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■ bition in life, but according to government statistics, 10,000 new UK graduates are now working as cleaners or carrying out


. bar work, opposed to jobs related to the course they studied at University. This figure is said to have doubled in


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A WELL known occulist from Leeds was visiting Lancashire to help cure people suffering from deafness and blindness... according to his promotional material! Mr Ison was said to have provided cures to deafness of 20 years, without the need for an operation. Living witnesses treated some 17 years ago testified to the perma­ nency of their cure. He demonstrated his remarkable ability at a selection of pubs in the area.


ebrated its third anniversary on July 6th and 7th. The weekend-long celebrations included a ramble starting from the sta­ tion, afternoon tea at Waddington, a Re­ union Social and a lecture entitled “ITie poetry of William Wordsworth”.


DATING from T949, this’ jweek’s nostalgic print was brought in by June CarrJ |Who is pictured with her classmates at Rlbblesdale - School, in Clitheroe. L I She can be seen on the ’ middle row, third from the ' jright, close behind her class . ,teacher. Miss Turner, who! ■ is seated in the middle of the front row.' Other names' 'of those on the photo thaf 'June remembers include' Edna Beard, Isaac KnightJ : Hilda Geldard, Ellen Cow-j jierthwaite, Joyce Richards,'


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David Willets, said that graduates are still - doing better thanpeople without degrees, in these challenging times when employ­ ment is at a frightening low, is there really still a worthwhile need for higher educa­ tion? '


the past five years, in a recent report pub­ lished by the BBC. Ajthough the Universities Minister,


. Being a student and a part-time cleaner myself, I can see the benefits and draw­ backs of both situations. While a full-time job may seem like the favourable option to avoid the many dreaded trips to the bank, surely there can be no substitution for the skills and experience gained from a University degree programme. But these'recent statistics are worrying, especially with the impending increase in


A Y THEN I grow up I want to be A /W ... a cleaner. ■ : T ▼ : Itmaynot be every child’s ara-


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. a low-paid job that requires minimal quali­ fications, and will subsequently spend the rest of their working lives paying off a debt which has been useful solely in supplying cheap alcohol and late night takeaways for the past three years. For me the problem lies in the admis­


sions process. Many years ago, people had to be clever to get into University, I mean really clever. Now, it is not unheard of for students with one D grade at A-level to be accepted onto university courses. Courses need to be filled and money in- evitably needs to be made. Unfortunately, this money is often wasted on the students who manage to scrape by, making a late


lookingback 50 years ago


PROPOSALS were announced to close Read Congregational School after Lanca­ shire Education Committee learned that


, there were only 11 pupils on the school roll. It was suggested that these children could be accommodated at Read C of E


school without overcrowding the 35 pupils already attending its two classrooms.


• The annual open day was held at Clit-


heroe Hospital. The day featured a dairy produce stall and various organisations, including the Inner Wheel Club and the ' Old People’s Welfare Committee, served tea. The Friends of Clitheroe Hospital re­ ceived £84. The event finished with a pres­ entation made to Mrs. P Billson, one of the first voluntaiy workers at the hospital, who was leaving the district.


tuition fees. Many hard-working young­ sters will be graduating only to be offered


appearance to one lecture a week, still drunk from the night before. “Be flexible. Have a plan B,” are the


• words of Anne-Marie Martin, President of the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services. This may mean Universities need to of­


caped the staggering £9,000 tuition fees, but had I been born one year later I can­ not guarantee that I wouldn’t have ditched my planned career in journalism for an occupation serving coffee and tea seven days-a-week.


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to give students a realistic idea of the em­ ployability levels of their desired course before they commit themselves to a cer­ tain university or career. I am one of the lucky students who es­


fer some sort of training in employability skills in order for graduates to adapt to the requirements of various jobs. Stu­ dents who have dedicated the past five or six years of their education to training for their “dream job” as a lawyer or scientist are going to stru^Ie when applying for la­ bouring jobs, which may appear as being beneath the skills they have to offer. Meanwhile, proposals are under way


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:50 travel agents and head of­ fice staff from independent travel company Travel Coun­ sellors who took part in the Yorkshire Three Peaks Chal­ lenge. She-went on to complete


.more than £450 for Rotary Club charities. Helen said: “The challenge


the 24-raile walk across York­ shire’s highest jjeaks, scal­ ing more than 5,000 feet in 11 hours and helping to raise


was definitely one of the hard­ est things I have ever done. The Yorkshire Three Peaks walk is known as a demanding trek, but we had to contend with everything that the Brit­ ish weather had to throw at us, battling over boggy ground


Freddy’s scholarship ' - I " 25 y e^ s ago


TEENAGER Michaela Hammond (19), of Bolton-by-Bowland became the first female bus driver for Ribble Buses. The former Beauty Therapy student at Ac­ crington and Rossendale College drove the buses at weekends and during col­ lege holidays, becoming popular with passengerssheirietonhertravels.. • An ll-year-bld schoolboy was pre­


paring to travel to Bordeaux to compete in the BMX Bike Racing World Cham­ pionships.' Richard Allen was ranked fourth in the North West and 12th in Britain for his age group. . • Players and supporters of The Kib­


ble Valley Football League were banned from official functions for three years af- . ter bad behaviour at an awards night.


A CLITHEROE s tu ­ dent has been awarded a scholarship worth £3,000 from the Savoy Educa­ tional Trust as he.begins his studies at the Edge Ho­ tel School - the UK’s first hotel school based entirely in a fully operational com­


mercial hotel. Nineteen-year-old Freddy


Bateman is amongst, the first group of students who started their courses this week at the pioneering Edge Hotel School, located at the University of Es­ sex’s Colchester Campus.


Elite'Hotels and told me about the Edge Hotel School


a fast-track BA Honours de­ gree in hotel management- over the next two years, com­ bining academic study with practical experience of work­ ing in a luxury country house hotel, the newly refurbished Wivenhoe House. He said: “My uncle runs


He will be working towards .


HIGH-FLYER: Freddy Bate­ man with the vice-chan­ cellor of the University of Essex, Pro­ fessor Colin Riordan.(s)


Trust scholarships are de­ signed to support talented stu­ dents and help encourage the outstanding hospitality manag­ ers of the friture. Freddy add­ ed: “The scholarship is going to make a big difference to me. It will help me a lot and make sure I get the most out of being here. I really want to be a hotel manager one day and go on to be someone who is respected within the industry.” Alan Jenkins, principal of


nice and the facilities are really good. The kitchen is very high tech.” .The Savoy Educational


and this seemed like a really good opportunity. I’ve worked in the catering industry since- I was .14 years old, from start­ ing in the kitchens through to


working as a waiter and then later as a chef. ‘T think it is going to be a


really good two years. The ar­ chitecture of the hotel is really


the Edge Hotel School, said: “With their impressive repu­ tation built over 50: years of developing education, train­ ing and qualifications in the hospitality sector, the support of Savoy Educational Trust is a significant endorsement of our mission based on a model o f ‘leaming-by-doing’. We are honoured to be working with them.”


Thought For The Week r ' * ^


fcLAYING Monopoly may not "be the best way ofkeeping one’s ,


er offended because 1 insisted on the cor­ rect rules, not her interpretation. I heard of two friends, both grown men, having a serious fall-out over the game. It’s perhaps not surprising. Bankrupting someone for landing on Mayfair and being unable to , find the £2,000 does not exactly increase: their happiness.; Actually, there is today an alternative and fairer version of Monopoly. Some-


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-times people.criticise the idea of non­ competitive games on the grounds that • children need to leam'to handle competi­ tion. They have a point. Where would the Olympics be without a spirit of competi-, tion? St Paul, in the Bible, assumes that athletes are trainine hard and comnetine ;


against one another.Often, however, peo­ ple can have an unnecessarily competitive attitude. Mothers, for example, can be anxious


. has been repeated millions of times.' t V The only way we should try to outdo . one another, again to quote St Paul, is in . ' showinc affection. On the surface, that


.;thepast. 1 . Way back in the beginning of the Bible, Cain was angry because God prefened his brother Abel’s offering. Such resentment


'seen as livelier than, or in some way su­ perior to, the one down the road, though; , hopefully that'approach belongs firmly to


the best. Some motorists may be annoyed ■ if the neighbours have a more stylish car than theirs. Even churches can want to be


that their child can walk or speak or read as well as others in the group. Gardeners can want their produce to be


ered about our own particular image,, to be prepared for others to see our weak­ nesses as well as our strengths, and simply to. live gratefully and graciously, without feeling any need to compete. >


CANON RODHEY NICHOLSON, Vicar of St Paul’s, Low Moor, and priest-ln-charge of Chatbum , andDownham . ■’


come less self-centred and more other- people-centred because we are first of all Christ-centred. No one could call Jesus competitive. He was prepared to wash his disciples’ feet - a job none of them would do - and to be handed over to be crucified, all out of his love for humanity. To grow spiritually leads us to less both- .


could seem dangerous advice, leading to , the feeling, “I am kinder than you are”. St Paul was really saying that we be­


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through wind, rain and hail­ stones! The weather was not on our side all day, but I’m so proud of how the whole.team pulled together to keep going. It was no easy feat but the feel­ ing I had when we crossed the


RIBBLE Valley travel agent Helen Birtwistle is celebrating after successfully completing a gruelling physical challenge. ; Helen was one of more than


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CHALLENGE: Helen is pictured with her feliow travel agents, who all con­ quered the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge, (s)


finish line is something I will never forget. I’d like to thank all my sponsors for all their help ana support to make it all so worthwhile.” With 27 years in the travel industry, Helen runs her own


leisure and corporate travel; business with the support of award-winning company Trav­ el Counsellors and has built a growing following from local holidaymakers and business travellers.


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