Clltneroe Adverziser and Times, November 22nd, 19>2 5


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New tyre had fault


A NEW tyre which deve­


loped a fault resulted In ’ a Grindleton man appearing before Clitheroe magistrates. Ralph Michael Pye (25), haulage contractor, of West View, was given an absolute discharge for using a lorry with a defective tyre. He pleaded not guilty, but the Bench found the case proved.


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Iness and nowhere i than a t . . .


t^n in business in King Street, Whalley, for 38 years. When he retired in Dec­ ember, 1971, he and his idle and son, Ian, continued to live in the house next door to the shop. j[r Preston’s shop was the


A MAN who retired from his pharmaceutical business in Whalley two years ago, has died at Mr Arthur Preston bad


chester four


Whalley to start the business in King Street. at


macy before


only one in the village and served the patients of some 20 doctors, including the lour in Whalley. Mr Preston, who was


12 HOUR DAY


a pupil at Whalley Church of England School, Mr Preston continued his edu­ cation at Olitlieroe Grammar School. He was apprentice to a chemist in Bawlands


Born in The Sands, and


where he stayed for four years before transferring to a manufacturing chemist in


Blackburn. He was accpLed at Man­


9-0 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week. Mr Preston was organist


that time was open from


returning The


in shop


at Barrow Mission from the age of 16, but because of ill.


three rears past his retire­ ment age when he gave up the business, just lived for his customers and his work.


health gave this up 14 years ago. He was a member of


phar­ to


year


University course


univ for a


the age of 69. lor


PC Best, of the motor


patrol section at Accrington, said the tyre appeared to be fairly new. but was bald in several small places, and one place was about three- quarters of the tyre width. Pye told him the tyre was faulty, he was waiting for it to be examined and was not carrying a spare.


and llin. wide, but it did not extend the full width


ba’


In court, Pye said the .d patch was 3in. len;


returned because it was faulty and the manufac­ turers had made an allow­ ance of 60 per cent towards


The tyre had now been


a new one. He said he had all the lorry tyres inspected weekly and five new ones had just been fitted.


Whalley Conservative Club and of Whalley Cricket and Bowling Club. He enjoyed playing bowls and since his retirement had spent a lot of time gardening. Mr Preston and his wife


had also enjoyed two cruises and had planned another in April. The funeral service at


Whalley Parish Church on Tuesday was conducted by the vicar, the Rev. A. Harpur. Interment was at Whalley and Wiswell ceme­ tery,


land, area manager for Associated Tyre Specialists, Salthill Road, Clitheroe, said the tyre was faulty manufacture, but the bald­ ness mentioned was not in his opinion enough to con­ travene the law.


Malcolm Graham Frank-


Westhead, said an offence ha’d been cammitted, but at the same time Mr Pye had taken considerable trouble to see his tyres were satis­ factory and had them ser­ viced by an expert.


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CHIPPING WI’s 45th birth­


day party at the Brick House Restaurant was voted the best for some time. After a meal of roast


chicken, trifle and Ice cream, the 48 members were entertained to organ music.


There was also dancing


and a programme of team games and competitions.


amusing quiz on the Royal wedding which most mem­ bers had watched with Interest.


This was followed by an PICTURE shows officials


and members. At the front (from the left) are Mrs E. Burton, Mrs V. Beck, Mrs J. Hardman (president), Mrs M. Scarlett an’d Mrs D. Jeffery.


LIAISON


committee will meet local parish councils to sort out teething troubles in time for local government reorganisa­ tion in April, the Planning and Transportation Com­ mittee decided on Friday.


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dington Social Club was the toast of 120 members and invited guests who attended the grand opening night alter recent alterations to !'m


Th» lutiire success of Wad-


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and entertainment by the Pendle Folk was very well received. The audience also discovered that Waddington has its own brand of talent when Alec Wilkinson, Tom Herd and Stephen Hatton, who all live in the village.


did impromptu comedy turns.


giving a toast to the club are from the. left, Mr Stephen Hatton, Mrs Mary Coar,


PICTURES: Above: Members of the committee


Mr Bob Menzics (chairman) Mr Joe Jackson (secretary) Miss Jean Pain (treasurer) Mr Ken Cross (president) Dir David Boothman and Mr Andrew Wilkinson.


Below: Members and guests listen to the folk group.


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UT LENGTHS t h e f a s t k t


THE thick, leather bound album my neighbour passed over the fence provided me with a number of surprises. “Ah,” thought I, “ a


family album.” I had ther.


seen a number of apparently similar pro­ ductions in my youth, or I thought until I un­ fastened the heavy brass


Catch that secured the covers. buniediately I heard the


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h o p ) B U R N L E Y


, B l a c k b « r n


duality COATS from


TS from


sweet tinkling melody of an old-world tune. The book


*as more than an album — U was a 19th century musical box.


c,1 examined it more


embossed In gilt with the 1wal Cypher and Standard and the Union Jack. The “tie, “ The Victorian Album, a Record of Her Majesty’s


losely. Tbe cover was heavily


Glorious Reign" and the vonkispiece was a fine coloured engraving of the Widow of Windsor." I turned the page. In­


MELODIES AND MEMORIES Whalley Window


“The first WhaiUey Band,” a fading photograph was


labelled and showed a com­ pany of twenty young men


•complete' ’ with flutes, .clarinets, cymbals, s'.:.'- and bass drums, but no “fiddle, cello or big trombone.”


outside the old, now demolished vicarage and


■ There followed a series of school .groups, all small boys, and the laddie in the centre


■held a slate with the .chalked inscription “Whalley National Boys’ School, Class T ”’ Underneath was written “The future Sir John Taylor holding slate" so this establishes the picture as being something like 90


years old. Photographs of the bell­


serted between attractive "Ketches of royal occasions


S 8 u photograph of the interior of the parish enurch, whalley Church "ten Queen Victoria came S toe throne, 1837,” read me caption. Surprise number two.


’ faded < chromatone of ‘ The Vicar, the Rev. R. N.


ringers the Agricultural Society committee, all moustachoed men, many be- whiskered, many bowler- hatted, but a sprinkling of cloth caps. Now came a


■ • Whitaker and Parishioners ;


. The third surprise came “mediately afterwards.


™sibboned and flowered HfS'SHr? amusing and almost as ludicrous as many sported at Ascot today.


.....group of very attractive jesj wearing a .variety of


individual pictures cf local notabilities “ W. Naylor,


Then followed a series of


village grocer,” W. Lang- shaw, master joiner, died 1899,” “ W. Haworth. Inn­ keeper,” “ James Whalley, Village Squire," “The Rev. G. Preston, Grammar School Master, died 1864,” “ James Knowles, Farm Bailiff, Moreton Hall," and many more.


came into their own. “ Miss Jellicoe, Clerk Hill, died 1861 ’’ (surely an ancestress of the illustrious Admiral Jellicoe), “Mrs Whalley, the Squire's wife,” “Mrs Riley, Chew Mill,” a most formid­ able looking lady this, but with a very attractive little grand-daughter at her knee. All these ladies wore the most exquisite gowns trail­ ing to the floor. I saw not one neatly turned ankle, not even the toe of a single dainty shoe.


A few pages on, the ladies


book came more surprises, the picture of an upright young man In uniform, who carried a trombone, “ Ben Parker, village character,” read the caption, a- ' the last photograph was of yet


Almost at the end of the


a n o t h e r sturdy and good - looking gentleman, “ Chamberlain, Professional


Cricketer.” Altogether, a most in


triguing collection for local historian to study, with many of tbe names stul familiar in the village today and, as I reflected upon them, the nostalgic melody from ti ; musical box l the back cover helped create once more the atmosphere of a century gone. I closed the book ar.d the


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music stopped. I was about to lay it aside when I got my final surprise. “ That front cover looks pretty thick, too," I thought and tool? another look at it. found a hinged flap cover­ ing a shallow recess and in it were a half-dozen circular, perforated spare discs for the musical box. The titles are familiar


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