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. • . ' ’ f Standish Lever Bridge, Middleton Chipping


All roads around Bowland seem to lead to Chipp nk, which is not surprising since the word means a mai ket. 1 he lage despite large numbers of visitors, remains unspoiled and St Bartholomew’s church is a real gem. I hei e ai e a number of hotels serving snacks, cafes and the ice-a-cam hereabouts takes a lot of beating Around the village foot­ paths lead out into the Bowland fells and this is great walk


ing country.


The badger I mcishire’s wildlife has been increasing in the last 20 ve-irs and badgers are now more common that they used to £e‘ AlthouS baiting the animals still goes on it has declined and the badger is one of the most attractive and


exciting of our native animals. Woolston Eyes


Woolston ‘Eyes’ is one of our favourite places, because it proves that wildlife is much m o r e


given credit for. Eyes is an old English woul mean fng a water meadow and thus attractive to 'vuklfow Whe the Manchester Ship Canal was constructed, the mud dredged from it to keep the depth constant was thrown 0„to\he Eyes. The ducks loved it. When the Thclwall via­ duct was built to carry the MG over the area, the buds iirnored the traffic. In our opinion naturalists in the LJJOs ought, on the whole, to be optimistic. This picture we feel


adaptable than it is often proves the point.


You don’t always have to travel into the countryside to find beauty and here at Lever Bridge, Middleton, local people are enjoying the snow It is easy to see where L.S. Lowry got his inspiration for his matchst.ck men The building at the top of the hill is Alknngton Hall. b Situated between Rochdale and Manchester the Irk V‘lT ^ 'T hW s


us such pleasure.


industrially misused rivers, the Irk has recently been cleaned up and is becoming more of an asset than an eyesore. This is why such aieas give


reathing space for thousands of people. Like most of Lancashire s


Anyone trying to discover an area looks forward to a surprise. Those travelling from Chorley to Wigan are sure of a pleasant sur- pirse as they pass through Standish. Above the door of St Wilfred’s church is a sun­ dial bearing the inscription “Let no passing cloud of bitterness, thine accustom’d seren­ ity o’vershadow”. Beneath this is a bible carved in stone. The first mention of a church is in 1205, although it was rebuilt between 1582 and 1589. The steeple is an example of Victorian flamboyance.


H o w w e l l d o y o u k n o w - L a n c a s h i r e ?


WE’VE two copies of each book to be won in this month's Outlook competition: 10 questions to test how well you know Lancashire.


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Just answer these questions and send your entries marked “Outlook Lancs Contest to East Lancashire


Newspapers, Bull Street, Burnley, by June 13th. 1 What river reaches the sea at Fleetwood? 2, Where did King James I reputedly knight the loin of


beef, creating ‘sirloin’? 3 What river flows through Sallord r 4, Name a famous food associated with Bury


5’ How many piers has Blackpool? 6, What football team plays at Burnden Park? 7 What famous invention was made by James nar


qreaves, of Stanhill, near Oswaldtwistle? 8, What do singers Lisa Stansfield and Gracie Fields


Sfwhatfe the name of the world famous golf course near


10,UOn what lake did Donald Campbell die in his attempot on’the world water speed record?


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TOWNELEY HALL ART GALLERY & MUSEUMS BURNLEY, LANCASHIRE


Waddington almshouses Leeds & Liverpool Canal


The whole 127>/i mile corridor of the Leeds t° Liver’pool r- ivi k i n v to us Here at Top Locks, near Blackbuin, Sere always seem to be large "umb®


and it is a pleasure to see the waterway1 used./The bUa.ght Mile above Burnley is one of the w°ndei^ of H1(e canal age


” ^ pl^ U Chorley and of course Wigan Pier. s ^ te h t


with other exciting places being the Burnley, Eanam Wharf at Blackburn, Botany Bay neat


Waddington is one of the prettiest villages »n Lanca- shire and jnst off the main road out towards Grmdle- ton is a quadrangle of almshouses which we think is the best in the country. A tablet over the gate records that the houses were the gift of Robert Parker on 1701. Through the gate the recently-restored old buildings remain, set around a’lovely green and sheltered by fine old beech trees. The old water pumps are still there as is the chapel which once meant that the little community was self sufficient. Robert Parker had anticipated the old age pension by


almost 250 years.


Summer at T ow n e le y Hall Visit the new aquarium


e x h i b i t i o n s


THE BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL Paintings from Birmingham City Art Gallery 2 8 tb A p r i l - 23r d June GILLOW CHAIRS iO lh M a y - 3 0 th J u ly


UNI OCKING THE PASTTreasurcs of the Lancashire Record Office including Townclcy documents IStbJune - 31 si July VICTORIAN GAMES DAY lClbJune ■ 2.00p.m.


TREASURES O F LANCASHIRE MUSEUMS 7 th J u ly - U t b A u g u s t


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