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Wartime memoirs welcomed by
military museum
tured a German by using a toy pistol?
HuAV? J ou heard the one about the man who cap
B well
weu-woni joke, but in actual fact LV ther°e ma? performed the
£ke £he ^ half of a
World W^. ng the Second reran
^clanaon, of Whittle Close,
ciste te tlme.,when he pat the toy pistol to the head of a German pilot
fSeeH f*an? crashed in Kent? and forced him to hand over his Luger.
v_y^th a twinkle in his eye, the 75- jn?«t >i(Yd J on?-e v aoIdler- who stands
v,V,M?Iea?un*. alm°3t dropped me but, holding that rather than the plastic
confidence.
more than their share of humour, make up the diminutive character’s very spe cial memoirs, which are to be added to the archives of a military museum.
S®ve me a l i t t le more like this, which contain
tonnes armoured communications vehi cles (ACVs), carrying sensitive equip ment to be used in intelligence work m the Normandy landings, Mr Dickin son s four selected memories of that
As the driver of one of the few 12 ust 5ft. 2m. high, said: “The weight of
Thwaites, the curator of the ftoyal Sig nals Museum, at Blandford Forum in Dorset.
hand experiences” for the the museum's archives. The first experience Mr Dickinson
He describes the memoirs as “a valu able addition to the collection of first
describes is his selection to drive the vehicle, and how adjustments had to be
by Max Gardner Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 11th, 1996 13
County plan for railway park
and ride
A PARK and ride rad- way scheme will be on track in Clitheroe if it
Fets the green light
County Council’s Public Transport Sub-committee provisionally agreed the
councillors. Members of Lancashire
r o m c o u n t y
for 30 park and ride places.
fmrehase of a parcel of and on Chester Avenue
from Ribble Valley Coun cil, which has agreed to maintain the site, for £25,000.
The land will be bought
made to accommodate his stature. Another memoir describes the actual
landing on the beach in Normandy and how, m all the confusion, he lost him self and his valuable crew behind enemy lines.
who left school early and never learned to write.
derstandings finally brought the ACV back into the Allied fold. Mr Dickinson is a colourful character
them. When tellin g you of his experiences, there is a glint in his eye and a tiny wry smile on his mouth. He is a bom storyteller and, with his very-own stories to tell, researchers and archive diggers in Blandford are in for an exciting time.
He collects all his stories by taping
C o ld e s t C h r i s tm a s s in c e 1 9 8 1 b r in g s s e v e r e f r o s t s
DECEMBER was the coldest since 1981, when severe frosts were experienced around Christ mas time.
25th, 26th, 27th and 28th, the lowest temperature
NEW rents have been set for pitches on the refur bished Clitheroe Market.
New rents for the market
Valley. Council Environ ment Committee agreed the new charges after hearing they will earn the council £27,000 a year.
£35 a week and s ta ll holders £10 a day. Members of the Ribble
From April, cabin- holders will have to pay
(Billington) suggested cheaper rates on Thurs days to encourage new trade.
Coun. Graham Sowter
a discount for Thursdays already existed and that the new rates were still lower than those for other markets.
The meeting heard that Clean-up job
sand on spilt petrol after a tanker shed part of its load on the forecourt of a garage in the town. They spent around 45
CLITHEROE fire-fight- ers were called out to put
minutes cleaning up the petrol at Primrose Garage, Whalley Road, following the call-out at 1-40 p.m.
sometimes severe — was recorded right through to the end of the month. Coldest days were the
From the 19th, frost — being 13 degrees F (19
mum temperatures on those days did not reach the record-breaking tem peratures on December 16th, 17th and 18th, 1981, when 11 degrees F, 3 degrees F and 6 degrees F were experienced. With winds in a north
degrees of frost) on the 27th. Incidentally, the mini
A catalogue of mishaps and misun KaBSBWwa Celebrating the New Year in style MEMBERS of Clitheroe’s Pendle Club really entered who danced the evening away with the relish one would expect
from members of an organisation which runs dancing four times a week throughout the year.
into the festive spirit for the annual New Year’s Eve party. The club’s Lowergate premises hosted the event for 50 members,
snooker and card playing, as well as a fortnightly meeting which features a lecture or activities. Members also organise, and take part in, a range of fund-raising events throughout the year.
graph shows. Pendle Club has an extensive recreation programme, involving This occasion, however, was purely for pleasure, as our photo
there was an increased demand for park and ride facilities in Clitheroe and that the site was 150 yards
solely for the use of rail passengers and undertake i t s c l e a n i n g a n d maintenance.
County Council meeting the cost of constructing the car park, the borough council would earmark it
from the railway station. In return for Lancashire
The meeting heard that
mendation was due to be rubber-stamped by Lanca shire County Council’s Highways and Transporta tion Committee yesterday.
The councillors’ recom
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