Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 21st, 1999 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


We want your help to prepare a time capsule to mark the Millennium


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TODAY th e Clitheroe Advertiser and Times announces an exciting Mil­ lennium p rojec t - b u t we need your help to make i t


make and bury a time capsule and fill it with material which will tell tttUrrc generations, perhaps in the year 3000, what life was like in the Ribble Valley in 2000. You can help by telling us what you think should he included in the capsule. We are hoping that Clitheroe


happen. We want the community to


Town Council will embrace the concept of the time capsule. Innovative Clitheroe company


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Ultrframe is keen on the project and has agreed to design and build the capsule, which will be buried in a prominent location, ready to give future generations a glimpse of life as we were living it in 2000. In the countdown to the new


millennium, naturally the tenden­ cy is to look back on the old and ponder its milestones and man's inventiveness down the centuries. Just how far mankind has advanced in 1,000 years is mind-


ers, will be in retrospective mode over the next 12 months. That is very right and proper. But our thoughts should also turn to the future, to the many achievements


boggling. We, in common with many oth­


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yet to be made as the human race strides through the next millenni­


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um. It is fascinating to try to imag­


ine the scene, 1,000 years ago, as the planet's inhabitants celebrat­ ed the turn of that millennium. Were they in contemplative mood, wondering what lay in store for them? Could they have dreamt of the medical break­ throughs to come, the giants leaps in technology to be made, the m n


and behaviour yet to unfold, the tions, particularly those who, like pending, wondrous development as now, will be on the threshold of


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of the written word, the marvel­ lous music still to be composed? I t all makes for a fascinating piece of speculation. Perhaps, in the year 1000, the


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C R G S p u p i l s f l y t h e e n t e r p r i s e f l a g a t E u r o p e a n t r a d e f a i r


by Julie Frankland


E N T E R P R IS IN G youngsters from a Clitheroe school made sure language was no barrier to Continental


success. Having won the Hynd-


burn and Ribble Valley Young Enterprise Board French Language Compe­ tition, which demanded they adopt the Gallic tongue to market a team product, four pupils from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School earned themselves a trip to Brussels to test their skills on mainland


Enterprise link teachers Mr Ralph Bostock and Mrs Yvonne Heaney, the group, which consisted of 15-year- olds Joanna Wilbourn and Sally Glenn with Catherine Gorst and Lizzie Bostock, both 16, were the only par­ ticipants whose first lan­ guage was not French. Of the other 15 Young Enterprise companies tak­


Europe. Together with Young


ing part, one was from Que­ bec, while the others were from France or Belgium. Although unplaced,the


Clitheroe youngsters held their own, according to Mr Bostock, at a shopping mall trade fair, reception and congress. Said Mr Bostock: "It was a marvellous opportunity


for us. The congress was attended by 600 delegates,


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time capsule, filled with as much relevant material as possible to


time. The answer, we feel, lies in a


t .1houghts of many people were 1 i. _ _ f


simply on survival. So what now for our future?


Imagine the advances to come for us and future generations. What are our hopes and aspirations as the new millennium beckons for today's Ribble Valley communi-


ty? As well as looking back nostal­


today's community to do some­ thing tangible for future genera-


gically, we at the Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times are keen for


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reflect the Ribble Valley commu­


nity in the year 2000 . What we need now is the help


of you, our readers, to determine wliat, the tifne capsule should con­


list of 10 items which you feel would give a taste of today's life and encompass, perhaps, the hopes and aspirations of our younger generation. Send your suggestions, by February 28th, to "Time Capsule,’ Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times, 3 Wing Street, Clitheroe BB7 2EW, We eagerly await your list. And, for the winning entry,


tain! We would like you to send us a


there will he a bottle of bubbly and a VIP invitation to the time


capsule ceremony.


TWO more Clitheroe peo­ ple have aired their deter­ mination to stop smoking on television. More filming was due to


take place today - possibly for screening this evening. The secretary of Clitheroe


Chamber of Trade, Mrs Joan Knight, lias been a 10- per-day slave for some'40 years and is now having acupuncture as part of the Granada TV campaign. Formerly a keen skier and


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still secretary of the Fondle Ski Club, Mrs Knight, is hoping that the needles will fulfil their purpose of killing


her craving. Nurse Mr Gary Taylor


has smoked 20 "roll ups" every day for many years and is keen to emphasise how hard it is to conquer the nicotine addiction. "Not only have 1 looked


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after people with smoking - related illnesses, both my parents died from them, but even that did not stop me," says Mr Taylor. "This public spotlight on my determina­ tion to give up may be the psychological support I need to succeed." Mr Taylor also has an


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inhaler to help him and says that even after this short time he feels healthier. He was seen on television talk­ ing to his doctor last week and both he and Mrs Knight will be featured again later.


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A CITROEN van contain­ ing a quantity of tools was stolen from Brown Street, Clitheroc, on Friday after­


noon.The F-registered vehicle


is valued at £1,000 and the chain saw and otlioi items inside at £500.


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tion.”The trip to Belgium was funded by the Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Young Enterprise Board. The group of four belong to the school's 11-strong Reflect Young Enterprise team, which produces, markets and sells mirrors and photo


before which the team had to repeat their, presenta­


frames.


mar school francophiles Catherine Gorst (forefront)


Our picture shows gram­ Meanwhile, back in the Ribble Valley . . .


and from the left, Joanna Wilbourn, Mr Bostock,


Lizzie Bostock, Mr Trevor Roberts, chairman of Hyn­ dburn and Ribble Valley Young Enterprise Board, who presented the team with its Brussels funding, Sally Glenn and Mrs Heaney. (140199/8/17)


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T o o m u c h e n te rp r ise with school uniforms?


by Vicky Carlin


FASHION - or flaunting the boundaries of decency? That is the question being


asked by one Clitheroe resi­ dent regarding the uniforms worn by some of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School's female students. In a letter to the Adver­


tiser and Times, the resi­ dent, who does not wish to he named, apologises for sounding "old-fashioned" or being "behind the times", but feels that the girls in question arc "cheapening themselves". She wrote: "As someone


ments, Mr Nigel Spooner, Head of the Sixth Form at the school, said: "This the first complaint from the public I am aware of. It is difficult to get students, particularly those in the sixth form, to comply with our dress code, but some­ times people in the town do not see the masses of excel­ lent students we have in the school who, as a whole, never pose any problem. "There are several girls who we have had to talk to


In response to her com­


who spends a great deal of time in the Well Terrace and Chatburn Road area of Clitheroe, I am both amazed and disturbed at the attire of many of the girls attending the grammar school and sixth form cen­


around those female stu­ dents who choose to go jack­ etless, wear mini skirts and go bare-legged, without socks or tights, and prefer clumpy shoes with a wedged


tre." Her grievance centres


heel.


granddaughter hopes to join Clitheroe Royal Grammar School in the not-too-dis-


'As someone whose


tant future," she said, " I am concerned that this presti­ gious centre of academic excellence appears uncon­ cerned at the high propor­ tion of students, who are, in effect, cheapening them­ selves. They look 'available', rather than primed for aca­ demic achievement."


local people said that they had not really noticed a problem, while others urged the school to tighten its


dress code. One Clitheroe woman


said: "I agree that their skirts are a little too short, especially in this weather, but as for the shoes and going without coats, well, it's up to the individual." Another commented: "It


seems to be more the sixth form girls who dress this way and I think they should be made to dress more suit­


in the past to get their skirts changed, but out of 500 stu­ dents there are just a few who have let us down." Yet the Clitheroe resident


. comfortable braving the ele­ ments wearing their current attire. She said: "Their upper body cannot be warm, their knees and legs must be freezing and they surely run the risk of blis­ ters on their feet." Mr Spooner said: "Stu­


felt that, apart from the aes­ thetic and moral issues, the girls surely could not feel


ably."Yet a group of female stu­ dents who were walking along Castle Street in the town felt that their peers were toeing the line with the school's dress code. One commented: "We don't real­ ly like having to wearing uniforms, but we only wear what's in fashion. As for our shoes, well at least they are


sensible."


dents differ in how much they want to comply with the uniform and it is a con­ stant battle to ensure that they do so. Not everyone in the sixth form wants to wear a uniform. "Female students at the


main school are given more specific guidelines for their uniforms, as they have to wear knee-length grey,


pleated skirts." The concerned resident's


views received a mixed reac­ tion from members of the public and from female stu­ dents themselves. Several


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