CliUicrnc Adrcrl.isrr ami Times, April I2lh, I'J'/il A REMARKABLE MAN


LIKE most people I have worshipped various idols, false and lasting. The days of Ronald Colman and Oxford Bags seem ages ago. and as fashions change so we have the Pop idols, the Minis and the Maxis. We all go through these stages, and some grow out of It quicker than others. But hero worship in one form or another will go on for many generations.


admiration for a person whose name will remain as long as Ribblesdale itself. I refer to Lord Ribblesdale


I shall always retain an


and to his association with a place I never tire of visit­ ing—Gisburn. The two are synonymous—speak of one and you Temember the other. Admire the place, and you find in every field or aspect reminders of a remarkable man. His in­ fluence and impact is both pleasing and impressive.


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Police cadet Andrew doesn’t rely on his job for drama


A PLEASANT surprise was in store for police cadet Andrew Malcolm, of Queens­ way, Waddington, when he arrived home on leave from Edinburgh.


ceived confirmation of an award given by the Guild­ hall School of Music and Drama in London for his dramatic studies. Each year a limited number of exhibi­ tions are given to candidates under 18 who achieve the highest examination marks in honours. These are inten­ ded to help them with their studies, supplementing the cost of books or teaching


Andrew, 18 in May,


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promise where drama is con­ cerned, Andrew has no illusions about making it his career. “ While I like drama, I want to keep it as a hobby,” he said, “ because it’s very unstable. It’s diffi­ cult to get into the pro­ fession ' and also to stay in once you’re there.” So for the past six


Though he shows such


£10, was one of only three given in the United King­ dom for grade 6A, which he took last year. His teacher is Miss Annis Watson, of York Street, Clitheroe. Now Andrew, who won a similar award last year, has set his sights on further exams, taking him through grades 7 and 8 to finally obtain his ■.eacher’s diploma.


May, re­


round & about


said. “ Sports are very much encouraged — things like swimming, life-saving, vault­ ing and self-defence are all part of the course.”


useful for Andrew, as the importance of public speak­ ing is stressed in police work. •It helps us to overcome


Drama has even come in


situations on the beat and to have confidence — we must always keep our cool,” he explained.


After an adventure course, Andrew began his training at Telford College of Further Education with a general course, and later this month he will be taking higher English—the equivalent of


A-level. At Easter he will be trans­


ferred- to the Department of Aliens, Firearms and Dan­ gerous Drugs and when he has gained experience there he will move on to one of the city divisions.


my division until I ’m 19, and then go to the police train­ ing college at Tuliallan, Stirlingshire,” said Andrew. “After two years probation on the beat, we can specialise. I ’m quite in­ terested in CID work, but I may want to get more ex­ perience first-”


“ I will probably stay in Andrew feels quite at home


months, Andrew has been training for his chosen career in the Edinburgh City police force. He became a cadet in September, after seeing a newspaper advert in •Scotland—and he doesn’t regret it for a minute. “They find digs for you,


in Edinburgh—his father Mr Alec Malcolm, lived there for 30 years before the war, and he also has an aunt and a cousin in the city. At the moment he finds he can get home about once a month, and he still takes an interest in the activities of Waddington Drama Group, to which his parents belong.


Youth Theatre from the age of 14, Andrew took part in a modem dress production of “ Julius Caesar" in London three years ago.


A member of the National


Edinburgh Theatre Arts, after meeting them at the Clitheroe Drama Festival. He was stage-manager for one of their productions at the Churchill Theatre, Edin­ burgh, and is hoping to go with them when they take part in the Harrogate and Colwyn Bay Festivals later this month.


He recently joined the


of culture in Edinburgh, with the Festival itself, as well as the fringe,” said Andrew, “ and it’s a busy time for the police force, dealing with all the tourists,”


“They are very conscious


He recently had his first taste of controlling the


crowds when he acted as steward for the Scotland v Ireland rugby match. Will drama go with police


Rally win


AN enthusiastic rally driver, Corporal Frederick Pain, whose parents live in Wad- dow Grove, Waddington, is finding Cyprus a good place to indulge in his hobby.


technician in the signals unit of the RAF, has nearly completed two years of a three year tour of duty at the Cyprus base. Driving a Mazda — a Japanese car — he won a rally on the island in February. In a few weeks’ time he plans to compete in another, and is looking !§g forward to entering the In­


Cpl Pain (25), a radar


ternational Rally there in October.


school eight years ago, Cpl Pain followed a family tradition. His father Charles was an RAF engineer until 1952, when he returned from Ismaelia to live in Surrey.


In joining the RAF from


work? Andrew thinks it will. “ Whatever happens I have enjoyed drama and it will always be there to fall back on, but work is the primary


object.”


Cpl Pain served in Germany and Singapore, among other places, and won first prize in a radar exam. He enjoys his work on the island, which involves identifying all aircraft flying in the eastern end of the Mediter-


Before going to Cyprus, Wm


Homely polling station i


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THE homeliest polling station for miles— th a t’s how Miss Eileen


Miss Foster is in a good position to judge . . . i because her home in Pendleton Road is Wiswell’s p o l l i n g station, as it has been for about eight years.


Foster sees the one Wiswell electors will be using today.


The village used the local schoolroom until it was closed down.


Andrew Malcolm


ranean and controlling and co-ordinating the RAF’s de­ fensive elements there.


The family, including Cpl Pain’s younger sister, Jean,


moved to Waddington from Surrey four years ago. Though Mr and Mrs Pain went out to visit their son last October, it will prob­ ably be a year before they see him again, when he and his wife Pat next come home on leave.


There then arose the problem of finding a new, convenient and above all


impartial election centre.


“ They had to find some­ where in a hurry, ” said Miss Foster, “ and


they picked on me. ” At first, she refused.


But her non-political standing made her home ideal, and even­ tually she relented.


I t was only supposed to be a temporary ar­ rangement, but elec­ tions have been held there ever since.


And Miss Foster, a parish councillor, won­ ders' if any other homes serve such a purpose.


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recognise no relationship between the man and the natural scene, yet almost half a century after his death, the characteristic stamp is very evident and will, thank goodness, remain for many years.


But most visitors probably


generations is so evident, and when he planted the thousands of oak, elm and beech, he did so in the knowledge that they would give pleasure to people other than himself. Even now, with lavish care


That he cared for future mm t - i i s l F


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i Lodge gates—Gisburne Park.


over the last 20 years, the Park would hardly be the same, but for his aesthetic taste. Those giant beech and


chestnuts bordering Ribble by Gisbum Mill Bridge, par­ ticularly in spring and autumn, could not be estab­ lished in 10, 20 or 40 years. They are the fulfilment of one who aspired to create beauty.


fined to trees. Go where you will in and out of the village and the distinctive taste is obvious. Bridges, various buildings and roads speak of this great man’s influence. But change is inevitable,


His influence is not con­


and the other day I was reminded that “ nothing in


this world can last.” Change, for better or worse, con­ tinues and a picture I took not so very long ago has now become a valuable record of the past.


let us consider Lord Ribbles- dale’s connection with the Sika deer he introduced to the area 70 years ago.


Before going into detail, We may have our wild


badgers, foxes and a variety of bird life second to none, but these deer certainly pro­ vide Ribblesdale's finest amenity. They have become one of my main studies, and for several decades I have collected valuable details of their whereabouts and history.


several years ago that I came across an interesting link, which speaks of the care and attention afforded by his Lordship.


I t was during an inquiry


the name has great signifi­ cance) one of the outbuild­ ings contained some rather unusual features. It was single-storeyed and used for livestock, with six entrances having the familiar half­


At Deer House Farm (even


doors. Between these doors were


several


entrances through which the wild deer had access to food and shelter during bad weather. Of course when the deer reverted to the wild,


small arched M i l


the small entrances were of no use and later were blocked, leaving the original shape clearly discernible. Now the building has gone


and another link with the past ceases to exist. Such is the acknowledged trend in


modern progress. Again, if you are interested


in the colourful and the individualistic features of the place then there are numerous items in the vicinity which can only add to the pleasures of Gisburn. Most reveal the same


Governments without com plaint, but not so the owner of the Gisburne Estate. The railway had to complv to individual taste—a ‘reijc


indeed of the not too distant past. Many of the decorative


influence of “ The Ancestor,” and if vou take a walk along the Bolton-by-Bowland road from the village, pause where the railway passes beneath your feet. Take a look over the wall near the station and to the east, where the line continues towards Hellifield and goes underground less than 100


yards ahead. From this point, the


tunnel continues beneath the entrance drive to the Hall to emerge again near the Gisburn-Paythome road. The most


aspects are bound to slowlv vanish—trees ago, win'd demolishes others, buildings fall into decay. But even the remnants give pleasure as does the wonderful line of ancient limes which, in their prime, must have formed one of the most impressive entrances to any residence in the north of England These trees stretched ~ from the Hall to within a few yards of the Bolton-by- Bowland road. Over half 'a century ago, similar tree colonnades formed a pleas- ing introduction to the more regal places in England and were considered the mark of taste and dignity.


feature connected with this length is


interesting


entrance, which has a most striking and unusual decora­ tive amjeararce, the parapet resembling the castellated turrets on an historic residence. These lands, it seems,


the tunnel


could not be disfigured with­ out some recompense. The ordinary plain stone parapet was not enough, and decora­ tion giving a regal atmo- snhers came into being. Nowadavs people and com­


munities bow to the will and decisions of councils and


then just consider the lodge gate residences joined by two equally magnificent iron gates giving access to the long drive to Gisbume Park and Hall. Together they must be the finest example of stone and iron craftsman­ ship in the north. The old stone masons must have spent hours in the cutting and designing of these structures which to this day command respect and admiration from visitors.


If you are not convinced,


ing items and if they are striking, harmonious and pleasing, then they were undoubtedly the creation of Lord Ribblesdale. NATURALIST


There are other outstand­


f nerformances are any


IF P*SL L to vote—even wit n°t S e c t i o n s . Nor will Uv


Conservanv • y Conserva- f t0 seevo-e as possible, and


naturally ives litc conservatives win


a* P°£„t i should like to ‘T i Wf*er P011 than


" ?ible But even more


Per, Cen i know that there I'°Lnnle who never vote


,re Pf, P in anv election. al ■ or local. There is "ati°” eneral election sotne- in over a 10 per cent tnl”tVe Some part of this " a' ' „ is accounted for by m mite illnesses and T


Tnows"' and. of course. i--e genuine ’’don.


^SP. where about 99 per . 'o ' the voters vote for


, ,v.n Even m tnr


^Communist Party for ? . vc,-v good reason that Sere is n o alternative, some


1-avo or careless spirns nianaee to spoil their bal.ot


papers. CONFUSED


mat abstention is in a sen.-o a form of voting. I con t, not in honesty disagree with mat as there have been


R, i« also possible to argue


I lines when T have abstained n the House of Commons hein-y genuinely unaole to


I make un my mind one way : or the other, or else not. ; wishing to support my own 1 party, but not being pre­ pared to support the othei


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Building society


manager SK1PTON Building SociiiJ has appointed Mr II. Doi? | las Parker as manager # the Clitheroe branch offic* in the Market Place. He suc­ ceeds Mr W. Stuart Glastj, who has moved to Altrino |


ham ofiice. Mr Parker was bom ii


Burnley and educated K Burnley Grammar School Afterwards he joined ft*. District Bank and worked at a number of branches h East Lancashire, including


field sports generally, but has a particular interest a


Clitheroe. Mr Parker is interested h


Falconry, and is a memoc. of the British Falconer! Club.


times, particularly where Private Members- Bills are concerned, when I have taken the anew that tne measure proposed has rcahy pot nothing to do with me or my constituents. However, all tlyese argu­


There have also been


ments 'do not really explain why we still get such low polls in local government elections. This time, of course, there


and also those


Aniline “ don't cares. expects a 100 per


•rill be a new batch of reasons and excuses for tnc


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floodlights for the stage after dark; and borrowing extra toilets (used at Preston Guild) from Preston Cor­ poration.


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RIBBLESDALF, Poo', y continue to close at 8 p on weekdays to allow cast an hour for organ) activities.


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