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THE Ribble Valley has taken top honours in the Most Improved Village categories of this year's L an c a sh ire B e s t K ep t Village


competition. With Billington taking the award for Most Improved Large Village,


and Barrow the Most Improved Small Village, it was a clean sweep for the d is tr ic t in these prestigious awards, sponsored this year by Lan­ cashire County Developments Ltd, the county council's economic devel­ opment company. County Coun. Niki Penney, chair­


man of LCDL, visited the villages to meet local people and see for herself


the high standards achieved this year. "Competition across Lancashire is


very high for these awards," she said, "and to be chosen as the most improved ^^llage is a great honour. I am sure the residents of Billington and Barrow are delighted with this achievement and th a t their hard


work has been recognised. "I am sure they will be trying even


A ‘site’ for


sore eyes! WINNER of this year's


' Lancashire Best Kept Vil­ lage competition award for the best Commercial and Industrial Site is the Sidings in Whalley. Created at the side of


the railway in the pic­ turesque village of Whal­ ley, the Sidings is home to a variety of local business-


. es.’Owner Andrew'Eon- nan is proud of the site and h ^ expansion plans for the future which include trying to attract a new NHS dentist to the site.


PICTURED, from the left: County Coun. Niki Penney, Thirsa Ainsworth, chairman LancashircBcst Kept Village Committee, Andrew Ronnan, owner of the Sidings,


Audrey Townson, Lancashire Best Kept Village Committee, Bill Watkinson, secretary Lancashire Best Kept Village Committee and Rodney Swarbrick, finals judge, (s)


celebrates in style


THE village of Wiswell has taken the award as runner-up in the small village category of this year's Lan­ cashire Best Kept Village competi­


tion. Chairman of the sponsors, Lan­


cashire County Developments Ltd, County Coun. Niki Penney called in to .congratulate local people on


• their achievement, i ' She said;."This is the first time I have been to Wiswell and I can see the effort that has been made to make it a contender in the Lan­ cashire Best Kept Village competi­ tion. To gain runner-up position is a great achievement and everyone in the village should be proud. "It is not just about making the


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village look pretty by dressing it up with flowers - to gain an award there has to be a real will by local people to rnaintain a high standard of appearance. That means no lit­ ter, no derelict land areas and a real feeling that the village is cared for. Wiswell clearly fits the bill and I am sure that local people will be


trying to achieve even more next year." Pictured from the front, left:


parish council clerk Alan Butt and County Coun. Penney. Back, seated: Audrey Townson, Lancashire Best Kept Village Com-


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harder next year and that the villages will once again be contenders in these


Pictured, front from the left: Coun­


ty Coun. Penney and Coum Graham Sowter, vice chairman of Billmgton and Langho Parish Council. Back, from the left: Thirsa


Ainsworth, chairman of Lancashire Best Kept Village Committee, Coun.


Carl Ross, of Ribble Valley Borough Council and Billington and Langho Parish Council, Audrey Townson, of Lancashire Best Kept Village Com­ mittee, Coun. David Threlfall.ot Billington and Langho Parish Coun­ cil, Rodney Swarbrick, finals judge and Bill W'atkinson, secretary of Lan­ cashire Best Kept Village Committee, (s)


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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 18th, 2004 5 " S


College winter wonderland


WHILE the rest of the Rib­ ble Valley was "enjoying" an overcast November night, pupils a t Stonyhurst College were playing in th e snow-


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covered quadrangle. And they had a celebrity


playmate - singer Aled Jones, who had flown to the college direct from filming “Strictly


Come Dancing”. He even demonstrated some


of the moves from the hit BBCl


show. The ancient front quadrangle


was "dressed" as a winter scene with artificial snow by BBC Religion for part of their “Songs of Praise” Nativity pro­


grammes. Aled was filmed singing in


the quad and children from St Mary's Hall, Stonyhurst’s prep school, had a large part in the production as they were filmed playing in the snowy scene. The item from the college will be broadcast on Sunday,


December 5th. The “Songs of Praise” pro-


ducer/director Gary Boon said: "The filming at Stonyhurst Col­ lege broke new ground for us.


"W We do not usually go to so


much trouble to dress a venue like this, but the snow does give a wonderfully festive feel to this magnificent setting. "We have never before tried this type of filming on ‘Songs of


Praise’. “Aled Jones is being filmed in


real time and the St Mary's Hall pupils filmed in slow


motion. “We are then to put the two


sections together and this should give an interesting


effect." Gary described the pupils as


"wonderfully responsive and


full of enthusiasm." This is the second time Aled has visited Stonyhurst with


“Songs of Praise”. The first time was two years


ago covering the J.R.R. Tolkien


link with the college. Pictured below is Aled Jones


with St Mary's Hall, Stony­ hurst, pupils Hugh Thomson, seven, from Paris, and Alicia Beard, nine, from Whalley. (s) St Mary's Hall pupils, right,


are having some ealy practice playing in the artificial snow, (s)


Airspace peace follows solution to noise battle


A LONG-RUNNING “b a t t le ” for supremacy of the Ribble Valley air space has ended in a peaceful solution - on


Remembrance Day., ' Model aircraft enthusiasts and a local . , i


authority met for the final time m a courtroom to ratify ah agreement whicu , signifies an end to a 12-month disriut “We are delighted to have leachea a


solution that satisfies all parties,” said Dianne Rice, of the Rihble Valley Bor­


ough Council. “Peace has been declared and hopetui-


ly it will remain all quiet on the Western front,” said Mr Andrew Thompson, of the


flying club. Complaints of noise nuisance from resi­


dents in the Edisford area of Ciitheroe prompted the Ribble Valley Borough Council to issue an abatement notice on


miittee, Thirsa Ainscough, chair­ man Lancashire Best Kept Village Committee, and local resident Ruth Collinson. Standing: Rodney Swarbrick, finals judge and Bill


Watkinson, secretary Lancashire Best Kept Village Committee, (s)


Proud Cosgroves scores a hat-trick


FOR the third time, Cosgroves Menswear, of Whalley, has won


"Best Shop" in the Lancashire Best Kept Village 2004 Competition.


The competition is one of Lan­


cashire’s most popular community activities uniting both locals an visitors alike during the spring an


summer months. “We are absolutely thrilled to


have won again this year,” said Cos, groves' managing director Dorothy


Cosgrove. “I t’s a boost not only to the team , . „


here, but to our customers and the community too, in that it recognis es our hard work and pride in on


busiri6ss/’ Established in 1897, this


owned business is now poised , launch its new flagship store m,


Rimington in December. Pictured are Paul Winckley an


MartinWatterson outside the Whalley premises, (s)


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Stonyhurst teacher’s


Disney link AN English teacher from the Ribhle Valley is col­


laborating in a top secret project with the Disney Corporation - with the


help of her pupils. Catherine Robinson, a


teacher at St Mary’s Hall, Stonyhurst Col- lege’s prep school, is writ­ ing for Disney, hut is not allowed to reveal the nature of her work. She recently travelled


to Milan to give a talk to other children’s writers on boys’ reading prefer­


ences and she used a DVD of hoys from St Mary’s discussing the


subject. “The hoys were


applauded in their absence,” said Catherine. “Everyone was most


impressed by their articu­ late responses. “They were superb ambassadors for the


school. “The DVD was subject


to simultaneous transla­ tion and was heard in four languages. “I feel very privileged


to have been in the com­ pany of such talented and experienced artists


and authors. “I cannot talk about


the project itself, but it is


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abatement notice. The deadlock was ended when the fliers found a new field more than a quarter of a mile further away from the housing and the only restriction th a t will now be placed on t-heir activities are those under the Department of the Environment Code of


'D|>2^ctic6« " “We are delighted that everything has


been settled amicably,” said Mr Thomp­ son, of Ramsgreave, Blackburn. “The club has been flying from the old


site for about 28 years and the problem was that the housing gradually moved


closer to us. “The council has been very eager to


provide a satisfactory solution and at the end of the day it has been a victory for


common sense.” Ciitheroe. Rucksack stolen in village


A RUCKSACK containing a passport, a DVD player and a pair of jeans was stolen in broad daylight from Berry


Lane in Chipping. Thieves made off unseen


with the bag which had been briefly left unattended in the rural area during last 'Thurs­ day afternoon. The missing goods have been valued at £110 altogether.


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