As winter draws near, effects of the experimental change


brom Greenwich Mean Time to British Standard Time are aecoming increasingly obvious, and many parents and teachers


cither before cr after the coun­ muthorised the Borough Engineer and Surveyor to arrange any teften couched in such vague


a inor variations in the hours of street lighting near schools,


re anxious about potential dangers to children. a At its meeting on Tuesday. Clitheroe Borough Council


nd where necessary the provision of different types of lamps. l This action was taken following several requests for improved


t hange had been made because a number of her pupils walked


ceived then- reflective jackets several months ago. d Mr. P- A. Nicholson, headmaster of Bowland County Secon­


o children with any distance to walk. b At Barrow Congregational School, a lamp giving a stronger


nd suggested that it was an idea adults might also adopt.


hildren are less in a morning than an evening. a But he was enthusiastic about the value of reflective jackets


to school through the fields. Reflective jackets had been issued ntitution and induction of a reeam of light is being installed across the road. Pupils there


p.m.-30 a.m., half an hour later than usual, and will finish at 4 c Miss Ruth Gregory, the headmistress, explained that the


sgreed that the "lollipop” man would receive help from the 9 Pendleton Church of England Primary School will open at


chool caretaker.


instead of 3-30. Through the fields


cary School, however, believes that the potential dangers to whe Rev. John Cecil Hudson, a lackburn. Dr. C. R. Claxton, dnd inducted by the Arch­


. N. Hfcjgp'/ . p The two Roman Catholic


The Rev. N. D. Walton, of ving committee for sites in Rerinity Methodist Church; the


Church, .ah# Father B. Dobson. p About 30' clergy walked in tile


t rocession and they included nevelopment and town plan­ towan of the development and t n planning committee, said


W. Dillon, .j&ftaiqw parish priest of s.S.


/Mjenael and John’s


c uesday they approved re­ dommendations f r o in th e


C v. Mrs. Kathleen Hendry., of Aon Place, Low Moor, Claremont C l i th e r o e Congregation Ghurch; and the Rev. J. t ardiner, qfejjewfcon Congri


mony. the Bishop, accompanied by the Archdeacon and the Rural Dean, proceeded with Mr. Hudson and the church­ wardens to the principal places of the Church, including the Font, the Chancel Step, the Pulpit, the Prayer Desk, the Lectern, and the Lord’s Table.


ional Church. After the institution cere­


Patron


s While the Bishop remained ceated at the front of the


hurch. Mr. Hudson, the Arch­ cdeacon. the Rural Dean, the


Phurchwardens, members of the Mrarochial Church Council and s . Robrt Peel, who was repre­ Henting his mother, Mrs. Mary o . Peel, as patron of the living cf St. Mary's, went to the prin­ t ipal door of the church for


he induction ceremony. CMembers of the Parochial


a hurch Council left the church t ignify his taking possession of


hymn, the Bishop gave his ser­ mon. in which he said that Mr. Hudson had come to Clitherce p as an experienced and devoted


nd after a short ceremony, s Mr. Hudson tolled the bell to fihe temporalities of the bene­ t alf of the P.C.C. .knocked on


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g he Council’s housing pro­ dramme is to be reviewed in


T Amendment


ofetail pending the completion bu proposals approved for the P ilding of houses at Carlton a lace and on the clearance site


p laremont Avenue is to be pre­ hared by the council for private


t Low Moor. CLand to the south-east of


of the council, and the freehold t individual sites will be offered io the builders at a price includ­


ousing development. byRoads and sewers will be laid


ng these works.


arious parts of tile town. t The sites include land at Carl­


venue, the rear of Taylor ' eet, Parson Lane, and Ches-


mCoun. John Blackburn, chair­ bhat in this, the council was


of the town map to provide for n the designation of land to the


velopment. s The borough engineer and


to investigate and report on the p possibility of providing a car


urveyor, Mr J. Newton Bell, is


possibilities of providing a bus t lay-bv and public conveniences


ark in Parson Lane. He is also to look into the


coas been set up to “reconcile


he internal by-pass road. h In addition, a sub-committee


nflicting demands” for the


‘NO ACTION, NO RATES’


ce-admitted the members to the went a petition to Clitheroe Borough Council threatening to hurch.After tile singing of one


a ithold payment of their rates unless something is done T» '


SAY RESIDENTS s Residents of five roads in the Edisford Park area have


bout the state of the roads and footpaths. ——-------------------------------- They complain that Fairfield


cng, said in view of the speoia-1 abim to carry on the work so wFive cows and two calves i•ay. Mr. J. W. D. Critchley, presid­


l ircumstances, Whiteside's h ly led by Canon A. F. Clark.’’ Caught fire at Henthom, Ticence would not be endorsed. t he officer had told the court


adiham. h “I am sure you trill welcome


CA fire in a rubbish shed at guished by Clitheroe Fire Bri­


g iithcroe market was extin­ hf Clitheroe Rural Council and Eis wife, Col. and Mi's. H.


he organist.


were the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe. Coun. and Mrs. S. F. Hardman; the Deputy Mayor T. and Mayoress. Aid. and Mrs.


e added.Also present at the service


o Robinson; and the Chairman t astwood. Mr. C. H. Myers was


Cows rescued from blaze


tons of hay were destroyed, and snd Pegs Hill Farm was


he roof of the barn collapsed. a Mr. Henry Ireland, of Fishes flightly burned while trying to


c ere led (to safety when a bam t litherce, yesterday. Several


sewageight the fire. Mr. Robin Davies, reat Harwood attended.


him free the cattle. * G Fireman from Cbtheroe and


works foreman, helped


Drive, Langdale Avenue, Win­ dermere Avenue, Bleasdale a Avenue and Derwent Crescent


ave to walk in the road. f But on Wednesday, the site


r e can tarmac them. Both the foads and footpaths should be


p “We are straightening the waths and kerb edgings so that


Cliristmas


field Drive, whose husband s Brian, organised the petition,


inished before Christmas.” Mrs. Muriel Jones, of Fair-


paid “We are not refusing to hay our rates, merely with­


to push them along a bit to get things done,” he said. F Mrs. Dorothy Smith, also of


t’s wet it’s dreadful. p “The trouble is, it seems


hould be put rdght.”-


round the Christmas crib at-the Cns tie Gates on. Saturday, December 21.


A joint service.-is to be held Monday - in the . month, and- tire Service The court meets on the first


last court to be held at Gisburn will -be on. Monday, . December


lem,This is the builders’ prob­ bairfield Drive, said they had


but we want .the council


woueen told earlier that the work be ld be completed by Septem­


r. L And Mi’s. Pauline Gower, of


sng up, although the footpaths


do anything about the roads i until the. big lorries stop com­


i angdale Avenue, said “When ointless for the builders to


ahe pot-holes- in the road about met at the picturesque old w month ago, but the surface nowas not smoothed down, and ‘ there were bumps.


lessent, Mr. Raymond S. Wand­ t , said workmen filled in all


olding them.” d Another Fairfield Drive resi­


roc in the new year. For generations, the court


dre so bumpy that they are f amaging car springs, and the hootpaths po bad that people


ooreman, Mr. E. Martin, said urprised me, as the people


know we are still working on the site.


ent in the town.” t In due course, application is


reaking new ground. f " I feel this is the best way


t orth east of Pendle Road and phe rear of Taylor Street for derivate and council housing


mor any future private develop­ o be made tor an, amendment


t riests taking part in the his­ coave been agreed by the town T uncil. At their meeting on


Heacon of Blackburn, the Ven. oric occasion were Father F.


t ening when the new vicar, Bas instituted by the Bishop of


hurch. evIt happened on Wednesday


School, said this week that discussions had been held with the a police on street lighting and road crossing, and it had been


ighting received from school managers. Mr. A. M. Latimer, headmaster of Edisford County Primary


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riests took part in the pro­ scession of clergy at the in­ Cew vicar at Clitheroe Parish


t For the first lime in his­ pory, two Roman Catholic


Swings and playground eq uipment recently installed at Whalley have proved to be a very popular amenity among local children.


d L o n g t e rm plans for hevelopment in C 1 it li e r o c


Council unveils its long term plans


use of land made by various council committees. CoSumming up the proposals,


greed to their own sites for development. With this resolu­ tion, all future land require­ fments and the selection of sites


ye un. Blackburn said: “ In past a ars, each committee has


or development by the council will be determined by the de­ velopment and town planning committee, against the general background of the town map. C ’The future development of


lemlitherne is too serious a prob­ look. which cannot be solved by de ing at isolated individual


velopments. in ‘ The next few years are go­


to serve southbound traffic on we are awaiting a white paper ang decisions of allocating land


w asses will be completed, and which will be instructing us


g to be vital to our town. by-p“The internal, and external


here our future lies. i "Therefore we must be tak­


nd making sure that Ciitheroe i develops in the way which we


ever, had his doubts about the proposals.


lie“It sounds very grandiose,” s said, “ and it sounds like Bomething we ought to have. Gut it would create a rather o ilbertian situation. Hie devel­ hpment committee is also the alousing committee, and it is a so the highways committee, cpart from one member in each ase.“ Here we have a committee


Sanction


i nt name, and they can squash dhis could have been done by


the town."


t or agree to it. T “ To me, it is a waste of time. a ifferent Committees. It is just


sf the complaints: “This has mThese 'isolated developments ofeneral view of the development


complete waste of time.” . “ Coun. Blackburn r e p lie d : g ust be stopped. We must get a


Clitheroe c B o w l a n d magistrate’s


Court comes to


bourt, which now sits at Gis­ curn, will be held at Clith­


court-house at Bolton-by - Bow’.and. When the building became


unsafe, the court was moved into a Sunday school at Grin- dleton. About seven years ago came the switch to Gisbum. . One of the reasons for the


n Clitheroe want it to.” Aid. William Sharpies, how­


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NO CASTLE FETE -B E T HOPE FOR


lhould in future be closer iiaison between the council and nts committees. The decision yot to hold a Castle Fete next cear, however, passed without


s It was agreed that there


hich did not take place. i Members of the council spoke nhow committee to -work out a


shoew policy for holding the Policy


wor the horticultural show, sn favour of a meeting with, the


omment f But there was better news


mThe entertainments com­ T ittee chairman, Coun. Richard


council should meet the horti­ cultural show committee to try to formulate a policy for hold­ ing future shows. But instead, because of this loss, the council decided that we should not meet and that there should be no show.


“Irkers. did stress- that the


rng on Tuesday that lack of communication had caused the secent trouble between the council and its entertainments


GARDENING SHOW i Members of the Town Council admitted at their meet­


ub-committees, which consist largely of voluntary workers. T|-


£1,000. The council has to work on realistic estimates and these sub-committees ought to abide


by the same rules and regula­ tions.“As for the jazz festival, I am t told that the young people of


music. If we want -to get young t people into Ciitheroe we ought ate.”Coun. Wallace Hargreaves,


woepresentatives and voluntary t vents, which largely depend on rpecial meeting between-council


give serious consideration to setting on one side money for the show, along with other entertainments in- the town.”


be held in Clitheroe, and it could run in conjunction with another affair of some sort. “I would ask the council to


“ Aid. Clifford Chatbum said: eWhat annoyed- me about these ovents was that the estimate wf income against expenditure


f stimated at £2,009 when in


radio programmes; Enter­ tainments and coming events. WPage 3—A page for


Page 2—Television and a halley readers; Through


ures; Prize Crossword. R Page 6—Country Diary;


Whalley Window; New. Page 4—A page for Women. t Page 5—News and pic­


Joound and About; District p ttings; Meet1 our corres­


ondents; Letters to the Editor.


as never realistic. e “The income might have been


for when the? show was held as part of the Castle Fete it was one of the main- attractions, but when it was held on its own1 it had all the costs to canty. “I still think this show can


“I was very annoyed at this, tuccess of.their efforts, in par­ bhat the budgets have got to


t “I would say that this is not she proper way -to assess the


alance sheet, Weather


Hne budget for the weather? s ow can we pre-determine the t ort of response we are going


o get from the public?” g Coun. James Bames said a


litheroe on the map. a “It is not the right attitude


vreat deal had been done by Coluntary workers to put


t lways to be concerned with the balance sheet and to insist phat every function shows a rofit.”Aid. Tom Robinson, the


act it turned out to be only t ation between the council and he sub committees.


tuPage 7—News and pic­ Mres; Obituaries; Auction


Page 8 — Advertising feature. toPage 9-i-News; Letters


ail; Weddings.


Classified advertisements. Page 12—Classified ad­


fea age 10 —Advertising Pture.age 11—Cars for sale;


P the Editor; Sport. vertisements.


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change to Clitheroe is that many of the defendants come from East Lancashire and Clitheroe is more accessible for them.


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deputy mayor, said there was no doubt whatever that much of the trouble had come about c because of a lack of communi­


s any occasions w h e n the euccess or failure of these


oday want pop, blues and folk do forget jazz and get up to


parks chairman, said there was nothing to prevent the council s from meeting the horticultural


s 189, and not about £125 as it maid just now. there have been says in the minutes of the


£ast horticultural show was said: “Despite what has been l urner, said: “The loss on the


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