Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, September 5,1969 5 Youths to pay WINS


SPORTS CUP


Denise Moran won ■ the


village gaining most points in the sports. Denise was awarded six points, Susan Cowperthwaite was second with three, Adele Moran was third with two points. Susan Blezard and Mr.


challenge cup at Pendleton Village Sports on Saturday. The cup is awarded to the


ded. Tire results are as follows: 60 yards flat race, boys 9—11:


fines and costs totalling £170


Clitheroe magistrates said


on Friday that they were determined to stamp out ‘public house- brawls” in


Gomall also had two points each. The sports were welt atten­


1, Carl Rung: 2, Michael Wra- thall. Girls: 1, Louise Rung; 2, Susan Bush. 30 yards flat race, children 6—


rew Simpson; 2, Michael Rung. Egg and spoon, under 11: L


8 years: 1, Michelle Wrathall; 2, Gillian Blakey. Six years and under: 1. And­


Susan Bush; 2, Stephen Gran­ ger. 100 yards , flat race, boys 12 —15: 1. Neil Watson; 2, Tim Jury. 'Girls: 1. Diane Heaton; 2, Brenda Lowe. Potato race, boys under 16: 1,


These boys had a good v ' the


ACROSS


Stephen- Lowe; 2, Tony Bush. Skipping race, girls under 16: 1, Denise Moran; 2,.Susan Cow­ perthwaite. Egg and Spoon: boys 11—15:


4. Jazzed up melody pro­ duces empty talk (3,3)


10. . . . . passage of time being produced by fail­


9. Describing something at the wrong time (13)


1. Neil .Watson; 2, S. Musgrove, Girls 11—15:,1, Susan Blezard; 2. Brenda Lowe. Sack race, boys under 16: 1, Neil Watson; 2. Nicholas Chamley. Girls: 1, Denise Moran; 2, Susan Cow­ perthwaite.' Obstacle race, boys and girls under, 16: 1, Denise Moran; 2, Susan Cowper­


thwaite. 100 yards flat race, men: 1,


Mr. Lowe; 2, Alan Bush. One mile: 1, Carl Rung;-2. Tony Bush; 3. Alan Gomall. Fell race: 1, P. Livesey; 2, Reg Heys; 3, Alan Heaton. Egg and spoon, women: 1


II. Decreased? (7) 12. It’s a problem for the, artist’s model (5)


ure in memory (5)


13. ‘‘Oliver shows what one can do with a yam (5)


20. Clerical observances the claimant stands up for,


18. I t’s his policy to keep you covered (7) .


21. Distinctive marks of the fraternity raised at the meeting (6,2,5)i


we hear (5)


22. Where people- enjoy themselves in holiday


Molly Heaton; 2, Irene Pattern. Washing competition, men: 1. John Gomall; 2, Miles Slinger. Sack race, women: 1. Susan Jackson; 2, Mrs. Granger. Wheelbarrow race: 1, Neil


23. Some of the best roller- skaters go at a leisurely pace (6)


activities or in repose (6) DOWN


Watson and Stephen Musgrove: 2, Adele Moran and Ruth Spensly. Pillow fight: 1, Adele Moran; 2/ Neil Watson. Sack race, men: 1, Mr. Brass; 2, Mr. Pattern. Ladies’ obstacle: 1, Mrs, Granger; .2, Ruth whitwell.


Popular service More than ■ 106,000 calls were


2. Competitions for finding the iprize-winning ves­


1. Constant source of blood-stock (6)


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION


3. A sporting. type who twists the tale (7)


sels (13)


5. unrestrained love about one girl (5)


6. Room in which the paintwork is . o f t e n changing (7,6)


made to the two GPO tele­ phone weather forecasts in Central and .West Lancashire, compared with 91,000 calls in the same three months last


year.The Lancashire Coast fore­ cast attracted 48,080 calls at Blackpool, 16,946 c a l l s at Southport and 14,398 calls at Blackburn. There were 26,850 calls to the Central Lamca shire forecast ;at Blackburn.


14. Reckon to be employed away from home, (4,3)-


8. Military body not quite ready for the hearse! (5)


7. Go back and do some sowing again, we hear.


15. Small child who pin­ ches?, (6) ■ .


19. This has a circular movement forwards and backwards (5)


17. The sort of body that is out of this world (6)


Inane; 10, Regained; 11, Pivot; 14 Sty; 16X>egree;


IT. Alarms; 18, Arm; 20. Vices: 24, Clothier; 25, Limit; 26, Well-to-do; 27, Agile.


Plain; 4, Indent: 6, Hamdl cap; 7. Conforms; 12, Refin­ ing; 13, Freewill; 14, Sea; 15, Yam; 19. Roller; 21, Still; 22, Bison; 23, Brood.


16. Previous head of religi­ ous house (5)


Down 1, Third; 2, Barge; 3,


Across 5, Shock; 8, Headline; 9,


the space provided and send it to this address marked ’’Crossword” in the top left hand comer of the envelope.


your name and address in


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solution opened will be awarded a 15s. postal order.


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to last week’s crossword opened on Tuesday morning was sent in by Mrs. M. Dunn, 19 Bright Street,


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Name Address


I. Club gathering con- • cerned with life in the community (6)i


the area. They, had tried a case in which three youths were al l eg ed to have a s s a u l t e d another youth after an argument in a


Whalley hotel. Mr. J- Troop, presiding,


iew of the races as they took up a vantage point by pole set up for the pillow fight.


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told all four youths involved: “These brawls do not do good to anybody. They bring dis­ repute to the district in which they occur, and they bring disrepute to landlords."


fines and costs totalling £170 on the three, defendants, and bound them over, in the sum


The magistrates impose!


of £10 to be . of good behaviour for 12 months. The youth who was a s s a u l t e d was also similarly bound, over.


“Not guilty”


.bodily, harm. All three pleaded not guilty.


Stanley Street, Accrington; R o b e r t Middleton, 22, of Whalley Road'^ Clitheroe, and Jack Dean, 22; of Calder Avenue, BilUngton, were all charged with v a s s a u l t i n g Michael Mellows on January 23, 1 occasioning him actual


John Robert Poole, 21, of


ordered to pay £17 10s advocates fee and £5 4s wit­ ness's expenses. , Middleton


Poole was fined £50, and


was fined £30. with £17 10s a d v o c a t e s fee and £5 4s witness’s expenses, and Dean was fined £15, with £12 10s witness’s expenses and £17 10s advocate's fee.


River Drive, Padiham, said he went into the Swan Hotel at Whalley with two friends. When he sat down, Middleton shouted a c ro s s to him: “What are you staring at, you


Mr. Michael Mellows, of


fat git". “When I was coming back


from ■ the bar I asked him what he was laughing at, I thought he was laughing at me, he just sat there with a big' smirk on his face.


Arguing


trouble or what?’ He made no reply, so I said: ‘If you want any trouble we will go outside and sort it out."


"I asked him: ‘Are you after


and his friends and Middleton and his, friends left the hotel.


Shortly afterwards, Mellows


Me l lows and Middleton were arguing,,-and , th e n ,


alleged Me l lows, Middleton tried to butt him in the face. “We got fighting, and Dean


joined in and dived on my back, hitting me on the head," said Mellows. “Dean and Middleton held


my arms and a tall lad hit mo. Then 1 heard my friend Graham Harper shout ‘No bottles.' 1 just looked up and Poole came across with a bottle and then I felt a crash


after that. I was taken to hospital, where I had three stitches in my left eyebrow and two in my left hand. I was off work for two weeks. Cross-examined by Mr. B.


on my head. “I don't remember much


Middleton ‘‘ferret face.” Bottle


Dearing, for Dean and Middle- ton, Mellows denied calling


son, he said he was not looking for trouble. Graham Harper, of Little-


In reply to Mr. B. H. John­


moor Road, Clitheroe, said that when the fight started, in the alley next to the Dog Inn, he went to help Mellows, but Poole turned towards him, holding a bottle. “He said to me ‘he’s going to get it’, and then hit Mellows with the bottle.” In court ,Poole, Middleton


Something to delight all horse lovers


and Dean all alleged that Mellows was the first to give provocation in the hotel and was the first to strike out in the fight which ensued. Poole denied hitting Mellows


that magnificent horse, the Shire. Yet time was when he was a familiar sight on the roads, pulling tremendous loads, and working on farms. Nowadays they are chiefly


Seldom seen these days is


with a b o t t l e , although he admitted picking an empty bottle up outside to warn Harper not to join in the fight. The d e f e n d a n t s called


horse brasses and fitted them on to the harnesses. The spoked wheels of the


w i t n e s s e s who said that Mellows provoked Middleton, and that he followed him out of the hotel. Summing up, Mr. Dearing


seen at leading agricultural shows, although in Blackburn a brewery has returned to then- use as the most economical way of making local deliveries. Visitors to a Clitheroe hotel, however, are being enchanted by the splendid model of shire horses at work, pictured above. It cost Mr. Geoffrey Hiking-


said the case boiled down to “Who started • the fight?” If it was Mellows, then his clients had acted in self- defence.


introduction of the easy pay­ ment stamp, increased the value of their famous 2s 6d stamp to 20 new pence (four shillings) on Monday. The board are preparing for


Higher value Norweb, pioneers in the


decimalisation and for the withdrawal of half crowns starting in December. The new stamp is intended as an interim version, and the words "four shillings” will be dropped from the stamp after decimalisation is Introduced. Existing 2s 6d stamps held


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dray, which is varnished brown, can be turned, and the dray is complete with miniature ■barrels, each banded with tiny brass rings. Scaled-down brass lamps and a whip are included. Miss Pilkington said that


she and her father first met Mr. Stopforth when she took an old saddle to Bolton to be


Government “folly” to blame


Sir Frank Pearson, MP for


Clitheroe Division, addressed Longridge people who atten­ ded a cottage meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. David Yates, “Stanley House". Lower Lane, Longridge. Talking or the financial


situation he said; “For five


repaired. “We saw one of the models


ton, owner of the Craven Heifer Hotel, Ohaigley, and the Roe- field Hotel, Clitheroe, about £300. With the exception of the


years we have limped from one economic crisis to another. If ever a country has been run inefficiently it is Great Britain under the Wilson Government.


that he was working on, and since then he has fitted trim­ mings on to a replica of the famous racehorse, Arkle, and also to a replica of the Corona tion Coach that my father had.” she added. The model of the dray horses, which is perfect to the smallest


six horses—made by a well- known china firm—the model is the work of one man, 70-year- old Mr. Ian Stopforth, a Belton saddler. Miss Sandra Pilkington, who


took about 12 months to make Fabulous


detail, has been on display at several leading shows, including the Royal Lancashire.


manages the Roefield for her parents, said that the model


fabulous it is.” she added, “and a lot of people have asked if they can get one, but they don’t realise how- long it took to make, or how much work was involved.” The horses and dray stand


“Everyone has said how


by customers .will still be accepted.


Flag clay


recently in aid of the National Federation of O.A.P. Clitheroe


A flag day held in Clitheroe


branch, raised £114. The branch has also received


area.


Iping reins. I . Mr. Stopforth made tiny


about nine inches high. There are six grey Shires in pairs, each with a different coloured plume, and black leather strap-


the St. James’ Church Work­ ing Party, and held in the schoolroom on Saturday, raised £23 10s for autumn fayre


Sale raised £23 A jumble sale organised by


funds. SAPPER BOMBARDIER


Black or Brown. Smooth Side. Boys 9—3.


39/11—47/11 4 fittings In


39/11— 47/11 4 fittings in Block or Brown Smooth Stde.:Boys‘9—3


donations of £2 7s. Od. and 17s. 3d., the proceeds of two jumble sales organised by chil­ dren in the Hayhurst Street


the tide has now turned and w'e shall at last see a marked improvement. But, make no mistake there is no economic miracle; £3,000 million debts has to be paid off and we have only just begun to earn the


’Let us nope to goodness credits to pay. Frustration


is to blame. They have made n nonsense of the trade unions and have produced a degree of frustration in both manage­ ment and men which this country has rarely experienced


•The folly of the government


before. “Mesmerised by the visible


trade figures they have for­ gotten that much of Britain s real wealth comes from the financial operations of the


Citv — banking, insurance and shipping. These they have re­ stricted and hindered, and tee country, is now paying the


price. “Only a change of govern­


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ment can bring hack confi­ dence and the sooner this hap­ pens, the better.”


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Teens 2—6.


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a—Youths 91. Choice of fittings, i10—11. 4 fittings


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