Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 24 Ciitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 24th, 2005 www.cIitheroetoday.co.uk Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) H uitta nibble Valley MPMcd Evans.


I VISITED the Brit Awards at Earls Court recently and it was absolutely sensational. I am not an expert in popular music these days


indeed my reference to it as popular confirms that. It was exhilarating to tvitness some of the very best of cur­ rent, and not so current, music trends. Scissor Sisters, a group I had heard of, but never seen


perform, were tremendous and their on stage set was one of the best,! have ever seen. Robbie Williams sang “Angels” and is still one of my


favourite singers. I was delighted that his “anthem” won the award for the best Brit song over the past 25 years. While bathing in the fresh waters of bands like Keene,


the Streets and Franz Ferdinand I was also able to wal­ low in the nostalgia of having been to a few of the past Brit Awards ceremonies. Music, like politics, is a funny business. There are the


evergreens in music like Fleetwood Mac, who received their lifetime award a few years ago - and then there are those artists who explode on to the music stage to dis­ appear just as fast. I was present when Michael Jackson outrageously


tried to steal the show with his Lord-like appearance, and I was there when Chumbawumba threw water over John Prescott. I was there when Take That did their melody of the


Beatles. Times change and music changes with it. Society changes at the same time. Some of the people


at the concert were onlookers like Gary Kemp ex of Spandau Ballet. Brian May from Queen was there to present an award. It's hard to be an ageing rocker, but there again we should ask the likes of Cliff Richard and Tom Jones, who never seem to age and who still attract huge audiences. Evergreens are important in all our lives. Ideas that


act like rocks in our ever-changing world should be cher­ ished. It is important that we value what we know to be right and attempt to pass it on to our children and their children. Knowing the difference between right and wrong, get­


ting a good education, respecting our parents and not disrupting our communities should go without question. Sadly my surgery cases over the past 12 years tell me that things are on the slide. When commonsense takes a holiday then Govern­


extra crimes on the statute book since 1997. Some of them I clearly support, including the fining of those who drop chewing gum on the pavement. This is not the greatest crime of the century, but people should not do it. Tipping is another misdemeanour which should be punished. Courtesy seems old fashioned, but it shouldn’t be.


Courtesy shouldn’t fall out of fashion like a faddy pop group. Good manners is something to take pride in and not something which draws ridicule. I know we all feel lucky to live in the Ribble Valley


where we still nurture and value traditions and friend­ ships, our community spirit and our tolerance. All of these things are really common sense. It should­


n’t need teaching, just repeating from time to time. With 24-hour drinking on the agenda, gambling relax­ ation, and credit freely available, the values and way of life we are used to are going to be tested to their limits. Freedoms work both ways and the freedom to drink longer hours is not the freedom to get drunk and ruin everyone’s night. The freedom to have more casinos isn’t the freedom to bet the mortgage on no. 35 or no.7, and the freedom to get more credit is not the freedom to let your borrowings get out of control. Bob Dylan, another great musician, sang “The times


they are a changin’”. Yes Bob, they certainly are, but let's make sure they are a changin' for the better.


FANCY a proper challenge this summer? On Saturday, July 2nd,


upwards of 250 people will set out on the annual 46- mile “Rossendale Way in a Day” challenge walk, or the slightly less ambitious “Half Way in a Day”, at a mere 22 miles. Both walks will raise


funds for the Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Res­ cue Team, a registered char­


ity providing specialist search and mountain rescue services as far south as Ciitheroe and Pendle Hill. There is an entry fee of


£12.50, which includes a donation to team. For further details con­


tact: Judy Whiteside, RWIAD, Rossendale & Pendle Mountain Rescue Team, 46 Clegg Street, Haslinden, BB4 5LW. (Tel: 0161 702 6080 before 9p.m.)


ment looks to legislation to correct it. I was amazed to learn that there are now over 1,000


Nursery staff spruce up village churchyard


; ^ > by Faiza Afzaal


GREEN-FINGERED staff from Park View Nurseries, in Rishton, flocked to Whalley Parish Church on Sat­ urday to clean the churchyard, which had not been cleaned for


years'. Moved by the plight of


members of Whalley’s Churchyard Committee, the three kind-hearted employees accompanied by volunteers from the vil­ lage braved the cold weather for the day-long clean-up mission. Armed with trowels,


spades, wheelbarrows and powerful garden tools, the volunteers rolled up their sleeves and started the major clean-up operation at 9 a.m. One of the volunteers


and chairman of Whalley’s Churchyard Committee, Coun. Joyce Holgate, said: “The village’s ratepayers are responsible for main­ taining the church grounds. “However, because we haven’t got access to


expensive garden tools, the grounds and especially the graves had not been cleaned for years. “I contacted the nursery


and they very kindly offered to help us clean the ivy off the gravestones, trim back the trees, and generally clean the church­ yard. “I am very grateful for


the volunteers that came along and especially to proprietor Mr Robert Brooks, who has helped Whalley a lot in the past. “Despite the cold


weather, they did an excel­ lent job and have really made a difference to the churchyard.” Gardeners David


Langtree, Erick Stoltz and David Scholtz are pictured with villagers Frank and Joan Peel, Coun. Holgate and Don Littleson. (G190205/2a) • WHALLEY Matters.


Every Thursday. Readers in the Whalley


area will have their own edition of the Ciitheroe Advertiser and Times starting next week. Make sure of your copy


now by contacting your newsagent.


Rock ’n’ rollers’ night out proves a chart-topper for fund


A FOUR-PIECE local “rock and roll” band helped more than 80 members and guests at Waddington Village Club dance the night away and raise money to boost funds for the Asian tsunami appeal. The charity song and dance extravaganza


was held over the weekend and the band called “Still Standing” performed free-of- charge and belted out ’50s and ’60s hits to a packed and appreciative audience. The evening raised a sum of £320, which


was donated to the appeal fund via the collec­ tion point at Marsden Building Society. One of the band members and organisers of


the event, Mr John Baldwin, said everyone had an enjoyable time and he was pleased with the amount raised. During the course of the evening, a raffle


was also held with a bottle of whisky as the first prize. Our picture shows guitarist Mr Baldwin


with staff from Clitheroe’s Marsden Building Society with the cheque for the tsunami appeal, (s)


Fancy a first-class challenge? Camera club discovers it’s a meeting of two halves! One member commented that his medals


MEMBERS of Ribblesdale Camera Club experienced a rather up and down fortnight, with two contrasting meetings. First, the Lancashire and Cheshire Photo­


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graphic Union's current colour print folio was shown. This started promisingly, with a better- than-average recorded commentary and some interesting prints, mainly of digital origin. However, it quickly became clear from the


judge's marks that little regard had been taken of inherent technical quality. “Noise” (looking like grain) was everywhere and many pictures had been obviously over-sharpened. The final straw was a superficially pleasant portrait of an old soldier, perhaps at a Remem­


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brance Day service, with an imposing array of medals.


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were on the wrong side and it was suddenly obvious that the medals had been cut out from somewhere and superimposed on the old gen­ tleman's chest. No better example could be quoted for the need to use the powerful tech­ niques of digital photography with both care and integrity. Sadly, it still scored high marks. In contrast, the following week, member


Stewart Clark gave a talk called "Its only black-and-white, but I like it."


"■What you see is what you get" say the tra­ ditional photography fans. But no. Stewart's


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photography depends strongly on deep red fil­ ters, infra-red film and a very short focal length lens to give dramatic images. “Manipulation?” asked a member. “Definitely!” replied Stewart, but using a computer all day at work, he want­ ed to do something different for his hobby. Whatever the definition, there was no doubt


that his modern "street photography" approach to subjects and punchy, dramatic printing produced a fine collection of prints and resulted in a very stimulating evening. Next Tuesday's meeting will be the judging


of the annual slide competition by Mr John Day. Both meetings will be held in the club's Ribble Lane, Chatbum, premises at 7-30 p.m.


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