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THE 46th annual exhibition of the Sabden Floral and Horticultural Society was held in the Council School. The number of visi­ tors was down from the previous year, due to the bad weather, however the standard and number of entries remained high, therefore making it difficult for the judges. ® The Town Mayor, Coun. J. T. Whipp,


opened the 34th Clitheroe Cottagers’ Flower and Vegetable Society, held in the National School, on Moor Lane, in Clitheroe. O Fishing in the River Hodder, below


Burholme Bridge, to and beyond that of Doefoot, was taken by a private associa­ tion and made strictly preserved. • Work was in progress on the installa-


tion of the chiming clock, a gift, in a turret above Clitheroe’s new Carnegie Library. The makers’ guaranteed that the clock would not vary more than six seconds a month or about one minute per year. ® Following a fatal accident on the cross­


ing at Clitheroe Station, there was agitation for improvement to the subway leading from the gas works to Railway View. It was suggested that the lighting in the subway should be improved


THOUGHT for the week


I HAD been preparing myself for this day in June for FIVE years, going through selection conferences, university, theo­ logical college and interviews. Finally I was about to


achieve my aim, to become a curate at a parish in Colne. Ten days before the ordina­


tion, it all fell through because the vicar decided to go to another post and there was no time to find me a suitable place­ ment at such short notice. I was going to have to wait until the


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


THE first ICI social function of its kind was held in the towTi. Organised by the com­ pany, 77 e.xecutives, officials and employees enjoyed a staff grade dinner, along with their wives and relatives. Held at The Starkie Arms Hotel, the


Clitheroe company awarded 17 erapio3'ees Mith certificates for their promotion to staff grades.


9 Residents in Whalley were pleasantly


surprised to see a cleaner, tidier street on their way to church. The street, which had been swept free of


litter in the morning, was down to the efforts of a team of volunteers led by chair­ man of the parish council Coun. A. Brooks and Mr Jimmy Fell, a local resident, in an aim to make the village tidier. 9 Babysitting duties, coffee evenings and


other efforts helped towards enabling four Clitheroe Rangers, including the captain, Elsie Smith, to take part in a cycling trip. Over 12 montlis, the girls had pedalled their way through five different countries and covered a distance of almost 1,000 miles. 9 Miss Margaret Speak, the well-knowm


Clitheroe soprano, gained first prize in the Operatic Class at Leyland Musical Festival.


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Gm ccdl doci it aW. Est. 1974 Are exams getting easier?


is a time-consuming and laborious task, made more difficult each year as more stu­ dents sit and pass more exams. Every year the pass rate rises and every


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year we have the same debate - are exam results today worth the paper they are writ­ ten on? Of course they are. They represent a lot of work by the young students concerned and are a credit to them. Yet the sheer vol­ ume of young people gaining high grades inevitably raises the question of whether it is easier today than it was not so many years ago. In 1982s the pass rate for A-ievels was 69%. Today it is a tad over 96%. If you deny completely that the exams are


easier, then the only real conclusion is that today’s A-level students are almost 30% lietter than those of 25 years ago. I simply cannot accept that, and I am not alone. Some of j'ou reading this will already have put me in tlie “kids today, they don’t know they’re born!” camp. A grumpy middle-aged man ranting that


“when I was a lad exams were exams, but now all you have to do is spoil your name


S I write this, one of my colleagues is busy keying in A-level results from Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. It


As I see i t . . . by Duncan Smith


right to get an A”. I’m not. A younger col­ league of mine argues that in criticising the exam system, I take away the achievements of those who have done so well in it. That is not my intention. I believe it is the


system itself which ultimately deprives stu­ dents of the credit they truly deserve. If so many people are given the top grade, how can it have the same worth as if it was reserved for the truly exceptional few. And while students may be overjoyed at clutch­ ing a liandful of top grades on results day, they may be in for a shock when they take those grades to prospective employers. Chances are, they rrill be at the end of a long line of candidates with similar results. Employers, and even universities, are


finding it increasingly difficult to identify truly outstanding candidates. If you don’t believe me, ask them. Here at the Advertiser we regularly


receive CVs from would-be journalists drip­ ping with A and B grades. Yet all too often the candidates fail to live up to their paper promises. I find it hard to believe that can­ didates with top grades in English Language have so little grasp of basic grammar and composition, even spelling, but believe me, it happens.


Others who defend the system say results


are so much better because teaching is so much better. I have spoken to long-sennng teachers who tell me that more teaching time is now wasted on discipline and form filling than ever it was 30 years ago. They say teaching has suffered, not improved. I begin to wonder if the real problem is


that in today’s politically correct world, nobody is allowed to fail. Everyone must be judged a success in case they suffer some deep-seated psychological trauma at the hands of a sj'stem which labels them aca­ demically inadequate - a system they could then sue at some later date as the ro(jt of all life’s problems. I did not enjoy exams. They were hard


then, I am sure they are hard now and I do not emv tliose sitting them. I only question those who allocate tlie grades.


i; 25 years ago


MOVES were made by a rail user pres­ sure group which was trying to persuade British Rail to reintroduce a regular pas­ senger service between Clitheroe and Blackburn. The 300-strong group STEL­ LA - Save The East Lancashire Line Association, felt that the existing service from Manchester to Blackburn could be extended to include Clitheroe. 9 A week-long playscheme organised


in Clitheroe helped to beat the summer holiday blues for children in the area. More than 100 youngsters attended the scheme each day, which was promoted by Toe H and the Ribble Valley Council”. Activities, which were arranged by volun­ teers, included events at Trinity Youth Club, a sports day and a fancy dress con­ test on the Castle field. 9 Record crowds flocked to Leagram


Park, Chipping, for the 54th annual show. The event, which attracted more than 6,000 people, was a bumper day blessed with sunshine. 9 Freeman Hardy Willis opened a


shop in Castle Street, Clitheroe. 'The shoe trader was advertised as having the finest value in family footwear.


Say a little violent prayer


October and use the summer to find the right post and earn some money.


I worked on Ribble buses in


Blackpool as a conductor and found myself sharing the expe­ rience with the driver who I was rostered with. As much as I enjoyed this temporary work, there were times when I quite illogically felt frustrated and angry that I wasn’t doing what I had been prepared for. I would tell the driver that I would hurl my feelings and


thoughts at God. The driver was horrified! I told him that Jesus had already shown us that he could and wanted to carry the way we felt, however violent. This was the Cross; this was the way in which God in His love enabled us to be rec­


onciled to Him and to our­ selves. I t goes without saying that


almost every way we turn we see violence. We see how destructive and demeaning of life violence can be. On the


Cross we see how Jesus takes upon Himself the violence of the world. I would suggest, that prayer­


fully we can HURL the way violence affects us, at Jesus, who has born it all and out of His great love accepts, forgives and empowers us to receive some of His healing in our lives and enable us to share it with the lives of those around us. CANON PHILIP DEARDEN, Vicar of Si Mary Magdalene, Clilheroc


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fRiBBLE Va l l e y Club hits its charity cash target


A CLAY pigeon sh o o t staged by the Ribble Valley Ladies’ Luncheon Club hit its charity target of £2,000. Held at Huntroyd Home


Farm, the money-spinning event was organised by local solicitors Carol Maher and Irene Chenery, of Irene Chen- ery Maher, Church Brow, Clitheroe. They are the joint chairmen of the luncheon club and ran the event with the help of Irene’s husband, Nick Starkie, who owns the land on which the shoot took place. The £2,000 proceeds will be


donated to Cancer Research UK for its work to find better treatments for and to prevent childhood cancer. In the shooting, winners of


the team prize were Nick Starkie, Adam Dugdale and father and son Eddie and Mark


ThreFall. In the men’s competi­ tion, joint winners Colin Wm- terburn and his son, James, took the Cosgrove Trophj'. It was donated by Dorothy


Cosgrove, of Rimington, in memory of her late husband, Henry. The women’s competition


was won by Clare Giannan- drea, who was presented with the Huntroyd Trophy, donated by Nick Starkie’s mother, Ann. All the prizes were presented


by local gamekeeper Neil Jones, who appears as “Mr May” in the naked gamekeeper calendar. It featured local gamekeepers


who followed the ladies of Ryl- stone WI by adopting nucie, but discreet, poses to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief and the National Game- keepers’ Association. As well as the shooting, other


Do you hav6 a tiny tearaway? IF your kids are making your life a misery, the BBC wants you,


It is making a second series of “The House of Tiny


Tearaways”, with leading child psychologist Dr Tanya Byron. The programme sees children with challenging


behaviour, together with their parents, move into a specially constructed house for a week. Constant monitoring of their behavior helps Dr


Tanya isolate the root of the problem, offer practical solutions and begin to put them into practise, often with startling results. Now the BBC and Outline Pro­ ductions are looking for more families to take part. They want to hear from families and single parents


with children between the ages of 18 months and eight years who wish to take part. Whatever your parenting dilemmas or problems - Dr Tanya may be able to help. If you would like some more information about the


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Former pupils’ get-together


A SCHOOL reunion for former pupils of Ribbles- dale High School is taking place on Friday, Septem­ ber 2nd at Waddington Social Club. Starting at 8 p.m., the event for the class of ‘65 and ‘66 is a fol­ low-on from the last reunion held in 2000. For more details please contact Mr John Wilmot on 01200 422479 or Mr Rodney Read on 01200 441485.


A FORMER Ribble Valley student has achieved his ambition by earn­ ing a notable promotion at the law firm he joined just 18 months ago. High-flying legal expert Chris


Boyle, who specialises in workplace law, has been made an associate at leading North West solicitors Roscoes, with offices in Preston, Blackburn and Bamber Bridge. Mr Boyle (28), said: “I'm delight­


ed to be stepping up so quickly and I am very proud to see my name on the official notepaper." Since joining Roscoes, Mr Boyle,


who lives in Blackburn and is based at the Preston office, has estab­ lished the firm's employment law department. The former pupil of St Augus­


tine's High School, Billington, and St Mary's College, Blackburn, who studied at Manchester Metropoli­ tan University, has run a series of seminars for local organisations and industry on workplace law issues. He is a member of the Employ­


ment Lawyers Association and, when not catching up on case law, finds time to play cricket for Ribch- ester Cricket Club.


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attractions included a welly throwing contest and a barbe­ cue by Matthew Mitchell, who is a mobile butcher operating out of Gisburn Auction Mart. Our pictures show the team


event winners, from the left, Nick Starkie, Eddie and, Mark Threlfall, Adam Dugdale and Clare Giannandrea receives the Huntroyd Trophy from game- keeper Neil Jones, (s)


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