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railway’s management committee, Mr Mitchell (37), of Smithy Row, has recently been appointed to another, newly-created post —
community liaison
officer. . It will be his job to build up relations with groups
group of train buffs playing with bits of smokey old ............................................
an effective anti-vandalism campaign for the rail way, with the help of West Yorkshire police.
meeting of the railway's preservation society. Since then, he has helped restore the line, become a guard, and for two years was chairman of the railway’s station committee. One of his recent achievements has been to mount
Mitchell is an ardent supporter of steam railways, and one of the highlights of his hobby was the filming of “The Railway Children." For when the cameras were rolling at Oak worth Station, Mr Mitchell played a guard opposite actor Bernard Cribbens. Back in 1962, Mr Mitchell attended the inaugural
iron at weekends," lie says. Head of geography at Stonyhurst College, Mr
he sail
and societies in the Worth Valley area. “I want to make it clear to people that we’re more than just a
STEAM-ENGINE fanatic Mr Graham Mitchell, of Hurst Green, is planing a major part in keeping the Keighley and Worth Valley Light Railway on the right track. For as well as becoming the new chairman of the
Mr and Mrs Oldfield
retired to Rimington in 1974 to live in the con verted Methodist chapel where Francis Duckworth practised the tune which made the village immortal. Since then they have
continued to play an active r o l e jn th e U n i ted Reformed Church locally. They frequently attend the Clitheroe church and as
well as preaching at New ton, Barrow, Martin Top, Darwen and Settle, Mr Oldfield is interim mod erator at Great Harwood. Mr Oldfield had not set
any particular store by the ann iversary, but th e Clitheroe minister, the Rev. John Salsbury, was determined it should not go unnoticed. So it was a big surprise
for Mr Oldfield as he step ped from the pulpit at the Moor Lane Church the o th e r Sunday to be greeted by Mr Salsbury, and have his “secret” revealed to the congrega tion. Mr Salsbury handed gift
tokens to Mr Oldfield and his wife, and then Mr Old field was invited to cut an anniversary cake baked by Mrs Marjorie Salsbury. During the party the
couple listened to greet ings from Mr Oldfield’s previous churches at Mel ton Mowbray, Derby, SE London and Thurso. He began his ministry at
Birmingham in 1929. He retired from Thurso,where not only was he minister at the local church, but also chaplain for the naval base. As sec re ta ry of the
Northern district of the Scottish Congregational Church, his duties included maintaining contact with ministers in the Orkney and Shetland Isles. “I sometimes had to nip
across by boat to see them,” he said.
years a minister still going strong
IT’S been a time of memories just lately for the Rev. Leonard Oldfield and his wife, Ann, of Chapel Cottages, Rimington. For- it is just 50 years since ne'en te re a the Congregational ministry.
round & about
Mr and Mrs Oldfield
hope to be celebrating another anniversary next year — their golden wed ding. They met at Man chester University when he was training for the ministry and she was studying English, prior to becoming a teacher at Whitehaven. An accomplished musi
cian, Mrs Oldfield has taken an active part in church life, having been deputy organist at almost every church her husband . has been in charge of. She is pianist for the
Rimington Men’s Glee Club and also the drama group and has given illus trated talks on Scotland. For four years she was a member of the BBC Cent ral Religious Advisory Committee. The couple have a
d au g h te r , Mrs Helen Floya, of Stockport.
Desert
sand WHATEVER next! We have had to contend with wind, rain, frost and fog so far this winter, but no-one could have foreseen a san d s to rm from th e Sahara. Freak conditions caused
last week’s fine coating of desert sand, which was particularly noticeable on cars. Garages with vehicles
left on the forecourt found themselves with extra cleaning work, but the sandstorm proved good business for those with car washes. Locally, Ribblesdale
Cement Works received much of the blame initially, but then came the weath ermen’s explanation. The d u s t p a r t i c le s were brought by southerly winds from Africa and deposited by rain. It is a rare occurrence,
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although’ it did happen before, in July 1968. There was ju s t one
advantage — with the Sah ara sand came a spell of much milder weather.
Big Band
links CLITHEROE’S links with the Lancashire County Big Band are even closer than may have been indicated by last week's mention of the local instrumentalists who chanced to be singled out at the concert in Ribblesdale School. Local members of the
band are trumpeters Peter Fielding, Penelope Irwin,
The Rev. and Mrs (.Oldfield
Kevin Clark, Thomas Binns and Andrew Travis; trom bonist Paul Haigh;. and saxophonists Naomi King, Iain Dixon and Julie Tom linson. Conductor Alan Tomlin
son, who is head of brass fo r L a n c a sh ir e , also teaches in the Clitheroe area. His wife, the former Miss Marie Isherwood, of Clitheroe, taught at Edis- ford School before becom ing a county music adviser.
Red letter day
JAZZ fans in the Ribble Valley have a red letter day to note in their diaries. On Sunday they have a
chance to whoop .it up at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clitheroe, with the All Stars — Eric Ainsworth, E d d ie T a y lo r , Doug Whaley, A1 Wood, Eric Hammond and Bob Caw ley, with Dick Thorley as compere and vocalist. The night of music lasts
from 8-30 to 11 p.m., admission being £1.
Bid for
double pay IT was a stroke of genius for Clitheroe Division MP Mr David Waddington when he took part in an all-
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NEAR to desperation and s c ra tch in g my head vigorously in an effort to find items of interest to write about, I was brought dowm to earth by the ringing of the doorbell.
There, to my pleasure,
was one of my more attrac tive (actually, they’re all attractive) lady readers who presented me with a large bundle of old th e a tre pro g ramm e s, newspapers and photo graphs salvaged from the effects of an elderly rela tive, recently deceased.
Among this tattered pile
of what many people would regard as junk and quickly consign to the dustbin
Whalley Window
were two items of out standing interest. These were a list of the “Burges ses of the Borough of Clitheroe”, dated 1849 and signed by the “Overseers of: the poor of the said towmship”, and the second, a compl ete copy of “Whewell’s Family News pape r a n d : Cl i the r oe Monthly Advertiser” — surely the great, great grandfather of our own “Advertiser and Times”.:
Published.by William: Whewell: at nis • printing
/office'in .Castle Street, it consisted . of; eight uncut pages, each” rather less
’ sponsored swim in on.
F o r Mr Waddington
completed a full 40 lengths to help raise money for the Association fo r Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Mr Waddington was
sponsored. by about 100 members of the local Divi- s io n a l C o n s e rv a t iv e Association for 20 lengths, which would have brought in around £200.
But now that he has dou
bled his forecasted swim, he is hoping some of his sponsors may volunteer to pay a little more money.
Mr Waddington, who
e n jo y s swimming, is reported to have felt fit after his marathon.
Date at cathedral
THE vicar of Clitheroe, John Hudson, is hoping for a big turn-out of parishion ers to see him installed as an honorary canon of Blackburn Cathedral.
He has extended a gen
eral invitation to them all to attend the ceremony and to call at the Judge Walmesley Hotel, Billing- ton,afterwards for supper.
The collation by the.
Bishop, the Rt Rev. R. A. S. Martineau, and installa tion by the Provost,, the Very Rev. Lawrence Jack- son, will be at Blackburn Cathedral at 7-45 p.m. a week tomorrow’.
Celebrating in style
than the present “tabloid” size, and was priced at one penny. A special note indicated
that “subscribers paying one shilling in advance would receive copies deli vered to their residence fo r 12 months succes sively." The leading article gave
an account of the “very bad prospects in the Land of Gold'’ w'hich w’ould be of great interest “on account of the large number of per sons who have emigrated f r o m t h e tow n to Australia”. Prominence was also given to the “lat est war news” from the Crimea. There was a report of
special services at Langho Chapel when “the collec tions amounted to the hand some sum of £11” and among the deaths reported was that of “Jeremiah Garnett Esq., of Waddow, a Justice of the Peace and an Alde rman of
the
borough of Clitheroe, in the 45th year of his life!'
Of greatest interest to
thi s parochi al scribe however, were accounts of “Whitsuntide Festivities in Whalley.” . First of all the Ancient
Order of Forester? met “at an early hour at the Dog Inn” and proceeded to the church headed by the Fox Hill "Bank’Brass Band. At the conclusion of the
service (the sermon was preached by “the worthy vicar, th e'Rev.'R . N. Whitaker) the procession re-formed and returned to the Dog where “the 133 members regaled them selves with a sumptious- repast.” V: ’ /
, “ The cl o th being removed" ■ the procession. re-assembled,, marched to
the Spread Eagle and then
b a c k t o the J u d g edgt Walmesley before settling down to their annual meet ing once more at the Dog. The i r guests — the
Reverends J . Preston (headmaster of the Gram mar School) R. Edwards (incumbent of Mitton) and W. H. Blamire — accom panied them all the way “and the remainder of the day was spent in the great est hilarity and good fel lowship.”
Mr. Whitaker was a
busy man, for'one hour later in the morning he reached to. the Loyal nited Free Mechanics
who met at the Shoulder of Mutton (now the Delacy Arms) and carried out a similar programme. They, too, enjoyed “a
most substantial dinner” and paraded to the Spread Eagle where “some excel lent glees and songs were executed in good style.” Off again they went and,
headed Dy The Accrington Old Band, visited the Judge Walmesley before returning to their club room where “the doors were thrown open for the admission of tneir wives and sweethearts”. A party followed with dancing and singing and everything passed off remarkably well”. .
. Whit Tuesday, we now have confirmation,, was a pretty lively day in our old village, but not quite so lively as
in.Slaidburn, where.' the (Foresters,; the Oddf e l lows and1 the Women’s club all had their own processions, and cele brated'in. “the most convi- .vial style." '
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