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FORMBY Theatre Qub made it a double when they carried off the main-trophy in the Kibble Valley Festival'of Plays for the second year! running. .


; Their performance of A. R.


Gurney’s “Children’s set in the USA,' was described by ad ju d ic a to r ; Mr Bernard Prentice ■


■ It was'a very original choice of play; rarely seen: in ;this country, the, pitch. of accents, was well sus tained, the relaxed opening worked very well and much of the, presen­


total realism.” - ' vi;.


as. “a production ;of ,


tation was good;; ;F o 'rmb y also won the


though Mr Prentice


. the important thing,” he said;.' .A close second to Fonnby


' “Entertaining an audience is


higher-than when., he last adjudicated


standard


: ter,- with^ Leonard Gershe’s | ' “ B u t te r f l ie s , a re f r e e , ’’


were Saturday’s team, the Tudor Players, of Manches-


adjudicator’s award for ■ the ■ best actress, which went last y e a r to te am member Marianne Hardy..This.time it


was the turn of her colleague, Joan. North; whose, portrayal


of Mother was one of the b ^ t sustained roles. Mr Prentice had seen for some time.; ■ Only;four marks separated th e top four teams; and


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A LARGE iced and decorated f r u i t cake won by Mrs


. Marion Underwood, ;of Barrow, at. a Jubilee old- time dance in Pendleton


a night out


■ village halL'^'will become a suitAIe 18th birthday cake


' . for her. daughter, Diane. • • The caki, which made £20 in th e ra f f le , was baked specially by Mrs M. Duddy,. of T ra f fb rd Gardens, Barrow^ and iced, by'.her


• the- Wiswell and Barrow.. Jubilee committee funds. . The dmbe was well support^


• and everyone-.enjoyed a spot of old-time dancmg by way of, a change,'Music was b y 'th e Beresford Band


' (Skiptonj, a husband and wife team, ■ who .played ' drums and.accordion.


Suppers were provided by the committee which represents


' the. various-groups from Barrow and Wiswell.


■ Two accused of paintings theft


A SECOND man has been accused at * CUtheroe' Magis­ trates’ ■ Court of being con­ cerned.' in- the - theft from Browsholme'.Hall of six paint­ ings worth £3,100. • He is Michael Regim (22), of Caryl Gardens, '-Liverpool,; who on Thursday was accused of entering the hall as a tres­ passer and stealing the pirat-


mgs. ■ ■ Appearing with him was


Gary Wilson (24), of no fixed address. He faces a similar charge and is-also alleged to have had an automatic pistol in his possession at the'time. He had been'remanded from the previous Tuesday. ■- ' - Both ■were remanded in cus­ tody for a week. -


. TALK ON CHINA


A man who left Clilheroe 45 years ago returned to the town to give a talk on gtes and-china to the local Women


Conservatives. , . Mr Rex Hargraves, now of


Wigan, recognised s e v e ^ faces in the audience despite his long absence and recalled some amusing incidents from the past. Members brought a fine collection of items to the Conservative Club to add- to th o s e ' b r o u g h t by Mr


Hargraves. .


FRENCH TOURISTS LOOK US OVER


A 57-STRONG party of French tourist industry officials were in the Kibble .Valley on Sunday as part of a tourism promotion drive..


—;. were received -by- the-


The visitors — representing 13 towns in north east France


Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Fred Green.; Af terwarils, the party went


to the Bayley -Arms, Hiirst Green, for a traditional Lancashire night organised by hotelier Mr Tony Perry. During the, evening the


home oii Monday after'four


days in England during which ■they stayed "in,-Chester .and Blackpool.


Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Mrs Dorothy Green, w a s p r e s e n te d w ith a commemorative plate by a French official of the Regional


Union of Information'. And Mrs Green presented


the official with a Ribble 'Valley shield. The leader of the Ribble Valley Council,. Coun. Bill Fleming,'also received a gift of Calais lace. The French, party, some of


whom visited the'RibbIc Valley last October, went


the Lancashire night would h a v e b e e n M. X a v ie r Demegille, who, with Mr Perrj’, is trying to strengthen links between the' Ribble ■Valley and north east France. Unfortunately,, however,' he had a business engagement. M. Demegille has purchased


, It was hoped one guest at i - .


A MEMBER of the North West Area Council of the Royal British Legion and vice-chairman of the East Lancashire Committee, Mr E. S. Wilkinson was the guest of honour, along w ith his wife, at the


annual dinner of the Chatburn and district


■ Royal British Legion. .. Mr Wilkinson proposed


the toast to the Chalhurn, branch, to which the vice- president, Mr J. Sharpe, responded.


■ tourism enterprise, Morinie Tours.


a half share in Mr Perry’s company. Red Rose Tours, and Mr Perty has bought a half share in the Frenchman's


the joint venture was to establish a two-way tourism


' , Mr Perry said the idea of ■ .


link between the two areas, which have many cultural links.


The loyal toast was proposed by the president, Mr H. Pearson; and the guests were introduced by the chairman, Mr J. W. Wilson. Mr L. H. Green was M.C.


ment was provided by Mr Ron Word (comedian),


(pianist). ................. After.dinner entertain­


Ann Sheridan (vocalist) and Mr J. Robinson


Women stole from


supermarket


TWO women were each fined £15 and ordered to pay £33.80 costs by Clitheroe niagistrates for stealing goods worth £2.66 from Hillards supermarket.


Mrs Carmela Seaffali (37), of Brunos Barn, Barrow, and


Mrs Franca Spera (27), of C o r p o r a t i o n S t r e e t , Clitheroe, both denied taking a glass dish, seven spoons and two girls’ slips'..


said a store detective saw Spera put the two slips in her own shopping bag. ScafM placed the dish and spoons in her bag and both women left, paying for only one other sUp.


Mr Peter Gold; prosecuting,


fending, said the women had no intention of stealing the goods. A child with them was behaving badly and they were very confused.


Mr W. D. Greenwood, de­


’ daughter,'Mrs .M.- (3ody. Other attractive, priMS were: rifled, / helping to make, a- profit of about £55 toivarfs


• movement was well blocked and had realism and vitality, and the cueing of the two main characters' was inunaculate. “This was a producer of penet­ rating grouping,’’, said Mr


. Though the lighting (ame m for criticism, the tatty fprra- ture used on the set ivas right, the opening pace was good,


described by Mr Prentice as “a very successful appealing little play, ■with two mammoth impressive roles.”


Prentice. The individual award for


the best actor went, to Dick Barlow, who played Philip Markham in “Move over, Mrs


. Hatfield, of Minneapolis, Minnesota,, and his wife N a o n i i , - a p ro fe s s io n a l I actress. The professor -who I teaches acting and directing, I is on a sabbatical in England I and read about the festival in | “The Amateur Stage.’"


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Markham” by; the Norcross Players, of Blackpool. “This was one of the nicest amateur roles in farce 1 have seen for some time,” -commented Mr | • Prentice. ■


The play was praised by Mr


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■ It-.wias: also a ■ particularly enjoyable perforitiance for] Cnitheroe couple Mr and Mrs Joseph Balshaw, of Croasdale Drive, who were able to see their daughter-in-law Jennifer in action as Mrs .Markham.


U nfo rtu nately Aheir. son Charles, a former ^amateur


'worldng and had to miss the play. .The fe s t iv a l’s opening


•actor in Clitherbe, was away


Southern Garrick. Players d em o n s tra te d a stylish


performance of the Harold Brighouse comedy “Zack’.’, by the Todmorden Players, showed a good assurance of production and the constant movement was well handled, said hlr Prentice. In “ Blithe Spirit”, the


appreciation of Coward’s dialogue. There was a tasteful degree of elegance in the setting, good casting and barely a misplaced timing of movement in the play. . The only Yorkshire team—


Prentice for the invention in the; set, nice costumes and-l good timing. “The director obvioudy h ^ a;feeling for farce,” he said.- . ;


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the Onset Players, Bradford — had an attacking opening with good cueing-in -Peter Yeldham’s “Birds on the wing” and the. direction showed a lot of taste. The awards were presented


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