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STUDENTS from Germany enjoyed a v is i t to Clitheroe Town Hall as part of a week- long twinning visit. Martinum Grammar School, in


northern Germany, is twinned . with Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and exchange visits have been taking place for the past seven years. Each year a group of Clitheroe


students visits Emsdetten, in Ger­ many, staying with host families, and a group of German students visits Clitheroe. . During their stay this year, 36 German students were able to sit


in on lessons a t the Clitheroe school, enjoy a variety of trips and activities and get to know their local host families. Their busy itinerary included


visits to Skipton, York and Liver­ pool, as well as Clitheroe’s many attractions, including its castle and shops. While visiting the town hall,


they were welcomed by Clitheroe Mayor, Coun. Joan Knight, May­ oress Mrs Helen Ashworth and the holder of the historic office of Town Sergeant, Mr Roger Hirst. He told the visiting students something of the history of


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Methodist Recorder when two headlines and a photograph grabbed my attention. Alongside “Elvis lives in:


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Oxford” with one of my col­ leagues dressed to play Pharaoh in “Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” was a piece under the title “Be kind to your minister.” Someone has suggested that-


the church is becoming subject to the culture of criticism which is touching the life of the nation. I t is easy to blame someone


else for perceived faults rather than being self-critical. So I sup­ pose congregations may blame the cleric in much the same way pupils lambaste teachers and employees vent their spleen on the boss at times. I t is always easy to blame. Criticism is a popular modern


T was a bizarre piece of edit­ ing. There I was leafing through the pages of the


currency. While at times the cri­ tique might be valid, we do need to recognise that too often we' condemn without thinking. • ■ The,tongue can be a vicious weapon and society, as a whole,1 would benefit from us all taking •'more time to think about what we say. ' More worrying still perhaps is


the fact that as criticism increas­ es affirmation must decline. We all respond well to encour­


agement/, to people’s willingness to invest time in positive com­ ment about us. An unexpected compliment is a welcome treat. We tell our children how


the effort to praise someone, to ‘ give credit where credit was due? : The Christian faith is a way of' thankfulness.


, For:,those of us who are the ’"church if" is vital that we seek to ’-show our gratitude to God be i t . in the formal setting of worship or as we go about our daily rou-\ tine. . I t is crucial tha t we seek to


affirm all who deposit kindness. in our midst and so seek to chal­ lenge the prevailing culture of criticism that is hindering the society of which we are part. I t is true th a t a t times the


important it is to indulge in the use of “please” and “thank" you”, but do we take time to ensure


■ th a t our words are fragrant whenever possible? Ask yourself the question:


when was the last time you sought to express love or thank­ fulness? When did you last make


church does need to stand up and criticise. Equally important is our need


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to affirm and encourage, o u r1' need to express our gratitude to God.


The Rev. Richard Atkinson, ■ Minister,


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Trinity Methodist Church, Clitheroe.


Clitheroe, from its earliest days as a small agricultural settlement, through the industrial revolution to the modem day.


He also showed them some of


the council’s artifacts and its offi­ cial robes and regalia. Some of the students had great


fun trying on the traditional cos­ tumes worn by the'mayor, may­ oress, town sergeant, town clerk and halberdiers. They are pictured with the


Mayor (left) and Mayoress (right) during their visit to the Town Hall.


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Light up a Life for someone very special this Christmas


Clitheroe Parish Church this year. Residents throughout the Ribble


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Valley are being invited to dedicate a light throughout the festive season by contributing to the "Light up a Life" appeal for the East Lancs Hospice. Fund-raisers at the hospice, which


HERE will be an extreme­ ly special Christmas tree illuminating the interior of


maybe just wish to thank, is up to you. Via donations for lights at Blackburn


Cathedral, "Light up a Life" raised £15,000 last year to help care for local terminally-ill patients and the same generous support is needed once again


cares for terminally-ill patients from the Ribble Valley, are appealing for dona­ tions in the run-up to the festive season. Whether the person you are dedicat­


ing a light to is a close friend, someone who has moved away, someone you wish to remember, or perhaps someone you


Theresa takes over as RV n looking back- i communications boss


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cial services on Thursday, December 11th, at Clitheroe Parish Church and Tuesday, December 16th, at Blackburn ■


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FORMER Clitheroe Advertiser and Times journalist Theresa Robson is the new corporate com­ munications officer at Ribhle Val­ ley Borough Council. Theresa (41), of Sabden, has


worked in local newspapers and public relations since 1989. She trained as a reporter at the


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times and in 1993 was named Young Journalist of the Year by Lan­ cashire Publications Ltd. In 1994 she was highly commended in the company’s Journalist of the Year Award. She was Ribble Valley reporter


for the Lancashire Evening Tele­ graph from 1996 to 1999, before a two-year stint as a freelance pub­ lic relations consultant, where her clients included The Stationery Office and Golden Wonder. She returned to the Lancashire Evening Telegraph in 2001 and


has now become the borough council's first corporate communi­ cations officer. Council leader Coun. Chris


Holtom said: “The council is a focal point for the community and needs to communicate effectively with its citizens and stakeholders. “We are particularly pleased


that Theresa, who has consider­ able experience in the local media and a unique knowledge of Ribble Valley, has filled this post.” The council’s commercial ser­


vices director, Mr John Heap, added: “We live in the ‘Informa­ tion Age’ and public expectations of communications have increased considerably. “This new post will enable us to


keep Ribble Valley residents fully informed of our achievements and activities, as well as create new routes to receive their views.”


A LOCAL government inquiry was held into the sale of the Corporation slaughterhouses in Henthorn Road. Councillors said there was a crisis and it was necessary to build new ones as the old ones were dilap­ idated, and replacements would also eliminate the small private slaughterhouses near the Market Place and others in objectionable locations. A representative of residents said that they were not


objecting to the reconstruction, but to the erection on the proposed site near his clients’ homes near the cattle market adjoining the railway station. • Coun. Hardacre’s re-election speech as Mayor was


marred only by a picture falling from the chamber wall and striking Alderman Parkinson. In the old days the incident would have been looked upon as boding ill for the Mayor’s year of office, but it was considered that theirs was a more enlightened and less superstitious age. • Advertisements were to the point. One read: “Our


own make of mincemeat is perfection, try it. Cunliffe’s, Market Place.”


50 years ago


THE Albion Works in Kirkmoor Road, known famil­ iarly as the “bobbin shop”, closed down after 100 years of business. Bobbins of every shape and size were exported to South America, India and Australia, though most of its output went to textile mills in Yorkshire, Preston and Bury. • As captain of Ribblesdale Modem School’s adopt­


ed ship, the master of motor vessel La Cumbre spoke to pupils. He presented the school.with ostrich eggs and feathers, an armadillo shell and other curios from his recent voyage, of 20,000 miles. He and his wife also had lunch with the headmaster and senior girls in the


domestic science room, where the girls had cooked the meal. • Visiting the district was ex-King Peter of


Yugoslavia, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, who lunched with friends at the Moorcock Inn, Wadding- ton, before continuing to Read Hall for a short stay.


25 years ago


THE progressive Clitheroe engineering company Atkinson’s was preparing to to help make England’s motorways safe for winter driving well into the 1980s. The company won a large slice of a £5m. contract from the Department of Transport, and in the face of strong home and foreign competition, for the replace­ ment of 200 spreader-snowploughs. • Residents living close to Eshton Terrace level


crossing complained to the council after seeing a train pass loaded with cans marked "radioactive waste”. Inquiries were made to British Rail and the Mayor commented that the load had possibly passed through the borough without notification. • More than 200 villagers enjoyed a night of nos­


talgia in Whalley at a special showing of old films. The earliest were shots of Blackpool taken in 1896, followed by events such as the the visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Rochdale in 1913 and the Peace Day celebrations in the village in 1919. Life in the mills was also portrayed, and one old lady said: “Despite hard­ ships those were indeed happy days. It was a kinder world then.”


a w by Duncan Smit|


A LEADING local emp members of Clitheroe Rr] have joined forces to keej memory of one of the town]


ular characters. When Dr Cyril Royle died


year at the grand old age of i d asked for donations instead ofl His colleagues at Clitheroe |


raised £900 in his memory and c a seat, inscribed with a plaque i to the doctor, which will be placl ular Ribble Way at Spike Spitz] Castle Cement, which owns t


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COMMUNITY transport rep| sentatives from across the UK 1 been finding out more about in vative projects that have help communities in the Ribble Valll Garstang, Lancaster and W] Lancashire get around. Lancashire County Council


the only local authority to havl stand at the Accessible Transpl 2003 exhibition national exhibit! this week at the GMEX in Ma Chester. The stand, which is beij used to explain the success o f1 Carnforth Connect, Garsta Super 8, Ribble Valley Rider, Bd


this year. A spokesman from the East Lancs


Hospice explained: “The event is unique because not only does the recipient feel special, or you may be comforted by remembering a close one, but also you are helping the hospice continue its vital


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care of so many terminally ill patients and their families at this special time of year. “There is no minimum donation, all


we ask is that you be as generous as you can.” Once a light has been bought, donors


will receive a personalised card marking their dedication. The lights will be switched on at spe­


Cathedral. A choir from Chatburn Pri­ mary School will take par t in the Clitheroe service. East Lancs Hospice fund-raisers are


also urging people to buy Christmas cards designed by a r tis t Mr John Chathurn, the proceeds of which will help the hospice. The cards are on sale at the hospice


and also at the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, in King Street, Clitheroe. To contribute to the appeal, fill in


the special form at the bottom of this page and place it in an envelope with your donation, addressed to:- Light up a Life Appeal, East Lancs Hospice, Park Lee Road, Blackburn, BB2 3NY. i


WITH the Christmas parti around the comer, staff at a Cll shop proved you do not need [ red to buy that little black drei A special “Glitz and Glaml


was held at the Help the Aged | Lane. For the past few months vol


shop have been putting aside! and other more glitzy garmel


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