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R o u n d a n d A b o u t th Q Rj'bble V a l le y with Stewart Pimbley.


L o c a l g r o u p f i n d s t h e r e i s p l e n t y i n a n a m e


es me that it my address,


been misspelt. For the last 24 years,


hen a let­ ter arrives th r o u g h my let ter b o x , i t


as inevitably my name has


my surname has been transformed into some weird and wonderful variations — Kimberley, Pimlee, Pimberley and Dimpley to name but a few. But, at the end of the


\ - K i l l ' d K ..OCCUPIERS s'. ' -


day, what is in a name and does it m a t te r if it is misspelt? One group of Ribble


Valley residents which believes there is a great deal in a name is the local branch of the Lancashire Family History and Her­ aldry Society. This enthusiastic group


of family history detec­ tives is currently running an exhibition and work­ shop at Whalley Library, aimed at offering advice to anyone trying to unearth their historical roots. A few months ago I


started to trace my own family tree and have only got as far back as my great-great-grandfather, so I decided to seek expert advice from the group’s chairman, Mr Brian Stott. I explained that I had


job as there are so few people with the same name. Rimington resident Mr


relatives in this century is relatively easy: due to the abundance of complete records, such as marriage, birth and death certifi­ cates, service records, c e n s u s r e s u l t s . a n d .newspapers. :


18th century, agreed that this was a good starting point, but added th a t things get a lot harder after the initial step. He said tha t tracing


discovered, the task gets progressively harder. He said: “You can get stuck due to missing records. That has happened to me with my family name, which I have traced to 1803. “However, people can


However, las. Mr Stott .


usually get back to the late 16th century and, with


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people tracing relatives to the Norman conquest.” With several centuries


ood records, back to the 3th and 14th century. There have been cases of


of unknown family history waiting to be unearthed, society members have inevitably discovered some unusual relatives, several of them infamous, including convicts,, crimi­ nals and even murder victims. In Mr Stott’s case, his family has been traced


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back to early 19th century Rimington, even though his father actually came from Rochdale. ' Mr S to t t , who has


simply written to every Pimbley listed in the northern telephone direc­ tories, a not too difficult


Stott, who has traced his . family name back to the


MR BRIAN STOTT, who gave reporter Stewart Pimbley hints on how to delve into his family history


are going to turn up next; it is always a challenge.” The local branch has


visited the majority of the Ribble Valley’s grave­ yards, recording the mon­ umental inscriptions to provide information for genealogists from this country and around the World. •


recorded several-unusual monumental inscriptions, including one saying: “He lived, loved and died with a smile”. Another simply states: “Satisfied.” These near-complete


■ In the process,1-it: has . i-


DON and Iris, regular worship­ pers in the church, were shocked when they heard their daughter phoning'from university ..to,say,,, that sne. had/ accepted Jesus,; Christ asi her own personal


saviour. "!


records have provided an important tool for fellow


family his to rian s and inquiries have come from as far afield as Australia. Other sources of infor­


mation are not so readily available, as many records have either been lost or not stood up to the test of time, and this can bring a genealogist’s search to an abrupt end. However, there is also a


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people go through phases, they thought. It would probably pass. She seemed different when she came home,


Had she got religious mania? Young


with a sort of blessed assurance and a tendency to say “Praise the Lord.” Her enthusiasm embarrassed them. Iris went to see the doctor about a


m- w o r k 'of .'the hospital staff and the con; :■ tinuetl presence'of Jesus,,.Iris ,was declared cancer free.


although incontinent at the time, Iris prayed to be permitted to help with the


It was Mission England time and, , ,


suspicious lump on her body, which was diagnosed as cancer. : She was


modern-day problem — poor handwriting — for genealogists. Mr, Stott said: “I. don’t envy, the' people researching, their his tory in the fu tu re , because ’ today’s ’ handwrit­ ing is appalling.” Confusion over th e


traced other branches of his family back even fur­ ther, said he was suprised that his present-day family had come back to the vil­ lage where their predeces­ sors had lived almost two centuries ago. Tracing family trees


as graveyards to examine headstones. But is not this a bit of a


spelling of names has been known to send genealo­ gists down the wrong path and, over the centuries,


has even re s u l te d in several different versions of th e sam e fam i ly surname. Perhaps my name has,


means many hours of searching, often in places which most of us would not visit frequently, such


morbid pastime, searching graveyards and sifting through death records? Mr Stott disagrees. He said: “It is fascinating, but not morbid — you are like amateur detectives. “You wonder what you


devastated and scared. Don was unable to accept the reality of it, nor could he think of anything helpful to say. Their • daughter was heartbroken when she heard her mother’s news, recovering, enough to ask in a breathless and hesi-.- tating voice if her mother could pray. “No I cannot,:’ retorted Ins. Her'


• sage he said he had received from God for them. He had written it down. They were to be promised that if they would accept the outstretched loving


in fact, resulted from a misspelling. It could have actually started off as Dimpley or Pimberley. I will just have to remember that next time I complain about someone misspelling


my name.: The exhibition runs


until September 29th at Whalley Library and a workshop will be held on September 23rd. The Rib­ ble Valley branch of the Lancashire Family His­ tory and Heraldry Society meets on the second Tues­ day of every month at Clltheroe Cricket Club.


CHILDREN as young as three will soon have' the chance to learn French — at a local Le Club Francais.


A l i t t l e F r e n c h k n o w - h o w . . .


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- Mother-of-two Mrs Elaine Wardle. of Beechthorpe Avenue, Waddington, has a B.A. honours degree in .


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French and, while living in France on, several-occa­ sions; has taught: French children to speak English.:


Now,' she wants to teach English children French and. is planning to set up four clubs in the Ribble Valley.


The sessions are planned for after normal, school,


" The idea, she says, is to teach children between :


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Anyone' interestehwn: the venture is asked. to . con-., tact Mrs Wardle on 01200 442510.


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; will be sessions on a Saturday: momuig at: Clitheroe . Parish Hall.


three and U.-to speak French, using games,-books; and role play.


.■ the language; and something; about French culture, to the under-lls.


.■•;!She feels that;as;most;local primary schools,do not teach-French;. there; is a ; real need to introduce,


hours at Pendle-Primary; Waddington.and West. Bradford CE and -Whalley CE schools. 'Also; there ■


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■ conclusion. Eventually they found words of their own to pray and entered into a completely new relationship with ' the Lord Jesus that afternoon. They felt themselves to be a team, with Jesus as coach. They knew that they were going to beat this thing. Iris received new strength in the daily


arms of God, he would see them through their trouble to a satisfactory


prayers had been limited to the prayer book. In her despair, she thought: “Oh - is that all she can come up with.’’.. .. . . . Their curate came along with a mes-;


. mony of deliverance and new life. This did not seem enough for her and she had no peace until the vicar consented to allow her to.! testify to the congrega­ tion in a full church on Easter Sunday morning. He-drew the whole story from her, prompting and helping her throughout. Iris asked permission to say a few more words of her own to the multitude of listeners. She went on to say that the time of suffering had been the most wonderfully blessed time of her life and, that if she had to pass through it all again to come to know the


" Don number, their years as Christians ■ from the time when they whole-hear­ tedly accepted Jesus as their own per-


• with him. You will find a greater joy, life and love than you have ever known before.” I do not think any who heard her words will ever iforget them. Iris and


, church empty-handed. Take Jesus’s hand in yours and go' home to work


vice to the Lord. Don’t go out of the


• sonal saviour. May their testimony help us all. ■


Joe Stansficld


choir and attended each service. This was a great joy to her and sought, with the curate’s assistance, to write in'the parish magazine her thankful testi-


companionship with her Lord, who shared every pang of pain with her during the subsequent days of treat­ ment and suffering. Following., the


: Lord, she would; “Don’t be like I was, just a church attender, giving lip ser­


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