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THE hobby which has played a key part in the life of. Mrs Raynor Dyer for the last three years may surprise many people.


For Mrs Dyer has collected


more than 500 keys in that time — 400 of which are attractively arranged on the dining room wall of ,her home in G o o s e b u t t s L a n e , Clitheroe. This unusual collection


started in 1972 when Mrs Dyer, who then lived near Cheadle Hulme, was looking for some antique articles to decorate her new home in Clitheroe. Mrs Dyer said that she


went into an antique shop to buy a flat iron when she saw some keys on a wall. “ I thought thfey looked


rather nice," she said, "and the lady behind the counter seemed to know a lot about them. I decided to buy the iron and the keys, which were in a set of six. “It all started from there.” During the past three


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years, she has obtained keys from various sources, both locally and abroad. Mrs Dyer has bought some of the keys from auctions, but it is an expensive hobby, for they can cost anything from 60p to £60 and more. Her son Lawrence brought


one back from a visit to Paris and Mrs Dyer was given a decorated one as a gift during a recent holiday in Greece. One key which stands out in


the collection is 10 inches long, but Mrs Dyer doesn't know what it was used for.


r o u n d B In fact there is so little


information available on the subject — Mrs Dyer has only found one book to date — that it is difficult to accurately pin­ point the age or use of the keys. But she is sure that some of


•her collection dales back to Georgian times, and in an effort to build up her know­ ledge on the subject she has made notes from articles in newspapers and magazines. The keys are of all shapes


and sizes and reflect the changing methods of lock­ making over the years. One of her most treasured


possessions is an unusual safe key which she obtained from Theo Wilson’s. She also has a decorated French latch key, which was invented in 1792, and sev e ra l examples of Bramah keys which first appeared about 1784. Mrs Dyer has no idea about


the value of the collection, but says that she will continue to add to it whenever possible. She admits to one ironic fact


— her family are prone to losing keys. So it’s always possible that her collection might come in very useful one day!


Seeing


the world JOINING the navy to see the world is a sentiment Clitheroe man Mr Peter Sutcliffe will wholeheartedly endorse. For at 21, Peter, a radio


officer for Marconi Interna­ tional Marine, has already been three-quarters of the way round the world and visited a host of places most of us can only dream about. On his first tour of duty in


1973, he went to Canada, Norway and West Africa twice — all within the space of three months. Since then he has spent


almost as much time in the Persian Gulf as America’s Henry Kissinger, working on the giant oil tankers, and has managed to fit in trips to such places as Mauritius, Trinidad and Barbados. Peter, whose parents,- Mr


and Mrs Harvey Sutcliffe, live in Richmond Te rrace, Clitheroe, began his career when he left St Augustine’s . School, Billington, at the age of 16. He enrolled at Fleetwood


Nautical College, where he spent three years, before qualifying as a radio officer. This puts him in charge of all communications on board ship. Peter is returning to college


on Monday to study for the Department of Trade and Industry radar certificate. If he passes this exam, he will be responsible for inost of the ship’s electronic equipment..


Although he admits to the


job having drawbacks, Peter feels that the advantages more than make up for them. While he is at sea, he is on


duty seven days and often works for up to 16 hours a day. But he is given four months’ paid leave a year and there are, of course, lavish


entertainments at the ports of call. ,


“When the ship docks I


have nothing to do until we sail again. So I can spend a l l ' my time looking round places which many people would regard as a once in a lifetime holiday,” he said.


“I spent 10 days at a luxury


Singapore hotel, all expenses paid, and on another occasion I stayed for a fortnight in Mauritius.”


Peter’s most enjoyable ex­


perience to date was sailing for more than 1,000 miles up the Amazon. But one occurrence he


doesn’t want to repeat is the time he spent Christmas Eve on board ship in the Persian Gulf. 7 “We were working on a


Kuwait ship and as they are strict Moslems, they do not allow any alcohol in their country — and that includes their ships,” .he said.


No place PETER SUTCLIFFE


like home CANADA and America may have their attractions, but for Canon and Mrs C. F. Good-


child, of Waddington, there is no place like home. On a recent holiday they


revelled in the splendours of Ottawa, Philadelphia, Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Bos­ ton and Toronto, but found nothing to compare with the tranquil beauty of Wadding­ ton, where Mr Goodchild is the Vicar of St Helen’s. Thqir first port of call was


Ottawa, where they visited their youngest daughter, Christine, who emigrated six. years ago. She and her hus­ band, Mr Robert Clark, are computer programmers for the Government.


The flight to -Boston was


something of an adventure; for there had been a hurricane further down the coast and the plane was not allowed to land.


“We seemed to be circling


round for hours and eventual­ ly we were forced to land at Philadelphia,” said Mrs Good- child.


, As keen students of history,


the Goodchilds were particu­ larly interested in the prep­ arations for next'year’s bicen­ tennial celebrations of Ameri­ can- Independence. .


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■make e x p e r i e n c e s memorable and worth­ while. Thus, on those annual occasions when for the sake of conjugal f e l i c i ty I accede to domestic pressures and forsake this Whalley Window for a period, it is always for something dif­ ferent that I am alert when on holiday. I didn’t expect to find one,


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of attempt to reproduce a cockney accent in print.) So, in we went, had our


cups of tea, fought over one or two battles of the ’39 war together and I-learned how the ex-sailor and his wife had found their way to this iso­ lated spot some five years previously.


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though, in a ramshackle cot­ tage at the corner of a remote Devonshire lane which was almost literally “miles from anywhere.” It wasn’t a particularly


pleasant sort of day. It was cold and overcast, with fre­ quent' sharp showers that made fiction of the morning’s radio weather forecast, but I greeted the little man who stood at the door of his cot­ tage cheerily, enough. “How do.y’ do,” I said. “A poorish sort of day." His reply came in an accent as incongruous in that environment as my own northern speech must have sounded.


• Right away I realised that


•the" little man was a Cockney born and bred. We were both


; “foreigners”, in this Devon countryside, and this odd fact stimulated us to further con- : v e r s a t io n , u n t i l , within - minutes, we were chatting , away-like old friends. ■ ' ’“Cam insoide,” said my.


• cockney friend, as yet another shower seemed imminent, “Oi’ll get moi.old dutch to


.•mike a cap of rosy lea.” (End • .....' - . ' q ■


; Immediately outside , the little cottage was an old shed or workshop in such a state of dilapidation that I was at once reminded of the outbuildings


in thatwell-known establish­ ment operated by Messrs Steptoe & Son. “Now,” said my new friend


.


as we emptied our second cups, “come with me and I’ll show you something.” He led the way to the out-house I have described and ,1 bent my head as I passed through a door that served the first part of its existence as the entr-. ance to a railway waiting room. ■ At the far end of the some­ what gloomy interior wfis. a round structure some eight feet in diameter, covered with a neat dust sheet which was now carefully removed. Then the ex-sailor pressed a •


couple. of switches and stood back in triumph. “There," he said, “what do you think of that,, eh?” Truthfully; I was amazed! The round structure was the most magnificent model of. a roundabout, "a carousel, I have ever seen. My friend made one or two minor 'adjustments, pressed further


switches, a couple of hundred, possibly more, coloured lights winked and glittered and the music blared out. Slowly at first, but gathering momen­ tum with every second, the carousel began to revolve. The galloping horses and


the golden cockerel went up arid down, up and down, the little page boys, erect before the steam organ, beat their drums and tapped their cym­ bals in time with the baton of the military conductor who presided stiffly over this melodic machine. The whistle blew, the revol-


ving lights were reflected in the dozens of mirrors arid gleaming brasswork of the superstructure, the horses and cockerels went faster and faster, the whistle blew again and slowly the magic roundab­ out, far more wonderful than the one associated with Dougal, came to a halt. It was a glorious mode),


correct in every detail and exactly a quarter the size of the original, of which it was an exact-replica in miniature. “Well,” said the proud


owner, “what do you think of that, eh?” • . “ It’s wonderful,” I said,-,


“absolutely magnificent.” . “Sixteen years,” he told me,,


“sixteen years it took me to. make it, every bit by hand:- I’ve no lathe, no machines. Every bit I made with these two hands.’’ ■. What could I say? .1 just


stood in wonder and amaze- - vO-Vv;7; 'v - / -


riient. I touched one of the lovely little horses. “You made these?” I asked. “I did,” said my friend.


“Carved every one of them by hand. Hollow they are, b e c a u s e of the we ight . Painted them, too.” “And these,” I asked, indi­


cating the long, twisted sup­ ports of glittering brass that reached from the running board to the canopied roof. “Those too,” I was told. “Bit


difficult those were. I made them out of curtain rods. Each one took me a whole day. I fixed one end in the vice and the missus held a blowlamp to them while I twisted them. Made me sweat, I’ll tell you.”' 1 So splendid was the whole


model that I could have stood* and gazed for ages, but the weather had cleared and it was imperative that I got on my way..-:, I thanked my host and, a


few days, later, some millions; of television viewers in the South arid .West region were- able to vicariously share my pleasure when this wonderful piece of craftsmanship and its handicapped creator appeared on the air. I have little doubt that most of those millions, p a r t icu la r ly . tho se who watched in colour, would share my enthusiasm. But they could not share the


thrill and delightful surpriseof finding this miracle of pati­ ence, skill,; ingenuity and art in a tumbledown shed in alane in a remote Devonshire back-- water. I t was one of those unexpected experiences I referred to in'my first sent­ ence and quite .made my. holiday.


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ing to history from the other man’s point of view, with people talking about how America beat the English back in 1776.” Among other highlights of


their holiday were trips to Niagara Falls, New Hamp­ shire and Plymouth, where they saw a replica of the Mayflower. There were, of course,


aspects which didn’t appeal to them at all, such as the noise and traffic in the cities. “All day long you hear police ears dashing to and fro with their sirens blaring.” After an action-packed


three weeks, the Goodchilds had another surprise in store. . . for some of the villagers had raised the Union Jack on the church tower to welcome them home. “It was a wonder­ ful gesture,” said Mrs Good- child.


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ant, the fragrance and blooms are not merely for the delight of man. They are, it seems, produced for the ‘ benefit of


the plant itself, but as in most natural! things the benefit is shared. In all a plant produces if serves a dual purpose. The


! primary object never, fails to ' give joy to others, be;they, wild or tame.' The gross benefit is mutual. Beverley Nicholls, at one


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time an atheist, became a. b e liev e r on examining^ flower through a magnifying glass. From that 'moment he began to inquire and wonder at the beauty, design and piir- pose. So began an understand- ing;of the overall purpose in iry'a


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' .Some may see no connection or similarity between humans and these low forms of life, but there is a strikirigllikehess


between the demands, and; activities of plants arid' ani­ mals. We all require the basics of light, food,: water and air, responding to them in a simi­ lar fashion. Even the circula­


tion of sap is suggestive of the


■ circulation of. the blood in the human body, and we find that plants respond to stimuli, which; suggest a nervous system. If you doubt the efficiency


and purpose of the simplest. plant, there are a variety of aspects which, could possibly lead to a change of mind. It is generally admitted that


we are only on the fringe of ari understanding of what goes


'on within a simple plant, and no one would be foolish enough to claim it was capable of reasoning. But it is admit- ted', a s our knowledge increases, that while not being able to think, a plant posses­ ses all that is required for successful survival. There does riot seem to be


any reasoning in a plant pro­ ducing fruit to be consumed by bird, animal or human. Why does the blackberry,


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. and, impervious to chemical action, pass through the bird or animal to be dispersed far away from the parent. This is ju s t one of the cunning devices serving to satisfy the appetite on one hand and the plant’s purpose on the other. Cu n n ing ,, in te l l ig en c e , reasoning or what? Numerous examples could


be given whjph even from the human aspect can be consi­ dered in the interests of survi­ val. Can the same be said of human desires and motives? Another side to this inter­


esting subject is often over­ looked. Consider the timet- ■ able set by Linnaeus. I was reminded of .this during the


s u m m e r , w h en many, hedgerows' by Ribble and Hodder were festooned with honeysuckle. The plant,, you will note, only gives off its, delectable scent.from dusk to early dawn. This is for a very definite purpose, for having specialised flowers it wishes to attract insects which can fertilise a somewhat unique structure. The timetable of the hon­


eysuckle, brings to mind that drawn up by Linnaeus which h a s b e en te rm ed “The shepherd’s clock.” Others have worked on the idea and stipulate that roses open each morning froiri four to five, the willowherb between six and seven, the. common bindweed between seven and eight, gentians between eight and nine, the tulip from nine to 10, and centaury 10 to 11 o’clock. John go to bed at noon, as the old country name'


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• ■ Concerning the honeysuckle, it is interesting to know how the plant reacts or responds to certain stimuli. Place the flowers indoors, in utterly strange surroundings, and the


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Ther e'is far more-to a


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AGM The Memorial In;


■ management committ Rimington elected 1 Parker as chairman at annual meeting.


: Mr P. Brennan is sec


and Mr A. Stott trea The rest of the committr re-elected en bloc wit addition of Mr W. Ingl Arrangements were


for • forthcoming whist domino drives and the C mas dance.


Memorial Institu A whist and domino dr


Rimington Memorial Ins on Saturday was organis the management comm MCs were Mr A. Eeele whist and Mr P. Brenn; dominoes. Whist winners: Ladii


Mrs Richards, .Mrs Gai Mrs Tennant and Miss C (tie). Gents — Mr S. Hoi Mr McKie, Mr Green. Dominoes: Adults — I


Tomlinson, Alan Hartley. Lawson. Juniors — Tiir Anderson, John Robii Roger Thistlethwaite. C om p e t i t io n : Mr


Ingieby, Mrs Lindley, Cl oplier Wignall.


Gisburn


Football fan The death occurred af


short illness of Mr Ai Wilson (84), who cam; Gisburn a year ago, aftei death of his wife, Mildred lived with his daughter son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Peacock, of Church Viev Mr Wilson, a great foo


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fan, was active until his re illness. Though of a < nature, he had made frii with the villagers in the s time he had lived among t and was held in high est by all who knew him. He leaves three dauglit


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our where it meets the glazing on the lower part. This is finished in a glossy Rockingham colour as is the base of the cup.


range in the spring of 1976, and will be available from Gorrills, Waterloo Road, Clitheroe, retailers of glass, fine china, earthenware and fancy goods.


Further items will be added to the '


items to their range of stoneware which so far has comprised several series of coffee mugs. The new items are cup and saucer and tea plate and sh o u ld be av ai lab le before Christmas. The plates and saucers are in a


Dunoon Ceramics have added new


one of whom lives in Some and another in Halifax. A service was held at 1


Cross Methodist Church Thursday prior to erema at Park Wood, Halifax.


Crafts The Mothers’ Union n


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Wilkinson for holding coffee and cake evening wl raised £90.


Flowers Twenty members i


burn Young Wives flower-arranging dem l>on by Mrs N. Corntl


of Boiton-by-Bowland, displays were later ra: Mrs H. Crook, who ;


the meeting with pi feported on the leaders lng at Saltaire, whei work done by Mrs J. I the Young Wives’ ac; was displayed.


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was decided to suppo winter entertainment “Jgs to be put on b Festival Hall Committe ehildren’s party is to b °.n December 30th. singing proceeds will I


tne Rheumatism and Ar Louncil.


Tea hostesses were t-owgili and Mrs Lane An open meeting will b ^ CE Children’s S °n November 13th.


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.hort illness, of Mrs I gnes Thompson, of


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