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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, January 12th, 2006 Trio of winners
THERE were three Blackburn winners in the weekly East Lan cashire Hospice Lottery draw. The first prize of £1,000 went
to Miss Jones; second prize of £250 to Mrs Mercer and £100 third prize to Mrs Gill. If you would like to support
your local hospice by joining the lottery, please call Gill on 01254 342847.
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www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Furniture by Duncan Smith
AN APPEAL for landown ers with a few acres to spare for tree planting has been launched by Chipping furni
ture-maker H. J. Berry in its bid to create native wood-
• lands throughout the county. Britain’s oldest chairmaker has taken, part in similar
■ schemes in the past in its quest to enhance the surrounding
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a result of public demand
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1 Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burtiley 422331 (Classified) s tree appeal countryside. Planting new
■ woodlands creates wildlife habitats and is far more envi ronmentally desirable than fields for the production of live stock for meat. Working in partnership with
Lancashire Rural Futures, H.. J. Berry has already planted tracts of broadleaf woodland containing indigenous oak, alder, ash, birch and hazel trees, among others. The firm also has a policy to
use only wood from sustainable British sources in the manufac ture of its chairs and tables, and has pledged to plant and , care for a tree for every dining
settheysell. . . ■ Managing director Andrew
Berry - the fifth generation of the family to head the Chip- ping-based firm - said: “When my great-great grandfather first set up business in 1850, he used timber cut from the near by Forest of Bowland. “Right until the Second
World War, the H. J. Berry carthorses used to haul timber from the forest back to the mill. But livestock farming has been so destructive in recent decades that we feel it is time somebody put something back into the surrounding countryside - and th a t ’s why we are a driving
force behind the regeneration of the Forest of Bowland.” A passionate supporter of
environmental issues, Andrew added: “We believe that all human activity should be in harmony and sympathy with nature.
; “Our goal is to be an ecologi
cally sustainable, ecologically beneficial and non-polluting business.” - ' - Apart from spearheading the
tree-planting project. Berry’s also supports the Woodland Heritage, Lancashire Wildlife Trust and the Centre for Alter native Technology. The compa ny is also members of the Eco logical Design Association and others; Grants may be available
from Lancashire Rural Futures for anyone wishing to take part in the H. J. Berry tree-planting project. Call 01200 426433 for details or speak to marketing manager Sarah Spink on 01995 61226.
Hospice in plea for unwanted presents
UNWANTED presents can be turned into cash to help the area’s hospice. East Lancashire Hospice is
appealing for any unwanted presents that people may have received. Harry Grayson, head of
ALL FRAMES • . and ' . .- • ALL LENSES
fund-raising, explained: “Liter ally everyone receives presents for birthdays and for Christ- '.mas from both friends and fam ily that are not ideally suited to them and invariably, these presents are just stored away and never used until spring cleaning forces them into ‘clear- out mode’. “Then, eventually they are
sent to charity shops, jumble sales, bring-and-buy sales and other worthwhile causes or con cerns.
. . “Regardless of what the
unwanted gifts are, whether large or small, the hospice can
: turn-these into cash by using them as tombola prizes, raffle- prizes or offering them for sale : in the hospice shop in King
William Street in Blackburn.” He added: “The hospice
attends and hosts many fetes, fairs and fund-raising events and nearly all of them feature raffles and tombolas, as these are major revenue generators and prizes are urgently needed for that.” The hospice is now one of the
most modern of its kind and offers a superior service to the people of Ribble Valley, Black burn, Darwen and Hyndburn.
. However, along with these services there is of course a cost and the charity, is now respon sible for raising in excess of £500,000 each and every year to meet this, relying on the sup port and generosity of people
■ from within the boroughs. Anyone wishing to donate,
host a fund-raising event, or to obtain further information on hospice fund-raising events can do so by ringing the office on 01254 660900 to arrange deliv ery or collection.
Live export ban a step closer
ANIMAL welfare campaign ers have welcomed a decision by the European Commission to end subsidies for all exports: of live cattle for slaughter. ' . : Ribble "Valley :Euro-MP Chris Davies has campaigned for a ban and says the news is a welcome step forward in the fight to stop the cruelty caused to animals in transit. -
■ ' The Liberal Democrat MEP said: "The end of these subsi dies for suffering should dra-
..matically cut the number of • animals being exported in this brutal manner.
Friendly and helpful staff
. ("Live exports are extremely cruel and all too often can expose animals to long and stressful journeys and horrific
; slaughter methods," he added. The decision by the Euro pean Commission removes
; incentives for farmers to trans port
their.live cattle to the Middle East, a trade exposed for its immense cruelty by ani mal charities.- . - The EU exports around
250,000 live cattle to other countries each year. The majority are transported to Lebanon on journeys lasting up to 10 days. The animal charity Coni-
passiori in World Farming is campaigning internationally for a worldwide end to the
: trade in all live farm animals for slaughter.
Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)
A treasure for all the Valley
by Bob Jones I HAVE tended to argue, over
the years, that almost as impor tant as research into local histo ry, is th e fa c t th a t s ta r t in g points giving significant infor mation come “out of the blue.” Last October I saw an original oil
painting of Clitheroe - approxi mately 48in. by 18in. I had no pre vious knowledge of its existence though it.has been available for viewing, a t no cost, for several years. H. V. Morton in his book: “The
Call of. England’.’ (1928) wrote, “Clitheroe is half in fairyland and half in Lancashire, that is to say half in new Lancashire and half in old.” Five years later this was the opening sentence of the Clitheroe and Ribble Valley guide book. Once upon a time, long long ago -
not later than 1740 - an unknown artist made a sketch of the borough. His final painting portrayed the earliest, realistic view of the town ship - not just the Castle - we have yet seen. Only two earlier and well- known drawings exist, one of the Castle around 1580, the other dated 1727 by Nathaniel Buck. Neither are accurate pictures of their sub ject. We are looking, in this painting,
at an ancient settlement which, even some 600 years after Norman times, only had a population of around 600 or ,700 with two bailiffs in charge! Queen Elizabeth had put Clitheroe on the national map in 1558 by giving the borough two members of Parliament. For the next 270 years it was no wonder tha t wealthy landowners from many parts of the country were eager to invest in burgage properties which gave voting rights. This helped them or other family mem bers of friends to become MPs. However, we must not imagine
the queen had a particular interest in Clitheroe. She awarded the same rights to another 144 boroughs which soon became known as pock et boroughs. The painting itself pinpoints
important features often mentioned by the local historians of the past. How pleased William Self Weeks, Arthur Langshaw, Stephen Clarke, Jimmy Fell, Henry Forrest and Cyril Ainsworth would have been to see this picture. a) We begin, as usual, with the
Castle. The critical points to note are the steward’s house (site of the museum) and gatehouse area before major restoration work was done in
the early 1740s. Lancashire Record
, Office has details of the cost of the materials for this project dated 1742-43. We have the late Cyril Ainsworth to thank for this research. b) Some 40 or 50 years before the
first mill chimney appeared on the Clitheroe skyline our unknown artist has recorded evidence of the town’s oldest industry - limestone quarrying. Three plumes of smoke are depicted from kilns in the Hor- rocksford area. And the two pack- horses heading towards High Moor - are they examples of “lime gals” who were to play an increasingly vital role over the next hundred years before the arrival of the rail ways.? See page 57 of Stephen Clarke’s book: “Clitheroe in its Coach and Railway Days.” c) Playing an important role in
this ■view of Clitheroe is the parish church. We see the second building on this site, erected in the early part of the 15th Century when, after 400 years, it was replaced by the present church in 1828-29. Of the three win dows shown on the east facing walls, the large one is the one to survive. It is interesting that this information is highlighted at a time when the church is swathed in plastic sheet ing while the roof is replaced. Even after completion the building will have to last another 225 years to match the lifetime of the church on the painting. d) The Old Well Hall, bought by the governors of CRGS in 1812,
^ then rebuilt to provide a home for the headmaster and boarders dur ing the 19th Century is featured. In the 20th Century, the land belong ing to the hall was used to accom modate the present building which dates from 1914 and now houses the CRGS Sixth Form Centre. The owners of the old hall did not have voting rights - it was not a burgage property. c) Neither was the property and
land on the site of the present day Prospect House in Church Brow. Arthur Langshaw in his essays: “Vanished Homesteads ■ of Clitheroe” thought the property was known as Kirkbank House. In the late 1790s it was owned by a John Parker, closely involved with the building of the first Low Moor mill in 1782. He became bankrupt in 1797 and, rather strangely, so did the next three owners of the proper ty during the next 40 or 50 years. f) What I believe to be Mearley
Brook has a major role in the paint ing - the three stepping stones being a focal point. Within 60 years after this painting it began to play a
major role in the cotton industry for over a century as various mills were built along its banks. g) The final way to indicate the
importance of this painting is to compare it with the work of other artists and engravers who showed Clitheroe from the same perspective 100 years later. We see the new church; a new
moot or town hall; the new stew ard’s house at the Castle; a new Well Hall; the grammar school transferred from the churchyard in 1834 to its present home in York Street; buildings in the Waterloo area and perhaps most important of all, smoke rising from mill chim neys. In the hundred years popula tion had increased tenfold - coming from surrounding villages and many parts of England, Scotland and Ireland. There were no longer two MPs - only one - responsible for a much wider area than the bor ough. Voting rights were no longer linked with the burgage properties; the bailiffs had gone, replaced by a mayor and town council in 1835. The National School was opened and St James Church. Other denominations had their own chapels. Moor Lane and Whalley Road were well established. The ancient fairyland settlement of 1740 had joined the new Lancashire - the industrial age! Ongoing research into where this
work of art may have been for most of its life is, in itself, proving to be rather like an Agatha Christie or Ruth Rendell detective novel. Well- known families from the past and villages like Gisburn, Bolton-by- Bowland and Slaidburn could well be involved, thus making the paint ing a Ribble Valley treasure - not just a Clitheroe fairy story. Next week will provide a few
more facts about the picture and perhaps surprising theories about its whereabouts during the last 250 years. There will be a print of the painting and, of course, a mention of where you can go to see the origi nal painting, but many readers may find this clue all they need - THAGB! One final thought. Some readers
may realise that they already have a copy of part of this painting in a bookcase! Which one of the features noted in this article is missing? • Editor’s note: As usual, when ■
Mr Jones arrives in my office he has a historic gem up his sleeve! This is a beautiful work and it
may be an idea to save today’s fea ture to enable you to pore over aspects of the picture reproduced next week.
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