Father Tierney announces his retirement
■ i Father Francis Tierney, parish priest at the English
Martyrs Church, Whalley, is to retire at the end o f this month. He has been in 'Whalley for
almost 20 years, and was pre viously chaplain to Withington Hospital, Manchester. Having begun his studies for
the priesthood in 1921, Father The page for
Tierney was ordained in June, 1930 He served in France with
the Royal Engineers in the First World War, and later worked for the Commercial Cable Company. He started his. studies at
Osterley. London, and was accepted by Bishop Casartelli of Salford, for the Diocese of Salford. He went to the Eng
lish College at Valladolid in Spain, in 1923. Farm
Soon after his appointment
as curate to Bishop Hanlon, at St. Alban’s, Blackburn, there were the years of the industrial depression, and Father Tierney became the first priest to take an active part with a number of youths in a “back to the land” scheme at Chartridge, Buckinghamshire. He later opened another
W H A L L E Y readers
Work on Phase 1 of the
WOMEN HAVE TEA BY CANDLELIGHT
The Whalley Methodist Church Women’s Fellowship
held their annual party when high tea was served to about 45 members.
farm at Market Bosworth. In 1962, when Whalley Co
operative Society crashed, Father Tierney took the initia tive in establishing a com mittee to assist the poorer vic tims of the disaster. He was unanimously elected
president of this committee. At the end of this month, a
special Mass will be celebrated to mark Father Tierney’s re tirement and a small party null be held afterwards.
Curate Succeeding Father Tierney is
Father Vincent Hamilton, who has been curate at the'Eng lish Martyrs Church for eight
years. He came from St. Bede’s
College, Manchester. The new curate Father
•Anthony Butler, has been working in Africa. Father Tierney is to remain
in Whalley, living in the Abbey Fields housing estate.
Appointed to new post
Div Officer Reginald J.
Do y i e of Gloucestershire County Fire Brigade bus been appointed to the new additional post of Assistant Chief Officer with the Lancashire County Fire Brigade.
mingham Brigade in 1953, transferring to Devon in 1963
Mr. Doyle joined the Bir
where he became the Senior Staff Officer.
In June 1967 he moved to
Gloucestershire as Div. Officer in charge of the southern divi sion.
An Associate Member of the
Institution of Fire Engineers, Mr, Doyle is 39-years-old, mar ried with two daughters aged five and nine.
He will take up his new appointment on April 1.
Bashall Eaves wins road safety trophy
Bashall Eaves Church o f England Primary School, the
>nly school in the Bowland Rural District Road Safety area o have a Tufty Club, has won the Hoigate Shield for Road
afety.-; • — ' ----------------------------------------------- The competition is held every
Honeymoon H I
larrogate A honeymoon in Harrogate
Dllowed the wedding o f Mr. ohn Arthur Baines and Miss ane Elizabeth Hargreaves t St. Mary’s Church, New- hurch-'n-Pendlc on Saturday
The groom is the youngest
on of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Jaines of Cragg House, New- on-in-Bowland and the bride, oungest daughter o f , Mr. tobert Hargreaves of Wilkm- on Farm, Bariev and the late .li\s. Hargreaves. G’ven awav by her eldest
mother, Mr. Edmund Har. ;reaves. the bride wore an 'moire-line gown of white wild iilk, with a three-quarter ength veil trimmed with 1'UiDurc lace and marguerites. 3 The veil was secured by a loronet of pearls and she landed a bouquet of pink and
•eri roses and white The bridesmaids were Miss
Janet Briggs. Hisses Christine Hsie. EUza^tir
Mary and Jane Elizabeth Hai- J1TheC
anemones. y wore fuU-leneth dresses
of shell Pink chiffon m a Victorian style and carried Victorian posies of Frencn
Best man was Mr. Robert ■
n.nV.ert
groomsmem^^cssrs.1 ° Robert Hargreaves, bride’s broths and
Wader Briggs grooms biotner in-law and ushers. Messrs. John
Dawson and Fred Jackson The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. John Nigel Howe. The reception was held at the Black Bull Hotel, Riming-
Mr
ax and Mrs. Baines will live Wood End Cottages, Dunsop
Road deaths
There were 26 fatal arci dents, .which 29 people died, in “ to
est Yorkshire. Constabulary ea during December accord-
e to figures just issued. ’
In all 944 casualties resulted 2,613 accidents.
Fined £10
ned £10 and had her licence ndorsed at Clitheroe last week. Chief Insp. J. L. Ashworth, -rosecuting, said Wordsworth
nn Judith Wordsworth, of hurch Street, Rochester, was
Irove straight out of Thom Itreet, Clitheroe, into Henthorn toad, and collided with another
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year and is organised by PC R. W. Peacock, the Road Saffcey Officer for the Bowland area.
each school compete in the competition, which takes the form of a Quiz beld at the re spective schools.
Teams of four pupils from
land area entered this year, and the runners-up were Grindleton
Eleven schools from the Bow
Lane Ends. The presentation of the
token to Bashall Eaves School will take place today at H-30 a.m.
w __-11 SHIELD Coun. Mrs. S. J. Dow, chair
For their opening excursion this year, members o f the North East Lancs area o f the Rambler’s Association
visited the Clapham-lngleton district o f the Craven Highlands on Sunday.
The first group to leave the coaches was the ‘A’ party, which alighted in Clapham and, with Mr. V. Ryan, of Blackburn, as leader, headed for Clapdale.
From there they went through Trow Ghyll to Gaping Ghyll
and started the ascent of Ingleborough, 2,373 feet,
from this point.
Their descent from the summit was by way of White Scar caverns and then to Ingle- ton for -tea, after nine miles of hard tramping.
Winds
Both .the ’B’ and ‘C’ parties . alighted in In-gleton. With Mr. and Mrs. G. Franks, of Nelson, as leaders, the .B’ party made its way -towards Thornton-in-Lonsdale, talcing tiie Tow Scar road to climb a shoulder of Gragveth 1,756 feet, to cross the fell and descend in Kingsdale, Braida Garth Beezley Falls and tiie waterfalls path back ' to the village.
As the Ingleborough party, the ‘B’ group had to battle with strong winds and rain before completing their rambles.
shield and a 25 shillings book The leisurely-minded ‘C’ party «
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man of Bowland Rural Council wi will make the presentation and The next she will be accompanied, first Rusland to Grindleton and then to Bashall Eaves, by the school managers; PC Peacock; Coun. R. Williamson: the local coun cil member; and Mr. L. D. Tel ford, the clerk to the Council.
The Grindleton school will
receive a smaller shield and a book token for 15 shillings.
all Eaves was comprised of: Susan E. Bargh, of Horse Hey Farm, Bashall Eaves; Karen
The winning team for Bash
Colley, of Hare Clough, Brows- holme; and Craig Saul, of The Orchards, Mitt-on, all aged 10; and nine-year-old Gail Rollin- son, of Wilson’s Farm, Cow Ark.
Gasometer doomed
Whalley’s gasometer, which
stands on land between Accrington Road and Sydney
Avenue, is t-o be dismantled,
after 45 years’ service. A new main through the vil lage has made the gasometer
unnecessary. The gasometer is still in use,
and has a capacity of 40,000 cubic feet, which is compara
tively small.’ It will be removed within the
next few months. MP’s visit
the IPcstmaster General, the R f Hon. John Stonehouse, MP,
Following an invitation from Proved
more than 200 MP’s visited their local post pfflee sorting offices d u r i n g t h e peak Christmas period. Many_ of them also visited telephone
exchanges: , i ” In error In his application fer a
bookmakers permit and betting office licence reported in last week’s issue Mr. John Saul was represented by Mr; John Lumley-and not-by Mr.-Frank Farley,' as stated.
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Blackpool Mechanics this season, as the scheduled game at Blackpool earlier in the league programme was post poned. because Blackpool had a cup commitment.
Leyland, however, h a v e already proved ; that they can
beat OUtheroe, as the two ciubs clashed in ;the league two weeks ago, with the Motors coming off victors by 2—1. although Clitheroe missed sev eral chances.
Mr. John Procter, Clitheroe’s
manager, is quite confident about Clitheroe’s chances' of
did the circular walk of the waterfalls for their after noon stroll. Miss B. Allen, of Nelson, and Mr. R. Harri son, of Brierfield, were the •leaders of the party, which split into two groups for the walk.
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excursion is to Valley, in the
Hawksliead area, on Febru ary 9.
R.H. Dinner
party Instead o f their usual
monthly meeting. Little Mit- ton and District Women’s In stitute held a dinner party at the Red Pump Inn, Bashall
son. welcomed the’.guests arid members’ husbands. Games and competitions
Eaves. Hie -president, Mrs. Smith-
were arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Dakin. The following afternoon, the
Institute organised a parity for the children. About 40 attended, and after
tea spent a happy time playing games, again arranged by Mrs Dakin.
New Year supper
Whalley branch of th e
Women’s Unionists held 'their monthly whist and domino
drive in the Stanley Rooms yesterday week. A New Year supper was also provided.
The results were: Whist:
women. 1. Mrs. Chetham; 2, Mrs. K. Nutter. Men: 1, Mrs. Waterhouse; 2, Mrs. ScargiU. Dominoes: 1, Miss Peel. The
competition was won by Mrs. K. Nutter.
INGLETON VENUE FOR RAMBLERS
The tables were lit by candle light and had been beautifully
decorated by Miss M. Ross. The social half-hour was
presided over by the Rev. E. S. Joselin and the entertainment was provided by Mrs. V. Shear man, elocutionist. A women’s quartet sang
“How Great Thou Art” and “Some Folks like to sigh”. Air. Joselin told short stories
and the members joined in musical games and sang fav ourite carols.
extensions to Whalley Churoh of England Primary Sohool
may be completed at Easter. The work, costing £40,000,
should have been finished on □eoember 31, but due to diffi
culties, has been delayed. Some of the pupils are
attending' classes in the Methodist Schoolroom. At the moment, there Is
only" temporary’ lighting in the school, but the oil fired central heating has been in stalled to replace the indi vidual geysers. The work on Phase 1 in
cludes a new school assembly hall, which has yet to be completed, and a kitchen, with modern equipment. When the work is finished,
each olassroom will have its own toilets and cloakroom and strip lighting is being In stalled in the classrooms. A new staff room and head
master’s room are being built over the entrance hall.
Praise
for local soldier
Staff Segcarit M. B. Earn-
shaw. son of Mrs. R. R. Overend, o f Queensway, Waddington, has been com mended for the part he played during the Queen’s visit to R.A.F. Abingdon to mark the R-A.F.’s 50lh anniversary. The commendation was
from Air Vice Marshal H. B. Martin, Air Officer commanding in Chief 38 Group R.A.F.
It was sent to Lieut. Col. R.
W. Bird, commanding 39 Engi neer Regiment (Airfields), of the Royal Engineers, and paid tribute to Staff Sgt. Eamshaw’s “resource, self-discipline, tlhor- oiwhness and technical ability,” which, it said, deserved the highest praise.
The Staff Segeant arrived at
Abingdon on March 11. 1968, as NCO in charge of the advance party from No. 52 Field Squadron (Airfields) Royal Engineers.
Areas Between this time and the
arrival of the main party later that month, he was responsible for working out large areas of the airfield to identify the various enclosures, and for calculating the positions of water and sanitation pipes.
the necessary pipes and the M (Folk Mass) by Jamacek to m-ack for the audience as
In this work he had to decide tankage capacity,
mintag irowiy the bore of Fostiiude ““•'- — p u
Coinou and Uw, .>Word .Wa’iei idiom : with its curious, not to _
water pressure,, and had to was probably as difficult a nut liaise with contl^V1 sta&s or <sU)insw''V:
Board.
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removal of wartime camouflage paLit from selected! buildings and rebuilding the station
His other tasi^ incWed the
entrance. ■In all this work, &aff Sgt.
had a heavy responsbility as much of it was ummal and required research aid inge
nuity. School “However, his deamination
for fhe player’, ana the modern crFovf.UnCT Finf-
for _
say downright startling, har monies came as something of a shock to the listeners. A delightful short Voluntary
in A minor by John Robinson led to the now deservedly popular Bossi Scherzo in G minor with its terriffic rhyth
mical demands. Contrast
Soprano soloist Ruth Forster
to get results, ; hi tactful manner and his long hours of patient work, often unaided, u
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sang three solos with organ accompaniment, the aria ‘If God be with us’ from Messiah .
enabled him to conplete all wkere the apparent simplicity his allotted tasks vjthin the 0f music is often in direct time scale,M said the A-:r Vice
conto.ast with the difficulty of Marshall.
interpretation, and where the Staff Sgt. Earnshav attended acoustics of the building pos-
school in Waddington, and sibly prevented the aPPear®n®'} Clitheroe Royal i Orammar | of that ethereal atmosphere of
Sohool. His mother, who' tsnarried, |
is the wife of tile Public Health Inspector of Bowland Rural Council.
( The luck o f the draw has
still by-passed Clitheroe as far as the Lancashire Junior Cup is concerned, for the town team has been drawn away to either Blackpool Mechanics or Leyland Motors in the Second Round
Luck passes Clitheroe by in Junior Cup
progressing Round.
to the Third He commented, “We don’t
o f the competition. It was as long ago as Feb
ruary 1967 thait Clitheroe were last drawn at home in the competition, and that was when they were picked to play Blackpool Mechanics at Shaw
Bridge. Since that time Clitheroe
have played three ties and have been drawn away from home on each occasion, playing
Burscough in 1966-67, Guinness Export in 1967-68 and Maghull
last Saturday. Which ever team Clitheroe
face eventually—Blackpool and Leyland drew 2—2 at Black pool on Saturday—they can be assured it will be a difficult task ahead of them.
know much about Blackpool Machancis. They are very much an unknown quantity to us, although they must play quite well as they are several places above us in the Com bination.”
About Leyland Motors, Mr.
Procter said, “If it is to be Leyland Motors that we play, I don’t think we will make the same mistake again. When we went there two weeks ago we
conceded an early goal and then let many 'chances go a-begging.
‘I think that if we put the
same pressure on Blackpool or Leyland, as we did on Mag hull on Saturday, the result will be a favourable one”.
Defeated The monthly whist and domino drive o f the Clitheroe Clitheroe have met both
sides in the Lancashire Junior Cup in recent years. In 1958-59 they defeated Leyland Motors 2—l at home, and then two seasons. ago they beat Black pool Mechanics 1—0 at Shaw Bridge. How times can change. Prom tlie Clitheroe players
lined up for that Lancashire Junior Club clash with Black pool in February, 1967, only four are still with th e . club, and one of those left and then returned. The team that day was:
division Liberal Association, was held last Friday, in the Old Grammar School, Whalley, where the Padiham Branch
were hosts for the evening. The prizewinners were as
follows:—Ladies 1. Mrs* Water- house Whalley: 2, Mrs. Scar- hill, Billington; 3, Mrs. Child, Clitheroe.
Gents: 1, Mrs. Tate, Billing- ,
Lindsay Wallace: Terry Sum ner, Tony Jackson; Terry Ken yon, John Kirk, David Baron; John Chatbum, Bernard Wall- bank, Mel Widdup, -Brian Par kinson, Barrie Ratcliffe.
ton; 2, Mrs. Lewis, Whalley; 3, Prize unclaimed. Dominoes; 1, Mr. Chetham. Whalley; 2. Mrs. Thorn-bar, Whalley; 3< Miss Marshall, Billington, consola tion, Mrs. White, GlUbwoe, ^ competition was won by Mrs. Child, of Clitheroe. . Refreshments were served during the interval, and the
M.C.’s for the evening were Miss H. Darbishire and Mr. g . Turner.
Cars collided Two cars were in collision on
the hairpin bend near White- holme. Slaidbum, on Sunday,
but though one of them was badly damaged, neither driver
was hurt.
■ The driver of the damaged car, a mini, was Miss Aim Braybrook, of Dukes Brow, Blackburn, and . t h e owier driver was Mr. David F -^ b in - son, of Church Street, Church.
goal of the match from penalty.
on Saturday, February __ Clitheroe’s scheduled league
match away at Wigan Rovers ^ B reStal concluded with will be postponed,
LIBERALS PLAY WHIST, DOMING
The matches are to be -------
serenity which characterises the work.
‘The Lord is my Shepherd by I Christopher le Fleming, showed Ruth Forster’s voice at its best. The title Christmas tune by
The setting of the 23rd Psalm
Guilmant, with its hint of Scottish dancing and bagpipes, was effectively registered and .the Chorale Prelude which fol lowed, ‘Christ our Lord came to Jordan’ by Bach demonstra ted Mr. Myers’ skill in this, one of the Master’s great works, in miniature as it were, where
there are few equals. All the organ sonatas oi
Kenyon scored the only- ■ listener of his sound musical
Rlieinberger are difficult to play yet the impact on the
a craftsmanship makes them | easy on the ear and completely
Tlie draw in full is: Kirkby logical in development, a
Town v South Liverpool; quality often sadly lacking in Marino v Nelson; Blackpool more modem compositions. Mechanics or Ley-land Motors v Clitheroe; Earle v Darwen; Chorley v Fleetwood; Wigan
Encore
Helens v Harwich; Morecambe nowadays, the recitaUsts ev- v Lancaster.
eduled league K d l^ s p i r i t s . fugue ,| an eXCellen,t performance of the
Athletic v Great Harwood; St. Although somewhat negieciea | dent liking for the No ^Sonata |
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: with an evident appreciation of Handelian style; then ‘Pie I Jesu’ from the Fau-re ‘Requiem
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He was a real that boggart fella!
On my way to the post
office on January 2nd. 1 ran into Sam. After the
conventional New Year greetings on that lovely morning, I mentioned a recent visit to Lowmoor
and Sam looked up. "Lowmoor?” , he asked. “Ah
wish Ah’d known ‘tha wor goin’, Ah’d ‘ev gon wi’ thee. Ah’m a bacon eater missel’, tha knows!” I was surprised at this. I
Through Whalley
Window
a whippet-—'all sceeared to deeath, Ah wor! Ah run into t'kitchen ond as soon as Ah’d getten mi breath back towd ml grondfeyther.
had always thought Sam a’ good owd Whalleyite’ contem porary with owd George, and had not realised 'that, like myself, he was a ‘foreigner’. “Oh aye” , said Sam. “Ah
i wor born down t’moor awre- ight, ond it wom’t yester
day", and a few minutes later fell to reminiscing about his early days. “Tha- ’11 ‘ev heeard tell o’ t’ Low moor boggart?” he asked,
and I nodded my head. Tale
"Mi grondfeyther ond
uncle fixed ’im a.wreet,” said Sam, and when I pressed him for details told his tale as follows: “Ah wor nobbut a li’lo lad
at time” he said. “Mi grond- feythcr sent me ond mi cousin t’get t’pigs in as it wor cornin’ on dark. ’E kept pigs, my grondfeyther did. Ev’rybody i’ Lowmoor kept pigs i’ them days; that’s wheer t’namc come fray. “We’d just getten ’em into
Cowering ‘Reightl” . 'e sed. 'E torned
to mi uncle as wor wi’ !im “Cum on, lad,” 'e sed, “Get
•t'dogs!” Mi uncle whistled t’dogs up
—two gurt big ’uns they wor, grond uns, ond off they aw’ set fer’t top wood. It didn't tek t’dogs long to find t’boggart cowering down be’ind t’bushes. T’dogs went for 'im, but then mi grond feyther cawed ’em off. “Cum on. lad” ’e sed to mi
uncle, “We’ll fix ’ im!” They both ripped their
jackets off ond got stuck in to ’im. Bah gum, they reckon mi grondfeyther didn't ’alf peel 'im! They reckon t"boggart couldn’t stond ner sit comfy fer weeks efter.
Mystery Of cooarse, it wom’t a
t’sty when we saw t’boggart. ’E "wor goin’ up Dick field at t’back o’ ’t’chapel ond war mockin' fer't top wood. Ah run to mi grondfeyther's like
boggart at aw’ but a fella we knew as nobbut lived just across’t’ street. ’E’d getten an owd sheet ond a lantern ond ’e thowt it wor funny like, sceearin’ fooak out o ’ their
wits. ’E didn’t think
onnymore though grondfeyther ’ad
Difficult for listeners and players alike
In a programme o f requests presented to a small but
enthusiastic audience on Tuesday evening, the organist of Clitheroe Parish Church, Charles Myers, showed that the musical taste o f his listeners was o f a very high order, and his programme makes interesting reading if compared with
request programmes of the last century. The Rev. John C. Hudson, as ----------------------------
the new President of the choral No. 3 by Cesar Franck. Societv introduced the pro- Mr. Miles in his vote of thanks gramme.
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’im. ond ’e never played t’boggart agean!”
' So, on a January morning in King Street, Whalley with the traffic rushing by, I learned the solution to a local mystery which had become a bit of folklore which I’d first encountered at school in Clitheroe 50 year’s ago.
Then it was that the lads
in the top class tried to scare the smaller fry by telling us, “Tha, mustn’t go down Low moor after dark. T’boggart’ll
get thee!” Of course, we laughed at
them, but we were just a little bit scared all the same. We hadn’t heard of Sam’s grandfather in those days! J.F.
Clitheroe Advertiser and Tiitiss Friday, January 17, 1969 3
MP visits
school Clitheroe’s MP, Sir Frank
Pearson, made a visit to Clitheroe Royal Grammar School on Tuesday to speak
to fifth form pupils. He spoke on Parliamentary
procedure and the life of a Member of Parliament. Later in the day, he made a
visit to J. and P. Jacobs Ltd., Lowergate, and toured the works, speaking to one or two employees. In the evening. Sir Frank
attended a cottage meeting with constituents at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hanson, of Green Drive. Clitheroe.
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