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Things are not what to be, says Tom


BUT FAIRS WILL LIVE ON


"We know.what-to expect where the weather’s concerned


his family to visit .the town with the twice, yearly- fair, and the icy winds-sweeping across


Stones fell from lorry


A police car following a ACROSS


1. About to shape a move­ ment 'for: improvement (6) .


4. Projectiles washed by the sea (6).


10. ' (8,5)'• ■


11. One in the part is tem­ peramental (7)i


shoulder arms (5)


13. Wh’at i,the navy must . have is artfulness (5)


East (5) -


21. Beastly phantoms show­ ing ebullience (6,7)


23. Made a presentation to the audience (6).


22. To cause misery, do a sum in Japanese money! (6) .


-. DOWN _


1. Negligent about a female yet to be married (6).


5. A regular p r a c t i c e assumed by the rider (5).


6. Descriptive of t h e chronic patient (4-9):


3. Go' back to give further medical attention? (7)


7. Nurse a'member of the family (6).


15. Invariably s a y law should .be reformed (6).


14. This proves somebody has settled (7).


8. Split what the fortunate man gets (5).


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19. Reflet/strangely in a ■


small • quantity' (5). ;T-


17. Deleted-an. extract from the;1 newspaper as edited (6)7 1


16 Irritable e n o u g h to change’ from one side to the .other (5).


Name Address


2. Not a blow in the face (9,4). .


20. In transport the French make a profit (5)


18. The boat upsets the girl (7)-.


12. Devoutness is a matter for regret round the


' Show an inclination to ■


9.- Are' their players recrui­ ted from private sources? > •


LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION Across: 5, S p a r e ; 8,


Leisured; 9, Poise;- 10, Bach­ elor; 11, Court; 14, Lea; 16, Defile; 17, Tennis; 18, Die; 20, Adapt; 24, Resented; 25, Colts; 26, Clashing; 27, Omaha.


□own: 1, Clubs; 2, Pitch; 3, .


Rules; 4, Begone; 6, Pro­ found; 7, Restrain; 12, Head- room; 13, Dispatch; 14, Led; 15, Ate; 19, Ideals; 21, Leash; 22, Strip; 23, Adage. The first correct solution


to last week’s crossword opened on Tuesday meaning was sent in by Mrs. A. M. Wood, 20 Cleverton Court,


Swindon, Wiltshire. When you have completed


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


the above crossword fill in your name and address in


Advertiser! and Times, King street, Clitheroe.


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


first P°st next Tuesday morn­ ing. No entries will be checked before then and the sender of thie first correct


Entries must reach us by


heavy lorry had to stay a considerable' distance be­ hind to avoid having the windscreen shattered by stones which were falling from the lorry, Clitheroe magistrates were told yes­


the lorry shed: a number of stones and chippings at a-bend- in Pimlico Road. More stones fell oil in Well Terrace and at Chatbum Road end. In court, Collins said the


lins, aged 30, of Pendle Avenue, Chatbum, was fined £2 for using a motor lorry with an insecure load. Pc Keith Jones said he saw


tailboard of the lorry fitted badly, so he attempted to stuff the gap with newspaper. The stones were only about gin. in size. He added that the lorry had now been taken off the mad.


All about


angles There was a full house at


Ribblesdale Camera Club’s meeting to hear a discussion on “Angle of view” -given by Messrs. K. Rycroft, B. Tyrer


judged the monthly competi­ tion on "Still ’ life”. Winners were: Prints, beginners: 1, Mr., E. Musson; 2. Mr. R. King. Advanced:- 1, Mr..K.- Rycroft. Slides: 1, Mrs. A:, Stretch; 2, Mr. A. Rigby.


various points, and some of the headings dealt with were: The use and abuse of interchange­ able lenses, how the photo­ grapher can use these lenses to control the type of picture he wants, distortion of perspec­ tive due to camera position and results obtained by using a whole range of lenses from an extreme wide angle to tele­ photo. Messrs. Tyrer and Wright


arid D. D. Wright. Slides were used to illustrate


terday week. The lorry driver, Roger Col­


when we come to Clitheroe”, said 58-year-old Tom Bradley. He’s the third generation o f ---------------------


the rain-soaked ground seemed bent on living up to their reputation. I t was Friday morning, a good seven hours before the fair


with showmen’s children, wrapped in woollies, playing hide and seek, or some more modern game, among the stalls and roundabouts. There’s something very for­


was due to open. I t was quiet, but not deserted,


used ycj


Local men do well in


car rally Two crews from Clith­


eroe and District Motor Club finished high up in the res­ ults of the Mullard (Black­ burn) 2300 Car Club Tour


wick, in , his new works- prepared twin-cam Ford Escort finished sixth, navigated by Geoff Smith, of Langho. Ian Grant and John Hughes


of Mull rally. Peter Clarke, of Barnolds-


Cliiheroe Advertiser and Times, October 31', 1969 5 COUNCIL NEEDS


HELP NOW Men and women in the


40—50 age group whose fam­ ilies have grown up and who now have time on their hands are needed to train as marriage guidance coun­


sellors. A plea for such people .was


made by Mrs. Carolyn Duck­ worth, chairman of Blackburn and District Marriage Guidance Council, at the annual public meeting in Blackburn on Fri­ day.


of Clitheroe, put up one of the best performances in the rally, a Motoring News Champion­ ship event. Rallying a brand new 1600E


lorn about an empty fair­ ground. I t’s a drab place, redolent of diesel oil and stale hot-dogs. Shutters hide the brightly


flap in the wind and the throb of tile generators is temporarily stilled. I t’s as though every­ thing is poised, waiting for something to happen. I t is doubtful if Tom Bradley


coloured dolls, the traditional prizes, now ranged alongside plastic combs and thick-walled drinking glasses. Well-worn canvas shrouds


thinks about it in this way. He’s got his jobs to do, tending the machinery and setting out his shooting stall ready for the hoped-for crowds. Surprisingly, the weather


makes little difference to his takings. People come just the same, with money in their pockets


his grandfather, and he well remembers the stall he operated, piled high with fresh fruit and every kind of nut one could imagine. The fair was bigger then, of


He used to visit Clitheroe with Bigger


course; there was more room for it. And there were many more sideshows too, including gipsy fortune-tellers who, one gathers, are no longer welcome. There have been a great


talgia in his voice as Tom talked about the horses which used to draw the wagons and caravans. Their passing has left a gap


Mr. Toni Bradley and his seven-year-old grandson, Shaun Wright, on holiday from-a Liverpool boarding school.


and dads to come to the fair with their children, instead of it beins monopolised by tlie long-haired teenagers of a few years ago. That’s a healthy sign, thinks


Mi'. Bradley. , Future


fair? Is that likely to continue after the present site is taken over for building purposes? No alternative site has yet


But hoiv about Clicheroe's


many changes since those days. Whether they are for the better is anyone’s guess. There was a touch of nos­


responsible for many of the changes.


Lazy


says. “They won’t throw at the coconut shy,. and they won’t kick footballs in their expensive shoes.’’ ’ And so these pastimes have


“They’re getting lazy,” he


been replaced by less energetic attractions.


But' is: there' a future for v


that the internal combustion engine has not quite filled. Tom believes the public are


where there’s been cattle graz­ ing the ground sets pretty hard. But if you are asked to go in a field that’s had potatoes and wheat in, it’s hopeless,’’ he said. The question of Clitheroe’s


been found,, although Tom has been looking round the district, so far without success. “We often use fields, and


fairs in general? Tom has no doubt that there is. And his family is convinced of it, too, for they axe all in the business. Today the trend is for mums


To pass


minutes A council meeting was for


passing committee minutes, the Mayor, Coun. S. F Hard­ man, said at the October


dent councillior Robert Ains­ worth, who had asked a ques­ tion about one of the minutes of the highways committee. The minute referred to the


meeting of the town council. He was replying to indepen­


Cortina, which was virtually standard, they finished eighth in only the third event in which they have competed.


Trophy


by . George Hill and Keith Wood, of Bolton, in a Cooper S. Keith Wood won the Black­ burn Times trophy for the best performance by a- navigator from East Lancashire. Hundreds of islanders and


The 200-milc rally was won


Mrs. Duckworth said the job involved more than.good works


and would be a. challenge to those who thought they had common sense and an ability to take responsibility and help others. 'Surely there are some people


authorities that have increased their support realistically. “Blackburn have raised their


They were grateful to the


contribution from £160 to £200. and Clitheroe -also increased- theirs.” :


surprise -'that Accrington still ‘ only gives us 10, guineas, even


Mrs. Duckworth continued:.! 'I feel bound to express modest


though their district is our. second largest catchment area.” “I,do not wish to seem imper­


tinent but their support is hardly consistent with the posi­ tion they seek to; establish for themselves at the head of a new local government consor­ tium which they propose is to rival Blackburn in th e Redcliffe—Maud battle”. Because of the expense to


in Blackburn, Accrington, Dar- wen, Clitheroe and the surroun­ ding districts who are prepared to do something to see that the work of the council does not come to an end through sheer inertia,” she said.


Increase


visitors watched the rally,-the first, to : be held in the Heb­ rides. Club officials were urged by residents, official bodies on Mull, and by competitors, to make the rally an annual event.


most co-operative, the farmers even removing animals from


unfenced fields before the event.


Competition


District Motor Club are to take part in a nationwide competi­ tion organised by a leading petrol company. Pour hundred motor clubs


Members of Clitheroo and


throughout the country are taking part in the competition which involves assembling new 1275 GT Mini. The overall winner will wir


cleaning of brooks and culverts in the-town, and stated that the borough engineer had been authorised to investigate the question of any necessary cleaning and report to the next committee meeting. Coun. Ainsworth asked if he


fair is likely to be raised at a meeting of the Showmen’s Guild, and it is probable that the Borough Council will be asked to meet a deputation to consider the problem. When the stalls and round­


eliminating round oat Haigli Hall, Wigan . on November 10. against Date'n Car Club. Liver­ pool Motor Club, and Pilking- tons Motor Club. Two members from each of


Clitheroe will compete in an ■•.•.- -


could expect any positive action on th e . brook running through Shaw Bridge which had last been cleaned several years ago. Normally, committee chair­


abouts are packed un again. Tom will head for his winter quarters in Salford . . . though


-


men reply to questions, but before Coun. J. A. Barnes, could speak, the Mayor told Coun. Ainsworth; “The min­


as caravan dwellers they were not popular there on their, last visit.- V -


w Despite\Ws,,,.«5*Iril5m-- ° n.c


onders ■'■wtietuc*1 he and lus family will bj! pick next spring.


the four clubs will take part in the first round of the contest, which is a quiz on motor sport, motor history, the highway code, road safety and similar subjects. The winners will.go forward


ute says something is being done, so something will be done, does that satisfy you? “The job of the "meeting is


to get the minutes passed. We can talk about this matter in committee.” he snapped.


at one of the major race tracks during a meeting, and will con­ sist of a series of competitions involving cars and pit-stop acti­ vities. •


The final, next spring, will be ’ Everyone on the island was


now as the work is going to'in­ crease, especially when the new divorce laws come into effect. The present counsellors are


New counsellors are needed


working to, and beyond, the limit Mrs. Duckworth said.. “Apart from counselling they


spend hours at case discussions, tutorials arid in writing up reports. I t is not an easy job nor one to be taken on lightly, but it brings great rewards of satisfaction and the training is of great benefit and of value cducationaly”. On the financial side, Mrs. Duckworth said that the local


:


local- funds which a broken home .often causes when the - children are taken into care and families are forced to look for security benefits, Mrs. Duck­ worth said she felt a strong case should be made out for authorities giving substantial support so that the council could continue its work in try­ ing to avert these domestic disasters. Dr. C. R. Claxton, Bishon cf


Blackburn, introduced th e speaker, Mr. James Fowler, a divorce barrister in the North of England. Mr. Fowler traced the legal


history of divorce and explained the legal interpretation of the


present divorce laws and the new Bill just passed by Parlia­ ment. Dr. Claxton.foresaw increased


iation clauses in the Bill. Mr. F. Smith, treasurer,


authorities had been told about the council’s increased fiinan- cial commitments and future plans! in particular the plan to attract new counsellors by pay­ ing their out-of-pocket expenses during the training period.


a £1,000 prize, the second £500, and-the third £300. .There are also seven £200 consolation prizes.


work for Marriage: Guidance Councils owing to the reconcil­


reported a surplus of £92 but though this year had proved satisfactory, more money was- always needed, especially if the’ council was to realise an ambition and purchase its own premises.'


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