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A look at Clitheroe in the


old days


WHAT nearly make! Since


a difference 150 years


able direction, while more than doubling its popula­ tion. The Advertiser and


Clitheroe grown


th e 1830s, has certainly every conceiv­


Times is able to draw this fascinating comparison with yesteryear thanks to a map and report, pub­ lished in April 1837, which have been sent by a reader. They were issued by


population was estimated at 6,000 (Clitheroe’s pre­ sent figure is 13,000), with the Parliamentary division population nearer 10,000. People in the outlying


In 1837, the borough’s


in d u s t r ie s , says the report. I t also s ta te s :


the Municipal Corporation Boundaries Commission of England and Wales fol­ lowing the Reform Act seven years earlier, which


called for the clarification of boundaries.


THIS was Clitheroe in the 1830s with the present town boundaries superimposed.


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of houses in every town could be established — an important figure, as it de­ termined how many MPs an area could have. The map itself shows at


This meant the number


a g lan ce th e way Clitheroe has developed since the middle of last century right up to the present. Over the years, housing


areas were mainly em­ ployed in agriculture, while those in Clitheroe worked in manufacturing


better has taken place in its appearance within a few years and there is every prospect of further improvement.” C o n s eq u en t ly , the report declined to recom­


“Clitheroe -is rapidly in­ creasing in wealth and im­ portance. “A great change for the


mend any changes in the borough’s boundaries, but instead suggested that the limits of the town and the sur rounding borough should be clear. In addition, it is noted


PRESENT-day Clitheroe


Crash clean-up for Whalley burial ground


has stretched away from the centre of town at every angle, becoming particularly concentrated in the Henthorn and Low Moor areas. The report comments


that Clitheroe was not lit, but a gas company was soon to be set up. There was a good supply of water, though, with four wells in different parts of the town, as well as sev­ eral springs.


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Chipping man helping needy in Brazil


A CHIPPING man, 22-year-old Joseph Howson, is helping to meet a desperate need for mechanics in a far-flung corner of one of the world’s poorest regions. Joseph’s work as a vol­


Santa Filomena,NorthEast Brazil, ranges from re­ pairing vehicles tha t break down in the bush, to driving the sick to hos­ pital.


untary lay missionary at


helping missionary Fr Sean Myers, is about 200 miles from the nearest major road.


Santafilona, where he is


stay in Brazil, he is help­ ing the underprivileged people of the district to learn the skills of his trade.


During his two-year


driver mechanic came this week after 14 people from his home village raised £339 in aid of Fr Myers’ fund to help the needy of this Brazilian region. Joseph, an auto electri­


News of his work as a


Accountant with cement company


A MAN who worked for Ribblesdale Cement for many years, Mr Harold Johnson Wigglesworth, has died, aged 69. Mr Wigglesworth, who


was also a trained musi­ cian, was employed as an assistant accountant at Ribblesdale for 25 years until his retirement in 1979. Born at Waddington, he


borough of Clitheroe. Al­ ready a local Parliamen­ tary boundary had been drawn up, taking in Dow- nham, Chatburn, Wor- ston, Mearley, Pendleton, “Mellon Henthorn”, Wis- well and Whalley.


report, rate figures from 1837 make interesting reading. The county rate in


At the end of the


Clitheroe for the previous y e a r am ounted to £213.12s. Id. — equal to a levy of about 9d in the £. There was no borough


rate in those days, and the whole valuation of the town at the rack-rent was nearly £12,000.


Pigeon fanciers on alert for killer disease


CLITHEROE Homing close watch following pigeon-killer disease has Cases of the disease,


known as the Parmyxo virus, which can prove fatal within hours have now been confirmed in Cornwall. The society, which has


Society is keeping a confirmation that a spread to England,


in case any orders are issued. Members were very


28 members, scrapped its Continental racing season in June because of the outbreak there — the first-time it has had to do this in peacetime. Mr Derrick Kay, a


learned to play the trum­ pet at the then Royal Manchester College of Music and became an as­ sociate of the college. He studied under the


conductor Harry Mor­ timer, but the second world war interrupted his musical career. He served as a sergeant


disappointed about not being able to go to France, particularly for the Blue Ribbon race from Nantes, the pigeon fancier’s equivalent to the Derby.


member of the society for many years, said: “We send our pigeons to France and Spain in June and early July but for the rest of the year race them in England.” So far the Ministry of


Hodder Valley Show boost


Agriculture has not put any ban on racing in Eng­ land, except in Cornwall. So the society’s August


in the Pioneer Corps and because of his knowledge of Italian was responsible for the welfare of Italian prisoners of war. After the war he re­


cian, is the son of Mrsi Catherine Howson, of Kirklands, Chipping, and the late Mr John Howson. He helped to run the


village youth club and is a member of St Mary’s RC Church, Chipping.


turned to Clitheroe and trained for accountancy work. Mr W ig g le sw o r th


leaves a wife and two chil­ dren. A service at Pleasing-


ton today will be followed by cremation.


programme has been un­ affected, and on Saturday members travelled to Worcester for a meeting. This provided a photo­


A CLAY pigeon shoot and coffee evening at the Thorneyholme Hotel Dunsop Bridge, has given a boost of over £200 to this year’s Hodder Valley Show. Money from the shoot


finish when, after flying more than 100 miles, there was less than a yard between pigeons owned by Mr Harry Chatburn, of Newton Street, and Mr David Parker, of West


THE Whalley and Wiswell Joint Burials Com­ mittee has embarked on a crash clean-up prog­ ramme to tidy up the cemetery.


complaints about its state after the contract of the man who kept it trim for nearly seven years — a 75-year-old pensioner — was terminated in April, and the committee was unable to arrange for the work to be continued. Committee chairman Mr Geoff Mitchell said


Visitors had lodged Showtime


THE annual handicraft and produce show held by Rimington WI takes place


on Saturday. The show, in the village’s Memorial In­ stitute, will be opened by Mrs M. G a rn e t t , of Clitheroe.


that a paid volunteer has been found to tidy up bor­ ders and edges, remove jrass from between the le a d s to n e s and kill weeds. He said the committee


Another festival of arts


THE Ribble Valley is to have another Arts Festi­ val in the week com­ mencing October 17th. The Civic Hall will be


available to local organ­ isations wishing to stage an event and details are available from Mr Brian Manning or Mr Bruce Dowles at the Ribble Valley Council offices. Provisional arrange­


CLITHEROlt Michael Dixi Lawson (7c/1 school holidt use and or<7<i| elephan t


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ments have already been made for a repeat of the ballet and dance festival — organised by Kay Thurston, of Slaidburn — which last year at­ tracted 700 entries.


hoped to have the burial ground back to its “proper s ta te ” by the end of autumn. There would be a meeting on August 24th to review progress and if necessary extend the crash programme. The committee hoped to


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have the same man avail­ able afterwards, one day a week for the rest of the year.Criticism about the state of the cemetery and the termination of the pensioner’s contract came from Mr Gordon Swin­ dells, of Whalley Old Road, Billington.


to have blundered and now finds it very difficult to sort out the mess,” said Mr Swindells whose mother Florence is buried at the cemetery. According to Mr Swin­


“The committee appears


dells the letter of notice to the pensioner told him the committee wanted a contract gardener because of extra work at the burial ground. The pensioner had been


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Avenue, a Micha el nl School. att| Bleasdale attends Erfi.l held their s/tl Spar snpen»,[ nett Road, the items fn >|


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eig h t, p rc| money to Cowl. John Tuesday.


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some of tr undertaken i cadets from detachment training pr[ Nescliffe, n| bury. Mark Rod|


Shaw Gan Limbert (1 Avenue, boi Jason Wear Shaw House ley and Rich (14), of Heyi shire, joine Lancashire for the fo| camp. While at


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the Territori I in Shropshir j undertook tests. Mark Roc|


happy to do the job for about £14 a month, but the lowest sum quoted by a contractor was around £44 a week, said Mr Swin­ dells. Mr Mitchell, however,


and coffee evening — blessed with fine weather last Thursday — will help fund the show which takes place at Newton on September 10th. The coffee evening at­


View, Clitheroe. In the meantime regu­


lar contact is being main­ tained with the Ministry


t ra c t io n s included a wheel-of-fortune, tombola, raffle and darts competi­ tion. Show committee members and Slaidburn Young Farmers manned the stalls.


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denied that the fee sought by the contractor was the reason for not taking it up.


made strenuous efforts to find a suitable permanent replacement and only re­ cently had it managed to arrange for the backlog of grass cutting to be done.


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WERE you in the class of ’53 at Ribblesdale School.


. If you were a first former at the school that year, old girls Mrs Violet Leach (nee Jones) and . Mrs Sylvia Coward (nee Brownrigg) have just the thing to help you take a


trip down memory lane. For they have been


former pupils ' from 30 years ago, as well as their old teachers, have prom­ ised to attend.


busy organising a reunion, at the Sun Inn, Wadding­ ton, a week tomorrow.. So far, more than!60


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school had about 100 new pupils in its first year in 1953.


Mrs Leach believes the


or so who did not know about the get-together and fancy meeting old school chums, then ring


If you are one of the 40


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