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are spelled out with'fierce precision. We are given young Sarah’s GCSE results, glittering with more stars than an advent calendar, and told of little James’ key role in the most frugal defence Lancashire Un- der-7s football has seen for some time. I would not mind so much if these Iet-


ters were simply unashamedly boastful. Instead, we are subjected to undignified and.transparent attempts at modesty. A classic example is “Little Jonny has just taken his'Under-8s exams. His results are


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SOCIALISM dubbed “farcical”: “A lecture was delivered by Mr T. Ducat, of the Anti-Socialist Union, in Whalley Assembly Room, on “Nationalisation”. Mr D. Travis.said he thought it would be idle to pretend that socialism had not made progress in the countiy during the past 10 years. The exigencies of political fife and the strenuousness of struggle for existence had attracted adherents to the socialist cause. The present industrial chaos was due to the Socialistic tenden­ cies of the present Government. Social­ ism was incapable of being carried into effect without irreparable damage to the nation. Socialism, in his opinion, would never be adopted by this countiy because it attacked two of the institutions which were dear to the heart of every English­ man-his home life and religion.” • A letter to the editor: “Will you per­


mit me to correct a statement from your last issue. Mr John Jackson referred to the ‘drink traffic’ as ‘the cause of much crime and poverty’. The proportion of the total crime of the country associated with intemperance is barely one-tenth.”


with'a’card you send out a “round robin” letter keeping your friends up to date with family news. In reality, for many people, the circular is a vehicle for publicising their family’s achievements. - Academic and sporting achievements


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as follows: English 89%, maths 86%, sci­ ence 92%... I don’t know where he gets it from!” Note the dreaded exclamation mark, the foolproof signifier of false mod­ esty. ■


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to himself in the same kind of self-aggran­ dizing third person in which Julius Caesar wrote “The Gallic Wars” - possibly the most egomaniacal document ever written. Old J.C. would have loved the Christmas circular: “Julius has had a successful year. After subduing and enslaving the Gal­ lic peoples he crossed the Rubicon, thus signalling his intent for world domination -venividivici! In other news, young Augustus has been appointed to the College of Pontiffs - 1


. was playing the male lead, the “step-fa­ ther” of the Christ-child no less.


send out nauseatingly boastful Christmas circulars, how.about putting an end to it all from this year forward? Or, if not, why not just drop the charade and the false modes­ ty, and, instead, send out with your festive greetings cards a small dossier: your an­ nual bank statement; your five-year-old’s glowing school report card; and a copy of your son’s Oxbridge degree.


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YOUNG Rotarians of tomorrow from Wadding­ ton and West Bradford: Primary School have been: doing their bit to bring a i smile to the faces of poor children.' The Rotakids Club,


50 years ago


VIEWERS watching the BBC television programme “Points North” had a glimpse of an old craft rapidly becoming extinct - the ancient art of clog making. Mr Ri­ chard Turner demonstrated his skill as a


dogger in his premises on Lowergate in Clitheroe. Incidentally; the craft is not en­ tirely dead - you can still buy handmade clogs not too far away, at Walkleys Clogs in Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge. ■ © Several Sabden people took part as


extras in a film being shot in Blackburn. Some of the stars were actors in Corona­ tion Street, others were June Ritchie and Alan Bates, of “Whistle Down the Wind” fame. Among the extras were Mrs Marga­ ret Warburton, of Pendle Street East, Mrs


Gladys Bailey and Mr Arthur Randle, of Sabden. 8 The first snowstorm of the Ribble


Valley winter struck suddenly, with cars becoming stuck on Waddington Fell, the Nick o’Pendle and the Trough of Bow- land, where snow was reported as eight inches deep. Buses were also stuck in the


snow in King Street and the Market Place in Clitheroe.


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sunshine, casting a bold and detailed shadow onto the wall of the room where I was sitting.' : ■ It was so intricate and lovely that I


pointed it out to the child sitting next to me. Though it was so much like the plant that it was recognisable as a fennel seed head, it was not the plant. The shadow made me think of a paint­


ing by Magritte that an art student friend had been talking about, “Ccci n’est pas une pomme” (“This is not an apple”), a beautiful portrait of a green apple with a flush of red.


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T was a very fine Autumn morn­ ing, there was no wind and a plant outside was perfectly still in the


25 years ago


. SCHOOL children were full of ideas for spending £1,000 in prize money: “Enthu­ siasm in submitting ideas for spending the Clitheroe 800 £1,000 prize has been shown by young and old. The response has been far greater than committee chairman Ian Lloyd ever expected and


. has resulted in a large number of sugges­ tions which will be considered. Pupils in the City and Guilds community group at Ribblesdale School have come up with a number of ideas, including a flag for the Castle with a new design, a statue in the Market Place of either De Lacy (who constructed Ciitheroe castle), Ghandi (who visited Citheroe), or the Princess Royal who opened Ribblesdale School.” ® A night of nostalgia was advertised:


“Were'you a teenager in the swinging 60s? Then here’s your chance to make a big comeback - at Trinity Youth Club’s ‘Back to the 60s’ night! A week on Sat­ urday, ovef-15s are invited to pull on their flares and let down their hair to the sound of The Pleasers and a disco from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m'. Sixties dress is optional, all proceeds are for club funds.”


sponsored by the Rotary Club of Clitheroe, is in its first year and has already been involved in two projects following the Ro­ tary motto “Service above Seif”. The purpose of Rotakids is to help build children’s self-esteem and community service eth­ ics by introducing Rotary concepts of service, under­ standing and citizenship. The first project for the


children was to fill shoe­ boxes for poor children this Christmas; If any other school or


youth organisation would. like to form a Rotakids club, they are asked to ring Roland Hailwood on 01200424240.


■ There is usually one child who, often by virtue of a lamentable lack of years, has not accumulated as many accolades as his elder siblings. He is therefore relegated to a small sixth paragraph. Something is always found to boast about, however. In a circular from last Christmas, I was in­ formed that little Timmy had appeared in the school nativity. The parents were keen to add that he played the part of Joseph - clearly they would hate us to think that their progeny was portraying some tup- peny-happeny shepherd, or merely one in a vast angelic gaggle. On the contrary, their young Laurence Olivier-in-waiting


don’t know where he gets it from!” Team on cue to help hospice


TODBER Caravan Park, close to Gisbum, has once again shown its support for Pend­ leside Hospice and raised a fabulous £360. The money has been raised by the park’s


big-hearted poolteam through various pool challenge matches at Todber against the lo­


cal pool team from nearby Rimington Cara­ van Park.-;


. / Todber Pool team member Fred Leaver


said: “Thank you to Sid and all our friends at Rimington for taking part in the challenge matches. It was a well-fought challenge, with Todber emerging victoriousIThank you to everyone that took part and helping us raise money for Pendleside Hospice.” If you are looking to organise your own


event in aid of Pendleside Hospice, call its fund-raising team on 01282 440140 or e- mail: lisa'.riding@pendleside.org.uk


RACK ’EM UP: Todber Caravan Park pool team members Dave Baldwin, Fred Leaver, John Tomlinson and Roy Simpson with the cheque.


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ROTAKIDS: Pupils from the school are pictured with Rotarian Peter Cunliffe. Pendle Club’s 61st


seeming like an apple because we have ex­ perienced an apple and brought that exoe- ncnce to the painting.


But the picture is so good at looking and • .


might think that we knew what an apple looking1 W


We can read about God, we can listen


to a speaker talking about religious expe­ rience and we can sit or stand, pray or sine but we cannot begin to know God without ■ the personal experience.


•o?e .intc,,ectual Knowing is nothing ’ what th 3n Persona> experience of


in the same way that a picture of an apple cannot be an apple.


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If we had only seen the painting we C Cann0t know what n is tyjust Quakers believe, along with other faith


groups, that there is that of God in eve­ ryone, that there is the love or light from God in us, and through us into the world. One way we can know God is through the love of other people; different with each experience and each adding to our knowl­ edge of that source frpm which it came, - Maybe the apple was not the best im­


age to choose as it was the temptation in the garden of Eden, perhaps I should have chosen “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”) about which Magritte said: “Of course it’s not a pipe) try filling it with tobacco”.


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CELEBRATIONS: Coun. Simon Hore; Mr Brian Nightingale and Coun. Susan Knox at the 61st birthday party, (s)


the president of the club, who is also town mayor, Coun. Susan Knox, Rib­ ble Valley Mayor Coun. Simon Hore, the club’s chaplain, the Rev. Andy Froud, chairman Mr Bri­ an Nightingale and trus­ tees Phil Morris and John Myers. Entertainment for the


enjoyable event was pro­ vided by-Mr Peter Cun­ liffe, who led a very loud and enthusiastic sing-a- long at the keyboard. Members tucked into


a delicious table buffet accompanied by a rather special punch drink. The party was organised and presented by the cater­ ing volunteers from the Wednesday Luncheon Club. '


A BIRTHDAY atmos­ phere was created as The Pendle Club in Lower- gate, Clitheroe, celebrat­ ed its 61st birthday. Special guests included


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GRATEFULLY RECEIVED: Rotarians Miles Leadbeat- er (left) and Trevor Roberts.


GENEROUS shoppers at a Clitheroe supermarket meant a collection by local Rotarians raised almost £2,000. By kind permission of


Booths supermarket, mem­ bers of the Rotary Club of Clitheroe held the weekend collection in aid of various good causes including the Mayor’s Christmas Appeal, Crossroads and Life Educa­


tion, raising a total of £1,988. Rotarian Bill Honeywell


Booths for allowing us to col­ lect on their premises.”


commented: “Once again the people of the Ribble Valley have shown their generos­ ity despite difficult financial times, and we are now able to help these worthwhile chari­ ties with financial support. “We are also grateful to


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