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2 Clithcroc 'Advertiser and Times, Friday, June 30, 1967 COUNTRY Pl f lRX H I Sifefe « » | A ^ p f e s P ^ | ^ M ' ?> lltip llp lll ?;


Invited to


Palace Garden, Party ■


Mr. Mark Lawrence,' Group


Secretary a t Brockhall Hos­ pital,- Langho, for - the p a s t 15


years, has been invited, with his wife, to a ttend a garden party a t Buckingham Palace


on Wednesday, July 12. Mr. Lawrence, of Millstone


Cottage. West Bradford, has been employed by Brockhall and Calderstones Hospitals-for


about 42 years. The couple lived a t Brockhall


NOT so very long ago the Mayor of Clitheroe, Aid. T. Robinson, in proposing a (oast to Rowland Council said that one of his favourite viewpoints was that to be obtained from the top of the hill on the old road from Whitewell. Many are familiar with this sp o t which is on the road from Cow Ark to he


the most outstanding vistas in our district and one which to be fully appreciated must be seen at all seasons, for it is under varied conditions, that the full and indeed unique panorama can really


Hotel—and is actually on top of Hall Hill, or maybe we should say-Hawcs Hill. It certainly presents one of


be enjoyed. Comparisons are futile,


but few people will have reason to question the


mayor's choice. But whenever I read or


doubt an unrivalled aspect. The distances arc not so great. : "1 th e magnificent sweep of I-Iod- der fa r below is one. if seen tinder favourable conditions you will never forget. Of course ■tastes vary but for general appeal this view of Hodder is one which will certainly be n e a r the head of any list. Then again, as 1 have found from experience, on th e or


hear of such my mind at once flashes to all the other places which, in all fairness must not bo forgotten in our search for outstanding views. Halt Hill is, without any


nounced effect and can change th e scene in a most remarkable fashion. Sec it


the season. All have time of day.


exactly flic same vantage point in


with a high sun and the entire valley is one of smooth slopes with fells carpeted in greens of varied shades. Then see i t


in Ju ne or July


with the massive slope of Tot- ria


rutumn. What a


dge and the distant fells bey ond Dunsop flushed with russet


a uxc cuauuu- VO tuib uuy change


it all depends the


a pro­ light,


bracken. Or if you want a scene of contrast, full of detail and personality, then see i t in early spring when the sun is low or in the evening again with the sun in the west, and you will agree th a t this is the time and season when the folds and con­ tours are emphasised in dark relief. As for myself I must admit th a t in spite of fam­


iliarity I find myself repeatedly taking just one more photo­ graph each time 1. pass when conditions are again changed. I t may not have th e same im­ pact as Glen Coe and Glen More, but it certainly h a s a serene and wonderful prospect a t all seasons.


indulgent or too lavish with our praise or give the impression th a t th is is th e only view by Hodder o r , Ribble. As everyone knows there are lots of others which cry out for attention. Be­ fore leaving Hodder watershed you must also consider the mag­ nificent panorama to be enjoyed from ju s t below Walloper Well off the Fell gate. Here again so much depends on the season and time of day. You also have similarly


We must not however be over a


from a much from Meanley Easington are


pare n


energetic what with


eastern «**u.


the Hodder Vale over Dunsop a glorious b i rd s eye view over w -....... —


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1 the Hodder to Clitheroe with th e smooth flanks of Pendlc


TE FO DR INEPENEND CE


TO THE ELECTORS OF CLITHEROE Once again 1


oiler myself as an Independent candidate at the forthcoming by- clcction. It is an c I c c 1 i o n brought about by party politics, not with the in­ tention of benc- lltting Clitheroe —of this I feel certain— but purely for party political


power. In recent years, have party politics benefited


Clitheroe? A few weeks ago 1 wrote in this paper about the


Civic Hall. We well remember the Conservative- Labour split that cost us the King Lane Hall, when it was offered to the town for £15,000.' That party political feud led to the panic buying of the Civic Hall. At what cost?—purchase price £13,000. with substantial alterations to be done in four phases. Phase one has already cost you the ratepayer £9,186. Yet one of the councillors who most vigorously opposed the buying of the King Lane Hall is again seeking election 1 bitterly oppose any further waste of public money on phases 2. 3 and 4 of the Civic Hall scheme.


Do You ? Where are we going to build those elusive baths? Once more we may have the King Lane Hall on


Ihe market—at what cost we don’t know. Is this chance again going to be ignored? What better place for baths, dancing and perhaps "a revival of Opera Week, than the King Lane Hall? Site for site, money for money which will serve'Clitheroe best as a Civic Hall. The Council purchased Roefield Farm. Last week


the council let the land for a caravan rally. Why not help the rates by creating a permanent caravan site here, at very little cost? Clitheroe is situated at the gateway to some of the finest scenery in the country. Let us make use of that good fortune. If you agree why not give me your vote—1 pro­ mise it won’t be wasted. My allegiance will be to the


ratepayers—not to a party. Yours sincerely. R. P. AINSWORTH.


44 Shawbridge Street. Clithcroc.


sonality. Particularly in th e late afternoon th e observer can have a wonderful time with pair of good binoculars.


Spectacular


th a t really spectacular view when standing above Grindle- ton n ear Herris’s farm. Below the sweeping bends of Ribble on i ts journey from Denham Wheel by Fudsey’s Leap to the meadow lands of Sawley. All not fa r distan t b u t from this point looking like some mini­ ature model arranged for spec


Another favourite of mine is


ive view of Bol)ton-by-Bowland and th e Craven skyline then


tacular effect. And if you desire an impress


you need only move East to the Height’s where a pleasant time may be spent surveying fam­ iliar items from a most advan tageous height. And while you are in such a


forming a pleasing background And best of a ll i t is always changing. In spring, o r autumn, or winter, i t is never dull but forever presenting a new per­


road. T h en th e


inspiring lower ju s t


above if


invigorating can


of the sight before you over Stocks. Brennand and Whiten-


dale should not be ignored, or th a t to be seen from New Launde farm in the direction of


Dunsop Bridge.


Overwhelmed There are several others and


we dare not ingnore those in Ribblesdale. Maybe your fav­


ourite is th a t to be seen from old Pendle, where on a clear day you can survey Ribblesdale from Craven to Preston. Per­ haps when compared with the view from Hall Hill th is scene from Pendle is ju s t too vast. At such a vantage point we become overwhelmed and be­


wildered a t tlie sweeping land­ scape. The feeling of enormous space is seldom experienced so


fully th a n on Pendle. Much better I would say is


view b ut elevation the you


com­


from landscape to be seen from the heights of Burn Fell. Here you


have a n uninterrupted view of and Whitewell. Or a t --- . .


the view, from Whalley Nab. Here the observer has not the gigantic area with which to contend. He can pick out the more intimate details in the foreground and near dis­ tances. Here we have a bird’ eye view of Whalley with its new and spreading estates and beyond is Kemplc and the hills of Bowland etched in familiar outline on the western horizon. I f you want to see, i t all in


reverse th en what of tile terrific expanse which lies below you as you stan d on Kemple? What


A beautiful , view of the Hodder Valley from Hall Hill, Whitewell. Making plans


“I'm going to the seaside,” Said Little Jane next door. 'Mam's taking us to Blackpool,


I ’ve never been before, I t ’s t ’bestcst place in all the world,


We’ll play all day on t'sands!” 'We’re going for us ’olldays”


and weeks,


Said Marlene (she’s sixteen), ■I’ve got missel’ some smaslun’


Ju s t like a Beauty, Queen, We’re goin’ dancing ev’ry night, With Doreen’s boy friend, Gus, ■Es real switolied on, ’e’s proper


clothes,


‘E’s super fabulous! ‘Ahm ready fer mi ’oliday,”


Said Mam “Ah'm fa ir worn out, T h a weanfc sec me oil dancing, Ond dashing round about, What wi’ packing t ’bags and weshing,


Ond hev mi meals made!” t ’shops,


“Ah’se be reight fain to get the e r”


Said Grandma, “T h a t Ah will, Yore Grandad used to tek me,


Afore 'e took so ill, Ah’ll find missel’ a deck cheear,


Ond s i t ond look a t t ’sea. I f Ah con sit, ond knit, ond rest,


T h a t’s good enow’ fer me!


Thus, with th e ir hopes, their schemes and dreams.


They go upon th e ir way; Here’s wishing -them—and all of you—


A perfect holiday! “JIMIFEL.” gear,


^ bet as i t is grand, No school for weeks, and weeks,


Hospital for about 27 years, b u t moved to West Bradford. Mi\ Lawrence’s birthplace, 10 weeks ago, preparatory to . his re tirem ent. in thre e years’ time.


the invitation from th e Lord Chamberlain la s t week, said


Mr. Lawrence, who received


th a t a s far as he knew i t was the first, time someone from Brockhali Hospital h ad been invited to such a n occasion.


trip wiSI bring


long awaited riunion and a visit to Expo


A CLITHEROE family arc beginning a “trip of a lifetime” next Monday when they fly from London fq New York and (hen On to Montreal.


.t The main reason that Mr. and Mrs. ^Mlliam Davies,


Ond seeing t'bills is paid, All’ll be content to look a t


their son Ian (13) and daughter Alison (1 i t arc making the trans-Atlantic flight is to see Mr. Davies’ Stcr, Mrs. Nellie Diiflin, who emigrated to Canada about 50 years ago. But they will also find time to see the Canadian centenary year


exhibition, Expo ’67. For Mr. Davies, whose also be visiting Niagara Falls, a s


home is at 4, Denbigh Drive, Clitheroc, the meeting with his sister will be a long- awaited re-union, for he-has not set eyes on her since she


left England. Mr. Davies, a male nurse a t


Brockhall Hospital, an d Mrs. Davies, a teacher a t the hosp­ ital told the Advertiser and Times; “We had planned an earlier visit, but with Expo ’67 being held tills year i t seemed the ideal time to go. We shall


DRIVING RAN, ON MILK RETAINER


Capstick, of De Lacey Street, was fined £30. ordered to pay £19 7s. Od. costs and disqualified from driving for one year at Clithcroe yesterday week. He had pleaded guilty to


A 59-year-old Clitheroe milk retailer, Mr. George


driving a van when unfit to drink or


drive through


drugs; His solicitor, Mr. W. D.


mood why n o t take a trip to Knotts Hill ju s t off the Tosside- Forrest Beck’s road. From such a wind swept h eight "on are afforded a n almost full circle of th e immediate an d distant landscape. And so, like myself, you will find th a t th e choice of a perfect view is not easy. Our countryside is so rich


Greenwood, told the court th a t Capstick, a respectable citizen of the town who h ad been in business on his own account for the p a s t 18 years, was not a heavy, drinker. On Friday, May 19, the day


police car along Moor Lane towards Parson Lane, saw defendant driving slowly a t 10 to 15 m.p.h., veering con­ stantly from the kerb to the centre of the road. Negotiating a sharp bend in Parson Lane, he went completely over to the offside of the road, returning again to the nearside.


verdict is dangerous and diffi­ cult. And ju s t a s I would hate to have to give my choice on the prettiest village by Ribble or Hodder so would I fear pre­ senting the crown to any view. Each h a s I suppose some par­ ticular attractio n for each in ­ dividual. All depending on per­


sonal tas te and th a t as you will admit is very varied. However, no matter what your choice most people will agree th a t the view over Hodder from Hall Hill is very popular. NATURALIST


in vantage points that v.. find something really out standing in every one. The task of giving a final


of the offence, h e h ad had his te a between 4-0 and 4-30 p.m., milked th e cows, and th en set off in his motor v an to collect the week’s milk money from customers, finishing a t about 9-0'p.m. In accordance with his


lands the van appeared as though i t was going to collide with the railway bridge, b u t a t ■the las t minute, th e vehicles indicator flashed and the van turned to the light.


Continuing towards Bawd-


usual custom, he th en went to the Brown Cow in Whalley Road, for a drink. After he had bought a. bottle of the light beer lie usually drank, he was treated to a further four bottles which h e later found h ad been of a stronger beer. He did not realise the drink had affected him as much as it apparently had.


Earlier, Mr. J. A. Bowers, prosecuting said th a t a t 11-30 p.m. P.C. Booth, driving a


Veered


a vehicle parked in De Lacy Street before i t stopped 100 yards further along th e near­


The van almost collided with


side. When PC Booth stopped his


car a t the rear, defendant began to reverse, an d the


officer h ad to reverse smartly to prevent a collision. At Clibheroe Police Station


Capstick told Dr. G. Hampson th a t he had drunk 4} p in ts of


beer. Defendant said he h ad taken


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tablets for a cold on th e day of th e offence.


WAS. NEWS


75 YEARS AGO JULY 1, 1892


CLITHEROE Board of Guar dians were concerned at the alarming increase in the num-


|b e r of vagrants who visited-the workhouse in the previous two weeks. The Master reported th a t 300 had been lodged in the casual wards, and Mr. Har­ rison, Relieving Officer, stated t h a t <in- Addition to' these he had paid for iodgings for 34 jn the town. The Master, stated th a t the numbers represented an increase of ' 100 per cent.


(The casuals were mostly work­ ing men and not of. the vaga­ bond type. He; attributed the increase to strikes in the North of England.* ; •


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| Peter’s Guild, . Hurst Green was observed on June 29, when there was, the. customary pro cession, .dinner ^an’d business


meeting. * * Pendleton ' Oddfellows-' .had


I their club, day on Ju n e , 25. * • “


, ; The Rev. S . . S. .Barton, of Leeds, preached the’ Sunday School anniversary sermons a t Moor -Lan e -Un ited Methodist Church for the 42nd successive


1 year,


50 YEARS AGO JUNE 29, 1917


THERE was ■ an exciting inci­ dent on Saturday evening, when a colt belonging to Mr. Adam Holden, of Worston, escaped from its tether in th e yard of th e Swan and Royal Hotel, and dashed into Castle


25 Y EA R S AGO JUNE 26, 1942


ABOUT 50 senior boys of the


Street. After executing a pretty manoeuvre on - the footpath, the colt took fu rth e r fright and raced away, drawing a gig, through the Market Place and up Chatburn - Road. As the streets were fairly busy a t the time., many narrow escapes were witnessed. Finally th e colt reached the Pcndle Hotel, Chatbum, where the gig over­ turned and the colt was


secured. * * * Members of the Corporation


made then- annual inspection of the waterworks and af ter ­ wards partook of tea a t the Bungalow, which h ad ju s t been purchased from Mr. A.


Hitchen.* * * A. supplement to the London


Gazette contained th e official report of the deed of gallantry for which , Lieut. R. Ingram Musson, Royal Engineers, son of >Dr.- and M r ; A, W.-. Musson; of King Street; was awarded the Military .Cross. Lieut. Mus­ son won' the decoration in the successful crossing of the


Tigris before Baghdad. * * •


Military Hospital, Whalley, Lance-Corporal James Welch,


A p a tien t a t Queen Mary’s


Royal- - Berkshire Regiment, whose home was a t Sheffield


was awarded the V.C.


Catholic School spent a day a t Southport, accompanied by th e ir headmaster. The lads found ample amusement m boating on the Marine Lake swimming and ‘ “crabbing.” I t was a tired but contented party th a t arrived back in Clitheroe a t 9-45 p.m.


* * *


Mr. Tom Siveetman, formerly of Whipp Avenue, Clitheroe,


and residing a t the George and Dragon Inn, Downham, cele­ brated his 76th birthday.


the - Rev. - Dennis Warden Holt Vicar of St. Thomas’, Black­


A former Vicar of. Langho.


burn, . w a s . married : a t ' Ail Souls’ Church, Bolton, to Miss Kathleen Margaret Harper,


daughter of the R«v- G. A. Harper, Vicar of All Souls’ and a t one time curate ■ of St. Thomas’, and Mr. Harper.


the Catholic School, gained an a r t scholarship a t Blackburn Technical College.


* * ♦


Electrical Engineer, was in­ stalled as president of Clitheroe Rotary Club. The ceremony was performed by his predecessor. Councillor W. Whiteside who,


Mr. A. H. Todd, the Borough


received a past p residents jewel as a token of apprecia­ tion.


in . turn, Robert Balshaw, a pupil- of


well as many places of interest in New York, where we shall be


staying for two days.” Mr. Davies’ sister, Mrs. Dufiin.


was bom in Liverpool and went to Canada in h e r teens. She was


married in Canada to an Englishman and h a s a family of


two sons an d a daughter, all of whom a rc married.


family have lived in Clitheroe for two years. Their home was formerly a t Langho, where they lived for 11 years.


One regret


the tr ip is marred only by the fa c t th a t he will miss the school sports a t Riblesdalc County Secondary School, Clitheroe, where he is a pupil.


For Ian, their younger son, L ast year Ia n was firs t in the


80 yards flat race an d second in th e 160 ‘yards. He regrets miss­ ing th is year's sports because he had entered for the javelin throwing, long jump. .100 yards and 160 yards events. He fe lt th a t good results in


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Montreal on Wednesday, July 26, they will he looking forward to another re-union, th is time with Mr. an d Mrs. Davies’ elder son, Russell, who is n o t accom­ panying his parents, brother


When the family re turn s from and sister.


LOOKING THROUGH A WHALLEY WINDOW Heart of the village


our village, it must be the ancient parish church of St. Mary and All Saints.


IF ANY one building can be said to be the very heart o£ .


feel a certain glow of pride that our -parish church has features that make it a place of pilgrimage to antiquarians and archaeologists throughout the country, and that learned societies seeking to improve their knowledge of ecclesias­ tical history visit Whalley and feel themselves richly


Whatever our personal denomination, we cannot but


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grey old building was raised in the 12th century, at least two other churches occupied the site—a Norman church founded within fourteen years of the Conqueror’s landing at Hastings, and before that a wooden building, the ‘White Church under the Hill,’ min­ istered to the spiritual needs of the parish—a parish that extended over one ninth of the whole of our county of


brewhouse and prepared the ale for public festivals and holidays.


and money l e n d e r s ' and advanced money ag ains t the security of title deeds an d valu­


They acted as pawnbrokers


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ables. Whether all these duties were


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included in th e functions of our Whalley officials I am unable to say, but most certainly some of them would fall within their province.


WARNING BELLS


Lancaster. ‘ That this'Wbite Church did


exist is well documented, al­ though the. experts hesitate to put a precise date to it’s establishment, ’somewhere be­ tween the -seventh and tenth centuries’ is as far as they will go. Before this;, date even, i t is


possible th a t; a Roman place of worship stood here, close to th e banks of th e Calder, for stones unquestionably Roman in origin are incorporated in tile present structure, as-fire portions of the rugged Norman buildings. Although today th e primary


function o f '.th e church is to care for the.: religious welfare of th e district, a s indeed i t h a s always been;? in earlier days it was to a n even greater extent the focal point of th e village


communal life. For centuries i t fulfilled the


today. Withiiii i t ’s walls courts were held arid judgement given on all kinds “ of offences, deci­ sions taken; on disputed wills and m a t te r sp f public morality, on divorce arid legitimacy. Fines were imposed, and


purpose of miany civil buildings


as today, public notices were displayed, within i ts walls and from its steps proclamations were made, in th e churchyard the chapmen sold th e ir waxes, an d here, on May Day, th e may-


In the porch of th e church,


pole would be raised. When danger th reatened th e


clamour of th e hells gave fo rth


a warning—as we know they would have done in 1940 h ad our worst fe a rs materialised—


a t times of n ational rejoicing they rang out a merry peal. They tolled solemnly for th e dead and dying, they sang gladly for th e betrothed an d newly-wed, they were indeed


the voice of th e parish. And th e hallowed church was


the h e a r t of th e village. J.F.


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punishments?, decreed. In the church inquests were held and decisions tqken, and accounts of a ll these-rimportant activi­ ties are preserved in the. County Records


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strife th e church became a place of sa fe keeping for the valuables of th e community. Here also powder and shot might well be stored, in some districts th e parish armour was held in the custody of the Churchwardens. These important gentlemen (their office is indeed a n ancient


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numerous other duties. I n some parishes in addition to their


and honourable one for i t was first instituted in 1127), had


responsibilities in connection with maintenance of services and for th e fabric cf the church, they also presented offenders against ecclesiastic law. They fixed the amounts payable for th e destruction of vermin, and sometimes the brush of th e fox an d ta i l of the badger decorated th e church .door, for th e bounties were paid


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