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Large selection of suits — coats — dresses — evening wear and separates


Bellino — Peter Barron — Gordon Wyatt — Tanya Knitwear etc.


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OF


Charles qualifies


CLITHEROE sailor Charles Pmder is off to sea next month to join HMS London, a 5,000- ton guided missile des­ troyer.


Charles (17), of Fair-


field Drive, has just qualified as a radio operator after complet­ ing a six-month course at HMS Mercury, the Royal N a v y ’s com­ munication and navi­ gation school in Hamp­ shire.


ised training in short- range signals by flag, light and radio. Charles also represented his training division at swimming.


ARNDALE CENTRE, NELSON. Tel. 67292 Also 33 Church Street, Accrington. Tel. 36888.


on HMS London, he will have a short spell in the Navy’s communi­ ca ti o ns cent r e at Portsmouth. ■


Before starting work He has had special­


ONE; of the 'greatest*' a ttra c tion s ’ of ther, casual visitor to Slaid-/ bum, or any of the vil-^‘ lages' by Ribble' or/ Hodder;?is the peaceful®? a tmo s ' p h e r e o u r \ forebears enjoyed. , The appeal is the abs-1


f J ence of change, for is this ■ J-


not a place where life goes?*, on at'an- even tempo as i t s v did almost: a century ago? = 1;;; Visually this seems to be , the case,, but the village at


:the turn of .the ‘ century; 'bears little.resemblance.toa: Slaidburn today. Careful scrutiny brings w


torlight overwhelming-^' evidence - that these walls,«


• steps and sidewalks have1' been the scene- of great industry.


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- This- was brought to mind as I consulted the ; ‘‘S la id b u rn Parochial Magazine” of 1871. The two-page publication had a - short l i fe and in th e December is su e -o f the : same year we find the pub­ lish e r s and promoters , thanking friends and sub­ scribers for their kind support.


lile admitting that 1


numbers sold exceeded expectation the difficulty ,, was in obtaining advertise-v,i ments, which it had been hoped would meet the cost. But a considerable loss could not be sustained and a lth o u g h " something , attempted is better than ,. an indifference which aims at nothing,” the magazine. ended.


. ., .■ , The advertisements in J


the various issues gave us a . clue to the : Slaidburn of - yesteryear;1, although, a s1 intimated, they are not a true guide to all the shops


and tradestat: that1 time.®?' ' - In the township of Slaid- - burn there were .131 inha­ bited houses;, and in 1871, 284 males and 360 females. Looking .back : we;.find a population-of?. 751 in'1841, , 708 in 1851 and 579 in 1861, revealing a steady decline. - These. particulars;,were ; furnished by T'-D. Jack-;! son,: who .remarked: ‘ “At Slaidburn, but for the min-: ing proportion of the popu­ lation, : there is little num­ erical change." No doubt the miners were then emp-. loyedin the lead mines.


Whether^there is - ’an


association with .the;Brun- ghill Moor site in the same


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past, though ,n‘ot'so, dis-


^/i^wowadaystthe'Reading ;ftant,'’',when jt was neces-„ feJRoomjisvjktilKas .solidlfand^fsary’to have a jail iif Slaid-; ’ enduring"'as^in those' days v burn'1— not' large,/ but,


' when it provided. most’of strongly built "of enduring, ther entertainment There », stone -*


l, '’/'who‘paid 2s. 6d. m& n n u m ife-L e c t u r e s i an d /


iwereithen ri63;;!:memberssii-;i.'fiNot'far along,Town End; ,per% road a magnificent flight of, d,i*:stone Esteps:; leads,stoiithei


ii: entertainments brought in w. upstairs, where the cobbler. £2 14s. 6d.’ from non- carried’out his trade. In b-.membersiand ithe isale of-,/;; passing you will.notice the:


. parish Lcannot say, but we know,bthe>silver-rich mine.fvbonus ; for;, ilightingsfires in the Brennand valley, a '' 11s. lOd.


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tributary to..the ; Hodder^.Wi.There.are still many who was” yielding1 a - good 'store v recall evenings spent in the of f silver -ore that .' held Reading Room; and I feel about 67 pounds per ton-> sure^my old friend Jim around the beginning of . Leeming has many stories the 17th century.


: . On the immediate local scene , we . find . the sixth annual ■


show - of - the Bow-


land Amcultural Associa­ t i o n b e i n g h e l d a t


Couple celebrate fifty years in close harmony


FIFTY years of married life have rarely been out of tune for Clitheroe piano teacher Mrs Frances Marsden and her- husband. James.


In fact, since the day


they married at Stalyb- ridge Baptist Church, on September 15th, 1928, Mr ■ and Mrs Marsden have hardly hit a wrong note.


For the couple celebrat­


ing their golden wedding anniversary, give and take is the answer to a success­ ful marriage.


Life hasn’t always run


smoothly for the Mars- dens, who live in Hayhurst Street. For their fir s t eight years of marriage, times were anything but easy. Clitheroe-born Mr Mars­


den earned 17 shillings a week as a weaver at Jubilee Mill and saw much unemployment during the depression. He lost his job in the thirties, but went to work on the railway, becoming leading porter. He recalls having to walk to and from Whalley


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station to work — a jour­ ney that took exactly one hour. He was later trans­ ferred to Clitheroe station, retiring when it closed in - 1963. . During the second world war he served with the Royal ■ Ordnance Corps stationed at Shrewsbury. Mr Marsden is a member of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, where he has held various positions and is a Past Grand Master. Mrs Marsden, a compe­


tent pianist, still teaches.' Many g e n e r a t i o n s of Cli the roe people wi l l remember their first intro­ duction to piano playing under her instruction. , She has the proud record


of being voluntary organist at Manor Hal l Gospel Church,' Henthom, which they both attend, and she has -been pianist for the


ro u n d & abo u t


Ladies Fellowship class for, 42 years. - .-


The couple, both in their


early seventies, have no children, but in the early days of their marriage Mrs Marsden - supplemented their income by “minding” neighbours’ children.


: Today those • children


still keep in touch and plan to be with their “aunty” at a family celebration lunc­ heon -at F r u i t V a l e Restaurant, West Brad­ ford,; on Saturday.-'; |>i . Mr Marsden’s sister,


Mrs. Anna* Whittaker, who was their bridesmaid, and Mr. William Ashworth, Mr Marsden’s cousin, who was best man,, will also be among the guests. The couple first met on


Blackpool promenade, but it was hardly a whirlwind courtship. With Mrs Mars­ den living at Staly.bridge and Mr Ma r s d e n at Clitheroe, meetings were


limited to three times in the first year and every six - weeks over the following three years — all due. to the high cost of transport. Although .they did. not


manage a honeymoon, they have spent many holidays since in Blackpool and Morecambe, ana it is in Morecambe this week that t h e y a r e ,h a v in g an anniversary holiday. • ,


Double bill


A DOUBLE bill- is the choice of Clitheroe Parish


, Church Dramatic -Society for its next production. It will be staging two


short plays by Terence Rattigan at the Parish Hall on November 16th, 17th and 18th. The first, “The Brown­


ing Version” is a moving human drama set in a boys’ public school. By contrast, the other play; “Harle­ quinade,” is a farce based on a rehearsal of “Romeo and Juliet.”


Jogging along


ABOUT 20 members of. the medical profession in the Clitheroe area will be taking their, marks for a “medical mini marathon” a week on Sunday. Doctors, chemists and


four midwives at Bramley Meade, Whalley, will be among those waiting for the gun outside Clitheroe Health Centre at 11 a.m. The joggers will follow a


three-mile course, taking them' up Chatbum Road*, along the bypass link road and hack into Glitheroe via


of seniority. Anyone man­ aging to complete the course ahead of their time — which is calculated by their age plus five minutes — will receive a prize. O r g a n i s e r o f t h e


Pimlico Road. The women will go round once and the men twice. They will set off in order


ma r a thon, . Dr Gordon Hampson, of Hereford D r i v e , , t h i n k s t h e marathon will prove a suc­ cess and may even become a regular event.


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MR AND MRS MARSDEN . . . in -tuneful accord. - The- plays require com­


pletely different sets, but this-should not present a serious problem, said pro-


, ducer,; Barbara ’ ScatterT;. good. . . Taking a leading part in


the first play is 15-year-old Michael Musson, of Moor­ land Crescent, who made a promising stage debut ear-. Tier in the year as the Art­ ful Dodger in Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s production of “Oliver.” Other parts are being


taken by Dorothy Cushing, Roy Olaroyd, Ken Parkin- ■ son, Arthur Neal, Dave King, Mary Jackson, Mar­ g a ret Kendrick, Jean Knight, Michael O’Hagan, E dm o n d C am b i e n , Ignatius Calvert, Rachel Scott, Dave Scott, Christ­ ine Pomfret, Michael Hart­ ford, Christine Tomlinson and Brian Keating,, a member of- Waddington Drama Group.


■ ■ - , Room


for more SHUTTLECOCKS will be flying round Newton Vil­ lage hall on Monday even­ ings when members of the Hodder Valley Badminton


WHEN the Mayor of Clitheroe walks; the streets, preceded bjr his macebearer and flanked by his halber­ diers, it is a delightful and impressive ’ sight; long may it continue:


In moments one is


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transported back through time to what was probably a happier - period in -our country’s story. ;These; and - the- old 'traditions - of the Cockle- and Mussel Feast and The Colts drink­ ing • “Prosperation- to-the Corporation’-


’ -from--the


Mayoral punchbowl at. the annual dinner, are customs that I would be doth to see disappear. (


■;; One of .the many, prob-; lems confronting:the.new district councils at the time of- local -government reor-


maintain and no prece-: dentsto follow;. They.were; : starting', from scratch'.;. There .were, of course,


fanisation was that they ad- no old traditions to


TIME-HONOURED CUSTOMS Whalley Window


so eloquently phrased it when chaplain to the former Clitheroe Rural District Council. ■


; - Admirable , aspirations warmly accepted, but the new council had none of the - rich, colourful tradi­ tions the populace loves to see.


; There were none of the quaint customs enriched


: and -. hallowed by time./ If .they ^wanted . traditions, and councillors would have to create.their own and be


■ prepared - to wait a couple of hundred_ years or so


.before they .could fall into, the classification of quaint.


.//O n e old town where they- go in for ancient.customs in a.big-way is.Hungerford, in Be rkshir e . I t has v neither mayor nor corpora- -;


■ tion.- Instead they appoint _.


,a Constable who


the established principles / ported .in fh is’duties-by ; a.;; of 'governing 'fairly ;j.and:/vPortreeve,-:aiBailiff'and. a j. wisely, economically and Court of Feoffes.'*,, ;


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comply with this insturc- tion and any man who, , refuses to pay, is deprived of his “common rights” for. the - ensuing 12 months. The court then being


assembled, officers are elected for the year ahead. , Among these are two Tut- timen, the most enviable of -. offices.- Each carries a res- , plendent bouquet attached;, to his staff of office and each bouquet is gay with ribbons 1 and surmounted ; by an orange.


■Tutti-men go;. their duties; > • being to call at every house


Out to the streets the ,


;,and .extract a penny, from every man and a kiss from • every women. Accompany- •


, ing- them is the .Scrambler. ? who carries a sack of , oranges, with which to reward- t h ema id e n s f o r - every succulent kiss. .Should there be the occasional lady reluctant.to';;


.well, ;for the;benefit of t h e 'E a c h ; - . Easter ?Tuesday; whole community; an oblr- ^ morn ,th e ’.Town..Crier ; shyness),1,a.ladder,is car- gation to make the,-;new‘, "^blows^a horn from the(bal- 1 ried to gain.access to her,, borough “a place of justice 4 c o n y _ o i , t h e'.'Co r n i bedroom.1 / ,


A


'.continues the-; customuCLa . understandthere 1 is \ still ji' ; the;odd .one-who professes a:


where 'none may prey oh Exchange./Then .'appears j, s There follows an official, *j . others, a" place of plenty r, .the '.Bellman'; resplendent ^ luncheon when the/Colts”


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Club meet for their weekly practice.


. Originally, membership


of the club, - which was formed two years ago, was restricted to people living in Dunsop Bridge, Newton and Slaidburn.


-However, the club now


feels that it can extend membership to people over ; 16 in the Ribble Valley.


• Club chairman Mr Ian Grant said: “We have found that as we have two courts in the village. hall, we can take on new mem­ bers.- We need new blood to make it more competi­ tive.”


The club, which meets


from 7t30 p.m. onwards, caters for Deginners and the more experienced. Application forms are available from secretary Mrs Kath Chatburn, Slaid­ burn 283.


See them on display in our


Open Mon. — Sat. 9 a.m. — S p.m., Thurs. 9 a.m. — 8 p.m.s%


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^4newspapersv-£2ll9s^'7di%;;sv''',', sw.On the debit side we find:.'^ s l 7 s . fo r 'p r in t in g 'a n d i| ;a advertisements;! newspap-/® ’ ers and carriage £8 Is. 8d., ;| coal and oil,£4 7s:'8d: and a®


odd wooden,lamp-post. J There ’ have been few visual ■ outside,: changes.in Chapel, Street :or ,- Church Street and .the ■ spirit; of past; times will remain under? such conditions-for many years to come. - The; old • mounting >


steps


to relate - regarding the “good old days” well over 50 years ago. . .Th e f i n e : b u i Id i n g ;


remains : as .testimony to- the day when, even in those .remote villages, th e ,


and flight of, stone steps at the. Hark to Bounty stand' firm, but 'a s : my - picture shows, , the .business of cycle repairs (to. the right of the- inn) and the shop which once was Hodgson’s office give some idea of the changes in the past 80 years.


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We’ve^had'^op’’concerts technology,;freflects“this. in mono, and then in stereo 'in 'the ^torn^ve tield


u been!matched/^ step by P ° ^ ' e 'Motoring''''habit's %‘ I S S S - ^


Cave made;in Resign of y.0U.rpoA^ 2 r taste‘ witt auto sound systems.1 -


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needs, “your” i motoring ^CTc^ ' you, and your lifv S£y


which particular model you ackn^ wiedged specialist, require.


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and medium ".wavebands has the advantage,of.wide­


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spread UK co ve ra g e . However AM . has - certain limitations,particularly as


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AM reception on long ^ Models rang *e from the Hildesheim,: priced! £29.95


? _ b. - - - - ^. mm V m W / \ V \ n W ^1 Q ■


to the Bamberg Electronic a t £ 4 9 5 .VAT e x t r a . Terms over 12 months or 2


far as. music sound quality :fation can be-arranged, is' concerned.:. As, opposed g 0 you r■ Blaupunkt


■ years including full .instal­ l s


to AM, FM has somewhat dealer is really the man to different;.characteristics.. se evHeis'aspecialist. He’ll The actual quality.of sound sh0w y0U-the range, assess has more' tonal-depth, a which will suit your par- richer ' quality, both,, in,, tjcu]arineeds best and out- mono ana stereo, •


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'' Many local radio stations that Blaupunkt have estab- use FM :a s . well. a s , AM. -, lished throughout the. UK. However,- reception range - * ” ....... v , v is more limited,/and FA requires specialist, ^know ledge in both fitting and


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P R O ( O R !


ClitheroJ


Eileen Orml ried to Mr


Woodnookl Accrington’,!


The. bridJ


Peel . Street! Queen’s . P i Blackburn! daughter, o | and Mrs -Wl


The bri l


Cedar Strea an employe Footwear, I secretary oil Church, is [ son of. tht| Proctor. The1 bridl


by her cousl B. Taylor,11 length- mi l cream Frerl and carried [ cream frees! Attendail


Hazel Rent<[ room’s dau(| Marjorie bride’s cousl classical goil jersey andr and white cl Best man!


Proctor, thl son. Grooml Tony Rent(| room’s son-i Terry Etchil cousin. Ush| Garmston. • The cerei|


formed by Smith and| Miss Susan! After a r |


Calf’s Heal ston, the c<| honeymoon Super-Mari.| i n - C e d : Accrington.l Photogr


Clitheroejn.l J most m S local conditions?and their 'wars ’the prevaihng national and


The victim is th en


r e le as ed and. has the privilege of replenishing, the punchbowl or paying a fine of £1. Dinner over, out go the Tutti-men again and continue. their duties until e ve ry house has been covered. and every maiden kissed.


As.- Hungerford boasts


some ; 3,000.- to .4,000 inhabitants, clearly the Tutti-men must be of great stamina and endurance and with, a -. splendid . capacity for liquor, for at many houses, they are welcomed with generous: hospitality;-


Finally, any ..surplus of,


oranges and pennies is dis­ tributed from an hotel win­ dow to an expectant crowd of children who congregate below. ’


Lovely .heart-warming


; customs; an 0f. them, and I am •sure' :that;r.:whatever. organisation/has-: done1 to the Berkshire.town; all will


be retained.* f ^ ' 2


It' is , unlikely, that the Ribble Valley . Council twill


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.: institute ? comparable?; oust. : toms to -those>of,-Hunger-;


where, vice'and ipoverty/j-in official robes,‘rwho'com-^ a n d ^ n ewc ome r s a r e . very good, idea/ndeed. <1 shall cease t o / f e s t e rm p n r l ' ; - fhp nnmmnnpr^: f-h'-.:-


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