2 The Clithcroc Advertiser & Times. November 27, 1964


Legion award for local president


AT a branch general meeting on Wednesday the president,


Mr. Alt Wood, will be presented with a life certificate for meri­ torious service. This is a nation­ al award to be made by Captain H. B. Whitehead of the national executive at London.


Hereditary factors in dog breeding


QVER the years there has been growing concern at


Society had to take energetic measures to curb the number of deaf bull terriers appearing in the show ring.


This was followed in the


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the number and variety of dog diseases which must be attri­ buted to hereditary factors. In the late twenties the Breed


enforced by elimination of an affected dog from the show ring however excellent its conforma­


tion might be. The breeding of successful


show dogs has always been subject to fashion. One has only to look at the engravings depleting the various breeds as they were a hundred years ago to realize the tremendous changes that have been brought about in the various breeds, particularly those that have become fashionable for a


favour some particular aspect of a dog's conformation and the championship is awarded to a dog that has this aspect very much to the fore. Breeders then concentrate on getting this par­ ticular feature into their own kennels and the strain of dog that has this feature well developed is used almost exclu­ sively for breeding purposes. Any undesirable f a c t o r in the fashionable strain of the moment will thus, although hidden at the start, gradually become a dominant factor over succeeding generations—along with the so- called desirable features.


time. Show ring judges tend to


features appearing more and more frequently in the progeny. The good breeder very soon realizes what has happened and takes steps to breed away from


are employed which lead in the end to these undesirable


Intensive inbreeding methods


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the undesirable factors using quite unrelated strains and avoiding all those that have the known bad strain. This sounds easy enough but it may be diffi­ cult to accomplish as these bad factors may not be easy to detect and require long and detailed study to reveal them.


i and make the task of the Kennel Club and Breed Societies twice as difficult when they are trying


element in dog breeding. Some breeders are only too anxious to ride the crest of a fashionable wave and reap the profiits, but are not willing to help eradicate a diseased s t r a i n provided enough ‘suckers' can be found to buy their questionable puppies at inflated prices. These people are few in number but do immense harm to the good name of the majority of reputable breeders,


aware that the problem is aggravated by the commercial


The R.S.P.C.A. is all too well


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a powerful committee to go into the whole matter and backed as they were by the veterinary pro­ fession and encouraged by all right-thinking animal welfare organizations, they will surely make plans that will lead to the conquest of these diseases.


The Kennel Club lias formed


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ing cold weather dishes. Middle neck of lamb trimmed into "rosettes” as my butcher calls them, provides meat for eating and bone for gravy making.


winter vegetables can be cooked with the meat, and this means that the complete meal will be done hi one saucepan or cas­ serole. Dried beans, lentils or split peas are ideal to add to a slow cooking dish of this kind. Just remember to soak them overnight in water, and spread them throughout the dish with the vegetables.


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rjpHE 1965 Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show will be


held a t Stanley Park, Blackpool, on July 27, 28 and 29.


The University of Lancaster


has received a generous gift of £10,000 for its Appeal Fund from Sir Stanley Holt of Manchester.


largely eradicated by the adop­ tion of a sensible breeding policy


thirties by night blindness in Red Setters. Both these diseases have been


COUNTRY DIARY The starling’s wolf whistle


JSJALMON and trout arc not by any means the onlv


items of inteerst which find Skirden Beck attractive, par­ ticularly at this time of the year. On the contrary in its lower reaches, where it mean­ ders across the flats and is joined by Bier and Kirk beck and later by Holden brook, you are sure to discover all


and one of the most outstanding events is the regular occurence of the green sandpiper which spends several weeks in the vicinty before moving on to its winter quarters.


sorts of interesting items. Bird life is always prominent


taking place and the ornitholo-- gist who has some knowledge of this ground will be quick to note the absence of the heron.


Change however is always


in the winter months in and around the meeting place of Skirden and Ribble.


Tliis bird was fairly common Ten years ago it was always, winter, was evidently a con-


possible to see a gathering ten or sixteen on the wet marshy ground between Bolton Hall and the river. This ground, used only in


venient spot for those which nested in nearby Bolton Peel


just below Howgills, I continued my journey upstream. I t was a typical late autumn morning— pale sunlight, piles of leaves be­ neath the chestnuts and elms and the plaintive song of a robin on the opposite bank.


The heronry at Bolton Hall is deserted and it is only on rare occasions that you may see a solitary bird in this area. Leaving the road by the bridge


and late1' in the wood by Skirden. Now all that has changed.


ALWAYS THE ROBIN


son with bird song, but the robin lias always time for a few notes no matter how damp or miser­ able the day. Another, cheerful contributor to the autumn scene is the starling and as I followed the stream I was fascinated by one individual perched on a Hawthorn. He was obviously full of life and with throat feathers puffed out he rattled out his mimicry. Then suddenly he changed en­


We do not associate this sea­


tirely and held my attention by his wonderful versitility. The starling in spite of numerous bad hab its is surely the greatest comic of all as I stood listening the bird repeated all the various phrases of the curlew.


cannot be found in the bird world and many a person has been fooled by the starlings "wolf whistle.”


A more skilled vontrioquist


heron slowly and with great deliberation wadded across the pool to again halt in the deeps.


—a more secluded haven I have yet to see, with its cottages netling by the footbridge and so pleasently sheltered by such charming woodlands. I paused to chat to my friend at the cot­ tage and had my a t t e n t i o n drawn to the fosilized tree just a little way upstream by the path I intended to follow. And so, past Skirden Nall with


CHARMING WOODLANDS Soon I came to Forrest Becks


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his wife. For the past three years,


logy. Lying diagonally across the bed of the stream it is Impres­ sive and is bound to conjure up all sorts of ideas regarding its origin.


It is well over fifty feet in


length, rounded to a remark* able likeness of a tree yet formed in stone.


a similar rook structure in the area which leads to such diver­ sity of opinion regarding its true origin. Some believe it to be a geolo­


There is not, to my knowledge


personality are everywhere. Mas­ sive elms and sycamores by the water edge have their roots washed bare by the flood and storm and hu ge boulders hear testimoney to the strength of the stream when in flood. All this has created a place of


Reminders of the beck's erratic


tree. I mentioned this on my return to an eminent geolist who. put forward a most interesting suggestion that millions of years ago this spot near Skiden Nall' was the actual course o f ' the Ribble. The possibility of such a fossil under such cercumstances is in consequence nor so remote. I t must therefore be for those


gical freak or fault, others are inclined to the opinion held by local people that here is a fossil


great attraction for the dipper and before long I heard the fam­ iliar “ zit, zit zit ” as a pair went on in front of me, always follow­ ing the water course. A little way upstream when they had evident­ ly reached the limit of their ter­ ritory the pair cut across a bend and quickly passed me to' return on their way downstream. Like the Kingfisher, the dip­


its fine- "Monkey puzzle” or Chile pine and to the ford which which would enable me to get a good v i ew of this geological freak. To be quite canded I found it a most spectacular piece of geo­


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"N A TU R A L IST ” per is at all times reluctant to WE christened it the parlour T’PARLOUR


cross fields or even go over a bridge. They are always to be found in close proximity to the water. That is why it is so easy to check on these birds.


not fail to notice either dipper or kingfisher, assuming they are in the vicinity. But as on so many other occasions I did not see kingfisher or even a sign of that bird. What has happened to these


FOLLOWING THE STREAM If you follow a stream you can­


We’d yellow bows on t' curtains, ond th' upholstery were red.


on t ’ day as we were wed,


Ond alius sed, “ Do come in ’ere,” when someone knocked at t'door.


We sat in it at weekends for a month or even more,


Then, some’ow a decline set in, the parlour seemed to change,


Most weekends we felt more at ’erne beside the kitchen range,


exquisite creatures is by now quite obvious. The severe winter some three years ago spelt disas­ ter for the kingfisher by Ribble and Hoddcr and also near disas­ ter for the dipper. Now fortun­ ately the dipper lias quickly recovered and is back to its nor­ mal status. By this time I was near where


T’front parlour lost importance in our small domestic scene,


Quite soon t ’were Just a memory of things that might 'ave been.


Tile Childers toys ond my owd 'bike began to live in there,


It were t'resting place for t'swee- per, ond when birthdays came around.


Stoops Farm’s pastures come down to the beck and, coming to a very steep bank, found it neces­ sary to leave the waters edge to regain higher ground. Still fol­ lowing in course upstream I came to an opening in the trees which gave me a bird’s eye view of a deep pool some forty feet below. Here, utterly oblivious to my


Tha'd alius find a coat or two ’ung up on th’easy chair,


Then only 8/11 a week for 19" luxury TV


Aw’ sorts o' bulky parcels be’ind t ’ settee were found.


But there's been a resurrection ond its glory's been revived,


We've thrown out aw’ th'owd furniture (or t’bits as ’as sur­ vived).


To let ’em 'ave a comfy shop in which to do their courting!


presence, I stood watching half a dozen male and female mal­ lards consorting on the surface whilst a heron stood, sentnel-llkc watching and waiting. Seldom does one get such an oportunity of watching from such an un­ usual angle. I took out the glasses and


could discern every detail in both heron and mallard. Then the


Now t'girls is gettin’ bigger. t'wife ses it’s nobbut sporting


So, t ’Xront rooms been rechris­ tened, t'best parlours out o’date,


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wives of registered plumbers in the London region have been carrying owl valuable publicity work for the cause of sound British “plutnbman- ship.” lecturing to groups of housewives and w o m c n ’ s organisations on the principles of modern plumbing.


cities like Sheffield to give up just a small part of their spare time in helping to improve standards of workmanship and c installation throughout t h e


tlte Women's Auxiliary of the Registered Plumbers' Associa­ tion. arc making a special appeal to their counterparts further north to follow suit. They want plumbers' wives in


And now. these .same women,


ountry. Airs. Gwendoline Lewis, who if a college lecturer in plumbing


only involves perhaps two speak­ ing dates per month for the wife who feels she would like to help. "We want her to give womnn-


and fotmder-chairman of the Women's Auxiliary, said; "It


to woman talks on how to prevent and cure all sorts of household plumbing mishaps, and how to help improve tiic standard of plumbing in this country.” •'.As tilings are at. present, with


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no special legislative control, anyone can set. himself up to be a plumber and can fit a most efficient installation. "People aren't, yet. aware of the


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training and has had the right experience." Mrs. Lewis is usually deluged


fact that they should always call j wj]| on a registered plumber, one who has done the official four years'


with questions after her talks to women's organisations and many women come no to her for advice after their me e t i n g s , are


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officially over. One topic frequently raised on


call ing' I cur.B


these occasions__in tones of hushed embarrassment. . . is that


questions and is sometimes quite > amused by the way in which they are phrased.


Mrs. Lewis is used to suclt


ago and found that. 05 per cent j of tlie population used the word I toilet: four per cent w.c.: two per cent, by a private nickname: 15 per cent bathroom and 14 per : cent lavatory.'' Mrs. Lewis and her colleagues


"We did a survey no; so ion? '


are also trying to educate the housewife to have the whole plumbing system cheeked and overhauled every 18 months. "This would prevent many


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household disasters, especially in the case of stop cocks, which can easily become loose or part cor­ roded.“Tire ideal heating and plumb­


ing system should also have stop cocks on each individual appli- an cl* a-s well as at the main suoplv point. :*At Christmas lime. I sup­


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’’J IM IF E L ! ” THIS WA S N EWS


50 YEARS AGO (December 1. 1914).


ptLITHEROE'S first loss in the First World War to be


reported was Private David Parkinson, who was killed in action. Private Parkinson was the youngest of three sons (all serving) of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Parkinson, West View, and was formerly employed by E. Davies and Sons, slaters and plasterers, Shaw Bridge Street.


iate district serving witli Forces to date was 927.


rpHE total number of men A from Clitheroe and immed­ the


1/- PRIVATE Frank D. Strick­


served with the Coldstream Guards and afterwards emigra­ ted to Canada, returned to rejoin his old regiment.


land, Woone Lane, who had


25 YEARS AGO (December 1, 1939).


wards in hospital at Boulogne and Leeds, Private Robert Quinn, an old and popular player with Clithevoe F.C., was home on sick leave.


Regiment, wounded in the battle of the Marne, and afterwards in hospital at Torquay, was also


BANDSMAN John Greener, of the 2nd South Staffordshire


home on sick leave. # * #


■jVrEMBERS of Clitheroe Weav- •*■*•*• ers’ Association stated to be serving with the Forces were: T. Isherwood, W. Bewsher, R. and H. Sager, E. Vecvers, H. Dixon, H. Mullock, A. E. Dixon, J. Hartley, L. Moon, L. Geldard, R. Eornshaw, J. R. Clitheroe, j . Hargreaves, R. Burgess, and G. Proctor. * * * ■


TH E National Rese rve


duty of guarding the Whalley Viaduct. # # #


appointed 17 men to take over MR. JAMES MERCER, of 50,


WTOUNDED in the leg at ’ * Armentieres, and after­


Jf eroe Royal Grammar School, a Burnlev boy collided with another pupil and bumped his head. Despite medical attention, his condition became "worse, and he died in Burnley Victoria Hos­ pital following an operation. These facts were related at an


OLAYING in the yard of Cllth-


Joseph Oddie, who formerly farmed at Lane Side, West Brad­ ford. He was 81.


/ 1 RINDLETON lost one Of its M oldest inhabitants in Mr.


DEATHS recorded were: Mary


Street aged 61 Andrew Smith, Coplow Infirmary, aged 47; John Whipp aged 61, of Howgill, Rim- ington: Elizabeth Hindle, aged 64. of Duck Street Farm, Grindleton; Emily Silverwood, Spring Gardens, Waddington, aged 24; Alfred P. Turner, White- acre Lane, Barrow aged 40; Mrs. Margaret Ellen Kissack, aged 33, Bramiey View, Whalley; Mrs. Peggy Houghton, Railway View, Billington, aged 84; Mrs. Hannah Dawson, Regent Terrace, Whal­ ley aged 87.


Jane Penny, 1, Brownlow


i nors me again I will send sum more.”


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QO far in the season, Clitheroo ° had collected 47 goals in 13 matches. Of these 21 were scored under the new war-time conditions. The marksmen were as follows: Chatburn 20; Thomas 10; Allen 6; Bradshaw fi; Kit­ chen 2; and Akers, Thompson


and Emmett one each. e * #


stitution of tlie league. *


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stantine the well-known cricketer and friend of Charles, the Dar­ wen forward. Occupying a seat in the stand, it was obvious that


ONE of Darwen’a handful of spectators was Leary Con­


he was interested in the game, even if disappointed with the result.


team in Combination football to remain unbeaten since the out­ break of war involved the recon­


tained their unbeaten run and improved still further their goal average. They were the only


TREATING Darwen by eight clear goals, Clithcroe main­


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Inquest held by the Burnley Borough Coroner (Mr. H. Ogden) on Robert James Edmondson Lowcns, aged 12, of 26, RosehUl Mount, Burnley. A verdict of "Accidental Death” was recorded.


* * * ONE of Clitheroc's best-known


Arthur Catlow, of Castle Street, died aged 72. He was a retired civil servant, having entered the Clitheroe Post Office during


townsmen, Mr. Henry


the headship of Mr. Sam Whal- lcy, in the old premises situated near to the Police Station.


• * *


T|/f RS. Mary Elizabeth Fletcher, Widow of Mr. George Fletcher, formerly resident In Clitheroe, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harold Dugdale, 13, Rlbbles- dale View, Chatburn, aged 84.


# # # Chatburn Road, employed, A MAN who had his purse


for about 17 years as an over­ looker at Jubilee Mill, died, aged 41.


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CLITHEROE CONSTITUENCY OF THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION — 15th OCTOBER, 1964


Douglas Harvey Hoyle, Francis Fenwick Pearson and Martin Strange, candidates a t the above election, which returns were received by me on 19th, 17th and 20th November, 1964, respectively:—


Tlie following is a summary of the returns respecting the Election Expenses of Eric


Erie Douglas Francis Fenwick Martin Harvey Hoyle Pearson


£ s. d. 75 0 0 40 0 0 29 7 6 365 8 6 18 13 3 41 16 5 46 0 0 63 10 11


£679 16’ 7


414 3 11 204 13 3 45 13 9 44 8 0 49 15 0 62 2 2


£ s. d. 67 0 0 75 0 0 62 0 0


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3 8 4 15 8 9 15 0 0 20 9 11


£820 2 10 £336 6 61


the accompanying declarations and documents, on payment of a fee of one shilling, at the Town Clerk’s Office, The Castle, Clitheroe, at any time during office hours within two. years next after the said respective dates of recept of the same by me.


And I give notice that any person is permitted to inspect the said returns and DATED this 27th day of November, 1964.


H. L. SAGAR, Deputy Acting Returning Officer, Town Clerk’s Office, Clttheroe.


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