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ton Road, is a 21 -year-old, tex­ tile -technologist with a . passion for astronomy.: At the - end of July, he set out to build |an octagonal observatory,: modelled on that of tclevison astronomer Patrick Moore. Alan’s father, Mr. ’William J.


THERE’S an observatory complete with .telescope, at ■ the ' bottom - of Mr. Alan Beggs’s garden in Wiswell—so he can-go star-gazing- whenever he likes. , ■ Alan, : of Fair - View, - Pendle­


Newtonian reflector, was -a pre­ sent to Alan-on-his 21st,birth-,


Beggs, helped him to complete the building in two months, and now Alan spends a couple of hours- there on a clear night, charting the course of . the planets. The ' observatory rotates com­


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the sky. “ It is desgned to look like a summer house from the outside, rather than some mon­ strosity in the garden which wouldn’t Diease the neighbours,” said his father. The building is a ^completely


pletely, ,and doors in the ceiling open wide to, allow- the. telescope to be -focused on -■


any- part. of


• hours m Pendleton -Road have no need to worry about chinks in their curtains! ■ “It is an astronomical tele­


ables-Alan to watch the signs of - storms on. Mars, it cannot: be - focused on anything less : than; half a mile away, so the .neigh-.


day in January. Although, it, en­


scope, as opposed,to a terres­ trial one,” explained Alan,- “so the image is reversed and: ob­ jects appear upside down. But o f , course this doesn’t matter- when . you’re looking at the sky.”


Cold


waterproof construction, as the telescope is a very delicate in­ strument—not only can it be affected by heat, but also by damp. When it is not in use, the mirrors have to be covered up to stop, dust getting on them. ■ “It cost about £400 to build the observatory, even though we did nearly all the work our­ selves,” said Alan. “We set the middle pole in half a ton of concrete, and made the whole of the shed and the mount. The only things we bought were the telescope tube and the mirrors, as these must be very accurate indeed.”


electric light in the observatory, and a small table for drawing. But watching the stars can-be a cold and comfortless occupa­ tion. There must be no heat in the observatory, otherwise this, would distort the image seen through the telescope. “Even body heat from two or three people in the observatory makes it impossible to see clearly.” . Alan first became seriously


job The next plan is to install


interested in astronomy when he was 16, gradually progressing from one telescope to another. Before the observatory was built, he used a small portable


The telescope, with a -10.inch , telescope, which could be moun­


being the colour of green cheese can definitely--be discarded— according ■ to Alan, the moon is actually a pale grey, and th e . planets are very beautiful, .and.


ted-on a tripod in- thegarden. That old story about the moon ,


of flying saucers and little green men from Mars as “a load of bunkum”, but considers .the chances of.some other form.of life existing besides our own. are “pretty high”. “There are one thousand - million stars in - our. galaxy alone, not to' men­ tion other galaxies such‘as An­ dromeda, which is two million , light years away.” Alan has been a member ot


striking colours. ' He quickly dismisses the idea


the Jupiter section of the British Astronomical Association tor three years now,- and sends in regular reports of bis observa­ tions, and drawings which he takes directly at the eye piece


of the telescope.


says, “it’s useful scientific work. Recently. he has been keeping a look out for changes in comets, any new comets, and white spots on Saturn, although he is mainly interested in tbe rotation


“It is more than a hobby, he ........... of the planets.


amateur astronomer is probably to find a comet never previously identified. “A Japanese astron­ omer has just bad a comet named after him,” said Alan. “It takes between 200 and 400 hours of patient observation to ■ spot something new, but mere is'someone on call at the BAA day and night, just" in case. The chances of Alan spotting


The greatest ambition ofany . . .


an unknown comet are slender enough, but who knows? May­


be one day Beggs comet will be as famous as Halleys. Wiswell


will have to wait and see.


Submarine hunter


A GISBURN man left for Northern Canada earlier this week—with a novel reason for the trip. Royal Air Force Technician,


Sergeant Bruce Robertson Altham, whose parents live at Talbot House, Gisbum, will be spending a few days hunting submarines. Sergeant Altham, stationed at


squadron will be against teams from Canada, New Zealand and Australia, in an attempt to retain the trophy which they won last year. The tbree-day submarine


competing l | | l | MR. BEGGS trains bis telescope on the stars,


hunting exercise starts today from the Canadian Air Force base of Comox, Vancouver Is­ land. In this ■ region, t empera- tures can be as low as five de­ grees Fahrenheit—2 degrees be­ low freezing, and the average snowfall is six feet a month. The trip however will not be


pupil of Barnoldswick County Secondary School, won two awards when he took his final examinations as a' technician apprentice two years ago. He was awarded the Elliott


entirely hard work. There will be time for participants in the competition to try their hand at ice-curling, as well as fishing and skiing. - Sergeant Altham, a former


to Clitheroe Rural Council will be Mr. John Michael Coultous at present a district public • health inspector with Crawley UDC, Sussex. He succeeds Mr. M. C. Dawson who has joined Bowland RDC as public health inspector and building sur­ veyor. Mr. Goultous is married and


has two daughters. He began his local government-career at K i n g s to n-Upon-Hull, then


.in 1968. He takes up his Clitheroe- RDC post on January 1st.


spent 18 months at Pockling- ton in the East Riding of York­ shire before movng to Crawley


Long service


memorial prize for the best per­ formance in educational sub­ jects, and the Minister of Defence book prize for gaining the highest marks in' the gen­ eral service section. He passed out with the rank


on sub hunt


RAFKinloss for the past two years, has been selected as a member of an RAF team to compete in a Hunt-the-Sub’ competition for the Fincastle Trophy, a coveted symbol of anti-submarine supremacy. An’ RAF Nimrod aeroplane and crew from number 201


of corporal, and was then posted to the officer cadet training unit at RAF Henlow, for a further course of training leading to a commission.


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the horrors of winter and the agony confronting the group of young people brav­ ing the elements in the Cairngorms. To read or picture in the imagination is by no means enough to bring a taste of reality to those of us who contemplate by the fireside. Experience alone is sufficient to make one appreciate the real hazards, these regions, can produce.


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• Now I do not wish to be mis­ understood. I am all for testing one’s capabilities to meet the hardest conditions, be this on the mountain slopes or in other walks of our every day life. To strive for an objective or an ideal is natural and whenever or wherever people are faced with an objective, be it a mountain, sea or whatever, the urge is to test one’s capabilities. The ques­


seen it all .


tion however is to what limits or to what extent arc we to stretch ourselves..


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who have lost their dear ones arc still in agreement with suen undertakings and desire their continuance. Others, and several experienced climbers such as Chris Bonington and Tom Weir, .are more cautious. Indeed Bonington maintains that young people do not possess,art-abun­ dance of the qualities such as determination and skill deman­ ded by these conditions;


Already we find that those Discfetion it seems, is the .


A FORMER Clitheroc man. Chief Superintendent Raymond Townson, was among 46 police­ men who have received the police long service and good con­ duct medal for 22 years’ service.


. near Preston, on Wednesday. Chief Inspector Townson. an


the Chief Constable of Lanca­ shire, Mr. W. J. H. Palfrey in the assembly hall of the Police Training School, Hutton' Hall,


The medals were, presented by Discount Bedding Centre


old-boy of Ribblesdale County Secondary .lylodern School;' joined the Lancashire Con'stabu-: lary in .1949,-arid served in the Manchester, Fyldc, Wigan and Leigh divisions. • He was promoted to sergeant


winter s grip is tii


better part of valour and al­ though I have never been on such heights in circumstances which often lead to these cala­ mities, be it in the Cairngorms or Ben More or similar places, I can speak with knowledge and respect; As far as my experience goes in more modest places near home I say to the more adven­ turous: "For goodness sake don’t ever think you can outwit or beat the elements.” To think on these lines is to live in a fools paradise.


had a similar example on the heights above Dunsop Bridge. A few years previous the disas­ ter of the Langden valley brought a feeling of horror to those who imagined such things impossible in the low and sub­ lime areas near Dunsop and Slaidburn. It is this attitude of “It could never happen to me”, and the Jack of respect of even the modest fells which leads to disaster. Even on the heights three miles above Waddington or in certain places near Slaid­ burn and Middop the danger is always present.


Less than five years ago we


time say I am being too'drama­ tic or guilty of gross exaggera­ tion. I assure you that this is not the case and to prove my point I recall occurrences which took place within 10 miles of Clitheroe. 1 recall with vivid clarity two episodes which added my respecL of the elements. These, along with others taught me the folly of being too adven­ turous. One took place above Slaidburn on, the Tosside road. The other on the fell not far from the Moorcock.


You may, perhaps,, by this


isolated cases. On the contrary I could give others to prove my point. But let us return to the road from Slaidburn which takes the traveller .over the new bridge by Whitcholme, Field Head and Lower Stony Bank. The time, late morning with a dull -threatening sky, the tem­ perature near freezing with mist on the uplands.


These are not by any means


.couple of hundred feet higher altitude the change as I procee­ ded was alarming.


the upland road and although this road is little more than a


road, walls and telegraph-poles with half an inch of ice. The outlook was depressing and visi­ bility down to a Hundred yards. As the mist swirled the layer of ice increased until the overhead telephone wire normally about one sixteenth of an inch in


Here the freezing mist , coated Leaving the village I followed


thickness, assumed gigantic girth. A further instance, this time


much nearer home will serve as an effective illustration. About 10 or 15 years ago we had a very severe spell and the fell above Waddington presented an arctic picture. If anyone wanted to meet the hardest conditions this was surely the place.


a scenic standpoint the views were just magnificent with hard glistening snow covering the fields and drifts buttressing the dry stone walls., Wonderful con­ ditions for the outdoor enthu­ siast and far from threatening. Indeed, from every angle the scene was invigorating and in­ spiring. But again, as I was soon to discover, how dangerously de­ ceptive to those with no exper­ ience. My companion was a young


The cold was intense and from


N e v e r b a th a lo n e Let Kiku caress you


man well accustomed to the rigours of winter and with several years of. naval service. He was well-equipped with' protective clothing, duffle and hood. His job was to connect a wire on a telegraph pole less than 30 feet above the ground and no more than 800 feet above sea level. After 10 minutes he jocularly chaffed me about the cold but continued his overhead task. Duty completed he descended and. 'with expressive terms stamped about to get the ‘circu­


young man, thoroughly seasoned to cold and the outdoor life on the sea and ashore, felt strange. As the colour drained from his cheeks he collapsed. Now I wonder what would have been the consequences if that fellow had been walking on those heights for several hours. Ob­ viously the strain and deceptive conditons having sapped his strength and numbed the senses brought about utter collapse. These and similar experiences


lation going’. ,■ A ' few minutes later that


took place on our very own doorstep. They also taught me to have the greatest .respect for wind and cold and in particular the’ unpredictable' hazards of


winter. You can leave Clitheroe, Dun­


'ihey arc courting death. NATURALIST.


tough enough to brave all that nature has to offer arc, I sug­ gest, asking for trouble. Indeed


sop, Slaidburn or Gisburn. on the most promising day and in a few hours as you journey on the immediate higher ground the place .with such a placid per­ sonality changes to one of utter desolation fraught with danger. ■Those who consider they are


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in ,1960, and three years-later became inspector. , A year later he was posted


now attached to the Police . Re­ search Services Branch at the Home Office. He is married with a son and a daughter.


toi Accrington, as group traffic patrol inspector, and in 1967 he became Chief Inspector to the North Traffic district of the Lancashire County Police area. Chief Inspector Townson is


Fighting


policeman THERE was a fight at Clith­ eroe Parish Church Institute on Thursday night. . . and a police­ man was involved! This fight was organized,


PC Penlihgton announced ,


however, and the policeman concerned, PC George Pcnling- ton, was demonstrating ‘Cum­ berland and Westmorland” wrestling.


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erous successes in-, champion­ ships at national and county level ‘over" the past decade. He is on • the 'committee of St. Michaels


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Angling


women CALDERSTONES Hospital is claiming another in its long line of “firsts”—-the admission ot women members to the hos­


pital sea angling club. Hitherto the preserve of men


ouly, the club lias surrendered to pressure from trie distal!


side.. It appears that in an un­


-sea outings.The women enjoyed the afternoon afloat; they have


guarded moment last year the members took along wivet and girl friends on one of their


• their catch. The hospital be­ lieves it is the first in Lanca­ shire and probably in the coun try to welcome women to a sea angling club.


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