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this Oxfam event ON Friday; January 7th, 2011; Oxfam will'


ta^- be holding a fund raising eveiit at J'he: r' Grand, York Street, C l i t h e r o e . ' '


' late to turn the eco-fascist super-tankera-;; •'round.


Perhaps the main problem facing th e . , ' ' ' .


.. " good people o f the Ribble Valley is th e . ■ 'fact that they have become technically ,


fefes'Penny Lawrence; Hunnanitarian Direc-; : > i tbr for Oxfam GB, has been invited along: to give'a talk about her recent trips to Pa-:;


, ; j;kistan and Afghanistan. The evening will .flj;.; start with a light dinner of Asian cuisine, :


i' t. followed by Penny Lawrence, with ques-:: tions from the audience invited.


i iVi^yThe eve entertainment will be'


■iK provided by soloist Georgia Barker and a'; grand raffle will be held,with super prizes '


■- donated by local traders. come along and support this:


; ceeds will go to buying a classroom from ■ s ‘ Gxfam’s “Unwrapped” gift catalogue. ‘ ■ NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED


The lost art of say­ ing Thank You'


: OVER the next week most people will be giving and receiving presents.


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: ■ 5;;: Most people take a lot o f tr o u b le ,: ■ and nowadays at a cost,.to find the right : : present for their friends and family. M o s t ; ws: people have to work hard to save up for. these presents.


■sNow I, like many others, want to know j . why the young people of today don’t think it is necessary to say those two important - ; : words, ,“Thank You”. I’m not just talking ■


« about teenagers, ! include 20-year-olds, *;:30s and even some in their 40s. Is it b e - . cause they have too much money? Is it- because the credit card is so handy to pur-: chase whatever they desire?


i event tickets are £10 per person, on sale:


. ' disenfranchised from democracy since ■ - our MP Nigel Evans was elevated to the . position of deputy speaker. It would ap-. pear that our Nigel is prepared to remain;


: silent on what is probably the biggest sci-; entific fraud in history since his mouth h a s , - been suitably stuffed with silver.;


< : . Never mind that many of his less well-i vi.off constituents will be unable to enjoy a ■ half-decent life anymore in the very near;


■ future. It would appear from his Face-: .: book page that or MP has become just an- ,.: other worthless celebrity more interested . in the X Factor than the interests o f his constituents.


:j4 ■ at The Grand and also from the Oxfam» shop; in: Marketplace, Glitheroe. Pro-,


; : : If Nigel Evans really cares about the , - long-term future o f our nation perhaps, he should resign as deputy speaker and , get back into real politics representing .


': the Ribble Valley people who once put so much faith in him?


GORDON PYE, Downham Road, Chatburn


Council chamber seems far too cosy


. ‘THERE can be no doubting the signifi- . cance and scale of the long-term impact . on residents of the Ribble Valley (regard-'


. less of income) resulting from the gov- . ernment’s ideologically driven reaction to : a global economic downturn."


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, V I was, therefore, extremely disap- , pointed by the absence o f debate at th e . . December meeting of Ribble Valley Bor- ■ >


;4&:. ':I realise that I grew up in the 1950s s S i iWhen money was tight and i f you got a ,.


_s ; - gift you were thrilled to bits. Twenty- :«,-; firste,engagements, weddings etc. - all oc- y c a s io n s to celebrate and-give presents to • .‘i show how pleased you are for the people


‘ 1 concerned... ■ ^ Can anyone tell me why it is not neces-


-• saty to say “Thank You”. " ' n a m e AND ^ D R E S S SUPPLIED.-


Wiiid farm lunacy will cost us dear


'■ suspect that the 500 quid relates to j, ward off h3pothermia


(16G) after the first hour, just enough to ^


i;::#;fascist'leaningbnergy;secretary who Si! V claims that insulation projects will reduce said amount to nearer £200.


pg4However; the energy cost will ust be


\:*The public need to put pressure-on- ’ ^ r ? . , -T - their political representatives to stop this AND so it continues'


'•>“ ably make up the bulk of the Ribble Val- Conference was a \S ley rural housing s t o c k . U l S g r a C e l l l l W a S t P - '


I'sjaley are already insulated (loft) to some|^ •is'.iextent, but It’s not cheap and practical to*':' (Jliinsulate walls with no cavity, which.prob- .*‘'.A-iU.


Many.of the houses m the Ribble Val-.' i * ' ' " ' ^


w;.ongoing ‘-‘green lunacy’.’ set to cost our. "'THE unbelievable waste of oumonevhv ' ;.»^econqmy (including taxpayers) £18bn a^. unelected EU bureaucrats •


; ough Council in terms o f how it might . best mitigate the damaging effects of.- .’ Conservative and Liberal Democrat na- - .tional policy.' :My disappointment was heightened as


■ the full council meeting I attended was held only the day after major cuts to local


■ authority budgets were announced. • : That the Leader, Councillor Ranson,. '■


. opportunistically laid the blame for the cuts in council spending at the door of. ' .the previous government is perhaps no '


. surprise (although either ill informed or. :• deliberately inaccurate).


. . However, what does concern me is the '


, apparent lack of willingness by the council overall, and especially the so-called Lib-


.jiijf l ’M sorry to intrude on the Xmas spirit . ; mise the effects of the reduction in their. ■ their concern seemed to focus on ■'


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:&f;but unless the foolish British public wake>:: .„ “8®^ on.behalf o f their constituents;, up they.will,s'oon be faced with the dubL ous.experience.of an extra 500 quid (a'


niceties and the development. ■ r . tenner a week) on their-annual energy - a club-like atmosphere. . ' -


.fi't.bills to fund wind farms to stand idleTor '&'S:^*?.°''®'^^*’'^hing: impression of ther:... ’at least 70% o f the time.'


of opposition at a time of potential-.;


ifScably equates to heating your home to the'*' me economic vibrancy and wellbeing o f* i,


•The independent energy analysts’ (U '-.■ kU switch) 500 quid is disputed by our.eco-


^ Democrats particularly, to seek to mini- : die impact cif this government’s cuts on the Ribble Valley.


-.( Comfortable maintenance o f the sta- ■ rather than engaging in robust


#/jrepIaced by a big loan from the bank to&"° ‘99g''t2rni and avoidable consequences .2 pay instead.^


. will jusl uC'j:.'-;- • . hajf, will di -sappoint and potentially lead ; T-'( fOTusalL


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DRM.J.ROSE;" Chatbum.!


p litical debate and challenge on duf be- '- r l ' r wtiu uiuiiijd i


- .™®®tmg was one o f complacency and ab-' doing a grand job


the “average, energy b i l l’.’, which prob- '; ^? ®®I*°“5*y damaging cuts that .will harm .S T AM writing to say a very big.thank you ';;;'!;1970s factory inspector standard o f 60F :“ ■


?** residents ()f the Ribble. Valley. I call:. > ® council overall, arid the Liberal


I to all those whose job i t has been to clear the area’s main roads and keep them grit­ ted during this sp'ell o f severe weather.,: ,


i'ir I don’t know who these people are; or what jobs they do at other times of the , ;


'year, but I do hear the.m out and about at very unsocial hours; and in the worst con­ ditions in living memory of many of us. .


ii-j lt is hard to imagine the chaos there .wquId.have:been:on the roads without.


this vital work that they have been doing..,:.' ■:-.',There. wiIl;always be a band o f com- plainers who think more could have been done,:but believe mei'lots o f us are ex- tremely grateful for.them for making our. roads safer and keeping the traffic mov­ ing. i; '


- - " , KATHLEEN NICHOLSON, - ‘ ,,


.'-StPaul’s,Vicarage, ' 1 -;;Clitheroe


i.More letters s page 17


« .'This time the European Commission has spent three million euros hosting an


- anti-poverty development conference for ■: 6>000 people in Brussels. A fashion show, '. a .“Fight Poverty’’ awards ceremony and


, .“Music against Poyerty’’ photo contest


, .were involved and all participants were :. invited to a cpcktail party with unlimited r: champagne and expensively catered cana- 'pes at the close o f the event. , ■


; I really cannot see how any o f this tack- les poverty. But I can see that it is a dis­ graceful waste o f British taxpayers’ hard earned cash, v ’ ■


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' PAULNUTTALL, North West MEP,


UK Independence Party


Gan anyone recall Ratten Glough?


, ON your website (www.clitheroeadver- tiser.co.uk) I saw some photographs by Elizabeth Hart.


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One in particular interested me and I would like to know more about the sub-


: ject matter o f this photo and wondered if ; your readers could help?..:.


• : 'It:is o f Ratten.Clough'Farm, near


Sabden.- My great great grandfather’s christening record shows that his place of abode was Ratten: Clough. This was in 1790 and his father was John Brother- ton,'Mason. I would dearly love to know if anyone can tell me more about Ratten Clough in those days.


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MRS E.B. HOLDEN, 3 Reynolds Drive, Bolton, BL51HW


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"-E-mail; ebholden@btintemet.com V V


Thanks for all the


toots and biscuits! ON behalf o f the members o f the Na­ tional Union o f Teachers at Glitheroe Grammar School who were on strike on Wednesday December 15th, I would like


; to thank the people o f Clitheroe for their support on the day. ■ '


; ..Many pedestrians expressed their con­ cern about the impendmg'changes at the


: eral Democrat “opposition”, to engage - in ongoing discussion about how to mini- ■


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. Grammar School and a large number of passing vehicle drivers expressed their support by .‘.Tooting’’ their horns. .;: I would especially like to thank the eld­ erly lady who presented us with a tin of home made oatmeal biscuits and short­ bread. It was nice to se e community spirit is alive and well in Clitheroe.' . , -N . . r BOBALLONBY, ‘ '


‘ Secretary, ilcValleyNUT BILLINGTON


F e l lo w s h ip The Sunday service a: at Billington Com^


: munity Church was conducted by the Rev. Don Johnson


‘ and the theme was ‘‘A Timeless Ever-


, lasting Father”. The Bible readings was


. from Luke, Chap­ ter Two ‘^The Birth of Jesus” were read by Mrs Sheila Stott


, . and Mrs Brenda. : Geldard respec- :tively,'in addition :,Colossians, Chapter


a, One .“Thanksgiv- . ing and Prayer” was


a r e a d b yE d aA in s - ...worth. and carols


/:.. weresung. Mince ;■ pies and coffee were


. .served afterwards. Flowers for the com- . , munion table were


:.. ■ provided by Mr and ■ Mrs G. Thomas. ■


The next service will ■!! be on Sunday, Janu- : , ary 2nd at 10-45 a.m.


- ;:. and Holy Commun- • j.ionwillbecelebrat-


, , ed.. All welcome. The church’s website


^r -is http://billington- community-church. webs.com -


j'Open on;iSaturday, February 5th.


CHATBURN ' M a n o r H o u s e


: The residents of Man­ or H ou se ,.C h a t - burn,, thoroughly


; '; ;e enjoyed a Christmas '■/../f'party/when an en- . v/itertainer sang and v",'.'; recited monologues. , A party buffet tea


:, Friends of The Manor House: joined resi­ de;. dents and staff for a


' V: huge Ghnstmas bin- ::?S.igo aftemonf'Prizes included: hampers


i ip and £168 was raised for'the“resident’s ( social fund. The


C a fG b a r - ' ■ The Cafe Bar will re-


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BALDERSTONE P a r ty t im e


',... Members o f Balder- * stone and District


' WI met for their an- nual Christmas par-


_ ty when there was .a competition for ; the best wrapped


- :■ . Christmas present. ' The next meeting will v ; b^ on January 11th in Mellor Brook


.;. Community Centre : at 7-30 p.m. Any­ one interested in / joining will be most


. -welcome. Tel. Mrs Joan-Woolmington on 01254 812226.,


successful after­ noon was rounded off with a meat and potato pie tea.


The choir from Bow- land High School entertained resi­ dents and staff with their seasonal songs and carols which the residents thor­ oughly enjoyed. The residents were also delighted when chil­ dren from Chatbum PreSchool and baby unit visted them.


Chatbum School choir made a visit when they sang carols and displayed their talents with musical instruments. The residents sang along to some of the songs and thoroughly en­


joyed the occasion. CHIPPING


C o n c e r t A musician from St Annes is holding a concert in Chip­ ping Village Hall on January 7th at 7- 30 p.m. The artiste is James Butcher, and the concert is to celebrate the re­ lease o f his latest CD, and the launch of a national tour. James is a totally blind musician, he is a vocalist and plays


. the accordion and ifyou would like to hear some of the types o f music he sings, you can find him on http://www. myspace.com/jour- neymanmusic. .


GISBURN


CLICK: Log on to www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk for village news online GRINDLETON


C a r o l S e r v i c e Villagers and parish­ ioners joined with the pupils and par-


service in St Am brose Church last Tuesday. The les­ sons were read by r ep r e s en ta t iv e s o f various village organisations: Dr Bill Turner rep­ resenting St Am­ brose Church, Kate Jones representing the WI, Margaret Loach (Time Out), Dr Anne Huson (Grindleton Recre­ ation Ground com­ mittee), Matthew


book now. Tickets are only confirmed on receipt of pay­ ment.


, ents of Grindleton C a r o l S in o inQ


, Primary School for A c a r o l s in g in g the annual carol evening held at


the Duke of York Hotel, on Monday, raised £141.70p for the Pavilion Project fund. D e l ic io u s


vided by mine host Michael Heathcote and thanks were ex­ tended to Michael,


. his staff and all those who joined in.


KNOWLE GREEN —


f S / S a r " D o m in o d r iv e cil), Glenys Latham


; (Sawley village), .Michael Crossland (Cricket Club) and the final lesson was read by the rector.


, The schoolchildren made their contri­ bution to the service by singing “Along to B e th le h em ” and “Angels Sing­ ing”. At the end of the service Father


Christmas made a special appearance


and chocolates or fruits were handed out to everyone. Mulled wine and mince pies were served in the parish room and school


due to the popular- In the snooker match- ity o f the event, so es the A team won


lington Brass Band , Club.


The pool A team won


9-3 against Royal British Legion, but the B team lost 8-4


. to St Peter’s Club, Hurst Green.


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canapes and mulled The children’s Christ- wine were pro- mas party at Low


members’ children to Scott Thompson for organising it.


thanks from all the


On Boxing Day night there will be a fes-


r> °


PENDLETON


Moor Club was a S g IVIcGS fmml’iun*' Christmas services at


Saints’ Church,


five disco with DJ Later that night will be u .


the midnight mass in


mas domino drive _ - r : - •— held in Knowle New Year’s Eve^


Green Village Hall. ”


Together with the annual Christmas draw over £750 was raised for village hall funds. Thanks


are expressed to all who donated prizes for the draw and to all who helped sell tickets.


. , domino drive will whist and


p.m. The Christ mas whist drive will be held on Mon­ day, January lOtli, weather permitting!


hall. The service was SGIVIc G


conducted by the xheje will be a serv- Rey. Canon D. W. . jQg on the morning Mewis and organist of Christmas Day/ was JohnPye.lt was jn Knowle Green a lovely start to the . , Church, at 11 a.m. ' Christmas season.


F am i ly trGG • q p r v ir p q "^Piven


of Gisburn Moth-, ers’ Union by Mr Harold Hoggarth, of Barnoldswick. It had the intriguing title ‘,‘Snuff, spin­ ning and spiritual houses”, and proved to be a journey back- through time as he;


. traced his family tree. A family siiuff


: the Industrial Revo- lution and connec- ■ tions with Whalley


—'■Abbey were all re- vealed in a clear and


. - pleasant manner, .; bringing Mr Hog-


: 'itt followed the tradi-: tional games of pass; ' the parcel.


; .garth’s ancestors into vivid and char- , ,


•./.were followed by a :;>:bnng-and-by stall.' Next month Mr, and ■


■'■ Mrs G.'Bargh will


:• share their.l'Happy Memories; of :Po-


:;vland’t at the annual meetins of the MU.


giveii to,members On S f m a s ^ Eve ; • " *’


Monday there will gabden. which staru be another festive atll-30p.m. , disco with DJ Amdy. 'Xiiere will be no serv-


-i^ St Nicholas Church,


a Jacob’s join party will be held, again


, with music by Andy. Everyone is wel-


. come to all these events. ;•


wereM.Moss-Blun- deli and J. Gmndy.


MARTIN TOP .


be held on Monday, PGStlVG CafOlS


January 3rd at 7-30 On a wintery morning vs rss I 'Is n,


ice on Christmas Day, but there will be a joint service at Whalley on Boxing Dayat 10a.m.


R e c y c lG Bonus ball winners Don’t forget to recycle


all those Christmas cards, envelopes and wrappings, over


■ the festive season. Waste papers will be co l le c ted on Tuesday, December 27th.


last Sunday at Sa­ lem Congregational Chapel, Martin Top, a Christmas carol service was W a s tG p a p e r * held. The chapel The next waste paper and schoolroom : ; collection in Read


READ


had been decorated for the season and the service was led


. 'pjjjg service will last •


just :haIf7an -h ou r ’ and all are most ; welcome.


building and Chris- yyI p a r t y ‘


tingle service^at 6 Members ofKnowle- p.m. in St_Ambrose . Qfggjj and Dutton


factory in Kendal, Qjj Sunday; Boxing cotton spinning in -


Day, there will be pafggi- no service in S ty ^ - ^ , |(jygjy j.g2gjjj|jg


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brose Church’ but ... g y g u ju g^ a s had instead there will b y 'a l l and each


Church, Bolton-by- Rowland.


. acterfulhfe. WlHG taStlHQ Tea and mince, pies Tickets are. now on


sa le for the an- nual wine tasting


with Martin Burt in - Grindleton School


at 10-30 a.m. in St f ' l “ “ J S l


ing°n"^


. member received a : T h ? i S ° r ^ ^


jjg qjj 'Wednesday,


/members always ' welcome.-'-" '


/ |u f u n n o T - - ,


, hall. The event is on D s r tS )


>; Fnday, January 21st Low Moor Club darts . ati7-30.p.ra. 'Last Si. team lost 6-3 to the ;; vear.it was a sell out: .vs Catholic A team:'? i:


Church. Later the [first communion of Christmas will take place at 11-30 p.m. On Christmas Day there will be a serv­ ice of'family com­ munion with carols at 9-30 a.m;


, WI held their annu­ al Christmas party at The Ribchester Arms where they enjoyed: a .lo v e ly Christmas menu- .with all the festive . trimmings. This was


'


; by Mr Peter Wilkin­ son,' o f Leyland. Mr Wilkinson and his wife Janet gave an account o f the events leading up to the birth of Je- sus. The first carol Onc


Roya read by . Mr


and Simonstone will be on Tuesdsay, De c embe r 27th. Please leave white hessian sacks or car- rierbagsout early in the morning where they can be clearly seen by the collec­ tion crew.


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was “Once in Roval oGfVICGS David’s City”.'Dur- ing the service pas­ sages of scriptures were


followed by several in hie


Steve Golding, Mr Robert Taylor, Mrs Maureen . Taylor and Mrs Sandra Lund.


x/ir e x ­


pressed that at the time/pf JesusTife


p n earth niany did hot recognise: He wasjthe.'promised; Messiah) H easked, if wepecognise Him


.: the . minister : the Rev:VDavid Isaacs


closing in prayer.


vj. Organist: was' Mrs ■ Ethel Hartley.


Tea, coffee, biscuits


r & and mince pies were enjoyed, after., the service rn warm fel- -


, lowshio.


The Christmas serv- 'ices for Read and Simonstone begin


; at 4 p.m. on Christ-, mas Eve in St John’s


: Church, Read, with the Sunday School


: children performing their annual Nativity; play in church. The^ midnight Eucharist' will be celebrated in St John’s at 11-30; p.m. The Chnstmas Day services are;


.9 a.m. Holy Com); ' munion in St John’s.- Family, commun^. ion at 10 a.m. in St: Peter’s Church, Sif monstone.


December


26th 9 a.m. Holy Communion in.St John’s, family com-. munton at 10 a.m. tn St Peters, 11 a.m. family communion


• Continued on naeel6


Pendleton, begin with the children’s crib service at 4 p.m.on Christmas Eve.


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