The Clilhcroe Advertiser Si Times. April 10, l%4 COUNTRY DIARY Badger was lying fast asleep


^EVERAL years ago when writing in defence of that


much maligned creature—the badger—an angry critic asked me " why all this fuss about an animal you rarely, if ever, sec


clude he was in favour of exter­ minating all things not visible and saw no harm in spending his time digging out these crea­ tures mainly for the pleasure and satisfaction of killing. Fran­ kly I was amazed at such a prim­ itive outlook and could see no good logical reason for continu­ ing our discussion. No amount of evidence accumulated by im­ partial observers could in any way influence these people, who are concerned with their own selfish pleasure or interests. Of this I am convinced!


Obviously 1 could only con­ However, since that time I


have snent many hours visiting areas where the badgers havo their homes and can always say the time has been both pleasur­ able and instructive.


gain satisfaction in destroying such amenities would never understand why so many of our vouths and scouts in particular, get such delight in reading the evidence of the countryside.


No doubt critics and those who


others who have eyes yet can­ not see are oblivious to the re­ vealing pattern in these places. To those who are interested and find enjoyment in testing their skill in this field it needs no words of mine to serve as en­ couragement. To those who are less observant lot me assure them it is a rewarding experience to read the signs and scenes in our countryside. Indeed whether you see your quarry or not, the chances arc if you are able to read nature's signs then your excursion will be worthwhile.


Some people call it woodcraft, NOCTURNAL


been able to watch the badger in its truly natural surroundings. For. being almost entirely noc­ turnal it is only seen on rave occasions in daylight. Even those in captivity are reluctant to change their habits in spite of artificially simulated conditions.


Verv few people. I agree, have


be one of those lucky individuals although I came very near to this a year or so ago. My wife and myself were in a wood near Ribblc.


It was a glorious day and our


main object in being in such a place was a young deer which we knew was in the vicinity.


- r -v h e wood. Our search was far from being complete when sud­ denly I heard a tearing and snapping of twigs and much to my amazement was confronted with an excited searcher who. between gasps, told me she had


grown with rhododendron with small clearings attractive to the fawn. We decided to split, my wife taking the upper flank whilst I took on the lower part


The area was thickly over­


' watching, not knowing what steps to take. Then quite un­ ruffled " brock ” slowly uncurled, stretched, and calmly eyed the intruder standing little more than fifteen feet away. From her account it was obvious


just seen a badger. She had been cautiously winding her way through the bushes when, quite unexpectedly she came to a de­ lightful sun lit clearing. An ideal spot, completely sheltered from the wind—a veritable 'sun-trap, and one readily accepted by a fine badger lying fast asleep in tlte afternoon sun. For a con­ siderable time my wife stood


For mvself 1 cannot claim to


she was more surprised than the badger.


MILLION TO ONE


You have a million to one chance of such a thing taking place in a lifetime of searching. Although I recently heard from a friend that he too had a simi­ lar experience last spring. He was out looking for stray sheep and, knowing the whereabouts of a nearby badger set decided to have a “ peep " in their direc­ tion. Imagine his surprise when he saw an adult badger just by the river in full view and some fiftv yards from the set entrance. Both exceptional cases you will agree which few can hope to enjoy. The majority will be con­ tent'to see the odd film or per­ haps see the badger in captivity. I recall most vividly a person known botli far and near for his activities with badgers, foxes end other creatures of the wild.


Such happenings are very rare. For a good number of years I


knew Royal King and would on occasion go along to see his " private zoo."


| closure. The entire party got on. ! very well together in spite of the j restrictions and I always found it interesting to see how these


collection of dogs, badgers, and foxes all in the same small cn-


Never will I forget seeing his


! badgers and foxes went about eating whatever food they were offered. Others 1 have known were not well treated and the cruelty involved is to be deplored.


RECENT EXPERIENCE


ing to the clues and signs let me tell of my recent experiences.


Mersey on us


My teenage daughter calls me prehistoric.


My taste they say is shocking, In the cranium I'm rocking. Because I don’t like Ringo, George or Paul !


My nieces all agree I ’m up the wall.


I have no doubt they're very decent fellows.


And possibly I ’m doltish, dull or B dense.ut I like my music mellow, By Gershwin or Novello. And I like the words to make a bit of sense !


The girls next door say I am quite Victorian.


I'm completely in the dark. Educated in the Ark, Because I do not dig this Mersey


Tho’ once they used to think me rather sweet.


I t is my fault that I do not like T the Beatles ?


Beat!


That they make me feel abusic, Each time I hear their music. And would like to drown the lot


hat their melodies and I do not agree ?


. . . in D.D.T.?


But none-the-lcss, I'll tolerate the Beatles.


I ’m not compelled to listen night


I and day. can close my eyes and dream, No one forces me to scream. There is no law to make me shout ''Yeah. Yeah"!


All these things I could for- give’m.


, , ,


Noise, music, shouts and rhythm, If their mums would make the Beatles get their hair cut 1


. , JIMIFEL


However, as most people have to confine their badger watch­


. to see what activity was taking I place and my intention is to pay regular visits throughout the


For several months I have had a set under observation. Mainly to check on how, in the winter months, they were getting along. It would be interesting I thought


i year. With this in mind my visits began in the new year when, as most peope are aware, very little activity can be expec­ ted. However as I was quickly to discover the badger, in con­ tradiction to some long accepted beliefs, docs not hibernate.


Indeed, it would be safe to say


that unless the winter is very severe only partial hibernation


bedding had been scraped out of the underground chamber to be deposited at the entrance of the se t The set is in a good position commonly chosen by badgers—on a sloping bank not far from water. Small trees m the vicinity form the pleasing surroundings. The steep slope has several well defined tracks. One leaves the set entrance and goes north, the other in an i opposite direction soon branches. | One going to the edge of the . stream while the other carries on ; to the higher ground. Following that to the water I soon discover­ ed the little middens for the badger is one of the cleanest of mammals. By the main track the bole of a leaning ash pro­ vides the creatures with a con­ venient scratching post, used regularly to clean paws. From this and other evidence we could ascertain what was going on even if we were not able to see the badgers themselves.


few davs previously all the old


is the rule. My first trip revealed how a


NATURALIST.


GROCERY GIFTS TO OLD FOLK


XjiACH member of Clitheroe ^ old People's Club received j a grocery item when the Mayor j of Clitheroe, Alderman E. Cross- ; lev. and the Mayoress, Mrs. D. Satterthwaite. visited the club


from the Mayor's Welfare Fund and partly by people at Holmes


yesterday week. The gifts were provided partly


Mill. "The workpeople at Holmes


Mill were kind enough to supply us with a quantity of groceries during the severe winter last year but as the old people had already received coal and there were not enough groceries to go round, we decided to hold them in reserve. We then took some money from the Welfare Fund so that each member could have something this year." explained


the Mayor. The Mayor and Mayoress spoke


about their time in office, des­ cribing the many events they had attended and places they


had visited, and showing many photographs. Highlight had been a visit to Buckingham Palace.


I'm not compelled to throw jelly babies,


tee, Miss D. E. Rushton. wel­ comed and thanked the Mayor


The Chairman of the Commit­ and Mayoress.


Admire their slinky suits—a very rare cut 1—


Brockhall Hospital on Friday organised by the hospital s Sports Club, had an attendance of nearly 300. The Music Makers of Colne, and the Rock-Its of Blackburn played for dancing.


The season's last dance at


TO LEAD U.N.A.


by the Government, and thus whilst losing its political inde­ pendence maintain the financial solvency to do more in present day affairs?


ciation? Should it be financially aided


tions that arose at the annual general meeting of the Clitheroe branch of the United Nations Association in the Congrega­ tional School on Monday night.


These were two of the ques­


A. D. Cassidy reported that the Association had started last year with over £35 in hand.


The retiring chairman Dr.


to-house collections by members, under the U.N.I.C.E.F. safe milk scheme, which Clitheroe has adopted. Over £700 was collected,


A record was set up by house-


which compared in similar cir­ cumstances to £230 in 1954 and £504 in 1950.


of which four were corporate, and only six members had died or left the district. Dr. Cassidy said basic Chris­ tian principles were factors in


There had been 149 members,


of atomic warfare has been les­ sened. the struggles for power still go on. "We see Communist influence


the great gulf between the East and West. "At present, though the danger


behind many of the independent moves in Africa: but in time Africans will realise that Com­ munist imperialists can be worse than European rulers." he said. The secretary. Dr. W. D.


TX7HAT is to be the future of ' ' the United Nations Asso­


EXPOSURE METER GIVES BALANCE


FOR COLOUR FILM by HOWARD S. COTTON


^ r iT H the increasing popularity of colour film (it is estimated that this year, one picture in every three will be a colour


picture, compared with one in a hundred only twelve years ago) comes the need for an accurate and reliable means of measuring the amount of light falling on the subject to be photographed. Why ? Because colour films do not have the latitude of


to colour reversal film producing transparencies which, unlike colour negative film (for colour prints) cannot be “corrected" by filtering during the processing stage. Once you have made your exposure with reversal film, you are stuck with it! So obviosuly it pays to make every effort to ensure that the exposure is-the correct one in the first place.


half-frame cameras are equipped with built-in exposure meters, which may be coupled directly to the shutter or work indepen­ dently.


Many of today's 35mm and Nevertheless, there are still


Oliver reported that though .-lie year had been a quiet one in the branch, £100 raised by coflee evenings had been given direct into the Mayor's Freedom from Hunger campaign A member Mrs. Wrigley. lj


been chosen as delegate to general council meeting


said that though the Association had started the year with over £35, only £6 18s. 5d. was to be carried forward at the end. Mr. Scales added that with the


weekend at Newcastle - upon - Tyne. The treasurer. Mr. W. Scales,


plenty of models which do not. possess the refinement of an exposure meter, and indcod there arc plenty of photo­ graphers who prefer to use a completely separate l ig h t meter.


a light-meter which is part of the camera is more handy, but a separate meter is more versa­ tile. and because of its larger dimensions, less likely to develop faults. Should this occur, the independent meter can be sent away for repair without render­ ing tlie photographer camera­ less: a bu.it-in model will, of course, have to be sent away complete with the camera.


For the majority of people,


profits in hand, the Association was "solvent but not verv well off!" The membership secretary said


very robustly built, and provided they are not dropped from a great height or anything drastic like that, will give years and rears of trouble-free service.


Exposure meters, however, are


that m em b e r s h i p wa s down on last year by nine, and was now 130. plus three corporate members. He said he had had no succsss in interesting the Trades Union branches. Officers for the year, starting


INDEPENDENT USE


on Wednesday night were then elected. They arc: President. Councillor J. Hall: Chairman. Rev. A. Gaunt: vice-chairman. Mr. J. S. Brierley;.secretary. Mr. Stanley Westhead: assistant sec­ retary. Mrs J. Myers; treasurer. Mr. W. Scales: auditor. Mr. Simon Westhead: membership secretary. Mr. Brierley: press I. agent, Rey. A. Gaunt. The executive committee are G all the names above plus Mrs.' ,1


A. D. Cassidy


by Rev. Gaunt to the retiring | from ^ supject, into an electri- officers Dr. Cassidy and Dr. . cal c|lal.ge which is in turn con- Olivcr. also to Mr. Westhead for j vcrted into a movement of a the use of his premises as a j nee(jic across a scale. This type


A vote of thanks was given i convert t)ie light picked up '


meeting place. Thanks were also expressed to officials of the Con­ gregational Church for the use of the hall, and to Mrs. Wilson for providing refreshments.


Ayrshire trend DESPITE the emphasis on


; of meter is very reliable, and is i suitable for most ordinary types


of work. NEW TYPE


number of milk producers and replaced very cheaply', the extent to which AI is now used, registrations of Ayrshire bulls during 1963 increased by 3 per cent.- This. says the Ayrshire Cattle


beef, the reduction in


Society's annual report, is quite contrary to the trend in dairy breeds in recent years. I t could be an indication for the future.


range of exposure meters is the cadmium-sulphide type, which is "powered" by a tiny mercury cel! having a life of up to two' rears (it can. of course, he


A fairly new addition to the These meters are super sensi­


tive, and can virtually tell you what exposure to give the dear old black cat in the coal cellar! They cover a very largo range of brightness readings.


One. for instance, has scales reading from eight hours to


so far as AI and the economics l '4000th of a second and can be of the industry in general arc -;ed with films rated at anything


concerned. Female registrations, however,


HOW TO BUY A SINK UNIT


Decide on the length of the Sink Unit-can be any size but most popular sizes arc 30- 36". 42", 54" and 63" and depth either 18" or 21", and on the colonr yon


would like.


THEN__go along to the Jonchu Showroom at Lord Street West, Blackburn, and make your choice from the largest display in the North of England, where the best is sold at the lowest prices, thanks to their bulk buying.


Prices range from £14-10-0 for a complete sink unit whilst vitreous enamel on steel sink lops cost from £6-10-0. Colour Range—unlimited.


THEN—See your usual Plumber who will be very happy to arrange the fixing of jour new sink unit and lie will let us know when he is ready to accept delivery—which is free.


Credit sales readily arranged. XI JONCHU work hand in liand with your LMumbcr.


ket, the report says a number of possibilities are in hand which could achieve fruition this year. Forty-one animals were exported during 1963 to


dropped by 4 per cent. Dealing with the export mar­


tom 6 to 12,000 ASA! Some CdS jeters are equipped with optical iewfinders which tell you at a pnee the field of view being overed. while others even come tmplete with a tiny inspection :mp which enables the operator : read the scale in the dark.


Rumania. South Africa. Canada, i .peared on the British mar- USA. New Zealand. Ceylon, ! it its price was sky-high, but Eire, East Africa, and Kenya, j nv it can be purchased for


When the CdS meter first


separate meter is that it can be used independently of the camera. I t is much move feasible, for example, to take a clcsc-up reading of a face with an expo­ sure meter than with a com­ plete camera with a meter built into it


Tlie biggest advantage of the As there are now nearly 90


Fletcher, Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Wrig- P ''ns a new meter? ley. Miss Treasure. :Mr. JEf- 4


Coatee. Mr. T. J. lOrverJ^ftw^ jmnmoncsi. ls tne phcKu- Wood. Dr. W. D Olive *, ft*. D*. A ^ ec'lric type which has a selen-


i,ld„ on ! jum cell'whose function it is to ROYAL SHOW


ORIZE money for this year's *- Royal Show amounts to well over £ 20,000 in addition to cups and trophies valued a t £16,000. Among the new classes intro­ duced for the July fixture is an additional one for Friesian ex­ hibitors.


first time among the sheep sec­ tion, classes arc being included for Eppynt Hilt and Beulah Speckled Face Sheep.


any age together with three or more of its progeny. For the


The class is one for a bull of


judge this year will be Dr. A. Gallmal Hcber, of Uruguay, who has been appointed to place the Hereford entries.


The show's only overseas APPEAL TO M.P.s


oppose the adoption of any plan designed to give milk producers In the South-Eastern—or any other—Region of the Milk Mar­ keting Board a higher price.


South-Eastern Region to the Minister of Agriculture for the region's complaint at the Milk Board's rejection of price zoning to be put before a committee of investigation.


This follows the request by the THI SWAS NEWS


75 YEARS AGO (April 19, 1889)


rpHE wedding took place at St. A James's Church, Clitheroc, of


Hothcrsall, of Eshton Terrace. * *


* INCLUDING the juvenile sec- * * *


for the Medal Competition in connection with the local Easter Gala.


tion, 63 football teams entered


Whalley was the accompanist, and artistes included Miss .Mitchell, Mrs. Cullen, Captain W. Mitchell, Mr. J. Hayhurst, Mr. Feather, Mr. Burton and Mr. Clement Mitchell. .


. CONCERT was held at the Liberal Club. Mr. Hanson of


\ \ f ADDINGTON Wesleyans, ' * working hard with the


* *


co-operation of the contractors for the erection of their new Sunday School, hoped to be able to open It on Good Friday. *


JhjtfcrL O t& izr & Co. lis t.


Whalley, was held In the Dog Inn, with Mr. Roger Green In the- chair. I t was ■ decided to register the promoters as a Limited Company,


\ MEETING of the promoters of the Assembly. Rooms BUILDERS ft PLUMBERS MERCHANT*]


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THE meeting of St. James's


church. The officers were re­ elected, including the Church­ wardens, Major Bleaklcy and Mr. J. Dcwhurst.


•Vestry was held in the


Mr. William Peterkin, Borough Treasurer and Manager of the Clitheroe branch of the Craven Banking Company, and Mrs.


50 YEARS AGO (April 14, 1914)


(HERE was an outbreak of fire at the Commercial Mill. A


(.ntitv of waste wrappers (ght fire, but the sprinklers 1st at 155 degrees and (nguished the fire before the


t Brigade arrived. #


HE Health Committee of the Town Council recommended


* #


f appointment of a full time its to assist in the work of


iecting schoolchildren. *


* *


| LARGE steam wagon got 1 - out of control descending throw near Edisford Bridge, (truck the left side of the Be, displacing several blocks tninsonry, before careering i-the other side, and into (river. The three men in it


cjed with broken bones. *


-ea party at Holden Chapel, attendance was so great that v 'many could not obtain


assion. ; .) *


rbj Borough Surveyor was .istructed to call the atten- tpf the makers of the Free Lry clock to the fact that it gaining. rtis proposed by Councillor


* * ' the annual Good Friday * *


formance against Great Har­ wood on the previous day, went on to win in fine style by a clear six goals against Ba rr ow Reserves.


CLITHEROE football team, having given a poor per­


Bowland, to pick up a young man whose bicycle had lost control when lie was cycling down a steep slope.


A PRESTON ambulance raced 18 miles Into the Trough of


side, of 20 Castle Street, died on Good Friday.


A FORMER Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs. Annie White-


25 YEARS AGO (April 14, 1939)


-r*- after travelling round the greater part of the earth, Rev. James Henry Whitehead saw Ills mother again in Ctitheroe for the first time in 21 years.


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y)n seconded by Councillor rttt and unanimously re- sl-a that . the Free •• Library cfbfe stopped from striking <gftt time.


'outstanding feature of the Jbblesdale point-to-point , at; Gisburn, was the amaz- jjerformnnee by Mr. J. L. jilrie, who rode the winner ,flVc races.


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Friday, and Easter Monday tem­ peratures were,62 in the shade!


rpHERE were six hours of ■ glorious sunshine on Good


* * *


l l /f ANY p e o p l e from the 4*-*-clitheroe d i s t r i c t were among the several hundred who on Good Friday, finished their long walk at the Methodist Rally held at Clayton Street Church, Blackburn. The speaker was the Rev. W. Rhodes of Douglas. -


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ages crowded into the Main Hall of Ribblesdale School last weekend for the seventh model exhibition to be held in Clitheroe.


Railway enthusiasts of all


Model Railway Society, whose 20 members range in age from 12-40.


The exhibition was run by Mr. A. Blair-Bryan of Clitheroe


round uninhibited, and a great feature of interest was an old steam engine owned by a mem­ ber, Mr. James McAlplne of Linden Croft. Waddington. -


People were allowed to wander


model, is over 60 years old, and was actually running on methy­ lated spirits, on three inch tracks.


The engine, a King Edward


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There was also a blue model of


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