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YOUNG bookworms have read their now working on the next and final way to a gold award.
Ahce Whittaker (nine), from called the Marathon Award. This and a silver cup. stage of the Relay Readers scheme,
Chatburn, and Carolynn McCaffrey means they have to read and review (seven), from Chtheroe, have read a further 26 books, for which they and reviewed 50 books each in the will each receive a £10 book voucher .library-sponsored,Relay Readers
ries, plus their ability to describe burn. Five libraries in the Ribble Val- them, have been rewarded by Gold
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good example of icing being liberally spread on an already highly appetising cake! The show is a windfall for
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the Valley and everyone is keen to support it the hilt. The three days, Tuesday
July 29th - Thursday July 31st, will attract tens of thousands of people and there will be plen ty to see for everyone, from classic farming contests to the Red Devils and the Household Cavalry.
The trade stands alone will a weekly look at local issues, people and places compiled by John Turner \
The royal icing on the cake for an event which can only be good news for valley]
HE news that the Duke and Duchess of Wessex are coming to the Ribble Valley for the Royal Lancashire Show is a
As I see i t . . .by Tim Procter
offer a fascinating variety and will have a higher Ribble Valley content than ever before. Perhaps local experts in
appropriate farming, surveying or exhibition-staging skills did see the Ribchester site as a pos sible one for the show. I t is safe to say that lay peo
ple, however well they knew their Valley, were, in general, surprised by the choice. The amount of planning and
“on the ground” work needed to make the Salesbury Hall Farm site suitable for a major national event beggars belief, but with barely two-and-a-half weeks to go, most plans are now finalised.
- People who will certainly be
inconvenienced by the huge number of vehicles converging on the show complex are, for the most part at least, taking their situation on good part. The necessary one-way traffic system has been organised to a fine pitch - numerous experts have been involved. Car park ing will take up 45 acres, the show itself 70 and there could be something like a mile of tents. One of the planners’ key fig
ures is last year’s attendance at the Chorley site, 60,000, which was 7,000 more than the 2001 figure. How many visitors there
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will be this time is anyone’s guess - many Ribble Valley people who would not have been drawn to a Chorley venue will certainly want to go to the new one on their doorstep. Fisherman Martin James is
just one prominent Ribble Val ley personality in a key show role - he is manager of the new Piscatorial Centre, making imaginative use of the River Ribble’s potential. The show has to adopt a
commercial outlook and so is marking the fact that angling is
Britain’s biggest participant sport with a programme that would do justice to an angling- only festival. Agricultural purists, as would be expected, are in for a
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George is best man to spread the message ab more reseai
RIBBLE VALLEY MP Nigel Evans rubbed shoulders with a boy hood hero when he attended the
launch of a new group in Westmin ster. Mr Evans, Shadow Secretary of
Day Motion welcoming the launch of the group, which will become a forum for discussion and a platform to promote further advances in the treatment of liver diseases.
The Motion also thanked George Best
- who received a much-publicised trans plant which saved his life - for attending
launch, Mr Evans said: “I was pleased to be'at the launch of the All-Party Hepatology Group.
the event. Speaking from Westminster, after the
“As many as one in 10 people have
7,500 deaths from liver diseases. “George Best is an example of the suc
liver problems some time in their life. “In the UK, each year there are some
cess that can be achieved through liver transplants but more is and must be done to prevent the tragic loss of life
Mr Evans
through liver disease. Through this all party group we aim to promote these further advances in liver treatment and will campaign for action to reduce the death toll caused by liver diseases. “I aim to play a key role in this," said
Old friends
‘meet’ again by e-mail
A WOMAN from Yorkshire has met up with an old Ribble Valley friend using a computer search engine. Mrs Pauline Hukin, nee Walker, who now
lives in Pickering, made contact with Mrs Marlene Dewhurst, nee Birtwell, whom she had not seen for 50 years.
They both attended Barrow Primary
and are now busy catching up on a half-cen tury of life.
municate using email. Mrs Hukin, who used to live a t Low
They have met twice and regularly com
attended Barrow Primary School between 1947 and 1960, as they would like to hold a reunion at the school next year.
the event are requested to contact Mrs Hukin on 01751476747.
Key players’ performances
THIRD prize winner in the world-famous Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow last year, Jin Ju, will give the gala recital at
this year’s Ribble Valley International Piano Week. The major musical event opens on Sun
day at the Centenaries Theatre at Stony- hurst College.
renowned Scottish pianist Steven Osborne, who attracts critical acclaim for his perfor
mances and recordings throughout the world. The festival’s artistic director, Martin
Roscoe, appears in a solo recital, as well as in chamber music with the Manchester Camerata’s wind soloists.
feature three new visitors - Jonathan Scott, Yan Lim and Martin Sturfalt.
Lunchtime concerts during next week
was described by local virtuoso Kathryn Stott as “one of the most exciting pianists heard in the whole of the Piano 2003 Festi val at the Bridgewater Hall.” The festival will be opened by the equally
A former student of Martin Roscoe, she Old schoolfriends who are interested in
Moor, said that they realised what a lot of friendship they have been missing and intend to make sure they do not lose contact with each other again. The pair are now seeking more pupils who
School and through internet search engine FriendsReunited, Mrs Hukin was able to make contact with Mrs Dewhurst. They soon renewed their old friendship
State for Wales, met football legend George Best at the launch of the Hepatology All-Party Group. The MP has also signed a new Early
feast, with varied breeds of beef and dairy cattle, sheep, pigeons, poultry, bees,pigs and goats. Horticulture, cheese, honey and rural crafts are all well catered for. There are 12 classes for walking stick dress ing and there is also ferret rac ing and a contest for gigs, traps and carts. The many people who love
horses will be able to see nearly 2,000 in various classes, from miniature ponies to shires. When it comes to the trade
stands, numerous Ribble Valley firms will be represented. And local folk will be helping in very many ways - the Mothers Union is pu tting on baby changing facilities and the WI is also closely involved.
- LOOKING BACK
100 years ago
THOSE whose hobby it was “to lure little fishes to an untimely end” had fair sport on the Ribble and Hodder. However, exceptional bas kets were by no means common and it was felt th a t a good flood was required to pu t the two local streams in the pink of condition.
D It was the desire of the author
ities at Stonyhurst College that it should be recognised by the State as a training college for teachers and
steps to secure this were being taken. O
A further accident occurred at the north corner of the Sun Inn
Bridge at Waddington. The latest victim was Mr J. Banks of Bonny
road and was rather seriously injured. The horse fared no better and raced almost as far as the next bridge, dragging the float on its side, before it could be stopped.
50 years ago
AFTER expert inspection, Clitheroe’s familiar steeple was to be renovated, by repointing, along with parts of the tower. The sum of £200, over half of the cost, was in
hand from the Church’s Gift Day, but a further Gift Day had to be organised to raise the the remaining £170.
□ Two local RAF Flight
Sergeants took part in a fly-past before the Queen, held in Hamp shire. One was from Wellgate, Clitheroe, and was a navigator based at Leuchars in Scotland. The other was from Langho, and flew as signaller in a Lincoln aircraft of Bomber Command.
□ When Clitheroe Old People’s Welfare Committee decided to form a club for old people, they had little idea of the popularity that it would soon assume. During the club’s first two-and-a-half years, more than 16,500 cups of tea were served to members at the St John Ambulance Brigade centre on Church Brow.
25 years ago
THE worst early summer weather that century meant package breaks in Spain, Greece and Italy topped the holiday charts. Local travel agents reported that more people than ever before had booked for hol idays with a difference, particularly
to the lands of bullfighting, legends and pizza. O A boost in the Valley’s fox pop
ulation brought a spate of death and destruction to poultry and game stocks in and around Clitheroe. Almost daily farmers were finding hens missing or muti lated, and the county branch of the NFU asked the Ministry of Agri culture to look into the problem. At several villages, chickens, geese and bantams were lost and
there was considerable destruction of hares, rabbits and pheasants at Dalehead Forest, Slaidbum. Foxes had even raided the dustbins at Clitheroe hospital.
□ Lancashire Police launched a
Good Neighbours drive to help reduce the number of burglaries in homes by dropping advice leaflets at houses throughout the Valley.
□ The Smurf Song by Father
Abraham was Number 1 in the Top Twenty Sounds.
THE traditional tale of the Piper has come to life at Whalli Primary School. Scores of pupils arc taking p
the production, with Martin Wi in the lead role. There are principal parts for other youngsters, with numeroi
School’s to special invit
A LOCAL school’s performa has resulted in the head teac being invited to Ilighgrove to n Prince Charles. Ms Glynne Ward has been in
ed to represent Ribblcsdalc 11 School Technology College at
Prince’s home on July 21st. A1 with other head teachers she tour the house and gardens, t tea and speak with the Prince. The college received high m;
in the Government’s OFST report which covers school per mance over the previous months.
Barn Gate Farm who was on his way to Clitheroe Station with milk, when, on turning the corner, the float struck the bridge and was overturned, scattering the milk kits. Mr Banks was thrown into the
award
BIDDERS and sellers Ribble Valley auction i can be forgiven if they tij scales too far.
cafe won the award because serves great, traditional Britisl at an affordable price and w winning smile.” The competition coverec whole of the UK, with lnindn
title “Britain’s Best Market 2003”. One of the judges said Ilia
auction market cafes compelii the title. Miss Armer (33), who onlv fresh produce from local sup;)
a farmer and calf dealer who visited the market, says the popular dishes are her home-i steak pic and apple crumble. Judges of the competition
makes everything on the menu scratch. The chef, whose grandfathe:
is run by Miss Gill Armer been declared the winner o
The Gisburn market cafe \
mented on Gill’s “fantastic” stuffing, “great” Yorkshire dings, and the “simply gorge egg custard. Miss Armer, who lias worki
the cafe for six years, said:" I o n’t believe my luck. It helps bee I really enjoy my work. I always loved cooking for pcopli “The cafe is open to every!
not just farmers. There are lo loyal customers, and I have i some very good friends.” (K070703/3)
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