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ing expedition-in late Sept-! ember, when we ■ ran . into Owd George. “Nah then;: theear”, he greeted us as he' eyed - the plastic .bags we! were carrying, “ab see , tha's! gettin thisell some blackber- • ries”. We nodded. “Just a few pounds”, 1 told him. “We've had a lot of apples; this year - so blackberry


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George in one of his rare, moments of approval. “Hesta- getten ony crabs?” This time; we had to say no. We^ didn’t see much fun in scrambling up' prickly alien trees- when- the gnarled old stalwart in the back ■ garden had fruited ;.so abun-:


jelly is on: the menu”. - . “Tha’s done" reight,” said


dantly.


George. “Ah wam’t say there’ll be owt wrong wi’ thi lelly but its alius better wi’ crabs. Tha wants to remember tbat.” Not being in the mood to argue (it wouldn’t have made any ^differ­ ence if we were) we promised to bear the advice in mind on future excursions on similar business.


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gether when George resumed the. discussion- “When tha’s finished- wi’ th i. blackberries,” he said, “tha’d better go ’ippin, T’bushes is weighted down this year.” ■ “Ah yes,” wife remarked.


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1 A CCRINTOG N ROD, WA A 7 2/0 m m HLLEY. X 0 / makes happy families Telephone 3228 We were - walking along to­ “Then tha’s slipped up,” said ■ -


Whalley window


• the: .children- ..were ats school. The schools.used to sell, them-in


. “We" used to gather hips;.when


-. bulk .to-, make rose ,hip syrup,, but- I'- wouldn’t, fancy ■ making jam of them” “To .’eck wi? ‘ thi ■ jam,” said


■ does _ thee good !• .This t owd chest - o’ mine ’oud a’-packed up years ago if. ah didn’t '.tele; a: nip afore ah went out-- .It.' keeps- t’Cowd out. Elderberries is near as good, but ’appen a bit claggy like.” ■ ' ■ Obviously George was now firmly in the. saddle of . his-


hobby horse and for the next half mile he gave us a lecture on the “do's, and don’ts” of wine making.


RICHNESS


“Ah can't onderstand fooak,” he s a i d- -T* countryside is


.getten a-; bottle or two in t’ pantry.. It’s good toi.sup ond it


party, if tha’s


George; -: “Who the ’eck sed owt; about jam? ■ -It’s-- wine ah’m talkin' about, - theer’s -nowt; to lick - whoam’s ‘med -’ip - wine,, missis.- -Tha- doesnlt : need - owt else, to liven- up- a ■


- bnmmin’ - - ower ' wi* - richness ond .‘alf on it is left to rot.


- mek: into’wine'.: Whinberries, , elderberries/ , hawthorn. berries, rose petals, elder*’flowers—its . like, champagne yon .


could : gor on-; "till -cows cum whoam: -Tha ; con - mek nettle , beer- .ond -dandelion.;beer ond ; if.thals ■


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ond nearly, everythin’- else what grows. -


:.-v-Ond doan’t thee ferget yon


,, silver birch 1’. front o’ th ouse. , thee, tap tjuiceTfray you ond


.■tha’Il hev, wine.thi mates’ll cum


■ looked across- at me and gave ■ a sly wink) ."thee get out ond find. sum . sloes. Sloe gin licks


. aw., thi mufflers’-ruin’-V - -WeJI .as, it,: happens I don’t like gin of any kind and would


hesitate even to try the home brewed variety, but whe n George came round a night or so : later and. presented us with


1968 vintage and a fair ex- change_ for a couole of jars of my wife’s blackberry jelly, I must admit to finding it very palatable.


on thi chest”, he said, drained “•i filass, and smacked his lips. Thatll put bones i’ thi spit!”


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NEW BOUNDARIES COULD UPSET


cent locaL government bill,’ Bowland District’s


while Settle will remain in Yorkshire”.


. He added that it was a great inconvenience - w h e n inter-


haye its pupils going over a county boundary and into an­ other area’s schools”. ■


“No authority is anxious to •


authority payments had to be made continually.. Mr. Riddi­ ough said that several parents in the area had already-voiced their anxiety, but he emphasised


changes. We cannot overnight find a couple of hundred extra places for children, and so the system will remain the same for some time”, he said.


Chairman of the sub-commit­ tee, Coun.- R. Williamson, sug­


LONG TIME


the gun to some extent”, he said. He added that it was likely


gested: that the-committee wait before deciding on action. “We do not even, know yet exactly where the boundaries are going to be, and I feel we are jumping


to be a long time before the local government reforms came into being. “The government’s number one concern at the mo­ ment is the .Common Market”, he pointed out.


he thought they should get as much information as possible. He added that this -was a pro­ blem not only for the. existing West Riding County Council; but also for Lancashire.


Mr. Riddiough replied that


ever, that-there was a great deal of uncertainty, and the situation a£ least-, needed clarifying. "it seems reasonable that we


ask the chief education officer to reconsider his decision on the scheme, in-the light of the changes”, said Mr. Riddiough-


should try to come to some sort of understanding, and I will


Supper club •o N-:-:-wjLw


David Walder, spoke ■ to 70 members. of Skipton Conserva­ tive : Association-. at a supper club in Hellifield on Friday. His subject was the difference in policies and attitudes of the two major parties. A lively discus­ sion followed and a vote of thanks was given by Mr..David Nelson, Chairman. of the Asso­ ciation......


Clitheroe -Division MP- Mr. . . . The committee agreed, how­ UNDERSTANDING


that plans were all-on a long­ term basis. “There will be no immediate


government proposals, Bowland will become part of Lancashire,


officer, Mr. J. D. Riddiough, told members that, under the comprehensive plan, children from the area would receive secondary education in Settle, “However, under the new


PLANS FOR ROWLAND SCHOOLS edSSJon


side£dmmrttW 18 t0 3Sk f° r thC education Plan ^ S o n . Bowland Divisional education


Slaidburn water


supply


THE- condition of the water supply at Slaidburn is unsatis­ factory, and at Holden it is only fair.


basteriological analysis of samples taken from the sources concerned.


chester Corporation water works is - to order the cleaning out of the filters and chlorination plant at the collecting tank for Slaidburn’s water supply. The analyst’s report showed


The district engineer of Man­


ember report of Bowland Coun­ cil’s Public Health Inspector, Mr. R. R. Overcnd. The finding are those of a


This is disclosed in the Nov­ So did George. “ ’Ere’s ’air b*s rhubarb wine,


WHEN parishioners of All Saints’ Church, Pendleton, begin preparations for tbeir


village bazaar, everyone gets roped in. Even.the vicar is called upon


to produce something suitable for sale, and the Rev. Derek


Poppy day appeal


raises £271


organiser for the Chatburn and district branch of the Royal British Legion, descri­ bed the figure as “a magnifi­ cent efiort” and thanks all collectors and donors. Individual amounts are as


COLLECTIONS in Chatburn and the surrounding villages for the Earl Haig Fund poppy appeal raised £271.57-}. Mr. J. Altharn, honorary


follows: Gnndleton ........... Chatburn .............. BoIton-by-Bowland Rinungton .............. Sawlcy .................. Downham .......... Worston


. Lane Ends ......... Branch effort ..... Branch donation . Branch wreath Rural District Council wreath ..


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the sample of Holden’s water supply to be slightly contamin­ ated. Further samples of this, a private supply, arc to be examined.


County Councils of the West Riding and Lancashire were looking at the question of rural buses, with a particular view to altering timetables in order to reduce the amount required by subsidy.


ORGAN RECITALIST’S BRILLIANT PLAYING


PROFESSOR of Music at Birmingham University, Professor Ivor Keys, fully lived up to his reputation as a brilliant player at a recital for Clitheroc Parish Church Organ Society.


inclement weather should have diminished the audience, for Professor Keys seldom comes north to play and it was an opportunity not to bis missed. His exacting programme was played with skill and tremen­ dous use • of organ colour. 1 -Hts programme opened with a -magnificent performance of the Bach B minor Prelude and Fugue, clear rhythmic playing and neat registration throughout were features of this perform­ ance.


It,was unfortunate that the ,


-showed off, or-up, both player and-organ, it is the Reubke Sonata on the 94th Psalm- The organ, which since its humidi­ fier has-been fitted, has been sounding, increasingly well, was operating at its best, and gave Professor Keys: every chance to - give va first-class performance of this epic work. i.His choice of stops was most musjeal and apt, and again the music was given a strong .rhythmic feeling -by the player,


-If ever-there was a work that


sweeping along to the various climax points in a most orderly


and ■ competant manner, • and the flow never being subordn- nated to • changes m registra­ tion.


. with a delightful Voluntary t n G_ by John Stanley, making suitable use of choice - stops, which also featured in some of the Five Pieces for a Mech­ anical Clock by Haydn. Wesley’s Variations on “Hoi-


The programme continued


troduced by The Vicar (the Rev. J. C. Hudson) was thanked by Mr. D. R Carrington and in. response to the old tradi­ tional request for an encore obliged by playing yet another attractive Clock piece by. Haydn A most fitting end to a truly memorable evening of music.


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THE PRESSURES OF BEING A SOCCER REFEREE


ONE of the greatest-pres­ sures on present -day foot­ ball referees - is - television coverage and the ‘action-re- play’V ex-referee Mr; Emrys T. Morgan told ’


members of


Clitheroe Probus Club. . However, instances where the referee, is found - to be in - the


wrong are very few indeed, said Mr. Morgan, who h chairman of the Probus Club.


onthe \ ■ lainydaj*.


fore retirement, and had to make decisions; but- how many of- yoti have had .to make a decision in one • second, with thousands of people • watching?7 -he • asked members.


s


lined : his career as a" referee, starting with : his - first match, .


..In his talk, Mr. Morgan out; “You were,;all executives be­


which brought him a fee of 3s. 6d., and telling how he worked


bis.way-up to being a class one referee.


-He . gave his views on three aspects of refereeing that had


recently, been discussed in the Press. 1 '


. A suggestion that referees should continue indefinitely in­


gation that referees are weak to­ day. “They are under consider­


should be full-time also met with Mr. Morgan’s disapproval. "It is a man's m-ntoi ramcitv that


ably, more pressure .now.” he said, “but - they,'are no weaker." • A suggestion that . referees


a referee runs seven miles during one match — further than many of . the players,” .-he < added. He also disagreed with an alie-..


stead-of retiring at 47 was, he said, unwise, because fitness was as necessary for a referee as it was .for. the players. ; 'It had been calculated that


that , the referees bad-been told to take stringent measures," he explained. Mr. Morgan concluded his


posed by Mr., Edward Howarth, a new member of-the dub. . At the Probus Club’s next


talk with several-anecdotes about the lighter side of life as a re­ feree. . A -vote of thanks was pro­


meeting-on Friday, the speaker will be Mr. Armistead, of Colne, on bee-keeping.


matters, and-no referee is going to be any better for being full­ time,” he said. Mr. Morgan welcomed the clamp-down that had taken place this season—already three times more players have been booked than in the whole of last season—but there was a lack of communication between the authorities and the clubs them­ selves. “The clubs were not informed


worthy Bells” was also given a most charming performance- The programme ended with a Final in B flat by Cesar Franck, a truly noble and inspiring per­ formance, with some very neat pedal playing. . Professor Kevs, who was in­


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and the CLITHEROE ADVERTISER and TIMES columns will soon he showing the presents I ■will be loaded with. Prepare for the Shopping Spree by displaying your wares in . .the best shop window in Clitheroe~ th e ad v e r t is in g COLUMNS OF THIS NEWSPAPER.


Telephone, Clitheroe 2 3 2 3


and ask our Representative. to visit you: ’


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PLANS for a rural bus service in the Bowland area seemed to be falling on rather stonv ground. Mr. L. D. Telford, Clerk to Bowland Rural Coun­ cil, told members on Monday. Mr. Telfor reported that the


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work had gone into making Saturday’s bazaar in the vil­ lage hall a great success, in spite of the weather, and £155 was raised for the church funds. Colourful stalls sold a wide


variety of goods, including cakes, produce, drapery, gifts and toys. There was also a special stall for children, with


Leyland proved .himself equal to the occasion . . • by mak­ ing a couple of dozen pink sugar mice. The children loved, them, even though the tails did • tend to drop off within minutes of purchase! A tremendous amount of


■ sugar mice,. toffee : apples, - and -gingerbread men made by Mrs. Betty Colltngc.


Mr. John Robinson,'7 - whose late mother was a member of the church choir for many years. He acknowledged the efforts which parishioners had made to organise the bazaar, providing those J present with both satisfaction and reward in happy memories of a social gathenng, and the knowledge that the church had benefited at the same time. Mr. Robinson was presented


The. bazaar was- opened by . i


Timothy Thomas, aged three and a half.


•From the left, Andrew Grain­ ger, Helen Cowperthwaite and Mark Gomall.


perts . prepare for a mouse- tasting session - to test: the vicar’s culinary, skill. The team’s verdict: “scrumptious”.


7 PICTURE: A panel. of ex­


. miles to sup. Ond if <tha’--likes a drop o’- .gin”,, (here- George


parsnip wine ond rhubarb-wine ;


getten- a: gardin’ - theer’s R


■Whist At the wc


Read and vativc Club prizewinners;


Mrs. E. Bra Mrs. J. Ha


. J. Haworth.


Holdsworth Birtwistle. S


Friendly At the Nc


. ■wi’ a. few crabs ond .. theer’s ardly owt that ■ grows tha can’t


Rowan berries is good fer jelly


with a buttonhole by one of the youngest parishioners,


m villages Clitheroe Toe H seeks ‘new blood’


THE Clitheroc- branch of Toe H, founded in 1937, is in danger of closing down if new members are not recruited in the near future..


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to loin us,” said Mr. Morton, “but it is very difficult to ect them.” , -


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all in the upper age group, and could not do a great -deal of community work-themselves any more. The trouble was that the younger people did not seem to want to do this sort of work.


The present members ware


would be equally happy to see other older people joining as well. They would be pleased for people to attend the meet­ ings at their headquarters just for a trial period. “There is a


He added that the club COMMUNITY WORK


nising old people’s parties and so on. The Ciitheroe branch was


Originally a club' for ex- scrviccmen, Toe H is now open tO'anyone who cares to join. It is famous for its com­ munity work, ranging from provision and staffing of can­ teens during the War, to orga­


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really great. scnse of fellowship anyone who may .be interested down there,” said Mr. Morton, to come and see them. They


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can, said Mr. ■ Morton, be assured of a most hearty wel­ come.


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annual general meeting were: Coun. W. Sharpies, chairman; S. Morton, secretary, treasurer and pilot, F. W. Moms, job- master, D. Allison. The Rev- J. C. Hudson is branch padre-


.Appointments made at the


dwindled to .a dozen,” repor­ ted secretary, Mr; Stanley Morton, after the . branch’s annual general meeting. .“With" difficulty, wc found enough people to fill up the appoint­ ments for the coming year,” he said, “so the branch will con­ tinue to exist for at least the next 12 months. If, .however, we do not manage to find new blood soon, the branch’s future will be in- the balance-" “Wc need vounger people


“Membership has - n ow ■


women to join, but at Clith- croe this is no t.-.favoured. “Although we would- doubtless, gain members by opening our doors to women, ! we would also lose some of our present male members,” explained Mr. Morton. “The difficulty is that we


formed .34 years ago, but un­ fortunately the numbers have been dwindling for. the past 10 years. . Some branches ridw allow


',because most of our members are. now getting older-” .


haps more would be persuaded to follow them.” Meanwhile, present members


------ u. branch extends an invitation to


which there is usually a guest speaker. Meetings are held every Monday at 8 p.m. in the club .rooms, Duck Street, and the


are trying to recruit friends to fneir weekly meetings, at


come the bright, new ideas and suggestions of . young people, and if a few would join, per­


“However, wc would wel­ RECRUITING


cannot attract young,-or even middle-aged people to Toe H,


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the Read Ladies’ Fri speaker was Highcrford. 1 was flowers her flower both individ Mrs. Farnwi imagincry vi and dcm'onsti charm, her arrangement, and happy c' by members


Coffee cv A succcssfi


and bring and on Tuesday n of Mr. and \ “Bcntrovd”. G were various titions and effort, church benefited by 1


Knowle and


8 PRESTON NEW RD„ BLACKBURN


good and ther cord showed ing year’s act Yates thankee their help du year as preside report of the meeting in La


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Busy year In the abseil


future events, t talk at Whalle ged by the co by a visitor fre Islands, and th the group’s a January 6th, in mar School. During a s


continue as see assistance of gave a comp of the year thanked all wh any way. Mrs. was re-elected read an accoun finances, showi highly favour dents for the f will be Mrs. Mrs. V.- Shear The chairmai


filled her tcr- M. Ainswortl president. Thai vices of Mrs. ing her presie pressed by Mi and good wish Mrs. Shearmai return to healt Mrs. A. T;


dent, Mrs. V. is unwell, the of Whallcy V Grammar Sch< by Mrs. M. A As Mrs. She


D. Latter (pre Armcr, Mrs. Mrs. J. Hoi Hubncr. Mrs. M. Whallcy. Mrs. A. Yatc Yates. The treasuri


bring prizes a whist and don of the childr hot pot su members w a everyone. The new co


annua] mcctin Mrs. Do r a county orgai was entitled member! WI said that eve something to Institute, and be afraid of committee. Tli into members one would get Grccnall than for her enthi Members


Contributi The visitim


mecUng, the f" ries for the were elected. \ j agreed to serve guild, and Mr continue as ch; dicrafts, with It as secretary. The arts grot


Ribblesdal At Thursday


Ribblesdalc C spent most of playing domino" Hostesses were i


Mrs. M. Frank Frankland and


Mothers’ U After a short


ted by the en Mrs. N. -.Madd bers of Christ of- the -Mothers the Vicar, the dock, give the the service of


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