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Retired headmistress’s £3,000 computer gift to her old school
TIMES-TABLES and learning by rote may be more familiar, but retired headmistress Miss Dorothy Rush- ton is no technophobe when it comes to pass
ing on the 3Rs. At the age of 94, she has
donated £3,000 to Pendle County Primary School, Clitheroe, for three new computers and education al software to help pupils with their lessons. Miss Rushton, who lives
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Clitheroe bride Miss Jane Harrison celebrated her own Euro pean union when she married Frenchman Mr David Charon- sol at the town's parish church. Miss Harrison, an administrative assistant, met her future
bridegroom while studying for a university French degree. He was a fellow student, but studying English. The daughter of Mr David Harrison and Mrs Carole Har
rison, of Claremont Drive, Clitheroe, the bride was given away by her father She wore a long-sleeved gown of ivory silk, which had a round neck and lace bodice. To complete her ensemble, she carried a bouquet of roses and hypericum berries. Her attendants were her cousins, Elizabeth Paton and Han
nah Cooper, who wore classic short-sleeved russet dresses, and carried bouquets of champagne roses and hypericum berries. The bridegroom, a translator in Tarporley, Cheshire, is the
son of Mr- Robert Charensol and Mrs Monique Charensol, of Livron, France. Best man was Mr Philip Harrison, the bride's brother, and groomsmen were Messrs Mark Everett and Paul Christen Following the ceremony conducted by the Rev. Canon Philip Dearden, a reception was held at Stirk House Hotel,
Gisbum. . The couple, who are honeymooning in Mexico, will live in
Chester. . Photo: Pye's of, Clitheroe. ■ ■ ■ i . Group gives help to
families under stress HOME-START Ribble Valley-the group that
gives help to young families under stress - welcomed more than 50 visitors to its offices in Clitheroe for its
open day. It gave people a chance to -Mrs Wyatt said: "On com
meet the organiser, Sylvia pleting the course, volunteers Wyatt, volunteers, and some will be carefully matched
of the committee members
and.to learn about the excel lent service provided by the recently-launched organisa
tion: |(as«Hn>Yqrk-Street,-ifci< is*
>vith families, who may be iso lated, inexperienced, or may have several under-fives, twins or. triplets
or.children with special needs. <
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onebf more £han!200 schemes • ' p'^entd who have’bjeen sup- opprating in' the UK and ported themselves often feel abroad, following guidelines froin IlomeStart UK, found ed 25 years ago. Mrs Wyatt said: "Home- Start believes that help given
able to become volunteers once their difficulties have eased. "Referrals arc usually made by health visitors or social
at a time when a young fami- workers, though families also ly hriay be under stress for a ; refer themselves. The service variety of reasons can help to 1 offer is confidential and is tai- prevent family crisis and Iored to the particular needs breakdown. I t provides1 of each family." breathing space for parents and the work is complemen tary to that of professional workers involved with young families." 0n October 8th, the
The open day, which
schemes very first prepara- tidn course for volunteers will be^starting. The 10-week course will be held every Thursday between 10 a.m. and 2-30 p.m.
included lunch, was attended by the the Mayor and May o re s s ^ the Ribble Valley, Coun: and Mrs David Smith, Clitheroe Mayor and May oress, Coun. and Mrs John McGowan, and Longridge Mayor, Coun. Pamela Cliff. Anyogne wanting further
details is asked to telephone the organiser (01200 442102).
‘There Goes the Bride- on stage at parish hall
A BLUSHING bride is in danger of having her wedding day limelight overshadowed by her father's antics in an hilarious farce to be staged in Clitheroe next week. Entitled "There Goes the Bride", the laugh-a-minute production is the latest offering from Clitheroe Parish
Church Operatic and.Dramatic Society. I t opens next Wednesday a t 7-30 p.m. in Clitheroe
Parish Church Hall and will run for four nights, until Saturday. Each performance, with interval, is approxi mately two hours long: Tickets, price £3, are available from Clitheroe Tourist Information Centre. Directed by Dorothy Cushing, the farce has a cast of
eight central characters. Our picture shows some of the cast members, from the left, Brenda Jones, Joanne Tierney, Jean Pells (seated), David King, Michael O'Hagan, Brian Haworth and Lesley Haworth.
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THERE were GO newly-calved dairy cows and heifers forward at Gislmrn Auction Mart's Thurs day sale, with first quality cows making to .£730 (average £638) and first-quality heifers to £800' (£632). Second quality cows made to
cow forward, with cows run with bull making to £480. There were 129 rearing calves
£550 (£496) and second-quality heifers to £540 (£475). There was one in-calf dairy
forward. Top prices for calves under four weeks were C. Moor- house, Continental bull (£165); W. Parker, Continental heifer (£66); W. Coates, Friesian bull (£84). Calves: Charolais X bulls
North-West (Gisburn) Electron ic Auction last week were 2,545 sheep and 60 cattle. Light lambs made to 130p, standard to 169.5p, medium to
167p, heavy to 152p; steers to 160p; young bulls to 166p; heifers to 151.5p. There were 103 sheep and 12
cattle forward a t the twice monthly sale of store cattle. Cows with calves at foot made
made to £126 (£99); Limousin X bulls to £122 (£99), heifers to £18 (£10.39); Belgian Blue X bulls to £165 (£115.65), heifers to £66 (£22.05); Simmental X bulls to £155 (£104), heifers to £32 (£14.60); Blonde d'Aquitaine X bulls to £88; Hereford bulls to £100 (£83.50), heifers to £60; Friesian bulls to £84 (£64.75); Angus bulls to £96 (£69.85); heifers to £5. Forward in the fatstock sec
tion were 204 cattle (inc. 107 young bulls and 97 steers and heifers) and 2,964 sheep (inc. 2,261 lambs, 703 ewes and rams). Top sale price for bulls was
£718.83, J.M. Townsend, and top kilo price was 135.5p for 495kg, £670.73, T. Robinson and Son. Bulls: Continental X light
heifers was £564.30, G.II. Speak, and top kilo price was 112.5p for 425kg, £478.13, J. Watcrworth. Steers and heifers: Continen
bulls made to 121.5p (94.9p), medium to 135.5p (103.9p), heavy to 107.5p (94p); other light bulls to 83.5p (75.3p), medium bulls to 94.5p (77.6p), heavy to81.5p (78.4p). Top sale price for steers and
tal X medium steers made to 92.5p (76.2p), heavy to 85.5p (7Gp); other medium steers to 79.5p (70p), heavy to 89.5p (72p). Continental light heifers made to 93.5p (82.4p),.medium to 112.5p (78.8p), heavy to 89.5p (81 p); other heavy heifers to G8.5p (60.4 p). Sheep: light lambs made to
to £365 (£305); Aberdeen Angus bullocks to £262; mule gimmer lambs to £25; broken mouthed Texcl ewes to £16, horned ewes to £4.50; Masham ewes to £21.50; store lambs to £23.20 (£18.80).
£42.50 per tonne (£40.95), big bales to £30; barley straw in small bales to £41.50 per tonne, big bales to £62. Forward in the Beacon
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND HIGH SCHOOL A C h u r c h T e c h n o l o g y Co l l e g e
WEDNESDAY 7TH OCTOBER 1998 THURSDAY 8TH OCTOBER 1998 6pm \\u‘
4 EVENINGS M
--SHA-KESPEA-RE--STREET,' - BLACKBURN
Telephone: 01254 604000
You are cordially invited to attend one of the above Open Evenings, to look round the
School, hear about our vision for the future and meet the Governors and Staff.
Excellent A Level and GCSE exam results 1998 We look foward to seeing you.
at Roefield Nursing Home, was the school's head teacher for 23 years until her retirement in 1904. She was therefore thrilled when the cu r re n t Head, Mrs Margaret Carrington, pre sented her. with, the, school's original log book, which features many of her entries, as a thank-you. I t will s i t with o th e r ,
memorabilia, which marks a lifetime of working to help others. Miss Rushton, who still spends her morn ings tackling the "Daily Telegraph" crossword, was made an Honorary Burgess of the town, an award formerly known as Honorary Freeman, in
1992. She was Mayoress of
Clitheroe when her father Isaac, a retired printer, was Mayor in 1949-50. She is a founder member of the
over-50s group the Pendle Club, Clitheroe Luncheon Club and Clitheroc Sorop- timist Club. Prior to taking on the headship of the then Pen
dle Ju n io r School, Miss Rushton was head of the girls' department of Rib- blesdale School when it opened as a secondary school in the 1930s. .
The supplier of the com
puters, Mr David Beris- ford, proprietor of Gadget Computers, Longridge, who is soon to open an Clitheroe branch, also donated additional soft ware.
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Our picture shows pupils P a r ro t t ,
Stephanie Carey, Grace Martin and Mary Water- house show their apprecia tion to Miss Rushton, watched by Mrs Carring to n and Mr Beris- ford.280998/2/18
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Bridge winners
WINNERS of'the Howell Movement played at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Monday were Mr and Mrs R. Ward, with in equal sec ond place Mr D. Mortimer and Mrs B. Tatton, Mrs I. Park and Mr B. Ghua. On Thursday'evening,
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