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yT TARK the herald angels sing: ’ :y “Christmas is coming and X: Ayou’d better be ready for it.”


■ ;;One of them has announced that its ’ Christmas.campaign will get off the ground on August 2nd - that’s 145 days before the festive day.


: Selfridges will set its Christmas cam­ paign rolling on that date and the an­ nouncement lias prompted other retailers to bring forward their plans and get out of the blocks as soon as possible.


. So it’s highly likely that shoppers in ma- ■ jor centres will be exhorted to deck the walls with boughs of holly and wassail all over the town long ere the bleak midwin­ ter is even a distant propect. But with our climate, you never can tell!


: • • As for Good King Wenceslas, I’ll bet


he’ll be jolly glad to do his good deed-ing before the snow lies deep and crisp and even and good old Father Christmas had


, better get his skates on. Selfridges say that they are merely re-


iookingback 100 years ago


THE much-anticipated hearing began at the High Court regarding cadet George Archer-Shee, who denied stealing and forging a five shilling postal order. A special jury heard how Archer-Shee ; had become a cadet at the Osborne Na- ;


. val College, but was now a pupil at Stony- hurst College. The court heard how a fel-


. low cadet at the Naval College, Terence Back, received a postal order from a rela- tive.'That afternoon, Archer-Shee went


• to the Post Office to buy a postal order and a stamp, as he wished to buy a model steam train for 15 shillings and sixpence. When he returned, the theft of Back’s postal order had been reported and the


.clerk-in-charge of the Post Office was sent for. She produced the cashed postal


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, his son’s innocence. The allegation was denied and damage's claimed.


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spending to consumer demand. Sales figures suggest that customers, es­


pecially tourists, are ready to start Christ­ mas shopping in August. ' Tliey point to the fact that their Christ­


mas shop - yes, they do have a designated facility - sold more than 1,000 baubles in its first week of trade after opening on Au­ gust 8th - and traditionalists will tell you that that’s a lot of baubles! But apparently, most of this trade is


down to tourists, according to Selfridges, and it’s an amusing mental picture that hundreds of Frenchmen and Belgians are heading back across the Channel laden down with bells and tinsel, while we’re hauling gallons of booze in the opposite direction.


The forecast from the trade is for


an even earlier start in future years A Selfridges buyer is reported to have said- .“Christmas is coming earlier each year i can see a time when we offer a Christmas


, collection throughout the year.” Predictably, the response from churches


has been a bit sniffy. A spokesman from the Church of England is quoted as saying- : “We don’t really think customers need five


months to do their Christmas shop. . . Tliere’s a danger that if the run-up is e\-' tended so far ahead of the festival itself


: people risk losing sight of the true mcan^ ingofChristmas.” - : r


But the true meaning of Christmas can


vary according to individual convictions, or lack of them.:


After a\\, the early Christian church hi-jacked the earlier pagan winter .soltice


celebrations in order to make conversions easier. ... So, whether Christmas to you is a joy­ ful time of religious celebration, whether


. it’s a time simply for family gatherings, or whether it’s a time of parties and social fun, here’s an early wish from me - Have a good one!


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www.clllheroeadvcrtiser.co.uk - Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,Thursday, July 22,2010 Yalleymatfer Royal Ballet success for duo


LOCAL dancers Ella Sharma and Lizzie Grif-


V fiths have become Junior


Associates of the Royal Ballet School. ■ The youngsters, who


are both pupils at the Clit- heroe-based Mary Wad- dington School of Danc­ ing,will attend weekly classes in Manchester from September where


. they .will, receive tuition from teachers of the Roy-


. al Ballet School. .. Dancers accepted onto


the course must show exceptional talent and


- potential, with some pro­ gressing on to attend the Royal Ballet School on a full-time basis. ■ : . Mrs Anne Grogan, prin­


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cipal of the Mary Wad- dington School of Danc­ ing, said:-‘T am thrilled that the talent of these two promising youngsters has been recognised and that they, have been given this excellent opportunity . to develop their skills.” Lizzie (8) and Ella (9)


take weekly classes in bal­ let, tap and modern jazz at the dance school, which ■ has studios in the United Reformed Church, in Lowergate.


50 years ago


CHAIGLEY Endowed School closed af­ ter 132 years. At the time of closure there were 10 scholars who would now travel by bus to Edisford County Primary School. ® Sixteen houses in West Bradford


were flooded and three small bridges over the stream which passes through the vil­ lage were swept away during a violent thunderstorm, followed by a cloudburst. • For trips by train during Clitheroe


holidays, there was a “runabout” second class ticket for 30 shillings, available for six days for travel from Clitheroe to many seaside towns and also to Lake Winder-


mere, where a sail on the steamer was in­ cluded in the cost.: • Roy Tattersall, whose brothers Frank •


, for the county. thoughtfortheweek


eXchildfe'n:: but. we - should, choke back: the. reply “but life’s not fair”. T;;still: remember watching my eldest’: ;Son toddling in front of TV pictures of famine in.Africa: his fair hair and well


■XT’S just not fair! ■ I »Familiar?'It;will be if you have


fed, cherubic: appearance in shock­ ing contrast to-the'dark, skeletal fig- - ures with flies, crawling over them.


::Why,:was,he>born into such rela'-' live affluence:andi they into short-


; l iv e d * s q i ia lo r '' and; s u f f e r i n g ? ;The, times are pak ,when we sing this yersepf All things brightand beautiful:


vThev'irich .: man :’in ■ h is c a s t l e T h e ’ . p o o r ma n a t his g a t e - God' made:.them .high and lowly rA n d o


There ;Would be an outcry if I or any of r d e r e d .51 h e i r ' e s t a t e . '


my fellow clergy preached that God had made some people poor and some peo­ ple rich: yet we accept this same sermon (without reference to God), day in day out, from our politicians and economists. We know that the world should be fair- er we do nothing about it. Economists


. ook at the world, with its vast inequali- r ties of wealth, shrug their shoulders and parrot their parents’ line: “life’s not


^ tair . It s a good job that medical sci­ ence hasn t approached its work the way economists do, otherwise we’d


.stil be living with the,Black Death' t s tme that life is unfair, but I don’t believe that God wants it to be that way. I worship


,a God who desires and demands justice- How can we make the world a fairerplace’ Firs ly by pointing out the injustices that exist, why should care workers be paid


so much less than investment bankers? To do so demands transparency: nobody demanded changes to MPs’ expense claims until the figures were made public.


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Secondly, by. generous giving to or­ ganisations that work to alleviate poverty: if you can’t bring yourself to do that then at the very least you should buy fairly traded products.


Finally, since all the big changes in this world have started from the smallest be­ ginnings, let’s make a conscious and con­ tinuous effort in our daily lives to treat everyone we meet with the same, equal respect,whether they.be rich or poor, smartly turned out or shabbily dressed.


REV. ANDY FROub, ; St Mary’s Parish Church, ■; . Clitheroe... v ■


and Bernard both played cricket for Whalley, was leaving Lancashire County Cricket Club at the end of the season. Tlie club was releasing him because of “limited opportunities’’ to give him match practice. Tattersall (38) was one of nine Lancashire bowlers to take more than 1,000 wickets


25 years ago


A CLITHEROE firm had cancelled its holiday fortnight.;, to meet deadlines for a bulk order, of thermal undenvear! While friends and relatives made the most of the summer weather, 25 women


.employed at Granby Garments, Low- ergate, had been hard at work mak­ ing vests. They had split the two weeks between them to meet the demand for “winter woollies”. • After losing six players in the past


few weeks, Slaidburn Silver Band was being called tuneless. The band had been forced to cancel all its engagements for the rest of the year, including one at the Hodder Valley Show, after losing players mainly from the comet section. • Worshippers gathered for the 10th


annual Christian camp at Bucks Farm, West Bradford. More than 100 people assembled, some from as far afield as


• Wales, for the weekend of Christian fel­ lowship. The event, at the farm of former


. Methodist lay preacher Mr Bryan Clark, also attracted local church members.


DANCING TO THE TOP: Ella Sharma (left) and Lizzie Griffiths, who have both been cho­ sen as to become Junior Associates of the Royal Ballet School, (s)


HospiGe bridal wear appeal


DO you have a wedding dress or an outfit that you wore on your special


day and,don’t know what to do with it?


:Why not donate it to the East Lanca­


shire Hospice shop in Clitheroe? • Volunteers at the shop in Moor Lane


arc appealing for generous Ribble Valley residents to donate their used bridal wear to the charity. ; ' ' . .. A spokesman for the Hospice said:


“East ^ncashire Hospice first opened its doors in, 1984 and became independent fromthe NHS in 2008. ,‘.Tt now relies on the continued support


of the local community to raise funds to continue to provide care to the people of the Ribbic Valley, Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn who have a life limiting illness and also offers support to their families. “The East Lancashire Hospice shop in


Clitheroe is a shop with a difference. “The shop is split over two floors; the


ground floor has a wide range of good quality men’s and ladies wear as well as a large selection of new jewellery and ac­ cessories. Upstairs is home to pre-loved bridal wear, bridesmaid dresses, mother- of-the-bride outfits and a selection of evening wear. .


“To complement this there is a wide


range of new hats, fascinators and hand­ bags, which will give any special occasion outfit that finishing touch. “The shop also offers a ‘wear and re­


turn’ service - if customers buy any new hat or fascinator and return it within a month we will refund half the cost! • “However, to ensure that the shop con­


tinues to be successful we rely on dona­ tions from the local community. At the moment we are particularly looking for donations of bridal wear. All money raised from the sale of your dress will go directly to the Hospice.


White king to Bro\ra Gow - checkmate!


• CHESS made an enjoyable. : | cHarige to darts, doms and big >: screen World Cup disappdint- ;.iment at Ribble Valley village pub.


•::i*:The BroNvri Cow, at Chatbum,'


.fplayed host to the very success-; ful “simultanoeus display” or-


: ganised by Clitheroe Chess Club ■ and featuring the extraordinary talents o f Grandmaster Keith ; Arkell. . .


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' He played 14 opponents in all, ■ conceding two draws and win-, ; ::ning the rest! Paul Timson, from Clitheroe and Andrew Clarkson,


, from Hawks, were the two play- • • ; ers who held the Grandmaster to ; . a draw. Special mention should ; ( also be given to Phillip Tittering- tori; froni Glitheroe, who fought..


. ^......................... , .................... UNBEATEN: Grandmaster Keith Arkell


: valiantly fpr more than two hours; : and, narrowly; lost a rook and pawn endgame.


c e E t b S . _ . ■ , S . S u n g T b e L ' t J^STY MOVE: the chess cake with ed-


(centre) with Andrew Clarkson (left);, ;. - , fuiiy iced chess board-cake with jble pieces enjoyed by all at the Brown and Paul Timson, who drew with him. v c h o c o l a t e ^ c h e s s p i e c e s ! ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \ _


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