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Memorable year for ‘unique’ family school


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BURTON — HAGUE


A honeymoon in Bermuda followed the wedding of Miss Helen Rosemary Hague and Mr Geoffrey Burton at Waddington Methodist Chapel. The bride, who serves


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by her father, wore a full- length white long-sleeved gown with a fitted bodice and shawl effect neckline and had a circlet of flowers in her hair. She was attended by


ducted bv the Rev. Elaine Halls. The couple left in a han­


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Greenwood, Clitheroe. L e s s in b a n k


“Bearing in mind there has been a great deal of tur­ moil over the year, for it to cost so little is quite acceptable.”


CLITHEROE Town Council’s bank balance was £2,7oo down on the year, being £21.877. .compared with £2-1,032 in 1!KSS. Conn. Bert Jones said:


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1. lady was delighted when she and carefully wrapped it in s before taking it away. 1 it has gone to a very good said Mrs Hanson, ust as well, because another rrotc to explain that this spe- cactus can grow up to (itlft. It ved to be a column cactus of nus Cereus. The beautiful of the Giant Cereus has been d as a state symbol of Ari- the United States.


works for the Post Office, is the son of Mrs C. Bur­ ton, of Barnsley. The bride, given away


BOWLAND County High School has a unique character combining family atmosphere, tradi­ tional values and respect for the individual, said headmaster Mr Graham Crossley at the annual presentation of awards.


that the past year had been a memorable one for the school. Its 40th anni­ versary had been cele­ brated with a reunion for former pupils and there had also been the 50th anniversary of the arrival of young refugees from Nazi Germany, who had made th eir home at Riversmead. Mr Crossley praised


Mr Crossley pointed out


tion officer Mr Peter Evans, who presented the prizes, recalled happy memories of working in the district and made a


Abbeyfield progress


includes members of the borough and county coun­ cils, Clitheroe Town Coun­ cil and representatives of local service organisations and interested members of the public.


is built, it will provide a home for about 10 elderly, lonely local residents. The committee of 10


A STEERING committee has been formed and the first steps taken towards establishing an Abbeyfield Support House in the Rib- ble Valley. The meeting follows an exploratory one held last month when it was agreed that the formation of a local Abbeyfield Society was desirable. Once the support house


school’s wide and varied range of activities, includ­ ing French exchanges, charity appeals, drama fes tivals, field trips, theatre visits, ski holi­ days, inter-school sports and outings to London. Former district educa­


pupils and staff for excel­ lent external examination results and thanked par­ ents for their continued and valued support. He also referred to the


plea for an increase in low- cost rural housing, so that the future of excellent schools like Bowland could be assured. Chairman of the gover­


nors and ex-pupil Mr D. Howard praised pupils and staff for their efforts and achievements and thanks to the g u e s t s were expressed by head boy Stuart Herd and seconded by head girl Anne Berry. The school choir and


instrumentalists enter­ tained the guests and the home economics depart­ ment provided supper.


Hilly Parker Memorial Prize: Stewart Haines. Jeniffer Sears Trophy: Sarah Wright. Bren* nan Prize for English: Rebecca Peel. PTA Award for progress: Sally-Anne Nairn. Merit Award: Mark Verity. Headmas­


Trophy winners Vitriolic attack which beggars belief


Thompson, William Haines. Rural science: Ann Hracewell. Maths, commerce: Stuart Herd. Information technology, a r t and design, h is to ry : Nicholas Crossland. PE: David Hiatcckl. PE, French: Sarah Wright.


ter’s Prize: Anne Berry, Stuart Herd. Subject prizewinners Seniors:* Science: Dean


dale. Art, history: Beverley Cocker. English: Julian Silver- wood. Music: Claire Snedding. Geography: Mark Verity. Drama: .Joanne Tierney. Our picture shows the prize­


Michael Stott. Maths, French: Sarah Burgess. Information technology, English: Thomas Hough. PE: Rebecca White. Design and technology: David Sutcliffe. Home economics (textiles): Wendy Makinson. Home economics (food): Nicola Lewis. Religious studies: Luke Dug-


winners with the platform party. From the left (centre): Mr and Mrs Evans, Mr Howard and Mr Crossley.


THE 1 HOME FURNISHERS


Music: Jason Walker. Geo­ g ra p hy : J o h n Ga r n e r . Typewriting, French: Rachel Dinsdale. Typewriting: Arwen Gu e s t . Drama: Da r y l Dewhurst. Juni or s : - PE, science:


Home economics (textiles): Angeline Metcalfe. Home eco­ nomics (food): Donna White. Religious studies: Louisa Cotton. English: Sharon Lister.


Design: Keith Pilkington. Tech­ nology: Alastair Howard.


to this paper (written, in c id en ta l ly , seven weeks ago), Amy was not in any way disre­


WHAT in h eaven ’s name is happening here in B i l l in g to n and Langho? I am not a per­ son eager to be drawn into contentious issues, but I feel I now have.to step in, in defence of my daughter, Amy. In her original letter


spectful to Coun. Carr. She merely stated a relevant fact about the public meeting — that his speech took up more time than was neces­ sary. She has never b e en , and is very unlikely ever to be, disrespectful to anyone, let alone her elders.


Last week’s crude reference to Amy’s


recent Press coverage on matters unrelated to the village hall is irrele­ vant to the issue in question. To use her position as head girl ( a n d t h e r e f o r e indirectly the school) as a spring board from which to launch a spite­ ful attack is reprehensi- ble and sh ou ld be viewed with the utmost contempt.


Should not have to beg for compatible wage


AS a safety services manager of some 20 years’ experience with a com­ pany of international repute and respect in the safety field, I wish to comment on the current dispute in the ambulance service.


Have done it again! — \nw°duC'n9 —


ple reading this letter will feel the same way, but what can we, as individu­ als, do about it? I have complained forc­


ibly to the local Conserva­ tive party agent, whose


our ambulance service should not have to beg for a wage compatible with the police and fire brigade and equally strongly that it be regarded as an emer­ gency service on an equal footing. I believe that most peo­


contact with all the emer­ gency services and know their work and relation­ ships with the public. I feel most strongly that


I have had considerable


response was, “Write to Kenneth Clarke.”


I believe that if suffi­


representatives have said they want arbitration and


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RED ROSE VISITOR 1990


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■ flreworkidlspldylata Caldorstones Hospi­ tal. It was a marvel- Ioub evening and a lot of work must have


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MAyI l,l,throughi;ybu> paper. .express my thanks ana those of many{,ofjmy (friends': for the magnificent


that the local authority was not prepared to donate a sum of £1,000, thus making it appear rather mean, I feel that its efforts to brighten up the town should be given due credit. Was it not a branch of


local government that instigated the painting of those pretty yellow lines down the edges of many of our local thoroughfares? In pursuit of perfection,


did it not further give variety to these lines by making some double, some single and even some of them variegated? T h is a t t em p t to


brighten up the landscape soon began to reap divi­ dends. One spin-off was that owners of motorised vehicles all over Clitheroe joined this worthy cause with gusto. Why, this very day,


while walking round Clith­ eroe, I have seen cars, vans and lorries parked on these yellow attractions and the owners of all of them making the effort to


display at least two flash­ ing orange lights and the majority of them display­ ing four flashing orange lights. Of course, it was broad


daylight. I did not see these lights at. their best, but one can visualise the effect in the darkness of an average December day. I hold no track with the


ingrates who claim that the yellow lines are meant to ease the considerable traffic congestion in- our town. Can they not see that for the cost of a few tins of paint, the local authority has caused motorists to provide us with a veritable chiar­ oscuro, guaranteed to last 52 weeks a year? When I began this let­


record as saying the solu­ tion of the problem is up to the health service manage­ ment. He, however, is the Minister responsible, ■ and the buck stops with hith ’4 The ambulance serviie


cient people make their views known to politicians, they start to take heed, so the answer may be to write to them in strength. We will only get the ambulance service we deserve if we go out of our way to support it. Kenneth Clarke is on


will accept the result, so


ways; either they are an emergency service or they are not. The police and the fire


in effect the ambulance service cannot be treated as the other emergency services because of the multifarious routine duties. On television on November 6th, when informed that the unions were stepping up their action, he said they were letting down the emer­ gency services. He can’t have it both


why won’t the health ser­ vice go to arbitration? It must feel it has a very poor case. Kenneth Clarke has said


mentioned both to me and to Amy that the extraordinary letter beggars belief; but the remarks also confirm my suspicions that the village hall fiasco is on the point of degenerat­ ing into a vendetta.


So many people have Amy is not the only


one to have endured criticism on a personal level. The whole affair has unearthed a latent and extremely unpleas­ ant vein of hostility in some parts of the par­ ish. I find this abhor­


rent. These unwar­ ranted attacks detract I from the issue and serve | no other purpose than to d i s t r e s s th o s c | concerned. As for Amy, she has a I


very heavy workload at I present and has neither I the time nor the incli- [ nation to consider such vitriolic comments as those perpetrated by the writer of last week’s | letter.


M A R G A R E T ASTRIDGE, 143 Pasturclands Drive, Billington.


Take heart, Amy — you have the right to an opinion


WHILST I have no wish to make comment on the Billington and Langho Community Centre saga, I have followed with interest the debate in the letters column of this paper and, in response to last week’s letter, I wish to defend Miss Astridge’s right of |


opinion, whatever her age may be. To suggest that 17-year-olds have no interest in


criticise its elders? This does not mean a lack of | respect, but a healthy interest in what is going on. Take heart, Amy. I, too, when younger, felt the


local affairs is presumptuous of the letter writer. My own interest in politics began at 12, both at local and national level. What generation throughout time has failed to


ter, it was with a view to giving credit where credit was clue, but, on re-read­ ing it, I find that it seems to contain criticism of cer­ tain road users. Please believe me, that


A LINESMAN.


was not my intention — or was it?


this dispute, pick up your pen and make your feel­ ings known to Kenneth Clarke QC MP, c/o The House of Commons.


B. N. FINCH, Green Lea, Bashall Eaves.


Town appreciates excellent music


THE first'ever concert in Clitheroe on October 1st by the excellent Northern Chamber Orchestra attracted encouraging, if not over-, whelming, support for a programme which had been given in .Skipton'on a first-time visit in April.-


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“the concert attracted an incredibly, nay outra­ geously, small audience of discerning listeners with


clude a wide cross- section of views and subjects in our letters column, correspon­ dents are asked £o make their points as briefly as possible and certainly no longer, than 300 words in total.


; the result that an exceed­ ingly good concert was missed by all those who proffer to like good music and cultural .things.” V A second visit to Clith­


eroe by this, splendid orchestra will take place in St-Paul’s Church, Low Moor, on November 26th,


when the programmes will co n s is t of music by Mozart, Albinoni, Bach and Mendelssohn.


ton by the orchestra on October 29th brought forward the comment by “The Craven Herald” that


A second visit to Skip-


this occasion will be the distinguished Russian- born v io l in is t Mark Lubotsky, who is travel­ ling from Hamburg to work on six concerts. Let all those who enjoy


The soloist/director on


classical music give this second, concert their full support in order to demon- - strate to the orchestra and sponsors that we, in Clith­ eroe arid the'Ribble Val­ ley, do. wish concerts , of this calibre to become a regular feature of our musical calendar.


C O U N . E R I C BRACEWELL, Primrose Street, Clitheroe.


have no axe to grind in this matter, other than having a great respect for our emergency services and the professional way they handle the tasks which most would blench at ancl few of us would be prepared to tackle. If you feel as I do about .


tion even more disquieting is our MPs having yet another rise in excess of that which the ambulance crews are seeking as an, equitable solution to their problems. Finally, may I say I


“ I t ’s Tommy this, or Tommy that, and Tommy, why more pay? But it’s thank you, Mister Atkins, when the siren’s on its way.” What makes the situa­


brigade have plenty of routine duties, too, but when a policeman, a fire appliance or an ambulance are needed, and they are often needed at the same incident, they are needed there and then. They often have to deal with horren­ dous situations, frequently , at risk to themselves, so let’s have them all on the same footing. To paraphrase Kipling:


same wrath that follows when daring to comment in print on my elders ancl betters. No man or woman ever did or said anything of note, without criticism, and it’s “balderdash” that the vocabulary of the young today does not include the word “poppycock!"


JULIAN A. PARKINSON (24 years), Temperance Fields, Scholes, West Yorkshire.


GRATUITOUSLY OFFENSIVE


WE have become accustomed to the use of I your letters column as a vehicle for contro- j versy and, latterly, abuse. In printing the letter attacking Amy Astridge, you have, however, resorted to the gratuitously | offensive.


I do not know Miss


remote interest in the process of education; if. he has any remote con­ cern for the involve­ ment of young people in the community; if he has any hope for the future well-being of democracy, he would


Not to labour a point. . .


I QUITE agree that


Mr W ad d in gton ’s appointment to Home Secretary was a good story and warrants good coverage from the local Press. My grievance was


not the cove ra g e itself, but the tone of it, especially in view of the newspaper’s claimed impartiality (though there’s no reason why a paper s h o u l d n ’ t b e conservative!) ■ Had Mr Waddington


to labour the point,'L like to think that I’m a. liberally-minded person who favours c o n s c r v a t i v.c : reporting.


MRS JOAN MARSH, 16 Lancaster Drive, Clitheroe.


been Labour, Liberal or whatever and been given such a write-up, my toes would still have curled! My views were not brought on by a “red” rage, or even a “pink”; one. •While not .wishing ■


Astridge. I do, thank' goodness, know a con­ siderable number of 17- year-olds whose vocab­ ulary is both wide ancl wisely used, ancl whose interests encompass both parochial ancl national issues. If the writer has any


do well to counter argument with rea­ son ed a rg um en t , instead of resorting to the hackneyed, shallow ancl bullying appeal for “respect for her elders and ( th e r e fo r e ! ! ) betters!”


continue his campaign of insinuation, he could perhaps, Mr Editor, learn from your offen­ sive response to Joan Marsh’s letter.


If, however, he is to For help and


advice with your "What’s On"


CHARLES PEARCE, 56 Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe.


• This correspondence is now closed.


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