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■ and whether the public holiday for the Coronation should cover more than one day. The Prime Minister replied in the negative, but said the exception would be the County of London. For public con venience, he said the first day of the Roy al Progress, Friday 23rd of June, should be a bank holiday in London.
THE Coronation was a hot topic: “In many Lancashire towns, the corporation has decided what form the Coronation festivities shall take, but in Clitheroe, all of the townsfolk arc to have a voice in the matter, a public meeting having been called for Thursday next. If any rate pay er has a suggestion to put forward, it will be carefully considered at the meeting.” Further debate went on: “In the matter of public holidays, London is to be fa voured. The question was asked in Parlia ment if the extra day’s holiday was to be omitted from those due for Whitsuntide
it would have little effect on the visual as pect of the village. Indeed, the whole de velopment would seem to have no adverse effect on any aspect of the village. CEG
sions would have no doubt interested our Cistercian forebears in Whalley Abbey. The monks would have come across many
project themselves almost as the saviours of our village. All this talk of saviours, saints and vi
have had a vision for Whalley. This vi sion is of a housing estate of 300 houses which would be a “proper” development, unlike others in the village. Building it would solve all our infrastructure prob lems. There would be a new school, flood ing would be reduced, traffic congestion would be controlled, there would be a nursing home and even someone appoint ed to change the travelling habits of the villagers to make them more sustainable, perhaps another St Christopher? It would be landscaped so carefully that
heroe Advertiser. CEG tell us in their proposals that they
WRITE in the interest of balance following the platform given to Steven McBurney of Commercial Estates Group last week by the Clit-
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murkier. The Education Authority mav accept the contribution from CEO hm even if the borough council then pas '
b y N ic k W a lk e r Chairman of Save Whalley Village Action Group
claims in their lives, but would no doubt have wanted to check the proof of claims before accepting them as genuine. So it is with the villagers of Whalley. Let us exam ine just one of CEG’s claims. . In their article CEG all but promise a
new school in the village. Yet it is not their decision, and the Local Education Au thority remain ominously silent. So what are they offering? Land which they do not even own yet, and a contribution cal culated (in Mr Mcburney’s words) by an “open, long established and transparent” method. Indeed it is, and we have done the sums. It tells us their contribution would be £1.16m., some £2.5 m. short of the sum required to build a one-form entry school. Here is where the waters become even
, the auth ^ty to spend the money on a new school. This IS a story familiar to Whallev residents, as they watch the land previow ly set aside for a school at Calderstones
the application, there is no obligation on » So, are we right to be sceptical of the
CEG’s vision is no more than a miraae created by the heat of their accountants rubbing their hands together. That is the crux of this matter: money and the max imising of profits, nothing else. It is that .which the Valley needs to remember in all dealings with developers.
claims made by any developer? Of course we are. The people of the Ribble Val ley are not easily fooled by the offers of sweeteners made by developers. CEG sav that the Valley needs their houses They base this not on actual need, but on arbi trary targets concocted in Whitehall and supported by a planning system and reeu- lations which demands that ever more houses be built in all areas of the country Sadly, after examination it appears that
disappearing under yet another housinp i estate.
Who needs who?! Memorable day for visitors I
watch the Freedom of the Bor ough parade with Clitheroe’s Mayor, Coun. Alan Yearing, and Town Crier Roland Hailwood, who are both members of the Ro tary Club of Clitheroe. On their final day they also visited the lo cal heat of the Rotary Technol ogy Tournament for high school pupils, held in Accrington.
were all from the Manila area and had been guests of the local Rotary District for their month in the UK, ending their visit with the Rotaiy Club of Clitheroe. That meant they were able to
their own vocation in a different country. The group from the Phillipines
a Group Study Exchange, an ini tiative from Rotary International enabling young professionals across the globe to learn about different cultures and to study
VISITORS from the Phillipines had a memorable climax to their month-long stay in the area when they watched the Freedom of the Ribble Valley parade for the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment. The visitors were taking part in
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FOUR more girls were chosen at a dance in Chatburn to take part in the Show Queen contest for Clitheroe Agricultural Society’s annual show. The judges were Richard Attenborough, film star and pro ducer of “Whistle Down the Wind”, being filmed in Worston, and Bryan Forbes, his co-director. The girls chosen were: Alice Nowell (18), of Newton, Susan Russell
ed an invitation to be Mayor of Clitheroe lor a second year.
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(17), Beryl Quinton (18) and Sylvia Parker (16) all of Clitheroe. • Station Qfficer Albert Pearce, of Clitheroe, who was in charge
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A SAWMILL boss returned home only 12 days after a horrific saw machine acci dent which nearly claimed his life. Bam'e Sykes (40) was injured when a machine started unexpectedly and pushed him into the back of a saw blade. He severed two arteries and sustained further dam age to his liver. He underwent a five-hour operation and spent a day in intensive care. Only five days later he was back on his feet and starting the long journey back to fitness. • The new Clitheroe Chamber of
Trade president, Mr Roland Hailwood, said maintaining the character of Clit heroe and the Ribble Valley was oara- mount. He wanted to involve the wn'ole membership and felt that the name should be changed to Clitheroe and Dis trict Chamber of Trade and Commerce, encouraging more professional and manufacturing members to be active.
A TALENTED retail man ager has become one of just eight candidates selected to receive a scholarship to the most renowned retail industry course. Lindsay Newton (34), who is
the general manager of Mau reen Cookson, Whalley, fought off stiff competition to win a place on the £2,000, four-day Oxford Retail Masters Forum, at Oxford University’s Sai'd Business School, courtesy of Skillsmart Retail (the Sector Skills Council for Retail). There, she joined senior
managers from retail business es across the UK to learn from
Lindsay now an ‘Oxford scholar’
have been selected for the scholarship. She said: “I attended the
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some of the most respected fig ures in retail, including Antho ny Preston, company founder
of Pets at Home. As well as special guest speakers, the Oxford Retail Masters Forum, run by the BHF-BSSA Group, invites attendees to look into the challenges facing the world of retail, from global sourcing and ethical trading to demog raphy, business management and climate change. Lindsay was delighted to
Oxford Summer School, which was very positive and inspira tional. “I am now responsible for
further areas of the business and need to step out and ob
Community Church, both
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Billington
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Church.
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be, their very lives depended on secrecy, with their secret signs, such as the fish ana
the early day Christians of the New Testa ment days. . They were a secret society, they had to
we have secret passwords, signs, and yes, those funny little hand shakes. But again, we are not a secret society, but rather a society with secrets, a code of ethics and standards to live by, believe in and prac tice, but we are not a religion. Those people in the film I spoke of were
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certificate, Helen had to satisfactorily complete a range of assij>nments en compassing nine separate discinlines. such as vo
Birtwistle, was presented with the Masterpiece Cer^ tificate, awarded by the Association of Speakers’ Clubs in recognition of someone having progressed to a high level of ability as a public speaker. In order to receive her
A “MASTERPIECE” of public.speaking was of ficially recognised at the latest meeting of Clitheroe Speakers’ Club. Its president, Helen
tion call Helen Birtwistle 07762059663.
Club meets on the second and fourth Monday of the month at Clitheroe Young Farmers’Club at the Rib- blesdaie Centre, Lincoln Way. New members are always welcome and even if public speaking is not your passion, the club also wel comes audience members. For- more in fo rm a
cabulary, gestures, audi ence rapport and speech construction, before bring ing all nine elements to gether for her Masterpiece speech. Clitheroe Speakers’
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lenging. I am a team player and hope to contribute to the group activities; it is an invalu able opportunity to network with other independent retail ers too.” Anne Seaman, chief execu
jectively review it and gain the confidence to question how good we really are. “It is going to be very chal
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scholarship applications have been of a very high standard.” .
tive of Skillsmart Retail, said: “We are delighted to be able to offer these scholarships again this year as we know how ; important this event is to peo ple working in retail. “As expected, this year’s
MASTER PIECE: Clitheroe Speakers’ Club president Helen Birtwistle ■ is present ed with her Mas terpiece certificate by vice- president ■ Ian Green.
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