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1 v Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, Friday, January 7, 1966 C O UNT R Y DIARY


The killer mood o f Hodder


0 * most occasions ■when I have b e en concerned


with that fascinating, iind I believe that unique part of the Hodder valley in the region of Brennand a n d Whitcdale the tone has been pleasant and encouraging to a host of widespread admirers. This has, from time to time,


brought comments from cer­ tain friends who spend most of their working life in the shadow of the fells surround­ ing this delightful area.


These have not always been in


agreement with my; sentiments for, as these people point out, the sun does not always shine


and the scene is not alwavs up­ lifting. O i l the contrary there are days


when one could no; imagine a more difficult terrain or, for that matter, one could which could by its desolation, strike a note of terror in the heart of the visitor.


I was again reminded of all this a few days following m.v


reference to the "enchanted place rich in tones of russet,” Two days later all had changed and but for a miraculous occur­ ence a near disaster was averted. The morning began mild and


reasonably bright for the time of year. Then by noon all had changed and with a biting west­ erly gale came periods of torren­ tial rain. Nothing exceptional you may


say but. if that be your reaction then I can. with all confidence, say you have never experienced conditions in these parts. Indeed at such a time this


place changes from a most in­ viting personality to one of dan­ ger not only for the stranger, but even to those who have years of experience in the terrain. I speak from experience and also from first hand information from these people who spend most ot [heir time in these parts.


ENDURANCE And so it so happened quite


recently that a small party of youths set out from Slaidbum


to cross the fells to Trough Hoitse, hoping I gather by so doing to qualify for a well-known badge of initiative and endur­ ance. But from what at first ap-


peared to be a not so difficult task suddenly changed, making the Journey one of exceptional danger. Tile mood of the place had


changed completely and from a welcome pleasing personality the region became fraught with danger. Tlie youths struggled on .until


reaching a point just above Foot- holme with one at tile verge of collapse. Wet through to the skin shivering and in a pro­


nounced state o f exhaustion they were brought down the fell to Footholme, their sponsor, contac­ ted, and after being-revived by hot tea they were conveyed home. Had they not been spotted or


We have already, but a few


years ago, had experience of a similar event when a youngster lost her life In an attempt to cross the fell above Langden Valley, no more than three miles from the place of which I now write.


And now a similar tragedy


could quite easily have taken place at a point where only a few days previously I had been expounding the attractions of the Watershed. So now it seems the time has


come for a warning to be given and I would suggest no stranger to these parts should attempt any exploration in winter. There will be those who believe all is well if you know the place, but to this I would at once cite the case of one who had a lifetime


of experience of the Dunsop area.


CAPABLE You may be well equipped and


have a good knowledge of the region and consider yourself capable of finding your way no matter what the conditions. Such a line of thought is a sure sign of ignorance and can’ only lead to disaster. Consider then the case of one


man I knew well. He had been water bailiff in these parts for a lifetime and one of the regular tasks he had to perform was to go from Bishops House to a rain gauge some two or three miles from his home. He told me he “knew the


ground like the back of his hand,” for he had travelled the fell on more occasions than he cared to remember. So, in December lie set out


once again to fulfil fits routi: task. It was a typical morning


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bility uas far from good, but if lic walked across the fell in that 'direction ho would come to a dry stone wall then all would be well.


fotmd tlie gauge and took a reading and then—lo and behold, in a few seconds a mist came over the place. He stood contemplating. Visi­


who after twenty years in con­ stant touch with the place sud­ denly found himself in a nightmarish dilemma. Again the story concerns a


Naturalist—Mr. H. E. Cook.


He again turned, attempted to get his direction, but failed. There was no other way but to


continue until after an hour or so he was utterly lost, tired and desperate.


On and on be wont, always


failing to find a landmark which could give him some hope and direction. Eventually


aftor reaching a state of des­


pair lie saw a light in the dis­ tance, From a feeling of horror com­


ing from the desolation'his spirit was suddenly filled with hope and gladness. He stumbled to the door, knocked and found he was at Wray, nine miles from the point where lie had lost liis bearings. He had travelled, utterly lost,


on ground he knew so well, in almost the opposite direction he intended.


MARVEL


—not a hundred miles from Ribblesdale but a mere ten, where on a pleasant day you will marvel and enjoy the pleasing


Such therefore is this territory


and so friendly fells and moor­ lands. Then, in contrast, particularly


at this time of year as these youths so recently discovered, the scene can change entirely to one of extreme danger. So what­ ever your capabilties do not consider "It cannot happen to me.” Such an attitude is foolish and


had they persisted in reaching their final objective then I shud­ der to think of the consequences.


/AUR Nelly, our Charlie, our Gr Fred ond our May, Called in unexpected fer tea Christmas Day,


T’PARTY


Owd Joe browt ’is missis ond childcr as well,


We med a fair, crowd sitting round tha con tell.


Then Albert torned up wl’ a couple o* mates,


So t’wife slipped next door fer some cups ond some plates,


Next Grandma arrived lookin’ spry as con be,


Sed "Ah'm nobbut small tha con find room fer me!”


There wor ’Arry ond Edith ond toathri' more,


Ah'd given up countin’ ond t'mis- , sis lost t’seore, We put t’lcaves in t’table, ond Ah dashed upstairs


To root into th’altic ond find some more chairs.


The missis in'fc kitchen wor pour­ ing out tea.


Ond sed, “Don’t sit down, tha con come ond ’elp.me.


Start whipping yon'cream, ond fer ev’ryone's sakes,


Stop dropping tlii’ i'ag ash aw’ ower yon cakes!”


We fed 'em' like lords, they'd a proper good do,


They shifted more food than an army gets through,


They'd turkey ond stuffin’ ond trifle ond pies,


Ond drank so mich tea it ran out o’their eyes.


Then, they organised games ond played ‘Blind Mon’S Bluff’.


'Till t\ wife sed, “Come on lad, afore they get rough,


Put tlii at ond thi coat on, we’re goin’ down t’street,


To find a nice cafe ond summat to eat!”


When we geet back at ten, they wor just packin’ up,


There wor nowt left in’t cup­ boards, ond nowt left to sup.


They'd hed a grond party, theer’s no doubt at aw’,


T'best Christmas Day they could ever recaw’,


We shook 'ands aw’ round, ond t'missts geet kissed,


Hoo whispered to me, “Why wc've never bin missed! It’s last time this ’appens, yo' do what yo’ choose,


When next Christinas conies Ah’U be off on a cruise!”


JIMIFEL


BOYS SWITCH TO STONYHURST


J),URING the coming school term, further boys who


were pupils at Beaumont Roman Catholic College, Windsor, wi l l be joining pupils at Stonyhurst College,


near Whalley. A spokesman at Stonyhurst


College, told an Advertiser and Times reporter, that several boys have already come to the Col­ lege from Beaumont, and that more were coming.


This move comes after a com­


mittee which was set up in August to save Beaumont Roman Catholic College had been unable to find. a satisfactory scheme to prevent a closure of the 100-year-old public school.


It was stated in a recent issue


of The Times, that tlie decision had been taken after lengthy and thorough investigation which ended with a final recent meet­ ing of the committee.


In August we annoimceed that


a last-minute move was being made to prevent the merger of Beaumont College with Stony­ hurst College.


The move was being made by


Sir Charles Russell, a Lord Justice of Appeal and an old boy of Beaumont, but even then it was doubtful whether he would achieve any success.


The proposed merger of the


two colleges came as a result of the severe shortage of man­ power in the Jesuit Order which runs both schools.


Cardbial Heenan, Archbishop


of Westminster was chairman of the committee which gained the college a temporary reprieve after the closure announcement in July. The final closure is expected in July 1967, enabling the present


sixth-formers to finish their two- year course. Stonyhurst College had its


origin in the 16th century when education for Roman Catholics


Clitheroe W.E.A. celebrates its


25th anniversary


rpHIS winter marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the for­ mation of a branch of the Workers’ Educational Asso­


ciation in Clitheroe. In 1940 the W.E.A. was


suicidal and the reason why I. feel it is so, very important to; draw attention to these dangers. Tests of endurance and initia­


tive are all very well and a good tiling in their places, but for heavens sake let those who set these tasks have some idea of what can happen in our own countryside. Disasters are not only confined


to the far north or Glencoe or the Lake District, They can quite easily occur under unthinkable conditions ten miles from Clith- eroc.


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in their application forms incorrectly or inadequately. So serious is the delay and extra work which this causes


that the Passport Ofiicc arc issuing a special appeal to holiday­ makers and other travellers this year lo apply earlier for their passports and to complete their application forms more care­ fully.


“ Last year our offices in


London, Liverpool and Glas­ gow issued about 800,000 passports and r e n ewe d 350.000.” the Chief Passport i Officer (Mr. J. C. Wardrop)


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for the Passport Office staff is June and July when they may issue as many as 30,000 passports a week. To cope with the growing demand from travellers last year they worked nearly 50,000 hours of voluntary overtime. “Even so, wo have not always


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BIG DIFFICULTY


stems from tlie belated submis­ sion of applications. We are. of course, aware that a certain number of applicants may have to travel at very short notice owing to some emergency, and it goes without saying that we do all we can to help them. "But there are a great many


“One of our main 'difficulties


r|''HE substantial balance of £87 2s. 7d. was presented to


Rev. Father Mnrtell who, in an expression of thanks, referred to the many improvements that


applicants who, having comple­ ted their travelling arrangements in good time, do nothing about their passports until the last minute. "Another serious difficulty '


arises from applicant's failure to fill in their forms properly. To some small extent this may be due to a misunderstanding of our forms and explanatory notes— and we arc now revising them in


J,hc hope of eliminating all pos- sible’&Uibiguitics.


‘But tha, great majority of the


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- Gudgeon, M. ;■ Duckett, and R. Jackson, who were entrusted with the entertainment.


liad been or were about to be made, both in the church and the schools. Thanks were also accorded to Mr. T. Walker, the secretary; Mr. J. Crabtree, treasurer; and Messrs R.


rpHERE was a crowded atten- daiice at Cliatbuni Church's


New Year tea festival. The main attraction in the; entertainment


was tlie ' operetta . “Beauty and the Beast” and a ntgger minstrel show by theschdlrboys.


were held at WAddlngtpn'gj^ Stopper Lane Simdi$SS6lfiKm8 St. Helen’s, Waddingtbi.feGHifc-j, dleton Church_SuBdav_2SM*K*’ '


TYHE " annuaEjW parties'an^^ii6^J!alsm,


perhaps chiefly thought of as providing remedial education —facilities, that is. for those who were denied the oppor­ tunity lo continue their educa­ tion beyond the s c h o o l -


leaving age. Though the WEA continues to


exercise a special responsibility for tlie education of manual workers and those who left school at sixteen, tlie term ‘workers’ is now defined as ‘workers with hand or brain’ and courses in Clitheroe are de­ signed to meet tlie needs of all sections of the community. They arc, in fact, attended by house­ wives and teachers, manual, clerical and professional workers, people from all social and edu- captional backgrounds brought together by their common inter­ est in the subject of their choice, so that membership of a WEA class is a valuable social as well as educational experience. The WEA is not concerned


with education for examinations and qualifications and skills, but with education for a fuller life, for taking one’s bearings in the modern world, for responsible participation in a democracy, for the creative use of leisure, and, not least, for fun. The WEA in Clitheroe is now


more active than ever, bringing the best tutors, many of them from Manchester University, to your doorstep. And because the WEA receives grants from the state and the local authorities, it can offer its courses at nominal fees—25/- for a whole winter session (24 meetings).


This year courses on The Liter­


ature of the 1920s (Dr. Sagar) and Local History (Mrs. Brigg) have already begun (though you can still join), and new’ courses begin next week. Each of these is experimental. On Tuesday Mr. R. A. Jones


will begin a course of 12 meet­ ings which wifi combine the


teaching of German language for those who already have a little German which they wish to im­ prove for holiday, business or general reading purposes, with a study of the recent history of Germany, its social and political institutions, and its contribu­ tion to science, literature, art and music. This course is sponsored jointly by tile WEA branch and the Evening Institute. On Wednesday Mrs. B. Hope,


from Choriey College of Educa­ tion will begin a series of dis­ cussion meetings in conjunc­ tion with tlie BBC-2 Television series Discovery and Experience, about children in primary schools, designed especially for parents and teachers. The group will watch tlie programmes to­ gether with the tutor and then discuss the issues raised. Most of the programmes will show films of exciting experiments in schools all over the country, including an Infant’s school m Barnoldswick. Details of WEA aotvities can


always be obtained from tlie library and are always adver­ tised in the Advertiser. The Sec­ retary is Mrs. A. Pinder, Llan- beris, Littlemoor Road. Informa­ tion can also be obtained from the University Resident Tutor, Dr. Sagar, at 23, York Street (Phone 2782).


became difficult because of penal laws.


Omer in 1595 by Father Robert Persons. It carried on its work there until it was forced by the French Government to seek asylum in Bruges in 1762. Until the revolution was over,


the boys and masters stayed at Liege. In 1794, the Liege estab­ lishment broke up, and masters and boys started down the Meuse in boats on their way to their new English home. They went first to Rotterdam, then to Hull,' next by barge up the Ouse to Selby, on to Leeds and by canal to Skipton. A wall: of 18 miles took them to Clitheroe where they were so exhausted that they sat down on doorsteps to rest. Presently they pushed on to Stonyhurst. Several great families were con­


nected with the early days of the college including the Shireburns and tlie Welds. One big scheme for extensions


to the college cost £123,000 and that was completed in 1889. In 1958, a £100,000 fund was


opened for extensions to the col­ lege—a new wing containing a laboratory, 80 studies, and accom­ modation for another 80 boys,


taking the total of boys then to 400.


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THIS WAS NEWS


75 YE- RS AGO JANUARY 9, 1891 .


as a churchwarden, Mi-. William Miles entertained Clitheroe Parish Church bellringers to supper at Mi-. W. Hardacre’s dining rooms. Before assembling there, tlie guests rang a peal on the bells in token of their host’s interest in their welfare.


/"OBSERVING ail annual cus- tom since his appointment


nPHE final meeting in con- nection with the Christmas


tea party at SS Michael and John’s schools was held with Mi’. J. Dawson in the chair.


]1TR. W. A. WINSTANLEY, of t'^-Cliaigley Manor, took the oath as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lancaster.


"PREPARATORY steps were *- made for taking the census of 1891.


50 YEARS AGO JANUARY 7, 1916


rl''HE New Year was ushered in quietly and decorously. The weather was calm at mid­


night, but a gale developed later and caused much damage. Watchnight services were held at the churches, a united service arranged by the Free Church Council being held at Moor Lane Methodist Church, in which the Revs. A. W. Utting, J. Britton, and J. Warwick Johnston, took part.


'THE Mayor and Corporation -*• attended a public interces­


sory service at Clitheroe Parish Church on New Year’s Day, at which the speaker was the Rev. J. H. Wrigley. An augmented choir included representatives of each denomination, and the different ministers and clergy were present. The service was conducted jointly by ,,the Vicar of Low Moor, the Redtor of St. James’, and the Moor Lane, and Congregational ministers.


A ROLL of honour placed at


John's Church, contained the names of 157 men of the con­ gregation serving with the Forces.


the door of SS. Michael and , *


LGRHE^New Year’s entertain- JtSSjiiehtS: were held at St. ^em««Waddjngton, Whalley ‘


“ ‘W ’ ' anu^Whalley Schools.” -----


2 5 YEARS AGO JANUARY 3, 1941


PUBLIC sympathy with ... 1 wife and relatives of Mr. Walter Taylor (41) of St. James’ Street, were very sin­ cerely manifested when his remains were laid J,o rest in. St, Mary’s cemetery. Mi’.' Taylor engaged with a Clitheroe con­ tingent of firemen, in a North­ western town, was killed-whilst


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lire fighting during an enemy raid. The funeral was preceded by


town were densely lined as. the cortege passed slowly on its way, and as the fire tender bearing the coffin, draped with a Union Jack, passed by, beads were bared.


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A CONCERT, arranged. by the officials of the Metho­


burn, conducted the opening proceedings, and Mrs. Bruce presided. Songs, carols, and recitations, formed the enter­ tainment, and refreshments were served. A collection raised over £2 for Sunday school funds.


——Joiw Watson.


usual children’s treat was held on Boxing Day. The children’ assembled at 3 pan. and many were accompanied by; their mothers." Tea was served and following this games' were played and Father Christmas distributed parcels. The arrange­ ments were made by Mrs. John Robinson, assisted by Miss Mar-; .........................


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