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with events such as this taking place in the Ribble Valley’s rural locations, the lead up to. the web-billed “party In a field” was far from satisfactory. In an article on page' 17 of last week’s


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Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, we stat­ ed that the festival would go ahead. That information was gleaned from the


organisers’ very comprehensive website. Following numerous telephone calls on


Thursday and Friday, can I most emphatically stress that the Advertiser and Times was not working “in league” with the local authority. On Wednesday, as we went to press, we


had no idea that the borough council’s licensing committee had still to meet and take a decision on the issuing of alcohol and music licences for Saturday’s event.


. I incorrectly assumed from the event’s website, which clearly stated that tickets were selling fast, that those licences had been obtained. I apologise for that. On Thursday, September 13th, I and


representatives of other local media received telephone calls informing us that a meeting of the borough council’s licens-


HE weekend’s Full Phat Open Air Festival went ahead. And, whether you agree or disagree


As I see i t . . by the Editor


ing committee was taking place within half-an-hour. A report of that meeting appears else­


where this week. The telephone calls were not from the council. The outcome was that the festival went


ahead with licence restrictions. The actu­ al hearing took almost five hours during which the police stated their opposition


■ to the event, along with many residents. The weekend’s iestival also coincided


with the closure of part of the A682 near­ by and the the re-imposition of foot and mouth restrictions nationwide. In July this year, event organisers Ian


O’Reilly and Emma Robinson obtained a licence almost before local residents knew what was planned on their doorstep. That licence was subject to conditions


“overleaf”. The organisers told me that overleaf was blankl At that stage they planned to curtail numbers to 499 and praised the licensing


100 years ago


“PINK PILLS for Pale People” miracu­ lously restored a crippled woman. The ill patient suffered from acute pains in her chest and back, rheumatism, indigestion, fatigue and insomnia. The pills were believed to give women “rich, pure, blood”... according the the advert. • Two female prisoners were jailed for


14 days for the offence of begging in Bawdlands the previous day. • According to Gordon Stables, author


of the book “Sickness and Health” and “The Wife’s guide to health and happi­ ness”, his readers should chew on “green things”. His theory was tha t dogs eat large amounts of couch grass when they are uncomfortable and tha t his friend lived to an old age by chewing on rushes. • The scale of pay for Clitheroe Police’s


sergeants was considerbaly below any other area in the country. In West Riding, the maximum pay for sergeants was £1.19 s 8 d after 10 years in service. The maxi­ mum for a sergeant in Clitheroe was only £1.15 s6d.


LOOKINGBACK 50 years ago


ICE-CREAM made and sold by a local trader was deemed to be “not of the required substance”. She was fined £10 plus £5 19s after


being accused of not having enough fat in her ice-cream. To rectify the matter she added ice-cream butter and increased her unworthy 3% fa t ice-cream to the required 5%. Her accusers justified her fine by stating that “the public must be protected.’” • Audrey Hepburn was introduced as a


song and dance star in the romantic film “Funny Face” about a photogenic girl who was taken to Paris to become a model. While in the French capital she fell in


love with a fashion photographer, played by Fred Astaire.


• There was an “orchard raid” at the


residence of a family in the Henthom dis­ trict. The shocked family returned from their late summer holiday to find all 12 of their apple and pear trees, some of which were full, completely stripped of fruit. • •


section of the council for its help. It was all very low key. Then the Events Safety Advisory Group reared its collective head. Ian and Emma rightly commented


th a t , if th e re were hoops to jump through, they should have been there before the granting of the licence. For various reasons - and July was


very wet - the event did not go ahead. In the aftermath, questions need to be


asked and answers given. The council should certainly be reviewing its licens­ ing procedure. • Why was the committee’s meeting


scheduled to take place just two days before an event for which 400 tickets at £10 each had already been sold on a non- ref undable basis? • Had th e organisers no t a moral


responsibility to inform people on their website that they had still to obtain the relevant licences? • Should events of this nature be held


a t a time when major roadworks are being carried out in the immediate vicin­ ity? • And is i t not time th a t the Ribble


Valley had a designated site for events such as this? • llth-hour decision - see page 28.


Parish w e lcom e s new m in is te r s


force at a special service to wel­ come two new ministers to the town. The Rev. Tim Thorpe and


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his wife, Kay, arrived from Not­ tingham to take over from the Rev. Chris Cheeseman as superintendent minister. He is joined by the Rev.


Katy Thomas, a probation minister with mission experi­ ence in Chile, who has made her home in Whalley. The service was attended by


25 years ago


CLITHEROE-BORN film director Ian Sharpe had just produced the film “Who Dares Wins”, with Lewis Collins as its SAS hero. He hoped to take his mother and friends to see a performance at the town’s civic hall. The film was set to rival the latest James Bond movie. • Two workers at Clitheroe’s ICI plant


came up with an £8,000-a-year energy saving idea. They were rewarded with £2,200 each. • Clitheroe’s first postwoman driver


since the Second World War, Mrs Glenda Price, joined 10 of her male colleagues to receive safe driving awards. • There was a huge fall in blood donors


at a session in Clitheroe. I t was the lowest in four years and well below average. It was suggested that this was due to shift work and nice weather that day. • A Downham farmer’s son received a


liver transplant after suffering from liver trouble for 18 months. The 21-year-old wanted to repay the hospital for saving his life and raised £180 by fund-raising.


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ARISHIONERS from Trinity Methodist Church turned out in


Ribble Valley and Clitheroe town civic dignitaries as well as church representatives and was conducted by the Rev. Stephen Poxon, chairman of the district. Mr Thorpe, a keen Derby


County supporter, has pastoral care of Clitheroe, Chatburn, Grindleton and Paythorne churches and is helped by lay worker Mrs Nicola Bamber. Churches in Waddington,


West Bradford and Whalley are in the pastoral care of the Miss Thomas and she is assisted by Mrs Wendy Bridgeman. The appointment of Mr


T H O U G H T for the week


him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains” (Genesis 22 v.2). I was recently asked by the


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local Franciscans to write a few thoughts on this very tricky passage. Jus t when I was about to


admit I had no comment that could possibly be constructive, God set me thinking along a different path. . I hope the following gives you something to profitably “chew over”. Is old Abraham, then, pre­


pared to ceremoniously slay his precious, long-awaited heir, because he dare not act against the will of One Who called him out of Ur, promising descen­


OD said to Abraham: “Take your son, your only son .... Sacrifice


Thorpe means that for the first time in 12 months, Trinity Methodist Church now has a resident minister. Visitors to the church also


enjoyed a hot-pot lunch, which gave them the chance to meet Mr Thorpe. Our picture shows newcom­


ers Superintendent Minister Rev. Tim Thorpe (third from left) and, next to him, the Rev. Katy Thomas with district chairman the Rev. Stephen Poxon (second from right) and other local Methodists at the welcome service.(T010907/5)


Sarah’s review wins award


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i n e -y e a r -o l d Sarah Sellick is the latest monthly winner


of our reading scheme. Sarah is a member of Read


Library. Her review of “Flora the


Fancy Dress Fairy”, by author Daisy Meadows, caught the eye of the judges. Sarah’s favourite parts of


the book where when three accessories were found, when Flora changed her costumes and when the ball went wrong. She said she enjoyed the


book because it “became more exciting when everything went wrong”. And for her the especially


good part was when the girls got their angel costumes, but the worst bit was when the costumes got destroyed. To accompany her review, Sarah drew a picture of Flora.


• FORMER soldier Trevor Cable wants to set up a Veter­ ans’ Union to help ex-Service- men and their families. Trevor says he wants to gauge how well it would go down locally. Anyone wanting to know


more can contact him on (01282) 695675 or email- trevor_Brown73@tiscali.co.uk


Chew over this*


dants numerous as the stars? Does he obey, simply because he fears the consequences of disobedience? Or has he come to trust and love God so much, that he’s prepared to sacrifice his only son? Centuries later, the prophet


Hosea (through his own heart­ rending circumstances) found within himself capacity to set aside another’s sin and start afresh. He reasoned that if he— mere man - could love so much, how much more could God? In other words, both heights


of human aspiration and depths of human despair can teach us something profound concerning the nature of God - who desires mercy of us, not sacrifice (Hosea 6 v.6). At the'very last moment,


even as Abraham, aimed the knife at the youngster’s thump­ ing heart; God provided one to take his place: “Behold! a ram, caught in the thicket by its horns.” Even as Abraham and Isaac


journeyed homeward, thank­ fully leaving the sacrificial stone unstained by. human blood, a whole system of gory ritual was under way: animals slain in droves, slaughtered in atonement for our sin. Maybe Abraham, unwittingly, was first in a line of sacrificial priests. And perhaps, that day, God


thought about obedience: that he dare not ask obedience of his creations without, a t some point in the history of the world, experiencing obedience for himself. The great plan of


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self-emptying, bom out of love


•unimaginably and inexplicably profound, was there from the beginning. One day in time he would'experience the pain of a priest, who offers on the altar something so precious, as of his own being. And (here the strangest,


most amazing thing of all): he also becomes for us the victim, obedient even to death; the lamb slain for us, nailed to a wooden altar, cross shaped. O lamb of God, obedient,


love-driven Lamb of God, have mercy on us and teach us true obedience.


Gerald Mack, Reader,


All Hallows’ and St John’s Church,


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