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St Lawrence, Barbados, was the honeymoon destination for Clitheroe bride Miss Karen Merrifield and Mr Iain Lightfoot after their wedding at St Paul's Church, Brookhouse, near Lancaster. The bride, of Woone
LIGHTFOOT - MERRIFIELD Mrs Helen Gale, of Ambert,
France. The bride, who was given
Lane, Clitheroe, is a sales manager with Bradford and Bingley estate agents. She is the daughter of Mr Paul Merrifield, of Caton, near Lancaster, and Mrs Mar garet Merrifield, of Brook-
house. The bridegroom, a finan
cial consultant, also of Woone Lane, is the son of Mr Roy Lightfoot, of Onchan, Isle of Man, and
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away by her father, designed and made her own
gown.The empire-line, sleeveless dress was of bright white slubbed silk and edged with white daisies. She wore a match ing daisy-edged veil and a tiara of silver daisies, and carried a hand-tied bouquet of pink, cerise and lilac ger-
beras. The bridesmaids were
Miss Tara Wilson, Miss Donna Jackson, Miss Clare Morrison, and the bride groom's nieces. Miss Kezia Lightfoot and Miss Emily
Lightfoot. The adult attendants
wore short-sleeved fitted full-length dresses of deep lilac satin, and the children wore sleeveless dresses with satin bodices and tulle skirts of deep lilac. They carried hand-tied bouquets of cerise gerberas. Best man was Mr
-nv' j LOCAL historian Bob Jones has
played a trump card for Clitherpe. For he has designed the town's first very
own caid game (right) to celebrate the new Millennium and the forthcoming 21st torch
light procession in Clitheroe. Aimed at both children and adults, the
wells!
And the hope is it will deal a wmiung hand for the Ainsworth Research Trust for local
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history.Priced at £2, it looks set to provide an unusual Millennium gift for local famihes and it could have special appeal for those people looking for a ^ t to send to relatives now liv ing in other parts of Britain or oversees. The Ainsworth Trust was set up to keep
doing just that. o ju th
game pinpoints the key features of the town's history - castle, mills, bridges, charters and
"an effective way' of thanking Cyril Ainsworth for all he has done over many years in the field of local history".
He added that support for the proje^ w^
Clitheroe Castle; St Mary's, Stock ^ d Hedd wells; Low Moor and Primrose mills; Ldi^ ford and Brungerley bridges; charters grant ed to the town by the de Lacy family; and the 21st torchlight procession.
Designs for the individual cards foc^ on
County Primary School, Clitheroe, from 1966^ and a teacher for a total of 37 ye^> is also well-known in the area for his local his tory talks and his books, "A New Look a.t Old CUtheroe" and "Clitheroe - Yorkshires
Mr Jones, who was head teacher of Pendle ji Capital in Lancashire."
local history alive and Mr
Jones.said he saw the game as "a fairly light-hearted way of
______ __________--------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ----------------- ------------------- Waddow Hall. Summer fair helps pay for refurbishment
500 games and they are available m Chtheroe from the tourist office, Kaydee bootehop, Castle Museum, some newsagents and from
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Michael Lightfoot (bride groom's brother) and the groomsmen were Mr Carl Gale (bridegroom's broth er), Mr Mark Merrifield (bride's brother) and Mr Matthew Pope. After the ceremony, con
ducted by the Rev. John Tate, a reception was held at Lancaster House Hotel. The couple are to live in
Clitheroe. Photo; David Simmons,
Clitheroe.
June rainfall well above average
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inches was recorded, was well above average with temperatures on the cool side for the first half of the month.A very wet day on the second started a week of very unsettled weather. There was some respite
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THE Ribble Valley Mayor and Mayoress, Coun. and Mrs Brian Collis, dropped in for a welcome cuppa when Clitheroe EC Committee held a
fund-raising coffee morning
£140 for club funds. It included a tombola, treasure hunt a n d
The event, held in the Ribble Valley civic suite, raised guess-the-weight of the cake contest.
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"Not as many people turned up as we had hoped, uutot was still worth the effort," said committee member Mrs
Margaret Rimmer. The competitions have been held over until the club
Open day.
i cuppa for the Mayoress, watched by the Mayor and com mittee members. (030799/10/4)
Parents give backing to exciting skatepark plan
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PARENTS of Clitheroe youngsters have given their enthusiastic endorsement to the Clitheroe Castle skatepark project. A public meeting was held to give parents
appeared to be that Clitheroe and the Rib ble Valley would benefit massively from the I skatepark once it had been built.
a chance to view the proposed plans for the park and hear about the work going into it. After the meeting, the consensus
for nearly 30 years now and there has never been anything for young people to do and people wonder why they get into trouble." Another added: "It's a fantastic project.
One parent said: "IVe've lived in Clitheroe
It's about time something like this was done. Anything that keeps children off the
streets has got to be a good thing." Activate Drugs Project worker Mr Steve
Proctor (19), akeenskater himself and one of the skatepark's principal architects, told parents at the meeting that the project 1 offered a unique opportunity for the com-
youth. He said: "There is already a hard core of about 30 dedicated skaters and a 100 or so who are getting into the sport in the area. There are also a lot of young peo ple who have expressed an interest in the idea. We hope that, by keeping young peo ple active, we can divert them away from
the temptation of drugs." Enthralled parents at the meeting
learned much about in-line skating from a quiz put together by Mr Proctor. By the end of it, they were able to say they knew their "farveneugens" from their "quarter pipes" (skating parlance for jumps and
ramps). People heard at the meeting that, . munity to offer a real asset for Ribble Valley
although the group had managed to raise £9,000 so far, it needed £24,000 in total to realise the ambitious plans. Local business es have been sent a fund-raising pack ask ing for their financial support for the pro ject and it is hoped that the scheme could come to fruition by the end of the summer.
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THERE was magnificent support for the annual summer fair of Chipping's St
Mary's RC church. Proceeds were to help pay for refurbish
ment work at the historic church - and parishioners, other villagers and even a few
tourists piled in to help.
a record, and we are so grateful to everyone who helped or contributed," said parish priest
Fr Alfred Hughes. "The money will all be going towards the
"The magnificent sum of £2,300 was raised,
refurbishment costs. And your item in the Advertiser and Times and one in the Catholic press have resulted in several donations, for
which we are very grateful." A wide variety of stalls and competitions, a
football tournament and refreshments all helped swell the cash total for the fair. Our picture shows Fr Hughes with some of
the organisers and a few of the football com- petitors.(030799/17/18a)
Civic cuppa for special visitors
Workshops in music for holidays
YOUNGSTERS want ing to sound off during their summer holidays can do so with the help of experts from Man chester's Metropolitan
Universityl They are leading two,
followed for the last few days of the month with yet more wet unsettled weather.
one-day music workshops a t Stonyhurst College's Centenaries Theatre for nine to 13-year-olds, who will be encouraged to com pose new tunes and re-daft older sounds, using electric and acoustic instruments. No previous experience is necessary, and participants do not need to have their own instruments. - The workshops are sched
uled for July 28th and August 4th, with places costing £20, which includes lunch and refreshments. To reserve a place, contact the atre manager Mr John Travis on 01254 826063.
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