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DURING 1905 7,864 tramps were sup­ plied with tickets for a night’s lodging at the workhouse, via the police station. Five were subsequently punished for stealing or destroying workhouse clothing. This plan had been adopted by the tramps to secure new outfits and it was suggested that destroyed clothing should be replaced by suits made of sacking. • A very largely-attended meeting of


parents whose children attended the Whalley National School was held in the schoolroom for the purpose of petitioning the Government against any interference with religious instruction in the Church of England day school. They demanded the right for their children’s instruction in the Church of England faith by church teach­ ers.


• Dr Macklin, Medical Officer of


Health for the Clitheroe Rural District Council, presented his annual report to members of the council. It stated that there was a scarcity of suitable accommo­ dation for the working classes, the sewage and drainage as a whole was being improved and the cases of infectious dis­ eases notified during that year were fewer.


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Out of sight, but out of mind?


A N ongoing issue in Clitheroe, and / \ mostother modern towns and cities,


JLA.is what to do with dissociated youth who seem to have no purpose other than to annoy.


• ^ . The problem with the under-20s is that


they do what under-20s do. They crowd together with friends, get a bit rowdy from time to time and generally appear to annoy older people by the fact that they exist! Elsewhere, new technology is being used


to deter young people from congregating outside shops where they are said to intimi­ date innocent customers. This technology takes the form of a high-pitched siren that sounds like a mosquito trapped in the ear, audible only to people under the age of 20. The first example of such technology was


used when a shopkeeper in South Wales played classical music into his car park, which caused no discomfort, but did dis­ perse the youths, although it is still not clear if the siren will cause damage to hear­ ing in later life. Evidence exists to show the “mosquito sirens” can be heard by adults


.As I see i t . . by' Richard


I Haitley-Parkinson


-up to the age of 25, surely old enough not to need to gather tvith their contemporaries in hoodies, terrorising people. In theory, the idea of ridding our streets


of errant youth sounds good, but where will theygo?


.. If Clitheroe shops were to install the


“mosquito siren,” it is presumed that the streets will become safe once more and peo­ ple tvill be able to live in harmony, until that is, you go to the dark recesses oI the town where there are no shops, minimal street lighting and loitering youths who have con­ gregated from several groups into one large gang. This is much more intimidating than one or two harmless groups of friends with no place to go, particularly as the dark,


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


NURSES at Calderstones Mental Hospi­ tal handed a memorandum to the Minister of Health, Mr Robin H. Turton, during his


' visit to the hospital. Although the Minis­ ter stated that his visit had nothing to do with the nurses’ dispute he did meet a dep­ utation. O Mr Richard Fort, MR tor Clitheroe,


was among those who voted in the Com­ mons last week in favour of abolishing or suspending the death penalty. Mr Charles Fletcher-Cooke, whose constituency included Billington, voted for the retention of hanging. • The names of three people killed when


. a lone German raider bombed Chatbum on October 30th, 1940, were contained in the Roll of Honour of civilian victims of World War II in Westminster Abbey. • Whalley’s Society of the Broom want­


ed Lancashire County Council to take on the job again of sweeping the village streets on Sunday mornings in the summer. The county had stepped in last year after vil­ lagers swept the litter-strewn streets on Sunday in protest at the authority’s lack of action and formed themselves into a society of volunteer roadsweepers.


T H O U G H T f o r t h e w e e k


I ^ HE whale stranded in the I Thames touched people’s ; -A-. hearts in the country and


across the world. I t would be easy to sneer and call it shallow emotion. After all, the sufferings of the earthquake victims in Pakistan and the drought-ridden ■parts of Africa call for much greater compassion and action. ,: Yet it spoke well of human nature that so much concern sur­ rounded the heroic efforts of the rescuers which, in the event, sadly failed, and few people grumbled at the estimated £50,000 which the operation cost.


back street areas that would become stan­ dard gang grounds will inevitibly be resi­ dential areas where there are no security cameras. Not only would people become more intimidated by these new rabbles, but we would be putting these youths at risk, With very few security features in these places there is an inevitability that trouble will occur and hostility will grow. The very fact that youths group together


is not necessarily a form of menace, but defence.


, - - . > . Speaking to the town’s skaters, who regu­


larly congregate outside the Platform Gallery and are moved on from the market to the Interchange to supermarkets and so on, you soon see that their group of friends exists not only through common interest, but so that other groups of youths are less likely to approach them on a confrontation­ al basis. Imagine then if the sirens were installed


throughout the town. The young people they deter would be out of sight, but would they be out of mind?


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25 years ago


TWO chief officers were among 15 Ribble Valley Council employees whose jobs were to be swallowed up in a major staff reshuf­ fle which would save ratepayers in the region of £100,000 a year. However, with the pruning operation came the warning that fewer staff may affect public servic­ es.


® With the jingle of bells and the tap­


ping of clogs, the Clitheroe Morris Men completed their first local tour of the year. 9 Clitheroe apprentice engineer Duncan Fielding qualified to represent the UK at the 26th International Skill Olympics held in America. The i9-year-old, of Peel Park Avenue, won his ticket to the competition in Atlanta, Georgia after being chosen as the country’s number one apprentice bench fitter in the UK Engineering Skill Championships at Birmingham. • Clitheroe’s open air market, one of a


few still surviving in Lancashire, offered a taste of old England and boasted a wide range of products at keen prices. It was advertised as a place which provided the busy wife with good shopping facilities, from meat, fish, vegetables and plants to clothing, records, sweets and coppervvare.


Expose our tender side Mankind has a far from


unblemished record in its treat­ ment of whales, as with many wild creatures, so that one day of immense tenderness did not repay centuries of brutality from the hands of others. But that particular whale would not know about that! Nevertheless, the


; floundering beast communicated something of its mystery and nobility. Where had it come from? Had it been injured out at sea? Was it looking for a beach on which to die? What were its true feelings? Rather touchingly, it came to realise that the rescue team were trjdng to help and so'


quietened down to let them have their way.


We all have a softer side to our


nature, but the desire to appear strong and capable can mask that quality. The mask is removed at special moments, such as the nativity play or at the birth of a baby when grown men can have tears in their eyes at the sight of their children on


- stage, or when someone’s act of kindness takes us by surprise. There is a softer side to our


politicians as there is to the peo­ ple we rub shoulders with in the supermarket, on the train and in town. If the suffering whale stirs'


our feelings on one level, the heart-warming spirit of our glo­ rious and mysterious God can move us on a much deeper level. For the one who exposes his ten­ derness in the sacrificial love of his Son, Jesus Christ, wants to remove the barriers which come between ourselves and him and between ourselves and others. Furthermore, as we show ten­


derness and compassion we are truly alive. And, like that whale, we all have our own story to tell. : The Rev. Rodney Nicholson, St Paul’s Church,


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THIS well-researched book, above, is a must for


all outdoor lovers, and left, the Redder IVay sign (s)


T H E H O P P E R W A Y WITH


CIRCULAR WALKS I A L^ C THE HODDER


Putting their talents to use


use, publishing their second book of walks. “The Hodder Way with Cir­


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cular Walks Along the Hodder” is the result of 12 months’ research and is now on sale. The book follows the granting


of access on foot to some of the country’s wildest and most dra­ matic landscapes as a result of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. It has led to walkers having access to the source of the River Hodder which was the inspiration for this follow-up to the publication of the Clitheroe Ramblers’ Group’s successful “25 Walks in the Ribble and Hodder 'Valleys.” The ramblers have used the


remains of the ancient Cross of Greet at the watershed on the road from Slaidburn to High Bentham as the starting point. They are quick to point out that the land is very fragile and requires special care to preserve the extensive blanket bog and the nesting grounds for many species of birds. Both English Nature and the Royal Society


a m b l e r s in c u th e r o e


have again put their var­ ied talents to excellent


for the Protection of Birds are involved in the management of the area. The Hodder Way has been


presented as a series of circular walks of moderate length and difficulty. Each, say the authors, is a “good walk on its own merit”. And, with the loca­ tion of the Centre of the King­ dom again in the headlines recently, the ramblers have added two walks to the geo­ graphical centre plus the 401 principal islands as determined by Ordnance Survey, which they say are more strenuous. With a short history of Stocks


Reservoir included and again excellent maps by Norman Thorpe, the book incorporates numerous colour photographs and a novel memento - a cloth badge which has been designed by Gill Morpeth and can be obtained by post. The book is priced at £4.50


and is available from numerous outlets including Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre, Kaydee Books, Onwards and Outwards, Ken Varey, Bashall Barn, Whalley Warm and Dry and'Whalley Post Office.


Literacy ■week proves a worthwhile success at school


CHILDREN from Edis- ford School raised £150 during literacy week, cel­ ebrating the chool’s launch of the new Oxford Reading Tree scheme. Infants and nursery


children from the school took part in a range of activities.


including orienteering, baking and dressing up as their favourite charac­ ter. : Thanks go to Trutex .


and Rectella for sponsor­ ing books and Sainsburys and Tesco for providing raffle prizes. Our picture shows


youngsters from the school during the literacy week, (s)


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HEALTH officials have welcomed the installation of a new central heating system and new flooring at the .Clitheroe Physiotherapy Centre. The improvements costing £20,000


■ were funded by Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Primary Care Trust (PCT), with £10,000 donated by the Clitheroe and


District Physiotherapy Trust. Miss Lynne Burns, superintendent


physiotherapist at the centre in Market Street, Clitheroe, said: “We are delight­ ed that the PCT and the trustees have


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funded a new central heating system. ■ “The centre was being heated by an old boiler that was on its last legs. “Physiotherapy requires a warm envi­


ronment for patients to receive assess­ ments, treatments and'advice and the


centre is now lovely and warm”. As an added bonus, the PCT also


funded new flooring for the premises.. ' While the improvements were being


made, patients were treated a t Accring­ ton Victoria Community Hospital. However, now that the work has fin-


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ished, patients are back at the centre. Mr David Peers, director of estates ^


and facilities at the PCT was responsi­ ble for managing the improvements. > He said: “Our aim as a PCT is to ■


improve health service premises as well as the health and well-being of residents


• in Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley. “There is a plan to continue with siich; improvements.


“The recently announced Clitheroe


Health Centre refurbishment is another of those, albeit on a larger scale.”


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