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;Of; the spectrum which reflects y o u r .: choice- of: political iparty,- you: haver. ::td admit it’s been an interesting few-


weeks ff!*We’ve consideredjtKe'idea and then in- : ctiired the'rcalify ofS “hung parliament”,',; ’ seehjthe leaders take to the.stage for.the •, first ever televised debates and theh'on


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■ eve'h my.husband doesn’t know who I vote; fof.This time around though I’ve had to , brave a constant barragc.of questionning ■ from my youngest, desperate forme to re-.-, veal which party would be getting my vote; |-


: but I didn’t give in, even when she played. , her trump card and said “but I’ve told you • who I voted for!” . -. At that I had to point out that although


. I felt sure David Cameron.would be glad of her support, she has another 12 years to .wait until she can actually have any influ­ ence at all on the election outcome. iSince I was 18 and first allowed into


lookingback 100 years ago


I-services throughout Clitheroe and the ■


■-TRIBUTES were-paid during church ^ Ribble Valley following the death-of


:.;HM King.Edward; VII on Saturday, ;--May 6th. Flagswere immediately hoist- 1' ed at half mast on the town hall; Castle •Keep, parish church. Conservative and, : Liberal clubs and other buildings' in the


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'■ town..All matches in the Ribblesdale 'League, North East Lancashire Amateur -League and several club matches were postponed. References were made to the great loss which the nation had sus-


; tained and at Clitheroe Parish Church, .'the pulpit and reading desk were draped ■ in black. At SS Michael and John’s RC '.Church the.sermon was preached by the Rev. Father McPhillips, who said that the


' -land had been “hushed to great silence”. There .was' a_ large attendance for


:: the property sale of the Swan and Royal Hotel. The proprietor of the hotel, Mr ■ Tempest Seedall, was retiring from the business on account of his ill health.


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the hallowed arena of a polling station‘,;^;;;whp thdQu''een would be voting for arid I have always exercised my right to vo te .f ran k ly we chickened out of any constitu^


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^ ' . - I " Over the^eeks they wondered out loud


Not drily that, 1 have always sat up into - tionai discussions'. Finally by polling day the early hours watching the voles being '.'they seemed to have just aboutsortedthe counted and the results reveaIed,'to see if > reds from the yellows and the blues. I’ve helped or hindered. •:


atgetting up time in the


citing elections I can remember; I was revealed that no party liad secured an keen to encourage my six and nine-year-


As this has been one of the mosbinter- :S"Cox^houschold, when’the radio coverage overall majority overnight, I urged my pair


-old to take an interest in what has been happening.


: I like them to share the historic happen- ■ ings of the world with us and it was with that in mind that, on January 9th, 2009, we made them sit through Barack Obarna’s entire inaugural presidential address, just so they could say they’d heard it. On April 6th when the General Election


: to tune into Newsround as 1 told them the country had no new Prime Minister.


However my suggestion was met witli


the sort of eye-rolling that can only come from exasperated offspring and the reply “Mum - it’s not on til after IHorribIc His-^


itories’’’ and with that off they went eager to learn more about yesteryear than the here and now. •


M E L E LITTERPICKERS: the 19 children from St Leonard’s Primary School, Langho, who took part in a “Big Tidy of their woodland area, collecting four bin bags full of litter.


NINETEEN children from the Eco Club at St Leonard’s Prima­ ry School in Langho took part in a “Big Tidy Up” as part of the' “Keep Britain Tidy” anti-htter campaign. Armed with protective tabards, bin bags and litter pickers, the


50 years ago MANY national beauty queens have


. started by winning a local contest, per­ haps at a dance or fete, but 18-year-old-


. Miss Eileen Ashcroft, of “Ashlea”,' Lamb ■ ■ Roe, Whalley/who was chosen “Teens ■ and Twennties Queen’1 at a ball held in


, the King Lane Hall, was more interested in cookery and dressmaking than compe-


. titions. She was to go to college in Leeds- to train as a domestic science teacher. For • Helen Murray, of Fort Street, Clitheroe,


- who came second, it was her second local , beauty contest. She was also runner-up in ' the Castle Fete contest. Both Helen and; Anne Singleton, of York Street, Clithe-'v roe; who was third, won “perms” at a lo- cal hairdressers-and Anne herself was a hairdresser. ; • Biggest surprise of the Clitheroc


. Municipal election was the defeat of the Mayorrclect Coun.-J. S. Wright, who told an Advertiser and Times reporter after . the poll that he would not be taking on the • officeofMayor. ~ -


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; have a new government and perhaps -■ even a hung Parliament, if all the polls' , are anything to g o b y . ' '. • Sadly'many people will have decided not to vote at all. Personally I find that hard to


■' accept as lam reminded that the right to ..vote was hard won and I am particularly ' mindful of the. Suffragette Movement, ‘ where many women suffered dreadfully : to secure the right to vote. ■


•; -i. ■ I also remember with great sadness the'


j many countries in the world where people ■ are deprived of the right to vote or are


;■ forced to vote for one party, which is re­ ally no vote at all.


•■ ■■: I can partially understand why there is / such apathy in the UK; as the expenses • scandal has seriously dented people’s con^


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•Y the time you read this many of you.will have voted in the Gen-; era! Election and we may now


. ■ ■ ■ 25 years ago ■QUICK thinking refuse collectors


. lielped to save a man who was trapped when his bitumen road roller ran out of


•: control and tipped over on Birdy Brow at Chaigley.-TIie refuse workers, from Rib- ble Valley Council’s health and hous­ ing department; saw the roller overturn


• and used their iwo-way radios to contact their bosses to ask for help. The driver


.of the roller, who was from Burnley, es­ caped with only cuts and bruises, while the roller caused damage to a length of .wall at the beauty spot.


• ' •■A double flowering cherry tree


- was'planted at Grindelton CE Pri- :'mary School as a.thanksgiving for the school’s recent reprieve from closure. Headteacher Mr Stuart Lievesleysaid he ; hoped that both the tree and the school


- would thrive for many years to come. "Ribble Valley’sCohservative MP David •■ Waddington was invited to plant the tree. He had helped in the fight to keep the school open. '


children collected four bags of litter from the school’s woodland area. Most of the litter, including drinks cans and bottles, had been thrown into the woods from the road or left by people who had been trespassing on school property. Pupils at St Leonard’s take great pride in making their school


grounds as attractive as possible and have won several awards for their environmentally friendly approach, including the Eco


; School’s Silver Award. All pupils regularly use the woodland to support the curriculum and the members of the Eco Club felt it was important to make it as safe and attractive as possible.


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ship” project, working with local artist Julie Miles to create ad­ ditional features, such as ceramic plaques and willow sculptures, to enhance the woodland. Pupils from each class are doing their own creative woodland project which will culminate in an open afternoon on June 24th, when parents and members of the com­ munity will be welcome to take a “Walk in the Woods” and see • the results of their creativity. ■ - ,


Pupils in Year 4 are at present involved in a “Creative Partner­


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COMPLAINING is something that’ we Brits are not very good at. ■ •“Everything alright?” inquires the


waiter. “Oh yes, lovely thanks,” we reply, sawing away at our overcooked steak. But Clitheroe’s Peter Moore is nev- '


er afraid to speak his mind when he feels he’s been badly done to. : - Recently Peter, who is, among oth- ■


' er things, chairman of Ribble Valley Rail, went to fill up his car at the BP station in Chatbum Road, Clitheroe. ■ Flabbergasted at the grand total on


the pump display, Peter noted that the price per litre was higher than at other filling stations he had visited. Smart- . ing at the assault on his wallet, he duly


‘. voiced his frustration.when paying for his fuel.


■' -:; Proving helpful; the attendant gave :■ - him a phone number to ring to make


■ constituents. - ■ Deciding not to vole is merely a cop out


■ , of Uiings that concerns me about voting in a media driven age is that . often we. are swayed by “image’^ rather


. than substance. The person who appears .confident and looks good is often pre- lerrcd to a person who actually has princi- ples and good ideas but lacks charisma. - -


. Where we place our vote; where we • place our cross will affect all of ou r lives '. ■ - ■ AsaChristianIbelievcthat2,000years - ..ago Cod placed his cross firmly in our fa-' , vour when Jesus came and lived amongst us and died for our, sins. He was not in-


■ fidence in politicians. Perhaps we need to remember that there are many politicians;' both nationally and locally, who are highly principled and work tirelessly for their


and if you then get a government that is poor, you only have yourself to blame.


; tcrested in image or spin, as the words 'of Isaiah tells us: .“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him”, he was con-, cerned in securing our relationship with his Father.


■ Just like ive all need to make a decision ; as to where to cast our vote, we also have, , to make a decision as to just what the cross


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of Christ means to us. -> i;';By now you will have made your deci­ sion and there is no going back. I hope you. cast your vote and are happy with your,, choice. ! also hope you have your vote in. favour of Jesus by accepting him into your life. After; all he has already cast his vote firmly in your favour. ■


• ' May our next government prove to be a blessing for the nation.


TIM THORPE, . Methodist Minister his complaint, which Peter promptly


• did. It was the wrong number... but led to another number which was the right one, and where the person tak­ ing the call promised to investigate and get back to him.- .' As good as their word, BP phoned


him on Monday to say his complaint had been investigated and, as a result, the price of unleaded petrol would fall by 2p per litre and diesel by Ip at the Chatburn Road BP station. . ■ “I didn’t really expect anything to come of it,” admitted Peter, “but it


just shows that complaining does work sometimes, so if we all keep nagging ■ away at it, who knows.;.” Incidentally, the number which


brought Peter success, and which he : is keen to pass on to other BP custom-, ers should the need arise,' is 01784 484436.


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-Janet Harper, Regional Voluhteer- j ing Co-ordinator, explained: “We are


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Reader Eleanor’s fashion passion


■ VALLEY schoolgirl Eleanor Goode has won our - monthly Relay Reader competition. '■■’ Seven-year-old Eleanor (pictured), a pupil at ■Brennands Endowed School in Slaidburn, enjoys


. ment and covers all veterinary and-, feeding expenses.


■ swimming and is a member of the Brownies. V vShe is also a member of the Slaidburn Players


. To become a puppy walker, volun- - teers will need to have access to a car. i; They will have to be home for most of; .'■the day and free to take their puppy.;.


: -securely fenced so'that the puppy re-'.y ■ymains safely within its confines.;?'?/,: v; ; .:-;For more infomiation aboutpuppy': walking, call Janet Harper .on 07780'j


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; and . took the role of Snow White in their recent. ’ production.


■V/jTo. earn her.Relay Reader accolade sh e 're - ' t


' viewed “The Fabulous Story of Fashion”, by Katie Daynes..


'■'(■■Eleanor’s three favourite things about the book ■


ip She enjoyed reading the book because: “I am


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interested in.fashion and I learnt lots more, like . tailors copying-designs off dolls”. ■ ■sf; She particularly liked learning about swimwear and Medieval fashioh and in her review said: “This books tells you all about fashion through time and ■ history'- all the.way from cavemen to the year 2000. There are beautiful illustrations that look like real- • ity as well as shoes, dresses, suits, accessories and hair.,It showed rich and poor people..This is an amazing book.”


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