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the meeting of Whalley and District Historical and Arche­ ological Society, members were entertained by gentlemen of the abbey who gave an interesting and informative talk. Illustrating their talk with slides they related the history of Whalley Abbey and its inhabitants from the 13th Century to its dissolution in the 16th Century. Also explaining the work done on restoration and preservation of the site and grounds up to the present day. The speaker at the next


meeting on February 13th at 8 p.m. will be Mr Alan Retford, his subject being Joseph A. Hanson, inventor and archi- t&ct


Sad farewell Members of Whalley WI


held their last meeting of many years in the Methodist Church schoolroom. The clo­ sure of the institute is due to falling numbers, but president Mrs Mansley said she regard­ ed the meeting as a thanksgiv­ ing rather than a funeral. She said the institute had a good record and had always taken an interest in the wider scope of the WI and one of the things to be thankful for was the unstinting and caring devotion given by an officer of long standing. She said of Mrs Mavis Day who had worked hard, particularly as secretary, and her death at the end of December, although not unex­ pected, was a blow to mem­ bers. It had followed closely on the sudden death of her hus­ band, John, who had been


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very supportive of his wife and the institute, always willing to offer transport and help in many other ways. Mrs Mansley mentioned


some happy memories of them both and asked members to stand for a short silence in respect of them and their fam­ ilies. The funeral was attended by LFWI president Mrs Hazel Short and Mrs Pat Ascroft whose presence was much appreciated. District advisor Mrs Mar­


garet Davies attended the meeting and a discussion was had regarding the possessions of the institute and the hand­ ing over of the record books to Mrs Davies to go to county offices. The distribution of the WI china would be dealt with later. Mrs Mansley explained


A LARGE and lively crowd gathered in Riming-,,


ton Memorial Institute on' Saturday for the Riming- ton and Middop children’s annual party, organised by the sports committee. The proceedings got off


to a colourful s ta r t with the fancy dress parade, set­ ting Mr and Mrs David and Katherine Masters a difficult task judging the imaginative costumes. • ' Afterwards a tasty tea of


hot-dogs and party goodies 1 was enjoyed by all before the jolly afternoon ended with games and disco dancing. On behalf of,the organis­


ers Mrs Catherine Cawtherley thanked Mr and Mrs Masters and all who helped to make the party so successful.


, Fancy dress results


i . Under one,year - Jack Watterson (trick or treat), Phoebe Moore (rugby player), Tom. Altham (Teddy). T w o ,- three years -


Megan King. (Jasper’s beanstalk), Luke Watter­ son (snowman), James Grimshaw (dalmatian). Four - six years - Emily


Watson (Britney Spears), Joseph Duckworth (skele­ ton), Georgia Leaver (but­ terfly). Seven years and over - •


Tim and Sophie Le Bret- ton (green goddesses). Our picture shows the


fancy dress contestants in their imaginative costumes together with the judges and helpers. (T270103/8)


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Grammar school celebrates number of


MQRE pupils than ever before in th e h is to ry of C litheroe Royal Grammar School have been’offered places a t either Oxford or Cambridge, Britain's top universities. A total of 16 students from the


sixth form -1 2 who have been at the school since the age of 11 - have found the Oxbridge touch. Mr Nigel Spooner, sixth-form


head, said this week: "We are absolutely delighted for the stu­ dents in being offered a place against such great competition. "This is the largest number of


students from CRGCS who have ever received offers and we are pleased that the school is among the major players in the country." The successful students are:


Subjects of


local interest PEOPLE in the Ribble Valley are being given the chance to raise topics which might affect them. The Ribble Valley


that an accumulation of WI papers, collected by Mrs Day, had revealed some interesting


finds. There were several newspaper cuttings of pho­ tographs, one dated 1927 and another 1930 which caused some amusement. There was also a hand-written booklet of jam making during the war in 1941 when Whalley had been allocated sugar for this. Unfor­ tunately, no one knew where the jam making took place. Members decided to donate the cuttings and other inter­ esting items to Clitheroe Library. Mrs Davies spoke to mem­


bers, who promised to meet socially in the future, before supper was served.


World peace There will be an Ecumeni­


cal Day of Prayer for World Peace on Thursday, February 6th, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Whalley Methodist Church. This will be time to reflect, to be still, pray, listen and think. There will be a warm welcome to all to call in for a few min­ utes or longer. Aids to prayer will be available.


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-OPMENTS ED HOMES r a j u g j j j i j


weeks; every Wednesday night from February 26th, and will be held in different venues within the Ribble


Valley. Anyone interested


should contact Anne Bor­ land, Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council, for more information on 01200 414531 or e-mail anne.bor- land@ribblevalley.gov.uk


Plans in the pipeline


A BUSINESS based in the Ribble Valley wants to build a new joinery and workshop. , > Empress Fencing, of Clitheroe Road, Chat-


bum, has asked Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil for permission to erect the new joinery and panel assembly workshop, as well as a storage building to replace an existing range of build­


ings. Comments on the plan (No. 0021) must be


made to the council by February 14th.


Other recent applications are as follows:- Clilhcroc: Change of use from newsagents shop to


cottage including rebuilding front wall of property, 80/82 Bawdlands (0013). Use of building as six self-con­ tained flats, 110 Whalley Road (90025). Demolish internal non-supporting wall to enlarge shop area and improve access to shop area (listed building consent), 38 York Street (0028). Paint front elevation of property - masonry, windows, doors, gutters, etc. (listed building consent), 38 York Street (0029). Replace bathroom sky­ light window with Velux window (listed building con­ sent), 38 York Street (0030). Two-storey extension (resubmission), 51 Littlemoor Road (0033). Projecting non-illumiriated sign, 32 Castle Street (0037).' Chipping: Extension and alterations to converted


bam, Dairy Cottage, Hough Clough Lane (0012). Twislon: Conversion of bam and dairy outbuilding to dwelling with driveway, Hill Foot Barn, Higher


Twiston (0014). Bollon-by-Bowland, Gisburn Foresl and Sawley: Con­


version of barn to form design studio, general office, instrumentation test lab. and dwelling (resubmission), Old House Bam, Greenhead Farm (0016). Extension of existing dwelling into attached building and erection of single-storey annex and attached garaging, Fat Hill, Holden (0027). Agricultural polytunnels for special hor­ ticultural use, Ghyll Seeds Farm, Knotts Lane, Tosside (0036). Extension of dwelling into barn and rear exten­ sion, Varleys Farm, Anna Lane,(0049).


West Bradford: Creation of two agricultural accesses -


and hard surface track to connect new access to farm­ stead, Laneside Farm (0017). Portal frame store and:


lambing shed, Lane Side Farm (001N). Gisburn: Various externally-illuminated signage, the


White Bull, Main Street (0018). : ' Read: First-floor extension to include two bedrooms


and shower room, modification to ground floor to include new kitchen/dining area in space currently used for garage and utility area, 22 Straits Lane (0020). Whallcy: Erection of gatehouse on main driveway,


Calderstones Hospital, Mitton Road (0022). • . Worston: Conversion of outbuilding into three letting


bedrooms, outbuilding at the Calf’s Head Hotel, High Street (0024).


Newton: Conversion of bam to dwelling, new joint . ..ii...... -~ • ; .....


access for dwelling and field and new treatment plant (resubmission), Higher House Bam, Back Lane (0031). Dinckley: Rebuild and extension of existing out­


building to form double garage and playroom, Dinckley Grange Bam, Ribchester Road (0032).


is.com han us Waddinglon: Construction of-pumping station,


Waddington Low Level Service Reservoir (0035). ■. , Ribchester: Change of use from industrial to whole­


sale salesroom, Unit 5, Bee Mill Industrial Estate, Pre­ ston Road (0038). Proposed construction of new dwelling including new pitched roofs, garage adjacent


to 8 Greenside90047). Acre Lane (0043). , Thornley-with-Wheatley: Change of use of bam to " P - P ‘ Billington arid Langho: Proposed double garage, play­ . . . , . '


room and conservatory extension (resubmission), Lane- side Longworth Road (0044). Erection of new garden room 21 The Dales (0045). Landscape treatment of undeveloped areas, Dale View, off Whalley Road (0048). Revised dormer details, 63 St Mary s Drive


^Wswcll: Installation of pitched roof above existing flat roof over bedroom and utility room, 5 Clarke Wood Close (0050).


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holiday accommodation with car parking and highway visibility improvements (remission),^Lea Bam, Four.


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SEVEN intrepid ramblers set off for Skipton on a wet morning with low cloud for Clitheroe Ramblers’ walk on Sunday. By the time they reached


Skipton th e rain had stopped and the mist had lifted a little. They walked across the


fields towards Flasby Fell. The mist became thicker as they climbed up to the


trig point on Sharp Haw. The.'magnificent views


towards Rylestone Fell and Embsay Moor were shroud­ ed in the mist. After leaving the summit,


.. the vis ib i li ty ,., soon improved,, and lunch was taken in a ‘sheltered spot


' near the hamlet of Flasby where snowdrops and celandines were seen. The route then passed through the park of Flasby


Hall with its splendid'trees and passed.Eshtori Hall. A few more fields brought


the walkers to th e canal towpath just outside Gar- grave and the route followed the towpath back to Skip-' t o n . , " . . . j . !j , ,‘p ..i T h e re . were,, plenty o f ,


birds, including a large flock of Canada geese, and the first lambs of the year.were. seen playing in a field beside the canal.


Strategic Partnership is holding a series of informal evenings based on five key issues - race/faith, the elderly, disability and men­ tal health, young people and rural isolation. Speak­ ers have been arranged for some of the evenings. _They. will run for five,


Oxford - James Aldred (Ingle- white, Preston) St Anne's, to read politics, philosophy and econom­ ics; Helen Bagshaw (Rishton) Balliol, to read biology; Jonathan1 Clinch (Barrowford, Nelson) Keble, music and organ scholar­ ship; Helen Cresswell (Read) Lin­ coln, classical archaeology and ancient history; Emily Northin (Clitheroe), Keble, engineering; Paul Sims (Langho) St Peter's, modem history; William Stafford (Whalley) University College, music and organ scholarship; Neil Thompson (Mellor) Pembroke, • politics, philosophy and econom­ ics; Timothy Walters (Clitheroe)’ Somerville, modem history. Cambridge - Julie Addison


(Fence) Trinity, mathematics; Will Clayton (Barrow) Robinson,


engineeringjDenis Craven (Wilp-


' shire) Churchill, mathematics; Peter Davies (Clayton-le-Dale) Porterhouse, engineering; David Lloyd (Accrington) Trinity Hall, social and political sciences; Char­ lotte Ratcliffe (Clitheroe) New Hall, engineering; and Ursula Sagar (Clitheroe) Selwyn, music. Stonyhurst College has once


again proved its academic excel­ lence with 10% cent of its upper sixth receiving conditional offers of places at Oxbridge universities.


, Five have offers from Oxford and two from Cambridge. The range of - pupils with offers


from Oxbridge reflects the diverse mix of pupils at Stonyhurst Col­ lege! They include Hisashi Arakawa from Tokyo, Japan, Tomasz Mazur of Wroclaw,


Poland',’. and Lena rVorreiler, of Winhomg,'Germany.” *


The five English pupils are


Edmund Highcock of Hu rs t Green, Nicholas Hanson of Bum- ley, Daniel O’Driscoll, of Sale, and Frank Brinkley and George Tyldesley, both of London., The range of degree subjects


they would study encompasses maths, the sciences, history, med­ icine and classics. Stonyhurst College headmaster


Mr Adrian Aylward said:' “Stony-- hurst has a.strong academic tradi­ tion1 and we continually strivS to develop the abilities of all our pupils. ;::" "1';


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of our.top year have-received offers from Oxbridge." ■


It’s not just the blood that’s blue!


A RIBBLE Valley teenager has just completed a por­ trait of the Queen - with blue hair - but there could hardly be a more patriotic paintingl ; The painting ‘The Jubilee Queen’ is a portrait in oils, by Stonyhurst College pupil Isobel Bidwell (15) of Hurst


Green. Isobel, a GCSE Art student, had to produce a portrait


using colour theory for her exam portfolio so she decided to do a painting of the Queen to mark her jubilee year. I t took two months to perfect the painting, appropri­


ately using the colours red, white and blue, and it .now hangs in the gallery of the college. A scanned copy has; been sent to Buckingham Palace. The Queen knows all ’


about Storiyhurst because ste visited the college in 1990 as part of its 400th anniversary. Isobel said: "I chose to paint a portrait of the Queen


as it was her jubilee year when I started this work. The colours red, white and blue seemed an obvious choice. I t was difficult at times to get the tones right for the hair. I do hope thatjHer Majesty approves when she sees the portrait!


: "I would love to do something creative and design ori­


ented when I am older," says Isobel, who has been set a target grade of A* in GCSE art.(s)


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AN invitation is being extended to mem­ bers of the Ribble Valley community who are interested in talking. Clitheroe Speakers’ Club is holding its


next event oh Monday a t th e Young Farmers’ Club at the town’s auction mart. The latest event, held on January 20th,


was described as a “beginners’ evening” with two first-speakers excelling them­


selves. Club members are now hoping for a


repeat performance on Monday and they are extending a warm welcome to any would-be members to go along to their next meeting!


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