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TWO young men from Twiston have written amazing accounts of their six week expedition to Norway this summer. . . and last week the parish of Downham and Twiston paid them its own tribute by printing a pamphlet of their story, which was circulated to every home.
Syke Farm, and Andrew Parkinson (i8), of Twiston Mill, met danger and adventure on their trip, organised by the British S ch o o ls ’ E x p lo r in g Society. In his account, Andrew
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Richard Oldfield, of Red scious when the rocks police two crates of Ger- finally stopped,” said was flown
Andrew. "He home for an operation and now has two feet of wire h o l d i n g h i s k n e e together.” Andrew, a pupil of Lan
tells how his trip got off to a drastic start when a team-mate dislodged a stone holding back boul ders on a mountain side. “They rolled down over
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to meet local people. “I met a Lapp who was in Tromso to report to the
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SPRIGHTLY Clitheroe pensioner Mrs Nellie Kay can not only tell a good yarn — she can do it in style.
orn Road, has won the annual speech contest for the Ross Trophy organised by Clitheroe Speakers’ Club.
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merised the audience in Clitheroe Parish Hall’s Mutual Room with her talk entitled “Can a worm turn?”
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the club. “They said I had a head
she does a lot of charity work, helping the Red Cross Disabled Group and the Talking Newspaper.
Club in a bid to “try and talk correctly,” adding “I tend to lapse into broad Lancashire and I thought it was time I knew the correct procedure.” Mrs Kay holds the tro
phy for 12 months and will undoubtedly be speaking
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“If anyone wants any help. Club. I drop everything and go. _ Our picture shows Mrs I just don’t seem to be able to say ‘no’ and I based my speech around that,” she explained. Mi-s Kay, who has deve-
Kay receiving the trophy from Mrs Marjorie Ross, with vice-president Mr Gordon Taylor in the background. .,
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THE latest additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library* include: “Ramage and the Dido” — Dudley Pope. Capt. Lord
Nicholas Ramage’s latest adventure in command of a new ves sel, the Dido. “Pel and the Party Spirit” — Mark Hebden. Murder with a
French setting. Chief Insp. Pel’s latest case involves a search for two hitchhikers suspected of murder.
Allen. Step by step instructions for everything from carrying out simple repairs to giving your kitchen units a complete new look. “The illustrated encyclopedia of dreams” — Guide to the meaning of dreams.
“Re-modelling and repairing kitchen cabinets” — Sam
attracted six entrants, three men and three women, and was sup ported by guests and visi-, tors, including area presi dent Mr Alan Schofield and visitors from the Burnley Ladies’ Speakers’
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loped a local reputation for Lancashire dialect, can be heard on a taped commen tary at Clitheroe’s Castle Museum telling visitors all about life in a Victorian kitchen. , She joined the Speakers’
study at university next year. But he also found time
caster Grammar School, was sampling peat bogs and collecting data for an A-level geography project, a subject he hopes to
man second world war cyanide capsules he had found. He even showed me a souvenir he had kept and told me to give it to Mrs Thatcher for all the pollu tion and acid rain over Norway!” he said. At the end of the expe
dition, Andrew’s greatest thrill was his first shower in six weeks. “I was jump ing up and down and gig gling,” he said, “it was so brilliant.” It was an exciting end to
of the show committee, chairman Mrs Pam Jelley was able to report another successful year. She told the meeting
PLANS for next year’s Clitheroe and district WI Sh ow a r e a l r e a d y underway. . At the annual meeting
Show plans underway
that the necessary change of venue to St Augustine’s RC High School, Billing- ton, had turned out to be a great success. The same venue is to be
ing husbands, as the sub ject is “Advanced driving and road safety,” by Mr David Shaw, of RoSPA.
Cash for garden At Simonstone Parish
used for the 1990 show, which is to take place on August 11th. Officers were elected
Simonstone Mothers’ Union will be held on Mon day, in the Old School, at 7-45 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend, includ
Husbands too An open meeting of
Richard (front) and Andrew, with the area’s other Arctic adventurer, 16-year-old Marina Kenyon
a holiday which Andrew had started with far too much luggage, including, three toilet rolls to last the expedition, an umbrella and a large lump of mature cheese from a Clitheroe delicatessen! Richard, who was with a
different party, tells how the expedition aroused great interest in Norway. “It had been reported in
the press and on radio and almost everyone we talked to knew who we were and what we were doing,” he said. Richard, a Clitheroe
and the committee was pleased to note that chair man Mrs Jelley, secretary Mrs Bonnie Kramrisch and treasurer Mrs Brenda Lund were prepared to continue in office. Two new vice-chairmen were appointed, Mrs C. Read and Miss M. Bottomley.
STAGE TWO SEARCHING FOR CAMERA
STAGE Two at Downham is searching for a late Victorian camera and tripod for its forthcoming production of J. B. Priestley’s classic comedy,
pher who has been asked to photograph the three couples celebrating their eroe 24157) or Bob Cleeve (Clitheroe 24595).
“When we arc married.” The camera and tripod are an essential prop for the inebriated photogra
silver wedding anniversary. Anyone with suitable equipment to lend can contact Janet Hulme (Clith
Council it was announced that awards of £100 'and £250 had been made by the Community Council of Lancashire and Shell Bet ter Britain Campaign towards the cost of reno vating the parish garden. Despite manpower
problems, the first phase of the work has been com pleted and is awaiting a layer of chippings. A letter was read from
Lancashire County Coun cil regarding the line of the proposed Read/Simon- stone bypass. A report will be submitted to the LCC Highways and Transportation Committee to consider the four options, plus the alterna tive route suggested at the village meeting. Observations have been
made by the parish council and Borough councillor J. Travis to Burnley Borough Council, following the planning application for Workhouse Farm, Black-
Royal Grammar School pupil, was in a group which paddled for 27 miles by kayak in one day — the longest day recorded by the 100-strong expedition. They paddled round the outside of the islands of Ringvasoy and Rebbensoy and into open sea. “We were very exposed
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to the weather and, when bad, sea conditions were quite frightening. But it was worth it to experience the spectacular views of small islands rising like mountains straight from the sea,” he said. Richard was involved in
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a survey of the Norwegian coastline, noting pollution of the sea and beaches. “Debris included plas
tics, tins, timber, fishing nets and floats, wreckage and at least two ship wrecks,” he said.
Battalion features
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two years as a member of from the rostrum again i world war will be hieh- !
lighted at a 75th anniver sary exhibition. It focuses on the lst/4th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment, which included many men from the Clith eroe area, and is being staged at the Sunnyhurst Wood Centre in Darwen until January 4th. The exhibition of old
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Reading up to the expedi tion and the hardships faced by the soldiers as dysentery, heat and sten- uous route marches in the desert took their toll. Their task was to garrison the great fortress of Cairo, known as the “Citadel.” The .exhibition also
includes material relating to the battalion’s journey to Helipolis, Port Said, and the Dardanelles, plus the Gallipoli campaign and their return to Egypt, where they remained a full year before proceeding to the Western Front.
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DOWNHAM HALL, which has been owned by the Assheton family since 1558, has been featured in a national magazine popular among Britain’s top families.
The w riter is Giles jage itself feels equally lost
Worsley, Lord Clitheroe’s m time, for nothing seems nephew, who gives a to have changed in 100 detailed account of the his- years. It comes as no sur- tory of Downham Hall and prise to learn that the last the Assheton family since witches to be hanged in be for e the Norman England lived under Conquest.
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the October edition of “Country Life,” for which Mr Worsley is assistant architectural' editor, and his account reveals his love and knowledge of the house and district and his painstaking research into the history of Lord Clith eroe’s family.
The feature appears in
Downham, dominating it as few English houses are dominated,” he writes. ; “.There is something time less about its great, steep, ; long, bare slope. The'vil-'
“Pendle Hill broods over
Pendle. “This is an appropriate
setting for the home of one of the few families that can
trace: their ancestry back beyond the Normans. Despite the mid-19th cen-
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tury appearance of Down ham Hall, traces remain of a much earlier structure.”
the Duchess of Kent, for merly Miss Katharine Worsley, tells us that the Asshetons have been liv ing in Lancashire for as long as there have been wr i t t en re cords and although they: have owned
Mr Worsley, nephew of
the hall since 1558, it was not until the 19th century that it became their per manent seat. Traces of the Tudor
house remain, he says, despite successive remod ellings, part i cula rly around 1779 and then again in 1835. ' The feature is illus
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intemal.shots of the draw ing room, library and front hall, but the writer makes no false claims for Down ham. He concludes: “England’s oldest; families are seldom, the grandest and. comfortable, though Downham is, it is certainly not. grand. But it does have a sense of continuity, which the present genera tion are keen to maintain.”
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