CUTHEROE


GREGATIONAl CHURCH


udav, June 7th ' Family Worship


1>’ Communion 6-30 p.m.


vice at Barrow ’


atblcen M. Hcndrv B.A.. B.D.


COUNCIL OF NV1TE YOU TO


IDATES ’G ON 7-00 p.nj. oolroom 1 be


I (Labour) (Liberal)


servative)


orum r in d l e t o n


IVERSARY


hcrooi 6-00 p.m.


wscer) 'firing the afternoon


;en 3l at 1-15 p.m. lend our Anniversary


Coffee Morning & Evening


Wednesday, 10th June


,, -he Almshouses Grounds 4ceds in aid of Almshouses’


lW 0 a m. to 12-00 noon 7-00 p.m. to 9-00 p.m.


Renovation Fund. Admission


a ’.. Coffee and Biscuits) 1/6 Stalls and Competitions


royal e n g in e e r s a s so c ia t io n


5UTHER0E PARISH church o r g a n SOCIETY


RECITAL 8.00 p.rn. Wednesday) n>lh June


CHARLES MYERS British Programme


programmes 5/-


S...ients and Pensioners 2/6 aLL ARE WELCOME


'-'"T^DDINGTON a n d district a l m s h o u s e s


CLITHEROE CONSERVATIVE AUCTION SALE


P O S T P O N E D From Saturday, June 6th NEW DATE


TO BE ANNOUNCED AFTER


GENERAL ELECTION Signed:—


TRINITY LADIES COMMITTEE


tlitheroe and District Branch CT Y.F.C. ING


rrow Mrs. Ashcroft


mbola


Toe standard of tlic Branch ,-il be dedicated at St. Paul’s


r-.urcl), LO"’ 1Ioor’ on Satur‘ csv. 13th June. Dedication Service will com-


ceace at 3-00 p.m. and the arade will form up at Low Mill at 2-30 p.m.


’ -me salute at the March Past ti-er the Service will be taken :r the Deputy Lieutenant of the


Canty. Will all ex-Sappers make an


elson


ITES ING *s Jim Fish


.ni. RKING


dor. to attend this important


scission. Licensed bar available after


£■ March Past.


BOROUGH OF CLITHEROE Mayor’s Sunday


Mayoress’s Sunday May I express my sincere thanks for all the support I


received last Sunday, and, in advance, for tile support promised to the Mayoress for next Sunday.


1 am only sorry it is not possible to thank you all individually.


S. .1. MOORE, Mavor.


SKIPTON CONSTITUENCY GENERAL ELECTION 1970


G. i. D R A Y SO N


Your Conservative Candidate will tour villages as follows on Salurday, 6th June


Bollon-by-Bowland, Gisburn. Rimington, Sawlcy. Grindlcton. West Bradford. Waddington. Milton,


Your member for 25 years. Delighted to meet, friends old and new. •


Thursday, 11th June— Gisburn Auction Mart. ■


Bashall Eaves.


Clitheroc Folk Group, Dog and Partridge, Wellgate, June 5th j After their las: fantastic night, who else but the “Queens of Folk”


FOLK SING-OUT! TONIGHT 8-30 Next week: GAS WORKS f t


JACKIE AND BRIDIE and the Wayfarers


^formerly THE BIHLE AND ADVENT TESTIMONY MOVEMENT) Blackburn and District Branch


THE PROPHETIC W IT N E S S M O V EM E N T


THE 1970 SU M M E R R A L L Y will be held (D.V.) on


SATURDAY, JUN E 13th I t


I'Trrv^ "’WALLEY METHODIST CHURCH (close to the bus .nation). •-tiaGS cc-minpncc r.: 3-30 nnrt 7-0 p.m. :: Full tea provided In Interval.


tt,.t


"'..•kr.eran writer, a::d weaker at the Keswick Convention and the Filey .


Rev. Dr. A. S K E V IN G T O N WOOD B.A., Ph.D.. F.R.H.S. (York)


SPEAKER:


-lusacal Item* by pat AND ALF ANDERSON (Charnock Richard. HIKING PARTIES WELCOMED.


Crusade, etc.


Whallcy Cricket Bowling and Tennis Club Childrens


ctich 5 JUN ach 45


June 7th Week — Show Starts 7-45 p.m. One of Clubland’s Greatest Attractions


THE KARL


DENVER TRIO •ne New Dixieland Banjo Band


I . and a cracking supporting show with


The Musical Sdiot-Larry Parker n g o Dtit>


New Comedy Discovery- Steve Montgomery


still more acts—Dancing—Gaming—Local Beers


verything you want for a great night put and all at prices which can’t be beaten anywhere!!


PICTURED at St. Helen’s garden party, held in the hospital grounds at Wad­


dington, on Saturday, are (left—right) Mr. Rodwell, the Vicar’s warden, Mrs. M. Pickles, of Bolton-by-


Uowland, Mrs. Goodchild, who opened the party, and her husband, Canon Good- child, Yicar of Wadding­ ton and West Bradford, and Caroline Whitehead, who presented a bouquet to Mrs. Goodchild.


LEONARD CHESHIRE HOMES (Blackburn Support Group)


A 'DRINK-IN' at


Standen Hall, Pendleton By courtesy of J. Aspinall Esq.


Friday June 19, 7-30 to i-oo a.m. in aid of “Oaklands”, Garstang


Geoffrev Taylor and Co. Ltd., 35, Preston New Road, Blackburn Cake and Plant Stall etc,


Tickets 5/- from G. Taylor Esq.,


SPORTS DAY AND GALA Saturday, 6th June


Cricket Field, Mitton Road, at 2-00 p.m.


Side Shows, Balloon Race, Gymnastic Displays. Teas and Refreshments


Children Free Adults 1/6 $


Jumble Sale Trinity School


Thursday, June 11th


at 7-00 p.m. Admission 6d.


CLITHEROE FLOWER CLUB


DEMONSTRATION FLOWERS AND FIGURINES


by


Mrs. R. Hirst of Huddersfield Tonight, Friday, June 5th


Iti St. Johns Ambulance Hall at 7-30 p.m.


W. A. BUTLER CLITHEROE


p a r l ia m e n t a r y g e n e r a l e l e c t io n


HEAR D A V ID W A LD E R YOUR CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE speak at the following


JU N E 18th, 1970


MEETINGS in this area as follows:


Tuesday, June 9th. 1970, Thomley Village Hall at 7-30 p.m.


and Chipping Village Hall at 8-15 p.m.


Conservative candidate ALL WELCOME


Come and hear your Clitheroe Advertiser arid Times, Friday, June 5tli, 1970 , 3


Village had some notable saddlers


Whallcy, it seems, has


had some notable saddlers in her time. Today vve


cannot boast a master of that ancient craft (if we except the local gentle­ man, who, as a hobby, makes the most excellent saddles for the horses his daughters ride) but a couple of generations ago there was one of more than local fame in that little corner between the Swan Hotel and Accring­ ton Road. This business was maintained by the late Eli Bulcock, a mem­ ber of a very well-known local family who, like so many of his contem­ poraries, was ‘quite a character’ and quite a


this was a year or two before my time) was the gathering ground for all his cronies and "’as indeed, the ’local parliament’. Here all the affairs of the village were roundly discussed, opinions expressed a n d decisions taken, which made both parish and rural district councils quite superfluous, and doubtless too, if the then Prime Minister and his Cab­ inet had possessed the wit to consult this distinguished conclave, they would have found the business of ad­ ministering the affairs of state a very much simpler matter.


personality. Eli’s shop, I am told (for


Books


I have recently been taking a look. These are ‘The House and Farm Accounts of the Shut-


emanate from conversations with ‘old-timers’ no longer with us) are brought to mind by a series of books at which


These thoughts, (which


Whalley window


Society, which cover a long span of years in the late sixteenth and early seven­ teenth centuries. In them I have found a number of


tleworth’s of Gawthorpe* published by the Chetham


tleworth’s worthy steward came to Whalley and bought “2 pieces of garthewebbe”, made a similar purchase in 1597 and on many subsequent occasions. The word ‘garthe­ webbe’ rather baffled me and I had to resort to other books to find the definition. I t was, apparently, “the stuff of which the girths of a saddle are made”. In 1596 the good steward


viisted the saddler yet again, and on this occasion pur­ chased “a hedstall, a rennyer, and a cropper”, three more words which had me gues­ sing furiously until I found a note in the appendix which told me that they were “a


sume, his successors, kept his accounts meticulously and in studying them one is able to glean a hundred details of what country life in this district was like in the days of Elizabeth and James I. In 1618 there is an entry,


references to our village and, in particular, to the Whalley Saddler (not, I must empha­ sise, the one just referred to —he came along rather more than a couple of hundred years later). In 1594, I read, the Shut-


OBITUARIES V -A» :


corporal in the Royal Signals, had been in the Army for five years and in Hong Kong for


two years. He did his training at the


of Grove Cottage learned on Saturday morning of'the tragic death of their only son Stephen John Armstrong, aged 21 years, as a result of a road accident in Hong Kong. Stephen,' xvho was a lanco


Mr. S. J. ARMSTRONG Mr. and Mrs. H. Armstrong,


cambe. And the family later lived at Padiham and Clith­ eroe, where he was educated at Ribblesdale County. Secondary School, before moving to Gis­ burn. The sincere sympathy of all


Army. Technical Training Establishment, Harrogate. Stephen was bom in More-


the residents of Gisburn. is extended to his parents and sis­ ter in their great sorrow.


MR. T. McBRIDE


87. of Root Hill Cottage, Dun- sop Bridge, died on Sunday of last week at his son’s home in Clitheroe. Mr. McBride was bom in


A hairdryer and 20 long-


headstall, a rein and a crup­ per”. This steward and, I pre­


Aussie returns to Pommie Land


“To the horsekeepers of the Abbie in Wralley 3/4” and one wonders for what parti­ cular service this account was rendered.


J.F.


Committee slam dirty bottles


The Health and Farm and


Sewerage Committee met on Monday and discussed the fol­


lowing subjects: 1. Dirty Milk Bottle—P.H.I. dis­ cussed the matter with Asso-


ton who admitted respon­ sibility. Another instance in February this year was also reported to them. The Com­ mittee were greatly concer­ ned about health hazard and resolved to write to Associa­ ted Dairies Ltd. indicating the Council’s great concern and in the event of a future occur­ rence to start proceedings without notice. Dust nuisance—Bankfield


requested to discuss the .prob­ lem.


3. Reclamation of Refuse Tip— Henthom—Ministry approval


was received and it was resol­ ciated Dairies Ltd., Accring- 4. Land off Station approach—


ved that specification for reclamation be prepared.


a n d Bellman Quarries— Detailed reports were submit­ ted of interviews with officials of quarries and inspections made. Expert firms had been brought in to advise on plant problems. Numerous repairs, replacements and sundry in­ stallations had already been made—others were awaiting delivery of parts etc., Wher­ ever possible, the plant had been boxed in to suppress noise: No night shift workings operated since January, ins­ tructions for every precaution against dust nuisance have have been issued. Further equipment was to be added during tlie ensuing months There has been the fullest co­ operation with quarry officials who were available for meet­ ings at any tune. However, •there had been two further letters of complaint received from residents and it was resolved that the sub-commit­ tee meet one complainant as


i. Noise from Diesel Trains— Residents of Mitchell Street have complained about the noise late at night of diesel trains standing near the cros­ sing. Letters from British Rail have indicated that nothini could' be done. The council in their letter to British Rail had


land at the rear of the station. The council is currently at an advanced stage of negotiations for land purchase, i t was resolved to write to British Rail requesting that they clear the land immediately,


The petition from 95 residents of Castle View, Kirkmoor Road, and District. About rubbish being dumped on the


requested that trains stand at a signal point further away from town. The Reply from British Rail dated 21st May, 1970, indicated that inquiries had been made “into the uos- sibility of complying with the suggestion you make to pro­ vide a signal further away from the area of complaint. An etimate of the minimum cost of providing such a signal would be £500, and Ishou’.d be obliged if you would advise me dn due course if complain­ ants would bo prepared to defray this cost.” i t was resol­ ved that a letter be sent to British Rail expressing the


ouncil’s concern at the appar- entlyflippant tone of their letter of 21st May, 1970.


PAYING a brief visit to the scenes of his child­ hood this week was Mr. Hugh Garnett, of Sydney, Australia, who was born at Waddow Hall.


Mr. Garnett’s father, the late Mr. James Garnett, was once Mayor of Clitheroe.


In 1926, Mr,. Garnett emigrated ■to Australia but returned to Britain during the war to serve with the R.A.F. When ■the war was over, he retur­ ned to Australia.


playing records were presen­ ted to Miss V. Johnson, matron of Ctitheroe Hospital, and Mr. M. Britcliffe, admin­ istration officers, by Mrs. M. Whiteside, chairman of the Friends of Clitheroe Hospital, on Thursday of last week. At the presentation, which


took place in the hospital after a meeting of the hospi­ tal committee, were Mr. W. Woolley, acting chairman of the house committee! Mr. W. Sharpies, Mr. B. Sharpies and Coun. H. Eastwood, members of the house committee! Mrs. V. Brown, secretary of the Friends of Clitheroe Hos­ pital, and Mr. J. Armitage, deputy group secretary of the Blackburn and Distriot Hos­ pital Management Commit-


The hairdryer and records


are for the use of the patients and were purchased out of £100, raised by the Friends.


Housing


They are staying with relatives in Chatburn. while in the area and Mi-. Garnett is re­ newing old friendships.


Another tiling that surprised him was the volume of the traffic which now comes through the town each day.


He retired not long ago from his work as a traffic control­ ler with the Australian National Airlines and is now on holiday in England with his wife.


Committee report


the Housing Committee, of which Coun. Leo Wells is chair­ man, a variety of topics were


At the monthly meeting of Olitheroe, he has found, has mitted his report containing


changed vastly and he thinks the one-way system of traffic confusing.


However, Mr. Garnett declined to say what he thought of •the 'town now, preferring to reserve his judgement.


Charity walk


only five years old, and the eld­ est approaching sixty recently set out from Whalley Metho­ dist Church for a sponsored family walk. Dads, mums, their children,


Forty hikers, the youngest


under discussion. The borough treasurer sub-


details of rent arrears of Ji tenants of council dwellings. Urgent measures are being taken in liaison with the Hous­ ing Manager to eliminate these. The net increased costs to


the housing revenue account m respect of the improvements at No. 1 Kemple View on a 20-ycar annuitv at


mean an extra rent of £1 9s 7d per week, bringing the total


per cent will


new rent to £3 14s 4d. The Borough Engineer repor­


ted on the very slow progress the improvement scheme was making, the contractor having been under the false impression that he had more time than had been specifid in the tender


estimates. I t was resolved by the com­


een Miller, was the official “Good Samaritan” at the half­ way mark and “Official High­ waymen” were Messrs. T. Woodhead, A. Gookson and Iain Hulland. Refreshments were awaiting


the walkers’ return, served by Miss M. Chaddock and Mi’s. M. Fell. Organising secretary for the event, which is expected to raise about £40 for the Church Centenary Fund, was Coun. J. H. Fell.


and even a couple of grannies, took part in the seven mile hike, which was entirely over field paths and pleasant moorland. A trained nurse, Miss Maur­


of a local inn Into two 2-bed- roomed and one 4-bedroomed flats was considere and given authority to proceed with nego­ tiations for acquisition. The Housing Manager and


mise the amount of rent lost. A scheme for the conversion


WORLD


acting Town Clerk submitted letters from solicitors acting on behalf of a resident in York Street complaining of nuisance caused by a council tenant in


Back York Street. In view of the nature of the


complaints and the serious breaches of tenancy conditions the committee recommended


//


that notice to quit be served oil the tenant providing the complainant will substantiate the council’s action as a wit­ ness, and also that the welfare authorities are given the full


longer prepared to accept offers for the bungalow, 2b Henthorn Road, which will be brought back into use by a member of


facts of the case. The County Council are no


sites will be advertised in the hope that car owners will use them rather than park on the streets and roads within the


council estates.


ings in Tower Hill had been undertaken by the housing manager accompanied by the chairman and a follow-up will be made where attention was required in respect of repairs and Interior decoration.


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So don’t go out and buy ten magazines when you can get Rail- al|u better—in just one. It makes life so much simpler.


WORLD A tour of the council dwell­ . ALSO


for the erection of 14 garages in Low Moor and for a lean-fo shed at 32 Siddows Avenue. Garage vacancies on council


the nursing srvice. Planning consent was given


PLAY SPORTS WORLD CUP SOUVENIR ISSUE TV wlr>ggutf«toM co'70 vW ew


Has it’ever occurred to' you how many sports magazines there are ? And every last one-of them covering a limited area of sport. Wouldn’t it be simpler if you could read about all the games people play in just one magazine? Did you know that. World Sports is the only full-colour glossy magazine covering all sport? And did you know World.Sports has changed? Now more than ever before, World Sports gives you that sophisticated broad sports coverage that goes beyond the gloss and hysteria—and in a new-look quality monthly.


Take the June World Cup Souvenir Issue for example, An indispensable World Cup TV viewing guide


A day-by-day fixture list with kick-off times An A to Z of the finalists—news; form, team colours etc. Eight profiles of match-winning stars The referees—a look at the 30 men in charge Billy Wright on the changing face of the World Cup


Jim Wicks, manager of Henry Cooper, on Derby Day


.Wimbledon tennis, the agony of qualifying Climbing, Joe Brown’s next challenge Thbfommonwealth Games, Scotland’s hopes


mittee that they employ the penalty clause to speed the completion and therefore mini­


CLITHERONIAN ACCUSED IN CHEQUE CASE


JOHN WAREING, a 32 year old mortgage broker, of Brookland House, Pendle Road, Clitheroe, accused of dis­ honesty obtaining a cheque for £500, has been remanded by Harrow, Middlesex, Magistrates, on bail of £100, with


a similar surety, until June 22. Wareing is to appear on


that date at Hendon Court, in North West London, with Anthony Gerald Raphael, 38, negotiator and Rhoda Raph­ ael, 34, housewife, both of Pangboume Drive, Edgware. All three are charged with


dishonestly obtaining £500 from a Mr. Khushroo Mess- man at Edgware on March 21.


accused of dishonestly obtain­ ing sums of £200 from Ml’. Messman on December 2 and 8 last year, and obtaining £600 from Leona Hummel at 28 Belgrave Mews South, Bel­ gravia on June 14 last year; and £200 from Dr. Morrison Hendry on August 6 last year at Edgware.


Anthony Raphael is further


Messman at their Edgware address on April 16.


further accused of dishonestly obtaining £4,000 from Mr.


Mr. and Mrs. Raphael are


don Court on Monday and were allowed bail of £100 will appear with Wareing. each until June 22, when they eitnuachl oeflxx


They appeared before Hen­


this financial year (April and May) attendances at -the Civic Hall show an increase of 4,188 and the receipts show a cor­ responding increase of £936. The estimated Increase for


TAKE IS UP Foe the first two months of


has offered to the local schools a special showing, morning or


the full year is £950. The manageress, Miss Cullen,


afternoon, during “David Cop- peirfield” week, and already the Girls’ Grammar School hav booked one performance.


NOW THREE After hearing the views of


Mrs. Kathleen Hilder, acting librarian, Clitheroe Library Committee have decided issue three book tickets adult borrowers instead two as at present. Mrs. Hilder said many towns


allowed adults up to five and six tickets.


Mr. Thomas McBride, aged


County Mayo, Ireland, and lived in Accrington for a short time before moving to Dunsop Bridge. Before his retirement, 23


years ago, he was a mason on the Townley Estate, which now belongs to the Dudhy of Lancaster. Mr. McBride was well known


and respected in the Bowland area. His wife died two years ago


inspector in the Rhodesian Police, and the other lives in Pendle Road, Clitheroe. Mr. McBride was associated


and he is survived by two sons, six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. One of his sons is a chief


with St. Hubert’s Roman Catholic Church, Dunsop Bridge, where the funeral took place, on Wednesday of last week, with Fr. V. Crogan officiating. Fr. Crogan celebrated a


Requiem Mass, and, among the wreaths, was one from the employees of the Duchy estate.


MRS. E. WHALLEY


Park Avenue, Clitheroe, and formerly of Waddmgton. died at home on Monday, and her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs Ronnie Pye, flew home from Italy where they were holiday making, as soon a.s they heard the news. They received a telephone


Mrs. Elizabeth Whallcy. of


call telling them of Mrs. Whalley's death, on Monday night and they flew from Ven­ ice on Tuesday. Mrs. Whalley, who was 83,


been in Waddington for gen­ erations and Mrs. Pye, whose husband is managing director of a printing and photographic business in Clitheroe. is the last member of the family. Mrs. Whalley was a life-long


was the widow of the late Mr. Stephen Whalley, who was a butcher in Waddington. The Whalley family have


member of Waddington Metho­ dist Chapel.


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