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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, December 7 ,1962


TO BRIGHTEN THE TABLE I B d c o f I g I s


BRITISH LEGION H.Q. READY IN FEBRUARY?


rTHE.new club and headquarters of the British Legion in Clitheroe should be ready for use in February. The new


club, being converted out of business premises in Whalley Road, will be up-to-date with new fittings and furniture and


will cost between £4,000 and £5,000. There will also be room for future extensions. This was revealed by Mr. Alf Wood, branch president at the branch’s annual meeting on Friday night.


urged that a special effort should be made to find new members.


In his address, Mr. Wood,


branch would have no finan­ cial worries at . all if the work 0f finding new members were <rjven the highest priority. I t was only by the influx of new members that the Legion could remain an efficient force for the good of un­ fortunate comrades.


He said he was sure that the


had taken the trouble to come along to the Clitheroe Ceno­ taph to pay their respects to the dead on Armistice Sunday.


Less than 10 ex-servicemen


I t was a great pity that the ex-Servicemen of the town


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Christmas party of Clitheroc branch of the Old Age Pen­ sions Association may be intrigued by the table decora­


People who attend the


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View, Pendleton, attended last year’s party and thought the tables would look more attractive with a little more decoration.


tions. Mrs. Mary Lloyd, of 2 East


collect materials and about a month ago she began to make her own style of table decora­ tions to be used at this year’s party.


She started at once to


Her materials are not costly, and she turns mundane


objects into eye-catching ornaments with great skill.


small logs, empty date boxes, match boxes, c i g a r e tt e packets, sea shells, cotton reels, twigs, fir cones, broken mir ors,


Her decorations are made of


flowers, churches and animals. She colours them with gold


small artificial


and silver paints and enamels. Mrs. Lloyd does not make


could not spare half-an-hour to remember those who had


died for their country. Mr. wood warned about the


unemployment in the town and said that the position might worsen during the winter months. The benevo­ lent committee should see that there was no unnecessary su f f e r i n g among ex- Servicemen and their depend­


ants.


her ornaments in order to sell them, but rather to while away the long evenings. She has also made many rugs from old clothing given to her. She gives the rugs to friends and members of the family.


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interesting month. To the naturalist, each month has its own attraction and Dec­ ember has always suggested to me that period of rest and meditation so necessary to our well-being.


]\/TOST people look upon December as a dull, un­


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time always signs of an eagerness to advance, as I found on a walk by Ribble at the week-end. The trip was invigorating, entertaining and instructive.


There is, however, at such a


very keen night frost, seldom rose above freezing and the fields lying away from the sun were white with frost. By mid-day, however, the low warm rays of the sun made an appreciable difference to our enjoyment of the few autumn leaves remaining on the sheltered beech and oaks.


The temperature, after a Witnessing these last


remnants of a colourful autumn, I could not overlook all the evidence that lay strewn about beneath the


trees. The time of decomposition


is at hand when nature rests for a brief spell before recom­ posing herself in preparation for that wonderful trans­ formation we associate with


early spring. SEVERAL REMINDERS


TT all seems a long way ahead, but even now In


early December there are several reminders of this preparation. Take a look at the terminal buds on syca­ more and chestnut, or, if you should want further evidence,


examine the new small cat­ kins on hazel and alder.


remain In their present state until February, when they will begin to lengthen and flourish.


These, as we know, will


edge admiring a magnificent sycamore, bare and gaunt in the pale sunlight. Then, high


We stood just by the water’s


STUDENTS HURT AS CAR OVERTURNS


A STUDENT at Stonyhurst


near Winckley Hall Gates on Saturday. Michael Francis Drakeland, of Drummond Road, Seacroft, Skegness, was trapped by the steering wheel.


was freed by firemen. The car had overturned


brigade had to wrench off the door and part of the vehicle before he could be released.__


Members of Clitheroe fire In hospital it was discovered


that his hand was severely injured, and that he also had a head injury.


Two other students in the fingers in a wrecked car f


College was trapped by his or almost an hour before he


car, Peter Chambers, of Balmoral Court Hotel, Nevern Place, London, and Peter Jacobs, of Peldon Lodge Farm, Colchester, both suffered from shock, bruises and arm in­ juries. All three were treated at


Blackburn Royal Infirmary. GOING UP


PERMANENT houses completed: in Britain in OctbSer'


totalled 26,168.


C.R.G.S. old boy awarded a degree


York Lane, Langho, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology in the Durham Colleges at Dur­ ham University.


■m/TR. W. G. HALE, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hale, of


shaw reported that poppy day collections this year had raised £251, £16 more than last year.


The secretary, Mr. W. Bray- %


president and Mr. Brayshaw secretary and poppy day organiser.


Mr. Wood was re-elected


and benevolent secretary, Mr. S. Parkinson; committee, Messrs. L. Garner, J. Fowler, T. Hammond, F. Burgess, F. Monk, T. Chssack, F. Dugdale.


Other officials: treasurer


Christmas dairy show at


Clitheroe mart


rj^HE championship at the Christmas dairy show at


Clitheroe Auction Mart last week was won by Messrs. R. Thompson and Sons, of Penrith, with a Friesian cow. At the subsequent sale there were about 100 cattle on offer.


TNewly-calved cow: 1, Messrs.


(Knowle Green); 3, J. Billington (W h i t e s t a k e). Newly-calved heifer (not more than four broad teeth): 1, Messrs. Thompson; 2, Messrs. Pennington (Bilsbrough); 3, R. Duxbury.


hompson; 2, R. Duxbury


won a prize in previous classes): 1, R. F. Berry (Clitheroe); 2, H. Stephenson (Stonyhurst); 3, J. Butterworth


Newly-calved cow (not to have


Newly-calved heifer (not to have won a prize in previous classes): 1, H. Turner (Langho); 2, D. Dowbiggin (Chapel-le-Dale); 3, J. Birks (Newton). Best newly-calved cow: 1, £128;


(Wigglesworth).


thesis was “Studies on the biology of Moorland Collem- bola.”


The title of Mr. Hale’s


Mr. Hale, an old boy of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, captained the Durham Colleges cricket team, the Grey College cricket team and the Grey College football team.


ham University and football and chess for Durham colleges.


He played cricket for Dur­


irf^CT^'College when it was | Opened in 1959, and was Senior Man the following year.


I He was a founder-member COUNTRY DIARY The signs point to brighter days ___ ___ r . L n . r n


above, a slight movement captured the eye as we fol­ lowed the delightful aerobatics of a tree-creeper.


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discomfort, the tiny creature progressed along the under­ side of the branch as If assisted by some strange magnetic force. A few minutes later, it fell away like a falling leaf to begin all over again that familiar and characteristic ascent of a nearby ash.


With no effort or apparent


little or no Insect life visible to the naked eye, these small


On days such as these, with


tree-creepers must have some difficulty In securing even the bare necessities of life. That Is why I suppose they seem to be Indifferent to everything save this constant search for food.


seem to be a very monotonous way of life. For throughout the entire day the task is one of ascending tree after tree searching every crevice for that minute unsuspecting insect in turn seeking security for the winter in a darkened corner.


To a human it would all ON THE ALERT


T3UT the tree-creeper Is con­ stantly on the alert and


little appears to escape the sharp eye and needle-like bill.


just beneath the bank took off as we approached and a solitary water hen scurried across the surface to seek cover on the far shore. After a time we halted at a stretch where the warmth from the sun somewhat tem­ pered the cold nip in the air.


Odd mallard busy foraging


ful opportunity of watching at close quarters, the delight ful behavlous of a dipper At first we disturbed the bird from a stone near the water’s edge. Then, after a short Alight, it alighted on a boulder just a little way upstream.


It offered us also a wonder


Through the glasses and in the sunlight, the white breast


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made him very conspicuous as he stood bobbing and curtsey­ ing against the darker back­ ground of the river. Most pleasing of all, however, was to hear the lovely song.


exceptional bird in more than one aspect. Unfortunately, as it is in the habit of frequent­ ing the tumbling stream or the more boisterous parts of our river much of its song Is ob­ scured by the turbulent sounds of water.


say at such a time of the year, but the dipper is, I suppose an


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surroundings and, Tike the raWin and buds on beech and chestnut, signifies In no un­ certain manner of the con­ tinuous rhythm of nature.


It ls a cheerful, inspiring sound in keeping with such


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