10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 29th, 2008 This hidden gem


deserves publicity ■THE letter from J. O’Brien in the Advertiser and Times on the 15th (Does the church hold code solu­ tions?) posed the question does the Church of St Saviour at Stydd, near' Ribchester, hold the solution to the Da 'Vinci code? I t may well do so if Dan Brown


could be encouraged to write a sequel: “The return of the Da Vinci code” and embroider it to give the church the publicity it deserves. " The Knights Hospitallers Cliurch,


. reputedly the oldest in Lancashire, is a' hidden gem.


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cles relating to former members of paid and voluntary, staff; from'the,


• youth project in the May 22nd edi-1 tion. . I, on behalf of the company, would


;.ilike to congratulate Mel Diack for :;-;his inuch deserved MBE. He has"; -■ worked with the youth of the Ribble


r ■ If J .O’Brien had ventured into the church, it being open during daylight , hours seven days a week, he would have found a free leaf let available and' a more comprehensive guide to be read on the premises detailing the


■ church’s history. More details of this church and that of St 'Wilfrid’s, which is in the village of Ribchester, can be


.. months and during the Christmas period and it is also a venue for cultur­ al and musical activities during the annual Ribchester Festival of Music and Art in June.


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- Church Warden; St Saviour Stydd ■


COLIN CUNLIFFE, ■ .


, - Information would


be appreciated I HAVE been very interested in your letters regarding Knights Templar and the stone slabs which feature a cross patee. . , ' A stone slab with what we believe to be a cross patee was revealed at All


• Hallows' . Church, Mitton, when the church was re-ordered in the year 2000. The stone was used as a lintel above


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.' •Valley for many years and we are A proud to have worked with him. We / would also like to extend our con- - gratulations to Steve Procter for his • Clitheroe Town Award and continue to wish him'well with his Juice Bar,


• a much-needed provision for the Rib­ ble Valley. 'While reading that arti­ cle I noticed Adam Brayshaw receiv-


. accessed at: www.saintwilfrids.org.uk There are regular church services held a t Stydd,during the summer •


- ing an award too. He is the son of Karen Brayshaw, our former trans­ port manager. Well done mate! I t ’s nice to know th a t Trinity


Community Partnership and the youth group has had an impact even ■ now, 44 years after it began. '


./GRAHAM WALTON, ^Development O f f i c e r , - ■ : Trinity Community Partnership /


I am disgusted by ■ riive on the main road through


Gisburn (A59) and endeavour to make my property look as nice as possible, despite the large wagons and speeding cars. .; Two years ago for my 30th birth-


the door which leads to the steps of the tovver of the church. The church ■ dates from 1270, the tower was added 200 years later.


All Hallows' Church was a monas­


tic church. Cockersands Abbey near Lancaster was granted a licence to •• appropriate the church in 1314. The monks were Premonstraensian; ■ named after the place in which their. order has its origins.


. : I t would be of great help if someone


with the knowledge of stone slabs ' which feature a cross patee could tele­ phone Karina Lancaster on 01254 ■ 826841. Research is taking place for', the publishing of a historybook of the


. church, and it would be wonderful to ’. include what is known of these stones.


K. LANCASTER (MRS), Lower Hodder Coltage.s, ■ ■ Whalley Road, Mitton


Still going strong


after 44 years AS a member,of staff from Trinity ' Community Partnership, I was pleased to see not one but two arti-'


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, day my two young children bought me a pair of trees in beautiful pots to put outside the front of my house, as an everlasting reminder of my birth­ day, and of my children. This enjoyment came to a bitter :


end on Monday morning when I awoke to find both of my trees had been stolen! This experience was made even


worse when my daughter and young son found out, as they were upset as • they had been a special birthday: present. ■ I ask - what has the world come to when certain nasty people steal


."plants that have no great'monetary .value (only about £50), but a great : deal of sentimental value? '


: had his'trailer stolen from around the back of our house.


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; ' Do these people have no ethics or , guilt?


!• Earlier in the year my husband • ■ '


I just wish these people had items >


of personal importance stolen from ■ them, and see how they like it. , ■ ■


' As well as being upset about the : loss of my trees,.! also have to deal with consoling my children; who had ‘ especially chosen and presented • them to me on my special birthday.


' . . These people know they can get away with it and vvill carry on doing


King Street, Clitheroe BB72Eiy_or C :M i l:yiyien.n^alhgcasllancsnc)^


: so... I just want everyone to be aware, • and on their guard.


-A. FENTON (MRS) - . Main Street, Gisburn


• ;j y - No place here; for a


kangaroo court THOUGH I have no wish to make public my disgrace and total disgust;


: at being involved in an altercation in •' the White Lion Pub over a month ago, my disgust is just as great for the “kangaroo court” put together to dispense what they call “justice”. ' There is no place in modem socie­


ty for these groups. I feel that they tread a very fine line. We have a legal justice system to ensure fair play. lam informed that the group is


not a legal body and has no legal standing, it is not obliged to look at or even listen to any legal evidence available, its justice is based on


this behaviour I AM writing in disgust a t the • actions of certain'people. - -


. hearsay. , Word put around Clitheroe after the incident at the White Lion sug­ gested that the person involved was in a life/death situation. In fact he was seen in town the following day with a black eye which was not caused by me. V This did not stop the group ban­ ning me for life from every pub in and around Clitheroe. This was done in my absence and behind closed doors. I was not allowed to attend or defend myself. I received a letter informing me that my photograph and name would be sent to every public house.. How can'this group justify spend­


ing taxpayers’money? ,•- The facts are that I was involved


in an altercation in the pub’s beer garden. I was arrested and given a police caution and ordered to pay the victim £200 compensation. The CPS decided that a caution was justice enough for my part in this matter.


' . There was a third party involved. I believe that CCTV will show his actions. I don’t know this person, but I have been held responsible for his actions. He was given the same punishment as I.


It is my right to vigorously defend


myself and I was privy to attend an appeal and meet the group which was assembled to discuss a life­ changing matter for one person. My - ’ concern was far greater. I attended. with a solicitor at considerable cost


• to myself. This appeared to have no effect other than encouraging their ' wrath. My solicitor was told that


. they had neither seen nor viewed any of the evidence, and again they stat­ ed that they were not a legal body. The following day I received a phone call stating that the decision stood and my appeal had been unsuccess­


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ful. It is not my aim to change.the. minds of people in this group.'I wish to ask the public’s opinion bn this matter.


' I feel that this group will continue to meet in the shadows behind closed doors. 'When a person’s'liberty is put • at risk, you do not lay down. ,


. RAYMOND KIRKMAN,' "Clitheroe


t/These names act


as a warning RECENTLY, you published a letter regarding roads and their adopted names, such as,“Devil's Elbow”. I disagree with the writer's opinion


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that they serve no useful purpose, as such a name should make local driv­ ers aware that the road ahead is very hazardous and, therefore, they should approach the with the utmost care. "What does amaze me is the ridicu­


lously ambiguous road signs we have. "When approaching the infamous Devil's Elbow from Read, the speed limit increases from 40 to 50 and, just before the penultimate bend there is a further 50 sign on the right, • followed by a “reduce speed” sign on the left, with another 50 sign imme­ diately behind! If the speed is to be reduced from 50, then surely i t should state a lower, safer, speed limit?


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A59/Clitheroe/Sabden junction, . when approaching from "Whalley the speed limit is 60, and remains 60, yet a recently-installed sign flashes to tell every driver doing more than 40 to slow down. Surely, if this sign is to mean anything, there should be a previous sign informing all drivers of - a 40 m.p.h. speed limit prior to the: separation of the carriageways, and in both directions? It is a dangerous junction. I would also like to see a “no overtaking" sign here, as drivers behind me often seem impatient by • the fact that I do slow down. I expect there are many other


illogical, ambiguous road signs in our area, and across the country, which must add to the causes of accidents where folk are killed or injured, yet’- no driver is to blame for disobeying road signs. Who is responsible? • ■


J. R. RATCLIFFE, Clilheroe •


,. v Gould you be my


distant relative? MY 4x great-grandfather was James NorcroK, born about 1779 in Ribch­ ester; his first wife could have been ’ Alice Walmsley.


Does he appear in your family tree' also? The family moved to Manches--


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Tibet: if we all write in protest


; I AM ah old man. I can recall from | the time of my youth, in my school years, on all the atlases the state of Tibet was shown as a separate coun- ;'ty --different colours differentiated


all the individual independent coun­ tries.-


•. •/Tibet, too, was identified with its own distinct colour.


Then in 1950, the world looked on


in horror. This peaceful country and people were invaded. We watched helpfely as Chinese troops swarmed all over Buddhist monks, and peace­ ful; rural Tibetan people. Chinese [


, artillery assaulted ancient building | ; and shrines with indiscriminate bom-1 ■ bardment.


The colour on the maps was I


■reiterates the hideous lie. The I • Tibetan problem is an internal CM-


changed, absorbed into the colour | that designates China. China today [


• neseissue. /a Some of us remember otherwise I


and write to th e Ambassador,! Madame Fu Ying, Ambassador to j the People’s Republic of China, 49- 51 Portland Place, London. She doesn’t write back. "Who takes I


‘ notice of a little per^n like me? But, [ if all of us wrote! Also object to the Olympic torch being carri^ through Tibet, to Lord Moynihan, Chairman of the British Olympic Association,! , Wandsworth Plain, London S'W181 . lEH. ■■,•:'.•


■ Likewise, a t our .notorious ■


ROBIN PARKER, St Chad’s Avenue, Chatburn ■


There is a problem


with a few people WITH reference to the person who | highlighted a problem at the Hen- thorn recycling centre.


/ Having spoken to the staff in I ■.


recent days who happen to have been employed there for several years, | they were indeed upset by the per­ son’s comments in your columns, but I recognise there is a problem with | som e s^ f. ■ • / • - Perhaps i t may help the genuine I staff if they knew what days this per-1


■ son received little or no help. _ .• = I myself have complete faith in the


s ta f f th a t I know carry ou t their duties in a friendly and efficient | manner. '


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BOBMORGAN,', St Paul’s Street,- Clitheroe'---:


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• Letters with noms de plume,arc only accepted for publicalion if die edi­ tor agrees there is a valid reason for the writer's identity to be withheld, but the writer’s nariie and full postal address must be included.


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- GREEN- BARGH


VALLEY bride Alison Maria Bargh certainly


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)ked stunning on her dding d a y - .a n d her,:: mother, Mrs Georgina / Bargh, had more reason


than most to look on • proudly.,;


- .' The bride’s gown, two ' bridesmaids’ dresses and the page boy’s outfit were


- all made by th e bride’s ■ mother.


A senior laboratory ;


supervisor, the bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert and Georgina Bargh, of Hopwood Farm, Bracewell. ■ '.H e r bridegroom-was Carl Paul Green, a self- employed motor/agricul- tural engineer, the son of Mr and Mrs Bernard and June Green, of Higher Swainrod Farm, Little- borough. , The ceremony took


place a t St Michael’s Church, Bracewell. ■ • Given away by her


father, the bride wore an ivory silk: princess-line gown featured a fitted bodice with ruche draped: neckline,'.short. ruche sleeves and circular skirt./ Her gown detailed Austri­ an lace and was decorated witfi'^ '■ embroidered aplilique,-sequins and beading. Her full-length veil was secured by a tiara of diamante, crystals and pearls, and she carried a shower b o u q u e t of lizianthus, lily-of-the-val- ley and freesia. The bridesmaids were ■ Miss: Isabelle Bargh, the .


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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, May 29th, 2008 11 Moving to the countryside: the realities


A FREE and open seminar outlin­ ing the realities of buying a home in the country will be held at "Whalley Abbey today a t '7-30 p.m. _ . I f is one of a series of .four semi-. nars being staged by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), each addressing different aspects of living and working in .


the countryside. Entitled “A Home in the Country?”, the Whalley Abbey meeting mil outline some of the problenis now being faced by homeowners in rural areas. Rural economy experts a t the


CLA say th a t they come across instances of dream homes in the countryside turning to nightmares


bride’s cousin, and Miss ' Lucy Green, the bride­ groom’s niece. ' . They wore ankle-length - Victorian-style dresses with full skirts and sashes of egg-shell blue silk with contrasting overskirts, bodices and short puffed sleeves in ivory and blue embroidered silk edged with ivory lace. They wore circlets of hydrangea, freesia, lizianthus, del- ; phiniums and gypsophila ' and carried baskets of matching flowers and a- small dove. : The pageboy, the bride’s


cousin. Master Aidan Budd, complemented the Victorian theme ivith matching ivory and blue embroidered silk waist-


coat, ivory silk shirt with


• lace jabot, egg-shell blue silk cummerbund and air­ force': blue knee-high breeches with matching cap. The best man was


"Wayne Green, the bride­ groom’s brother, and ush­ ers were Messrs Adam and Joseph Bargh, the bride’s brothers. The Rev. John Lancast­


er officiated and a recep­ tion was held at the High­ er Trapp Hotel, Simon- stone. The couple are spending th e ir honey­ moon on a fly-drive to America and are to live in : Luddenden Foot, Halifax. Picture by Kent Pho­ tography, Chatburn.


Coniston venue for ramblers’ group


THE area around Coniston was the venue for 14 Clitheroe Ramblers. ' Parking their vehicles at Low Tilberth- waite, they set off on a warm, sunny day, led by David Taylor up the track past the lead mine to the north of Yewdale •, Beck.


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•On reaching the site of the Three Kings Copper Mine at Dry Cove Bot­


tom, the group headed up Steel Edge and:: on to the summit of "Wetherlam for lunch .• at' 2,500ft. The next summit was Black. Sails at 2,441ft; and down to Swirl House' where two of the group decided to ascend .


Prison Band to Swirl How and Great Carrs and return by “Wet Side Edge. The rest of the party traversed the fell


via Long Crag to Greenburn Copper Mine to examine the remains of . the. building. ■ ' The group reassembled by Greenburn


Beck and walked down the valley to Slater Bridge and the Great Arch in Black Hole Slate Quarry.


, . ■ : They returned tda High Tilberthwaite


to the car park having enjoyed warm,; fine and clear weather for most of the day.


New chairman hosts first meeting


NE'WLY elected chairman of the Ribble Valley Tourism Association, Steve Alcock, was given a very warm welcome, as he held his first official members’ meeting, hosted by the Inn at 'Whitewell.. ■ Steve invited Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s district building surveyor and emergency planning officer, Mr Chris ; |Bjittleworth,.to speak about building


regulation applications and related legis­ lation concerning public buildings and ■ planning applications. Members found this to be a very informative and surpris­ ingly entertaining presentation. -- • For more information on becoming a


member of the Ribble Valley Tourism Association, contact co-ordinator Mary. Parker on 01200 446686. ■


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