Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 20th, 2000


Welcome far from icy as skate stars meet Chernobyl children


A WARM welcome Ribble Valley to the awaited a group of coast to meet a pair of Chernobyl children when "Hot Ice" dancers, they travelled from the Alexei Kislitsyn and


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Natalia Pestova, who star in a skating show at Black­ pool Pleasure Beach, were introduced to the young visitors who were in Lan­ cashire thanks to the efforts of a group called Friends of Chernobyl Children, Clith­


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organisation invites a group of children to spend a month in Lancashire every year. Once chosen, the youngsters, who are nomi­ nated by the local authority in Mogilev, enjoy an annual visit to the North-West for


Set up five years ago, the


five years. This year's visit to Black­


pool took place on the last day of the children's holiday and proved to be a fitting finale. As well as being given tick­ ets to see the show and meet-


ing the stars, the children were also given vouchers which enabled them to enjoy rides on the Pleasure Beach. The whole visit had been


organised by the show's pro­ ducer, Amanda Thompson, after she was approached by the ice dancers. "It was a privilege to meet


the children," said Mr Kislit­ syn. "I haven't been to Mogilev myself, but I have heard about how hard life is there. Natalia and I just wanted to do our bit to make some happy memories for them. Everybody needs happy memories and, in Mogilev, that's not so easy. I think the work that the Friends of Chernobyl Chil­ dren do is wonderful, just wonderful." The ice dancers are pic­


tured with the visitors from Belorussiya.


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Weatherman Fred does the honours and plants tree grown by ex-pupils


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A LARGE and enthusiastic crowd of admirers gathered on Downham vil­ lage green to watch TV personality and gardening expert Mr Fred Down-


ham plant a tree. The tree was a c'hestnut


grown by the last children to attend Downham CE School before it closed in


SUNDAY?;: TRADITIONAL DAY


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1985. A group of former pupils,


now adults, gathered with Mrs Valerie Ilall, head teacher from their era, for photographs with the tree, which looked healthy and in


full leaf. Chairman Mr Shaun


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& FIREWORK SPECTACULAR > p e rformed by th e Royal Liverpool Philharmonic O rch e s tra


Roney thanked Mr and Mrs Downham for travel­ ling from their home near Lancaster to perform the task, which was part of Downham and Twiston Gardening Club's contribu­ tion to the village Millenni­ um celebrations. Miss Heather Aspinall


and the Millennium bell chamber in St Leonard's


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street party was much enjoyed as part of the Mil­ lennium celebrations. A decorated bicycle com­


Church. A children’s sports and


petition and a parade through the village started the proceedings. The win­ ner was Hazel Swarbrick, who received a book token from Lord and Lady Clitheroe. The judges were PC Cliff Woodcock and his wife, who praised the high standard of all the bicycles and thankedthe children


who entered. The weather held good


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presented Mrs Downham with a basket of flowers and Rhys Hart gave Mr Down­ ham a bottle of whisky. In turn, Mr Downham pre­ sented Lady Clitheroe with a rare Downham dahlia. Mr Roney and secre­


tary Mrs Hall escorted Mr and Mrs Downham round the hall gardens


for the children's sports, which were organised by Chris Swarbrick, Geoff Braithwaite and Peter Coultard and enjoyed by spectators and competitors alike. All the children enjoyed


instead of outdoors, proved correct as, on cue, the rain arrived and everyone head­ ed indoors for the feast. In response to a request


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in the village newsletter, food had been prepared and set out in the hall, althought the weight of numbers proved a bit of a squash with about 180 peo­ ple to seat and feed. Mrs Eileen Wilson and her band of helpers succeeded with food to spare and good humour still intact. Lord and Lady Clitheroe


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presented Millennium medallions to all village children under the age of 16 and also the prizes won on the sports field. The chairman of the Mil­


lennium Committee, The Hon. R. C. Assheton, thanked all who had helped in any way to the success of the event. The next Millennium


sweets and lollies while the planting of the Millennium tree took place on the vil­ lage green. A decision made to hold the party in the village hall,


C H E S H IR E - IN G H A M


St Kitts in the West Indies was the tropical setting for the wedding of chef Miss Marie Ingham and general assistant


Mr Neil Cheshire. The bride, of Long Close, Clitheroe, is the daughter of


Mr and Mrs Stephen and Sheila Ingham, of Cringle Way,


Clitheroe. The bridegroom, also of Long Close, Clitheroe is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard and Trish Cheshire, of Lawrence


Avenue, Simonstone. Given away by her father, the bride wore an ivory bodice


with a full-length satin skirt and carried a bouquet of red


event will be on August 5th and 6th when Downham Hall gardens will be open. There will also be floral dis­ plays in church, various stalls and musical offerings.


and white tropical lilies. Witnesses were Richard Haworth and Louise Cheshire


Royal St Kitts Hotel, West Indies. The couple are to live in Clitheroe.


Ball revellers raise £8,000 for charity MORE than a good time was had m


by revellers at the Inn at Whitewell annual summer ball. For their partying raised £2,000 for


the charity, Destination Florida, which arranges trips to the sunshine state for children in the North-West, who are either terminally ill or who have life-threatening diseases. The ball was organised for the ninth


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year in succession by Whalley-based Shelley Foster, who appears second right in our photo, and her friend, former Rib­ ble Valley resident Sue Capstick, who now lives in Lancaster and is on Shelley's right. Among the 180 guests were those alongside them in our picture, from the left, Paul Gilbraith, T. C. Howard, Deb Barnard and Joanne Cross. Entertainment, which extended to a


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