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C lith c ro e A d v e r tise r a n d Times, Au g tts t 31st, 1972 ' '' ' . CARA VAN and C A R


V A CA N C IE S EXIST FOR


AUGUST Onwards


A complete Packaire Deal — CAR WITH CARAVAN OR HIRED SEPARATELY


Ring: now for full details


R. F. PARKER T e l e p h o n e C l i t l ie ro e 2 8 3 8


iVeu; group will be housewives^ escape route


M O ST h o u s ew iv e s c om p la in a t som e t im e o r o th e r a b o u t th e te d ium o f k i tc h e n c h o re s . . . b u t o n e lo c a l w om a n , M rs J e s s ic a W i lso n , is p l a n n in g to do m o r e t h a n j u s t c om p la in .


escape from th e work t l ia t can, she says, cause ‘‘m en ta l s tag n a t io n ,” Mrs Wilson is hoping to form a local b ran ch of th e N ational Housewives’ Register. Appeaimg for o th e r women


In a bid to provide reg u la r


HARD OF HEARING . . . CLITHEROE


2961 for a free hearing: te s t w ith o u t oblig:ation


MR R. POLLARD, M.S.H.A.A., Qualified Hearing: Aid Audiologist, w'ill be h ere on Tuesday, September 5th, to :


+ Conduct Hearing Tests Dispense Modern M iniature Aids Attend to all repa irs


+ Discuss your Hearing Problems T o u r Friendly Service — Your Local Service


DERRICK GREEN mps 4 R A ILW A Y V IEW , C L IT H E R O E


in th e Clitheroe a re a to help h e r la u n ch th e scheme, Mrs Wilson, of Ba shall Hall, B a sh a l l Town, explained th a t th e idea was aimed a t housewives of a n y age who feel they need to find new friends, an d a t th e same tim e escape from th e ir every­ day routine. T h e National Housewives’


GOING TO WEDDING ON THEIR OWN GOLDEN DAY


CELEBRATING th e ir golden wedding ann iv ersary on S a tu rd ay will be Mr an d Mrs William H enry Pye of P a in te r Wood, Billington. B u t they won’t be h aving


Mrs Pye h a s 12 b ro th ers an d sisters i t is going to be a


large p a r ty even th o u g h two of h e r sisters will be unable


a celeration p a r ty u n til September 15th, because they will be busy celebratiiig something else on S atu rd ay —Mrs Pye’s nephew’s


w'edding. He is being m a rr ied in


C h a tb u rn an d th e P ye’s will be th e re a s guests, so Mr an d Mrs Pye are quite happy about postponing th e ir own celebrations. T h e ir family g a th e r in g will


be a t th e Joudge Walsley Hotel, Billington, an d as


Had passed test three


days earlier A 42-YEAR-OLD C h a tb um


man was involved in a road accident- only th re e days a f te r passing h is driving te s t.


Avenue, pleaded guilty by le t te r a t Clitheroe to ’driving w ith o u t due care. He was fined £15 w'ith endorsement. Insp. T. J. S um n e r said


Jo sep h Harb. of Pendle


Harb tu rn e d from the Clitheroe—Whalley by - pass in to Sawley Road, crossing th e p a th of an oncoming car, an d a collision occurreci.


In h is le t te r , H a rb said


For DISPLAY


ADVERTISING Phone Clitheroe 2323


he h ad passed h is te s t only th re e days before th e acci­ d en t an d was on th e road alone fo r only th e second time.


W e l l con n e c ted


exchange lines th a n a t Ju n e 30th, 1971 — a growth of 8.8 p er cent.


THE num b e r of connections to B r i ta in ’s telep h o n e n e t ­ work re a ch ed a new peak ol 10.238,764 a t th e end of June, 1972. T h is is 709,867 more


m a r r ied a t Mitton P a r ish Church. They both came


to a t ten d . Mr an d Mrs Pye were


from farming families, Mrs Pye is from Bolton-by-Bow- lan d an d was Miss Chew before h e r marriage. Mr Pye comes from Waddington Fell. They were fa n n e rs th em ­


selves, re tir in g in 1960. F or ab o u t 40 years they lived in Nab Side F arm , Billington, and moved to P a in te r Wood on retirement. Nab Side was previously Mrs Pye’s p a re n t ’s fa rm an d


w'ith th e Gar rison Artillery in Germany.


Mr Pye, W


before th a t th ey were a t C a r te r ’s F arm, Gisburn. D uring th e firs t world war, ’ho is 77. served


bers of the Abbey Senior Citizen’s Club, Whalley, and th e Billington an d Whalley Bra.ss Band Club.


.sons, one living in Chatburn an d one n ea r Chorley, and th re e grandchildren. Mrs P.ve, who is 72. is a little bit disappointed th a t two sisters will be ab.sent from the cele­ b ra tio n as she h ad planned on a family photograph.


They have two married Mr and Mrs Pye are mem­


Regis te r came into being in 1960, an d since th e n i t h a s grad u a lly spread th ro u g h o u t th e country, she explained.


MEETINGS


w'ould ap p e al especially to young mothers, anxious to escape th e nappy washing ro u tin e fo r a while. “ B u t i t will be open to any m a r r ie d women, w ith or w ith o u t a family, aged bet­ ween ab o u t 20 an d la te 60s.”


a n d have reg u la r meetings,” she said, " when we could hav e discussions o r lis ten to gues t speakers.” She added th a t th e group


‘‘ We would form a group


PRIEST IS THANKED


DIVISION 5 Education Executive is sending a le t te r of th a n k s to F r. Vincent H am i lto n for h is services to edu c atio n in th e division.


F r . Hamilton, formerly


p a r ish p r ie s t of th e English M a r ty r s ’ Church, Whalley, is leaving Whalley to tak e up a teach in g p o s t within th e p r ie s th o o d . .


'I''-} im.i Pleads guilty


A 24-YEAR-OLD Clitheroc woman driving a v an along Edisford Road, caused a n a c c id en t w'hen she tu rn ed r ig h t in f ro n t of a n oncom­ ing motor cyclist.


Whallcv Road, pleaded guilty by le t te r a t Clitheroe to driving w ith o u t due care. S he w'as fined £15 w ith en­ dorsement.


M a rg a re t L. P arkinson, of


h a d looked in a l l directions before tu rn in g r ig h t , b u t did n o t see ttre approaching mot/or cyclist.


In h e r le t te r she said she B o t t le g a r d e n in g


A CHANGE from the usual d em o n s tra tio n s of flower a r ran g in g was se en a t Clitheroe Flower Club, when Mr Roger H u rs t spoke about b o ttle gardening.


He showed how to grow


p la n ts in a carboy, wine ja r an d sweet ja r , a n d gave tips on th e types of soil to use a n d th e cu l tu re a n d growing of su itable p lan ts . T h an k s were expressed by Mrs R. Seed.


AT th e p re .s e n ta t io n c e rem o n y a r e , from the le f t : M rs W. B row n , a m em b e r o f th e su b -com m i t te e ; M rs W h i te s id e a n d M rs Todd.


Skiptomania it’s catching!


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,


PENDLE CLUB SAYS THANKS'


A TEA TROLLEY, a tabic lamp, an d a bunch of flowers were th e gifts pre- ■sented to Mrs M a iian White.sid-c a t th e Pendle Club in recognition of h e r 17 y e a rs ’ service as secretai'y of th e sub-committee.


been a member of the ma in committee since its incep­ tio n 22 yea rs ago, an d in ' h e r capacity as .social o rg an ise r h a s ar ran g ed sp e a k e rs , tr ips , holidays,


Mrs Whiteside h a s also


and various classes. T h e p re sen ta t io n was


made by Mrs P'h.yllis Todd, .secretary of th e Old People’s Welfare Committee, who paid tr ib u te to Mrs White- side for doing- a v a l ian t job over th e years. “ Being secretary is h a rd work,” she said, “ an d we really have h ad excellent services from Mrs Whiteside. This club would n o t have flourished as well as i t has . h a d she n o t been th e re .”


Mrs Whiteside, who will still rem a in associated with


Army on parade


Branch OfTiemt 7 Market Place, Clltheroe BB7 2BZTefc 421G Manager: Mr. W. S. Glasby


BUILDING^ SOCIETY


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


h e a d O F F IC E : H IG H S T R E E T , S K IP TO N , Y O R K S . T E L 0756-45S1. CITY OFFICE: S'! HIGH HOLBORN. LONDON WC1V6NG. TEL 01-242-8147,


GUNNERS from N o r th L an ­ c a sh ire’s 12 L ig h t Air Defence Regiment a re to visit Clitheroe a s p a r t of a to u r of th e North-West.


T h e reg im en t will be


visiting 15 towns, an d will be in Clitheroe on th e 8 th


an d 9 th of September. 'On show will be Bofors guns, generators, tra c to rs . Land


Rovers an d rad io equipment. T h is sipectaculax display will ■also be stage’d in P re s to n d u r in g G u ild Week.


th e club, spoke of the im­ p or tance of a friendly a t­ mosphere, and thanked members for tiicir .support


and hclpfulnes.s. sh e was •• overwhelmed and some­ w h a t em bar ra s sed" by tbe tr ibute s and i.he well- chosen gift.s, which .she


assured them would be well used.


NFU ladies meet


THE t e am f o r '• Any Q u e s ­ t io n s ” o t t h e m o n ih ly m e e t ­


ing- o f t h e NFU l a d ie s ’ so c ia l s e c t io n was


c om p o s e d o f


Tom Wood a n d M r J im m y Fell. The meeting -^vag held a t


Mr.s Haworth. Mr.s B e e , Mr


Mrs H. Taylor, Westbv Hall. Gisburn. A prize for a competition


T aylor an d Mrs b . S e ed - In collision


A SAWLEY man drove oh*' from Uie car park of Hie P u n ch Bowl Hotel, Hurst Green, an d collided with a passing car, Clitheroe magis­ t ra te s were told.


T h e S pread Eagle Hotel, fined £15 with endorsement


Raymond Duthie (21), a f te r h e pleaded guilty by


le t te r to driving without <W® care.


LOW MOOR <3ood Com­ p anions Club will be a year old n ex t m o n th — afid to ra ise money to pay fo r th e celebrations, members orga­ nised af te rn o o n tea<5 a n d a v ar ie ty of stalls, on S a tu r ­


day. About 50 ijeople at ten d e d


th e event, which was h e ld in th « IkW Moor C b a ^ L an d


ap p re cia tio n to all wh "> at ten d e d an d contributed


£21 was .raised towards th e b ir th d a y p ar ty . T h e Rev. E. S. Joselin opened th e pro­ ceedings, a n d a t tra c t io n s included a cake stall, pound s ta ll a n d holiday g if t stall. Mrs F. Addison expressed


g if ts a n d donations. A t a rao an t moatinc a t th e


game an d a m a tchbox quiz. Winner was Mr w .


"E b en e z e r ’s S tum p Speech— , h is opinion about women.” Mr.% Brown Mtng “ Barefoot


Hitchen, who also rec ited in L a n c a sh ire dialect:


club, e n te r ta inm e n t was pro­ vided by Mrs B roadhurs t, •,vho sang a solo, a n d Mrs Addison, who organised a


Days.” Afternoon te a a n d biscuits were served by Mrs S. Seedall, Mrs Addison a n d Mrs B. Rothwell. T h e Good Companions’ n e x t m e etin g will be on September 7th. ABOVE, p ic tu red w ith th « o d tn e r , th e Rev. E. S. Jose- •lin, (back r ig h t) ig a g ro u p


i p t ' th e Good OompanioiM^ gu^ts.


Whalley Abbey and began w ith h ig h tea, followed by a business meeting a t wiiich Mrs F. Clayton presided. A coffee an d sheri-y evening was ar ran g ed for 'September 26th, a t th e home of Mr and


was given by Mrs J . Cowgili. an d was won by ' Mrs M.


S t Jam e s ’s School, owing to th e holidays, b u t fu tu re meetings will be h eld in the Adult Centre, Bibblesdale School, as usual.


T h e m eeting Was h e ld in B r ew e ry v is i t


TWO p a r t ie s o f 20 ladies from th e Wednesday Club visited a Blackburn brewery re c en tly a n d enjoyed th e ir conducted to u rs of one of th e m o s t up-to-date p la n ts in th e country.


F o r fa ir


A JUMBLE sale organised by S t Jam e s ’s working p ar ty in the day school, on S a tu r ­ day, realised £41 for th e au tum n fair , w'hich will be held in November.


Chase ti’ophy ra c e on Win­ dermere. T h e comipetition,


organised by th e Outward Bound School, is held in memory of a canoeing in s t iu c to r who drowned while canoeing in Gei-many.


T.‘\K IN G p a r t in th e i r first- ever full-scale canoe race, five Clitheroe Scouts p u t on a n excellent p er form ance— a n d cap tu red a second place in b o th ju n io r a n d senior events. Tlie ev en t was th e Jo h n


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was prompted to s ta r t a b ran c h of th e National Housewives’ Register be­ cause she herself h a s a n in e m o n th old d au g h te r an d lives in a n isolated sjjot— between Clitheroe an d Bas­ h a l l Eaves. “ I am sure th e re a re a num b e r of housewives stuck o u t in th e wilds who would welcome th e chance of a ch a t,” she said.


Mrs Wilson says th a t she


reg u la r intervals, using mem­ bers’ houses in tu rn . “ As fa r a s an y members’ child­ re n are concerned, i t would be easy to a r ran g e fo r baby s i t te r s while a t ten d in g the meetings.”


Meetings would be h eld a t NOMINAL


using a large enough house, we could p u t o u r children in one room, w ith sweets an d toys, a n d g et o n w ith o u r meeting elsewhere.”


” Alternatively, if we are Cost of jo in in g Mrs


Reg is te r ’s h e a d office in th e South, a n d th e re s t is used to pay for gues t spieakers


Wilson’s scheme will be nominal. T h e subscription is ju s t 25p p er year. Of this , h a l f is s e n t to th e


Mrs Wilson believes th a t th is will be th e only club of i ts kin d in th e d is tr ic t—a l­ th o u g h th e N atio n al House­ wives’ Regis te r h a s a b ran ch a t Burnley.


POSTERS


crusade to free local women f rom th e k itch en sink an d cooker will be th e distribu tio n of posters a n d car stickers. B u t Mrs Wilson is n o t simply s tr ik in g a blow for Women’s Lib . . . h u s ­ b and Colin will, she hop>es be helping to h a n d these out. Colin is a p a in te r a n d decorator, a n d se creta ry of Clitheroe F ootball Club. Although, she h a s received


Next step in Mrs Wilson’s


only a h a n d fu l of inquiries a s yet. she is n o t dow'ncast. " I would like a s many women as possible to join u p ,” she said, “ a n d if th e re.sponse is overwhelming we c an always form more th a n one group.” Anyone who is interested


in joining in w'ith th e plan can co n ta c t Mrs Wilson a t Clitheroe 4370.


WINNING the Derby was a great event for schoolboy Ia n Peter Chew, of Bashall Lodge Cottages, Bashall Eaves.


While on holiday at the


Southport holiday village of Pontin’s, at Ainsdale, he beat all-comers as a donkey racing jockey, making him eligible for a national donkey derby later this year.


Ian (12), enjoys gymnas­


tics, and has already won a badge and a certificate. He is pictured with the winning donkey owner for the day, Mr Richard Cheio, who is a farmer.


More te lep h o n e s


NEARLY 150,000 telephone lines were in use in the Blackburn telephone a re a at. the end of Ju n e according to la te s t figures from the P ost Office. T h is rcpresentc,-i an increase of nearly I'/.OOO lines on th e to ta l a yeai earlier.


1974 IS THE DATE


FOUR repi-esentativcs front. Division 5 Education Execu­ tive have been appointed to th e m a n a g e m e n t of Clitheroe’s new Brookside County P rim ary School. They are Aid. Tom Robin­


son. Aid. Leo Wells, a n d Coun. William S harpies, a n d Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg, a member of Clitheroe R ural CounciL The site for tlie school, in


Brigiit S tre et. should be available by the time th e building contractors a re


ready to s ta r t work. Some of the cla.-^sroom accom­ modation should be read.v during the la t te r p a r t of 1973. and completion of th e .school s’hould be early in. 1974.


COME SECOND IN CANOE RACE


d au g h te r of Mr -and Mrs F red er ick William Baker, o;


Strolling in


Downham country


Ribble Valley an d th e Bow-: la n d HiUs.


p an o ram a from Parlick Pike, in the west, to Ryl- stone, in the nor th-eas t. Below, th e Ribble wound


They saw th e whole i j |


Its way through th e valley, p u ie t villages were dotted about, hills an d woods with fann.s’t€ads h ere and there completed a wonderful pic­ ture.


Roman road, th e walker.s made for Dowmham Mili. passing th e “ fairy rocks ” : on th e way. B y the miU a ' few old millst-oncs were seen.


Crossing th e line of ti.e ,


th e waterway which carried w a te r from Ings Beck to | drive th e water-wheel they ■ .soon took th e road to Inc.s | End. crossing the beck by ; th e bridge.


Going along the course of | F o u r members of th e


four miles, Gary Gore, of C larem o n t Avenue, C l ith ­ eroe, was second, an d Clifford Cowburn, of Here­ ford Drive. Clitheroe, was second in th e senior rac e over seven mUes. Meanwhile, members of


1st Pen’dle Scouts h av e been canoeing also — on Loch


Ribblesdale troop and one member of S t P au l's rep re­ sen ted Clitheroe. I n th e ju n io r section over


Lomond. A p a r ty recently s tay ed a t Aughengillan, a camp site owned by th e Glasgow Scout Association about 10 miles f rom th e loch.


Scouts climbed Ben Lomond an d pony trekked.


PICTURE: Afloat on Lake


Windermere are , from le f t ; P h illip Greatorex, Clifford


Cowburn and. P au l Tomp­ kins.


As w’ell a s canoeing, th e


Head, a 17th century farm-1 house a t th e foot of Riming- j to n Moor, with its memorial j to members of th e Bulcock family. I t records the death of one member who was | buried in -Wlialley C h u rch - ; y a rd because h e was not i re s id en t in th e Fari-sh ot Downham.


A fieldp: th led to Clough j


Following a track up tl'ic , moor an d a fieldpath to |


Coolham and Red Syke. rVic : ramblers proceeded


'ey ;


Brownlow and across the d ee p Ravensclough -^.o Pendle End road.


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t in u e d b.v road a)id an an c ie n t green l a n e , n ow th ic k with ruriics. past H(X)kcliffe


an d to Gerna a n d by ro.-.d : in to Downhani.


th ro u g h Hookcliffe


h a d provided an intcrc.siing | walk with many vantage , points for viewing the val-1 lev in length and depth.


Once again. Mr Driver Fined £3


A CHATBURN man -was fined £3 with licence en­ d orsement by Clitheroe m ag is tra te s for driving a c a r w ith defective brakes. T h e offence was dis­


covered a f te r K eith H ar ­ greaves (26', of Ribble Lane, was stopped by a policeman as he drove along C h a tb um Road, Clitherv->e, Hargreaves pleaded guM-v b.v le tte r.


MSc DEGREE


A FORMER .pupil of Down- h am School and the Royal Hospital School, Suffolk, Mr Malcolm C. Mclvor, has gained his MSc a t Lancaster


Mr an d Mrs C. E. Nelson, of Clay Hotise, Downham, and ig employed by IC I a t Run­ corn. Married with two


University. Mr Mclvor is the son of


children, h e lives in Chester. RAiMBl.EK. i j P l a n t a t i o n ,


F a rm ■ |


FYom here t h e w a y c o n ­


f inest v an tage points for i extensive views of


S atu rd ay , tak in g th e p a th - way by Hemlock Cottage to jl Downham Green, one of tiie , F


WITH Mr Ro n Driver as le ad e r, Clitheroe Ramblers s e t off from th e an c ien t stocks a t Downham on


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Neotechnic Engineering Ltd, Clitheroe; the brideeroom is th e owner of the local mobile discotheque. Disc-Traction, a n d is employed by Holder, an d Hartley (Burnleyi L;d. as a par tsm an. He is tlif only son of Mr and Mr-s J o h n Baldwin, S t Mary'.-^ S tre et , Clitheroe. T h e bride is the only


bride's cousins—one from Yugoslavia and another who is .serving with the .'^rmy in Berlin. The bride is .secretary to th e general manager


uWo of the of


wedding of Miss Patricia Ann Baker and Mr John Baldwin a t SS Michael and Jo h n 's Church, Clitheroe, on Saturday, was the unexpec­ ted arrival of ’


P lea san t surprise a t the K ^


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