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jKpble.y^ ey kno™ is no room ffdr any more pupils in fite local secondary 'schools^ It has not refused an application to.build 37 houses at the Barrow Brook Business Village site on educational


^ ed to state schools by their own parents. iYet Lancashire continues to approve applications for housing estates in the


Igrounds, despite its protestations that ■


“thefe'are insufficient Secondary places to accommodate this development.” Instead it is asking for a contribution towards edu-


looking back 100 years ago


COURT sessions this week included the case of a damaged holly tree: “Two boys were proceeded against for damaging a holly tree at Rimington on December- 13th, with the damage estimated at 10s.‘ The defendants said that the tenant had given their parents permission to take- the holly. The tenant said he knew the parents, but had not given any such per-. mission. The boys were ordered to pay 2s each by way of compensation.”


j fjDpring the past financial year, some..- :166 pupils had to make the journey to and :


A weekly look at local issues, people and placR.c; asiseelL


V Chairman of the Save Whalley • ; Village campaign ,


by Nick Walker -www.savewhalleyviIlage.org.uk/


ments passed or applied for, local people- are asking how they can be allowed when, the Local Education Authority knows there is no room in local schools, particu­ larly developments such as the'Henthbm Road estate in Clitheroe or the huge CEG proposal in Whalley? These two.develop­ ments would produce 65 and 75 secondaiy pupils respectively, but there would be no“ places for them in Ribble Valley schools. The issue was brought up at a meeting


cational provision (£165,639 in this case) which will, presumably, be used to trans­ port children to schools in different areas. • 'With so many new housing-develop­


■ dren without places in their local schools would have to “get on a bus.” This view was challenged by those present who qucs-


between concerned parties from Whal- ley and officials from Lancashire. County councillor Albert Atkinson said that chii-


: a place within the authority. But it is also their duty to ensure the wellbeing and wel­ fare of those children. By not objecting to developments they are abrogating that re­ sponsibility, taking the developers’ money and leaving children and families to deal with the consequences. County council­ lors would do well to copy the resolve of borough councillors who will stand up to developers and take their responsibilities to the community seriously.


- of County Hall? Clearly not. - It would seem that Lancashire will ac­ cept any,number of developments whcth- er^there are school places in the locality or . not. We are told it is their duty to provide


.tioned if Lancashire really meant that the -county was “a place'where eveiyonc mat­ ters,” the message adorning the corridors


.winner of Clitheroe-based Ultra- . frame’s £5,000 makeover compe­ tition, hfrs Rossana Musker, and she was also jjresented with her .winning cheque. ■ .T ' T On hand to celebrate the opening and entertain the chil­ dren were a balloon artist and face painter. The youngsters re­ ceived a free balloon and Christ-:- mas goody bag whilst the adults tucked into complimentary


. minced pies and mulled wine. - Sian Howitt, the managing di­ rector of Ultraframe Home Im­ provements, said: “The weekend was brilliant and really worth­ while. “The kids loved the face paint-


ULTRAERAME Home Im­ provements added some festive cheer as They launched their latest product, the LivinRoom, earlier this month at Shackletons ■ Garden Centre, Chatbum: ' The new home improvements showroom was opened by the


valleyi Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, January 5,2012 :.«S4v fl Couple^s £5k home makeover SPEX


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ef.and balloon artist and allowed their parents time to admire the LivinRoom, which is our latest home improvement product.’.’ .


50 years ago SNOW was falling as 1962 dawned and


' New Year’s Day was the coldest of the winter when the temperature was only 14 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 10° C). The Ribble was frozen in many parts and sev­ eral people skated or walkedbn the river. • Mr Frank Hudson, of Littlemoor


View, Clitheroe, a former playing mem­ ber and now chairman of Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket Club, retired after 54 years in the cotton trade.


thoughtfortheweek


Of the Epiphany: the second “leg” of our Christmas celebrations (the third and final p,art,'being Candlemas on February 2nd, aftef-which the Christ­ mas cycle ends and we move, from celebration to soleinriity, into our. Lenten observances). For the Western Church the focus o f .


lOMORROW, January 6th, the Christian Church throughout _— the world will keep the Festival


. it is'the Baptisih of the adult Jesus by John in the River Jordan. Each of these stories proclaims the reye|ation of Jesus Christ


and we, can feel cosy. Despite society’s best efforts to sanitize it, there is nothing at all sentimental about the Christmas story. In Jesus’ day, shepherds took their


eap. In Jewish Talmudic writings they were listed amo,ng the despised trades,


Elace near the bottom of the social scrap


generally.considered dishonest and irre- sponsibler;': rrft.


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Tnias itself, this additional (or more prop— eriy,xontinumg) festival reminds us that,


ftdjthe world (“epiphany” comes-from the Oreek, meaning a “manifestation” ' or “showing’!). Despite the tendency of :: Christian art,'carols and nativity pltiys to tie the visit of the Wise Men into Christ-'-


• wmlst also reinforcing what has gone be- i.fpfe, this stoity can (and should) stand on


Jheafd agdin the wonderful stoiy of how.; Ithelbirth'of Chri^^


a couple of weeks ago many of us :


|,medaifidyllic pastoral scene (as acted out - bychildfen wearing tea-towels on their :heads), with the shepherds walking to the


■gangW have imag-'


j^stable,-a small lamb carried over shoulders ' jas a gffi fpr'the baby Jesus.


T£A8L®Mpkt“re .blit, sadly, a false and : ' 'misleading one. Ood does not announce the birth of his Son to shepherds so they, ;


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; that as well. i ;_7SimiIarly, the Wise Men (wrongly called .-TOngs) are often pictured asposh city- . banker types, bringing expensive gifts to ■Jesus, and so portraying the birth of Christ


, _as a kind of champagne party for the chat- again! Rich the


simply. He .who learns from a maaos is worthy of death”. ■ -The.pointis this: the birth of Jesus was


Jew they were beyond the pale. They may well add colour to our nativity plays, but th^were anything but exotic in reality. . They were, in fact, the'ancient equiva­ lent of magicians (thafs where the word comes from), roundly condemned in the ■ HebrewBible as idolafers,;charlatans and quacks; O n t Rabbi, writing around the time of Jesus biith, put the matter quite


Magoi may have been; but for any good


announced not to the highest and “best” members of society, but to the lowest and the worst. That should come as no sur­


men, tax collectors and publicans, repent­ ance is hard”. Of course, the life of the shepherd was itself long and hard, and left no time for the niceties of religious observance. So they were condemned for


One Rabbinical saying was': “For herds­


prise: after all, good news is best suited to those for whom life is generally bad news. And so it remains. In an age'when the celebration of


. dispossessed, the hated and the despised. That is both poignant and particularly ap­ propriate at this, what will be for many, a desperately hard Christmas 2011 and New Year 2012., If you are in the depths of despair; if your problems seem to be insurmountable; if you fe'el (or if you are treated as) the lowest of the low: then the Christmas/Epiphany message is particu­ larly for you. If we are OK; if everything looks great - then the message for us is


await the arrival of their credit card bills, it is good to be reminded that the original Christmas message was not to well-to-do “nice” folk (like us?).' Rather it was, and is, for the poor and


he has filled the hungry with good things .. S6nt the rich away empty” (Luke 1:52-


thrones, and lifted iip the lowly: ; /


53). That should be quite worrying for some of us!


^ V . CANON DR PETER SHEPHERD, St Mary Magdalene, Clithefde


some practical concern for those in need. After all: if God is on their side; ought not those of us who are relatively well-off be so too? For, in the words of Jesus’ mother: “(God) has brought down' the powerful u


even simpler: be thankfiil!; ; ; And - by the way -- how about showing


Christ’s birth has become the occasion par ao uiaiijr


iwaixutij 25 years ago


“HEADACHE tablets aren’t the only cure for those hfew Year’s Day blues - as 12 members and friends of Clitheroe French Connection'proved once again with their now customary dip in the River Ribble. The foolhardy fun-lovers threw caution to the wind and their clothes to the riverbank as they set about bringing in the new year - albeit it at 11-30 a.m. - in the freezing waters of a bank-high river at Edisfordi”


CELEBRATIONS: The Muskers receive a cheque from Ultraframe for improve­ ments to their house, (s)


Tony Peel is top o f the (lolli)pops


YOUNGSTERS at Bowland Mon- tessori Pre-School were treated to a visit by. local lollipop man Toiiy ' iPeel.


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- ; ,-Tpny;explained;the job of a lol­ lipop man to the children and re­ inforced the importance of road, safety. 'This included explaining how, they should always wait at the ' kerb until it is safe to. cross, then - walk, hot run, across the road. The ~ children enjoyed playing the role o f , lollipop nian using Tony’s crossing - sign. His visit was part of a topic cov­


ering people who help us: All week the children enjoyed dressing up as ' police officers, fire'men and nurses and they are also looking forward to a visit from a police officer, and a . fire station visit is planned. Bowland Montessori Pre-School "


Leader Nancy Bigmore, said:' “Many thanks to Tony for taking the time to come in and emphasise the importance of staying safe on our increasingly busy roads.”


Young nuns inspire high school


A BILLINGTON school’s longstanding links with friars. and nuns of the Franciscan Order has continued with a visit from three young sisters with big personalities. .They were recently fea­


tured in a BBC4 documen- ■ tary entitled “Young Nuns”, which documented the lives of young women considering entering the religious life. . . . The' Frahciscan sisters


work \rith'some.of the poor-:. est families‘in, Leeds and asked for the school’s help. inputting together Christ- ' mas boxes containing tinned ; or dried goods such as non- perishable food, biscuits, sweets and powdered or bot-^ tied drinks.


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SAFETY AM­ BASSADOR: Lollipop man Tony teaches road safety ; to Bowland Montessori pre-schoolers, (s)


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