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conspicuous mainly by their absence until a few years ago. But today we can boast a national cross-country champ- ion and ^numerous other champions. And now the local runners


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he decided to concentrate on youngsters from the Clitheroe area alone, coaching them from his home with the aid of training schedules advised by the Harriers’ senior coach, Gerry Barnes.


youngsters were attending regular sessions, and today numbers have to be limited to 50 — all members of Black­ burn Harriers — because more want to train than can be handled by George and his helper John Herd. In was in November 1975 that George spotted Wadding-


Within a few weeks 20


assistant coach for other club mem bers a t Blackburn, travelling there every Sunday m o rn in g fo r a tra in in g session. Then, in September 1975,


with their own teenage chil­ dren, Michael and Michelle. When these two began to show a talent for rumung some four years ago and Michelle joined Blackburn Harriers, George started to give them a helping hand with their training. ^ n he graduated to an


been training regularly from the Langshaw Drive home of George and his wife Pat, their girls' team manager. But now they have split from Black­ burn Harriers, George is hoping for a membership of up to 100, including some older runners. The success story started


have formed their own club — the Ribble Valley Harriers — they are sure to put Clitheroe on the athletics map. Some 50 youngsters have


months — mainly thanks to the dedication of one couple, Mr and Mrs George, Wrathall. L o c a l a th l e te s w ere


their guidance. the


from the Wrathall "stable” include their own daughter Michelle (now 16) who this winter came third in the


first person in rhemory to pass an a th le tic timekeeper’s examination with 10 0 per cent.


sessions five nights a week — and he and Pat spend most &turdays travelling to meet­ ings with members of their squad.


Today he runs coaching


aspects of the story is that G eo rg e h a s n e v e r ru n c om p e t i t iv e ly h im se lf . Nevertheless he has now acquired enough experience to be an invaluable help to the youngsters who come to him. “I t t^ e s a bit of know-how to spot a ruimer's best distance and to bring him to his peak before big races,” he says. Last year George, was the


ions include Trudy Kenward and Susan Bush. In addition, K a t h r y n S t a n s f i e l d represented England in the recent European Catholic student cross-country champ­ ionships, and Juliet Robinson is an all-England Catholic schools champion. . One of the most remarkable


Northern Women’s League and was selected to run for th e North against other regions. Lancashire county champ­


ton’s Michael Morton in the Ribble Valley schools champ­ ionships and asked him to join in th e training sessions. Under George’s eye Michael soon blossomed into a school­ boy international, before moving on to the care of Mr Barnes. “I had taught him all I knew,” says George. Michael, of course, has recently become English youth cross­ country champion. Other sparkling successes


Harriers has come into exist­ ence, its need is more vital than ever. The first two objectives for the club arc to find some suitable headquar­ ters and provide a proper running track.


nothing but open fields and football pitches to use for their practices. Proper facilities would not


only be an immeasurable benefit for the runners _ they would also go some way to repaying the effort and generosity that George and Pat Wrathall have put into Clitheroe’s sporting lue.


Comedy star


A TRIP to Preston Guild Hall to see musical comedian V ic to r B o rg e is being arranged by Clitheroe Arts and Theatre Society. The visit will be on May 23rd and anyone interested in going should contact Mrs M. Sagar (Clitheroe 23204) or Mr F. Brockbank (24468) as soon as possible.


Apt choice


THE Bishop of Chester, the Rt Rev Hubert Whitsey, is an apt choice for .speaker at the Diocesan Jubilee Men's Rally to be held at King George’s Hall, Blackburn, on May 6th. He w ^ ordained in Blackburn and is a former Vicar of Downham.


At.the moment they have


RESIDENTS of Windermere Avenue, Clitheroe, are as friendly as most folk, but in the decade since the Edisford Park estate of privately-built houses was established, they have generally been just on “ nodding terms” with one another. The advent of the Royal Silver Jubilee has changed all that.


another almost as frequently as the television characters of Coronation Street, planning and working to make Satur­ day, June 4th “a day to re­ member”.


total of 25 children have formed a number of commit­ tees, with residents in various walks of life, including pen­ sioners, all contributing their various talents.


The 18 householdei-s with a


steering committee is Mr Peter Garner, an electronics design engineer at Milliards, Simonstone, and a member of Padiham Round Table. But while the main committee meetings are held at his homo, gi-oujis in the five “working


Chairman of the general Now they are visiting one


parties,” specialising on fi­ nance, food, decorations, sportfv etc.,.meet at various houses on the avenue.


avenue as it’s never been de­ corated before: with a com­ bined theme augmented by in­ dividual house “displays”.


The aim is to decorate the


nationwide, the residents are praying fpr blue skies' and sunshine on the jubilee day. But “insurance” has been taken out in the form of book­ ing Low Moor Methodist church hall.


In common with others


rations there will be fancy dress competitions for the children, sports events, a “sit down” meal in the avenue and folk singing, and in addition to prizes every youngster will


ing to the funds, which it is hoped will be augmented by a “T and Kake” evening ar­ ranged at No 14 Windermere Avenue, by Mrs P'roda Row- ley. That’.s at 7 p.m. on May 3i’d and open to everyone in the Clitheroe district.


IT is often reported that in Great Britain the common frog is becoming progressively rare. As each year passes, many of the usual habitats are drained, so that in certain places it is considered rare.


raised eyebrow, but tell me a man who has not in childhood found some satisfaction in his search for frogspawn and I will admit to a misunderstand­ ing of human nature.


Now this may not cause a


today. Many a junior clas­ sroom during the present season has had jars of frogs­ pawn on display to instruct


The attraction is the same


the bewildered youngster in what must surely be one of the best illustrations of the evolutionary process, giving an insight into man’s ascent from the primitive.


egg to a free-living frog, we see what has taken place during millions of years, with a creature adapting from a


Within 10 or 12 weeks, from


Ribblesdale have been fortu­ nate, with the usual ponds being regularly attended by frogs and toads. Maybe it is the wet climate, with most ditches, particularly in early spring, seldom lacking in water.


marine existence to an open air life. Whatever the reason, we in


QuTOn,Min,:Queehls Road, AccHngtoni^eie^ .:gS,S


■cannot be clas. . .. . ^ u: pool. It is merely a wet piece of low ground which in a wet spell holds a few inches of water.


However, this is enough, with


was to be seen when a couple of .youngsters near Bash^l ' were busy collecting Xrogs- pawn not far from the main road. How these particular • frogs manage to survive over the years I fail to understand, because the ground they use


creatures, the frog ^nd to i l have' greater enemies and from the first face an enorm­ ous threat from man and the birds. The first indication of this


,


lated by an item in the BBC news drawing attention to the scores of to.ads being killed while attempting to cross the road. Evidently they were proceeding to a nearby pool and, like the road-crossing hedgehog, fell casualty to the rushing combustion engine. Unable to quickly adapt to man’s rapid strides in speed, they encountered an early death. Of coqrse, as with mo?t


regularity that by the begin­ ning of March the early frogs came out of hibemation to begin the annual trek to their place of birth. My owm interest was stimu­


So it was with unfailing


MYSTERY OF THE FROGS COtriVTKY BIAB.Y


masses of spawn being depo­ sited only to be left high and dry after a few days of diy weather. The early morning Jso fmds a couple of mallard in the vicinitji and who can say what capacity a duck has when scooping up a mass of frog eggs?


much changed from my own yo u th fu l days when we collected samples in a jam jar. Modern methods are quite different and with jam jars out of fashion these youngs­ te r s at Bashall intent on gathering a wholesale supply were busily filling a plastic fertiliser bag.


take too many, as they were just at the very beginning of theipredcitory scale. Indeed, how one egg in 10 million


su rv iv es is ju s t another miracle. The amount of spawn


first week of the month and by the second week of March actirity began to slow down D u r in g th a t period the iveather was far from good


varies considerably and one pond I have had under obser­ vation since the beginning of March contains a gigantic mass several feet deep. 'The surface area stretches to a distance of eight or 10 feet. The first appeared in the


I asked the gatherers not to There is another aspect


Ribble and Hodder, toads usually begin activities a couple of weeks later than frogs and as they emerge from winter hibernation and head towards the same stretch of water, many are killed, particularly when cros­ sing the road.


ing, attractions and it was by mere ch^ce that I discovered that this pond was also a meeting place for toads. By no means common by


the frog presents many prob­ lems. Little is known as to their powers of orientation. How they find their way to the ancestral breeding pond remains a mysteiy. The pond to which I refer has been a centre of actirity for several decades. My own association goes back over 30 years and the frogs must have been using the place long before I • came on the scene. It has other, more interest­


temperature rises and the deep throated croaldngs lend a mysterious atmosphere to the entire surroundings. On these occasions it is interest­ ing to watch the seething mass of spawn constantly hearing as more and more eggs ai-e laid. f’or such a lowly creature,


with chill easterly winds d am p in g d ow n o v e r - enthusiastic activities. How changed it is when the


receive a special jubilee souvenir. All residents are contribut­


In addition to the gala deco­


however, that the W ra th ^ would like to see to set the seal on the happy picture — a proper meeting place and 400 metre track in Clitheroe for the town’s athletes. ■ Now that the Ribble Valley


engraved stop-watch given to him by the grateful young athletes in thanks for his help. There is one more thing'


G e o rg e h a s , to o , an


OUT on a training run with George are, from the left: Trudy Kenward, Michael Morton, Michelle Wralhall and Kathryn Stansfield.


They're all friends on the estate


Mary puts a shine on her iubilee tankard


babies were bom during that week — to Mrs C. Briggs, Mrs J. O’Donnell and Mrs R. Taylor. They I all received silver spoons


patience rewarded. Activity was soon under way and by the end of March the toads were following the pattern of frogs.


no means as plentiful and it was necessary to keep a close


Unfortunately they are by


these s t i^ g e creatures, their way of life is far more inter­ esting than at first seems possible. Who would imagine that the toad is far rqore intel­ ligent than the frog? The toad will not take the same foolish risks as the frog and soon finds there is no way through a pane of glass. And who knows how, each year, they have the good sense to find their way through a maze of obstacles to a region they have never seen before?


NATURALIST.


deposits eggs in massive clumps, the toad takes good care to place her eggs in a m^ e of pond weed. However, it is impossible to confuse the species as the toad’s eggs are nicely arranged in a long string. Whatever your thoughts on


watch by the rim of the water for sims of egg laying. We knew by the isolated carcases 50 feet away that they had finally arrived and it was only after a keen search that I found entwined in the vegeta­ tion the tell-tale evidence. Unlike the frog, which


the pond, the familiar pattern was again revealed and my


Following regular visits to


[ the Jubilee baby. She a t te n d e d S t Jam e s ’s School, and then Ribbles­ dale, where she became head girl. Now she is employed as


a canteen assistant with Ncotechnic, Upbrooks.


to keep the Royal touch, Michael was born on November 14th — the b i r th d a y o f P r in c e Charles.


Name is known far and wide


pastures new” is very much easier than in days of yore, and wherever one sets foot it is not very long before one runs into somebody who knows our village or who has 'Whal- ley connections.


TODAY, travel to d i s t a n t lands and


tlus; the enugrations of the late 20s and early ’30s played their part, the brain-dtS M ■ more recent years added its


t HoUdays Md touring apart,


quota, and the easier access to CO leges and universities tiriay, the spread of higher education, has enabled our young people to. train for professions .and callings (i,” can never hope to pr^tis’ our own district. • ®


that, 60 or 70 years ago newenmers to our villago from


disLunt i’cjiciTij. ■


“foreigners” and l^ople from much less distance than th-it


were looked upon with a high degree of suspicion. . ^


mistress) and which has the unique distinction of posses­ sing a musical ghost, our' famous. Dr 'Whitaker received


It is interesting to consider here ^ e other reasons for


■ to World War I, for any local lad or lass to marry a girl or boy from further afield than Read, Padiham, Blackburn or C l i th e ro e , was a lm o s t unheard of and our parish registers offer ■written confir­ mation of this fact.


are marrying their contem­ poraries from every part of the continent and world. IVior


Today, our young people


one encounters who have Whalley connections; build­ ings, too, have their associa­ tions. For instance, if you set out for a day in the Yorkshire Dales (and there .ire few better places to relax 'mid the beauties of nature), and you approach Linton or Grassing- ton, look out for Threshfield School.


But it is not only the people *'■’■ ■ / ■ *’ build ,


Ribblesdale connection, too — it adapted and adopted the lyric of the Clitheroe Gram­ mar School song for its own special purposes.


his early education — for a fee of two shillings a quarter. Threshfield has another


you.travel to the Isle of Man, you may remember that


Brooks. Somewhat further afield, if


Range; both were the inspira­ tion .‘ind croatiru’ o'" tJwjLiV U'X/IUOO LJUlUUCi


take note of the district' of Brookiands and, in Manches­ ter, the distridt of Whalley


in another. direction, if you make towards the Toiriorden ■Valley, keep your eyes open for The Holme in the Vale of Ciiriger. It was the ancestral home of Dr Whitaker and ; claims a splendid window of coloured glass said to have come from the church of oiir ruined .abbey. Journeying into Cheshire,


Travelling Yorkshire-wse


other Whalley connections and rebiovort.—tu in distant


Why not share your stories paCLoCu W O 4«W . J.F. «U AAU4U ihCIll. ’■


with others who read this “Whalley Window.”


■ ■ ! bo _______________ ________________ F O R B L J Y IN B A M O a E L L U u r .W *


Bowland carried their arms at Crecy and Agincourt; in more recent wars the blood of Whalley men stained the battlefields of France and the sands of Libyan deserts. If readers have stories of


have quoted, there must be maiw other places in this trou­ bled world of ours where Whalley men (and women) have made their mark. Bowmen from 'Whalley and


Roger Kenyon of Parkhead (adjacent to Portfield Bar) was Governor there in the 17th c en tu ry and, much further afield still, if you venture into Antarctica (all right, I know you’re not likely to) you will recall that a son of Dr Macklin, our village doctor at the turn of the century, accompanied the late Sir Ernest Shackleton on his ill- fated expedition thereto. Apart from the examples I


present Queen’s Jubilee, M r s O ’ l l a g a n , h e r husband Laurence, son Michael (19) and daugh­ te r Kathleen (15) have promised themselves a night out. Just for the record, and


To c e l e b r a t e th e


O’Hagan, who ivas christ­ ened Mary a f te r the Queen, is referred to by some local people as


children, Mrs O’Hagan’s parents lived in Whalley R o a d , C l i t h e r o e . When she married 20 years ago, her mother gave her the tankard and spoon, and these she has kept safely locked away, only to be brought out and polished on special occasions. Even to this day, Mrs


cutting from the Adver­ tiser and Times with a photograph of the four mothers and their babies and a report of the cere mony. 'The youngest of eight


and shared a beautiful christening cake given by the Misses Green. Mrs O’Hagan has a


by young Joyce Morton, whose fa th e r , Mr T. Morton, had displayed it in his jeweller’s shop window in Moor Lane, with the promise that it should go to the first baby bom on Jubilee day. T h re e o th e r lo c a l


r ie M u sg ro v e , la te r received a tankard bear­ ing the Silver Jubilee hallmark and a silver spoon, a t a ceremony pres ided over by the Mayoress of the day, Mrs Satterthwaite. The cup was presented


in the area to arrive on May 6 th , 1935, King George Y and Queen Slary’s Jubilee day. Her mother, Mrs Flor-


Derby Street, has the p ro u d d is t in c t io n of having been a Jubilee baby. She was the only baby


a n d m o t h e r M r s Mary O’Hagan. For Mrs O’Hagan, of


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