Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 26, '1963


COUNTRY COOKERY


ELEGTRICiTV BOARD


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D.E.R. bring big TV within reach of everyone. Rent this fine 17" set, and your complete, first month’s pay­ ment is only 34 '3. (Government restrictions only apply to sets manufactured within the last 3 years.) Subsequent rental is only 7/11 per week, with all repairs absolutely free. Minimum rental period is 12 months but with D.E.R. you can change sets any time you like (to 625-line, or colour,-when they come). Go to your local D.E.R. showroom now.


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T'HIS recipe will please the x families who really enjoy their puddings. I t takes only 20 minutes to cook and makes an agreeable change from Me traditional tart.


ture, sour milk for mixing will give a very light and smooth flavoured result.


As it is more of a scone mix­


ever scone making is to be done. wThe pie is just as nice made


or plums when they arc in season and should be served


ing about i pint of fresh milk by adding lemon juice to it when­


In fact, it is worth while sour­ ith gooseberries, blackcurrants


with fresh cream or custard into which an egg has been whipped.


Ingredients: 1-1 Jib. rhubarb; sugar to sweeten; 1 tablespoon


bitter marmalade; 8oz. self raising flour; loz. caster sugar; a pinch of salt; ljoz. butter; about j pint sour milk.


sugar and marmalade with just a little water until the rhubarb is almost cooked. Place the fru it in a pie dish


Stew together the rhubarb,


and keep hot. Rub th e but,ter into th e flour, sugar and salt


an d knead together with the milk.


Ain. thick and cut into small founds with a. fluted cutter.


Roll out the dough to about


slightly overlapping each other, on top of the fruit. Bake at gas mark 7, electric thermostat 425’ P. for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot or cold sprinkled liberally with caster or icing sugar.


Place the scones in lines, MARGARET ALDEN. Moment of truth


rPO be a major poet. Or so it would appear,


0 at my home □ in my Electricity Service Centre. (Please indicate your requirements -with a tide) ,


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One’s verses have to be obscure, The meaning fa r from clear. I t 's obviously outre. Both plcbian and elTcte, I f one's rhymes are understood. By people in the street.


By lasting fame ignored. My jingles have a grievous fauiL, Eternally deplored. They're couched in common


Describe the homely scene. And people, when they read 'em. Know precisely what they mean!


Thus do I bid fame farewell. No laurel wreaths for me. No seat, upon Olympic Heights. These things are not to be. For greatest, solecism, —B iller the tru th I tell— Apart from comprehending them. Folks like the things as well!


J IM I F i l l . . V WHIST and domino drive language.


And so i t seems I'm doomed to be.


Zeds.


Model railways have a fascination for the young and nol-so-.voung as this picture, taken a t Clilheroe Model Railway Society’s exhibition a t Ribblesdale School, proves.


ON THE RIGHT LINES TO AID THE HUNGRY


' Model Railway Society came to Clitlieroc yesterday week in aid of the Mayor of Clitheroe's Freedom from Hunger appeal.


A FTER two showings in oilier towns, an exhibition by Clilheroe


attended th e opening night or the three-day exhibition last niglit


demonstrated on s tan d s and


enthusias ts who h ad encountered diinenlties with th e ir own lay­ outs were able lo discuss their problems with oilier owners.


Th e exhibition, however, was


not confined to model railways. Model trolley buses, trams ami formula 152 racing cars were an integral p a r t or the show.


Th e society is p lanning lo con­


vert three cottages behind Castle Street, into a headquarters con­ taining several big lay-outs.


Members' ages range from 10 lo ■10. The president, is th e Vicar of


Clitheroe. th e Rev. A. P. Clark, and chairman is Mr. Anthony Blair-Bryan. of Castle View.


Mr. Blair-Brvan said they had


found that fathers were even more interested t han th e ir sons. The majority of people a t Ihe ex liibilion had been adults.


meeting of Clitheroe Women’s Co-operative Guild on Tues­ day evening, when Mrs. E. Allen presided.


was held a t the weekly


Slinger and Mrs. L. Hornby, and those for dominoes Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Preedy.


Whist winners were Mrs.


served supper, given by the president and treasurer.


Members of the committee Women unionists


mittee of Clitheroe Town Council, spoke on rating and revaluation to members of Clitheroe branch of the Women's Unionist Association at a meeting in the Conserva­ tive C'.ub last night week.


riOUN. T. ROBINSON, chair- man of the Finance Com­


Burnley, bu t featured many additions for its re tu rn to Clitheroe. The Mayor, Aid. E. Crcssley.


The exhibition has recently been on display a t Blackburn and


week. Many working models were


Council to view site of garage- workshop


"OOiVLAND Rural Council arc to inspect the site of


planning officer, has recom­ mended th a t the application


Mr. S. II. Lee, the area


be refused as lie feels th a t the introduction of an industrial undertaking would all'ect the


a proposed garage-workshop at Higher Flass, Bolton-by ■ Bowland for Mr. Peter Cow • king, of Raingill. Slaidburn.


Rating relief for village halls and reading rooms


rating relief to t.lie following village halls and reading rooms for a period of five years:


Bashall Eaves Reading Room; Bolton-by-Bowland


j ROWLAND Rural Council have agreed to give 100 p er cent,


R e a d i n g


Room: Gisbiirn Festival Hall; Newton Reading Room: Riming- ton Memorial In s t i tu te ; Sawley Reading Room; S ’.nidburn Read­ ing Room: Slaidburn Village Hall; Waddingtcn Reading Room and In s t i tu te ; West Bradford Reading R o o m ; Grindlolon Village Ins titute.


MANDATORY RELIEF


is being given to th e following p r e m i s e s : The Almshouses.


Fi f ty pel' cent mandatory relier


amenities of Ihc locality. The Council will also inspect


Ihe site uf a proposed over­ head line for the North- Western Electricity Board al Edisford Bridge.


Former Council chairman leaves ,.*.£37,791 ,


4 facturer, Mr. Alexander Ha r­ greaves PorLer-Hargreavos, of


\ V.VftMF.R and coUon inann-


Newsliolmc Demesne, who died on October 25th. left £117.7!) 1 (£22.293 net. duty paid £4.924).


He was chairman of J. and .1.


A. Porter Ltd.. Blackburn, c h a i r ­ man of Bowland Rural Council, a member of Rowland Magis­ trates Bench and had been


COUNTRY DIARY Lapwing victim of severe winter


TN February when n a tu r - 1 alists were .speculating on


the efTects the severe winter would have on our wild life, I estimated the toll on our bird life would be in the region


of 75 per cent. This a t the time appeared to


be somewhat of an exaggera­ tion. Several people, includ­


ing the more responsible, believed such a figure too pessimistic.


B.B.C. Nature programme the figures were by no means as large, with some observers quoting less than 50 per cent. Others thought the estimates far too high and suggested our fears were unfounded.


Indeed I recall th a t on a


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settling down in their nesting territory. The time has now arrived for us to obtain a true assessment of the casualties, particularly in the case of the early nesters common to our


Now we can, as it were, face facts as our residents begin


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Illustrated are Just two of the wide range of patterns now available In English Trans­


lucent China.


The success of this new china has few parallels In the history of the British China Industry.


I have come to the conclusion th a t my February figure and forecast was not far from the target. This has also been the opinion of other observers and farmers from whom I have made inquiries.


district. During the past few weeks,


have been staggering, particu­ larly to those birds of our countryside which at this time of the year have no secrets as to their whereabouts.


All are convinced th a t losses STRIKING EXAMPLE


fP-HE most striking example is, of course, the lapwing


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oT green plover. Everyone, be they countryman or towns­ man, can have little difficulty in identifying this charming bird with the contrasting plumage and crest.


find them on the upland and most pastures as you pass by, for they are quick to announce their presence. But have you noticed the disastrous change within the last few weeks?


Usually in April you will Most pastures have no lap­


wings at all- Oh the va?1 majority of ground previously


frequented by these birds you are lucky to see the odd pair.


Ribble or Hodder, from Whal­ iey to Gisburn or on the


No m atter where you go by


typical ground in the Siaid burn area the lapwings are absent. They are and will continue to be sadly missed, for there can be no doubt what­ soever th a t this bird is one of the most valuable creatures of our countryside.


and has, quite justifiably, been termed the farmer's friend. Recovery to a reasonable s ta tus is bound to be slow for previous to the Arctic winter the lapwing was showing signs of decline.


I t docs little if any harm


in our own area, but also in Scotland and the Islands, where in the summer of 19G2 I was reminded of the decline by several crofters. They, too,


This was not only apparent


min-men willing to take advantage of hunger and mis-


deer more concerned with hunger than with seeking refuge from a gun. Yet these "sportsmen”, to my knowledge, shot several of these rapidly vanishing mammals.


iortnne. How easy to track in snow a


SADLY DEPLETED


sadlv depleted, and this also applies to the small titmice.


r«"HE thrushes and black- JL birds, as we expected, are


noted, with regret, the sadly diminishing population. We can, however, help by refrain­ ing from taking their eggs ar reporting those guilty of bi caking the law.


FEWER IIAUES


"PLOVERS are not the only ones to have suffered—not


by any means. A casual survey by Ribble and Hodder will suffice to show a grave reduc­ tion in the population of hares.


thinned. I t is ail understand­ able for during the period from December to March the greater pa r t of our fields were


Their ranks have been sadly


covered in snow or frozen solid.


was poor and in many cases insufficient to satisfy the bodily needs of these animals. Many died of starvation and others were poisoned. Not by man, but bv the necessity of hunger, which drove them to eat leaves and food of a dangerous nature.


What little grass protuded


from m.v friend Mr. Perrins, game keeper of Harden. He ielated to me the severity 0f conditions in the Dunsop area and particularly in tile Trough, where adjacent to his ground he picked up 23 hares Most of them, he was con: vlnced, were poisoned by eating evergreens.


■A striking example came


time and sufTered, not as diq the hares, but by the lustful primitive appetites of certain


The deer also had a hard


i with others, imagined would have now been very scarce, has now surprised the orni­ thologist. and, given a good nesting season, will very soon


The skylark, which I, along


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have its numbers back to normal. n f the woodcock, I would


Grindlelon; A I m s lions e s . matron's cottage an d reader's cottage, Waddington Hospital; Tile V i c a r a g e , Boil 011-bv- Bcwland: Tile Presbytery. Dun- sop Bridge; The Vicarage, White- well; The Vicarage. Gisburn; Tile Vicarage. Grindleton; Tile Rec­ tory. Slnidburii; Th e Vicarage. Milton; Tile Vicarage. Wadding-


Market reports


(XITIIEKOK AUCTION MART' Friday.—Good entry of 102


store catt.le an d 49 in-call' c at tle; brisk selling trade. Best short- dated calving cows. £50 l.o £74; summer calving cows £41 to £02; best heifers £54 to £08; strong bullocks £52 to £71 10s.; heifers £44 to £01; younger heifers and bullocks £20 to £29; Hereford cross-calves £18 to £32; Angus cross-calves £22 to £37; si irks £10 lo £20.


Awards: In-calf heifer: I. A.


Procter. Whaliey; 2. Exors. of .1, Pinder. Newton. In-cair cow: 1, U. H. Barker. Samlesbury: 2. A Prceler.


I CHEAP HEAT!


Only solid fuel could run so much heating for so little


For 2/6 a day you get 2 or 3 radiators or hot water throughout a 30-wcek normal winter—based on fuel at 1 l/-acwt. Yougettliecheerfulwarnitliofaglowing


lire with the controlled efficiency of a closed stove. To install: 10/10 a week, over 5 years, under the NCB Housewarming Plan, based on average instal­ lation cost of £120. Tliis includes room heater with back boiler, 2 radiators and all pipes and fittings.


not at this stage hazard a mess For, as most people are aware, these birds come to us


in earlv spring and a t all L make it difficult on


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account of their nature to assess their numbers. Autumn


will prove the case. Tts near relative, the snipe,


"on the moors and uplands—a sound as pleasing and inspir­ ing as the call of the curlews.


offers an easy subject and advertises its presence in no mipprtaln manner. So far I have missed the familiar call


worst for these lovers of the soft bog and ditch must have died in thousands. Many It was hoped, would go abroad


We must be prepared for the


Many, it now seems will not return. Those very colourful, green


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nnd sootted woodpeckers, have , ‘ everyone's surprise, come through1 remarkably well. This


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For 2/6 a day you get 4 radiators and a towel rail, heated throughout a 30-week normal winter, and piping hot water-front a smart, clean, independent solid fuel boiler, burning fuel at 11/- a cwt. To install; 18/- a week, over 5 years, under the NCB Housewarming Plan based on a system costing £200 (average for an installation of this kind). Running costs are based on a total heating surface of approx. 90 sq. ft. heated 15 hours a day and turned otf for 9 hours.


For 4/- a day you can run S radiators and a towel rail, heated throughout a 30-week normal winter,


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and piping hot water-front a large, modern inde­ pendent boiler, burning fuel at II/- a cwt. To


install: £1.16.0 a week, over 5 years, under the NCB Housewarming Plan—based on a system


costing about £400 (average for an installation of this kind). Running costs arc based on a total heating surface of approx. 155 sq. ft. heated 15 hours a day and turned off for 9 hours.


t feel sure, is due to the recently acquired habit of vlsitliiK bird tables. People In nil parts have kept the tables i i With cakes, nuts and fat _.all to the advantage of the


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woodpeckers. Briefly—not a very h e ar ten -


intr survey, but sufficient to Lnow the necessity of protect- ?,,» wild life In our area. An nhject shortly to bn emphas- ?,gd bv National Nature Week, which will be given promin­ ence by Clitheroe Naturalists


Society in May. NATURALIST.


ments. It covers everything — approved appliances, radiators, pipes and labour costs. There's no deposit, interest is low, and may be set against income tax. Up to 5 years to repay.


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YOUR NEXT STEP. Ask your nearest Approved Appliance Distributor or Heating Engineer for details of the Housewarming P la n - it saves you money at every step. See the list below for name and address. For central heating installations, consult either a Heating Engineer, or one of those Approved Appliance Distributors marked on the list


with an asterisk. HEATING ENGINEERS


G. D. Porter, 97, Weit View, Clitheroe John Wdtson & Soni, York Street, Clithoroe


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This show open the se


'[ 'H E 19G3 agricuitu ‘ season in the Nor


given Us major send-ofl day, May 18th. with Otley Show, staged to- date Agricultural Socie


This is one of the la day shows in the count


again be held on the 2 alongside the River site which ranks as o


most picturesque in th Prize money amoi:


£ 2,000 is offered in a c sive classification whi


cattle, horses, she< poultry, pigeons, ra t cavies, as well as farm produce, handicrafts decorations.


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