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Seed in broad daylight. On the pave- lients near where I live, I often come brass suspiciously fresh, nay steam-


|he owner just gazed at me in bovine shion and wondered what all the fuss


lust not forget are breaking the law, Sould have their misdemeanours high- jthted in no uncertain fashion, allow- |g we upright subjects (not citizens — lit that is another story) to scramble be flying dog squad who would swoop hd do the necessary.


las about. 1 Still, I have decided to look on the Hght side and try to make my for- Jine. The idea is that all dog food lould have to contain a fluorescent ye so that these wrong doers, who we


LOOKING -i BACK


100 years ago


|NEW technical school was virtually sured for Clitheroe. The General oronation Celebration and Com-


jemoration Committee unanimously cided upon a technical school as an kpropriate commemoration of the lent.


13 The methods of conducting Sun- ly schools were examined and a new Iparture commended. Essays were Iggested for senior scholars, with


jonetary awards for prizewinners. I ties were: 11. The many ways children can pay their parents for their love and


12. Reasons why we should become itians.


|3 . Upon what grounds would you lect a companion.


|4 . How a boy may succeed in life and ome a worthy man.


15. The Bible; reasons why we should 2 it.


J 7. How to make the best of your (outh. 8. Spare time, and how to employ it.


16. A few good habits,of life and how bey help ps.


I O Medals were awarded to 12 mem- brs of the Ambulance Brigade who plunteered for service in the Boer Wan


50 years ago IT IE first of a series of large-scale


loots was arranged. Gamekeepers Id farmers concealed themselves in pods from Bashall Eaves to Stocks ervoir to shoot carrion crows and ep them flying from wood to wood


|iere the elimination process contin- d. The decision to wage war on the ows had been made to protect new- |>m lambs.


le used timber washed up on the bach a t Blackpool and had made loots, a tallboy, a bureau and a radi- pram cabinet. I The largest piece he had found was a lift length of birch, lOins square and he most unusual was a beam of oak. Sack with age, which was practically npossibletosaw.


13 Mr J. Cowperthwaite, a fitter, ribed how he combined his hobbies I beachcombing and cabinet making,


j 3 Claremont Lodge, known affec- lonately by generations of ice skaters, Jould no longer be available for their ort. It was scheduled to be filled in as


Jendle Mill, to which it was attached, ad another water source available


25 years ago f HE Oxfam shop in Clitheroe was


Jpened by Mr David Walder MR In l ie first six hours shelves were emptied |y eager customers and had to be stocked. "It was like a stampede,”


|iid Mrs Cissy Sainsbury, the shop's nt leader.


3 A councillor’s position was called


bported recommended figure, pub- 'shed by the finance committee. I t 1 unacceptable to the Policy and


|ito question when it was claimed he iked details of a rates increase which 5 25% higher than the previously


Resources committee, which wanted l i extra £2000 put aside for contmgen- les.


I 3 An article from the New York


limes was quoted. I t read: "In llitheroe, a town m Lancashire, there I an unhappy Englishwoman who has te n waiting since 1957 for Britain's Rational Health Service to provide her |i th an orthopaedic operation." The tide questioned the value of what it


nbed as "free medical care".


Jig, evidence with an owner and dog ■rolling along 50 yards ahead. 1 This is frustrating, for I would cer- (iinly berate them for giving dog own- 5 a bad name. Once I got lucky, but I bight as well have saved my breath.


Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.eastlancashireonline.co.uk ---- musicians


FOUR 10-year-old instru­ mentalists from a Clitheroe school should not have had much of a chance when they competed in Burnley Festi­


val of Music. 'They found themselves com­


peting against other quartets from secondary schools. Undaunted, the group from


Pendle Primary School acquitted themselves magnificently, the judges putting them in second place—only one mark behind the winners.


with the way Emma Wild (cello), The judges were impressed


Edith Waterhouse, Charlie Dowd and Helen Schofield (all on vio­ lins), had played "Festive Fan­ fare" and "Sing It, Swing It". Head teacher Mrs Margaret


Carrington said: "They did exceptionally well. They were entered by their peripatetic music teacher. I t is unusual to have four players of this standard in one primary school." Our picture shows the four in


an al fresco rehearsal at the school this week. ' (J110302/2)


Safety fear on mosque plan for


Clitheroe


ble Valley Borough Council which will deal with the application. At a Monday evening


CONTROVERSIAL plans for a Clitheroe mosque have been given the approval of town councillors. However, it is the Rib-


follow suit1 by highlight­ ing fears tha t the mosque would create road safety and traffic issues around its pro­ posed site in Holden Street, yet his peers gave the plans the nod, sug­ gesting appropriate-con­ ditions to prevent noise nuisance. ""The proposal is that


the Islamic education centre in Holden Street


meeting of Clitheroe Town Council, Labour member Coun. Bob Lightfoot, in whose ward the mosque will be if the borough council’s- Plan­ ning and Development Committee also backs the plans, was alone in voting no. He urged colleagues to


Bright Street Nursery is to close at the end of August


by Natalie Cox


A CLITHEROE nursery will close at the end of


August. In November it was


announced that Bright Street Day Nursery would shut down as part of sweeping plans to modernise the way services are delivered to children by Social Services. The Valley nursery was one


on Friday said th a t Bright Street, together with nurseries in Colne, Accrington and Pre­ ston, would cease to operate by August 31st, with staff being deployed to other bases pend­ ing the establishment of a new Family Support Service. According to the report,


of six earmarked for closure by Lancashire County Council as part of its proposals to intro­ duce Family Support centres. A report to a meeting of Lan­ cashire's Quality Protects Panel


■ six nurseries. The report also said that one of the main con­ cerns raised had centred around the "potential loss of a valued local resource", but added that officers had con­ firmed that Family Support Services would be provided


families, carers and staff had shown "understandable con­ cern" about plans to shut the


modernising the service was to provide a "more flexible and broad approach" to family sup­ port, concentrating mainly on the "most vulnerable children . and their families". This new service will be provided from 10 bases, one to be located in the Rihble Valley/Hyndburn area with a satellite/service point within each district council area. County Coun. Jean Yates,


where a need was demonstrated. The report said the aim of


chairman of the Quality Pro­ tects Panel, said: "The county council is currently making rad­ ical changes to improve the ser­ vices it provides. We feel the


children using our nurseries all have a wide range of needs which can be better helped through family centres and one- to-one attention. "Our aim is to provide the


best possible services, and the resources made available by closing these nurseries will be ploughed straight back into providing better services for children. "Many of the children who


currently use these nurseries will be leaving to take up places in education at the end of the term. We will however he pro­ viding help for any parent who needs to find an alternative place for their child."


Worldwide cast for controversial Stonyhurst play on St Bernadette


S l e e p e e z e e ,


is extended so- th a t a mosque can be added as part of the building, which was formerly an end terrace house. I t will be some weeks


Police warn on mobile phones


MOBILE phone owners in the Ribhle Valley are being urged to keep their property secure. On Friday night, a


Nokia phone valued at £100 was taken from Rendezvous nightclub in Accrington Road, Whal- ley.


before the application is dealt with.


on seniors Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 14th, 2002 5


Town delivers a tonic for Health Minister


by Julie Frankland tain to have an appoint­


GOVERNMENT Health Minister Alan Milburn has received a Clitheroe


tonicl I t comes in the form of


praise for the Castle Medical Group and Clitheroe Community Hospital. With the NHS under


ment with one's .own doctor the same day, hut one of the other doctors will see you if your own doctor is unavailable." Reception staff are


praised, as are the surgery's dispensary and


fire, especially for keep­ ing patients waiting for treatment, the surgery, which, is based at the Clitheroe Health Centre, Railway View, and has 14,000 registered pat­ ients, is praised for the early success of its same- day appointments sys­ tem introduced in Janu­ ary. In a letter to Mr Mil-


bum, who is Secretary of State for Health, patient Mr Brian Finch writes: At the health centre,


Award scheme


M E M B E R S of .Clitheroe Town Council have voted to give £100 towards the organisation of this year’s Clitheroe 2000 Young Achiever award scheme.


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FIFTEEN gallons of diesel, valued at £50, were syphoned from a vehicle at a Tosside saw mill oh Sunday night.


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A PROVOCATIVE musical about St Bernadette and Lour­ des is being put on by puipls at Stonyhurst


inscribe their postcodes on the phones for identi­ fication purposes and he also advocated the use of PIN numbers.


have written "Vision" and some 40 boys and girls from all over the


College. Two former pupils


Life made


world are in the cast. But the lead part of St


The story line features


Bernadette is played by Bria Crouch, a Hurst Green sixth-former who previously attended CRGS - and who appears as a goth. The leading male roles


are taken by Gethyn Jones and two hoys with strong local connections, Frank Brinckley and Edward Highcock.


two tourists who stray into a bar in Lourdes where the action takes place. Staff and cus­ tomers explain the story of the saint and her vision in words, music and dance. "It is a play within a


daughter Amy (16) is in the chorus. The sisters are among a few of the cast members who have actually visited Lourdes. Stonyhurst runs a pil­


. The family's younger


play and throws a spot­ light on the ambiguous commercialisation- of parts of this important centre of pilgrimage and healing," says producer Mr Lawrence Crouch. He is head of English


easier


Father’s house are many rooms," said Jesus. His Father and our Father long for us to live in that relationship with him, which is strengthened by worship, reflection, new begin­ nings and by hearing his word. There need be no strangeness with God. Whatever the qual­ ity of our friendship with him, he always welcomes us to him-


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at the school and father of Bria, a mature and technically accom­ plished soprano who cel­ ebrates her 18th birth­ day during the play's run. She has earned praise


' so are London lawyer Jonathan Smith, who wrote the words and Dominic Hartley, ' a multi-talented musician who composed the music. Both men are reg­ ular pilgrims to Lourdes.


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"We are widely trav­ elled, working and living


in this country and abroad, with friends in many parts who are envious of our local facil­ ities. We feel that these facilities have come about because of the professionalism, dedica­ tion and organisation of all concerned, despite government and political


interference." Commenting on Mr


Finch's accolade, Dr Ian Ibbotson, of the Castle Medical Group, said: "The new appointment system seems to he working very well both from a patient point of view and from ours as doctors, as we are deal­ ing with problems as they crop up."


lem suffered by his wife as a case history, Mr Finch goes on to high­ light quality care also received from Clitheroe Community Hospital, Blackburn Royal Infir­ mary and Queen's Park Hospital, Blackburn. He adds: "We cannot speak too highly of the care, consideration and kind­ ness we have been shown by everyone working for the NHS locally.


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backstage staff of pupils and much is expected of the orchestra - it is made up of staff members all with long experience. The musical goes on


' questioned my interpre­ tation of their work," says Mr Crouch. "We cannot get away from' the fact that for some, this will be a controver­ sial production for a tra­


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