TV spotlight on our ghost expert


GHOST expert and sound mimic Simon Entwistle has again brought television cam­


eras to the area. A team from BBC 2's "Out and


About" has recently been filming part of Mr Entwistle's ghost tour of the numerous historical places in


Whalley. Popular Radio Lancashire presenter


Sally Naden is introducing the local pro­ gramme as p a r t of a new series on Thursday evenings made by BBC North West and entitled "Out and


About." The De Lacy Arms, Chapel House and


the abbey were among places featured; Media personality Mr Entwistle turned


out specially for the cameras - normally the tour is in the village on a Sunday evening, with the Clitheroe one on Wednesdays. But Mr Entwistle books


larger parties at any time. "Many local people have been on the


tours, and this summer I am hoping plen­ ty of tourists will come along," he says. "Out and About" producers were fasci­ nated by Mr Entwistle's sound creating


ability, which has seen him on numerous television and radio programmes over the years. The Whalley tour includes many obvious noises but some not-so-obvious ones as well, such as a wine bottle opening. Mr Entwistle is very keen to find out


more about the village, especially the charnel house which is now part of the De Lacy Arms. In the new series, newsreader Martin


Henfield will be joined by North West pre­ senters and TV personalities, who will tour around the region in a restored Morris Minor visiting people, places and events of


interest. Said Martin Henfield: "It's great to be


back on the open road, out here visiting people and places I knew so well in my


reporting days. "I thought I knew everywhere in the North West, but I think we will discover


some real gems even I didn't know about and, of course, some characters." Without a doubt, Mr Entwistle will almost certain­


ly fit the bill on that count! The series starts tonight at 7—


about with Sally Naden.


Fund-raising souvenir fascinating insight into life of


by Vivien Meath


IT may seem unthinkable today, but 97 years ago a donkey was bought by a local cricket club to pull the ground's roller. A fascinating insight into life in Clitheroe 70


years ago is contained in the pages of a fund-raising


bazaar souvenir handbook. The book was printed in


1927 to mark an attempt by Ribblesdale Wanderers


Cricket, Tennis and Bowl­ ing Club to raise £1,000 with which to buy the Church Meadow ground. It contained 60 pages of


advertisements, pictures and information on the


club. The handbook marked a


three-day grand bazaar,


held in the Queen’s Hall, now Dawson's Ironmon­


shillings for a family ticket, two shillings for the open­ ing day and sixpence all


gers, in King Street. Admission was five


day Saturday. Considering th a t five


shillings would buy a gal­ vanised clothes boiler in 1927 and one shilling and sevenpence, a pound of the finest selected Irish roll or, alternatively, a wood poss- er, it was certainly not cheap. It was, however, a grand


scene inside the hall remi­ niscent of Merrie England, with the stage set to resem­ ble Windsor Castle and


grounds and the cafe deco­ rations to represent an old


English abbey. Sadly, despite their hard


work and far-reaching sights, the club failed to reach its target, instead settling for £623, which was used to defray the club debt of £200 and also obtain a motor mower. The tenure of Church Meadow


had to wait. The event was opened


occasion. Organisers had attempted to recreate a


by Captain W. Brass MP, who commented tha t wives and mothers should


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be grateful to the club because their husbands and sons were often in the way at home and when they were playing cricket, the women were able to get on with their work. Chairman Mr A. R.


witchery of Mother Demdike. He told the gathering


the club was fully con' tained in the handbook


Gradwell told the gather­ ing that Clitheroe seemed to have suddenly sprung to


life.Recently an electric undertaking had been opened, he said and, to mark the event, the old keep was flooded with light and the inhabitants of the forests round about received the fright of their lives, thinking it was the


that it certainly appeared th a t Clitheroe was no longer going to hide her light under a bushel. In fact people in London were beginning to take notice of the town. There were going to be new schools. The Postmaster General had remembered the town and a wonderful new post office was to be erected, to say nothing of a new bank. "In fact there will soon


and told of its formation in 1891 and how the Stoop Field, adjoining the Bar- row Road was initially used, with players walking to and from matches with neighbouring sides. In 1901 a donkey was


bought to pull the roller. The first professional engaged was W. Lakeland,


of Whalley. This potted account of


be a bank for each of the inhabitants," he concluded.


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[ ning and Development Committee agreed to the outline plan for 15 houses on land behind Littlemoor House after considering a number of conditions to the proposals put forward


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opposed the development after concerns were raised regarding access to the site, a possible loss of privacy and the disturbance to nearby elderly residents. A report put forward at


is all very disturbing." Despite the parish coun­


cil's worries surrounding the narrow access lanes to the sites and how busy the village is for parking dur­ ing the day, it suggested a number of modifications to the outline plans, which would be acceptable. Residents have express­


the meeting said that Rib- ble Valley Borough Council should approve the plans as the land had already been put forward for housing in the area plan. But Coun. Eileen Lowe (Sabden) said that the parish council had not initially objected to the land being used as mem­ bers thought it would be kept until it could be used for sheltered accommoda­ tion. She said: "We do not know what age group will end up living on the site. It


ed grave concerns on the number of workmen that could potentially use the Littlemoor area as a short cut and as a result the parish council has asked for a temporary fence to be erected inbetween the development and Little- moor when work is being carried out. I t has also asked that,


the club's early years makes fascinating reading. A copy of the souvenir


Alderman Standring's account of the history of


handbook was loaned to us by Mr Trevor Roberts.


DIRECT giving a t St Paul's Church, Low Moor, Clitheroe, went up


Our picture shows Rib­ blesdale Wanderers Junior Eleven, winners of the Ribblesdale Amateur League Championship in • 1922,1923 and 1924. Front


row, from the left: W. Stan­ dring (chairman), W. Orr. H. Weaver, W. Calvert (captain), S. Gornall, H. Proctor, Master Calvert (scorer), T. Scott (secre­ tary). Back row: W. Allan (committee), L. Trimby, F. Slinger, S. Brindley, J. Slater, J. Swales, R. Preedy, T.B Whitehead


(committee).


Giving rises by 20 per cent Army and Missions to Sea-


men. The average number in


20 per cent last year. Churchpeople donated


£24,621, as against £20,641 in 1996, with fund-raising being on top. The Vicar, the Rev. Rod­


ney Nicholson, writes in the parish magazine: "I still feel, however, that a large slice of our income comes from comparatively


few people." Last year the church


gave away nine per cent of its income, mainly to the Church Mission Society, Christian Aid, the Chil­ dren's Society, the Church


the St Paul's congregation was slightly up on the year before, which itself was an increase on the year before


that. But Sunday School


numbers have declined - and the magazine includes a follow-up to a previous item about the number of


weddings. "For the first time in my


ministry, I have no wed­ dings this year. Three had been booked, but all have been cancelled," writes Mr Nicholson.


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River’s journey is subject of talk-


THE final winter programme meeting of Clitheroe Civic Society was an audio visual presentation by Mr Norman


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