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The lure of the golden


•nURING tlie last twelve 0 months, in giving over


countrvsidc. Scotland and Ireland. I have been forced to the conclusion that of all


a score oC lectures on a variety of aspects of our


ks of life a s t -e gg" is e for meeting ilics asthey y not start ay by open-


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subjects no other excites more concern than the golden


eagle- Young people in parti­ .


cular find the subject, and its pursuit, of great attrac­


tion, and 1 can in all sincer­ ity recommend such an


1 undertaking. And no matter what our opinion relating to the


and would no doubt be con­ cerned with its noble bearing, power of flight, strength or


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with those wild lonely places, the glens and • clear wind­ swept places scented by heather, sea, and bog myrtle.


Or maybe it will be associated


many of the Scottish birds, I thought the time had arrived when I should add the golden eagle to my lists. How little did I know of the


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years ago, when for no particu­ lar reason the search began. Perhaps having photographed


My interest began several


perhaps its demoniacal pro­ file.


to wander the hills and glens, sitting and watching, and to return late each afternoon


honestly tired and ready for bed. Since then, experience lias


shown I was certainly on the right track. I had the correct technique if only I had been in the right territory.


ment. I came to one definite conclusion—this way of life cannot be surpassed for achiev­ ing that degree of fitness which


But after days of disappoint­


consequences or of all the consuming desire which would follow my initial excursion. But this l will say at the


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comfortable seat, had the appetite of a n ' athlete and found all the exertion soon got rid of the creaky sensations in the legs and threat of wheezi­ ness in the respiratory system. In fact if you want to recap­


one usually associates with youth. I slept at the first sight of , a


i i Naturalist—Mr. H. E. Cook.


pleasures of bird watching we cannot deny that the pleasure felt when a golden eagle is sighted is entirely difficult from that we experience in contem­ plating others of a more elegant or colourful species. Most people are. fascinated


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bv such creatures as the swan, kingfisher or woodpecker. But all will agree that their charm is something entirely different from the power and ruthless strength to be seen in the


eagle.Who then can explain the fascination it holds, and why we see it used in advertise­ ments, entrances to country houses and on so many heraldic bearings? Or why, from time to time It achieves such promi­ nence in the daily press? An answer would be difficult,


ence after visiting one and then another Scottish island follow­ ing numerous inquiries regard­ ing the eagle's habitat. Most of the information I


received was obscure. One crofter would say, “It was seen by so-and-so a couple of years ago.” Then from an entirely dif­


ferent district came the news, "a pair were belived to be on the hill not far from the coast.” I t was all rather vague and


ing your holiday day after day there comes success, and it has all been well worthwhile. This was certainly my experi­


will be weeks of disappoint­ ment, but you will enjoy every minute as you walk miles, over hill-top, bogs. and lonely glens. Then perhaps, after consum­


very outset— if I were to decide on a task to be under­ taken by a young photo­ grapher, then my • choice would be the quest for the golden eagle. I t will not prove easy. There


ture that wonderful sense of well-being then again I can do no better than advise eagle hunting.


story. I walked and crossed rough ground where any eminence provided a vantage point to scan the surrounding countryside. Granted, I had several


However, to return to my


told them of my interest, and always found them eager to help, but quickly discovered I was just going from farm to farm with each advising me to go along to Mr. So and so. Little did I realise that dur­


ing the entire period I was within five miles of my quarry. Then on the day previous to


exciting moments and I re­ call on two or three occasions spatting what I thought was an eagle perching on some distant rock, only to discover the "eagle” was a buzzard. I talked to numerous farmers,


start has been made, the lure of this bird and the appeal of its surroundings will keep you occupied and fascinated ' on numerous occasions. YTe do know however that


an eagle is capable of lifting. This is a question still to be answered. I t has been suggested it can­


its power of flight is fan­ tastic, and I have no doubt whatsoever that a maximum speed of 120 miles per hour does not extend the eagle's power to the utmost. I have also been asked what


at one time I came to the con­ clusion it was all intended to mislead. However, determined at least


to see the eagle, I decided to spend a fortnight in one area which, if not providing an eagle, would at least supply all the ingredients for a good holi­


“shanks-pony” and for several days I set out immediately after breakfast (after giving my host some idea as to my path in case I should lose my way)


day. I had no transport other than


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my return home I set out early and by 9-30 a.m. on a beauti­ ful June morning met a crofter and his wife with whom, along with my wife. I have since spent several ‘delightful holi­ days. I shall never forget the


morning he took me to a slight rise just behind his home and pointing east asked if I could see. "that dark patch just opposite the rock face" less than a mile up the glen. “That is the eagle’s eyrie," he


good fortune. However, I even­ tually realised he was serious, and set out across the peats to the glen and then my first sight of an eyrie with young.


said.I was as excited as a school­ boy but really thought he was just having a joke. “Were I not so busy I would go along with you." he continued. I could scarcely believe my


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sion of photography but I soon found on returning to the croft that all would be well if I returned the following year. To these friends I owe much,


I t was too late for any ses­


0L1TIHEROE Drama Festival will be held in late Novem­ ber, probably November 21-26. unless any local drama-


lie productions clash with this dale. This was agreed on Wed­


nesday week at a meeting of the Festival Committee in


companies as well as those from the surrounding towns to com­ pete in the festival.


the Mayor's Parlour. It was decided to invite local


and it is to them that most of the credit must go for the success of my photographic expeditions in search of the golden eagle. And now after my brief intro­ duction to this truly magni­


up. ■ But let me make it clear


chosen from the major com­ mittee to supervise ’ invitations and select the final competi­ tions. This is comprised of the per­


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not be expected to lift a weight greater than its own which is in the region of 10 to 14 lbs. Its power and strongth when


on the ground is quite another matter, and my recent remarks concerning the eagle dragging


rabbit or hare, soon makes one realise its remarkable strength. When photographing at one


average 30 lbs. in weight. To see an eagle tear up a


firmly on the rabbit and after- grasping a portion in its hooked bill began heaving and tearing. With legs wide apart and


The fully grown bird stood


a swan from a Scottish burn provides an interesting illustra­ tion as a mute swan will


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The rector of St. James'


Church, Clitheroe, the Rev. H. D. Chapman reported the results in this month’s parish magazine, when he said that opinion polls were very com­ parable to parsons. “They like to find out what is really in the minds of people on certain issues." The people questioned repre­


sented all tlie churches in the district, and senior pupils of Clitheroe's two grammar schools and secondary school. There was an overwhelming


■yes’ from people under 40 to the question of whether birth- control should be sponsored by the Government, but the over-


40's disagreed. Race-relations b r o u g h t a


mixture of feelings. There was a unanimous ‘no’ to the Ques­ tion of whether people have any sneaking regard for Smith of Rhodesia and UDI. But there was also a strong


would restrict, and in particular many among all groups advoca­ ted stiffer punishments for various offences. “ Among the girls in the


j Questions on birth control, violence and capital punish-!


ment were among those put to 60 Clitheroe and district; people over the age of 20 at the Lenten services at St. j Mary's Parish’Church. Clitheroe.


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grammar school, many would have advocated the legalising of abortion.”


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feeling that the coloured people were not yet ready for indepen- Hence. Capital punishment produced


an interesting series of answers. Tire secondary school was the


only one with a definite ‘no’ to capital punishment. Mr. Chapman said: "We can


BEING an Old Boy of


School and a native of Riming- ton it is always particularly refreshing to myseif and my family to be kept in touch with home by the regular delivery of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. It has not always been pos­


Clitheroe Royal Grammar


safely say that folk generally favour the retention of capital punishment." On the issue of violence, sex


eyrie, I followed the procedure with some amazement.


and swearing on television, the over-20’s thought that there was more than enough of this sort of thing on television. From the schools came little criticism except that the girls condemned the swearing. A religious question came next


shoulders heaving the entire procedure reminded me o f . a man struggling to lift some very heavy weight from the ground. Then suddenly the flesh gave way and feeding


began.


sible to visit the area but we like to feel that we are kept well and truly in the picture by your paper and we follow all the various activities with the utmost interest. In my childhood days in


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—“ Do you believe man stem­ med from the Garden of Eden?’ “Yes" said the over-60’s. But nobody else agreed with them. Again there was an over­


whelming majority who said that they would not support, the Lord's Day Observance Society. On the question of church


unity, people we r e a s k e d whether it would involve one ’’super" church. With the excep­ tion of the secondary school, the answer here was a strong ‘ no.’ Finally people were asked


Rimington I was always very keen on amateur dramatics and concert parties, and maybe some of your readers may remember the fine old times my school colleagues and myself had at the- Rimington Memorial Insti­ tute. This urge to act was in every way encouraged by Mr. L. Hardy, the late headmaster of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School who. as you know, was a most vigorous exponent of the art of self-expression. It was during a concert in


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asked what act of Parliament they would initiate if they were elected. Apart from one person who said it could be left to the present members, and an anar­ chist who would abolish Parlia­ ment, there was a great width


of ideas. Mr. Chapman said: "A main


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ficent creature,, let me give a few particulars which I hope answer the questions I am so often asked regarding its make­


that so much remains to be dis­ covered, and so much of the eagle’s private life remains a mystery that I strongly advise anyone who has the desire, to begin exploration as early as possible.One thing is certain. Once a


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^ MEMBER of Clithcroc Parish Church Mothers’


Union, Mrs. G. Myers, recently attended a rather u n u s u a l Mothers' Union meeting . . . at Na i r o b i


are on holiday there and, according to a letter v/hich'Mrs. Myers sent to the Parish Church Mother’s Union, they are haying a wonderful time in the sun which shines every day. Mrs. Myers was most pleased


Cathedral. She and her daughter Hazel


manent president of the fes­ tival, the Mayor of Clitheroe, Councillor John Hall, Mrs. Greta Wilkinson, Miss Pauline Wilkinson, Mr. Kenneth Taylor. Mr. J. Cowman and Miss M. Cullen. During the meeting Coun­


league. He also presented a league


cillor Hall said that Clitheroe Town Council had pledged full support to the festival. A grant of £125 to competing teams was agreed upon. The teams will be competing


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in Clitheroe's Civic Hall against a draped setting, without a full back set. Later this month the festival’s stage management group, in company with the president Councillor Hall, will be shown round the stage and fittings by the Festival Com­ mittee member Miss Cullen, a manageress of the Civic Hall. They are inviting an electrical


E. Lawrenson, managing direc­ tor of Castle Castings Ltd.. Clitheroe. will be presented as prizes. Two will be for the win­ ning team and the runners-up, and the third will be left to the adjudicator to award for per­ formance or other attributes of the productions.


adviser of a well known national firm to accompany them. Three cups, donated by Mr.


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wife of the vicar of St. Paul's Church, Low Moor, says that she and a lot of other Low Moor mothers feel very strongly about this. “Children will not cross


the road to get on the pave­ ment,” she said. “And many times there are lorries parked on the corner, and the chil­ dren have to walk out into the middle of the road to pass them.” Mrs. Bisbrown said that it


had got to such a stage that many of the children’s mothers were having to fake their children -to school to make sure that they got there


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to be able to attend the Cathe­ dral Mother’s Union, and she went, to the .mid-week Lenten meeting in the hall.. The meeting didn’t begin until


abundance, of flowering plants, shrilbs and trees is'marvellous. And local ' fruits such as bananas, pineapples and straw­ berries,-are,plentiful and cheap.” Mrs. Myers lives in Park


8-30'p.m. and Mrs. Myers writes that at 9-45 p.m. refreshments were taken out of doors and she didn’t need to wear a car­ digan! She writes, "The variety and


-vrOW that the days are get- Lx ting longer and the weather warmer, more child­ ren will be playing about farms, particularly during the school holidays.


Avenue and is a,member of St.. Mary’s Parish Church,


realise' where danger lies and the . Ministry; of .Agriculture appeals to all who work and live on’the land to exercise con­ stant .vigilance to ensure-that they do not come to harm.


were killed on the farms in England and Wales; in the last ten years the total Is 170—a tragic and shocking waste of young life. Children do not always


in the last year 16 children '


STOP THIS DANGER’ wife


A Clitheroe vicar’s wife has this week protested to


us that children who live in Low Moor, and attend Edisford Primary school, are in danger every day when they walk to school. For between St. Paul’s Church and Low Moor Garage at the junction of High Street and Edistord Road there is no pavement on one side of the road. Mrs. A. K. Bisbrown. the.-------------------


safely. She went on to say “Clitheroe Council have been approached about the matter, but they just seem to let it lie.”


Brownie, Susan Bond, has been awarded her Golden Hand— the


highest award for Brownies. Eleven-year-old Susanne is


the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. □. B. Bond, of 26, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe and is a pupil at Pendle Junior County Primary School. At the moment she is awaiting the result of her


scholarship. Her brother, 13-year-old Mich­


ael, is a boy scout and her sister Elizabeth, aged six, is on the waiting list for the Parish Church Brownies. All three of the Bond children go to the Parish Church Sunday school. The Golden Hand award is


equivalent to the Queen’s Scout Badgo in the scout movement, and it involves being examined in many subjects, including cookery, knitting and first aid. As Susanne was only 10-years,


old when she won the award, she received her Brownie Wings, which entitled her to a position in the Girl Guides, Now she is aiming at winning


more awards as a girl guide in the Parish Church Company. But guiding is not her only


interest for she plays the piano and is very successful in elocu­ tion, having passed Poetry Society examinations having won awards at drama festivals.


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though, for in “The Square Peg” he plays a soldier in the British army, who looks so much like a German general that he takes his place,;and sets about ruining the Ger­ man army. , This catchy plot leads him


Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders and Emlyn Williams heading a cast .of thousands^ the Palladium cinema presents ■Tvanhoe,” a great motion pic­ ture based on the literary masterpiece by Sir Walter Scott.


At the end of the week with


the Saxon knight. Wilfrid of Ivanhoe, who fights, loves and rides his way through mediaeval England, while: Elizabeth Taylor is the beauti-1 ful heroine, Rebecca, who | sacrifices her love for a cause. Joan Fontaine portrays


Robert Taylor1 appears as i


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bert, is played by George Sanders. The supporting film, “Tarzan


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