PARTON PARTY ON, 1965 & 1975 NOTES

WN= Whitehaven News; WCT= West Cumberland Times; CES= Cumberland Evening Star

WN* 7 Jan 1965

• [Not ads on p1 any more]
• [Announcement by Lord Beeching that "British Railways" is to become "British Rail"- how much will the change cost?]

• [p2: Chuck Berry plays Carlisle ABC, support inc. the Moody Blues]
• [p3: Dancing at the Tow Bar Inn, Nethertown, with special bus from Whitehaven, returning 11.45pm]
• [p3: Good little ad for Drigg gig by the Titans]
• [p4: "Go Now" by the "Moodie Blues" was at 5 in one Whitehaven record dealer's top 10]
• p6: NB: Looking back to Jan 1940, Parton ARP complaint
• p10: no Parton teams in Whitehaven Darts League
• p13: cinemas- Gaiety; Queens (Whitehaven); Castle (Egremont); Regal (Cleator Moor)

• [p1: 1 killed in "pile-up" on stairs at Empress Ballroom, Whitehaven]
• [p7: annual Agricultural Show at Silloth ceases, because losing money]
• p7: road accident on Church Brow at Parton
• p12: No Parton team in Whitehaven & District Table Tennis League

• [p1: death of Sir Winston Churchill]
• p10: ERDC Road Safety Committee acts on danger at Parton Brow

• ads for Grand Theatre, Cockermouth (films); Ritz, Workington (films); Empire, Maryport (films); Palace, Aspatria (films)
• p7: Workington has to decide whether to charge extra rates to keep control of its public libraries

• p1, Death of Rowland Cowper, Whitehaven dancing teacher & decorator
• ERDC discusses Parton development prospects, p6

• [Proposals to demolish Jubilee Terrace & Coronation Houses, Harras Moor, p1]
• [Paramount Amusements, Silloth, extended on seaward side, p6]
• No refs to Parton team in soccer reports.

• p2, British Rail (with arrows logo) announces that the previously-advertised special train to Blackpool for Blackpool v Whitehaven (RL Cup, 2nd round) will not run, due to lack of demand. NB it ran from Whitehaven, not Workington, so no Parton stop.
• p3, ad for Palace Cinema Bingo Club, Frizington
• p5, 81? Foundry Road for sale
• [p6, death of Stan Laurel]
• p10, Church Brow crash (Jan) comes before magistrates

• Ad for H. Marshall of the Firth School of Motoring, Parton, p3
• p5, 83 Foundry Road for sale
• p12, no Parton team in W. Cumberland Badminton league

• ["New look" for Whitehaven proposed, p1]
• Train trip to Workington v Wigan, p2
• [p8, Editorial on proposed Whitehaven development]
• [p8, death of photographer George Abraham, age 94]
• [p11, details of Whitehaven development plan, with plan & sketches]

• Train trips from Whitehaven (London overnight, Edinburgh (39/0), Newcastle (28/0), Glasgow (40/0); "Bookings also from Parton" etc.), p2
• Parton Old Folks Committee annual meeting ad, p2
• Further ad for 83 Foundry Road, p5
• Wedding of Allan Butler of Brisco Crescent, p6

• No refs to Parton in West Cumberland Senior League football reports, but note that Moresby team, re-formed last season, has had to pull out of the league as it lacks a ground, p10]

• Train trips, p2
• Wedding of Anne McDonald (or Newton, nee McD.) of Foundry Road, p6
• [p12, Court hearing re 11pm curfew order which has reduced attendance at Empress Ballroom from 600 to under 100- manager warns he will turn it into a club]
• p15, no Parton teams in Whitehaven District Dominoes League [unless "Ship Inn" refers to the Parton Ship]

• Parton Methodist Church sale of work, p8

• [Harrington harbour redevelopment, & renaming as Bellaport, p6]
• Bankrupt ex-Parton publican, p7
• Parton Methodists report, p7
• Wedding of Vivian Roberts of Hillcrest, Brewery Brow, p8
• p12, Darts: Coronation Fours, 4th round, inc. Ship Inn, Parton, v Central Z

• [European rocket ready at Spadeadam, p6]
• Theft from car at Parton, p10

• p10, Lowca Homing Society, + Moresby Parks HS, but no Parton one

• Brewery House, Parton, for sale by G.S. Bennewith, Estate Agents, Whitehaven, p5
• Parton driver's Keswick offences, p11
• [Memories of music hall at the Royal Standard pub by Whitehaven harbour, p15]

• Train trips, p2
• Bennewith houses for sale adverts, inc. 39 Foundry Rd., p5

• Footpath problem at Lamb Hill, p1
• ["25 years ago" article on rabbit problem, p6]
• [History of William Pit & Lowca Foundry, p6]

• Parton tanker driver hurt, p1
• [Joe Cocker at Whitehaven Civic Hall ad, p3]

• Parton Ship win Coronation Darts finals, p12

• [11pm curfew at Empress Ballroom lifted, as Whitehaven young people had been going elsewhere, leaving the place a "ghost town" on Saturday evenings, p6]
• No Parton birds in West Cumberland Federation entries for pigeon race from France, but a "Little and Johnston" (no place) in Lowca HS- bottom, speed 1022 against Lowca HS fastest of 1064, p12

• 8 Sea View, Parton, for sale, p5
• [Model of proposed Whitehaven redevelopment, p9]
• [Article on local history research by Daniel Hay's son, p11]
• [Poor attendances at Empress- no more Saturday dances until Oct, but manager worried young people may have "formed other habits" for their Saturday nights out,p13]

• [Proposal to declare Whitehaven a "gem town", p1]
• Train trips, p5

• [Open verdict on Sellafield worker dead of leukemia, p1]
• Brewery House, Parton, for sale, by Bennewith's p5
• Train trips, p5
• [Beatles Hamburg story, p11]
• Lamb Hill footpath restored, p15

• p9, Parton boys caught stealing strawberries

• [p2, ad for roulette, blackjack & dice at Tow Bar Inn, Nethertown (+ another ad p3, headed "Casino Nights")]
• [p6, test borings to be made for proposed Whitehaven Civic Hall extension]
• [p7, Last train from Lakeside, Windermere]

• p6, Speeding offence on Long Mile, Parton
• [p6, Silloth Hydro hotel, vacant for several years, to be converted to flats]

• p1, train derailed by landslip near Lowca
• p5, 23 White's Row, Parton, for sale
• [p5, Minister denies rumours that twice-failed Europa/Blue Streak rocket project is to be scrapped]
• [p8, Kurt Scwitters barn Merz work being moved to Newcastle]
• p11, Parton Methodist Church harvest festival

• p3, schoolgirl injured at Parton
• p5, Parton Old Folks' Committee Xmas gifts

• p1, sea rescue award for Parton boy

• Cleator Moor Co-Operative Society, Parton Stores (Tel Whi 2501) [one of 18 branches]

• p12, Queens' Cinema- That Darn Cat etc. (Herbie Rides Again at Gaiety)
• p12, Civic Halls panto: Puss in Boots, starring Imogen Hassall
• p16, football report

• p5, Parton road accident
• p6, football report
• p14, Queen's back to normal with "Sex and the Lonely Woman"

• p1-2, Two recent deaths of Windscale workers (from leukaemia and bone marrow disease, put down as coincidental by management)
• [p3, concerns from Lake District Planning Board about the level of second-home ownership in the Lake District]

• p1, Parton modernisation NEHA proposals
• [p1, Harry Fancy, age 37, from Cheshire, appointed curator of new Whitehaven Museum]
• p6, football: Marchon v Parton, 2-0

• p6, football report
• [p8, demolition of Quaker Oats mill by Whitehaven harbour, closed 3 years ago]
• p11, Parton decorator and one other fined

• [p1, Vicar complains about X films shown at the Windscale Club, Seascale- club secretary notes only 4 of the 14 shown in the past 6 months were X-cert]
• p6, football report, W Cumb. League

• [p5, introduction of disc parking in Whitehaven delayed]
• p6, football report
• [p12, former RAOB club opened c1966, privatised as the Cameo Club after 3 years, soon changed to Talk of Cumbria, then Kirsty's Club, is reopening again under another new owner (local haulage contractor Michael Morgan) and name- the Zodiac Club]
• p21, 2 Moresby Terrace for sale by C.J. Nesbitt & Son, Whitehaven

• p6, football report

• p1, report on 1973 rail crash near Parton
• p6, Elliotts FC, Maryport, only able to muster 5 players for match against Parton
• [p11, map showing Whitehaven disc parking areas, to commence 21 Mar]

• Entertainments: Whitehaven Gaiety, Queen's cinemas. Workington Carnegie Theatre/Arts Centre (music etc.), Whitehaven Haven Club; Zodiac nightclub, Workington Rendezvous nightclub, Nethertown Tow Bar Inn (buses from Whitehaven, 7pm Sundays), Braystones Tarnside Club. Whitehaven Copeland Civic Halls.

• p4, scrap dumping problem on Parton foreshore
• Pigeons- still Lowca HS, also Bransty FC, but no Parton HS

• p9, wedding of June Turner of Seven Acres, with pic
• p11, Parton schoolkids' weekend in Eskdale
• p17: "Public Notices" section includes results of E&E Foxhounds weekly draw.

• p7, Parton man fined for paint theft
• [p17, anger at need for extra safety spending on new Whitehaven Leisure Centre following fire]

• p1, Cubs & Brownies' beach clear-up in aid of new Scout Hut, with pic
• p7, Parton Senior Citizens' outing
• p7, Parton Football Club dinner dance
• [p10, Hensingham sketch of house on Hospital site]
• [p11, Matthew Brown taking over Workington Brewery]
• [p12, "Look Stranger" TV programme on Jeffersons' wine merchants of Whitehaven]
• p21, 53 Main Street, Parton, for sale

• p1, Golden wedding of John & Hannah Wilson of Firth View, Parton
• p15, first part of feature on 1946 disaster at Harrington No.10 pit

• p11, concern over Seven Acres modernisation
• p20, no Parton troops/packs referred to in results from West Cumbria Scout Sports. Moresby yes; Distington yes; Whitehaven yes

• p7, Harrington No 10 pit disaster part 2
• [+1946 accounts from "The Lowca No. 10 Pit disaster, December, 1946" published by the Friends of Whitehaven Museum PHOTOS]

• p6, Cockermouth & District Billiards League- inc. teams from Distington & Moresby, not Parton or Lowca

• p5, West Cumberland Soccer League first matches

• [p1, Moss Bay aerial pic by Roger Savage,]
• p6, W. Cumb. football report
• p13, fire at 53 Main Street, Parton

• Ads for Ritz (films); Oxford (films); Hippodrome (films); Theatre Royal (amateur drama)
• p10: Ad for dancing at the "Tow Bar Inn" at Nethertown (special buses from Whitehaven)

• p6, W. Cumb. football report; Parton v Gosforth 2-2
• p10, car insurance fraud by Parton man
• p11, foreshore reclamation plan for Parton

• [p2, Architects' Journal criticism of Whitehaven planning PHOTOS]
• p6, football report
• p7, storms cause power cuts
• [p12, exhibition on Whitehaven's architecture past & present]
• p18- as usual, Gaiety shows ordinary films, Queen's shows X-cert

• [p1, pic in Castle Park, Whitehaven]
• [p1, last Sunday services Barrow-Workington to be withdrawn]

• [p1, retirement of Bill Robertson, who in 1963 was one of the first people to enter a working nuclear reactor]
• p4, pic of Brisco Bank Farm
• p14, football report
• p19, report on housing modernisation proposals- or lack thereof
• p27, Parton soldier in rape case
• p30, NB cinemas: Queen's showing X-films, but also early evening "The Sword in the Stone"- half-term?

• [p1, "Windscale will not be world's dump for atomic rubbish" promises energy minister]
• p6, football report
• p13, Parton modernisation plan to be delayed

• [p1, Lowther Street big store to go ahead, but frontage to be preserved]
• p5: Gosforth v Parton soccer called off because several Gosforth players ill with flu

• p6, football report
• [p18, ad apologising for temporary closure of Cleator Moor Regal Cinema due to fire damage; watch out for posters there and at Egremont Castle Cinema]

• p6, football report

• p6, football report
• p7, Parton Parish Council flooding debate

• p1: could Whitehaven be used as port for nuclear waste from Japan etc. for reprocessing if Barrow ban goes ahead? (under new deal with Japanese govt., 4,000 tons expected over the next 10 years, resulting in 1000 new jobs)
• p6, football report

• p1, Landslides block railway at Parton
• p6, football report
• p15, proposals to improve Parton Recreation Ground
• p18, challenging article on safety of nuclear reprocessing in light of the new Japanese contract, warning of problems around the world such as failure to predict potential hazards, and cost-saving by faking safety check data

• p19, Queen's Cinema showing "Don Juan" and other X films, + "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (A)

• p1, worries about the future of the coastal rail line
• p13, Queens' shows Mary Poppins etc. for Xmas hols

• p3, St. Bridget's School Xmas show, with pic
• p5, football report
• p12, Civic Hall panto ad: Aladdin, starring Sam Kydd, with Janette King as Aladdin, Nicky Young as Widow Twanky

• J. Youdale, 18 Foundry Road (Tel Whi 2861) retail grocer [J for James; not in 1972 on]

• Parton one of first Cleator Moor Co-op branches to close, c1970- most of the rest gone within a year or two