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Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Adrcrtising)■ Clithcroe Advertiser and Times, November IStli, 1986


Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley —331(Classified) —


Walker’s


Retiring butcher is the toast


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Terrace, Sabden, was the toast of 130 guests at a tarty at Clitheroe Parish


Mr Cooke (61), of Mona


Hall'. He joined the hospital’s


staff in 1956 after being branch manager of the Burnley Co-op. In those days the hospital owned a nearby farm where it reared all its own lives­ tock.


New council


officer YORKSHIREMAN Mr Malcolm Walker is the new Deputy Planning and Technical Officer with the Ribble Valley Council. Mr Walker worked for


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butcher, I was also the slaughterman,” said Mr Cooke. “You could say I was the only person at the hospital licensed to


“As well as being a


wish a last


staff very much, he said. “They are a great crowd


to work with." But he is looking for­


ward to his retirement when he will have more time for his hobbies of fell walking, pigeon racing and poultry judging.


kill!"In more recent times, the hospital has bought all its meat, so Mr Cooke's “licence” has not been needed. Mr Cooke will leave the hospital with fond memories of his workmates. “I’ll miss the catering


Pupil s make


Washington Development Corporation until six months ago. Washington, in the north east of Eng­ land, is the town which gave its name to the family of America’s first


president. In Mr Walker’s 15


years with the corpora­


tion. he saw the town — a straggle of mining villages marred by over a century of accumulated industrial dereliction — grow to become what is now widely regarded as the best new town in Britain. Mr Walker was particu­


a record THE voices of the boys’ choir of St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst, have been im­ mortalised on an LP enti­ tled “Sing Hosanna!’’, which is now available


from the school. It is their third record


and contains anthems and hymns both old and new. The cover picture, taken by Clitheroe photographer John Pye, shows the whole choir in the chapel.


larly involved in the at­ traction of new jobs to the area, including latterly the successful bid for the Nissan Motor Company. Before that, he worked in Sunderland and Sheffield planning departments. He and his wife, Mar­


garet, have two children, David (14) and Katherine


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IW-In his spare tune, Mr Walker enjoys family ac­ tivities, gardening and re­ novating old furniture. He enjoys most sports, taking part" in golf, social cricket and snooker.


Tracing family


A DARYVEN woman whose family le f t Clitheroe in 1850, Mrs Ann Elizabeth Stokes, is trying to trace any family connections still in the area.Her great-great-grand-


father, John Place, and his brother Joseph went to live in Hoddlesden. If you know of any


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Undertakers taken over


THE old-established fun­ eral firms of Calverley’s, Clitheroe, and W. Lang- shaw's, Whalley, both founded in 1864, have been taken over. New owner UKF Ltd


MR COOKE (centre) with guests at his party


comprises three business­ men who opted out of a large national company to set up on their own. UKF has based itself in


Clitheroe, next door to Calverley’s Chatburn


Road base. The new owners' joint


managing directors, Mr Peter Ball and Mr Mike Anderson, and part-time executive chairman Mr John Boodle, are taking a back seat and leaving the running of the business to m an a g e r Mr E r ic Mavman. Mr Tom Hincks, who


A CENTURY OF SONG


Promotion


to head teacher


CLITHEROE man Mr Peter Linley has taken over as head teacher of St P a u l ’s CE P r im a ry School, Oswaldtwistle. Mr Linley (39) has been deputy head at the school


' for the past five years and takes over from Mr Colin J e f f e r s o n , a n o th e r Clitheroe resident who has become head of a


school in Sale. Mr Linley, of Kenil-


worth Drive, first taught at St John’s School, Great Harwood, for nine years. He is a badminton


has been with Calverley's for half a century, is also to continue.


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LIBRARY CORNER


RECENT additions to the shelves at Clitheroe Library


Joanne Trollope. Family saga set in rural Wiltshire spanning three generations.


include: “The Taverners’ Place” —


test A CHATBURN woman is putting her enjoyment of country walking to the test with a marathon trek around the county.


Mrs Judith Roberts, of


Churchgate, set off from Morecambe yesterday on a journey which will take her through Fleetwood, Preston, Barnoldswick, Clitheroe and Garstang, finishing a week tomor­ row in Blackburn.


The aim is to raise money for the Children in


Need Appeal and helpers will be carrying collecting tins on each leg of the


walk. Mrs Roberts, a pro­


walking and has been “training” by taking stiff walks around the Ribble


She says she loves


Valley. Her fund-raising trek


“ Eavesdropper” — John


Francome. Racing thriller written by a former champion jump jockey.


“ Frank Bruno — know


what I mean?” - Hank Bruno. Storv of his life from earlv years, set against a back­ ground of poverty and violence, to his present position as a professional boxer.


Vet. Filth addition of this valu­ able guide to all aspects of


“TV vet sheep book” — TV


coach at Ribblesdale Adult Education Centre, Clitheroe, and he and his wife, Christine, have two children, Helen (10) and John (8), who attend St James’s CE School in the


town. Managing


bureau TWO borough councillors have been appointed to the management commit­ tee of the Ribble Valley Citizens' Advice Bureau. Couns. John Cliff (Lon-


ANN (left) and Flora.


TWO Sabden women who have been lifelong friends and neighbours have hung up their c a s s o c k s


for th e C hildren in Danger campaign. If you are interested,


after


singing for n combined century in St Nicholas Mrs Ann Varnnmnnd Mrs Flora Crozier, of Vi bai­


please contact Mrs Joan Wriglev (Clithoroc 2-1610) or Mr Roland Hailwood at (24240 evenings or 22446 daytime).


Spreading


the word A FORMER Whalley re­ sident and past pupil at Whallev CE School and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Miss Lorna R. Green, is spreading the word for the British


Museum. Miss Green, one of


three eonservational sci­ entists at the museum, is to lecture on her work to the archaeological group at the Pendlc Heritage Centre on November


28th.


lor Road, joined the choir in their early teens and have both enjoyed singing regularly for just mcr .>(


>e'lnS'a special presentation they received baskets of (lowers from church treasurer Mr Ken llodgson.


CALDERSTONES Revue


By popular demand Brian Haworth again


and Dramatic Society is to repeat the hit musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreameoat" — by popular demand!


The show is being


staged especially for the many people who had to he turned away when the society played to full houses three years ago.


of negotiations to secure permission to repeat _ the two-hour touring version.


It has taken IS months


plavs Joseph, with Jean “ ■' of Clitheroe. re­ role as the


Peils. pealing her narrator.


hands of Joan Pate, a former singer with the BBC, and Margaret Dll- worth is the producer.


Music is in the capable


from December 2nd to 6th at 7-30 p.m.. with a 2-30 p.m. performance on the Saturday. Tickets can be obtained by telephoning Whalley 2421.


The show will he staged It’s pay, pay, pay... .•’RED was looking


pretty glum when 1 met him leaving the Po s t Of f i ce thi s morning.


and Fred nodded. “You could say that," he ans­ wered. "I’ve just licensed the car for another 12 months and 1 had a new tax code number this morning. It’s pay, pay, pay all the time. I'm sure it didn’t used to he like


“Fed up?" I asked him


quoted are just a begin­ ning.


this." There was a time when


1 would have agreed wholeheartedly with my friend, but today I am not quite so certain. Recently I have been reading a "Chronology" published bv Thomas Teggin, of Cheapside, in the vear 1810 and my eyes have been opened v e r y


erably. True, lots of the taxes


consid­


familiar to us today were not in force 170 years ago, but there were lots of others to take their place. For a start the owner of property would be liable for window tax and the inhabited house tax. If he employed a servant he would’ be liable for ser­ vant tax and if he drove a carriage he would he re­ quired to pay carriage


tax. All these details are in­


cluded in the appendix to Thomas’s hook, hut those


hold would also be taxed on any riding horses lie owned*, on any working horses or mules and on the dog that sat at his fireside. If he powdered his wig, the powder would be taxed: if he boasted armorial bearings, addi­ tional pounds and pence would leave his pocket; and if he raised grouse, pheasant or other game, once again the tax man would be paying him a visit.


The head of the house­


welcome than the Vatman today for, all in all. these impositions brought in £5,961m. and I have no doubt' that the landed gentry and the servants at their tables moaned just as much as my friend Fred ami I today. Only a few years before that date there was also a hearth tax. when whoever was in residence in our ancient abbey had charges on 18 hearths to meet.


He would he no more


But that was not the end. In addition to all the


Whalley Window


items 1 have mentioned there were also taxes to


pav on the tea and sugar in' the morning “cuppa." on the salt von sprinkled on your fried egg. on the mead, wines and cider you possibly drank, on the tobacco you smoked and the snuff you might have inhaled.


the poorest of men and the most abstemious of vour kind? What then? Believe me. you didn’t get away scot free. You would still he required to give labour in repainng the roads and highways m the parish where you lived and in a dozen or more other forms of public service.


But what if you were


ever got sumiiiat fet nowt," said Fred and I agreed with him.


"It looks like nobody


I started to think. When 1 looked from my window this morning the green Nab was ab so lu te ly lovely, with the coming of autumn turning the leaves a dozen radiant tints; to the west, Kemple End was equally beautiful and. to the east, the great bulk of Pendle was glorious in the earlv light. It cost me absolutely nothing to stand and admire them. There are some things that are free after all.


Then, oil my way home, J .F . |WhV shop is under one


atTASKERS comp^e^e


r - n S — re store in the aiea. sh»ep rearing.


takes her through familiar territory next Tuesday when she reaches Chat- bum. She will then walk on through West Bradford and W ad d in g to n to Clitheroe.


Limited edition


A SMALL number of Lancashire Constabulary Open Day commemorative plates are available from Clitheroe Police Station. The limited edition plates, made by Hornsea Pot­ tery, are £5 each, with proceeds going to the Victim Support Scheme.


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gridge) and Ted Boden (Chatburn) were elected by fellow councillors. The


bureau is due to open in Wesleyan Row, Clitheroe, later this month.


Embroidery


WHALLEY and district branch of the Embroider­ ers' Guild meets tomor­ row night to hear about the Lancaster Priory Em­ broideries from Mr and Mrs D. S. Widdess. The embroideries were


designed by Guy Barton and completed in 1973. Old and new members,


both amateur and expert, will be most welcome at the meeting, being held at R ib b le sd a le School Clitheroe, at 7-30 p.m.


Cowboys THERE was a taste of


the wild west at the Ribble Valley Disabled Action Group's monthly


social evening. The speaker was Miss


M. Bottomlev whose talk was entitled: “America. Cowbovs and Indians.” Members sang country and western songs and re­ freshments were served. On Saturday a jumble


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