2 Clitheroe Advertiser <!V Times, May 26, 1961


SCOOTER IN FLAMES


ooter which caught fire at Mon the bottom of Sawley Brow on


had. been reduced to a burned-out wreck.


day night, the machine


The Walk, Farnsley, Pudsey, was able to go home after being treated for shock. He had travelled only a few yards after having the scooter tank filled up with petrol. ______________


The rider, Keith Mason, of


r*LITHEROE Fire Brigade X/ put out a fire on Wad- dington Fell just below the Moorcock Inn on Sunday afternoon. Undergrowth and l bracken were burnt over a


darge area, but no other amage was caused


BEFORE C1 i t h e r o e Fire sc Brigade could reach a


W.I. members will be hosts to Norwegians


TXT OMEN’S INSTITUTE members in the district are busy TV preparing for the visit of 15 Norwegian women who


L the Housewives’ Association In a amberseter, a suburb of Oslo,


are staying In this country for 10 days The women are members of


nd will be staying with Women’s Institute members In various districts. Many of the Norwegian women will be m those who entertained W.I.


summer. Two of the visitors will be


embers In their homes last


staying with Mrs. E. W. Hull, of Mitton Road, Whalley, one with Mrs. G. Murgatroyd, of Abbey Road. Whalley, one with Miss Collinson and one with Mrs. Whalley, of the Knowle Green and Dutton Institute, and two with mem- bers of Grindlston Institute,


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one of them with Nurse K. M. Teece.


prAn Interesting and varied


arranged, beginning when the party arrive at Newcastle on Monday and are met by five W.I. members, Including Mrs. Hull and Mrs. Winifred Thornton, of walton-le-Dale, the organising secretary.


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1 JEAN MILLER | | takes a look | |


at the


visits to Liverpool and Chester via the'Mersey Tunnel, a visit to Lady Worsley-Taylor’s farm at Bashall Eaves, a tour of Horrockses cotton mill at Preston and a look at York, which will be gaily decorated for the Royal wedding on June 8th.


| Women’s Institutes j The programme will Include


entertaining the party to a buffet lunch, and on another day, when they visit the Lake District, the party will be


Lady Worsley-Taylor will be


entertained by four institutes —Lower Holker, Newton-and- Field-Broughton, Ellithwaite and Hawkeshead, as well as by Lady Shuttleworth. the Lancashire Federation county chairman, at Leek Hall, near Carnforth. There they will meet the committee of the Leek and Cowan Bridge Institute.


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ANNIVERSARY uTUST 25 years |go ’


were preached at Dale Parish Church. Many families e st ab lis he d1


month the final^serv?


generations in the | dpt>> and whose former homes); now at the bottom ofJF” Water Board’s reservo visited their old parish to be present at the 1 services.


I


lose, of evensong, the Jvi’ n the Rev. C. Slater, ] >


t There was sadness ?;&ml! che congregation when, W


in the church doomed)r demolition.


ounced the last benedge" ; |


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o One old lady, Mrs. :SH* hf Forest Becks, walked


er home to the chiA Before the evening servlc » baby, Marian Walmsley,31 Black House, was chrlste^ Her great grand-parents the first couple to oe married at Dale Head ,Ch®n when it was opened 84 previously.


f In accordance with/16 aindings of a Commisii)


ppointed by the Bishop)' Bra dfo rd, which |;bf“ evidence at Dale Head n 1932. the ecclesiastical (pain ceased to exist on >


termination of the inefl- bency of the Vicar who 's then in charge of the paih.


®


beThe decision was reactf a cause of the small attel- r nce at the services.:’. 1® reason for the decline was i® removal of many families ja


esult of the Fylde W i Board building the reserik


n the neighbourhood. THE HAPPY FARMER


Tupsdnv Time fith will be l Fishwick have aroused muh f luesaay. June bin, wui dl i,,*nypst. -imnnjr renders if


several Norwegian women will wear their national costume.


barewell day, when there will e a dinner at Preston, and RUSSIAN GUESTS


ountry next week. mThe Soviet Women’s Com­


a Two other women from t broad will also be guests of che Women’s Institute in this


Gittee have chosen Mrs.


old widow and mother of two children, from the Ukraine, and Miss Galina Maslova, a 33-year-old teacher at Mos­ cow Agricultural Academy, t who speaks English, to attend


alina Burkaskaya, a 45-year-


interest in agriculture and rural life, will also be guests in the homes of W.I. members.


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the pen name “ Grindl- tonian,” comments about te poem quoted by Mr. Fishwife concerning a happy farmr and his work.


interest among readers if On the “Advertiser and Time”


e reader, writing undr


Fishwick’s version, except fo: the omission of the )wori “ happy ” and a few other differences. The last thret


lmost identical with I M r. ' lines run:


he annual meeting of Women’s Institutes at the Albert Hall.


So my jolly boys now— Here’s Godspeed the plougti Long life and success to tte farmer.


b On the other side of the! oli wowl are depicted a farmei,


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THE articles on Waddingtn written by Mr. J. H. V.


2®


COUNTRY DIARY. In a hide by the River Hodder


T HE c°o1 east wind at the s beginning of the Whit­


my enjoyment of the country­ side. On Saturday, the roads by Ribble and Hodder were busy with the usual influx of cars and scooter enthusiasts. Campers, too, were to be seen in the favoured spots while many people took to the fields.


untide holiday did not spoil


where by the Hodder. I had been looking forward to this appointment since the pre- vous weekend which, as you will perhaps recall, was not suitable for photography, especially in colour. Whit Saturday was just


s I was the exception and ipent most of the afternoon


n a “ hide ” in a wood some­ j opposite, with good, sun and the


acting as reflectors. Unfortunately, it was not


ust that drift of white clouds


possible to start until mid­ afternoon as my subject—the


marsh tit—had chosen a nest­ ing site with the entrance in a westerly position. I had, therefore, to wait until two o’clock before the best light­ ing conditions were available.


THE WOOD


TT'IRST, however, let me put .I? you into the picture


regarding the wood itself. It is very close to the Hodder, very old and, fortunately for mv purpose, not too thickly timbered. Most of the oak and sycamore are on the outskirts, with good open spaces in the centre in which are to be found several small


alder, no more than 15 feet in height. There are, in fact, two main trunks, one eight feet high and hollow, the other quite solid. The tits have their nest and young in the hollow portion three feet from the ground. Entrance is by a small hole a foot below.


hem used to the hide. This proved no great problem. They were undisturbed and indifferent even when it was brought to within five feet of le the tree. The greatest prob­


t The first task was to get gm was to find a way of


his time with an enormous supply of green caterpillars. She was more anxious. She did, however, behave in a co-operative manner—first by alighting on the perch and then by adopting various attitudes as she surveyed the strange obstruction.


t Then the female arrived,


f I t did not take her long to dind an entrance. This she stid by flying direct on to the


creatures to halt at the entrance before passing in to the young.


e t t i n g these fascinating


and found they soon accepted a perch I had provided adjacent to the hole. But, unfortunately, this was not used on every occasion.


I watched from a distance, AN EVEN PATTERN


t-3 was needed, as. above all, I wanted the method of


SOMETHING more 'iUU


** “ V - — definite as,


approach to follow an even pattern so as to anticipate movement.


b My problem was to cause a orief halt at the entrance in


and old alder trees. The floor provides good


as you probably know, are very active creatures and are not concerned with either having a photograph taken or posing for a spectacular print. I therefore decided to move the perch to within an inch of the entrance hole, and found this was used on every occasion.


rder to expose my film. Tits,


harbourage for a variety, of creatures and walking in places is difficult because of the trailing brambles. Fern, dock, campion and honey­ suckle are everyhere.


The exact site chosen by the marsh tit was in an old


Farm sale


sale by auction at the Dog Inn, Longridge, last night week, with Mr. T. Silverwood, of Clitheroe, as auctioneer. The farm was withdrawn at


riRANHAM Ho u s e Farm. Lx Longridge, was offered for


£7,300, but afterwards sold privately. Vendor’s solicitors were Messrs. Marsden, Drury and Townson Ellis, of Preston.


Motorist fined


"IpOR failing to notify change of x ownership of a car, James


Drive Clitheroe, was at Clitheroe ’


several farming m o t t o K - ^ —ir|


e olltlieroei was at cu yCStCrdaV


Hxrtpjyint


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hole. I had no choice, and, there­


effect a slight wait before they disappeared through the


My next problem was to


fore. gathered five or six old and faded plant stems. Placing these just across the entrance hole made all the difference, and I had only been In the hide a few minutes when one parent alighted on a branch just in front of my observation hole.


f We were little more than aive feet apart, and I was imused and surprised at the


ndifference of the bird as it surveyed the hide.


ACCORDING TO PLAN


Michael Knowles, of Eastmoor We the chance I wanted. p henever he hesitated or


good pose, I released the


TT'ROM this point everything A went according to Plan. First one, which I took to be the male, would appear and alight on the perch. Then, with bill full of tiny insects, he would eye the obstruction m just by the nest. This gave


aresented what seemed to be shutter.


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CONT


ways manoeuvre, she was inside feeding the young.


ems, and then, with a side­


The male then tried to feed b them via a small crack just


y the nest itself. All this gave me the chances I needed.


t in half an hour, I had all ahe shots I required and had b spell watching the mehaviour of these charming e arsh tits. Perhaps not so t xciting as avoiding traffic on


change for Whitsuntide. NATURALIST


he road, but quite a pleasant


MURDER IN THE SUN


TT is with much sadness that I x wish to tell the good people


of the Ribble Valley that one of our family was murdered on


Saturday. The river is very low for we


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otters just now, swimming is often impossible, and iwe are not too good on land.


prised while basking in the sun­ shine on a sandy bank- AH the day long he was chased by lots of dogs and humans with noise and big sticks. We trembled with fear for him, and for our­ selves. We are only a small family, shy and retiring.


My little brother was sur­


swim no further. Terrified, tweak and exhausted, he crept into a small hole. There he died.


Eventually he could rim and


and lifeless little body: cutting him to pieces, they gave atway his extremities.


They dug out his poor, limp


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