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ONE of the most terrible local disasters occurred at Jubilee Mill when severe dam­ age and destruction took place after a fly­ wheel burst. Stopping their looms, the workers rushed out of the weaving shed just in time to avoid the full force of the accident. Several workers were injured and two people were killed. • During the monthly meeting of the


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Valley Matters Patriotic, not xenophobic


a weekly look at local issues, people and places


guilt, wondering if your flag waving might upset others bom under other flags? In recent years, patriotic celebrations,


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particularly linked to patron saints, have become more widespread and acceptable. Commercial marketing opportunities


have certainly played their part - i t is no accident that consumption of Guinness peaks on St Patrick’s Day! Yet while many English folk are happy


to sup a pint of the black stuff for St Pat, or eat a leek or two on St David’s Day, cel­ ebrations of our own St George’s Day don’t seem to have quite the same fervour, at least not yet. Could it be that waving the Cross of St


George somehow tars us with a right wing brush? Quite a few years ago, the English flag,


and the Union flag too, were appropriated by the far r ig h t , groups such as th e National Front and later the BNP becom-


r e you patriotic? Are you proud to wave your nation’s flag, or in doing so would you feel ju s t a pang of


As I see i t . . by Duncan Smith


ing almost synonymous with these sym­ bols of nationhood. Yet their patriotism is a perverted one,


fuelled not only by a love of things British, but by a hatred or mistrust of things they see as non-British. Their patriotism is stained through with


xenophobia and the majority of people want nothing to do ivith it. Perhaps that is why people have shied away from our flags and o th e r symbols of n at io n al pride, because they don’t want to be associated with those right wing groups who cloaked themselves in them. I t seems th a t a t last we are claiming back these symbols, realising that patriot-


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Whal- ley’s Society of the Broom, Waddington had its Society of the Spade. I t was an unofficial name for the Coronation Gar­ dens Committee who had been tidying up the village gardens. Each evening mem­ bers of the committee, led by their chair­ man, Mr David Walmsley, and any vil­ lagers who had cared to help, had been busily a t work armed with hoes and weed­ ing implements. • Council house rents, housing, street


lighting and apathy among the electorate were the main points in speeches made by the four Labour candidates a t the first public meeting in the Clitheroe municipal election campaign. 0 One of the starkest and most sensa­


tional novels of the 1940s and 1950s, Nel­ son Algren’s “The Man With The Golden Arm” was brought to the screen by Otto Preminger. Frank Sinatra starred as the “Golden-armed dealer” and drug addict.


T H O U G H T for tlie week


n o t break down in summer, they always wait until temper­ atures plunge and winter takes its grip. Our boiler is no exception to


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th is rule. I t s ta r te d to give trouble during the cold snap in mid-February, when for nearly two weeks the night-time tem­ p era tu re s dropped to well below freezing. Surprisingly in such a cold


spell, the h eating engineer came the same day we rang. , After a few questions, some


running of taps and flicking of control switches, he removed the boiler’s cover panels. He spent some'time poking


T is a truth acknowledged by most householders - central heating boilers do


ism and xenophobia are two very different things, that we can embrace one and reject the other. For years, since I was a boy, I have worn


my hair very short - I call it a crew cut, others might say skinhead. A few years ago, such a haircut became


directly associated with far right yobs, so much so that I considered growing mine. I did not want to be stereotyped because of th e way I looked. But why should I change? I have my hair like tha t because that’s


how I like it, not because of politics. It’s a haircut, nothing else. If you think other­ wise, then maybe i t ’s you who has the problem? By the same token, I will wave my coun­


t r y ’s flag. I am English and yes, I am proud of it, but th a t doesn’t make me a xenophobe or, worse still, a racist. Other nations, i t seems, have no such


hang-ups about being patriotic. Provided we strive to keep or patriotism pure, nei­ ther should we.


Matters


vital funds for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.


Nineteen-year-old Sophie Long-


ton, who has cystic fibrosis herself, is hard in training for the City of Manchester 10k on Sunday, June 25th. Manchester University psychol­


ogy student Sophie said: “Running is a great way for me to keep fit and keep my lungs healthy, which helps to prevent any chest infec­ tions. I feel lucky th a t I ’m healthy enough to run, and the knowledge I will be raising funds to help see off CF will spur me on to the fin­ ish line.” You can sponsor Sophie by


Brave Sophie’s city run A


BRAVE Read teenager will be pounding the streets on Manchester in June to raise


emailing sophie .longton@s tu- dent.manchester.ac.uk. Sponsor­ ship money raised will help fund research into treating and curing cystic fibrosis which is the UK’s most common, life-threatening inherited disease, clogging th e internal organs with thick sticky mucus mak in g i t d if ficult to breathe and digest food’. Sophie’s run will also help pro­


vide support, advice and suitable clinical care to the 7,500 babies, children and young adults with cystic fibrosis in the UK. 0 For more information on join­


ing Team GF for the City of Man­ chester ru n , c o n ta c t Beverley Burnham Jones on 0845 859 1029 or email her on th e following: bburnham-jones@cftrust.org.uk.


Kath’s charity help by way of thanks


25 years ago


JUST one week after Easter holiday mak­ ers had been basking in sunshine,' Clitheroe was hit with a freak blizzard. The bad weather, which affected roads and power supplies all over the area, left farm­ ers counting the cost of nightmare condi­ tions at the height of lambing and the annual St George’s Day parade through the town had to be cut short. 0 A Clitheroe doctor certainly found a


holiday with a difference when she spent nearly three weeks trekking round the Himalayas. Dr Anne Huson was the offi­ cial tour doctor for her party in Nepal. 0 Goalkeeper John Barber made the


save of his life which meant team mate Ken Mantle was. lucky to be alive. In a match a t Chatburn, Ken, of Newton Street, Clitheroe, was knocked uncon­ scious and lay choking on his tongue. It was then tha t John - the village PC at Newton - dashed up the field to take con­ trol.


Is my boiler working?


about inside and then rendered his ten ta t iv e diagnosis: “I think your diaphragm’s gone!” After an hour-or-so’s work,


th e heating engineer began checking to ensure the system was again working properly and showed me the old d iaphragm th a t he had removed. “There’s your problem,” he


said, “the rubber has perished.” He explained th a t water


pressure in a small cylinder should flex the. diaphragm and activate a switch, which then causes the boiler to ignite. Over the years the old


diaphragm had deteriorated, becoming too weak to properly activate the switch and allow the system to function;


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The heating engineer made all th is seem simple and


mechanical, but it caused me to think. W h a t about my own


“diaphragm”? That vital point of contact


between me and those I love, between me and my friends and acquaintances, th a t point of contact between me and the God I worship. I s my diaphragm in good


working order? I f n o t, how did th is come


about? Was it the visit I didn’t make, or the deaf ear I turned?


Was i t the time I didn’t put aside for God? ^ Perhaps it was the help I did-


. n’t give, or the thanks I forgot to offer. "


Nothing remarkable, nothing


I would notice in the fair weather of daily life, just the imperceptible deterioration of that all-important diaphragm - my points of contact. And all this set me thinking


ab o u t an o th e r universally acknowledged truth - for most of us the fair weather of daily life is often interrupted by an icy blast. I t is a t these times we most


feel th e need of a strong diaphragm, those points of contact th a t make our systems function as God intended.


GEOFF DEARDEN, Reader at All Hallows’,


Milton, and Si John’s, Hursl Green


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er for the charity Breakthrough Breast Can­ cer.


T Clitheroe resident Kath Mitchell (38),


who heads up Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil’s Stepping Out - Walking to Health Scheme, which aims to encourage more peo­ ple to enjoy the benefits of walking, told the Clitheroe Advertiser of her own personal ordeal with the disease. Less than 12 months ago, Kath was given


the devastating news that she was at risk of having hereditary breast cancer. Health professionals discovered th a t


K ath ’s cousin had inherited faults in a breast cancer gene that lead to a high risk of developing the disease, which she did. They advised her to inform close family members who might also be at risk to give them the choice of being tested for the gene as well. Kath’s mother was the first to undergo


the procedure, which unfortunately came back positive. Even more worrying for Kath, investigations into the family’s histo­ ry identified a pattern, which indicated the risk of her inheriting the gene was high. “My mum remembered relatives before


her dying a t an early age with grandmas and great aunts not surviving past the age of 45. But she never made any kind of link,” Kath recalled. During this terrifjdng period of her life,


Kath told how the assistance she received from th e local cancer support network proved invaluable. In a service co-ordinated by St Mary’s Hospital in Manchester, Kath received com­ prehensive advise and counselling, which ensured she had all the necessary informa­ tiion o hand before she decided to take the test,


on t est.


The fun event, organised by Maria Bird on behalf of Ribblesdale Children’s Centre


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HILDREN are being invited to attend a Wellie Walk and Nature


Trail in Brungerley Park.


h e Ribble Valley’s health walks co­ ordinator has told of her motivation for becoming a committed fund-rais­


support team of my wish to have a double mastectomy if the tests proved positive. She added: “It’s far better as far as I am


concerned to take a more pro-active approach rather than letting something creep up on you and it then being too late to do anything about it.” Kath received her results just two days


before Christmas and heard the words she had been longing to hear, that thankfully she was the exception in her family’s history. “The test was negative meaning I ’m the


first female in five generations of my family not to have the gene,” explained Kath. “I know I’ve been incredibly lucky and


now want to highlight what’s out there to other people and make sure people are aware of the test and the support they receive if they decide to go ahead with it.” Kath added that although she had been


extremely lucky, a male relative had tested positive for the gene. “I want to make people aware of this fact


as most people would not associate men with breast cancer,” she explained. However, according to breakthrough


This included what her options were if the


test proved positive such as having a double mastectomy operation to reduce the chances of the disease developing and advise on reconstructive surgery. The support team explained th a t Kath


had a 50 % chance of having the gene and an 85% chance of developing cancer. “I think it’s only something like five per


decisions about my future and informed the website: www.breakthrough.org.uk/genetic


cent of people that have such a strong fami­ ly connection,” Kath explained. “I wanted to take the test so that I would then be in a position to make important decisions about my future and informed the


--formerly Ribblesdale Nursery, is open to everyone and will include two separate walks around the park, treasure hunts and activity trails.


An open invitation to the Valley’s youngsters n


Being held on Sunday, May 7th, all chil­ Maria Bird on 01200 443716.


breast cancer around 300 men are diagnosed with the disease each year. Now Indebted to the health professionals


that provided support through her family’s ordeal, Kath recently organised a “Crocus Walk” in Clitheroe to raise funds for Break­ through Breast Cancer. A second is planned


. for Longridge with Kath hoping they will become annual events. “At the end of the day, I was given a


chance, but how many people are unaware of the choice they have,” asked Kath. For.more information about hereditary breast cancer or if you are concerned about your family history visit the Breakthrough website: www.breakthrough.org.uk/genetics


dren attending need to be accompanied b;y an adult and it will cost £2 for those who are not pupils at the nursery.


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