Clitheroe Advertiser and Ttme3, tetiruary 15th, 1973 u iPRTlWE .MEMORIES Horseplay


■mo-.ip? and freesia in o::il different. ways, and sn ol containers, the


; :lc a:" °f arranciu- :rises. forsvthia


nne; n-.on for a bow] 0{ won by Miss D


i :hcr. and the social half :r was a quiz, won by Mr,


c,: voic of thanks to sneaker.


Sabden


Ik on food Holland, a represen-


■ v cheese was first dis-


1 for Kraft Poods gn.ya k on the products and


* in Biblical da vs. For F-'-iuc purposes all the ':-.eys in the Ann’s fac- : arc dressed in white :-i head to toe, and their '•Les are changed four i s a day. All the \V1 '.I.ocrs were given a tub


. I.-Cot tarn with Mrs At. cm:! second. Miss L. :. u receiving the humor- i Valentine award.


nurearine and a portion ci'.cese. A competition for ntine card was won bv


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’oh: toe pie suppers were cd at 50-50 dsco dance


ci :n the County school on day. Organised by the


i-nt-teachers association, raised over £23. thers' Union


liu-ollmg member Mrs presided at the AGM


’f airy and treasurer, and following were elected: J. Boocock (sccrc- Mrs W. Pimmcr


j i l sports were read by the


...istant secretary'), Mrs I. if (treasurer), Mrs J. Scott ..distant, treasurer), Mrs S, les (Christmas tree trea- eri, Mrs E. Shaw (sick non. Mrs H. Duff (Sun- ne fund treasurer), Mrs Graham (journals), Mrs Birtwel! (overseas trea-


-Irs Sumer thanked every* for their loyalty and


>pr.i-c during the past year, iicshmcnts were served ring the evening.


Gishurn ncy dress


;m Monday Gishurn YFC Id a fancy' dress competi- n. Jucia s were Mr and H. Bareli and Mr and


: ■. ^ gipsy: 3. Lesha as Miss Tankard,


... o. Burgh. Results were: ariii trr - l . Ian Coates as nv Savilc: 2. Alan Dtick-


ate.s as a petition to ;v -cs? Anne: 2. Andrew v i i as Wonderful World Disney: 3. Robert Bargh Generation Game.


irw.nal class — 1. Hazel Bancroft. SUPPORT


i: made to the Clitheroe , rlP,


in ': a t ioM of £100 has Centre by


C ’■ re s ’Ction of ILL


, y.'K - -to the centre, ’> i ue’C" Mr J- ? ’ -;,jd- "I hope t-lv.■


.,:nn tor 1913 will dem­ rru»Th»


organisation.


on- support fof v -1* . . 1 L.


. -vue to local people, :u;ng employees of ICL


he added, was of ->


The cup was won by Ian a;es. A vote of thanks .. Ki-.-rn to the judges by


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MEMORIES of the First


World War arc recalled by jlr \y HtU’hcn. of 28 Albert ci’.'C


Pt, Low Moor.


H;s firs' post was to St Mary's Hospital, Whalley.


Hr writes: "One night, we been home with our


wishing to Low Moor. It was wiieVthc blackout was in vto. Somehow, on the


joarnev back, the train orer- Wiwi'.py Station and


door and because o‘. the dark :cll on the small wall which surrounded the arches. Our :hough. fell over the


itonned on the arches. "\Vc opened the carriage


wall and landed in the fields below. ■ I felt unsafe and thought


I was going to kill over the tea, when suddenly, the


■:r:r.ei guard shouted. ' If anyotw gets out, I shall


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-We. t r is myself and v Albert Denman of Mit-


ton View, hurried hack in­ to the carriage. Luckily, when the train arrived back into tits station, someone loaned it- a hurricane lamp and we matuecd to find our lost clothes.


AT5 "Thr


-Our ATS


c;n


;d mess ;o be held vs' t Ime.


'me if I invitation


deed, who had also pro-


in the Mess


the of how i events


t G. H i., wh


• Minnie,” the horse, went to a lending up to it, are told by


ClitVe. of Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. "However,the mess presi­


dent was indignant at my asking. 'No member of a woman's service can enter this mess unless she is a sergeant or higher.’ lie declared.


"So I asked him if I could


ask another female who was not, a member of a women's service. ‘Oil yes.’ he said. •\ve would allow that,’


"So that evening I spoke


taking; ’Minnie' the quietest horse in the stable.


"Came the night of the


dance and ’Minnie’ was dressed as for May Day


celebrations. As a precau­ tion the Vet Sgt gave her a chloral hydrate to keep her quiet, and off to the bail we went,


"f handed the tickets


round the door and then entered the room before tile doorman had time to object.


"All the nursing officers,


in fact all the female sergeants. etc., gathered round and I was giving rides round the ballroom for almost an hour until the arrival of the Sat Major. "Who gave permission for that animal to be brought in here?' he asked. 'You did sir.’ I replied, and showed him the invitation signed by himself.


this section of horse trans­ port, returning the horse to Melton Mowbray.


left. "A month later I closed


■'This was the last of the


working units of horse transport in the British Army in England. A train­ ing battalion existed at Aldershot but was not a working unit.”


thought he was going to explode. He ordered us out but gave 1112 an invitation to his office next morning. "Amid the cheers of all the women's services, we


"His face went red. I


to my friend the veterinary sergeant and told him I had bec.t refused a ticket for Cpl Brown, but that I was


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Helpers needed for pageant at Whalley


A GOOD FRIDAY* pageant in the grounds of Whalley Abbey is the ambitious project being planned by four local churches as an act of witness.


Whalley. and Billington Bap­ tists. arc appealing for people to take part in the pageant, which will tell the Easter story in mime.


The three churches in


Dorothy Duckworth, and co­ ordinating- all the ideas is Mr Denis Cassidy, of Whit­ tlin'! Road.


He explained; "We want this to be a community


effort in response to Call to the North. Some people will be needed to play cen­ tral figures in the drama and prominent bystanders, and others are wanted for various aspects including, stage management, costumes and publicity."


are expected to be the mainspring of the pageant, anyone interested in taking part or helping is invited to attend a meeting in Whalley I


Though Whalley people NO TEST


C. of E. School on March I 2nd at 7-30 p.111.


ABBEY


pageant came out after a ch u r c h conference at Whalley Abbey, and already the idea seems to have caught on. " There will probably be


The proposal for the


CERTIFICATE IN order to be early lot- work. a Clitheroe man used his car although it had no test certificate. But he was seen by police in Pimlico Road and Clitheroe magis­ trates fined him £3.


David Skinner (21). of


up to. 100 taking 'part, depending on the number of volunteers." said Mr Cassidy. " Jt would be nice


Whalley Road, p lea d ed guilty by letter, in which he said he had meant not to use the car during the winter and had not used it since.


Producer will be M: 3


to see groups of young people involved, though wc would prefer not to have them under 15."


pageant, probably lasting about an hour, will take place in the abbey grounds. There will be no script, though there may be a com­ mentary, and possibly a musical background to lend atmosphere.


The main action of the


and a good crowd.” said Mr Cassidy. Anyone unable to attend the first meeting can contact Mr Cassidy at his home, or any member of the village's Christian Action group.


" We hope for a fine day life.. ->v- 'M s


F O RME R Lancashire C h i e f Constable Mr | William Palfrey was the ■ chief speaker at Clitheroe | Round Table’s 15th char­ ter night.


Other guests at the J


dinner, in the Starkie i Arms Hotel on Friday, in- \ eluded Lord Clitheroe \ (who also spoke briefly) |


and representatives of local councils and organi­ sations.


Toastmaster was Mr


Trevor Roberts, and toasts j were proposed by Or Wallace' Hooper, chairman of the Clitheroe Table, and Coun. David Collision, chairman of Longridgc unc. In our picture, from the


left, are: back — Mr Geoffrey Mitchell (secre­ tary, Rotary Club of i Clitheroe), Mv Tom Ben- i nett (immediate p a s t - ! c h a i r m a n , Clitheroe Round Table). Coun. Richard Turner (Mayor of Clitheroe). Coun. James Fell (chairman, Clitheroe ROC), Coun. Collision. | Mr Ronald I’yc. (Rotary! Club president). Coun. \ James Porter (chairman. ' Rowland ROC). Mr John : Spenslcy (vice-chairman of the Table). Front: Mr Keith Alston (chairman I of the Round Table area), j Lord Clitheroe. Or; Hooper. Air Palfrey.


Traffic flow


A SURVEY carried out by 40 Edisford School pupils on


the amount of traffic using the four roads round the school revealed the flow to be heavier on Lancaster Drive than on the Sccdall Avenue council estate.


Quickly sold out


WITHIN two hours, every-i


thing from a lampshade to i a wash boiler had been sold | at the Clitheroe Army Cadets' jumble sale in St John's Ambulance Hall.


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of the afternoon, a rocking chair, was snapped up within the first three minutes.


was organised by the parents’ committee, ranged from books and hardware to ladies' and gent's clothing.


Stalls at the sale, which


crowd-drawer with bottles ol spirits, donated by local townspeople. among the prizes.


the sale, and over £37 was raised for the Cadets' funds.


About 200 people visited


start renovations on the band equipment and any over will go towards buying a standard for the troop.


The money will be used to FAILED


TO STOP FOR failing to conform to a "Stop" sign at the junc­ tion of Shawbridge Street and Duck Street. Clitheroe. Brian William Thompson was fined £10 by the Clitheroe magistrates.


Bentlca Road. Gisburn. pleaded guilty by letter, in which he said he had accel­ erated across the junction because he could see there was nothing coming.


Thompson (19). of The tombola was also a Probably the best bargain Vk'Y


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‘NOT DRUNK’ SAYS DRIVER FOLLOWED BY POLICE


FROZEN ! RIBBLE


THE photograph last week i of skaters on the Kibble at j Clitheroe was almost cer­ tainly taken in 1020, a j


files for that year we can I say lie is quite probably ! correct. There were 21 degrees of !


Stonylmrst reader tells ns. j And after looking- up our;


frost at 6-30 a.m. on Fcbru- j ary 21st, and at 5 n m. the ! thermometer showed nine! degrees below freezing.


made things feel tjvcn | colder that week, bringing- j all outdoor work to a slop, j There was hardly one house I in the district without a j frozen tan. and at Slaidburn i all file village wells were j frown. Bus and ear radiators;


A 30 m.n.h. easterly wind |


cuting. said that a police car followed Walker ,a pro­ cess worker, along Shaw­ bridge Street. His car veered towards the centre of the road and without indicating turned right into Hayhurst Street. Then it went for several


yards along the pavement before veering across the road and back. Walker changed places


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den Road, admitted driving with excess alcohol in the urine and was fined £30 and banned for a year. Insp. T. J. Sumner, prose­


More to fungi than !


A CAR driven by a 53-year-old Clitheroe m an : mounted the pavement and then crossed to the far 1 side of the road and back while it was being followed i by a police car, Clitheroe magistrates heard.


! George Walker, of Stan- I


mushrooms IN some quarters "Fungui* is a distasteful word. T® naturalists it is one of th« important growths which en­ sures that nature is correctly balanced.


lecture to the Clitheroa Naturalists. Mr Bernard


In the first part of his


Oddie explained the various classes of fungi with illus­ trated drawings and pictures and brought his knowledge to his .audience in a most in­ teresting and modest man­ ner.


knowledge of the subject was limited to edible mushrooms, or inedible toadstooLs, could not. have failed to appreciate the vital role which fungi play in the world of nature,


Indeed, even those wliosa i


or even realised that there are far more species of fungi than those of flower­ ing plants.


with a woman passenger, and then told the police he had not been driving. A subsequent test at Great Harwood Police Station re­ vealed 185nig. of alcohol per 100ml. of urine—78mg. above the legal limit.


froze solid and cylinders cracked. The Ribble at Briingerley was frozen full , width from the weir to above ! Hie bridge. big crowds I gathered. There was also 1 skating at Grindl’etoii and ; Gisburn.


j Tlie two large nonds at i


Stonyhurst College were 1 frozen, and skating and iec '


Ill's load 011 tile corporation gas works — demand was , miarler of a million cubic feel more Ilian normal for i the time of year. The clee- j tricity department also re-; ported a big increase in demand lor current.


hockey were enjoyed. The cold was reflected in


Swimmers win free passes


FREE passes t0 the Ribbics- dale Fool for two months are to be given to successful candidates in the recent bronze medallion life-saving , exams held at the baths. In order to encourage


younger children to learn life-saving, the Town Coun­ cil's Recreation and Ameni­ ties Committee has also de­ cided to grant a free pass for one month to those who


qualify for the intermediate award.


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Oddie dealt with various as­ pects of insect life, and the slides showing the stages of file of the dragon fly with the nymph on the stem of a plant by a pool were superb. For such an interesting


Later in the lecture Mr Walker, who was not j i


legally represented, told the j court: "I was. not drunk."-


Cash for


a coffee evening at the i home of Mr and Mrs G. j Coulter. Princess Avenue.; Clitheroe. will go to the Townswomen's Guild music- group.


music group The sum of £50 made at j


cream cakes and biscuits were served and there was' a bring-and-buy stall. There was a special prize


Tea. coffee, home-mad’


for guessing the weight of a Christmas cake made and given by Mrs Coulter.


MOTORING OFFENCES


A 30-YEAR-OLD Wadding- j


Ion man was fined a total of £15 by Clitheroe magistrates ; for four motoring offences, i David Scott, of Waddow j


View, whose ear was seen by • police in Moor Lane. Clith- i eroe. was fined £5 for each of two defective tyres. £3 for using a car with an un­ clean and inefficient head­ lamp. and £2 for having an unilluminated rear number plate.


In a letter to the Court, he admitted ail the offences.


observer of nature it was appropriate that Mr Oddie should conclude his lecture with a visit to the Rhone Valley and also the home of the French entomologist the kite Henri Fabre, whom Darwin described as "The incomparable observer. ” Mrs Parrott paid tribute 10


Mr Oddie for the excellence, and educational value of the lecture and also thanked the projectionist. Mr Rigby.


Films about farm


machinery


quaint 216 horse-power trar. tor to combine harvesters and disc ploughs that can cover up to 200 acres a day Thanks were expressed by


FILMS about agricultural machinery were shown to Clitheroe Young Farmers by Mr Mackce. of the John Deevc Company. These ranged from a


Frederick Spurgeon and Roger Smithson. In the eliminating round


of the junior quiz, both Clitheroe teams were suc­ cessful. Clitheroe A 54. Lowick 48; Clitheroe B 551. Kirkham K


491. In the junior debate.


Clitheroe A 1 147 > were beaten by BHW 1 153 >.


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