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• look abandoned and sad, but upstairs the reporters’ office is a bit like report­ ers’ offices usedTo be, with piles of filed


■ newspapers and walls peppered with curly yellowed memos. Take away the compu­ ter terminals and replace them with Im­ perials, Olivettis and Underwoods and


. like stepping back in time to a gentler era, an era when old ladies on bicycles sipped warm beer on the .village green and the sound of willow on leather echoed from red telephone boxes. Or are my recollec­ tions as dim as John Major’s? The front office in King Street may


pering for some four decades; and coming to The Ciitheroe Advertiser is somewhat


I’ve practised the black art of newspa-


again. I’m the “new” reporter at The Ciit­ heroe Advertiser and Times, bravely at­ tempting to fill the space temporarily left by the lovely Faiza A&aal, who has left to become a mum, bless her. The bald head, wrinkles and near-white'


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H A T comes around goes around, so they say, and this journalist is coming around


As I See It by Eric Beardsworth


Read other As I See It features at www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk


fondly remember as “Minnie” - because she’s small, like a Mini - now happily re­ tired after a conscientious spell as editor. I could go on... and apparently I am doing.


100 years ago


. fell in. The brpok was swollen by heavy rain and the boy was carried by the flood. Fortunately he managed to catch hold of a portion of the wall and was rescued by a man named John Walsh.


. .try covering it - the workmanship of the late Mrs Musson. She had been a con­


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-yoii can refresh our - memory?'Are you one ;■ of the young Scouts or ■


.why.the international visitors were here, or whp they were. Perhaps


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own archive of 20 years ago, this photo from August 1992 was taken at Barrow Lodge by our resident photographer at the time. Jack Barry. It shows local Scouts and Guides with “in­ ternational visitors”, presumably emjoying a spot of kayaking on the lodge. There is no informa­ tion attached, about


WITH our Olympic heroes currently do­ ing so well on the wa­ ter, and Ribble Val-- ley’s own kayak star Jon Schofield all set to make, his bid for glory . tomorrow, it seems fit­ ting that this week’s old photo should have a waterborne bent. Plundered from our-


AN 11-year-oIdboy, Sidney Blacklock, of Moor Lane, Ciitheroe, had a narrow es- \ cape from drowning. He was playing over ' the rails by the side of the brook at Sal- : ■ ford Bridge when he overbalanced and


lookingback 50 years ago


, Farm, Sawley. • A former Clitheronian, Inspector


THE Craven Coroner spoke strongly of the dangers to which amateur electri­ cians can expose themselves and others at an inquest on a Sawley man who died by electrocution, leaving a wife and three children. A “misadventure” verdict was returned on the unfortunate 35-year-old, who was electrocuted while trying to re­ pair an electrical system at Bank Top


John Lockley, who served with the Kenya Police, was appointed-Chief Inspector when he returned to Kenya after a four month leave. He was accompanied by his wife, son and two daughters, with his parents-in-Iaw Mr and Mrs Theo Wilson of Milton Avenue, Ciitheroe.


the image would be complete. I’m actually walking in some hallowed footsteps here. , The late Leigh Morrissey and Tim Procter, both stalwarts of the Advertiser (now that’s a local newspaper word... stal­ warts) were seniors at the Nelson Leader when young Beardsworth escaped from the insurance industry to become a local newshound. Ciitheroe GS old boy Roger Siddall was my exemplary first chief sub­ editor. Glen Pate, whose kindly advice helped steer me towards journalism, still contributes articles to the paper. There’s Vivien Meath, whom I still


•ing the legendary Mike Oldfield renrisinp his “Tubular Bells” at the Olympic*^open® ing ceremony got me thinking; remember when he played at Glitheroe Castle band­ stand? I’m pretty, sure it was Olfdield who


While we’re on Memory Lane, watch


as a teenage multi-instrumentalist was playing with Kevin Ayers’ Whole World


■ names such as.Magna Carta and Decam­ eron - well, they were big among folkies. Resident band Nevis weren’t bad, either. After all these years the brain cells are


member those folk nights at The Dog and Partridge? They had some pretty big


still working, even if the knees are creak­ ing. And I guarantee I won’t put apostro­ phes in the wrong place or write about “ex-patriots” when I mean expatriates. So hello again, Ciitheroe. Nice to be here. Got any news? Give me a shout.


Up to 25 years ago


■ former Sto'nyhurst teacher and Preston North End fan Miss Mary Cross. At the age of 82 she was recognised as the club’s oldest season ticket holder and one of its most devoted fans. In appreciation of 70 ■ years’ loyal support; she was invited to meet the team. Bom in Stonyhurst, she taught at the village school for 40 years.


TOWN council shopkeeper Coun. John Cowgill claimed that 50% of all the phone boxes in Ciitheroe were out of order. A formal complaint was made to BT and. a spokesman for the company responded that five oiit of 30 kiosks in the Ciitheroe area; had been out of order that weekend, but by Tuesday the prob­ lems had been rectified.- • Theresas a surprise in store for


AN award-winning author from Read


has launched her final novel. With the price of printing going up, and


the threat of Kindle sales, Linda Sawley (63) has now decided that her eighth book will be her last. . She signed'eopies of “Weaving Through


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the Years” at Read Library. The novel quite literally weaves two


■ tales of a family living in 1875 and a young girl who, in the 21st century, is given a family Bible by her great-grandmother. It has been labelled as “fascinating”


and “gripping” by Richard Bell of Writ­ ing Magazine. Linda, said: “The novel is inspired by my great-grandmother, who lived in Burnley, but it isn’t a biography.


■ sold at veiiues including The Bookshop, iri Colne, Pendle Heritage Centre and Qit- heroe Books in Moor Lane.’ Money raised from sales of the novel


Her and her brother were both weavers. My sister has said that it is a crying shame that I am giving up writing, because she thinks it is my best book yet.” “Weaving Through The Years” is being


will go to Derian House Children’s Hos­ pice and the Ribble Valley and White Rose Ladies’Club. ^ Linda Saw a retired senior lecturer in ■


children’s nursing at the University of Central Lancashire, having worked pre­ viously as a nursery nurse, midwife, and children’s nurse.


In retirement, Linda keeps heiself busy ■ ;


LAST NOVEL: Linda at her book signing for “Weaving Through The Years.’


three at nearby pubs, and wasn’t on Cloud 9 but in real damp mist as we trekked home over The Nick to Padiham. While we’re at it, does anyone else re­


on a balmy evening while long-haired music fans lolled around on the lawns and exotic-smelling smoke filled the air. I’d had nothing stronger than a pint or


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KENVAREY’S A weekly look at local issues^ people and places A weekly look at local issues, people and places


the Station, Ciitheroe, each Friday be­ tween September 21st and November 9th, with an evening course running at Whal­ iey Village Hall on Thursdays from Octo­ ber 4th until November 15th.


series of lessons have been confirmed for this year. • A daytime course will run at the Inn at


FOLLOWING the success of the latest Russian for Beginners course, two more


12-30 to 2-30 p.m.Vwith the evening course at the usual 6-30 to 8-30 p.m. slot. The cost of attending each course is £50


The daytime course will be held from


for the full course. It is taught by Whaliey man Simon


Kerins, a fluent Russian speaker with a unique passion and enthusiasm for the language. “Like those before iUthe latest course


it is enjoyable and takes place in a relaxed atmosphere; these courses tick both box­ es.” • Anyone interested can ring Simon on'


has been another great success and the attendees have all done extremely well,” said Simon. “Learning comes most naturally when


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Latest book is last chapter for Linda


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with voluntary work, church activities and speaking engagements, not to mention plenty of holidays!. Linda’s books have a strong following in


^ves donations to two charities. First is Derian House-children’s hos­


Rose Ladies’ Club, who raise money for children’s cancer research in the North of England. Since the start of her publishing compa- ■ ny in 1998, Linda has raised over £3,500.


pice, where Linda worked on an ad hoc basis after retirement. Secondly is the Ribble Valley/White


Thought For The Week J m l


Guides; or were you a leader? Ifyou can fill in the gaps, send an e-mail to: duncan.smith® eastlancsnews.co.uk


• Ifyou have any old


photos suitable for this slot, preferably from the past 50 years or so, please e-mail them to


the above address. Al­ ternatively you can post them to: TheClitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Ciithe­


roe, BB72EW. Don’t forget to in­


clude any details you have of who or what the photo shows.


amongst the peaks, I can just make out the Jungfrau.' -For the past few days I could not pick it


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out because it was covered in mist, but it is there now and it was there all the time, even though I could not see it. To me, mountains and hills are very special, for they are a sign of the presence


of God. . The Psalmist wrote: “I will lift up my eyes to the hills - from where does my


The sun is shining and in the distance,


AM writing this in Wengen, sitting in an apartment looking up the valley towards the mountains.


help come? My help comes from the Lord”. The mountains make me aware of the


presence of God, and as the mountains do not change so God does not change. Pendle Hill and the Jungfrau are the


same as they were when our grandparents were children - and so is God., The fact is we live in a rapidly changing


world, a world changing both for better and for worse; but we have to live in it and we need something - or rather someone to cling to whom we can rely upon. Who better than God. who never changes .and God’s Son. who never


changes? “Jesus Christ is the same yester­ day, today and forever.” As I sit on the balcony in Switzerland


writing this, I remind myself that at times I cannot pick out the Jungfrau because of the cloud, but it is still there. There are times in my life when God seems clouded and out of sight, but He is still there, wait­ ing to help whatever I might feel. ■ So reach out to Him today and let Je­ sus take you by the hand arid lead you onwards with Him, an unchanging friend in an ever-changing world, until He takes you to be with Him in heaven. CANON JIM DUXBURY


Lancashire and beyond, and she is avail­ able for ^ving talks about her writing and other topics. Through the sales of her books, Linda


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