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ought for the Week Who can. you trust? W ' - :■ t the beginning of , theiv


L-rsumnier the weatherjJ ^forecasters said we were , .


' going to have a hot dry sum-’ .'- •mer: with-lots' of barbecue •< weather.


„ . r . Apart from a few hot and ■'


: humid days at the end of June, ■. . most barbecues to date have ' needed a warm jacket and an .


umbrella! Some cynic has smd th a t weather forecasters are the only people who can be /.- ' regularly wrong and still keep


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V The current topic in the news this week is “Are there enough ■' helicopters’- - in Afghanistan?”- Some in authority say yes there are. Others are saying there are not enough and th a t is putting lives at risk. ; So whose word can we trust? ■When I was a child there


were still a few people around who never locked their doors


at night because they trusted


' people. I ’ve recently spoken to T. someone who lives in a UK - community where most people


•, still do not lock their door - ' . yes even in 20091 But trusting V people, and what they say, has - lessened over the years., . - - :: An officer in the Roman army came to Jesus one day


■ and asked for help saying: “My servant is ill and suffer-


■' Jesus siaid:'“I will come and


V'-’heal him.”-But the soldier smd: * “I mn not worthy to have you


■':; come into my house. Ji^t say - th e word and he will be


And that is what happened. ■ The soldier knew th a t the


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PLANS for a brand-new secondary school in Clitheroe had practically been passed, it was revealed. During a month­ ly meeting of the Clitheroe Education Committee, the chairman said th a t Coun. Robinson had announced at Clitheroe Grammar School’s prize distri­ bution afternoon th a t the plans had “practically been passed”. . • Members of the Clitheroe Catholic


Band were organising a concert to raise money towards purchasing new uni­ forms. The open air concert was set to be performed in the Market Placa


,' • A seven-day tour of London for just f 3 was,being organised by a Clitheroe man,’Holidasunakers.'rore keen to travel :to the capital over the summer with Mr ; J. Rigby, who personally conducted the tour of .the capital city. ' '


: . 50 Years Ago


AT the Royal Lancashire Show, held in Blackpool, Mr Harry Taylor, of Hal­ steads Farm, Rimington, was again very successful with his Guernsey cat­ tle.


\ . After winning the supreme champi­


onship with Kilmeston Dimple at the Great Yorkshire Show, this animal went forward to win the female champi­ onship for the cow-in-milk class. ■ • Mr J. Duckworth, of Clitheroe,


won first prize in a photography com­ petition organised by British Railways and a national newspaper. The subject of the entry was i’Gateway to Castle Wall, Conway”.


' • Ribblesdale Wanderers kept their


■local rivals Clitheroe CC in the title race in the Ribblesdale Cricket League, after drawing with Earby at home. ;■


■ ' - ' 25 Years Ago


RESIDENTS of Chatburn Old Road, Clitheroe, were this week counting the cost of damage caused by the escape of nitrous gas from the nearby ICI plant... prior to claiming compensation from the company. A cloud of thick yellow descended on houses near the works in Pimlico Road, causing several people to suffer itchy eyes and noses and an unpleasant taste in the mouth. • Repairs to Whalley Parish Church roof costing £30,000 were due to be


made. ■ - , ; ; . Tlie work, on the nave and chancel and


' the tower and south porch, was expected to be finished before Christmas. About


- £19,000 had been set aside already and - the vicar, the Rev Michael Ackroyd, was ■ confident the public would help raise the


■ -extra£11,000. ’ .


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-' - A for the past 35 years has been ■Martin Knight (53), of Chatburn, who works


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"at the Clitheroe branch of Barclays Bank on Cas- tie Street, was presented with a cake, a bottle ol


/■■ champagne and an official award from Barclays • chairman John Varley.


- who has done numerous jobs tor - , : . , .


Barclays Bank from back office to front desk, also received a thank you box containing vouch­


ers for luxury items, while a celebratory meal and drinks were enjoyed on Friday evening. : Clitheroe branch Barclays Bank manager Ash­ ley .Williams said: “I t’s a real pleasure ^ ™rk - with Martin, who has a wealth of


and


; expertise and a quick wit. On b^alf of B a r e ly i ' T would like to thank him for his continued sup-


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, July 30th, 2009,


' ' a weekly look at local issues, people and places


Watching derby rivals could be a dangerous pursuit!


T ;N the early hours of the morning of ■


. X ering black and white TV screen watch- - ing the first man to set foot on the moon, along with an estimated 450 million others worldwide.


I -'July 20th, 1969,-1 was glued to a flick- ,


• After Neil Armstrong took a few steps on the moon I went straight to bed. I was


due in work some four hours later. ■ ' I am always amazed at the courage that man-has when confronted.by- the


unknown. - When you think that these early space


explorers went to the moon not knowing whether they would make it back, you, have to admire them.


. ! Tt appears that even heroes had to do their share of form filling in those days. It was reported that a “pen pusher” in th e ; States insisted tha t the moon landing crew, on their return, filled in US Customs


, entry forms stating their departure and arrival points! As a good friend of mine keeps saying: “I t’s a funny old world”. : . The anniversary of the moon landing got me thinking about spaceships of a dif-


■ ferent kind - the ones shaped like saucers and piloted by aliens from another planetl


- As I See It ,.; - by RibbleroQ ' . Read o ther As I See It features at


p \ww.cUtherqeadyertis Whether you believe in them or not, the


reports of strange objects in the sky have been with us for thousands of years. Even in this area we have had many sightings over the years of strange craft floating overthehills. : ■ v;


There have even been suggestions that


these aliens once lived among us, tens of thousands of years ago. Even now there are whispers that there -


could be aliens living among us - do you know any? Looking at some of the crazy things people get up to, I think they must be from another planet.


• I read in a national newspaper about 22


diners who paid to have lunch suspended some 160ft off the ground. They were strapped into chairs, seated at a table, all


ser,>i


• fastened to a metal framework and the whole lot suspended from a crane. In the middle stood the cooks, happily serving up lunchl I t made me wonder what other dangerous sports and activities people get up to. Among the “Top 10” dangerous sports I uncovered were: • Base-jumping - parachuting off very


high buildings or structures • Cave diving - swimming underwater- in caves hundreds of feet underground


’ , • Speed skiing - hurtling down steep mountain slopes a t speeds up to 160 m.p.h.


' ' , • Rock fishing - where the big danger


lies in not watching the incoming tide • Riding a push-bike! Well if you’ve


tried i t lately you’ll know why. Others included bungee jumping, using


a treadmill, wing walking and something called “snow snorkelling”, which appar­ ently involves skiing through high drifts of


snow... then discovering the drift contains


a wall or fence. Ouch! As for me, I think I’ll stick to watching


the Rovers a t home, especially the game against Burnley. Now that will be a “close encounter of the third kind”.


Jeff is new Rotary chief


I ^HERE was a sense of “deja vu” at the ■ I : Presidential handover meeting of Rib- . .. J - blesdale Rotary Club, when outgoing


• President Richard Dugdale invested Jeff Cowl­ ing as the new President, just as he did 12 years


. ago in 1997. • T’ ■ Richard said that he had enjoyed his second •term of office, combining his work for the Life


■ Education Trust with many sponsored cycle trips raising funds for charitable purposes. But rather than taking a well-earned rest, Richard has now taken on the job of treasurer of the busy community club. ■ New President Jeff Cowling is combining his Presidency with that of The Craven Pothole Club, and whilst Ribblesdale Rotary admitted three relatively young new members last year, he is very happy that at his first meeting he will receive two more new members. Also at the handover meeting, John Sharp,


from Slaidbum, was invested as -vice-president. Our picture shows outgoing president Richard Dugdale (left) handing over to his successor ■ Jeff Cowling, (s)


Quartet share presidency


F


ou r members will share the presidency of the Inner Wheel Club of Ribblesdale for the coming year.


The chain of office will stay with last year’s pres­


ident, Muriel Ashcroft, who will share the role of president with three other members - Edna Clark­ son, Janet Frost and Rachel Pallister - for the next 12 months.


■ . . • The club met for its annual handover meeting at


the home of Mrs Ashcroft, where all but two of the members were present and enjoyed a buffet meal served in the garden. A donation was given for th e , meal and £105 was raised for the charity “Smile


Train”. Also at the meeting it was reported that a recent.


two-day collection by the club at Booths super­ market had raised £814 for Derian House Chil­ dren's Hospice. A big thank you to all involved. ; Our picture shows Mrs Ashcroft (left) mth Mrs


Clarkson, one of the members who will share the president’s role for the next year, (s)


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