4 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 8th, 2004


CRGS plans 450th birthday


by Julie Wintle


A WHOLE host of events have been organised this summer to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Clitheroe Royal


Grammar School. The free grammar school was founded in


1554 by Royal Charter from Queen Mary I and King Philip of Spain and to celebrate this landmark, staff at the school are in the midst of organising several commemorative


events. The first will be the school’s annual Com­


memoration Day service, which will be on a much larger scale than normal and take place on Wednesday, July 7th at 11 a.m. in Clitheroe Parish Church. The preacher will be the Bishop of


Sheffield, the Right Rev J Nicholls and those people who cannot be accommodated in the church will be able to watch the ser­ vice from the church hall with a live video and sound link from cameras within the church. Members of the public will be invited to


apply for a limited number of seats for this service in due course. Cricket matches wili also be held on Fri­


day, July 9th at the Chatburn Road site between Old Boys, staff and students. An exhibition of the school’s archives,


which will include the original charter of 1554, will be on show in the library of the sixth form centre on York Street from Sat­ urday, July 10th. In the evening, a 450th Anniversary Din­


ner Dance at the Northcote Offsite Confer­ ence and Banqueting suite at Ewood Park, Blackburn, has been organised. Tickets are expected to be £30 per head


with any profit going towards the building of new classrooms at the school's Chatburn Road site. Tickets will be on sale later on this month. “It is hoped that staff, parents and gover­


nors, both past and present, together with members of the Old Boys' and Old Girls' Associations will have a celebratory and enjoyable night!” commented Chris Spencer, teacher governor. Meanwhile, the school's Young Enter­


prise team has produced a limited edition 450th Anniversary mug, which can be pur­ chased from the school or at Dawson's on King Street, priced £5. Late September will see the school's


annual Speech Night Presentation Evening held at the King George's Hall in Black­ burn, in order to accommodate all the stu­ dents and a larger than usual number of guests. For further details refer to the school's web site at www.clitheroe.lancsngfl.ac.uk


SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Due to the opening of our new


J ||f Natuzzi Gallery (May 2004), we have over 40 displays of superb Italian leather sofas and suites to clear this weekend at up to


65% OFF Easter bonnets prove a hit for youngsters


CHILDREN a t Edisford School Nursery were a vision of spring this week in their Easter bonnets. The 50 nursery school chil­


Pupils take to performing arts


A WEALTH of young talent was demon­ strated by children from Read Primary School when taking part in a variety of challenging activities. As part of the school’s performing arts


week, pupils and staff ditched their books for musical instruments, comedy and drama scripts and took part in a full week of events which included singing, dancing and drawing spectacular pictures. Hard work paid off on the last day of


the fun-filled week, as the youngsters per­ formed 30 acts including girl and boy bands, in front of a 200-strong audience. Headteacher Mrs Joyce Shaw, said:


“We are trying to put creativity back into the children. “Thought-provoking tasks during per­


forming arts week gives them an opportu­ nity to think, plan and perform.” Pupil Hayiey Kindness is pictured along with her co-stars during the talent show. (B260304/5)


Cheating anglers hit


ANGLERS fishing without a licence are being reeled in by the Environment Agen­ cy.


During the final month of 2003, agency


officers successfully prosecuted 13 anglers after they were caught fishing without a rod licence. Fines for December totalled £805 with costs of £720 going to the agency.


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Mixed results for club


THE Inter-Club Photographic Union’s slide folio was viewed at Ribblesdale Camera Club. All the local clubs were repre­


sented and Ribblesdale scored some high marks in the competi­


tion. Joan Whittaker scored a maxi­


mum 15 marks for her “New Year’s Eve Party”, a sunset shot of the millennium celebrations in Sydney. Also awarded full marks were


Steve Ashworth’s “Painted Lady on Sedum” and Stephen Robin­ son’s “Snails”. The results of the recent ICPA


Slide Knockout competition were announced on the evening. While not disgraced, Ribblesdale’s results were rather disappointing especial­ ly as the quality of the slides sub­


mitted was considered good. Two slides by Stephen Robinson and one by Ken Geddes made the third round of five. Also available were the final


results of the series of winter com­ petitions, the club’s league table. Five competitions, two on set themes and three open, were aggre­ gated. Jeff Cowling won the prints section with 128 points against Stephen Robinson’s 123. In the slides, the result could not


have been closer. Ken Geddes won with 120 points from Mike Bartle who totalled 119.5. Next week, club secretary Ken


Geddes presents “China Revisit­ ed”. New members are always welcome and anyone interested can call 01200 423474.


dren, some pictured above, who attend the morning and after­ noon sessions all took part in the Easter bonnet competition, making them up at home. They used a range of decora­


tions including fluffy chicks, daffodils and coloured tissue paper to make their colourful bonnets. The winner of the competition from the nursery’s


morning children was Hattie Pendlebury (four), while the afternoon winner was Joseph Zebedee (four). All the youngsters took a


tour of Edisford Primary’s main school to show off their bonnets to some of the older children. Picture shows some of chil­


dren in their bonnets. (CR010404/1)


Meanwhile Brookside Prima­


ry School pupils, pictured right, took part in an Easter Bonnet competition with a difference. The Year 6 children have


been researching a headwear project for the past 10 weeks. As part of the project, each pupil had to research a particular type of hat of their choice before finally recreating it. Instead of the usual Easter


bunny hats, Brookside’s pupils made a huge variety of hats from different time periods and countries. The Medieval cone- shaped hat displaying the tradi­ tional ribbon, the Australian bushman hat and the Army hel­ met were just a few of the favourites.


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THE village of Chatburn is now firmly on the map through the worldwide web. An updated website was relaunched last


month featuring news, views, history, events, church, schools and many other items of interest on and in the village. The 45-page site was built by Mr John


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Chatbum. Mr Ridgway said: “It has taken many


hours to put the site together. We purchased software and a camera, and the site has many pictures.” He added: “We are grateful for all the sponsorship and loan of old photos.”


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wwv.chatbumvillage.org.uk, is expected to attract considerable attention, as it carries a major feature on the painstakingly researched story of the bombing of Chat­ burn by the Luftwaffe in 1940, an odd, iso­ lated wartime incident which killed three people and badly damaged the centre of the village. The article was written by Mr Read, who


has completed a huge amount of work on a story which has never been fully explained before. The feature describes the attack and its


aftermath, with eyewitness accounts, and researches the flight and aircrew which pos­ sibly were responsible. Pictures of the damage are “rollover”


images, in that the reader can place the computer cursor on the picture and it will change to a picture of the scene as it is today. I t is planned to produce a booklet about the raid, which Mil be on sale in the village.


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Surgery date


A SURGERY is being held by Rib- ble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans for residents to voice their opinions on ongoing issues. C o n s t i tu e n ts


can simply drop into 9 Railway View in Clitheroe, next Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., in order to see the MP. No appointment


is necessary and if anyone has any questions, please contact Christine on: 01200 425939.


Mrs Joyce Blackwell, the


Year 6 teacher conducting the hat project, said: “We are not having a wanner of the competi­ tion as each hat is so individual and therefore there would have been too many categories, mak­ ing i t impossible to judge. Every child will win an Easter egg as they have all worked so hard on their hats.” Picture shows 11-year-old


Sebastian Hemingway along with other Year 6 pupils show­ ing off their headwear. (B020404/6)


Football festival is a first-class success


YOUNG footballers from across the Ribble Valley enjoyed an exciting and sporting tournament at Ribblesdale High Technology College. I t organises the annual “Primary


Football Festival” as part of its com­ mitment to encouraging sport in the community and fostering close links between the area’s schools. This year’s tournament was run in


association with Blackburn Rovers “Football in the Community” scheme, with Dave Pilkington and the Ribbles- dale.High PE staff “doing the legwork”. ; All the participating teams thorough­


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"■ The team from St James Primary School, Clitheroe, eventually emerged as this year’s winners.


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