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Clitheroe Adveriiser and Times, May 16th, 1985 7 31 (Classified) Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


SHAKESPEARE PLAY WINS TOP AWARD


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THE Ribble Valley Drama Festival was the most successful for many years, attracting bigger houses and arousing the interest of more


• young people. The Champions’ trophy


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in Mauritius and Kenya are Clitheroe bride Miss Ca therine Ainswor.th Smith and bridegroom Mr David Peter Thompson. The bride, the daughter


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' Players, of Heswall, Che­ shire, for their production: of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” de­ scribed by adjudicator Bernard Prentice as “a presentation of which any company could be proud.” The trophy was handed


was awarded on Saturday, night to the Riverside


of Dr and Mrs M. M. Smith, of Waddington Road, is a staff nurse at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford and the bridegroom, the son of Mr and Mrs J. Thompson, of Marazion, Cornwall, is a marketing executive in Oxford. They were manned at


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over by the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Bernard Thornton. The runners-up trophy


Clitheroe Parish Church by Fr T. Vaughan and o rg an is t was Mr C. Myers. The bride, given away


went to Lancaster Foot­ lights for “A voyage round my Father” by John Mortimer. They re­ ceived their award from Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Howel Jones. The adjudicator said it


A HURST GREEN w’oman who only recently became a member of the catering profession, Miss Mary Mulligan, has gained an honours award in food hygiene and handl­ ing in the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hy­ giene certificate examina­ tion.


Mary leads the way in exam


of Clitheroe’s Ribblesdale Adult Centre to achieve honours during the nine years the courses have


She is the first student


by her father, wore a full- length white gown of em­ broidered’ taffeta with a long veil secured by a circlet of pink, white and blue


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stephanotis and freesia. She earned a bouquet of pink, white and blue rosebuds and carnations. Bridesmaids were Miss


was a difficult play to stage because of frequent changes in location, but these were deftly and in­ geniously surmounted by first-class direction and a very talented company. The cup for the best


been held. Miss Mulligan helps to


run Whitehall Tea and Crafts at Hurst Green. Other people gaining


Wartime memories recalled


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YOUNG and old turned out in force at Whalley Parish Church on Sunday for an ecumenical service to mark the 40th anniver­ sary of VE Day. Present were Ribble


Valley MP Mr David Waddington and Mrs Waddington, Ribble Valley Mayor-elect Coun. Mrs Joyce Lilburn and her consort Mr Christ­ opher Lilburn, and the chairman of Whalley and L itt le Mitton Parish Council, Miss Pauline Wil­ kinson. The Vicar, the Rev. J.


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B I T T E R - S W E E T memories came flooding back for members of the Clitheroe Old Age Pen­ sions’ Association at their VE Day anniversary celebration.


The day had a doubly special meaning for the


Alexandra Jobling and Miss Rebecca Scarth, the bridegroom’s niece. They wore full-length dresses of ice blue satin and canned bouquets to match the bride’s. Mr Graham Plant was


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individual performance went to Sue Mooney, of the Heald Green Theatre Club, for her role in “Educating Rita,” by Willy Russell. Clitheroe post master Mr Eric Sagar handed over the cup, on behalf of the Post Office, which sponsored the festival. The adjudicator’s spe­


best man and groomsmen w’ere Mr Adrian Thomp­ son and Mr Andrew Smith. Following the ceremony


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Offering prayers for


peace


THOUGHTS went back I to the grim days of the second world war when the Mayor of Clitheroe’s Sunday sendee was held at Trinity Methodist! Church. With the service falling I


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so soon after the VE Day anniversary celebrations, it was decided to include.| prayers for peace. Members of local organ-1


passes after the 10-week cou rse a re : Anne Crowther, of Parson Lane, Clitheroe (Castle Candy Cafe); Jeff Hoyle, of Healings Farm, Wad­ dington (Chicken Shop, Moor Lane. Clitheroe): Frances Oliver, of Wytha


a reception w’as held at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sav’ley. The couple are to live in


cial award went to Mau­ reen Mason, of Otley Little Theatre, who was particularly commended for her tit le role in “Woman in a dressing gown,” by. Ted Willis, and the production shield was awarded to Bob Forester, of the Riverside Players. Festival Committee


Farm, Rimington, and Frances Johnson, of Hothersall (members of the Farm and Country Holidays group); and Shir­ ley Penman, of Seedall Avenue, Clitheroe (“Our Place,” Moor Lane).


Teaching friends


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chairman Mr Jimmy Fell, thanked everyone who had helped and announced that next year’s event will open on May 3rd and will run throughout the follow­ ing week.


Donations to animal sanctuary


THE Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary has received donations totalling £110 in memory of Miss Helen M a rg a re t


Livesey, of Kemple View, Clitheroe.


(Peggy)


Miss Livesey, who died last month, was a member


isations joined the Mayor, I of the Whalley branch of Coun. Howel Jones, in the j the Friends of Bleakholt. procession to church from Market Place.


Following recent public- Tifcinnn- piitWno L'ty about the sanctuary


dent Mr George Braith-1 ?nd speculation as to the waite, of Eshton Terrace, recalled the human sac­ rifice of wartime when the l is t of names came


through every week of men from Clitheroe dis­ trict killed and missing on active service. Mr Braithwaite, who is


future of the Whalley branch, a Clitheroe couple have collected £27 which has been donated for food for the animals.


71, remembered the long years of blackout and the unprecedented rejoicing of VE Day when the Castle and rocks were floodlit at night. Young people' taking


part included pupils from the grammar schools, Rib­ blesdale and Moorland Schools, Scouts, Guides and members of youth or­ ganisations. Other bodies r e p ­


branch chairman Mrs Sallie Carlyon, who was expelled from the organ­ isation at the recent annual meeting, thanked all those who had sup­ ported her in the Ribble Valley in the weeks since. She also paid tribute to local residents for their help at the many fund- raising functions held throughout her years of office.


This week former


resented included the St John Ambulance, the Royal British Legion, police, councillors and town council officials. The service was con­


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ducted by the Mayor’s Chaplain, the Rev. James Needham.


Pendle Club


WINNERS of the weekly b r id g e se s s io n at Clitheroe Pendle Club were Mrs E. Bush and Mrs F. Porter, Mr J. Lynch and partner.


WHEN former student colleagues at London’s Westminster College joined the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. Howel Jones, for an afternoon in the Ribble Valley on Saturday, little did they know of his elevated public office. Not, that is until he received them in the Town Hall! E a r l ie r , the p a r ty lunched at a local hostelry before moving on to Whalley Abbey, where they were given a con­ d u c ted to u r of th grounds and ruins by local listorian Jimmy Fell. The members and then-


Mentioned in wartime despatches


A CLITHEROE man who served as a Captain in the Durham Light Infantry in North Africa and Egypt during the second world war, has died, aged 74. Mr Frank Southworth,


of High Stre et, Low Moor, was born in the town and educated at Up­ pingham Public School, Rutland. He was the son of Mr


Walter Southworth, the late owner of John South- worth and Sons cotton manufacturers. In the 1930s Mr South-


organiser, association sec­ retary Mrs Ethel Penny, for May 8th was also the birthday of her late m o th e r , Mrs E-mily Thompson. ‘ The party was held at


G re en a c re S t r e e t S p i r i tu a l is t Church, rather than in the street,


because the pensioners feel the cold too much nowadays for that sort of thing!


cuttings of street parties in Clitheroe on May 8th, 1945, were passed round and evoked many


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Coun. Howel Jones, popped in for a cup of tea and a piece of celebration cake and the Mayoress played the piano to ac­ company the pensioners in a selection of favourite wartime songs.


memories. The Mayor of Clitheroe


M. C. Ackroyd, conducted the service, lessons were read by F r Thomas Murray and Miss Wilkin­ son and prayers were led by the Rev. Clifford Foster. Mozart’s anthem “Glori­


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worth married his wife, Susan, who predeceased him. He lived at Winder- mere until 18 months ago, when he returned to his home town. During the second


world war he served with the Grenadier Guards and as a Captain with the Durham Light Infantry, being mentioned twice in despatches. Mr Southworth had an


interest in forestry. He played rugby football for Blackburn in his younger days and also enjoyed


ladies, all from the north west, then drove to Trini­ ty Methodist Church Clitheroe, where a short service was followed by re f re shm e n ts in th schoolroom.


golf. He is survived by


brothers John, Ralph and Alan and a sister, Diana. A service preceded


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Keeps watch on library proposals


MEMBERS of Clitheroe Civic Society played host on Saturday to a party from Halifax Civic Trust. After being entertained Planning Department in


•Hurst Green and con­ cluded the visit with • a conducted tour of Stony- hurst College, arranged by the society’s deputy cha irm an, Mr Cos Watson. At the society’s annual


Clitheroe, Coun. Howel Jones, and shown the civic regalia, the visitors were taken round the Parish Church and on the town trail, led by Mr Stanley Westhead. They had lunch in


cations within the central conservation area. A number of members


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expressed concern that the proposals for the Clitheroe library in the town hall should be ac­ ceptable to the majority of townspeople, environ­ mentally in keeping with the character of the town and cause as little disturb­ ance as possible to the town hall interior. The society’s interest


meeting, held at Whalley Abbey, satisfaction was expressed at the general increase in the society’s work and the greater use made of the room at the Castle for exhibitions by other organisations. Close contact has also


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