ul Times, January 24th, 1974 Legion Club


plans £12,000 extension


THE Clitlieroe branch of The alterations, currently ,. the Royal British Legion iui


is planning a £12,000 ex ension to its Whalley Road club.


oiiumii a


awaiting planning permis­ sion, were mentioned by


'an didate


is week the :.rated it was lomy in order week on the . prospective the Clitlieroe


\ dry’s pects chter


'nstle Costtnps.


s back to nor- r; following tlio .vcr restrictions and -s*ccl in*


ut Uio Iron


now on a five- ompany secrc- lan Rudgynrd is, however, a of orders to •h." he added,


iy be further ■a use some of in other in­


fi l l on rostric- We could have


obtaining the


.in we use for cesses. But wo rder book, and v,v looking far


)me


nthony Adkins mm visit to neerts Society.


ivcyj in Clith* earo ago with 'Um Ensemble,


attribution nadc a very


ipression. Next :rs will havq ity of hearing with an


rogrnmmc of C h o p in ,


szt. and Ravel


takes place rls’ Gramma*


ATTEMPTS to recover a heavy lorry from a ditch on the Hurst Green Road on Tuesday posed quite a prob­ lem. The six-ton lorry, carrying


Seeks details of old firms


A FEW weeks ago you very kindly published my appeal fo r information on the railway through Clitheroe. While I only had two replies, the material supplied was very useful and interesting.


Among the information


were several names of pri­ vate traders who owned their own wagons which were used to carry their own goods on the railway.


I am interested in making


scale models of the wagons but I have no information on the liveries in which the wagons were painted, some of which would probably be very colourful. . The names are certainly


pre-1920 so perhaps some of your older readers could throw some light on the liveries and maybe the old


: companies themselves. The names are as follows:


Briggs and Sons; Carlisle, Son and Co.; Clitheroe Gas Co.; Dewhurst. Hoyle and Smethurst; Joseph Veevers; John Mercer and Sons; John Mitchel and Sons; Dixon Robinson; Rowe and Carter; William Shuttleworth. Before I close may I


talion nd behind-the-


m “ Robinson


; year's panto, tion by Trinity Church. havn to attend th.


i service at th» inday evening.


through your columns con­ gratulate Clitheroe Borough


• Council on a magnificent production with "Old Clitheroe.” I was certainly pleased to see the railway photographs so excellently reproduced. NORMAN PARKER, 103 Mersey Street, Longridge.


TIPPING MENACE


CAN no one stop the tip­ ping at the far end of


int Michael cwell


JAN. 27th NY III


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SERVICE ti-oU p.m.


REHEARSALS for Clitheroe Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society’s produc­ tion of " Brigarioon ” are are running moothly, ac­ cording to producer Hilda Basnett. One change of oast has


had. to be made, Roy Old- royd taking over the part


of Mr McKeigh when Keith Lightbown was forced to step down.


“ Otherwise,


things have been going very nicely." she said. "We are keenirjs well up to schedule.” Slgjgflrioon ’ is the story


o f '" t iW "'American tourists whors tumble. on a Scottish Highland village — and find


they have stepped back through time for 200 years. The musical has an almost fairytale quality, enhanced by first-class musio, much of it very well known. Songs In c lu d e "The


heather on the hill," “ It's almost like -being in love” , ail'd “ There, but for love, go


1 " The shows features a large cast, and at times almost 50 people are on stage at once. The shows opens on


Saturday, February 16th, and runs until the following Saturday, with a matinee on the final day. The booking office, at the parish


church hall, will be open from February 4th onwards. And the power crisis is


unlikely to affect the show. Anxious members made in­ quiries recently and were told they would be exempt from restrictions. Our picture shows some <xf the cast at rehearsal.


PVT on your thinking caps! That’s our request to class lour (1906), who attended, the old Wesley Council ■ Scho o l


in


pretty sure about is that the gentleman on the left is Mr Fielding, the head­


Clitheroe. One tiling wc arc


master of the scliool lor


and how many of them still live in the area?


many years. But who are the others,


The. house, of


EVERYTHING MUST GO!


c-nrj f-iends ta -mp At wm*


Bmngerley Park, which I brought to your notice in 1373? Some weeks later I was


assured that the tip was being reseeded and there was no need to worry. On Sunday I decided to


take a look, and what a horror: the tipping almost flits the quarry and is still going on — lots of dean paper were showing. Can no one stop this?


MRS G. WRIGHT 5 Cliatbum Avenue, Clitheroe.


TOKENS SYSTEM NOT FAIR


AS one o f the retired per­ sons o f tile town, living in a section not covered by the free bus services, 1 cannot see any fairness in tile suggestion that some members o f the new district should be given an £S allowance for travel and others only £5 .


This is giving people of


some districts the advan­ tage o f being able to travel further afield if they wish, perhaps in some cases to visit friends or relations, whilst res­ tricting people in the town to a more localised bus service. ANIEN


A speedy service


LAST week I accidentally dropped my umbrella in the Tost Office.


Back home I missed it


and phoned the Post Office. They had it, and took my address. Within minutes my umbrella was deposited in the vestibule. By the time l reached the door, the kind man had gone without even a “ thank you.”


My very grateful thanks to


the kind gentleman who brought my umbrella and also to the kind person who handed it over the counter. MRS K. CORNWELL, 2.0 Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe.


Dies while driving


A 51-YEAROLD Wiswell man. Mr Ernest Davies was found dead at the wheel of his crashed car on Tuesday evening. It is thought that he was taken ill while driv­ ing.


No other vehicle was in­


volved in the accident, which happened in Whalley New Road, Wilpshire.


Mr Davies, of The Willows, Leys Close, was chief execu­


tive at the Blackburn firm of J. Duckworth and Son. He leaves a wife, Mrs Eileen Davies and two sons, Anthony and Gordon.


HOSPITAL POST


GROUP secretary to Brock- hall Hospital Mr Lionel Bamford, of Claremont Aenue, Clitheroe, has been appointed district adminis­ trator to the Blackburn dis­ trict of the Lancashire area health authority.


Friends give a party


ABOUT 300 patients at Calderstones were treated to another Christmas party in the hospital ballroom by Calderstones League of Friends.


After the patients had


eaten their teas they were entertained by comedian


Jimmy Derbyshire, vocalist Caroline and magician Derek.


They then danced to the


Soul Sound Disco. A vote or thanks was proposed by Mrs K. Hollings tile vice- president of the League of Friends.


RECOGNISE ANYONE?


FCRTY-THREE members of Edsford Ladies' Club re­ load from their everyday cates in the cosy atmos- phre of Chipping's Water W;eel restaurant on Tues- ds;, on the occasion of their amual dinner.


10 tons of tarmac, was being driven by Mr John Leach, of Moorland Cres­ cent, Clitheroe, when it slipped into a deep ditch about a mile from Edisford Bridge.


Mr Leach was uninjured. Two breakdown vehicles


from Sawley and Clitheroe were called to the scene. A rescue attempt by the first ended when the vehicle slipped into the ditch along­ side the stranded lorry.


The other truck did not


have an easy task but after much struggling the lorry was finally freed.


The two breakdown


vehicles limped back to Clitheroe, sharing two smashed towing hooks and a broken half-shaft. The lorry drove ofT undamaged.


The whole operation took


seven hours and the road was closed and traffic diverted for more than three hours.


the ditch, with a rescue crane standing by while a digger unloads the tarmac.


The lorry is pictured in


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mWM 'd w a After the meal new presi­


dent Mrs Pauline Gower presented retiring president Mrs Pat Fielding with a stainless steel candlestick- holder and a bottle of sherry


from them all. Mrs J. Foulkes later


amused fellow members by reading her latest poem, specially penned for the occasion. Our picture shows Mrs


Fielding and Mrs Gower (centre! surrounded by members.


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HEDUCTIOMS ON ALL STOCK


Member of TWG


A MEMBER of Clitheroe E v en i n g Townswomen's


Guild and Edisford Ladies' Circle, Mrs Minnie Thom­ son, of Shireburn Avenue, died on Friday.


Mrs Thomson was a native


of Liverpool but had lived in Skipton for some time be­ fore moving to Clitheroe six years ago. She leaves a husband, a married son and daughter


and five grandchildren. The funeral took place on


Tuesday, cremation being at Pleasington.


the chairman. Mr B. H - den, at a general mecun„


of the club. - If Hie plans are accepted the extensions will mclu e an enlarged lounge, to be built at the rear of the building. The games room will also be moved from up­ stairs to the ground floor- The club is hoping to obtain a £12,000 loan from Dutton s brewery to pay for tile ex­ tensions. Also announced at the


meeting, attended by about 70 members, was the news that more women, sons and daughters will now be able to join the Clitheroe dub.


Branch secretary Mr Lcn


Garner said that following a national change to the organisation's KBL 69 rules,


40 per cent of the members no longer need t-o be cx-Service men. Mr Garner said that this would allow a membership increase at


the lower end of the age scale. Under the new rules,


women nimbers can also be­ come club shareholders.


Bar profits of just under


£ 3,000 for the last six months were announced.


B. S.' Burridge (treasurer).


Officers elected were: Mr S. Snape (president): Mr T. Liddle (vice-president): Mr “ Holden (chairman); Mr


Organist writes anthem


ONE of the highlights of rne^new' vestry opening ser


Ghurch in March will be the


nrst performance of a new anthem.


The anthem has been wntten specially for the occasion by parish church organist and choirmaster Mr Cnarles Myers.


The words of the anthem


are taken from Psalms 127, 148 and 150. The title.


house,'' comes from the first due of Psalm 127.


Except the Lord build the Tt has for a standard score soprano (treble!, alto,


tenor and bass, with organ accompaniment.


Mr Myers has been work


ing on the piece in spar* moments for a few- weeks. At present it is in draft manuscript form. He in­ tends to reproduce neat copies for his choir to rehearse from.


This is not his first com­


position, although the con­ text is unique. Mr Myers has no immediate thoughts for publication, so all the more reason to be at the first performance.


WHEN the speaker arranged for Clitheroe Ladies' Circle charter night fell and broke her ankle, members were fortunate in finding a re­ placement — at just two hours’ notice.


Chairman Mrs Hazel


Hooper welcomed Mrs G. J. Kitson, of Brindle, who gave an hilarious account of her experiences from enrolling


as a student nurse at the age of 57, when already a grandmother, to qualifying at tlie age of 60.


The charter night, at the


Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe, on Monday, was attended by 117 people. They included guests from


other ladies’ organisations in the town and 14 Ladies’ Circles in the area, mem­ bers of the newly-formed Clitheroe Tangent Club and personal friends.


Pictured, from the left —


front: Mrs N. Cook (Inner Wheel Club president); the Mayoress, Mrs E. Turner; Mrs H. Hooper (Ladies’ Circle chairman); Mrs F. Wilson (Evening Towns­ women's Guild chairman); back: Mrs M. Purslow (Ladies' Circle area chair­ man), Mrs D. Fowler (Sorop- timist president); Mrs A. S im p s o n (Ribblesdale Townswomen's Guild chair­ man).


RIBBLESDALE School is likely to get six new class­ rooms next year to cope with extra pupils.


More classrooms At present Ribblesdale has


places for 780, but by 1975 more than 1,000 will be needed If, as expected, Gaw- thorpe School, Padiham. and Rishton Nor'den School have gone comprehensive by then. Sabden and Read children will thereafter go to school in Clitheroe. The county council Is to


submit to the Secretary of State for Education plans for a 180-place block at Ribblesdale. Work on this could start in the next school year. The school is expected to


WIGHT OUT FOR EDISFORD LADIES


have 891 pupils in Septem­ ber. This will mean a. little overcrowding, but it is not expected to present any problem. A report to the County


Education Committee pro­ jected a roll of 1.016 pupils at Ribblesdale in 1975, after reorganisation at Padiham and Rishton. The figures for the following two years were respectively 1,080 and


1,155. Another project in the


pipeline involves extensions to Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School to take in pupils from Bowiand and from the Boys’ Grammar School, whose bidding is scheduled to go out of use. This wo:!-: cannot begin before 1978.


The report pointed out


that extra school places would be needed in Ciitherce by 1975 whether or not reorganisation in Padiham and Rishton went ahead.


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