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THE dull,’ blustery and often dismal - days -of December leave little to be.said in their favour.1 On the "contrary, when you conic to think of it,' there are a host of very good reasons which could be given for remaining indoors. Life in these surroundings


is far easier, and, given the chance, we often discover that many wild creatures are


also eager to take full advan­ tage of the amenities of civi­


found numerous cases of this both by Ribble and Hodder,


lisation. Over many years,. 1 have


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RAILINGS Wooden railings on the walled


gardens at Stonyhurst College, which were erected about 300 years ago, are in need of exten­ sive repair.


in finding a craftsman capable of carrying out such delicate work and the cost would be high because of the time the repairs would take.


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meeting of Olitheroe Rural Council last week that ; the railings would probably have to be renewed by a pattern similar to the original.


I t was agreed at the monthly


Works is to be asked to make a grant towards the cost of the work and the Lancashire County Council are helping in the in­ quiries to find a craftsman


The Ministry of Building and


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but none more-amusing-than one which came to my notice a-few days’ ago near Clitheroe.


accident when, on passing. ;. large d c t a c h e d residence, beautitully appointed and close to the river; I was beckoned by a lady who, knowing r.iy interest in bird life, called m; to the door, She ■ pointed to the hedge


I t '-a ll ' happenedquite- by


bordering the garden to ask if 1 had ever seen anything quite like this. We went inside to where, i.i


the kitchen;. we had an un­ restricted view of the rear garden.'


Here, as we -stood at the window, we were clearly visible to tlie water-hens who. by this time,! had left the field and were coming through the hedge on . to the lawn; O b v i o u s l y they w: 3


attracted by a. good supply of food, laid out on the grass.


me was their indifference to our presence, and ! was intrigued by the ■ fact that they were evidently ono family.


But what really interested


consideration, chiefly because, if you have any experience of water-hens, you will be aware that the; species,. particularly in our own district,' is always e x t r em e l y nervous, and secondly because of the family group.


Both features are worthy of


• Here, many months after hatching were the four youngsters, now fully grown, and the parents, all happily congregating like a group of domestic poultry. ' All this, my friend said,


for a constitutional walk you cannot fail to notice what most of us are concerned with at this season. If the law of supply and


But, if you are merely out


demand, which we are led to believe dictates prices, then all- things being equal, the price of holly will reach a high level in tlie next week or so. ■ What the position is in


other. parts of tlie country, do not know but the general picture by ■ Ribble - and Hodder is one of great scarcity.


Barren Trees


Odd trees in more sheltered places have a sprinkling of


the rich-red berries, but the majority of trees, which in other years have been laden, are now barren. To seek a cause we have to


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Probably the best attended


annual ;-meeting of tlie Ram­ blers’; / ’ 'Association' /(NE Lancs.) area in] recent years;’ took /place’ last Sunday, in


the Civic^Centre, (Nelson! f?£ An address was given by Dr.


K. R. Ashby, a member of the national executive of the Ram­ blers’ Association, based on the Association’s ’ latest pamphlet submitted to . th e . Minister of Land and Natural -Resources “Recreational Land-Use”. ; Prom reports given to the


Jerusalem -to Freetown on -the west coast of Africa.. Mr. ; G. Franks, the area’s chairman officiated and proceeds will be donated to the i Ph il, ■


Memorial Fund. For out-of-dis­ trict visitors a tea bar was pro­ vided.


Barnes (R.H.). Cafe request


meeting it was stated1 that there would be twelve. coach excursions in 1967, . starting with Grasmere on January 8, and arranged for the second Sunday in the month; The full list of' • destinations decided upon will be given when sylla­ buses are issued to members and affiliated' bodies in' due course. I t was also agreed to hold an


go back to those days ,of last spring, when at the critical time the-frost checked normal growth, ■ The outcome and results of


: Also during the afternoon’s business, a. strongly-worded resolution was passed unani­ mously deploring the ■; long delay of a right of way over Boulsworth Hill and called upon the County Council to expedite its completion. Mr. Tom Stephenson; who is


annual dinner, date and place to be fixed later,


tliis are always more evident in the hawthorn. In Ribbles- dale there is a • pronounced dearth of the familiar fruits, which • do so much to attract those ■ winter .visitors from Norway and Sweden. These redwings and field


ature, however, always causes a change, and the birds come down to the lowlands when the haws are in great demand. I t is then we see them in


fares arrived in the district as usual last October and November, to spend muoh time in the fields arid up­ lands, which provided good feeding as a result of the open conditions. A sudden drop in temper­


had been going on for a long time with the. happy family group taking full advantage of the wonderful hospitality so' generously and regularly provided. This, however, is not the


Acklam, Middlesborough, Geof­ frey Lambton (3D of Kimmer- ton .Avenue was fined £7 i t Gisburn on Monday for driving without due care and atten­ tion. He pleaded ' guilty by letter.


Tlie engineer/surveyor of


that Lambton was driving his car .towards Gisburn from Clitheroe.


Inspector D. Hardy ' said


ary halt, and Lambton failed to stop in time. He collided with the car in front of him pushing it forward and two passengers in that car received slight injuries.”


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that the .car in front of him braked suddenly. This was C-3 first time he had been in trouble with'the police in 12 years of driving.


By letter, Lambton sail PREMIER ‘‘Traffic came to a tempor­


next addition ■ to the family" Mrs. X, exclaimed. At this, we went upstairs along heavy fitted carpets, a m i d s t a luxurious atmosphere, heated to a summer temperature.


Dr. K. R: Ashby of Durham University, presented his lec­ ture "Animals and Scenery of East Africa and Israel”, when two hundred coloured slides were shown of scenes in the Holy Land along with scenes in various countries of East Africa and of animals in their nature preserves. Tills lecture was the outcome


elected president.,, ,1 !. During the evening’s session,


of an eight thousand miles journey by Landrover from


flocks of twenty or a. hundred feasting merrily. How ■ differ­ ent it has all been in the last few weeks, when the haw thorns have been bare. A more outstanding case is


entire story as I .was -soon • to witness. By this time I was prepared for anything. “ Just wait until you see the


BOWLAND APPEAL


that to be found at Brunger­ ley and beyond, where the hawthorn thicket can usually supply the needs of the red­ wings and fieldfares for several weeks. This year at Brungerley


and Crossbills the trees have a very barren appearance.


Mild Winter


where, perched" sublimely on the handle of a fruit basket, sat a turtle dove. Seldom have I seen such a delightful, if somehow peculiar picture.


Thence to • the bedroom,


and mannerly and, as I found, had no desire whatever to leave the congenial atmosphere of the well appointed residence.


The'bird' was perfectly tame


• • animals or humans, par­ ticularly at this time of year. v


in :the chill ,blast, wondering and contemplating on the advantages or disadvantages of domestication, be it far


am sure you will agree that oh these December days, out­ door activities are somewhat restricted.


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Soon I was out of doors


readers will say—• Oh this is surely evidence of a very mild whiter!” Of course, we shall just


'And so. I expect some


have to wait, and see. But really, if you want to find the cause and meaning of all tliis, then it is necessary to go back to those days of spring when frost damaged the blossom c :• young fruit. This leads to the scarcity,


we shall find that a certain period of frost in the spring always precedes a mild winter. Weather cycles are still not fully understood. However, as we know,


p f .- course we cannot dismiss these forecasts as “ Old "-'ves tales.” Perhaps sometime or other


appeal by Mr. A. J, T. Whit­ more of the Whiteivell Hotel, against the decision of Bowland Rural District Council, who act­ ing on behalf of the West Riding County Council, have refused to permit the construction of a house, restaurant and filling station, on land at Cow Ark, White well, will be .held in the Town Hall, Clitheroe, on Wed­ nesday. 8 February,' 1967.


A local inquiry into the


VILLAGERS SIGN A '■ PETITION


A WHALLEY resident who wants to convert the ground floor of her home into a cafe secured more than 1,000 signatures to a petition, it was stated at a public inquiry at Clitheroe Rural Council


the national secretary Of the Ramblers’ Association, and Avho is a native of Whalley, was


Divisional Road Engineer’s staff at Manchester, said the Minister of Transport had directed the Council to refuse the. application for traffic reasons. There had been six grounds


peal by Mrs. Gertrude Emily Young, of King Street, Whalley against the rejection of her ap­ plication by Hie Council. Mr- Peter Carter, of the


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for refusal, hut three of these had now been withdrawn and it was now known that Mrs. Young did not intend cars to park in' front of the premises.


c om i n g Chatburn - Barrow Whalley by-pass, Mr. Carter ex­ pressed the view that it would be . 1972 or 1973 before it was available for traffic. Mr. Brian Duckworth, for


of traffic visiting the cafe would have only a small effect on the,flow of the traffic. Questioned about the forth­


He agreed that the amount Call and see us about a Four luxurious saloons from 1 to 3 litres l i e WOLSELEY


Mrs. Young, said that if the development were allowed there would not be hordes of motorists from East Lanca­


shire visiting the cafe. I t was intended that most


of her customers would he local people. Mr-. Basil Dearing, for the


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proprietors of Vale House Cafe, Whalley, 'submitted that there were already adequate facilities in the village, Mr. V. R. Fothergill, who


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lowing statement from the Par­ liamentary Secretary setting out the action which is being taken. This should be of general inter­ est to local authorities in rural areas.


major portion of their diet during the next few weeks. Again, on the subject of bird life in our district, I . dare not ignore a very exciting piece of news given to me by Mr. W. Winckley of Clitheroe, who had a very rare visitor to his garden last , month. This turned out to be a


cotoneasters in their gardens. The berries will provide a


other winter visitors have every reason to be happy. Any scarcity of haws does not cause great alarm, and the wax wings must be grate­ ful to the increasing number of people who have planted


Skipton recently asked the Min­ ister of Transport if she would state her policy as regards the subsidizing of rural bus services. He has now received the fol­


Mr. G. B. Drayson, M.P, for


ments is examining a number of ideas involving, the use of


such less orthodox “forms of transport in rural areas.where demand is not sufficient to justify a regular bus service.”


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posal to empower local auth­ orities to give at their discre­ tion, when it is needed, finan­ cial assistance for providing or improving road passenger transport for the benefit of rural areas and the people living, in them, and to em­ power the Minister to contri­ bute to the costs incurred by local authorities in this way. ,


leach’s petrel, which had evidently been blown inland from the sea during tile severe gales. - Once grounded, such a creature finds it almost, an impossibility to get airborne. Such occurrences are excep­


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tional and only take place within these unfortunate con­ ditions. However, I can say that to my knowledge, the last recorded occurrence in Chtheroe was in 1952, when one bird was brought to me after having been found .at Wymondhouses, Pendleton. NATURALIST


: be given in respect either of the ordinary bus services, where this is required, or of services- of a less conven- tionaLkind. (for example, run by smaller vehicles) where


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A special working party of representatives of


IT WAS announced that the Rev. H. L. Bellhouse, curate at Ashton-on-Ribble, had been offered the living of St. Mary’s, Clitheroe, in succession to the late Rev. E. H. Thomas. A meeting in support of a


75 YEARS AGO (December 11, 1891)


THIS WAS NEWS . . . Upwards of 100 members of


German positions and did not return.


the local Volunteer Training Corps took: part 4n a review held at Preston. The .number on parade, drawn from all over North-east Lancashire, was more than 7,000.


recreational ground, was held at the Conservative Club. Mr. W. Bolton Dewhurst said a landscape g a r d e n e r could transform the property into an ideal park for the' enjoy­ ment of the townspeople. Thirty-five young men, by


suggestion that the Corpora­ tion should refrain from leas­ ing . further. .that p art ...of. .the town’s property known as “ Fig,. Hill,". Brungerley, and convert it instead into a


25 YEARS AGO (December 5, 1941)


taking up £1 shares, bought a piano.for use.In.Moor Lane Sunday School. Mr. Jas. Har­ greaves acted as secretary. The instrument was formally opened at. a concert; over which Mi-. W. E. Bibby presided.


50 YEARS AGO (December .8, 1916)


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• Mr. .and Mrs.. William Hodg-. son, of Black Moss Farm, Slaidbum,: ■ celebrated, their golden wedding.


THE Distinguished Service Medal was awarded. to the Marquis de Jaucourt, of Wad- dington Old. Hall.


; , Known to have been missing for some t im e / it was announced by the War Office that Lord Lucas, of the Sawley .Estate, had been killed while serving .... in ... the... Royal..Flying Corps. He had made an ascent in an aeroplane to inspect


MISS LUMB, headmistress of the Girls’ Grammar School, reported at the annual prize- giving ceremony ’ that tlie school work had been extremely good in spite of war-time difficulties and she explained how these problems had been dealt with. The • Rural Dean, the Rev. W. S. Helm, presented the prizes. . I t was decided to establish


and the local authority asso­ ciations, including the Rural District Councils Association, have been consulted in order that details of the proposals and the general criteria for assessing assistance may be worked out. Assistance might


Legislation will be required,


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a Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Clitheroe a t a meeting of representatives of various civic and , rural organisations; Tile Mayor, Coun. M. French, presided over the meeting. Just where and when it would be opened was not decided hut i t was agreed the bureau would serve Clitheroe and Bowland areas. . .The problem of creating


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international order was dis­ cussed by Mr. T. Kelly when he .resumed. his . series of lectures on " Problems of war and peace ” a t , the Grammar School. • A presentation wasmade by


parishioners a t Read Parish Church to the Vicar and his wife, the Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Brockman; who were leaving the: ■ parish. Coun; < Creenrs (Vicar’s warden), made the presentation, and.Mr..J. Threl- fall (day. school headmaster) was in the chair.


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