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life’s true gentlemen AS; MOST of you will know by now, one of our dearest friends, Edmond Cambien, sadly passed away last week. He was one of Clitheroe’s best known char-.
honestly say that I have never heard him say a bad word about anyone. Oh yes,, we are all going to miss Edmond -
acters, someone who had many friends here: • true gentlemen, one who always wanted the and who was loved by many.
own respects and tribute to Edmond, a man and Ann Wilmot and their children, especial- who I had known for the past 13 years and a ly David, who I know was very fond of man who, I am very proud to say, was one of Edmond. my best friends. A man, who was to me, my God bless you Edmond, may you rest in “third Grandfather"’
If you will allow me, I would like to pay my. My sympathy, and thoughts are with John "b e s t for everyone.
[ shops and voluntary groups and, of course, his many years spent with local Scouting groups and amateur dramatics shows, as star, pro ducer and director. Much will no doubt be said again over the
next few weeks, so I will not go into detail about those here.
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around to visit him - he loved people in the genuine sense of the word. Unfortunately, he had been suffering from
depression'- as I have - will know only too well what a debilitating and misunderstood condition it is, one that needs compassion,
depression for the past few months, something which he shared with only a few of his closest friends. Those of you who have suffered with
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right when he failed to answer his phone on the Monday night. After still no response on Tuesday night, I
phoned Brian Jones, who went to Edmond’s flat to investigate and then alerted John and Ann Wilmot, his closest relatives, who con tacted the police. Sadly, the search culminated in Edmond
being found in Primrose Lodge last Wednes day afternoon. We are all going to miss Edmond dearly. I
used to visit him every Saturday. We used to go out for lunch to a nearby pub - on the lat est occasion to the Swan with Two Necks, at Pendleton - and then have a drive out into the country to Skipton, Settle, Grassington,
November 8th, and he was in his usual cheer ful mood, as he was when I spoke to him last on the following day. But I realised something was not quite
their stories and how their lives were progress ing. If he could help you in any way, he would.
But what about Edmond the man? What
riences in the RAF during the Second World Thornlca Avenue - War, his involvement with the town’s charity \ Hollinwood,
Oldham Edmond had key role
in town’s stage history THOSE who can recall the years of Laurie Hardy, former headmaster of CRGS, may remember his smiling observation that he was “only a part-time headmaster.” For with his commitment to. his love of dra
matic repertoire, he produced sparkling per formances of musicals in Burnley, Blackburn and, of course essentially, in our own town of Clitheroe. The venue was the King Lane Hall, which
became Hillards, on the site of what is now Bowland Court. A part of history passes. Edmond Cambien, with his contempo
whom he met on the path of life. These few lines are an appreciation of his life.
ROBIN PARKER, Si Chad’s Avenue, Chalburn
Sympathy needed for
the needs of Muslims A LOT has been made of the Muslim commu nity’s need for a mosque. While I do feel it is a matter of importance,
I feel that there is a greater need for certain other services.
A good example is that the health centre
does not provide one Muslim doctor or Urdu speaking member of staff. My wife and many other Muslim women find this very upset ting. We feel it is intolerable that she is made to
see a non-Muslim male doctor. I would have thought that, in>this day and age, ethnic com munities would'be catered for in a more sym pathetic manner.
the Yorkshire Dales or the Lake District, or.!; provided for, our children’s education other even our “world famous” (as we used to joke) circular run (Clitheroe-Chatburn-Gis- burn-Bracewell-Barnoldswick-Salterforth- Foulridge-Colne-Barrowford-Blacko-Gis- burn).
I have many happy memories of summer
near Jervaulx Abbey in the Dales, sometimes followed by trips to our friends Brian and Trish at Northallerton.
, If I had received a pound for every meal out
we had together, from the Spread Eagle, Bar- row, to the Calf’s Head, Worston, to The Moorcock, Waddington, the Parker’s Arms, Newton, the Eagle and Child, Hurst Green, and the Brown Cow, Chatburn - I could name, many more - then I would be quite wealthy by now!
On getting back into Clitheroe, we used to have a brew and then.pop over to Booths for
watching one of Edmond’s taped “More- cambe and Wise” or “The Two Ronnies” shows or one of the Indiana Jones trilogy films, or a musical - the tapes I bought him of the Cameron Macintosh tribute and Les Mis- erables were his favourites. He would tell me of how everyone was
some chocolate, a paper and National Lottery ticket. Then Saturday night would be spent
doing - his family, his friends - and about local events and incidents in the town.
Then, I would sometimes stay over in the
the same way as I arrived - with a firm hand shake and a smile - and a promise to phone
“blue room” and spend a Sunday morning with him before he was due to visit Brian and Muriel for his Sunday dinner around 4 p.m. But usually, I would leave around J.1 p.m.
afternoons having cream teas at our favourite cafe, The Corn Mill, Bainbridge. Of visits to Brymor’s Ice Cream Parlour,
society, our children are entitled to an Islamic education. At present no facilities are being
than those already in place, hardly ideal even the most cynical would have to agree! A lot of effort is being put in by the Mus
lim people of Clitheroe. We pay all this money in taxes and rates, we are now repre sented on Remembrance Day, despite Britain’s involvement in Iraq, we have even got together with the Mayor of Clitheroe to educate non-Muslims in the love and toler ance that is Islam. I would think that most people in Clitheroe
are sympathetic to our needs. Of course, a few radicals might object, but they are the minor ity and in a democracy they will just have to fall in line with the majority.
ASIF KHAN Clitheroe
I also feel, as an expanding part of Clitheroe
raries, was a part of this history, as a star per former in these brilliant productions. With boundless vitality, he brought vividly to life each character that he so clearly portrayed. He was a gentleman to the last and to all
Most of you will by now, know of hisexpe- CHRISTOPHER JONES. .’
him as soon as I arrived.home, which I always did. That is the kind of man he was, you see. And in all the time I have known him, I can
all of us for our own reasons, but mainly because of the fact that he was one of life’s
. improve customer, access, tackle traffic con- gestiohand/above all, improve the health and safety of'visitors and residents alike. ;. As for the environments aspect of the com plaint, jwe feeljit is totally unjustified in its allegatmns. !: v’ ,We have retained ais many sound, healthy
finished scheme and we feel th a t it will peacewith “The Boss”, his son and the angels. 7, type of work.;
trees as was possible!* In fact, in conjunction with the local tree officer/Mr David Hewitt, we had an independent in-depth survey of the trees in question. This was carried out by Mr Andrew Piercy, a qualified arboriculturist who is on the council’s recommendation list for this
Cl-'". His findings oh the trees in question con-
-ous and in imminent danger of causing injury to both buildings anid the general public. Also, as part of the improvement scheme,
firmed our worst .fears. All the mature ash trees were at various stages of decay. In fact, five of these.were said to be extremely danger-
we are planting a Lancashire hedgerow along the perimeter of our new boundary and spac ing semi-mature native trees within this scheme. This will create a natural habitat for
wildlife and replaces the trees that have been lost by over ten fold - in our opinion these actions hardly indicate a “selfish attitude”. In closing we would like to thank Clitheroe
Town Council, Ribble Valley Borough Coun cil, Ribble Valley Highways, Ribble Valley Environmental Department, Janet Dixon, Chatbum Parish Council, the people of Chat- burn and all our friends and customers at Shackletons for their help, understanding and continued support.
DAVID AND PAUL SHACKLETON AND THE TEAM
' Endowed School, Slaidbum. Incidentally, I am a direct descendant through my late mother,-a Brennand before she married my father, of John Brennand, who first endowed the grammar school. From there I attended Riversmead Sec
ondary Modem in 1949.1 still remember my school pals Les Lawson, Allan Raw, Harry and Ethel Carr and so ad infinitum. One of my main reasons for writing this
letter is regarding the Whalley and District Historical and Archaeological Society and the building of the Stocks Reservoir, particu larly the railway from Long Preston that supplied the Stocks site with materials for the project. Surely it would have been easier to bring
■ bum and Long Preston the Ribble would have been the main obstacle. It was a fate of phe nomenal proportions that makes today’s civil engineering efforts myopic by comparison. I would like to make contact with Mr Ken
the railway from, say, Chatbum via Grindle- ton Lane Ends and on to Dale Head. At Chat-
Geddes and, for that matter, anybody else who has any information at all, photos etc. All photos would be sent back after photocopying and any expenses paid for. I would like to compliment you on your
newspaper and the award winning Valley magazine. My brother and I both think that the way you manage to capture the collective persona of the Ribble Valley is the epitome of a first class newspaper.
ROBERT. M. WOODRUP, Milnrow, Rochdale
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Why we need to adopt reunited with babies European constitution
THE presence of George W. Bush provides the best argument I know for early adoption of the draft European constitution. Caring not a jot for international agree
ments, whether about arms control, trade or global warming, Bush has made very clear that he wants nothing to stand in the way of US global hegemony and the imposition of
the moral certainties of the American religious right. That our Prime Minister runs along behind
him is n o ta sign of British strength, but of weakness. ! ■Across the planet, people rarely now want
to know the individual views of Britain, Ger many or France. They want to know the posi tion of the European Union. Yet compared to the US our collective influence on world affairs is still minimal. We are an economic giant, but a political pygmy. Yes, there are differences among European
towards the rest of the world. We seek to pro mote individual freedom while respecting dif ferent cultural traditions. A sense of fairness W O r J j tO O 1TI 3 D y h O U F S
nations, and Iraq has exposed them cruelly, but our values are not those of George Bush’s America. We do accept that we have responsibilities
gradually exerts influence over our trade poli cy.
The new constitution will help the Euro
pean Union speak with one voice. Problems will remain because in foreign policy matters the US is a centralised superstate while the EU is a partnership of independent nations, but at least it offers the prospect of a more effective counterbalance to the arrogance and crude bullying that typifies today’s White House.
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CHRIS DAVIES / Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West
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Danger was reason for the Stocks railway line felling of ash trees
I RECENTLY received a letter from a grieved Chatbum resident concerning a number of ash trees that regrettably had to be felled at the back of our site. It said that Shackletons had gone about this in an underhanded manner. Obviously we at Shackletons totally refute
these allegations and would like to set the record straight. The improvement scheme here at Shackle
We have followed all the guidelines when
submitting our application and have had many meetings with the relevant council departments, including highways, health and safety, plus Chatbum Parish Council, Shack- leton’s customers and the Environmental Offi cer
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tons is for everybody’s benefit, including resi dents, road users, visitors to the nursery and ourselves.
ing their milk directly, thereby cutting out the middle man. This, to me, is the way for ward. I would also like tb thank you for the cover
age of the many and diverse local communi ties, Tosside, Bolton-by-Bowland, Slaidbum etc.
i ' In your reports on Tosside’s fund-raising for
a new village hall, you mention, that many of the meetings are held at St Stephen’s Park at Dale Head. On frequent visits to the area, myself and my brother have been unable to find it.
steam and vintage tractor weekend which we attended, one of our best days out ever. I am relatively new to photography, only taking it up since retiring.
We have great photos from Slaidburn’s
THANK you for your multi faceted articles in your newspaper, particularly the article on Chatbum post office, where farmers are sell
children - now reunited - to take part in a major television documentary series about the history of unmarried mothers and their chil dren in 20th Century Britain. The illegitimate baby of a teenage daugh
WERE you forced to give up your baby in the 1940s, ’50s or ’60s? I am looking for natural mothers and their
ter was sometimes passed off as her new baby brother or sister; but in a majority of cases, young women were pressurised by parents and adoption agencies into giving up their babies forever. • • Often overwhelmed by feelings of
heartache, loss, guilt and regret, the only hope of a reunion rested with the children once they had reached adulthood. For the adopted child there could be con
flicting emotions as they took the long and uncertain journey to trace their origins. If you have had personal experiences like these, please write to me.
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PEOPLE in Britain work the longest hours in Europe. In the North-West alone 422,000 work more than 48 hours a week, and it is not through choice. Government figures show that 71% of local workers want to work fewer hours. The law is meant to give most people a
people in the North-West have signed an opt- out but were given no choice about doing so, and 266,000 work more than 48 hours a week and have not signed an opt-out.
This is why the TUC has launched the “It’s
About Time” campaign/ Long hours and stress are one of the most common complaints in Britain’s workplaces. We are asking people to tell us about their long hours stories, par ticularly if they are working more than 48 hours against their will or have not signed an opt-out.
You can tell us through our website
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working time rights and a leaflet on long hours is available from the time line.
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Britain the same rights enjoyed across the rest of Europe. It’s about time. BRENDAN BARBER TUC General Secretary
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right not to work more than 48 hours a week on average, unless they sign an opt-out from the Working Time Regulations. " But’the law is widely ignored, and most people do not know their rights. TUC research shows that nearly 36,000
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