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£30 FINE FOR ' ' DRIVER WHO,' REFUSED TO GIVE BLOOD SPECIMEN .


A CL1THEROE man was fined £30 with endorsement, and disqualified from driving for 12 months at Clitheroe Magistrates Court, when he pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood or urine. '’. ■


that Donald Whittaker. 23 of Hcnthorn Road. Clitheroe. was followed by police alter lie


Inspector T. J. Sumner said


drove from the entrance to Whallcy Golf Club, and along Accrington Road in the direc­ tion of Portfield Bar.


STOPPED


drove with his nearside wheels on the kerb for. several feet. He continued along Portfield Lane, veering from side to side, and taking bends incorrectly, on one occasion causing an ap­ proaching car to swerve to avoid a collision. He was stopped by police,


As he left the golf, club, he


he said. "No, you are getting nothing”. •


in court. Whittaker had nothing to say /


Refusing to give a specimen, . :•


Clithcroc'Advertiser and Times, December 10,1071 7


LADIES’ KNITWEAR FOR ALL OCCASIONS ^ TRICEL, COURTELLE, ACRILAN or WOOL


CLASSIC STYLES or LONG-LINE


Junipers — Cardigans Blouses—Stocks-—Skirts


■ Trouser Suits ■ — Dresses Two-piece Suits


Nighties----Bed Jackets — Dressing gowns


, IM I , — Pyjamas PLUS—A wide range of novelty packs— .


Boxed handkerchiefs, Ladics’-Gcnt’s Aprons, Pinnarcltes, Scarves, Hcadsquarcs, Stockings, Tights. Boxed Towels, Pillow Cases, Settee Sets etc.


TOWELS— SHEETS—BLANKETS—QUILTS


WE HAVE GIFTS TO SUIT EVERY AGE AND POCKET Last orders for your new Christmas curtains


Saving trees


and told he was being given a breath test. He replied, "O.K.; I have not been drinking”. The breath test proved positive; however, as did another one at Great Harwood police station.


PRESERVATION ORDERS for trees in Chatburn and Wis- well have been made by Clith- croc Rural Council. The trees arc on the North


side of Clitheroe Road and the west of' Ribblc Lane, Chat- burn. and those in the parish of Wisweli.


QUESTIONNAIRE TO FIND OUT


Where to eat where to ciooT> *


THE Clitheroe Advertiser and Times is cooperating with the local Chamber of


out the circulation area of tile Advertiser and Times but it is impossible for us to send forms to all of them: we-just cannot be expected to know all their names and addresses. But at the same tinie we would not like anyone to feel that they have


sed Victuallers’ Association. duly


“But anyone who has- not already received a form should fill ill the one in to-day s miner. The questions posed'arc identical with those on our printed form .


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Advertiser and Times tying-in with proposals to encourage tourism pointed to a wide-range of catering establishments—it’s just knowing.where to find them.


.................There will be no charge for copies, of .the register and each member of IIil Chamber


The Chamber is hoping to be able to rectify this. Prom the results of the survey a comprehensive register will be lompilcd.


will have a supply in their shop so they can be given out to anyone™"k'"f, '"Xvherc else Copies will also be mailable at the Town Hall and public library and anywhere


It is not yet knowii what form the register will take or how the replies will ue useo. It could be a printed sheet or it might be a small booklet.


where people might ask about meals or places to stay. .• ,:m i,c used.


ever, any business establishment in the register will not have to pay for its name being in eluded.


§UE¥EY VON’: CATEESIf © AM© AC€©MM@©AT1@M


Trading name ................................................... ........... ............... •••••••........................ Address '■................................... .................. ............................................. ........................ Name of pcrson(s) in chaigc . v . . ; . . . ..... .............................................. ••


Type of eslabiishmenl. Hofei


..................................] Please answer


Boarding house ......................J section one. ■Snack bar .............................j


Cafe .......................... Please answer j sccjjon (W0, Fish and chip shop ......... Please answer section three.


Section one: Do you have: A licence to serve drinks. Full...... . With meals only.......... Bedrooms available—number.............. Beds.............. Residents’ lounge .............. TV ..............


Do you provide: For residents, full hoard .............. breakfast only .............. evening meal and breakfast only ................... For non-residents, lunch .............. afternoon tea ............... dinner .............. tca/coffec without food .............. sandwiches ..............


Average price of full lunch .................. Average price of bed and breakfast ..... ............ Is your accommodation booked 100 per cent .......... .


75 per cent .................. 50 pfcr cent .................. less ..................


I Section two: Number of seats


Do you serve lea/coffce without food


lunch In the latter event, there will be advertising to help pay■ f « « eprinting How_ nrintin_ Ho,v.


from farmhouse teas-to banqiicts; from lied and breakfast for one to t.rst-elass hotel acco- mmodation,” says Mr. Kilncr.


,Jkc lo 'in'clode hs many establishments as possible supplying anything 1 . .


Defeat with honour


area final. Clitheroe got away to a very good start taking a lead of over 100 points in the first 15 minutes of the 50 minutes quiz but by half-time Knowl­ dalc had fought- back to lead by 410 points to 305 points. Both teams scored freely in the second half but Clitheroe were never able to reduce the deficit. Represented by Jeff Smith,


Club were knocked out of the Castrol Motor Club Quiz at Rochdale when they were de­ feated by Knowldalc Car Club by 735 pts. to 635 pts. in the second round in the Lancashire region. Playing against one of the teams favourite to reach the


Clitheroe and District Motor


Cyril Bolton and John Bailey, Clitheroe were the first serious opposition that Knowldalc had met and were the first team to come within 100 points of them in any quiz in the last two vears.-


HELPED AT SCHOOL


A former school meals assistant at St. James’s CE School, Mrs. Minnie Hayhurst- of West View, Clitheroe, died in Blackburn Royal Infirmary. Mrs. Hayhurst. who had been


in failing health for the past eight years, was taken seriously ill three weeks ago. She was 68. A native of Clitheroe, she


Trade in a survey of catering and accommodation facilities in the area. In charge of the survey is Mr. T. .1. B. Kiiner. chairman of the Chambers Civic Affairs Committee, who says: “We would: like the survey to include establishments through­


bccn ' “We"have therefore sent about 100 questionnaires to members of the Chamber, which covers a fivc-milc-radius of Clitheroe, and to members of the Clitheroe and district Licen­


The Chamber decided to carry out the survey as a follow-up to one K conducted m fildlilk. , „ ul subsequent correspondence in the


To aw>« . , .


There’s more to a honey bee than a sting r


VERY few people know what honey bees look like, com­ mented Mr. J. Armistead, of Colne, when he spoke to mem­ bers of the Clitheroe and district Probus Club at the Starkic Arms Hotel, on Friday, on bee keeping. They al- i ways thought of bees in relation to honey, bees with sting and swarms.


was simply.sugar.but in a differ­ ent form to sugar used in tea. To survive a bee needed honey and pollen. They' lived in a colony, or stock, and would only sting in protection of their colony. At this time of the year there


Honey, said Mr. Armistead, TOM YOUNGERS LTD.


Christmas gifts, general items, used and new clothes for child­ ren under five years of age, handkerchiefs and Christmas wrapping paper. There was a tombola and a


a Christmas tree with presents for children. Coffee and mince pies were served. The stalls offered cakes,


THE Whallcy Circle of the King George’s Fund for Sailors again held a successful coffee morning and evening, the 13th annual effort which always takes place shortly before Christmas. It was held in the Conference House at Whallcy Abbey. There were several stalls and


competition for a Christmas hamper. Among those that at­ tended were the founder secre­ tary of the Whallcy Circle, Mrs. B. Turner, of Windermere and formerly of Whallcy, and Mrs. Dorothy Poltock, the area


left of the photograph at the tombola stall with, from left to right, Mrs. Poltock, Mrs. J. Haslam, of Whallcy. the secre­ tary of the Whalley Circle, Miss K. Sharpies, of Wisweli, chairman, and Mrs. K. Hay- dock, a member of the com­ mittee. The sum of £240 was raised for the Fund by the event.


secretary. Mrs. Turner is shown on the


Council will not sell


reported two official requests from Chatburn residents asking the council to reconsider their attitude but it was felt that the number of council bouses did not justify selling any of them. Difficulties were envisaged if houses were sold on a piecemeal basis. The council has 200 houses, most of them in Whallcy and Chatburn.


Housing Committee have re­ affirmed their policy of not selling houses. The clerk, Mr. W. Alan Butt,


Clitheroe Rural Council Parlez-vous ?


TWO'local children will soon be learning to speak and sing in French for their parts in “South Pacific”; to be prC' sented in Clitheroe. in Feb­ ruary. Gregory Mctcaif. aged 12,


LEWIS THE FAMILY BUTCHER


J * Best Quality Meats * Fresli Farm Eggs


i | * Sausage and Poultry jpNEW ZEALAND LAMB


Sts M FULL LAMB 16lp per lb.


U HALF LAMB 18p per lb.


^ Cut up and jointed as required jgff just right for your deep freeze SHOP DEEP FREEZE and SAVE ON :


Vegetables, Peaches, Potato Croquettes, Wimberry, Fruit and Fish, Sliced |p3t Apples, Fruit Salads, Raspberries, Melon Balls, Baby Carrots, Gooseberries, j§p»[ Grapefruit, Green Beans. And a host of others in our shop NOW |;|w


of Angerham House, Higher Hodder. near Clitheroe. and Jane Dobson, aged 10, of Somerset Avenue. Clitheroe, have-been chosen to play two half-Tonkinese children in the production by the Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society.


"WHY NOT GET YOUR OWN DEEP FREEZE MODEL IN YOUR HOME NOW. ENQUIRIES WELCOME. NO OBLIGATIONS


*111111111 Hi hi n n i n n in ir 1 1 ACCRINGTON ROAD, WHALLEY.


would be some 15.000 bees and a queen in a hive with little movement apart from feeding. About April or May, accord­


working was during a spell of cold weather. During the sum­ mer the queen bee was continu­ ally laying eggs and the hive population increased to 40,000 50,000 bees. The queen bees were produced by a unique method. From the eggs pro­ duced by a queen, 20 or so were selected by the bees and fed with a special food which pro­ duced queen bees.


ing to weather conditions, the bees would come out and start working and during the summer months will work each day from dawn to dusk. The only time they were not


NECTAR


a hive during a storm or in the evening. During June, July and August they had to pro­ duce sufficient honey to keep themselves until the following May and provide some for their keeper. In a reasonable summer a keeper would get 30 to 40 lbs. of honey from each hive and would have to leave 40 lbs. in each hive for the bees to feed on until the following May. In a very, bad season he


not know their keepers any more than anyone else, al­ though they were in contact with them regularly. It was better not to disturb


Mr. Armistead said bees did


attended the Old National School, and worked as a weaver, before becoming an em­ ployee of Trutex, at Waterloo Clitheroe. She was a member of the Clitheroe branch of the Women’s Unionist Association. Her husband, Mr, Thomas


Do you have a licence lo serve drinks afternoon tea .......... high tea ..........


............... sandwiches ......... ........


What are your opening hours ............................. what days Do you have toilets for customers ............. .


,


Average cost of full lunch ...................... Section three:


Do you have cafe accommodation .............. number of scats If so, what days is cafe open for: lunch ......... .......................... .


supper Do you"provide hot'.drinks ............ ■ bread and-butter sweet


Do you have toilets for customers ............. .......V Any extra facililics offered ...................... ............ ........................................... .


| <■■ -• '-Send your completed form to: Mr. T. J. B Kllner,:e/o Thco’s, York Street. Clitheroe, j 1 and mark the envelope “Survey” in top left hand corner.


’£■ ... J lea


Council accept new idea


■after April 1st next year, were ■ accepted by Clitheroe Rural Council's highway committee. . The proposals, arc for the


PLANS for re-organisation of the road safety service, under which the county council would take over responsibility for- it


county, to be devided into 15 areas, each with three road safety regions.. Some .members of the council said they were puzzled by the illogical area:in which Clitheroe was to be in­ cluded. — Longridge, Oswald- twistle. Blackburn Rural and Darwen .would _ be among dis­ tricts included' with ClitHcroc Borough and Rural district.


Hayhurst, was a sapper killed during the second World War. Mrs. Hayhurst leaves a sister,


dinner


Mrs. Annie Waites, two- nieces and a nephew, all resident in Clitheroe. Cremation was-prcccdcd by a


Telephone 3228 j j


BLACKBURN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED CLITHEROE DISTRICT


FURNISHING DEPARTMENT


SHOP EARLY tor CHRISTMAS BARGAINS


Gifts that remind every recipient of your good taste—what nicer gift for the home than these awaiting your selection—


STAINLESS STEEL MAGAZINE RACKS DIVAN BEDS BEDROOM SUITES DINING SUITES 3-PIECE SUITES CARD TABLES POUFFEES


RUGS (Assorted Colours)


BEDSIDE RUGS CARPETS (All Sizes and Patterns)


might not only have no honey but have to provide it to keep the bees alive over winter. It took four times the amount of nectar to produce the' same amount of honey so one could appreciate the amount of nectar, obtained to produce 80 lbs. of honey in the hive. From a section of hive he ex­


hibited, Mr. Armistead ex­ plained how the comb was made and the honey extracted. He also gave details of the swarm ing of bees. Mr. F. Hope (Chipping),


service at • Plcasington; conduc­ ted by the Rev. J. C. Hudson, vicar of Clitheroe. ■


CROCKERY SMOKERS’ STANDS TABLE MATS TEA TROLLEYS GENT’S WATCHES LADIES’ WATCHES


sided over1 52 members and introduced a new member— Mr. J. L. McKee, Pendleton. Mr. Morgan said, along with other committee members, he was helping to form a Probus Club at Colne


thanked Mr. Armistead, Mr. Emrys T. ’ Morgan pre­


ALARM CLOCKS TRAVEL ALARMS CIGARETTE LIGHTERS BATHROOM SCALES


KITCHEN SCALES PYREX WARE ASSORTED PANS


_Dccember 17th when Professor "Eric Lees, the son of a member , and .university professor, will


The next meeting will be on


speak on biology of food: and food production.


£5 each to the Mayor’s Welfare Fund and the; local Salvation Army, ,


The Probus Club is donatlnjg CLEARWAYS


Clitheroe Rural Council highways committee has agreed to proposals for two roads to become clearways. The roads are the Whalley


lights. .


easterly by-pass, at present under construction, and the Whalley to Accrington road as’ far' as'Portfield Bar traffic


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COPPER WARE BRASS WARE WHEEL SHOPPERS CHEESE BOARDS VACUUM FLASKS MINI UASTORS . BATH MATS. EWBANK SWEEPERS WASTE BINS BOOK CASES BUREAUX FIRESIDE CHAIRS NESTS OF TABLES SEWING MACHINES BREAD BOARDS and KNIVES


ELECTRIC SEWING MACHINES


“NEW HOME List £45.00. — OUR PRICE £36.00 “ NEW HOME”.


OUR PRICE £28.95


FRISTER ROSSMAN. List £44.50. OUR PRICE £39.95 FRISTER ROSSMAN. List £56.00. OUR PRICE £49.95


DOOR MATS (All Colours)


RUBBER PILLOWS SIRROM OTTOMANS


DECORATIVE MIRRORS


PLAIN and BEVELLED MIRRORS


PICTURES SHOPPING BAGS VARIOUS COMPANION SETS ,


COAL BOXES BATHROOM CABINETS


TV STOOLS


ALI-BA-BA BASKETS ....... £3.25 KITCHEN SET (Table & 4 Chairs) List Price £27.20.' OUR PRICE £22.25 KITCHEN SET. OUR PRICE £33.70 KITCHEN SET. OUR PRICE £28.50 DRESSING TABLE MIRRORS 45p 2 only Colibri Tabic Lighters £4.85 2 only Ronson. Table Lighters £4.65


BARGAIN—126 SF. CAMERA CARTRIDGE LOADING £3.75 SHOP AT THE C O o AND SAVE MONEY


9, CASTLEGATE, CLITHEROE


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