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A FORMER pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys has been awarded a £50 prize for gaining top place in his final year at Bradford University. He is Mr Gary Smith (22), eldest son of Mr and


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Mrs Ronald Smith, of Guildford, Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe, who will graduate on Satur­ day with a B.Sc honours degree in statistics.


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CLITHEROE accident victim Andrew Gill has won the admiration of his friends for his battle against crippling injuries.


Andrew, of Pendle Road, celebrates his 25th birth­ day, his friends will drink a toast to his determined fight-back to lead as normal a life as possible.


On Saturday, when


heavy-plant operator, lost his left leg and paralysed his right arm in a motor cycle accident in West Bradford Road, Clitheroe, 12 months ago. He is now walking


Andrew, a former


to his present circumst­ ances.


ways it’s a lonely battle to make a fresh start — and I would like everyone to know what a brave fight Andrew is making.”


Adele added: “In many -,ial ?'■


Tracing roots


again with the use of an artificial limb. His leg had to be amputated from above the knee and his arm is paralysed from the shoulder. Andrew’s girlfriend,


AN appeal for help in tracing her Clitheroe roots has come from Mrs M. Hooley, of Dilston Lodge, Dilston, Cor- bridge, Northumberland. Mrs Hooley would like


Adele Peartree, a nursing assistant, of Ennerdale Road, Clitheroe, said: “All his relatives and friends are amazed at Andrew’s progress. He spent two months in hospital and then many hours at phy­ siotherapy sessions.”


Andrew, a former em­


ployee at Whitwell Plant Hire, Barrow, is now looking for a job suitable


Ann, and their father, Henry Dixon, was a master grocer. His wife’s maiden name was Sarah Ann Ramsbottom. Mrs Hooley can be con­


to hear from anyone who knows anything about the family of her great-grand­ mother, Zillah Dixon, born at Old Salford, Clitheroe, in 1859. Zillah had a sister, Alice


tacted by phoning Cor- bridge 3219.


LAUNDRY


Pharmacy degree


A FORMER pupil of Clitheroe Grammar School for Girls has gained a B.Sc. honours degree in pharmacy at Aston Uni­ versity, Birmingham. Miss Julie Haworth


HOPING for a brighter future Adele


Andrew and


Students’ cheques


FIVE Clitheroe students are each £50 better off


. . . thanks to the Bob Ainswor th Memorial


Scholarship Fund. In a ceremony at the


Mayor’s Parlour, Mrs Doris Ainsworth, wife- of the former Mayor of Clitheroe, presented che­ ques to Mark Baker, of Brett Close, Darren Ken­ nedy, of Kenilworth Drive, Elizabeth Swayne, of Corporation Street, and Andrew Tomlinson, of York Street. The f if th w in n e r ,


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Professor’s honour for department


CLITHEROE Royal Grammar School old boy Prof. William G. Hale has gained a D.Sc. — one of the highest academic achievements possible.


ly of Langho, is head of the biology department of Liverpool Polytechnic. He was awarded the D.Sc. by Durham University for his work on primitive wingless insects and red­ shanks.


Prof. Hale (50), former­


technic to achieve a re­ markable feat, being one of two members of the biology department to gain the D.Sc. in the same week.


He has helped the poly­


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of “Waders, Collins’ New Naturalist 1980” and of numerous scientific papers on wading birds and soil animals.


Prof. Hale is the author


Royal Grammar School, he obtained a B.Sc. hon­ ours degree at Durham


After leaving Clitheroe


Heather Finch, of Alder- ford Close, received her cheque at Clitheroe Girls’ Grammar School prior to the ceremony, as she was leaving for college in London. Mark and Andrew both


(21), formerly of Meadow- bank, Laneside, Sawley, and now of Yarlside Farm, Bracewell, is to take up an appointment with the Burnley branch of Boots the Chemists following graduation next Thursday. The elder daughter of


Mr and Mrs Gordon Wright, she has worked as a pharmacy assistant at


the company’s Clitheroe branch for the past four years during University holidays.


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Latin word as umbrella and is a clear reference to the way in which the usually white flowers are arranged on stalks like the ribs of an umbrella. The individual flowers are small, but very conspicuous when massed in this way. Over 70 umbellifers are known in Britain and


“watchable,” many of our wild flowers are at their best. Members of the parsley family or Umbelliferae dominate the roadsides through­ out the summer months. The scientific name comes from the same


tage of rich food supplies to grow new feathers. They can look very bedraggled as the old ones fall out and they often hide away so that there are few to be seen, even though numbers are now at their highest. Fortunately, as the birds become less


THE summer solstice has just passed and the nights will now start to draw in again. For many species of birds the breeding season is over and the males will soon stop singing. Most adults moult at this time, taking advan­


attend Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Darren is a pupil of St Wilfrid’s, Blackburn, and Elizabeth went to St Augustine’s, Billington. The s tu d en ts were


University in 1959 and a PhD in 1962. Prof. Hale, who lives in


Ormskirk, has been a con­ sultant to industrial or­ ganisations and an ex­ aminer for polytechnics and universities at first degree M. Phil and PhD level.


professorship at Liverpool in 1980.


asked to let the trustees of the fund know of their progress before next year’s awards. Letters were sent to


the heads of schools in the area and the trustees ex­ pressed disappointment th a t four failed to respond.


He was awarded his


burn by a mercer, or cloth merchant, William Hol- gate. Worth a ha’penny in its day, the token features the head of the Virgin Mary, because that was the coat of arms of the Mercer Guild. The other token, again


and museums manager at Blackburn, said that tokens are very' difficult to come across in Lanca­ shire. “In the last 15 y'ears I have only ever known of one to come up at an auction,” he said.


worth a ha’penny, was issued by Clitheroe grocer Edmond Robinson. Mr Adrian Lewis, arts


LIBRARY CORNER


some 2,700 worldwide; many of them have been taken into cultivation. Perhaps best known are those used for flavouring, such as aniseed, caraway, chervil, dill, fennel, lovage and pars­ ley. Because they are lifted or cut before flowering, not many people realise that carrot and parsnip, angelica and celery are also mem­ bers of this same family, as is the now rarely- eaten pignut. Not all umbellifers are so useful; ground


fascinating group would be well advised to read “Umbelliferae of the British Isles,” by Profes­ sor T. G. Tutin who, incidentally, taught me botany over 30 years ago. (Available from the Botanical Society of the British Isles, care of the British Museum, price £5).


elder is a persistent weed, originally introduced to gardens in mediaeval times as a cure for gout, while hemlock, hemlock water dropwort and cowbane are all extremely poisonous. Readers wishing to know more about this


TONY COOPER


Allen Synge. A thriller with a cricketing background. A vet­ eran spy-hunter attempts to foil a dot by the KGB to sabot­ age a Test series between Eng­ land and Australia. “Bird of paradise” — Diana


Stainforth. A romanatic saga telling the story of a German girl’s life between 1919 and 1939. “Walking in the Yorkshire Dales” — Colin Speakman. A


RECENT additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: “Bowler, batsmen, spy” —


may be interested to know about a couple of tokens, dating to 1666, which are currently on display at Blackburn Museum. One was issued at Gis-


RIBBLE VALLEY coin collectors and'enthusiasts


Install system more, showei And tli an autc height Ask at bank i‘>


to VE Day” Max Hastings. A pictorial record of the closing months of World War II which includes many previously un­ published colour photographs.


With economy In mind!


KNOWING of my in­ terest in the story of our village, from time to time kindly readers send me all kinds of souvenirs concerned with the Whalley of yesteryear.


that in company with other items, the arrival of three cookery books had me a little puzzled for by no standards can I claim expertise in any of the culinary' arts.


I must admit, however,


1908, has 70 pages and was published in aid of our parish church restora­ tion fund.


The first dates from


the following year very' extensive renovations were carried out and there were hosts of local activities to raise funds for the very necessary work.


It will be recalled that


status in the village con­ tributed a recipe to this particular book and some of them are still remem­ bered. Mrs Longworth, of Oak Hill, told how she pre-


Nearly every lady - of


Whalley Window


pared her savoury eggs; Miss Brewer of Stocks House instructed in the art of making ham toast (sounds rather good!), Mrs Foole had a three- minute pudding and Mrs Travis Clegg, from the Abbey, was clearly an expert in the baking of sultana cakes.


book in the first instance contributed her own spe­ cial recipe in pen and ink on the very last page. She told how' to make a mus­ tard plaster. Clearly a very practical Edwardian lady! The second book was


Whoever owned the


“shinio” and furniture polish and knew how to remove stains from all kinds of materials, “with­ out the slightest damage or leaving a trace.” She would have been a great hit on a television wash­ ing powder commercial.


She made her own


published by the county council in 1929, price threepence. I t would appear that the compilers were much concerned at the unemployment rife at that time and all the re­ cipes — some hundreds of them — were economy motivated. The very last item in


Finally, came a book


the book intrigued me. It detailed “cheap dinners for four people” for an entire week — Sunday to Saturday inclusive. The total cost for the


dated 1909, very much a home-made effort. It was an exercise book written in longhand but, despite the date and immaculate writing, the owner ommit- ted to add her name. Here again, undoubtedly, w'as a very’ practical and economical lady.


comprehensive guide which caters for beginners and ex­ perienced fell-walkers, with in­ formation on familiar and not- so-familiar areas, long distance footpaths and the Dales Rail service. “Victory in Europe: D Day


seven days was 15s 6d. (77M- N.P.). Mind you, roasting beef


was quoted at Is 2d. a pound! A footnote added: “In a good season and plentiful, the price is much lower.” I must look around for


Dr Who’s Tardus and go back to 1929!


J.F.


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