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which f irs t alarmed Mrs Speak, and as it approached she said to her friend: “Isn’t it going fast!”
a wheel coming off the track on about the third wagon. “Suddenly we were blown
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FIVE members of the Clitheroe branch of the Save the Children Fund were congratulated by Princess Anne, the charity’s president, their group’s efforts in raising over £300 in the past
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by the Lord Lieutenant of L an c a sh ire , Mr Simon Towneley, met Clithcroe c h a i rm a n Mrs E ls ie ' Honeywell, Mrs I rene Hitchen, Miss Ruth Mundy, Miss Diane York and Mrs Margaret Garnett. She asked them how they
FORTY pairs of feet took to the Clitheroe town .trail at its official opening on Sunday afternoon. Among the walkers were
Ribble Valley Mayor and Mayoress Coun. and Mrs Fred Green and Clitheroe Town Mayor Coun. John Blackburn, The re s t of the party
MEMBERS of Clitheroe Evening Townswomen's Guild elected new officers and committee at their 13th annual meeting. Mrs Olive Mastorson is
over. Eileen fell fiat on her back and I fell across her. Then something landed on my back. I think it was from the signalbox.” As Mrs Speak saw blood
continued from page.l ... It was the speed of the train,
spurting from her friend’s head, she “screamed b]ue
from my back and dragged me off Eileen. But when I saw the shattered signaibox, I just couldn’t believe it.” Mrs Speak uses the cros
murder.” ■ “A man lifted the rubble
sing practically every day. “But in future I’ll stand well back,” she said. Despite all that happened
Mrs Speak could not help but smile when she arrived home from hospital on Monday evening . . . for her son Paul (7) told her-that he wanted a train set for Christmas! Mrs Speak also has a daughter,
Sarah (6). Her husband, John, was
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told about the accident at work, but Mrs Kerrison’s husband, Jim, did not learn about it until tea-time the
“I turned round and the
next thing I remember was being in the ambulance,” she said; Mr and Mrs Kerrison
following day. He is a long-. - have a son, John (14). d istanc e‘lorry driver for Barnes and Tipping, whoso, garage is just a few yards from the crossing. He was expected to have
called his firm on Monday, but did not do so and did not arrive home until Tuesday. Mrs Kerrison who went to
stay with her parents, Mr and Mrs Lewis Edwards, of Thorn S t r e e t , does not recall anything about the derail ment. She remembers being at the gates and hearing a radio being played.
There were many people on
the scene immediately. One man who watched in horror was Mr Kevin Wilkinson, a director of Clitheroe Light Engineering, whose works is opposite the signalbox on the same side of the line. He was operating a milling
machine on the first floor of the works when there was “a terrific howling.”. Mr Wilkinson, of Montague
Street, said: “I looked up and, as the train flashed by, one of the bogies reared and hit the
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■signalbox. " Because of the • noise the train was making I
• fact there was a terrific mark on points some distance from
■ the crossing. . Mr Wilkinson described
■ “When the dust settled the . signalman was standing there, alive, but how, . I’ll' never know.!’ > As the train wont through
how the signalbox fell apart.
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IMPROVED bus services with the possibility of reduced fares are on the cards for people in Glitheroe, Grindleton,. Bolton-by-Bowiand and Sawley.
Council heard at their meeting that Lancashire County Coun cil was considering making changes to the existing
Members of Clitheroe Town
services. These would include an
Worked for_ - highways
improvement to the Clitheroe circular service, which wpuld o p e ra te on an easy-to- remember hourly interval basis at off-peak’times. : The main effect would be to
the crossing, one of the wagons brushed ‘ against the white gate, sending a warning lamp flying through a glass panel in the nearby CVS light engineering works. Managiqg director Mr Kevin Bowen, who knows both the women, rushed to their aid.
Mr Julian Eagles and his
wife, Barbara, heard the crash from their home in Franklin Street, which is parallel to the line.. “The whole house shook,”
department
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said Mrs Eagles. “We’ve been expecting something like this — you can see the trains bouncing as they come over the crossing. I suppose we can count ourselves lucky the train didn’t fall the other way towards our street.”
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SNAKES ALIVE!
WHALLEY’S new Methodist minister, the Rev. Patrick Harrower, who arrived in the village yesterday, has rather an off beat hobby — he’s an
coffee morning in the Mayor’s Parlour on November 20th.
had raised the money and told them how much the efforts of small branches such as theirs were appreciated. The branch’s next effort is a
“NICE to see you — to see you, nice.” Bruce Forsyth's famous catchphrase from BBC television’s "Generation Game” might have rung true had his plans to make a TV commercial in Clitheroe worked out. But when Brucie arrived at
consisted mainly of Civic Soci- ety members and their families and friends. The walkers followed the town centre route set out in a trail booklet just produced by the Civic Society and the Ribble Valley Council and soon to be on sale, price 20p. Main points of interest on
the walk were outlined by Civic Society chairman Mr Ed Hill. Afterwards the party was entertained to tea at the Pendle Club, Lowergate.. An informal reception in the
chairman, Mrs Margaret Kendrick vice-chairman, Mrs Janet Hemingway treasurer anil 'M rs Ca rol Riley secretary. On the committee are
avid collector of snakes! But his new congregation
Mesdames P. Altham, L. Coulter, M. Dugdale, D. Dugdale, M. Ireland, K. King, M. Mattick, P. Pickering, A. Speak, B. Speak-ami E. Whittam. Thanks were expressed to
retiring chairman Mrs Joan Hitchen for her splendid services to the Guild and her capable leadership.
Mayor's Parlour was held earlier for the five Civic Soci ety members involved in producing the booklet — Ed Hill, Jim Stewart, Stanley Westhead, Steve Burke and Gordon Biddle.
a hotel in the town on Satur day he was suffering from the effects of ‘flu and had to spend most of his three-day stay in bed.' He left on Tuesday morn ing without having seen the Clitheroe sights or attempting to film the advert. There are no apparent plans
A GROUP of East Lancashire Environmental Health Offic ers who attended a House of Commons debate were disap pointed to see new poultry regulations passed. The new rules force local
to return to film the commer cial, so no-one will ever know whether Clitheroe housewives do in fact eat margarine “with nothing oh.”
GISBURN Parish Council is to continue its fight to control the speed of traffic through the village. After receiving disappoint
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a letter from the Vicar, Canon S. A. Selby, expressing his concern at the speed of traffic passing through.
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THE District' Commissioner for Clitheroe and District Scouts, Dr Gordon'Hampson, will be taking a group of senior Scouts to Windermere, on Sunday for theoretical and practical instruction in the safe use of a rescue boat. . The d is t r ic t recently obtained a power boat for rescue work and it was decided that to be effective, crews 'needed to be properly trained in lake- navigationas well as rescue. Practice rescues
will.be effected' by the Scouts under
the experienced eye of Mr Exley, South Lakeland D is tr ic t Council’s lake warden. Among those with Dr
C LITHE ROE’S Pendle Junior School was the scene of more than one competition when a Ribble Valley ear courtesy event took place at the weekend. For Guides from Clitheroe
need not shudder too much at the thought. Mr Harrower only collects non-poisonous varieties and he is not trans ferring his present collection from Cowes, where he was minister until recently. “They would not have taken kindly to travelling,” he explained. Mr Harrower says he is
greatly looking forward to his stay in Whalley.
Ribble Valley, I was taken aback by its beauty. One thinks of Lancashire as being all industry, but I was very impressed by the countryside around Whalley,” he said. Mr Harrower (45) was
“When I first came to the (
A CLITHEROE man who worked on the town’s roads
Grindletonis the re-routing of some of the 232 services to Chatburn. The service which turns
round at Chatbum Village Hall would be routed to Grind leton via Ribble Lane. This would give a greatly improved service to Grindleton on weekday s, running at two- hourly intervals throughout the day, plus a service on
Sundays. The existing 280 service
would, however, be virtually withdrawn, but three jour neys would continue to run at peak times from Clitheroe to Grindleton via Waddington and West Bradford. It is also hoped to provide a
for 37 years died at his Albion Street home on Sunday. Mr Robert Henry Mason,
who was 69, was a foreman for the Borough Highways Department before his retire ment four years ago. He was a member of the
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Clitheroe Lodge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. During the war he served with the Eighth Army. Mr Mason leaves a wife, Maggie, two daughters and a son. Interment at Clitheroe Cemetery followed a service at Trinity Church yesterday.
new service to Bolton-by- Bowland via Sawley at off- peak times — primarily for people wanting to shop in
town. The county council is wait
ing for comments from all other authorities concerned before giving its final approval. If the go-ahead is
given, the new services should be in operation in the New
Year.. Chatburn parish councillors have expressed concern that the 232 services that are re routed through Grindleton
will no longer visit the Downham Road area of their
village.' While hot wishing to
councils to employ vets for supervising the inspection of poultry slaughterhouses — a move which the health offic ers say will endanger their own jobs and waste public money. But Environ, a group of
27 for the safe driving event, which attracted competitors from Manchester and St Helen’s. It took the, form of tests on the Highway Code,, manoeuvrability and driving technique on the road. The winner was Mr Stuart ■
Parish Church, who were on hand to provide refreshments, were being judged for part of their hostess badges. There was a record entry of
East Lancashire health offic ers, say they, will now fight for amendments to restore the situation.
A CALENDAR pad may soon be made available in Chipping so that local organisations can record their coming events and avoid clashes of date. The idea was put forward at
Lifford, of Bolton, who received the Veteran Motor ists’ Association Cup from the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Fred Green." Second was Mr John Shepherd, of Higher Wood- cotts Farm, Langho; third Mr Roy Bradshaw, of Prestwich; fourth Air Arnold Grime, of Whittam Crescent, Whalley;' and fifth Mr Eric Bowers, of St Helens. The girls ' taking their
a parish council meeting by Coun. Peter Scott, who commented that, with more than one meeting place in the area, events could easily clash and had done so. If local organisations jotted down the date and venue of functions on a .calendar, such situations would be avoided'and further publicity also gained. Coun. Scott suggested that,
hostess badges were Lucy Washbrook, Libby Hanson, Jenny Bateman, Judith Dixon, Hilary Meredith,- Tracy Boyd, Adole Bleazard, Helen Yates, Susan Coates, Diane Hargreaves, Heather
tailor in Kentish Town in north London before he joined the ministry 16 years ago, After studying at a Methodist College in Bristol, he went to Pontefract and has since served in Manchester, Wilt shire and Devon.
Souvenirs for the
children
ALL the youngsters in 8laid burn and Easington will be receiving commemorative mugs to mark the Queen’s Silver Jubilee next year. At a public meeting, chaired
by Mr R ich a rd King- Wilkinson, it was decided to hold the villages’ celebrations on June 9th. It is hoped that these will take the form of a tea party, when the mugs will be presented to the children. To raise money for the
deprive Grihdleton of an improved service, members suggested that buses return ing from Grindleton should-be routed up Ribblesdale View, Chatburn, and return down Downham Road. The extra few minutes’ running time, they felt, could be absorbed into the timetable.
ping will combine, for a Remembrance parade and service at the cen taph on. Sunday.
All three churches in Chip
LONG HAUL
SETTING off for work in a morning has taken on a new significance for Newton lorry driver Mr Bill Redmayne, of Burn House. When he left J. and A.
Townson, of Windyates Farm, on Tuesday morning he wasn’t expected back in Newton for a fortnight. For he embarked on a marathon journey, delivering 10 recon ditioned traetbrs to Istanbul in Turkey. Mr Redmayne (27), is on his
first long distance haul for the company which reconditions between 500 and 600 tractors a year. Iii the past, Townsons have either exported the trac tors by boat or used an outside haulier. Mr Redmayne is intending
to take the purpose-built Volvo lorry by sea and road as far as Cologne, Germany, where the rig will be put on a train for the journey to Ljub ljana, Yugoslavia. From there, Mr Redmayne
he hopes to arrive on Sunday or Monday. After a day’s rest, he will return home via Austria where he will be pick ing up a load of wood to bring back to this country.
OILS ON SHOW
PAINTINGS by Bolton-by-Bowland artist Mrs Mary Kent Harrison, of White Stones Farm, form part of the annual exhibition of the new English Art Club at the exclusive Mall Galleries in L'ondon. • Now that she lives in Lancashire, Mrs Harrison is a
country member of the club and has been a regular contributor to the exhibition for many years.- Last year her pictures included scenes of the Slaidburn
celebrations, a series of events are being planned, starting with an exhibition of old photographs at Slaidburn Village -Hall on January 15th. A committee was formed to
Barnes, Gillian Duxbury and Gwen Hook. They were supervised by Guiders Mrs Brenda Dixon and Mrs Barbara Meredith.
with permission, the calendar, could be hung in the post office; The council agreed to in v e s t ig a te the matter further. .
DAIRY cattle and calves were forward in much smaller numbers at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Tuesday.. ■ Calves maintained ' their recent
trends, but dairy cattle brought noticeably less money. Newly-calved cows ' to £310,
newly-calved heifers to £362. B. and W, bull calves to £52, Hereford to £58; B; and W. heifer calves to £31. ‘At’ Monday's fatstock sale there
A CHATBURN woman was treated in hospital fob slight injuries af ter a collision
’ between two cars outside the Pendle trading estate. Mrs Kathleen Aspinall.of Venture Villa-West, was allowed home the same day. The driver of the other vehicle involved, village - greengrocer Mr T; Proctor, was unhurt1. ;
were 64 fat. cattle forward, four; pigs, 93'ewes and 910 lambs. ■ -
Hampson' will be Mr A. Capewell, chairman of the Scout D is tr ic t ,Boating Committee, Chris Cowburn, canoeing • instructor, and Alban Snape, ADC Scouts.
A WOMAN was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after a head-on colli sion between two cars on the Whalley Easterly by-pass. Mrs Jean Adele Miller (33),
of B a r row fo rd Road, Padiham, was yesterday said to be “improving” in Accring ton Victoria.
• ' Lightweight steers made to £32.60 (average £30.34), lightweight heifers to £30.80 (£28.30), calf bulls to £32.80 (£28.47), uncertified • heifers to £32.80 (£28.47), first quality .fat cows to £25.50 (£23.10),- others to £20.60.(£20.10)......... Lightweight lambs to 59p (55p),
medium to 59)4p (5614p), overall 55I6p, half-bred ewes to £19.80 (£15.80), homed ewes to £16.20 (£10.51); Cutter pigs made to £4.92 (£4.90).
, - • In-calf boasts ^continued • to find
; very good trade at Friday's sale of in-calf and store cattle. Store cattle c a s ed b a ck , some £10 a head. Forward were 18 in-calf and 158 store cattle.
November .and December calving
> cows <made to £345 (average.£303), . Friesian bullocks to £320, Hereford bullocks to £210, Hereford heifers to £179, Charolais bullocks to. £215, Charolais' heifers to £246. .Friesian heifers to £240J
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THE-.Parish Council at Gisbum decided at its meeting in the Festival Hall to provide an Age Concern card for all the qlder residents in the v i l la g e fo r use in an emergency. The cost of connecting up
area. This time the pictures are all of local subjects. There are three oils — December Afternoon, Winter Fells, and Dusky. Cranesbill, which grows only in this area. The collection is completed with a gouache of
Downham Hall at Easter. The exhibition is open from Saturday until Thursday,
organise the celebrations, with . Mr King-Wilkinson as chairman, Mrs Margaret Shaw secretary and Mrs Dorothy Pearson treasurer. Other imembers .are the remainder of the parish coun-' cil, with the addition of Mrs Margot Watson, Mrs Doris Leeming, Mrs Redmayne, Miss Peggie Starkie and Mrs Thompson.
Local artists
SEVERAL. local artists are currently showing work at the annual open exhibition at the H aw o r th A r t Gallery, Accrington. Some 200 works from an
•Valley. Among the Clitheroe artists
entry of 600 are on show, and they include many scenes of Clitheroe and the Ribble
the light-at the west-end of
Bentlea.Road, which has been done by Norweb, was £74. On behalf of. the Council, chairman Mr F. Wrathall is to
• as this problem is being, consi dered at a national level. ' I t was agreed to invite the Countryside officer of the Lancashire Association .of Local - Councils. to. attend.a future meeting. -
arrange for a wreath to be laid at the cenotaph on Remembr ance. Day,. A complaint with regard to dogs fouling the playing, field was adjourned,
whose work has been chosen are Mr Horace Baldwin, of Kay 'Street, and Mr Dick Tattersall of York Street. Mrs Vera Shearman, of George S tre et , Whalley, is also represented. The- exhibition runs until December 5th.
More births
THE Ribble Valley is one of only four areas in Lancashire where there were more births than-deaths in the 12 months ending March 31st this year. Statistics just .released
.475 deaths. There were 138 register office marriages in the same period.’ -
show that 574 babies. were born in the - Bibble Valley, during the 12 months against
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