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Colourful merry-go-round of a musical sets appreciative first-night audience in a whirl


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James Parker, notes, the plot is an unusual one for a musical play. It tells the story of the tempestuous Billy Bigelow, an American east coast fairground "barker", played by Patrick Stewart with roguish


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A RIBBLE VALLEY nursing expert has won her bat­ tle to get her autobiography into print - by publishing


Just mention the phrase 'Consult an Independent Financial


Adviser' and most people think of cost, confusion and/or both. A firm of Independent Financial advisers who recently relocated to Whalley are committed to changing the public's perception, in the local area at least. Founding partners Mr David Hartley and Mr John Wadsworth


Jare both local men. David Hartley was educated at Clitheroe $ Royal Grammar School and after work took him for spells in Manchester and Liverpool, now resides with wife Julia and two children in Simonstone.


;Mr Wadsworth was a long term resident of Whalley until quite recently, and has had family business connections with the


. area for over 40 years.


r» | can’t afford to consult an Independent Financial Adviser! A) We feel that getting Independent advice is crucial whether you are planning your investments, reviewing your


it herself. Mrs Linda Sawley, of Victoria Lodge, Read, has coped with rejection,


the death of her mother and the stress of launching her own publishing company in her struggle to get into print. But determination has won through and "Everyone Elses Children , Mrs


never having any myself because I couldn't have children. I was feeling real- lv fed ud


"I have spent my own career looking after everyone else's children but


degree and just sat down and started writing about my own feelings, just for


therapy. "No one would publish


after I had finished a 40,000-word dissertation for my Masters designed by local schoolgirl


m Will 1 find it confusing? A) A person should not he concerned that they are going to be baffled with science, our philosophy is to give simple,


clear and understandable explanations so that our clients can make decisions from an informed P°slt'° " , We are conscious that many of the issues we deal with can be complex, and for this reason most I.F.A. s go to great


leneths in order to ensure that any advice given is not just accurate but also jargon free and clearly understood. Wense he mo (advanced technology available to enhance this service that we offer. Where mortgages are concerned to exampleX p p M u n d can result in huge savings. Having the very latest computer technology allows o t o compare mortgages available from every bank and Building Society in the country, at the press of a button. This ensures


that our clients are made aware of the very best mortgage deals available. r» When would I use an Independent Financial Adviser?.


A) An | FA car, help with most financial issues from planning a Pension, giving general savings or Investment advice, A) An I.I.A. can ntip' w


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feel sure that many of Harris & Moss clients will testify that Independent Financial Advice is particularly important when choosing the right mortgage and the right way to repay it Virtto s fo 79 King Street will notice that the offices have been completely refurbished and extended to create private 3 . in/rooms. Bring local and approachable is very important to us, we want people to feel free to call ,n and d?s?uss any financial matter, without worrying about being


charged a fee, or feeling obligated in any way.


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Association's national exer­ cise week, members of its North East Lancashire branch are organising two Sunday social strolls from Chipping. Designed to return the


Neither walk is longer than five miles and neither involves arduous terrain. Explained Sabden-based


spring to the step of Ribble Valley couch potatoes, both walks leave the village car park on March 7th. The morning walk, which


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fitness instructor and walk co-ordinator Miss Kitty Garnett: "The walks are suitable for people of all ages and ability. Wo want people to experience exer­ cise as something that is fun and a social activity." Participation is free


my work because I wasn't famous and it is an autobi­ ography. Just as I was get­ ting rejection letter after rejection letter my mum died and I decided that it would be a lovely remem­ brance to her to start my own publishing company, LinRic, and do it myself. Mum was always very proud when I got anything into print," she said. Mrs Sawley (49), photo­


copied and bound the pages together with a cover


Kayley Lord following a competition in our sister paper, the Burnley Express, last August. The senior lecturer in


children's nursing at the University of Central Lan­ cashire has already sold more than 100 copies. She recently signed


copies at The Mayflower Cafe, in Sabden, and at Emmaus House, in Colne Road, Burnley. Our picture shows Mrs


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aplomb, who falls for the sweet Julie Jordan, played by the ele­ gant Lesley I-Iowarth. They are soon married, but Billy'sdrunken rages soon turn


the milk sour, and he gets in with the weasely Jigger Craigan (Sal­ vatore Vita), with whom he becomes involved in a dastardly plot. It all goes wrong and Billy ends up taking his own life. In the backyard of Heaven,


perhaps tainted with traces of Lancashire, but this added to the homely flavour of the production, and producer Mick Dawson should be applauded for "resisting the temptation to set it in Fleet- wood", as he revealed in the pro­ gramme. Other lady notables who stood


realised imaginatively through John Wilkinson's inventive stage management, he is faced with the prospect of either going back down to earth and making amends or . . . well, it does not bear thinking about. We were left to ask whether his


out in an overall very well-pre­ pared cast were Sue Moretta playing Carrie Piperidge, Jean Pells as Nettie Fowler, whose ren­ dition of "You'll never walk alone," would have done Gerry Marsden himself proud, and Anne Grogan, whose Mrs Mullins was played with just the right amount of damely swagger. Of the gentlemen players,


free-spirited daughter, Louise, played by the nimble-footed Kate Wignall, would walk through the storm alone, or would bust out all over in June, making for a heart­ warming ending. The two accomplished leads


Thomas should be praised for their contribution, too, in the wardrobe and make-up depart­ ments, which helped make the production such a riot of colour and pretty faces. Martin Butters, as lighting technician, helped make the sets really shine. Overall, this was one "Carousel"


Both Rachel Scott and Mary


we were reluctant to get off. Cast: Patrick Stewart (Billy


blend well to provide the love interest, with Lesley I-Iowarth's warbling tones matching Mr Patrick Stewart's sweet, and at times powerful, tenor, which belied his convincingly gruff east coast accent. Other accents were


Roger Dugdale in the shape of Mr Snow brought a few laughs from the audience with his good- natured idiotic guffawing, and the part of the quirky starkeeper was played with jocular polish by Bill Taylor. All the choruses were well on


Bigelow), Lesley Howarth (Julie Jordan), Sue Moretta (Carrie Piperidge), Jean Pells (Nettie Fowler), Anne Grogan (Mrs Mullins), Peter Dilworth (Heav­ enly Friend), Roger Dugdale (Enoch Snow), Bill Taylor (Star- keeper/Doctor), Barry Phillips (Mr Bascombe), Salvatore Vita (Jigger Craigin), Kate Wignall (Louise), Alex Johnson (Enoch Snow Jun.), Jonathon Lloyd (Billy Bigelow Jun.), Derek Hear- le (Policeman). Ladies' chorus: Dorothy Bacon,


song, adding lusty gusto to songs like "June's bustin' out all over." They were accompanied well by the orchestra and complemented by generally-tight choreography directed by Anne Grogan.


Stuart Christie, Darryl Dewhurst, Peter Dilworth, Derek Hearle, Bill Holden, John Hold­ en, Jonathon Lloyd, Michael O'Hagan, Barry Phillips, Simon Rush, Terry Till. Junior chorus: Rachel Ashcroft,


Men's chorus: Colin Bacon,


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Lucy Calvert, Rachel Child, Catharine Clarke, Amanda Clews, Bethany Clews, Mathew Clews, Benjamin Craig, Nicola Millard, Serena Smith, Thea Smith, Kathryn Tranter, Rebecca White, Kate Wignall, Andrew Windle, Holly Wir.dle. Producer, Mick Dawson; musi­


Sonia Bates, Alyson Blakemore, Clare Bollan, Sarah Bollan, Joanne Brindle, Melanie Byrne, Marisa Frot, Jessica Green, Janet Harrison, Maria Masterman, Elsie Thomson, Nicola Tomlin­ son, Suesi Windle.


cal director, Paul Lee; choreogra­ pher, Anne Grogan; accompanist, Philip Dobson; secretary and house manager, Jean Dinsdale; raffles, Pat Hall; properties, Dee Bottoms; wardrobe, Rachel Scott; stage manager, John Wilkinson; lighting technician, Martin But­ ters; continuity, Brenda Dixon; make-up, Mary Thomas; booking secretary, Catherine Witham; booking secretary, Bridget Preedy; programme advertising, June Weaver; treasurer, Clare Hobday; Pictured are cast members in


all their finery.


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