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o p e f u l l y , most of you reading this will have cast your votes in the European Parliamentary Election before now.
If you have or you haven’t , you
may have wondered what has Europe got to do with us and do we want anything to do with a European Par liament. I don’t want to get sucked into the
politics of these questions, but I would rather ask the question of our a t t itu d e s as individuals and as a nation. We are often very strong on our
individual rights and our rights of independence, but I would like to sug
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Let’s celebrate the work of this great son of Clitheroe
0 we really make enough
I of our town and its histo ry!
Hopefully the years of neglect of
our landmark, the Castle, may be drawing to an end with the recent for mation of a “Friends” group, but we have paid little regard to our other asset -
the few national figures that
were either bom or lived in Clitheroe. Jimmy Clitheroe may be the first
who springs to mind, or the famous Dr Webster, who lived in Church Street in the 17th Century. But to my mind the most famous
Clitheronian by far was Captain James King who was bom at a house on the site of Yorkshire Bank in 1750. He was a pupil of the Grammar
School and in his short life accom plished things th a t set his place in maritime history. • He sailed with Captain Cook on th a t famous navigator’s last fatal
As I see it . . . by Steve Ragnall
voyage, and came back to England as captain of HMS Discovery. On that voyage, James had helped chart parts of the Pacific Ocean and tested the first accurate marine chronometers that revolutionised navigation. Under command from the Earl of
Sandwich, Lord of the Admiralty, he wrote the last volume of Cook’s voy age and helped to secure Cook’s repu tation for the next 100 years. For his work, he was made a Fellow
of the Royal Society and awarded an honorary degree from Oxford Univer sity. He then went on to a distin guished career as captain of the frigates HMS Crocodile and Resis tance, capturing a number of enemy
ships and fighting alongside Horatio Nelson in the West Indies. He died in Nice in 1785, a t the age of just 34. But why should we remember
James? From my research, I believe that he was well mannered, pohte and held in high regard by many of the great and good of Georgian society, as well as brave and loyal. He could still be regarded as a role model today. Two Pacific islands were named
after him and there is a plaque to his memory in the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School library, but we could do more to celebrate this famous Clitheronian. Accordingly, I have been working
towards the provision of a plaque to James in the town centre and have received letters of support from the Royal Society, the Admiralty Muse- about this most famous Clitheronian um. Lord Clitheroe and Ribble Valley or my project, I would be happy to MP Mr Nigel Evans among others, talk to them on 01200 425316, or at If anyone is interested to hear more 14 Bancroft, Clitheroe, BB7IDY.
100 years ago
CLITHEROE teachers took a break from their daily duties when they went on an outing to Sab- den organised by the town’s Teachers’ Associa tion. They walked over Pendle collecting botanical specimens and then visited a printing works. They were able to give informed lectures to their pupils on their outing. O The Clitheroe Weavers’ Association decided
to erect new and up-to-date premises in Salford with the object of providing themselves with suit able office accommodation, a large room for the holding of meetings and lectures and an institute for their members’ social enjoyment and recre ation. Estimates of £2,000 were accepted and work was likely to begin shortly 6 Chairman of the Free Trade League, Coun
Tom Garnett, was one of the main speakers a t a meeting held in Sabden to commemorate the cen tenary of the birth of Richard Cobden, the indus trialist and social reformer.
LOOKING BACK 50 years ago
RAIN and a big drop in temperatures made Whit suntide in the Clitheroe area one of the quietest since the war, instead of the busiest as had been expected. Holidaymakers who ventured out did so equipped with umbrellas and mackintoshes. Many caterers and country hotels found the Whitsuntide trade a complete flop. 9 Heavy thunderstorms, which raged over
Clitheroe and district this week, set telephone bells ringing, put rural telephone lines out of action and resulted in the death of a pedigree heifer at Pendle ton. The valuable Friesian was killed when it was struck by lightning. 9 Schoolchildren from Liverpool who had never
before seen a cow or a sheep were entertained by members of Bowland Forest Young Farmers' Club at Dunsop Bridge. Around 35 youngsters were thrilled to ramble over the Bowland Fells, enjoy tractor and pony rides, and paddle in the clear, sparkling streams. One of the boys was terrified when he saw the sheep wandering about the fells!
Jonathan aims for racing certainty in kart championship qualifiers
A RACING certainty - that is Jonathan Walker, a Year 10 pupil at Oakhill College in Whalley, who is now halfway through the Super One British Championships. The Super One Series is the most popu
lar and prestigious karting series in the UK, featuring British Championships for Senior and Junior classes. This is non-gearbox karting at its very
best and is as thrilling and exciting to watch as it is to participate in. And while Jo n a th a n , who lives in
Dinckley, loves watching, he much prefers to be in the thick of the action, pictured here driving a Tonykart in Formula ICA. His goal this year is to improve on last
year’s place of 14th in the British Cham pionship and with three more rounds to go, he has got every chance. This year has also seen him competing
in Europe by entering the Belgian Cham pionships. This has been vital experience for him in his quest to participate and succeed in the European QualEiers which takes place in July in Lavelanet in the South of France. After all, for Jonathan there is nothing more certain in lEe than racing.
25 years ago
FOUR thousand gallons of Rotterdam petrol went on sale in Clitheroe this week. It was b o u ^ t by Well- gate Motors at a price of £1.29 a gallon for mixing with other supplies. MD Mr John Spensley said that the petrol situation had gone “from worse to diabolical.” Motorists who normally filled up during their journey now tried to set out with a full tank. As a result, main road garage supplies were often greater than those in town. ' 9 Clitheroe town mayor, Coun. Bob Ainsworth,
was locked in the stocks and pelted with wet sponges at the Waddington gala day At the charity event, organised by Cancer Research Campaign, he dis played great seE-control as crowds of sponge-hurlers launched attack after attack on their helpless victim. 9 And there were thrills and spills all the way
when 22 prams and wheelchairs bumped and bounced their way around Waddington. Competi tors in the pram race dressed in a variety of weird ways, raced from pub to pub cheered on by specta tors a t the gala day
We're better together
gest that going it alone isn’t the best way forward. I think there is much to be gained
by being a part of something that is bigger and stronger than we are by ourselves, whether individually or as a nation. For me this is best illustrated by
the Church. There is strength and encouragement to be gained from being part of the worldwide church with its many different expressions. We can look to other churches to
share learning experiences, skills, resources, and prayer support. As an individual member of a church it is always comforting to feel
a part of the church family Wherev er I was to go I would be able to meet with other Christians and have plen ty in common with them to be able to build a meaningful relationship. Talking of the worldwide church
with a third of the world’s population belonging to it seems vast. That is,
until we compare ourselves to God himseE. God created the whole universe
which is so immense th a t we are unable to fully understand its dimen sions and behaviour.
This same God is the one who loves
you so much as an individual. He knows you fully as an individual
because in the midst of the whole Universe he made little you. The Creator of the universe wants
to give you the best that lEe can give and individually tailored to you. How does that make you feel? There is so much th a t can be
gained by being a part of something bigger than yourseE. This is espe cially true E you choose to give your self to the Creator of the universe that you might be one of his children in the family of the Church.
Mr Mark C. Sleet'
Lay-minister of Waddington and Grindlcton Methodist Churches
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Campaign aims to stamp out misdelivered mail
THE consumer watchdog for postal services has mounted a campaign to stamp ou t misdelivered mail. Nearly 60% of the 14.5
million lost letters every year are simply delivered to the wrong house, but only 10% of customers com plain about it. As a result, Postwatch
has launched a campaign to stamp out misdelivered mail. Often the delivery errors
are corrected by customers themselves who p u t i t through the right door or drop it back into a postbox. But thousands of letters
every month are acciden ta l ly p u t through the wrong letterbox and are never passed on to the cor rect address. Problems can arise E the intended recipient does not
receive their mail. Hospital appointments
can be missed, responses to job applications can go unanswered, as do offers of university places, and bills can go unpaid incurring additional charges. Postwatch has received
around 2,000 complaints since April 2003 about mis delivered mail and commis sioned a survey by MORI to find out how widespread the problem is and what customers think about it. Postwatch has produced a
Swarms of wasps head
for detecting conference WASPS from a Clitheroe pri mary school joined a swarm of others from across the North West for a “Nature Detective Conference”. These “WASPs” were not the
stinging variety, but members of Wildlife After School Pro jects, running a t primary schools across the county. Among them were pupils
from St James’ Primary School, Greenacre Street, Clitheroe. They were able to take part in
various games and activities at the Nature Detective Confer ence, held at the Environment Education Centre in Pen- wortham, Preston. Activities included a talk and
display on wildlEe law, with PC Andy McWilEams, a pond-dip ping chaUenge and making plas ter casts of animal footprints. The youngsters also came face to face with owls from the
Hawk and Owl Rescue Centre,
in Trawden. The event was organised by
the Wildlife T ru s t’s WASP team and was a follow-up to a similar event held for high school pupils. Julie Norman, WASP project
co-ordinator, said: “We hope that the children had as much enjoyment as we did in coming up with ideas for the confer
ence.” Supported by the New
Opportunities Fund and the Wildlife Trust, the WASP ini tiative aims to educate young people into understanding their links to the natural world and help them to act more responsi bly towards it. The unique project offers out-
of-school-hours learning to more th an 450 children each year th roughout the N o rth West.
Fancy a part in ‘Les Mis^?
“LES MISERABLES” is prob ably th e mos t ta lk ed -ab o u t musical ever. And i t has now been made available for performance by
campaign pack to encour age customers to complain to Royal Mail and take steps to stop misdelivered
mail. I t contains a complaint
form and a diary so th a t customers can keep track
of the misdelivered mail they receive. Customers can obtain a
copy of the campaign pack by logging on to
www.post-
watch.co.uk/misdelivery or by telephoning the helpEne on 08456 013265.
amateurs. Burnley’s Basics Junior The
atre School has been given a contract to present the show in March next year. However, Basics urgently
needs more boys from the 13 to 19 age range who would be inter ested in becoming a member of
Basics with a view to appearing in “Les Miserables”. The group is therefore appealing to young Ribble Valley thespians to go along to an open audition this Sunday a t 10-45 a.m. If you would like any more
information before Sunday please telephone either 01282 413654 or 07816 917619 as soon
as possible. Auditions will be staged in
Basics Rehearsal Studio, Plumbe Street, Burnley.
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