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Farmer John has a date at French race course
A SEASON of harness racing — trotting — successes for Bolton-by-Bowland farmer Mr John Bell has taken a bitter sweet twist.
his horses at Kendal re cently in a race sponsored by a tour firm earned for Mr Bell, of Copy Nook Farm, a tr ip to see Europe’s top horses in action in Paris . . . but also left his best animal with a possible 12-month lay-off because of a broken bone in its foot.
For victory by one of
trip to Paris in January when he will see the Prix d’Amerique at the Vincen nes Raceway.
Messenger did not pre vent it from recording its ninth win of the season, but shortly after the race it became lame and is now confined to the stable.
The injury to Pendle
every chance that it will be as good a “pacer" as ever when it recovers, and Mr Bell is not too downhearted.
However, th e re is
Indeed, he is still look ing forward to his coach
season, which is drawing to a close, has been full of wins for Mr Bell and his horses, some of which he owns and others which he trains for enthusiasts.
The harness racing
came at the Scottish track of Corbie Wood when one of the horses he had been given to train finished second in the National Pacing Futurity Race for two-year-olds.
His biggest success
three-week tour north of the border by Mr Bell who recorded seven wins with four horses.
That came during a
came from Pendle Mes senger who in the pro cess, beat four of Scot land’s best horses. Closer to home, Mr Bell
Three of the victories
Sisters to the rescue!
regularly visits tracks at York, Kendal and Droyls- den. He used to drive in the races himself until a back injury forced him to retire and now lie mainly uses Scottish driver John Menzies and, in the ladies’ events, Lorraine Blackburn, of Blackpool.
Top marks
for Julie A CHIPPING girl has carried off a top award for
local first-year agricultur al students. Julie Ann Seed (17), of
Parsonage Farm, received the Clitheroe NFU Cup at the annual awards pre- entation of the Lanca- hire College of Agricul
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LUCY, the black and white cat which lives at Derby Street. Clitheroe, has had her nose pushed out — by two small furry bundles.
and Chelsea are lucky to be alive, for a third baby was born dead and their mother, Beauty, died just after giving birth The vet did not hold out much hope for the two sur vivors, but they overcame
Baby guinea pigs Candy
the fight for life and are now being hand reared by Sarah Smith (11) and her sister Michelle (9), much
to the disgust of Lucy! Thanks to two-hourly
feeds of warm milk from a tiny syringe, smooth haired Candy and rosette- coated Chelsea, both white and brown, now weigh three ounces each and are bright-eyed and full of mischief. They will soon be able
ture and Horticulture, Hutton. Julie, the daughter of
Full of hope
A YEAR after £1.700 from morning for famine relief in Ethiopia, the Clitheroe Save the Children Fund is hoping that local generosi ty will be repeated on Saturday. During the past 12
raising coffee
months £5.350 has been sent from the area to the national headquarters which needs £70.000 a day to finance its projects worldwide. At Saturday’s coffee
Mr and Mrs Richard Seed, who works on her parents’ farm, collected top marks on the day-re- lease course run at the college’s Clitheroe centre, based at Clitheroe Parish Hall. Three other local stu
dents received awards at the presentation. The National Diploma Agriculture went to
Roger Bacon (22). of Colder House, Lambing Clough Lane. Sawlev. who passed with credit, und Andrew John Collin- son (21), of Bellman Farm. Chatburn Road, Clitheroe. The National Certificate
to move from their card board box bed, where they sleep with a hot water bottle, to a cosy hutch in the garden. Sarah’s mum, Barbara,
said: "We’ve persevered and now we're very proud of the little things.”
On stage
CLITHEROE’S singing policeman, Sgt Stuart Calev, is preparing for the most demanding beat of his career. For he is to share the
in Agriculture was gained by Martin Seedall (IS), of Park Avenue, Clitheroe.
exacting lead role in Pre ston Operatic Company’s p ro d u c tio n , on four nights, of the Offenbach o p e ra The Tales of Hoffmann. Sgt Caley will be on
stage at Preston’s Charter Theatre, on November Uth and 16th.
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wearing Hallow-e’en masks and played percus sion instillments to por tray a sound picture to the music o i “Danse Macabre.” The entertain ment was written and produced by nursery te a ch e r Mrs Eileen Holden, who also played the piano.
Nursery School provided Hallow-e’en entertainment for parents and friends. They sang and danced
Hallow-e’en Children at Sabden
Auction Response to an auction
in St Mary’s Church Hall, Sabden, was disappointing with the event raising £135 towards the £12,500 needed for restoration work and a porch exten sion.
but District Youth Le; Jan Foster feels thl could be a need for f older age range club. She has already b |
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offered the use of the lage hall lower room 1 Monday nights.
blesdale Club, Chatbul played dominoes at last meeting when h o s te s se s were Yl Ridgeway and Mrs Maj ter. There will be a s| prise afternoon and pa| today.
raising event is the Christmas fair followed by a folk evening on De cember 7th.
for the Robert Bvwater Visual Aid Appeal Fund at a toy and book auction in Sabden County Prim ary School. The appeal is to buy a visual aid machine for Robert, who is partially sighted and at tends St Mary’s RC School.
Visual aid About £100 was raised
mittee is holding its first organised bonfire and firework display for the village on Tuesday. The committee has spent £200 on fireworks and asks people not to take along their own. The bonfire, behind the
Fire night Sabden’s Holme Com
The next major fund
the subject of the R David Woodhouse’s i to the Methodist Chu women’s fellowship. Gladys Parkinson pi ided and Miss At Bowker was pianist.
Healing Christian healing
Grant-Townsend e ducted the morning : vice and the speaker • the Rev. Michael krovd, of Whalley. . Vanessa Waterhouse 1 soloist and the codec was taken up by Mashiter and Mrs W bury. At the evening sen
Ladies’ day For ladies’ day. '
Mrs Maxine Jo: preached and lesst were read by Miss Je nette Harrison and M. Billington. "Lift thine eves”
Surprise Some members of I-fl
sung by a sextet of lacl from CTiatburn and Trf tv Church. Clitheroe. £. Dixon was door ward and the collect! was taken uu bv Mrs j Ya tes ana M r s f Benson. Miss Gladys r kinson was organist the day.
White Hart Inn. will be lit at 6-30 p.m. Potato pie suppers will be available in the White Hart.
morning in the town mayor’s parlour, Capt. Felice, the fund's regional organiser, will be putting in a farewell appearance before retiring in De cember.
LIBRARY CORNER
RECENT additions to the iHxikshelves at Clitheroe Lib
rary includes: “ Fortune's daughter" —
Connie Monk. A family saira revolving around a beautiful woman who starts out as a sewing maid and eventually be comes head of an engineerim: foundry. "The Victim" — Daoma
annual meeting of Sabden \VI were Mrs Eileen Harrop (president), Mrs I. Hodgson (vice-presi dent), Miss E. Britcliffe (secretary), Mrs Clarke (assistant secretary). Mrs Walmsley (treasurer) and Mrs Lawless (assistant treasurer). Other committee mem
W1 meet Officials elected at the
Downhaml
annual meeting, presid Mrs Pat Bailey welcor new members Mrs L
New members At Downham WI’s 6
rows, Mrs Lister and ’ Lofthouse and extern birthday meetings to ’ Binns. Mrs Eceles. Lofthouse and Mrs Seel
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bers are Miss Heap. Mrs Whalley. Miss Dawson and press officer Miss Bibbv. Auditor is Mr Colin Sagar. The meeting ended with
Winston. Thriller involving a voting woman who begins to have doubts about her rather hasty marriage when she meets her new husband's strange family. "ifero's health; healthy de
s serts''— Janette Marshall. A collection of recipes for all types of dessert with the em phasis on using less sugar, fat. cream and eggs. "Lester: A biography" —
a potato pie supper, trifle and cakes made and served by members.
Chatburn
Sean I’ryor. About the con t r o v e r s ia l jo ck ey . I .e s ter Piggot.
Blessing in disguise
A PHENOMENON of our present troubled age is the ever in creasing number of demonstrations which are held every few days in all parts of the country. Whether these "demos”
Whal ley Window
ever achieve anything other than the expendi ture of a good deal of public money, waste of police manpower and in convenience to the majori ty of citizens is difficult to say. but fortunately, in this particular area, we seem happily free of them. Mind you, if they are an indication of the depth of public feeling, one could well understand if. here in Whalley in 1905. there had been irate assemblies of villagers in the main streets. It was in that year that
hundred acres of moor land on which the asylum was to be built and had negotiated the sale of the land to the County Coun cil on very favourable terms.
objection to the plans was that the moor was "very u n h e a l th y la n d .” A number of doctors in the district gave evidence to that effect and one wit ness testified that "when the rest of the valley was bathed in sunshine. Whal ley Moor was shrouded in mist and fog.”
plans were f irs t an nounced of intentions to build what was then termed "An Asylum for Pauper Lunatics” on Whalley Moor. Feeling against the project was extremely high, particu larly among the landed gentry."Our women and chil dren will not he safe.” they cried. "We will all he murdered in our beds; the value of our properly will fail to nothing. "The cul mination of these objec tions was. in the summer of 1905, a week-long in quiry. held in the then Assembly Rooms. It would be fair to say
j magnificent project. He I owned th e se v e ra l
that, at the time, the only prominent gentleman in favour of the scheme was Col. Hargreaves, one-time resident at the abbey. The colonel thought it a
pressed his belief that the land was unhealthy. “I’ve lived there all my iife,” he declared, “and 1 ought to know.” As he was .SO years old at the time, it is doubtful whether his tes timony carried a great deal of weight. Both sides in the dis
A local farmer also ex
pute wore represented by counsel and one of the main objections was that the price to be paid for the land was excessively high and public money was involved.
admitted the price was high but that, because clay from the railway cut ting that was to be made would be used in the man ufacture of bricks to build the institution, this would represent a saving of around £10 per acre. Experts were brought
Counsel for the County At the inquiry the chief
not unusual, they disag reed. One professor de clared the clay was quite unsuitable fur the pur pose: there was too much lime in it: another expert declared it would be ideal for brickmaking. He was proved to be right.
nation of the inquiry. The hospital — no longer an asylum — was built as planned. Us construction provided employment for hundreds of workers over several years: on its com pletion in 1915 it became the largest military hospi tal in the country provid ing succour and comfort for some 67.000 English and Allied wounded per sonnel.
We all know the culmi
became a hospital for the care and treatment of the mentally handicapped (al though that wasn't what they called it at the time) and in the years that fol lowed it earned a national
T h e w a r o v e r , it
reputation for the stan dards of administration
and nursing care and for many pioneering projects in the treatment of the mentally afflicted.
humanitarian reasons for its building in the first instance, it became one of the largest employers of labour for many miles around and brought con siderable trade to local shopkeepers and craft smen. In short, it became a
In addition to the great
aged 15 and over could soon have a new youth club. A meeting is to be held
For youth Chatburn youngsters
in the village hall on Monday, to gauge support and if at least a dozen young people show en thusiasm. plans will go ahead. There are already two
clubs in the village for the under-14s and also a
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made £26.2S for funds was decided that a coll tion for the LFWTs ch.| ty appeal for cancer search would be m after the carol singing the Christmas party.
The bring-and-buv s|
with the village hall rr| agement committee November 23rd.
A whist and don: drive is to be held ionl
by secretary Miss | Jones and treasurer E. Parker. Mr B. S was again appointed ditor and Mrs C. Pali| was teller for the v The elections wen' ducted bv area leader 3| C. Riley* Mrs Bailev. who
Reports were nreserh
that a competition being run for the brarl whicn could enrol 10 n | members. Station Officer L. Bo:
thanked for her work | Mrs B. Lund, was elected. Mrs Riley announQ
of Burnlev Fire Statil gave a talk on the hist(| of the fire service and calls made on it toiil showing the gear used | fighting fires. Hostesses Mrs Bla«
Mrs Speak and Mrs I whurst served a supper potato pie and peas m;i by Miss Jones, follow bv tea and cakes.
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