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New Mayor sees the funny side of life
AT torchlight processions in Clitheroe, star as the King of Carnival. Now he is Valley.
The 68-year-old council
lor, dubbed “Mr Whalley” from his enthusiastic writ ings about his home vil lage, became the Ribble Valley Mayor on Tuesday. It is the second time
Coun. Fell has been chief citizen of a local authority. He was the last chairman of Clitheroe Rural Council before it became part of the new Ribble Valley dis trict.
Although his name has
become synonymous with Whalley, Coun. Fell was born in Clitheroe, moving to Billington with his fam ily in his teens. He was 21 before he
actually lived in Whalley, as a resident temporary nurse at Calderstones — “and I nearly was sacked the second day,” he recal led in the book-lined study of his home in Limefield Avenue. “ It was for something a
was called before the authorities and given a roasting. In those days that kind of thing just was not done!" Coun. Fell’s fascination
with the stage, and variety in particular, began as a schoolboy singer of comic songs at Sunday school concerts. When his voice broke he “decapitated” his sister’s
dolls and worked on a pup pet act.
RROCKHALL Hospital resident Joseph Deacle has been chosen as one of 30 representatives from Great Britain to take part in the Solar Olympics for the mentally handicapped, in New York, in August. Joseph (22), who will run in the 200-metre and mile
young nurse would be praised for today. One of the senior nurses said to me: ‘You’re the comedian lad, aren’t you? Get your tackle and give the lads a turn tonight.’ “ I did. The next day I
round & about
The take-over of the
Claremont Bus Uompany by Ribble Motor Services made him redundant from his office job so the stage- struck Jimmy joined the repertory company at the Grand Theatre, Black burn.
The first season of
Blackpool’s Olympia saw young Jimmy working on sideshows and entertain ments. The Depression, however, led to a search for a steadier job and he arrived at Calderstones.
The move led to a 44-
year association with the hospital, from which he retired as duties officer, and the award of the Brit ish Empire Medal in 1977. The roots of his public
career lie in two controver sies which sprang up in Whalley. The first was the Whal
ley street-sweeping issue when he and the parish council chairman, the late Arnold Brookes, swept the village streets on a Sunday morning to draw attention to the county council’s pol icy not to provide a clean ing. service. The second was the
Whalley and Billington Co op crash of 1962 when the savings of hundreds of people in the district were in danger of being wiped out. Jimmv Fell was the
prime mover in an appeal to the Co-operative Union, of
Joe’s date in USA
events, is one of two rep resentatives from Lanca shire. After a week of inten
sive training in London, Joseph will be accom panied to New York by Mi- Frank Grant, nursing officer in charge of recrea tion at Brockhall.
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Jimmy Fell used to “King” of the Ribble
which the Whalley society was not a member, for money to be paid to inves tors. He then became sec retary of the Emergency Relief Committee. At the Rural Council
b y - e l e c t i o n i n December 1962, he was elected as an Independent councillor in a three- cornered contest. Since then he has served
continuously on the local authorities and at one time he was also a member of Whalley Parish Council. As a writer of plays,
reviews and pantomime, Coun. Fell appreciates the power of humour. He has
pledged to make this work for him during his mayoral year. “When the atmosphere
becomes tense during a debate it is often useful for someone to break the ten sion with a joke. “ I don’t mean it’s going to be one long comedy show, but I think I can say there will be the odd touch of humour in debate,” he said. Coun. Fell met his wife,
Marjorie, who is the new Mayoress, while returning home from a variety show in Blackburn just after the family had moved to Bil lington. “There were two girls
sitting together on the bus. I thought one of them was a real smasher: “ I went home and said: ‘Mother, I’ve just seen the girl I’m going to marry. "Next morning I looked
out of the window . . . and saw that the girl on the bus lived next door!” Mrs Fell has already
taken one decision that will be popular in Whalley. The Mayoress’s “At
Home” to entertain dig nitaries from neighbouring councils will be held at the village’s ancient abbey. It is another indication
that the couple intend to act during their year as public relations officers for the Ribble Valley in an effort to attract more vis itors to the beauties of the area. Mrs Fell is a committee
mem be r o f Whalley Ladies' Evening Fellow ship and is also a member of Whalley Abbey Fellow ship and Whalley WI.
THE new Mayor and Mayoress with their dog, Rags, in the garden of their Whalley home.
Chess club
expands CHESS is progressing in Clitheroe. At the annual meeting of the town’s club it was decided to run a second team next season and it is hoped new mem bers will be recruited. The vice-chairman, Mr
Eric Mansfield, reported that promotion from the Second Division had been the highlight of an excel lent year. The decision to have two
teams followed the fact that at least 14 members wished to play competitive chess. It might encourage recruitment. All the offic ers were re-elected. The annual dinner, on
May 22nd, is at the New Inn, where the club meets. The season opens on Sep tember 18th. New mem bers are invited to contact the club’s secretary, Mi- Bill Wolstenholme, 19 Warwick Drive (Tel. 22471).
Wembley
Graham Moore will not be leading them out on to the green turf of Wembley stadium.
final FOUR young members of Clitheroe bridge club will be playing in a Wembley final this weekend. But th e ir captain
Instead, the lads will
spend the weekend gathered round the green baize of card tables as they compete in the National Schools’ Bridge finals at a Wembley hotel. Graham (17), David
Sykes (18), John Spencer (16) and Nicholas Smith (17) will be competing against nine other school boy teams in the final. They are pupils at Burn
ley Grammar School and attend Clitheroe Bridge Club because there is no club in Burnley. Their confidence is high
following their recent suc cess at Manchester when they won the north western schools’ bridge championship. They should have
received a trophy for their win in Manchester but are still waiting for last year’s winners, Wirral Grammar School, to return it. Said team manager Paul
Jennings: “The boys are hoping for great things in the national final but they are not over-confident as they do not know what standard of players they will meet."
In the
saddle A NEW bike-rail scheme is being launched next month which will give train users the opportunity to explore the Yorkshire Dales under their own steam. From June 2nd rail pas-
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took my eye was, “The Lancashire Miller” and when the editorial notes revealed that it “ is a favourite about Chipping, nine miles from Clitheroe,” my interest immediately quickened. We don’t hear a great deal about Chipping at this end of the valley. Space forbids reproduc tion of the song in full, but
One that particularly
A F T E R 30 years as one of the country’s band of night workers, Clitheroe nurse Mrs Ann Pedder retired on Monday following her last shift at Calder stones. Mrs Pedder (60), of
Moorland Crescent, first joined the hospital staff 40 years ago. She is still referred to by
her maiden name — Nurse Altham — by many of the older residents. Mrs Pedder remembers
changing over to night duty on May 18th, 1941, when she realised the hours would fit in better with family life and raising her two sons. A popular, happy-go-
lucky person, Mrs Pedder is fond of the residents in her care and hopes to visit them and take them out whenever possible.
She has no intention of
putting her feet up during retirement. After arriving home
with the milk at 7-15 every morning, Mrs Pedder would light a fire for her father next door and attend another elderly
neighbour, retiring to a.m.
before finally bed about 9
She will continue to do
these extra kindnesses, as well as enjoy her other interests as secretary of Clitheroe Bridge Club, as a committee member of Ribblesdale Townswo men’s Guild and as a social member of Clitheroe Golf Club. Her husband, Arthur, is
a salesman with GEC, Clayton-le-Moors. Mrs Pedder’s colleague
of 14 years, Mrs Alice Bre wer, of Knowle Street, Rishton, shared a farewell party. Mrs Brewer, who will
carry on nursing until October, is from a Whalley family called Speak.
At one time she worked
on the estate for Lady Worsley-Taylor and mar ried Mr William Brewer, of Dinckley.
sengers alight ing at Clapham will be able to hire a bike at the station to pedal off into the Dales or the Forest of Bowland.
The scheme is backed by Countryside Commission grant aid. Maps and guides covering areas to the north and south of Clapham have been produced specially for would-be cyclists.
Bikes, which will be
available in sizes to suit all members of the family, can be hired for half a day, one day, a weekend, or a week. Children’s seats can be fit ted to some models.
British Rail allow cycles
to be carried on trains free, so visitors hiring bikes at Clapham can carry- on by rail to one of the many stations on the Leed- s-Morecambe line and cycle back, or pedal out and return by train.
Making
the news PUPILS at SS Michael and John’s School, Clitheroe rush eagerly to class on Friday mornings.
For that is the day the
“ F o u r X S u mme r Weekly,” a newspaper written by pupils them selves, comes out. There have been three editions of the paper so far.
It is produced by 21 11- year-olds, under the super
vision of teacher Mrs Maria Middleton. However, all the chil
dren are involved — pas sing on interesting snip pets of information to the reporters.
The eight-page paper
includes general news and sport and items about nature and history. There is also a spot-the-ball com petition, with house points as prizes.
Once the stories have
been written thev are pain stakingly copied in long- hand, in duplicate, on to large sheets. Carefully- drawn illustrations com plete the effect.
Each class takes it in
turn to see a copy, which is then placed in the library as a valuable record of school activities.
The other copy is kept
for the use of the staff. A selection of the papers will be put on display at open evenings.
ONE o f my regular readers — bless ’em all — recently lent me a book from his collec tion.
“ I think you will find it
of interest, Jim," he told me and he was right. The book was “Ballads
& Songs of Lancashire,” edited by John Harland, better known for his “Lan cashire Folk Lore,” and as it was published 114 years ago it contains many old verses I had not previously encountered.
W h a lle y W in d ow
Ballad of the miller of Chipping
let me give you the gist of the story. “ The song has much point,” commented Har
land, as it concerns a miller who, apparently had his mill in that lovely quarter of our district. It should be especially-
interesting to present day Chippingites (or is it Chip- pomans?) and certainly to the present owners of the old mill there, where the renovated wheel still turns. The rhyme tells the
story of Jeremy Gigg who was dependent on the mill for his daily bread and, feeling his end was draw ing near, was much dis turbed as to which of his three sons he should make his heir. After much delibera
tion and many sleepless nights he called the three sons separately before him and addressed to each the same question: “Which way would theaw tak thy bread to mak, if my mill I left to thee?” The eldest son was the
first to be questioned and he considered the matter
for some time before rep lying: "Oh, if the mill were mine,” said he,
As yeaw’ve been used to do." .
The old miller gave no hint as to whether or not the answer pleased him and then sent for the second son who listened atten tively- to the question. He, too, spent some
moments in thought before giving his answer (again in rhyme — they must have been a very talented family!) “Oh, if the mill were mine" said he,
"As sure as my name's Roaf,
Instead of a peck out of every Seefc
I’m sure I’d tak one hawf." Once more the old man made no comment and then called for his youngest son, Will. Again the question was put, and this time there was no pause for deliberation. Wi l l a n s w e r e d
immediately:
“I'll plainly tell to yeaw, Out of every seek I ’d tak a peck
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"Oh, if the mill were mine," said he,
A living I would mek, Instead of one hawf, I ’d tek it all
And swear ’em out o' th' seek. ”
In addition to their
talent as rhymsters these four men of Chipping were clearly- a pretty unscrupul ous lot (I’m quite sure they’re different there today). Jeremy was so pleased with this last reply that he hesitated no longer: “Then Owd Jeremy he rose up in bed
To hear him talk so smart; Saying “Well done, Will, Theaw’s won the mill, Theaw’rt the lad o’ mch heart" With the discomfiture of
the two elder sons and Will’s triumph the story- ends. The last line runs: “The
Devil got his dad!” All of which goes to
prove what our folklore has often claimed before; that Owd Nick was pretty active in these quarters in by-gone days and makes me rather glad we didn’t live in Chipping when Jeremy Gigg ran the vil lage mill.
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