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26 Years’ Experience in the


Industry. A BIRD OF PASSAGE


ONE of th e most im ­ p o r ta n t visitors to Scot­ lan d m u s t be th e osprey for, as many people know, since th e birds nested on Speyside scores of thousands of visitors have viewed th em from th e Royal Society for th e Protection of Birds’ hide some 150 yards from th e actual nest. People have travelled from all p a r ts of th e world to see the


s ittin g birds and no one seems to answer th e question—Why? Ospreys have a magnetic appeal as we have recently witnessed n e a r home.


T he appe al is con s tan t


for since th e osprey a t tem p ­ ted to breed in 1952, and when they established themselves in th e Loch G a r te n s ite in 1955, th e RSPB have m a in ta in ed a 24 h o u r w a tch ag a in s t egg collectors. As a re su l t th e birds have spread an d in 1971 seven p a irs a t tem p ted to breed in th e Highlands an d five succeeded in re a r ­ ing 11 young. More recently a p a ir h a d th e ir n e s t a t Loch Lowes in P e r th sh ire .


th e close connection of th e osprey with our own countryside. Few people a re aware th a t since th e osprey


I m en tio n th is because of 1 r .


th e reservoir a t Stocks. I am sure th a t h a d th is brain-child of a Blackpool ornithologist been successful in driving away th e h o s t of n e s t in g gulls such a n a c tion would have been excused.


be te rm ed a n ornithological folly. T h ro u g h o u t L anc a­ sh ire an d Yorkshire we have similar s tructure s, ma inly of stone, erected by misguided individuals in a spell of e r ra t ic imagination. T h is was bound to be a failure an d h a d a p a ir of birds nes ted th e n th e egg collector would h av e h a d l i t t le difficulty in robbing th e nes t.


I consider th e pole should I n th e Highlands th e birds


a re p rotec ted by all sor ts of lis tening an d electrical devices a n d a co n s tan t w atch is m a in ta in ed fo r egg collectors.


th em a n d rec ently two men f rom Hartlepool were fined a to ta l of £150 for robbing th e ne s t.


S tif f fines do n o t deter TH E o sp re y w h ic h c am e to N ew to n - in -B ow la n d .


began nes ting in Scotland i ts presence h a s been recorded by Ribble.


T he odd bird of passage h a s even stimula ted several


enthusiasts into wishful thinking an d on th e sug­


gestion of one of th e se th e Fylde W a te r Board erected a 40ft. pole on th e is lan d in


tember, a female osprey ag a in visited Hodder an d for several days th e mag­ nif ic en t c re a tu re qu a r te red th e r iverside p a s tu re s n e a r Newton. S he was obviously m a tu re—being 24 iches ta ll w ith a wing span of five feet. How, you may say, is i t possible to give th e se exact me asurem ents ?


osprey in my p hotograph came to a n u ntim ely end a n d a f te r i ts br ief sojourn


L e t me explain. The


Frenchman Francois likes our pubs


FRENCH a s s is ta n t a t Clitheroe Royal G ramma r School for Boys, Francois Besse (21), h a s been busy se t t l in g in w ith a Clith­ eroe family in th e p a s t


Mrs K e i th Weaver, of S alt- h i l l Villa, S a lth i ll Road, an d th e i r


th re e weeks. He is s tay in g with Mr and


Nicholas (11), Caroline (7). an d Charles (3), n o t forget­ t in g a n o th e r


th re e chi ldren —


member of th e family, Nero, th e dog. Although a school teacher,


im p o r ta n t


M r Weaver is n o t one of F ra n co is ’s colleagues: h e is h e a d of th e geography de­ p a r tm e n t a t S t Ma ry’s Col­ lege, Blackburn.


Family of four


f ih f it t l ALL day on U r WEDNESDAY but no service available on this day


MONARCH LAUNDRETTE KING STREET, WHALLEY


Bordeaux, p a r ticu la r ly asked fo r a te a ch in g p ost in a small place. " I live in a town of 500,000 people, a n d I have always lived in a f la t ,” he explained, “so I w anted to see th e cou n try .” On a previous visit to


Francois, who comes from


E ngland, h e sp e n t a month in London, a n d la s t y e a r he to u red th e city in charge of a p a r ty of schoolboys. So fa r h e h a s n o t h a d tim e to do any fu r th e r sightseeing,


a l th o u g h h e h a s a t ten d e d a conference fo r a s s is ta n ts in Liverpool. F ran co is conies f rom a


ROUND AN D ABOUT F rancois will not be re ­


family of four. His sis ter is m a r r ied an d lives in Ger ­ many, an d h is two younger b ro th e rs a re studying a t a te chnic al school in Angers. On h is r e tu rn to F ran c e , h e will tak e h is final exams, a n d th e n teach. B u t as th e re a re n o t enough jobs for th e number of appli­ cants, lie will be p repa red to te a c h anywhere. During his yea r here,


F ran co is would like to visit Scotland, and, surprisingly


Francois was u n fo r tu n a te ly involved in a camping acci­ dent, in which h e received burns to his legs, an d for the time being th is h a s somewhat cur ta iled his favourite activities of hiking and camping. B u t h e h a s managed to spend a week­ end youth-hostelling in th e Lake D is tr ic t w ith some F ren ch friends, an d in th e spring h e hopes to join the school T ramps Club.


enough, Ulster, although many pople have tr ied to dissuade him f rom th is pro­ ject. Why Ulster? “I w an t to see i t for myself,” he said. Before coming to England,


Weavers "to know some­ th in g about the English Christmas."


tu rn in g home for Christmas, but intends to sh a re th e celebrations with


th e


Stress on sport


th e English pub is particu­ larly popular with Francois. “In F ren ch cafes there is always discussion and shouting.” he said, “but in


f re er in an English school th a n in a French one. “There is more stress on sport here,” he remarked. "They have been very kind to me a t school, and I was very well welcomed.” But he soon discovered that the boys would ra th e r discuss sport m th e ir lessons than politics or the Common Market. T he unique atmosphere of


Is n o t enthusastic about English food, apart from breakfa st, and 1 f.nds such things as mint sauce “very peculiar." He feels that education is


a time to form any definite impressions, bltk' F rancois


T hre e week; is . too sh o r t


the pubs i t is ca lm because th e English tem p e ram en t is so calm an d p hlegmat ic.”


Old Boys' president


C. M. (Matt) Henderson. There were 178 boys a t th e school, th e n um b e r having risen to 228 by th e time he left.


into th e curriculum a n d in­ creased th e emphasis on music an d drama , also writing th e school song, which Mr H. B. Shaw se t to music. However, Mr Stokes will


He introduced biology


Cl ithe ronians’ president will take place a t th e a n n u a l d in n e r a t th e Swan an d


chiefly be remembered for his deeply rese arched history of th e school in th e 16th an d 17th centur ies on b eh a lf of the C h e th am Society. His in s ta lla tio n a s th e Old


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la te r which, a t th e time, c re a ted a n equally great, if n o t g re ater sensation. So widespread was the in te re s t aroused th a t , ultimately th e King h im ­ self, Charles I, personally intervened.


th e re was a fu r th e r tr ia l of alleged witches from the Pendle a re a 21 years


were in s t itu ted following accusations made by one, Edmund Robinson, a boy of eleven years living with his fa th e r , a woodcutter and mason, deep in th e Forest of Pendle.


able story. He affirmed th a t a t one


(probably because i t never became th e subject of a popular work of fiction) has never, in more re c en t years, aroused th e same in te re s t as did th e loathsome activities of Mother Demdike an d her hapless fellow-sufferers. T h e prosecutions in 1633


Oddly, th is second tr ia l


tr ia ls of th e Lancashire witches it is the sorry events a t Lanc aster in 1612 to which they usually refer. Compartively few people are aware th a t


WHEN people speak of the


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Whalley Window


behind her, and like the wind th e mare carried them to a large bam where a g re a t fe a s t was in. progress.


menace th a t he took to his heels an d ran with - screaming, vicious mob pres­ sing closer with every pass­ ing minute. The lad was n e a r th e end of his en­ durance when two horsemen came riding by and a t the sjght of these unexpected riders his pursuers scat­ tered in all directions.


pressed to share in the victuals but he steadfastly refused, whereupon he was approached with


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Hallowmass h e encountered two greyhounds, one black, one brown, nearby was a hare. Oddly, th e dogs held off and refused to h u n t the h a re and then, all a t once, th e th re e c re atures vanished an d in th e ir places stood Mother Dickenson, a notor i­ ous witch an d a small boy. Mother Dickenson an d the


boy claimed th a t i t was they who h ad a moment pre­ viously been th e two dogs a n d th e old dame then offered Edmund money as th e price of h is silence. The young lad disdained th e proffered bribe whereupon th e witch’s companion, th e smal boy, was transformed in to a g re a t white horse. T h e old woman mounted th e steed, pulled Edmund up


magistrates Richard Shuttie- w orth and John Starkey, at P ad ih am on the lo th of February, 1633 an d a number of arrests ensued. At


This story Edmund told to Assizes, 17 of the accused th e next Lancaster


were found guilty, b u t the Judge, disregarding th e jury


an d being dissatisfied with th e evidence, granted them a reprieve.


interested and appointed the Bishop of Chester to examine the accused and- upon his report being sub­ mit ted to His Majesty, lour women, Margaret Johnson, Frances Dickenson, Mary Spender an d “ Hargreaves


The King, being apprised case became


w ife ” were ordered to be carried to London. b I n the metropolis the”


curiosity, p e y were con­ fined m the Fleet where


ecame objects of Jr=at


means large sums of monev were raised.


eth^ , Y ere put °n public


xhibition and bv this money


The four uphappy women


Cl ithe ronians’ Association, have chosen Mr C. ' W. Stokes, of Bedford, who was headm a s te r of Clitheroe Royal G ram m a r School for four years before taking up a n app o in tm en t a s a n HM Insp ec to r of Schools in 1935. Mr Stokes succeeded Mr


FOR th e ir n ex t president, members of


th e Old ONE o f th e f am i ly


Royal Hotel on S aturday, November 11th. In cidental ly th e associa­


t io n is completing its 50th year. I t was founded a t a d in n e r an d smoking evening in th e school on Ja n u a ry 14th, 1922, b u t so many a t tended, according to a con­ temporary repor t,


th a t


ded an d th e f irs t old boy to be elected president was th e R t Hon. Sir Jo h n Tudor Walters, P o stma ster General. The following vice-presidents were elected: J . M. Whipp, T. G a rn e t t , T. Woodcock, C. M. Henderson, J . South- worth, W. Southworth, C. L. Boden, E. T. Welch, J . L. Bulcock, J . Kemp, F. B. Mit­ chell, J . Taylor (Langho), H. H. Wheeler, J . R. Kemp, Rev. Mark Har rison an d Dr J . H. Fairwea ther . J . C. Cowgill was th e f irs t


dinne r became “h ig h te a ”. . “M a tt" Henderson presi­


secretary, an d H. Highton, trea surer .


were th e n ordered to be examined by th e Kin g ’s physicians an d surgeons and, la te r still, by th e King himself. A Royal pro­ nouncement was th e n made th a t “ th e re was no Cause of Guilt appe ar ing "■ and


were now a r re s ted an d con­ fined in sep a ra te prisons,


th e women were pardoned. Edmund a n d h is fa th e r


whereupon th e la d confessed th a t his story h a d been a tissue of lies concocted by h is fa th e r a n d th a t , in h is deceit, h e h ad been “ in­ structed by h is fa th e r an d some o th e rs whom envy, revenge and hope of gain had prompted.”


Clitheroe G ram m a r School, in his “ Displaying of Sup­ posed Witch c ra f t ” published in 1667. Dr Webster re­ ported th a t h e “h ad th e whole story from Edmund Robinson’s own lips more th a n once.”


by D r Jo h n Webster, one­ time


This account is confirmed h e a d m a s t e r oi


Despite th is s tran g e series


of events an d th e women’s acquittal, legends of witch­ cra f ts persisted in Fendle Forest an d many contended years la ter , th a t despite th e admitted falsity of th e evidence on th is occasion,


“ Mother Dickenson did commerce in occult


truly ar ts .” So our story—a story fully


au th en tic a ted by contem­ porary documents—ends. In its way, quite a s remarkable a n d almost a s incredible as th e notorious t r ia ls of 1612. This was, I believe, th e la s t occasion when witches


were recorded abroad in th e remote fastnesses of Pendle- side, b u t o n one prediction I am p repa red to s tak e my reputation. T he very next time th e re is a fancy dress ball, a to rch l ig h t o r carnival procession, anywhere in th is region of Lancashire, th e Fendle Witches — frequently


very a t tra c t iv e a n d loveable l i t t le witches—will be there.


I i


Clitheroe calling


THE cu r ren t celebrating by th e BBC of 50 y ea rs of broadcasting will s t i r local memories of th e time when Clitheroe h ad i ts own broad­ ca sting s ta tion.


W a lte r Whiteside an d Percy Cunliffe a re two names th a t come to mind. Sunday morning concerts were bro ad c as t from th e old brewery on th e site now occupied by Whiteside’s, wine me rch an ts .


T h a t was a ro u n d 1922-23.


messages across a tab le a t his home, th e n from th e f ro n t to th e back of th e house. He subsequently installed


succeeded sending


m an o f n o te scholastically, being a n MA of Cambridge University


am a te u r to be licensed by th e Government. Mr Woodcock was also a


Wrangler. He


Clitheroe Royal G ram m a r School on a temporary basis from time to time. D r Cunliffe, a s h e became,


an d Senior assisted


As a young m a n h e made a hobby o f wireless te le ­ g r a p h y a n d ' in 1914 g a in ed


was one of th e G ram m a r School’s m o s t distinguished products an d th e . son of Mr W. D. Cunliffe, who was a grocer in th e M a rk e t Place an d became a member of th e town council.


ap p a ra tu s in a b am behind h is home, becoming th e f irs t


t r a n s m i t t i n g


with wireless d a te even fu r th e r back and with some distinction. Thoma s Wood­ cock, of Ba rke rs Terrace. Waddington Road, was a pioneer of wireless tele­ graphy. I n September 1910 h e in


Surveyor. However, Clitheroe’s links


th e n Borough


place in Whiteside’s former shop in Castle S tre et . Those tak in g p a r t included Mrs W. G. G a rn e t t , who sang, and Mr A r th u r Bleazard, violinist,


T he concert itself took Getyourticketstodayfor F r a n c o is w i th N ic h o la s ( le f t ) , C h a r le s a n d C a ro l in e .


second prize in a n all- England competition,


boys u n d e r 18, receiving th e awa rd f rom Marconi him­ self. Dr Cunliffe gained world­


for


wide d ist inct ion in science, p a r ticu la r ly in chemical re se a rch in th e cotton an d woollen industries. He gained a PhD a t K in g ’s College, London, an d was also an au th o r i ty on scien­ tific a n d pic tor ial photo­ graphy, being a n Associate of th e Royal P h otographic Society and exhibiting in th is country an d America.


A change of colour


WHEN trave lling to Burnley


by Ribble bus d o n ’t be c au g h t off gu a rd if a “ s tran g e ” single - decker pulls up a t your stop. Ribble a re changing f rom th e fam i lia r red - a n d - c re am


livery to a new a n d b r ig h te r red. w ith white a s th e relief colour.


new colours in CUtheroe is now o p era ting o n th e B u rn ­ ley route. Look o u t for th e n am e Ribble above tire win­ dows n e a r th e f ro n t a n d a new dou-ble-N symbol. On double - deckers th e


T h e f irs t vehicle in th e r I


n am e Ribble an d th e symbol will be b en e a th th e side windows. Ribble is a subsidiary of


th e N atio n al Bus Company a n d ail i ts buses will ta k e o n th e i r new ap p e a ran c e when th e y go in to th e work­ shop fo r repa inting. Ribble a re cu r ren tly ta k ­


ing delivery of single-deck buses of a new design. Specially fo r one - m a n operation,


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fo r easy an d sa fe boarding. T h e re a re se a ts fo r 48 pas­ sengers a n d room for people to s ta n d periods.


d u r i n g peak


spacious well-lit f ro n t en ­ tran c e w ith low, wide steps


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W. Palmer, of Waterlo Road, Clitheroe. marrie. Mrs A. Ainsworth, also o Waterloo Road, a t Clith


A railway signalman. M GS boys


come out top


A FEW weeks ago four Burnley Grammar School boys joined the Clitheroe


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Bridge Club an d th e ir results have been very good. Two of them, Proctor and Ensor, played for the Burn­ ley school


team which


reached the semi-final of th e Daily Mail schools cup. This is competed for by


most of the public schools an d grammar schools in the


country. The following hand, on


which they bid and made four spades, earned them a well-deserved “ top ” a t the


bridge club. Dealer West. Love all. N


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riTi trump opening, the bid-1 ding was:—


W N E S


th e five of clubs was not difficult, but the ir bidding showed excellent judgment. WINNERS of th e duplicate game a t Clitheroe Bridge Club were: 1. NS Mr Wilkin­ son an d Mrs McMahon: 2.1


Tire play on the lead of


1NT D'ol 4S P P P


NS Mr Schofield and Mr Hamer; 1. EW Mr Proctor and Mr Ensor: 2. EW Mr Wnlker and Mrs Whitehead. I The winners of the hand:-1


cap prizes were: NS Mr and Mrs T urne r ; EW Mr and-] Mrs Peddar. VV.L.W.


Chinney fire CL “HEROE Fire Brigade I


d e a l t with a chimney fire in I Woone Lane, Clitheroe. on I S a tu rd ay afternoon. They I soon p u t out the fire and no damage was caused.


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I F if te e n yea rs ago, in Sep­


by Hodder was tak en to a tax id ermis t and la te r was on view in th e P a rk e rs Arms, Newton, when Tom Grimes was mine host.


m e n t when th e bird was seen in th e field by the bridge a t Newton. T he fa rm e r


I rec all th e g re a t excite­


moments a n d fea red for th e fa te of h is h en s whenever th e massive bird q u ar te red th e field.


h a d • anxious


wate r bailiff, b rought along his bird book to check an d identify fo r no one h a d ever seen such a c re a tu re with those tremendous fe e t an d talons. Tom told me how he stood w ith in a few paces. The osprey all th e time perched on a n old fence as h e studied th e illu s tra tio n s in h is book. F ran k ly he could not, a s h e said, believe h is own eyes.


Tom Wilkinson, th e n th e Disa ster was soon to


follow an d th e bird rema ined on display in th e public bar.


cesful n e s tin g in Scotland, th e re have been numerous sightings by Ribble in p a r ­ ticular. These have been in October or la te September when th e n o r th e rn nes ters a re h eading south to winte r quar te rs .


watching a solitary bird by Ribble a few years ago between G isbum an d Bolton-by-Bowland. F rom a favourable position I was able to follow i ts activities


I h a d th e pleasure of Since th en , an d th e suc-


over th e r iver an d pas tures. L a te r , Mir Silverwood,


from Mylah n e a r Rimington, watched a p a i r which aga in sp en t several days by Ribble in ea r ly October. At th e time I wondered, a s h e re la ted h is experience, if th e re h ad been a mistake. I could n o t imagine th a t an osprey would allow a s tran g e r to ap p ro a ch w ithin a few feet—eig h t or 10 fe e t h e said. T h is to me was out of th e question b u t when he la te r showed me a t r a n s ­ parency an d I checked on th e a c tu a l scene th e n th e re could be no argument.


He saw th e p a ir b a th in g


in mid-stre am an d when h e took h is p ic tu re th e bird made a f r ig h ten in g s ig h t


w ith a th r e a t display. So with such evidence I am convinced th e osprey visits Ribble each y e a r when on passage. T h e more re c en t sighting of a fine bird n e a r Wilpshire also gives added proof to th is idea.


When th e news leaked in


th e Blackburn a re a th e crowds visiting th e reservoir would, as one observer com­ mented, be “ enough to f r ig h ten away a n e lep h an t .” Such, however,


is th e


a t t ra c t io n of th e osprey, which we c a n now claim as a reg u la r bird of passage.


NATURALIST


HOLT


MEMBERS of S i Mary Ma dalene and Sr, Paul's Sco I Group provided a surpri- guard of honour when rhe


leader, Mr Fred Hoh, v.-. m a r r ied a t


the Unite


Reformed Church on Satu day. He is the eldest sc of Mr and Mrs S. Hoi Lowergate, Clitheroe. and a n apprentice training ;


s tructor. His bride was Miss Audrr|


Speak, youngest daughter Mr and Mrs A. Speak, S | dows Avenue. She is sh o r th an d typist.


Mrs J. Kempster. bride I sister. Miss A. Wooff. brk> groom's cousin. Miss Bridges, and Miss C. Spea bride's niece.


th e bride wore a Victoria: style dress in white brocac with a white petal cap ar. full-length veil'. Her bouqtr was of gold tea roses arJ lily-of-the-valley. Attending the bride we:


Given away by her lathe


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