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THE number three has a very special place in the memories of Clitheroe county - councillor and former Mayor Clifford Chat- burn. A keen athlete in his


younger days, Clifford (71), was Victor Ludorum th ree times while at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. He also won the old boys’ sprint race three times a few years later and Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the day'he scored a hat-trick on his debut for Clitheroe FC. L in in g up ag a in s t


round & about


emphatic 4-1 victory — ana their new 21-year-old centre-forward'was the


hero. Clifford made the first


goal and then proceeded to add three more himself- — an achievement which, according to the Adver­ tiser ana Times report of the time, “so delighted his colleagues that one of them r a n . to embrace him.” Clifford, who now lives


Wigan Borough Reserves at Springfield Park, the current home of fourth di­ vision Wigan Athletic, Clitheroe pulled off an


in Park Avenue, went on to play for Clitheroe until 1947, and as a club official and keen supporter has maintained his link with the club ever since. But his eventful debut


for the Shawbridge side came about quite , by acci­ dent. '


mar School at the age of 16, Clifford and a group of • friends started a football team in his home village of Chatbum.


After leaving the Gram­


closely connected with the ■ village parish church and played in the Clitheroe and District League, with young Clifford doubling as star striker and adminis­ trator.


Chatburn Athletic were


years of regular local league football, he decided to widen his horizons, and, in the summer of 1931, asked Clitheroe if they could give him a game.


But after four.or five The Shawbridge offi-


cials must have been im­ pressed with what they saw. The new centre-for­ ward was blooded in the. Wigan match . . / and neither team nor player looked back.


' Clitheroe forward line right through the 1930s and was even offered .the' chance of a full-time foot­ ball career by both Black­ pool and Burnley.


v He went on to lead the


offers because he prefer­ red to remain working for Trutex and just turning out for Clitheroe a t weekends.


He turned down the


debut and subsequent Lancashire Combination career is all the more re­ markable because he was suffering at the time from a knee injury which was to later cause him to be rejected by the army.


But Clifford’s prolific


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while playing for the Grammar School against a police team and the injury still troubles him to this .


He split his knee cap day.


injury didn’t impair his fo o tb a l l c a re e r with Clitheroe. In 1942, he added to his impresive tally of atheltic achieve­ ments winning the pre­ stigious Powder Hall annual sprint race. Clifford, still attends as '


Happily, though, the *


CLIFFORD (front, right) pictured with his team-mates before a packed Shawbridge crowd during the 1930s. He recalls that one home match brought the club a gate of £120 . . . from a 6d. admission charge!


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never met her — had come across a will dated 1808 and thought it might


tament of Jane Hoyle, Spinster, of Clough in the parish of Whailey.”


wanted to know, “was Clough and could I give her any idea why, 173 years later, the document should come to light in Colne? What connection had Jane Hoyle with that town?"


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A couple of days later the will arrived and I


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be of interest to me. The testament, beautifully in­ scribed on parchment b u t . a little faded in places, was the “last will and tes­


went to work. Where was Clough in the parish of Whailey? I consulted the index of Whitaker’s mas­ sive two volumes, Baynes Directory, old ordnance maps, all to no avail. I found dozens, literally dozens, of Cloughs, but none without a prefix. Butler’s Clough, Bar-


Times” each Thursday morning, there is surely one — just one — who can tell me where Clough in the parish of Whailey


r a c lo u g h , B o g g a r ts Clough, Oakenclough — the ust was endless, but no Clough simple and un­ adorned. The little grey cells had


identify the place 150 years ago; good enough to satisfy the Bishop of Chester (our parish was then in the Diocese of Chester) who granted probate for the will. But today Clough has gone from the map.


was. It was good enough to


let me down; . I was “baf­ fled, Watson, completely baffled” as, surely at some time or another, Holmes must have said. Of course, the parish of


Whailey was a pretty ex­ tensive place at the time, a much bigger territory than it is today and “ d o ugh” was a very


common term. Pure Anglo-Saxon in


origin, it signifies a “cleft or ravine m a rock or hillside,” according to one dictionary, “a ravine, a steep valley with torrent b ed,” in another, “a narrow broken valley,” according to Whitaker, and our rugged northern landscape is dotted with a thousand such.


So after many hours of


research, phone calls and correspondence with ex­ perts in various parts of the county, I am no


better off. I am unable to help my kindly Colne reader in any way, which is why I started this column, with a plaintive cry for help. Among the thousands of


readers who look forward to the “Advertiser and


So, dear knowledgeable


. reader, wherever you are, help me if you can. Here are just one or two more clues for you. The departed spinsters estate was proved at £450, a considerable sum in those days and was to be di­ vided equally between her b r o th e r s , John 'and Joseph, and her sisters, Mary and Ann, and one other whose name, unfor­ tunately is undecipher­ able.


Only the two named sis­


' when the will was proved 24 years later.


ters survived Jane and were granted probate


named executor, John Swinglehurst, of Park Gill, nad also died and neither, of the two .witnes­ ses, Margaret Kay and Thomas Robinson could write; each had made their mark..


Two further points; the BYi


nng any bells, please let me know. I and my curi­ ous reader in Colne will be both pleased and grateful. To work, you amateur Sherlocks.


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world WHALLEY businessman Gordon Farthing set off at the weekend on the trip of a lifetime.


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*35), a director of Black- bum and Gt Harwood car dealers Nightingale’s, is taking part in the Round- the-world race on the 80ft. yacht FCF Chal­ lenger.


A keen sailor for the last five years, Gordon


s


all over the , world are taking part in the race and set off from Gosport on Saturday on the first leg of the -voyage to Capetown.


Thirty-one craft from


. land and Montevideo, Uruguay and Mr Farth­ ing’s wife Gillian will be flying out to spend some time with him at each of the destinations.


Other ports of call will be Auckland, New • Zea-


of 17 on board the yacht, including the captain, and true to the name of the craft, looks upon the race as the supreme challenge.


Mr Farthing will be one Days on


the farm A CHANCE to. enjoy a day out in the country and look round farms is offered when the Lanca­ shire College of Agricul­ ture at Myerscough Hall, Bilsborrow,- near Preston, opens its grounds to the public this weekend. Visitors will be able to


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walk through the farms, look at the animals, watch milking operations and see a variety of handic­ rafts and demonstrations by Young Farmers’ clubs.


THE sound of music is absent from the Blind Unit at Calderstones Hos­ pital, Whailey, now that the old piano there is on its last legs. .. The hospital is looking


No sound of music


for a generous offer of a piano in reasonable condi­ tion which could be used to entertain residents during the day and also for rehearsals for, the Revue and Dramatic


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' Led by Mr 1 Yates, Miss Ro M a th ew s an Christine jSeed, t took the' opportu explore some of 1 standing attract Border country, i Carlisle Castle, i Wildlife Park and Beacon. Several hikes


of the 2nd. Whal Scouts pajk ' sp days in Penrith ai of the Cumbrian Scout group.


In Penrith Twenty-three


ranged and some youngsters cooled a swim at Penrith The group


second set of Cubs to make t since 1979 and M said it was now i make it an annual


Affection Morning ser


Wh a iley Met Church on Sun conducted by M P. Crook, of We ford, a lay preach Clitheroe Metho cuit. Organist was Wilkinson. This was ti


preaching appoint the circuit for Mr who with her husl family is emigrat this month to Australia. As a token of t


tion and best w the Whailey cong a bouquet of flot presented to Mr church stews


ifavis Chaddock.


New year The first Su


September sees of a neyy Metho and the guest pri W h a iley Met Church at. 10-45 be the Rev. G Knowles, former tendent of the Methodist circ m in i s te r of Church, Clithero Mr Knowles,


near Preston, chairman of th Lancashire Meth trict 12 months a


Tricks and At Whailey


Senior Citizens’ domino drive, ners were — L C. Scahill, Mrs


Gents: Miss N. Mrs E. Howarth Dominoes: Mr.


Mrs Pye, Miss Mr Haworth.


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