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fc*9.9C iuA n u John shows off his impressive array of trophies


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Landlord John is always ready for a round


R E G U L A R S at Clitheroe’s White Horse Inn are this week toast­ ing the swinging success of l a n d l o r d John Partington. For 38-year-old John has


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won five top golf trophies in the 12 months since he took up the game seriously. All his successes have


come in events organised by the Lancashire Licensed Trade Golfing Society. The latest was in the Blair


round & about


he went with a couple of friends for a “knock about” at the Towneley municipal course in Burnley. Then, in January 1977, he


joined the LLTGS and s ta r te d taking p a r t in competitions against other


Electrical Trophy over the Nelson course. John scored a gross 84 off a handicap of 15 to win with a below par total of 69. His interest in the game began 18 months ago, when


collected the Black and White Whisky Trophy over the Leyland course, and followed up with the Benson and Hedges championship at Great Lever and Farn- worth, near Bolton.


licensees from all parts of the county. In March last year he


Another victory in a


reduced to 13 from an origi­ nal 24, John has made a great start to this year’s order of merit with his win in the Blair Electrical. He said: “I hadn’t picked


special Jubilee competition, over the famous St Anne’s Old Links, brought John the LLTGS Victor Ludorum for last year — the Order of Merit Award. Now with his handicap


up a golf club until 18 months ago and at first it was a bit of a laugh. “Then I began to take the


game a bit more seriously and I started to improve. “I seem to be doing quite


well and hopefully I’ll carry on improving.” John’s success has meant


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have run the White Horse for about two years, since they moved to Clitheroe from Goosnargh. They have two daughters, Carol (9) and Jane (10).


Just geet crackin’


IF tha writes owt i’ dialect, tha could win seven quid. This ’igh-up lot o’fooak


cawd t ’Lancashire Dialect Society want poems and tales for a competition. Tha can send as mony as


an extra bit of work. For he has had to put up a special shelf in the pub to house his ever-increasing collection of silverware. “It was one job I didn’t really mind doing,” he said. John and his wife, Jenny,


Bracing Kemple End


OF the three most popular routes between Clitheroe and Preston, the most interesting from the scenic stand­ point must surely be Birdie Brow. But who, other than those


appreciating natural beauty, would consider the long upward haul to get there? Yet this road, in spite of the long strenuous gradient from Hodder to Kemple, was the main route to Preston before the opening o f th e H u r s t G re en thoroughfare.


Higher Hodder bridge — or, to be more accurate, the higher bridge which spans Hodder at the foot of the hill after the Hodder Bridge Hotel. Just ahead stands an attractive row of cottages at the very foot of Birdie Brow. They must, to my


This road passes, over


way of thinking, be what the p ro p e r ty people term “highly desirable cottages.”


Continue on the main road


to Chaigley and beyond Walker Fold to Chipping. I consider this one of the best walks or runs in the district. Long before the motor car, this route would be followed by our chief magistrates and officers as they journeyed to Preston Quarter Sessions — hence its importance and constant mention in the old records.


in 1706, the old Almshouses were built in what is now an outlandish site, being the main and at one time the only crossing point of the Hodder.


We can understand why, . These old Shireburn


Almshouses, once situated on the very crest of the heights over two miles from Birdie Brow, were removed some 20 years ago to their


Brow, the ascent past Ryddings Farm gate to the top near Bleak House is severe even today, when the car responds so readily to the touch of the foot. How laborious it must have been for the horse-drawn coach.


the forestry plantation and old pines skirted by heather, the entire landscape falls sharply to the south, giving a magnificent panorama.


The scene takes in all the


lower Hodder watershed, the confluence of Hodder, Ribble and Calder sweeping


where the houses and cottages form a pleasing hamlet, we find ample evidence of quarry work­ ings, for this ridge of Kemple was famous for stone. On the upper level, with


Around Bleak House,


reconstructed site at the head of Hurst Green village. From the foot of Birdie


across . the flat acres near Whalley. And away to the distant heights of Pendle, Accrington, Blackburn and Mellor, the unaided eye finds a host of interesting details.


You will travel a long way


to find a more distant, attractive landscape and who could desire a more bracing atmosphere than that at Kemple End?


means end with the vast panorama. On the contrary, there is an abundance of items other than those of scenic value — the light breezes of summer, the flush of heather in early autumn, the appeal of the whinberry and, in winter, the rich red and faded russet of bracken and fern giving colour to the more dismal days. As we stand looking north west beyond Greenthorn or


The story does not by any C O U N TH Y D IA H Y


further south over Holly Hall and its environs, what richness delights the eye. Standing at the road junc-


changing personalities and numerous are my own memories of the region. Never can I forget one winter’s night just after dusk. There had been a threa t of snow and the general outlook was gloomy. It is best on such occasions


t ion which le a d s to Stonyhurst via Stock Bridge, the surrounding landscape is at once reminiscent of the Highlands, or maybe North­ ern Ireland, with the back­ ground of conifers and deep red bracken. These places have quickly


peeping through the white blanket of mist and the tips of the cement works chim­ neys penetrating like twin periscopes in an ocean of white mist, this is an unbe­ lievable and indeed wonder­ ful experience. Come in spring and listen


other, far happier memories — such as leaving Clitheroe blanketed in fog or mist to stand and ’ stare bewildered at the top of Birdie Brow, wondering at the scene beneath your feet. With Pendle’s top just


to get to lower ground, but the snow began to fall with extra large flakes quickly obliterating the vision. Soon the entire area was white. What a nightmare! By the time I reached Hodder Bridge all was


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A LOCAL LAD MAKES GOOD


RECENTLY I have been re-reading the books of Adrian Bell, that splendid author whose country books so quietly, effectively and nostalgically conjure up life in our English coun­ tryside as it was a couple of generations ago.


pictures of a Christmas cattle fair in a southern market town, it brought back to my mind a story told to me by the late James Green, one of that disting­ uished band of brothers who did so very much for our village and, indeed, for East Lancashire as a whole.


As I delighted in his word At the time, “Old Jimmy”


was well into his eighties, but memories of his younger days were clear and sharp. “It’s odd,” he said to me on several occasions, “I can remember b e t te r what happened 70 years ago than I can what happened yesterday.”


We had been discussing a


local farmer who was repu­ ted to be remarkably astute in business matters and immensely wealthy, for he had interests in other fields apart from those on which he grazed his fine herds of cattle.


“Do you know how he


started in life?” asked Mr Green, and I shook my head. “No. Tell me.”


“It was like this,” said the


old gentleman. “When he was a young fellow he worked at weaving and he didn’t like it one little bit.


it was well before the turn of the century and things weren’t too good in the cotton trade at the time and he was laid off for a few days. He lived with his mother in a cottage up the Nab side and so, one morn­ ing, with nothing better to do, he walked into Clitheroe to the cattle market.


“I’m going back a bit now; Just what made him go


that particular day, I don’t know — perhaps to see if he could pick up the odd bob or


Whalley Window


two, or an odd job of some kind, I don’t know. He was there most of the day, look­ ing at the sheep, cattle and pigs and watching the buying and selling, the bargaining and counter­ bargaining, until late in the afternoon.


He was just thinking it


was time he turned on his heels and set off on the long walk home when an Irish dealer approached him. “What do ye think o’ these


beasts!” asked the dealer. “Grand ones, aren’t they now?” “Not so bad,” said the lad


with natural Lancashire caution. “Pve seen worse.” “Take them off mi hands,


mister,” said the Irishman. “I t’s late in the day and Oi don’t want to take ’em all the way back to Oireland. Oi’ll make you a bargain.” “Couldn’t take them off


you,” said the weaver. “I’ve got no brass.” “Listen,” said the dealer,


“Oi’ll trust you. Oi’ll tell you what Oi’ll do. It’s March now, Oi’ll be back in October. Take ’em now ond pay me then. There’s a chance for you.” The young man was stun­


ned. He’d always wanted cattle of his own to breed, to rear, to buy and sell. Each morning when he walked down the steep Nab side to the work he detested, he looked across the green valley. He saw the cattle in the little square fields, passed the sheep grazing on the hillside, saw the smoke curling from little farm­ s te ad s and envied the owners. It was a lifetime’s dream.


To be a farmer; first to rent and then to own his own land. Was this his opportun­ ity? Or would he be a fool if he accepted the Irishman’s offer. After a few moments of anguished deliberation, he


took a deep breath, slapped the dealer’s hand and took the cattle.


the lad we shall never know. What we do know is that, in the following October — now his own man — he was able to honour his agree­ ment with the dealer. We know, too, that from


started driving the half- dozen beasts before him on the long walk back to Whal­ ley, his mind in a turmoil. What would his mother say? What sort of a reception would he get when he drove the beasts up the narrow track to the Nab side cottage? What mother had to say to


As the sky darkened, he


that day on, by dint of hard work and astute manage­ ment, he prospered to such a d e g re e th a t, with the passage of the years, he became known as one of the wealthiest farmers over a very wide area. Yet another instance, and a true one, of “local lad makes good.” There ended Mr Green’s


story, but there must surely be many more such exam­ ples in our area. It would be nice to hear of them.


J.F.


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tha likes to’em, as long as tha doesn’t put thi name on th’ entry but tha puts it on another sheet o’ papper. Poems musn’t be aboon


100 lines and thi tales must be under 1,500 words. Tha’s to ged ’em in by July fust. I f tha wins, tha geds


seven quid. T’ runner-up geds a fiver and t’ third three quid. T’ chap to write to if tha


wants to know ony more is Mr Fred Palmer, of 41 Fenton Street, Rochdale — an’ ’e wants thi to send a s t am p e d a d d r e s s e d envelope.


News All you have to do is to colour the pictureabove as gaily and as neatly as


you can to give yourself the chance of winning a super paint box and Easter Egg, plus a box of chocolates for mum.


Fill in your name, age and address, then post or deliver to the Clitheroe


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