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QN Saturday, September 2nd providing I the weaHapv i‘


kind! thousands of Cllt ___-


iansi wilt flock to Cht tburn- road for the sixth annual


,ther is heron-


District |Agriculti In the evening they \dll re­ turn home after an entirtain- ing p d educational day’s out ing, .little realisi|ig th[e vast amount | of work been necessary ty stage this popular event for their benefit.


Horses, cattle,


rabt'lts, goats ani oth(T sec­ tions too numerous to mention indi ted eyes the will


and for the wouenfolk


attraction. revi


Women’s Institute section undoubtedly prove ^ great j


Clltheroe Show] though only ed in 1945, is now firmly


established asj lan annual event and its popula|'ity is unquestionable at the croWds : and entries pro/ed.


record have


For more tha


Clitl|eroe was Show, and then feeling among fee firming community seemel to he that ever/ district wis runiiing


h 50 withe


in 19^5, the First President ut When the Show was revived


show of some d whyj.not Clithero'


scription so /and this important position ?


in 1945 the question was who should be the'first president


•• ■


in 'the Town j Hall, although at thaj; time were one or two pes; who decried the!)dea, eventually decided


Clifeeroe should, annual Show,


Public jMe^ng; A public^eetiiig was held


and there


i^imists it was t h a t


hai'e an the Society


was formed. The next quest! m appeared


should be held at put forward: Thbn it \bas re called that Ithe ijiid Clitheroe Show used to be field In Chatburn-_______ Society promptly! decided to renew acqualntar.ee wife this field which, asl shown has provbd to be an with iiajes-


to be where to hcj}d thefshow and ; a | suggestion tlkt it Whalley was


time] has


admlrable settihg tic Pendle Hill to\!fering in the background.


The Society also cecided


that the Show sRould lie held on the first Satuiday i i Sep tember, and at lak th(!-great day Arrived. The keatl er was perfect for the c ecash n and for a new, ventufe thq show was regarded by a huge success, very fetlsfactory b hers; and quality course, there was son with the presfet-ddy high standards, and a| a result of that I first effort, cleared about £8i)o, thlus giv Ing themselves a 'irm fmnda for


everyone as Entries were oth ill num-


thoigh, of no compari-


tlon i financially efforts.


Bigger Crowds Each year fee


future


grown in some way other; entries for classes have inen ased, ent sections have! duced and—most the crowds have sWel'lei


So far, the Sod


most! fortunate weather and on e


Shew! has ir an-


the yarious differ-


been intro- impo :tant—


• 5ty has been witi the


'feh oicasion


they have been;fAvourifd with a fine day.


Many people Will dt ubtless


4he show field by the following morplng brlgb|t and sunny' to say everyone sigh pf relief .


Originally the[ S


special attractio sheep


rou h gn


remember the Sfiow p f ; two years ago. On evening everyon^ coimfeted with the Show^ anticipated a trade on to


real deluge, anc - ths stands had to: towed trac


;or, but lawned


and needless breathed a


Society staged 0 as s ich as


■ dog exhtbitioi s and riding


displajs,


pf sections and the time in yolvfe.. Each ye has [grown until every section of represented.


but


feese have had to be qlropped owing to the incre


ar the Show now almost faming is


5,000[ Sho/ ranked among memorable in ti e hi: tory 0. Ribblesdale agriciiltun, Therp were! more than and.j due to j weather, receipt^ we 'e in excess of the] ijrevioas yeaij.


Besl Yet people a(tend(d thij


Last year a reeprd efowd 0


which must surely have the most


2.090 entries the perfec; £5)


$5wn CIE mE


C O M P A N Y L IM IT I 'D Hf OC; O.VfU T * M


fO) S The livestock: sections wer vMlil>U R


very] strongly sppported .aniji the Society | reached a new


unde ubtedly level in th


T' was' accepte d by that highly rejected and well-known breeder of British Frlesians the late Mr. J. E. Fattorlni, of Sawley, whose [famous Dock- ber Herd was fin example to farmers thnughout the whole ofjfee country ] ' Mr. Fattorinii was president for two years arid was followed for a furtlier j two years by another wel i-knowh local per­ sonality, Mr. H; L. Rushton of Coulthurst Hall, Waddington. Mr. Rushton has always beeit keenly intei'estCd in agricul­ ture and s ;lll jkeeps a large herd of Ayrshire cattle. Last year’s president was


Coi. J. F. M.j Robinson, of Ch'atburn who] although not actively conaected with farm­ ing has always had a great in­ terest in agricultural matters am' '


' ] _


ter of the fhow since its In­ ception. Ccl. Robinson was only I president for last year it being his own wish that some­ one


wii wiou m


with over. Co


auiiic- Lsequently .there will he a


new |presldent for this year’s shovy and Mr. iRobln Green­ wood, of Clerk I Hill, Whalley, hE.s [accepted the ofiflee. Mr. Greenwood is also the owner ol a large herd] of Ayrshire cs ttle and I as d deep interest in apiculture generally. It is the feeling of the members of the Society ,hat in Mr. Green- rnood^ they will have a staunch piesident who will fulfill his opligktlons fe a very efficient aniier.


Unusual A


r ’act


rathe: unusual fact ‘.feat all the] presidents of


Clitheroe Show have been chosen frotn the Committee itself In ether places it is quite] a common practice for m “outside/” tp be asked to lold I the position but the [fiitheroe Society have been


nearl/ all fee notable agricul­ turalists Ir. the district as members of the Show Com­ mittee.


i So much for the Show itself,


but Wjhat of the men behind the scene:-the Committee ipembers who spare no effort


to make thdr function such a great succcis. For five years Mr. James


Wilkinson, of | the Starkle Arms,: Hotel, Clitheroe, has been the chairman and has withe ut a shadow of a doubt worked unceasingly for the benefit of t ie Show. His quiet unasfemini k d tolerant manner plus his efficiency, has pleased everyone. Mr. Ronnie Williamson] manager of the C-W.S., Withgllli has also been an asset ;o the Society as vice-chairnian while Mr. S. M. Hardman, manager of the Midland Bimk, has carried out the unenviable hutles of Show


treasurer in an admirable manner.


Hard Work But for shefe hard work


which continues all the year round one must pay tribute to the Sl]ov Secretary, Mr. William Smithfen, of Hilton Hey, Waddlngtdn.


Born at jBuckstalls, just be-,


low the Moorcock Inn, Mr. Smithson has been connected with agric|ultuile all his life, farming first of all at Leem- ings Farm on the Waddington Fell road and later at Bawd-


extremely fjjrtunate in having" Di * "


years


ddually will sill be fespec- with critical T not expert


stkndard of animals


,ts exhibits. Many ___ _______ progressive out-


herds were ca,ttle sect reflected th


i


from; noted local on view and the


Show of the! ClRherce and loiik of Riyblesdale farmers iral Society, and their iacreasing interest in Attested ;and Pedigree he rds.


The strongest section in the


field was the Pedigree British Friesian section while the heavy horse section compared very favouribly with one-day shows in Lancashire. The sheep section was, if anything,


Strange though it may seem,


gfed Show for a first time effort with the accent on qu,ality.”


iutieie last vear was o i l . L I 5


be staged o}n an even greater scale


lands Farm, Clitheroe. Al­ though he retired from farm­ ing In 1924, Mr. Smithson has


ons particularly, the greajt advantage of know i nrnprP.tJSiVA nllt- Incr ,


ing : ihe| district and also knowing the people who live in it.


/Hofrtnf 1 Hnt'rtnrrV»l-


i.horoughly personally


For many years . _____


for the (Corporation Electricity department visiting the various [farms and obtaining the neebssary permission for the elec'trlclti/ line,s to cross their land.


In so scattered a district as


better in both nualitv and ^•‘^‘^lesdale |this entailed miles better in _)otli quality and of travelling and in eonsequence


j ----- . ^rd 's*^rong classes there are} few places,


judgjes a difificult task. Mr. Srajthson does about.


the goat section proved to be an extremely popular innova­ tion and the comment of the


secretary] from the be the fact that he


True Member There see ns i no doubt that The secretary's job


thj goats aie here to stay and arduous and varied, th s year th 3 gfet section will ■ member of the rural


:an be very but, a true community


Mr., Siriithson enjoys every minute of it. Althougli the Show lasts only one day t ie prepara­ tions and correspondence stretch over the] whole twelve months and there is just as much work to do after a show, as before. As sooji as the Show is over,


When on of prizes that this ,is no mean feat During! the year


scheduled have to be printed and sent out the enbiry forms included in the


all the prize money has to be allocated [and it is Mr. Smithson's proud assertion that each year he has completed the paying out of prize jnoney w.ithin ten days, e considers fee number awarded it


is realised over 1,000


formulatefi, and later,


which are schedules,


checked and entered i 1 his books. Each exhibitor has (hen to given an:exhibition number and informed! accordingly. Mr. Smithson alone,


the many trade stands also fa Is on the


secretary’s shoulders on the actual Show kept constantly busy _______ „ questions] and generally super­ vising.


and even day he is answering


Difficult Job In Mr. Smitlison's Opinion,' the


most difflfelt job he iias to do is to ensure feat all priz2 cards and the special prizes and rosettes are correct. One miitake would


more directly connected ®ean a series of wrong prizes so agriculture should take everything inust be |n apple-pie


order when the great and the cards ready tion py the stewards.


About a! week befor


son’s wife and son pelp a great deal.


at times fech as this ortr\’c Tirlfn


] Mrs. Smithson iS


William, junior, who years of |age, often father by] typing out letters.


almost as conversant culture as her hus/and, while is only nine helps his forms and


by npw with agri-


Mr. Smithson's work' much easier, though _______


■ With two such willing helpers


it is a job which necessitates an exceptionally keen interest and a liking for [hard work.


A show secretary s Job w‘as


aptly I summed up by a member of th'e farming Comiaunity who, at one of the local shows, walked up to the secretarj “ Tha’s nowt to do wi boss."


and said: 'it, but tha’s V >


Show the telephone Hey is continually :


day arrives for alloda-


■p the actual at Hilton


inging and Mr, Smith­


than 600 [eStries to sort. The work of ihrra,nging and allocating sites for


Last year had more


________, reallv secretaiyj is ample proof of his


He tob, was appo / “’'i


‘f ■ 1'"“


skill arjdi enthusiasm in deaiin^r with agricultural mat(ers


if any, that not know


nted show Inning and still the


le worked


vacation in France, return with tales prices, expensive hotel bills and dear travelling dostsj jit trayel


would appear that abroad ■ is far beyc ordinary man’s means


feom a fortnight’s jhiklng : holiday in


nd ithe


p d I have recently teturjibd hitch-


This is a fallacy, ivty fr end:|


^here we discovered t possible to enjoy yourself fiilly without spending a fentajstic sum. The 'Whole fbrtnl'ght. Including travel, mbals Jn England, presents and.som eh- irs, cost the grand total of £:23. That, rightly or wrongly] [we considered to be ^a very, reasonable amount;} and especially as we travelled nearly 2,000 miles


Fraln'ie, lAt itLs


We decided on a


hiking holiday more months ago, and through fee winter and spring months we carefully planned our adven­ ture. Passports, Frericih currency were obtained, Youth Hostels were written to, maps were bought, and as the great day drew near we fPerishly brushed up our Freriph until we thought we had attained !a fairly passable^ standard. Iwle planned to travel to jparls, by way of bus, train and boat. and from Paris hitchj-hlke to hear the French-SwisS border. We took no more'than|£i3 lOs! in French currency and traveller’s cheques, add when 'we boarded the bus foil London with our 42-lb. haversacks, we had visions of really roughing it.


hitch-^ thani i2’ NEWHAVEN-DIEPPE


for the night (advance ing is essential at all times at the Paris Hostel).


The majority of French


Youth Hostels are no; in! the same category as tiose' in England, neither da they undertake to provide meals. The Paris Hostel was na excep­ tion. Cooking facilities were provided, but food ha^d to be bought in the city. The hostel was exceptionally crowded on our return visit, when along with six other. hostei lers we slept on a mattress on the floor. That was comparative luxury. ! Other |hbstellers bedded on the hostel’s flat roof, while some slept on tables and contented! them­ selves by covering up with a blanket. Across the road from the hostel was some spare ground, and the haray types merely threw a sleeping bag In the grass and slept tile night “ al fresco.” It was [perhaps as well the gloriously hot weather held out.


FRIENDSH


all Youth Hostels, friendship. In the and Paris Hostels Swedish, Norwegian, Moroccan, American French and of course, hostellers.: Although sometimes not able to In a foreign hosteller tongue, there was usually one common language, were able to discuss other’s country and


freely. Travellers, and espec AEROBATICS OVER THE CASM


'JHE swifts appear a very good yea ___ ____ „


the past week or so it has been possible to see thenn clearing the sky just above the Castle. Back-


to have had and during


wards and forwards, diving, turn­ ing and climbing until fe’rkness


ends their wonderfil acrobatics How they keep up such strenuous remain a


activity will' long mystery.


OUR pOUNTRYSIDE ] ]■


By Naturalist , ' Wherever man has chosen to


after] yeab they will old nesting haunts. {00, little] parties pass screaming over, |the-harrow streets, and in­ different to the scene below they launch themselves from the nests beneath the cottage roofs to pass at times just above one’s head. The swifts do not stay with us very - long. They are late in arriving on our shores and by the end bf July the southward passage (0 warmer climes has already begun.


build'his ] homesteads there also will be- found the swift. Tlaey love ] to share our towns and narrow village streats and year return to the At Slaidbum


The cuckco also


southward journey more than a little rhyme which tells first I rick of hay


is soon on its and there is truth ,in the


us that “ the scares the


part of July, after tl cuckoo has deposited all in the nests of the future foster


female her eggs


parents, the adult birds shores to winter as fai South Africa.


leave our away as


NO LONGER A MYTH Many of the cuckoc


But one thing Is coiamon to


That is London


we met Chinese, Irish,'


English ive were;


converse! ’3 native


ind we one an- customs


GRA We en


hitch-h:l


ND FEELING countered several fellow


countrynen on the journey, ers and motor cyclists


generally, and it was; a grand feeling 10 be able to walk up to them ai d exchange experiences. We never had any lifts from a British car or oymer,] althougli we saw [many with" the'"G.B." sign clipped to the back. We became able to tell by instinct whethe-i:t was a Brit-lsh car in ance, and although they stop we always] waved to'


the dis did not its occfipants.


Hitcl .-hiking, like English


weathfei varies considerably from day to | day. Sometimes we waited ;for , hours before we received] a lift and [on other, occasions we had hardly climbed out pi one lorry before we were clambirihg into another. During our first week it .took us only three On


days to travel 400, miles, the return journey we


have been revealed by ful observation of orn and have been recorded, by the cine and ordinary camera. Much however remains. a‘ mjstery. the end of the (ightei___ century, when observers claimed that fe e young cuckoo ejected eggs or its nestling ■ companions these observations were treated as a myth. Now the ciimera has faithfully recorded ihe entire process by which tie young cuckoo turns out its cempanions.


fidgety and squirms about in the nest until, having] wo beneath egg or young supreme heave and so ether occupants ] one


___


's secrets the care- thologists


coverfe Only 50 miles in one day. Therq’s some truth in the saying taking the rough with the


about smoo


one


said, of a gay


h. hitch-hike. Our holiday can be


to have hinged on the toss coin. After our first stay


at the Paris Hostel, we left the city with ' two London


(Co atlnued from previous Col.) The young cuqkoo is very-


■ked itself , makes a ejects the by one.


Thus he l[s able to rbeeive all the food brought along by the very- busy fostqr-parents. P ' ' the imposter have to nest for [should the e peatedly I returned cuckoo will once again sink beneath the egg again ejected. ;


INSTINCTIVE IMBIT all the at ention


The young birij by receiving its foster-


of cuckoo afay,” Diiring the early (Continued foot of nect column)


Rarely does share the ;gS:be re-


tfie young fidget and until it is


parents grows rapidly and by late 1st and September is ready


Aug


to fbllow the path of the adult Click 00s I which left our shores many ij-aeks previously. This lerful instinctive habit, re-


won mai mig do


. Is. one of the mysteries of -ation : and nature. For how he young birds know which


patli to]take when, in contrast to other birds, they have no eld( rs to guide them ?


The strange life of the cuckoo, ind/eej with many ! other itures. of the wild, is full of int( rest and not a little mystery*. these creatures' habits ■ are


;aled] it becomes obvious that 1 abne is not th'e only ilionj having intelligence ‘and sciofisness.


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Luc:k, as mentioned before, is ifthe deciding factors of a


We stayed at the Londor Central Youth Hostel for night, had breakfaslt there and then caught the train tc Newhaven. From Npwhaveri we crossed the Channel to' Dieppe and then to il’aris b/ train. In Paris we made our way to the Youth where,we had booked i;wo beds ;e book-


Hostel,


annual onl}i jto of high


Robinson returned from France last what inexpensive I holiday across the 'Channel travel this a


he claims is the only way [ to


ially some


of the world’s best


ambassa,dors. Althotgh it has become


almost a maxim that hitch­ hiking op the Continent is 'ar from easy, we were extremely lucky. (Qn the other hand we met hikers who had done no more than 100 miles in a week. Yet we also encountered two Oldham girls who had travelled Nice and


as far, as Cannes, Switzerland in under


a fortriiiht. We talked with an Engliih youth hosteller In Paris wljio was travelling to to two middle-aged were hitch-hiking to


Madrid; men whe Rome, a touring


ad others who were France ; Indefinitely,


dependinlg on how long their money lasted. Dame Fortune’s favour his to be cultivated if a hitch-hiker wants to travel


far. One of


MAIN REASON a Freric:


the main reasons for iman’s aversion to


hitch-hikers is a''simple one. He thinks that they are not merely : (ravellers dependent upon his good nature, but thieves w to rob h Turpin! easily ur country] s makes a the more


ho would not hesitate m. Shades of Dick


This attitude is


derstood in a large uch as France, and it hitch-hiker’s lot all difficult.


The contemporary Press are


also somewhat to blame. Recent [ i.rticles have stated that hikers were capable, of saving er ough money to give themselves a holiday trading] cn the generosity of other people. But driver In any way, if


hinder a


he . has spare seats in to stop]and give the surely the success of is not meafered by ount which has


his car, hiker


lift; and a holiday the fe


been speht? Hitch-hiking is one of the best ways in which to be at le to understand a country] and its people, and we learnt R.r more about the French ' than we would have done on £.ny conducted tour.


Our rnethods of transport


varied from a break-down lorry, towing a wagon for. scrap, to luxury cars. But all the peofle we, met, driving their vans,: cars or lorries, were hi ppy people. They were all glad to meet iis; one driver even went off his route to set ui down near a busy traffic centre, and said almost apologetically that he was only too sorrj that he was not go­ ing any farther. We even experienced one car drawing up to he ir the driver say that he regrei ted he was only going a short v ay along fee road and that whether or not he was full, poll ting to the luggage on the rear seats.


acquaintance!s we to meet in travelled w were well clear


th


“ AHyertiser and Times ” junior j-eporter David iveek


enjoy


ed 2,000 miles and spent a toial of £23 rticle he tells you how he did )uth ; hostellers, are


It. had:


with an


He In


the liostleL ihancei hem until


about 40 miles fre Four is not a giod number for


of Ptiris and m Fontiiinbleau.


hitch-hiking and only two should .roadside, while “should difere^tly i^'ithdraw behind a hedge, stop we came to ing that we should to which couple


we clecLded that stand' by the


the i oliher two If I a car did


the unuerstand- “ tosk-up" as.


shoulid go.


we saw two further along the


While we the


weri deciding this, otljei- liit(|h-hikers.


good Englis our place in ing a good fiista so giving them tunity of a lift.


BI


citizens we took queiie by walk- nce p,ak them, ,he first oppor-


It was npt long


stopped a cair th ns the bigfe^t lilt ofi t We attracted^ the tion by waving' (belonging [to Londoners) tied to a st the car drew to a stan.


JET at w


driver


before we as


to give


left but to spin the coil. Our friends called


le a d s ’


fell “ tails." , As t^’e climbed into the ,car we shouted to lucky two that ] w'e |w‘ them in Fontainbleau.


two in the hedge rush time to hear] the he could only tak; a cot pie. We. asked if ;he was tainbleau and w'li "mais oui” I there was


going n he .inswered


say that to Pon- nothing and it


the un- ould see-


We little I thought i that our


without does it


driver was going 200 miles past Fontainbleau.' That car—which was only three hours old] and had been bought in Paris that day- took us to [Dijon, the home town. I On the Dijon, we saw for the first time the long, straight rofids which stretched into the distance for a lad


Our driver recomJninded a


hotel in Dijon, and after we had thanked him, shaking hands in the approved French mainner, we- went to our hotel; whelel we were met by a very genial host.


ENTENTE CORDIALE Although We only had two lifts


during our second daj|'si journey we travelled a fec-d [lOO miles. We camped for the night outside a town named Lons-le-Saunier. Here w'e met al French student, who told us he had a 'pen friend in Edinburgh (he had slight difficulty with the proiiuhciation. We talked with him for 'about 20 minutes and as a gesture of Anglo-French relatifeship he bought us a bottle of]vin rouge (red-wine).


Mi


large lake, and hemmed in by snow-capped mountains.] immedi-( ately' cast its spell over us and we needed little persuasion to stay an evening fee're. We agreed upom one evening. It extended to five. It was 'a beauti­ ful town, a traveller's Mecca, and after we had found] a private hotel, we became two very con­ tented Englishmen. ]We visited Annecey for a day, with its high mountains and even] higher prices. It was more com-' mercialised than the town of our


Aix-les-Bains, situaleiii by a fij*


H. be|


ho'


driver's way to


mile or more. These roa s are a joy to speed-loving motorists, but heart-breaking to cyciisjts.


to th(] by bu set SCI s e e ha h a h i.i Dt 4)


fl


on) ■, r>


pu


cal .% \


1 Unipn Jack of' the. ck. As still the d up in


driver one


ip I * 1 '{


fie ■ tour, 's atten-


road and so as.


We we


mm s


I M l 1 '\i ] ! -


ii


w m m ' .M M i i ;


mm


m '


. ■ wit


choice. Aix-les-Bains I completely ■ captivated us, and ] we were happy merely to breath in its beauty, swim in its wirm'lake and bask in its sunshine.


MONEY LE We had still a reasonable


amount of money in our pockets, and so we decided that we did not progress far the nfet day, we would go by train to Paris. The folloiying day we accepted a lift to Dijon and here we inquired about train fares and times to Paris.. After a consultation with the booking clerk we chose a ■train that left Dijon the next morning.


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. The distance from' Dijon to Paris is roughly thd same as from Clitheroe to London. We left Dijon at 9-45 in the morning and ay 1-30 in the afternoon we were listening to the [cacophony of the Parisienne,traffic. The fare was just over 1,000 francs.


Yes, hitch-hiking can be-very


hard, but it's good fun: When we returned to Engl'and we unanimously agreed that we would do the same again! if given the opportunity.. And] we are fully convinced that a holiday in France need not be ' terribly exiaensive. Mf you take ■ the ■trouble .to find the cheap restaur­ ants and hotels. : Of course it's expensive in Paris-


f e t. But once out of Paris and in [the country, you hkvi yourself to blame if you


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