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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, May 13th, 1999 11 Ciitheroe 422324 (Editoriai), 422323 (Advertising), Burniey 422331 (Ciassified)


THE weather was excel­ lent lor the Ciitheroe Ramblers when they explored the new path around Stocks Reservoir. This path, which is being


New footpath is explored by local ramblers i


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developed by North West Water, has not yet been fully completed or officially opened, but it is already clear that it will be greatly


enjoyed. The starting point was


Forest Bocks car park at the north-eastern end of the reservoir. Loader Mr John Earnshaw explained that the old village of Stocks in Bowland had been sub­ merged under the reservoir near this point. The car park adjoins the site of the former vicarage. The ramblers followed


the path north from the reservoir up to the point where the Hodder could be crossed by stepping stones. Safely acro.ss, the party climbed up the west bank to reach the track of the old railway constructed special­ ly to bring stone down from a quarry high on the fell to face the reservoir dam wall.


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Disabled can get help to maintain their gardens


A GRANT of £500 from the Lancashire Envi­ ronmental Action Fund is to help Kibble Valley residents who can no longer maintain their gar­ dens, through ill-health or age. The money, given to County Council County


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the Ribble Valley Com munity Gardening Pro­


je c t , will be spent on tools and equipment for


its team of volunteers. Last year, LEAP spent


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Walking south-westwards along the track, they enjoyed beautiful views across the water towards the dam and the wooded


hills beyond. By the dam, where the


Water Board House now stands, the walkers paused


to try to imagine the activi­ ty there when the dam was being built in the 1920s. Another railway brought in supplies from Tosside for both the construction of the dam and to meet the needs of the hundreds of men who lived there in the temporary


Cricket legend who


was born locally and played for CRGS


Death of Cvril Washbrook at 84


A RIBELE VALLEY hamlet has lost its proud link with one of English t ick e t 's gm a t i t batsmen, Cyril Washbrook OBE. who died recently - 84


years after his birth in Barrow. A stylish player with an cricket club introduced him A siyijsii piay ------------


outwardly lofty manner. Mr


to Lancashire-his "place of


*.*. Washbrook was known as a modest and likeable personality, yet one who took his cricket seriously. His natural gifts included the ab ility to concentrate for lengthy periods at the crease while compiling big scores for both Lancashire CCC


and England. His father was an


employee at Barrow Print Works, but the family left the area when Mr Wash­ brook was a teenager. By then his cricket career


had already started. Ho had played for Ciitheroe Royal Grammar School and for his village club's second


team. In 1979 Mr Washbrook


returned to the area to ded­ icate the Trafford Gardens and Washbrook Close hous­ ing project, named after


him. The family moved to


Bridgnorth, Shropshire, where the secretary of the


birth" county - following an outstanding record. The teenager was dis­


missed only twice in seven innings for the club, during which he scored 455 runs. Counties other than Lan­


cashire, and soccer clubs impressed by his prowess as an inside forward, sought his signature, but he decid­ ed to return to his native


county. Mr Washbrook's county


career had a slow start, and was interrupted by the Sec­


ond World War. Afterwards he became


more and more prominent, being a regular feature of English Test sides, a selec­ tor, and Lancashire captain. His first benefit season was as early as 1948, when the local area contributed to what was then a record £14,000 total. His first class career


included 76 centuries among 34,101 runs, includ­ ing 2,569 in 37 Test match­ es, with six centuries.


In 1954 Mr Washbrook


became the first profession­ al captain of Lancashire, a post that he held with utmost dignity at a time when most of the counties were still led by amateurs. Mr Washbrook and Sir


Leonard Hutton opened the England batting in 31 Test matches, posting three fig­ ure partnerships eight times, twice in both innings


of a match. At Johannesburg in 1948-


49 they scored 359 - a fig­ ure wliich remains an Eng­ lish record - and only one England partnership, that between Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe, could be said to have exceeded theirs in quality and duration. Mr Washbrook's excel­


lence was such that former Test all-rounder Trevor


Bailey rates him the third best post-war batsman on a bad wicket after Hutton and Denis Compton. Mr Washbrook was


named among Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in


1947. WARING - LAWSON


A Parisian honeymoon, a surprise gift from both sets of parents, followed the wedding of Clithoroe couple Miss Samantha Lawson and Mr Gareth Waring at the parish


" ' 'S b r id e is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alan Lawson


of Upbrooks Farm. The bridegroom, a Rose County Foods, is the son of Mr and Mrs Terry W inu. of Moorland Crescent.


Given away by her father. Miss Lawson wore a crinoline .


gown o ? s X r e L taffeta, which had a swee heart neck- fine and a heavily beaded bodice. It was complemented by a layer of cascading frills, which formed a tram, and a bou­ quet of ivory and gold roses, Singapore orchids, lilies,


^'^'she w^attLded by dame of honour iVta the bridegroom's sister, and bridesmaids M p e s Chariotte and Laura Lawson, her sisters, Joanne Dobson and Lillie


^"rhey wore either dresses or two-piece outfits in gold or ivory satin and carried bouquets similar to that of the


*’ "]3ek man was Mr Matthew Greenwood, the grooms­ man was Mr Graham McMillan and the ushers were Messrs Kieran Rigby and Dion Borg. Following the service, conducted by the Rev. Canon


Philip Dearden, a reception was held at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington. The couple will live in Ciitheroe.


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village of Hollins. Now the reservoir is a


peaceful haven for birds and wildlife and the ramblers enjoyed this fully as they crossed the dam and returned to Forest Becks up the east bank of the reser­


voir.


They look forward to the official opening of the path


in the near future. Our picture shows mem­


bers of the Ciitheroe Ram­ blers crossing the River Hodder above Stocks


Reservoir.


more than £30,000 to give invaluable help and advice to local individuals, schools and community groups carrying out their own


green projects. The key criteria for pro­


jects are that they are local­ ly developed and will pro­ vide a lasting contribution to local neighbourhoods. Schemes that have been eli­ gible for LEAF funding include repair, recycling and composting; local exchange trading schemes, training events and discus­ sion groups to help commu­ nities work together, wild- flower and bulb planting, tidying up community gar­ dens and conservation and improvement projects. Leader of Lancashire


YFC farm walk


MEMBERS of Ciitheroe Young Farmers enjoyed a


farm walk at Samlesbury, by kind permission of Mr and Mrs Dowson. Next week, members are asked to meet at West Bradford Playing Fields for a sports evening, the last meeting before the summer break. Meetings re-commence on


August 7 th. Alloy wheels theft


A SET of alloy wheel trims have been stolen from the back yard of house in Woone Lane, Ciitheroe. The four-spoked trims,


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Coun. John West comment­ ed: "LEAF projects are a very effective way for com­ munities to improve their own environment. "The £30,000 we gave


last year on schemes throughout Lancashire


actually generated more than £197,000 in spending on green projects, by giving groups the momentum they need to raise money inde­ pendently. From the small seeds of these local schemes, great benefits will grow to cover the whole of the coun-


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Work of Red Cross is I outlined for Rotary


AREA organiser for the R ed Cross Mr Jeff E n tw is t le was guest speaker at the latest meeting o f Ciitheroe


Probus Club. He talked to members of


the charity's foundation in 1864 under the Geneva Convention. It followed a plea, published in a book by a young Swiss business­ man called M. Henri Dunant, for an interna­ tional society to provide medical care to soldiers wounded in battle and pro­ tection for those taken prisoner. He wrote his book after


witnessing the atrocities of war at Solferino, Italy, on June 24th 1859, when a joint French and Italian


force clashed with the Aus­


trian army. To demonstrate its rele­


vancy today, Mr Entwistle detailed the Red Cross' s work following Lockerbie, the Zeebrugge ferry sinking and Omagh bombing. He talked of its training cours­ es, loans of medical equip­ ment, tracing of missing relations, distribution of emergency aid in disaster areas and food parcel ser­ vice to prisoners of war. In thanking Mr


Entwistle on behalf of members for his contribu­ tion, Mr John Hindmoor | expressed the hope that the Red Cro.ss would be able to continue its work, but that there would be an eventual decline in the need for its services.


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