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Stonyhurst spends £lm. on its plans to become fully co-educattional


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has unveiled plans toispend over £ lm . as p a r t of its pro-


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gramme to go fully co-educa- tional.


the ad jo in in gS t Mary's Hall preparatory school already offers nearly 100 places to girls. Now it is to expand its school roll by anoth­ er 50 or 60, by improving residen­ tial accommodation for both boys —.....0 ----------


Ribblehcad destination


for ramblers IN rain and strong winds, 12 members of the Clitheroe Ramblers' group set off from Hill Inn in Chapel-le-Dale for a low- level, 10-mile walk around the Ribblehead area. Visiting first the hamlet


The historic public school and where the portraits of the college's seven VCs are hung, and where.


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established. Restoration work is also being carried out on the 500- year-old Jacobean dining room,


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the Queen was entertained when she visited Stonyhurst in 1990. I t is hoped the college will be fully co-educational by the end of 1999. Speaking at the first press day ^


and girls and by carrying out a held at the college since being - .. by Ben Carlish three-year development pro' es in


appointed to the school three years ago, headmaster Mr Adrian Ayl- ward said he hoped the projects


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y e spoke candidlyof the difficul- ti;es jn marketing the school at a (.;me 0{ worldwide economic down- turn. Acknowledging the bad pub- licity attracted to the school recent- iy in the wake of an indecent assault involving a priest and alle- gations invol vmg a member of —


the Catho^com-


school and, undaunted, it was determined to continue its.drive towards modernisation in respond-


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S l W ' c S o l h " E K -The Stonyhurst of ■ ;


spoke candidlyof the difficul- that o{ even io years ago, not least years, Miss Sandra Morris hoo}


dimension, with deep and much-| ambition to turn her hand valued roots in the community, to writing. More than a


(pictured) spoke of her


to the Stonyhurst schools which are better for the mix."


Celebration time as Winifred (100) plans to see her third century


of Chapel-le-Dale, the group, led by Jennifer Rae, then took the path to the intake line below Whern- side, passing a number of farms. Lunch was taken, in the rain, by Winterscales Beck close to Bleamoor rail­ way sidings. During lunch, the ram


today is markedly different from the school last July, after 17 h v V1CKV i j d u m t,ecauSe it has a genuinely local


which it increasingly deserves., year later, she is now on Both day and boarding pupils bring course to achieve her first their own distinctive contribution | literary success with Green


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shows, including "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Guys and


Dolls". Since retiring, Miss Mor­


Moon and Wolfsbane"; a scary, funny and action- packed story for 10 to 14-


year-olds. Although a sixth form


English literature teacher for many years, Miss Mor­


ris decided to aim her first book at younger children, from whom she has used her experience of their vivid imaginations for the basis of "Green Moon and Wolfs­


bane". The helter-skelter plot of


1 of Victorian London life and take's.turns tha t are alternately funny and frightening, promising youngsters that by the end they will feel they have made new friends. _ Born and bred in Burn­ ley, Miss Morris studied at


"Green Moon and Wolfs­ bane" paints a vivid picture


Scar, riddled with pot and shake holes, continued to Ribblehead House, Gauber and Colt Park, alongside the national nature reserve, across the wet, shining, limestone pavements to the , old Roman Road of Low


biers saw a kingfisher catch its own lunch - a bullhead fish - and then go on its way. Later, they also saw flocks of fieldfare, a charm of goldfinches and a lone swallow. The walk to Runscar


■Leicester and Nottingham universities before settling in Yorkshire and she has devoted her career to teach­ ing in Lancashire schools. At CRGS she was well known for writing excep­ tional quality sketches and helping produce various


County help line to cope with stress


“ Sleights. The most refreshing walk was rounded off with a visit ' to Philpin Pot, with the


:• ramblers returning to their 9-


cars along Philpin Lane. Saturday's walk is to


Hardcastle Crags, meeting at Waterloo car park in Clitheroe at 9-30 p.m. A spokesman says that every­


one is welcome and further details can be obtained from Peter Ratcliffe


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A l l a b o a rd for a d ay trip b y tr a in


A DAY trip which always a t tra c ts a lot of Ribble Valley passengers is head- ng for the former capital


city of culture. Due to depart for Glas­


gow on November 14th,;the special excursion train has been organised by wardens of St James’s Church, Black­ burn, as the 28th in a series of annual rail outings. The train is scheduled to


A FORMER Ribble Valley per­ sonality aims to live to see a


third century. . A Slaidburn resident for many


years, Mrs Winifred Lamb was born in 1898 and is now waiting for the Millennium so th a t she will have lived in parts of two centuries


as well as the whole of the 20th. Mrs Lamb went to live near two of


in Slaidburn, Mrs Kate Baron (87), who now lives near Chester, and Mrs Daisy Miller (88), of Cambridge, went out to Australia for the celebra­ tions. They were taken out by former Clitheroe pub licensee Mrs Norma Seward and Mrs Miller's daughter,


her daughters in Augusta, Western Australia, in 1980 and celebrated her 100th birthday there last week. Two of her friends from years ago


Mrs Maureen McGowan. "It was a wonderful trip and well


Family guests at the party includ­ ed Mrs Linda Wasmuth and her chil­


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dren, Claire - who at 29 is Mrs Lamb's oldest great-grandchild - and Philip.


Long-standing family friends from . , .


the local area, Mr and Mrs Brian Townson, were in Australia at the time, and so were also present.


part in Slaidburn life for decades before and after the war. They used to put up workers - including some of those from the Stocks Reservoir scheme - and Mrs Lamb helped to


Mr and Mrs Lamb played a big


worth the effort to get them together again," says Mrs Seward, who was at the White Lion and the Swan in Clitheroe in the 1980's, and now lives nearChorley.


deliver many babies in the area, including Mrs McGowan. Before Mr Lamb's death in 1970


the couple made several trips to Aus­ tralia after daughters Jean and Betty went to live there. There is still a fam­ ily presence in Slaibum, however, as son Mr. Geoff Lamb is involved in


farming. Since settling in Augusta, Mrs '


Lamb has become a well-known figure in church and community life. Some 200 people were at the celebration in the town’s Centennial Hall, and there was a telegram from the Queen and the Governor-General of Australia. The picture shows Mrs Lamb, cen­


tre, with Mrs Miller, left and Mrs Baron and at the back Mrs Seward


and Mrs McGowan.


Freelance photographer talks about his Victorian slides


arrive in Glasgow before lunch, and it will collect pas­ sengers at Blackburn station at 7-50 a.m. and Preston at 8-25 a.m. Trippers should then have almost six hours in the city before heading


back home. To reserve seats, contact


Mr Ian Stocks on 01254 667803. Any profits on tick­ et sales will be divided between St James's and local


charities.


AT the latest meeting of Whalley and District His­ torical and Archeological Society, local freelance pho­ tographer Mr John Barry gave a talk entitled "Victori- ana" on a batch of projector slides which were produced in the 1880s and 1890s. The speaker started by


formed, permanent. Both produced working photo- graphic processes, but it was Fox Talbot's use of glass as a carrier of the image rather than the metal used by the Frenchman which led to the development of projector slides and the processes used


giving his audience an out­ line of the development of photography in the 1830s, focusing in particular on the work in England of William Fox Talbot and of Louis Daguerre in France. The main challenge to them was to find a method of fixing or making the image, once


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today. Using his splendid brass


and mahogany projector, which was made in about 1901, Mr Barry then showed his newly-acquired batches of old black and white slides. One range of subjects was of portraits of eminent Victori­ an personalities to which were added photographic copies of well- known paint­


and the rings of Saturn. It was audience participa- | tion time when a sequence of


of local views were shown and some of the scenes were | not captioned. Buildings were readily identified, even with Sawley Abbey covered | in ivy, but several of the i riverscapes left the audience | in disagreement.


session gave Mr Barry a fur­ ther chance to demonstrate his enthusiasm for local his­ tory as portrayed in very old | pictures. The next meeting of the i


A question and answer


ed portraits. A set of astro­ nomical subjects demon­ strated the amazing skills which were used to produce stunning images of the moon's surface, star clusters


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TEACHING and other staff who work in local state schools can now telephone a confidential advice line for help in coping with stress. The service is being pro-


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vided by Lancashire County ! Council and is an extension to a scheme first piloted three years ago. It has trade union backing, as well as support from the council's Health and Safety Commit­


tee.Callers, who can remain anonymous if they wish, can talk through any problems, worries or fears with the ser­ vice's trained counsellor, who is herself a teacher, by dialling 01282 692079. The line is open every Sunday between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.


ris has moved to Northum­ berland, where she now divides her time between writing and art. "Green Moon and Wolfs­


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available from most book­ shops from November 26th.


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