Clitheroe J,2232Jt (Editorial), Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February nth, 109 Valley M a tte r s^ ===== a weekly look at .local issues, people and pla S NfiTURfiL Also


Large selection of reclaimed DELIVERY SERVICE


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


Heads, Cills, Jambs, Mullions,


Quoins and Copings masoned to any shape or size


TONE SALES N E W


C A B IN E T M A K E R


m CLEANSWEEP


. Cars & Carpets Caravans


Trucks Office


Steam Cleaning, Paving, Patios, Conservatories etc


Private Homes


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


BATHROOMS


Choose your own suite and have it fitted from as little as £199, also tiling and showers etc Timeserved tradesman with over 30 years experience


£ 1 9 9 Free estimates


TELEPHONE - RAYMOND LOWE Where quality counts


on Sabden 01282 773173 (Evening calls welcome)____________


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


NO JOB TOO SMALL From houses to hotels


Quotes and surveys


WALLSANK AERIALS Tel: 01254 392609


Mobile: 0831 641344 0585 168382


TV AND VIDEO RENTALS, SALES AND SERVICE


T . & G . E l e c t r i c s ( l \ lU U lC tC dC S lTU lC L ')


62 WHALLEY ROAD, CLITHEROE Telephone 427280


designed and made to order.


Free standing and fitted furniture,


Gary Wilson


01254 882356 01200 427988 (eve)_____


SOUND ADVICE MUSIC


WORKSHOP Plano and new style


electric keyboard tuition We have now developed a new course which


makes learning keyboard tuition much more easy.


Over 10 years experience. Tel: 0976 413935


PAUL ASHWORTH


Qualified Painter & Decorator


For all Domestic, Commercial and Industrial Clients


For FREE estimates or advice


Tel: 01200 442134 GUTTERS


CLEANED & SEALED & GENERAL


HOUSEHOLD


REPAIRS Phone Colin Moorhouse


Whalley


(01254) 822883 evenings


@IH11 BUILDERS MERCHANTS


WHERE THE CUSTOMER COMES FIRST


For your building materials Trade & DIY


Crane off load available


GREENGATES YARD WHALLEY ROAD ACCRINGTON


Call o r rin g 01254 872061 S am e day delivery


Single Mattresses from £25 Double Mattresses from £50 I


01282 772662 E .R .


Telephone M. A. GEORGE


Painting & Decorating Contractors


Rooms papered from £40.00


Plastering - Tiling -


Minor Building work undertaken


For free estimates contact


Peter on 01254 823563 after 6.00 p.m.


New and second hand most types and sizes in stock


s p f c i AL OFFER


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


Delivery Service__________


NORTH WEST RECLfiMfiTION LIMITED


T e l : 0 1 2 8 2 6 0 3 1 0 8


DEREK LEIGH TV RENTALS


4 Shlrebum Avenue, Clltheroe Telephone 424168 NO DEPOSIT TV RENTALS


Portable/Remote/Teletext from £ 7 per calendar month


New 21” Remote TV .......................................... New Teletex T V ...................................................... Discount for annual payment


Minimum rental period 12 months Written quotations on request


t u X. VIDEO REPAIRS. EX-RENTALS FOR SALE


G. E. COLE Electrical, Plumbing & Central Heating Contractors


A MEMBER OF CORGI AND NICEIC


Approved Contractor


Domestic • Industrial • Commercial & Agricultural Installations


FREE ESTIMATES Tel/Fax:


01200 426881 MICROWAVE


OVEN REPAIRS (All makes)


Repairs and servicing by qualified staff


• Leakage checks • Fa st free estimates


• Low rates • No “call-out" charge C O L C A R E


01200 427973


ODD JOB MAN Joinery, Concreting, Painting, etc.


No Job TOO S mall Tel: 01254 888023


R. BLACKBURN PROPERTY REPAIRS


PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICE


FULL DRAIN CLEARING SERV IC E


30 te a r s Experience 01200 426460 A. BLACKBURN


BUILDING, PLASTERING & ROOFiNG .


EXTENSIONS,


PEBBLE-DASHING, RE-SLATES ETC


Tel: 01200 425215 REPAIRS CLOCK


Antique and Long Case Specialists


BARRIE ASPDEN


Clitheroe 423416


POWER TOOLS, SCAFFOLDING, LADDERS, GENERATORS, MIXERS, VIBRATOR PLATES, FOR HIRE OR SALE, EVERYTHING FOR THE CONTRACTOR, ENGINEER OR HANDYMAN


PENDLE TRADING ESTATE, CHATBURN TEL: 01200 441511 E & D PLANT HIRE


HEYW0RTH Pointer & Decorator


Telephone OIZOO 4Z4627 B R I A N ’S


HIGH QUALITY PAINTING AND


DECORATING


Tel: 01200 423786 FREE ESTIMATES


H. RUSHTON Plastering & Slating


All building work undertaken


For competitive rates and free estimates


Tel: 01254 BARROW 823599


IC.C. PARKER PAINTER AND


DECORATOR NO CALL OUT CHARGE D .J.P. D om e s t ic s


QUALIFIED H0TP0INT/CREDA SERVICE ENGINEERS SPORES, REPAIRS. SALES


AND SERVICE TO ALL MAKES OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES


EFFICIENT FRIENDLY SERVICE


CLITHEROE 01200 443340 MOBILE 0973 358778


2 FRANKLIN STREET, CLITHEROE Kin CALL OUT CHARGE


NEED A CLEANER? RING


0 1 2 0 0 4 4 4 5 2 4 Domestic and Industrial


COMMERCIAL I Dally office cleaning I Factory cleaning I Floor sealing all types/wood etc. I Carpet and upholstery cleaning I Toilet hygiene cleaning I Industrial kitchen cleaning | One off builders deans/waU washing


j Fire and flood damage ■ Power washing I Company car valeting


DOMESTIC ■ Home cleaning ■ One off cleaning • ■ Carpet cleaning ■ Conservatory roofs


■ Gutter cleaning ■ Kitchen cleaning ■ Window cleaning


H Ironing service ■ Home help ■ Footpaths steam cleaned (moss)


AH a price that won’t clean you out 16 years experience


YOUR LOCAL C L EANING A Q E H C Y _


V A N A N D M A N


LIGHT HAULAGE & REMOVALS & SINGLE ITEMS Tel: 01200 426809


SERVICE & RUSH


CANING CHAIR


SEATING Telephone Qltheroe


442173 after 6 p.m.


EM ERG EN C Y REPA IR S - ol Tel: Clitheroe 425552 QUALITY & VALUE AT UNBEATABLE PRICES


DOMESTIC CLEANING AGENCY ALSO


DUSTERS


OFFICE/SHOP CLEANING AVAILABLE ■ Daily,1 weekly or monthly cleaning arranged Ironing service also available ,


Competitive rates


CALL JANET OR SARAH ON 01200 440243


FOR FURTHER DETAILS w W in d ow s /d o o r s Furniture Refurbisher


John Schofield Telephone:


Clitheroe 429217


Hardwood, softwood & U.P.V.C. profile 22. At trade prices.


For all your domestic and commercial joinery needs.


For a friendly and personal service contact


R . & P. H a r g r e a v e s Joiners and Building Contractors The Workshop, Hall St, Clitheroe. Tel: 01200 426929


T & M GATE, 124 PIMLICO ROAD


For all your spectacle requirements, caring and personal service.


No gimmicks, just honest low prices. Try us first - no obligation. Our aim is your satisfaction.


Prescription spectacles from £20, tints free. OPTICAL SELECT


Our efforts are not wasted!


T


I shops, the whole quality of life. And the bin men are an important part of


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here are some blessings in life I . r r U A A - i f so mundane you rarely count


them, b u t Ribble Valley Bor- j-y-S ough Council’s new paper recycling L e t’s hear i t for our bin menl


1 *1. b C C AL '*•'* ■


— tried t0 evade them by dumping


p ro g r am m e h a s b ro u g h t o n e to _ „ f e a rw h en th e charges were first mtro- I mind.


comers of the country, like Leeds or Lon- oughs where householders might not De sm don, why it would take a block and tackle well served?


to get me out of this lovely bit of Lan- Apart from the excellent schemes run Dy


When I outline to friends from far-flung jj. a problem imported from bomemig d , , '


the range and quality of education and health facilities, the communications, the


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cashire, the men in the big yellow wagons Pendie Club and the Scouts for recycung, are not at the forefront of my argument. which ftyBC enthusiastically endorses


I usually go on about the beauty of the and encourages people to go on support- countryside, the friendliness of the people, mKl we now have the councils own seneme.


that. I know what people in some othern ^ tlie Henthom tip, a mooei in parts of the country have to put up with. . paragon of design and efficiency compareu


------ ' ---------------- ^ This is an extra service to the current exemplary collection where dustmen take everything put out for them regularly efh ciently and cheerfully. Baclring eyeiything


| and women who learned their household economics during the war. She is an invet­ erate hoarder. No string is thrown away, no sheet of wrapping paper binned, unless it is already on at least its third outing and


showing it.


magpie instincts to the 90s. Newspapers are religiously saved, bottles and jars put | on one side. Since she is housebound, her battle for the environment is an uphill struggle. The local bottle bank was moved, after protests from residents about noise and there is no door-to-door paper collec­ tion like RVBC’s new scheme. Jtie


Now Mother has adapted her habitual . . . . , n uidLumoii^v


My mother lives in a prosperous county in to the facilities available to my motner. win e recycling acutn... — - ——- _ tthe


is the Henthom tip, a model of its km M


the south. She has the habits of many men ipjjg recycling scheme and much of t __ 1


tirVirv loomorl their household ____1_ TTA«%Vinv»n n desi ork at Hentfhom tip is designed to make nu


the most of a dwindling asset. As Coun. Graham Sowter pointed out when he introduced the collection, it is about more than saving forests. I t is also designed to conserve space in the area’s landfill reserve. A recent report showed that Lancashire has less of this valuable asset than some counties and no authority can afford to be


profligate.'


Her council aliso has a draconian list of regulations about what they will and will not accept for collection and a waste chs- posal centre so cramped, crowded and du- ficult to get to it is a positive incentive to


the socially irresponsible to go fly-tipping. How different waste life is in the Ribble Valley. The amount of tipping which.


I occurs is comparatively small, although there are some black spots. This has to be a tribute to the quality of service which II householders receive. I t is also thanks to the responsible behaviour of small busi- nesses which have been paying charges for


b ;heir mi their waste, disposal for the last year and «=uu


E m m a proves she New arts has compassion


D e n a v i u m ui l i


m i ai, A PSYCHOLOGY gradu-


, ate has won a “highly eom- | ' mended" award for her efforts as a volunteer befriender while she was at university.


Former Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Miss Emma Hutchinson (22), of Hurst Green, was entered — without her knowledge — for the 1996 Whitbread Volunteer Action Awards.. They recognise individual achievements and are run in conjunction with the Government’s Make a Dif­ ference scheme, which applies to groups.


While at Newcastle Uni­


versity Miss Hutchinson (pictured) befriended a


DUST IMG E Good Dews co n f irm ed AIN!


woman who had serious long-term mental health problems, taking her on outings, doing her garden­ ing, accompanying her on hospital visits and general­ ly supporting her.


Cleaning Agency ------ takes up officer


ment officer. She is Miss Elaine Sagar,


THE Ribble Valley has a new arts develop­


m


who has worked for the Ribble Valley Borough Council as gallery assis­ ta n t a t the Platform . Gallery for two years. Miss Sagar (26) followed a


of holiday time on this commitment and was described as showing com­ passion and maturity far beyond her age.


She spent a large amount Miss Hutchinson says she


was pleased and surprised to receive the award. She is now working in the psy­ chology field, as a member of a challenging behaviour outreach support team.


I in the Church of England will be very encouraged at the latest figures for confirmations.


THE thousands of Ribble Valley people with an interest , ,


The Blackburn Diocese again appears likely to have had


I more people confirmed per parish than any other diocese in England in 1996. Some 2,223 were admitted to full church membership by the laying on of a bishop s hand. This was 142 more than in 1995, which saw Blackburn leading several of the confirmation comparison tables.


degree in Arts Education Studies at Cardiff Institute with nine months work as a volunteer a t Mid-Pennine Arts Gallery in Burnley, where she lives. She joined the Platform Gallery just six months after it opened in May 1994. Her new post will mean


that she will spend less time in the gallery and more out and about in th e Ribble Valley. She said that plans were currently being made for projects from April onwards and bids were being made to the various funding bodies. MissSagar said:“My pre­ decessor, Heather Fox, did some fabulous projects in the Ribble Valley and I want to continue her good work. “The Platform Gallery has


Each parish in the diocese averaged 10.62 confirmations, aheadof the Diocese of Liverpool with 9.08. Confirmations per clergy member were also the highest,


| area was third in numbers per head of population, with 1.63 a thousand, with Carlisle just ahead at 1.86 and Hereford leading on 1.90. The Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev. Alan Chesters, said the figures were very encouraging, adding: “They | illustrate the work and dedication of many people in our


8.53, rather ahead of Liverpool’s 6.28 second Place. The actual number of 1995 confirmations m the Black­ burn Diocese was 2,081, second to Oxford’s 2,339, and the


I 'Diocesan communications officer the Rev. Richard Steel said confirmations in the Blackburn area were two-thirds more than in some parts of the country. He is confident that, when the figures for other areas for 1996 are known, the diocese will be at the top of the league.


T H O U G H T f o r t h e w e e k


loss of two of our best-known war­ ships in addition to the fall of the outpost at Tobruk, I had travelled back from the desert to Alexandria.! to spend a few hours leave in the comfort of the United Services


I


n the dark days of the Second World War, when we had received the sad tidings of the


Club.


an unusual preacher at the ships service that Sunday morning, and I decided to go


In conversation with a sailor, I was tola oi


and listen to him. The padre had not been in uniform, nor


had he worn any vestments. He was, in fact, a portly civilian in a lounge suit, car­ rying his hat in his hand. His opening remarks quickly captured the


-, .


ers”, and proceeded to deliver his m for an hour.


I t transpired that he was Tubby Cl who founded the ex-servicemen’s \


organisation Toe H during the First War.


He could have backed up his well-n words with a quotation from the I “Why a r t Thou cast down, oh m and why art Thou disquieted with Hope Thou in Godl”. However, thai not have brought his message to mi


bered and leave its impression ove a long year. I received the message secondha


atten tio n of his vast congregation. “Friends,” he said, “I am going to take my text out of my hat.” And turning over the


hat, he peered at the maker’s name on the _____ J U a AitmAimnn/l* **TTf)DP B fO t h "


iucuu.v. — ufacturing these assorted consumer


Perhaps it really is time to look again at the whole question of packaging and the logic of our throwaway society. How many people curse as they wrestle with wrap­ pings which seem designed to keep them out and how much do we pay for what we f imaind an inconvenience? What greenhouse gases are created, what non-renewable resources consumed in the process of man-


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assault courses? And all this waste goes into the big yellow wagons and into the landfill. None of this could be saved by my magpie mother, either for the environ­ ment, or because it might come m handy. So here’s to the bin men and perhaps i t is time we made some effort to lighten their ioad.


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duced. But them is stUl some unsi^tly ht- ter left about. I wonder howmuchof trns


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Tony Cliff


, ing back to see shows time after time, many of them


been going from strength to strength. People keep com-


from outside the Ribble Valley. “The Christmas Show has been a particular success,


with sales doubling each year.” The Platform Gallery’s


new exhibition opens today. Titled “The: Holiday Show”, i t is a multi-media show which will l if t the spirits of visitors tired of an English winter. I t runs until March 1st.


does whenever I look inside my owi hat. That preacher was inspired to del message in a way that would be i


have passed it on to you third-hai were. His message of hope is still today and will vibrate in your me: it has done in mine for so long I j


you will agree with me th a t i t h: well worth repeating. JOE STANS]


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