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■ T T Ribble Valley proud in the BBC’s first series of “Junior Apprentice”; •Although not hired by Lord Sugar,


Tim’s spot as runner-up was well deserved and I thought he was unlucky to lose. Asa local reporter for the past 15 years


I have always strived to present an accu- i rate and lioncst account in all my articles and my reports about Tim’s round-by-


round progress on national television were no exception, except this time I had more liurdles to overcome than usual. Only now in this “think piece” am I able


to air some of the personal frustrations I have felt over the past few weeks in trying to get to the bottom of this story to report itaslvyouldhayeliked. Haying watched Tim progress week by


week in the show I know, and you know, • that lie wasn’t fired and yes, I would have loved to speak to Tim first hand about his experiences-7 the boardroom battles, the real-life Alan Sugar etc. - but I wasn’t able to through no fault of his or mine. Our choice of headline last week I’m sure was selected to ensure anyone who


lookingback 100 years ago


A MAN was fined for cruelly to a horse. Insp. Haimes of the RSPCA stated that he spotted the defendant driving a black horse attached to a two-wheeled fiat cart in York Street, Clitheroe. The animal was trotting lame on the near hind leg , dragging the foot at each pace. Insp. Haines stopped the defendant and told him that the horse was lame but he would not accept it had a loose shoe.


• A quarryman was fined 5s and costs


or 14 days’ hard labour after being found guilty of being drunk and disorderly. He was caught shouting and singing at the top of Pendle Road, Clitheroe, and re­ fused to shut up and go home.


A / v certainly did yourself and the


Sugar! I tried asiseelt


by Natalie Cox


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saw the Advertiser could associate that story with “The Apprentice” - in particu­ lar with Lord Alan Sugar and his often seen on screen “You’re fired!” catch- phrase and famous wagging finger. -Although a tremendously talented local


teenager had justifiably earned his place on “Junior Apprentice” from among the 28,0000 applicants, we were not even alerted until someone spotted Tim on the trailers and tipped us off.


' ■ , No one I then spoke to was officially


able to confirm his connection with the Ribble Valley - the production company would only tells us he was a “Lancashire” schoolboy. Hence I put two and two to­ gether from the bits of information I was able to glean and unfortunately made five


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(apologies again to Paul Hogarthf All 1 was seeking to do each week was


promote Tim as an ambassador for him­ self, his scliool and oiir area, but wherever


I turned to try and secure the facts I liit a brick wall. , '' I can understand the production com­


pany wanting to protect Tim. but unfortu­ nately for us and you they opted to tar all “media” with tlie same brush and treat the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times in exactiv


the same way as some of the red top tab' loids. As a result my request for a one-to-one


chat following liis obvious success on the show was met with a long list of require­ ments I would need to fulfil beforehand '


■ Deadlines did not permit such a time-con­ suming task and in the end niy article was based on what I’d seen for myself and a pro-prepared “Q & A” sheet supplied to anyone who requested it.


From a professional point of view I


found “Junior Apprentice” a frustratint; e.\pericnce, personally thougit I tlioroush' ly enjoyed the programme and tltink Tim did himself and the Ribble Valley proud.


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PROMISING off his fancy


SPORTSMEN: Luke (left) is delighted with his iatest achievement and Wili is practising showing footwork on the pitch at Blackburn Rovers, (s)


TWO promising sportsmen are flying the flag for the Ribble Valley. Teenage footballer Will James, who is


50 years ago


FORTY tons of hay was destroyed in a fire at Wood Top Farm. Two pigs and two calves were dragged to safety by the farm­ er, Mr James Seed. The fire crews had to break through a bedroom ceiling to put out a fire which had started in the attic. Mr Seed had just finished milking outside when he caught a smell of the burning hay and raised the alarm.


ed by residents living in Trafford Gardens, Barrow, for the lawns in front, of their houses. The council tenants were annoyed by the children playing on the lawns at all times and damaging the carefully tended lawns which they enjoyed looking out on.


ily, chirping? Is it the sweet piping of children s voices? It may well be. But it


; IS also tlie sound - “bam. bam, bam; bop bop, bop; thump, thump, thump”- o f the


- throbbing bass emanating from the open windows of cars, reverberating against shops and houses as they swoop past (se­ date, they are not). • .


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Not pleasant music, you understand- hardly music at all, in fact. But it raises an


interesting psycho-social question: wliy do they feel the need to do it? Why do they think It must be a “good thing” to inflict wh^at IS, essentially, just noise, on passers-


■ There are several possible answers-


.they think their sound is delightful and : they just can’t resist sharing it with the rest of us; or it makes them feel manly (or laddette-ly) to drive a fast car with blar­ ing speakers (some kind of substitute I m told); or they just don’t care (“it’s my Uiere’s no law against it is


may be more pragmatic: they can’t afford ' air-conditioning!


there? ... is there?). Of course, the answer -


; ■ And whilst I am oh the subject of cars the^irld®'^^** philosophies of


describing IS common enough - I’m sure you, dear Reader, could think of plenty of examples - and the ones I’ve c h K r e symptoms of a much wider malaise A t ' root they share a common characteristic: self-centredne.ss, and a fundamental lack


Hpc *’ -?■-^ behaviour I ’ve been


of consideration for other people their feelings, and their needs


’ as you would


th o u g h tfo rth ew e e k I


T must be summer! Why - is it the sound of birds cheer­


• “Keep off the grass” signs were want­ 25 years ago


HOPES were high of attracting new in­ dustry to Whalley as work on the village’s first-ever advanced factor}' scheme be­ gan this week. The £300,000 project, on the site of the former railway goods yard in Station Road, had already been the subject of inquiries from several firms


, and individuals interested in moving into the units when they were completed. • Unemployed people in Ribble Val­


ley were being given free access to local sports facilities, thanks to a new scheme being introduced by the borough council. For an experimental one year, the coun­ cil was introducing its “Passport Sport” scheme for the registered unemployed.


a pupil at Rowland High School, Grindle- ton, has been signed up by Blackburn Rovers. He has played for the team since the age of 14, but has now been given a professional contract. In addition, he is Welsh Under-16s


captain and also plays for the Under-17s side. He has recently returned from a Eu­ ropean competition and is currently con­ centrating on taking his GCSE’s. During his five years at Bowland High, Will has been the soccer team captain and played for the district team.


Meanwhile, pupil Luke Tasker is all


smiles after winning a trophy in modern pentathlon. He started as a biathlete in Years 7 and 8 and then progressed to modern pentathlon. Over the past two years he has been training with the nation­ al Under-21 squad and regularly competes for Engipd in European competitions. Luke is in the Olympic hopefuls train­


ing squad and hopes to compete for Great Britain at senior level in the 2016 Olympic Games. Commenting on their achievements;


Mr Keefe, Curriculum leader for PE said: “Both lads are potential grade A candi­ dates for GCSE PE. Both pupils have been outstanding sportsmen during their


time at Bowland - representing the school in many sports. They have never failed to play in school teams or to encourage fel­ low pupils to play alongside them. “I am very sad to lose two such pleas­


ant, all-round sportsmen, who have been totally supportive of the PE department and a fine example to younger pupils. I wish them success in their professional careers.” Both Luke and Will added that they


were honoured to represent their coun­ tries, that they appreciated the opportuni­ ties they have been given and would like to thank the school for the support that they have been given to develop their abilities.


SIX-YEAR-OLD Joseph Atkinson is one of two recent winners of bur monthly Relay Reader competition.- • A pupjl at St Michael and St John’s RC Pri­


mary School in Clitheroe, Joseph enjoys'playing with Lego and on his trampoline. ;; His winning review was of Allan Ahlberg’s


(I am, I confess, a driver): why is it now


a push-chair? No chance! Let her use the road. What of the disabled person in a wheelchair? Tough: just wait until I’m ready Jo move (“what’s your problem” etc.); the council tax payer who picks up


common practice to park on pavements' leaving just enough room for a very small P?®*’ ® with


Why? Because it is a basic principle of


, any society that doesn’t want to descend into selfish anarchy. But it is also a funda-.


: mental characteristic of a mature human­ ity. It is that which enables us to rise above basic animal instincts’^es - I’m sure some


animals are loving and considerate as well). '


X It is, to use a buzz-word, all about our


> spiritual nature (which may or may not - be religiously channelled): .those deep attitudes and dispositions which support, motivate and give depth to our lives; that which shapes the things we value, and con­ nects with those things we ultimately take most seriously. ;


- ■ In the words of the great Louis Arm­


strong: if we all just paused for a moment to think about the impact of our actions on others, .“what a wonderful world it would be’’. Come to tliink of it: I wouldn’t mind a bit of Louis warbling from a car window


- or perhaps a blast of Bach - how about you?


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■ REV. CANON DR PETER’ SHEPHERD, '


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Chairman of Clitlieroe Christians : inPartnership ■


book “Miss Brick the Builders’ Baby”. Joseph said his three favourite things in the


book were when the new baby knocked every­ thing down, when Baby Brick knocked the other babies down and when she knocked the trifle, jelly and cake.- He also wrote tliat he’d enjoyed reading the book “because it is fantastic, it made


- melaugh”. . 7 Joseph added: “The part when they went on a bus, a train, a ship and a camel to see Great Un­ cle Brick was really good.”


has also been chosen as our second mqntlily Re­ lay Reader winner.


: • Pendic Primary School pupil Mary Peacliey '


V Mary, who is 11-years-old, enjoys playing crick­


et and the clarinet. She reviewed Adeline Yen Mali’s true story ‘^Chinese Cinderella” to take theRelayReadertitleforMay. ■ - ■ .


■ .Writing about Adeline, who was previously fy called Yen Jun-Ling, Mary said: “Just after she had been born; her mother died and soon after, so did her grandmother. All her family think she is bad luck and they have made her feel unwanted all her life. • “The best bit is when Yen Jun-Ling has a little


duckling called PLT - Precious Little Treasure -b u t soon it is given to the dog (Jackie).


“ “My favourite character is Aunt Baab. She is


the only family member that really cares for Ade­ line. This is a great book.”


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. AVID READERS: Joseph Atkinson and Mary Peachey


Relay Reader winners Act n ow o r face s um m e r d ro u g h t


AFTER months of lower than average rainfall, the region could be facing a water crisis this summer. The Ribblc Catchment Conservation Trust is


warning that water resources are running low across the North West, with some early signs of a possible drought already evident in the Ribble Valley. A report from the Environment Agency states that


the North-West has just experienced its fourth driest December-to-May period since records began back in 1915. As a result, river flows and reservoirs are cur­ rently well below normal levels and we are now in a potential drought situation. Weather forecasts for the coming weeks do not


predict any persistent rainfall, and showers that we may receive are unlikely to have any major impact. Drought conditions do not just affect people; there can be severe environmental repercussions too. In May the Ribble Catchment Conservation Trust dis-


.covered 50 to 60 dead fish in a stream near Sawley, killed as a result of depleted water levels. The low water flow had led to an increased growth


of algae. Algal blooms use up oxygen in streams which effectively suffocates fish and other invertebrates. Here are a few tips on how you can save water;: • Invest in a water butt to store rainwater for wash­ ing the car or watering the plants.


,. • Water the garden in the early morning or evening to reduce the amount of water lost to evaporation. • Wash fruit and vegetables in a bowl rather than under a running tap.


. ' . . ; : . • Wait until you have a full load before switching


-onthewashingmachine. ;■ r • Take quick showers rather than baths.


:: • Don’t leave the tap running when brushing your; teeth or shaving.


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