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j year starts at home


THE need to look alter the | local countryside and preserve it for our descendants was emphasised by Mr. H. Cook,


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president, at the annual meet­ ing of the Clitheroe Natura­ lists' Society.


pean Conservation Year and ■the need for conservation here at home in our own area. Paths must be kept open;


Mr. Cook referred to Euro­


•they loved. They must be edu­ cated to care for and enjoy the wild life, the plants and flowers and to respect pro­ perty and the desires of other people. We had a duty to care for


but people had a strong ten­ dency to destroy the tilings


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caretakers to ban overtime, the venue for the meeting had to be changed hurriedly. Thanks to the co-opei'ation of the clergy of the Parish Church, the meeting which should have been held in the boys’ Gram­ mar School, was transferred to the Church institute. Mr. T. Lord reported a suc­


the country and we should attend to it. Due to the decision of school


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president, of the society and Mrs A. Bleazard was elected chairman for the year, Mrs. M. Smith to serve with Mr. Brown as vice-chairman, Mrs. C. Jeagar was elected secre­ tary and Mr. T. Scott, trea­ surer. Mr. Scott reported a very


cessful 13th year and thanked all officials for the support he had received as chairman. Mr. Cook was elected a life


115 .full members and 20 ju­ niors.


satisfactory statement of the accounts. There was a membership of


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Guild raised £168 by means of a bring and buy sale held at Littlemoor House, home of Mrs. J. L. Lumley.


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EVERY ticket was sold and it was a full house at the Civic Hall on Sunday when the Clitheroe (Evening) Towns­ women’s Guild Choir gave a concert with the Padiham and District Male Voice choir. I t was in aid of the Ribble


Valley Baths Appeal fund and £120 was raised.


.McFarlane was the accompan­ ist. Mi’s. C. Sainsbury was the commere.


Mr. G. T. Hitchen was the conductor and Mrs. M. P.


lane, violinist (see this page) Joan Bennet, elocutionist, and Joan Aubin, contralto.


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choir sang “Music when soft voices die” as well as songs from musicals such as “West side story” and ‘ The sound of music.” Among the pieces chosen by


The Townswomen’s Guild Soloists were Clare McFar­


works by Strauss, Ivor Novello and Rogers and Hammerstein,


The programme included mss I I I ! ..... stamp* !m


THE Auxiliary Bishop of Salford, (Bishop Geoffrey Burke) confirmed 90 children from SS Michael and John’s School and 15 other children and adults on Sunday in SS Michael and John’s Church,


Lowergatc. The children were aged be­


tween nine and 11. Bshop Burke celebrated


Mass and preached the hom­ ily in 'which he urged fam­ ilies to pray together every night. He thanked the con­ gregation for their close co­ operation with the clergy. After the homily, the con­


NO THOUGHTS OF MOVING


MRS. ADA SMITHSON, of the Toby Jug, Whalley, had no idea that she was so-popular until, due to an error, it was stated in an article^ in the Advertiser and Times that she was leaving the village to live in Blackpool.


Since then people have been telephoning her and calling at the house asking if she was moving and if the


Toby Jug was up for sale. Mrs. Smithson even heard that friends were about


firmation ceremony took place the Bishop be’ng assis­ ted by Fr. F. W. Dillon, par­ ish priest, Fr. G. Marsden, Fr. B. Dobson and Fr. J.


Pearson. Befcra the Mass, Bishop


the Padiham Choir 'were songs from these musicals also and one from Gilbert and Sulli­ van’s Pirates of Penzance. The two choirs combined


before the interval to sing “Vienna, city of dreams” and "Climb every mountain” and they closed the concert with ‘Panis Angelicus” and “You’ll


never walk alone.” Joan Bennet performed two


sketches entitled “Yes Papa” and “The Burglar” and she also recited Tennyson’s, "The Ballad of Lady Clare". Clare McFarlane’s solo in­


Burke spoke to the children


for half an hour. The church was crowded


for the ceremony and the women’s choir sang with Mrs. Helen Crompton as organist. It is three years since a


to make a collection for a going away present! Needles to say Mrs. Smithson is not leaving Whalley.


No need to go to


confirmation took place at SS Michael and John s


the photograph together with some of the children after the ceremony.


Church. Bishop Burke is seen ,n


cluded a prelude and aria by Purcell and Joan Aubin’s per­ formance included “O Men From the Fields” and “The Enchantress.” Guests a t the concert inclu­


of Clitheroe (Evening) Towns­ women’s Guild thanked the artistes for the concert.


ded the Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and Mrs. S. Moore. Mrs.-Edith Turner, chairman


Night to remember for Mrs. Brunnock


Dorset Drive. Clitheroe, sang soprano parts in the society's productions- including “The S tu d e n t P r i n c c”, “The Mikado” and “The Boy Friend".On Saturday night, sho sang: “Far Away in Arcad-y”. Shows featured Included:


A SURPRISE appearance of a former member of the Clith- eroe Parish. Church Amateur Operatic a n d Dramatic Society, Mrs. Margaret Brun­ nock, who moved to Mtddles- borough earlier tills year, delighted the audience at Saturday’s “A Night to Remember” concert. Mrs. Brunnock, formerly of


Zambia


TEACHER of speech and dramatic art at Clitheroe Evening Centre, Mrs. Greta Wilkinson, was this week delighted to hear from a former pupil—Jud­ ith Smith (nec Hatton, of Waddington) — who is working with her husband in Ndola, Zambia. She tells of a magnificent theatre built there 10 years


that the production last month was "Spring and Fort Wine” and their attempts at the Lan­ cashire accent were hilarious.


ago. In the letter Judith states


late for that production hut she is auditioning for “Oliver”, to-be staged at Christmas.


- Mrs. Smith herself was too


European but they have two Africans.


Most of the members arc


"Oklahoma”, “The Mikado”, “Bitter Sweet”, “Maid of the Mountains”, "South Pacific’ "Pickwick,” “Gondoliers” and an excerpt from the society's next production “My Fair


Lady".Producers were Edmund Cambien and Douglas Foster and the accompanist was Patrioia Gaunt. Taking part were: Donald


ENTHUSIASM


teresting because onald Whet- ton, who was the adjudicator at the Clitheroe Drama Festi­ val last year, gave a lecture at the conference in Clitheroe about the 1969 Zambian Festi­ val, held in this very theatre in Ndola refereed to by Mrs.


Mrs. Wilkinson finds this information all the more in­


Oldham, Jim Parker, Mar garet Lavender, Alan Whitney Raymond Aspin, Mary Met­ calfe, Douglas Foster, John


Smith. “I recall that he said teams


Potts, Elizabetli Scott, Cathe­ rine Dinnis. Roy Oldroyd. Magical tricks were per formed by local magician Mr John Pye. The closing chorus was


“There’s no business like show business” from "Annie Get Your Gun”. The show was presented in


the Parish Church Hall, and David Fenton and Keith Lavender were the stage man. agers. Musical director and chorus master was Alan Whit­


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journeyed for three days and nights to compete there and the festivities went on until the small hours of the morn­ ing,” says Mrs. Wilkinson.


both teams and audience really entering into the spirit of the festival and enjoying every moment of it.”


“Enthusiasm was terrific- HOUSE FULL


Wilkinson to ask: “I wonder if our own festival of 1970, which is only ten days hence, could rise to the occasion and emu­ late Zambia


And all this prompts Mrs.


as far as Zambia to see this enthusiasm—Settle and Skip- ton festivals put up tile house full notices every night so why not Clitheroc?”


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Antique settings for the flowers


VISITOR to the Clitheroe Flower Club on Friday, Mrs. J. Casson, of Lancaster, gave a demonstration of flowers in antique settings. She used the most beautiful containers and accessories of silver, copper, bronze and brass which were genuine antiques and her floral arrangements incorporating these lovely pieces were very artistic and much appreciated by the large number present.


Casson for providing such pleasant evening.


the man's shop ■ greenwoods feemfloodg I F m o o r la n e clitheroe *«»f52S222£; Mirs. Mitchell thanked Mrs,


land opened 131 homes for elderly last year, providin: accommodation for 6,095 resi­ dents. At the end of Decem­ ber 1969 local authorities were providing places for 107.977 people of whom 97,475 were over 65.


RESIDENTIAL SERVICES Local authorities in Eng­


“Not that one needs to go


MINLVIOLINIST GLARE TAKES A BOW


A GINGER - HAIRED, frccklc-faccd tivc-ycar-old


violinist enthralled a paeked audicnec at the Civic Hall on Sunday at a concert at which guests in­ cluded Clitheroe MP,„Mr. David Walder and liis pre­


last year lived in Salthill Road, Clitheroe, was appearing with her mother, Margaret, at a joint concert of the Clitheroe (Ev e n in g ) Townswomen's Guild and the Padiham Male


decessor Sir Frank Pearson. Clare McFarlane, who until


Voice Choir. Clare, who took the music


world by storm when she walked away with top honours in a Wigan Music Festival in 1968, played a prelude and aria by Purcell and Rortdino by


Kreisler. The applause was deafening,


IN HER BLOOD


honour of meeting the late Sir John Barbirolli when he was in Blackburn for a Halle con­ cert. After playing for Sir John, members of the orches­ tra gathered around and asked


Last year, Clare had the


her to play for them. Music, one might say, is in


degree, has always been a keen musician, and her father, Mr. Jim McFarlane, plays the


her blood. Her mother, who has a music


Boothman—a member of the' guild choh’-rjoined her grand­


oboe and the piano. Clare’s grandmother; Mrs.


daughter on the stage- at the end • of tile performance.' ' Clare and her parents- now live In-Manqttester.’


and the mini-violinist was asked for an encore.


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AUTUMN: SEASON OF MISTS AND BARBECUES


AUTUMN, according to the poet Keats, is the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, and it is also the appropriate


season for barbecues.


sions when one can celebrate with a barbecue . . Hallowe'en


There are at least two occa­


and bonfire night. An interesting idea is to


serve individual pizzas for which you will need: As one


base, sauce and garnish. Scone base—1 lb of self-


raising flour, 1 level teaspoon of salt. 3 ozs. of margarine, 2 eggs, lightly beaten, 1 small can of milk, made up to a scant i pt with water, as direc­


ted on can. For the sauce: 2 tablespoons


of olive oil, 1 medium onion, finely chopped, a clove garlic, finely chopped. 4 level table­


cheese sieved. Garnish: Stuffed olives,


sliced and 1 x 2 oz. can anchovy fillets, drained.


METHOD


sieve the dry ingredients into a bowl. Rub in the fat and mix to a soft dough with the eggs and milk. Knead lightly until smooth. To make the sauce: Heat


To make -the scone base,


JVhalley Womens Fellowship


THE LADIES of Whalley Methodist Church Women’s Fellowship enjoyed an iner- esting address on the Organi­ sation of the Church of Eng­ land given by the Vicar of Whalley, the Rev. R. A. Har- pur.


spoons of tomato ketchup, seasoning 4 x 5 oz portions of


Mrs. B. Ingham was the pian­ ist, and the hostess was Mrs. Parker. A successful jumble sale


was held on Saturday, when n useful sum of money was raised for th« centenary fund.


EXPENDITURE


the oil, fry the onion and garlic until soft and add the tomato ketchup and season. Remove from the heat. To assemble the pizzas: Roll


out tire dough “in. thick on a well floured board. Cut into a rounds using a 3in. cutter or saucer. Pace the rounds on a greased and floured bak'ng sheet, allowing room for spreading. Make a well in the centre of each using the bot­ tom of the stuffed olives jar, well floured. Fill with tire sauce onci cover, with the sieved cheese. Garnish with the anchovy fillets and the stuffed olives. Bake in a hot oven 425 degrees or gas mark 7, for 20 minutes. Makes 8


pizzas.


local health and welfare ser­ vices in England rose to £223 million in 1968-69 is estimated at £246 million in 1969-70. Loan sanction recom­ mended for local authority health and welfare capital


Total expenditure on the


investment including sites, purchase of equipment and vehicles totals £26 million.


RETIREMENT PENSIONS On average, 7,130,000 retire­


ment pensions were paid each week in the past year com­ pared with 6,973,000 in 1968, including 662.000 new claims. At the end of 1969 retirement pensions were being paid at a rate of £1.740 million a year compared with £1,540 million in 1968.


Mrs. S. Clarke presided,


For centenary fund


the Ladies’ Afternoon Fellow­ ship of Whalley Methodist Church, on Saturday, raised £32 for the centenary fund.


A jumble sale arranged by


were 7,359 health-visitors em­ ployed on general duties, 319 tuberculosis, visitors, 10,186 nurses in the home nursing service and 63,176 home helps.


In England in 1969 there HOME SERVICES


THE TIME? About 2-30 p.m. on a busy Saturday afternoon and a middle- aged housewife is browsing in a crowded market. As she stops to look at a nearby stall she is jostled and in the confusion, her


rence in larger towns and cit-


purse is stolen. This is a familiar occur­


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MCDOUGALL ies . . . . only 10 miles away in Blackburn, it is common­ place. Every week, Clitheroe housewives travel to Black­ burn, some to do their shop­ ping, others regard it as a day out.


return to Clitheroo with an empty purse, the money hav­ ing been stolen and the purse later found in a ladies’ toilet.


Quite often, someone will MISERABLE


the money cause distress or heartache but trouble at home. The agitated husband might quarrel with his wife, accuse her of carelessness and she ends up feeling mis­ erable and foolish.


Not only does the loss of


miserable, but she can’t deny being foolish. As a result of such an unfortunate experi­ ence, our middle-aged house­


She has every right to be wife will be on her guard


against any attempt to steal her handbag or ■ purse. But in many cases, she will have paid a high price, perhaps


a few pounds or even more. Some items or sentimental value might have gone too.


ADVICE


handbag and purse snatch­ ing. the police have issued- a warning.


In a bid to combat this


snatcher as young and agile, striking swiftly and silently.


They describe a handbag


The police offer this ad­ vice: Take your- handbag


FOR THE BEST RESULTS


with you. bu,t Put J’odr arm through the strap and hold the body of the bag under


amount of money or any arti­ cle of high value in it, and if you need a purse, put it in a pocket rather than a


the arm. Do not put any large


bag. Women are also asked to be


careful when they go shop­ ping by keeping their purses constanitlv in the hands and not in a bag along with groceries.


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Joining new radio station


A FORMER forces broadcaster, Mrs. Judith Roberts, o’ B:!- lington, has been appointed as a. programme assistant with Radio Blackburn.


Longworth Road, has been working in the recreational therapy department at Cald- erstones Hospital, Whalley, for the past 18 months. She is to take up her new appointment at the end of the month.


Devon-born Mrs. Roberts, of EXCITING


ing three years broadcasting in Cyprus under the name of Judy Denton.


/ have left this job,” confessed 36-year-old . Mrs. R o b e r t s ,


but she feels sad about leaving Calderstones. “I would not


Broadcasting is her first love


and so Mrs. Roberts was some­ thing of a globe-trotter, spend­


Her father was in the RAF


“except for something as ex­ citing as the job which I have been offered.” “The recreational therapy


work has been extremely re­ warding,” she added, "and I have developed a terrific affec­ tion for the patients." Among the foreign places


she has lived in are Singapott and Australia. She was commissioned in fe WR-AF and during that tim


she met her husband, James, who now works in the produc­ tion planning department a:


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Mullards. Keen on athletic activities.


Mrs. Roberts enjoys riding ar.fi swimming. She also runs a youth group in Waddington.


Don’t ask for trouble like these two shoppers seen in Clithcroe the other day.


placent. Women should make a habit of being careful with


But we must not be com­


their handbags. Elderly women, they say,


axe particularly vulnerable. The culprits are usually


youths and they tend to


organise themselves a groups. Finally the police say tiu;


if you see anyone loitering or acting suspiciously, do r.o; hesitate to inform them.


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BEWARE OF THE


BAG SNATCHERS Elderly


women often


victims


following upon t i l SnTof the St. Helen’l rhial Church Council t l nut repairs to the ■ tower and to re-hang tl public meeting was


the Sunday School la:l in order to provide anl


tunity for all People l j the village to learn abl extent of the proposed! The meeting, which »H attended, includi!


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nnel R- Parker the pal the living, the Churchv|


Mr. G. Rodwell and t, "silverwood, the t r j


the Bradford Diocesan! tect & Surveyor, and Mf Clayton, representing I j Taylor and Co., Bellfl of Loughborough, ex! the reasons and extent] nrouosed work. Much interest was |


Mr S. E. Taylor, wil Vicar, the Reverend C | ■F Goodchild taking thl Mrs. Mail’ Wales F.ll


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by all the members and a lively string of ql followed which were ail by the main speake(


ti,e vicar.


S. E. Taylor, then g| meeting details of the! diture involved, point! that restoration wol been carried out oi! different occasions udc! parts of the church duI five hundred years it hi in existence, and that 1 eration should restcl tower as our part of t |


R e s to ra t io n The church treasuij


: i tion was endorsed churchwarden, Mr. G. I


meeting. It was agreed to


: tage.The cost of the w| i probably amount to! : £4,000. This has alrenl ; agreed by th e I i i Church Council and t |


in a speech at the ei'- jj


‘Tower and Bells’ Co’l with Mr. T. H. Silver! secretary and Mr. T. \ son, as treasurer.


ments were made for t | mittee to meet for t] time at the home of Mrs. Hodson, 15 Grove this week. Last Sunday servied


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Helen's Church were! usual times and condl the Vicar: the intenticT Sung Eucharist was o | of this new venture.


j | Record attendail j The monthly meetiil j Helen’s branch of the [ Union was held in thil School on Wednescl when a record null members attended. T l ing opened with a slf vice conducted by t l |


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