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I heard about th^nine-year-old girl in Scotland who started blogging about her sdiool meals. Martha Payne posted daDy' juemres and her opinions of the lunches and hit the headhnes when Argyll and Bute Council told her to stop doing it. They reversed their decision filer a bar­ rage of negative press and that’s when it emerged that Martha was raising money for a school kitchen to be built iiTMalawi ihioush the Marv's Meals ebarits'.


100 years ago


THH CSsasnss Wsaveis, "ttlnders and Waipss^ AsDdaaca'S52s lo hold a pnb-


5c sassm^ 25 inras hefeved iheiE ^ r e plans bfarig made to fesak ig> the ranks of Trade. Ihncnnsia. AD the members


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CEEjeassKSanoaiisie inviisd to anend akatm^ifii mesabejs of the branches of tb e T e s ^ Wtnkeas Eedeianon. _ • Aaswxoad-Bas ID be fan3t at Bashall i=Hres-The preposal Tras discussed at a anssnimaf file Bosiand Rural District CemndL Gonncaiois ^ is e d that pro\id-


itm she jsiesesit road jrast BashaD Town ■was ant 5D be dcssd it would only be fair


31 taaine a resoodrle price for the land isgmred fer the newitMd. • A s a n d polo mateb would pit Qit-


Primrose Mill Carpets aerosplayersasinst aieam&omBvoy.


I_l SaccennKBimiscxmogjtion rim riie Diamond JuMlee Jol-


fiacarioasof tbepastcorple o f T ^ k s have marked 60 years aaoe riie Qoears oonmarion. Not so. In fact, they have taarked 60 years since our


Queen ascended to the tiuone on the aid d ai death (from a coronary thromboris) of her faiDer, King Geoige VL on


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St Jameis’ School, in Greena- -


teate the ccHtmarion. H iis cme took


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creStreet, CJitheroe, and Xfis GrifBths — who is pictured third from the right on the


nation didn't take place until moae titan ayearlamr, on June 2a_d, 1953, to aHow for both a sn ii^ le period o f monmins foET the old tin s and for aB the


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SPECIAL GET-TOGETHER: (left to right): Coun. Ian Sayers, Jean Hayes, Nigel Evans MP, Susan Bjeazard, David Bleazard, Val and Bill Honeywell, (s)


lookingback 50 years ago


WORKERS at a Sabden Mill saw them- seh-es in a film when they \isited Burnley, to see “A Kind of Loving”, starring Alfii Bates, Thora Hird and June Ritchie. The mill employees took part in crowd scenes for the film, which was shot in various parts of Lancashire. • “Chtheroe is drab, dull, depressins


and dowu-at-heel. Everywhere is disorder and untidyuess and it is not half the town that Clitheronians think it is.” This view was expessed at a meeting in the Town Hall by Mrs N. R Tillett, wife of a repre- sentativ’e of the Civic Trust • Villagers of Dunsop Bridge had pledged themselves to raise at leasr£l,000


to provide future generations with a vil­ lage hall. .


to bear and scon when I find out she has cocAed fillet steak to perfection for her tea and has even included a photograph of the meal to prose it! So you can imagine my disdain when


just four days. It means a kitdien wffl be of the pupils


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will be fed for a wrfaolsyear, aspan of the chariot's Sponsor a School iainative. .And the kitchen win be named in honour of Martha. So I mMit jiBt have to eat nn’wxtrds! This is a touching and uplfiting story and proves that tedmoiogy is an'emaz-


built at litaigwe jHimary s<±o<fl in Blan- wre, Malawi, and all


ing auKi wondeifril tool when h can do so mudi good in the worid. Ekn lets remem­ ber that and not use it oonstantiy to con­ tact a friend who 11125' Hve down the road


- go and see them or a r r a i^ to meet for a coffee. Their life appear hunky don' on FacebotA or Twitter, but in realifi thev might welcome a friendly hug or a kin5 weird in person.


I drefid the day coming when the most '


preck>nsmcHnenl5inlife,'s]diasihebinh of a baby, are made avuilable'to w-atch via new- technolc^. But mark im-words, that daviscoming.


WINNER: Luke is presented with his prize by Graham Young.


Luke’s king of crayons


A PUPIL at St Mary’s Primary School, Osbaldeston, won first prize in a colouring competition organised by the Blackburn branch of the National Farmers’ Union. Nine-year-old Luke vyas presented with a radio-controlled model John Deere trac­ tor by branch president Graham Young. The competition had-


more than 700 entries and St Mary’s pupils won three of the top prizes.


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flooding in whm lbs Wog was viewed by six nuiSSon peoffle and the total rocketed from £3JO


The ban led to thoesanris of donations O to an incredible £85,000 in


■ is compiling a definitive guide to organising the ultimate stag do... and looking for examples of good and bad practice from Clitheroe’s stag veterans. The stag do is often consid­


CLUHEROE Round Table


Round Table, said: “Our best man’s speech guide proved to be a huge success and now we want people in Clitheroe to send us their favourite stag


year’s guide to the perfect best man’s speech, the Round Ta­ ble is now looking to continue its support of men up and down the country.with their best man duties. Stephen Saunders, of the


ered the “last stand” for the bridegroom-to-be, so for the best man - the one typically tasked to arrange this rite of passage - it is understand­ able that along with a s'ense of pride, comes a degree of trepidation at having to deliver a stag do that lives up to expec­ tations. Following the success of last


do stories, advice and pictures. We’re hoping to receive some great examples of where to go, what to do and, perhaps, what not to do. “Our aim is to use the re­


network of advice and cama­ raderie for men aged 18 to 45. knowing how to have fun. To find out more about Clitheroe Round Table, visit www.round table.co.uk/findoutmore


MP^s hosts Westminster 25 years ago


THE Trooping of the Colour was scorn­ ing to Qitheroe! .At least a scaled down version of the grand e\-ent was due to take placeJlepreseniaiives of the Armed Forces and membeis of many e.x-ser\ice- men’s associations were to visit for the Ceremony of Beating the Retreat. The


. colourful spectade,wfakh dated back to medieval times, was to lie staged at Cas­ tle Field to oelfiirate the bicentennaiy of the Chips of the Rt^al Fnpineers. • Tjockup yxmrsnveri”was the mes­


sage from Qitheroe police following the theft of thousands of pounds worth of antique silver from a bouse in Gisburn. The thieves struck in the dead of night, isolated the alarm and broke a window to gain access.


• CIVIC dignitaries, includ­ ing the Mayor and Mayor­ ess of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Ian Sayers and Jean Hayes, met local MP Nigel Evans on their way to a Buckingham Palace garden party. Local charity fund-raiser.


the garden party at Buck­ ingham Palace during this very special diamond jubilee year.”


Thought For The Week


loaned to us Mrs Joan Grif-' fith& shows one o f the many parries held in 1953 to cele-


front row) .Alan Braithwaite, Ian Hulland, Hany Heaton,


front row when she was loan Child—can name many of the pera^petared. They are: (From the left,


J I'^vor Glieotliniii, Elaine Webster, Miirgaret Heaton, ^ Joan ChlitI, Hazel Tay­


lor, Normii Taylor, (tnivl- dle piw) ?, ?, V. ?. V, Amlrcy


Brnithwniio, Sylvia Child,


Kathleen Braithwaite, ?, ?, Joan Braithvvaite, (back row - mothers) Mrs Webster, ?, ?, ?, ?. Mrs Cheetham, Mrs Child, Mrs Braithwaite, Mrs Taylor, ?, Mrs Heaton.


. be axed, likewise when cutbacks of coun- cil'grants affect Public Libraries or other public amenities such as toilets or car parks.


more other services or activities where if- it isn’t used then that service or activity is . withdrawn from public use-your use.


■You'ean probably think of a dozen or ■■. ■ it” when a subsidised bus route is about to - the community. U - Bus companies often say “Use if or lose


SE it or lose it is now a com­ mon phrase or saying in the English language.


threat of “use it or lose it”; the commu­ nity centre is intended to be exactly what it says on the tin, the centre for the use of , •


Community centres are often under the


• for those who confess to being of a reli- -■ gious nature. A church and its community . centre are as public in ownership as the lo-'


- • Churches and their Community Centre ' services and activities have the same “use it or lose it” warning invisibly engraved on their infrastructure. A church is n o t . . exclusive for worship, nor is it exclusive ■


to membership-only use, it is there for His community whatever their creed or cul- ■ ture.


cal community centre; it is your place of community gathering for your community like-mindedness. The Holy House of God is not exclusive


lose it”.


The church is your church, “use it or ■


- REV. DON JOHNSON, Minister of Billington . Community Church.


of garden parties every year at Buckingham Palace and at die Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh to recognise public service. ■ Mr Evans said; “It is always a pleasure to meet my con­ stituents, but it is especially pleasing to meet those who have dedicated themselves to the service of others. “I hope they all enjoyed


Bill Honeywell and his wife Val, as well as Clitheroe Ro- tarian David Bleazard and his wife, Susan, also attended.' ■The Queen holds a series


photographs, or footage that should (or should not) be shared and will help Clithe­ roe Round Table create its guide should e-mail themfo: bestman@roundtable.org.uk Round Table provides a


sponses we receive from peo­ ple in the Clitheroe area, and those from Round Table’s net­ work of more than 500 clubs, to produce a simple but au­ thoritative guide to delivering the ultimate stag do, created by those who know best - the men who’ve been there and done it!” People with tips, examples,


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