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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 19th, 2003 5 Birds bring visitors flocking to the Valley Photo glimpses of the past by John Turner


OUR feathered friends are becoming big business in


Bowland and the Ribble Valley. More than 250 people


spent the weekend in the area hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the birds of Bowland. The Royal Society for the


Protection of Birds - Europe’s largest wildlife conservation charity - organised a weekend of events which was fully booked within weeks of one advertisement appearing in the organisation's magazine. The society claims that its wildlife events in the Forest of Bow­ land this year could see visitors spending up to £10.000 in local communities. Speaking at the launch of


the Bowland Festival in Dun- sop Bridge Village Hall on Fri­ day, RSPB regional director Laurence Rose said: "Birds and other wildlife bring big benefits to local businesses and services. Conservation and tourism can work hand in hand to keep rural people in the countryside and benefit community life by injecting much-needed cash into local areas.


"Wildlife such as the wonder­


ful birds of Bowland attracts visitors who spend money on local goods and services, pro­ viding income and employ­ ment. "Getting sustainable tourism


right can bring a win-win out­ come, with benefits both to conservation and local economies. Recognising the


role of nature conservation in rural development will help strengthen vital partnerships between conservation bodies and local businesses." Bed and breakfast accom­


modation in the Bowland area was at a premium over the weekend. Barbara Clayton, of the Parkers Arms, in Newton, said all their rooms over the fes­ tival weekend had been booked for many weeks. One of the highlights of the weekend was hearing a golden


oriole on the first dawn chorus walk. There have only ever been a


handful of sightings of the bird in Lancashire, so it was a real bonus for those who had risen at the crack of dawn. The weekend was run as a pilot and, judging by its suc­


cess, could now become a regu­ lar feature. Guests at the launch were


invited to take part in one of the walks being offered and Mr Peter Guy, of United Utilities, impressed those present with a


. short documentary of bird life in Bowland through the year. Jane Sylvester, tourism and


arts officer for Ribble Valley Borough Council, added: "This special-interest festival focus­ ing on the beauty and wildlife of the Ribble Valley ideally matches our policy on sustain­ able tourism." As well as the festival the


society has organised a highly- successful series of 14 moorland safaris throughout the summer. Mr Rose said: "The safaris


started in April and have been a fantastic success, with people from all over the North of Eng-


HAVING fun a( th e festival, above, a rc, from th e left, Yasmin Byrne, Sam Thompson, Connor Byrne and S tu a r t Bell.


(B150G03/2a) and right, Steven Rober ts with an RSPB Commu­ nity Education Officer (B150G03/2b)


land taking part. Not only It is hoped this will result in have hundreds of people up to £1,000 going to schools, enjoyed a day out among the Children at Bolton-by-Bow- breathtaking scenery of Bow- land, Grindleton and Wadding- land, they have also seen out- ton and West Bradford schools standing birds, such as the have been among those taking wonderful hen harrier, and sup- part in the programme of ported the area's businesses by activities, buying local."


The RSPB has run the Those taking part have been events in partnership with


charged £5 per head, with all United Utilities, English profits going to local schools to Nature, Ribble Valley Borough help with their environmental Council and Lancashire Rural education.


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IN the picture, h er three children, M rs Paula Dukinficld, Mr Trevor Hammond and M rs Joan Bichler, toast M rs Hammond’s big milestone. (C130603/7) •


A TELEGRAM from the Queen was the ularly the prompt for Waddington Drama highlight for Mrs Mabel Hammond as she


celebrated her 100th birthday. And all her three children were at Lowfield


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House, Clitheroe, to help mark the big occa­ sion for a lady who moved to the Ribble Val­ ley from Bradford in 1946 to open a confec­ tionery business. The family first ran a shop in Longridge; then, later, opened the business in St Mary’s


Street, Clitheroe, which traded until five years ago. Mrs Hammond was also well-known local­ ly for her work in drama groups and was reg-


Group. She is still a member of St Mary’s Church


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and its women’s group. In her earlier days, Mrs Hammond was a


keen ballroom dancer and won awards for slow foxtrot and tango.


She married Mr William Hammond in


Bradford in 1923. Mr Hammond died in 1964 and she con­


tinued to run the business in Clitheroe with her son, Mr Trevor Hammond.


Mrs Hammond has three grandchildren and is great-grandmother to 13.


Time for a cuppa and Toby Jug is one of the tops — that’s official


A TEA SHOP in Whalley has retained its place as one of the best places to get a cuppa in Britain. The Toby Jug Tea Shop in King Street


won one of 33 special awards at this year’s coveted Top Tea Place competition. Throughout April and May, a team of


mystery tea tasters from The Tea Council’s Tea Guild secretly visited 125 teashops and tearooms throughout the UK in a bid to find the best cuppa in Britain. The mystery inspector to The Toby Jug


Tea Shop was so impressed that he awarded top marks in nearly all categories. With 115 marks to be lost or gained, only


the very best candidates in each region went through to the second round of rigorous judg­ ing. Candidates were judged on the tea’s flavour, strength and temperature, through to the all-important condition of the crockery, the staff attitudes and knowledge. The Toby Jug beat off strong competition


including Nostalgia Tearooms of Southport and The Cottage Tea Room, Bakewell, other Tea Guild members and establishments rec­ ommended by leading food and drink guides, such as Les Routiers and the Automobile Association.


The tea shop is run by Mrs Marie Ireland


and her daughter, Jane Lee. Mrs Ireland said: “We are absolutely


delighted. It is a great honour to be one of only three places in Lancashire to be chosen by the Tea Council. We have put in a lot of hard work over the years.” They bought the property in 1983 and


opened the tea shop two years later. They serve a wide variety of teas, ranging


from Yorkshire tea to Darjeeling and Assam, and even the latest craze sweeping up from the south - Moroccan mint tea.


They pride themselves on attention to


detail, like using boiling water and china cups. Bill Gorman, Executive Director for The


Tea Council, said: "The Toby Jug Tea Shop is setting the standard for top tea-making in the UK. As ever, competition for Top Tea Place was tough but 33 shops shone through with their exceptionally high standards." "The British love a good cuppa, drinking a


staggering 165 million cups of tea every day. The Tea Council believes the Top Tea Place competition can only boost the tourist indus­ try - as demonstrated by last year’s winner in


Newquay - and help the nation achieve the perfect brew".


EU to control disease outbreaks


THE decision on how to tack­ le any future outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been placed under the control of the European Commission. "Lack of action by the


United Kingdom Govern­ ment has obviously frustrated the European Commission as much as our farmers," said Douglas Chalmers, regional director of the Country Landowners' Association, this week. "But at least we have some direction now”. Mr Chalmers wds com­


menting on the announce­ ment by the EU's Council of Agriculture Ministers which has taken the decision on how


to tackle any future outbreak of foot and mouth out of the hands of DEFRA, putting it firmly under the control of the European Commission. The EC will have the power to insist on emergency vacci­ nation, a concept, said Mr Chalmers, "which our own Government decided it would not use in 2001". He added: "If DEFRA


bear increasingly less respon­ sibility for what might hap­ pen in future outbreaks, how will individuals and organisa­ tions be able to input their knowledge and opinions? At least in a future outbreak the decision on emergency vacci­


nation will be made, but we must be sure that local knowl­ edge and veterinary advice are part of the decision mak­ ing process. These valuable resources were sadly ignored last time, and this omission contributed to many of the wrong decisions being made. "The responsibility and the


cost of localised biosecurity measures has been passed to farmers while the direction comes from Europe. Mean­ while the most likely source of any future outbreak, our ports and airports operate woefully inadequate controls. We must see progress on this front before it is too late".


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IN 2002, Clitheroe Library was given the chance to buy a unique collection of early photographs of Bolton-by-Bowland from a local resident. It seems that the photographs


were taken in 1865, when the Bolton Hall estate was sold by Mrs Littledale. It was bought by Col Wright


in 1866. The original photographs were


in reasonable condition, given that they had not been stored


well, but the library decided to take laser photocopies of them so that people could handle them and they could be displayed safe­ ly-


A local print company scanned


and laminated them for the dis­ play, which was mounted for Bolton-by-Bowland residents, many of whom were able to see the pictures for the first time. The collection is now on dis­


play in Clitheroe Library until the end of the month.


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