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School’s special guest tells of his past life as a city gangster
EXCITING plans for new facili ties at Oakhill College, Whalley, set to benefit the entire village, were unveiled during the school's _ annual prizegiving ceremony at Mytton Fold Farm Hotel. "The event celebrated not only the
achievements of its pupils, but also the growth and development of the school. Following the welcome from Carly
Barton head ^1, Mr Anthony Baron, chairman, highlighted the achieve ments of all parties in helping make the new preparatory school a reality. He went on to outline the ambitions
of the board of governors to continue to expand all aspects of the education al and social provision at Oakhill. This time he noted: “I t’ll be bigger and better than anything we’ve seen
before - involving the construction of an all-purpose sports facility with pro vision for indoor badminton, tennis, cricket, five a side football, basketball,
' netball, dance studio and showers and changing facilities.” He added: “As well as providing a,
superb facility for the children at Oakhill, the governors are keen to open it to residents from the immediate area in line with Oakhill’s belief in being'a fully integrated member of the com munity.” He stressed, however, that “while we
have expanded the opportunities afforded to our children - our main pri ority is stiU to retain our unique identi ty and nurture our family ethos - the very foundations upon which Oakhill is built. Much of the work planned for future years will be concentrated upon
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further improving the land and build ings that already exist, rather than increasing the size of the school.” Mr Philip Mahon, principal, pre
sented the college’s 25th annual report covering the milestones - academic, social and sporting - over the past year. He was delighted that Year 11 had
all continued in further education, the majority of whom were studying at St Mary’s Sixth Form College in Black burn, and he welcomed them back to collect their GCSE certificates. One of the key points made by Mr
Mahon which backed up Mr Baron’s theme, was that: “Oakhill is a school for doers not spectators.” He went on to add: “It is a small
school and in small schools everyone needs to be involved. I think it is fan
tastic how many staff and pupils cer tainly adopt this attitude of doing with a thriving array of activities, clubs and sports now on offer and our growing reputation of achievement the areas of art, sport, drama, dance and music. He concluded that Oakhill’s success
had been due to its ability to meet what parents were really looking for in a school, and its distinctive moral vision from its Catholic foundation helped give it its special focus and iden tity. The matter of faith - losing and
finding it - was the focus of a rather unusual, but very moving, talk given by John Pridmore who, as the special guest for the evening, was on hand to award the prizes. Mr Pridmore’s former reputation was gained on the streets of London’s
East End in the world of drug dealing bouncing and “debt collection” - the classic gangster lifestyle - lots of cash fast cars and women.
The son of a policeman, he first
became involved in crimes as a teenag er and ended up in a detention centre. After his release, he soon drifted back into crime again and was sent to a young offenders’ institution. That, too, failed to change him.
Soon after, something extraordinary
happened to him and his life was never to be the same again. His story of how faith lit his way held the assembled audience at the prizegiving enthralled. The evening was concluded with
excellent renditions from the Chamber and School Choirs, preceded by the vote of thanks, which was proposed by head boy Daniel Caton.
Oakhill’s comprehensive list of awards Awards for Notable Achieve
ment: The McKieman Cup for ser vice to the school: Lauren Ashcroft; The Bradshaw Cup for good gener al progress: Gemma Haworth; The Finley Cup: Joseph Morris; award for service to the school as head boy: Scott Sayer and as head girl: Becky Stephenson; The Rikki Crooke memorial shield for special achievement: Joseph Morris; The Mary Finch award for music: Iso- bel and Claudia Yelland; The Pupils’ Cup for commitment to the school: Joseph Morris and The Ruth Coates award for outdoor education: Oliver Turner. Individual sporting achieve
ment: Graeme Rigg and Xanthe Gill.
Boys cross country champion:
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Symon Dickinson golf cup: Oliver Turner. Inter House Trophies: The St
Albans football shield. The bad minton trophy. The Anne Grogan tennis shield. The Pheidippides tro phy, The Cook shield for five-a-side football. The Dixon shield for per-
Acorns are growing in greatness!
AFTER an unannounced visit by the Pre-School Learning Alliance Assessor, Acorn’s Nurs ery at Oakhill College in Whal ley, was accredited to the Pre- School Learning Alliance’s Qual ity Assurance Scheme for the third year running. All aspects of the nursery were
under scrutiny, from hygiene, resources, and catering to the standard of care and education as well as management and administration. It also provided an opportuni
ty for self-assessment, and for the staff to evaluate the care they provide and to assess per sonal development. Three boxes of evidence went to the assessor prior to the original inspection, and then Acorn’s Nursery under
went rigorous scrutiny over two days. The views of parents were also
assessed by means of question naires and interviews by the assessor prior to submitting a full report went to the National Accreditation Panel. The panel commented that
Acorn’s Nursery had: "Staff that are welcoming and friendly", and, "interaction was excellent
between adults and children." Pictured are the children and
proud team at Acorns Nursery at Oakhill College bring present ed with their Pre-School Learn
ing Alliance accreditation by pnncipal Phil Mahon
Phihp Mahon, Debbie Watson
(nursery manager), Lyndsaj Creighton, Debbie Bird, anc Catherine Taylor; front row: Rina Teoli Rush with Celia Parker, Andrea Ward with Imo gen Campbell, Nicola Billingtor with Sophie Broome and Nicola Sieczkowski with Madisor Wyre. (s)
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forming arts. The Whowell shield for overall sports champions and The Governors shield tor inter house champions: Martyrs. The Janes shield tor netball, Oakhill association swimming shield, Oakhill association rounders shield and The Sister Gabriel shield for overall academic achievement: Scholars. Duke of Edinburgh bronze
awards: Becky Stephenson, Joseph Morris, Oliver Turner, Melanie Lyons, Daniel Caton, Carly Bar ton, Max Cowburn and Benjamin Addis.
United Kingdom Mathematics
Trust Awards: Junior Mathemati cal Challenge, silver award and best in school award: Jotham Harg reaves: Bronze award: James Addis and Samuel Robbins.
Intermediate Mathematical
Challenge: Bronze award and best in school award: Sarah Taylor; Bronze award: Oliver Turner and Scott Sayer. Team Mathematical Challenge; Robert Banister, Amy
May, Rebecca Catlow and Jotham Hargreaves. OCR level 1 Clait Certificate:
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LADIES IN LAVENDER (12A)
Friday, December 3rd No Film Showing Saturday, December 4th at 7.30pm Monday, December 6th at 7.30pm
Tuesday, December 7th No film Showing Wednesday, December 8th at 7.30pm Thursday, December 9th at 7.30pm-
Bethany Alcock, Sarah Barber, Rebecca Catlow, Emily Cunning ham; Xanthe Gill, Katherine Hold en, Charlotte Kei ghley, Amy May, Olivia Penny, Katherina Theodor- ou, Charlotte Wolfendeii, Megan Yates and Claudia Yelland. Year 7 best results and good
work: Samuel Robbins; second best: James Rawlinson; award for consistent effort and good work: Matthew Cornish; awards for good work: Benjamin Briscoe, Oliver Devenney, Robert Danson, Luke Shufflebottom, Benjamin Yates,
Dexter Gillen-Murthwaite and Gemma Bland. Year 8 best results and good
work: William Woodhead; second best: James Addis; award for con sistent effort and good work: Richard Ainsworth; awards for good work: Thomas Wolfenden, James Wright, Sam Menelaou, Robert Banister, Samuel Littler,
Brendan Costello and Robert Townson. Year 9 Boys best results and
good work: Simon Holden; second best: Ryan Bray; award for consis tent effort and good work: Jacob
Shorrock; awards for good work: Alexander Newton, Matthew O’Kane, Oliver Makin, Christo pher Hanlon and Jake Slater. Year 9 Girls best results and
good work: Amy May; second best: Emily Cunningham; award for con sistent effort: Rebecca Catlow: awards for good work: Claudia Yel land, Olivia Penny, Charlotte Keighley, Charlotte Wolfenden, Katherine Holden, Megan Yates,
Katharina Theodorou and Xanthe Gill.
Year 10 for best results and good
work: Oliver Turner; second best: Daniel Caton; award in consistent effort: Carly Barton; awards for good work: Samuel Whigham, Michael Kenyon, Jonathan Walker, Graeme Rigg, Polly Banister and James Emmott. Year 11 best results at G.C.S.E:
Scott Sayer; second best results at G.C.S.E: Katie Holden; awards for G.C.S.E subject winners: Lauren Ashcroft, Samuel Bailey, Gemma Haworth, Trevor Holt, Amy McBain, Joseph Morris, Katie Rowlands, Samuel
St.John and Becky Stephenson.
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Best for local entertainment Dish of the Week Wine Talk Weekend TV
m m ss^ s& m rn 'm m w i J : . ; compiled by DUNGAN SMlTy (tel. 01200 422324)! Last line-up of funny-men Pleasantly surprised by an ‘adult’ play
A SEASON of spectacular and incredibly funny Comedy Club nights at Burnley’s Mechanics The atre culminates on Sunday with a superb line-up of some of the best new comedians in the country. Voted "Best Stand Up" a t the
Northern Comedy Awards 2004, John Bishop, pictured, is rapidly becoming one of the best-loved comedians on the national circuit and his act, filled with sharp obser vational humour, has led many pun dits to strongly suggest that he is on the brink of the big time. He is joined by “Phoenix Nights”
star Toby Foster, who has featured at just about every major comedy club in the UK as well as further afield. With a long list of TV credits, he
also hosts "The Toby Foster Show" every afternoon on Radio Sheffield. The excellent Ian Moore com
pletes this top-notch line-up. His laconic observations on life, from the
problems of using the wrong vocabu lary in a German Pizza Hut to an almost pathological hatred of open toed footwear, have made Ian a hugely popular performer on the live circuit. Sunday’s show starts at 8 p.m. and
tickets are available now, priced at £6 and £5, from the Mechanics Box Office on 01282664400.
“Bouncers” by John Godber: Ribchester Amateur Theatrical Society
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“BOUNCERS” - crude, with had language and definitely “adult”. I was put off straight away.
I like to be entertained and that’s not what I call enter taining. Certainly not a play for me. When I was asked to help
front of house it was, there fore, with great reluctance that I agreed. The play began with four
men in dinner suits, pictured, it continued with four men in dinner suits and ended mth the same four men in the same four dinner suits. The interval apart, they
were on stage all the time - no time for a quick brush up on the lines, a drink, and a word of encouragement off stage, no time for anything except
intense concentration. They were, however, word
perfect. An easy night for Jane Flynn as continuity. So what of the play itself. I t
told of a typical night out in a Yorkshire town. We saw the lads getting ready for the night out, the girls at the hair dressers, the bouncers on the club door and the lads then trying to gain entry, four lads in tact facing two bouncers. (Work that out when there were only four actors!) We saw lads on the pull, the
girls dancing around their handbags (ah, happy days!) and we even saw a memorable pom star. In tme laddish fash ion the evening became ever more drunken, ending with the inevitable kebab and the lads waiting for a taxi home.
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I t was crude in parts, but
also thought provoking. I heard the play described as sad and certainly the asides from the more “mature” bouncer, played by Keith Flood, gave cause for thought as he reminisced about inci dents from his chequered past. The play was short, but
necessarily so - you can have too much of a good thing. The four actors, Rob Hindle,
Film dub’s warm welcome to new members
A WIDELY-acclaimed comedy- drama from Argentina will be the next film to be screened by the Ribhle Film Club. “Son of the Bride” (15) will be
shown at the club’s new home- the Ribhle Valley Borough Council Chamber, in Church Street,
Stage and Screen at St Mary’s Centre Church Street, Clitheroe Telephone
01200 427162
Below are the cinema times for Stage and Screen at St Mary ’s Centre from Friday, December 3rd, 2004
Clitheroe - on Sunday, December 4th, starting at 7 p.m. The film tells the story of Rafael (played by Ricardo Darin of “Nine Queens” fame), a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He is estranged from his daughter, Vicky, his restaurant business is
failing and his mother is suffering from Alzheimer's. The one positive on the horizon:
he may be the subject for a coun try ’n’ western song. Everyone is welcome at the film
club’s monthly
screenings.You do not have to be a member to go
along. For information about admission and/or membership, contact Ian Turner on 01200 425876. Individuals are also encouraged to attend club meet ings, which take place on the sec ond Monday of the month at the New Inn, Clitheroe, at 7-30 p.m.
Kevan Thompson, Guy Mason and Keith Flood, played all their parts well and were ably directed by Robin Simmons. I t seems that the play was
for me after all and I was high ly entertained! Great team work and thanks to all who played their part in making the three performances so suc cessful.
CLAIRE M. DAVIES Book-signing diary date
A PRIEST from Dunsop Bridge, Fr John Chalon- er, will be appearing at Kaydee Bookshop, in Moor Lane, in Clitheroe, this Saturday, for a book sign ing of his debut work, “Miss Mac - The Church Cat”. The priest, from St Hubert’s in Dunsop Bridge, has written the book about the life and times of his church cat. Fr Chaloner will be there from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
m p 's at The Old Toll House
1/5 Parson Lane, Clitheroe Tel: 01200 424478
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Christinas Bookings now being taken
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