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isolated communities across the borough better connected. I know from the massive interest in ■
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our trial services, and from the very pos itive response from the public that our service can, and will, help create better relations and communications through out the area. We have worked with many communi
ty groups and associations and although we are yet to apply for our full time licence, the future looks very positive for our open access radio service, and this is mainly thanks to the enthusiasm from all to participate. There is one group of people that I
have great respect for, and who have shown great enthusiasm to our project, and that is our tiny Muslim community. The area has just 40 families who
share the Muslim faith, and their efforts to establish a dedicated place of worship have been consistently and ardently fought by some Clitheronians. When I have asked some people who
object why they feel that a Muslim place of worship would be so bad for the area, the responses are almost always the same: .“Because they’ll all move here,” “because the house prices will crash,” and “because i t ’ll create a blot on the landscape.” I ’m trying to bring a balanced view to
this debate, and I must stress that I can see why some people feel so strongly about this issue. But what has been requested by our
Muslim minority is a far cry from the urban myths that surround the whole issue, and I see the whole situation as a communication problem. I t is simply not practical that a dedi
cated place of worship will attract more people into the area. For one, its practically impossible to
move here - such is the desirability of the town of which we are all so proud. But also, the simple fact is that all other towns where there are Muslim families
s founder and chairman of Ribble Valley Community Radio, I have a huge desire to see the various
As I see i t . . . by Steve Suttie
have their own places of worship, and it’s unlikely that they would want to travel 10 miles to Clitheroe to pray when they have their own facilities, among their own communities in their home towns. People have their affiliations to their
own place th a t th ey call home, and Clitheroe’s Muslims feel their loyalties in this town, while Blackburn’s Muslims call Blackburn their home and so forth. I have worked with Muslims born and
bred in Clitheroe who want to fight for and maintain our town’s culture, com munity and indeed landscape. This brings me on to the next point. The complaint that occurs the most -
that a Muslim place of worship will cre ate a blot on the landscape. I agree. A traditional mosque building in Clitheroe, complete with dome, would not be right and would, in effect, spoil the look of the town. But how many people know that our
Muslim neighbours actually share this view? They want to preserve the area exactly
as i t has-always stood, just like all Clitheroe folk. They just want a dedicat ed place of worship. A place to go and pray, socialise and feel welcome. Nothing more, nothing less. The Muslim faithful currently have to
use the council chambers for prayers. Surely we owe it to our neighbours to
support them in their efforts to finally secure a dignified place of worship and offer a united acceptance to the people who are genuinely making positive con tributions to the town of Clitheroe. In my view - and a view that is shared
by many others - it isn’t a place of wor ship that attracts Muslims into an area, but the massive demand for curries, pizza and kebabs, and a taxi home! While I am not suggesting that this is
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what all Muslim people do for a living, it is a valid argument that we all enjoy the services that so many of them offer to the town. A good number of these busi ness people are from Accrington, Black burn and Burnley, using the place as another branch for their businesses. And business is good! To expand on this, we all accept health
advice from Muslim doctors, we thank Muslim legal advisors for their help. We also appreciate the input that Muslim traders make to our market. I feel proud to live in a town that clos
es ranks and vigorously fights the pow erful Homebase giant in their store pro posals, because i t would have had a detrimental effect on businesses, and would threaten the very fibre of our unique little town. This is the kind of resolve that makes the place so wonder ful. But I do feel i t ’s time to accept our Muslim community properly, once and for all. There is nothing untoward or sinister
about their wishes. They are genuine people who care about the community and their wishes are not detrimental to the town. If the good people of Clitheroe can
find it in their hearts and minds to sup port the proposed place of worship and community partnership centre like me and so many others, they will soon see that life in our glorious little town won’t be affected one little bit. Our Muslim friends will simply be moving from a • temporary venue, to a more permanent one. There won’t be a deluge of Muslim families moving in. There won’t be a huge gold dome on the skyline and house prices will remain solid. In fact, nothing will change. Communities are built on diversity
and difference between lives and opin ions, along with mutual acceptance. I’m sure we are all proud of the unique and affable community in which we all live and work. Let’s extend th a t delightful spirit to
those few who for so long have tried so hard to find our acceptance.
100 years ago f o r t h e w e e k Our hope in the cross
"T" et nothing disturb .you, nothing dis- ’may you. All things
are passing, God never changes. “Patient endurance attains
all things... God alone suf fices.” So wrote St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582). November is not particular
ly the most cheerful of months. Especially with Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday taking centre stage. November 11th alone is an
annual focus and reminder that there is a very dark side to humankind, which means that
daily life for many people, has a huge cross at its centre. There seem to be so many
current conflicts at the moment that we in Britain are caught up in, th a t makes Remembrance Sunday such an important staging post for us all to fall to our knees in search of “aid in our strife”. Some people always say
when talking about problems in ordinary life: “How can there be a God, to allow all these things to happen?” Jesus never said life would be
easy. He certainly never said being a disciple of Him would
be easy. In fact. He said just the opposite. “Truly I tell you there is no one who has left house or brothers..., for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this age - BUT WITH PER SECUTIONS - and in the age to come eternal life.” Mark (10.30) I t is human nature to want
the “eternal life’” now, without the “persecutions”. Put another way: the crown
without the cross. Life has never been like that.
Our personal crosses are only
bearable when we lay them trustingly, on to the Cross of Calvary. This does mean seeing and
believing in the One who is hanging on the cross: who is inviting us to do just that. This does mean seeing that
this is Love costing everything. So I challenge all of you not
to be ashamed of Jesus Christ. The world needs our faith in
His love now as much as it ever did. His sort of Cross is the world’s only hope.
CANON PHILIP DEARDEN Vicar of St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe.
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A PROPOSAL to establish a new deer hunt in Ribblesdale led by Lord Ribbles- dale (Gisburne Park) and Capt. Ormrod (Wyresdale) was being looked upon with disfavour by landowners and farmers in part of the area to be hunted. Part of the proposal would involve Mr Ormrod bring ing over his deer hounds from Wju’esdale to hunt over land that was already hunted by Pendle Forest and Craven Harriers. • A Sabden man was fined five shillings
and costs for refusing to leave the Com mercial Hotel, Sabden. The man, who was subsequently taken into custody, said he had been in the Army 10 years and his character was good enough for him to go to South Africa to be shot at. Col. Parker had replied: “Then don’t spoil it by get
ting drunk!” • There was an auspicious opening of
the new Conservative Club in Whalley.
proves a real winner FUND-RAISING is never out of
fashion at Oakhill College. Pupils recently took to the cat-
walk for a fashion show run by “Flinch and Funk” at the Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho. Organised by the Oakhill Associ
ation, the college’s parent-teacher group, the event raised £632 for school funds, which will be going towards a new minibus. The association has raised some £23,000 over the past academic
year, a testament to the dedication of the members and the fantastic support from parents and friends. Children were used as models at
the recent event and many also used the occasion to demonstrate their artistic flair. The school expressed its thanks
to Viv Tighe, chairman of the asso ciation, and her team for another splendid and highly successful event. Pictured are Oakhill pupils, (s)
A break from globe-trotting
much of the past three months travelling the world. Denise Park, of Peel Street, Clitheroe has
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been physiotherapist to the England Moun tain Running Team, personal physiothera pist to Anna Pichrtova (the Czech Olympic athlete) and official physi9therapist to a number of international races at the invita tion of race organisers. Since June she has visited, the Czech Republic, America, Aus tria, Turkey and S\vitzerland. Pichrtova picked up a serious injury earli
er this year and was contemplating retire ment from athletics. Following physiothera py treatment and an adaptation to her run ning style masterminded by Denise, Anna made such a speedy return that she went on to win the Mount Washington Race in June in America - where Denise was present as the official race physiotherapist. Three weeks later she went on to win the
European Mountain Running Champi onships in her home country by more than 45 seconds - presenting Denise with her medal as she felt that without her treatment she would never have been in the race. Her winning streak continued as she proceeded
GLOBE-TROTTING chartered physiotherapist is glad to be back in the Ribble Valley after spending
J fSi I i-#- Competition in Turkey was the toughest
for some years with competitors from 37 countries, and while the four England Teams did not win any medals, Denise worked hard to make sure that the 17 ath letes in her care were in the best physical shape for the race. Last month, Denise accompanied a num
DENISE with the England Senior Women’s team (s)
to win every race she entered - including Grand Prix events in Austria, Switzerland and the toughest race in the world - The Climbathon on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia. She has now secured the women’s Grand Prix 2006 title as she has won so many of the Grand Prix events this year. Turkey staged the World Championships
in September, with three of the England Senior Women - Mary Wilkinson, Victoria Wilkinson and Anne Buckley all being local to this area.
LOOKING BACK 50 years ago
TEN thousand fish were caught in a lodge at Barrow on Sunday morning - and not a rod was used. The fish - roach - were taken out by members of the County Palatine Anglers’ Association, who were re-stocking their own waters in the Man
chester area. • “Oh what a night it was, it really
was”,- in the darkened streets of Clitheroe on the traditional let-yourself-go Mischief Night.What with buses on the Henthorn service towing bucket “trailers” and trail ing white sheets beind them, it appears that the youth of the town went all out to make this a night to be remembered. • About 50 people attended the annual
dinner of the Clitheroe and District Golf Club at the Swan and Royal Hotel. The retiring captain, Mr E.D. Braithwaite, welcomed the new captain Mr James Harris.
25 years ago
ONE of Clitheroe’s leading engineering companies, Atkinson’s, was arranging to sell or to lease half its factory space, in addition to shedding 29 jobs. Without this “drastic surgery”, the firm would have been in danger of closing, according to Mr Bill Lupton, executive chairman of Econ, the Ripon firm which took over Atkinson’s two months previously. • Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Bob
Ainsworth came to the rescue of residents at Castleford old people’s home after mean thieves snatched a gallon whisky bottle containing about £15. The money had been collected by residents and visi tors to help pay for Christmas presents and their colour TV rental. • Work ground to a halt for one day at
Tarmac’s Clitheroe plant because of a dis pute. At one stage nearly 150 men formed a picket at the Pimlico link road entrance.
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ber of members of local running club Clay- ton-le-Moors Harriers to the World Mas ters Mountain Running Championships in Switzerland. Maureen Laney, previously a teacher at Ribblesdale High School, had struggled with an injury since a race in April and two weeks before the Masters Race, was still wondering whether to com pete. “Mo from Clitheroe”, as she used to be known, entered and won the silver medal in her age category. Denise was kept busy working with a
number of athletes from around the world, but also local runner and paralympic athelte Mark Brown, Garry Wilkinson and Tyrone Morgan from Billington. Denise is glad to be back home and she
said: “While it is a great opportunity to work with elite international athletes in beautiful locations around the world, I still enjoy and get great satisfaction from treat ing people back home.”
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was one of the Rylstone and Dis trict WI members responsible for producing the famous alternative WI calendar, which went on to inspire the block buster film “Cal endar Girls”, star ring Helen Mir ren. Tricia will cross
the border for the event on Novem ber 30th at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, Clayton-le- Moors, to talk about the amazing journey she and the other Calen dar Girls have made over the past five years. She will also
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