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LATEST additions to the book­ shelves at Clitheroe Library include: “The lady** — Alan Strat­


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Nicola Thorne. A family saga set in Britain ami the colonies in the 1920s and 20s. Follows


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CHURCH STREET HRIERFIEEI) 0282 (ilia!):!


of Mrs Mary Melville, for­ merly of Covvper Avenue. Clitheroe, and the late Mr Fred Melville, gained a first class honours degree and PhD in physics at Sheffield University. He then went to study


Prof. Melville, the son


months after being prom­ oted Professor of Physics


and head of the School of Physics and Astronomy.


vice at St John’s Church, Hurst Green, was certain­ ly one to remember, for the congregation was so large that extra seats had to oe brought in.


Extra seats The Palm Sundav ser­


from the 1st Pilling pack, on a weekend camp in the


A party of Brownies


space physics at Columbia University, New York. Before coming to Pre­


expert on magnetism and its application to medical problems and has lectured on these topics in the USA. the Soviet Union and many European coun­ tries. His research at South­


Prof. Melville is an


old school, presented their pennant to the Vicar. Then Matthew Thomas, the infant son of Leslie and Sandra Howarth, of Hurst Green, was bap­ tised.


ston. he was senior lec­ turer in physics at South­ ampton University.


MR JIM S l i lUATOE and his pupils


Joins twinning association


AN “exiled” Clitheronian has joined the town’s Twinning Association. Mrs Hazel Mills (nee Walne), now of Kent, now


ampton included work on the magnetic separation of red blood cells containing malaria parasites, enabl­ ing a quicker diagnosis of the disease and making it easier to find a vaccine.


keeps in touch with the town, through the pages of the Advertiser and


'Pimes. After reading about the


association’s activities she decided to join, along with her husband and family.


Two heads bid pupils farewell


RETIREMENT ap­ p ro a c h e s for two headmasters who bet- w e en th e m ha ve taught for almost 70 years!


The Sands, Whalley, is to take early retirement a week on Monday after 18 years as head of Hurst Green RC School.


Mr Jim Shillitoe (1>1), of


maverick princess — Barry EveritiKham. Biography of Princess Michael of Kent.


M r U v rn a rd War ren


(515). of C1 a rem o u t Avenue. Clithcroe who has been head at SS Michael and John’s RC School. Clitheroe, since 1SM


Mr Bernard Warren


end of April due to ill health. A te a ch in g c a re e r


57, is to retire at the


began for Mr Shillitoe in 19-18 when he founded the first school for the chil­ dren of service personnel in Rangoon. Burma. Four vears later he returned to


Hurst Green after a furth­ er seven years at Black­


England and taught at Darwen until 1959. He took over as head at


burn and two at St Mary’s RC School, Langho. Mr Shillitoe and his


wife. Monica, have a son, a d a u g h te r and two grandchildren. After retiring he hopes


to work as a volunteer for th e Heeds P a s to ra l Centre. Mr Warren began his


A FORMER editor of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. Mr Dick Wiggan. of Whalley. is having another book published in June. Called "O p e ra tio n


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wrong and the Nazi de­ velopment of the Atomic bomb. Mr Wiggan. now a sub­


Freshman. The Rjukan Heavy Water 1912,’’ it tells of a British raid on Norway which went


editor at the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, lives in Sydney Avenue. His previous works include “Hunt the Altmark” and books about journalism, modelling and acting.


Lads with nowt to do


church and now they had nowt to do? It is a com­ plaint not infrequently heard from members of the younger generation in these more modern times except, perhaps the young people are less likely to nave been to worship today. On the occasion of


IT was a Su nd ay night in the village SO. or it might well have been 90, years ago and two young lads were fed up. They had been to


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tainlv not as prominent at snooker (which did not then enjoy its current


Jimmy Peters eventually enjoyed a reputation as an outstanding sportsman far beyond the boundaries of


popularity) as in the three ball game. But the late


which l write the boys decided to go to one of their homes. Once there in the warm and gas lit front room in Longworth Row the same question arose again. "What can


we do?” No te le v is io n , of


course, and no radio; the


hoys had to rely on their own resources and in­ genuity for their enter­ tainment. They were equal to the occasion. One went to the book­


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on the square (lining table. Books were then placed in line all round the edges of the table with gaps at each corner and in the middle of the longer sides. Rummaging in drawers


our own area and valley. At billiards his 50, 00


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us any more hut his sport­ ing feats will he quoted many times for some gen­ erations to come and the records of local dubs pro­ vide indisputable evidence of his archievements.


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evening beginnings on an improvised table? The story was told to me hv the sister of the other boy concerned so I know it is true. The same lady has been


wherever he played. And those Sunday


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100 cyclists —in town—


A TOP-CLASS field of international cyclists begin the second stage of the Lancashire En­ terprise Tour in Clitheroe on Saturday.


three balls were found, and. with broomsticks for cues, the youngsters played “billiards" for the rest of the evening. Nothing remarkable in that, you may say; every­


ing in the four-day event start their warm-up at Edisford County Primary School at 10 a.m. After travelling through the town centre, via


body had to make their own amusement all those years ago and. of course, you would be right. In this particular instance, however, there was one small difference. A few years later one of


the lads who had played his first games in the manner I have described became quite a notable cueist. Never in the Steve Davis or Jimmy White class, naturally, and cer-


The 100 riders compet­


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th ro u g h Whalley on Sunday at about 10-50 a.m. anil through Dunsop Bridge on Monday at noon in the third and fourth stages.


The cyclists also pass


Settle. Bentham, Caton, Q u e r n m o re. 1 n gl e w h i t e. luongridge, Hurst Green, Whalley and Sabdon before finishing at the Nick O’ Pendlo at about 1- 30 p.m.


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Alan (tornall. of I.aneside Farm, Mearley. will be unable to compete in the event as he is on interna­ tional duty in France with his brother Mark.


Last year’s runner-up


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.Miss Helen Lee and a short sermon followed, then the Music Group pre­ sented “Jerusalem Joy”, a Cantata for Easter by Roger Jones. The narrator was Mrs


Prayers, a reading by


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Rachel Eyre and 30 of the children, aged three to 11. portrayed the betrayal, condemnation, death ami resurrection of Jesus. This was a very moving


career in 195.5 at I.evland and also taught English and mathematics at night school there, and in Chor- ley, for 10 years. In his 19 years at


Patrick’? Eagle ai Green, h; | to the no’ ing Gre Fund. A enjoyed ;


provider Burgess.


Clitheroe he has been very active within SS Michael and John’s RC Church and hopes in his retirement to complete his half-finished work on the church's history. Mr Warren and his


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