www.clitherocadvcrtiser.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, November 17,2011
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Clitheroe Castle
Keep “Taken" a sound installation ■ by Ailis Ni Riain inspired by the Lancashire Witch trials.
Brabin’s Gallery
Chipping Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. closed 1 to 2 p.m. weekdays. Winter exhibition of work by 10 artists from the local area.
Clitheroe Library
Each Thursday 9*30 a.m. to noon.
Braille It
Tel. 01200 426063 Each Tuesday at 2 p.m. Lip reading sessions in the
meetingroom. Catholic Social
Club Every Monday evening Ribble Valley Visually Impaired Group. Tel. 01200 426822.
PendSe Club,
Lovvergate Each Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. Sequence dancing for over-55s . Every Wednesday 2 to 4
p.m.' Young at Heart Club for gentle seated exercise
Gisbum Festival
HaO First Saturday of the month 10-30 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. Bowland Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers.
St Mary’s Centre,
lower hall Mondays, Toddiergroup, ladies’ badminton, line dancing, pilates. Tuesdays, Jujitsu, Bokwa. Wednesdays, Zumba. Thursdays, yoga, Latin/ballroom. dancing, Moky dancing. Sunday, November 27th 9 a.m. to 130 p.m. St Maiy’s Group, Christmas fair.
Clitheroe United
Reformed Church Every Thursday at 1030 a.m. “Secret Singers'a new community choir. Olwyn Pearce .
. 07871471404. also eveiy ■ Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Bam, TumerFold, Read.
The Grand
Friday, November 18th Jamie Smith's Mabon, self- styled, singular and toe tappinglygood an insatiable blend of world music, Celtic • : , roots and tabbie rousing funk ’ ■ folk, filled with energy, joy and \
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6. Does it open number 21 (3,2,3,4) 7. A large quantity goes back to Indian state (5) 10. Figured in a treatment for heart disease (9)
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passion. Cost: £10 advance to book tel. 01200 421599. : Saturday, November 19th at 730 p.m. The'Soul Train. ,/ . Ninepiece live soul band. C o s t f lO in advance. Sunday, Novomber 20th . 12 to 5 p.m. Solomon Arts Show . An exhibition by Ribble Valley . based students organised by CRGS Sixth Form student Naomi White. ' Saturday, November 26th The Grand presents Matt Schofield, fresh from performing a 40 date tour across the US, one of the UK’s most talked about blues guitarists in recent times. To book tel. 01200 421599. Tickets £14..
Trinity Community
Centre Every Tuesday 11 a.m. “Elderflower" group and lunch club. Gentle seated exercise to . keep joints supple, Tel. 01200 453076/453077, Every Wednesday night Kai Karate Club
Waddington
Methodist Church Each Friday from 10 to 1130 a.m. Waddlers Toddler Group.
United Reformed Church, Moor
Lane Saturday, Novomber 19th 1030 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Christmasfaircakes.vanous ■ stalls, brioa-brac, jigsaws, books,-tombola and hot-pot- lunches. Tel. 01200 422757. ’ Saturday, November 26th 10 a.m. to noon.; Clitheroe Country Market in lower hail. Extra Christmas market
Trinity Church hail
Thursday, November 24th at 730 p.m. Rower demonstration by . Jane Brown - STOP PRESS:. POSTPONED UNTIL JANUARY. Tickets £5 including coffee and mince pie. Tel. 01200 427555. Saturday, November 26th 10 a.m. to noon. Coffee stop with C h r i s t m a s ' stalls and Father Christmas.
Clitheroe Cobras
Saturday, November 26th 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Christmas.fair at Clitheroe , .. Cricket Club. • Santa, food, games stalls, /' eveiyone welcome..
St Leonard’s
Church, Laugho Saturday, November 19th, 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Christmas fair in Billington and; : Langho Community Centre, / /;/ ' Langho. 7
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, , '. NEXT Thursday, a fun night out is promised , "/Tj - wi th delicious food to taste and essential 3
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needed funds for a special cause - StonesPlaygroup.
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/ - . A Pampered Chef cooking show is taking a/iT place in King's Centre Church Hall# Millthorne - i jr'sr'Avenue/ClitheroeVat 7:30 p.m. on November..., ^ ... 24th. Labour saving ideas and holiday gifts will / / j be demonstrated, so why not take a friend or | l irelative
along.Tickets are only £2, including a , | |
- glass of fruit punch and a mince pie# available, | | /from Nicky and Cathleen at Stepping Stones
/Playgroup,tel.07749728960. t »r-
■ Further details of some of these events can be found in the advert tisements in WHAT'SON.-To advertise in WHAT'SON please contact Jon Cant on 01282 478113, Serena Berlin on 01282 478118 or Vicky. Pointon on 01282 478114.
long. Allow 2 to 3 hours to complete. Tel. 01200 414484. Friday, November 25th Meet Sabden car park 130 p/m. Tel. 01200 4144841 : Monday, November 28th Meet Dunsop Bridge car park. Walk involves off road walking, .
/stiles arid gradients up to : .// - fou-an(Ta-halfmiles long. Tel./'
01200414484. / Bowland Transit /
Walk Wednesday, November
23rd Meet Interchange for P70 bus, - Newchuroh to Barrowford. / Tel. 01200443561. Wednesday, November
30th Slaidbum Circular to Skelwith.
Meet Interchange for 1130 a.m. BIO bus. Tel. 01200 443561.
Clitheroe Mountaineering
Club Sunday, November 20th
at 8 a.m. Day meet in Lunesdale. Leaving council offices car park. Tel. Ian • Grace on 01772 423221.
Boftort-by- Bowland Village
Hall Wednesday, November 30th at 730 p.m. Whist and domino drive.
Knowle Green
Village Hal! Monday, November 21st at 730 p.m. Whist and dominoes. Cost £1.50 includes tea and biscuits.
Tel.JeanProcteron01254. 878447. Thursday, November 24th from 12 p.m. Luncheon concert featuring ' Ian Buckle on piano. Concert at midday followed by lunch of meat and potato pie and. .. dessert To book tel. 01254 826948.
Cfitherce
Stalls with gifts', crafts and refreshments. Admission 50p,/ children 50p includes a visit to ;: Santa and a gift '',.//■/■
Brabin’s Gallery,
Chipping Sunday, November 20th, 130 to 430 p.m. Craft workshop for Christmas. Make your own beautiful Christmas snowball ornament All materials provided, no 7. 7 previous experience necessaiy. To book tel. 0199561221.
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Jamie Smith's Mabon: see The Grand listing. Clitheroe
Ramblers Saturday, November 19th at 930 a.m. Meet Chester Avenue car park. . for Barrowford. Leader Alison Williams on 01282 695625. Tuesday, November 22nd at 1 p.m. Meet Chester Avenue car park for Pleasington. Penny Pitty ’ 01200427395. Saturday, November 26th at 9 a.m. Meet Chester Avenue car park for Embsay Crag: Tel, Robert - . ’ Eccles 07795 250502.
Stepping Gut
Monday, November 21st at 130 p.m. Meet Pendleton car park for moderate pace walk involving off road walking, stiles and r / gradients for three to four miles.
. Tel. 01200 414484. Cost free. Tuesday, November 22nd Stop and stare, meet The Grapes in Goosnargh, road side parking. Tel. 01200 414484. Cost free.
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Thursday, November 24th at 130 p.m.
: Meet Whailey Abbey, Church / ' Lane, walk'of about 5-7 miles. •
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Speakers Club Monday, November 21st Meet in Young Farmers Club, - Clitheroe Aucbon Mart, Lincoln Way. Help to practice speaking and gain confidence. Tel. 01200 427870.
Clitheroe Bridge
Club Monday, November 21st : at 7-15 p.m., In Chatburn School hall.
. Improvers and experienced ' / players are welcome. Tel. 01254 877256. Thursday, November 24th at 7-15 p.m., in Chatburn School hall. Monday, November 28th .. 7-15 p.m. In Chatburn School hall.; / . /7 ■. -/ ' ",/
Hoghton Tower Wednesday and Thursday, 23rd and 24th November Ghost tours at 7-15 p.m. Explore ancient underground -
passages arid silent rooms. 7 Tickets £25 including hot meal tel. 01254 852986.
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Meditation Group Thursday, November 24th Meet at The Sanctuary of Healing, Langho. Contact sheilafish6@a'
ol.com, tel.. 01254825976 /
Stepping Stones
Playgroup Thursday, November 24th at 730 p.m. King's Centre Church Hall, Mlllthorne Avenue, Clitheroe. Pampered Chef cooking show at 730 p.m. Tickets £2 from Nicky and Cathleen tel. 07749728960.
Clitheroe United
Reformed Church Friday, November 25th East Lancashire People First DropJn. ■- / - Tel. 01200428604.
Whatley Village
Hall Wednesday, November 27th 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Table top sale of genuine. household items. £10 a table, to book tel. 01254 822350 o r823402.
Whailey
Methodist Church Saturday November 26th 1030 a.m. to 230 p.m. Chnstmas Fair, various stalls, visitfrom Father Christmas, , refreshments and lunch.’ ’ - *
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre, New Market Street, Colne
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Saturday, November 19th to Sunday, November 27th Weekends 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., weekdays 12 to 730 p.m. Arts, crafts and gifts fair.' * : '
Mellor Brook Community
Centre Saturday, Novomber 26th at 8 p.m. • Licensed to Trill: The Opera
: Dudes.'A night of songs, stories and laughter from Royal College
; of Music old boy, Tim Lole /. and ex-brick-layer. Neil Alien.
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viiww.melloibrook.org all tickets £10. -7 ’7 7'v7.
n And don ay Gerald Searle
0 there goes another summer - and what a lemorabie season it turned out to be! Sadly, ur best personal memories may well have been Overshadowed by the violence of the brief mob ule in our major cities. Fortunately it was no surprise that here in the ibble Valley we have escaped even the slightest ign of the chaos - unless, of course, you spotted ’ he news report entitled "Extraordinary scene the Co-operative Society's manager mobbed." Apparently, one Saturday evening "a lively cene was witnessed in the vicinity of Russell itreet", when the manager of the Co-op was uddenly dismissed after it was decided that the ranch was not making sufficient profit, so not -aying a decent dividend to its shareholders. Certainly it was not a popular decision among :he locals, because at closing time a mob
[invaded the shop, yelling abuse and throwing [rubbish at the unfortunate Mr Aspden, who as detailed by the committee to relieve the
_ manager of his responsibilities - and shop keys! S However, by Monday all was resolved and, at a packed public meeting, a vote of confidence in the committee was passed almost unanimously, although it was interesting that the dividend to be paid had mysteriously risen from the planned ten pennies to two shillings! Such currency may suggest that the incident
was hardly recent - in fact it was headline news only in 1883! However, it did remind me of my childhood and being sent to the other end of my row of houses to the Co-op - "and don't forget the divi!" Needless to say, as in so many small villages, it
jlihas now reverted to a standard terraced house, but it was my introduction to the Co-operative Movement - 1 was a Co-operator and never knew it! Indeed, many of us probably have little sense
of how much we owe first to Robert Owen, who popularised the Co-operative movement in the 1820s, then to the weavers who instigated the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society in Toad • Lane in 1844. This provided the model for the thousands of
j f | Co-operative Societies that developed across Britain-and the CWS, established in 1863 - when workers were being exploited in the mills and factories of unscrupulous owners. The movement arose as a practical protest against the adulteration of food, false weights and measures and overpricing, which often occurred with private shopkeepers because of the absence of adequate consumer protection laws. In Clitheroe, it was March 1861, before a
group of striking cotton workers gathered in the Commercial Inn to elect a committee of 11 under the chairmanship of John Booth, with Robert Garner not only secretary but also "shopman", for which his weekly pay was 16 ’ shillings, though by October he was granted . not only a two shillings' rise but also an assistant -fellow committee member, Thomas Smithers - on three shillings!
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‘ Clearly this' was not a shortcut to a quick fortune, with attendance at a meeting paying only 3d and the Secretary earning 5d, the Treasurer 6d and the poor Steward only 2d per week. .
-' ■ • ■ ■ However, on May 22nd, 1861, it was resolved
that 500 copies of the society's rules should be printed and it was all hands to the pump until the end of June, when the first shop opened
Clitheroe's Co-operative store on Moor Lane, (s)
. in Lowergate, with shares for members priced at just £1 and limited to a maximum of 50 per
- person. Preparations had been hectic with committee
members sent to gain extra information from neighbouring societies like Harwood, Accrington, Barrowford and Burnley. Premises were obviously crucial and it was decided on May 29th that "Daniel MacCormick clean his shop entirely and that we refit it ourselves." This shop was rented for five
years, assorted scales, fittings and containers were purchased, an outdoor sign was designed and opening hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (10 p.m. on Fridays apd Saturdays) agreed. Clitheroe's "Equitable
different qualities were available, with five grades of sugar ranging from 5d per pound upwards and soap from 4d to 5d. In the meat department, ham was clearly the "posh" choice because it cost 10d, significantly more than common old bacon! Nor were the children neglected, with assorted
In th em e a t department,
Co-operative.Grocery and Provision Store" was in business, which was clearly brisk in all the essentials like food, seasoning and cleaning products; with sales in the first quarter totalling £811 - indeed at the end of the second quarter the dividend paid . to members was Is 3d in the pound. Within 10 years this had risen to 2s 3d, because ■ membership was, up to 430 and annual sales
are hardly startling, but a list of agreed prices for the opening puts them into perspective. For many items like flour, butter and cheese,
ham was clearly the ‘posh! choice
because it cost lOd,
significantly more than common oldjbacon!
sweets priced at 1 d per ounce, with a special halfpenny discount for buying two ounces! However, for many adults the main essential was no doubt tobacco and, perhaps surprisingly, snuff, available at 5d per ounce and probably one of the most strictly regulated . items on sale, if this extract from The Commissioner of Customs and Excise is to be believed. Shopkeepers were not allowed to sell;
f "any snuff which, after being dried at 212F., is found to
contain more than 26% of the
y carbohydrates, chlorides, and sulphates of potassium, sodium, and ammonium, inclusive of the salts of potassium, sodium, and ammonium
were £14,054. Obviously, by modern standards these figures
naturally present in the tobacco; and in the case of Welsh and Irish snuff the same must not contain more than 13% of the oxides of calcium and magnesium, including the lime derived from the lime water which may be legally added thereto." Now there is a product not to be sniffed at! The store itself was a typical "co-op" in that it grew out of the community in which it was
founded and was run by and for the local people.. It traded under the symbol of a hand holding a pair of scales and believed in "never departing from the principle of buyirig and selling for READY MONEY", with this central guideline: "Let integrity, intelligence and ability be indispensable qualifications in the choice of officers and managers, and not wealth or distinction." Certainly it produced some faithful employees,
with Mr H. Embley holding the office of treasurer for 50 years, Joseph Nuttall retiring in 1950 after
• 51 years of service and, as early as 1929, James Sutcliffe retiring from Low Moor after 57 years!
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Low.Moor was one of the many local villages that opened their own co-op, but Clitheroe itself quickly branched out In 1863 Russell Street opened, then 1866 saw the beginning of the main store in Moor Lane, which added drapery, furnishings and shoes to its original range. From 1868 even coal was available from the sidings at the station, then in the new century, Salthill Road, Victoria Street, Peel Street, De Lacy Street and Waddington Road all provided new venues, before March 1929 when patrons of the brand new Henthorn Road site were offered a free
• parcel of CWS goods if they spent more than half-a-crown on opening day! The Co-op's most striking building, in King
Lane on the site of the former West's Yard, bought in 1912, has now disappeared but for decades it stood as a major symbol of the debt that we owe to those early Rochdale pioneers
. who made Toad Lane world famous. The benefits of Co-operation!
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