Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Bu rn ley^ 2 3 3U (^ S kd ,) 4 Clitheroe Advertiser and. Times, May 13th, 1982


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All the world’s a for Greta


AS a small child growing up in Wales, love of poetry, drama ana the arts was something that came naturally to; Greta Wilkinson. For as long as she cares area as a 12-year-old and


to remember, ■ acting and the love of performing has been in her blood.


Now she has retired


after more than 35 years as a speech and drama teacher in Clitheroe and looks back with pride on the thousands of youngs­ ters she has helped to instil with that same love of the performing arts.


Many have gone on to


become teachers, them­ selves and a number have even broken through into the world of television — Mrs Wilkinson regularly


attended the town’s gram­ mar school. She maintained the


active interest in acting and performing which 'had become her greatest love in Wales by taking part in shows all over the Ribble Valley as a member of concert parties — long before the days of TV, radio or even talking films.


Unable to afford to go


to college as she would have liked, she- had to wait until after marriage before beginning her teaching career. She took her diploma in


keeps in touch with former students who have directed and acted in some of the most popular series.


But in all the years she


has been teaching speech and drama, she has never


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specifically encouraged any of her students to take up acting as a full time career.


“It is too precarious,”


she said. “Even the stars can find themselves out of work for months on end. “ If a youngster was


particularly determined to go in for a stage career, I wouldn’t try to put him or her off, but I was always more in favour of a safer career, such as teaching.” Mrs Wilkinson, of Nant-


mawr, Hawthorne Place, first came to the Clitheroe


speech and dramatic arts at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and went on to teach at Moorland School, Clitheroe; Sunny Bank School, Burnley; and the evening technical schools in Clitheroe and Wadding- ton, as well as her own private school, which she has run at her home for more than 35 years. She is also well known


Celebrating school’s jubilee in style


A. HOST of events have been planned to celebrate the golden jubilee of Rib- blesdale School, Clitheroe, . starting with an open day on May 26th.


Oh display will be ex­


amples of classwork and an exhibition of photo­ graphs showing how. the building has changed over the' past 50 years. There will also be photograpns of staff and children' over the years.


In the evening, the


Lord Lieutenant of Lan­ cashire, Mr Simon Tow- neley, will distribute awards gained by pupils during the past year.


June 12th will be a


night for memories, with' a reunion buffet for all those who entered the. school on August 3rd, 1932.


Celebrations continue


on July 10th with a gala- in the grounds, organised


. by the school’s associa­ tion. .


In September there will


as a local drama producer and has supervised hun­ dreds of amateur produc­ tions over the years. Despite her retirement


from teaching, she intends to continue producing and


- next on the agenda is Wad d in gton Drama Group’s forthcoming stag­ ing of C. P. Taylor’s “A Nighingale Sang” in November. She is also continuing


as a member of the coun­ cil of the National Drama Festivals Association, a


MRS WILKINSON . love of performing is in her blood.


post she has held for the past 18 years, and of the Ribble Valley Drama Fes­ tival Committee, of which she is a founder member. Mrs Wilkinson and her husband Leslie have three


children, all married and living in various parts of Lancashire and she is looking forward to having more time to spend with the younger of her nine grandchildren.


be a commemorative dinner for past and pre­ sent staff and people linked with the school.


Of particular interest to


many people will be a commemorative history on which three members of staff have , been working for the past 18 months. It contains photographs of the building, former staff and pupils.


'The history was re­ searched by Keith Faw­ cett, David Bowker and


David Pickup, who also edited it. Their informa­ tion came from many sources — interviews with former staff and


pupils, school log books, the Advertiser and Times


and the school magazine produced in the 1930s. Described in the book­


let are the school’s ori­ gins, the opening cere­ mony by HRH Princess Royal, events during the first decade and the set­ ting up of a mixed school in 1941.


Copies are being made


available through the school to the families of children now there. They are also available from Kaydee Bookshop, Moor Lane, Clitheroe; John Cowgill’s, Market. Place; and the Advertiser and Times, King Street.


A GOLDEN DAY TO REMEMBER


CELEBRATIONS will be the order of the day tomorrow for John and Elsie Thompson, of


Clitheroe. For not only are they


; John and Elsie moved to Clitheroe in 1935 when he became general fore­ man at R ib b le sd a le Cement. They lived in Millthome


celebrating their, golden- wedding, their daughter Mrs Mavis Howarth and her husband James will have been married 25 years and their grandson Peter will marry Susan Yates — all on the same day.


Talents


displayed WORK by 18 members of Women’s Institutes in the Ribble Valley was in­ cluded in an art exhibition staged by the Lancashire Federation of WIs at Astley Hall, Chorley.' Taking part were: Miss


Avenue until their home in Ribble View was built, moved to the house in July. 1937 and have lived there ever since. John retired eight years


ago. The couple have a son,


Aubrey, who is a sergeant in the Greater Manchester Police stationed at Westh- oughton, as -well as their daughter, who lives in Bury. They have eight grandchildren. The family will be


celebrating their special day at the wedding in Bury, but John and Elsie plan to have a drink with


'friends at their home in Clitheroe on the Wednes­ day and a family dinner at Westhoughton. on the Saturday,


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local landscapes, flower, bird and still life paint­ ings, photography and pottery.


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we cannot but approve; the results have enhanced the church and given plea­ sure and interest to gen­ erations of visitors and worshippers over the. 73 years that have- since elapsed. It is only the reference


.worries me a little. To me, and I think to


are of very considerable interest. There'1 was a time, you


see, when churches held no seats for the congrega-


to “old box pews which were of no interest” that


many • other people with similar concern, box pews


years progressed, this situation had little appeal to the gentry of the neighbourhood. ■ So they built their own p ew s . They put in cushioned seats, carpeted the floors and, because prior to the development o f c en t ra l heating, churches were very draughty places (many of them still are) they built their pews with high sides. There is nothing more distracting or dis­ comforting than a draught down ' the back of the neck. Some members of the


gentry and nobility even went , a step further and put in their own fire­ places, sending along some lowly retainer an hour or two before ser­ vice, to light the fire and warm the pew. If they had . to praise the Lord they were determined to do it in comfort! These high-sided pews


now caused some difficul­ ty — the worshippers


could not see over them arid pay due respect to the officiating cleric. So, as a result of this, some churches installed the curious “three-decker pul­ pits” (our ., own was re­ moved in 1878 but you can see a'very fine one at St Andrew’s in Slaid- bum). The lowest compart­


ment was reserved for the parish clerk with the duty of leading the responses: from the second the in­ cumbent conducted the service before ascending to the “third floor” to preach his sermon. He did not like preach­


ing to wooden walls; he could keep a reproving eye upon the worshippers


.in the box pews and they could,see him! Which is why, with


their curious history, I am a trifle unhappy that our box pews were removed. Retained, they would


have been additional fea­ tures of interest to vis­ itors to'an. ancient build­ ing which, as a member of the Church Commission­ ers told me only a . couple of years ago, “had too many, riches for one- church” .


J.F. %


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