Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 20, 1962
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Mary Smith, of Littlcmoor View, Clitheroc, who last week quali fied for the final of the Fleetwood Bathing: Beauty competition.
Pictured relaxing: with two of her three children is Mrs. Mavis Entering: the competition for the first time, Mrs. Smith came
second in her heat and will take part in the'final in September. She is also in the final of the Clithoroe Show Queen competi tion and in the final of the Rose Queen competition of Joseph
Lucas Ltd., Burnley. Mrs. Smith, who is 22, is a commercial artist. Her husband, Mr.
Jim Smith, is a well-known Clitheroc racing: motor-cyclist. With her in the picture are her two daughters, Jarinette, stand
ing:, and Jacqueline.
STOLE WHEELS AND TYRES FROM DEPOT
/GARAGES and depots all over England, including the Milk ^ Marketing Board depot at Clitheroe, were raided by a Middlesex pig breeder and lorry wheels and tyres valued at more than £12,000 were stolen, Derby County Magistrates
were told on Friday. Mr. Alan Frazer, prosecut
ing, said that the pig breeder went to garages and depots in Lancashire, Derbyshire, Not tinghamshire, Cheshire and the Home Counties where he knew there would be a number of vehicles, jacked them up, removed the wheels and left the vehicles on wooden blocks.
The van in which the
thefts were commited was spotted in Derbyshire.
Brian Chilcott, aged 25, of
Orchard Gate, Greenford, ad mitted two charges of stealing wheels worth a total of £1,802 from a Derby garage
and the Milk Marketing Board Depot at Clitheroe, and asked for 27 further offences involving wheels and tyres worth more than £10,200 to be considered.
He was committed in
custody to Derbyshire Quarter Sessions for sentence.
A second man Geoffrey
Allibone, aged 24, lorry driver of Woodcroft Crescent, Hill ingdon, Middlesex, pleaded guilty with Chilcott to stealing 20 wheels worth £912 at Derby and was goaled for four months.
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Pupils entertain at school
speech diay
| AT ANY parents attended the annual speech day of Bren-
. and singing by infants and ! juniors and recorder music.
nand’s Endowed School, Slaid- burn, last week and saw a display of work and handicrafts by the children. Also included In the programme were verse speaking
The prizes were presented by
j Mrs. R. Grimoldby, wife of the Education Welfare Officer. Mr. Grimoldby gave the address.
Dinah Walker presented flowers
to Mrs. Grimoldby and a'vote of thanks was proposed by the head hoy, Colin Townson, seconded by the head girl, Muriel Ashbridge. Col. L. C. King-Wilkinson pre sided.
The pupils who were leaving
at the end of term to attend other schools presented gifts of appreciation to the headmistress, Mrs. A. Durham, and Miss L. Pickles, assistant mistress.
PRIZE LIST King-Wilkinson memorial prize
for highest marks in annual examinations: Muriel E. Ash
bridge. Miss V. M. Garnett’s prize for
best Scripture essays'on subjects selected from year’s curriculum: Moyra Summers (Upper Juni-
: ors); . Brenda Harrison (Lower Juniors).
• James Hanson prize for
physical education: Marjorie Townson (Upper Juniors); David
Taylor (Lower'Juniors). Trefoil Guild prize for art and
nature: Patricia M. Robinson (Upper Juniors); Trevor Howard (Lower Juniors).
The Chairman’s prize for
English: Ann P. Bainbridge. The Bywaters prize for effort:
John Townson (Lower Juniors); Catherine Parkinson (Infants).
The Gillian Yendall prize for
music: Isabel Mitten; Ann Bain bridge.
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prize for plain needlework; Isabel Mitton (Upper Juniors); Dinah Walker (Lower Juniors).
. The James Henry Watts
Bleazard memorial prize for his tory and geography; Muriel E. Ashbridge (Upper Juniors); Jano Walker (Lower Juniors).
■ Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ramsay’s prize for progress: Moyra. Sum mers; Alison Kenmuir-Evans.
Headmistress’s prize for initia
tive: Margaret Newhouse; Gerald Wood.
courtesy and leadership: Colin Towrison (Upper Juniors); Chris- tine Finch (Lower Juniors).
Miss Pickles prize, for infants;
Julian Kenmuir-Evans; Geoffrey Lawson.
Headmistress's prefects prizes;
Colin Townson, Muriel Ashbridge, Isabel Mitton, Ann Bainbridge, Gerald Wood.
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Church, Clitheroe, a jumble sale in the school on Saturday raised £18 10s. for the church’s autumn fair refreshment fund.
THEFT
TJ’OR stealing £2 and a banker’s cheque from a shop at New
ton, a 15-year-old Bowland labourer was placed on probation for two years at Bowland Juven ile Court at Gisburn on Monday
C. J. Hirst memorial prize for
THEY’RE PROUD OF MUM
Naturalists in the Pendle country
Tl,fR. HERBERT SPENCER led Clitheroe Naturalists’
Society ramble on Saturday. The party visited Downham
Church with its five-centutry old steeple of perpendicular style. The rest of the church was rebuilt just before the First World War.
Leaving the church, they
went down the village, admir ing the delightful show of flowers in the cottage gardens.
Turning right over the
bridge, the party then en tered the fields on the right of the road a few yards, further on and made for Worston, going by Longlands wood, with Cat Gallows wood over on their right, and Worsaw End
Farm. From the farm, the path
followed Worston Brook with Warren Hill on the right, then The Ridge and Crow Hill were reached just before the village was entered.
At Worston, the party
paused to look at the Bull Ring, where bull baiting took place many years ago.
From Worston, the way was
by field path to Little Mearley Hall, and, then into Mearley woods for a short time, and
then back from the woods to the old road and along past Laneside Farm, Mearley Hall, and on to Pendleton Hall, returning by Highmoor to Clltheroe.
Some of the birds seen were
kestrel, spotted flycatcher and dipper. Flowers included several species of cranesbill, lesser spearwort, wall lettuce
and dog rose. Two-car crash
rpwo Clitheroe men escaped 1 without injury when their
cars were in collision in Whalley Road, Hurst Green, on Sunday night.
They were Joseph Francis
Snape, of Standen Road, and Thomas Robert Adcroft, of Mytton View. Both cars were damaged.
BOUNDARY
R O W L A N D Rural District Council are quite satisfied
with the present boundaries of their district.
1 This was decided at the monthly meeting of the Council at Clitheroe on Monday, when they were asked for their obser
vations on boundary review by the Boundaries Commission.
M.P. STANDS FIRM ON COTTON QUESTION
Answers critics at private meeting
T OCAL opposition will not prevent Mr, Frank Pearson, M.P. for Clitheroe, from backing the Government’s cotton
policy. He made this clear following a meeting on Saturday. Mr. Pearson talked for two hours with 50 employers,
union officials and operatives behind closed doors at Whal ley Conservative Club.
I ’he meeting was arranged
last week after the Divisional Conservative Headquarters be came uneasy at the growing opposition in the are’a to Mr. Pearson’s persistence in fol lowing the Government’s cotton line.
Mr. Pearson said after the
meeting that he had tried to explain the Government’s policy In full and why he sup ported it. He thought the meeting was very- cordial and that people were much clearer In their minds about why he supported the policy.
Despite what many con
stituents, among them mem bers of his own party, thought he ought t o ' do, he made It clear that he would not change from taking the Government line.
STILL OPTIMISTIC He said that he was just as
adamant as he was before and was still optimistic regarding the future of the cotton in dustry.
The present plight o f the
cotton industry was a crisis of confidence. He was still optimistic. Two bad summers and a drop in the demand for cotton goods had had a lot to do with present troubles, despite all the fuss that had been made about foreign imports.
He still thought the Govern
ment had been quite reason able and fair in its attitude to
wards quotas on foreign Imports.
Rural headship: Appointment to-day
A NEW headmaster for Gisburn County Primary
School will be appointed at County Hall, Wakefield, to day.
He will - succeed Mr. J. S.
Precious, retiring after teach ing- at Gisburn since 1933.
i The appointment will be made by a committee drawn from Bowland District Educa tion Sub - Committee and from the staffing committee of the county authority.
This was announced at a
meeting of the District Educa tion Sub-Committee at Clith- eroe on Monday.
It was also reported that
some 16 applications had been received for the head ship of Paythorne County Primary School.
A short list will be compiled from these. Scouts compete
GEVEN troops from Clitheroe ^ and District Boy Scouts’ Association took part on Sat urday in a flag competition in which Scouts performed ser vices for*Scout officials, acting as traders at Crosshills River Post.
Sums of money were earned
by the Scouts, the amount de pending on the efficiency with which the tasks were per formed.
Winners were Clitheroe
Royal Grammar School Troop, whose earnings were £15-16-0 out of a possible £20. Stony- hurst College Troop were sec ond and Ribblesdale School Troop, third.
COUNTRY DIARY The quest for the golden eagle
V O U will be wondering what *■ has happened to the eagle. Well, as I said before setting out on this expedition, there were lots of other things we | intended seeing apart from the golden eagle.
For myself, I would have
been perfectly happy 4to have spent all my holiday watching, and perhaps photographing, the bird. But there are other interests to consider, and I could scarcely expect my wife to spend a couple of weeks or more sitting on some moun tain side or windy glen, while I sat in a hide at an eagle’s
nest. The time had come, however
for what I really hoped would be the highlight of my Hebridean holiday. So, leav
ing Barra, we crossed to an adjacent island. All had been planned for during the last
three years. I had been closely following
the pattern of the eagle’s way of life. If my calculations were correct, the time was now opportune for our visit to the glen and the golden eagle. I wanted to arrive at that period just after the eggs had hatched and cer tainly not later than a fort night after that time. This is the most vital time for any one wishing to get a shot of the parent, either brooding or feeding. After this rather short period, the adults spend very little time at the eyrie.
Although I had watched
the birds and nest last year from a point just opposite and also took some long shots of the site, I did not know for certain what conditions would be like either for hide work or the odd shot of the birds.
From these early photo graphs, it appeared I could approach to within 18 or 20 feet down a crevice in the rock and so get a reasonable nlcture. The ledge would also give me a favourable site for the hide. These, as you can imagine, were all hopeful possibilities.
FRAZER’S CROFT AFTER a two-mlle journey over one o f the roughest
tracks on the island, we arrived at Frazer’s croft. He
,-as in the same outbarn as on the first day I met him 12 months ago.
' The outbarn is some dis tance from the cottage. It is a simple, single storey place. As “ opened the door, we were Confronted with a delightful
scene. Two calves were in the
pentre of the floor and sat just Close by was a very attractive kitten The light from the roof window gave a most-un
usual, dramatic stage effect to the scene.
Ten minutes later, myself, my wife and Frazer were
crossing the peats towards the glen. This time we took the high
road which would bring us to the same side of the glen as the eyrie. I had also taken along the hide, hoping it would be possible to place it in a suitable position for photography later in the week.
Conversation, as we crossed
the rough ground, was on all subjects, but mostly con cerned the eagle. They have been nesting on this ground for six years, and when I asked Frazer about their diet was surprised to hear his con clusions.
They were to me of great
importance and revealed a sensible, tolerant outlook so rare In this intolerant age. The diet consisted mostly of hares and a few birds.
I mentioned those crofters
who were of the opinion eagles did more harm than good. But he was emphatic. “I have over 300 sheep and there are others on the eagle ground, but they feed mostly on hares” , he said.
KEEN EYES
YAIE were by this time half - ~ ' a-mile from the nest,
and, with keen eyes trained to the territory, Frazer halted, and, pointing to a rock on the opposite side of the glen, remarked: "There he is !”
I followed the direction of
his finger and; there ion: one of the innumerable rocky boulders sat the male, follow ing no doubt our progress.
I could scarcely conceal my
excitement. We were now within . less than 100 yards from the eyrie, and from this point we had to walk through a maze of bog willow and birch.
We picked our way towards
the edge of the cliff. The area is not, very high and vegetation good, tending to mislead as far as the sudden drop is concerned. You may stand within 20 feet of the cliff edge and the low veget ation completely obscures any danger.
Frazer hesitated and was
undecided which of the narrow crevices would give us the better view' of the eyrie. He decided on the one on the right, and as he moved for ward the female eagle came from the nest.
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• At first I was taken aback b ' the colossal size, and,: above all, the ’ magnificent wing
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span. As I stood gaping, I let a glorious chance slip by of taking a photograph,
I then went to the ledge
some 18 feet from the nest. From my position the nest appeared to be empty! A protruding rock was obstruct ing a free view, but I already had an awful feeling of dis appointment.
TWO CHICKS
: Tj’RAZER came alongside, and A by leaning well out could isee the two chicks and a dead :hare just by the edge of the bulky nest.
From my calculations they
appeared to be about a fort night old. They were covered entirely in white down and the most outstanding feature was the very heavy, powerful legs.
: A quick survey of the ledge
proved it quite unsatisfactory for hide work. So after a short time, we climbed to the top of the cliff.
The parent birds were now
circling the area in their masterly fashion. But' I was puzzled to understand why they tolerated the persistent mobbing by a pair of ravens.
I would not say they showed
any fear. On the contrary, they appeared to treat the diving and mobbing with In difference. Never at any time did they, turn aggressive, yet it seemed that if they were to make a sudden strike that would be the end of the raven.
Later, as we sat on the dry
tiracken, they came quite near to our position, and through the glasses It was possible to see such details as the movement of the wing tips and watch the head turn to get a better angle on our' whereabouts.
And so I began to ponder
on the next step. How to get a good picture of the eyrie and young at a reasonable range. There was only one way and that was certainly
not going to be too easy. “ NATURALIST.”
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Rural housing:
R.D.C. in dispute with plans office
Bc OWLAND Rural District
Plans Committee,! at their
monthly meeting'at Clitlieroe on . Monday, decided on a majority vote to go into dis pute with the Area Planning Office, regarding : housing development at Mitton.
; The committee considered
an application by C-W.S., Ltd., Manchester, for outline plan ning permission for housing development on the former C.W.S. poultry farm at Mitton..
They also considered the
observations of the Area Plan ning Officer, Mr. S. H. Lee, who recommended refusal on the grounds that the site was out side the;village, would inter fere with scenic amenities and would be costly to sewer.
The Clerk, Mr. L D. Telford,
told members that i f they went into dispute it would really be a dispute on policy.
The Area Planning Officer
thought large-scale develop ment should take place only in the larger villages, which already had sewerage facil ities, and not in the smaller townships.
County Coun. T. H. Aspin
said it was all very well to say that housing development should take place only near the larger villages, but valu able agricultural land was be ing taken for housing at such places as Waddington.
NOT SUITABLE The Mitton site was not
suitable for agriculture, and could not be made so except at very great expense.
The chairman, Coun. Mrs. S.
J. Dow, said they had to con sider this matter only from a planning point of view; the agricultural aspect did not enter into it so far as they were concerned at
the
moment. Coun. J. H. Spensley said
that apart from the cost of sewarage, he would be in favour of developing the land, providing it was all developed.
This development would
make Mitton into a “ tidy- sized” village. The land would look much better with good houses on it than In Its present condition.
While the cost of providing
sewerage works would not be small, they had to look at It as a long-term policy. The new houses would bring Jn a considerable rateable value, which would benefit the whole of the rural district.
The Engineer, Mr. E. Berry,
said it would be possible to build as many as 80 houses on the land, but it was perhaps more likely that 50 to 60 could be built.
Coun. T. Robinson said the
cost of providing sewers would be far too great; they would be better advised to encourage development in places where there were already sewers and other facilities.
Mrs. Dow said she had
visited the site and did not consider it suitable for hous ing development.
The land concerned covers almost nine acres.
Youth club at seaside church
TVTEMBERS of Clitheroe Par- ish Church Youth Club
visited the Parish Church of St. Stephen on the Cliffs, Blackpool, on Sunday for Evensong.
The curate of Clitheroe Par
ish Church, the Rev. iA. G. Williams, read one of the les sons.
On their arrival at Blackpool
members of the club were met by members of the Youth Club of St. Stephen’s Church, who entertained them in their own homes.
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although they re eight declared, th 5-10 before declari
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Robbie Hindie, Read's top scorer, was Terry Whittle confident 30.
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way (22) loooked lie was caught h McNulty.
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skipper Ronnie Sti 19.
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Wilkinson were bowlers, but nei success.
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