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day aside to climb Cadair Idris, a mountain a t the southern end of Snowdonia. As we parked in the valley,


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military jets roared overhead on training exercises. They seemed to come from nowhere with great noise and disap­ pear just as fast. As we started to climb the


mountain we followed a moth­ er and daughter. Before long the mother said: “Oh give me my lunch, you go ahead, I ’m staying here!” The daughter went on alone. Cadair Idris is a long climb


that takes time, energy and determination. We had lunch


HEN we were on our holidays recently, Myrtle and I set a


overlooking the lake and con­ tinued onto the top. I love standing on top of mountains. You get a very different per­ spective of everything around you. More military jets came


through, but now we could watch them come in along the valley below us, then take a sharp right turn along another valley and gradually disap­ pear. We got a much clearer pic­


ture of their training flight. We could see the layout of the whole area of Snowdonia around us, and we could see what the weather was doing. This is so much like spiritu­


al perspective. If we always stay down a t the worldly


level, like the mother we saw, then we fail to see the true perspective. Our vision and understanding remains very limited. But if we take time and effort to climb on to a higher spiritual level, and look at things from God’s perspec­ tive, then we get a much clear­ er view and will understand much more of what is going on.


How do we do th a t? We


need to read the Bible with open minds to see what God says about our situation and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal the life and meaning to us. It does take time, effort and


determination to get the real truth. But it is so worthwhile. This morning I read in


Proverbs, one of the books in the Bible, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people”. How th a t helps us understand so much of history! What a chal­ lenge it is to us, and to our politicians today. While we were on top of


Cadair Idris we could see at a distance that the weather was beginning to close in, so we started the descent before the cloud came and the rain. If we get the higher spiritu­


al perspective, we can see warnings of the direction that


' our times are heading, and the need to be in a situation where


we don’t get lost in the fog! BRIAN CLARK,


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HE scene - a beach around the early ’60s, it could be Blackpool, but I don’t remember.


A skinny kid, aged about four, is pad­


dling around in the wavelets at the edge. You can easily tell all his ribs, he’s about knee-high to a donkey and the woollen swimming trunks are in danger of falling off because there's little for the waist­ string to grip on to. Cue female screech from about 20 yards


away: “Come ’ere, Cheyenne!” Now Cheyenne was very big on TV in


those days. Cheyenne, played by Clint Walker, was big in every way. He was built like the proverbial outhouse and he cast a mighty shadow over the lone prairie. To the vast majority of female viewers,


including many ladies of matronly dispo­ sition and bearing, Cheyenne was the sort of bloke of whom fantasies are made. I began to muse about the sort of stick


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this poor little lad was probably going to get at school soon and would continue to get if he didn’t take up a Charles Atlas course quick - and it wasn’t his fault! I had forgotten about the incident until


little Princess Tiammi made her appear­ ance and we became aware of another in the line of daft handles supplied by “celebrity” parents. I suppose that the conferring of names like Trixibelle, Brook­ lyn or Romeo sort of underlines the pass-


As I see i t . . by Glen Pate


ing on of “celebrity” genes. But it’s one hell of a burden to live up to, or live down, whichever is preferred. Mind you, it can work the other way.


With a name like Wolfgang Windgassen, the lad just had to turn out to be a superb, huge-voiced Wagnerian tenor, particular­ ly as his dad was one as well. The name of Fergus Slattery, once described by a com­ mentator as “the onomatopaeic Irish flanker”, was certainly no handicap to the rampaging rugby union forward. At a more local level, a former vicar of


Low Moor had a name that seemed to come straight from “Happy Families” - the Rev. Ivor Pugh. One of my more hilarious nights in


South Germany came when I got chatting to a man who introduced himself in the beer garden as Auguste Bugger, the sur­ name being quite a common one in the area. We were joined by another guy, who was introduced: “This is my brother. He doesn’t speak English. His name is


Sylvester, but we call him Silli for short." This, on top of a near-skinfu! of potent


pils, was a bit too much and a couple of po-faced Germans were wondering why this crazy Englishman was paralytic with mirth. I couldn’t begin to explain why the conjunction of names brought that response, so I made an excuse and left. My own surname once gave me some


unexpected kudos when I went to Ham­ burg with a group of friends. "Pate" in German means “godfather” and at the time all Germany was awaiting the appearance in the country of the first of the Marlon Brando epics. Nearly every street corner in the citv


was emblazoned with a hugh fiver stating simply: “Pate ist h ier”. Mv English friends didn't make the connection with the film and were puzzled why I was being welcomed in such a way! As to my first name, well, Glenn is mv


mother’s maiden name. My parents decid­ ed to pass it on to me, but my dad and the registrar had some breakdown in commu­ nications, so I was registered with just the one “n” - and I ’m almighty grateful for that. It could have been worse because their


first thought, after perusing old family names, was Robert Ivor. I think the ini­ tials RIP would have provoked quite a lot of mirth in some quarters!


OUR picture shows Sally working with a student on


one of her previous drawing and painting holidays at Whalley Abbey, (s)


Artist Sally returns to


her Ribble Valley roots A


RTIST Sally Taylor has returned to her Ribble Valley


l i : -roots and this summer plans to


pass on her skills to others at Whalley Abbey. Born and raised in Clitheroe, Sally


showed an aptitude for art from an early age and went on to achieve a degree in Fine Arts. Later she worked in Manchester and London, but also ran several summer art courses based at Whalley Abbey and catering for artists at all levels, from beginners to semi-professional. They proved popu­ lar, several students returning years after year, but Sally yearned to spread her wings and for the past eight years has lived in Ibiza, where she ran her own business, including a successful gallery. She also exhibits her work reg­ ularly in the UK and Spain. But the pull of the Ribble Valley was strong and now Sally has moved


New Rotary year and a new president in charge


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NEW Rotary year is under way in Clitheroe, with a newly-installed


president at the helm. Mr Jeffery Riding, retired


Police Chief Superintendent, has taken over the mantel of presi­ dent of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe from solicitor Mr Geof- fery Isherwood. Mr Riding retired from the


Greater Manchester Police force more th an 10 years ago and moved to Clitheroe. During this time he has


become involved in many aspects of local life, using his aquired


skills to great effect for the greater good of the community and the many groups with which he has become involved. These include Police Liaison, the MS Society, the Community Bonfire and the Schools’ Technology Tournament, to name just a few. He has become a pivotal mem­


ber of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe and fellow members are looking forward to a great year under his charismatic leadership. Mr Riding is pictured (right)


receiving the president’s chain of office from his predecessor, Mr Isherwood. (s)


100 years ago


SEVERAL local ladies provided a day out for senior citizens working a t a Clitheroe warehouse. The drive was by way of Whalley, Worston to Greendale, where tea was provided for them. 0 A local man was charged with being


drunk and incapable. Once sober, he was fined 7s. 6d. or 14 days labour. 0 Whalley was visited by a party of


Roman Catholics from Liverpool. The large group of 700 to 800 people visited the Abbey and Nab, while others explored the surrounding districts. 0 A Clitheroe spinner was sentenced to


12 months in prison after stealing an iron gully grid valued at 5s. and belonging to


the County council.


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


TWO local firms - Ribblesdale Cement Ltd. and its subsidiary Horrocksford Lime Co.,Ltd., - were playing a big part in the construction of Britain’s first motorway, the Preston by-pass. O The death of Oliver Hardy, 0f the


Laurel and Hardy comedy team, recalled the visit of the famous pair to Whalley 10 years earlier. They were guests of Miss Dorothy Taylor, of Clitheroe Road, who had close associations with the theatre. ® News from Mr Robertson, Scout­


master of 1st Whalley (Calderstones Hos­ pital) was that 25 Scouts and Rovers travelled by coach to the Jubilee World Jamboree at Sutton Park, near Sutton Coldfield, on Saturday.


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back to Clitheroe and is busy renovat­ ing a house off Woone Lane. News of her return spread around the local artistic community and several people asked if she would run more courses, so, with Whalley Abbey’s conference centre accommodation newly refur­ bished, she has taken the plunge. The week-long drawing and paint­


ing holiday, with one-to-one instruc­ tion from Sally, runs from August 27th to 31st and again is designed for artists at all levels and working in var­ ious media. It can be either residential or non-


residential. Sally is hoping for fine weather, as the grounds of the 15th Century abbey offer some stunning opportunities for artists. For more information about the


course or to book a place, call the Abbey on 01254 828400.


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