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EXCAVATIONS at Whalley Parish . Church unearthed several strange dis- covenes. A number of the bones laid bare were of an extraordinary size indicating that the warriors of late were of great size and strength. Several skulls were also found equipped with full sets of teeth. ■ • • -There was considerable excitement when the fire horn sounded in Clitheroe. It transpired that a fire had broken out at the pilot engine shed connected with


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4lT-was my. fault;;While visit-v. ang Caihbridge in June, I fas-;'.


‘ ] tened my bike, which I had . ■:.taken on,the train, to some


- railings and went into WH: 'Smiths to avoid a downpour.;;


-When I came out the bike was - : :: fine,’.but my prayer book in -, i the saddlebag had got rather w e t . ■'


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ts ' i'Ch .well. I'll perhaps buy a .new one,” I thought. “No I ‘'won't’


?,’’,.were my -second' Life is not ideal


;; In fact, the prayer book: dried out very, well, leaving


hardly any evidence of-its wetting. ' :.-But the point still stands. .


Let us not demand faultless-' ness.


It's tragic, that supermar­


kets reject apples and other : fru i ts .o f the earth just because they lack the proper "


fc thoughts. I decided to keep J'the same book as a reminder.^ ■ vthat things do get;damaged;v, and that, we can get.by per-;5:


'> fectly well on what is less than: •perfect.


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the curve right. Kathleen;: likes it even more for its indi­ viduality and its lack of per-:. fection; and i t will always' hang in our home.


• ” ; • Cf course, we want to do-


7': always striving for what we ; ' cannot have. And, thank God,. - he loves us and accepts us just


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.our best: Ray at the Age.of: Iron in Chatburn; w ou ld'


ishape,' when their food value '■ :is as good as that.of the per^- feet specimens. , -


■ A wooden ornament holder,"


made by our son at secondary ■ school,-hangs in our hallway.-: He made a good job of it, but ■ 'in one place didn't quite get


I hardly produce a sub-stan-'i . dard gate and call i t beautiful • . in spite of being incorrectly^- -f^hioned; Work must be done properly. Slacknes is inexcus- able. But at the sanie time we .-: need to accept that life.is nbt( ideal, and that other-people'; and-.we ourselves have our; faults.’ Contentment is a real; blessing, when we are^hot


as we are.'' One last thought: there's an


it excellent saying, “Bibles that are falling to pieces belong to


- people .who aren't”. [ • ■ What use is an immaculate


? : Bible?-Bibles like people, are- .-r to be exposed to the rough


and tumble'of life, and in such treatment they-mll have their,


S'corners knocked off, yet J??; ' 'real and us ed. .


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J TRIO'of ■ Valley-b.pok-l


i': worms have earned a ■ ^ >. top Relay Reader acco-.


lade.'-The three pupils of Chat- burn'Primary School - Cor-


;; rine:.Wringe;i Charlotte Forth : and :Katie:Wright have each ; been awarded The Pauline: 'Driver-Marathon Award.;! : . their certificates,


and trophies, each girl read and re-viewed a total 76 books - 50 earning them a Relay, Reader, gold award, with a fur-,


ther 26 completed to attain-.; the marathon award; For :two


■ of the girls/: 10-year-old Cor- rine and Katie (11), Jacque-, line Wilson's novel-i'Cookie" j


; her top choice was "Diary of a r Chav" by Grace Dent: '


- -‘When they are not reading;:; : th'e girls enjoy a variety of-.': hobbies including swimmin&'j


: baking, football; running and: drawing, (s)


Park Lirrieworks. The’ fire brigade were called, but fortunately the crew’s services were not required as the flames had been extinguished before their arrival. .


S: ;i • It was hot and humid in the Ribble .i Valley .with high temperatures recorded. However, to the relief of local mill work­ ers, the temperatures cooled down signif- ’ icantly, just in time for the start of the working week;


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■ TREADTecently that the English die-' A' I r tionary has now got one million words : JL in it that arein regular use. . When I read that, I wondered just how . many words do I know, and how many do


■I actually use in everyday life? ; •V I started to look at the pages of the


■ dictionary'with the intention of counting on each page the words I would actually.


I use. (It’s sad, I know, but there was noth­ ing on TV at the timel)


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After about 10 pages I just gave up r it would have taken me weeks to count


jthem all. If anyone has any idea how ‘many-words a normal run-of-the-mill ^person like me has in their vocabulary, ■ please write in and let me know. ' I wonder too if the youth of today


knows more words than the older genera­ tion did when they were the same age? And do they use the same language, or are we now,using more words that are


slang or abbreviated from their original, form?


: now. JFor example, you tell someone you'


1 = ^1 See ith.f" i B y R ib b le r o u s e r - , :


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vvww.cUtheroeadveiteer.co.uk^l With the introduction and now wide- -


spread use of e-mails and texts, are we; becoming a nation that relies on single or corrupted words in a way that demon­ strates a lack of knowledge about our own mother tongue, English. We now see new “words” being used in


“textspeak” such as C.U. or L.O. (see you and hello), and many others. Even when talking, words are used that are totally strange to us oldies. ; When chatting about things, the excla- , mation “Wow!” comes into play a lot


Looking Back . 50 years ago .. .'■:.


MCRE than 7,000 people - a record attended Clitheroe and District Agricul­ tural Society’s annual show held in bright: sunshine on the New Showfield, Whalley Road. In spite of restrictions on advertis­ ing because of the printing dispute, there were record entries, with entries in the cattle and sheep sections being particu­ larly strong. The show wore a new look in that trade stands and the various sec-: tions had been laid out in “avenues”, which not only made it much easier for visitors to find the different attractions, but also gave an orderly and neat appearance. '


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• About 200 people who had hoped to obtain one of the few unreserved seats at


, the “Bid tor Stardom” contest, organ­ ised by the Castle Fete Committee, were turned away from the Parish Church Hall. There were 30 acts, competing in the four sections.


25 years ago


.' A THREAT of water rationing was looming after it was revealed that there


. was only 50 days’ supply, left at Stocte Reservoir. North West 'Water Authori-


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•■ ty’s announcement that there would be ■ a clampdown on .water usage coincided


■ with Clitheroe residents sweltering in ; temperatures of 82 deg F. . The authority subsequently made an order banning garden watering and car washing with offenders facing fines of ■ up to £2,000;;


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M. O The Ribble Valley won its fight to absorb Simonstone, but it would be at least 18 months before the village would


■ be transferred from Burnley. The Boundary Commission agreed the


. plans, which would see the population in the Ribble Valley boosted by 1,300 and its rates'by £60,000 in revenue. Some


'.'- £30,000 of that revenue would come ; from the giant Mullard factory.


; had a great meal down at the local pub and hack comes the response: “Wow!".' ■Whatever happened to “Well that


sound’s nice, bet you enjoyed it”? Looking back to the past, I wonder


what the younger generation would make of some of the old Lancashire dialect that was still widely used up to the late


,1960s. ■ Words and sayings such as: "Tha gaumless fool!”; “Theers nowt so queer


: as fowk”: “Owt? Nay, nowt”; “Am off to Darren”; “Any on yo, any on yo” and “Brast oppen”. , . When asked about your health, the


reply might be “fairish”, “nobbut mid­ dlin’’ or “I’m noan so clever”. And then there were the everyday words once wide­ ly used, now seldom heard. Words like “galluses”, it’brats”, “reet”, “fettle it”, “sithee”, “codger” and many more.. By gum, where did all those good Eng­ lish words go to? i ; .


/ ■ s r | ^ IBBLE Valley man Dr Mike Bartle


;: r ^ ; attended this year’s Swan-Upping -L Veeremony. on the River Thames, which was witnessed by HM The Queen. - - Dr Bartle was invited to join the annual


-census of the Thames’ swan population in his capacity as assistant to the Court of the Worshipful Company of Dyers, a City Liv-


-eryCompany. ■i -This company, together with the Wor­ shipful Company of Vintners, shares the responsibility-for the well-being of the- swans on the River Thames along with HM The Queen.


. i Dr Bartle explained how the annual Swan-Upping voyage is a particularly important event in the Dyers’ annual calen­ dar. . . ' “The Monarch owns all the mute swans'


- on open water in the UK and the annual census, held in July, was originally to ensure that there was sufficient stocks for the royal banquets. •‘■However, for many years now, the swan


has been a protected bird, and is no longer . eaten, and the event is now about conserva­ tion and education.”;


- - , The Grindleton resident, who was recent-;


ly made’president of the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC), explained how the three parties, each with two skiffs, row a length of the Thames and record the num­ bers of the swans and cygnets also checking ■ their health and well-being..


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.-They are accompanied by HM The • Queen’s Swan Master and a team from a ■


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. swan'sanctuary-where injured and sick - swans are taken for treatment. ' “Swan Upping benefits the conservation


of the swans, the education of school chil­ dren and is a wonderful and interesting spectacle.'-This year was special as HM The Queen decided to make a visit to witness the Uppers in action,” Dr Bartle said. Our : pictures shows the Swan-Upping ceremony with HM The Queen and the rowers, (s) .


Valley bookworm trio Researcher Daniel


: yy ■ CLITHEROE college student La has ■ engineered a summer X^^research project at UCLan


; • Former Ribblesdale High School . pupil Daniel Whittaker (pictured) is studying an Advanced Level BTEC National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at Burnley College.


' j.He has secured a place on the Nuffield Science fBursary. Scheme and will spend up


; to six weeks at the Univer-r i- :sity of ; Central L a n ­ cashire, working. on:a= wind turbine .research


: project. -The results of his: ; research tvill be p'resented: at a regional celebration


. day in Manchester. - Daniel said: “I am hop­ ing.to study Aerospace Engineering at university


V was named as theirTavourite ; read, while for Charlotte (11) ■


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: ty to -join a real research project .'with practising scientists.-' .Only two bursaries were available at UCLan this summer.''^;;' v ■ ‘ After completing the research project,' Daniel will return to : his studies at the new Burnley College campus, ( s ) ,


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