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imesii ' | Hopes that the silver lining is on its way after year which is best forgotten


t t ~THAT a difference a year'


I \ i \ / makes. Twelve m o n th s . V V ago a huge b la ck cloud


hung over the Ribble Valley and, if . you like, the rest of rural B r i ta in .. Foot and mouth disease was a t its


height, farmers were bravely fighting , against a most serious threat to their. . livelihoods-their very way of life. . The fields were silent. Herds and


flocks were put to the gun in a fear­ some damage limitation exercise.


• The paths, too, were empty and closed. Walkers and visitors stayed away from the countryside and hun­ dreds of thousands of businesses out­


side agriculture were suffering a ham-


| mer blow. . Those affected commanded a great


As Lsee i t . . by John Turner


deal of respect for the way they han­ dled their deep misfortunes. But now look around. There are


sheep contentedly grazing in the fields and cows happily ruminating. *.


And there are many other signs that


the Ribbie Valley is heading for far happier times. The scars are beginning to heal.


land area of natural beauty, for instance. Only last week they launched a scheme to market their milk directly to'Booths 26 supermarkets in the


Take those 15 farmers in the Bow- ,


North West. It is a plan, brilliant in its simplici­


A graduate with head in the clouds, but feet firmly bn the ground


A F O RM E R h e a d , g ir l :o f ' Clitheroe Royal Grammar School is flying high in more ways th an one a f te r g rad u a t in g with a BA (Hons) Management in Organisa­ tions degree from Lancaster Uni­ versity's management school. . Within four weeks of graduating,


she began work as a member of the cabin crew on flights all over Europe for Britannia Airways. As if her degree studies were not


member of the cabin staff for the air­


line. ■ "She has always wanted to do it,


right from being a child," said her


proud mother this week. Julia, who left Clitheroe Royal


Grammar with top grades in business studies, sociology, English literature and general studies A-levels, had her degree confirmed by the University's Chancellor, Princess Alexandra. •The Dean of the university's man­


hard enough work, Julia Ramsbot- tom, pictured right, daughter of .Mr Michael and Mrs Edwina Ramsbot- tom, of Old Back Lane, Wiswell, immediately enrolled on a gruelling four-week course to train to become a


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A MARATHON man from • Clitheroe has raised funds 1 for the town's health centre. Mr Ian Haythornthwaite


ran the London Marathon in.aid of asthma treatment. His mother, suffers from the; illness and he was keen the £900 raised should be spent locally. ’ 7


Haythornthwaite, said that,; after collecting his sponsor-. ship money, hr son spoke to Dr Alasdair Carter at the health centre to ask if he had sufficient equipment, such as nebulisers. Dr Carter explained 11"—.


His mother, Mrs Jean ■ If the Outline * ' 1 ^ : '••• "


had a good stock of nebuliz­ ers, but suggested the pur­ chase of an oximetry machine as the centre does not have one and it wt a. machine they wanted to try. As a result, a cheque for


agement school, Prof Sue Cox, said: "We are delighted with Julia's result. This is an excellent performance and a reward for her hard work. The skills she has developed will be very much in demand as she progresses through her career."


--- The airline job is a temporary one.


What happens after that? "It is one step at a time," said her


mother.


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£800 has been handed over to buy the oximetry equip­ ment. The balance will go to • asthma research. • The machine measures


blood gases and can be use on heart patients as well as asthmatics. The volumes of gases absorbed in the blood through respiration is an indicator of the efficiency of the heart and lungs. Mea­ surement of this can help with the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Mr Haythomthwaite is a


keen sportsman and has previously run the London Marathon in aid of Clitheroe MS group. He has also raised charity funds from a sponsored group trek to Macchu Picchu in Peru. Our picture shows Mr


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. voy of tankers taking milk up and down the motorway systems - and the farmer is guaranteed a market just down the road as well as receiving a higher price than normal. Then there was the news that the


ty, under which everyone is a winner. The shopper gets a good, fresh prod­ uct, the supermarket has access to a quality local product - there is no con-


their way to the July show each year, a fact which will do no harm at all to businesses in the locality. Auction marts are returning to nor­


mal and farmers' produce is being mar­ keted directly to the public regularly at a successful farmers' market at


returning to sample the delights of the countryside and provide a living for a not inconsiderable number of people. The area is bathing in the light at


Clitheroe. Trippers and holidaymakers are


Royal Lancashire Show has decided to put down roots in the Ribble Valley. The show, whose patron is the


Queen, has opted for a 120-acre site beside the River Ribblc at Ribchcster. Around 50,000 visitors will be on


the end of the tunnel. I t has meant a lot of agony, much ingenuity, and a lot of hard work and


confidence. Now it is payback time. The reward


is being able to live and work in one of the most beautiful parts of the realm.


LOOKING i BACK 100 years ago


WITH the depression in trade and weather, Clitheroe people were not in the most optimistic mood respecting the success and enjoy­ ment of the annual holidays. It was hoped better things were in


store and that Coronation celebra­ tions would cheer a populace which felt that prospects for the winter were anything but bright. □ The people of Gishurn were


dampened by neither weather nor future, but enjoyed their Grand Bazaar with great enthusiasm. Workers had long been busily engaged preparing for the event, by the kind permission of Lord Rib- blesdale, who, with Lady Ribbles- dale, took a paternal interest in all things connected with the village and its institutions. □ The Waif Saturday collection


in Clitheroe for Dr Barnardo's Homes realised £20 and three shillings. Donors were thanked for their generous contributions to the


worthy cause. 50 years ago


.bum became so difficult that Bow- ilarid-Rural Council was forced to


THE water supply situation at Gis-


borrow two 2,500 gallon tankers' from Chaigley Dairies to carry eight loads of water from West Bradford to the waterless village, which filled the village's water storage tank. □ The Princess Royal motored


from Harewood to visit Guides camped at Waddow Hall. She toured the sites, spoke to the girls and was served tea by local Brown­ ies.


D Miss Phyllis Hornby, of Myt-


Ribble businessman voted as association national chairman


THE managing director ; of a Whallcy heating, firm has been appointed the new national presi- . dent of his industry's '- leading trade association.;; Mr Stephen Nicliolls ' (pictured right), who founded Calder Services ’ Limited,'takes .the helm of • the Association of Plumb-•: ing and Heating Contrac­ tors (APHC). . ; He was elected to the . APHC's top post at its. annual meeting and con-- ference in Torquay. Said an APHC col­


Haythornthwaite handing the cheque for the oximetry machine to Dr. Carter at Clitheroe Health Centre. (K230702/10)


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| Town Council to fill a. trio of allotment vacancies. A half plot has become


KEEN gardeners not afraid of some initial hard work are being sought by Clitheroe


league: "Mr Nicholls has always strived to put


something back into the - industry and has for some time served on various . committees, both within..


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: the APHC and for other : ■;. trade or industry associa-


.’.tions."


1 industry as a whole that - earns the respect of his - ; peers and,1 ultimately, this-. •


• "It is this selfless com­ mitment to the good of the.


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, prestigious role. ‘ • “He has always believed


• consumers should liave- some kind of guarantee that'tlie tradesmen they ^ employ are regulated by an ;


'independent authority and this is precisely.whatthc,. ; . APHC strives to achieve." • Mr Nicholls (54) lives in


Clithcroe with his wife, . Kalh., They have three chil­


dren, all of whom have graduated from university. Keen on country pur­


vacant in Whalley Road, with two plots also free at the coun­ cil's small Millthorne House site, which is at the top of Hen- thomRoad. Said Town Clerk Mr John


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Wells: "These plots have been vacant for a little while so, ini­ tially, they will need some hard


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; office, he will guide indus­ try colleagues under his 'chosen banner theme of. . ■ "Progress with Harmony".


’that during his year in - ,v ji


suits, includingfishing, Mr Nicholls has announced


Town clerk makes plea over growing vacancies


work." The Whalley Road plot


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T is a well-known fact that when ; there is a job which needs doing, : it is best to approach a busy per- I son who will fit it into their.busy i.


| schedule!


■ • The folks who say that they have no v: time are often people who laze a lot of;^ their existence away, with an aversion


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to being disturbed in any way. If they really wanted to do some­


thing, they would make time to do it. Limited to 24 hours in each day, some of us put more into our lives


| than others. - Occasionally, when I have stressed


the value of .the.early morning quiet, time of prayer and Bible reading,- peo-' pie have assurred me that they never had time in a morning for such a/ thing.


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sort out our priorities to contrive to make a little communion with the One who has given them all.the time they have.


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ton View, Clitheroe, left for Egypt to take up a teaching post at a school for Royal Air Force families in the Suez Canal Zone. A meeting was planned with her younger brother, James, who was also on his way there to serve with the East Lancashire Regiment.


25 years ago


AN amended plan was received by Ribble Valley Council for the change of use of a house in Holden Street to a Moslem educational establishment. The change involved the use of the house for one month a year - during Ramadan - instead of all the year round. □ Morris dancing was felt to be in


decline, so exponents and support­ ers met to form a Clitheroe group. The loss of men during the wars


was blamed for reduced numbers of dancers and in several areas there were still women-only groups which had formed during the war years. This was followed by changing fash­ ions which further reduced num­ bers. The group's advertisement for


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MANCHESTER shou- I Id bid for the 2012 Olympic Games, says Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans. Speaking from West- i


minster, Mr Evans said he believed the "resound­ ing success" of the Com­ monwealth Games "should open the doors", to a successful Manches­ ter attempt to bring the Olympics to the North- West. He continued: "Even


the rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the ath­ letes, organisers and spectators during the competition. "I would like to slam


the suggestion that Lon­ don is the prime con- j tender for a UK Olympic bid. This London-centric tendency is disturbing and unnecessary. "Furthermore, after


the inefficiency of the London athletics bid and the farce of the new Wembley stadium, one wonders if London is capable of holding a major sporting event of the type that Manches- ] ter has recently excelled at."


! Olympics as capable of doing the same for much iof the North-West.


Stephen’s


bid to cure stammers


!a STAMMERER who | cured himself hopes to Ipass on his potentially | life-changing technique tto sufferers across the ! Ribble Valley. After undergoing


while the Common­ wealth Games had been a catalyst for regenerat­ ing large parts of Man­ chester, he saw the


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| years of unsuccessful ’speech therapy, 28-year- ! old Mr Stephen Hill used | fluency techniques to rid .himself of his stutter. , He said: "It is all about observing how flu­ ent people speak and mirroring the way they speak and think “I've cured myself and


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J same.?.; ■' VtFoliowirig' Yiis' success;


lam more confident than 'anyone I know, and I believe my life's work is 1 now to help others do the


., gain confidence. J As a result; Mr Hill is


. 1 open day in Clitheroe to demonstrate the key ele­ ments of his five-day individual tuition ses­


1 planning to hold a free


sions. If there is enough


interest, his open day will take place on August 31st at a venue to be


selected. Anyone interested can


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their plans included an old photo­ graph of Miss Whipp's Morris Dancers, a mixed group from Waddington. □ Whalley Abbey went commer­


cial to put it on a sounder economic footing and ensure its future as a church conference centre. Profes­ sional hoteliers moved in and employed a French chef as part of their plans to offer bed and break­ fast, full and half-hoard facilities in the centre. .


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If , We do riot always make the best; use of the time spared to us. Some folks wish it away, longing for some event in the future to arrive. ... I t can be very sad to realise that so much of our time has been frit­


‘■'.■"'The advice from St Paul was i that we should.huy up the golden,


tered away. 1 There is often no trace to show for it in later yearsl


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t dom from his own vast experience that we will do well to heed.


amounts of opportunity as they. came.He was drawing words of wis-


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"You want to do.this, or that," ’they would say tome.:; - ; ;


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■ I knew from experience, that, they would tell me at once that they.sim- ply had not got time to spare for such activities. They expected me to


thing of the kind, but would reply to them: "If you would like to come and help me on youth club nights, we could tackle this venture togeth­ er.".


I was not myself aware of any­ - .


: Towards the end of the evening in- our youth club we had an epilogue,


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leading a very successful youth cluh, I was approached by several people, with ideas of what we could do in : the club.


five minutes from me.


For the first month or so there


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would be a mass exodus at the first signs of the coming epilogue. ■ ■


. more and more youngsters stayed for . it!


■short religious interlude half-way through the evening. So gradually


give their time in this way. I t .was then'decided to have the


Youngsters were not prepared to


As I say, it all depends how we organise our time.


. ' •_ 1 ® This piece was written by Joe . k '...'ri.-Yvl; •’'v;' * • r-('^


Stansficld before he died along with a number of other “Thoughts’- which we will have the privilege of using over - the coming months :■ •■.■.■.-■


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