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Leading lights of Ideal folk to move on


i?-MANY visitors to the -i Ribble Valley have - enjoyed Great Days of ‘'Folk, courtesy of Phil


and Jessica (nine), have a variety of other interests


^ > t O ^ L t e by Natalie Cox


'" and Jill Brown, but the ^.couple, who were ^instrumental in setting b.up Clitheroe’s annual "folk festival, have decided to move on and ‘let new faces and fresh ’"‘ideas take the event


growing, so much so that people decided to make it a fixed event. "The first year was a 'Great Day' and with­ in a year it had become the 'Great Days'," said Mr


Brown. The original team behind


. ./idea for Great Days of Folk jyas born. I t followed the


;(into a new century. I t was in 1996 that the


".'(success of a series of Friday ; -bight ceilidhs in Clitheroe, “ ‘which were held each month at St Michael and St John's Social Centre. A decision was taken to


" .‘displays around the town, ‘";but it did not stop there ‘“ and the event just kept


'"extend the entertainment into the next day, as well as n holding a concert and other


^Fun rocking round town


--J.CARE assistants from the hi Clitheroe Residential Home brought a touch of ’50s rock


6!!and roll glamour to a charity "■ fun run around town centre


. ,'pubs. Dressed in bobby sox and


bopping outfits, the team of


_ JVIrs Jean Wooff, Mrs Kim Walton, Miss Kate Banks, Mrs Eileen Jones, Mrs Marie Thompson, Miss Susan Brad-


tl shaw, Mrs Linda Alston and Miss Claire Seaward, joined by cook Mrs Peg Whittaker, col­ lected £542.20, which they pre­ sented to Mrs Grace Hulbert of


, the town's Pendle Club for club funds. ■


1 , Our photo shows some of the 1 fund-raising squad with Mrs Hulbert (far right) and proud matron Mrs Dorothy Bowen (far left). (211199/3/13)


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the venture involved Mr Brown, Mr Steve Burke, Mr John Parkinson and Mr Keith Taylor, who was Rib­ ble Valley Borough Coun­ cil's Arts Officer at the time. Gradually other people got on board, including Mr Brown's wife, Jill, and Mr Gwyndon Boardman and, by the third year, a working group had been formed. Although Mr Brown (pic­


believes there is still room


for growth, especially as Clitheroe has what he


describes as "a wonderful range of small venues full of character". He added that one way to take the event forward would be to harness the support of a major sponsor, especially if it was a Clitheroe-based firm. "The event is firmly


to pursue.A teacher for the past 22 years, Oldham-born Mr Brown is head of expres­ sive arts at iWitton Park , County High School, in Blackburn; where he is hoping to build on the school's status as a Centre


of Excellence for Arts. A musician who has


placed on the national cal­ endar, but I think it is still crying out for a major spon­ sor," said Mr Brown. "It needs major financial input to give it financial security and to keep the momentum


tured) says the event, which has gradually gained a great name nationwide, captured people's imaginations, he


going."Now they have moved away from the Great Days of Folk festival, the Browns, who have three daughters, Claire (13), Alexandra (11)


played the whistle since he was 15 and the squeezebox since he was 20, Mr Brown is also just about to release his second album, "Pendle Moon", and plans to con­ tinue playing with the group Shake-a-Leg and work with the Valley Hops organisation. Although Mr Brown


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says he is sad about leav­ ing behind the Great Days of Folk, he knows it will continue: "It is not like we are stopping and the festi­ val dies, there is something left for everyone. I t is an


event that is established and a group of respected professionals will carry it


on." His wife, an elderly ser­


vices officer with Ilynd-


burn Borough Council, says she got involved with the festival because of her hus­ band's involvement and because she decided, "if you can't beat them, join them".


She now plans to spend her extra free time dancing with the Buckle Down Women's Clog Dancers and with the girls, as well as supporting her husband.


Book fair provides look into the past


ANOTHER fascinating window into life well over a century ago has surfaced - the pro­ gramme for Whalley Agricultural Association s


1887 show. I t will be one of a num­


ber of local items among the best part of 5,000 var­ ied volumes on sale at the annual Provincial Book­ sellers' Fairs Association event at Whalley Abbey a week on Saturday. Known as the Ribble


Valley Book Fair, it was started five years ago by Mr and Mrs Gordon Hill, of ■ Bowdon Books, Clitheroe, and they are running it for the last time before handing over to a colleague for the 2000 one. The association was start­ ed to give members of the


trade in the rest of the country a fair crack of the whip against the might of the London-based deal­ ers. There will be 22 exhibitors and the abbey will benefit not just from the space hire but from catering profits as well. Up to 400 people could


attend. From a financial point


V AN unforgettable performance of inv£ £ ^ ay enthusiast William, • wit' brought the professionalism of exce]Ient]y played with Rik Mayall-like > Shaftesbury Ayeriue to Downham ,s t le b y n ew c om e r . JamesiMasterman, is .."-last week, when Stage Two delved


finticed •. into the delights of Peter Tinnis-


Iwood's play, "The Village Fete". Nancy, Rosie, William and their


_• father are the ever-wandering and never- ( content Empson family. When they


i,. move into their new home in the coun­ ts try, well meaning, but ineffectual neigh- " ' bours Stanley and Janet, humorously portrayed by Gerry Purchase and


: SDorothy Cushing, try to persuade them ' to help with the village fete. The rather snobbish, self-absorbed Empsons hope to continue to keep them-


f- Winston! This disreputable individual ‘(.'with the tattoos "Mild" and "Bitter” clear- 'ly visible through his dirty string vest, is 7 the pivotal character of the play,


. selves to themselves; however, their lives are transformed one by one by the appear- t ance of infamous wooer and handyman


r- Eddie Bootle played Winston with great verve and humour, succeeding in charming the ladies in the play and audience, despite


Mel Scorah superbly demonstrated his , ,.


s ty le oy u c f l t v m w .™ . - , - - -------— . ■ ls enticed out of his anorak by seductress


AN air of mystery awaited members of Clitheroe Speakers’ Club at what, at first, appeared a routine meeting.


Mrs Godwin; Glen Purchase at her vamp- ish best!


versatility in the role of father, whose secret gin drinking and doddering reminis­ cences of the Raj provoked much laughter. Nancy, who is still confused and unable


speeches could have come from mystery novels. "A French Woman in


The titles of the three •


to find the source of everyone's happiness, is last to fall for Winston's charms. Bar­ bara Price passionately yet amusingly engaged the audience in her tormented struggle to find happinness, bringing the strength of this serious undertone to accen­ tuate the humour and wit of the charac­


ters. David Scott's skilful set design accom­


•‘ ',and convincingly presented her character’s good night was had by all ‘"'changing mood from sedate designer to


i- his mucky gumboots! Rosie is enchanted "by Winston and Leslie Knight elegantly


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modated several rooms and a delightful garden in the limited stage space. Gradu­ ally the house, with the family, flourished with Winston's care. Fran Osborne's gifted directing was projected in the cohesion of the play and the dynamic characterisation of the actors. The audience's enthusiastic laughter throughout and the positive com­ ments after the production declared that a


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opportunity to all those who audience on its toes and, like had fled from tyranny.and, ;the.previous meeting, w persecution in the Old' again something very differ- WonH,


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T h e second speech was by Each speaker was hande - - Gilt,


wise, had the audience guessing as to what mystery the speaker had up his sleeve. It turned out that humour, rather than serious mystery, was the main object of the speech as he compared the old way of attending to one's ablutions to "new-fangled, expensive,


fancy ways". The third speech, by


Mr Holland was not talking about a flesh-and-blood woman sent to New York on a spring expedition, but a statue of very generous pro­ portions, namely the Statue


of Liberty. The bottom line of the


speech was the inspiring symbol of liberty and the promise of a new life and


Mary Eglin, with the title, "To the End of the Road", could have been a book title or the title of a very well- known Scottish song. It turned out to be a word pic­ ture of beginnings and end­ ings which were personal to the speaker, but could have applied to most of the audi­


ence. The topics session, pre­


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