10 Clitherbe Advertiser & Times, June 17th, 1999 \j[Tfje Clitberoe rn^ Advertiser and 1 imes Joy as Frances finds ^ j
BBC PROMS IN THE PARK :
September I lth,2 days £79.50 From £99 'All year round. 3 days '■Julyi24th, 2 days
The Last Night of the Proms is one of those Great British Institutions, and now you can be there too - or practically there- at this hugely popular event. With all the atmosphere of the Last Night of The Proms, the event takes place in Hyde Park featuring a live concert with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, the BBC Concert Orchestra and is hosted by Terry Wogan with a live telecast from the Royal
Albert Hall of the finale of | Last Night of The Proms. It’s a truly wonderful night The price includes Transport throughout Accommodation in London Continental breakfast Admission to BBC Proms in the Park Guided tour of London A visit to Windsor The services of a courier.
her long-lost mother Happiness and love at moving reunion by Vicky Carlin
A CLITHEROE wom an has spoken of her delight in finding her long-lost mother and the family she never
knew existed. Mrs Frances King, of
Lancaster Drive, feels noth ing but happiness and love for her birth mother, who had no choice but to give her up when she was a new
born baby.. And mother and daugh
ter were reunited in April at the sheltered accommoda tion unit where her 80-year- old mother now lives. Following the break-up of
her marriage, Mrs King's mother and her two-year- old sister, with whom she is also now in contact, went to live with her grandmother, who forbade the newborn child from living at her home in Camden, North London. She was born in a moth-
o o o o o o o o .'July 28th, 10 days August 28th, 3 days £89.95
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£99 o o o o o o o o September 30th, 15 days k'ly 24th
£899 £39.95 IRRIX
DE^RIpMRHEI ‘ October 1st, 4 days
atmosphere.. So why not sample some of that Irish hospitality for yourself and possibly enjoy a drop of the dark stuff on home turf! The price includes Return transport from the
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'Throughouc 2000 2 days
£89 January 19th, 22 days
Experience a crossing of the Irish Sea on the most remarkable of vessels - the fantastic new Sea Cat, which reduces the crossing from Liverpool to Dublin to a mere 3 hours 30 minutes. Whether you have sampled the delights of this most charming city before, or are a first time visitor, you arc sure to be enchanted. The friendly people, magnificent buildings and of course fabulous shops, all combine to create a unique
local area Irish Sea crossings Sightseeing tour of Dublin Free time for shopping and sightseeing The services of a courier
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We are delighted to offer once again our popular guided walk accross the sands of Morecambe Bay. Professional guide Cedric Robinson will be our leader when this year we reverse the walk from Grange over Sands to Arnside. It’s a great day out for all the family and “Sand Pilot” Cedric will take us carefully through the ' otherwise treacherous waters of the Bay.
Our coach will take us from the local area to Grange, where there’ll be free time for lunch and a little window shopping in the lovely sea side town before the walk commences and will be waiting in Arnside to transport us back home after the event. The price includes Transport throughout Local pick-up points Free time in Grange Transfers to the start of the walk Guide fees The services of a courier.
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BUCKINGHAM £199 August'&'September
holiday we can sample all the delights on offer in this most beautiful of cities and much more of the surrounding areas
Birthplace for famous works by Mozart, Strauss and
others.Vienna
positively echoes to the sound of music. It’s also a city of glittering architectural prizes. Once capital of the Hapsburg Empire, its grand buildings are a feast for the eye. There are other pleasures of course, including the obligatory waist-expanding cream filled cake or Viennese pastry. On this
coo. The price Includes Transport throughout Channel crossings Accommodation for 4 nights in
Austria Accommodation for 2 nights in
France Evening meals & Breakfasts in
Austria Free time in Vienna Optional excursions The services of a courier.
Make the most of the August Bank Holiday Weekend with this spectacular offer. Amsterdam is so much more than canals and red light districts (though both of these are tourist attractions in their own right), the city is full of culture, history and delightful sights at every turn. Ghent was once one of the great medieval cities and Is today a charming town with cobbled streets and pavement cafes. Bruges is of course for its famous handmade chocolates and intricate lace,
and during our visit there will have ample opportunity to buy or sample both. The price includes Transport throughout Accommodation for 2 nights 3 star hotel in Eindhoven Continental breakfasts Full day in Amsterdam Visit to Ghent Visit to Bruges The services of a courier.
er-and-baby home in Leicester as the result of a wartime romance with an officer of the Royal Canadi an Artillery, who was described on the adoption papers as "tall, good look ing, with dark, wavy hair
and blue eyes." He paid 15 shillings a week for Mrs King's care in Highbury, North London, until her adoptive parents travelled up from Accrington to take her home. Her own mother handed her over and was heartbroken at having to part with her. Now 54, Mrs King said:
"My mother had no choice but to give me up. She real ly did the bravest act any one could. I have never felt anger towards her, just real happiness and love." Her adoptive parents had
decided not to tell her she was adopted, but, as a girl, she had her suspicions, and before she married her hus band, Roger, learnt the truth. It was only in the last
three or four years, however, when her adoptive mother became seriously ill, that Mrs King began to search for her real mother. She explained: "I wanted to know who my parents were, but another reason for find ing them was that my eldest daughter, Stephanie, was expecting her first child and we were curious to know of any medical histo ry in the family." With the help of profes sional advice, including a
counsellor, the Kings pur sued a painstaking trail involving London libraries, the National Records Office, countless letters and the purchasing of marriage and birth certificates. It was then she found her
mother, who she thought may have died during their years apart. They were not able to meet straight away, although they spoke on the phone, and still do, several times a week. An apt meet ing scheduled for Mother ing Sunday did not take place, as her mother was in hospital, but when they finally did meet, an over joyed Mrs King hugged the mother she never thought she would see again. Delighted at being
reunited with her mother, Mrs King then decided to find out what had happened to her father, a farmer called Charles McGonigal, who had come from Alber ta, Canada. She mentioned his name to a friend who lives in Alberta, but never believed she would trace him more than 50 years on. Amazingly, one phone
call put Mrs King in touch with her father's family. Sadly, he died five years ago, but his four children, Ann, Elaine, Joseph and
Dennis, were thrilled to hear of the half sister in England. Mrs King said: "They could not believe it when I first phoned and never believed their father would have gone to the grave with a secret like
that. "At Easter, we flew to
Canada for the wedding of
Ann's son. Roily, and they made us feel so welcome. We were delighted to meet
each other." Mrs King, who has two
other children, Kate and Ben, and a granddaughter, Lauren, had a wonderful time meeting her new rela tives and had the chance to visit her friend, Alison, a
former nursing colleague at Bramley Meade. Now Mrs King is looking
forward to further meetings with the family she never knew existed. Our picture shows Mrs
King, far right, with her half brothers and sisters, from left, Joseph, Ann, Dennis and Elaine.
Letters to the Editor Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW
Local line has begun cycle of decline
. WOULD like to endorse the concerns about the long-term future of the Ribble Valley line, to which Peter Brass drew attention in his letter (June 10th). There is growing evidence that the local
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line has begun a cycle of service decline and deterioration which could well culminate in the Blackburn-Clitheroe rail service being replaced by buses ("bustitution") when the current franchise comes up for renewal. Consider the following examples . . . The inception of the summer timetable
for 1998 introduced a significant lengthen ing of connection times at Blackburn for Preston. As a consequence, when travelling . long distance, there is a great temptation to avoid delays on the local line by driving to Preston to join the mainline service
directly. The 1998 summer timetable also includ
ed a Sunday service from Clitheroe to Blackpool, involving a journey time of around 70 minutes and allowing a stay of more than seven hours. For summer 1999, the journey takes two hours and 25 min utes, involves a change at Blackburn and allows a stay of one hour and four minutes (and a really useful eight minutes, yes!, eight whole minutes, if one chooses to alight and depart from Blackpool South). And finally, the excellent, but bafflingly,
under-used Sunday DalesRail service, via Clitheroe to Carlisle, is rumoured to be fac ing a reduction to only one train in each direction for summer 2000. All this is taking place in the context of
the privatised railway network. When the franchises were let. North
Western Trains was chosen to run the clus ter of services, which includes the Ribble Valley line. Not long into the franchise. North Western Trains was taken over by First Group and became First North West ern. First Group's primary interest is run ning the bus and coach group. First Bus. When the franchise comes up for renewal
in five years’ time, it is quite conceivable that First Group might try to renegotiate the detail of its services, offering to beef up the Manchester commuter lines, which rep resent the core of First North Western's business, in return for being allowed to sub stitute buses for trains on some of its less well-used and loss-making peripheral routes, of which Blackburn-Clitheroe could
well be one. It is appropriate to celebrate the fifth
anniversary of the restoration of passenger services along the Ribble Valley line but, unless all interested parties press for good
connections, meaningful travel opportuni- Great satisfaction ties and vigorous marketing, there must be
some doubt as to whether we will have a 10th anniversary to enjoy.
DAVID FARNHILL, Denbigh Drive, Clitheroe.
Always short of cash
for our own people FIGHTING the Germans and Italians in World War Two, Britain's ally, Yugoslavia, had total deaths of 1,710,000, nearly four times British losses of 463,780. At the time of writing this letter,
Britain’s allies, Germany and Italy, are pouring troops into parts of. Yugoslavia.
How times change! Not long after World War Two, our vet
erans and munitions workers were told, in typical British political double-talk, they would be looked after, "from the cradle to the grave". How times change! Many of those same British people are
now being told to sell their possessions to help keep themselves in retirement while, at the same time, Lancashire County Council advertises for tutors and bi-lingual assistants for Kosovar children at the very generous rates of £16.15 and £5.96 per hour respectively. I wonder where all this money comes from when we realise that 1,000 Kosovar refugees are entering Britain every week, mainly women and children. Why are we always short of cash for our
own people when money can always be found for war, refugees and illegal immi
grants? I won't call "our" politicians a bunch of
idiots because, while making a mess of rul ing this country, they are on a very good earner, thank you very much.
DEMOCRAT. Noble nation worthy
of our sympathy REGARDING the UK's involvement with the current dispute in Kosovo. Anyone familiar with the history sur
rounding the present conflict would surely be offering help of a very different nature to these displaced Albanian people. Tragically, there was no such concern for
the people of Tibet - a most noble nation, equally worthy of our deepest indignation
and sympathy.
SYMPATHETIC DEMOCRAT, Cumbria.
from helping W K V O ^ x i t t b t t o
DO you wonder what you’ll do with your time once you finish work? Or maybe you have retired and have gaps to fill in an oth erwise busy schedule. Whatever the case, I would like to ask you
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to give some time to help others through Women's Royal Voluntary Service
(WRVS). This week is Senior Volunteer Action
Week, which is an ideal opportunity for older people to make a difference in their community. About 115,000 WRVS volun teers are active throughout Britain, mak ing them the biggest volunteering force in the country. Many are over 55 and get great satisfaction from the help they can give, through hospital projects, Meals on Wheels, emergency support, prison visitors' centres and many other activities. Don't ever let anyone tell you you're past
it! Doctors recommend that people of any ago, especially senior people, need to be active to remain healthy. I am "of a certain age" and I am still working on "Last of the Summer Wine", so there’s no excuse! Why not use this week to have a taster
of volunteering. Don’t sit in wondering what to do - give WRVS a call on 01235 442951 and ask to get involved. I've been associated with WRVS for the past few years and can definitely recommend it! We look forward to hearing from you.
BILL OWEN Hon. Dr. of Lit. (Bradford)
WRVS, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Mesmerised at all
the freak shows BLACKPOOL has an attraction of its own.
I always enjoy a few hours there. The
other week, I was walking on the prome nade across from the tower entrance and looked around. What had changed? What had not? The change came to me fairly eas ily and I knew that the central station was no longer there. The big building with the clock is not a Woolworth's store any more. I remember many years ago going into
the large cafe on the first floor - a help- yourself eating house. You could have your fish and chips and meat pies and look out of the bay windows to see the North Pier. We had a school trip to the resort when I was a kid. We kids enjoyed it! The promenade from Blackpool Tower
down to the south shore always seemed to be teaming with visitors, funny hats.
Event raises funds for volunteers
squeakers, the lot. This was called the Golden Mile and always got my attention. I was mesmerised at all the freak shows, bearded ladies and all-sorts. If my memiory is correct, on this part of
the prom there would be a platform where a pianist was playing the latest songs, to try and get your interest and to buy a song on a printed sheet. I think I got the latest song for sixpence - it was called "Twas on the Isle of Capri, that I found her". At the time, I was having piano lessons,
so once I got home, I took my coat off, got a stool to sit on and the lid up on the piano keyboard - at that time I thought my
piano playing was quite good! A few yards further on was a booth
advertising "the crab lady", a big crab painted on a poster and a lady's head com ing out of the shell. The entrance fee was sixpence, so I went in. It was a grubby little place we had to stand in, and of course we had a curtain in front of us to hide this wonderful specimen. The boss came in and started to tell us
that this was the biggest miracle ever seen . . . but the curtains were still shut. He told us that fisherman were casting out their nets on the coast of China and, as they pulled in their nets, they realised that they had picked up a huge crab from the sea. In the centre of the shell, there was a
lady's head. They pulled this from the ship and immediately got in touch with famous doctors and experts in this sort of thing, but after examining her they were still baf fled. They decided to investigate a bit more about what could come out of the sea. He explained that "the crab lady" had now reached Blackpool and you could see it for
just sixpence. The curtains opened . . . In the space we
could see some strips of plastic seaweed, paper fish and, sure enough, the lady's head was popping out from a hole cut in a plastic shell. We were told that she knew how to obey words in English. She was asked to waggle her claws (pulled by a string no doubt) and she nodded her head to yes or no, and all the usual piffle. It was the finale of the show that made
us blink. The chap in charge told us that they had called the creature "Oona Kiang" because she had been found off the China coast. He asked her if she had any mes sages to the audience. A pause, then she spoke. Her words spoke volumes. "Yes, I 'ope you 'ave a right nice ’oliday!"
The end of the show. No Chinese - but then again, what do you expect for sixpence?
EDMOND CAMBIEN, Clitheroe.
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RIBBLE VALLEY CARERS held a coffee morning at "iA^hal- ley Methodist Church to raise funds for the volunteers who help a variety of people in need
in the community. The event was open to all that
wished to attend and was a great suc cess, raising more than £150. This money will go towards future excur sions that will be enjoyed by both tlie carers and the cared for. Ribble Valley Carers would like to
express their gratitude to all who attended and participated in the day.
and for making it the great success tliat it was. Tliey also liope that more fund-raising activities will be held for the group in the not too distant
future. Our picture shows helpers and
members of the public at the coffee morning. (090699/17/16a)
only £10.00
To booh your appoiutmeut with Jonuuc on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday lO.OOaui - 3.00pm
Telephone: (01200) 442259 V or call in at 20 Wcllgatc, Clitheroe
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