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THE Clitheroe-based North West Sound Archive offers active help to a wide range of people, says the man who runs it.


report by Tim Procter


"Our door is open to any­ one, but many inquiries come by fax, telephone and post," says Mr Andrew Schofield, who has been at the archive for over 15 years.


"Our commitment is region­ al, not just local, but we are very pleased to help anyone from the local area as well as from all over the world."


Last week, Coun. Graham Sowter suggested that the archive should be more boldly presemted. And he also feels its headquarters, several rooms of varying age in the shadow of the castle keep, should have a use more directly allowing the public to benefit from the quality and his­ toric aspect of the build­


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THE nrin who runs the North West Sound Archive, Mr Andrew Schofield, pictured among t‘he shelves of tapes with


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Mr Schofield has just one assistant, Mrs Lynda Yates, who works part- time. The pair, helped by three spare-time volun­ teers, cover the whole of Lancashire and Greater Manchester and are now


Mr Schofield is keen to con­ centrate on his day-to - day role, but points out that members of the joint committee of coun­ cils which controls the archive are always happy to talk to anyone about its role and operation.


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"I must emphasise that our opportunities for active outreach are limited, due to the number of record­ ings we make, the num­ ber we have to look after and catalogue, and the number of inquiries we receive," says Mr Schofield. "We are very proud to be seen as a repository tor the history of the North West and smaller collections are often donated to us - we have just received Black­ burn Musuem's, tor


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TAPES of a wide variety of types and ages are held in the archive. Mrs Lynda Yates Iis Dictured with some of the wide variety of editing equipment needed to handle the


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instance. This is now eas­ ily the most important sound archive outside London. Sometimes we need to undertake urgent restorative work to pre-


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The National Curriculum and the Millennium are just two "triggers" for increased levels of inter­ est in the 110,000 record­ ings and various other collections - such as 13,000 dialect and spe­ cialised regional words. Well-organised computer cataloguing means that any subject can be accessed quickly on spe­ cific request. But the archive has on sale numerous topic and theme packs covering a wide range, from "Car­ bolic, Clogs and Cock­ roaches" about life a cen­ tury ago to "The Birth of the Computer." The archive is keen on collect­ ing contemporary as well as historic children's playsongs, of which it has 500.


serve damp or damaged records or tapes."


He himself would certainly be happy for the archive to be in more convenient, possibly purpose-built premises, but points out that a lot of effort has been put into the present building. Temperature and humidity is closely controlled, and other technical features include sound baffling for the studio and re-recording areas.


even some wax cylinders going back over a centu­ ry. The archive also stores a selection of his­ toric audio equipment - "we don't seek it, but don't like to see it destroyed," says Mr Schofield.


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'The Millennium has increased people's aware­ ness of the importance of history - we have been recognising it for years, working away to locate and record people with memories of every aspect of life," points out Mr Schofield. "We try to identify gaps in our cov­ erage. At the moment we are keen to record the memories of'people who worked in health care, at whatever level, before the NHS. We also realised that Cotton Queens were well remem­ bered but have little material on them. Can T anyone help?"


"Policy is a matter for the councillors, not for myself - but it is fairly obvious that the urgent thing, and the priority for spending money, is to locate and record as many memories as possi­ ble from older people," says Mr Schofield.


"We are only too happy to advise any individual or group in effective record­ ing techniques to broad­ en the amount of materi­ al saved for the future, in addition to offering a booklet."


For instance, Chipping Local History Society is compiling a recorded his­ tory of the village and of Leagram Hall, following a training day at the archive. And officials of Manchester United FC


here is a large collection of commercial recordings, many 78s of North West artists and bands, and


•Mr Schofield or Mrs Yates can be contacted on 01200 427897.


and of the city's police museum have also been a d v i s e d recently.


Whalley Nab run will feature an e x -Olympic star


A VETERAN Olympic marathon runner is to


j dust off his spikes to join young children taking part in this year's Whalley Nab Race.


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joining youngsters for the annual athletic assault on Whalley's famous "peak" in the race, which takes place tomorrow. Dr Hill, in his illustrious career as a run­ ner, has taken part in three Olympic marathons, has struck gold during the European marathon in Athens, in 1969, and again at the Commonwealth Marathon in Edinburgh, in 1970, to name but a few of his impressive achieve­


ments. Following the run with


Dr Ron Hill MBE will be nity Minibus Fund, which currently stands at


£10,000. Race organiser Mr Jon


Smith said: "Whalley Abbey has kindly agreed to run all three races through the Abbey grounds to ensure safety at the start of the children's race and at the end of both senior races - the elite race wll be exact­ ly the same distance as pre­ vious years." The race registration


the children, he will present medals and certificates, and his presence is sure to draw even more people to the run


than last year. This year the event is


being sponsored by Coul- tons Florists in the village, and all the proceeds are going to the Whalley Guide and Scout Group Commu-


times and starting tim^ are as follows: elite (7 miles), registration from 6 p.m., start at 7-15 p.m.; short course (2.2 miles), registra­ tion from 5-30 p.m., start 6-30 p.m.; children's (one mile for eight to 15-year- olds), registration from 5 p.m., start 6-30 p.m. The event is open to


everyone and registration takes place at Whalley CE Primary School.


Brick-built house go-ahead


1 BRICK can bo ased, rather than stone, to build a house in the grounds of The Stonohouse, Clitheroe Road, Whal-


i ning and Development Committee followed the recom­ mendation of officials in allowing Mr M. Schofield's appli­ cation for a brick house, permission for a stone one having been given earlier. Officials said that, having regard to walling material proposed and the construction of other properties in the area, the property's appearance would not bo out of keeping. No undue damage should result to trees on the road frontage or driveway. A large beech tree would bo lost, but was decaying and it would be unwise to retain it in any case. Conditions were imposed about material


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choice, access and other matters. Accident pensioner (79) dies


A PENSIONER who had to be airlifted to hospital when


his car plunged off the road has died. Mr Stanley Birtwell (79), of Higham Road, Padiham, died in Preston Royal Infirmary, where he had been flown


by the air ambulance helicopter. An official from Blackburn coroner's office said a post


mortem examination showed Mr Birtwell died from nat­ ural causes and no inquest would be held.


Cavalier smashed through buslics before overturning at the bottom of an embankment after leaving Back Lane between Read and Sabden on May 27th.


Mr Birtwell suffered multiple injuries when his^Vamliall


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