Clitneroc Advertiser and Times, August 7,1370 3 CLlTlTiRoll


CON GREG ATI ONAt church


Sunday, 9th August 10-30 Family Worship


Rev. Glyn Jones Blackburn


No Evening Service


MANOR- G0SPEL~HAu7~ Milthorne Avenue, ciithcroe


Sunday, 9th August GOSPEL SERVICE 6-30 p.m.


Mr. Wollcnden Blackpool


n*l NG*TON ,R N r.T^cluu^T. Tel. Gisburr, 421. roc’


Open for Dinner 7-30 nm and 0-30 p.m. Pm-


Tuesday—Sa turday. Excellent Food and Wines. N'S INSTITUTE


nual roduce Show


emorial Institute gust 8(h


own. Clitheroc p.nt.


Children 6d


ip Tub and the evening,


lino Drive m. Children 2/-


C1AL CLUB Tel. 3585


GUST 8th


AMES UST 9th


UCE


TREBLE (not won) 14


26 £50 this week 17


Whalley window


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lS";L*vSv have passed the explained that I wasn’t the 'nCM tSonf 70 they con- same old ladv that Cinderella t ~~ "d,e mpidlv accuinulat- had met and that I couldn’t


r-; "T --Moev” about their “As gently as I could, I ,v; raid - if j Uved t0 be 100_


:'S 10 tnc Ji.c ,;,ore than a possibly turn into a fairy even . years null more


* imuecd about you “The little lady was very dis-


ifjever vou take a walk , « friend continued. f> had a S0011 laugh .


kindling for the fire appointed as you can guess, but 7® "k? „ walk”, my I save her sixpence to buy some sweets, which, I suppose,


was compensation to some


if;'mi're o u u ad it’flyhfs “Th<m I saw her safely across seems £ a y s E * * * and off


8 a? £ ' i ”h<he told me," and my friend, and I had to agree, r -.no". - .


1 know tinused


■e ever had’. .enun-


T -T ... "


^wi iol lv Sight cheaper “Now wasn’t tliat a lovely ll!. “J u .J nr paraffin.’’ ^m g to happen to one?”, asked


SflribMtet'brought me cross at my impudence In shar- » ■ t t r j f f S r . r R S * ,her


j.yg done And I do hope that, when she reads this she won’t be too


iwi (you know, just up Sandy resumed my friend.


There's lots of twigs lying


'.Nice straight pieces, which rbist the right thickness for "fliihtins, and you can snap iai easily to size with your


are hands. UTTLE GIRL


,:i was walking home across te Hcllicliiles. when I saw a t* girl watching me. ‘She's over twenty, now. by


Td gathered quite a bundle,


GH AND RURAL IT COMMITTEE IEETING ELD IN


CHAMBER ALL


h AUGUST, 1970 p .m .


ic way.7 suppose I must have atod pretty disreputable aausc, knowing whore I was r-xng. I'd put on my oldest £xhes and, because it’s so itampy there. I was wearing nr Wellingtons. '"The little girl looked at me


he', she said. W


• o on,” I said, "tell me TC been in Archbishop's


I=elf to listen. made encouraging noises. ■G


oi-entin" a storv, I composed well- I ’m pretty sure her indig- J.F.


nation will be of a very jocular variety.


DROVE TRACTOR WITHOUT A LICENCE


haymaking led to an 18-year-old joiner appearing before Bow-


Helping local farmers with


land Magistrates on Monday for driving a tractor when not the holder of a licence. Mr. Stephen David Cox, of


- rihercafladies in their . "I didn’t want to disappoint IT arc frequently her, but what could I do?


!T ^ \r r ik e s me as odd down with a featherl , fvpmicnt smile. ' 1 a little


beyond the firewood collector


„ * p a yen' considerable natural charm, the lady I .■■houeh wc vc nev ci


limout glassy.. tied with pride.


, dieses ;Vtfae June just gone, "the


as i"1, -fatly by long tirnc. "2 know all about you ■ never met.


J V ,to o! ” to o r


iroduced to the other evening, and she flattered me saying that she had wanted to meet me for a


/-onfided, ‘and 1 rcaa and the -things dear to little * i-tides every week, girls’ hearts. ?ur


she


7- -he course of our com ersa- r ’-so told me she


J gait, her! turned mc exneetantlv. e p c y f-”™. 7 . . rcd cheeks, twrnk-


■ />nc would never h ^ e from the vitality of


but the little lass stood there. eyes wide open ana’.looking at


DO IT!’


and then, as if she could con­ tain herself no longer; “Go onl Do it!’ she burst out. "Do it? Do what?” I asked,


“That’s all right,” site said


surprised and somewhat bewil­ dered.


aback.


mother” she almost ordered. “Well, I was really taken


“You could have knocked me “Tuiin into a Fairy God­


daughter of Mrs. C. Tones and the late Mr. G. Murphy, of ' Woodfields, Stonyhurst, was married on-Saturday at St. Peter’s church, Stony­ hurst, to Mr. Alexander Quig.


QUIG—MURPHY Miss I n a . Murphy, elder


and Mrs. R. Quig, of Nun­ eaton, Warwickshire, and is a post graduate student of p h y s i c a l chemistry at Imperial College, London.


He is the eldest son of Mr.


father, M. A. R. Tones, the bride wore a full-length white organza gown with a short veil held in place by a daisy headdress. She carried white and pink daisies and lily of the valley. Miss Sonya Murphy, bride's


interviewer. Given away by her step­


The bride is a Government E. Harrison, Clitheroe


sister, was. maid of honour and bridesmaids were Miss Rosemary Hanley, cousin of the bride, and Miss Marion Quig, sister of the groom. They wore long dresses of


pink organza with small pink flowers in their hair and they carried posies of sweet peas. Mr. Gordon Quig, groom’s


brother, was best man and ushers were Mr. David Tones and Mr. R. Quig. Father L. Buckley per­


formed the ceremony and the organist was Mr. Anthony John. A reception was held at


the Parkers Anns Hotel, New- ton-inBowland, and after­ wards the couple left for a honeymoon in the North York­ shire Moors. On their return, they will live in Holland Park, London.


WHALLEY DOGS HAVE THEIR DAY


Chihuahuas bred by Mr.


and Mrs. S. Carlyon. of Syd­ ney Avenue, WhaRey, were


in the prize lists at the Royal Lancashire Show, and at Blackburn Show at the week­


Queensway, Waddington, plea­ ded guilty and he was fined £5 with licence endorsement. In a letter to tile court he


explained that he was driving the tractor because he had been helping the farmers with the haymaking.


Show, Salsam Little Dandy was placed second in the junior and novice dasses. I t was entered by Miss M. O’Sullivan, of Black­ burn. Mr. and Mrs. Carlyon's Jasha


end. At the Royal Lancashire


Syblina. daughter of their champion dog, SaLsatn Don Carlos, came first in the junior and novice classes.


lie came up to me. i'll carry your sticks, if you


teely; she was a pretty little g of five or six, and then


Snioasly tiring, so I took one Ui of the bundle, while she aid the other, and we chatted


GH COUNCIL ROCESSION


not advised us of their August 14th so that a


special GRAMME”


dy been received. But ill find entry forms in gh Treasurers Office.


FOOTBALL


NDAY AUGUST 10th AT THE


RERS OFFICE


Meeting area for churcli


Church is to be enlarged so that , ran play a bigger part in


The vestibule at St. James's


•ffiiova! of the existing screen hd the pews under the gallery. new screen will be built,


(lurch activities. Tile scheme calls for the


jffih with the edge of the gal- ■try.


, Tiii-i will have a timber ;ame- with large glass panels ■rom ceiling to floor, and two i-iding doors at the centre. Four sets of pews will be


(oioved in front of the new (Men. so that there will be fM


Writing about the scheme in d view of the church.


f* Pansh magazine, the Rec- "le Rev. Kenneth Broad.


“'®t. says: ‘This will have the •wantage of bringing the con- sregation closer together and the clergy less isolated.”


-nd— WIS


yan, Lord Dennis Pig Bin Band.


for six days


Mce where the congregation n meet before and after ser-


«at furnishings and accessor •“ Will be added later, when !®ds are available. The new vestibule will be


nie scheme is expected to about £1,700, part of which 1'et to be raised. It is hoped


w " here mid-week meetings n be held and where displays on be mounted.


h i also ^ a permanent -"me for the church bookstall.


ts, but she seemed so keen to help that, to please her, meed and we walked along Pterher. 'After a while she was


ell, it was a biggish bun­


POLICE SIGNAL WAS NOT OBEYED


MR. GUY MALCOLM ROSS, aged 26, of Brooklands Lane, Menston, near Ilkley, was fined a -total of £23 and his licence was endorsed by Bowland Magistrates on Monday for several motoring ofTences.


due care and attention he was fined £15, for failing to stop when directed by a police


For driving a van without


constable he was fined £5 and for using a van without a test certificate he was fined £3-


He pleaded guilty to ail the


driver of a van which failed to conform to a traffic sign


oifences. A summons for being the


was dismissed. Representing the police, Mr.


that a lorry had broken down on the A59 n e a r the entrance to Sawley Grange Farm and PC Hayton was on dutv there directing the traffic. He was in the centre of the


P. Ashton told the court


road and signalled :for traffic coming from Clitheroe to stop


and a car did so- The defendant came round ,


at speed and over the white line in the centre of the road. PC Hayton moved out tnc


tile bend, travelling in a yan from the Clithcroe direction,


way, the van driven by Mr. Ross almost came to a stop and then accelerated away. TThc whole incident was seen by Mr. F. W. Giles, of Sawley


Grange Farm. Mir. Ross was later inter­


had not seen the policeman giving any hand signal and if he had tried -to stop behind the stationary car, he might Viottzx Ivih ih.


viewed by the police at Mans­ ion and it was discovered that his test certificate had expired. Mr. Ross told the police he


the defendant, said Mr. Ross had been on an intensive course in Wales, preparing for some accountancy examinations and was on his way -home for


Mr. C. Lewis, representing


the weekend. He was -hurrying more than


Progress o£


Pool Fund The public appeal in aid of


the Ribble Valley Swimming Pool is gaining impetus. A recent effort by Pimlico Village took the form of a


bring and buy sale which raised £43 8s. 9d. This was the first of four events Pimlico plans to hold during the two- year target of the appeal. Now that the holiday fort­


he should have been and was not concentrating sufficiently.


the open class as best smooth- coated, and was first post- -raduate. It is owned by Mrs,


Salsam Contessa came first in


ing third of Salsam Bonne Bouch in the post-graduate class. At Blackburn, Salsam Don


Another success was the plac­ Lawson, of Kendal.


Carlos emerged as the best smooth coated dog and took first place in the open dass.


MR. JOHN NORMAN APPLEBY with his bride, the former Miss Janet Elizabeth Hincks, after their recent wedding"at”St.~ Mary Magdalene’s Church, Clithcroe.


Clitheroe holidaymakers spread their wings


PEOPLE arc travelling farther and farther afield with the lifting of the £50 travel allowance, says a Clitheroe travel agent. Some are even venturing into countries behind the iron curtain while others think nothing of going round the


that with the lifting of the £50 travel allowance, people who have the time to travel farther afield, are doing so,” said! Mr. George Lancaster.


world, he says. “We are definitely finding


wance was in, they just couldn’t do it. They couldn’t take holidays in the East or the Far East for that matter,” he said. Mr. Lancaster said that


"Before, when the £50 allo­


Spain, Yugoslavia and Turkey were popular places this year, for Githeroe people. He also noted the changing


pattern of holiday-making with the changes taking place in industry in Clitheroe and dis­ trict. “The holiday seas on is


. bits_ ponies and fairy stories ■ •


together all the way home... . . “We talked of dolls and rab-


"When We reached my gate j sald ‘tphank you. Very much’,


HOWDEN—WILLIAMS


teacher at Gawthorpe Secon- groom’s nieces, dary School. Fadiham. and Mifs wmiams Worc a full the youngest son of Mr. and


Mr. Arthur Howden, a and Miss Susan Riddhalgh,


Mrs. A. Howden. of Salthill ^ d with lace wdth a band Road, Clitheroe. married Miss of flmvers in her llair. she Rosalind Williams, a teacher callried a viotorian posy of at Lostock Hall County Sec­ ondary School, Walton-Ie- Dale, on Saturday. The bride is the third daugh­


dress of cerise crepe


St. Barring's Church, Bedwas, and it was performed by the


ter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Williams, of Church Street, Bedwas, Monmouthshire. The ceremony took place in


full length dresses of cerise crepe and white broderie ang- laise with bonnets of white


white carnations, The other- bridesmaids wore


daisies. They carried .pomanders of


pink carnations. Best-, man was Mr. Melvyn


Rev. W. A. j'ames. The organ- Llewellyn, groomsmen were ist was Miss S. Row-lands.


Given away by her fattier, Kelvin Lock and ushers were the bride wore a full length Mr. John How-den and Mr.


Mr. Frank Ridehalgh and Mr.


gown and train of white g-ros- Manuel Tercero. grain trimmed with guipure After a reception at the lace at the waist and hem. Furrwm Ishta Hotel, Machcn, Her short veil was held in the couple left for a honey-


Elizabeth Williams, bride's Clitfreroe Cricket Club. Wad- sister, and also in attendance dington Football Club and were Miss Lisa Tercero, bride's Clitheroe and District Motor niece, and Miss Lisa Howden Club.


Chief bridesmaid was Miss Mr. Howden is a member of Blackburn.


place by a band of flowers moon in Jersey, and she carried a spray of On their return they will pink sensation roses and lily live in Preston Now Road, of the valley.


“BEATING the bounds” which is to take place in the parish of Wiswell. tomor­ row is a very ancient custom, dating back, perhaps, to even before Christian times.


What it means is that parishioners take a ceremonial walk along the boundaries of the parish. Toulmin Smith, a 19th cen­


\V lo tt v u r UiMvm


tury authority on parochial affairs, explained the custom as follows:


titled to go into and over and every man’s house and land for the purpose of perambula­ tion. There should be a suffi­ cient number of parishioners present of all ages. The object is to keep alive a tradition dear and well defined. There should always be several who have been before: others who have never been.


“The parishioners are en­


and boys. The elder who know it thoroughly should, with the parish officers, go first; the younger men and tile boys should follow. Care should be taken that all keep to the line of the boundary and as often as possible' special attention should be fixed on objects that will impress themselves on the memory. “At every boundary mark


"There should be both men — ----- a • • . » G o l d W a t c h


through private land and so very proud parents are Mr. the Parish Council have been and-Mrs. J. Briggs, of chat-bunt given permission to “legally Roid, whose elder son, Mr. R. trespass” just for that one day. -y. Briggs, has recently been It is hoped that the cere- presented with a gold watch for


O i l their knees


ROUND AND ABOUT 'Beating the bounds’ in


mony will be followed by re- 25 years of continuous service fresliments at a public house. bl cjVu engineering. The award was presented on behalf of A. Monk and Co-


problem almost everywhere. The recent rains, and now


Care of churchyards is a promoted to contracts manager.


the welcome sunshine, have encouraged the long grass and people are quick to com­ ment on the unkept paths


they should halt; the boys should beat it with wands: while a flag fixed on a long staff should be planted on it and a horn sounded. It was customary on these occasions for boys to be bumped at the boundary points in order that they might the better remem­ ber them, and it was not un­ usual to distribute or allow them to scramble for small change provided by way of a solatium.” Mr. Shaw, Clerk of Wiswell


volunteer to get down on their knees with a pair of clippers. A visitor to St, Helen’s at Waddington this week was pleasantly sur- prised to find one lady, accompanied by her small dog. cutting away. It seemed to be a back-breaking, mam­ moth task for although a machine had worked wonders the areas round the graves called for close attention. Apparently there are help­


and surrounds. .Not so many, however,


ers at St. Helen’s prepared to give this very worthwhile service, but doubtless there is always need for more. Is this an area where the


Scouts and Guides rally round?


Parish Council, who is respon- JL OrOIJ.lj'AA-L sible for the revival of this ancient custom, says that there is no record of how long ago it was last performed in Wiswell. It was decided that National


Conservation year would be the most appropriate time to bring back this event. The boundaries of Wiswell Palish are approximately


M • Entrants to


the fore Only four weeks to Clith-


eroe’s torchlight procession, that hilarious finale to the


Castle Fete. Good progress is bein


eight-and-a-half miles and Mr. Shaw plans that the walk will take about four hours at a leisurely pace. His one problem at the time


made with arrangements for the procession. Entries from works and groups already total 30, with room for plenty more, and five bands are


of our going to press was that he' had not been able to obtain a horn. On the walk will be Parish


councillors, parishioners and everyone else who is interested in the revival of an old cus­ tom and will enjoy a walk through splendid countryside. Much of the boundary runs.


■Queen Competition are also needed.


lined up. Entrants for the Fete


at the Library and at the Borough Treasurer’s office.


Entry forms are available ,


Mr. H. Kendrick, of the Bor­ ough Engineer's staff, will answer inquiries.


.the tree’ll easy jeens with 'hells’


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70 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE


Tel: 2697


« vil Engineers of Warrington Mr. Briggs has now been


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spreading out more. June and September are almost as busy as July. This has happened this last year with the closing down of the cotton mills. Other industries a r e . not sticking to the Wakes Week to the same extent.” Among sortie of -the far-flung


CONTINUING AT ALL NON-FOOD DEPARTMENTS


points on the globe visited by people from Citheroe and dis­ trict. were Russia, the Holy Land, Iceland, Greenland, East Africa, and Czechoslovakia. One’ lady expects to set out


on an overland trip to Samar­ kand in -the southern steppes of Russia before completing her journey in India.


night has ended and the even­ ings are beginning to lengthen one can expect that various organisations who have pro­ mised support will be getting down to brass tacks. In passing, although thero


have been promises of support from areas other than the town itself, the two neighbour­ ing rural councils have remained significantly silent. As the pool will be of equal


benefit to their ratepayers per­ haps the time has arrived for an item “donation to the nib­ ble Valley Swimming Pool Appeal” to appear on the fin­ ance committee agenda.


obstruction with a van, a 25- year-old Oltheroe haulier, Mr. John Trevor Davies, of Park Avenue, was fined £5 by Bow- land Magistrates on Monday.


PLEADED GUILTY For causing an unnecessary


Clitheroe along West Bradford Road could not negotiate a bend on a bridge because of the de­ fendant’s van being parked near the bend. The bus was held up while


the van was moved out of the way.


NO LICENCE O E abulous Entertainer!


set Avenue Clitheroe, was fined £3 by Clitneroe magistrates last Thursday for using an un­ licensed motor cycle. He had to pay £1 9s. 2d. back duty. For not having a driving licence, Mr. Sharpies was fined £2.


Bernard Sharpies, of Somer­


■of Garnett Road, Clitheroe, was fined £5 with licence endorse­ ment by Bowiand Magistrates on Monday. He pleaded guilty to exceeding a 30 mph speed limit in a van at Gisburn.


a 27-year-old fibreglass moulder,


EXCEEDED LIMIT Mr. Ronald Harold Cushing,


RS


cek (Tuesday 3/-) tted to the iOSEGROVE


n 7/6 (Tuesday 5/-'.■ )


RETURN of summer this week produced this happy picture of Waddington children—playing it cool.


lor Street, Clitheroe, was fined £3 by Clithcroe magistrates last Thursday for committing a nuisance in a public place. He admitted the offence.


David Dewhurst, 18, of Tay­ FINED £3


He pleaded guilty. A bus travelling towards


Mrs, Eric R. Scott, Speldhurst, Whinney Lane, Langho. His father is headmaster of Langho CE Primary School. Mr. Scott is to take up a post


as an economics adviser with Rowntree and Co., Ltd., York.


INEFFICIENT BRAKES


son, aged 66, a joiner and undertaker, of Main . Street, Bolton-by-Bowland, was fined £3 and his licence was endorsed when he appeared before Bow- .land Magistrates on Monday for a motoring offence. He pleaded guilty to using a


car with inefficient brakes. - - Insp. M. Waller told the


Mr. Thomas Edward Robin­


pupil of Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School, has gained second class honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Econo­ mics at Merton College, Oxford. He is the son of Mr. and


Mr. Ronald Scott, a former


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(STAMPS ISSUED IN NON FOOD DEPARTMENTS NORMALLY TWO FOR EVERY 1/- YOU SPEND).


DIVIDEND STAMPS HAVE BEEN SO WELL RECEIVED IN OUR FOOD AND FUEL DEPARTMENTS THAT BY


PUBLIC REQUEST


WE OFFER YOU THIS WONDERFUL WAY OF SAVING IN THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS


MOW AVAILABLE —IN THE following departments DRAPERY and FASHIONS—MENSWEAR— FOOTWEAR—FURNISHING and


HARDWARE—ELECTRICAL and T.V. RENTALS—HIRE PURCHASE- COSMETICS—STATIONERY


court Mr. Robinson was driving along the Sawley to Bolton-by- Bowland road in the direction of


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Sawley. A car in front of him, indi­


cating'to turn right, was wait­ ing for an oncoming car to


pass. Mr. Robinson drove between


•the two cars and all three were involved in a collision.


dant's car, it was found that the brakes had failed.


On examination of the defen­


car in front waiting to turn, he applied his brakes but his car did not slow down. There was no room -to pass the car on the nearside so he moved out to overtake it, to avoid colliding


When Mr. Robinson saw the


Mr. Robinson, said that the de­ fendant had no warning that his brakes were not working. He had been driving for about


with it. Mr. P. Gooby, representing


30 years and had a clean, driving record.


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