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SMILING Anna Thomas has good reason to look pleased with herself after winning a runner-up medal in the North West Yamaha Clavinova Festi­ val at Preston at the weekend. Anna, now nine, actually started


was four and is very talented. “She has a good sense of perfor


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learning music when she was just a year old by going to “music with mum” classes run by music teacher


Mrs Joan Hall. Now a pupil at Oakhill College,


Whalley - where Mrs Hall is head of music - Anna is a star performer on the clavinova, a digital piano. “We are very proud of Anna’s


achievement,” said Mrs Hall. “She started to learn the piano when she


, “The clavinova is much more sophisticated than an electric key­ board and very suitable for the home because it does not take up the space


, mw of a piano.


“At Oakhill we place a lot of empha­ sis on music and all pupils learn the recorder and keyboard. Music can help stimulate the brain and help those with learning difficulties or emo­


, rn tional problems.”ns.”


Blacksmith’s may be moving to Chatburn


A BUSINESS established in Simonstone 40 years ago is set to move


Premises that house


the Trapp Forge shop and blacksmith’s are on


the market with Petty's Estate Agents. The property, which is


for sale by formal tender, includes the shop, work­ shop and a detached bungalow. The business is run by


The blacksmiths have


submitted an application to Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council for change of use of premises in the centre of Chatburn. Mr Carter's father, the


late Ron Carter, founded the business in Whins Lane before purchasing the current premises in


Mr Bill Carter and his brother-in-law, Mr Christopher Lee, both blacksmiths, who have been at the helm for 20


-t, the bride's nd Mr Gary


argreaves and re Mr David


rratt, a recep- held at The ton. pie, who spent oon in Lan- re to live in


g the ceremo- cted by the


Avenue. Bryan H. Met-


ull. e team


, as his charity term of office


earn leader Mr pted Coun. remony held at unsop Bridge. called out to


years.Mr Carter said: "We want to relocate because the site is currently half business and half resi­


dential. "It was felt that if we


expanded the business here it would de-value the site. "We are looking for somewhere else in the Ribble Valley."


1964.A former textile work­ er, Mr Carter later trained to became a blacksmith. His wife, Sheila, helped him with the firm and still does most of the designs. Building its reputa­


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tion on making a wide variety of items, from hand-forged goods to major contracts, the firm recently designed and made a set of gates for a military club in the cen­ tre of London.


Popular candy shop is set to close tomorrow


TOMORROW will


gridge Fell for a with the recov- he River Lune


he' an: emotional day for Ritible Valley Deputy Mayor Coun. Mrs Joyce


Holgate. She will lock up her


Abbey Candy Store in King Street, Whalley, for the last time after 15 years behind the


counter. "It is a huge wrench,


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but the time has come to retire - I will miss all my customers, especially the children," says Coun.


Mrs Holgate. "But my council work


and support for various organisations will ensure that I keep in touch." Before taking over the


shop, Coun. Mrs Hol­ gate was in farming and delivered milk in the area for 17 years. The timeless atmos­


phere of the shop has been resistant to many of the changes going on round about it. Adults as well as


shelvesiof sweet bottles, the ice cream fridges and the traditional shopfit- tings, supplemented by the personable propri­ etor's affable image. Not


everyone is sure that the "Auntie Wainwright" tag


applied in recent times is quite appropriate, but Coun. Mrs Holgate has no quarrel with it. She will be Mayor of


the Ribble Valley next year, and has been kept busy with numerous duties since becoming


the deputy in May. The shop property has


been sold to a local busi­ nessman and Coun. Mrs Holgate is moving to a bungalow in the village. She says: "I cannot


youngsters savoured the "time for a treat" atmos- nViorp created by the


describe how grateful I am to all my customers and thank everyone very much, especially the children. I have seen many of them grow up. Now I look forward to carrying on serving the village and, indeed, the Valley as a whole through my council and


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I ALL 48 parish coun cils in the Ribble Val­ ley are being encour­ aged to band togeth­ er in search of a share of almost £500,000 available from the Countryside Agen­ cy's Parish Transport


| Fund.Parish councillors | and residents are being urged to attend


| Forum, which meets at Chipping Village Hall on Friday, Octo­ ber 19th.


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SABDEN grandmother Mrs Millie Moorhouse is still tick­ ling the ivories 50 years after


playing her first note. The accomplished pianist is a


grand old 88 years of age, but is


still in demand. And, when a village group


takes to the stage next month, she will be there at the keyboard making music. She will accompany The Vil­


Moorhouse even has a small


speaking part! Her melodies have been music


to the ears of villagers for more than half a century and she still plays regularly at the Baptist Chapel. Six years ago apprecia­ tive residents sprung a surprise, presenting her with a cake and gifts to mark her 50-year musical milestone, and she says all these years on she still loves making


lage Folk when they present "Lament of King Cotton” on November 9th and 10th in fat Mary’s Hall, and in this show Mrs


m*Born in the village where she has lived all her life, Mrs Moor­ house began playing the piano as a young child but did not have a


Safer driving course


on offer from society DRIVEN to panic at the thought of snowy and icy road conditions? If winter weather dri­


ving worries you, Black­ burn Area Road Safety Association is enrolling "students" for a new six week "Better Driving" course. I t will focus on coping with winter haz­ ards, based on advice from the police driving


PEOPLE in the Tosside area are being warned to be on their guard against visiting thieves. A £400 chain saw has been stolen from the vil­


manual "Roadcraft . Tuesday evening lec­


tures will be followed by Sunday morning practi­


cal sessions. The course, beginning on November 6th, costs £20, with a £5 deduction for full-time


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01204 852605. Warning over rural thefts


lage sawmill, and £20 worth of diesel fuel vvas siphoned from a vehicle there. Police ask anyone with information to call them on 01200 443344.


Whist and bridge winners


SOLO whist winners at Bridge winners at the the Pendle- Club were: Pendle Club were. M


I joint 1, Mrs E. Lancast- F. Fenton, Mrs E.Woo , er and Mrs M. Holding, Mrs A. Riley. Miss R. Mr S. Holden.


Holland, Mr J. Lynch. ‘Where am I?’


THE "mad scooter man" from Radio Lancashire was recently based at Clitheroe Castle for the "Where Am I?" slot on Jim Bowen’s morning programme. Lancaster resident Mrs Jean Miles correctly guessed the venue and the Castle staff donated a family ticket for admission to the museum as the prize,


tion and to register, tele­ phone 01254 51777 or


formal music lesson um.ii sue a teenager. Her late father, Mr Jacob Birtwell, was choirmaster at Sabden Baptist Chapel and she carried on his musical tradition by playing at the chapel for services, weddings and Christening, as well as playing for events in all the other village churches over the


years.


larly enjoying rehearsals for the current show which features 20 adults and seven children and tells the story of Sabden life through the 20th Century when the village mills prospered.


A former weaver, she is particu- ..


Probus talk on work of air ambulance


A BUZZ of anticipation


was in the air at Clitheroe's Pendle Club for the meeting of


Probus. The presentation was


to be by the North West Air Ambulance Service. The listed speaker was the chief executive of NWAAS,


Northover and her deputy, Linda Brislin. Probus is renowned for its chivalry, but when chairman Dan Brad­ bury, at the conclusion of his opening remarks, proposed to hand the two speakers over to the meeting, the applause was of a more generous and vocal nature than is perhaps usual for


Jackie


Probus. The illustrated talk


one helicopter, the ser­


vice is kept very busy indeed and call-outs average between five and seven per day. The initial set up costs were met by the Automobile Associa­ tion, but the burden of running the service now has to be met by public subscription. This amounts to some £750,000 a year, cover­ ing pilots, staff, mainte­ nance, and fuel costs. The paramedics who fly I with the service are all volunteers paid for by the National Health Ser­ vice, otherwise no gov­ ernment money is received at all. A lively question time ensued at the end of the |


covered both the origins and organisation of the NWAAS, together with many examples of its rescues of accident vic­ tims. As can be imag­ ined these rescues often took place when either the site of the accident was otherwise inaccessi- ble or those needing medical attention could not easily be moved due to their injuries. The area served by the


meeting with many members indignant that the service was not fund­


ed, at least in part, by government money. The vote of thanks was pro­ posed by Mr Hedley Pointon, who had some knowledge, from person- al experience, of this kind of service. Mem- | bers were then invited by the chairman to make a contribution towards the annual running costs of


single NWAAS heli­ copter covers Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. With this large territory and only


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Ribble Valley. The free giveaway of


cordless energy-efficient jug models is part of a campaign to mark Ener­ gy Efficient Week which starts next week. The kettles have been


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