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Clitheroe 22324. (E d i to r ia l) ; 22323 (A d v e r t is in g ) . B u rn le y 422331 (C la s s if ied )


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V A L L E Y A L A R M S W h o l e s a l e • R e t a i l - D A Y .


We supply lighting, home and vehicle security


systems a ll f itted to British Standards. (Insurance discounts may be available on certain types of installation)


Existing systems updated and maintained. Now also available electrical accessories .


All fitted with 2 year guarantee Opening Times: M on - Sat 10am - Spm Closed Wednesday ERIC


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ALL MAKES SUPPLIED Reconditioned Washers and Vacuum Cleaners


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, I T e le p h o n e 27280 C L O C K


■ Case Specialists \ B A R R I E


R E P A I R S ! Antique end Long|


A S P D E N Clitheroe 234161


CHAIR CANING


a f te r .6 p.m.


Telephone! Clitheroe 442173'


MO VE ST Get a quote from us before you decide


• Single Items • Full Removals


• Storage • House Clearances


DISTANCE NO OBJECT


For the best service In town ring:


MEL EDMONDSON CLITHEROE 24908


FOR PROMPT ATIEimOn PLEASE TEL WHALLEY 0254 822762


SERVICES FRENCH POLISHER


Dining tables


from £50


Chairs from £20


Furniture Flefurblsher


J o h n S c h o f i e l d T e l : C l i t h e r o e 29217


H E'Ori D.I.Y. A N D TEL: 0200 26720 MOBILE: 0831 662292


G A R D EN ING TOOL HIRE


P A T IO S , D R IV EW A Y S , F E N C IN G , T A R M A C IN G


And all General building work undertaken.


Free estimates Competitive Rates T e l: C l ith e r o e 253 2 5


b e tw e e n 5 & 7 p.m. A s k fo r P a u l


IR W C. & J. A. W T e l . 0 2 5 4 3 9 2 6 0 9 Here to serve you . (Apprentice Trained) ILSON |


PAINTER AND DECORATOR Interior and exterior


. T e l : C l i t h e r o e 2 4 3 7 C


THE HEDGEROW GARDEN


, LUKE SMALLEY LTD.


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• Posts & Rails • Gates & Fittings • Tree Stakes • Wire Fencing • Chestnut Fencing • Fencing Panels • Security Fencing • T & G Boards & 3 x 2 Scant


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NORTHWEST S.O.M.


ADI & DSA Approved 1ST LESSON £5.00 D o o r to D o o r S e rv ic e


EXCELLENT PASS RATE


Tel. Clitheroe 25527


E.g. S t r im m e r : H e d g e C u t t e r : M ix e rs : M ini D ig ge r


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Tel. (0200) 441511


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4 Shirebum Avonua, Cllthtroe. Telephone: 24168 NO DEPOSIT TV RENTALS


DBRSK LiKGH TV RENTALS


Portable, Teletext, remote e.g. 20in TV £7.00 per Cal. Month


New 21 in FST Remote £10.50 per Cal Month D i s c o u n t f o r A n n u a l P a y m e n t


T V R e p a i r s , e x - R e n t a l s f o r s a l e


Work carried out with Stormshield Microporous flexible gloss paint. "A T N O EX T R A C H A R G E "


EX T ER IO R PAINTING


All types of interior decorating work undertaken ALSO


Plumbing and central heating contractors


Estimates Free........ .. .Without Obligations ■ for further details contact


UNIT 8, THE SIDINGS, STATION ROAD, WHALLEY, Near BLACKBURN Tel: (0254) 823106 Answerphono: (0254) 823725


POLLARD & FOSTER LTD. D PLUMBERS, HEATING ENGINEERS,


ECORATING & PAINTING CONTRACTORS


DAVID R IG B Y


PLASTERER and TILER


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authorities and hospitals | 23 Years experience


P le a s e note we have ch a n g ed our address a n d telephone number


WE ARE NOW AT:


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competitive prices | NO JOB TOO SMALL


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BATHROOMS SUITES • TILES •


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Full Fitting Service


103 Whalley Road Clitheroe


Teh 0200 442922 or 0200 28850


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Tel: 02 54 885352 C U T T E R S -


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Whalley (0254) 822883J Evenings


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All other types of Building Work undertaken


TEL: WHALLEY (0 2 5 4 )8 2 2 4 4 1


P E T E '


H A S L A M P a i n t e r a n d D e c o r a t o r


Est. 1979


Tel: Clitheroe (0200) 25595


New agent


for Tories RIBBLE VALLEY Con­ servatives have appointed Mr Michael Harris as their newagent.


Wolverhampton-born ‘ " . 1


Mr Harris (30) is married and lives with his wife, Shirley, and their two chil­ d ren , in A sh u rs t , n e ar Parbold. • He joined th e ag en ts ’


profession in September, 1990, train in g with the C o n s e rv a t iv e C e n tra l Office, arid subsequently became Tory ag en t for W e s t ' L a n c a s h i r e in March, 1991. 1 He succeeds Mrs Susan


TV §l FOR HIRE


WET VACUUMS • PRESSURE WASHERS 0 FLOOR


ALAN RICHARDS ( IN D U S T R IA L F L O O R C L E A N IN G EQ U IPM E N T )


WATERLOO ROAD, CLITHEROE


Telephone: 22181


SCRUBBERS and POLISHERS 0 CARPET CLEANERS


SATELLITE RADIO S LA IDBURN man, who.se name has


become synonymous locally with s te am engines ana Stocks Reservoir, has abandoned landlocked life for the excitement of the high


seas. ■ As we go to press, Mr David McNamoe is cruis­ -


ing the North Sea oil and gas fields, ready to give assistance in the event of a Piper Alpha type of disaster >


He is captain of the Toisa Widgeon, one of 200 •, •


safety rescue ships operating in the North Sea, which can take on as many as 300 survivors should a platform or rig blow lip.


The Vancouver-built vessel, complete with a mini- \ .. , . .


hospital and crew of 12, cruises 24 hours a day, mostly conducting exercises to prepare for such an emergency and providing stand-by cover alongside rigs


and platforms^_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ '• ■ ■


the side of an installation, the vessel is on hand- should anyone fall overboard.


The proximity of rescue boats is. crucial, since sur­ vival time in waters just a few hundred miles south of


For example, when repairs are taking place on . . .


the Arctic Circle is a matter of minutes. Mr McNamee has been captain for four weeks a t a


time since last June, when he left his job of 14 years as countryside'warden for the 23,000-acre Stocks


Reservoir estate. _________


mee decided to leave his work in the Ribble Valley, following the privatisation and reorganisation of the water board.


. .. His life a t sea, like his love of steam engines,


actually goes back to a childhood spent on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal with a grandfather who was a steam engine driver. He began his seafaring career,in the Merchant Navy,


which he joined as an apprentice:at .the age of 16. Journeys to every corner of the globe followed,


Tosside schools, even travelled on a round-the-world journey with him, docking in -New Orleans, Panama, Los Angeles, Hawaii and finally Taiwan. A few years after making captain, Mr McNamee


taking the adventurous young man from Mauritius' to Canada, Madagascar to the United States and. the Persian Gulf to East Africa and. India. ,, 7 His "wife,Jean, -.a nursery’ nurse' at Slaidbum and


Always happier being his own boss, Mr McNa­ A L I F E o n t h e o c e a n w a v e a s c a p t a i n o f


rescue ship Toisa Widgeon (above) has replaced a job on Stocks Reservoir for' David McNamee (top)


the Stocks Reservoir job. “I suppose it was ju s t fate really. I’d always enjoyed


being, out in the countryside and the wide open,” he said. “I t was not that different from being a captain. I like working on my own.” But Mr McNamee could never quite leave the sea


behind and soon began spending six weeks every summer captaining specially-designed ships into the heart of Europe. When there was enough water in the Rhine, he


could tak e a f lat-bottomed boat all th e way to Switzerland. In many ways, his present job is the toughest of


all. “In the North Sea we must have some of the most


hostile weather in the entire world,” he said. “When I •' am out there for four weeks, I stop on the ship. Winds ;. of 80 miles per hour are fairly common. : “The ship is up and down like a cork. You learn to


live with it, but it’s uncomfortable. Things like eating are difficult. I t makes having soup a major task.” The las t time he was out, one of his crew even


the . Steam and Vintage Vehicle Display he organ­ ises annually a t the Hark To Bounty Inn. Taking place on June 5th and-6th;^ with; a s ‘many#


came down with acute appendicitis. Cruising 150 miles away from the shore, Mr McNamee had to make emer­ gency arrangements for him to be flown to hospital. ■. Luckily, he will be landlubbing again in time for


as 10 steam engines attending, the event will benefit - Slaidburn Church and the Hodder Valley Bowling1'


Club. When he is in the Ribble Valley, Mr McNamee still


was piloting water authority vessels through the Man­ chester Ship Canal, when he saw an advertisement for


stays at Stocks Reservoir with his wife and two daugh­ te rs , never fa r from the water and on the door-, step of a place he believes to be as much of a wilder-. ness as the sea.


Vocalist is needed by 60s rock band


A LEAD vocalist is wanted to front an established 60s rock band.


- ' Backbeat, which was formed in 1990, has a tradi­


tional line-up of lead, rhythm and bass guitars and drums.


tarist Nick Mackey, the principal of Clitheroe Gui­ ta r Studio, and insurance broker Barrie Lancaster, who plays rhythm guitar.


Two of the band are Clitheroe men, lead gui­


The Sassenachs in the Liverpool area at the height of the 60s music boom.


The other members played with a group called ■


.British Rail, lives on the Wirral and does not have his own transport, so he cannot always make the


gigs.” : Backbeat is playing for the Frierids of Clitheroe


Royal Grammar School on May 14th and at Settle Rugby Club, for Settle Inner Wheel, on May 7th.


Anyone interested in joining the band as lead


vocalist should contact Mr. Mackey, on Clitheroe 22933.


LIBRARY CORNER LATEST additions to the stock at. Clitheroe Library


Hunt, 1 who has moved to Cumbria with h e r hus­ b a n d , , who h a s b e e n appointed to a tourism post.


include: “American Star” — Jackie Collins. Jackie Collins’ most explosive, exciting and glamorous book to date. “The Horizon” —; Douglas Reeman. The third


Mr Harris has taken up • ' >. -.'..■; ,


his position, and is,now preparing for the forth­ coming county council elections.


book in the Blackwood Royal Marines’ saga takes Jonathan Blackwood into the first world war. “Florida” — Automobile Association. A detailed


i and practical guide that will, help you to make new discoveries ana insights about your destination. . “The Guitar Handbook” — Ralph Denyer. A unique source book for both the amateur and profes- - sional player. ■


, . . THOUGHTfor the week IT can be very disheartening to feel th a t one is


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unwanted and unneeded in the world: My thoughts go out now to unemployed people,


who, despite all their.efforts, have.failed to find and secure a job and who feel that their chances of self-ful- filment have gone forever.


These folks are all around us and in need of our ;


sympathetic understanding when they feel despair and frustration and the hopelessness in their lives shows through.. We-mustTry to be patient with them and make considerable allowances for their attitudes. Many people live out all . their days hampered by


hunger, poverty and disease. Thousands are phys­ ically disabled and never seem to have an oppor­ tunity to be all that they feel is in them and many of these, with such poor prospects, face a great tempta­


tion to become bitter and twisted alongside people who seem to have so many blessings. . Despite all the signs to the contrary,-many and


varied, I believe there can yet come to many of us the hour of destiny, a time of opportunity to face up to and fulfil the purpose for which we were brought into the world. This is.possible, unless we consciously say . “no” to. God and. turn our, backs on faith and


hope. Countless.people have to earn a living in uncon­


genial tasks m factories and offices, coming home after their daily toil tired in body and mind, with a feeling of frustration at having to leave some of their personalities possibly unexpressed. Our Lord Je sus understands the situation well:


enough. He knows the heartache and disappointment of not being able to do as we w an t..


• How do I know? Well, don’t you think He would


have dearly loved to have had the opportunity to take college training as a Rabbi? This had to remain an unfulfilled ambition. He had to


remain a t the carpenter’s bench in order to feed the family. -If we live in God’s way for us, I believe that this will come to every human spirit. Many people suf-' fer throughout the best years of their lives through , some deprivation of health, opportunity or lack of


, money. Even so, must it not be true, not too .good to be true, that all there is of possibility in every sin­ cere personality will one day be used? • - ■


■■■■<■■■ We cannot too often tell ourselves that this life,:


however , glorious and vital, is very , short, and con­ stricted,, compared, with the. life th a t begins for us after .earthly death, when . God will use all our. long-


. frustrated powers for His own purpose — and then we shall be truly fulfilled.


JOE STANSFIELD Mr Lancaster said: “Our lead vocalist works for


C r u i s e o n c a n a l i s t h e p r i z e


A CLITHEROE family and their Jack Russell terrier are .cruising the canals of North Wales th is week on a f re e dream holiday. Mr David Brass, pro­


p r ie to r of Dawson’s Fish and F ru i t Shop, Castle Street, his wife Mary, and th eir chil­ dren, Robert (8) and Susan (6), are boating on th e L la n g o l le n Canal. Joining them is their


pet dog, Chipper, along with Mr Brass’s par­ e n t s , Mr a n d M rs George Brass, of Peel Park Avenue, who will be spending a night on boa rd th e s ix -b e r th barge. . All the. family have


Mrs Brass to thank for the free week-long trip, which she won through a competition in th e Daily Mail newspaper. “I couldn’t believe it


a t f irs t ,” she said. “I thought there must be a catch. Then we got' fur ther confirmation. We’re very interested in wildlife and birds and have really been looking forward to i t.”


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