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THE curtain has come down on a Clitheroe thespian’s chance to star in a brand new West End musical — because he does not hold a full show business
union card. Talented teenager Darren McCullough (stage
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name Stori James) was offered one of the leading roles in Cameron Macintosh’s production of
“Moby Dick” at the Piccadilly Theatre. Instead, of playing the scene-stealing part as the cabin
hoy he will now have to he content with a place in the chorus in the world-famous impresario’s latest production. Ohvionslv Darren was delighted at the original offer
by TOBY CHAPMAN
and crestfallen when the union card snag cropped up. For it left him in a catch 22 situation.
Show business union Equity had a l r e a d y issued Darren
with a provisional card, hut he needed a full membership card for the cabin boy role and this, according to the rules, could not be issued until he had worked 32 weeks as a professional entertainer. Unfortunately for Darren, he did not qualify, leaving
him with no option but to turn the golden chance down. However, the former St James’s School and Rdiblesdule
School pupil must have really impressed in his audition and was subsequently asked to perform in the chorus. After leaving school, Darren (1!)), took a performing
ar ts course at Accrington and Rossendalc College and trained at the Sandham KitcheH Dance School in Blackburn.
Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey, in July, hut opted to leave early, after joining the “Moby l)iek” cast. “He applied for an audition after seeing an advert
He had been due to finish his latest course, at Laine
in a theatrical paper," said his mother, Mrs Helen McCullough, of West View, Clitheroe.
Darren has'still done extremely well to be included in the chorus of a major West End production at the age of 1!), sav his colleagues. The musical is due to open in March, and Darren is currently in the middle of rehearsals.
Though disappointed at not being one ol the stars, ~i.'1 w
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CIKCUSKS face a ban from appearing on council land in the Kibble Valley. Following a lengthy and
heated debate in the coun cil chamber on Tuesday night, members of the Public Works and Health Committee voted against allowing circuses to per form on council land. Immediately af ter the
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She makes stage comeback after cancer fight for one very brave
“KNIGHT” has turned into day West Bradford amateur actress.
For Mrs L e s le y
Knight, of Eastfield Drive, has amazed the world of amateur dra matics in the Ribble Valley b.V fighting off breast cancer, disco vered five months ago, to tackle not only one hut two leading parts in local productions in February and March!
Mrs Kn ig h t (4 1), a
A LADY with a positive attitude . Knight
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mother of two, said; “I m 110% fit and raring to go! 1 was back rehearsing for my f irst product ion — "Stepping Out” by the Sutcliffe Theatre School — two wc e l t s a f t e r my se cond o p e r a t io n and won Id urge any woman who discovers a lump not to be afraid. The secret is to keep busy and have a posi t ive a t t i tu d e and I have had wonderful sup port from my family.”
She said: “ 1 was also
greatly helped by the fact that the thea t re school postponed the play while I got better, because it gave me something to occupy
my mind.” Mrs Knight is playing
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by KAYE MOON
d a y t a p s eh oo 1, o n February 27th, 28th and 2!Hh at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School’s Chat-
burn Road site. She is also playing the leading roly of L a u r a in S t a g e Two Downham’s production of "Your Obedient Servant” a month later, from March 25th to 28th.
time teaching job in home economies at the Hollins Co u n ty High School , Accrington, and regularly at tends Olitheroe’s Lee- Carter Studio for gym, as well as keeping up her tap dancing!
She is back in her full-
h e r o p e r a t io n s a t th e BUl’A Hospital in Man chester, added: “Everyone fears cancer and it is a shock . . . but you have to fight it and you can heat it.”
Mrs Knight, who had
Her colleagues at the Sutcliffe Theatre School
are all delighted by her recovery. Said proprietor
Mrs Gladys Sutcliffe: “The morale here is wonderful and 1 think every woman should know L e s le y ’ s to ry be cause it is an inspiration. I don’t think 1 have ever seen her down through the whole five months and because ol this our production has become very special to everyone.”
Money raised from the
play will go to the Christie Hospital in Manchester, where Mrs Sutcliffe's hus- b a n (1 G a r t h p r o v e d another cancer battle suc cess story. He fought off a glandular cancer known as
Hodgkins Disease, disco vered Lwo years ago.
not enough examples of courage, its music teacher is now happily recovered a f te r having the same operation that Lesley had just a year ago.
And, as if the group had
was owned bv Clitheroe Locomobile featured in our GP Dr Alfred \V. Musson, story on page -1 and pre-
Pupils’ timely win
AHEAD of their time . . . are the enterpris ing pupils of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, who are off to Brussels next month to sell a compact disc clock manufactured by their Youn^j Enterprise Scheme group, “Record Time. The school has been
running a Young Ente r
prise scheme every year since the national organi sation was introduced into the Ribble Valley area five y e a r s ago and the 12 pupils current ly making and marketing the clock have sold 170, put t ing them in profit already. Hyndburn and Ribble
trade fair on the Saturday to sell ami expor t thei r product and will make thei r company presenta tion the following day, before an internat ional audience of over 100 com p an ie s from Belgium, Sweden, Holland and Ire land, as well as the United Kingdom. The eye-catching clocks,
Valley Young Enterprise Area Board organised a competition for their 11 companies to present and promote their product in French . . . and at a pre sentation in the boardroom of Jones Stroud Insula t io n s , L o n g r id g e , on Thursday, "Record Time" was judged the winner of the seven entries. The prize is a tr ip for
four of the pupils and two adults to attend the Bel gian Young En te rp r is e Congress in Brussels from March lith to 8th. Thev will a t ten d the
which provide a new lease of life for discarded com pact discs, are made by fixing the clock mechanism at the back of the disc and attaching the clock hands through the hole in the
centre. Discs are either collected by the pupils, bought as blanks from a record company or bought cheaply when record shops sell unwanted stock. The clocks can either be
mounted as wall docks or used on plas t ic s tan d s m a n u f a c tu r e d by the school’s younger pupils, wi th o rd e r s c u r r e n t ly
being accepted lor either version.
pupils — Lvn Marven, of Gr ims a rg h ; Ch a r lo t t e England, of Salxlen; Jane Hargreaves, of Sawley; and Christopher Knowles, of Clitheroe, the managing director of “Record Time”
A c c om p a n y in g th e
— will be CRGS teacher Mrs Val Fielding, who has organised participation in the Enterprise scheme for the past four years, and Mr S t u a r t Ro b in so n , depar tment manager of Castle Cement, Clitheroe, who has been advising the pupils.
A CAR aptly called “The Ribble” is reputedly first past the chequered flag iu the race to find Clitheroe’s first ever car. The car, pictured above, who also owned the Will
viutisly believed to have been the town ’s f i r s t
vehicle. However, “The Ribble”
itself is shrouded in mys t e r y , b e c a u s e no one seems to know anything about its manufacture! Mr T r ev o r Robe r ts ,
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who is sales director at Primrose Garage and who has been inundated with replies to his recent plea to discover the identity of Clitheroe’s first car, said: "I am almost sure 'The Ribble’ was the first ear in Clitheroe. No one seems to know anything about it except that when Dr Mus son drove the car he was followed by a chauffeur with a horse. Apparently the car was wont to break down! and the horse was used to tow it back home!” Dr Musson is the gentle
man pictured on the right of tile photograph, while his son, Francis, who is the child pictured on the left, was the grandfather of Clitheroe woman Mrs Mary Hanson, of Green D r iv e , who s e n t Mr Roberts the photograph. All that is known about
the manufacture of the vehicle is that it was built in 189-1 and the race is now on to discover where and by whom it was made — but let’s hope it doesn’t
take "wild horses” to drag out the information! © “ Re ade r s into top
Death of respected former Mayor
A FORMER Ribble Valley Mayor who was one of the borough’s longest serving council lors died suddenly at a top London hospital
on Tuesday afternoon. Coun. John Walmslev, of Higher Commons Lane. '■
Osbaldeston, was the Conservative representative for Mellor on the Ribble Valley Council for lli years. He died following an operat ion at St Thomas's
Hospital. Coun. Walmsley, a retired farmer, was the Ribble
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Valley Mayor in 198(5. Due to a heart complaint, lie benefited from life-saving surgery prior to his instal lation
and.donated all the funds raised from his term
of office to the British Heart Foundation. Conn: Walmsley’s interest in local politics dated
back to 1953, when he joined Osbaldeston Parish Council. He was vice-chairman of Ribble Valley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee, as well as being its representative on both the Sports Council and Norweb. He was also a governor of four schools.
including Ribblesdalc High School, Llitheroe, and St Augustine’s RC School, Billington. He was chairman of the Ribble Valley 1 arisli
Councils’ Liaison Committee and once said that he hoped the position would help him cement relations between parish councils and the local authority. Leader of Ribble Valley Council Conn. Pill Flem
ing, said: "John was one of the council’s characters and a hard-working councillor. We knew lie was in London having tes ts , but news of his death is
shattering.” Prospective Parl iamentary candidate Mr Nigel ... .
Evans and chairman of the Ribble Valley Conser vative Association Mr Bill Bowker said they weie saddened by Coun. Walmsley’s death. Mr Evans said. “John was a respected, popular and extremely experienced councillor. I will certainly miss his
guidance.”
Coun. Walmsley is survived by lus wife, Doris, and two daughters, Julie and Dorothy.
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debate, there was an inci dent outside the town ball involving the director of National Pet watch and Mr Malcolm Clay, a Blackburn solicitor, who spoke on behalf of the Association ol Ci rcus P ro p r i e to r s of Great Britain. It is understood that the Petwatch director . Mrs
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•loan Wearnc, asked Mr Clay a question about a s tatement he had made during the meeting and, fo 11 o w i n g t h e re p 1 y received, contacted the police. The exchange was wit
nessed by a council officer and elected representative and, although it is under stood no further action is to he taken, Mrs Wearne said on Wednesday that she intends to report the m a 11 e r to t h e B aw Society. During the meeting, the
committee heard that a booking had already been accepted for a circus to appear on the Kdisford site in March and, despite
the decision, that would he honoured. Tho councillors heard
both sides of the argument from sneakers Mr Stetan Ormrou, representing the World Society lor the International Animal Wel fare Al l iance, and Mr Clay. A man with a dis t in
guished background in a n im a l w e l f a r e , Mr
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