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Missing guests / at the/ Show


Clitheroe and District


Scouts’ “Gang /Show” was me o£ the gayest, most :olourful pieces of honest-to- joodncss entertainment that Due is likely to see in a long


,ime. Just the sort of tonic the


sheering up. Many old folk indeed saw the


■Gang Show" as guests of the scouts, and they have been avish with their praise.


Jlitheroe Hospital were disap- jointed. It wasn’t that they had been


But 16 elderly patients from


>ver!ooked when the invitations vere issued: free tickets were nade available to them by the scouts some weeks ago.


VEHICLE


Por some of the patients are confined to wheelchairs, and some have other special needs


The problem was transport.


from the hospital, these old people travel in a special vehicle which is equipped to cope with their disabilities.


Normally, for their excursions


Show” visit, this vehicle . was not available. It was not snan decision: the organisers of the show learned about it a week cr more ago, and did their best to find a solution


But on the day of the “Gang


There was no shortage o£ volunteers with cars.■


fortunately these were not suitable for the chairbound patients. The use of a van was


ruled out because of insurance problems.


drive the special vehicle If it was available. Lord Clitheroe


Ambulance drivers agreed to


generously offered to meet any costs that might. have been entailed In. getting the 16 to the show.


lobbied


And Dr R. C. Webster, divi- unal medical officer, was bbied during a recent visit Clitheroe to enlist his help.


itients stayed in hospital, and le show went on without


But all was in vain. The iem.


No doubt there are convin- ng reasons why the vehicle mid be not made available on


iis occasion. I t will not be surprising, how-


ra \ if they seem feeble to le youngsters whose good deed ■as frustrated.


’ but un­


Joctor might have ordered for my elderly person in need of


WOMAN SHOPKEEPER QUITS AFTER


SPATE OF BREAK-INS Four in three months


Four break-ins in the space of three months have f o r c e d a Clilhcroc shop­


keeper to close her small lock-up tobacconist and sweet shop. Mrs. Lynda Callender, of Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe, kept the shop in Castle Gate for the past 13 years. -------------------------------- -


Man, 25, altered


licence A 25-year-old Clitheroc


mail was given three six month prison sentences, sus­ pended for two years, and fined £10 by Clitheroe magis­


trates yesterday. Michael Parker, an electri­


cian’s mate, of ’Whatley Road, pleaded guilty to stealing, fraudulently altering, a n d fraudulently using a vehicle


The break-ins began,in February. By April There had : v


shop because she didn’t feel safe any more and she could not stand the insecurity.


Mrs. Callender said this week that she was closing the ' .


been four. On the last occasion the shelves were stripped of cigarettes, not just single packets but packs, of 200 in


Windows were broken the first, three, times bub in April the door had been forced,” said Mrs. ■


She had thought about get-


ting protective gates for the door, but “You have to sell a lot of cigarettes to cover those things.” Her regular customers were


Callender;.. ••


cigarette smokers and pipe owners, and she always made sure they got their special brands. “I was sorry to go. You arc


excise licence. He was sentenced to six


month’s imprisonment on each charge, the sentences to run concurrently, but suspended for two years.


Stopped


fied from driving for 12 months for using an uninsured motor car, £2 for driving while not the holder of a driving licence, and £3 for using an unlicensed motor vehicle. The offences were discovered


when lie was stopped in Whalley Road by Pc Bernard Altham. He said he had found the


He was fined £5 and disquali­ CHARM


feel safe any longer. Travellers used to tell me that this sort of tiling was happening all the time now,” she continued. The Castle Gate shop has a


“After the break-ins I didn’t


Candidate attacks


when you have regular cus­ tomers,” Mrs. Callender con­ fessed.


Government Mr. Marcus Fox, prospec­


tive ■ Conservative Parlia­ mentary candidate for Ship- ley. spoke lo members of Clitheroe Divisional Conser­ vative Association Supper Club at the Wellsprings


certain old world charm, and could easily have fallen straight out of a Dickens novel. I t now being converted by


Hotel on Monday. He described Mr. Harold Wil­


another trader for the sale of anoraks.


licence in the street at Black bum, and had used it on his car to get it to Clitheroe when ho moved from Blackburn earlier this year.


raised by the recent house-to- house collection In Clitheroc for Lepra, the British Leprosy Relief Association. This money, donat


recent ^nnn+.ion'np


Catholic Social Club and the aoroptumsi/ wuu vi


s


A total or £154 3s. lOd. was OPENS : enei associuuuu.


£154 raised ■for Lepra


Soroptimist Club of clitheroe. Almsford


will go towards the Clitheroe wj10 was killed in a car crash and district branch’s target on on gawjey Brow on March 17


for one month the inquest on Mr. Walter Graville Hitch, of


im iora Drive, unve,


Hio !nniif>c, nn Harrogate,


. _ _


behalf of the ■ Children s ^ Ian stewart> retired path- m A t .


branch treas > ma(nlificel,t multiple injuries. He added week: Such magnificent


Mr Gemge a Braithtwavt^ i 3( ^ from shock due t0 WOU]d probably


efforts on behalf of our less fortunate brethren.”


S T S S .1 E— t “ m“ Uave survived for only_a few


moments after the crash. Mrs. Virginia Hitch, widow


of Mr. Hitch, told the coroner that on the day of the accident her husband took her to work in Harrogate. -


Garage


| a taxi, saying that • he was going to a garage to hire


After leaving her, he took I car.


. “He was going to Ellesmere Port, or somewhere like that ”


I said Mi’S. Hitch. . She added that he knew


I very well, and had been driving I for 37 years.


the Skipton to Clitheroe road .


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had been the managing direc­ tor of a garage.


Mrs Hitch said her husband


Anniversary services


, At the Sunday School Anniversary services at Low Moor Methodist Church, the preacher was the Rev. Alan Mimmack, formerly of Chat:


I burn. During the morning service,


I he addressed parents, pupils and friends. The children took part in the afternoon service and sang special pieces, accom­ panied by Miss Megan Smith


at the piano. At the evening service, the


soloists were Miss Linda and Master Gordon Whitfield.


Mr. Colin Jones.; v ,. All services were well-


The organist for the day was


attended: and collections amounted to more than £18.


Pies stolen


I this week and got away with I £5 in cash and two meat pies


Thieves broke into it butcher s shop ini King Street, Whalley,


Chimney fire ’ ?-


'T ■ . ■ .!• i j ^ f . .


with a chimney fire at Maple Close on • Tuesday, evening. -


Clitheroe Fire Brigade dealt


Page 2—Weekend Radio’ and Television • pro-


■ grammes; Entertainments and Coming Events. ......


Page 3—Through a- Wha-’ ley Window; News. ... .


Page A—Readers’ Letters; Women’s ‘ organisations activities.


' " " Page-5—News,.pictures.


Piciurc^nows” Mrs. Ruth Lyddiard a n d 21-montii.oia nachol at. the open day.


:


an open daytin St. Deny’s Home, Pimlico Road, Clithcroe on W e d n e s d a y . i ■ ... r


included a bring-and buy-stall, afternoon teas, and kitchen and home produce stalls. For literary enthusiasts, mere was even a stock of books on sale.


The house was open from 2 p.m: until 5 p.m. Attractions


The Church of England Children’s Society organised ...


Foster, helped by two assistants at the home, Miss Anne Counter and Miss Jean Wallbank. Additional neip was given


A coffee evening was held from 7 p.m. untu j p.m. Organisers were the house parents, Mr. anu Mrs. F. G.


. non


by members,of the committee under the chairmanship of Mrs. E. Drew,.of Waddington. .


with members of the staff, 18 children wall spend a holiday in St. Annes-on-Sea during the summer.


The proceeds are for the Children’s Holitlaj t-tmd. Along r .........„ „,- , ologist said Mi-. Hitch, who was


SAWLEY CRASH


i | N ^ D E S l “ ’


together with I coroner, on Tuesday ajourned from


. i Mr. Stephen Brown, Craven the I r...


son as the most personally am­ bitious prime minister this century. No set-backs were serious enough to-.alter his obsession to stay in office at all costs. He resigned in 1951 when


wrappers. “All the break-ins happened during the evenings.


TV MAST PLAN MEETS COUNCIL


OPPOSITION Hopes for better television reception in the .Ribble Val­


ley. especially at Whalley, may be dashed if objections to ITA’s plans to' erect a transmitter on Whallcy Nab are up­


lattice mast, surrounded by .a cantilever aerial system, on top of the. Nab.


held. The plan is to build a 180ft.


Clithcroe Rural Council would necessitate a public inquiry. Television reception in Whal­


Blackburn Rural Council's area, and they have approved the scheme. But the mast would be in a direct tine with Whalley's main street down below, and would be visible from Clitheroe at least.


The mast would be in the Detrimental


Council to object to the propo­ sal, and they have written to the County Planning Office say­ ing they consider the mast would be detrimental to the visual amenities of the area. They suggested that the mast


This has led Clitheroe Rural


would be better if built further south.


week that the project may have to be shelved if permission was refused.


An ITA spokesman said this


build the mast at Spring Wood, on Wiswcll Moor, but because of planning objections from Clitheroc Rural Council, they had looked for an alternative site, and decided on Whalley Nab.


It was originally proposed to Varies


charges were imposed for false teeth and spectacles, yet now led a government which had increased the same charges. Coulcl anything, asked Mr.


man. arid about 40 people atten1: -ded''tha-meot]ngr*H-Jf*?r’*v^. ■ V:. •’..Miss , Joan Hall,- - prospectlvb' parliamentary candidate - “for


Mr. David. Yates. was chair-, - .


Keighley, .will speak at the next meeting, at the-New Drop Inn, near Ribchester, on .Juno 23.


TV studio visit


members of the Advertiser and Times staff, who A2°k part in


Villagers from Wiswell and


the television programme about the newspaper and its corres­ pondents, in March, on Tuesday


visited Granada TV studios in Manchester. There they were met by,


which technicians considered suitable for the mast, which is intended as an ultra-high fre­ quency transmitter, working in conjunction with Winter Hilt to relay ITV, BBC1 and BBC2


These were the only two sites


I t is not yet known whether the objection raised by the


Fox, illustrate .more vividly-the double standards now operating in government circles? ■


' Glamorous. Miss Kath- \ Icen WiiistankyVholder of


the ‘ Miss'-.Unifed Kingdom titled , is vj^B^hheMcC.


f Supermarket! She wiltsnip4teough.the


ribbon,:watched-by --some- of the firm’s directors,’and- then tour the two floors of the store, which was for­ merly the. King Lane Hall.


On Thursday evening


there’ll be. anoiher spec­ tacular cvent'at the super­ market when/a member of the new Palladium bingo club claims her prize; •


She will be given three


television personality Brian Trueman, and watched the re­ cording of the second episode in the new comedy series, "Nearest and Dearest.” star­ ring Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel.


minutes to take from the shelves as many.goods as: she can manage. Our picture. of Miss-


.Winstanlcy is. by Wigan • Observer colleague, Gordon


Hurst. Mr., T. P. .Rushlon, clerk :


to Glitheroc.Rural Council,, is expecting to . speak today at ‘ the mammoth public inquiryi being-held at Preston into the proposed central Lancashire'.New’Gity.


council’s objections to the Longridge spur,: the part of the .proposed city , running east from Preston towards Long-


He will put forward the


ridge. This part’of . the city would


abut directly on to Clitheroe Rural Council’s boundary. In the formal letter of


RURAL (MECTIONS


Preston Rural • District which are: included in-the designated area, because .of their high agricultural value in a beauti­


ful part-of-the Ribble Valley which ’should- be protected from


further development. On behalf of the parish of


Thornley-with-Wheatley, ’ Mr. Rushton said there was concern that the new city would bring a large influx of domestic dogs into the parish, and adjoining areas, tending to .increase .-the worrying of sheep on.agricul- tura-1 land in these areas. Coun. J. M. Airey. who repre­


objection. Mr. Rushton said the spur would “seriously and detri­ mentally” affect Clitheroe Rural District and its outstand­ ing. position as beautiful and unspoilt --countryside' in the Forest of 'Bowiand Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and in an area designated as- of,great landscape value.


Limited


should'be'limited by stopping on a line dawn between Whit- tingham. Grimsargh and


The council felt the spur


Elston, and should exclude the whole of Longndge Urban District, to provide- a -buffer,


between the new city and the council’s district.


parts of the parishes of Hother- sall • and . Ribchester in


•It should also exclude those ,,


sents Thornley-with-Wheatley on .Clitheroe Rural Council, is hoping to speak -at the inquiry tomorrow; but has been--ill, and may be represented by Mr. Rushton. • .


On Wednesday. Mr. B. Ml. Christen, of the Preston Liberal


_


Association, spoke at the in­ quiry on behalf of five Liberal associations, including citheroe. He said it had not been


proved that' the proposed development was in the public


interest. He asked for confirmation of


ley, former clerk to Hampshire County Council, who is conduc­ ting the inquiry, to condemn the way in which the new town was conceived and the way. it was proposed to manage it. In the event of the new town


He asked Sir Andrew Wheat- , ’


10 Gns. or on


Easy. Terms Court sequel to after :


hours drinks ' When a police sergeant; and a constable entered the


while Horse Hotel York Street, at 11-37 one night, they Sw throe men standing at the bar with drinks m front of


them. Yesterday, two of B | e « t


appeared bolero ’xrTfTicfrntes charged


buying ' and drinking alcohol outeide permitted hqurs. ; ' The licensee, Henrj , Lnc


.


Walker was found guilty \vhisky to the two men


and was fined £5 in] eachroa^ rr. was Riven un ao&uiui


with-PC’Barry Parker at 11-37 p.in. on April 14 because the premises -were still lit.


•He saw the ' two men - with whisky in front of.them, and a third mam However, the drink


in- front of ~ the third. man belonged to the licensee.


55- ‘of X i u t e discharge


•; Round stand -About; Dis­ trict Jottings.


11 Page 10—News; Pictures. ; :


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; Pages 11 and D—Classi: ’ fled-advertisements.


>; Page -13—Sp°ds,reports. r-


■ Page 6—Country diary; I s s s a agcd 69,


:: Supermarket advertise-' .! ments.’ -


’ Page 7—News; Pictures. < \ i Pages 8 and 9— i on.


- -5 to'share, the- advocate s fees of


12 guineas. s• - Sergeant


aid-he-went.


" roS 1 £^ ’is Bawsthorne, ■


men were and he made no reply,- except to tell the men to drink up. He asked him again, : and Walker replied: "They’re customers. . The clock’on the wall of the


He asked Walker who' the


of Chatbunv Road, absolute dis-


t o roiSuming whisky ' found guilty


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vault showed’ the time • to , be 11-39.; and he pointed this out


to Walker, - and ’; asked .what time- the sale of the drinks


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took place. • •Walker replied: Yes know .’ I might as well be honest.-It was after time." ■Smith- and ROAVsthome both admitted buying whisky.


In court, Walker, said: ho had J


given the -. whisky to ;; Smith and Rawsthome: as they had bought ’’him several ’* drinks


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the draft designation order for the city to be delayed until , the


full facts had been published and the public made aware of them.


RECORD PLAYERS from


proceeding, he said, the Liberals would fight for the right of the people to control the develop­ ment corporation.


withdrew in January from the conference of north, east Lan­ cashire^ authorities,' who are objecting to the proposed city. The council felt that Clith­


Clitheroe Borough Council


eroe would benefit from the new city.


man of the town’s Development and Town Planning Committee, said the future role of Clitheroe would be that of a residential town serving the executive classes who would commute to the new city.


Coun. John Blackburn, chair­


ley has always been poor, for both ITV and BBC, although it- varies in different parts of the village. 9 See letters, Page 4.


Chatbum driver


banned Thomas James Fletcher, of


St. Chad’s Avenue, Chat- bum, was fined £20 and dis­ qualified from driving by Clitheroe magistrates yester­


day. Ho had pleaded guilty to driv­


ing with his blood alcohol con­ tent higher than the prescribed limit. Supt. T. B. Nicholson said Fletcher was seen in Holden


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Street, Clitheroe, by P.c. Ian Hartley at 6-20 p.m. on Tuesday


March 25. His breath smelt.strongly of


drink and he was asked to sub­ mit to a breath test, which proved positive. Ho was taken to Great Har­


wood police station, and a sample of blood later showed a blood/alcohol content of 192 nulligramm.es/100 millilitres. In court, Fletcher said that


he ought to have known better. “I am usually very careful.”


Walkers praised ..


- Competitors/ in the spon­ sored walk' which - raised ■ £536 for Shelter, national campaign for the homeless, have been -praised by the Mayor of Glithcroe, Coun.


one of the organisers, he says: “I was very pleased indeed to


S. F. Hardman. In -a letter to Mrs. K. Hill,


learn about the-splendid sum raised on this walk, and would like you to convey my congra­ tulations and thanks to all the young people who took part, as -well as to the Clitheroe and Bowiand Girl Guides Association who organised the affair. “I am particularly interested


because I set them off on that cold) and windy morning: their efforts have proved well worth while.”


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