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' ‘s t a n d a r d one at Whalley CB School, 1912. Bob Graham, who. then hved , ; v


Bob remembers Whalley school’s wartime mission


\ a mystery mission. ■, ■'Their “orders’l were, to


AS the Great War raged on the bat­ tlefields of Europe^ pupils of a Whalley school were marched out in line to fulfil


gather chestnuts by the bucketful from; the -abbey .grounds,, though they


were never told why. But new light on: the


' Bob, who has returned to live in Whalley after 67 years, contributed to the


pupils’ task has emerged m the ■ recollections of a Whalley CE School' “old boy” : who took part, re­ tired engineer Mr Bob Graham, of George Street, now 76.


■school’s centenary booklet with his memories > of times past. ■


, He now believes the chestnuts may have been used to obtain an extract for the manufacture. of munitions, and recalls: ;‘T never knew what hap- oened to .them then, but l pecame interested in plas­


a chemical in chestnuts used in making gun cotton.”.;


celebrations of 1983 brought memories flood­ ing, back for • Bob, who


The . school’s ' centenary ; I ■ ;


was a pupil from 1911 to 1916. Discipline was strict —


one girl was refused pud­ ding at-Christmas for not bringing her o^vn spoon, and duiice-caps were still used — but school life was happy.


^ took .a new job'in the ' Burnley area. . .'Before they left, Hugh, whose work hall taken; him • to Brazil, presented souvenirs'of a visit abroad


: ?Bob left Whalley as a ' child when his father, Hugh, ■ a calico printer,


■'— preserved snakes and ■ butterflies school.


to the


• “I have no' idea what happened to them,” said


• always thought a. 4ot of that school,” he added.


■He has kept a 1912-14 picture of himself and his classmates of “standard one” and has been in- ' spired by the centenary to , write his first poem. “I


tics later in life as part of . jc


Wet andw^rm December


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■DECEMBER in the Kibble Valley was a month, of variable^weather 'which started with a dry


spell. ^ ,


: H ow e v e r ; more ; than two inches of rain fell on the eighth day, to be fol­ lowed: by a cold snap • on the 9th and. 10th;.. and on the 11th when there was snow, ’ which quickly dis­ appeared. >


1.; The ■ rest of the month


was completely; frost free as westerly '’ and . south


•westerly i winds.. estab­ lished themselves over the country. ■


; Daytime' temperatures


were unusually high for December, -with tempera­ tures o f :over. 50 deg. b ein g recorded at Christmas. Rain on all. but ; eight'


days. amounted |to 8m., bringing the total for the year to 51in., two-and-a- half inches, more than in 1982. Day


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Entertained by S. Army


EN'VOY of the Clitheroe Salvation Army, Mr Jack Tagg, brought some cheer to 13 local people on Christmas Day. For' in an ambulance,


kindly supplied by Clitheroe’s social services department, he took them to Biimley Citadel for a slap-up Christmas dinner. Altogether 80 people


were provided with a meal and each received a tresent and 'a tea to take


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Jubilee of Lepra’s


formation


LOCAL members of the British Leprosy Relief Association are "preparing to mark the organisation’s. 60th anniversary.


tee,-which raised-£1,149 for Lepra during 1983, al­ ready has three events planned.


The Clitheroe Commit­


tion takes place in April, followed by a coffee morn­ ing in the Mayor’s Parlour on June 16th.


‘A house-to-house collec­ '


'l It is also hoped to have a street collection during


August. .


Mr Richard ’Turner is also intending to visit the an­ niversary thanksgiving service in London on Feb­ ruary 16th, which ■will be attended by the .Queen and Archbishop of Canter- ■bury. ,•


Committee chairman


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Crossing decision criticised


A DECISION' by the County Surveyor not to provide a pedestrian cros­ sing at the ’ junction of Peel Street and Highfield Road has been criticised by Coun. Eric Bracewell (Clitheroe). The plea for a crossing


was turned down because there was not enough


pedestrian movement to justify one. V But, Clpun. Bracewell


told ,our‘reporter that he felt the road was very, busy, beingv used by school,, children and by many people, as a.short cut into towii.


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