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WHO ENTERED, iNCLUDING THESE THREE CUTIES


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AN in v ita t io n to a very sp e c ia l te a p a r ty has arrived at the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times Office - 100 years after the event!


The century-old invitation, and a menu card, have been loaned to us for pub­ lication by Low Moor res­ ident Mr Bill Hargreaves (84), who found the mementoes while sorting through old documents.


Sophie Pearson IN O U R O P IN IO N


TH EY /U L h a v e B EAU T IFU L,


SU N N Y SMILES! Elliott Gough


The invitation was one of many issued by mill-owning family Messrs Thomas Garnett and Sons, when it staged a tea party in 1899 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its Low Moor enterprise.


Mr Hargreaves's "find" corre­ sponded with a story in the Advertiser and Times last week about plans by an Aus­ tralian descendant of the Garnett family to visit Clitheroe during what would have been the 200th anniver­ sary year of the former Low Moor Mill.


planning to stage a Victorian tea party, with an authentic flavour, for Dr Veronica Con­ don - the great great- grandaughter of Thomas Gar­


Mr Hargreaves, of Queen Street, is hoping to add to the authen­ ticity of the occasion by arranging presentation of the original invitation to the visi­


nett.


A keen collector of old docu­ ments, Mr Hargreaves had forgotten that the Garnett mementoes were in his collec­ tions, but, while looking tor something completely unrelat­ ed, found the cards in pristine condition at the bottom of a drawer.


tor. IS in


the news -100 years after the event was held


SHEILA NIXON REPORTS


"My wife's grandparents used to work at the mill and we feel that the cards must have come into their possession and were then passed on to us by anoth­ er member of the family," said former ICI worker Mr Harg­ reaves.


son the invitation is made out to is unknown to them.


y?ppil 14tf?, 1899.


Mrs Hargreaves (82) was born at Low Moor and has lived there all her life. Her grandparents were Mr and Mrs Robert Hitchen.


LOW MOOR GEITEp]|Y GELEBPIIOI. r r


.V. A. WIuKell, Typ.


The invitation to the party on April 14th, 1899, was to a lady called Esther. Her sur­ name is unclear, but it could be Plevey.


Our story explained that Mr and Mrs Peter and Joyce Jenkin- son, owners of the Caprice Tea Shop, in Moor Lane, were


"As soon as I set eyes on them, 1 realised they had some con­ nection with the story about Dr Condon," he said. "There can't be many of the original invitations in existence after all this time, so I thought it would be a good idea to pre­ sent them to Dr Condon when she visits Clithcroo."


Neither Mr Hargreaves nor his wife, Alice, ever worked at Low Moor Mill, and the per­


Mr Jenkinson said he had still to decide what would be on the menu for the 1999 tea party, but every effort would be made to cook and serve the food in keeping with Victorian traditions.


menu. request t h e pleasure of Company to


The date of Dr Condon's visit has still to be arranged.


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1 SOME 600 students con­ tributed items of their work when Whalley Adult Centre held an arts and crafts exhibi­ tion to mark Adult Learners'


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A P Tie Clitheroe dvertiser and 1 imes and r r , munity education in the Kibble


Valley. "Hundreds of people passed


through the exhibition and expressed admiration for the stan­


dard of work." The range of items included soft


furnishings, water-colours, drawings, calligraphy, china glass, floral art


and pottery. e During the two-day exhibition.


staff and students donated prizes for tombola and a raffle, which raised £600 for the East Lancashire Hos-


pice.


Mayor and Mayoress of the Kibble Valley, Coun. and Mrs David Smith, at the exhibition, with soft-furnish­ ing student Mrs Margaret Purnell


Our picture shows the outgoing


and Mrs Hacking (right). (160599/27/14)


Man who played on same bill as Beatles dies at 52


A TALENTED educa­ tionist, musician and author featured in this newspaper three weeks ago has died suddenly. Mr Bill Allan was found


dead at his flat in York Street, Clitheroe, at the weekend. He had experi­ enced health problems in recent years, but his death


came as a great shock. Aged 52, he was a playing


member of Clitheroe Tennis Club, and a familiar figure in and around the town cen- trG.


was a guitarist in a 1960s pop group, the Cartwrights - he played on the same bill as The Beatles in Nelson and toured all over the


Burnley born, Mr Allan


country. Mr Allan later lived at


Hurst Green with his par- m ' F


ents, and returned to the Kibble Valley after being deputy principal of a key private college in London. At one time Mr Allan,


Mr Allan was a keen ■ M M t


exponent of the virtues of Lancashire's education sys­ tem. Ho was keen on keep­ ing up with the times, and was writing a book about the "chat rooms" on the Internet - he had been on it for five years. Mr Allan was looking forward to the Mil­ lennium and his writings about this and the "Big His­ tory" of the world wore greatly admired. He was a contributor to


holder of several degrees, was a Government econo­ mist, and wrote several books. He had also been on the staff of the Conserva­ tive Parly.


an international iistronomi- cal and astrological diary published in the area, and once won a major general knowledge quiz held in Clitheroe Castle grounds. There were no suspicious


circumstances surrounding Mr Allan's death and his funeral is planned for tomorrow.


Stolen Frying Squad catering trailer in dramatic A59 chase


Two men due to appear in court this week


THE PRYING SQUAD - not the Fly­ ing Squad - was involved in a dramatic A59 chase out of Clitheroe on Sunday. One of our own employees took this


returned to the owner, who was very plotised, as their total value was £4,500. Only a matter of hours before, local offi­


newspaper's often-repeated advice and reported suspicious activity near the oyo- catchingly named catering trailer parked off Upbrooks, Clitheroe. The tyres were flat, but two men took the wheels off, went away, and returned


with them inflated. Then the Frying Squad took to the road, followed very soon by Clitheroe police's


own version of the flying squad. The trailer, being towed by a van, was


stopped on the A59 and two men were arrested. The vehicle and contents were


cers recovered a large quantity of meat stolen from a butcher's van in the Whalley area. They raided a house in Padiham and j arrested one man. 'The meat was worth £600. "We are very grateful for the help of the


public in these and other cases - keep the calls coming in," said a police spokesman. "If it turns out that there is a legitimate explanation for suspicious activity, no-one


minds."


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