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Delivery Service Tel: 01282 603108 ‘ .. vertiser ana 1 lines a weekly look at local' issues, people and places compiled by John Turner ■ I


Re-run an old campaign before we are standing up to our necks in rubbish


which was being dropped all over A


the place. The Keep Britain Tidy Campaign


was ta k e n on b o a rd by old an d • young alike. There was a real wish for th e highways and byways of Britain to be clear of rubbish and litter.


The attempt at cleaning up Britain's :


act was was treated seriously by every­ one - even to the extent that people were prosecuted, taken to court and: fined for dropping even such small items as cigarette packets on to the streets. Sadly, these days, there are other


clean-up priorities on the streets that merit urgent attention. Things like


F EW d e c a d e s ago th e r e was a co n c e rted ef fo r t to c le a r u p a l l th e ru b b ish


As I see i t . . .John Turner


muggings and other violent crime are, of course, top of the list. That doesn't mean, though, that the


build-up of litter and rubbish on our streets should be;allowed to go on unchecked. Takeaway containers, wrapping


paper, empty bottles are all merely dropped at the place where they last ceased to be of any practical use. The culprits are often of the age group that is too young to have been involved in the saturation campaign'to "Keep Britain Tidy". Those who lived through the first campaign were not allowed to miss the message. I t came at people in schools, in workplaces and in the homes. It became second nature


for people to drop litter into the waste bins which proliferated. Even now,- decades later, those bins -and more - are still in place. There is no excuse. These days, of course, there is a


darker, more sinister aspect. Because refuse disposal for certain


types of business can be quite an expensive process, some fly-by-night


: operators are choosing to cut corners and save money. One such villain struck beside the road between Clitheroe and Hurst


simply dumped in a layby at the side of the road, leaving quite a mess for the local authority to deal with. If


Green recently. A whole truckload of old tyres was


Moving closer to lifesaving target thanks to ladies who took Cyril Smith to lunch


J:A GROUP of Ribble Valley "ladies who


| lunch" brought the tar­ get for a v ita l piece of medical equipment


| £1,116 closer. T h a t was th e am o u n t


raised by th e De.Tabley Ladies Luncheon Club for the Melanie Grant Magic Wand Appeal d u rin g a lu n ch a t which h e av y ­ weight politician Sir Cyril Sm i th an d B la ck b u rn nightclub owner Marg o t Grimshaw :were g u est speakers.


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The 68 who enjoyed the | lunch at the De Tabley Bar


I stall and the auction df ‘a'; J w h isk y bottle signed by. tw o . speakers of the .House'of; Commons. The appeal was sparked


Slow off blocks


PEOPLE in the Ribble Val-


I ley are, apparently, slow to I catch on to the fact that ; BBC television is bringing its "Antiques Roadshow" to Clitheroe. The show's Olwen Gille- | spie said: "Response from


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and Grill, at Ribchester, raised £300 from a raffle and the rest of the money, with a - | handbag stall, a jewellery


l i s s a


• Melanie Grant who died in the PrestonVRoyal Hospital hospital lasfeyear of a brain tumour.


off-by the: death ofdittle


The piece of equipment can probe the brain and


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locate a brain tumour. .... It costs £400,000 arid the,


organisers of the appeal are half way totheir. target. Our picture shows lun­


cheon club treasurer Mrs Dagmar Fazackerley (right)


^-Thompson watched by club members Count, Jean Rigby, Mrs Val Taylor,'-Mrs Mar­ garet Vinten and Coun. Doreen Taylor. (B140802/2).


. handing the. cheque to . appeal manager Mrs.Sue


iJblUlig aUWlV4i;A<iWiiMi:Yy;:''«.;viJ Appleyardhas published %. her^thi^ n6vel;:pne,wliich');. hasbeen'ea'gerly’awaitedT;''


Obseryer.reporter,' Whose ife mother, Mrs Pam - „, Moulds"; lives in Simon-i ;;’; 'st6n^has‘^ ^ '« > r ic e n r ) ^


.The forme? Accrington^


'tale around amqther-of-:- .three who desperately <


needs to'escape from a . ' middlfrrilass lifestyle in ' which .the needs' of a hus^; | band rapidly climbing th e ’ ladder-within the;exptmd.-;| -ing-wine market and her.:^


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two sons and daughter threaten, to suffocaterihyKj creativity shefeelsshe S still possesses. ‘ m In a'bid to find "qualk


; ty", time,! the mother,. Tess; stays a little longer - . ^ a g e farmhouse with at the familys temporary jj^. husband and two "'I


Cornish holiday retreat, . daughters and wrote ’ returning to London


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determined to put her own life in order. - , The results spell disas-


i classroom with providing ?- 'clean sports kitj.chauf- feuring children and


attempting to retain the isolid emotional relation-,


.ship she once had. •<


ter for non-supportive •>' ;Fil husband, Mark, and turn’; life upside down as she f A juggles a return to the - gg


much of the novel in •


‘ Cornwall., ■ V 1 'In'writing"Outof ''<"*1


;<more marriages than: ever.: are failing between 10 and; >15 years, rather .than the;,-, ", traditional "seven-year" -< period. She spent a con- . ' ' siderable time intei^iew- ., sing morethan,200 women,


•Love” she examined the'- , soaring divorce rate in „ | s "Britain;1


which shows that| m e nan/uu


' ’^Married to a Sky News jfor her latest novel, which, journalist:,\th§ a u t h o r i s being published by,- - ‘ lives in an Oxfordshire"'.'( ’JBlack'Swan priced'£6.99. i


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fe'els'ar'eertirimely,topical;, to the modern-day ^ ' woman. . f >' ' . ' In "Out of Love," she has woven an intriguing ,


A third book from Diana delves into issues for the modem woman DIANA APPLEYARD


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things progress as they are, we will all be walking around up to our necks in rubbish.


I t is time to sta rt another cam­ ,


paign. I t is time to get serious about the litter louts. And perhaps major items likely to


be dumped at the end of their useful­ ness, or the containers they came in, could be codemarked so that the own­ ers could he traced and prosecuted. People in neighbouring countries in


Europe seem to he able to present clean streets to visitors. Many people return from Germany or Switzerland, for instance, and comment on how clean everything is. There is no reason why Britain can­


not be the same. But it needs action - not the easy words of sound-bitten politicians.


LOOKING BACK


100 years ago


AFTER the holidays, people in the town once more settled down to the ordinary routine of busi­ ness, having, of necessity, to be satisfied with conjuring up in the mind pleasant vistas of the rolling sea, lovely landscapes and the experience of new friendships.


• Mr John Nicholson, the


Clitheroe professional, was awarded the Sunday Chronicle cricket prize for his meritorious bowling in the Clitheroe-Settle match, during which he took eight wickets for 15 runs.


O The School Attendance Offi­


cer's report showed the average attendance of full-time scholars for the month had been 80% and the average attendance of infants 63%. The officer reported that a great many children had been absent from school on account of mumps.


50 years ago


enabled local cattle .classes to be held at Bolton-by-Bowland Agri­ cultural Show. Mr J. Wolfenden, of 'Fooderi Farm, was pictured with his prizewinning dairy cow, which won the President's Cup.


THE relaxation of foot and mouth disease restrictions


t Mr Hugh Sephton, of What­


ley, was studying hotel manage­ ment in a Lynmouth hotel when heavy rain caused the River Lyn to b urs t its banks. The storm proved so fierce that bridges were washed away and Mr Sephton and holiday guests had to be evacuated. Shortly after they left for Lyn-


ton, the front of the hotel col­ lapsed, along with many other riverside residences.


9 The bad summer also affect­


ed the Ribble Valley, although not so dramatically. Despite making great demands on the abilities of gardeners, local horticultural shows went ahead, although many classes were abandoned. At the St James's show, Mrs M. Proctor was presented with the Challenge Cup by Mrs M. King- Wilkinson.


25 years ago


MAINTENANCE workers a t Whalley Abbey unearthed what they thought was a stone sink used in the abbott's kitchen 400 years earlier. The sink measured 6ft by 3ft,


and i t was hoped to reinstall it once the Department of the Envi­ ronment had confirmed its origi. naluse.


• Clitheroe Auction Mart was


offered a five-year lease by Ribble Valley Planning and Transporta­ tion Committee, after the con­ tentious recommendation for a three-year lease was overturned by a majority of councillors.


• A crowd of about 3,000 peo­


ple gathered a t Todber Steam Museum to watch a colourful col­ lection of steam engines, gipsy caravans, horse-drawn fire engines and other vintage equip­ ment come under the auctioneer's hammer. Buyers came from all over Britain and from the USA for the sale, which realised many thousands of pounds. Owner Mr Tom Varley said th a t he had decided to concentrate on collect­ ing rarer items.


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T - IV IN G in one of th e most' I beautiful p a r ts of England, ° -Jtt- is n o t:difficult to appreci­


a te th e g i f t of life.


Or is it? • - ; : Many people have to get on an


•backof the car and get away to regain the sense of the value of life. For the place of work and worry prevents us largely from seeing what a


aeroplane or fasten the caravan to the


wonderful world we are part of. ., We may live in one of the richest countries of the world, but we are.


hounded by being short of; time: time to do what the job we have been given- requires. Whether we are a plumber or '■ a priest, we do not have time to stop and gaze.


: Wherever we turn, there is a short-, age of people to do this and do that.-., whatever your ‘do this and do th a t’.1 is...-;


, '. . ■ >. One consequence of ; f re n e t ic . .. - , ‘


demands is that not only do essential. workers keep unsociable hours, but also, for years now, leisure time has been extended well into the early hours of the morning.


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night and day merge into'each other, so that we often don’t know whether we are coming or going. - ■: You might say that is a good thing: after all, day and night to God are both alike.


.One day merges into another as • . . >■■■■


God, but we are human! '■ We need more shape,and personal


Well, th a t might be all right for - - ■


discipline in our lives to appreciate all and everyone better. ;■ ‘ On a recent visit to St Paul’s Cathe­ dral and a' walk in the crypt where many good and great are buried, I was


reminded of these words of 'William Blake who wrote:


“ To see a world in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your .


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hand, "■ ■ ' '• And Eternity in an hour." • ; The Christian Faith is of God with­


in, so this applies to thee and to me. Only personal discipline and prayer­ fulness is going to convince, us that this is true.


Canon Philip Dearden,


" Vicar of St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe


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(WHEN life hangs in jthe balance, it takes ! a brave man to make decisions on how


[best it can be pre- jserved. ; In the Ribble Valley, ; one man regularly faced with this toughest of dilemmas is Dr Grant McKeating, nominated for the Braveheart award to be presented a t our star-s tudded "Heart of the Valley Gala Evening" on Sat­ urday, October 26th, at Gisburn's Stirk House Hotel. Dr McKeating, a con­ sultant in anaesthetics


. and intensive care at the Royal Preston Hospital, is the Valley's volunteer "flying doctor". This means that,he is called out to road accidents and other emergencies to provide the kind of on-the-spot care which may determine whether


; someone lives or dies. ; Until earlier this year I when father-of-two Dr ■ McKeating agreed to ; take on the role through •: the charity Med- I ALERT, the Valley's \ nearest flying doctor was • in Colne. In plugging the ; gap, Dr McKeating, who I is married to a Clitheroe i GP, has spent £1,500 of •' his own money on a ! satellite navigation sys- ■ tem for his car, which is • stocked with the latest •! in life-saving equipment. ! He also pays for the fuel ! he uses to hurry to wher- ! ever he is needed from j his home in Brockhall i Village.


ii the evening's Unsung i Hero award is Mrs ‘ Laura Bailey, of Hazel i Grove, Clitheroe. This ! award is open to anyone i who has worked for the ! good of the community,


and Mrs Ba ebrates heij day in Decl certainly qif She is ani


paignor fori Third WorJ helps out a | Oxfam shorf Paul's Clf group, is an* teer at the f ma and hif ordinate recent visii children fr| In addition* ly visits th l and elderlyl Yet for all


not alwayl with kindnl ley was brol orphanagf single mol early 1950sf in 1957 a | more child late husba| Bailey, of was blind! years beforl 1997, Mrg suffered ill-8 meant Mil his carer, dif health proll But indiT


Bailey eveij of documen good and [ her life to I last year,* book enit| Days of sold it to r;| the restof Paul's Chu Furtheii


also been! two previcj nominees.* John Bail Court, Cf Mr Dale! Moorland Clitheroel was nomif Kind Hea wife, Patii


Charitybei


j dents converged on the I Mytton Fold Hotel, 1 Langho, to celebrate the ! Queen's Jubilee Year in | styie. ! For the Valley’s first J citizen, Coun. Mrs Joyce i Holgate, Saturday's I jubilee ball was the high-


‘ light of her mayoral year


| to date. i I t is anticipated that j more than £2,000 will be i donated to the Mayor's J charities, Ribble Valley ! Scouts and Guides and j MedALERT, as a result ! of the evening, j During a five-course j meal, excellently pre- | sented by the hotel and served by a cheerful band of young waiters and waitresses, Primor­ dial Soup, a group of young people from St Augustine's RC High School, entertained the


i diners. Describing themselves


as a "jazz funk quartet", they received a standing ovation from the tables following a non-stop per­


evenings of'the summer, ' mayors; civic dignitaries and Ribbie Valley resi-


: by Vivien Meath, o: -v o t i e o l ' th’e b a lm ie s t ,


formance! played s;| sica Berl flute; J | piano a|| Nick He and Roi| drums, paid to! speeches! and thail Whallel Mr And! sponsor^ event. The 1


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