Friday 19 July 1918
Frank made every effort to save
his friend from drowning
B Robinson of Hazelcliff, Leeds Road, Idle, throws new light on the drowning
at Colwyn Bay on 7th July of Stanley McClelland, the 15-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs Z McClelland of the George Hotel, Idle.
In a letter to a contemporary, B Robinson says: “The report of the drowning at
Old Colwyn unconsciously does injustice to his friend who tried to save him.
His friend, Frank Farrand, is my nephew and lives at this address.
He is not exactly delicate, as stated in the report, nor yet very robust but he can
swim a little.
Sheer exhaustion
On hearing Stanley scream Frank rushed to him, struggling with him and
lifting him to the surface several times after Stanley had lost consciousness but
had not sufficient strength left to bring him ashore and lost his hold of him
from sheer exhaustion.
Seeing the impossibility of saving his friend alone, he just managed to get
ashore himself, called for assistance and dropped on the sand unable to do
more. Unfortunately help was too far away and arrived too late.
Resignation could spark Party challenges
It is not giving anything
away to say that the
political parties represented
were never in such friendly
rivalry for place and power
on the Shipley Urban
Council as at the present
time.
The affairs of the district are not
suffering on this account; in fact, they
are all the better for it and if we had
the space and the time we could
illustrate what a dull dog our Council
would be and how local government
would degenerate to a mechanical
discharge of duties but for the spur of
party interest and competition.
It is the salt of the thing.
Besides, where a balance of
representation can be struck the
tendency towards monopolies is
steadied and there is more likely to be
“a long pull, a strong pull and a pull
together” in the interests of the town.
Spices
It is also the political situation on a
council that spices its own elections
and although the resignation of Cllr
Reynolds at Shipley may only interest
the public so far as filling of his seat
goes, it is a much more important
thing to the members as a whole.
Cllr Reynolds is chairman of the
Electricity Committee and the
Finance Committee and it will
be interesting to notice what will
happen in connection with those
positions during the next few
weeks.
The Unionists are naturally
expectant. Cllr L Shackleton and Cllr
H Bradley, two of their
representatives, are in the vice-chairs
of these committees and they will
probably want to take advantage of
any automatic custom there may be
for the promotion of these members.
But it remains to be seen whether the
vacancies will be filled with such
ease and from what we have heard we
should not be surprised if a vote has
to be taken in regards to one of the
chairmanships.
Arthur Pollard, aged 16, sheet metal worker of 17 Barrett Street, Shipley, and
Leslie Albert Whitaker, aged 16, engineer, of 18 Springwood Avenue, Shipley,
appeared at Bradford West Riding Police Court on Monday.
They were charged with breaking and entering the offices of George Dalton &
Co, Wellcroft Mills, Shipley on 14th July and stealing five cigars and also with
stealing £2 on 7th July from Mrs Verity of Avondale Buildings.
P.C. Atkinson said that on the 14th they were seen entering the mill by William
Northrop, butcher, of Wellcroft, who informed P.C. Atkinson.
Hiding behind dustbins
The lads came out of the mill by a different window and sliding from the roof,
ran away. The witness gave chase and caught them in a back yard, hiding
behind a dustbin. One of them had a mask and a chisel in his pocket and the
other a screwdriver.
They were bound over and ordered to join the Navy.
Shipley youths found guilty
and ordered to join the Navy
ADVERTISEMENTS
BUYER of cast-off clothes, Ladies’,
Gents’ and Children’s; highest prices
given; prompt attention to parcels and
post cards - Mrs Winestone (sole
propritetor, Mrs Cooper) 8 & 10 Saltaire
Road, Shipley.
OLD TUBS WANTED - Good prices
given for Old Tubs. Watkin, 36
Commercial Street, Shipley.
LADIES and Gentlemen who value
their hair try Mrs Gott’s Hair Wash.
Turns grey hair to its natural colour; all
who use it praise it; post paid 1/4. Sold
at Mrs Gott’s, 14 Dockfield, Shipley; 14
Barrett St; and Mrs Tillotson’s Laddies
Hairdressers, Commercial St, Shipley.
VOICE CULTURE - Miss Gladys
Tunstill, the eminent contralto, has a
few vacancies for pupils: Address, 65
Bradford Road, Shipley.
GIRL wanted for Office Work in Shipley
district, age about 14 years. Box No 2,
Times & Express, Shipley.
WANTED LABOURER for Grease
Extracting; good wages to suitable
man, discharged or ineligible - Apply
Sir Titus Salt, Bart, Sons & Co Ltd,
Saltaire.
WANTED, MANAGER for Butcher’s
shop at Charlestown. Apply Thos
Holdsworth and Son, Market Place,
Shipley.
WANTED a PASSER and Two Good
MENDERS for Coatings; also two or
three good COATING WEAVERS - Box
1, Times & Express, Shipley.
BRASS and IRON BEDSTEAD,
complete with spring matress and wool
bedding £6 19s 6d - F H Somers, 38-
42 Westgate, Shipley.
SECONDHAND Axminster CARPET,
3½ x 4 in splendid condition £11 11s.
F H Somers 38-42 Westgate, Shipley.
SOLID fumed OAK BEDROOM SUITE,
with chairs, cannot be repeated, £28
10s - F H Somers, 38-42 Westgate,
Shipley.
Only a dodger would
criticise Tribunal doctors
To see a medical board at work or to
take an intelligent interest in your
own examination gives a very good
idea of the amount of mental
concentration that is required from
the doctors every time they are on
duty.
If there is any harder sedentary
occupation, we should like to see it.
Every military tribunal should make a
points, as some of the members at
Shipley have done, of watching the
examinations.
Soul of courtesy
They would be able to form a better
estimate of some of the random
criticism of applicants for exemptions.
Nothing could be more thorough or
fairer than the examination that is
made by the Bradford board.
The doctors are the soul of courtesy
and one man was so impressed by
the character of his examination as a
whole that he remarked to us before
dressing and receiving his ticket (he
drew grade 1), “I don’t care what I’m
put in, nothing could be fairer than
this examination.”
We felt that he was right. Only a
dodger would think of abusing the
system at Bradford.
Shipley Tribunal hears
publican’s sad story
Pathetic evidence was given by a
licensed victualler at the Shipley
Tribunal last Friday night.
The publican was W E Wood, aged
47, Grade 2. He said he lost his wife
last year and that six weeks later his
son was killed.
50 horses
He added that he has one of the
largest public houses in the Bradford
district with stabling for thirty horses.
Very often he had to attend to fifty
and sixty horses in a day.
Cllr T Hill, tribunal chairman asked
him: “Yours is one of the few houses
that keep open all day?”
Mr Wood: “Yes”
Asked if he had a father, he replied
that he has but that his mother was
lying on her death bed.
He was exempted till 31st October.
Mr T A Booth, wholesale
manufacturing druggist and drysalter,
of Idle, gave a charabanc trip to his
employees on Saturday to
Harewood, via Bramhope and Keskel
Woods.
Tea was served at the Arthington
Arms and the party returned later in
the evening after an enjoyable outing.
Workers’ charabanc
Shipley’s new curate
Rev T Chadwick, curate for the last
three years at Emmanuel Church,
Preston, has accepted the curacy of
the Shipley Parish Church and
begins his new duties on 19th
August. His present vicar describes
him as a man of the utmost honesty
and sincerity.
Daisy Day collection
The workers connected with the
Baildon Wesleyan Church held their
annual Daisy Day on Saturday in aid
of the National Children’s Home and
Orphanage.
The collectors were stationed at
various points of the town and the
collection realised £17 13s 4d, about
£4 more than the previous best.