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■ Write to Ttie Editor, Clitheroe v s Advertiser and Times, 3 King, ; ■


Street, Clitheroe or.email:, duncan.smith@eastlancsnews.co.uk


Recycling centre


closure thoughts AFTER reading the Clitheroe Ad­ vertiser and Times, Conn; Atkinson’s comments on the planned closure of the Lahgho Household Waste Recy- cling Centre by Lancashire County Council, I hereby give notice to him' that I shall not be availing myself of


■ the services of the nearest remaining ■ ,


depot available to me, ie, Henthorn, Chtheroe.


The reasons,are as follows: Henthorn will not “add a mat­ ter of minutes to my journey”, as you .stoop to “Blairspeak’-’ to affirm, but a


: minimum of 50 minutes, more if there ■ is queuing due to the contraction of facilities.


2. Henthorn is not,“within a few


'miles” of my home; but a minimum round trip of 11 miles.. •-


-Therefore; for me, the'closure of '


Langhp HWRC and;LCC’s only al­ ternative is untenable. Should I visit Henthorn onl)j 10 times in any one year, my car will travel an extra 100 miles. Ignoring my tifne', I leave it up to you to calculate the costs incurred in fuel, added environmental pollu­ tion, and wear and'tear. I must add that being a septuagenarian, I don’t enjoy any travelling car perks. Obviously I have been under a false


perception for some time; that the rai­ son d’etre of-HWRCs is the planet’s


primary environmental plight. There­


fore, up to now, recycling is something I haye religiously adhered to, and to the best of my ability; my little bit for future generations. Which leads me to wonder is there


, a hidden agenda? I f the welfare of fu­ ture generations is not so persistent


_ at LCC, could Langho’s site coincide with a pressing desire to turn assets into cash? Is a pension pot in crisis? This leads me, ironically, to the ap-


• proximate cost of£230,000 per annum for running the Langho site, which


must equate, roughly, to the annual salaries of three “inviolable” public employees.


In closing, I am reminded of a state­


ment made last week by LCC’s direc- tor of human resources, Carol Mills, who said, and I quote; “As a council, our first priority is to deliver high quality services...”


Can we expect more of this “Blair­


speak” when it comes to the closing of Langho’s Household Waste Recycling Centre? I only ask.


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JOHNB.LEAVER, ' Manorficlds,


: • . Whalley Winter left our


roads in a state THE worst winter that .we have en­ countered in over 30 years has long- passed, however the damage to our roads has n o t ..


Asa North West MEPI have heard


many concerns about some of the pot- ■ holes that remain on our roads, many of which are a danger to motorists and • pedestriansalike. V What concerns both myself and rnany of my constituents is that coun'-- cils appear to be spending money on traffic projects such as new road lay­ outs, while neglecting simple pothole repairs that could not only cause ac- - cidents and injuries but also damage ■ to vehicles, that in turn could lead to claims against the very authorities


that have failed to take the necessary action.


FINAL RESTING PLACE: Francis Duckworth’s grave in Gisburn. ^Rimingtbn’ not in need of revival


I WAS pleased to read your recent article “Loeal hymns are put on record...” (Clitheroe Advertiser, June 3rd) about the efforts being made to record Franeis Duckworth’s entire Rimington Hymnal, but I take issue with the journalistic licence in “...


. to bring some of Lancashire’s best known hymns back to life” - implying that somehow the dodo was thereby resuscitated.


During ray time as organist at a


rather ordinary south London parish church (with a near 50% black and ethnic minority congregation -


i.e. not too many northerners!) we regularly


used Rimington as the tune for “Jesus shall reign”, -v -' • At the last funeral I attended in


Trinity Methodist, Clitheroe, it was heartily sung by a full congregation who had come from near and far, and not just from, shall we say, “Duck­ worth Country”. And last month I was. at Parish Communion at St Ambrose, Grindleton, and was delighted to find Rinrington as the introit hymn. The 2005 edition of Complete Mission


In an age where councils have re­ fused to let festivals take place be-


;cause o f “health and safety” rules, it appears that they clearly lack any common sense when it concerns real “health and safety” matters. :


■ - PAULNU'ITALL,


UK Independence Party, North West MEP


Headline did not


do Tim justice I WAS disappointed to read your front page headline last week, “Tim


.fired byLord Sugar”. - ■ .


. In fact Tim Ankers was not fired . in the final of Junior Apprentice, but -was a very worthy runner-up. It was a - shame that your news item didn’t reg­ ister that subtle difference, as Lord ' Sugar himself did when making his


.final choice. Tim never had the fir-:-' ing finger pointed at him. He should in fact be very proud.of his achieve­ ment.'


. I do not know Tifh and have never met him, but I followed his progress throughout the series. I saw Tim de­ velop his skills and "confidence as the series progressed.


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Praise (hardly an archive of forgotten music) finds Rimington set to “Give to our God immortal praise” (#171). As far as “no known” Duckworth


recordings goes, perhaps I need to cheat a little. There are electronic renditions of Rimington and other Duckworth tunes on cyberhymnal and similar websites, but for the real thing there are two recordings at www.nor- manfield.com/brassband.htm (scroll down to the green “Zonophone” 78 record label and click on it for the Besses o’th’Barn 1912 version; then scroll further down to the red “Regal” label and click for a rather pedantic 1932 brass and male chorus version).


Now Ms Holden knows what Duck­


worth’s tunes sound like, she might consider a summer evening pilgrimage to St Mary the Virgin, Gisburn, where small signposts in the churchyard di­ rect visitors to where the opening bars of Rimington are to be found carved on the composer’s headstone.


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PAUL FARINA Croydon, Surrey.


He had a great deal to offer on each


project and produced some excellent ideas. He was part of the two-man team in the semi-final which sold


£39,700 of goods - an Apprentice record.


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> It’s not too late to put the record right and maybe encourage Tim by


: writing a full article about his experi- ■ ences in the series. Perhaps you could ;fmd.a better photograph too! Your front page news item did nothing to


praise Tim for his excellent achieve­ ment. -


JENNIFER LOCKWOOD, Woodlands Park, ■ Whalley


■ I WAS saddened to read the article :


, by Natalie Cox on the results of the Junior Apprentice contest this week The headline, “Tim fired by Lord


Sugar”, on the front of the paper, re­ peated on page two, gives an entirely - negative impression of the achieve­ ment of a young man who has, ih fact


come second o f28,000 competitors in ■ a national event. - ■ ■ ' ^ _The details ofTim’s response to


his experience on page two give him credit, but the article gives an inaccu- - ■ rate first impression. My memoiy of


Follow the debate at www.Glitheroeadvertiser.co.uk I would personally have thought


■ - the television programme is that Tim was not fired: Aijun Rajyagorwas told he was the winner, in my opinion a worthyone.


■ The photograph featured is also unfair, suggesting as it does an angry candidate^ not someone who has suc­ ceeded in progressing so far in the- competition. We should support the efforts of


■ all our young people who attempt to achieve, whatever their field. So, many congratulations, Tim!


ROSA M. BETTESS (MRS), Whalley Road, Barrow


Editor’s note: The headline used


for last week’s story played on the “You’re fired!” catchphrase which most people associate with the “Ap­ prentice” programmes, even those who have not seen them but have seen the numerous trailers. While the headline might have given the wrong impression, Natalie Cox’s article was a fair reflection of Tim Ankers’ achievements. We tried several times to secure an interview with Tim for an in-depth article, but were prevented from doing so by the TV production company, which' forbids contestants from talking independently to “the media”. Both the quotes from Tim and the pictures used last week were supplied by the production company.


' See Natalie Cox’s “As I see it” article on page 6.


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Did the sentence fit the crime?


THIS is only the second time I have sent a letter to the Clitheroe Advertis­ er, the last time was around 20 years ago to compliment the Ribble Valley bin men on the excellent job they do. This time it is something complete­


ly different. Like everyone else in the Ribble


I have mixed feelings about this Stop this plan case; firstly I have sympathy with his


Valley I was shocked and saddened to read the article about David Cowgili, who was last week sent to prison for theft from his employer.


family, who must be going through hell. Secondly, I agree what David did


was wrong and probably had he not been caught he would still be doing it now, but once this came to light and he had admitted the offence and paid me money back, surely that would have been taken into account when passing sentence other than the 10


jidge’^ I know I am not aware of all the


tacts of this case and can only com- ment on what I have have read in the Uitheroe Advertiser, as we all know there are two sides to eve^ story etc. But having said all that, on page


three of the same newspaper there was an article about an innocent chan walking home alone behind the Par-


bythreetrat^^^^


^^When and if these thugs are ever caught what will their sentences be? A


hundred hours community service’ ^nWhat I am tiying to say is if somel one has stolen from their employer


re a^cn'^mon th s in prison, is this a reasonable sentence?


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and a f me famflv


‘comments of Dav-


® barrister, Cowgili previous good character


rae family and the case was a “spec­ tacular disgrace” for the defendam'


' that having his photo splashed across


the front page of Clithcroe'Advertiser would have been sufficient disgrace in itself!


DAVID DUGDALE, Lanesidc Farm, Grindicton


■ This week a Budget will impose strict spending cuts.


Also this week Prison Governors


and Probation Officers urged an end to the use of short-term prison sen­ tences for the 8,500 prisoners cur­ rently serving less than 12 months. That may or may not include the


“disgraced” David Cowgill jailed last week for 10 months for crudely steal­ ing £30,000 from his employers. A very small proportion of the £350ni. cost of jailing them could, the experts in their field say, be better spent on intensive community orders. ■ So referring to recent correspond­


ence why could not David spend time collecting litter on weekends? It will cost us far more than £30,000 to lock him up with others where he learns “new tricks”.


BRUCE DOWLES, Whallcy Road, Clithcroc,


Village garden


club closes doors TH IS evening’s meeting of Si- monstone Garden Club will be its last meeting as the club is to close. I have enjoyed being secretary and


would have continuned to do so'if I ’d had a team of committee members to work with, but we needed more support. I would like to thank all the members, some of which have been members for many years. Thank you all. The club will be missed very much and so will you.


’ M. KELLY Club secretary


news BILUNGTON


Stand in There was shoek and ■ horror for Billing- ton and Langlio W1 when Mrs Anne Williams, the speak­ ers secretary, found a message had been left on her answer- phone just one hour before the monthly


meeting, to say that the speaker - The Bra Doctor - was ill and could not be with them.


One of the members, Mrs Barbara Chari-


son, came to the Vvl nSWS rescue and gave an President Mrs Joan impromptuTalk on Mottershaw, was her c.xperiences as


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. a tutor at Denman College, the WI College in Oxford­ shire.


President Mrs Lilian Hargreaves wel-


pleased to welcome many members and visitors to the open meeting held on June 14th at Salcs- bury Memorial Hall.


corned members It was announed that and visitors and to commemorate presented birthday flowers to Mrs Mar­ garet Fulwell.


The competition “My most embarrasing experience” was won by Mrs Jean Hayes with Mrs No- reen Turner coming second.


The raffle winners were Suzanne Kay, Noreen Turner and Ann Osliffe.


Severa l members had been to a fash­ ion show at Hurst Green WI and four


■ members have been invited to Clayton- le-Dale WI next week.


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The next meeting will be on Tuesday, July


■ 13th, at 7-45 p.m. in St Mary’s Parish Hall, Langhd, when Pam Marsden will speak on “Tai Chi”.


MAY I endorse the Barnwells’ com­ ments regarding the Trapp Lane de­ velopment?


It was sanctioned against the wishes


of the local parish council, a plethora of residents and countless others, who know and love the area. Can no-one put a stopper on this


potentially lethal blot on the land­ scape?


:


JO Y SMETHURST, . Scott Avenue, Simonstone


Misguided Ron


YOUR “Letters Page” of June 17th kicked off with a diatribe from Mr


Loebell, as splenetic as it is misguid­ ed.


- I f RVBC paid people overtime to


answer telephones on Sunday morn­ ings, Mr Loebell would be one of the first to whinge when his council tax went up. ,


• I am a fat-cat, chairbound, highly- Preminent Clithe- ,


paid. ward councillor (if Mr Loebell is to be believed), but I try to keep fit by riding a bicycle, which often sports a cardboard box pn the back to help me to collect litter in my ward. The ludi­ crous Mr Loebell is welcome to join m e - i fh e ’sfitenough. “ ;


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JANALCOCK Stonyhurst


Visitors will be most welcome.


CHATBURN


Brew time The monthly cof ­


fee morning and


(June 25th) from 10 a.m. to noon at the Methodist Church. All are welcome.


CHIPPING


Story day St Mary’s School be­


came a living book this week when children and staff dressed up as their favourite storybook ch aracters. The


shire Federation of Women’s Institutes, a gift of a planter had been donated to the Memorial Hall and was expected to be very colourful when established. Photographs of the presentation had been taken.


The highlight of the


talk with musical “il­ lustrations” by Mrs Maureen Shenton about the history of the Von Trapp fam­ ily.


r . , c L . e d b , , h . story of Maria from


the age of two, when


, her mother died. We learned more about ther child­ hood and briefly touched on her time as a nun and shortly


as depicted in the film “The Sound of Music”. At the rele­ vant time in the talk everyone joined in


bring-and-buy takes Captain Von 'Trapp’s from the film.


. event helped to raise money for the storytelling festival to be held'on July Everyone then en- 11th. The children joyed a buffet sup- per followed by the


have also been writ­ ing stories based on “Damsels and Drag­ ons” for the festival goers-to enjoy and


: creating their own medieval banners.


age of 32 after hav­ ing seven children, none of which had the name used in the film. He and Maria married when she was 22 and the Captain was 47 and went on to have four children. The family were internationally famous classical, concert artists who also included Aus­ trian Folksongs in their repertoire. It was a most enjoy­ able and revealing talk.


after her marriage, ^ . . . .


WRITE; Send your news to Village News, Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, BB72EW '


ing garden is really taking shape with, help from the com­ munity. This week


the fencing and rose arch have been con­ structed providing a sheltered arbour for the ehildren’s sto-


Mrs Helen Hebden (Browii paper pack­ ages tied up with string'...); Mrs Jean Ratcliffe (The lone­ ly goatherd with her musical goat); Mrs Valerie Jefferson (the Abbess).


The garden will also be held on Monday, provide a peaceful space available for use by other local groups.


CLAYTON LE DALE


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rytelling sessions. The next meeting will July 12th in Sales-


Mothers Union t o __________ historic Parceval ^ . Hall near:Apple- r 6 I 6 treewick. There The Annual Fete will they were warmly t®ke place on Sun-


HURST GREEN welcomed, and en­


joyed a tasty meal in the atmospheric “solar” with its mas­ sive inglenook fire­ place.


lowed when ar­ rangements were made for Gisburn Mothers’ Union an-. nual whist and dom­ ino drive at Rim-


day, July 4th, when there will be all the usual competitions and fun, including the pet show at 11 a.m.


bury Memorial Hall, A short meeting fol- Emily Cross-Costello Ribchester Road at 7-30 p.m. when the speaker will be Mrs Nora Clay and the subject will be “Under the Makuti Roof’.


Visitors and new mem- bers will be most


ington Memorial The'theme of this Institute on August y ea r ’s event is 7th at 7-30 p.m..


welcome. More An optional tour of the information can be hall’s magnificent obtained from Mrs gardens brought a


01254249711. DOWNHAM


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the 9mh‘rnnTver- Mem^rs and guests sary of the Lanca- Downham WI


didn’t have far to


most enjoyable out- ing to a close.


The MU branch meets again in St Mary’s Church, Gisburn,


GRINDLETON


“farming”, some­ thing which touches the lives of most people in Hurst Green and district -even if its only be­ ing stuck behind a tractor on the nar­ row roads!


on September 14th. Details of the com­ petitions are avail-


travel on their June Stalls outing, when they There will be a book K ld zn n p


dale Restaurant part of the Garden near Chatburn, for Weekend on Sat- their meeting. Four urday, July 3rd and members who had Sunday, July 4th.


been absent due to i f anyone has any “illness and repairs’’ books they arc will- were especially wel-


evening was a the ™®°reed. m„o:,.oi “II. There was a reminder


of the Clitheroe


Area Show on July 24th at Edisford Primary School and


She kept her audience . , . ___„


ganised by Rose­ mary Norgrove and Marion Courtney silenced the chatter with much concen­ tration on the caller until a lovely supper of sandwiches and chips was served.


ratne loiiowea men ppiUtA/ohin a further bingo ses- C^'IOWSnip


followed then


, pjace this Friday first wife died at the singinpome songs The next meeting,


prizes and an end to a different and very enjoyable evening.


will be “An audi­ ence p a r t ic ipa ­ tion, handling and guessing the names and uses of many objects” with June Corner. Sales table, £1 stall.


DUNSOP BRIDGE


School event Thorneyholme RC School is hosting an end-of-year event tomorrow night (June 25th) with a barbecue and sports event for pupils and local residents. -


sion brought more Narrop Christian Fel- .


. • inurchiM mdt/-»T\


back in Downham, ■ is on July 15th and


lowshipmeton Sun­ day afternoon when the Revs Diane and Keith Hunter ministered in word and song. Diane’s message was on the Prodigal Son stress-


■ ing the father’s for­ giveness and com­ paring him to God’s love which is uncon­ ditional, patient, passionate, personal and pleasing.


Tonight there will be the monthly prayer


ing to donate please leave them at the back of church or contact Doreen Wilson on 01200 428385 for further details.


en try forms were Also any plants, vases, collected. .


baskets or garden-


ing magazines for the plant stall can be left at The Rec­ tory or contact Val Mewis on 01200 441154.


HARROPFOLD


able from Kath on 826898 and on the website: www.hurst- green.co.uk


t popped” down stall in Grindle- n th cmM ^ he road to Green- ton School hall as ‘ ".re® re.'™'® ol May,


the Kidzone group from St John^s and All Hallows ran their first residen­ tial weekend away at Arnside Youth Hostel. Eighteen young people made the trip accompa­ nied by parents and friends. They had a fantastic time, start­ ing with a barbecue on the Friday night. During the next bvo days they packed in walking, a train ride, swimming, cycling along Morecambe Prom and their own Sunday service.


KNOWLE GREEN


Lunch concert The last concert of


the present series of Thursday Lunch­ time Concerts at the village hall will on today (June 24th) featuring David Sumbler on flute and Alison Havard on piano. The con­ cert commences at noon and admission including luncheon is £14. To book please telephone


johntravis.event- slimited on 01254 826948.


On Sunday next Pastor Breakfast and Brew A.B. Robertson will


meeting at 7-45 BlkefS bfOW ,


resume his studies on the Holy Bible. The service will be-., gin at 2 p.m. and all


are welcome to all of the meetings.


■ S & f S Z d CISgWH of Music” themed , , fancy dress, in which MothOfS U n lo n • 11 memberes took A pleasant coach tour part, i


The school’s storytell- The winners were:


through Wharfedale took members and


The Fellowship wishes one of its members, ■ June Carr, a speedy


The popular Bikers


recovery from her . information can be recent operation, obtained by phon-


Prayers were said fog 01254 989394. on her behalf and


it is hoped she will SaiG soon be back.


The church will hold


at Knowle Green Church Hall will be held on Saturday (June 26th) when breakfast will be served from 9 a.m. until noon. All bik­ ers are most wel­ come, admission is free and more


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Open Monday - Friday Sam - 5.30pnf.Saturday,9an& Spm Sunday 10.30am^4 ' Cafe closes half


Garden C entre3^*’"^'“


is this years Fete Queen. She attends St Joseph’s School and will be appear­ ing in November’s pantomime.


an “attic sale” on Saturday, July 3rd starting at 10 a.m. Items for the'sale may be brought along to the church an y t im e from Thursday, July 1st. Refreshments will be'available throughout and all proceeds are for church funds.


Vision aid Mrs Sheila Booth


gave a very interest­ ing talk to Knowlc Green and Dutton WI about the in­ credible work being done by Vision Aid Overseas. Sheila’s husband Peter is an


. optician and joined a team of volun­ teers from Vision


■ Aid Overseas on a trip to Ethiopia He was shocked to learn that there were no opticians in Ethiopia.


Prior to their visit they appealed for old or unwanted specta cles, which they had to sort into boxes o f various lens strengths.


On arrival in Ethio­ pia the clinic was packed with hun­ dreds of people wanting glasses. A basic eye test was


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given but every­ one was thrilled with th e i r '“new specs” and the fact that they could see tilings clearly, which in many cases meant the difference be­


tween getting a job ornot.


Several years later Pe­ ter returned to Ethi­ opia to help train 15 students to become opticians and after mueh hard work


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Sheila joined Peter on this visit and worked in various hospitals.


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