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Instead of a pleasant land, is Britain now starting to reflect soap operas?


However, 67 per cent of viewers told


I nal into Ribble Valley homes 50 years ago this week. Holme Moss station was on line and


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small-minded. . . "Hold on," I replied. "Have a


bit of mercy on mel It hurts to get caught in the wash, of such intense hatred. So you don't like-


her?" "Not one bit. It makes me want


to scream even to think about for­


giving her." "I was wondering if some of your


severe headaches might be due to your feelings of hatred towards peo­


ple." "What do you mean? How can my


feelings affect me in this way?" "I remember a clergyman telling me


of a counselling experience with a woman who had a chip on her shoulder towards her husband, his mother and


quite a number of others." "I don't see what this has to do with


me. I get along with my husband OK and my mother-in-law, though I make allowances for her being a bit of a


trial.”


"I hope it will please you also. The minister described how, as they talked, the woman told him about her headaches. After they had prayed


"Good - now can I tell my tale? "If it pleases you."


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T was like a scene from a soap opera. "What - forgive Maggie May?


together, he felt urged to ask her to try to forgive the folks she had felt had wronged her, that she might receive God's forgiveness in turn, as in the Lord's prayer.


"This woman really began to think, _


when the minister reminded her, how Jesus forgave those who had knocked the nails through His hands and gam­ bled for His robe, regardless of His agony on that cross. The clergyman then suggested that they went through the whole list of people she had been


hating. "At last, with tears in her eyes, she - "■*' J


looked up and said: 'Oh God, help me. I have been hating so many people. I hate myself for being so hateful.' "For a time they were quiet together


and then, after a prayer of pledged for­ giveness of each person listed, the woman smiled and said to the mninis- ter. "Thank you for helping me to for­ give them. I could never have done it


alone." “The woman began to cry out for


sheer joy and relief because she now knew that everything was going to be all right, sensing that she herself was forgiven. And she never had any more of those terrible headaches.” Now back to the original problem. "Do you think that could happen to


me?" asked the woman. "I'm sure it can."


"Then I'd,better begin with Maggie May, I suppose..."


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CHIPPING’S Dr John Burgess went to buy a car and came away with a


mountain bike. He was one of many visitors to an open


weekend at Clitheroe’s County Motors car showrooms in Pendle Road. It was held to launch the Impian, the latest offering from Malaysian motor manufacturers Proton, whose range is stocked by the garage. Dr Burgess won his bike as second prize in a draw. The competition's first prize of an all-


expenses-paid luxury weekend break in the UK, together with free use of a £13,000 top- of-the range Impian while away, was won by Mr and Mrs Russell and Jean Duerden, of


Higham. Our photograph shows garage managing


director Mr Paul Sheard presenting Mr and Mrs Duerden with their prize vouchers (left) and director Mr Richard Willett handing over the mountain bike to Dr Burgess. (P250801/1)


A ‘LongShot’ - but Tim is hoping for big success


ANOTHERyoung local man is aiming for a suc­


cessful film career. Several Ribble Valley


exiles work in the medium - and now Clitheroe's Mr Tim Royle (22) is hoping to launch himself and his part­ ner with a new and fresh approach to the Lancashire Witches saga. He and his partner, Mr


Nick Losse, of Manchester, are aiming for their company, LongShot, to reach Edin­ burgh Festival and interna­ tional film festival standard


with its first major produc­


tion. The pair have earned


degrees in illustration with animation from Manchester Metropolitan University and


will be finding crew and actors for the witch film from university sources. Quite how they will find a


new way of journeying along the well-trodden, centuries- old trail is not yet decided. The pair hope skills impart­ ed by their university train­


ing will help. "But money is required - I


have a job in a night club and we also make publicity films


I you announce that the BBC proposes to spend over £U million during the next three years on the development of televi­ sion. I have just returned from a visit to the United Slates, where television (though not, I believe, more developed technically) has become an habitual form of entertainment in many more house­ holds than here. I find only anxiety and apprehension about the social effects of


HE most powerful televi­ sion transmitter in the world flashed its test sig-


As I see i t . . . by Robbie Robinson


this pastime and especially about its effect (mentally, morally and physically) on young children. “Before we endeavour to popularize it


still further in this country, might it not be as well i f we investigated its conse­ quences for American society and took counsel with informed American opin­ ion about possible safeguards and limi­ tations? The fears expressed by my American friends were not such as could be allayed by the provision of only supe­ rior and harmless programmes'. They were concerned with the television habit, whatever the programme might be." It was less an expression of fear,


than a warning, and there was time to respond, as the Holme Moss test sig­ nal could be received by less than 40 homes in the Ribble Valley. Fifty years on there are few local


homes without a TV and from a black and white test signal transmitted on a single channel there are now more pro­ grammes than any person can watch, on a bewildering array of channels and in colours and clarity that can make reality merely dull surroundings. In his book, The Abolition of


Britain, Peter Hitchens says that the standards of television were reduced by competition for viewers: the ratings war, which "led to laxer and laxer stan­ dards of taste and language; and bold­ er and bolder excursions into pornog­


raphy and violence.’ He described the damaging effects


on the undeveloped minds of young children who, he claims, are growing up without social and linguistic aware­ ness. The medium is passive, so that social signals and responses are not learned. Whatever the child does will not alter what happens on the screen; communication is one way only. Hitchens highlighted his fears of them growing into powerful young people and writes that it is "almost unbear­ able to imagine what sort of parents


they will be." Last week a MORI poll of viewing . .


habits discovered that 49 per cent of men and 58 per cent of women said they would be lonely without a televi­ sion. Prime-time TV soaps portray regularly ugly scenes which are sup­ posed to field real issues and reflect life in Britain.


Just what the doctor ordered


MORI there was often nothing good to watch and 73 per cent thought the news was only fairly truthful. There is a huge irony that half the adults polled said they were worried about violence before the 9 p.m. watershed and the increasing amount of "nasty" quiz and competitive shows were considered the worst programmes. Yet these much- hyped shows and soap operas are the prime-time viewing programmes which compete most ardently for the ratings. A bigger irony is that the favourite


TV personalities polled were whole­ some, articulate characters. The much- vaunted arrogant, undignified and out­ right violent types were polled as the least favoured. Real people are different to those that celebrities play in the pop­ ular soaps; there are good people


among real people. There is little doubt that many of


the social changes which accompanied the growth of TV have had deleterious effects on the quality of life in Britain since the switches at Holme Moss were thrown. Look around and ask if Britain is a happy, good, serene and pleasant land, or is it a place which is starting to


reflect soap operas. Eliot was right to be wary and today


programmers and political masters ought to beware the backlash.


- L O O K IN G B A C K — 100 years ago


A PROPOSAL by the TUC to to raise the age of child labour to 15 was opposed by Lancashire textile delegates on the grounds that the special conditions of their industry made child labour absolutely necessary. It was held that if children stayed at school longer they would be better able to develop


into good citizens of nation and empire. However opposition to this point indicated that many


working class families could not afford to keep their children from work for that length of time. The resolution was reject­


ed by a large majority. A local farmer died from blood poisoning set up by the . . ^ , ,,


blood of a cow getting into a cut on one of his hands. He had slaughtered the animal because it was suffering from anthrax. Clitheroe cricket team won the Ribblesdale League cup for


the second time and was praised for the manner in which members acquitted themselves throughout the season.


50 years ago


BANDS, dancers, and limitless high spirits accompanied the carnival floats as the Festival Torchlight Procession sailed through Clitheroe on a tidal wave of laughter.


finale to the revelry The Valley's farming community came to town to add its , , , ..


own contribution to the Festival of Britain spirit. The Clitheroe and District Agricultural Association attracted 6,000 folk to the Chatburn showground, where heavy horses, cattle, sheep, goats and dogs were shown. There were 450 rab­ bit entries. Visitors also enjoyed the WI exhibits and the open


'UTV^<^rs^w^dbapjMbt«l at the reception on their sets when the new Holme Moss TV station transmitted;its fust full-power test signal: sound and picture were both distorted. Testing continued on the new transmitter - the most power­ ful in the world - to improve performance before the official


opening.


for bands, or indeed anyone else," says Mr Royle. He attended Pendle Junior School, Clitheroe, before going on to Sedbergh. Elder brother Matt works


in public relations in Man­ chester - their father is a gen­ eral practitioner and their mother a landscape artist. In recent times Mr Royle


25 years ago


WATER stocks fell to their lowest ever level as the driest summer in memory continued. Less than an inch of rain fell in July and August and as Downham and Worston were not fully linked into the system, a daily water tanker was used to


has battled against illness and against arthritis in his knees, for which he is having bone-straightening surgery. But he is determined to launch his film career, what­ ever the odds, and everyone


wishes him well.


t0 North West Water Authority sought to ban all non-essen­ tial use. To show a lead to others, Ribble Valley authorities shut down automatic public WC flushes and footballers using council pitches were unable to shower after matches. Wiswell won the Lancashire Best Kept Village competi­


tion. The local WI had formed a mop and bucket brigade, and for three evenings a week kept the place spotless. Judges praised the community for taking such a pride in its village. The newspaper had an altered format owing to the previ


ous fortnight's printers' dispute._______________________ _


ious established institutions and undignitied high jvhks were the norm in "the gay abandon of a night of topsy-tui^dom . A magnificent fireworks display from the Castle provided a


The motorised tableaux were mostly hilarious jibes at var- | [ rtoWiBMHH


and St Paul's Church, Bolton-by-Bowland, is hosting an evening with Airedale and Cobbydale


In tune On Saturday, St Peter


Singers. Last time the two choirs


visited Bolton-by-Bowland they presented a super evening with music of all kinds. Residents and visi­ tors are invited to attend the concert, which starts at 7-30 p.m in the church. Tickets are £3, available


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to include refreshments from Bolton-by-Bowland post office or at the door on the evening.


Farmers A Young Farmers' club in the Ribble Valley has


■ met for the first time since the foot and mouth


' epidemic broke out. Members of the


Bolton-by-Bowland club met on Monday for a games evening. They are planning


' another meeting on Sep- • tember 10th, an evening of tenpin bowling at


Skipton. Members will set off


from the village at 7 p.m. and offers of transport by


parents will he welcome. m


: GRINDLETON ;


r Everyone is invited to go I along to see tricks and illu- ■ sions performed before | your very eyes at a night of ■ close-up table magic in Grindleton School hall on September 28th at 8 p.m. '


Table magic


> Tickets are £5 including ; a hot-pot supper, and there i will also be a licensed bar. ; Ticket are available from Pyes of Clitheroe, or


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' Grindleton Rectory, or tel. ; 01200 441507 for further ' details. Proceeds are in aid ; of St Ambrose Church.


! Dinner on the run 1 Tickets for the gallopini


' gourmet evening it Grindleton are sellin


extremely well. The event on Septembr


15th will begin with a aperitif at the home of M and Mrs Mike and Mar lyn Fletcher, where th


•sweets a n d coffee a t R a y sthorne House, home t Mr and Mrs Neil and B( Blevins. Those who a: providing puddings shou take them here on Satu day afternoon. Anyone who can dona


items for the auctic should


Mike Bartle have these: soon as possible.^


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nis tournament will be he j at Grindleton on Saturd:* Entry is £1 and can made with Mrs Mancl Brennan on 01200 44155J


Round robin An open round robin tel


Visiting team On Saturday, Grindlet


Cricket Club membe crossed swords wi Haddington, the "Aul enemy from North of t Border. Haddingt remain the only te: Grindleton has never be en so, after last week’s v tory, the home side w( pumped up for this mat: Crossland won the ti


draw will be made for tt starter and main courses. Everyone will meet ffl


for the home side and Haddington into bat. L week’s hero, Robinson, \ | the first to strike, removl Cruikshank for one, wi


the score on six. Ti Eton? ju s t j


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