U Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, August 15,1996 Valley Matters


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ENAE BUILDERS MERCHANTS -


WHERE THE CUSTOMER ! COMES FIRST


For your building materials Trade & DIY


Crane off load available


GREENGATESYARD . WHALLEY ROAD ACCRINGTON


Call or ring 01254 872061 . Same day delivery -


H»iAI=M JEI »lW


Painting and Decorating


All types of work undertaken with high class work guaranteed


Over 15 years experience


Tel: 01200 426138 PAUL ASHWORTH


Qualified Painter & Decorator


Tel: 01200 442134


/or a free estimate


Private Homes


Steam Cleaning, Paving, Patios,' Conservatories etc


MICK WOOD - CLEANING CONTRACTOR Tel: 01200 444024 Mobile: 0973 841510


Ribble Valley Council Approved Over 25 Years Service From Radio to Satellite


NO JO B TO O SMALL From houses to hotels Quotes and surveys


WALLBANK AERIALS Tel: 01254 392609


Mobile: 0831 641344 0585 168382


D. HARTSHORN


Joinery Manufacturers and Building Contractors


Rotten Windows, Fascia’s, Soffit Boards REPLACE THEM - TOP CLASS WORK Fully guaranteed


References if required, Grant work undertaken. Special rates for OAP’s


Tel: 01200 443524 or 0973 401853 Member of Federation of Smalt Businesses


SfiWM STOWE


Heads - Sills - Jambs - Mullions - Quoins - Walling


All sawn and masoned to your requirements Hand-carved fireplaces.


Fixing and conservation work undertaken


Tel: 01200 427931 0973 793673


D E R E K L E IG H TV RENTALS


4 S h lre b u rn A ve n u e , C l ith e ro e Te le p h o n e 4 2 4 1 6 8 NO DE POSIT T V RENTALS


Portable/Remote/Teletext from £7 per calendar month N ew 21** R emote T V ....................................................£ 1 0 .5 0 New Teletex T V ............................. ................. .. .£12.50


Discount for annual payment


Minimum rental period 12 months Written quotations on request


T.V. & VIDEO REPAIRS, EX-RENTALS FOR SALE = a weekly look at local issues, people and places - --------------- i . i y o r lo c a l la a u c o , m — i ---------- * REGTS CLEANSWEEP


Cars & Carpets Caravans Trucks Office


Need so much chanty begin at home?


STONE StfLES A NEW


New and reclaimed flags and crazy paving setts, curbs, etc


Heads, Cills, Jambs, Mullions,


Quoins and Copings masoned to any shape or size


Also


Large selection of reclaimed DELIVERY SERVICE


NORTHWEST


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BATHROOMS £199


Free estimates


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on Sabden 01282 773173 (Evening calls welcome)


IN TERIOR AND EXTERIOR


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Telephone: Whalley 01254 822248 Clitheroe 01200 443524 Mobile 0973 401853


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No job too small • All work guaranteed 9 am - 9 pm


FREE quotations • All at competitive prices Telephone: (01254) 722980


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For a ll plastcrin/j, roofing, tiling, pointing, etc


Also crazy paving, walls/patio


construction, landscape gardening, driveways


Contact


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T & M G A TE , 124 PIMLICO RO AD


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DIY and Timber Supplies Contact:


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THE WORKSHOP, HALL STREET, CLITHEROE TELEPHONE 426929 F o r a friendly a n d p e rs o n a l se rv ice


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JOINERY WORK


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Tel: A. Wright 01200 426385


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DUSTERS


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Competitive rates


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Discount for advance rental or direct debit • "


payment


79 TOWERGATE, CLITHEROE' Telephone: 01200 423444'


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QUALITY & VALUE AT UNBEATABLE PRICES New and second hand mm


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Brand new 20” x 10" at 65p each plus VAT Discount for large orders Delivery Service


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, Tel: 01282 603108 NO CALL OUT CHARGE


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QUALIFIED H0TP0INT/CREDA SERVICE ENGINEERS! SPARES. REPAIRS, SALES / [


AND SERVICE TO ALL MAKES OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES


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CLITHEROE 01200 443340 MOBILE 0973 358778


2 FRANKLIN STREET. CLITHEROE


her child had a friend to play with. However, the novelty of having a


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companion soon wore off when the lonely one saw how much joy her vis­ itor had from playing with the toy pram.


Although it had received scant atten­


tion in recent times, the little pram suddenly became very precious, too good to share with a casual visitor. She opened the French windows and pushed the pram indoors behind the settee.


Deprived of her toy, the visiting child


turned her attention to one of the dolls, but once again the obvious pleasure it gave to her companion was too much for the one who had given the doll little attention of late. The doll was thought too valuable to be shared, so it was also dumped out


1 , 1 for the week;


wo little girls were playing in the garden and the mother of the smallest rejoiced because


of the way behind the settee. The children soon tired of each


other’s company and the visiting mother decided to take her child home. Her daughter never returned


to play with the lonely l ittle girl again. Perhaps the mother was to blame for


failing to teach her child to share her toys in play with a friend. This is


often learned at playschool, but it is very helpful when youngsters can be encouraged to share their possessions as early as possible.


iater life, as can be seen by some pecn pies selfish attitude.


Many never learn this lesson, even in p


of Ghandi was that there was enough ° " e,of 1 , h.e best-remembered sayings


in the world for everyone’s need, but not for everyone s greed. He was not alone in his view. Jesus


f^TySt’FreelyyehaVe- ^ Even committed Christians do n<


always share the riches of Jesus OTice, nor the fruits of the Holy Spi


couldVe and ^°y’ as much as the We all have something to share wil


people m need of it.


™ «n ? ayJlot be counted among tl wealthy, but we usually have som


thing we could share with the di tressed, old or lonely. The inspiration of love, joy or peai


m our hearts received from Jesus S notheU


r ° thatWemayShare


I f you have been thinking that y< nave nothing worthwhile to share, <


w i f0rget a,bout y °ur friendshi love, sympathetic understanding ai consideration. These are obvioi bkss'ngs you can share. All our possessions are held in tru


to be used to help someone. Joe Stansfie!


OPTICAL SELECT | L


re our town centres being over­ run by charity shops? Many people will see that question as


a kind of blasphemy, but it should be


asked. Take an example from a town very


like Clitheroe. A small specialist shop’s lease runs out. The trader can­ not afford the new one and moves to a cheaper site. A national charity takes over, rips


out a frontage which people had always thought was protected, exten­ sively and expensively refits the inte­ rior, installs a professional manager and begins trading with some of the stock replicating goods already being sold by other traders in the same street. There you have the small indepen­


dent retailer’s nightmare. The harsh economic climate which affects them


all forces one trader to move. The firm that moves in is, in effect, a branch of a national concern, ft can afford the lease and major refurbish­ ment which makes it a good let for the landlord. It can be relied on not to fail suddenly and it will be good for the rent. As a charity shop, it will be paying one fifth of the business rate, is given half its stock, as part of a national chain benefits from bulk buying and is professionally managed— but uses free voluntary labour.


How can a commercial competitor


be expected to beat that? Small busi- nessmen and women are embarrassed


at even complaining. Many of them spend quite a bit of their spare time involved in charitable work them­


selves. They know that the shops are rais­


ing money in genuinely good causes and that they were created and are run by people whose motives and dedication are unquestionable. They know that the money is needed. The question is whether charities should be responsible for raising nec­ essary money to support many of their current clients. Medical research into major diseases seems a


classic example. The NHS spends millions dealing


with the consequences of illness — should it not be fully funding the research into its causes as well? Other examples will be obvious. There are some causes where the


case for central funding is not so strong. People concerned with the welfare of animals, or wishing to raise money to relieve hardship abroad, would not expect government money in the same way.


As I see it The situation will have to stay some­


thing like it is until, as a nation, we , adjust our priorities to pay properly for what we all need. But it must ■ change sometime, or many of our town centres will have fewer and fewer members of our community ; making a livin g from them, as opposed to doing voluntary work and buying cheap or second-hand goods that a growing minority need to make ends meet. . What an irony it is that, after an >


economic miracle, shops created to raise money to fill gaps in govern­ ment spending are in danger of crowding out small businesses, while more and more people welcome them, because they need the bargains they


offer. Clearly, until the situation of those . , . .


on low incomes is sign i f ican t ly , improved, charity shops will alwasns


be welcome and valuable with their workers’ skills in recycling goods. It ’s the shops’ presence on our mam


streets, like branches of any other national chain, but with sp ec ial. advantages, which needs to be looked


at.


Lee’s career is taking off with Army in Bosnia


ooking after the Army helicopters used in Bosnia by the


NATO peace implementa­ tion force is certainly hard work — as a Ribble Valley


man can testify. “ I ’ve never worked as hard


as this before,” is how Cor­ poral Lee Fellowes (22) sums up life in the Adriatic port of Split. He is an aircraft technician


responsible for repairing and servicing front-line helicopters for the Army. The former Clitheroe


Royal Grammar School pupil is now in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). Although he is based at the Croatian port with some 2,000 other headquarter and support troops, the helicopters he looks after are only a short flight from war-tom Bosnia and play a vital role moving both troops and essential sup­ plies around. At present, British troops


are busy developing the confidence of the local pop­ ulation and encouraging them to give peace a chance. Everyone is hopeful that next month’s elections will be another sign that the peace is there to stay. With temperatures now in the high 90s, Lee has had to


acclimatise fast to heat. “ I ’m drinking about five litres of water a day to pre­ vent dehydration.” Not only do the weather


conditions make it hard work, but the helicopters also take a heavy toll, as Lee explains. “We’ve had a lot of gearbox changes and engine changes — it’s hard work. I ’ve worked from midday to 8 a.m. the next day — it’s just simply got to be done or it builds up.” Lee’s parents, Anthony


and Anne, still live in the Ribble Valley. Lee is nor­ mally stationed in Guter-


T. C.


sloh, Germany, with the REME workshop of 1 Reg­ iment Army Air Corps. The self-proclaimed fitness fanatic joined the Army six years ago and in his spare time he hopes to practise one of his favourite sports


— scuba diving — in the balmy Adriatic waters,. His brother, Chris (28),


was in the Royal Artillery for four years and Lee is looking forward to swop­ ping yams with him when


he returns home soon for a spot of leave. “ I ’ ll pop down to the local pub for a pint with Chris; he knows what an operational tour can be like,” says Lee.


Vintage event is on the cards


ORGANISERS of Ribble Valley Vintage Club’s annual rally say they will be opening their new show site with the biggest display they have ever mounted. They describe the response as “overwhelming” . Almost half the 26-acre site at


Bridge End, Sawley, is set aside for the rally itself which will feature more than 150 cars, between 80 and 90 tractors, more than 70 commercial vehicles and several large steam vehi­ cles. There will also be more exhibits


in the stationary engine category than ever before.


Ten acres of the site will be devoted


to car parking and four acres reserved for camping and caravanning for vin­ tage enthusiasts travelling from other parts of the country. Two features which should attract enthusiasts are a special gathering of David Brown tractors to mark 60 years of production and a line-up of 20 Triumph Stags. The Radio Lancashire Roadshow


will be attending the event, which


opens to the public at 9 a.m. on Sat­ urday and Sunday. As well as the gathering of historic


vehicles, there will be 50 trade stands including auto-jumble stalls. Cater­


ing facilities will also be available or the site. Members of the club are being askec


to help with preparing the site. Wort to erect safety fencing and prepare


the main arena will begin at 6-3( p.m. today.


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