1 . S Clilheroe Advertiser and Times, February 1st, 1973 WARTIME MEMORIES


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THE writer of this week's winning letter, a former Clitheroe shopkeeper, asks if she might reniain anonymous in case her story led to the identification


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of the other person concerned. She writes; “During the


Licensee refused to give blood sample


THE licensee of Pendleton hotel who “ i principle ” refused to gi breath, blood or urine samples to police, was banned from driving for a year and fined a total of £50 by Clitheroe


magistrates. Richard Herbert Collinson


Of the Swan with T\vo Necks was seen by police to change places with person driving his car and then stall the engine after four attempts to drive away He was fined £15 for per­


mitting the use of an un­ insured car, £10 for refusing to supply a breath specimen and £25 for refusing to supply blood or urine. He admitted the offences. Insp. T. J. Sumner


war, I kept a small grocer's


shop. One night during the black-out. about nine o'clock, there was an urgent knock ing on the .shop door.


in carrying on his shoulder a whole side of bacon I had only to say the word


astonished to see my pro­ visions traveller. He strode


On opening it. I was


and the bacon was mine The thought of all those lovelv breakfasts and the delight of a few selected customers receiving an extra half-pound of so of bacon (older readers will remem­ ber how meagre the ration was), riiade the temptation almost overwhelming.


But I resisted and the man went off again, still


canwincj the roll. I used to w'onder W'herc


that bacon finally finished


up.Was I a fool? Pi-obably but I .slept that night with a clear conscience.'


Tended bomb victims


prosecuting, said that two policemen .saw' Colliitscin's car w'eaving from side to side in Fo nd le Road,


tile driver moved to the passenger .seat, sw'apping places with Collinson. He then moved the car .slightly four times before stalling the


Clitheroe. It ran into the verge and


engine.He refused to give the policeman a breath sample saying". *' I wasn’t driving— it was him,” and again at the police station; "No. Not on principle.”


LAST RESORT


ing. said his client, after drinking during the day, decided against driving, man he met offered to help but the question of insurance never arose because Collin­ son thought he could nominate anyone to drive


Mr J. C. Haddow, defend'


his car. He took over the wheel


ing to drive the car was the same in law as driving it,


FORECASTS


BILLINGTON meteorologist Ml' G. Siittie, who displays w e a t h e r statistics on Whalley village notice board, has written to the parish couiTcil. offering to provide a weattter forecast also. The council agreed to accept his offer.


only as a last resort and did not realise that attempt­


AT the time of tlie bombing of Chatburn, Mr G. Benson, of 25 Balmoral Avenue, Clithcroe, was an ambulance driver for the borough, and concei'ncd in helping the injured people. He describes the incident;


•' At 2 p.m. on October 30th, 1940, I heard the plane pass­ ing very low over Clitheroe


field Quarries telephoned to say there liad been a loud explosion and it appeared to be in Chatburn where there were large clouds of smoke. " I phoned PC Bacon at


but was unable to see it. "Then someone from Bank-


Fashions in spectacles


A PAIR of glasses with fine .steel frames and tinted lenses almost 100 years old, beribboned monocle, pince- ne-/. and glasses in miniature were among a collection of .sijectacles shown by Mr E. Haigh, of ■Wellgatc, when he spoke on "Fashions in Frames ” to members of Clithcroe Inner Wheel Club.


frames made in materials such as cellulose acetate, perspex and nylon were very attractive and much interest was shown by the members in trying on the various styles which included the very latest fashion — the square frame.


Many of the modern


Mr Haigh for his vei7 in­ teresting talk and demon­ stration. and the president, Mrs E. Haigh, who presided and provided the refresh, ments.


Mrs S. Morton thanked


Chatburn. His wife answered, .saying that bombs had been dropped on the village. She asked me to tell the police at Wlialley as she coudn't


get through. " On the private line I told


the police at Church and then took the ambulance to


Chatburn. “ At the bottom of the


brow there was a petrol tanker on fire. Clouds of smoke were coming from it and it was almost impossible


to see. " I parked the ambulance


on the side of the road and went through the fields to­ wards the bombed house on the comer of Crow Trees Brow." I asked a farm man where the injured people were and he pointed to the barn, " In the barn. Dr J. S,


Cost of


Brookside BROOK SIDE County School, the one-form entry junior school to be built in Bright Street, Ctitheroe, will cost an estimated £169,476. This figure has been approved by Lanca­ shire County Council's Edu­ cation and Finance Com­ mittees.


MORE than 100 pe,c!ple at­ tended CUtheroe and Dis­ trict Caledonian Society's annual] Burns Night dinner and dance at the Sl-arkie Arms.


of Oiitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Richard Turner, were wel­ comed by the society’s president. Mr W. MacLeod. Tiie evening began with


The Mayor and Mayoress


the customary tO'asts. the first being the " Immortal Memory,” proposed by the principal speaker, Mr D. Moir, of Waddington. Mr W. G. ScoU, vice-


LO m SERVICE AT HOSPITAL


Cooper, of Text House, Clitheroe, was attending some injured women. " I suggested the most


convenient place to have the injuries properly cleaned and dressed was Coplow View and took four of the patients there, where they were detained. “ I went back to Chatbum


and took three more patients to Coplow, The third time I went back was met by a party carrying a stretcher with a dead woman. " Then, until 4-40 p.m.,


president, propo.«ed the "Toast to the La.s=;e.-." and Mrs M. Liml :'cp'.ied. Toa-'t,- master wa.s M;- D. Siinp.'on. Tlie haggis wa.s piped ia


BURNS NIGHT CELEBRATION


MUSIC and singing filled the air at Low Moor Chapel when the Good Companions held their New Year tea and party.Over 40 guests, Including the Mayor and Mayoress,


Coun. and Mrs Richard Turner, and the Deputy Mayor, Aid. S. J. Moore, were welcomed by Mrs F. Addison. They enjoyed a turkey tea, made and served by lady members.


carols and songs. Other entertainment wa.s


Afterwards, the Low Moor Cubs .sang a selection of


provided by 84-year-old Mr W. Hitchen, who gave a recital of Lancashire dialect.


Mr T. Ambrose, who played the guitar and sang folk songs, Mr H. Howarth (tenor) and Mrs A. Lodge, of Waddington (.soprano i, who was accompanied on piano by Mrs T. Bailey.


PARTY TIME FOR GOOD OTMPANIONS


To figkt County Council seat


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qtrU, Cl ith ero e. was I fniVrted by the party’s tera-


Sitheroe for Labour will be yirs Ethel penny. Mrs penny, of Hayliurst


inittee for District 3. The seat includes the I


„„rishes Of Chatburn, Down- E f ' Twiston. Mearley,


PeiTdlelon. Worston. Wiswell and Little Mitton.


in local circles as secretao’ of both the local and area councils of National Federa­


Mrs Penny is well known


tion of . Old Age Pensions Associations.


women's Section of the British Legion and has been organiser of the Poppy Day appeal for many Years She has served on the Road 1


She is a member of the


mimity singing, led by ,\Ira Baiicy. Pictured arc .some of Iho.


The party ended with cimi-


guc.sts. with Coun. and Mrj Turner in the ccnim and Aid. Moore on the far right.


Safety Committee and for tiie past 26 years ha-s been a member of National Sai^ ings Committee, street and


social groups. Mr G. C. Braithwaite, of


up working parties to cover I the -various functions of tlie I new district councils, the elections for which are in |


It w’as also agreed to sci June.


CUtheroe, was appointed agent for the county! election.


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by Mr T. .Murra.v. of To.- side. and acidre.s.sed by Mr Slater.


tional song at all Biin;.'> Nights, " Star o' Rabbio Burn.s." was sung by Mr D. Oldham, of Twi.ston, who was accompanied by Mr and Mrs B. Scott on accoi'dion and piano.


After the meal, :he iradi-


piper’s wife. Mr.s Joan' Murray, entertained tb.e guests with a disiilay of Highland dancing.


During tlie evening, the


the left, front; M;-.s Moir, Mrs W. G. Scott, Mrs Mac­ Leod and the Mayores-'. Back; Mr Moir. Mr .Murray, Mr W. G. Scott, Mr .Mac­ Leod and the Ma.'.'.or.


In our picture are. from


helped to control the traffic in the vicinity, Mr Bernard Sharpies,


member of the Clitheroe St John Ambulance Brigade, helped with the injured people and rendered very valuable first aid.”


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A- SERVICE of thanksgiving for the life and work of the Rev. P. B. (Tubby) Clayton, the founder of 'Toe H, will be held in Clitheroe Pari.sh Church on Monday at 7-30 p.m.


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" Clayton of Toe H,” by Tresham Lever, wit! soon be available at Clitheroe lib­ rary.


few days after his 87th birthday, is probably best remembered for his work to boost the morale of the troops in both World Wars. A biography entitled


Tubby, who died only Sign to be turned


■WHALLEY’S “ Best Kept Village" sign — recently damaged by vandals—is to be repaired and replaced in the gardens of the National Westmin.ster Bank, But the sign will face


king Street, instead George Street, in the hope


that it will not be damaged again, 'Wlialley Parish Council has decided. Clerk to the council Mr J,


A BAROMETER, a clock, an electric grill and a set of sherry glasses were tlie gifts chosen by four long-seiwing members of Calderstones Hospital to mark their retirement.


three of the employees — with a total of 110 years’ service between them — re­ ceived their gifts from chairman of the hospital management committee, Coun. Ernest Holgate. Retiring as nursing officer


At a special ceremony,


after 40 years' service, Mr Harold Tunstall, of the Cliffe, Great Harwood, re­ ceived a set of cut glass sheri-y glasses. Mr Joe Vickers, deputy charge nurse, of Nab View, Billing- ton, was presented with a clock to mark his 35 years at the hospital. For a simliar length of


hospital’s joint consultative committee, and Mr Tunstaill was given a tool set. The committee made a presen­ tation to Mr Tunstall recently.


tion are, from left; Ma- Tun- stail, Coun. Holgate, Mr Cole and Mr Vickers.


Life in Russia


Holden, reported that police are stlU investig'ating the incident in which the sign was damaged and are hope­ ful tliat the culprits can be traced.


time spent as a charge nurse, Mr Herbert Cole, of the Crescent, Whalley. re­ ceived a barometer. The fourth employee, Mr Ei'nest Oldham, of Whalley Road, Read, has completed 27 years as a head cook, but was unable through illness to attend the ceremony to receive his electric grill. In addition Mr Cole and


Mr Vickers nave each re­ ceived a cheque for £30 from


stall side of the


' to visit hei' daughter, a teacher at an, Anglo- American school, said her overall impression of the city was one of cleanliness. There was no hooliganism


MRS M. DENNISON, . of Ne'.scn, spoke about the Russian way of life at Edis- ford Ladies’ Club. Mrs Den­ nison, who went to Moscow


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Vale House Cafe site


THE site of the Vale Hoiis« Cafe, Wliallcy. could be used, at least tempuraril.v, as a car park. Coun. J. S. R. Shaw suggested to Whalley Parish Council. But, as negotiations abcmi


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the site are still in progro.'s between Clitheroe Rural Council, the County Council and the owners of tlic sitft the parish council decided to take no action.


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siiowed some slides, was thanked by Mi's M. Mickle- Wright.


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