m ABOOT THERE was ^ touch of Irony"


• : in an othpwlse dramatic scene at Paythome, near Clltheroe, pn Saturday night, when fire sn|ept through a. big barn near the Buck Inn,, causing serious damage.


After prolonged representa­


tions, Bowlani Rural Coun­ cil have r e j c e n t l y been successful in Igetting 'a tele­ phone kiosk erected at Pay- thorne, and it; has been built, less than 100 yards from where the,fire occurred.


But a telephone has not yet


been installed in the kiosk and t h e r e f o r e valuable minutes were . lost whilst friends had | to motor to Gisburn, two and a half miles away co give the alarm.


NEW BOOKS AT TfiE LIBRARY


CLASS A. i ■


13 Blue I Pete at Bay j


i L. Allea


17 Outlaw’s!Trick : . ■ j ' Ri A. Bennltt


18 The jLass with a. Lantern ...... F. Bone


19 The Gunj Tamer I ,M. Brand


21 The Jackson Trail 1


' i : . i M. Brand-.


22 Death Takes a Flat , i I M. Burton


23 The Eight of Swords I


35 BkirM, Boss ,


24 Again This Rapture, I ,


J. D. Carr I B. Cartland


■ , 1 , ■ I WiClay 37 ,Nightingales Never Sing i


40 No Language But a Cry I


:


I -J. pourage !


17 Field. Day , ^ ' :


12 [The Needful Joiirney I ! . ' W. Duke


18 The Bartensteln Case j


>2 The Offshore Light M !:


)5 The Fence Busters j


I M. Fisher I J. S. Fletcher I P. Frankau ' [ T. Gordon


)8 So Brief the Spring ^.Greenwood


1 Deep Waters


19 Guns at Lone Star I C. Henderson


4 Nlghthawk Trail 1 i


8 The Luteplayer .!


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2 Catherine Carter jP. H. Johnson


W. W. Jacobs I B. Jordan/


6 Kensington Village I ■ G. Lancing


N. Lofts


0 'The Law Busters .


B. Lomax


1 The Moving Target : ■ !


4| Dead Men IRlsing I


i ' J. Macdonald


3; The I Rival Monster . i . jC. Mackenzie


, IS. Mackenzies


0 : Rocking M. Ranch . I ' M. Macrae


7, One I Corner of Hell - i


5! Royal Acoidemy ;■ 1 8 Mac. Size W. M. Paines


9 Riders Against The Sky< ,


f|. C, Robertson


1 Rim, RockjRed ; j


B292 Path To Glory !


,.! L. Shannon S. Styles


^294 The Caravan Passes . G. Taborl


1. 5i ' D. L. Murray,


7 Stubborn Earth A. Phillpottss


! ■ A. Marp


3' Corson of the J.C; , .1 C. E. Mulford.


H.ij. Cross


Fattier Sbn In


Wanderers’Tekm


JT must be a long time father and


j together in the same lean in a :local Ribblesdale League iiafteh, but it happened- at Church


jiileadow. on | Saturday, Where iHariy Washbrook. and his 'eldest son, Michael, turned^ out for Ribblesdale W3|nderers.


j


: For a good many years, Harry has been a | chief source of Wanderers’ batting strength and


his record this season' indicates no;decline in his, ability .to fnake •the runs. As Wanderers’ opening hatsman he has so far scored hlmost 100 run^ more tha'nj any other member of the side, but on Saturday at least he had 'tojtake a back seat to young Michael,!


who ■ with 18 runs—WandWers'' second biggest score of .the after-, noon—made a promising debut.


accurate returns were a feature ^'ttgek and had] scored all but of Wanderers’ display in the field. | ^hur runs, of a partnership which


baiting well with the Wandmers second eleven during rMent ■weeks, and he can not only score runs, but prevent them' as [well. His agile fielding, and quick,


Washbrook junior has been


• *who got a‘ valuable 24 when Wanderers w|ere struggling, Michael is one; of a number of young players qt Church Meadow whose development should ensure a strong Wanderers’ side in the seasons to come.:


between Wanderers and Gjreat Harwood-was dominated by professionals. W. Johnson, Wanderers’ pro., caused astonishing Harwood collapse taking six for 26 and bringing


JOHNSON’S HAUL/ i ' iBut Saturday’s e n c o u n te r


his .haul in the last three games to 18 wicketb. His success lies in a steady length and a determina­ tion : to make the batsmen play eyery.'ball, and .the success of that type of bowling is- very convincingly reflected in excellence of I his last tl displays.


SPOI^TING SPOTLIGHT


^ the losing side, (might have b^en the man of the match but for


Jim Brierley, jhough he was on


. a plucky effoit which very neatly rescued Harwood from | a pre­ carious position, but for any player, and, particularly | a pjro- fessional, te .question an umpire’s decision with .such , a singular lack of grace is not a particularly edifying sight. |


, p ; unhappy exit after ai galiint innings of 45. ^ hotly dispu ed an Ibw decision, but of cou did not. persuade the umpire change his mind. Granted, must have'been a galling end


WOODEN SPOON V j -As both Clitheroe and Whall'ey


; Whalley, who have played the same , number of matches, look doomed to end the season iin possession of the wooden I spoon.


total of only seven points six fewer than any other cliib. In a-ddition, two blank dates knd dn abandoned match : meani thgt they resume their programme against Clitheroe at Chatburh- Toad to-morrow without having had; a game in almost a month. Sucji" a lay-off does nothing to,, unite a team at any timb, arid may seriously affect Wljalley’s remaining chances of a revival.


In 13-'games, ' 'Whalley haVe won only once! and colldcted I a


BATTLE ROlilL Up at the .top of the league


■ runs.


. Earby ' on Saturday, when -he ensured a Read victory by! clean bowling eight ibatsmen for 33 , ;


"1


will be Dyson's last for a' for ' might.


Incidentally, to-morrow’s | gan^e .; i ■ I


report on time at hig training camp in Cornwall on Sunday afternoon.


supporter Is driving him down |And a Read


.COHEHANDINjL lead If ianything is certain in thi^


game of cricket, it is that Chati burn; enjoying ari all-conquering season in the Ribble Valley League, are going to-wrest a championship;. t r o p h y ''fronl


Sabden,.where!it has rested for •the past two years.


On Saturday thcjy had their


fourteenth win in sixteeri matches, thanks .again chiefly to •their ripening' bowlers, R. Bj Wilson and W.Tomlinson. Witlj only seven games left before the season ends, Chatburn noWihave| a lead of fourteen points, which on current form looks practically' unassailable.


HURT IN FALL Falling at a house in Par-


son-lane, CIll|heroe, on Mon­ day morning, 12-year-oId Carol Johnson of 32. Parson- lane, fractured her left ankle. She was taken to Blackburn ■Royal Infirmary by County Ambiilance and detained.


He reports on slinday foi{ “ Z ’ training, and just lo show how keen they are at Read, Fe is travelling through the night to


battle royal is developing between Settle, the leaders, and Read, tlie challengers. Only orie | point separates these two clubs who meet at Read to-hiorrow,t. in'|a match that is Ilikely to hrive !a vital bearing on the champion­ ship. Read: supporters' will be offering silent prayers tcrinight for a repetition: of Jack Qysonts red-hot performance against


were without a| match on| Satur­ day, Wandererq’, win putk them at ' the half-way. stage' on the league table. Three poirits and two league places beneath .the Wanderers are ClitheroeJ while


■; Together with another promis­ ing . young batman, K. Eqcles,


took the score frpm 18 for'six to 53 for seven wheri Firth was Ibw to Johnson for four.:


| eND o f RfeSISTANCE But Brierley’s | dismissal with


the total at 59, marked the end of turther resistance and it was a pity that an Ibwj decision' which he hotly disputed; resulted in his •departure on a contentious note. He jwas then only; five tuns short', of his half-century,; having hit six ! boundaries in !an Innings which might conceivably- have won the match had it been pro­ longed further. While Brierley was, there, Hariyood still had grounds for hope.; But no other meriiber of the side succeeded in scoring a boundary, much less in achieving double- figures, and Wanderers still iia-l 18 runs to spare when -the l^st wicl^et fell.


Although Brierley’s perform­


ance in adversity naturally, tend! ed to steal the iridWidual limei light, the best boiling perform^ ance of the match was that of the iWanderers pro, W. Johnson, who; captured six ! wickets for 26 runs.


"" .1 , MAJOR ROLL I ■ ■ At one stage during Harwood's


disastrous start hej.had four .wick­ ets ifor four ruris. With,'.able j support from Iddon, who got. four I for 27i he helped seepre a victory | which Wanderers, with five sec­ ond ; eleven Iplayers in the side, must have regarded as eminently satisfactory, j


| Chief feature d the Wander­


I ‘ i ' |


Harry Washbrook. 1 When these two young batsmen got together Wanderers had lod four wickets for 36 runsj but they showed a nice appreciation oj the situation in batting carefully to take the score from 36 for four to 61 for five. :


I I '


attractive 24; while young Wash­ brook showed some firm, decisive strokes in an equally valuable innings of 18.:


Ecoles was top scorer with an


of tail-wagging by! Johnson, who hit two towering boundaries in


But apart from a spirited piece


his 10 not out, no one else attain­ ed, double figures, j


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Technical Students’ Exam. Successes


Technical College -have been successful in passing the follow- ihg 1952 examtaaitions of the


theroe. S.2 Building; C. Har­ greaves, Clitheroe. !a.1 Building; A. Walker, Clitheroe. S.3 Plumb­ ing; J. Baker, Whalley. P. Lim- bert, Chtheroe. S.l Engineering Workshop; R, S. Aspin, Clitheroe J. Berry, Clitheroe,' P. Musgrove, Clitheroe. S.2 Engineering Work­


shop; ; A. Jackspn, /Clitheroe. S.l Motor iVehide; Service Mechanics N, Bush, Clitheroe,! J. Dickinson, Clilheroe. S.2 Motor Vehicle Ser­ vice Mechanics; D.IL. G. Morris, Clitheroe. A. Simpson.' Low Moor. 5.1 .Electrical Engineering; R. H' Hartlebury, : Whalley, J. Brown, Ciitheroe, F. Park, Wa-ddirigton,


D. J. Willacy, Clitheroe. S.2 Elect­ rical Engineering;! F. .Marsland,


Clitheroe, W. E. 'Wilkinson, Clith- eroe) J. Wilson.: Clitheroe. S.3 Carperiters and Joiners; P. Dew­ hurst. • Barrow. S.3 Bricklayers &


•Masons'; R. E. Frankland, C!hat- burri. S.l Cotton; Mariufaoture (Weaving); R. Poole, Clitheroe.


5.1 Painters and Decorators; W. T. Driver, Clitheroe. S.2: Painters and Decorators; Nj Hornby, Cli- t-heroe.'K. Lloyd, Pendleton, C. J. Wilson. Clitheroe. S.3,-Typogra­ phers; J. s. Pickup, Clitheroe.


Single Subjects:-|


9i3 Plumibing Science; Distino-' tion:] S. Jackson, GJlitheroe. 2nd.


Class: E. Dowden,| Clitheroe, L. Prankland. Chatburn. S.3 Science for Woodcutting Machinists; Dis-


•tinction:'J. R. Rose. Read. S.4 Construction and Estimating for Woodcutting Machinists; 2nd, Class: J. R. Rpse, Read,


i g l it h e r o e AND| DISTRICT


I NETBALL LEAGUE I i )


League T;ible '


Young Gons Blue.. 12 iT 1 — 22 Chatljurn


I ' ______ 11 10


Young Cons. Gold 12 8 Cathoric G.O. . . . . 12' Moor jLane ........... 12 Moortho'rn


____,12


Young Britons A.. 11 Young Britons Bj. 11 Parish Church .. ill


■ P. W. L. D. Pt. 1 —


20


4 — 16 5 — 12 6 , 2 10 7 2 8 7 1 7


9 - 4 10 — 2 i


Unionfof L a n c a s h i r e and Cheshire Institutesc— S.l Plasterers; B. Aspden,'Cli­


QLITHEROE and district stu­ dents at Blackburn Municipal


ers innings! was la fifth-wicket partnership | between K. Eccles and iMichaei Waslibrook, son of Wanderers’ I opening batsman,


since Played


Six For 18 Spell Put Wanderers On Way To Victory '


QN the fixliire card Ribblesdale Wanderers were scheduled to


! play Great Harwood at Church Meadow oh Saturday. ‘ In actual fact they found themselves playing Harwood’s bespectacled iprofessional. Uiml Brierley, whose six wickets for 32 runs and contribution of 45 runs to a total of 68, turned the match into a oiie-man show as‘ far as Great Hanvood was


jvery much concerned.


display could prevent a Wander­ ers’ victory, although without him, Harwood would have suffered annihilation.


But not even iBrierley’s spirited


. on one of . thei most, disastrous ' batting collapsed seen at Church Meadow for a iopg time. Replying toia moderate Wanderers’, total of i 86, Great


first sb£ wickets jfor only 18 runs to |the bowling of Wanderers’ pro, Wj Johnson, and -skipper Bob Iddon, and it was at this point that Brierley began almost single hah'ded to rescue Harwood from complete humiliation.


Stealing .the bowling by taking


a single off the last!ball of each over, he shielded his partner, A, Firth, from Johnson’s hostile


their The result of ilie inatch hinged RIBBLESDALE WANDERERS


H. Washbrook b Briefley . . . . ! L. Cowperthwalte b Clegg i


K. Eccles St Parkinson b / 'Brierley ..................


V. Taylor c Edmondson b Clegg ..............................


R. Iddon c and b Brierley__ 7 Johnsoh not oui . 1 . . . ; ......... 10 K. Dewhurst b Whalley......... 1 Extras 7


•'___ 1........ 0 0 Total 86


Brierley 15-3-32—6; H. Clegg 8 -0 -2 7—2; J. Ward 5—1—11—0; r I ■Whalley 1.2—0—9—1.


! GREAT HARWrOOD


T.iCamithers b idden ........... 0 Brierley Ibw b Iddoh''. ij.. . . . . 45 H. Clegg b Johnson! ••!........... 0 J. iParkinson b Johnson j.... . . . 0 W1. Smith b Iddon i.. . . . . . . . . 2 A. i Firth Ibw b johnsoh......... 5 R.j Whalley c Metcalfe b ' ' ' Johnson .........■


C. Dickinson Ibw b Johnson .. 2 J . ; Edmondson c Co^erth- I waite b Johnsrin ; . . . . . . . 4


___I ........ i'


A. I Tranter c Washbirook! H. ; bidden ..............................6 J.. /Ward not out . .v. ' j ' ' '


,1 :' '^ t r a s 2 ■ ■ ■ . ; ' I jTotal 68


Johnson 16—8—26—6; R. Iddon 12.4—1—27—4; H. -Washbrook 3— 0-^13—0.


: !


Dyson (8 For 33) J^wls Read To Victory


they easily accounted for - Earby at Read on Saturday. And once again the man they] had princi­ pally to thank .was their pro-, fessional. Jack Dyson, who Was in devastating form, j


R ^ P . completed their second ,1 double of the season when


Bowling with great speed and


accuracy, Dysoii' captured eight wickets for 33 runs, all his victims being clean bowled. C. Reid, the Earby captain (17) and R. Eishworth, a'young Cambridge student (17 -not .out), were the onht batsmen to facejDyson with any! confidence, :between: them contributing more than half Earby’s total of 67.


, T. Bates batted forty pinu'tes, for eiglrjt runs, but his partner, T. Dewhurst (12), was beginning to enliven the proceedings, when he was!bowled by Duxbriry. It waS left I to Harry Haworih' (17 not out)! and Dyson (30 not out) to


f ik d .began their (reply on.,a caufibus note.,^Opening batsmap


■finish .the game with some firm hitting and ensure a six-wicket victriry for Read, who 1-were never really extended.


1 .EARBY


J. Eastwood b Cunlifle ......... 3 D. Moore b Dyson .. ............. 1 L. Duxbury b Dyson . . . . . . . . 7 K. Ctotton b Dyson .. ............ : 1 F. Poster b Dvson .. ......... 0 R. Hishworth- not om N. Dawe b Dvson


c. Reid c Wilkinson b Dew- fiurst ................ ............ 17


W, Hogg b Dyson .. ............ 8 J. P.ichardson b Dyson ......... ! 4 s. c)ates b Dyson . .


Extras - Total . . . | . . . 67


D,1;son 11.7—1—33—a: A. Cun- lifle ■ 3_o—6—1; T. Dewhurst 8-2—19—1.


READ


P. Fairclough'Ibw b Richard­ son .................3


Dyson not out. ; ,


T. Bates run out ............ j . , . 8 T. Dewhurst b Duxbury J . . . 12 R. H. Haworth not out .. J. . . 17 A. (Junliffe c , Rishworth b Moore,.................. ...1... 8 . 30


fE xtr as. 9


Duxbury 6—1—18—1; D. Moore 2—Of-16—1; S. Oates 1—0—7—0; C. Reid 1—0—15—0. 1 i


Total for four w k ts ......... 87 J. 'Richardson 8—2—22—1; T/


......... 0 .......... 0


9 ,


K..Proctorb Brierley \ ;.!....... ■ M. /Washbrook b Brierley . ; . . 18 J. S. Metcalfe b Brierley J, Scott run out .. ■


Amateur Cricket


Hurst Green | Score Broke i


Bowlers’ Monopoly I r • > ■;


IN a l^gue where bowlers tend to shine more brightly thah


thi! batsmen, Hurst Green’s peri- foimancc against Wiswell in a Ri ible Valley League programme Bn Saturday had unusual merit.j


1/ith a total of 147 for nine,


Hu:^t,. Green achieved the diri- tinriion of having recorded one of he league’s best-scopes of the sea;bn. A grand innings of 64 by C. Bolton and another sound 41 by J. Embley were leading contributions, and W. Crotty’s six wickets for 18 runs ensured that the bafismen’s efforts did not go unrewarded. Wiswell were all out for 67, only.O. Stantoil (11 and T. Seed (10) reaching douDle figures.


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cha npionship progress. Winning aga n ' on Saturday, this time aganst Barrow, Chatbum inJ crcEsed their lead to 14 points! Sablen having done them a good turn by defeating their closest cha:iengers. Church Bank Mill.


Tpere’s no stopping Chatburn’j much 'to their bowling stalwarts,


HOWLING STALWAE'TS Q ice again Chatburn owed


Raynond Wilson arid W. Tonlinson. . Though Chaiburn wep dismissed for 64, thanks chie 3y to J. Foster’s six for 21, WilMn took five for 21, and Tomlinson four for 19 to skittle Barrow for 43. J. Wilson' (30) and A. Swales (10) of Chatf)urn, and C. Forrest (15) of Barrow, were the only batsmen to get dquUe figures.


;


Sabcen’s A.'By water, who'took threi wickets for one -run i hi one over and two deliveries,, sealed the fate of Church Bank Mill.


Thej were all put for 53,/and Sabden replied' easily enough with a winning 55 for four, L. Horsield scoring 27.


Bu; the best bowling perform­ ance of the day was that of the Veevers’ player, N. Finder, wh) took eight'wickets for 10 rui s. to skittle Eibble Cement for a total of 32. .


Shi Ribble; batsmen failed to scorp and Feevers went ten to


gain the biggest win of the day by .storing 39 for one wicket. Franf Wilson hit 20 not out.


CLOSE FINISH The most exciting finish was


th a t : n the game between Brock- hall and Ribchester, in which BroclwaU failed by one run to overtake a Ribchester total of 70. K. Garrett took four for 24 and D. Walker three for 22 for Brock- hall, )ut the decisive factor was a dea lly spell of seven for 15 by Ribchester’s W. Holden. He cause ! a complete batting slump after,E. Hayton (14), T.Clarkson (29) ind G. Worden (12) had


given Brockhall ' a : ‘ promising start.


Down lam went down against Salesljury. Salesbury -were ‘ all out for 69, but only K. Whiteside! with 17 not out could get double flgurep for Downham, who were' defeated by 30 runs.


Des iite D. Driver’s six for 27, Ba


smen Shine In heroe Friendly


R U I came freely at Chatburn- Eoad on Saturday when, in


the al sence of a Clitheroe fixture, a frimdly. match took place betwep teams captained by W. R. Soithworth and'M. Pike,


Pik('s eleven ran up i a big


score, thanks chiefly to a! lively half-c ntury by E. Hodgkinson.- the Clitheroe skipper^ R. Eddleiton (32), J. Marsh (30), J. A, Cribtree (24), R. Carus (12) and R, Waddington (13 not out) were ither leading contributors to th; side’s tcital of 193 for seven declared.


\


with /heir score at 46, South- worth’s eleven succeeded in forcing a draw. G. W. A: Coates' and J| Crabtree, each of whom scored| 30, were, their most suc­ cessful batsmen, and C. O. Brooks (28) and W. R. South- worth (16 not out) also achieved double figures. Whpn play ended, their ttotal stood at 123 for eight; M. Pike having taken five for 39.


Although they lost four iwickets


FORCED A DRAW i


OUR COUNTRYSIDE SOMETHING NE


get away on a holiday or visit new Iterritories. To relax on the beach in a carefree atmospheire or just to sit and watch the wheeling gulls in some sheltered cove I is .to store in th e . -mind gladdening moments for the dull •daysI of winter. The same'thing does [not,, howfever. hold good ‘in the realm of nature. . ‘


DISTANT TERRITORY I; appreciate' that it is good on


occasions to visit new and distant territory ,to see a rare species, for the naturalist above all periple is


thing new. .''Naturalists, , like


RESIDES being fashionable, it ! is good once in a| while to


A Jremarkable bowling spell by


High Jinks In The West Costello. Who fnr i


rodeo, .their chief trisk is to help Dick Forrin. authoi* of Western


t h a t Mr. Foran has never pe-: fore ^ been


S i t . climax.


ex u be ran t fun in- the corral, with an involuntary buck­ ing bronco act riy the' diminutive Costello providing a hilarious


f u r t h e r West . than New 'York. The result is


'j “ Lone Star’f also has


.setting in'the West, | deep in-the heart of Texas) the Lone Star State, to he precise. The time , is 1845, and the story is concerned pal struggle on whether


/the hard-bitten.'adventurer sent by President Jackson to persuade Texas to join the jUnion, but Broderick Crawford provides him .with stiff , opposition. With Indian raids and bullets sharing equal , influence ' with votes, politics in this era were--more' colourful than now. ai &is lively action story illustrates.


* * ’ j «


Technicolor musical, ‘i Lullaby, of ®jaaAwaylalso has jsomeitihing


PALLADIUM everyjthing you ,


.


P osls e s s in g teay expect .of a


this, type in which plots have a Wm To jjjevel


Ground Will Depend On Season’s ‘Gates’


tA. 'to level iciitheroe Football Club’s!: grouiod


at Shaw Bridge is beiing con­ sidered by the F.C. Committee


as a possibility; for the near future. But whether or: not it can be


carried through /depends to a large extent on the club’s financial fortunes during the


coming season, | | i


a bulldozer to i excavate .the ^ Pretty compeiwation. sloping part of the field, mainly


The committee’s* plan is to hire


at the Jubilee end! of the ground, and transfer the soil! to the


opposite side of the field. .The ground would, tlien have


to be re-seeded; : |


improvement, ho-iever, J .present activities at Shaw Bridge are necessarily condentrafed 0 n preparation/ for the new season, which begins three weeks' 'to­ morrow, on August 23rd.!


'Apart from this much-needed Clitheroe kick-oif with home


matches against Netherfleld on the first day of the season and against Southport during the following week, so that the club’s .finances should receive an early '1


i NEW/COMMITTEE


I impetus. I '


^ 1/ ■ . i


j From'/the supporter’s point of iview, an interesting'/feature of the new season, is, of j course, going to, be .the^policy of the club’s newly-eleoted / committee, ■which took over w|i'en the! former


committee resigned at- the club’s / annual meeting earlier lln the year.


' As far as the constitution of the team is concerried, Clitheroe are likely to have an ; almost brand-new forward: line, though the -defence will include stalwarts already known to jShavf' Bridge spectators from previous seasons.


discovering and -developing new talent.


; ] Meanwhile, members of the


committee have been getting down to work during the past, week or so. And the; fact .that thfeir activities have, by no means been e^lusiveiy verbal is borne out by . ' the newly-decorated dressing rooms under the stand, which members of the committee have themselves re-painted.


By NATUKALIST BENEATH OUR FEET


fortunate in this' respect, for when s U is said and done, we can always ■ find something new beneati our feet. Luckily, the colourml arid rare creatures do not retire .to any particular or exclusive resort inaccessible to the ordinary Individual. :


our ipidents and birds of passage are as varied and rare


During the course of th^-year,


c.ic iiatuiauai, auuye au pKuyie IS i and fail to see such a mai?niflcpn+ always on /the lookout for some-


fishermen, are fend of i relating how; they saw such-and-such a blrd'l&r mammal after tfriveliing hundreds of miles, just as many- holidaymakers take a delight In giving .the number pf -iriiles covered and places'visited, j There , is, however,. a great


danger' in siich an !outlook; Befof'e you know where ;yOu are.; you , are anxious to get jo j new territory; Sheep aye tfie .same and will go /to remarkably lengths to , get to new,pastures,:because, they! think .the grass isjsw^ter on' the other side of thq ferice. We who reside in the Ribble and ! Hodder Valleys are indeed


the oswey spent a few- weeks near Newton.


WILDFOWL Our also at


as colo irful .as any in the North, Teal, nallard, wigeon, golden­ eye, t l ftrid duck, pochard, and the haAdSome gooseander consort with tl e whooper swans.. During the wnter an occasional iwild' goose u 'ill spend a' few days ,'withi so provide the ■ most: Us bird watcher with, all


reservoirs and waterways rapt, in season, wild' fowl


Us an 1 fastidic 1


these v ere considered very scarce!


the thrills he needs. I A little ovef20 years ago all


as anj where in Britain. ‘ What more - ixciting than to see, as many fid on the Hodder, ' that rare ard almost extinct bird—the osprey ?■ You may travel' from Land's End to John 0’ Grpats


; on rare occasioris. Now they are with Us -during!a greater part of


, the year and in winter form into packs of several hundred.


REMOTE AREAS


was the most: common hawk on Bleasdale, an.dj Hareden Nowadays,


believe that it only frequents “ teepiemner last kiiiincr of hiIc ;


obvious..',.There! has:. Deen enormous, amount of thoughtless


uu jous


territory. -in


; n been


killing of this and other preda­ tory birds by people claiming to be sportsmen, but', who, in fact, cannot tolerate! a' rival! ' Those interested in mammals need' not go far -to, see; the noblest of beasts—-the "deer;


.i.


driughs you will find the badger.' while hares, ' ! rabbits, foxes, frequent the upland slopes ■where the,^nightjar nqsts. Here too are


Then in. the brackeii-covered


the bam, tawny and short-eared owls.


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of. natural history - attractions, let them first, of vail fexamine the ' ground beneath their feet.


To .those, therefore, who speak The


fells. the


remote areas nri autumn mlgra-' tion before passing on to more secure


cause is an


It is in contrast : difficult to the lordly, peregrine


and the wigeon, tufted duck and goldeneye were only to be seen


by the formation' iof a second team which is toj play in .the Blackburn Combination ' and which should prove a valuable nursery for the senior team in


Added interest wiil be provided !


mxT EEK’S


tor in “ RIDE ’EM COWBOY” wUder, tfan they hrid bargained •^ merilbers I of 1 a , travelling


‘ (King Lane). their, discovery ^ o-*rgaanea


habit of sticking ' strictly I'to formula. Doris Day returns, to America after many years in Europe to visit .her mother, Gladys George. Miss George once a , famous musical comedy star, is .now eking'out a living as a singer in. a cheap-Saloon, but sue has told her daughter she is still a Broadway hit. She has


with a bitter politit -within the territory Texas should continue to be an, independent state, or! whether iit should join the remainder of the United States. Clark Gable plays


.Day sings a .tuneful succession of old and new |favourites and 'is brilliantly partnered by Gene Nelson, whose dancing is another attractive feature.


to 'the type of role which first made him famous in “To Please A Lady”. ■ In. this lively action story of motor' racing he plays a ruthless driver; whose determin­ ation to win at all costs arouses the ire of a newspaper columnist, played by Barbara Stanwyck.


. . . ___ _____She ■writes an ar.ticle exposing,


of its .own—a stoiy- with an - bis methods with the result-that originality; rare among films of bis career is seriously jeopardr ' '


her! Cleverly-photographed rac- mg sequences add to the enter­ tainment of this tale, which is


fast-moving in 1 more ways .than one. ■ , !.


the Shapely charms ‘ of Esther Williams with the rich baritone of Howard Keel i in a Technicolor- ed musical with a South Sea | Island setting. Mr, Keel, goes to Tahiti to take charge of a plan­ tation inherited from an uncle


“Plagan Love; Song” combines


but.flnds his inheritance morq of a liability than an asset. For in place of the prosperous estate of his dreams he finds he has in­ herited ,a decrepit, house and acres of land overcome by -weeds. He encounters ! many problems in restoring '.the estate to prosperity, biit Miss Williams


- ___ ______ _


whom he finds romance, is #' # ' *


Ray Millaiid into intriguing ad­ venture , in “Circle of Dangep’. I He arrives in Britain after the war tp _ make further inquiries about .the j death of his young' brother who served as a Com­ mando with the British Forces. He believes it was not a German bullet that killed; his brother, and his search for -the tnrth- entails a lively jaunt around the British


VVHALLEY tigation of a war-' tiriie death leads


A post-war inves-


Isles to contact members of the; raiding party ori which his bro­ ther . was killed.! Patricia Roc, Hugh Sinclair, I Marius ' Goring and Naunton Wayne are also in­ volved.


I ■ “Tea, For, Two'! is a cosy title


for another of those cosy. Teclini-' colored musicals ifrom the Holly­ wood asseiribly line.. This one pursues a familiar theme about the show rifhichi cannot find a backer, Doris Day being the poor little rich girl who is enticed to, flnanrie a new show being pro­ duced by Gordon McRae. The singing of jMiss Day and Mr. McRae finds plenty of scope.in a ■tuneful musical score, and the mercurial dancing of Mr. Nelsoii is another; embellishment.


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GRAND yerirs of stardom, Clark Gable 'returns


/Miss Day’s) airival /'there under­ standably causes some confusion particularly to, Billy De Wolfe! the butler, who takes pity on trie newcomer; and persuades his puzded-employer. S. Z. SakaJl to do .the same. /Together they 'try to-keep the truth from Miss Day. but truth has a habit of leaking out. even in Hollywood musicals. Most of the comedy comes from Mr. De Wolfe and Mr. Sakall, bat the film’s chief appeal lies in' its musical numbers and the lavish way they are mounted. Miss


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