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^cy^asri As-Cy ,t 16 Clithcroe Advertiser and Times January 29,u?rr v ■ '•;: -''r rjiVA J>r i, K; <.'•-• <l> ' -“A "•'"' A pastoral


AS YOU journey from Dun sop Bridge to Newton and Slaidburu the road passes through some of the


most attractive scenery in the land and you are bound ‘to notice along the route several knolls of varied size. Most have, in the past, been quarried to disclose tlhc strata of excellent lime­ stone. Indeed, on taking a closer look you will find that in several of these, or just adjacent, are the old' kilns with their familiar open-arched front through which the lime was extrac­


use ait the turn of the century as I mentioned last week fol­ lowing my interview with George Sedgwick. Now they serve as reminders of the days before mechanisation and fertilisers superceded th e horse-drawn vehicle and the natural limestone. They also add a character to our


ted following burning. Many of these kilns -were in


the most conspicuous is that situated between Dunsop and Newton, not far from Wood End Farm, a couple of hun­ dred yards north of the main


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N KEEPING


CLITHEROE magician, MR. JOHN PYE, likes to keep a close watch on his wife’s measurements.............particu­ larly her waistline.


favourite trick. . . sawing his wife in two.


inches on the waistline and the trick won’t work”, says John. Fortunately for both of them Carol has no difficulty keeping her waistline down to the magic figure. “I cam eat almost anything without putting on weight,” she says.


Which is just as well, be­


Carol's slender waistlne. An extra unwanted inch, and John could be dnmmred-out of the Magic Circle, and life could be very uncomfortable for Carol! “Anything more than 25


able to put bank the two halves. But part of tire secret is


So far he has always been Jt’s all tied in with John’s cause John refuses to have morrow night when John’s


in pieces tonight.” The children will have a chance to put tire question to-


barrassing, w i t h company around, to be asked “daddy, are you going to cut mummy


accustomed to their father’s magic tricks. Though it can be a little em­


The Rye’s children Michael, five, a n d Julia two are


members of the family who could take over.


give up the role of sorcerer's assistant there are two other


Anyway, there’s no pain when I saw her in two,” he says. But if Carol should decide to


anyone else as liis assistant. ‘‘I don’t know whether Carol enjoys tlie experience or not, buit she has no option really.


that the Magic Circle, of which he is a member, agreed to to stage the annual show at Clitheroe. On tomorrow might’s bill


■the north west. The show will be compared by Mr, Mo Howarth,


will be professional and ama­ teur magicians from all over


A HOLIDAY LIFETIME


' . ' . , y,,’• c ; \ .'t » r": V/y


a ventriloquist and magician well-known in northern clubs. Tile individual acts have


range from mind-reading to making i-abbits and doves dis­ appear. and should provide an intriguing evening of fun for all the family.


been chosen to give well- balanced entertainment. They


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A CHANCE TO SEE FOUR GREAT CITIES OF CANADA AND THE U.S.A. AND A FASCINATING ITINERARY PLANNED BY EXPERTS - ALL FOR £100 LESS THAN THE NORMAL COST


Departing Saturday, May 15th, 1971, day flight from Manchester by Aer Lingus Schedule Jet Service


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May. with visits to Montreal, New York, Washington and Philadelphia, offered by the East Lancashire weekly newspapers (including this newspaper)- of the


with


Atlantic seaboard, transatlantic flights by scheduled Aer Lingus Jet planes, accommodation at carefully selected high-class hotels, numerous coach excursions to a wide range of tourist attractions in the New World, and a cruise around Manhattan Island.


This luxury holiday gives 14 days on the North Unbeatable


the normal scheduled air fare of around £188 expected on North Atlantic.air routes next summer.


made possible through the co-operation of our news­ papers with Altham’s Travel. Aer Lingus and the expert on-the-spot arrangements by the Canadian Travel Bureau, United States Travel Services and American Pathways.


This tremendous valuc-for-money holiday has been | ADDRESS V


£245 with Bed and Breakfast (Supplement for dinner £33)


BOOK NOW a t . . . An the holiday price is £245—less than £80 above


F — - | NAME ..


For leaflet giving full details of this fabulous holiday, please fill in the coupon below and post to- Althams, 12 St James's St., Burnley


IT T Crossword a c r o s s '


1- Reveal a record on the other side (8).


5. Wq hear they are used, for


measuring an achievement (4).


10. Part of an acceptable autumn scene (7).


cramped into a small space U2).


13. Take in gin (6). 14. Not inclined to like a limerick, maybe (6).


17. Contractor who does his best with what comes to hand (6-6).


travel services limited


12 AINSWORTH STREET, BLACKBURN . . . . TeL 592S7 12 ST. JAMES'S STREET, BURNLEY ..............Tel. 27081 I SCOTLAND ROAD, NELSON ........................Tel. 62812


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. Tel. 4304 ■ Tel. 2895 Tel. 34308


23. Ftt gears for escort vessels (8) .


22. Fasten up a letter and put a stamp on (4).


DOWN


1- Here's a bird—keep your " head down (4).


2. The waters left the dock (7). Flushed with attacking?


That’s asking too much (12).


12. !


21. Annie could be empty- headed (5).


20. Sound rise and fail - of noted composition (7).


M 2 3 | The range of what was


once camping equipment (6)


Happening to be unruffled before tea (5),


Making a term shorter (12).


Produce the same bill again? (2-5). Be published as a confused


Bowls along—led in turns, maybe (8).


Takes a gamble after fixed reverses (3-5).


18. From behind I attacked the country (5)v


paper (0).


19. The kind of mate -to cause confusion (4).


9. Go after Charles with a letter (5).


11- Worked intently, though- .


Here are features of a fortnight's holiday next


£245 with Bed and Breakfast (Supplement for Dinners £33)


the magicians will be able to use their trickery and make t the proceeds 6° a little fur­


her ! Cup winner


Kirkby Stephen won the cup for highest marks in the


More than 90 members ntten-' ded the meeting.' There were 60 entries from Cumberland and Westmor-


annual silage competition promoted by the Cumberland and Westmorland Grassland Society, at Keswick on Friday.


A REHEARSAL for John and Carol Pye~in . tomorrow’s Charity show. preparation for


Pickup, 49. Ki-rkmoor Road' Clitheroe.


. When you have completed this above crossword fill in your name and address in the space provided and deliver it to tails address marked “Cross­ word" in the top loft hand comer of tire envelope.


Advertiser and Times, j »


King street, Clitheroe.


next Tuesday' morning. No entries will be, checked before


.first correot solution opened Wil be awarded the 15s. prize, In view of present postal dif­ ficulties,' the winner is asked to collect the prize at onr office in King Street.


thefl and .the sender of the


LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION Name Address


Efitries must reach us by


to last week’s crossword opened on _ Tuesday morning was sent in by Mrs. G E


15. Forces; 16; Omits; 17, Flashy; 19, Maria. The first correct solution


sentence: 3, Unnamed: " Aisle; 6, Counterfeiter’; Tokens; 8, Verse; 14, Triplet


’ Down: 1, Habits; 2, Light


SON of- Coun. and Mrs. Ronald Williamson, of Sagar Fold, Higher Hodder, Mr. Bill Williamson of Winton Manor,


be divided between Magic Oircle funds and the local Help the Aged charity. If the public respond perhaps •


Proceeds from the show will f rom Burnley,


magic when he was given a magician’s- set at the age of six. “Now I get pleasure out of giving pleasure to people,” he says. And it was at his suggestion


fession, has been practising magic tricks for 20 years. He first became interested in


sawing act is featm-ed in “A Night of Magic”, presented by members of th e Northern Magic Circle, at the Parish Church Hall, Clitheroc. John, a photographer by pro.


land and Bill received 220 marks out of a possible 240; He got 106 for analysis and 114 for inspection.


Edwin Bushby, of Egremont, Cumberland a n d Mr. J. Altham, of Yamvath, Penrith.


Next highest were Mr.


They tied with 214 marks R After leaving Clitherco


oyaj Grammar School, Bill


had 12 months at the Cum­ berland and Westmorland Agricultural College at New­ ton Rigg and then went on to King's College, Newcastle, where he obtained a BSc in agriculture.


Winton Manor for 13 years. The farm is 265 acres' and carries more than 300 head cl' accredited cattle.


He has been fanning at


about half an acre. In general they are very conspicuous and those along the road on which we now journey spring from beautiful green pastures. After consideration, I believe


considerably: some are quite small, other’s large, coveaitng


countryside rarely seen in other counties. In regard to size they vary


. see from the map it is marked Sugar Loaf or Knot,and.when viewed from the road at once commands... attention, set in


verdant surroundings with its head • silhouetted against- the north sky.


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mark-has very sinister associ­ ations other - than- those1' con­ cerning agriculture and the production of lime. In the sun­ light this huge pastille of rock bursting out of the green sward is a cheermg-sight. But we arc told that on this hill once stood a gallows, the chains of which were sold by a farmer to some enterprising antiquarian. True or false no ■ one can say. 'Whatever - the answer it was. certainly out of., living memory. The area also had its ‘boggart’ which ' was said to still haunt the road and stood on the parapet of the bridge around the turn of the century.


However, this pleasing land-


tuous water in Bowland and few in such a short distance gather their waters from such pastoral beauty. Skirted along most of its length .by alders it also has the distinction of forming the boundary between the anojent manor , of Knowl-


and now accepted as Rough Sike. There can be mo more tor­


attraction-of this place, of all the pleasing spots in this val­ ley, this is surely one of the most pleasant If you arc concerned .with detail take a closer look at the bridge and the twisting syke which down the years has been termed Ruffoid Syke, Rougher Syke


All this will not diminish the


The bridge at Rough Sike, with Sugar Loaf in 1


background.


mere and the Higher Division of the Forest of Bolland.


bridge on the eastern bank of the stream the general aspect of the adjacent field is most interesting. Seen, in the af ter­ noon light, with the sun low to the west, the great shad­ ows in he four defiles running at right angles to the stream at once capture the eye. These


Just to the north of the


have, been eroded over the centuries from what at one time must have been a flat pasture.


ing the sheep on the lower reaches of the Syke as it ends


ing at Wood End half a milo down the road since the turn of the century. He was check­


an old acquaintance. Mr. R. WJiitaker, who has been farm­


Later in the afternoon I met Ribble or Hoddejv You will


road it is, I consider one of most outstanding, bo it by'


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- foot. So, by giving the bridge a high arch and raising the road, the incline and stream was rendered less hazardous to horse-drawn traffic.


dred paces from the road and the smooth contours of Bum Fell to the north, the eye takes in a landscape of incompar­ table beauty. veritable pas­


that we, as a race, are so adept in destroying the very things we are supposed to


much or-too wide publicity is a bad thing for . do we not find


Hodder Vale as a whole, has been denied the descriptive attentions of writers who have extolled the virtues of other less distinctive places in adjacent counties. But then that would not be wise. Too


oral symphony. This pant, • as indeed the


betwen Wood End and Rough Sike, with the Hodder a hun­


Within this very small area,


a high, arched bridge was erected to span both dingle 1 and brook.’ Reason for this being to lessen the danger, for previous to that date the road dipped through a very short steep hill across the stream which had to be forded at its


attention is the bridge. Of no great span or size the struc­ ture was rebuilt in 1870, ‘when


noticed during the1 last half century.- Another feature worthy of


in particular the curious land contour I have just mentioned. Like most fanners lie has noted changes in the landscape on his ground where, he said, pronounced erosion had been


its course to join the Hodder at the foot of the field. Wo of things past and present, the weather, the Government and


. to Hund Hill? And do you recall when, at


. oral of these but this near Rough Sike and Dixon Brow held score upon seme of rub- bits. Even now, well over a ’ decade later, the ground bears unmistakable signs of their excavations.


Brow, there was- a very large rabbit warren? Hodder, in places had sev-


ing on a late spring day it was possible, by careful stalking, to surprise these creatures tak­ ing an evening feed. Then, as if by magic, they would ail vanish at a snap of the finger, scurrying to earth.


some unknown reason scores of these rabbits came into this narrow deep cut lane where, blinded and ridden with dis­ ease, and unable to eat because of the infection, they


crouched helplessly awaiting a death blow from some passing human.


others claimed they could have been kept under control by a more humane mothod.


Some say they were a pest, NATURALIST.


Barrow rare


of his terraced house is like entering the hallway of a stately home.


Mounted animals look down from the walls .


for-taking it up can be traced to his childhood.


Then he lived-with his par-


testimony to his growing ski!!. Although taxidermy is fairly new to him, Brian's reasons


a mute


ago and one which demnnds nearly all Ills spare-time as news of his ability spreads and provides a complete con­ trast to his daily routine as a lonry driver for the Horrocks- ford Lime company. To walk into the front room


For Brian Is a taxidermist, a pastime he took up six years


s THERE can be few, if any people in the Clitheroe area


with as rare and absorbing a hobby as Brian Jackson, of Cockerill Terrace, Barrow.


ents at, Wisweli Eaves Farm, where he continues to lend a hand when tune allows, and sh it .was there ho first used a


shooting with his frdonds after moving to Barrow 12 years ago, and it was in 1964 that one of his mates sug- gested lie take an animal to Mr. T. Seikeld, of Carnforth, to have it preserved.


Much help


art and has had much help tlmel Mr' 5eIkeld since that


self nr,w° uny huntinS him- Hn,w ? 'u his Mends con-


uhich are road casualties. Taxidermy is . hobbv of


anatomical knowledge of each subject, in order to recreate


an°mai.leCt p:'oportions of the


Brian’s first task on re- a ,d?ad animal is to


' absoln e° Skm- and fUr’ wi^- ‘<1


1 ‘® d‘PPsa m a liquid, the con- stituency of which is known only within the small circle of taxidermists.


?reclsi0n’ and this


of the animal with wood woo! string a.nd wire, before re-


l5, n? .,the natural skin mound the artificial frame- work.


vent the ears of animals like foxes from drooping.


Moisture


For Brian then has to wait until the moisture has com­ pletely evaporated. The whole procedure takes about six months for each creature.


that is not the end.


can go onto the wall on a wooden, home-made shield. Preservative and brushing


After all this, the trophv t lot a oruel hobby. A lot of


oi tur prevents rotting. Brian stresses that, this is


m? deplorea the careless way that some hunters set snares.


Among Brian’s trophies are foxes, stoats, pheasants, kes-


™LS’« an, ?wl and a badger. ,e, na' two were road cas-


Brian’s trophies are the heads of two highland cattle, which p™truda from opposite wails. The shells of their huge horns had to be twisted off (he lioi- glued h°no, iiiside and then


back on.


^.first, but I ’ve got used to- it.


she accepts it all with a calm resignation, without being over-enthusiastic: “I don't mind.-1 was a hit squeamish


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of a pheasant tail and a bad­ ger’s foot. As for Brian’s wife, Heather,


shows a mild disinterest, but her brother Brett, aged 10,. threatens to follow in his father’s footsteps. He has already made an expert job


hob l amtly think of dad’s unusual Eight - year - old Tracey


by?


to try his skill with fish yet, out lie hopes to reotify 'the omAlmf on in the near future, And what do the rest of the


Brian has not had the time


ba^gers^ * 1!legal t0 s,100t Most obtrusive of all


he animals he uses are vie- ?f road accidents and


external skin, as around the mouth. Finally, pieces of card pre­


ing, specially ' purchased eves are glued from inside, 'as and oil-paints help to main­ tain the normal colours of


revent the skin from shrink­ p A few skilfully-placed pins Next, Brian makes a model mportant to have a clear ii r V ™ 5’ It; ^ Particularly Brdan has little


h m to° nrhlS animais for ur ill, 1 preserve—many of


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Then came the scourge of myxomatosis and I shall never forget the sight when the plague reached this area. For


At that period in tire even­


bordered by long white stones walls. And where in any countryside can you- see 'such walls, undulating like some tortuous snake as they fringe the highway from Wood End


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