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100 years ago


ALMOST £50 was raised towards funds for a new church and school in Wadding- ton after a packed attendance at a festi­ val. The event left the audience chuck­ ling to themselves after a brief but enter ta in in g performance entitled “Wanted a wife!” ® The annual dinner of the Whalley


branch of the Lancashire Farmers’ Association was held in the Whalley Arms Hotel and proved a huge success. A good time was had by all. Meanwhile, the hard work and several nights’ effort of pupils from Waterloo Wesleyan School was paid off after a successful dinner dance was staged. In Slaidburn, a large audience gathered in the -village school room for a concert by the Rev. J. Garnett, vicar of Slaidburn.


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oped Maxwells? The food and drink are a delight. The


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service is snappy and one can sit inside, on the roof terrace or at a pavement table and watch the world go by. I t is so convenient. There is a car park


nearby, which makes it convenient, and the railway station is opposite. One can stroll across the street to the Platform Gallery, and the town’s speciality shops are in easy walking distance. In fact. Maxwells is located where, in


days gone by, Clitheronians used to start and finish their major journeys and - in the old market place - do the bulk of their shopping. What Maxwells has done is to resuscitate the town and bring “cafe socie­ ty” there.


•' ' The Dawsons must have opened it


because they knew that they would lose some of their traditional business to the new Homebase, but they have benefited the town and I believe they will make plen­ ty of money. As Homebase gets estab-


HO hasn’t noticed how much more pleasant it is to visit Clitheroe since Dawsons devel­


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lished, I feel sure the Dawsons will dedicate more of their floorspace to related pursuits to the advantage of the town as well as to their family purse. I hope th a t Kibble Valley Borough


Council will follow their lead. We cannot expect the council to be as skilful as an experienced entrepreneurial family, but they must have noticed that they are stew­ ards of a huge swathe of land which pro­ duces less economic or social activity, square foot for square foot, than almost any other part of the town - despite its location right at the heart of things. His­ torically, it was the focal point of almost any ■visit to Clitheroe, but, as the decades have passed, the market has become mar­ ginal to most people’s needs. It is a huge


Looking Back 50 years ago


THERE was an extra call boy a t the final performance of "White Horse Inn". But this boy was sitting in the audience - Jimmy Clitheroe, star of the BBC's "Call Boy" show. 9 Mr F.R. Catlow, secretary of


Clitheroe Conserative Club since 1930, announced his retirement at the annual meeting. During his 28 years' ser-vice he had not missed a single annual meeting. ® About 130 teenagers gathered in


Clitheroe Town Hall as guests of the Mayor Coun. J.W.D. Critchley. ® Sailing from Southampton on the


"Southern Cross" was Mr John Hitchon, of Southport House, Sawley. He was going to Auckland, New Zealand, where he took over a big dairy farm owned by his uncle, Robert Hitchon.


public asset, but produces a trifling return. If Maxwells, on its tiny scrap of land, has wrought such a big change in the atmos-1|' phere of the town, just think what could be achieved on the market site. This is a great time for the council to act.


It has commissioned a study of the com- p merce of the town as part of its planning f process. I t should tell the consultants to consider whether the market site could reinforce what the Dawsons have been doing to bring vibrancy to the heart of the | town. Perhaps they could ask M&S to use their


prodigious skills to propose a scheme to provide themselves vyith a store and pre- K;' serve some open air retailing. Who knows? ^ Perhaps they might include recreational activities for young people who prefer to pay for their own fim. Perhaps other retail­ ers could be asked to produce competing schemes and we could all see them exhib­ ited at the Platform Gallery. Then we could all look at the prices offered for our land and the facilities being offered and choose between them. Isn’t that what town planning should be about?


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'•It T|jk I# James shadows MP Nigel A 25 years ago


TELEPHONE services for the whole of the Ribble Valley were expected to be back to normal after a fire a t Whalley cut links to 8,600 subscribers... resulting in the worst blackout the area had ever known. British Telecom engineers had been


working non-stop since the weekend to repair the damage. © An impassioned plea for the reten­


tion of the six Ribble Valley village schools earmarked for closure or aniai- gamation by Lancashire County Coun­ cil was made. Coun. Jimmy Fell, chau - man of the District Liaison Committee for Education, said the schools were at the heart of the villages and proposals to close them had caused great conster­ nation and unhappiness.


lought for the Week Respect our world


' EDIA warnings are frequent and devas- • ta t in g about the


damage we are doing to the environment. They include reports of global warming, and how the potentially dev­ astating effects of our actions will leave a frightening legacy to future generations. Such news is disturbing, for


the whole human race, but ought to be particularly unsettling for Christians. ■ For as Christians we need


to remember that the world in which we live is none other than God’s creation that He


entrusts it to us, for its care. In the Book of Genesis, Adam is set by God in the Garden “to till it and keep it”. The Bishop of Liverpool, in


a recent lecture, reminded us that this inadequate transla­ tion properly means “to serve and preserve” the earth. He stressed that the rela­


tionship between humanity and the earth is to be charac­ terised by servant lordship. Nowhere in the Bible is any­ one given a mandate of domi­ nation to rape the earth. The leader of the Orthodox Church in the East, Patriarch


Bartholomew, says that: “to commit a crime against the natural world is a sin”. And yet we continue to


choose to sin: we continue to choose to become “uncre­ ators”. We display a lack of


respect, not only for the world in which we live, but for life, and for God himself. A solution to this will only


be found if we take a serious look at our lifestyles. . I t is imperative that Chris­


tians seek to take a lead in protecting our environment, as responsible stewards of the


creation in which we have the privilege to live; considering the implications of the choices we make.


A . We need to rememb®|liat


our responsibility within cre­ ation and our duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of our faith. If we were to show a good


example about caring for our world we may, through God’s grace, encourage others to show respect for th a t which God has given them. RT. REV. NICHOLAS READE I


Bishop of Blackburn | / \ Making all the right moves


A CHESS player made all the / \ right moves to win an annu-


X ^ a l knock-out tournament. Clitheroe Chess Club hosts the


competition every year in memory of former member Mr Brian Carr. In this year’s final Mr Ray Sut­ cliffe beat Brendan Brown to win


the cup. Mrs Chris Carr, Mr Carr’s


widow, is pictured presenting the


trophy to a delighted Mr Sutcliffe, (s)


® Clitheroe Chess Club meets


every Tuesday evening from 6-45 p.m. in the Catholic Social Centre on Lowergate. Players of all ages and abilities


are most welcome. For further details contact Bren­


dan Brown on 07800830531 or visit the website: www.elca.org.uk


VALLEY pupil has experienced life a t Westminster first-hand after shadowing Ribble Valley


MP Nigel Evans. James Cathcart, a pupil at Stonyhurst


College, spent three days at Mr Evan’s office enjoying on-the-job learning. The A-Level politics student, who lives


in Wiswell, said he had gained a valuable insight into the work of a Member of Parliament. Said James: “It has been a


great insight into the reality of an MP’s work. I have been able to help out with political research relating to the Energy Bill and media monitoring of important local issues including the proposed Post Office closures in Ribble Valley. I have enjoyed the experience and it will put me in good stead for university, where I plan to study politics.” And Mr Evans said: “I think it is important that local students get to see


From Big Apple to Ribble Valley!


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iv e music from a hot new band all the way from Brookl}^!, New York, had an enthusi­ astic Clitheroe audience going wild.


It wasn’t at the local music bar, or even the St


Mary’s Centre, but in the main hall at Pendle Pri­ mary School th a t the gig took place... and the


pupils just loved it! 'The band, “Breaking Laces”, were the 2007 \vin-


ners of the Starbucks Music Makers Competition - a major achievement for up-and-coming bands in the USA. They performed at the Clitheroe school during a break in their UK tour. Teacher Richard Waterhouse explained: “One of


our pupils is Charlie Forster, whose uncle Simon runs the Aspinall Arms at Mitton, where the band had played as part of their tour. They said they would be happy to play a t the school and we thought it would be a great treat for the Key Stage


Two pupils. “They’re an indie acoustic rock band and they


were fantastic. The kids loved it!” Band members Rob, Seth and Billy also fielded


questioris from the pupils, who plan to write thank- you letters to America and hope to stay in touch with the band and follow their progress.


OUR picture shows the band in action at Pcndle Primary School, (s)


the reality of Westminster politics. I try to host A-Level politics students from all the local schools throughout the year. Last week I was glad to be able to host a tour of the Houses of Parliament for a group of Year 5 and Year 6 pupils from Brabin’s School in Chipping.” Pictured in Westminster are, from the


left, Mr Evan’s researchers Daniel O’Byrne and Andrew Brinkley, with James Cathcart and Nigel Evans, (s)


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