W i l l a f o u r
oi Whalley A b b e y
..an d £ l to spend
. tonr of historic Whalley Abbey in- our easy-to-enter contest. . . . .
THERE are prizes worth £5 to be; won and a guided
Hidden among the advertisements ■ on these two pages, are four words.
' ■ .v1, - \ ,• All yoii have to do is spot them and fill in the
missing.words in a five word , sentence . -----------------OFFER -— - --------
The senders of each of the first five correct entries
Whalley Abbey, for each of the five winners and a companion.
The tour, will take place on the afternoon of Satur-
day, October 9th, conducted by Coun. J. H. Fell, one of the Friends of Whalley Abbey.
The hidden sentence is:
Nsoie. ^ Address .
opened .will be awarded a £1 shopping voucher to-be spent with any of-the. advertisers in this feature. And, as a bonus, there will be-a guided tour of
Variety of old trades
WAY. BACK in the mists of time when the Clerk Hill fortifications were the centre of a primitive .community"., the first craftsmen in our district-would he hunters, men who' tilled the soil, possibly a worker in .metal. The combined talents of these men and their
The men would fashion their own bows and , arrows, the
brothers, wwuld combine to supply the needs of the early villagers.. agricultural pursuits.
womenfolk . make their own pots and cooking utensils, sew together the skins for their rough garments, grind their corn ip a .roughly fashioned stone quern.
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Send .your entry to: Glitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3, King Street, Clitheroc, marked “Abbey” in top left corner,
OPEN DAILY FROM 10 am. district, having , the only sub- . Admission
Adults.'I0’p ■ Children-5p • south; of the County. A S U M O
Dairy Nuts and Rations, Pig and Chick Foods, Hy Energy Chips, Battery Pellets.
■*’ SPECIALIST FEEDS for
* SPECIALIST NEEDS
Discuss Your Individual Feeding Problems with
F. ASHCROFT & SON Ltd LAMB ROE, WHALLEY. Telephone Whalley: 2107 and 2385 ^Kgaaa— stables J O A N
High, Class Provision Dealer
Orders Delivered Daily — Tel: 3121.
. 40 KING STREET, WHALLEY. Ch a n n e l le (Prop J. Ashton)
LADIES HAIR FASHIONS Specialists in
★ STYLING ★ PERMING ★ TINTING
79, KING STREET, WHALLEY. Telephone: 2564
Fashions To Suit all Tastes * FOR THE WAT OUT MISS * FOR THE MODERN MOTHER * FOR THE ELEGANT LADY
ALSO Separates, Lingerie, Hosiery, Handbags, Gloves and Scarves.
* Already we have a LARGE SELECTION of AUTUMN FASHIONS & COCKTAIL WEAR.
Maureen Cookson Telephone 2154
3-5 George Street, Whalley.
[ WHALLEY
Telephone: Whalley 3248 (Day and Night)
Wm. Langshaw & Sons. ------- - L T D . --------- Directors: W. Pollard. R. Chew.................
General Woodworkers, Funeral Undertakers,
Craftsmen in Wood R. CHEW,
91, King Street, Whalley.' Tel: 3248
; Chapel of Rest.
KING STREET, WHALLEY. Established 1864.
F. CROWTHER, 57, Lonsdale Street, Accrington. v
THE BUTTERY
A R C Ski Weekdays 7-30 a.m.- U fp. d r ! Saturday rl0-00 a.m.- Sunday 10-00 a.m.-
KING STREET, WHALLEY. , Tel: 2495. CAR PARK OPPOSITE
When in Whalley quench your fhirsf af fhe
De Lacy Arms
K I N G ST;
R.RE.T. Telephone r .-31,97
CROOKS
GARAGE KING STREET, WHALLEY.
For
★ Car Accessories ★ Cycle Spares ★ Texaco Petrol.
★ Oil . . . • • • • THE VALKYRIE WHALLEY
MOBILE CATERING DIVISION
Provide expert catering services for all Functions from House Dinners to------- Agricultural Shows and Carnivals, Snacks Buffets, Dinners, etc.
For Details Telephone:— Whalley 2370 Rossendalc 5644
JOIN US FOR A DELICIOUS MEAL . . .
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For details of how features can help your business
Phone: CLITHEROE
ADVERTISER 2323
ask for Miss D. Thompson i POLLARD
and FOSTER KING STREET,
WHALLEY, TEL. 3106
PLUMBERS, DECORATORS and PAINTING CONTRACTORS
Container Waste With Our
DISPOSAL SERVICE FOR ALL TRADES .! '. . .
R. RAWCLIFFE LTD. Telephone Great Harwood 2369
READ, NR. BURNLEY.
J. G. Rowland & Company Ltd. 64-66 KING STREET, WHALLEY. Tel: Whalley 3585
Rent or Buy your Colour. T.V. from the EXPERTS.
We can offer you FOUR-different-ways to have your colour T.V.
1. Good discounts for people who want to pay wkH, • 2. Part exchange your old T.V.
3. H.P. terms—20% deposit, balance payable OVCt three years.
4. And why not compare our: rental terms.
WE ALSO OFFER A COMPREHENSIVE REPAIR SERVICE FOR MODERN TELEVISION RE
CEIVERS AND ALSO TRANSISTOR RADIOS. PERSONAL |
SCHOOL OF MOTORING Dual Controlled Cars
RIBBLE VALLEY Door to Door Service VACANCIES AVAILABLE Gitlieroe and Whalley District 7
Apply:—15 Sydney Avenue, Whalley. Tel: Whalley 3164.
High Class Family Butchers
WHOLESALE PRICES QUOTED FOR DEEP FREEZERS
ORDERS DELIVERED.
K E E P CLEAR . . .
L. TAYLOR and SON
1 KING STREET, WHALLEY.
Telephone 3244
Whalle.v Abberv visit one o£tbe m >ost bstoric stantial monastic remains in the
and beautiful places in' the
record of th e crafts of the village until the 13th century, but it is safe to assume that these would follow the pattern of ail similar rural communi ties .at
..the time; woodsmen, husbandmen, labourers in the fields, masons, a miller and, perhaps, a tailor.'
■ There would seem to be. no
stone towers of the abbey began to rise there would be a great influx of craftsmen. Masons, quarrymen, Flemish woodcarvcrs came to the valley (some of their descendants arc in the district still) and later the abbey documents record the employment of fishermen
and a warrener in addition to those engaged in the normal
In the 14th century when the
a cornmill attached to the abbey, although at this stage the probability is that the good brothers themselves carried out much of the labour involved.
get' more definite information. Front his will, still preserved, we know that there was a giovemaker in the village; we know, too, that there was a tanner here, for the testator owed hint money.
much more plentiful. Now there is written evidence that we had carpenters, shoemakers, tailors, for- all this wc glean from the articles of indenture
. number of innkeepers and. a little later, calico printers, for
over the years but in the 18th century the records are much more specific. We learn of weavers (they would be hand- loom weavers), husbandmen, a
for youngsters apprenticed to these varying trades.- A similar pattern continues
Now information becomes From the 17th century on we Wfi know. too. that there was expanding rapidly,
of weavers and spinners, we have never had a cotton mill in the village itself although, in 1851. the Judge Walmstcy mill was creeled fit is believed in a phenomenally short time)
the works at Barrow were now Oddly, despite the number
. . believed to be an artist's impression of the Abbey in its hey-day.
1 FISHING for Friday’s dinner? This ^reproduction is
Barrow, the- farmers for; miles around all despatched their
a valuable source of- informa tion. Wc find here the names of nailmakcrs. bobbin ; turners, drapers, millers, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, a painter, a rope- maker, a Coal dealer, a wood steward and the. professional classes of schoolmasters, cotton manufacturers and surgeons. Recorded too. arc toll-keepers, carriers; innkeepers and coach men.
.station and goods yard the busiest places in tile village. Mills in Sabden. Billington, and Langho,
printworks
hundred, years after, the com ing of the railway made the
From 1S50. on a n d for. a
our very borders. Baine’s Directory of 1S24 is
_ l _ .1 .. iust across the river and on products and produce by rail * ntirl *,tf iimewU ' L.. f _
. proportions of a major indus try- in?the rural district.
HORRIFIED
.. Wright . or a .ropemaker but we have physiotherapists, labora-
;s,.Wc no;longer'have a whect- tpry. technicians and occupa-
era. many of the older trades and professions have gone, but the. building of Calderstones brought to'the district many nurses.' of. cither sex and a dozen -.other trades and crafts men' to; serve and maintain the 'hospital which has assumed the
and.-it wasn’t long before 36 passenger trains and numerous goods trains were stopping at tile- station daily. Today, in' the commuting
tional' therapists. The-' black smiths have gone but wc have several garages, a small foun dry. agricultural engineers arid still weavers, winders, joiners, plumbers, painters and other craftsmen.
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Insemination Centre which, we are prepared to wager, is something the villagers of even 50 years ago would not have contemplated in even t h e wildest of their dreams. And would have been'horri
the minimal unemployment in lie village; Whalley still con tinues to be a very active place.
village bobby, or constable, as wc had a hundred years ago (although rumour says this much-missed asset to tile vil lage may be replaced within the coming months) wc do see lots of constables dashing around in panda cars and endeavouring, sometimes with a degree of futility, to organise our traffic. You .sec, with the building of o u r second by-pass; with
fied if they had! If we no longer have th e
Motor Services
FOR THE EXTRA CARE 1N- CRYPTON TUNING SERVICING WHEEL BALANCING — M.O.T. —
CAN , any readers identify the characters on this pic ture taken outside the old smithy in King Street? The picture was taken pro-1911 when the building was re placed by a bank.
PLAN AHEAD BOOK YOUR NEXT SERVICE NOW . . .
GOOD STOCK OF SPARE PARTS Steering Parts — Fan Belts.
Suspension Parts — Brake Shoes Lockheed and" Girling:'Kits v: - Brake Pipes^tailor-made).,.,
BRAKE DOWN SERVICE TELEPHONE WHALLEY 2226
CRESCENT GARAGE
ACCRINGTON ROAD,-WHALLEY Telephone: Whalley 2226
and our cobblers and inn keepers, with shopkeepers who ply a dozen different trades, a large transport concern, a maternity hospital and the Ministry of Agriculture’s
We still have our cornriiillers E. RONNAN (Whalley) LTD.
HEA'i LNG ENGINEERS and PLUMBERS
3 ACCRINGTON ROAD, WHALLEY, BB69TD
Domestic Heating Specialists Tel: Whalley 3259 ' ^
' Evenings Blackburn 47951 „ Whalley 2555
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