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again, by a faceless company spokesper son, along with many other upstanding individuals merely for standing up against the giants who are stealing fair income from our communities. Dairy farmers have fought against ail
the odds with relentless and demanding schedules, despite seasonal illnesses and enduring the worst farming conditions for many years. With appalling summer, autumn and winter weather, plummeting milk yields and cull cow prices, poor silage crops and scarce and expensive alterna tive winter feed supplies. In an occupation with a suicide rate highest of any other sector and increasing work related inju ries, RABI report steep rises in producers suffering financial difficulty with spiral ling costs and cash fiows under incredible pressure. Prince Charles and the Duke of Westminster have donated hefty sums to farming charities hoping also the general public will dig deep and provide financial
FFA protests. Always finding them amicable and well attended, and almost wholly by similar minded dairy fanning family members of all ages and our allied suppliers as individual retail and process ing policy indirectly affects us all. I now find myself labelled as a militant
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s a member of my local WI and a progressive dairy farming family, I have attended many
Militant? Not me! I As 1 See I t
by Kathleen Calvert
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support for the raral community. DEFRA report an average farm gate
- price cuts designed to force across the board cuts for all producers, preceding and undercutting other processors and possibly forcing some out of business. Aria UK evolved from the former Ex
are" now a main supplier to major retail ers, a sector that did not exist back in 1933. Major retailers secure core liquid supplies through small numbers of dedicated sup ply contracts, vital also for lucrative PR. The big guns of corporate retail PR are
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Labour Party and the Socialist Party? That was the question up for debate at the Junior Labour League. • A Clitheroe salesman appeared at
THE Stationmaster at Gisbum, Mr Rob inson Norcross, died. Devoted to his job, he was well known in the area and had spent his entire career with the Lanca shire and Yorkshire Railway Company. He started work as a porter and worked his \vay through the ranks. He had been at Gisbum for 33 years. •
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Blackburn Bankmptcy Court. It was al leged that the 42-year-old man had mn up debts totalling £221. He had bor rowed from professional money lenders and also bought two motor cars.
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forms of longer greetings - “I wish you a good morning” or “May you have a happy New Year”
When visiting the United States, anoth
your watch? A friend of mine told me af ternoon starts when you’ve had lunch, a good rule of thumb I pass on to you. All these verbal greetings are shortened
you start to wish people a good after noon? Are you as pedantic as I am and check
off point beyond which 2013 is no longer “new”. I find a similar problem with “good morning” around noon. When you don’t know precisely what time it is - when do
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lookingback 50 years ago
leather and set of big doggers’ knives Mr Richard Turner, of Clitheroe, set off for a leper settlement in Nigeria. His skills as a dogger would help African lepers who were crippled by foot ulcers as they could not wear ordinary footwear or even mass produced dogs. Mr Turner was planning to make shoes for the indigenous popula
tion and was sure to be hailed a hero for his efforts
AN overheated brooder was believed to have caused a blaze at Sawley in which 200 week old chicks died. The chickens were in a wooden cabin which burst into flames. Barnoldswick Fire Brigade at tended the blaze and put out the fiames to stop the fire froni spreading to other huts. • Taking with him samples of clogs,
press Dairies, the major dairy company in 1933 when the MMB was introduced partly to protect farmers from dairy com panies like Aria UK. Perhaps not coincidentally Aria UK
price lower than 2011 and market forces and fair play would most certainly all point to further milk price increases. Instead it seems we are about to be kicked further into the mire by Aria UK who are plan ning the usual seasonal round of milk
trust their own factory produced milk sup ply.
consumer prices will then rocket and dairy fanners will as usual shoulder the blame!
When this shorts the UK liquid supply,
to regain control the UK milk supply, to supply cheap UK milk to its Danish par ent company to sell on at a higher price to meet increasing demands of the wealthi est of the Chinese population who do not
agreements with China’s leading dairy company China Mengniu Dairy Company Ltd. and with China’s leading food and beverage company, COFCO Corporation. Perhaps the intention is for the Dairy
in overdrive, battling to retain over gen erous margins while stemming the ebbing tide of recession hit consumers deserting their stores. Especially those consumers savvy enough to see beyond corporate smoke and mirrors the implications of the dairy crisis on the economy, local commu nities, wider agriculture, and our future staple food supplies. Ever increasing num bers of advisers and consultants, often with conflicting interests and no personal risk or financial investment, command salaries indirectly from farm income, and lifestyles far removed from the producers they claim to represent, often appearing to collaborate against producers, under mining their efforts. Aria meanwhile have recently signed
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two Clitheroe schools demon strated creativity, confidence
teenagers from
dale High School Technology College and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School set up stall in Nelson Indoor Market to sell goods which they had thought up, made and packaged ready for the day.
and great customer service at a special event. The pupils from Ribbles-
ated pick and mix children’s hampers, which made the per fect Christmas gift, while Clit heroe Grammar School had packaged cookery sets with recipes attached. Nelson cost reduction and purchase management com-
prise manager for the Lanca shire area, said: “All the pupils arrived early and with bags of enthusiasm. I was really im pressed with the items they brought to sell and all the stalls looked great.” Ribblesdale pupils had cre
part in the Young Enterprise Company Programme, in which they run their own busi nesses for a year. Tony Hewitt, Young Enter
The teenagers are taking I Sar.ui V theirWares z y \ Clitheroe Advcrtlsor&
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were doing so far. Dean Cockett, director,
said: “We were really im pressed with what the pupils had done within just a few
weeks and they all ran their in dividual stalls with confidence. I walked away with a few bags of gifts, so they must have done something right!”
Resolve to join Round Table fun 25 years ago
cape when the top storey of their home was gutted in an early morning blaze. Herd manager at Moorhouse Farm, An drew Baron and his wife Jane, led their three children to safety when they dis covered the blaze in the attic. Among the items destroyed was a cot quilt which had taken Jane four years to make.
A NEW £400,000 hotel and pubic house with 13 bedrooms was being planned for historic Mitton Hall. Hopes were high that it would become a magnet for Ger man and j^ e r ic a n tourists. The idea was to build an extension to the Old Stonehouse restaurant. The hotel would be built on a derelict site housing an old swimming pool and patio. • A Paythorne family had a lucky es
CLITHEROE Round Table is look ing forward to welcoming new mem bers as people look to make changes to their lives in 2013.
new members and it’s interesting that we tick more than a few boxes for those looking to keep this year’s resolution. “The secret to a good resolution
for our clubs, welcoming local men who want to make a difference to their life and the lives of others. “Round Table is always open to
said: “For many guys, the new year provides an opportunity to look at life and make some changes. “We know to expect a busy time
life, improved health and fitness, or the feelgood factor of helping the lo cal community. Round Table claims to provide the perfect opportunity for men in Clitheroe ancf the sur rounding Ribble Valley to make a resolution they will want to keep. Jason Thomson, of Round Table,
Whether it’s finding a better social
out more about getting involved with the Round Table in their own local area, the organisation has a dedi cated new members’ contact to help
about providing a fun and relaxed environment where men from all walks of life can get involved in a huge range of team activities, boost their skills and help their local com munity. We’re welcoming anyone who’s interested to go along to their local Table, try it for free, and see what it’s all about.”
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Thought For The Week
a p p y New Year! Or is it too late for that?
It’s just that there must be a cut
a Christian funeral is not a time to say a final goodbye, but a farewell until we are reunited in God’s eternal care. After one funeral I had taken a lady pointed out to me that “farewell” is the secular form and goodbye was originally “God be with you”. A blessing, of course, is another word that has travelled so far that we often
turies, would have included some refer ence to God - “may God grant you a good day”. As well as a greeting they included some form of a blessing. I frequently point out at funerals that
er (British) friend responded to “Have a nice day” with a polite “Thank you, but I have made other plans”. Most of these greetings, in earlier cen
forget it’s origin. At it’s root a blessing is obviously the opposite of a curse: so if we bless someone we want good things to happen to them.
blessing is in the Sermon on the Mount: its not about wealth or comfort or popu larity. The poor, the hungry, those who weep and those who are persecuted are blessed by God - in Jesus’ kingdom all can be blessed..
But Jesus radically redefined what a
and a very good morning, afternoon and/ or evening to you.
May God bless you in 2013, reader -
REV. ANDY PROUD, St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe
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