The Ormskirk Advertiser, etc. from Ormskirk, Lancashire, England • 1

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IW Thursday November 21st 1963 WILLIAMS SON (The Shop) 5 CHURCH ST ORMSKIRK SOUTHPORT ADVERTISER SKELMERSDALE ADVERTISER WEST LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER No 11409 Price 40 REGAL CINEMA TO CLOSE ON SATURDAY NIGHT The cast of the Derby Players who this week will present Fmlyn Williams play Com is at the Comrades' Club in Ormskirk End of an era says managing director 'T'HE Regal Cinema in Church Street Ormskirk A which has served the town and district for the past 27 years will officially close on Saturday It is to become a supermarket having been purchased by Adsegas a large concern who have opened 30 supermarkets in the Manchester area in the last three years The tirst film lo be shown at the Regal when it opened on Ferbuary 10th 1936 was Wings of Song" and the curtain will come down on Doctor in Distress starring Dirk Bogarde FORTY YEARS SERVICE 'TV FISHING IN THE PARK Angling Club could help Councillor A MOVE lo allow fitshin in Ormskirk's Coronation Park was put forward at Tuesday meeting of the Council's Parks Committee when Coun John Dickinson stated that perhaps an Angling Club in Ormskirk might like to slock the lake and teach youngsters something about fishing jhcM' curtains at Regal Cinema will come down for the last time on Saturday after the film in has been shown PUPILS Managing Director of the Regal -since 194(1 Mrs Peggy Johnson told the 'Advertiser" the cinema had been her life in Ormskirk "It's all very sad hut 1 suppose it is pro- i gress We have carried on longer than most people It is the end ot an era" she said She and her husband paid tribute to the loyal start" many of whom had been working at the Regal for years The cinema will be missed by many people in the Ormskirk area who looked forward to their Saturday night's entertainment at the Regal The management had been in the habit of allowing old age pensioners to sec lilms at special low prices The Ormskirk Grammar School always used the Regal for their annual speech day in the past The Regal was officially opened on February H'th 1936 bv the late Sir Samuel Rrighotise who was coroner for South West Lancashire It was estimated to have cost something in the legion of £20000 Su Samuel said at the time that it required a brave company to "come and spend £20000 in sleepy AS part of their geography lessons pupils at St ViVmono CXPCC' a fa'r rclurn I i 1 I a a a I la ra a a la a a I lie company desired it to be known that it was not a matter ol anti about eovering a radius of over ten miles making mcrc shillings and pence hut they hivc come to add to the amenities a survey of farms and market gardens in their parish fntditm out for themselves how successful the MAKE THEIR OWN FARM SURVEY and iimiing out ot Ormskirk He aid he would like to give them a slogan- "Let this screen give birth to films that will i I (J football or cricket and I don't think they are allowed to lish in the park lake This is a park mainly for children and 1 think an area should be set aside for the children under 14 to be able to play" he said The Chairman Coun John Aspin-' wall said the Council did not stop children playing with a ball and bat but they did not allow organised games as playing fields were pro- vided for that purpose Coun Aspinwall also referred to tFie amount of damage caused to swings etc and said that during the year quite a bit of money had been spent on repairs to swings Coun Dickinson mentioned fishing as part of his plea to the Committee to provide more facilities in the park for young children "Wc don't seem to he providing facilities We have a certain amount of equipment swings etc there is not enough for the children a' the present time "They are not allowed to play Firm would go cut of business sav surveyor Ormskirk Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society presented "The Yeomen of the Guard" at the Regal The directors of the cinema obtained the freehold from Lord Derby in 1935 and after its opening Mrs Johnson became Managing Director in 1940 a position which she has held to the very end Alderman Bailee former Lord Mayor of Liverpool is the chairman of the directors During and after the war the Regal was used as a local centre lor charitable shows and concerts and something like £15000 was raised for charity Mrs Johnson who was treasurer of the Welcome Home fund organised bv citizens of Ormskirk took a real and active interest in arranging these concerts Show business personalities Among the famous show business personalities who have appeared on the Regal stage were the late George I ormbv and his brother rank ardew Robinson i estocq and Jack Radclitfe The cinema has been honoured bv the visit of HRH The Princess Roval when she received purses on behalf of the MC A and Mr Harold Wilson Labour leader has also been to the Regal From the very beginning the "Advertiser" has been connected with the Regal cinema because throughout the vears the management have uses! our advertising columns to announce forthcoming attractions When the Regal celebrated its silver jubilee only two years ago Mr Johnson a director of the cinema denied rumours that had been circulating in Ormskirk for the past two or three vears that the cinema was being closed down At that time it had been one of the few independent cinemas functioning in South West Lancashire Ormskirk is now left with one cinema- the Pavilion in Moorgate add loyousness lo life" All work and no play was no service he added A Bu kerstaffe woman who had spent over 40 years in the teaching profession retires on December 31st She is Miss A If Smith ol 18 Harrow Nook liickersta tie who has been on the ti aching staff ol Bickcrstatfc Cof 12 School lor over 21 years Miss Smith the whole of her school experience with the Lain-: cashire Education Committee In fact she received her early education at Bickcrstatte School before going to Orm-kirk Grammar School i in September 1917 while she studied I until 1921 when she matriculated and 1 became a student teacher at Bicker-staftc hool for a year i rom Fin kerstaffe Miss Smith went to the old Warrington Training Coll ege Diocesan to continue her studies and train for her future teaching career Finding successfully her two ear course at Warrington 1924 Miss Smith then took hei hrst post of responsible teaching at Irlani adi-heail (all age) School in the Manchester area I "One had to go farther afield in those early (lavs July 1924 lor 1 posts were lew and far between i because of the surplus of teachers and the scarcity of positions" Miss Smith told the Adv trti-er I Miss Smith then went to l'rrsiot I Council Sc hool where she serv-! cd Iron! January 192(5 until Septemb-' er 30th 1942 a period of almost i 17 years I It was on Oct ulcer 1st 1942 that Miss Smith returned from the urban and industrial areas to the village I school at Hickerstalie where she has 1 been for over 21 vears harvest lias been this year I he farms and ten in all cover a wide and scattered area from the borders of Southport to (he neighbouring districts of Halsall Burscough and Ormskirk I he pupils are all in the top junior class at the school anil the results ol their extensive survey are on view at the school for anyone interested to see doing quite a lot of research work on plastic and this week she is going tii lecture to the school on the reasons why it is so popular and on the various uses to which it can be put Lius is Susan's own individual effort Other fields Conn Mrs Pennington said she felt if more swings were to be provided other fields such as Green Lane the Scott Estate and those at Newburgh and Burscough should be considered But Coun Aspinwall pointed out that there had been swings on the Green Lane field and these had ben up" by young people playing on them late at night Coun Renfrcy said he thought there was a by-law against fishing in the park The Clerk Mr George Williams confirmed this He pointed out that people could fish provided they put the fish back in the lake The Committee agreed to the Surveyor (Mr Wright) obtaining estimates for the provision of more swings etc It was stated that they would have to be included in next year's estimates The Committee is also to discuss the question of providing similar equipment for other playing fields in the area I niqiie occasion This occasion was unique in that Ormskirk was the first tow to receive a transmission from India For Mr Geoffrey Parkes chairman of the directors broadcast a special message from the Tai Mahal Hotel in Bombay to the audience gathered for the opening of the cinema A week before this ccremonv the Mi Mackintosh headmistress at St Mary's RC School Scarisbrick pupils in the too junior class of her school the various lirm- ilu ordnance survey map which the children have recently visited i If a Bur-cough storage company I- gi iiited permis-ion to tnmmue to ii hangars on a lornur Koval Naval Air Station at Bur-cough it vv go out of business Mr William Frith a chartered surveyor and partner in the nrni of Kaltersbv and I rith of Wigan told this to a local inquire at Ormsk irk vesterday into the dei ision of Otniskuk Guinul who acting on behalf of the Lai nashire County Council had refused to permit the continued use of hangers at the air station in lordsgate Lane Bitr--cough by lromc Storage Company ltd Mr Frith said that the company fulfilled a very definate need to the business and farming community of 1 the area and should they be deprived of the use of their hangers then not only would the company go out of business but materials and products stored there would have to be stored eNew J) err For the council Mr Currie (Deputy Divisional Manning Officer) said that the hangers winch lie felt should be removed were seriously detrimental to the visual amenities The Inspector (Mr Uottcrill) left to VV lie site A full report will appear in next Weeks issue Melias new warehouse at Bursccugh ol bv Mr Richard the Skclnicrsdale an extension ol is trom 10-30 pin hristmas I ve and I vc ws granted bv cistrites on I uesday on Robinson the the Albert Hotel a granted an extension vd hours trom In- 3() 0 pm i'll Saturday Nov ini 'ii the 1 i ports NEW EDUCATION OFFICER NOW OPEN ARTHURS LTD NEW DRAPERY EXTENSION 19 CHURCH STREET CHOOSE FROM THE EXTENSIVE offices in Lane Burscough a week dav Decembei 2nd Ii' stirt with the warehouse will stock goods for 50 shops and it is expected in the New Year to employ a staff of between 30 and 20 A spokesman for the firm said yesterday "We are hoping tht the i nc-v Burscough premises will take I the place of our Manchester ware-i house which is due for demolition I as it is in a clearance area" The new warehouse formerly belonged to Messrs Lavery and Las bciil rebuilt All the farms involved are earmarked on a large ordnance survey map which is on display in the school and in addition the children have brought samples ol the various crops and a report on how they have progressed during the season The headmistress Miss Mackintosh told the "Advertiser this week that each pupil in the class who lived on a farm took a partner from the class to study the mam crops on their respective farms This had resulted in a very fine display of specimens oi the chief crops grown on these farms during the year The pupils recorded the results of the harvest of each particular crop and the market towns of Lancashire to which the crops were taken In addition said Miss Mackintosh the children had made drawings of all the machinery used on the farms and done a considerable amount of research work on the stale of the harvest which had proved most interesting Although the 'tirvcv had not been especially prepared tor the occasion it was completed appropriately enough time for Education Week One of Ihe girls in the class Susan Jones was able to g'vc the other members of the class some interesting facts about the six inch ordnance survey map used for the subject as her uncle Mr Joseph Olverson of Southampton actually makes ordnamc maps AUSTIN AUSTIH-HEALEY WOISELEY RANGE OF NEW CARS BURSCOUGH BREAK-IN REMAINS A MYSTERY Rumours of two break-ms at Burscough on Sunday night have resulted in something of a mystery For on Monday morning two police officers called at Brocklebank Plastics Ltd the largest ball producers in the country to investigate a report of a break-in there TFie management were amazed at this news as this was the first they had heard about a break-in They conducted a search for any missing articles but apparently nothing had been taken The manager Mr Rome told the Advertiser on Monday morning that either some person had seen something suspicious or else it was just a malicious act The School Meals Centre off Mart I ane was broken into on Sunday night One of the windows was broken and a drawer in a desk in the office had been opened But the petty cash tin was still intact and noiFung at all has been found missing Electric Radiators Infra-red Heaters Mr Fade Ormskirk's new Divisional education Officer who started his duties on Monday FOR COMFORT WARMTH all round ASK the Home FOR HEATING APPLIANCES 3-litre Saloon 'Uncedti i The various farms I The studv ot the various farms 1 was made by the pupils as follows: Anthony Carr (New Hall Farm) Susan and Betty Simpson (Coe lind i arm) Marion I addsk Susan i Jones and Margaret Tinsley (North) I Moor I arm) Paul Ackers and hristinc htrnock (Dam Wood Farm i John Kenyon and Anthony Carroll (Snttons Farm) David ul-shaw and Teresa Aughton (Ker-! shaws Larin) Bernard Houghton and Lesley Smith iPlumhe House Farm) Joan light and lorame Tinsley ast View Market Garden Susan Johnson (Narrow Moss Market Garde til Angela Newton (East View Hillock Lane) Denis Johnson and Roy harnock (Johnsons fruiterer business) In addition to making a farm survey Susan Simpson has also been Plenty of New Cars in Stock PAY US A VISIT THIS WEEK-END See our large selection of Diana Cowpe Candlewicks Dorrra Flannelette Sheets and Blanket FJorrockses Pillow Cases and Sheets Zorbit Napkins ard Towels Marriners Knitting Wools Purax Feather Pillows Vantora Spreads and Tea Towels All types of Blankets etc by Dormy RATING IS OUT OF PROPORTION The rates of 3000 houses in Aughton have been wrongly assessed Mr David Hannah chairman oi (hr Aughton Ratepayers arJ Residents Association told Mr Beecher the area rating assessments officer on Monday night This was particularly true of the Serpentine and Cherry Tree Estate area where he said the raung was out of all proportion "In 1956 we were paying 1939 values this year it has teen doubled again I say the whole business of raing is utterly and completely lid Mr Hamah Criticising the number of properties allocated to each rating officer for assessment Mr Hannah said it meant that each man was dealing with 13000 cases which meant an average of ICO houses per day "No wonder they cannot get ihj rates right" he commented Mr Beecher said that as far as Aughton was concerned he had received fewer objections to assess- ments than he had anticipated like to think it is because people are becoming a little better informed" hesaif Mr Beecher said he would be very pleased to discuss any assessments with householders at an appointed time HATTONS Emergency chemists AT ORMSKIRK Sunday next: Boots Moor Street (open 2-3 pm) on Wednesday next: Timothy Whites Aughton Strrtt (open 6-7 pm) AT BURSCOUGH Sunday next: Mill Lane (open 6-7 pm) Wed nesday evening: Sutton's Mill Lane (open 6-7 pm) every Thursday evening: Liverpool Road North (6pen 6-7 pm) AT SKELMERSDALE Both Chemists and Hutchinson's In Sandy are open on Thursday evenings (64 pjn) Sunday neat: Hutchinson (open 74 pmX Portable Coal Effect Infra-red Firts Electric Towel Rails I also Terylene Quilts etc Large Selection of XMAS and WEDDING PRESENTS all at competitive prices The shop that guarantees its goods 4 19 CHURCH STREET ORMSKIRK Phone 3104 ARTHURS LTD AUSTIN PRINCESS DISTRIBUTORS MORRIS WOLSELEY MG RILEY DEALER! ROLLS-ROYCE BENTLEY OFFICIAL RETAILER! LORD STREET SOUTHPORT Telephone 55271 (10 lines) LOW DEPOSIT HP EXCHANGES WELCOMED BURSCOUGH DRIVER IN COLLISION When a car driven by Peter Orritt ot fted Cat Lane Burscough was in collision with another car driven by Amy Frances Wright of 4 FJeskcth Road Southport at the junction of Cambridge Road and Hesketh Road Southport on Friday night neither of the drivers received injuries OPPOSITE CHAPEL STREET STATION.