Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 13th, 2007


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Pendle’s part in the beginnings of the Quaker movement


by Duncan Smith


A REVELATION experienced on the top of Pendle Hill was the beginning of a worldwide religious movement, which is celebrated this month. National Quaker Week runs from


September 22nd to 30 th and has a spe­ cial resonance for local believers, due to the movement’s local roots. George Fox, pictured, the founder of


the Quakers, often stated that it was a vision he experienced on Pendle Hill in June 1652 which inspired him to begin his movement, more formally known as the Religious Society of Friends. In his autobiography, Fox wrote:


“As we traveled we came near a very great hill, called Pendle Hill, and I was


' moved of the Lord to go up to the top of it; vdiich I did with difficulty, it was so very steep and high. “When I was come to the top, I saw


the sea bordering upon Lancashire. From the top of this hill the Lord let me see in what places he had a great people to be gathered. As I went down, I found a spring of water in the side of the hill, with which I refreshed myself, having eaten or drunk but little for several days before.” Fox’s beliefs inspired others and his


movement grew so th a t National Quaker Week will be celebrated around the globe. Locally, the Sawley Quakers are


staging a number of events aimed at giving people the chance to meet the Quakers and learn about the 350-year history that started with a vision on Pendle Hill. The events are as follows: • September 22nd - “Meet the


Quakers”, 1-30 to 3 p.m. in the Meet­ ing Room a t Clitheroe Library. Refreshments and information with a short talk and a sample Quaker ‘meet­ ing’ at 2 p.m. Also, a Candlelit Meet­ ing for Worship at 7 p.m. at the Castle Gates, Clitheroe, lasting 20 minutes. ® September 23rd - morning wor­


ship, 10-30 a .m .a t Sawley Quaker Meeting House, Grindleton Road, Sawley. One hour, with short introduc­ tion to silent worship and children’s


Challenge of change


YOUNG people from across Lancashire have been putting their heads together to find ways to help prevent climate change. More than 80 teenagers from the Lancashire


Youth Council took time out from their summer holidays to attend a two-day residential conference on global warming at Borwick Hall, near Carn- forth. And environment bosses responsible for Lan­


cashire County Council’s £lm.-plus climate change programme joined them at the end of their discus­ sions to listen to what they had to say. Fiona Cruchley, environment policy officer, said:


“I t was great; the young people were really enthu­ siastic and they had picked up on the complexity of the issues and had translated that into doing something about it. “They’d concluded that whatever the causes of


global warming - man-made or natural - there was still a strong argument for energy efficiency and less waste.”


Now their ideas will be fed into the county coun­


cil’s campaign to reduce Lancashire’s carbon foot­ print at both individual and organisational levels. Coun. Hazel Harding, leader of the county coun­


cil, met with participants at the conference and said: “We used to have the excuse of ignorance, but that no longer applies. “Young people today will bear the burden of cli­


mate change, but now they are well-informed and conscious of their obligations to the planet and the people living on it.”


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RIBBLE VALLEY bookworms have been rewarded for their reading. Nine-year-old Georgina Morgan is the winner


of a Relay Readers Marathon award.; A pupil at Chatburn Primary School,


Georgina’s favourite book is “Little Darlings” by Sam Llewelyn. Her other hobbies include cricket, netball and riding. She was presented with her trophy, certificate and book voucher for £10 by Christine Wood-


Andrew Atkinson (pictured). His winning Kurt wouldn’t come out of his room.” review was of Michael Coleman’s “Touchline Terror”.


A^d^ew A Two more monthly winners are Eleanor


Binns and Emelia Nurse. Eight-year-old Eleanor Binns, of Downham,


reviewed “That’s Me” by Lauren Child. She enjoyed reading the book because “it tells


lour. Pictured with her Relay Reader’s certificate


Chip - is Emelia Nurse. (A140807/8)


A mo^thl^RPt v bp h 1 ° h?MUrn' . you who is in Clarice Beans’ family and how she ni f T"?-'7 a™r? 18 lives” Her favourite part of the book was “when


And six-year-old Emelia Nurse, of Clitheroe


reviewed “The Robodog” by Frank Rodgers. Emelia’s favourite part of the book was when the robodog - went to the beauty par­


Harold the giraffe takes a holiday break


HAROLD the giraffe has been on his holidays while his mobile classrooms - which visit nearly all the primary schools in Lan­ cashire - have been receiving a makeover. The Rotarians of Clitheroe Rotary


Club have been busy mending, clean­ ing and polishing the six mobile classrooms, known to almost 60% of the primary school children in Lan­ cashire and Cumbria, as they present the Life Education programme each year to each school.


The programme shows children


how to stay healthy, how to deal with the problems of growing up and how to cope with all that life might throw at them during their time at junior school. Life Education Lancashire, whose


mascot is Harold the Giraffe, is a charity with which Rotary is heavily involved. I t raises funds for the service,


maintains the classrooms and trans­ ports them between schools, which involves numerous journeys a year. There is a team of dedicated


Popular former Ribble Valley GP dies at 92


A FORMER Clitheroe GP has died at the age of 94. Born in Dublin and brought up in Ire­


land, Dr Denis Cassidy settled in Clitheroe in 1947. He studied medicine at Dublin Universi­


ty, qualifying in 1938. During the Second World War he served


activities starting after 10 minutes. Followed by refreshments. • September 27th - “Living in the


World Today: Quaker perspectives”, 7-30 p.m., Sawley Quaker Meeting House. One hour panel and discussion on why Quakers live the way they do, followed by refreshments. • September 29th - Quaker History


Day, 11 a.m., Sawley Quaker Meeting House. A 40-minute talk on the events of 1652 and the significance of Pendle


Hill for the early Quaker movement, followed by refreshments. Bring your own lunch and join our walk up Pen­ dle Hill in the afternoon if you wish. Donations to the building fund. • September 30th - Sawley Quaker


Meeting Open Day, 10-30 a.m. to late afternoon, Sawley Quaker Meeting House. Morning worship at 10-30 a.m., one hour, with short introduction to silent worship and children’s activi­ ties starting after 10 minutes. Fol­


lowed by refreshments. Bring your own lunch. 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. -Tai Chi demonstrations. Plant sales, cake stalls, all-age art activities, children’s bug hunt all afternoon. Displays and information about Quakers past and present, plus the future plans for the Meeting House and garden. Everyone is welcome at these events


and to find out more about them or to ask about Quakers, call Helen and John Blackett on 01200 440105.


Awards presented to Valley’s young readers


in the Royal Army Medical Corps, seeing active service in Africa. He returned home and then decided to move to England. He joined Dr Murray and Dr Hansen’s


practice in early 1948, just before the cre­ ation of the National Health Service. Drs Murray and Hansen were replaced by Dr Harrison in 1958, Dr Parker in 1959 and later Dr Neville. During his time at the practice, Dr Cas­


sidy also held regular branch surgeries in the villages of BoIton-by-Bowland, Gis- bum and Hurst Green. He spent 32 years with the practice,


retiring in September 1980, to be replaced by Dr Anne Huson, although he continued for some time to do GP locum and medical board work. In 1950 Dr Cassidy married Beryl


Owen, the daughter of the manager of Primrose Mill, at St Michael and St John’s RC Church. The couple had three children, Sue, Sarah and Simon. During the family’s time in the Ribble


Valley, Dr Cassidy was.associated with Clitheroe St John Ambulance, teaching first aid to many organisations and acting as an examiner for the organisation. In 1972 he was invested as a serving


brother in the Order of St John in recogni­ tion of his 22 years’ service. He was a member of the Old People’s


Welfare Committee and the Waddington branch of the Royal British Legion.. A keen sailor and golfer, Dr Cassidy


played a t Clitheroe and Whalley golf courses, even with failing eyesight, and sailed at Lake Burwain, in Foulridge. He also had a keen interest in history, art


and music and was a member of the local Probus club. Following his wife’s death in 2000, he moved to Cambridge to be with his daughter. Former colleague Dr Michael (Bob)


Parker described him as a true and loyal friend and “an upright, kind and caring man”.


• Dr Cassidy is pictured during a holiday


in his native Ireland in 1992. (s) For Ribble Valley news


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hauliers and 4x4 owner-drivers who give their time freely to this very worthwhile cause. If you feel you would like to be involved and have the 4x4 to do the job, please contact John Myers of Clitheroe Rotary Club 01200 422822. Your involve­ ment would be as much or as little as you want and you would not be left on your own to cope. You would be helping to make a difference to our young people of the future. Our picture shows local Rotarians


giving the mobile classrooms their summer spruce-up. (s)


Busy stretch of road closes for repairs


A BUSY and notorious road link­ ing the Ribble Valley and Pendle is currently closed. A 450-metre stretch of the A682


between Gisburn and Blacko was closed to through traffic on Mon­ day as work began to repair a bridge.


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PERMISSION has been given to stage an open air music festi­ val this weekend in the vicinity of Howgill, Rimington. The organisers have been


given the go-ahead to stage the Full Phat Open Air'Festival from noon on Saturday. A special website has been set


up to promote the event, initial­ ly planned for July, and party- goers have been told that they could be searched by security staff or police. Organisers Ian


Open air festival will go ahead m id -


O’Reilly and Emma Robinson have said that they are hoping for a fun, safe and memorable time for all attending. All money raised will be donated to Air Ambulance as well as other selected charities. The A682 from Gisburn to


Howgill Lane is closed for repair work - see the story above right- and it is hoped that those attending the pirate- themed event will take note of route instructions.


, A , * , -av, t \ ‘ - m L . .... Lancashire County Council


closed the route between the junc­ tion with Rimington Lane and the entrance to Watt Close Farm to enable the repairs to a bridge over Old Beck to be carried out. A county council spokesman said the road was expected to be


closed until September 24th. The closure had been put in


place for safety reasons and to enable the work to be done more quickly. Diversions have been set up


and signposted while the work is being done.


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