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School’s fantasy musical


CLITHEROE’S Ribbles- dale School Drama com­ plex will become a fantasy world later next month when pupils stage “Fi- nian’s Rainbow." Set. in “Missitucky,” a


mythical state in the United States, the musi-


round, & about


cal involves Finian’s search for a dream — the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow. A cast of about -60


pupils, from first years to sixth formers, are in­ volved in the production, which is being staged from March 14th to 17th. Director is Mr D. Pick- .


ering, producer is Miss E. Nancarrow and musical director is Mr N. Wil­ kinson. Mark Dunn plays


Clitheroe 22324 (Editoi Dunsop Bridg]


Magic talk


. . Magic, and magicial was the subject of a taj at Dunsop Bridge Ml where president Mrs I Cowking welcomed gue;| from Thomley WI. The speaker, Mr


Hemingway, also gavtl short demonstration a| was thanked by Mrs Pinder. The competition for|


were extended to M Dowle, Mrs J. Wood, vl received flowers from tl ■president’s table, Mrs [ Metcalfe and Mrs I Winter. Draw winner v| Mrs Viney. Letters of thanks wJ


foreign stamp was won | Mrs H. Metcalf, Mrs Parrington and Mrs Dowle. Birthday greetinl


read from Mrs Pinder f sympathy on the death! her mother, from Mrs I Waddington on the deil of her father and f r| Mrs M. Porter for well wishes. Mrs Por will be delegate at Spring Council meeting!


Finian, Harriet Roberts is the daughter. Sharon, Robert Mitcheli is Woody Mahoney and Lindsey Dawson takes the part of


Og. Tickets are on sale at


the school, from February 20th, price £1.20 for adults and 80p for chil­ dren and senior citizens.


Kibble Valley trio help keep the trains running to time


COME rain or' shine, a trio of Ribble .Valley rail buffs are out in all weathers to ensure the trains on a five mile Pennine line run


Worth Valley Railway has been running its normal winter service to time, thanks to the help of


on time. The Keighley an d .


people such as guard Granam Mitchell, of Hurst Green, steam fireman Chris Hulme,- of West Bradford, and signalman Nicholas Helliwell, of Holden. The three, who travel


come the problems of frozen locomotives and snow covered points.


some 30 miles from their homes to work on the popular weekend line, are part of a' voluntary team whose efforts have over-


and marketing director, of Southfield Drive, epitom­ ised their commitment when he set out for his Sunday stint 24 hours in advance to thaw out a steam engine needed next day.


Mr Hulme (42), a sales


devoting much of their spare time to the railway for most of the past two decades. Keighley born Mr


The three have been


running from Keighley to Oxenhope. He started as a guard, has also served as a diesel loco driver and is studying to qualify as steam engine driver.


Locomotive Committee, he is responsible for' or- ganising rep a ir and maintenance of the fleet of 33 steam locos.


As secretary of the


photography lecturer, of Ivy Cottages, joined the society in 1966 and helped prepare for the reopening. He has fired and driven


Mr Helliwell (34), a


Mitchell (41), of Smithy Row, who is head of geog­ raphy at Stonyhurst Col­ lege, is a founder member of the preservation socie­ ty. He has served the cause since 1962. ■Re is chairman of the


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SWIFTS and niddie noddies,. well-spiders and beckets, . costrels and mullers and a dozen or so more “odd objects.” Do you know what they all are? No? Well, Mrs Jean


Mellanby does. You are no wiser? Who i s , Mrs Jean Mellanby, you ask? Let me tell you.


to the delight of her pa­ rents, a Whalley girl by


In the early 1930s and , ;


the name of Jean Cope­ land passed her. scholar­ ship and went to the C l i th e ro e Grammar School. Her parents will


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be well remembered .by the older generation of local folk,, for both were quite prominent in all


indeed, in due course became head "girl._ She continued her education at higher levels and,- in the, Ml


professor of ecology. : Jean; and '.-her ; husband ■ settled -iri East, Anglia —


ness of time, married a -herself


"I She ’became'/ah'1 expert '-had'-- fallen"1,down the Huntingdon and is avail-/ , in" iold-fashioned, J out-of-Jj.-domestic well;, They*,wereable ’by'.’post: from-that } 'I date', antique1 domestic oh'- !uRiiiillv'madpnbv-'the' vil-:--'addrress!’- I, jects^andj utensils, ^atone^ lagqjplacksmith.


rural pursuits.'-- -- 1 '• '.1 in-all .accidentally’or otherwise, /> Museum-at St, retrieving (.objects which,


usually; made -by > ,


* * * -X * ‘ * I ^ < * v ' 1 O " " ' f


fthe'* ilA 1 j ,


> , > ' “1 * ) l ,v •}t * * ss."1 ’ 1 * i J-F. •' » 1 11 • ' X. \ kinds "of


— the preparation and publishing of which must have been an eminently


satisfying and pleasing


excellent student,. and, • So.,what are. niddie.. noddies and the other


Jean proved herself an ’ thing to do.


items mentioned, in my first few -lines? I must satisfy your curiosity. . • ■ Swifts and. niddie nod-' dies are devices fashioned from, wood and used by ladies of the household to


i the young lady interested : of grappling ironslused T o r. _ is published by The , .Friend ’s


there is a constant “brain- .help in winding their wool drain” from the village — for hand-knitting, and as the years went by 1. -'.Well-spiders were types,


~ or..:. / It , enjoyed. ,


which I.hthoroughly... ,


1 1.12


Mike will lead trip to Turkey


the Evening Star, the last steam loco constructed by British Rail when it was loaned to the Worth Valley Railway. When'his previous em­


wayman, joined, the socie- preserve something that ty in 1965, 'three*years', .was part of our childhood before it reopened the line and teens.”


railway’s publicity com­ mittee and, like Mr Hulme, an unpaid director of the limited company that operates the line with an annual turnover of around £300,000. Mr Hulme, son of a rail­


Gary chooses a life on the ocean wave


WHEN his step-brother opted for a career at sea, Billington man Gary Mould decided that it was to be a sailor’s life for . him, too. And the former Rib-


blesdale School pupil, of Pasturelands Drive, has just successfully com­ pleted his basic training to become an Air En­ gineering Mechanic. Sixteen-year-old Gary


ployers wanted him to move south at Christmas, his love of the railway was one of the reasons behind his staying put and giving up his job. Mr Mitchell summed up


________f _________ worthwhile. We joined to


for the three: “We feel we are doing


something j uiy_ , .


HEAD of history at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Boys, Mr Mike Fielding, is relishing the pro sp ec t of visiting Turkey this summer . . . to see if the country has changed since his last stay there. Mr Fielding (44), of


Brungerley Avenue, Clith e ro e , has been chosen to lead this year’s Thwaites’ student travel scholarship to Istanbul in


,


: During: the three-week trip, Mr Fielding hopes to compare life in Turkey today with what he saw when he went camping there in the late 1960s. , , This time Mr Fielding


Anniversary sale! The 13th anniversary I


the opening of Duns! Bridge Village Hall vl celebrated with t f annual bring-and-buy si on Saturday.


. husband, and £216 vl raised for village hi funds. Flowers ana chol lates were presented T Mrs Whitaker by Mrs M. Pye. Guests included t |


J. Whitaker (sen), was accompanied by


Ribble Valley Mayor Mayoress, Coun. and II E. Boden.


ty of stalls, selling cakl produce, pots ana brirl brae. Competition winn! were Mrs B., Smith, II T. Wells, Mrs B. McE\J and Mrs M. Beattie.


There was a wide vaJ I West Bradfor|


thing and thumbs down smoking was the verd of Dr Alasdair Car! when he spoke to Wl Bradford Young Wi\l Fellowship about mev tative medicine. Th were "


No smoking! Moderation in eveil


Cynthia


and the eight pupils from schools in East Lanca­ shire who have won scho­ larships will be staying with families in Istanbul. • The trip is organised by


made for the fund-raiJ effort which it is ho! will be held on May | and which will probl follow a similar formal that of previous yearsl . At the next meeting March 8th at Cutj Clough Farm, Edmond Cambien relate some of his the cal experiences.


Preliminary plans vl


expressed by * * i Ro” 'bbins.


joined the Royal Navy in July last year, and did his


training at the Fleet Air Arm Air" Engineering School, HMS Daedalus, at L e e -O n -T h e -S o len t, Hampshire. He will now continue


his new career maintain­ ing airframes and engines of naval aircraft at the Royal Naval Air Station


' A keen spokesman, he enjoys playing football, basketball and swimming and his main hobby is photography.


at Yeovilton, Somerset.


' otes international under­ standing by personal con­ tact and makes it possible for individuals as well as groups to go abroad and stay with families. Mr Fielding, who is in


the Experiment'in Inter­ national Living and spon­ sored by T hw a i te s ’ Brewery. The organisation prom-


first Friday in MaJ women of all denotr tions meet to share , ship for the Woml World Day of Prayer. I This year’s thel


All welcome Once a year, on .


“Living Water fir Christ our Hope,” been prepared by women of Sweden.


his 20th year of teaching ’ at the grammar school, lists among his hobbies collecting old and unusual playing cards. He also plays squash. Among the pupils on


the trip will be David Bowness, of Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe, who is head boy of Ribblesdale School.


names


time found in the kitchens of * most* country houses, but today all items of con-, siderable rarity. She col­ lected them personally, wrote about them and loaned others for display in various museums. Among the books bear­


, tion,” “Nature fun,” “Zoos”, and “Wildlife in danger”


ing her name are “Nature detection and conserva-


still are, a special land of spade used for cutting peat for the domestic fire and: costrels\ were small barrels of wood or leather used to carry liquid re­ freshment by farm labour-, ers and others'to their employment, in the fields and particularly at the time of harvest.


Beckets were, perhaps


seen in the windows, of many antique shops — conical containers,' usually


Mullers you must have ,


of copper, which were placed in a glowing fire to mull, warm, the ale. Lovely things: and an or­ nament in any household. And the dozens of other,


items Jean Mellanby de­ scribes in her book “Odd objects.” I’ll bet your granny . had -quite a


number of them in her home and; quite possibly, you may have some, of* them stored away in. your attic now,; without a clue : as ; to their- real names, ' purpose or identity.


: Thiss clever Whalley lass} (and we still' grow them;:


iyou know!), has written an,} .intriguing! little - book }


o " " the -Norris.1 Ives?


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in St Catherine’s Chu_ West Bradford, at l l a.m., when the spel will be Mrs H. Jones! Clitheroe. Refreshml will be served afterwl in the Sunday School! a warm welcome is |


There will be a sen tended to all.


at West Bradford Wl memory of Mrs Evl Peatfield, who diedl cently.'


Walking sticks I A silence was obsel


presented the resolur voted for at the Ferl


Mrs Marjorie F rl I . It was opened by I)| I


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