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A WELL-KNOWN Ciitheroe builder, who was rescued from Dunkirk and survived three years in a German prisoner-of-war camp, has


Builder rescued from Dunkirk dies at 79


'died, aged 79. "'‘•PtnstsjKS


of Railway View Road, operated Richard Moor­ house Builders Ltd, on the same road, for 40 years. He was born in Ciith­


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New priest was in


police force A CHURCH was packed to the doors for the induc­ tion service of its new par­ ish priest, a former police sergeant. Fr John Chaloner (53)


eroe and educated at St James’s School, beginning an apprenticeship in build­ ing at the age of 14 with John Bleazard and Sons, where he qualified as a building inspector. He married his wife,


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Greta, in 1938, at Ciith­ eroe Parish Church,


before volunteering for the Territorial Army. In 1939, he was called to


serve with the Royal Artillery and acted as bat­ man to Major Wolsten- holme, who was officer-in­ command of the Ciitheroe Territorials. Mr Moorhouse was


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Concert marks anniversary of WI choir


A CONCERT was held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the formation of Simonstone with Read WI Choir.


took over as parish priest at St Hubert’s, Dunsop Bridge, and 30 priests con- celebrated Mass, which was attended by the for­ mer chief constable of Greater Manchester, Sir James Anderton and Lady Anderton. The induction was pre­


rescued from the beach at Dunkirk and' was later taken from Crete as a pris­ oner-of-war. He was held in Germany for three years and was the second soldier to return to Ciith­ eroe, in 194(1, after being demobbed. Later, he was awarded


the Victory Medal and received a Christinas card from King George and Queen Elizabeth. In 1990, he revisited


sided over by Mgr Michael Quinlan, vicar general of the Salford Diocese. Fr Chaloner, who was


ordained in 1973, was based in the Salford Dioce­ san offices and has been a curate in Withington, Manchester, and in Bury. Before he became a


the last decade, accompanied by oboist Philippa Griffin (13), who is a member of the National Children’s Orchestra.


cert last Wednesday evening. C l x , l a s t tt v u n v o u u j The 21-strong choir sang a selection of music performed over


and conducted by Mr Peter Jclley. Nearly 200 people packed St John’s Church, Read, for the con­


The choir was accompanied on the piano by Mr VVilf Farnworth


offered to the audience. The cake was baked by Mrs Margaret Boocock and iced and decorated by Simonstone with Read WI


Afterwards, glasses of wine and pieces of birthday cake were president Mrs Ann Atkinson.


the Lancashire Federation of WIs, Mrs M. Gerrard. The choir will be competing on June 16th in the Itossendale


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Brave men remembered Former minesweeper crewman at reunion


Dunkirk and, in 1991, travelled back to Crete for the first time since his


capture there. Mr M o o rh o u se , a


IT was once suggested that minesweeping was a


widower, was a Freema­ son, a member of Ciith­ eroe Conservative Club and a member of Ciitheroe


priest, he was a police officer for eight years, spending time as a uni­ formed officer and in the CID with Greater Man­ chester Police. Parishioners and guests


Parish Church. His hobbies included


reading, baking, playing cards and snooker, but he mainly loved being with


enjoyed refreshments in Dunsop Bridge Village Hall after Friday’s induc­ tion service.Fr Chaloner succeeds Fr Joseph Burns, who retired in February._____


science of vague assump­ tions based on debatable figures, taken from incon­ clusive experiments and performed with instru­ ments of inherent inaccu­ racy by persons of doubt­ ful r e l i a b i l i ty and questionable mentality. The reference makes


his family. He was buried yester­


day at Waddington Road Cemetery, following a ser­ vice at Ciitheroe Parish


Church. He is survived by his


daughters — Jean, Ste­ phanie, Kay and Christine — and nine grandchildren.


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Devine his colleagues perished in their courageous efforts to keep the German maraud­ ers away from Allied


C l ith e ro e ’s man Ben Harris chuckle — which, as a former minesweeper crewman, is strange for a man who experienced the harsh realities of war. Mr Harris, of Well Ter­


shipping. The Battle of the Atlan­


race, is taking time out this week to meet up once again with comrades and friends at the 50th anni­ versary of the Battle of the Atlantic. As a former member of


North Wales coast, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh reviewed one of the lar­ gest gatherings of war­ ships since the Jubilee Review in 1977. On Satur­ day, a flying display over the River Mersey will fea­ ture aircraft which include the Spitfire, Hurricane and B17 Flying Fortress. The-Skegness “boot”


the Royal Naval Protec­ tion Service during the second world war, he is among thousands of ex-veterans from around the world gathered on Merseyside to pay tribute to their lost comrades. Y e s te rd ay , off the


tic, as Mr Harris recalls, was the longest running campaign of the second world war, with 4,700 allied and neutral vessels sunk and some 700 subma­ rines destroyed. The cost in human terms was high, with the loss of 73,000 Royal Navy personnel, 30.000 merchant seamen, 6.000 RAF coastal com­ mand personnel and 29,000 German U-boat men. “Many people consider


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that the Battle of Britain was won in the air, but without those vital fuel supplies from Atlantic ships they would never have got off the ground,” he said.Mr Harris, as vice-presi­ dent of the “HMS Royal Arthur” Association (the former name of the Skeg­ ness — now Butlin’s Holi­ day camp), has been actively involved in help­ ing to organise this week’s events and will have the opportunity of meeting the Queen at Bootle Town Hall tomorrow. He reflected on what life


Bells ring for WI group meeting


THE bells were ringing when 76 WI members attended a group meeting in Dunsop Bridge village


of their own members, 30 from Waddington and 21 from Slaidburn WIs, along with executive guests and


Dunsop Bridge WI hosted the meeting for 25 friends.


President Mrs J. Wood welcomed members and friends, as well as the Whalley Hand Bell Ring­


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ers and Beryl’s, of Ciitheroe. Mrs M. Bristow, area leader, gave a short resume


was like after the war, when only the lucky ones came home. “Most of the men never


of various activities in the near future. The bell ring­ ers gave a tuneful rendering of different themes and talked about the history of bells. Mrs Jean Oldroyd


gave a vote of thanks. Flower arrangements had been made Dunsop


Day landings. “I was in charge of sup­


plies aboard a BYMS-type minesweeper. I t was a dangerous job, for which we were paid lOp a day. There were three types of mine, the magnetic, the acoustic and the moored. The boats were made out of wood to counteract the magnetic effect of the


mines.” Despite this, many of


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A PEUGEOT blue and gray bike with dropped handlebars, worth £180, was stolen in Ciitheroe from outside St Michael and St Jo h n ’s Social Centre, in Lowergate


thought about the war once they returned home, many didn’t want to remember and others were just too busy bring­ ing up fam i lie s ,” he explained. “All these years later,


Bridge WI member Mrs J. Carr and the hostesses served a plate supper. Afterwards, everyone had a chance to view items from Beryl’s and hear a


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when we had retired, we started wondering what had happened to our com­ rades. We have reached the time for looking back. Our youth was stolen from us, but, even now, there was something better in its place — that was the camaraderie.” Mr Harris is pictured


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A CLITHEROE man accused of two separate offences of burglary at the same house lias had his case adjourned for six weeks, to enable the case


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with a photograph of the minesweeper “Pladda,” on which he served in the Far. East after the second world war. This was a similar craft to the ones he served on while clearing mines from the English


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