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interest aroused by the SheepFest. It seems to have pulled the whole town together for every­ one's benefit. It's a shame, though, that so many places were closed on the Sunday, when there was still a lot of interest in the festival, with the last concert being Sunday afternoon. Once again, many thanks - and many more


Great Days!


A FOLKIE OP LONG STANDING, Warwickshire.


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consideration by Castle Cement as West Bradford was recently. CHATBURN RESIDENT


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wonderful memory? IN last WMk's issue of the Ciitheroe Advertis­ er and Times there was a most interesting article about Waddington Old Hall, some his­ tory and names of owners over some years. I have a bit more history, but my story only


Cement - just two examples recently were the heavy pollution over long periods of the two bank holiday weekends in May. I am sure that the residents of Chatburn would be very pleased to be given the same


grounding problems in and around West Bradford. Chatbum is frequently polluted by Castle


of this consideration I READ with interest your report on the Cas­ tle Cement shutdown following plume­


vals on the folk scene, and I must say I really enjoyed the welcoming atmosphere and the variety of acts hooked for the weekend. Top marks to Ciitheroe as well for the great


from visiting ‘folkie’ WELL done Ciitheroe! I have travelled around to quite a few festi­


started when I met a lady in Athens in 1945. How about this?


"the centre of the city. I was walking down a street one day and was stopped by a very


-smart middle-aged lady who said: "Are you British or Greek?" The imiforms were similar. My reply was that I was very British. She asked me where I lived in England, because she too was British. I said it was a very small town she would


replied. "I used to be the governess at Waddington Old Hall some years ago when it was occupied by a French marquess and his small daughter. There was a divorce going on between him and his wife, so I and the daugh­ ter were sent to New York until all was set­ tled. Of course we stayed at the Waldorf Asto­ ria. He paid the bill."


not have heard of called Ciitheroe. "That's just where you are wrong," she


Waddington and Miss Maud Hayward, the governess, moved on to the Spanish royal fam­ ily and eventually to Greece as governess to a wealthy Greek family with a daughter of eight and a small brother of six. The daughter was called Sylvia and the son, Stacki. The family was called Dimitriades, but the mother's maiden name was Papastratis - wealthy


I t appeared that they came back to


home to meet the family, plus children of course.


Greek cigarette manufacturers; she was the one with money. Miss Hayward invited me round to her


with a lift and uniformed staff. I was made most welcome and often had meals with them. I managed to obtain tickets for them to see a pantomime produced by ENSA. I took part and later taught the songs to the children. I've kept in touch over the years and met


married with children of their own and enjoy­ ing life to the full.


kindneffi they showed me whenever we met. Sylvia and Stacki are now grown up and


So my memories of Greece are full of the What a big house — like a mini-skyscraper I was in Athens at the RAF headquarters in


stopping me in the street and what a few words started this friendship and story.


Onassis and Stacki now owns a huge hotel in Athens. I'll never forget them. Fancy Miss Hayward


EDMOND CAMBIEN, Bolland Prospect, Clilheroe.


Thank ‘ewe’ from the


was responsible for organising the SheepFest, is working towards integrating cinema and community arts facilities in Ciitheroe and the Ribble Valley.


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award bid together I AM writing in response to a letter by Nigel Evans MP, which featured in the Ciitheroe Advertiser edition of May 29th. In his letter, Nigel informed readers about


year, but we will be “baaack”! The Friends of the GasWorks group, which


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SheepFest organisers A BIG thank “ewe” to all the people who took part in making the SheepFest a success. We hope everyone enjoyed it and had a good laugh - or groan - at all the displays. Particular thanks must go to Edisford Pri­


Hayward retired in England and also died. Sylvia's marriage was attended by Aristotle


The parents lived to a very old age and Miss


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Focus on aid for dairy


farmers today DAIRY farmers in the North West are being offered an opportunity to meet with leading industry figures to discuss the future of the UK dairy sector.


Calvert, chief executive of the RASE will also be a speaker. The event is being organised by Pye Farm


Feeds, the college, NatWest and the NFU. To register, call 01995 642255 or e-mail: igarrod@myerscough.ac.uk


GILL SHEARER, National Farmers' Union


Whalley’s future: views are sought


meeting about futiu-e developments in Whal- ley.


became clear that there was to be no public debate as such.


But some left at the hahway stage when it


put their point of view — but in writing, so catering for those who are not used to address­ ing meetings.


However, villagers did have the chance to


the next meeting on June 25th,” says Mr Andrew Swarbrick, one of the local leaders of the “Vital Villages” scheme which could unlock funding sources.


“There will be a chance to actually speak at


lage appraisal showed car parking, flooding and youth nuisance are key concerns for Whalley people.


dance at the next meeting and move the process forward,” says Mr Swarbrick.


vibrant village, and resicients who want a quiet place to live, is always in the back­ ground. “There is a balance to achieve,” says Mr Swarbrick. He believes that, with money available for villages putting up a good case for it, Whalley has plenty to go for. “I hope we will get a three-figure atten­


The rift between traders, who want a busy,


views to give the various group teams as wide a view as possible of Whalley’s future. There w(!re few surprises. As the recent vil­


al other groups largely supported by the Gov­ ernment gave presentations to the meeting in the village hall. Then people were asked to write down their


Mr Swarbrick and representatives of sever­ MORE than 100 people attended last week’s


First Milk Itxjking at the price structure with­ in the industry, NFU chief daily advisor Phil Hudson focusing on the market for milk, Cia- ran Gannon from DEPRA dealing with the impact of the CAP Reform on the dairy sec­ tor and William Slinger, Bowland Fresh. Mike


July 9th at Myerscough College and will focus on helping tomorrow's dairy farmers today. Speakers will include John Duncan from


The top-level conference is to take place on


made successful applications to Awards for All and, as Mr Evans rightly pointed out, the Ribble Valley is currently a priority area for the scheme. If any group is interested in finding out


A number of local groups have already


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Bowman’s talk straight


when gunpowder and can­ non arrived, the bowman reigned supreme, with 5,000 archers a t the Battle of Agincourt releasing a quar­ ter of a million arrows in a couple of minutes or so in a veritable downpour of mass destruction.


ern bows were extremely high-tech and could also be extremely expensive. Examples of glass fibre


bows were displayed. The speaker included a multi­ tude of curious facts about the lore and customs attached to archery - not least being the class-con­ scious Japanese of medieval times where the appropriate arrowhead had to be chosen commensurate with the rank of the intended target. Probus meets on the first


and third Friday of the month at 10-30 for 11 a.m. at the Pendlc Club, Lower- gate, Clitheroo. Inquiries can be made to the secre­ tary, tel. 01200 429207


Wet start to windy May


the month brought longer spells of rain with very few completely fine days until the last week when summer-like weather lifted the temp-eratures into the 70s.


THE old weather saying that “wet and windy May fills the barns with corn and hay” could not be more apt for May 2003 as frequent showers and periods of heavy rain for the first three weeks resulted in a total of 4.728 inches, a complete contrtist to April. Low pressure for most of


Day Max. Min.Rain (mm) 1


2 3 4 5


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10 11 12


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6 56 7 60 8


58 51 58 50 58


13 53 14 15 16 17


18 48 19 20 21


46 53 63


22 55 23 59 24


57


25 62 26 60 27 60 28 65 29 70 30 72 31 74


56 56 52 46


42 44 46 48 44 46 48 44 44 44 43 48 44 39 43


4.2 9.5 5.5 0.5 0.6 1.3 0.4


9.7 2.5 2.7


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0.2 0.6


11.8 6.8


0.8 3.8


1.2 0.8


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bows and arrows the speak­ er described how, in the hands of an expert, arrows could travel up to a mile. Until the 16th Century


to the point! THERE were bows and arrows when Gordon Aldred, a member of the Bowmen of Pendle and Salmesbury, addressed the Ciitheroe Probus Club. Armed with a variety of


Total rainfall 118.2 mm = 4.728 inche.s


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