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his story of the cobbler, Martin Audeich— where love is, God is there also. Martin had received a promise that God


would be visiting him shortly and, as he eagerly awaited this, he was moved to feed an old snow sweeper and nourish a desti­ tute woman and her baby. He was also instrumental in reconciling an old apple- seller with the boy who was intent on snatching an apple from her basket.


At the end of the day, however, Martin


was depressed at not having caught even a glimpse of the Lord. Then a voice came to him, calling “Martin, Martin, do you not know me?” “Who are you?” asked the puzzled man.


“Even I”, whispered the voice and, from the shadows, visions were revealed, in


turn, of the road sweeper, the worn child, whom he had fed, and the ap er together with the boy.


I t was then th a t the cobbler kr


promise had been kept. His Lord hi to him in different guises. I t is on li mal levels and no t, as is freq assumed, during spiritual high., can experience Christ’s presence.


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Doing well on a ;■ diet of jam


and Jerusalem


brating the first centenary of one of the country’s great


I week women will be cele­


institutions, the WI. , The Women’s Institute has sur­


vived 100 years of the most radical change in the English countryside


since the enclosures. When the movement began, the effects of the Industrial Revolution were well established and the move of population from the land to the cities was under way, but agricul­ ture was still a labour intensive


industry, Commuting barely existed, even around '


the great cities where the developing rail­ way network made it possible. These days farms which would have


employed a dozen men are run by the owner and one or two workers and lanes which were used to the passage of the occasional horsedrawn trap or carnage groan with the weight of rush hour traffic as men and women travel to and from their homes in the countryside to their work in the towns.


this revolution in the countryside’s popu­ lation is considerable. The certainties of a world where the wife of the squire, vicar,


The social change that has accompanied .


farmer and labourer each had a status in the village which was the equivalent of her


husband’s have long gone. The WI has coped with all these changes


over the century and made the best of them. It has provided a social organisation for women in rural communities, one in which they could make weekly contact, where the most effective women, the doers, rose to positions of responsibility because they were the people who got on with


things.


existing skills and develop abilities in oth­ ers. Many who were too timid to open their mouths a t their first meeting now confidently chair meetings while the ex­ presidents they were in awe of enjoy their “retirement” with other members in the


Institutes make the most of members , , body of the hall.


Dreaming of Millennium 100 years ago


by Tim Procter


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year 2,000 as long ago as 18891 Research by local historian Mr Cyril Ainsworth


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has revealed an item headed: “Clitheroe in the Year 2000 — a Day Dream” in “The Clitheroe Times” of August 23,1889, I t has some interest­ ing points, almost after the style if not quite the


extent of H. G. Wells’ “The Time Machine.” There is no clue to the writer, who affects to be having a


dream. Although he prophesies the widespread use of the telephone and holiday trips to the Moon, he still speaks of hansom cab travel. But the vehicle steered itself through all the cabs and trains. “I elicited th a t I had known all along the elementary fact that electricity had


I been brought into practical use,” said the writer. “His guide explained: “Likes repel likes and unlikes attract


unlikes,therefore of the two kinds of electricity—nega­ tive and positive — we have ail our vehicles charged with


the positive kind and as you see after that, they guide themselves from running into each other. We have no need to keep to the left-hand side of the road, because vehicles cannot possibly get within a certain distance of


one another.” A mixture of gum and sulphuretted hydrogen water was used to vulcanise everyone, cutting out football injuries


I and meaning that people who jumped off tall buildings because they could not be bothered to use the stairs dam­


I The dream correctly prophesied that aldermen would be a thing of the past, but foretold councillors being elected every year. And the writer heard the Town Clerk asking the authorities running the Sun to shine its rays on Clitheroe 300 seconds earlier each day. Although the Moon was a holiday destination, there was no contract to obtain light for it. There were no garbled reports of council meetings in the


aged the pavements. There was no need for "medical men”.


I After being wakened, the writer says, he realised he had been dreaming —“But I am going to keep a copy of ‘The Clitheroe Times’ to see if it comes true,”he concludes.


papers, for members were allowed to speak only one at once.


,


earning a lm n g ^ ° “ noisy or snSW con- can occasionallytoveim^y ^ Qutra.


sequences S ^ ignoran t as war- R S e s , amazed to discover where .


IffesC^ e o fp “ stm complain about the! n o K k e r e l s make, in the ^


of all things, that country people actually light bonfires, th a t combine harvesters make a noise like a mobilefactory, tha t


Indians


as one friend calls them, women together, to give themaforumfOT


discussion and friendship, and to work as a clearing house for precious stalls.


Anyone who is tempted to wnte thelnsti- tute off as “jam and Jerusalem should


take a look at the agenda for the Wlannu- al conference, as sharp a n ^ e le v ^ ta s any


managed by a political or professional organisation. Or better still


they should visit a weekly WI Here they will have a chance to buy pro­


duce of all kinds, made by WI:members, to a standard which supermarkets can only dream of, pies like your mother made, or you hoped she would, jam to die for, fine


plants, lovely craft work. The visitor will have to be early and effec­ •


tive for these markets are hugely popular with more senior shoppers who know a good thing when they see it, but they are a living, weekly demonstration for townies th a t the WI’s standards are undimmed


and its activities thriving. Let us hope that the Institute’s members


will show the same imagination and resilience in the next 100 years as their sis­ ters have shown in the p a s t and are demonstrating in the present.


Job choice could be a


winner


YOUNGSTERS from the Ribble Val­ ley are invited to apply for any job in the world in. this year’s Royal Mail Young Letter Writ- | ers’ competition. I f th e ir dream job


does n o t exist, th en | they are welcome to


invent it.. The competition is I


open to young people aged between four and 16, who are asked to write a letter describ- | ing their dream job, why they would be I good a t i t and why they should have i t . I Jobs are expected to I range from the down- to-earth to the exotic. The competition'is I


Tony Cliff


n village halls throughout i the Ribble Valley this |


[ A s I s e c i t . . . The revolution th a t


I jt^tiUmm- cope with was a reaf °- . move to live in


divided into four cate- | gories and the top prizewinner in each will ] receive £400, plus £600 for his or her school. Regional winners will I receive £100 personally


and £100 for their school. There will be


certificates of merit and


additional awards for* the best school in each of the U regions and the most creative entry in each age group. Entry forms have been


sent to schools and are available at post offices nationwide, or by call- I big the competition hote ] line on 01634 296617.1 The closing date is March 26th, 1997. '


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