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treat in for golden couple


Andrew is a


missileman


A ug us ti ne^ s R C School, Billington, Andrew (17), joined t h e N a v y l a s t November and com-, pleted his basic train­ ing in HMS Raleigh. He then went on to


CLITHEROE teenager A n d rew Bo o t h is awaiting his first sea posting after qualify­ ing as a Royal Navy missileman. A former pupil of St


HMS Cambridge, the live firing school near Plymouth. Andrew, whose hob­


bies are boxing, fishing and drawing, is the son of Mr and Mrs John Booth, of Duck Street.


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A. CLITHEROE couple'who met as teenagers while-appearing,together in a Christmas pantomime at the Parish Church Sunday School celebrate


from there and after a courtship of some six years, Robert and Mar­ jorie Parkington, were married at Clitheroe Parish Church.


children, 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchil­ dren later, the couple, of Woone Lane, are looking forward to marking their golden day with a bumper “surprise do” laid on by their three sons and two daughters.


Now, 50 years, five


Ribble Valley, sons Derek (49), Norman (48) and Leonard (29) and elder daughter Margaret (47) in Clitheroe and younger daughter Barbara (37) in


All still live in the


Whalley. “They are keeping the


details of the celebration close to their chests,” said Robert. “But we know they will do us proud and we are looking forward to a super treat.” Robert (75), like his 71-


their golden wedding on Saturday.- The romance blossomed


'


r o u n d & a b o u t


dundant,' however, he


joined the gang of steel erectors working on the construction o f . the Rib- blesdale Cement works and proudly claims that he helped to build every


yard of the original complex. During the second


world war, he worked at Horrocksford Quarry, P im lico , and was a dumper driver there when he retired in 1972.


spent four years .in the licensed trade,, as steward at the old British Legion Club in Mearley Street for two y e a r s and a t Clitheroe Conservative Club for a'further two. Marjorie, daughter of


In the late 1950s, he


year-old wife a native of Clitheroe, attended the old National School in Moor Lane before serving his time as a baker and working at a number of confectionery shops in the town. After being made re-


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former Wesleyan School and Clitheroe Grammar School. She has never gone out.


Billy Downham, who was village postman at Bolton- by-Bowland and served on the Clitheroe Conserva­ tive Club committee for many years, attended the


to work since she and Robert were married,-but has always been busy looking after the family, firstly at their home in Wilson Street, later living in at the Conservative Club and la t te r ly at Woone Lane, where the couple have lived for the past 22 years. indeed, their recipe for


•Long


hike CLITHEROE journalist Peter "Higgs is being made to eat his words after trying to predict Burnley FC’s fate last season. Sports editor of our


a long and happy mar­ riage is “always putting the home and family first.” “We have had a very


. . . > t- :,


.youngest, grandson,.Jason on the occasion of his first ' birthday.


he gave the gold watch he received on his retirement from Horrocksford : to his


for him, to keep and look back on all, his life,” said Robert proudly. He and Marjorie have


! “It will be something :


been members of. Low Moor Club for about six years , and go there for a game of bingo and a chat' with their friends on two eyenings each week.


Mr and Mrs Parkington


the proceeds going to the Express Help appeal fund for the disabled. ■


for Edisford School’s PTA, would be pleased to hear from any Clitheroe, people willing to back


Peter, publicity - officer ’


ailable - from the Adver­ tiser and Times office, King Street.


Garden talk


THERE is a treat m store for Clitheroe Garden Club members when, ac­ tivities resume on Monday


after the holiday break. Mr Parkinson, of Faro-


worth, is to bring along a selection of dahlias of “Southport” quality. He returns at his own sug­ gestion as a follow-up to his talk in April. Because Ribblesdale


sister paper, the Burnley Express, he forecast that the team would finish in


the top six of the Third Division. If they did not, he said


happy marriage and we are looking forward to many more years to­ g e th e r ,” said Robert, adding that one of the greatest pleasures in his life is watching the suc­ cessive generations of his family grow up. In fact, only last week,


he would walk to the Clarets’ first away match. They finished, eighth,


and that means a 270-mile hike to Gillingham, Kent, for the big kick-off on


August 29th. So. Peter decided he


might well make some, capital out of his penfalty be seeking sponsors,'\vith


Sponsor forms are av­ Living in


Guernsey FORMER Clitheroe girl, Dina Titterington is settl­ ing down to a new life in Guernsey, helping- to run a restaurant.


Mr and Mrs J. Cook of Low Moor, Clitheroe, has ma rr ied re s tau ra teu r Christopher Le Lacheur, son of Mr and Mrs R. Le Lacheur, who. live on-the Ville au Roi es tate Guernsey. '


Dina (25), daughter of


Forest Methodist Church St Martin.


The wedding was at the


at Edisford and Clitheroe Girls’, Grammar School formerly worked • as training officer, for Shell in Surrey.


School is closed, the meet­ ing will be held in the Parish Church Hall. There will be news of extra trophies fo r ' the' show, being run in con­ junction with Clitheroe Flower Club on August


22nd. The trophies are being


loaned for this year by Clitheroe, Town Council; and some new classes, open to anyone living in th e R ib b le ■ V a l le y B o ro u g h have been added.


■ ■ f C h a n g in g w o rld


“THINGS don’t change much, do they?” said the man home for a vacation after many years’ resi­ dence overseas. “The old pub, still there


in the corner, I see. Just as it always used to be.” “Well, th ’owd pub


might still be standing there on the site it has occupied for a couple of hundred years or so but, internally and externally it has changed very much in the last two or three decades,” I told him: Looking around our


inside where strip lighting has replaced the familiar oil lamps and the once sanded floor is now hidden under thickly piled


carpets. Rooms which once held


heavy, rather, ugly,. but, supremely practical furn­ ishings are now complete-, ly altered and the smoke- stained walls and ceilings boast the most modern of


decors. I recall the old country


ru ra l h o s te l r ie s the changes even in one short lifetime are very, very marked. For a start, look' at that


pub that was converted and modernised many years back by a certain well-known Lancashire comedian. All the renovations


great car park — packed tightly on most nights of the week — a great con­ tras t to the couple of horses one tended to see tethered there 40 or 50 years ago and look


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THE -hawthorn hedge is still a dominant feature of our local landscape. Unfortunately, in many arable areas, miles of -hedgerow have been uprooted in the interests of “agricultural im­


provements.” Although young plants need protection for a


few years, a thorn hedge still remains the cheapest and best field boundary when stock


has to be contained. Because grazing animals avoid the thorns,


other thornless trees and bushes often grow up in the shelter of the hedge; the older the hedge,- the greater the number of other species grow­ ing in it. I came across four interesting species in one short stretch near Bashall recently. Three arc close relatives. The wild cherry


bears edible fruits, though they are less juicy than the many cultivated types — a few were already ripe. The heartwood looks something like mahogany and is used in fine cabinet


only the birds. Its timber has no special use, though the tough young branches have been


The small fruits of the “bird” cherry attract used as barrel bands.


blackthorn (not related to the hawthorn). Its fruit, the sloes, were still green and will be . inedible even when ripe because of the very astringent taste. However they can be be. used for making jelly and sloe gin.


. The third member of the family was; the. -• - ..'


rods, making hurdles and' wattle and, daub - buildings. The bush also yields bean, poles and-


Hazel rods were formerly used for thatching ; ;...,■, . pca sticks. V TONY COOPER 1, .


.smaller and thicker-shelled than the cultivated , varities.


The fourth species was the hazel. Its nuts were just beginning to ripen though they are


where the licensing laws were more frequently in the breach than the ob­ servance. I am told of the land­


completed, the landlord proudly showed off his es­ tablishment to one of his rural regulars. “Aye, it’s champion,”


alius did, didn’t tha?” he


said. Customs and conditions


have changed consider­ ably, too. There were cer­ tain remote hostelries


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lord'of-one of these es­ ta b l ishm e n ts , not a thousand miles from the village, who applied to the magistrates for an hour’s extension for a special oc­ casion and was refused. “I see no reason why


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The Chief Constable was there; so too, were sever­ al magistrates and many of the sergeant’s former colleagues and friends. The ■ celebrations went


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merriment were at the height, the stentorian voice of the landlord rang across the "room. It was almost 11; o’clock. “Last orders, gentlemen”, he boomed.-


. ejaculatedj,and turned to his immediate compan­ ions. “Mr A.-, you’re a


. The Chief Constable looked up with a start. “Rubbish. Rubbish!” he


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• magistrate. Mr B., so are you. We’ll hold a,' court Landlord! Come'.'across


- Open the bar,”, roared th'e Chief. and - the fun con-


. . Mine host grinned and immediately complied, “Application granted.-


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The Morris men are


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