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YOUR report on the re-discovery of the Clitheroe Palace Theatre name-plate revived a number of memories............. •


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boy seeing what must have been my first variety show there. .


I recall as a very small


cian who particularly im­ pressed me (one is easily impressed at six or seven years of age). The finale of his act was to produce a lady from inside an old- fashioned tripod camera. ;


On the bill was a magi­


was, I presume, a very deep contralto, who was announced as “the woman with a man’s voice.”


Another artist I recall


Later, it was at the Palace that I saw my first


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Charlie Chaplin silent movie and, later still, when the hall became the Queen’s Hall, I sold prog­ rammes at a “Grand Cric­ ket Club Bazaar.”


. I particularly remember assisting, too, at the “roll­ up games — three balls a penny,” presided, over by Mr Elliot Fielding, who had brought them special­ ly from the Pleasure Beach at Southport. Mr Fielding, an ex-Ser- viceman who had lost a


Mishap on the line


WE would like to apolog­ ise to all passengers from Clitheroe on the Stella charter train to Grange- over-Sands on Saturday. • The train driver forgot to s e t down his 60 Clitheroe passengers at the station and raced through at what can only be classed as “Olympic speed.” As a result, they were


Council will keep pledge on house building projects


•THE Ribble Valley . Council will not scrap an,v of the house building ; programmes it has already prom­ ised to fulfil — despite the hammer blow of receiving a housing al­ location grant from the Government that will be far less than hoped for.’ Borough Treasurer Mr


'train, was not until June 14th. We are sorry for the


leg in World War I, was the son of the headmaster of the local school. Surely other readers must re­ member the disciplinarian we irreverently dubbed “Pot Head” (but not in his a ustere presence). Finally, while on . holi­


GRAHAM NUTTALL, (STELLA), 37 Bar Street, Burnley


A pat on the back


day in Devonshire, what a pleasure it was to receive my Advertiser and Times some 300-odd miles from Clitheroe, at more or less the same time as it nor­ mally drops through my “Whalley Letterbox.” Thank you — it made


my day.


JIMMY FELL, Limefield Avenue, Whalley.


THE Ribble Valley Coun­ cil has been applauded for the rewiring work> it has done to a number of houses in Billington Gar­ dens, Billington.


Dennis Black told a meet­ ing of the council’s Hous­ ing Committee that a letter had been received from one of the residents thanking the council for its efforts.


Borough Engineer Mr


even more pleasing is that this person was one of the main objectors before the work was undertaken, said Mr Black.


workmen must be doing a good job.”


“ I t shows th a t our “What makes the letter


Last parade for Legion steward


REGULARS at the Royal British Legion Club, Whalley Road, Clitheroe, will be saying good- I bye on Saturday to retiring steward Major Jim Whittaker.


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Clitheroe Physiotherapy Centre.Entertainment will be provided throughout the afternoon outside the lib­ rary and at the Parson Lane end of the market. N ot o n ly w i l l th e Clitheroe Morris-men be dancing but the “Country Fayre Ladies” will be showing a leg as well. There is also a demonstra­ tion of club swinging — so stand well clear. Two sets of stocks will


hisMaj. Whittaker (65) and a wife, Mary, have been


half years. Prior to that they were at the Hodder | Bridge Hotel for 17 years. F o r two y e a rs before


t the club for four-and-a-


that Maj. Whittaker was representative for the


former Whitaker’s Bre­ wery in Halifax, after | leaving the army. Maj. Whittaker’s army


career , started in 1939] when he joined the King’s Own Royal Regiment. He was commissioned in 1942, and has served in various par ts of the world. He was wounded and


returned to his native Rossendale, then joined the South Lancashire Re­ giment in 1945 as a


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TUESDAY AT SETTLE MARKET


■ Ribblesdale School. The Lancashire Naturalists Trust and the Ribble Valley Sub-Aqua club are mounting displays in the market and the Army rifle range demonstration van will be on hand. Said Mrs Bridge: “Obvi


be manned by pupils of


captain. He came back to Eng­ land in 1947 and later


became a major at Bow- erham Barracks, Lan


caster, the depot of the King’s Own Regiment. On the re-organisation


ously we want to cover our costs and possibly make some money to wards Roefield Barn im provements for local sporting groups. But this


the Royal Army Pay Corps, starting in 1949. He remained there ’for nine years. Mai. Whittaker and his


of the army he was an administrative officer with


'will also be a day of recre ation for the townspeople providing many organisa­ tions with the chance to raise money.” There is a big lottery


carried through to Black­ burn. On arrival, arrange­ ments were made by Brit­ ish Rail for a special train back to Clitheroe, because the next, a Dalesrail


inconvenience caused and hope it will not deter Clitheroe people from joining our trains again.


Gordon Onslow — whose plan of campaign , was ap­ proved by members of the' Housing Committee — said the council would have to tread carefully be­ cause the total allocation is just over half that origi­ nally requested. The total allocation is


£1,360,100, with a further sum of £157,000 being


brought forward ifrom 1979-80. Thus, the total invest­


house' building program­ me, for which the council had set aside £418,000, compared to last year’s £827,000. Mr Onslow said that


ment is far less than the hoped fo r f ig u re of £2,629,000 and cuts have had to be made all along the line. This included the new


-for, as the spending ceil- mg for these^ schemes would probably come in 1981-82, which could pre- . sent problems.


Green. But Mr Onslow said patience was • called


ted itself to three — a housing association pro­ ject in Ribchester,. a shel­ tered housing site at Whalley and the building of council houses in Hurst


long-term schemes in the pipeline must be con­ tinued, otherwise money already spent would be wasted. The council has commit­


received lette rs from some Hurst Green resi­ dents asking for the build­ ing of council houses in the village to be given priority in order to stem the flow of young people


He said the council had ■


leaving the area. “We have to take one


scheme at a time, but I can assure people that we shall not be going back on our word to complete the jobs,” he said. This year it is expected


(Billington) asked when a sheltered housing scheme would be started m.Bil- hngton, which he said seemed to be viewed by the Council as a “Cin­ derella parish.”


Coun. Frederick Ellis


better than to start a scheme in Billington, but we must put our other priorities behind us first, otherwise it will be totally impractical,” he said.


“We would like nothing


news for people applying to the council for mort-


There was also black fages this year. Only


to spend £175,000 at Rib­ chester, £100,000 at Whal­ ley and £90,000 at Hurst Green.


-Deacon of— United Reformed Church


A DEACON and elder at Clitheroe United Re­ formed Church, Mr Wil­ liam (Bill), Wightman has died, aged 61, at his home in Chester Avenue. Mr Wightman was also


a member of the choir and secretary of the church fi­


nance committee. A music lover, he sang


with the former Padiham Male Voice Choir and played double bass with the old Clitheroe Borough Brass Band. He and his wife Iris had


almost 30 per cent down on last year’s sum of £287,000. “We can only act as len­ ders in the last resort,”


said Mr Onslow. “I would urge borrowers to try building societies first, as the maximum loan we could give is £10,000.”


programme was divided into £164,000 for improve­ ments to council houses (compared to £205,000) last year, £95,000 added to th e o v er f low of £300,000 for housing as­ sociation schemes and £100,000 carried over from the General Im­ provement Areas.


The remainder of the


funds is available — frants, which go up from 210,000 of town hall'


The only increase is in the general improvement


number of grants has not risen, but th e cos ts needed to complete work already underway are higher.


170,000 to £230,000. The


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of Sam’s success


A CHATBURN man has come out top in a business campaign. Mr Sam Bamford, of


Ribble Lane* has won awards for His success in marketing and supplying


a new product, “Tryflow, ’ for Tilcon. Mr Bamford achieved


the best percentage com­ peting against 11 other Tilcon depots throughout North Lancashire. He is s u p e r v i s o r of th e Clitneroe depot. Mr Roger Driver, of


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ETHOS for fine paintings


WATERCOLOURS by


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FOREMOST WATERCOLOUR PAINTERS


Colne, supervisor of the Burnley depot, and Mr Dennis Brown, of Chor- ley, supervisor at Adling- ton, came second and third respectively. Each was presented


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with chromeware and a commemorative plaque


J . R. P a r k e r , of Clitheroe, area general manager, for special achievement.


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recently celebrated their 36th wedding anniver­ sary. After the war they left


their native Liverpool and moved to Slaidburn, coming to live in Clitheroe nearly 25 years ago. Mr Wightman worked


ment of Employment as a clerical officer. He had worked in th e C l i th e ro e and Blackburn offices for the past 12 years. A Dunkirk veteran, Mr


Germany. In addition to his wife,


a n d


as a senior clerk a t the auction mart for 15 years, before joining the Depart­


Wightman se rv ed with t h e R o y a l A r t i l l e r y th ro u g h o u t th e wa r in F r a n c e , B e lg ium , th e N e t h e r l a n d s


he leaves two sons, who live in Mersyside and St Albans. The Rev. John Salsbury


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conducted a funeral ser­ vice at the United Re­ fo rm ed Ch u rch on Monday, prior to crema­ tion at Burnley.


BRIDGE CLUB


ONLY 10 tables were in play a t the duplicate game at Clitheroe Bridge Club. Winners were: NS, Mr P.


Jennings and Mr W. L. Wilkin­ son, Mr Chadwick and Mr Jeffre. EW, Mr A. Woollin and Mrs J . M a r t in d a le , Mrs Haworth and Mrs Waddington. The following hand was bid


wife have five sons and a daughter. He is a staunch suppor­


ter and shareholder of Burnley FC.


with prizes of £100, £50, £25 and five of £5, which will be drawn at 4 p.m. on the day of the fair. Mrs Bridge emphasised that Sunday's event is not


a Petticoat Lane type of market — this had met with legal snags in the


past. “This will be a country


Praise for .


Clitheroe company


fair,” she said, “and as such we hope it will become an annual event in Clitheroe." Stallholders have been


cently won the Queen’s Award fo r E x p o r t Achievement, has been co ngra tulated by Mr David Mitchell, P a r ­ liamentary Under-Secret­ ary of State for Industry. In a letter to the com­


CLITHEROE firm Lam- coat Papers, which re­


asked not to park in the closed streets or on the town’s car parks, which will be available to the


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SATURDAY is a special day for Coun. Mrs Mary Brown and her husband Frederick, for it is their golden wedding anniversary — and the first time that a Ribble Valley councillor has celebrated 50 years of married life.


The Dene, Hurst Green, have lived in the village for many years. Mrs Brown, who repre­


Mr and Mrs Brown, of


sents Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley on the Ribble


Valley Council, was bom Stonyhurst. Her pa­


rents ran the Shireburn Arms, H u rs t Green, where she worked after being educated at St Joseph’s RC School and Winckley Square Con­ vent, Preston. She also helped to run


to a small slam oy the youngest pair of members, Mr Hodkin- son and Mr Hall. S dealer, NS vul.


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The small slam in hearts can bemade- WLW.


28 years, vice-chairman of the ClitHeroe area Parish Councils’ Association, Lancashire Parish Coun­ cils’ Association, and chairman of the Best-Kept Village Competition com­ mittee.


member of Hurst Green Village Hall Committee and has been treasurer since it was formed more than 20 years ago.


She is a , fo u n d e r


the Bayley Arms in the village from 1935 to 1937. She and her husband, who is 71, then moved to their present home. Mr Brown, a company


director who retired'nine years ago, was born at Kemple End. He now spends his time gardening and also likes to see to the maintenance of his cai',


retary of Hurst Green Conservative Association, president of the village Over 60’s club, a member of the district Education Liaison Committee and on the Management Commit­ tee 'of Clitheroe Phy­ siotherapy Centre.


Mrs Brown is also sec­


numerous committees and village organisations. She is on the council’s Policy and Resources Planning and Housing committees and is ch a irm an of Liaison. She has been a parish councillor for more than


Mrs Brown serves on


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pany, a subsidiary of the Rectella group, Mr Mitch­ ell said: “As Minister with special responsibility for small firms, I would like to offer my congratula­ tions on your company’s success. “That this award has


appealed for people who normally park in the closed streets to move their cars for the after­ noon if possible. The streets to be closed


1. 2. 3.


(1) “Theme from M.A.S.H.” — The Mash.


(3) “We are glass” — Gary Numan. (4) “Over you” — Roxy Music.


4. 5. 6.


.'Street and Wellgate will also be closed.


to traffic.from 11 a.m. are: Castle Street, Market Place, York Street, King Lane, King Street, New Market Street, Parson Lane, Moor Lane and Castle Gate. From noon; Church Brow, Church


been won. in direct com­ petition with firms of all sizes underlines the valu­ able contribution enter­ prising small companies make to : our economy. I am delighted your firm’s contribution has been publicly acknowledged.” The company this week


v (2) “What’s another year” —Johnny Logan.


10! (6) “Crying” - Don McLean 11 (_ ) “Don’t make waves. — Nolans. 12 (121 “You’ll always find me in the kitchen parties” — Jona Lewie.


7' (15) “No doubt about it” — Hot Chocolate. s' (_) “Funky town” — Lipps Inc. 9" (8) “Mirror in the bathroom” — The Beat.


10 (71 “Hold on to my love —Jimmy Ruffin. '


16' (191 “D-a-a-ance” — Lambrettas. 17* (101 “Midnight dynamos — Matchbox. .


unveiled its latest pattern book at a big exhibition in London. It is. showing its large range of textile wall coverings at “Wall-fashion ’80,” the country’s top wallcoverings exhibition.


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14' (111 “Geno" — Dexy’s Midnight Runners., t t ' r__\ “You gave me love” — Crown Heights Affair.


- “In the night’-’ — Barbara Dickson. LP of the week: “Hot wax” — Various Artists. Chart compiled by Ames


iQ* /__1 “Let’s get serious —Jermaine Jackson. iq* (__V‘Tm alive” — Electric Light Orchestra. on* (201 “ Nobody’s heroes ■ — Stiff Little Fingers., T a s t week’s placings are in brackets. Tip for the top:


Record Bar.


(5) “Rat race" — Specials. (9) “She’s'out of my life — Michael Jackson.


Rural District councillor for more than six years before the reorganisation of local government.


She was a Clitheroe


time, Mrs Brown likes to read and knit — and she has plenty of family to


When she has any spare


make items for. The couple have three


children, Mr Francis Charles Brown," of Hurst Green, Mrs Sheila Mar­ garet Mary Duckett, of Lower Hodder, and Mrs Mary Josephine Pinder, of Burnley. There are 12 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. As Mrs Brown has so


windows led to court


WH E N a L a n g h o businessman’s wife left him and went to live in the home of another man, he went round to the house and smashed 12


windows. Br ian Leigh (44), of


Whalley Road, Langho,


pleaded guilty at Darwen M a g i s t r a te s C o u r t to damaging the windows at Mr Alan Pye’s home at H i g h e r S u n n y h u r s t House, Tockholes.


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Ibbotson, said Leigh was suffering from severe de­ pression at the time be­ cause his wife would not return to him and their two children. The court heard that he


had thrown a stone at the bedroom window of Mr Pye’s house sometime after midnight to attract his wife’s attention when she had refused to answer the door.- Said Mr Ibbotson: “He


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had built up a good busi­ ness over the years and he was sure nothing like this would happen again. It was purely a domestic incident.


Farm tour


CLITHEROE YFC’s final m e e t in g b e fo re th e summer break took mem­ bers on a trip round Intake Farm, Embsay, by invitation of Mr E. Wall- bank and his sons. Supper was served


after the walk by Mrs Wallbank. Thanks wc expressed by John Thorn- ber and Susan Clarkson.


41 Also self-build kits * Canopies, hearths and ,dog grates in stock


many friends through her membership of organisa­


* Cas log fires on permanent display


tions, the couple are hold­ ing “open house” on Saturday. Their own pri­ vate celebration will take place on Sunday ‘ when they are going out for a meal.


CINEMA


THE headlines of the recent past come to life in “Good Guvs Wear Black,” this week's film attraction at Clitheroe Civic Hall. Secret negotiations, State Department cover-ups and a politically inspired murder plot are some of the ingredients of an action-packed drama.


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