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As I See It... by Katie Hammond


British motorists more than £2.8 billion and local authori­ ties currently pay out more than £30 million in compen­ sation claims due to poor road surfacing. Of course, it cannot be dis­


puted that the county coun­ cil are between a rock and a hard place. With budget cuts at their highest ever levels, we cannot sensibly expect many services that we take forgrant- ed to be maintained at the highest level. But, come on -


- these are our roads! Which, whether on foot, by car, cycle or bus, or some other motor­


ised vehicle, we all have to use. Everyday. Afundamental part of day-to-day life. The other day, on my way


back from Chatburn after one school drop and on the way to Waddington for the second, I was swerving around holes in the road to the extent that it felt like I was on a rally course (without the speed, obviously, fine officers and protectors of Lancashire’s highways). I successfully negotiat­


ed most of my route, though narrowly missing a couple of pheasants, before coming a cropper at the top of Scar Head hill in West Bradford. Bang! The funny little yel­ low light even came up on the dashboard to tell me that'my “suspension had been severely


LOOKING BACK


SO YEARS AGO Wlialley expanding...


“THETURMOILOFwardiedaway,armistice and peace were celebrated, and Whalley stepped into . the lively,'Charlestoning' twenties. A Whalley that


would never be quite the same again for so many of her sons had left, neverto retum;agrowing, expandingWhalley.Thecomingofmotorsbuses,


the development of road transport'expedited by the conditionsof war, the availability of Henry Ford's . ‘Tin Lizzie' all made Whalleyaneasierplace to getto,


Houseswerebuiltandtherecamethefirstofthe commute rs. In 1920, Whalley had herfirst council houses, modern 'semi-detacheds', the wireless aerial


with its pot insulators grew incongruousiyfromthe chimneys of Tudor cottages."


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25 YEARS AGO The trials o f ‘pet lambs’


“ CAN YER DO owt wf this?These seemingly innocent half-dozen little words herald the start of


the worst time of year for most farmers wives-the onset of lambing time. Haytime she can cope with...


Providing endless meals for men with stomachs like bottomless pits. Winter time too, is manageable, taking a turn at calf-feeding and vacuuming away the endless straw and hay that emits from the farmer's


wellies every time he enters the house, But spring means lambing timeall over Lancashire, which


takes us neatly back tp our six little words. 'This'will be carefully draped over the crook of the farmer's elbow. On first glance it could be mistaken forawet^ dishcloth. It is, of course a half-dead newborn lamb..


compromised” according to my handbook... What?! Seriously-1 could have eas­


ily crashed the car. It was on a bad bend and slamming on the. brakes could have caused an accident, not to mention that it’s a main walking route for schoolchildren. And what system do they


use to prioritise the holes to be filled? That also seems like a lottery, with two or three be­ ing filled on one stretch of road and others left alone. Does someone come along with a tape measure to make sure they have reached a certain width or depth to be deemed this month’s “chosen ones”? I’mofftopriceup tyres and


Google “compromised sus­ pension”.


W Simon Wilkinsonand Hazel Gray, jointowners of Pedal Power Clitheroe. f. ? •••• i i Rob’s challenge a barrel of laughs


Read man and fitness fanatic Rob Edmund has got the bar­ rel rolling on aunique charity challenge. The 40 -y ea r-old has


teamed up with actress Joan­ na Lumley for the “Bell’s Bar­ rel of Laughs” - a 517-mile • (832km) celebrity barrel roll­ ing relay to raise money fo r . Help for Heroes. Before the mammoth chal­


lenge began he commented: “It’s going to be a physical and mental challenge rolling the barrel 517 miles across the length o f the country, but we’re all determined to make it happen and I’m sure the banter will keep us all smil­ ing right until the finish line.” Rob, who is known for


his time as a personal train­ er on ITV’s The Biggest Loser, embarked on the char­ ity challenge from Blair Athol Distillery on March 23rd. He rolled the large wooden bar­ rel through the streets of the UKfor nine days on a route to


JoannaLumleyand Rob Edmond kickoff the Bell's Barrel of Laughs at Blair Athol! Distillery to raisemoneyforHelp forHeroes.(s)


the Help for Heroes recovery centre in Tedworth House, Wiltshire. He was joined by veterans


and comedians each day, in­ cluding Fred MacAulay, Mark Dolan and Rufus Hound, who helped roll the barrel and


stage free stand-up gigs at pubs along the route. He fin­ ished the challenge earlier this week.


Pedal Power duo are in it for the long ride


In these days of “pop-up cycling and it was one of our shops” and everr changing favourite hobbies. Bob, my high streets, a local bike shop husband, wanted to transform is celebrating its 35th year of his passion for cycling into a being in business.


business. Sadly Bob passed Pedal Power Clitheroe, lo- away four years after the shop


cated on Waddington Road, opened, but I decided to carry is celebrating its 35th year of on the business and here we trading andjoint owner Ha- are today, 35 years later, zel Gray said: “We’re incred- “My son Simonhas worked ibly proud to have reached in the business with me for this milestone and would like over2oyearsandhasnowtak- to thank all of our customers en over the day-to-day man- and everyone who has sup- agementoftheshop.” ported us.


Joint owner Simon Wilkin- “We’ve seen a lot of changes son said: “We’re thrilled to be


to both Clitheroe and the cy- in our 35th year and as keen cling industry over the past as ever to promote the bene- 35 years and we have fabu- fits of cycling and encourage lous memories of when we people to take up this fantas- first opened in 1980. We even tic hobby. To mark the event had a full page feature with ad- we’re running a competition verts in The Clitheroe Adver- to win a £350 Pedal Power bike tiser, we kept a copy and it’s an voucher. To enter, people need amazing piece of our history, to visit our shop during April “The decision to open the and fill in an entry form.”


shop came about because FormoreaboutPedalPow- when our children were er Clitheroe visit www.pedal- young, we regularly enjoyed powerclitheroe.co.uk


A weekly lookatlocal issues, people and places


Sam is reunited with his lost brother


A retired grocer from Scot­ land has been reunited with his brother thanks to an ap; peal published in The Clithe­ roe Advertiser and Times. Samuel McKeown (67) re­


cently met up with his broth­ er, John Boyce McKeown, who he had lost touch with more than a decade ago. John used to work at the cement works in Clitheroe, but Samuelhad not seen him since their mum’s fu-


- neral back in 2003. John, who had been a nurse


in the RAF and in the Territo­ rial Army, found out about the


article which appeared in the paper and came into The Clit­ heroe Advert iseroffice where he was given contact details for his brother. They recently met up at


Samuel’s home in Scotland to catch up on those years lost. John who now lives in


Bradford, stayed for the week­ end and will now attend the wedding of his niece, Rowena, Sam’s daughter, in September.


John (left) meeting up with his brother Sam in Scotland, (s) THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK


hat are you doing this Easter time? Are you off in your caravan


are you at home committed to attending and celebrating the one of the two great Christian


' festivals, when the western­ ised world stops and takes a


pause? I am often quietly jealous


at Easter, when I see people and church members take a well earned break, while I


and other clergy and commit- ted souls man up for continu­ ing the tradition of the great Christian festival. And it may not be even a break that you are taking; it may be that you


or on some holiday or break or


have been training hard and now fancy kicking ofyour sea­ son with that first half-mar­ athon or cycle event that has been meticulously planned for Easter Sunday. It seems that the whole


country has got its priorities wrong, whilelamtheonewho


is missing out! Easter, like Christmas, for


us all has fallen into a hole that offers the favourable oppor­ tunity for us to do something that we enjoy and does us some good, but does not nec­ essarily put us at the heart of our religious communi­ ties celebrating the two great


do we cancel that cycle over Waddington Fell or do we re­ lax a little about the whole thing? Some of our Church mem­


bers have got around this problem of not being home to celebrate Easter. They go off on their hols and celebrate it wherever holiday spot, they find themselves in and there­ fore support some small Christian Fellowship beside the seaside. - a little naughty, butalso.ingenious! However much I feel like


shoutingtogetyourpriorities right this Easter time, I actual­ ly believe that a little break and a change of scenery does you


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ning up Pendle Hill or stretch ing the awning out, pleasejust carry the Easter message in your heart that in Christ, East­ er offers us hope and a new be­


ginning. Whatever ills life has


brought you thus far and whatever has gone wrong and whatever mistakes have been made; just remember that Easter offers us a new tomor­ row. Death came on a Friday,


despair came on the Saturday and new life came on Sunday. - Epjoy your Easter wher­


ever and however you may be Celebrating it.


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