/ 4 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, December 24th, 1980. the Bench l i i


- CLITHEROE :e magistrate lk Mr Stanley'Westhead. has j. ^retired after 20 years’ ser-V' vice, • the'; last (eight:fas.’ - /chair man Vof -the^1 local: ■ bench.


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'■ And iwhile/.sorry to , . leave,' Mr?Westhead .' con-’*- siders it a good:thing that magistrates retire at 70.. ’ ■ “With the best will in


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the world, one' cannot have the; same • sympathy


.or understanding .of con-;; -temporary.;.trends and . : thought,” he said.


Mr Westhead,’ who at-/" X , v A M ERRY CHRISTM AS


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JUDITH (17) IS OFF TO


THE PALACE


ONE of the youngest people in Clitheroe to gain the Duke of Edinburgh Gold award, Judith Dixon was presented with her badge by the Rev. Stanley Birtwell, during a service in Clitheroe Parish Hall.


Judith (17), is the eldest


daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Dixon, of Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. She is looking forward


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to receiving her certificate at Buckingham Palace' in the New Year — especial­ ly as it will be the silver anniversary year of the award scheme.


Her parents share her


eagerness and hope to be present at the ceremony. Normally only one parent is invited, but Judith’s mother, Mrs Brenda Dixon, who is also captain of the 2nd Clitheroe Parish Church Guides, is the you th lead e r of Judith’s award training group.


J u d ith g a in ed her


Queen’s Guide badge in 1977 and her bronze and silver Duke of Edinburgh awards in the last two years. Through her involve­


ment with the-award, she has travelled extensively in England and made many friends. She is now working for her A-levels at Clitheroe Grammar School and hopes to con­ tinue her studies on an Arts Foundation course. Judith is still closely


connected with the Guide unit as a young leader and spends .her spare time with the Clitheroe Ven­ ture Scout unit, of which she has been a member for more than a year. She also b e lo n g s to th e Clitheroe Scout and Guide Canoe Club. ,


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WHEN Mrs Nellie Gold­ smith, of Park Avenue, Clitheroe, • invites her friends for afternoon tea, she will remember h e r c o l le a g u e s at Trutex.


For on her retirement


after 45 years with the firm, she was presented with a silver-plated tea service and a canteen of cutlery from the man­ agement.


Also at the presenta­


tion, made by Henthorn works manager Mr


Peter Rush,; she re­ ceived a handbag from workmates.


Mrs Goldsmith, a


machinist, was employed at the Waterloo factory before moving to the 1 Henthorn works three years ago.


She and her husband,


Arthur, a semi-retired ; gardener, have a ■ son, Eric, who has been a driver at Trutex for 20 years. Mrs Goldsmith is now


looking . forward to a well-earned rest. In our'picture, Mr


Rush presents the tea service to Mrs Gold­ smith, watched by gen­ eral manager Mr Clive Dunford and workmates.


No doubt about Santa!


WHEN I was a small boy attending the old Council School in Clitheroe, like every other youngster of my age, as Christmas ap- proached, I grew more and more excited. All my young friends in ■


the “bottom school” felt


.exactly the same. We chattered about the treats and delights in store — before school, at playtime, after school and, if unob­ served, during school as well. It was quite impossible


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to give attention to ordi­ nary lessons, but such- tasks as cutting coloured paper into strips to make garlands were undertaken with zest and enthusiasm. Our. lips grew sticky with the sweet gum with which the paper was coated, but this minor discomfort was disregarded; Christmas was coming, Santa would soon, be here, stockings and pillowcases would be filled to overflowing. Then came the bomb­


shell. Some of the boys — horrible, creatures — in the top school told us we . were ju s t s i lly k id s , - babies. It was all make- believe. These was no -- Santa Claus. How-ridicul- ■ ous can you get? We didn’t believe them,


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was very; - very tired, I still didn’t drop off. The night hours seemed to crawl by more slowly than a battalion' of lame and aged snails.


. I. heard the marble clock on- the- mantelshelf in the dining room strike eight, nine, 10 and 11. I had never been awake so late before, but still I kept my eyes open. It was the most terrific struggle, but I was deter­ mined to find out and I won. I was determined to beat those boys in the big school.


The s tr e e t and the


house grew silent; streets and houses never were very noisy in those days, in. any case. Radio and television had yet ■


cloak, white beard; all exactly like the pictures in my rainbow.annual. The light faded, the


door was pulled softly closed and all was still and silent once more. I lay still for a few mi­


nutes and then. pushed back the covers and crawled towards the foot of the bed, feeling for those thrilling bundles with trembling hands. Yes, there-they were, all sorts of mysterious bumps and shapes. I was satisfied. It was


all true. It was the big boys- who were sillies. I had been right all the time. .. . I crept back- between


the blankets and went to sleep. I will not tell you of all the excitements when I awoke a few hours later. • Now, of course, because


to be


invented and if we saw more than • a c ou p le of' motorcars a • day it was a remarkable1 occasion. I began to wish ‘I could


: sleep —- just for a few- minutes, perhaps, but still slumber evaded me.


•' And then; it must have


of course. Nobody could be so cruel and unfeeling. ; as to deceive us in this manner but, all the same; little doubts were sown. , So I took my decision.' I


determined to stay awake all Christmas Eve, just to make certain. My elder . brother and I went early to bed when that special- night arrived and were,. soon snug and warm. '; But:I didn’t go to sleep! :.;


There was a thrilling ting-l::? ling in my; tummy; - not-;


been very, very early in the morning, I heard a little noise on the landing. My heart beat more q u ick ly than e v e r . . “Father Christmas won’t1


-come until you are1 fast asleep,” I-had been .told; • but: I . wanted to know.. I


: kept , one-,eye. -open the. ; merest fraction of an inch. • -


S low ly , th e door


./creaked open. I- heard soft - : footsteps,;-: saw - the - - light' from the- flickering, candle,-; caught the,pungent-.smell


. only my tummy — it filled • .my arms, my legs, my .chest; my whole body. • My heart pounded as’ never before and although.: I closed my eyes, for I •


; of, the . sherry: - that' had - - been left for Santa’s con­ sumption;1 felt' a ,,heavy something- placed !at the- foot of the bed.


’ •’ And I saw him! Red


I know, I sleep soundly on Christmas Eve. The excitement/ fades when you get older and many, many years have passed since the night I : saw Santa with my own two, eyes. Now I know all about it. I know, too, that the


Spirit of Christmas lives son and that Santa still con tin u es h is annual visits. For just a few days every year, a couple of weeks perhaps-at the mo s t, the wonderful Christmas spirit fills the hearts of all Christian men and women. We become warmer,


more fr ien d ly ,- more understanding, ’ kindlier people. Smiles come more quickly to our 1 faces, ■ our handclasp is', firmer, more


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sincere.- 'We live- in'.a1 better world. ' ' ’


-January - and with1 it ' the glory ■


I wonder if, perhaps


this ryear;I we' couldn’t keep-him'out of bed just


.that little bit longer? :


J.F.


: But’only for a few. days.: /December; -'fades /into;


seems; goes‘ into/ hiberna­ tion.1-!


; departs., ;>Santa;r‘\ it v ". '


MU members pay a vocal tribute


AN appropriate ’ vocal 'tribute chanted to a psalm tune was paid to the Rev. Alec Harpur and- his wife Eve at Whalley Mothers’. Union dinner in the Abbey Conference House. .'


F i f t y - e ig h t branch


members gathered - to make their farewells to th e V ic a r and Mrs' Harpur, their enrolling member. They presented her with' a garden token for £50 and a house plant.


- The “psalm,” sung by 15 members, described the arrival of the versatile couple in December 1967, their settling in at the vicarage and the “wind of change’’ brought by their coming in the shape of renovations to the school and organ, , blue robes for ’


ro u n d & a b o u t


the choir and proper use of the choir stalls.


It featured Mrs Har-


: pur’s zeal for embroidery and flower arranging in the church and the “Gal­ loping Vicar’s” appear­ ances in the E a s te r pageant and old-time music halls.


The entertainment also included a version of the


pantomime “Sleeping Beauty.”


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partyf organii treasurer Mr r o met 'of baI released; mil children’s amt


tended his last) court on Thursday,- said demands1', on local magistrates were;/ now’much more challeng-’ ing and that was one reason why training had become so important. The work of the domestic :, courts was even more specialised. ‘ The number of serious crimes in the area was happily, not as large as in the bigger towns and this, he felt; was. partly due to the good environment and the size of the-population. People. endeavoured to


preserve their self-re­ spect. Most of the appear­ ances before the courts were for traffic offences and it was only right and proper that the drink- driver was dealt with most severely. Paying tribute to Mr


m m m i ■ MR WESTHEAD ’


Westhead before the be­ ginning of Thursday’s ’ court, Mr David Yorke, of Hall Foot, Worston,. who succeeds him as chairman, said members of - the bench had benefited from his experience, advice and good humour.


- He had shown all the


a t tr ib u te s of a good magistrate — good judg­ ment,1 compassion and understanding. Mr P e te r N u t ta l l ,


magistrates’ clerk, de­ scribed Mr Westhead as “synonymous with local


ju s t ic e” and Mr John Lumley, for the advo­ cates , and Insp. Bill Moore, for the police, also paid tribute.


■ MR YORICE , . ■ “We have found ■ you


very fair and it has been'a pleasure to appear before you,” said-Mr Lumley.-


Acknowledging the tri­


butes, Mr Westhead said he had enjoyed the com­ panionship of his collea­ gues and ,it had been a great pleasure to work with them.


'He thanked Mr Nuttall


for the benefit of his legal experience and the exem­ plary manner in which he conducted the business of the court. The confidence he inspired was incalcul­ able.


Mr Westhead, who re­


tired three months ago as managing director of the


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■ particular, - where -there are geological features of significant interest.1 Mr Yorke (53), - senior


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-have two sons, John (22) and Charles (16) and, a daughter, Sophia (20). Deputy chairmen will


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