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two FBI agents, Mulder and Scully, as they investigated a whole range o f bizarre, paranormal and ofter extra­ terrestrial phenomenon.. . Mulder was the. one who approached


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these things with an open mind, willing to believe they existed, while Scully, a trained doctor, was the cynic, using sci- ; ence and logic to try. to disprove what she ■


knew couldn’t possibly be true. This was pretty much a two-person op­


eration... the FBI tolerated Mulder and allowed him to pursue his whims if it kept him out o f their hair. In his ramshackel of- fice tucked away.in a basement, Mulder had a large poster on his wall with a grainy ■ black and white photo o f a 1950s-style fly­ ing saucer and m large black letters.the phrase “I want to believe’’.' ' This pretty much summed up Mulder’s


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LOCAL stalwart, mill owner and cham­ pion of the town of Clitheroe James Gar-


■ nett was being mourned: “The remains _ o f James Garnett, JP, Waddow Hall, whose death was recorded in our last is­ sue, were interred in the family .vault in Grindle.ton parish churchyard on Tues-


' day afternoon. At Low Moor there were signs o f mourning on every hand, the blinds in'all the houses being drawn and the mill was also stopped at noon. Prior to the cortege leaving the house, a street service was conducted by the Rev. J Pick­ up, vicar o f St Paul’s


: • A loans advert read “Money is needed by everyone. Some people must borrow. Should you require cash for any purpose, we can accommodate you.”


. Newhouse!. V ; Mrs Newhouse, now


i aged 86,' has many happy memories of the


" little village school and its pupils, and how she taught generations o f children from the same families. Front row - Stephen


Holmes,Xinda Close, Margaret Schofield, Carol Hogg, Jane Hol­ mes, George Mann; second row - Andrew B ickn e l l, R ich a rd Schofield, Anne Sagar, Sheila Wilson, Sylvia - Hogg; Charlie Tilbury,


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HERE is the third and final photograph o f past pupils o f Tosside Parochial School, pic­ tured in 1971 with their headmistress Mrs Vera


WILL POWER: Irene Chenery (left) and Carol Maher, partners in Clitheroe law firm Chenery Maher Solicitors.


character and, in fact, the underlying premise of the whole series. Of course it was bunkum - albeit entertaining bunkum - but to get the most out of watching it you had to believe that these things might be


I want to believe As I See It


USED to emoy watching “ The X Files” on TV, the at-the-time groundbreaking series which fol- . lowed the adventures and exploits o f


by Duncan Smith


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possible, or at least, you had to be willing to “suspend disbelief” for the duration of the progratmne. I still enjoy a good movie, whether-it’s


a thriller, an action film, sci-fi, a historical drama, in fact most genres. Work commit­ ments and family life mean it’s rare that I


■ get to the cinema, but I like to settle down to a good DVD. Here again, the enjoy­ ment of the thing relies to a large extent on whether you can believe in the charac­ ters, the plot, even the sometimes pretty incredible visual images flashed onto your screen. I enjoy the escapism, the fantasy of it all. Just like Mulder, for the period I’m watching the thing, I want to believe. Which is why I find it difficult to imder-


_stand this fetish for “DVD extras” - seg­ ments added to the disc which, in most


lookingback 50 years ago


A LETTER to the newspaper this week read: “May I draw the attention of the General Post Office in Clitheroe to the letterbox directly inside your office. I do no like to find fault with the GPO as I think they do the most wonderful job of work and the office in town with its new look and service with a smile is all that one could wish for. But that letterbox I had occasion to use it one day and very nearly trapped iny fingers. The GPO ask the gen­ eral public not to put too strong a spring on letterboxes and so why oh why does the one inside the GPO in town have a spring on it like a rat trap? 1 think the old letter­ box was far better, so please, Mr Postmas­ ter, let us see you set an example to the


public by doing away with that box! ”


cases, seek to deconstruct the elaborate fantasy which the film-makers have gone to such lengths (and expense) to create. There are “extras” that snow in great


technical detail how the CGI (computer generated imaging) is created, iengthy in­ terviews with the actors discusssing their roles, the director telling you why he did this or that, and so it goes on. Some discs


just have these on the main menu, but some DVD packages have an entire sec­ ond disc wholly devoted to these extras and special features. Some are even sold as special editions on this basis. V^y? I don’t want to know in minute


detail how the dish was cooked. I just want to savour the taste o f it. I don’t want to hear from the actor. I just want to believe in the character he portrays. I don’t want to know how the magic trick was done, be­ cause once you know, where’s the magic? Some discs even offer alternate end­


ings, akin to Bullseye host Jim Bowen re­ vealing the star prize speedboat with the words “Here’s what you could have won”. Of course some people might want the


extras, might need to take the thing apart to see how it works, but I never watch them. I want to believe.


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SHOW: Shop owner Becky Ford is pictured with some of . the models at the recent prom collection fashion show. Photo by Beth Owen Photog­ raphy, visit www.bethowen photography. co.uk


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Fashionable boost for Rosemere


A FASHION show held to showcase the' prom collection at Clitheroe’s Elan Bou­ tique raised £180 for the Rosemere Can­ cer Foundation. ■ - The independent Castlegate-based


business staged the.show at The Grand earlier this month, charging people £2


■to attend. During the event, which show- ■ cased both dresses and accessories such as necklaces and tiaras/hairbands, there was a draw to win a £50 voucher towards a prom dress and one entitling the winner to free a hair pin up. Tony and Sue, o f Clit­ heroe’s Party People,-donated the balloon


display and Becky Maguire prepared the models’ hair. Becky Ford, who runs Elan Boutique


with her daughter, Sarah, also asked stu­ dent Beth Owen, who is in her final year of a photography degree course at Leeds College of Art, to photograph the event.


25 years ago


A H IT TV show visited Clitheroe this week: “Millions o f viewers will hear about a Clitheroe Children’s Home on Sunday, following a visit from Cilia Black’s Surprise Surprise show. Carol Hamilton, who stayed at St Deny’s Chil­ dren’s Home was so pleased at the care given by staff that she contacted Cilia. The programme makers were so im­ pressed by Carol’s story that they made secret plans to contact children who had lived there. Some now have their own families, but it was not too difficult to trace people living in the Ribble Val­ ley. The result for John and June Suth­ erland, who have run the home for ten years was a pleasant surprise and what turned into a fine family reunion.”


Law firm's


C L ITH E RO E law firm Chenery Maher took part in Will A id and raised just short of £1,800 for nine charities. Will Aid is the UK’s leading charity,


will-writing scheme, offering people the opportunity to make or update their will in return for a donation to charity. This money is shared by ActionAld, Age UK, British Red Cross; Christian Aid, NSPCC, Save the Children, Sightsavers, SCIAF (Scotland) arid Trocaire (North- em Ireland).' ■ As part o f the Will Aid campaign the


partners o f the Clitheroe practice, Irene Chenery and-Carol Maher,'drew up


wills for local people without charging their usual fee. In return for this service, the clients made a donation to Will A id . ' Irene explained: “We had a very busy and successful campaign and wrote 20


' wills for local people, giving their fami­ lies the security of a properly drafted will as well as the opportunity to sup­ port popular charities. We would.like to thank those who took part and do­ nated so generously in order to make our fundraising efforts such a success.” Irene added: “We are proud that


Chenery Maher were involved. The money we have raised will be added to the nationwide total, currently standing at£1.5m.”


Thouglit For The Week


A FTER much debate, several years ago, we decided that the only way


X k lh a t our house might be half re­ spectable was i f we employed a cleaner one day a week. - With two children and both of us work­


ing, we thought this would be the way to keep on top of those household chores. We wondered i f it would be worth it? - Our experience was that.it was worth every penny. We knew that at least once per week the house would, get, back to rights (for a short time). There was however a strange second­


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ary effect - we started to tidy up for the cleaner! Cleaning because the cleaner is coming -what’s that all about?' Were we cleaning up so that the cleaner


. can clean the bits we really didn’t want to? Were we simply ashamed of the state the house could get into? Or maybe we felt that the house needed .


to be at a certain level of cleanliness to be fair to the cleaner! For the record, our cleaner at the time


was great and shared with us that we were not the only ones who would clean before she came. Sometimes we-feel we cannot come and know the love of God until we clean up our act.


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The Christian faith asks us to come be­ fore God anytime and as we are.


- We don’t need to put it off because we feel not good enough or that we have not in a sense cleaned up for the cleaner. ' God accepts us as we arc and asks us -


to believe in him, know his love and to be ' open to be changed by that love day by day' - starting firom right where we arc! Since we are currently in the season of


Lent let us hear the challenge of the God of love to walk faithfully with him, as we perhaps give something up or take some­ thing on and in doing so seek to deepen our spiritual journey. Maybe this might be. going to church, more time, for reflection and prayer, volunteering in a capacity to ■ help others or making that phone call or visit to that person in need. .’ Let us willingly put ourselves before •


God and let the cleaner do the cleaning.: May God Bless you and this community. ■ REV. IAN HUMPHREYS,'


' Methodist Minister for Trinity Clitheroe


WRECKED: The bus shelter was left strewn across the road.


Truck crashed into bus shelter


HORRIFIED onlookers watched as a lorry smashed into a bus shelter opposite the site for the new Clitheroe Community Hospital. The bus shelter on Chatburn Road was knocked down


when a Scania truck collided with it at just after 2-30 p.m. last Thursday, but luckily no one was injured in the incident. Police and council highways staff attended the scene after it


was reported that the electric cable at the bus shelter had been severed and was live.


The power was subsequently isolated and the bus shelter cordoned off.


DAMAGED: What was left of the bus stop which was opposite the site for the new Clitheroe Community Hospital.


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