.Si Clithcroe Advertiser and Times. Thursday. March 23, 1%7 3


MORE VANDALISM AT TH E CASTLE


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Greenhouse lock torn away, valuable bushes destroyed


THE TEACE AND BEAUTY OF THE TOWN’S PARKS IS BEING


RUINED BY HOOLIGANS, WHO SEEM TO HAVE NOTHING BET­ TER TO DO THAN GO AROUND WRECKING THINGS THAT ARE


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CREATED FOR THEIR ENJOYMENT. One night last iveek, after the gates of the castle


grounds had been locked, someone entered the grounds, tore away lock fittings on a greenhouse and viciously


damaged 36 valuable juniper bushes. Several weeks ago a similar attack was made, many


let.


start and the Town Council have been disheartened by hooliganism in the parks.


Children’s swines and swings


other equipment have been damaged, seats have been torn out of concrete bases,


l i t t e r baskets


ruined, flower beds tram­ pled on, ugly gaps for­ ced in hedges and obscene writing scrawled on wails.


On the same night that


the bushes in the grounds were destroyed, the museum was broken into. Earlier this year Freddy the fox in the Castle zoo, and some rabbits


were set Tree. The fox had ■ been hand-fed


almost from birth after its mother had. been killed in a hunt and therefore there little hope that it survived. Less than a year ago, either


juniper bushes in the grounds' being mutilated. For years now the park’s -------------------


spirits, but most of the damage can only be described as sheer


vandalism. Those who would turn a


blind eye to tile serious defacing of the town’s beauty spot ought to take a walk through the Castle and see for themselves the writing scratched on walls, even c.i the oldest parts of the historic buildings. They should listen to the


ON CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL


Coun. Ronald Williamson, of


Sugar Fold, Higher Hodder, chairman of Bowland Rural District Council, has accepted


an invitation, to serve on the North Western Electricity Con­ sultative Council for a further three years.


on the council as a voluntary member for 11 years and his


Coun. Williamson has served


present term of office expires in May.


LOOKING THROUGH A W


HALLEY WINDOW


Thar’s gold in them lliar hills!”


OUR greatest local excitement in 1966 was the accidental discovery of treasure trove in the Portfield area. Much publicity was given in the press to the hvo gold


ornaments that had been unearthed, and there were hints of the possibility of other finds of great antiquity in the days ahead.


The County Archaeolo-


transistorised din emerging from the summer house, where


.admission because of the teenage congregation. They should take note cf


elderly p e o p le are denied


how many plants and trees have missing blossoms and


how many forms are damaged


in some way. Repairs in the parks cost a


through carelessness or van­ dalism, one of the huts built in Brungerley Park for use as a sun shelter, was burned down. Ann before this incident the hut had been considerably damaged by teenagers carving


on the walls. DISGUSTED


Mr. J. Hall, is disgusted at the had behaviour. He and his staff take great care to ensure


The Parks Superintendent,


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Thereafter r demonstrations


ruined by hooligans. He explained that the last


that the parks, especially the Castle, look their best through­ out the year anti it is most frustrating when their work is


incident, the destruction oi the junipers, was particularly upsetting because each plant had taken more than ten years to grow and was valued


was the one which once housed the aviary, overlooking tlie rose gardens. There were other plants in the same greenhouse but only the junipers had been


The greenhouse broken into at at least £2. .


considerable ’amount of rate payers’ money, so it is the concern of all townsfolk to make sure th a t ' their ’ children are not offenders and to report any incident, whether of using bad language breaking trees in the parks. Clitheroe is one of the


gisl was quickly on the scene, with a curious and enthusiastic amateur fol­ lowing eagerly in his wake. Visions of all kinds of rich treasures floated before our eyes, but wc were dis­ appointed; there was little to see and subsequent excavations revealed noth­ ing of outstanding interest.


loveliest towns in the North West. Why should young hooli gans be allowed to spoil its peace and beauty?


Agricultural photography


who is a photographer in the North of England for the “Farmers Weekly,” spoke about agricultural photography to 45 members of Cl i the roe unci District Young Farmers’ Club at their meeting in the Gram­ mar School last night week. He showed a selection i -


Mr. Ben Tyrol’, of Clitheroe,


appointed when ultimately the Coroner decreed that the finds should go to the British Museum, and that, perhaps in due course, replicas would be displayed in Blackburn.


at the time. “These treasures were found in Whalley. At the very least Whallcy people should have a chance to see them!” My plaintive cry fell on deaf ears, and now it seems unlikely that wc shall ever get to sec these rarities, unless we make a special effort on our periodic trips to the metropolis.


"Why Blackburn?’’ I asked Full details


slides taken for his work and during his holidays, and told of amusing incidents con­ nected with many of them. Afterwards he answered ques­


tions about photography. Mr. Gordon Whitwell was in


touched. "Although the gates were


locked between 6-30 and 7 o’clock anyone could enter L.e grounds simply by climbing over the railings or a low part of the wall,” he said. Mr. Hall added that it would


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the chair, and thanks to Mr. Tyrer for such an enjoyable talk were proposed by Roger Green and Sandra Haslewocd.


IN SEMI-FINAL


A business meeting followed. Robert Berry, Sandra I-Iasle-


cost more than £70 to replace the shrubs, so instead new ones would have to be grown. “ I think.” he concluded,


the incident.


“ that if the culprit is found, he ought to pay the cost of putting the damage right. The police are investigating


NUISANCE


kept busy by less serious damage in the parks, which may not cost so much to repair but does cause a Great


The Parks staff are also


nuisance. Particularly noticeable ate


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'Some of the less -serious offences are obviously the result of carelessness, and others due to teenage high


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heel marks in the bowling greens and litter dropped any­ where other than in the baskets provided.


the St. Patrick’s Ball at the Hall, Lowergate, on Friday night, when music was pro­ vided by Ernie Foster and his Band and the Martingales


Si. Patrick’s Ball Some 120 people attended


church, and money raised by a competition will be sent to Father John Taylor, formerly of Clithcroe. who is serving as a missionary in Pakistan.___


Folk Singing Group. Proceeds were in aid of tne


BRILLIANT ORGAN RECITAL BY ARCHITECT


CLITHEROE Parish Church Organ Society soloist lor the month of March was Gordon


Thorne. An architect by profession a


musician by hobby, he is the onlv non-professional musician


to be invited to play in this series of recitals and- the fact that this was his fourth visit


as a soloist proves how popular his programmes have become. The recital given on Tuesday,


usual registration for the play­ ing Of Bach but it was cer­ tainly effective.


Four Pieces by Louis Vierne fol- J0%


Impromptu from Twenty VCCI __ a very rast-movmg


piece, playing again at a fast pace with great case, but with very loud pedal note in the


quieter sections. Marcel Dupre, now over the


March 14th, was attended by an enthusiastic audience.


Outburst of Joy by the contem­ porary French composer Olivier Messiaen (taken from one of four pieces forming a suite called “The Ascension”). I t was a brilliant piece or playing of an item of which there; arc many possible interpretations


.The programme began with


programme then turned to Concerto in A minor by Antonio Vivaldi (Transcribed by J. . s. Bach with a great many im­ provements).


From modern music the


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cellently played, the first and l a s t being treated with tremen­ dous verve and clarity of P a r t s , and all was carefuly calculated. The slow movement made use o some interesting and un-


All three movements were ex f f;


age of eighty, has written some magnificent music and the pro­ gramme included a brilliant performance of bis Prelude and


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Fugue In B major. Master Tallis’s Testament by


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Herbert Howells, was the one English item of the programme, and verv effective as a quiet contrast it proved to be.


to-an end with a performance of the First Symphony by Guil- mant. This great work in three movements received a magnifi­ cent performance, full of ryth­ mic vitality, and interesting registration working up to. a


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Young Farmers Clubs’ “ Any Questions" competition held at Lancaster the previous Wednesday. The team were


L team in the semi-final of the placed fourth. ancashire F e d e r a t i o n of


wood and Gordon Whitwell were congratulated on being in the Ribblesdale Region’s


ever. and today through the courtesy or Mr. T. P. Rusliton, Clerk to the Clitheroe Rural Council, who holds similar views to my own. I am able to publish for the first time full details of the’ treasures as reported by the experts at the museum. Here they arc:


The interest remains, how­ "Gold.


A plain bracelet


terminals. An hollow tress-ring decorated gold lines.


Bronze.


A bronze socketed axchead with facetted kodyj loop broken.A second bronze socketed axehead decorated wi t h three vertical ribs on the body; cracked. Part of a bronze socketed


gold pennanular slightly everted


(hair ornament) with concontric


gold ponnanular We were even more dis­


Its date would be somewhere between 800—700 B.C.


Trading; route


within the Early Iron Age earthwork is fortuitous since the latter would not have been built at this date, but it’s position just above the Ribble valley goes to emphasis the well-known importance of this valley goes to emphasise the half of a trading route across the Pennines to Yorkshire and the east of England.’’ So there we are. What intri­ guing possibilities the sur-


The position of the hoard


Made better to


fit better


and Royal Hotel, Clitlieroe, yesterday week. Pictured in front arc the Pr®*'40 ’ ’ j Underwood, and Mrs. Underwood. Standing behipd: the Mayor and Ma/ ° ® C°n?,’ Mr- Mrs t Robinson, and Mr. William Hall, president of the Chamber of Trade, with M .


Ciitlioroe anti District Grocers’ Association held their annual dinner dance jrt the S Hall.


N.F.li Price


a


Reaction Review


“THE 1967 Price Review has been a critical one for both the Government and the industry,” says a statement issued last week by the National Farmers’ Union after the Union's Council had agreed the Review’s terms. “The Government are


concerned about the indus- trys’ progress towards the objectives ol the selective expensive programme. I bey have acknowledged that farm incomes need to be significantly increased if the additional capital resources are to be funded without incurring ever - increasing


misals of the experts open up (for surmisals, although built on much study and specialised knowledge, is what they really are), and quite a romantic story could be woven around the terrified bronze-smith, fleeing from his enemies, and hastily concealing his trea­ sures in a hole scraped in the soft turf. Or could it be that some thief had hidden them there, and waited for an opportune moment to retrieve a them; a moment that never


tendency to indulge the imagi­ nation and stick to the facts, and the facts are as related in the first part of the letter. All the same. I feel that in


rrived?But wo must curb tills


indebtedness. KSo far as the three United


concerned, the Review decisions have an additional significance.


ingdom Farmers’ unions are


increase production and to absorb costs out of greater productivity have boon shown, in themselves, to bo no longer effective. Government dec­ larations during the past 18 months promising the indus­ try the physical resources required to achieve the pro­


"Exhorations to farmers to


the industry’s ability to carry out its role in the selective ex­ pansion programme for agri­


culture. "The determinations yield a


■ - t© 1967 .


farmer’s labour and manage­ ment.


the 1965 National Plan are no longer valid, the. Government reaffirms that the selective ex­ pansion programme lor agricul­ ture is to continue and consi­ ders that their determinations should enable the industry to continue to make its vital con­ tribution towards import-sav­ ing. The Unions have again stressed that as a matter of long-term policy, British agri­ culture must not be allowed


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net increase in the value_of the guarantees of about £251 mil-1 lion. Thev exceed the increase 1 costs on ‘the Review commodi­ ties (£15!. million) by some £10 million and producers are there­ fore not required to absorb any of their increased costs from their higher productivity.


£ “Of the increase of nearly


the guarantees, some £11 mil­ lion will affect Exchequer com­ mitments, but whether of not the cost of Exchequer support does in fact increase next year will depend upon the conjunc­ tion of output, imports and mar­


25A million in the value of


ket, prices. "Examination of the Review


gramme needed to Ho tran­ slated into meaningful deci­ sions in terms ot ^guaranteed


historic soil such as this there must be other treasures. I think that some dark night when the farmer is far from home, I shall put my spade over my shoulder and go inarching up the hill. After all. if we don’t look, we won’t find, will we?


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to the results of the Review will clearly take some time to become evident, they will know that in the Unions’ view a genuine effort has been made by the Government to meet the t needs of the industiy, and ■


prices and production grants. While producers' response


long-term assurances. “This should in turn help renew confidence ’


awards for the years 1961 to 19GG reveals that, although the


total value or the guarantees increased by a net £67, imH-ou (against increased costs of £13b million). Exchequer cost m 1966/67 is estimated to be £-3, million compared with £34-a


million in 1951/62. limited


he determinations are consis­ tent with the Governments


and to rcstoi .


TO STAND AGAIN FOR COUNTY COUNCIL


gouge. Two fragments forming a bronze tanged knife. A fragment of a bronze blade, probably from a socketed or tanged knife. A piece of rough metal in the form of a stud.”


sisting of broken and dam­ aged bronz e instruments represents the stock-in-trade of a bronze-smith of the time, the broken objects being scrap metal collected together ready for melting down prior to casting into new imple­ ments. The gold bracelet and tress-ring are clearly personal


tinues: "This type of hoard con­


The museum report con­


for the Conservatives, in Whalley electorial division, which comprises the whole oC the Clitheroe Rural area. He was first elected unop


County Councillor Basil Greenwood is ip stand again


posed to the County Council at the by-election in Nov­ ember, 1956, succeeding the late Col. U Green, who had been promoted to the alder-


manic bench. In April, 1964, the scat


was contested by a Liberal Mr. W. G. Pape, of Whal­ ley, who is now a member of Clitheroc Rural Council. The voting was:


It. Greenwood (C) 1,613 W. G. Pape (Lib) 680 Majority 933


ornaments, probably th e smith's own personal belong­ ings Such a hoard represents the wealth of the bronze- smith. which he deliberately hid in time of personal danger.


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Greenwood as candidate was held in Whalley Conservative


A meeting; to adopt Mr.


Club last Thursday. Mr Greenwood, who lives at


Clerk Hill, Whalley, was man­


aging director of S. Longworth and Sons, Ltd., Judge Walms- ley Mill. Billingion, which closed in August. DHe is president of Clitheroe


until 18 months ago. Mr. Greenwood serves on the


ivisional Conservative Asso­ ciation. having been chairman


civil defence and five brigade committees of the County Council.He holds the degree of M.A. (Cantab.). Law and served with


“The impact on consumer prices of the balance of these


determinations is extremely limited, amounting to no move than an average increase of ljd. per person per week.


acceptance of one of the Unions’ strongest arguments,


“The decisions clearly reflect-


the need to redress the fall m net output and in the rate of increase in productivity. The


to decline.


tinuing growth in world popu­ lation and Uie considerable


CONSUMER NEEDS “Bearing in mind the con­


run-down in stocks of such basic commodities as cereals during recent years, policies must be pursued which will ensure that home agriculture makes an ever-increasing con­ tribution towards meeting con­ sumer food needs.


net output to decline, the indus­ try has been unable to main­ tain tile rate of increase in efficiency, and particularly in labour productivity, charac­ teristic of the 1960/64 period. An element of capital injection was thus an absolute necessity and it was imperative for the Government to increase the guarentees in order to promote greater production in the inter­ ests of import-saving. This would be entirely consistent with the prices and incomes policy especially since farm incomes unlike most others, had to provide a major part of any additional investment."


"With the recent tendency for


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slow growth of farm recent years and the fact that both income and output had now reached a plateau fully


justifield the Unions’ repeated warnings about the effects of the inadequate recoupment policies of successive Govern­ ments, which were now bem0 reflected in general retrench­


ment.


omic measures during the last vear or so. culminating in the crisis in cattle and sheep mar­


“Morever. a series of econ­


kets last summer and autumn, had badly affected producer


confidence" in the the primary objective was to to restore producer's confidence and to give them trie means of fulfilling the selective expan cion nrosramme.


acknowledge the need for the industry to finance the addi


“The Government’s decisions , .


the army for six years during the war, reaching the rank of


major.He served in North Africa and Italy with the 1st British Infantry Division and com­ manded an anti-tank battery


tional ‘investment required j°i this programme—much of which has to be found from farm in­ come. All the evidence showed that income was not increasing us much as it should and that it was insufficient to Provide an


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from the time when the Greeks. Romans, and Sax ons ate wheaten cakes at the Spring Festival. The buns were made of dough kneaded for the host on Good Friday and were marked with the cross accor­


dingly. One of the old beliefs about


hot cross buns was that they acted as a talisman against


fires, also that bread and buns baked on Good Friday had magical properties and healing powers for certain ailments. Some people still hang up one or more in their houses as a "charm against evil".


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