Reads her Bible twice a day


Gifts of flowers, fruit,


twenty-eight birthday cards and a stream of visitors greeted Mrs. Isabella Hod- son of 9 Fort Street, Clitheroe—where she lives with her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowker—when she cele­ brated her 94th birthday on


of chatting to so many rela­ tives and friends she sp en t the following day in bed to recover from it. Remarkably u p r ig h t and


Sunday. Tired out by the excitement


married, and she is the eldest member of a family which


runs to five generations. Looking back over her long


and. active life, Mi-s. Hodson feels th a t times have changed for th e worse. She recalled th a t when she was younger people were more ready to help each other in times of illness or trouble. “There is not th e love for each other there used to be,” Mrs. Hodson told an Advertiser and Times reporter.


plenty of love and affection to which th e overflowing vases filled with flowers mutely testify.


B u t Mi's. Hodson still inspires


sprightly for her age, Mrs. Hodson, who h a s lived in Fo rt Stre et since she was 80. enjoys a walk in the fresh a ir when th e weather is fine. She still likes to do a b i t of washing and never feels lonely or cut off from life, even though she is no longer able to do the large amount of churchwork with which she used to occupy her leisure time. She was a g re a t worker for


Now there are 16


candidates


entered th e Clitheroe municipal election field, nominations for which closed a t noon on Tues­


A sixteenth candidate has


day. Standing as an independent


St. James’s Church and Sun­ day school, Clitheroe, and a member of the Mothers’ Class for more th a n 40 year's, help­ ing with many money-raising efforts for church funds.


Now she finds company


and solace in reading her Bible twice daily and in listening to the morning ser­ vice on the radio.


In h e r younger days, Mrs.


Hodson worked for a number of years as a ring spinner a t Whipps Mill and during the second World War she served with th e W.V.S. a t Clitheroe canteen. She has two sons and two daughters, all of whom are


Council asks for streets to be made up


to be asked to make up th e whole of Manor Road and a short section of Woodlands


Lancashire County Coimcil is


eroe Rural Council Highways Committee on Monday. I t was pointed out th a t when


Drive, Whalley. Th is was decided by the Clith­


th e stre e t was made up i t would provide a connecting road be­ tween Clitheroe Road and Acc


rington Road. The committee also decided to recommend th a t Back King


Stre et should be made up. Previously, county officials


have objected to th e proposals a s they felt i t would lead to an increase in parking on the trunk road.


candidate on May 11 is Mr. Robert F. Ainsworth, who has


been a newsagent a t Shaw Bridge, clitheroe, since shortly a f te r the war. About th re e years ago he stood as an independent candidate in his first, but un­ successful bid to gain a se a t on the council. Extremely well Known in the town, Mr. Ains­ worth is an old boy of Clitheroe Grammar School. During th e war he served in the Merchant Navy, from 1939


until 1943. He is married, with two


daughters, and is a member of Trinity Methodist Church. In his youth he took an ac­


tive interest in athletics. Mr. Ainsworth s a i d he


decided to stan d as a candidate a f te r the Town Council a t its las t meeting earlier this month was “split down the middle” in a debate between Conservatives and Labour about joining the North West Association for the Arts. “Such matters should n ot be


Mr. E. Lawrenson, governing director of Castle Castings J-td.. 1 leroe, hands to the Mayoress, Mrs. T. Robinson, the beautiful gold cocktail '' a c i he donated as star prize in a competition organised by the Mayoress s La com­ mittee and held during an afternoon tea and tea and cake evening, witn fc and buy stalls, which raised £120 towards the Blackburn Voluntary Aid Heart Machine fund.


______ “NO” TO MOBILE HOMES The Plans Committee of


Bowland Rural Council on Monday refused an application to gran t planning permission for two mobile homes on the Three Rivers Mobile Caravan site. Previously th e committee had ordered th a t the two should be


removed. Sympathy a t the situation of


one occupantf Mrs. A. Hoyle,


of Bury Road. Rawtenstall, was expressed by the committee. In her letter Mrs. Hoyle said


made a party political issue”, he told an Advertiser, and Times reporter.


received fu rth e r complaints about dust nuisance a t Chat-


Dust nuisance Clitheroe Rural council has


burn. Two complaints were con­ sidered by the Health commit­


tee on Monday. The committee was told th a t


to consult w i t h Clitheroe Borough officials on the matter.


tlie nuisance was caused by a breakdown of plant operated by a firm within the clitheroe borough boundary. The Surveyor was instructed


she had purchased th e mobile home understanding th a t its erection on the site was per­ missible.


Her letter added: “After


purchasing, th e structure was re-wired, insulated an d decor­ ated throughout a t considerable expense with a view to my housekeeper C72) and myself (52) using this as a home ins­


tead of my own private resi­ dence, which was then going to be utilised for a family seeking a home in our district.”


having been a Caravan Club Member since 1954, she under­ stood the appalling slum-like conditions th a t did arise on sites, due to ‘undesirables’.


“But I do hasten to assure you th a t if any consideration


Mrs. Hoyle continued th a t


could be given in the case of these homes, the structure and


garden would be maintained to the highest standard, and I would personally guarantee our


sole occupation.” She also explained th a t fitted,


carpets and other furnishings had been ordered fur the home b u t th a t she felt “in mid-air” about the matter. A le tte r from the solicitors of


th e Council, told members there was nothing to stop Mr. Riley appealing to the Ministry against the Council's decision.


the site proprietor. Mr. W. H. Riley, contained the request for temporary planning permission. The lette r s ta ted th a t the


DAMAGED VERGES A HAZARD


homes h ad been erected for ■three years before Ml*. Riley was requested to submit a planning application for them, and h ad been seen many times by a member of the council’s staff on official visits to the site. Mr. Riley was given a false sense of security, with the re sult th a t over £1,500 had been spen t by him and the occupiers of th e homes. Tile solicitors gave the opin­


ion ih a t the circumstances sur­ rounding the whole m a tte r were “exceptional” and as verbal permission was given in the


first instance — although there did appear to be a difference of opinion on this point — the fa c t remained th a t the mobile homes h ad been on th e site for almost three years without complaint. Coun. Mrs. S. J. Dow said,


roads were being “chewed up” by heavy lorries. Deploring this. Couri. R. Williamson. Bow- land Rural Council chairman told his Highways committee on Monday; “I have never seen grass verges in such a bad s ta te as they are at present.”


Grass verges on country


ing up, brought about by heavy vehicles, had left a six-inch drop from the road surface, which could be accident


In several places this chew­


hazard. More and more money was


stressed. Waildiiigton cslalc


th a t while they sympathised with Mrs. Hoyle, no new plan­ ning m atters h ad arisen. She


having to be spent in restora­ tion work. Coun. Williamson


Sawley road j Councillor


sign needed —


Drivers, especially those tra-


I veiling from the direction of Chatburn, would continue to experience difficulty in locatin_


the r ight hand turn leading to Sawley without a suitable sign to indicate where they should leave the main highway. Coun. J. Trueman told a meeting of Bowland Highways Committee


I on Monday. In a letter from the Divisional


I Road Engineer, the committee had been informed th a t the Ministry had deliberately - omit­ ted to put signs indicating the unspecified entrance to Sawley as “ use of this should not be


Clithcroc 'Advertiser ami Times, Friday, April 28, 1967. 7


ALTHOUGH Satur da y morning opened well as far


cerncd there were signes that becanfe chancellor a t Oxford in it would not last out.


as the weather was con , , ,


. „„


o t cum ulo nimbus clouds Mary’s Well a t th e foot of St. ..,„rp chnwino hevond Lon*1-1 ^ f ie h a d s Blount. Water from


In the South-west the tops


of clean cotton wool; below the horizon there would be heavy banks of cloud under those woolly tops and as they came inland rain would


I encouraged.” The letter also pointed out ^ __ ___


■ .'i f :


| done had already been done. ” I cannot accept th a t ,” Coun.


Trueman protested. And he


I there were numerous signs to q ouc| covered the valley and and rain was falling, but this did


1-fall.By noon we knew the I signs had been correct.


____ h


I of the country, had spoken to him of the difficulty they ex-


stressed th a t local people, as Sawley lor the second well as people from other par ts | ramble of the season, with


J


1 perienced in finding the turn­ ing, particularly a t night when they were travelling against a stream of oncoming headlights. A strong supporter of his protest was County Councillor


I T. Aspin. I t was finally agreed th a t a


1 reflecting red arrow n ear the junction—an idea suggested by the Council’s Engineer and Surveyor, Mr. E. Berry—might I help the situation.


fe lt the council ought to stick' co its original decision. Mr. L. D. Telford, clerk to


PARKING PROBLEM


the Highways committee of , —.......- ..........———- - Clitheroe Rural Council expres- th e former m b^«*edca«wms sed concern th a t the parking of cars on the Green Park Estate, Whalley could lead to difficul­ ties in case of emergency. At night, the street, which


At its meeting on Monday and female in different plants,


serves a housing estate, is used for parking by patrons of a club in George Street, and ambulances or fire engines would be impeded. The committee decided to ask


boarded tbe bus for i


th e 1370’s. He is buried in the South transept a t Sawley. o u r leader pointed out St.


ridge Iclis lTkc huge p a ck s I * e - 1 1 was used for domestic


purposes. Sawlcy ■weir n ear


by the Eagle


pointed out where the weir had spanned th e


Hotel. Mr.


all th a t could reasonably be not deter 25 members oi tne member of a well-known Black­ Clitlieroe Naturalist’s Society burn family, h ad later used the 101 n


h ad to build i t to divert water to the corn mill for


Mr. B. Sharpies as leader. On alighting a t th e entrance


to th e village, a sho r t walk took us along th e level stretch of road a t the foot of Sawley Brow the 2nd. which is no longer in use since the new stretch of the Ao9 was opened a short time


ago. Hops


was to see the hops which grow in the hedge a t th e side of the road. We were too early in the year to see th e p lan ts climbing b u t we did see th e climbers of las t year entwined clockwise around the trunks of haw­ thorns. Come August and the new


The object of th is short walk


from th e villages around. Salmon ami trout


the grinding. Robert Peel, a


demolition during the la s t war, and


river prior


Sharpies to


Spread its


explained how th e monks to provide power


same waiter system for h is cot-ul i th e


Halting again a t th e riverside bend


NATURALISTS RAIN


IN THE


ington who was educated a t I Sawley Abbey School and


ever h ad cleaned up th e course h ad done a remarkable good job, peace and quietness reigned. From Sawley Grange we


made for th e valley bottom where th,, Blackburn-Hellifield


railway passes through meadow and pasture, i ts former glory now departed with th e coming of modern transport. Running alongside was a sign of a new age, the pipeline for “High speed gas” crossing th e country from coast to coast.


Made to last


bottom, which is known as Stankhill beck, we took advan­ tage of a fine railway arch and made i t our dining room; we would a t least be in the dry for our sandwiches. One member studying the


Having got to th e beck in the


to n mill; h e recruited workers white bib-fronted dipper dipped +1-, „ »*morrcKe o.rftimri


a “


slope in th e p a t te rn of ancient weirs, made no great obstacle to fish going upstream. Mr. Sharpies said i t was


The weir, built on a gentle


vines will have got their greenish-yellow flowers, male


recognised th a t 'the Ribble was suitable for salmon and sea trout. Since th e end of th e Ice Age i t h ad been fed by the waters of streams coming off the limestone of North nibbles dale. This, an d th e fact th a t there was abundant food for all ages of fish, made i t highly satisfactory, in combination with th e deep holes, rocky pools and th e gravels from Selside downstream, which provided excellent spawning beds. Leaving th e village in the


and th e la t te r with short globu­ lar heads which will grow into , — - concs—th e se ar,. used in th e 1 Pawns, making of bitter beer in some p a r ts of th e country. Could it be that these


Lancashire County Council to make no waiting orders on al­ ternate days on each side of the road.


Bus stop


Council have raised no objec tion to the proposal by the Ribble Bus company to move bus stop on the A59 near Wiswell Lane, Whalley. to a point 40 yards nearer Whalley, Whallev Par ish Council have [ repeated th e ir wish th a t an era-


Although Clitheroe Rural


the Abbey but our leader men­ tioned many m atters of interest during a short h a l t by the Abbey entrance. He told how in 1147AD twelve brethren and ten converts, with an abbot in charge, came from Fountains Abbey to make a s ta r t on th e building of Sawley Abbey. They had a difficult time and asked to be allowed to go back to Fountains on account of the poor weather in the district, but their request was refused. In the 14th Century the


plants are descendants of plants grown by the Monks of Sawley Abbey? No doubt they would be well versed in the art of brewing. We did not have time to visit


ready been disapproved by the Ministr; of Transport, but fur- I ther requests are to be made.


bayment be provided. Such an embayment has al­


and a grey wagtail chased insects ju s t above th e beck. From Starkliill beck we


from which i t .


architecture of th e a rch was heard to say “They must have intended th is to la s t forever.” On a concrete ra i l close by, a


I in th 6 clicirfict eristic manlier gets its name:


climbed up to Rimington and a f te r a few hundred yards climbed a stile on th e Clitheroe side of the village to go down to nge heck an d Downham Mill where we saw some of th e old millstones formerly used in th e commill.


took us by th e fairy rocks and on to Downham Green. Erinus Alpinus, or fairy foxglove to some, was seen on th e rocks; soon th is delightful alpine plant will add i ts lovely colour to the


Limestone in depth. The final phase of our walk


direction of Sawley Lodge, we halted again a f te r a few yards to look a t a lovely rock garden w h e r e many varieties he a th e r bloomed with alpine At least one bee was


seen moving about in the h e a th e r oblivious of th e rain. A little fu rth e r on. th e party


stopped to watch a litte r of ten piglets; no doubt i t will soon he a case of “T en little pigs went to market."


Spring flowers


and Dockbur Farm, we found th a t th e flowers of spring filled th e ditches—celandines, prim­ roses, weed anemonies, king cups, violets and exquisite cushions of golden saxifrage by tile edge of th e stream. A few mallard were seen; a pheasant gliding from Noddle Hill to th c cover of th e trees a t Sawley


Making for Skinners Sike


Lodge was good to watch. Leaving Dockbur by field-


monks complained th a t the monks a t Whalley were takim all the fish from th e


re taking 1


p a th for the A59 n e a r Sawley Grange, we crossed th e course


scene. On" 'the green our leader


pointed out reef knolls of lime­ stone—'Worsaw 2,150 feet thick, Gerna 380 feet, Skyes 1,000 feet, th is surely is limestone country! Before we left the Green for


our bus home we were shown the line of th e old Roman road which crossed th e green from end to end on i ts way from Rib- cliester to York. I t was still raining and heavy


with cloud. More’s th e pity, for we were deprived of th e magni­ ficent views of th e Ribble Val­ ley and the Bolland hills from what is surely one of the best


viewpoints in the district. RAMBLER.


Petition and pictures


accompanied a petition signed by all the residents in Thorn Street, Sabden in a successful bid to have the street made up. Burnlev Rural Council’s High-


A dossier containing pictures


.................. ........... ............ river and fevent the area seemed when c an y out improveme u s t ^ so they did not get fish a t Saw- con^ared


made good—William de R im -1 very noticeable, no l i t ter. Who- road. We heard of a local boy who I no bookies. n o 1 rraffi


Sawley “Rac“es: How dif-1 ways Oonmttteetas^decided. to ^ s t u d i e d


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