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Pram pushers cashing in on a thirst


A GROUP of “ regulars ” a t a Clitheroc hotel are p lan n in g a pub crawl n ex t month — but its going to be a pub crawl with a difference.


several differences. For a s ta r t , the crawl will be a ra c e ag a in s t time, round a dozen Clitheroc hostelries. And for a n o th e r thing, half th e co n te s tan ts (male) will


In fact, th e re will be


—containing th e o th e r con­ te s tan ts . But most im p o r ta n t of all,


th e competitors in th e pram race won’t ju s t be raising glasses, they 11 be raising m o n e y as well for St


be dressed up as dolly birds, an d will be pushing grains


of by a bunch of regulars a t th e Commercial Hotel, in Whalley Road, Clitheroc, which will be th e s ta r t in g point of th e race. And now flic organisers a re appealing for help f rom Clitheroc people.


Dcny’s Children’s Home. The idea h a s been th o u g h t


suaded t h e Blackburn brewery th a t owns th e 12 pubs on th e ro u te to provide th e liquid re f re shm e n t for th e competitors, f re e of charge.


Already th e y have p e r ­


old pram s , a n d for teams of two people willing to p a r tic i­ pate. Pubs a t which contes- la n s will call are being en­ couraged to en ter , b u t th e organisers would be pleased to h e a r f r m anyone else over 18 who would like to ta k e p a r t.


Now th e se arch is on for So that arrangements for


the event, to take place on September 9tli, can be


finalised, an appeal is going out for all prospective en­


trants to get in touch with landlord Mr Derek Moss at the C om e rc ia l Hotel


(Clitheroc 3566) as soon as possible. Mr Moss has already writ­


ten to the landlords on the circuit and all have agreed to help tlie scheme, while \the Commercial is now a hive of industry as posters


a re made, an d th e regula rs get down to th e h ard organising work.


originally plan n ed to coin­ cide w ith th e Castle Fete, b u t th is idea ra n in to snags, an d so i t will now tak e place th e week a f te r . I t is hoped th a t a licence can be ob­


T h e pram rac e was


ta in ed fo r s tre e t collections to be tak en , an d th e police a re being consulted about ab o u t th e b es t route.


drivers and their crews will visit (but not necessarily in


The pubs which the pram th is order) a re : The Com­


mercial. th e Wheatsheaf, the Brown Cow. th e Cross Keys, th e Royal Oak, th e Dog and


P ar tridge, th e Bridge, the Victoria, th e Crown, the White Lion.


Horse, an I th e Horseshoe. The rac e will s ta r t a t lunch­ time, with teams se ttin g off a t two min u te intervals.


th e Black


race was chosen as a good way to raise money as it will provide plenty of fun for all th o se involved, as well as h aving a more serious aim.”


Said Mr Moss: “ The pram #**°**m**i& I ,


Don’t be so shy


H U R S T G R E E N c h i ld r e n arc k e e p i n g s om e u n u s u a l p e t s th e s e day s .


A b a n t a m cock, a n d


e v e n s om e g e rb i ls we r e am o n g t h e 16 e n t r ie s in t h e b e s t - k e p t p e t c o m ­ p e t i t io n a t S a t u r d a y ’s


f e t e , a lo n g w i th t h e m o r e u su a l d om e s t i c p e t s— big d ogs , l i t t le dogs , c a t s a n d k i t t e n s , a r a b b i t a n d a to r to i s e


T h e c om p e t i t io n , fo r t h e 15 a n d u n d e r age


g ro u p wa s ju d g e d b y Mr s H. P e a r s o n Bla c k ie . T h e w in n e r s we r e fa i r l y


c o n v e n t i o n a l p e ts .


C h a r lo t t e Mo s s c am e f i r s t i v i th a ra b b i t , A u d r e y W i l k in s o n ioas


s e c o n d


u n th a P e k in e s e dog, a n d th i r d w a s J o h n Co l l inge w i t h h i s ca t .


A r e p o r t o f t h e f e t e is g i v e n o n p a g e s e v e n .


girls!


MRS WALDER TO JOIN HUSBAND


ON CHINA TRIP


CLITHEROE Member of P a r l iam e n t Mr Da v id Walder, is to v is i t C hina


n e x t m o n th—as a m em ­ ber of th e f ir s t o f f ic ia l d e l e g a t i o n to the


of a team of 10 MPs taking p a r t


mission,


Ch in a will be a sh o r t one. Tlie week before th e visit, which s ta r ts on September 16th. h e will be in Hong Kong, as one of a three-


in th e fact-finding th e journey to


cou n try s in c e before th e revolu tion of 20 years ago. But, for Mr Walder. one


man d ep u ta tio n inspecting Br itish forces th e re .


in Hong Kong, Mr Walder will simply fly th e sh o r t distance to China, an d join


On completing h is duties


th e m a in p a r ty th e re . Wi th him th ro u g h o u t th e tr ip will be his wife, Elspeth.


said Mr Walder, “ b u t the Chinese have extended them a special in v i ta t io n ”


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TH IR TY -TW O Downham Miss B e tty Watson, an d ch i ld ren w ent on sa fa r i to Miss Mary Baker, they h ad Knowsley Liverpool.


P ark , Clitheroe, 'Miss Dorothy an d good,” said Lady Clitheroe. Accompanied by Lady


n e a r lunch a t Knowsley, an d also visited th e Dolphinarium. “ The chi ldren were very


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“ We sa^ elephants, rhinos, giraffes a "d lions galore, b u t they likea the monkeys best


of all- The expenses of th e tr ip were Pala from th e Dorothy


Cornell t ru s t fund, which is adm in istered by Loid a n a Lady Clitheroe.


an d biscuits in th e coach on th e way home, ar riving back-


T h e children enjoyed pop __


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a holiday fo r Mr Walder. T h e re will be a large am ou n t of trav e l involved, an d a wide ran g e of visits to make. No detailed pro­ gramme h a s been an ­ nounced by th e Chinese yet, b u t Mi- Walder hopes to see, among o th e r things, th e Summer Palace in Peking an d also th e G re a t Wall of China.


T h e t r ip will h a rd ly be E L SP E TH W A LD E R


. . i v a n t s to se e ru ra l w a y o f l i fe.


k e p t busy. too. She an d o th e r wives will he finding ou t about C h in a ’s hospitals an d schools. an d seeing how th e Chinese look a f te r th e ir children.


And Mrs Walder will be


visit wifi he to tak e a look a t various fac ets of Ciiine.se life — including education, an d industry. “ I would like very much to travel away from Peking an d see b o th th e ru ra l way of life an d th a t of the


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factories of the North East —aro u n d Man ch u r ia,” said Mr Walder.


BREAKTHROUGH


lowing C h in a ’s recognition by th e United Nations, B r i ta in was anxious for b e t te r


th c two countries. “ One of th e things we a re inte res­


rela tio n s between


ted in is th e possibility of encouraging trad e , especi­ ally as Ch in a is a t present


buying a i rc ra f t from us,”


he added. “ T h e t r ip will be very


exciting because no-one h a s really been able to see th e Chinese an d ta lk to


He explained th a t , fol­


them u n til now, an d this wifi he a real break­ th ro u g h ,” he said. ” Of


course, we will have to do th in g s diplomatically th e f irs t


th a t th e MPS wifi g et an interview with Chinese Prime Min ister Chou En-


looking forward to i t immensely.” T h e re is also a possibility


time, b u t I am


Lai. Bu t th e re is ju s t one drawback: No one in the delegation speaks Chinese.


“ but i t is difficult to carry o u t a discussion—or a rg u ­ m e n t— by means of in te r ­ p rete rs ,” he said.


“T h e re will be inte rp re ters, of course.” said Mr Walder,


" I t is r a th e r u n u su a l for wives to be in v ited on P a r liam en ta ry delegations.”


ARE Clithei-oe area girls too shy to enter a beauty queen contest? Organiser of this year’s Castle F e te Queen competition, Mrs Margaret Scott, certainly thinks so, and e ith e r today or tomorrow she will he a t th e Ribblesdale Pool to see if she can persuade some local


have entered for the con­ te s t and th a t is 15 fewer th a n la s t year. Said a worried Mrs Scott:


a t Clitheroe market on S a tu rd ay with the same objective. So fa r only seven girls


beauties to enter. And she will also be out


“So far we have had seven entries but if any of the girls drop ou t th e n it would not be worth having a contest. I t would be dreadful to ar ran g e for judges to be there and only two or three girls tu rn u p .” Mrs Scott explained th a t


a giri with an all-round p e r ­ sonality an d a nice smile.”


s ta n d th e a p a th y for this y ea r 's contest. I n previous years th e re have been 20 o r more entries an d never fewer th a n 16.


selection la s t y ea r an d I m igh t send en try forms to


"We h ad a really good


th e girls who took p a r t bu t d id n ’t win,’’ she said. O u t of th e seven girls so fa r en te r in g th e contest, six


very often two or three girls drop out. before, the'judging. Last year th e re hag been 22


due to close on Saturday in readiness for judging a week


E n tr ie s for the contest are


said Mrs Scott: “There are so any lovely girls in this area. I t 's disheartening th a t more h av en ’t come forward.” Looks a re not the only


today. “I t ’s very disappointing.”


requirement for this con­ test.“Personality does come into i t a lot and is really more im p o r tan t than looks,” said Mrs Scott. "The win­ n e r will have to mix with a lot of people on th e day of th e fete. The way th e girls c a r ry themselves is also taken in to account. We w ant


a re from Clitheroe and one from Chatbui-n. Conditions of e n t ry are


entries b u t only 1” w c seen by th e judges.


Mrs Scott c an n o t un d er ­


Seeks Air


IS your name Holden? Jack Holden? It' so, Arth ur ,1. H ar rison would be pleased to h ea r from you. Mr Har ­ rison writes from Grimsby in th e hope of tra c in g an old Air Force f riend whom


Force chum


few. As long a s th e girls a re over 16 years of age, live within a 10-mile rad iu s of Clitheroe and a re available on September 2nd, th e day of th e Castle Fete, th e n they have a chance of becoming th e queen.


en te r should obta in a form by contacting Mrs Scott a t h e r home, telephone number C h a tb um 553.


Anyone who would like to


£10. a sash which she may keep, and a trophy for 12 months. Tile two ru nn ers -u p will receive £5 and £3. The queen will be called


T he winner will receive


year. So come on girls. Don’t


be shy.


he knew by th a t name. In th e le t te r , which


th e RAF with a Ja ck Hol­ den from Clitheroe.


ar r ived a t Ulithcroc Town Clerk’s office this week, Mr Har rison recalls being in


saying th a t he worked for th e council before tihe 1939- 45 war, and now hopes to contact him. Mr H ar rison ’s address is 137 Alexandra itoact, Grimsby, Lines.


He remembers Mr Holden


upon by th e Mayoress to a t te n d and help out a t cer­ ta in functions d ur ing th e


a t S t P au l’s Church la s t night.


FIRE DID NOT CAUSE POWER FAILURE


THE cu t t in g of electricity su pp lie s to many h ou se s


in th e Clitheroe area on T u e s d a y night was w ron g ly blamed . . . on a rubbish fire. T he electricity went off a t


7 p.m. about the same time as a column of dense black smoke was seen in the Waterloo area. The brigade


was called and many peopie linked the two occurrences. B u t the smoke was coming


Bros. (Clitheroe) Ltd., in a field behind Danny C a t te r - mole's saw mills in Taylor


from th e controlled b u rn ing of


ru b b ish Street. from Bowker Said a spokesman for


Bowker Bros: ” We b um rub­ bish th e re every day and on


th is occasion i t smoked r a th e r heavily. The rubbish was probably waste th in n e rs from th e spraying system. When we b um th is type of stu f f we wait u n t i l th e wind is in th e r ig h t direction. I t 's normal procedure b u t this time th e re was a bit more smoke th a n usual an d some- one telephoned th e fire brigade when th e re was no


o u t th e whole of Clitheroe and most of th e Bowland a re a up to Gisburn an d


need to.” Power was cut off th ro u g h ­


N e w s h o l m e


THE Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. an d Mrs Rich a rd Turne r , an d o th e r civic dignitar ies a t ten d ed th e in s t itu tio n and induction of th e new vicar of Low Moor, th e Rev. Alan Hunt,


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A HAPPY END5N-G TO WHALLEY O i


YOU nev er know w h a t you may find on an a r cha eo lo g ica l “ dig ,” but th e la s t th in g you expect is rom an ce in th e mids t of th e trowels and shovels .


chester University students found nothing spectacular during th e ir excavations a t Portfield Bar, Whalley, for two of th em th e dig had a n especially happy ending. Mr Jo h n Francis Manley,


Although a team of Man­


Blackwell, of Manchester, a t ten d ed thc ceremony, which was performed by Fr Tony Butler. A reception was held a t


of Bristol, and Miss Ba rb a ra Blackwell, of Manchester, both studying an c ien t history and archae­ ology, were married on Friday a t the Church of the English Martyrs in Whalley Explained Jo h n : “ Digging


the Aspinall Arms, Mi t ten The couple ai'e spending honeymoon in Westmorland, at, the site of a termer dig. an d on Saturday they v.'iil be moving south e.mon. to P c t e r b o r o u g n .


C h e s t e r


f o r yC fe­


a n o t h e r dig. They wi l l !iv (:■ in a Ms l l - fiat, ioi • t h e i r l ie Lll


is pretty im p o r tan t to both of us. We me t on a dig la s t September, and n ext summer, a f te r our finals, we


y e a r , a l t e r w h i c h B a r b a va w a n t s to w o r k w i t h l ia i i 'cit- c a p p e d


c h i ld : ,-cn


are going to I r a n on a dig. “ X d o n 't


Mrs Edgar L. Manley, of Bristol, and Barbara's parents, Mr and Mrs Eddie


p a re n ts were too surprised when we wanted to get, m a rr ied h e re in Whalle:." John's parents. Mr and


th in k our Jo'ii a


h o p e s to d o r e s c a r c h . a h i s am b i t i o n in­, o n e d a v to


direct. a dig. H e d e s c r i b e d t h e i r run dr, •at F o r t f i e l d B a r :i s “ r e r a n a n • < o f a n c u r ly


p r e h i s ' i ■no


added th a t no real signs oi hab i tat io n were discovered.


TWEAVE bYfiexees


during the failure, b u t a t 7-30 p.m. most


homes were restored an d by 8 p.m. electricity was back in all the houses.


fa u l t in a piece of u n d er ­ ground cable feeding th e 33.000 volt


The failure was due to a


P ad ih am power s ta tio n and Clitheroe's Peel S tre e t sub­ s ta tion . The failure was n e a r th e power station.


line between


the breakdown all n ig h t an d men were still repa iring it


Work was ca r ried out on


between th e power sta tio n an d Clitheroe.


yesterday. The line is th e main feed


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