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VERY few people would have known who Urs Meier was before the Portu gal versus England match a t the Estadio de Luz, Lisbon, on June 23rd. That is because he was never a
Named in annals of infamy! A
S Euro 2001 fever gripped the nation, speculation was rife among fans on what would decide England’s fate. Would it be Sven’s cunning team tactics, Beckham’s captaincy skills or young Wayne Rooney’s goal
household name in the world of refer eeing, unlike Pierluigi Collina, of Italy, and Anders Frisk, of Sweden. Now, however, he has had his name
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CLITHEROE Town Council decided to borrow £3,000 for the erection of six new cattle slaughter houses and one pig slaughter house on corporation land at Foulsykes. It was suggested that the best pressed brick should be used in the building and inside was to be lined with glazed bricks and the floors concreted and flagged. They also approved contracts for the building of the Free Library, with the contractors being allowed only until October 1st, 1905, to complete the construction. ® COMPLAINTS of excessive numbers of tramps in the district were made at the Clitheroe Board of Guardians’ meeting this week. At an out- of-the-way place like Staple Oak, Dunsop Bridge, on the Trough of Bowland route, one member said that no fewer than 319 vagrants had called in 13 weeks. ® A SEVERE storm broke over the district caus ing considerable loss to farm stock. A bam fire at Higher Elker Farm in Billington, was attributed to lighting.
.T H O U G H T f o r t h e w e e k
the naked man by a dog-col lar; a man strapped to a metal bed in a position devised to maximise pain; another naked man tied to the bars of his cell cowering away from a police-dog incit ed to savage him by a uni formed soldier; a girl and a man smiling and embracing, nothing daunted, thumbs- up, behind a pile of naked, dishonoured male bodies.
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E are familiar with the images: the playful girl leading
splashed across both the front and back pages of the tabloids and broad sheets alike. “Urs Meier Mania” has hit this country as “Roomania” had earlier in the tournament, but this time incensing the nation rather than delighting it like the 18-year-old won der kid, Wayne Rooney. Meier has angered the nation so much that some Asda supermarket’s have offered free eye tests to all Swiss nationals! I don’t know what it is with Euro
pean officials refereeing England matches, but it seems there is always either a controversial decision or they have a bad day at the office. This brings me back to the World
Cup in France in 1998, when David Beckham was sent off for kicking out at Diego Simeone, of Argentina, in the quarter-final. The referee of that game, Kim Milton-Nielsen, of Den-
scoring prowess? Ultimately the nation’s fate hinged on none of these, but on the highly suspect decision of a Swiss referee in disallowing Sol Campbell s match-winning last-minute goal against host nation Portugal in the quarter-
finals. Like millions of England fans, our work experience student, William Cook,
pictured, was stunned by that decision and the ref’s subsequent refusal to admit he got it wrong. William (15), of Langho, is a student at Ribblesdale High School Technology College, Clitheroe, and hopes to pursue a career in sports journalism. Here he reflects on how one man’s split-second decision can shatter the hopes and dreams of a nation.
mark, then disallowed a perfectly good Sol Campbell header in the same quarter-final that would have surely sent us through into the semis. Kim Milton-Nielseri must have
been Urs Meier’s idol as there is no apparent reason why Sol Campbell’s headers should have been disallowed in either of the quarter-finals. Meier said that he had spotted a
foul by John Terry on the Portuguese goalkeeper, Ricardo, yet all the play ers anywhere near the goalkeeper had their eyes on the ball and Ricardo happened to run into the back of a Portuguese defender and fall over, claiming that he had been fouled. Now, after watching the game on
television highlights and from all camera angles, Meier has reiterated his original decision, despite the fact that more than half the other referees at the tournament have admitted that the goal should have counted. Urs Meier appears to also have a
very high opinion of himself for such a minnow of a referee. He has his own website and, remarkably, invites feed back on assessment of the matches he referees from the general public and also advertises his own website and name on his car, a Mercedes Smart Car. You also have to question UEFA’s decision to appoint a Swiss referee to officiate an England match when we had just knocked Switzer
LOOKING BACK 50 years ago
ONE of the best employment records in the North of England this month was claimed by Clitheroe, where the number of unemployed was less than 30. According to the manager of the town’s employ ment exchange, Mr J. Ashworth, it was the lowest unemployment figure since the recession in the cot ton industry in 1952. ® CLITHEROE’S housing waiting list was
reduced from about 350 to 200 during the past 18 months. This was stated by Coun. J. Entwistle, chairman of the Council’s Housing Committee, who said the reduction was due to the number of houses built by the council during the past 18 months and because some of the applicants had found houses of their own. Around 85 council houses were completed last year and in addition, there were those which had been completed during the present year. • A LETTER of thanks from the Queen reached
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School in reply to the loyal greetings sent to her by the school at the begin ning of its fourth centenary celebrations.
land out of the tournament. Perhaps if we had had a top official refereeing the game, such as Pierluigi Collina, the goal may have stood. The decision to rule out Sol Camp
bell’s last- minute header is one that will remain an arguable discussion for many years to come as many English fans believed tha t this was our chance, for the first time in a while, to actually win a major tournament. After the group stage, and especial
ly our perfomances against France and Croatia, there was a general belief that we could win Euro 2004 and maybe build on that and win the World Cup in Gemany in 2006. (CR290604/1)
fl Fare pudding in the Commons
IT’S a familiar cry in the House of Com mons - “order!..order!...order more Farm house Fare puddings!” The Clitheroe-based producer of perfect
puddings recently despatched its first eagerly-awaited consignment to the Palace of Westminster, which has several restau rants serving MPs, Peers and the thousands of civil servants and others who work at the heart of British democracy. The order followed a 10-day showcase of
the finest foods from the North West held at the House of Commons earlier this year. Word quickly spread along the corridors of power about the wickedly tempting hand made desserts recently arrived from “up north”, including Farmhouse Fare’s flag ship Sticky Toffee Pudding. Now it seems the nation’s decision-mak
ers cannot get enough of the naughty-but- nice treats devised by Farmhouse Fare founder Helen Colley and her dedicated team of pudding perfectionists. The intricacies of foreign policy must now
A MARINE engineer from the Ribble Valley has successfully graduated with a top degree from the Open University. Mr Andrew Wilkinson, the son of Mr
So the next time you see television pic
tures of portly Peers snoozing contentedly in the House of Lords, don’t be too harsh. A proper pudding demands an afternoon
nap as an aid to digestion, and they are only dreaming of the Ribble Valley. Pictured is Farmhouse Fare’s Summer
Fruit Pudding, a sight to test the steely resolve of any politician, served on a House of Commons plate with matching napkin,
(s) 9 Farmhouse Fare recently joined other
fine food producers from across the region for the two-day “North West Food Lovers Festival”, held at Westmorland Show- ground, in Cumbria. Thousands of visitors flocked to the festi
play second fidddle to more pressing affairs of state - whether to opt for the seasonal Summer Fruit Pudding or give in to temp tation and revel in the sheer, unadulterated luxury of the Chocolate Orange Pudding. Decisions, decisions!
val to sample a wide range of traditional, speciality, organic or handmade foods and produce. Other attractions included celebrity chef
demonstrations, food seminars, children’s events, competitions, craft stalls, local beer sampling and gourmet catering.
Andrew celebrates his success Alison is now official Mr Wilkinson has also spent time
teaching in the Bahamas. His daughter, Kate, lives in Wales with
and Mrs Roy and Julia Wilkinson, of Billington, gained a
B.Sc. in open engi neering with an unprecedented 94 class distinction. Mr Wilkinson has travelled the world
25 years ago
CLITHEROE’S Ribblesdale Cement Works was to take the biggest step forward in its 43-year his tory this week. It planned to spend £20m. on a new production line, which was to be the first of its kind in Europe. Subject to planning permission and unforeseen
hold-ups, work on the new plant could start in the autumn and the installation would take three years to complete. The prime purpose of the investment was to
replace outdated plant with the most efficient available. • SWIMMERS from 19 Ribble Valley prima
ry schools took the plunge at the Ribblesdale Pool in a gala organised by the Primary Schools Sports Association. Some schools joined forces in order to compete
on equal terms with their bigger rivals. It was two Clitheroe schools who vied for first place and eventually St James walked away with the trophy with a two-point lead against SS Michael and John’s RC Primary School.
Reversing God’s order
Government and Army spokesmen call
this
“enhanced” or “robust inter rogation” or “the softening of suspects” and it is now acknowledged as “unaccept able,” and “inconsistent with the American Way of Life,” which distinguishes it from sleep-deprivation, near drowning and suffocation and the denial of medical necessities. But what do we Christians
call it other than the desecra tion of the image of God in
Man? God, coming into the world in the person of Jesus Christ hallowed the human body, impressed all bodies with his own image which can never be effaced, but which has been sullied, torn and defaced in our time and in our name at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, as it was once at Auschwitz and Vorkuta and on Calvary. And this desecration is car
ried out with the intention of reversing the proper order of God’s creation as manifest in
the person of Jesus, whose body was always subject to his loving will. We too are conscious of being at our best, properly aligned, har monious when our will is sovereign and our bodies do what we tell them to do, to run, to kick the ball, to open the door, to risk our life to save that of another; con versely we are at our worst when our bodies dominate our wills, as in states of drunkenness, drug-addiction or abject fear. The applica-'
tion of torture is a deliberate attem pt to engineer this reversal of God’s order by subjecting the human will to the human body through the
body’s pain. These acts were done in
our name and should be fol lowed by public penitence, such as Pope John Paul II offered for the excesses of the Spanish Inquisition.
PETER HARDWICK St Michael and St John's
; ;■ ;■ RC Church
as a marine engineer and is now estab lishing a tractor company in Australia. After attending Giggleswick School
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until the age of 18, he won sponsorship from BP fuel as a marine engineer. He and his wife had a daughter, Kate, before he moved to a post of chief engineer for P&O Ferries. He was selected from 700 people for an
engineering position in Bermuda control ling the electricity for the island, and continued to live there for a decade. He worked in Borneo before making
his home in Australia with his second wife, Vanessa, and three-month old son Joseph.
her grandmother and spends time in Aus tralia with her father. Mr Wilkinson’s mother said: “We’re
very proud of Andrew’s achievements. “He’s very modest and always under
estimates himself - in fact he thought he was only just going to pass the degree, so his result was a big surprise. “He was studying while working, so he
did really well to stick at it and work hard.” • The Open University was estab
lished by Royal Charter in 1969, and has opened the door to higher education for more than two million people. The courses are designed for students
studying in their homes or workplaces, in their own time, and supported by local ly-based tutors. For more information, contact 01908
653343 or visit the website a t
www.open.ac.uk. •
THERE is a new name over the door at a Ribble Valley pub, although the welcoming face behind the bar is the same. After a year as manager at the Traders
Arms, in Mellor Lane, Mellor, landlady Alison Fisher has now taken over as licensee. Many will remember Alison from her six
years at the Red Pump, in Bashall Eaves, from 1993 to 1999. Since arriving a t the Traders Arms, she has built on its reputation for good food and drink in a welcoming atmo sphere and intends to develop those strengths.
Exam delight for Angela
LOCAL Clitheroe Lettings Manager Angela Wilson, of Honeywell Estate Agents, has suc cessfully completed the National Association of Estate Agents’ Certificate in Residential Lettings and Management. The CRLM exam comprises written papers
covering many aspects of lettings and man agement. I t requires a good working knowl edge of the job and best practice and is part of the national association’s drive to put training and education at the top of its agenda.
Quick-thinking workmen save ducklings’ bacon!
QUICK-THINKING council workers res cued six ducklings who were trapped in a four foot deep hole. Ribble Valley Borough Council gardener
David Haslam was working in the Castle grounds when he heard "tweeting" sounds from underground. He looked around and was surprised to find
six frightened ducklings trapped in a hole sur rounded by rubble - with the mother duck nowhere to be seen. David alerted the borough council’s direct
services officers, Dave Porter and Ray Parkinson, who began the rescue operation. Dave got down on his hands and knees and,
one by one pulled the ducklings out and placed them in a cardboard box. Once the youngsters were safe in the box,
the trio went in search of their mother. The complete rescue operation lasted 30
minutes and it is believed that the ducklings had fallen in the hole, which was only partial ly protected by a large flagstone. ‘Pictured are (from left) Ray, Dave and David with the little ducklings. (CR010704/2)
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