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>iWe can even see it in our own town; I was told the other day ! of something that someone saw! after the Torchlight procession /through Clitheroe.


' force for good in today's world. / • We have only, to: switch on the TV-news broadcasts or read our newspaper to see so many bad things happening in the world today.


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JHERE are many:who; 'would say th a t thereris; not much evidence.of


fo r t h e w e e k ; I t was a grand occasion and .-


s a lotrof, people.had.a.great;.- time.,Thank you to all who. organised the event: But in the


- midst,of all the fun and cele- : bration there were youngsters ... kicking over rubbish bins in the park. People around were afraid to say any thing because - it might escalate tEe situation. We read in the Bible;that;


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should/vjbe.';good.’,l- Sadly,-: through man’s disobedience, our world is far from good. I t is n o t something new, for man's sinful nature is as old as mankind. If we-look back as far as we can remember, the oldest in the community can remember the time of the First .World War. where we see


' His plan was that His world;


-. when God had finished his) so much of man's inhumanity work of creation: "He saw that -to man.. -; - it was good."


Soon my-wife and I are £ taking a holiday to Taiwan.:'. shared among the people of


• On Remembrance Sunday we - the world. .will-be a t the service a t the .There is a force for good in prisoner of-war camp.where, today's world; you can find it in


my wife's father was a prison- your neighbourhood. Your local . er during the last war.


. tional time:- - But i t will also be a-time;


th a t will remind us o f ;th e ' desperate need in our world- .forJtheriove' ofrGod ; to -be ;:


’ & Why. n o t : try .to find-this . : church is the powerhouse where


- . We have heard many hor-- God's people come together to rific s to ries of-happenings), be a-force for good in today's there and i t will be an emo- ; world.


force for good for yourself? -. Major Henry Silcock,


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A FAN. of the Valley magazine has written, asking Advertiser and


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■snap. ■ 1 The picture of Clitheroe Tennis I .Club members gathered at the open..


ing of the new hard courts in Chat- bum Road in April 1930, appeared in the August edition of the magazine. She thinks she recognises two of


front row and the woman in the dark


top, front row. , Anyone able to put names to the


the players and is asking if readers can identify them positively. They are the man at the far left,


A GREEN-FINGERED trio from a Ribble Valley hotel have dug in and won a prize.


faces is requested to contact the Advertiser and Times offices on 01200422324. (CR 031002/1)


A blooming delight wins another top award ; i


For the seventh consecutive year, the Gibbon Bridge Hotel has secured the North-West in Bloom


Award for .the Best Large Hotel 2002.' • i Messrs Robert Lowe, John Proctor and Howard


McGill make up the team responsible for-the hotel's continued success and beauty, developing the gar- , den's visual appeal. This year their attention has been focused on extending the woodland area in a bid ■ to a ttract new wildlife,, as well as planting a new


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herbaceous shrubbery to bring colour and variety throughout the seasons. Hotel proprietor Miss Janet Simpson said: "Our


gardens give much enjoyment and delight to all of our visitors, and to be able to continually improve its beau­ ty is a credit to the team.


. "We are very proud and honoured, to receive this award again. We believe we have^created one of the


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1A chance for a wonderful facility which! we would be foolish not to support


proposals for the development- of the old Civic Hall, currently .; the Grand Cinema in-.York.,


Bi Street, Clitheroe. Pictures and plans have. , , •


l Y the time this is read;’;' .councillors -wilLihaye/i 'decided on the la te s t :


will not be exclusive - how can L „ < h ' , i »


i As I see i t , . .by Robbie Robinson. That is what the council had


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. already been publish.ed andv.-,act{ve.in their support, of the those backing the project have ; cinema,'arts and cultural cen- put their points of view. These,, the latest decision and earlier : plans are all available for study in this and several back issues of • the Advertiser and Times and will not be discussed here. ■ What needs discussion is the,


................ ple-are/opposing, or are not maj ority of peo


continuing opposition'to the -Joss'df amenities. This newspa- whole issue of the cinema and ' per' has produced pages of arts centre, and the apparent apathy surrounding it. Most of i t seems to be based on fear. Fear of something different,


- So let's go back to fear. There has been a petition of 22 names opposing the scheme. A letter said that the value of the cine­ ma as a community benefit will be lost. Another opposed it as a


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fear of the new. Fear of culture and art itself, with all its sub­ versive and spiritual energies, its history and paradoxes, its intelligence, its infinite possibil­


ities, its quality. So'have these fears been


included as the reasons the Chief Executive recommended


description of the new cinema and improved facilities. So no fear there, just ignorance of the facts and the plans. Fears abound, too, in the let­


ters that said: "The scheme will encourage groups of youths to fight and cause devaluation of property" and: "Possible increase in anti-social behav­


iour." There is no evidence tha t a


centre of this sort will create o r '


“ I T S t h i t - e x , . f b a t . » -youth n u t™ the proposed location of the : problem." The opposite is the north-east corner of the build- case-.


ing would have detrimental Disaffacted, rootless youth, effect on residential amenity, youngsters who have received which would lead to a loss of no spiritual guidance, no love, light entering the property. who feel no p a r t of a society


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to decide upon on Tuesday, but is no t. wKy-the .’


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th a t is negating the history they came from, are certainly a potential nuisance, if there is no place, both physically and men­ tally, for them to go: There is far less potential for


divisive and means the Gas- Works centre — the proposed new cinema and theatre - is now planned for a less-than-. ideal site, but is better than no


trouble if provision is made for ; young people's energies and cre­ ativity. As part of the Ribble Valley community, they will use ■it, move on to have children of their own,-who will inherit, the centre, while they themselves can'continue to use it or go out- wards;to embrace the other community facilities - the pro­ posed GasWorks cinema and theatre and the Parish Hall, community centre, for example. The youth arts centre has the potential to develop and nur­ ture, not destroy. Also, have those opposing the


plan forgotten th a t the entire a r ts centre development, including a new cinema, was proposed for the York Street site and would probably be under construction had the building not been listed? - The splitting of the youth arts aspect of the overall project from the cinema, theatre and other related developments is


. The current plans indicate , that Mr John Lancaster, is mak­ ing the best of what is being made available to him to pro­ duce a quality facility for all the people of Clitheroe. That initial vision has been


centre at all. •. -


forced into the current division by the decision to list the old Civic Hall and the opposition by market traders to its con­ struction above the market car park. This is short-sighted, neg­ ative, minority victory over long term, positive improve­ ment from which a majority


. benefits. Mr Lancaster's ideas for


these places has a visionary, aspect, th a t should no t go unsupported. The youth centre is not a pub or nightclub, it is a meeting place and learning place. Just like any arts centre, there will be supervision as well as social engagement, plus encouragement to learn, inter­ act, develop. Although aimed at the young people of Clitheroe it


Jane wins top Guide award and mum bakes a cake to celebrate


A SCHOOLGIRL from Wilp- shire has won th e Guide move­ ment's highest award for her age


group. Jane Astley, who is 14, received


the Baden Powell Challenge badge and certificate a t a ceremony a t Waddow Hall, where she was attending the annual St Mary's


Camp. Jane is a member of the 3rd Langho (St Mary's) Guides'and'


was presented with'her award by Whalley District Commissioner Mrs Carol Maher a t the close of the camp. Her mother provided a special


cake to mark the occasion. A pup il a t St Augustine's RC


School, Billington, Jane is the first Guide in Whalley District to have gained the award since the reorgan­ isation of the Guide programme in


zone, plus five others - included first aid, arranging visits for the company, organising aid boxes to Rumania and extending her knowl­ edge of different cultures. She also arranged for her father,


who is manager of a boys’ team, to provide football practice for the Guides. . Jane said: "I'm very pleased, as I've worked hard." ; ;


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'Edinburgh’s Award schemes, plus possible'positions in the Rangers, Ventures or Explorers. She explained th a t a lot of the.


it be? : If this and other develop­ ments do not go ahead, then the building may end up being sold. The town could lose its cinema and the Civic Hall could end up derelict or even become the nightclub people so fear. Clitheroe and the Ribble Val­


ley has a lot to gain from Mr Lancaster, his business and his vision. He recognises what he has gained from the area - that is his reason for putting some­ thing back into the community - but if he is not supported by councillors and people he may come to think that he has noth­ ing more to gain. He has already gone further


"WSS"


ROBIN HOOD ab an ­ doned his Merrie Men-to teach pupils a t Pendle County Primary School, Clitheroe, a lesson.


- Sherwood Forest's finest


was the guise donned by teacher Mrs Liz Wadding­ ton to promote the school’s book week. Book week is designed


to encourage children to spend more time reading and, as part of the literary festival, both pupils and


- teachers were allowed to go to school dressed for the day as their favourite story character. Our photo shows Mrs


Waddington (front right), with teacher Mrs Veronica Tobin and headmistress Mrs Margaret Carrington, in costume to lead the dressing-up day assembly. (C041002/2)


than I would have gone, if I were he. I would have already said to everyone, here is my contribution, here are suitable plans to fill the empty space above the market car park with the finest cinema, theatre and cultural centre possible, for everyone in the Ribble Valley to use. Then, if I had been turned


down, I would have packed up and left.


I t ought never to come to \


that. To use a couple of youthful


sports phrases, let's go for it; let's feel the fear, but do it any­ way! No fear!


_ information


about a local family. Ms Linda. Williams is trying to locate any family


members of Edna Lawrence Birtwell, born in Clitheroe or Whalley in 1900, the daughter of Ben­ jamin and Annie Elizabeth (nee Baxter) Birtwell. Edna later moved to London, had an acting career, married a man named Downing and died in London in 1982. Anyone who can help is requested to con­ tact Ms Williams at 62 Seymour Street, Middle- bury, VT 05753, USA, or e-mail lv.dl2@hotmail.com


LOOKING BACK


. i f e .-Ly:' ^ 1 0 O y e a r s a u W t f SPEAKlN/j'ori the subject of "Rechabrasm and


Teetotalism"; Mr D. Shackleton,.-MP for the Clitheroe Division, spoke of the large number of public houses to the proportion of the.inhabitants in many towns.


Municipal authorities, he said, ought to -y<:


2000. She has been a Guide member for


four years. She had to prove her skills at a


work for the award is about prepar­ ing for the move into leadership;, from following instructions to deci­ sion making and instructing. „.... She added: "I like the.people and j I 're a l ly 'w an t to be a Young


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improve the public's surroundings by clearing such places and and by providing parks and libraries, and having places of recreation nearer the centre of the town. Public effort, he exhorted, could help the environment, adding: "EveryJman could close a public house by keeping his own mouth shut." □ A splendid cinematographic entertainment


was given at the Wesleyan Chapel, Stopper Lane, Rimington, by Mr Joshua, Duckworth, Esq., who spared no effort in making the affair a thorough success and also took control of the lantern. The sum of £6 was collected for the chapel fund. □ Who fired at the balloon which passed over


Clitheroe on its way to Settle? This mystery was cleared up when two Settle Volunteers were fined


for unlawfully using their rifles. 50 years ago


A NOISE that sounded like a bomb startled resi­ dents in Whalley Road. The nearside front tyre on the Clitheroe-Blackbum bus had burst, causing the double-decker to swerve into a wall and crash on to its side, blocking the road, about 50 yards from Primrose Bridge. Six passengers were taken to hospital for treatment. □ The rationing of tea, applied during the Sec­


ond World War, ended, but there was no rustfby local housewives to purchase the new stocks, Rationing of some other foods, including meat,


continued. □ The chairman of the Rotary Club of


Clitheroe said that warfare had reached the stage where it touched directly on the lives of every indi-


vidual. He added: "Politicians do not always tell the


truth and if we could get away from the idea of politicians telling us who we must love and who we must hate, we could make a real contribution to world progress through Rotary ideals."


25 years ago


A LETTER from the Mayor of the Ribble Valley commended the work of the Royal British Legion, He stressed that the organisation's work was as much concerned with helping the family of a sol­ dier shot in Belfast the previous week as with the widow of a Serviceman killed in the Second World War. He said: "Even if there are no more wars the Legion's responsibilities would not disappear in our lifetimes" and urged local people to contribute generously at the forthcoming poppy appeal. □ The plaques listing the names of the dead


from the two world wars, which had been stolen from Clitheroe's War Memorial, were replaced fol­


lowing their recovery and repair. . □ Worshippers at services at St John's Church,


fflurst Green, had to shiver through services after the boiler broke.down. However the.Vicar, the


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, ing in the form-of a bright red,hot water,bottle tucked under his cassock.


Rev. Arthur Higginson, wore his own central heat1 .


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A CABARET singer and entertained guests a t ag Wolves FC fund-raising e\fi The event was held atf


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