CLIMATE change, the Ribble Valley’s medieval bridges and pollution will be subjects covered by a new series of online talks provided by Ribble Rivers Trust this spring. These online talks are a first for the Trust as part of their Ribble Life Together programme, a project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund with the aim of delivering a healthier river system for the benefit and enjoyment of local communities and local wildlife. “Because everyone is encouraged to stay at home during the pandemic, we’ve organised these environmentally themed online talks,” said head of learning & engagement for RRT, Harvey Hamilton-Thorpe.
Tales from the River Ribble available as online talks this spring
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AN interesting headline in the 1929 Craven Herald caught my eye ‘Bracewell Vicar’s Pet Robin’, although it was equally the photograph that stood out. With the strapline ‘ Bird that prefers pastry’ the story described how the Rev H West had a pet robin, and Mr West was as friendly with ‘Rob’ the robin as he was with his rough-haired terrier. The very tame Rob however, dared not accompany the vicar to church or to school, because that was the territory of another, wilder, robin which became fierce every time it saw its gentler cousin. Mr West explained to a reporter - sent out to investigate further - that he had first noticed the robin in bad weather when it had come close to the vicarage.