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St Tr'l* ■< a weekly ;look"at local issues, people and places compiled by John Turner


was nothing but a bowl of cherries. Those on the outside see nothing,


Pbp Larkin chocolate box image is veneer hiding frpm view afar more sinister story O


N the face of.it, you would think that life in the villages of Slaidburn and Newton


b u t communities w ith expensive,! properties, set in idyllic countryside" : and a collection of get-up-and-go v il-' lagers who have got together to form a trading co-operative to save their village shop from closure, have their own. doctor’s practice, and enjoy a thriving silver band, bowlingdub, y outh group and Young F arm ers ’ Club. The area is home to a success­ ful annual agriculturalshow which attracts visitors from all over, r When the sun is shining, you would


imagine, there could be no better place in which to live than the parish of Slaidburn.


Wrong. There is real rural disadvantage and


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now large, sums are being ploughed in to do something about it. The Slaidburn Community Develop­ ment Group is looking for someone to


fill the post of “Slaidburn Community Enabler”.


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*fxvThe)job is for 17 and a half Aours a •/weelr’and the salary is the full-time /equivalent of £16,700 a year.'--- The enabler will .“assist the commu­


nity to develop its own*regeneration initiatives.”


' - :/ / : . An advertisement for the post says


the employee will “need the ability to engage both with and work alongside


, the local community and to animate and co-ordinate community effort.” Cynics might be forgiven for think­


ing th a t the Slaidburn area does not have similar concerns to, say, an innner city area of Liverpool or Leeds. Mr John Parry, treasu rer of the


“I t is not a particularly affluent


community. Although there are indi­ viduals who are exceedingly wealthy, the" average income here is lower than in Clitheroe,” he said. He/yelcomed the new appointment:


“There is a lot of detailed work to be done which has been done by volun­ teers. There is only so much volunteers can do,” he added. The help on its way is coming from


Community Futures which, until it changed its name two years ago, was once one of about 40 Rural Communi­ ty Councils in Britain. Their team manager at Preston, Mr


Hodder Valley Show, said: “There is a lot of rural deprivation around Slaid­ burn. I t still very much depends on the farming community and the farming community is going through a very rough patch.


John Bailey, said: “I t looks like an idyl­ lic place to live in many ways but it is an area where even average incomes are quite low. Within average incomes there is huge disparity between those living in ex-farmhouses and converted barns on the outskirts and the people who actually live in the village.”


Where Clitheroe goes today 200 others will surely follow


(t OntcMdoti it all!


A GOVERNMENT minister vis­ ited Clitheroe to officially open the town’s upgraded Jobcentre. Deputy Minister for Work Mal­


colm Wicks was in Lowergate on Wednesday last week to open the latest Jobcentre Plus office, giving local people access to the innovative service for the first time. The opening marked an important


milestone, not just for Clitheroe, but also nationally as the latest phase in a rollout of Jobcentre Plus offices across the country. Mr Wicks praised the efforts of local


staff who, since last April, had success­ fully placed over 500 local people into jobs through the existing office. He said:“Jobcentre Plus has already


made a big impact throughout the area and I am confident th a t the Clitheroe office will capitalise on this success. Both employers and jobseek­ ers can benefit from the excellent ser­ vice Jobcentre Plus has to offer. Employers can ensure they get the right skills for the right jobs and job­ seekers can find fulfilling and sus­ tained employment by working together with their personal advisers. “Jobcentre Plus is leading the way


for work and benefits advice and is already setting an example for other countries throughout Europe and fur­ ther afield.” Joan Lee, district manager of the


new Jobcentre Plus Office added: “This is a step change in the standard of customer service for people of work­ ing age. “They can get advice on local,


national and even international jobs, or find out about them for themselves using our touch-screen jobpoints.” “The personal advisers will work1


with customers to find training cours­ es which will lead to rewarding and sustainable jobs, and my Vacancy Ser­ vice Manager will help individual employers find the right people for their jobs. “All this in a bright, welcoming


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environment with Internet access and direct telephone with more connec­ tions with our main business partners in East Lancashire and beyond.” The Minister toured the Clitheroe


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ry School led to a complaint! parent to head teacher M r | Beresford.


The parent said he took exc|


to the schoolchildren being i raise money for Burnley. FC. Mr Beresford said: “I 1


explain to the parent that wl not raising money for BurnlJ but for the Burnley In The Cel nity scheme, which is a charil does very good work in the ccj nity. Representatives come] school about eight times a coaching the children and ne\| for anything in return.”


| The £2,000 was raised thrcl He said the majority of homes in


Slaidburn were owned by the local estate and many of them were tied. “I t is an ageing population because


there is no easy access to housing. Any­ body working locally can’t afford what private properties there are locally. They all end up in Clitheroe and dri­ ving back out to work.”


//•He said problems were identified by


Van appraisal in 2000. Among the priorities were a new vil­


lage hall to replace the existing one which is on four different levels, a need for .childcare facilities and facilities for health-giving exercise. The new post is being part-funded


by the Carnegie Trust, the Govern­ m en t’s Rural Development Pro­ gramme and some European money. Apparently, these villages were once


as bubbly for their local inhabitants as the fictional rural community in “Dar­ ling Buds of May”. I t seems tha t some gentle financial


cossetting is making those gentle buds b urs t forth into flower - i t is to be hoped they will eventually bear fruit.


L O O K IN G ]


1 B A C x v 100 years ago


THE Chief Constable’s annual report gave ample proof of the correctness of the statement that Clitheroe was a well- behaved town. • During the year, only 17 indictable offences were committed. In 11 of them, the guilty parties were arrested and con­ victed, and in one case of manslaughter the parties charged on indictment were acquitted. The report also stated that the aver­


age yearly number of tramps receiving tickets for the Workhouse numbered 6,347, adding that he had no doubt any of the Guardians could give the public interesting figures as to what those vagrants had cost the Union over the previous 10 years.


□ Clitheroe declared its interest in


’’an interview, he said that he had given •to 730 library buildings and th a t , although there were 800 new applica­ tions from the English speaking world, he considered the majority of them would be granted.


50 years ago


ONLY six months after subscribing more than £1,000 for victims of the Lynmouth flood disaster, Clitheroe and the surrounding rura l areas joined another nationwide appeal on behalf of the casualties of a far greater catastro­ phe - the thousands who had lost loved


, ones and homes in the disastrous flood- ing of England’s eastern seaboard.


^GUtherobnian received an invi-


4'!tetibn]iffqm QueenfElizabeth to attend '/the Coronation in London. Mr Arthur Frankland had won the King Edward


■; Medal for bravery during rescue opera- . tions followinjg an explosion at a muni- ' tions works during the First World War, and had been presented with his award by'King George V in 1915.


office, meeting Coun. Chris Holtom, Leader of Ribble Valley Borough Council, representatives of major local employers including Sainsburys, McDonalds, Calderstones, Pendle Personnel and Ultra Drive, together with jobseekers and staff. A year ago 56 pathfinder offices


were opened. Clitheroe is the first of another 200 similar offices which brings advice and benefits services together under one roof.


□ Local people did not take over­ :, ~ Our picture shows the Minister cut­


ting the ribbon, watched by Keith Fairclough, manager of Clitheroe’s Jobcentre Plus, (s)


Bonfire Night,clouds have a silver lining DESPITE, the^ ‘worst-


.jweathertin the five years-? ’ th e .tow n ’s five service ^organisations have; been-# ,? organising the,annual bon-/ ijire andfireworksdisplay;^ /the event made, a profit olf


<£3,000 for charity. •, V/ , / ’ 'Heavy rain fell.through-.'


’’but the .November event* 'and even‘delayed'.the fire?'


^ o r k s f o r d d r a n u ^ l # ^ g^Bursponsorshipjfrom Castre/Cemeht!'and3Ultra-S iframeicameitoitheirescueS:


^ ^ r i n g ^ e ^ t p f t h e | ^lireworksfandfotherjTun-.Y Tungposts,-allowing all the '


whelming advantage of their new-found freedom when derationing meant they were able to buy as many sweets and


‘ chocolates as they wished. Shopkeepers said that it was down to lack of money rather than no demand.


25 years ago


HEALTH officials met to decide if Whalley’s Bramley Meade Hospital was to be closed under a long-term plan to ■


centralise in Blackburn all local mater­ nity services.;


i . .The hospital, formerly a local mill


owner’s, home built in 1882, had been operating since 1961 after being bought by the county council. •;


□ Angry Clitheronians protested


about plans to build the new council offices. They said th e expense was morally wrong when health services were being cut, th a t ratepayers were more important than council staff com­ forts and that local people had managed their own affairs since the town received its charter in 1147, so did no t need another aspect of centralised govern­ ment. -


. □ The Cluff Oil Company began


drilling a t Paradise Farm, Gisbum, to examine core samples for evidence of oil-


- bearing geology; The owner of the farm said he was happy to be a farmer, but that, ironically, his favourite TV pro- . gramme was “The Beverly Hillbillies”.


T H O U G H T .\ ■'*


n in t e l l ig e n t , agnostic and slightly ironical friend asked


moment of ’death.;. God's pur-'; poses are not defeated, howev- - er, and the process of perfection after death whereby we come to be as God meant us to be is called purgatory.. What is purgatory .like?


BungJ


* for the week ; ;


Nobody knows, but I will give, you my own idea, with the ■ warning that it is just my own possible purgatory I am describ­ ing and not yours - and, of course, you may go straight to heaven. What sort of perfection is


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nary as it may sound, the task is to become like.God in all essentials. And what are the essentials? Simply, love. God is . love, the giving, of the self to theother..


............. He made.the world th a t he


might love it and that it. might love him and before the making of the world, God lived from eternity, not as one person but as a Trinity whose being was the exchange of love.


’ So how, have I measured up to i


‘ that? Not very well. And not having done very well, I can con­ ceive my own purgatory as the enforced witness of my own life, played through again as a living video, with myself now a specta­ tor, unable to enter into the action, to explain and excuse and put things right, aware of all those times when I have hurt, disappointed, damaged others by refusing my love. As I say, this is just my.idea.


I didn't ask for it; i t came to me, but ever since I have seen


p urg a to ry th is way,’I have been a b it more conscious of those moments, which often surprise us and which may not return, when we are invited to give our love. The idea of a possible future purgatory can wake us up to th e fleeting,


unrepeatable opportunities of this present life. . Peter Hardwick,


’Parish of SS Michael and John, . . . . Clitheroe.


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Andrew Carnegie and his munificence, when an application was made to him for a grant towards the Free Library. In


Speedball Challenge when B» In The Community b rou | machine which electronicallj| sured the speed of shooting 1 children. Some of the children se|


sponsorship for their shooting ties.


The £2,000 was shared bel


school funds and the football | ty.


Our picture shows Burnlu


mascot Bertie Bee during his the school to present certificatl footballs to the children. (C310103/5)


B r u s s e l s w l a b u s i n e s i


A EUROPEAN mission undertaken by enterpris­ ing pupils from a Ribble Valley high school met with great success. Young entrepreneurs rep­


resenting Ribblesdale High School Technology College travelled to Brussels at the weekend to take part in a trade fair and French- speaking competition. And, out of 14 companies


competing, the Clitheroe team was the only English one taking p a r t and received a standing ovation. Although trading at one


of the city’s shopping malls was slow due to a heavy, snowfall, the pupils’ perfor­ mance in the “Three Min­ utes to Convince” contest earned the respect of the audience and generated enough votes to see the team finish in third place and take home a cash prize. The youngsters were all


members of the Clitheroe school’s Young Enterprise company, Odyssey. Pupils who travelled to


Brussels were Richard Tandy, Katie Cowburn, Chrip Bristol and.^ficky Parkpr, along wit'h’mahag: ing directory Fiona Birchall and production director Ben Freeman. Accompanying the pupils


were link teacher Mr Neil Ashworth, foreign lan-


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