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Valley Matters A caring profession?


a weekly look at local issues, people and places


rather odd hours that family doctors keep these days. 'They include the retired, the unem­


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ployed, part-time workers, mothers at home with their children and business people ivho are able to fix their own hours. For these large groups of people, it wouldn’t matter at all if all GPs only worked - as most of us would like to work - from nine until five, Monday to Friday. As it happens though, quite a lot of us


do work from nine until five, Monday to Friday, and people who want to make a living out of meeting our needs have to accommodate us. All sorts of people do it. Retailers do it. They do not work longer hours than the rest of us, but they organise themselves to cover the hours and days that are convenient to us. Fun­ nily enough, solicitors do it as well. It does not matter what time of the day or night we are arrested. Each firm has a rota to make sure we are protected. Sometimes our GPs talk as if working


ou would be surprised how many people there are who are


not inconvenienced at all by the


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“out of hours” was something that only the lower orders do and that they are too important to do it. But we all know that this is tosh. Footballers on £5m. a year work in the evening and at weekends. The Queen works in the evening and at weekends. The most celebrated chefs and opera singers and Cabinet Ministers work in the evening and at weekends. Even journalists do it, not to mention


the youngsters, struggling to establish a home, who turn out in the evening to pull pints, on the minimum wage, after finishing a full day’s work in their main job. The interesting question is what


Looking Back 50 years ago


IN March 1958, Stony hurst College opened an appeal for £100,000 to spend on extending one side of the college. Two old boys each donated £2,000


towards the extension which was to be completed by September. It was to pro­ vide accomodation for 80 more boys to study and an extra wing with new sci­ ence laboratories. © More than 200 golfers from Lan­


cashire and Yorkshire attended the opening of the new extension at Clitheroe Golf Club. The president of the Lancashire Union of Golf Clubs was introduced by the club captain, Mr W. Speak. The golf club, which had been com­


pletely re-decorated, was said to offer greater amenities to visitors, with a new bar and rooms for men and women members.


makes GPs more special than everyone from the Queen to the person who pulls our pint? I t ’s a good question, isn't it? I t matters to Tesco whether they are


open when we want to shop. If they are, they get our money and, if they’re not, they don’t. I t matters to a solicitor whether he’s available when we’re arrest­ ed. If he is, he gets the fee. If he isn’t, he doesn’t. The reason th a t great chefs work in the evening is not that they pre­ fer cooking dinner to cooking lunch. They know that there will be more pay­ ing customers at dinner. They would pre­ fer to be at home with their families in the evening, but they know that, to make their money, they have to be avail­ able when we, the ordinary working peo­ ple of England, want them. GPs don’t work for us. They work for


the Government and they know that they will get their £106.500 a year (I think that’s the average) whether or not they work at hours convenient to us. So they ignore our convenience and simply work at hours th a t are convenient to themselves. And they call themselves a “caring profession”!


AMANDA is pictured receiving her award from Derek Cartwright, area director for Cumbria and Lancashire, (s)


AT YOUR SERVICE


Award to top worker


porate Support Staff Mem­ ber of the Year when the North West Ambulance Ser­ vice (NWAS) honoured its heroes at its annual awards ceremony. Amanda was nominated


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for the award by the Execu­ tive Management Team for consistently delivering com­ mitment and quality in her role as personal assistant to the deputy chief executive. NWAS chairman Mary


Whyham said: “As members of the emergency service, we are expected to be heroes. The public perception is of flashing blue lights and our staff racing to the rescue, but we all know life isn’t as hair-raising as an episode of ‘Casualty’.


LITHEROE res i­ dent Amanda Chap­ man was named Cor­


“The peer nominations


are possibly the most rewarding. Knowing your own colleagues took th e time and trouble to speak


• out to say what a pleasure it is to work with you - 1 can’t think of a nicer compliment. “The people nominated


have brought cheer into the workplace, completed com­ plicated projects on top of th e ir everyday duties, worked in their own time and raised money for chari­ ty. They are truly an exam­ ple to us all.” The ceremony, held at the


Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, was sponsored by ITV Border, The Faculty of Health at the University of Central Lancashire, Greg- gains Garage (Carlisle) and Ferno UK.


Jessica’s company is a bed of roses A 25 years ago


CHATBURN Primary started a fight to save its 50-pupil Church of England school. Lancashire County Council had sug­


gested the closure or amalgamation of a school in the Ribble Valley - choosing between Downham, Grindleton or Chatburn. Headteacher Mr David Brooks was said to be just as “suprised as everybody else that our school was suggested for closure”. Parents of pupils started to create action committees and fund-raising in a bid to save the school from being shut down. 9 Firemen showed versatility when


they rescued a cow which was trapped in a midden on a Clitheroe farm. It took local fire crews more than two hours to pull out the animal using ropes and complete the rescue mission successful­


ly. lought for the Week Greatest love story


a s t e r is the event central to the Christ­ ian faith. Oh, isn’t it


which is best seen through Jesus who came preaching “the kingdom of God”. This was language people


understood for they had been ruled by far too many unjust kings. Jesus tells us about life lived


under the rule of a loving God. The Christian life is not so


much about believing a set of beliefs, but about a deepening relationship with God. I discover “I am loved of God” but I also learn that


“You are loved of God” too. Loving others can he a


dangerous occupation. That’s why Jesus died.


The cross is the sign of


God’s love for the world. Jesus was crucified because he turned our idea of love and justice on its head. On Good Friday we remem­


ber “the Passion (or the suf­ fering) of Christ” which led to the joy of that that first East­ er Day when his first disciples met the Risen Lord. They became part of the


story too as they continued the work begun by Jesus. God invites everyone to come close to him so that he


can begin to transform us that we might become part the story, people of hope, sharing the Good News in word and deed, helping to shape the places where we live and move for the good of all.


Rev. Norma Johnson


Minister of The United Reformed Church


Clitheroe, Barrow and Newton in BowlantI


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CLITHEROE mum hopes life will prove to be a “Bed of Roses”.


Miss Jessica Damton is launching her


own domestic cleaning company which she hopes will make the town a cleaner and greener place. The mum-of-two is also offering a de-


cluttering service aimed at helping peo­ ple to re-use and recycle unwanted


junk. With people continuing to become


increasingly environmentally aware. Miss Darnton has decided to promote the use of eco-friendly products through her “Bed of Roses” company. In line with her green cleaning serv­


ice, Miss Darnton will not be harness­ ing the use of vehicular transport, pre­


ferring to travel on foot in and around


the Clitheroe area. She said: “The reason I decided to


call the company Bed of Roses is because there is nothing nicer than the smell and natural beauty of these flow­ ers and that is what my service is all


about. “My aim is to use things that are not


harmful, but are natural. “My son suffers from outbreaks of


eczema and occasional chestiness and because of that I want my home to be as free from harmful chemicals as possi­ ble and I am also more aware of how harmful these things are to our health and the environment.” She explained that where possible she


Hundreds flock to jobs fair T


EENAGERS across the county had an insight into the world of apprentice­


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taken to the training provider's centre in Blackburn during the day, local employers and Training 2000 staff and apprentices also gave up an evening to speak to potential future apprentices. More than 770 young people


registered to learn more about what Training 2000 had to offer in areas of engineering, automotive, dental, care, business administra- t i ^ i and construction. Some


y<iffl|;idy knew which area they '


interested in and took time


to speak to employers and appren­ tices to find out more, while oth­ ers visited every department to find out what sparked their enthu­


siasm. Oliver Nuttall, an apprentice at


Clitheroe-based Castle Cement, said: “I love working at the com­ pany, it has been challenging at


will be using products containing natu­ ral, eco-friendly ingredients that are not harmful when put'into the drianage sys­ tem and kind to the environment. However, she will also offer a “con­


ventional” cleaning service to clients expressing a preference for use of their


own products. With her de-cluttering service, Miss


Damton will help householders develop a strategy for dealing with the problems of clearing out, providing them with the necessary motivation, suggestions about future storage and information about where things can go to be re-used


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the way.” Brian Turner, team leader for


the apprentices, explained: “We are looking for keen, hands-on learners who are not afraid of hard work. I t ’s a great programme to be involved in; it really helps young people get into the world of


work.” Steve Gray, Training 2000 chief


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