$ Clitheroe A dvertiser a n d Times, May 1 2 ,1972


p H E R E & N O W


Rare look at a badger


WITH most tilings I admit to having no patience what­ ever. With others I appear to have the patience of the proverbial Job. I. suppose it is common to manj', if we only had the courage to do a bit of self-analysis. The angler, football enthusiast, the boxing fan and a host of others will often smile at their fellow sportsmen, and wonder how they car. find interest in such pursuits, it all boils down to a question of taste-—what is food for


suitable occasions to sit for hours, often in a very uncom­ fortable position, watching and waiting fo r the eventual appear­ ance of a bird or mammal, in an effort to get a picture. Some­ times patience is rewarded, sometimes all efforts end in failure. Yet in spite of this, the urge continues, and failures somehow add to your deter­ mination. The answer, 1 suppose, can


one is poison to another. As for myself. I hope on


be found as we watch two men playing a game of chess. The casual observer can see no use­ ful purpose in such a pastime, although fundamentally he ir«m agree that what is in­ tolerable to one is a pleasure


some thought a few months ago. following a sit-in near a badger sett. Even at the very outset I was aware of the re­ sults. which with all the best intentions in the world were not promising. The odds against scing the emergence of badgers arc great. However, as l say. this did not serve as a deterrent, and after two and a half hours watching in an ever-diminishing light, the project came to an end. Since then, we have visited


to another. 1 certainly gave the question


the site regularly just to see how things were getting on, for even if you do not see the occupants, the signs on the surface are


badgers were busy clearing out the old bedding, and a sizeable mound of old grass had been left at the entrance to the sett. Spring cleaning began rathcr


good to read. Just over a month ago the


of examining the structure and bone formation.


the articulation of the lower jaw, which fits into a slot o r groove in such a way as to render dislocation impossible. Another outstanding feature is the ridge bone on top of the head. This ridge in an adult male certainly explains why the badger can withstand heavy blows which would certainly kill other less-protected crea­ tures. It is said that it is use­ less to hit a badger on the head with a stick or even with the butt o f a gun. Indeed they


The most striking feature was


have been known, after receiv­ ing a heavy blow, to just shake the head and run off.


The skidi o f the badger.


early and was no doubt in­ fluenced by the dry and mild conditions. Activity was never great, and the occupants spent more time underground than above.


from the sett entrance told of restricted activity, with small twigs and leaves indicating there


The weil-dchncd path leading


had been no movement for some time.


came above ground, the main purpose was to clear out bed­ ding. On one visit I came across a perfect badger skull not more than four feet from the exit. This, af ter a little cleaning, pro­ vided a wonderful opportunity


Obviously whenever they


also had me wondering, fo r the question is often asked as to " ’here badgers die. One authori­ ty. Ernest Neal, believes the dead are walled in an under­ ground chamber. He then con­ cludes that later generations, when tunnelling, come across the skeletons and push them out with the bedding. There are other explanations,


The discovery of the skull


but from the condition o f the skull I found, and its close


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SWEET success fo r Alison (left) and Christine, as they prepare the presents fo r their pensioner friends.


A sweet idea


LIKE most of their friends. 10-year-old Alison Brewer, and Christine Park, also 10. spend a good deal of their pocket


money on sweets.


ends because Alison and Chris­ tine. who both live in Green Drive. Clitheroe. never actually


Bilt that's where the similarity eat the sweets they buy .


instead they give them to local old age pensioners.


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place.” explained Christine, “and Allison and 1 decided that rather than save our money for no particular reason wc could


“I t was my idea in the first


p u t it to good use.” “We thought of several dif­


ferent ways xve could use the money, but in the end wc de­ cided that this was one of the most deserving causes,” said


Alison. Although it’s only a fortnight


or so since the girls started the scheme, they have had even more success than they antic­ ipated—friends and relations, hearing of the idea, decided it was so good tha t it merited their financial backing as well. So a little adult “ pocket money” helped sxvell the fund, and the result was 63p worth of sweets a t the end of the first week, and another £1.42 in hand a t the moment. Christine and Alison decided


ihai Castlefold Old People’s home would be the best place


to begin their charitable work, but first came one of the •perks’ of the job—choosing


and buying the sweets. “Of course, xvc chose the kind


wc thought the old people would like, rather than our favourites.” explained Alison. “We bought boiled sweets mainly, and some mints.” The idea of buying all the


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Clitheroe man's leisurely look at US A... on a bus


West coasts of the United States on business trips a number ol times. Mr. Whiteside, now re­


tired decided it was lime to lake a close and more leisurely look at the American landscape. The famous Greyhound Bus


was the means. For


and into the Southern part OL Can ad a .


one can make a nioni nev to nnv Parl /


imirnev at San Francisco, taking the opportunity «f ^ghtsccmg


Mr Whiteside began


including the Si "l*1® Hiv Bridac. the Golden Ca t


Bridge and sampling lll= cable cars — the one he


boarded broke down . The first leg of his overland


journey took him 400 miles to 1 os Angeles and the oppor­ tunity to drop in on Mr. Kan dolpl'i St. John, who was ail agent for Tcwcl Industries Ltd., when Mr. Whiteside was


managing director. Mi. ol lolin. bv the way. is the son ol the late Earl St. John, who was a leading film producer. Natur- allv. Mr. Whiteside was shown round tha t part of Hollywood where some of the world s top stars have their luxury homes.


T o u c h of


n o s ta lg ia He made a nostalgic visit to


the liner Queen Mary, now an American show place, the fleet of cx-l.ondon Transpon double deck buses which run a shuttle service to the liner providing another reminder of home. Sorrowfully. Mr. Whiteside re­ ports that while the liner look> as she always did from the shore, internally the once fine vessel is merely a home for iukc boxes and so forth. "It’s sacri­ legious”. he commented. Other visits were to a sea-


sweets from the same shop was rather overfacing. _ however. “The shopkeepers might have thought xve were a bit funny, buying so many sweets.” said


Christine. Once the shopping had been


completed, and the sweets di­ vided. the girls found they had enough for 10 old people. So they "paid their first visit to Castleford. where they were, needless to say, made very xvcl-


conic. The 10 recipients of jars of


again sometime.” said Alison, “ so we'll be paying a return visit very soon of course."


trip to b e tte r


WITH the opening of Clith- eroe’s swimming baths, many people of all ages will be spending much more of their leisure time than be­


fore in the water. As parents prepare to ac­ company their children down


to- the baths fo r an afternoon or evening, or one thought may


be uppermost in their minds— should I try and keep up with the youngsters, or would it be better fo r me to climb out af ter a couple of lengths and just sit and -watch the rest of


the time? They think tha t diving in at


the deep end and swimming a dozen o r so lengths is all very well fo r the younger element of the population, and fine fo r the thoroughly f it adult. _ But is it really safe fo r the middle-aged, used to sedentary jobs and car travel, and older, less-mobile people to do the same?


sweets were delighted, and the sweets were greatly appreciated by everyone there. “They even asked if xvc xvould_ go back


quarium. the music centre with seating foi; 3,000 and the Holly­ wood Bowl seating 22.000. Stage two of the journey was


of 500 miles xvith a halt at I-lagstatl after climbing to 4.000


railway are parallel, mostly goods trains being observed one of which. Mix Whiteside


deserted gold mine. For manv miles, road and


noticed, xvas headed bv five engines and comprised 105 huge box cars. A halt was made at the awe­


inspiring Grand Canyon, which can be viewed from conducted coach tours along the peri­ meter.


Phoenix was next on the


route and then El Paso 0,1 1,1C borders of Mexico, leading eventually m Houston, Texas


th e baths you


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BY A LOCAL DOCLOR It is a popular misconception


that swimming is a strenuous sport which could be dangerous if practised to excess. In fact swimming provides one of the best possible forms of all­ round exercise.


tone up muscles and reduce flab by using all the body's muscles equally. A third of the body weight is usually muscle, which requires constant exer­ cise to ensure good health.


Regular swimming helps to WARMTH Exercise for the elderly or


sedentary middle-aged is always best when slow and sustained, as swimming any distance is, and xvhen i t calls fo r the use of many, and if possibly changing, muscle groups. Equally bene­ ficial in this respect arc walking,


golf, croquet, bowls and certain


arc rapid, jumpy games such as tennis or squash/when violent


forms of gardening. The worst types of exercise


activity may call for more oxygen than the blood can


carry to the muscles. A short burst of strenuous activity, such as pushing a


heavy ’ lawnmowe'r round ihc garden on a warm afternoon,


followed by inactivity for the rest of the day. cannot con­ dition the muscles, and is prob­ ably worse than taking no exercise at all. The main points to remember


when swimming are that it is unwise within an hour of a heavy meal, or if the xvater is not warn. It fs also important tha t the swimmer becomes


warm immediately on leaving the water—only if warmth is slow in returning would swim-


ing not be beneficial*


glades. Mr. Whiteside was particularly interested in the beautiful canal system with its flanking residences — the better use of canals in this country as leisure outlets being something with xvhich he has been closely associated.


S t a r t l i n g


c o n t e s t It was at Nassau that the


Arcadia lied up alongside the QE2. The •'Queen” was not al­ lowing visitors at that time but. Mr. Whiteside noted xvith a smile: “When xvc sailed we saw a P anil O pennant flying from her masthead: somebody had managed to board her and there must have been a real lo-do about it." Acapulco provided him with


At Fort Lauderdale. Ever­


. 0 [ uis


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W'ORLD-TRAVELLER MR. SIDNEY WHITESIDE, of the Mount, Eastham Street. Clithcroe, has added another 4,000 miles to his log—all of them by bus. Having visited the East and


and New Orleans with its river- boats. and Tallahasscr in Florida. From there, it xvas a 600 mile hop to Miami passing Cape Kennedy cn-routc. At Miami. Mr. Whiteside saw the new Disneyland, some ten times larger than the original famous playground, and it was from Miami that he began the home­ ward flight. He had gone to America by


the more leisurely steamer route as a passenger on the Arcadia, calling among other ports at Maclcria. Bermuda. Port Ever­ glades. Nassau. Panama and Aca pulco


M o r e h o b b i e s


FOLLOWING the highly suc­


cessful hobbies exhibition staged by Clithcroe Rotary Club, a similar one is being held a t the Municipal College, Ormerod Road. Burnley.


later this


month. This hobbies and leisure ex­


hibition, being organised by the Burnley Rotary Club, starts on May 29th and continues until June 3rd. Any profit xvill be divided betxveen the Mid- Pennine Association for the Arts and charities chosen by the Club. There will be 40 stands de­ picting activities ranging from


model railways and philately to ornithology and caving. Several organisations. such as the British Red Cross and WRVS. will also have stands. Elsewhere in the college xvill


to conclude tha t the animal had been in the underground cham­ ber for a long, long time. Being devoid of all flesh o r hair, the carcase must have lain un ­ disturbed for years.


proximity to the sett, I am led The first noticeable change


creatures over the last half century o r more, lay many strands of old, dry grass, all appearing as if swept in one direction by some whispy broom. Obviously the badgers had been concerned with the bedding to furnish the sleeping chamber. Much had been _ car­ ried underground, and quite a lot had been left. All very understandable, fo r there is some difficulty in rolling a


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came a t the beginning of March. It was then apparent that activity was increasing every day. We were watching fo r out­ ward signs, particularly along the well-defined path. Here, a t a distance o f 20 feet from the sett entrance, the evidence stood out a mile. You do not have to be a Sherlock Holmes or a detective to see what is taking place below or above ground, especially af ter dark. Along the track, used by these


bundle of dry grass when you


friend in the Hodder valley, who has a well-established sett on his land. H e told me of an interesting feature he has noted over the last few years, during the early autumn months. A less observant person would let such evidence pass unnoticed, o r attr ibute this to other causes.


have only two paws. A few days later, I spoke to a


Gisburn


called the findings of Ernest Neal, who mentions the strange h ab i t of the badger in this re­


tales"to tell, but his observance of the badger’s hab it of turning over the cattle dung in the fields was o f particular importance. The habit is not without reason, fo r beneath those heaps are to be found many bcatles. slugs and worms, which provide thv beast with sustenance. We may n o t get many oppor­


spect My Hodder friend had varied


tunities o f watching badgers, but we do find it very easy to keep a check on their activities if we make an attempt to in­ terpret the obvious signs.


NATURALIST.


N o t so a farmer. As he related his story T re­


was in the chair at the r meeting ol


Busy meeting Vice-President, Mrs. the G i


Women's Institute and


dueed Mrs. J. Storey Eaves, who gave a demonstration on Gathering’


made and worn” was ju, Mrs. Storey. Results Mrs. J. Frankland: 2. N Brown; 3. Miss G. Go" Mrs R. Mulholland; 5, Graveston.


A competition for ‘


Lilburn and Mrs. Fur Bolton-by-Bowland WI. delegates to the Annual in London. Mrs. Lilbu the resolutions and ments and was instructec members on which wav t quired her to vote for t


Mrs. Bell then weleom k-v


paper collection was tak D. Newlove gax-e her re the Clitheroe WI sho thanked all who had tak and especially Mrs. M son xvho had worked although ill, and in fact hospital the day of th-.


New premises A silver paper and


be a special council xvith regard to the que. new premises for the shire office in Preston, of the members was purchase premises woui- the Federation's best There is to be a re ­ course on “I.cadersh September. A letter was read fron


Mrs. Bell said there


ham Institute thanking bers for a very enjoyab ing at the April meetin..


ABOUT 70 friends and relations called to sec Mr. William Moon and his wife. Ruth, at their home. Bradley Nail, Chaigley. to help them celebrate their golden wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Moon had an "open house” so that people could drop in when they wanted to. ••ft was a lovely anniversary” , said Mrs. Moon. "We really had a


lovely time.


a n d Carnjorth, and Mrs. Moon received m a n y plants and bou­ quets.


Well wishers cam e from as fa r aw a y a s Skipton. B la c k p o o l , ,


be many youth organisations, each one occupying a room. These include the Guides and Scouts as xvcll as various youth clubs. In the theatre there xvill be


demonstrations and displays of karate, judo and table tennis. In the cinema there xvill be i illustrated talks by outdoor | societies such as the caving club and horticultural society. There xvill also be outdoor


events, and during the exhibi­ tion challenge quiz heats. Re­ freshments xvill be available at all times.


a startling contrast in living standards — abject poverty and the most luxurious hotels one could imagine. One huge place had a swimming bath for every suite, and a golf course with small electrically driven cars to convey players from the hotel to the course and even from one hole to the next. At the other end of the scale


ft. from the Arizona Desert and seeing, among other things, a


L o v e ly n o i s e


travel to next time ? That could be a problem, lie is ••running out of new places to visit” . He has been as far as Hong Kong, but not to the Antipodes: there, maybe, is a clue.


L i b r a r y e x h i b i t i o n


THE May exhibition Whallcy New library 33 works by Clithcroc artist Mr. Dick Tattcrsall of York Street, chairman of the Clithcroc & District Arts Society. Mr. Tattcrsall has arranged


features in the


there were the poorest of the poor living in little more than tents xvith the cattle, sheep and goats sharing the accommoda­ tion. Where " i l l Mr. Whiteside


WHEN the bells of St. Helen's, Waddington, ring out again later this year af ter more than 25 silent years, fexv will be more pleased than the man xvho was forman ringer when the last


village and runs a greengrocer’s shop, though most of his con­ temporaries o f the bell tower


team broke up. Mr. Jim Hird still lives in the


ringing xvhen he xvas 21 and was then easily the youngest in the belfry. In those days, ring­ ing xvas a real heavyweight operation, but the new peal is said to be much easier to ring. “I'll be interested to see if


his display in two sections: portraits and landscapes, but includes also a couple of attrac­ tive still-life studies. Prominent among the por­ traits arc those of local people


many visitors will recognise but the younger generation xvill be


more intrigued with an eye­ catching full lace of Welsh singer Marx- Hopkin (kindly loaned by Caldcrstoncs Hospi­ tal) and one equally charming of Shirley MncLainc. The landscapes cover beauty


spots in aii parts o f the country, but the local scenes xvill probab­ ly have the greatest impact on Lancashire visitors. Worston. a village too often neglected by local artists, is particularly ap­ pealing as is also a view of the Main Street in Chatburn. Clitheroe Castle is captured


they are easier to check,” he said, referring to the action of stopping the bell before it swings over the top. “ I’m h op­ ing to join the classes when they start.” He will be very happy to


hear the bells ring out again after all this time, particularly if Waddtngton’s young people take an interest in the belfry. "The peal xvill be an asset to the village.” he declared.


G a r a g e m e c h a n ic ’s


from an unusual angle and xve liked the artist’s White Lion entry. Mr. Tattcrsall here demonstrates that the rear ap­ proach can be just as interest­ ing and present a greater feel­ ing of atmosphere than the more conventional viewpoint. Readers with half an hour to


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David, of Greenwood’s Farm,


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spare could do xvorse than spend it in the gallery; they xvill find the exhibition full of in­ terest and the varying tech­ niques employed in both oils and water colour xvill command the attention of every serious


student.


Ireland and the Isle of Man who took part in th e . course—


regular ringers until the last War intervened. After it. regu­ lars xverc difficult to come by so that the peal xvas h ea rd only a t xveddings and eventually not at all. Mr. Hird. now 6S, started


have died o r moved away. The church had a team of


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