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A SUPERB, royal treat — especially for the children. That was how staff and gover­ nors summed up the Queen’s historic visit to Clitheroe Royal Grammar School on


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experience for the pupils. The official reason for


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and blue rosettes.” The crowds were slow


Thursday. The school gave her a warm welcome and the


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visit had everything to along the lines of pupils ---- i. -


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o standing in the school grounds as she arrived and then again when she left. And when she visited


'centre and unveil a com­ memorative plaque, blit


the Queen’s visit was to open the new si\t.h-iorin


there was also time for the pupils to sample royal wal­ kabouts so loved by the public everywhere Queen goes.


her tour of the school and- exhibitions staged espe­ cially for her visit. “The school wanted to


U)L. ‘It’s been a _ . . , 1,.. because she has said so much to the children," said chairman of the governors


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the exhibitions inside the school she showed a great deal of interest in CRGS’s long history and the out­ standing achievements of former scholars.


Her Majesty stopped for Mr James Parker, who chat here and there escorted the monarch on


make it a day for the pupils and I’m sure it will be one they will remember for the rest of their lives.” Headmaster Mr Clive


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Darley summed up the royal treat in a similar way. “I t’s been a super day. The Queen was delightfully relaxed and spent time talking to the children,” he declared. “She was obviously very


interested in the school’s history, particularly the achievements of its former students, such as Dame Judith Hart and Cyril Washbrook, and the fact that 19 university profes­ sors have been educated here.” Although it was a damp


Ashcroft, and Mrs Joyce Greenwood, of Eastfield Drive, told the “Adver­ tiser and Times” that they had arrived outside the grammar school at 7-30 a.m., so that they would be able to stake a place near the main entrance.


grey morning, two royal fans from West Bradford had decided to leave noth­ ing to chance in their desire for a grandstand view of the Queen. Mrs Joan Simpson, of


chance of seeing a royal visit,” said Mrs Green­ wood. “We travel to other towns to see the Queen and always wave our flags and wear our red, white


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to form, but by the time the Queen arrived at about 10 a.m. York Street was full of people, including hundreds of children from the local primary schools, waving Union Jacks and cheering the royal visitor at every turn. The Queen was wearing


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an elegant light blue, loose fitting coat over a blue and pink floral dress, with a blue hat trimmed with pink. She was introduced to a row of education and church representatives by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Mr Simon Towneley, but once the formalities were over she walked along the ranks of royal blue grammar school blazers to chat with the children.


proud day for the school’s two youngest second-form pupils, Scott Bamber and Nicola Yates, who had flowers for Her Majesty. The Queen spoke to two


It was a particularly


13-year-olds from Wad- dington, Katie Phillips and Claire Hatton, about hav­ ing the rest of the day off as a holiday.


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when she stopped for a chat,” said Katie. In her second walkabout


“It was lovely surprise


at the end of her visit she stopped for one of her lon­ gest impromptu chats — with Sian Dowdes, of Grindleton. “She asked me how long


I’d been at the school and then we had a discussion about A-levels,” said a delighted Sian. Inside the school, the


Queen spoke to several members of s ta f f and pupils, including Mr Dud­ ley Green and Mr Keith Harwood, who had com-' piled an exhibition outlin- ing th e h is to ry and achievements of the school since its foundation by royal charter in 1554. Mr Green said: “The


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Queen was very interested in the orginal charter and how it had been lost for (iO years and then retrieved from the solicitor’s vaults in time for the exhibition.” First deputy head Mr


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Peter Houldsworth, who has special responsibilities for the York Street site, said the Queen asked him about the difficulties the school had faced during th e r e d e v e lo p m e n t programme.


insight into the latest achievements at CRGS and three of the school’s mathematicians and bud­ ding engineers — Robert Whitcombe, of West Brad­ ford, Alison Bignell, of Waddington, and Mark Leadbeater, of Clitheroe — were on hand to explain the details of their work on jet engine technology u n d e r th e S a in sb u ry Y o u n g E n g in e e r in g


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Brown, of Baxcnden, and headgirl Cathy Ratcliffe, of Langho, hail the honour of being officially pre­ sented to the Queen. “She told us everything


in the school looked very nice,” said Cathy. At the end of the visit, Stephen led three cheers for Her Majesty and there’ was a. resounding response from the pupils.


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