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Winning our sympathy


WHEN it comes to tak­ ing, a d v a n t a g e of amenities provided by' humans; birds and ani­ mals are surely • past masters at adaptation.


dence where a tiny crevice offers them a site and jack­ daws can be. a nuisance when they 'begin to fill chimneystacks with sticks.


during the last decade has changed its habits com­ pletely is the herring gull, fast becoming a nuisance as it takes over roof areas for nesting.


during the years I have heard several complaints when swallows and house martins fail to recognise sanitary regulations while rearing young over dwel- i.ng house doors or windows.


Strange as it may seem,


birds and beasts of our countryside soon throw caution to the__wind and foist themselves on human


Given half a chance, the STY 77 O Another species which Sparrows take up resi­


- nesting time they receive her domestic duties undis- more than their share o f ....................'


s ymp a t h y and. c o ­ operation.


swallows quickly found that an open window _ at Clitheroe Hospital gave access to a convenient light shade on which they began to build their nest.


caused an upset and the Matron with great sym­ pathy did everything in her power to make the nesting season a success. Sanitary arrangements were overcome by the placing of paper and cover­ ings on the carpet below the nest.


The birds certainly


events when reading of the activities of feathered squatters in the Post Office Engineering train­ ing centre at Didsbury.


use a trailer, but as he was about to start the motor he realised that a blackbird’s nest with four eggs sat on top of the engine. It was decided to let mother


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her present job for the past 12 years, first as man­ ageress at Oddies Textiles in King Street, and then at the present firm of Hart­ ley’s Fabrics in Market Place, when the business changed hands. She has been a member


Central Avenue, will take over from Mrs Margaret Kendrick at the annual meeting next Thursday.' Mrs Dugdale has been in


A WOMAN whose expert knowledge and advice on material and curtaining is widely sought in Clitheroe, where she is manageress of a fabric shop,_ is to be the new chairman of Clitheroe Evening Townswomen’s Guild. Mrs Mildred Dugdale, of


held the offices of chair­ man of social studies and the dressmaking class and is currently the Guild vice- chairman.


During this time she has


John is a retired local butcher.


couple enjoy driving, espe­ cially touring Scotland. As


In their spare time the


an expert needlewoman, Mrs Dugdale also makes many of her own clothes.


Members in


sal at the Parish Hall is a Terence Rattigan double bill due to be presented on November I6th, 17th and 18th. One of the two plays, “Harlequinade,” has a complicated lighting plot, but the other, “The Browning Version,” is fairly straightforward. Anyone able to help the society should contact the


volunteers willing to assist with lighting, but needs someone well versed in stage techniques to take overall charge in future productions. Currently under rehear­


the dark “MANY hands make light work” according to the old Chinese proverb, but in the case of Clitheroe Par­ ish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society, just one pair of hands is needed — those of an enthusiastic electrician. The society has several


Anness, was a blacksmith at the Cement Works and her mother was a member of the Standring family of Clitheroe. Mrs Dugdale’s husband


new role will involve her in arranging functions and choosing speakers, was bom in Clitheroe and went to the former National School in Moor Lane and Ribblesdale. Her father, Mr Percy


Mrs Dugdale, whose MRS DUGDALE . . . taking the chair.


has managed to solve is finding a replacement for Arthur Neal, who has had


Chudleigh, an old actor — are being taken over by John Caton, of the Whalley Church Players.


Dr Frobisher, the head of a public school, and George


to drop out of both plays. His contrasting parts —


Room for a


lic to “spare a copper” by supplying board and lodg­ ings to a young police con- s t a b l e who wi l l be stationed permanently in the town, starting next week.


Aids to speech


THE speech therapy ser­ vice based at Clitheroe Health Centre is being given two Language Mas­ ters by Clitheroe Round Table.


constable CLITHEROE police have an unsolved problem. They are asking the pub­


producer, Barbara Scat- tergood, Clitheroe 23168, or the Vicar, the Rev. John Hudson. One problem the group


ment, patients can feed into the machine a taped card recorded by their therapist. They then repeatedly listen to the card, while at the same time studying the words in written form.


increasingly in demand. As part of their treat­


used by adults and chil­ dren, and patients eventu­ ally make their own recordings. Many large health centres, as well as hospitals in Blackburn and Burnley, already own these machines.


The machines can be


upon one of £80 made by the Round Table to the Blackburn Health District for the purchase of sheeps­ kin anti-pressure pads for the comfort of people con­ fined to bed. The pads will be used in the area served by the Clitheroe Health Centre.


newly-formed Meteor Club for the mentally handicap­ ped, by paying six months’ rent of the St John Ambu­ lance Hall where the club meets.


The Round Table has also offered help to the


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• glamour. ' Scenery and costumes':


these delightful shows were local people, but so keen and enthusiastic were the members of the organising committee to produce a really high stan­ dard of entertainment that amateur “stars” from the district and even the Fylde coast were imported to add. a little extra finesse arid


FROM the early 1920s and well into the 30s. Whal ley Ama t eu r Operatic Society pre­ sented annual produc­ tions of the Savoy operas in the theatre of the Calderstones Hos­ pital. Most of the artists in


Sessional team along’to supervise the make-up. . Chatting over these past


were hired from the most reputable firms, and, on occasion; Burkinshaws of Liverpool - sent their pro- .


the close of a performance • mi le to the vi l lage .


glories the other day with another enthusiast, there came to mind a story I ’do , not recall having told you previously. The incident occurred at


A STAR ON A DARK NIGHT W h a l l e y W i n d o w


of “ Io lanthe” when, immediately the curtain fell, not waiting to change his costume, a local gentle­ man left the stage to greet visiting friends he had spotted in the auditorium.'


. for some time and the friends departed, but instead of returning to his dressing room our hero accepted an invitation to have “a spot of supper” in the quarters of a doctor resident in the hospital.


some time and the hours passed quickly in the con­ vivial atmosphere. The witching hour was well passed when our friend said his good nights and returned to the theatre. -


The supper lasted for


firmly locked. ''Unable to ■ find ans official with the necessary keys he went to fetch his car and drive the


He found the doors all They chatted together


the, end of the story if Mit­ ton Road had been as well illuminated as it is today, but it wasn’t. The- only • light came from the sparse street lamps some several hundred yards apart and a ■ pale moon often obscured by fleeting cloud.


his friend the doctor, who by now would be securely tucked between the blan­ kets, our actor decided there was nothing he could do but walk home to his bachelor apartment and retrieve his car on the mor­ row.' It would riot take more than 20 miriutes if he stepped out briskly, so down' the chestnut-lined drive he strode arid turned - into Mitton Road. That might have been


Another dilemma'— frust­ ration .once again. His igni­ tion keys were in the poc­ ket of the . suit securely locked in the theatre. Not wishing to disturb


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be used in the centre and the other is battery oper­ ated to enable patients to take it home and practice. Together they cost about £160 and will be ,a great help to a service which is


One of the machines will The instructor wanted to I was reminded of these On one occasion a pair of


. contacted the mechanical aid depot to borrow another trailer.


w a s s u b s e q u e n t l y informed that the reserve trailer was not available because of "squatters” who also had a nest complete with, four eggs.


eventually found in the Manchester Central area where also in an adjacent four-ton truck, was found nest number three, again in the engine compart­ ment. The engineer obvi­ ously, had a sense of humour as he said: “If-this carries on we’ll soon have the whole fleet off the road.”


L wiumer m n un


built her nest in a Milk Marketing Board vehicle


Clitheroe rsoara vemcie .


most birds are attracted to motor cars, and tractors and if they are left undis­ turbed for any length of time the birds are quick to take over. Not long ago in the area one bird


Blackbirds more than The required trailer was He was out of luck and


nature. And particularly at . blackbird continue with ■ turbed; so the instructor


:: and persisted in brooding- her eggs when, the vehicle returned : from the collec­ tion round.


creatures set out on their evening patrol.


.when, they are to be counted,in scores as they leave the shelter beneath the house eaves, the num­ bers are bound to cause some apprehension.. Another entirely diffe­


the largest n . ,


rent story concerns a strange caterpillar which takes advantage of the amenities offered by humans. A reader- from Waddington informed me of an extra large specimen she had in her garden.. Frankly it was one of I have


1 . ,, ever ......... . ...


acceptable and cause little disturbance to humans. They are inoffensive, quiet and fulfil a useful purpose ; in keeping down the moth and insect population. But


: A few bats are quite


the roof of his home. These ■ three and a half inches long began at dusk as the tiny


- There are other equally/ interesting examples with bats. A friend who lives at Paythome was disturbed- by strange noises beneath


■ forefinger. Besides, having a head


and as thick as your


-remarkably suggestive of an elephant’s, the caterpil­ lar has an extraordinary almost insatiable appetite and although the reference ■ book gives the food plant as willow herb or the bed-


pieces of grass. Imagine if a plague of these, occurred in Ribblesdale — they would act like a horde of locusts.usts.


they were succulent ___


marked preference for the lady’s fuchsia plants and so great was its appetite that in less than a day it con­ sumed all the leaves on one plant 18 inches tall. I actually watched as it. devoured the leaf stems as if


straw family, this, did not apply. This creature has a


■


, p r e f e r e n c e fo r th e Clitheroe area.-


: during the.last few years, has shown a remarkable


seen. It was easy to iden- tify as an elephant'hawk moth, a variety which,


. - This fellow from Wad-. dington was a giant, fully


ran ordinary house garden, overnight the place would be as barren as a desert. In contrast to the wicked


dozen of these caterpillars turned their attention to


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new experiments and’ the rarity of yesteryear is commonplace today. Unfo r tuna t e ly mos t i changes escape the aver­ age observer and it is only those who have been con­ cerned for 20 or 40 years | who really notice.


HORACE COOK


D o n a ld l ik e s t h o s e w id e o p e n s p a c e s


are now home to former Clitheroe man Mr I Donald Horsfield.


THE mountains and wide open spaces of Canada -


said Mr Horsfield, “and fortunately it all worked out.”


the finest ski areas in Wes­ tern .Canada and Mr Hors­ field often enjoys cross­ country skiing and also hunting and fishing. The main industries are forestry and copper min­


pony and plays baseball for the town team. The house is near one of


kie (15) onl y k n ows Canada. She. has her own


Pauline (24) no longer live at home. Pauline can still remember Clitheroe Cas­ tle grounds and certain parts of the town, but Jac­


wooden house in a small village of 600 people, seven miles from the nearest town, Smithers. The'coun­ tryside is mountainous and the weather.hot and dry in summer and very cold and dry in winter. J e a n e t t e (26) and


Canada after a three-week visit to Clitheroe, where he has been staying with his parents, Mr and Mrs James Horsfield, of Corpo­ ration Street. Now his home is a


He has just returned to


Horsfield (48) left his home town and took his wife, Pamela, and children Jeanette, Pauline and Jac­ kie to live in North Central British Columbia. “We wanted a change,”


For 13 years ago Mr


“I t ’s a good life over I there,” he said.


liked visiting Clitheroe, he j was glad to return home.


ited former Clitheroe couple Mr and Mrs Vic Gatlpw in Vancouver. Mrs Catlow’s parents live in Henthom. Although Mr Horsfield j


Soccer speaker


A BURNLEY FC player is to be guest speaker at a social evening to be


arranged by the Ribble Valley Supporters’ Club.


launching of the club’s away travel, to Stoke City, another mini-bus is being arranged for travel to the Leicester City v Burnley match on November 11th. Details can be obtained from Miss A. Day, Wood­ lands, Wiswel l Lane, Whalley.


A f t e r the successful


club is on Sunday at the Brown Cow, Clitheroe.


The next meeting of the


visit to Clitheroe very | much, renewing acquaint­ ances with old friends from I school and work. “The town doesn’t seem to have [ changed much,” he said, “except that the cars and street seem smaller.” On his way home he vis­


ing. Mr Horsfield has j worked in the mines and for the last three years has been building power lines. : He enjoyed his nostalgic


HORACE COOK


overall look of the caterpil­ lar, the future moth is one of exceptional beauty. One discovered in the Henth- ora area last year had deli­ cate fore wings of olive brown shading to pink and reddish brown, the entire, moth being flushed with a noticeable pink. A few years ago ‘ the . elephant moth was consi­ dered scarce in northern counties, although fairly abundant in Ireland and many parts of Europe. Now, in my own’experi­ ence, this moth is well dis­ tributed by Ribblesdale. Nature is forever trying j


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