V a l l e y M a t t e r s weekly look at local issues, people and places, compiled by Ben Carlisle


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hen faced by unmarked sheets of paper, I often


remember the old lady who was asked to become a


Methodist class leader. T h a t was in the days when


church members - who met for fel­ lowship and spiritual counselling - divided into small groups under the guidance of a dedicated


teacher in home classes. "Nayl", she exclaimed sadly


with a wistful smile, "I find such things to bo better felt than telt." She knew that it was very diffi- cnlt tn discuss thines th a t are


almost too deep and emotionally moving to make known. The class leaders of blessed memory, in her own experience, had probably been spiritual giants and she was daunted by the testimony of her younger days. In full sympathy and under­


standing, while calling her to mind, I recall the old words of that well-known hymn "Tell Me the Old, Old Story"-, describing a heart-felt want to be told of Jesus and His love. There was th a t request for simplicity, "as to a lit­


tle child”. The old lady must have sung • 4


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teachers, on the threshold of try­ ing to meet the deep need of seek­ ing souls, felt her own need for the inspiration of God's Holy Spirit to cope with the challenge of desper­ ate need. In our daily times of quiet, we


who are dedicated to tell the old, old story as often as we can, pray sincerely and often for the inspira­ tion and capacity to find suitable messages to meet such needs. Whether my need is met to


serve the needs of others can be seen in the regular messages I am moved to submit so regularly, for which I am truly thankful. More than 00 years ago, on


being invited to accept training to become a Methodist preacher, I did not feel good enough, in more ways than one. I was told that if I waited until I thought I was good enough, I never would begin this worthwhile work for God and realise the truth of this, as after & life-time of being immersed in this work, I still feel unworthy. There is a well-known phrase


"reading between the lines". I am sure that you understand its sig­ nificance and meaning and I am praying for my regular readers to be inspired by the Holy Spirit to do this with future messages. JooS tao sdeU


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about James Warbur- ton, the friendly pro-


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I prietor of Clitheroe’s Emporium furniture,


an tiq u e s and curios


store on Moor Lane. Ilis passion for fast cars


is as keen as his entrepre­ neurial spirit, a fact beauti-


| fully demonstrated by the striking spectacle of the gleaming pistachio green


| Lotus sports car meeting the gaze of would-be shop­ pers as they look in at the


| store's window display. Combining his love of


Lotuses with promoting his business, James teamed up with his pal, Clive Mitchell, who runs Oakhill Classic and Sports Cars in Whalley, to exhibit the 1972 twin cam Europa


| Lotus. Clive provided the car and James keenly oblig­ ed with the floor space. It


| certainly has turned a few heads in and outside the store, as James (32) explains. He says, with a touch of


dry humour which charac­ terises his personality: "Most people think it's amazing because it 's so unexpected. People ask me how we got it here in the first place. We tell them that we simply drove it in through the front door. The next question they ask is: 'Did it fit?' Which has prompted replies like: 'No


| actually; we jus t poured water on it and it grewl'" It is not the sort of item


you would expect to find in your average antiques shop,


but, then again, the Empo-


| rium, opened last May, is not your run-of-the-mill kind of antiques store. James moved into the building with the idea of


I renting out space to local I artists and craft businesses.


He moved into a flat above the store. As a result, he did not have far to go to work, but it also meant th a t he had very little time to him-


| self. In hardly any time at all, he had traders queuing up to sell their wares at the Emporium. In fact, the whole busi­


ness took off a little faster than he envisaged. He admitted th a t , when he j first took over the premises,


I he had little idea of just how much was involved. Before he knew it, he was up to his eyeballs in paper work. In addition, the demands of the business


| mean weekends are partic­ ularly busy for him, mak­ ing it difficult to spend as much time with his fiancee, Helen, as they would both


here is some­ th in g of the playboy image


like. Despite the teething


problems, a few months down the line, all manner of wonderful objets d'art are on display, ranging from African figurines to reproduction oak furniture and, now, flash sporLs cars. Surrounding the Lotus


are a number of fine sketches of motor-racing cars and some of the heroes of the sport, such as Ayr­ ton Senna and Nigel Mansell, all James's own work. lie tells me he took an


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arts foundation course at Blackburn Arts College, before going to Hull Uni­ versity, to study for a man­ agement degree. With his boundless enterprising ini­ tiative, he sold his pictures at a Waddington gallery to help fund his studies and now he exhibits them at his new business premises. "I suppose you could


call it a second string to my bow," explains James mod­


estly. In fact, James seems to


be a man of many strings; when he lived in Wadding­ ton, he even gained notori­ ety as a local television pre­ senter. He was chosen, with several other young vil­ lagers, to present "Wadd­ ington TV," the channel set up by Granada Television for a few weeks in 1990. The village became the centre of world attention, as the TV village of the future, in a project testing the viability of cable TV, when it was in its infancy in this country. Once again, with a flair


for making money, James turned the project into a money-spinner for the vil­ lage, by selling advertising on the channel to fund local community projects. Television pictures aside,


1 am reliably informed James's sketches sell faster than a Damon Hill pit stop. I ask him which is his


favourite and, without hes­ itation, he points to the image of Austrian motor­ racing legend Jochen Rindt, who won the World Championship in the early


'70s, only to be killed on the track before he could claim his title. "He harks back to my favourite era in the sport, when drivers were genuine playboy- types. He did everything flat out," says James. Belying James's racy


outlook and cool demeanour is a soul who longs to lay down some roots in the Ribble Valley. For now, he still lives in the flat above the Emporium, but, in August, he will find


LIFE in the fast lane: Clitheroe businessman and artist James Warburton (top picture) practis­ ing his Lotas p o s i t i o n (060398/1/2) and, on the left, James’s sketch,


of Ayrton Senna (090398/3/25) :


time in his hectic schedule to marry Helen and, there­ after, looks forward to set­ tling down in a new home in the area. "Being the son of a civil engineer, I've moved


| IT'S A RUM DO. . . <i quirky lo o ka l local happenings] Poppy is quite a hound dog


IT is hard to see how anyone could mis­ take the friendly colossal canine pictured alongside for anything other than the Hound of the Baskervilles. However, Poppy is certainly no shrink­


ing violet. By now well known to the resi­ dents of Whalley, she has on occasions in the past been mistaken for a small bear, according to her professional walker Daniel Ilermon, pictured here with the jumbo­


sized pooch. Her owner originally picked her up from


j RSPCA kennels in Altham. To begin with, I she was unsure of her breed, believing her to he a cross of some description. I t was only when she was reading a library book about dogs that she stumbled on Poppy's true identity, which she now believes to be Belgian Shepherd, a common breed on the continent, but rarely encountered in Eng­


land. That was not the only area of confusion.


She assumed that Poppy was two or three- years-old when she got her, but a trip to the vet revealed th a t she was ju s t a five- month-old pup. I t was at that point she had an inkling of what she had let herself


in for. "For the first couple of years I had her,


she had a tendency to be a bit over friendly. She would jump up at people who came in the house putting her paws on their shoul­


(120298/5/9) ders. Her sheer weight would knock people


over," she said. Her owner maintains that she does not


eat a huge amount. She is just naturally So, should readers see a humungous


hound howling a t the moon, on a foggy night in Whalley, they should not be alarmed. Rather than the Hound of the Baskervilles, it is odds on it will be Poppy, itching for someone in a pair of hob-nailed boots to give her a good scratching.


around quite a lot, but I can't think of anywhere else I'd ra th e r live th an here. My family's here, my home's here and my busi­ ness is here," he says. I t is a business well


worth a visit. And, oh yes, if you have


got £12,500 to spare, you could pick yourself up a nice little pistachio green sports car. James Hunt, eat your heart out.


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