6 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, December 14th, 2006
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will find the finest view in Eng land - Lake Windermere encir cled by all the mountains of Southern Lakeland. The site of Orrest Head was
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given to the community in memory of a local resident, Arthur Henry Heywood, and on the wall by the kissing gate you will find his statement of faith: “Thou has given me eyes to see and love this sight so fair, Give me a heart to find out
thee and read thee everywhere.” (Keble) And that is where so many
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. Clitheroe’s multi-million pound facility The Grand when it opens next year. •Many readers may have seen the adver tisement in this newspaper for a centre direc tor some weeks ago. The post carried a good salary and was one of three vacancies at the former cinema. Until then, I had never heard of the trust
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or its founder, but I did wonder about the Lancasters’ decision to involve an outside agency to manage something which has been a family drram for many years. This week’s newspaper contains a report
elsewhere of progress to-date on the devel opment of The Grand. Steve Chalke has a substantial track
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100 years ago
INFLUENZA had h it Chatburn, Grindleton, Downham and district, with many people being smitten with the unwelcome malady, which was accounted for by the changeable weather. ® Persistence succeeds. The question of
beer or no-beer for the workhouse inmates for their Christmas dinner had been a matter for debate for successive Board of Guardians. Invariably the old custom suc ceeded. The main argument had been even the inmates of a workhouse should have their hearts cheered at Christmas time.
record. He set up the Oasis Trust in 1985 in order to open a hostel for homeless people, a trust which now has more than 400 staff, students and volunteers, pioneering educa tion, healthcare and housing initiatives in the UK and from nine country bases abroad. It is still going and growing rapidly, something which obviously speaks volumes. He told me how, aged 14, he joined a
N Monday I met Steve Chalke, the man behind the Oasis trust which will take over responsibility for
As' I see i t . . . by Vivien Meath
of the girls attending! He soon realised the feeling was not mutual, but his time at the youth club and involvement with others led to his decision to set out on a role initially to help those without homes. A father of four, he launched Parentalk in
1997, an organisation producing a range of resources aimed at helping parents through every stage of their child’s growing up. In 2000, he sponsored the development of
xalt.co.uk as an online portal and resource site for the UK Christian community and a year later, laid the foundations for the Faith- works Movement, which'empowers and inspires individual Christians and every local church to develop its role at the hub of the community. It also seeks to challenge and change the public perception of the church by engaging with the media and the Government. Its goal - to build the most effective social action network in the UK. If like I, you heard the “Breakdown Britain” report on Monday, with fears of a
LOOKING BACK ■ .
50 years ago
THE Sawley Brow problem will be over come, it was reported, as the Ministry of Transport was discussing an eight-mile road which would by-pass Clitheroe on the A59 trunk road and link up with the old road near Stirk House, Gisburn. ® About 250 people saw the film “Souls
in Conflict” in St James’s Church, Clitheroe.
Set against the background of Billy
Graham’s Greater London Crusade, the film told the story of three people who found the answers to their problems by visiting Harringay.
THOUGHT for the week
F you follow the winding track up from Windermere town to Orrest Head,, you
huge underclass being created as family sta bility reaches an all-time low with numerous partnerships breaking down within 10 years, it appears that the research was supplied to the Conservatives by yet another of the Oasis Trust’s many arms. He is senior minister of the
Church.co.uk
centre, Waterloo, a church aiming to become 24/7, where no one is ever turned away and has presented his own TV series for main stream channels as well as a regular show on Radio Four. He vwites monthly columns for “Prima Baby” on fatherhood, Christianity and renewal of the church’s role in commu nity regeneration and has written more than 30 books. In 2004 he was awarded an MBE for his services to social inclusion. On top of all this, remember the Govern
ment’s decision to launch academies - a new type of school? Oasis is currently building three, one of which is to be based in Salford with two in Lincolnshire. I have no doubt The Grand is in good
hands. It now remains to see how consulta tion with local people evolves and whether, when the doors open in October 2007, The Grand really can make a difference to the many challenges facing society right here in Clitheroe.
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‘Mature’ John wins top adult award
A 25 years ago
RIBBLE VALLEY people were suffering from an icy hangover following an Arctic weekend, which brought the lowest tem peratures and the biggest snowfall to the area for more than 30 years. Meanwhile, because of the bad weather one town cen tre shop sold 140 pairs of wellies in one day alone lea'ving the stockrooms bare. ® Firemen rescued an 83-year-old man
after he was trapped by flames in a flat above a Whalley shop. The blaze caused £20,000 worth of damage to stock and property at Sumners’ shop and snack bar in King Street.
A visited planet!
God of nature is also the God of tsunamis and earthquakes which destroy whole communi ties. The God of nature is also the God of the cancer which ate away my daughter’s life this year. Nature’s God is the God of “Planet Earth’s” gory night- shots of a pride of lions sav aging the weakest of a herd of elephants. Nature’s.God is indeed red in tooth and claw. This is why the three great
religions stemming from the story of Abraham grope for a kinder face behind the ruthless- -ness of nature. Judaism speaks of the Lord who is “my shep herd”. Islam bows before Allah “the merciful”. Christianity
• offers a daring, new, and almost unbelievable insight into the
mystery, claiming that as any human parent will run to-the help of a lost child, so the Power behind creation has come running to provide the help we need in our search'for life’s meaning. In a few days we shall celebrate this once again, as we remember the birth of a man so human, yet so different; so dynamic, and so sacrificially loving that those who knew him best said: “We write to you about the Word of life, which has existed
from the'very beginning..... we have heard it, we have seen it with our eyes and our hands have touched it. We write this in order that your joy may be
complete” (1st Letter of John, Chapter 1)
Professor Dennis Nineham,
one of our greatest English Bible scholars, would repeated ly say in his lectures: “What must he have been like for those men to have written like that?” And indeed the New Testa
ment, especially the earliest Christian letters, explodes with the excitement of the news that we live on a visited planet! The God whom we may discern in the awesome beauty and terri fying power of nature has come to tell us what we could never have guessed or dared to believe - that “God loved the world so much” that he came! Enjoy the tinsel and turkey
but don’t miss the truth. IAN ROBINS,
Chatburn PO..... last posting
dates.....Snd class tMs Saturday 16th...,.
w a r d s for effort and achieve ment were presented to Clitheroe engineering apprentices a t a recent Training 2000 awards ceremony. John Kay, of Johnson Matthey Cata
lysts, Clitheroe, won the Adult Appren ticeship of the Year Award, after com pleting his advanced apprenticeship framework and becoming fully skilled. His employer, Allen Brown, said:
“Jo n a th an is older than our usual apprentices, but when we interviewed hiin he said T won’t let you down, I will do it’. Three years down the line he has done it, through self-belief and a lot of graft.” Awards were also presented to
Clitheroe’s Stephen Nuttall (22), an apprentice at Dugdale Nutrition, who gained an NVQ Level III in mechanical maintenance and Paul Holland (17), an apprentice at Riggs Autopack, in Nel son, who was awarded the Frank Brooks
Trophy for the machining section. Further awards were made to
Clitheroe’s Christopher Rydeheard, an apprentice at LG Philips, who gained an NVQ Level HI in electrical maintenance, and Mark Fish (23), an apprentice at Dugdale Nutrition, who was awarded the City and Guilds Electrical Training 2000 Shield. Meanwhile, an apprentice at Johnson
Matthey Catalysts in Clitheroe, Paul Holden (18), picked up the award for the mechanical maintenance/fitting section, while, Castle Cement employee Paul Higson (19), gained a BTEC National Certificate in plant maintenance. • The special awards were presented in
front of 150 guests at the event held at Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho. -Our picture shows John Kay, the win
ner of the Adult Apprenticeship of the Year Award, with his employer, Allen Brown, (s)
Tim’s perfect post
|LITHEROE’S Tim -Smith, pictured, has landed himself the per
fect job as a sales consultant at one
of.the North West’s fastest growing overseas prop erty companies. 'The 21-year-old graduate,
of Moor Side Lane, has joined International Property Agents where he is responsible for following up sales leads and also gets the chance to travel around the UK running the various exhibitions that
IPA holds. “This is a great opportuni
ty and I'was very pleased to see that there was an opening at IPA,” said Tim, who gradu ated from Loughborough Uni
versity with a degree in Busi ness and information earlier this year. “I didn’t really know what
sector of business I wanted to pursue, but since joining IPA I have realised that the prop erty industry is so versatile and I can achieve a great deal and see a bit of the country.” Director of IPA, Gordon
Lyons, said: “We wanted a sales consultant with great customer service skills and an' ability to think on their feet. Tim fits the bill perfectly.” IPA specialises in the devel
opment of holiday homes arid investment property in Turkey and will soon look at other destinations worldwide.
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and 18th next year, why not try tackling the National Three Peaks in the winter? Participants will enjoy a day’s winter skills training with qualified instructors, before tackling Ben Nevis, Scarfell Pike and Snowden in a 36-hour period. However, if that challenge sounds too
strenuous, the charity has also organised several climbs up Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK, throughout the year. There are dates available on June 2nd and 3rd or September 15th and 16th. Meanwhile, organised treks up Snow
den, the highest mountain in England and Wales, will take place on June 24th and October 7th. The Three Peaks in Yorkshire is another
option. Taking approximately 10 to 12 hours to complete and covering 26 miles, climbing Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough takes both stamina and determination. If you feel you are up to the challenge the walk is taking place on July 7th. For further information or to register for
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