Cliu relies join for


ceremony 5 fllll


.•rasimi a: Ciitliwoc. : Burnley,


■V, R. C. C. r.cci a groii))


;lM' chikiren


■i ii'a Clnircli. i.,:.i a as l-lio r !i 1 1 d r e 11


iiiina’.es iiavc toaeilior.


3een done to ensur.


Ited not to take risks I is on condition that Ito hold harmless the 3l this rally and every from all liability fo, Irsons or property,


|s *0 all officials and Jport. ID THE ROPES


Ml Miar- ;:o-' Hrcj r* ; 1 ( • ;iO;


C‘i:Ki:c.iy c


,1 s p c c i a 1 il ;; was the


i! th.i' new eonrinnalion


1 ased in con­ ic new Sci'ics


iiili: H-'icii


111,1 i ion Biewcf


i on read the 0 "ospel, r en from SI iin.-entcci by


. , C'hi'i.'iopher Peler ,M. H.


c vicar of St . .\;,m Hunt, were Brynn ol Knbin.son,


’.VTiiiii'- Miriiacl J. Child, y'rinifii Turner. David .7. wv,,i,i-.in Miirearel Rcillv ■ d Hrlrn C. Brewer, all of


-• ,;iinie-s and Rn.s.scll Me- Lrm, Trevor S h a r p 1 c ,s, r'M-vopher Rnsker. Kevin ■-:ni:iit’ Seven Halluvell. s iiine. Pinder. Ian Thornton. Heiicrt Foiilke.s. Dcnisc •'lo”'; Ilcailier llo.skcr. Dawn ••iailMvcIl and Palncia Hirn-eii. .ill nl St Paiil.s. Copic.s o! the book " Pray-


r- Inr ihe Yoiiiie People.” snned bv the Bishop, were orfsemccl :ei all the cliildren.


Woman dies in by-pass crash


ICarrett “ Pop-Eye” |DCC 4 horse power ■ngine No, 35225


iRog. No. 3239. Buillii 1929.


l lVas the last Garrett tract ll Liilt. Driven to rally und Ills own steam by two anth le asts from Banks, near Scull


Iron. lOwncr: Mr Nigel Moon,


THE wii- ol a TJaplkst r.iii'ier died m Blackburn ■Twill Infirmarv alter beiny .r.voivcfl 111 a two-vchielc iticii; dll tile Whalley-


C.r.iicroc iiv-nii'-.s near the .\rin., roiinclabout on


Iip.-iiav -Mis Mary Paieh, ;17. of


T.i- Mnii.-e. In.skip. near Kawiiiun. was iravclling t :.ii wlrai her inilli-van M' :ii rolitsiii!) with an me ear Fmrii. who wa.'


oil! of liie van. \va.s in iio.-piial with


e ice and head and died later the


e.' o: tile oilier vehicle,


v.■a.^ .Mi.-s Kathleen of Idos House,


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i.'Wf'd iiuine later, 'mr'a w.i.s a teacher ■hoo: in .'teeringlon.


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la n to hi.sp!lal and iur ,-iinek. They


tpomp and ceremony on Tuesday, hopes were ex­ pressed that even though there were to be changes in local government re­ organisation the town — the second oldest borough in Lancashire — would be able to retain some of Us ancient traditions.


WHEN Mayor, Turner, with all


Clitheroc's la.st Conn. Richard wa.s installeci the customary


In a packed council elinm-


ber the Ma.vor’.? election wa.s liroposed by Aid. Tom Rob­ inson. who described Conn. Turner a.s ••Richard the Pir.ct,” of CTitheroc.


However, unlike the fir.st


King Ricltard he 'had .set no heavy financial burdens on the townspeople. King


lie Rcy. Kell­ is;. while the .St .niinr.s were


Richard was known n.s •'Cocur de Dion'’ or lion- hearted; the Mayor de­ served that title for lii.s work for the town.


PARISH Aid. Robinson .said the


Mayor had a wonderful a.=.;cl in the Mayore.s.s; iher


that this wa.s the la.sL occa­ sion there would be of jiro-


charm had endeared her to everyone. U was not a nice thought


last week's reference in the Advei’Uscr and Times to the Cockle and Mu.s.sel Fca.st and hinted that it anay not have been the la.st one. •’It would he a fine idea


posing a Mayor of CUtheroe. Next year the town would be .iu.st a pari.sh and a mem­ ber of the new Ribblc Valley District Council. Aid. Robinson mentioned


,7^ ,


Clitheroe hopes to retain its ancient traditions


t . y.-Ji


<


Sheep trade better


FORWARD at Cluheroe aiietion marl'.s Monday fat- stock .sale w.a.s a total ol 516 animal.s.


good trade, 31 pig.s found a .slightly botlcr trade, and to;’ H'7 ewes businc.ss wa.s:


The 58 fat cattle met a


steady. There was a sharp ; < trade for 310 lamb.s hut' prices were down.


| Liglitweight steers made


iiglnwciglit hcifor.s lo £20..50 1 £19,551; medium lo ,£19.45 '£19.01,1.


lo £21.30 (average £20,301. medium lo £20.30 i£19.95i. bull calf made £23.10:


Faf cows made to £16.'20


(£15.301; one fat bull made .£23.10. Light lambs made to 3Gp (35 u medium to ;15


to £14.30 (£12.15,1; horncu ewes to £12.10 (£9.90.; rams lo £20.60 i £15.33' Cutters made to £2..)6 (£•2,911.


'33'. Half-bred ewe.s made ■•U Tuc.=da.v’s weekly .■-uio * . . i


of accredited and noii- aecreditod newly calved caUle and c.alve.s, and spring .sale of ewe.s and lambs, accredited lieifer.s were in demand. Tlicre was a very good trade for calves and ■stirks and a turther improve­ ment in the slicep trade.


•Accredited newly - calved


lo have March 18th. 1974. a.s the last Cockle and MU.S.SC1 F’ca.st. We ma.v not have to form any commit­ tees but. to quote Shakc.s- ixiare, we could make much ado about nothing. ■


’Surely you will not want


1974 to be the last year out of .step'.'” he .said.


T R A O r n O N . S The alderman aI.-;o re-


fciTed to the Ma.vor having represented the town at im­ portant functions in London and commented; "It must be a long- time, i f ever, that the Mayoral chain ha.s been .so far. Many years ago our first charter made the .iourncy and did not return. With gold at .£40 an ounce it was probably the chain rather than yourself that the Borough Treasurer was concerned about." Seconding the Mayor's


election, Coun. John Black­ burn .'iaid that while Clithcroe would in future have a pari.sh council, many people hoped that the town would retain some of its


proud hi.story and arc steeped in tradition," he added, "and it would be a tragedy is it were all lost at the stroke of a pen." Change there would be


tradition.s, one of them the Mayoralty. "We have a long and


lieifers made lo £'250 (£245'; Friesian bull calves to £54 (£47); and bull stirks to ,£79 i£75i. Non-accredited Friesian bull calves made


to £56 (£441: half-bred ewe.s witli lambs at foot to £11 a head: lioggs with lam’


AFTEfi his histnllation as Mayor, Coun. 'I urncr and Uic Mayore.ss head Ihc civic procession from the Town Mali through, the centre of Ctilhcroc.


port she always gave Vnm. Tile Mayor tlianked lii.s


rollcagucs for the generou.s lenns in which he had been pi’opo.sed.


R EG K K T


being the last Mayor of Clithcroc in il.s ijre.sent form. Some might think it was a good thing that the Mayoralty wa.s going but tlicrc were many v\iio would regret it and tlic pa.ssing of the present dis­ trict councils, the ma.iority of wiiieh had .served tlic ratcpaycr.s efficiently. Tile Mayor renewed tiie


Tic had the distinction of


pledge lie gave last year to help to keep the town at­ tractive to live in and he rererred to all the many schemes of environmental improvement that had been undertaken.


He spoke, too, of the good


public relations between til council and the people, mentioning in particular the meetings with the people of Low Moor and contacts with tile Civic Society.


TII.VNKS Tile 'Mayor also noted the


great amount of work placed on the shoulders of the Cor­ poration istafT, ipai’ticularly


in vie’W of the reorganisa­ tion of local government. In the next year some of them would be working for two authoi’itie.5.


the Mayore.s.s for her .sup­ port, the membci’s of his family, busine.ss employccts and council colleaguc.s.


He concluded by thanking


John Cowdall, Mr Brian Braithwaite, and all the offi­ cers and council employees for their help and guidance.


He al.so thanked 'his sccre- lary, ithe Town Clerk. Mr


Tlierc were special thanks


lo Mr Stanley Plack. who is now in his 23rd year a.s


HONEYMOON IN PARIS


and it would have to work. Much discipline would be needed to break down bar­ riers and bring the new authority into being.


SY.MPATHY Coun. Blackbuni akso told


Mayor’s always being willing to listen witli .sympatliy to people's inquirie.s, com­ plaints or problems; he had tlio qualities to Ire the lown',s ambassador for another year.' Speaking in


.siiijport,


Coun. Derek Akkcr also re­ ferred to Uie Ma.vor’.s approachabilit.v. “One of the difficulties when .speaking to you is lo remember you are the Mayor, it Is easier to call you Dick tlian Mr Alayor. you are always will­ ing lo listen." Coun. Bert Jonc.s said 'all


tile glowing tributes were tlioi’oug’hly deserved. He praised the Mayor's sin­ cerity and added a tribute lo the Mayore.ss for tlic sup-


the Mayor; "Reports re­ ceived are highly comiili- mcntai-y to you and the IMayorc.ss; you have carried the office with great dig­ nity." He paid tribnic to the


lights of the pa.st year, in­ cluding the centenary din­ ner of the Association of Municipal Corporations and tile centenarj’ reception at St James’s Palace, where tile Queen and Prince Philip attended and .spoke to everyone. The Ma.vor invited his col­


Mayor'.s attendant, and to | Mr.s Flack. He '.spokes of the high­


lo £10.75 a head: and liorncd ewes with lamb.s to j £8.25 a head.


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leagues and the towns­ people to accompany .him to S3 M'ichaol and John's Church for Mass on Sunday, June 3rd. He also re-appoin­ ted Aid. Sidney Moore ns his deputy.


Guides want camp dresses


.-\N a.|ipcal lo former Guide.s to .searrt-i tlicir wardrobes for camp .summer dresses they no longer require is made 'tins week by Divisional Guido Commissioner Mrs Kate Hill, She c.xplaincd; "They are


.simple, all-purpose garments made of blue materia! e.x- clusivc to Guide,-. AUheugh fhci’c i.s no obligation for Guidc.s to wear thc.'c dre,'=sc.s at camp, wc prefer fhem liccau.se they arc pi’-acUcal and don't .show tlie dirt." As the material is quite


expen.sive, Mrs HU) is aim­ ing to buiici up a pool of drc.':.‘:c.s which can I>c loaned to the various units when l.liey go to camp. " At prc.sent, encli unit


has only a few drc.ssc.s," .she .said. "But there mu.st be a lot of fc-nner Guides who have these dres.ses stored away and rio longer have a use for them. 'We have a lot of girls who would appreciate the loan of them."


equip the local Guides for tlicir camps tlii-s summer is asked citlier to deliver di’e.s.ses .to Mrs Hill at The Allc.vs. Pimlico Ro a d . Clithoi’oc, or to telephone her in Uie evening and leave a me.s.sagc for dresses to bo collected.


Anyone wiio can lielp lo


introduce on May 23th their Saturday-only summer cx- pre.ss from Colne to More- cambe. pa,s.sing through Burnlc.v. Padiliam, Read and Whnllcy.


A honeymoon in Pari.s and


Cvpnis tollowed the wedding of Mi.ss Anna Randle, Kay. the only daughter of Mrs Margery Kay. of Hunting­ don Hall, Dutton, near Lnngridgc. and the late Mr Norman Randle Ka.v.


.Miss Kay, a freelance


cordon bleu, was married at St John llic Evangelist


Churcli. Hurst Green, to Mr Jonathan Murray Dixon, a trainee financial analyst. Pie is tile second .son of Mr and Mrs Philip Dixon, of Broad- walk Hou.se, Hyde Park Gate, London.


Tile bride, who was given


away by her brother, Mr Martin Randle Ka.y. wore an Edwardian-stylc gown in while georgette, with an apron .skirt. She had a large rose-trimmed white hat and a .short veil, and carried white roses and lily ol tlie valley. Tlie bridesmaid.s were Mi.ss Jeflenson, Mi.ss


Jane


Klizalielli and Mi.ss Victoria Talbnl. and Miss Jc.s.sica Vivian.


th e local f irm k n o w n fo r v a l u e


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Warehouse— Hill T odv. Burnley the bridegroom’.s


coiKsin. They woit, drcs.ses of voile in shades of pink and white. Each had a pink rose in her hair and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The page, li-Iaster George


Stroud, the bride's cousin, wore green velvet trou.sers


Rnbcrt.s. Ushers were Mr Richard and Mr Nichola.s Dixon.


wiih a while frilled .shirt. Best man was Mr Samuel


the bridcgroom'.s


formed by the Rev. A. F. Knowlc.s. and the organist wa.s Mr Keith Bond. A reception was held at


brotliors. Mr Nigel Birtwistle and Mr Thomas Hoyle. Tile ceremony was iier-


for wedding guests in the marquee by the bridegroom's parents. After their honeymoon. Mr


the bride’s home, and in the evening a dance was given


and Mrs Dixon will live in Cranley Mews, London. Photograph; Stephens and Latham. Blackburn.


Late. Mrs Gudgeon


A former Clitlieroe woman


Mrs Gertrude Eugenie Gud­ geon. of Castle Avenue, Had- field.' died on Monday, aged 59.


Before moving to live with


(licir .son Miehael, Mr and Mr.s Gudgeon lived in Chat- burn Old Road. Before her marriage to Mr Joseph Gud­ geon, she was employed at Tnttex Ltd. The funeral will be at St


Charles RC Church, Hadfleld, tomorrow.


Villagers going


9 cruising


A GROUP of WliaUey people who have often arranged day outings among them­ selves have a rather more .ambiUoius plan fur lliis year —a weelc's cruise to Li.sbun and Ca.sablanca.


ma.iority of theiii from Whalley—have pul. down tlieir name.s for the outing in September.


Already ‘ 22 people—l.lie


places,” explained Mr.s Thornber, ".so we thought why not have a complete holiday together? ”


The idea lor tlie trip


belongs to Mrs Marion Thornber ’ a.nd Mrs France.^ Crook, who both live In King Street. " We had often been on day trips to various


to join, she added, and you don’t even have to live in ’Whalley to qualify.


favuui’, and now a large number of villager.s will be packing their bag.s in September, ready for a coach trip to Soutliampton, and embarkation on their cnji;’,c liner. "We all hope that we will come back as brown as berries." coni- raeiited Mr.s Tliornber. There’s .still room for more


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