“PARLIAMENT” SHOCKED BY


g r i n d u e t o n p a r ,S h CH U R C H OF ST. A M B R O S E


HARVEST 4th October (S. Francis’ Day) HOLY EUCHARIST


S-00 a.m. .said 0-30 a.m. sung Family Service)


SPECIAL HARVEST 0 CAROL SERVICE


-30 p.m. Decora-.ion ol' Church;


3rd October at 2-oo p.m,


EVERYBODY WELCOME C L ITH E R O E


C O N G R EGA T IO N A L CHUR CH


Sunday, September 27th 10-30 Family Worship


Rev. J. Gardiner 6-00 p.m.


Holy Communion Church Meeting


Rev. K. M. Hendrv B.A., 13.D.


'


T R IN IT Y METHOD IST CHUR CH


'unday, September 27lh 10-30 a.m.


Revd. N. D. Walton 6-00 p.m.


ev. G. E. Gittner, 13.A. 2-00 p.m.


Ladies Class Speaker;


Mrs. K. Broadhurst CH, M Y T TO N


CELEBRATIONS 27111, 1970


ICE OF THANKSGIVING 0 a.m.


■ V. A. F. KNOWLES 0 p.m.


HOP OF BRADFORD -L PARKER M.A.


S A L V A T IO N A RMY


OWE RGA T E , CLITHEROE inday next, September 27!h


HARVEST ESTIVAL SERVICES


2-15 p.m. Crowning of the HARVEST QUEEN


0-30 p.m. Evening Sen-ice hildron taking part, in both services.


Monday at 7-00 p.m, FILM SHOW


light, refreshments Sale of Fruit, G WIVES LE SALE


r at 7-30 p.m. eading Room efreshments


he ABARET segrove


irn!ey 22876 Friday:


3ARLTON


and Pat Norton Chequers


leptember ’Ublic Si- 1 and Mis


- public 6/- EV/IS and


W halley window . situation. Ladies did some-


fines come along when a c'-'tate was in progress, but r.sci hitherto had the decency rr.d cood sense to occupy the second scat a yard or two Ayr which constituted the •Strangers' Gallery’. To-day's lady, however, had


FEMALE in v a s io n 0lir local parliament


..., in full session on the 3. by the bank the other


mernins "l,en an unPre" cedented incident


took


p.3Ck. • r>*c HOU50


was in full


,.r .r following the summer necessitated by the


vi'its to Blackpool, • wMir.bc. or the homes of


'.ruives dwelling in other ■/-table seaoide resorts, and ‘hoilv debating national with particular refer- t0 jasi Saturday's results


'i toth "first :md second divi-


;.'r''stifT' 1 have to shape J-rcat to that if they doant : r t to "0 down agean", said W t when Norman gave


kn,' a’ dig in the ribs and indicated "the further end of


•\( form. ■'r(,r the first time a lady


-tVccr had taken her seat! "Ai, unwanted silence fell .-A the House—in all their "ir history the members had -iVer had to face un to such


had not the slightest effect on the pleasant lady at his side.


cast iron!” whispered Nor­ man.


“Hoo’s getten’ a belly like


nice tobacco you’re smoking", she said. “I like a man who smokes a pipe”. Albert looked a little as­


The lady smiled. “That’s ;•/. ■k&£


kance. “So does my missis", he said, and smoked more furiously than ever. f t really seemed that a deadlock had been reached


wm


when Fred had an inspira­ tion. He gave Fred a nudge and


• " v r?


a wink and then asked in a loud voice, “’Arta still breed­ ing them mice o’ thine, lad? Hesta bin showing’ ’em late­ ly?” Norman cottoned on im­


mediately. "Nay’, he said sadly. ‘‘They’ve noan bin weel. They’ve getten spots o’ some sooart. ’Ere, let me show thee one", and he shuffled in his pocket and drew out his large spotted handkerchief. The lady rose to her feet.


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Something about her clearly indicated that, without the slightest delay, she was going to make immediate applica­ tion for the Chiltem Hun­ dreds. “I think I ’d better be go­


ing”. she said. “I t’s been nice meeting you all. Good morn­ ing”. Th three watched her de­


tion in a National Emer­ gency’, he said. Albert nodded. “Fer once


parture with smug satisfac­ tion and then Fred grinned. ‘There’s norwt like a coali­


(bviously never heard of local tradition or was unecommon- !v lacking in good taste and E tiq u ette. She seated herself squarely and firmly right at ;te front of the opposition teach. There was an aura -bout Her that said quite plainly ‘I'm comfy here. Here I am.'and here I ’m stopping. The old timers shuffled a


tha’r t reight. Now, as Ah wor saying, Ah reckon as t ’Stiffs is bahn to shape diff’rent if they want to get onnywheer this season”. In a moment the debate


was resumed as though it had never been interrupted.


J.F.


fit closer to each other ana, for the next few minutes, their discussion was conduc­ t'd in nods and winks, sub­ dued tones, half whispers and enteral grunts emerging iron the comer of the mouth. "Thee tell ’cr”. hissed Fred


old pupil at Bowiand County- Secondary School, Grindleton was taken to Blackburn Royal Infirmary on Tuesday when he broke a leg playing football on ■the school field. Richard, who lives in Waddow Grove, Wad- dington, went home after treat­ ment.


Boy hurt at football Richard Linden, an 11-year-


nal. “Why should Ah do aw' muck wark? Besides it's roan our scat if cv'ry one 'ad their dues, it's onnybody’s ■at. Koo's as much reight to pork 'ere as onny of us”. "Mebbc". said Fred, "but I'same boo ought to hev


a Norman after an interval. "Tell 'or as this is our seat”. "Nay”, hissed Norman in re­


r.aar sense. Put it tactful Set but rive 'cr an Tnt. Tell V


5o". colored Fred, but at that mmem Albert, interrupted. “Ang on a mimiit”, he said.


r :o shove off!” Tiia'rt as lit to tell 'er as


"Nave it to me". Obvously a thought had occurred to him. He looked around lor a


NO ONE HURT


Kearnes, aged 20. of Calder Street, Blackburn. collided with an earth enbankmemt and a fence at Solesbury Old Road Dinckley. last Friday night. No-one was injured.


A vehicle driven by Mr. Sean


moment, noticed the direction d the prevailing wind then, •1!h slow deliberation, took Ills jack-knife and then


adjourned sine die at Accring­ ton on Tuesday, on 79-year-oid Mr. John Pym, of Highfield Road, Clitheroe, who died on Saturday in Accrington Vic­ toria Hospital. He was injured in an accident involving a car in Moor Lane, Clitheroe.


Death after accident An inquest was opened and


he nodded pleasantly to the lady on ills left. JGcod morning", he said ‘'it's a niccish soart o' day”. _ The now member nodded fad smiled. She appeared an amiable type, well set up and Jjparenty in her early six-


fs 'baccv box from his pocket. As he cut the thick past into wafer thin slices


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t ,'Tt 's very nice", she agreed, all in all, we've a better


S S s S iM m i


lean average summer”. t Albert smiled in return. Hewn so bad”. he said, “Noan


•o bad. Ah've never sin as hiirh blossom as there wor ■


i l ia a tTpring”. lie paused to fill


f.mpo and then, striking a ■natch, puffed voluminous ^crid clouds into the air. His p‘?e going well he turned p the lady again. "Theer's y-'t to lick Whalley at this ,!®e a’ t’ year", he observed


« lie t ttmi his ‘vhcer". hi


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is eyes.


: the foul briar lips. "Nowt no-


added. looking at om the corner of


^ In the past Albert's pipe . b a d e strong men


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tn ■ ^ s b S I g l Fiona Coombes says: “No fear of ‘ghost* village f I What would old Abbot Paslew and the other monks of Whalley Abbey think


if they arrived back in the village now? With te new by-pass sweeping past the village and houses all over the land where the monks had their fisheries, they probably


wouldn’t even recognise Whaliey. However, it’s more than certain that their ghosts,


just like the villagers themselves, are very pleased to see the by-pass taking shape and the possibility of Whalley becoming once more a quiet, peaceful village.


Traffic problem


has been gradually growing for over 20 years and during that time there have been many suggestions for solving the problems that heavy- traffic bring. In 1950, it was hoped that


Whalley’s traffic problem


putting tarmac on the old cobbles in Accrington Road would deaden the noise of the


weekends, a diversion-fre- quently used today—was in­ troduced in 1951 which directed traffic coming down Accrington Road along Queen Street.


lorries. To help ease the traffic at


Whalley- centre objected to this, saying it took away their custom. The next year, perhaps the


However shopkeepers in


most outlandish method of dealing with holiday traffic was put into operation. This solved the problem by-


Padiham and Rishton to Whitebirk. near Blackburn, on to Brotvnhill and the Five Barred Gate at Samlesbury!


diverting traffic from the Yorkshire direction by way of


Ten years later


were held in the village and a by-pass was pressed for. Now, nearly 10 years later, the by-pass is due to open soon—perhaps in two months’ time. What will happen to Whai-


Early in -the 1960s. meetings


ley then? Will it become a ghost town? Most of the villagers do not


think so. They are looking forward to the opening of the by-pass which, they say, will turn Whalley back into the quiet village it once was. Several shopkeepers along


ley and not through it, resulting in a loss of trade. They fel that Whalley will always attract people and the


by-pass will take away the heavy lorries and tankers'


which make parking in the village difficult. At weekends, especially


traffic is moved through the village with as little hold-up as possible and the diversion along Queen Street is in oper­ ation. Open the by-pass and take


away the weekend diversion and then cars will be able to saunter through Whalley and stop if and when they want to.


No immediate change


King Street the main road, are not worried about the possibility that the new road will speed people past Whal­


But the Clitheroe-Whalley by-pass will not make any overnight difference. Much of the traffic bound for Acc­ rington and other towns in that direction will still have to come through Whalley. The easterly by-pass has


to be built before Whalley can relax and forget the sound and smell of diesel engines.


master of Whalley’s Church of England Primary School believes the by-passes trill help the village to grow. There's a lot °£ Ia,nd-


Coun J. S. R. Shaw head­ Mrs. Ada Smithson waterin g plants outside the Toby Jug.


around the village which could be used for building.


ley has already grown, enor- mouslv with new estates like Moor Fields and Abbey Fields. But there are still some


In the past few years Whal­


quaint old houses in the vil­ lage like the almshouses on


Mitton Road. Houses for poor


to Robert Whalley and four others, some land forming part of Grange Meadow and four cottages in trust. The


In 1835, Adam Cottam gave


number of almshouses for poor people belonging to Whailey.


profits or rents from these were to be used in erecting a


2. 1837, Adam Cottam also bequeathed the residue of his personal estate and several legacies on trust to his exe­ cutors to lay out as much as they thought necessary in erecting almshouses on the land. Until the beginning of the


In his will, dated February


many regulations. They had to attend church each Sun­ day and they could not stay away from their cottages for ' a whole night without per­ mission Today however, these rules have been relaxed.


lieved that it was Adam Cot- lam’s intention to build more almshouses which would have been for men, but he died before this could be done. However, this prompted


Trustees prompted Coun. Fell says it is be­


Glenda Collins, Ronnie Hil­ ton, Miki and Griff and Mandy Rice Davies Many artistes, while ap­


pearing at the Ace of Spades have stayed at the Toby Jug in the village. For many years, the Toby


Jug was a cafe and when the Smithsons came about 22 years ago they continued to run it as a cafe until about


1960. Mrs Ada Smithson then be­


the trustees to sell the land to the Clilhcroe Rural District E'n"""il for the purpose of building old people’s bunga- lu./s lucre. Wcrk on three bungalows


gan to take in guests on a bed and breakfast basis. Since then she has had so many show business people with her that she can’t re­ member all their names.


will start on the land at the end of this month or the be­ ginning of October. Coun. Fell is chairman of


Whalley Parish Council and he has undoubtedly earned for himself the title “Mr. Whalley” as he knows so very much about the village. He feels that the village


second world war, the cot­ tages were fully tenanted but there were fewer applications in the years immediately after the war.


of almshouses from six to four, but at the same time improv­ ing the accommodation for the tenants.


quisitioned by the local auth­ ority, were tenanted by people evacuated f r o m bombed areas. In 1957, a scheme was ap­ proved to reduce the number


Some of the cottages re­


room. bedroom bathroom and kitchen. All the tenants are women


Each tenant has a living-


rental. Many years ago, the tenants lived there rent free and received a monthly allowance and half a ton of coal a year. Unfortunately it is not pos­


though it was not specified that the tenants had to be female. Today they pay a small


is always the Vicar of Whal­ ley, at present the Rev. R. A. Harpur, and the other trustees are nominated by the parish council. They are Mr. Harry Park­


sible to do this today. Chairman of the trustees


inson, Mr. Fred Bullock, Coun. J. F. Fell and Miss Monica Stalker.


secretary to the trustees. He is retiring shortly and his place is being taken by Mr. H. S. Johnson, of The Grove. The minutes of the trustees


Mr. Fred Cotterill is the centre.


does remember well, though is Donald Peers. He often stayed there, even when he was not appearing at the Ace of Spades. However, Mrs. Smithson has now bought a house in the Blackpool area so she does not expect him to stay with her any more. Mrs. Smithson asked each


One person Mrs. Smithson


will develop much more in the i'.turc with its obvious attractions like the Abbey, it become a tourist


tion that there might be more building in Whalley but feels that the sites should be very carefully chosen. Provision should also be


ties.


____.c lAiaumg. He told me about a small


t i>sk"d Coun. Fall if he knew which was Whalley's


Coal house


experts examined it and it has been confirmed that the coal house was really the pri­ vate chapel in the Manor House belonging to Peter de Cestria. Peter was Rector of Whal-


building at the rear of the Abbey Conference House, which until a few years ago had been used as a coal house. When it was cleared out,


lcv—the villager’s only Rector when the monks first came


from the 13th century has an aumbry—a closd recess in a church wall—and a piscina as well as two East windows. The first monks to arrive


td the village about 1288. The building wmen dates


trees with the sugges­


her guests. There was one singer who


asked to be woken early the next day. "Early" for stage people, adds Mrs. Smithson, could be 3 p.m.!


daughter, Janet, went to call the singer at about 9 a.m. only to find her already awake and crying.


However Mrs. Smithson's


pired, she had, unfortunately, been ill and had lost her false teeth and as a result she couldn't possibly appear on stage that evening.


During the night, it trans­ ........ The tree-lined banks of th e River Calder make a pictur esque scene for visitors. Wim, ■-v: I te i i l ' -t cite SseSSiS


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to the rescue and look the singer off to Burnley where she was fitted with another


Luckily a local dentist came


set of teeth. Mrs. Smithson has found


that many of the guests have been fascinated bv the ap­ proximately 400-yea rs-old Toby Jug's wooden panelling


and beams. Whalley is a very enjoy­


of her famous guests for a photograph and she has two large albums almost full of


pictures. All her stage guests have


been friendly and easy to get on with, and many of them have given Mrs. Smithson nresents in return for her hospitality.


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