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since we moved into the manse and now here we are approaching the first week of Advent. Most folk will be busy with


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a whole host of activities associated with the run up to Christmas; writing endless cards, buying presents, organising who to visit on which day, planning what to get to eat, the list is endless. The planning and the chas­


ing about can seem endless. Advent seems to be all about doing and preparing. So


Bradford School had his pay increased from £115 to £120 per year. The new county council school at Paythorne was due to be completed in January at a cost of £1,000 to accommodate 60 pupils although there were only 27 at present.


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HERE is something about watching the nation’s football team that unites the entire Cox household.


And last Wednesday night’s crucial


qualifier against Croatia and its aftermath was no exception. After deciding to abandon my massive


pile of ironing for the evening in favour of the match, and husband Chris dashing back from the shortest-ever PTA meeting, we settled down to watch the game. Now in all honesty we (the other half


and me) are only armchair footy fans. And although we are definitely no real experts on the nation’s favourite game, even we could see that the home team were, to put it politely, pants! • What I personally found fascinating


about last week’s crucial Euro 2008 decider was listening to the TV experts who were for once almost at a loss for words. The BBC’s half-time analysis reflected the mood in the Cox household. Ian Wright - wearing his heart on his sleeve as always - displayed disbelief like the rest of us, Alan Shearer was completely critical and even Alan Hansen could not find anything pos­ itive to say.


As I see i t . . . by Natalie Cox


As the second half started the team


seemed to have a new lease of life. Like him or loathe him - the Beckham factor always seems to play its part in a game. After we got one goal back (our house­


hold is still having the “was it/wasn’t it a penalty?” debate), and then with his preci­ sion pass, the Beckham/Crouch combina­ tion brought us level, we thought we were in with a shout. From then on, it was edge of the seat


stuff, especially after Croatia took the lead.


Normally not one to shout at the screen,


even I was urging Scott Carson to get the ball up field in the dying minutes in the hope we would magic an equaliser out of nowhere: my normally level-headed hus­ band sat with his head in hands unable to stand the tension—even Mark Lawrenson


was lost for words. It was certainly nerve wracking with end to end scrapping and frantic attempts to find the goal.


Not since I last watched my six-year-old


play a proper match have I felt so nervous watching a game.


After the final whistle, we agreed with


the two Alans that our team had definitely not deserved to win and I think Ian Wright summed it up for all of us with his all round disappointment. The morning after the night before and


football was the obvious topic of choice. Our six-year-old son - a genuine football fanatic - was catching up on the goals and re-creating his own version of the Crouch volley, while a quick game of name the footballer revealed that our four-year-old daughter could name three squad mem­ bers- “Rooney, Beckham and Steven Ger- rard”. And even at work in the predominately


female Clitheroe Advertiser and Times office, we sat about like all good football pundits venting forth our feelings about the state of the pitch, the players that had been picked and the manager’s future prospects.


LOOKING BACK 50 years ago


CHAUFFEUR Mr Herbert C. Smith, of Victoria Terrace, Billington, had been left £5,000 in the £25,878 will of Miss Ethel Clegg, of Limefield Avenue, Whalley. As well as chauffeur he was gardener to her family for more than 40 years.


• Duckett’s, of Market Place,


Clitheroe, advertised their Christmas gifts for smokers. Popular brands in 50s and 100s Christmas packs, cigars, pipes, whiffs and pouches. Also tobacco jars, musical cigarette boxes, cigarette and table lighters, good variety of novelties and ash trays - how times have changed. • Underneath was an advertisement


for a 17in. Brilliant McMichael TV for 69 gns - “one of today's most advanced TV sets”. The price was said to be among the lowest anywhere at Elliotts, in York Street, Clitheroe.


THOUGHT f o r t h e w e e k


t ’s frightening how time flies isn’t it? I t doesn’t seem like five minutes


Ruth finally closes her popular visitors’ book


sums up the life of Ruth Collinson. For the 66-year-old, pictured, who has


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been running the popular Pepper Hill bed and breakfast establishment in Wiswell, has finally closed her visitors’ book as she heads into a well-earned retirement. The business is perfectly situated at the


foot of Pendle Hill. Over the past eight years, guests have travelled from around the globe to stop at Pepper Hill. Some have travelled from Canada, South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, France, USA and even New Zealand! Ruth’s visitors’ book is proof of the


popularity of her bed and breakfast busi­ ness, with lots of couples returning time after time to enjoy her hospitality. An exceptionally talented chef, Ruth


has won a string of awards and medals for her “unique” recipes and for promoting tourism in Lancashire. In 2005, she became the first in the


25 years ago


CLITHEROE firemen answered a dif­ ferent kind of emergency call to rescue toddler Richard Greenwood. The 18- month-old landed himself in a fix while playing in his Warwick Drive bedroom. He pulled out two drawers, which became wedged behind the room’s closed sliding door. • Clitheroe was to stage the UK’s


first-ever swimming, cycling and run­ ning triathlon. With the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Mrs Myra Clegg, as honorary organiser, it was to take place in December. • After spending £2,000 on restoring


an old barn a t the Red Pump Inn, Bashall Eaves, a Ribble Valley landlord ran into trouble with the planning and licensing authorities when the landlord was told he needed a licence for the bar he had set up in the barn.


The right balance


much in fact that by the time Christmas Day arrives most of us are like the advent cal­ endar - past our sell by date! We can become exhausted


and the joy of Christmas can be lost. Yes Advent is a time of


preparation for the coming of the Christ and that in itself is wonderful. That however is only half the story! I t’s also about waiting. Waiting for the coming of the King, the word made flesh, God with us. One of the greatest joys in a person’s life is that of wait­ ing in expectation; in antici­ pation that something won­


derful is going to happen. In the New Testament we had John who was busy doing things to prepare for the coming of the Messiah. To balance his doing we find Anna and Simeon who spent their time in quietly waiting for His coming. All of the characters were contributing in the coming of Christ. There is a need to get the


balance right. I wouldn’t want to stop you from get­ ting ready for Christmas for that is half the pleasure.


What I would encourage


you to do is to spend perhaps just ten minutes each day in


quiet contemplation; reflect­ ing on His coming, how far it came and what it cost Jesus, what it might mean for your life and for those around you. In doing so perhaps we will


arrive a t Christmas, not weary and worn but rather inspired and filled with a sense of glory and wonder. So there is my challenge to you, spend a bit more time being and a little less time doing. Sounds like a good idea, I might even try it myself!


The Rev. Tim Thorpe Methodist Minister Clilthcroc Circuit


Jamie is a Hussar A FORMER Valley high school pupil


x x h a s joined the armed forces. Seventeen-year-old Jamie Hardacre


(pictured) recently passed out of Harro­ gate Army College. He is now in the Kings Royal Hussars


Tank regiment based in the south of England, (s)


area to scoop a “five diamonds” award. She was also crowned the winner in the first Skills in Tourism Awards for Region­ al Success (STARS) in 2004 and in the first Lancashire Excellence in Tourism Skills Awards. She admits the past eight years have


been special and an experience she would not have missed for the world. “I have been privileged to enjoy the


company of a very diverse number of extremely kind, thoughtful, affectionate and lovely guests,” she commented. “I have greeted my guests as though I


already knew them and many are now friends. From a retired guide of Windsor Castle to a professor from the USA, I have been fortunate enough to accommo-


date people from all walks of life. “Some are still returning regularly and


never tire of seeing and seeking new places in the Ribble Valley. “Many guests thought of our Valley as


mill chimneys and industry, but have enjoyed sitting up in a bed looking across a fishing lake to Stonyhurst, Hurst Green and the Chipping Fells. “While having breakfast, views up


Wiswell Moor dotted with sheep and the birds around the garden have been a great source of conversation.” Prior to the opening of Pepper Hill, the


mother-of-two helped her husband Jos, with the day-to-day jobs on the family farm at the Bellman Quarry site as well as raising their children, Rachael and


FARMER’S wife through and through and later a multi award­ winning hotelier - that just about


Andrew. Sadly, Jos died in 2003 aged 64. A woman with many talents, Ruth is


also a keen nature enthusiast and last year produced a 13-minute DVD about a pair of blue tits nesting in her beautiful garden. Proceeds from the film will be donated to Macmillan Nurses. Ruth is wished a very pleasant retire­


ment and many years ahead of good health by her friends and customers across the Ribble Valley. She admits running a business hasn’t


been all plain sailing and at times she has had to deal with the odd “awkward” cus­ tomer, but nevertheless she has enjoyed the venture and is now ready to put her feet up. “I shall miss seeing old friends and


meeting new ones. I have run my bed and breakfast from my heart with a good sense of humour and been easy going, hands on and more than anything I have cared, it has brought the rewards,” she commented. “While still enjoying working, I feel it


is the right time to close by guest book, which I shall treasure forever.” Ruth has worked hard and has


remained busy all her life and has no intention of letting retirement slow her down. “I plan to walk a little more, visit old


friends, keep up with the gardening and get on with writing my book.” She concluded by thanking all her visi­


tors for their magnificent support. She expressed particular thanks to Mary Parker and the staff at the Tourist Infor­ mation Centre, Clitheroe, for all their help. She also expressed gratitude to the staff at the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times.


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