4 Clithewe Advertiser and Times, December 29lh, 1977
A Burnley Express, Nelson Leader Series Sponsored Holiday
THE HEART OF SCOTLAND TOUR
Centered in the Fair City of Perth .Touring fayside and Trossachs
come to the Hotel
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WHATEVER 1978. hjis, in store no-one knows and we, as occupants of this planet, will haye to accept what nature'has to oner or impose. ;
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can rest assured that the New Year will hold out new hope and a degree of seren ity in what seems to be a lunatic world. On more stable issues,
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Ribble and Hodder flowing through superb pastures, their tributaries following the courses they took centuries ago. So it seems that basic essentials remain reliable. It
Pendle continues sitting like a headless sphinx, with
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departing SATURDAY, JUNE 10th, 1978- - for 7 nights
YOUR HOLIDAY ITINERARY SATURDAY — Mornifxj deoarturo by. National coach from East Lancashire
for the scenic journey via the Eastern Fells of Cumbria, the Southern Uplands of Scotland and the magnificent Forth Road Bridge to the Ochil Hills and the Qty of Perth where arrival is due in the late afternoon. A glass of table wine will be served with your first dinner In the hotels after which the evening Is free.
SUNDAY— Morning free. Afternoon City Tour of Perth writh a local guide and also visiting 16th century Scone Palace where admission is irxdudea Evening Ceilidh at the Salutation Hotel where Haggis, Tatties and Neeps will be
blending and bottling premises of John Dewar arxJ Sons Ltd, at Irtveralnxirxl for quests at the Salutation. Afterroon excursion to Glamis Castle, the c h i ld h ^ home of the Queen Mother and birthplace of Princess Margaret. where admission is included. Reluming via Kirriemuir, Blairgowrie and Beech Hedge, Evening Ceilidh at the Salutation Hotel.
MONDAY— Morning free for guests at the CXieens; visit to the Scotch Whisky ..................... -------------------------^
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TUESDAY — Full day excursion to the Trossachs via Loch Earn. Bonny Strathyre and the Pass of Leny to Callander. After a packed lunch, we continue via the Lake of Menteith, Aberfoyle and the Duke’s Pass to the Trossachs where an afternoon cruise on Loch Katrine Is inducted. Return via Loch Achray and Loch Venachar. Evening free.
WEDNESDAY — Morning visit to John Dewar and Sons Ltd, at fnveralmood lor guests at the Queens; free lor guests at the Salutation. Afternoon excursion following the course of the River Tay via Dunkold, Strathtay, Aberfeldy, Kenmore and Loch Tay to Killin. Returning via Loch Earn, St Rllans, Comrie and Crieff. Evening free.
THURSDAY. — Full day excursion to Pitlochry and the Road to the Isles via the Pass of Killlecrankie, the Queen's View and Loch Tummel to Tummel Bridge, Return via Glen Cochill. Amulree, Sma' Glen and Glen Almond. . Evenir^ Ceilidh al the Salutation Hotel.
FRIDAY — Morning free. Afternoon excursion to the Rrth of Tay, the Tay Road Bridge and Dundee allovring lime
for.shopping returning via the Carse of
Gowrie. Evening free.
SATURDAY — Morning departure lor the return journey to East Lancashire where arrival is due in the late afterrxxxi.
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THE QUEEN’S HOTEL and THE SALUTAHON HOTEL £89.50. Supplement for private bathroom £7.00
CHOICE OF TWO HOTELS IN PERTH NOW AT RIBBLE TRAVEL, Pimlico Road, Clilheroe. Tel. 23028.
last January and those of more recent . weeks. We. Survived all-threats of drought, overcame the shor-; tage of potatoes with usual IBritisn good humour, suffered the imposed bread shortage, accepted steadily increasing prices, endured electricity cuts and then, began to wonder what would happen if the, firemen refused a call if London was again threatened. " . ■ Whatever happens, you
■\Ve survived the g^es of
A degree of serenity
is man who is struggling, could be reported, the bickering, striking and caus: chances are that, public ing discord when, unlike opinion being hostile, no everlasting things, , he alone owner would” dare report is limited to'a brief span on such an incident, because of the reaction.
earth; Of course there have beeh
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now aware of the damage these animals can bring about. While any escape
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tion to the Scottish idea, for the objectors are in no way convinced that such an isolated farm surrounded by water could be, a guarantee against escapees. General public opinion is
the mink and a proposal to operate a mink farm on the island of Westeray, off north west '. Scotland. You may. rightly consider this is in no. way, any concern, of those by Ribble and Hodder, but;the suggestion set me thinking about the terrific and alarming spread of this creature arising from an escape in our own- coun tryside. Already there is opposi
many changes within , the scheme of natiu-e, the popu lation and status-of many creatimes ebbing and''flow ing to 'maintain over ; the years a stable balance. First there comes to mind
. A similar case brought
about the conditions we fmd by Ribble and Hodder. We loiow these animals are now to be found throughout bur district and, as-we also know, the odd mink can play havoc with almost every creative in the region.,
most marauders.
the summer followed a visit to see how the nesting kingfishers were getting along. They had their nest at the end of the tunnel in the steep sandy bank of the river, with the entrance four, feet above ground level giving what would be consi- dered ample protection from iraude
creatures are safe from its depredations. It may be fasnionable to have a smn to adorn the shoulders of a lady, but the creature is by no means welcome in the open countryside. My own experience during
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A.A. guide puts Harrop farm the map
on A HARROP farmers
.wife has never r ev e t ted the day she decided to t^ e the plunge into the world of catering and open her home to paying guests.' For now the friendly
Harrop
Fold.Farm is recog nised in the Automobile Association’s Guide to Gues thouses, Farmhouses and Inns.
welcome one receives at Mrs Victoria Wood’s home at
British Isles are recom mended by the guide as ‘p ro viding something
Only six farmhouses in the
round & about
special in the way . of accom modation down on the farm.”
the only' farmhouse in the North of England to be among the six. ,
And Mrs Wood’s home is
said this week: ‘We were first listed in the AA Guide last year after we won the British Tourist Association Commended Country Guest House Award.
“After this the AA said A delighted Mrs Wood
they would include us in their regular inspections and they apparently have. But this recommendation is something really special.”
(36) and her husband, Peter, who farms thnir 28'7 acres, welcomed Mr Ron Smith, P.R.O. for the; AA’s North ern Region, ’vho officially told them of their inclusion In the Guide.
'The other day Mrs Wood
take all the ^credit for the success. Apart from doing h e r own cooking and decorating the home 'with her sketches and country
But Mrs Wood doesn’t
by her sons. Fifteen-year-old Andrew,
crafts, she says she is helped husband and two
' College, also helps out a l th o u g h he is more interested in farming.
STARTS THIS FRIDAY DEC. 30th THE SALE YOU KNOW IS QENUINE!
a Clitheroe Grammar School pupil, is interested in cater ing and often helps but in the kitchen, and their eldest son Daniel,' an engineering student at Nelson and Colne
■farmhouse for 18 years, and for the last eight have welcomed paying guests.
Mr and Mrs Wood have lived at their 17th century
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MR AND MRS WOOD (right) itselcome Mr Smith with the newly-piiblished AA Guide. With them is their soti ■Andrew. '
months when they have tourists from all paits of this country and abroad, they specialise in game buffet weekends during the winter months.
Their five guest bedrooms can cater for 11 residents most of the year round. After the busy summer
popularity of the farmhouse, apart from .the traditional cooking, is in its old world atmosphere with beamed ceilings, flag floors and log fires. “Tourists like to get back to the old farmhouse atmos-
Mrs Wood , thinks the . . - .
ke to feel part of a working farm,” she said.
Shere, and of course they
FAREWELL TO HEADMASTER
AFTER 11 happy years as headmaster at Grindleton CE S chool, Mr Alan Meadows, has left to take up a similar post at All Saints School, Clayton-le-Moors. ' At the end of term, pupils
past and present, teachers, managers and parents
gathered in the school hall to
present Mr Meadows with a radio, as their special thanks for all the time and effort he had put into his work. -
and lives at Oakfield, 'Whal- ley Road, Barrow, with his wife and four cluldren, is sorry to leave the school.
rural, family-type primary school with a good, friendly atmosphere. I shall miss it,” he said.
“Grindleton is a small,
village, Mr Meadows spent two and a half years as deputy headmaster at St J a m e s ’ CE Sc hool, Clitheroe.
Before coming' to the
duties after the Christmas holidays.
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made by the vicar of Grind- leton, the Rev. E. M. Sidebottom. Mr Meadows also received a set of photo graphs and a card signed by all the children, presented by Ani t a Webster. A bouquet was handed over to Mrs Meadows by Catherine Towler.
The presentation was
BEDROOM FURNITURE — LOUNGE and DINING ROOM, FURNITURE, RUGS, ETC. LARGE STOCK OF DIVAN BEDS.
A SMALL SELECTION OF SALE PRICE BARGAINS.
USTE356. THREE-PIECE SUITE,
DOUBLEDIVANBED
USTE231. SPECIAL LUXURY SPRUNG REST
DOUBLE DIVAN BED LIST £188.
ORTHOPAEDIC FIRM — REST ASSURED. SALE PRICE £94
ASSURED. SALE PRICE £119
REST ASSURED. SALE PRICE £249
2 ROBES AND CENTRE PIECE 7ft. WIDE TOTAL TEAK/CREAM COLOUR
BEDROOMUNITS LIST £214. SALE PRICE £144
THREE-PIECE SUITE, BROWN DRALON.
LIST £359. SALE PRICE £199
Continental Quilts OUR PRICE
DOUBLE LIST.... £29.45 £ 1 9 .4 5 SINGLE LIST...... £20.85 £ 1 3 .9 5
MANY MORE BARGAINS, INCLUDING BEDDING CHEST, OCCA SIONAL TABLES, NESTS TABLES, POUFFES, WOOL RUGS ETC.
ALL THE ABOVE ARE SUBJECT TO A V A ILA B IL IT Y— SO DON’T DELAY 1st COUE — 1st SERVED
OPEN MONDAY, JANUARY 2nd, 1978 79 Lowergate, Clitheroe. Tel. 23444
DON’T DRINK AND DRIVE
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SOME years ago a “Whalley quiz” in these columns aroused a lot of interest. Here is a second one, this time slightly more difficult. All the answers have appeared in this feature in re c e n t y e a rs and are reprinted at the end. 1. Wh a t t r a g e d y
happened when the Abbot of Kirkstall visited 'Whalley Abbey?
. ley clergymen? 4. Who was Culwulfus
have long since disappeared. Where were they? . 3. Why was Peter de Cestria unique among 'Whal-
2. 'Two Whalley bridges »
money to provide the armou r ial/East Window in the parish church. In what other ways did he benefit the ■village? .6. And what did the
: 'Whalley. Who were' they?' 9. How did a landlord of
th e ir Dower Houses in
road from the village to Ribchester in 1795? '■ 8. Two' p r omin e n t pa]
and how did he get his name? 5. A d ^ Cottam collected,
are Mr Sidebottom, Mr Meadows, his wife Barbara — the school secretaiy ■ and assistant head teacher
Pictured, from the left, Mrs Jessie Roberts. Put on your thinkmg caps W h a l l e y W i n d o w
originally inns. Can you . identify them?
much as a party of Red Indians who were in London at the time,’/ when he walked down the street here Ln 1813?
' of Methodist practises? 14. What: was ‘‘The
' 15. Why did famous watercolourist, J. M.. W. Turner visit the village?
a cottage at the foot of the Nab make £1 every Bank
■village do in return? 7. What was .the main ■
Holiday, 50 years ago?
• Clitheroe to the detriment of our own villagej
. -11. T/here are two houses m the village which were
the Whalley Arms, a devout churchman, influence the estabhshment of a Method ist meeting in the village? 10. In what way did an action of Henry VIII benefit
tr ied fo r witchcraft at Lancaster, ordered to stand
m the pillory at Lancaster,
.' 20. A. distinguished Brit ish Admiral in World War One had Whalley associa tions. 'Who was he? .
Clitheroe, Whalley and Padiham on successive mai’ket days?
there between Rochdale and th e o r ig in a l'p a r ish of Wlialley? 19. 'T
■ 17. Name three disting uished “Old Boys” of our' Grammar School? 18. 'What connection was
o o was the woman 16. How did the tenant of 12. 'Who was stared at “as,
ANSWERS . 1. Attempt was made on
13. How did Dr 'Whitaker demonstrate his disapproval
Sisterly Love Society” and where it meet?
Bridge at the Town Gate, the other a packhorse bridge which crossed the millstream and'which still exists beneath our main street.
early Deans of Whalley and cut the tail from a wolf when hunting in the Forest of Rossendale. 5. He provided the
Rector.; 4. He was one of the
3. He was our only '
presented him with his portrait in oils. 7. Church Lane.
advised their mother to “take no action” when Nancy Hartley and her brothers were converted to that faith.
field, the Forts of. Read. 9. John Wigglesworth
time immemorial on the two Lady Days to be moved
10. He ordered the fairs held in the village from
church organ, paid for the building'of the south porch, gave the Northcott picture “Christ in the Garden.” 6. The parishioners
8. The Braddylls of Port-
his life by one of the Whal- ley Brethren. 2. One was Cockshutt
?
to Clitheroe, and granted a charter to that effect. 11. The Blue Bell in
fo r Dr Wh i t a k e r ’s “History.” 16. He charged Id to “go to the toilet.” There were
Jellicoe.
of Padiham. 2 0 . Admiral Lord
boundary of oui* parish
extended.to the borders of that town. • 19. Margaret Pearson,
ASSESSMENT .. Twenty correct answers:
Graduated with Honoure. Fifteen correct answers:
You’ve passed your O’s but failed your A’s. Five and under correct:
You’ve passed your A levels; Ten correct answers:
Sorry! You failed your “eleven plus.” Sit again m November!
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of Exeter (1549), Dr Cyril Norwood, Headmaster of Harrow (1924), VYiiliam Heap, Bridge Builder. 18. The furthermost
no public conveniences in the village at that time. 17. Dr Woolton, Bishop
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church bells to be rung to drown their singing. 14. It was a Women’s Friendly Society and met at The Swan Inn. -15. To paint illustrations
gave the first recital on the church organ in 1813. 13. He ordered .the
12. The organist who
Church Lane and the “Ale” in Abbey Fold.
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i September 3rd, 1978, (MIAMI), NEW YORK I and BOSTON for 21
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Reduced hours for ThursJFriVSat.
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taken and the' mink being equally at home in water, on • land : or in woodland,, few
Flesh, fish or fpwl is
' were ample evidence of the persistent effort of what' I believed torbe a mink.
claw-marks reaching from ground level to within a few mches of the actual entrance
However, the numerous
Luckily the entrance was just out of reach, otherwise the consequences would have been disastrous. The . most outstanding memory of the mink goes. back to the time when Gordon Lawson was Pest Officer for the Ministry. I .went along, one day. as hei was' setting traps on lower Hodder. To obscure human scent on his traps, he had to use great care smearing the surroundings with mink, excreta. ■ .' • , ' In case you are imaware of such things, let me remind you that excepting the smell of a skunk, the mink comes veryihig.hon the list of .objectionable aromas. I refrained from touching anything associated 'with the activity', yet by some mysterious process. that smell remained with .me for days. No wonder they use it as a base for stabilising high grade perfumes. Thinkmg of more pleasant
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things, one item of interest to the bird-watching frater- nity came from Mr A. Clements, of Clitheroe, who spotted four buzzards in a remote area. He tells me there, is good evidence to show they had bred in the vicinity —.an occurrence of considerable import^ce in Bowland where, in an ideal environment, this bird has been harassed and shot over the years.
these days, oh the contrary, witness the recent satisfac tory prosecution of the Darwen taxidermist, whose establishment held scores of birds, including* buzzards and other preditors equally protected by law. The law-breakers are still
in business, for once again vandals raided and took away young kestrels for sale, most likely as pets in some crowded town utterly foreign to their natural environment in Bowland. This brings me to one of
year, follow the activities of a pair M
the highlights of the past when we were able to
of peregrine falcons fully
occupied rearing young Now in the dull days. o f winter 1 wonder if those birds ever reached free flight, or did they, as with so many birds of prey,- end as ets to satisfy the yearrang
for possession. . Robbers are willing to
take any risk, for when you can get £1,000 for a bird, the temptation is great.
Looking back over the
throwing up our hands or-, regret. Durmg the year I belieiung it does not happen had regular correspondence
No purpose is served by , year’s events, I have a deep
golden eagles, folklore or whatever. .
'with the supreme master of Highland affairs, be they concerned -with pine-music,
Seton Gordon, friend of' kings and countrymen, spent most of his years in Skye, but was fond of the region of Mull I was about to visit. I promised to report, but my promise was never fulfills, as he passed away in his 91st year a week before he was to read my letter. A truly wonderfm man of great stature in ma valks of life. •
ny wa ■HORACE COOK T.his remarkable'man,.
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