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A CLITHEROE teenager who had absconded from an industrial school for three months appeared before the bor­ ough’s police court. The boy (14) was charged in custody with absconding from Fylde Farm Reformatory School in Poulton. He had previously been con­ victed of house breaking with another boy and both had been sent to the school for three years. ® It was reported that influenza was


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rampant due to changeable atmospheric conditions. Locally the disease had claimed many lives and a GP said around 600 people had the illness in Clitheroe. ©A special event was staged in Waddington in aid of the fund to build a new Wesleyan church. Married people connected with the church and Sunday school organised a festival.


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quickly grown to love the Rib- ble Valley. I love Whalley Nab and


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Pendle Hill and the beautiful surrounding countryside and being a bit of a “townie” I love seeing so many sheepl More importantly I love all the peo­ ple I am enjoying getting to know here. Love is a word we use to


describe so many things. “I love chocolate.” “I love


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my family.” The Inuit people. I ’m told, have 20 words to describe different types of snow. I think it’s strange that we only use one word for love! The Greek language, in which the New Testament was writ­ ten, has three words for love: “eros” - romantic love; “phil- ia” - brotherly/sisterly love; and “agape” - the love of God. I know many people for


whom Valentine’s Day is a dif­ ficult day for different reasons. For many it emphasises a feel­ ing of being unloved. Perhaps


we need to remember today that romantic love is just one of the ways in which we may be loved.


Philia love reminds us that we are loved by family and


friends; treasured relation­ ships. Agape reminds us that we


are loved by God more deeply than we can imagine and are


called to respond to his love for us.


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on love. I love you because... I ’ll love you if... I love you


when... but God’s love for us is unconditional. We don’t have to earn or even deserve it, simj*^ .. ply accept it.


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through Jesus how much God loves us I have never felt unloved or alone. Whether or not you are in a


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Clitheroe and it concerns a run down old building called the St Mary’s Centre. Despite its name and the fact that it is


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run by a body called the “Trinity Part­ nership”, it is not a religious institution. I t is a sort of overgrown village hall where you can go, if you are so inclined, to see a film show or attend a concert or a club meeting. You can even hire it for a family party. Some people absolutely love it. They


love the amateurishness and the spartan conditions there and they feel it gener­ ates a real sense of community. For them, it harks back to the days before McDon­ ald’s organised children’s birthday parties and mothers used to get together to cut sandwiches and blow up balloons in the village hall. I t even had a sort of “man­ ager”, a lovely gent, his heart overflow­ ing with the milk of human kindness, who knows everyone in the town and whom everyone loves. The sort of retro entertainment it pro-


E are in the middle of what passes for a political “crisis” in the sleepy, market town of


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vides is an acquired taste and it is diffi­ cult to identify precisely what kind of person still likes it. Most Clitheronians never use it and few from the wider Rib- ble Valley go there. I am tempted to say that it appeals mostly to middle class, vegetarian, sandal-wearing social work­ ers, but I know that would be unfair - even if there is just a grain of truth in it. The one thing that really does unite


the people who regularly use the centre is their absolute refusal to pay the full cost of their entertainments. Those of us who go to the multi-screen to see a film pay the full whack, just like those of us who take the kids to McDonald’s for their


Looking Back 50 years ago


FINAL touches were being put to Clitheroe Amateur Operatic and Dra­ matic Society's production of "White Horse Inn", which began a week's run at the King Lane Hall, 50 years ago this week. ® One of the worst snow blizzards for


many years hit Clitheroe district the same week. High winds piled up the thickly-falling snow into deep drifts, rendering the network of country roads impassable in a matter of hours. But this did not deter the people of Clitheroe rising at an early hour to queue for tick­ ets for the "White Horse Inn". @ Clitheroe Fire Station had been


placed third in the annual competition to find the most efficient part-time sta­ tion in Lancashire. Manned by 16 part- time firemen the Clitheroe station was to receive a certificate.


birthday party. But the aficionados of the St Mary’s Centre prefer to pay a small part of the cost of their preferred outing and the rest of us to pay the bulk of it. I t takes all sorts. And that’s what the current “crisis” is


all about. For as long as anyone can remember, the borough council, the coun­ ty council, and all the other bodies that spend taxpayers’ money, have been invei­ gled into paying grants to keep the cen­ tre going and, all of a sudden, one of them has seen sense and stopped giving our money away. And blow me down - because the users absolutely refuse to club together to pay a bigger share of the cost of their pleasures - the place is going to close down. I say “hurrahi”. The taxpayer is the


little lady at the checkout at Tesco’s, earning only the minimum wage and struggling to keep her family going after paying income tax, national insurance, VAT and who knows what else. Let her keep a few pence more of what she earns, I say, and let the sandwich cutters and balloon blowers rely on themselves.


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Boss with international flair takes the reins


Mellor, as it continues to build its reputation as one of England’s finest country hotels. Oliver Cooke (49), has a wealth of


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senior management experience in the hospitality sector, both in the UK and South Africa. He held a senior position at the exclusive five-star The Marine in Hermanns, set on cliffs 50 miles from Cape Town in South Africa, which gained an inter­ national reputation and was named one of the 20 "coolest hotels" in the world by top travel magazine Conde Nast. Oliver, pictured, moves to Stanley


House from his previous role running a hotel in the centre of the historic city of Lincoln. He trained as.a chef at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Lon­ don, before moving “front of house”. During his career in the industry


has held senior roles and been in charge of prestigious and award-mn- ning establishments in Windsor, Stratford and Bath - including the


25 years ago


SHAWBRIDGE saw its biggest crowd in years with 1,300 watching the fifth round FA Vase tie with Atherstone United.Clitheroe FC lost by a goal scored in extra time. ® A second local company


announced major redundancies. Just three weeks after Berry’s of Chipping announced it was reducing its work­ force, Sabden firm Pendle Furniture Company said it was making just over a quarter of its employees - 64 - redun­ dant. ® Elsewhere job seekers were inun­


dating the Job Centre inquiring about vacancies at the soon-to-be-opened Booths. More than 100 calls had been registered at the centre, even though interviews were not scheduled until March. Up to 90 vacancies were avail­ able for various personnel.


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Honoured in House of Commons She said: “I t was wonderful to


FORMER Valley schoolgirl has been honoured in a House of Commons ceremony.


Hannah Platts (24), received an


Institue of Sales Promotion certificate during the prestigious event. Her colleague Delyth Evans collect­


ed an ISP Diploma - the industry’s top qualification. Hannah (pictured), formerly of


Rimington and now of Clitheroe, suc­ cessfully completed her certificate, the first stage of the diploma, after just 15 months of working for Granby Mar­ keting Services in Blackburn.


receive my certificate at the House of Commons and to put into practice all the knowledge learnt through the course. “I couldn’t have wished for a better


grounding.” Mr Stephen Bentley, chief executive


of Granby Marketing Services, said: “We are all extremely proud of Han­ nah and Delyth. They have both worked very hard to pass these tough qualifications and will continue to enhance our commitment to e.xcellent account management.” (s)


First-class success for mum-of-three


A FIRST class mature student is ful­ Mrs Beverley Bury graduated with a


filling a life's ambition.


first class honours degree in Informa­ tion Technology and Special Needs and is now training to be a teacher. Her academic achievements at St


Mary's College in Blackburn meant she was awarded a Network of Hope Prize for Achievement and, at the college's awards night she also received the Wor­ den Shield and prize for outstanding achievement in the post-19 sector, as well as a prize for effort and commit­ ment in undergraduate studies. Mrs Bury (pictured), works at St Augustine's RC High School where she


was a teaching assistant. Now, thanks to her degree success, she


is training to be a teacher on the Gradu­ ate Teacher Training Programme. ■ Mum-of-three Mrs Bury decided to go back to her studies in 2004 at the age


of 35. She said: “I decided the time was


right to pursue a career in teaching: but first I needed to get a relevant degree


qualification. It was important for me to choose a course that was flexible and would fit around my existing family and work commitments. “Studying in the evenings full-time over three years at St Mary's was the


ideal choice.” She added that during the first year of


her course she managed to secure a per­ manent post at St Augustine's as a cover superviser. Said Mrs Bury: “In my final year,'


thanks to the support of my tutors and the college's degree team, I managed to successfully complete my assignments on time, despite having major surgery. “St Mary's proved to be the perfect


environment for me. “The staff were extremely friendly


and helpful and particularly supportive during my illness. “It has been very demanding juggling


family life, work and study, but in Sep­ tember I started a placement on a grad­ uate teacher training programme which allows me to study to become a teacher while working.” (s)


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is delighted to be moving to Lan­ cashire and to Stanley House. He said: “This is a fantastic opportuni­ ty. You simply cannot fail to be over­ whelmed by the property, its location and its potential. The slightly ‘off the wall’ design of Stanley House suits me perfectly, and the quality and attention to detail are superla­ tive.


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