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MOVIE stars Brad Pitt arid Johnny Depp ; have, been linked1 with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 'modern film version, of “Whistle Down the W i n d . : '


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THE final concert by the Clitheroe Associa­


tion of Church Choirs takes place on Sun­ day.iThe lack'.of an a c c om p a n is t a n d young members^ has m e a n t t h a t th e veteran organisation has-, d e c i d e d to disband. The. choir has been


presenting concerts for over ten years , s in c e i ts appearance on the BBC’s “Sunday Half Hour”. Sunday’s concert, at


looks likely to be New Orleans. A report in the “Sunday Express” ■said Sir Andrew was still undecided - whether the musical version of the


nal film was made in the rolling Ribble Valley, countryside, the ! setting for the modem version


However, while the 1961 origi­ story will be premiered on screen or on


stage. . The commentsicame from 12-year- old film s ta r Kirsten Dunst, who starred with Brad P itt in the film


set in New Orleans. She has been con­ tacted with regards.to the, lead role in | Sir Andrew’s first film musical, which will go into production next spring. ■ The original film -was produced by |


might be played by either Brad Pitt or Johnny Depp and the film would be


from his company that Sir Andrew bought the rights for an undisclosed


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 30th,1995 ■ -3 _________________ .


US stars linked to ‘Whistle’ remake m o t t e st in g Sir Richard Attenborough'and it was While-u-Wait SERVICE - comfortable waiting area


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“Interview with a Vampire”. Kirsten said the role of the murderer


A b r i l l ia n t l in g u i s t an d t e a c h e r d ie s in h o sp i ta l


R ETIRED teacher Mr George Edon, who helped to slmpe th e lives of


i hundreds of local schoolchildren during 30 years a t Clitheroe Royal | Grammar School, has died aged 83. A brilliant linguist, Mr


Edon, of Park Avenue, ‘


' a n the South' West ■ b y Sheila Nixon ’


during the Second World War. • The retired deputy head


jlligence Unit in Pacific


the


2-30 p.'m. in Clitheroe Parish Church,. will feature a selection of C h r is tm a s m u s ic , including “Messiah”, and a series of carols, with a! sing-along for the audience. Taking part will be


I humour, and was admired and respected by all who knew him.” Mr Edon was born in


of CRGS, Mr Roy Adams, a teaching colleague of Mr Edon for many years, said: “Mr Edon was a very talented and modest man, w i th 'a g re a t sense of


S a l l y C o a t e s ( s o p ra n o ) , C h r is ­ to p h e r B ro u g h to n (tenor) and William Borrow, (bass), with Michael Pain on con- tinuo, Nigel Gaze on organ, and Charles Myers conducting. , A spokesman for the


Sunderland and educated a t P re s to n Grammar School. In 1931, he won an exhibition to Hertford Col­ lege, Oxford, where he I studied for four years.


Hong Kong and was put in charge of a mission to Hainan Island to release


was so little food, priso ­ ers were eating rats and


lizards. docu*


ments, includin;ing details of the execution of PoWs. In October 1945, he was sent to Manila, pines,


documents of


organisation said: “As the choir is unable to find an accompanist and because many


I merce, in Yamaguchi, 110 miles west of Hiroshima. In 1941, he moved to Syd­ ney and joined the Austra­ lian Army, serving as a captain in the intelligence


went to Japan, where he taught English until 1941 at the College of Com-


members are not in th e f i r s t f lu s h of y o u t h , we h a v e decided reluctantly to call it a day. “As it is the choirs’


final co n cert, i t is hoped that there will be a large audience to hear and take part in the proceedings.”


started and he helped the German, I ta l ia n and lawyers by examining and Dutch, and was also an translating Japanese docu- E ap e ran t is t , teaching ments. He returned to Esperanto in school and in adult education classes.


He married in 1935 and ment. Wa ir wwi he and his wife, Ellen,


uni,, tt


East Lancashire in the 1940s and ’50s. He was flu­ ent in Japanese, French


enc rrenun,


Australia where he helped the Military Police to check on the activities of Japanese residents.


After leaving the Army,


I branch attached to the Allied Intelligence Unit in


Mr Edon was offered a teaching post in Australia,


.the South West Pacific. He spent two years in New Guinea interrogating Japanese prisoners, exa­ mining captured docu-


| ments and censoring mail. Three days after VJ


I Day, he sailed bn the bat- Itleship HMS Anson to


but he decided to return to England, sailing from Sydney in June, 1946.


billiards player, and was in the Oxford University team which won the var­ sity match in 1935. He was a music lover, a former chairman of Clitheroe Recorded Music Society, and a founder member of


He was an outstanding


eroe Royal Grammar Cmc Society. School in January, 1947, The funeral service and remained there until


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takes place today at Clith-. eroe Parish Church. Mr Edon, who, died in Clith-


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THE MAYOR of the Ribble Valley, Coun­ cillor Mrs Dorothy Pearson, has joined forces with the Round Table to collect toys for local children who might otherwise miss a vis it-from-Father


Christmas. Anyone-wishing to


donate toys should deliver them to the Ribble;Valley Council Offices. • They will be distributed by Round Table members. I f you know a child


R o a d c lo su re s ta r ts n ew cen tre


I C L IT H E R O E t 'tow n -c e n t re m ov ed a s te p n e a re r i ts new , traffic layout w ith th e tem ­ porary'closure of p a r t of Station Road. I t is due to re-open this evening. Lancashire County Council says the closure is neces- -


1 While the work is being carried out, drivers have to reach Booths and the car park by travelling up Parson Lane, along Castle Street, down King Street and along Station Road from the station end.


sary so that engineers can construct a new mini-round­ about at the junction of Station Road and Parson Lane.


bus services. Journeys to Clitheroe will operate via Castle Street instead of Station Road and journeys from Clitheroe will also be revised. Services 105 and 110 will go from Well Terrace via


The closure will also involve the diversion of some _ W i t n e s s e s s o u g h t


or children under the age of 12 and living in the Ribble Valley who would benefit from the scheme you should submit their names to the Mayor’s secretary, Mrs Olwen Heap, -by n o l a t e r t h a n December-2nd or call 01200 452412. ■


I T»rvr Tr>lp. urn nnnnnl. from the house on Whal saw two men loading


a c a r ou ts ide a C l ith ­ e ro e h o u s e w h e re a b u r g l a r y w a s l a t e r


I repo r ted . 1 I t was discovered that


a television set and video recorder, valued together at £400, had been stolen


. outside the house at 4-23 p.m. Anyone with informa-


863161.


spokesman said two men were seen loading a Tal­ bot Solara car, registra­ tion number A672 LCK,


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- tion should contact Clith­ eroe police on 01282


^- ^ by Tony Cliff "


Waddington Road, Railway View Road, King Street, Market Place, Wellgate, Lowergate, Whalley Road. Greenacre Street, Thom Street and then on the normal


r°The A1 service will now go from the railway station, via King Street, Market Place, Wellgate, Lowergate, Moor Lane, Castle Gate, Parson Lane, Bawdlands and


then as normal.


via Wellgate, Lowergate, King Lane, Market Place, Wellgate, Lowergate, Moor Lane, Castle Gate, Parson Lane* Bawdlands and then the normal route. 1716 council say that it may be necessary to repeat


Services Cl and C ll will travel from Market Place ■.'


the closure on December 6th and 7th ; O r g a n i s t i s a f i r s t f o r p a r i s h c h u r c h


THE f i r s t woman Cathedral of Christ the cathedral organist to Kh>B.


perform in the area took p a r t in a concert ude ^ Fugue in E flat, a t C h th e ro e P a r i s h followed by Georg Bohm’s Church.


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his retirement in 1977. He was head of geography, and his knowledge of this subject and his enthusiasm for it was speedily, com­ municated to his pupils, ...............


conditions. Because there ^ S ^ a ^ ^ n ^ s h as ,„„o


' rears at Latin,


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master Laurence Hardy, which appeared in “The


Mr Edon then spent six Clitheronian” magazine weeks in Hong Kong stu- dying Jaipanese


to study Japanese " the occupa­


1945, he went to Tokyo to assist the military govem- tr ialid had


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