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"What I am onabout is the act of mur­ der and.the punishment given out to


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100 years ago


A SERIOUS accident happened a t a short distance from Gisbume Park when one of Lord Ribblesdale’s footmen, Fred­ erick Dawson; was shot in the wrist and thigh. I t appears that several men were walking along together carrying guns, when on reaching a gate, Mr Dawson stepped forward to open it, and lent against one of the guns, which was at full cock. The gun went off and a charge grazed Mr Dawson’s wrist and entered his thigh causing a deep wound. He was later treated at Blackburn Infirmary.


; ) : • The 45th annual Gisburne Floral and Agricultural Society exhibition was a great success despite heavy rain show­ ers. There was a record number of entries in the agricultural sections totalling 653.


I those who commit them; 1


I was once of the opinion that one who


; commits murder should have a very long sentence to serve, even staying in prison' until they die there.:This is, of course, a costly option that gives the offender an easy life behind bars, with first class med­ ical services; three meals a day, a nice cosy central heated room with piped in TV.and access to all the comforts that Argos stores can offer i.e. ipods/games,. controllers/radios/music centres. ■ ■; It costs the taxpayer some £35,000 per year to keep a murderer and £75,000 per ' year to keep the likes of Brady and other


i Read other k s I See It featoes atj| i ww.cJithCTbeadveteenco.uk-,'(


mass murderers (they, I believe, have a semi-penthouse type accommodation, with lounge, separate bedroom and their- own shower room plus made-to-measure meals). After reading in the last few weeks


about the murders of Baby P and many others tha t have been committed by mindless thugs and the reports that they will have a life of semi-luxury as men­ tioned above, with a new identification


Looking Back 50 years ago


HORSEWOMAN. Mrs •. Sheila ' Waddington, who had been chosen for the British team in the European horse trials championship at Harewood, was - seen on the ITV “Sports Ouitlook” pro­ gramme.


■ • . Mrs Waddington was seen in shots


taken a t her home a t Standen H ey ,. Pendleton. • “I was fined twice for speeding on


local roads, so I thought I would be bet­ ter off on the racing track” Keith M.' Francis admitted ruefully.


, That was in 1957, later in 1959 this 22-year-old son of a garage proprietor in; Whalley Road, Read, was rapidly build-: • ing up a reputation as one of the finest, amateur racing drivers in the country. •


25 years ago


IT was business as usual at Berry’s fur­ niture works at Chipping despite a blaze four days earlier, which caused around £10,000 worth of damage. The fire at the family-owned mill of H.G.Berry & Sons damaged several spray motors and various other equipment. •


.The former Whiteacre boarding


school at Barrow looked set to become houses. The sale of the 20 acre site was proceeding to two firms, Chaddlewood Homes, a luxury housing firm from Ply­ mouth, and Briskpace, of Penwortham, Preston. '


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. . Whiteacre was b uilt in 1939 and opened as part of the evacuation scheme


, in 1940. I t was later used as a boarding school for boys. ..


lought for the Week Sound of silence ; ." l^A R T of my training to


»? |-^ b e c om e , a i . priest ' -A. ■ involved learning to be;'. silent. We had one particular.


; rule called the Magnum Silen-; cium - the Great Silence. - ■ From the time of night prayer '. Yuntil the morning there was ■


.' -no talking at all. :f The point of the rule was to ■


'. help ,us toriearn- to pray. •V Silence sets the scene for ■ prayer and reflection, hut v - silence is not something that .,


;;most of us cope with easily. It; :■ has to be learned and like any . - Y skill it has to he practiced. It . doesn’t come naturally. We are '.;more likely to switch on the:' . radio'or the TV than to expe- •


/ rience the quiet of silence. . . When you think of it there:.'


:is more?than one kind of. silence. There is the silence of


a sulk. There is the silent treatment when we refuse to speak to somebody and we send them to Coventry. There is the recognised and outlawed ’ torture silence, when someone is deprived of all sound. There is the tense silence after a row and there is the shared silence when we can comfortably be


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with someone without the need to talk or to be doing something.,This last silence is a form of spiritual silence.'


; ...Some men and women become monks and nuns to dedicate themselves to a life that involves long periods of spiritual silence; That silence ' enables them to'pray; it is a time of meditation and reflec-


•tion. One monastery hung up a notice for visitors: “Don’t speak unless you can improve


the silence.” Even without; dedicating their whole lives to . itj lots of busy people will, admit to praying in ^m e way: or other.'All prayer, whatever; form it takes, will involve' some quiet, some seeking of • the sound of silence;, The gospel tells us th a t Jesusi would sometimes retreat to ar quiet place. He would leave, the crowd behind,'often at-: night'and escape alone to: pray. Then Ke would return'


, refreshed and strengthened to continue his busy schedule. - : -’ 'A story is told of silent;


prayer. I t came from the; parish priest of a small village in France' called Ars. He noticed an old man who fre­ quently visited the church and • sat motionless for long peri-, ods. One day the priest asked


him what he thought about as


"he sat there and whether or not God spoke to him? “No, i replied the old man, “I just


? look at Him and He just looks | :' at me.” that is the pinnacle of


prayer!.


• We heed silence in our busy. Hives.' Why not check out whether your local church is I open outside service times M


. that you may pop-in to read ; your Bible or prayer book or simply wait on God in silence. . St Michael and St Johns is


; open for his very purpose Monday to Friday from 8 to 9 f. a.m'. and from 3 to 4 p.m. „ ^


;, MGR JOHN CORCORAN, ,


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■rvand police protection when they cornel sjoufof.prison, Ih av e now come to the fj.conclusion th a t it is time for corporal ^■'punishment to be brought back.


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K^iV.We'now need to show the world that ■


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s w'e in the UK will not tolerate murder and that anyone commiting it will forfeit their life by execution, come what may. ' . The bill for keeping the three tormen-1


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: tors of Baby P will cost the nation over a . million pounds each, why not spend say - £15,000 for each person to execute them. I would he.willing now to back any I


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campaign th a t will reduce the age for I execution for murder down to 15 years | , and would gladly see it being handed out


to past murderers who now languish in | our jails. If you are also now becoming con-1


cemed about it all and would like to back I a campaign for the reintroduction of exe-1 cution, then let me know on the follow-1 ing e-mail - enufisenuf4me@yahoo.co.uk I


I Robbie’s a hotshot chef


V T '^H E F Robbie Walls' I . . . was presented with an award after cooking


up a storm in the kitchens of the Shirebum Anns Hotel at Hurst Green. Robbie, (21), was present­


ed with a Hotshot award by the chief executive of Lan­ cashire and Blackpool Tourist Board (LBTB), Mike Wilkinson, after he designed and delivered a gourmet meal': to customers. . : The , LBTB Lancashire


H o tsh o ts evenings are intended to rmse the profile of young chefs currently work­ ing in the Lancashire food indust^. The initiative allows them to take over the running of their re s tau ran t for one night, while the head chef sits back and watches their pro­ tege.- ■ ■ •■ ■: Having devised their own


three-course menu, the chef then leads the kitchen in the pro d u ctio n and service of their menu with support from th e : r e s t . of th e kitchen brigade. i The general public are then invited to pay £15 a head in the hope of discovering the next Haworth, Heathcote or Blumenthal..


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. Robbie’s menu consisted of sardine fillets coated in oats and served with pear chutney, courgette flowers stuffed with sauteed courgette, red onion


and goats cheese, and an ; apple and vanilla feuille with


. hramley apple sorbet. : . Our p ictu re shows chef


Robbie Walls being presented with his “Lancashire Hot- Shots” award by Shireburn Arms Hotel owner Steven Alcock and the chief execu­ tive of Lancashire and Black- pool Touris t Board Mike Wilkinson. (A290709/2) ? .


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CALDER S E R V I C E S Couple enjoy their diamond day


COUPLE who met during the Second World War are cele-, thrating 60 years' of marriage. ,


. Mr and Mrs Ian and Ellis Robert­ son, of '. Moorland ■ Crescent, Clitheroe, met a t a social event that was being held in Mrs Robertson’s


. home town of Scarborough in 1943. ■ Mr Robertson, who hails from


Aberdeen, where he was a junior; trainee surveyor until the outbreak of ■ the war, was serving with the Guards Armoured Division at the time.


; During the war years, the sweet­


hearts kept in touch by correspon­ dence, and tr ip s to and from Aberdeen and Scarborough, before tying the knot in August 1949. . Initially making their home in


Aberdeen, Mr and Mrs Robertson, who have three children, Irene, Sheila: and the late Neil, moved to the Rih- : ble "Valley in 1961. ,


v . ' Soon becoming well respected


members of the local community, M r ; Robertson became deputy area road : surveyor for East Lancashire in 1966,': based a t the county council depot in :


: Whalley, before being promoted to;' area road surveyor for E a k Lan­ cashire. He retired in 1984. : - Mrs Robertson, .. meanwhile, worked at the Imperial Cancer chari­ ty shop in Clitheroe for around 15


. years and helped with the town’s , Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal. Both members of Clitheroe’s Unit­ ed Reformed Church, the couple,


. who have seven grandchildren, cele­ b ra ted _their diamond wedding anniversary with family and friends. They both agreed that the secret to their long and happy marriage was . “give and take”, and “compromise”. Our picture shows Mr and Mrs •.


. Robertson who celebrated their dia­ mond wedding anniversary th i s . month. (B050809/2)'


Society’s bid to boost children’s charity


■ • A : MONTH of fund-raising to boost Z \ - f u n d s for the NCPCC is under


: .^T ^w a y at Skipton Building Society. ' And Ribble Valley children are being


urged to put their artistic skills to good use by taking part in a colouring compe­


tition., , The Society’s 90 branches nationwide,'


will be collecting funds throughout this


' month; The fund-raising has already kick-started with a children’s colouring.


competition.'First, second and third prize winners .will be selected from . entries in each of Skipton’s eight regions. ■ : Each first pVi'ze winner will receive a family ticket to Alton Towers theme ; park, plus £100 travel expenses and there will also be second and third prizes' . : at £25 and £15 of art and craft materi-


. als. ' Isabel Davies, branch manager a t :; Clitheroe, said:“ Skipton is very proud


to be supporting the NSPCC with this month of fund-raising.


'' “We would like to see lots of children'


enter our competition and pu t their artistic skills.to good use durjng the summer holidays, it’s all for a very wor-; thy cause.’l


i - . To enter th e colouring competition, -


please call into the Clitheroe branch, in Market Place, br'.'visit skipton.co.uk for details.


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