2 : Ctttheroe Advertiser arid Times, Friday. December 2,1966 COUNTRY DIARY b ig g e s t : m o th in t h e • \ ‘> * p.


DURING the last few weeks I have been inundated with various items, all of which are interesting and arc con­ cerned with the immediate neighbourhood. Tlie items are as varied as


one could imagine and I do appreciate the time - and effort taken by various readers in bringing them to my notice, either by corres­ pondence or in person.. ; I am always liappy to receive


such items or questions from readers and should it not be ■within my sphere to give' an answer then you may.. rest assured my efforts will, be direc­ ted to someone who Can solve our problems. For it can safely be said that no one' has abso­ lute knowledge of alb subjects.


Indeed I am the first to ack-


knowledge that a lifetime may be spent in working out the intricacies or life cycle of any insect you care to mention. The most or best we can do is to realise that there is far more awaiting to be discovered than our present knowledge reveals. Even from the items to


which I am about to refer there is enough to keep one busy for years, and so, in effect, it a ll: goes to prove that, as naturalists, we need never be troubled'with bore­ dom. Even on our own ground there


is always something new and occasionally something entirely foreign to be-identified. ,


G IA N T M O T H


: This was certainly true when I was first introduced to our first subject. It all concerns a giant moth brought to me by Miss Lynne Sherliker. Her


father obtained it at his place of work in Clitheroe where pre­ sumably it had found tempo­ rary sojourn. Now you may wonder why so much emphasis on a mere moth. But let me hasten to add this is no ordin­ ary/creature. On the. contrary it ; was only after numerous inquiries that I was able to ddentfy it as ah Atlas moth, a moth with a nine-inch wing span which as you can well imagine is similar to that of a small bird. It is in fact reported to be the largest moth in the world. Details or information regarding such a magnificent specimen are difficult to come by.


a family of which our Emperor moth is representative. It hails from'China. India and Japan and its soft colours of grey, white and brown and exotic wing outline, plumed antennae, coupled with the terrific size certainly makes it a rare and very welcome visitor to Clitheroe. I was again remin­ ded of this subject when a few weeks ago I obtained another moth, this time' one of smaller dimension; It came from New­ ton in Bowland and turned out to be a migrant from the con­ tinent. These usually arrive in June to lay their eggs on suit­ able plants. Then the second generation follows from these and is to be found as a moth in or about August. Although of, modest .appearance it is easily recognised by the'clearly marked silver insignia which resembles the letter ,“Y”. From, this comes its name the silver


“ Y” moth. STUBBS'


'MOVERS - STORAGE’ With a generous Tee Mileage Allowance


Tel.: Blackburn 48475 Any Hour :


FOR PRICES


CEDAR STREET BLACKBURN


WORLD, FREAK BIRDS AND (,E< >\V-\V< >ltMS m


, >* ■J.t r ■ iMk f '< m i ! m


3 l o r n i r i » ; £•$> x. alter


GOOD morning Robin Good morning^; ThruSh,


I ' wLsh-',ySu'’-dlstop.' twitterin; -


i. WISUr, there'ott-iyour bush, raj.1


J .'u


I know you fWlhappj$i,-lknow. that you’re- gay.


I know yojir/singing- tbwvelcome the daj|: 'i ••■:/ (


But It’s a>l3'Jand-: it’s 'drear _iri '/ifog an^/the murk//%|;'/‘- 3 ■


I hate riSirfi'early’.nncl-coming “ to"worl?//j-.


j


'of light- from ..which, they" get. ! their name.. ' ; . .


' 'My earliest, and only recollec-


i tion ’ is.'seeing sevei’a l 'o f these on,-the lawns a t . Corporation Park, .Blackburn.'The phophor-


' escent light to be'seen Is pro­ duced by a sepcial organ situa­ ted in' the -abdomen. Feeding largely on snails and slugs the glow-worm practices a system of surgery which first' administers an anesthetic, before rendering its prey suitable for consump­ tion. it ’s modest' Indifferent appearance is - no guide to . a cannibalistic -way of ;life.-.' .


But where are the .glow­


worms today? Have their lamps; been extinguished?


A report on a .very unusual


Naturalist—Mr. H. E. Cook, My next Item concerns a let­


ter just received from-Mrs. I. Duckworth, of Gisbum, who says she often sees two., white crows in and around Glsburn and, being anxious to convince


her friends Who' insist i they must be seagulls, would like to have .my opinion.


; Mrs. Duckworth concludes by


asking if these are albinos, or some bird from a colder hemi­ sphere. Are they rare, she asks. Without having seen these par­ ticular birds I would: not hesi­ tate' to say that they are albinos and whilst she does not give precise whereabouts I would say they may possibly be the same birds which have been reported near Rimington and Newby. Others, a couple of years ago,


were frequently to be seen in the Chatbuni-Worston area.


Then I recall the odd bird


being seen at Paythorne eight years ago. Just over a couple of years ago two or


- three of these freaks were seen regularly near Chat- burn and whenever in the


. vicinity I kept a close watoh for the white crows I


I was repeatedly out of luck


and they were always elsewhere from the place where they had last been seen. Then quite un­ expectedly I saw the pair foragr dng not far from the main Clitheroc-Chatbum road. They were, true to all reports, com­ pletely white and presented an intriguing picture. Such occur­ ences, are rare, but it is safe to say that during the last decade they have-become, more com­


The Atlas, however, Is one of white swallow at The Heanings,


mon. Other instances such as the


near Dunsop, the White black­ birds of Clitheroe, the almost white sparrows at Barkerfield and Pendleton, are all examples of albinism in birds.


Other.creatures are similarly


affected"— we have the white rat, the white mole, and par­ tridge in our.own district; What­


ever the cause is anyone’s guess, Somehow' the chromosomes or genes get all mixed up and we then have, the albinos which, from time to time cause a little excitement in our countryside. These victims of some strange hereditary factor are readily accepted by their companions and do not cause any undue mobbing by others with the nor­ mal pigmentation.


G LO W -W O R M S And now to a question hav­


ing nostalgic associations going back to days of my childhood One of my earlier recollections is that bewildering fascination brought about by glow-worms You may, like so many people I have asked, wonder what are glow-worms. I am not in the least surprised, for during the last few weeks all my efforts in s e e k in g information have proved futile. They have, it seems, been forgotten, but evi­ dently from a recent request, there are still people who re­ call seeing these small beetles who after dark, produce a glow


C a l l a n d s e e u s a b o u t a


BMC WOLSELEY # Four luxurious saloons from 1 to 3 litres


PROBLEMS WITH


PARENTS ,


. Another in the aeries; of articles on child carp by Mr. M. B. Newell, Area Chil- drenls Officer. We discussed recently what is


involved in selecting the right foster parents for a particular child. What actually happens when a child is placed in a foster home? Naturally we hope that the


placement will go smoothly and that the child will quickly be­ come integrated into his. new family. This may not be an Immediate process, for depend­ ing on tlie child’s age he will bring with him various experi­ ences of whatever family life he has had so far. In particular he may well be aware that his new foster parents are not his, real mother and father.


We - normally ask foster


parents to identify themselves as "aunt and uncle” to a foster child but this often presents practical difficulties when a fos­


ter' child wishes his foster parents to be known as “mum and dad.’’


RESENTMENT - The problem here is that if


foster parents toy too hard to become ‘mum and dad” there is a risk of incurring the child’s resentment at people trying to replace his rea l, mother and father.


One of the characteristics of


WOLSELEY- HOHNIT 998 e < engine. Hydtolaetlc ^.suspension;, largeiuggegecompartment. Luxurious­


ly appointed throughout; £628.11.11- (including £118.. 11 S’ . 11. p.t.' end surcharge}.,.-.


children in care ds the consid­ erable loyalty they have to their natural parents, even- - where those parents proved guilty of neglect and:, ill-treatment. For foster parents to be seeming to take their' place is something many’-children resent and this is why we'advise-the t title : of


W OL9ELEY'11 00 1098 c:o,uarjs;


Versa'engine, front-wheal drive.- Dlec brakes on front Wheels, .Hydrolaatle,® suspension. Ffom£767.9.-10.(lnclud- I rig £144.9.10. p .t and surcharge),;/


i a S W i Z m ! “aunt'and Imcle”. .. V The aub'j e c ' f ' 'o f ’'.natural


parents is often . one that arouses a good deal of hostility in foster -parents. They natur­ ally condemn-parents guilty of neglect but. this has to be re­ conciled with the rights of parents to see their children whilst in care..


ISELEY16/60 Luxurious 5 seat- loon. 1622 c.e. 4 speed gearbox.. L 5 .8 . (including £163..5.. 6. P-<- uireharga). With automatic trans- ion. - £951. 17. -4 . ' (Ineluding L 1 7 .4 ; : p .t and surcharge).


WOLSELEY 6/110 Mk. I IA luxuri­ ously equipped 6 cylinder* 5 water saloon* 2912 c.c., 4 speed gearbox. C1200.3,*2. (ineluding £225.3.2. p .t end surcharge); Overdrive end power steering extra. With eutomatie trans­ mission, £1298. 9. 10.' -(including £2 43.9.10. p.tandsurcharge). . < •


Backed by BMC Service—Express, Expert, Everywhere, j


L O W M O O R G A R AG F. & F IL L IN G -S T A T IO N 1 :


' PHONE CLITHEROE 2617 _________


arranged for the neutral atmos­ phere of an office, but they can be both happy and distressing for the children. Too many parents are Inclined ■ to make wild promises , to the children about a return honte being 1mm. Inent and fester parents are often left to help children over­ come their disappointment when .this .doestake place.;.;,.-.


parents seem to take no Interest at all In. their children while they are,in, care, and this deads us on to the,-problem of what,to 'do when-a’lparent -^suddenly


appears. and-demands the re­ turn of the • child. Wc will con­


sider-this problem m the next article.


WAS NEWS


75 Y E A R S A G O December 4, 1891


REPRESENTATIVE body of J


is, who had'recognised the -felt need of a nurse to at’lend the slek and poor of


tilt borough, met at the Town Hall. It was decided to form a Nursing Association. Mrs. King- Wikinson was elected president ani Mrs. Musson, treasurer.


Such visits, are normally Society. .


TH3 Rev.-Charles Williams, a tibus Baptist; preacher, lec- Ad at the ’ .Baptist-'Chapel, i w Bridge, under the auspices the Mutual Improvement


5 0 Y E A R S AG O December 1, 1916'


AT THE financial meeting of Whalley Cricket, Bowling and Tennis Club, Miss E. E. Pollard, of the Whalley arms presented the' club with an enlarged photograph of Mrs. F. Bilbey, the Club’s professional in 1914,


who later joined the Army. *


* * .


CLITHEROE T r a d e s and Labour Council passed a resolu­ tion urging the Government “to seek the earliest opportunity of promoting negotiations with the object of securing a just and


MR. (Thcmas' ‘.Cowman !; Clith­ eroe,''and Mr. -Thdnias Seed, Basliall. Town, were exhibitors


at the Birmingham Cattle Show.! Their exhibits ., were highly commended.


O f ’ course,'u'-gTeat niimber of'


tiOUN, J&r Roblnton /(Brook-- lands) /was the speaker at a meeting* of St.. Mary’s .Mutual


Improvement/Society. ;:At tlio 'Moor1.',Lane-Society’d- .meeting


the ,Rev. ;B. ,’J. ,H., Sfiaw was speakcr_ ,and.;_Mr._Hpdgkinso}i


(Clitheroe)’ , i lectured; .at Low Moor Methodist Mutual Im­ provement Society.


lasting peace.” / ■


* ■ • ■:


IAN interesting little ceremony took place at Clitheroe Auction Mart when Major AsplnaU formally presented a massive Highland Scot to be. sold ill 'connection with the local branoh of the British Farmers’


Red Cross effort. ;


* * *


MR. and Mrs. James Hartley,, of Downham celebrated their 'golden wedding.' Mr. - Hartley


worked as a weaver at Twiston Mill’ and later'was1 employed lijf the Assheton family for more than 30 years.


2 5 Y E A R S A G O November 28, 1941 ,


A LECTURE was given In the Parish Church Sunday School by Mr. J. Percival Davies, well known in the area-through Ills association with the’ Guest House at West Bradford and his candidature In Labour in­ terests of the Skipton division. On the platform were represen­ tatives of various local organis­ ations.


• '■ - :* . ■ m


THERE was close competition at the annual Christmas show of dairy stock at Clitheroe Auction Mart. The champion­


ship was won by Horwieh Co­ operative Society who. were presented with a rose bowl by Mi-. J. H. Ireland.


'MR. Ralph:..Assheton? ;Parliar' mentary 'Secretary of - the Min­ istry5 of ’■


Labour and National.


Service,, arrived back in .this', country.:after a mission to; the.


United' States-',and -■ a ’ visit- to Canada) :


' ' ■ .' j


THE work of the .Prisoners of War Association was revUed at a meeting of relatives of pris­ oners, in the Old School and letters from ■ several prisoners


were-read. ■ * •


• * • ■ ■ * ■■1 A WALTHAM hunter watch,


the sale -- of' which- aided ■ tlie Mayoress of Clitheroe’s Soldiers’ . Comforts Fund, became the property Of .Mr. Fred Taylor,, a well-known local cricketer.-


<t ■ ' . - ■■ ■■..


These Certificates j ?: earn interest from V- the first year.^


- - As a three year security, interest; .


:;i (U.K. Income tax.frae) is £4.o:i%,1 s iU w or'£6.16.4%'gross for; 1 ( t . st andard rate tax payers,, i , ix*I/


r .£ i.*‘- . ■ f * . *. c u t, » t- ”;v - 4-j : - S' i’ -f.'


SAVlNQSfQIFT TOKENS. FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Solve your.; . Christinas .present•


' problem,by giving National Savings' Gift'ToloensrObtamable s?


.^Trpna’Post^OfflcesJnvaluaaofjCI’. ca and fiB and can;ba:us6d;to,.buy;National;-; SavingsiCwlifleat89 orl’ remium Savings'.Bonds, or;to' make tJepbsits-in a -Post,’. Office or-Trustea'Savings Bank account^ w H d u


f A NATIONAL SAVINGS,SECURITY c 5


‘s Maximum holding £500, in' addition to, holdings ;;. , ■-of earlier jssuds.^"


CO i s # ; ft v


incident which. took place at Crookes, near Sheffield, during the war is interesting. The occupants upon entering their house after dark thought some incendiary bomb had been dropped as one comer was bril­ liantly illuminated. They soon found, however, that the light was cause by glow-worms which re-appeared the following night.


I have just been reminded


by two . observers in Clith­ eroe that bird watohers in town may now look forward to seeing the waxwing which is onoe again vwith us. its early,, arrival will. no doubt give those who were dis­ appointed last year a ohanoe to - reotlfy this within the next few weeks.


" NATURALI8T " FIRE BLIGHT


t h e 1966 SEASON has been the worst year for outbreaks of fire blight since the disease was first reported in 1958. During the period April 1-November 5, 11,500 infected trees were found, of which over 9,000 were found on farms and nurseries. The previous highest figure of in­ fected trees on: farms and nurseries was just over 2,500 found in 1958. The figures for 1964 and 1965 Were about 1,000 and 2,000 respectively.


Most o f the affected . trees


found this year were ■: pears (about 8,600) and most of these were of the variety Laxton’s Superb - (about 5,800). Of the rest, more than half \ (about 1,600). . were William’s Bon Chretien. Fewer infected haw­ thorns have been found this year but more than 2,200 pyra- canthas and cotoneasters have been grubbed.


I’d 'muchj-r&ther; lie snug ' and ■ warm-iff’ tfiy b ed /' -r - •'


But T .’hjsdXto.' crawl .out and come' lurking' instead,


I


It’s mosti'unpoetic,; I ’ve got: to "admit, ]I',


But' this-morning I don’t feel .like birdsong one bit,


So/ until;I feel better,-I beg of ' you ‘hlifih’. And cease. yom-. blithe .carolling, there in your bush!


Good, morning Robin, Good morning, Thrush.


Oh, please stop your twittering , .there iri your bush,


It was late when I went to my 1 slumber, last night. And today-I'm a haggard and pitiful‘ sight,


I’m „ woeful and weary, bags under my eyes,


With my poor aching head twice it’s natural size, . ..


My tongue- is like leather, my temper is grim.


■


Each optic is bleary, and red at the;rim,


Most days I enjoy it when you start to, sing.


Write-paeans:of praise on the glory “of Spring,


But today you rebuke me, I beg of you, ihush’,


And I’d be most obliged to you,


Robin and Thrush! ;j. /


I promise you both, when the Spring conies along,


I’ll write verse and somiet in praise of your song.


But I’m lousy today, I confess


; it with shame, The fault is my own, only I am to blame,


I’m quite ‘out of sorts’, so I beg of you, ‘hush’,-


Sit silent and still on your twig in your bush!


’JIMIFEL’


left P.C., drove off


?X>When a Whalley police officer itold- a man who had been • involved in an accident to" drive into a side street so that he - could. interview him, the man turned his car round and drove off towards Preston, said: Inspector Harold Dickin­ son, prosecuting at Clitheroe, yesterday week.


■ Douglas Robert Clark (20)


of Newtown Street,- Colne, was fined £5 for failing to report an accident. v Inspector • Dickinson said


that Mr. L. Gee had been driving his car in a stream of traffic in Whalley. He felt a bump to the rear of his oar, and saw that the ca r . behind him had collided 'with him. PC Kay was informed and


told, the two men to drive into a side street. Mr. Gee drove on to spare ground nearby, but saw OJ^rk drive off towards Prestonr so he told the officer. When . interviewed later,


Clark said “ The other car moved off round the corner. We couldn’t find , him so we thought he wasn't bothered.” By letter he said, “ As the


police officer had stopped us and taken our . registration numbers, I thought that was sufficient.”


in Whalley .and tested tlie brakes on his motor cycle, find­ ing that when they were on they had no effect, said Inspector Harold Dickinson, prosecuting at Clitheroe yesterday week. He issued'Terence Pirider (25)


of Church Close, Coniston Cold, Skipton, with'a form to produce Ills driving documents to tlie police, but Pinder failed to do so.


Pinder was fined £20 for


using a motor cycle with no insurance, £5 for not having a driving licence, £3 for having inefficient brakes, and he was given an absolute discharge on payment of costs for failing to produce ,his test certificate.


COLLISION SEQUEL


THERE was such a conflict of evidence that Clitheroe magis­ trates decided to dismiss a summons. of driving without due care and attention-against a Grindleton youth.' . Tills; was stated by Mrs. W.


Bowman, presiding magistrate, at Clitheroe, yesterday week,


when Peter' Croft (19) of Acrelands Farm, pleaded not guilly to the 'summons and- to failing to stop; after'ah acci­ dent.-This summons was also dismissed.


He pleaded guilty to failing


to report an accident and was fined £2, but Mi's. Bowman said that because of extenuat­ ing circumstances his licence would not be endorsed.


£2 14s. Od. witness expenses. Mr. W. D. Greenwood, prose­


Croft was ordered to pay


cuting, said that Mi-. David Brian Ridehalgh of Green Drive, Clitheroe was driving towards Primrose Bridge on Whalley Road, at about 50 m.p.h. He was being closely followed by another car, and when the cars were about' 250 yards away from the bridge, the second car .drew out sharply to overtake. ’


“In doing so,-the front near­


side of tlie second car collided with, the rear offside of the first car. There was a bang, and the first car was pushed


towards the kerb,” stated Mi-. Greenwood. He added that Mi'. Ridehalgh


took the number of the second cal', as tlie car did not stop.


PC P. Singer later inter­


viewed Croft at his home and asked him if he had been in a road accident; Croft' replied, “Yes.” V 'v ' ' / “i / ,


tlie scene of the accident, Croft said, “Well, yes I did. The car followed me to the start of the stfeet lighting coming into Clitheroe. then he passed me.


i"I went after him - but he


turned left and I lost‘ him. I waited for a time, and had a


.lobk at my car. There was only a tiny scratch, and as the other driver didn’t come back X went toj .Jiave a . look for him in


' For driving . in the wrong


direction in Castlegate, Clith­ eroe, - Christopher Metcalf * (24) of Callender ' Street, Rams- bottom was fined £3 at Clith­ eroe; yesterday week.


Asked if; he'-had' stopped at


Whalley .Road. There was no- one there so I thought he


wasn’t bothered and went home.’’ Mr. Greenwood said that Mr.


Ridehalgh’s car suffered “fairly serious damage.”


Mi-. Ridehalgh said that he


was returning home after decorating his new house with his bride-to-be. He had taken her home to Burnley, and Croft’s car had followed him from Barrow.


“The car came up very close to me, and there was a loud


bang. The car pulled’ out and disappeared towards Clitheroe.”


Mr. Ridehalgh said that the


car had come up behind him without any headlights.


Croft, who has been driving


for three years, said he had been hay-making until late and at the time he was taking his


fiancee to Rimington. They were in his father’s car.


He said he drew out to over­


take Mr. Ridehalgh’s car. after flashing, his headlights. As he drew out a car came towards them in the middle of the road, so he drew back.


Mr. Ridehalgh’s car swerved


out towards him causing what felt like a slight collision.


He overtook tlie car, and was


going to stop further on to see if any damage had been caused. When he was driving into Clitheroe a small car. which he thought;--was Mi-. Ridehalgh’s car'overtook him. He followed it but lost’ it when it turned-left.


. After, waiting ten to 15 minutes, he went on to Riming­ ton, satisfied that if the other driver had wanted to communi­ cate with him, he would have come back.


. Mr. L. F. Ingham,, defending


said that the magistrates would have to be sure beyond doubt, that in view of the great con­ flict in evidence, the prosecution had proved their case.


No insurance, faulty brakes A police .officer stopped a man


LOOKING THROUGH A WHALLEY WINDOW


Two letters on my mat


THE OTHER morning two letters fell on my mat, both from members of old Whalley families. Each revealed interesting links with the past, and each help to fill in some of the blanks in the patchwork quilt of our village story. The first come from Mrs. E. Hayhurst of West


Bradford, who tells me proudly that she is eighty seven years old and a great grandmother. Mrs. Hayhurst writes.


■


“My grandmother told me a great deal about Whalley when . I was a little girl, especially about her granny, who was the first old, lady to live in the Almshouses.” “Great, great grandmother


must have been in rather a hurry,” continues Mrs. Hay-


. hurst, “ for she moved into the Almshouses, the first one nearest the station,1 before it was finished” ; and she goes on to reveal other interesting facets of family life.


Nab,” she says, “And always called .it Whalley “Bonks”. Her name was Charlotta Grundy (she was christened after Mrs. Archibald Dewhurst, the wife of one of the village school­ masters), and had two brothers, Tom and Titus. Poor Tom was employed at Barrow Printworks and was involved in an acci­ dent which cost him - his life. He was buried in the church­ yard the day following the opening of the railway from Blackburn to Clitheroe.” Thank you for a most


interesting lettter,. Mrs. . Hay- hurst, and thank you too, Mrs. Wolfenden of Read.


A N O L D F A M IL Y Mrs. Wolfenden tells'me that


her grandfather, and “Uncle Thomas Eatough” both worked at the smithy at Stocks Hill. “The late Mi'. Arthur LangshaW of Clitheroe (the well known local historian and writer, and an “Old Boy” of Whalley Grammar School), once told me that the Eatoughs were a very old family, and came to Eng­ land with the Flemish wood- carvers who worked' on the ornamentation of Whalley Church,” she writes. Then my kind correspondent


goes on to speak of another Item that, although history, was none-the-less "news” to me.' After mentioning that


FINED £5 A Clitheroe police officer had


to carry a man to the main road because he was so drunk, said Inspector Harold Dickin­ son, prosecuting,, at Clitheroe, yesterday Week. George Edmondson (32) of


Springfield Road, Burnley was fined £5 for being drunk and disorderly. -He pleaded guilty. Inspector Dickinson said that


PC Derek Walker was on duty in Whalley Road when he saw Edmondson leaning heavily against a wall. He made an in­ coherent reply when the officer asked him something, but a man who was with him said he would see him home. Edmondson stag­ gered and lurched when he walked. Later PC Walker saw him


alone in Turner Street where he had collapsed. When Edmond­ son saw the officer, lie got up and staggered into Queen’s Road where lie again collapsed. PC Walker picked him up and


took him to the main read to 6ummon assistance. Edmondson asked to be taken


to his brother’s house in Mytton View. PC Walker took him there and asked the brother for Edmondson’s address. “ Edmondson became violent


and tiled to hit his brother.. He struggled when PC Walker got hold of him, and said ‘Let go. I’ll fix him for this’,” said Ins­ pector Dickinson. Edmondson was later charged


at Clitheroe Police Station, where he wrote “Not Guilty” on the charge. Later lie changed his mind, and crossed out tlie word ‘ not.’ - - In court, Edmondson said, “ I


am deeply sorry. I left work with some of the lads,to go for a drink. “ We meant to be away early,


but tilings got out of hand. I had missed the last bus back to Burnley, and was left in Clith­ eroe.”


for standard rate fax payers. (Even,better for Surtax payers) t ' t


** « i* .x < - ' V', ** The new £ l Rational


Savings Certificate becomes This represents a growth of -


I I - 3 1 "Granny lived on top of the — :----------------1 — ,■


“Uncie Thomas married the daughter of the late Thomas Langshaw” who lived “where the works are today,” she added, “I remember relatives telling me of attending Miss Ainsworth’s Ladies School in the house opposite the south


gate of-the Abbey,” i.e. 'Bridge Cottage.’ Now this opens up a most


rison Ainsworth stayed in the c o t t a g e when gathering material for his “Lancashire Witches” ; now we know that a Miss Ainsworth once conducted a school there. Therefore, what more likely than that Miss Ainsworth was a relative of the famous author, and that, indeed, he probably spent more time in the -village .than was formerly believed? The writing of a novel of such magnitude, which reveals an intimate knowledge b f local topography and history, was not the work of days or weeks, and many months, perhaps even years, must • have been spent in gathering the material and local colour so essential to this “Magnus Opus.”


A IN S W O R T H H O U S E Strength is leant- to thus


theory by the information that members of the Ainsworth family once travelled from Manchester, and asked a former owner of the cottage to re­ name it “Ainsworth House” ; a request which, for reasons which appeared to him good and sufficient at the time, the owner reluctantly refused.


All this to me, and many


other people, is most interest­ ing. '


Together1 we are building up


a picture of our village life in the quieter, more tranquil, days of the last century, and if in­ formation continues to come in at the present rate, we shall soon know Georgian and Victorian Whalley as well as we know our busy streets and thoroughfares today. Wc can fill in the gaps in


our knowledge and speak with true authority when we des­ cribe the rtllage where Doctor Whitaker once sat down to write his> -famous- “History of Whalley..


J.F, new save IRISH


Bac Shouldc


Try Cabi WATCHES Qualify tn a fc eM


For that happy occasion choose your engagement ring from the superb selection at Rusbrldee’s Prices from £4 10. (I to £2000. New and second-hand We also have, the finest selection of Watches by famous makers and every type o f . Gold. Jewellery, Wedding Rings, Cigarette Cases. Cuff Links, Compacts, etc.


RUSBRIDGE


Jeweller and Diamond Merchant


24 K IN G W IL L IAM STREET. BLACKBURN. Tel. 59109.


intriguing line o f speculation, We already know that'Har­


walks of life people use the


services provided by the T R U S T E E


S A V I N G S R A N K


Accounts ^can The first £15. inthe SPECIAL beopenedwith interest in th e . INVESTMENT as little as one ORDI NA RY DEPARTMENT shilling.


ask for full details at your local branch:


DEPARTMENT interest is at is FREE FROM INCOME TAX- £30,. for Hus­ band and Wife.


Clitheroe: 7 Church Street] PREMIER Ga r a g e s


TIMBER/ASBESTOS, TIMBER or CONCRETE


D E L IV ER ED . ERECTED FREE TERM S PLAN8


Sheds, Greenhouses, Home Extensions, Interwoven Fencing, Coal Bunkers Open Dally -8.30 a.m.-5-30 pm. Weekends to 1 o ’clock. Sena for New. Colour Brochure.


Branch Road, Lower Darwen. Tol. 43525.


of


CLITHER service arr the churchs minister. • The


Robinson a were amon'


This was


special serv take place


Chorlton. A' collect-:


churches in The organ!


Christian Ai Comment’


Sunday see propitious d. ture in Chr Hendry said of the year anticipation “ Everywhe


we look ton festival of H e n d r y t pagans are spending an even the r unbeliever evade the expectation excitement. In the en


wonder if while and a itheir old c The Puritai Cromwell, p tival of C country beca it had got 0 true meanin pletely lost. “ There


wonder now being spoile dsation and Mrs.. Hendr. are others against th about the traditional s reality of r say .these


CLI


GOOD FRE


every Tues CANADIA


FISH Straight t


SHOP I QUALI


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12