4 Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, August 1st, 19S5


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THERE was a surprise in store for Waddington chorister Jonathan Cunlif- fe when he travelled to a reception in Bolton on Saturday.


has reached the final 16 in the “Choirboy of the


For Jonathan (14), who


round & about


Year” contest, received a blazer, tie and T-shirt from the competition sp o n so r s , Anglian Windows.


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and tie at the finals in London in October organ­ ised by the Royal School of Church Music.


He will wear the blazer


and Mrs Peter Cunliffe, of Pinder Close, Wadding­ ton, brothers Andrew (12), Simon (8) and his grandmother, Mrs Janet Burnett, were at the pre­ sentation.


Jonathan’s parents, Mr APR 9.52% B.Sc degree


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A FORMER pupil of Gis- burn County Primary and Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar Schools, Miss Josephine Mary Crosier has gained a B.Sc. honours degree in mathematics and physcol- ogy at Birmingham Uni­ versity.


third daughter of Mr and Mrs J. J. Crosier, of Pain- ley Farm, Gisburn. She is to continue her training with a firm of chartered accountants in Reading.


Josephine (21), is the


Regine Deforges. First English edition of a popular French novel set at the beginning of World War II and telling the story of a young girl and her family and mends.


Edited by Stephen Wink- worth. Collection of unusual, entertaining and bizarre ex­ tracts from The Times news­ paper over the past 65 years.


Falklands front line: First h and a c c o u n ts ” — Max Arthur. Collection of personal accounts of the Falklands cam­ paign based on interviews with men and women from all three services. “More amazing times” —


“Above all, courage — the


Fraser. A Jemima Shore mys­ tery set in Oxford where at­ tempts are being made on the life of a student at the univer­ sity. f‘The blue b icyc le ” —


RECENT additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: “Oxford Blood” — Antonia


GIFTS and cards were showered on the first warden at Vale House sheltered accommoda­ tion in Whalley, Mrs Phy ll J o l l y , at a


f ar e t v el l p a r t y on Friday.


this iveek for Southport where she is taking a post as matron of a pri­ vate rest home.


Mrs Jolly left the area


from residents of Vale House and Riddings Lane, where she was warden for more than two years, included a cut-glass vase, set of silver coasters and a di­ gital radio alarm clock.


The personal gi f ts


Degree in economics


(seated right) with some of the Vale House resi­ dents.


Pictured is Mrs Jolly


CLITHEROE man Mr Michael F. Carr has been awarded a B.Sc. honours degree in economics by the University of Wales. Mr Carr (22), of Bleas-


dale Avenue, was edu­ cated at Stonyhurst Col­ lege and read politics and history at the University College of Aberystwyth.


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BE prepared to give and take. That’s the recipe for a happy mamage, according to Doris and Frank Holgate.


And they should know, for the Orchard Villas,


West Bradford, couple yesterday celebrated their golden wedding.


Doris (74) was born in Clitheroe and worked as a machinist at Trutex. Frank (70) was a farmer at Bucks Fann, West Bradford, for 21 years, and he also worked for ICI.


The couple’s two daugh­ ters made a cake for a family celebration at Waddington Social Club last night. They also have two sons, and nine grandchil­ dren.


Doris spends her time . knitting and sewing, and F ran k enjoys working on his allot­ ment, though his h e a l th p r e v e n ts strenuous work.


Both agree that, for them, keeping their


Mr Whitaker is the club treasurer and his wife the assistant secret­ ary. The presentations were made by chair­ man, Mrs Rachel San­ derson.


IT’S also golden wed­ ding time, on Monday, for Philip and Millicent Whittaker, of King Street, Whalley, who were presented with a picture of the village and a gold brooch to mark the occasion by members of the Whal­ ley Abbey Senior Citi­ zens’ Club.


' marriage vows and being prepared to give and take has led to a very happy life to­ gether.


TOWNSON — ATKINSON Langho bride Miss


Janet Atkinson married farmer Mr Robert Town- son at St Leonard’s Church, Langho.


daughter of Mr and Mrs E. A. Atkinson, of Brick- house Farm.


The bride is the only


only son of Mrs Helen Townson, of Magnolls Farm, Oswaldtwistle, and the late Mr R. Townson.


The bridegroom is the


by her father, wore an Edwardian-style gown of cream silk inlaid with Nottingham lace. She had a headdress of peach silk ro se s and carried a shower bouquet of cham­ pagne roses.


The bride, given away


was th e ' bridegroom’s sister, Mrs Elaine Coar, and bridesmaid was Miss Janet Rawcliffe. They wore long dresses of peach taffeta with match­ ing headdresses and bou­ quets of peach roses.


The matron of honour


Duckworth and ushers were the bride’s brother, Mr John Atkinson, and Mr John Coar.


Best man was Mr David


reception was held at the Foxfields Restaurant, Bil- lington.


their honeymoon in Scot­ land. They will live at Magnolls Farm.


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mostly rather inconspicuous at this time of year, so I was very pleased to see a female siskin. This colourful black and yellow finch is never very common and is usually seen as a winter visitor,


spring and it is therefore possible that some of them stayed to breed. As they nest in conifers a there is no shortage of suitable habitat in the


with most Lancashire records in the period September to May. Some were seen in Gisburn Forest during the


black-headed gulls and the Canada geese seem to have had a successful breeding season. Many of the geese nest in the surrounding fells and I have yet to discover how the parents bring the flightless goslings down to the water over the intervening roads and dry stone walls.


rea. Returning to the reservoir itself, both the


TONY COOPER


some sort because in one 25-yard stretch I counted IS common sandpipers, two ringed plov­ ers and a dunlin all feeding in it. As I mentioned lust month, small birds are


again the following morning, I estimate that the reservoir must have risen at least 10ft. over­ night. Obviously a great deal of material must also have been washed in and Saturday’s fresh southerly wind caused a lot of floating debris to pile up in the small bays on the northern shore. This debris must have been rich in food of


Lane that it demolished a length of dry stone wall and carried some very large stones over 25 yards down the reservoir shore. Having been there as the rain started and


LAST Friday afternoon’s torrential rain caused a certain amount of damage in Bowland. The unclassified road which runs past Stocks Reser-. voir and over Bowland Knotts had so much stone, gravel and mud on it, that the County Council had to send out a mechanical shovel to clear it on the Saturday morning. Such was the force of the flood down School


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It is hoped that the A rival Pendle Hill


phone call came my way on the second day of tV\e year.


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welcome. Conscious of the duties of host and hostess, one day they drove the lady on an extended coun­ atry run in the Hawks Bay


New Zealand, where friends had made her very


rea.


drove in this predominat­ ingly sheep fanning area and then, by pure chance, my caller spied a notice that caused her to cvy aloud. Quite simply the notice read “Pendle Hill Road.”


Mile after mile they


photo taken under the sign,” she continued and was further surprised to learn that she had just been driven over Black­ burn Ridge. Intrigued by. the coincidence, the lady, made enquiries into the origins of the names and a


away was another Pendle Hill.” “I just had to have my


lovely little story was re­ vealed. It appears that, in 1856,


prise,” my reader said. “There I was, born under th e very shadow of Pendle and, 12,000 miles


“Just imagine my sur­ A FASCINATING


turned from a holiday trip to the North Island of


My caller was a reader who had recently re­


an adventurous young man and his bride set sail in the good ship Alma for the New World of which they had heard so much and, on arrival, the hus­ band —


Fletcher, by the way — his name was


work passed by and the young couple by dint of their thrift and careful


found employment in the sheep farming industry. Some years of hard


Whatley Window


their hearts filled with anticipation they set forth together. How far they travelled and by what means, we are not told, but in due course one day, as they topped the rise of a hill — perhaps that same Blackburn Ridge — they paused to admire the lovely vista that unfolded before them. They fell in love with it on the spot, as the saying goes. — “There,” said the young


saving, got together a small nest egg. They were near to the realisation of a dream. They would set out, find a suitable plot of land and there build their own home and farmstead. Thus, one morning,


surrounding hills, “there is our very- own Pendle Hill.” The couple bought their plot, worked hard and prospered, extended


their holding, were now really settled and, with


the old inn no longer exists or has had a change of name. If any reader can help


anxious to learn; more of their North Country- ori­ gins. The “Bird in Hand,” I suppose, could have been either side of the Pendle they' so clearly loved. I have scanned the Yellow Pages without suc­ cess and it could be that


and let me know, I will be happy to pass on the in­ formation. Together we can make a small con­ tribution to good interna­ tional relations.


J . F .


couple? Where did they come from? Present-day descendants have two clues — the name of their grandparents and the knowledge that, prior to their trip across the world, the family had kept an inn, presumably somewhere in this dis­ trict, known as “The Bird in Hand." Naturally the family are


tions followed them, all born “in the shadow of Pendle Hill.” Who were the young


man, as he scanned the


the passing of the years, eventually three genera­


The maps, published by P h o to g ra p h : Paul


ducted by the Rev. Quen­ tin Wilson, after which a


The ceremony was con­


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