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Clitheroe 2232b (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


Sporting stars line up for


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 21st, 1990 !) charity match


just two of the sports represented at Chatbum Road this Sunday, as the stars flock to Clith­ eroe Cricket Club for a charity match.


INTERNATIONAL football and rugby will be


collector’s paradise, with well-known cricketers mingling with fellow sportsmen to provide a feast of entertainment, all in aid of the Roefield Lei­ sure Centre Appeal. A Clitheroe Select XI,


It will be an autograph


Trophy for smartest band in contest


SLAIDBURN Silver Band competed in the annual Kirkby Lonsdale Band Contest on Sunday


and came away with the sought-after deportment


trophy.At the conclusion of the contest, the judge for the deportment section, Mr E. Tennant, an ex-RSM of t h e D u r h a m L i g h t


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made up of club members, will take on the All Stars, who have a dazzling array of celebrities in their line-up. The cricketers include


Peter Lever (Lancashire and England), Rishton


(Lancashire) and Keith


BRENNAN — GREEN


When you marry a dairy­ man, you are wedded to the job as well, as new bride Gillian Margaret Green found out on her honeymoon — spent deliv­ ering milk on her hus­ band’s round in Great


supervisor, is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs John Green, of Brunghill Moor Parm, Newton, and the bridegroom, Mr John Peter Brennan, is the only son of Mrs Hilda Brennan, of The Bungalow, Cliffe Lane, Great Harwood, and the late Mr Raymond Brennan. They were married at St Andrew’s Church, Slaid-


Harwood! The bride, an office


irofessional Peter Sleep Australia), Harry Pilling


Barker (Accrington). Former English Rugby


Union coach and captain Richard Greenwood, who is chairman of the Roefield fund-raising committee, will also be appearing.. The footballing contin­


THE namesake of a man who founded a housing development for the needy 290 years ago continued a family tradition at Wad- dington last week.


gent includes the Man­ chester City playing and coaching duo of Peter Reid and Mick Heaton. A regular in Clitheroe’s


Browsholme Hall, Bashall Eaves, took his place as chairman of Wacldington Hospital Trustees for an unveiling ceremony to mark the official opening of a £700,000 redevelop­ ment scheme.


Mr Robert Parker, of


3rd XI, Blackburn Rovers’ reserve team coach Jim Furnell has also arranged for two of the blue and whites’ players to take part. There will be a £1


admission charge, with senior citizens and chil­ dren paying 50p. The fun begins at 2 p.m.


burn, by the Rector, the Rev. Brian Darbyshire. Organist was Mr John Cowking. The bride, who was


and there will be food, a bar and raffle, with all proceeds going towards the Roefield Appeal.


given away by her father, wore a gown of white satin in Bo Peep style, trimmed with lace and ribbon and featuring a hooped skirt. She had a circlet of silk Bowers with pearls and diamante in her hair and carried a posy of cerise and white roses trimmed with lace and ribbon. In attendance were Miss


Anne-Marie Green, the b r i d e ’ s s i s t e r , M r s


Amanda Fletcher, the bride’s cousin, and Miss Charlotte Cross, the bride's niece. Miss Green and Mrs


which is the name given to almshouses provided by; the charitable trust, was founded by Mr Parker’s ancestor in 1700, for] widows.


Waddington Hospital,


tages, including 10 new I houses, the older units! having been enlarged and! modernised as part of the! scheme, completed in| November.


Now there are 25 cot­


Lining up for Lions’ pram race


at Sunday’s fair PRAMS will be under starter’s, orders when Whalley and District Lions stage their annual midsummer fair on Sunday. One of the highlights of the event will be a


entry.


Fletcher wore dresses of cerise satin with hooped skirts, frilled necklines and bows and carried posies of cerise and white roses with trailing rib bolts. Miss Cross wore white dress in Bo Peep style, trimmed with cerise bows, and carried a basket of roses. Best man was Mr Ian


and Times” and, to coincide with it, the Lions are holding a “guess the time of the winning entry” competition, with all proceeds going towards pro­ viding smoke detectors for elderly people in the area. Race sponsorhip will be for the charity of


The race has been sponsored by the Advertiser , ' or add an Ice - cold sparkle to a


the entrants’ choice. Straw boaters and striped jackets will be the


order of the day as Lions and their wives recreate the atmosphere of the 1920s in the Abbey


grounds. Entertainment will include jugglers, acrobats,


Clayton, groomsman was Mr Stephen Drakeley and ushers were Mr David Doswell and Mr Paul Alborough. A reception was held at


It even has the power to street theatre, Punch and Judy, a clown and jazz


hand. The organiser are hoping for lots of entries for


one-mile sponsored pram race from Whallcy Abbey round the village, with a £30 first prize and £25 on offer for the most humorous fancy dress


Mrs Mary Towneley, wife of the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley, coincided with the birthday of the 18th-: century founder. ~ Some”70 guests were invited to a luncheon in a marquee in the grounds and afterwards Mr Parker spoke about the history of Waddington Hospital. He explained that 20 shillings had been set aside by his ancestor in his will in 1716 for the trustees to cele­ brate his birthday on June 13th.


The official opening by


cottages serving the needs of Waddington and neigh-, bouring villages. By 1876 there were 20 separate houses and in 1892 the houses were considered too small and were rebuilt at a cost of £7,000.


Originally there were 10


A sundial in the grounds commemorating the latest


scheme was unveiled by Mrs Towneley, who paid tribute to the tradition established by Robert Parker and said it was encouraging to see that the scheme had not been


entombed in a museum, but was alive and active for its original purposes. The sundial stands not


Did not pay


far away from a hand water-pumn marking the original endowment of the almshouses. A bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs


A MAN left a Clitheroe guest house without pay­


Towneley by Mrs Eliza­ beth Hart, who will be 8i> next month and has lived at the hospital for more than 20 years, longer than any other resident.


Bishop of Bradford, the Rt Rev. Robert Williamson.


The guests included the


breakfast establishment in Pimlico Road a n d i s described as white, 5ft, lOin. tall, in his ntid-20s and well-built, with a large face. He had brown collar- length hair and a mous­ tache and was wearing blue jeans and a dark bomber jacket.


ing, after staying for two nights last week. He stayed aL a bed-and-


Infantry, commented on t h e b a n d ’s s m a r t appearance and disciplined approach to the march through the centre of Kirkby Lonsdale. The band’s conductor,


M r J o h n C o w k i n g , received the P. D. Ogden Trophy on behalf of the


band.Also included in the con­ test were three pieces judged on their musical performance. These were the march “Punchinello,” the hymn tu n e ” S t


Columba" and an overture based on “Rule Britannia." Musical adjudicator Mi G. Richards placed the


band a creditable fifth out of the 10 competing. Sale


Band taking first place. It is hoped, weather


permitting, to parade the trophy and band through Slaidburn tonight and give a s h o r t c o n c e r t to celebrate.


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The Berkeley Manor Accrington, ami the couple are to live in Great Harwood. Photograph: Mr Eddie Mason, Great Harwood.


PLANS to build two dwellings on the caravan site at Mill Farm, Wad­ dington, led to a petition from nearby residents supporting the scheme. They maintained that


the grand pram race and are asking local groups, sports clubs, hotels, pubs and organisations to take part and obtain their own sponsorship. Entry forms can be obtained from Mr Mike Osliffe (Whalley 822149). Said Lions Club president Mr John Lang:


and better than ever before.” Turned down despite petition


stated that the traffic flow to two homes would be less than to a redeveloped caravan site. Members of Ribble Val­


approval would rid the area of “the continued problem of the operation of the caravan site” and


ley Council’s Development Control Sub-committee heard that, if the plan was approved, applicant Mr J. Rlorphet would agree to planning approval for


operation of the caravan park being revoked and for the number of residen- tial properties to be limited to two. But after reading a


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report submitted by the director of development and client services, the committee refused the application.


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Civic leaders help mark couple’s golden day


A CLITHEROE man who survived the second world war as a prisoner of the Germans has celebrated his golden wedding anniversary. Mr William Foulker and


by Heather Rice


his wife Harriet, of Tower Hill, Clitheroe, were mar­ ried at SS Michael and John’s RC Church on June


tured by the Germans and taken to Berlin, spending four years in a POW


of their generation, the early years were spent apart. Mr Foulker served ir. the Clitheroe Territori­ als in the anti-aircraft unit and saw service with the British Expeditionary


18th, 1940. Like many other couples


Force.


the beaches at Dunkirk and shortly afterwards saw service in Egypt and Crete where he was cap-


He was rescued from , ,


declared, I was at a ser­ vice at SS Michael and John’s Church and had to leave halfway through to join my unit,” he said. After coming through


camp. “ W h e n w a r w a s


as a cotton bundler. In I 1972 he went to work for I the DHSS as a distributor, retiring in 1982. His wife worked at I


Primrose Mill and was a I cleaner at Moorland School and the Calfs Head Hotel, [ Worston. Mr Foulker (74) and his I


wife, who is four years younger, have two chil­ dren, Maria and Michael, [ and five grandchildren. Celebrations started on I


the war unscathed, he lost an eye in an accident while working at Bankfield Quarry as a bulldozer driver and he has also sur­ vived open-heart surgery. Mr Foulker left school


before the age of 14 and worked at Ring Mill and Southworth’s cotton mill


joined by members of their family. Later in the day, Clitheroe Mayor and I Mayoress Coun. and Mrs I Patrick Shepherd perso­ nally delivered a bouquet [ of flowers and a greetings j card.


Monday lunchtime with a meal at the Hodder Bridge Hotel, where they were


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