Outlook


Folk at the Mechanics. Peter Bellamy, Sunday, January 20th, S p.m. Tickets £3.50, concessions/MusicarD £2.50. Russian Song and Dance from the Land of the Cos­ sacks. Prazdnek, friday, janaury 25th, padiham town hall,


27th, 2-45 p.m. Tickets £3.25/£2.25, concessions


8 p.m. Tickets £4. John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, Sunday, January


£2.25/£1.50. The Houghton Weavers, Sunday, January 27th, 8 p.m.


Tickets £5.50, concessions £4.50. Fairport Convention, Monday/Tuesday, January 28-


20th, 8 p.m. Tickets £8. Ita-Ka Zoo, Thursday, January 31st to Saturday,


February 2nd, 7-30 p.m. Saturday matinee 2 p.m. Thurs- day/Friday tickets £4.50/£3.50, concessions £3.50/£2.75. Saturday matinee tickets £3.50, concessions £2.50. Satur­ day evening tickets £4.50/£3.50 only. The McCalmans, Friday, February 1st at 8 p.m. Folk at Padiham Town Hall. Tickets £4, concessions/MusicarD


£3.00 Black Eyed Biddy, Sunday, February 3rd, 8 p.m.


'I’ickets £3.50, concessions/MusicarD £2.50 York Theatre present “State of the Nation”, by lan


Hartley with Toby Swift, Wednesday, February Gth, 7-30 p.m. At Habcrgham Sixth Form Centre. Tickets £2.75, concessions £1.75 Isaac Guillory, Sunday, February 10th, 8 p.m. Tickets


£4, Concessions/MusicarD £3. Fun with Origami, with Elaine Horsfield, Monday,


February 11th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Half term workshop for children aged eight to 12. Tickets £3. “The Time Of Her Life”, Wednesday, February 13th, 7-30 p.m, by by Transfer Theatre Company. Tickets £3.25,


concessions £2. The Ken Dodd Happiness Show, Thursday/Friday


14th/15th February, 5-30 p.m. and 8-15 p.m. Tickets: 5-30 p.m. show £(i/£5, 8-15 p.m. show £7.50/£6. The Barely Works, Friday, February 15th, 8 p.m. Folk at Padiham Town Hall. Tickets £4.00, concessions/Mu­


sicarD £3. Little Willie Littlefield, Saturday, February 10th, 8


£-1.50 □ Rossendale


Daily Mail National Ski Course, Monday January 21st, Ski Rossendale, Rawtenstall. Ding Dong Bell, Friday, January 18th. A fun packed


pantomime version of the well-known nursery rhyme, pre­ sented by the Mid Pennine Arts Association at Alder


uary 20th. All the way from the USSR, to perform at the Public Hall, Haslingden, 7-30 p.m. Delight in the colour, energy, dance and music from the land of the Cossacks. Ex Anumus Ecotide, Wednesday, January 30th,


Grange. Prao/.ncek Song & Dance Ensemble, Saturday, Jan­


environmental theatre. Britain’s first environmental theatre company Ex Anumus won two major awards with tliis play, which uses the last journey of the Greenpeace flagship" “Rainbow Warrior” as a means of presenting both sides of the ecological divide. Tree Sales and Advice Weekend, Saturday/Sunday, Feb­ ruary 2nd-3rd, Groundwork Countryside Centre,


Rawtenstall. Third Rossendale Way Relay Race, Sunday, February


10th. A 45-mile cross-country race around the Rossen­


dale Way. This year with over 40 Northern teams entering and 12 runners per team means that the competition will be hard fought and spectacular. The race starts at 8-30 a.m. and finishes between 1-30 p.m. and 4 p.m. in Waterfoot Town Centre, Warth Road (signposted). Refreshments will be available throughout the day. Ample car parking. □


Hyndburn


January 27th. Featuring: Geoffrey Aspinall, photographer; Freda Makin — exhibition of paintings; 1990 Annual School Children’s Exhibition; Sivija Buss — fine handpainting bone china; permanent collection; tiffany glassy brass rub­ bing; nature trail and craft shop. Haworth Art Gallery, Manchester Road, Accrington. Open 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. every day, except Friday. Admission free. Sequence dance, Saturday, January 19th, St John’s Ambulance Brigade, Accrington Town Hall, 7-30 p.m.


Haworth Art Gallery, monthly exhibition, to Sunday,


Blackburn Tourist Information Centre,


King George’s Hall Northgate Blackburn Tel: Blackburn (0254) 53277


Burnley Burnley Tourist Informa­ tio n C e n t re , B u rn ley Mechanics, Manchester Road, Burnley, BB11 1JA. Tel: Burnley 0282-30055


Hyndburn Accrington Tourist Infor­ mation C e n tre , Gothic House, St James Street, Accrington, BBS 1NT. Tel: Accrington 0254-380807.


p.m. Blues at The Mechanics. Plus Roger Higgins Bottle­ neck Boogie Band. Tickets £5.50, concessions/MusicarD


MPAA/Compass Theatre Company production at Oswald- twistle Civic Theatre, 7-30 p.m. Adults £3.50, concessions £2.


Ann Bottomly and John Gough, Central Library, St James Street, Accrington, 12-45 p.m. to 1-45 p.m. Merchant Of Venice, Thursday, January 24th.


Weekly sequence dance, Thursday, January 24th, Hyndburn Leisure, Accrington Town Hall, 7-30 p.m. to


uary 2G-27th, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre. Tel: (0254) 31057 for details. Dog show, Sunday, January 27th, Hyndburn Sports


Centre, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekly sequence dance, Thursday, January 31st,


10-30 p.m. £1 (including tea and biscuits). Hyndburn Dance Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Jan­


Lunchtime music recital, Tuesday January 22nd, Sally


— T an rash ire’s C ou n try


, W h a t ' s o n . i n L a n c a s h i r e ' s H i l T C o u n t r y Burnley


music.


Hyndburn Leisure, Accrington Town Hall, 7-30 p.m. to 10-30 p.m. Admission: £1 (including tea and biscuits). Hyndburn Dance Festival, Friday to Sunday, February lst-3rd, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre. Tel: (0254) 31057


for details. Antiques fair, Saturday, February 2nd, Accrington


Town Hall, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekly sequence dance, Thursdays 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th February, Accrington Town Hall, 7-30 p.m. to 10-30


p.m. £1 (including tea and biscuits). Accrington Stanley: Fast, Present and Future, Thurs­


day, February 7th. Hyndburn Local History Society, speaker Commercial Director of Accrington Stanley Foot­ ball Club, Lecture Room, Central Library, St James Street, Accrington, 7-30 p.m. An Evening With Vince Hill, Thursday, February 7th, Hyndburn Leisure, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre, 7-30 p.m.


Adults £5, concessions £4. Care Bears Magic Show, Sunday, February 10th, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre. Shows 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.


Adults £2.50, children £2. The Cream Of Cornwall, Wednesday, February 13th,


Hyndburn District Library. Speaker: Stephen Greenwood. Central Library, St James Street, Accrington, 7-30 p.m. □


Ribble Valley


Mother Goose, by L. Caddy, at Ribchester, February 15th, 10th and 20th to 23rd, 7-30 p.m. Saturday matinees at 2-00 p.m. Tel. 0254 878530 for tickets or contact Ribchester Park Office. Cyclists’ Touring Club, Saturday, January 19th. Youth


20th. Meet Waterloo at 10 a.m. West Bradford and Easing- ton. Leader, John Whitehead. Cyclists’s Touring Club, Sunday, January 20th. B-run:


hostC. weekend. Ingleton. Clitheroe Ramblers’ Association, Sunday, January


Stockdale Lane meet 10 a.m. Lunch/tea. Malham/Rathmell. Kibblcsdale Camera Club, Tuesday, January 22nd.


Meet at the Clubroom, Ribble Lane, Chathurn at 7-30 p.m. “My approach to Landscape Photography", Dr J N Jen­ nings ARPS, Moreeambe.


day, January 20th, open day at the Adult Centre, Whalle.v. Cyclists’ Touring Club, Sunday, January 27th, B-run: Rivington Pike meet, ITL 10-00 a.m. lunch/tea.


Bowland Guild “Spinners, Weavers & Dyers , Satur­ „ at the clubroom, Ribble Lane, Chatburn, 7-30 p.m. Judging


Rivington/Darwen. Ribblesdalc Camera Club, Tuesday, January 29th, meet


fourth monthly Open Competition. Lancashire County Library, Thursday, January 31st,


Ribble Valley District mid-day music recitals, 12-45 to 1-30 p.m. Admission Free. Kevin Thraves (piano). □


Blackburn


January 23rd. Bring and buy sale. Meet Blackburn Central Library, Town Hall Street, Blackburn, 7-30 p.m. The Renaissance Singers, Thursday, January 24th. Con­


Blackburn & District Philatelic Society, Wednesday,


cert at Longridge Parish Church, 7-30 p.m. Mid-day music recital, Wednesday, January 30th, with


Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Museum Street, Blackburn. An exhibition organised by “Bookworks” of London which shows the processes involved in creating a book. A book by Les Bicknall is used to illustrate this process and there are also a number of books made by other


Brian Newton Elliott (bass) and Robert Hayes (piano) at Blackburn Central Library, 12-45 p.m. Admission Free. “Journey of a Book”, January 5th to February 2nd.


artists. “The Paper Show”, February 9th to March 9th, Black­


burn Museum and Art Gallery, Museum Street, Blackburn. Features ten artists who explore the properties of paper in a variety of innovative ways. The artist included are: Jean Davey Winter, Carol Farrow, Jenni Gray, Cas Holmes, Paul Johnson, Jacki Parry, Deborah Sehneebeli-Morrell, Elizabeth Stuart Smith, Louise Vergette and Lois Wil­ liams. Work ranges from a 15 foot long “Rainmaker” to a brightly coloured “Domestic Icons” series. Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean, February 19-20th February, at King Georges Hall, Blackburn, 8p.m. Tickets


from £11-50. Mid-day music recital, February 27th with Mark Jones


(Guitar) at Blackburn Library, 12-45 p.m. Easter Fair, March 30th to April 0th, at Witton Country


Park, Preston Old Road, Blackburn. For further details contact Mr T. Bishop on Blackburn 585332. □


W h e r e t o g o f o r d e t a i l s


For futher information on Lancashire’s Hill Country, contact one o f the


following tourist information centres:


Pendle Nelson Tourist Information


Centre, 20 Scotland Road, Barley Information Centre, Tel: Nelson 0282-001893.


Visitor Information Centre, Bank House, Albert Road, Colne, BBS 0BP. Tel: 0282- S 6 5 5 0 0 . Box O f f ic e : 0282-804721.


Barnoldswick Information Centre, The Old Library, Fernlca Avenue, Barnolds­ wick, Colne, BBS 5DW. Tel: 0282-817040.


Nelson, BB9 7UU. Tel: Nelson 0282-092890.


Ribble Valley Clitheroe Tourist Informa­ t io n C e n t r e , C o u n cil Offices, Church Walk,- Clitheroe, BB7 2RA. Tel: Clitheroe 0200-25500.


mation Centre, 41-45 Kay Street, Rawtenstall, BB4 7LS. Tel: Rossendale 0700-


217777 (ext 239/240). □ F a x W in n e r


Winner of our very popular competition is Mrs M. Dri- vere, of Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe. The solution to the anagram was “Enterprise”.


She gets a superb Sharp fax machine donated by Phone-In , of Standish Street, Burnley. □


Rossendale Rawtenstall Tourist Infor­


present “The Arensky Trio" at the New Arts Theatre, Clitheroe Royal Grammcr School, York Street, Clitheroe, 7-30 p.m. Season ticket £12, single concert £4. Tickets


Clitheroe Concerts Society, Wednesday, January 23rd,


available at the door. Enquiries 0200 25401. Clitheroe Naturalists, Thursday, January 24th, meet


Ribblesdalc School at 7-30 p.m. “Moorland Parish”, Mr R Rhodes, Bolton.


30 p.m. '1’he Renaissance Singers, a small group of enthu­ siastic singers who enjoy performing a wide variety of


Longridge Parish Church, Thursday, January 21th, i- , _


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