Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, April 24th, 1980 B a r r i s t e r with last of ■ i ■ the old soldiers
THE ready sm lile oif 84-year-old Frank Hudson will welcome a handful of men to a nostalltr____riittiovno tnHav
__________ i gic re-union in Clitheroe today. Fifty-nine years ago they 0 4 -veai-um i
would have nur c nbered 300. Mr Hudson, who lives
at L it t lem o o r View, Clitheroe, and , about a dozen friends from other parts of Lancashire, are the remaining members of an informal group called “The Whalley Old Boys”. The men all served in
the Royal Army Medical Corps during the first world war and at one time or another were at Cal- derstones hospital. In those days Calder-
stones, which had just been built, served as a military hospital. A rail way line used to run di rectly to the hospital car rying wounded men from France. “They were still co
vered in mud from the trenches,” Frank recalls. He said that in 1915
like many men who were in the St John Ambu lance, he joined the RAMC and for the first part of the war attended to the wounded brought to Calderstones. L a te r he served in France and Germany with
the 2nd and 3rd West Riding Field Ambulance. But the men who had
Circle’s new leader
F A RM E R ’S wife Mrs Margaret Berry is the new chairman of Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle.
In her year of office,
Mrs Berry, of Lower Standen Farm, Clitheroe, hopes to maintain the theme of friendship and service which is the Cir cle’s aim.- A housewife, Mrs Berry
was born in Dunsop Bridge and’, moved to,
Clitheroe 16 years ago, doing clerical work. She and her husband,
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Robert, have three chil dren, Joanne (10), Claire (9) and Kathiyn (7).
Mrs Berry has been an
active member of the Circle for the past six years and has been speak ers’ convener, secretary, treasurer and vice-chair man. Her main hobby is gardening. The new vice-chairman
is Mrs Lynda Leadbetter, o f Bleasdale Avenue, Clitheroe.
Fift.v-mne vears afro thpv "...
round & about1
been together at Calder stones — or Queen Mary’s Military Hospital as it was then — had long memories. A couple of y ea rs a f te r the war ended, they decided to hold a re-union dinner. That was in 1921 and
there has been a re-union every year since. Sadly, but inevitably, familiar faces have disappeared from the annual get-to gethers.
, ' In past years the din
ners nave been held in Blackburn. But this year there was a problem with the usual venue until the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Jimmy Fell, of Whalley, stepped in and offered to entertain the veterans in his Parlour at the Town Hall. Transport to Clitheroe from Blackburn station is
b e in g a r ra n g e d b y another Whalley man, Mr Geoff Mitchell, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe.
..................... Mr Hudson, who has
lived in the same house at Littlemoor View for 50 y ea rs , r e t ir e d .from Pendle Mill, where he was a drawer and twister, in 1961. He married his second wife, Edna, a year later and despite occasion al bouts of illness is in good health. Alert and chatty, he is
looking forward to today’s re-union, though he admits the get-togethers have not been quite the same since his three Clitheroe pals in the
.Whalley Old Boys died. “Most of the others are
from Blackburn and other towns. I ’m the last of the Clitheroe members,” he said, remembering their names and ages.
Japanese
order GISBURN steam engine enthusiast Mr Tom Varley has returned from a trip to Japan with a £50,000 order to supply a Tokyo business man with a full-size w o rk in g rep l ica of Stephenson’s Rocket. Mr V a r le y , jo in t
owner of the Todber carvan site, will either build the locomotive himself or ask a firm to make it. He said an initial in
quiry with the company which made a Rocket re plica for the 150th an niversary celebrations of the Liverpool and Man chester railway had been slightly disappointing. The cost was quoted as £65,000 and the waiting time was 18 months. Mr Varley, who has
had previous export suc cesses to Japan, also won an order to find an old London Transport double-decker bus to ship. out there. He col lected the bus at the weekend from the Bir mingham area.
FRANK . . . one o f the last , He explained that the
vehicles he supplies to the Tokyo businessman are used mainly for pub licising events. He. is also looking for two 7!/iins. gauge miniature locomotives for export.
Plough on
display AN old plough will set the scene for a ploughman s lunch to be served at an art and crafts exhibition
in Clitheroe on May 3rd. The old horse drawn plough, renovated by Mr
Richard Dugdale, of Park Avenue, Clitheroe, will be
displayed outside the ex hibition being staged m aid of the Parish Church restoration appeal. The exhibition, to be
put on by the church’s 76 group, will include arts, crafts, photographs, cut- tings and books, and also items on Old Clitheroe. It will be open from 11-30 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. Anyone willing to loan
articles for the exhibition particularly items of inter est to men — such as model engines — should contact Mrs P. Calverley. Tel. 23621.
Study trip .
to USA READ health visitor, Mrs Rachel Ferguson, is off to the United States in May to compare the family planning services there with those in Britain. Mrs Fergu son, of
Hambledon View, works in the Pendle area and is
A multitude of changes
E A R L I E R in the year I visited an old
coupl e who were c e l eD r a t in g t h e i r
diamond wedding and was surprised to learn that the bride of 60 years previously had l ived in . the same house every day of her life.
, Immediately I was re
minded of the story of the old man who, on his birth day, was visited by the new incumbent of a Lan cashire parish. It may or may not be true — it makes little difference to the sense of the story. “Good morning,” said the vicar, “many happy
Whalley Window
returns. They tell me you’re 92 today.” -“ A y e ,” said the old
man. “And that you’ve lived
in this same cottage every day of your life," con tinued the clergyman. “Aye,” repeated the old
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crowded village, meeting in the 1950s when propos als to build houses on the canals; the great open f ield adjacent to the arches where, history in dicates, the Cistercians had their fish ponds were aired. There was considerable
local opposition to the proposals. “The canals are a lungs'for" the" village,” cried the objectors. “They are to Whalley what The Strays are to'Harrogate.” 1 There was a difference,
of course. The Strays were public property,. They were common land — the canals were pri vately owned. The chairman was
placatory. “These are not going to be ordinary little Houses, brick boxes,” he explained. “They will be villas in the £4,000 or £5,000 class. They will be. an asset to the village.” When • the development
did take place in the 1960s and the bungalows were built they were in the “£4,000 or £5,000” class, but inflation had made its insidious entry and, in place of the projected villas, we had the present very attractive dwellings on an estate that really is “an asset to the village” . And there are some very
nice folk living in them. There have been other
changes too. The tnain street no longer cobbled, the cinema and Co-op Bal lroom gone; the coming of the bye-pass, the closure of the Billington mills and the Barrow Printworks, the development of the Spring Wood picnic area, the disappearance of sev eral grocers shops. Not m 92 years hut all m the last 30 or so.
, Gone, also, the half-tim
bered cottages at the Town Gate, once almost Whalley’s trademark and, slowly becoming effaced, a dozen or more footpaths simply because people don’t walk on them any
more. And still more changes. New council houses in
Ri.ddings Lane, Green Bank and near the station th a t saw th e la s t scheduled train depart 18 years ago, the decline in the bus services and very great changes in local
government. Improvements? Yes,
some of them, but others we regret. Change and improvement are not always synonymous. . Although many I have
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.there are others we could gladly have done without. England, it seems, con t inues to “ muddle
noted have improved the quality, of our village life,
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attached to a group of doctors in Nelson.
She started her career
as a nurse and later trained as a midwife.
After a spell as a dis
trict nurse she qualified as a health visitor at Man
chester Polytechnic and received further instruc tion at the Burnley hospi
tals. In her work she is con
nected with family plan ning services.
On her return, she has
to submit a project on her findings to the committee of her sponsor, the Dr Robert Jackson Fund, which enables nursing and paramedical staff of the Burnley Health District to undertake projects of an educational or cultural nature.
- The aim of Mrs Fergu son’s visit is to gain know ledge which will help people in this area. Mrs Ferguson has a
married son, Michael, and daughter, Mrs Patricia Steel, who both live in Burnley. While in America, Mrs
Ferguson, who is- to be based in Los Angeles, hopes to take a little time away from her studies to visit relatives of friends.
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FO RM E R C l i th e r o e Royal Grammar School pupil Mr Derek Spencer has become a Queen’s Counsel.
Mr Spencer (44), who
.now lives in Highgate, London, is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Harold Spencer, of Brookhouse Farm, Waddington.
He was born in Gisburn'
and attended the village school,
before.becoming a pupil of Clitheroe Gram mar School.
After two years’ Na
tional Service, he ob tained a State scholarship to Keble College, Oxford, where he gained a BA. degree in lavy. He also won the Holt scholarship at Gray’s Inn.
Mr Spencer was made a
Recorder at the end of last year. He is a member of Camden Council and also o f St Michael’ s Church, Highgate.
His w i fe , Joan,
former pupil of Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School, is a teacher in London. The couple have three chil dren, Caroline (15), David (13) and Andrew (9).
Ready for
the off JOCKEYS urging their horses over the new brushwood fences at the Pendle Forest and Craven Hunt meeting on May 3rd will be relieved that they do not have to jump the sort of obstacles when the course was last used by the hunt.
For at pre-war meet
ings on the course at Westby Hall Farm, Gis burn, the jumps included fixed wooden rails and stone walls.
The organisers are
hoping for a big turn out at Westby Hall, which is
' reached from the main Gisburn to Nelson road.
The programme will
consist of, six races, the first starting at 2 p.m.
A fte r the first race
there will be a presenta tion to the' three farmers — Colin Giles, Cyril Cradock and Dennis Scott — over whose land, at Sawley Brow, the point- to-point used to be held, in recognition of their generosity and co-opera tion over 40 years
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Party time Sabden’s Holme Con|
mittee held a slap-u| party on Sunday aftel noon as a special opening celebration for 50 pensiog ers on the Littlemocl sheltered housing estate.! New residents of til
recently-opened flat! joined existing residenij
;from the Littlemoor burl galows at the party. I Began with a buffet te;l followed by prize bingl with grocery hampers ftl the main prizes, and the! a sing-song round thf piano.
I The committee, whirl
consists of 13 resident! who live near the Holm! playing field, also donate! a clock which has heel placed in the communitl centre.
| The eldest resident ol
the estate Miss Nancf Ward (93) unveiled thi
clock, and she was pre| sented with a flowering plant by the committef chairman Mr Alf Parsons [ The pianist was Ml Harry Robinson.
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Keeping fit Gt Harwood Male Voici
Choir entertained villa! gers with a concert in SI Nicholas's Church Halil Sabden, which raised £31 for the choir vestry fundi It was the third year i f succession the choir hail given a concert in thj village.
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SaDden Baptist Churcil members are hoping t j
■boost their funds tonigh! when they hold a coffel evening, bring-and-bu;[ and cake stall in thi school at 7-30. During th| evening there will be display by Sabden Ladie| Keep-Fit class.
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church choir vestry wal considered, and the seel retary was instructed t f consult a contractor tl submit plans and Cjuotal tions for the re-siting o 1 cupboards, to be earrieil out on behalf of the PCCl Canon C. F. Goodchih|
was in the chair.
Sunday lunch The non-stop variety el
social events connected with raising money o| behalf of St Helen' Church, Waddingtor.L T owe r Imp rov emenl Fund continued Iasi Sunday with a Plough! man's Lunch served in till Sunday School.
I Many worshippers froil
the morning service madl their way to the luncl j
together with many othei people, including day vi# itors to the village.
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The Sunday School hag been attractively deccg
rated by members of SI Helen’s Social CommitteB and the food prepare! tempted any appetite. .1 brisk trade began lmmedl atel.v the doors werg opened.
The vicar, Canon C. II _ t!
They won Winners at Mondavi
whist and domino drive I Read Constitutional Uu
were: Ladies — Mrs h Holmes, Mrs S. Hensbl Gents - Mrs P. Lark! and Mrs P. Longbottoij Mr R. Goodway, Mrs .» G ra d y . The specil prizewinner was Mr II Goodway. MC was Mil
E. Ennis.
Gala plans Representat ives
Read's various crouil
met parish council moj hers at St John s Sch I on Thursday night to <1 cuss the annual gala til on June 7th. It was <1
. cided to hold a five-a-siS football tournament I primary and secondng , school pupils and nett|
for the girls. A cross-country races
also being arranged I
1 boys and girls aged HI as well as races for prl
ary school children, r Teas will be availably
' the school and there I -be a floral
art.comp|
• - tion.
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