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Leading figure in heraldry well connected - with the Valley


The North’s ‘King of Arms’ to launch village history


MANY families dig deep into their roots these days - and lots of Ribble Valley people support genealogical and sim­


ilar societies. But few of those busily research­


ing back into the past are aware that one of England's experts in the field was brought up in Hurst Green and now lives in Slaidbum. Mr Thomas Woodcock, who is


Northern Ireland. His medieval title is Norroy, (meaning king of the north) and Ulster King of Arms, and he and Garter King of Arms, the senior officer at the Col­ lege of Arms, have to approve every coat of arms in his area. Mr Woodcock says: "Although


qualified as a barrister, is third from the top of the College of Arms. He is a very busy author and researcher into heraldry and genealogy, working in London and other parts of the country as well. It is another example of someone


such post-medieval concepts as a DNA double helix, electrons, ben­ zine rings and computer pixels are beginning to appear on coats of arms, people tend to prefer tradi­ tional designs incorporating fierce birds and beasts, such as eagles and


lions."


from the Ribble Valley filling a key national rolel At the end of next month, Mr Woodcock will be in Hurst Green with his wife to launch Chronicle 2000, the major family-based histo­ ry of the village, compiled by Mrs Cynthia Yates and Mrs Margaret Cartwright. Officially a member of the Royal


Household, Mr Woodcock is responsible for heraldic matters north of the River Trent and in


ly unusual official-but-private- enterprise-too status. Salaries are in line with the medieval ethos, and Mr Woodcock's is £20.25p a year, following a pay rise in 1618. Her­ alds are able to work as consultants whose whose knowledge and skills are available to families, lawyers, auction houses such as Christie's and Sotheby’s, authors and many others for which they charge fees. English history being what it is, the field touched by heraldry and genealogy is very wide, so much so that real experts are few.


The College of Arms has a slight­ 1


both for designing arms and for heraldic research. For instance, Mr Woodcock is halfway through edit­ ing the third of a four-volume Dic­ tionary of British Arms which, when completed, will contain about 114,000 examples of British coats of arms before 1530. He has also written other books.


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parents lived in Hurst Green for 49 years and his father, also Thomas Woodcock, who died last year, was a prominent solicitor who played a big part in the preservation of the hall behind St John's Church,


One published only last week, enti­ tled "Heraldry in National Trust Houses", links the subject with the trust. This and "The Oxford Guide to Heraldry", a standard work pub­ lished in 1988 and still in print, were written with Mr John Martin Robinson, the archivist to the Duke of Norfolk, who lives near Kirkby Lonsdale. Mr Woodcock attended Miss


Camm's school in Whalley as a child in the mid-'50s, and later went on to Eton, followed by Durham and Cambridge Universities. He was called to the bar, but preferred a heraldic career and, since he went to the College of Arms in 1975, has gradually progressed up its ladder. Mr Woodcock's mother now lives


in Slaidburn and his sister also has her home in the Ribble Valley. His


at the church on Saturday, May 27th. There are nearly 200 personal contributions and several hundred copies are being printed. An exhibi­ tion of photographs and memora­ bilia will start at the same time and go on for the following two days. Mr Woodcock (48) looks forward


Hurst Green. Chronicle 2000 will be launched


to the event and says: "Even genealogy is affected by scientific advances and recent DNA research shows that men with the same descendants in the male line have the same Y-chromosome. "This has exciting possibilities, as


Three rushed to hospital


after pile-up


Fire-fighters cut injured free as road is closed


THREE people, including two from the Ribble Valley, were rushed to hospital following a dra­ matic three-car pile-up in Whalley Road, Simon- stone, which brought traffic to a standstill on Sat­


urday evening.


from the Shuttleworth link road traffic lights to Simonstone Lane was closed for four hours. Fire­ fighters cut the injured from the wreckage and paramedics treated them at the scene. Fire-fighters feared one of


The busy main road


it will enable genealogists to see how many people with the same surname have the same descen­ dants in the male line, and whether families of different surnames have a common ancestor in the male line before surnames were adopted between, approximately, 1200 and 1400."


Blackpool donkeys on holiday at Todber


the vehicles was going to burst into flames because of leaking petrol, but a dry powder extinguisher had been used on it before they


arrived. Mr James Nutter (18), of


Peel Park Avenue, Clitheroe, was driving a white Rover Metro towards Simonstone when it was in a collision with a beige Vaux- hall Carlton, driven by Mrs Susan Barrett (46), of Ight-


en Road, Burnley. Mr Nutter's vehicle then


collided head-on with a blue Peugeot 405 driven by Mr Vaughan Presho, of Charles Street, Great Harwood, who was travelling towards


Padiham. Burnley Fire Station


Commander John Pheth- ean said: "When we arrived a dry powder fire extin­ guisher had already been used on the Metro as there were concerns about it bursting into flames, as petrol was leaking from the vehicle." Fire crews removed the


Churches join


for choral event A CHOIR of more than 50 voices will raise the roof at Waddington's St Helen's Church this Sunday. Members of the church's


are now ticketing agents on behalf of


I "Crucifixion" under the con- ductorship of Mrs Jean Hartley, choir director at St


own choir will be joined by their peers from other local churches to sing Stainer's


Helen's. The performance is


EV EN BlackDOGl d o n k ey s have holidays!


winter % *££*** On Sunday the donkeys returned


thu TST \° „ rfnnkevAemable luxurious and lazy months resting farm. venue, this year's destination would and Mrs Herbert


Touch of the James Bonds


at big event SHAKING at, but not stirring from, the gaming tables were guests at a glit­ tering Ribble Valley trib­ ute to James Bond. For although only play­


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ing with "paper money", on offer to the end-of-evening holder of the most chips was the use of a racing green Aston Martin DB5 for the weekend, a prize that eventually went to Mr and Mrs Andrew and Valerie Stanworth, of Wiswell. The elegant event, with


family grandchildren who It is more than 20 years since the were attracted to Jake and Pip.


When Jake and Pip needed a Blackpool for the start of the Moorhouse family last had Black- Asked whether the family would well-earned break from the seaside, hol


i ehoot6 heifwteter holiday in a field fronting the home of Mr Then, their three children were to choose the r winter nonaay


Herbert and Elsie Moor- al young and were delighted at the


? ^ J o T e , r e<,VirtU,Uy k S r S r - 5 S - = ™ yS,U h .L 0 t t .m o , .h , For the pair travelled from tisement in the Farmers Guardian garden.


Council worker escapes huge electric shock


A COUNCIL worker who lives in Clitheroe was left with burns from a huge electric shock when he drilled through a power


cable. Mr Richard Haworth (24), a Lan­


cashire County Council Engineering Services worker, was installing bol­ lards on the pavement in Station Road, Padiham, on Friday at 1 p.m.,


when the incident occurred. He was taken to Padiham Medical


Centre suffering from burns to his arms and face, where medical staff


called for an ambulance. Ambulance staff took Mr


guests competing to match the fictional hero’s sartorial style, was held at and organised by staff from Whalley’s Mitton Hall Country House Hotel. Its co-owner, Mr John Ash­ worth, who loaned the Aston from his private col­ lection, appears in our photo wearing a dark din­ ner jacket, surrounded by Collette Ferriday, Tim Bingham, Anita Hayde and Alexandra Levell. (090400/24/11)


Haworth, to Burnley General Hospi­ tal, and he was later transferred to Royal Preston Hospital. He was dis­ charged after treatment. Health and safety officers from the


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Reason, having spent four pool donkeys on holiday at their be taking a trip to Blackpool to see the pair this summer, Mrs Moor-


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Anna Leigh (21), of Standen Edge, Pendleton. Crews also had to cut off the doors and panelling | from the badly damaged Peugeot 405, to free passen­ ger Mrs Claire Presho (25), whose legs were trapped. Connie Presho (four) and 18-month-old Ellis Presho, passengers in the back of the Peugeot, escaped | unhurt. Mr Nutter, who suffered


bruising to his head, Miss Leigh, who sustained a bro­ ken arm, and Mrs Presho, who complained of back injuries, were taken to Burnley General Hospital. Miss Leigh and Mrs Presho were detained and both were yesterday said to be 'comfortable”. Police accident investiga-


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