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THE water which was once the fountain of life for the village of Dunsop Bridge is now home to hundreds of
Slaidburn residents Jim Jacques and Grant Talbot, Witcherwoll Fish Farm will this year produce around 300,000 salmon for stocking the Rivers Ribble and Hodder, two of Lancashire’s prime game fish rivers. The farm, on the hillside
above the village, takes its name and its water supply from a well which springs from the hillside outside. It was used by the North West Water Authority to supply the village of Dunsop Bridge, hut was abandoned following privatisation, with water for the residents coming instead from a nearby reservoir. The National Rivers
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year and in November and December, when the breeding season is approaching, “brood stock” — the parent fish — are nutted from the Ribble and Hodder. Mr Jacques explains
that the fish from the two rivers are kept separate. “They are two different strains. Salmon from the Hodder are, on average, slightly bigger than salmon from the Ribble.” After the eggs have been stripped from the
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ONE thing of great importance that I have personally learned is that sin brings its own retribution. St Paul wrote that “The wages of sin is death.” This spiritual death comes as the direct result of our own choice. God does not punish us because we have sinned against His will for us. In His endeavours to Help us to achieve harmony and happiness with Him, God gives us every opportunity to save ourselves from sin’s consequences by changing our ways. We are given a free will to choose how we will act and react under stress, strain and temptation. A man once said to me: “ I can’t see that you
preachers are telling us anything new. We all know right from wrong. We know that if we don’t live right we shall be up the creek without a paddle!” He went on to say: “ it is as we constantly please ourselves and refuse to live as we know God wants us
tribute at the time. Like most folks, it came to me afterwards what I should have said and when I sought him out later it was to find that he had died. I had evidently been hearing words of wisdom from a man whom neither of us knew was on the verge of death. Crops fail if we break tlie known laws of agricul
to live that we stray like lost sheep towards destruction." What lie said was so true that I had little to con
ture. Our body suffers if we ignore known laws of health and hygiene. These are proven facts of life. As the Bible says: “As you sow, so shall you also reap.” Although this is an obvious truth, many still expect to reap flowers when they have only sown weeds. We break God’s laws at our peril, ignoring the
Maker’s instructions. How often doing this we have been surprised when tilings have gone wrong. We should not be amazed at tlie inevitable result of our altering a recipe that lias been fully tried and tested.' Putting in too much of one ingredient or missing another out completely can have drastic consequences. God is always ready, by His grace, to offer us a
lifeline if we come to our senses and are ready to be saved from the results of our foolishness. In the same measure as we repent, we can receive loving forgiveness. Love begets love and how we respond 'ill a “
will affect our future way of life. JOE STANSR1ELD
Ferniands of Bast Anglia. “ iliinio Nortliwcstus” — Bill Jones. A guest for the species,
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IIAIM’Y at their work . . . (ish farm manager.Jim Jacques (left) and assistant Grant Talbot
hen fish and fertilized by the male, they have to be handled very carefully. Unlike coarse fish eggs, salmon eggs have to" he kept very still and in the dark.
“It is a very delicate
process and, like anything else in life, if it can go wrong, it will go wrong!”
The water taken from
the well to supply the fishery, although of high quality, has a low oxygen content and has to be aerated to increase it. A problem with this equipment once cost tlie farm 8,000 “fry,” as young salmon are called. Despite regular checks
on tlie equipment and installation of a reserve generator, Mr Jacques says: “Travelling to work,
I always get a feeling of panic in my stomach, in case something has gone
Blood donors thanked for their service
wrong. When I arrive at the farm and the generators are still going, I heave a massive sigli of relief.” Despite all that, lie stiil
loves his job and, like fishermen waiting for tlie weekend, lie can’t wait to arrive at the farm on a Monday morning! Once hatched, the young salmon are trans ferred to tlie tanks where the intensive feeding regime begins. At this stage, salmon fry can double their body weight eacli month. After just two months
at tlie fish farm, most of the Witcherweli salmon are released into the wild, but around 50,000 of the salmon are kept at the farm until September when, as year-old parr, tliev are microtagged before being released into the rivers. A tiny coded metal lag
about the size of the point of a needle is inserted into each fish’s nostril. A tiny fin on the fish’s back is also removed to make it easily identifiable by both NRA staft and anglers, who get a reward "if they alert the NRA when they have caught a tagged fish.
Tagging allows tlie
NRA to check the success of its restocking programme and to monitor the marine survival rate of tlie salmon which, after two years in freshwater, swim out to their feeding grounds at sea, before returning to the river to spawn. Mr Jacques said: “With
the use of microtugs, we will soon ho able to identify fish roared here and use them to spawn future stocks for the rivers. Fish farming is a very rewarding job and it is the only one that I can think of which actually involves putting something back into the rivers.”
ONE bird which has declined in recent years is the nightjar. I organised a survey in this area on behalf of the British Trust for Ornithology some 10 years ago, hut we did not find a single bird. The species is still reasonably common on south
ern heatlilands, hut the last known Lancashire site at Chat Moss was finally deserted some three or lour years ago. However, there are still a few pairs in South Cumbria, so there is always a chance that they might return. Recently, there has been a slight upsurge in
numbers, with the birds taking up residence in recently felled forestry areas. The nightjar survey is being repeated this year and as there has been quite a lot of felling' and
replanting in this area, the national organiser sent me a few forms “just in case.” I checked one former site, the forest above
Stocks Reservoir, but did not find any. What I did come across were two grasshopper warblers. They often sing all night, if that is what you can call it, (or they do indeed sound like grasshoppers. I was surprised when the county bird recorder
rang me up last week to say that lie had a second hand report of nightjars in the forest above Stocks and would I please check it. The male’s charring call is very penetrating and on a calm night can he heard over a considerable distance so, with the weather we have had recently, I was confident of finding any that were present. It was still twilight until afler midnight, so ! was
able to see quite well as I walked some two miles up the track into the forest. Sounds were carrying well and I could still hear the gulls and Canada geese hack at the reservoir, hut of nightjars never a trace. However, what 1 did hear calling and then see
Hying low over the ground was a pair of long-eared owls. Their Right is similar to that or nightjars and
I suspect that these were what the un-named observer had seen.
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FOUR local blood donors have been honoured by the National Blood Transfu sion Service for their fifti eth donation. Mr Harry Cairns, of
Pimlico Road, Clitheroe: Mrs Gillian Pinder, of Meadowside, Grindleton; Mrs Dorothy Smithson, of Waddington Road, Clith
eroe: and Mrs Jean Taylor, of Grafton Street, Clith eroe, were presented with Department of Health gold awards for their many years of dedication to the blood donor scheme. Mr Cairns, who is a
heavy goods vehicle driver at Castle Cement, first gave blood in 1977, while
Mrs Smithson first became a donor in 19GG. She said: “ I first gave
blood after undergoing surgery that required a blood transfusion. I always feel that it is much nicer to
give than to receive." In 19G2, Mrs Taylor
gave her first blood dona tion because “it seemed a worthy cause.” The four are pictured
receiving their awards from Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Denis McWilliam, in tlie Mayor’s Parlour. A spokesman for the
National Blood Transfu sion Service said: “ The increasing demands being made on tlie service from local hospitals for blood and blood products could not possibly be met with out the support and dedi cation of donors such as these four. “Each of them is perso
nally dedicated to the ser vice and has, over the
years, given 50 donations of blood.”
Anyone interested in
giving blood needs to be in good health and between the ages of IS and GO. AH you do is ring the free phone number 0S00 300333, which will put you in touch with your local blood transfusion centre and inform you of its next blood donor session. Tlie next one in Clitheroe is on September 12th.
Closure of 999 centre
DESPITE an outcry from local ambulance officers. East Lancashire’s only 999 control centre lias closed. The c en tre , which
served the Ribble Valley, was housed at Accrington and from now on all emer gency calls will be dealt w ith b y a u n it at Broughton, near Preston. In a final bid to halt the
closure, staff claimed that it would “cost lives” and, put “enormous strain" on the ambulance service.
THIS is it — the one the men have been waiting for! Clitheroe’s town centre Victoria Hotel lias come up with a tliirst-
quenehing offer which is bound to he a winner with the Ribble Valley's male population.
The hotel lias recently introduced Mitchells Fortress as its guest
beer and mine hosts Sidney and Pamela Revell are offering a free pint with this week’s coupon.
The offer is strictly limited to one free pint per person per day and
gives local beer drinkers a superb opportunity to sample what has already become a favourite tipple with the Victoria’s regulars.
Scores of ladies tasted the wine two weeks ago, when we asked them
to raise their glasses in the Victoria’s free wine offer. Now all they have to do is take their partner to this popular
hostelry. Pop in at lunchtime for a pint and a bar snack. The Revells have a
wide selection of daily specials, all reasonably priced. A blackboard outside displays the dishes of the day, but there are plenty more to choose from if you care to step inside this newly refurbished cen trally located hotel.
For accommodation, tlie Victoria in Clitheroe’s Market Place is
superb. Single or twin rooms are all equipped with central heating, colour television and tea and coffee making facilities and full English breakfasts are served.
The Victoria’s offer runs
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