Outlook:
THE latest chapter in the chequered history of an East Lancashire art gallery will, it is hoped, have a happy ending as a band of dedicated enthu siasts strive to make a success of their labour of
love. Pemlle Arts Gallery, in
Scotland Road, Nelson, o p e n e d i t s d o o r s in
December and has just com pleted its first show, which attracted a good deal of attention. The gallery is a reincar
which was closed in contro versial circumstances as a cost-cutting measure by Pendlc Council last year. But those behind the project hope to a ttract a
nation of the former Pendlc P h o to g ra p h ic G a lle ry ,
ANDREW SPENCER writes about how an East Lancashire gallery has been re-born thanks to the efforts of arts enthusiasts.
wider range of people to the “new” gallery, which they hope will become “a genu inely vibrant community arts centre and not just a passive showroom”.
lowed hot on the heels of an exhibition of nudes, which divided the community between those who felt it was not suitable for public
The closure decision fol
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ALBERT HARTLEY introduces some of the people who’ve helped make our gardens both beautiful and productive.
MOST people have their heroes, to whom they have some dee]) feeling or respect. These may be people like Wellington, Montgomery or Churchill,
or great musicians, poets or painters. Mine arc none of these, but are the lesser well-know n
band of plant hunters who endured great hardship and, in a few cases death, in remote parts of the wor (1 in order to bring back to England the wealth of plant life we now enjoy in our own gardens, m our parks, and in
the many stately homes now open to the public Of the many great plant hunters, pride of p ace must
go to Sir Joseph Banks, who was m charge of Kc\■ Ga - dens early in the 19th century, and Ins successois Sn
Joscuh Hooker and his son. They sent young botanists to all parts of the world, in n .
particular the foothills of the Himalayas and the Amies, to bring back seeds and cuttings of plants new to tins country: Notably, rhododondrums and azaleas and new ornamental conifers. And there was always an instiut- tion not to uproot, or in anyway destroy, the
^One'great problem in those days, before _aircraft or fast seii travel, was that of keeping the specunens i es
during the long, slow sea journey to the U K. 1 us led to S c n t i o n by Frank Kingdom-Wan o ' f a becaune
known as the Wardom Case, in etfcct a imnialuie enclosed greenhouse where plants would produce then own moisture much as bottle gardens do today.
until spring, all the blooms you need for hanging bas kets and window boxes can be started right now indoors — geraniums and lobelia, for instance. And growing them is easier than you
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things to geL them started: moisture and warmth. A simple seed tray with
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consumption and those who believed it to be highly artistic.
and the gallery’s doors were closed — but a r t lovers across the borough and fur ther afield, angered by the closure, took up the cudgels and campaigned for it to be
The former had their day
reopened. Pendle Council re-af
firmed the closure decision, but later gave its approval, with all-pally support from councillors, to a request for the gallery to be re-opened on a 12-month trial period by volunteers in October. So the Friends of Pendle
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lev a Liverpool stockbroker and a wealthy and Keen amateur gardener, who visited South America especially in search of new garden plants and brought back several euphobias, and the candclabra-style primulas which bear his namc;viz Primula Bullcana. His garden, at Ness on the Wirral, was cared for by his spinster (laughter Miss Celia Bullev, and on her death the gardens were given to Liverpool University and are now open to the public. Still nearer home, Reginald Farrar, of Inglcboiough
The last of my heroes, for purpose ot these notes, is . Another of my heroes nearer home was Mi A. K. Bui- ; . n . '
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Hall at Clapham, was the “father” of Alpine rock gar dens. Of the wealth of Alpines now available, including Gentian Farrarii, many may still be seen on the walks up Clapdale towards Ingleborough Cave.
not so much a plant hunter as a plant .saviour. I refer to Mr McKelvie, of Lamlash, a village of the
Scottish Island of Arran. In the first quarter of this century the potato industry was in grave danger ot being'destroyed by black scab or wart disease. In appearance having cauliilowcr-likc giowths of the tubers, later turning into a black slimy mass. This disease is notifiable and is treated jus t as
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seriously as is Foot and Mouth Disease in cattle. It threatened the potato industry. Mr McKelvie, however, had other ideas and set about the task of producing new varieties that were immune from the disease and succss-
fnllv raised a succession of varieties bearing the name of his‘native land. Thus came in to existence Arran I dot,
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1 1 The re-birth of a gallery
Arts Gallery was formed from rep re sen ta t iv e s of
local organisations and within five weeks had its first show organised. The opening exhibition featured work by the five
s ta r te r groups — Pendle Artists, Colne Arts Group, Colne Camera Club, Nelson Camera Club and Pendle I n d e p e n d e n t Photographers. “Virtually everyone who
visited the opening show was impressed by the qual ity, variety and vitality of the local artists and photog raphers’ work,” said press officer Mr Melvyn Newman. The opening show con
tained over 50 works in a wide variety of media and it is hoped that its success will be the foundation for a long and fruitful life for those b e h in d th e bold von-
lurc.More shows have been lined up for the coming m o n th s , w i th sp e c ia l interest focusing on the one for April, which features some of the best photogra phers in the world between 18S0 and 1900. □
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