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Clithefoi Advertiser and Times, October 6th, 1977 m


Players work wonders with poor script


A GOOD cast made a splendid job of a hackneyed


choice of play when' Clitheroe Parish Church Operatic and Dramatic Society presented Derek


Benfield’s farce “Panic. Stations” at the Parish Hall. There were more laughs , quate^d and humdram.


largely due 1 in te rp re ta t ion o f both producer and players, who got the maximum out of a script that seemed anti-


than the play deserved, 2 to the timing and


A wing and a


prayer! V . BRISTOL— JOLLY T w o m e m b e r s o f


Chtheroe YFC, Miss Janet Jolly and Mr David Stephen Bristol, were mamed at St Mary and A l l S a in ts ’ Church, Whalley.


Bus route to stay


unchanged K .


CHATBURN Painsh Coun­ cil’s request for the 233 Grindleton bus service to include Ribblesdale View and Downham Road on its return from Gnndleton has been turned down by the bus company, Ribble Motor Services. In a letter to the Parish


Council, the company said that although further route tests had been made, it was not possible to revise the route, due to lack of running time within the existing timetable. The Pansh Council had


a sk ed fo r the change because of the hardship being expenenced by the withdrawal of an hourly service from the eastern part of the village. Ribble pointed out that


the X27 service passed that part of the village at 44 minutes past alternate hours, and in effect the 232 and X27 provided an hourly frequency of services.


The bride, a Clitheroe


bank clerk, is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs W. J. Jolly,, of Mitton Road, Whalley.


The b r id e g r o om , an


employee of Baiicer’s Nurse- nes, Clitheroe, is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs B. Bns- tol, of Whittakers Farm, West Bradford.-


The bnde, given away by


her father, wore a white Empire-line gown of nylon tricot trimmed with lace. Her floral headdress and bouquet were composed of roses and stephanotis.


She was attended by her


s is t e r , Mrs Elizabeth Slinger, and Miss Rachel Ann Whitwell, the bride’s niece.


They wore blue floral


dresses of Courtelle jersey and had white flowers m their hair.


Best man was Mr Martyn


Bristol, the bridegroom’s brother. Mr Nicholas Bris­ tol, another brother, was


g-oomsman and Mr Andrew


ter were ushers. A f t e r the ceremony,


performed by the Rev. Alec Harpur, a reception was held at the New Drop Inn, Dutton. The couple will live in


Hayhurst Street, Chtheroe, following their honeymoon in the Lake District. P h o to g ra p h : Audrey Stretch, Chatbum.


nstol and Mr Peter Proc­


THE Sunday morning harvest festival service at C l i t h e r o e ’ s St J a m e s ’ s C h u r c h attracted two rather unusual guests — a pair of blue tits. The winged worshippers had


somehow found their way into the church before the start of the service. And dunng the proceed­ ings they flitted back- and


fortli, nestling in among the flowers and fruit and even pecking at the bread on the altar. But the cheeky pau- did not cause a flap among the 600 members of the family congregation. The Rector, the Rev.


Kenneth Broadhurst, said: “We warned everyone about it before the service and they took it v e ^ well — there was no disturbance, even among the children.’’ During the service the children brought up their


gifts, which are now being used to make up 120 harvest presents for the needy of the parish. ’The curate, the Rev. John Taylor, preached. At the evening service,


w h ich w a s a ls o well attended, the preacher was Capt. Eric Heselwood, secretary of the Blackburn Diocesan Board of Social Responsibihty. His theme was that the goodness received in harvest should be considered in the h'ght of the needs of the world. T h e h a r v e s t w e e k


concludes tomorrow raght with a harvest supper sale in St James’s School, when attractions will include sideshows, a mamcian, and country dancing. It starts at 7-30 p.m.


A few mix-ups in a West


Country cottage on an army firing range provided the backgrounif for a plot that Was unlikely, even for farce.


In the leading male role,


Michael O’Hagan (Chester Dreadnought) displayed stamina and competence,, being on stage for most of the production.


A r th u r ' N e a l (A b e l


Bounty), a local servant, emerged as clearly the most talented actor in the play. The fanatical historian,


Miss Partndge, was played by Monica Walmsley, who was splendidly cast and handled the role with great expertise. Anna Brown, who took


over as Mrs Bounty at the last minute, did a great job and showed herself to be an actress of no mean ability. Rachel Scott as Carol,


ChesteFs girl fiiend, and D o r o th y C u sh in g as Patricia, his wife, gave nicely contrasting perform­ ances and were ideally cast. The battle-axe character


ofLadyElrood was superbly handled by Mary Jackson, and Ken Parkinson, as the t r ig g e r -h a p p y Army- orientated Lord Elrood, brought the right atmos­ phere and bearing to the part. Splendid diction was the


mainstay of Mike Hartford’s performance as the ebullient Sgt Everest. Barbara Scattergood is


clearly a producer of some capacity. The stage, make­ up and behind-the-scenes staff who contributed their talents were Keith Laven­ der , David Scott, Alice Speak, Madeleine Turner, Id a G ra dw e l l , Mabel Hammond and Christine Tomlinson. The play was given for three raghts, from Thursday


to Saturday. PAT GILL BOLTON.


Unusual


start to season


CLITHEROE Concerts’ Society opens its season next Wednesday with an unusual type of concert — a re c ita l by Doreen and Michael Muskett entitled “ Flutes, reeds and whis­


tles.” In an entertaimng and


informative programme, up to 40 insti-uments are played and the listener is taken on a tour from medieval France and th e f i r s t Queen Elizabeth’ s England to modem Spain and Gieece. The programme will


contain pieces, played on recorders of many sizes and on instruments with exciting colours, shapes and sounds, such as the crumhorn, shawm, curtal and taragato. The sounds of strings and percussion will also be heai d for, in order to present an authentic piece of music for e v e ry wind instrument, accompaniments will be


played on the harpsichord, psaltery , dulcimer and


drums of various shapes and sizes.


. D o re en and Michael


Muskett give regular reci­ tals on these ancient and traditional instruments in the Purcell Room of the Royal Festival Hall. The concerts are always sold out, usually well before the day.


ATTEND SERVICE


THE Ribble Valley Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and Mrs Edward Newhouse, -were among civic leaders


and chief executives of 16 towns attendmg the annual service of remembrance for


Lancashire’s infantrymen, held at Warrington Parish Church on Sunday. More than 1,0()0 people attended the service. The sermon was preached by the Bishop of B u rn le y , the Rt Rev. Richard Watson.


On the novel


A COURSE of 20 meetings on the .novel in three s o c ie t ie s — E n g l ish , Russian and Amencan — by Mr Dennis Hem-y and his wife Elizabeth, of Black­ burn, begins on Wednesday at Ribblesdale School, from 7-15 to 9-15 p.m.


The lectures are orgarased


by the U n iv e r s i ty of Manchester’s depai'tment of extra-mural studies, in conjunction with Whalley Adult Centre.


ABOUT 55 members and guests attended Ribble Cement Cncket Club’s first • dinner dance at the Castle


Restaurant, Clitheroe, on Friday. Presentations were made


to players and officials for their work last season, when the team fimshed third in the Chtheroe and distnct Cricket League.


Burnley Express sports


w r ite r Mr Peter Higgs handed over the sportsman of the year award to bats­ man Nick Dinsdale, the best player trophy to all-rounder A lb e r t Howarth, and a special merit award to


Jimmy Coleman. The club scorer, Mrs K.


Watson, was presented with a bunch of flowers. The whole team received plaques for finishing runners-up to Waddington in the le a s e ’s knock-out competition.


After the presentations


there was dancing to a disco and a buffet supper was served.


PICTURE: In the centre


are (from left) Mr Howarth, Mrs Watson and Mr Dins­ dale. With them are other guests.


Railway hobby leads youth into court


A 17-YEAR-OLD youth who appeared before Clitheroe magistrates had been “earned away” by


his enthusiasm for collecting railway sou'venirs, Mr Robert Hirst, defending, told Clitheroe magis­


trates. Peter Jeffrey Brass, of


SCOUTS PLAY HOST


SCOUTS from Clitheroe’s first Pendle Troop enter­ tained friends from a Traw- den Troop to a programme of competitions on &inday. In the morning they


played football at Roefield — the Clitheroe team beat­ ing TYawden 8-4 after the score was 3-3 at half time. Ribble Valley referee Mr Graham Barker was in charge. •After the match some of


the 40 Scouts and their lead­ ers went for a swim at Ribblesdale Pool, while others played pitch-and^utt before na-ving lunch at Edis- ford cafe. The afternoon was spend canoeing on Primrose Lodge, with relay races. The day’s events proved


such a success that organisers Mr -Alan Winckley and Mr


David Sharp are hoping to have similar get-togethers in future.


Defective tyre


FOR driving a car with a defective tyre, Mohammed •Amin (38), of Whalley Road, Clitheroe, was fined £25 by Clitheroe magistrates.


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Peel Park Avenue, was put on probation for two years after admitting entering the


old Whalley railway station with intent to steal, and also the theft of an iron plate, worth £5 at Chatbum.


He asked for three similai'


offences to be considered and was ordered to pay £75 costs.


Mr Hirst said railways


were the defendant’s hobby and main interest . He travelled all over the North of England and had a large collection of railway items, but mostly he asked permis­ sion before going on railway property.


Brass had gone to the


nearly derelict Whalley station to take photographs, when he came across some old papers and took them.


The plate was found in


some bushes. It was well rusted, had not been used


for a long time and was of no railway use. He took it home and polished it.


S u bm it t in g that the


youth’s behaviom- could not be regarded as cnminal, Mr Hirst said “He had been earned away by enthusiasm for his hobby.” Placing him on probation,


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