Clitheroe 22321, (Editorhk
A royal helping hand for young entrepreneur
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CHIPPING:
Honour for textile expert
A FORMER Chipping man who has just com pleted a successful four- year term as the first-ever B r i t is h p re s id e n t of CEMATEX has been appointed “President d’ onneur.” Mr Edward Gillespie
A YOUNG l e a t h e r worker’s plans to harness orders in local horse cir cles have impressed the Prince’s Youth Business Trust.
Greendale View, Grindle- ton, has been awarded a £750 bursary from the tru s t so that she can extend her one-woman operation into saddlery.
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a year ago under the Government’s Enterprise Scheme, specialising in handbags, wallets, brief cases and jewellery boxes.
She set up her business
her to buy tools and equip ment needed to'become a saddler.
The bursary will enable
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thin on the ground in Brit ain, but Catherine, who works from home, is confi dent that the Ribble Val ley, with its keen interest in horses, is an ideal place to launch such a venture.
Women saddlers are
I t’s a marvellous oppor tunity for me,” said Cath erine, who received confir mation of the bursary by post last week.
“I’m absolutely thrilled. STEPHEN
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her success is the Ribble V a l le y E n t e r p r i s e Agency, which backed Catherine’s application for the bursary by helping her to prepare detailed reports on her existing business and her ideas for the sadd lery venture.
delighted with Catherine’s success. It is the second bursary from the Prince’s Youth Business Trust to come to our area.
said: “We are here to advise and counsel small ju s in e s s e s and a re
An agency spokesman
very horsey area, so there should be a ready market for her goods.”
“The Ribble Valley is a
keen horsewoman, learned her skills at Cordwainers’ College, London, where she gained a City and
Catherine, herself a
Guilds qualification in leather goods, handbags and saddlery.
orders for the saddlery side of her business to be concerned with supplying small items of tack and repairing saddlery, but she is skilled at making both saddles and bridles.
She expects most of her
pupil of Bowland County Secondary School and gained O-Ievels and an A- level in maths at Nelson and Colne College.
tunity of showing some of her work, along with others who have had a helping hand from the Enterprise Agency, at its two-day exhibition at Ribblesdale Agricultural Centre, SalthiTl, on July 8th and 9th.
She will have the oppor
first bursary from the Prince’s Youth Business Trust went to Jan ette D ic k in .o f Littlemoor Road, Clitheroe, who inns a designer knitwear busi ness. She was awarded £700 in September for the p u r c h a s e o f n ew equipment.
•T h e Ribble Valley’s
Witchcraft trial
A NEW book about one of the most important witch craft trials in English his tory, which features the Pendle area, is now avail able from Ribble Valley libraries.
1612,” by Rachel A. C. Hasted, tells of the trial proceedings against 15 people, mostly women, from the Pendle district. The author examines the motivation and back ground of the accusers and accused.
“The Pendle Witch trial,
loan and is also on sale, price £3.95.
The book is available for
Priest’s face is familiar
hails from Spinkhill, Der byshire, attended De La Salle Grammar School, Sheffield.
M ic h a e l’s G ram m a r School, Leeds, returning to Heythrop for a four- year course on theology, during which time he was ordained in 1965. He then took on parish
National Service in the RAF, he began his train ing as a Jesuit novitiate at Ha r la x to n M a n o r , Grantham, and then stud- ied p h i lo s o p h y a t H e y th ro p C o l le g e , Oxfordshire. He t a u g h t a t S t
A f te r c om p le t in g
been Rector and Parish P r ie s t of St Wilfrid’s Church, Preston, for the past seven years. He was at Clitheroe for eight years before that. Fr Willoughby, who
A FORMER parish priest of SS Michael and John's RC Church, Clitheroe, Fr Edmund Xavier Wil loughby, has returned to the’ Ribble Valley to become the new priest at Hurst Green. Fr Willoughby (57) has
Catherine is a former Sharing the pleasure of Catherine Spark (23), of ROUND & ABOUT
Colouring contest aids the gala
TWO thousand children throughout the Ribble Valley are helping to promote Clitheroe Hospital’s Gala Day.
prizes in different age children have been asked groups.
Posters advertising the posters. E n tr ie s have to be
Play reading
are staging a reading of Judith Dixon and teacher “The Heires s,” a play Cynthia Laing, with prizes based on the Henry James presented during the gala b ook “ W a s h in g to n a w’eek on Saturday. The Square," tonight, at Whal- posters will be distributed ley CE School, starting at to shops around the Ribble 7-30 p.m.
Whalley Church Players Council graphic designer chosen by Ribble Valley
from October 2tith to 29th gala, and anyone interested in a Attractions include a part or helping backstage, dog agility course, a dis- who is unable to attend, play by Clitheroe and Dis- should contact Virginia trict Caledonian Society H a r r i s o n (W h a l le y and music from Slaidburn 822998).
The play itself will run will be on display at the Valley and the winners Silver Band. to d esig n th e i r own
CALLING all budding day. The winners will be thespians!
returned today and judg ing takes place on Satur-
ing competition has been have been distributed to launched for youngsters p r im a ry and ju n io r aged five to 16 plus, with schools. Secondary school
A bumper poster colour- gala early next month A rm y life
A FORMER pupil of Bowland County Sec ondary School, John Rodgers, has joined the Junior Leaders Regi
son o f Mrs A n th e a Rodgers, of Shaw Gar dens, Chatburn.
Defence Regiment in West Germany. John is the second
Back on target for her holiday of a lifetime
accident involving a car left her with severe whip lash injuries. Today she
still finds reading and con- ----— J :" —.i*d fficult
centration s u f f e r s headaches.
r e c u r r i n g and
Farm, Whalley, was cho sen to go to the Bahamas in 1989 as p a r t of an Operation Raleigh project, and started to raise £2,000 towards the cost. Disaster struck when an
fund-raising challenge, so that she can take her place on the adventure of a lifetime. Helen (24), of Hollins
remaining £1,000 needed by holding a barbecue, fun
accident Helen would have liked to have taken part in
e x p r e s s in g g e n e ra l approval until he caught sP "ng morning when my
son, working away from home, arrived on holiday and in his turn made a to u r of the premises
“Now that will be really, really useful.” Sometime later, our
such was our intention and slowly he shook his head. Clearly th e re was no understanding these old folk. He didn’t need to tell us.
work and was priest of Spinkhill and Eckington for four years, moving to Clitheroe in 1972.
eventually that same son took to himself a bride and, in due c o u r s e , acquired a family of his own. After living in a vari- which, at blood-curdling
The years went by and
ety of houses, finally he prices we a re almost and his family moved to pleaded to install, such their present address, supremely useful domestic
disapproval swept across his face. “Good lord,” he cried. “You’ll not be leav ing that thing there, will you?” We assured him that
siglght of the rack. A look of w,lfe ( she wh° must be obeyed,’ as, Rumpole
would de s ig na te her) removed a v ariety of clothing and domestic linen from the washer and hung it from the rack. “Oh, this has been use
ful,” said she. “I don’t know whatever I would have done without it.”
and reflected that, in the glossy, modern, up-to-the- minute advertisements for ‘Kitchens of the 21st cen tury’ which regularly flood through our letter box and
I nodded my approval
WHEN we first inspected the house which has been our home for well over twenty years, hanging from the ceiling above the kitchen stove was an old fashioned airing rack. That may not be the proper name for such a fitting, but that is what we have always called it. “Lovely!” said my wife.
Bahamas will involve the monitoring of rabies in bats and accompay handi capped youngsters on a trip in the sailing ship, Lord Nelson. If it had not been for her
Raleigh offers a golden opportunity for a young person to do something useful for the community as part of an adventure programme. It is simply too good to be missed.” T h e w o rk in th e
run and sponsored dog show at the riding school, which is owned by her mother, Mrs Ann Taylor, and sister,Sue. She added,“Operation
through a Ph.D. course at Newcastle University’s chemical engineering department when the acci dent happened, and the environmental science graduate had her research grant suspended. But despite these set backs she is pressing ahead with raising the
She was h a l f way HELEN
dition of this kind is too ambitious at the moment, Helen is determined to go ahead with the rest of the project, and one day hopes to complete her Ph.D. and carry out research fnto the Prince. Biography of the ct
stone complex in the caves extend as far as 20 miles inland, from the sea, and resurface as salt water pools among the lush trop ical vegetation. Although a diving expe
e c o n om ic s o f w in d X°XT,?iamX.LXXT1’1,1 turbines.
Greater Manchester, James Anderton.
’.1” Bless the inventor
Whalley Window
Now it became the duty of ‘the old folk’ to look and approve,.
‘utility room’ was a rack identical to our own. We made no comment and the rack has been in regular use ever since.
There, hanging in the
to my mind this morning, a very wet and miserable
The incident came back
fabled Blue Caves, in the Bahamas. The underwater lime
a diving expedition in the BRAVE accident victim Helen Taylor is all set to resume a mammoth
S tre e t, Clitheroe, has made numerous friends among his many customers while working for CIS, formerly known as the Co op Insurance. In his last few weeks he
Downham. He and his wife, Joan, have a daugh ter, Jacqueline. In his spare time he enjoys caravanning.
LIBRARY CORNER
Emma Drummond. A family story set in the Singapore of the 1920s. "The gates of hell" — Stuart
Hies" — James Birdsall. Auto biography of three young broth ers evacuated to the countryside during the second world war. “ God’s cop*’ — Michael con-
goes to France in order to research the life of Michele Armstrong, a war heroine, for a book he is writing. "The boys and the butter*
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RECENT additions to the stock at Clitheroe Library include: "Some far elusive dawn" —
Seaton. A gripping novel about an author, Neil Cameron, who
received many cards and gifts from them to mark his retirement. Mr Banks was born in
never had a day off for sickness in all that time. Mr Banks (60), of Peel
AN insurance agent who has covered the Ribble Valley area for the past 31 years, Mr Joe Banks, has re t ired — having
then going out to join his brother, Mark, who is w i th th e 12 Air
at Blackburn Careers Office. A Bombardier, he is
men t of th e Royal Artillery. John (17) is currently doing recruiting work
Wolfen Mill House, Chip ping, now lives in the south of Spain.
Insurance agent retires
achievements as president of CEMATEX — the European Committee of Textile Manufacturers — was the responsibility for the I.T.M.A. exhibition in Paris in October last year, when more than 1,200 tex tile machinery companies ex h ib ited . More than 160,000 people from all over the world visited the exhibition. Mr Smalley, formerly of
Smalley (65) is a compan ion member of the Textile Institute. One o f h is many
show was held on the new Chipping Showfield. Most classes were well sup ported and judges were Mrs Kath Mason (equita tion), Mrs Marion Syca more (working hunter), Mrs Mai-}- Higham (family horse) and Mrs Mary Tow- nely (handy pony).
try riding will be given. Show results Equitation: Junior — Elizabeth Procter (riding Heather). Jane Forrester (Pineapple). Itosanna Sharpies (Jonty). Intermediate — Sally Hutchinson (Koyal Prospect). Annabel Bowyer (Baffles), Lucy Whitwell (Vik ing). Senior — Joanne Taylor (Pendle Prospect). Kate Inglis (Harbour Light), Ann Bainford (Minstrel). Lead rein — Donna Knowles (Little Miss Muffet). Emily Pot*
te r (Tuppa), Sarah Turner (Bosie). Equitation champion for the
Forte Cup: Joanne Taylor. Working hunter pony: Junior
annual Hunter Trials on June 25th, preceded by a p ra c t ic e night when instruction in cross-coun
jumping classes ranged from beginners' events to i the popular “Gamblers’ Stakes," with good entries in all classes. The next event is the
A full afternoon of
Rainford and Tanya Featherstone successfully gained certificates in a C+ test, held at Lower Bees- ley, Goosnargh, by per mission of Mr anil Mrs David Blackburn. Candi dates were examined in riding and stable manage ment by Hilarj- Wakefield and Carol Parkinson. The club's annual open
upsurge in members under nine, some of whom are are lead rein riders, and membership now totals 47. Joanne Taylor, Ann
received instruction from Mrs Ros Croft, Helen Wallbank, Kate Inglis and Mrs Billy Weld-Blundell, who instructed the junior members, the youngest being only four years old. The club now has an
half-term rally was a very well attended affair, held at Crooklands Riding Centre, Goosnargh. It included an optional dres sage test judged by Mrs Joan Crook. Members were divided into four groups and
Pony rally Chipping Pony Club’s
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wetter than wet winters like the one from which we have recently emerged.
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unknown he or she time and time again. Particularly in wet, wet,
lions, of women since that historic day, without even thinking about it, must h a v e b l e s s e d t h a t
could possibly have been a woman) who first moved out of a cave and built a home, should be festooned with medals, lavished with honours, a name to be written in letters of gold in the histories of human achievement. Thousands, nay mil
The man (I suppose it
wonder who did invent them?” Probably someone quite unknown, unhon oured and unsung, in the dim and distant past, thus becoming one of the big gest benefactors of women the world has ever failed to recognise. How simple, how practical, how effi cient they are. Easy to manufacture and install, no electronic gadgetry, no maintenance costs, no electric power required;
appliances are never illustrated. “Yes,” thought I. “I
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1. This competition is open to i of The Boots Company PL|
competition all competitors [ agreed to be bound by the n |
2. Entries to arrive at the stor j July 2nd, 1988.
Responsibility will not be I mislaid or damaged in tha
ciently stamped. Proof of p i delivery. Entries which are! with the rules of entry requl automatically become the prf cannot be returned.
3. The winner wiil be notified b>|
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