Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) 4 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, November 15th, 198i '(Traditional
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AFTER an association spanning 45 years with his family firm, Mr Robert Tasker, of Eaves Hall Lane, West Brad ford, is retiring. Mr Tasker, (60), joined
the Accrington firm of Tasker and Son straight from school. At that time it was a wholesale busi ness, handling all sorts of products. Nowadays it
deals solely in home furni
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aging. director in 1953 when his father died and now that he is retiring, his son, also Robert, is
taking over. Mr Tasker has mixed
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feelings about leaving: "1 enjoyed the work and made some good friends. But now I will be able to concentrate on some of my hobbies and learn to relax for the first time.” And he certainly has
Lang ho family heading for Australia
plenty of things planned to fill in his time. Horse- riding, swimming, bridge, cycling and chess are some of his favourites and he will also be trying to bring down his golf hand icap.
Big planting
programme FORESTRY Commission staff at the 3,000-acre Gis- burn Forest are planning a big replant to compen sate for trees destroyed by the great spruce bark beetle during the past few months. More than 100 acres
WHILE Britain is shivering this Christmas, Mark and Jenny Chapman and their son, David, of Moorfield Road, Langho, could well be celebrating Yuletide. at a barbecue on a sandy beach in Australia.
to Perth on November 29th to start a new life in the sun-soaked country' they have dreamed about. And waiting to greet
For the family is flying
them will be .Jenny’s mother and father, who moved to Perth in April, and her s is te r , who moved there four years ago. Mark (35), who has
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will be .planted with young broad-leaved trees or conifers early in the New Year and a cere mony is planned to com memorate the first tree. Staff are keeping a
for a Bolton firm, he jumped at the chance of a job as a financial advisor ! to an export company in
been a member of Clitheroe Golf Club since he was 11 and plays for the Empress Squash Club, has long wanted to move to Australia. An assistant manager
“beady eye” on the re maining trees, said head forester Mr Michael In- goldby. “However, al though we have intro duced a predator beetle to destroy the pest, I don’t think they will ever be completely eradicated,” he said.
Perth. Jenny (36) is greatly
family. The only one with
looking forward to the move and being with her
mixed feelings is six-year- old David, who is a pupil at St Leonard’s. “He just wants to go
' weekend . . . but not at the end of a parachute, chord as they had hoped. The pair, who work at
Pat Greenwood and Nichola Parkinson were up in the air at the
Booth’s supermarket, were furious when a mis take at Blackpool Airport kept their names off the Saturday parachute list. Mrs Greenwood, of
Taking charge of courts
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CLERK to the Ribble Valley and Pendle Jus- tices for the past 12 years, Mr Peter Nuttall is to take up a similar post in Bradford early next
year. As clerk to the city jus
tices and the Metropolitan Magistrates’ Courts Com mittee, Mr Nuttall will be responsible for the run ning of three magistrates’ courts and up to 20 sit tings a day by the 250 justices. In Clitheroe the court
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ment being ratified by the Home Office, Mr Nuttall (40), will move to Brad ford in mid-February with his wife, Ann, and then- children, Sarah (17),^ a pupil at Clitheroe Gills’ Grammar School, Julian (15) who attends a school for the partially deaf at Birkdale and Elizabeth (12), a pupil at Bowland School. Mr Nuttall went into
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Kirk Avenue, Low Moor, and Mrs Parkinson, of Ribblesdale View, Chat- burn trained for their jump weeks ago to raise more than £1,000 in spon sorship for the British Diabetic Association. Pre vious attempts were pre vented by bad weather. “We registered our
for a month’s holiday,” said Jenny, “but once be is there I think he will want to stay. “My parents say they
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names on Friday evening and rang every few hours on Saturday until the mis take 'over our names came to light,” said Pat. “On Sunday we were told the weather was too bad. “People are accusing us
have enjoyed every minute out there and I’m sure we will.” On arrival in Australia
new home SS MICHAEL and John’s Playgroup is packing its bags today and moving from' Lowergate to the United Reformed Church, Moor Lane. The move was forced on
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the group because of the demolition of its Lower- gate home. But there is not too much inconveni
just around the corner. And a bonus is that the
town, Mr Nuttall has served on many local or ganisations. He was presi dent of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe during its golden jubilee last year, and the previous year served as deputy town mayor. •Mr Nuttall, who was
ence as the new site is
group will now be able to cater for '40 children, in stead of 23. Although these places can be filled at the moment, there will be- some
fr.ee when a number of children leave at Christmas. T h e re fo re , anyone
elected to Clitheroe town and Ribble Valley councils in 1979, bowed out of poli tics, last year for profes sional reasons. He is also a member of
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wanting to put their child’s name down for a place should contact Mrs M a rg a re t Kenyon (Clitheroe 26253).
they will be staying with Jenny’s parents, and cannot wait to join in the Christmas celebra tions with a difference.
‘Dolly’ is coming
CLITHEROE Parish Church Operatic Society is busy rehearsing its next musical, “Hello Dolly,” which will be staged next February. Producer Barbara Scat-
of making excuses about the jump. We are getting sickened by the delays . . . and so are our hus bands as we are tied to the house every weekend to keep in touch with the airport.”
Continues as
president PRESIDENT of Wad dington Royal British Legion for the past 10 years Mr Stanley Taylor was re-elected at the branch’s annual meeting. Mr Taylor, of Clitheroe
tergood 1 has the same backstage team as for “The New Moon” earlier this' year, including John Bowness (musical direc tor), Mary Waddington (choreographer), Jim Parker (chorus master) and Philip Dobson (accom panist). The lead role of Dolly
Carey Baptist Church, Preston, and remains ac tively involved in local matters. His wife, Ann, is secretary Clitheroe Inner Wheel Club.
Dancing
feet TOSSIDE youngsters Carol and Susan Wilson and Nancy Moon were dancing for joy this week after winning prizes in the Northallerton Disco Com petition, on Sunday. Susan and Nancy, who
Clitheroe Meth od ists w e lcom e
Roadshow TEENAGERS from all | over North Lancashire headed for Clitheroe on Saturday evening for the first “Roadshow,” organ ised by the county’s Methodist Association oi Youth Clubs. More than 120 attended
Road, Waddington, has been a member since 1964 and is a former chairman of the Legion’s NW Area. Also re-elected were Mr
Bob Hayton (chairman), Mr Harry Ramsbottom (secretary) and Mrs Mary Hayton (treasurer). A talk about community
Levi will be played by Ann Haworth. The rest of the cast is Bill Taylor (Horace Vandergelder), John Turner (Cornelius Hackl), Ann Grogan (Irene Malloy); Frazer Hoyle (Barnahy Tucker), Jean Pollard (Minnie Fay), Leslie Gutteridge (Irmengarde),' Stephen Vaitnom (Ambrose Kemper) and Mary Thomas (Ernestina).
attend Tosside primary school, were presented with plaques when their five-girl team “Dizzy Feet” won the junior championship. Carol, who attends Bowland School was a member of the team “Kismet” which won second place in the under- 14s competition. The children, all pupils
policing in rural areas was given to members by Insp. Bill Moore of the Clitheroe force.
Fine effort
WHEN pupils of Wad dington and West Brad ford CE School made a line of 2p pieces to aid the Ethiopian appeal, their money nearly went round each classroom and mea sured a total of 104m. This amounted to £85.
the event at Trinity! Methodist Sunday School, which raised about £100. The roadshow is one oi five in Lancashire to cele brate the International Year of Youth. There was one disap
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THE Ribfl had its of
representatl Remembra| in the Rc| Hall, Lol Saturday! person of British Le| Jackson, ol| However, i
weekend. le;l procession iif was nearl'l when her pal friend faced [ obtaining tii| service. Anne, a n|
Chatburn b| Legion, expl branches on! | tickets and ready allocatl However, "
the NW brought tick| p a re n ts , Edwin, andl Martin Eal Great Harv.l time for the [ a memorablel Anne’s roll
a procession J Appeal Com | sellers and Attendantl across the local peoplel on the BPf coverage. Security ill
very tight.! "There wen I charge, and [ a pass to lei ing for a mel Her high I
weekend wJ pline and or.f played by til and women.! see the Roy;| a visit to service morning. Among oil
members cl British Lcl Royal Albel former Ma\| oress of Valley, Col Ted Boden. Back a :|
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pointment when a disco team from Penwortham I Methodist YC which had been billed to appear, failed to turn up. However, D is tr ic t
of the Melody Dance Scho.ol, Skipto'n, also reached the finals in the solo and doubles competi tions.
Rosebowl
gift AT the annual meeting of the Clitheroe (Ribbles dale) Afternoon Townswo men’s Guild the retiring chairman, Mrs Mary Robinson, was presented with a silver rosebowl by the new chairman, Miss Olive Wolstenholme.
Boyhood days at Dunsop
“WHEN I was a boy he was my best pal — we just lived our lives together when we
were kids.” The letter came from a
Canadian reader (or more accurately, an English reader living in Canada) who has written to me at intervals since 1966.
middle eighties, he was reminiscing about his boy hood days in Dunsop
Now, well into his
donkey to keep down the thistles,” he wrote, “and John, his brother Eddie and I would ride round for hours in the little trap we kept at Staple Oak Farm.”
Bridge. “John’s father had a
Mr friend then de
' “When th e . donkey thoujght he had gone far enough, he, set his feet ; and ■ would- not budge a step, backwards or for wards, and we had to
scribed some of the donk ey’s funny little ways, for each one, it seems, has a definite personality of its own and is qu ite a character.
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take off his harness and put him in a field for a few minutes'. Then it was back to normal and we could continue our journey.” Billy — that’s my pen
pal’s name — went on: “Every night John and I would set. about 70 rabbit snares in Closes and Staple Oak fields. We slung our catch on' a long pole and earned it bet ween us back to Root Farm and then set about gutting them. , “Every Wednesday,'
/butter to sell on Accring ton .Market. He would
David Wilson, of Bashall Eaves, came round the farm collecting eggs and
, take all our rabbits and give us ninepence each for them (that’s around four new pence, you youngs ters) with the skin on.
. “Or he would give us ninepence just 'fo r ’ the
skin on its own, so it suited us either way.” A lovely letter to re
ceive from all those miles away and a fascinating
glimpse into1 life in the valley of yesteryear. However, an interesting story lies behind it.
’ and passed on the lady’s address to Billy, because
I had a letter from a lady reader in the Thornley area. In due course I pub lished excerpts from this
Probably 12 months ago
, I knew that names meiv tioned would be familiar to him. By sheer coincidence — and isn’t , life full of them?
Members’ Council chair man Louise Wrigley said that, apart from that, the evening had been a huge success and g re a tly enjoyed. There was music from
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'— it turns out that the lady is the daughter of Billy’s boyhood pal, sadly no longer with us. Now further corres-.
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