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100 Years Ago
A DOWNHAM man sustained serious injuries to his head and shoulders after an accident in the village. Mr John Siiiithies, who was an employee on the Downham Hall Estate, was working in a water tank at Smithies Bridge Farm when a pole supporting a flag suddenly fell and struck Mr Smithies. A doctor from Chatburn was called
and Mr Smithies was treated for his injuries at the scene. He was later taken home.
Valley IVIatters a weekly look at local issues, people and places
to be taiking about the “green shoots of recovery”. Yet it is a term which is being bandied
Airs well that ends Woolies I
T seems odd at this time of year, when everything is dying, turning brown, shriveiling up or dropping off,
about, in an economic sense, more and more. Each day on the national news there are those who claim to have seen them, or feel sure they’re just under the surface, or say it’s too early yet to even be talking about them. And yet they are talking about them,
so have you seen any? I think I saw one in Clitheroe this
week, though this particular “green shoot” was blue. It was large and bright and bore the legend “W H Smith”. To mangle the seasonal metaphor a lit
tle more, you might well argue that “one swallow does not a summer make”, as Aristotle once said. But he hasn’t taken a stroll around Clitheroe lately, and I have. A colleague commented that the
appearance of the bright shiny sign over the former Woolworths store seemed to lift the whole of Castle Street. It was
As I See It ... by Duncan' Smith
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strange, she mused, how one sign, even a fortnight before the shop opens, could
have such an effect. So perhaps this isn’t just any sign, but
that much-talked-about “sign of the times”, and perhaps, as that not-quite- so-ancient philosopher Bob Dylan put it, “the times they are a-changin”. The closure of Woolworths - such a big
store in such a prominent positionwas always going to be a blight on the town centre. As the months dragged on and the abandoned storefront grew ever grubbier, there was little doubt that the recession had found Clitheroe. But just as Woolworths’ closure seemed to signal
Looking Back 50 Years Ago
A CLITHEROE soldier serving in Aden was keeping in touch with local news and showing the Advertiser and Times to a pal during a quiet moment off duty. Frank Woodworth, of Newton Street, Clitheroe, was doing his national service with the army. • Mr and Mrs Frank Pearson were
guests of honour at a victory ball and carnival in Clitheroe Conservative Club to celebrate the winning of the Chtheroe constituency by Mr Pearson.
its arrival, maybe the opening of W H Smith, some 10 months on, will signal its departure... or at least tell it to start packing. There does seem to be a genuine air of
optimism about the town. Perhaps it’s the not-too-distant sound of jingle bells which is lifting traders’ spirits, and they could certainly use a lift. Even the stiffest of upper lips must have quivered a bit this year, but the traders have sol diered on, tightened their belts, fought to keep their customers and tried to keep the town looking good. Have you seen the art display in the
double-fronted window of what was Kaydee bookshop - another notable casualty of the “crunch”? Much better than a boarded up shopfront. Plans have also been laid for a more
thorough revamp of the town centre, plans which are set to be revealed in the coming weeks. No doubt they won’t be to everyone’s liking - nothing ever is - but a t the very least they should get people talking about, and involved in, the future of their town. Green shoots? Watch this space...
Ex-football chief throws hat into political ring A
FORMER Clitheroe PC chairman has been adopted by the
UK Independence Party to stand as parliamentary can didate in the Ribble Valley constituency. Mr Steve Rush (pictured)
has lived in Clitheroe for most of his life.
He was chairman of the
town's football club for eight years, including 1996 when the team reached the FA Vase final at Wembley. Married and with three chil
dren, the 55-year-old also likes cricket, walking and music. Mr Rush’s career has mainly involved the financial services
industry, although since 2005 he has been working within a family machinery manufactor- ing business. He said: “My time as a
chairman and my employment experience in managerial posi tions has provided me with valuable negotiating and lis tening skills. “I feel that most decisions
can be reached by applying common sense. “I am interested in ensuring
politicians become more accountable to voters and believe that the police should return to the beat and not he administrators.” Mr Rush continued: “I am also in favour of the adoption
of a firm but fair immigration policy and believe that Britain should withdraw completely from the European Union. I am standing for UKIP because I believe its policies represent common sense, which is just what this country needs. “Also I feel i t is time we
elected ordinary people into Westminster as many of the current crop of politicians seem to have lost sight of who they are representing.” He concluded: “Ultimately
my goal is to ensure that my children and grandchildren are allowed the same opportunities the UK has given me during my lifetime.”(s)
25 Years Ago
CLITHEROE Auction Mart was set to transfer its operations to a new seven- acre site it had purchased off the Salthill Industrial Estate road. The company had applied for outline planning permis sion to develop the site, at the corner of the Pimlico link road, as an auction mart. • Local organisations were being
invited to help organise celebrations and events to mark the 900th anniversary of the founding of Clitheroe Castle.
lo u g h t fo r th e W e e k Crossword of Faith
ing to look at the lives of those who have gone'on before. Each spiritual tradition has
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its human role models, lives we can try to follow in their self-discipline or altruism or simply their pure faith that all would be well, even when it seemed only the opposite could be true. Within the Quaker tradi
tion, great anti-slavery cam paigners like John Woolman and Anthony Benezet, the prison reformer Elizabeth Fry or womens’ rights activists such as Lucretia Mott, are good examples of those we seek to emulate. However, try ing to follow, in the footsteps of such a persdnTcah also be a daunting. Like a list we never
HEN we think of our attempts to be faithful, it is inspir
tick off, what we hear of these lives can become a way of feel ing we have never done enough or are not good enough. The gap between where we feel we are and where we see them may feel overwhelming. It is helpful then to remem
ber that these people were just like us. Elizabeth Fry wrote as
: a young woman of the trials of her spiritual life: “I do not know the course I
am to run, all is hid in mys tery, but I try to do right in everj^hing... Look up to true religion as the very first of blessings, cherish it, nourish and let it flourish and bloom in my heart; it wants taking care of, it is difficult to obtain. I must not despair or grow sceptical if I do not always feel religious. I felt God as it were.
and I must seek to find Him again.”
God is absent to her at this
point and she knows simply that she must have trust and faith and not grow sceptical. She admits too that the spiri tual life is not easy but “diffi cult to obtain”: it needs to be nourished and nurtured in the heart. That Elizabeth Fry went on to do so much for the women prisoners at Newgate becomes a source of inspira tion and hope, given these uncertain times for her and for all of us, wherever we are in our spiritual infancy. We are all on a path, and all
of us struggle at times. We have periods of doubt, periods of uncertainty and hopefully periods when true religion blossoms in our heart. I enjoy doing crosswords, I
like the play with language and the satisfaction of getting it right. I ’m not so keen on cryptic clues, for me they are too small, too much of a hint, with not enough certainty. God’s promptings are often
cryptic, a hint and a nudge in the right direction nothing explicit or obvious and the accompanying uncertainty that I may not be right. It isn’t comfortable. We don t have to do this, but it is an adventure and a wonderful feeling when you feel some thing fitting together. Like the crossword solver vre
can only see the whole when we are well on with it and in the meantime we have to pen cil in our interpretation hope
fully and with faith. WENDY HAMPTON,
Sawley Quakers
work at a prestigious art and crafts event opening in Man chester today. Ella McIntosh was selected
by an expert panel of judges out of hundreds of hopeful designers to showcase her work a t this year’s Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair. I t takes place in the Spin-
Prestigious exhibition spot for Ella A
METAL designer from Clitheroe has been invited to exhibit her
ningfields area of Manchester city centre from October 22nd to 25th, bringing a unique retail event to the heart of the city. An award-winning pewter designer, Ella was spotted three years ago by Sebastian Conran, son of Sir Terence Conran, when she won the Pewter Live 06 com petition for her “stunningly simple” bathroom tiles. Competition judge Conran said of her work: “If I could
have designed anything in this exhibition, I wish it could have been these tiles. They are a particularly wonderful invention which we all loved so much.” Her current collection com
prises contemporary designed metal work and pewter table ware, much of which will be on display in a purpose-built pavilion on Hardman Boule vard from where innovative designers from across the
Wife's recipe for degree success
Howarth - wife of celebrity chef Nigel Howarth. Katherine, of Ribchester, has
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just graduated with distinction from the University Centre at Blackburn College after complet ing a two-year Foundation Degree in Interior Design and- Construction. Now she plans to use her newly acquired knowledge to help build the Howarths’ new family home, as well as continuing her studies. “As soon as I heard about the
course I knew that it was the one for me as I could combine my pas sion for interior design while learning about ways to implement designs into buildings,” said Kathrine. “'We’re planning on building a new home in the next couple of years and having all the necessary knowledge of materials and structures will allow me to project manage the build and design the interior.” After Kathrine and Nigel got married in 2006, she decided it
ROVING there is more than just culinary flair in the family is Kathrine
was the right time to pursue her lifelong ambition to study for a degree and decided on a radical career change, leaving her back ground in finance. “Although i t ’s been hard at
times juggling being a wife, a mother and studying full time. I’ve loved every minute of it and the decision to return to educa tion was one of the best I’-ve ever made.” Building on her success,
Kathrine is now studying for a BA (Hons) degree in Interiors and hopes to pursue a career in Com mercial Interior Design, staying close to her North West roots. The University Centre at
Blackburn College has more than 2,500 students, studying a wide range of programmes from Foun dation Degrees to full honours degrees and professional qualifica tions. For more information about courses contact Student Services on 01254 292594 or visit:
www.blackbum.ac.uk Our picture shows graduate
Katherine and her proud husband Nigel Howarth. (s)
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