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18 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 21 st, 2004 Club needs ‘new blood’!
MEMBERS and guests of Clitheroe Garden Club met to discuss possible new speakers for the committee in 2005. Members were also asked to
give serious consideration to serving on the club’s committee, as it is felt that “a small injection of new blood”, was needed. However, members were
warned that being on the com mittee did mean taking on responsibilities. Around 30 members and
guests were present at the meet ing, at which the chairman reported that the club sales hut was due to close for winter very soon, opening again in mid- February. During its closure, essential
maintenance work and a stock take would be carried out. It was reported that there had
been a poor take-up for the club dinner and a decision about whether to go ahead would have to be made soon.
The club chairman ann
ounced that a competition would soon be launched to create a new logo for the club, in addition to the RHS affiliation badge it was permitted to use. However, the main event of
the evening was a talk on alpines and rockery plants by Michael Board, of Hanson’s Garden Cen tre. He illustrated his talk with samples of suitable plants, and later answered questions from the audience. The club’s next meeting will
take place on Wednesday, November 3rd, and promises to be very topical, as Alan Schofield will be dealing with issues regarding organic food and farm ing. Non-members are also invited
to attend meetings, which are held at Ribblesdale High School Technology College. For further information, con
tact club chairman Mr W. G. Gregson on 01200 425482.
Return of guitar-led rockers
QUALITY guitar-led rock group “The Lost City Sinners” are returning to the Ribble Val ley. Fresh from gigs in Manch
ester, the four piece band is back by popular demand at the Brown Cow, in Chatburn, on Saturday night. The rock ‘n’ roll group, which plays cover ver sions from the Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Bowie and other
A MOTHER and son from Kendal have appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with stealing cutlery and crock ery worth £500 from a Ribble Valley antiques centre. Sandra Francis Lax (54) and
Paul Simon Farran (24), both of Ing Lane, Kendal, pleaded
AN illustrated lecture describing a caravan tour through Europe will take place at Whalley Library on Monday. The talk entitled “Caravan via Venice” will be given by Arnold Grime and describes a caravan journey
great artists from the late 60s to 70s will be performing from 9 p.m. It is the second visit by the popular rockers, who feature the legendary Canadian guitarist and songwriter Jon (Doe) Williams, the English six-string slinger Dr Tom Levette, local drumming legend Harry Hindle and Mancunian bass maestro Jeff Pillay. Admission to the gig is free.
Mum and son on theft charge
not guilty to stealing the prop erty belonging to the Pendle Antiques Centre, Sabden. They are alleged to have secured a catering contract at the centre before removing the cutlery and crockery for clean ing. The pair were remanded on bail until November 25th.
Lecture on caravanning in Europe
via France and Switzerland to Italy, returning via Austria and Germany. The lecture will start at 7-30 p.m. and the entrance fee is £1. Tickets, which are on sale now, must be bought in advance from Whalley Library.
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A BLACK-TIE ball, raffle and “Auction of Promises” raised £3,200 towards Pendle Primary School’s new classroom and playground areas. Up to 120 people flocked to
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the Moorcock Inn in Wadding- ton to support the charitable event and were greeted with a glass of champagne on arrival. A game, of sit-down bingo broke the ice among guests, . with the last two people stand
ing each receiving a bottle of wine. Throughout the evening,
■ the raffle was drawn with some excellent prizes up for grabs. The main attraction of the evening was however the Auc tion of 43 Promises, where ser vices with a face value of just under £3,000 were sold to the highest bidder. Services ranged from clay
pigeon shooting tuition to five hours of driving,lessons, by
“Teach me to drive”. During the course of the evening it was highlighted that three hours of baby-sitting by the school’s head-teacher Mrs Margaret Carrington had raised £75 towards the grand total. Organ iser and chairman of Friends of Pendle School, Mr Robert Stevenson stressed that the organisation of such an event was an immense- task and thank<'d all attendees and every
one who supported the event,
either by donations or help. The evening proceeded with
dancing to Jedi disco until the early hours of the morning fol lowed by a free bus home ser vice courtesy of Hodsons of
Gisbum. . , Generous guests are pictured
ready for a fun-filled evening. (T041004/6)
' O More pictures in the vai ley, out November 4th.
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Our Castle is set to become a TV star!
by Julie Wintle
CLITHEROE Castle will get a shot at television fame in January in a popular
children’s series. And Ribble Valley Borough
Council tourism bosses are looking forward to a hike in visitor numbers to the town when the award-winning show is screened. The Castle was turned into
Cackle’s Academy in June for filming of the long-awaited fifth series of ITV’s "The Worst Witch". Based on the best-selling
books by Jill Murphy, the 13- part comedy drama series, starring Alice Connor (13), is a magical take on school life. Ribble Valley Council leisure
and tourism manager Chris Hughes said: “This shows what a pleasant area Ribble Valley is and the screening of this popular television series will continue our high media profile.” Granada Television location
manager Rebecca Rawcliffe described Clitheroe Castle as the best castle in the North - West. She said: “I had been scout
ing for castles throughout the North-West for about four weeks and was actually on my way to look at Stonyhurst Col lege, when I saw a tourist sign for the castle. ■ I viewed many
castles around the North- West, but Clitheroe definitely came out tops.” Ribble Valley is not new to
film fame, for Sir Richard Attenborough shot his hit movie "Whistle Down the Wind" in picturesque Down- ham. Downham is also the loca
tion for BBC TV’s "Born and Bred",, while Stonyhurst Col lege was the British location for the Hollywood comedy, "Three Men and a Little Lady". Ribble Valley is also thought
to have been the inspiration for part of Tolkien’s Middle
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£lm. facelift for Whalley Abbey
WHALLEY ABBEY will be treated to
a £1 million revival plan. The plan will focus on refurbishing the
Earth. Tolkien was a regular visitor to Stonyhurst College, where his son, John, trained as a priest, and spent much of his time writing the trilogy in a classroom on the upper gallery of the college. And hot on the heels of the
Oscar winning "Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Ribble Val ley was linked with this sum mer’s multi-million pound epic "King Arthur", which claims Britain’s most legendary lead er was from Ribchester. Previous series of "The
Worst Witch" have been screened in more than 60 coun tries and received several inter
national prizes, as well asl BAFTA and Royal Television [ Society award nominations. Clitheroe Castle was built [
around 1186 by Robert dej Lacy to protect the adminis trative centre of his vast! estates. It is said to have been the smallest keep in England, with rooms as small as 20 feet j square. Clitheroe Castle Museum I
runs family events and fun | activities throughout the year. Further details are available I from the museum on 01200 | 424635. Our picture shows the cast of I “The Worst Witch” (s)
Black-tie ball raises £3,200 for school ,1 i .- ’ -f ' f- i- ■' A -M
abbey itself, its historic retreat house and conference centre and will be funded through Blackburn Diocese’s Pastoral
Fund. The plan mil upgrade accommodation
in the former abbot’s lodging, to increase its appeal with the major aim being to “re-affirm the fundamental spiritual pur pose and ethos of the abbey”, while turn ing financial losses into a surplus. “We must revive these historic stones
as foundation stones for new Christian adventures, and re-vitalise an historic, mission-shaped site for the future,” said the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev.
Nicholas Reade. Refurbishment should be followed by
\videspread consultation over later phas es of development, he said. This would involve grant aid and co-operation with
other partners. The plan, which would be financed
through the diocesan Pastoral Fund, was voted through by more than seven to one (78 votes to 10) by members of the Diocesan Synod, representing Church of England parishes across Lancashire. “The key to the whole future of the
abbey is to marry a much more commer cial approach to the continuing and abso lutely fundamental spiritual purpose of the house,” said the diocesan secretary. Canon Michael Wedgeworth. The refurbishment plan would replace
the current subsidy from the parishes of some £24,000 a year - the abbey’s cur rent average losses — with a potential contribution towards their work of £50,000, once the benefits of refurbish ment were felt, he said. Mr John Dell, chairman of the dioce
san Board of Finance, ^id the parishes were effectively contributing around £30,000 a year at present to subsidise its running costs and meet essential repairs. Moves to delay the plan for further
consultation during the next six months were defeated by the Sjmod. Canon Wedgeworth said there had
been “definite plans” to refurbish the house since at least 1997. Other possibilities had included using
the house as the Bishop’s home and office, transferring the diocesan offices
from Blackburn to Whalley, or going into partnership with a hotel chain. The abbey site is a former Cistercip
monastery, founded around 1300, dis solved by Henry VIII, and sold to pri
vate owners in 1553. The house was bought by the Church
of England in 1923 and became the diocesan retreat house and conference centre when the Diocese of Blackburn
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 21 st, 2004 19 Angela’s geared up for a good cause
FORMER Ribble Valley woman Angela Holden has cleared her second obstacle on the road to next year’s London Marathon. Angela (pictured), originally from
Hurst Green, finished the Kingston Running Festival 8.2 Mile Run in one hour and 34 minutes. The race was Angela's second offi
cial race after she applied to run the London Marathon in April 2005.
In order to increase her chances of
being accepted for the event, Angela has also applied tor a charity place with Asthma UK and, if accepted, has pledged to raise £1,500. In 1997 Angela's father, Mr John
Holden, died of eraphysema/asthma at the age of 61, having suffered from asthma all his life. Angela has also suffered from asth ma for most of her life and takes daily
medication, which keeps it under con trol.
Angela's next race is the Brighton
Reebok 10k race on Sunday, Novem ber 21st, and she aims to enter more races as part of her preparation for
the marathon. A former employee of Ribble Valley
Borough Council she moved to the south of England to work for South Bucks District Council in 1996.
She now lives in Berkshire and
works for Medway Council in Kent as head of Members' Services and Elec
tions. Anyone wishing to make a dona
tion towards her fund-raising for Asthma UK should make cheques payable to "Asthma UK" and for ward them to: Angela Holden, 7 Lyn wood Crescent, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 OBL.
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