TALKING OF WOMEN . .


by Jean Miller


JMFTEEN Finnish women are to be guests at a witches’ party when they visit Lancashire as guests of the Lancashire


Federation of Women’s Institutes in .tune. The party does sound intriguing. It is being arranged, I am


told, by members of local institutes at the beginning of the visit since the Finnish women are to slay for a night or two at


witches in Finland, but even if they do I imagine they will find our Lancashire witches rather different. Suppose Mother Chat- tox or Alice Nutter were to put in an appearance, for instance?


Whallcy Abbey. I don't know if they have


members from the Lancashire Federation visited Finland and quite a number of them will be hostesses to the Finns.


Last year a party of W.I.


including tours of wallpaper and plastics factories, visits to the English Folk Song and Dance Festival at Morecambe, a girls’ school in the Lune Valley, with a Civic Reception at Lancaster, and a tour of the Lake District,


An itinerary has been planned


will be a W.I. international day at Grange.


At the end of the visit there


a similar visit to this district a few years ago they brought their national dresses with them.


When Norweigan women made


I do hope the Finnish women will bring some of their national dresses too.


I found these fascinating and DRAMA SCHOOL


is always of great interest to the Women’s Institute, especially in this area, and on Tuesday I found members of 10 institutes enjoying a one-day drama school held in Clitheroe Congregational School. The school is one of a series


Drama is a subject which


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Grammar school extensions:


being put on in various places in Lancashire and they are proving so popular that the County Drama Sub-Committee, who are organising them hope to arrange a further series. Idea behind the school is to


bring it to the Women's Institute instead of members haring to travel to Preston or Lancaster every time. The present series is entitled


approval sought


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“Drama for Beginners” but it was obvious from the interest shown and the questions asked that many of the Institute mem­ bers were well-informed on the


for Lancashire Education Com­ mittee, Mr. A. Willett-Whittaker,


subject. The County Drama Organiser


Women’s In s t i tu te presented a pin v’-Vhich.was.crammed -full of mistakes—on purpose. , “I think they have thought of


gave a lively and entertaining address in the afternoon on acting and production. In the morning B a r l e y


every mistakes possible. I have sen these mistakes made singly or perhaps two in a play but they covered every angle,” commented one organiser. The play seemed to be a


£370 on the fencing of Whatley C.E. School playing field is also


Sub-Committee have asked the County Finance Com­ mittee to approve extensions to Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, at a cost of £23,194, plus £250 for the Clerk of Works salary and expenses. Approval of the spending of


shingle roofs-to the gymnasium, part of the bungalow and one side of the sick bay at a cost of £848; the provision of two sink units at a cost of £215; altera­ tions to the kitchen and vege­ table store at a cost of £50 and hot and cold water services cost­ ing £85.


fication to the electrical circuit and installation of a new distri­ bution b o ar d at Whiteacre School, Barrow. Estimated cos of the work is £500. Approved also is the final phase of the renewal of cedar


sub-committee hope to arrange an advanced series of schools run of similar lines. Miss M. Butchart, who presided, told me.


to have a "family special” which they can make at a moment's notice and which is always en­ joyed by the family. Indeed. I know quite a few


FAVOURITE RECIPE DO you have a favourite


recipe? Most women seem


different one altogether when the correct v er sio n was presented. If interest is maintained the


committee have approved modi­


being sought. The Architectural


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THEY looked innocuous as they lay in their cases and stood A proudly on display, the delicately burnished dcc°raucm


glinting gently in the subdued light. Each was a work m . fashioned with precision by craftsmen of the highest order, uui


each was capable of taking a man’s life. Guns, swords and other


area to run an eye over the ex­ hibits, make new' contacts and show’ off their latest acquisitions. During tile day there must have been two or three hundred visi­


articles of war ru b b e d shoulders at the Pcndle Hotel, Chatburn, on Sunday, when the Northern Branch of the Arms and Armour Society staged its fourth exhibition. Collectors came from a wide


tors. The Pendle Hotel is normally


well stocked with firearms. Mr. Peter Field, whose father


pieces of great historical as well as financial value.


An English-made sword with


burnished s t e e l decoration was carried at the last three Coronations.


lising Ute cunning of the Orient. What was apparently a folded


Next to it was a piece symbo­


him take up collecting firearms. " I t ’s a disease,” was his reply. " I became interested in guns and began buying. The business finally got a big hold on me.” Among the exhibits were


is the licensee of the hotel, has collected flintlocks for about 12 years, and many pieces from his collection decorate the walls. I asked Mr. Field what made


fan contained a very sharp and very wicked-looking blade. The farthest-travelled man at


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the exhibition was Mr. Geoffrey P. Jenkinson. who is in England on a two-week visit from Colum­


bus, dhio. Among liis collection of meet


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lock pistols were two made for the bodyguard of the Elector of Saxony. Christian II. in 1590. Another wheel lock pistol,


made in .Nuremburg ill 1600 was previously in tile collection of newspaper owner William Ran­


dolph Hearst. Not all of the pieces on ex­


hibition, however, were de­ signed to do damage. On the stand ot the branch's chair­ man, Mr. Wilf Howarth, of Oldham, was e beautifully preserved pikeman suit nude about 1620.


assortment of weapons was eye-catching sight. But I dou|t any would have looked very pleasant brandished by some­ one after your blood.


the Society's president. Mr. H. L. Blackmore, who has written two books on the subject ot arms and armour. His work on tish' Military Firearms ha.V c, to lie regarded as the stands' work on the subject. Polished up for display tlje


The exhibition was opened by 1961


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people who don’t need to consult their recipe books at all and I ’m sure they could turn out a per­ fectly-cooked and very tempting dish even if they were wearing blindfolds Each week I intend to include


in this column a recipe from a woman reader, so if you have a family favourite, do send it to


thwaite, and the future Mayor­ ess. Mrs. J. Bell, to contribute the first two recipes. Mrs. Satterthwaitc tells me she


me. I have asked the Mayoress of Clitheroe, Mrs. Dinah Satter-


is very interested in recipes and has a good many cookery books. Some of these have been used a good deal and were bought for a shilling at bazaars in Clitheroe


given by members of many well- known families who were con­ nected with c h u r c h e s and chapels in the town " I shall be interested to com­


in the ’twenties. They are composed of recipes


pare your recipes with those submitted forty years ago.” she


savs Mrs. Satterthwaite’s recipe,


incidentally, is very similar to a favourite of ours and I know it was passed on to us by a friend, so it is quite a popular one. I t is a very good sweet and all


the family enjoy it. PINEAPPLE CREAM


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I medium tin of pineapple. 1 breakfast cup of milk mixed with the fruit juice to make a pint.


the other ingredients very slowly stirring all the time, and then pour over fruit when cold.


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Tl.fR. MARPLES’ refusal to let 1 ,1 British Railways workshops take up a contract they had secured to supply Dr. Beeching’s express freight w a go ns was " dogma gone silly.” Mr. Doug. Hoyle, prospective Labour candi­ date for Clitheroe division told an "Any Questions ” session at Walton-le-Dalc, near Preston,


last Friday.


IN a fortnight's time, Sawlcy will have it’s “ oncc-a-ycar day,” when the hunters go over the sticks on the Sawlcy Grange


course, considered one of the best point-to-point courses in the North. These arc “ do-it-yourself ’


riders. Many of them would as at the local meeting than see a winner for them. The race lakes place over


31 miles, and is an open steeplechase for horses “ regu­ larly and fairly hunted ” dur­ ing the current season, and owned by members, sub­


scribers or farmers within the area of any foxhounds, stag- hounds or harriers in Great Britain (the riders, of course,


for the winner, limited so that these races do not compete with steepiechasing proper, is £40 with a challenge trophy and a memento not exceeding £10 in value, presented by Mr. H. Hindley.


to be amateurs). For this coveted race Die prize


to-pohit has always been one of the most attractive in the North, and its chief race is a much prized event.


The Pendle and Craven point- started by various hunts about Point-to-point


lor allowing hunting to take place over their land, and also, no doubt,’ to give a jolly day towards the end of the season to the hunting people and allow them to settle the many argu­ ments about the speed ol their


entertainment for the farmers


same way as early steeplechases, and were literally from “point to point.” The starter gathered the riders together, pointed out to them some outstanding object such as a church steeple—hence “steeplechase”—and - they had to make their way across country to it as best they could and then race back to the winning field. Point-to-point meetings have


on the spot and was very rough and ready although none the less enjovablc for that. Ofter the races were run in the


come a long way since those


horses. At first It was all improvised


80 years ago. The idea was to provide some


r a c i n g was


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jumps over fences and hedges. Even so. however, usually one big circuit was used, so that spec­ tators saw little of the running. After the war. hunts began to


days, and between the wars made-up course began to be used instead of just the natural


an advantage over flat-racing and many steeplechase meetings, where the horses go almost out of sight at times. The meetings were still not allowed to charge for admission but they could charge for car-parking, and the increasing popularity of motor­ ing thus helped to boost the hunter. Cards, too. could be charged


realise that they could attract crowds and boost their revenue greatly by producing a circuit that had to be taken twice, with good vantage points so that the whole of the race could be seen clearly. This close viewing gave them


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quisite piece of workmanship, did not look particularly good td me at that moment.


G.P, \ Tlie sword, though an ex­ I I nearly suffered a nasty acci­ j


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