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LOCAL students who shine at design and technology are in the running for the Young Inventor of the Year title and a top prize of £10,000.
SORRELL — ASPIN
youngest daughter of Mi ami Mrs W. Aspin, of Church Close, Wadding- ton, was married at St Helen’s Church to Mr Christopher A. I-\ Sorrell, youngest son of Mr I. Sor rell, of Chelsea, and Mrs M. Sorrell, of Chislehurst. The bride, who was
A Warldington woman who has boon working for an international investment bank in the City of London returned to her home vil lage for her wedding to an employee of a London export company. Miss Michelle Aspin, the
given away by her father, wore an ivory Thai silk designer gown with the back and neckline trimmed with large duchess satin roses. She had a cathedral veil secured with silk ivory roses and carried a bou quet of lilies, cream roses, ruscus and brodea. Chief bridesmaid was
been organised by Rotary Clubs throughout Britain and Ireland to promote and recognise students’ achievements, which often come to light during GCSE course work exhibitions. “We are looking for a
The competition has
service committee chair man, Mr Brian Wallace. Clitheroe Royal Gram
mar School, Ribblesdale County High School and Bowland County High School have entered pupils for the first round of the competition, organised jointly by five East Lancashire Rotary Clubs, including Clith eroe and Ribblesdale. The local entries relate
young genius who can suddenly express some thing nobody has ana lysed or thought of before,” said Clitheroe Rotary Club’s vocational
to work done by pupils at the three schools for their GCSE craft, design and technology courses, although the competition is open to inventions from other sources. However, entries have
East Lancashire. The entries will be assembled at the Haworth Art Gal lery in Manchester Road, Accrington, in prepara tion for adjudication on June 7th by a panel of five judges, comprising representatives of local commerce and industry.
prize of £25 for the wan ner of the local round, with £15 for second place and £10 for third. The winner will be entered into the district competi tion and the final will be for 29 district winners.
There will be a first
now closed and the local students will face compe tition from other parts of
. of the student’s educa tion or development of
at national level will go towards the furtherance
The £10,000 first prize
the winning project, should this have market potential.
held e sp e c ia l ly for invited guests from the fields of education, com merce and industry, as well as the Mayors and Mayoresses of the Ribble Valley ami Hyndburn.
A preview will be be
play at the Haworth Art Gallery until June 2Gth, when they will be trans ferred to Ribblesdale School, Clitheroe, for a second exhibition, to be held from July 1st to (ith. The competition is a
Exhibits will be on dis
pated in an earlier scheme and it was the success of this that prompted Rotary to decide to organise a national contest,with sponsorship support from Plus Plan (UK) Ltd. It was felt that the
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work of these youngsters was worthy of much wider recognition. Previ- ous e x h ib i t s have included an automatic cat feeder, a car alarm and an automatic door open ing system for handi capped people. Also involved in the
relatively new concept, although many schools throughout the country have already partici
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Villagers step out for walk across Morecambe Bay M i l
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Miss Anne-Marie Aspin, the bride’s sister, who wore a long delphinium- blue taffeta dress, its neckline trimmed with roses, and carried an Aus trian bunch of cream roses and brodea. The bride’s nieces, Miss
Scunthorpe United FC goalkeeper Peter Litch field made his best ever “catch” when he married Miss Donna Clement at St Leonard's Church, Down- ham. Donna, a policewoman
in Batley, is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Clement, of Gerna Farm, Downham. Peter, a former player with Pres ton North End FC, is the youngest son of Mrs Dorothy Litchfield, of Southbank Road, Bur- nage, Manchester, and the late Mr Robert Litchfield. The bride, given away
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'A headdress of white silk flowers held her short veil and she carried a bouquet
by her father, wore a full- length off-the-shoulder gown of white shantung silk, edged in lace and cascading from a bow at the back into a small train.
of peach and cream dried and silk flowers. Matron of honour was
Cheryl Menzies and Miss Sarah Marlow, were bridesmaids. They wore blue and cream floral peas ant-style dresses and car ried baskets of mixed flow ers to match. Pageboys were Chris
Samuel Sorrell, the bride groom’s nephew. Host man was the bride
topher Menzies, the bride’s nephew, and
groom's brother, Mr David Sorrell, and the ushers were Mr Andrew Sorrell and
Mr.John Dennett. The ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. A. Hailey and the organist was Mr D. Hartley. After a reception at The Inn, Whitewell, the couple
left for a honeymoon in Florence. Their future
home is in London. Photograph: David Sim mons, Clitheroe.
TWG honour for local member
years of the Clitheroe Eveiling Townswomen's Guild and a past chairman. Mrs Birtwistle is well known in the area for her expertise in embroidery and associated crafts. She joined the organisation after taking early retire ment from her post at Blackburn College, due to health problems. She is a member of the
AT the annual meeting of the Federation of Towns women’s Guilds covering Preston and Fast Lanca shire. Mrs Irene Birtwis tle, of Clitheroe, was appointed Federation chairman. A member for nine
THERE was a massive exodus from the village of Ribchester on Saturday afternoon.
three years to mid-70s climbed into coaches and cars cn route to Arnside to walk across
Villagers aged from
Morecambe Bay. In the event, the I2S
parishioners from St Wilfrid’s Parish Church, SS Peter and Paul’s RC Church and
Knowle Green Congregational Church
Ribchester, the Rev. Andrew Bindley, said it
were unable to follow their planned route due to quicksands, hut embarked on their second option, a route from Flookburgh. The Rector of
Council decides who’s in charge
THE chairman of Ribble Valley Council’s newly-formed Direct Services Committee is the only Labour representative on the council, Coun. Bert Jones (Clitheroe).
Services Board became an ordinary committee at the council's annual meeting last week and its vice- chairman will be Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire). The functions of the new
The controversial Direct
committee will be dis cussed at the next meeting o f th e P o 1 i e y a n < Resources Committee on
June 17th. The annual meeting
approved the list of chair man and vice-chairmen for
the coming year. Pu b lic Works and
local Abbeyfield Society Committee and of Whalley and District Enibroid
erers’ Guild. Mrs Birtwistle will be
she follows in the footsteps of another Clitheroe mem ber, Mrs Cissie Sainsbury, who was Federation chair man from 197(> to 19S0.
visiting all IS Townswo men’s Guilds in the area, both afternoon and eve ning groups, during her term of office, which can last for four years. In taking the position
Health: Chairman — Harry Waddington (Gis- burn and Rimington). Vice-chairman — Bernard Thornton (Longridge). Planning and Devel
opment: Chairman — Stan Thomas (Mellor). Vice-chairman — Dorothy Pearson (Bowland, New ton and Slaidburn).
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sure: Chairman — Myra Clegg (Wiswell and Pend leton). Vice-chairman — John Wahnsley (Mellor).
Recreation and Lei
Kate Hodkinson (Lon gridge). Vice-chairman — Jack Richardson (Clayton- le-Dale and Salesbury).
Housing: Chairman —
Purposes: Chairman — John Cliff (Longridge). Vice-chairman — John Travis (Read). Policy and Resources:
Ted Boden (Chalburn). Vice-chairman — Charles Workman (Mellor). Finance and General
was planned as possibly the residents' last opportunity to complete the walk — which covers some eight miles and was expected to take more than three hours — due to the impending retirement of the sand pilot. The walk was
on the calendar is a concert on June 2Sth featuring the internationally acclaimed Goldberg Ensemble in Uibchesler Parish Church and, in July, a small group of parishioners, including the Rector, are taking fund-raising to the top of Preston’s Crest Hotel. The 10 to 15 strong
planned by Ribchester residents Mr and Mrs George Bennett. The next major event
party intends to nhscil from the top, guided by members of the Mountain Rescue Association! Pictured arc some of
the village residents before departing for
Personnel: Chairman — Arnside. Simon on TV
CLITHEROE’S man of many v o ic e s . Si illo n Entwistlo, is appearing on television on Saturday. Simon, of Waddington
Chairman — Bill Fleming (Billington). Vice-chair men — John Cliff and Joyce Lilburn. Direct Services: Chair
Road, is to appear on "The 8-15 from Manchester" on
man — Bert Jones (Clith eroe). Vice-chairman — Chris Holtom (Wilpshire).
Ribble Valley Council gar dener, is taking part in a television film about the Blitz.
BBC-1. A week later, Simon, a
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Skip lunch plea to save lives
A PLEA to Ribble Valley folk to “skip lunch and stive a life” has come irom the local branch of the Save the Children Fund.
McGlynn has written to local schools and firms asking them to support the fund-raising which the Princess Royal launched during a recent television
Chairman Mrs Liz
appeal. “A special week in April was set aside for the ’skip
lunch’ appeal, but because of the exceptional circum stances now facing starv ing people in Africa, we thought it would be more appropriate to extend the fund-raising,” she said. “We appreciate that this
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Mrs Joanne Hodkinson and bridesmaid Miss Michelle Clement, the bride’s sister. They wore off-the-shoulder ballerina- length dresses in deep blue watermarked taffeta, cascading from bows at the back. In their hair were circlets of dried and silk flowers and they car ried white decorated fans. Small attendant Miss
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Hodkinson. An unusual note was provided by the bride’s aunt, Mrs Susan Jackson, serving as an usher, along with the brother of the bridegroom. Mr Brian Litchfield. The ceremony was per
Nicola Birkenshaw wore a Bo-Peep style dress of white watermarked taffeta trimmed with blue roses a n d c a r r i e d a h o o p trimmed with dried flowers. Best man was Mr Andy
formed by Canon Eric- Chard. After a reception at the
Stirk House Hotel, Gis- burn, the couple left for : honeymoon in Orlando USA. They are to live at The
is probably not an ideal time to appeal to people’s generosity. However, to delay would be disast rous." Mrs McGlynn hopes that
local people will make a sizeable contribution to the £2m target launched
by the Princess Royal. Adults are being asked to skip a meal anil donate the money they save to the appeal, while children could contribute by doing without a chocolate bar or bag of crisps. On a more frivolous
WADDINGTON — SEDGWICK
Farmer Mr James Wad dington was married to Miss Carol Ann Sedgwick at Clitheroe Register Office. The bridegroom is the
woods Farm, Slaidburn. and the late Mr Ernest Henry Waddington. The bride is the elder
youngest son of Mrs Joan Waddington, of Green
daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Sedgwick, of Barn- field Close, Colne. The bride wore an ivory
note, Mrs McGlynn adds: “Summer is coming and with it the thought of squeezing ourselves into those dreaded swimsuits. So why not help someone else and our waistlines as well?” Money saved by the
"skip a meal” appeal can be paid into special accounts at the Clitheroe branches of Barclays Bank (Save the Children Fund) or Skipton Building Society (Princess Anne’s Appeal for Africa).
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Mrs Pickles and Mrs Holden; K\V Mrs Itingliam and Mrs 'rat- ton, Mrs Heyworth ami Mrs
embroidered satin gown with a scalloped hem and neckline. It had long sleeves and was trimmed with rosebuds on the waist and shoulders. She wore a peach and ivory comb in her hair and carried a silk bouquet of peach and ivory roses and lilies. In attendance was
Andrea Jane Waddington, the bridegroom’s niece,
who wore a three-quarter length short-sleeved floral print dress trimmed with peach ribbon. She had silk headdress and a bou quet of silk peach roses and lilies. P a g e bo y s w e r e
Matthew James Sedgwick, the bride’s son, and Andrew Robin Wadding ton, the bridegroom’s nephew. B e s t man was Mr
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Steaming ahead for a vintage weekend
IT’S full steam ahead for the 11th annual Slaidburn Steam and Vintage Display on Saturday and Sunday. The pride of this year’s display is likely to be a
IF you go to Halfpenny’s, in Parson Lane, Clitheroe, for a coffee or a meal between now and June 8th, be warned — you won’t be allowed to leave without paying 20p and casting your vote for the best embroidered picture on show! This year’s exhibition is the fourth annual event held as part of the Heritage Fayre celebrations and once again is to raise money for the
because the 1990 subject was an easier one, “My favourite piece of embroidery.”
Mayor’s Charity Fund. Although there are 44 entries compared with last year s 62, that is
This year’s subject is anything to do with house and/or garden and , . , , ,, , ,
attracted entries from people’ of all ages and all levels of skill — including one from an eight-year-old, Rebecca Ratcliffe, and several from people doing embroidery for the first time, some after attending courses at Gawthorpe Hall. Gordon Halfpenny and daughter Emma (17) have submitted entries
‘ burn from Manchester, Bury, the Win-all, Preston, Coppull and Gisburn and one of the most recent additions is a 1925 steam roller owned by Mr Craig Saul, of Mitton, who only recently purchased the machine. On Saturday night there will be a massive draw
wagons built by Fosters and was restored to its former glory by Mr Varley, who died last year. Mrs Susan Varley will be showing the wagon, along with the family’s famous fairground organ. Steam traction engines will be travelling to Slaid-
Tessa Halfpenny (third from right) and the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. and Mrs Allan Kay.
and so have some of their staff — such as kitchen worker Barbara Howarth and waitress Angela Parkinson (left), whose picture of her home is the first design she has created of her own. Pictured with some of the exhibitors at their Saturday preview are
and barbecue on the site behind the Hark to Bounty Inn.
include a display of vintage farm machinery. Proceeds will be divided equally between Slaidburn
The exhibition starts daily at 10-30 a.m. and will
village school and a fund to provide the local health centre with a blood analysis machine. .
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