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I ’URRFECT! That was the message from teachers and pupils at. Brookside School w ith th e ir C A IS f lo . il S


CIIICKENl’OX and German measles were just some of the illnesses on offer from staff at Clitheroe’s “not-so-healthy centie! IT was fun, i t was fabu­ Mtji


lo u s and i t was ru ra l England at its very best — Clitheroe’s 20th Torch­ lig h t Procession started


F u n - p a c k e d f i e s t a o f f l o a t s Theresa Robson reports


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POSTMAN PAT soon “ sorted o u t” employees o f C lilh e ro e ’s sor ting off ice when he joine d them in th e ir Royal Ma il van


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delighted re vellers w ith The borough’s tourism satisfied, their idiosyncratic blend of officer, M r Keith Taylor, creative imagination and said: “ T h is is th e lirsL 'I he f lo a ts , ma ny ol carnival mayhem.


Thu s ta r t o f the pro- have seen. People told me p a re , in c lu d e d e v e ry


cession held to' mark they are wonderful, but theme imaginable, from the ‘Kith a n n ive rsa ry o f this surpassed anything I D isneyla nd to w a r t im e the Queen’s accession to could have imagined.”


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the throne — was marked M r Bryan Pemberton, wrestling rings, in traditional fashion by a who travelled from Black- Piom every float there single firewo rk from the burn w ith his w ile Vera b la re d mu s ic o r came Castle keel).


to see the spectacle, said: cajoling, shouts and show- Prom then on i t was a “ Clitheroo never fails to urs ol sweets. “We’re the


fun-packed fiesta of floats, make a good job of these best-kept pub in Lanca- pipe and brass bands, p ro c e s s io n s . I t was a s h ire !” shouted a proud d a n c in g g i r ls and good credit to both the organ- barmaid from Clitheroe’s humour.


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isers and those who took Edisford Bridge Motel, as her colleagues, dressed in


T o rc h lig h t Procession I which took weeks to pre-


with a bang, went o f f with 50,000 lined the stre ets, M r Pemberton was one a swing and le ft townsfolk cramming the town centre o f hundreds th ro u g h o u t town ’s pubs th a t turned rocking.


traditional Lancashire cos­ tume, celebrated 250 years of the pub’s brewers, com­ plete with a mock bridge on their float! I n fa c t , i t was th e


to b u r s t in g p o in t and the county who Hocked to out some of the wild and


and the smiles were wide, hand-held torches and fill- and, like everyone else, he The Brown Cow’s brown as f lo a t a f t e r f lo a t orescent lights.


black T ra n s Am s p o r ts car.


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brass bands and m e r ry ­ making faded into the dis­ tance, the procession was a p tly crowned by a fire- w o r k d i s p 1 a y p a r excellence.


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anyway, spectators were rendered speechless by a cacophony o f sound and dazzling lig h t . And then the carnival continued — this time at a succession of procession parties!


K E E P pe d a llin g ! T h a t was the message o f these to rc h lig h te rs to B r i ta in ’s beleagured pound and they ce r ta in ly paid the price when they reached the bottom o f Moor Lane — bystanders had In push them up!


The streets were packed lighting i t with a myriad of Chtheroe to jo in the fun whackier displays — from • must have left feeling well cow loathe White L io n ’ -


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CHIRRING YOUNG FARMKRS no rma lly have th e ir feet on the ground, hut on Saturday they chose the theme “ A Fantasy World” fo r th e ir float


“ I IH L L DORADO!” said Dennis Thornher, as he pedalled up some o f the steeper inclines


LOW MOOR’S famous pig, Percy, made his customary to rc h lig h t procession appearance


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TWO and a h a l f ce n tu r ie s o l good b r e w in g— th a t was th e message ol s ta f f at Lancashire s Best-Kept Rub, the h d is lo id Bridge, who know a good p in t when they see one!


COMMUNITY yo u th leader Geo ff Jackson as Don-mm


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