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, —^ ak e their clothes off. Yes, it’s a rotten job, but somebody has to do it.


AST Friday I was,upstairs in a hotel with five young ladies who


"killed off The Who’s John Entwistle, let me.put you right.


.y&d what a n i^ t it was!;, \ V:That upstairs flat became a dressing


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room whep a group of otherwise quite or­ dinary ladies transformed themselves with gowns, girdles, feathers and make-up into glamorous performers before descend­ ing the stairs to presenttheir acts in the lounge bar.


ie’’ and ham-fisted magician act from the ^plyTproportioned Jezebel Steele, caba- ret songs from'cute Bexi Owen, Marilyn Monroe and a balletic fan dance from' lithe Suzie Sequin, the Gothic menace of Raven Noir with enormous feather head-


We enjoyed a comedy “burlesque rook­


Clitheroe, hosted by Gary and Louise Clough, raising money for Derian House children’s hospice with a sparkling — and often veiy noi^ - cabaret burlesque night,


‘We were at TheTnn at the Station in


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you think I was indulging in the by Eric Beardsworth


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burlesque performers; one, they all have exotic names; two, they remove clothes not to be sexually provocative but to en-


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cluded: “A little boy, definitively small, stood on a street comer anxiously watch­ ing the large crowds of biity shoppers go­ ing about their business. Finalty, he ap­ proached a kind looking policeman and p id ‘Excuse me,’ The policeman kindly , looked down on his little enquirer. ‘I don’t suppose it is possible that you have seen a lady... without me?’


SIMPLE but indisputable arithmetic came from a young member of the com­ munity and was printed in the paperthis week: “A six-year-old recently informed me that two plus two does not always make four. ‘ Two raindrops plus two raindrops,” she pointed out triumphantly “just make a puddle”. ‘ . • Lost reports in this week’s paper in­


lookingback 50 years ago


“ST James’s School, Clitheroe could have been destroyed in a fire on Monday evening but for the Rector, Rev. Chap­ man. The fire had broken out in the boilerhouse under two classrooms. The rector, who had arrived early to open a Brownies meeting gave the alarm. Clithe-. roe fire brigade attended for two hours, but were unable to save many chairs, ta- bles and pieces of scenery which were stored in tne boilerhouse. .


Michael s and St John:s school attended a dance at The Hall, Lowergate on.Friday night. The.Panama Jazzmen played for .dancing. Meanwhile, 150 people enjoyed the music of Johnny Angel and the Saints at the parish hall on Thursday night; ■


“About 250 past pupils of St


audience member who was dragged on to the stage, made to remove his shirt and taught how to shimmy. Three things you ought to know about


introductions, jokes and songs was Kiki DeVille, a bubbly and forthright Austral­ ian singer who now lives in Lancashire. And fair play to,“Andy”, a fun-loving


dress, balloon-bursting and a cheeky au­ dition tale from Heather Sweet (my elder daughfer, bless her), and my humble'self singing Noel Coward songs. The “maid”, picking up the discarded clothing and props, vvas Beau Shortcake. Holding the whole thing together with


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ago, I threw a birthday party at a club and asked guests to put cash or cheques, in­ stead of gifts for me, into Derian House Gift Aid envelopes. It’s as simple as that, and it didn’t take a big effort on my part. Why not do the same yourself?


our pockets or give up some of our time to support Derian House. When I turned 60. a couple of years


up healthy children, can scarely compre­ hend the heartbreak of having a child in the shadow of cancer or some other life-' threatening disease. We are so lucky, and should count our blessings. The least we can do is put our hands in


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to-date with the continuing computer revolution was agreed by Ribble Valley Council. The money was to be spent on replacing exisiting computer equipment installed in 1982.


“IT’S superb” was the verdict on the opening of thC: new Whalley surgery: “At the open day on Monday, residents were given the opportunity'tp look round the premises in the 'village centre and there were words of praise for the modern accommodation which includes a spa­ cious waiting area, consulting rooms, treatment room and a room for the dis­ trict nurses. The purpose built surgery also incorporates accomodation for the health visitors and district chiropodist.” • Spending.bf £38,000 to keep up-


LEAGUE CHAMPS: Whalley Juniors Under-9s have won the East Lancs Alliance Red League. Whalley lost only one of their games and remained unbeaten in the remaining 16, scoring 56 goals and conceding just nine.


Youngsters enjoyed some ‘hands-on’ art


A GROUP of 12 children from Sabden got the chance to ex­ plore their creative talents at ah art workshop. ■' The youngsters visited Ribble Valley Art Studios, in Clit­


heroe, where they made work inspired by 1960s artist Jasper Johns. They made plaster casts of their hands, and in one case a face, to fix to colourful abstract paintings. Keith Parkinson, who ran the workshop with Jill Wright,


said: “They Were a great group, really enthusiastic and fo­ cussed. They enjoyed coming here to work surrounded by all this ‘professional’ art on the walls with the chance to talk to the artists at work in the studios. “They were a pleasure to work with.”


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could no longer cope with the amount of business it was doing. Just getting the live­ stock in and out of town on market days


I^GULAR contributor Doris Brown, of Ifrghfield Road, Clitheroe, has brought in this week’s old photographs) both taken at the opening of the town’s new auction mart in around March 1988. The old mart, in the centre of town,


was a tricl^ proposition so it was decided to move to a new and purpose-built facil- ity at Saithill, with plenty of sjjace, lots of


pa^ng and easy access from the A59 with her mother,


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we believe was Coun. L. J. Nevett, and his Mayoress. •


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ing because they both loved shire horses and knew that the famous Thwaites Brew- Cty dray horse would be there for the big day. These two photos show Doris and Emma with the magnificent shire horses and the borough Mayor at the time, who


Doris and her mother went to the open­


certainly originated in monasteries. In the 12th century there were early forms of clocks that just struck the hours on a bell. By the 14th cehtOry there were clocks on church towers. It was nof until the 17th century that


hou'r in bed, but it will be a sure sign that Spring is finally here. Clocks, as we now know them, almost


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considerable progress was made in the ac­ curacy of clpcks by the introduction of the


pendulum.


: bles not,' because he sees the light of this ■ world.” (John ch.ll v.9). One thing that is clear from this, is that without Christ, all is darkness and confusion. There is a stoiy told of a clock that was built to replace an older clock, erected


ment to the hours of the'day is at the time of the raising back to life of Lazarus, when Jesus said:.“Are there not 12 hours in the- day? If any man walk in the day, he stum- •


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P R IN G seems to be arrivr ing slowly, but in just over two weeks’ time we shall be moving . our clocks forward. It will mean one less


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. devoid of all character, with a featureless . Tace and rimple dashes for numerals and' rectangular strips for the hands. However, it.did not stand the test of


high on the side of a church tower, and situated on a cliff, where it was exposed to the elements. It was a modern clock,


dubious for the durable. Nothing was se­ cure. It was a matter of “anything goes”. This may only be a' story, but long ago . the Psalmist said:.?If the foundaitions b e . desfrbyed, what:can the righteous do?” (Psalm'll v3), The answer is to start with this assurance - the foundations of the Christian faith cahinot be'destroyed. ' .There may be problems within and perse­ cutions without, but we need to remember our Lord’s words when He said: “Heaven and Earth will pass away; but my words : will never iiass away” (Matthew ch.24 V.35).


time. Along came a gale, which ripped off the hands! Now a clock without hands is '. useless. In a sense, what happened to that clock and its hands) is somewhat charac­ terised by the days in which we live. There was a desire to substitute the


which has been devoted to the repair and restoration of antique clocks; I have come across a relatively small number of people who dislike the sound of a ticking clock or the chiming of the hours. Maybe it is. because... ‘


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' It shows how the moments are fiying; It marks the departure of time. And tells us how fast we are dying. \


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tion, unless you have hope. Hope will keep you going if it is'firmly grounded on Jesus Christ, the only true hope in this world and the next.


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tells us when to take hold of that hope: “Behold now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians ch.6 v2.). Ah, now is the time, and now is watchword of the wise.


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