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100 years ago INHABITANTS of the town com­


mented on how they could not remember a December so dry, clear and free from frost. Although there had been some rain, the mildness of the season was shown by the fact that autumn flowers were still blooming in the gardens. • At the Clitheroe fat stock show, the


championship for the best animal in the show was aw ^ ed to Messrs. J. Whittaker and Son of Grindleton. • The parishioners of Grindleton, at a


gathering in the school, welcomed their new vicar, the Rev. F. G. Ackerley and Mrs Ackerley. • The extension and reopening of the


choir gallery at the Congregational church was celebrated by special services on Sun­ day. The gallery was previously found to be too small tor convenient use. I t was extended a short distance into the body of the chapel, at a cost of £70. • A Christmas competition was held for


all boys and girls 15-years-old and under. The task for the boys was a drawing of a local institution or an object of interest. The task for the girls was to write a short essay on boys or Christmas. The prize for the winner was a Christmas treat.


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New art gallery opens in Valley


AFTER tuning in to 87.7 FM for the first seven days of Ribble Valley Radio this col­ umn just had to become As I Hear It - for at least one week! What an amazing experience listening to


Ribble Valley’s new radio station. As a member of RVR’s Management Commit­ tee, I know that the first 12 months of fund-raising and planning have brought equal measures of frustration, apprehen­ sion and ultimately excitement as, at 9 a.m. on Sunday, November 27th, Paul Elms launched into the first “Welcome to Ribble Valley Radio”. At last, Steve Suttie, RVR’s station manager could relax a little, although there was still the pressure of delivering a schedule of programmes 24/7 for four weeks until Christmas Eve. Sunday’s first day broadcasts from St


Mary’s Centre, on Church Street, were typ­ ical of the first week, a delightful mix of talk and music by raw and experienced pro­ gramme presenters. Paul Elms’ first live show introduced presenters talking about their programmes. Late Sunday afternoon brought John


Barber’s Country music collection, Mau­ reen Fenton’s Creative Writing Class and Sheraz Arshad’s inter-faith discussion pro­ gramme: “Among Friends”. Paj (Paul


As I see i t . . . by Geoffrey Jackson


Johnson) and Simon Whipp finished off a well-presented first day with a range of music to wet the appetite for the following week. The next seven days have included wide


ranging programmes covering folk, blues, heavy rock, as well as more mainstream presentations. But it has been the range of information


about local issues and events that has cemented programmes together. This has got to be the essence of community radio - local presenters (including two roving reporters from the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times) - local information - promoting community cohesion. I am looking forward to the next three


weeks’ broadcasts. By Christmas many more listeners will have phoned 01200 427999 to promote their organisation’s events, to ask for dedications, or to say how


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


PUSS IN BOOTS was advertised for


the “Grand Pantomime” season. Produc­ tion ran throughout December and early January. I t was produced by Edmond Cambien and a full orchestra was under the direction of Mr P. H. Robertson. It was described as having plenty of “catchy tunes” and “thousands of laughs!” 0 The Christmas Prize Show of fatstock


took place at Clitheroe Auction Mart. Ten fair cattle were entered for the show, but the champion for Best Animal Award was a cow called Aberdeen Angus, owned by F. Wood and Son. He was a really good type of beast, very well fleshed and light of belly, with beef in every line. 0 Councillor A. Brooks of Whalley


appealed a t the monthly meeting of Clitheroe Rural District Council. He asked councillors to support any action to prevent unnecessary tree-felling. The con­ cern was for Spring Wood - adjoining Whalley Golf Club. 0 Despite “snow chaos” in Clitheroe,


the Post Office’s appeal to “Post early for Christmas” was successful. To cope with the rush of parcels and cards, the regular postal staff were supplemented by 50 pupils from the grammar school.


much they are enjoying this new Ribble Valley experience. I am sure that presenters and listeners, like me, will miss tuning in to RVR after December 24th. But don’t despair, RVR hopes to stream radio pro­ grammes on the Internet prior to another month-long broadcast in early summer. In the meantime RVR’s committee will be preparing an application to OFCOM for a permanent broadcasting licence as long as it can raise a further £20,000 to cover its costs. Thanks go to the Lottery Awards for All,


the Ribble Valley Local Strategic Partner­ ship, Clitheroe the Future, and the Lan­ caster Foundation for helping to fund our first one month broadcast. If you have not yet tuned in to 87.7 FM,


give it a try, and then phone in to tell us what you think. Better still, send informa­ tion about your own community group or volunteer to make a programme of your own. I believe that RVR through its 45 volun­


teer presenters and technicians, and through its thousands of listeners, is likely to be the new Heart of the Ribble Valley. You can help make this happen. 0 Geoffrey Jackson is a member of Trin­ ity Partnership and Ribble Valley Radio.


Oh Lord, don’t let Tony be misunderstood!


T 25 years ago ANGRY residents of Clitheroe’s Taylor


Street were seeking a meeting with the Ribble Valley Council’s borough engineer after their houses had been flooded for the fourth time in two months. They wanted the council to act quickly to come up with a permanent solution to the flooding. 0 Voluntary redundancies were likely to


be introduced to reduce the number of Ribble Valley Borough Council staff. An agreement had been reached between the council and the local Nalgo branch to implement voluntary redundancies if staff cuts were called for in the establishment review being undertaken by the council. 0 Punters from Clitheroe’s Station


Hotel brought chaos to the town centre with their antics last Saturday afternoon. The regulars held a fancy dress march around eight pubs in the town and raised £267 for muscular dystrophy. 0 Nativity plays and Christmas con­


certs were taking place across the Ribble Valley. Pupils at Chatbum CE School had a full hall for their Christmas concert, a packed audience enjoyed St Leonard (DE School’s two-night nativity production and children from St Paul’s Church, Low Moor featured in their musical play “Star”.


for the week Blood on the ground


THERE was blood on the ground in that bleak stable when the baby was born. There’s always been blood at


a birth, but after the 70-mile trek to Bethlehem the confine­ ment must have been tough. And that is really all we know about it! I t was not until 30 years later that anyone noticed that there was something spe­ cial about that baby.


Our amiable atheist. Dr


Jonathan Miller, in his recent TV series, has been pointing out (yet again!) what most Christians have known all along - namely that the Nativ­ ity stories ARE stories. They are tales spun by Jew­


ish master story-tellers - tales told to defend Mary’s purity and Joseph’s responsibility. Tales told to celebrate an


event of global spiritual signifi­ cance. Yet beneath the drama and


music that will dominate our media, our meetings and our meals over the next 10 days there is solid history. That birth may have been


painfully private, but within 33 years there was blood on the ground again. This time it was outside


Jerusalem in a death that was powerfully public! Enjoy your Christmas celebrations for all the treasure they enshrine, and be sure there is hard history within all this excitement. There is mystery too - mys­


tery which we will explore and experience in the middle of April.


IAN ROBINS, Anglican Pricsl


h e r e is a house in Downing Street, they call it Number 10, and i t ’s been the ruin of many a poor boy, but Tony’s not one of them.... Forgive the liberal — or should that be


laboured - paraphrasing of their greatest hit, but it seems the PM is one of the Ani­ mals’ biggest fans. Formed in the 1960s, when Tony was just a lad, the band had a string of hits, including the classic House of the Rising Sun. An army of die-hard fans, including Mr


Blair, can still hear those hits played live, thanks to the Animals and Friends, whose line-up includes Clitheroe musician Pete Barton. He regularly performs to packed houses along with 1960s Animals John


City date for ballet star


A PUPIL from Bowland High School pupil will perform “The Nutcracker” with the English Youth Ballet. Thirteen-year-old Jennifer


Smith was chosen from hundreds of hopefuls to star in the produc­ tion at the Royal Northern Col­ lege of Music in Manchester in May. The youngest daughter of John


and Janet Smith, of Simonstone, Jennifer faced a gruelling one and a half hour audition before being chosen for the production. Jennifer (pictured) has been


dancing for 10 years and is a dance student at the Dorothy Bruce School of Dance. The English Youth Ballet pres­


ents full-length classical ballets in regional theatres across the coun­ try. It aims to give more opportuni­


ties to young dancers outside Lon­ don to perform within a profes­


sional setting. Bowland High School has a spe­


cialist status in performing arts, and Jennifer hopes to take such performance-influenced subjects as some of her GCSE options.


Steel and Mickey Gallagher, and guitar legend Johnnie Williamson. This picture shows, from the left, Pete


with Mickey, Johnnie and the PM after they played for him at this year’s Labour Party Conference, in Brighton. I t was a case of “back by popular


demand” as the band had played at the previous year’s conference in Bournemouth and, at Mr Blair’s invita­ tion, at a gig near his North East con­ stituency of Sedgefield. Mr Blair himself played guitar in a rock


band in his university days, so he knows good music when he hears it, but it isn’t every band that can list the Prime Minis­ ter as a groupie! (s)


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A NEW gallery specialising in contempo­ rary art has opened in the Ribble Valley. Ascotstudios is based in Bee Mill, Pre­


ston Road, Ribchester, and is the realisa­ tion of a dream for local artist and entre­ preneur Angela Wakefield. After being awarded a New Entrepre­


neur Scholarship, she has worked tireless­ ly for the past six months to set up her contemporary art gallery in the beautiful and historic village. It will serve as a much-needed outlet for


local artists and a great venue for people wishing to view and buy contemporary artwork and who no longer need to travel to big cities such to find what they’re looking for. The gallery opened with a private view­


ing and the stunning debut exhibition fea­ tures work from a cross-section of acclaimed artists working in various media. That includes Angela who, aside from


running the gallery, channels her own cre­ ative energies into bespoke graphic design work and handmade crafts and gifts Visitors to Ascotstudios, which will


open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, can expect a wide range of high quality original art... and a very warm welcome. You can find out more at the gallery’s website (www.ascotstudios.com).


Burn off those festive calories


IF you tend to over-indulge in the festive fare, why not plan a good walk or two to burn off those Christmas calories The annual Ramblers' Festival of Winter


Walks runs from Boxing Day to January 3rd and Clitheroe Ramblers extend a special wel­ come to non-members to join them over the festive period. For the Boxing Day walk, they will meet at


Chester Avenue car park at 10-15 a.m. or Pendleton at 10-30 a.m. The walk is about five-and-a-half miles long


and there will be an opportunity for a festive drink at the end. For more information contact Bryan Dob­


son on 01254 247791. The group’s New Year’s Day walk starts


from Chester Avenue car park at 10 a.m. or Spring Wood, Whalley, at iO-15 a.m. The walk is about eight miles through


woodland and along field paths. For more information contact Jane Donnel­


ly on 0i254 248713. Jane commented: “There is nothing better


than heading out on a beautiful winter's day with friends for an invigorating walk. “In the true spirit of Christmas, all non­


members who take part in a festival walk can join the Ramblers with a 20% discount off the standard rates.”


A candlelit delight AN evening of music by candlelight tomor­ row a t St Hubert’s Church, Dunsop Bridge, should provide a magical start to Christmas. Katie and Philippa Roberts will be play­


ing the harp and there will be guest musi­ cians. Tickets are available from Puddleducks


Post Office, or at the door on the night. The event starts at 7-30 p.m.


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