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NE thing I don’t understand about Formula 1 Grand Prix motor racing is this:
why Grand Prix occupied so much terres- tial TV screen time at the weekend and will continue to do so as the circus moves ■ on around the world. Because, quite frankly, a procession of
his head, ei^ales with' a doom-laden at titude and pronounces to the effect: “Oh dear, squire. That’s going to cost you. Bit busy at the moment. Tell you whaC give us a ring on Thursday.” The other thing I don’t understand is .,
the character in overalls sucking an oil- soaked fag who takes a look under the bonnet?. He noisily draws in his breath, shakes
; On Saturday afternoon, we had more than an hour of the drivers practising and then sorting out in what positioh the cars were going to start in the real race. That’s something like analysing for an
■for the rights to broadcast all this, but I can think of many projects licence-payers’
hour or so the toss of the coin before a Test match or a Premier League game. I don’t know how much the BBC paid
lookingback 1 0 0 y e a r s a g o
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lain/Youth Worker and 39 years old at the time. T had just started work at St George’s Church of England High School,
Unfortunately I was the new Chap-
:.:are encouraged to call them). I had noth ing-to do. Now as anyone who has had a bureaucratic post can tell you, there is nothing more stressful than having noth ing to do.
.T., There were no pupils (or students as we 1.' fiT ^***'.r
bent, what the Church of England calls -:; it’s most protected and secure clergy, and
■ I had resigned from being an incum
' left a big, beautiful Vicarage. And now I was adrift in a big organisation with no job security, no clear idea of what to do and a family of four to support.
■ 'So I really cried myself to sleep. .
thouqhtfortheweek I
CRIED after my first day at school.
. exceptional number of cyclists travelling into town. Meanwhile, those who made it on foot had an uncomfortable time owing to the frequent “dust baths” they received firom the passing motors. Whal- ley proved as popular as ever too and was “thronged with pleasure seekers”.
the Easter period exceeded all expecta tions, with 15 special trains, all full to ca pacity, running into Clitheroe on Good Friday. All roads leading from East Lan cashire’s manufacturing centres also pre sented an animated appearance with an
VISITORS to the Ribble Valley over 5 0 y e a r s a g o
WHAT’S in a name said local historian Mr J. H. W. Fishwick when he turned the pages of old documents to reveal the real story of Bolton-By-Bolland and historic Bolton Hall, which was in the process of being demolished 50 years ago this week. For hundreds of years the village was referred to as Bolton-By-Bolland, after about 1600 it was “Nigh BoUand”, but Mr Fishwick believed Bolton-in-Craven was its correct name. Bolton Hall was thought to be Craven’s oldest manor hall and the best-known family of the house was Pud- sey, according to Mr Fishwick.
2 5 y e a r s a g o LOT number 36 caused quite a stir
during a charity auction at St Mary’s RC School at Sabden. Open to offers was none other than the primary school’s headmaster, Mr Tom Prendergast, with three hours of his precious spare time for sale. The hammer of auctioneer Mr Jack Haythornthwaite fell for the final time with a bid of £10. • Scenic attractions in the Ribble Val
ley were blamed for ati increasing flow of applications to turn properties into rest homes for the elderly. In four years, 21 applications had been received.
Prix live on Sunday, a complete re-run later in the day and lengthy items on news bulletin, quite out of keeping with the glo bal significance of the event.
cars going nowhere except around a cir cuit is just BORING! Yet we had the entire Australian Grand
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cash could be spent on. Because this over hyped spectacle lost all claims to have any connection with sport several years ago. In the days of Mike Hawthorne, Jack
technology, plus a back-up team of hun dreds, have taken over that function, so we’re not looking at the best driver to win, but the best car. And the final blow to the sporting ideal
and any jockey involved in that kind of in cident would be handed.out a stiff penalty. If Formula 1 ever thinks about establish ing any tenuous links with true sport, all
came when a driver who was leading the race was, it is alleged, given orders by his management to crash his car so that his team-mate could bag the championship points. In horse-racing that is know as “pulling”
Brabham, Stirling Moss et al, the driver’s individual skill was the major factor in de termining who won the race. Now the millions of pounds’ worth of
valley 'F o o d ie ’
s e a r c h is n o w o n
radio connection between team and driver would be banned so that the driver would have to rely solely on his skill.
. of old cobblers would take it’s rightful place in TV - somewhere between crown green bowling and East Anglian ditch jumping. The only period when I could bear to
Then, maybe, this money-soaked, load
: sounded, even in repose, like a man whose trousers were on fire. He entertained at the mic, said what he thought and from that torrent.of words, the inevitable gaffes came timibling out. We all remember “bleedln’ obvious”
. were not cloned as blandly smooth char acters.; ■ .i ■ ■ As one colleague comniented, Murray
watch Grand Prbe racing was when the wonderful Murray 'Walker was at the mic. He came at a time when commentators
statements like: “He’s in sbrth place. That means there are five in front of him”. Or “Senna’s in the lead because he’s faster than anybody else”. But Murray’s own favourite gaffe came
PENCILS AT THE READY: Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Beverley Jones, with Year 7 Rib- blesdale High School pupils (from the left) Josh, Luke, Olivia and Charles, (s)
point on the descent from Snaefell. Part of his commentary was: “And now we can see the next riders coming out of the mist, Haas first!”
not at Formula 1, but when he was work ing for radio at a motor-cycle race in the Isle of Man, where the riders started in pairs and the top German rider, Joachim Haas, was competing. Murray was stationed, in thick fog, at a
of the creative activity area at the foot of Clitheroe Castle Keep. Visitors to the castle will be able to take rubbings from the plaques, each of which will highlight a local historical
Council has joined forces with Rlbblesdale High ScHool, envi ronmental regeneration char ity Groundwork Pennine Lan cashire, and the Lancashire Museums Service to produce a series of 10 zinc-etched colour plaques. They will be fixed to the wall
herbe with explanations in Braille will be installed at the town’s 12th century Castle. Ribble Valley Borough
SERIES o f plaques featuring key events Lin the history of Clit-
event. The plaques, which will be de
chairman of Ribble 'Valley Borough Council’s community committee, said: “Ribblesdale High School pupils have been working with the council’s arts development team and artists in recent months to research local history and produce the designs and we are looking forward to unveiling the latest stage of the magnificent Clitheroe Castle re furbishment project.” Clitheroe Castle Museum
signed to look visually appealing and decorative, as well as con taining Braille text, will encour age people to further explore the town’s history in Clitheroe Castle Museum. Coun. Robert Thompson,
education suite are part of Rib ble Valley Borough Council’s ambitious £3.5m. refurbishment of the Clitheroe Castle Museum Complex, which received a Roy al opening in July 2009.
the project is being made and the plaques will be unveiled at the creative activity area on Wednesday, April 21st, along side a display of the artwork in the nearby education suite. The creative activity area and
keeper and manager Rachel Jackson added: “The timeline project has provided a wonder ful opportunity to work with a local school and establish links between interpretation in the museum grounds and stories in the museum buildings.” A photographic record of
gion has to offer. The “foodie” is being
T
h e search is on for a food-lover to taste some of the finest foods the re
•Awards 2010. Organised by Food'Northwest, the awards ceremony recog nises the best fine foods produced across the re gion, from fresh fruit and vegetables to cakes and confectionery. Following the success
■ Wednesday, June 2nd. Nigel Haworth said;
judging event at Ewood Park, Blackburn, on
of last year’s “Search for a Foodie” campaign, Food Northwest is once again recruiting a Lanca shire food expert to join four other enthusiasts from Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, at a special
ested in joining the panel should complete an ap plication form at www.
foodnwawards.co.uk. En tries must be submitted by April 7th, 2010. Food companies wishing to en ter can download an ap plication form at the same address.
But, and this may seem a strange thing for a Vicar to say, I had me an honest-to-
when I had been shown around the school, where a teacher sat at a table with a small group of lads. They’d all been in trouble at some point, which was why they were with this teacher in this small group. Mr B explained that: “in this school every day IS a new start. It doesn’t matter what you did yesterday; we don’t bear grudges. You I
God, religious experience at three in the morning. I woke up suddenly remembering, from
start every day with a clean slate.” I later discovered that the teacher I’d'
briefly seen was one of the most genu-' inc Christians it has been my privilege to know. I had no idea at the tune and He ’'' could hwe had no idea at the time of the effect his words would have.
simple and non-religious language he was telling these lads the Gospel message of
I hadn’t realised it at the time, but in | '
hope, forgiveness and resurrection. I re alised on that September morning that if it was true for the kids, it should be true for me. Sad that I’d been a Vicar for so long and
resurrection, not just because it promises us something in the future, but a new life here and now, set free to share his risen : life:,-;
not figured out what its all about. But then I hope I don’t know it all yet and God has still got some new things to show me. At Easter we celebrate Jesus’ death and
If you’ve managed to read this far here s ,r ,,, , ;■ ,
I day is an amazing gift from God, a fresh start, that we should live to the fullest we I can. ,
REV. ANDY FROUD,. St Mary’s Parish Church, Clitheroe
my advice: don’t waste your life regretting yesterday, bearing old grudges. Every new
■ at Clitheroe Royal Gram mar School, secured a week’s work experience in the Westminster office of Ribble Valley’s long standing Conservative MP, Nigel Evans. Although nearly all
schoolboy Matthew Clarkson. Matthew, who is a pupil
' in Westminster. ■ ' ‘ As well as touring the
i experienced the more mundane surroundings
^pupils gain some kind of work experience while still at school, very few will gain the kind of insid er’s view of the workings of “the Mother of All Par liaments” that Matthew':' enjoyed'during his week
'.magnificent Houses of Parliament, Matthew
Matt stalks corridors of power L
i f e as a busy Member of Par liament was ex perienced by Clitheroe
. and everyday work of an MP’s office, although with a General Election due soon, those offices are very busy raising the profile of their MPs. Mr Evans is a great
, many times before. He said: “I think that
believer in encourag ing youth and has hosted work experience pupils
.'week and continues his ■
. ■ Speaking before his visit, Matthew-said: “I
political enthusiasm.”
• Parliament and I am look ing forward to seeing as much of the workings in Westminster as possible.”
' am very grateful for the chance to spend a week in
SEAT OF POWER: Matthew Clarkson and Nigel Evans MP on the terrace of the Palace of Westminster, (s)
it is great when local pu pils from the Ribble 'Val ley express an interest in coming to Parliament to see how it works for them selves. I hope that Mat thew has an informative
“It is important that the region acknowledges the quality of our food pro ducers, and the awards are , ideal to profile the best of’ the region’s farmers, grow ers and producers.” People over 18 inter
sought to join a panel of experts led by the Valley’s own celebrity chef, Nigel Haworth, to help judge the Fine Food Northwest
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