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f r ien d from my ch i ld h o o d . However, I could not help but s ta re a t him in am a z em en t when he said: “I ’d have recog n ised you anywhere. You
I
haven’t changed a bit.” Horsefeathersl Where was he look
ing? We had not met for over 65 years. Either these years had not left their mark on me or he was using a bit of blarney, with an aim to please. Remembering my white hair had
once been auburn and that my child hood teeth had been far from the orderly false ones I now possessed, I knew I had changed, and to some tune. He had really changed. The 14- year-old youth had become a bald- headed, bandy-legged specimen. But, as a lad, Cecil had possessed a devi
t was a real pleasure and delig h tfu l su rp rise to be recognised and greeted by a
ous streak to his nature. Being a little bit older than the rest
of the boys in the choir, he had had to mime to disguise his broken melody and keep his place in the singers to qualify for the choir trip. Having left school, Cecil was regarded by us as a man of the world and we all came under his dubious influence. It was he
who told us, in lurid detail, the facts of life. He showed us how to arrive
home with a full jug of milk from the farm, despite a stealthy drink as we waited by the well side. He enlightened us in the a r t of
Argentina had got a rise in wage: Having guided us into the dept! dishonesty, making plausible lia us, Cecil’s influence was leadin from bad to worse. But, instea losing his place in the choir, Cecil
promoted to the organ-blowing i and for this he was even paid. W«
the devil looking after his own. I t was the vicar, forming a S
achieving new standards of eating. After shopping for our parents, we enjoyed a visit to the cinema and an extra meat pie and cream cake for our teas simply by informing them of the rapid rise in prices of their commodi ties. Cecil put us in the way of deceiv- mg our trusting parents into believ ing that one-and-sixpenny rabbits were now ls.9d.nnd the cowboys in
troop that eventually saved us the jaws of hell and separate from the harmful Cecil. The Scout law was: “A Scout’s hone to be trusted.” We were enthusi enough to vow to change our ’ and we went back to normal S; day teas, much to Cecil’s disgus
drmed°^ J?ln the Sc°uts and a donedustoourfate
We heard that he was learning * !??“ er a twister in the o
“
U.Aaatwute.-we knew th had found his natural bent. Joe Stansf
Splendid amount is raised
A SUM in excess of £70,000 has been for warded to the Cancer Research Cam- _ paign, thanks to magnificent fund-rais
ing by local people. Mrs Dorothy Bury, the honorary secretary/trea-
surer of the Blackburn and District Committee, which includes the Ribble Valley, announced th a t the sum had been sent to the campaign to sup port research, which included work a t the Patter son Institute a t the Christie Hospital, Manches
ter and work into childhood cancers at the Man
chester University and Children’s Hospital. The sum of £70,000 included £1,825 fromUhatburn, £8,025 from Clitheroe and £1,200 from surrounding vil lages. For many years a house-to-house collection has been carried out in Clitheroe in April. Each year, the Cancer Research Campaign commits
around £7m. to fund research in the North West. Thanks to the support of volunteers, between £3m. and £4m. is raised annually in the region and Mrs Bury told those pre sent at the annual meeting that the challenge over the' next five years would be to close the gap.
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and women can muster. They have outlived many of their
contemporaries. They are often sadly reminded of their own mortality by
the passing of others. So death has a familiarity which does not frighten them. What can worry them is that they should leave their affairs untidily, that their tak ing leave of the world should not be ■ as decent and well-organised as their sojourn in it. This makes old people potentially vulnerable to anyone who might play on fears of not getting a decent bur ial, or of not being able to afford one, or of leaving relatives with the cost of interment. So the idea of agents for a company
calling on sheltered accommodation in the Ribble Valley, touting for busi ness, is an unattractive one. The reaction of the warden under
| swing to think that someone is shel tering old people from some of the less lovely pressures of modem busi
lines the value of this kind of accom modation for the elderly. It is reas-
ness.There is nothing illegal about this practice, although it is frowned on by established associations. It is a ques tion of taste, of decency, of what is
proper.
Would you want a salesman calling on you? Would you want a salesman calling on your elderly parents? Is
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tIt is aaste and decency C
any elderly people face the certainty of
death with more equanimity than younger men
this a job you would be happy for one of your children to have?
hristians made the news in th e Ribble Valley a t
th e b eg in n in g of th e
month and last week they took centre stage nationally in the election campaign.
As the details of the churches’ report “Unemployment and the Future of Work” appeared, spokesmen from all the parties could be observed scrab bling for dry ground in defence of policies which the churches’ working party had universally condemned as
inadequate.
and morality, particularly in econom ic terms, it is easy to write them off on the grounds of vapouring liberal-, ism, but it must be more difficult when the commentators come" clothed in the armour of religious principle. When David Shepherd speaks for the disadvantaged minori ty, who are being ignored by politi cians in the present campaign, his words have a strength that most other commentators simply cannot match. Men and women who devote their life to God have credentials which others crucially lack. Nobody can accuse men and women who work for any of the churches of self-seeking. When they make statements of prin
When columnists talk about justice . . .
ciple, they do so from positions which have already cost them dearly m material terms. When politicians, or
anyone else, accuse men and women of God of unworldliness, they are, at one and the same time, completely right and condemning themselves out
of their own mouths. These Chris tians are indeed unworldy and, in the
present world of sleaze and spm doc tors, that has a real attraction. . ■ . These people, who believe in Goa,
say there has to be another way to manage the economy and to organise society’s priorities. Many of the politicians who say, in effect, that the church working party is being unre alistic have claimed religious princi ple as one of their guiding lights. The politicians have decided on pro
grammes which they think will appeal to the self-interest of the nation’s voters. “Unemployment and the Future of Work” says they are all wrong. Christian voters will have to decide which party, somewhere in its ethos, has the capacity for something
tic will have ,to make the same deci sion, without the benefit of convic tion, but with admiration for those who speak the truth as they find it, with nothing in mind but the well being of the poorest in our society.' .
Christian. Those of us who are atheist or agnos
l e s s o n i n f i n e a r t by Louise Hulland
STUDENTS a t Clitheroe Royal Grammar School had the chance to pick up their paint brushes and work with
renowned artist Andrew Ratclif fe. The lucky artists at the school were given the opportunity to learn from the Colne-bom artist after staff visited one of his exhi
bitions in Cumbria. He accepted an artist-in-residence role to the delight of the Art Department.
As well as assisting the young artists, Andrew was challenged to create a portrait of sixth-form student Jenna Wright in four-and- a-half days. This was not a difficult task for someone whose pre
, ,
vious models include the Prince of Wales! However, according to Mr Ratcliffe: “People judge the success
of an artist by the status of the sitter. That’s totally wrong — many of the best pictures are of unknown sitters.” Future com missions though, include Ted Hughes and Betty Boothroyd. Having an experience like this can only benefit students hoping for work in art-related careers, with competition for jobs painful-
ly high. • •
Yet the artist who has had work shown in
the.National Portrait Gallery, London, and exhibitions worldwide, was impressed by the talent he found in Clitheroe and hoped his presence would be of help to all the budding artists of CRGS. Mr Ratcliffe is pictured with Jenna.
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Tony Cliff
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