2 Clithcroc Advertiser Friday, May 31, 1968


Riders see impressive sights iii the land of falls


Because o f the very


h e a v y rainfall during S at ­ u rday even in g and early S u n da y morning, the Cla ­ rion cy clis ts abandoned any thoughts o f visiting pot­ h o le s during their Sunday


in title but not destination, and having in mind the un­ doubted increase in flow of water, it became, instead, a visit to the waterfalls of In- glcton and stainforth. The waterfalls that were of


run. Alter a minor modification


the stop for elevenses at. Floss Farm. By the time the coffee had been consumed, the skies had cleared and remained so for the rest of the day.


immediate concern as the club left Clitheroc were about their ears, and consequently capes had to be worn until


C a rv ed


selves for dinner. After making the short


away made the going easier but whatever it was, the arrival in Inglcton was very early and consequently the club had the cafe ail to them­


Possibly putting the capes


climb to Skinvith where the bicycles were left, the mem­ bers walked down into the gorge carved out by the River Doe and then following the watercourse upwards, saw the Snow Falls and Beezley Falls before climbing back to the road at While Scar. Once remounted, the club


soon left behind their speed­ ing wheels Chapel-le-Dale.


iRibb'.ehead and N o r to n . When on arriving in Stain­


horse bridge Stainforth Force is formed by an impressive series of rocky shelve., over which the young River Rib- ble pounds its way to the sea.


was in order. Just below the old pack


P e r l u p


■ dropped in, producing a satis­ fying "perlop”. but the river can accept more stones than there arc to throw, the rip­ ple.* soon die, and it is time


' section visit our friends in the Yorkshire Union for their Whitsun camp at Reeth in Swaledalc. No official run lias been aranged for Sunday, but sufficient riders turn up at


for tea. Next weekend the camping


gorge which contains a so- called "bottomless” pool, now a favourite playground for the skin-divers, then along­ side a small wood where swimmers use the branches of trees as diving boards and finally out into open fields to become a placid river again. Of course, being cyclists one or two stones had to be


The last fall shoots into a


forth they found they still had plenty of time and deci­ ded that a visit to the Force


RO U N D AN D A BO U T Three members o f the Clitheroe and


district support group for the n ew North Lancs Cheshire H om e , have been chosen


to have lunch with group captain Cheshire, when h e visits the h ome at Spofforth H om e, H arrogate, on June 15th. They arc Mrs. H. M. Taylor of Radholme


■/ •Lx.:- 1 ’ —


Laund. Whitewell, Mrs. Eileen Harris, 27. Chatburn Park Drive and Miss Clare Brown, 18. Turner Street, Clitheroe.


ing of tlie support group last Wednesday in the Congregational church Hall. Moor Lane.


Their names were announced at a meet­


ded to run a “disappearing drinks” venture. Starting from a small party of six, each guest will in turn, invite an ever-diminishing number to tea. coffee or something stronger, at prices ranging from 2s 6d to 5s per head. The scheme is designed for two purposes


During the summer months it was deci­ W 1


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with Quis The main street of


Bolton-by-Bowland in 1 8 9 0 shows many changes, not only in the buildings but in the activity taking


place, The main attraction


blcsdalc Band, on the left can be seen sevorai stalls.


of this Fair Day on Juno 2 8


th, is tho Rib-


tlie Wellsprings Hotel. Nick O'Pendle. on June 20th, to give members of the new group a chance to get to know each other. Any­ one else is invited to attend.


to raise money and widen the circle of people interested in the new Cheshire Home A social evening will be held at 8 p.rn. in


ing part hi the competition arc finding an odd piano which will be given to the organisers


Have a “smashing”


lime al the fete Smashed cars, burnt out shops , and


uncertain manner. Smash will be the operative word when


Clitheroe. but that same “devil-may-care'' mcod will hit the town next month in no


wrecked premises, are of ten in the news in the trouble spots o f the world as students and workers fight for what they think is right. This attitude may be far removed from


teams of men will spend their destructive urges after a quiet week in the office, smash­ ing pianos to their hearts content in the town’s annual castle fete But pianos are not easy to come by—at


bers of clitheroe Young Farmers Club and employees of the ICI works. Clitherce.


Even the gypsies


are learning! T h e recent publicity ab ou t “Op era ­


was not littered with empty bottles, waste paper and tins, Bowland Rural Council's public- health inspector, Mr. R. R. Overend, kept a close watch on a gypsy-type encampment at Coal Pit-lane End. Gisburn. Although such camps usually leave a


tion S p rin g clean .” and the Q u e en ’s visii lo the N o r th West lo o k s like it is spreading a g o od ex am p le throughout the N o r t h - ev en to the roaming gypsies! Anxious to make sure that the roadside


least those which need smashing up! How­ ever. the town has a small stockpile stored away and a number of volunteers who arc tak-


before June 8th. Amongst the teams taking part arc mem­


table stalls were occu­ pied by various mer­ chants who mainly came from Clitheroc to sell all kinds of farming equipment, such as hay rakes, spades and so on.


Hundreds of scouts


at opening S cou ts and cubs from C l i lh cro e were


present at the o f f ic ia l op en in g o f Bowley


Camp Site. Great Harwood , by the Ch ief S cou t, Sir Charles M a c lean , on Sunday. Among the distinguished guests at the


The covered por­


COUNTRY DIARY Inly on


Wild deer an important treasure of Bowland


Within the next few


w e ek s many motoris ts and walkers will be exp lo rin g the roads and by e-wa y s in B owlan d , admir in g the fells, w o od lan d s and river­ s id e scene. S om e will be


con cern ed with the general lan d scap e som e the bird


interest, most people are de­ lighted and find satisfaction in tile sight of our wild deer which are not, as so many people believe, in the most in­ accessible places or wood­ lands. On the contrary their


life o r f lowers. Whatever your particular


I w*®;-.


latal Occident town


slaughter o n mot


iy s has been cu t by the a c t io n o f th e 70 mile -


Ajr speed l im it , cla im s l in g Ch ief C on stab le jncashire, Mr. W. J . H . P


gy, in his annual report Id accidents.


^ h e number of deaths


Jg to rw a y s in 1967 fe l l by the number of injured


jjoJ as compared with 111


IrrHcre was a decrease [accidents on ordinary roads|


haunts by Ribblc and Hodder are Quite convenient and if von have time to just stand and stare you will quite often see them near human habita­ tion or in close proximity to other livestock. Following the activities and


weekend camp was Col G. G. H. Bolton, of Littlemoor House. Clitheroe. the county presi­ dent.


opening. Col Bolton traced the history of the site since it was bought by the scouts in 1965.


Writing in the official programme for the


large amount of litter, on this occasion, every­ thing had been collected and put into a con­ tainer. and the travellers had left the site quite tidy. Well done! Keep it up.


area for NE Lancashire scouting. “A tremendous amount of hard slogging


to approach nine leading industrialists to join in forming an official committee. They repres­ ented the towns which form the catchment


"As county president, it devolved on me


has been put in during the past two and a half years, and I wish to thank all who have helped to see the Bowley camp site project established.”


behaviour of the wild deer of Bowland has been a regular pastime of mine over the last quarter of the century over which period I have seen great changes. Continued dis­ turbance and persecution in certain areas and tho filing of favourite woodlands in agd around Gisburn and Bolton- by-Bowland caifeed the re­ maining stock to become very secretive and nervous. A few years ago it was


they made as they slowly went across the field in a close group. It was at this time that I stood in the wood opposite, noting, at a distance of a couple of hundred yards, their noble attributes.


What a delightful picture Seen


quite possible to follow the behaviour of a herd of roughly ten of these Sika deer in a wood not far from Gis­ burn. Each morning they would follow the same pat­ tern and just before noon the stags came into an open field where they began to graze.


T h i s w a s N e w s


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of street accidents—two children in Clitheroe and one in Chatbum were knocked down by horses—this was a quiet week. Tile worst accident of the


Save for an unusual crop


kind happened in Penny Street, Blackburn, when a five-year-old girl was knocked down and run over by a horse and spring cart driven by a Clitheroe man. The girl died in the infirmary. Pro­ ceedings were instituted against the driver for being drunk in charge of the horse, and was sent to jail without the option of a fine


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11 wusn'i Owd George I


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Jem told me the colouriul


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horse drawn lorry with hurdles round the sides, and strong rope net overall. Bui let Jem tell the story in his own way.


alter an early breakfast at one or another of the local hostelries. the hounds being brought from kennels in a


Outstanding recitals by famous organist


T h e recital in C l i lh cro e Parish Church given by Miss


the famous Bach prelude and Fugue on D. Major. Miss Weir’s registration was on continental lines, and most effective and the speed of this technically difficult fugue was breath-taking, but no matter what, the music drove stead-


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to those who had come to hear her, by the President of the Parish Church Organ Society, the Rev. Canon A. F. Clark. Her programme began with


G i l l ian Weir, w h o a lthough still y ou n g , has a world-wide reputation as an organ virtuoso. Miss Weir was introduced


>


Bach Chorale Preludes, first “Valet Will Ich Dir Geben” (“Farewell I gladly give


ily on with great charm and brilliance. In cons Ira Is came two


thee”) and then "Dich mein O Herre Gott” (“Pity Thou me, O Lord God”) the latter of haunting simplicity with its simple melodic line sup­ ported by throbbing chords from left hand and feet.


C h a rm in g


that common, but there was certainly humour in the music of Widor’s Fifth Sym­ phony, of which Miss Weir played the first movement. The organist's use of rubato heightened the effect that the composer lias indicated in certain places, and the dash of the semi-quaver passages was stupendous. I t is not an easy work for registration, but Miss Weir made it sound most convincing. The programme then re­


Humour in music is not all


he said. “Us lads used to go to t’Whalley Arms—no. Ah’m wrong, t'Swan it wor. ond they’d give us us breakfasts. A real breakfast it was too.— as much as yo’ could eat of ev'rvthing. Ond then we set off. I butted in. "Just a


"Ah was one o' frontiers,'


'unted us! One of us ’olid set off. ond then when we’d get- ten a start, they set off after us. We’d lay a trail of around three miles. Ah remember mi fost run. ond Ah’ could run i’ them days. Ah started froy t ’Judge—it. wor t’Judge t’fost time, ond set off at gallop ower t ’Nab to Cronkshaw. Then, when Ah’d bin run­


moment. Jem,” I asked. “What did they hunt?" "Us!." saiu Jem. “They


ning a minute or two, they set th’ounds loose.”


Catcli


Jem. “ Every time! ” The eyes opened even wider


listening, with eyes somewhat wider than usual, interrupted. “But what if they caught you? ’’ “They did catch us!” said


The young lady who was


wheel- we wor,” he said. “ It depended on imposition. Once Ah wor up a tree, another time down in a little delf. We stopped still. We hed a little tin. a mustard tin it wor, wi” a toathri bits o’ meat in. ond we kept chuckin' ’em a bit like, till th'ounds was called off.” He paused, " Int'restin’ to watch, them 'ounds was. If


“ But what happened then? ” Jem grinned. “We stopped


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Prize Crossword No. 56


for some peculiar reason these deer have very fixed habits. Conforming to a set plan each day and always retiring as danger presented itself to the same wood. They are. whatever tho circum­ stances, reluctant to move and seek fresh territory and providing cover is near at hand, they will remain in one area for decades.


1 soon became aware tha;


now to be seen in the sanie vicinity as that to which they were released about the be­ ginning of the century.


Indeed, one small herd is


diq they come to Bowiand for as we know, the original deer in the Forest of Bow­ iand became extinct in 1805. We also know that these red deer were larger than these we sec to-day.


But how. I am often asked,


more of the details concern­ ing their origin and importa­ tion I began a task, in which after several months, I became deeply engrossed.


Being anxious to discover


introduced by Lord Ribbles- dale at one time Master of the Queens Buckhounds is beyond dispute. Having estab­ lished this fact I became more concerned with the actual place of origin. For we know the Sika deer is not native to our countryside. We al5o know they origi­


That the orginal stock was


a full grown Sikn “>S 3 impressive sight particuh-


in h is winter coat whit*4 usually coated with nr* T h is is a peculiar trait an-'j caused by a fondness for b a th s


taken in s-L


favourite "wallowing p00V- You will come across the,


in th e wet regions of r-, woods. They are usuaPv j-, o r six feet in length and j^. unmis takable evidence j th e se animals. The hot! p r in ts a rc always pronocncti a n d careful scrutmv revcaj many clear marks of where th e long mane has bta repeatedly swept through die muddy soil.


I n my rescarcn an,; shi-


of the wild deer of BotvbndI have been fortunate is having th e assistance 5 many farmers and ha owners on whose land die: a re to be found. I have ala been privileged to know thia re s id en ts by Ribble and Hol­ d er whose years and memcr enables them to recall -he time when the deer were Jv imported and limited br U


Buckhounds. Recalls


One of my mam sources


of information comes fai a m an who spent mas; o: h is working days m the ser­ vice of the late Lord Hioms- dale a t Gisburn Park.


My good lneiici Hcn-


nate f Hilda mentally from Japan or the mainland. The Sika cr Japanese deer and the sub species, the Man­ churian Sika in Britain are obviously the offspring of those deer which have have escaped from Farklands or. as in the case of our natives, been deliberately re­ leased. Another vital and interest­


ACROSS


vinegary (7). Semi-oriental top ol the landing window (5). German song wasn't sin­ cere (4). Gallant appearing regularly after dark, we hear (8). B ev er ag e producing a peculiar trance (61. He keeps going to hold back with some hesitation (6).


RAMBLERS VIEW THE WELLS


turned to the music of Domenico SqarlatU, who wrote just a few works for organ, and what oharming movements they were, played on manuals only with some very subtle phrasing, the "Sonata per organ da camera con flautto e trombonn" proved far less exacting for the listeners than its some­ what forbidding title sugges­ ted it might. Jehan Aiain 1911-1940)


tha’d run thi ’ond along top of a gate, when tlia wor gottin ower, them ’cunds ’oud follow it. one end to t ’other, aw’ along’t top rail. They'd a funny way o’ looking at yo’ when they copped yo’ them dogs hed.


Trail


ond look around 'em wi’ t ’other. Then they’d set off on another trail. They’d do three or fower trails a day—sort o’ matches, yo’ know.” “ But what about you? ’’


"They’d fix one eye on yo’.


wrote several pieces for the organ, of which “Lc Jardin Suspcndu" is frequently played, and Miss Weir went to enormous trouble to use just the registration that the composer had intended. Two pieces front “La Nati-


asked the young lady. “What happened to you? ” “Ah!.” said Jem. and bis


vite” by Messiaen came next, first “The Shepherds”, which has some whimsical feeling about it in its choice of chords and tone-colour, fol­ lowed by “The Angels” a modern musical picture of angels flying around in heaven, it was very effectively played and registered. The last two items were


eyes gleamed. “We went to t ’brake—it wor a sort o’ little hoss drawn lorry. They packed it wi' beer ond tea 1' flasks. Them- wom't mony flasks i’ them days, so they packed t'flasks i’ straw. Thcer wor sandwiches, chicken, ’am.. beef, fruit,.cakes, whatever yo fancied, ond yo’ ’elped this- sel." He smacked his lips at the


Fileause by Dupre and the same composer’s second sym­ phony. La Fileuse (“The Spinning woman") a most attractive piece with more than a. passing suggestion of the song by Schubert “Mar­ garet at the Spinning wheel" was most effectively played, and then followed by an b u t standing performance of the second symphony of Dupre. Miss Weir was thanked by


memory. “Height do’s, them wor! ” “Onny’ow,” he said. “Ah weant tell thi about it. Ah’d spoil it for yo. Tha mon look it up i’ the’Advertiser’ or t'Preston Gurdian. About nineteen ten or eleven.” “ Theer . wor a lot in


Every scat was o ccupied


when the R a m b l e r s A s so c ia t ion (N o rth Eas t Lan cs ), private co a ch left ou t local town s in the rain


Hazel Grove for elevenses and to continue through Cheshire along the A6 to Whaley Bridge and then take the Long Hill route to Buxton and across the green uplands south to Aisop-en-le-Dale where the Dovedale party alighted to walk some eight miles following the Dove to Thorpe and Tixsington. Other members stayed on


the weather improved and remained sunny throughout for this outing in Derbyshire. A brief stop was made at


on Sunday. Once out of Manchester,


Devalues dearer nuts, may­ be (10). Strict hermit soun ds


21 Offshoot producing a sonic explosion! (5).


18 Missile for killing the gar­ den pest (4).


17 The boy holding the lovely girl is tagged <8).


22 Not the opposite of the in­ coming mail! (7).


DOWN


3 Does the usual thing with a piece of cheese at supper! (4).


2 A recess is pleasant about the end of March (5).


5 See 16 Down. 6 Any list could be exception­ ally good (7).


4 About money currently only :t short time (6).


7 Act properly, one hears for the dramatist (10).


12 Mode of speech is the normal weapon (8).


8 Wh e re the shoemaker


fashions a large boot after considerable delay! (2. 4. 4).


14 Heather, after a taxi, is sending a telegram (7).


16 & 5 Dn. Momentary con­ siderations that don’t come to mind at first (6, 8).


19 Good ones are associated


20 This' is fired in the first Bagatelle.


with keen inspectors and lovely girls (5).


Inn; 8, Concentrate; 10, Largo: 11, Curates; 13, Chains; 14, Bearer; 17, Shingle; 19, Orate; 20. Contour-line; 22. Lea: 23, Bagattlle.


Solution to Crossword No, 55 ACROSS—3, Passwords; 7,


the coach and alighted in Tissington village, although early in the day it gave some indication of the .thousands which would crowd into the village for the well-dressings. The villages’ five wells were


carnation: 3. Pontoon: 4. Speech: 5, Water; 6, Dot; 9, Alternately; 12. Street-ear; 15, Ebonite; 16. Petrol, 18. Ghost; 21, Ova.


DOWN—1. Displaces; 2, In­


again a remarkable and colourful sight with the tall floral surrounds of mosaic centres illustrating s ce ne s from the Bible. This annua) festival is held


t’papers about it .1’ them days —pictures too. I t’ll hbbb'ut spoil it if Ah tell yo’. Yo look it up. Or hev- a word wi’ so ond so, or so ond so,—lie mentioned a string of well known local names—“they’ll tell yo^-they wor aw’ run­ ners." ■ ' Eh' dear,-if. I wasn’t so con­


Mrs. C. F. Pickles, and one is certain that the large num­ ber that gathered to hear Miss Weir had indeed en­ joyed the music, and will look forward to yet another visit from her in the not too dis­ tant future.


a.C.


Crossword No. 55 opened on Tuesday morning, was sent in by P. Lees. 12 Green Park, Whalley.


The first correct solution to


following Ascension Day and is a thanksgiving for being spared when the black plague which struck Derby­ shire almost wiped out sur­ rounding villages. A group' of members who


foundedly lazy, I ’d take Jem’s advice tomorrow. As it is, the lawn needs cutting, there are three boxes of seedlings to plant out, and there’s a lot of weeding , to be done. Per­ haps I ’ll look it up “when I retire.”


J.F.


• the • Rambling party at the entrance of Dovedale, and to return by-field paths back to Tissington for tea and the home journey. Leaders of the Dovedale


alighted In Tissington after lunch on viewing the wells, made their way by Fenny Bentley and Thorps to join


• excursion is to Teesdale on June 9th.


Whitaker (Accrington). Next R.H.


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23 What the over-eager con­ sumer shows (10).


Slatcr. served Hi.s Lordship for many years recalls seeing in 1902 a lew of these dee: in thn vicinity ol the Han He also told me of the deer-pco being erected in 1909. Tata he went on to give details of those who were at that- na associated with :he Inin: .mi th e hounds. Another o! niv infcniunj


blessed with a remarksM memory is of the opinion tit: th e original imports :o


Ribblcsdaie were the Japa­ nese species which wo:( found to be loo small. .Is a re su lt Mr. Peter Ormerod en­ couraged a cross bciween these and the larger sis-


ing feature is that the sub­ species, those from the main­ land of Manchuria, . are longer.


Convinced


portance, for during my ob­ servations I had reason to question the true identity of the Bowland herds. Japanese Sika are roughly two feet nine inches high at the shoulder, with the Man­ churian specic5 a few inches taller. Such a factor is very difficult to establish in the field and. to make the matter more so there is the question of age. It takes a stag several


This factor is of great im­


species. These were brought, he maintains. Irani Kirsf Lonsdale where a pick A hounds (Buck hounds) TO also kept.


My subsequent cbqum


failed to ser, more pre«< d e ta ils regarding the quesw: of “crossing” and so I to myself asking the all import­ a n t query—did the create: size originate from a “cros» o r were th e original import- tion replaced by a new stock


f rom Manchuria? However, ol one thing t!


years to reach maturity and the casual observer can easily


become convinced on seeing his first stag that the Sika is relatively small. • But—and this is important


—if you are favoured with the sight of a well matured stag with a fine spread of antlers then you will bo convinced he is in every way as impressive as an immature red deer. However, you will find that


may be certain. Whateie: pedigree or background wi­ th e country goers of Bow bl­ a re ever grateful to tile Lord Ribblesdale for prow ing, unintentional perhap-'- on e of our greatest and cer­ ta in ly most


important


tre a su re s which thank goo-; ness a re showing signs °-


extending th e ir territory to w a rd s th e hills of Craven. They have, within recen.


years—due mainly to hun.ir, a n d persecution—moved u


th e Hodder watershed th ey a re now to be seen if .'(* keep a watchful eye and o n th e alert.


& 't j


1*91-i,, the Accrington po zi vision which inclu Sueroe and Whalley t-1- a decrease of 3.6 per ci


ties.


% clitheroe itself, there ’ me fatal accident in 1967. SnDle were seriously mju |gd there were 43 other cas


fin thc clitheroe Rural al I


eire were two fatalities. F Eb people seriously hurl jjrther 55 people received si:


injuries. The worst hour of thc day


accidents in the division between f°ur and five in afternoon, when 69 were


there were 49. Friday. Satur ind Sunday are the worst c for accidents with 110, 106


corded. i Between 11p.m. and midir


90 respectively. .4


£700 raised se


Union of Conservatives, Clyde Hewlett, opened the den Fete organised by Nor th West Conserva) Women on Saturday.


.? at Fete :,Thc chairman of the Nat-u|


- 'It was held at Whins Hi| Sabden. the home of Mr. Mrs D. C. Waddintston, was attended by people il a’Hide area including Pref lent Merseyside,


ifrea was provided by Women of thc Clithcroe. .Kin and Colne constitueil end the stalls were run’ members of other const it ties in the area.


ifor the Lord Carrington Apl '■Fund.


liMore than £700 was r:l


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