12 Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, June 19th, 2003
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Over the next few months, you will achieve little by direct action or confrontation. Indeed the harder you push the less you may succeed so It might be as well to develop patience. Now you need to turn your attention more to home and family matters. You yearn to feel rooted, as if you belonged to a familiar place and to the people who make you feel most relaxed. It may take hard work to get what you want but the effort will be worth i t What you want is a beautiful home with an atmosphere of taste, elegance and comfort Call my Aries line to hear more.
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From now on, you don't Intend to let the grass grow under your feet so you will be setting your goals for the future very determinedly. Dynamic friends and teammates may be Irksome at times but they will
help if you can harness their energy Into joint ventures. A busy
schedule with more letters, phone calls and short distance trips will be keeping boredom well at ray. You may be skimming the surface and cutting comers, since there will be less time for detail than usual. Call my Taurus line to hear more.
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Into an ambitious, competitive, hard working few months you will be making your mark very noticeably. No one will accuse you of lacking courage or being too timid as you push obstacles out of the
way.You will also be looking closely at your
finances.The key thing will be to learn the lessons of handling cash successfully. Certainly don’t be tempted to flash it around too extravagantly to boost your self esteem. Save for security. Call my Gemini line to hear more.
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Your truthful and straightforward approach should catch general
enthusiasm.Though you will have to watch a tendency to be a touch
strong In your opinions. Put effort into getting your life out of a rut, and aim higher or further afield. Luckily this is the start of your
birthday month so you fully Intend to suit yourself. Lay down plans for the next 12
months.You will need to work out what will suit you, get cracking with plans. Onee you have got yourself together, you can concentrate on dose relationships. Call my Cancer line to hear more.
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at points because of slow progress and other people's obstinacy. But you know you will eventually nave Co reach compromise agreements which are fair to all concerned. Give yourself more
space.You may feel happier in your own company than usual. Oil my Leo line to hear more.
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For the next few months try to throw your energy Into joint or co operative ventures. If you pull together with those close you can achieve a great deal more than you would solo. It will also avoid squabbles which waste good energy. Though you will tend to be involved In robust discussions and encounters along the way all the same. Look ahead, surround yourself with good company and ensure that everyone pulls In the same direction. Call my Virgo line to hear more.
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With dynamic Mars now moving into Pisces you will be throwing your energy behind the scenes into joint finances and other confidential matters. It may feel like a struggle and you could be intensely frustrated
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Into a busy, hard working few months, you may feel over stretched at
points.You could be a little over heated so try to work independently. Put as much attention towards getting your body fit as you do towards practical work
matters.Your star is in tne ascendant at work or in your community activities. What you want Is to be applauded by everyone
around.This Is your peak time of year for outer matters so recognition is likely. Call my Libra line to hear more.
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With Mars now moving Into your chart area of passion, fun, entertainment for a few months, you will be in good form. Riled with
high enthusiasm and energy, you will demand the right to be yourself. No one will push you into a comer and demand that you toe their
line.You will be promoting your pet rauses to all and sundry with a great deal of evangelical 2eal.Wanting to broaden your horizons, you will travel or be thinking and talking about loftier topics than usual. Call my Scorpio line to hear more.
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If you feel stuck at work or edgy at home, try to develop patience. When feelings of Irritation well up inside you. look to the positive benefits of allowing these feelings to surface. Understand them and let them dear out of your system once and for all. You will be feeling
strong, secretive, determined more than usual about joint finances and the responsibilities being landed on
you.You will not be ready to open up to any but your nearest and most intimate partners. Call my Sagittarius line to hear more.
To hear more, call 0906 589 4173 .CAPRICORN:
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A busy. busy, hyper-active schedule will find you scurrying around at high speed for some months now. You may be a little too blunt at times, and downright argumentative at others. At the same time you may feel slightly more vulnerable than usual with the Sun In your opposite sign. But there is support around if you look. Ask for what you need, but be prepared to compromise as well, since relationships always mean give and take. Call my Capricorn line to hear more.
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Into a money making few months, you’ll find your long-term security more Important than
usual.Youll be pushing hard to acquire more cash and
possessions.You will fight to defend rights and ensure chat you get your due rewards. But you do need to realise it will take hard work and stretch you at times. Look after your
health.You need to be extra fit to crack on through the chores that arc piling up In front of you. Eat, rest, exercise more sensibly. Call my Aquarius line to hear more.
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With zippy Mars now In your sign until December, you will find yourself revving up.Any obstacles that appear will be swept aside and people who oppose you will get short
shrift.Your temper is not likely to be as Its smoothest. But your blunt approach will be what Is reeded to achieve your
aims.You will not be settling to dull, routine chores or following orders
easily.You will want to allow your exuberance out on display as much as
possible.Though loved ones may land you with a few chores. Call my Pisces line to hear more.
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Wanted: a home in the
Lancashire countryside WE recently had a holiday in the Lancashire coun tryside and would like to express our delight at the cleanliness of the country lanes.
each side of the lanes and also the refuse collectors actually picking up the rubbish, which the rooks had helped themselves to. But most of all we found the people to be so very
company where we could ring for a bus to pick us up almost on our doorstep, to go shopping.
friendly and helpful. Someone gave us the telephone number of the bus
on the outskirts - where I cannot get the council to clear the rubbish from a vacant garage which is with out a door and is full of rubbish.
What a refreshing change from Bradford - we live
there, behind my back fence, and the land belongs to them.
a large garden worth around £35,000 - not much, I am afraid — and want two very clean and tidy pen sioners as neighbours let me know, as I would like to buy it even if there is work to do, but in the country please as we love the Lancashire people and wish to become part of their community.
If anyone in Lancashire has a house or cottage with
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Thank you for covering
these two great events MANY thanks for your coverage of the Great Days Festival and SheepFest events.
lic’s mind, we would like to make it clear that the buskers, dancers, singers and other street entertain ment was arranged and paid for by the Great Days Committee from grant income - not by the SheepFest team.
However, just so there is no confusion in the pub
long-term commitment that lobbies hard to bring arts funding to the town and borough.
The SheepFest was a low-cost event and we are The Great Days Festival and organisation is a My first complaint was 11 months ago and still it is
grateful to the Great Days Festival for agreeing its inclusion in the event.
CHARLES, STEVE AND TONI ShecpFcsl
We witnessed the vehicle cutting back the grass at Do not miss your chance
to buy this lovely print DISPLAYED at Clitheroe Library is an excellent watercolour print (12in. x lOin.) entitled "The River Ribble Near Clitheroe cl850."
you can order a copy, costing £6.50, at the library. It will be available for collection from July 15th. The supplier has agreed that proceeds, above his costs and VAT, will be donated to the library. As the television advertisements say: "Offer must end July 5th. Don't miss it."
BOB JONES, Park Avenue, Clilhcroe
Your views on payment
changes will be noted I WOULD like to thank your readers for the many hundreds of letters I have received about how the
Government’s changes to the payment of pensions and benefits will adversely affect people. I will be presenting a dossier to the Government
about the problems faced under the new system by the elderly, disabled and those with children.
lost the vote on this motion by 314 votes to 187. This was hard to understand, because the wording of our motion was the same as one that had received the sup port of almost 400 out of the 659 MPs. What happened was that when push came to shove, over 120 MPs (all of them Labour) voted against the
House of Commons on June 11th to highlight these problems, and I challenged the Government to consid er the difficulties many individuals are facing. The debate was on a motion calling for action to protect the interests of vulnerable pensioners and benefit recipients and to save Post Offices. Despite the support of all other political parties, we
Conservative MPs called a special debate in the It is well worth a viewing. If you like what you see
have been passed and put great pressure on the Gov ernment to meet the needs of vulnerable pensioners and benefit recipients for a simple system to receive their money. Despite this setback, your readers may rest assured
motion, despite having supported it previously. Had they stuck to their guns, the motion would
that we will continue to fight for a fair deal for them. If your readers wish to raise any concerns about the changes, they can write to me at Conservative Central Office, 32 Smith Square, London SW1P 3HH.
OLIVER HEALDMP, Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions, Conservative Central Office, London
We must join the Euro
zone sooner not later IT is welcome to hear the Chancellor spelling out
positive campaign to explain the benefits, or just another damp squib.
Euro. We should aim for entry as soon as possible to enable the country to take advantage of the benefits and opportunities. In my opinion to delay will put in serious jeopardy our long-term economic prospects.
I t is clear to me that we will eventually join the 7. Wlial are your feelings abou|
JOHN HEMINGWAY Denbigh Drive, Clitheroe
Campaign will encourage
OAPs to get out and about THERE are a staggering one million older people in the UK who are acutely isolated and over one million who feel trapped in their own home. As part of its ongoing campaign to combat this
Out is a national activity programme that aims to encourage older people to get out and about and enjoy the sights and sounds of Britain.
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Good weather proves a joy for camera club
Ribblesdale Camera Club’s summer pro gramme. Last week members enjoyed a superb short
THE good weather continues to contribute to
walk from Chipping led by member Mrs Pat Parrott.
by an interesting visit to the showroom of Berry’s, the chair and furniture manufactur ers which has carried on the family-owned business for more than 100 years in the village. The walk then continued, climbing gently
A prompt 7 p.m. start was followed quickly
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on footpaths towards the higher land of the Bowland Fells to make the second fascinating call of the walk at Chipping Lawn Farm, where the immaculate milking parlour seemed to be on a miniature scale. It was a fine exam ple of the diversification of the farming Indus
try, as the milking machines were for ewe’s milk. A very friendly welcome was followed by a
ping, passing Leagram Hall to end at 9-30 p.m.
Whitewell on Tuesday, July 1st. Members should meet at the Inn at Whitewell.
The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. at Ken Geddes Fells prove inviting in
the summer sunshine THE fells of upper Ribblesdale looked invit ing in the summer sunshine as a group of
Clitheroe Ramblers set off from Gearstones on Sunday. They were soon on Gayle Moor, following
the Dales Way along Black Rake to the sound of skylarks.
footpath over Wold Fell, with a halt for lunch v just below the summit. There were extensive
At Newby Head Gate the walkers took the
iews. The group then descended the eroded Arten
Gill down to the Dee at Stone House Bridge. There was hardly any water in the Dee, so the succession of rapids and cascades, and the waterfall of Scow Force were tiny trickles in a bed of stones instead of the usual torrent. From Dent Head the Ramblers climbed the
description of the growing market towards people who are allergic to cows' milk. Produce of the farm goes to Singleton’s the cheesemak- er and finds its way abroad to as far away places as America and China. The walk then turned back towards Chip
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most of what is a diverse range of deals, including discounted travel by rail and road, as well as reduced price entrance fees to hous es and gardens, castles, museums, hotels, the atres and local tourist attractions. This is the third year that the British Gas Help the Aged Partnership has staged the
ners and activities providing great discounts to shows and other attractions across Britain Include English Heritage, National Trust, The Royal Horticultural Society, Privilege Holiday Club, Grange and Ramada Jarvis Hotels and the Ambassador Theatre Group. I urge all older people out there to make the
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quite clearly the benefits of joining the Euro zone. It will indeed mean more trade, more jobs and low infla tion. However, it has still to be seen if this is the start of a
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steep track through the woods, by the entrance to Blea-Moor railway tunnel. They went along the track above the tunnel, and relaxed in the warm air to admire the views from the highest point. Wild Boar Fell, away to the north-west, was particularly noticeable. The way back was alongside the railway to
near the beginning of the Ribblehead Viaduct, and then across the hillside by Roger Kirk Rocks and Great Scar to the starting point at Gearstones. What an ideal way to spend a glorious summer's dayl
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