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i given th a t the event is.a family affair., ;No mention of the political element of
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the billboards on August 8th.:!LValley,*the,weekend; odd
since.the.BNP says it plays host to BNP rally." The tone’is set.'0isv£p61itical party. In tlw same,article The implication is th a t the BNP has -,we also learnt that the weekly car,boot been invited and that they are welcome;:. This was not the case. They came to the Ribble Valley because of the recent elec- - tions in Burnley,' in secret and privately- hired a field from a local farmer. The. BNP was not invited and as events proved was not welcome. The headline of the article in the paper to which the
’billboard referred concentrated on a dif ferent point. "Vintage rally asked to move;" We noticed the word "asked", which gives »a misleading impression.- The organiser was asked to move, but was asked in such a way as to give him no option but to move a regular event held in the same place for over a decade., The article also reported on the type of
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sale had been asked‘(same word again) to move. The organiser likewise says that he was given no option but to move. No comment on the disruption and inconvenience already caused by the BNP rally; the moving of two regular, local and popular events. Underneath the subheadline more space is given to the leader of the BNP's denial of. the petition and its heading. .Again,.no examination of these denials, which are themselves inconsistent with statements previously made by the leader, of the BNP himself. Tucked away on page two of the issue
I of who the BNP are or what views they on the front page and the views of the . we conclude that the accumulated effect reauy are flattering our literary ability by hold.
event the BNP rally, was to be. I t gives the impression of a funfair. No mention ---------------------
. . . . . . . . . . , , , „ . „ . „ . ..... ..... . ' local people's representatives oii page of the coverage was to help the BNP in seeking to find a fundamental point - "The
... . The following week the paper's head- 'two; a view which was held'unahimbusly j i l t s attempt to achieve respectability tone is set" - in a poster of six short words! line was "Bid to halt BNP, raUy goes to by both Liberal and Conservative cbim- t> without any proper consideration of the Throughout, we tried to give a balanced
the Home Office'.' with &subheadlihe ! cillors. They deprecated the fa^4tot^yoflto:aaes''<rf:the’argument CTofvriio i t overview of the effect of ihe m U m local peo- "Petition claims are ‘Marxist'nonsense’;" < the rally was to be held loyally. We ; is and what i t stands for. We hope that.if ple and of the opinions of thecrilics, the In the article the BNP was'given ' would argue that this was more relevant: the BNP puts forward candidates in the nNP.Oo councillors and. the political expert,
space to put its case; and its leader is : front page news in a local newspaper. Or local elections, as we understand it, will, described as a Cambridge blue and a th a t the two items should'have been th a t the paper will address the key father of four. A very respectable person, 'reported side by side on the front page issues and do so in a balanced way.
any reader might think. No. mention of to provide balance, his past or his.racist views. In contrast, i: Throughout the reporting, only one those who think differently are por- article attempted to address the issues,
We understand that local newspapers
must first report local matters but we also feel that they have a duty to report
Plaque part in story of jet engine
A C E R EM O N Y in .Clitheroe I next month will mark the town's rightful place as the birthplace of the modem je t engine. ‘ .
1 Not only will a commemorative
plaque be. unveiled on the wall of th e Swan and-Royal Hotel, b ut. plans are being drawn
up.to put an ,: historic je t engine on permanent' ! display in the courtyard-behind the , old inn.
' The man behind the plaque and ’
engine display is Rimington-bom for mer Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Mr Douglas Daniels, a retired Rolls-Royce engineer, who now-lives m Bristol.
: Apart from working as a senior
engineer on je t engines a t Bamoldswick, Derby and Bristol, Mr Daniels is an enthusiast of jet propul sion and the important part Clitheroe played in its development for com mercial purposes. ; Mr Daniels says it was over "a five
bob dinner" at the Swan and Royal during the war when an agreement was reached between the managing director of Rolls-Royce, Rolls-Royce^ engineer Dr Stanley Hooker, and the head of Rover which was unsuccess-
fully.trying to develop Sir. Frank Whittle's invention of a jet engine at Waterloo Mill, Clitheroe. The meet ing over the meal led to Rolls-Royce taking over the development of the jetengine. Mr Daniels said during the ceremo
because the inn is a listed building, it needs planning permission which is still awaited, so a replica in plastic will be temporarily fixed. „
:: "The plaque and the engine on dis play will seal the importance of Clitheroe's involvement with the jet
ny on December 14th - almost 60 years to the day - they were planning to re-create the "five bob meal" (this time, though, i t will cost £10) and singers from the operatic society will provide the flavour of the wartime dayswithsuitablesongs.- Eventually, a steel plaque made by Rolls-Royce engineers outlining the Cktheroe connection with jet propul- ■
■ engine," said Mr Daniels. "It is an appropriate story for this time of the year. These three men who had that meeting in the Swan and Royal in those days were following their guid ing star. Their guiding star was the Waterloo Mill and they found room at
the Swan and Rqyal." Our picture shows an a r t is t ’s
impression of Frank Whittle working sion will be fixed to the wall. B u t , . on a prototype engine in 1937. Help for stone crushers
A BUSINESSMAN . from Clitheroe is help ing a long-established charity aid the educa- •• tion of underprivileged children in India. . Mr Miles Fox, mem
ber and past-president of the Broughton Catholic Charitable. Society, suggested that the society support the Stone Breakers, who. live in Karunapuram,' southern India. A sa ., result, a donation of • ■ £3,500 has been made tohelpthem.. v The Stone Breakers .,
are a group of some 200 families who make • . their living by excavat ing by hand large . pieces of rock, which
:they then hammer into , ■ small chips for contrac tors to use in reinforced concrete or as founda- •
, tions for roads.- ; ^ Competition from a ■1
recently installed - '
. 'mechanised stone- s.. „ crushing plant has
•badly affected the fam-.' lilies, sol it is'considered;V
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a need for the children ., to be educated to . increase their job opportunities. ’ The people's plight was discovered by Fr John Taylor, who is;. from Clitheroe and who’ has workedin India for many years. The Stone Breakers live mhis "parish". , , i The charity's money
> will allow Fr Taylor to ; ! buy basic classroom ■. equipment for the chil dren, as,well as footwear and medi- ernes.
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inally founded in 1787.. to help farming fami-, - lies in the Fylde who: • were suffering from a smallpox epidemic. , Fr Taylor's brother,
Bill, also of Clitheroe, received the donation on his behalf from the Roman Catholic Bish op of Lancaster, the Rt Rev. Patrick
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O'Donoghue, andMr Mike Picewicz, current presidentofthesociety. • Our picture shows;
: Mr Taylor, collecting:: the cheque from the
The society.was orig-M Picewicz. (s) ■-•’5
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BNP, the councillors and the political expert, our MP. Incidentally, it now transpires that the police cost of the visit was much less than assumed. Officers due for a rest day, for which they are, of course, paid in any case, were drafted in and look the actual rest at a later, quieter time. Editor]
BACKh> i!| 100 years ago
A STONE cross commemorating the services of the British arms in South Africa, was erected by the wayside at Hurst Green near the Shireburn Arms Hotel, by Mr N. W. Simpson of Winckley Hall. I t was modelled with absolute fidelity on an 8th Century cross at Irton in Northumber land.
□ The Volunteers were provided with a splen- , did dinner by the ex-Mayor, Colonel AspinaU i
and the CO of ,the company. The Mayor, Couri.v: Hardaerej spoke at the dinner and said that he, 4LA»'LL4'Mm«wrWrAiin(Y'’mQn>niirrWf,t/Y!9Tni1i1lini^
as giving stamina and a toning of the system to J many a young fellow who would otherwise have .,
developed into a weakling. Captain Robinson remarked that some of the
contingent had
resigned.because the annual; camp on Salisbury Plain took place during the , local holidays and because of its lonely, and. inaccessible nature.
50 years ago
PREACHING at thank-offering day services at St James's Church, the Rev. R. Higginson said: "There is a great need for teaching people the art of giving." He pomted out that paying entry to a church effort or buying something at a church sale was not giving. He added: "It is not so much the amount we
are able to give, but the proportion, the princi ple and the spirit m which it is given that mat ters." ,
O Staff worked for 24 hours a day at Atkin
son's Agricultural Appliances in Clitheroe to complete in 90 days a $250,000 order for the U.S.A.
□ The coldest November night for a good
many years was recorded in the Ribble Valley when the temperature fell to 18F (-8C). ■ . The first snows of winter fell and traffic lights
were put out of action by the frost. In Chatburn a lorry crashed after skidding at the bottom of Crow .Trees Brow, wrecking a confectionery
van.Tt endechup broadside'through the front window of the butcher's shop.
25 years ago
A PENSIONER'S gesture gave Clitheroe's strike-breaking’firemen a big lift. She handed a £1
note.to'one of the crew which was attending a chimney fire at a home on Whalley Road. . ; 1 The fireman said: "An old dear came up to •
; me and-gave'me a £1 note and said: 'You carry on.withithe job? We're very proud of you.' The
■Jads were thrilled to bits and very touched." , The money, was sent to the Fireman's Benevo lent F u n d .
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; 0 An agricultural engineer powered his way,; to second place in the RAC Clubman Rally.
’Competing against top European drivers, h e .
i dropjiedito last place .when the ignition wiring, ‘■in Ws-Ford Escort caught fire. After repairs he ; iset off again and despite a clutch'problem ;passed otheridrivers,"but could not catch the!
s leading car.^L;}1: ■ .i-i-j 0 A loving cup presented byNewton Parish", Council to the Queen to mark her Silver Jubilee,'
iwas put on display'atSt Jamre's Palace.’ip 'lk
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of August 15th is the news that "Coun cillors deplore BNP's choice of Valley rally venue." Someone at the paper has made the decision to put the BNP's case
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As an example, we -examined,jthe^trajmd by him as unwashed,, M a rx is t,, the one by, Nigel Evans
MP.in the As i Advertiser and Times coverage of: the,: and*druggies. Again the impression is , See I t”
column.in the
................... 15th. He said, correctly, that the BNP is
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a far right racist group, the only such mention. Little is written elsewhere of the mobilisation of local opposition and the leafleting7of Clitheroe and the sur rounding villages and the public's posi tive reaction to this opposition. There is little comment on the inconvenience caused by the rally, the costs both direct (policing) and indirect (economic) and ■
the fear and worry caused by the BNP, particularly to non-white residents. , We draw two very stark conclusions.
Firstly, th a t the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times did not discuss a t all what, the BNP stood for and who its leaders and members are. Secondly, th a t the newspaper did not fulfil its responsibili ty in its reporting of the events, by the contents of the articles, the selection of facts and use of words which were' not neutral, by the positioning of articles and, above all, by the use of a tone that was favourable to the BNP. Therefore
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Family dispute le a courtappeara
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A! FAMILY dispute came to a head . outside a Clitheroe house when a
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,27-year-old man was attacked by . two teenagers. Blackburn m ag is tra te s
heard the man was punched and kicked during the attack-
fairly on national issues which affect the region and this issue will affect house prices, jobs, the levels of council tax and' will be a public order issue, all mattersJ
L m jmportant to people wherever
they live. : [We aim to cover local events and a visit by
the BNP was one of them - i t is no part of our own duty to examine political parly dog-, mas, but-there was some interest in the BNP’s, hence the MP being given space to do so. Because the BNP had been criticised in- the petition,-we were honour-bound to give it space for a reply and there is no way we, can examine people's denials on these occasions. Similarly with whether other events were asked to move, or effectively given no choice; we cannot embark on investigations. We certainly did not use "o lone that was favourable to the BNP" and we have more faith than the above writers m the intelligence of our readers and their ability to make judgements for themselves.. To say that the council's condemnation was "tucked away" is laughable, it had a four column headline at the top of an extremely well-read page. Pulling it with the already dominant front page story would have given the BNP visit a big-crisis aspect it did not justify. To con clude with the writers'first complaint, they
. which was su b seq u en tly "avenged" by th e m an ’s father. .The court was told the
teenagers were preparing to let • matters go a t th a t and had been surprised when they had been invited to go to the police station nearly two months later and were charged with assault.
- vJames-"Haldane Tulloclu (20)* of Chester "Avenue, Clitheroe, and Brian Benjamin Cowgill (19), of Henthorn Close, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to assaulting Martin Riggs. They were each given a, conditional discharge for 12 . months and ordered to pay £250 compensation and £55 costs. Peter Wild (prosecuting),
said Mr Riggs had been approached at his step-father's house and asked to step out side. He was punched by Cowgill and then grabbed by Tulloch, who pushed him to the ground where he was kicked in the back. Roger Pickles (defending),
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Paradise island awaits top
A TROPICAL island par adise will be home to a Clitheroe travel agent this week. On Monday, Miss Sarah
Burgess, . chief clerk a t Althams Travel in King Street, flew out to Mauritius for a week-long stay, courtesy of Kuoni. For the past five months,
Miss Burgess, a former pupil at Bowland High School, has been studying for a special long-haul college diploma run by the travel fi rm. Kuoni hopes th is c e rt if icate will become recognised within the
industry. . , To achieve the travel quali
fication, Miss Burgess had to complete a series of questions on a variety of destinations,
. and her prize for finishing 11th out of the 700 students is a trip overseas. Miss Burgess (27), who has
worked with Althams for seven years, travelled out via Manchester and London to Maur itius, where she is spending a week with 45 other travel representatives undertaking a series of as yet unknown challenges, with the hope of winning a fu r th e r prize. Excursions and hotel inspections complete the itin erary she will undertake dur ing her trip to the far-flung island.
Having never travelled to
Maur itius before, Miss Burgess, who lives in Clitheroe, was last week looking forward to her tr ip . She has joined Kuoni's 44 other top students, who are competing for a mys tery top prize. "The final of the diploma is
being held in Mauritius," explained Miss Burgess. "They will whittle i t down
from 45 to 25, then 15 and then the final five will go through to the last round, but
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