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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, May 29th, 1980 7 ’ lifestyle at hostel attracts the travellers IT-


THIS is the golden jubilee year of the Youth Hostels Associ­ ation and at Slaidburn there is an old build- vv;v *“


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wnicn was first ■ used ■ tv>o now Hnoofi Af imcfoi as an hostel in 1934 and still embodies ev-


9; g rea t character coai f;res an() oak beams , ' , of the place with its cosy j


erything the move­ ment stood for when it was first launched in Britain. Hostels are graded ac­


to the new breed of hostel with central heating and hot showers. The new purpose-built


cording to the facilities — simple, standard, superior or special. Slaidburn, where a


.LBANK


J pale blue and white Ivester cotton, with


• \ wore short dresses


leers in their hair, and Jried sprays of white Jebuds and carnations.


hostels Slaidburn still has iron bunks and grey blan­ kets in its carpetless dor­ mitories. But the 3,000 walkers and cyclists who pass through its doors each j year will most cer-


Like many of the early


Ni ushers were Mr Ian jel and Mr Stephen


Kest man was Mr John Irrison, groomsmen fre Mr David Wallbank Mr Jonathan Roberts


allbank. The ceremony was con-


:ted by the Rev. G. H. |:e and organist was Mr


CZiBGBaZHHE Shawbridge ground problems


gievmoon in Scotland. 'hey are to live at Hill Farm, Wigglesworth.


kn Cowking. Following a reception at L White Bull Hotel, Gis- •n, the couple left for a


Tribute to ‘our Grade’


Jilton-by-Bowland WI ften they entertained ■ itors from the Border


I TRIBUTE to Gracie bids was presented by


Imp of WIs. |Their repertoire m- lided many of her songs, J-log dance, a Lancashire Sinologue and tacklers’


|es.


■Mrs F. Smithies, chair- jan of the Lancashire federation, attended the


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leeting, as well as the liests from Gisburn and


limington. All were wel- limed by Mrs C. F. Pick- |s , Bolton-by-Bowland’s


Jnith, Rector of Bury, las thanked by Mrs S. iraveston, of Gisburn. ■ Miniature clogs were lesented to the presi­ dents and guests, and lolton-by-Bowland mem- lers served a buffet Jjpper. They were thank- Sl by Mrs J. Jackson, of J limington.


resident. |The speaker, Canon


against FC Radolfzell will be played at Shawbridge . . . with the players travelling to the ground by coach after changing at the council-owned dres­ sing rooms at Roefield. “It’s not a question of


condition of facilities at the grounds is highlighted by the changing arrange­ ments made for a match between Clitheroe and a visiting German side next month. This showpiece friendly


when we will knock down the present buildings; it’s wondering when they’ll fal l down, ” said Mr Whiteside.


Worried


' Mr Whiteside admitted he was worried about Mr Bailey’s , apparent dislike of the temporary struc­ ture. If there was any delay it could mean the


haven’t the cash or re­ sources to' complete our £30,000 scheme by August — or even August next year — so we must find some way of laying on temporary facilities as soon as we can.”


He added gravely: “We


hostels, which can cost more than £200,000' are a far cry from Slaidburn, which provides all the basic needs at a reason­


night’s stay costs between about SI or £1.50 depend­ ing on age, is graded as “simple” accommodation.


tainly agree it is'none the worse for that. Warden Miss Christine’


England says many of them prefer the simplicity


cently who proved enorm­ ously entertaining,” she said.


• burn is more suitable for cyclists than walkers. As there is a marked absence' of traffic it is fine for cyclists and provides an ideal link between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. Besides West Africans,


Because of its rather remote situation, Slaid-


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able price but is certainly no Hilton . . .■ but then hostels were never in­ tended to be for the pam­ pered. . Over the years “King’s


village life. Miss England believes the visitors are .welcomed by the locals. “Sometimes I think the


out that with the loss of public transport in many rural areas the use of cars and mini-buses for school parties became almost in­ evitable. It is also conve­ nient 1 for parents with children to drive to a hostel and then use it as a base for a day or two’s walking in the surround­ ing countryside.


House,’’ as it is now called, has become part of


villagers find our hostel­ lers amusing and divert­ ing. We had a party of 25 West Africans here re­


the hostel, which can ac­ commodat e 36, is. a : favourite with lads and lasses from Lancashire — though the lads out­ number the lasses more than three to one. Local schools frequently also use the hostel. Times have changed


since hostellers had to arrive under their own steam. Now motorists are permitted — a change in th e association rules which caused s t rong debate 10 years ago. Miss England pointed


“youtlr in the associa­ tion’s title no one is too old to use the 269 hostels in


Despite the word • '


youth hostel, “King’s House” was once the Black Bull, one of the three village inns (of which only' the Hark to Bounty opposite,remains). The pub is first referred to in the churchwardens’ accounts for 1764 where we read of a bill at the Black Bull for £1 5s 5d.


England and Wales . . . or any of the hostels in Scotland, Ireland and abroad. Before it became a


■ At the rear of the build­ ing is an attractive cour­ tyard (pictured) where carriages were drawn up.


in the centre of the yard was' used for fitting new iron tyres to carriage


The curious^ stone circle


■sites in the area. The vil­ lage ' itself has watched more than 1,000 years pass by. The name Slaid- ourn is almost certainly Anglo-Saxon in derivation ana means “Slaughter by the stream.” Tins may refer to an English vic­ tory over the Britons in the 6th century or to later


wheels. The hostel stands on one of the oldest inhabited


battles. Hostel usage at Slaid­


burn, which, since its early days had never been great because of the isola­ tion of the village, de­ clined steadily in the 1960s with the decrease in cycling. '


i Youngsters pack a punch


thusiastic wardens and the revival of cycling, touring usage of the hostel has increased.


But since 1973, thanks to a succession of en­


was passed on by the old Manchester group), said


deputy regional officer of the YHA Lakeland Reg­ ional Group, (of which Slaidburn is a part since it


Mr John Ri chards ,


The Dutch antique dealers head for Whalley


THE antique shop, as d i s t in c t from it s urban equivalent the junk shop, is a most attractive addition to the rural English vil­ lage — and no more so than at Whalley which boasts three such establishments. On a pleasant afternoon


that although last year’s figures were extremely disappointing he feels that was only a temporary drop.


that our jubilee year at l should


Slaidburn — very successful


“Early indications show be a


one,” he said.


was adapted for use as a hostel its old name, famil­ iar to generations of


When the former inn


been such a disadvantage to the village in the past gives it a charm today which all YHA members


The isolation which has


Sl aidburn folk, . was • happily acknowledge. The changed to King’s House, building, too, hostelry or commemorating the King hostel, still welcomes the family who have lived at tired traveller, gives him Whiteholme on the other food and rest, then speeds


it has for centuries past.


-Women still in hospital after crash


TWO women, one from Clitheroe, the other from Whalley, are still in hospi­ tal at Blackburn more than a week after being involved in a road crash in which a man died. In the crash, at Billing-


ton, Mrs Audrey Davey, of Shoon House, Eastham Street, dislocated her hip and received facial in­ juries. Mrs Ada Smithson, of


the Toby Jug, Whalley, fractured her jaw and broke a leg. Mrs Davey, who was


trapped under the dash­ board and had to be re­ leased by firemen, is ex­ pected to be in hospital for eight weeks.


side of the Hodder since -him on his journey . . . as days of Queen Elizabeth.


as Mrs Davey’s husDand, Frederick, was driving his estate car through Billing- ton at about 10 p.m. a week last Friday. It was involved in a head-on col­ lision with a Renault. Also passengers in Mr


The accident happened


Davey’s car were his twin daughters Susan and


Helen, aged 14. Susan, who at tends


Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School, had to have 25 stitches in her face, and Helen, a pupil at Ribbles- dale, was badly bruised. Mr Da v e y escaped unhurt, but was shaken.


James Metcalfe (26), of Rosewood Avenue, Black­ burn, was a welder at Ribblesdale Cement. He leaves a wife and two chil­ dren.


The other driver, Mr


in its tranquil setting, what more rewarding pas­


Talks on future of village schools


time is th e re than ‘a browse through the trea­ sures of our English herit­ age, with the added at­ traction of perhaps being able to pick up a bargain. t It appears to be tne "in


THE managers of Pendle­


fess an interest in anti­ ques and it seems without question that the growing


hing” . nowadays to pro-'


popular appeal is directly attributable to TV cover­ age of the subject by Arthur Negus and his col­ leagues. Watching them, who


end of the club. However, Mr Bailey


said later he was trying to help the club, not hinder it. “I accept the club has an immediate problem and that money is the bugbear preventing them going ahead with the bigger and better scheme,” he said.


■artoon was won by Mrs ■llarkson, of Gisbum, Mrs Tickles and Mrs Driver, If Bolton-by-Bowland. tfrs Preston, of Gisburn,


The competition for a


Jvon a L a n c a s h i r e leatowel.


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Firemen free


trapped driver


FOUR Ribble Valley men were! injured when their car crashed into a wall by the road near Higher Gills Farm, Tosside. The accident happened


at 12-30 a.m. on Sunday. Driver Mr Edward John Wood (23), of Queensway, Waddington, was trapped for nearly an hour in the overturned vehicle, before being freed by firemen using hydraulic jacks and an'air-powered saw. Ye s t e r da y he was


MONEY RAISED by a sponsored swim helped Trinity Youth and Community Centre to purchase new boxing gloves and punchbags at a cost of £100. Our picture shows some of the young


people interested in boxing. They are look­ ing forward to the near future when they hope, a proper ring will be available and they can join the Ama teur Box i n g Association.


T abler s’ darts contest hits £800 jackpot


ABOUT £800, which will be spent on communi­ ty service, was raised by Clitheroe Round Table’s sponsored darts competition.


The competition prizes


were presented by Table chairman Mike Watkins at the Victoria Hotel last night. They had been given by Thwaites and Whitbread’s Breweries.


women’s teams competed and prizes were given for


Twelve men’s and 10


the highest totals of points scored in an hour and to the teams obtain­ ing the highest sponsor­ ship figures.


“satisfactory" in Black­ burn; Royal Infirmary, where he is being treated for'serious injuries. iRassenger Mr David Bialecki (21), of Windsor Avenue, Clitheroe, was also; “satisfactory” in hos­


pital. :A1 player with Wadding­ ton ;f C, Mr Bialecki has a dislocated hip and cuts to


his face and arms. The other passengers,


Mr ,David Stoddart (22), of Valley View, and Mr


Peter Baron (22), of Ivy House, both Grindleton, were also treated for in­ juries, but are now home.


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J H Howard W ) and the *Jndf<


Cow? ,made 'to £555 (averse £428)- and heifers to ibzu


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-“ ^ a c c r e d i te d in-calf cattle wore forward, B.W June-July Olivers making to £o (U. .


Gisburn . .M a r t


THE- dairy section at Gisburn . AuctiorSart on Thursday at-


Diamond day for


farming couple


JIM ENJOYS THE LIFE OUT WEST


CLITHEROE soldier


Jimmy Seed found himself on an exotic location recently, put­ ting his Army skills to the test in the golden state of California. Jimmy (18), whose


parents live in Carl­ ton Place, is a gunner with the 88 (African) Field Battery, Royal


Pendle Club


WINNERS at Clitheroe Pendle Club’s bridge ses­ sion were Mrs -P. Adey and Mrs E..Bush, Mr T. Adey and Mrs R. Pye.-,


terey. - The trip was ar


A FORMER Bolton-by- Bowland farming couple, Mr and Mrs Walter Wad­ dington, celebrate, their di amond wedding on Monday.' Both Mr and Mrs Wad­


team won the women’s competition with a spore of 32,252 pts. The Bay Hors e t e am, from Barrow, were a close


The Victoria Hotel


second with 32,018 pts. The women’s team ob­


taining the highest spon­ sorship total, £86, was the Black Horse, Clitheroe.


Clitheroe won the men’s competition with 34,197 pts. Royal Oak, Clitheroe, were runners up with 32,447 pts.


The Rotaract Club of


won the sponsor ship prize. Their total was £140.


the competition so much so that they wish to make it an annual event.


Participants enjoyed


ready undertaken by the table include the laying of new concrete bases for the swings at Highfield Road, ana excavation ana


Community projects al­


Artillery, and he and his unit have just re­ turned from a train­ ing programme on the sand-duned ranges of Fort Ord, near Mon


ranged as part of an exchange,- scheme with about 100 Amen can soldiers spending a month at Aldershot. While out West;


dington were born in the Bolton-by-Bowland area. They were married in St Ambrose Church, Grindle­ ton, and had two. farms, Sp e n c e rs ’ Farm and Champions Farm, both in Bolton-by-Bowland. They -moved to their


The Rotaract Club also


knows but that a piece of porcelain which was among great-grandma’s wedding presents may now be worth a small


fortune!


Ribble Valley would be an ideal centre for an antique shop,' because there must be scores of big houses and farmhouses containing antique treasures. But ap­ parently many of those that do come on the market find their way to places like the Cotswolds, where much better prices


One would think the .


are obtainable. In this area people are


looking for grandfather clocks, porcelain and anti­ que jewellery for invest­


ment purposes. Of course people have


their own ideas about what constitutes a tradi­ tional antique, for inst­ ance chairs, tables and furniture generally, and that is also what thi seeking. Overseas visitors, par


There’s no shortage of wool for Jane’s spinning wheel


IF Mrs Jane Lewis is accused of being woolly-minded,


doesn’t mean that she cannot concen­ t rate on her job teaching infants at Wadding ton and West Bradford CE School.


it


that wool is often upper­ most in the mind of Mrs Lewis, ever since she set up a spinning wheel in her home at Salisbury Hall Farm, Newton. As the wife of local


The reason is simply


courses on the subject. Although she finds the


wool from her husband’s sheep very handy — helping herself to a couple of fleeces at shearing time — Mrs Lewis really prefers to use the wool obtained from two-toned Jacob,- sheep. This, of course, she has to buy. Vegetables and lichen


from local walls are gathered to provide a


natural dye if she wishes' to vary the shades of


ticularly Americans, were always good customers of our Ribble Valley antique shops, but the present strength of the pound has meant fewer of them holi­ daying over here. In common with the


sheep farmer Mr Lionel (Taffy) Lewis, she has the distinct advantage of having a ready-made supply of wool literally on her doorstep. Mrs Lewis, who as a


rest of our export trade, the antique business is in recession and prices may now have passed their


peak. It is interesting to note


reconstruction of pi ty equipment on the Castle Field.


that Dutch dealers are regular visitors to the Whalley area in search of antiques to ship back to Holland. At one time they paid weekly visits but they are now getting a l i t t le thinner on the ground, so apparently the strength of sterling is also beginning to affect trade


Fine views enjoyed by naturalists


present home in Ribble Crescent, Long Preston, when Mr Wadaington re tired 20 years ago. The couple have a son,


DUE to f i r e r isk ? Clitheroe Natural ists


Henry Waddington, who lives in Halton‘ West.


Jimmy was able to take a break from his working schedule to visit San' Francisco and some of the ski resorts of the, Lake


Tahoe basin.


changed their planned route and walked, instead in the Grindleton area on


SaS yieaders Mr and Mrs J. Trotter, the party


Their other son, Leonard, died 20 years ago. His widow, Mrs Enid'Wad­ dington, lives in Wad­ dington. Celebrations for the an


left the village by Lm\er Chapel Lane and fo owed field and meadow patns to Far Lathe, Herns s and Till House. They were re-


niversary are to include a family party on Sunday and open hous e on Monday.


w a r d e d \v lt_h. h panoramic- views m


dlThe°?cent of hawthorn blossom filled the air and


wild flowers observed in­ cluded ear ly purpl e orchid, brook lime and herb bennet. 'A brace of partridge


took to the wing as the group continued by Moses Clough, Slipping Brook and the Friends’ Meeting House at Sawley. They re-entered the


teenager learnt the an­ cient craft of spinning from her mother in Lin­ colnshire, only resumed her interest two years ago at evening classes, when she decided to specialise in spinning. She has since attended


wool.Eventually Mrs Lewis would like to exchange her kit-made spinning wheel for an antique model and she also hopes to progress by ac­ quiring a 36-inch hand loom to weave the wool, enabling her to make material for skirts, car rugs and other articles. Evidence of Mrs


try work on pictures, stool tops and chairs. Mrs Lewis, who has


lived in Newton with her family for the past 25 years and is presently vice-chairman of Slaid­ burn Women’s Institute, first demonstrated wool spinning in public at a local flower and craft festival. Each year she raises


about £20 for cancer re­ search by inviting vis­


itors, for a small dona­ tion, to help themselves to bunches of snowdrops which grow in profusion in the farm garden. This summer, Mrs


ton School, which is threatened with closure as an economy measure, are fighting to keep the school open until July 1981 at least.That is the time when half the pupils are due to leave at the age of 11- plus. Pendleton (which has 16


on June 23rd, to meet the manage r s , staf f and parents. At Bashall, a meeting


has been set up by the county council to visit the schools to establish which could be closed with the least upheaval. It is due at Pendleton


schools at Bashall Eaves (19 pupils) and Bolton-by- Bowland (23). A special sub-committee


pupils) is one of eight vil­ lage schools listed for possible closure by the county council in an at­ tempt to cut spending on education. Also on the list are the


between managers, staff and possibly parents is to be held on June 13th, three days before the sub­ committee is due. Acting head at Bashall,


Mrs P. Jenkins, said the- whole issue would be dis­ cussed at the meeting, but there is no campaign


Lewis’s other artistic ta­ lents can be seen in her historic farmhouse, in the form of soft toys, pressed flower pictures and calendars and tapes­


Lewis is venturing into the bed and breakfast business, as well as opening a craft shop in an outbuilding adjoining the farm. There her own work will be on sale, alongside that of her friends in Newton and Slaidburn. Mrs Lewis is pictured


at this stage. A date for the sub-committee to visit Bolton-by-Bowland School has still to be arranged.


Chemists’ rota


at her spinning wheel by the beautiful old in- glenook fireplace in the farm’s living room.


TODAY and tomorrow, Derrick Green, Railway View,, Clitheroe, will be open from 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday: R. N. and M. Re ad, Moor L an e , Clitheroe — noon to 1 p.m. Monday to Friday: 6


to 7 p.m. Wanderers line up for duty


. pressed thanks to the leaders.


• Mrs C. E. Seagar ex-


fields at Foxley Bank and followed the river, where sand martin and mallard were active.


■ THE'Ribblcsdale Wanderers team which was on duty for Saturday’s home match in the Ribblcsdale League with Cherry Tree.


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• -Front (from. th e left): Alan Musgrove, David Cottan, Billy alinger, Robert Birch, Billy Lamb, Alec Holgate. Back: Robert,Driver,-Paul Seedle, Neil Duckworth, Ken Proctor, Malcolm Dennett. •


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