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100 years ago


A LETTER was sent to Clitheroe Town Council by Mr Jos. Hayes, the Mayor of Wagga Wagga, Australia, with a flag and some local history. He was asking for something to be returned to enable those Down Under to remember Clitheroe. It was suggested that a local lady be


asked to put the borough arms and the castle on a banner to send back. • A grand concert in aid of Barrow


Cricket Club raised £5. The event, held at village’s Congregational School, fea­ tured a troop of Pierrots hired in from Manchester at “great expense”, as well as solos and duets. • Fire-fighters were called to the Cas­


tle Manufacturing Co. premises at Sal­ ford Bridge. It was believed the fire had been caused by friction under a winding machine. Although the fire brigade had been


called, several employees had used buck­ ets of water to put the fire out. • Members of Waddington Church


Council resolved to s ta r t work on installing oak benches in the church. • PC Entwistle rescued the uncon­


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was in my best dress at the vice- Chancellor's Dinner in a magnificent Scottish Gothic-inspired stone hall. Great open fires burned at each end.


The grey-haired and gowned chap was nearing the end of his speech, we were all waiting to eat, when the girl in front of me suddenly shouted out “SEXIST!” just as loudly as she could, her Scots voice echoing around the timbers above. The decorum of the place was in


shreds! I think everyone on the long table stared at her. She looked at her dinner- jacketed partner. He giggled. For the past 25 years since that inci­


dent I have wondered whether this was idiotic or brave. Now, finally, the penny has dropped, thanks to an odd incident in the New Inn. The question is not was she brave or


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idiotic, it is: Was she right? Unfortunate­ ly, over the mists of time, I can't remem­ ber what the old guy was actually saying, so I will never know. That’s the problem with questions that only show up decades later - the answers have long since van­ ished. So we were all there, in the New Inn


back room, having a lovely time. First guest - great, a bit James Blunty, but all the same, great. Second guest appears, all young and eccentric, bless 'im. He intro­ duces his first song, about benefit fraud, called “The Scum” or something similar. The word “Ah” hangs in the air and some people look suddenly interested in the tips of their shoes. I myself was fascinat­ ed by my trainers. And then we were all treated to a jolly song about Incapacity Benefit fraud-


A s I s e e i t . . . b y Katy Marshall


sters, followed by one about his neigh­ bours - lazy, fat and richer than him - being on benefit. Super. I ’m sitting there, a good 15


years of working with people in the bene­ fits system, fully aware of the misguided, pernicious, downright wrongheadedness of what he was saying. Does he realise how damn hard it is for anyone to pass the medicals for long-term disability ben­ efits? Does he realise many, many more peo­


ple do not claim the benefits thay are fully entitled to because of the shame and humiliation than the amount of fraudulent claimants? And all I could do was... not clap. Mike, who works so wonderfully hard


and succeeds at creating the warm and generous venue that is the New Inn Fri­ day night “sesh”, made a valiant attempt to counter the message. Just stating that he himself had been on bene­ fit and it was not all it was cracked up to be. So simple and well put and I cheered him, but silently. What a funny world we live in. Politi­


cal correctness is ghastly and no one sane wants it, granted. But is there a way to express intolerance of intolerance -with­ out seeming a complete berk? I was a t a meeting with Trevor


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


FOUR out of five motorists summoned in the first radar-trap speeding cases at Clitheroe Magistrates’ Court pleaded guilty and were fined £2. Their licences were endorsed. A fifth man, from Worston, amended


his plea to not guilty, saying he wished to bring his wife as a witness. His case was adjourned for a fortnight. • A visit by Father Christmas was


one of the highlights of the first annual Christmas party for children of employ­ ees of the CWS Chaigley Creameries,


held at the Old School, Church Brow, on Saturday. The party was attended by about 75


children, who enjoyed a film show before sitting down to tea.


• Bibles were presented to seven cho­


risters at Clitheroe Parish' Church after Evensong on Sunday.


The boys had either left the choir or


had moved from the boys’ choir to the men's section.


They were John Pye, David and Roger Brennan, Kenneth Barrett,


David Chapman, Ian Harrison and Derek Nicholls. • Clitheroe FC had an off day on Sat­


urday when they visited Lomax and were lucky to come away with a point. They were not at all happy on the soft


and uneven ground that prevented good football.


Phillips, the chairman of the Racial Equality Commission a couple of years ago. He had travelled a long way to come


and talk to us and it was a horribly seri­ ous meeting. Frank Dobson was there. I was dead impressed actually. We were almost through when a


woman spoke up and aggressively criti­ cised Phillips for the pattern on his tie - a stylised image of a naked woman. An affront to women, he should take it off immediately and apologise. The man didn't even blink, but calmly


replied that his daughter had given him the tie for his birthday and that he dis­ agreed. Being one of three or four women there, I muttered something vaguely sup­ portive. But I was too embarrassed to articu­


late anything better. I was horrified in fact and so therefore struck dumb. Why are we English born with this


thing, this “on no account must we be obnoxious” even when others are being obnoxious. We self-censor through politeness. I


love that bit about the anthropologist who defeats her attempts to research the social pressures against queue-jumping as she can't stop herself from apologising constantly, being English. Next time, I'm going to take a stand.


Make a stand? Whatever the expression is, I will do it. I will. I'll just get up, say, this man is a bigot and walk out. A bit more of that fiery Scottishness is need­ ed. Next time. Next time.


Jennifer is Relay Reader winner


T 25 years ago


AFTER a 20% increase in crime in Clitheroe, police were urging people to make it a “beat the burglar” Christmas holiday. In a seasonal warning, a Clitheroe police spokesman said: “Make sure all your Christmas visitors are wel­ comes ones.” People leaving their house unoccupied during the holiday - even for a short period - were advised to inform a neighbour who would know to contact the police if anything suspicious was seen or heard. As well as the crime increase, the warning followed an inci­ dent where cheeky thieves used pillow­ cases to carry off Christmas presents, jewellery and cash after breaking into a house in Pinder Close, Waddington. • A pupil of Ribblesdale School,


Veronica Wrigley, became the 18th member of her unit, the 2nd Clitheroe Parish Church Guides, to gain the Queen’s Guide Badge. To achieve a badge and a certificate, 15-year-old Veronica worked very hard and commit­ ted much of her spare time helping out at Clitheroe Hospital. • There was fun and games in the


Ribble Valley Mayor’s Parlour when Clitheroe was given a glimpse of the computer revolution. New uses for the family TV set were demonstrated by the Ribble Valley Computing Club, which set up a mini-arcade of games such as “Space Invaders” and “Monsters”.


HE Relay Reader of th e month for November is an 11-year-old member of Read Library.


Jennifer Fleming reviewed Tony Diterlizzi


and Holly Black’s “Spiderwick Chronicles Book Four”. Our reviewer thought she had much in com­


mon with the character, Mallory, whom she has illustrtated, above, and she particularly liked the part where the children were being chased by huge metal dogs. Jennifer also liked Thimbletack the brownie


who she thought would be helpful at her house. She said: “I enjoyed reading the book because


a t the end i t made you feel really excited because you didn’t know what was going to hap­ pen in the last book.” For her the “especially bad” part of the story


was when Mallory got captured, but the book was “especially good” when they found the iron- wood tree.


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Stewart’s firm scoops awards


scooped a host of awards includ­ ing “Outstanding Public Rela­ tions Consultancy” at this year’s North West Chartered Institute of Public Relations Pride Awards. Stewart Pimbley’s company,


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IPB Communications, based in Sale, Cheshire, won two gold awards: “Best Publication” for the Oldham Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder annual report, “Seeing Change”, and “Best Low Budget Cam­ paign” for Halton Housing Trust’s “Silent Killer” gas safety promotion. The agency’s campaign for Braintree Council’s housing trans-


FORMER Clitheroe Advertiser and Times repor ter ’s company has


fer communications was awarded silver in the “Integrated Commu­ nications” category and the ‘Turning the Tide’ campaign for Oldham Rochdale Housing Mar­ ket Renewal Pathfinder picked up a silver award in the “Crisis Com­ munications” category. Managing director Stewart, of


Westfield Close, Whalley, said: “We are thrilled that our work has been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. “The agency is only six years


old and to receive such praise is terrific.” The agency will now go through


to the national finals next year. Stewart has lived in the Ribble


Valley for 14 years. He is married with two sons.


First-class posties wanted T


HE search is on for first-class postmen and women!


Royal Mail is asking household­


ers in the Ribble Valley to nomi­ nate postmen and women who are the unsung heroes in their com­ munity. The company wants to hear


about postal staff who are charity fund-raisers in their spare time, have performed a public-spirited act or dealt with an emergency while doing their deliveries. Last year Royal Mail was con­


tacted by thousands of customers who nominated their postman or woman as an “unsung hero”. Last year’s winner was Grimsby


postman Norman Walker whose actions helped save a man’s life, with no thought to his own safety.


Customer nominations should


be sent to: First Class People Awards, Royal Mail, First Floor, 148 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HQ, or e-mail your nominations to the following: @royalmail.com giving as much information as possible about the postman or woman, plus your contact details, so your name can be entered into the-customer prize draw to win £1,000 in holiday vouchers. Closing date for nominations is


January 25th 2008. • It does not matter if you do


not know the postman or woman’s name - Royal Mail will be able to identify him or her from the deliv­ ery round if you give supply the delivery address and postcode.


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Christmas-tide and always! When I was about five my


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two brothers and I used to be invited to the house of one of my father's friends to watch the lat­ est releases of films. He had a home cinema in the 1950s, the like of which had not been seen before. Just before Christmas we were


invited to go and watch Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”. I had never heard of the story before, but was mesmerised right from the beginning. As the story unfolded I


became more and more enthralled and scared in turn. The story had a profound effect on me, even at that early age, and has done ever since. It is a perennial story of someone becoming so involved in making


ear friends, may the blessings of the Christ- child be yours this


money and hoarding wealth that they lose sight of the importance of loving, life-giving relation­ ships. The things that really matter in life are human rela­ tionships; our relationship to God, with others and with our­ selves. In one night, on Christmas


Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his long-term friend and business partner, Jacob Marley, who is weighed down, even in death, by the chains he had forged in life. He warns Scrooge that unless he changes his ways, he will follow his friend to the grave as a lonely, miserable and isolated man. Scrooge is visited by three fur­ ther ghosts; of Christmas past, Christmas present and Christ­ mas future. In just one night they all come to haunt and to


taunt him. The greatest gift that we can


give each other at Christmas- tide is our “presence”, rather than our “presents”. So often gifts and unnecessary nick-nacks are exchanged to assuage our guilt at not spending enough time with our loved ones throughout the year or not being emotionally available to them. What most people want, and what all of us need, is whole­ hearted attention. Be still, at some point in this


season of frenetic activity, to acknowledge that God is God and that Jesus, and his love, are the “reason for the season”. Re­ evaluate what makes Christmas important to you and your loved ones, plan those things into your timetable and cut out some of the commercial aspects and expectations that we all get caught up with. Only send cards to those peo­ ple that you will not see this


Christmas-tide. Try using a phone call or an E-card. Buy small presents that will mean a lot (even from charity shops). Reduce, re-use, recycle. Follow a Bible reading plan with the fam­ ily for the season. Buy only the food that you need and make it local, organic, animal-friendly and Fair-traded. Consider alternative gifts,


especially for those who have everything. Buy an animal or a source of clean water for those without anything! Don’t be alone, reach out to the lonely. Turn off the TV and play a game or have a conversation. Give God a present this Christ­ mas - wrap yourself up and come to church and share the Christmas story with us! Emmanuel, God is with us!


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