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SDNKE Heaven help ■ HERE are many ways in which;


I p o o r people can re a c t to their; : poverty_and just about the most


.:; admirable is to strive to get their children , ; the. best possible education so.that they, can prosper, _


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V -I happen to know a Blackburn family. : ' which is doing just that. Father drives a ;


;; taxi and mother and the two oldest kids; iij work in his brother’s grocery store. ;They, work all the hours God sends and none


• earns more than the statutory minimum; . wage. They, do i t in order.to send their :


■■•youngest to QEGS.' ■ .'iThe lad carries all the family’s hopes


’ for the future and they are all determined ; th a t he will get four A stars a t A-level,


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'j get an Oxbridge scholarship, become a ’■ Chartered Accountant and become a- 1: great Englishman of the Moslem faith. In my own, tiny way, I have become - p a r t of th e project by. c arrying their ,


: ; phone number in my wallet and always; calling it when I need a taxi. To say the boy is under pressure is a -


- huge understatement. Suffice it to say ■ th a t, were he to achieve anything less than four A stars, when the time comes, ' he would regard i t as an act of the gross-


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SCHOOL attendance levels were low, on average 83%; So many sicknesses were: partially'due to the. bad weather, with .Waddington Primary School reporting .


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est disloyalty and ingratitude to his par­ ents and siblings.


:: I t therefore saddens me to report that, under pressure from our wretched Prime


■ Minister, a ll our g re at'unive rsitie s, including Oxbridge,.have decided to ignore the A-star grade altogether and, even among youngsters who get four ordinary As, to discriminate against chil- ■ dren whose parents and siblings have made such heroic sacrifices. Preference will be given, instead, to children who attend the nationalised schools.-


: There are many grounds for despising our Prime Minister, not least that he has presided over the biggest boom and bust in our nation’s history while proclaiming, that he had abolished boom and bust. ; He has also, single-handedly, revived the old slogan of the British Union of


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‘ ^1 Daily delivery .bought for the Week Quality of mercy


HE willingness to fbr^ give and not to puhaK; is ra 'id e f in i t io n if fe -


q u e n tly used for th e word' mercy, .but .what is mercy'im Islam? ' ,


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.31* given a deeper.meanihg th at ;T: *created a vital aspect in the


:: mercy. They are Ar-Rahmari; ■ :; and;Ar-Rahim, which'meah “The,Most Gracious’’ and:


' - ■ ^ b,;.'With; Islam, fm e re yw a s ’


!■;•: wlife of every Muslim, which Ke ; :,'V:is rewarded by God (Allah)' ’. for showing. .,7, . , . . A l lah ’s mercy,(which is ■ bestowed on all His creatures,’


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■ IS seen in everything we la^J ■


‘.eyes on: in the sun' th a t prp-'


iiftsAri en tire c h ap te r in 'th p sQur’ah is named after Allah’s ■:. divine attribute;Ar-Rahmaff ; orXftThe iM o s t 'G ra c io u s ”! 'Also two of Allah’s attributes:


i.vides light and heat;'and ih’ t th e air. and water,' th a t ;a re ' essential for all the lmng.t.;fsf ‘;


“The Most Merciful’’. These two attributes are mentioned


■i.'iin the phrase recited a t the! beginning of 113 chapters of'


iK'the Qur’an: “In the name of : Allah, the Most Gracious, the *


!t;MosttMerciful.’’,This phrase', • -i: is a continuous reminder for? C o n c e rn in g " Pro p h e t


1 the reader of Allah’s endless mercy and great bounties.- ■ ;?


ij,),Muhammad’s mercy (peace i , ^be upon him), i t is b e s t to


, ' m ention f i r s t wh a t Allah Himself has said about him: ‘


■:,t?!We have not sent thee save: " -a s a mercy to th e worlds” •


. '(H o ly Q u r ’an, S u ra h 'A 1-! ‘Anbiyaa? 21:107), which'


.■are denved from the word for! V; the Prophet Muhammad as a':


fgassures that Islam IS founded'! on mercy, and that Allah sen t ;


. mercy to all creatures with no ’■^'of ■ c re a t io n ’w ith itself and exception.


w ith th e C re ato r . Mercy


believers i“s he most kind a n d :a ;; :er,;ana in;turn,-oy snuwius , merciful’’-(At-Tawbah 9:128);; :*this mercy," they themselves : , .These verses were clearly-"^are shown even more mercy


Allah': also says in the; vistarts'.' w i th sG o d . a n d . ..Qur’an: ‘‘Now hath come tO' you an Apostle from amongst ;■ yourselves: it grieves him th a t* ye, should perish: a rd en t ly ; ‘ anxious is he over you: to the ■ uc uiu i K.mu


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manifested in the Prophet’s from Allah, i '- ’ ' manners and dealings, for he:'s«*iThis ;vision:of?mercy in


:,,bore.alotofhardshipsforthefelslamencouragesthe:break- conveying Alkh’sHies-^sing down ofibarriers between


...most gentle in'guiding'hisa'? th a t all-Mus lii^ should seek people, and whenever t h e y t o 'p u t e i n t o i p ’


.sage. ,The Prophet'was also*"'Peoples and i t.is something ractice- both


:,used to harm him he always^is^nmorigst themselves and with j, asked Allah to pardon’them-*2 others in the community. ‘ • t-'/SHERAZARSHAD,


_,for their Ignorance and cruel- ty.


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bestowed by Him to every liv­ ing creature?;


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harmoniously 'with one anoth- e r , -a n d in ; t u r n , 'b y sh ow in g


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■Entertainment included recitals and choir singing.


■Fascists,-“British'jobs for British work­ ers”, which everyone thought had died


, when th e la te a n d unlam ented Sir Oswald Mosley, was imprisoned during the Second World War.


v;; But now, he has sunk lower. He has . decided to spit in the face of a blameless ‘ family which came here because they


. believed .that England was a wonderful country, and who, from the moment of their arrivali'have bent every sinew to establish themselves by their own labour,


. to integrate into our society and to make a full contribution to our future success and prosperity. - . What on earth am I going to say to my


; friendly, local taxi driver, when next I see him?


V I suppose th a t I shall have to apologise for the fact th a t we have so many back­ ward people liv in g here, promoting


. wicked and profoundly un-English val­ ues, to the detriment of us all. . ; I will comfort him with the prediction


th a t Brown a n d his co h o r ts will be removed from office a t the next General Election. I just wish th at there was a bet­ ter party for which we could vote.


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Family research throws up a query


I ■% ESEARCHING her.family tree | - ^ A a s 'b e c o m e something of an


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J L Vobses sion for Mrs Geldard; of Great Harwood, who has gone back as far as the early 1800s through quite a few;: branches on her mother’s side of the famir'; ly.


• This black and white photograph was , 25 y ears ago


CHATBURN playing fields were ; TWO Ribble Valley youngsters were the assigned a new groundsman. Mr T . . f i r s t . in th e c o u n try - to: rep o rt a Peters. His first project was to put con- frogspawn sighting to th e Lancashire


, Crete underneath the swings. •, . , ■ Trust Nature Conservation.' ■ ■ ® Two soldiers, who had fled from , 9 A group of 15 members of the


.their unit, were caught by policeman.: - Waddington BMX Club took part in a . The soldiers,,who had been missing for ,. 15-mile sponsored cycle in order to raise a week, were remanded in custody to money to b u i ld ^ a 'BM X ’ course on await military escort. ,


. Waddington Playing Fields. The boys


• A 37-year-old Clitheroe man was cycled from Bashall Eaves to Edisford fined £2 for driving at 40 to 42 m.p.h. :■, and back: They raised £100. '


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taken in-May 1914 and shows the confir-’ m a tio n class a t St James' Church, Clitheroe, and Mrs Geldard would like to


; around 6ft 4in in height,.quite unusual in those days; so someone may remember him because of this. He also attended


identify.the tall male on the back row, fourth from the left. She understands the man:’was quite outstanding as he was


■ Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. ;. : : 3Mrs Geldard, who formerly lived in . • Wiswell and also a tten d ed Clitheroe ■ Grammar School, believes the young man .' was adopted by.a relative of.-hers who


Clarets boss takes a grilling LARETS manager


I . ■ .Owen Coyle-faced a ; grilling from young-;


; s te rs when he v is ited S t : Mary’s RC Primary School; in Sabden.


:' A to ta l of-55 ch ild ren were treated to the special; g u e s t , v is i t during; an . assembly and were given th e o p p o r tu n i ty to a sk . q u e s t io n s ran g in g from “which teams did you play


■for during your career?”, , “w h a t p o s itio n d id.you play?’.’, “have you won any t ro p h ie s? ”. andr-“which, famous managers do you know?” _ . '•The p o p u la r Burnley : Football Club boss, whose


' s ix - y e a r - o ld d a u g h t e r ■ Keevna is a pupil a t th e - school, then told the chil-- dren stories about his play­ ing and managerial career- before testing them with a quiz where BFC goodie .'


;bags■■were.up:forgrabs■ along with signed Carling. ■


■ Cup semi-final-;.: pro-,:


. grammes from th e game, - versus T o tte n h am H o tr , spur.


' i M r Philip Ramsbottom, -an in fa n t class tea che r , - said:-“The visit was great and a l l th e children, were.


- YOUNG fans Reece Farnliill Clarets' manager


delighted. I t was very nice; of him to visit the school.; ■We were veryi h o n o u re d , because he is a very support­ ive person.' He was g r e a t ,


lived in Clitheroe. The photograph was found in the effects of Miss Ethel Hother-


■sall, Mrs Geldard's great, great aunt, who lived in Brownlow Street, she attended St ' James’ School and celebrated her 100th birthday in 1998. Miss Hothersall, who was 16-years-of-age a t the time, can also be seen on the photograph on the front • row, second from the left.


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Mrs Geldard can be contacted by e- mail on familyresearchl@live.com


Nine pages are dedicated to the _ Ribble Valley


■TT ■ OCAL free lan c e trav e l I .writer and chairman of Rib-


J L - ib l e Valley Media", David Cawley has just seen the release of his late st'guidebook - Thomas Cook City. Guide, to Liverpool


■which features a chapter on-the Ribble Valley as a place to -visit. - •: ::: Nine pages are dedicated to the


delights of th e area with topics th a t include sig h ts and a t t r a c ­ tions, retail, eating and drinking and options and a where to'stay.


•Part of Thomas Cook's City, Spot series, the book -will be on sale from tomorrow__


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