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eft at the door of a con­ vent as a baby, Mar­ garet was fortunate to


be adopted by a couple who had six children of their own, but enough love to take in


another little one. They cared for her as their own


and the other children accepted the additional sister with joy. Her comparatively happy childhood had only one blemish once she had learned how her mother had aban­


doned her.- She could not feel she really


belonged to the family where she had been made so welcome. Maragaret had great difficulty


in understanding why God could have permitted such a thing to happen. This preyed on her mind so much that, almost subcon- M


sciously, she harboured a grudge against God. This had the effect of spoiling all possible spiritual rela­ tionships with Him. Eventually she married Shaun,


who was a good, loving husband and brought her great happiness


and they had three lovely children. The circumstances of her birth


still rankled, however, and may well have been the reason why Margaret was moved to adopt a baby to enlarge their family to


four. The child grew up into a fine lit­


tle fellow, loved by all the house­ hold. Margaret and her husband were very happy with their brood and it seemd as though Margaret's feeling of deprivation was becom­ ing a failing memory. The hurt remained, however,


and the peace of her troubled mind occasionally became disturbed and


she would weep at her thoughts. One day her adopted son, John, saw the tears in her eyes. "Mummy!," he exclaimed, "Don't cry. I love you!" Another child then came across the room to put an arm around her. Margaret wiped the tears away, only to begin to weep again for joy. Her husband and other children now crowded around her to add their words of love and she realised how futile her sorrow and resentment had been. From that moment, she forgave


love in tha t home, despite her angry bitter attitude, doing much to make up for her unfortunate beginning. Now she was surround­ ed by caring sharing people who had accepted her into their family circle years ago and as they, in turn, were having babies, bringing them to see "Auntie Margaret," she knew th a t she really did "belong." Now she had more love and care


her unknown father and mother and conceded that they must have known considerable difficulties and heartache. Her forgiveness opened up now avenues to God and her long-embittered soul began to sense a new and wonder­ ful peace and joy. She now realised that God had


blessed herewith a great wealth of ¥;


around her than she might ever have known had her mother not been driven by circumstances to leave her at the convent door, so long ago. I t is a blessed experience to be


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already been achieved. More than 400 employees are now share­


holders, with personal investments worth many thousands of pounds. Ultraframe has become the town's largest employer and its workers and their families, shops and businesses throughout a wide area are continuing to feel


the benefit. The Lancasters passionately feel that it is not


Lancasters should be admired for their generous charity work As I see it . . .


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any people might say that John and Rosemary Lancast­ er’s aim "to make a difference


enough and, in their personal bid to "make a difference", are now more than ever before turn­ ing their attention to Christian-based pursuits. They are to be admired for their charity work


— and we make no excuses for featuring the com­ pany and its founders again in our pages this


week.Success always brings its fair share of cyni­ cism, but the route to it is rarely without its potholes and I suspect John and Rosemary


It would be criminal to let down a potential


chances are they will tell you it is a sport generally enjoyed by the rich and famous larking about on the piste by day and win­ ing and fonduing in log


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fire lit chalets by night. But, for one determined


young man from Sawley, the sport has come to mean a long and lonely uphill struggle to realise his ulti­ mate ambition of ski-ing in the British team in the 2002 Winter Olympic


Games. Jonathan Heyes is on the


up and up in the ski-ing world; at just 17 years of age, he has already estab­ lished himself as one of the top-ranked British Junior


Slalom racers and has won a place in the England Alpine Squad. As a partici­ pant in the English Ski Council's National Devel­ opment and Excellence Programme, he trains 12 months a year and should be well on his way to reach­


LIGHT HAULAGE & REMOVALS &


ing, if not outstripping, the achievements of the likes of world-famous British skier Graham Bell and his idol, the Italian maestro, Alber­ to Tomba. However, there is one considerable obstacle which might stop him reaching the summit of his sport - and it is a good deal more problematic than a broken chairlift. Since he started ski-ing


at Pendle Ski Club at the age of seven, it was appar­ ent th a t Jonathan (pic­ tured) had a great natural ability at hurtling down slopes at great speed, while exercising balance and con­ trol on a pair of skis. By the age of 15, he was repre­ senting England at the World Schools' Champi­ onships. His parents,


Michael and Jennifer, had long since recognised Jonathan's potential and backed him to the hilt, but, despite some sponsorship available to all team mem­ bers for aspects of their rig­


means more than just win­ ning races. In this year's- British Junior Champi­ onship, I got bronze in the Slalom, but I felt it was the best I had ever skied in a race. I think I got more of


orous training programme, the scale of the financial . commitment involved was becoming fully apparent to the Heyes. In , 1996, Jonathan's parents sold up their pharmacy business and the family home in Waddington in order to allow Jonathan to continue his efforts. He repaid his parents


faith in him by throwing himself headlong into his training programme and, like all young athletes, he had to make sacrifices in his social life. Ski-ing has become


a buzz out of th a t than when I won gold last year. Sometimes, winning almost doesn't matter; it's about getting the best out of your technique, so that it almost becomes an art form." For many of Jonathan's


sk most people what they think of ski-ing and


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Lancaste have experienced more than a few of those.


T .^ n r a s f p r h a v e e x p e r ie n c e d m o i


If I or any of our readers, were to win the National Lottery this weekend, our lives would


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undoubtedly be turned upside down. John and Rosemary Lancaster s multi-mil­


lionaire status puts them well beyond that. Like many before them, they have vowed not


to let their new-found wealth change them. It w ill b e a c o n ti n u o u s b a t t l e


Do I envy them? Not at all, but I do wish '


them well - and I hope others will join me in that Vivien Meath (news editor)


* TbeOdberoe — Advertiser and limes


WorAdA < &aA£f world-beater like skier Jonathan


and there's certainly no partying once we finish ski­ ing for the day," he says. While away, national


coach Dennis Edwards, cousin of Pendle Ski Club's Stephen Edwards, works with all the skiers on their technique. In addition, they undergo psychological training; ominous as it sounds, it is not to brain­ wash them into becoming performers hell-bent on vic­ tory at all costs. Rather, it looks at pre-race mental preparation, getting them to map out a routine prior to a race so they are at the peak of their alertness. When back at home in England, they have to put themselves through a daily fitness programme and carefully regulate their


diet. There are hundreds of


budding athletes like Jonathan who can, given


the right sort of backing and support, do Britain proud and help re-establish us as a major Olympic force. However, the major difficulty they face lies in getting the financial back­


ing.


poor showing in the Olympic games at Atlanta, John Major promised to establish sporting schools


In 1996, following our


more than just a sport to him. Jonathan explained: "It's gone beyond ski-ing. It is a whole life experience. Improving my technique, reaching my full potential


peers his life asn full-time skier must seem to be a glamorous one. From May to November, he makes five two-week trips to Saas-Fee in Switzerland. Once the race season starts, a house is rented as a winter base for the team in France. However, Jonathan says his lifestyle is no bed of roses. "Some people think my life is one big party for 12 months a year, but I am out there working as hard as I can. It's very intensive


of excellence. Much politi­ cal capital was made by politicians in declaring funds from the National Lottery would be made available to help nurture our sports stars of tomor­ row.


But, for many people


like Jonathan, the money has not been forthcoming. With a combination of Lottery funding red tape and internal conflict within the Sports Council, they have been thwarted from gaining access to the money. The result is that, while in other countries youngsters are given the


full and unconditional backing of their national sporting bodies, in this county their parents are left with the dilemma of whether to watch their sons' and daughters' talents wither away for lack of funding, or to take up the taxing task of finding spon­ sorship. Jonathan has already


received local support from Pendle Ski club, Ribble Valley Borough Council, Roefield Leisure Centre and Clitheroe Squash Club, for which he is very grate­ ful, but at the end of the day it has simply not been enough. Mr Heyes sums up the


situation, explaining: "Jonathan is in desperate need of major personal sponsorship for the next four years leading up to the 2002 Winter Olympics in the USA. He is totally ded­ icated to achieving his goals. He has already shown what he is capable of. He needs the backing to


do itl" Jonathan adds earnest­


ly: "I don't worry about not making it into the national team as much as not being able to reach my full poten­ tial for lack of funding". Surely, as a supposedly


sports-loving nation, it would be criminal for us to let talents like Jonathan slip away, without letting him put his full ability to the test and, surely, there must be people out there in the Ribble Valley who would like the opportunity to back a potential British world-beater. If you want to back Jonathan, the Advertiser and Times will be happy.to put you in


touch. Giant step forward for Pendle Hill


PROVISION for Pendle Hill ramblers and walkers has taken a giant step forward, thanks to the Countryside Commission. Those scaling one of Lancashire's most


Work on the footpath is nearly complet­


famous summits can now walk with their heads held high, after a 750m long stone path has been laid down at the cost of £45,000. The path has been constructed from 755 millstone grit slabs with a com­ bined weight of 250 tons, marrying old and new methods. As we reported at the time, a helicopter was used to drop the slabs on the peak of the hill and then tra­ ditional techniques were used to lay the


ed, with just some re-vegetation works, turfing and re-seeding around the flag­ stones still to take place over the next two weeks. Planning officers expect the path will


help reduce the erosion problems the hill has experienced over the last few years, as a a result of thousands of walkers and live­ stock taking off large sections of top soil. Its construction has gone down well


path similar to those used for old pack- horse tracks in the South Pennines. The stones have returned to their origi­


with people from many walks of life. "Surprisingly there have been no criti­


nal source after a gap of nearly 200 years, as Lancashire County Council Country­ side Ranger Mr David Oyston explained. "We reclaimed the stones from a disused mill in Bury, but they were quarried from Pendle over 200 years ago. So it's a case of the stone coming home after all these years. We have been careful to use natural material in keeping with the rest of the environment."


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cisms of the path. People appreciate that they can walk on that route without sink­ ing into peat. Farmers are happy because their flocks can now graze in the area and conservationists are happy that the envi­ ronment is being protected," added Mr


Oyston. Now the newly-appointed National


Commissioner of the Countryside Com­ mission Dr Victoria Edwards (pictured on a recent visit to Pendle Hill) plans to use Pendle as a case study for a new book on multiple use commons she is writing.


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