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ON her retirement after nearly 25 years at Lancas ter Hosiery, Clitheroe, Mrs Margaret Booth can .claim to have done almost every job in the factory!
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all her various jobs, there was a splendid five-piece silver tea and coffee service from the directors.
a cut-glass rose-bowl and some roses from the office staff and flowers from the finishing department.
Mrs Booth also received
has also been a knitter, plain sewer, seam coverer,
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Fourteen of Mrs Booth’s
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colleagues very much,” she said. “I have enjoyed my work a great deal.” Mrs Booth, who lives at
Her husband, AVilliam, is a boilerman.
more time for her hobbies, which are gardening and — not surprisingly — sewing!
• Retirement will leave her
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ALTHOUGH we can only speculate regard ing the nature of the first living organism, there is little doubt that it first began in water.
womb and nursery of life, so when we get down to basics all flesh is grass and diatoms the basis of all food. Little wo n d e r t h a t we are attracted to water, which acts as a magnetic force to those who seek recreation and spiritual regeneration.
The rivers and sea are the
They fully appreciated the healing quality of the sounds and events unfolding them selves in such an environ ment.
American Indians sought refreshment of the spirit by the buoyant stream or river.
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HIGH spot of a Guides even ing at Ch'theroe Parish Hall was the presentation of Queen’s Guide badges to Gillian Duxbury and Judith Dixon, the daughter of the lack’s Tawny Owl, Mrs 3renda Dixon.
T h e b a d g e s w e r e p r e s e n t ed by District
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Christine Thompson, the bride’s sister, and brides maids Miss Shirley Hartley and Miss Janet Wood wore model gowns of peach French jersey. They had white flowers in their hair and carried bouq^uets of peach coloured ribbon and Belinda roses. Best man was Mr Oliver
whips; once an essential item!' in the church’s eqm'p- ment when sheep dog.' and mongrel, gun dog and family pet accompanied their rural masters to service and told
Whalley W in d ow
-meet up with anything upright and -so, to guard
tion to the altar rails and the communion table. “As you will know,” he said, "dogs have a rather offensive and insanitary habit when they
the, possibly apocryphal, story of the rector who interrupted ■ his sfermon to lay odds on the “big black un’ ”■ when, amid furious barks, growls and squealing, a ferocious fight broke out in the nave. Then he drew our atten
ONE learns the oddest facts in the most unexpected places. For instance, recently I sat in an ancient Ribble Valley Church (more accurately, a Hodder Valley church) and listened to the Rector as he described the treasures and antiquities in his care to an attentive party of tourists. He displayed the dog
the bride wore a white model gown of Elizabethan design in French moss crepe, with tiered skirt, pleated cape sleeyes and a shoulder-length veil. Her bouquet was of white bridal gladioli and Belinda roses. Matron of honour J fo
The bride is the younger
Commissioner Mrs Pat Houldsworth, who was accompanied by Divisional Commander Mrs M. Ellis, of Longton. A s s i s t a n t D i s t r i c t
for good all-round Guide work was presented to Sarah Wilkie by the Rev. Stanley Birtwell, acting on behalf of the vicar, who was on holiday.
Snowy Owl Mrs Margaret Marston, arranged a film
Officers, who included
show of Guide work and the first Guide camping exhibi tion to be held in Clitheroe,
to give parents and other gue s t s a ful l idea of activities. Also on display were all the badges which
Guides can earn in their training.
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inherent in most — witness the crowds who flock to Hodder and Ribble when the weather is favourable. But to fully appreciate the magnificent splendour, the drama and variety taking place on nature’s stage, you must be silent and unob served as the actors play their parts.
The appeal is therefore Given away by her father,,
ment to my morning’s sojourn as I followed the activities of a host of perfor mers. The kingfishers ah'gh- ted on a nearby fence and, returning from the nesting site, plunged into the shal lows with a flurry of \rings, certainly appearing to enjoy the brief bath.
Marti n, bridegroom’s brother, and groomsmen were Mr David Holden, bride’s brother, and Mr Paul Speakman.
conducted by Canon C. F. Goodchild and orgamst was
T h e s e r v i c e wa s CHURCHES
continued the erudite Re c t o r , “ th at these communion rails wouldn’t keep out 'any dog, big or small, and this is true But originally, the rails were built taller with the uprights much closer together and they thus provided a verv
you re looking around an old country church and you see r a i l s such as I have desenbed, tall and with onlv the narrowest of spaces b e twe e n each of the uprights, you can be nrettv certain that they ^ Sf great antiquity.”
Many of our Ribble Valiev Cheches are of equal anth
which are all well worth seeking out.
A t Ribchester in the parish church of St Wi fred
youwillfindamedieXMi painting on the north w^ ^ d one leaf of the doo^of t^he aumbry (a cupboard built,into the w a l l '^ S
sacred vessels were kept for use in service) is said to be of
‘ts own unusual peculiarities
e f f e c t i v e anti-canine bamer. “So,” he concluded, “if
e r e c t e d to keep the mongrels out. “Now you might say ”
against the legs of the communion table being defiled in this manner, communion rails were
local 14th century workman ship.
you will need to spend quite a lot of time to absorb all the worthwhile features. There IS the splendid tomb of the prolific Sir Ralph Pudsay, with carved portraits of lus three wives and 25 children to testify to his great viril ity. Look, too, for the massive oalt door which has
560 hand fashioned studs. If you examine the inside of the door carefully, you will
find that most of them'are “square pegs in round holes.”
lovely Rowland village (and in all seasons of the year I have never seen it looking other than absolutely charm ing) take a careful look at the church tower. The design is said to be the work of a very distinguished amateur architect; no less a personage than his unfortu nate Majesty, Henry VI . who lay- hidden at Bolton Hall following his defeat a t ’ the Battle of Hexham in the ■Wars of the Roses. A better architect than he was a warrior, you might think.
Incidentally, when in this
should seek out the Catterall B ra s s . “Raffe Catterall, esquirer,” here depicted
Here in Whalley you At Bolton-by-BowIand
Photograph: Audrey Stretch, Chatbum.
C h a t t e r t o n D r i v e , Baxenden.
Mr P. Cunliffe. A reception was held at the Sun Inn, Waddington. The couple are to live in
arrival \vith a shrill whistle, landing on a post to set me pondering how he carried his load. The fish lay limp in the
VISIT
w i t h h i s good wif e Elizabeth, almost equalled the patrionic feats of Bolton’s Sir Ralph. Nine sons and 11 daughters kneel behind their father and mother.
Great Mitton (there’s no reason why you shouldn’t one of these afternoons) do visit the Shirebume Chapel and give particular attention to the tomb of Sir Nicholas of that name. The inscrip tion tells the story of how the Lord of the Manor of Stonyhurst fmst introduced the craft of spinmng to this part of our district. And do exmnine the chancel screen. It is said to have come from Sawley Abbey (although our redoubtable Dr "Whittaker opined otherwise) which was built rather more than 150 years earh'er than our own monastery here in Whallev.
smallest, church in the county? Take a look at the ancient church in the Manor of Stydd (just a half mile from where the Roman's built their stronghold).
1,000 years and could be one of the smallest in the whole of the north country.
y J.F. It has been there almost
l^id is it possible that, at Ribchester, we have the
When you go along to
cannot even emulate such a feat of scintillating colour as the sunlight heightening the beauty. The kingfisher, our most brilliantly coloured bird, presents an unforgett able sight under such condi tions — the brilliant blue, rich chestnut breast, white ear lobes, red legs and those flashing neon-like spots on the upper wings present a bewildering spectacle. The male heralded his
Go where you will, you
ety unsurpassed in the realm of nature. This was the accompani
inspiring melody in sound and vision. Lord Grey of Fallodon, speaking of the sounds of the countryside, was convinced that the call of the curlew was the most healing sound in nature. You may have your own particu la r choice, but I . am convinced the sounds of a northern river offer a vari
weeks ago I set up my hide in a carefully selected place not adjacent to where the kingfisher was nesting, but at a spot where the narrow stream joined Hodder. It was a glorious morning and who could desire a more
Let me explain. A few
midstream boulder half awash, bobbing constantly as _is their habit. Swallows skimmed overhead and across the water. Alders, ash and sycamores swayed with leaves turning to every whim of the summer breeze. If this England has no more to offer, then lam well satis fied and shall never be envi ous of those who tell stories of foreign climes with romantic overtones. How distressing it is to hear of those who have eyes, yet cannot see.
tion which misinterprets the very principles of me. As a matter of fact no amount of killing or such destruction can produce the certain qual ity m the bird which having the “know-how" avoids such calamities. 'That ability is already inherent in those capable of using it to their own advantage.
NATURALIST Planning
a barbecue R I B B L E V A L L E Y M^oress Mrs E. Newhouse ana her committee are busy organising a barbecue and dance, wWch \vill take place at Newton Village Hall on July 29th.
Mayoress’s charity fund,- and Mrs Newhouse is hoping that aU 250 tickets at £2 each will be sold.
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eggs of the oyster-catcher. I t would seem that by preventing these eggs from hatching, a degree of stupid ity in the parent is not allowed to pass to future generations. Nature, many say, weeds out by these methods those unfit to live. By their ehmination the wise and strong live for another day. It is a negative interpreta
progress by this inhuman process of washing away the
materialistic world, such calamities are difficult to understand, but take a closer look and by giving the matter a little thought,your journey into the countryside will have an entirely new aspect. Ni
parents disconsolate at their fate. To the student of the
lature, you see, cannot
and Hodder, they have had a distressing season. Several laid their eggs on the river side shingle beds and alas, with the first rise of the water level they were washed away, leaving
and distinctive residents, were never far away. With their long sealing-wax red bill and legs and vivid black and white plumage, they cannot be overlooked. Like so many by Ribble
The oyster-catchers, among om- most attractive
investigation revealed the wren’s nest chock full of chicks well hidden beneath an overhang of turf, "nie parents I had been watching were g a th e r in g small morsels — insects in particu lar — on the spit of sand and being within a fewfeetof the nest found the intervemng distance readily covered by a rapid walk. Such a mean distance did not seem worthy of taking flight. Sandpipers came to the
scurrying across the length of dry open sand? Surely a bird would not spend so much time running back and forth apparently without purpose. I was WTong, as a later
load, he plunged into the clear water. A brief splash, a shake of the head and, bright as a jewel, he went upstream.' Familiarity, they say, brings contempt, but this certainly cannot apply to the kingfisher, for once seen you will never be satis fied until you have renewed his acquaintance. Between times I followed
manner of a cigar in the dagger-like bill., , Again disposing of his
the antics of a small \vren. At first I had my doubts — could I be watheing a mouse
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