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LAST year was the bi centenary of the birth of J: M. W. Turner, England’s most eminent water-colourist, and to mark the occasion a special- exhibition of his work was held in Blackburn Art Gallery. It was a display of consider
able interest to those con cerned with local history, for the artist spent some time in our district in the late 18th century and anumber of local scenes were included in the exhibition. Visitors were given the opportunity to study changes wrought ill the area over the last couple of hundred years. Turner could, not however be considered, a “photographic" painter: There were occasions when he took, quite legitimately, a modicum of artistic licence and it has even been suggested that he was amongst the first of the impressionists. Many of the illustrations in
D r Whjtaker’s history of Whalley were executed by this prince of painters for it was in 1798, when Turner was only 23 years old that Charles Townley, of Towniey Mali, commissioned him to under take this task, it is'fitting, therefore, that a view fo that historic mansion was among his work. The casual reader of• the
history could be excused if he did not at first realise that many of the plates were by
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\ Home rule for Hodder
THERE is a real and under standable fear in the hearts of Hodder Valley people, that they are losing control and identity.
, ■ • It is a eoipmon 20th century
malady 1 in this and other reg ions with the fad of centralisa tion. Gone are the days when a man was proud to fight to preserve his home ground. Instead, we have an age of
apathy brought about by disil lusion and frustration. It is the inevitable outcome of our so-called p o l i t ic a l and economic progress. Whether it is a good thing, time will tell. I doubt it, and in connec tion with this I wrote recently of the Lancashire black pud ding which I thought could stimulate greater patriotism. The pudding was. the pre decessor of the haggis which acts as a magnet to rouse the emotions of the Scottish. Lan cashire has so much to-be proud of, and Hodder folk more than most. As' I talk to friends by dod
der and its gathering grounds, I find they are reluctant to
accept what they consider an encroachment by Big Brother — the:1 new Ribble Valley Authority. Is there a threat that they will lose their indi- • viduality and become just part of a larger area? . As I noted several years
ago, they hdve ,already lost th e ir : greatest bargaining power — but more of this, later. I f the Welsh or Scots have a
case for' devolution,' consider Hodder’s case for increased status and right for independ ence. Nowadays, in and out of Parliament, we find much agi tation when the tentacles of centralisation spread out from, Big Brother.
, . The danger is that by 'con
stantly having our backs to the wall and our noses to the ' grindstone we have little time * for serious consideration of things which affect our daily lives. .
' We are losing our identity
and our local pride and any trends towards a revival is worthwhile. Wheq we con sider the many claimants to
regional recognition or status, the Hodder Valley heads the list.
. ‘ ; The Scots are agitating for
separate status and, being conscious of the-massive oil revenue, constantly bringing this up in support of the Scot tish National Party. Consider the case of the Hodder. Should there be1 an organised effort to achieve a similar objective? Oil is the Iinch-pir. of the
Highlanders and, with an eye on the Exchequer, they exploit its presence when bar gaining. The Hodder Valley has
equally important and valu able assets and, as I have repeatedly pointed out, if the residents of the valley’s catch ment area from Cross o’ Greet to Lower Hodder were to receive payment per thousand gallons for the water obained, they could live in comfort and idleness from cradle to grave. • Don’t be alarmed — it may
never happen. But who would have thought the Arabs could have done such a thing or the
Homesick in NZ? Never, say I *. the Jacksons
NEW ZEA LA N D turned out to be a home-from-home for Clitheroe couple Mr and Mrs Francis Jackson, who have ju s t returned from a six-month holiday with their son Tony and his family near Auckland.
One of the highlights that
Tony laid on for Mr Jackson and his wife, also called Frances, during their slay was a party for as many former Clitheroe and district people as lie could rustle up from North Island. Tony and former Chatburn
man Harold Cowler gathered about 20 of their old neigh bours under Tony’s roof, and they all heard tile latest news of their former home from Mr and Mrs Jackson, Mordaunt House, of Kirkmoor Road, Another gathering of exiled
Clitheronians took place in Christchurch, South Island, • when the Jacksons took a 17
day holiday there later in the stay. The parlies were just two
of the many highlights of a dream come true for the Jack- sons. They had been looking
aroundsbout
forward to visiting Tony, his wife Sheila, and children Les ley and Malcolm ever since they emigrated 10 years ago.
After Mr Jackson retired
last year, they set off for what was “six months of nothing but enjoying ourselves" down under. Tony, wiio is a partner in
his own foundry firm, laid 011 such a holiday for them that Mr Jackson says he would go
. straight back if he had no ties at home. Mrs Jackson cannot understand visitors to New Z e a l a n d who bee a m e homesick after only a few weeks there. “We never wanted to come
back for u moment of our six months,” she said. The beautiful scenery, the
hospitality of the people, the slower pace of life, the lower prices, and the warm climate were a few of the features that appealed so strongly to Mr and Mrs Jackson. Back at home, Mr Jackson
suffered a slight heart attack just after returning and is
, now wishing he could con- ‘-valesce in the New Zealand sun. Among the Clitheroe area
emigrants that the Jacksons met in New Zealand were' Norman and Emmy Har g re a v e s ( fo rm e r ly of Economic Stores, Clitheroe), Harold and Eileen Cowler (ex- Chatburn), Lawrence anil Eileen Duckworth (Chat- burn), Bill and -Marion Peel (B a r row ) ,-J im and Joaii Hornby (Clitheroe), John and- Joan Hodgson (Clitheroe), John and M ary Brooks (Clitheroe), John jrir and Louise Brooks (Clitheroe), Bernard and Margaret Hac- kett (Wiswell), Alice Kenyon, Neil and Christine Oliver, George Bennett, Vincent and Mary Cook, and Tom and Marie Hunt.
Happy
reunion A 74-YEAR-OLD woman and her daughter — separated since 1938 — were reunited amid happy scenes at Calder- stones Hospital, thanks to two Whalley charities. Mrs Cecely King made the
trip from her home in Guyana to see her daughter Sylvia, who has been a Calderstones patient for more than 30 years. The cost of the trip was so
high that Mrs King thought she would never be able to make i t but. the hospital League of Friends and Whal ley Lions changed all that by providing most of the £280 air fare. The friends raised £200, the Lions £50, and the rest came from a London-based charity. The trip was arranged from
Mr and Mrs Jackson.
the hospital end by social worker Mrs Carol Henderson. Sylvia left her!home in
Guyana nearly 40 years ago, hoping to fulfil her ambition to work as a nurse in England. But the Liverpool blitz took its toll — and she ended up in hospital as : a patient. After speiidihg' time in ‘various homes, she was transferred to Calderslones. She has kept iii constant touch with her mother over the years, with help from hospital staff. The sister on Sylvia's ward
for the past seven years. Sis ter Mary Taylor, explained that she reads out letters from Mrs King and writes replies: “Mrs King sent many let
ters, and we
took.pictures of Sylvia and sent them back so her mother would know what she looked like now,” she said. When the two were reun
ited, Sister Taylor was at Syl via’s side. “They greeted each other with open arms," she said. “It was a really wonder ful occasion.” .
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, Over the past couple of weeks Mrs King, who stayed at the hospital, has been on trips 'with Sylvia. Mrs King returned to Guyana on. Mon day after what she described as a “wonderful” visit.
Degree award
A FORMER Clitheroe man, Mr Martin Thornber (2G), lias been awarded an MA degree in moral and social philosophy at Exeter University. Mr Thornber, son oLMr arid
Turner, prince among painters Whalley Window
this master craftsman. They are credited simply to W. Turner, the first two initials fo r some reason being omitted. Whalley Abbey must have
been of special interest, to the artist- for no fewer than three views are included. One of these, painted from the south and-across the Calder, is important in that it permits us to pinpoint the site of the original abbey cornmill. These are not the
present.premises bearing that name — their construction did not com mence until some thirty years later. ■Other pictures are of
Slunylmrst, quite beautiful but a less impressive building than the one we see today, of the chapel at Great Mitton, of Clitheroe from Edisford, of Browsholme and the Tudor hull at Little Mitton. The last of these was tile
gem of the Blackburn exhibi tion and the black and white, reproduction in the history gives only the slightest indica tion of the beauty of the origi nal. The subdued colours and the use of light arid shade are awe-inspiring. It is the kind
of near-perfeetion that most artists achieve only once in a lifetime but with Turner was almost habitual. I t makes aspiring artists feel inclined to throw away tliejr paints and brushes arid never to dabble again. It produced for me a feeling
of wonderment that only one other water-colour has over stimulated. This was a picture by tlie elder Cawtborne which hangs in the gallery, at Stonyhurst and depicts our
village from the west in the early morning. Hanging over the rooftops is transparent blue haze which I have so often seen at that time of day in summer months. But how the artist managed to capture it in paint and to give it per manency on paper is bewilder ing and incredible. I am the most insignificant
of amateurs in these matters but it speaks volumes that the world-renowned experts who assembled the Stoneyhurst collection must have thought so highly of the picture that they awarded it a place among the Old Masters that occupy the greater part of the gallery.
Mi's H. Thornber, of 47 Vic to r ia Street, -Clitheroe, already holds a BA honours degree in-education, which ho obtained at the University of Aberystwyth. He now hopes to lecture in the philosophy of education;
Pendle on TV
SCENES familiar to Ribble Valley residents are to have a double airing on television this week. A documentary entitled
"The Lancashire Witches" is to be screened on BBC-2 this evening and a drama “The Witches of Pendle” goes out on the same channel on Saturday. Much of the latter lias been
filmed on the far side of Pendle from Clitheroe but there are shots of Sabden and the “Big End." The play stars Rex Harri
son's lG-year-qld daughter Cathryn, as Alizon Device, and features Clitheroe actor John Stratton, of Pimlico Road, as Roger Nowell, the Read magistrate who led witchcraft investigations in 1(512.
The documentary lias com
mentary by Colne historian Edgar Peel and Robert Neill, author of “Mist over Pendle.”
On the road
ONE of the most popular attractions of the year in the Ribble Valley takes place on Sunday when 120 vintage and veteran cars take to the road for the annual Castle Run. The run, sponsored by our
That'it hangs there in such
distinguished company is a tri bute to the merits of a local artist whose work enhances the walls of dozens of Ribble Valley homes. But to revert to the Master, it is surprising to read that “he learnt much about painting but little about anything else, his education being sadly neglected."
He was an infant prodigy.
He first exhibited at the age of .15, by 21 had established a reputation and was elected a Royal Academician at 2S.
How .much of his skill was
due to his having the good fortune to study under Sir Joshua Reynolds and how much to sheer native genius it is impossible to assess. And a guess would probably be wrong.
In later life he painted in
many parts of Europe, but I dmilit if he encountered more lovely scenes than those that met his eye in and around the Itibble Valley. Despite the paucity of his
general education, he was gifted with a quick wit and a ready tongue, as shown by his reply to the lady considering one of his works who said: “But Mr Turner, I ’ve never seen a sunset like that.” “ Possibly not, madam,”
replied the artist, “but don’t you >\ish. vou had?” ,
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sister newspaper “The Black b u rn 'T im e s ,” starts at Hoghton Tower ami after a punishing GO-mile journey ends at the Castle Field, Chtheroe. It lias now firmly established itself as a major vintage car rally and once again many entries have had to be turned down. In tlie dazzling cavalcade of
relics from the more leisurely days of motoring, will be four cars entered by local people. M r P e te r Ireland, of
Hereford Drive, Chthoroe, has entered his 1923 Rover; Mr Geoff Breaknell, of West Bradford Road, Waddinglon, a 1924 AC two-seater; .Mr Edward Preston, of Bawd- lands, Clithc'roe, a 1925 Deiage, and Misses Gillian and C a th e r in e Haworth, of- Claremont Avenue, a 1933 MG. The ears will leave Hoghton
Tower between 10 anil 11 a.m. and should arrive at Clitheroe from about 12-15 p.m. The journey is no easy day out for the vehicles as they are expected to climb Kemplc End and Pendle Hill on the marathon run which often proves too strict a lest for some of the older cars. The judging for the Con-
cours d’Elegance prize — the; most sought after in tfie run — will begin at 2-30 p.m. along with other lesser awards.
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Scots’ could have argued, for self-government? ■ / We are living in a peculiar world and anything, no matter how ridiculous, can eventually become reality. " ’ , ' : • . The Scots have opened, the way and when you realise the importance of the JHodder Valley in supplying such'a vital commodity as water, the mind boggles. Should there be a takeover and a demand for recompense?
/ I have no up-to-date figures
but a few years ago the' H o d d e r w a te rs h e d / th e trough from which is gathered all waters; flowing into Hod der) supplied- the Fylde, Blackburn and Preston.
I f the Arabs had control of
such a‘valuable requirement, they would bp bargaininghot only for cash hut also for power.
However, before we start a
revolution, let me assure all— and particularly those who have approached me concern ing their loss of identity — that such a state of affairs can
never happen if the..powers-- that-be take off their’blinlters,
. The. residents must never forget that’they are in a uni que valley which cannot be removed or taken- away" from them. This is their most valu able asset, worthy of preser vation at almost any cost. :
Let them have no fear.
When it comes to things of real value, they have it all on their own doorsteps. •
This is why so ma’ny are.
anxious to move in and revel in surroundings of more value thaiv all the treasures of. Sol- ■ o n io n . B ig B r o th e r ’s "takeover" may aireatiy have occurred but any further threat to the valley’s identity by those from afar must be fought. So many believe the cause of this country’s decline to be'loss of identity.
Two final questions —
which village will be the Hod der Valley’s capital? And who is to be leader of sucli a just cause?
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