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j TH E new h e adm a s te r of St Mary's Hall preparatory school, Stonyhurst, has thanked all con cerned for the warmth of the welcome to himself and his fam-
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■ Hall, and not just for a currently obvi ous reason. Boarding education, after a dip in popularity, is now favoured by many parents and more and more find ways to afford it — there are also a lot of grants. But like many other profes sions, education now has questioning and indeed demanding consumers. A decent gym, sports field and cultural side is no longer enough for parents, local or international. St Mary's Hall pupils have access to a remarkable range of sports and interests, choirs good enough to sing in York Minster, music staff of Halle orchestra stan dard and a religious experience second
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Sky was the limit — in Concorde — for spectacular Millennium break
he last time I'd heard th e p a r tic u la r rising scream of Rolls-Royce
FORMER Royal naval lieutenant Robbie Robinson, of Chaigley, travelled the world during his 25 years with the senior service. Now an aspiring writer, he
has just fulfilled a long-standing ambition to fly on Concorde and here is an account of the experience.
as a courier for British Airways Over Britain's western shores,
edge of space. Sublime, serene. For a Millenium break, it was the only
the afterburners were re-engaged and the digital information screen registered Mach 1 and climbing. But the vintage Krug did not even shiver in its glass. Half way through lobster brunch
way to travel. And New York? A friend who is
and Puligny-Montrachet 1993, the aircraft was 11 miles up and at Mach 2 — or 56,000 feet and 1,350
m.p.h. The statistics stun. At that speed
Concorde's expanding white skin cooked above boiling point, though the thin, clear air was -64° C. The miles on the distance-to-go screen ticked away, one every 2.75 sec onds. Through the small windows, planet Earth curved gently on the
an Air Miles executive and had couriered out the previous day had arranged our celebrations. I met her in Manhattan and we joined the morning crowds in Times Square, which is really the junc tions of Broadway and 7th Avenue. We walked to Central Park, shopped, then prepared for our New Year's Eve dinner at Arthur's Landing in Weehawken, chosen for its spectacular view of the Manhat tan skyline across the Hudson River. Was everyone still working, or do the skyscrapers' office clean ers simply leave all the lights on?
adventurous by our difficulty in finding a yellow cab driver who knew the restaurant's location. Paul Lee, from near Seoul, but 23 years a New Yorker, saved us by declaring: "Other side Lincoln tun nel you say? You have ad-dress, yes? Get in, get in, we find it." He did, at high speed, and it was
The evening was made more
wonderful. Afterwards, the compli mentary ferry and bus delivered us to the cordon round Times Square, where we jostled with the two-mil- lion-strong crowd and joked with some of the thousands of police on
the barriers. The huge clock winked to 2000
and the ball dropped as the count down was roared out. The place erupted with fireworks, spotlights and tons of confetti. We shrieked and hugged, waved our party hats and sparkly baton. That night we saw David Suchet play a superb Salieri in Amadeus on Broadway. I was upgraded to join my friend
Witchcraft story finds way to the US
IT is always interest ing to see how others
see us. A couple of months
ago we featured a Rhode Island article about the Ribble Valley: now we have been handed a West Coast item about witchcraft. Kenneth Nickel, of
in Club Class for the return jour ney, but in a Boeing 747. I t just wasn't the same.
the Antelope Valley Press, published some 50 miles north of Los Angeles, took in part of the Witches' Trail on a local visit and crossed Pendle Hill to New- church-in-Pendle. He writes of the
to none. Co-education is now the norm both at the hall and in the col lege, and marks another "keeping up with the times" feature of the com plex's management. Mr Higgins is keen to emphasise
pastoral, academic and development
needs of their young charges. Mr and Mrs Higgins were formerly
the extent of change in pastoral arrangements for pupils, which are now dealt with by married couples. Systems have been put in place where by staff meet regularly to promote the
at a school in Bury St Edmunds. They have two sons and two daugh ters aged from 12 to 18. The eldest, Katie, has just passed
the ATCL piano diploma, a very unusual achievement at her age. She
is a boarder at The King's School, Ely.
It’s never too early to arrange the service for your funeral
ANYONE who wants their funeral to be at St
I P au l 's Church, Low I Moor, Clitheroe, is being encouraged by th e v ic a r to so r t o u t service d e ta i ls in | advance - however far
ahead it might be! The Rev. Rodney N ichol-
I son's refreshingly realistic outlook has been highlight ed before in this column
And so in inviting his parishioners to talk over their funeral ideas with him, Mr Nicholson says bluntly: "Most people are not terminally ill. They may live longer than mel "Talking about our death
service is not morbid, but an act of love, saving the family unnecessary trouble in the future." Mr Nicholson has heard
does not shorten our life by one minute - rather, I believe, it gives us a sereni ty and a hope which enhances life rather than
detracts from it. "Arranging one's funeral
the idea from elsewhere and makes it clear he is not claiming it himself. He will be happy to discuss hymns, prayers and readings, and the information will be filed in a confidential manner at the vicarage.@ Another realistic point
from Mr Nicholson is that the religious side of Christ mas seems more prominent now than years ago, due to the popularity of Christin- gle, carol and crib services. Reminding Christians of the way Jesus immeasur ably changed the world for the better, he remarks how wonderful it is tha t the Lord's Prayer made such a popular song at the end of the Millennium.
Ribble Valley now has a trio of lords
TH E Ribble Valley now has three resident lords, following the ele-
] vation of Adam Patel, of Snodworth Hall,
| Langho. Lord Patel is very well known in Blackburn and | has taken its name as
part of his title. The Indian-born former
accountant will join Lord Waddington in the upper house, whilst disenfran chised hereditary peer Lord Clitheroe busies himself with other mat
ters. Lord Patel has spent 35
for the week
"e th o u g h t of having the chil dren 'done', but
I never got around to i t . I expect they'll make up their
own mind some day." The man was speaking about
infant baptism. Neither he nor his wife go to church, although they felt it a good thing to be married in
something worthwhile about the Christian religion, but going to church services has no attraction for us at all. We know right from wrong, and believe in fair play, and don't hurt anybody if we can avoid it. In fact, lots of regular churchgo ers are no better than we are." Instinctively, I knew that there I was some truth in his remarks, and
one. "We agree that there must be
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that he was expressing the view of the majority of his generation. However, with regard to infant bap tism, he could have been speaking of vaccination or immunisation. He had not conceived it as something much greater, a possible time of thanksgiving for the gift of a child, dedication of both the parents and the child in God's service, and an undertaking to provide a Christian home for the little one. "Mumbo jumbo I call it," he
church. Believable creeds can often come from conclusions reached through personal experience.. The first disciples did not have to
went on to say. "All this singing, praying and chanting psalms in the churches. I couldn't stand to say the Creed, as I'm not sure what I believe, except that I have plenty of doubts about things taught." He seemed quite surprised when
I told him that it was not necessary for him to accept any church creed before becoming a member of the
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accept a creed before deciding to follow Jesus. Being attracted to Jesus was enough. When the Philipian jailor asked what he had to do to be saved, he was simply counselled to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. When he said that he did, he was accepted at once, and baptised along with his family. The water baptism had its spe
cial significence for them, and no doubt helped the jailor and his fam ily to feel that they had been initi ated into the Christian church. The ceremony of baptism was helpfully symbolic. Total immersion is practised in
beginning. However, many people in the Christian church today have not been baptised as infants, or in adult life. This has not prevented their acceptance as followers of Jesus and members of his church. Holy communion, the mass, or
the sacrament of the Lord's supper, are all symbolic services of dedica tion and rededication, and can be very helpful indeed. To benefit from these services, attendance at church is vitally necessary. The church needs us and we need
Baptist churches, to symbolise cleansing from sin, and a new
the church, in order that we may help each other spiritually. It is also needful that we should sustain the church's teaching in order to influ ence the thinking of unborn genera tions to come.
Joe Stansfield 1
of his 59 years in the area, starting as an accountant. In more recent times he has run Comet, a clothing man ufacturing firm in Black burn. The father of eight chil
founder chairman of the Lancashire Council of
Mosques. The value of his work, in
dren, Lord Patel is a founder member of Black burn with Darwen Racial Equality Council and
front of and behind the scenes, is highly valued to the extent that he has been ennobled in the company of people such as knights Leon Britain and John Birt.
Cards to help with reading
SOME post offices in the Ribble Valley are collecting Christmas cards and envelopes as part of a nationwide scheme which aims to encourage children
to read. Homework reading
diaries made from the recy cled festive post will be given to more than three million youngsters at pri mary schools throughout the country which are par ticipating in the literacy
scheme. Locally cards and
envelopes are being collect ed at Langho PO in Whal ley Road, Clitheroe PO in King Street, Henthorn Road PO, Chatburn PO in Bridge Road, Sabden PO in Whalley Road and Roch ester PO in Blackburn Road. Since the scheme started
in 1995/96 3,700 tonnes of paper have been recycled and last year more than 400,000 diaries were sent out to participating schools.
"clamor of rooks, that unmistakable sound of rural England", the "completely laughable trial" of the witches, and the hanging of seven of them, who had lived in desolate poverty, on a moor nearby to Lan caster. Mr Nickel encoun
tered a black cat while on the trail, but it streaked off into a churchyard and out of
sight. Any more overseas
cuttings with a local touch would be appreci ated.
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