+6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, August 3rd, 2006


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laidbum is an isolated and protected village surrounded by the beautiful Bowland Fells.


The historic village was owned by a sin­


gle family for almost 200 years and as a result has remained unspoilt by modern development and has stayed virtually the same since the early 19th Century. Is this the way we like it? . The majority of Slaidbum buildings date


from the 17th, 18th and early 19th Centu­ ry, though some origins are even earlier. However, modernising buildings is becom­ ing more and more prevalent every day, and it is down to us to preserve the struc­ tures of the past, instead of transforming them to become more extensive. Slaidbum buildings provide us with an insight into local history; modification simply mins the atmosphere the past has left behind. Slaidburn villagers have recently been


debating whether a modern village hall should be built among the history. The new village hall is replacing the former Slaid­ burn Methodist Chapel which closed in July 1999, having served the community for 177 years. The hall is currently under­ going construction close to the River Hod- der and overlooking the village green. Other buildings in Slaidbum also have a question mark as to whether or not they


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Slaidburn resident OLIVIA WHARAM, who has been on a week’s work experi­


ence placement with the Clitheroe Adver? tiscr and Times, discusses whether the historic character that exudes from her . village should remain untouched


too should receive a face-lift - the village toilets being a prime example. The public toilets in the village have since been demol­ ished and Ribble Valley Borough Council has spent a to ta l of £100,000 on a new enhanced building. In fairness, the previous building was not hygienically suitable, though a lot of time, money and effort has been involved to ensure the new construc­ tion offers as many modem facilities as pos­ sible. If we are not careful, Slaidburn will become the new Clitheroe Town Centre, as opposed to being a historical tourist attrac­ tion. I asked Laura Cowking, who has spent


her entire life living in the village, what she thought of Slaidburn and the new village hall. “Slaidburn is a very interesting little village with a lot of history behind it. I think the new village hall is a good idea. It may look out of place at first, but we will soon get used to it. I think Slaidbura is in need of some modem development, with-


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A LADY from Read was summoned under West Riding County Council by­ laws for throwing a glass bottle on to the highway just missing a cyclist’s head before it shattered into pieces. She was subsequently charged and fined. • A mother-of-three was charged for


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HAT is th e most incredible thing you have ever seen?


For some it will be the birth


of their first child. For others some foreign scene. There are many different things that can be impressed on our minds through our eyes. Recently I was given a photo


taken in Berlin in 1990. I t was of me and my wife standing in a small gap in the Berlin Wall tha t had separated East from West. That was an amazing day when we were aware th a t we were seeing where dramatic his-


' tory had so recently been made. The same day we stood on the


steps where Hitler used to address his troops. We also vis­ ited the Pergamum Museum where we saw the Gate of Baby­ lon which had been moved and setup. All these were reminders of


history. A few years ago Myrtle and I


climbed Ben Nevis. It was a beautiful clear day and we could see for miles - the Isle of Skye in the west, the Cairngorms in the east and hundreds of mountains north and south.


I didn’t want to come down


because it was so wonderful to just stand and look at the view. While there we saw a snow


bunting - the only time I have


ever seen one. When we use our eyes we can


see incredible things. But we also have spiritual eyes with which we can see even more incredible things, if we know how to use them. I remember the first time I


could see th a t God expected a response from me to the truth I had heard. I remember the time I became aware that the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross on Calvary was for me. I remember seeing that His


resurrection changed my eter­ nal future.


I remember first knowing


th a t God was calling me to a purpose and destiny. As I have seen how much God loves us it has changed my life totally. But sometimes the things we


see with our physical eyes hin­ der us from seeing with our spir­ itual eyes. Physically blind peo­ ple often have more spiritual insight. F anny Crosby, the great


hymn writer, wrote thousands of hymns revealing her spiritu­ al insight, but was physically blind from being a young child. The question todayis: What


do you see? BRIAN CLARK, Clilheroe Community Church


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being drunk and disorderly. The mother, who earned her living pedalling small arti­ cles, stood in the dock with her three chil­ dren sobbing by her side making the pro­ ceedings a very painful nature. The woman, who was from Liverpool, moved to Clitheroe after her husband died. She was understood to have been ill and had tak en to drinking a large amount of whisky.


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


CLITHEROE and District Agricultural Society was a great success topping the 3,000 attendance mark for its 11th aimual show. Ironically, the uncertain weather helped towards its success as heavy rain interrupted hay making, so more farmers being'able to attend. • A lorry somersaulted three times into


the River Ribhle a t Sawley. Amazingly the two Bradford men in the vehicle


. escaped with minor cuts and bruises from the lorry, which was carrying 400 crates of empty beer bottles.. • Repair gangs were busy all liight fix­


ing transformers, switches and fuses, which were damaged due to the heavy weekend storms.


out going to the extent of refur­ bishing every building.” I then decid­


ed to ask a new villager, Giorgio


Pereguine, who has only been living in Slaidbum for two months, what he thinks about the village. “Although the new vil­ lage hall has not bothered me, I still believe old buildings best suit Slaidburn charac­ ter.” If I view the situation from the opposite


angle, 182 letters were written by the local residents supporting the application, along with the parish council’s full approval. Some villagers were in favour of the village hall as they would prefer a hall capable of serving a wide variety, of purposes even if it was, in my opinion, “totally out of keep­ ing in a conservation village.” The fact remains th a t Slaidburn’s new


village hall is currently being built and vil­ lagers, such as myself, will simply have to get used to a modem building among a vil­ lage of 18th and 19th Century properties. I can’t imagine the Slaidbum rift will ever fully heal, regardless of whether or not the hall meets the aspirations of local people. But,that is simply my opinion.


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OUR picture shows staff at the Whittle Eastern Europe headquarters at the Printworks, Barrow, (s)


A decade where sky is the limit


T


e n years old and going places, Barrow-based logis­ tics expert Whittle Eastern Europe is celebrating a decade of


transporting client cargos to and from Central and Eastern Europe and beyond. Since its launch in 1996, the com­


pany has gone from s tren g th to strength. The original four-person professional team has developed into a 20-strong, multi-national work­ force and, in the past year alone, turnover has increased by £1.6 mil­ lion to £6.4m. In the same period, the number of jobs undertaken by the company grew by over 15% as it continued to expand a client base that includes household names like Boots pic. S po ttin g a gap in the


import/export market, chairman Mike Whittle used his experience of logistics and knowledge of Eastern Europe to set up a unique service, dedicated to Central and Eastern European routes and staffed by


nationals from the target countries. In 2003 Whittle’s thriving business was itself on the move, to larger premises at The Printworks, just off the A59 at Barrow. Today Whittle Eastern Europe


employs route executives hailing from countries as diverse as Slova­ kia, Lithuania, Poland and Hungai'^ and fluent in a total of 24 languages. Managing Director N ata sa


Sabanovic explained: “Every minute is precious to a logistics operation and language barriers mean tha t time - and money - is wasted. Because our route executives speak the language of every country we deal with, they’re able to maintain clear, on-the-spot communications with every link in the transportation chain and sort out any issues as they arise.” Whittle has produced a special


birthday version of its logo to mark its 10th anniversary, which will be celebrated with a plaque from East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce.


25 years ago


TEENAGERS who left school at the end of the summer terms ran head-on into the biggest jobs crisis in the Clitheroe area for years. District careers officer Mr Jack Atkinson saidthe situation was similar, if not slightly worse, than last year. • Princess Margaret won the hearts of


hundreds of Guides, Brownies and Rangers from all over the North of Eng­ land when she visited Waddow Hall. • A coachload of youngsters, men and


friends of “COPING” (Clitheroe’s One Parent Group), set off on a trip to Alton Towers. The day out was paid for by a number of fund-raising events held during the year.


tion of production director for Castle Cement, reporting to managing director P e te r Weller. After obtaining his degree in


Globetrotting Peter comes to Castle G


l o b e t r o t t i n g Peter Lukas has been appointed to the posi­


manager a t the Lehigh Cement Company, Union Bridge cement works, Mary­ land, USA. Lehigh Cement is also a HeidelbergCement com­ pany. Commenting on his


mining engineering, Mr Lukas, pictured, joined Castle Cement’s p a ren t company, HeidelbergCement, in 1988 as production engineer a t the Lengfurt cement plant in Ger­ many. He was then appointed to the position of works man­ ager a t the Mainz-Weisenau and Leimen cement plants. P r io r to joining Castle


Cement, he worked on a three- year as signment as works


William is a winner


has been awarded the f irs t pr ize by the N a tio n a l F armers’ Union for Best Modern Apprentice. William Bristol, a for­


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mer pupil of Ribblesdale High School Technology College, recently com­ pleted th e Agiculture and Livestock Produc­ tion Level 2. He was one of more


than 80 s tu d en ts who received awards for out­ standing achievement in their subject area.


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C L IT H E R O E student at Myer- scough College


appointment Mr Lukas (46) said: “I very much enjoy being back in Europe, the UK is a wonderful place to live, people are very friendly and the sun is shining all the time!” He will have overall respon­


sibility for the cement produc­ tion process a t Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale works and the company’s other two works a t Ketton and North Wales. He is married with two children, (s)


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GERMAN woman who met a former Clitheroe man on


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