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CUTHEROEADVEimSERSTIMES VALLCTMATTERS A weekly look at local issues, people and places VALLEYMATTERS Tales from the checkout


A chance remark at a super­ market checkout about paying for plastic bags sparked a train


of lively reminiscence. , My mother remarked that


it always used to be customary to take a shopping bag or bas­ ket of one’s own on any trip to the shops. To this I can attest, having


been despatched to the local shop with a muddy-green ver­ sion kept specifically for po­ tato haulage which was made not of traditional materials, b'utofnew-fangledpoly-some- thing. While thishad the merit ofbeingabletobewipedclean, its handles tended to stretch alarmingly under each succes­ sive five pounds of potatoes, until 1 was dragging it home behind me rather than car-


As I See It... by Linda Ainsworth


rying it. However, we agreed that even this was preferable to the paper carrier bags with string handles formerly pro­ vided by retailers, which cut into the palm or fingers intol­ erably when full. String bags were much less


cumbersome than baskets and structured shoppingbags, but had the problem of being unable to retain smaller items, which had an unfortunate ten­ dency to fall out through the holes. Even someone suffi­ ciently canny to use one with a small-gauge mesh would even­ tually fall prey to this when the


knots in the net unravelled or the string broke. Finding a useful bag of


the correct materials was a triumph, and the result was treasured. However, not every family went as far as my hus­ band’s... in naming theirs! It was called “Pal”, presumably because it went everywhere with them! Most serious and regu­


lar shoppers have now come full circle in bringing their own bags, and some stores even reward those who do so through loyalty card points. In Australia, where plastic bags have to be paid for, some plac­ es assume you have no bags and charge automatically for them. By contrast in Kuala Lumpur, everything is en­


thusiastically bagged, ensur­ ing that purchasers acted as


mobile advertising hoardings during the rest of their shop. Having written thisarticle,


a few days later someone said to me that she had a dream in which I was driving a bus. Because so many people


were waiting to board, I in­ sisted, to save space, every­ one should remove their shoes and put them in a box, but it was too small to accommo­ date them all. The dreamer then suggested that everyone should see if they have a plas­ tic bag to put the shoes into! It seems not only have plas­


tic bags invaded our hedge­ rows and tree branches, they have also colonised our sub­ conscious too!


An ambitious scheme to plant trees in Ribble Valley’s 35 par­ ishes in memory of the bor­ ough’s First World War fallen is nearing completion.


Allbutfouroftheoaktrees


have now been planted, with nine put in the ground this Monday and Tuesday in Bal- derstone, Osbaldeston, Mel- lor,CopsterGreen,Salesbury, Clayton-Ie-Dale, Ramsgreave, Bolton-by-Bowland, Slaid- burnandLongridge. The remaining four will be


plantedduringRemembrance weekend in November. Par­ ishes with more than one vil­ lage have received more than one tree, so that a total of 40 will have been planted at the conclusion of the scheme. The trees bear plaques in


memory of the hundreds of young Ribble Valley men who lost their lives during the Great War. A dove tree was also planted in the grounds of Clitheroe Castle on August 4th, marking 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. The trees have been plant-


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Ribble ValleyMayorMichaelRanson planting the WWl commemorative oak treeatStMary’sSchoolMellor,with Tom LeeandRaheem Butt and Headteacher Chris Taylor.Inset is theplaqueatthe base of the tree.


ed by Ribble Valley’s Mayor, Coun. Michael Ranson, who lost a great-uncle in the war. He said: “We are all connect­ ed to the First World War, through our family history, the fallen in our local com­ munities, or its long-term im­


pact on society. I am delighted that so many parishes have supported the tree-planting campaign and helped create a ‘living’ memorial to the bor­ ough’s brave young men and their loved ones.” • AsRibbleValleydidnotex-


ist until 1974, precise records of the number of fallen in the borough do not exist, but it is believed to be around 1,000. Ribble Valley Borough Council has been liaising with parish councils on appropriate sites for the trees.


First event for new Marie Curie group


A brand new Ribble Valley fund-raising group will hold a coffee morning to raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care, and everyone is invited. It is taking place at the May­


More memories of th e Royal Engineers a t Low Moor


Our recent “Looking Back” photo of Royal Engineers parading in the town for the last time 40 years ago, in September 1974, ago brought back memories for Mrs Dorothy Parkinson, of Low Moor, who sent this picture of RE bandsmen at St Paul’s, their garri­ son church. “The bandsmen were billeted in the


school and practised their playing, and theyalsomarchedandtrainedinSt - Paid’s Street,” she said. “Then on Sundays they led the troops from the bottom of low Moor to the church for Sunday services. “The land on the right side of Queen ’ Street, on which houses now stand, Kirk Avenue, the bungalows on St Paul’s


LOOKING BACK


100 YEARS AGO Excitable beverage


“A T T H E CLITHEROE Borough Police Court, a labourer from Whalley was charged with being drunk and unreasonable. PC Ashworth spoke to finding the prisoner in Lowergate.five minutes after midnight The prisonerdeclared he had got drunk aftertaking rumforNeuralgia.Hewas told you should have got something else for the pain - rum is a very excitable thing’. The chief constable founda note on the prisoner stating him to be a reservist in the Royal Reid Artillery who had been called up on the 19th instant He had telegraphed to the authorities for instructions and applied for a remand until the


following morning when he had heard back. The prisonersaid he had been discharged until sent for."


50 YEARS AGO Autumn pictures


“AUTUMN, WTTH ITS mellow lighting and rich colours, is an ideal time for taking pictures in ' •


the garden. Alright so maybe your garden is not looking its very best just now, but don’t assume that


because of this there are no worthwhile pictures to be taken. Thereare.Certainlywhenonetakesan all-embracing view of the garden from the house, things may look a mess, but this is only because the eye isseeing too much at once. Wander down the path and concentrate on a single bloom, anappleor pear ripe for picking# cluster of leaves turning gold or a bunch of flamboyant rowan tree berries andyou will appreciate that there are pictures aplenty, just waiting to be snapped up.”


25 YEARS AGO Rubbish dumped by youngsters


“C L ITH ER O E HAS A new rubbish dump, created in thegroundsof Clitheroe Parish Churchcourtesy • of the town's morons and lager louts. This follows


asinistertrend ofyoungsters using the grounds for glue sniffing and wine drinking, with empty glue cartons, plastic bags for inhaling, a syringe and half-empty bottles left lying around. The litter plague there is now worse than ever, with the grounds having to be tidied up fourtimesaweekbychurch


officials, despite there being two waste bins nearby which are regularly emptied by the council. The church verg e r said that again, after the weekend, there were broken bottles, empty chip cartons, beer cans and places where people have vomited.”


Street and St Paul’s Close are built on a huge field which during the war was where the Army’s lorries were parked and maintained. “The garage of Walmsley and Simpson, where Spar stands, provided a petrol pump and petrol supply on - the field for the lorries,” added Mrs Parkinson


or's Parlour in Church Street, Clitheroe, on Saturday No­ vember 29th and will include lots of cakes and baked goods, tea, coffee, a tomobola and stalls


All the money raised will


help Marie Curie Nurses to provide more free care to peo­ ple with terminal illnesses in the Lancashire area.' Lucy Leeming, community


fund-raiser said: “We’d like to invite everyone to this coffee . morning to help raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. “This is the fund-raising group’s first big event and


it’s going to be a fantastic one and a great way to get together drinking tea and coffee whilst sampling someyummy cakes and treats! “The more money they


raise, the more free care Marie Curie Nurses can provide to terminally ill people at home.” Admission is £2 which gets


you a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit or cake. For more


THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK


probably quite obvious which one’s which. So it makes you wonder


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why there’s so much conflict and turmoil in the world, both at a global and national level, but also at a community level. Over the ages, there’s


been a lot of stuff written iri religious and philosophical literature about mankind's fallible nature and its tendency towards destruc­ tion and indulging its desires and so forth. But does it re­ ally have to be so? In the post-modern


world, it’s almost become a convenient cop-out with which our leaders tend to provide cover for the most


•incomprehensible actions or decisions - and we don’t


here’s often a right way and a wrong " way of doing things-and to most people it’s


do the situation any good through our complacency and sentiments such as “Well that’sjust the way things have always been”. Religion and philo­


sophical thought provide a narrative that helps us to rationalise and under­ stand the world, but these things don’t have to be a substitute for applied thinking and “working things out” in alateral ' fashion. Scriptures and books


are a means to an end, not an end in themselves. It’s • not a blueprint for the way the world and events need to play out. Don’t get me wrong. For


me personally, the Islamic books/teachings and the


musings of Rumi, A1 Ghaz- ali, Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Ibn Sina (Avicenna) and so


intellectual watering that informs my world view. But it informs it, it doesn’t dictate it. The world - no, in fact


the universe - is an amaz­ ing place full of different people, faiths, cultures, natural and man-made marvels, amazing foods and wildlife. These are all things


that should colour our lives, yet all too often the narrative that describes both the history and the prospects of these things is one of greed, war, over- indulgence and ignorance. I feel blessed to be able


to count people from an array of faith and non­ faith backgrounds as good friends of mine. We’re all trying to navigate our way through this “mortal coil” in our own ways; we worry about the same sorts of things in terms of making


a living, feeding our fami­


lies etc. Learning about one an­


other and acknowledging each other’s views regard­ less of whether we agree with them or not- these are things that make us all better, richer people and help us to understand and rationalise the world around us. . All it involves is,


respect, patience and rationality. So it begs the question of our leaders and our communities - why is it so bloody hard? Well lean assure you the answer is not limited to “God knows...".


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