Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 4223 4 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times; August 15th, 2002


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I A STORM of small grand- ■/V ch ild ren broke in to o u r !


X7k .k i tch en last Saturday. Six out of our seven flew in and


racketed round.'Two climbed on my knee and wriggled off - many times; another pulled a t my arm to grab attention for a riddle which she for­ got in telling, and the two boys found plastic swords and assaulted, one another, yelling and threatening; a t each sweep to clear cups and


I saucers off the shelves. • During all this, the smallest strut- | ted about bawling - it seemed, con­


in these circumstances, and formed plans for withdrawal. And then I thought, with pious resignation: "Suf­ fer the little children to-come to me". And then with puzzlement: "Unless I you become as little children you can­


tentedly. I am aware of not being at my best


not enter the Kingdom of Heaven" 7 that is, unless in some way you come to resemble this horde, you cannot achieve final success in life. And then: "Well, what’s so good about little chil­


dren anyway?" .. ' I came up with two answers. And


here they are. The first was that these struggling,


• were all living vividly in the present. In this moment of their lives. Nowl Maybe you do, too; in which case I .


yelling,' chattering, fighting children


- might happen and needs to be pre­ vented from happening. ■..-


envy you. I spend so much of my time looking forward, often with apprehen­ sion, to what is going to happen or


: I shall be able to go to bed.”. And only •when I'm swept up into something 7


ing the'immediate past and saying, "Now that's done. And that's done, thank heavensl And in two hours time


And a fair amount of time survey­ --


•present which is what the children : milling around me were doing, contin­ uously, beautifully,, without effort. .They were living their time, and not


the play, the football-match, my work or the presence of someone I'm with -. only then do I forget time before and after, and live without thinking,in the


. letting it leak away. - The second thing, which occurred to


me as a few small gifts were given and faces lit up, is that small children are, in general, good at being given presents. Bears, books, dolls, guns, football-


tant, what we want is not so much gifts freely given, out of the blue, because someone is foolish enough to love us more than we deserve, but rewards, honours, things given because we have earned them, things conferred on us in recognition "of our achieve­ ment and worth. .-


r- - . .. . Now here the children really show


us the way to heaven: they are right, and we are wrong, and the matter is of . some importance.


' Because the biggest gift of: all, the


■ received as gifts. Children don't question that what comes-to them is simply gift, some-


boots, model cars, chocolate animals, articles of clothing are all happily


.thirig not earned or deserved, but freely given. Aren't we all like that?


7 grow older and possibly more impor­


Well, at our best we are, hut at our frequent worst, and particularly as we


- one that all the little gifts derive from, is life itself, and we shall not be able to live it[properly,vividly, in the present, unless we accept it with delight, as a gift, undeserved, but freely given, as a child accepts a toy when it comes to


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Cherie? A FORMER pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School has become a barrister and she has already had an interview at the London cham­ bers from where the Prime Minister's wife, Cherie Booth QC, practises. Her parents, Mr Mike and


Mrs Agnes Seery and her younger sister, student teacher Rebecca, were present in the Chapel of the Inner Temple in London when Miss Helen


, Seery was, literally, "called to the Bar". Mr Seery, of Brooks Lane,


Whalley, said: "You are actual­ ly called up to the Communion rail in the chapel. We were hap­ pily videoing the occasion and watching it with great pride." Their daughter (22), who started her schooldays as a ,


i extremists has no connection with | the Ribble Valley; a commercial deal has been struck between the BNP and a landowner to hire a field near Sawley.


I groups in the area and they have not fielded candidates in any elections in


There are no established BNP V-: ''. I our area. The Red, White and Blue Rally ' ! ' .


| amount of traffic that will be caused by the two events and, because the vintage


I clashed with the established vintage rally in an adjacent field. The area cannot cope with the


(although I suspect they really mean White; -White and White) would have


A s l see it .■. .by Nigel Evans,' ' -MP for The'Ribble-Valley and F.ulwood


rally was first, it is up to the BNP to pull out to prevent chaos on the A59 and lanes around Sawley. However, it is a disgrace that the vin­


tage rally organisers are the ones hav­ ing to move to a new venue. The BN? website quotes the


' fight with protesters who are hound to turn up in droves. The Anti-Nazi league is planning to meet in Sawley to break up the “BNP’s Nazi festival” and this must be of great concern to Sawley


“secluded beauty” of the site, “close to the motorway network” and with which they will he able to keep out the “great unwashed”. This causes me great concern, because it suggests to me that the organisers are gearing-up for a


residents. Both are intruders in the Ribble Val­


ley. Why should we have to tolerate the confrontation of these two groups which could lead to violence and intim­


idation? The number of police that will have


to be reassigned to policing both these groups will prevent them from dealing with crime in Lancashire. Many of my constituents complain that they no- longer see police in their area and no­ doubt they will be astonished by the number needed for the BNP rally. Far better that the police should be


roots lie in the black shirts of the National Front. Its unashamed goals are racial separation to create ethnical­


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ly pure states; its methods are lies, exaggeration, bullying and deception. The decent folk of the Ribhle Valley


have no tolerance for intolerance. We have no stomach for accommodating groups that would make some of us sec­ ond-class citizens and no wish to play host to those who peddle hatred and division. The shameful philosophy of the Aryan race has rightly been con­ signed to history, and has no place in 21st Century Britain. I have written to the Chief Consta­


used to crack down on crime and vio­ lence on our streets across the county. For all the BNP’s flashy PR in


recent years, we all know what it stands for. The Party is a far right racist group that feeds off people’s fears and stokes them into a frenzy of racial hatred. Its


Heading north of the border with a reminder of home


ble, Paul Stephenson, and John Den­ ham MP, Minister at the Home Office, asking them to ban the rally on the grounds of public safety and severe traffic problems on the A59 and sur­ rounding Sawley. The BNP is simply not welcome and it should pull out immediately.


LOOKING BACK _


100 years ago


THE rearranged Coronation of King Edward VII took place and celebra­ tions were carried out in the town and district with great enthusiasm. Events were prosecuted in right


royal fashion and the processions and ox-roast passed off well. Some tri­ umphal arches were re-erected, gas illuminations blazed in front of the Conservative Club and the Starkie’s Arms, and the Borough Band provid­ ed martial music. After a grand display of fireworks


□ The War Office pronounced the


rifle range at Stonyhurst College to be one of the best, with all the most approved modem principles.


□ A sow gave birth to a litter


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PARISHIONERS and friends said farewell to the. Rev. Geoff Shutt and his wife, Chris, following a special ser­ vice’ a t Trinity Methodist Church,


Mr and Mrs Shutt are leaving the area for Buckie, Grampian, in Scotland,


Clitheroe. 1


this month. His first placement as a minister


starts on September 1st and takes him to the North of Scotland Mission Cir­ cuit, where his superintendent is 60


miles away in Aberdeen. Mr Shutt (51), sold his share of the


family business to enter for Foundation Training in 2000, and then became a candidate for the ministry in 2001. . The couple have lived in Low Moor, Clitheroe, for 20 years. Mr Shutt has


been involved in the Low Moor ( hapel and then Trinity Methodist Church


where he served as a House Group leader, church treasurer and local


■Joined'at th e shoulder, and eight legs-:?


preacher. His wife has been a Trinity Church


50 years ago; y-


steward and was involved in the annual pantomime productions. The service was conducted by mem­


bers of the Clitheroe Methodist Circuit, involving the Rev. Stephen Foster, the Rev. Richard Atkinson, Superintendent the Rev. Chris. Cheeseman and Mr


Beverley Jones and Mrs Sheila Harri- . son and included hydrangeas and a pic­


John Tomlinson. Presentations were made by Mrs


ture. Pictured are Mr and Mrs Shutt with


gifts following the farewell service, (s)


family. Her father, a chartered accountant, said: "She clearly saw what I did and decided to become a barrister!" Now Miss Seery has to busy


herself on a round of interviews to find Chambers who are pre­ pared to offer her a pupilage so she can practise commercial


law.


The new woman behind the desk is also from the CRGS


FORMER pupils of Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School are making their mark on a Black­ burn legal firm. Taylors Solicitors


both "graduates" of the York Street premises. Now Wendy Bowers


already has senior part­ ners Mr Tony Catterall and Mr Alvin Pinder,


has joined the firm as director of finance and she, too, is a former CRGS pupil. A member of the In s titu te of Business


BUSINESSMAN Ian Sutheranhas combined an > importantjob inCIitheroe


fswilh studies which have led to him being awarded a Master of Science degree.! Mr Sutheran, the man in! • chargelof: CastlclCementls,;


, Ribblesdale Works, gradu: dated from Brunei Uniycrsi-i ty in London where he reg­ ularly took weeks.away from thc'Clithcroc plant, for.


„ Hartlepool-born',.Mr viSutheran,'pictured right?


study. ( < ”


■believes” the experience: and extra knowledge he. has


Boss gains his knowledge by degree :


!■ gained will come.in useful at ClitliLroc


‘ He said: "Given the ^increasing emphasis on • environmental matters, I •


.(felt great knowledge of the _ su b je c tco u ld o n ly b eu s e - '


.ful. I now have a much' 'broader knowledge of the{ subject, which will allow! me to'draw upon a number of better examples when ' i explaining-environmental-,


■ degree involved thc cora- plclion of eight modules a s , well as a lengthy disserta-


issues." .4 ” His work towards.'thc


A SUDDEN downpour threatened homes as Mearley Brook broke its banks. At 3 a.m.police roused house­ holders, who barricaded doors and lifted carpets. Damage was slight and. only the cellar of the Royal Oak Hotel in Waterloo Road was flooded.


D The spell of wet weather caused


a regional potato shortage as farmers were unable to lift their crops, though local demand was met by consign­ ments from Lincolnshire. Lettuces and cauliflowers were scarce, though, and prices rose.


□ Quakers from all over the world


Advisers and the Guardian Angels Net­ work for Blackburn and Darwen Borough Coun cil, Mrs Bowers estab­ lished Hilton Bowers Associates Limited four years ago and lives in Colne.


gathered at the foot of Pendle Hill on the spot where George Fox, founder of the religious movement, had his vision of the promised land three cen­ turies earlier. Rain prevented an ascent of the hill, so the Friends- adjourned to a tea shop.


25 years ago


A LORRY driver from Clitheroe, while on a job in Plymouth town cen­ tre, drove his blazing articulated lorry, loaded with nine tons of paint, to a safe location. Mr John Gornall was sleeping


tionrlssu'es covered includ­ ed environmental legisla-;:


Jion; how companies should i appraise and improve their environmental performance ; and nstudy’of product sand


.theirimpacts.. ' f. \ - ' 'iHesayshisnewenviron-


Ynental qualifications would


be particularly useful if he was ever c a l le d u p o n a t


,'public inquiries andcourt "cases.


1 r "I would like to think it will help us on a daylto-day basis when workingwith the local community" he added


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overnight in the cab, when he was roused by another driver whose alarm had sounded. He moved the burning vehicle from its position next to a paint store and petrol station, into the centre of the roadway and discon nected the cab unit. Youths, who were thought to have


started the fire, were seen running from the scene.


□ A Lowergate shopkeeper


appealed to locals to rally round and support her campaign for better car parking facilities in the town centre.


□ Fritz the billy goat proved a


boon to elderly householders in Grindleton by speedily tidying up their gardens. He kept weeds down and trimmed overgrown foliage and rough grass. •


GREEN-FINGERED reaif gardeners and conscien- theia tious pigeon fanciers T(


among which was a freak of nature. The pig. which lived some time, though only possessed of one head, had two perfectly formed bodies, .


Prize tim j by John Turner


THE Honourable Ralph Assheton has built up a power base in the village of Downham - he has a


new private army. Lord Downham's


heir called on his men a t the weekend, and they scored a remark­ able victory on behalf of the Downham Vil­ lage Hall Committee and the Wildlife Trust. Despite the inclement


_ suaded visitors to the open garden event at Downham Hall to part with around £1,800 to be split between village hall funds and the Wildlife Trust. The soldiers, recruited


weather, the Major-Gen­ eral Ralph Assheton Company's re-enact­ ment of life during the English Civil War per-


from among Civil War enthusiasts from Lan­ cashire and Yorkshire, and their camp followers, set up a typical camp


and, dua end, re-en civil wa demons! the weapB The


named : Asshetc who bori Col Rl


fought n§ for the ' cause dl and secol the 17 th I Hall c|


tary Mr


said: "l| weekenl weathers the camf some ofl were fed would bl plaint sa riser and It was


gers in < ture) demon| event(1 And, I


keteers| during t | (T1208I


and coloured fire from the Keep of the Castle, there was a magic lantern exhibition in the Market Place.


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CCRIMESTO!


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