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1 here is a man called Ian Cottam who' speaks on behalf of Blackburn mthf Darwen Council.


. . ■ I must hope I never meet him because I


!i fear that, if I do, I tvill lose my temper and ; end up in front of the Blackburn magis-., '.tratesona^riouscharge.


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f K'i Recently I was reading my daily paper >; when I noticed a story which set my.;:


f: blood boiling and it is boiling still. . '


J I t concerned a Blackburnian, of middle. : age; who had served his country in the = : First Gulf -War, and had been disabled on v , Army service. ' -


'■;iV :He has a disabled badge, but one day,-. : i 'parking in Blackburn, he had forgotten to*, f display i t and,'when he returned,.he,: ? found a traffic warden and a parking tick-' et; He explained what had happened and


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:our circumstances into the hands of God.


' Please let me make it clear. I am not advocating prayer


Talone. God works in many,, : :many ways and though all sorts of people, not least our family and our. friends, to


:what he could do.'The reply .: came: “If you are a praying)-, ihan, then I suggest that you ;■


pray.” ,_- ' / ■/'This is prayer a s .a d a s t " resort' ■when all else fails', when ; in fact it should be.our pri-,


'mary.Vfesi56ns'e;'‘6 u r :f ifs t: action: to put ourselves a n d '


-. bring us healing and whole- irness..'.Prayer 'an d all; the, "'armoury of.medical science rand human skill work togeth-i : er. Nor is prayer an insurance i policy that'nothing will ever, > ' befall us.


, iSrWhat then does prayer do?-


r I t restores us to wholeness by, ; reconciling, us to G6d;'.with'


' one another.and to our own: ‘.-unique life situation. ' '


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- with God (however we per- • ceive God to be), to be at one with others, and to be at one


, with ourselves and our cir- -: cumstances.


.-.thing.that would disturb me : now-is if they came up with a cure. I am no longer, interest­ ed.” ■ •


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: In-1982, my, brother died ■ from cancer.of the liver. He was 39, married, with three; young daughters.- J n the week before he died, -


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; In the August, of that year his slipped quietly and peace-


' fully froni time into eternity. , If death can be described as


v he pu t all his affairs into : order, met with family and '■


i received Holy Communion for-: the first time in 20 years.


- When I went to see him, for li the last.time,-he'said: “Gill; I


, am physically, spiritually,'; , emotionally and psychologi-'


To.be whole is to be at'one .- cally ready to go.'The' only'


„ friends individually to say his - own, goodbyes;'! and then ■


"beautiful, he died a beautiful . death: at one with all and at peace with all.' - . What is "unique about


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Christianhealing. through prayer? I t 'is wholeness in


: time,’but also for eternity and. whatever our time and God’s, eternity holds for u s . '


■ ' REV. GILL MACK, Pricsl-in-Chafge of Hurst Green and Milton.


i ' asked her to rescind it, but she would not ..- and, being a jocular sort of person, he if. tried to put it in her pocket. - ..


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it She was too agile for him and the ticket : .fluttered harmlessly to the pavement. He r picked it up, took i t to the Town Hall and; :: had i t rescinded.


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■ But this simple act of decency annoyed someone in authority so viscerally .that


^ q d i S ; i Se e .I t at'-


s Sw w w .h U t r i^ o e a d v e r t is e rc o .u k ^ . two weeks later, through the post, the


: “old soldier” received a Penalty Notice - from Blackburn with Darwen.Council accusing him of littering. . That’s right! Littering! The ticket had


hit the ground momentarily and, for that, some apology for a human being a t


. Blackburn with Darwen Council was try­ ing to criminalise an old soldier. ■ : . I think most moderate people will


agree that, if Blackburn with Darwen Council had a disciplinary code worthy of the name, the official concerned would have been summarily dragged from his desk, spreadeagled against the Town Hall doors, had the shirt torn from his back and been whipped to within an inch of his life. Buthewasnotdisciplinedatall.


Looking Back 100 years ago


THOMAS WHITTAKER (20) of Par­ son Lane was charged with assault on Samuel Speak (71). The court heard th a t as Mr Speak was walking down York Street; the defendant felled him • with a single blow to the head and began kicking him. He was found guilty and sentenced to three years probation. • The town clerk, John Eastham


(81), died after falling alarmingly ill. Mr Eastham was something of a town leg­ end having served as clerk of Clitheroe for almost 50 years. He was well-known . throughout the borough and was also a ■ qualified solicitor who acted on behalf of many local businesses.


. 50 years ago


IAN FELL, a 15-year old CRGS pupil, was elated to find that his very own play was to be performed a t the children’s theatre in Aberdeen. ' ^ ^ The play, entitled “Unusual Offices”, had already appeared on the BBC in the new year, featuring Ian as one of the characters. - • A 23-year-oId man pleaded guilty


to the charge of theft of two turkeys. The turkeys were stolen on December 22nd from Bashall Hall Barn. ; The man admitted selling the birds in


'Blackburn and blamed drinking too much alcohol for his actions. . ■ He was fined £10.


^ 25ycarsago


DOWNHAM’s ’“Save Our School” campaign suffered a setback when their appointment with the Minister of Edu­ cation was postponed. He had another


•meeting with the Prime Minister, Mrs Magaret Thatcher, i-


. • Thieves escaped with £5,000 worth


of electronic goods when they raided a school; near Gisburn. Trophies, type­ writers, computers, portable televisions and the cash register from the canteen were all among the items stolen. • Plans for a £200,000 plant for the


anti-corrosion treatment of agricultural machinery were unveiled to be installed at the Kendal street factory. : .


Quick, hold me back! ■ As I See It


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AIRLESS SPRAYS ■Telephone


. Indeed, Mr.Ian.Cottam was deputed


by the council to defend him and this is the statement he made to the Press; “There are some cases which seem a bit harsh, but it is part of the system and it is


-right that it is left up.to'the magistrates to decide”.


: ■ I would only say to Mr Cottam, doing my best not to shake with rage, that this may very well be “part of-the system” in


;• the Third world, but it is completely alien to England and we do not want any part of it hera Our forefathers fought against this sort of tyranny and it is a pity that it is still alive in Blackburn Town Hall. -


. - And I would say this to the distin­ guished “old soldier”. I salute you for your service, your bravery, your seK-sac- rifice, your jocularity, your unwillingness to bend the knee before petty tyranny and your decision to go to court to obtain your perfectly proper acquittal. Just as Mr Cottam represents all that


is alien to EngliShness, this “old soldier” represents everything that is best in it. V Mr Nassir Khan, I salute you. ■


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A little piece of history on show at town library


A - :N almost 100-year-old


, Z \ : ledger belonging to a . X A.Clitheroe business has been donated to the local library. The historic book, which-:


: contains accounts of William L. Grime Coal Dealers, was


. handed .over to Clitheroe Library by a member of the Grime family, who now live in Accrington.


y It covers the period 1912 to 1916 and is a record of all the accounts .they paid to their


■ suppliers. I t contains all the original invoices, which are carefully folded and each month is in alphabetical order. The artwork at the top of many of the invoices is very elaborate and decorative. The ledger gives an insight


into the running of the impor­ tan t local company a t the


.-beginning of the 20th Centu­ ry and how so many of the local businesses supported eachother. , Mrs Susan Holden refer­


ence librarian said: “Thank­ fully, the ledger was offered to the library, before it was con­ signed to the tip. Not only is it a shining example of early 20th Century book keeping, the fact that it is from'a local 'business makes it very impor-


tant. Just by having the name of the company we were able: to find a little bit about the family and discovered th a t they lived a t ‘Overdale’ in Waddington Road at the time of the 1901 census and had three children.


. “ The index to the Clitheroe


•Advertiser and Times also revealed th a t a’Mrs Anne Grime, William and Ada’s


daughter-in-law, who died in 1981 had connections with Lodematic - another estab­ lished Clitheroe company.” She added: “This type of


donation, which a t first glance looks like a dirty old book; has actually added a great deal to the local history of the town and will bring a lot of pleasure to those people in the community who have a


fascination for ClRheroe’s past. “Ultimately, it should be


deposited ■with the Lancashire Record Office as they have the correct storage facilities, b u t for now i t is to stay in


, Clitheroe so that people c an , enjoy this piece of the past.” Our picture shows Susan


, with the historic ledger. (B290109/2b)


Twins celebrate their 90tb inj^style stone birthday. : . I


-: The sisters, who are believed to be one of the oldest sets of twins in the country, celebrated their 90th birthday. Family and friends enjoyed a party at


the Gamecock Inn, Great Harwood, to mark the special day.


, . Freda and Jennie always had the same


taste in clothes. Until a few years, they both enjoyed going dancing together. Both women have spent their .entire lives in East L a n c a s h i r e . ::


- Born and brought up in Accrington,


; they attended Woodnock Primary Coun­ cil School. On leaving school they worked ■ a t Arnolds Christmas Card Factory in


' Accrington. ■ According to Freda’s son, Raymond


• Standring, the sisters always worked together.


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; " The Clitheroe resident added:“ ,They always enjoyed doing everything togeth-


" er and were very close. They would wear : the same clothes; go everywhere together and had the same hobbies.”


; ' Raymond added: “They.really enjoyed: OUR picture shows sisters Freda and Jennie celebrating their 90th birthdaywitli their ■ the birthday party. I t ’s marvellous to see'


d Freda lives in Clitheroe now while Jen- yi— nie has moved to Clayton-le-Moors., i,


how happy they both are together.”


' 'sons Ray and Garry Standring and John and Derek Holt. ’ . ,


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