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A • RECENT walk, a riverside journey we had last made, almost .three years, before* turned out to be a trip down Memory Lane, stimulating many happy thoughts. . Constant contact seldom


stirs past events but after an . absence of some time, every scene evoked vivid pictures of- the past. We were favoured with a mellow, sunlit morning with the Ribble in flood and cleaning sluggish pools, the powerful swell swirling in ecstasy, eager to reach its • distant goal. The Ribble in such a mood


has an attractive personality that is often too easily accepted^ As we stood watch=- ing the water lap against the footpath, our thoughts went back to an outing many years ago in North Wales. Advised to take a look at


the river at St Asaph, we'did so and began to wonder what


our advisor’s .reaction would: be on seeing the Ribble. The1 difference in stature was. extreme, .the Ribble being much the more impressive;.


. ..We are far- too: modest in ■ acclaiming the qualities of the . Ribble or indeed of other: aspects of our cduntryside. .


1 That such amenities should be ignbred is indxcUSable but


’ there is hope. There is, for example, a move to: crente a Writers’ Society in Clitheroe which, should it prosper, can Use our scenery to stimulate its thoughts. John O’Mara, the Tourist


Board publicity officer tvrote recently that "Writers us'lially : live in the plage they write so much about.” The environ­ ment is at our doorstep, all, that is required is the awhre- , ness. \ Continuing oiir path along


the Ribble, we paused oppo1 site a parly of missel-thrushes which Were busily feeding on • the tall yfews. Agaih the mind .


went back to an almost identi- r cal occurrence.several;years; ago when.in late agtumh the large thrushes were _ feasting on the viscid fruits. They are a tempting sight'and-there has always been controversy as to their -danger: Some would have’ us’ believe they- are harmless. .Others claim they are poisonous.


I t is only recently that,


following"^ radio gardening programme, several listeners phoned in to say it was unwise to -£6 - tempted by the yew berries. A later announce­ ment was that .only the seeds were poisonous. I would say it is,- better not to take any chances — unless you’re:1 a bird, a . A s 'w e w a t c h e d th e


thrushes feeding on the berries, I. was reminded that history repeats itself. Perhaps it is better to -recognise that each , autumn not only history


'but an almost identical scene repeats itself ad infinitum:


Craftsman Ron a new career


A READ man who gave up a management career in textiles 12 years ago, to become a village blacksmith, is now establishing himself as one of the North West’s top craftsmen.


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Ron Carter, of Trapp Forge, is bringing him commissions from all parts of England — and a pair of 17ft. gales lie recently completed for a Boll'on church brought such acclaim that they were shown on television and Ron Himself was interviewed. Ron (GO) will not admit


there is much difference between his work and that of


' other blacksmiths — but his' wife Slieila provides a clue to his success when she says "He’s the only one in the North-West who puts such craftsmanship into every piece he makes." Many modern blacksmiths


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aini for speed and quantity in these days of rising costs, but Ron Cartel’ remains an-artist who gives individual care to all his work. The gates for Bolton Parish


Church include .'1(1 uniquely forged flowers;— every one mentioned in the Bible — and took two years to make. It was 12 years ago that


Ron turned to forging after 20, years as general manager of a


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"I could have moved to


Manchester to work but I wanted to stay in this beauti­ ful part of the world,” he says.


"I built a house arid a foVge


and started to teach myself to be a blacksmith.”


One commission led to


another, ami among work he has done recently are a pair of gates for Mitton churchyard, a pair of interior gates for the. Calf’s Head Hotel, Worston* and a handrail for the Moor­ cock Inn at Waddington.


The blacksmith's methods


h a v e n o t ch ang ed fo r hundreds of years, he says, and Roll Carter employs the age-old technique of hammer­ ing hot iron into the shape on his anvil — sometimes very painstakingly as he puts in the finer details of a fishtail or leaf. The perfect shape for an autumn leaf, he says, look 10 years to achieve. ■


But even now he feels he is


still on the fringe of his apprenticeship Us ii black­ smith. “My only ambition is to do better work all the time."


Ron Carter is the first to


acknowledge the help given by his wife, Who does the designs for many of his crea­ tions* Their five children, too, sometimes lend a hand in the forge.


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show THE work of Clitheroe jewel­ ler and silversmith Mr David Frost and magazine artist Mr E. Scott Jones is currently on display at Whalley Library. ’Mr Frost, of Salthill Road,


is giving a month-long exhibit tion of hand-made jewellery which has received Critical, a c c la im throughout the country.


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' Mr Jones, who works for Lancashire Life* has. included views of Clitheroe and Whal- ley in his exhibition of water colours, drawings and etch­ in g s , -which c lo s e s on November 13th.


I thought it would be better for me to visit a small town,” she explained. Hiba is staying with Mr and


Mrs Gerard Beihlef'* o f Pimlico Road, Clitheroe. She is fast entering the swing of local life and has jollied the Parish1 .Church Operatic and Dramatic Society for its production of “Showboat.”- “ I haven’t had much time to


make friends in the area but I am sure I will before I return home," she added. ■


Bonjour Hiba


CLITHEROE has provided a cold but friendly welcome for . Algerian, girl Hiba Hamza ' Cherif who is on an 11 month visit* teaching at the town’s two grammar schools. Hiba, a pretty 24-year-old


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from Oran on the Mediterra-: nean coast, is teaching French and brushing up on her English at the same time. Ever since she arrived in England almost’ two months ago, the weather has gone progressively colder but the warmth of Clitheroe people has more than made up for this. "I am enjoying my stay.


Clitheroe is such a beautiful place and the people I have met have been very friendly,” - she said. .When Hiba, who is study­ ing law and teaching English


' at a school in Oran, decided come to England she asked to


be sent to the North West. "I come from a large city so


Appeal for toys


LOW MOOR' parents -have this week issued an urgent appeal for goods to stock the stalls at their toy fair, which ta k e s p la c e tom o r row evening. Members of the Parish


C hurch Sunday School. Parents’ Association are keen to repeat the success of their first toy fair last year, which raised over £180. They would be grateful of donations of any kind of toys. Donors can leave toys at the


church hall or contact . Mrs. Kathleen Eastwood, of 12 St Pauls’... Close., Low Moor (Clitheroe 23652), who will arrange collection. The fair, in the parish hall* begins at 7-30 p.m.


Advice for


cat-lovers THE increasingly worrying problem of stray cats' in the


■ Clithetoe area has prompted the Friends o f Fur and Feather to offer some advice to animal-lovers. Members have been busy in


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recent months caring for homeless cats and arranging for veterinary treatment and new homes. They advise people who are


considering allo wing their cats to have kittens to think very carefully. “Although they look cute and cuddly when they born, a female becomes adult at about five to six months and can then produce kittens of their own,” they say. , “This in turn leads to so


many unwanted cats; that animal-lovers can’t always help.”


. The Friends urge everyone


who* buys or is given a kitten to have it spayed or neutered- at the age of about five months. They say that this makes a cat cleaner and more lovable.


Farewell


DOWNHAM man-Mr Stanley Coulston, who has now moved to Ba th , was r e c e n t ly


' presented with a table lighter b y th e V i l l a g e . 'H a l l Committee. ;Mr C ou ls ton was the


committee’s vice-chairman for 17 years. The gift was handed over by chairman Mr George . Braithwaite.


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ple, three little girls — eight- or-nine-year-olds visiting a neighbour — came trotting, down the avenue. Each had borrowed a pair of aunty’s shoos and was seeing if it was possible to run in high heels. They revived memories of another, little girl who, 50 years earlier, had tied cotton reels to the heels of her shoes so that she, too, could walk in fashionable attire.


Another amusing incident


happened in the main street of a busy Midlands market town earlier in the summer. It was 9 p.m. and quieter then than in the heat of the day when, down the street cycled a smil­ ing, middle-aged man. In a carrier on' the front Of his bike he had secured a large box. In it, seated side by side, Were three porky terrier pups, each one. s itt ing bolt upright, surveying the world at large and, believe me, smiling Just


as broadly as their master. Then there was the friend


who, revelling in the pleasure of his rural retirement home after a busy professional life in town, developed the admir­ able habit of taking an early morning stroll through the fields und • meadows, Wet or fine, he put on a pair of strong boots and-set out. One damp and cloudy morning, lie found a baby rabbit, lost, neglected and wet through and shiver- ihg in the tall, bedraggled grass. He picked it up, put it in the. warm capacious pocket of his coat and returned home.


Back hr the warmth of the


i kitchen, lying before a cheery fire, was the family Cat, suckl­ ing her family of three„kitch- ens. The orphaned rabbit was


.introduced', to the cat 'and within-: minutes, was officially accepted and adopted. It joined tho kittens sharing


mother's plentiful supply of milk.'


The days passed, the


kittens thrived and so did Bunjy (the name the rabbit had 1 acquired). He grow bigger and stronger and all Went’well until one- morning when the mistress of the houso came downstairs and found her precious kitchen pot plants entirely devoid of leaves. Bunjy was no longer Content with a fluid diet and - had supplemented.his intake with something a little more


• substantial; And out lie went. My Inst story for today


Concerns an item, spotted in the old farmhouse in which we were making an overnight


■stay. Accustoming myself to our surroundings,; I was intrigued by' a small brass plate hanging, on the parlour wall. There was lettering upon it and, at tho first chanco, I


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v- A few minutes later-, a vivid : . scene came to. mind as the: i n nb t ey e re 1 i ved a late! ,October evening^Spent wait-; ing for-the calling stags: Such1 expeditions are not 'easily; forgottep. As we s&t watching’ the moon slowly: rising*-we.' heard. a fearsome bellowing scream tear into the still o f 1


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■the night. It was a horrible cry, as if i


■from a soul in torment, Dark­ ness- fell and. a tawhy owl. added tq-the. eerie atmos­ phere, signalling that it was - time-for nocturnal creatures to begin What was for them a new dayr Some were making preparations for hibernation, others had other activities in mind.


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: i As with the seasons* th e - c y c l e i s : cdnStant and. perpetual. There is nothing


'new under the sun. . The .stags were leaving their marks as did those of a generation ago. Here and there we found unmistakable


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signs of the agitated animals venting their fury and energy on the tufts of fern and small -• shrubs-as they-sought to rid their antlers of velvet. Not far* . aw a y , in,, the Sheltered hollows, .were the -wallowing pools where the mature stags took their mud baths — not to be confused with any beauty treatment. -


A mudpack may be consi- .


dered a step towards regener­ ation but this is not so for the - Bowland stags. On the contrary,- they become, far from, attractive with - hairy necks and manes caked in mud. Their blackish-brown attire bears no resemblance to their appearance in late August. •


they stand-,' bold and defiant and ever conscious of danger, they.: are -the monarchs of Ribblesdale: No animal here or elsewhere, can surpass them..


. So*- memories Were stirred by a day spent revisiting the Ribble. Whenever you go to


.such a-, place, the scene is1 a r e p e t i t io n o f what has happened mariy times. Maybe there are slight variations but the essentials are unchanged. Next year’s scene will be a


replay of previous years but it will never be tiresome. It is as uplifting now as hundreds of


years ago. Even the gurgling waters,


-• A- stranger might think these winter stags a different species. Their distinctive antlers are fully cleaned and burnished. The continuous . threshing on the undergrowth • ■ has served to whiten the - extreme points and now as


as they rush over, their stony bed, give solace to the weary mind or to those searching for an answer to the rush and bustld of worldly affairs. The ancient Indians knew this. They recognised that a quiet spell by the river was a sure way of gaining relief from the pressures o f life, v


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mounted a chair to read the inscription. This is what I read: “Take notice that as from today’s date poachers shall be shot on first sight and i f practicable, questioned afterwards. By order: J. R. Bramble, Head gamekeeper to His Grace the Duke of Gumby. 1st November, 18G8. I just had to question the


farmer’s wife about it, but all she could tell me. was that it had been "picked up” at a country sale and that she knew nothing more about it. “We’ve-always thought it was some sort of leg-pull” , she added. Maybe it was and maybe it


wasn’t. Some day I shall go down to the library to find out if there ever was a Duke of Gumby but, -if the plate was authentic* it certainly illus­ t r a t e s vividly th e -v a s t changes that have taken place in the last 100 years. And not .all, it iscems from


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