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pop fans like myself who remember the Live Aid con­ cert a t Wembley Stadium backinthemid’80s. Arguably it was one of the


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most momentous occasions in the history of pop music when all the great icons of the day inspired by the tassle-haired Sir Bob Geldof, former front man of the punk band Boomtown Rats,


100 years ago


A DARWEN man’s body was found in the River Ribble near Dinckley this week. I t was reported that Mr Benjamin Knowles, of Dinckley Hall Farm, and his brother were walking in the fields near the farm when they found the body of the man lying face down in the river in about 3ft. of water. They pulled the body to the bank and afterwards informed the police. The body was identified as that of a 60-year-old from Darwen. B Clitheroe’s public hall was this week the cen­


tre of important social functions. Some of the events being held included: The ball of the Pen­ dle Forest Hunt - an event holding a prominent place in the calendar with the leading families of Ribblesdale. Other balls and Christmas parties were scheduled to be held throughout the week. ■ The annual distribution of prizes was made


to the regular scholars attending St Paul’s Church Sunday School were made a t a public meeting in the Church school this week when over 190 prizes were handed out.


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Rib b le Valley for th e ir kindness and par ticip a­ tion in all the activities I became in v o lv e d 'w i th during my 30 years in the town. For personal reasons I


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have decided to start a new life in San Francisco, but my memories of Clitheroe will remain with me for the rest of my life. In the spring of 1974 I


found and named my cottage "Dimple Cottage" in High- field Eoad, and transferred into Clitheroe Round Table no 552, from Stafford Round Table. Soon after, in 1977 in fact, I started the first major pro-


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As I move to pastures new I want to say a last thanks


WOULD like to th a n k the people of C l ith e ro e and th e


ject which was presented to me and that was the setting up of the Ribble Valley Talk­ ing Newspaper. The first edition was pro­


duced on May 4th, 1978. Then we produced 60 tapes a week and now it is more than 120 per week, I understand. Then I took over as vice-


chairman and then soon after as chairman of "The Old People’s Welfare Com­ mittee" now fondly known as "The Pendle Club". I am still chairman some


25 or so years later, but Alan Yearing takes over from me in April 2005 and is currently acting as chairman in my absence.


As I s e e it . . by Brian Haig I am very proud of the


work the Pendle Club has done in the Clitheroe com­ munity over the years and was so pleased that the town of Clitheroe recognised the terrific effort of the founder, past Mayoress Miss Dorothy Rushton, by making her the town's first Burgess just shortly before she died.I was also'on the committee for the restoration of Clitheroe Parish Church, St Mary Magdalene, after the fire. In 1982,1 became a mem­


ber of the Rotary Club of- Ribblesdale and in 1994/5 was its president. More recently I became fund-raising co-ordinator of


light Procession and the "Last Night of the Proms" in the Castle Grounds, and with the CLOCK commit­ tee, arranging and distribut­ ing the Town Mayor’s food parcels at Christmas time. Over the past 10 years I


have also been in charge of the town parades tor the town mayor's civic Church Sunday and, of course. Remembrance Day. I am proud of Clitheroe


the Friends of Chernobyl's Children Clitheroe Group. Over the years I have been


involved, though not politi­ cally, with Clitheroe Town Council, helping at various events, such as the Torch­


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


POSTAL records were smashed this Christmas as staff at Clitheroe’s General Post Office signalled the end of the heaviest festive mail in the history of the town. For weeks, efficient workers had been engaged in sorting and delivering thousands of greetings cards and hundreds of parcels that had poured into the post office. Mr E. Thompson, head post-master, paid warm tribute to the efforts of both the regular staff, a team of 40 boys and girls of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and other students, in coping with the rush. B Council bosses agreed to defer a considera­


tion of a differential rents scheme for council house tenants. At its meeting last month, the council instructed its Housing Sub-Committee to consider the desirability of adopting the scheme. After discussing the matter, the sub-committee recommended in view of the pending revaluation of all properties in the town for rating purposes and the re-housing of people displaced under any programme of slum clearance, no differential rents scheme be formulated.


and my achievements and' would again like to say thank you to everyone who has been connected with me in any way. You have a wonderful


town, please look after it. Yours sincerely and com­


pliments of the season to all. Brian Haig


opening of a national art exhi­ bition, she was able to take a good long look.. . at herself! Ellen, of Hurst Green, has


Ellen sees double! W


h e n Stonyhurst College pupil Ellen Riley visited the


painted a self-portrait that has been chosen by Channel 4 TV to be part of an exhibition now touring top art galleries. Her oil painting is one of


around 100 self-portraits, creat­ ed by 14 to 19-year-olds and selected for the “Self Portrait UK 14-19” exhibition. Their artwork features along­


side self-portraits submitted by celebrities such as ballerina Darcy Bussell, writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah, TV pre­ senter Lisa Rogers and DJ Trevor Nelson. The exhibition opened to the


public at Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens from December 11th.


I t will later be touring to


other UK major galleries and museums including Manch­ ester Art Gallery, the National Museum and Gallery in Cardiff, Peterborough Digital Arts and the New Art Gallery, Walsall. Ellen (17), who is studying


A-level art and hopes to move on to an art degree, saw her work on display when she attended a private preview of the exhibition. She said: "The visit to Sun­


derland was a fantastic experi­ ence and a great insight into the art world. “It was a privilege to meet all


the other artists." The portraits can be viewed


on th e website: www.chan- nel4.com/selfportraituk. Ellen is pictured with Sandy


Naim, director of the National Portrait Gallery, and her self portrait in the background, (s)


P 25 years ago


VOLUNTEERS had been spending their Christ­ mas holidays preparing two houses for Viet­ namese refugee families who were arriving in Clitheroe in January. On Saturday, they met the heads of the first two families due to settle in the Henthorn area - Mr Ngo Heap and Mr Hung Phan. A steady stream of volunteers had answered the appeal put out by all clergy in the area to help make the first house, in Henthorn Road, habitable for the Heaps. Two more refugee families were to be allocated houses later in the new year. B A Clitheroe widow was given the biggest and


best Christmas present of her life on Saturday-a visit from her son, who lived in New Zealand. It was seven years since Mrs Dorothy Hope (78), of Hall Street, last saw her son, Mr Jack Hilton (47) and his family. Back home for the festive season, Mr Hilton was accompanied by his wife, Hermione, and their children, Danny (12), Leonard (10) and Camille (eight). Mrs Hope had not seen her grandchildren since they were babies.


THOUGHT Spare a thought for others for the week


e e d the world. Do they know it’s Christ­ mas time.


Familiar words to wrinkly


performed to raise money for the starving people of Ethiopia. The sight of pot-bellied


men, women and.children dying on our television screens seemed like an obscenity to Sir Bob then and still does to this day. Once again the biggest


pop stars of the present gen­ eration have come together to re-record the original song in a bid to save thousands of lives in Africa. And it could­ n’t have come a t a more


appropriate time, in the weeks leading up to Christ­ mas.


During this season most of


us are caught up in the roller­ coaster of preparing for the festive season; a period of heavy self-indulgence and merriment. I t is a time of the year


when we are wrapped up in commercialism and material­ ism. For what? Many have no inkling as to the reason for the season. There’s scarce a thought for the story of a


vulnerable baby born in a lowly manger, a child who was destined to change the shape of history. But perhaps a pop record performed by Idealistic young people who care may make us stop and think about other people who are a great deal less well off than we are. As we buy our presents and festive fare, it might inspire us to think of people who might be starv­ ing or might not have a roof over their heads this Christ­ mas. We might think about


people we know who are sad and lonely th is Christmas, people who have recently lost loved ones. Christmas is rightly a sea­ son of great joy and celebra­


tion for many of us, but to avoid hedonistic indigestion, a thought for others and reflection on the coming of the Christ child might just make the festive season com­ plete.


Rev. Stephen Foster


Chatburn Methodist Circuit


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Taking a first step on the nursing ladder role will be to help provide day-


e o p l e who want to pursue a career in nurs­ ing but do not have the right qualifications are being


advised about a scheme at Calderstones NHS Trust that will help them take the first step on the ladder. It is open to existing employ­


ees of the NHS Trust with more than 12 months’ continu­ ous service, but could also ben­ efit people taking up a number of “support worker” roles cur­ rently available with the Trust. The scheme is run in con­ junction Avith St Martin’s Col­


lege, in Lancaster, and the NHS Workforce Development Confederation’s “Widening Access” programme. I t enables NHS employees with more than 12 months’ service to be seconded on to a three-year nurse diploma programme at St Martin’s college. The promotion of the


scheme has also been timed to coincide with a number of sup­ port worker positions a t the Trust, which require no quali­ fications or previous experi­ ence. Support worker salaries start at £11,561 and their main


Author’s charity boost R


e a d author Mrs Linda Sawley has raised £500 from the sale of her third book,


“The Key” to be split between Derian House Children’s Hospice and the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Lun­ cheon Club. Mrs Sawley, is a founder


member of the luncheon club, which raises funds for research into the causes and treatment of childhood


cancers. She also works occasional


shifts at Derian House, and has sold more than 500 copies of her latest book since it hit the bookshops in


April. The recently-retired


senior lecturer in children’s nursing at the University of Central Lancashire has pre­ viously raised funds in aid of both charities from the sale of her two earlier books, “Everyone Else’s Children” and “A Ring in Time.” Mrs Sawley, who has


raised over £1,000 for the charities from the sale of


her books, said it gave her great pleasure in helping local charities. She commented: “I am


very pleased that I am able to help the charities because I have always worked with children, so helping children’s charities


' means a lot to me.” Mrs Sawley’s latest book


is set in Clitheroe and Burnley in the 1880s and many of the settings where she places her characters will he familiar to local readers. “I have starting working


on the sequel to ‘The Key’, but just have to think of ways to raise funds to pub­ lish it,” added Mrs Sawley. At a price of £6 each,


copies of her latest book are available from Kaydee Bookshop, in Moor Lane, Clitheroe, or from Linric Publishing, 18 Victoria Lodge, Read, BB12 7SZ. Our picture shows Mrs


Sawley (right) presenting a cheque to Mrs .Penny Whitfield, chairman of the luncheon club, ( s ) ,.


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continue to receive their basic salary for the three-year dura­ tion of the programme. Christine Whalley, Nurse Executive Director at Calder­


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