Clitheroe Advert iser and Tirn.es, October 19tli, 1973


olice not told of >ig load hrougbu hatburn


m police officer saw loader carrying a n , wide road roller in


|e Lane, Chatburn, h a ^ d his h e a d q u a r te rs fo th a t they knew of


|-ehicle's movements. was told, however.


I tru c t io n an d Demon- Ltd, Market Square.


I the firm Jo h n Bai.ey


1. had n o t in fa c t the s ta tu to ry two


| officer of police of th e by a t


lo for an abnormal .he firm was fined £5 blnheroe magistrates.


days' notice of ■.mended use of


least


r.etice of the in ten d ed faihrtg to notify t! e


two a


lad in g guilty, the firm l in ed in a let ter that. Id not been told by the factors for whom th e was being moved th a t


I


the incident would n o t ipeated.


ts an abnormal load, gave an as su ran c e


Walking e Pennine Way


|4LK on walking th e nne Way was given to


Id’.-q Ladies' Club by Miss le th e r in g to n , of Clithe-


|vho is a te a ch e r a t th e G ram m a r School.


said th a t the P en n in e |w as th e firs t continuous


la th to be opened f rom |,"shire to the S cottish an d th e f inal r ig h ts ,y were obtained for i t


|(35. I t s tre tch e d for 250 and provided some of


lo u ah e s t walking in th e b y . the h ighe s t p o in t just u n d e r 3,000 feet.


|h e r main impressions of -alk were of the kind-


H e th e r in g to n said


it f the g re a t variety of Icenery.


ling-


la n d h ospitality of th e be they met on th e way.


|e was th an k ed by th e president, Mrs P.


Helping


those in need


work being ca r r ied o u t


Icn in helping ex- Ticemen in need is a t |t equal to th a t done Vy lv much la rg e r branches.


fh e service committee of Hodder Valley B r i t ish


f J. C. Kenyon, expres­ l a t his election as b ra n c h l id e n t a t


It a t was the view of Cap- I tin g a t


l td e n t . Capt. K en y o n ; 1-presidents, Col. L. C. le’-Wilkinson and Mr C. trwood: ch a irm an , Mr


I s Hotel, Newton. Ifficers


elected were:


. Crompton: vice-chair- k. Mr J. W a te rw o r th ; ref ary. Mr D. B. B o n d ; p u re r . Mr G. D. Lawson; : chairman an d sec- . Mr D. B. Bond.


[herapy centre


WHIST and domino drive, in Hurs t G re en


le Farm. Chaiglev. h h s £81.50 for Clitheroe


riorial hall, organised by Joan Bullock, of P lan e


[’siotherapy centre. .re centre h a s also


emly received a d o n a t io n £200 from the Ribblesdale Itr-.ct Nursing Association.


RMERS f 1


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th e a n n u a l th e P a rk e r s


Death of* Mr Reginald Hindley ptipp


PUT GISBURN ON EQUESTRIAN MAP


ONE of the country’s top h o r s em e n and founder of


the famous Ribblesdale S tu d . Mr J. Reginald


H in d le y ,


P a rk , Gisburn, died unex­ p e c te d ly while visiting his son, Mr Jeremy Hind­ ley, of Newmarket. He w a s 58.


of Gisburne


gloom over Gisburn, where he was held in th e h ig h e s t esteem. Mr Hindley was a m an of


News of h is d e a th ca s t a \


considerable im p o r ta n c e : as a businessman, as a h o rse ­ man, a b reed er of ra c e ­ horses an d a s a fa rm e r . He was a d irec to r of B r itish Home S tore s a n d e a r l ie r h ad business in te re s ts in Nelson. He c ap ta in ed th e B r itish eq u e s tr ian te am a t


Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 a n d th e te am th a t won th e f ir s t E urope an Championship a t B adm in to n th e following year. Of th e m an y show horses


th e


h e owned none c ap tu red th e public im ag in a tio n more th a n Mighty Fine, a heavy­ weight h u n te r th a t h a d an u n r iv al led


c a re e r in B r i t ish show rings. Celina was probably, th e best-known w in n er b red a t th e Ribblesdale Stud. Mr Hindley was a jo in t th e P endle


t r i u m p h a n t m a s te r of


day. T e n a n ts of h is es ta te s


personal fi'iends who h ad trave lled from m an y p a r ts of th e co u n try to pay th e ir la s t respects to a n esteemed friend. A telegram f rom th e


ra c in g an d


F o re s t a n d Craven H u n ts and i t was only la s t year th a t h e re t ire d as M a s ter of th e H u n t. He was Vicar’s w arden a t


Queen was one of th e m an y messages of


G isb u rn a n d p re s id en t of th e village cr icket club. In ad d itio n to his wife


and his m a r r ied son. Jeremy, Mr Hindley also leaves a younger m a r r ied son, Chr istopher , in London, an d a d au g h te r , Miss D ap h n e Hindley.


Hindley was h eld was in d ic a ted by th e la rg e con­ gregation which


T h e reg a rd in which Mr


G isb um P a r ish C h u rch for th e fu n e ra l service on Mon­


filled Made every


new endeavour a challenge


A friend of Mr Hindley pays the following tribute to him:


TO earn the respect of one’s fellow-men is a universal aim. To win their affection is a bonus. To do both, among all ages and classes was the achievement of Reg Hindley. And i t was the more remarkable because he was not a gifted man—except for the gift of kindliness, courage and determination and a twinkl­ ing sense of humour.


tw in problems of in h e r i ted w ea lth a n d a sh y an d diffi­ d en t tem p eram en t, which to g e th er made every new endeavour a challenge re-


He h a d to overcome th e


BETTER BUS SERVICE FOR SABDEN


IMPROVEMENTS a re to be made in th e S ab d en bus service following pressure by th e P a r ish CounciL


Ribble Motor Services Ltd


h a s applied to th e traffic commissioners for th e North


West traffic a re a fo r per­ mission to vary services. They in ten d to provide a 7-20 a.m. weekday bus from Whalley to Sabden, an d a new 8-50 a.m- weekday bus from Clitheroe to Sabden.


,Whalley will now continue to Clitheroe, an d th e 8 a.m. weekday bus from Whalley to S abden wfi>i be extended as fa r as Burnley.


Cheese and wine at Abbey


ABOUT 80 people a t ten d ed a successful wine an d cheese evening in th e Conference House H all a t Whalley Abbey on Monday night. T h e event, which was purely social, was organised


by th e social com mittee of th e F r ien d s of Whalley Abbey an d an y p rofit will go to th e Abbey Fellowship funds.


Ribbie will also make a l te ra ­ t io n s in two existing ser­ vices. T h e 8-15 a.m. weekday service from S ab d en to


Traffic


Subject to approval by th e Commissioners,


quiring from him p a in s tak ­ ing self-preparation, consul­ ta t io n w i th o th e rs whose ju dgement he could respect an d g et tin g a clear u n d er ­ s tan d in g of th e u nw r i t te n as well as th e w r i t te n rules.


sp o r tin g or business life he lau n ch ed o u t only when he was satisfied h e could do justice to h is own hig h s tan d a rd s . W h a t came n a tu ra l ly an d gracefully to him were his tru e generosity a n d h is simple dignity. O s ten ta t io n which could so easily have accompanied his


W h e th e r in h is social


THERE were plenty of smil­ ing faces a t a fes tival con­ ce r t in T r in i ty Methodist Schoolroom on F rid ay , when more th a n £250 was h an d ed over to th e N atio n al Child­


life-style was an a th em a to him.


In th e Ribble Valley where


he made h is home an d where h e h a d a h o s t of f rien d s he achieved in h is all too sh o r t life w h a t trad i t io n a l ly takes several generations .


bu rn e P a rk to a 20th cen tu ry version of its former style an d circumstances an d th e c re atio n a ro u n d i t of a mod em es tate an d fa rm and th e p ra c tic a l p a r tic ip a tio n he an d his devoted wife took in th e life of Gisburn village an d church estab lished a base f rom which th e whole community bene­


T h e re s to ra tio n of Gis­


B r i t ish Olympic Three-Day Event T e am was probably th e pinnacle of his personal achievement b u t h is cre ation of th e Harewood Three-Day Event, th e founding of his Ribblesdale S tud, h is long ma s te rsh ip of th e Pendle F ore s t an d Craven H u n t and his years of service an d su p p o r t of th e B r i t ish Horse Society ad d up to a rem a rk ­ able record. And i t was all done with such modesty. Reg. Hindley will n o t be


m an 's world th a t Reg, Hindley made his mark. His captaincy of


replaced, b u t if only a few try to follow h is example it will be a b e t te r world.


fited. B u t i t was in th e horse­


th e 1952


financial effort, was ap p ro ­ p r iately en t i t le d “'Sunny Smiles", as members of various churches in th e town an d su r ro u n d in g areas have been selling pictures of sunny smiles d u r in g rec en t weeks, to raise money. T h e gifts were received on th e N ational


ren 's Home. The concert, a successful


behalf of


la r songs an d melodies. The p ian is t was Mr P. Wrigley. After th e singing of a hymn, and a closing prayer given by th e Ministei-, visitors and guests enjoyed a buffet supper, supplied an d p re ­ p ared by th e Modern Wives group of T r in i ty Church. Some of th e children who h an d ed over g if ts are


Children's Home by Mrs J Hardy. C h a irm an for th e evening,


Dr Jo h n Hardy, welcomed th e Mayor an d Mayoress of Clitheroe (Coun. a n d Mrs R ich a rd T u rn e r ) ; th e ch a ir ­ m a n of Clitheroe RDC and his lady (Coun. a n d Mrs J. H. F e l l ) ; an d ch a irm an of Bowland RDC an d his lady (Coun. J. P o r te r an d Mrs


Luke P o r te r ) . The Rev. N. D. Walton


vided by th e ju n io r choir of th e church, conducted by Mrs J . M- Jones, an d child­ ren of th e F ro d sh am Family of th e Home th e n en te r ­ tained. One group,


the


“Skippers", which h ad ap pe ared recently on tele­ vision, gave a n energetic dis­ play of rh y thm ic skipping


an d dancing. T h e final item was h a n d ­ bell r inging to several popu­


gave a dedicatory prayer, an d greetings on b eha lf of th e Home were given by senior social worker Mr Granville Owen. Musical items were pro­


pictured w i th Mrs J . Hardy. From th e le f t : Neil Mc- Nabb, of Barrow. S h eila M a rg a re t R o b e r t s , of Lane Ends, Ch r is tin e Wal­ ton, of T rin ity , Nigel Thomas White, of Barrow, J an e Seedle, of Low Moor, Steven Finder, of Grindleton, and Michael Mooney, of Newton.


Recreation


ground hut on fire


A BRICK dividing wall saved electrical equipment s tored in a wooden building on Chester Avenue re c re a ­ tio n ground, when th e building cau g h t fire a t the weekend.


of th e building th a t h a d n o t been in use fo r many years, an d th is was destroyed. B u t th e rem a in d e r of th e build­ ing, owned by Clitheroe Corporation an d used a s an e lec trician s ’ h u t , was u n ­ damaged. T h e fire, which was soon d ea lt w ith by Clitheroe F ire Brigade, is th o u g h t


The fire s ta r ted In a p a r t s ta r te d by children. CLUB GIVES £ 5 0 TO UNICEF to have been


Defensive problem


WINNERS a t Clitheroe Bridge Club la s t week were: NS Miss Aldred and Mrs Murgatroyd: EW Mrs Dew- iiurst and Mrs Whitaker. There was an interesting


defensive problem on th e oliowing hand:


South dealer. EW game. S N A10U H 6 D


W SQJ7 H KQJ52


D K8 C J02


C KQG


S S 8-12 H 387) D 85 reas C A95-1


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diamonds taken by the King in dummy, if the Queen of Spades is now led it is very difficult for North to go up with the Ace of Spades an d a switch to the King of Clubs. Should he find th is defence, they defeat th e con­ tra c t by one trick but if he continues diamonds th e con­ tra c t is easily made.


On the lead of the nine of


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■•al community in th e rbble Valley and th e ad - Ining P en n in e are a, a n d Vds monthly meetings Iveen September a n d Iril.


[Naturalist, Mr Cook Is fm in our pic tu re w ith firman, Mr ' Addyman


[xtreme left! a n d o th e r jicials and members of th e


branches of th e • agricul-


A CHEQUE fo r £50 changed h a n d s a t th e 26th C h a r te r A nniversa ry d in n e r of C lithe roe S o ro p tim is t Club. I t was p re se n ted by th e


club to one of th e speakers Mrs J . Robertshaw, who if regional officer of Unicef— th e c h a r i ty chosen th is y e a r by S o ro p tim is t p res id en t, Mrs E. M. Hesm ondhalgh. A fter a five course meal with ro a s t tu rk ey a t th e •w a n a n d Royal Hotel, th e


p re s id en t proposed th e Loyal Toast. T h e to a s t to th e S o ro p tim is t movement was m ad e by Mrs Robe rt­ shaw, a n d Miss E. Cross, p re s id en t of th e N o r th West Divisional Union of Sorop tim ls t Clubs, responded. T h e response to th e to a s t


t o ! 'th e guests, proposed by t h e . pres ident, was ^ n a d e by th e . Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs E. T u rn e r , a p e s t pres i­


dent. T h e to a s tm a s te r was Mrs D. Fowler, who is th e club’s f i r s t vice-president.


by 92 people. Gues ts in ­ cluded p res id en ts of o th e r women’s o rg an isa tio n s In th e town, an d visiting pres i­ d en ts f rom o th e r Soropti­ m is t Clubs. Also p re sen t was th e Clitheroe fo u n d er p res id en t, Miss Dorothy R u sh to n .


T h e d in n e r was at ten d ed


are, from th e left, back row: Mrs M. S ad d le r (Even­ ing Townswomen’s Guild chairman, Mrs M. White- •ide (Ribblesdale Afternoon fWG c h a irm a n ) , Mrs S. Whitney (Ladies’ Circle


P ictu red a t th e d in n e r


pres id en t) , Mrs P. H aigh ( In n e r Wheel p re s id en t) ;


f ro n t : Miss E. Cross, Mrs E. M. H esm ondhalgh (Sorop­ t im is t p re s id en t) , an d th e Mawora&v Mu* E, Tu rn e r ;


Jumble sale


WHALLEY and d is tr ic t Guides held a jumble sale in th e Methodist Hall on S atu rd ay an d raised £26. T h is will go towards th e c o s t of providing two coaches to carry ch i ld ren an d p a ren ts to Sabden on December 13th


Guides’ an n u a l carol service. Usually i t is held in Whalley, b u t th is year i t will tak e p l a c e in St Nicholas’s Church, Sabden, for a change.


for the %


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FORMER POSTMISTRESS OPENS SLA1DBVRN SALE


FORMER post mistress of Slaidburn Mrs Frances Hyland returned to the village on Saturday to open the St Andrew's Parish Church sale in the village


hall. Mrs Hyland, who now


lives in West Bradford, was accompanied by h e r husband Mr Douglas Hyland. She was also well known in Slaid­ b u rn as a d is tr ic t nurse, and provided th e ch u rch with fu rn ish in g s in memory of h e r p aren ts , th e la te Mr an d Mrs Jo h n Kenyon. After an in tro d u c tio n by the Rector, th e Rev. G- H. Gaze, Mrs Hyland urged everyone to fu r th e r th e work of th e church by supporting the


sale. T h an k s were expressed by


th e Rector's warden, Col L. C. King - Wilkinson, an d a g if t token was presented to Mrs Hyland by J a n e Elliott, th e festival queen.


WILLING Well-laden stalls sold con­


fectionery an d produce, new and fancy goods, children s an d men s wear, jumble and jewellery, an d th e re was a wide variety of goods on the Newton an d Dunsop Bridge stalls. A b ran tub an d guessing games were also in ­ cluded, an d two h an d k e r ­ chief girls were Anne P a rk e r an d Ja cqueline Rigby.


L i t t le fa ir an d Miss Ellen Curtis in charge of a band of willing helpers, did a brisk trade, an d contributed to to ta l am o u n t of over £190.


ceremony are, from th e left Col L. C. King-Wilkinson


P ictured a t th e opening


Harrison (PCC secretary) th e Rev. G: H. Gaze, Miss J a n e E llio tt (festival queen)


(Rector's warden), Mrs an d Mrs Hyland.


raised £18 for th e N ational C hildren’s Home. Coffee was served by Mrs Hardy an d h a r f riends.


orlng a n d buy a t th e home of D r an d Mrs J. Hardy, Linden Drive, Clitheroe,


A COFFEE morning, “and;


BUILDING' SOCIETY


Branch OfTfcar 7 Market Place, CTitheroe BB7 2BZTefc 4210 Manager: Mr. W. S. Glasby


SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY Member.of the Building Societies Association (Trustee Status)


HEAD OFFICE: HIGH StRtET. SKIPTON, YORKS. TEL. 0756-45S* CITY OFFICE: 81 HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON WC1V 6NG. TEL 01-242-8147.


Teas, w ith Miss M. A.


Jim was all income and no capital. Then he caught Skiptomania and became a regular saver in the Skipton. Now he's saving fixed monthly amounts in S.A.Y.E. and looking forward to a sizeable sum with interest tax free.


, Skiptomania: an infectious enthusiasm for making money grow in the Skipton.


Skiptomania itis catching!


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by th e Vicar of Gisburn, th e Rev. J . V. Conn, as s is ted by th e Vicar of Sunninghall, Ascot, an d Canon C. F. Goodchild, Vicar of Wad- dington. Unavoidably ab s en t were


received by Mrs Hindi ey an d th e family. T h e re were also scores of floral tributes. T h e service was conducted


sym p a th y


th e Bishop of B radford, the R t Rev. R. S. Hook, an d th e Archdeacon of Craven, th e Ven. M a r t in Kaye, who bo th h ad previous engagements. In te rm e n t was in the


churchyard.


AS a resu lt of a gran d din n e r dance a t Calder- stones Hospital, a t ten d ed by 240 people, th e League of F r ien d s hopes to buy two paddling pools fo r th e use of young p a t ien ts . T h e dinner, on Friday, was


th e idea of th e League of F rien d s president, Lady Clitheroe, an d was the culm in a tio n of nearly a year


of planning by a committee of 15 members.


The decor in the hospital


ballroom was arranged by Mrs D. Hindley. a decorative trellis covered with pink


roses and greenery outlined th e dancing area, and enor­ mous deep red lampshades with flounces shaded the lights. Arrangements of


h eaded by Mr Scott, served a four course buffet dinner, an d music for dancing was provided by th e Aristocats Showband an d the All S tars S teel Band. T h ere was a champagne b a r as well as


flowers h ad been made by Mrs S. Highton. The hospital ca te ring staff,


an ord in ary bar. The vice-president of th e


SUNNY SMILERS HAND OVER £250 j u u U & i i i >


were joined by a h o s t of business,


* > (••V v o N ational Association of |


Leagues of Hospital Friends, Baroness Macleod of Borve, spoke about th e as sociation’s j work. She was introduced by Mrs D. J. Yorke, an d th an k ed by the Lord | L ieu ten an t of Lancashire, Lord Clitheroe.


gramme was made by Lady I Macleod. The prize of a |


T h e draw for a lucky pro­


bottle of 1926 vintage p o r t went


Mrs Winsor, of Wiswell, a n d a weekend for two in London was won by Mr an d Mrs Tony Green, of Rimington. Prizes in the competition were drawn by Lady Clitheroe, president of the League of Friends. Mrs A- Green was in charge of th e tombola, which offered 216 prizes.


to Mr an d


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Mrs Yorke said af terwards- • Everyone seemed to enjoy


the dance, an d it was good publicity for th e League.” She hoped th a t in addition to raising money, it h ad drawn a t te n t io n to the work done by the League of Friends.


i.y


table are, on the le f t h a n d side: ho sp ital group secre- | ta ry Mr Geoffrey Mitchell, Baroness Macleod of Borve, and Lord Clitheroe: on th e r ig h t h an d side: ch a irm an of Clitheroe RDC Coun. J. H. Fell, League of F riends ch a irm an Mr F. A. Hope, League pres id en t Lady Clitheroe. and Dr C. M.


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