rltl Chess Champion- Man's Meek: Rov NJ&DA m i n s Service. The


As so c ia tio n in an Aci jsh ip on their camp ihc Iliames.


r<ls the Year 2000. iir \ csierclays.


c Wistful Widow'”-— itii Bud Abbott and o^tcllo. A surprise lesninn in th e W ild


ct Robin Hood, cworld ’72.


on l ime. .olden Shot, foot.


rujN of Cornwall, Without God. s 'th a t Matter, r in Charge,


imer of tile Ash \ family sines its


th Peter Finch. Two use trouble for a ling for the top).


l.ovc for Johnnie'— EGAR — SMITH


lay Night Theatre.: Paris"—Play with


i Whiting and Eel- eld. A chance mcet- a hidden flame, remt.


acked. He was seen police, who also the window,


nt home and entered by breaking the indow. which was


dover


dnight he once more to the house, re-


~n was arrested, r Gooby, defending, urt that the trouble


boards and entered. were summoned


n simply from a dispute. ‘‘This has


his wife are together happy," he said.


resolved, and my


School. Clithcroe, Miss Alison Mary Smith, was married at


A teacher at Si. James's


daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Smith, of Montague Street, Clithcroe. The bridegroom was Mr. Alan George Lear. the only son of Mrs L. E.gar, of Hermitage Terrace. Morninc- sidc. Edinburgh, and the laTe Mr. C. Egar.


a wav by her father, wore a gown of white Swiss crepe, trimmed with ruchcd lace. The skirt and full train flowed from an Empire-line bodice, while the long sleeves were gently flared.


The bride, who was given


veil was secured bv a white floral headdress. She carried a spray of golden vellow roses and white stephanotis. mixed with white heather brought from Scotland bv the bride's


Her bouffant, elbow-length


St. James's Church on Satur­ day. Miss Smith is the only


'.;!ss^y Village street


is: not a private parking lane


REFERENCE is made to a letter from Mr. Anthony M. Perry, in your issue of July 21, regarding the parking of a coach, recently, in Avenue Road, Hurst Green.


what must have been the out­ come of righteous indignation by some public-spirited villager who, as I have since been in­ formed, told the coach driver that he was causing an obstruc­ tion in the village street with the mighty vehicle, through


In that letter he deplores


traffic being diverted round the obstruction and pedestrians, in­ cluding children, being com­ pelled to walk into the middle of the road. Apparently this information was passed on with typical Lancashire direct­ ness. Mr. Perry makes the point


<letters to ” vthe editor


Ribblevale best name


tha t the village street is a pub­ lic highway and then goes on to assume that it is also a private parking lane. This assumption is r o t correct. The fact, also, that certain pas­ sengers in the coach referred to were foreigners has abso­ lutely no bearing on the matter. The operative word is. of course, public. There are no parking rights on a public high­ way, and the onus of providing parking accommodation for vehicles of friends, relatives, guests or customers rests with the individual host.


CASHING IN


initial planning of the com­ mercial interests involved in netting the rich tourist shoals failed to include adequate pri­ vate parkins facilities for their catch or. to p u t i t very simply, where to put ’em when they got ’em. I look forward to the day when your correspondent and


It seems very odd that the


relatives. In attendance were Miss


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Helen Egar, the bridegroom's sister, and Miss Heather Beard- sail and Miss Ruth Fell, the b r id e’s cousins. They wore long dresses of yellow and orange floral print, with headdresses of yellow flowers. Their bouquets were of white flowers in round Victorian shape, looped with yellow ribbons. Best man was Mr. George


(not iron)


'0 : 9 ‘s w e e k


iV Vi


West Linton, Peeblesshire. The bride is to take un a teaching post in Edinburgh, where her husband is a branch manager with RcdilTusion. Children from the bride's


Black Bull Hotel. Rimington, the couple left for a honey­ moon in the Austrian Tyrol. Thev will live in Main Street,


Rev. J. S. Fell, conducted the ceremony in conjunction with the Rev. K. Broadhurst. At the organ was Mrs. Jean Schofield, of Glassford. Lanarkshire. After a reception at the


loughby, cousin of the bride­ groom. A relative of the bride, the


Grey: ushers were Mr. Peter John Pindcr. cousin of the bride, and Mr. John Wil­


ST E E R — KAY A labourer and plasterer, Mr.


Terence George Steer, married an insurance clerk, Miss Patricia Diane Kav, at St. Paul's Church, Low Moor. The bridegroom is the eldest


son of Mrs. M. Steer, of Cen­ tral Avenue, Clithcroc. and the late Mr. C. Steer, and the bride is the younger daughter of Mr.


class at St James's gave her a food chopper, and the stall presented a whi te pine cot lee table. Picture: Pve's of Clttlieroe,


QUE I L • 4 P -Ax Ac chaigcs s


IBiTION A WINGS


ng local studiesi hy


M. I.AING, A. I'.D. at


NTH A MS


RKET PLACE [THE ROE


rday. July 29th to August 5th, 1972


JSTAL CHURCH Road. Clitheroe


ON CHE LORD


RiS!' AND THOU SAVED."


Acts 1ft v. 31 invited Meetings


35 a.m. & Thursday.


ft.30 p.m. 7.30 p.nt.


Rational Church Clitheroe


er l.a/.enby. M.A..


I Ainsdale. loly Communion


tiilecn M. Hendry. B.A.. B.D. be church meeting


nor Hall


o r n t : a v e n u e jly 30ih. ft.30 p.m.


r u e SERVICE •ices as usual


316 cept Wednesdays eas on Sundays.


iestaurant s. from the village. RED FOR


ay. July 30th rship a t 10.30 a.m.


to our


on the railway


A MAINTENANCE ganger who was responsible lo r the upkeep of the stretch ol rail­ way line between Rimington and Gisburn for 4ft years, Mr. Norman Duckworth, has died,


aged 71. Mr. Duckworth, of C ro lt


for the P ost Office fo r a couple of years delivering the mail to outlying farms ill the Riming- ton area, and a t another period he delivered groceries by horse


ways. As a voting man he worked


since the 1920s..Mr. Duckworth stiil enjoyed riding his machine on liis retirement.


and cart. A motor cycling enthusiast


A great-grandfather, he leaves


at S a l c.in C ongregational Church. Marlin Top.


a wife and two daughters. Pile funeral was on Satin day


Cottage, Rimington, did nob however, spend quite the whole of his working life on the rail­


46 years RILEY CO R SE


University. Miss Anne Gorsc and Mr. Peter Boyd Rilcv were married at St. Leonard's Church, Balrierstone. on Saturday, the silver wedding anniversary of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gorse. inglesidc. Higher Commons Lane, Balder- stone, near Blackburn. The bride is Mr. and Mrs. Corse's elder daughter:


Graduates of Nottingham


the bride was attired in while crepe Michele trimmed with guipure lace. Her bouquet was of mixed white flowers and bridal pink roses. Her sister. Miss Julie Gorse.


bridegroom is the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Riley. Ha ford. School Lane, Hartford. Northwieh. Given away hy her father,


the r - 1 X


and Mrs. D. Kav, of Balmoral Avenue. Clithcroc. Given away by her father, the


bride wore a gown ot white wild silk with a. train trimmed


with white daisies. Her waist- length veil was held in place by a headdress of orange blossom, and she carried a white praver book decorated with orchids, stephanotis and white ribbon.


sister, Mrs. Linda Christine Nutter; her cousin. Miss Brid­ get Elaine Atkinson, and the bridegroom's nephew, Master I. Ormcrod.


Sire was attended by her


velvet suit with a white shirt, and the attendants wore coral p i n k dresses of broderic anglaisc with floral coronets and carried white prayer books with flowers.


The page boy wore a black


groom's brother-in-law, Mr. Brian Ormerod. Groomsmen were Mr. F. Nutter, the bride’s brother-in-law. and Mr. D. Stger. the bridegroom’s brother. Ushers were Mr. P. Steer, the bridegroom's brother, and Mr. P. C. Bishop, the bride's cousin.


brown, Vicar of Christ Church, Giasson. and formerly Vicar of St. Paul's Church, Low Moor. His wife. Mrs. A. K. Bisbrown, was organist.


The ceremony was per­ formed bv the Rev. A. K. Bis-


Best man was the bride­


his associates, who, as he admits in his letter, arc attempt­ ing to cash in on the traditional Lancashire hospitality. will


realise that this is n o t a com­ modity fo r sale o r fo r exploi­ tation. th a t it is normally olTered freelv and with a good heart, but th a t where attempts are made to commercialisr- it. the proceedings arc usually viewed with great suspicion.


ALLAN LOMAX. Mill Cottages, Stony hurst.


The right to work


THE Press has attempted to con­ fuse the people into thinking tha t the docks struggle is an inter-union dispute.


by the very fact tha t as soon as the dockers were arrested the lorry drivers called off their picketing of the docks in soli­ darity with the dockers. The real struggle is over the right to work. The Industrial Re­ lations Act was pushed through with the sole purpose of Jsreak- ing the resistance of rank and file trade unionists and of


This has been proved false


forcing the trade union leaders to police their own members as Government agents. Another fallacy being pedal­


led by the Government is that some people are only in favour of keeping those parts of the law which suit them. But it is not a question of arguing with the law itself. The TUC policy is of total non-co-operation with the Act, which means non­ recognition of the National Industrial Relations Court. The traditional weapons of


Coach and Horses. Bolton-by- Bowland, the couple left for a honeymoon in North Wales.


On their return, thev will live in Monk Street. (_ iitlieroc.


-•Srap*-" Welleatc. Piet tire: David iTiomas, After a reception at the


the trade union movement— blacking and picketing—are now illegal. Consequently, the jailing of the five London dockers is an attack on the rights o f every trade unionist in the country. Now is the time for action, the TUC leadership must be forced to call a general


strike to ensure the dockers arc freed.


Mr. M. BROWN. 10. Park Avenue, Clithcroc.


IN MY opinion the best name for the proposed authority for this area would be Ribblevalc, and not Ribblesdalc as ap­ peared in my letter in last week’s issue. I ask you to point this out so that that those people who know my views will not think I have had a change of mind.


DAVID COULSTON. Springs Rond.


Longridge. Slaughter house


THE licence lor the slaughter­ house at Castile House. Sawley. has been renewed for a further 12 months by Bowland Rural Council The application for re­


newal was made by Mr. Eler- bert Harrison.


to do the job themselves. By using a volunteer labour


INSTEAD of dipping into church funds to redecorate the large school hall, members of Clilhcroc Parish Church have been dipping into pots of paint


force during the Clitheroc holi­ days. they have saved hundreds of pounds, and at the same time improved the look of the hall.


The new colour scheme has been prepared by Mr. Charles


Wilson, an architect, who is a committee member of the Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society.


Emulsion paint has been used


lower half of Ihc walls remains the same. The proscenium front wall


to transform the hall, giving it white walls and a mustard ceiling. However, the wood panelling which covers the


und pipes have been painted antelope grey, and the window­ sills and paintwork finished with


WILL SPEND GOLDEN DAY AT HIS WIFE’S BEDSIDE


ALMOST every day for the past three-and-a-half years, Mr. George Chamberlain


band and lwo children, will make the journey from Woking in Surrey to join in a family gathering at the hospital. They are hoping a room can he set aside for them to celebrate the occasion together.


Chamberlain uses public trans­ port to reach the hospital, but when the weather is milder he jumps on his trusts' scooter— I ft years old but still shining


During the winter Mr.


like new. Before Mrs. Chamberlain


entered Clitheroe hospital, fol­ lowing a seizure, she rode pillion with


husband. Tile


two of-tbemTaVe covered the length and breadth of the country on the scooter . . . and before that they had a tandem.


bought a small car. buThis wife preferred to feel the fresh air on the scooter.


Mr. Chamberlain might have MET AT DANCE


at St. Leonard's Church. Langlio, and the reception at the Dc Lacy in Whallcv. The vicar who performed the cere­ mony was the Rev. Mr. French. Mr. Chamberlain, then 22. is almost certain that it was rain­ ing. “ It really doesn't seem 50 years, and 1 don't feel that old.” he reflected.


He remembers their wedding


while Mr. Chamberlain was home on leave from serving with the Anr>v in Belgium. Mrs. Chamberlain was then working at Longworth’s Mill, beneath the Whallcy arches, and lived in adjacent Long- worth Road, with her parents and nine brothers and sisters— a Blackburn family.


The couple met at a dance


ployed at Green's (Abbev) Mill across front his home in May Terrace, Billington. from leav­ ing school at 12 until the out­ break of war at 151. Mr. Cham­ berlain secured a job at Long- worth’s after being discharged —to be with his girl friend. “ I came out of the war and


Although he had been em­


went down there weaving. I got on to tackling and then overlooking. 1 was overlooker when I retired in 1060 because of illness."


PIANIST


the house next door. The newly­ weds spent six vears further


Before marrying, he lived in


Mr. Chamberlain used to play the piano accompaniment for silent pictures. "'I don t know how 1 landed that iob," lie re­ marked.


CRICKETER


call that Mr. Chamberlain was a member of the Whallcv team which enjoyed so much suc­ cess in the 1920's. "I started as a bowler when


Cricket enthusiasts might re­


1 left school, but finished up as a batsman," lie said. "1 lost mv bowling skill during the war. and came back as a


watching cricket on television, Whallcv honorary life mem­ ber Mr. Chamberlain seldom gets along to the cricket grounds now. Nevertheless, he savours particular


batter." Although he still enjoys


from his career: "1 remember , one dav at Barrow 1 was p u t ' on to bowl and I got three or ; four quick wickets to virtually j win the match.”


incidents


and Mrs. Chamberlain have a lifetime of memories to enjoy. | But one of the finest is vet to ; come. That will be tomorrow.


Now in their seventies, Mr. j . i ! 7 / W H I T T A K E R — H O D K IN S O iN


Mr. Brian Seller’s bride’s cousin. . he Rev. G. E. Bolton


Riley, bridegroom’s brother; groomsman Mr. Andrew Cross- h-ide’s cousin; and usher


officiated. A reception was held at the


Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley, and the honeymoon is being spent in Ibiza. Mr. and Mrs. Rilev will live


at Bccchwootl, Woodlcsford. I .ccds. Photo: Wallv Talbot and Sons. Ltd., Blackburn.


was bridesmaid, and she wore a turquoise crepe. Michele dress and ca.rried bridal pink roses. Best man was Mr. David


Mary I-Iodkinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hodkin* son, o f BriercLiffe Road, Bum- ley. Given away bv her father, she wore a full-length doe skin dress with a train trimmed with guipure lace and Swiss hand- embroidered flowers. She wore a lace hat and carried white orchids with one yellow rose. She was attended by her


Whittaker, of the Post Office. Rimington, Mr. Robert Alan Whittaker, was married to a Burnley girl at Colne Road Methodist Church. His bride was ' Miss Hazel


nieces. Misses A d r i e n n e Wheeler, Rosalyn Field, and Yvette Hodkinson, and Miss Kathryn Whittaker


groom's niece). They wore white knitted lace Victorian-


( b r i d e ­ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac


style dresses trimmed with guipure lace and sage green velvet, and carried pomanders of coloured (lowers, with matching flowers in their hair.


Mr. Andrew James Whit­


taker, the bridegroom's brother, was best. man. and Messrs. David Anthony Hodkinson, die b r id e s brother, and Christo­ pher , Whittaker, the br ide­ groom s nephew, were groonis- 'uen- The bride's nephews, Paul Wheeler, Julian Hodkinson, Marcus Hodkinson and Alex­ ander Field were pages After a reception 'a t the


COUNCILS MAY PRESS FOR A 36-SEAT AUTHORITY


officers' working party was: Clitheroe.


34.


would serve f° r Three vears, but. once elected they could decide whether or not to have elections every four years.


Those elected as councillors


Eongridge Urban Council has approved “ is sel-up in


Black Bull Hotel, Rimington, the bride, a catering teacher- chef, and the bridegroom, a marine engineer, left for a honeymoon in Ihc Lake Dis­ trict and Scotland. Their future home will be in Riming ton*


principle. Tli c t r chairman Coun David Coulston. told members of the council tha t he th o u g h t834 v » y h e right num­ b er o f representatlves to serve


council areas already had. Coun l:red Singleton said


the area. It 'vas a more equable number than some county


he was pleased that Longridge's


will take p'aCe next year. The original -suggestion by an


Blackburn RDC. nine; Clitheroc RDC. five: bongridgc UDC.


' 2 " . councillors;


l ive Bowland KUC, four; and Preston RDC. one. a total of


SECOND THOUGHTS Clithcroe Rural Council will


discuss the same question a t its meeting on Monday, and is likely to ask for an cx 'ra coun­ cillor because of the wide area. Both councils will have Long-


ridge’s support. Clitheroe Council committees


council will be discussed at a meeting of the Ribblc Valley Joint Reorganisation mittee on August 31st.


do not meet until the first week in September, when, no doubt, the matter will be considered. The idea of a 36-member


Com­


DISPLAY" CLASSIFIED


Births, Marriages and Deaths


remember the depression was on then," Mr. Chamberlain re­ called "We borrowed money to buv this house and had to pay interest on it after that.” During his lime in the Army.


down the road, and in 1028 bought their present home. "1


has travelled from Billington to visit his wife. Nellie, in Clitheroe Hospital. To-mor­ row’s call will be a special one—for they will be cele­ brating 50 years of marri­ age. 1 heir daughter, with her hus­


white gloss. A splash o f colour has been added bv two red emergency exit doors. Curtains in a rich brown


Courtcllc fabric arc being made hv members of the Mothers’ Union, and should be ready in good time for the Parish Dramatic Society’s next play- ‘•Drv Rot’’. The farce, produced liy Barbara Scattcrgood. is be­ ing presented on August 31st. September 1st and 2nd. The “facelift” operation be­


gan with £130 from the Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society towards rcdccoration costs. The Mothers’ Union added £50, the Scouts £5, and the Youth Club £5, and the outstanding amount will be made up by the Parochial Church Council.


son, said that it was 10 years since the hall was last deco­ rated. and flic existing curtains had been made from wartime blackout material about 30 vears ago. The hardest part o t the re-


The vicar, the Rev. J. C. Hud­


work arc, from the left. Mr. Keith Lavender. his s o n Andrew, Miss Kate Glisbey. Mr. John Clayton. Mr. Jim Tattcrsall and Mr. Jack Wig- nail.


decoration has been moving the scaffolding, which was hired from a local firm. The verger. Mr. Keith Lavender, explained th a t it needed to he raised and lowered frequently, so that all sections of the ceiling could lie reached. Above, among those hard at


Clitheroe 'Advertiser and. Times. July 28.1972 3


THE SALE AT


COUNTY VOGUE CONTINUES


WI TH REDUCTIONS IN FOUNDATION WEAR


including a special clearance of


Slim Jim Corselry bv Blair


32 Sc 34 KING STREET CLITHEROE


COMMENCING AUGUST 3rd The


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times


will be PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY j


R IB B L E anti Hodder valleys could be governed at local ; level by a district council comprising 36 members two : more than ai present suggested and for which elections (


Council has had some second ; thoughts and will be pressing j for live councillors on geo­ graphical grounds.


representatives would at least j come from their own village. . Meanwhile. Bowland Rural


A dvertisers Please Note f


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receiving advertisement w i II be a s follows:-


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