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OT U Green and pleasant land


THE Hoddcr has numerous tributaries which ’gather their waters from wild up­ land fells before entering the more lush fertile pas­


tures by the parent river. The contrasting scenery is


at its best here in the north of England. In two or three


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miles from source to conflu­ ence with Hodder there is a diversity of scenery, wild life and plants of wonderful variety. To name one as being


scenery changes to Offer a complete contrast in a val­ ley of attractive farmlands nicely bedecked with alder,


meandering path, the


sycamore and ash I mentioned recently the


head waters of Croasdale Brook where, deep below the undulating fells, the Man­


chester pipe-line carries the water 0£ Thirlmerc to satisfy


that great city’s thirst. Now, let us consider the


superior would be futile. For such is the appeal tihat most tourists can find satisfac­ tion, whether visiting the upper or lower watershed. There... is, however, one


lower reaches where a farm


stream which has- always been high on my list beoause it provides the extremes. At


Slaidbum where, not far from the Memorial, a road leads to Bentham. Less than a hundred paces


—Croasdale House — has pastures bv the brook ltseli. Best, however, to start at


the source there is wild desolation. Then, a mere couple of miles along its


from the village a fine stone bridge spans the brook of our choice — the Croasdale.


the Hoddcr after sweeping


through the flat pastures of Duckmire. This indeed is a


green and pleasant land. From the bridge, the road


a delightful name, just one of many and all bringing pleasant reactions — Cat- low Lamb Hill, Woodhouse Gate, Phynis, Croasdale


climbs gently giving attrac­ tive view’s across the coun­ tryside. As we climb, sturdy sycamores canopy the road and in most seasons the wayside is a miniature gal- den with mosses covering walls At the crest of the hill, past Hammcrton gate, the air is scented with sweet aniseed.


Tile plant responsible — sweet cicely — grows in pro­


.


fusion and at one period was in common use as a useful herd plaut. Cranesbill as blue as a summer sky


Little more than halt a mile downstream it has joined


catches the eye with hare­ bell and purple knapweed reminding the traveller of autumn. Far ahead on the horizon is Merrybent. What


House and Shay House. To the west, where croas­


dale Brook passes on almost unnoticed, are the lower


reaches of the brook. You will, perhaps, wonder and be puzzled, for weeks ago I mentioned The House of Croasdale’, now we find Croasdale House, also adjar cent to the brook, but two


than 10 miles from Clitheroe thd climate In winter bears no resemblance the other. You can leave Clitheroe in


heavy rain yet two or three miles above Slaidbum the


entire area is in the throes of deep winter. These are not isolated instances, but a


general seasonal pattern and those w'ho have experience of travelling between the


two valleys will be able to mention numerous examples.


miles downstream and. hi contrast, well preserved and prospering. To return is always plea­


Catlow and croasdale House inevitable brings to


Of course, any mention of


sant and as I followed the familiar road my thoughts


sheep country. The events in this part of


went back to distant days in winter ivlicn these now mel­


low' surroundings have an entirely different face. Although we are little more


mind an area which has for s0 many yeans been noted as


Bowland in the 80’s and 90’s —particularly during the sheep-shearing days — were


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form on which the sheep


were placed for clipping. The shearings or ‘ clip­


pings” wrere events of great importance in the upper Hodder territory and, as one fanner says, “ To be invited to a principal clip­ ping wras a great honour.” At one of the Catlow' or


farm. It is interesting yj no,


. sheep would be hand-shorn in a day and the work com­ pleted by 5-0 p.m. In those days they had


carried °n with gusto and fervour unknown in this age of mechanisation. I was


Croasdale shearings 800


energy enough to work and play hard, for after a w’ash and change the shearers would be ready for the dance which would continue until It wras time to begin the next session at a nearby


that in 1888 a spell of tad weather madc it impossible to carry out the arranged time schedule. As a result four of the big clipping, were put together, the fl£t —at Catlow—beginning on Tuesday. This meant several farmers never went to bed from Monday until early on the Saturday morning and most amazing, after working all day the.v rarely m i^ the dance in the evenings * They must have been a tough breed these fell folk Those who todav believe the more recent generations are a race anait or a "special" species should think again After considering such actil vities as I have touched im. o — • ...... ...... e touched up.


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TAKES AN EARL Y RETIREMENT


CLERK to Bowland Rural District Council stnCe 1956, Mr Leslie Telford always intended to retire


when an Act concerning the reorganisation of local government was brought in,


at the age of 60. But he changed his mind


enabling chief council offi­ cers over the ago of 50 to retire early if they wished.


to seize the opportunity, and though he will be working until the changeover, the beginning of April will see the end of a 37-year career in local government.


Mr Telford (54) decided


joved my job,” he said. •There has been plenty of responsibility, and Bowland is a nice big rural area, which is very good to work in." - In 1937, Mr Telford went


“I have thoroughly en.


round & about


You had to work for exams in your own time at night — there were no day release


general knowledge exam.


courses then.” After six years in the


army during the war. Ml’ Telford became deputy clerk in Northumberland and then Wiltshire, and clerk in Cumberland.


to get on in those days. When we first came to tho Bowland district, we were going to stay for three years. But after that our daughters were at the gram­ mar school in Clitheroe and \Vc liked the area, so we de­ cided to put down roots.”


"You had to move in order


straight from grammar school in Durham, where ho was born, to become a com­ mittee clerk.


ployment then, and local government jobs were con- sidered to be the cream,” ho


“There was more unem­


said. ”1 remember 50 people applying for one office job ana having to take a


ford was stationed in Glas­ gow on wireless signals training, and it was there that he met his wife Ena. One of their chief interests is old time and modern sequence dancing — "it keeps us At" — and they go every' week to clubs at Blackburn and Brockliall.


During the war, Mr Tel.


Another of Mr Telford’s hobbies is golf, and though


Warm welcome in Downham


VISITING Downham /or


emigrating 13 years ago, Mr and Mrs John Rushton, of Victoria Park, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, .


the first time since found the village unchanged.


Downham for U years. Mr Rushton was a farm labourer at Smithfield Farm on Lord Clitheroe s


Mr Rushton (65) and his wife. Ivy (70), lived in


visit were Lord and Lady Clitheroe, who were delighted to see them and hear of their ■experiences. Other visits paid to the village post office and old


Mrs Rushton stayed for a week with Mr Rushton’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr and Mrs John Bleazard, of Wilson Street, Clitheroe.


whelming welcome. On their three-month visit to England, Mr and


But even though they like the district, Mr and Mrs Rushton said that they wouldn't care to stay


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because of the weather. Mr Rushton, who retired in May, worked at a


cement works in Australia which was Quite a change


after his farming years in Downham. The couple fly back to Australia next month. As a Downham family, the Rushtons arc very well


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And two people that the Rushtons fust had to


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he plays on various courses at the moment, he may join a local club when he has retired.


Institute of Chartered Sec­ retaries and Public Admini­ strators, and also a member of the Institute of Local Government Administrators, Mr Telford has always tried to avoid talking council business at home.


A qualified member of the


der Close, Waddington, lie has managed not to become involved in village life, as he feels this would be un. fair to the rest of the dis­ trict he represents.


Although he lives in Fin­


officer you must not get in­ volved in your council or worry what they are doing. After a time you reach the stage of being able to de­ tach yourself front them."


” 1 believe that as a chief


Legal mind


Telford to spend more time with his family. Both daughters, Lesley and Louise, are married, one liv­ ing in Clitheroe and one in Accrington, and he has three grandchildren.


Retirement will allow Mr


continue his part-time work as registrar for the three local districts — Bowland and Clitheroe Rural District Councils and Clitheroc Borough. "I don’t want to drop it all,” he said, "I want to do something.”


Mr Telford intends to


ment means that Mr Tel­ ford cannot accept any new jobs in local government, he still hopes to remain involved in some way, pos­ sibly through his favourite type of work — planning.


Though his early retire­


interested in the adminis­ trative side rather than accounts," lie said. "It is the legal aspect which ap­ peals to me the most."


"I have always been more


Take over village post


office A CUTHEROE couple


realised an ambition when they took over the village


post office at Waddington


this week. i\Ir and Mrs Ian Darby-


s l i ir c , b o th 27, o f B ru n g e r - le y A v en u e , h a d fo r lo n g


b e e n °n the lo o k o u t fo r ju s t su c h a b u s in e s s . The opportunity came


Hi


owners of the associated shop, were moving to Dar-


wen.Mr and Mrs Darbyshirc, who have two children,


when tliev learned that Mr and Mrs .lack Hindlc,


Micliclle, aged five, and Nieola, two, spent a fort­ night ’ "learning the ropes


bcforc taking charge. After a taste of what was


to come. Mrs Darbyshirc said. “We really like the work and though we're _ go­ ing to bo hard at it, it s a big challenge and one wc will enjoy tackling." The change is a big one


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Apart from an absence through illness many years


for Mr Darbyshirc, who has been working with insurance companies for more than llircc years. Although the Derbyshire's


arc moving to Waddington. thev will still keep well in touch with Clitheroe. Mrs Darbyshirc is a member of


a (to and two weeks annual holiday, Mrs Pennington never had any other time off, and through all the years she managed without any modern mechanical cleaning aids Rises, too,, were some- tiling she didn't’ bother too much about.


Trinity Modern Wives, and Mr Darbyshirc. who lias


relationship with the coun­ cil, and the staff were "al­ ways nice and considerate,'


She enjoyed a very happy


plavcd football for Black­ burn Mill Hill Old Boys last year, will bc with Trinity Football Club this season. Michelle is moving to


Waddington School, from Pendle Junior, but will still attend Trinity Sunday School. Mrs Darbyshirc thinks that


she says. Obviously, over the years,


person, Mrs Pennington is knowlegeablc about the his and outs of a district coun­


Waddington is one of the most beautiful villages she has ever seen. “The people are so friendly as well.” she said “ Everyone who comes into Uip post office makes us feel welcome."


time to pursue onc of her hobbies — gardening.


She hones to have some


will find time to follow foot­ ball. cricket and fishing, which are his favourite pas­ times. Two other characters will


Likewise. Mr Darbyshirc


cil. She will be sorry to see the little authorities go and is not really sure whether there will bc any benefit.


private house, are not easy to clean with their old- fashioned mouldings, but Mrs Pennington developed a routine. One thing which made her task much easier was the opening of the by­ pass to the oement works. No longer are clouds of dust caused by passing lorries.


The offices, in a former Outdoor


also be making their pre­ sence felt at Waddington Post Office — the Darby- shire's cat and dog, Snowy and Shandy.


down," said Mrs Darbyshirc. " I don’t think we'll have any problems with them running away — it’s t°o nice a place t° want to leave."


“ Both should settle Mrs Mopp


retires GOING to Bowland RDC offices three nights a week for 21 years became a wav of life for caretaker Mrs Evelyn Pennington, of Brownlow Street Clitlicroc. Now after dusting the


life Before the council moved


to Clitheroe 21 years ago. Mrs Pennington worked for


a short time at the office in Grindleton and up to 11 years ago—when she and her husband came to Clith­ eroe—she travelled to work.


a farming family, Mrs Pennington has always appreciated the outdoor life and the country­ side. She spends much of her spare time with Clith­ eroc Naturalists’ Society, and is interested in local


Bora in Bowland of


William, retired from ICI three years ago. so he knows how enjoyable retirement


same furniture and scrub­


bing the same floors in the same rooms for all that time, she has retired, and intends to enjoy herself re­ laxing and getting out and about more.


can bc. There arc two married


history. Mrs Pennington's husband,


she has seen many changes Loth in tho staff and ad­ ministration. A forthright


is a nursery warden at Clayton-le-Moors. Four grandsons are the


who lives at Billington and


apple of their granny's eye, and now she will be able to have them stay more often and to visit them.


outings without having the feeling of having to rash back to work." says Mrs Pennington, and both she and her husband intend to take more holidays. They al­


“ It will be nice to arrange


ready have one planned in Devon in September.


*In fact, Mrs Pennington decided to retire now so that she can still enjoy some summer weather, and also


because she considered it would be easier for her successor to get into routine before winter. Mrs Pennington has re­


ceived a farewell gift from the council and has been promised a hand-painted plaque of Bowland ooat-of- arms.


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THOSE interested in the prosperity of the long- established Hodder Valley Show have a unique oppor. tunity of purchasing a special reprint of the first event held at Newton In 1864.


Higher Woodhouse Farm, Slaidburn, treasures one of


Mr Jimmy Wood, of


the few copies and he has had the happy thought of commissioning the re­ prints, now on sale in aid of the funds for the 1973 show, which will be at Newton on September 8tli.


sociation (the original name) held its first annual meeting at Newton on Sep­ tember 29th, horned cattle, sheep, pigs, cheese, butter and oat cake being entered for competition.


Bowland Agricultural As­


daughters, Mrs Damarls Murphy, a teacher at Black­ burn, who lias four young sons aged between two and eight, and Mrs Olga Leach,


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PICTURES of CHUicroc as it was many years ago always 'Arouse general interest, hut that of the Market Place and lamp published in our last issue proved to lie quite special for Dr Joseph Wriglcy, of Bolton-


by-BowIand. The. two figures near the lamp arc the clue. The


lady was his mother, wife of Canon J, H. Wrigley, of respected memory, and. you've guessed It—the hoy in the sailor suit is Dr Wriglcy. The year, 1905. Dr Wriglcy has clear memories of Bailey's shop which formerly occupied the library site.


A photograph of Chathurn in a recent article by


Naturalist stirred memories for Mr A. Barnes, of 144' Mossficld Road. Kcarsloy. Back in 1928. Mr Barnes was the. window cleaner


in Chatburn, and in June of that year the Advertiser and Times published a photograph of Rlbble Lane, which was to bc widened. Mr Barnes is one of the two men pictured talking


kicking at 84.


one class, oat cakes being “exhibited by the female baker.” Prize money at the show varied from 5s. to £1. Tickets for the public din. ncr at the Hare and Hounds were 2s.


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