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Clapper Bridge at Foulridge.
Stanley. Sorry for the shortage of information. I suppose it’s a common failing to expect an immediate expert answer on every subject under the sun. So to help matters along here’s what I should have posted in the first place.

Position .. Easting 387945 – Northing 441854.

To give some idea of scale to the attachment. The width of the incoming stream is about 6 ft. The stone itself having a length of approx: 8 ft. The ford base has been re-modelled to give a much wider concrete base to reduce the depth of the water.
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I've looked at a few old photos in Colne library, and though one shows a wall in place with a large stone across the gap, in another there is nothing at all on that side of the ford, not even a trace of wall.
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Moot point whether you call it a clapper bridge, we always want a label for things don't we. Seems obvious to me that the footway was blocked by the stream, there was a large stone available, problem solved. Simple single stone 'bridges' like this are common. Two in Barlick that I know of, one near Pickles Hippings and there used to be one over Butts Beck in what became Victory Park. Quite amazing what was done with single stones. I lived in a farmhouse in Bacup for a while and the floor of the kitchen over the cellar was two large stones about 15ft X 8Ft. Reason was of course that stones that size were available from the local quarries.

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Old bridge over Stock Beck in what is now Victory Park. Carried footpath over the beck, not there now.
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There is another over Cloggers Beck or "Fools Syke" on the line of the footpath between Brogden and Bracewell, rougly behind Aynhams Farm.
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It was partly to counteract the ongoing hyperbole about clapper bridges especially with reference to those in Wycoller that made me lodge this posting. Like Stanley my view is that a suitably large stone resting on other stones as supporting piers is nothing special. However, perhaps we should make more fuss about these little gems before they are lost to those ubiquitous box dwellings and tin sheds they call factory development.
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Earby Council Regalia.

For those who may be interested in the regalia worn by the Chairman and Lady of the Earby urban district council prior to its merger into Pendle (1974) the attached photos are the badges which were on display at the Nelson Town Hall. (14-9-13)
Earby Chains of Office.




The Chairman’s Badge.

The badge was presented in the early 1950’s by Johnson & Johnson (Great Britain) Ltd.

The badge depicts the old Grammar School (a building of architectural and historical interest) and the white Rose of Yorkshire.
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Ladies Pendant.

The ladies Pendant and chain was presented in 1957 by A Watson & Co. and designed by A Gerrard & Co. Crown Jewellers.

The badge depicts the old Grammar School and the white Rose of Yorkshire.
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Thanks for the photos Plaques.
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First meeting of the season tonight at 7.30pm in New Road Community Centre.
The talk is "The Origins and Development of the Co-operative Movement by Adam Shaw.
All welcome. Entry £1.50 for non members, includes tea & biscuits.
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Our next meeting is on Tuesday 19th, 7.30pm at the New Road Community Centre, Earby. The talk is "The lives of the navvies who built the Ribblehead Viaduct
by Dennis Brickles.
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That sounds really interesting. We have been over the viaduct on a steam train a few times. You may see us there.
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That would be nice Gloria, it's a long way for you to come though!
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Up to now we are coming.
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Sally and I will be there too Wendy.
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Excellent, looking forward to seeing you all there. I'll need to buy extra biscuits!
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Not going to make it. Sorry. Something has cropped up, and OH will be elsewhere.
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Shame you couldn't make it Gloria. It was an interesting talk, very much about the navvies themselves rather than the railway or the engineering. A good, engaging speaker who I would happily have listened to for another hour despite the uncomfortable chairs!
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Echo what Wendy says including the comment about the chairs! Different slant on what I already knew about the history adding the human element to the story. Like Wendy says, a very good speaker and easy to listen to. We both enjoyed it.
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The EDLHS programme of talks for 2014

All held on the third Tuesday of the month at the New Road Community Centre in Earby.

21st January - "Walter Morrison of Tarn House" by Rosemary & Robin Bundy

18th February - AGM followed by a slide show from the photo archive - "A Pub Crawl" with Margaret Brown & Wendy.

18th March - " The Dick Kerr Ladies" by Gail Newsham

15th April - "Resources for Tracing Your WW1 Ancestor" by Fiona McIntyre (LCC Community Heritage Manager)

20th May - "A Gruelling Experience -- Life in the Workhouse" by Peter Higginbotham

16th September- "The Secret Life of Charles Dickens" by Pat Osborne

21st October - " Guy Fawkes - Yorkshireman" by Gillian Waters

18th November - "Kitcheners Pals" by Steve Williams.

17th December - Slide show - photos from the archive.
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The one in May sounds interesting but we don't get beck until the 21st :sad:
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It should be good Gloria, shame you will miss it! Peter Higginbotham has the "Workhouses" website.
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The March talk by Gail Newsham is about a women's football team formed at a Preston munitions factory (Dick, Kerr & Co) in 1917.
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A change of speaker for Tuesday's meeting.
Denise North will be telling us about "Bene n' hot, the Tommies' Tipple"
( :confused: Just got completely overwhelmed by apostrophes there so I gave up trying...should it have been Bene 'n' 'ot???)
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Nice one Wendy, the story of the way the East Lancs regiments took to Benedictine when they were billeted in the area near the monastery is a fascinating one. I heard once that half the Benedictine in the world was drunk in the valleys between Skipton and Bury.
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EDLHS meeting on Tuesday February 18th will be a brief AGM then a slide show about the drinking establishments in the Earby/Thornton in Craven area. We have some wonderful old photos and a few new ones too....
Including some taken in the old beer cellar of Halfway House at Dotcliffe in Kelbrook, which must have been a fine Inn at one time on the old track between Thornton in Craven and Colne.
Who were the artists and cabinet makers staying at the Tempest Arms in 1841, and have we discovered the origins of the name "Fanny Grey"?
Come along on Tuesday to find out!
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