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New post for the abbey


chaplain RETURNING to parish work is the Rev. Paul Warren, resident chaplain at Whatley Abbey and chaplain to the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev. Stewart Cross. Mr Warren is to become


12,500 in his new parish, Mr Warren expects to be quite busy and is pleased to be returning to an area with which his family has links. “My fath er was the


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the rector of Standish, near Wigan, in November. With a population of


w M n y '■


vicar of St Andrew’s, Wigan, between 1951 and


1959, and I have fond memories of the area,” explained Mr Warren. Ordained in 1967 after


Now spot on top


US chat show?


CLITHEROE mimic Simon E n t w i s 11 e , whose sound effects have recently been b ro a d c a s t a c ro s s America by 120 radio s ta t io n s , is s e t to become even more well known there. For Simon’s clever


Cnshsat


meetin was “T mala," demon. McLain agreed the evi was a expert i The


The


most i was wi and Mr Duri


by hos stick, i


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For Lancashire based


impressions are likely to be featured on one of the country’s top tele­ vision chat shows, " L a te N ig h t with David Letterman." Simon is optimistic


"MARKETING FOR GROWT programme offering advice, c assitance by experienced ma consultants.


that he will qualify Ra­ the show, which has an audience of 90 million and, in a letter from Monitoradio reporter Steve Webbe, Simon has been told that his talent for sound effects is just the sort of thing the popular TV pro­ gramme is looking for. Ribble Valley parks


attendant Simon told us: “I feel it was the best interview I have e v e r g iv en and is surely quite an achieve­ ment for a Clitheroe chap.”


training for the ministry at C u d d e sd o n C o l le g e , Oxford, he was a curate at Lancaster Priory and chaplain at Lancaster Uni­


SABDEN teenager Kirsty Bell has pirouetted her way to a top ballot award. Kirsty (14), of I’endleside Close, won the Lancashire senior ballet cham­


dancing at the age of three. A pupil of St Wilfrid’s High School, Blackburn, Kirsty has her sights set


pionship title awarded by the International Dance Teachers’ Association, and she has now claimed almost 1,000 medals and many trophies since she started


versity for eight years before moving to Langlio in 1978, when he was appointed vicar of St Leonard’s Church and chaplain of Brockhall Hospital. “I have been out of par­


ish work for the past five years, working at Bishop’s House and living at the Abbey,” says Mr Warren. “I expect the post to be quite different."


New guide lists


local pubs


THREE local pubs have been included in a new Brewers’ Society guide. The guide simplifies the


task of finding a variety of pub services and facilities by using a s e r ie s of symbols. The local pubs included


are the Aspinail Arms, Mitton, the Parkers Arms


where to locate pubs serv­ ing lunchtime or evening bar meals, where to go for a pub restaurant, where to find such facilities as a family room, bedroom accommodation, a garden, or places which offer suit­ able facilities and access for those in wheelchairs. The guide is available


Hotel, Newton, and the Victoria Hotel, Clitheroe. The brochure shows


establishments, the Stirk House Hotel and the Olde Cottage Restaurant, have been featured in the Peau- douce Guide to hotels, res­ taurants, pubs and places w h e re c h i 1 d r e n j a re welcome. The guide offers over


from tourist information offices and participating pubs. Meanwhile, two Gisburn


New carpets and vinyls


Repairs and refits


Fitting your own carpets


Competitive prices SEED and


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Dead or alive — cash paid


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Any type — anywhere — anytime


Gardens cleaned and tidied


Grass cut


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3,700 references about places that offer a genuine welcome for children. Exhaustive lists of amuse­ ments, exhibitions, and places of in te re s t are included in the guide that retails at £3.95.


LIBRARY CORNER


RECENT additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: “Black gold" — Iris Gower.


Sixth volume in the author’s series of novels set in the mining


areas of Swansea. “ The te l l in g of l ie s ” —


Timothy Findley. A thriller in which a photographer attempts to track down the murderer of a man found dead in his deck-chair on the beach. “ Understanding stress” —


Consumers’ Association. Use­ ful book looking at the causes anil effects of stress and ways of coping with it. ‘‘Toni Jones” — Colin Mne-


Fnr lane. Biography of this popular singing star.


on a career in ballet, but is not sure yet in what way. She studies dancing a t the Sandham Fi tchet t School, Blackburn.


White lie saves day


in genealogy and asked the basically simple question: “Other than the church­ yard, was th e re ever another burial ground in Whalley?” “No,” I told her. “Until comparatively recent years that was the only one.” This she refused to


IT was difficult not to be rather annoyed with the lady who phoned me this weekend. She was very opinionated and dogmatic and I had to remember all the lessons instilled into me by mother and three maiden aunts to remain polite and helpful. The lady was interested


accept. “But there MUST have been,” she insisted. “Over forty of my ances­ tors were buried there in the 18th century. I ’ve been all round the church­ yard, looked at all the records, and there’s nei­ ther stick nor stone to record any of them." “ Then if th e y were interred there . . . ” “Oh, but they were,"


she interrupted. “Then either the graves


lady. “They wouldn’t bury people on top of one another.” I retined my patience.


“There has been a church on the present site ever since the 10th century and I have seen it estimated that, over this 1,000 years, over 50,000 interments must have taken place.” “Ridiculous,” said the


were unmarked or unre­ corded,” I said. Gently I explained:


Whalley Window


the abbey we have never had another church. There was no need for one. No church, no churchyard. The historians are all agreed.” I could not satisfy the


were buried in a village of similar name, or elsewhere in the parish. This was the largest parish in the for­ mer county. “When the chuchyard


lady and suggested other possibilities. “Maybe your forbears


there were many exhuma­ tions when the existing


was enclosed — not until early in the last century —


the history of the village," I explained. “Since the dissolution of


quite wrong. There must have been another church­ yard. You have been no help whatever,” declared the lady. Now what can you do


walls were built.” All to no avail. “You are


with people like that? I summoned up the last ves­ tige of my patience. I must end the call before my irri­ tation got the better of me. I didn't want to be rude. That would never do.


a little white lie before replacing the receiver and returning to my fireside chair. In two respects I was


I confess it freely. I told


Why did Romans stay?


VOLUNTEERS will he digging deep to try and find out something about soldiers of the Roman Legions who settled in the Ribble Valley. It is believed that a spe­


cial settlement for Roman Army veterans, who were unable to return to their homes, has been unco­ vered at Ribchester. Volunteers this autumn


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will try and discover the extent of Roman penetra­ tion of the Ribble Valley and why it was that the men stayed in such a damp and windy corner of the empire. The project has been


too late. The dog had taken a fancy to my seat and the programme I had been watching — the only decent one of the night — had ended. 1 sighed, went into th e kit hen and brewed a cup of tea.


J.F.


launched by the Cumbria and Lancashire Archaeo­ logical Unit and a grant of £40,000 towards the costs has been made by English Heritage. U n it d i r e c to r , Mr


Adrian Olivier, said it was felt tlie project had a high potential for bringing re s e a rch e rs closer to unravelling a number of questions about what was already proving to be an out-of-the-ordinary site.


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“ I ’m afraid th a t’s just what they must have done. Take a look at so many old churchyards. Almost invariably there are two or three steps up at the entrance and the land is two or three feet higher than the surround­ ing area. Often too, you take a


step down when entering the church. The inference is plain: “People were buried on top of others.” My ca 11 e r was not


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appeased. “You’re quite wrong. I’ve worked on this for seventeen years. Ours was a big family. They would have had a vault and there isn’t a sign of it." I retained my calm.


Years on the council have taught me to be patient with people inclined to be obdurate. “Over the years I think


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