Clitheroe 2231 10 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, September 22nd, 1983


Club marks of ser^eiiiiliiili


NEXT month marks a milestone in the his­ tory of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe. The 43 members will be


celebrating its golden


jubilee with dinner at the Stirk House Hotel, Gis­ burn, on October 19th and the previous Sunday there will be a public service of thanskgiving at Trinity Methodist Church. The non-political, non­


sectarian movement, founded in Chicago, was already more than 25 years old by the time it came to Clitheroe under the wings of the Black­ burn Club.


NUMBERS Since then, every week,


members have met for lunch on a Thursday to foster the aims of the movement — the object of Rotary being divided into four parts covering per­ sonal friendships, service to the community, high ethical business standards and international co-oper­ ation. In 1933, Clitheroe was


one o f 3,611 clubs throughout the world, with a total membership of 147,000. Today there are 20,196 clubs (920,250 members) in 157 coun­ tries. In Britain alone there are 1,490 clubs, with 60,891 members. In its 50 years, thanks to people’s generosity, the


club has raised thousands of pounds for local, na­ tional and international charities and appeals — perhaps a side of Rotary with which the public is most familiar.


AID Clitheroe Physiotherapy


Centre has been given several items of equip­ ment and previous anni­ versaries of the club and movement were marked by the presentation of the d epu ty Mayor of Clitheroe’s chain and the clock in the foyer of the Ribble Valley Council offices.


From its charity funds


the club has also come to the aid of disaster victims from all over the world and currently provides a box containing items for use in an emergency, for immediate despatch wherever there is a crisis. The club has also funded eye camps in India.


But alongside these


tangible examples goes much unsung work on behalf of the community. This ranges from regu­ larly helping out with


transport of the infirm, handicapped and elderly, to providing spy holes and safety chains for old people.


club is now involved in the distribution of food parcels to the elderly, but


Every Christmas the


£100 fine for man who


damaged car


A BIRTHDAY celebration which “got out of hand” led to a Chatburn man being fined £100 at Clitheroe for damaging a car.


Obtained meal by


deception


A COLNE man who paid by cheque for a meal at a Gisburn Restaurant knew there w'as no money in the bank ac coun t , Clitheroe magistrates were told. For obtaining by decep­


tion a meal valued at £11.75, Michael Joseph O’Connor (31), of Hill Street, was fined £50. He asked for two similar off­ ences to be taken into consideration. Mr Philip Howard, pro­


secuting, said that O’Con­ nor ordered a meal for himself and two friends and paid for it by cheque on an account named “M. and J. Fruit.” There was no money in the account. In a statement to


police, O’Connor said he opened the account to start a market stall, but due to problems it never went ahead. He was ordered to pay


£31.85 restitution and £25 costs.


Keith Hargreaves (22), of Darkwood Crescent,


was also ordered to pay £415 compensation and


£25 costs. Mr Philip Howard, pro­ secuting, said that in the


early hours of the morn­ ing police noticed a car in Chatburn


Road,


Clitheroe, sticking out on to the pavement from the drive. The driver’s door was


open and had been exten­ sively damaged where it had touched the gate post. Some of the body­ work was also damaged


and the aerial bent. Inquiries led to Har­


greaves being interviewed and he told the police he had been drunk and for some reason decided to sit in the car. He could not remember


what happened, but the car started to go back and the door hit the gate post. Mr Peter Houghton, de­


fending, said the incident happened on his client’s 22nd birthday. He had been out with friends and had had far in excess of what he usually drank. “Drink seems to have


been his downfall,” said Mr Houghton.


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in its earlier days it used to distribute sacks gf coal to the aged and infirm.


The club started with


27 members who met at the Starkie Arms from 1933 to 1980, with the ex­ ception of a period from 1942, when meetings were held in a room at the then Wesleyan (now Trinity) Methodist School. Lunch was served by members from the local war-time British Restaurant held in the School Hall.


VENUES There was also a short


period in 1947 when the club met at the Dog and Partridge, Wellgate. From early 1980 the


club held its meetings at the Castle Restaurant until its closure in June, 1983, and it now meets at the Swan and Royal Hotel. F o r the past few


months two of the club’s senior members, past presidents Tom Rushton and Frank Moon,. have been researching into its history. One of the main sources


about the old days is the weekly bulletin, the


Cliderhow, of which there have been more than 2,000 issues.


INNER WHEEL Over the years the club


has been responsible for several offspring — with involvement in the forma­ tion of Clitheroe Round Table (1958), the founding of the Probus Club (1970), the Rotary Club of Rib- blesdale (1977) and the Ribble Valley Rotaract Club (1979). And without the club,


of course, there could not have been a branch of Inner Wheel, a club for the wives of Rotarians. The Clitheroe Inner


Wheel, under the pres­ idency of Mrs Pat Haigh, is also celebrating its 50th birthday in November, with a dinner at Stirk


House. The Inner Wheelers


give unstintingly of their time to help the men’s fund-raising and other ac­ tivities and, in their own right, have been respons­ ible for much excellent charity and community service work in the town.


KNITTING


membered with affection by some members, is when the Rotary Club adopted a mine-layer during the last war. The ladies used to hold


One period, still re­


knitting parties and send parcels of helmets, jum­ pers, socks and the like, as well as magazines and cigarettes, to the crews of a succession of mine­ layers. During its existence the


Rotary club has had more than 200 individual mem­ bers drawn from the ranks of business and pro­ fessional men, many of whom also serve the town in a variety of voluntary capacities. Their gold and blue


Rotary badge — a wheel of friendship — entitles them to visit Rotary clubs anywhere in the world.


SERVICE President Peter Nuttall


is hoping that some of these former members will be able to attend the 50th anniversary dinner, along with Rotarians from throughout the north west. And he is also hoping


that many local people will join members in the thanksgiving service, which will be conducted by Rtn the Rev. Jim Needham, the Clitheroe Methodist Circuit superin­ tendent. “The club has had


wonderful 50 years serv­ ing the town and looks forward to another equal­ ly fruitful half-century ” says Rtn Nuttall.


THERE were 162 newly-calved cows and heifers forward in the dairy’ section at Gisburn Auc­ tion Mart on Thursday. Newly-calved cow prizes


went to J. H. Howard (£720), and R. B. Clarke (£780) and heifer prizes to R. Shackleton (£800) and F. H. Wrathall (£745). Newly-calved Friesian cows


made to £785 (average (£590) and heifers to £800 (£599). There were 10 animals in the


in-calf section. BW October cul­ vers made to £648 and BW December calvers to £615. Forward in the calf section


were 458 animals. Friesian bulls made to £129 (£64.05), h e ife r s to £90 (£ 4 5 .8 0 ) , Hereford X bulls to £174 (£131), heifers to £84 (£48). Charolais X bulls to £218 (£148.90), heifers to £145 (£87.15), Black Polly bulls to £88 (£51.05), heifers to £78 (£46.45), Limousin X-bulls to £146 (£106.65), heifers to £100 (£75). Weaned calves: Beef X bulls


made to £302 (£238) and heifers to £155 (£132.60). In the sale of store pigs


there were 17 animals forward, making to £25.50. There were 428 cattle, 4,557


sheep and 16 pigs forward in the fatstock section. Certified clean cattle: Light


steers made to 104.2p (96.4p), medium to 109.8p (94.8p), light heifers to 100.8p (86.5p), medium to 102.2p (87.5p) heavy to 103.2p (86.5p). Uncertified cattle: Young


bulls made to 135.2p (109.9p), light steers to 105.8p (98.6p), light heifers to 80.2p (73.6p), heavy to 81.2p (79p). Fat cows


• made to 85.2p (66.6p) and fat bulls to 79.8p (77.9p). Sheep: Light lambs made to


137p (124.9p), standard to 137.5p (129.8p), medium to 139p (125.6p), heavy to 130.5p


(117.6p). Light shearlings made to


l$4p (115.2p), heavy averaged 101.5p, fat ewes made to £32.60 (£17.35) and rams to £34.20 (£25.25). Pigs: Porkers made to 72.2p


(71.7p), cutters to 72.2p (72p) and one fat sow made £80.


Graveyard repairs to cost £600


WHALLEY’S Parochial


Church ’Council has ap­ proved a £600 sum for restoration work on the parish churchyard. The money is for work


on gravestones laid flat by the Vicar, the Rev. Michael Ackroyd, during a “safety check.” Eight headstones and


two crosses were broken during the investigation, which he carried out fol­ lowing a fatal accident in an East Lancashire chur­ chyard. Mr Ackroyd said of the


PCC’s decision: “Obvious­ ly these gravestones are not tidy as they are. We have to do something.” The PCC is now await­


ing guidelines from the Council for the Care of Churches on ways of tack­ ling the job. Said Mr A ck ro y d :


“Having got these, we shall then be discussing


with the parish council the precise details of what ought to be done.”


GISBURN AUCTION PRICES


“ FOR the Love o f Shakespeare,” the first


joint effort by Whalley Church Players and Abbey staff, finishes its three-night run at the Abbey Conference House tonight until a virtual sell-out. F ea tu r ed are


tracted about 1,100 people.


Pictured at the dress


Shakespearean extracts dealing with love in its various forms, as por­ trayed in plays rang­ ing from “Romeo and Juliet" to “As You Like It." After the drama, the


audience will tuck in to a carved buffet laid on by the Abbey. The venture follows


the success of the Play­ ers’ presentation of “A


Midsummer Night’s Dream” three years ago in the Abbey grounds, which at­


rehearsal are, from the left: Back — Stephanie Williams (J u l ie t ) , Craig Worthington (Romeo), John Caton (S l iy lo c k ) , -A lan Mercer (Antonio from “ The Merchant o f V en ic e ” ) , Michael Taylor (The Duke from “ The Merchant o f Venice”), Philip Caton (Bassanio), Liz Caton (Katharine from “The Taming of the Shrew"). Front — Brian Slow, Jean Foivles (Portia), producer Eric Holden and Virginia Harrison (Nerissa).


Stage manager is


David Chambers and curtain up is at 7-30 p.m.


Trade union stalwart


dies at 81 A LOW Moor man who received a medal


earlier this year to mark 50 years’ connection with the trade union movement has died in hospital aged 81. Mr William Seedle was


a member and official of the local branch of the old Plumbers’ and Glaziers’ Union which is now part of the giant EEPTU. He was presented with


his award by union rep­ resentatives at his home at Salthill Road. After leaving the vil­


lage school at Low Moor, Mr Seedle served his ap­ prenticeship as a plumber with a Clitheroe firm. He later left to work


for John Watson and Sons, York Street, where he spent the next 40 years. Because of a knee complaint he had to leave his trade and worked at Castle Castings until he reached retiring age. Mr Seedle liked all out­


door pursuits and was a former p re sid ent of Clitheroe Clarion Cycling Club as well as being a keen rambler, b ird ­ w a tch e r and photo grapher. During the second


world war he was put in charge of Italian prison- ers-of-war detailed to dig ditches so that water sup­ plies could be laid on to outlying farms in the Clitheroe area. He was also a sergeant


in the local Home Guard. He leaves a wife and a


son and daughter. A service will precede


cremation at Accrington today.


Two fined for litter


offences


FOR riding a bicycle on the bowling green in Clitheroe Castle grounds, Darren Dobson was fined £20 with £6 costs by the town’s magistrates. Dobson (18), of Henth-


om Road, Clitheroe, was also fined £10 with £6 costs for dropping litter. . He was seen by police to drop a silver-coloured container into Heald Well in Wellgate and declined to pick up the litter when asked to, do so. Dobson told the court


that he had not been asked to pick it up. For a similar offence of


dropping litter in Heald Well, Shaun Hodges (18) o f Conway Avenue, Clitheroe, was fined £10 with £6 costs.


Chemists’ rota


TODAY and tomorrow W. D. Green, Railway View, Clitheroe,'' will be open until 6-30 p.m Sunday: Selles, Church Street, noon to 1 p.m, Monday to Friday until 6- 30 p.m.


Organisers of fete loping


for good weather


ATTRACTIONS ranging from an egg-throwing con­ test to a competition to


find the most unusual pet beckon on Saturday at C l ith e ro e Cast le Fete . . . weather permit­


ting- Organisers are hoping , .


the sun will have his hat on for an extravaganza that had to be postponed earliei: this month because o f gales and squally showers. Starting at 1 p.m., it


embraces a tug-of-war, five-a-side soccer finals, a demonstration by Trinity Judo Club, children’s sports, seven-a-side net- ball, and more. Fete organisers, Trinity Youth and Community


Centre, hope to raise around £500 towards the cost of major extensions to their building. An extra attraction has


been planned for Saturday night — a Caribbean


evening at Calderstones Ballroom. The “mini-marathon


event” with three and five mile races, has beenre-ar-


ranged for October 4th, starting and finishing at the Lowergate car park.


Youth tried to take socks from


clothes line A CLITHEROE youth leaned over a garden wall to try and take a pair of socks from a washing line because his own were full of holes and he could not afford to buy any, the town’s magistrates were told. Mr Philip Howard, pro


secuting Thomas Idris Smalley (19), of Tower Hill, for attempting to steal clothes from a line, said that the defendant had explained his actions in a statement to police. The washing had been


hanging on a line in the garden of a house in Buc- cleuch Avenue and Smal­ ley said he had attempted to take the socks on the spur of the moment. The magistrates de­


‘Spur of moment’ theft


from pub


AN incident in which two bottles of w'hisky, some cigars and cigarettes were taken from the store room of the Talbot Hotel, Chip­ ping, was a foolish act done on the spur of the moment, Clitheroe magis­ trates were told. For burglary and theft


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Drinks at club no longer barred


MEMBERS of Clitheroe’s new snooker club can now relax — or calm their nerves — with a drink, following a Crown Court decision to grant it a licence. The decision overturns


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Clitheroe magistrates’ re­ fusal, in July, of a licence for J.R.’s Snooker Club in Waterloo Road, following claims that it would en­ coura g e und e r -ag e drinking. Owner Mr R o b e r t


Poole, whose appeal to the Crown Court was backed by a petition con­ taining 150 signatures of senior club members, was busy this week setting up a bar in the former Pal


ladium bingo hall. “When I didn’t get the


licence, I concentrated on the juniors’ facilities,”he said. “Now I’ll have to make things more com­ fortable for the seniors.” The centre contains an upstairs pool room for


juniors, leaving more room downstairs for the nine snooker tables. The club has more than


330 members and Mr Poole is hoping to expand that number to about 500 He has also applied to enter two teams in the C l ith e ro e Snooker League, which starts shortly.


FIELDING — BROWN Nursery nurse Miss


Christine Susan Brown was married to police con­ stable Ian Craig Fielding at SS Michael and John’s RC Church, Clitheroe, on Saturday. The b r id e is the


younger daughter of Mr and Mrs T. C. Brown, of Henthorn R o a d , Clitheroe. The bridegroom is the


younger son of Mrs J. Fielding, of Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe. The bride, given away


by her father, wore an ivory moire taffeta gown with a crinoline skirt and trimming of guipure lace. She canned a bouquet of orchids, gypsophila and ivy leaves. Bridesmaids were Miss


Jacqueline Ann Brown, the bride’s sister, Miss


Gail Sedgewick and Miss


Sarah Byrne. They wore long pink


moire taffeta dresses and had headdresses matching their bouquets of pink roses, gypsophila and ivy leaves. Best man was Mr


School! headr


Duncan Fielding, the bridegroom’s brother, groomsman was Mr David Tattersall and usher was Mr Mark Nuttall. The ceremony was con­


ducted by Fr J. Lakeland and organist was Mrs H. Crompton. Following a reception at


the Black Bull Hotel, Rimington, the couple left for a honeymoon in the Lake District. They are to live in


Rawtenstall. Photograph: P y e ’ s,


Clitheroe.


Former mayoress of town dies


FORMER Mayoress of Dugdale died on Tuesday


in a p u b l ic house Jonathan Mark Hindle (18), of Thurlmere Road Preston, was fined £100. Dennis Michael Parker (20), of Downey Street


Preston, was also fined £100 for receiving stolen


goods. Mr Winston Howard


prosecuting, said that while playing pool in the pub they noticed that the storeroom door was open Hindle had a look round and later went back and took some items, but Parker did not take any part in the theft. Later Hindle, an ex policeman’s son who had to give up his job due to ill-health, had sold some of the items. The offence had been


earned out on the spur of the moment, said Mr Howard. Each defendant was or­


dered to pay £18.80 com­ pensation and £25 costs.


Bound over


AT Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court Christopher John


Norgrove (20), of Ribble Lane, Chatburn, was bound over to keep the peace for two years in the sum of £200. The magistrates’ deci­


cided to defer .sentence until January on Smalley, who was in breach of a probation order.


sion came after the with­ drawal of a summons against Norgrove, alleg­ ing that at Waddington he used threatening words and behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace.


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MEMBERS o f West Bradford WI celebrated their branch’s 16th birthday in fine style with a party in the vil­


lage’s sports pavilion. President Miss Kath­ leen Hanson cut the cake, baked and iced by Mrs Barba ra


Kitchen. After refreshments,


p r o v id e d . by Mrs Buckle, of Rimington, there was a beetle


drive. In the picture Miss


Hanson cuts the cake su r rou n d ed members.


by Mrs Dugdale, who was •


the last surviving founder member o f Clitheroe Inner Wheel Club and a past president, passed away peacefully in a Chat­ burn nursing home. Widow o f former


Clitheroe Mayor and jour­ nalist Frank Dugdale, she shared civic office with her husband in 1952 and 1953. One of her achieve­


ments as Mayoress was the.launch of a fund-rais­ ing scheme to mark the Coronation year with a special tea for all the el­ derly in the borough. Born in Barrow, she


lived in the Clitheroe dis­ trict all her life. In her younger days,


she was an active member of Clitheroe Congrega­ tional Church and was as­ sociated before her mar­ riage with the Jollie Memorial Church, Barrow. During the second


world war, she gave valu­ able service as a member of the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families Association. Mrs Dugdale formerly


lived at St Ann’s Court, Low Moor. Her husband, who began his journalistic career with the Clitheroe Times, died in 1959. She leaves three daugh­


te r s , Mrs B ea tr ice Spencer, o f Bromley Cross; Mrs Margaret Par­ kinson, of West Molesey, and Mrs Kathleen Hough­ ton, now living in New Zealand.


Council will pay for crib


A CHRISTMAS crib and trees at the Castle Gate are again to be provided by Clitheroe Town Council and erected by Clitheroe Round Table. It is 30 years since the


crib was first sponsored by the council, and Mr Brian Braithwaite, who has been partly respons­ ible for the mechanics of it during that time, has been thanked by the coun­ cil for his efforts. Last year it cost the


council £685 to provide the crib and trees.


New to area


WEST BRADFORD motorist Joan Lowe (58) was fined £20 at Clitheroe' Magistrates’ Court for driving in King Lane, Clitheroe, against the one-way flow of traffic. In a letter to the court,


the defendant, of Three Rivers Caravan Park, said she had only moved to the area two-and-half months ago and very seldom visited Clitheroe. She was ordered to pay £6 costs.


Downham.


herd sold EVERY lot changed hands at the dispersal by the Downham Hall Farm Partnership of its crossbred dairy herd at Clay House Farm, Downham. Smart young cows having


bred one calf yielding 1,000 to 1,100 gallons as heifers and due in October, proved most popu­ lar, selling at £730, £710 and £700 (two), with 28 lots exceed­ ing the £600 price level. Five- year-olds, due in February 19S4, reached £570. Heifers calved in July made


to £340, but best tall heifers of power, in-milk 10 days, made to £735, £620 and £610. A group of 38 heifers sea­


soned to Hereford bull in March and all born in October 1981 were admired for size, type and dairy-like qualities. Top price was £620, two brought £600 and several made over £550. Averages, were very pleas­


ing: 108 cow's averaged £494, 15 July-calved heifers £421, and 38 heifers due December-January £490. Joint auctioneers were


Thimbleby and Shorland, of Reading, with R. Turner and Son, Clitheroe.


Fares rise restrained


A PROPOSAL by Ribble to put up its fares by nearly 10 per cent was rejected by the Highways and Transportation Com­ mittee of ‘Lancashire County Council which subsidises the company’s operations. Ribble wanted a 9 per


cent increase after making a £3.7m. loss in 1982-83, but committee chairman Coun. George Slynn said that they could only agree to a 6>/2 per cent rise in line with inflation. He told the committee:


“ Despite the Govern­ ment’s insistence the fare should be increased, we are not prepared to allow Ribble to put them up to nearly 10 per cent. Public transport is being severe­ ly hit by unemployment


As fewer people use the buses.” The fares are due to go up on November 27th.


ANNIVERSARY RECITAL


NEXT Saturday sees the 22nd anniversary concert o f C l ith e ro e Parish Church Organ Society." Recitalist Ivor Keys,


Professor of Music at Bir­ mingham University, has been a brilliant organist from an early age and has


many compositions to his credit.


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’ His programme includes the popular Toccata in F by J. S. Bach; Mendels­ sohn’s Organ Sonata No. 3, the very difficult and exciting Toccata from Vie- me’s 3rd Symphony and music by Brahms.


Clitheroe Mrs Nellie , aged 87.


HEADMASlI Law is set to : native Lancasl new head o,f School, Clithel Mr Law (S


the post frcl 1st, after a t\f at Brinkwortf Wiltshire. Born in 0|


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In brief


A DEMONS entitled “Furi and Flowers” ! to Clitheroe II by Mr Craig f Clayton-le-Moc| He used a r


grasses, flowed for his variot| one of which underwater another “murl summer day”. _ Mrs M. Hi


the vote of tl next meeting [ tober 21st, wj Robb will givej ration called Autumn”.


A DOUBLE full of dancel making its wajl Ribble Valley day, when Fayre, the ladies’ team dancers, hold| day of dance. It has in^


Clitheroe Mor teams from Cl Watford, Chef Manchester to , After setting


hus from the Clitheroe, the L dance at Down| ley, Langho Green. In the participants arJ a dance in RoJ Clitheroe.


CLITHEROE mers were shol of glass blovj they visited Rj ley Crystal in


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and their presl Sylvia Berry, tl process froir.l finish.


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