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Sounds will endure to the end of tape-recorded time


“WHAT was it like.in the old;days, grandad?” — a frequent enough question . to older folk


from the younger generation. The answers are Usually


found from memory or in books, but modern tech­ nology is changing all that and now grandad’s re­ miniscences of yesteryear are being captured on tape for posterity.


■ The man who has the


fascinating task of taping memories to make the his­ tory of the region come alive is Mr Ken Howarth (35), who works for the North West Sound Archive.


Mr H ow ar th, now


based at Clitheroe Castle where • he has set up . a recording and play-back studio, is storing for future generations sounds such as the sputnik, rail­ way locomotives, a voice


round & about


bouncing off the moon re­ corded at Jodrell Bank, mill workers’ reminisc­ ences from the last cen­


tury and memories of the Peterloo Massacre.


Mr Howarth, who re­


cently moved to Sabden with his wife Jean and son David (5), has also been out and about with his r e c o r d e r t a p in g the Clitheroe Morris Men, re­ collections about cement making and the develop­ ment of the jet engine at Waterloo Mill.


Next he hopes to record


the memories and re­ miniscences o f Ribble Valley people and anyone with an interesting con­ tribution to make is in­ vited to contact him at Padiham 76657.


Initially the archive was


based at Manchester Poly­ technic, but when the ac-


eornmddation became'too small for; the ever-grow-. ing collection,, temporary'


facilities were made avail­ able at the city’s Univer­


sity-. 1 ' . •'


. These were also prov­ ing inadequate when the' Lancashire Museum Ser­ vice and the Ribble Valley Council offered facilities in Clitheroe — an ideal location in the centre 'of the region, which covers Lancashire, Cheshire, Cumhria, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside’and the Isle of Man.


Mr Howarth, a former museum curator, has been


with the archive since August 1979 and is great­ ly enjoying working in the Ribble Valley, where he has been able to.improve his recording techniques.


With less dust around it .


is easier to store tapes and there is less electrical interference than in Man­ chester.


task of all is catalogueing on computer the 10,000 recordings amassed so far. He is also kept busy doing projects, recording and training sessions for


Probably his' biggest


■ local authorities and museums, but is prepared to talk about his work to local groups and organisa­ tions.


profit making organisa­ tion, is still in its early days. Finances are not very healthy and progress will be restricted until more money and staff are allocated.


on a subscription basis by G rea te r Manchester Council and has a grant


It is financed principally The archive,, a non­ MR HOWARTH . . . keeping memories alive


from North West Arts; Considerable help . and


encouragement is also re­ ceived from the North Western Museum and Art Gallery Service, the BBC and the University of Manchester.


9 There will be a


chance next month for 'Advertiser and Times readers to listen to some o f Mr Howarth’s collec­ tion o f sounds from the oast and present. In conjunction with


the R o ta ry Club o f Clitheroe, we are taking over the Civic Hall on April 21st for a special


. “ Century o f Sound” nigKt. Admission will be free,


but watch out for details o f the ticket arrange­ ments which will be pub­ lished shortly.


Good news from New Zealand. .. twice in a day


A CLITHEROE couple who celebrated their golden wedding recently had cause for celebra­ tion once more this week when they became great-grandparents again . . . twice in a day.


Jackson, o f Mordaunt . House, Kirkmoor Road-, received a phone call from their son Anthony in Au­ ckland, New Zealand, tel­ ling them the good news. A girl was born to their


Francis and Frances


grandson Malcolm and his wife Vicki and within


eight hours another girl was born, this time to th e ir granddaughter Lesley and her husband Garry Noakes. The girls were born in


the same hospital in Au­ ckland and will be called


■ Rebecca and Gamsyn. “ I am flabbergasted and


still find it hard to be­ lieve;” said Mrs Jackson’


whose husband operates his own bobbin business from their home.


The couple have four children, Anthony, Barba­ ra, David and Josephine, but only Josephine still lives locally, in Pimlico Road, Clitheroe.


Their first two great­


grandchildren in . New Zealand are Jared Jackson and Daniel Noakes.


Malcolm and Lesley are


the children of the Jack- sons’ eldest son Anthony, who is 49 and has his own engineering business in New Zealand, where he and his family settled 16 years ago.


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YOU will recall, I hope, that a few weeks ago I told you of a little holly bush which quite mysteri­ ously had made its ap­ pearance ' in my garden.


I had written" of my in­


tention to move it to a more suitable spot and speculated on the light season' o f 'th e year to effect the transfer.


The paper had not been


on the .news-stand many hours when the phone rang; “Now then,” said a voice I could not identify, “you’re, bothered' about this holly tree of yours”. “ Well, not . exactly


bothered,” I replied, “but I do want to move it.” “ And when do y ou1


think you ought to do that?” , continued by ques­ tioner, who turned out to be yet another, kindly reader. I confessed my ig­ norance on such matters but, “ the back end,” I suggested. “That’s the right time, isn’t it?” “No it’s- not; not with


holly,” said my caller. “Mid-summer, that’s the time to move holly,” and then he added that he had gleaned this little-known fact from a book published in 1815. This venerable tome was titled “The Far- m e r ’ s Ca len d ar ” by Arthur Young, FRS, First Secretary to the Board of Agriculture at the time. “Come up and have'a-. look at it,” then invited


this new friend who had retired after " many years farming in the Chipping area on land that his


Whalley Window


family had cared for and nourished over several generations and so, last night, having half-an-hour to spare — I wish it had been three hours — up the hill I went agog with expectation.


' The lovely old book, all


658 pages of it, was full of fascinating agricultural in­ formation and folklore, much of which would seem more than strange


-to the farmer of today with a dozen or more technological advances to his hand, but it was all based on sound common- sense. Then appears a piece of


practical advice which would meet with sound approval from the . late Samuel Smiles. Says the author: “To


attend markets and a few fairs is a necessary part of a farmer’s business; but to a young man it is a very. dangerous part; it is too apt to give the evil habits of drinking and dissipa­ tion; evil company is everywhere to be found; and many a farmer has. been ruined by a want of careful selection of his ac­ quaintance . . . ” Then my rea d e r brought out for inspection


•a number of other family' treasurers. How many of


you, I wonder, could proudly show a visitor the


school exercise books that once belonged to a' great


l ' ' ■ •


grandfather and were compiled in a little coun­ try school 160 years ago.


They really were books


of which to be proud. In the “copy book” (my older readers will rember what these were) the lettering


• was so beautifully in­ scribed that it was im­ possible to distinguish the copperplate writing from the printed original im­ mediately above.


So too with the “setting


down” book (arithmetic). Before any new exercise was embarked upon, the “rule” — “Rule for cube roots,” “Rule for addition of fractions” etc — was impeccably written down


- and then the problems were worked out.


And — I am telling you


the gospel truth — there was not a single error, mistake or “crossing out” from one end of the books to the. other! How I would love to


take .them along for the inspection of some of the headteachers of my ac­ quaintance today, or perhaps to meetings of the Education Liaison Committees I attend. The quality of the work would be a most powerful argu­ ment against the theorists who queiy the. standards, set in our little rural schools, i . The standard of the


work produced by a little boy called Woods who at­ tended the tiny Hesketh Lane school in Chipping in 1822 (and probably left his studies when he was 10 or 11 years of age) might make them all think again.


J.F.


IF you take an interest in embroidery, whether ac­ tively or merely in an ad­ miring capacity, then don’t be put off by the name “ Embroiderers’ Guild.”


an association aimed at bringing together people .who are interested in all forms of creative needlec- raft.


It is purely and simply


be able to thread a needle — the only requirement for membership is en­ thusiasm.


You don’t even need to Two local members of


the g u i ld ’ s P re ston branch, Mrs Ann Moyle and Mrs Liz Parkinson,


. both of Twiston, feel that this is the right time, with the current boom in creative crafts, to try forming a branch of the guild locally.


To explore the possibili­


ty they are holding a meeting at Whalley Adult Centre a week tomorrow, at 7-30 p.m., and would welcome a large attend­ ance.


Said Mrs Parkinson,


who is a nurse: “Members wouldn’ t need to be expert needlewomen (or men!), just interested.”


Added Mrs Moyle, a


teacher of creative sewing at the Adult Centre: “At the meetings we talk about crafts, watch demon­ strations and learn techni­ ques — it’s a marvellous way of picking up new ideas.


“There’s no obligation


to do any. practical work unless you want to — that depends on the indi­ vidual.”


Members generally


meet once a month to hear speakers, go on out­ ings or watch tutors de­ monstrate their speciality.


Embroidery is a fairly


general description of the multitude of subjects co­ vered, varying from gold thread em b ro id e ry ,


canvas work and collage to spraying and dyeing, off-loom weaving and


patchwork. Further information on


the guild can be obtained from Mrs Parkinson (Gis- burn 481) or Mrs; Moyle (Gisburn 338).


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A YOUNG person from Lancashire has a chance of having an advertising poster design displayedon 1,000 sites throughout Britain in a competition organised by the glass in­ dustry: , To involve schoolchil­


dren in its Glass Recycl­ ing Year 1982 campaign, the- Glass Manufacturers Federation is inviting 12 to 16-year-olds to design an advertising poster which wll encourage more people to use Bottle


•Banks to recycle waste bottles and jars. As well as having the


design used as an adver­ tisement, the overall winner iwill be. awarded £100 - in Premium Bonds, with £200 for the school’s ait department. There are also runner-up prizes of Premium Bonds. Information can be ob­


tained from: Schools Prog­ ramme, Glass Recycling Year Bureau,' 19 Portland Place, London WIN 4BH.


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