Clftheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, January 31,2013


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V A PO U R PRO D U C T IO N CONTAINS N ICO T IN E NO Ta !r lOO’S OF DIFFERENT FLAVOURS & STRENQTHS


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the only~truIy,family owned'and personaU^^;G^^ run flineral firm in the Ribble-ana4Hddder^Tplins&^^


offer an unparalleled level ofipersOTal^se^iel The chapel of Rest;is located-atthe private Courtyard along 'wth fuU mortt^^^^ cilities. Our office is located-irii,burj6wn|hoi^L on the premjses. where it is stiffed


day and offering the mostjpersonal servacel’^ ^ •


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Valleys. There are currently-tHre^nc^famk- ^men^ ^ n y'f^eral prior, to the.tim&olfdytlvV ily members working full time'mjtoe C ^ a r ia ^ C C o i& e ^ l i^ ^ f fe r s ^ aB d it io y i l l^ ^ ^ together with , local additionaLpart^time^^p


StiD so much to learn ' years ago, that as you grew


blder, the cells in your brain that ■ Bealt with learning, deteriorated lom the moment you were bom. Tiis has been shown to be com- [)letely untrue. To quote words from he 2001 seminar ‘Celebrating Older earners,’ “ Life is one long challenge id it is tliiougli the dtalleiiges of lif


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hat we leam” . There is however, a bualifying factor. As long as you are Prepared to cany on learning, assimi­


lating facts and stimulating your nemoiy, your ability to pack away


facts, figures and all sorts o f details, Iemains with you all your life. But, Bike any well oiled piece of machin­ ery, if you use it, you won’t lose it, neglect it and it will deteriorate. Mind you this isn’t to say you will


necessarily become more intelligent, better able to deal with figures, leam languages or remember names i f you were less than able to do so in your younger days. However, many people who did next to nothing at school, br who found the formal learning imposed upon them in their youth to be counter productive, take to study ■n their mature years, like ducks to vater. Why this should be is hard to say.


It may be that the lack of compul­ sion stimulates the desire to leam.


Perhaps there is less in an adult’s life to distract them from the activity of learning. An elderly student of my acquaintance, at whose graduation I attended in his seventh decade, declared, “when the fires go out,


. what else is there?” Whatever the reason, the fact remains, there is absolutely iiu leasuii why learning"


should not take place at whatever age you are. But, I can hear you say, why would


I, p fe in my comfortable job, deep in middle age, considering a pension­ able retirement,' want to go back to school? Well the fact is, life is chang­ ing very rapidly. The ‘job for life’ that concerned our grandparents is no longer the norm. Folk have had to get used to job hopping in recent years. Companies come and go, pensions shrink or vanish, the age to retire is now as much a matter of whether or not you are still fit to work. Jobs too change and many skills that were once considered essential or desir­ able are required no longer. Who these days is able to operate, or has even heard of, a comptometer? So where to go? Well all private


colleges, colleges of further educa­ tion and universities accept mature students. In some ways it is a touch easier for the mature to get a place


at a seat of learning because the list of exam, qualifications demanded of the young are usually waived for the would-be mature student. It may only be necessary to attend an interview or provide a CV. At the most, it may be necessary to study a foundation course to get you into sync with the habit of study. I f muiiey is the prub- lem there are Career Development . Loans that will help foot the bill and require repayment at very advanta­ geous interest rates. And for the unemployed or those with hefty family commitments, there may be grants and allowances available. Courses available cover both


. trades and professions. There is no bar to training to become a nurse for example, or a plumber. School teach­ ers are much in demand as are lectur­ ers in a variety o f subjects for adult education. Then there are chefs, electricians, heating engineers and computer experts, they are all, always wanted whatever age they are. One young woman set up on her


own very successfully, to do ladies’ and gentlemen’s hairdressing in their own homes. A nurse, tired of the stresses of hospital duties, retrained as a chiropodist and worked for herself, visiting residential homes for the elderly.


I " . * . ' - 1 ~ ‘ '* '1 Many companies are


happy to sponsor training, in return of course, for a year or two of the trainee’s skilled employment. All that is required is a reasonable level of fitness necessary for the desired occupation. There is also o f course a great deal


of non-vocational learning to acquire and you never know where that can


lead. I f you need to leam a new skill, rejoin the ranks of aicademe or just


. take up a new hobby, forget your age. I f you want to do it, that’s really all that’s required. Just look for the advice, there’s plenty about, take it and off you go. Believe me, you’ll never look back.


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