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DURING -the last few years the kestrel, a favourite of those who. admire the predators of out countryside, has prospered. . It seems that with a better education of young and old the value of this hawk is now. accepted. Gone are the days when it was treated as a menace and shot by those who considered it a threat to game. We now realise it is the farmer’s best friend and from very recent experience I am convinced it is the finest mouser in the whole countryside.


You will have watched, not


without a thrill, as the kestrel hovers 60 feet above ground, head to the wind and wings winnowing as if suspended on an unseen thread. Then sud­ denly it will drop like a stone leaving the casual observer wondering about the cause of this strange behaviour. The performance was not entirely


hatohed; two were apparently infertile and. promptly van­ ished when the first chick was about a week old. ....


■ At this time I decided to erect a hide giving an winter- rupted view of the nesting hole. The hide was soon


- accepted and on the following day, at a distance of 20 feet, I comfortably awaited the a c t ivit ie s o f th e , kestrel


family.


It was a pleasant sunny morning and the first surprise


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:. came when the general pat-, tern of life returned to nor-,


Kestrel at nesting site.


hunting for an unsuspecting field vole or mouse. This method of securing


prey is very practical and suc­ cessful. Most of us would have difficulty in watching a mouse at 50 feet, particularly'if the creature was half-hidden among the grass. Some hunt in town, .but where there is open country available kes­ trels prefer the wide open


for pleasure — the bird was N W V W w v w w v w %v w w v v v v v w w w w v v w w v w v v v v y w ^ ^


spaces. Most of the kestrels I know


of nest in old farm buildings. Several return to the old nest­ ing site eaoh year and one p a r t icu la r p a ir I have observed use a cavity in the side of a disused barn. Here they are surrounded by a. rough landscape and judging by their return each season the ground leaves nothing to be .desired with regard to a food supply. This year there were six e g g s in the cavity. Four


mal.. The family of kestrels wore not the sole occupants of the building. I soon became aware of a couple of jackdaws, a noisy family of starlings and


' a pair of pigeons. With camera lens centred on the entrance, I


waited. Anticipation is the keynote


o f these operations, not forgetting unlimited patience; Anyone who has spent some time waiting in a hide for the appearance of a bird or animal will appreciate the concentra­ tion required by a cat waiting at a mouse-hole. The strain and tension is difficult to valuo, but if you


* are concerned in capturing


yourrsubject you derb relax.. It is no use turning to


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watch the scenery or a passing item of interest from a conve­ nient peep-hole. The tempta­ tion is enormous, but a slight


diverson may quite easily mean a wait of another 10 or


20 minutes. At this stage the young kes­


trels did not require feeding little and often, but were cap­ able of feeding themselves, provided that the prey was within reach. Odd visits by the parents sufficed. Twenty minutes passed and


there was no sign of my quarry, then out of the blue, as silently as a falling feather, the female came to the entr­ ance to alight with her back to the camera. This I antici­ pated. The trim racy contour in rich brown was certainly pleasipg to the eye but useless for a picture. She held a field mouse in her talons and trans­ ferred it to her bill as soon as she alighted. Slowly she entered the


recess where, in the subdued light, it was just possible to follow her, actions. In a couple of minutes she was again at


the entrance and tq my delight stood with. full. face tq - the


camera. From that point. I was busy taking her picture as she turned first to one side, then the. other, carefully eyeing the surrounding countryside.


ing fo r more mice. Ten minutes later she was back with a mouse dangling help­ lessly first in her talons, then


- Then she was away. hunt­


in her bill, The biggest surprise came a


few minutes lpter when the male arrWed. What a fine


. figure he made, with his hold . head, fierce expression and rich colouring. Ho followed the same routine, hut being more nervoys in temperament he wasted no time and was soon on his way, wondering, I suppose, what the small tent was doing in the field just below the family quarters.


These, are the birds sought


hfter by those who want to keep a “pet.” What suffering is brought about by this bar­ baric behaviour is anyone's guess, but such practices are all too common by Ribblo and Hodder.


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Overture is key to music career for John (18)


WHEN one talks to John Cowking, Slaidburn Silver Band’s conductor, it is difficult to believe that he is still a pupil at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School.


But at 18, John has already


been in charge of the band for the past three years and in a month’s time his first original work will be givon its pre­ miere at the band’s 77th anniversary concert. He began his composition,


entitled “Bowland Scenes,” last November and after working intermittently for about nine months, completed the project in July. John, of The Crescent,


Dunsop Bridge, found his first real attempt at composition a difficult but enthralling one.


"It was really fascinating


putting my own ideas into music,” said John, speaking with an enthusiasm which is the driving factor behind many successful musicians. “Some days I could sit down


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at the piano and work for hours without running out of ideas, but on others I could hardly think of a note. “One of the main problems


was that I found myself writ­ ing music which had been composed by other people. I would write a few pages, take a critical look and have to tear it all up.” John has studied music at


school for the paBt seven years. Whether he continues with his interest in composing depends a lot on how well “Bowland Scenes” is received, but he still hopes to follow a career in music. “ I f my composition goes


down well it will give me the confidence to carry on, though now I have had a try at com­ posing I don't think I could


it: . ’


have to play the more tradi­ tional brass band music because that is what the audi­ ence comes to hear.”


Under John’s direction, the


just leave it at that,” he added. John realises that the open­


ings for a career in brass band music are few and far bet­ ween, but eventually he hopes to find a post as either trainer or conductor of a brass band. He joined Slaidburn Silver


Band — the only one in the area — about seven years ago, after his father, himself a member, persuaded him to go a lon g . He soon became- interested and began playing E flat bass and later trom­ bone, before being invited to take up the baton. When John settled down to


this deceptively simple post, he widened his sphere of activity and began arranging music for the band. One prob­ lem was having to write the music within the limitations of the band.


Many members are only in


their early teens and'have not yet acquired the technique to cope with complicated music. John also feels that many people in the area do not want th e ir m usical h o r iz on s broadened. “Most of the people who


listen to our music are quite happy to just tap their feet to the “oompah” of the band. We


band, which now numbers 27 p la y e r s , has gone from strength to strength.


It recently completed a


strenuous programme of sum­ mer engagements which took members to several East Lan­ cashire towns as well as the usual bookings in local vil­ lages/


But despite its increasing


ability and popularity, it is unlikely to venture further afield and take part in compet­ itions.


“Being a member of a com­


petitive brass band is virtually a second full-time occupation and many of the bandsmen are unwilling to commit them­ selves on such a scale," John explained.


“We would have to play a


wider range of material and this would be difficult with the membership of the band continually changing. Even now it is hard enough getting all the players together for the Thursday evening prac­ tices.”


John's composition, an over­


ture, will be given its first public hearing on November 1st, .at the concert in Dunsop Bridge Village Hall.


Long service


JOHN puts the finishing touches to his composition. Over the years, he said, Theatre


THREE Clitheroe people were among 42 employees of Norweb to receive long ser­ vice awards at a ceremony in Blackburn recently. They were Mr Percy Wet-


ton, a chargehand workman, of Edisford Road; Mrs Marion Chew, a clerical assistant, of St Paul’s Street, Low Moor; ■and Mr Morton Cottam. sec­ ond assistant engineer, of


Brqwnlow Street, All three have completed


service of 30 or more years, and the 42 workers’ combined service totalled some 1,500


years. In presenting the awards,


Norweb’s Pennine area man­ ager, Mr David Flanders, thanked the recipients, all of whom began work with local undertakings or private elec­ tricity companies prior to nationalisation.


they had seen many changes in technology which they had accepted with enthusiasm, never' losing sight of their responsibilities of maintaining electricity supplies. “ It is through the service


and dedication of such people that the British electricity supply industry has a reputa­ tion of which it is justly proud,” he added.


Clitheroe


play takes top prize


THE Bridgend Players, win­ ners of the Ribble Valley Fes­ tival of Plays in May, have gone on to take the top award in the All-British finals at Col- wyn Bay. Competing against six other


groups from throughout the country, the Ribble Valley festival winners won the Vin­ cent Cote trophy for their per­ formance of “Sonnet for a Summer’s Day,” the ploy they had staged at Clitheroe. Adjudicator was Mr Ber­


trip


CLITHEROE shopkeeper Mr Roy Dewhurst is to celebrate 20 years in business with a trip tq the theatre on Wed­ nesday for himself and his staff. M r D e w hu rs t, o f


Goosebutts Lane, is taking about 40 assistants from his two book-shops — one in Moor L an e and the other in Accrington — tq the Octagon Theatre, Bolton, to see a per­ formance of if, B. Priestley’s play “Eden End Before he took over the


Clitheroe shop, which his wife B e tty now runs, he was engaged in clerical work for several local firms, including Trutex and the old bleach- works at Primrose, ; While he has been at the


shop, Mr Dewhurst has car­ ried out a thorough moderni­ sation programme and hopes to extend his business by adding the vacant adjacent Shop to his premises,


nard Prentice, who was judge High Sheriff


'at the Clitheroe event. The Bridgend Players’


triumph was tinged with sad­ ness, through the death a few days before the festival of the play’s author, Vivian Paget. But the high standard of the performance at Cohyyn Bay was felt by most to be a fitting


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W / l MR WETTON MRS CHEW MR COTTAM


When it'was at Clitheroe but had been unable to do so at the last moment, the producer taking his place.


A PRICELESS ASSET


IN recent months a group of local yopng ornitholog­ ists has been doing a fine job of work in clearing out the large pond you will find on ypur left as you approach the Hellic- liffes. This field is named on some of our older maps as Barn Field and this inevitably promotes speculation as to whether this was once the site of our long-last Whalley ; Tithe Barn.


The pond in question was H


never our official village pond, though sometimes referred to as such. It was a collecting lodge for water which fed a second lodge which, in its turn, powered the wheel in t h e o ld e s t a b l i s h e d Langshaw’s Joinery works. Forty years back, when the burnishes which now coyer the greater area were much more restrained in their


•growth,'the pond was a popu- law venue for skating at times of keen frost, and enthusiasts, undeterred by the dark nights qf winter, ran their cars to the Water'!; edge and enjoyed their sport ip the light qf their. headlamps-


In more recent years, the


-thick './growth of weed and •rushes has restricted aquatic


I am all in favour of the W h a l l e y W i n d o w


activities to those indulged in by water hens and the occa­ sional piallard. Research has led some


enthusiasts to believe that our original village pond (for almost every village bad one) was in the playing field immediately to the rear of the school. Here, just outside the NE gate to the abbey,, it would be ideally sited for resi­ dents of The Square (which really was a square in those days), and here the ducks Would he ip their element, the sheep grazing m the adjacent churchyard could amble down, and it was not too far for the womenfolk to draw water for domestic cleaning. In some villages, wo learn,


the village pond also served as a source of . drinking water, but this would be unlikely to be the cesq in our own village Which had a plentiful supply qf wholesome wells. It is possible that, at thq


water’s edge, the ducking stool would be erected but f. have seen-no documentary evidence, o f ’ this. If the sur­


mise is correct, however, the pond would be far from popu-


ging housewives of the village and-you may be quite sure that every self-respecting community had at least one or two of these, if the national bard is to be believed. This current, summer there


has been a great campaign in hand to restore village ponds in rural townships and ham­ lets to thfiir former beauty, for who would deny that water — in the form of pond, lake, broad-flowing river or trickling stream — invariably enhances the scene. In the last few decades,


when the pond was no longer an essential part of communal l i fe , m any have become shamefully neglected; dump­ ing grounds for all kinds, of litter and rubbish from bicycle frames, bottomless buckets and tin cans to broken prams,


■worn out tyres and old hed springs.' So, too, have some of the streams with which many villages are blessed.-The


waters-have become turgid and stagnunt, ■ evil-smelling, weedstrewn aqd generally repulsive, to the shame pf the- ••,communities thus endp\ved,


: Wkat W<srn once priceless ; assets have become eyesores.


“Clean the Village Pond” cam­ paign. Fortunately no village in our area suffers the condi­ tions outlined m the organisa­ tional literature and by and large our residents take a gre­ ater pride and interest m their surroundings than once was the case. Doubtless the annual Best Kept Village competi­ tions and the parish councils and Women’s Institutes can take much of the credit for this. So; dear • readers, if you


know a village that lsq’t quite “up to standard" get to work, a (id here in Whalley let .us give our young people all poss­ ible encouragement in thpir self-imposed task of cleaning up the Barn Field pond. It could be a delight fpr genera­ tions yet to come and a haven for gll kinds of waterfqwl and • other birds all too rarely seen


in our neighbourhood- Who knows, next winter we


might all be skating once again/ Qr perhaps not quite


■ all. My feet and legs were nqt designed "for suchathletic pur­ suits and a'rapidly distending abdomen: renderq. feats - of


grace'and balance quite out­ side my competence. ■ I also find ice terribly hard tp'sit on. when the -descent thereto .is both sudden, and . unexpected,


. V J.F.


THEhigh Sheriff of Lanca­ shire’s chaplain, the Rev. R. A,. Harpup, is tq hold a Shrieval service at Whalley Parish Church, on Sunday October 19th. After the ser­ vice, the High Sheriff, Major Basil Greenwood, and Mrs Greenwood, will entertain their guests to sherry in the day school hall.


Re-elected president


FORMER Clitheroe man Mr Charles F. Short has been re-elected president of the North Africa Reunion Associ­ ation. Mr Short, who recently went to live in Oxford, will attend the 22nd Alamein din­ ner at Accrington Conserva­ tive Club p Vfeck tomorrow. Secretory and treasurer of the Assqciation is Mr fL 0 , Ramsbottom, pf Waddington.


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