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THE last decade has shown in no uncertain manner that our climate is becoming more temper­ ate, the seasons are slip­ ping and, most obvious, January and February instead of being the severe months are them­ selves moderate.


Of course, as I pointed


out a few years ago, wild life being sensitive to un­ seen changes was quick to respond and now we have many birds nesting in our region and in the Lakes which were unthought of 20 years ago. Several have moved from the north of Scotland and the Scandi­ navian countries because of the more congenial condi­ tions. The eagle, dotterel, redwing and merganser are the most obvious examples.


headlines in the dailies and features on TV commenting on this apparent phenome­ non. Recently comments were made on BBC’s


So, each February we see


“ Nationwide ” of the first cuckoo and a panel of naturalists from Leeds were surprised at the very ad­ vanced stage of many spring flowers and the growth of several plants.


lowed the trend over the rears this natural process is to be expected and I suppose in another 10 or 15 years this early growth will be accepted as the normal


To those who have fol­


pattern. But of one tiling I am


certain, February will for many years continue to present surprises. Just now it is far too early to assume, with the first signs of spring, that winter is past.


month can provide a taste of spring and even a touch of summer but in a couple of days you are brought to your sense by a reversion


You can rest assured the


to mid-winter. A typical example im­


mediately come* to mind emphasising the erratic changes occurring in the


space of a few days. At the end of January I


was to give a talk at long- ridge and was certainly looking forward to the meet­ ing. We left Clitheroe just before seven as the weather forecast indicated that fog was possible on high ground . . . an early start would give us plenty of time allowing for the patches of fog. Leaving Hodder Bridge it soon became apparent as we climbed to Stonyhurst Road end that visibility varied considerably. Then, on leaving Hurst Green, the mist and fog swirled across the road in a sinister fashion.


the top of Ribchester Lane we decided to halt and as 1 opened the car door strange sounds filled the night air.


By the time we reached


came a discord of cries and warning notes from a flock of geese. Some people refer to these as a “ gaggle ” but there was more than a gaggle of sounds. Indeed


No far above my head


SCRAMBLING THEIR WAY TO SAFETY


WHO would think that the daredevil sport of motor­


cycle scrambling could go hand-in-hand with road safety training? Well, six Clitheroe men do, for


ICI, John Farker, a fanner, Colin Mason, an electrician, Fred Swales, a motor engi­ neer, Wilf Loynd, a motor spares representative, and Geoff Jackson, Clitheroe’s Youth Leader, have got to­ gether and are starting- a club which will deal with both of these subjects at the


a start. Larry Flynn, a fitter at


was a scrambling club in Clitheroe, but it broke up. Since then there has been no organisation to deal with any sort of motor-cycle riding. They intend to re­ vive the interest. "Tliere is a need for a


same time. About five years ago there


round & about


and adults are interested in


the idea. In about a month there


Lower age limit for mem­ bership will be 14.


join.


Expert advice


club's main activity, but other topics connected with motorised vehicles will be explored. With the help of Mr


Scrambling will be the


club such as this, because nowadays, more than ever before, youngsters are in­ terested in motor bikes and cars.” said Mr Jackson. "Since the licence age for


David Stireaker, the Area Road Safety Officer, the youngsters will have ex­ plained to them aspects of how to ride and drive safely on the roads. Also, one cannot scramble


riding a motor-cycle went up from 16 to 17. many capable 16-year-old boys have had something taken away from them — the chance to ride


a motor bike." Before starting on a large


scale, the club will find out just how many youngsters


m ssm


will be an open meeting for people who would like to


the air was filled with their calls and strange notes. Obviosuly the fog had upset their bearings and as I stood surrounded and en­ veloped in tiie blanket of grey the lost horde passed overhead.


eerie for they were so near that I could distinctly hear


Altogether it was rather


the swish of wings. The following morning a Clitheroe lady told me of a similar experience on the same night. She heard the geese in the Baldwin Road area. Later I heard of a similar case near Chipping.


were on winter migration, crossings perhaps from the Lune estuary to the east coast. Under the prevailing conditions they were seek­ ing a more southerly aspect to escape the wintry con­ ditions.


No doubt these geese


order to emphasise the fickle characteristics at this time of the year, let me describe an experience which


In direct contrast, and in


took place a little more than a week later. At one end of the scale cold, fog and a very wintry outlook, at the other an almost summer-like picture, all within the space of a few days.


February we took advantage of a beautiful morning offering every prospect. We went up Ribble and with the temperature now in keeping with June wondered at the remarkable change.


At the beginning of First surprise and taste of


spring came when a pair of redshanks took off from the


shingle bed. Away they flew calling excitedly — “ tu-tu- tu.” Just imagine, less than a week ago the geese and others were on passage and caught up in the depths of winter. These redshanks in contrast had just arrived by Ribble. They were in fact looking forward to summer. Each year- we note a few red­ shanks and oyster-catchers arriving by Ribble and Hodder at an early date. They are the pioneers and


perhaps too eager to begin a new season in the place


of their birth. Personally I am glad to


see them back and even breaking records. Their appearance brings a ray of hope for better and longer days. But you can rest assured they will have to tolerate the idiosyncrasies


long associated with Febru­ ary fill-dyke, black or white.


heard the great tits singing, then a missel thrush testing his vocal cords from the top­ most twig of an old dead beech.


Later in the afternoon we


well grown and on one bank a colony of dog mercury with flower shoots three inches in length. All some­ what over-anxious and early for the first days of Febru­ ary. Racing ahead where the


Wc saw celandines leaves


tails” headed the race as I tapped the twigs % male catkins released " shower of yellow ''poUen Over-eagerness indeed (A-


the female “nut bloonial was nowhere to be seen We had two glorious, daw


in that first week and un- believable as it mav seem 7


had to shed mv pullover • We decided to sit and on.


sheltered conditions give added encouragement were profusions of hazel catkins. One tree liberally festooned with long dangling “ lamb's


joy the genera! scene, silver threads of the gossamer spider glistened in the imp afternoon sun. A couple of hares went about their business cropping grass ja the nearby pasture. Thev too, were tempted by thj whims of February, which may quite easilv ferid flurries of snow and a chili? wind even if many creatures are convuiced that spring j3 just around the corner. But this is England and I am sure it is what makes it tbs envy of many travellers from all parts of the world, Variety they sav is the spicj of life.


NATURALIST, V *S', ij| S a i S l j fllP M H i•vrl HUSH i 3X.-S- ... • IN


Growing use Pool


THE Ribblesdale Pool published by Oxford Univer­


sity Press. Mr McClelland, a Profes­


sor of Education and head of the department at Uni­


versity College, Cork, re­ ceived a PhD from Sheffield University in 1969 for his work on "English Roman Catholics and Higher Educa­ tion 1830-1903,” which has now been published.


J


nal Manning: His Public Life and Influence 1865- 1892,” received critical ac­ claim when it appeared in


His earlier book, “Cardi­


Clitheroe Grammar School, leaving in 1951. His father, Mr Robert McClelland, lived in George Street be­ fore the family moved to Ireland nearly four years ago. He was awarded BA and


1962. As a boy, he went to


Serving


MA degrees at Sheffield University, plus a Diploma of Education, and he added to these a MA degree for research, at Birmingham University. While at Birmingham, he


with a bike that is always breaking down, so main­ tenance and repairs will be another important topic. Tliis combination of sub­


their motor-cycles out on to the road. A scrambling club needs


jects will prepare the young people for the dangers they may have to face when they are old enough to take


expert advice on its forma­ tion and future running. For this it is hoped to enlist the help of 5tr Alan Ainsworth, of Sabden, a former profes­ sional scrambler, who is now the area scrambling organi­ ser.


ponse. there could be the possibility of adding go- karting to the club’s activi­ ties.


Depending on the res­ Second


book A FORMER Clitheroe man, Air Vincent Alan McClelland has had his second book


Sister NURSING officer and first aid instructor with tire s t John Ambulance, Mrs Mar­ garet McKenna, of Salthill Road, Clitheroe, is to be in­ vested as a Serving Sister of the Order of St John of Jerusalem at a ceremony in London on February 22nd.


spent two years researching manuscripts for his first book. His first teaching post was


Shearing


at Hathershaw Technical High School in Oldham, and in 1962 he began lecturing at Mount Pleasant . Training College, Liverpool. A lecture­ ship at Liverpool University followed two years later, and the final move to Cork came in 1969.


Familiar


face LOCAL viewers of the Joyce Grenfell series on BBC 1 who feel that there is something familiar about her pianist are on the beat. William Blezard is a for­


time! LONG hair is so fashionable these days among even the smallest boys that one mother was surprised when her son returned from his first gang show rehearsal and asked for a haircut. When she questioned him


about the show, the reason for tire sacrifice became clear. Apparently some of the Cub Scouts were re­ quired to dress up as girls — and the producer had de­ cided to pick the ones with the longest hair!


mer pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. He has been Miss Grenfell’s accom­ panist for at least a decade and has travelled the world. He was only 13 when his


Date for Provost


exceptional musical talent was brought to public notice by the then headmaster, Mr Laurence Hardy.


CANON Lawrence Jackson, Vicar of Coventry, the new Provost of Blackburn Cathe­ dral. will be instituted Vicar of Blackburn in the cathe­ dral on February 28th.


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I SUPPOSE you could describe ours as a peri­ patetic post office. At one time or another in the past 10 7 years or so it seems to have wandered from one end of King Street to the other on several occasions.


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following discussions with a number of our senior citizens (and one other not quite so senior!) who have shown interest In the matter following the publication of a photograph of our present post office just a few weeks ago. Altogether I have notes


This conclusion is reached


of no less than five locations in the main street where postal business has been transacted, and the first of these would seem to oe at number 51 (there’s a sweet shop there today). A bright young member


Whalley Window


to me that once we had a village postmaster who was a member of the nobility— perhaps we ought to send the information to the com­ pilers of the Guinness Book of Records: I am sure few other villages could claim a similar distinction. The Honourable Walter


Price with his tailoring and outfitting business,


before it returned to its earlier and present site at number 35.


for their stamps and postal orders before their office started these recorded short excursions? That, I am afraid, I cannot tell you,


Where did Whalleyites go I jj,


of our Senior Citizens’ Cluo (yes, you can still be a bright young thing even if you are well over 80 !f


l! .


Do it Yourself SWe«t 17-21 FLEMING SQUARE BLACKBURN: TEL. 53C11


your mind is keen and your eye alert as this lady’s certainly is) remembers this one well. She recalls it because, as a little girl, she lived in Wiswell and, time and again, was sent to Whalley to buy a penny stamp. “ I couldn’t very well not remember it,” she says.Shortly after this, we find the post office at number 87, where it was operated by the Hon. Walter Sugden and his wife, the Lad/ Agnes, who carried on the business for a number jf years. It Teally was news


and his lady had other interests besides caring for the Royal Mail it seems; between them they reared quite a big family — seven girls and one boy. For this information I am indebted to a nonogenarian member of our community with a quite phenomenal memory— she remembers Incidents in the village of 80 and 90 years ago better than you and I remember yesterday. Following this, the post


although yet another “ old timer” talks vaguely about its “ once being in Church Lane,” but I can find no defin­ ite confirmation of this, and must take the recollections of several people in prefer­ ence to the memory of one individual.


office moved to its present site at number 35 towards the close of the last cen­ tury, but in 1922 it was on the move again. On September 1st of that year, the late and well remem­ bered Mr Harry Brooks became the postmaster, con­ ducting the business at number 77. Early in World War 2


interested readers can be absolutely certain. We did have a post office long before the dates given for, in Baines Directory and History, published in 1824, we read that the then vil­ lage postmaster was Mat­ thew Wilkinson, that he received letters at seven in the morning and despatched them at 4-30 in the after­ noon.


Of one thing, however,


the post office \.as on the move again and this time went across the road for the first time to number 30, in premises occupied for so many years by the late J. J.


occasionally gives me (and a number of other people a fiendish and highly repre- ’ hensible delight.


omitted to record Matthew’s address, otherwise I would haA'e had the pleasure of confronting Owd George with facts of which he was previously unaware because, as regular readers know well, where local knowledge is concerned, Owd George considers he knows the lot. To “stump him out1


Unfortunately, B a i n e s J.F.


is becoming more and mil wjpular with the people '


the town and district proved by the month!


reports of the acting batl manager Mr Barry Hall. He told the A d v e r t i s e r 0 i Times: “Attendances a


TWO young men who arc very interested in joining the club, Michael Aspinall, of Chatburn (centre), and Martin Hinlts, of York Street, Clitheroe (right), are pictured here in Chatburn quarries with Geoff Jackson.


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<»oing up all the time, wi Sundays exceptional popular.” Mr Hall believes, too. th


the pool staff have play> ., valuable part m th| success by offering a friendfl welcome to the public and I readiness to answer querul


The growing use of t [


pool is strikingly reflected sthe reports for Decemb] and January.


ber, despite the pool be:: closed five days at Chri: mas, was £654. The Janua figure, allowing for closi: on New Year's Day, v; £1,198.


Total incomes for Dccc


including spectators, totalll 3.784 compared with 6,693 January.


Attendances in DecembI


the same periods was £3l and £647 respectively, wil the vending machines cil respondingly yielding £2| and £357.


Income from swimming


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