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WE T A K E B A R C LA Y 1 AN D A C C E S S CARDS 1


OVER the years some excellent guides to our church arid abbey have been published. But it seems a little strange that, in a village so full of mstory and folklore a s . o u r o w n , a comprehensive guide to the whole of the village has never issued from the presses.


So for the next few weeks


I will try to remedy this omission and, if you care to snip the articles from your paper as they appear, and clip them together, you wij have your own “Complete Guide to Whalley.”


It is not my intention to


give a full account of either ch u r ch o r abbey. The authorities of each publish their own very detailed booklets although, obvi-


: ously, reference to each will inevitably need to be made, time w d time again.;


I propose. that we shall


' walk together from’ one end of the parish to the other and- we start at Calder Bridge; one of the most historic sites in the whole of the district and an ancient monument in itself.


A bridge has existed here


• ever since the 14th centuiy but, long before that time, it was here that travellers forded the river on their journeys east to west. In 1319 Adam de Huddleston


-granted a quarry “beyond the bridge at Calder” to the monks of Whalley and this is our earliest reference.


In 1773 the bridge had


declined to a ruinous state and the inhabitants of the Blackburn Hundred were ordered forthwith to set it in


good repair under pain of a fine of £300. The bridge, at that'time, was 8ft4in. vvide and it has since teen, wide­ ned on three occasions; twice d ow n s tream , and once upstream.


Stand on the bridge today


and notice the semiHcifcular recesses in either parapet; reminders of the time when this was purely a packhorse bridge and it was necessary for foot travellers to have some protection from the bulky packages slung across either flank of the ponies.


Undoubtedly, many of


Clitheroe’s famous “ lime- gals” would pass this way when the Industrial Revolu­ tion led to the rapid develop­ ment of the industrial towns of East Lancashire.


Well into the last century


(from the inception of the turnpike roads) this was a toll bridge and the small dilapidated building on your


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AMERICAN couple Richard and Norma. France are happily adapting to the British way of life since they came over from New Jersey to make their home at “Ashcroft,” a typically English house at Chatbum.


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tryside of the Ribble Valley suits them down to the ground.


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making their home in the area is that Mr France is d i r e c t o r and g en e ra l manager of the car motor replacement company of Park Bros and Berg MMG (UK) at Blackburn — both owned by Echlin Manufac­ turing in America.


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has entailed several moves for the couple. They were in Princeton, New Jersey, for the past four years and have also lived in Tokyo and Hong Kong. At present Mrs France is busy meeting her neigh­


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Philip (21), in California, and a daughter Carol (19), in New Jersey. All three are working before attending college. The youngest daughter


Jane (16) is at present on holiday in the USA after attending the Marymount International School in Kingston-on-Thames. She will later return to boarding school in England. Carol is coming over next


week with a friend and Philip and James will arrive a couple of weeks later. Mr and Mrs France have


been to England on business before, but Mrs France has mostly stayed in the London area. While they were house


hunting, they managed to visit the JLake D i s t r i c t , p a r t s of Scotland Jnd York. An avid reader of the Bronte novels, Mrs France jjarticu- larly enjoyed a visit to Haworth. The couple have already


entertained colleagues at th e ir home . . . to an American-style picnic for Independence Day.


Fame is


spreading TWO local WI members w h o s e mouth-watering delicacies have earned them a wide reputation are to be fea tu r ed in a national women’s magazine later this summer. T h e y are Mrs Joan


Rowbottom, of Ramsden Terrace, Waddington, and Mrs Mary Harrison, of White Stones Farm, Bolton-


r o u n d & a b o u t


by-Bowland. Mrs Rowbottom special- sweet and cake


ises in making, and Mrs Harrison is noted for her candied peel


and cut mixed peel. Both will be featured in a “Kitchen crafts around the


countryside” article which will appear in Woman’s


Own. They were recommended


for interview by an Institute inspector who sampled their^ produce at the Clitneroe WI' Market.


A nice cuppa!


THE mounting cost of coffee, and even tea, is prompting quite a few


people to experiment with a c c e p t a b le a l t e r n a t i v e s , r One comes from the


Henry Doubleday Research Association, whose presi­ dent is Earl Kitchener, and concerns the plant com frey , which can be recognised by its whitish or purplish bells. This, say the Association, gives comfrey tea, which is less strong than most herbal teas and can be drunk either on its own or half and half with Indian tea. Leaves should be dried in


the sun or over heat, even in an oven or airing cupboard. When crisp, the leaves can be put through a mincer or coarse sieve, and stored in a screw-topped jar to retain flavour.


The Association-is seeking


material for a research project into the properties of comfrey, which has been described as a “wonder dn^.” Tihey will send details of


'SORTING and unpacking is proving the biggest headache at the moment for Mr and Mrs France, but they are being


helped by Mr France’s sister, Mrs Irene Bunker (pictured left).


how to grow comfrey to readers sending a stamped addressed envelope to the Association at Convent Lane, Bocking, Braintree, Essex, and invite first-hand information from people who have used comfrey successfully.


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THE reference by Coun. Jimmy Fell in Whalley Window to a diary kept by a Low Moor weaver more than 120 years ago serves as


a reminder that extracts from it were first published in the Advertiser and Times in 1947. It came into our hands


through Mr Harry Camp­ bell, o f Kemple View. Harry, older readers may remember, was at one time Army reemtirig sergeant in Clitheroe. He told us of the d is cov e ry o f the diary among discarded items put aside ready for the refuse collectors. The diary of 160 pages,


written in a ledger, belonged to Mr W. Davies, of Monk Street, Clitheroe, and had been kept by his great­ grandfather, Mr O'Neill, who came from Carlisle. When trade there became


bad, Mr O’Neill moved to Bentham and on the death of his wife, work being short, he came with his daughter to Low Moor and fou n d employment at the mill. The extracts we published are in themselves sufficient


S in g in g f o r p le a s u r e


ACCORDING to age we all have


our our


favourite sounds. In early childhood, noise is of great importance and many parents have vowed never to give a two-year-old either an empty tin or drum. Later we show a marked


preference for the Beatles or Beethoven, imtil later in life the more melodious rhythm brings satisfaction and consolation to many a weary soul. So it seems that through­


out our lives music attempts to satisfy an inherent desire w h ich varies not only according to age but to mood. There is, however, a difference and- sounds, be they natural or artificial, have the remarkable power to stimulate' and recall memories of experiences of long ago. 'They are, it seems to me,


capable of restoring in a flash an experience lying undisturbed in the deep recesses of the mind. In a


million th of a second we are transported to a scene 20 or 30 years ago as if it were the present. Such is the power of


association and the capacity of the mind that we find


. more pictures implanted on ou r m em o ry than the mathematician could ■visual­


ise. You will, I know, have personal experiences of this,, some happy, others less, fortunate. M y ow n t h o u g h t s


returned to such things during a recent visit to a v e ry old friend in the


Hodder valley. We were busily chatting


on things in general when suddenly, unnoticed by our host , from the stately grandfather clockstanding in the comer of the room came a strange, sinister and prolonged whirring sound. At first it seemed to be


■ th5, but all that issued was


some sort of prologue prior to the chime. The hour hand suggested we were due for


this agitated whirring. At that moment, entirely


out of the blue, I was trans­ ported 400 mile? to a house where more thm 20 years ago I listened to a similar occurence.. There was a slight difference, for the old clock in the Hebrides, while giving a similar introduc­ tion, after a slight pause began to chime. At ten o’clock the entire chime was over in two or three seconds. In a more colourful setting I shall never forget a certain ■ scene which occurred during


the war, just prior to the invasion of Europe by the Allied Forces station m the


. south of England. We were enraged in a


vast scheme of telephone communication and with several American cable engineers had the urgent


. taM o f getting the line ■ through ready for the invas­ ion on D Day.


' Those days are in the


recesses of the mind, but whenever I hear a certain time popular at that time containing the words “ If I had my way” I at once


picture an American soldier sitting^ in a jointers’ tent protecting the underground cables as he sang that very tune.


T h a t man was very


homesickand throughout our a s s o c i a t i o n h e ------ n g i the


constantly reminding me of his desire to get Sie war


finished so tHat he could return to his sweetheart. I never knew if his dream came true or whether he made the supreme sacrifice. All I know IS the haunting tune that on occasion brings back such vivid memories.


Who can forget the haunt­


ing sounds in our coun­ tryside — the overtures and v e sp e r s o f sjjring and • summer? What memories flash on the inward eye as we recall the? pleasant


. scenes. • I h av e in mind one


particular mixed wood not to o far from Clitheroe


. "Where from May until the end of June, it was possible to hear one of the finest symphonies ever composed or executed. We r^ a ted ly visited the


spot and, as in past years, noted the sunilarity of the chorus. Thrush, blackbird and warblers sang to their hearts’ content, vying to outshine their compamons. The variety, tones and modul&tion were of s very ■ high quality, often surpas­


sing compositions heard in the Festival Halls.


There are many pseudo­ scientific efforts and many


ridiculous assumptions to


e.xplain what is behind aU t h e s e w o n d e r f u l expressions. Most have now been found out of date, and with a rational and tetter understanding of nature we have to accept a more educated outlook.


■ For 20 years we have


suffered the beliefs of those who, seeking to explain bird or animal behaviour, attri­ buted it all to what they glibly called aggression and the claiming of territorial rights. Now the tide istumingand


people find there are other motivating forces at work. I t does not come as a surprise to those who see a p o s it iv e purpose in the universe. Ask the scientifically


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inclined student why a bird sings and you ivill invariably get the reply “Because it desires to claim territory, or perhaps by challenging proves aggressiveness is the law of nature."


Such beliefs will not s ^ d scrutiny — a bird sings


because it wants to sing as an expression of well-being and satisfaction. If it lyas merely a question of claim­ ing territory, why do so many sing when they have no interest in such matters? Many birds sing all the


year round, when breeding or domestic affairs are in the distant future. The robin,


recognised as one of the more aggresive species, sings through a raeater part of the year, as do the starl­


ing and skylark. They do not wish to claim territory. NATURALIST.


proof that in the 1800s life for the working class was very hard indeed.


Inspiration for poem


THE creation of a terraced garden during alterations at th e Kaydee bookshop, Clitheroe, has provided inspiration for local poetess Joan Pomfret.


After a visit to the shop,


where a rear window now overlooks tiered flower-beds agdnst the Castle ■wall, she swiftly penned some verses and sent them to owners Roy and Betty Dewhurst.


Approving of the decision


to link the new-Iook interior with a view of the ancient Castle wall “fern-grown and grey,’’ she writes: “ . . . browsing through a pile of books As modem as today. One can look out — and up — and find Oneself a world away!”


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■ right as you stand facing Blackburn was the Billing- ton Bar, the road being gated at this point.' Now lo ok upstream


towards the weir; another of our ancient monuments, for- this, too,- dates back to the 14th century. It was built here by the Cistercians; not to make the scene more attractive for our many visitors (as it undoubtedly does) but to provide a head of water for their mill-race which turned the wheel of the abbey mill, a couple of hundred yards further downstream. On the deep, calm stretch


of water above the weir and according to local tradition, although no specific. inst­ ances are recorded, women suspected of witchcraft were “ floated" back in the 17th century to determine their guilt or otherwise. Now “ lift up your eyes to the hills" and, immediately


below .Portfield lies the oldest work of man in our area; the ancient camp site marked as of Roman origin on the Ordnance Survey maps but, as more recent excavations have' estab­ lished, going back at least 4,000 years to the Bronze


■ Age and, perhaps, even earlier than that. Back to the bridge, and


immediately on our right, notice the long, low white house on the south bank just below the weir. This is the Marjorie, formerly known as (jalder Cottage, a delight­ ful home but nowhere near, as old as it at first appears. It wasn’t here in 1800 and is test described as Victorian Gothic in style. ' In the hillside, to the rear


of The Marjorie and a little further upstream, were the entrances to two ancient leadmines; not documented and today-fluite inaccessible to even the most adventur­


ous boy although more than one greybeard st|ll living'in the village remembers crawling down in the days of his youth. Finally, the river itself.


, Today heavily polluted, at ' the Dissolution of the abbey in 1537 it was recorded as having “ many troutes, salmons and other fine fishes.” Four hundred and forty years later only the coarsest of fish manage to survive in the turgid waters and they are few in number, more's the pity. It is a sad commentary on our more civilised century. Ne.xt week we will stroll


together down King Street — which particular King it was named after remains a mystery as far as The TowTigate, or as you and I know it, “ the traffic lights.” We can find something of interest almost every step of the way.


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