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easy. I lost a good friend
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through cancer when she was 20 years old and I have just lost another friend through cancer from all those years ago. I have never found parish
life easy either: whether it is trying to understand why people come and go or
100 years ago
MEMBERS of the Clitheroe Bicycle Club cele brated this week, after they became the champi ons of the Clitheroe and District Billiard League for the third time in succession. An enjoyable meal was held at the The Swan and Royal Hotel, in Clitheroe, where the team winners received their cup and medals. An after-dinner toast was proposed to the young men by Mr Ernest Swales, who praised the club for their deserving cultiva tion instead of political feeling. • Hot Bovril, one of Britain’s favourite bever
age’s, was advertised as giving vigour and endurance and made a man feel fit. Still true today as shown by our very own News Editor, Duncan Smith, who keeps fit on his feet with a cup a day! • Clitheroe Cricket, Bowling and Tennis Club
held a grand evening of entertainment at the pub lic hall, in Clitheroe. A miscellaneous programme of songs was featured by a chorus of masquer aders, along with a presentation of medals to the team, who were joint winners of the Ribblesdale Cricket League.
LOOKING BACK 50 years ago
MEN’S fashion for the season appeared to be tweed. Made to measure suits, advertised as being ideal for weekend or countrywear, were designed in a choice of over forty shades and patterns. Available from Fred Read and Co. Ltd, in the Market Place, Clitheroe, the suits were tailored to perfection from 15 gns. • Whalley Parish Council had approved, in
principle, the conversion of street lighting in the village from gas to electricity. A parish meeting was held to explain the
scheme - planned for that September - to vil lagers and to obtain their sanction. Two gas lamps by the bus embayment in King Street had already been converted, which were generally thought of as an improvement. • Summer tours to the sunshine south were
being advertised as the perfect vacation for Clitheroe holiday makers.
Leaving twice a week, the tours, run by Robin son’s Tours were taking people to the popular
resorts of Great Yarmouth and the Norfolk Broads.
chanted out by politi cians of all hues in the advent of a General Elec tion. Meat and drink to the
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ears of those of us working in schools you might think, but all too often the chant is a subterfuge, camouflaging short-term political expedi ency. Regular readers of this
newspaper will be familiar with the heartbreaking sto ries of families unsuccessful in securing their first choice of school for their children. As headteacher of one of the town’s primary schools, these stories never fail to touch a nerve. However, the distilled
simplicity of a newspaper headline invariably disguis es a far more complex pic ture. Some years ago, legis lation was enacted requiring schools to teach all infant
All well and good in theory As I see it
d u c a t io n , edu cation, education - the mantra
. . . by Vincent Murray,
headteacher, Ss Michael and Johns RC School, Clitheroe
children in classes of 30 or fewer. Very little to complain
about there - there was abundant evidence th a t smaller class size contributes to improved pupil perfor mance. Shortly afterwards, the
Government set about mea suring schools to assess their physical capacity. This was an exercise long
overdue as school capacity and the related admission number has hitherto been based upon a notional figure rooted in history. Funding for schools
became inextricably linked to the ratio of one infant teacher per 30 pupils and many governing bodies responded to this by review
ing their admission number. Now for the first pangs of
guilt - my school is a church school, established for the education of the Catholic children in the area. In years gone by, the governors ensured that every Catholic child seeking a place was granted one. For the first time in its
history, the school was faced with the prospect of saying no to local Catholic families seeking a place for their child. If the school were to
admit 31 children, it would be required to employ another teacher and funding would not allow for that. Nor was it sufficient that
there was a well qualified nursery nurse or teaching
assistant in the classroom with the teacher, the law was clear - a class of more than 30 pupils required an extra teacher. Reluctantly, governors
reduced the admission num ber from 35 to 30 to comply with Government legislation and parents began to miss out on their choice of school. And now for the sting in
the tail. From September 2005,
the “Workforce Remod elling” agenda requires all teachers to be given time away from, their class for the purposes of planning, prepa ration and assessment. All very commendable -
teachers do need this time (approximately two hours per week) if they are to keep
their teaching fresh and chil dren motivated.
However, the Government
suggest th a t schools can largely create this time by reorganising existing resources and timetables. One suggestion is to use
the more qualified teaching assistants to cover the class es for the teacher. Paradoxically, those same
teaching a s sistants who counted for nothing in the class size legislation can apparently look after a whole class in order to make this latest idea a reality. Just a little example of
how seemingly positive political initiatives can mili ta te against the efficient running of schools if com mon sense is legislated out of the equation and some times the children are the ones who miss out. ® This is a personal view
point of Mr Murray, and not neccessarily that of the governing body of the school.
25 years ago
THE retiring president of the Clitheroe and dis trict Chamber of Trade, Mr Peter Field, was suc ceeded this week by Mr John Robinson, during the chamber’s 56th annual meeting, held at the White Lion Hotel, in Clitheroe. Mr John Robin son, who helped run the family business; the ladies outfitters Grimshaw’s, had been a member of the chamber executive for more than 20 years. • Despite objections from Clitheroe MP Mr
David Waddington and a farmer, Lancashire County Council made a compulsory purchase order for land in Straits Lane, Read. The county council’s Highways and Transportation Commit tee had approved the order, which allowed for road widening and the construction of pedestrian footways. • Grindleton student Alison Nevett beat off
local competition to represent Waddington in the North West area final of the Miss Royal British Legion contest. The blonde and blue-eyed mathe matics and economics student at Lancaster Uni versity was due to take her place at the event in Manchester.
for the week Who said life was easy?
NEVER found going to school easy. I never found making friends
whether it is working out how to present the Gospel in an England which looks all the time to have it easy! Life is not easy because it is
at root competing to live at best, or survive at the very least. So life is complicated, diffi
cult and hard: complicated because we have all come quite a long way along the chain of history! At sometime in our life we
will probably find ourselves completely overwhelmed by the complexities and difficul ties of life, and certainly in the hour of our death. On Good Friday the world
is invited to look at Jesus, nailed to the cross; nailed down by life's complexities. Jesus certainly did not
expect to find life easy: as we look at Jesus we are invited to believe in a God who lives under the skin of our lives,
sharing our uneasiness with living.
Jesus said: “I, when I am
lifted up with draw all people to myself.” Jesus died for the world in order to encourage us and to give us hope, because Easter has revealed that he cannot be held down. In the words of the Sydney
Carter hymn “Dance then, wherever you may be, I am the Lord of the Dance, said he, and I'll lead you all wher
ever you may be, and I’ll lead you all in the dance, said he”. So why not come along to
the Castle grounds this Fri day as the Christians of Clitheroe walk from St Michael and St John's at about 11-15 a.m. with a cross? A truly blessed Easter to
everyone!
Canon Philip Dearden,Vicar of St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe.
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College team set for London Marathon
STONYHURST College will be sending its own team of runners to this year’s Flora London Marathon. Taking place on April
17th, all money raised in sponsorship from the team's efforts will go directly to a needy com munity in Zimbabwe. The marathon team
members are deputy head master Mr Laurence McKell, head of religious studies Mr Paul Warrilow, George Warner (18) a cur rent pupil, and Haymon Sinapuis, who graduated from the college last year. The team is now in the
middle of tough training schedules, but they know that their efforts will help to boost a twinning pro ject with St Peter’s school, Kubatana, Zimbabwe. Funds raised will help
with the purchase of text books, new sewage system.
a computer suite and other building projects. The project in Zimbab
we helps some of the poor est and most oppressed people in the region with their education and voca tional skills. The school in Zimbabwe has also seen the welcome return of the Jesuits after the manage ment of the school was taken away 10 years ago. "We are all really look
ing forward to the race. Raising money for a good cause really is the spirit of the marathon!" said Mr McKell. If you would like to
make a donation to the Stonyhurst team visit
www.justgiving.com/stony hurstforstpeters. By utilising this website
the charity will get the money faster and UK tax payers will be able to give an extra 28% at no extra cost to themselves.
VOLUNTEERS are required to help in organisations across the Ribble Valley who are in desperate need of staff. If you have some spare time and want to
Project wants to hear from you. Below is a list of the current voluntary
positions available. Anyone interested should contact Dorothy Shears on 01200 422721 or E-mail
hrvcvs@freenet.co.uk • The National Probation Service, in
LUCKY Clitheroe Advertiser and Times reader Bernadette Worden has won a pampering treat after winning our Valentine’s Day com petition. Bernadette’s entry was the first
out of the hat, winning her a £25 voucher for Clitheroe’s Pure Health and Beauty, in Peel Street. She answered correctly that Pure
Health and Beauty has just cele brated its second birthday.
make a difference to the lives of other peo ple, then the Volunteering Development
partnership with the Lancashire Youth Association, is looking for mentors to pro vide support, advice, guidance and friend ship to 18 to 20-year-olds. All volunteers must be aged 21 or over. • Pendle Pre-School requires extra com
mittee members to attend evening meetings held every six to eight weeks. • Blackburn and District Blind Society
requires drivers to pick up and return elder ly blind people from villages around the Clitheroe area and take them to Henthorn
Bernadette has been able to
spend her windfall on a wide range of beauty and holistic treatments, including luxury manicures and pedicures, reiki and hot stone ther apy massage. She is pictured, right, with Pure
Health and Beauty owner Gail Bailey, left, and Clitheroe Adver tiser and Times advertising sales manager Lisa Rudgyard-Stenson. (S180205/2)
Road Community Centre, every third Thursday of the month. 9 Clitheroe and District Scouts have
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Majestic presence brings this historic hall to Tudor life
given for doing a double take at the sight of Henry VIII strolling around the 14th century mansion. But the ghost of the Tudor
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king hasn't taken up residence with the hall’s resident spook Lady Dorothy - “Henry” is none other than retired schoolteacher Ray Irving. Ray, pictured, will be at
Samlesbury Hall.on Easter Sunday to give visitors a glimpse into the fascinating background of the historic black and white mansion. And, of course, he will also
be telling a few tales about the life of one of England's most colourful and multi-wedded royals. He said: "I will be giving
people a tas te of what life would have been like when
ISITORS to Sam- lesbury Hall this Easter could be for
Samlesbury Hall was in its heyday. It has such a fascinating his
tory, not to mention its numerous friendly spooks; there's a great story to tell." Ray gives four guided tours
around Samlesbury Hall every Sunday between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Each tour lasts around 35
minutes and is packed with fascinating history about the hall. Sharon Jones, from Samles
bury Hall, added: "Ray really is the double of Henry VIII and I'm sure some of our visi tors think they have seen a ghost when they see him, espe cially motorists who spot him strolling along Preston New Road in full regalia. “He is proving really popu
lar with visitors of all ages and it is a great way to bring the history of Samlesbury Hall alive." (s)
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