Clithcroc Advertiser and Times October 16, 1970 3 LOTS OF NOISE- BUT NO ONE CARES CLITHEROE


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FAMILY WORSHIP 6-00 p.m.


10-30 a.m.


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GOSPEL SERVICE


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Wednesday, October 21st


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vour INVITES


THE happy noise of 50 or so children enjoying them­ selves on the adventure playground off Highfield Road almost drowned the formal proceedings when Clitheroe Round Table handed over the area to the corporation on Monday


cil and of the Round Table gathered at the simple com­ memorative plaque where Table chairman, Mr. B. J. Aspden, asked the Mayor (Coun. Sidney Moore), to re­ ceive the playground 'on. be­ half of the town and of the children of the locality in par­ ticular. Mr. Aspden thanked his


tabler-colleagues for ail they had done, mentioning that in one way or another nearly every member had been in­ volved in the project.


VANDALS


that the corporation would do all they could to maintain the playground in its present


sure, the Mayor voiced the town’s thanks to the Commu­ nity Service section of the Round Table for their notion, declaring that the playground would be extremely well used. He also gave an assurance


Expressing personal plea­


state, adding a timely warning that 'action would be taken to defeat any attempts at van­ dalism. The playground was being


when nobody minded the in­ terruption all that much; the noise indicated that the play- pound was already fulfilling its prime function. .Members of the Town Coun­


evening. But this was one occasion


a house in Park Avenue, Clitheroe, on Monday at about 6 p.m. Two appliances from Clitheroe fire brigade were called out and the blaze was soon extinguished.


Chip pan fire A chip pan caught .fire hi


651


OWD GEORGE IN A WITHERING MOOD


WE STOOD in the garden together and Owd George looked at me with a pained and sorrowful expression on his gnarled and wrink­ led face. He studied me sadly for a few moments and then took the stained and grubby briar from his


prised at thee. Fair matzed! Aih never thowt tha’d be daft enough to da a trick like that —never i’ aw’ mi life.” I was taken aback. “'Why",


mouth. “Nay’’, he said, “ah’m sur­


Whalley window


■George shook that hoary old head. “Ah could a’ believed -)t o' one or two fellas round 'ere, but ah did think tha’d hev a bit moaar oil i’ thi can." I was quite bewildered and


I asked, “what on earth have I dims wrong this time'?’’


wracked my brains for an explanation of George’s quite unwarranted castigation. "I wish you’d tell me what I ’m supposed to have done”, I said. "Tha men weed ask", said


thee-a grown fella wi’ childer of thi own. Nay. . . it passes comprehension. Let’s 'ope nay- ther on ’em grows up like thee, or yon bony daughter- in-law o’ thine ayther. Fer their sakes ond thi missus's as weel". “But, but. . . I stammered,


"I. . ..” George interrupted. “Tha


George, "tha mon weel ask. Ah could have understood if tha'd bin a schoo’ lad, but


mon weel stutter" lie said. "Tha's need to stutter. Tha should be reight ashamed. Nay, ah’ve known some gawm- less carryings on i’ my time, but this, teks t ’ biscuit, tha does an’ aw’. What mi fayther would a’ sed to a fella like thee ah doan’-t know.’ E'd be spinning round i1 ‘is grave if ‘e copped me at a job like that.” I decided to let the old chap


never towd thee", George con­ tinued. ‘Our after ‘our ah've stood ‘ere; AhVe given thee aw’ th’ advice ah con ond still tha meks a muck o’ things.


must a’ gone in at one lug ‘ole ond out o’ t ’other. Theer’s nowt between to stop it! I t’s aw’ bin a waste o’ time. Ah’ve wasted my time talkin’ to thee. Never agean. . . . not if tha goes on thi bended knees to me. Tha’ll hev to muck through as best tha con! Ond a bonny mess tha'U mek o’ things." He paused for breath—it


Whatever ah've towd thee


Prior to removal of onr repair, heavy footwear and clog department to onr new premises at the rear of our Castle Street Store.


was almost as though his emo­ tions had proved too much for him.


dered and clueless as to the cause of the tirade but, guilty or otherwise decided to apolo­ gise. Before George’s arrival. I had been doing a spot of gar­ dening, cutting down over­ grown perennials and gene­ rally tidying up. I t dawned upon me that It must be somewhere in this direction that I had transgressed.


I was still completely bewil­


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rundown. “I t’s not as though ali’ve


him. “I ’m sorry, old chap. I. George turned on me. his wrath barely abated. “Don’t thee' owd chap ’me,” he snap­


“I’m sorry. George", I told ped. CROPPED


dener as long as tha lives. Gloves on thi ‘ends! Ond lust look at yon ’ydrangeas!"


and looked down on the plants growing a couple of paces from our feet. I had cropped them to within a couple of inches of the ground and the whole corner looked a good deal tidier. I thought I'd done rat­ her a neat job.


I did as I was instructed


led. A reiight mes t to ’s med ond theer’s nowt con be done about it. Next August tha’ll come runndn’ to me fer advice ond ah shan’t give it thee 'cos theer’s nowt con be done.


“Look at cm", George snar­


wrong?”, I asked plaintively. “They were looking a bit strag­ gly so I cut them down to give the roots a chance.”


“But what have I done


What’s ta done wrong?", roared George. "Tha’s nobbut cut off aw’ t ’new shoots as t' flowers oud come on next year; ’ydrangeas mek their blossom


“What’s ta done wrong?


t ’year before! ’’ I stood shame-faced. “Eugh!”, said George.


used before the Round Table took an interest, but the only equipment was two sets of swings provided by the cor­ poration.


SPADE WORK electricity showroom


have added three climbing frames, one shaped like a rocket; tunnels, a “mine” top­ ped by a slide, and a splen­ didly original idea—an over­ head "railway” on which youngsters whiz round an oval track while suspended from handles. Members of the Round Table


To these, the Round Table


have literally done all the sipade work, including mixing cement.


ooening ceremony are, left to right: Conn. .T. Troon. Mr. J. B. Aspden. Mr. A. Bateman, Mr. J. Mvere. Mr. P. Walker and Mr. Tom Bennett, vice- chairman of Clitheroe Round Table.


the term of Mr. Albert Bate­ man as community convenor and has taken around 18 months. Desoite the gift of so much free time, members still had to raise around £160 in cash. And they are grateful to many people for donations of materials such a s ' stone and iron piping. Seen with the Mayor at the


foundations welding and painting. The job was started during


laying concrete MOSLEY— HARGREAVES


councillor, Miss' .Christina Margaret Hargreaves, was married, on Saturday, at Clitheroe Parish Church to Mr. Gary Walter Clayton Mosley.


The daughter of a local


the bride wore a classical gown of parchment wild silk Dupion, trimmed with hand­ made Cyprus lace, and her short bouffant veil was sec­ ured by a Cyprus lace head­ dress. She carried orchids, stephanotis and lily-of-the- valley. Her cousin. Miss Anne


est son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Mosley, of Jerviston Street, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was formerly a chef at the Royal Stuart Hotel, Glasgow, where the bride "’as formerly head housekeeper. Given away by her father,


Coun. and Mrs. W. Har­ greaves, of Chatham Road, Clitheroe. Til© bridegroom is the eld­


She is the only daughter of


Mosley, bridegroom's brother, and Mr. B. Williamson. Organist was Mr. C. A.


Myers and the ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. C. Hudson. A reception was held at tiie


Calf’s Head Hotel. Worston. where the couple will be the manager and manageress when they return from their honeymoon in Malta. Photograph: Mrs. A.


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Blackburn, the bridegroom’s niece, Miss Lorna Mosley, and his nephew, Master Stephen Mosley, were in attendance. Miss Blackburn wore n full-


length dress of apricot Milano satin trimmed with match­ ing lace and a lace head­ dress. She carried freesia. Miss Mosley wore a dress of Swiss embroidered parch­ ment lawn and carried freesia. Master Mosley wore


bridegroom's brother', was best man. The bride's cousin, Mr. Roger Blackburn, and the bridegroom’s brother, Mr. Wilfred Mosley, were grooms- men. Ushers were Mr. Peter


the MacIntyre tartan. Mr. Ronald L. Mosley,


Expert can look in on Calderstones


information about the good points of other hospitals and to give any assistance and advice they can to Calder­ stones. Learning about the way in


A TEAM of experts from the NHS hospital advisory service are to make an eight-day stay at Calderstones Hospital. Their purpose is to pass on


GORTON— RYDEHEARD


GRIFFITHS— CHILD


youngest son of Mrs. A. Gor­ ton, of Calder Avenue, Bil­ lington, and the late Mr. B. Gorton, was married, on Sat­ urday, at the Church of the English Martyrs’, Whalley, to Miss Susan Rydeheard, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Rydeheard, of Calder Vale, Whalley. The bride is employed at


Mi-. Robert Michael Gorton,


cently at St. James's Church, Clitheroe, of Miss Joan Child, a clerk, and youngest daugh­ ter of Mrs. M. A. Child, of Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe, and the late Mr. P. Child, and Mr. Jeffrey Griffiths, a Blackburn police officer and cldes1 s.


The wedding .took place re­


D. M. Griffiths, of Lister Street, Accrington.


'Tr. and Mrs.


Abbey Mill, Billing ton, and the bridegroom at the Abbey I--; , .-ary, Whatley. Given aiway by her father,


bridesmaid and the blade's cousins. Miss Jean Baldwin and Miss Karen Baldwin, were small attendants. They wore full-length


which Ca’.derstones is run, may, in its turn, help the team in its dealings with other hos­ pitals.Calderstones Hospital inter­ nal news says, "We shall never have a perfect National Health v’ce. but visits such as


these clearly demonstrate that u.i concerned from the respon­ sible minister down, are deter­ mined to make the service as good as is humanly possible. “This visit should help to do just that and, from time to


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HOSPITAL BUILDING


lion was spent in England on hospital building and schemes to the value of £108 million were started. Thirteen large schemes, each over £1 million had a combined value of £59


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the bride wore a full-length Empire-line gown of Arctic white peau d’ange satin with a train falling from the waist. The short veil was held in place by a headdress of white rosebuds. She car­ ried white freesia, white carnations and red roses. Miss Susan Ireland was


Mr. Michael Child, the bride wore a full length, Empire­ line gown of white nylon organza, trimmed at the bod­ ice with pearls, with a full, circular train. A full-length veil edged with guipure lace flowers was held in place by a floral headdress. She carried gold roses and


Given away by her brother,


Empire-line dresses of red striped Terylene voile. Miss Ireland’s dress had long sleeves and the small brides­ maid’s dresses had short puff sleeves. Miss Ireland wore a head­


groom’s brother, was best man, Mi-. Robert Rydehescd was groomsman and Mr. Philip Thistiethwaite usher. Fr. V. Hamilton performed •


dress of white roses and the small bridesmaids wore white ringlets and a white ribbon. All carried whits pomanders. Mr. Peter Gorton, bride­


-the couple left for a honey­ moon in the Lake District. For travelling the bride wore an emerald green trouser suit with navy accessories. On their return, they will


the ceremony. After a reception at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Barrow,


live in King Street, Whalley. Photograph; Roy Chatburn,


Preston. New Road, Black­ burn.


full - length, Empire - line dresses of ice-blue satin with gold accessories and head­ dresses of tiny roses. They carried white carnations and yellow freesia. Dawn wore a full-length,


sister, Mrs. Sylvia Unsworth ■her cousin, Mrs. Mary Yates, and her five-year-old niece, Dawn Unsuvorth. . The dames of honour wore


bridal flowers. In attendance were her


bridegroom’s brother, was. best man and -the bride’s uncle, Mr. R. Dickinson, was groomsman-. Master M. J. Child, bride’s nephew, and' Master Philip Griffiths bridegroom’s bro­ ther, were ushers. Mr. E. Griff ths, the bride­


Empire-line dress of gold satin. with a matching bon­ net trimmed with daisies and she carried a pomander of white carnations ahd yellow freesia. Mr. Michael Griffiths,


live at Blake Gardens, Great Harwood..' . '


Sun Inn, '. Waddington, the couple left for a honeymoon at Lytham St. Annes. On their return they will


groom’s grandfather, was the organist .for the ceremony which was performed by the Rev. K, Broadiiurst. After a reception at the


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