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COLOURFUL ENTRANCE: This pic­ ture was taken by Gisburn resident and Wl president Shaun Cole. The daffodils were planted beside the_ signposts at each of the four en­ trances to the village to mark the diamond anniversary of Gisburn Wl in 2009. (s)


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Ezzeddine, who took over in June. The Roman street between


Ribchester and Ilkley passed through Gisburn, where during the turnpike era, stabling was provided for large numbers of horses at the rear of the former Ribblesdale Arms Hotel. A weekend in August 1920 saw


passengers from 20 charabancs resting in the village during their journeys from mill towns to seaside resorts on either the East or the West coast. The A59 Liverpool to York and


the A682 Edenfield to Long Preston roads still cross in Gisburn. The Ribble Way footpath through


the village passes the 12th century St Mary’s Church where in 1648 Oliver Cromwell’s troops stabled their horses and broke the stained glass windows, and where Royalist troops marched on their way to the Battle of Preston. The church houses an organ built


by famous English organ builder T.C. Lewis, and the churchyard is the resting place of Francis Duckworth,


THIS photograph shows a cow cross­ ing the mini rounda­ bout on Gisburn's Main Street in the late 1990s. Captured by Kathleen Calvert, she recalls how cows were trans­ ported between two local farms twice a year through the village. Moving the cows used to take place at dawn on a Sunday morning prior to the popular­ ity of car boot sales and the increased traffic on the roads. A team of local


villagers used to help guide the herd from one farm to the next.


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THE OPEN ROAD: This photograph which was taken by Kathleen Cal­ vert in the late Nineties shows a cow crossing over the mini rounda­ bout in Gisburn. (s)


composer of the well-known hymn tune Rimington. A small iron memorial shows a


woman with a cauldron. It is said to memorialise Jennet Preston, of Gis- burne, who was charged with witch­ craft having earlier been indicted for child murder. Released from York Castle she


was then present at the great as­ sembly of witches at Malkin Tower, where she sought help to murder Martin Lister, her prosecutor at York Assizes. Soon Martin Lister was dead. Wit­


nesses swore that when Jennet was brought to Martin Lister’s corpse, she touched it and it bled fresh blood. On this “conclusive” evidence, Jen­ net was found guilty as the bleeding of a corpse only occurred at the touch of a murderer. She died at the gallows.


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' John Wesley preached in Gisburn in 1784, and the Priory was home to 19th century cartographer Chris­ topher Greenwood, who, with his brother John, produced outstanding large-scale maps of England and Wales.


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THIS picture was drawn by Adrian Capstick in spring 1997 as part of his GCSE art course- work. A former pupil of


Gisburn Primary School, Adrian, who has lived in Gisburn all of his life, was 16 at the time. Adrian's father was


from a farming family in Bolton-by-Bowland. He married and brought up his family in Gisburn having been Gisburn -


Auction foreman for many years. On leaving school, Adrian trained as a


journalist and worked as a sports reporter for The Clitheroe Advertiser for five years. Now website edi­


tor for the North West Livestock programme at Myerscough College, Adrian has followed his career path back into. - agriculture and his farm­ ing roots.


’ - Look upwards and you will see the


quaint roof levels of the picturesque stone built houses and cottages from the 16th to the 18th century. In the 17th century, woods and for­


ests around Gisburn were protected as Crown property so reclaimed ships timbers brought by traders return­ ing from East Coast ports were used in the building of some of the older properties/. During refurbishment, a house on Lyndale Terrace was found to have an ancient wall painting depicting a green man type human figure. The V & A museum in London were con­ sulted and were keenly interested. The picture was made into a feature with ai spotlight. ~ Cottage weaving was prominent in the village before the industrial revolution and the construction and operation of the railway provided much employment. Gisburn Mill, by the River Ribble


on the Bolton-by-Bowland road, was a working corn mill until 1903. Built with materials brought from the ruins of Sawley Abbey it is now a privately-owned residential care


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A LASTING MEMORIAL: Gisburn's war memorial which pays tribute to | the fallen.


■ home overlooking the mins of ornate deerhound kennels by the river. The Lister family estate provided


much employment throughout the rich and varied history of its owners. Most distinguished of the family was Thomas Lister, the 4th baron Lord - - Ribblesdale whose portrait, painted by Sargent, hangs in the National Gallery. Thomas lost his elder son in ac­


tion in Somaliland in 1903 and the younger son died during the battle of Gallipoli in the First World War. Lord Ribblesdale cut the first sod,


with a silver spade, for the building of the railway and demanded the construction of a short tunnel to prevent the railway spoiling the view of his home. • When Gisburn Railway Station


opened in 1885 the “e” was dropped from Gisburrie to reduce the Railway Company’s costs! Passenger and commercial services were provided for Gisburn until the Beeching cuts in 1960. The Hindley family, East Lanca­


shire mill owners and founders of the British Home Stores were the last


occupants of Gisburn Park. The house was sold and is now a


private hospital. Guy Hindley owns Ribblesdale


Park, a holiday home village with farm and .coffee shop, named after Lord Ribblesdale. Gisburn’s more recent fame has


come with the controversial series of adverts for the Renault Megane which ran on TV last summer, and an article on Honeybees and the Wl, featured in Lancashire Life maga­ zine.- Granada TV’s Fred Talbot visited


Gisburn for the “Where am I” weath­ er programme, and scenes from the television drama “Born and Bred” were shot along Lyndale Terrace. Quite a surprising insight into the


workings of a village that deserves - much more credit than it is often . given! - ® For more'information about


Gisburn and the varied life of the village, you can visit its community website at: www.gisbum.org.uk It is packed with information about |


the village, with sections on its his­ tory, facilities and life there.


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GET one of your five-a-day in one of the tastiest possible ways with this recipe kindly supplied by Maxine and Sha­ ron at Gisburn’s Delicious Deli and Cafe.


Chocolate


Courgette Cake Ingredients


6 oz (175g) plain choco­


late 7 oz (200g) self-raising


flour >/2 teaspoon salt


4 oz(110g) caster sugar -


2 eggs 6 fl oz (150 ml) vegetable


oil YOUNG ARTIST'S IMPRESSION: Gisburn's Main Street is captured by Adrian Capstick. (s) 8 oz ( 225g) courgettes,


peeled weight 2 oz (50g) chopped walnut


Preparation Set the oven to gas mark


4 to 5 (160°c). Grease and flour an 8 inch round tin. Melt the chocolate, and


- grate the peeled courgettes. Whisk the eggs and oil to­ gether. Put all the dry ingre-


■ dients (flour, salt, sugar) into a large bowl, mix in the egg and oil and beat well. Add the melted chocolate, grated courgettes and chopped nuts and stir well together.


Pour into the prepared tin, Cooking


and bake for about an hour or more until well risen, firm and springy to the touch. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool. The cake can then be cov-


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. Send your completed entry coupon to Country Living Deli- I cious Deli Competition, The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, Lancs, BB7 2EW.


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GISBURN'S Delicious Deli and Cafe is offering the chance for one reader to win "high tea" - a pot of tea or cup of coffee and cake. Ju s t answer the question on the entry form and send it to the ad­ dress at the bottom of the coupon.


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• Country Living had hundreds of entrants to last month’s Hodder Valley competitions and co-ordinator Julie Magee is pleased to announce the following winners: Mrs J. Gudgeon, of Varley Street, Colne, has won The


Parkers Arms competition; Mrs A. Dixon, of Newlands Ave, Clitheroe, won the Puddleducks competition; and three read­ ers, Grace Makinson, of Monk Street, Clitheroe, P.Dowson, of Bracken Hey, Clitheroe, and Caroline Pearce, of River­ side, Low Moor, Clitheroe, have won The Riyerbank Tea Rooms competition. Mrs C.Waddington, of St James’ Street, Clitheroe, won a copy of “Slaidburn A Walk through the Vil­ lage” book.


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FARMING FAMILY: Kathleen and Derrick Calvert with some fo their Manor House Pedigree Holsteins. (s)


MUCH has been said about the problems


facing the UK dairy industry with focus being on the “


ness” of prices paid to farmers for their milk. This, says


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fanners do not stop at the farm gate, but threaten the thou-, sands of other busi­ ness and jobs both locally and nation­ ally.


Maintaining viable dairy


farms not only protects liveli­ hoods of farming families and others directly involved, it also makes a major contribution to local economies and the future of businesses, jobs, and families in the locality. That is the key message :


. from dairy farmer’s wife, Kathleen Calvert, who asks for a fair deal for dairy farmers


' who receive a significantly low­ er share of the retail milk price than 10 years ago, despite considerably higher costs. She said: “We are.losing


hold of a vital skills base at an alarming rate as dedicated dairy farming families are no


farmer’s wife Kath­ leen Calvert, is only pari of the story and that the problems being faced by dairy


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This in turn is a threat to employment in rural areas,


-where jobs are already hard to come by. Recently, when meeting our local MP, I realised our farm alone uses around 60 suppliers,” she said. Derrick and Kathleen


MANAGING DIRECTOR: Matthew Dugdale is the sixth generation of his family to head the family business, Dugdale Nutri­ tion. (s) Both pictures by Neil Ryder.


longer financially able or pre­ pared to work at a continual loss. We believe that many milk buyers gamble with the continuity and security of the UK milk supply by keeping much of the profit further up the market chain. “Despite varying business


structures and the importance of food production, most farm gate prices are now lower than production costs. This has a knock on effect on a wide range of other businesses and livelihoods of countless people involved, ultimately leading to pressure on incomes.


Calvert’s Manor House Farm at Paythome is home to a 180 Pedigree Holstein milking herd managed on a high input/ high output milk production system with the herd averaging around 9,000-9,500 litres per cow. Calving all year round with consistently good hygiene and milk quality, all replace­ ment stock is home bred and' animal comfort and longevity are priorities.' From strong dairy farming


backgrounds, values held by the Calvert family are typical of many family farms. Derrick is full-time on the farm and Kathleen works part-time as well as helping with the farm and looking after the mass of paper work now associated with dairy farming. Eldest daughter Sara works


part-time on the farm, her boyfriend William is a full­ time assistant herdsman and local contractors are used. The family say they use local


suppliers where possible even if not the cheapest option. More important is value for money and a level and qual­ ity of service essential to the smooth running of a business operating 365 days'a year in all weathers. Derrick is the third gen­ eration of his family using


local feed supplier Dugdale Nutrition, of Clitheroe, where managing director, Matthew Dugdale, is the sixth genera­ tion to lead the family-owned company in its’ 160-year history. The company specialises in


feeds for ruminant animals, its core market being dairy farming. This means its 49 em­ ployees and their families rely heavily in turn on local dairy farms for their livelihood. Even before taking Dugdales’ own suppliers, sub-contrac­ tors and hauliers into account • - Matthew estimates at peak times up to 30 more people derive a large proportion of their income from Dugdale Nutrition. Matthew explained: “Dairy


farming is like any business, needing a fair and sustainable price for its product to ensure a fair income for the long hours worked and a decent return on the often large


• amounts of capital employed, and very importantly, surplus profit to reinvest for the future. “Likewise beef and sheep


sectors with most farms heav­ ily reliant on Government and EU support, including environmental schemes, to make any profit at all.” Locally-based businesses


circulate profits within the communities they serve. In turn they are reliant on viable, widespread and profitable farm businesses adding im­ mense value to local econo-


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