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IMPORTANT and fascin ating historic finds have been unearthed in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle. “We are looking at a
medieval dustbin,” says Mrs Maggie Simms, peri patetic curator with Lan cashire County Council’s museum service, who is piecing together our heri tage.
and an extensive assort ment of animal bones are most certainly a link dat ing back to the 12th cen tury, when the Normans were in residence at Clith eroe Castle and Scottish raiders were invading northern England. Mrs Simms was called in
The remains, of pottery
plan from the top of the castle you can see that there was a medieval town. The hard evidence is waiting to be discovered under the houses and drain gullies.” Mrs Simms took a large
“If you look at the town
which they felt might be of historical interest to the museum. “People are sometimes
sample of soil back to the laboratory and, after siev
ing, obtained evidence of voles’ teeth and land snails, which she says can show environmental and weather changes, and stones which are still awaiting analysis. Mrs Simms, who origin
ally trained as an archaeol ogist and now handles the museum’s collection,
at the end of March while workmen were shoring up the walls in the castle grounds. They had already started pulling pieces of pot and bone out of the ground, which had been excavated during their work, and Mrs Simms was delighted by what she then went on to discover. The earliest sherd of
part of a large circumfer ence pinch pot which could have been used for the storage of preserved meat, fish or honey, and is decorated in greens and shades of earthy orange, are thought to relate to the 14th century. Part of what was quite a
Other objects, including '
embarrassed about bring ing things in,” she says. “Don’t be. Anyone carry ing out building work or even digging in the garden should be aware that things of this nature could be found. A lot of things have probably already been thrown away because they were thought to be broken flower pots. We offer a public service and we are pleased to be involved.” Museum officials hope to
appealed to Clitheroe resi dents to take any items
put the finds on display later in the year in an exhibi t ion ent i t l ed ‘Archaeology in view.
Mrs Simms with part of the 14th century pinch pot
pottery has been eva luated by Mr Peter Davey, of Liverpool University, and dates back to the 12th century.
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valuable pot at the time — there are definite finger prints on the pie-crust type edges — and the ot he r r ema i ns have already excited the county archaeologists. “This is direct, first
hand evidence that people were living and working around the castle in the 12th century,” adds Mrs Simms.
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A honeymoon in the Algarve followed the wed ding at St Mary’s Church, Gisburn, of Miss Valerie Margaret Spencer, of Rimington, to Mr Graham Stuar t Tomlinson, of Clitheroe. The br ide, a ha i r
The ‘Famous Five’ take some beating
YOU can’t beat the boys from Bowland High School when it comes to initiative. . . for a team of five lively fifth years
has won the annual Army Challenge Krypton Trophy Competition Challenge Shield, seeing off opposition from senior schools, apprentices and YTS groups all over the North
d res se r, is the elder daughter of Mr and Mrs J. W. Spencer, of Southwold, Rimington. The br idegroom, a
storeman, is the younger son of Mr and Mrs J. Tom linson, of Well Terrace,
Clitheroe. Given away by her
father, the bride wore a gown of ivory dupion with a waterfall of antique lace frills down the back of the skirt. The shoulder-line was trimmed with ivory and pale pink roses and the puffed sleeves were edged in a scallop of lace. Her circular headdress
West. The competition, at Army barracks in Fulwood, Preston, involved several categories, including physical exercise, battle PT, rifle shooting and a full assault course, in which the boys scored 839 points . . . nearly 300 more than their nearest rivals. Said headmaster Mr
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Graham Crossley: “It was a resounding victory — very impressive. We ’
of the boys.” Representatives of the
of matching dupion roses secured a short veil and
she carried a shower bou quet of ivory and pale pink roses, freesia, Singapore orchids and s p r a y carnations. The bridesmaids were
King’s Own Regiment, whose recruiting team runs the competition, visited the school to pres ent the shield to the five — Stephen Simkin, Neil Beattie, Gareth Johnson, Robert Sellers and Thomas Hodson. The officers praised
the bride’s sister, Miss Pamela Fiona Spencer, and Miss Gillian Mason. They wore full-length
dresses of orchid pink dupion with short puffed sleeves and self-coioured roses trimming the shoul ders. The back of the skir ts featured a full waterfall of frills with dupion roses at the waist line. Combs of orchid pink and ivory roses adorned their hair and they carried bouquets of similar flowers
to the bride’s. Best man was Mr Ste
groom’s brother. The groomsman was Mr
the boys’ initiative and keen response in the competition and told the story of one of the boys who, when asked how deep he thought a ditch might be, jumped _ straight in up to his neck and replied: “Very deep,
sir!” Our picture shows
Robert.
three of the “Famous Five” with their coveted shield: from the left, Stephen, Gareth and
Help for YFCs ven Tomlinson, the bride A RURAL trust has been
lan Cowperthwaite and the ushers were Mr Colin Whaites and Mr Neil Grainger. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. .1. B. Lumby and the organist
was Mrs D. Rice. A reception was held at
the Shi r eburn Arms Hotel, Hurst Green, and the couple are to live in
mons, Clitheroe.
set up by the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs to cele brate its diamond jubilee. The trust is designed to
Local competitors claim Blackburn Festival honours
DRAMA students from the Ribble Valley gave some outstanding performances at the Black
pupil Manus Nunan won the Greta Wilkinson Tro phy, the Ursula Tune Tro phy and the Festival Tro phy (duologue) for 15
years and under, with Joanna Egar, of Pindcr
Close, Waddington. Fifteen-year-old Joanna
burn Festival of Speech, Music and Dance. Stonyhurst College
going to drama school. Adjudicators praised
Manus for his “realisation of character and superb timing” and Joanna for work which revealed a “lovely appreciation of
also won tile Festival Tro phy for prepared prose
heli> rural groups and will be especially valuable to clubs throughout the Rib ble Valley. Coming at a time when
Clitheroe. Photograph: David Sim
and was runner-up in a section on Shakespeare. She attends St Wilfrid’s CE Hig h S c h o o l ,
funds for youth work are being continually cut back, the tru s t will provide much needed support for the kind of voluntary work that is now provided by local YFCs.
Rebecca Mullin, who went on the Russian trip, is now looking forward to travel ling out to Siberia in October to continue her
work. The local churches
involved included the Community Church of Clitheroe and St James’s CE Church.
A LOCAL couple with green fingers will be sow ing seeds for charity when they hold a garden party with a difference at their home.
Jim Bowker and his wife, Doreen, of Hammond Drive, Read, who devote most of their spare time to caring for their beautiful hillside garden, are to open up the one-and-a-half
Retired wholesaler Mr
acre site for public viewing on Sunday and then again on June 2nd, between 2 and 5 p.m. The couple are members
' levels at Stonyhurst and plans to Like a year off to work at the famous Abbey Theatre in Dublin before
Garden on view for charity
Macmillan Cancer Fund and the Nurses’ Benevo lent Fund will benefit from the Bowkers’ efforts.
of the National Garden Scheme, which raises money for charity. Mem bers invite the public to contribute to a collection as they enter a private garden to view the plants and landscaping. Cups of tea will be served to visitors and the
ing and think the scheme is an ideal way of raising money for charity — the public, I’nj sure, will enjoy viewing the results of our efforts,” said Mr Bowker, who has supported the fund-raising idea for the past three years.
“We both love garden
Suzanne, achieved third place in the verse speaking for 12 and under. Manus (19) is taking A-
Blackburn. Her 12-year-old sister,
style."Anthony Buss and Dominic Gavin won the finals of the solo dramatic extract. Dominic was runner-up
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A TASTE of the big top came, to the Rotary Club of Ribblesdale’s I special circus cabaret dinner.
I proved a great success, with 150 attending. The Clitheroe Dyi- sion of the St John Ambulance will benefit from the proceeds, which
Held at the Mitton Fold Country House Restaurant, the dinner ,.
who brought with him his performing budgerigare. Completing the entertainment were Mr Barratt’s son, Guy, who is a magician, and
Guest of honour was Blackpool Circus ringmaster Norman Barratt I will go towards providing new short-wave radio sets for the Mr John Pye (centre, left), with other members and guests looking on.
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