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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk All-aboard village’s walking bus
PUPILS in a Kibble Valley village joined together to walk to school safely. Youngsters who attend Chip
ping Early Learners, Brabins Endowed Primary School and St
Mary’s RC Primary School joined a walking bus which set off from the village hall and stopped off at each educational establishment on route. The aim of the initiative, which
had been organised by St Mary's RC School, was to encourage driv ers to slow down near schools and raise awareness about the benefits of walking to school when possi- bla (s)
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SPOOKY Sainsbury's staff conjured up a number of Hallowe'en activities. A colouring competition for youngsters
proved popular with all the entries dis played in the Clitheroe store over the weekend. One of the four winners was four-year-
old George Iveson (pictured). Staff member Rachel Wa^er (pictured
before and after) had her head shaved by Darren, of Darren Ross Hair Designs in Moor Lane. He gave his time free to wield the razor and help Rachel raise over £600 for the Sadie's Pot of Gold charity. She was cheered on by staff and cus
tomers - with many putting money into the collection pot. A pumpkin carving competition was
also a great success with customers voting for the best one - and many staff mem bers also donned spook-tacular dress for the day. (s)
Who ‘lords it’ over Valley forest?
Grand fund-raiser for street children
OVER 130 locals supported a fund raising event at Clitheroe’s The Grand for street children in Eldoret, Kenya. The Solomon project pioneered by the
Lancaster Foundation was conceived 12 months ago when Rose Lancaster and Linda Richardson visited Africa and met hundreds of homeless children who lived on rubbish dumps with little food and sniffing glue to dull the pain. Over £1,200 was raised on the night for
a project pioneered by the Lancaster Foundation. First-class and lively enter tainment was provided by local 60s band “BackBeats” who filled the dance floor from the first tune. The crowd were treated to a rendition
of music from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones.
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His life had been transformed since
leaving the rubbish dump only a few months ago and is now receiving care and school education. There are estimated to be over 2,000 street children in Eldoret. The Solomon project plans to provide a feeding program and informal education to hundreds of homeless children in
Eldoret. In addition, the project provides for vocational training and housing for older boys and girls. Earlier this month, the Grand hosted another superb ladies’ pamper evening organized by Zoe Picked. Also supporting the needs of the Kenyan Street Kids was local favourites Byrne’s Wine Store and the Body Shop. A further £140 was raised on the night. Our picture shows Danson. (s)
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Family history group is "all at sea’
THERE was a full house at a recent meeting of the Ribble Valley Family His tory Group.
A talk entitled “All at
Sea” by Mr Bill Taylor was very interesting, iidorming the group about his ancestors' sailing expe
riences in the 1800s and 1900s. His great-grandfather
joined the navy aged 16 years in 1875, sailing all over the world, but whilst sailing off the coast of Australia onboard the “Fullwood”, he unfortu nately met an early death after falling from aloft at sea.
Mr Taylor encouraged
anyone with naval ances tors to research the many
sites on the Internet as there is a lot of informa tion available. The next meeting will
be held on Tuesday, at 7- ,30 p.m. at the Clitheroe Cricket Club when Mr Stephen Helliwell will talk about his work as a local history detective. Visitors, as always, are most welcome.
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AN ancient local lordship dating from the time of Domesday but forgotten for more than a centu ry has been revived by a famous Burnley family. The Lordship of Rowland, an
ancient title connected with the For est of Rowland in north-east Lan cashire, disappeared from sight in i885 when the estates of one of Bimiley’s great aristocratic families, the Towneleys, were broken up fol lowing the death of the last male heir.
However, the Manorial Society,
which represents Britain's 1,900 lords of the manor and feudal
barons, can now reveal that the “lost” title has been revived. Experts, as well as the family
themselves, had previously thought that the Lordship of Rowland belonged to the Crown. In 1938, the Duchy of Lancaster acquired 6,000 acres of the Forest of Rowland, now known as the “Whitewell Estate”, near Clitheroe. That would have made the Queen the present Lord of Bowland. It was only when a researcher
checked the terms of the sale that the truth emerged. In fact, the 1938 purchase, while it included mineral, sporting and forestry rights in the
area, specifically excluded the Lord- ship of Bowland itself. Further research then revealed
that the Lordship had been retained by an extinct Towneley family trust. Last year, Charles Towneley, the 4th Lord O'Hagan, stepped forward on the family's behalf to claim the title which has now been sold to an anonymous buyer. Robert Smith, executive chairman
of the Manorial Society, said: “The rediscovery of a lost lordship is really very rare. For almost 1,000 years, the Lordship of Bowland was one of the truly great titles but somehow got lost. I am glad that Charles
Towneley was able to act on behalf of the Towneley family to revive the Lordship.” Formerly one of the great lord-
ships of England, Bowland once comprised a royal hunting forest and a “liberty” of eight manors, five townships and four parishes covering an area of almost 300 square miles on the historic borders of Lancashire and Yorkshire. The Lordship no longer comes
with land, but it does retain a num ber of ancient rights. These include the rights to appoint a Master Forester and to appoint one or more Bowbearers, a ceremonial officer
who traditionally accompanied the King during hunting, but in later centuries became an official at one of the Lord's Forest courts. Asked if the new Lord of Bowland
would be able to exercise feudal rights, Mr Smith added: “I think he’d be pushing his luck. There has n’t been a Master Forester since Oliver Cromwell's time, the last Bowbearer died in the 1870s and a Forest court hasn't met in almost two centuries. There is an ancient coiuthouse in Bowland but the new Lord is in for a shock - i t ’s now become a gastro pub, better known locally as the Inn at Whitewell.”
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