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Soaps offer a little relief from dullness of everyday life


“N E IG H BO U R S ,” “Coronation


Street,” “Brookside,” “Prisoner. . . ” How many soaps do you watch every day? Two or three hours


a day? But do you ever wonder why you watch them?


Nobody could ever


claim th a t sueh programmes are real ist ic or t rue to life. I f yo u r everyday


rout ine involved the kind of crises, dramas


and massive coincidences th a t soap opera cha ra c te r s exper ience daily, you’d probably he too f r ightened to net out of bed in the morning!


Soap operas,


especial ly the ovcr-thc-top glamorous kind, of fer escape — into a world of non-stop cocktai l par t ies and wardrobes packed with


bal lgowns and designer clothes. Even i f we


Public transport a big drag


IF you have to wait in a bus queue every day to get to school, to go out for the night or just to get to civilisation, then you probably know why cars are so much more popular than public transport.


Hut wi th all the talk of l imi t ing pol lut ion and reducing the severe congest ion on Br i t ish roads,


private cars haven’t had great publicity over recent years. Environmental groups will tell you that they are an inefficient way to travel and that they waste precious energy reserves which could he used much more effectively. I t ’s all very well, of course, to talk about "wasting


energy” and to encourage people to find al ternat ives to cars. Hut if you can jump in a car and get someone to drive you cheaply and directly where you want to go, why on ear th would you look for an al ternative? If people are to he prevented from using a car at


every available oppor tuni ty, the re needs to he a decent al ternat ive, b e t ’s face it, buses aren' t the be s t way to t ravel . If you a re over lb, th e y ’re expensive, they can't be guaranteed to come exactly when thev're expected and they rarely deposit you exactly where you want to be. Trains are even more expensive and run on time


even less frequently. The food provided is notoriously unimpressive and if you're going anywhere other than London, you'd b e t te r be prepared to change at least


once. Britain's public t ranspor t system is adequa te . But


if we are expected to give up the comlort and conve­ nience of a car for the limited joys of queues and communal travel, the system needs to be more than


adequate. The planned privatisation of British Kail may even­


tual ly provide a rail sys tem th a t is up to Eu ro ­ pean standards. Private firms are likely to run trains


on the more popular littes and, as a result, prices may


come down and the service may improve. The effect of this, however , may be to concen­


t rate resources on the popular lines, leaving a wea­ kened British Kail to provide a downgraded s e r ­ vice on the less popular routes. But if privatisation


improves the present system, then it may possibly


be a step in the right direction. Of course, the public t r an sp o r t sys tem can be


t ransformed into the best in the world, but if people keep buying cars tit the present rate, it won t make


much difference. Before we reduce the number of cars on British . . .


roads, there must be a fundamental change in at t i ­ tudes . So next t ime you dream of owning your own car, why not think about lying back in a com­ for table t rain se at watching the wor ld go by — while someone else worries about the tratfic . . . !


Kuhy Wax, Colne Municipal Hall. May UUth. WHAT’S ON!


Tickets'. .1111.fit). "Levi ta t ion’’ and "Ca rdia c s ," Manchester Univer­


sity. May 27th. Enquiries: (]l>l-.s:!fi-0S5N. " E r a s u r e , " Manches ter Apollo, .June Tth-Uth. 1 1 th - l o t h , 1 ot h -1 7 1 h , 1 fit h-2 1 s t . E n q u i r i e s :


(](il-2:’>b-fifi22. “ (Jims 'll' Koscs," “ Fai th no More," "Soundgar -


d en," Manchester City EC (Maine Kill, .June fith. Enquiries: Ubl-22b-222j. "I ) i rc St ra i t s ," Mancliester City I*’C. .June IlitJi.


Enquiries: (Itil-2:!b-fifi22. “ P r i n c e " and “ Th e New Powe r G e n e r a t io n , ”


Manchester EC. .June 2(ith. Enquiries: ()(il-2:l(i-fifi22. Bryan Adams and “ E x t r eme ," Manchester I’C (Maine Kill, .July 7th. Enquiries: (1111-22(1-2221.


GIVE THEM A ‘LIFT’ TO POLAND


THE Nor th Lancs Metli- o d i s t D i s t r i c t Y o u th


Organisation will soon be leaving England for Stare .Juchy, Poland. The aim of the t r ip is to


AN outdoor production of " T h e Y e om e n o f t h e


Guard" will be performed a t Wh a I ley Al ib e y on Saturday by St Leonard’s G i l b e r t a n d S u l l i v a n Group.


The Pen wort bain-based


group presented “The Sor ­ c e re r " two y e a r s ago at the abbov and "couldn't


t e a c h y o u n g p eo p le in Poland different methods of wo r sh ip and how to i n c o r p o r a t e mus ic and drama into thei r Christian services.


In abbey grounds


miss the chance'' to pe r ­ form th e r e ag a in , said


"yeoman" Mr Philip Walsh, a I.ancashire Con­


stabulary mounted police­ ma n wh o p a t r o l s t h e s t reets of Clitheroe. T ic k e t s a r e av a i lab le from the abbey in advance


or on the day of the per ­ formance, which begins at 2-:!(l p.m.


Ten meml ie r s of th e


District Youth Organisa­ tion will be fiying over to Poland on Ju ly 17th for a two-week stay. The age range var ies from 15-2:! and all those chosen are actively involved with the Methodist Church.


sending two of its young people, Alison Hailwood and J e n n i fe r Garner , on


T r i n i t y M e t h o d i s t Ch u rch in Cl i th e ro e is


the trip. Alison, who has been sponsored liy Phillips


Components , Blackburn, and the Ro ta ry Club of Clitheroe, said: “ It will be an exciting and important e x p e r i e n c e , liotli on a


career and personal level.” She hope s to p u r s u e a career in Methodist youth


work. Par t of their task will he


to broaden the Polish peo­ p l e ’s u n d e r s t a n d i n g of aspects of Methodist reli­ gion. This will be achieved by c o n d u c t in g a s t r e e t mission, which will aim to te a ch th e Pol ish y o u n g


c an ’t live in the high society world of the Dal las and Dynasty


sta rs , it is nice to share in the glamour and r i tz


of it. The ant ics of Melanie


in “Neighbours” or Mavis and Derek in “Coronat ion St re et" of fer a hit of light relief in o ur lives of dull school -work and had weather ! And soap operas have the advantage of making you real ise jus t how normal you tire — af ter al l , how many soap cha ra c te r s are "n o rma l " human beings?


Most spend at least a


week in hospi tal (in the same room in which all the i r friends, relat ives and neighbour s stayed when they were in h o spi ta l ), have several unknown b ru t h e r s / s i s te r s /wiv e s /dogs hiding in every corner of the globe and undergo a hor ri f ic change every year or


so. All r ight — so soap


operas are, on the whole, r idiculously scripted, wi th unreal ist ic cha ra c te r s and laughably had


act ing. True? Yes, of course — th a t 's why


everyone enjoys them so much!


t e r i nT' _ (rsiy - d MicfeifoVIg;,!' All-action Trinity


TRINITY Youth and Community Centro, as always, has a busy schedule planned for the coming weeks.


It is alioiit to appoint two new youth workers to


the senior vouth d u b — one for the Wednesday night music Workshop, the other Ibr the senior disco oil Fr i ­ day nights.


On Sunday, the Centre held an AIDS I1IY Train­


ing Day at tile Resources Unit in Blackburn for young people"over PI. A cartoonist, a rap artist and several grapliic ar t ists were there, helping young ...... pie to put material together about AIDS. '1 he session was a great success anil was very useful in increasing awareness among voimg people about tile AIDS syndrome.


This Sa tu rd ay , the Girls Group plans to hold a


multi-cultural morning, led by Rosalynd Robson, witli help from two Asian ladies. It will include tasliioii and henna painting and there will be food available. Any gilds interested will be welcome (no men allowed!).


On June 1st, at 7 p.m.. a meeting will be held tc


plan the play scheme and summer scheme. Anyone over IS wjio would be interested at helping at 1 idnity dur ing the summer should contact the Centre (( li th-


eroe 27SS(i). Tile staff at Trinity will be going on their annul


t ra ining weekend from .1 uni* 12th to Mill, at Bor wick Hall. Carnfortb. They will use the opportunil.v t take a break from their duties and to plan what Trinity


will be doing ill the coming year. tear s S w f ew !


D is t in g u ish ed p ilo t w h o w a s on e o f f ir s t


saved by p a ra ch u te A DISTINGUISHED pilot who is mentioned in the official history of the RAF and featured in a forthcoming Channel 4 broadcast about flying has died, aged 85, at Queen's l’ark Hospital, Blackburn. Mr Cyril ( leor^o Rod­


Af ter his recovery, he ney Lewis, of Fai r f ield


Drive. Clitheroe. was born in Ulyniouth. Devon, in KH)7. (>ne of seven chi l­ dren, lie joined the Koval Air Force in 11122 at Hal- toti. as one of the earliest aircraft apprentices. () n com p lo t in pr h i s


apprent iceship and later hi* pilot training, he went to Iraq, where he served in the Kurdish Campaign.


There, he was one of the ear l iest member s of the C a t e r p i l l a r T e am an d amontr the first to save his own life by usintr a para­


chute. which was. in fact, issued to him ontv sewn' days previously, l ie was also aw a r d e d an I raqi medal with jewels by Kiny Faisal. On t ile ev e of Wor ld


Wa r I I . Mr Lewis was p o s to i l to S i n g a p o r e , where he served in photo­


graphic re connais sance. He also flow the last ai r ­ c ra f t out of S in g a p o r e be fo r e t h e .1 a pa n e s e takeover. i le was shot down over


.lava and taken by hospital ship to Austral ia, where his wife and daughter had been sent at the start of


the war.


s e r v e d on loan to th e Ko v a l A u s t r a l i a n Ai r Force through tlie New Ciuinea Campaign, re turn­ ing to Kur land wi th his family shor t ly before the end of the war. During the p e r i l o u s j o u r n e y h omewa rd , four of the troopships in their convoy were sunk by torpedoes. For the remainder of his


career . Mr Lewis served in v a r io u s p a r t s of the c o u n t r y , in d u d in i : th e KAF base at Fdi th Wes­ ton, which was the centre of relief for the Derlin ai r ­ lift. Me also became com­ manding o f f ic e r of the School of I 'h otoyraphy. Farnborou^h. before ret i r ­ ing as a wimr commander in K*o 1. Resides his skill as a


pilot and phot "i r raphe r . Mr Lewis played rimby for tile KAF and Devon. He was even selected to play for Knuland. but broke his ankle in a small KAF Ma- It<»n match. He was also a SUpc rb


boxer and


weight champion Imperial Service.-. Mr L ewi s mo v ed to


d a u g h t e r , Mr s J u d i t h Un hur t*, " f F h a t h u r n . Unth she ami her brother Kichard. nf l ’anibri(l.m*- shire, followed their lather into the KAF.


In hi* lat ter years. .Mr


Lewis, wlin also loved sail inir. had a t r eme n d o u s in te re s t in the e n v i ro n ­ ment and natural history. He had four grandchildren a n d t h r e e gre a t ­ grandchildren. He is survived by bis


wife and two children. A funeral service will take place at 1 p.m. today at ( ’hrist ( ’hurch. ( ‘hat burn, followed by cremat ion at Accrington.


Proving th a t i t ’s never too late


A FuK.MKK Kibble Vul housing manager ha.-


heavy- of the


f l i t heroe from ( 'ornwal l wi th his wife. Kalis, in I'.ls'.i. to he closer to his


Afternoon out for Talking Newspaper members c>.


tl n m


t'nund happiness and Mir- •s in his new profession a rent officer fin* t he


L a n c a s h i r e C o u n t y ( ’oimcil.


Mr Michael D. Hartford 7). of Low Moor, lirst


became housing manager fur the Clitheroe Knrmiph Council in KH'.T and was reappointed following the 1P7 I local g o v e r nme n t


reorganisat i"ti by the Kib ble Val ley Counci l . He resigned in K'd 1. follow-inn an ilit ernai depar t mental restructurinu. Kalher than take earl\


ret i remei i i . M r I lari t<>rd decided to launeh a new


c a r e e r wit h t he county lent off icer sei’\ if* •. He has since pasr-cil 1 he l nst i tut-e of Kent ( M'licers legal ant i valuatii m exam s and


j u.-* t th is rnont h \v a .' e! r cled a 1' e 11 o W (iif t he


In* titUte. ‘T i le eh: 11nre in pro


people about Western wavs of worship. The cost of the trip will


be about £1,000 for each of those involved. Alison and


Jenny are hoping to raise this money over the next year by various fund-rais­ ing events — so watch out for them!


AN af ternoon tea subscr iber* to the Kibble \ al lej J a lk in ^


Newspaper was held at the village hal l in l iolton-by-Iiow land. It was at tended bv local Kibble \ al lc\ MK Mr Ni^el K\ans , the


Mayor and Mayoress of the Kibble Valley, Coun. and Mrs John Travis, and the Mayor of Cl i theroe, Coiin. Denis MeWi l liam, w ho assisted in the handing out of smal l presents to the !H> subscr ibers


in at tendance. Group secretary Mi


%


vided a c h a n c e tor the bl ind and of ten housebound, to come together . The Talking Newspaper Group, which was formed over 11 years ajjo, has produced over 7(H) weekly edi t ions since its incept ion.


in Holme i said the af ternoon had prn- p a r t ia l ly s ighted, who are


fes sioii at al staue !n lile when many people a re thinking of ear ly ret ire- m e n t h a s h e e n a


rewardiny experience and has prn v iiled me w i t h enhanced job satistaction.


M r I lart feed said. “The honour of a tellowship bes towed upon me by t he Ins t i tu te is the iciny on the cake.”


A NEW housing devel­ opment in Worsthorne is going back to the future for the natural look. The 19-property hamlet,


won considerable praise from


Advertising f e a t u r e


known ;is Annarly Fold, will provide a close-knit commu­


nity with a special village a t m os p h ere i n a rur a 1


location. This modern perspective of


* built is unusual, and the ‘ development is full of classic


how new homes should be


! design. Annarly Fold is now taking shape on" the site of the for­


mer Gorple Mill, built in the late 19th century as part of


the thriving textile industry. Cotton was king then, but


the factory had stood idle since the mid ’sixties. The site and surrounding


scrapyard areas have been an, evesore since this time, although the land was part of the Worsthorne conservation


area. The developer is Stephen Potts, who lives with his


family in Worsthorne. Also involved with the project is Padiham designer Mr Duncan Armstrong, well-known for his commitment to the importance of history in developments, and Ray Holcroft and Associ­ ates, building consultants.


Phil B a r te n by


building society, the Mars- den, is providing active sup­ port for the project as well as financial hacking. The scheme is just another


Lancashire’s number one


example of how the Marsden Building Society is continu­ ing its "high level of commit­ ment towards improving the housing stock in the area th rou gh new b u i ld in g projects and home renewal. The design at Annarly


Fold is sympathetic to the local environment in concept,


and the new homes are built of natural and traditional


Duncan Armstrong was to create a village with individ­ ual properties as a move from the big estate plan. People nowadays want to get away from liVing on a rambling housing estate where all the homes look exactly the same. Annarly Fold has already


materials. The dream of designer


local residents in the area who think the new homes are a real enhancement. The hamlet lies just off the village square in Worsthorne.


had the same ideas and con­ cepts. The cottage-type prop­ erties are stone built, with natural stone, much of it coming from the demolished


All involved in the scheme


tion of modern style houses. They tire a good mixture of 19 different properties, based on early to mid 19th century architecture, and blending with neighbouring properties in Worsthorne. This type of development


mill. The homes are not a collec­


is a showpiece and forerun­ ner of future schemes, possi­


ble in the Burnley and Pendle areas. Marsden Building Society


is happy to work with hous­ ing professionals who have a


true interest in the preserva­ tion of traditional character. The design team, construc­ tion and building craftsmen


are all local people, with the interests of the area at heart. With the backing of Marsden Building Society, the venture is sure to be a big success for all involved.


Tell us about the past’


HISTORY is being re-written at Annarly Fold.


wants readers to contact it with any local knowledge they have on social life and working conditions in Worsthorne and Gorple Mill during the period 1880 to 1960.


The Marsden Building Society


The society is looking for old photographs and records from


the past. Any information can be for­


warded to Marsden Building Society’s publicity manager, Mi- Ray Simpson, at the society’s head office in Russell Street Nelson.


Advisors will be on site over the Bank


Holiday weekend and more information can be obtained on Sunday between noon and 4 p.m.


true representation of how developments will ■ess in the future character and


Annarly Fold is a


progi with


craftsmanship. l


THESE homes are already finished and


two homes are two-bed- roomed


almost ready to occupy. The middle


cottages and the outer two are three-


bedroomed properties


with attached garages. When the


the hamlet will have a variety of house types.


development is complete,


semi-detached and detached


There will be a number of


properties. V


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