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Go-ahead given for homes in former chapel


A SCHEME to convert a village Methodist chapel into housing lor the elderly has been given the borough council's seal of approval. ""Despite reservations accommodation, according


Committee, the council is Slaidburn). She described confident the £300,000 scheme will eventually get all-round support. The scheme will convert


the village chapel and the adjoining house into four rented Hats with a commu­ nal lounge for residents.


expressed by the Slaid- to Coun. Dorothy Pearson burn Methodist Chapel (Bowland, Newton and


tile housing as a wonderful scheme which should get the go-ahead. Mr Matthew Harrison,


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already been putting their n am e s down fo r th e


man (Mellor) said: “People are so rooted in their own area that the idea of mov­ ing over the hill to new accommodation in Clith- eroe is like uprooting to another country. I t is good that they can have accommodation in their own village.” Elderly villagers have


£200,000 grant is made I see no reason why it can- available by the Housing not go ahead.” Corporation. The rest will The parish councils of be funded by the scheme s Slaidburn, Dunsop Bridge co-ordinator, Manchester and Newton have all given Methodist Housing Group, th e i r b a ck in g to th e a charity set up to provide low c o s t and re n te d accommodation. Council­ lors backed the scheme at a Housing Committee meeting, saying that it was essential to provide housing for elderly people in their own villages. Coun. Charles Wark-


It will only go ahead if a needs of local parishioners,


scheme. Vehicle stolen


THIEVES stoic a blue Land-U o v e r D e f en d e r , valued at £15,000, from the driveway of a house in Slaidburn Road, Wadding- ton, between 0 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday. Its registration number was N557 ERN


Saw stolen THIEVES cut through a


bolt on a shed at a house in Ennerdale Road, Clith- eroe, between 6 p.m. on


Thursday and 8 a.m. on Friday, and stole a Stihl saw and chainsaw valued at £500.


development director of the Manchester Methodist Housing Group, said: “Short of ironing out the


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High praise for mountaineering


expeditions


TH E q u a lity ^ eS J edM o n s wMn& h l ig h te I Club’s w e e k e n d e x p e


- IkTSutl that, although Many othe r routes in not ail of the “meets had gcotland the Lake Dis- been well supported, tho ict ancI Wales were tack- huts hired for the events ^ by mer?bers, including had all been of a veiy h'gn T owe r R id g e , on Ben standard and in excellent Nevis_ Hlgh House, in


by chairman Goclliey annual meeting-


mountaineering. . locations.


d David Taylor, the out. Tl.yfaI1) in Snowdonia. inded th a t severa l


gramme together.


oor secretary, was con- T h e m e e t i n g w a s ratulated and thanked ioi put■*= - - - a


ting such a goo


member, said he had veiy much enjoyed this yeai s ..............


The chairman, a fo“n«el outdoor activities, wn


started with ice-climbing, te s t _ Cliviger Gorge anc


T?.?n SMITH — BRUCE


A honeymoon in Mexico followed the wedding of former Waddington man Mr Duncan Smith and Miss Katrina Bruce at Horsham Register Office.


tant, is the son of Mr and Mrs G. Smith, of Cross Lane, Waddington. The bride, a service and quality co­


The bridegroom, a systems consul­


ordinator, is the daughter of Mrs J. Daines, of Crawley Green Road, Luton.


Richard Hampshire, the bride wore an ivory silk full-length off-the-shoulder gown and carried a bouquet of pink roses. In attendance were Miss Phillipa


Given away by family friend, Mr


Smith’and Miss Loren MacDonald, who wore floral Bo-Peep-style dresses and


carried Teddy bears. Best men were Mr David Smith and


Mr Roger Smith, the bridegroom’s brothers. The groomsmen were Mr Ian Hardy, Mr Jonathon Dickinson and Mr


Richard Hampshire. The wedding, performed by Mrs


Rowcna Tyler, was followed by a blessing at St Peter’s Church, Slinford,


Sussex, by the Rev. Jerry Gilpin. A reception was held at Gatton Manor, Ockfey, Sussex. The couple are to live in Horsham,


West Sussex. Surrey.


Photo: Philip Nunn, Guildford, ,


as the club’ in to W e ls h


... Borrowdale, and the cliffs


•' vend pino- members completed the 15 ,


Welsh Three Thousanders in one continuous trip. John B a r r e t t and John Hitch achieved the shor-


„„ the'frozen waterfalls of training run fcr Karri- Mountain Marathon,


time d u r in g th e ir Karri.


! Z :?1T„UtM t .X estooclJ out Cath lerine Hutton and Eric beris in March_stood


D ur ing m th e summe:mci,


’X f i rX fo ra y Mansfield followed their l b w in t e 'r previous year’s ascent of


TV OPERA TAKES TO LOCAL STAGE


THE f irst opera ever commissioned for tele­ v is io n t a k e s to th e s ta g e in th e R ib b le Valley over th e com­ ing weeks in a series of gala performances for charity.


“Amahl and the Night


Visitors” tells the tale of the three kings as they fol­ low the Christmas s ta r and find themselves at the house of th e cr ip p led


Amahl. The kings teli Amahl


about the Christ child and ■ he offers them his crutch as a gift. He discovers that he can walk without it and f o l l o w s t h e m to Bethlehem.


formed by members and friends of the Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society in aid of Dorian House. Performances will take place a t Clitheroe Pa ri s h Ch ur c h o n December 8th, at 7 p.m.; St Cuthbert’s Church on December 15th, at 6-30 p.m.; and Waddington Methodist Sunday School on December 22nd, at 3 p.m.


The opera will be per­


ileen F o s te r , principal singer with Pendlc Opera. T h e t h r e e k in g s ,


nine-year-old Anna Green­ away, from Burnley, and Amahl’s mother by Cath-


Amahl will be played by


.page will be played by A n n a ’s 12 - y e a r - o 1 d


Visitors”, by Gian-Carlo M en o tti, re c e iv ed i ts world premier at the NBC Television T h e a tre on Christmas Eve, 1951.


brother, Lee Greenaway. “Amahl and the Night


K aspar, Melchior and Balthazar, will be played by James Parker, Ray­ mond Aspin and Pe te r Walker respectively. The


Mont Blanc with a visit to Zermatt. There they car­ ried out climbs in the Mont Rosa massif, and members heard that these would be featured in the club s next i n d o o r m e e t i n g on December 19th. John Barrett, the social


and rock climbing secre­ ta ry , was th an k ed for o rg an is in g th e indoor meetings during 1996. It was reported that lectures given by outside speakers again proved popular and were of a very high stan­ dard, and th a t the pro­ posed programme for 1997 included talks and slides shows about the Highlands of Scotland, the Canadian Rockies, Mera Peak in the Himalayas, the Lake Dis­ trict, “owls and things”, and w a lk in g th ro u g h mid-Wales. Retiring treasurer Dave


Grosvenor was thanked for the efficient manner in which he managed the club’s finances. Thanks were also expressed to vice-chairman Eric Mans­ field, club secretary Sue Hembury, membership scretaries Paula and Mike Carter, and mountain-bike m e e ts o rg a n is e r Nick Milhvard. Neil Whalley received


^ a t the groups _


anyone interested in join­ ing the club in 1997 should contact Paula and Mike


Carter (tel. 428278).


reminded that the remain­ ing events in 1996 included the club’s annual dinner w eek en d i n ea rl y December and the tradi­ tional ascent of Scafell Pike on New Year’s Eve. A spokesman said that


were as follows: chairman, Godfrey Metcalfe; vice- chairman, Eric Mansfield; secretary, Sue Hembury; t re a su re r , Dave Gros­ venor; ou td o o r m eets organisers, David Taylor, John Barrett, Paula and Mike C a r te r , and Nick Millward. M e m b e r s w e r e


special recognition for the difficult task of editing and compiling club bulletins. He was thanked for “the excellent jo u rn a ls pro­ duced over the last few years and for the humour injected into them.” Officers elected for 1997


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in GCSE results league


THE gremlins were a t work in our story last week about Clitheroe Royal Grammar School coming top o f tiie class in the c o u n t y ’s e x am ­ ination league table.


problem, the percent­ Due to a computer


age symbols were missed off the figures listed for local schools in the national GCSE results league table of almost-1,000 secondary schools.


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schools’ results were: Stonyhurst College (80 per cent); Moorland School, Clitheroe (73 per cent); Oakhill College, Whalley (08 per cent); St Augustine’s RC School, Billington (50 per cent); Bowland County High School, Grindlcton ( I I per cent); Ribblesdale County High School, dither*.. ( H per cent).


Other Kibble Valley


THE “Around the World in 80 Days Challenge” is an adventure the 2nd Whalley Cub Scouts have taken up with gusto by “travelling” to Egypt. To create the atmosphere Whalley Village Hall was


Turkeys gone


attractively decorated with posters of pyramids, the Sphinx, Tutankhamun and a map of Egypt, and in preparation for the evening, each Cub made a fez, and decorated a camel, as well as arriving suitably attired in Egyptian costume. Families were invited to join the boys for an Egyp­


RAIDERS stole 42 tur ­ keys, valued at £500, from a barn at a Gisburn farm between Friday night and Saturday morning. A C l i th e ro e P olice


tian evening, which took the form of camel racing. Each family bought a camel and the Cubs were the “jockeys”. Following several heats by each “six” the final was a tense race with the winning jockey being Garfield Greaves and the winning owner Rita Entwis- tle. Runner-up was John Lawson on Mrs Beckett’s camel. The next country the Cubs will “visit” is Colom­


bia on December 14 th, when the Cubs plan to serve 80 cups of coffee, as well as selling cakes, calendars and running a tombola. ; Our picture was taken during a stop-off in Egypt!


With the 2nd Whalley Cub Scouts are their leaders, Judith Wells and Susan Holroyd. (CAT 4989)


spokesman said it was believed the raiders loaded the turkeys into a ear and drove off with them.


Whalley theft


THIEVES stole a black G ian t m o u n ta in bike valued a t £100 and a Makita angle g r in d e r valued at £50 when they broke into a garage* in Limefield Avenue, Whal­ ley, between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thursday.


Chuckles and guffaws at ‘Local Affairs’


IF you are thinking of moving to a new home on a p lu sh h o u s in g


estate, think again! This was the setting of


the latest Downham Stage Two production, “Local Affairs” , another high comedy from p o p u la r p la y w r ig h t R ic h a rd Harris.


Three couples move into


new houses, none of them acquainted, but each eaten with curiosity about the others.


couple, played by Mel Scorah and Stella Barnes; a young couple without their children for the first in-m. in their married life instead of wallowing


Meet a social-climbing


in a cosy weekend, are e i t h e r t li o r o u g h 1 y


depressed or obsessed with DIY, played by Tim M i i n e - R e d h e a d and Kathryn King; and a drun­ ken, glamorous couple played by Lesley Knight and Gerald Purchase, who are coping with parent problems.


dle there appears a dis­ agreeable mother-in-law, a suave dile ttante and a young woman having trou­ ble with her “R’s”, played by Pat Hargreaves, David King and Imogen Griffin respectively.


I was so absorbed with the excellent interpreta­


tion of the characters by the actors and director, that the plot lost me. Aot that it mattered, however, for this was a well-cast


Somewhere in the mid­


play, with competent per­ formances all round; the players certainly working hard to maintain pace in a difficult piece.


choice for first-time pro­ ducer F ra n Osbourne given the difficulties of three sets on a very small stage and complex action which she plotted, planned


I t was an ambitious


and directed with consid­ erable skill. The result was a suc­


cessful team effort from e v e r y o n e c o n c e rn e d


h


including the backstage staff.


splendid evening’s enter­ ta inm e n t , which th e audience met with chuck­


les and, at times, loud gu flaws. BARBARA TAYLOR


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