(Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 10th, 1997 Matilda’s diary gives fascinating insight into past by Vicky Carlin A CLITHEROE woman


who died last year aged 97 has left behind a diary highlighting the first 47


years of her life. Matilda Hall, known to


everyone as Jilly, was bom on


March 16th, 1899. She attended St James’s School, Clitheroe, and was often seen at the church, where she was a Sun­ day school teacher for a time. Born in the year the Boer


War began, Matilda was the daughter of middle-aged par­


ents and was the youngest


child of six. One of her earliest memories


BATE — WEBB


The owner of the Corn Wheel restaurant in Whal- ley was married at the village’s St Mary and All Saints Church to the proprietor of a frozen food com­ pany who is also a well-known musician. The bride was Miss Nikki J. Webb, daughter of Mr


C. Bate.


and Mrs Ken Webb, of The Grove, Whalley, and the bridegroom was Mr Anthony G. C. Bate, son of Mi's Barbara Bate, of Nelson, and the late Mr Frederick D.


pure Thai, silk with a fitted bodice, train, and waist- length veil. Her bouquet was of cream roses, Singapore orchids and trailing ivy, and she had Singapore orchids


Given away by her father, the bride wore a gown ol „


in her hair. The dame of honour was Mrs Julie Harrison, sister


All aboard for plenty of fun


IT was full steam ahead at Gisburn County Primary


School organised the event, which raised £1,500 for the fund they use to support the school and its activities. , ,


of the bride, who wore a silver green orchid. design dress and had a bouquet similar to that of the bride, and bridesmaids were Misses Alice Roberts, Katie Webb, Hannah Bate and Angharad Bate. They wore dresses of silver green and buttermilk silk with rose­ bud details. Alice had a basket of flowers and the other three carried rag . dolls with dresses match­


Jeffrey Bate, Simon Bate and Julian Roberts the groomsmen, and Mr Forbes Webb the usher. All wore dark green frock coats, with waistcoats and cravats


ing their own. Mr John Bate was best man, Messrs Michael Bate,


for.which guests travelled from Las Vegas and the South of France.


matching the bridesmaids’ outfits. The Rev. Michael Ackroyd conducted the ceremony,


and the four-tier wedding cake was made by the bride, who decorated it to match her bouquet. The local ’sixties group Backbeat, of which the bridegroom is lead guitarist, played for the occasion.


The reception was at the Foxfields Country Hotel _ , , „ - ,T . , The honeymoon destination was Thailand and the ■


couple are to live in Whalley. . Photo: David Simmons, Clitheroe.


Players sought


WITH the new football season only weeks away, Ribchester Rovers FC are looking for neyv players.


an annual general meeting at the Ribchester Arms,


The team will be holding


Blackburn Road, tonight from 8 p.m. As well as discussion of


team : business, the regis­ tration of players will take place. Anyone interested in playing for the team is welcome at the meeting.


weather held off so that visitors to the fun day could enjoy a programme of events that ranged from a visit from Mr Magic Man to maypole dancing, and from a pet show to a cake stall, tombola and raffle.


The preceding days’, bad


noldswick brought one of the,appliances from their


Fire-fighters from Bar-


station for the occasion but had to leave at speed part way through the afternoon when they were called to an emergency. One enjoyably educa­


School for a summer fun day organised by parents. The Friends of Gisburn


was when her paternal grand­


father, who had lived with the family for a while, died when she was nine. In her diary she refers to a hat she wore at


the funeral. She wrote: “Hats were large at that time; they were called ‘Merry Widows’. I was a real‘toff.”


First World War began in 1914. She was a weaver at Commercial Mill when the announcement was made and she remembered how “every­ body seemed excited”. Her brother, who was in the Terri­ torial Army, went off to fight more or less straight away. Her diary'entry read: “He said: ‘Don’t worry mother, we are England’s last hope.’ But they turned out to be the first to


Matilda was just 15 when the


go.” She went on: “We teen­ agers grew up overnight. All


the best KtHn h-nnimr »


newspaper cuttings filled with about six months and both had She was l the names of those who died difficulty keeping jobs during got


little training. During the war, Matilda kept


and some with lists of those who served and came back alive. All her brothers returned


war had ended. He spent his best years of our married life:, all ui xvxo twu muiiuik) aiu=i W _ r . i____ n , „ Clitheroe. _


safely, but her boyfriend died in 1919, two months after the


war and rationing, those years me and we were there ne ij' IC in Fort Street were some of the all day.;I was coughing


She wrote: “In spite of the, get. She .continued: ■ .'.l _ieu


last days in a French hospital We were in fairly good health, ofmy whoopmg g ■ , was suffering from rheumatic fever. ‘ could get around and , enjoy on top of B1 She. wrote about her feelings long walks.”


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on the return of her friend’s Matilda and Ted did not have m.,hih-iV diarv entries were boyfriends — “It was not easy any children of their own, but t


the cure, surpris ing what one can said herself: “We did not know ta g •


seeing them getting married were often surrounded by cu seems to her husband’s and having families, but it is nephews and nieces, and as she du>^ >


■, t tug end 0f 1946, endure.” what it was like to feel lonely.


the best voune men were mill until she married Ted in whooping rough- ^ taken, mosiTof them with very 1930. Ted was the brother of some


the “hungry ’thirties”, before eicieriy ne.B..^-- — ■ B]ack_ settling down ijvFort Street, to go right to the P ul(j


'U i i r t io s " h e fo r e e ld e r ly n e ig n o o u x J advised her


She continued to work at the At the age of 42, s e ra & ^ back


her dead boyfriend. They did to your childhood. not have their own home for to some people, but


was a joke until an Cheery news


for town centre


hostelry J „ A CLITHEROE town


centre public house is looking forward ^ to major refurbishment.


which could cost in the regionof £100,000. ■ . Landlord. Mr P e te r


Hodgkinson s a id th a t plans are shortly to be.


improvements which will include slight alterations


o th e d o w n s t a i r s


windows. , „„ „ The popular'Wellgate


submitted for a new porch at the Dog and Partridge, , Wellgate, and fo^mternal


to the bar, extra ladies t toilets and double glazing


hostelry has recently had


its appeal upheld for a late night licence for music,


dancing and singing. The Dog and Partridge,


Wellgate; will continue to host music events on^the. first floor, with a late licence until midnight., on F riday and S atu rd ay


nights. Magistrates at Blackburn upheld the


tappeal, which was con­ .


operates a strictly-moni­ tored policy of ensuring that customers'attending, music events enter the premises prior to -11, p.m. and' advertises the fact that doubts about age will : lead to requests for proof


The Dog and Partridge of identity.- , ,, •


already complying with a council ruling that up to 50 people are allowed on the premises’ frontage at any time, and that only plastic tumblers are allowed..


The public house is . M i m Bridge winners


- Our photograph shows a party of youngsters about to find out just how pow­ erful steam can be, even when it powers a model. (CAT 104761


tional element at the day was' the miniature traction engine brought by Mr J. S. Rice, of Settle Road, Gisburn. This gave chil­ dren at the school not only the opportunity for a ride but a vivid insight into the days when steam was; a p r in c ip a l s o u r c e , of mechanical power in the countryside.


Clothing needed for visitors from Chernobyl


WITH just eight weeks to go before the party of children from Chernobyl returns to Clitheroe, organisers of their visit are'still .short of some items of clothing for their guests.


of clothes has been carried on by Friends of Chernobyl Children over the last 10 months and workers have, been delighted at the


The business of collecting a whole range


response they have received. But they still • need trainers, pyjamas, underwear and swimwear for boys and girls aged between seven and 14. Mrs Judith Metcalfe, of Friends of Cher­


' somebody is feeling very kind, new ones would be especially welcome.” Last year the fitting-out session was an


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