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THE Mayor, Alderman C.T. Mitchell, made an earnest appeal to the youth and young manhood of Clitheroe to better itself in the matter of military training. “Such an appeal is peculiarly appropri­ ate from our worthy Mayor, because he is hitnself a former enthusiastic member of the now defunct volunteer movement.” • Around 3,000 people were expected


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in Clitheroe to celebrate the Yorkshire and Lancashire Railway Company’s an­ nual festival. The field of Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club was secured for the sports while cater­ ing was in the hands of the manageress of The Swan and Royal Hotel. Numerous “specials” were required to bring railway workers and their families to the town.


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MARJORIE Sutcliffe (17), of Brock- thorne Farm, Tosside, had a “runaway victory” at Clitheroe Castle Sports emerg­ ing as Victrix Ludorium with six firsts, a second and the sports cup to her credit. • After living 57 years in North Street,


Clitheroe, in a house due to be pulled down under the clearance order, brother and sister Mrs Alice Simpson, aged 92, and Mr Thomas Watson (88), were re­ housed in a two-bedroomed council bun­ galow at 10 Pine Grove. They were prob­


ably the corporation’s oldest tenants. • After a hectic four days, including a


shopping spree, 19-year-old Miss Barrie Taylor set off on a three-stage flight to America, where she was staying for a year after deciding to au pair.


of us. A friend of mine, who is a funeral direc­


tor, related this heartwarming tale: In his chapel of rest an elderly woman


stood, gently sobbing, beside the plain coffin inside which lay her newly deceased husband, her companion of more than fifty years. After an appropriate time had passed,


my friend the funeral director approached and inquired if everything was to her sat­ isfaction, of if he could offer any further assistance.


1 ‘ “Np,” she replied, “you’ve done a mar­


vellous job of laying him out, he looks so peaceful... it’s just...” She hesitated, but with some small en­


couragement from my friend, continued: “It’s silly I know, but I wish I could bury him in a nice blue suit. He wore a blue suit on the day we were married and he always ' looked so smart in it. “He had to buy this black suit to wear to all his mates’ fiinerals and now it’s the


T is so often the small and spon­ taneous acts of kindness, freely given in times of trouble, which truly demonstrate the humanity in all


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only one he’s got, so I’m afraid he’ll have to wear itto his own.” “No, that’s not silly at all,” replied my


friend, “and I might be able to help. No ■promises mind, but come back tomorrow and I’ll see what I can do.” When she returned the next day it was


to find her husband laid out in a splen­ did navy blue pinstripe suit, with even a matching tie and handkerchief. Overcome with gratitude, she reached


for her meagre purse, saying to my friend: “Oh you’re so Wnd, but you must let me pay you for the suit, it’s more than I could have hoped for.” “There’s really no need,” replied the fu­


neral director, urging her to put her purse away. “You see, just before you came yes­


terday I had been to collect another de­ ceased gentleman and I noticed he was wearing a fine blue suit... in fact, this suit. “As luck would have it he was the same


height and build as your husband, so that set me thinking and after you left I tele­ phoned his next of kin.


“His wife passed away many years ago,


but when I explained the situation to his son he was v e^ understanding and happy to help. He said he didn’t mind what col­ our his late father was wearing as long as he looked smart, especially since his fu­ neral will be a cremation. So you see, the solution was obvious really, and there was no need to buy a new suit. “Oh that’s wonderful,” replied the old


lady. “People are so kind aren’t they? I re­ ally don’t know what to say.”


"nien reaching again for her purse, she


■ insisted: “StiU, you really must let me give you a little something, if only for all the trouble I’ve put you to...” “No, no,” replied'my friend, “I won’t


hear of it, I’m just glad J could be of some help. And anyway, it really ^ s no trouble at all. It only took a few minutes to swap the heads over...”


AT a prestigious black tie awards event at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium a Ribble 'Valley house extended by local architectural practice Stanton Andrews won one of the top awards. It was the 2012 Local Authority


Building Control (LABC) award for the Best Domestic Alteration or Ex­ tension in the North 'West and has now been forwarded to the national finals in London in November.


25 years ago


IT was full steam ahead at the weekend as hundreds o f people converged on Slaidbum for the village’s annual steam and vintage vehicle display. Organised by David McNamee, it raised more than £1,000 for St Andrew’s Church, the vil­ lage cricket club and playgroup. • A Chipping housewife defended her


decision to perform her play before an audience at a top security hospital which housed “moors murderer”(Ian Brady. A Conservative MP branded Mary Rich, who wrote the two-hour comedy for


Chipping-Amateur Theatrical Society, “insensitive”. 1 • Waddington chorister Simon Cun-


liffe (10) was a regional semi-finalist in the National Choirboy of the Year.


A COMMUNITY workout held at a Wad- dihgton gym raised £135 for The National Deaf Children’s Society


Held at The Box,


BackridgeFarm, Twit­ ter Lane, the event was organised by Clitheroe resident'Natalie Hod- son whose family were supported by the char- •


■ ity when her four-year- old son Luke was diag­ nosed deaf. , She said: “Thank you


td'all my friends and family for.their support and Hayley Knowles for letting us all use her gym.”


. The project, completed in August 2011 by Keighley-based contractors R.N. 'Wooler, was nominated by Chris Shuttleworth and Geoff Law- son from Ribble Valley Council’s Building Control department.


The nomination read: “The new


living kitchen opens out onto and connects into the existing dwelling, where the transition between old and new is truly breathtaking.” Stanton Andrews have offices


in Clitheroe and Lytham and are quickly establishing a reputation for designitig some of the most interest­ ing and imaginative design-led archi­ tecture across the North 'West. The practice fully expects to be at next year’s awards following the comple­ tion of a number of recent projects. For rnore about the practice and


its architectural services visit: www. stantonandrews.co.uk


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WINNERS: Charles Stan­ ton and Neil Andrews,


from Stanton Andrews, with RIbble Valley Bor­ ough Council’s Chris Shuttleworth and Geoff Lawson and the LABC Award.


GRAND DESIGN: Below,', the extension to the Rib- ble Valley home which earned the award for Stanton Andrews.


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NOW here’s som.ethingyou don’t see much oTmiyimor'e” I Not too long ago it was an essential part of the school calendar Jnat, come Springtime, children would find themselves clutch- ?ng me end of a brightly-coloured ribbon and skipping around a nastify converted netball hoop, learning the ancient art of May­ pole Dancmg... like it or not. j _ This photo, taken’from our own archives of just 20 years aco


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R Now I’m. not at all anti-royalist, but if


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came to the throne as a young woman she promised that she would serve the peoples of the United Kingdom and the Common­ wealth. The History of our nation has hot always been honourable,


e d white and blue flicker eve­ rywhere at present, and with the Jubilee weekend all our thoughts turn to the Royals.


Like many other nations that had power


(I was bom when the atlas was still mainly pink) we have made mistakes. My univer­ sity professor Bem^d Crick used to say: “Power corrupts, and absolute power cor­ rupts absolutely”. ■


I know we live in a democracy, and the


Queen does not have absolute power, but she is a foie model to us all. She made a promise to serve, and this


she has kept. In recentyears-she has suf­ fered the agonies that many parents suf­ fer with problems within the family; yet she has always acted with dignity, despite the exposure her family had through the media. She recognised her own failings to empathise with her people, and she put


this right. And she is a woman of deep faith. In one of her Christmas Addresses she said these words: “For me, the teach­ ings of Christ and my own accountability before God provide a framework in which I try and lead my life.” Jesus had ultimate power but he chose


to serve, to wash his disciples’ feet Queen Elizabeth II, as a disciple of Jesus, has al­ ways tried to do likewise. ■Who could possibly want an American/ French type president instead?


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