Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 48 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk Weekendplus An elixir of pure delight from Opera North
“THE ELIXIR OF LOVE”; the Lowry Theatre, Salford FOR a few hours we were transport ed to the sun washed terrace of the Hotel Adina, somewhere in southern Italy
circa 1950. Daniel Slater’s enchanting production (2002) of Donizetti’s delightful work has been revived by Opera North. Swedish soprano
Anna Ryberg sings the role of the feisty Adina, flirt-
ing with the dash ing naval captain Belcore (Lan cashire’s own Ric- cardo Simonetti) and with the cun ning Doctor Dulca mara (Peter Savidge) while ignoring the lovelorn Nemorino (Andrew Kennedy). It is
Maxwells Live Music for Easter TONIGHT IAN MAC
• - Performing Swings Pop Thur 5th April
TOM STREHON
Fabulous Male Vocalist Thurs 19th April
A N D IED E E Book Your Table NOW! 01200 443906 R o s e & G r o w n
C a s t l e Sc, C l i th e r o c O 'k i . . o I 2 0 0 4 4 2 8 4 8
SUNDAY 25TH MARCH 7:00PM ONWARDS
MIKE DOBIE
(Songs from etc The Verve. Razorlight, The clash. Killers, The Who,
The Stone Roses and many more) Back by Popular Demand
SATURDAY 31ST MARCH 9:00PM ONWARDS "Compared to What?"
(Lyndsay and Andrew Blackledge)
fun; it is light hearted with many humorous moments. As always the chorus of Opera North provide a galaxy of cleverly individu alised characters that are a joy to watch. I was capti vated by the increasingly drunk-
Wilpshire Hotel
Live music Every Saturday night. *Coming soon*
______Elvis, Motown night. '/For more details call:
01254 248415 T he
W h it e H orse York Sc, Clitheroe
01200 423660 Sunday 25th March
"Nuts" Pool Challenge 2nd heat
Winner receives "Nuts" Pool cue and a place into next round final shown
on Sky TV 5 pm start +
DJ Anthony, Karaoke + Disco DJ Simply the best!!!
Monday 2nd April Poker Night Coming Soon
"Buzzin" on Big Screen Buzzin games to quiz games _ _ _ _ _ _ _ For all ages !!1 Burnley Mechanics Manchester Road - Burnley - Box Office - 01282 664400
Friday 23"‘March - 8.30pm THE ‘CLONE ROSES’ + The Superkings
Tickets: £12.00/£10.00
Sunday 1“ April - 7.30pm JULIE FOWLIS
Scottish sextet, Dochas Tickets: £12.00/£10.00
Monday 2"‘‘ April - 2.30pm CIRCUS HILARIOUS The 007 Tour
Knockabout humour, slapstick, magic & all
round madness of panto with circus favourites
Clive Webb & Danny Adams Tickets: £8.00 / £7.00
Saturday 24"' March - 8pm JOHN BISHOP
Stand Up Comedy (Language caution) Tickets: £10.00/£8.00
Friday 6"' - Sunday S'" April
19th BURNLEY NATIONAL BLUES FESTIVAL
Tommy Castro Sugar Blue Sharrie Williams Earl Thomas Michael Messer Hamilton Loomis Malt Schofield Family Style The Jive Aces Louis King Son Henry Blue To The Bone
Tommy Castro
Special Spring Sale
Thursday 19th April at 11.00am Entries invited
Important George I
walnut bureau bookcase
www.silverwoods.co.uk
Viewing: Tuesday 17 April 1pm to 7pm Wednesday 9am to 1pm or by appointment
Morning of sale from 9ara Silverwoods of Clilheroe
Refreshments & ample on site parking ‘
; Ribblesdale ,Centre, .Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 IQD . Telephone: 01200 423322 , . > . '
One Night With Elvis
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en barman, the • lovers, the girl des perately seeking a boyfriend among the handsome young sailors, the patient doctor’s ivife, the priest and his housekeeper and most of all the irrepressible old man in the red trousers. It really felt as if
I were people watching in La Bella Italia. The score is live
ly and Opera North continues to delight.
PIPPA MUNRO Feisty 'feline'
ORGANIC food and drink fans are finding more and more to tempt them to the super market aisles and now an exclusive new organic offer ing is coming on the shelves - SICILANO WILD CATCATARATTO 2005 from Sicily, which is priced at £4.99. • With labels that
draw on rustic Sici ly and modern Italy for inspira-
WINE TALK with VIC'
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tion, the Sicilano wines are designed to appeal to Sicil- ian-ophiles every where. Cataratto is one
of the island’s most important indige nous white vari etals-an early maturing grape that gives wines full of zesty, citrus
character. This wine has been given the nickname “Wild Cat” to con vey the fact that all of the Catarat to used is 100% certified organic. The grapes for
Sicilano Wild Cat Cataratto 2005 were harvested from guyot trained vines grown on the clay-soiled Trepan! hills in the east of Sicily. Picking took
place in the second and third week of September and
CLITHEROE YOUNG
FARMERS MUCK HAUL Saturday
24th March
£I barrow £1 bag
£50 trailer load
lb order contact: Jamie Hoperaft
07816 845035
All proceeds to charity
Second Hand Book Fair
, Longri(dge Civil Hall Saturday 7th Aortl , 10am-4 30pm
' North West Book Fairs ’ ■ ' 0161 797 4786
THURSDAY 5th APRIL 6.00pm Kings Mill Antiques Centre
Auction
Kings Mill Queen St, Harle Syke, Burnley BBIO 2HX Follow brown tourist .signs from Burnley General Hospital to Queen St Mill
Sale to include:- Smalls & Small Furniture - Good Quality Antiques and Colleclables, Glass, Chandeliers, Vaseline, Carnival, China, Early Victorian to I970’s Designer. Pottery, Doulton, Devon ware, Wade, Pendelphin, Poole, Midwinter.
Pictures & Paintings, Lithographs. Books. I930’s Teddy Bear. Celia Co. Doll ‘Patrick’. Memorabilia. Gold Jewellery, Watches.
Have you something to sell? - Good quality items now required For further details Tel. 01282 431953
Email:-
auction@kinpsmillviemon.en.nl; Visit:-
ivww.king.smill.dcmon.co.uk
Kings Mill Antiques Centre Queen St, Harle Skye, Burnley
Follow brown tourisi signs from Burnley General Hospital to Queen St Mill
Sugar Blue
Karl I Thomas
Johnny Mastro & the Mamas Boys Roadhouse Blues Band Guitar & Harmonica Workshops Blues Cruise & Festival Fringe
y v w w . M i c r r i u r i i , C Q . U K 4 t ;
■ Book online
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, . J„Box Office 01282 664400 ''•
Www.burnleymechanlcs.co.uk '
TJCpm-.lickai; £16.50-tl 7i0'
BURNLEY MECHANICS ‘ Manchester Rd, Burnley
SUNDAY 25th MARCH - 10am to 3pm Entrance:- £1, Trade with card free.
COLLECTORS FAIR Free Prize Draw Form on Entry
Clock repairer on site this Sunday - fetch yours in for repair.
Indoor Venue - Ample Parking - Easy Assisted Unload & Load Refreshments Available
Tables now available from only £10 including chairs & electric if required. Special Marcli offer. Book a table for March and gel one in April FREE Slalllioldcrs from 08.30am. Public from 10am. Ring 01282 431953 Now for details
M p l 2 .8 2 / 6 6 i 2 3 4 f p
after a soft press ing, which extract ed a maximum of 60% of the juice, a cold fermentation in stainless steel took place over 20 days at controlled temperatures between 15-18°C. The result is a
wine with a bril liant golden colour, green highlights and an elegant, delicate nose with tropical notes. The fruit-packed
palate makes this wine ideal to drink with light hors d’oeuvres, salads or on its own.
/n :L E A R OUTYOUR^ ( CLUTTER AT
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COLLECTORS MARKET & CAR BOOT SALE
OPEN EVERY SUNDAY COME RAIN OR SHINE
THE AUCTION MART 400 Stall & Spaces Indoor or
out. Same price indoors or out. Buy. sell, brov/se and barter.
Stall holders and public just turn up, unloading 7am • 9am. Open till 4pm
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Children challenged to be green fingered
CLITHEROE children are being encouraged to become green fingered. Youngsters between the
age of four and 14 can grow a coleus to enter in Clitheroe Gardens Club’s annual August show. Seed, compost and a plant
pot for this year’s Children’s Challenge are being provided free by the club. Anyone wanting to take
part should go with an adult to collect their seeds from the club hut at the south end of West View any Sunday this month between 10 a.m. and noon. O Forty members who
were present a t the club’s March meeting were wel comed by chairman Bill Gregson. The main event of the
evening was an educating and humorous talk by Sue Lewis, co-founder of the Rochdale-based Hedgehog Rescue charity. A wide-awake hedgehog
sat happily in her hands as she told club members that rescuing injured and aban doned hedgehogs and return ing them to the wild had
Overjoyed to see I
depot completed I WOULD like to express publicly what I think would be the views of many who live in the Castle View, Kirkmoor Road area, when I say we will be overjoyed to see the Kirkmoor Depot development finished. 'This is not because it is just what we
wanted, more the fact that the site has been the most untidy and dirty site imaginable. Spreading soil, sand, ready mixed
cement (still in evidence) and stone the length of both roads has caused many residents problems. There has been a continual proces
sion of very large and heavy wagons for the last 12 months, many of them turning round in the numerous resi dential cul-de-sacs. All this has contributed in no small
way to an acceleration in the deterio ration of the area’s road surfaces, and the destruction of kerbstones all very self-evident. The workforce has continually
parked indiscriminately, blocking drives and access, which when pointed out generated a less than, polite response. One matter of great concern has
been the use of unlicenced site equip ment for the whole of the site’s history, running up and down Kirkmoor Road, between the two ends of the site. This has included dumper trucks, diggers with tracks and lifting equip ment. What happened to the small garden
walls topped by railings? Is this anoth er short cut? All this has come on top of a site
being developed without proper traffic management. A complete reversal of policy from the time Swan Meadow was developed. Do our local planning and building
control departments really work tor the residents of the Ribble Valley? You do begin to wonder, and what about
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the councillors who did not even listen to our concerns some 14 months ago. The election is coming up - so think about it. CONCERNED CLITHERONIAN Name anti address supplied
School reunion for
the class of 1982! I AM in the process of organising a reunion for all the boys and girls who left Ribblesdale Secondary School in 1982,25 long years ago! If anyone out there is interested in planning, attend ing or offering a suitable venue, please contact me, Carol Snowden (nee Baker), on 07792 248969. CAROL SNOWDEN, 16 Bowes Close, Bury, Lancashire
Fancy becoming a
Valley councillor? MANY of your readers will be aware that borough and parish/town council elections take place on May 3rd this
year. For those who like to have a pop at
their council then just maybe the fol lowing might be of interest. Why not have a go yourself? Nomination papers are available on
request on level C of the Ribble Valley Borough Council Offices in Clitheroe. You will need 10 signatures of peo
ple in your ward (just ask what one you are in) but they must also appear on the Register of Electors for your
ward. Do have a look at the register (also
on level C) to ensure that the peo- Editor >fBCnCT Edlurial r-mtil: tj a5lU nr>u)i'»N.r<
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ple/mates you intend to ask are actu ally registered to vote. Then set off with your nomination
paper to obtain your signatures. Once done return to level C and the
Register of Electors to add the elec toral registration number to each of the signatures on your nomination form. All this by noon on April 4th! For the borough elections it is best
to call yourself “independent” in the description box - meaning independent of politics which I rather fancy. Any thing else must by the way be a regis tered political party. And if you are standing for the
parish or town elections then you need only two signatures and you can call yourself all sorts of things! Of course there are other forms and
pages of waffle (very legal waffle too) but that is the gist. So have a run for it - in fact run
amok. BRUCE DOWLES, Whalley Road, Clilheroe
Does town need all
these takeaways? I WOULD just like to ask why? Today I noticed a sign on a lamp
post regarding the tile shop on Moor Lane being reopened as a takeaway. I would like to know why, and how we have so many takeaways in such a small town? I have counted at least 20 take
aways off the top of my head in Clitheroe, yet when a really useful store like Homebase wants to come to town and offer not only hardware and garden centre essentials, but most
importantly it can offer employment to local residents, it is refused all the time on the grounds that we don't need a store in such a small town. I would like to point out that we
only really have one hardware store, and, unfortunately, this store does not stock as much stock or choice as Homebase does. I ’m sure Dawsons will still keep their faithful customers, but we really should have the freedom of choice. In all the news headlines and Gov
ernment figures we are constantly being told that children and adults are becoming obese, even schools are pro moting healthy eating, yet Clitheroe council is trying to promote obesity by squeezing in as many fast food take aways as possible. In this world of obesity why are we
encouraging more fast food places, surely something like Homebase would prove to be popular, even if it only creates new jobs for the town. NAME AND ADDRESS SUPPLIED
There’s no place for
speaking the truth ILLEGAL war, Parliamentary scan dals, cash for honours, cash for ques tions etc., and now “Shoot the mes senger”. If you are reading this short letter.
Colonel Patrick Mercer MP, I ’m sorry you were sacked from your Shadow Government post for saying how Army life was during your time in it. Britain must be the only country on
planet Earth where a politician gets the sack for telling the truth. Frankly I despair. I ’m afraid Col. Mercer, your 25
gradually taken over her life. A large bequest had made it possible to build a special hospital.
The talk gave audience
members a b e tte r under standing of the nocturnal, nomadic creatures. Sue explained that hedge
hogs can be a gardeners’ best friend, but they often have to face many dangers. She exploded the myths
about them being flea-ridden and said the traditional bread and milk often put out tor them could be harmful and that dry cereals and fruit cake were a better choice. She urged gardeners who
use slug bait not to leave poi soned slugs about and to make sure beer traps were inaccessible to all but slugs as she had dealt with more than one inebriated hedgehog. She claimed that without
human understanding and intervention, the days of hedgehogs could be num bered. O The next club meeting is
on Wednesday, April 4th, when David Metcalfe will present “Vegetables - The Way I Grow Them”.
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Gymnasts somersault to the top!
GYMNASTS at a rural Rib- ble Valley primary School have been celebrating after winning the regional final of a gymnastics competition. A group of Year 4 gym-
nasts from St Mary’s RC Primary School,-in Langho, beat fierce competition from other schools to be crowned winners at the regional finals of the inter-schools gymnas tics competition held at Mount Carmel School, Accrington. The children were selected
and trained by Mr Tom Holt, sports coordinator for the Ribble Valley sports partnership and head of PE at St Augustine’s RC High School, in Billington. The super-fit young ath- ,,
letes are now gearing them selves up to be put through their paces when competing against schools from across the country in a national gymnastics competition to be held soon. Regional gymnastics win
ners from the Langho school are pictured celebrating suc cess.
(B200307/1)
years’ experience as an Army officer, with “tours” in Ulster and Bosnia, count for nothing in today’s political ly correct, hypocritical “United Kingdom”. BERT HARDWICK, Queensway, Waddinglon
Toilets are a credit
to Rose and Crown MAY I take this opportunity to com ment on the toilets in the Rose and Crown on Castle Street. They have got to be the cleanest
toilets I have ever come across (the ladies’ toilets). Clean public toilets are not easy to
find as some are either vandalised or are just not clean. To the staff a t the Rose and
Crown, a credit to you, keep up the good work. Apparently the gents are clean as
well (but I would not know that). They have disabled toilets as well. K. WILCOCK (MRS), Highficld Road, Clitheroe
Thanks for your
help and advice! WITH sincere appreciation I wish to ^ thank the staff at Clitheroe and also Whalley libraries for the great deal of help and advice they gave me in my research and study for my own personal satisfaction of the De Lacy family. Because of that help from both
libraries I have gained a great amount of knowledge concerning the De Lacy dynasty. I thank both libraries once again
for their help and advice. E. W. KINDLE,
Constable Close, Halliwcll, Bolton
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