Clltheroe Advertiser and Times,,May-2, 1060 5


RELIANT CLUB VISIT OLD


HALL As Sunday’s run was only


a short one to Towneley Hall, members of the East Lanca­ shire Reliant Owners’ Club did not leave; Clitheroe until after dinner. The run was in the nature of a rally and recruiting run, writes Three


Wheels. Towneley Hall was once the


home of tire O'Hagan family, but now belongs to Burnley Corporation, who have really made it into a very pleasant place, to spend an afternoon. The grounds are quite spacious. The hall itself is now a


Ramblers set out over rain-soaked fells


When I was a small boy,


there used to be on Black­ burn railway station an advert showing Prehistoric Percy sheltering under a Defiant umbrella, which bore the caption, “Good Owd Lancashccr Rainin’


Agean.” Advertising techniques may


museum and there are some fine exhibits of furniture, pic tures and pottery. Down below in the kitchen is


ACROSS


1. Their hands axe never still when they • are marking time (5-5)


1 ■ '‘for work (4-6)


10 and 16 Dn. The teacher is after a job—he’s a stickler


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13. Choir goes wrong at the end of the ballad—and what'a bloomer! (6)


17. Games official could make Ann smile (8)


15. Swiss' District in China! ( 6)


21. Strainer is put back by original woman (5)


18. C’othes are not finished in Great Britain (4)


22. Set line can be drawn out (7)


DOWN


2. is.-deficient and iudisci- ' plined. we’hear (5)


3. A poor translation in which people may lie (4)


water with the wine (7)


£10,700 bill after snows


cost Bowland Rural Council about, £2,350, their surveyor, Mr. E: Berry, reported on Mon­


Frost damage to roads will day.


Two gangs of workmen are at present employed in repair­


gritting and 'snowclearing in' «7o - is months to March 31; £3,300 more than “was--bud­ geted for.


ing the'damage. The council spent £10,700 on


4. One of those on hand (6) 5. Very big deficit in fuel (8) 6. Dock town puts a lot of


23. A nut trail's arranged by him! (10)


1 . Boarding-houses proriding subsistence for those who have retired (8)


8. Dissenting party produc­ ing loud movement (7)


9. Don’t stay for a holiday (5)


8. Beyond the measurement of a plumber (10)


7. Moderate change in one bar sale GO)


12. Girl incarcerated—signs of this sort of youth? (8)


16. See 10 Across 19. By morning one on the ship is astray (5)


14. Where people eat the cutlery! (7)


20. A cipher will make you blue (4)


Dm; 8, Family trees; 10, Canon; 11, Officer; 13, Israel; 14, Armada; 17, Ermines; 19, Petty; 20, Considerate; 22, Nod; 23, Decreases.


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: Across: 3, Remembers; 7,


fantryman; 3, Romance; 4, Mallow; 5, Motif; 6, Rye; 9, Enchantment; 12. Ready- made; 15, Repeats; 16, Assets; 18. Noise; 21, Owe.


Down: 1, Subscribe; 2, In­


to last week’s crossword opened on Tuesday morning was sent in by Mr. N. : Craven, N ock Cottage, Bolton-by-Bowland.


The first correct solution


the above crossword fill in your name and address in the space provided and send it to this address marked “Crossword” in the top left hand corner of the envelope.


When you have completed


Garden party planned


Advertiser and Times, King Street, Clitheroe.


post next Tuesday morning. No entries will be checked before then and the sender of the first correct solution opened will be awarded a 15s pokal order.


Entries must reach us by first Name Address ..................


on June 21 in the grounds of Bowland Secondary . School, Grindleton, to celebrate, the centenary of the National Children’s home. During the second world


A garden party is to be held


war the school, which was then a branch of the National Chil­ dren’s Home, was the heme of evacuees from the Channel


dress parade and side shows. I t is hoped that the chairmen


Islands.The garden party will have many attractions including . a Punch and Judy . Show, fancy


of Bowland and Clitheroe Rural Councils and the Mayor will attend.


Guests, at the Ladies’ Night of IVaddihgton branch of the British Legion,


Mr. G. Fairweathcr. Prize-winners were Mr. and Mrs. Eric \Vilkinson and M • . -Norris.


enjoying themselves'at the Starkic Arms Hotel, Clith eroe,. on Fn those present were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pearson and„ ^ e . ^ “un‘yn'


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a big cookery range which is quite out of the ordinary. One can imagine the activity when a banquet was held' In the good


old days. In • one part of the grounds


was a camping exhibition. There was quite a good number of terns and camping equipment. A few of our members seem quite interested, and there was some talk of forming a camping section in the near future.


Enrolled


As, the afternoon went on, Reliants started arriving in ones


and twos, till there were 40 vehicles lined up from different parts of Lancashire. .' Tom, our secretary, was quite


. Although we had not traver­ sed many miles we nevertheless had a really enjoyable after­ noon, meeting many friends and visiting one of Lancashire's


busy and he enrolled several new members.


next run to Belle Vue will be Woolworih’s car park in Acc


ancestral halls. The meeting place for the


rington.


MAST WAS TWICE FELLED BY,-ICE


'“rife; High winds and severe icing twice demolished ii 100-ft


tubular radio aerial on Waddington Fell this wjmer. The mast, situated behind---------------- “


Waddington Fell quarries, was


erected by . the ICI for com­ munications with maintenance gangs on -the ethylene pipeline from Wilton, in -the North Rid­ ing of Yorkshire, to Runcorn in Cheshire. A temporary 60-ft triangular


agreed to the change, although they thought it would


be much more conspicuous than the former tubular mast.


tant area planning officer, said that companies were experienc­


Mr. N. Worthy Davies, assis­


mast is- now on use; and the company has received plan­ ning permission to replace it with- a 100-ft,'.triangular lattice


mast. Bowland Rural Council


Emley Moor, which collapsed earlier this year, was of similar construction.


ing trouble with tubular masts in exposed conditions. Tho huge television mast at


A spring .. 'exhibition ’.. of


’ open ;all “week and will end tomorrow. It has been organ­ ised by Clitheroe and Dis­


more than 7 0 ' local artists opened.. . in,, iSt.anley,,, House, Lowergate/. ; ’-Clitheroe," on Saturday,. .- ./> ’ .'•• The- ■ exhibition -has been


trict Art Society, Included in the exhibits


were portraits, examples of still life and several mini­


months ago and the chair­ man, Mr. D. Tattersall who ' is pictured centre, said, “The


atures. The Society was formed 18


exhibition seems to have created an interest. As far as i know it is the first one to be held by an art society in Clitheroe.


have changed, but Percy's comment aptly describes the conditions which prevailed as members of Clitheroe ■ Ram­ blers’ Association boarded the bus in Clitheroe last Saturday en -route for Mitton Road end to start their second ramble over Longridge Fells, under the guidance of Mr. , H.


bus into a rainsoaked world. Walking along the road past Sagar Fold we could but admire the beautiful piece of hedge-laying on the right-hand


Edwards. . On arrival we dived off-the


side of the road; real crafts manship on somebody’s part.


Bridge. Still it rained, patter­ ing on the parapet, glistening on the trees, dancing on the river, and capriciously running down the back of one’s neck.


Next down to Higher Hodder


up Birdie Brow, thence up Kemple End. There is a stile up there, but beyond it is a veritable no man’s land of mud and boulder; strewn trenches, preparatory work for afforestation.


Over the river we turned Panorama


leader decided not to attack, so having marched us all up the hill he marched us down | again.


Seeing this, our veteran


opens out below from this ! vantage point really made the little sortie .worthwhile.


wav in which the middle and lower Ribblesdale panorama


indulged in a little conjecture as to the origin of a standing stone over ■ the wall, the _ item which aroused our curiosity being the hole in the top of the


stone. Further over in the field St.


Down on the road again we However, the spectacular I


* CITY STYLE CAD. Block lace Gibson, style 5810. Light-weight permanized solo. Soft supple Leather uppers. 62/11— recommended price. ,


See them right now at


Pauline’s Cross stood out boldly against the bright April green background. ■


we turned up once more on to the fell, following a muddy


A little way along the road THE FOOTWEAR SPECIALISTS'.’ Braithwaite’s


48 WH ALLEY ROAD — CLITHEROE Good Parking whilst you Shop


road along the central con­


tours. - Along here we managed to


pause for a snack, sitting gnome-like on tree stumps. Above us the mist slowly en­ shrouded the fell, while below the valley developed an ethereal


wood to Dean Brook. As we approached the stream a heron took off gracefully from the


turbulent pod. silhouetted it­ self momentarily against the green larch wood across -the


look rather reminiscent of a Chinese brush painting. Three energetic members ex­


wav, and then was' gone. ' A short stroll down the Dean,


tended their explorations to Spire Hill. Unfortunately the mist robbed them of their view, but they found a fine specimen of witches' broom, a twiggy formation caused by a mite attacking the tree, in this case a birch.Descending to Holly Hall and Crawshaw we made our way down to Green Gore. This old farmhouse, built about 1461. has many interesting architectural


features.


From here the track, drops down through a fine beech


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where the stream has etched- its way through the wooded gorge, soon brought us down to the old mill race and along into Hurst Green.


Houses


mill now a charming residence, and the council houses, which used to be the almshouses up on the fell, before being brought down here and reconstructed. This terminated .another en­


En route wae passed the old J.B.W.


joyable walk. Our next ramble in a fortnight is to Brows- holme with Mr. Bernard Sharpies.


feel the pinch Y o u w o n f t


John White has a certain flair. A feeling for the future.


A style that would be hard to heat in the 70’s. The only thing about the 70 s that John White Rogues and Cads haven’t caught up on is the price. Won’t pinch your toes—or your purse.


Theshoe# right now is


CLITHEROE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ;; THURSDAY, MAY 8th, 1969


FORWARD with CONSERVATIVES ASPIN


WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED


FIVE DAY REFUSE COLLECTION NEW SEWAGE WORKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION


REFUSE TIPPING GREATLY REDUCED BY NEW INCINERATION PLANT - OF UNTOLD BENEFIT FOR THE FUTURE


HOUSING SHORTAGE ALMOST OVERCOME


Consider Our Scheme for BATHS-No Interest Charges - Only Cost on the Rates would be Running Expense. The alternative would be Baths at £185,000 with interest at £15,725 annually


In spite of steeply rising costs of wages and


materials, rate increases over the years have been minimal


Reasonable Rates give industry confidence to expand


BARNES


BUCKINGHAM PEARSON


THE MER WITH


THE FUTURE IN MIND VOTE SOLIDLY


FOR YOUR FOUR CONSERVATIVE


CANDIDATES SOCIALISM HAS BEEN TRIED. c o u n c i l , H O U SE S


On a £2,500 House the Interest charge alone is Four Pounds.-per week. HOW CAN WE Build at reasonable rents


WARDS


IF YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR FOUR CANDIDATES EACH YEAR VOTE:-


C O N S E R V A T I V E WE HAVE CONSIDERATION FOR


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SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY --- •


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Private Housing to lie further encouraged; so as to increase rateable value


We propose further development of amenities at Edisford


Spur Road from the industries at Pimlico to outer By-Pass, thus deducing heavy traffic in town


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