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ALWAYS -the bridesmaid,: riever the toride-—,’that's- been the ;story.-;of: Glitheroe pensioner Mr Richard.Swarbrick: as; far as-gardening.is|concerned.


; Hut now, after almost 50. years’ endeavour, he .has. finally won the best kept allot- ment competition run’by Clitheroe Town Council. . Mr Swarbnck (77), of Whal- ■


‘ His allotment has. been- highly commended a few times and he has taken the minor placing on a number of occasions, but the first prae. has always seemed outside his. grasp.


,


his success arrived, there wasn’t a happier man in Clitheroe. “It is something I have been


When the letter telling of '


aiming at for years,” said a delighted Mr Swarbrick. “Every gardener likes to think he is doing a good job and when you have such a magnificent trophy to prove it, it’s a grand feeling." But he never expected to


ley Road, took his allotment in 1929 and-has prided himself on its appearance and quality ever since. But. success has, always just eluded this green • fingered veteran.


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win the competition this year. “In a way I was a little embarassed about it. I have spent less time on my allot­ ment this year than ever before,” he added. Mr Swarbrick modestly


puts his success down to the hot dry summer. “I stick mainly to vegetables on my allotment and they haven’t been as badly affected by the weather as the flowers,” he explained. Mr Swarbrick intended


giving, up his allotment this year, as lie finds lie doesn’t have as much time to spend on it as he would like. But now he is determined to keep the trophy which has pride of place in his home and he will be carrying on for at least another year. He grows a wide variety of


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competition was former parks - meeting many old friends in superintendent Mr John Hall, the area during a short stay with Mr and Mrs Harry Wilkinson, of Foxfields Farm, S to n y h u rs t, his former employers. Mr McBride, whose brother


1 0 ■ y e a rs ', ago - from the Clitheroe clothing firm Seer- craft, has had a varied work- . mg life. After leaving school, he. worked in several local mills and then on the railways as a plate-layer, as well as for the former Clitheroe Borough Council, Calderstones • Hospi­ tal and several local firms. Runner-up in the allotment


cabbages and other veget­ ables, I- don’t know how I- could .manage '.without - my plot.-By growing several varieties of different veget­ ables, I have something m.the ground virtually all' the year i;ound,” he said, j Mr Swarbrick, who retired


I “With the price of potatoes, i


of Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe. Joint third were Mr G. Robin-, son, of St Mary’s'.’Street, Clitheroe, and Mr J. Smith, of Whalley Road, Clitheroe.w .


Farewell


gifts RETIRING headmaster of Whalley CE school, Mr John


off at a special farewell service at the Parish Church. Mr Shaw, headmaster, for


Shaw was given a grand


27 years, and his wife have now retired to Colwyn Bay.


, The teachers and schoolchil­ dren presented him with a* watch and his wife received a string of pearls. The Vicar, the Rev. Alec Harpur, on behalf of the managers and parishoners, gave the couple a hand-made clock and a set of silk pictures. Choirmaster Mr Donald Hartley gave Mr Shaw -a hook-token.


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An interlude in minister’s travels


AFTER two year’s training clergy in the West African Marxist state of Benin, the Rev. Bill Knowles has come home to England to become the new Clitheroe Methodist Circuit Superintendent. Mr Knowles, his wife practice at a theological


Marga re t, and children -college ill Porto Novo, Benin, Michael (19) and Helen (17), have moved into the Somerset Avenue home formerly used by the Rev. Norman Walton, who recently retired as Clitheroe superintendent. For Mr Knowles, Clitheroe


is the latest in a long line of appointments which have taken him to various parts of England, to Africa and India. Before his two years in


Benin, he spent a year on the Ivory Coast learning how to train African ministers. He put these ideas into


that the authorities wouldn’t allow," said Mr Knowles. “Ministers. could not go on' house-to-house visits or preach against the revolution. It was oppressive to some ex ten t, although things weren’t too bad.” During Mr Knowles’s three years in Africa, his family stayed in Blackpool, where he had been a minister for five years. He was able to go home to Black­ pool to see them once a year. Before Blackpool, Mr


but found life a little different in this Marxist state. “There were certain things


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Knowles was a minister in the Feniscowles area of Black­ burn for six years, and while there visited Clitheroe a number of times. “I like Clitheroe, and the


surrounding countryside is beautiful,” he said. “We are looking forward to making friends and enjoying our time here.” Mr Knowles did his theolog­


ical training at Cambridge after gaining a degree in modern languages at Oxford University. His first ministry was in WesCBromwich. His other trip abroad was in


.which earned its living from a tea plantation. Michael, who works for a


1956, when he spent five y e a rs as minister in a community in South India,


bank in Great Harwood, and Helen, who is doing a secreta­ rial course at Blackpool Tech­ nical- College, were born in India.


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Jack lives in Pendle Road, Clitheroe, also paid a visit-to the local magistrates’ court, but was disappointed to find it was not in session.


and send-. HODinQ tO gain £s


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CLITHEROE housewife Mrs Elizabeth' Lavender's efforts to lose weight promise to be beneficial not only to her but also to a local Scout-troop. . For. Mrs Lavender, under doctor’s orders to slim, has d e c id e d to tu r n h e r weightwatching activities to good use by embarking on a sponsored slim. Proceeds of the slim, which


1 Visit by


- the Palestine Police. ' When the force was dis­ banded in 1948, he moved to Rhodesia and joined the Brit-: ish South Africa Police. When,, he retired from this job two years ago he had-been prom­ oted to the - rank of Chief Inspector in charge of the Central office in Salisbury. While, “on the beat,” he


magistrate BACK - in- the Ribble Valley for the first time in 12 years is Mr Joseph Robert McBride, who left his Dunsop Bridge home at the age of 19 to join


has been appointed Chief Executive of South Shrop- , shire District Council, v


An accountant, Mr Kellet


began studying law and is now a fully qualified magistrate in the Rhodesian capital, where he lives with his wife, Betty. He is currently on a 10-


started- work in local govern­ ment in the Clitheroe Borough Treasurer s Department in 1943.


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later to become deputy finan­ cial officer with Helmsley RDC, Yorkshire. In 1956, he was appointed deputy chief financial officer of Pockling- ton’RDC, near York.


He left Clitheroe nine years He became treasurer of


Ludlow RDC in 1958, and after local government reor­ ganisation was given the same post in South Shropshire DC. .Mr Kellet, of Ludlow, was


chosen from a short list of four for the chief executive job.


the National Savings Move­ ment and is county president of NALGO. :


He holds several posts in


daughter, he is also a fellow of the- Rating and Valuation Association, a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and a member of the Society of Company and Commercial Accountants.


Married, with a son and Busy


began on September 1st, will go towards the £1,000 a year it now costs to keep SS Mary and Paul's Scouts.on the road. Mrs Lavender, of Hodder


Grove, wife of former parish church yerger Mr Keith


.-Lavender, plans to keep whittling down her -weight until the end of October, when her sponsors will be asked to cough up so much for every pound she has lost. 1 So far, sponsors have been


■sure, of losing plenty of lbs . . . to make plenty of £s!


Retires


again ASSISTANT to the clerk to Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court, Mr Walter Scott has retired. Mr Scott, of Langshaw


Drive, Clitheroe, took up the post 13 years ago after a lifetime in the West Riding Constabulary. He retired with the rank of inspector in charge of the Earby sub-devision. At an informal ceremony at


eager to sign on and, although Mrs Lavender has not set herself a target weight, she is


two years RETIRING later this month as president of the Methodist Women’s Fellowship for North Lancashire is Mrs- Eleanor Wilkinson, of Read. A member of the movement


for 23 years, Mrs Wilkinson has held the post for the past two years. She will stay on the North Lancashire district committee, however, as circuit secretary ..for the. Clitheroe area. Mrs Wilkinson, of Oak


Mount, Whalley Road, moved to Read 13 years ago from the Bolton area, where she first joined the Women’s Fellow­ ship. A member of the Whal­ ley Methodist Church, where she is also secretary of the fellowship, she has had a busy two years, spreading the aims of the fellowship and directing welfare work. Taking over from her is Mrs Ivy Sanders, of Blackpool.


Toe H


the home of the magistrates’ clerk, Mr Peter Nuttali, Mr Scott was presented with a teak coffee table from members of staff in recogni­ tion of his excellent service. At the annual dinner of the Clitheroc Magistrates Bench in May Mr Scott received a set of crystal glasses and a water


jug. Lands


top job THIRTY-THREE years af te r joining the former Clitheroo Rural District Council as junior clerk, Mr George Kellet has landed a top job in Shropshire. .


Mr Kellet (47) a former pupil of Ribblesdalc School


service TDC H members from as far apart as Leeds, Liverpool, Morecambe and Kendal are to meet at Clitheroe Parish Church on Sunday for their district service. Commencing at 2 pm, it will


MR SWARBRJCK on his allotment. Gold for


Michael V ADDINGTON runner Michael Morton won a silver cup and and gold medal for. being first through the tape in the annual Cannock Chase Young Athlete's 3,000 metres. Michael (16), of Queensway,


covered/the course in 8 mins 45 secs — 17 secs better than th e . previous best for the meeting. He also received a £5 voucher to spend on sports equipment. At the same meeting,


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WINNERS" of the duplicate: game at : Clitheroe: Bridge-. Club were: NS Mr H. Walker and Mr R. Wilkin, Mr W. H. Wilkinson - and Mr B. Hicks.-: Handicap: Mr P.. Strange and' Mrs Moss. EW Mr and > Mrs' Sheldon,: Mrs > McMahon and. Mrs Kosmolski. Handicap: Mr Moorcroft- and ■ Mr Jennings.- Ten tables took part. There were several difficult hands


to bid-and play, one being the following:


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too difficult to bid. A normal soqu- ence would bo: N E S W P


P 4S P


IS 2D 3S P


leads the eight of hearts. Ho can count 10 tricks if the spades drop 2- 2. irrespective of who holds the king of spades. He should therefore play ace and


East problems begin when south


another spade, and settle for ten tricks and his contract. Should he finesse the spade, north wins with the king and returns a heart for his partner to ruff and cash his twonccs to defeat the contract.


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Michelle Wrathall (15), of Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe, was third in the 1,500 metres. Her time of, 4 mins 52.6 secs was 7 secs faster than her previous best over the distance this year..


Cassette


radio SABDEN County Primary School headmaster Mr Jesse Baxendale received a cassette radio at a special ceremony in the school to mark his retire­ ment after 21 years in charge. The presentation, attended


a voucher for music tapes from the staff of Sabden RC School. Mrs Jennie Baxendale was presented with a bouquet and a box of chocolates by pupil Alison Mansell (11). A group of pupils did a farewell dance for Mr Baxen­ dale and supper was served.


by pupils, staff and parents, was made by the chairman of the school managers, Mrs Elsie Hargreaves. Mr Baxendale also received


New


Aberdeen, has been in the hotel business since he left school almost 10 years ago and has been at Borrowdale for four years. He and his wife Susan, -who comes from Newcastle, have a son Michael (4).


their hands full in the next six months, supervising altera­ tions and redecoration work as well as the day to day running' of the hotel, Mr Edwards hopes eventually to be able to indulge his hobbies of shooting, fishing and watching cricket.


Although they will have


be conducted by the Vicar, the Rev. J. C. Hudson, who is also padre of the Clitheroe branch. Preacher will be the Rt Rev. Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall, former Bishop of Lancaster and a long-time friend of the founder of Toe H, the Rev. Tubby Clayton. Also present will be the


. wards in the Parish Hall, and pictures of Toe H work will be shown. All past and present members of the movement are invited to attend the service.


Ribble Valley Deputy Mayor, Conn. Edward Newhouse, and representatives of other local organisations. Tea will be served after-


Susan is top of the class


Drive, joined -the'WRAF . early in July and since then Inis been on a six-week basic training course in Hereford.. During-thc course she and


C L I T H E R O E g i r l Susan Myers is all set for a high flying, career ; in the W R A P a f te r finishing top of her class in training. Susan .(20), of Whitcwell


the 25 other trainees were • marked on dress, marching, kit inspection and general attitude, and Susan finished top overall. ■Now she wants-to do one^


.she is .currently on a three- month stint of specialist training at Shawbury, near Shrewsbury. :: . When-that is finished she


of-the most responsible jobs.* the service offers — that of an air traffic controller, and


Trutex head office at Grind- Icton, where Susan .worked before joining up. “I’d wanted to join the


to learn this extremely complex and exacting job at first hand. ■ It’s all a far Cry from


WRAF since I left Rjbblcs- dale School four years ago," said Susan. “Iapplied earlier this year


-that I’ll be sitting in a glass tower near a runway” —but is looking forward to start-1 ing work.-


and went to Blackburn for aptitude tests. I did fairlj well and my marks enabled me to be, among other th in g s , an air. traffic controller. It seemed an exciting job, so I chose that.” She does not know exactly what is involved — “except


hopes to go on to a busy operational -base in Scotland, -


She wants to be based in , * --


Scotland -because she likes: the scenery nnd people there. ■


• During her course in


. parents, 'Mr and Mrs Jack .Myers.


Shawbury she is hoping to spend some leave ’with her


........ " ........ Fascinating


.on their trip to Turkey. . Anne, of Castle Gate, and Anthony, of Lancaster Drive, were in a party of 10 — all winners of one of this year’s Thwaites Brewery scholar­ ships. For the first three weeks of


sights ISTANBUL’S mysterious Grand Bazaar was one of the many fascinating sights v is i ted by 18-year-old Clitheroe students Anne Younger and Anthony Cooper


the all expenses paid trip they each stayed with a different Turkish family, then joined the main group to spend seven days in the historic towns of Izmir and Bursa in the south.


Holiday to


remember CLITHEROE couple Mr and Mrs Harvey Sutcliffe are surrentiy enjoying a ’three week holiday in New Zealand which-they won’t forget in a hurry. For during their stay- they


: years -ago to continue his banking-career. He will- be married at


will be attending the wedding on September 18th of their eldest son Anthony (25), who emigrated to Wellington four


Christchurch, the hometown of this bride, 24-year-old Robyn Doidge, who works -with him at the Wellington bank. -Mr- S utcliffe, general


' —i:ii-n journey,-


licensees NEW Whitewell Hotel licen­ sees- Mr and Mrs David Edwards have exchanged one beautiful view for another, coming to the Hodder Valley from the Lodore Swiss Hotel at Borrowdale, in the Lake District. Mr Edwards, a native of


week’s Bridge Club were: NS — Mr P. Strange and Mr Evans-, Mr Lawrenson and Mrs Earle. EW — Mr Bentley and Mr Blackwood, Mrs Bren- ton and Mrs Garde.


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