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Nursery nurse Janet bids school farewell Survey to gauge the quality of


life in Whalley


IDENTIFYING important issues affecting Whalley is the aim of a village appraisal being


carried out by a group of residents. For months, a small com- announced. And, following


mittee has been working behind-the-scenes to formu­ late a questionnaire which it hopes will help paint a pic­ ture of life in the Ribble Val­


ley village. Now the preparation


work is almost complete and committee members hope to carry out a pilot project before Easter to get some feedback on their work before the final question­ naire is circulated to a cross- section of the community. The group's chairman,


EIGHTEEN years of service to St James's CE School, Clitheroe, have ended for


Mrs Janet Sowerby. She is entering retirement early from her post as a nurs­


ery nurse, and tributes were paid to her at a special pre­ sentation. There were gifts from the children and staff, the Friends'


Association and the governors. "Mrs Sowerby has been a very good servant of the


school," says headteacher Coun. Paul Adnitt. He and chairman of governors Mr Malcolm Blackburn


were among those paying tribute to Mrs Sowerby. A head­ master of a previous era, Mr Peter Spencer, was among the guests. Mrs Sowerby thanked everyone for the gifts and good


wishes. Colleagues and children alike have benefited from Mrs


Sowerby's years of experience. She is seen here with pupils from one of the school's


reception classes. (31030/1/7)


‘T h e Good O ld D ays’ is a w in n in g su b je c t


M inister invited to swimming lesson


POLICIES which have affected swimming lessons for some Ribble Valley chil­ dren were criticised in the


their lessons halved. ( Mr Evans was speaking


House of Commons. The area's MP, Mr Nigel


Evans, suggested th a t Government minister Kate Hoey came to the Ribble Valley to join a lesson. She would not be le ft in the deep end, unlike many children who had seen


during culture, media and sports questions. Afterwards he said th a t the response from the Government was a veiled warning th a t Lan­


cashire County Council needed to get its act together over school swimming provi­ sion in primary schools. Mr Evans went on: "It is a scandalous situation. No


child should be denied the right to be able to be taught to swim. Last year some


schools in the Ribble Valley halved the number of lessons their pupils received, all because the county changed


the school swimming fund­ ing arrangements." The county has said it will


increase the budget, but it must rectify the situation now, demands Mr Evans.


the Rev. Chris Sterry, said: "After Easter we are going out to a representative area, not to every householder. We have tried to get a selec­ tion of different types of housing in the village and cover about a quarter of the village." Kingsmill Avenue,


Wiswell Lane and Whitham Road are among the streets which have been selected to take part in the study. To ensure the appraisal can be counted as credible, GO per cent or more of the forms need to be returned. Once the questionnaires


have been completed the answers will be analysed and at a public meeting, planned for sometime in September, the results will be


the initial appraisal other village groups plan to sur­ vey Whalley-based busi­ nesses and look a t the lifestyle of young Whalley residents, among other things.


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."THE Good Old Days"


■ Clitheroe Speakers' Club's : annual speech contest. 1 Mr Ogden, who faced stiff competition from six


proved a winning subject for Mr Dennis Ogden at


enjoyed seven excellent, but very different speeches, were the judges, using marking sheets. The other contestants


and their subjects were: Mr Peter Spencer, "Sport


; other contestants, carried off the Ross Cup and will ■ represent the club a t an


; area speech contest. Runner-up was Ada Gar­


dner, who spoke about ; "Colours of the Rainbow". • A spokesman said: "The object of the exercise was to


of Kings"; Mr Robert Mor­ peth, "Fleet Street"; Mr John Adey, "The 21st Cen­ tury Circus"; Mr Gordon Taylor, "Step Back in Time"; Mr John Holland, "Ships th a t Pass in the Night". Mrs Chris Carr, the


; put participants 'on their > mettle' to produce a speech ; which gave scope for all the ■ aspects of speech making, including speech construc­ tion, use of voice, use of ges­ tures, vocabulary, word pic­


tu r e s , and use of notes. (Such a speech requires a ■


great deal of preparation


! and research. 1 "Sometimes there is a ' dearth of volunteers to (accept this difficult chal­ lenge. On this occasion, !' however, there was almost a


(queue!" ‘ Members of the audi- ! ence, who were said to have


chairman for the evening, thanked everyone for "a very successful pro­ gramme." Mrs Margaret Banks and Mrs Mary Eglin scrutinised the marking ] sheets. The evening included a


brief topics session, present­ ed by Mr Stan Blackburn and evaluated by Mrs Penny Ogden. Mrs Gene Holmes, the


general evaluator, gave a brief, but helpful evaluation of the speeches and the meeting as a whole. Our picture shows the winner and runner-up.


I Great D a y s o f i Folk lin e -u p I an n ou n c ed


“THE countdown is on to one of Clitheroe's great weekends of entertainment.


L lining a t th e v ar io u s f venues which make up the '.valley's G re a t Days of ( Folk fe s tiv a l have now »been booked, as the event


( is just weeks away. The weekend's musical


I’. I I'ifk


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1 line-up is set to include the * Armpit Jug Band, which f will be kicking off the festi- '■ val on the Friday night,


> along with Derek Brim- ‘ stone, who will be appear-


. t Beer - otherwise known as * Show of Hands - have been lined up to appear in the parish hall on the middle , night, with the Old Rope h stri


[' ing on the same bill. * Steve Knightly and Phil


* String Band taking to the i! stage on the festival's final


is a i iu w 1 Bands who will be head- to enjoy music, dance, poet-


ry, story-telling sessions and a ceilidh, among other


things. Tickets for the various


concerts are on sale now, at a special price, from Clitheroe's Tourist Infor­ mation Centre, where fur­ ther information about events is also available. • A special competition


aimed a t would-be song writers is also taking place at this year's Great Days of Folk event. Two prizes are up for grabs, one for the under-16s and one for the over-16s winner, and both will see the winners enjoy­ ing a day out at the locally- based Shamrock Studio.


Anyone wanting more details about the competi-


night. There will be, of tion can visit the festivalIs


£ course, full support acts at website on www.great- «each of the three main.con- days.freeserve.co.uk to l. certs.


' download an entry form,


*• This year’s folk festival is alternatively, they areavail- t taking place from June 9 th able from the Tour^Infor- “ to 11th and visitors to the mation Centre m Market weekend event will be able Place.


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