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Community shocked by death of trader who loved Clitheroe


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systems owners and advertising agen­ cies sleep in the same beds, and often' with Government. They are the origi-" nal "newspeak" experts and have power! beyond Orwell's worst nightmares. An essentia] part of the enjoyment


of literature is the ability to read between the lines of words, for it adds much more to that part which is wnt- ten. The dumbing down of English language usage is preventing this. ■ PRspeak is not only part of th a t


dumbing down, it does so by the illu­ sion that it is actually improving the quality of understanding and educa­ tion rather than the opposite. What it does is develop communication and information while reducing intelligence


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teachers and parents, those who can see through the insidious nature of its political and media use, particularly its use on TV.


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, Barry Stevens was not frightened to ruffle a few feathers | by Vivien Meath .


A MAN who threw his h ea rt and soul into the well-being of Clitheroe and helped to raise many thou­ sands of pounds for charities at the same time has died.


. * M r B a r ry Stevens, • the proprietor of Night and Day, Lowergate,


■ was admitted to Bum- ley General Hospital in December. He had been in th e hospital’s intensive care ward for several weeks and, when he died on Mon­ day morning,, his fami­ ly were a t his bedside. -- His death a t the age of 56 is made even more tra g ic , as his wife, Carol, died in November, 2000. The couple leave two te en ag e sons, P au l


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advise the advisers of farmers and rural communities. T h a t way we would all discover what "the new and different situation" actually is, and the plans associated with it.


LOOKING BACK i 100 years ago


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WORK at the Free Library so increased ' on Saturdays th a t the librarians were almost unable to cope. In order to reduce , the rush, a Friday opening from 6-30 p.m. to 9-3,0 p.m: was introduced.


□ John Whalley (17), of Clitheroe, was • ;


charged a t the Borough Court with being , an absentee from HMS Caledonia, a t Queensferry. ’ , The lad was on leave over Christmas, ^


but changed froth his uniform at his par- ’ ents' home, then left and enlisted in the ; 1st Battalion the East Lancashire Regi­ ment under the name of John Howard. While home on leave from this unit he


was arrested in the town. The Chief Con- * stable was in a quandary, not knowing to which authority to return the defendant. :


Magistrates ordered the lad to be handed over to the Royal Navy.


; □ Owing to popular demand,*a branch


of the Yorkshire Penny Bank was opened * in Waddington. Hours were F riday evenings from 6-30 to 7-30, in St Helen's Sunday School.


50 years ago


THE headmaster of Chatburn School, speaking as president of the Clitheroe and District National Union of Teachers, ‘ regretted th a t economies were being *; made at the expense of the education sys- '


tem. He recalled the days when classes num- :


bered 60 or 70 and the half-timers who' fell asleep in school, tired out after their exertions in the mill. He stressed educa­ tion must continue to improve, as it had since those days.


Q A week's egg ration for 17,000 people


was scrambled when a wagon returning to the egg packing station on Railway Road overturned after colliding with a car. The spoiled eggs, one day's collection from local farms, were transferred to milk chums for use as pig food. The egg alloca­ tion was one egg per ration book per week.


□ More-than 800 people attended the


annual ball of the Clitheroe and Bowland branch of the National Farmers Union. The large gathering danced to the music of the Ambassadors Band from the Win­ ter Gardens,'Blackpool, and as in previ­ ous years, joined in the chorus when The Farmer's Boy was sung.


25 years ago


BLIZZARD conditions made roads impassable for ordinary traffic! Two women were stuck in their car a t Newton until rescued by a farmer.;They were thawed out with hot coffee in the farm­ house by his wife, while he fitted a haybox [ on to his tractor. He then drove them home to Slaidburn perched on the top of bales of straw.


, □ Four younger members of 'Ribble*


Valley Borough Council experienced life at the coal-face when they visited Hapton Valley Colliery near Padiham. They descended 450ft underground, then crawled the 200 yards to the coal face, at


Company will help safeguard


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the crib CL ITHEROE . will have a crib in the Castle grou­


nds this year. U l t r a f r a m e


founder John Lan- c a s te r 'h a s offered' his company's help in a bid to ensure th a t th e N a t iv i ty scene is protected from vandals , y et av a ilab le to chil­ dren, residents and visitors alike. Mr Lancaster and


.... "We will donate vandal-proof glazing ah'd install' ft," he told the Advertiser and Times on Mon­ day. "The crib is a real focal point. We took our own grand­ children to see i t before Christmas and they too were entr­ anced." The company has


his wife, Rosemary, were both saddened by events over the festive period which took away some of the magic from the crib - a popular point visited by hun­ dreds throughout December.


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(17) and Simon (15). : Bom in Swansea and extremely proud of his Welsh origins, he had been in business in Clitheroe for 29 years and, although his home was in Hapton, Mr Stevens took .a great interest in th e Castle town. His first job was a t a


men's o u tf it te rs in Accrington. He then went into partnership at a ladies and gent's outfit­ te rs in Castle Street, Clitheroe. In 1985, he opened his home furnish­ ings business in Lower- gate. Throughout the 1970s


and '80s he was an extremely active mem­ ber of Clitheroe Cham­ ber of Trade and was ins trumental in the founding of Whalley Chamber of Trade. A former treasurer


and vice-president of Clitheroe's chamber, he


became president in. 1988. Often outspoken, b u t always with the commercial health of the town a t heart, he cam­ paigned relentlessly for issues which he believed would promote Clith­ eroe. A tireless Work­ horse, he firmly believed tha t if a job was worth doing i t was certainly worth doing well and, if volunteers were in short supply, he would roll up his sleeves and do it him- s e l f .^ -


knew him will retain fond memories of his years at the heart of the Chamber of Trade. His organisation of the fund­ raising draws a t the annual dinner and dance was almost legendary. Year a fte r year, Mr Stevens would beg, bor­ row and cajole business­ es intodonating prizes. As a result, the prizes spilled ou t on to one,


Many of those who . -


two, then three tables and the draw, became a focal point of the'presti- gious social event, as well as raising many hundreds of pounds. ■ As president, - he vowed to ensure that the Chamber of Trade kept a close watch on the development of the for­ mer auction mart. He fought against the intro­ duction of car parking charges and was a key figure in ensuring tha t the J town centre had Christmas lights. " During the Clitheroe


800 celebrations, Mr Stevens took on the role of press officer and his enthusiasm and sheer perseverance did much to ensure the success of events:'With his prede­ cessor as president of the Chamber of Trade, Mr Roland Hailwood, he also


organised


Clitheroe's Telethon on the Castle grounds.


Whatever the challenge he undertook, he worked tirelessly to ensure its success. - In Hapton, he found


time to be a school gov­ ernor and was actively involved in the.Boys': Brigade a t Greenbrook Methodist Church, Low- erhouse, Burnley, partic­ ularly in the Duke of Edinburgh Award sch­ eme. In tr ib u te to Mr


Stevens, Mr Hailwood said:.!'Barry worked tire­ lessly for the business community in Clitheroe although he was a Hap­ ton lad. Christmas lights, Telethon, Clith­ eroe 800 and Town Criers were all events he lent his drive and exper­ tise to. Together we fought unwanted devel­ opments, negotiated on car parking, rate issues and long-term plans for Clitheroe. He made things happen and some­


times ruffled a few feath­ ers on the way, but that was Barry. "Essentially a back­


room boy, i t was not often that Barry was on the front row of a photo­ graph, although he had probably arranged the photographer. "As we approach the


first anniversary of Jack Barry's passing, it 's a strange coincidence that Clitheroe has again lost


someone committed and passionate about the town and its community, the likes of which.are very rare." The funeral is to take


place a t Greenbrook Methodist Church. For details, contact Green­ wood’s Funeral Service on 01282 831333. Apart from his sons,


Mr Stevens leaves a brother, Trevor.


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January,17th, 2002.5,


PLANS are being made to give Clitheroe's new CCTV system a "no hiding place" advantage. One of them involves demolishing the


S p reading scop e o f CCTV ment Committee carefully points out


> that the walls are of relatively modem origin. Their removal will give better vis-


boundary walls of the Lowergate Car Park and putting up bow top railings 1.3m high instead. A report to the Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council Planning and Develop­


■ ibility for pedestrians and motorists as well as the CCTV system. Tonight’s meeting of the committee is


recommended to approve the plan^sub- ject to the consent of the Government due to the conservation area location.


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• See Letters on page 14


IT was a case of deja vu for some of the pupils of St Michael and St John's


RC Primary School. Their extraordinary Aus­


tralian lollipop lady from five years ago surprised those of them who remembered her by returning to do a shift of duty.


Mother-of-two Mrs Maria •


Frossinalds spent a year in the job in 1997 while her school- /


teacher husband, Mr Tom Frossinakis, was taking part in an exchange at the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. She said afterwards: "It was wonderful to see the children


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"For the last five years I ' .


have been working in Adelaide to save up to come back for a holiday and meet all my Clitheroe friends." Mrs Frossinakis made a big


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with bottle TOO much drink was blamed for a 16-year- old Clitheroe y o u th lashing o u t a t an 18- year-old while holding a


bottle. The attack took place


in the early hours of the morning outside Speed­ y’s pizza and kebab shop in New Market Street, Clitheroe, in June last year, Preston Crown Court heard. The victim was taken


to hospital and received six stitches in a three- centimetre cut to his


head.' . The defendant, who


which the miners worked unable to stand, or even sit up. □ Escalating production and materials


costs pushed the price of. the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times up to a penny per day, from 6p to 7p.


cannot be named because he is still a juve­ nile, was'ordered to carry out 100 hours' communi­ ty work a fte r he app­ eared for sentence on'a charged ;of unlawfu wounding. - ... The court was. told there was a scuffle out­ side the shop and the vic­ tim, Irfan Younis (18) lost his balance. When he got to his feet the defen­ dant approached from the side and h it him while holding a bottle in his hand. ''H e ■ told police he


lashed out when he thought he was going to be attacked.-


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together. Christians are learning to put their differences behind them in older to work together in activities which unite. This is possible with God's help. Jesus is bringing the different


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churches closer together, and tHe Church, as his representative in'the world, is demontrating what Jesus cdh do. Jesus came to bridge the divides between God and humankind and fie can repair broken relationships as!a third party. If you are looking for help with a broken'relationship,* try asking


. Jesus's representative,' the Church.'' • MarkC. Sleet,.


. -. . /: hay Minister of: Waddington and r '■ •, Gnndleton Methodist Churches


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’ . Mr- Mark S tu a r t (defending).said the youth, from a-decent- family, had gone through • a difficult time and had s ta r ted drinking too much. - He said he lashed out,


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and threw one punch) forgetting he had a bot­ tle in his hand. He was now1 remorseful ■ and. regretted his actions/- V;f The judge, Mr Justice


‘ He ordered the boy to pay £500 to his victim.'!'


Sachs, told him: "Having! too much to drink.does not: entitle you or, any/ body else to go outiand behave like a lunatic." '%


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