■>


Ifva p s


[«SE\ L 1 I) 1'9V. ; [r.'‘:t'7\10 ll l i l t man home to


Stiminer sports season


!”■: b'i-.',li:i- yrcen.s at f.,.


'■ ••>'• •lo"'; miniature ,,o'. ,ii 'Kaisl'orci and olhe-


an.u-aiion cmidoor anic-'


- ■ ;-v:il most likely open oa for the summer


■ io use St, the rirst weekend ; May but, ,Mr John Hal'


Th.ey arc usually brouci-t


ao weeks, weather iwrmj, I .na. Bowlers at. the castle


were eager to get on tkj :ce;i.


1‘iie i)ark.s ciepartment wiH e be looking into com-


,1sinks about the Rocfteld .. .liiali piiche.s. Mr Hall ex.


J< : the ground before two Iciuheiaje


tre. .sect eiirpri.se a t a claim I’st .spectators and players ii-.d !o pri.sc large stones out


^Aniaieur League games on tmirday.


and district


Tire pildie.s, he sa.id, ap. ■•iieci :o be in good condi.


am " but we have not tlia site to examine ever/ sfiarc loot, and there is ai.


' .i.v,-. ihc problem, of stones vurking through lo tlij srface. *’


lA'.aking* gas bottle is removed


■;.] ilL:,HOE firemen wesr- :w ..vvesn ma,'ks removed a suin.' oMV-acctyIcne bottlo


: ■•I. Hsiikson's Engincoriiij s . Kendal Street.


■■■'•■s.; I.) siHow all the highly u ls ’p.msble gas to disper.te,


1 ’ ■ ruucing rii.m in the !• ws< sarried outside lira


i" s- lesi: w behoved to have . s cained by a fauUy .


■ S' !■ irrmen and wvo a?- nr>v .Mood bv for 31


',u/..s Siiperintcndont, sa;d 1. .s week it was planned to ■.-.ni; :ito oiicniny forward


Ribble Valley


' 'ip ::;e new Lanca- ■' f v-iitv C.ninc:! will


'■••r.'ued ‘‘'dw. monih.


i... .....iiinaiinn- elo-scd ii "a-S


Hum Oi-con


:V V- Anthony Perry, - t ’th fm n ffO” ' 'he


sJSYiswr-'


J bzc Divi-imi anc> ‘1.f Hii/ksaru Riu.d. Ilw chmnnan Ot


■i.' UDC f'ouncitU'i . ... ar-old coim.


Itl our reporter , v,uhclraw..l


. I(vrr’.ciae could have .iicv.. Ijeliia no e'ee-


"'■‘V;, .‘kr'are.i. He fi'l! Uii> V-L-Vomit


govern-


,V'"-..Jaus and manil.v ou "’cveiind.^ lie had


11,(1.- ;o agili, 'I' VI Indep'.'iKieiii Con-


■


‘ .‘•r Conn. Couhsion ■T.rur; ‘be >onp-


,T.-c Couni'. •■''hf Ba.'il ■:.,.T'i'.vood. of 'Wlaillov, wb.o


1; seen a member of the .1,.-. roiineil .sinee Ibbli. ilncnn.in .e.nie 1!I70.


'pre-idem of fliiiieroe Cun.=erva:;vc A.?."o-


TSf Lor.'/rai.se Div'.-ion m-


•i-'c; the whc'Ie of tile di'iiici. BovvUind


i'r,l Di.-ii'irt. the Cmbcroe 1..; pari'lic' of .Aigliioii. and Clialgley, Bow-


■ ■


.’Tklev. and the Prc.'ton ■'ll pai'i-he-^ of Dution,


■ twiiii-Leak'aii'. Chip- "iiui Thornlcy-wilh-


vtw.tili and Ribchcsier. ?i the Clithcroc Division. "di fonion.'c.s the borough


■ ; Chaibiirn. Downliam. yktioii. Me.ai'ley.


rfi'en- Twi'lnn. \Vi.s'.veU 3 Wois'on. there wore no


CiMiii. Harry


i.'-eoci esriued Ihi' 'lory ■y,;.., ..\ direclnr of


'.Ml ,kii vVe.'iliead iV .Son.


Cliihci'oe. he ha.' repre.scn- icd Whallcy on the Cotuuv


Council for tlie past three ycar.5. He is a formei’ chairman


of Clilheroe Rural Council, chairman of Divi.sion .a Education Executive, and a member of the management


coinmiitce of Calderstones Ho.spilal. He i.s opijo.scd by prn-


rioners' champion Mr.s Ethel Penny, of Chllieroe, who ha.s previously comeslecl Llie boroiigii elections for the Labour party, and by Mr John -Aspclen. of Clithcroe, a freelance journalist, for the Liberals.


Mrs Penny i.s secretary of


the Clithci'oc branch of the National P’ederation of Old .Age Pensions* .A.-^ocialions and is vice-president of a region covering Lanca.shire. Ciieshire and the Lsle of Man. Mrs Penny is also Poppy Day organiser for Clilheroe.


Mr .A.'pden is vice-chair­


man of the East Lanca.shire branch of the National Union of Jounalists and former secretary. He is al.so a former .secretary of Ihe branch's Press Ball com- mitlcc. He i.s a member of Clilheroe Cricket Club and chainnan of


the local


Perry i.s challenging Couniy Conn. George Leo Nick.son, o| Langho. and Mr Tcrcm e Edward Rowe. Laboui'. of Ctreen Row. Live-sey. Danven. Commenting on his with- from Longridge,


amateur football club. In Blackburn Rural. Mr


di'awal


which he Lad intended to contest a.s an Independent. Mr Perry ^taid he had .since been asked by the Liberals to conle.st Black- buin Rural. He ha.s been a mciiiber of


Uip Libeial Party for 1.') year.s and ha.'


fousht elcetion.s in London. He •


has al,'o taken an active i pa r t in politics in Surrey and the South-East, and


held various party offices, j Mr Perry said he had I


I


been persuaded th a t th e ; party‘.s interests would b e ! best served by putting his I name forward for the part ■ of the division which covers ' Whalley. .And with the! backing of


the Liberal;


election machine he would I obviously have a .greater' chance of capturing the scar.


In addition to Whallcy i


the Blackburn Rural Divi- j .s'lOn include.' Baldcr.slonc, i Billington, Clayton-lc-Dalc : Dinckley. Mellor. Osbaldc-1 Sion. Ramsgreave. Sale.-iburv. ! Wilpshirc. Read and Sabdcii. Mr Nickson. the Conserva-;


candidate, is a manager of Ribblesdale S e c o n d a r y . School. Clitheroe, and o f : two church schools — at Mellor and Osbaldc.'ton He : i.s vice-chairman of Black-1 burn Rural Council and a ! member of the management! rommittee of BrockhaM: Hospital. Mr Niekson served on tiie ^


local aullfority rcorgani.--a- lion comitlces for


Ribble Valley and Blackburn District Council.


Mr Rowe C.26i. .'tudying ,


a t Bolton for a degree in electronic engineering. H e ! ■wa.' secretary of the D a r - ! wen Division Labour Party for two year.', and ha.s been active in St Andrew's wai-d. ■ Blackburn. La.'t year he wa.' a member of tile Lanca- '


.'hire County La'oour Parly'.s ; temporary committee.


The new and .'mailer'


Lanca.'hire County Council will have 96 members and govern a population of 1,.'!41.000. Polling clay i.' Thursday,


April Pfih.


co-ordinaline : ;


ihe^ %


YOGA iras a iirw ex­ perience for meiiibcru of Edi.'ijorci Ladies' Club, bid Uicy were only too willinri,


Lo have a try icticn the opportunit;/ offered.


At their inectiuq on


Tuesday. the speaker. /Ur.s- A'. Dalton, of Accrivp- lon. said the purpose of yoqa wa.s to achieve a physical. mental and psychic harmony. Prac- tisers of yoqa n e v e r ' strained themselves and ] .she pointed out.


that relaxation was diuat ly as


Mollie is the captain ofRimington’s navy


."EDS slid Liverpool 1- nni seem ideal IP.' lor .' u ill ill e r iay.s


but tlio


I’.tvy.'icle between the cities well woriii


:U'M tile v:ew i>r Mr.s h 'iSrar..'. oi ■MXyn'.'.aui.-.'' tr.k.ua. wiio operale.s a ■. o' toui' narrow Ijoaks


tap Lfocl'-L;vci'|X)til ior ;iir purpo.'C' of


,;tp ii'aa-aw. And her '■'tic,a t- -hared by a Ktar.'arr o! other


c — ::ai;ar;e. lor h e ' -■ia.A'n arc, alrcadv


IKBURM


:Y fMiOOR )NE 54089


|'.A[rf':iIKNTS CAR RADIOS


j-ompIcJc wifh Fitfings £8.50


TELESCOPIC CAR AERIALS


£1


;reen LADES In Stock


s o p VERINC


M- ".’" ‘■'•'f- ■.■ ,,r Road.


'N.....H . . . '" " "-f!' hi- N'lebrated


; I 1 N : ;tiON Of


iS, vIPS, etc PRICES


lAND rH A T ! p. V. , f "■ ■


k'-a-.,;! ■.vedding only ago: I wa.s Srafoi'i’


n


0 lance Mil':' tile


■ I'M-i ciiav:.*. Uvicc. 'i't?


. . T u u o . - "


Mil- , ' ' '" ' iW'riil.'. Mr : "


' ■ riitl vcpioduceci in


'.-’-■■'he. v.iio liv^.d Place.


r ertc'!'' ■'■"'■■Ug Ihat


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■ auo ills f.in­ hullrl


Clirnci'iic s being


jaw. I Of iw f-\!"-Twck and


" r ,p ’'“'.o''’ Lscape one


P'’Oir 01 liie


but t!ie.?e rcoftiin?


<<n


Cutting brings kck memories for Edward


leiiii'/.s lhal wci'C 'with me.'’ Mr Oddie also described


Turki.sli troop.' they were up again.sl. and as there i appeared to be only a few. they decided lo attack. H e , iien dc.'cribcd in graphic I


liow the attack came about. -A patrol, lie -said, was sent out


lo .sec how many


detail liow liis friend w a s ! .'hot ihi'ough the neck as ho went ovoi' the tO]3.


"Tlie machine gun and,


rifle fire from the Turks wa.s like a hurricane, with shell.' c::ploding and earth flying all around us." the letter


.'aid. " Cric.s of ' Oh! • could be heard, and a man would iall."


Bui after .seeing llieir


captain .shot tlirough the lorchead. flic fhin red line of .Seatorth.s had to retire, as there were many nioi'e ■f'lirks than were at fir.'t Ihought. • ' r b-'gan to crawf back to our own lrcnche.s. a .'cailcl track marking my lino of retreat. " I reached a long, narrow


ditch whicli led to our Ireneiie.s. The ditch wa.' about two Im deep in mud and water, but I tell .vou I dropped into llii.s witli a si;gh of relief, even thougli I was wai.-t deep in mud." Mr Oddie'.' le.tlci' eon-


flooding in lo her combined


which flow.' through such beautiful counlrv.side doe.s not have a more in.spiring name — it ought to be called the Pennine Canal." .'he commented.


home and office. '■ It is a pity th a t a canal


Mrs Binns, who.'e husband,


.lack, .spend.s much of bis lime in London as part of hi.s job in the tex'H'e trade, deals single-handed with all tile administrative work behind Rambler Boat.s Ltd.


intcre.'t in boating of vari­ ous kind.' — my favourite being marine sailing.’' she


■ ■ I have had a life-long


ex|)lained. " So. when my fainilv grew up. a venture such ‘ a.' thi.s .semccl an ideal wav of combining a pastime and a job." Moving to Rimington


from Keighley six years ago. Mrs Binns began her bu.sincss hobby two .seasons ago. Starting with two na r ­ row boat.' — Pimpernel and Sneedwell — she added a third last .vear, called Peri­ winkle. and will have a founh. Harebell, this lime.


Wharf


Gargrave. where Mi's Binn.s lea.'e.s a'wharf. She also ha.s a caravan there a.s an office, but hopes to replace th at with a cabin in the near future. "T h e boats are not con­


The. base for her boal.' i.s


in the counlrv lo be dc- vclojied touri'i-wi.'Ci.


One hirer a couple of


year.' ago took h i ' boat to Burnley, turned round and journeved all the way to 'York. " He went to Lced.'. joined the Aire and Calder navigable river system, and then tire River Ou.se --- reaching a noint w’nci'e it wa.' tidal.'' .s'nc explained. .And wluu's more he did


and fuel 'upplied at th e ' beginning of the holiday at no extra eliiirgc. is usually .'iinieicnl for the whole out­ ing.


verted workboats. but speci- allv built for leisure use." she is a t pains lo point out. Each boat i.' avound 40-feet long. The -sister ship-s. Pim­ pernel and Speedwell can accommodate four or five people: the other two have four berth.'. The new boat is beiii'g


built by a firm in Penk- ridge. SiafTord.'hirc. and is


• been a great help to us." .said Mr.s Binns. " They gave u.s a great deal of good advice when we first set up bu.'ines.s.'' .And on board each boat, it's a ea.se of “ oh mod.


due to be brought fo Gar- grave soon. " The firm have


cons." Features include a retrigerator. water heater, wa.'h lia.'in. .shower and toilet plus everything cl-'o, except for towels and tea


towel'. Two thine.' tend to pul people off canal holiday,',


.'aid Mr.' Binns. " One i-s the .suppo.sed lack of room in a narrow boat — l3ut in fact there i-' more headroom o!i one of our vessel.' than in an average caravan."


Locks


advantage, in iliat eliildren on a canal holiday get


plenty of exorcise opening and clo.'ing the gales, she


added, A holiday on the water-


eluded: " I had no fear at all when T went into the charge fit being my first) but I fear the next one like tire devil fears tile Lord. However, witli the tender care I am getting, I .eliall soon tje on ttie load to tcoovery."


liKii^iy^TpR PATTERSON LIMITED 'em " ’'''IHil.T .Mll.l.. TOD.MORnEN. Trl. i'.SItS.


‘^“55


•» shou i' ’■


Thurs .


°Pcninv f '-^'i^ping e q u ipm e n t a n n o u n c e th e 5 °


M a rc h .2 4 th , 1 9 7 3 .


’'■ge ami ^'’^''^hlc (o the pnbliiublic at mill prices will —‘ bags, caravan awn-


"’I'ti.s rjp •’f'li'ii —. ergarjlsatlons. ' KMlirday KMl j.,„. l„ S-(| p.m.


->|ici;iui discounts to youth Mnmlav In Fridav 9-lt a.ni. to


rn an u fa c fu rcr .s o f s le ep in g w a lk - ro u n d re ta i l sh ow ro om on


wav.; attracts people. Mrs Binn.s think.', bccau.se it ia an e.scape from I'le over­ crowded roads. " This kind of holiday is now becoming so popular th a t we have to turn people away during th e iilsrh Season,'' she said. “ But I think it is only a paiticular kind of family who eiijov tile canal.'. People who come back


lime and again for a lioli- clay afloat are ii.'irally thn-f


who have a love for the eountr.vsidc. and for hi'-- lor.v. A canal like the Lccd.'- —Liverpool


is full ol


history,” she said, “ an.' especially, industria.1 history.' Of course,


Intrepid explorers who set the more


out from Oargrave are not confined to the Leed.'- [jivcrponl tone of the la.'t


npin'cliension of canal lock.s. Tlicse arc, however, very .simple to u.se, and add a great deal lo any voyage. A boat trip along one level of canal would soon get borin.g." The lock.' have another


'■ The other i.s a natural Stable N'iivigalion of the boais.


de.spile tlieir length, is simple. " The control,' arc very slraighl-forward. and ! evervone is given a demon- ' .siraiioii in working a lock . before they set olT," .-aid Ml'.' Binns. Si'e added that the boats' design inake.s them very .stable. "Vei'v lew people lend to tall in. but we do provide buoyancy ■ aids lor ebiklren and non- .'wiumicrs. just in case." she .-aid.


During ilie high .-ea.son, ’ bu.sie.'l day for Mi's Binn.' ;


is. of eour.'c, Saturday - - cmba'.'kation day. " livery ' lime a boat return.', it i.' fully s|)rin<4-eleaned, and everything i.s checked." .she - explained. Last year, she cnlksted the help of a uai- i vcr.sily student, wlio a.'-isted ; oil Saturday mornings, but ■ Hiis .sca.son she feels .she mav need even more slatT.


drawn up. The eoiitenls of each boat me I'oinoved. : cheeked and pm into .stor­ age a t Mrs Bimis' borne. .And in spring everything ha.s lo be unnaeked, cleaned : and |3iit back in its place, i


for relaxation in winter. | cither. Not only have the ' iiKluirie.s to be dealt with : and booking .schedule.' '


There is not imieli time i Looking Mter ihe mech-!


nnical side of thing.' i.s .Mr j W. R. Giie.si. a retired ciigi-! iii'cr who lives in .Siititm in ■ Craven. Hi.s wintertime i.s i spent m overhauling the i working iiarls ol Ihe narrow | boats, and in .summer he i-' j eontinually on call .'hould | any fault arise while a ! '■ crew" i.s taking their j holiday i-o.vagc.


With plenty of know-how


and a wide ran.gc of spare parts, Mr Guest eii.'ures lliat no one',.-! holiday is 'i.-rjvu,siy held up by mc-.'ii- ufii'jiil fauits. Once persuaded that the ; ■anal doe.s not pass .solely ■


l.'irough faelory chimneys ' ■md icrraced hou.ses. people ! Irom all over the eo untrv' vi.'it it for a holiday. " We have had people


Irom the South coast and troni Scotland." said Mrs Binns. '■ and we even had one English gentleman who was living and working in Poland, but deciided th a t the Leeds-Llverf-Kiol canal


all th at — and got back again - in the space of a ' toi'tnighl. A.s iar as e-.-on-1 lial supplies a’.'e concerned, water lor drinking can be obtained ai niunerou.s ininl.s cn route, wiiilc ga.' ,


\ i W


A DOWNHAM woman i.s determined to go altead with plans for a cofi'ce hou.'e in Church Slreel, Clitheroe, despite objec­ tions from resicleiils.


Mrs Dorothy Tindall ha.'


bought The .Aimonds. a IK'ivatc house in Cliureh Streci, and is applying lor permission lo turn Hie ground floor into a cofiec hou.'c.


''"< 9


to ilie .'C'lieme. which tlie.v -ay could be " the tliin end of the weeigo. 'caginp to lougpr opening hniir.. and a licence to serve alcohol in ihe fuliii'e. Alcng with Si Mary's


Parochial rhiirch Council, t'jov have also pointed out, in letters to the Town Clerk, that parking is already a serious problem in the street. Mrs Tindall, of ihc As.sbe.


important as the exer­ cises. Mrs Mary Pape, an


advanced yopa pupil.


showed members various shoivs. members were asanas, or positions, and invited to join in the afterirards. as our picturv demonstration.


ton .Arms al Downham. ex- pla'fied this week that a recent. Chamber of Trade survey, piupoiniiug the lack of caferiiig facilities in the to'wn, iiad promined her


dceisiou to open a eolTce house. She feels that several


trader.' are in favour of her plan, believing jl is a good idea and jii.'i wbai Clilheroc needs. " I have laid the idea for


THE MIDWIFE WAS EVER WELCOME


!N recent week.; we have liarl wa r tim e inemorie.s from re ade rs in various part.; of th e country, h u t none from .so fa r afield a.s Uii.s from Mr.s Doris Grundy, of Canada.


Ml'.' Gi'uucly. of Moselielle


RRI, .Annapuli.s Royal, Nova Scotia, received Uie Adve.-- liser and Time.s from her .si.s:er-in-la\v,


.Mr.s Harry


Monk. of Caslie View. Clilheroe. .Mi'.s Grundy write.' Ilial


she lound mo.si inicre.s'.ing a Id le r published in our issue of January 'JSih from Mr.' \V. E, bunkley, of Fulliain. who was evacuated 10 Clilheroe with six daugh­ ter.' and later gave birth to a .son Writes 'Mrs Grundy: " I


will never forgei iliat Sun­ day when -Mrs Dunkley's son was bom. It i.s iny war- liim' memory. .My hu.sband and I bad a


bakery at S4 Wliallcy Road and we always slept late on a Sunday morning. Bie. ihai morning. .Mr.s Jone.s. of HO Whalley Road, came da.shing


into the .shop and called up­ stair.'. '.Mrs Grundy, come quickly.' 1 wa.s gelling dre.ssed as


quick a.s I could when .-.'lie came back a.gain calling. 'Comp quick.' HaK dre.sseci, I tiaslu’d io


the Jone.ses and there was Mr.s Dimklcy in the la.sl slage.s of laljour.


I eould


.see lire ba'oy's head and did wlial I could. 1 wilt always rpmember .Mrs Dunkley say­ ing. 'What is il'T I told lii r


ii wa.s a lioy and .she w.is .so e.\c;;ed after having git is. .Mp, well I wa.s iievpr .'o


nprvous in all my lifp. 1 had been with St John .Ambu- lancp smee t wa.s l,i. but had never scpn a baby born before.


I win always remember llie midwife eoming in.


t


wa.s never .so giad to .see anyone.


THE END


This series of wariime mcinorics is now elosetl. Readers are thanked for llieir parlieipation and interest.


She asked me what I


would have done and I told lier. She .said I would have been OF'C. I often wondered aftpr, I went home, and ihtnk


1 must liave been .somewlut. .sluK'ked. I was sliakiug .so much. A hot cup ot lea soon fixed iha; ihou.gli. I am going to write to


Mr.s Dimkley now J iitive tier adciri'.s.'. Her eldest daughter worked lor u.s for a while before we came lo


Cantula in 1946. W',' are now retired and


living in the Ijeaiitifu! .Annapolis Valley, -whtch is noted for apple.s. When I h.ive been home.' I liave noiiet'd boxe.s witli .Anna- liolts Valley aliple.s on them. We have lots of .snow


right iiu'.v, although we didn't have mueli until thi'' end of Januarv. Fehruary was the wur.'i inoniii. We are looking lorwurd to Spring. Ill .'ilay, iny brullier and hi.s wife. .Mr and .M:'s Reu'oeii Monk, of S.ilthill Road, are flying liere tor a Vt'tl. I tiiii so looking forward


to ih'.'in coming, I gue.ss wi-1 will be diseu.sstiig dear old : Cliiherue quite a lot. I like the new Advertiser,


th.'i',' are so many |)ieuuTs and .'0 many elumges, too. i Keep on wtiii the M-emorte.s | .


. . . I have so many of


those. .Memories such a.s tetieh-


ing my .school teachpr i.Mtss Briggsi first aid: being on duty at the etnema and a: ' S: Jame.s' School: iho day war Was ticelared: Ihp .-ad .-egilt ot Ulp evacupp.s wilii their small '.niiuiles and 'g.is mask.'. Your lelter.s brmg back


all these meiiiortes. G'.vet-; ing.s to friends and rela- r.v-s."


A WARTIME Memory let ter pitbli.slieci la.st muni it hti.s prnmplpd the fnlluwing reminiHcences from Mr Kennelli Bibby, of Seyeliclles. Valkyrie Avenue. Whitstablo. Kent.


Reunion in Alex He writes; " t wa.s most


liuercsteci to read the 'etler from Phillip Jenkinson, The lime 1 met Pliilhp


was when f was .serving on board a destroyer—par;, ot Iho Eastern Mediterranean iieel. ba.sed at .Alexandria. I was in tlic centre ot


the town one aftcrmioii, just having' rctunied Irom a Mallti convoy, f heard a voice call out. "Heito Kenneth.’’


Even ihuiigh 1 was .ipout


5,000 miles from home, I was semi aware Unit it we.:; Philip calling me. .At the time. 1 wa.s on duly and liad to ,gei, back to my slii'j. 1 made lime to pop into Ihe YMCA though. Over a cup Of lea Phillip and J had a chin-wag and arrange­ ments were made for him to visit my ship — HMS Griffin—Hie following day.


inteiesuiiv. We di'unl: i-ta'vy rum and i wus able to show Pliillip round tile ship


'J'lKr visit proved most Nav.y rum i.s ineliued lo


Ino.sen longues and a.s mv mess mates were trying to slec)'), I liad t,o take Phillip round parts of the .ship whei" ihcrc were no .sailor.; tryiiu lo .sleep.


Jo.ved our priv.ate party very much.


wa.s the right, place for n lioiiday,''


Both Phillip and I en- I would mention


th a t Phillip was my mother's grocer in Cliatbum Road, when motlier lived in Long- si'glit Avenue,


.Anutlu'r real hi.giili'glil


was meeting my own brother, Robbie. He umi- gralod to New Zealand in lil'JK.


In tact lie hindod


there on May "ill. 192H, his 19th birthday.


When war broke out. lie


volumecred, hoping that he would be sent to the UK, UiifurluniUcly for him ho was soiil lo Cairo. B.v devious melliods I eveiiiually traced Robbie and spoke lo liim on the leleplione. VVlieii my sliip was due


lor iHiiler eleaiiin.g 1 'col -111 hoiii's leave ;ihd ll< w lo Cairo to spend the time .ulh Robbie.


Thi.s wa.s a great romiioii


afier lit years and Rolibie managed to get 4H hours leave for a visit, to Alex­ andria. On tile Sunday lie 'amc


lo dinner on the shi|). in IM.V mt-s..; of Hi eliief uud petty odleirl'.i ElX of Ui liUd blwUlcIi SlUmg du'.Vll i.’im Its at th at meal. It was a wonderful experience. Soon after Ih.e cvaeu.iUon


am of an old Clitheroe family and I was in Clitheroe less titan a montli ago lo attend my mnUier's funeral. p g _Mv Itrollier l.'nliliU’


of Crete. Robbie wa.s sent tiaek to New Zealand to do training and I liaven't .seen him since. In tael I am Hie only member of my family to have seen him In 45 years. I would mention th a t I


and I had our pliulograplis. taken logelherin .Alexandria. I sent one home lo my mother, 'wlio look it lo be framed in Hie very .-hup wlicrc the .Advertiser ;.nd Time.s i.s, Rodney Hargreave.s liad il on display in hi.s window for a while.


a few years no'w. but I '.vasii'i .sure about Cliiheroc." slie said. •' T'.icn when I read about :he lack of lacili- ites, I thought of Ojjeiiing a coffee house in the town. I 'would like 10 offer good cofTec and tea and try my liand at providing .'ub'tan- lial snacks.'■


YOUNG FARMERS The w e c k I ,v- mceling


.ses.'ion look Hie form of an " .Any Qiic.slions?"


Tiie chairman iiurocluced


Mr.s Kay Hudson, wife ol the Vicar of CliHieroe; .Mis.' .Mary Bail.'-y, a member of the Naiional Federation of YFC: Mr J. Fielding, bank manager: and Mr Slephen Berry, a former VFC mem­ ber. Member' pul many quesUoiis r a n g i n ;g from VAT. black magic. Ribble Valle.i' Tourism, voting ages and Women's Lib. Thev ■ were thanked b.v George VViiite'ivell a n d S ii .s a n Hartley. In tlie senior quiz semi-


fmal Clitheroe B beat Clilh­ eroe .A b.\' 79:', to 66. .After bein;g in the .semi-fina! tor two years Clilhcrop meet a ' team Irom Roelulale in the final. Tlie club lia.s four dancers


representing tlie county in Ihe Noi'lliei'ii .Area Variel.i' eomiielitioii. They are Catherine and Bernadette Noblell. Susan Hartley amt Su.saii Blczai'd, .At the regional danc.-


■lane Cnllinge was chosen Dairy .Maid of the Ribble Valley and Catlicrine Noii- leU was rimnei'-up. The competition i-s nm bv the MMB.


Scouts hold sale


A JUMBLE sale orgaui.scd by tile pai'eiiis' committee of ilie l.'t Peiuile ■ Scout Group, and held in Hie Untied Reform School. Clilhei'oc. on Saturday, raised £27 for Scorn, fund.'. ’fherc '.vas .i '.vide varicly


of jumble, and rcfi'e.'lmient.s I wei'e served during the even­ ing.


But rcsicients are oiiposecl Thoii'/li Mrs q'indall i.t


.'houtrl her application b* turned down.


optimistic Ibai permission will be gran'cd for the ecffco '.lou.'c. she h a ' every iiuenUon of appeaiinj


With re'gard to the park­ ing siiuaiion. .'he said:


I


don't ser how it could be made worse.


I sliould be


calling for bn.'ine.'.' ou the poojjlo already in ihe town."


Mrs Tindall, whose hiis-


band Tom i.s ttie licen.'ee of tile .Asslieton .Arms, does not share residents' fear.^ th at licensing the premi.-o.s would be a retrograde .'tcp,


''Personally I don't think


there i.s anything wrong in having a glas.' of win? with a meal.' .'he eiiplained. •As file Pari.'h Hall i.'


already u.'cd cxvcn.sivcly during the daytime and evenings, she does not


my iiremise.s will turn inln, any more tliaii oihei re'i- enis can guarantee theirs." she said. " But in ni-,.- time 'll cei'tatniv won't, in the word' of one resident, degenerate into a ebeap .siiaek bar. .And I have no intention of liaving a jii'xe box." The mention of an old


expert noise lo bo a gioaier problem than al pi'esonl. ■' I can't .guaranic? what


English eofl'oe hoti.se in the ai)])Iiealicn give- ,'ome ide.a of the atmosphere which Ml's Tindall hope,' lo ci'eale. .Service will be very per­ sonal. catering for approxi- mai.-ly 40 people. "You set the pattern of a place b.v the way you run it." The oulside of Th? .Almond.' h;is to be pre.'erveci


as a p'.'olccteri buildinc. but tin.' will presoni no pi'oblem for Mr.' Tindall, jq-ie up.stair' will be made into a fiat for her parents, bm apart from a from onirance. very lilHe v.'iU need to be altered rio'.vnstairs. " I f I alter it at all. it


will be to return h lo it-' oi'ininal .'late." she .said. Tile very fact of a eolTe*


house being sited in ebureb Street would. Mrs Tindall believes, add to it.' .'ucce.'.'. Once someone know;


election for


>> /-i;trL7’< i.6cr ui'a -i -


.. i:n 3 n


TRY M'iTr;


about it. the ,'i'i.ualiou in. it- .self will help to bring peopl? to it. " I looked at a lot of ot'ier


I was atiraeleri to ihe street itself a ' ''Veil as the house."


Showing the way


A S U G G E S '1' 1 O N by Clithcroe and d i • 'l r i e t Chamber of Trade that ,a. pictorial .'ian. po.ssibly .shew­ ing the easiic keep, .should be creeled on fhe outer b.v- i s s . tlie A59. ha.s the back- of Clitbei'oe Town


Council. The chamber ha.s offered


ii;


to moot pan of the co-'t and the next sicp will be to oblain Hie bles.sing of the County Surveyor. .A pictorial sign was one


of ,-evcral sugge.stcri at a meeting between ciiamber


and eounci! repro.'entative.'. The other.', to which the


council has agreed M'Ci new Borough of Clithcroc .sign' at the entrance.' to the town; a .'igp on the A59 at Hie golf club exit point indi­ cating Hie direction of the l owi i


motorists who had mi.'sed the Four Lane Ends exit, town cenU'c sign.' at the


for .'oulh-bound


.southern end of the internal by-pa.'s and eho .'outhern end of Lo'wergatc.


VAT PUTTING UP COST OF LEISURE


ADMISSION clus'L’Ps h> the Civic


the Ribbloscliilc


Pool and inosl corporalioii leisure laciliiit's will •’o up by around 10 per clmu when Value Added 'I’ax is im-


Where dogs


must be kept on leads


NE.ARI.Y ;!0 .streets or roads in Clillieroe are listed as places wliere dosJS iiiiisl be kept on leads. 'I'lie list lias Ijich dl'a'wil Op !iS pai't of tile uailipaisO lu rrdlU'c liie fouling of foutpatlis an d Wliileliall lias been asked lo ajipi'ove the necessary order. The order will apply to M'lialley Road a.s far as


the borough limmdary. Ihe inner by-pa,ss. .Salford. Aloor Lane, CasUe Slreel. Castle Gate, Market Place. York Street, King Street. Parson Lane. Rawdtands,


Kshion 'I’erraee, Greenaere Slreet. Bonnygrass. Lower- gate. Duck Street. M’ellgate. AVell Terrace. IVaddington Road (from Pimlico amt Bruiigcrly


Avenue), Railway View Road, Railway \itw Avenue. Shawbridge Street, Chatburn Road to borough boundary, Church Street, Church Brow, King Lane- New Market area and Pirniieo Road to the bridge. At Tuesday's eoimeil meet ing it was decided that more streets slimild lir added lo llir list.


po.'ed on .April 1st. .A new scale of charge.' by Hie


recommended


Borough Trc:i.snrer. Mr Ronald


Pickup. wa.'


iqiproved by Hie Town Council Hiis week. However, ear parkin.c at,


Edisforcl will stay at 5p but .'Ubjocl lo review in Septem­ ber. C'onmu'iuing on Hii.'. Mr


l-’ii'kui) .say.s Hiat lu iilter Hie ear park licUel maeliine would presumably mean an inerea.'f lo Ulp and th at would be above the Price.' and Incomes limit. .Admi.'.sion charge,' a t Hie


linol will vary from 6p lo '22p and Hie hirin.g char.ae for galas goes up lo £11 on weekdays and ,£16.50 at weelu-nd.s. For cliil) galas Hie li'-ure i^ £*2.'2U plus 6p pel' pcr:'.uU. Civic Hall udmi.ssion


!l;i ■


place, before buying Th,'* .Almonds." she added, ''b u t


■i ■


cliarges will ran;/e trom 16p 10 44p, daily hiring will eosl; £16.50 on weckda.v.s. £27.50 on Saturday.' and £20 on Sundays. The afternoon charge is £.5..A0, and £11 Saturday and Sunday. A .g.'tme of bowls al lli«


castle will cost 4p. an iu- crea.se of a penn.x'. Temii.'i eliarges rise by g ,‘iimxlar aiiio'uiii atid ra ii je from cp to i ip . ru ttu ig ■f-.-jil 035t 4jf and iietb.all 53p. Fishing- permit;; will r;uiye from l.Ap to 55p.


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