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AT a meeting of the Town Council, Coun. J . A. Wade complained of a nuisance caused by trippers in Castle Street, Clitheroe. He said that when tipsy, they used bad language, flourished bottles and made themselves a general nuisance. Fed- up with the problem, he called for an increased police presence on the streets of Clitheroe on Saturday night. In the past couple of months, he had received several complaints from frustrated members of the public. • Negotiations were in progress


between representatives of local mill workers and the manufacturers for the return of 2.5% previously deducted from their waages for “local disadvantages”. • A marble plaque was unveiled at


Downham Wesleyan Chapel to honour the memory of George Illingworth {1822- 1901), of Hey House, staunch supporter and ardent worker at the chapel.


on your dictionary, a definition along the lines of: “The bringing of repressed experi­ ences into consciousness, thus relieving ten­ sions” or “the purging of emotions through the evocation of pity”. In layman’s terms, a cathartic experience


is one that gets something off your chest and makes you feel better for it... which is exactly what I hope to do right now. You might not care one jot about my


troubles and woes (why should you?), but I ’m going to tell them anyivay in the entire­ ly selfish hope that it makes me feel better.


So here goes. Last weekend I went to a wedding here in


the Ribble Valley, or I should say we went, the “we” being my wife and our two chil­ dren, one almost six and the other three- and-a-half. That was our first mistake, tak­ ing the kids, but they were invited and excit­ ed.


The wedding was fine, the bride was


beautiful, the bridegroom handsome, the children behaved in church and all passed off peacefully. And so to the reception at a popular Valley pub and restaurant. Again,


As I see i t . . . by Duncan Smith


all went pretty well, until the sit-down meal. We weren’t alone in bringing our off­


spring, quite a few couples had young chil­ dren and we were seated together at two of the tables. They started to get fidgety through the speeches, as young children do, and they were hungry by now. There was nothing for it but to raid the bread rolls early. I was fast losing the battle to keep our youngest in his seat, especially as other tots had escaped from theirs. With the speeches over, it was time to


serve the meal and this was when the real problems started. Each table was called up in turn to collect their meals from a hot carvery. Unfortunately, the two tables clos­ est to the carvery, and the very last two to be called up, were the two “family” tables. So here you have a 40-minute procession


of people carrying plates of hot food between these two tables of by now very


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


A RALLY in the Castle grounds, to mark the 40th anniversary of the National Sav­ ings Movement and which had been planned to take place last weekend, had to be postponed. Last month, the council agreed to use the Castle band for the rally organised by the local savings committee, who had also planned to hold a dance on the netball pitch in the evening. • Eighty tonnes of earth and rubble


blocked the road leading into Whitewell after a landslide. I t was not until 24 hours later that the last of the landslide was cleared away. • Ambulance men, with the aid of


ropes, rescued a 16-year-old youth lying injured on the steep face of the disused Coplow Quarry, Clitheroe. The teenager, from Burnley, had been struck a glancing blow by a large piece of rock as he climbed up the quarry face. He injuried his ribs and bruised his the face and left elbow.


hungry, tired and increasingly cantankerous little people who simply do not understand why they can’t get off their chairs and run around playing. The considerable heat from the carvery,


and the fact that the nearest window would not open, did nothing to alleviate the par­ ents’ stress levels. You try telling a hot three-year-old he must sit and wait patient­ ly! When the two family tables were finally called, most of the children were too full of bread and butter or just too tired and tear­ ful to sit and eat. To use a phrase familiar to most parents, they were “past it”. We threw in the towel, called it quits and


took our tribe home to bed. The wedding had been great, it was good to see so many family members again, but the meal had been what a die-hard positive thinker could best describe as a steep learning curve. What I learnt is that sit-down meals are not for very young children who want to do anything but sit down. I t was a first for us, and very likely a last. Two days later my blood pressure is just


about back to normal and in some strange way, writing this has helped. There you are - catharsis.


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Young carer Leanne scoops top accolade


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Bell to go under the hammer of


auctioneer A BELL synonymous with Glitheroe’s indus­ trial heritage is going under the auctioneer’s hammer. On August 31st the


bell, from the former Primrose Mill, will be up for sale at Silver- woods. Although it was origi­


25 years ago


THERE was a rousing welcome for Ribble Valley runner Keith Dixon when he returned to Clitheroe this week after com­ peting in the 26-mile British Marathon. Keith was one of about 20 local people tak­ ing part in Europe’s biggest-ever marathon. And his neighbours in Kemple View, Clitheroe, were so delighted that they deco­ rated his house with bunting and “welcome home” signs. • A fresh proposal by Clitheroe Rugby


Club to site changing rooms and a social club at Littlemoor had again run into oppo­ sition from local residents. • Clitheroe’s hospital, which would


enable some Ribble Valley patients to be treated nearer their home by their own doc­ tors, was scheduled to be ready by April 1982. The hospital was thought to be the first of its kind in the North West and the development was being watched by health authorities and the medical profession.


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extent that any intrusion upon watching them is resented. I have come to believe that we


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deeply desire to be part of a community, after years of indi­ vidualistic living: but we are sometimes fearful of the com­ mitment that such a way of life might entail. We want good neighbours; we want to be good


HAVE often pondered why TV “soaps” are so addictive. They are soaked up, to the


Good neighbours


neighbours; but we don’t always want to “get involved”. Soap watching provides us with access to the lives of others with­ out any sense of responsibility or commitment towards them. At its worst, there is a kind of voyeurism, a looking in on some­ one else’s reality. Of course television soaps do


not portray perfect communi­ ties: that wouldn’t be realistic. What they show is the frailty


and ambiguity of human beings, struggling to work out what it means to live and work togeth­ er; the joys and the sorrows, tri­ umphs and tragedies. Yet we need to go further than


watching television to rediscover our sense of human community. We need to choose to get involved in real life: to get our hands dirty and our hearts bro­ ken; to weep with those who weep, and to rejoice with those


who have cause for rejoicing. “Neighbours should be there


for one another - that’s when good neighbours become good friends.” So says the lyrics for one of the most popular and enduring soaps. But to “be there” for one another we may need to switch off the TV and


open our front door. g il l mack,


Resident Priest at HursI Green and Milton.


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nally thought to be a ship’s bell, local experts have confirmed it was a work bell often found in mills and used to sum­ mon workers to their tea break. Standing at around 10


in. high and 10 in. diam­ eter, the bronze bell (pictured), which is not attached to the clapper, has a GR - George Rex - moniker stamped on it dating i t to around 1900. Silverwoods has priced it at between £30 and £50. Despite digging into


the mill’s past those sell­ ing the bell have only been able to find a cou­ ple of references to Primrose Mill, but have not found any details about the people who once worked there. Steven Parkinson,


from Silverwoods, said: “I think it is the memo­ ry that someone would be buying. “I t is a bit of


Clitheroe’s history and would appeal to former mill workers, local histo­ rians or bell collectors, because i t is a funda­ mental part of the town’s history.” I t will be on display at


the next Antique and Collectors Fair on August 26th between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Proceeds from the sale


will be donated to the charity Childline, (s)


at the annual Pendle Training Awards. Leanne Abdoolah, a Modern


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Apprentice from the Manor House Nursing and Residential Home, in Chatburn, won the award for outstanding attitude and motivation in the care sec­ tor. Several members of staff from the Manor House were at the event to support Leanne and see her receive her award.


CARE worker at a Ribble Valley nursing home won one of the top accolades


Leanne joined the Manor


House team 12 months ago as a modern apprentice and has proved herself a keen and reli­ able member of the team who has become well respected by the clients. She has undertaken and gained her National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) Level II in Health and Social Care and is now undertaking her NVQ Level I I I in the same subject. The Manor House is one of


only a few employers in the care sector that is committed to the


employment and training of young people under the age of 18. Jane t Harrison, from the Manor House, commented: “Young people have brought an added dimension into the field of care with their fresh approach and commitment and if all the young people follow Leanne’s example then the next genera­ tion to need care have a lot to look forward to.” Our picture shows Leanne and


her award with other staff from the Manor House, (s)


hooked a prestigious new job in the North-East. Alastair Dandle, pictured, the


Alastair nets a super new job A


WELL-KNOWN face in the Ribble Valley’s coun­ try pursuits circle has


manager of the fishing and shoot­ ing department at Ken Varey’s Outdoor World, in Clitheroe, has been appointed Game Product Manager for Hardy and Greys in Northumberland. A keen fly-tyer, Alastair inher­


ited a collection of Hardy rods and reels from his grandfather and so is delighted to be now working for the company that produced them. He will also be in charge of The Complete Angler retail shop a t the company’s Alnwick headquarters. Alastair (34) said: “In my


youth, I spent enjoyable days wandering around local - and often not so local - tackle shops with my Grandpa, Jim Fleming, who I have to thank for much of my fishing knowledge and also for the Hardy rods and reels that I inherited from him! “I am sure he would have loved


to know that I will be working with one of his favourite tackle companies from all those years


ago. “I have had a wonderful time


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