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27th. • 0 \ 1 Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW | A celebration of evil


- hardly a bit of fun! SO the author of your "On The Beat" col- umn urges us not to "spoil the fun of Hal- lowe'en".


grounds to be concerned about this latest "festival", and to question whether it is really just an occasion for "good humour". Firstly, Hallowe'en has become the most


Nevertheless, there are some good •


enormous commercial hype, to which Christmas, Easter, Mothering Sunday (to use the correct name) have already suc­ cumbed. Yet another opportunity to fleece families, as children see shops full of masks and costumes which (of course) they must have (because "my friends' parents let them..." ) . No sooner have the Hallowe'en masks been cleared away, than the Christ­ mas decorations are out (indeed, they will


already have overlapped). The Feast of the Epiphany (post-Chnst-


I families which can often ill afford it. No doubt, with an eye out for any trick, always seeking to make the "quick buck , and blind to issues of either morality or. reason, they will soon have every gap in the selling calendar closed. ■ Secondly, it doesn't take a great deal of


mas) has hardly begun, and Lent still some way off, when "Mothers' Day" (sic) gifts (not forgetting all the other specialist "days") and Easter eggs appear and, of course, we have had the hot cross buns available since Advent! These cynical acts of exploitation have shopkeepers rushing to bank money made by selling rubbish to


are interesting Christian arguments to that effect.1 Rather I am worried about the neg­ ative messages that children receive, not directly, but implicitly.


They are celebrating evil - no more, no less. Hallowe'en is the antithesis of All Saints' Day (it is the Eve of All Hallows). I wonder how many children have actually heard of All Saints' Day, that day when the Christian Church across the world cele­ brates those people who have devoted their lives to the Good. There can be no doubt that Hallowe'en has eclipsed All Saints' Day in the public consciousness. That which explicitly represents, and actually celebrates, what is bad has displaced what


What actually are they celebrating l . is good.


1 values. Hallowe'en is purely about the neg­ ative, some might even say: "the dark side . I have no doubt that the majority of par­ ents want their children to grow morally


"just a bit of fun". This world of ours, and the children who inhabit it, need positive


It really is no good arguing that it is . , .


and spiritually. I would ask those parents just what kind


of values they think are being insinuated into the minds of their children by parad­ ing the occult in front of them? Just what sort of characters are they identifying with, and what will be the result? No doubt there will be those who will


tion in the case of Peel Street, since this seems to be aimed at the effect rather than the cause, and could even exacerbate the


latter.The problem stems from the inability of traffic to clear the junction off Pendle Road with Waterloo Road, a common problem in Clitheroe at busy times. Anoth­ er example, of this is at Waddington Road/Station Road, which encourages a rat run along Chester Avenue and under the next bridge into Railway View Road, Well Terrace at Chatburn Road round­ about, with traffic detouring along Pimlico Road/Princess Avenue into Chatburn


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of York Street, Shawbridge Street/Water- loo Road, the bottom of Church Brow into Market Place, Whalley Road into Greenacre Street, and even at the exit from Tesco, where left-turners queue behind immobile, right-turning traffic. There are ' probably many other difficult spots of


Other bottlenecks occur at the bottom , ,, . . . .


which I am not aware. Is it not possible to encourage Lan­


cashire County Council to make more use of mini roundabouts or divided traffic lanes, to encourage a swifter exit from these choke-points? The council might devote some time to these matters, and perhaps to the question of parking, which also could benefit from a dose of pragma-


I How many have been abused when they I do not "enter into the spirit" of it (always the excuse of the bully when the victim complains)? How many parents have been content to see their even quite young chil­ dren go out in the dark, begging (for that is what it is) for sweets? How many parents have given the slightest thought to the potential dangers to their children in walk­ ing the streets at night in this insecure day and age? After all, it's "just a bit of fun", and "they do so want to do it" (and if the kids want it, surely. . . ?) But finally, and for me the most impor­


thought to recognise the distress and even the danger latent in that American import "trick or treat". How many folk, particu­ larly the elderly, have been frightened, or have felt intimidated, when opening the door (probably many times in one evening) to children, some, not so small, dressed in some very disturbing costumes?


one day, sadly, be wringing their hands wondering where they went wrong with their children. Hallowe'en might not have been the cause - there are many other manifestations of the demonic around, but I doubt it will have helped. Children need positive messages, and they deserve to have saintly heroes, not least because there are certainly enough of the other kind impinging on their lives in some shape or


form.Of course, I have no doubt that these reflections will be dismissed by some as coming from a spoilsport. For what it is worth, I can assure your readers that is not the case, and invite them to examine care­ fully the points I have made. If anyone feels they can come up with cogent alter­ native arguments, I would be interested to


hear them.


P. W. SHEPHERD, Homestead, Easthnm Street, Clitheroe.


Poor solution to


tant, there is the issue concerning what it all really means. I am not one of those who fears that Hallowe'en literally has the power to unleash evil forces, although there


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speeding traffic WHILE being strongly against the exis­ tence of traffic rat runs, I was dismayed to read of Clitheroe Council’s proposed solu-


MP launches scheme to


highlight building dangers A NEW campaign to highlight the dangers of housing developments on the nibble Valley coun­ tryside has been launched by Conservative MP


Nigel Evans. Ten vital, new commandments for the countryside


have been set out by the Conservative Party in a bid to protect the green fields


of the Ribble Valley. M r Evans described the


Government's plans to build 87,000 new house­ holds in Lancashire by 2021 as "the vicious rape of our countryside". 1-Ie said: "Our 10 com- |


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Cheers for Christmas


CLITHEROE'S first wine bar is set to open next , month after being granted a licence by Blackburn mag­


objection to the applica­ tion, magistrates supported Emporium proprietor Mr James Warburton, who has spent the last months con­ verting the Moor Lane list- | ed building's basement into


istrates. Although there was an


Cafe Emporia. Ho presented them with


i wines and spirits at lunchtimes and in the evenings. Now that lie has his licence, Mr Warburton is


a petition, signed by Clitheroc businesses and individuals, backing his plans for a continental-style cafe bar, able to serve beers,


| planning to open on December 7th.


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. This is the most auspicious period in Middle East history. The Millennium anniversary is already attracting huge numbers of tourists to Israel. Israel's tech­ nological skills are producing economic boom conditions and there is now ongoing peaceful dialogue with the Arab World over the range of issues in contention. At the recent UN General Assembly meeting, the Israeli Foreign Minister had an unprecedented private meeting with 16 of his 22 Arab counterparts. The Friends considered these questions,


tional Trust have been around the country speaking to sixth-formers about the achievements, hopes, and problems of Israelis and their Palestinian and other Arab neighbours in the Middle East.


recently, with students from Clitheroe Royal Grammer School and are keen to , address other audiences in the area - lay or


clerical; young or old. School-leavers may be particularly


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tlSR is debatable whether traffic should be allowed to park at both sides near the bot­ tom of Church Brow: any wide vehicle invariably struggles, and as for an emer­ gency vehicle, welll York Street and King Lane certainly, Moor Lane and Wellgate possibly, and part of Castle Street before it was altered, could accommodate diagonal parking, easier for users, beneficial to traf­ fic flow and giving much greater capacity for the replacement of lost places in Church Brow. Suitably marked diagonal parking would also maximise the use of on­ street parking, as it would obviate the cur­ rent position where bad parking means that often only two-thirds of the possible spaces are in use, yet all of them are occu­ pied because of large gaps at each end of the bay, and half spaces between each vehi-


BRIAN MILLWARD Denbigh Drive, Clitheroe.


An invitation to live


and work in Israel BY coincidence, the Foreign Secretary is currently in Israel, as John Levy and other lecturers from the Friends of Israel Educa-


GLAZIERS were due at Clitheroe Library yesterday to install the town s


Millennium window. Fashioned from stained glass to a


competition-winning design from Michelle Ilincks, of Ribblesdale High School, and Victoria Walmsley, of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, it


community work in both urban and rural centres in Israel, to Jewish as well as Arab students, to Sabra (native born) Israelis and to new immigrant refugees from Rus­ sia and Ethiopia. The programme also includes an archaeological dig and exten­ sive travel opportunities, both within


Israel and its Arab hinterland. The 2000 group leaves for Israel in Janu­


ary and applications are now invited for the January - July 2001 programme from students from both the state and indepen­ dent schools’sectors.


JOHN DA LEVY F.O.I.E.T, PO Box 7545, London NW2 2QZ.


My heartfelt thanks


for your kindness MAY I, through your columns, express the most sincere appreciation of myself and my family for the generous donations given


in memory of Geoff. A total of £1,112 has been divided


between Clitheroe Hospital and the Clitheroe Health Centre Railway View Practice and district nurses. Many thanks to you all.


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All set to see in the new Millennium


will be kept under wraps until an offi­ cial unveiling ceremony, scheduled for


November 22nd. Town mayor Coun. Alan Yearing


will pull back the curtains before an audience of dignitaries, among which will be the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs


Brian Collis, Nigel Evans MP and town councillors, as well as Michelle, Victoria and their parents. The window, which has cost the


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