Clilheroe Advertiser & Times, August 29lh, 1996
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hese are the dog days of sum mer and the strain is showing. It is hard to go into town with
out hearing a child whining or a par ent growling, as the long holiday draws to a close and thunder rain
dash through Clitheroe on her way back from a job, there are not many smiling faces about. This is the time when minor irrita
threatens. As a colleague noticed, after a quick
man? As I see it
alerted by one going off? Come to that, when did you last see a police-
tions become something a bit more. I can understand this. At home, our broken fridge-freezer is still unre paired after more than a week and, in weather like this, that does not help one’s equanimity. But then, neither do the church bells. Lots of people find them charming.
hoary a target for even me to have a go at, but have you ever tried to ring someone on one? On the very rare occasion when you can get through, the person you are speaking to is either virtually inaudible or preoccu pied with trying to stave off death on
Portable phones are almost too . .
the M6. I hardly dare mention computers
They are part of the image of Eng land that people like the Prime Min ister and bread manufacturers like to prop an elbow on, like Gray’s Elegy, or the click of leather on willow, you know the kind of thing. The ploughman wending is now a
youth on a tractor which could pull down Clitheroe Castle, but he has work to do. I certainly have nothing against the summer game, except for its invasion of Radio Four longwave. But the church bells are something
iours of souls, they would have been prosecuted for noise pollution years
ago. The bells are the same as car alarms. What use are they? What do they do, except frighten animals, startle old ladies and drive people mad? Have you ever seen anyone dash to one? Have you ever seen a policeman
because they make me think of mod ern management and the extraordi nary way that the combination of the man — it almost always seems to be men — and the machine always results in people losing their jobs. Firms end up composed of senior managers, the most expensive form of staff, and boxes of silicon chips cost ing a fortune and hardly any workers
at all. Then there is the language these peo
else. If the Church of England were a firm of tin-bashers, instead of sav
ple use, phrases like “mission state ment”, charters for everything under the sun - and, yes, the fridge is still broken and it takes months to get a scan. Taking a break from this misan
thropy, I went up town to shop for the day. I had forgotten you had to
do that if your fridge is broken and you have done away with the larder and the meat safe. The pavements were packed with teenagers, clutch ing their GCSE results. By and large, they were looking pretty pleased. Suddenly the clouds lifted.
These young people have had their
summer holidays blighted by the wait for these results. If the figures do not satisfy the pundits, it will not be the students’ fault. These almost grown-up children did not create the system, are not responsible for the way i t has been mauled about and did not devise a society which makes more and more of education a cre dential-producing machine which turns them out into an uncertain future and then beefs about their
quality. Over the last three months, we have
had a succession of young people with us in the office on work experi ence. They have been, without excep tion, intelligent and willing, friendly and attractive, sensitive and socially skilled enough to f i t into a small office involved in the organised fren zy of getting a newspaper out. Unless we have been extremely for
tunate, we have seen a par t of the future and it works. So there is some thing to hang on to and look forward to, while the bells ring, cats dig up the garden, dogs foul the pavement, TV gets more inane, salad garnish on sandwiches gets more baroque and political correctness guts the English language. The glass is half full, a t the very
least, not half empty. Cheers! Tony Cliff
Town is to return to by Stewart Pimbley
he highest honour which can be con ferred on a Clitheroe
resident for exceptional community service is to be presented again — more than 30 years after it was last awarded. Clitheroe Town Council has decided to revive an ancient tradition and a prominent local person has already been shortlisted for recogni tion. The last person to be
giving honours Prominent person is shortlisted
THE idea of bestowing honours on our top townsfolk is nothing new — the first free man was appointed in
appointed an Honorary Freeman of Clitheroe was Miss Phyllis Todd, in 1966. However, as the town coun cil no longer has power to confer an honour using that form of words an alternative has been found — that of Honorary Burgess of the
Town. Clitheroe Mayor Coun.
Stephen Holt said: “There has been no formal method of recognising anybody’s exceptional service to the town. Until 1974, when the present borough council was formed, we could have gone for Freeman of the Bor ough. Unfortunately that is no longer available to the
town, so the most appropri ate form of award is that of Honorary Burgess." The award is not made
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ecently I have enjoyed watching a ta len ted conductor bring out the best from his dedicated choir of
around 100 male voices. I was th r illed a t the s ight and
sound of the large body of men responding so readily to the wave
of the baton. The magnificent band of melody
makers were a credit to their leader. He knew the pieces written by the great composers by heart and he suc cessfully conveyed his interpretation of their work. He did it as best he could with the willing co-operation of his singers. At first glance the crotchets and
quavers on the sheet music may have appeared like a flock of birds ready
for migration from their telegraph wires. However, the singers soon deci phered their meaning into melody and rehearsed repeatedly until their
leader felt he had succeeded in con veying the deep meaning behind the composer’s work.
There had been times when the
music had faltered and faded to come out as the conductor wished. There were times too when the thoughts behind the music failed to material^ to the satisfaction of the conducts However, the agonising came to an end when the rendition improved The conductor found his baton wa.i bringing out the preconceived m S ^
rected a feehng of satisfaction occu pied the mind and thoughts 0? ? h .
the mistakes a U ^ h ^ r n iC tion was paying off. nstant rePeti-
choir was well re h e a r^ rehearsal he spoke of hisgratHudeto
o S t n8right the choir, telling the meml
appreciated their best effc he was satisfied that they and deserved to do well. They had worked with
responded magnificently. The concert was met wi
ous applause and the mer Ppy that they had give:
ever performance. There need to worry, especial much work had been pu preting the production.
It is true that those who
People who work the han f he singers had toiled ii
where others would no
etfort.Many would have 1
just to say that they coul stand how the winners 1
such as high standard. Joe S
indiscriminately. Coun. Holt explained: “We have annual town awards and there is a category for ser vice to the town by an indi vidual or organisation. There are many people eligi ble for this, but this new award is for exceptional ser vice to the town.” The name of the prominent Clitheroe resident put for ward for the award has not been revealed. An announcement is expected in September. The old Clitheroe borough’s
1895. This honour went to the
c o t to n mill owner, Mr James Garnett, who was Mayor and served on the
council for 32 years. He received the award
after retiring as alderman, the post given to senior members of the council. The Clitheroe Advertiser
As the 14th freeman, his
.iduiucm Lo work o n__ "CUtheroe’s history, he was
contribution to the town is nlmosf immeasurable. In
Ribblesdale School’s first headmaster, taking on the job after holding the same position a t the National School. Only two women have
been honoured with the title of freeman and this did not happen until the liberated 1960s. The first was Miss Evelyn
and Times recorded the event and the report clear ly shows the qualities required by anyone taking on the demanding role of the town’s leading citizen. At the presentation, one of Mr Garnett’s fellow aider- men said: “ I regard Mr James Garnett's long and uninterrupted connection
with this council and corpo ration as a mark of evi dence of the confidence th a t was reposed in him, gained by close attention to his duties and by his fine business qualities, as well as his uniform kindness and courtesy.” All these attributes gained Mr Garnett the freedom of the town and a place in the history books. Eighteen other Clitheroe
residents were made freemen in the 61 years
after Mr Garnett was first honoured. Among them were two
first honorary freeman was former mayor Mr James Garnett, in November, 1895. Since th a t time 18 honorary freemen of Clitheroe have been appointed. There are no sur viving freemen left in the town.
other members of Mr James Ga rne tt’s family, John and William. Both were mayors and William Garnett is remembered for giving the town the may- oral chain that is now worn by today’s first citizen on public occasions. When appointing freemen
LOCAL historian Arthur Langshaw (above) found himself making history instead of recording it when he became the town's 14th freeman
at the turn of the century,
councillors appear to have tre a ted civic d u ty as a major factor in their deci sions. However, the balance did
sh if t and they began to look beyond those who car ried out duties in the coun cil chamber. In 1908, solicitor Mr John
Rosanna G a rn e tt, the fourth member of the same family to receive the hon our. She was one of four freemen to be appointed in September 1962. Her contribution is equal
ly as impressive as th a t of her forefathers. Miss Gar n e t t played a big role in developing the local educa tion system and was a gov ernor serving on many of the schools' boards. The last person to have
Eastham, a town clerk for many years, was made a freeman. He was involved in introducing th e f irs t water works system to the borough of Clitheroe more than half a century earlier. There was no set time for
appointing freemen. In fact, the town would go for years without appointing anyone and th en two or three freemen would be
appointed a t the same time. In 1948, more th an 20
years after the last appoint- ment, local historian Arthur Langshaw found
himself making history instead of recording it.
their name placed on the roll of honour was Mrs Phyllis Todd in 1966. There is little doubt why Mrs Todd was selected — she served on 26 organisa
tions during her time in the town. Sadly, local government
red tape ensured Clitheroe has not honoured its most
prestigious citizens for three decades. But now the tradition is
being revived and the council has someone in
mind for the new burgess title. I t is now only a matter of
time before the red carpet is rolled o u t and a new name joins the other 19 on the town's roll of honour.
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