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I track down author to find why he’s hooked on


in Clitheroe one lunch­ time, as is my wont, I came across a volume entitled: "The Plea­ sures of Coarse Fishing, An Angler's Pitch", by a certain Bruce Pock- lington. With the curiosity of a hungry perch, I thumbed through the pages and was delighted to find pictures of swims on local rivers and lakes, I,


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myself, had fished. On closer inspection, the


author had an obvious pas­ sion for the true essence of angling and harboured a great concern for the wel­ fare of the sp o r t and the fish themselves. There were also four delightful short s to r ie s a t th e end of th e book - fishy tales, beauti­ fully written, including one ab o u t th e a u th o r u nw it­ tingly catching a record-size perch as a boy, using a bicy­ cle!


Flicking to th e inner


sleeve, I discovered Mr, Pocklington was a resident of "Whalley in Lancashire." As a devotee of piscatorial literature, I simply had to find out more and there he was in th e phone book under "P". A quick call and I was on my way to his home in Barrow, not Whal­ ley, as it turned out, to have a ch a t with th is amiable angling afficionado. "I’ve fished since I was a young lad in Lincolnshire. I


th in k my f irs t fish was a gudgeon. I t didn't matter it was only a small, one - i t was magic. They were won­ derful days...," reminisces Bruce, as he gazes out of his back window across to Pine


rowsing through Ken Varey's Outdoor World


Lodge Lake, within casting distance of his home. He adds: "Non-fishing


people th in k anglers are mad, sitting there for hours on end waiting for a bite. But it doesn't matter if you d o n 't catch one, because time spent by the water is


special." He f i r s t came here to


work a t Calderstones as a laundry manager in 1974, bu t in 1993 he suffered a stroke and i t was in the aftermath, while recover­ ing, he wrote th e book. The s tro k e did n o t p u t paid to his fishing either; he still likes to get after some of Pine Lodge's plump carp whenever he can, alth o u g h now he confesses to being more of a fair-weather fisher­ man. And he has passed on


his angling expertise to one of three daughters, Dianne (34), who fea­ tures in the book and ap p e a rs a t th e house w ith her two lively young sons, five-year- old Peter and two-year- old David, whom she hopes will also take up th e noble a r t of rod and line. So what is it about


fishing which draws him back to the bank- side time after time? Perh ap s , i t is best summed up in the book's eloquent acknowledgement to all those who helped inspire it. I t reads: "T h an k s______


for trying to reduce all th e u n c e r ta in t ie s in angling for me. Thanks, too,


for not succeeding in th a t too much! You see, i t is because of the uncertainties that I fish. I t is also due to th e a u ra of qu ie t excite­ m en t su r ro u n d in g th e


quest; the sheer pleasure of using rod and line in nature's varying moods and the bafflement induced by


elusive fish. I hope to con­ tain fishing in my pitch, in


my way, as long as I live, until my rod fails as a job


lot in a car boot sale or falls into the hands of someone


who loves to fish as much as I."


© "Th e P le a su re s of


C o a rse F ish in g - An Angler's Pitch" is available from Ken Varey’s Outdoor


World, priced £7.99.


THE primary school in Whalley is on the up and up, with the appointment of a new deputy head teacher and the launching of an


after-school club. Mrs Sue Tinker (40), of


Deputy head excited about post rm


has a key p a r t to play in


that." W ith two boys of her


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Read, has become Whal­ ley headteacher Mr Brian B e re s fo rd 's r ig h t -h a n d woman. Previously, she ta u g h t a t Read CE P r i ­ m a ry School for e ig h t years, where she was the key stage one co-ordina- tor. But when she came to Whalley she knew i t was the job for her. She said: "The prospect of working here excited me. I found ev e ry o n e welcoming. I think the village has a lot to offer in te rm s of th e community and resources. I th in k i t is very impor­ ta n t th a t children brought up in a village like this are given a sense of their own id e n t i ty an d th e school


own - Andrew (12), who a t te n d s Ribblesdale and P h il ip (14), who is a t CRGS - she c e r ta in ly speaks from experience. Mr Beresford is very happy to have Mrs Tinker on board. He said: "Sue has brought an ex tra dimension of o rganised calm to th e school. She is unflappable. She has brought many per­ sonal and professional qual­ ities with her to the school. I am very glad she is with


us." Another exciting addition


at Whalley is the introduc­ tion of the new after-school club. The idea of the club is th a t work-pressurised par­ ents can leave their children in th e hands of capable supervisors before and after school. The children are quite happy a t play with the supervisors, who have to fulfil rigorous s tan d a rd s screened by social services.


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The scheme, which com­ plies with government poli­


cy in try in g to launch 10,000 after-school clubs across the country by the year 2010, has taken over 12 months of careful planning and sc rutin y of plans by local authorities, before it was given the green light. Mr Beresford said this was quite normal in order to sat­


isfy parents, governors and all concerned th a t such schemes are of the highest s tan d ard . He added th a t school governor Mrs Angela Standen was to thank for in i tia tin g and seeing the launch of th e scheme th ro u g h . In a d d i t io n he thanked the local parochial church council for a £500 contribution towards the


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scheme and the Pickwick N ig h t Committee for a £250 donation. The club runs from 7-50 a.m. to 8-50 a.m. and 3-30 p.m. - 6 p.m. and costs £1.75 for morn­ ings and £3.50 for evening sessions. Our p ictu re showsMrs


Tinker with Whalley pupils enjoying their after-school club session


Cool film appearance for famous comedian


COMEDIAN Phil Cool is to make his big screen


debut. The rubber-faced comic,


who lives in Chipping,has won a cameo role in a new film e n t i t le d "Interview with a Dead Man", which will • s ta r Roseanna Arquette, Emily Lloyd and Simon Callow. Due to s ta r t shooting


later this month, it marks what is being hailed as a


return to top billing for the star who, until last summer, was on a self-imposed sab­ batical from show business. Having made three hit series for the BBC, two for


Trim® u cs-isnr f o r t ir e w e e k :


ave you ever noticed how, a f te r e le c t io n s , lo s in g politicians often seem to


admission of error and leave noth­ ing for the readers of Hansard, the daily reproduction of parliamen­ tary speeches, to find a fault with, but could be described as "waffle", as it says nothing that amounts to anything. B a r r is te rs can use words and


clever ploys to tie up a witness in court, persuading them most skil­ fully to say words th ey do no t mean. I t may be clever, but is also devious. Such folks could make equally good cases for defence or prosecution. They are able to put quite a different interpretation to what really happened if it fits in with convincing a jury, one way or another.


To hear a case presented against


a person may sound very convinc­ ing, and yet when a second advo­ cate stands in defence of the man who has been so obviously shown to he guilty, an entirely new complex­ ion is pu t on the matter, and the former well-prepared case can be shown to be false and inconsistent. In the face of such evidence one


might well ask what is r ig h t or wrong or possibly hurtful. Even the fact th a t a person has been found innocent, and discharged, may only prove th a t he had the best lawyer to plead for him, even if the man has to be released on some little technicality of the law being over­ looked.


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mind that which is good, true and worthy. I t is very im p o rtan t to watch our thinking over long peri­ ods, as our th o u g h ts are living things and can be prayers at times. I t is always good to have someone to consult whom you can trust, and who will help you to sort out the clamouring voices th a t make so many suggestions. It is always helpful to take your


problems and burdens to the Lord in prayer. Me knows the right answers and if you will only be still for a lime and listen to your heart. He will advise you.


Joe Stansl'ield


ITV and headlined four TV specials, five videos, a book and numerous n a tio n a l s ta n d -u p to u rs , he took time out to re-marry and, later, celebrate the birth of his son, Joe. But he ended his exile last year with a stint on the


Los Angeles comedy circuit, where he shared the bill with some of America's h o t te s t new comics and attracted the attention of ta le n t scou ts from 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers, who hailed him as th e UK's answer to Jim Carrey. With his unique brand of


humour and mimicry, he then went on to play the Edinburgh Festival and the Improv Club in London's


West End, which led to his ap p e a ran c e on las t a u tum n 's Royal Variety Show. Although scheduled to return to America once his


film comm itmen ts are through, Phil Cool is plan­ ning to re tu rn homo in April for a 60 venue nation­ wide tour. For local fans, this will include a date at the Burnley Mechanics on May 6th.


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