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I 4 Ciitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 26th, 2001 Ciitheroe 422324 ( t - - • Advertiser andTimes guide to tradesmen who are.... In association with v o t A l w a y s Y m r * -'Ll


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Furniture Refurbisher John Schofield


Tel: Ciitheroe 429217 Mobile: 07970 154917


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Time served painter and - decorator, 13 years experience. Domestic and Industrial


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Disposables • Safety/Workwear • Catering Supplies • Dispensers • Autocare • Personal Hygiene


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Plumbing Heating & Electrical Work


Building Repairs Also Wood Laminate Floors and PVC Windows by


P. Ireland, Ciitheroe Tel. 01200 442496 (mobile) 07946 363514


PETE HASLAM


Painter a nd Decorator Est. 1979


Tel: Ciitheroe 425595


Windows/doors Hardwood, softwood & U.P.V.C. At trade prices.


For all your domestic and commercial joinery needs.


For a friendly and personal service contact


R . & P . H a r g r e a v e s Joiners and Building Contractors


The Workshop, Hall St, Ciitheroe. Tel: 01200 426929


OVEN REPAIRS (All Makes)


MICROWAVE


Repairs and servicing by qualified staff


• Leakage checks • Fast free estimates • Low Rates • No call-out charge


01200 427973 COLCARE PM.J.C. NO JOB TOO SMALL LUM B U IL D E R S BING


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For your building materials Trade & DIY


Crane off toad available


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Call or ring 01254.872061 ; Some day delivery


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E x c a v a t io n s Land drainage


Conservatory footings General groundwork


Mini digger and driver at reasonable rates Phone Steve,


01200 442207 or 079800 25812


RIBBLE DRAIN SERVICES


Unblock drains, domestic and commercial


CCTV surveys


NO CALL OUT CHARGE Reasonable rates


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All types of electrical work undertaken Free


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EURONIC CENTRE


☆ * a t = a weekly look at local issues, people and places i


Michael hopes that new business venture will be just his cup of tea


by Julie Frankland f o r m e r


est business venture will be more than just a


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storm in a teacup 1 For entrepreneur Mr


Michael Green is counting on the cuppa as the coun­ try's favourite beverage to launch a chain of tea-bars, which he believes will end the American-inspired coffee shop craze. Called Mumbo, the first


of his bars is set to open in Manchester's King Street at the beginning of next month. With a roof-top garden, its 20 staff will serve 35 varieties of leaf tea, including evening "tea splash" cocktails, as well as


food. It is already planned that


the three-floor bar, backed by £500,000 worth of fund­ ing from Mr Green and another private investor, will be followed by a second outlet in London in early autumn before a roll-out programme takes Mumbo nationwide. Mr Green (36) now lives


Rimington man is hoping his lat­


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delicious and attractive! ger food was prepared! members of Billington ] Langho WI by speaker Ann Farnell. During I meeting, those present \J able to admire a coloul and amusing display of scl crows made by memberl decorate the WI marqut| this weekend's Royal i cashire Show. I t was reported that!


Finger food An interesting displal


most senior members of| WI had visited the hon their president, Mrs Ml Smith, for afternoon tea| a chat. St Mary's RC Prir


School, Langho, pupils I been presented with a s | sack of the gingerbread i The monthly competil


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for an oldjcookery book, I won by Mrs Barbara Sidfl The draw was won by I Lilian Hargreaves and | Jean Baldwin. Birthday f ers were presented to | Mary Jackson. The next meeting i |


Monday, August 20th, 45 p.m. at Billington I Langho Community Cel when Mrs Dorothy Werl will be talking about a cl she has made for the Mil nium. New members wi| made welcome.


CLAYTON 1 Malsis and Malvern Col­


leges. Instead of university, Mr


in Cheshire, but is a regular visitor to the Sawley home of his mother, Mrs Penny Green, the chairwoman of Kibble Valley Ladies' Lun­ cheon Club. He is a former pupil of Moorland School, which he attended before


A YOUNG pupil from a Ribble Valley school has won a national prize in a Health and Safety Execu-


| tive competition. Michael J. Roberts


(seven), who attends Bren- nands Endowed Primary School in Slaidburn, sub­ mitted the winning entry by producing the best farm safety poster. His colourful creation,


.take-away chain Pret a Manger. He also worked as general manager for Haa-


Green opted for a trainee store manager programme with Marks and Spencer, building his career to become general manager for the high class snack and


gen Dazs, with special responsibility for launching the ice-cream company's high street cafes throughout Europe. Said Mr Green, who is


ment of the cafe lifestyle, it struck me that there was a gap in the market for those who enjoy tea. "Tea is more interesting


married to Louise with chil­ dren Oliver (six) and Henri­ etta (five): ''Mumbo will offer the public a taste sen­ sation they will want to experience again and again. Having seen the develop­


than coffee because it has more flavour, variety and is healthier. I t has a fashion­ able buzz about it.” Mr Green derived the


cial centre, with Columbo, the tea-producing capital of Sri Lanka. Mumbo is also the name of a type of Indi­ an elephant, which Mr Green has adopted as his company logo. Added Mr Green (pic­


word Mumbo from combin­ ing Mumbai, the former name of Bombay's commer­


brand." National prize for poster looking back 1 00 y e a rs ago


indients suitably responded. Dancing was afterwards The custom of "rush bearing", said to be dying out,


ulged in and a pleasant evening enjoyed.


was maintained by the children of Downham, who had replaced adult participation over the years. The sexton started the race and afterwards distributed sweets pur­


titled "Watch your back, Jack", won the regional award in the four to seven year olds, but was also, judged the overall competi­ tion winner in that age


group. The competition invited


children at rural primary schools throughout Britain to design a poster high­ lighting the dangers that they might face on a farm. The prizes were presented by HM Chief Inspector of Agriculture, Ms Linda Williams and TV person­


THE Queen and the Queen Mother have thanked a local woman for copies of a book repro­ duced to help rural chari­ table organisations. Ms Janet J. Thompson


chased from the collection. A Cape Town wire reported that Bugler Dunn,


ality Ms Lisa Riley. ' Ms Williams said: "The


HSE is working to fulfil the Government's wider aim of educating school children in risk awareness. Over the last ten years 44 children have been killed and many more injured on farms in the UK. We feel that the competition has fulfilled its aim in raising awareness of farm safety in children."


they could not comment on Government policy. Copies were sent to the


prize and book tokens for his school as regional prizewinner and received a computer for the school and a framed certificate for win­ ning the national competi­


Michael won a personal


tion. Our picture shows Michael with his HSE cer­ tificate after the presenta­


tion. (K190701/1) Royal thanks for book


has had the book, The Human Machine, reprinted in support of the ARC - Addington Fund, the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and the Lan­ cashire Rural Stress Net­ work. The original was written by one of Ms Thompson's ancestors. The Royal replies includ­


Prime Minister, DEFRA minister Mrs Margaret Beckett, Chief Vet Mr J. Scudamore and EDD Research Director Dr R. North, as well as members of the Royal family. The book is a series of


given to when the book was first written and if the ancestor was the grandfa­ ther or even great-grandfa­ ther of the current line of local Thompsons. Although the language


ed the remarks that although the recipients were sympathetic to the plight of those affected by foot and mouth disease,


single page "chapters" which contain advice and the application of common sense and self-discipline to aid the reader achieve a meaningful and worry-free life. No record and no copies of the first edition of the book, written by Mr E.R. Thompson, have been, found. It was republished in 1929, but no clues were


A FORMER head boy of Ciitheroe Royal Grammar School has gained a BA Honours degree in jurisprudence after three years at Oxford University. Ian Clarke is now set for a career as a barrister after a final hurdle — training at


the College of Law in London. Ian, who celebrated his 21st birthday right in the middle of his exams, is the son


and delivery might appear dated to some readers, the publication could he described as a fore-runner to the plethora of modern self-help books. Ms Thompson said: "It is


• nowadays, or if they have, . they don't use it."! The book is available in


full of plain common sense, something which I think a lot of people don't have


shops in Ciitheroe and vil­ lages throughout the Ribble -Valley.


Ian’s degree in jurisprudence of Mr Les and Mrs Freda Clarke, of


Balderstone. Now he is celebrating success with


friends from Oxford with a holiday in Thai­ land and Cambodia.' "We are very proud of him," said his


school."


mother. "He was very lucky. There are very few places available. He has wanted to be in the law ever since he was in junior


horse fell on him. 5 0 y e a rs ago MORE people than ever travelled away from home for


the holidays. The town was quiet as the bus and raihservices


reported record bookings. Butlin's holiday camps were very popular, as were the Lancashire and Yorkshire resorts, and the Lake District. There were more long­ distance hookings reported as Clitheronians went fur- therafield, North Wales and Torquay being favourites. Guides from 17 countries were represented'at the


whose revolver exploit at the beginning of the Boer War attracted much attention, had a leg broken when a


FINAL CL ’anLastic new


RETIRING engineer and fireman Messrs T. Walms- Iey and R. Cowperthwaite each received a silver albert, silver-mounted walking stick, tobacco pouch and pipe from the workpeople at Salford Bridge Mill. Mr Ainsworth made the presentations and the recip­


Brave tale Members of ClaytoJ


Dale Women's Institute I given a fresh insight inti! story of Grace Darling r talk entitled "Amal Grace" by Mrs Barbara |


tured): "Tea was one of the world's first global products and Mumbo is already being positioned as a global


from Seahouses to the II Islands with her husbaf


ing. She told how a boatl


1988 aroused her intenl the heroine and she cal out research to discovj the stories were true. Grace was a godfea


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Guide Training Centre, Waddow Hall, for a week's study of British training methods. The Ciitheroe Borough Petty Sessional Court, which


Charlton ■ 3 seater anl handcraftedl


functioned from 1873, merged with the Ciitheroe Coun­ ty Magistrates' Court. The change received consent from the Home Office under a section of the Justices of the Peace act, 1949.


2 5 y e a rs ago READERS protested about the developments planned


for Salthill. They wrote that construction would destroy unique


geological and fossil features as well as other natural assets. They said it was a valuable heritage site that ought to be preserved as a park. Local education officers campaigned to draw the


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attention of shopkeepers, caterers and all who employed children of school age to the regulations gov­ erning their, employment. The Senior Education Wel­ fare Officer for the Ribble Valley said some employers were not keeping to the law. He added that he was sure it was not deliberate, but that they were unaware of the


rules. The Rev. Bill Greer, of Georgia, USA, said after his


six-week exchange pastorate that the people of the town were the tops. He said: "I only wish I could have thrown a real big party for everyone in Ciitheroe to say thank-you for the .warm welcome we have been given." The roar of low-flying military jets prompted numer­


Havana - : foot stool. I handcraftel modem mil


ous complaints to the local police. The aircraft were taking part in a four-day exercise with the Army, which was centred on the Lake District.


Blood donor sessions in August


BLOOD donors in Ciitheroe are asked to mark August 2nd as an important date for their diaries. That is the date of the next blood donor sessions, being


held in the large hall at the Parish Church School in Church Street. There will be two sessions, one from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and another from 5-30 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. .


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[HERE are many dwelling places in my Father's Hou­


se" says John, Chapter 14 of1 the New English Bible. ;. This line helps us to appreciate


how good and great God is and how tremendous and wonderful are the resources at his command to look after us in this life and the next. ■ . We lack the capacity to appreci­


ate them or even the sheer vastness of the space occupied by the uni-


verseitself. We are all apt to make the mis­


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take of limiting our mind's appreci­ ation of God's power and abilities to the power of our own compre­ hension. The actual truth is far more wonderful than we can even


begin to grasp in our wildest stretches of thought. ~


Too often human beings, with , .. ■


' the type which responds to the rub­ bing of Aladdin's lamp. ■ Such thinking is mistaken and unworthyl Our God, we must


their limited knowledge, haye con­ sidered God to be a superhuman, gigantic Being with the accom- ; plishments of a pantomime genie of


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’ realise, is far greater and more won­ derful than that and our human capacity for comprehension just has not, nor ever will have, more than a very incomplete grasp of even the slightest knowledge of Him.


: thing, it is therefore unfeasable or ■ impossible. Great scientific and medical advances have been made in the past few decades - who knows what the next ones.will, bring?


tion that if we, with our finite minds cannot understand some-


We make the mistaken assump­ . • ■ .


only assume that more advances will be made to reveal how little we have known of earthly, possibilities. For considering heavenly ones,


From past experience we can


however, our faith and hope will have to be sufficient for us, as we must depend oh these two qualities to see us through to the time when, as St Paul puts it, we shall see our Lord face to face. Until we pass through our own


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personal gate into Heaven, we must simply take Jesus at-His word and go forward in faith and hope.


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