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A record'-breaking Christmas in' the churches


WITH the commercial si.de o f the festive season over, the true spirit of Christmas was ma rk e d b y record c o n g r e g a t i o n s at services throughout the Ribble Valley. . In some churches there


was standing room only. It was the sign of a spiritual revival which was "simply amazing,” in the opinion of the Rev. Arthur Higginson, who is in charge of the parishes of Hurst Green, Whitewell and Mitton. “People are moving away


from commercialism and putting a bit of the spirit of Christ back into Christmas,” he said.


,. ■ Mr Higginson found that


th e n um b e r s ta k in g midnight Communion at Mitton were well up on previous years and the priests taking services in his other two churches reported similar increases. There was also a rise in


attendance at the Christmas D a y s e r v ic e s at both W h i t ew e l l and Hurst Green. At St James’s, Clitheroe,


attendance at the Christmas Eve service was the largest in 10 years. Communion was celebrated and there was a pause during the proceed­


ings for members of the congregation to wish each other a “Merry Christmas.” F o l low in g Christmas


morning Communion, there was a traditional family service which attracted a congregation of between 300 and 400. At one point the children


were asked to come down to the chancel and show the presents they had received for Christmas. One small boy arrived in a pedal car and put it through its paces by pedalling up and down the aisle. T h e s e r v i c e s , w e re


conducted by th e 'R ev . Kenneth Broadhurst, the Rev. W. Jenkins and lay readers Malcolm. Blackburn and Malcolm Brewer. It was “ standing room


only” at SS Michael and J oh n ’ s, C l ith e ro e , fo r Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, about 50 people being left without seats. Traditional carols were


sung from 11-30 p.m. until the opening of the crib 25 minutes later, and Mass was concelebrated by Frs E. X. Willoughby, B. Dobson and J. Duggan. On the following day, a


to ta l o f 1,400 p e op le attended f iv e separate Masses.


Vases of white chrysan­


themums, holly and everg­ r e en s and window-sill arrangements of trailing ivy and Christmas angels deco­ rated Clithe ro e Parish Church fo r the festive services. The angels, a particularly


striking modern feature, had been made by the Sunday School children under the direction of vicar’s wife Mrs Kay Hudson. The decorations were put


up by the team of altar flower arrangers in addition to the usual Christmas tree and crib.


® Continued on Page 9.


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Brightening life for


1 *fc*lTA* j > ' 'I ( the blind BLIND and partially sighted people in the Ribble Valley will soon


be able to share all the local-news with readers of the Advertiser . thanks to a scheme proposed by Clitheroe Round


and Times . Lucy’s proud day


F IF T E EN -Y E A R -O LD Lucy Washbrook, of Chat- b u r n P a r k D r i v e , C lithe ro e , received the Q u e e n ’ s Guide badge during a family service at the parish church. It was the culmination of two years’ work for Lucy, who is a member of the. 2nd Clitheroe Parish Church company.


The presentation of the


Queen’s Guide badge and certificate — the highest award in the movement —


was made by d is t r ic t com m is s ione r Mrs Pat Houldsworth. A special t r o p h y g iv e n by th e c o m p a n y w a s a l s o presented to Lucy by assis­ tant commissioner Mrs Hazel Hailwood. Lucy, a pupil at Moor­


lands School, is the fifth member o f the company to win the coveted award. She has been a Guide for


four years and before that was a member of the 2nd Parish Church Brownies for a similar period.


Table. In February, members of


the Round Table are plan­ ning to introduce a weekly “talking newspaper” service- which will keep subscribers in closer contact with events in the neighbourhood.


T h e s ch em e , which already operates success­


fully in Burnley, Pendle and Blackburn districts; will probably cost subscribers lOp — not much more than the price of a weekly news­ paper.


Each Friday morning they


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each tape will be left blank for the subscriber to record any messages or comments in return.


In order to launch the


project, a master transfer machine costing about £1,500 is required. This can record two tapes from an original every four minutes, making it p o s s ib le to produce 50 copies in just over an hour and a half.


As well as help with fund


raising, the Tablers are also looking for volunteers to record the tapes. Ideally, helpers would work in teams of six or seven, one being


Police probe Scout HQ fire


CLITHEROE police are investigating the possibility that a Christ­ mas Day fire at the Back York Street head- uarters of the local enture Scout unit may


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have been started delib­ erately. The Scouts spent part of


their holiday clearing up hundreds of pounds worth of damage by the fire, which spread to a room used by local Jehovah’s Witnesses in the council-owned building. The Scouts ■ occupy the


first floor of the building, where it is thought the fire was sparked off by cigarette ends in a chair and settee. Both pieces of furniture


caught fire and burned through the-floor boards, spreading the flames to the room below.


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. Suspicions that the fire may have been started delib­ erately stem from the fact that the two pieces of furni­ ture were some way apart, and there was no damage to the floor boards in between.


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THESE darts players from Read Constitutional Club certainly have something to smile about. For they have


just won the Clitheroe and district darts league’s annual knockout contest for the Lawrenson Cup. Read, ■ who currentlg head the first division, were runners-up. in the knockout contest last year. Now they are hoping to do the double.


Their opponents in the 'final at the Dog and


Partridge, Clitheroe, were third division giant-killers, ' the White Hart B team, from Sabden.


the Pehdle Witch — a first division side. But there success 'ended.


In reaching the final they beat their village rivals, .


level pegging — then Read’s last three: players won their matches.


John. Holmes, Owen Pinnington, Kenny Leach, John Helm, Philip Lawson, Alan Lyons. ■ : ■


the editor responsible for selecting the content of each tape. Another team would have the job of preparing t a p e s r e t u r n e d b y subscribers. “We are contacting all the


voluntary bodies, churches and drama groups, explain­ ing what we are trying to do and asking for financial assistance, as well as practi­ cal help with the reading of the newspapers,” said Table chairman Mr John Rushton. “ The Round Table is


taking on the responsibility of instigating the idea, but it will be too big a concern for us to run once it is under way. “We plan to hand over the


running of the scheme to the groups of people who will actually be reading and edit­ ing the news,” he explained.


With 40 volunteers avail­


able, the teams — each with a mixture o f male and female voices to add variety — could work on a rota basis every six weeks. To see the scheme in oper­


ation, Round Table commun­ ity service convenor Mr Brian Haig and Mr Rushton visited the Blackburn Talk­ ing Newspaper, which was the first of its kind in the district when it began about two years ago. They are also assessing


the probable demand for the service through a survey


which the social services department is conducting on


their behalf among all the r e g i s t e r e d blind and partially sighted people in the Ribble Valley. At least 20 subscribers would be needed to make the


scheme viable, but the Tablers are hoping to cater for double that number.


While the talking paper is


intended primarily for. the blind, Mr Haig stressed that it would also be available for handicapped people who found it difficult to read a newspaper.


Dummy run "If any readers know of


someone who would benefit from this, we would be only too pleased to hear from them,” he added.


A dummy run for the


service will take place early in February and, if all goes well, will be fully opera­ tional shortly afterwards.


Anyone wishing to offer


assistance to the project should contact Mr Rushton (Clitheroe 22281) during office hours, or Mr Haig (Clitheroe 24049) after 3-45 p.m.


Join the ‘angels’


A MOVING lit tle poem about the people who help with the WEI'S meals-on- wheels service, has been handed to centre organiser Mrs Beryl Cassidy.


The poem, written by one


of the ‘ ‘customers, ” Mr L. G. Brock, o f Holden Street, Clitheroe, describes the volunteer team as “angels” and thanks them for their labour o f love.


Mrs Cassidy says she


would l ik e som e more “angels ” to join the team in the new year. She can be c o n ta c t ed at Hillcrest, Clitheroe.


Wrong turning leads to


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A CLITHEROE young woman was rescued from drowning on Friday — because a Manchester contractor took a wrong turning in his car.


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date for Gail


. Model kits . to be won


IT’S competition time today for our younger readers.


Turn to Page six for a simple Spot the Difference contest.


There are three model • kits to be won — a plane, a racing car and motor cycle — supplied by Morton’s, of Moor Lane, Clitheroe.


S IX -W E E K -O L D Di x on , N ew ton ’ s Jubilee baby, has a


Gail


only very


special party date ii week today.


Her parents. Mr and Mrs


Brian Dixon, of-College Cottages, have been invited to take her to a children’s party in the village hall.


There, the Ribble Valley


Ma y o r (Coun. Edward Newhouse) will present her with a Jubilee' mug and crown.


Cr own s will also be


handed out to 50 children who attended Jubilee day festivities. The party will. be followed in the evening by a social for villagers.


Market stall raid


BUTCHER John Riley was left with a Christ­ mas Eve nightmare on Saturday — now to find t u r k e y s f o r nine customers before clos­ ing time. For when he opened his


stall on Clitheroe Market he found that the birds had “flown” along with raiders


who broke into his premises overnight.


■With them also went a


buttock of beef and four sides of lamb. “ I thought that something was funny from the start because when I put my key in the door, it just, flew open,” said Mr Riley, of Whittaker’s Farm,


' Back Lane, Read. “ I saw immediately that


th e p l a c e had b e e n


r a n s a ck e d and I was horrified to find that the turkevs had gone.


. “ At that time everyone


was virtually sold out and they were virtually irrep­ laceable. . “However, with the help


of friends and contacts I managed to replace three or


four and made up the rest with capons. I don’t think


that my customers were too dissatisfied.” Total value of the goods is


estimated at £150. Clitheroe police are investigating the incident.


Read darters aim for double


As local postman Mr John Woodend was telling him


he could not drive up Prim­ rose Road because of repair work, they spotted a hand­ bag and umbrella on the bank of nearby Primrose Lodge. They went to investigate


and found a young woman, struggling in. the water. • The c o n t r a c t o r , Mr E r n e s t . D a v enp o r t , o f Cadishead, Manchester, immediately dived into the icy water and brought her to the side. • She was token to Accring­


ton Victoria Hospital, and allowed. home after treat­ ment. Clitheroe police are not


revealing details of her. name and address at the request of relatives. The drama began when


Mr Woodend, of Park Gate Cottages, Cow Ark, was on his rounds and spotted Mr Davenport’s car turning into Primrose Road. “ I stopped him and told


•him he couldn’t get through because of repairs to the bridge. While we were talk­ ing we noticed the things on the bank,” he said. “We went • to the lodge


bank and saw this woman go under and then come to the surface again. The other fellow dived straight in and I helped pull her out. “There is no doubt that if I hadn’t stopped him taking a


wrong turning the woman would have been drowned.” After calling police and an


ambulance Mr Woodend calmly continued his round delivering Christmas mail. At the time Mr Davenport


was on his way to the Stal­ wart Dyeing- Company to


carry out contract work.


HOTEL THEFT


S K Y L I G H T r a i d e r s snatched almost £3,000 worth of cash and jewellery in. a daring theft from Hurst Green’s Eagle and Child Hotel. They lifted a safe contain­


ing, the valuables through a skylight in the roof early on Friday, while the licensees, Mr and Mrs Jack Burgess, were asleep. Po l i c e say the safe


contained £500. in cash, several pieces of jewellery and a com.collection.


An angry reaction


T H E d e c i s i o n o f Ribble sdale ''.Cement.; shop stewards to black-. list the non-striking f ir emen aroused the anger o f readers and firemen themselves, and in our letters column on Page 3 they give' their


Gesture


With six games’ played in last week’s final it was _


Pictured with, their captain, Denis Lawson (front


centre) are the Read team. Seated (front left) are Mick Muldoon and Derek Webster. Standing (from the left): :


THE old folks in Wadding­ ton.- have’ benefited from a touching Christmas gesture from the vi l lage’ s-five Guides; They bought'food parcels out! of their pocket, money and spent last Thurs­ day delivering them to half a dozen pensioners.


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OVER 100 children were given gifts and sweets by


Father Christmas at a Christmas party organised by the Clitheroe Royal Brit­ ish Legion Club. The annual event, held in


the Legion’s clubroom in W h al le y Ro ad , was attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Bob Ains- worth. They ivere welcomed by chairman Mr G. Haskins. During the even­ ing the children sang carols and played party gaynes.


PLACE AT


CAMBRIDGE A pupil at Clitheroe Royal


Grammar School, Andrew Stanger, who will be 17 in February, is one of the youngest pupils to gain a place at Trinity College, C amb r i d g e , to s tu dy physics............................ Andrew, who lives in


Lyndale Avenue, Wilpshire, is currently studying A-level maths, physics, geography a n d f u r t h e r ma t h s . Although these keep him busy, fo r relaxation'he enjoys playing the guitar, f o o t b a l l , c r i c k e t and gardening.


FACES MURDER CHARGE


A MELLOR man is due to appear at Clitheroe this morning charged with murdering his wife. The body of 67-year-old


Mrs Anne Moorey was discovered at her home in Mellor Lane, Mellor, last Thursday. Later the same day her


h u s b a n d , Mr Al l a n Moorey (68), made a brief appearance at Clitheroe accused .o f murdering Mrs Moorey at Mellor on or about December 21st. There was no application f o r bai l and he was remanded to Risley.'


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has received £50.56 from a co ll e ct ion taken at St James’s School carol service, and a donation of £10 from the Friends of Waddington Hospital.


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