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•a little under, two weeks,; 1 Christmas will have come and , gone. - -: ; Perhaps by now you have sung your, first carol or heard : the piped -version down at your local supermarket. I t was way
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■WT^.OUGHLY a million years ago I , . | r ^ : attended an introductory lecture on
;• _L Vphilosophy by an eccentric and much.; loved professor which, though amusing, I
• have never previously thought terribly rele vant. - On the table in front of him, stood a huge glass jar which, before he started talking, he filled with golf halls. He then , asked us all whether the jar;was full and,', naturally, we told him it was.- Silently, he then picked up a bucket of pebbles and started pouring them into the
• jar, where they filled the gaps between the golf balls; He then
asked.the question again, but almost before we answered, he had picked up a smaller bucket of sand
. and, pouring the sand into the jar, he filled. the gaps between the pebbles. • . . By the time the sand was all in the jar,
we were rather more cautious.,We were right to be so as he then picked up a water- ■ ing can and managed to pour a couple of pints of water into the jar, presumably fill- . ing the gaps between the grains of sand. Our professor was a Christian and he explained his demonstration thus: The golf
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balls were the really big things in our lives; our relationships with our families, our friends and the society in which we lived. The pebbles were also important. They were our cultural pursuits, the films, the music, the books which broadened our horizons. The sand represented our cars, our holidays, our material possessions. And the water was our status, our ability to get ahead of our fellows. Then he asked us the killer question.
“Suppose I had started the process by fill ing the jar with water or with sand”, he asked, “how much room would have been left for the bigger things?” Of course, the question was unanswerable. ■ ■ - Here in the Kibble Valley, we are facing the first Christmas of the recession amid
: -100 years ago
A TRAMP appejared in court for destrojring his clothes at a workhouse in : Clitheroe. The labour master said the “prisoner” was a casual pauper. The pre vious evening he destroyed all his cloth- - ing with the exception of his cap.-.He was ordered to serve two days breaking stones. - • A farmer claimed £4 in compensa-;
tion from another farmer for alleged breach of warranty. A covv. was pur chased which was guaranteed to have- calved and cleansed properly. However, when the buyer took it home, he noticed it was unwell and the seller- admitted it •had produced a dead calf..
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Looking Back . ... 50 years ago
•THE principal parts of the Clitheroe Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society
■ production of "The Merry Widow" were : decided. Miss Brenda Coates, who ■ starred in the previous year's production of "White Horse Inn," was cast as Anna,-
• the Merry Widow. Mr Edmond Cambi- ' en would take the male lead as Danilo. Another well-known and-popular mem ber of the society, Mrs Jean Hitchon, was Valencienne. ■ • It was back to work again this week
for employees at Judge Walmsley Mill, Billin^on, which had been closed for a week because of slack trade. More than 200 employees were affected. . '
: great prosperity. Even tho^ few of us who are unemployed, living on state benefits in social housing, enjoy a very much higher standard of living .than that enjoyed by most of the population of the world. Some, of us, for a time, will become much poorer,’
. in material things, than we have been. But there are bigger, things to which we
can turn our attention, things on which we have not concentrated enough. Perhaps this Christmas some of us will give our-, children fewer presents, but more of our time and attention and; if we do, perhaps we will find ourselves closer to them,
- prouder of them and, by CJod’s grace, hap pier than we were.. ■
■ The message o f Christmas is not that
wealth and success are bad things. They are not. They are delightful and we all look forward to the eventual-economic recov ery. Jesus did not teach that money was the root of all evil. He taught that the
- love of money was the root of all evil. The message of the first Christmas of this recession is th a t there are better
things to love.
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Eye for fashion is rewarded
at Blackburn College’s Hair, Beauty and Nails Competi tion. Katie Rawlings (18),'and
A 25 years ago .
TORRENTIAL downpours, flooding, sunshine, freezing temperatures and snow - thatiwas the Ribble Valley’s weather cocktail over the weekend. More than two inches of rain - the heav- ■ iest amount since 1980 -
left the River
Ribble in full spate and overflowing on the adjoining land. The bridge in Saw- ley was impassable for a time and there were problems a t the railway bridge in Waddington Road, Clitheroe.- - ■ • Elderly people in the Shawbridge
area were angry a t a decision by. the Post Office not to provide them with local facilities where they:could draw their pensions.
thought for the Week Enjoy true light
'HAVE to pinch myself in ; border to remind myself',;. . that I am not dreaming. In - .
: ; with gladnes men of old.” The' i- S line that has been mi>st promi-;; : ment in my mind is “N e ^ they b ■ no created light”.
■ Light is one of the most pow-
r'erful images associated-with ; Christmas and Tor Christians: -
S', we celebrate the tremendous - s 5;'truth that “the true light' tha t;
gives light to every man was coming into the world”. Mind you it’s not just Christians who are celebrating the concept of light. Co into virtually any shop and you will be amaW at the array of Christmas lights that are on offer. They come in all shapes and sizes to suit •everyone’s budget. Another big seller a t this time of year is; candles and again there-is ah ; enormous variety:on display.- All of these products'rely on
• artificial light: and as pleasing as. they are to the eye; their- presence and effect are'only temporary; the candle burns itself out and the bulbs on the-
; lights are prone to failure; ■ ; ' :■ ; ; - Lights and candles are won- :derful things; but in the end
they are not the real thing. Sadly we can settle for the arti ficial and are the poorer for it.
- Amidst;all the offers on the. . high street, we need to offer : Jesus in order that people who ,
'.The problem with artificial light is that it can blind us to the real wonder, glory and mys-‘ teryof the real light.
■ astronomer and he is fascinat ed by'the night sky. He has a
i- te le^p e in his house to get the best possible -view. However,'!!
.:-he wants to get the best -view • ;he has to leave his house and walk in to open countryside away from the artificial street
. lights that “blind”, him to-the - wonder of the universe.
; to see in our every day life by- . 'th o u g h t ; : word, a n d ' deed;
C l have grown accustomed to the^v darkness or settling for artifi- -
, ■ I have a friend who is a keen:
■ • cial light
mayvsee.that Jesus ■ . really has come
into.the world and that-the lightjof-.his love- .
.". shines as ,brightly a s it ever , , did. ■
..cfillediwith-Christinas l ig lK ;
7 and candles but don!t settK.,,, for th e artificial:-Like my;;
; astronomer friend, draw as id e; from-all th'atwould-.“blind’’;; you-toithecreal wonder of
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■ Our calling as Christians is! . to hold up. Jesus for the world'
. Ghristmas.;EYery blessing® this Christmas..; REV. TIM THORPE;
_ Methodist Minister -'''-'A
1 As we approachsGhristmas :v. I pray that your home willj^; t
her team members Rosa Slater (18), and I'^year-old Bobbie Vaja, were presented with a certificate and trophy after coming first in the Level Three Cover Girl Beauty Competition. - The competitors were given
one hour to create a top-to- toe makeover including an outfit, a hairstyle and make
CHIC Clitheroe stu dent with an eye for fashion won first prize
up on th e ir model Emily Adams (18); Katie said: “Winning first
prize has given me the confi dence to get involved with more beauty competitions around Lancashire. “I t was quite stressful at
times but it was definitely worth it,” she added.' The event was a creative styling extravaganza, with
r hairspray, make-up and artis tic nails, and models parading the student’s work for onlook-' ers and judges to see. Students from across the • three courses worked through
th e afternoon producing bridal and ball techniques, modern cutting and hair styling, make-up and nail art - all to be completed with the
. student’s individual inspira tion.
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. The afternoon concluded with the college’s panel of judges selecting 21 group -win ners from seven categories, who received fabulous hair,. beauty and nail prizes donat ed by the college. Our picture shows Emily, ■
Bobbie, Katie and Rosa delighted with their winning certificate, (s)
Saturday H
TIC now open on
ISITORStoand' residents of the Ribble Valley are
reminded that Clitheroe’s Tourist Information Cen tre is now open on Satur days.. Now based at the Rib
ble Valley Borough Coun cil Offices, in Church Walk, the centre is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday. I t offers holiday infor
mation, a book-a-bed service for all UK desti nations, a free What's On guide, theatre and con cert information, bus and train timetables and a wide range of gifts and souvenirs. During the festive sea
son, it -will also be stock ing a range of unique Christmas gifts, includ
ing handmade jewellery and hampers containing Lancashire food and drink. Often residents assume
that the centre caters only for ■visitors to the area, but in fact it can provide a wide range of services and information to residents too.
Chris is flying high after his pyal date m
for £700 by HRH Prince Phillip during a ceremony at St James’s
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Palace. Former Clitheroe Royal Gram
mar School student Chris Hindle (19) has used the bursary towanls obtaining his IMG rating, which teaches pilots to fly using only instruments and allows a pilot to flyin cloud.
.. Chris, who is in his second year at
the University of :Manchester: studying for a degree in physics ■with astrophysics, first flew solo on his 16th birthday. A member of the RAF University, Air Squadron, he also completed his night rating. _
; This allows a pilot to fly during official night, which is defined as the period 30 minutes after sunset
YOUNG pilot from Clay- ton-le-Dale was presented with an Air League Bursary
and 30 minutes before sunrise, at the same time. : This rating can be in-valuable to a pilot if they become delayed dur ing a flight and need to land a t night, rather than having to divert to a different airport.: ; Chris, who went on to pass his
Pri-vate Pilots Licence (PPL) with in a week of his 17th birthday, as weather would not permit on th e . day, must hold a night rating in order to gain a commercial pilot licence.
In the future, Chris is considering '
becoming a fast jet pilot with the RAF, but also fancies flying a cor porate jet or becoming a pilot fo r , British Airways. Through the RAF University Air. Squadron Chris will learn low level.
: flying, formation flying and more acrobatics flying.^
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- A- : N evening of education and enter- . /V tainment was enjoyed by the Rib- x T ^ b l e Valley branch of th e Lan cashire Family History and Heraldry
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" The speaker was Ian Dewhirst and ms theme' “Victorian and Edwardian
. Leisure”. ' onR ontpr- ' . Before this era there was very little
leisure time as'people would have worked all week to keep themselves fed, housed and clothed. When people moved from the country in the Industrial Revolution there was some time for hobbies and use-: ful leisure pursuits.
; Mr Dewhirst explained most of-his . -
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