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CHESS and cheese washed down with wine was tho invitation extended to the public by Clitheroe Che.ss Club, when they met for " a convivial evening ’’ at the Assheton Arms, Downham.


Though very few local


people came along to pfay, there was a good turn-up of members from other chess clubs in Skipton. Accrington, Blackburn and Preston.


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recent world championship between Spassky and Fischer was played through and members also played demonstration games, which visitors were encouraged to interrupt ivith questions


One game taken from the about the moves.


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Open Sundays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday open till 7-30 p m. Jlonday Tuesday and Wednesday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Closed Saturday)


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Institute celebrated its com­ ing of age by a birthday party, attended by members


HURST GREEN Women’s


from other neighboiu-ing in­ stitutes. President, Mrs E. Mather,


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FIXING ARRANGED , IF REQUIRED


received a cushion for the president’s chair, worked by the group leader Mrs Thomp­ son, of Wiswell, especially


for the occasion. Mrs Mather had a gift for


WE AR£ .H


ER \Var«ht>us8j! Cog Lana, Off Podlhom Rd„ Biirfiley.Tel. 33738 E


order and in I'eturn she re­ ceived a potted plant from members for her long ser-


the institute, too, a bell witli which to call meetings to


County chairm.an, Mrs


P i t z h e r b e r t-Brockholes thanked everyone for an en­ joyable evening, and was joined by the past presidents


Mrs M. Cross, Mrs N.


Gornall, and Mi's O. Perry, and representatives from Bashall Eaves, Knowle Green Dutton and Little Mitton.


Reading the first minutes


from 1955, ■ Miss Langley, county secretary. Miss Greenall and Miss Alnscow, of Dutton, were reminded of their part in explaining committee procedure gvnd


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ground for those present from the Pence WI, a newly- formed institute.


rules lor membership. This would be familiar


delicious two tiered birthday cake to celebrate the occa­ sion, with wine for everyone to join the toast led by Miss Grcenall.


Mrs C. Radbourne made a


Mrs Rawsthorne gave a talk on the uses of binder


twine, and was thanked by Mrs K. Young, who later sang and played tlie part of matron in “Operatic Opera­ tion. ” a rollicjoug sketch.


seriously by anyone contem­ plating' a hospital visit for


This was not to be taken


Mrs M. Crotty's talents are geared to comedy and not surgery.


the forthcoming parish elec­ tions on June 7th and were asked to consider them­ selves for nomination.


Members were reminded of


In our picture Mrs Pitzlierbert-Brockholes and


Mrs Mather are seen cutting the cake, watched by (left to right) Miss Ainscow, Mrs Radbourne, Mrs Holden, Miss Langley and Miss GreenalL


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Arms, Mr Thomas Tindall commented: “ I think chess would go well in selected pubs, perhaps one night a week, or once a month. It surprised me that such a great variety of people of all types and all ages were


Licensee of the Assheton


interested in che.ss. Mr H. Cosgrove, one of


the club officials, said that chess seemed to be really a minority sport in the


Clitheroe area. “ Older people seem to


think it is loo hard for them.” But he was pleased to see tliat children were playing more chess at school, as this would pi'o- vide a new generation of en’


rhusiasts.


J. Waite is seen challenging club member, Mr M. Czarno- grebel, to a game.


In our picture visitor Mi.ss


plan mass ‘walk’Ouf


G.S. boys 'Si M


MORE than 380 Clitheroe Grammar School boys will be walking over 6,000 miles between them to raise money for the modernisation of facilities at their Highmoor playing fields.


morrow week the boys hope to raise about £800. The walkers will have a


On a sponsored walk to­


choice of two routes, one of 16 miles and the other of 20 miles.Both routes are partly the same, starting from scliooi. noing to Waddington, Rabbit


Ministry ‘no’ to


by-pass phones


A n.l':QUir.ST by CliUtemr Rural Council for telepbnnr.s 1.0 be provided op Uio wnialU'v - CiilberoF by - pa-'-s lla,^ again Iwon re.ircled liy Hir nepnrlmrnl, of the


Envininipnil, But U'p counoii'-'' ni'.'.h-


ways rnrnnntiee has do- cidrd to write to IhP depart­ ment onee again, .strongly urging it to reeim.sider the


■ decision. The councii liad reque.sted


the provision of four lelc- plionos, two on cacli side of Hie by-pa.ss, at two dilTcrent locations. In a letter read at Mon-


Lane, Cow Ark and Doeford Bridge. Tlie routes split at Doeford Bridge, the shorter one going north of Long- ridge Fell to Chaigley, Higher Hodder, Edisford, and back to scohol.


via Jeflre.v Hill, down to tlie Newdrop Inn, along the fell to Birdie Bi'ow, Higher Hodde.r and Edisford, linisli- ing at .school.


The longer route will be m


S. Compton, deputy licad- ipastcr, hopes to liavc evei'v- onc starting llio walk by !l-30 a.m., aitbougli lie. .says lliat tlie finishing time will bn " somewhat more elastic.'’


Organi.sor of the walk, Mr ■K.?


map and ,a list, of instrue- tiniis and live members of tlio slaff will lie walking as well. Tile seliool mini­ bus will be driving around, pquippoil for ripsl. aid and l.liere will be. groups of ma.si.er.s at caeli nf the elierkpoinls.


" Each boy will liavc a


l.lien' will be a refre.shmeni.. .servetl at tliree of t-he chcckpoini.s."


Tn help the. boys along RUNNERS


13-,voar-ol(l Mark Keighley, nf Riminglon. wlio is ph.vsi- c-ally liaiidieapped. His aim is to walk as far as ho can.


Among the walkers will be '^■is 3 ' t IMI


FAULTS ON CYCLE ‘


SPOTTED


SA F E T Y - CON’SCIOL, young.sters at Clifaero.,


primary scliool.5 ;ece-;.J awards for t!ie;r from the Mayor


The childi cn, '.v'no'


a road safely i-onvjey.'.' by spotting Uic fauiU™


bicycle and iitve;;'.;:-., safety .s’c.ga;!,


semed with iw.ik pri'^es.


Tile bicycle, -vi-y.pi,


di.splayed in A pdpu'.; dow in Kina S'n-oet, had faults. Nobody nia:-,a ’< find them •.■.ll. t'no’.uh' were more I'.ia;! 2no cr, The coimpthmn,


tvas organi,‘-od in ■ area road .'aie v r David Stirza'r;(';'. to children hn'.wf and 11 in the :nM


of St Pa r-- V'.C:,r; Low Moor; I’:,11;,.


(8'. of Slrreo'::;; Dehora’.i Li!" iP. burn .Avemie. TeiKlIe: I ■ '


(8>. of AVntldm- Duncan .S;rhi;i den Drive; ■ i.oi. of CTia;'-u-e, St .MicliacI :in,|


Cal.hcrine ....... . Beecliwond Taylo;- (8‘. oi :' ■


..f y;.' A GROirr nf Fridays enwpet i tors


CLOSE MATCHES IN ROUND THREE OF MASTERMINDS


dav's meeting of the High­ ways Committee, the depart­ ment claimed, however, that there were " no facilitie.s for telephones to be in­ stalled on the by-pass." ’• Telephone cables will be


installed when a second carriageway is put in." said the letter, ’’ and in the meantime it would be ex­ pensive to allow the .AA or RAC to install their own telephones." Coun. James Pell com­


mented that he could not see where the dilTiculties


arose. " One would think that there are adequate facilities. because some farms on the by-|i.a.ss are already on the telephone," he safd.


• Sharpies (18), of Great Harwood. Pinal preparations are


will be walking, two keen cross-country runners will bo attempting to run the 20 mile cii'cuit. They are Martin 'Whitworth (18). of Wilpshire, and Jonathan


Although most of the boys


being completed and these include making a number of “ Beware Walkers ” signs to be displayed round the routes.


competitions in the school, between houses and forms, to see who can get the most sponsors. Altiiough the boys can


There are also various


be relied on. one thing tliat is never certain is the weather.


ment the walk will be hold on Monday, April 9th.


....tyjy#' If the weather is incle­


THEBE were eert.ainly- plenty of nail-biting moinenls at the M'jster- mincis heat on Friday


was between Clifheroe police B and Somerset Avenue,


night. One of tho closest maiehes


when the police were nar­ rowly beaten by one point. In the Somerset Avenue team


were three .spoi-ting enthu- sia.sts—Mr Tonv Rudgy.'ivd, who plays loo'.ball for Grindleton. Mr Brian Edwards and Mr Keith Lang, who both play cricket for a Danven team. Highest scorers of tlic


was also .succe.ssful—that of Mr.s Margaret SutclilTe. who teaches Engli.sli and Frcncli at St Chri.stopliei-'s Scliool, Accrington. Mrs Sutcliffe, of Langshaw Drive, was joined by Miss Mary Rawes, wlio teaches geography at Clith- croe Girls' Grammar School, and Mrs Margaret Bamford. A former Latin and histoiw teacher at the Grammar School, Mrs Bamford is a farmer's wife ab Newton, now fully occupied looking after two small children.


Another team of t.eaeho.r.s


evening wei'e Milthornc House with '25 points out of a. J30ssible 30—the bc.st tot.al in Hie contest .so far. All three team mcmbei-.s teach at Clithoroc Royal Grammar School; Mr Ian Gott Pi'ench, Mr Brian McDonald art anri drama and Mr Michael Fielding history.


was probably the last of the evening, when the Probus Club puilcrt ahead of NFU L:idies at the final question.


The most exciting match


RESULTS NPU Ladies (Mrs Joan


Poi'ter, Mrs Linda Wilkinson, M;-s Marion Billows) 15, Claylon-le-Dale WI B (Mrs Doreen Kirkham. Mre Margaret Chadwick, Mrs Amy Kenyon) 11.


Dr Dalrvmple Oliver, Mr Thomas Kilner) 18. Clitheroo Girls’ Grammar School 6A (Miss Nancy Thorpe, Miss Michele Instone, Miss Susan Ramsbottom) 14.


Rotary A (Mr Frank Moon,


Bowland rent rises


RENTS for houses, ffats and bungalows in the Bow- land area face increases varying from 35p to 57p a week.


ing committee recommended these new rents under the Housing Finance ("fair rents") Act.


Three-bedroomed houses


■will pay 57p a week moi'o. old people's one-bedroomed


flats and bungalows 30p, and two-bedroomed bungalows 35p. Garages let to private persons go up from 35p to 381p, including 'VAT.


Announcing the rents, the


clerk Mr L. b. Telford said: " If anyone cannot afford it. they can come to us for a rebate. About 50 per cent of our tenants are on some kind of rent rebate, and in fact some are paying less than before. ”


Coun. Ronald Williamson


asked what would happen to people who were too proud to aiiply for rebate.


is loo proud there is noth­ ing we can do.''


Mr Telford: "If a person The rural council's hous­ Billingtnn and Langho WI


(Mrs Fay Raynev, Mrs Eileen Green, Mrs Mary Jackson) IT. Townswomen’.s Guild B (Mrs Olwyn Morion. Mrs Kathleen Higson, Mrs Margai'et Norris) io. Clitheroe Police B (Mr


Fred Booth, Mr Joe Healey, Mr Ban'ie Parker) 9. Somer­ set Avenue (Mr Keith Lang. Mr Brian Edwards, Mr Tony


Rudgyard) 10. Clitheroe Girls' Grammar


Buckley, Mis'; Ruth Il.ardi- kon 8. Miltliorne House (Mr Michael Fielding, Mr Brian McDonald, Mr Ian Gotti 25. Mrs SutclifTe’.s team (Mrs


Margaret Bamford. Mrs Margaret Sutcliffe, Miss Mary Rawes) 10, Young Farmers B (Mr Ian Walmsley. Mr George Whitweli, Mr Keith Whitwell) 8. NPU Ladies 16, Probus iMr


School 613 (Miss Susan Overend, Miss Philipp;v


Eric Pearson, Mr James Barnes, Mr George Taylor i 17.


,S:eplien naiiaer chol! St reel Si .Tailless; (■;;


(ID, o( (Vi-: S'. To'ver.s i8i. ,',i' I- rare: .S'l/um Pi;;vi--n.. of .Sclinn'i .Street.


Preparing for cop.iesi


IN ronprrtmii -vra Grppn’.s deri'-inn le the he.sl-kepl villa ;e pel,it,ion again. An Bailey and Clliai.-le-. | Connell i.s :o rarr. several impnereiia n;s These include liie iimna


of the bits isbeltiT, ing of the Souih A'nor cross on the war iiic the provision of a lit


on the wasip ground 'ipixiv! Bayiey Arm.s. P,e.<Kient' also being urged to ma'se better effort to keep tit! village tidy.


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r;-i?;e'.vimirr^ w,; Ltlisinrd: I.-’U'.


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TORY


MeetinI closed’ 'new’ c


l''roni I"!


f, e eligibility of those : *


‘‘lUrSickwood. read Rnlf ‘ file association and i( Greenwood t


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f m-der was raised aboul ’ nnm for membership.


the membership card


n? he people in the root) Ml- Greenwood refused to d stated that he wa


" ;‘^,t'"snti.sfied that all Iho.s


"l-tcnt were members. KFFUSAL


MP wbo is a barri.ster-aJ .'was asked by a mombir ; ,x-omcer of the assocu-


?un to comment on Rul •!.\ bill he rcfn.'=cd and sui aoVed tl’e Pi-e-’ie'ent.s intn P llh o it by


remamm:


silent. Mr Dnemore said that thi M-csidcniraflcr refusing a r<;


;,i,n.si. for a vole then le. Ilip'meeting, followed by tb VIP officers and about on limvl of the members,


„rn5iilent clo.se the nieetmc ,|.;;„ied i5’r Dugmoi-e. " S- meeting was rontmnr. l.here is tvn a.'vsocu'


- A(. no time , t'"


,,on rule reqmnng tr. pi-e.qrieiu. to bo present,


,\ip Diicmore continued:


h^'iioi. WHS held under ltd of the HBmlda, the elec ;,np of offleers,—r.hairniHi;


treasurer ancl four 'Vice clwinnen. Two indepemden sriutineers .surpenused th romil. and nearly 90 member took part in the ballot.


-All (bose menibcr.s wL-


look part in H)e hallo rerorded their name snd addre.'Ses and i- our o|)inion are bona-firl. members of the a.ssociation -Mr Greenwood was nc


Amenity


for Worston


•^tORSTON, the only villagl in Clitheroe Rural Council .1 area that still relies wholi'P on .-'Optic tanks, is to be lu.j on to a mains sewer sy.sten;f the council has decided.


which will include 23 hou.sf l in the village, are now bcir,| drawn up by consultin-l engineers John H. Hai.sl'f and partners.


Details of the schenu


:j been given for the projecil i but no starting date can yef be named, the clerk to th | council, Mr Alan Butt, tol'| the council.


A capital allocation hal


plans had been obtaineip tlicy would have to g<[ before the 'Worston parisil meeting for comment aiul then before the rural council. " Then they h'Ave t<| be forwarded to the Depar; ment of the Environmenl lor grant purposes under thl rural water services amg sewerage acts.”


He explained that once ih.|


Worston to the main.-l •'c-.verage was first discusscci by tlic council in 1951 whei'l hie .scheme would have cosil --D.IIO


The possibility of linkinil O. The cost of snihlar scheme was estima


kd 18 months ago a'| ~30.000—but the final pricil


C E L E B R A T IO N W E E K E N D F O R BO ND F A M IL Y


THIS weekend will be one big celebration for Mr and Mrs Cyril Bond. For to­ morrow is t'neir grand­ daughter Susair's birtliday, and Saturday is their son's silver wedding and, most important of all, Ureir own golden wedding. And the cele'orations will


not be over after the com­ bined party at the Sun Inn, Waddington, on Saturday evening . . . because two days later it is Mrs Bond's birthday!


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To crown the coincidences,


both they and their son were married on Easter Saturday—25 years apart.


Brownlow Street, Clitheroe, were manned in Mount Zion Methodist Church, on Lower- gate, now long since closed down.


Mr and Mrs Bend, of


Annie .Abell) was a weaver at Southworth's Jubilee Mill, and Mr Bond worked as a wheelwright in his father's widely-known business in Slaidbum. He was 28 and she 22. Tirey attended different schools in Clith­ eroe, Mrs Bond going to the National School and Mr Bon'd the Wesley School, and so it was not until after the war. when they joined the same group of friends, that they met.


Mrs Bend (formerly Miss During the fir.st world


war Mr Bond was in the Royal Horse Guards, serving in Franco. In one battle, out of 7(K) cavalrymen, he was lucky to be one of only 30 who came out alive.


Afterwards he spent 27


years working for the Hnr- rocksford Lime Co. and


another 15 At 65 he took a job as hanclyinau at B.'gt Street Nursery, whei'o M


stayed until lie was 1® But he say,-;: "My


- now would be to knots •


straight away auti much time as po.ssi'ole- o' ‘‘ mind about lakm-; aiiotn-'


job." At 78 he .uill walk.'


ever he can. "1 wont ';';, if I can manaae to he said. "I've walkco my life and I want ;0 •' ■ cii walking."


He and his "-iie W'*


watched infiaiion momentum over th' • and thev well walking many


Blackbtirn to the ,


get tlie oest hou.se well!"


Theatre, wlici'c tne> ,,


, j se.ats in in us


— -and ii P-”' — for jit-'t


the first 50 years have gone by for ',£i Mrs Bond. And hw-‘ " jj. of lasting and hoPP.


crown. But lime morchc—


riage? ’' It ^ , gUi all the way- s-P(i


DRIVER DID NOT KNOW HE’D KNOCKED DOWN


DRIVING through Clitheroe, a Chatburn bricklayer knocked down a man. But it was not until a month later,


when contacted by the police, that he realised there had been a accident, Ciith-


an accident, Thomas Simp­ son, (25), of Beech Grove, was fined £20. Por not report­ ing the accident within 24 hours, he was fined a fur­ ther £15. Although not in court, he


eroe magistrates were told. Por failing to stop after


admitted both offences through his solicitor, Mr W. Q. Greenwood.


car who — Wlialley ^oad carried on


as Simpson's regi -'-


Anotber pcd .son


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prosecuting, said . knocked


Insp. T. J- w trvingniic ‘ .i..dratw ," T j t,


raining heavily a ^ iD Mr Simpson SO


ber and told (■>« it Mr Greenwood jj„ia


the road and tho'L- caught his ramco- , ,


ooked in his mirror.' nothing.


Aftenvards ' that he should U«'e


l was blowing in th e 'v l j ; ,


people in Siininc['i


siiiips“"! nb" (•ro.a


notidl


" m l « w cn„d .'banks to


oonce (Iic3 M bJ? toe


V « SS '- '


mended ®?omn>tti Sycan


* borne ^ “ bi Cou


i fof etnl^' ^bhou i tonirt ^fSOhcles


i-ealh‘7


dua V fnade expense.


1C.S on. 5"? ’ ; Avenue


i enhmiced"''^K*'®b‘^ot furtl ' Ihalitics ^ entertain;


• two i


nnd Sat I


1-- now likely to be wei'J tbove this.


Panto cast Entertain old and infirm


nearly 200 elderly a mfiim people were aiie: Mien the Trinity Method


U’jk'h pantomime " Ja sno - f,’" "


•-leciaUy for their benefit day


Gislioford Old Peopl k aird patients


were residents hosmfm ® ^rockh


centre, residents at an < ffoPte in Blackbu:


perform on Sati


Ml- Wakler, Hie Division I


of the pan


' Wa-” ®' Ttaloh Wrig '


Kirkni"®’® f^oy Hope. of Parac


'""fkal director ^ "'as first gh


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