Clithcroc Advertiser and Times, March 21sl, 1074 TOWNGATE CABARET TRANSFERRED TO
GRAND CINEMA, BLACKBURN ROAD GREAT HARWOOD — Tel. 884030
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY No. X HIT RECORDING STARS
THE HONEYCOMBS
Pius from The Comedians SYD FRANCIS (SATURDAY ONLY)
and THE ERIC NEILSON TRIO Featuring MIKE ANGELO
CABARET 9 p.m. LADIES FREE to 10-0 p.m. SUNDAY — TOP LOCAL GROUP
THREE Plus PAUL BRENNAN’S DISCO SHOW
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLITHEROE CLUB
THIS FRIDAY. MARCH 22nd DANCING TO DISC© 8-0 p.m. ADMISSION lOp — CHILDREN 5p MEMBERS TEENY BOPPERS 8 p.m. — 9-30 p.m.
Nelson and Colne College presents AT GAWTHORPE HALL, PADIHAM
SATURDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1974, at 7-30 p.m. SPRING MUSIC
A CONCERT B Y STAFF AND STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE 1 Sp (at the door)
THURSDAY, MARCH 28lli, at 7-30 p.m. THE CHEERYBLE BROTHERS OF LANCASHIRE
A talk by Hie Rev. R. R. Carmyllic about the Grant brothers ot Ramsbottom, models for Dickens’ Chccryblc -Brothers in Nicholas Nickleby. Tickets 30p at the door.
Th is will replace the previously advertised talks by Mary Briggs on March 2Sth and April 4th
> ! THE BUCK INN LOWERGATE, CLITHEROE
ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEKEND SUNDAY NIGHT
ELLIOT AND GOLD LTD BAR SNACKS AVAILABLE
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Ribblesdale Sports and Social Club Telephone 22342
THURSDAY. MARCH 21st — STARN1TE, 8-30 p.m. COLIN — ORGAN R IGHT o f a d m is s io n r e s e r v e d
MARK LANE KGK DISCO
G UITA R /VOCA L RICHARD — DRUMS FR ID A Y , MARCH 22nd | SATURDAY. MARCH 23rd (THE UNPREDICTABLE)
GARY DE PAUL DANDY DISCO
TV — CABAR ET — RADIO SUNDAY, MARCH 24th
RIGHT OF ADMISSION RESERVED MONDAY. MARCH 25th
! TOTE DOUBLE SATURDAY. MAR. 16th 26— 12. SNOWBALL No. 8 < !
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IN A ID OF LOCAL SCOUTS SNOWBALL £21 THIS WEEK
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I GRAND GAMFS NIGHT j !
U.R.C. Guides and Brownies
COFFEE EVENING AND
ENTERTAINMENT
on Monday, Mar. 25th 7-30 p.m. — 9-0 p.m.
in the U.R.C. Church Hall ADMISSION lOp
Bring & Buy — Tombola
f i f i i j f i f f f i f r f r t f t t f f f f J tm CLITHEROE F.C.
SOCIAL EVENING at The Joiners Arms THE MILLSTONE IN MELLOR, Nr. BLACKBURN M e n a
STARTERS H AW AIIAN CO C K TA IL (Grapefruit, oranges pi^capo:r . ma-acri -e chcrncs) PRAWN AND CORN COCOTTES (Prawns with swectcorn in 3 delicious
sauce . . . t-erved hot). QUICHE LORRAINE (Melt-in-thc-mouth pastry with cheese and onions).
R IL L E T 7 E OF PORK W ITH CUMBERLAND SAUCE (Co*r:.e pate scrvcC w ith sauce made from port, fresh oranges and lemons).
PATb MAISON {Home-made chicken liver pate>. PRAWN COCKTAIL. SOUP OF THE DAY.
MAIN DISHES
DCEP FRIED SCAMPI {In breadcrumbs served with tarra'c sauce). {* )L L E r s OF P LA IC E IN ANCHOVY CREAM SAUCE (Poached m sauce made with cheese, cream and anchovy)
DEEP FRIED CHICKEN W ITH BARBECUE SAUCE (Half baby chicken with crunchy outer skin served with spicy sauce with omens, garlic, heros
and soiccs) . , , ,
ROAST CU IN EA FOWL IN BRANDY AND CREAM SAUCE (In rich sauce made w ith stock, cream and brandy)
SIR LOIN STEAK GARNI (Served with mushrooms and tomatoes*. Mived vegetables included with Main Dish. Tossed Salad ? 5 p e*tra
French Fried Onions 20o c*tra
SWEET TROLLEY Chocolate Gateau. Apricot Mcrir.fue To r t*, Apple and G in » ,• Fl»n, Banana and Mincemeat Pic, Lemon Meringue Sherry T r if ie . Ice Cream
Cheese and Biscuits (20p extra i f served as additional course]. Coffee w ith fresh cream 12p extra.
c u l t t h d c f m i lR S F MEAL £2 50 per person including service charge
arfd^dan^inP^Tuesdayf Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Saturday
Even.ne Full Three-Course Meal £2.35 including service. No dancing.
10Vo V .A .T on food total only. Supper Licence Bar Snacks Hot and cold daily 12— 2 p.m.
Wedding and Private Party enquiries welcome Restaurant Closed Sunday and Monday Tabic Reservations Mellor 2206
,
LASAGNE fBost beef steak minced with onion tomatoes, herbs ano , a touch of garlic. Served over noodles topped w i.h e> cc.>c sauce).
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Qharvfi S e r v i c e s
ST PAUL'S CHURCH, LOW MOOR SUNDAY, MARCH 24th
IS MOTHERING SUNDAY and OUR GIFT DAY SERVICES:
10-30 ajn. — MORNING PRAYER 2-30 p.m. — FAMILY SERVICE 6-00 p.m. — EVENING PRAYER
ViPI 8-00 a.m. — HOLY COMMUNION
Everyone welcome — Come and bring your friends '<2^
,<£> 2‘ V
The Salvation Army, Lowcrgate, Clithcroc
A GENERAL
KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
Organised by Clitheroe Tarish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society in conjunction with the Advertiser and Times.
Further Heat at
Clitlicroc Parish Hall at 7-30 p.m.
TOMORROW Final on
SATURDAY APRIL 6th
SUNDAY, MARCH 24th IS OUR
MOTHERS’
DAY SERVICE to which wo invite ALL MOTHERS
2-15 and 6-30
The children will be taking part.
DO COME AND RECEIVE YOUR FLOWERS & CARD {From your children)
N
Wednesday, March 27th at 8-0 p.m.
ADMISSION 40p including Supper
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /> S A L E™ -
CLOTHING & UNDERWEAR will be held in
of manufacturers' seconds in CLEARANCE SALE
The Memorial Institute Rimington
SATURDAY, MAR 30th at 2-0 p.m.
Items include BABYWEAR, LADIES' & CHILDREN'S KNITWEAR
All at very low prices
ST PAUL'S SUNDAY SCHOOL Parcnfs, Teachers Commiffcc
JUMBLE SALE
in St Paul's Parish Hall, Low Moor
FRIDAY, MARCH 29th af 7-30 p.m.
ADMISSION 2p Refreshments Available
Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
TUESDAY, MARCH 26th at 7-BO p.m.
IN THE CLUBROOM
ALL SAINTS CHURCH PENDLETON
SPRING FAYRE
in Pendleton Village Hal!
Saturday, March 23rd at 2 p.m.
STALLS — SIDE SHOWS and REFRESHMENTS
Marauding dogs: blame humans
AS chairman CUtheroe),
I was ver> of
worrying. I t cannot M
rt.-.la with human-, ^
does for - problems which planet today.
a'1 ?jffre™J?r*ncl1 ,s
Strongly that the„^Lbilitv well as the response” ^
A well-trained^ ^
be many people toda> are not prepared w this trouble.
A dog is extremely clean m the house
so manyface our . a
joy m a ‘^ T N i ’dren, training dogs,
tak.j time and Patie™ l0 trouble, and there sc ^
and . ,le
(i.e. responsive to and can be taught » be
be obedient and rcspoi®
is advice available on ■ subject, and books ana
‘. °
in every way if I*op!L«rc prepared to do it.
pamphlets, and m « places there are obedience
classes and o' dience t 3 • Reference was made _ '
til article to the tinnW out of dogs at night nme
which is absolutely «ong treatment. Dogs have b'M
with men thousands
for so mrn> of years ttal
’ .Pecies of animal which will
"inch have not been domestic animals for nearly ®
>ou provide for them. On the other hand, cats
«d by the article in la st week’s paper about sheep are one of the few
(t..h.uugii o Bh not uu,
81eeP contentedly • eignt fieurs or more through e night in the beds which
hunters and their eyes are specially adapted tor the purpose.
uch a long time,' are night
I fear that many of the dogs which worry sheep arc
wretched abandoned animals "'inch are literally starving and. being carnivorous, they
revert to the’- basic instinct to kill to eat. People who do not train o’, control their dogs
Put up the licences
to be punished, but those who act with the callous cmelty 0f abandoning their pets, which is regrettably a serious present-day prob lem. deserve and should
rye
•1. C. KENYON. Glebe House, SlaUlbttrn.
Don’t spray here again
DURING the autumn of ”13, when the last few black berries were still on the bushes, the path on Salthill from Twin Brooks to where it meets the new link road was transformed overnight from a delightful walk to a trail of destruction by the indiscriminate
use of herbicide.
was of the plant life, much ot which is comparatively
My immediate thought
rare, and what was the rea son anyhow of the excerise. A phone call to a local coun cillor brought me in touch with a Corporation official from whom I gathered it was not their responsibility, but he would contact me
later on the why and where fore. I as still waiting.
Think of the possible
ellect. on children who mhjht have eaten the few remain
ing berries, on the birds and inserts who would certainly have fed on the remaining
way of reasserting itself. Perhaps this year we will not have a “silent spring” along sal-thill; perhaps the rarer (lowers have not been destroved. I await with in terest. over the coming weeks to see what reappears, and what has been lost. No doubt there was a rea
Nature has a wonderlul
WHY should fanners be allowed all the fun? I have a double-barrelled gun I would love to let fly at any dog that conics on my property. they are allowed to bite
postmen and refuse men, and toul up every pavement, footpath and garden from
receive very severe punish ment.
the branch which covers
HANDS OFF CASTLE
CLITHEROE Castle was bought as a memorial to the hundreds of Clitheroe men who gave their lives in the Great War and nobody—not even the corporation — has any right to hand it over to someone else as the town council has agreed to do. The money was raised by
public subscription. and those who helped included the mill bosses, tradesmen, shopkeepers, schools and the
people of the town generally People working in the mills contributed weekly sums from their small wages and a Clitheroe f ami l y in America sent £20. There are still plenty of
Start in May for new social ; services team
PROVIDED there is no delay in making necessary alterations to Major House, Church Street, the socia services team tor the Ribble Valley area should be established in Clitheroe by the middle of May.
valley, CUtheroe natural choice as but with such a widespread area to serve, a sub-oflicc has been opened at the Health Centre. Longridge. _ This office will also serve | the Chipping and Ribchester |
As the “ capital
is the base.
of the
districts. As director of ’.lie new
us around who remember those days and I am sure they will join with me in saying to the Ribble Valiev Council “ Hands off OUR castle.’’ E. THOMPSON Ha.vlmrst Street,
Clilheroc
Primrose Bridge t» Sawley _and get away with it. The RSrCA allows dogs
two at a time and more to he chained up in backyards hours on end, yapping and moaning much to the annoyance of all in the vicinity. They are let out at the end of the day for 10 minutes for rose tree time, to be put back in their pens for another 10 hours. Now that spring is upon
Costly flourish
I GATHER from a report in the Advertiser and Times that the council is paying tribute to various people and
us and the hunting season is here, they axe allowed to run round in packs looking for some cute little hitch to start more of their race. In this day and age of
ves but I think the hand out’of silv-.- dishes with the town's coat of arm* on them is an expensive flourish to
lo itself. A tribute by all means,
sav the least. t trust the Ribbie Valley
rising costs, the licensing authority is missing out on a fortune. Let’s have dog licences put up to £ 8, to l>e rid of a few. Or is the dog, as the cow in India, a sacred animal—“Thou shalt not
touch?” DOG LOVER.
Authority,' will not inherit too many of the " Spend now think afterwards"
No. 5 social services division of the county council. Mr Brian Leybourne will have the largest, of the Lanca shire divisions, covering the Ribble Valiev, Blackburn and the new Hyn'dburn dis trict. a total population of
274 000. He is keen to set up
referral points in the vil lages. These would be manned by volunteers whose task it would be to uut people in sparsely populated
team would then be able to visit those needing help. The county’s long-term
plan is to have a team lor every 30.000 population in the next 10 years or so.
HOLIDAY FOR
BOYS
A NUMBER of boys from the. Ribble Valley district are to
be chosen by the Clitheroe branch of Toe H to spend a week in camp at Weirside. in Langdale Valley, near the
Langdale Pikes. The object is to provide a
and scattered areas in touch with the social services team. Members of the
Maj At Home
y o r v i c i f o T I t j i tU
idioms of the borough council.And when handing over
control of the castle the borough councillors might care to remember that .. was the public, not the council who acquired it. CI.lDEROtVE.
AMONG the guests at an At Home held by the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev. R. A. S. Martineau, at Whalley Abbey were the Mavor and Mayoress of Clithcvoe, Conn, and Mrs Richard Turner, and Chth- eroe RDC chairman Conn. James Fell and his wife.
coincide with the local government
Heads of all authorities m the diocese were invited.
The At Home was held to changeover.
holiday for boys between 12 and 16 who would otherwise
sist in the building of charac ter. Suitable boys may even tually be invited to take part in Toe H projects in other
not have one, to let them live in the open and to as
the auspices of Toe H northern region, the hots will be given adult leader ship and will eat and sleep in a cabin with bunks and cooking facilities. They will be well cared for. with proper supervision, and there will he ample scope lor outdoor hie
parts of the country. At the camp, run under
in the Lakeland area. To help raise funds for
the camp, a coffee evening will be held on Wednesday at the Duck Street head quarters of the Toe H ser vice team at 7-30 p.m. GiL-s in either cash or kmd will be much appreciated.
son for the spraying in the first place, but one thing is certain; The cure is worse than the disease. Can the Council give an
containers left lying around r would imagine that about 100 gallons of herbicide was sprayed on the ground. The winter rains will teve now carried this do.n
herbage. Judging from the empty
assurance that there will not be a repeat performance this year? A second spraying, compounded to the original one, could turn a very beautiful area into & valley of desolation, and the effects of the seepage to the field, and stream and beyond, are completely unknown. The matter is serious.
through the field below wd into the stream. The. «:• sequences of this ao^itz. could be possibly lethal. ~
go Chatburn R5)a<L Clithcroc.
MR G. H. WLMORF.
LOW MOOR CLUB
TEL. CLITIIEROE 23196 SUNDAY, MARCH 24th
TONY
HOFFMAN VOCAL GUITAR
WITH .TOE ON THE ORGAN
RIBBLE VALLEY B.S.A.C. (Clithcroc Branch)
A GRAND BUMPER
JISMBII SALE to he held in the
St John Ambulance Hall
on Safrurday, March SOth at 2-15 p.m.
EVERYONE WELCOME ADMISSION np
Tea and Biscuits Free IN TOSSIDE INSTITUTE
SATURDAY. MAR. 30th at 8-0 p.m.
WHIST and
DOMINO DRIVE WITH GOOD PRIZES
ADMISSION 30p
Children’s Dominoes I2p including Supper
Proceeds for Heater Fund
Little Mitton and District Women’s Institute
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Waterloo Road, Clitheroe
“ Righteousness cxnltcth o nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.” Proverbs 11, v. 34.
Taking part, in next lieui: GOSPEL SERVICE Come and join the fun
Pit yam- wits against, the learns
Admission to heath. lOp
Waddlngton m
Hound Table A
Woinble* of Worston
Round Table B v Downham VVI Midland Bank v Tetrahedron
Twiston
MANOR HALL SUNDAY. MARCH Sllh
GOSPEL SERVICE S 6-30 p.m.
peaker: MU »t, COOK tHIarkharo)
Women s Fellowship Speaker* MRS WADP1NGTON
WEDNESDAY. MARCH S7th at p.m.
SUNDAY at 6-3(1 p.m. Everybody welcome.
TOC H, CLITHEROE
Wednesday Next at 7-30 In Alt! of Funds for Toe
Camp for Local Boy* in Jun®
COFFEE EVENING
TOMBOLA and COODS STALL
Gift* in Cash and Kind will be appreciated.
ADMISSION 15p First time
PAYING her first visit tn Clit.lwoc, new S a lva tion Army Home Lneasiie divi sional secret-ary. Brigadier Mrs A. Ha.rlow conducted a service at the army’s Lo^*er* gate hall*Afterwards, Mrs Harlow spoke to members of the Home League (the a rm y s Women’s Fellowship) about her tea towel collection. Also present was Mrs1 Harlow’s husband, who is the new .Salvation Army divisional eomzMLndsr. a.t Prseten.
SATURDAY. MAR. 23rd
JUMBLE SALE in The Lower Parish
Church Hall, Clitheroe at 2*0 p.m.
ADMISSION 2p
COCKLES AND
MUSSELS
C.ITHEROE Town Council
ambers sat down to the 1st Borough cockle and Bjsscl feast at the St-arkie Ams Hotel on Monday
rght. In the normal tradition o‘.
axing pleasure with busi- r.5s. members discussed the se-up of the new town Oiimcil which comes into aeration on April 1st.
ters recommended having jxt a general purposes
It is understood the mem-
committee, of which all the council will be members, and a planning sub-oommittee
comprising the Town Mayor, Conn. Leo Wells: the Deputy Town Mayor. Conn. Richard Turner: Conn. Roljert Chnd* tick and Conn. John Troop, for a trial period of three months.
Ihe sub-committee will
probably meet, weekly and will be oblc to make obser vations on planning applica tions received by the Rihble Valiev District Council.
of the pew town council has been fixed for Tuesday. May 21st. when the traditional
The first annual meeting
procession through the town will be continued to mark the installation of the new Mayor, Conn. Leo Weils.
Making good recovery
ADMITTED to Burnley General Hospital's intensive care unit at the weekend, the Vicar of Sabden, the Rev Maurice Sunter, is “improy. irig splendidly," his wife said yesterday.
husband has now been transferred from the care unit to a ward, and he was up and about yesterday.” Mr Suntcr, who moved to
Said Mrs Simter: •' M.v Thieves steal safe
A CHEEKY burglar entered a house in Chipping in broad daylight on Monday morning and walked out with a safe containing about £200 in notes
The safe is the property
of Mr Austin
tamed ments.
Melvyn House,, money
two people to carry it. said
Wilson, of and con- ant’ doctl-
out at work all day and their two children Deborah and rcter arc at school.
Mr and Mrs Wilson are Mr Wilson's brother-in-
law, Mr David Winder, who lives with the family is employed at Berrys chair factory nearby, s ' I goes home for his dinner.
the house aliout midda>, and was hanging up his jacket, when he noticed the daylight from the kitchen seemed brighter than usual. He went into the kitclic.i and discover:.I the backdoor had been “ punched in."
On Monday he entered
parlour, was missing. Mrs Wilson had £160 in the safe and Mr Winder had between £40 and £50.
The sate, kept in the
taken between 9-0 a.m. and noon, and weighed some 2cwt. It would have taken
The safe must have been Sabden two years ago. was
taken 111 at home on Friday. Weekend services at Sabden were conducted by the Vicar of Pendleton, the Rev. Derek Lcyland.
CHAIRS FOR ST DENYS’ HOME
FIVE cliairs have been pre sented to St Denys’ Child ren's Home, Pimlico Road, Clithcroc. by Clitheroc Ladies’ Circle, for use m new extxensions at th e .
home.
with money raised at a music cabaret, evening in
The chairs were bought
DecenibOT *hici various other functions. They were handed over to house parents Mr and Mrs Fred Faster by chairman Mrs Havel Hooper.
Circle and members of Cllthcroe Round Table visited Castieford old people’s home and staged an evening of light enter- tninment
Recently, the Ladies' j
Mr Winder. The house is situated
in an isolated spot just past Berry’s lodge, and there would not be many people about. Police a r e matin,
be helpful.
Library service will
remain AN assurance that the
library service in the Ribble Valley will be maintained at its present level after local , government reorganisation | /, has been given by Lfinca- j |
shire County Council.
a meeting between county representatives and the
Ribble Valley District Coun cil's recreation and leisure committee and called after concent at the future of library services had been ex pressed.
A joint report will suggest how the Ribble Valley
library sendee can be brought into line with the standards of other, better,
services. The county said also that
the whole of the district library service, including mobile libraries, would be under the
cont.roi'of the Dis trict Librarian, Miss Barbara Snell, subject to county
after the meeting said that
policy., A joint statement, issued
Mnetng. Lancashire dialect poems and piano solos.
that Included
Ribble Valley District Coun cil members had further am plified their concern. "In reply, the county representa tives , made, It clear they shared this concern that a good service should be pro vided, and full details were given of the facilities that will he ivailabis.”
24 i L_ The promise was made al |
MOMARCH CLEANING
King Street, Whalley NOW OFFERS
HOUR CLEANING and TEXTURE PRESSING SERVICE
AT BETTER PRICES
TROUSERS . . . . . . 20p DRESSES . ...... 25p COATS ............. 35p Also Curtains and Covers
inquiries, and will welcome any information that could
FASHION AT ITS BEST COMPETITIVE PRICES VISIT
THE ECONOMIC STORES 70 VVhalley Road, Clithcroc
|
, LADIES’ FASHIONS - coats, Jackets, Dresses. | Separates. Lingerie, ete.
|
, MEN'S FASHIONS - Sports Jackets. Trousers, Shirts. V Knitweav. Jraiis. Shoes, clc.
) Also Good Selection of Household Goods |
NO wonder members of Waddington Drama Group arc all smiles—for their plow which opens on Weil, nesdav is sure of having good audiences. Unlike man.u <
me piuji. ■■
Sunday School. Waddington. will be parties from Grindle- ton, Gisburn. Whallcir Clithercc, Mitton and
■• , j^ c^e,n J
groups, who struggle to fid a hall on the first night, they arc in the enviable position of having sold all but. a handful of tickets ior the tour nights of ” The More the Merrier." a sophisticated coinedti by
IramJ!,
Ronald Millar. Among those attending
Sabden.Producer Arthur A cal i- pictured discussing the ferf with members ot the cast: From the left, standing- Derek Green. John Kidson, Marjorie Whittcrn, Pat Hararea ves. Sea ted—Audrey Cooke, Beryl Parkinson. Susan Oliver. Also ut the cast are John Thompson
and fflR BroinD
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