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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,Thursday, November 17,2011


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Don’t curtail our freedom of speech


. IN your worthy paper of the November 10th, an unknown person wrote in the letters page, about this paper’s so called indulgence in presenting party political broadcast at eveiy turn of the page. May I enlighten this unknown person


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that we still have, I believe, our rights of freedom of speech in this England of


. ours. This hard-won freedom of many hundreds of years’ standing allows each free citizen of England to express their points of view in any means that are avail­ able.


. ■. • ■ ■ The birth of the newspapers came


about with the express desire to inform to everyone what was happening in the area that they lived in, both locally and nation- ally. ' This way of conveying news and views


has been used by every individual and every political party, who needed to put their views to the populace at the earli­ est time and in greater detail than word of mouth could do, has been with us for .centuries. I am, at the moment, unable with re­


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gard to my current position as an Elec­ toral agent for a political party, to expand on any political item, but I must point out that over the past 40 years, I have written articles and letters to this paper and have found that the editors and reporters have given you, the public, a well balanced and informattve worthy newspaper. If this unknown person does not like


that, then she or he can always read the comic strips in the national papers. Or is there (as I suspect) a political mo­


tive behind her or his letter? One won­ ders which party flag he or she has in their cupboard, perhaps this unknown person, would care to share that information with us ail.


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■ Write to The Editor; Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe or email:


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Follow the debate at www.clitheroeadvertjser.co.uk It was inspiring to see so many people


Or is it that this person is of the opinion


that freedom of speech must be curtailed at all costs and we must go down the road of dictatorship.


RJ.M. LOEBELL, Low Moor, Clitheroe


Sunday’s a poor


show in Clitheroe HAVING this morning (Sunday) been to - Clitheroe, I was disappointed to find the number of shops open could be counted on one hand. The Ribble Valley are missing a golden


opportunity to make money. It is no good the coffee shop being open if there is no- one to use it. As a rate payer it makes me wonder why we pay? You can still get money from the banks’ ATMs, but what is the point if you cannot spend it? If other small towns can open on a Sun­


day then why not Clitheroe? Business people may wonder why their customers go out of town. Three weeks running up to Christmas is no good - most people have done their shopping by then. Come on Clitheroe, give us a reason to pay our Council Tax.


Bonnygrass Terrace, Billington


A privilege to be a


part of it all PLEASE pass on thanks to everyone who helped lead and took part in this year’s Town Remembrance ceremonies, on Fri­ day the 11th and on Sunday the 13th at Clitheroe Parish Church and at the Cas­ tle.


Mayor’s festive cheer at Carr Hall


take part in remembrance and thanksgiv ing for those who have sacrificed so much for our freedoms. I would like to particu­ larly thank all those who brought so many young people along; leaders of uniformed organisations, youth workers and teach­ ers from our local schools.


It was a moving experience to be part of such a community: thank you.


REV. ANDY PROUD, The Vicarage,


Church Street, Clitheroe


Thanks to Good


Samaritans COULD I, by way of your paper, thank the two young men who came to my aid when I fell in the road in Clitheroe on Friday the 4th of November, also the two people in a car who stopped to see if I was alright. I am now back home after having a plate in my arm and doing fine. Thank you all again


MRSPETERS, . Langho


S. PEEL, Who’s the ‘special


one’ these days? I HOPE it has not escaped the notice


of your readers, the demise of the pseudo “special relationship” between the British Prime Minister and the President of the United States. Now Obama chooses to telephone the


real influential heads of state of Europe, Merkel and Sarkozy.


ROBIN PARKER, St Chad’s Avenue, Chatbum


A fine career? Just look here


EMPLOYEES with the di- pane’s drug delivery systems versified technology company business. Dave explained: “I 3M - which has a manufac- didn’t receive much careers turing site at Clitheroe - are advice when I was at school, sharing their career experi- but I was lucky in getting a ences online to give school, summer job at a large engi- students a personal insight neering company and that into the world of work.


personal experience opened The company has de- my eyes to what I wanted to


vised a free online resource do. We hope 3M Careerwise for secondary schools, will help young students to Called “3M Careerwise” get a better picture of the (www.3Mcareerwise.co.uk), range of options for them to


, aged 11 to ,14, particularly “My advice is to not under- those considering their choice estimate your abilities - find of GCSE subjects.


aimed primarily at students aim at. , something you’re passionate The website uses a ques- about and go for it.”


FESTIVE CHEER: Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Simon Hor= is pictured with his wife Grace Hore opening the new Christmas shop at Carr Hall Home and Garden, (s)


. officially opened by Ribble door lighting plus a large se- Valley Mayor Coun.- Simon lection of Christmas baubles,


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H° re\ Father Christmas also paid suit eveiy home.; .■ ■ - ; decorations and garlands to


the home and garden centre, •; There are also individually which is situated on Whalley themed display areas, a wide Road, Wilpshire, a visit - to range of Christmas cards the delight of local youngsters, products, toys and gifts, plus


: The Christmas shop, which festive food in the centre’s - is spread over 5,000 square Farm Shop.


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CARR Hall Home and Gar- metres, has a.wide range of den’s Christmas shop has been . artificial trees, indoor and out-


, tionnaire to help students . Giving her support to the focus bn what interests and ■ launch c f the new resource is motivates them and then broadcaster Maggie Philbin, matches their results with ( who has long championed short video interviews of the the importance of students 3M employees who share, choosing science, technol- similar characteristics. Thirty ogy, engineering and maths employees have taken part : (STEM) subjects as a path to


and reveal such insights as future careers. what they were like at school, Maggi ecomment ed:


- the jobs they’ve done since “There’s still a wide miscon- then, what they do now and ception that doing science what advice they would give subjects at school tends to their teenage selves. '


Mead only to careers involving


c 4 mong them is Dave, working in a laboratory. The Smith, a former site man- ^experiences that the 3Mem-


ager at 3M Clitheroe and ployees share'in the videos now; manufacturing opera- - show that’s very far from the tions manager for the com- - truth.” ’V


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WRITE: Send your news to Village News, Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2EW EMAIL: Email your village news to marcia.morris@east lancsnews.co.uk CLICK: Log on to www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk for village news online


BALDERSTONE


Annua! meeting At the annual meeting of Balderstone and Dis­ trict WI, members were given an illustrated talk by Gwyneth Ashworth


' entitled “In the Wake of the Vikings”. Slides of the Arctic Circle were shown by her family. ■


A competition for a hand- knitted garment was won by Helen Mee, run­ ner-up was Pat Head­ ing. Raffle winner was Carolyn Hymas, second was Anne Royle.'


The next meeting will be on Tuesday, December


" 13th whep it will be a Christmas party.


BARROW


Festive fair Barrow School’s Christmas fair is being organised


: by the Friends of Bar- row School on Saturday, November 26th from 10 a.m. to noon.


There will be toy and book stalls run by the school council, chocolate tom­ bola, festive arts and


. crafts, lucky dip, cards, luxury hamper raffle and much more plus new


, for this year the chance to score-a goal against


•...Santa as well as a body zorbing for adults and


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; children: : ^ B I LU N G T O N :


Community' The Remembrance service Von Sunday in Billington


. Community Church was . taken by the Rev. Don Johnson with, candles of Remembrance be-


7 ing lit by members of the congregation and


two wreaths of pop­ pies in honour of the fallen were laid at the altar. “We Honour the. fallen by remembering


: their sacrifice made for us” said Rev. Johnson. The hymns “Lord of all • Hopefulness”, “As the


: Deer_Pants” and “God is our Strength and Ref­ uge” were sung. The Bi-


• ble, reading from Micah , Chapter four, verses 1-8 “The Lord’s Universal Reign” was read by Mrs Barbara Mason and Mrs Sheila Stott read from 1st Corinthians Ch 15 v 50 -58 with Romans


,,. Ch 8 v 31-39 read by the minister.; 7


Cafe Bar The cafe bar this Saturday


: is open 10-30 a.m. until 1-30 p.m. for good food and fellowship, come and enjoy.


Tea and chat Please note that the tea ^nd chat afternoon on December 1st will start i at 1 p.m. not the usual


Thames walk President of Billington and Langho WI Mrs Barbara Charlson welcomed members and guests to the November meeting and introduced Steuart and Anita Kellington, speakers for the evening. They talked about their journey walking along the Thames, from the source in Gloucester­ shire to the mouth in London. They accom­ panied their talk with some stunning photo­ graphs taken on this journey of 180 miles. Thanks were given by Mrs Marie Smith.


Final details were given of a visit to Harrogate Christmas Craft Fair, on Thursday, and also a theatre trip to see “Scrooge” at the Lowry.


Birthday flowers were pre­ sented to Mrs Janice Mustoe. A competition for a picture of London was won by Mrs Mau­ reen Topham, with a photograph of the Lon­ don Eytij second was Mrs Doreen Penny and third Mrs Jean Hayes.


Raffle winners were Ann Aspin, Noreen Turner and Maureen Loft-


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BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Garden club. . At.the meeting ofBolland Gardening Club Mr and


of interesting and well- grown plants, a design that enhances the plant­ ing, not to mention a garden made with love and care that will keep visitors interested for at least 45 minutes. A lot of hard work is involved and the owner should be happy to chat to visi­ tors.


They continued by show­ ing slides of a number of very different local gardens that are in the scheme, in each case stating why they had been accepted.


Thanks were given by Mrs Cunningham. Refresh­ ments were provided by Mesdames Bacon, Hargreaves and Welsh.


There will be no meeting in December, instead there will be a Christ­ mas dinner at The Calf s Head, Worston, on the 14th. The first meet­ ing of the New Year will be on the January 11th, when Mr Witton will give a talk entitled “Hardy Planters Winter Survival Kit”.


Young farmers Members of Bolton-


by-Bowland Young Farmers’ Club met for a visit to Paint Pot at


. Backridge. Members painted festive decora-


. tions ready for Christ­ mas and had a.veiy en-. joyable time. '


''tqh-le-'DaleVasristaht- Lancashire County Or­ ganisers for the Nation-


■ al Garden Scheme, gave a talk entitled “Visit a Garden Near You”. They started by giving a brief history. William Rathbone, a merchant in Liverpool in the 1850s paid for carers to look after his terminally ill wife. After her death he realised that there would be many not in a position to pay for such care and he gave money to pay for carers who subsequently became district nurses. The NGS was the brainchild of Elsie Wagg, of East Grinstead, Sussex; her


: garden was the firstto be opened in 1927. Charg­ ing one shilling (5p) per visit, the scheme raised £3,000 in its first year, to help pay for pensions for the Queen’s Nurs­ ing Institute (District Nurses). The NGS be­ came a charity in 1980, mainly raising money for cancer care chari-


i, ties such as Macmillan Nurses. In 2010, 3,700


Gardens have to be vet­ ted before they can join the scheme. Among the criteria that have to be


gardens were opened in England and Wales rais­ ing £2.6m.


.Mrs. RichardA;of;Clayr; J Farmers, members;to


•Next week’s meeting is a : . regional meeting hosted by. Slaidburn -Young;


at the LALC AGM.


Chatburn was the first par­ ish in the Ribble Val­ ley to achieve Quality Status. There are only two Quality Councils in the. Ribble Valley, Chatbum and Clitheroe Town Council.


Chatburn now has a very successful Youth Fo-


, rum which gave a pres­ entation to the Par­ ish-Council’s Liaison Committee which was very well-received. The youths are doing a fan­ tastic job in Chatburn and have been invited to speak to other parishes interested in running a .similar scheme.


Manor House Armistice Day was very meaningful for the residents of The Manor House, Chatbum, when


. 87-year-old war.vet­ eran Mr John Holden told them of his experi­ ences during the Second ! World War.


He concluded his talk with the poignant words “They shall not grow old


•as we that are left grow old”, followed by the affirmation “We will remember them”. Resi­ dents, staff and day care visitors observed a two- minutes’ silence as they..


’ remembered all those who gave their lives in service of their country.


The autumnj.half-yearly ‘■icollectidh made by the.


•i -'meet at Boltori-by-Bpw-: > land Village Hall car .. park at 6-45 jp.rn. 7.


CHATBURN


Extravaganza Christmas shopping ex­ travaganza to be held tonight Thursday, at 7 p.m. in The Pavilion, at Shackletons, Chat- bum. £3 entry including a glass of mulled wine and a festive treat. All proceeds to go to Clit­ heroe Salvation Army Christmas Toy Appeal. Please bring along a new toy which will go to a local child who would not otherwise receive anything. Thirty stalls selling jewellery, hand-; bags, Pampered Chef, scarves, chutneys and jams, 23 from Bolton- by-Bowland, Christmas decorations, Cosgroves’ ladies and men’s and. lots more.


Parish council It has been a busy time for members of Chatburn ..Parish Council.. Chat-.


. bum won the Most Im­ proved Village Trophy in the 2011 Best-Kept. Village Competition, and was proud to have


• been re-accredited with Quality Status, the cer­ tificate will be presented


'. and Ribble Valley for ■ Cancer. Research UK ..raised £3,232.21p. from home_collecting boxes, envelopes; boxes in ho­ tels and shops and do­ nations. The total col­ lection for the year was £8,227.55p.


Chairman Mrs Sheila Blackburn and members of the committee wish to sincerely thank every­ one concerned for their generosity and continu-


. ing support which is veiy much appreciated:


CHIPPING


Concert A Christmas concert, will be held on Sunday, December 11th at 2-30 p.m. in Chipping Village Hall, featuring Phoenix Strings Orchestra, Oc-


. tameron Singing Group, Chipping Combined Choir and Chipping Children’s Choir.


Entrance |s £5 by ticket only (accompanied


■ children under 16 free) available from Brabin’s shop, Robinson’s butch­ ers or 01995-61586.


Young farmers Members of Chnipping


'■ Young Farmers’ Club met on Monday for an informative discussion


Cancer,research .


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on antique silver by Mark and Marion Fla­ herty. They were shown various silver items from 1700s to present day and asked to identify, value or determine which was the oldest or most valu­ able. This proved a very interesting evening as members tried to iden­ tify quaint and exquisite items and their uses. Winners were “Rich­ ard’s Angels” and run­ ners-up the “Woolly Jumpers”.


Rob Flaherty gave a re­ port on the charity gala at Rivington Barn in aid of RABI and Peter Holden gave a report on the Bowland Regional meeting. Kirsty Hodkin- son and Jess Seed were congratulated on their hard work over the last couple of weeks on the new notice board, which is a fantastic showcase of the club for all to see in St Mary’s Hall.


Also, D. and D. Wallbank Contractors, following their recent talk and impression of the club, have offered to sponsor the next set of sweat-


• shirts. Next week’s is a joint meet­ ing with Slaidburn YFC in their hall at 7-30 p.m.


DUNSOP BRIDGE


Annuai meeting ; At the beginning of the an­ nual meeting of Dunsop .. Bridge Wl.a minutes’


7, ‘silence was .observed - for a past member Mrs Maiy Rushton who died ■ recently. '. 7


President Mrs M. Beattie i was in the chair and wel­ comed everyone, espe­ cially Mrs C. Blakey and Mrs A. Swindlehurst, of Slaidburn WI, who acted as tellers at the election of officers.


Reports were given by , treasurer Mrs B. Clark­ son and secretary Mrs J.


. Carr. In her address retiring president Mrs Beat- tie thanked all officers, committee and other members for their help and support over he last four years.


The Popplewell Trophy for most points gained in monthly competi­ tions was won by Mrs M. Beattie. ..


The Dowle Trophy, for most points gained by a Dunsop Bridge member in classes at the Hodder Valley Show was won by Mrs S. Winstanley. ,


The new president will be Mrs.Winstanley with Mrs M. Pinder and Mrs L. James being vice- presidents. Mrs Carr was re-elected secretary and Mrs A. Hargreaves -. was elected treasurer.


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