Clithcroe Advertiser and Times, July 18, 1969 7


GEARED UP BUT HELPERS STILL NEEDED


Seven Clithcroe people have offered their services to the local branch of the Samaritans, an .organisation which


exists to help people in despair or distress. A steering committee of


the Samaritans of North- East Lancashire was formed recently under the chairman­ ship of Blackburn Cathedral public relations officer, Mr. Peter Heald. The branch serves Clith-


eroe, Darwen, Blackburn, Accrington aind Burnley.


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that the branch expects to start operating by October 1.


Mr. Heald said this week


The Samaritans are not a religious organisation, nor is


membership . restricted to British subjects. No special qualifications are n e e d e d other than a g e n u in e con­ cern for the needs of other people.


to cure the disorders of clients who call upon them. This work is referred to those who are qualified to do it. The role of a Samaritan is merely to hold himself avail­ able to provide the friend­ ship required by a client whose immediate need is that of a friend to whom he can pour out his troubles and receive in r e tu r n , adequate counselling. All the work is carried out in the strictest confidence.


Samaritans do not attempt


portant,” said Mr. Heald, "and in some larger Samar­ itan branches, the volun­ teers refer to themselves by numbers.”


“Anominity is most im­


phone numbers are never dis­ closed.


Private addresses and tele­


follow that anyone, can be a Samaritan, and a short inter­ view w i th th e director, followed by five ■ informal training ■ discussions, quickly sorts out th e suitability of potential volunteers. Very few, however, who have shown an in t e r e s t , are not accepted.


I t does not necessarily Valuable


service provided by Samari­ tans is very valuable indeed, for in many instances, acute depression and despair could be reduced almost totally if a friend could be- sought at the right time.


Psychiatrists say that the THE


director of the new Blackburn branch is. a psychiatrist and Dr. Maurice Silverman has agreed to become consultant psychiatrist.


Dr. M a r jo r i e F is h e r , AND


accepted as a member of the National Council' of Social Service w h o se Blackburn council has promised assis­ tance in' setting up the branch. The Samaritans' are also .one of the leading mem­ bers of the International Association for Suicide Pre­ vention.


The Samaritans have been So y o u ’v e never been


inside Buckingham Palace, but maybe you’ve got a


adequate funds and more than 100 volunteers a r e needed, and already 59 people have offered their' services," commented Mr. Heald.


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J Sometimes a salad can.


be made up with ingredi­ ents that help to ‘stretch’ slices of cold meat left over from a. joint to make another more complete


meal.Hard boiled eggs are good for this, but crispy bacon is more unusual and adds a dis­ tinct flavour and texture to


other foods. Thinly slices (peeled too, if


you like) , home grown tomatoes provide a good start; and additional items among the green varieties can vary with broad beans, garden neas, runner beans and cubed cucumber. You need: 8 rashers short


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The work is not'difficult or time-consuming. A volunteer would be required to man a telephone in'the'Samaritan premises for three to four hours per fortnight, and in certain c a se s - continue the ‘befriending’ of a client until such time as he has re-formed his own pattern of life satis­ factorily.


Squad.


part in this in v a lu a b l e community ' service' should contact the -secretary, Miss Dorothy McGregor at the temporary offices in St. Mary’s House, Cathedral Close, Blackburn. The tele­ phone number'is 51491... .


squad’ of -volunteers with cars who are willing to ■ be called out, in an emergency. Anyone interested in.taking


There is also an ‘emergency


pretty good idea o£ what it is like if you saw President Nixon’s visit to the Queen televised by the BBC, or the more recent d o c u m e n t a r y on the


stately music in mind. B a c h and Beethoven for


home, you can tell it was built and furnished with


“Royal Family.” Like many other stately


listening - to, and Strauss waltzes f o r dancing—an d very d a r in g even this was considered when the Palace first b e c am e a royal resi­ dence in the early days of Queen Victoria!


this austere traditional back­ ground did not have some effect on the two royal youngsters who have grown up within its plush and gilded walls. And certainly the atmosphere of Bucking­ ham Palace has had its in­ fluence on the musical tastes of Prince Charles and Prin­ cess Anne.-


I t would be surprising if Libraries


as so often happens in any family the developing tastes of b r o t h e r and sister are


They both like' music, but


A look at the musical tastes ' o f Princ e Charles and Princess Anne, two members of the Royal Family now very much in the public eye.


diametrically opposed. They both, in t h e i r personal quarters, s p o r t radios and recordplayers with libraries of discs. If you were permitted to


snapping. . ■


hasn’t been completely “sent" by the modem trend. She likes beat and rhythm, but she likes best a tune with a well sung lyric—the love song that is gay and vital without being hysterical with what she calls “phoney” despair and 'frustrations.


Mind*ybv,~~«KS>-vPrincess / , Quadrille


for dancing to as well as “background living”, and of


For Princess Anne, pop is


studio you would catch the strains of the tuneful, semi- classical records which are his firm- favourites, Mozart, E lg a r—even S ta v in s k y , strangely enough. The corridors radiating


stray into the private “flat” which the Royal Family occupy on the second and third floors of the Palace, what would you be likely to hear when they are, so to speak, switched on? From the Prince of Wales's


course, she was brought up through nursery school and her years at Benenden to be­ come proficient in traditional dances, like the waltz and the one-step, the tango and


have-you with the best ot us. if not entirely'with reli­


gious dedication.


. Like' any other youngsters of their age, Prince Charles and Princess Anne have their current “crushes” — discs they play over and over again until the red-carpeted corridors ring with their rhythm.


choose their own music, but on one point the Queen and Prince Philip are adamant- recordings by pop stars and gronups that have brushed with the law or flouted con­ ventions are “out”!


They are encouraged to


quadrille. She is now equally com­


petent to dance with dis­ tinction at the grandest society ball, or the dimmest discotheque in a small cel­


lar.


from Princess Anne’s rooms would be filled with another ' sound—and very, loud with it. You would hear the latest pop records beating out their rhythm loud and clear enough to jangle on the disapproving ears of the older servants and set many a youns footman’s fingers


Making a joint go further


meal. Parcel cookery is practical


casseroles and stews. But here is a cheap recipe


for baking individual meals, saves washing up, and pro­ duces food that is full of natural juices and flavour. This idea is for chicken


joints, but is just, as suc­ cessful with lamb, pork and bacon chops, ■ varied with other ingredients and season­


ings.You need: 1 lb. potatoes; 4 chicken joints; salt and pepper; 8 large mushrooms;


butter. ' Peel potatoes,- halve or


quarter if large and; cut in­ to slices. Trim chicken joints.; Wash and slice mushrooms. Take four quite large pieces


back bacon: 4 good size tomatoes; some, spring onions (optional); shredded lettuce:


of foil, rub liberally with butter over centres. Arrange


i lb cooked broad beans: salt and pepper: vinegar or


lemon juice. Trim off rinds and grill


very thinly.


bowl, fill the' centre with layers of tomatoes, onions, bacon and. beans, all seasoned and sprinkled with vinegar


Arrange lettuce around a ... . . or lemon juice.


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bacon until very crisp. Drain on paper to , cool, _then crumble rashers quite finely. Slice tomatoes and onions


potato slices on the buttery part, place chicken on top, add seasoning and good


that proved popular because it looked attractive as . well as - tasting good. Take' tile given stuffing as one sug­ gestion, it may easily be changed to any favourite one of your own. The crust is crisp and


savoury, and I think this is the part that tempts all the family. -


streaky.bacon (boned); 3 oz. white breadcrumbs; 1 oz. shredded suet; £ teaspoon


•You’need: 2j to 2j lb. joint


mixed herbs; 1 onion finely chopped: 1' tablespoon lemon juice; 2 tablespoons clear honey; about 4 oz. chopped gooseberries or s to n e d cherries; 1 beaten egg; small packet potato crisps. With a sharp pointed


squeeze lemon juice. Top each with mushrooms


- place- on a baking sheet.. Bake at gas mark 6, elec­


: Just test the chicken with-a skewer to make .lure it is ' tender. ■


tric thermostat 400 F. approximately ' 45 minutes.


or turn' out each, meal to serve with a green salad..


Serve on plates In the . foil, - , ,


■ the main course that needs most consideration, when cheaper cuts seem so much better suited to cold .weather


planning in some ways than winter, ones. I t is-meat for


BOILED BACON JINGO Summer menus take more


and more butter. Tuck foil fairly loosely but completely over the ingredients and.


recent “crash” course in French at the Belitz School, in Oxford Street,, in the heart of London’s West End she could often be seen in the lunch hour in one of the nearby record shops taking her turn in the queue for a booth, a varied selection of the latest hits under her arm. She was rarely recognised


While she was taking her . . . .


organised for the “younger set”, live music for dan­ cing is invariably provided by non-professional groups, who are unknown to the general public — amateurs mostly, who make music for the sheer joy of it.


And at Royal parties


ter have . learned one , vital lesson which they I have


Invited


by the other music-struck teenagers, and if the staff spotted her, they politely


astically she leapt °n to the stage ana danced with the


• no mode of modern dancing can be said to appeal par­ ticularly to Prince; Charles. Princess Anne has never


their current “tops of the pops”. No group can claim the approval of the Princess,


pretended not to know. Remember how enthusi­


way-out cast of “Hair”, and entered so thoroughly into the spirit of that gimmicky performance?


Contact


he, is too stuffy or out of touch with current teenage


h Prince Charles would never ave done that; not because


trends, but because he has had less opportunity of men­ tal and social contact with what is called the present “scene”. Bom to be King he has


They will never reveal Prince Charles and his sis­


pleged family friends and Palace servants to respect.


THE


NOW COULD BE THE TIME TO SELL THAT CAR!


your car has been depreciat­ ing at'a much faster rate this year; a n d -the trend is likely


It is an unhappy fact that Motoring with


to continue: ■ New car sales are expected


to drop below 1,000,000 this year and that means the cars we arc running are worth less and new cars cost more. Those responsible for that


text book of the trade. Glass’s Guide, estimate that compared with 1968; car sales this year are down by about 250,000. Hie result has been a drop


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years and it will not be any less for the next season’s crop


in used car prices. Additionally, because of the influences that have been at work on the market over the past five years, the annual rate of depreciation has increased by about 10 per


cent.A cai’ dropped 25 per cent of its value in the first year of its life in 1964. This year-the fall may be nearly 35 per cent in a car’s first year.


mind on car values is that next month sees the registration changeover to the “H” suffix from the present one of “G”. This year-dating letter used to be switched at the beginning


Another point to bear in Values


of each year. The alteration to August was


made to strengthen new car sales in the normally slack end


of the year. From next month your car


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letter is concerned and there­ fore could drop in value by another 10 per cent. Fortunately things are not


must face tile fact that the cost of replacement has steadily gone up during the past five


of cars. So now is a good time to


in the summer, unless you use the back roads, is apt to resemble car convoys. Tins demands a special technique which will make driving easier and minimise the risk of minor


make up your mind. Driving during the weekends


to leave sufficient distance between yourself and the car in front. Travelling at about 40—45 m.p.h. this should be about five car lengths. Don’t follow immediately in line with the car in front. Deep to the left if you do not wish to over­ take, slightly to the right if


you do. The next most important


tiling is not to look solely at the car in front but watch ahead as far as you can see. The brake lights or indicators of those ahead will give an early warning of changes in


you wish to overtake and keep a watchful eye in the mirror before moving out. If the con­ voy slows down and looks like stopping, a couple of warning dabs on your brake will inform


flow. Get into third gear early if


shunts. The first essential is obviously


the driver behind. When the car is halted, use the hand brake to avoid dazzling those behind.


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the calendar year of first regis­ tration to date a car rather than a suffix-letter. But many motorists would prefer the later lettering.


•the more favourable oppor­ tunities for trading-in a used car before it adds another “year” to its age and for getting a new one with an “H” regis­ tration. By changing over at this time the owner also gets the benefit of making, the deal before prices have dropped and a t a time when trade is improv­


So this month offers one of Changing


ing.Normally the peak price period for used cars is to the spring when buying is active. But this has been a topsy­ turvy year. Spring buying was at a record low and the signs are that it is only now picking


up. In any case, it is not until


again.


-has also changed the market because of the debateable ■matter of the recorded mileage of a car. The result is that the dealer is apt only to have two groups, medium and high mile­ age care, ignoring actual read­


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help in any deal, is the condi- tion of the vehicle. Because new car buying has diminished over the past few years, there is still a relative scarcity of good and clean recent care. I t is likely to be worth


What does still hold film and Scarcity


f innirrnciive . furniture finish j


exchanging such a model now, because i t is improbable that depreciation rates are going to improve within the next year


or so.


prospect which many motorists will have in mind—the possi­ bility of a new model being


of having a new or newer car for a fair part of the summer. The only deterrent is the


There is also the advantage , ,


introduced. This is something he will


been invited publicly to choose a sort of “Desert Island Discs” programme.


Prince Charles has. When he was asked t° pick


suitable selection. The programme floes:


have to balance against the definite fact that any new model is likelv to cost more ■than its present equivalent. He


■the pieces for the BBC’s “Music to Remember” spot on Investiture Day; he made a predictable and entirely


Mozart’s “Overture to the Magic Flute", Haydn’s “Cello Concerto”, and Dvorak’s “New World Symphony". ■ In this, of course, no bebop


could possibly appear, ; for modern “pop” music is to transient that , even , last


year's “Top ten" is old hat, out of mind and out of print,


public stage with semi-nudes!. No, Prince Charless musi­


been trained to be King— and this; does not uiclude uninhibited , dancing on a -


cal taste is pretty traditional. . He learned to play the trum­ pet at Gordonstoun, but for performance in the school chapel rather than •, in a ,


knife, cut a pocket right through the joint.. Fill the hollow with a mixture of the breadcrumbs, suet, herbs, onion, lemon juice, 1 table­ spoon of the honey, fruit, seasoning and enough beaten egg to bind the stuffing. Wrap the joint in a piece


rhythm group.And although he tan play the double bass, l,slng a


•his great love. these days is the ‘cello, on which he plays with more than average ability the more melodious


bow instead of toe. more with-it plucking technique,


classics.


of thick muslin , or cotton, tie with string. Place in .a pan of cold water, bring slowly to the -boil, then simmer


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cing, not only' at Palace' “hops"'promoted for him and . his s is te r ' b y - their Royal


parties where there has been pop music and modern dan­


Of course, he has been to "


parents—several are h o l t1 annually at - Windsor Castle, for ■


■ , So - Charles can twist. and jive ' and bebop and. wtiat-


famous! staffparty, :• at ;Wmch “the family" always' )om m —but' at<- Cambridge, wnere thei ; Prince -is am' under­ graduate -with, some, degree, ofi freedom, in. his, social, lira,


’ instance, yiincludut- the Secret


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Hie pop preferences of


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' ties with friends!of her;,own age, she showed enthusiasm -for a- certain pop- group., “ Thereafter, sh e was


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