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A REMARKABLE YEAR


WHEN Frances Pitt wrote “ The voices of fieldfare and redwing come from the grey sky. from hedge­ row, bush and meadow,


for the autumn invasion is now an accomplished fact and an army of occupation holds the countryside,” it could very easily have been in our district today or on my own particular trip at the weekend. But she wrote of November, 1947. Now, in 1973, the invasion has never been more pro­ nounced as the flocks


settle in pastures and in the woodlands. First arrivals appeared


during the second week in October arid during a day on the uplands above Slaidburn I watched several hundreds as they alighted in a wooded dough. It was late afternoon, bright with a cold easterly wind of searching intensity — the first reminders of winter days ahead. The migrants had departed a couple of months earlier and would now be in far away Africa. Now. the winter arrivals were on our doorstep, new­ comers reminding us that tlio tide has turned and that we could look forward to the birds and wild fowl from the far north.


isolated by vocal sounds, the redwing uttering a thin delicate note also recalling the song thrush. The field­ fare is more robust and


whether in flight c perch­ ing on a tree the distinctive


harsh “ chak, chak” signi fies the larger bird. Field­


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fares can also be recognised by ‘he greyish-white rump. I began with the idea of


describing our trip at the weekend during which we were confronted with this remarkable influx of red­ wing and fieldfare recalling the words of Frances Pitt.


Our walk began in mid- ALREADY in its winter coat is this lO-poinlcr


stag . . believed to be the biggest member o f the Sika herd now in Bowland.


These foreign thrushes —


the redwings and fieldfares from Scandinavia — are part of the country calendar and although they nowadays show a tendency to arrive earlier, the main flocks keep to a remarkable schedule.


- who see these birds cither passing overhead or foraging


my observations have shown a predominance or fieldfare, but this season there is a fantastic increase in the numbers of redwing. People


During the last few years


in a field often speculate on their identity.


The task is not difficult


and no confusion should arise if a few simple observations arc followed. In flight redwing and


fieldfare travel in a some­ what ragged fashion and in general outline the fieldfare resemble the missel thrush. The redwing is smaller and to all intents and purposes similar to the common thrush. Even when both are together they can be


morning with a typical November landscape. Over the valley, and more so' by the river, the mist obscured the sun, but the forecast was that the mist would clear. We were on our way just


crop. This will no doubt have some people talking of a mild winter.


The mist began to thin


as we came to a wood where nature had spread her colourful carpet and as we forged ahead all thoughts of a silent passage vanished. Each footstep echoed as -if we were progressing along a path of corn flakes. The crisp, dead leaves rustled in an alarming manner, par­ ticularly as wc wantej to move as quietly as possible.


yellow sycamore leaves gave the general surroundings a golden unnatural appear­ ance. The tail, rapidly decaying rich brown bracken gave warmth and colour to


Light filtering through the


• a drill November morning. In the more open places


after 10 a.m. and a couple of miles up Ribble noted the incomers. Calls of redwing and fieldfare filled the air. Obviously, by their nervous


chattering and erratic fiigiit, they were just arriving. Batches of hundreds dropped from the skies and soon alighted in fluttering manner on hawthorns abd tall ash trees. Given milder weather they will remain on the soft pastures varying their diet with feasts from the hawthorns. However, such food supplies will soon run out for throughout the district there is a very poor


of the wood the butter-bur. which began its season in early February, hung limp in decay. The giant leaves recalled childhood days when we referred to this plant as “ wild rhubard.” The hazel (a remarkable


case of continuity) still retains summer leaves and is also festooned with little catkins ready for a quick start next spring. Strange how in every hedgerow there are signs of decay and ample evidence of new life


is always apparent and even in the immediate days of winter you will not have to


and creation. The never-ending process


go tar to seek new lile. By noon we were in deer


country. Throughout the journey we had kept a watchful eye for the elusive beasts but no amount of wishful thinking could pro­ duce either stag or hind. Wc found plenty of evidence, an abundance of signs telling of great activity — but no deer.


remarkable year for a variety of reasons. First surprise came in September when it seemed the stags had created a new record. Several weeks earlier than usual we found several '• wallowing pools.” This applied to both Ribble and Hodder. A friend who follows the yearly cycle of the Sika deer in the upper Hodder reported they were at least two weeks ahead of the usual schedule.


It has been a most


verv active and by late September the sticky muddy regions on the edge of the wood had been turned into a huge wallowing pool. Throughout the area tlic.se stags have been advertising their presence by day and night, and a couple of weeks ago wc stood in mid-after­ noon on tile fringe of a wood listening to the murderous high pitched Whistle or scream of an aggressive stag.


Those by Ribble were also


So, on this November day wc made a detour to find


this beast recently been You do not detective to signs. One width of io


bore antler hoof marks.


iA1!*1' had in the vicinity


haye to be a uiterpret the P°ol ha<j a


to 12 feet, u imprints and


men layer of sticky' the kind of stun1 tl™ ’


Around the edge lav a lo


creatures us0 in their beauty treatment, i j,™


on several occasions seen stags plastered with mud but I would dearly likeT


bath°ne actualIy laki!,8 "is The chill air set me thin1'


mg of hot colTce and s0 we


rested by tall hawthorn nw young elms and ,vc“


entertained by a party 0r titmice. What „ .1;prf.


sight as the long tailed tits flittered. upended -aid cavorted, picking up


morsels from the twigs My thoughts returned to


past days and that my, Clitheroc naturalist jejj Hayhurst. Although he spent a lifetime watching birds lie considered ;v,e


long-tailed tits his iirm favourite. 'That is the tine-t cr.ni'K.


ment anyone could pa-.-1 m this delicate creature to i» seen now congreeatiiv. with the marsh, coal and' ereat


tits wherever hawthorns arc numerous.


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„ reat landscape value I careful thought musl given before any pla| permission is granted,! Bowbotham told resil at the meeting, callcl Whalley Parish Council held in the Sandpiper! taurant.


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tras down on the plail maps as a village -.1 there is some scope! b ui l 'd ing — but '.I only moderate 'develorl should take place.


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Conservation did no: I "The ccn|


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but by people wil’.ir. cherish them and keep I in good condition fol sake of future general "The planning dl


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subversive about their activities. Nor arc they women's lib sympathisers, all,lie ugh tlic work they do lias a. distinctly feminine air. AH 13 arc keen church embroiderers, exponents of a skilled and ancient art. They meet at Singleton Parish Church Hall, near Blackpool, lo exchange ideas and prac­ tise their craft under expert tuition. Together with many other women — possibly 100 in all — in the Blackburn Diocese, they form the Fellowship of Church


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embroidery was just begin­ ning to blossom at that time. The seeds were sown during her childhood in Accrington, although it was several years before the hobby started to ripen. Her late husband was then Vicar of Carnforth. and when the church altar was enlarged part of the task of modify­ ing the frontals fell to Mrs Anderson. In 1955 Mr Anderson be­


came Rector of Chorley. When he died eight years later. Iris wife took up resi­ dency at Whalley Abbey Gatehouse. She has lived in


son's work are scattered around lire churches in the Diocese. A banner hangs in Great . Harwood Parish Church, a cope she. made is in regular use at Blackburn Cathedral and churches in Chorley and Leyland have much to''thank Mrs Ander­ son lor. Two years ago, her skilled hands were employed to renovate Die Mothers' Union banner at Clitheroc Parish Church. At present she is working


on her most difficult assign­ ment yet: an altar frontal depicting three crowns set one above tlic other. This work, for Wigan Parish Church, lias to be done in three separate frames. “ It is all so different from any­ thing I have done before.” she said.


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Lurex material are going into this design, as well as beads, jewels, gold kid. Japanese gold thread and Lurex threads and cards. Obtaining materials is one of tlie great problems. Japanese gold Is so expensive that Lurex often has to take


its place. “ It can be very difficult


and demanding work,” said Mrs Anderson. “But I think this is one of the attrac­ tions.”


Tlie technique involves working on a so-callcc| “slate” frame. It is adjust­ able. so that it can always be very taut. The design is built up on a piece of un­ bleached linen called dowlas and eventually each part of flic design is mounted oil a common background.


'T always work from a


prepared design." said Mrs Anderson, "although I do not call myself a designer. I don't design anything my­ self.” The work may sound


simple., but it Isn't. "I think it needs a lot of practice be­ fore you seem to get very far. Every job is so different and demands something extra. Sometimes you can see clearly what lies ahead but often you have to feel your way. “ It's quite a different kind


of embroidery from making Iniyclolhs. You can’t sit comfortably by the fireside. You have to have tlie frame set up properly and have to lean over it. "You get neck ache, to say


nothing of tired eyes." One job may take as long


as two months to complete and the orders never stop rolling In. “ I never have time to do anything of my own choice. People keep asking me and I’m always busy — too busy really." Mrs Anderson, who is


president of Preston Em­ broiderers’ Guild, also has to fit in meetings of various kinds . . ns well as speaking to WIs and MUs. "I try to do a bit of gardening and read­ ing, too. but embroidery takes up most of my spare time." Then once a week there is


tlie class at Singleton, hub of the local church needle- workers' activities. “The Fellowship binds us to­ gether," said Mrs Anderson, “and because we are work­ ing together we are helping each other." The art goes back to pre-


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Mrs Anderson at work on her most difficult assignment ycl—an altar frontal commissioned by Wigan Parish Church.


Norman times — a fragment dating from 1320 to 1340 kept at Stonyhurst College is among the oldest examples in Britain. As long as there ai'o women with hands as skilled and hearts as dedi­ cated as Mrs Anderson's, church embroidery should survive for many more centuries to come.


The Lord Lancashire, laird Clitheroc,


Lieutenant The Lord Lieutenant of


has been named for trie equivalent title after the reorganisation of


ment Act has given statu­ tory recognition to the term Lord Lieutenant," to des­


government. The 1972 Local Govern­


local


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Sponsored


swim A SPONSORED swim at Olitheroe’s Ribblesdale Pool is planned by the national A l e x a n d r a Day Fund charity, as part of a cam­ paign of special events. The swim will take place


on December 15th, between 6-15 and 8-45 p.m., and campaign director Mr it. Alexander Porter is appeal­ ing to local people to sup­ port the charity, both by


swimming and by spon­ soring. The Alexandra Day Fund aims to assist other charities by organising fund­ raising on a larger scale — benefiting as many charities as posiible at minimum expense. Forty per cent of the


money raised by the swim will go to charities at a national level. I f . sponsors prefer their money to go to a specific charity, they need simply to state this on their sponsor form and 60 per cent of their money will go there. Local people who wish to


parish magazine, Mr Brown says: “ No one at Hallam


knows how it came to be there, nor of any link between the parishes."


” If any older readers


have recollections, no matter, how hazy, of con­ tacts between anyone from our parish and that of Hallam, I would be grateful to hear from them. Need­ less to say. personal memories of events 143 years ago are not expected!"


take part as swimmers, sponsors or stewards, arc asked to telephone tne Alexanda Day charity at 01-878-4366 ,(24 hour answer­ ing service) for further details.


Baffling


come across a rather baffling link between ■ Olitheroe Parish Church and the church of St Wilfred’s, West Hallam, near Derby. During his training lor


link? SCHOOLMASTER Mr Harry Brown, who is at present training for ordination, has


Chairman


of guild NEW chairman of Clitheroc E v e n i n g Townswomen's Guild is founder member Mrs Florence Wilson, of Green Drive.


Mrs Wilson is the com­


mittee representative for the local Cheshire Home and a former secretary of the Guild, which recently celebrated its 10th birth­ day. Among her interests are music and drama. She is on the committee of the Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society and a member of Clitheroe Con­ certs Society.


the priesthood. Mr Brown met follow ordinand .Mr Gordon Bevan. He told Mr Brown that a large leather- bound Common Prayer book at St Wilfred’s, dating from about 1830, is inscribed ” C l i t h e r o c P a r o c h i a l Church.” Writing in this month’s


THERE is a tradition hereabouts that the first tarmacadam road in this country was tlie one that runs from Lower Hodder Bridge „o Hurst Green. On what documentation this claim is made I cannot say and you must take it as read; that John Loudon McAdam, the famous Scottish engineer, spent considerable time in the .’.rea ii. thc mid 1820’s cannot be disputed for there is evidence in his own writing to this effect.


Ho quartered himself :n


Whalley and with a col­ league, a Mr McConnell, of Cumberland, and a team oi seven road engineers he set about surveying all the roads in thc district.


What brought John Me-


Adam to our village? Some­ what unhappy circumstances


1 nm afraid. At this period in our


chequered history there was widespread unemployment


and distress throughout the whole of Lancashire. The introduction of mechanisa­ tion Into the cotton industry, which was shortly to bring


such great wealth to the county, had temporarily


thrown many thousands or hand-loom weaver* out of


A road that brought relief Whalley Window


work and those who remained in employment received only the most miserable pittance for tbeir labours. There was rioting from one end of the county to the other and thc deplorable state id which the cotton workers were existing stirred tlic ^ national conscience.


A Relief Committee was


established in London and contributions flooded in from the charitably minded with a donation of £ 1,000 from George IV heading the list.


Gilts or money, bacon,


oatmeal and other food­ stuffs ■ were sent to thc impoverished North and distributed in thc areas ol greatest distress, and tne Government released vast quantities of Army blankets and uniforms to help in combatting the rigours of the approaching winter.


All this, however, could


only be regarded as a temporary measure; some­ thing more had to be done. Work must be found for the starving masses.


Thus it was that the com­


mittee engaged Mr McAdam and sent him north witn the mission of surveying the roads and with a view to initiating road construc­


tions to provide employment for at least the heads "f families.


So. John McAdam came


to Lancashire and quartered himself in Whalley, finding the village an ideal centre for Iris work in tlie sur­ rounding district. What cL'd he think of the County Palatine when he got here and had an opportunity to take his bearings?


Here is an excerpt from a


Idler he wrote, from the village. Alter detailing thc purposes of his visit, no continued:


“ The distress has not


been over-rated in the reports, and I fear the cold weather will add greatly to the evil; the people are verv ill-clothed, their children almost naked, shoes and stockings quite wanting, and I learn from a benevolent and intelligent medical


Before moving to Clith­ eroe, Mrs Wilson was con­


with the Mothers' Union of Clitheroe Parish Church and is also a founder mem­ ber of the Bridge Club which meets in the church hall. She has one son, Charles, who is chief planning officer of the Ribble Valley authority.


nected with the Bacup Amateur Operatic Society. Mrs Wilson is associated


gentleman that their ned-


ding is scant and of a very inferior sort: those who hud furniture in their rooms have pawned or sold their tilings.:’ The engineer then detailed


the help he had recrui’ ed


for his task, but added: "The operations will require three rimes as many persons. I find niy health scarcely equal to the task, but t will do. my utmost, as I sec the necessity of it.”


Mrs Florence Wilson


distress was acute in our own village for i .dustriaiisa- tion had not yet arrived here (other than the print­ works at Barrow) but in the surrounding towns the situ­ ation was quite pitiful with tlie privations of tlie cotton workers bringing them close to rioting and near revolu­ tion.


There is no evidence tnat A full


sideboard NO fewer than five awards came the way of tropical fish breeder Mr Harold Baldwin at the Fancy Ouppy Association's annual show in Manchester.


With his home-bred Osh, In this quiet retreat where


the bulk of the small popu­ lation was engaged in more


pastoral pursuits. Mr. Mc­ Adam doubtlessly found some relaxation at the close of his arduous days. Even 150 years ago our local inns enjoyed, a fine reputation for hospitality and tlie man whose exper rise and knowledge did so much to alleviate tne county’s distress deserved the best that they could offer.


Mr Baldwin, of Kay Street, Clitheroe, took'four trophies in separate classes. And lie crowned his performance by winning the top award — the silver rose bowl for the best fish in the show.


Mr Baldwin, who has more


than 20 tanks of fish, is no newcomer to honours of this kind, however, and has an array of trophies. Commen. ted his wife, Ethel: "With five more cups to keep we will soon have to buy another sideboard!”


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Taking up missionary work


A YOUNG Chipping woman who believes that God has directed her to go and work among the people oi India began iier journey at the weekend.


Miss Joan Bccsley, younger


daughter of Mr and Mrs J. Bccsley. retired farmers, of Curtis House. Thomlcy. will lie joining other believers like herself on an overland truck journey to Delhi. She met up with her colleagues, members or an international evangelist group, in Belgium. Their journey will take


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languages and dialects in India, but Hindu is the national language of which she will require some know­ ledge. Educated at Tliornlcy


Church but found her per approach to God when she became an :iu-pair girl tow


a French family. Joan has been engaged a


.Junior School and Clitheroe Grammar School, she wor­ shipped at Chipping Parish


missionary work in Brtaa for some years, so her ministry will not change,


only the location.


on whiclj councillor!


should ‘gi| a lead’


CLITHEROE council bers should give a lei


. the rest of the commun| reporting people who dogs to foul footpaths.


They should do so I though such action mill


unprecedented and r them unpopular with I people, Coun. Derek told members of the coil Public Health and H f Committee.


He was speaking dull


debate initiated by f chairman, Aid. Leo


who voiced concern a| continually g r o w nuisance. At tlie samel Coun. Akker admitted I for example, he woulj like to give evidence a. a neighbour.


The council has povl


prosecute under a by-; I 1957 Dut a previous cl for public co-operatioi I no result, the Town I Mr John Cowdall, tol| committee.


When Aid. Wells sai,


the onus was on dog o| to show good sense, Derek Akker retorted: that foul footpaths c l have sensible owners." I


Aid. Sidney Moore si


ted that Clitheroe I adopt tlie Bridlingtor.l


°f giving every dog ovl


plastic shovel, brush I bag.


Troublesorol roofs


poration houses in C Place have cost £257. B fore doing more of thi 01 wrork to other houses and in Highfield H where the flat concrete nave been a conti -ource of trouble—tli Partment of the En “ lent is to be asked wl Rmnts are available. I “■“ on the Borough Enc Mr John Bowness, is u further information ■be five-year guarantee D


repairs to two y the contractors.


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