2 CHthcroe Advertiser arid Tunes, Friday, July 7►
1967 COUNTRY DIARY
Away to rounds in
the Highlands
A?; a YOUNG FELLOW I became a great reader and through the years chanced u p o n several writers who made a profound impression on my life. In maturity I was concerned with political economy, and philosophy which, I suppose, all had a bearing on my outlook on life and people. Later I began to see the futility and contradictions of it alJ, particularly
when • 1 found so many answers in nature. I was also convinced that man’s struggle with nature is to a large extent the reason for his inevitable failure. All of which, very briefly.
brings me to a more light hearted comparison again with the world of books, but those of a less serious nature. It all started several years ago when, quite by accident, I came across a book in our Public Library by R. Atkin son. with the title—“Island Going.” This book I read and consulted on many occasions, until, after it had fulfilled its usefulness, the powers-that-be unfortunately relegated it to the waste bin. Since that time 1 have made every effort to purchase a copy, but the replies from booksellers in all sorts of places have always been dis
been made. and. ns with a poem learned m childhood, th e mind repeatedly returned to th a t which had previously given so much pleasure. But "Island Going” was not of a great literary standard. On th e contrary, although a classic in its own sphere, i t was merely a book concerning the actual adventures in the thirties of a couple of young undergraduates who were
appointing. However, tile impression had
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interested in exploring the "Outer Isles."
Isles served on many occa sions to give me pleasure and inspiration. For. above all I admired their courage and enthusiasm in travelling from th e South of England to .the fa r North in an old "Morris" bought in a scrap-yard. How th a t contraption,
An inspiration Their trip to the Western
a notable decline, particularly in regard to the black-throated and the red-throa.ted diver, which I w'anted to photograph. Both arc to be found nesting
on the lochans in the High lands, where they are able to find th e seclusion so necessary for nesting activities. There are others also, such as the Slavonian grebe, w'hich for some strange reason has always had a strong fascina tion for the bird photographer. Of course no one knows better th an myself th a t all this may be wishful thinking. But i t is a challenge, and as
tile years go on the more I am convinced th a t as long as
there is a challenge th en I shall be looking forward and not backward—a tendency all too common these days. So, whatever the outcome there will, I feel, be some satis
faction even if the birds are unco-operative. Then one must not forget the weather, which is so vital on expeditions such
results. B u t anti-cyclones and low' pressure belts are all too common in the Highlands, and no matter what colour film or film sp e ed . there is definitely no substitute for sunshine. You can have ,the best film in th e w'orld and the most
expensive camera or lenses, b ut unless you have light- and sun the end product is far from satisfactory and can have
little bearing on th e real tiling. Flash has its advantages, but this, too, has limitations in the work ' with which I am con cerned.
One area
There are of course other items, such as the . deeiv- and
point, which 1 suppose you have already anticipated, when I am once again off to the Highlands and Islands: to the land of the haggis, to a countryside wild and varied, scantily inhabited by humans b ut well populated with (I hope) birds and animals, where hills and lochs take up much of the landscape. For I intend to cover new
creaking and groaning and forever complaining, made the journey I do not know, but it all made much enjoy able reading, and served, as I say, to inspire a t least one who would not dare to tackle such a task in such a style. Which brings me to the
seals, all of which can keep a fellow occupied for some con siderable time. Indeed a visit to new territory is bound to be stimulating and invariably
offers a variety of subjects and opportunities absorbing all too soon the time a t one’s disposal. Days quickly pass, especially
if your subjects are nervous or difficult to find. -Then your entire schedule is thrown out of gear and other items have to be ignored. I do n o t intend to be chasing
as this. Sunshine is a must for best
our happy (I hope) hunting ground. Then there will be the prob
lem of the eagles. Whether there will be time to re tu rn to Argyll to check on the eyries I cannot say. I f all goes well in the fa r
no r th th en i t will be possible to make this pleasant diversion
Revisiting old friends, both human and feathered, is always a w'onderful experience and as good a way as any to end w’h a t I believe will be a uniaue excur sion.
"NATURALIST.1
DRIVING OFFENCES
A firm of building contractors.
Garvey and Bailey Ltd. of War rington Row, Whiteacre Lane, Barrow, were fined £10 a t Clitheroe yesterday week for using a motor lorry with dan gerous parts. They were also
fined £5 for using a motor lorry with inefficient brakes, and £5 for using a motor lorry with
defective steering. Other fines were: Margaret
Jackson (25), of Main Street, Gisburn, £5 with licence en dorsement for driving a motor car and failing to conform to double white lines; Michael Brennan (24), of Billington £10 w i th ' licence endorsement for using a motor . van with dangerous p arts an d £3 for using a motor van with a defec tive exhaust system; and Gor don Lang (25), of Bawdlands, Clitheroe, £5 for riding a motor cycle and failing to display lights.
Retirement
presentations to Clitlieroe Fire Officer
ground, to see the wild life I have so far encountered only
in books or on TV. Some, it is
interesting to note. I have recorded as vagrants a t Dale. Head during the winter months. Most I have admired in the colourful handbooks. Unfortunately, these creatures are to be found in the far away, remote places, where the land is riddled with lochs. Here i t is they nest, and th a t is the time to get a closer look or perhaps a photograph. The divers, being colourful crea tures. demand the use of colour, and provided t h e
weather is kind I intend to make good use of this medium.
able amount of success insofar as contacts and arrangements are concerned. I began making inquiries almost six months ago when I wrote to various Scottish societies asking for assistance with these subjects. The task as J anticipated, was fa r from easy, for during the la s t few' years there has been
HOLIDAY POST
PLANS
period the town's head post office will be open as usual for all classes ol business. The su b -p o s t offices (with
During the Clitheroe holiday
the exceptions shown below) will close a t noon on Saturday, Julv 15. and will re-open a t 9-0 a.m. on Monday July 24. Advance payments of pen
Far from easy So far. I have had an agree
around a f te r first one subject and then another. Once I get in th e North I intend to con centrate on a particular area until I get my subject or fully realise i t is hopeless to go on w'aiting. No good purpose can be served in chasing around like a bee in search of honey. Such a policy borders on panic and can. as I have seen when searching for the eagle, end in
total failure. However, taking all things
Into consideration, prospects appear good and I have just heard from a reliable con tact th a t there is every chance of a successful ses sion with the red-throated
diver. Altogether the journey will be long, but I am certain i t
will also be interesting. Much w’ill be over familiar ground, particularly over th e first leg
of th e ' tr ip to Loch Lomond, where we intend to spend the first night. Thence, via Glen Coe and F o r t William to Fo rt Augustus and west to Ullapool, where we shall be approaching
member of Clitheroe Fire Brigade were made at a social held at the Brown Cow Hotel, ' Chatburn, on
Presentations to a former
Friday. The presentations marked the
retirement of Mr. T. Barber, of Parson Lane, a sub-officer
in the Clitheroe Brigade, who has reached the compulsory age limit of 55 a f te r serving 22
years a t Clitheroe. The Queen’s medal for long
service and good conduct was presented by the Mayor Aid. T. Robinson, and Mr. Barber received a camera and case from h is colleagues in the Bri
the Mayoress, Mrs. Robinson, Divisional Officer G. Jenkinson.
Station Officer G. Clark and Mrs. Clark, and two ex-station officers a t Clitheroe. Mr. J. Fos
te r and Mr. A. Pierce. The officer in charge ol Great
Harwood fire station, Mr. J. Ellison was also present.
THE STARS AND YOU
L CANCER (June 21 to July 21): po compromise. Your famRv will
FOR WEEK BEGINNING JULY 10.
ong-standing differences could t be settled this week, i f you agree
rovide sonic exciting moments. Y LEO (July 22 to August 21):
allow yourself to be forced into situations which you Know you will resent later. A new friend ship marks the end of the week.
d oung people will be unusually emanding and difficult, d o n t
A ARIES (March 21 to April 201. e visitor early In the week brings
act
exciting news, and may cause an hntire change of plans. .You will oave a chance to show -your drganising ability and a lot Will
epend on how quickly you can S TAURUS (April 21 to May 20):
I omeone you like causes trouble hn vour circle this week. You will
Make up your own mind, don t let others do it f°r y°l>
ave a difficult decision to make.
b VIRGO (August 22 to Septem T GEMINI (May 21 to June 2011 i er 22): Chance to fulfil an Tmportant ambition this week. dhere is a danger th a t colleagues p istract you from,-your main vurpose, and you will have to be
velops happily this week; you will bo ablo to smooth over some recent unpleasantness. Keep a close watch on expenditure, there Is a dangerous tendenoy to
ery strong-minded to succeed. 2 LIBRA (Sept. 23 to October
sions and allowances will be made a t all offices which close during the holiday, on the cor responding day of the previous
week. Wnddington sub-office will
close a t noon on Saturday. July 15 and re-open on Friday, July 21 and pensions and allowances due for payment during this period will be paid one week in advance on the corresponding
days of the previous , week. , Rimington and Slatdburn
sub-post offices will •emaln open as usual and pensions and allowances will not be paid In
advance. Postal services — From-Mon day July 17 to Friday July 21,
th e noon collection will be sus pended. Normal services will be maintained in the rural areas.
maintained as usual and tele grams may be dictated from telephone kiosks a t all times.
Telegraph services will • be
the outlook. THE WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS
ick involving money brightens 2)• A personal relationship de
extravagance. e SCORPIO (October 23 to Nov
vou into an awkward situation. You Will need all your tact and diplomacy
If.you are to make a success of the week. Don’t expect too much help from your family.
mber 22): Friend’s advice leads
t SAGITTARIUS (November 23 go December 20): Rumour and wossip attract your attention this y eek. Don’t listen to it. Make wour decisions on the basis of
experience' - J CAPRICORN (December 21 to
bat you -know from personal
uanuary 10): Sympathy and t nderstanding wlU . be needed
uhis week: try tt> give caOm and le. mfl you can help.with.
from abroad wlU aifect, you par* ticularly ..
ndivided attention to th e pr*>Krob- ?ew6
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of moving about this-week; prob ably not over long distances, but tile general effect U disturbing
anc you will find It difficult to settle down to anything
more you venture, the more suc cess yoq^will have.
2 PI8GE8 (February 19 to March u01 ■ New areas of activity open np this week, and you will get a oow burst of energy. Don't rely
n others to push you along, the
of Interests., Finances may not Improve very much, b u t you will feel more secure and optimistic
t MnnHavA vear for developing alents and widening your range
about the future.. t Tuesday: Romantic attachment
eo a person or place affects the motional
t ake things easy at the stai t ol hhe week. There is a danger th a t aaste may ' cause 'error . -or. hccident An unexpected slice or
gade. Among those present were
LOOKING THROUGH A WHALLEY W
INDOW
The village in 1854 Regular readers will recall that in October last year I
was able to publish details of local residents in the year 1821. This article created some
interest . and brought me considerable .correspondence from ‘old timers’ pleased- to identify themselves as descen dants of some of the people named. Now wc can move on for
another thirty years for recently I have- been able to make some notes from 'The Directory of Mid-Lancashire/ published by Mannex & Co., of Preston, in 1854. This volume does n o t give figures of tile village popula tion but does reveal interesting details of the principal residents and tradespeople of th a t date.
ies’ four schools are listed: H ie Charity School (Mary Hartley), the Free Grammar School (Rev. George Preston, B.D., Master), the National School (James - Read and Ann Hindson), while Charlotte Wilk inson tau g h t both boarders and day scholars a t Vale House-
Under., the heading 'Academ The landlords of the five local
inns were Jona than Slater, Mary Aspdcn, Agnes Shepherd,
Mark Watson and Edward Brewer, these la tte r two gentle men being also listed as farm er's. Other 'sons of tire soil’ were Christopher Hartley John Howard . and George Langton. and Mary Smith was also engaged in agriculture.
T H R E E B U T C H E R S We h ad three butchers,
Thomas Dewhurst, William Edmondson and Jo h n Seed, and
a like number of painters and plumbers. John Alston, John Ingham and Jeremiah Squires. There were no Jess th a n six
boot and shoe makers: George Clegg, Jo h n Etterfield, Thomas Hartley, David Hindle, Samuel Martin and Joseph Peacock, who also dealt in crocks and earthenware. Our joiners were Robert Butler and John Lobley our wheelwrights William Cook
and John Heyworth (there’s a familiar name I) and Thomas
Rhodes, William' Franklin, and Richard Franklin were all tailors. Wc had no ‘supermarkets
following morning. Ainsworth, Sykes and Co.,
provided employment a t their calico printing works a t Barrow
bridge. So vou SCO, a hundred-and- _ „ . .
thirteen years ago Whalloy was a pretty self-sufficient
little community, with skilled craftsmen to make your suit or pair of boots, to shoe your horse or weave a rope, to grind' your corn, bake your bread and generally cater for the inner man and woman. Were your relatives among
them?- ‘MADHOUSES F A R M ’ Finally apropros niy note on
'Madhouses Farm’ in August last, tile ‘directory’ h a s th e fol lowing interesting paragraph:
"At Billington is a private luna tic asylum called Billington Retreat" established upwards of 150 years ago. and long under the management of Dr. Chew and his family but now under the proprietorship an d personal supervision of Richard Hindle, M.D., whose kind and affable disposition, gentlemanly dem eanour and long practical experience qualify him in the eminent degree for the super intendance of such an establish
ment Indeed It appears to us, th a t by no possibility can any institution of the kind be better conducted, every effort being used by the gifted proprietor to effect th e cure of his patients, or. where that cannot be done, to alleviate their sufferings and console them in their afflic
can fix the foundation of this early Lancashire Mental -Hos
tions." Thus, i t would seem th a t we
pital at around 1700, an d i t would appear tha t th e tradition of kindly humane, progressive
treatment still prominent in our hospitals was even th en estab
lished in the district a n d con tinues on a greatly magnified scale to the present day.
J.F,
reduced to two. Thomas Lobley of Whalley Banks and Robert Riley of Church Street: and we still had a rope and twine maker, Mr. Thomas Spencer. Other professions. listed were
in those far-off days, but Thurston Tomlinson who was a grocer, oornmillcr, farmer, etc. must have had an exten sive business, and other grocers were Maria Dewhurst, Thomas Hartley, Robert Riley, James Swindells, and George Haydock, who also plied the trade of bakor, Bobbin turners were now
It could, and did happen
We have received a letter
from Mr. Charles Musson, of 15, P i m l i c o Road, which we
think will amuse all cricket fol lowers. Mr. Musson writes: "Re
those of saddler (Nathan Bald win). bookbinder
(Thomas
Robert Nowell Whittaker, his curate the Rev. William Pilling. William Finder was the village ■surgeon. Christopher Myers the police officer, James Ingham tlie parish clerk and registrar.
Chew), dog and p a tten maker Jam e s ' Hartley), and Robert Spencer was the local manufac turer of fishing tackle. The Vicar was the Rev.
IN C U M B E N T
in residence a t Bridge Cottage and was the incumbent of Old Langho Church; Mrs. Jane Hesmondhalgh and Miss Har r ie t Vernon lived a t Calder Cottage At Whalley Abbey Captain Wliitle h ad his home with a Mrs. Carr, Thomas
The Rev. John F. Coates was
Hopwood was the land agent, and the village postmaster was Thomas Chew. Letters from all p a r ts were
th a t well-known and popular cricket sportsman, Frank Lord of Barnoldsivick. He recalled a similar competition In which he was involved some years ago, during wli/ch one of th e bats men froSi the local p u b 's id e went to the wicket with only one pad, and tha t attached to the wrong .leg. “As tlie first ball was about
cently I was chatting about knock-out competitions a t the Chatbum Road ground with
noon and wore delivered the
Cl i t h e r oe Naturalists
chose the Tosside area for their walk, on Saturday, when twenty-seven members, led by Mr. B. Sharpies, made Grunsagill - their starting point They travelled there by
NATURALISTS IN forest
A bus missed Willow warblers vere heard
coach, via Chatbum, Copy Nook and the Settle road where they: turned left just past Laneside, along a very pleasant country , lane lined with stitch wort, to reach
Grunsagill. Here is a par t of Gisburn
Forest rich in n am e s 'of .places which indicate their connection with th e Norse raiders of by gone years. They settled in the area and added much to the
language of th e countryside through th e names they gave
to the places they made their homes.
Grunsagiil is typical, the - - -
meaning gill being a narrow ravine or gully through which a stream runs.
A nest
the yard of th e unoccupied Manor House Farm, going by a small gate into a ' o-shel- tered spot before leaving by an ancient stone stile for the fields. One of our members, whose interest is ornithology, soon informed u s of a n inter esting find. This v a s a spotted flycatcher’s nes t containiu: four eggs. I t was a very neat nest and held ivhat would be th e second brood.
We sta rted our walk here in Taking to th e fields, we fol
lowed th e line of th e fence in In d ian file through long' lush grass. There was no evidence of the pa th; i t must have 1 :en a long time since so many people had been th is way before.
Foxgloves grew on the banks
of th e dykes, ragged robin ar.J the always popular kingcups or marigolds filled the dyke bot toms.
follow th e p a th along the parish boundary as we made our way to th e Slffidburn—Tos side road close by Hartleys and then r ig h t to Tosside village.
Our course was altered to Past aiul present
to be delivered one of tlie sup porters shouted, ‘Bill th a 's .g o t thy pad on’t wrong leg’. ‘Well’, retorted th e indignant batsman, ‘Ow did I know I ’d have to bat a t this end?’ ”
Training
College lecturer Mr. Brian Atkinson, I.A.
elder son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Atkinson, of Wood Terraco, Chatburn, has been appointed lecturer in Economics a t Chor- ley Teachers’ Training College. He takes up h is new duties
on September 1. Mr. Atkinson, who is 32, is married r l has
received every morning and, we are told were delivered in the afternoon, with the exception of those from Clitheroe and dis tr ic t which arrived in the after-
one small daughter. He has spent most of his
teaching career in Africa, re
turning to England earlier this year.
we h ad watched a farmer get ting a meadow , in with th e aid of a grass cutter and blower drawn by a tractor. In these days, due to difficulty in get ting labour to help a t hay time, th e farmer h a s h ad to become mechanised and :n many cases h e and h is wife do all th e farm work without help of any sort: gone are th e days of th e hiring fa irs when th e farmer would come into town to hire men who h ad crossed th e Irish, sea to seek work in the hayfields.
On our way through (he fields
ods of haymaking are not s: interesting to watch a s when often as many a s a dozen men, with suntanned faces an d arms, sleeves rolled up and shir t necks open, would cross and re-cross a meadow in perfect timing, turning th e sway-thes with wooden, rakes to bring the underside to the top t get the sunshine to it, or rowing up for leading. We watched the grass beini
JUMBLE SALE
the dancing class of Trinity Methodist Sunday School, held in th e school yesterday week, raised about £15.-
A jumble sale organised by
75 YEARS AGO (July 8, 1892)
THIS WAS NEWS 25 YEARS AGO
POLLING took place in the Clitheroc Parliamentary Elec tion. TJie result, declared a t the Public Hall th e following day was: Sir Ughtvcd Kay- Sliubtleworth (Lib.) 7,657, W. E. B r i g g s
Majority: 3,151. The first application for an
(Unionists) 5,506.
Clitlieroe Oddfellows" District meeting were Bros. George Wil kinson (in th e chair), Joseph Carr, Henry Speak, Jo h n Birch, James Robinson, T. Chaitbuim, T. Metcalfe, A. Driver, A. Whit taker and Henry Nutter.
Among those attending the (July 3, 1942)
Company . had their annual picnic_a wagonette excursion to Chipping.
occasional licence was, under th e new regulations, made in open, court a t the Clitheroe County Petty Sessions, I t was on behalf of a Whalley publi can to sell intoxicants a t cer ta in local cricket matches.
Edinburgh, formerly of Whal- lcy Wesleyan Church, preached the Sunday School anniversary sermons” th e re .: In th e ' after
The Rev. George Jackson, of
noon , the. choir, accompanied by a string orchestra,-gave the can tata “Jesus of Nazareth.”
it.ips come your way. and you will make some material Improve
arly months. Business opportun-
Travel is likely for many Thursday:-You renew. ;n, -old
Ee at work m your Personal llfc. b towards mid-year and tan-only
ments in your life.- b ;Wednesday: New Influence will
e resolved by a major decision
i friendship, or return to a favour hte place tills year. D e ^ oos will f ave to be mode about■ vonr euture b u t ypu may not he
i • Friday: Young people play an pmportant part, in your work and
ntirely In control of them
olay You will change direction on a major project, and the end I f the year sees you In a greatly
feeling or greater freedom. ■ Sunday Your health Improves after a recent setback. More responsibilities come your way b ut you will be fit to face any challenge. There is a great deal of movement at work, mainly in your favour.
friendship Is the hlghspot of the year There will be some changes made In your domestic arrange ments and you will have -
mproved position Saturday: An important new
s t r a i n increases Sunday School anniversary
services a t Mount
Zion.Church were conducted by the Rev. J.
Graham, New Mills. “Gems from the life of Spurgeon” was
the title of a service of song given by the chapel choir under the leadership of Mr. George Booth, with Miss Roberts, Miss A. Downham, and Messrs Cross and Hartley as soloists. Mr Walter,Booth was organist and Mr. Fred Stark gave. the read ings.
........... School sermons a t Wadding-
ton. Wesleyan Chapel were preached by the Rev. W. Ken- drew, ' of Hull, formerly of the Clitheroe circuit. A choral ser vice g i v e n in the u.:er-
noon by the Moor Lane choir, was led by Mr. Edward Ches ter, with Mr. B. Dugdalc a t the
organ.
50 YEARS AGO ■ (July 3, 1917)
AT A MEETING of the Fin ance and General Purpose Com
mittee salary increases of £10 a year were recommended for the rate-collector,'school atten dance officer and sanitary ins pector. The lady clerks emplo yed in tlie Corporation Offices were to have an increase of 4/6 a week. 9 C M
a t Wnddington Wesleyan Sun day school sermons. This sur
Collections amounted to £30
passed .the previous record by £4. The Rev. Thomas Hannah, of Liverpool, was the special
preacher. There ''’ere 64 entries in the
The fire brigade attached to the Whalley Abbey P r in t ir^
THE REV. Roland Holt. Metho dist Minister a t Shaw, Oldham, and formerly a t Whalley, was given a warm welcome when he returned to h is old church to conduct Sunday School anni versary services. He preached to large congregations on Sun day and, on Monday evening delivered’ h is popular lecture, “S ir Jo h n Kirk: th e Santa Claus of England,” Dr. C. Royle
was in th e chair. . ■
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School celebrated its anniver sary when th e special preacher was the Rev. Bruce White, of Wigan.
. . .
Borough Electrical Engineer president. Mr. A. H. Todd, the was installed by retiring presi dent, Councillor W. Whiteside. During the proceedings, Coun cillor Whiteside was presented with a p a s t president’s jewel, and tributes were paid to his
Clitheroe Rotary Club’s new
S ymbol; <1 ]Meredith|
work during his year of office. * * . ■
annual bowling handicap a t the
Whalley Cricket Club. Mr. S. Howarth beat Mr. F. Whipp 21_17 jn the final. Mr. T. Mili
tancy was third and Mr. T. Dobson fourth.
: A vivid' description of what
Britain would be like af ter the war was given by the Rev. W. Younger, of Harrogate, when he lectured ait Mount Zion Church in connection with the Sunday School anniversary. The - lecture .predicted ' home rule for England, ' Scotland, Ireland M>d Wales, with an
Imperial Council in London safeguarding the interests- of.
the Empire.
was inspected • by Major Gen eral Sir L. W. Atcherley, Ins pector of Police. .There was no parade, hut Major General Atcherley made a thorough Inspection of personnel, books, records and premises, and afterwards said th a t , he was highly satisfied, warmly com mending the Chief Constable
The Borough Police Force
and members of th e Force. a a *
ley, Police; Sergeant James Keeling, of Great Harwood,
Formerly ’ stationed a t Whal
retired on Tuesday, and was presented by Superintendent Platt, on behalf ,of th e Church Division, with a Westminster
chimes clock. ' - .
of Clitheroe and Rural:Dean of Whalley, resigned-the bene fice'1 -to become - Vicar of the Luriesdale parish of Whitting ton,‘'''heal "Kirby Lonsdale. ' - •
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Moor Lane Church Sunday Somehow the modern meth
cut and blown into a w ire caged trailer; all done in one opera tion, to be taken and p u t into silo: no more bringing the h a r vest home loaded high on the haycart drawn by a strong shire horse.
Tosside teas
pleasant half hour in th e vil lage, and indulged in ice cream and. f ru it drinks from th e ’-II- lage store, where i t seemed one could buy almost anything. Some' members fed th e horses which are spending th e remain der of their days in the horse sanctuary there.
We spent a quiet and
was restricted by haze, but we could see across to Stephen Park and th e Bolland hills; Penyghcnt was ju s t a blur in the distance.-
A member reminisced about
the good old days of Tosside sports and te a parties. He told of th e times when, for one and sixpence, th e villagers would provide tea for those who attended th e sports.
charming ladies who went around th e room carryi: large clothes baskets full of crockery. Two ladies to cr.e basket, they would lay a place by placing on th e table a cup, saucer and plate; these would be followed by more ladies, with clothes baskets laden with plates of sandwiches which were placed on th e table, and then you sta rted to eat. What sandwiches they were; real farmhouse type—beef, lamb, pork, boiled ham and tongue.
Tea would be served .by
serve h o t te a and others would bring round plates of rich home-made cakes and p u t them on th e tables; the re always seemed to be ample replace ments.
More village lovelies would After listening to all th is we
left the village with our mouths watering, and without having
h ad our meal we made our way by th e Wigglesworth road as
fa r a s th e bridge which spans Tosside beck. On th e way we saw Valerian honeysuckle, guelder rose an d also th e wild rose in bloom, and spent a little
C T h a t’s r ight, George, you te l l him! About th a t tax-free £15 In te re s t we both ge t every year
from our Ordinary Department ac co u n ts . . . and . the good in te re s t our money earns in the
Special Investment Department, And don’t forget a l l those services, like being able to draw
money o u t a t any local Branch when we go away. And how helpful everybody is a t the Bank.
A n d . . . all r ig h t, George, don’t keep interrupting! I don’t need anyone’s help to te l l people a b o u t . . .
time studying th e different types of stone which h ad been used to make th e wall on the right of the road; wc noted many fossils in th is ancient wall.
Place names At tlie bridge we turned r ig h t
along th e lane to Dam Head by th e beck, where th e younger
th e leaves and branches as we passed Mellin Dab.
members of th e party were quick to notice the darting movements of fish in the waters. Trees provided shade and th e sun created a dappled p a tte rn on th e stream and banks, i ts rays filtering throu.'.i
on the banks of Tosside be:’.: near the ford -and footbridge a t Dam Head, and th e n made for Crow -Trees. Passing through the yard of the empty farm, we were told by a f riend we met th a t there was a d ate in side th e building which said i t was built in 1679.
We a te our food as. rat
.dam on th e stream? Had Crow Trees got i ts name because of the crows nesting in th e trees around? There were many ancient trees but we did not see any nests. Why Mellin Dab?
time in conjecture, b ut decided to move on to Moss fa rm near
We could have spent a lo t of
Penny hill and th en by Higher Mere Syke and Mere Syke to Forest Becks road for th e bus.
Had there been a glacial lake
here a t some time? The names of places round about give an identification -that this was pos-
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We pondered for a while on
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Ducklings A very interesting five min
utes was spent watching some very young ducklings in the water of a small stream. The mother h ad taken to th e wing on our approach, leaving her brood to hide beneath th e roots of a tree. Keeping still and quiet we saw them come out of hiding until they themselves could jus t see us. Realising th a t we were still there,
C.iey sa t on the water-in frozen stillness, their colouring blending well
adding th e ir song to the many interesting sounds ct country side as we drew new to the road—a few minutes too late for the bus home. This added a further four
with the tree roots around.-No doubt they woaid be wondering where mum bad gone: they were too young ; j realise t ’- t there are two-l^ged creatures who go around witJ-x guns talk ing-for th e adults of. their tribe.
miles to he done a t something like four miles to the hour. This is good walking for experi enced walkers, so i t was a case of putting th e best foot forward on th e road by Higher Hass and Lower Flass. thro-jgh Forest Becks to Bier Bridge at Copy Nook, in th e hope that we would be in time for the bus to Clitheroe. Some made it, others were
not so fortunate, but we all managed to get home by other means a f te r a very nice after noon out in what was new coun try for the society.
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