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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 9, 1962


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CONSUL CORTINA TAKEN FOR GRANTED?


der if we in Britain do not take our freedom too much for


—we shall never be able to appreciate freedom until we have had personal experience of being


granted. Perhaps—as any refugee knows


has suffered under both brands of totalitarianism—Nazi and


Communist — says that from the first day of settling in England he has never ceased to count each new found freedom as a new found blessing.


say); freedom to follow any religious faith, or none at all; freedom of the Press, radio and television (Didn't Pilkington and Shawcross find they had too much freedom?”); freedom to choose our own place of work, freedom to go on strike (“ Even when it hurts the public more than the Government”) ; freedom to leave the country and come back when we like and freedom to be tried by juries of our own fellow citizens if we find our­ selves in serious trouble.


Freedom of speech (he will


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freedom can best be told by the peoples of the Communist states whose frontiers are surrounded by barbed wire, watch towers, armed guards and—the one terror symbol they cannot hide— the Berlin wall of shame.


What it is like to be without


party organs are allowed. Public meetings are forbidden unless organised by the authorities. There are no opposition candi­ dates in elections. Church schools and organised religious teaching for children are for­ bidden.


They have no free Press. Only


ber of their citizens, mostly Government and party officials, are allowed to travel abroad. Strikes are forbidden because under the Communist Labour Code the trade unions are com­ pelled to back state policy and cannot engage in free collective bargaining between worker and employer as we know it in the West.


Only a strictly limited num­


with the support of the East German Trade Union Federation


The wall of shame was built


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Head Office: CEDAR STREET, BLACKBURN, Tele­ phones Blackburn 5718, 48540 and 48475.


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LEVER'S BATTERY ‘PELLETS'


(F.D.G.B.)—a cynical and shame­ ful act which stops the free movement of Berlin workers in their own city and in one night, on August 13th last year, robbed 63.000 East Berliners of their jobs in the West.


for granted we should remember that between 1945 and 1948 the Soviet Union extended the area of its dictatorship at the rate of over 340 square miles per day whereas, in contrast, between 1943 and 1961 the Western demo­ cracies of Britain, France, Belgium and Holland granted independence at the rate of 120.000 so-called “ colonial” people per day.


Every time we take our freedom D. GANTER.


T ANOASHIRE County Child- JU ren’s . Committee are to send a Christmas card to each child in the care of the County Council.


deprived of it. A Dutch friend of mine who


TTVERY time I see the Berlin wall of shame on TV, I won­


PROUD RECORD


ham’s oldest resident, Mr. Thomas J. Holgatc, of Top Row, who celebrated his 90th birthday on Monday.


TWTNETY not out. That’s the proud record of Down-


active, and tends his small kitchen garden carefully. He enjoys pottering around the village and helping Mrs. Hol­ gate to “keep the house straight”.


Mr. Holgate is still quite


part-time jobs, and it was while he was working on a wall on the Assheton estate that he found a pair of old- fashioned clogs in the found­ ations of the ancient wall.


Until recently he has had


that the clogs might have belonged to Mother Dcmdikc, the famous Pendle witch. He could not explain however, why the old crone should bury her footwear under a wall. Mr. Holgate Is a retired


He believed it was possible THE OTHER MAN’S . . .


/"TLITHEROE has an Interest in a book published to­


day. This is “The Other Man’s Farm” by Franklin Engelmann In collaboration with Jack Ha r g r e a v e s . (Weldenfeld and Nicholson, London, 25s.).


course, the well-known T.V. and radio personality and the book concerns 26 farms selected from the first 100 or so televised by A.B.C. Tele­ vision. Jack Hargreaves is Northern Editor of “The Farmers’ Weekly” at Harro­ gate and is a former member of the staff of the “Advertiser and Times.”


Franklin Engelmann is, of


Royal Grammar School, Mr. Hargreaves began his career on the “Advertiser and Times.” His Interest in farming soon became evident. Later he joined the “Preston Guardian” and “Lancashire Evening Post.” In 1938, he was appoin­ ted Agricultural Editor of the "Preston Guardian” in suc­ cession to the late Harold Holdcrness.


An old boy of Clitheroe


for two years as Publicity Officer to the Milk Marketing Board at Thames Ditton, but returned to his former post at Preston. Then he took charge of the northern edition of “The Farmers’ Weekly” when it was launched in 1951, first from Manchester, then Leeds and, subsequently, Harrogate.


Later Mr. Hargreaves served


representing a cross section of all types of English faming systems, the book will hive a wide appeal to townspeople for it is written in non-technical


Although essentially about farming, with subect matter


IN TOWN AND COUNTRY With “ QUIS ” —


language designed to interest all sections of the community.


FIRST MEMBER


/■'ILITHEROE’S first member ^ of the motor cycle and scooter Volunteer Emergency Service is Mr. Raymond Winckley, of 16 Whitewell Drive.


the aims of the organisation are to assist in any national or local emergency. A typical example was the recent out­ break of smallpox in Bradford, when supplies of lymph were carried by volunteers to the danger area.


Mr. Winckley tells me that


service could have helped was when a man walked 10 miles to the nearest all-night chemist to get an urgent prescription made up for his sick child. If his doctor had known about the V.E.S.,the man could have been given a lift.


Another instance where the


farmer and a former warden at Downham Parish Church.


motor cycle and scooter riders, who pledge themselves to help in any way they can at times of emergency. Members have been circularised with a list of blood transfusion centres, needed in case of a serious multiple accident.


The service is operated by STUMPED


“TF a batsman takes two runs and the first one Is short,


why isn’t the other one short as well?” That was the ques­ tion put by a small boy to the panel of a sports forum in Read Congregational School.


Martindale and Bobby Bennett both had to admit that they were well and truly “stumped”.


Cricket experts Mannie WANTED—SHIP’S BELL


TF anyone has a ship’s bell he -*• no longer needs Sir Ronald Garvey, Governor of the Isle of Man, will be pleased to hear


from him. Sir Ronald, who has close


links with Clitheroe, has appealed for a bell for the island’s new Admiralty House —a cottage tucked away in the North of the island.


appointing an Admiral of the Manx herring fleet has recently been revived and Admiral for this year is T.V. bird man Peter Scott.


The ancient tradition of


Rev. H. R. Garvey, was an assistant master at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School many years ago.


Sir Ronald’s father, the late


sister of the late Mrs. Bald­ win, widow of Mr. Hartley


Sir Ronald’s mother was the


Baldwin, of Winckley Hall, Hurst Green, who was a partner In a Clitheroe firm of solicitors for many years.


since 1959, Sir Ronald was previously Governor of the Fiji Islands.


Governor of the Isle of Man COUNTRY DIARY


TVTOST of us treat the more -L


countryside with indifference, giving little thought to the great Influence they have on our way of life.


T


is perhaps one of the most important in this respect, and it was during a lecture given by Mr. D. W. Jury, B.Sc., to members of Clitheroe Natura­ lists’ Society that I began to realise what a tremendous influence this tree had in our district.


The very common hawthorn


granted, and few realise its importance in the general scene and in agriculture. Treated with respect, it can be one of the most efficient means of enclosing farm stock. It can also be most d e c o r a t i v e , as will be appreciated by those who have experienced the barren nature of areas which depend on dry stone walls as boundary and field fencing.


We certainly take It for


is now being appreciated by various agricultural authori­ ties who are condemning the now common practice of mechanical cutting as against


The value of the hawthorn


Hawthorn— -*- common features of our


tree with a big influence


one to two centuries, and also provide a remarkable tough timber.


the hawthorn’s determination to survive is seldom seen to better advantage than in our own Brungerley Park and Cross Hills. On one par­ ticular section of ground near the river, the young haw­ thorns, a few Inches In height, are a prominent feature.


A more striking example of


Hills, the area reaching to the West Bradford road presents a typical hawthorn thicket dense and Impenetrable in places.


Then, as you reach Cross


attraction to bird life and In particular the winter visitors. Several years ago the spot was a regular meeting place for a small party of hawfinches which remained in the area for several weeks mainly because of the berries.


But the area offers unique ASSEMBLY POINT


hand cutting. Sprays also come in for


TT is also a favourite assembly x point for our first winter migrants, the redwings and fieldfares.


criticism as a damaging influence, but as we look


BALANCE MAINTAINED


only encourages growth but certainly promotes reseeding, the ha w th o rn flourishes. Fortunately, some sort of balance is maintained; for, given a free hand, the tree would dominate the country­ side.


(”AN the contrary, due to our type of soil, which not


Due to the tree having an


attraction to the taste, it suffers m u t i l a t i o n from


browsing animals. But If allowed a natural growth, it can attain a height of 30 to 40 feet, and will survive from


around Ribblesdale the haw­ thorn does not at the moment show any sign of decreasing.


I took a walk through the park and Cross Hills. Here the Norwegian visitors were to be seen In flocks. How many I could not say, but the number was in the hundreds.


On the last week of October,


fare. I would say 75 per cent at a rough estimate, but an accurate figure is well nigh impossible under these con­ ditions.


The majority were field­


certain—all were feeding on the hawthorns which have


One thing, however, was


provided an excellent crop this year. Do I hear someone say


this particular area can be noted by observing the man­ ner in which the berries are taken. Judging by this, all hawthorn berries are not alike, even if appearing so to the eye.


vary considerably with regard to palatability. This year at Cross Hills the trees are weighted and the fieldfare and redwing are taking full advantage.


Obviously different bushes ALWAYS AVOIDED BUT keep a watch during


you will be surprised how certain trees are avoided. The berries are there in plenty. They are accessible and look as good as those on nearby bushes, but even when the weather deteriorates and other sources of food are restricted these fruits are always avoided. The habit is not new for, to my knowledge, the practice has been followed


the coming weeks and


for well over 10 years. It is a pity these “incomers”


do not learn from past experiences. Each October and November we see them feast­ ing on these berries, caring little about waste. Beneath each tree there is always a good sprinkling of berries dropped carelessly to waste


and rot. Then, as we note each year,


after a few weeks, the haw­ thorns are cleared of fruit and the redwing and fieldfare move to new territory or dis­ perse in small groups through? out our countryside. They leave, as we always see, the odd hawthorn still loaded


with red fruit. Another feature we must


“Sign 1 of a hard winter?” Well, such things are not always true, as we have dis­ covered in the past.


Another striking feature of


not overlook as these, our first winter migrants, reveal that winter Is not too far away, is the changing bird life. The ornithologist must be out and about, for on our waterways in particular the wildfowl are returning after nesting in Scotland and No r t h e r n


Europe. NATURALIST FOR THE YOUNG


for a new youth magazine, Young Living”. He is Roy Scott, of Railway View, editor and designer of the publica­ tion.


A GO-AHEAD young Clither- onian is largely responsible


of the Diocese of Blackburn Conference of Youth, and deals with all aspects of youth in the diocese.


The magazine is the journal


Greenall, the sales and distri­ bution manager, a theological college student preparing for entry Into the priesthood. Christopher Eatough, also of Clitheroe, is responsible for sales in the Blackburn Arch­ deaconry.


Mr. Scott Is assisted by Ron


a picture feature on this year’s International Jazz Festival in Zurich, a letter from the Bishop of Burley, the Rt. Rev. G. E. Holderncss, a teenage feature called “Teen Scene” and pictures of the new chapel at Whalley Abbey Conference House.


The Advent issue contains Another milestone


I t reet upset 'is Muther that 'e'd fun a lass so soon, 'E’s nobbut just a lad,” hoo sed, “ I ’t doesn't seem a year,


r)UR Charlie brought ’is girl to tay, last Sunday afternoon,


Since lost 'e geet long trousers,” ond hoo dropped a silent tear


" I t nobbut seems but yesterday since 'e wor in 'is pram,


Ah con close mi eyes ond see 'im —'is bib all full of jam,


Memt


Ah couldn't keep 'is nappies on, 'owever much ah tried,


this 1 9 set for only .


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When 'e look bad wi’ whooping cough, 'e cried, ond cried, ond cried!


Ah mon show 'er 'ow to press 'is eat, ond 'ow 'e likes 'is tea,


‘ 'Alf milk, ond lots of sugar, Mam,’ 'e alius ses to me,


As mon show 'er 'ow to press 'is shirts, ond 'ow to patch 'is vest,


Ond tell 'er each November to put goosegrease on 'is chest!”


There’s mony troubles worse nor this, tha’ll hev to tackle yet,”


Ond then hoo looks at Charlie, wi’ a smile of adoration,


Owd Grandma sed “ Don’t thee tek on, ond don’t thee get up­ set,


“ Ah think,” hoo ses, “ Ah’ll live to see Another generation!"


Weel, when t ’lass went we all agreed as hoo looked very nice,


I t’s bin another crisis, but ah think we’ve getten thro’ it!”


Ond fayther sed “ It's time ah think, the lad 'ad some advice,


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Make apple and pear meringue


JT'RESH from the farm and still fresh in the kitchen is the aim


power of their purses when they go shopping, for it is from Iheir choice of purchases that the pattern of producing and market­ ing is set.


choose food for its quality and health-giving values, in other words, really fresh produce.


substitute or second best, and this does not necessarily mean that the most expensive is the wise choice.


I t is not sensible to accept a


fruits of the year, the time of harvest and ripened crops. This apple and pear meringue will go down well with those who like their sweet dressed up a little.


juice and rind; a knob of butter; sugar to taste; 4 dessert pears; J pint of water; 4 oz. sugar.


141b. cooking apples; lemon


icing sugar; 2 oz. chopped or sliced almonds.


Meringue: 2 egg whites; 4 oz.


them to a pulp with the lemon juice and rind, and butter.


taste and turn the apple into a flat dish. Boll together the water and sugar. Peel the pears, cut them in half and remove the cores.


necessary, but not too much. Remove the rind, sweeten to


Add a little water if absolutely See how they flex


until just tender, about 10 minutes. Place the pears on top of the apple.


Poach the pears In the syrup


very frothy, whisk in most of the sugar and stir in the almonds.


Whisk the egg whites until


meringue, sprinkle with the re­ maining sugar and bake at gas mark 2, electric thermostat 300 F. for about 20 minutes until the meringue is set.


Cover the fruit with the MARGARET ALDEN.


Golfers elect lady captain


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AfISS EILEEN POLLARD, a Burnley schoolteacher, was


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TRUSTEE


SAVINGS BANK 7, Church Street, Clitheroe


INVESl IN


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'THE auditors of X members that I investments in tM


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The land, builcl


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