GWWEKOE PUi LIBRARY


SEE THE WOOD WARES C l i t h e r o e No. 4487


THEO WILSON and SONS LTD., 4 and 7 York Street, Clitheroe. Tel. 2688


EDITORIAL TEL. CLITHEROE 2324 ADVERTISING TEL. CLITHEROE 2323 CLASSIFIED TEL. BURNLEY 22331


FRIDAY a n d


BECAUSE of an accident in which she broke an arm and a leg Mrs. Sara Moon


nearly missed going to a golden wedding celebration —which would have been a pity, because it’s her own


golden wedding. Seventy-one-year-old Mrs.


Moon, who lives, with her hus­ band, William (72). in Franklin Street, Clitheroe, fell front a stepladdcr a couple of months ago, and was taken to hospital. After six weeks there, she told the doctor tha t she would have to leave in time for the big day—tomorrow. “ And he agreed—but only because of the golden wedding,” said Mrs. Moon, “ I wasn't going to let a little tiling like that spoil the fun.” So. along with a gathering of


friends and relations the couple will be going to the Dog and Partridge Inn, Tosside, fo r a


A CHASING FOR REBEL


STORTES about dogs worrying livestock are common­ place . . . but seldom does one hear of the boot being on the other foot. Mr. James Wilkinson and his nine-year-old alsation, Rebel, however, found this week that it can happen.


Fencing at the Castle


COMPETITIVE archery and fencing competi tions arc plan­ ned as part of the attractions at the Cast le Fete on Saturday, September 2nd. Coun. William Sharpies,


(Juec-n. bowling competitions and five-a-side football will take place as usual.


Well h i t !


PLAYING at Whal lcy Golf Club on Wednesday. Mrs. .1. Cook holed in one at the short eighth hole.


trophy. Colne Morris Men are being invited to attend along with the customary children's Morris Teams. The crowning of the Fete


chairman of the committee arranging the fete, said it was hoped to of fer a suitable


along a pootpath between Pendleton Road and Whalley Road. Clitheroe. on Wednesday morning, a group of cows sud­ denly set about the unfortunate dog!


F o r while they were walking


Road Clitheroe. described how about five cows at tacked Rebel with their heads. Though he fought them off. and they both ran for safety, the beasts sur­ rounded the dog again before


Mr. Wilkinson, of Chatburn


they could reach a stile. "I t was frightening” , said


One cow probably saw the dog and made a noise and they all came in a bunch. The dog does not seem any worse for the ex­ perience” . Mr. Wilkinson, who is a keen


be on their guard.


Mr . Wilkinson, "f was sure the dog would be killed and I thought they might at tack me”. “We never disturbed them.


T i m e s


TUNE 1,6th, 1972 4p.


A d v e r t i s e r JU N E 18th


GIVE HIM A GIFT FROM OUR EXTENSIVE RANGE TO SUIT ------ ALL TASTES ------


FRED READ & CO. LTD. Tailors & Outfitters


9 MARKET PLACE Tel. CLITHEROE 2562


NOTHING IS GOING TO SPOIL Plan to form SARA’S GREAT DAY


night o u t tomorrow. They chose the Dog and Partridge for a special reason, too. I t was there tha t Mrs. Moon worked when she and her husband first met. “I was employed there as a maid, when the place was known as the ‘Temp­ erance Hotel’,” she recalled.


Fylde Water Board a t the time, and although he was based at Dalehcad, lie worked over a wide area, and often dropped in a t Tosside. Mrs. Moon orig­ inally came from Barrow-in- Furness, however, and they were married there, a t St. George’s Church. Her husband was born a t Barrow Brows Farm, Bolton-by-BowIand, and after his spell with the Water Board, and his war service, lie went back to farming.


Mr. Moon worked for the


in the Clitheroe area, but de­ cided to move into Clitheroe, because they have three


They lived at several farms


daughters, and they thought it would be better for them to be in the town. Apart from her present in­


jury, Mrs. Moon is in very good health, anti well able to look after her own home, while Mr. Moon is remarkably active for his age—his favourite hobby being cycling.


hobby is painting, and the walls of his borne are decorate,) with the results of his artistry'—■ mainly pictures of the York­ shire Dales, an area that lie and


on his bike every week, pro­ vided the weather is fairly good and he thinks nothing of a quick spin to Whitewell, or even further aticIcK His other great


He is out in Pic countryside


Please may we keep our Mayor


GIVE historic towns such as Clitheroe tlicir Mavor and the title o£ ‘borough’.


the right to retain That is the message


which the town has sent to the Department of the Environ­


ment.When reorganisation of local government lakes place in 1974, Chthcroc will be reduced to the role of a parish council under the umbrel la of a new district council. Meanwhile. Ihc Dcpjylmcnt


has asked Cor obst'zVa.yons on the proposal that the terms “ borough” and “borough coun­ cil” must be reserved to the dis­ tricts. In a reasoned statement of


walker but has never encoun­ tered anything quite like this before, warns other people to


some 700 words the Town Council urges the Department to aim for a standard of uni­ formi ty throughout the country which would cause least con­ fusion to the public. If, it is argued, there is not


P R I C E S SLASHED


FRIDGE


PROMOTION IN FULL SWING


Here is y o u r opportunity to purchase a Fridge at a fantastically reduced price. Summer is near. Protect vour food and save on “ H o t weather wastage.”


List


Co-op 3.6 cu. ft. Fridge ............ Co-op 5.0 cu. ft. Fridge ............ Co-op 13.7 cu. ft. Deep Freeze


Elect rolux F'r igidairc F'rigidairc F rigidairc F'rigidairc


Hotpoint 40 Fridge ........... Electrolux RA52 Fridge RFB73 Fridge


Hoover Hoover Hoover Hoover F'nglish G.E.C.


1130 Fridge ...... 1400 F'ridgc ...... 1450 Fridge ...... 1800 Fridge ......


6012B 6022B 6032B 6029B


33 F'ridgc ................ Electric


£58.37 £66.59 £42.14 £44.46 £50.44 £60.44


£4.42 £3.64 £2.64 £2.96 £2.49 £5.49


Fridge Fridge ................


Fridge ................ Fr idge/Freezer 50 Fridge ......


£50.64 £58.72 £68.84 £93.65


Save


£7.69 £9.77 £7.69 £7.70


£32.95 £34.95 £79.00 £42.95 £48.95 £60.95 £85.95 £56.95 £39.95 £41.95 £ 53.95 £62.95 £39.50 £41.50 £47.95 £54.95


Ours


f r e e p ic n ic s e t w h e n y o u b v y a f r ic id a i r e f r id g e


LIMITED OFFER WHILE STOCKS LAST!


BLACKBURN CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY Ltd.


CLITHEROE DISTRICT


IT’S ALL AT THE


NOW E H


One that didn’t get away!


SUCCESS is coming the way of the Commercial Hotel Sea Fishing Club, whose members are now


ly-formed club were not quite as successful as they might have been, thanks mainly to poor weather conditions. But now they have gained in experience —or maybe fishermen’s luck— and sport is looking up. Thei r latest trip, on Sunday,


fishing from the 42 foot boat. ‘Happy Wanderer ’, first caught mackerel, and then using this for bait, went in pursuit of skate and tope. The tope proved elusive, but their total catch comprised 19 skate and 60 mackerel, as well as numerous dog fish and flounders. Best catch of the day fell to


excursion. The 12 members who went,


was a joint outing with Calder- tones Hospital’s Sea Angling Club. Four members from each club visited Whtiby, and despite bad weather an a heavy seas, they landed a total of 2501bs. of lish f rom a mark about five miles out. Among the catch, made from


A new venture of the club


large catches at almost every outing. Early meetings of the recent­


recording


took them to grounds about 15 miles out from Mostyn docks, from where they sailed on the morning tide for a two hour


Has served parish for 25 years


THE high esteem in which the scattered parish of Whitewell holds its Vicar


Alan Mercer, who pulled out four skate, including one of 15 lbs.


was shown ai a gathering at the Whitewell Hotel on Monday when parishioners sprang a surprise presenta­ tion on him to mark 25.


care of the parish—the vicar knows everyone by name—Mr. Reid has cared much about the church fabric and furnishings. Work has included the in­


years devoted service. In addition to the pastoral


the boat ‘Sea View’, were cod and haddock. Commercial Hotel angler.


Pete Allan had a personal catch of some 651bs.. and his heaviest fish was a 71b. cod. Heaviest fish of the day however fell to the Commercial’s secretary. John Billington, (seen in our picture) who landed a 101b. cod. The top catch by a Calder- stones angler w a s 451bs., weighed in by their secretary Bill Pate. Proof of the popularity that


the Commercial’s club is com­ manding is the fact that their next trip, to Whitby on July -2nd,-;i s [al ready;.Iully.:booked.-


stallation of electric lighting, od-fired central heating and, more recently, roof repairs and redecoration at a cost of more than £4,000. Personal contributions by


to be uniformity with all dis­ tricts being designated cither boroughs or district councils— and parish councils arc to be known as such or by some other common description—there ap­ pears to be no reason why an existing borough should not retain its title of borough coun­ cil. and its mayor. This, says Clitheroe. would


the pastime however. “When I was farming there was very little time for anything of that sort,” he explained. Television also helps to pass


his wife are very fond of. He is quite a newcomer to


tend the gathering — Mrs. Moon’s 92-year-old mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison. She lives in Ulplia, Cumberland, and, although she visited her daughter in hospital a few weeks ago, she will not be able to make the trip again just yet.


Having plenty of relatives


the time for the couple. Mrs. Moon’s favourite is ‘Peyton Place’—“ I don't like to miss that if I can help it”, she says— and Mr. Moon is happy to watch almost anything. “ I am not keen on football or cricket,” he says, “ hut I am a great wrestling follower.” Guests of honour at the party-


will be the three daughters. Mrs. Betty Callow, Mrs. Hazel Bleazard and Mrs. Hilda Nixon who all live in Clitheroe, and Mr. and Mrs. Moon's eight


grandchildren. But there’s one important person who will, un ­ fortunately, not be able to at­


H H i f t


near to their home is a great help for the couple, and they can be sure that someone will drop in to sec them every day. And while Mrs. Moon is re­ covering from her accident, one of her daughters is doing the cooking and housework for her —and also the shopping. “That’s just as well because, if l have one criticism of my hus­ band, it's that he has never volunteered to go shopping for me!”


had an easy-going outlook on life. “We have no great phil­ osophies.” explained Mrs. Moon. “We just take life as it comes.”


And the couple have always


Mid-Pennine Tourist Association


BECAUSE of local opposition to the inclusion of the big- neighbour towns of North East Lancashire in the planned Ribble Valley Tourist Association, the idea is to be examined of forming a Mid-Pennine Tourist Association as an alternative.


association could have the same format and constitution as the Mid-Pennine Arts Association for which there is a broad mea­ sure of approval among all local interests. Local authori ties would be


A spokesman said the new


Canadian holiday


able to publicise their own areas and to work with the na­ tional a n d regional tourist


boards but it was hoped that the Mid-Pennine Tourist Asso­ ciation would provide a dyna­ mic force and relate to the North-West Tourist Associa­


tion in the same manner as the Arts Association relates to the regional arts body.


CO-OPERATION


authori ties now approve of tourist promotion in principle and they are urged to form a committee for tourism and leisure. The North West Tourist As­


It is noted that all the local


sociation is shortly to become the North West Tourist Board


and its terms of reference and the Development of Tourism Act 1969 encourage the forming of co-operative groups and as­ sociations to work with local authorities and others for tour ­ ist purposes. The proposal to form a Mid-


for accident victim


FIFTY - FIVE - YEAR - OLD Mr. Edward Parker, whose wife Mar)' was fat­ ally injured in a car crash, will be taking a holiday with It is son in Canada in about a month. Mr. and Mrs. Parker were du to go


since Friday, is making a steady recovery at his home in Eshton Terrace. He at tended his wife’s funeral on Saturday, along with his son Vincent who arrived from Canada in time to be present. Although Vincent must return


there together next week. Mr. Parker, out of hospital


IX FATHER'S DAY


Pennine Tourist Association, made by the Establishment Committee of the Ribble Valley- Tourist Association Working Party, will be considered at a working party meeting next week.


For tlie blind A RECENT flag day in Clith­


eroe in aid of the Royal N a ­ tional Institute for the Blind raised £75.44


to take up a new job that he should have begun the day he left hurriedly for England, his wife Pat. a former Calderstones nurse, will remain with her


father-in-law until a plaster cast is removed from his arm. This week, Mr. Parker spoke


pating a return to work, pos­ sibly next week. Meanwhile his other son. Edmund, has had to go back to his farm duties in Norfolk


appreciatively of the comfort he gained from hospital staff, friends, and patients at Brock- hall Hospital, where he is a finance officer. He is enthusiastically antici­


be no more confusing to the public than to have the wide variations in descriptions of parish councils that arc con templatcd in the draft propos­ als.. Any new local authority


THAT the old-fashioned dip tub still has its attraction for childrcn was very • evident at


The tub was just one of many sideshows and stalls which proved very popular at the


l.ow Moor Methodist Church's garden party.


which incorporates more than one existing council should be designated as a district council and any boroughs that arc ab­ sorbed should have the right to retain their title. Where a town is large enough


man of the district counci would have precedence through­ out the district.


wishes. It is accepted that the chair


to form a district by itself, that town should also be allowed to retain borough status if it so


The only entertainment that could not take place was the donkey rides for children, but all the other stalls and side­ shows went ahead as planned, providing more than adequate


event, even though the ‘garden party' had to be held indoors because of the weather. Orig­ inally due to take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bowkcr, Aldcrleigh, Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. the organisers had to make a last-minute change and set up shop in the Methodist Chapel.


The weather deterred very few people from supporting the event, and a crowd of more than 60 watched the opening ceremony, performed by the Mayor and Mayoress of Cl ith­ eroe, Coun. and Mrs. Richard Turner. A pupil in the begin­ ners’ department of the Sun­ day School. Andrew Braith- waitc, presented the Mayor with a buttonhole, and another


compensation for the kiddies. There was also a fancy dress parade, and first prizewinner was a little girl, dressed as ‘Flaming June'—in a mackin­ tosh.


beginner, Alison Dobson, gave the Mayoress a spray. In addition to numerous side­


shows. the stalls did good busi­ ness and a total of more than £55 was raised for the chapel trust fund.


WHITEWELL SAYS THANKS TO VICAR


You can't beat a VIVA! TEST DRIVE THE YAUXHALLS AT


Wellgate Motors Ltd


DUCK STREET, CLITHEROE. Tel. 2222/3/4 Open 7 days a week


tho vicar include a processional cross, oak lectern, font cover, wardens’ staves and other items all carved by him. Wi th the assistance of Mrs. Reid he has also done a great deal of the clerical and administrative work, including preparation of the parish accounts. Tribute to Mr. and Mrs.


work mentioning the friendly spirit in the parish and people’s


readiness to help "i every prac­ tical wav. He ended with tr i­ bute to Mrs. Rojd. wives had a great contribution to make,


although often behind the scenes Everyone, he said,


Reid was paid by Coun. Edwin Hoyle. Bowland-with-Leagram representative on Clitheroe Rural Council. Coun. Hoyle spoke in some <ietai l o f . the • vicar's.vpaiochial


hoped that the couple would long be spared to continue


their good The presentation of a chrome


senior S v in g member . o£ the


silver tea service and tray was made bv Miss Alice Seed,


PCC. Mr. and Mrs. Reid also


received a cheque. For Mrs. Reid there was, too, a handbag and accessories,


and Anne (9). daughters of Mr. John Haworth, vicar’s warden and secretary of Hie PCC, who


presided.


warden, and Mrs. Alpe, and M r .y a n d .M r s -^ . lJ . iC h a dw ic k ,^


Mr. M. J. Alpe, peoples , ,


money to buy a pair of shoes of her choosing, and a potted hydrangea. The presentation of these was shared by Susan (12)


PCC members were on holiday and unable to attend. Also missed was Mr. George Sedg­ wick, another member who is in ihjospital. and good wishes were sent to him for a s'peedy recovery. Mr. Sedgwick is a most valued member of the church and takes great pride in the care and maintenance


m W in e a n d S p i r i t B a r g a in s I THIS IS THE WEEK THIS IS!


* 1972 Wine Festival * Weinfeste • • Festivale di Vino * Fete du Vin *


Today + June 16th + 6.15 p.m. to 9230 p.m.


of the churchyard. Our picture shows the pre­


sentation bv Miss Seed, with Mr. Haworth (left), and Coun.


Whitesides


SHAWBRIDGE CLITHEROE TEL. 2281


y | u n l THE PRICE U i l WANTED


------------- IN A QUALITY CAR £825.72


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12