8 Clitheroe Advertiser&Times, Thursday, July 17th, 2008


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I looked at the environment, the economy of the car and bought a small diesel car. -


- At that time diesel was only, one or. two pence more than petrol. In most European


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: .The price of crude oil has: I'risen dramatically,-but ihy ■ understanding is that diesel


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more for diesel than petrol. Am I a cynic or is someone profiteering? The price of food is going


up. I understand some of that. Fuel price rises affect both production and distribu­ tion.


- - ■ Also land: being used to


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-USA: I don’t understand why we pay bankers and econo­


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have things we want the council to do and we pay part of our income, in taxes,’ to employ staff to do them. We do not do it out of philanthropy. We do it because we yvant things dona • Do we offer salaries that are big enough to ■ attract people? The answer to that question


“ is clearly “yes”. The council has no particu- ■ lar difficulty finding recruits when it adver­ tises for staff and it does not have a stream of employees leaving to get better paid jobs., By those objective tests, we are paying at least enough to get the staff that we want. : Why should we pay more? The answer


the strikers give is that they are suffering from inflation.-Well, so are we. Those


• involved in the building trades are finding i t . very difficult to get any wages at all. Brick­ layers, estate agents and solicitors are seeing


V V Council will be “on strike”. Most : As I See I t . .


And, to force our hand, they are breaking their contracts with us ^ d not turning up forwork.


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by Contrarian Other As I See It features at,}


their incomes plummet with the reduction in house sales. Shopkeepers, hairdressers,. hoteliers and publicans are seeing big n^uc- tions in their income as people s t ^ to tight­ en their belts. We are facing tough times and none of us expect to do as well this year as last year. .


- . The council employees who go on strike


must believe they are different. They must believe that, unlike us, they should be msu- lated from the effects of inflation. What they say is that the rest of us, however much we are suffering from the economic down­ turn, should suffer more. Although our incomes are going down,


they want us to pay more taxes to insulate them from the downturn and enable them to do as well this year as they did last year.


100 years ago


SECKETAKY of the Labour Party Mr J. Kamsay MacDonald MP visited Clitheroe to speak at an open air demon­ stration. He was joined at the event, which was organised under the auspices of the Clitheroe Division Labour Kepre- sentation Association, by Mr Will Crooks MP. Following a procession through town, speeches were made in a field in Whalley Koad. : • Plans for a secondary school in


Clitheroe were at last taking shape. The county architect started to prepare plans which were to be submitted to the sub­ committee of the Higher Education Committee and the governors of the Grammar School. •


It was the first service for the Kev. W.


Bailey, originally from Launceston, Corn­ wall, at the Moor Lane UMC. He suc­ ceeded the Kev J. Billington.


Looking Back . 50 years ago


. COAL rationing ended 50 years ago. Housewives could then buy as much coal as they wanted and from whichever merchant they chose. Local merchants had plenty of supplies and urged people to stock up for the winter before the ending of summer prices. • Two 18-year-old CKGS youths,


Johh Hall, of Eastmbor Drive, and Keith Kobinson, of Peel Street, spent a fortnight helping to re-house refugees in Germany.


, . ■ • The Daily Express had this to say


about Kenneth Standring of Kibbles- dale Wanderers Cricket Club: "Brian Statham, Ken Higgs, Colin Smith... and now Ken Standring. Lan-


; cashire will have no shortage of seam bowlers.” Standring, (23) startled the cricket world by grabbing Len Hutton's wicket


I think this is selfishness on an extraor­


dinary scale. They see their friends and neighbours suffering and their cry is: “Suf­ fer more so that we need not suffer at all!" They are biting the hand that feeds them. During the week, I went to have a look


at Calderstones Cemetery in Whalley which was so recently desecrated. It was heartbreaking. - Mental patients, so vulnerable during


their lives, being attacked even after their death.


. • I love destroying things. As a child, the


best part of building a sandcastle was stamping on it at the end. As an adult, I once had a garage demolished and per­ suaded the machine driver to let me drive the bulldozer that knocked it over. I loved it. But they were my sandcastle and my garage that I destroyed. The selfishness required to knock over someone else’s gravestone is beyond me.


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dancer. • In September Hannah Delaney (pic­


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tured) will take up a place at Ballet West in Argyll to study for a HND in Professional Stage Dance. The 15-year-old Kibblesdale High


School pupil, who has been dancing since she was two, recently passed her Advanced Foundation RAD examina­ tion in ballet, gaining a merit. She was offered a place on the HND


course, run in collaboration with North Highland College and incorporating


' the performing of Royal Academey of Dance examination work, after audi­ tioning north of'the border. Over the next two years she will


study ballet, jazz, tap and contempo­ rary dance, as well as singing, acting, choreography and other skills. - Hannah will also take part in tours


with the Ballet West performing com­ pany, which puts on full-length ballets


Minister returns for a golden service


25 years ago


' CLITHEKOE firm Granby Garments cancelled its holiday, fortnight to meet deadlines for a bulk order of underwear. While friends and relatives made the most of the great weather, 25 women employed at the Lowergate factory were hard at work making vests for a last- minute order from Marks and Spencer. • Kibble Valley MP 'Mr David


Waddington called the Commons’ “no” to the restoration of capital punishment a “great mistake”. A supporter for the return of the death penalty for certain types of murder, Mr Waddington felt it would serve as a deterrent against vio­ lent crime involving firearms. • Brookside teacher Mrs Barbara


Milne-Kedhead was appointed deputy headteacher, at Waddington and West Bradford CE School succeeding Mrs Edna Brown.


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for a truly special day. He returned to lead Sunday’s service to


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mark the 50th anniversary of his ordination into the ministry, which began in Clitheroe. During the service, seven-year-old William


Lund read a passage from Jeremiah. A celebration cake baked by church member


Wendy Higson was cut by Mr Gaunt after the service. .. ,


- Mr Gaunt was then presented with a hymn


written by the children of the junior church in recognition of his hymn writing talents. •


Our picture shows Mr Gaunt and his wife, Winifred, (s)


Rotary welcomes a new man to their helm


Edwin Gretton, Edwin thanked the mem­ bers for their support during his year and wished Richard every success for his com-


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ingyear. This is the second time Rtn Dugdale h^


been installed, having last served as presi­ dent in 1996. He thanked Mr Gretton for all the work he has done over the last year. The new president’s aims this next year


are to continue the work that Rotary does both in the local community and interna­ tionally and have fun along the way. Recently, with another member Jeff Cowl-, ing, he flew to India to help in the World ■Health Organisation’s Polio Eradication


scheme. • Mr Dugdale is also , one of the leading


h e new man at the helm of the Rotary Club of Ribblesdale is Richard Dugdale.


Installed by the outgoing president,


members of the local service clubs who. organise the town bonfire each year. _


Since his retirement, his time has been


largely occupied by helping others and cycling - residents will have perhaps seen him riding round the local roads on his “penny farthing”, and he has raised a great . deal of money by doing sponsored cycle , rides on his normal road bike both at home. and abroad for the Life Education Centres which visit the local schools showing the young how to make healthier life choices. He is also a trustee of the organisation. The Rotary Club of Ribblesdale meets


on Mondays at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington at 6 for 6-30 p.m. and i s . always keen to enrol new members of the local community who would like to help others while having fun. Contact any member for details, or ring the secretary on 427734. (s)


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e m b e r s of the congregation of Clitheroe United Reformed Church welcomed back the Rev. Alan Gaunt


VALLEY dance school pupil is a step nearer to achieving her ambition of becoming a ballet


and musicals throughout Scotland. In the last two years Hannah, the


daughter of John and Susan Delaney, of Wilpshire, has won more than 25 trophies and two b a lle t champi­ onships, copmeting at festivals across the North West. She appeared with the English


Youth Ballet as a friend of Coppelia in a production at Preston’s Charter The­ atre and last year was nominated as one of 300 candidates from more than 4,000 participants to take part in the International Theatre Dance Awards in Manchester. For the past seven years Hannah has.


been a pupil at the Angela Westwell. School of Dance in Clitheroe. - Her teacher Mrs Angela Briscoe


said: “I wish Hannah all the best for the future. She has got an exciting time ahead of her and I hope she really works hard and achieves all her dreams. We will all miss her at dancing but look forward to seeing her on the stage.” (s)


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