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THE vicar of one of the Kibble Valley’s most beautiful areas will be* bidding a fond farewell to its lush pastures in August. Priest-in-charge of


Whitewell, Hurst Green and Mitton, the Rev. Arthur R. Higginson, broke the news of his retirement to parishion­ ers on Sunday. He has taken the deci­


sion because of health reasons and will be mov- in g into a f la t in Preston. “ In some ways it will


be like a death,” he said. “But I think the time has come for a younger man to take over. “ I have been involved with the church as long


as I can remember. As a youngster I was there so often my father joked that I should take my bed and move in.” Born in Bolton, Mr


Higginson (64), has Spent 43 years in full­ time Christian service. He became vicar of


Whitewell in 1974, and two years later took over as priest-in-charge of Mitton and Hurst Green. These two parishes


are in the diocese of B r a d fo r d , wh i l e Whitewell is in the Blackburn diocese. “ It’s been a hectic


time ministering in three country parishes, but the most important thing is that I have had


job satisfaction,” said Mr Higginson. “The last five years


have been my happiest ever, with kindness and co-operation all round.” Before his move to the


v ica ra g e at H u r s t Green, Mr Higginson was chaplain of the Hodder Valley branch of the Royal British Legion. More recently his


efforts have been focus­ sed on raising funds for the Mitton Fabric Fund to repair defects in the church’s structure. Now, with services,


sick visiting and speak­ ing engagements, Mr Higginson has been clocking up 1,000 miles a month and he felt the


only way to cut the work load was to retire. His final service will


be on the last Sunday in August, but he may fit in some p a r t -t im e preaching after that. An avid traveller, Mr


Higginson hopes to con­ tinue his globe-trotting ways. The United States is his second love and he has made the.transat­ lantic journey 20 times. “ I have a host o f


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BEST STEAK cost two shillings a pound when Mr Tom Oddie opened his butcher’s shop in Grindleton nearly 50 years ago.


Three years earlier,


while working for his father at Swindlehurst Farm, he married at Grindleton Methodist Chapel. His bride, Mary, from Seaton, in Cumber­ land, had been living with her aunt, who had a teashop in the village. They celebrate their gol­


den wedding tomorrow and among their guests will be their bridesmaids, Mr Oddie’s sister, Mrs Mary Dugdale, of Wad- dington, and her cousin, Mrs J. Irvine, of Seaton. The couple opened their


butchery business in a shop converted from the village smithy where they have lived ever since. Mr Oddie bought his


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first beef heifer for £16 and he remembers fat lambs costing a guinea each at the Copy Nook sales.


With Mrs Oddie helping


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From time to time he


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ness 16 years ago when he was 60, but has occasion­ ally helped out other butchers in emergencies. He remains a regular attender at Clitheroe Auc­ tion Mart on Mondays, meeting friends from a wide area.


Mr and Mrs Oddie have


fond memories of their courtship, when he drove youthful parties to far­ mers’ balls in his father’s Model T Ford. Entertain­ ment in those days was provided by the villagers themselves.


In later years business


allowed Mr Oddie no time to join local organisations, but Mrs OdcTie was a member of the WI and still belongs to the Methodist Chapel. Both enjoy good health,


and although Grindleton has changed a good deal


over the years they con­ tinue to find much friend­ ship and happiness there.


Market


stalls A TOUCH of Petticoat Lane comes to Clitheroe on Sunday, when the Friends of CRGS hold a market in the school yard. Stall holders will start


business at 11 a.m. and continue until 4 p.m. There will be a host of goods on offer, including shirts, pot­ tery, handicrafts and black puddings. Entertainments will fea­


ture Slaidburn Silver Band and a barrel organ, and a “fun castle” will keep the youngsters busy. There is still room for


more stalls and anyone interested in hiring one should contact Friends’ chairman Mrs Daphne Greenhalgh (Tel Padiham 72854). Tne charge is £10 per stall or £8 for use of a site. The market is Mrs


Greenhalgh’s last function as chairman, as she is retiring from the position this summer. Profits made by the Friends will go to the Highmoor pavilion fund.


For


charity THE Lancashire branch of the British Red Cross Soci­ ety raised over £3,500 dur­ ing the Red Cross week in May. The money will be used to support the Socie­ ty’s work among the sick, handicapped and frail elderly.


MR AND MRS ODDIE


Town features in romantic novel


READERS of historical romances will be able to play at guessing the location of local scenes in a new novel out next month.


Housewife Elizabeth


Haworth has used the Clitheroe area for the set­ ting of her first book, “Mistress of Howton,” to be published on July 26th. Mrs Haworth does not


live in Clitheroe — her home is in Kingsway, Pen- wortham, but she chose the area for her novel, “because the town and sur­ rounding countryside lends itself so well to historical fiction.” She spent a lot of time in


Clitheroe researching the background for her story, which is set in 1850. Mrs Haworth, a mother


of three, finds time to write in the afternoons when she has finished the household chores. But even while she is doing the washing-up, she admits she is brooding over characters and scenes. She has had much to


think about in the past few years, for she has written


a second book based on the area, using some of the same characters. “The Farrers of How-


ton” will be published in N ov em b e r and Mrs Haworth is now working on a third novel to com­ plete the trilogy. She was thrilled when


her novels were accepted for, as she says, a writer's first book is always the hardest to sell to a pub­ lisher. Mrs Haworth cut her


writing teeth on short stories for the women’s magazine “My Weekly,” to which she still contributes. She has also had Passion plays published by the National Christian Educa­ tional Council. “Mistress of Howton”


will be published in hard­ back by Robert Hale, of Clerkenwell Green, Lon­ don, at £3.95. After a year it will be brought out in paperback.


RECENTLY I invited a friend to join me in a small venture that would entail the outlay of a few pounds in cash. He declined.


“Any other time,” he


told me, “but that girl of mine got married the other week and it set me back a pound or two, I’ll tell you.”


He then went on to give


me details of what must have been a very splendid family occasion. Grey tails and toppers for the men (“ I felt a proper twerp,” said my friend), an incredible outlay on dresses for the bride and bridesmaids, a first-rate reception at a local hotel, a Continental honeymoon, a beautifully furnished home awaiting the young couple’s return. A fortunate paiY indeed.


His account started me


thinking of Lancashire wedding customs in former years and of the great changes evident in social standards. For example, on Feb­


ruary 10th, 1794, Oliver Ormerod Exton, weaver of this parish, married Ellen Briggs, spinster of Whal- ley. The witnesses at the ceremony were John Birch and James Chew, all “good old Whalley names” — and the celebrat ions and expense would be of a very different order. Oliver was a weaver all


his life and, in due course, Ellen bore him 12 children; eight girls and four boys.


Although no records are available, it is reasonable to assume that when this young couple set sail upon the seas of matrimony, the festivities would be much more moderate than when my friend’s daughter stood demurely before the altar. For Ellen it is most


ROSES ALL THE WAY W h a l l e y W in d o w


unlikely that there would have been any elaborate wedding gown, as into the 19th century the custom was not followed in this part of the country. It would be a case of


everybody wearing their Sunday best ana if, in exceptional circumstances, a new gown was bought, it would be required to serve for high days and holidays for many years to come. The Industrial Revolu­


tion was responsible for many changes in Lanca­ shire customs and usage. When Oliver and Ellen


set off for church, they would be accompanied by a party of friends and rela­ tives, but all on foot. As this was a winter wedding there would be no garlands of flowers and, tne cere- many completed, the couple would certainly not be greeted with a cascade of confetti as they left the church. In summer, flower pet­


als or feathers might have been strewn at their feet as a symbol that the mar­ riage would be “roses, roses


all the way.” As it was, it is possible that the bridek path was made soft with a carpet of rushes. As Ellen left her home


she would be careful to cross the threshold right foot first “just for luck.” As she approached the church, neighbours might well have thrown an old shoe towards her as they chanted in unison “A wed­ ding, a woo, a clog and a shoe.” Many superstitions were


attached to this great step )


in a young girl’s life. She must never be married in green, the number of guests must always be even and, if an open grave lay in the churchyard, this would be regarded as par­ ticularly unfortunate. One ill-omen that Ellen


certainly escaped was due to the fact that, on her marriage, she changed the initial of her surname, for an old rhyme, then popu­ lar, ran:


“Change the name and


not the letter, Marry for worse and not


for better.” As the couple left the


church, there were other rituals to be observed.


The bridegroom, if not


too' bemused by the signifi­ cance of the occasion, must be certain to cross the step first. Then he would be “masterforlife.'Tf thebride crossed the step before him, then the poor fellow was destined to dwell under her thumb unless, by chance, she stepped out with her left foot, when the reverse would apply. If they adhered to cus­


tom the couple would then return to the- bride’s former home where a feast, the best the house­ hold could supply, would stand prepared. The meal over, the party


might tend to become ratner boisterous. After the “wedding sack” — a kind of cawdle made- from milkjeggs, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg — had been drunk, the young women would escort the bride to her bedchamber and, after


VISITS OLD


HAUNTS MAKING a return visit to Clitheroe after more than half a century away is Mr Frank Slinger, who is stay­ ing in the street where he was born.


Mr Slinger (76) emi­


grated from Clitheroe to the wide open spaces of New Zealand in 1921.


He has a wife, Dot, and


a daughter, Fay, who have remained in Orewa, near Auckland, while he has a month-long holiday in England.


Mr Slinger is staying


with his s is te r , Mrs Elizabeth Boothman, and her husband, Fred, a retired joiner, in Curzon Street.


The Slinger family cele­


brated his return with a family party at the Castle Restaurant, Clitheroe.


They were joined by 25


relat ives, inc luding brothers Bill, of Longsight Avenue; George, of Wilson Street; Ted, of Curzon Street; and Fred, who came over specially for the event from Bangor, North­ ern Ireland.


Guided walks


LANCASHIRE County Council has again organ­ ised a programme of guided walks around Beacon Fell Country Park.


The walks, which are


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a discreet period,the young men the bridegroom.


After viewing them


abed together, there would be great competition among the girls to steal one of the groom’s stock­ ings, and the men the bride’s. The winners would then toss their trophies over their shoulders and, says tradition, “on whom­ soever the garments fell, they would wed within the twelvemonth.”


Whether all these cus­


toms were observed at the wedding of Oliver and Ellen, we cannot, of course, be certain, but they were common prac­ tice in rural Lancashire at the time.


Of one thing, however,


seven And corn't leave Friday


we can be quite sure. Oliver would never go a- courting on a Friday night. Had he been so indiscreet, neighbours and friends would form a procession and with banging of pans, kettles, dishes and drums, would drive or carry the young couple down the street, singing as they did so "Oh dear me, Oliver and Ellen, Court for six neets out 0’


neet alone.” All in all, an embarras­


sing procedure for the young couple which all engaged laas and lasses were at great pains to avoid. Old Lancashire customs,


you see, were on a much more homely scale than at the recent wedding of my friend’s daughter but, I am guite certain, they were just as much fun, if not more so. And the proceedings were certainly much less ' expensive


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