Pattern service


Clitlieroc Advertiser and Times. February 28, 1969 3


All in the name of sisterly love


Women’s societies are among the most thriving in the


village. The Mothers’ Union, the Women’s Institute the evening and Afternoon Fellowships, the Trefoil Guild, two Girl Guides companies, and many others all have


their regular meetings and staunch adherents. Pertiaps surprisingly, this


Lower rates


Billington and Langho


ratepayers can look forward to paying less in rates this


4660 8-16


UVz.22'/2


finance chairman, said in his budget speech that the reduced rate had been made possible in spite of increased expendi­ ture.


will be 11s 9d in the £, but householders will benefit by a Is 3d In the £ grant and owners of mixed hereditaments by lOd. Coun. Harold D. Winter,


Interest A year around wardrobe in


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CHIPPING SHOW Social Committee ------- o-------


“Birds in Camera” by Mr. E.L. HOYLE


x 1 ~ - FILM SHOW ----- • • . - ■


on MONDAY, MARCH 3rd at 7*30 p.m.


at the WHITEWELL HOTEL (by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. K. Wright)


COLLECTION


Clitheroc Division Women’s Unionist Association ---------o---------


Annual General Meeting


Saturday, 8th March, 1969


Whalley Conservative Club at 3 p.m.


Speaker: SIR FRANK PEARSON, M.P.


LOW MOOR CLUB


B I N G O—Thursday and Saturday in the Lounge


FRIDAY


FREE and EASY Sunday, Marcii 2nd


THE GEMINI SOUND


expenditure. Allowance had also been


tlie ratepayers have again assisted by promptly paying their rates during the early part of the current financial year and this has enabled us to maintain a credit balance.


‘Quaker Girl’ on stage


by Hilda AVrosworUi. - /vudrey


Mr. Prank Worden. Lending roles will be played


presentation, “White Horse Inn.” The musical director is


Edmond Cambien, who pro­ duced last year’s successful


the next musioal production by the cnlderstones Hospital Revue and Amateur Dramatic Society. Public performances will be given in the hospital theatre Wednesday to Saturday. March 11-15 at 7-15 p.m The producer is again Mr.


“The Quaker Girl" is to be


to new sewerage schemes and high interest rates, and provi­ sion of £5,000 for a smoke abatement scheme were largely responsible for the increased


Increased loan charges due


made for the purchase of sev­ eral new and modern refuse collection vehicles. He said: “A large section of


Blackburn Rural Council on Saturday is offset by t)he 5d increase in the exchequer grant to domestic ratepayers. And the additional parish Item for Billington has been reduced from 4d to 3d in the £. The total rate to be levied


year. The 4d increase announced by


feminine tendency to organ­ ise themselves for tiieir mutual e n te r ta in m e n t , pleasure and instruction is not just a phenomena of the present century and recently, through the courtesy of the Rev. J. S. B. Wallis, Rector of Rtbchester, I have been privileged to examine' the ‘rules, regulations, and stand­ ing orders' of a women’s society established locally 153 years ago. “The Sisterly Love Society" was founded in 1816 and took


Through a Whalley Window


the House of Mr. Stephen Hayhurst at the Swan Inn, W'halley’ and the published rules, it is interesting to note, were 'printed by William


listed ,and fully paid mem­ bers include many surnames still veil known, or well remembered, in the village; Ingham, Bulcock, Eatough, Preston. Exton and Pollard are prominent examples. The rules decreed that


Tuesday, must have been re g u la r beanfeasts.. t These lasted from. 10 in


Poy, Joan Edwardson, Marga­ ret Grundy, Catherine Dinnis, Edith Brayshaw, Jane Aubin, Robert Murray. John Smith, Terry Holden. Fred Bradshaw, Bernard Adams, Philip John­ son, Terry Dilworth, Fred Gil- day, Peter Shuttlcworth and Stephen Tiplady.


SLAIDBURN W.I. Whist and


Domino Drive in The Village Hall Saturday, March 8th at 7-45 p.m.


Admission — 4/- Jncluding Refreshments


Clitheroe Cricket, Bowling and Tennis Club


Tennis Section


at 8 p.m. in the TEA ROOMS There will be a


MONDAY, MARCH 3rd Meeting


to consider the progress and prospects of the Tennis Section


All Members Welcome FOOTBALL AT SHAWBRIDGE


TOMORROW (SATURDAY), MARCH 1st Lancashire Combination Division 1


CLITHEROE v


B U R S C O U G H Kick-off 3-00 pjn.


Admission 2b :: O.A.P. and Juveniles lb Grandstand Extra


jolly affairs, as we might notv be justified in suspect­ ing. the Annual General Meetings, held each Whit


afternoon and on these occa­ sions each member was re­ quired to pay 4s„ 2s. for meat, 6d. for liquor, and Is. 6d. to the box or fund”. Do not imagine however,


there be quarterly meetings, each from 7 to 10 p.m.. when each member was required to subscribe Is. 9d., "plus 3d. to be spent in liquor at the meeting". If these meetings were


to members only) is a list of the members at the time the rules were printed, but unfortunately, this particular issue is not dated, although it must have been subsequent to October, 1818, when the rules were approved by His Majesty’s Justices sitting in the Court of Quarter Sessions in Preston. Altogether, 208 names are


compiled, make interesting and eye-opening reading. At the end of the booklet (price one shilling, to be sold


the form of a Registered Friendly Society for the promotion of good fellowship among the members. The meetings were held ‘at


EVERYTHING CAMPERS NEED TO KNOW


Trailer caravans are not


allowed on the Isle of Man except for trade purposes when they must not be


used for living in, but motor caravans are being


Islands generally forbid the importation of caravans. In both cases, prior application has to be made to the islands’


admitted for a trial period. Similarly, the Channel


authorities have power to pro­ hibit tiie use of unenclosed land either by' vehicles or for camping ! between 9-00 p.m. and 0-00 a.m. Those were just some of


authorities. In Devon the highway


Weekend Motoring


with Gerald Carr


and likely to become even more widely used as the BBC develop their special broad­ casts to motorists. But the programmes may not be to the choice of the car’s pas­ sengers.


the things I learned from the new AA Camping and Cara­ vanning Handbook, but I should not like to give the idea that the information was generally negative. The book gives indeed all


the know-how and gen about the subject. For those who know nothing, it starts from A.


can be hired and the gazet­ teer of sites, are invaluable.


Useful


Whewell at the Stamp Office, Clitheroe’. These rules, meticulously


A lorry takes on a load of salt from a giant hopper at the Whallcy depot. While the whole country


shivered last week in the icy grip of winter, an army of men with modern equipment fought to keep the roads clear.


a large area of Lancashire, stretching from Bury in the south to the Yorkshire border at Saiwley, and from Chipping in the west to Trawden, was the county divisional highways depot at Whalley.


The centre of operations for


snow blowers, snow ploughs and large salt spreading wagons


F o r ty vehicles, Including


kept in constant radio contact with the depot during the long fight against the relentless drifting snow.


out the division worked from the early hours of the morning until shortly before midnight, clearing not only the main trunk roads, but also the minor


/lio niorxun^ unvii •* In V 3IW


t and Inst Friday morning, when area were blocked..


roads between villages. The fight was a hard one,


he JHiztzRvcto «nti ymcjs nitc-t Two hundred men through­


Men and machines who kept us moving


’ Around Clitheroe, the road to Sabden over the Nick of Pondle was blocked by drifts up to six feet deep, and a snow blower was hard at work clearing the Chlpping-Burholme B r id g e Road, which was blocked in several places.


divisional surveyor, Is directly responsible for the mainten­ ance of 320 miles of reads in the division, which excludes county boroughs and certain urban districts. To keep them clear, he uses


Mr. K. W. Helm, the county


bad from his point of view. "Wo have had worse winters, of course.”^—jte t said. "The


anything from eight to ten thousand tons of rock salt every winter. It is spread onto the roads by large vehicles specially built for the job by Atkinsons of Clitheroe. This winter has not been too


fSK’^Sfensive No time is


that our lady ancestors spent the whole of these six hours in the comfort of the Swan Inn. At 10 a m. they marched in procession to the parish church to hear a sermon,


"specially preached at their behest" 'by a clergyman of the Church of England" who was to be recompensed "out of the box of the society". Then, we presume, back to


the Swan for the “meat and liquor”.


Decorous


riotous carousal this. The proceedings would be dec­ orous in the extreme the rules are insistent on this point. They say that no children


But wait a moment, no


Council seeks ban on lorries


Broad Lane, Whalley, is so narrow that Clilheroe Rural Council is to apply for a weight restriction order to prevent


.eopened after being closed for several months to enable repairs to be carried out on the West Gate of Whalley Abbey, which


heavy vehicles from using it. The road has recently been


spans The Sands. At Monday’s meeting, Coun


J. H. Fell expressed the concern of Whatley Parish Council, and stressed the Importance of an order for the safety of pede­ strians in the lane.


shall be admitted to the meet­ ings “except children at breast", and that "no mem­ ber shall abuse a sister mem­ ber by scandalous language or abusive expressions". Punitive fines were levied


ples:


Large vehicles use the Church Lane-The Sands-Broad Lane


route to by-pass the low rail­ way bridge in Station Road. Prams


for breaches of rule of which the following are fair exam­


the room intoxicated, she shall forfeit one shilling”. “Any unmarried member


“Any member coming into


having a child by a married man shall forfeit 5s.”, and “Any member promoting


it was impossible for women with prams to use the lane safely, because there was not room for the large wagons to pass.


Coun Mrs. Mary Troop said


just about take coal wagons and dust carts, but that is about all.”


She said: “Broad Lane can


gaming, swearing, wagers, or quarrels, or talking debauch­ ery, for each offence shall


pay 5s.”.Rule 25 is of some interest,


and I quote it as written, despite an apparent anach­


ronism: “That' if any member of


this society elope from her husband, and cohabit with another man she shall be ex­ cluded; and if any unmarried member shall have a child or children by a married man, other than her husbandi die shall be fined five shil­ lings for the use of the society".


A LECTURE WITH COLOURED SLIDES


“ASCENT OF THE AIGUELLI POINCENOT (Andes)”


By the World Famous Mountaineer DON WHILLANS


TUESDAY, MARCH 4th at 8-30 p.m.


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Society paid out generous benefits in cases of sickness or on the death of a member, and some of the regulations make quaint reading. But of these, more next


Finally, the Sisterly Love Discreet


of the large vehicles had to take “two or three bites" at the narrow entry to Church Lane, blocking King Street for a


Coun A. Westwell said many


short time. Mr. K. W. Helm, county divi­


Village hall


fund? Whalley Parish Council is


considering the possibility of organising a fund for a vil­


lage hall. Although Whalley is the


largest village iu the district, there is no parish hall or village hall, and other accom­ modation is limited. The idea was put to the


the salt down on the roads when frost and snow are fore­ cast. A large hopper fills the spreaders in a matter of min­ utes, and once on the road they can travel at about 20 mph while salting.


as a whole uses more salt per mile of road than any county in England, and in one week alone this winter, 1,500 tons


Lancashire County Council


were put down in Mr. Helm’s division. Motorists have good reason


ing, though tfie recommenda­ tion is that for the first season, they should be hired so that the user gains ex­ perience and can make up his mind what he wants. The 48-page map section


about tile maintenance and improvement of caravans and tiie care of tents. There is guidance on buy­


Useful, too, are the articles


ledge of camping or cara­ vanning, tile lists of types that are available, where they


For those who have know­


into prominence, enabling its user to choose the pro­ gramme he wants. The need for this was shown when, before the tape seemed prac­ tical, a system was in­ geniously devised which even allowed disc records to be played in a car.


Here the tape player comes Simple


simple and have now' devel­ oped into tile cassette form, in which one “posts" tile tape into the player. The music that is wanted is then played without any distracting knob- twiddling.


Obviously, tapes are more


these tape packs marketed by different firms, but they all have the common appeal that they are easy to fit in a car, and can incorporate radio as well.


is also specially useful, hav­ ing been drawn with the needs of campers and cara­ vanners in mind. Not only does it pin-point


ing. Responding to m an y


There are several forms of


demands, Britain’s sole con­ vertible specialists, Crayford Auto, will be making these models for those who enjoy open-air motoring but want a roof over their heads when the weather is poor.


cars provides for a single-; action operating hoed mech­ anism which enables it to be raised or lowered in a matter of seconds. The hood interior is fully lined.


The conversion on these Windows


strength and design, only the tw'o door BMC, models are being done and a perimeter chassis system, devised for the Crayford-Ford and Mini convertibles, is installed.


For the obvious reasons of


for any weakness caused by the loss of the roof as a stiffener. The windows are made Iramelcss. so there is a completely open aspect with the liood down. The conversion is only


This more than makes up


being made on new' cars and direct through the dealer who should be aware of this facility. Modified in this manner the complete car costs about £1,485. Another “first" on March


Austin, Morris and MG 1100s and 1300s will start appear­


In March, the first open


by Uniroyal. are sold under a "no quibble" guarantee which offers to replace them if they have been irreparably damaged by road obstruc­ tions or objects. This replace­ ment is subject to the usual deduction, according to the tread wear shown by the tyre.


1: Esso fuel stations start selling tyres, batteries, and accessories under their own name. The tyres, made for them


all the sites, but it indicates roads which are “possible but not recommended” when tow­ ing and those which are not suitable. The gazetteer listing sites


is very detailed, giving the latest times of arrival and the amenities both on the site and within a radius of two


to be grateful to him and his men as they drive along clear roads, lined at each side with high drifts. And at Monday's meeting of


miles. There is even a section ■


which deals with cooking for the amateur in tent or caravan.


Clitheroe Rural Council’s high­ ways committee, several mem­ bers thanked him and his staff for the “excellent job" they had done.Coun. Mrs. Mary Troop, the


highways committee chair­ man, said: "I am sure your


GUIDES IN NATIONAL COSTUME To celebrate Thinking


late Chief Scout and Lady Baden-Powell, Wh all ey Guides, B row ni es and Rangers met in the Old Grammar School on Satur­


j * J


naturally on mobility, the larger types which come into the classification of “mobile homes" are also dealt with together with the motor cara­ van.


Although the accent is Answer


deed a complete answer to almost anv question about holidaying‘in this manner. I t is not the first that the


a babv is Johnnie. He’s b^ic year old. —with the tamous one*j«c>.c;aw^,;!


AA have issued, but certainly the most comprehensive and instructive. Because it will be an annual publication, i t has been decided to make it of continuing value. Future editions will deal


and heel. When we’re bigger we’ll wear “Jumping-Jacks” seniors —they’re a new older relation of the Original “Jumping-Jacks”.


Bootees and sandals from size 2 and shoes from size 3, All In half-sizes and Cvo wridA*. end jn many colour*.


Dav. the joint birthday of the an<j up-to-date value. I


AA members at any AA office.


-TlIts cost is a modest 6s. to A-i. A rs Tlftrlecf T


day. A programme of interna­


tional Games was foUowed by I an international tea party. |


arranged by the Guiders. Many of those present wore


national costumes, represent-1 .ing countries where there are


council yesterday week by Mr. W. G. Pape. He suggested the council should use the proceeds of the proposed exhibition of local artists’ work to open a


fund.The chairman, councillor H. Fell, pointed out that the


sional surveyor, suggested that the council should apply for a weight restriction order limit­ ing the use of the lane to vehicles under three tons.


New school’s headmaster


week. In the meantime, we can onlv regard with admira­ tion the ladles who conduc­ ted their affairs in such a discreet and decorous man­


ner. Thev must have been an


excellent influence in the ■Whalley of Yesterday”. J.F.


present head of the careers and aftercare department nt Bentgute special School, Has­ lingden. A former pupil of Accrington


Road, Haslingden, has been appointed headmaster of the new North Cliffc Special School which opens in Great Harwood in September. Mr. Dean, who is 33. is at


■Mr. H. Dean, of Grasmere


Grammar School, he attended the City of Leeds Trainin;


versity.


College and in I960, took special course in the Diploma of Education tor Handicapped Children nt Manchester Uni­


A ‘MAGNIFICENT GIFT The £81,000 pay-out to victims of the Whallcy’ Co-op


crash was “ far better than expected,’ members of Whalley Parish Council agreed yesterday week, The chairman, Coun. J.. H;


Fell, spoke of the "momentous now's for villagers. Ho said: “ I think we, as a


parish council, can express our appreciation to the Co-opern-


•tive Union and our relief that the heavy burden on so many local pcoplo has been lifted. It really is a magnificent gift"


dreamed of.” Coun. Mrs Mary Troop said


is far better than could ever have been expected or even


Mr J. S. R. Shaw added: "It


“ I t will make a lot of old people in the village much happier in the evening of their life."


council would not be allowed to accumulate large balances, but they might be able to act as trustees for a fund. Mr J. S. R. Shaw said that when the Clitheroe-Whalley


Guides. The programme concluded


with a candle-lighting cere-1 mony prepared and presented | by the 2nd Whalley company, before they Promise.


renewed their Special


by-pass and the Whalley easterly by-pass h a d been completed, it would be reason­ able to assume that Whalley would continue to grow.


Scouts


centre of the village for meet­ ing, and.-tho scouts have to use tiie mission hail at Barrow. But it is too for away for other organisations, such as tiie


AVe-have nowhere in.-the


Brownies.” Councillor A. West.well asked:


Councillor Fell said he agreed that a hall would be, a


„ ■


‘■How can little villages, like Hurst Green, for example, afford to have their own vil­ lage halls, yet Whalley has not got one?”


great asset to the village, but added: “Some villages are finding them » great' strain because of the cost of main­


pennies, one f«r each year « Guiding. The £2 raised will


be sent, together with similar gifts from Guidors all over England, to needy companies


in countries overseas. ■ Companies attended Church


Parade on Sunday. The Calderstones : Trefoil


Guild had a special afternoon meeting yesterday week when the District Commissioner visited the Guild and rMiuved


and biscuits, the members renewed their Promise, .and were shown pictures of Guid­ ing by Miss M. Hudson.


Before the usual cup of tea , #.


tenance.” I t was decided to write to the Parish Councils’ Associa­


tion for full information about village halls.


In dialect


tabled members and friends with amusing prose rending in dialect at a coffee evening, organised W the Clitheroe branch of the Womens’ Union ist Association. Due to the weather, the


Miss F. c. Jackson enter-


Ex-head boy’s appointment


head boy of Cltthoroe Royal Grftmmar School,- has .been


John Lewis, 22-yeor-old former


appointed history ma^er at Northgatc G r am m a r School


IPjohm’of Park Avenue, Cllth-


eroe, is the son oLMr. ami the f late Mrs. J. D. C. Lewis. His


speaker, Mrs. A. M. Graham, of Barrowford, ivas unable to attend, but will give her talk on “Antique Silver” at tiie next meeting on March. 20.


at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for more than 20 years. A keen 'sportsman,. John


Cricket League ather has been English master


gained bis soccer blue for Cambridge .in December and has also been opening batsman for Clitheroo in the Rlbbleedale


Each person present1 gavel


girl plans to marry


their gifts for Guide Friend­ ship -Fund.


married in Whalley Parish


Churoh next month. Joan An d e r s o n ,


in Whalley An American girl will be


from


Indianapolis, and her hus- band-to-be, Mr. Robert Fort, visited Mr. Fort's, aunt. Mrs. Margaret Whitehead, _ o f Bracsido, Abbory Road, Whal- loy, last year and deoliled to marry in Whatley's historic


churoh.Now Joan is living with Mrs. Whitohoad for threo


weeks so that she and Robert can-marry , at the ohuroh. The couple met in London,


a olerk for many years. Degrees


j


necessity nowadays, but there is some confusion be­ cause of the many different forms that music-making apparatus can take. The two main ones are the


Music In the car is a near- Music


with particular branches of camping and caravanning that have been briefly dealt with in this book. Thus this volume and succeeding ones will become of permanent


SANDALS from 27/11


D. LORD & S©


5 MOOR LANE, CLITHEROE Telephone 2 4 8 8


ROSE BUSHES-PLANT NOW


radio set and the tape player. Where a fixed radio set is concerned, the car owner be­ comes liable for licencing it, but this liability its removed if the set is a portable type. Some of these will work


from our large selection of Hybrid. Teas, Floribundas, Standards, Etc.


Also Ornamental Flowering Trees, Conifers, Hedging and Container Grown Shrubs. Garden Peat. Farmyard Manure and Bonemeal. Cut Flowers. Pot Plants. Bulbs. All Floral Tributes made on our premises at


satisfactorily in a car with­ out an exterior aerial. They should not be carried loose in the car. but should be held in a rigid container, beenuse in an accident they could otherwise be converted into a dangerous missile. Radio, I think, is essential


American


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Also CLITHEROE MARKET K.S.C. CLITHEROE in aid of the new Leonard Cheshire Home, Garstang


A SCRAP DRIVE STARTING MONDAY, MARCH 10th


COPPER — BRASS — LEAD ALUMINIUM


. , Please Contact:— ■


Mr. J. Brown ............. ......................... 75 Pcf ~ ret [ . Mr. N. Walmslcy ........................ 6 Hayhurst- Street


Mr. T Catiermolc ........................ 72 Salthill Road Mr. J.' Smith ................................. 32 Victoria Street -


— or — Phone: Clitheroe 4131 IE veilings


Whore thoy both work at the Electricity .Board .' offices. Oolne-born. Mr. Fort has beon


Jean Is a shorthand-typist


for tho Board but In America Is a counsellor to unlvorsitv


students, helping them to solve problems. Sho has two degrees In


FUB OILS


• couple will live In, London before setting out on a tour of Europo. They hope to live in Amerloa.


psychology and mathomatios. Alter a quiet wedding, the


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