4 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, November 8th, 1979
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18in. — £7.75 Calendar Monthly 20in. — £8.25 Calendar Monthly
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Everything shipshape
ago, Garry (17), of He n t h o r n Road, began preparing for l ife on the ocean wave as apprentice artificer with HMS Fisgard, Plymouth. He has made such
for Garry LIFE in the Royal Navy is turning out to be just shipshape for Clitheroe teen a g e r Ga r r y H ar greaves. . Just over a year
Margaret drives her way into a man’s world
WHEN Mrs Margaret Hanson arrives at the scene of an ‘1 ' '
very surprised loo! For Margaret — a 30-
year-old housewife and mother — of Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, is one of the country’s growing band of women ambu lance drivers. Margaret is the only
good progress that he recently gained a top award when he was made one of the ves s e l’s Chief Pe t t y Officer apprentices. Another honour
came Garry’s way when he lan ded sh ip ’s colours for water polo. His other hobbie s i nc l ude swimming and bad minton. A former pupil of
Cl ith ero e Royal Gr amma r School, Garry is continuing his training at HMS
t h r e e y e a r s , s p e c i a l i s i n g in weaponry and elec trical engineering.
C o l li n g w o o d , Portsmouth. He will be there for
Exhibition
AN exhibition about Lan cashire's archival heritage was opened by the Lord Lieutenant of the county, Mr Simon Towneley, at the County Record Office, Preston. The exhibition, open
her 14 male colleagues at Barnoldswick, where she works on a day shift, exceptionally friendly and helpful. Her working hours fit
woman driver in all nine ambulance stations in East Lancashire, but has no illusions about ventur ing into a male domain. In fact, she has found
accident to convey patients to hospital, she i ks.
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round & about
a trainee ambulance driver advertised, she appl i ed, aot r eal ly expecting to progress any further. She was required to
driving the family car for eight years and does not find the ambulance dif ficult to handle. A confect ioner by trade before her mar-
in well with ner school boy son William (10), who attends Brookside, and husband Norman has given her considerable help and encouragement. Margaret has been
riage, Margaret worked mor e r e c ent l y as a domestic at Clitheroe Hospital. When she saw a job for
~i often receives some
“keen, popular, very effi cient and with the mak ings of a first-class ambu lance driver.” Not least, she is “as good as any man.” As for Margaret, she
enjoys her work so much, that she just wishes she had started sooner.
take a two-week basic course at Burnley ambu lance station, followed by a further two weeks training and a final six weeks’ instruction at the Nor th West Regional Tr a i ni ng School at Bolton. Evidence of the way
Guild’s new chairman
RETIRED Calderstones nurse Mrs Ann Pedder is. the new chairman of the Ribblesdale Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild, r epl a cing Mr s Hi lda Mikanowicz. Mrs Pedder, of Moor
she has adapted to the job comes in a tribute from Margaret’s boss, assistant Division Ambu lance officer Mr Henry Green. He describes her as
Scholars wanted
until Christmas, coincides with world-wide interna tional archives’ week.
out to publicise itself by holding an open day on Wednesday. Visitors — particularly potential scho lars and their parents — will be free to view the work of the present 16 pupils and to meet the headmistress, Mrs Peggie Tetlow’, and her assistant
INDIVIDUAL attention and a rural atmosphere are two qualities often lacking in large schools today. But these are two of the strongest points about the village school at Bashall Eaves. The only problem, is that it needs more pupils. So the school is going all
teacher Mrs Pa t r i c i a Jenkins. The small number on the
aided primary school, it c o n t a i n s l arge well- equipped classrooms for infant s and juniors, a kitchen and a large playing field and playground. The original building
roll—up to 25 pupils — enables the staff to allow each child to develop at his own pace and receive a high degree of individual attention. A Church of England
land Crescent, Clitheroe, has been a member of the Guild about four years and has served on the commit tee 12 months. She retired in May from
Calderstones, where she had been a night duty nurse since 1941. Mrs Pedder, who joined
the hospital 40 years ago, & SUNSET BEDROOM
TUFJED 3 year guarantee.. 6 beautiful colours, 12f t . wide, foam back, peacock blue, jade green, bamboo b e i g e , n u tm e g brown, rose pink, dark brown.
APPEAL SEMI SHAG PILE 12ft. wide foam back. 6 colours, maple, pink, green, brown, beige, dark brown.
100% wool berber.................. £7.95 sq. yd.
100% wool velvet dark brown £10.95 sq. yd.
Heavy domestic Axminster FROM £10.95 sq. yd..
Medium domestic Axminster FROM £8.95 sq yd.
SPECIAL CLEARANCE LINES Witches’
cash R I B B L E VAL L EY Mayor Coun. Jimmy Fell was touched by a charit able gesture by six Whal- ley youngsters who spent Hallow-e’en helping the
Queen Elizabeth playing field fund. T h e c h i l d r e n —
Catherine and Darren Lawson, Janet and Alison Ashworth, Katherine Han son and Ingrid Croasdale — all from the Moorfield area, dressed as witches to collect the money, and pre sented £2 to Coun. Fell the following day.
Odd stone
was constructed in 1862 and considerably extended and modernised in the 1960’s.
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has remained in contact with residents since retire ment. Her husband, Arthur, is.
have two sons. Retired vice-chairman
a salesman with GEC, Clayton-le-Moors. They
Mrs F. Herman presented flowers and a gift token to Mrs Mikanowicz on behalf of members. The Guild’s new vice-
in river AN AXEHEAD once wielded by an Ancient Bri ton or a chisel used by a l o n g - d e a d R oma n craftsman. Those were the thoughts
• Edisford. But the excitement of
running through the head of Andrew Riley (6), when he unear thed r an (pdd- shaped stone from the bed of the River Ribble at
chairman is Mrs Mary Robinson, Miss B. Foulds remains as secretary and Mrs' M. Cunliffe trea surer. The Guild, which meets
in the Parish Church Hall on the first Monday of each month, has had a success ful year with attendances averaging 100.
Get 0-60 m ph in 11.1 secs.
showing his pal s the “rare find" turned to disap- poi ntment when hi s granny, Mrs Mabel Mat- t ick, of Fox St r e e t, Clitheroe, had the stone examined by an expert. An official from the
. Andrew and his four-
year-old triplet brothers, Colin, Bryan and Paul, live in Weston-Super-Mare and when they come to stay in Clitheroe they always head for the river. Maybe one day they will
their trips to Edisford.
BRIDGE CLUB
THERE were IS and a half tables in play at Clitheroe Bridge Club. Winners were: NS — XIrs Thorne and Miss Tver- inan, Mrs Snowden and Mrs Pickles. EXV — Mr Jennings and Mr Moore, Mrs Rutherford and Xlrs Boothman. One of the trickiest hands was
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County Archivists’ Office said it was just an ordinary stone, of no value. It was not of local origin
and had probably been washed down from Ribble Head.
into 3D, in fact no NS pair reached 3D, but according to the t ravelling score sliaone E\V pair played in 2D, spades and hearts were played both ways and the swing went from plus S00 to NS, for beating 4S and 4H, to minus 500 to XS for 2 off doubled in 2S and 2H.
My partner failed to rescue P. F. S. Magic of the village store
CHANGES c ome quickly but sometimes imperceptibly these days and it is only after the passage of several years that one realises with a degree of sur prise how different things have become to what they used to be. Take the grocery trade
for example. Today’s supermarkets
wi th their enrome and glass, their refrigerated cabinets, their shelf after shelf of pre-packed, pre- wrappea, pre-weighed, hygienically sealed goods are a whole world away from the corner shop of' yesteryear. These thoughts were
stimulated by the recent meeting of two local men, now in their mid-70s, who were boys and young men together and engaged in the grocery trade. • What a different picture
period, we’ll provide free servicing fora
motoring isn’t enough to tempt you, then perhaps a little financial inducement is. Which is why we’ll also arrange a low interest personal loan through Fiat Finance of just 6% p.a.t
year- irrespective of mileage, covering most major mechanical parts. But of course, if even a year’s trouble-free
to recognise a satisfied owner by his contented purr. Because if you buy a
Mire.fiori during this ’
in your neighbourhood by its distinctive growl. And until the end of November, you’ll be able
You can recognise the presence of a Mirafiori'
with all its leisurely advantages. A tank full of petrol to speed you on your way. And if that doesn’t sound good enough,
Mirafiori range before the end of November. • You’ll find him by
listening for the sound
repayment period under this scheme is 2years, the minimum deposit being one-third. Loans subject to applicants'credit-worthiness. The olTerappllestonewcars. purchased from the dealerts) listed below, and registered before Novembcr30th 1979. OfTersubject to availability. Flat S.p.A. performance figures.
Tormsand conditions of warranty available from your local dealer. 18% p.a. interest is equivalent to a true rate of 11.5% p.a. fora2 year agreement. Maximum loan The Mirafiori L. Chiappi Ltd. Kendal Street; Clith^eroe, Lancs. BB715A. Tel: Glitheroe 22539 ■V
you’ve left the showroom, let us remind you about our two year warranty* So go and see your local Fiat Dealer about the
a radio too. But in case you think we’d forget you once
. . A year’s free Motoring Membership of the RAC,
the village store then pre sented — always a little dark, perhaps, for electric ity hadn’t yet arrived in the village and.
the.win dows were piled from floor to ceiling with the many goods on display. A bell on a coiled spring
jangled as one opened the door and behind the broad wooden counter the assis tant, immaculate in white apron, awaited your plea sure. At one end of the
simplify the assistant’s work just didn’t exist and each counter hand was required to be sufficiently quick-witted to add up long columns of figures with the speed and accuracy of a senior wrangler. If Mrs Brown required
Electronic calculators to
half a pound of butter, or perhaps a pound of marg, the assistant had to cut it from a huge slab and slap it and pat it into shape with wooden “slappers”. If sugar was required,
he scooped it direct from the sack, weighed it in the brass pan of tne scales and poured it into a cone- shaped bag fashioned from thick blue paper.
Whalley Window
or raisins were on the order, the assistants were adept at making them up
When tea, rice, currants
; quickly and efficiently as tne huge machines in the sfood factories of today. What a lovely spicy,
-into small packages ana tying them neatly with thin s tring, almost. as
counter the brass scales gleamed and glistened — automatic scales were still a new-fangled novelty and the bacon slicer was found only in the biggest provi sion merchants in town. Sharp knives and a steady hand were the order of the day.
just a drawer with sepa rate compartments for copper, notes and silver, but the - second' one" only rarely used. ’
No cash register either,
smell greeted the nostrils as one entered the shop — a rich smell and quite unmistakable. What a rich variety of. goods filled the shelves. One shelf, or possibly a
gl as s , cupboard, was reserved for the patent medicines. When little -Willy was sick or off col our, mother didn’t rush off to the doctor for a pre scription. Like . as not, she sent
salts, senna pods, which were always in stock, or syrup of violets, Doans’ Backache and Kidney Pills, Carters’ Little Liver pills, olive oil, Angier’s Emul sion, Beechams’ pills or oil of almonds which were sure to be found some where on the cluttered shelves. It was only if her own
. leading the kitchen range and grate, she set father to work with paint brush and a bottle of Waddicor’s heat-resisting enamel. One could be sure to find
things, too — Mason’s Extract of Herbs for mak ing botanic beer and, when mother got tired of black-
diagnosis proved faulty and the herbal remedies of old mother Jones up the street had failed to effect a cure that the doctor was called in. The grocer sold other
^ ALL THE YEAR ROUND ^2*. Y
_ ’ MORTONS ^ CLUB means you can buy
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goods ot todays prices A small deposit reserves
GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE | SPECrAL ORDERS WELCOME
1 MORTONS “ THERE'S MORE
J N MOOR LANS"
8 MOOR LANE, CLITHEROE Tel. 2242C
TISSOT T t:
R E P A IR S— H A N B A R C L A Y C A R D &
M0RT0
18 MOOR LA TH E R
S QJ74 H 52 D Q10 C AQ732
HOME BREW
We are now, permanently on Clitheroe Saturday market. For many years we have been and still are the established specialist suppliers of home brew ingredients In the
Hyndburn area and can now offer the same service to the Ribble Valley. Obviously we can not display all our goods on our stall but will take an order at the telephone number below for you to collect at Clitheroe market. Our prices are very com petitive and we give free advice to people who brew their own beer and wines
HARRISON’S WINEMAKING STORES 2 CROSS ST., ACCRINGTON
Tel. ACCRINGTON 37448
27in. wide heavy domestic Axminster in 80% wool, 20% nylon... STILL £9.50 per yd SEVERAL DESIGNS
be lucky enough to find a relic of ancient-times on
12ft. nylon brown....................£1.95 sq. yd. 36in. x 27%in. rolls suitable for stairs etc. Sheepskins seconds........ ............... £10.50
EXPERT FITTING ON RING AND PIN OR GRIP PERROD
ACCESS AND BARCLAYCARD WELCOME
INSTANT CREDIT UP TO £500 FOR CREDIT OR CHEQUE CARD HOLDERS
TRICITY FINANCE AT 10% DEPOSIT AND UP TO 3 YEARS TERMS.
CLITHEROE BARNOLDSWICK SKIPTON SWAN COURTYARD,
Tel. 25941
45 ALBERT ROAD Tel. 813153
22 HIGH ST. Tel. 5985
Market Place, Clit
Open Mon., Tues 9 to 5-
Wed. 9 to 12-30. Bankfield Mill, Greet
Hartleys c u r t ;
We can
a fine range of prin from Sanderson: Nouveau ai
We can off for loose covers,
We have a compreh service — let
V E DVelvets also a readily available
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THE COACH HOUSE CLITHEROE. 1
ITAI F O F
WHATE, THEY’
DOWN TOWN SHOPPING LADIES DEPT
PARK AT THE DOOR
recalled the celebrations and jollifications at the opening of the former Co op’s George Street pre mises — in 1913, I think. Only boys then, they remembered the competi tion- held for the cleanest
Pair of clogs, polished with
brother, .Tommy to the, corner ^jiop for Epsom
later, the old-timer who won the competition made his confession. He hadn't used Pelaw boot polish at all. He became the clean clog champion of Whalley with the secret aid of . Bury’s Blacking; ; . ’ ,
elaw boot polish. Now, nearly 70“years
. . . . . . .
something else in the vil lage grocer’s, too . . . news of the imminent arri val of Mary Proctor’s lat est addition, the state of trade at the .factory, the triumph of the local cricket team, the young man who called too frequently at ’yon young woman’s door when her nusband was at’ work. One really didn’t need a daily paper. Finally, the two .cronies
Sizes range from 36-48 hip. Coats, Suits (good selection), Jackets, Rainwear, Dresses, Cocktail Dresses. Superb choice In Skirts; Trews, Knitwear. Blouses. UnaeriA. Hou Underskirts, etc.
r, Blo u ! M
YOUNGER FASHIONWEAR Knfsfx /M o D
and checked, £8.75. Trousers, pegs. Denims, Shoes, Slippers., . .
MEN’S DEPT. P69S Jackets 36-46. Velvet always In stock. Raincoats, Anoraks, _ A o n f i r Se,ec,lon 01 Men’s Shirts. r
snH r
o V c X D ' Caaual shirt». •mall collar, plain etc.
66/70 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE . Tel. 22697
ECONOMIC STORES b
Display advertising pays dividends
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