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After more than nine months spendingqualitytiihemthmy} beautiful baby boy, Sulaiman, ij


11 returned tdworklast week. vl enjoyed every minute of.I


I my maternity leave,- but’was | looking forward to returning : i to work and getting back into ?


I the swing of things. - , :J am fortunate enough to ;'


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else was looking after him,


: feeding him and generally i spending time with him rath­ er than me.


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I be working part-time (three daysaweek)sincebecominga;:: first-time mother, so why dol feel so guilty about leaving my >,


I baby? ^ It was Sulalman’s first day :■


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Subway, Clitheroe 01200 423686


I at Ribblesdale Children’s Cen- j tre, Clitheroe, yesterday an d ; ; although the staff there are very caring and wonderful, I ;; had to face the emotional u p - .. heaval of leaving him and felt guilty all day that someone '7


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left, buti knewsooneror later he would realise that the per­ son he is most attached to was not around and that’s when he


; would become unsettled. ; ; Thanks to family support, Sulaiman is currently only ■ attending nursery one day a week and I’m aware that he is safe and secure and that childcare will help him flour­ ish, but then why am I racked. with guilt that I have “aban-.


The Lancashire Ladies'Circle'' doned”him? .


- 7^ I spoke to my mum about: this new and unexpected sense of guilt, but she couldn’t understand why 1 was think- ing of returning to work and


■ why I didn’t want to takea “ca-, reer break’^ or stay at home


,: full-time to make sure Sulaim-i an is well looked after until he attends school. I was raised in a family


with caring and dedicated par-: ents. My family was tradition­ al - my dad went to work and : my mum gave up her promis-. ing teaching career to raise her children. When I was growing up in


theigSos, it was quite normal to expect the mother to stay at home, while the father wa s: the breadwinner. Times have


. changed dramatically since ’ then and it is now more ac-


; ceptable arid encouraged for ’ mothers to work. Not only


V doesithelptopaythebills,but helps to focus on their career


and to keep one’ssanitytoo.' ! ^ ; : ? While I have great respect


.■ for and admire women who' 'have made the difficult deci­ sion to give up their jobs to


; look after their young ones, my husband and friends keep


; reassuring me that I’ve done'' V the right thing and Sulaiman 7 needs more stimulation then - jus t mummy at home and by'


attendingnursery,hewillgain excellent social skills. I love my son, but I also love my job v - I jus t hope the guilt of being away from him reduces with time. ■


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: .ClitheroeLadies’Circleplayed' . host to more thansomembers from Circles and Tangents a'cross Lancashire when the Area 35 rally was held at the Calf’s Head, Worston. . , Among the guests was the


- Ladies’ Circle national presi­ dent, Ruth Curry, who gave a motivating and heartfelt speech.


.Outgoing area chairwoman Kerry Tomlinson was treated


to an afternoon fit for a queen by her friends in Clitheroe La- dies.’Circle. ; Not content to be left out,


the men of the Lancashire Round Tables (Areas4), along with members o f Clitheroe Round Table, skilfully Inter-r


-rupted proceedings with a Wild West hold-up. All the guests had a won­


derful afternoon and money was raised for Action for Chil-


. The Area 35 award winners at the rally hosted by Clitheroe Ladies’ Circle.


dren and Whizz Kidz through araffle and sweet trolley. In the coming months Clit­


heroe Ladies’ Circle has an ex­ citing and varied programme


planned, including a Taste of Lancashire night, barbecues,


. pot painting, shopping, a ball andaspanight.- ■: O For more information


aboutClitheroeLadies’Circle,- emailJen Shervey at clitheroe ladiescircle@gmail.com or visitfacebook.com/LC6910r twitter.com/Gircle_69i:


. Terms and Conditions App ly jfe Advertiser and 1 imes - A 7Z>cC7//fc£.'rc> e m 3 - f r i i M i Cupcake tasting for Cancer Research


Enjoying de lightful sweet treats might mean a guilt trip


. for most of us, but customers and friends o f the Cupcake


.Boutique in Swan Courtyard, Clitheroe, will be raising mon­ ey for Cancer Research UK as they literally have their cake -ande'atiti : CupcakeBoutiqueiswork-


This week’s little piece o f nostalgia shows staff at Clitheroe supermarket


Booths celebrating the store’s loth birthday.


Donning fancy dress outfits ranging '


from clowns to St Trinian’s pupils, the staffraisedtheirglassestoadecadein - the town.


staff C6lebrat6 store’s loth anniversary Op eningin 1983 off Station Road, Clit- ■


heroe, the supermarket remains on the samesiteandinthesamebuilding. OnlybackinAprilthisyear.thesuper- ' marketheldaspecialin-storetasting -


. fiventtocelebratethegothanniversary ofitbeingin the town.


SinceJunei847,sixgenerationsofthe ‘ LOOKING BACK


100 YEARS AGO ® : :Somelhin(j/ornot/ifHg j,


N HIS PARISH magazine, the vicarof Chatburn, • :! lanking contributors to the Whitsuntide festivai,- ips that classbf the community which is always:


|never gave a penny piece. On the other hand, some ■ 1 horn one scarcely liked to ask, because one knows


lager to share in the pleasure of others without : S 'wing towaids itsprovision. Of thissomething for i i lothing policy, hesays: “There are many who came J nd had fgood time, who enjoyed the band, whose I ihildren perhaps had a good tea, possibly won ■'® rizes, people who could well afford to do so, but


if the daily struggle, insisted on giving something.®': ' e contrast suggests the reflection There need ■ ' i lever be ar^deficitifallwe'reequallygenerous'."®


50 YEARS AGO Cookery spot


, ;ARECIPEFORRhubarbCrumbPiewasthisweek’s ■


in the cookeiy column; “A quick pudding ■ ’ ■ •' ■


thatisdifferentandveryhardtofind.Favourite tarts,creamsandsteamed puddings take time in ®


preparationandare worth the trouble,butforthose'':


;®-f®®!iYi'^Pntldings, we have to choose something else.Ingredientsare1-iy2lbrhubarbwithsugarto


^ sweeten.Fo_rthetopping,2ozofbutter,2ozofcaster .


, . - . sugar, 60Z biscuit crumbs,’/z teaspoonbf powdered ' •' ‘ cinnamon.Cutuptherhubarb,washandcookinvery


7- lrttlevraterandplaceinapieplate.Meltthebutter - . ::p-®^’!-®?''’.H^P.n™nibs,sugarandcinnamon.Spread • s ® themixtureoverthefruitandbakeatgasmarkSfor ^P.f® niinutes. Serve with dairy cream or custard.''N® ‘


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25 YEARS AGO Heritage Fayre '


- “TlPPEDFORTHEtop-thafsClitheroe’sHentage ;


' Fayre. With national sponsors knocking atthe door, nextyear’seventwillbe,ifhumanlypossible,even > bigger and better. The fayre is on target to become


. the largest single one-day event in the country-and ,theorganisersaredelighted.Sunda/sfun-filled ■


spectacular broke all records, raising an estimated £35,000 for charity. Once again, the sun smiled o n . - the hard-working membersofthe Clitheroe Lions -


:_Club and Round Table and thousands o f people, .• • > - young and old, enjoyed a memorable day in the , shadowofhistoricClitheroeCastle.Intwoweeks ,


; time, the committee will meet again formulate plans forthe1989feyre"


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ing in close conjunction with the cancer charity’s Clitheroe branch shop and other sup­ porters of the evening include HDBrows by Claire, My Choc-: olate Heaven, Fabulous and WhalleyWineshop. . ; ' Natalie Owens who has


: BoothsfamilyhaveledE.H.Booth& Co. Ltd &om modest beginnings, with


jus t one small shop in Blackpool, to the present day where the company trades ,


■■ 2gfood,wineandgrocerystoresright across Lancashire, Cumbria, Yorkshire and Cheshire, including the store in Clitheroe.


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK


WE watched a GhanneUpro-. gramnie the other night about ■■ Emily Wilding Davison, the militant Suffragette who al-.;


' legedly threvv herself under: theklng’shorseattheEpsom : Derby 100 ago this month. : - Using modern techniques, which can draw more detail out


! of the grainy newsreel footage, .- - producer Clare Balding showed : howEmily’sintentionmaywell: have been to fasten to the horse -


: a sca r f declaring “Votes fo r , Women”. , . .. : r-:;She'died in the attempt,


■ but the jockey, Herbert Jones, 7 . whilst virtually unharmed,'


; gassed himself in 1951, forever,, haunted by Emily’s face. ■


■ k The Suffragettes were brave ; .. women who suffered terrible .


indignities for what everyone now would accept was a just : : cause.


- ■ - Emily was imprisoned nine


. that only men should have the vote?, : So oftenitisindividualswho


times and force fed 0049 occa- sions, with food being forced i down through tubes into h e r / stomach by an instrument re- sembling a torture weapon.; ' : A cultured and highly-. : educated young woman,- she :• suffered brutality from the po- ; s licemen o f her day, as well as from others who did not have a • fraction of her intelligence. ■ But her courage and deter­


mination, along with that of the 'i Pankhurst sisters and other ; Suffragettes, paved the way for .:■■ what wenow take for granted - votes for all. . Who today would suggest,:;.


'have campaigned for justice; whenthepopulationingeneral - has been lukewarm or hostile. •: .From the abolition of the


slave trade to the Church of England 'allowing women priests, we have dedicated in- • dividuals to thank for their tire- ■' less efforts.


love and transformation which continues to this day. As well as individuals being changed, however, the world as a whole needs changing, although we. accept and build on much that is good.


: Wherevercorruption,injus- tice and exploitation reign, in­ dividuals are needed to attack:


‘ ■■r-From the ending of apart-:; heidinSouthAfricatotheavail- ability of civil partnership for ■ same-sex couples, we can be grateful for individuals who - have argued and persisted, - -j : :',': - The first disciples were a c - , cused of turning the world up-Y side down. In the Holy Spirit’s® power they led a revolution of ,


. them in the name of Christ or just for the sake of right, k ; :. / But then, when Mary pre-:'


, pared for the birth of her Son,x -,our. Saviour, she' sang a song,L ■, sometimes called The Magnifi-


•i cat, which is nothing short of a', -. revolutionary manifesto.-; ;■ ? CAN0NR0DNEYNICH0I50N.': 7 •> Vicar of St Paul’s, Low Moor,,, ■ I , ': ; : : and priest-in-charge o f • '.'I;:: Chatburn and Downham


Q i i a l i t y l a d i e s m e a r a t :^ a ffo r d a b l e p r i c e s : LADY CLITHEROE


22-24 Ring Street Clitheroe Tel: 01200 422042


run the business for past 18 months withherpartner,Lex, said:“My partner and I have,:


.: The event takes place on h i f ^ t


/ Saturday, June 29th from 7-30 p.m. and customers will be invited to taste, score and grade some of the'shop’syum-: mydelicaciestobeinwiththe-


: chanceofwinhingtheprizeof a giant cupcake at the end of the night. A limited number of tick­


Owner Natalie Owens outside the Cupcake Boutique in Swan Courtyard, (s) unfortunately, had experience


.of cancer in both of our fami- •lies, so research into the dis­ ease is something we are very interested in and a cause very close to our hearts. ■ “Theladieswhoworkinthe


ClitheroeCancerResearchUK shop are very supportive of us and have agreed to come along on the night to speak about . cancerawarenessandtheim-


: portance of raising funds for this very worthwhile cause.” :


ets for the event are still avail­ able from the shop priced at £10 each, with all proceeds going directly to Cancer Re­ search UK. • For more information . call Natalie on 01200 538698


. or visit www.cupcaketreats. ; co.uk, www.facebook.com/ CBstylishTreats'or Twitter® CBstylishTreats.


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