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LAST 2 DAYS OF THEOSALE T H F r i ’ S 4 and 7 YORK STREET CLITHEROE. Telephone 2688
BILLINGTON FILLING STATION ATTACK
SPARKS OFF MANHUNT Attendant injured
coshed Mr. Clifford Brearlcy, the 49-year-old owner of Billington Service Station, earlv on Tuesday evening.
Widespread inquiries are going on throughout East Lancashire for a man who , . , _
Mr. Brearley, oi John Street, Nelson; had just served .
the man with some petrol and was getting his change when the man hit him from behind. Though he was dazed and covered in blood, Mr. Brear
Making our
name known
Last Sunday’s broadcast from St. Mary’s Parish Ch u r c h should have brought the name of Clitheroe before a wider public, and must certainly have added to the town’s reputation in music circles.
Pew who heard the programme could fail to have been im pressed by the singing.
And vet, what do those listen ers'—■ apart from those who live within a few miles of us—know about Clitheroe?
A Lancashire cotton town with tall mills, dirty streams and a permanent smoke-pall,
perhaps?
We who live here all know how far from the truth this i.s. ui'(, '?t i.<' undoubtedly the Im
pression m a li y strangers have of our town.
Surprised
People who have visited the town for the first time have remarked how pleasantly surprised they were. And this is surely something we should make every effort to foster.
For Clitheroe already receives a proportion of its trade from occasional visitors. And if the shopkeepers benefit, so in the long run do the
So anything which brings Clitheroe’s name before a wider public deserves to be
rest of us. Well done, St. Mary’s! commended.
ley managed to pull himself up and face his assailant, who then jumped into his car and drove away empty-handed. Mr. Brearlcy said the man drew up at about 8 o’clock and asked for one gallon of petrol. He gave Mr. Brcarly a
10 shilling note, and then as Mr. Brearley. reached the door of the pay kiosk the man hit him with what looked to be a
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silver commercial wheelbrace. Mr. Brearley said the man did not knock him out, so he
was able to stagger to his feet. He said the man mumbled something about thinking there was someone round the
back of the garage. “He then said something about getting an ambulance
and I told him that he should be the one to call'one.” Mr. Brearley said he could not understand why the
man did not hit him again and try to take the money from the till. The man just jumped into his car and sped away, but Mr. Brearley managed to make a note of the first three letters of the registration plate.
LONELY SPOT Mr. Brearley said lie was very dazed after the attack
and lie staggered to the side of the road and tried to flag a car down with his flashlight. He forgot all about the phone
in his office. He said that at least two dozen cars passed him before
had several stitches in a head wound before being taken home.
ago after parting with Springbank Garage in Clegg Street, Bricrfield, said the attack was very sudden.
' ‘L have always been a bit frightened because the
Mr. Brearley, who bought the garage three months '
garage is in a lonely spot, but I never thought this would happen to me,” he. told a reporter, .
tlie attack, said he would be able to identify the man if he saw him again.
• Amarried man^feBfcarley;:.:whOv,is recovering .
He described his attacker as being about 30 years old, ■ „ . , .
5 ft. Sin. in height, and well built with a fair complexion. The man was driving a green Standard 8 or 10 car,
with the registration letters beginning with GBV.________ SHOPBREAKERS’
£30 HAUL Thieves broke into the Lowergatc premises of H.
Kainc and D. Rawson. furnishers and television renters, sometime between 5-30 p.m. on Friday and the following morning, and stole goods and money valued together at
about £30.
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ner in the firm, said that he noticed the premises had been broken into when he opened up on Saturday morning. “The thieves got in through
Mr. David Rawson, a part . . . , .
a woman doctor pulled up and rang for help. He was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary, where he
Gilos ruefully examines the remains of a once substan tial fence on bis land which was recently demolished by a lorry.
Sawley farmer Mr. F. W.
mers’ claims that repairing and maintaining fences along the route of th0 Wlialloy- Clitheroe by-pass would cause them hardship and expense.
were held again on Wednes day by members of Clithcroc and Bowland branch of the National Farmers Union.
Discussions on the subject
the Lancashire Parliamentary committee of the Lancashire County branch, the farmers met the staff of tile Lan cashire County Surveyor’s Department at Agriculture House, Preston.
Together with members of
take the matter to the NFU headquarters in London.
The meeting decided to
last week when the effects of - tho'-vby-pass 'wore- dis-,; cussodby VO 'farmers,/ “ . , -- ■ ’ S * ’ — -
This week's meeting fol lowed a special meeting held
Read man wins £350 prize
Sir Frank Pearson MP was the principal guest at the Cocktail Parly given by the 200 section of the Clithcroe Division Conservative Association in the Swan and Royal Hotel on Wed nesday.
It was the last event on his diary for the three day tour of his constituency and about 90 people were there.
what used to be a pantry win dow at the rear of the premises. They cut the glass out and part of the window frame as well.” He said that though several
Competition winners were: Mr. Robert Speak, Read, £350; Mr. G. R. Edmondson, What ley. £125; Mrs. H. Han greaves. Clitheroe. £50; Mr. B, R. Harris, Clitheroe. £10,
Popular
boxes had been opened, the thieves had taken only two transistor radios, an electric toaster and about £4 in cash. The shop, which was bought
by Mr. Rawson and Mr. Kaine about ten months ago, was opened at the beginning of December. Clitheroe C.I.D. are invest gating the theft.
A special appeal for members for the new season starting in March was made by Mr. B. L. Cunliffe, of Whalley, the vice-chairman of the Association.
The 200 club was started by the
Association three years ago and the idea is provins popular with local cricket golf and football clubs.
■ It adds weight to the far
Man-died after falling off motor cycle
Over inflation of tyres .
could have been n contribu- tary factor to an accident in which a Clithcrocman died after falling front his motor cycle, said the Cr aven coroner Mr. Stephen- E. Brown, at the inquest at
Skiplon on Tuesday.' Tlie jury returned a verdict
of misadventure, “with no other vehicles involved”, on Mr. James Cockroft Sutcliffe, aged 62. a waterworks linesman, of Windsor ’ Avenue. Clibherce, who died from injuries sus tained sn an aeident at Mitton.
driven by Mrs. Margaret Eliza beth Brooke aged 46, a widow of Moorland Crescent, Clith croe, had overtaken the motor
Tlie jury heard how a van,
WIRE HELD VAN f e
COURT TOLD
Company secreary Joseph Wood, of Castle View, Clitheroc, was fince£5 and his licence endorsed at Clitheroe magistrates’ court festerday for using a van in a dangerous condition.
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Tipping Ltd., haulae contrac tors of Eshton .Teracc. were fined £10 for a simitr offence. Both pleaded guily.
His employers! krnes and
van in Station! Rad, Clith eroe, a n r not i c e d the body work was in t bad con dition.
PC Thwaites saidiie saw the
make an examinstion. and found the door was kept shut by a piece of wire ittached to the lock, and then was cor rosion behind thelrar wheel.
He stopped the driver, to Emersrcmv
ing said there was no alterna tive but to plead guilty.
Mr. W. Greenwocd, defend
fastened by the wire and there was no danger of the door com ing open.
The look was securely
than a half inch, ;and in the normal course of events; could not have caused extra hazard.
Hie corrosion was no more
He added that tile van was being used in . an emergency
Road users hampered by dense fog blanket
Thick fog enveloped Clitheroe and district yesterday morning, hampering road users to such an extent that motorists were crawling into Clitheroc at about
at about 9 o’clock when visibi lity was down to almost 30
yards. At Dunsop Bridge and Gls-
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ni.p.li. behind long queues of traffic. Clitheroe itself was hit badly
yards os motorists came into the t,own. Fortunately, however, the fog lifted and by noon one could sec for about 150
burn, the story was very much tlie same with v i s i b i l i t y down to about 50 yards early in the morning and lifting at about 11 o’clock to approxi mate v 100 yards. At Whatley, visibility was
Not many seats left
for panto The sale of lickels for the
about 250 yards at noon, a slight improvement on cariy morning conditions. PendJeton and Hurst Green
Trinity Methodist Church pantomime, “Old King Cole,”
is brisk and not many avail able scats are left.
were a so hit by the fog, the visibilities at noon being 150
yards- and 250 yards respec tively. Downham was the worst hit
of the local villages, with visi bility down to about 25 yards a t noon, while at Chabbum, Just more than a mle away; the fog was -very thin and visibility was 300 yards. , Despite, all te fog, however,
no accidents had been reported to the police by mid-day.
Bradshaw. The cast includes: Mr. N. Hornby. Old King Colo; Mr. Roger Dugdale, the Queen; Mrs. Rosemary > Lancaster, Prince Nlkkle; Mrs. J. Knight. Princess Symphony; Mrs. Ruth Mitcheli.i Princess Melody and Messrs Geoffrey Jackson. Denis Briggs and Michael Britcliffe, the three-fiddlers.
made my Mrs, May Carus and the. producer .is Mrs.. Bertha
V V VI
It opens on Tuesday The costumes have been
£14 fines for lorry
offences A 28-year-old Preston
man was lined a total of £14 by Clilheroe magistrates yes
terday.
Moss Lane, Hesketli Bank pleaded guilty to five offence
John Michael Robinson, of ,.
licence endorsed for 'ising the vehicle with an inefficient nand- brake; £3 for haying an inefficient’ warning instrument; £2 for having ah inefficient speedometer; £2 for ' lshig an unlicensed lorry. 8
concerning a lorry. He was fined w mid his
PC Marsden sm< 1 ho saw the ^
lorry- a t Accrington. Road Whallcy, on ,October io.
page 2—Entertainments and co m in g events;
Cinema. Page 3—The page lor
Whallcy readers; Through a Whallcy Window; gen
eral news. Page 4—Women’s,Pa8cL
Fashion; Recipes; With the Women’s Institutes.
Page 5—News; picture;
using the lorry at Mght with out lights. ,
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Prize Crossword. Page 6—Country Diaty;
Round and About;.District Jottings;- Letters to the Editor.
Page 7—News and pic
tures; Auction Mart re ports; Obituaries; District
Jottings. Page 8—Martins Bank
advertising feature. Page 9—News and pic
tures. Page 10—Holidays .’69.
Page 11—Cars for sale. Page 12—Classified; ad vertisements; -Motoring;
Sport. Page 13—Sport. Page 14—Classified ad
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Banana snack led to fine
Arthur Dale was hungry.
He hadn’t eaten, for five hours, and as he drove into Barrow, he stopped to eat a
banana. And when he had finished,
be dreped the skin thicugh t..~
Clitheroe magistrates were told yesterday, and it led to his appearance in court, where he was fined a total of £5 for thiee
window of his van. But a policeman saw it,
offences.Dale, aged 45. of Bold Street, Accrington, had pleaded guilty to depositing litter, but denied having a lamp exceeding 7 watts burning when-the vehicle
was stopped, and ’using a van with an inefficient headlight, further summons of caus- unnccessary obstruction
was dismissed. . PC Day told the court he was
on. motor patrol travelling to wards i Clitheroe. and saw the ran parked on the near side of
van’s "engine was switched ou, and Da? was sitting m it,
He' stopped, and found tiro
van was causing an obstruction, and noticed one headlight was lit. and the other had a faulty
eating a banana. The officer pointed out th-
bulb.
, Dale told the magistrates he had apologised to the ofllcci 101
on the road.
Then he saw the banana skin , „ ...
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dropping the banana skin. He complained that he had not been cautioned.
cycle only seconds before the accident happened, at about 1 p.m. on December 19.
was driving a Ford Transit van from Clitheroe towards the direction of Hurst Green. -On reaching a double “S” bend, she saw a motor cyclist in front of her.
Mrs Brooke told police she
carefully. I could see he wanted me to overtake him, because he signalled me to do so. I .waited until -the second bend, when I could see the road was clear. He was waving me frantically to overtake.”
“He was driving slowly and
cyclist, leaving . a-’yvideimai-g-in, and- th.-n'
regained-.the- coircet
She overtook. the . - motor
bang, so I stopped the van and ran back to the -motor cyclist, who was lying face down in the middle or the road, with tile motor cycle across his
legs. The motor cyclist at this stage was alive.”
Pressure
motorist called an ambulance. She emphasised that no part' of the van had -touched the motor cycle Dr. I. S. Stewart, pathologist
Mrs. Brooke said a: passing
at Keighley, said death was due to fractures of -the skull, and
concusion of the brain. Mr. Sutcliffe was also suffer
side of . I he roll .1/ / ... . ;. ■ - L,. “As I did this, I heard a
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IWSEVENTY ATTEND ANNUAL
dinner on Tuesday at the Black Bull Hotel. Riminglon. It was attended by 70 members of other Ladies' Circles in the
area.
Summer holidays
summer hoiicrays Tor the tex tile towns for 1969. June 28tli to July 12th—Ains
for 1969 The following is the list of
j Bolton, Farnwonh, Hindiey I Green, Kearslev. Leigh, Little Hutton. Little Lever, Reddish, Stockport, Turton, Tyldesley, W a 1 k d c n, Westhoughton,
worth, Astley Bridge, Atherton,
Worslcv. July 4th to 19th—Bury, Tot-
wick, Barrowford, Brierfield, Burnlev, Colne, Coppull, Eden- field. Nelson, Padiham, Rad- cliffe, Ramsbottom, Wigan. July 11th to 26th—Danvcn. July 12th to 26th—Elland,
tington, Woolfold. July 5th to 19th—Barnolds-
CHARTER Clitlicroc Ladies Circle held their third annual charter
Greys,; . 'Burnley, Accrington, Neison. Fadiham, Bolton. Ros- sendale. Leylnnd and Kirkham and Rural Fylde.
These circles were Blackburn
Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs. S. F. Hardman; president of Clitheroe Inner Wheel.'Mrs. E. Allen; chairman of Clitheroe Townswomen's Guild, Miss D. Rushton; chairman of Clith eroe Evening Guild. Mrs. H. Hargreaves; and vice-president of the Clitheroe Soroptimists Club, Mrs. J. Myers.
The guests included the Toast
welcomed by the chairman, Mrs. Doreen Bateman.
Visitors and guests were
Ladies’ Circles of Great Britain and Ireland was the toast pro posed by the chairman of Area 35, which includes Clitheroe, Mrs. Margaret Johnson.
The National Association of
Greetland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge. Heywood, Horwicli. Kirkham. Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, Todmorden. July 19th to August 2nd—
Zoe Young. She is the honor ary secretary of the Council of Christians and Jews in Man chester and she spoke of the Jewish way of life.
The guest speaker was Mrs.
Accrington, Bamber Bridge, Blackburn, Broadbottom, Chor- ley, Church. Clayton-le-Moors, Clitheroe, Glossop, Great Har wood. Hadfield, Haslingden, Hollingworth. Huddersfield, leyland, Mossley, New Mills, Oswaldtwistle, Preston, Rishton, Staivbridge, Whaley Bridge, Whnlley. July 26th to August 9th—
Yomig Farmers’
Bacup, Pendlebury, Rawten- stall, Stacksteads. Swinton, Waterfoot. ■ August 9th to 23rd—Ashton-
social Gisburn Young Farmers’
under-Lyne, Compstall, Droyls den. Dukinficld Hurst, Hyde. August 30th to September 3rd
Club’s social was attended by members of the Skiplon and
—Ainsworth, Astley '’Bridge. BoRorf; Favnwovth, Kenrsley,
LiDtlD.Hultnn, LitUe-LTeveiv-Tuf- ton,' Walkden, Wes thought oil,
Atherton, Barnoldswick, Bar rowford, Brierficld, Burnley, Chorlev, Colne, Coppull, Hind- ley Green, Honvich. Leigh, Nelson, Padiham, Radcliffe, Tyldesley, Wigan. September 6th to 13th—Chad-
Bamber Bridge, Darwcn, Kirk ham, Leyland, Preston. September Gth to 10th—
Worsley. September 6th to 9th—
Settle Young Farmers Clubs. Miy.G. Can-and MivA. Ban
T-herU.was : also • danfe-ru;’ nro- vjded'by.3vnV“nnd'Mi-s?prBeTcs-“'’’7’'r'1 ford, and r e f r e s hme n t s arranged by the girls.
croft*1 organised' th e - games.
David Bootli of Lawkland Young Farmers Club.
of the club enjoyed a New Year's party given by the Advisory Committee.
Painting
derton. Crompton, Failsworth, Hebden Bridge, Hollinworth, Lees, Middleton, Middleton Junction, Oldham, Royton, Shaw. Springhead, Todmorden. September 13th to 16th—
ing from advanced high blood pressure, and it was difficult to determine whether' death was caused by this, or by the in juries received in the accident.
vehicles examination depart ment at Shipley, said he exam ined the motor cycle, and found that ah’ pressure in both the front and rear tyres of the machine, was hr excess of that normally recommended. “Had the tyres been at the
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examined the van driven by Mrs Brooke, but found no evi dence of i t having been in con tact with any other vehicle. Summing up, the Coroner
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deceased had died as a result of the injuries sustained when ho fell from his motor cycle.
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after the evening’s entertain ment.
A buffet supper was served
given a demonstration of pottery painting by Mrs. Ellis.
On Monday, the girts were
Jean Bancroft. The boys were given a talk
Thanks were proposed by-
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