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, Clitheroe7off,the<m*pbile^-Xabnormalityi is'spotted,’ : breast‘screening service ?3>a woman' will be given a; j met^with" an '’encourag-^different* printed' letter J inglrcsponse this .week."- y'and'offered an appoint 1


j-to4/i,v -Iff i however,., any


'Of.^deaths.ffrom.'breastifcBIackburri^Ro'yali Infir can c e r ,'-"B 1 a c k b u r n’^ mary, or 'Accrington y ic-


a deterniinedeffortj.v-ment to>;bepseen b; to’cut'down ’the number 5%'consu ltant}1


-surgeon I I


sited^ near the* market • she'will be urged,to see every Tuesday;from 10^;/herj own ’doctor,’ who | a.m. to'4 p.mi,’ with the * may, -find that'there is"'I exception of next weekU'- •••nothing’to .worry about - On duty in.the mini- .and ask for the consul- | ;:tant; appointment to befts


A CAKE, - topped 'by - a' policeman’s helmet;of blue icing- was a surprise piece ■ at a retirement party for Clitheroe police' sergeant Don Elliott. The cake; baked by Mrs -Doris Logan,; wife of fellow sergeant Tom Logan, also contained a replica of Sgt Elliott’s badge, and his police number.


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SGT DON EATS HIS HELMET!


'another, cake to mark the anniversary.


Dog and Partridge the day ■ before Sgt -Elliott’s 50th birthday, there was • also


And at the party, at the


. To - the applause of: his Clitheroe colleagues- and other guests, Sgt Elliott blew out the 50 candles. Sgt Elliott, of Croasdale ;


Bank, Slaidburn, has retired three years prema-


; turely. because of arthritis in an ankle,


.12:-years.' -Born in--. Shef­ field, r, he joined the police force a t ; Harrogate. At the presentation, also


v . Before being promoted sergeant at Clitheroe, two y e a r s ' a g o , he wa s stationed at Slaidburn for


attended by. former col­ leagues from /Yorkshire, Sgt Elliott was handed the


. retirement gift of an elec­ tric drill: by Chief Jnsp. Tom .Sumner (second -left at the front).


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Barnoldswick & Earby Times, Clitheroe Advertiser


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Renews protest


LANCASHIRE County' Council is not convinced that it needs to. improve the footpath :on Pendle Road, Clitheroe. But Clitheroe Town Council is not satisfied with the ver­ dict and is to repeat its p ro te s t to the county council. Letters will also be sent


to the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil and the Ribble Valley’s three county councillors, asking for support.


In office


and Mr, Brian White trea­ surer.


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ALL . officers were re­ elected at the annual meet­ ing of the Friends of Clitheroe Hospital. Mrs Alice Simpson is chairman, Mrs Vera Brown secretary


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awards — are these young competitors. From the left at - the front are:. Simon Nicholson, Helen Falshalv, Jean ; :.Thistlethwaite and Howard Sedgwick. Behind are Janet Peel and Margaret Taylor.


SHOWING all the signs of success — smiles and their - v 1 , ; ■ -


Trophy-winning smiles at Rimington


^Queensgate Sawmills, Pratt Street, Burnley. '© B u rn le y 26241 (STD 0282)


awards were: Floral Art — Mrs M. -Oldfield; Gisburn: Pot. Plant •— Mr E. Sedg­ wick. Children’s section — , Helen Falshaw (tray of . wild fruits). Home-made wine — Mr J. Whitaker, ■ Rimington.


A PLATE of peas brought Mr J. Gregory trophy win­ ning honours at Rimington and District Horticultural S o c i e t y ' s s h ow on Saturday. . The best exhibit in. the vegetable section, it won for him the National Veg­ etable Society’s s ilv er medal and also the shield presented by Mrs E. A. Silverwood in memory of her husband Leonard, who was chairman, and a founder, member, of, -,the ; S o c i e t y . - - ------- Other -best in show


able season, the total entry. was 292 and the exhibits were of high- quality.


Despite the unfavour-' Flowers


Mrs F.Tngleby. Three roses: E. Sedgwick, Mrs In g le b y . Floribunda rose: Mrs M; W; Ellison, Mrs Ingleby. Bowl of HT roses: E. Sedgwick, Mrs; Ellison. Sweet peas: E. Sedg­ wick, A. I. Sedgwick, Mrs D. Seed. Gladioli;- E. Sedgwick, Howard Sedgwick.


Rose: 1 and 2 E. Sedgwick,


wick, A . , Stott.. Herbaceous perennials::J. Gregory, Mrs.W.;; M. Ellison; Mrs E. Dean. Cut flowers:- Mrs Dean, E;; Sedg- ' wick, Mr and Mrs G. Page. Flowering pot plant: W. Cooper, Mrs Pullin, Mrs Ellison: Foliage - pot plant: E. Sedgwick, J. Gre­ gory, Mrs Seed. Fuchsia: 1 i 2,' E. Sedgwick, J. Jackson. Begonia: 1 and 2,, E. Sedg­


Dahlias: 1 & 2, A. I. Sedg­


wick. Flowering geranium or pelargonium: 1 and 2, E. Sedg- .


wick, Howard Sedgwick. Cacti or succulent: 1 and 2 J. Walker, Mrs F. Simpson.


Floral Art


field, Mrs C. Thistlethwaite. This green .and pleasant land: Mrs J. L. Noble, Mrs Binns, Mary H. Bairstow. Seascape: Mrs .Thistlethwaite. Shades of the past: Mrs Oldfield, Mrs M. Binns, Mrs Seed. Summer abundance: Mrs J. L. Noble, Mr T. Jackson. Little jewels: 1 and 3 Mrs Seed, Mrs Thistlethwaite. Nature’s gift: Mary Bairstow, Mrs NobTe, Jane Rele. Eng­ land’s flower: Mary Bairstow, Mrs Thistlethwaite.'


Harvest time: Mrs M. Old­ ■ V Vegetables'


.Noble, Mr and Mrs Page. Six ,pods of peas: 1 and 2 J. Gregory,


wood, Mrs E. Hartley, Peter Silverwood. Lettuce: Mrs Sil- • verwood. Tomatoes: T. Jackson, Mrs Seed, J. Gregory. Onions: J. Whittaker, E. Sedgwick, Mrs Silverwood. Turnips: J. L.


Potatoes: Mrs E. A. Silver- ■ We. shall be happy to see you at our showroom


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Evening appointments with pleasure Gown by Bndgei Black of Nottingham


- and encouraging them to be examined every year. A reminder will be • sent every ,12 months..


consulting,room are two' nurses; specially., trained in : breast examination. After answering,routine questions, clients. are examined and if ; all is well are; given a printed letter stating the fact;


' • ca in c e l ied , ■ o r ' a g r e’e V about' seekihgaconsul-':,; - tan t ’sbpinion.


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T e x:am in a t i o’ n;}! ma ySH • exceed; that; which • the •


As the demand for


-a;'system of numbered cards has been adopted:' ;A box by., the 'caravan’s :


nurses can cope in one day .'-—20 to 25 women — -


know - that; they,- cannot;' unfortunately .'-be'iseen’- that day. The caravan'1 w ill, however, be at> exactly* the .same .spot every Tuesday. ■ Dr C. Brun, a consul­


tant surgeon- with the. Blackburn Health -Dis­ tr ic t , who has'been closely involved in set­ ting up the scheme,-told our reporter; > ‘.‘The outlook for,a


operate 'on —''probably ;more than half-— are ibeyond; the/first. stage. -


know that far: too icases/.thcy.ii


:• st a ge one l e s i o n , because there are no symptoms at all. By the


" ‘‘The snag is that it is ; by no'means easy for the woman.herself to spot a


- time she realises there is : something-wrong, many . precious months;-,may,-


woman who develops ; breast cancer depends on a number of factors,


have been lost. 51 .k , I “Our only answer is-


to go out' and-look'.for;: those elusive early cases /'■ and to of fer expert}


to be sure in'order to


them are not cancer. “All the same, one has


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'screening Fservicc is ' a : potential; live; saver.- We - must surely all wish


that it will prove-a great success.”


•operation, and sought ■ -the - pathologist’s; opin­ ion on microscopy,”, he said. ''< 1 t I i ;'“This .mobile breast


.


Among the winners, but not one of. them, four- year-old Sarah Nicholson nurses a vegetable mar­ row. At the front (left) Mr W. Cooper carries his’ prizewinning pot plant and Mr A. Sedgwick his dahlias., In the middle- row are Mrs Constance Nicholson (treasurer) and Mr Robert Thompson (president). Mr E. Sedgwick, the secretary (left) and Mr J. Whittaker (chairman) complete the picture.


Mrs E. riartiey. uaDbage: Gregory, T. Jackson, A. Stott. Beet: 1 and 3 J. Gregory, Alan Stott. Any other vegetable: Mrs Hartley, E. Sedgwick, R. M. Berry. Plate of soft fruit: 1 and 2 J. Gregory.


Wine


taker, Mrs Seed. Medium: J. Whittaker, P. Silverwood, Mrs Seed. Sweet: Peter.Silverwood, Brian Harrop, E. Sedgwick.


; Children


Falshaw,. Howard Sedgwick, Janet Peel. Flower heads: Jane Rele, Jean Thistlethwaite. Wild flowers: Jean Thistlethwaite, Helen Falshaw, Stephanie Page. Wild fruits: Helen Falshaw, Robert Falshaw, Janet Peel. Salad: Simon Nicholson, Heath Sedgwick, Howard Sedgwick


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Clifford makes sure Sabden is not forgotten


of their ruby wedding to launch Mr Moorhouse’s


THERE was - a double celebration for Sabden couple Mr and Mrs Clifford Moorhouse ,on. Saturday night. For they chose the eve


. new book “Sabden — The forgotten Valley.”


.


. About <70 family and friends attended the celeb­ ration par ty - at Sabden Bapti st School, among them Mrs Mary Ha r ­ greaves, of Pendle Street


- 1790, when industry first came to- the village.\The' following; 100 years- are


; The book gives a factual / history of -the Sabden VaL ley from the Ice Age to


cated the book in memory of Mrs Hargreaves’ late husband, George, because of his work for the village youth in the 1920s and 30s.'


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/ butwe, believetKeBESUSERVICE/ r in'ithe'Wea.'L'$-.4Ki:!v-


W.fiV


• lage” which came out three, years ago. v Mr Moorhouse said his book includes - many new theories;about the area, in. particular, some about; the}


> outlined in his - first; book “Birth of a Lancashire Vil-;


- Lancashire witch- stories;-} • He chose, his title because,'• he said, -the Valley has} rarely been written about.;


■ L-j Sabden’s first-historian;; Dr Laycock, who died in; ,1 9 2 2 , l i.ved ’ i n . Mr


i f church/where; Mrs - Moorh- ;; ous, has i been organist' for. «30-years;', and her husband,: ((is church'secretary.-',.-/J-’/ / ji ' Picture:’ At the party are" j'Mr}’ and Mrs-'Moorhouse^ ?;[(right);'KMfs'I’.sHargreavesr-| ,:ana Mr'Richafd-Wood,’’of },Padihamjjan old ‘friend’ of; ^theTdouplej'and'.theFbook’s’


A- Mr . and Mrs Moorhouse j!-have lived.in the'village all.1 their lives. 'They ,were .married . at ’ the-/Baptist'


tMo o r h o u s e ’s npresent} ,home,. the old doctor’s- i surgery iin.JVhalleyv-Road;;


East, Sabden, a former teacher of the couple, who was presented with the-first copy. Mr Moorhouse has dedi­


Borrowers are short of space


, Council’s Recreation and ' Leisure Committee. She said the • lack of


48,168 books were bor­ rowed over the period — 1,900 fewer than at the same time last year.


u p , • h owe v e r , a t all branches except Clitheroe. The biggest increase was at Longridge, where 2;000 more books were bor­ rowed.-


Borrowing figures were Miss S n e ll’s repor t i


showed that membership of the cassette library at Clitheroe was 408 in July — 200 fewer than at the high point in February this year,. but 25. up- on the figure for June:


An antient ceremony


iLsT^preacher.was Cariom* BriarriBeaumont,. Director' of jReligious vE ducation1 f orj theiBlackburnftDiocese ’- a’nd|two


for,the^__. monysivere


with the ceremony,’ which at jWh alley.; takes: the; form-, of TO-Sunday School girls carrying; sin; procession,wa; rush>‘mat,about'10ft. by 3ft.'aCaily--;decorated;withi flowers;.it is borne to,the GardenofRemembrance b in '-the' churchyard at the., end’of] the'service. ’ 5}


THE;-rush bearing cere­ mony at Whalley .Parish Church - on Sunday/ /dates back-.-to-' the-; days when churches had-their earthen floors strewn with rushes;; Once a year,.this covering- was remoyed and replaced with;ne\v; rushes. Few.; churches continue


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space a t . Clitheroe which has prompted the commit­ tee £o press the county council for; a new district central library, could account for the drop in bor­ rowing figures for May, June and July. Her report revealed that


BOOK b o r r owe r s a t Clitheroe Library are tired of “ banging into one another” and are going elsewhere, District Libra­ rian Miss Barbara Snell told the Ribble Valley


Collection of leaves: “Helen


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