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euturo Scout ;iy ioitrodticeci •cops to the ■ing. jrising Scouts uts set out at to the York- Ihe Venture


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,rteeti-yeai’-otd trepid Rangel-


:ed was Alum ie, a tiny vil- lourcc of the


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onditions tba ely to meet imdeiground.


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; Scouts Peter X Dubrowski, d upper Long a soon found much more


ioivn through aal.


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a rather wet all the mem- underground


ir. Bannister’s 3St impressive ■ ;• was pouring ke, preventirig’ upper end of ■ a return trip stream,


inditions were lower Long


id the main lat discretion lart of valour eel Dam Pool, re was tliigh- nture Scout: young Scout.


g Chum cave, ffle Pool” and j the “Dolly - met another ■dders to de­ li Pot; they the surface,


couts and the went farther


a dry clothes and they ivere leroc in time rehearsals at


BANKS— PINCH


THE REV. A. K. BISBROWN oEBciatecl at the wedding of Mr. Colin Banks, and AEss Brenda Pinch in St. Paul’s Church, Low Moor. The bridegroom lives in Albert Street, Low Moor, but his parents are in Australia. A driver, he is the second


son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Banks, o f Menai Road, Woronora, New South Wa.les, Australia. The bride, a cotton operative at Holmes Mill, is the young­ est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Pin ^ , of Union Street, Low Moor, Ciitheroe. Given away by her father,


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the bride wore a full-length gown of white Nottingham lace, over satin, with a full- length train. The front of the .skirt was niched with a diagonrd frill of nylon and the bodice was trimmed with dlamantes. Her shouldei'-length bouf­


fant veil was held in place with a coronet of orange blossom and diamantes. She carried a .shower bouquet of pink -rose.s, lily-cf-the-valley and freesia. Matron of honour was Mrs.


Brenda Swnyne and the two small bridesmaids were Miss' Tracy Symonds and Miss Belinda Sjunonds. The Matron of honour wore


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a full-length dress of lemon crepe with a headdress o f white rases, and carried - a bouquet of mixed freesia. The small bridesmaids wore dresses of white nylon lace; over satin, with white fur capes and headdresses in the form of bonnets of white flow­ ers. They carried pomandei-s o f white carnations and mi.xed freesia. The bridegroom’s brother.


ATr. Roger Banks, was best man. and the bride’s brother. Air. Trevor Pinch, wa.si


groomsman. Air. Philip Cus­ ack acted as usher. After the ceremony, at


which Mrs. A. K. Bisbrown, played the organ, a reception was held at the Edikord Bridge Inn.


A ciitheroe breakdown ser- -ACE HAUL


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vdee was called out -to help when a car driven by Air. A. Alercer, of Cedar Street. Blackburn, I'an off the road In Elker Lane, BiUington, on Tuesday, and got bogged down. No-one was injured.


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1 4/- ishments


FORTY-FOUR TURI^ UP TO WISH FLORENCE HAPPY BIRTHDAY


WHEN Florence Tomlin­ son’s 70th birthday party was postponed for a fort­ night, she had no idea what was in store for her . . . . until 44 members of her family turned up to wish


her a happy birthday. The siiiprise reunion was held on Saturday when mem­


bers of the Tomlinson family, scene of whom had travelled


from London and Kidder­ minster, gathered at Laneside Fami, Chatbum. Mrs. Tom­ linson’s son Ian, who runs a grocery a n d confectioneiy business in York Street, called at his mother's home, in Wood Terrace, to take her for a drive. But when she arrived at


OBTAINED MONEY BY riECEPTION


DECEPTIONS involving cheques were mentioned when William Michael Blow (39), journalist, of no fixed address, appeared in court at Wakefield, West Riding.


Blow admitted 16 offences


and was given a condil-tional discharge for three years. Inspector D. Northrop, pro­


secuting, said tile offences •were entirely out of character. Blow pleaded guilty to


obtaining board and lodgings worth £26 17s 6d at Horburj’, near Wakefield,-w-hen i-t was not in' a position to meet the account, and to obtaining £20 from Air. James Pickup, licen­ see o f Pendle Inn, Barley, by a deception that a cheque would be met. He asked the court to take


into cons'ideiatdon 14 other offences of obtaining money, visiting cards and a car exhaust system by deceptions invol-ving cheques. The otlier offences were


stated to have been . commit­ ted mainly at Nelson and Ciitheroe and to 'involve n total of £128.


NO ACCOUNT Inspector Noi-throp said


Uiat on September 4th las-t year. Blow went to Die Pendle Inn where he -was a re^iiar -visitor and asked the licen- .seo to cash a cheque for £20, which he did. The cheque ivas later retumed fium the bank marked refer to drawer. The licensee put the cheque


in his account some time later, but it was again retur­


ned this time marked ‘no account’. When seen 1^ the police on January 15, Blow admitted o t 'h e r offences Involving cashing cheques in


Yorkshire and LnnoasMre. In a statement Blow said he


had been workmg as a free­ lance journalist earning vir­ tually nothing, but now lie


had amployment with a Wake­ field ne-wspaper he intended to make restitution in full as quickly as possible.


APOLOGISED Blow, a former editor of the


Ciitheroe Advertiser and Times. expressed sincere apologies for his stupid and irresponsible conduct over the past six months.


Inspector Northrop said


Blow paid £10 a week to Ws first wife from whom he was divorced. He had married a second time but proceedings for annulment were pending in the high court.


In court, Blow apologised


and said ho was detennined the offences would not hap­ pen again.


Air. H. Packer, cl-iairman.


said the magistrates had noticed tliat the other offen­ ces Blow asked to be con­ sidered involved roughly £10 a fveek which was the figure he' was having to pay his


first wife. “ It looks as though it has


been a millstone round your neck for a long time,” he told Blow., In addition ■ ito being con­


ditionally discharged. Blow was also ordered to pay £46 17s 6d restitu'Uoii at £3 a week.


CLITHEROE SHOULD ASK FOR


CONSERVATION AREA STATUS - Planning expert


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CLITHEROE and villages such as Whalley, Down- ham, Pendleton and Wis- ■well could benefit from conservations schemes, Mr. Ian Goldl'horpe a member of the LanfxiS'hire County planning department told Clitheroe Area Parish


Councils Committee. Mr. Goldthorpe. a specialist


In his field, aiustrated his talk with colour slides of various ■villages In the county to Indi­ cate what conservation areas


could include. He mentioned the scope of


the Town and Country Plan­ ning Acts 1968 whSch [largely gave discretion t o


l o c a l


authorities. They were asked to designate


areas of special value and qual­ ity In their particular locality, which might be spoUed by some form of development. Requests could come from


Pendleton were examples of suggestions—ChipplnS ,


make ,


^m en the county took the Iniitiative in suggesting > P^- •tioular conservation area mey


consulted the local c®un^- would In turn consult the par-


sh council informally ■before discussions took place. Applications lor conservation


areas were subject to stringent plaiming control and inten­


tions had to be advertised so that tlie public was kept infor­ med.


Mr. Goldthorpe described Downham as a 'Village that had


been “ tcIi cared for over the years”.


IMPROVEMENTS He 'thought that part of


CJlltheroe might well be worth naming as a conservation area,


particularly now that the by­ pass had reduced the amount of traffic through the town. r. Goldthorpe went on; “We


Mr., Goldthorpe went on:


"We want to encourage coun-. ells to make improvements— tree planting, renewing pave­ ments, filling in gaps between buildings, where property had


borough* district and pansh councils and from ■ organdsa- ttons such ns cfivic societies. The epunty


been demolished but -not re­ placed.” ■ Mr. Goldthorpe referred to


draft proposals for CJhipping Conservation Area, recently the subject of a public meeting. It had now been decided to delete a local footpath from the pro­ posals. ■ ' Many conservation a r e a s


would be in village localities where the comity surveyor had set out road, improvement lines


but in Chipping’s case he ivas prepared to abandon them in the proposed conserva-fion area and Mr. Goldthorpe hoped this would also apply in many other parishes.


GENEROUS Mr. Goldthorpe then refen'ed


to improvement grants expres­ sing the hope that 'the local authorities would be generous in areas such as Chipping and Pendleton. Although some buildings may


not meet up to the general standards qualifying for grants it would be better for the local authority to be a little more generous in helpmg to preserve them. County and district councils


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Also displays by: ROY MARLOR, Gent’s Outfitter, of Blackburn, Burnley • and Skipton.


W. H. ODDIE LTD., Bakers and Caterers, of Burnley, Nelson, Colne, Accrington.


had power to make grants to historical buildings In tlie Min­ istry list; to buildings on the provisional list and to other buildings considered worthy of renovation or' restoration. The 1968 Act laid it down that planning consent was nec-


! essary before work was carried out, and if buildings of historic Interest were involved tile pro-


' posals must be submitted to the county planning depart­ ment. , Preservation interests could


also be concerned even where a building was not listed and


' the owner proposed to make alterations.


RONALD KEMP, Photographer, of Accrington. JOYCE SALT LTD*, Wedding Gowns,-of Accrington. BASS CHARRINGTON Wines.


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This is a unique occasion for the MOiitd be brides to have a preview of the layout and facilities at STIRK HOUSE on their wedding day.


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the problems ichich arise and as specialists in this field, we ivill be delighted to help and advise you on all aspects of this occasion.


“ After all, it’s the most important day of your life.”


the farm whea-e she had worked for 20 years, she was amazed to find the family assoaio.ed 10 greet her. After a celebration meal at


the farm, all the relatives crowded into Mrs. Tomlinson’s home to share her birthday cake.’ The cake had been made by


one of Airs. Tomlinson’s daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Nightingale, of St. Chad’s


Avenue, Chatburn. and iced by her husband Brian. The decoration included a largo


figure 70. surrounded by the names of Mrs. Tomlinson’s eight .surviving children, Marj', Nancy, Geoffrey, Elizabeth, Edwin, Edwina, Gordon and Ian. The reunion, arranged by Miss Edwina Tomlinson and


Council opt out of Board


CLITHEROE Rural Council has decided to opt out of the Local Government Training Board, because the council feels it is not getting value for money. Clerk to the council, Mr. W.


Alan. Butt, said the council had paid a levy since the Board’s inception. He added that levies were being increased by 50 per cent from April 1. 'Tl-ie new levy would be £9


15s. per employee and would cost the rural council £274 in-


1972.


Mrs. Nightingale, had been made even more difficult by the present postal strike. Said Airs. Tomlinson: “It


was a veiy nice suiprise. I don’t know how they managed to arrange it all without my knowledge. I have 20 grand­ children a n d three great grandchildren, and I know them all by name. It’s just their blrhdays that I can’t remember” .


Ciitheroe Young


Farmers


AT the weekly meeting of Ciitheroe District YFC, Mr. C. Beck gave a talk illustrated by slides on the proposed Cen­ tral Lancaslilre Nea’ Town. Ian Walmsley and David


Bristol thanked Air. Beck on behailt of the 47 members present.' At the business meeting


that followed Mr. H. White- well presided. He announced that in the 1st round of the aw questions competition scores of the five teams were: Ciitheroe “A” 1305: Ciitheroe "B” 177: Ciitheroe “C” 177i; Ciitheroe “D” 132; Clithei'oe “E” 135. Ciitheroe B and C go into the next round. In the debate, scores -wea-e; Ciitheroe “B” 148. Kirkham “A” 145: Ciitheroe “E” 148, Rochdale 149.


BESPECTACLED Mrs. TomI inson surrounded by the you nger members of her family.


Ciitheroe Advertiser and Times Jahuari/ 29, m l 3


WHALLEY WELCOMES


VISITORS open letter welcoming


•visitors to 'Wihalley has been Witten by Coim. j . H. Fell, chairman of the parish coim- ^ and it will be placed on the council’s new notice board near the District Banik.


The letter suggests that


w y I'isit Whalley’s "ancient Church, and ruined Abbey” and says the -vilJage traders are pleasant.


wallw in t h e sunTounding


^ t r i c t but requests visitors to observe the country code


and also drop no litter in the village. Also to be placed on .the


new notice board is a poster infmming people that there


IS a diai-y of events In the Library. This diary is a ca.lendar of


all tile months and the vari­ ous ca-ganisations are invited on it ■when they are


holding any events so that no


two will occur on the same day. _


Llbra^ for some 'weeks and it ^ being used, but not by all the organisations.


<31ary has been in the there are many nice I


“WHERE has all the traffic gone?” parodied my friend lustily, when T met him in


King Street. The question he warbled so


untimefully w a s ' largely rhetorical, for ho knew and I knew where the trafQc had gone—It was on the by-pass— and extremely pleased about it were all the villagers I encountered. It has been many years


since our main streets have been so quiet—tho torrent of trafiBo to which we' have become accustomed could now be more accurately described os a fairly gentle stream. We are nearer to being a parallel to Goldsmith’s ‘Deserted Vil­ lage’ than for ages past. Witif the coming of -the new


road half a dozen timeworn, but dearly loved looa.', jokes, have died a long overdue death. The one about the sis­ ters who had never met for 20 years because they lived on opposite sides of the street and neither dared venture the hazardous journey to the further pavement is only one example. Mind you, it would be an


exaggeration to claim that overyI;pdy is pleased: the County Council employee 1 had spoken to a day or two earlier was anything but jubi­ lant. “WeJl”. 1 said, ns he paused


in his sweeping and rested his broom for a moment or so. “How do you find things? Has It been any quieter?” He nodded. “Oh aye, it’s bin


quieter” , he answered: “ It’s bin a lot, quieter” . Then he raised his voice a little, “But


Trades Council officers


a t the annual meeting. Clitb- eroD a n d District Trades Council re-elected Mr. H. M. Bullock, tblcnchers and dversl as president. Mr. C. H. B. Mitchell was re-elected sec- retar.v-ta’easurer for a 42nd rear, and Mr. James Water- house fhospital emploj'ees) vice-president. Mr. Ha.n7 Pollard (over­


lookers') was elected an audi­ tor for two years and Air. I,ouis H. Allen fwarehquse-


m°nl for one vear. Mr. Mitchell reported that


he had been appointed as the council’s representative for three year.s on the new war pensions committee covering Ciitheroe, Blackburn, Accring­ ton. He represented the coun­ cil on the previous committee


covering a .smaller area. The council decided to


.support the trades union's in their opposition to the Gov­ ernment’s Industrial Rela­


tions Bill. ' Whalley Parish Council has


been given a- panoramic photograph, more than four


feet long, the village and


it is to be hung in the library. ■The photograph was taken for a former railway company.


Whalley window


they’ve done t’OTong thing,


tha knows!” 1 was puzzled. “Why, in


wha.t way? 'What dp mean?” 1 asked him. “Well” , said he “ they’ve


tecken’t traffic out of Wlialley but they’ve put it reight past


my front door!” Apparently, my friend lived


out in the country and the by­ pass has been built in close proximity to his rural retreat and. of course, he had my sympathy


. . Which all soes to prove


that ‘One man’s meat is another man’s poison' and “You can’t please all the people a l l . the time” and a dozen similar proverbs. All the same, the vast


majority of our* villagers are very n'eased indeed and look forward to the completion of the east-wes|., by-pass when


thinrs -will become even more tranquil. Not that we will ever return


to the days when youngsters played with whips and tops on the A.59 ns more than one local resident did in their young days. Hard to believe that less


than 50 year's a*m in Ciith­ eroe (for I am still a bit of a foreigner in Whalley having only been here for 40 years or sol'mv friends and I used to kick a hal! the length of York street, through th" Market Place, dean King Street and across to Parson Lane on our a'nv to the old Weslev School with barely a frown from the police constable on duty. .As the cinema screen stentorl- ouslv proclaimed in the mr’y days of


marches on". To close this week’s


meanderings, here is a Wlial- ley story told me quite recently about a well-known local personality who, long ago. went to join his fathers. Coming do'R’n Judge Brow one night he was concerned


Display of Ipniuisliafle.s


“R.4FPIA and strawplaib work” was the subject of the talk given by Airs. J. Storey to members of the Ciitheroe branch of the Women’s Con­ servative Association. Mrs. Storey displayed lamp­


shades and handbags which had been made in beautiful shades of raffia and she des­ cribed the making of each


item. Raffia had also been used,


to decorate a string shade and a tea cosy. A shopping basket of straw-


plait was greatly admired by the audience: many of whom were inspired to try some of the ideas provided by Mrs.


Storey. A vote of thanks was given


6y the Chairman, Mrs. E. Robinson.


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to hear faint and pitiful cries coming from fihe direetton of the Nab. ' “By gum!" he thought,


“Yoii’s a woman or a <*ild in distress up' fheer” and, being a man of action, decided to do something about it. The spirit of Saint George or Sir Galahad stirred within him and he hurried home, took a lantern and. waving It above his head, scrambled up the steep side of the hill. “ Mek fer f le e ! !” he shouted


stentorioiisljt “Mek fer t’leet!” The plaintive cries contin­


ued but, sad to relate, his gallant efforts' were all in vain. Although our hero searched and called an hour or more no sobbing child or distraught woman sought his aid. It really isn’t


be won­


dered at. The cry of an owl can sound very much like the human voice at times and. although they have lived and mated in the area since time immemorial!, these allegedly highly-intelligent: birds arc not yet fully acqua''nted with a Lancashire accent!


J. F.


Driving removed


A 28-year-old OUtlieroe man successfully applied to Ciith­ eroe magistrates for -the removal“6f a driving disquali­ fication imposed in 1966. Representing David Pilkhig-


ton, of York Street, Mr. John Lumlev said (hat in Novem­ ber, 1966 Mri Pllkington was convicted at Ciitheroe Alagis- trate’s Court of being unfit to drive through drink or


drugs. ■ His five-year disqualification


was due to expire in Novem­


ber, 1971. Mr. Lumley said the pur­


pose of the application was for his client to obtain work on a building site driving earth-moving machinery for which either a ful] or provis­ ional licence was needed for insurance purposes.


, It was added that Mr.


Pilkington had not passed his driving test. •


‘He wants to buckle down


and get a good job and move away from Ciitheroe,” said Mr. Lumley. Chief Supt. Alan Whittle


said he had no objections to the application.


■presiding magistrate Air.


Stanley Westhead in accept­ ing the application, said that Mr. Pilkington must honour his provisional licence implic­ itly.


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