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B P ® 6 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, August 7,1970 Ebb and flow of life in Slaidbum i.-:- ;■.. ■ > sf!" >v V 'V :


THERE ARE two more or less direct ways of approaching Slaidburn, both of these demanding that you go along for eight or ten miles over some of the wildest and at times solitary yet beautiful up­ lands to be seen anywhere in the British Isles. Just now as you approach over the fell, acres are flushed with purple heather and if you decide on the alterna­ tive route then the un­ dulating country reveals variety on every side. Whatever your path to Slaidburn the journey is as pleasant as the place itself. For over thirty years I have


a slow leisurely walk along Church Street, where cobble


sidewalks lead to substantial cottages,


empty of shoppers and, almost opposite, the Post Office sells sweets and what ever your requirements, not forgetting the conveniently


bedecked with flower-filled boxes. The village stores is seldom


t h e i r windows surrounded by highly polished


it has been my lot to admire. By a comfortable fireside,


furniture of an age which appreciated real quality, we


talked of heir work past and present and, being a person of strong and well defined ideas, she left me in no doubt


placed seat at its door where you can rest and contemplate the serenity of the surroun­


friend—Bob Cross, now resid­ ing at 19, Church St., a cosy cottage indeed f o r one's retirement. After over forty years’ service with the Fyldc


dings. First I went to see an old


regarding the trend of things in the world today. Nothing unusual you may say. But you would be wrong,


been familiar with its streets, its ' srmers, its young and not so young inhabitants. I have se.n it during varied moods —n d it has many—and at all seasons.


Throughout I have noted numerous changes with good


fr.ands departing and young school boys and girls reach- ins maturity until now they, too, have families.


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change is inevitable yet the l'ac? and spirit of this remote yet nospitable village remains constant.


Such is the way of life and :i-, ■ ■!


thank goodness, Slaidburn remains as solid and un­ changing as the green pas­


change, a trait spreading throughout the world, but.


Today, many are eager for


tures rising from its centre to the heather dad heights to the north.


keeping with most of the things I feel worthwhile. Frankly, I do not desire


Such an environment is in


any drastic changes for I am content, as in years gone by, with the same four seasons


—tile


autumn and winter. These for me are enough, i have no ambition for anything else, for after all, ambition is merely another name for dis­ content. And if you are dis­


s p r i n g , summer,


contented then how can you be satisfied or happy?


went via Grindleton, over the heights past Scriddles and Smalden and passing Lanes End school came to the road junction at Field Head farm from which place I descended to the first village on the Hodder.


So, breaking convention, X


dom free of cars and much of it has been rendered bare and barren by the passage of cars.


road and reaching down to the river, is nowadays sel­


this point the most compel­ ling item is The Green. But this area, bordering the


Entering Slaidburn from


the village itself and, most important, its inhabitants. To find an answer I took


■then its name will have to be changed to “The Desert”, or maybe "The Shambles”. Of this subject, now upper­ most in the minds of most Slaidburnians, more later. In the meantime what of


car park. Should the trend continue


I t is, on most occasions, a


Water Board he lived for some time at Hollins just off the Bentham road. Here along with Mrs. cross he spent a few years in what must be one of the most isola­ ted and yet beautiful areas in the upper Hodder. Here he enjoyed the sur­


roundings, the fishing and the more menial tasks of tending Iris fowl. And I must not overlook a


very important feature which I shall never forget. When­


ever I was called upon to carry out the task of restor­ ing telephone communica­ tions to this place, a cup of


tea and refreshments were always ready down at the Board Room on bitter winter days. Leaving Bob I went up the


who has lived at 22 Church Street for over thirty years. I have every good reason to recall the kindness extended to so many telephone engin­ eers who, suddenly aware of their lack of refreshment and, in particular, tea, found an answer to their plight when calling on Mirs. Yardy. That I suppose is the pen­


for Mrs. Dora Hully, bom at Champion, not far from Slaidburn, is in her 88th year and is the village’s sen­ ior citizen. Later I met Mirs. Yardy,


listened to the distant calls of the jackdaws and rooks. Few sounds distract in this out of the world place where spleenwort, stonecrop and the delicate herb robert flow­ ers on every wall top and where, at every step, you note old world charms—the stone exterior steps leading to some up-stairs room with mel­ low stones forming ever dur­ able cottages. I t was here I met the vil­


Hodder and takes in many isolated farms, enough to send a chill down the spine ^ should a call come on a wild winter’s night.


I t extends miles down the =


his house by Shay wood con- — versation concentrated on = what is a very disturbing = problem in the village today. — The influx of cars, particu- ==


As we went up the hill to =


alty of living next to the tele­ phone exchange. We talked of the hard win­


ters of ’40 and ’47 when Nor­ man Hodgson walked from the isolated village to Clith­ eroe and back in order to get a supply of barm for the making of bread.


friend, when the rigours of the Hodder Valley became a


street to number 7 to see a person I have known for many, many years. I knocked on the door to enter one of the tidiest rooms


Those were the days, my


harsh reality, when food and fuel had to be man handled over snow-blocked roads and sheep froze to death in their hundreds.


wandered along the street by the Hark to Bounty and pausing by the old jail house


Recalling such times, I


larly at the week-end or at = holiday times, is out of all = proportion to its capacity to = cope and consequently much = annoyance is caused to many = villagers.


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done and during our canver- = sation many suggestions were =


Something will have to be = put forward as a solution. = q q L e t t e r s to th e Editor


Post-Holiday Blues


that a plan now in operation = auu in other parte would answer ~ I know that some shop* the problem.


We were both of the opinion — ■ ?


or indeed why not ban all = agreed break, vehicles other than those = But more and more shops passing through or on busi- = are closing for only the odd ness?


Why not prohibit any park- = " r even a few days away ing in or near the main street =


Slaidburn has other prob- = events will surely oblige Clito- eroe and other towns to abandon the ritual "wakes". Of course we snould be look­


= days and soon the pressure of • ! »* *


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Sabden, Dowham — Pendle looming, with its mantle of mystery and history over the woodlands, pastures and streams of some of gradely Lancashire’s loveliest coun­ tryside.


After a day of rain, comes


a morning of promise. Drift clouds give up their fight to hide the sun, and soon field crops, garden roses, trees heavy with mid-sum­ mer greenery look their best in the golden light.


A time to rejoice in


the radio may shatter the day’s beautiful image. War, rebellion, strikes, protests, stage nudity—these axe a few of the items presented.


the world? Is there no good news, no constructive work achieved, no benevolence to be bestowed on mankind?


What else is happening in


pleasant, uneventful life in this sunlit Rabble Valley countryside, the outside world sometimes seems remote— almost unreal.


To a woman leading a


do not concern her. In her small world she creates com­ fort and order, gives care and affection, tries to produce beauty and harmony in her home.


The tragedies and stresses


the monstrous evidence of evil and destructiveness domi­ nating events? Yet her world is a micro­


What has this to do with


cosm of life. Hex influence extends throughout her home


Nature’s beauty and to wel­ come another happy day of work and recreation. Yet the morning news on


and family and permeates the relationhcps she has with neighbours, friends and the organisations, to which she belongs. In general, women are vic­


tims of rather than partici­ pants in, the cruelties of war. They are, the best of them, by nature peace-makers, not aggressors. Women rarely go on strike —they are doers, not destruc-


One at


means smartness without sensationalism; we believe in order and cleanliness in our appearance and district, not the dirt and disarray of the “permissive" people. Yet loyalty, modesty, order and cleanliness are laughed


Vletnam tragedy. If the bdl tolls for them it tolls also for us.


at by too many people— young, as well as those old enough to know better—in this age. Do you feel, as I do some-


heart from the courage and skill of Mrs. Golda Meir We must never accept war as inevitable; we should always be striving to create con­ ditions in which peace can flourish. Many more women are taking an active part in


We should, however, take


woman s life


tors. When women—and I am now speaking of immature students—protest, it is usually in order to draw attention to some danger and deficiency which affects children or the aged. Women are realists, not theorists.


who live around Clitheroe and Pendle way are well-informed, smart and thrifty.'


Mqst of the women I know


the unhealthy-looking, heavy- lidded creatures in the maga­ zine illustrations, displaying their wares with provocative immodesty.


They are far removed from


the old-fashioned virtues, which in fact never become out of date, still flourish. We are not ashamed to be patri­ otic, if that means to love the country which maintains us.


In our part of the world,


word in many British plays, magazines and discussions nowadays.


Yet patriotism is a dirty


faith, our family, our friends and our employers; we approve of the modesty which


We believe in loyalty to our


times, that you would like to live on a desert island, far removed from radio and tele­ vision — even newspapers, though not from our Adver­ tiser and Times.


escape from life. I t happens and, as women,, we must


But we cannot hope to


endeavour to bring our influ­ ence to bear upon events and shape the course of things to come.


inspiration given to us by out­ standing women today. Our Queen sets a gracious example of how we should conduct qurselves, and this week we have been celebrating the 70th birthday of the Queen Mother. Her calm and friendly man­ ner has never varied in all the trials of her difficult job, encompassing two world wars.


I am heartened by the


are also mothers, and we share common problems. And we are sisters under the skin, too, with these distressed young women in America who have heard nothing of their men for years—lost in the


We may forget that Queens look by Helen Lee


government nationally and locally.


being emancipated—horrible word—and are realising their power. How will they employ it?


administrators. They a r e in most of tile professions, and where the age-long barriers remain prejudice is dying. Everywhere women are


They are magistrates and In Our View Please, teacher...


IN AN AGE when children seem all too often to dictate to their parents it is refreshing to read that mothers and fathers might be consulted about holiday dates, at


should have a voice in this and in other matters relating to education, though all too frequently their opinions are not welcomed inside a school. Some head teachers support co-operation with parents,


Bowland, but will anything more be heard of it? I t is a nice thought that parents


The point was mooted


Others are sceptical of toe benefits.


from the home front, and argue, not without cause, that those who are genuinely inter­ ested in toe well being of their children will always attend any school event and talk freely of their problems.


They fear "interference” Prize


Crossword ACROSS


4. Prayers for three goddes­ ses (6)


1. Sad return he had, if his hopes were so affected (6)


10. A piece of any long hose is made of this (5)


9. Air-trip in imagination only? (8, 2, 5)


11. Petty-officer going to the back gate (7)


13. Say a piece from the Eucharist at Evensong (5)


12. What the nervous horse did—the one in the stable (5)


18. I t’s a strawberry-tree, how­ ever, in a semi-rustic setting (7)


21. A business executive is a ohilanderer! (1. 3, 2, 7)


23. The container in the pen is deficient (6)


DOWN


2. Tip the runners and give the secret away! (5. 3, 5)


1. To put up some resistance on a trying occasion (6)


3. To intensify is to increase the value (7)


5. Frilly collars for desper­ adoes. one hears (5)


6. The sort of camp that re­ quires close stuHv (13)


who regards school as a use­ ful time-serving source of


The other kind of parent,


keeping a child out of mis. chief until he can go to work rarely shows up at school, and would resent advice.


mon sense to bring parents, teachers and pupils together whenever opportunity arises.


I t does, however, seen com­


to tell the staff how to run toe school, teachers should not resent a biased view of John­ ny's hidden talents—and toe children should not be too self-conscious about father meeting "sir". Most teachers are parents


Parents should not attempt


admire in this region are no different from thousands of other home-makers in the British Isles.


The women I know and


inarticulate, influence for the virtues we try to express in our daily life.


We are a great, yet too


the way we condemn wars, want, bureaucratic sloth and ineptitude, licentious enter­ tainment, the evils caused by


influence more strongly felt? To be more articulate and therefore more powerful in


Do we need to make this


ing at the larger issues. Too many people now scramble for a fortnight in late July and early August.


planes and the hotels. They inevitably push up prices, and they frequently endure untold inconveniences. And they don't always get the best of the weather.


They crowd the roads, the


give us all a week off every three months, without works being brought to a standstill and towns made desolate. But now we shall forget


A sensible system would


irresponsible young workers living on the bounty of workers?


tions axe quietly doing won­ derful work in bettering con­ ditions of life for the sick, underprivileged and aged.


Many women’s organisa­


vast untapped source of power for good in the words and actions of the quiet home-makers — they wield a sovereignity which needs to be proclaimed and utilised. Every woman in our won­


Yet I believe there is a


about it all until next year, when we shall grumble again.


Exhausted, Clitheroe (name and address supplied).


These Vulgar


Intrusions LOCAL authorities get more pricks than praise. Here, never­ theless, is a pat on the back for Clitheroe’s. Henceforward committee meetings are to be open to the Press and public. Democracy in practice! No


derful comer of Lancashire can—and should—believe in and use her talents for making th e “permissive society” an order which per­ mits only the highest ideals and the noblest actions, which sets standards and maintains them.


really need a fixed holiday fortnight in ihisdiji


= keepers would find it hard to i*1 wlthout 601316


mental illness, deaqjs of the countryside, aid t lution of the atmosplie,, rivers, and even of the® must also steadily ircreay I There is only one tiw r>|


This could be done a eel couple had not more


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the growth of popuiaCi and then reduce It.


children. Student of HitoJ West Bradford. (Name eJ add- ss supplied).


Will they never


learn ?


COULD ANYBODY be na| illogical than our torn pv ners? After, quite raghtiv.


ing several proposed usaat a garage and repair shopii haulage wagons, a jore enterprise and a social a .1 for the old Cuthsroe laiarl


buildings in deference objections I r o m adpK, householders. They neer ct*! fully entertain projenl vertical gram suos *r three minutes' warn oi e| town centre. This, alter tr ing spent so much ratepatc money on getting plans reiE by no less a Government t: cial than Her .viajest inspector. Now they are a sited to«


longer will there be locally cloistered privacy and secrecy. The ratepayers, at least, will or should now take greater in­ terest in what is their business. In no small measure this


local watchdog. Confession is good for toe


1


lems too, for when I later talked with Mr. Thompson, Secretary of the Hodder Val­ ley Show, he reminded me of the commercial costs which are for ever rising. Donations are the life blood


left him with the that it will be o ,-a --wi (


this show should S 'M l to function, i k h < ^


of these shows and Mr. Thompson wonders why these halve not risen at a similar soile to other things. One thing is certain. This year the event will be


lage Doctor, or I should say, the valley Doctor, for such is the range of his practice.


t o t theSSS ? l0lSrw , Hodder watershed!£ of Bn tain and many 'tei


ward to the show a s , ; of gathering togeUii®'<i r year where they


held at Newton in Bellholme field, on September 12, when a parade of vintage cars from


renew old acquaints* I have on numerous ^.. I


ail over the north will be an added attraction. There will also be Morris dancing. I


ions referred to the Show as a g a th e r ^ ? clans and would ask v^l


who agree to give more7 gible support.


ore ~l NATURaiisi 111 -J


THERE IS DRIED bl| long beetles fall from ■ The scenario foil


moon paradise. Yet til


(wo days of their drearr For Mr. Julian o l


Street, VVhalley, an o i l moon in North Africa! switched arrangements]


journey which included a | {jour delay at Manchestl port Mrs. Coombes del the scene upon their arrl Tunisia:


OVERBOOKEI After a gruelling


they wanted to put us , hotel next door. This v.-| posed to be of the sami dard. We had been waitj the aircraft for three h i we were very tired. I t wl 11 o’clock at night and I wanted to get to sleep. Til bedrooms in the main I the hotel and bungalows! beach,” said Mrs. Coomtl “We got one of these I


"The hotel was overboi| | And tl NIGlj


lows down on toe beach. I just awful. The smell wel powering. I t was terrible! was dried blood on toe flf cobwebs and dust ever! When we opened the! there was a steady strf ants disappearing down [ I stepped over them. I l dare take my shoes off. r suddenly—there was till on the floor. When we I there was this huge be! the floor. I t must havl three inches long easily I “Julian had to kill it I


L a k e l a j are now se:|| foil


THE T |


LOOK LAK|


IN YOUR


sider a scrap metai s witoein a stones throw o; u. central castio memorial ps| and directly seen by re-it, of Castle View. Let us encourage m


change is due to toe dogged­ ness of the "Advertiser and Times’’, a commendably alert


soul. I have had second thoughts about that Chatbum Old Road proposal. My first re­ action was that we must bow to business demands and mod­ ernity. I faltered in my thinking


of a kind appropriate iona England, into our town to means, but not as an> a The ratepayers hart


dusv.


right to protest and should do so in no uncwslJ manner now that they tor’ won the right to be prex at toe planners’ subeonM tee meeting next )Ioaft| August 10, at 730 pm Let us hear what argifffil


here. A by-pass would be a tre­ mendous improvement a n d much appreciated, particularly by Pimlico Road residents whose homes are threatened by shock vibration of that almost incessant heavy transport traf­


our elected representin', put forward In order tint tj can judge for ourselves


fic. , . Need that by-pass depend on


let the press in its new M freedom report in full, ten benefit of those who o Interested, but who can*| attend.Unsightly and unsirta


a quid pro quo arrangement? Authority and business. chiefs Jointly involved here and else­ where must come to terms with toe not unreasonable demand hat what


buildings


tw . what, is besstt, in our lan d - alluring beauty spots, delight­ ful


in country architectural full against vulgar intrusion. and


appealing to town and country lover alike and to one’s aesthe­


and


character, historical,


ancient


tic sense and taste—must be protected


p r e s e r v e d


tive buildings and the closure of country lanes whose peace­ ful and splendid isolation takes us away from the mad­ ding crowd and toe menace of speeding motor vehicles, must be curbed if not stopped alto­ gether. Their retention is well worth


The tearing down of attrac­


the sacrifice of a fraction of material wealth. I t is time greater thought bv


certainly they were some body’s darling. They are work­ ing towards the same objective of giving every child a fair chance in the classroom and in the' larger school of life. Even a healthy relationship,


20. To be of use as a face- cover. we hear (5)


22. Making more things bear­ able for example about a moral lapse (6)


19. Coming from the north, it’s piercing (5)


• Across 5, Break;


ted with a bespectacled man.? (6)


LAST WEEK'S SOLUTION 8, , Cenotaph; 9,


■ Down 1, Acute, 2, Antic; 3, Stake:


-14. To offer drugs for sale— It's concentrated in towns


8. Comoany raises success­ ful take-overs! (5)


7. Giving expression to a proverb (6)


15. Snip round the advertise­ 1 ment for a show (G)


(7) , HJ- 31m of stale associa­


6. Trv to produce a composi­ tion (5)


19, rd:


Slugs; 10, Thinking; 11, Stole; 14, Add; 16, Put off; 17, Ad­ vice; 18, Tow; -20, Slate; 24, Swarming; >25, Strip; 26, Protraot; 27, Angle.


4, Opened; 6, Relative; ,7, Angelica; 12, Bulletin: 13, Boatbill; 14, Aft; 15, Daw;


. was sent in by Mirs. D. E. Smith, c/o Brookside Cot­ tage Cafe, Worston, Clith­ eroe.


Tuesday morning . When you have completed


to last week's crossword ■ opened on ■


Visas; 23; Agate. I'ne first correct solution


Name •Address:


the above crossword fi" in your name and address in the’ space provided and send it to


this address marked "Cross­ word” in the top left hand comer, of the envelope.


-i, write; 22,


first post next Tuesday morn­ ing. No entries will be checked before then and the sender of the first correct solution open­ ed . will be awarded' a 15s. postal order.


Advertiser and Times, King Street, Clltheroo. Entries must reach us, by


the planners was given to mat­ ters other than profit mon- gering. Harold R. Broughton, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe.


carefully nutured, could be shattered if parents to l d teachers - when they should have toeir holidays. There are parents, no doubt


Limit each family


•the holidays, and challenging discipline the teachers lot is unlikely to be an easy one. The first lesson we all have


from toe backwoods, who feel that there are too many school breaks with parents picking the schools, helping to decide


to learn is to be tolerant of others.


• MR. FRED SLATER put the root of all our troubles in .half a sentence—“a country which, lacking any sort erf population policy, is grossly overcrowded." The population of England


and Wales has risen by more than 16 millions in this cen­ tury'. and is increasing by about 800 each day. Obviously crime, vandalism.


25 YEARS AGO


From the Advertiser and Times, August 3rd, 1945


Reviewing the e v a c u a t i o n scheme in Clitheroe, Coun.


Police Force on h e a l t h grounds after 25 years’ ser-


• ment’s arrangements. People • spent a total of 45 years with coming ,to the town privately. • \toe .society.-;


• • retired from, toe Borough;. stock a t .Downham. Detective Officer Jack Sellers- ■ ■ •


brought the total -to around Farmers’took, advantage of, the ■5,000. • ‘ •


. • . ,


' ; glorious weather to complete ’ . the hay harvest. Oats were in


Harry Cook revealed that toe M^li-tour Smith completed 30 town received- more than years as secretary of Skipton 4,250 people under the Govern- . Building • Society. . He had


lanes, of


nd-


industry should be cover or out of sp altogether.


whether, or not. we are flair interested in developing ®


Industrialised Bieas. This should sure!? « H


ority has effectively p# blesdalc on the map w®“ August issue of its glow8* azine which has world w distribution and Is popular in the United One wonders whether


There are problems of itj from dust blown o countryside.


* y b Caravans which ms I


painted to blend "®,J colourful landscape are • i green surroundings.


ful valley and that e I available modem dm l used to deal with th I have already regrettabl)^! ^ permitted.—Charles


that there is no furthtt tion to eyesores in our tie* I


Let our town PlaIPf.l I** Pimlico Road, Clithero*-


Immigrants not wanted


, grants to be allowed ® J


MR. DAVID along with three ® ^ has pleaded for®»* p


country. have far too many ready.


| LINEN Hi! I have been a Toff J jU


own people. I sh®", *jit' vote elsewhere n e R ^ |


, Clith»ro> Ex-Tory, m address supplied). tl*


Note: Mr. Wilder1’ ^ the authors 1


pamphlet which •»"*, I mediate aotlon to ^ ^


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citizens are sufferin*^ tain parti. oLAW»-.>|rf


hardship w h j o h M


: of the "Afrloanleat'en of tome governm


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life but if y°u “Xl, jd about immigrants ® ^ *


N° Capital Outlay-N OVERALL


service for every t


Special service fol Linen supplied and T


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DRYCL1 , —plus profession^


PLUS new Ci —resists stains and| —Keeps the pressed —prolongs the life <


tailoring


Expert repairs and v 0lve dry-cleaned clq


eroe is doing its best jj troy, rather than cncW- this lucrative tourist M


One cannot help woMWIi ...


doimitorv fortWlj mCK


function. A place for P8* rest and relaxation. L,, The British Tourist .W|(i


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