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2 Clithcroc Advertiser mid Times, Friday, February 2, 1968 COUNTRY DIARY


BOTH RED AND SIKA DEER


Most people arc aware that by Kibble and Hodder there arc small herds of wild deer which manage to maintain a rather precarious existence in often hostile


surroundings. These, as we know, are


the descendants of the Sika deer which were brought to the Gisburn area at the turn of the century in order to provide hunting facilities for the R i b b l e s d a l e Buck Hounds.


After these activities came


to an end the deer had to fend for themselves and in consequence, having no pro­ tection. sought refuge in the woods by the Ribble.


tury following this return to a free and wild existence they made no effort to change their habitat. In fact i t is safe to say they did not extend then- range or territory bevond a five-mile radius of a point to which they were initially intro­ duced.


For more than half a cen­


mately eight or ten years ago, a small group went north to the Hodder. This, I believe is the most dramatic move the Sika deer have made in well over Half a century. .


Then suddenly, approxi­


1805 when the last deer were killed off in the Forest these animals were cared for and fostered. To hunt them or cause them to be disturbed was to invite prosecution and severe punishment. Indeed, the Master Forresters


when we realise that we can now say that after an absence of 200 years when such deer roamed the Forest of Bowland the red deer are back once again. At that time and previous to


to the farmer who, perhaps on seeing say lxnlf a dozen deer grazing on his pasture con- sidei-s the grass could be pxxt to a far better use by his sheep and cattle, Asthetic values and priixciples


in those days were men of great importance and such names as Hoghtons, Sherburnes and Talbots were associated with this office. Such offices were gi-anted by the King for life usually as a reward fox- services rendered. These master foresters thereupon appointed others who cax-ed for the deer, erected fences, watched for poachers nxxd generally sav to it that the cx-eatures of the chase were nx-otected for the entertainment of those who found pleasure in hunting. As we now know the intro­


. contrary, there is a herd of red deer as fine and noble as any to be seen in Scotland, not far from Long Preston, near Helljfield.


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surprised, or maybe you will at first disagree, but I assure you my photograph is perfectly authentic and is one I took of tile initial herd in question. These were originally brought to Ribblesdale. as were the Sika by a person having an eye for such things. The object was however entii-ely different, for instead of importing them for hunting, the Long Preston benefactor brought them to Ribblesdale for asthetic rea. sons. Some people like to hav( dogs around the place or maybe certain ornaments or fine pic­ tures. All sntisfv a peculiar trait in one's nature and these deer like a rare antique bring pleasui'e and gratification to their owner. Such desii-es ar understandable but when all is said and done few individuals have the space on which to support a few deer. Yet all this happened about ten yeai's ago when iust as it were to satisfy a whim aimed at beautifying the place these reel deer were placed in our valley. As I sav, the motive was


Perhaps you are somewhat


give any survey on the status of the Sika or to speculate on their future. On the contrary, at the moment I am concerned with a species of deer which are generally considered foreign to Ribblesdale. In fact if you were to mention red deer in Ribblesdalc you would undoub­ tedly be ridiculed. But let me assure you this suggestion is far from being ridiculous. On the


My object, however, is not to


are all quite understandable and admirable but when profit or pockets are to suffer thexx as a rxile such things are sooxx forgotten. L i k e patriotism, principles sooix go out of the window when money outers the door. However, this certainly docs


Sermon preached twice a year since 1680


Vicar ot Balderstones, preached the Assheton Sermon at Downham Parish Church on Sunday afternoon.


On Sunday morning, the


sermon will be preached at Whalley Parish Church by Canon D. W. Dixon, Vicar of Si. Stephen’s Church, Blackburn. At Downlxam the service was


while he bequeathed the Down- ham property, subject to his widow’s life interest therein, to his cousin. Richard Assheton, of Cuerdale, the forebears of the present Asshetons of Down- ham.


conducted by the Vicar (Rev. W. Allen) and among the con­ gregation wgre Lord and Lady Clitheroc. The sermons originated in


the will of Sir Ralph Assheton, of Whalley, which was proved


Lord Clitliei-oc, whose father was the late Sir Ralph C. Assheton.


in tlxe year 1680. Sir Ralph was an ancestor of


not apply to their present ownex- who has provided them with an extensive acreage and hospitality to which they so readily responded when fix'st introduced to Ribblesdale. They do provide a magnificent sight and on mv first visit I confess to a feeling of some excitement as I took a series of photo­ graphs..


duction of the red deer at Helli- field was for axx entirely dif­ ferent reason. Here there is no concern for the chase or the thrill of hunting or even the taste of venison. On the con-


was oertafnly one of the finest creatures I have ever seen, be it in Scotland or a southern parkland: a truly magnificent animal and an asset to any pasture. His


The stag, a twelve-pointer, travy, and Ux direct contrast within even 20 feet was enough


guess But I will say that to be


preached by a different clergy­ man each year since Sir Ralph’s will was proved, but the l-ernun erution of £2 has never varied. In each case the preacher is


The s e rm o n has been


confined to one of two texts, Job 19th Chapter, 25th, 28th and 27th verses, and Colossians, 3rd Chapter, 3rd and 4th verses.


customs which are linked with the distribution of certain charities, forms a romantic story.


The origin of these curious STRANGERS


sum of £4 towards gratifying two able and orthodox minis­ ters, -other than the incum­ bents of Downham and Whalley People being willing for the


preachers, Sir Ralph left £70, Sufficient to raise the yearly


For the payment of the


most part to hear strangers rather than their own, though perhaps better.”


time when Downham was thrice as populous as it is now, the 'Downham preaching" day was


There is a tradition that at


more of a holiday than a day of solemnity, and that a football match with the New Church lads was very usual and kept the folks away from church.


Manor of Dowitham, owning a considerable property there, as well as estates at Whally and elsewhere.


Sir Ralph was Lord of ilie weight—I dare not hazard a


1680, without leaving an heir bv either of his two wives, the title and the Whnlley estates passed to his brother Edmund,


On his death, oil January 30,


muscular exponent of the texts selected by the then squire, made a raid on the players, cap­ tured the football, and taking it with him into the pulpit, effec­ tually prevented play until the service was over. Then he gave the ball a kick off from the steps of the churchyard. For some years after the preacher always started the football down the church brow, but this custom is now obsolete.


On one occasion a very


A 700-MILE TRIP UP THE NILE


Seven hundred miles up the River Nile was the theme


of an address by Mr. G. S. Kay, of Burnley, to Chtheroe Naturalists last night week. Using colour slides to illustrate his talk, he took his audience of 60 from the Nile Delta to


The Vcn. H. N. Hodd, Archdeacon o£ Blackburn and the Aswan Dam.


wide' streets and modern sky­ scraper buildings. Up-to-date


Beginning in Cairo, we saw


buses were full t~ overflowing, with passengers riding on the


steps and hanging to the back of the vehicle. Inside, if a per­ son got a seat, it was quite common to have a few Arabs sitting on his or her lap—there was no such thing as over­ crowding.


Craftsmen


was the waterman, carrying a large round flask. He liad glasses in a bandolier round his waist and charged a half­ penny a glass. Modern health regulations did not apply here —when a glass had been used it was placed in the bandolier awaiting the next customer. The street markets were


feluccas. which are flat- bottomed merchant vessels with two masts. We also saw the sailmakers r their craft. In the main square of Cairo


Along the Nile banks were


condition padded a circle all day, turning the wheel to which it was fastened to draw water from the ground.


ing waiter in vessels, in much the same way that Jemmy Driver’s donkey pulled its cart around Clitheroe in the early part of the last century when Jemmy charged a halfpenny a


A donkey pulled a cart carry­


pictures of mosques and min­ arets; the call to prayer was now done through loudspeakers to combat the noise in the streets. Inside one mosque the wails


tin for water. Mr. Kay showed many fine


LOOKING THROUGH A WHALLEY WINDOW |


Church Magazines ll will not be denied, I think, that Church and Parish


Magazines are rarely the most stimulating and exciting form of literature. Often they are indifferently written, and com. placent in a guaranteed circulation, it is rarely that they have anything new or challenging to offer. But wc must be lair. It is not the purpose ot such


publications to be stimulating or exciting (or is it.’), and they do form a very well worthwhile record ol parish activities and projects. They keep absent friends up-io-dait with the progress of the church, and they arc a valuable means of communication ’twixt clergy and congregation.


As the years go by the


were of white marble and alabaster taken from tile outer walls of tho Pyramids; the floor covered with a massive red carpet. The City of the Dead was


value of the magazine in­ creases, and events that occasioned little comment at the time they took place seen In retrospect begin to appear quite remarkable. These thoughts p a s s e d


busy; here in the narrow streets the craftsmen were seen making beads, decorating silver plates, beating copper, making headdresses for chiefs and doing other work. Stalls were piled with fruit; tile narrow streets—little more than six feet across—were crowded with people looking for bargains and bantering the stall-holders fov a reduction in charges.


Water supply


water supply—a cow, which did not appear‘to be in top grade


“DISGUSTED” AT EDUCATION


POLICY SWITCH Great Harwood Trades and Labour Council have sent a


letter to the Minister lor Education and Science. (Mr. Pat­ rick Gordon Walker), expressing "disappointment and dis­ gust at the method adopted by No. 5 Divisional Education Committee to reverse their policy concerning comprehensive


education.” The division covers a large area including the Clithcroe


district. The letter adds; “In the very first instance


when considering Comprehen­ sive Education, the Divisional Education Committee set up a


The f i r s t Red d e e r to be re-in tro d u c ed into Rib- blcsdalc following th e ir extinction in 1 805. This f in e slag and h in d s soon adapted themselves to the strange su r ro u n d in g s and a rc now well accus­ tomed to the new te r r ito ry .


r ie cU u 4 v ” u° -md to give and a certain feeling of luLtie nleasure to a person anxiety as to what would liap-


wel.e imported for their | to give one a feeling of respect


wdio quite1 unintentionally may pen were lxc to suddcixiy decide i'*,0' nvnrided the initial stock to head m my direction with raVeth»1^establishment cf the those antlers lowered. Heaven utu e ^


entirely different from that which "brought into being the Sika and I have Often won­ dered if in a few years posterity will be tracing the origin of the red deer of Ribblesdale iust as we contemplate on the origin of the Sika which roam the Bowland area. I t is all quite possible for should the red deer be allowed to range and spread then in 20 or 30 years who, knows where they will be seext. Whatever your opinion the


However come what mav. they end of those magnificent .. truly magnificent sight antlers. “Jv neonle would con- Predictions and anticipations "theh- presence a valued are inevitable and I often won- « j r t o « landscape. dex- if in say half a century the


d e i of Bowland. help the fellow on the other


mev wou°d undoubtedly set dants of this small herd which nvnhipms as we have I were given & home and pastin-


QVintild they ever be allowed the red deer will again roam in the or Ribblesdale then Forest of Bowland—the desceii-


noted fro " c to time In con- age at Long P.-eston Perhaps n^txV.nwith the Japanese Sika you may think it all a wild Lord Ribblesdale. dream but it lias happened


imported by Lord IMPRESSIVE


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Television licence-dodgers are


befoi-e as we know with the Sika deer. So now we are left


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75 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO February 1, 1918


February 3, 1893


THERE was general gratifica­ tion in Clitheroe at the appointment of Sergeant Wal­ ter Clayton to the vacant post of Chief Constable in success­ ion to Mr. Edwards, resigned. Said our note: “We can only trust that the worthy Sergeant wilt long hold the office and, in discharging the duties •without fear or favour,’ will abundantly Justify the confi­ dence reposed in him."


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ner, at the Assembly Rooms, Whatley, the Committee of Whaliey Agricultural Society, through Mr. H. W. Worsley Taylor presented Mr. Roger Green, their chairman, with a silver salver and gold medal in appreciation of his services to the Society.


At a meeting, following din- * * *


opposition to a Government in­ quiry into the purchase of lands at Henthom for the pur­ pose of a sewage farm, and also for power to borrow the sum of £20,450 to carry out the proposed sewago for the borough. A remark dropped by the Inspector seemed to indi­ cate that the expense involved would not end with the com­ pletion of the scheme, but that the stone drains would even­ tually have to be replaced by saxxitary pipes.


There was little show of * * *


Lodge of Oddfellows appointed Dr. L. T. I*mcaster as medical officer in succession to Ixis father, the late Dr. Lancaster


Members of the Diamond Hill


ol Grindleton. *


tho Olltheroe Cricket Club com­ mittee have purchased a new donkey," says one report. ’I ts predecessor was known as ‘a bit of a tartar.’ But I under­ stand that it isn’t in i t when compared with the new pur- chos6 . . Like Balaam's ass, the


"Within the last few days, * * * *


THIS WAS NEWS 25 YEARS AGO


January 29, 1943


THE Rev. J. H. Wriglcy, Vicar of Clitheroe, was appointed by the Bishop of Manchestex- to succeed the Rev. R. Newman, as Rural Dean of Whalley. *


interests ot local quari-ymen, more than 60 of whom had


A dance was promoted in the


enlisted for the Forces. *


W. Rigby, Slaidburn. *


for disabled sailors. *


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in this neighbourhood—Jan­ uary 9th—was made by Mr. J.


Claixxx to the first lambs born * #


Independent Chapel produced £94 16s for Lady Jcllicoe's fund


A sale of work at Holden *


vered aixnually ot Downlxam Parish Ohxirch on January 30tlx, was preached by the Rev. F. G. Chevassut, Vicar of St.


The Assheton Sermon, deli­


Thomas’s, Blackburn. *


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meeting of Clitheroe Conserva­ tive Club that 74 members were serving with the Fox'ces. Mr. R. O. Assheton was elected chair­ man of the Club in succession to the late Mr. Robert South- worth; Alderman A. Roberts, treaswer; and Mr. T. Bennett,


I t was stated at the annual


secretary. *


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Chxb at their annual meeting, re-elected Mr. Eli Bradley, chairman; Mr. W. If. Pember­ ton, treasurer; and Mr. J.


Members of Cltthcroc Liberal


Brooks, secretary. *


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Riddle of the R ssian Revolu­ tion” in a lecture . t tha King Lane Hall, by the Rev. Joseph Clare, Pastor of the British-


lig h t was thrown on “The


American Church in Petrograd. *


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animal has a wonderful faculty for standing up for itself, and most likely will, if teased, get most tun ■ out of the trans­ action.”


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Waddixxgton to raise funds for the erection of a war memorial to men of the parish who had fallen in the war.


A committee was formed at


A SHARP inci'case in the cost ot elementary education in


Clithcroe was indicated when estimates for the following year’s expenditure, were pres­


ented to tile Education Com­ mittee. The Education Officer (Mr. H. Wrigley), pointed out that the estimate as submitted


would require a precept ot £9.635. against, a precept tor the current year of £8,500. *


the 32nd of the series, took place in fixe King Lane Hail, when the Royal Engineers’ New Dance Band provided the music


The annual Fanners’ Ball, * »


for dancing. ^


land Rural Council, the Mini­ stry of War Transport decided not to close cextain footpaths


In the Slaidburn and White- wen district, as was originally intended.


tinuance of dual control in order to ensure religioxis teach­ ing in schools was adopted by Bowland Education Committee at their meeting at Clitherca Town Hall. * #


A resolution urging the con­ * * *


to establish a mutual aid scheme to come into operation in the event of damage to their premises during an air raid, the object being to provide alternative premises and to carry out salvage of goods from


Clitheroe tradesmen decided *-


the bombed shops. * *


were made by Captain R. C. Musson when he addressed fel­ low-members of tile Clitheroe Rotary Club on minor social


Many interesting suggestions *


reooiistruction. *


In Clitheroe were: The Grand, York Street: “Salute John' Citi­ zen", “Blossoms In the Dust’ and “Dinner at the Ritz". King Lane Picture Hall: “A Gentle­ man After Dark", and “The Courtship of Andy Hardy; and the Palladium, Duck Street: “Old Mother Riley in Paris," “I live on Danger" and "Green Eyed Woman.”


Among the films being shown wtart to the year will scon give way to rapid progress In your mork. Take advice on any major t atter involving money. Domes­ bic responsibilities may increase


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f a scheme laid long ago s Wednesday: An indifferent


ut will brlnr ....... “— ----- taThursday: There Is danger in reted as lack of Interest. Keep


mking a back-scat In business p atters—this could be Inter­


which will give you time to reconsider your present position


Friday: A less energetic year,


■ 5 .T:-' A&yfot


your own Interests In mind. ’A decision affecting your future, will have to bo made soon.


- t C l f tn m Following protests fx;om Bow­ 4-


special stamp issues are made to the Potmaster General. This year there will be five special issues, including one to mark the first flight of the French prototype Concorde.


Some 80 requests a year for


Secondary Modern, or the Sec­ ondary Grammar Schools, and the majority of the teaching profession were in favour of the scheme.


working party which was com­ posed of 12 elected representa­ tives and 12 teacher representa­ tives from the various types of schools within the No. 5 Divi-


Education was agreed upon by the working Party, which was put before a Study Group for their observations. The Study Group consisted entirely of pro­ fessional teachers who with very little modification agreed with the recommendations of the Working Party. “The Divisional Education


sion. After twelvee long meetings system of Comprehensive


ready for implementation when the approval of the Lancashire County Council was granted.


“The policy was all planned BOMBSHELL


when the County Council asked the No. 5 Divisional Education Committee to reconsider their long and short term proposals which had previously been


Then came the bombshell


accepted. “We might mention here


Committee then decided to hold four public meetings, one each in Great Harwood. Risliton. Padiham. and Clitheroe, at which the Divisional Education Officer outlined in great detail the suggested system. The meetings were well attended and many questions were asked but overall the parents accep­ ted the scheme with very few objectors. We may also add that no objections to the scheme came from any of the Junior


that no reequest for reconsider­ ation had been asked for at tlie Divisional Education Com­ mittee. The request came from the Coun ty E d u c a t i o n Authority.


this reversal of policy is the fact that they never consulted the W o r k i n g Party, the t e a c h i n g profession, the parents, or tile governors of the various schools concerned. We feel strongly that this was a hasty decision taken on the spur of the moment, and is not in the best interest of Educa­ tion or local government.


“What. we deplore about ail We saw an ancient form of


outside the city walls. Here the rich people had built mauso­ leums tor their dead. The poor of the cil.v marked the last resting place of their dead with a rough-hewn stone. We saw the poverty of Cairo


—ramshackle dwellings ot scrap tUnber. tins and all sorts


of odds and ends. Hero in Cairo was the first


days.


magnificence of the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of Kings at Thebes, discovered in 1922. His coffin, weighing l i tons and made of gold, was placed in a special coffin of wood and enclosed in a golden shrine with golden effigies to


Tulankhamen’s tomb Many pictures showed the


guard him. Here in the Valley of Kings


were the burial places of the Pharaohs, where great treasure had been found in the past


the Aswan Dam being built. Mr. Kay said that theoretically the dam was being built by the Egyptians with the help of Russia, but really i t was being built bv Russia with the help of the ‘Egyptians. The comple­ tion of the dam would provide water for the irrigation of many thousands of acres, and


and much of it stolen. Further up the Nile we saw


for the people. Mr. Kay had taken many


pictures of high quality and great interest. He was mtio- duced by Mr. W. M. Marshall and was thanked by


StnnieI’ RAMBLER, E.


university in 970 A.D. There were 52,000 volumes in the lib­ rary and teaching was similar to ' the teaching of Biblical


to water as we read The same and venison sent by Sir w Cuiiiiffe Brooks, M.I-„ :,r.r; other kind friends found veudj purchasers at good price.-.


through my mind as 1 read a number of magazines of our own church and parish (which also circulated in Read, Barrow, and Wiswell), and which were kindly loaned to me by a reader of this feature.


FIELD DAY


1889. when the ••Whitsuntide Walk” is recorded. The route was from the Church to Hole-


The earliest is dated July-


houses and return for service, __i


and at afternoon


and friends passed through the turnstiles. These ing figures, but passed


the “TOpiri nav” in the some


Field Day 470


morning when, for the Temper­ ance


at 6-30 the


Blackpool over 500 people en­ trained. The weather war


Society Rooms at excursion to


we read, and the report ends, “An abundant meal was pro­ vided


fine Grace was at


the Central Coffee 6-30 p.m.


impressive way by 280 guests.” An important decision was


sung in the most and the


reached in August 1890—a decision for which many people have long had cause to be grateful. A meeting was called to discuss the renova­ tion of, and alterations to, the church, and it was reported that "everyone wishes that the Church* warden’s pew, the “Cages and all the ancient carvings should be retained”.


reports a two dav "Sale of Work” in aid of the ‘School Church” at Barrow, when the sum of £126 Gs. 7d. was raised. Assuming that the pound to­ day is worth only one tenth of what it was at that particulai time, tliis is a praiseworthy sum indeed. Our mouth began


The January 1891 issue


February 18): You will have a elxanco to take the lnintive in a money muttev and it will pay y°\J m do so and to act swiftly and llrmly Extra care will be needed when dealing with a new domes-


THE STARS AND YOU anuARIUS I January 20 to


FOR WEEK COMMENCING 5th FEBRUARY. 1968.


tl0pSnESC1(Fcbruary 19 to March


->0): Be careful what you say about other people. An innocent


they were sur­ following


are


scholars surpris­


emphasis to the chanqrjD interests of the communav fo.- we read “Prizes were disia. buted to the successful com. petitors at the Buttcr-masins class which has been held the Assembly Rooms under uK auspices ol tho County ( our.r::. Forty three pupils have alter, ded the two series ol ciat-u that have’been held.


A note in the November the same year give*


affairs of the "Adam CoUam Trust” we learn that two of the Almshouses were emptv and that “it is probable the trustees will not elect ar.oU-.tr inmate at the present lime, a


In a report of 1893 ou to i


FARMER! OF DA] ENDIN! ON II


The strong view.-, of th


question of banning imports foot-and-mouth disease is er


bv Mr. G. T. Williams, pres [Union, in a letter to the M


[Peart. M.P.). [ In his letter Mr. WiltiamsI emphasises that he considers! It absolutely necessary to| make the position of the j-irming community abso-|


Ljvvtivc to keep the issue oi fcmpart regulation on iminia’: Ir'iith grounds quite separate ' '-oni ttte need to regulate sup­ plies for reasons of productior


i iuicly clear. "\Ve consider that it is mv


in consequence of the aiieres; payable on securities, die a- come of tile chanty is consiao:- ably less than it used to be, and Hie sum payable to each pensioner must not be funner reduced."


thei-e was trouble with devalua­ tion and the falling value ot the pound sterling.


Evidently, even 7o years ago.


looking up and we read that or, the anniversary ol the testator* birth the trustees met tor to annual dinner when an excel­ lent meal was provided, and there was a fireat dcai o! pleasant conversation abou:. to present state of the trust as


In 1889, however, things ait -------- , ,


?; 'etxt emergency had beei irought under control and tha


Reviewed in three months tini f still in operation. "So long as there is any risk


hey would in any event b


hirectly or indirectly, that ini torts of meat from count™, .here the disease is endemr


w-ell as about ancien. wotth.e. ! :;S(,ro^UC€rs—and the country a. ................ --.'the interests ot our hvestocl


magazine are derails ot the it.- vices, arrangements for marri­ ages. christenings, iunerals eic within the parisn, and the fo.- lowing notice under the heat­ ing of "Charities ■ will be o; interest. "The Dole is d:s;:.-; buted by the Vicar. Churca- wax-dens, and Overscecrs. o to poor of Whallev. Read. V\is,u., and Mytton on December ris: at 10-30 a.nx. in the Gins School. A p p l i c a n t ? ait requested to attend in persor.. as the trustees deprcca.c as attendance of children. S.


and to plan tor the iutu-.e. now leisure interest or occupation will take more and more pi join time but will give great pleasux e. c Saturday: You will move much


loser to the realisation ol jput deepest ambitions this year. The middle months could be decislte- Kecp your eyes open for oppox- tunitics to develop new skills


anSundayTDbmestie affairs will


but thoughtless give rise to serious complications.


The atmosphere is likely to be emotionally charged this week. YARIES (March 21 to April 201.


week, but it will be very populai with people “


take precedence this year. will have to resolve involved Piob- lems affecting young people and u c h will depend on yoiu advice


ou may have to make a rathex unconventional decision tnis


value. Discretion will be nc£ded. though, when dealing with older


whose judgment you


P<TAURUS (April 21 to May.201: Trv not to rely too much on others, specially where careci matters are involved. You w ill move fastest and achieve most b> aSing alone, without the risk of


CmCEM"NI “ 2?to Jiao 201: A nvely and successful week lies ahead. Money matters woik out to vour advantage and you can afford to Indulge youiself a little Resourcefulness


thought lor others will overcome an d


°^CAN^E1R (June 21 to July 21): you may be asked to toko on a


inmr-term job or make a mojoi decision (or the future. COrglder tho matter carefully and consult


close friends, if stand to gain greatly by malting


ntfILEOtt^july22<to August 21):A i ew interest may enter your llfe


In the latter stages of the week. mostlyt will have remarkable effects,


ncrson for the good, on jour visit troin an old colleague or


nl relationships. Possible


ChV?RG(? (August 22 to Septem­ ber 22): Your plans tqr this weck


are likely to be conipleteiy upset by tlio intervention of an old Irlond or relative. This eould create unnecessary ten.slon. for


Work of the Forestry


Commission


Forest YFC, Dunsop Bridge, on Wednesday week Mr. Hall. Head Forester of Bowland and Gis­ borne Forests, gave a talk and showed slides on “ The work of the Forestry Commission To­ day.” His talk provoked great Interest among members and many questions were asked. Mr- John Clegg conducted


At a meeting of Bowland


the meeting and thanks to Mr. Hall were expressed by Mr.


David Bolton. A short business meeting fol­


lowed, in which senior and junior quiz teams were orga­ nised for the recommencement of the winter competitions.


„ time to think carefully about your own views._______ ____


extremely interesting alter sl They add to our knowledge o' the village in an age long pas­ tor few survive today who could give such a clear anc authoritative picture.


there we are. These old magazines proie


NEW THINKING


another week several thoughts inevitably ai-ise. Concer ts socials, lectures, and maw forms of church activity are faithfully recorded in these o,a magazines, ail of which are duplicated today—but with this striking difference. Tcdar they


As I lay my pen aside tor yet


sthink it would be disastrous i -fthr in


’ loot and mouth’ disease whil- - tlie present emergency is bcint - ill u announced that the arrsn •> "cements were temporary, tha i tliej would last until the pres


: far as possible, the risk any new primary outbreak o


&nd commercial policy. We re to-nise that your courageou: decision in announcing a bat Ibn imports on December 4tl "ast wes designed, as you sta cd in the House, ’to reduce.


lould result in another primal- Outbreak, following passibl. Iwiftlv on tile one which ha not vet worked itself out. w


and Whalley in tito olden tune. | Vi-nole—if the ban were to b1 Oil the back cover of ean ;.a£ . ---- .


[markets caused by this epicUl me. Acceding to request: fcl


•el-axed either before Marcil th or immediately thereafter! he public has certainly .su:| ered from the disruption


Situation whereby eveyorl [could suffer even more severeil .han in the present outbreak, f The information which yo|


|6 per cent of the primary on I ireaks since 1954. the causl


-rovided in the House in repil o Mr. Kitson's question o| ecember 8th showed that


Seas assessed as contact wit! mported meat and bones, axil [actual or possible contact " i |


ihe relaxation of the impoif an could well bring about


are nowhere near so attended or supported, our churches today by and large, and of all denominations pro­ vide few, if any. different “social outlets" tor then- mem­ bers—today’s a n n u a l p»; gx-axmnes are little different to those of eighty years ago. Clearly, our young peop.e


speak with justification "'hen tliey say that our churches art “not with it” and "out-of-date • Obviously’, churchgoers are


not keeping pace with the pas­ sing centuries, and tlxe rate has come for a great deal o- new thinking if young peopte are again to be attracted i*


churches throughout the coun­ try. I f the problem was tacKjeo witlx bi-oadminded imagination we might once more be able to record, "Foxn- hundred scholars i


*


and friends walked in tilc V® | cession."


J.r,


you will ultimately gain from ilio changes in plan.


^Vlth^tho wtlons' ^-o th e rsb u t against your will, you will have to encourage them. TYy to keop your temper and your views to yourself or there could be


r S*CORPIO (October 23 to Nov­ ember 22): The time favoxira decisions in romantic axxd social matters, and you should dictates of your heart. A kindly action by a close friend will heto you and disprove your earlier


^SAGITTARIUS (November 23 v to December 20): A Problem in-


you think. You will discover that others arc depending, .upon ywL Luckily, a perswxsl sucoess


boiving your work will have to o taken more seriously than should give you strength to go


self. You could be badly hurt by Jumping in too quickly. You re­ ceive good news—but will be surprised by tlic reaction ot


venture before tak i^ part youx>


^CAPRICORN (December 21 to January 19): Walt to see what nrKfrSs Is made with a new


others. THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAY Monday: An Interesting and


profitable year ahead, when your decisions will prove to be vlgnt and a financial gamblo will pay off. An exciting and romantic meeting is probable about mid­ Icar which could have slgnl-


s Tuesday: You will make sub­ careetantial progress where your


carit results. ,,, ,


wil r is concerned. Hard work carel bo needed and you must take w to guard your health. You o ill be delighted by tho outcome


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