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INTERVIEW LIDSEY’S ROUND


SEVERAL years ago I. became acquainted with a real country gentleman who,' having similar inter­ ests, suggested I could roam his lands and woods because, as he was quick to point out, “You always refrain from disclosing the exact location of your discoveries.” To give details, would, .1 felt, bring about an invasion by curious sightseers merely concerned with satisfying their curiosity.


After a break of a couple of


years, -we revisited the territ­ ory by Ribble to re-live the highlights of past expeditions. The surge of nostalgia so often brings about an enorm­ ous feeling of exultation. Past days were not always warm or sunny, .but they so often pro­ vided. wonderful excitement. As we stood contemplating on old and familiar ground, memories crowded in as in an all too rapid film show.


My thoughts went to this same field on a cold winter’s


morning with a slight covering of snow. Half a mile away a solitary stag was eagerly seeking a mouthful of pasture. Here was the target. •


Armed with an 8mm. cine


camera, my main desire was to get within reasonable shooting range. I thought of the ease of the gunman, who can easily achieve his target at more than half a mile; the camera enthusiast' must-.:get within 40 or 50 yards to have a satisfactory picture. Skill or sportsmanship, did I hear you say?


I had one great advantage,


and knowing the ground and its contours began making a


^.detour. By following a ditch I ./came within 150 yards. The next problem was to crawl across the open field using every swell in the landscape as a shield. Enthusiasm and youth know no bounds and often refuse to recognise the near impossible. Slush and ice meant nothing as I made my way on elbows and knees towards my quarry. How vivid was that experience of so many years ago and how I treasure the results with such


modest equipment. The better the equipment1 the less satis­ faction there is in the end- product, I am sure.' ;


On our return to that very


spot in- far more favourable conditions I was i therefore able to appreciate roses in December- On the high ground overlooking Ribble the distant landscape held our attention as we admired the. detail of Ribble’s verdant pas­ tures and woodlands.


Having through the years,


trod almost every field on Ribble and Hodder’s banks, one is bound to. compare the diversity of landscape and who dares claim this is better than that particular vista? From Nappa to Ribchester on Ribble, or Cross ’o Greet to Mitton on Hodder, the variety and attraction is unquestion­ able.


Who, therefore, even after


careful consideration can claim the acme of all is to be - seen on one section of any waterway. We all have our favourite outlook and one per­ son’s choice may quite poss­ ib ly be unattractive to another. Ribblesdale offers


MP turns the spotlight on national hero


THE National Book League couldn’t have made a better choice in appointing Clitheroe Division MP Mr David Walder to its executive committee.


For m addition to his many


political interests, Mr Walder is a well established historian and author, already having four novels and two historical works to lus credit. This total will soon go up to


seven when he completes Ins latest book — a major biog­ raphy on Lord Nelson entitled “A 1 very superior man.” His publishers suggested


the subject and in the past two and a half years he has amassed a vast amount of fas­ cinating and often contradic­ tory material. Said Mr Walder: “ I think


the different thing about this biography is that it is quite critical of Nelson. A lot of the material written about him is quite simply hero worship, so I set out to discover the man behind the national ligure. ‘ ‘He was undoubtedly a


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marvellous leader of men, but in his private life lie went through all sorts of trials and tribulations. In many ways be was neurotic and always thought he was in worse health than lie actually was.” Mr Walder has found the


project a most enthralling one, although rather laborious — “the more I read of his letters and dispatches, the more interested I became. “ I think my family is hear­


tily sick of Nelson by now. Our house has been run like an 18th centfirv battleship," lie added with a laugh. For his next book, Mr Wal­


der will revert to his first literary love, fiction writing.


When he finishes the Nelson biography in about a month's time — it should be in thp shops next spring — he will start work on a novel, his first for 10 years. Although lie hasn’t yet


worked out the plot, it will have a political bent and make fairly light-hearted reading matter. With his new appointment


to the National Book League, Mr. Walder will be concerned, among other things, with one of the problems facing authors ot serious works — library lending rights. For many years now, the League has been pressing for some sort of payment to authors whose work is lent out at libraries. "If someone writes a refer­


ence book, he can only sell it to l ib r a r ie s . A lth ou gh thousands may read the book, the writer will only receive payment for the original sale. “The system is entirely dif-


fe r e n t fo r gramophone records, where writers are paid every time the material is performed, and I am very much in favour of some simi­ lar sort of scheme being arranged for authors. The lib­ raries could always come back to us after a year to give their views on how it has worked out," said Mr Walder. The League’s executive


committee, chaired by Lord Goodman, represents the in te re s ts of publishers, authors, libraries and schools.


Success


CLITHEROE girl Judith Rid- dings has passed her grade two piano examination set by


WHEN it comes to sub­ marines, former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Trevor Sharpies knows his


stuff. For lS-year-old Trevor, whose parents live in Derwent Crescent, Clitheroe, has just come top of his class on a course at the Royal Navy’s


the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music. Judith (13), of Claremont Drive, is a member of the choir at Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School.


Surprise


meeting CLITHEROE may be only a


small town but people con­ nected with it turn up m all parts of the world, as Mr Eric Bracewell, of Alma Place, dis­ covered while on holiday in Majorca. Attending morning service


at the English Church, Palma — a modern building which had a crowded congregation of Britons, Americans and English-speaking residents — he got into conversation with the chaplain, the Rev. Hedloy Pickard. Surprise, surprise, Mr Pic­


kard knew Clitheroe well and in fact was once a reporter with the Advertiser and Times. He still maintains a


submarine school, HMS Dol­ phin, Gosport.


Trevor, who joined the


Royal Navy last July as a junior radio operator, is seen receiving the best student award from Capt. L. H.’ Ohphant, captain of HMS Dolphin and the First Sub­ marine Squadron.


real interest in the town and valley.


It is nearly 30 years since


Mr Pickard was a cub repor­ ter on this paper, which he joined when his cousin, Mr Arthur Whiteside, of Wad- dington Read, was editor. From Clitheroe, Mr Pickard


moved to the Bradford Tele­ graph and Argus, before accepting the call to the Church. He is now chaplain to the English community in Majorca, Ibiza and Minorca, where his mother lives.


Meeting him was not the


o n ly s u r p r i s e fo r M r Bracewell and his friends. While driving in a remote part of the island, he says: "We thought, we recognised a ven­ erable figure, dressed in bright casual gear, striding down a hill in front of us . . . it was the former Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev. Charles Claxton.


"He was on holiday from lus


home in Devon and we returned with him to his hotel, where we joined his wife for


After basic training in


radio techniques, Trevor was picked for-service in sub­ marines and joined HMS Dol­ phin in March. He will now join a sub­


marine for sea service and to Jurther his knowledge of sub­ marines, to become a fully trained submariner.


refreshment and more talk about the Ribble Valley and the adjoining area."


Reassuring


A WORD of reassurance for local people who have rela­ tives in Rhodesia has come this week from former Lan- gho man Mr Alan Catlow.


In a letter to the Advertiser


and Times, Mr Catlow, a Rhodesian resident for 1!) years, said that the situation m the country is nowhere near as bad as that painted by the world's Press.


, ■ Although there are shor­


tages of things like light bulbs, razor blades and luxury items, there is very little trou­ ble, he says. A former pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, 53-


year-old Mr Catlow is the manager of a mill at Bom- bashawa on the outskirts of the capital, Salisbury. The mill manufactures cloth which African women use to carry children on their backs.


IN recent months — and rightly — considerable con cer n has b e en expressed at the number of teenage school-leavers unable to find employ­ ment. I have no intention of dwel­


ling on this subject — too many words have been writ­ ten already and there has been insufficient action. But what happened to the lads and lasses of our village who found themselves in a similar posi­ tion in centuries past? They could, of course,


hardly be described as school- leavers because in those days they just didn’t have any schools to go to. But they had readied an age when it was considered' appropriate that they should be lucratively employed or, at any rate, be acquiring the skills that would make them independent in future years. They became apprentices of the parish. Over the years various of


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the local gentry with just this p r o b lem in mind had bequeathed sums of.money for this very purpose, entrust­ ing it to successive vicars and their officers to dispense in accordance with the provi­ sions of the legacy. Notable amongst these benefactions were the charities of Edwards and Braddyll. The donor of the first of


these, Robert Edwards, was' concerned as long ago as 1681 and he donated £100 for the benefit of the poor of Whal- ley, the interest from which was to be applied to the “put­ ting out” of apprentices. R e g re t ta b ly , R ob e r t ’ s,


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Robert Riley, decamped with £20 of the capital sum. In 1776 Thomas Braddyll,


of Portfield, bequeathed an annuity of £10 for the same charitable purposes but made one proviso: the money was to be expended “only on such children who were not burth- ensoine to the parish or receiving parochial relief.” Legal difficulties arose in-


respect of the payment of this legacy and, in its stead, Wil­ son Braddyll substituted an annuity of like amount charge­ able on his estate on a “mes­ sage or tenement called Butler Glough in Billington.”


Whether it be considered a


matter for regret or rejoicing, in the 17 years that elapsed between 1801 and 1818, only 10. boys were bound appren­ tice under the provisions of the legacy at a total cost of £60 4s, plus expenses of £2 18s 7d. In all, from the inception of the fund until the end of December, 1824, only £325 was spent to this end and, in 1886, the Braddyll and Edwards charities woreamal- gamated with the Grammar School Foundation. ■ ■ ■ These are the facts and they


would appear to indicate that, over this' long period, there were but few lads in the vil­ lage' in circumstances such that there was need to take- advantage of the available legacies. But, what would be the pro- .


cedure with the young boys who, from 1G81- benefited


from these kindly endow­ ments, given with their par­ ticular problems in mind? In the first instance they


would be interviewed by the vicar and his wardens, their aptitudes and abilities ascer­ tained. This done, one or another of the gentlemen would then inquire around the- district for a tradesman in need of, or willing to accept, an apprentice.


There would be plenty of


trades from which to choose for, in the past, our village boasted its own tannery and . g lo v em a k e r s , its own ropemakers and bobbin tur­ ners. We had, too, our carpen­ ters, sm iths'and wheel­ wrights, our, saddlers, tailors, cobblers and shoemakers. Terms would be discussed,the


•period of the apprenticeship determined, whether the lad would live with his master or at home (if he had one). . The boy’s parents would be


consulted (unless, that is, he was an orphan, and in which case his legal guardian or next of kin would be. called upon). The boy himself would be unlikely to take any great part in the discussions — boys did what they were told in those far off days-. In due course a deed of


apprenticeship would be drawn up and, again, the prin­ cipals would assemble in the vestry. The boy would be told how fortunate he was and


what splendid opportunities ?■ lay before him. He would be t


The various gentlemen


would then sign the deed of apprenticeship, so would the master craftsman and the boy’s father or guardian. If the latter was unable to write his signature (which was far from being unlikely) he would "make his mark.”


These simple formalities


over, the lad, a hundred but­ terflies fluttering around the pit of his stomach, would be told to thank the kind gentle­ men who had taken so much


. trouble on his behalf and, hav­ ing stammeringly done so, would touch his forelock and leave with his new master.


Having, perhaps, taken a


glass of something, the gent­ lemen • present would con­ gratulate themselves on a job well done. They would-feel a warm glow of satisfaction underneath their smart cravats and then they too


would close the vestry door behind them.


And, if such things are


possible, looking down from behind some heavenly cloud, Robert Edwards and Thomas Braddyll would shake hands, nod their haloed heads, and smile approvingly.


Their legacies were being


dispensed to good purpose. J.F.


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many pleasing aspects and those giving a, northern vie­ wpoint with the Craven hills as the distant backcloth must have .pride of place. High ground gives consid­


erable advantage and as we sought some shelter from the chill wind, a fallen ash', victim o f the January storms, offered a grandstand position.


■ Decades ago I had strug­ gled to watch and photograph the Bowland deer. Now, sea­ ted and scanning the riverside far below, details in wood­ land, pasture and wild life held our attention until, chil­ led by the fresh wind, we found it better to move. These almost bird’s-eye panoramas are so reminiscent of a Const­ able masterpiece and far bet­ ter in reality. 'Indeed one has no sense of passing time. And just imagine the best is still to come, as trees burst into leaf and all the delicate shades of spring bring uplift to body and soul.


Even from such modest


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mellow temperatures of April, the barest of woodlands shows


■ a bewildering contrast to the overall scene of February. •


It is these often ignored


details which give so much distinction to the. general scene. The delicate fine, branches etched against a blue sky or even a wintry back­ ground easily outrival the fine pencil sketches of the finest artist. Again in winter each individual characteristic of our native trees stands out in finer perspective. In summer' all is hidden in a mass of green foliage.


The northern landscape


with the diversity of scenery and varied contour is never dull, nor does one find ithat feeling of being "hemmed-in.” Stand on any eminence by Ribble or Hodder and you have a feeling of freedom.


How different it is in the'


Home Counties or Devon and Cornwall, where the land­ scape is as flat as the prover­ bial pancake. In Devon you constantly have a sense of frustration with the deep lanes hiding the view on all sides. Not so by Ribble, and


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. fields, trim hedgerows and a great variety of lush green fields, not forgetting; the mixed woodlands, I find it easy to understand why Eng­ land has, in the past, produced a wealth of 'poets. .* It is at times like these that


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we watched far below half a dozen stags, content, unharas­ sed. enjoying the sunshine as we were their presence. The spell of sunshine brought a response as a small group of hinds, nervous and for ever on the alert, slowly left the wood to begin grazing in the sun­ light.


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