4 Clitheroe Adveiiiser and Times, February 2nd, 1984


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TWO men who together have worked for a. total of 80 years for Ribble Motor Services have been presented with long service awards.


Senior depot clerk Mr


Leslie Wood, of Queens­ way, Waddington, has completed 45 years with the company and depot clerk' Mr Michael Gold­ smith, of Riverside, Low Moor, 35 years.


The men, who both


•nearly 1,300 years’ service between them.


work in Burnley, received their awards from Rib- ble’s chairman Mr Ralph Roberts at a dinner in Blackburn attended by 38 people with a total of


Mr Wood (60) received


a car stereo radio cassette player to mark his years with the company.


Marian, who was at the presentation, have a son and two daughters.


He and h i s , w ife , Mr Goldsmith (61),


whose wife Eileen also at­ tended the dinner, re­ ceived a set of crystal.


Not so old!


IN our report of the golden w.edding celebra: tion of William and Pat­ ricia McGregor, of Henth- om Road, we put “years” on Mr McGregor. He is in fact 71, and not 77, as reported in last week’s


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either send details of events as soon as possible to the Tourist Information Office,, Church Walk, Clitheroe, or telephone the office (25566).


one Christmas and the family is always treated to shows on special occa­ sions.


More recently, Lisa,


with the help of friendq Fraser Hoyle and Eloise Cowking, delighted chil­ dren at St Helen’s Sunday School party , with a per­ formance of “The Wizard of Oz”.


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'her mother made the cos­ tumes for the various c h a ra c te r s and Lisa p a in te d th e sc en e ry herself.


Her father helped with the sound and lighting,


The' show went so well


that Lisa hopes to stage more, and one date fixed for the future is a per­ formance for Bowland Helpers’ Club — a group at her school which raises money for charity.


the brochure along with 5 have already ‘ had a pre­ authorities in Pendle, view, whenLisa gave a Rossendale and Burnley.


Her fellow classmates


talk in an English lesson explaining the history of puppets and how they work. Lisa would also like to


take the hobby a stage further by trying to make some puppets of her own.


HAVE you any recol­ lections of Alfred Fitch, the doctor and ed u ca t ion is t . who spent part of his life at Dunnow Hall, Newton?


derson, of Burnley, would be pleased to hear from you. Last year he asked readers for information about' Dr Fitch for a re­ search project he was undertaking at Manches­ ter University.


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decided to write the biog­ raphy, and is seeking help from anyone who has re­ collections either of the doctor himself or of life at Dunnow from 1930 until after the war.


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justed children at Dunnow from 1935 to 1948. Also during the war refugees from Germany stayed, at the hall; Mr Sanderson would be particularly in­ terested to hear of any­ one’s recollections of these times.


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jiot only emphasise the genius and insight of Dr Fitch, but also the attrac­ tions of the beautiful loc­ ality and the significant part they played in the development of a vital part of the country’s edu­ cation service.


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self-sufficient community than we are today, as the study of a directory for that year, 'kindly loaned by an interested reader, reveals. At that time we had six


■ baker had to supplement his income by also retail­ ing groceries. Even then we had the


monger, but only one baker, a fact easy to understand when one realises that this was an age when every housewife made her own bread. Indeed, this particular


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mittedly — no plate glass and chromium — and only illuminated with either' candles or oil lamps, but shops for all that. Clearly, w,e were a much more


grocers and three butch­ ers, .six boot and shoe makers and three plum­ bers who were also pain­ ters. There were three tailors, a sadler, a clog and patten maker, a rope and twine; maker (Thos. Spencer), a couple of wheelwrights,. a commil- ler and, of course,- numer­ ous farmers..


five public houses that still exist today, although then The Swan was The White Swan and the DeLacy Arms the Shoul­ der of Mutton. Two of the la n d lo rd s were also farmers. Although they were not


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tered for, there can be no doubt, and, surprisingly, we had four schools: the Grammar School presided over by the Rev. George P re s to n , the Charity


A FAVOURITE walk for many people is through Brungerley Park and Cross Hill Quarry. Even after-last week’s severe snows, there were signs that spring is not so far away.


The wild end of the park contains the only


local colony of white butterbur and its flower spikes are already well above ground. It is only after flowering that it produces, the embrella like ■ leaves that cause so many people to refer to it as “wild rhubarb,” though it is not related in any


way. leaves. \ \ The white form is an' introduction to this


country and is far less common than the native pink, flowered species' which has even larger


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opening.'The pendulous pale yellow male catkins are easy to see, but the female ones are much smaller and bud-like,- though they do have bright red styles to catch the wind blown pollen; )


The hazel catkins are also on the point _ of Like many other.trees and bushes, the hazel


produces its calkins before the leaves open, to avoid interference with wind pollination.


made a brave^sight with several golden yellow flowers, even though it was still surrounded by snow.


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proclaim their territory and to attract a mate.' Robins may also be. heard;singing in the town


‘Several; male robins-were singing in order to


■ itself, often after, dusk if light is provided by a ' nearby street lamp.


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A reminder that winter-is still with us-was provided by the sight of a little grebe on the


; iriver.,Although.they do breed on some lowland rivers/in this area they use the rivers only- in # winter, when1 the lakes and pojids which they.* prefer are likely to be frozen/’ r


TONY COOPER •


' School — I can’t tell you where it was — where Mary Hartley was the principal/ the National


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' School b o a s t in g two teachers, arid Charlotte Wilkinson’s “Day and Boarding School” at Vale House. . (To my inind, everi more


surprisingly, we had' a bookbinder who was also the village postmaster — Mr Thomas Chew — a couple of bobbin turners


-, and a maker of fishing tackle, Robert Spencer.


•. The trades and profes­ sions of the rest of the . community are not re­ pealed: all the clergy and gentry are - so identified


• and one police officer was 'deemed sufficient to main- . tain good order in our rural parish. • Our village rs an entic­


ing place to do your shop­ ping today-:— we have'


- some lovely-shops — but,. ■' unquestionably, 129 years ago we had even greater, variety: There? were not.


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.- Con’.’;-You stayed at home! ' - J.F.


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