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.phony Orchestra. The quartet: has broadcast on many occa-i - 5'?ns, and Maurice Brett, its


rounder, on violin, is sub-leader orchestra. .


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the BBC Northern Ireland Or­ chestra .while Peter Lewis on


His. wife Audrey;.who also 11’ was -sub-leader of


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youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. McNally, of Siddows Avenue, Clithcroe, was married to Mr. John Peel at St. Michael


Joseph Lucas, was given away by her father. She wore a full- length gown of gold satin, covered by a iacc coat in pale primrose, forming a train. Her shoulder-length veil in pale primrose, matching the lace coat,, was secured by a single


machinist at Fortress Furniture, is the twin son of Mrs. D. Sut­ cliffe, of Wcllgatc, and the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. E. Peel, of Whallcy Road, Clith­ croc.. The bride, a spot welder with


and St. John’s Church, Clith­ croc, on Saturday. The bridegroom, a wood


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by Fr. John Pearson, and the organist was Mrs. Helen Cromp­ ton. A reception was held at the Buck Jnn, Clitheroe. Mr. and Mrs. Peel's home is in Faraday Avenue, Clitheroc. Photo by E. Harrison. Clith­


lary, the bridegroom's cousin, and Mr. Robert Peel, the bride­ groom’s brother, was a grooms­ man. The ushers were Mr. Philip and Mr. David Tomlinson, the bride’s nephews, and Mr. Tony Peel, the bridegroom’s cousin. The ceremony was performed


Clark, wore a full-length tur­ quoise satin dress, trimmed with white ffowers round, the hem and edge of the sleeves. She car­ ried a bouquet of mixed frccsia.. Best man was Mr. David Hil­


gold rose. She carried red roses and gold frccsia. The bridesmaid, Miss Patsy


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the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, before taking up his present oppointment. John Boyce, cello, who is responsi- ble for bringing the quartet to


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cation Officer, and Mrs. Boyce who hve at Gateway House.


^or seven, years at


. .It will be provided by’:th'e: Oltn String Quartet*who arctall •members of the B.B.C. i’Symr.


church will niake'a superb set­ ting tor an instrumental concert in, early December of a quality rarely .heard ,jn the village.- !'i


Whallcy’s 13th century parish


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them. Mr. Gd


t o vlj,aSc ls the son of Mr. the County Edu­


, After studying in both Lon­ don and Paris. Mr. Boyce be­


came sub-leader with the Sad- lers Wells orchestra until he joined the BBC in 1966.


by a buffet supper in the Whal­ lcy school provided by the De­ partment of Catering -at the


The concert will be followed


Further Education and the'en- tiro proceeds will go towards the


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church organ restoration fund. ■ In addition to his musical in­


Ills work will be featured in the gallery of the new Whalley library throughout December. Tt is anticipated that the con­


terests, Mr. Boyce is a talented artist who has exhibited in the principal cities and at the Royal Fesival Hall and a display of


cert will attract lovers of top- class music from over a very wide area.


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THE annual St. James’s Church autumn fayre on Saturday raised £564 and was attended by about 400 people, an in­ crease in numbers on last year’s attendance. The proceeds will go towards


Mrs. M. J. Prosser, of Chat- burn.


Afternoon teas were served and there were many stalls


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McCLUSKEY— YOUNGS


Youngs, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie William Youngs, of Meadowside, Grindleton, was married, at ..‘.Clithcroc' Register Office to Mr; James Albert Mc- Cluskcy,. of King Lane, Clith­ croc. . The bridegroom, who is em­ ployed. by Ribblc Cement Ltd.,


Miss Teresa Anne J u n e


and the late Mr. Janies McClus- kcy. The bride, a State Registered


is the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Cluskcy, of Hackney, London,


Kim Humphreys, the bride­ groom’s niece, Miss Ruth Eliza­ beth McCluskey, the bride­ groom’s daughter, and Miss Wendy Youngs, the bride’s cousin. They wore Empire-line dresses of deep mauve venus satin, trimmed with white velvet, and white velvet capes. In their hair they had pink and mauve ribbons, and they carried posies of mauve, white and pink ane­ mones trimmed with white rib­ bon.


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OSBALDESTON A honeymoon in London fol­


lowed the wedding of Miss Mary Christine Osbaldeston. a


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, supervisor of production con­ trol at Triilex Ltd.. Grindlcton, and second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Osbaldeston, of Bank House, King Street, Clith­ eroe. •The bridegroom was Mr.


Paul Nester, a foreman with Bowkcr Bros. Ltd., and only son of Mrs. Ziolkowski, of Primrose Street, Clithcroc.


the ceremony at SS Michael and John’s Church. Mrs. W. K. Crompton was organist.


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the bride wore a full-length white crepe gown with a hood attached and she carried a spray of white rosebuds, car­ nations and freesia.


Given away by her father,


Carole Anne Ashworth and bridesmaid was Miss Dorothy Clare Osbaldcston, bride’s sis­ ter.


Matron of honour was Mrs.


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best man. and Mr. Michael Hall was groomsman. Usher was Mr. Peter Osbaldeston.


Asshelon Arms Hotel, Down- ham. The couple will live in Pimlico Road, Clithcroc.


A reception was held at the Mr.' Leonard Aspinwall was They wore full-length flow­ Father F. Hannan performed


Edisford Bridge Inn, Clitheroc. After a honeymoon in York, the couple will live in King Lane, Clithcroc. Photo by L. W. Youngs,


Grindlcton.


Fell, of London, , and the usher was Mr. David. Jackson, of Meadowside, Grindleton, A reception was held at the


The best man was Mr. Paul


Nurse, who trained at Hackney General Hospital. London, was given away by her father. She wore a full-length gown of pale pink venus satin, trimmed with white guipure lace daisies, and with a satin frill round the hem and train. Her waist-length veil was held in place with a guipure lace and pearl headdress, and she carried pink roses and chin- chcrinchec. The bridesmaids were Mis:


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DEVELOPERS MUST PUT LIGHTING ON ESTATES


WHEN housing estates arc built in Clitheroe the develop­ ers will have to install street lighting to the requirements of the Corporation.


street lighting as well as rpads and sewers was the practice of most local authorities. At the moment there were two moder­ ately sized housing estates and three small areas of develop­ ment and unless the committee decided otherwise it would cost the Corporation £3,000 for street lighting.


town council's public works committee after considering' re­ commendations by the Borough Engineer, Mr. John Bowness. He said, that the inclusion of


This was decided by the


When Coun.. John Troop asked whether the street light ing columns on side roads could not be more in keeping with present day developments, Mr. Bowness said it was a question of economics.


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efficient and economical light source. Coun. Troop said he was


columns were not attractive, but they were sound, and sodium lanterns were the most


He agreed that some of the


.columns.” Coun. Troop then mentioned


concerned about the design of the columns: they were so out of keeping in some areas, to which Mr. Bowncss replied: “We use standard concrete


the problems sometimes caused by the positioning of lamps. Was it not possible to tell


WRVS area organiser


the WRVS is Mrs. Beryl Cas­ sidy. of Hill House. Dc Lacey Street, Clitheroe. She has taken over the post from Mis. N. Steiger, of Pinder Close, Wad- dington.


The new area organiser for


tive Annual Ball will be held on Friday; February 11th 1972 at the Stirk House Hotel, Gis- burn.


Clitheroe Division Conserva­


householders in advance where lamps were to be sited?


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reason why it would be best if developers were made respon­ sible for the installation of street lighting. They would probably take much more care in siting garage entrances. The committee decided to


Mr. Bowncss: “That is one


take no action on a request for a light to be installed at the rear of St. Paul's Street..


the new day school extension and the church funds. The fayre was opened by


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the youngsters who attended the event, looking at the young people’s stall, manned by, from the left. Joanne Ncdeljkovic, Alan Marsden and Sheila Wal­ lace,


Crossed white lines


A SCHOOLTEACHER', Miss Phyllis Bowker, of Hcnthorn Road, Clithcroc, was fined £6 with endorsement at Clithcroc Magistrates’ Court when she pleaded guilty to failing to con form to double white lines on the Whalley-Clitheroe by-pass


that Miss Bowkcr was stopped by police after overtaking three vehicles near the Mitton road bridge, and in doing, so had crossed the lines.


Inspector T. J. Summer said


that as she pulled out to over­ take tile lorries they had closed up, and she had thought it safer to continue past all three, She had not been able to see the lines, as they were masked .by the lorries.


In a letter. Miss Bowker said


ARMCHAIR TOUR OF ANCIENT BUILDINGS


SAMLESBURY Hall, a fine half-timbered building built in 1328, was of most-unusual architecture for this part of the country, observed Colne historian, Mr. Alan Exley, when he continued his talk on local historic buildings to members of the Clitheroe and district Probus Club.. From 1328 to 1678 it was


famous entry gates and fine yew tree in the courtyard, said to be 1900 years old. was built in 1081 by the de Rom- Icy family and later occupied by Sir John Mallory.


Friends of Samlesbury Hall. Skipton Castle, with the


ing in the locality is Broughton Hall, East Marton, built in 1597 and lived in by the Tempest family—one of the leading Roman Catholjcs in the dis­ trict—for many years. It was extended by the Tempests in 1S35 when it was refurnished by Giilows of Lancaster—now Waring and Gillows—and contains the finest collection of furnishings carried out by this firm.


Another fine historic build­


burn said Mr. Exlcy, was built in the 16lh century by the Gledstone family as a manor house and enlarged in the 17th century. It was bought by Sir Amos Nelson and rebuilt in 1920 being the last of this type to be built in, the country, and is noted for its very fine


Gledstone Hall, near Gis-


the home of the Southworth family and was renovated in the 17th and 19th century by the Harrison family and is now used as a museum by the


today, Mr. E. T. Morgan of Slaidburn, the chairman, and a former first class football referee, will speak “In defence of the football referee.’,’


I am not, I regret to say a particularly athletic per­ son. Possibly I should be


never achieve fame by scal­ ing unscaleable heights or by climbing the north face (or is it the south face?) of the Eiger in record time.


by jove, it will be the. very last time!) I attempted to paint the.


rtan to mile than to perform, either of the two aforementioned for. let the truth conic out mere contemplation of any height more than 10 feet from terra firma docs quite unmen­ tionable things to my abdomen and lower intestine. Why the very last-.time (and


on gutters and downspouts and if l happened for a moment to glance along the street, 1. in­ variably saw our local undcr-


exterior of No. 7 I-finished-up ■1 method of netting the fruit be- - been more delighted with with more paint on myself than fore certain more agile, but discovery when the apple


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household steps and garnered in nil: the' available fruit, -but al­ ways -the largest,' .roundest, rosiest apples were just beyond my grasp. The upper • branches were not strong enough, to sup- , Port a ladder and if.became. imperative ‘ that I devise some


ffmt? unauthorised, young Jier-


sons did the job for me . in : the still, silent watches, of ;the night. -


LAMP-LIGHTER’S POLE COMES IN USEFUL


ashamed at this confession but, shameful or not, the fact remains that I shall ■


Whalley window


to become:: the) first'- sexagena-starlin® ■'am^Scbirds^-quite ; ^ r'am |F h g h ( ^ break the' four'minute ’ decimated3^ K . I was .V";“


Indeed, I.am .far. more, likely our one-tree orchard before the decimated the harvest,


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taker there, rubbing his hands in gleeful anticipation. Thus, when it became neces­ sary to gather the apples from


the problem by bashing vig­ orously at the branches with a clothes prop but this action, whilst effective in bringing down the apples, did little good to cither tree or clothes prop and the fruit was invariably badly bruised and dented.


In previous years I had solved


a brainwave (this kind of thing happens to me occasionally). I remembered that tucked away in a corner of my shed, in four neat, interlocking sections, was


Then, quite: suddenly, I had


.something of a dilemma. The.. official whose duty it, was to thegas cach:mdivi-


little metal gadget at the end fitted snugly around the neck of :each apple, .a-gentle tweak and down, the fruit came. ’.I: shouted “Eureka”. Even Sir Isaac Newton could not have his


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on his head than I was when the ,first fruits, of my ingenuity beamed up at "me from the heart of a succulent apple pic.


fell . It-was.ideal for the job. The


ories wire revived for me at a party the other night when the conversation turned to the early days of radio, and, in particular, to crystal sets—some­ thing of which today's young­ sters, walking round with the inevitable transistor tucked under their arms, have prob­ ably never heard.


the household back yard hold­ ing a length of aerial wire at arm’s stretch whilst her father


A lady recalled standing in with cats whisker ,


not get away from radio and television these days. Passing through Great Harwood on tlie ’bus yesterday, I glanced out of the window . and there was Coronation- Street.- Two seconds later I . looked up again. We were' passing Arthur Street!


she was properly insulated, she was required to stand precar­ iously with her feet on one each of two. two pound jam jars. What a lovely picture it con­ jured up. But tiler- vop arc. One can­


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the Probus Club was going to be allowed to join the group contributory scheme in con­ nection with the Clitheroe Physiotherapy Centre and he hoped that as many members as possible would join and take advantage of the scheme. At the next meeting a week


sided over 51 members and introduced'four new members —Mr. D. Mullinder (Clitheroc), Mr. E. Haworth (Wadding- ton). Mr. W. Oldroyd (Acc­ rington). and . Mr. G. W. Anderton, (Clitheroe). Mr. Morgan announced that


voiced by F. Park, Whalley, who commented on the excel­ lent sketches prepared by the speaker. Mr. Emrys T. Morgan pre­


Church, Ribchcster, was slight­ ly older than Clitheroe Castle. Other historic buildings men­ tioned by the speaker were Wycollar Hall, Colne,—the oldest in the district; Spencers Cottage, Burnley; St. Bar­ tholomew’s Church, Colne and Emmott Hall, Colne. Thanks to Mr. Exlcy were


wrought iron gates. Mr. Exley agreed that Stydd


made by mmebers of the church. Photographed arc some of


selling a variety of articles in eluding plants, preserves, cakes, hardware, fancy goods, vege tables and blankets and sheets Many of the articles werfc


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SHELTERED HOMES NEEDED FOR AGED, SAYS COUNCILLOR


IT is a scandal that Clithcroe should drag behind other towns of a similar size, character and population in the provision of sheltered accommodation for the aged, Coun.


health and housing committee of the town council Coun. Akker declared: “This commit­ tee should seriously consider sheltered accommodation.” Chester Avenue, he said, was an ideal site in many respects: it was near enough to the shops and the proposed health centre.


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gested -HayhUrst Street as a suitable site but Coun. Akker disagreed. Coun. Ainsworth commented that the land on Hayhurst Street had been dere­ lict for four years and had cost the council £20,000.


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elderly people requiring: single . accommodation compared with about 30 who needed family dwellings. Coun. Ainsworth . stressed


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ted that la!nd everywhere was becoming more and more at a premium. “We have got to be sensible about this and at some time utilise land to the maxi­ mum.”


single accommodation should be built with older people living on the ground-floor. He added that the site on Hayhurst Street was not very


He suggested that two-storey


agreed with Coun. Ainsworth about bungalows. “I am very, very keen on this. I would like to see a scheme, wherever it is, where the accommodation is like Castle View. 1 think the bungalows are excellent.” Coun. J. R, Todd commen­


that a simple type of accom­ modation was needed, such as the bungalows which had been built in Castle View. “When people get old, they cannot manage stairs,” he said. Aid. C. F. Buckingham


committee thinks seriously about using Chester Avenue for sheltered accommodation,” Coun. Akker stressed. Goun.- R. P; Ainsworth sug­


a site at Low Moor Coun. Akker said this still had to be planned; . “It is a necessity that this


Referring to comments about


Derek Akker told Clitheroe council members. At the meeting of the public large but it was “precious”. He


urged the committee to go for the maximum utilisation, of the


the Borough Engineer be asked to compile alternative schemes for the vacant site on Hayhurst Street and find out the best way of developing the site after tlic building line had been fixed.


LEGION SCHEME


Moore, told the committee about a scheme set up within the British Legion for provid­ ing accommodation fo r , cx- scrviccmen or their dependents who were elderly and infirm. “I personally think it is.well


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Legion financed the scheme, •borrowing money .from • the. Government, and then bonds . were issued to the public. Such schemes, were already


worth investigating.” He explained that the British


■and representatives of the social services such as doctors. Primarily, the accommoda­


thought it was an excellent idea and the committee decided to invite a representative of the British Legion to meet the com­ mittee and explain the scheme fully.


by Whalley Women’s Unionist Association in the Stanley Room, Whallcy.


An autumn jumble sale held


cover only Ciithcroe and it- would have a warden, similar to Castieford. Coun. Ainsworth said he


tion would .be ■ for ; ex-servicc personnel or their dependents but if there were insufficient numbers of these, then ' other people needing acconimodation would be considered on merit, Initially, the scheme would


under way in -Padiham and Preston. The management of such schemes was through a committee of council members


that he thought they should go ahead with the sheltered ac­ commodation in Chester Avenue. The committee decided that


land available. Aid. C. Chatburn commented


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master oq Grammar': point in annual spel day. He said: I


Clitlieroe “the acadel established! eroe secorf continue asl the tcchnicl xton-acadenl


established T School, together t | high schol junior higll


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