24 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 6th, 2008


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BOOKWORMS are in for a treat this weekend when the Annual Clitheroe Anti­ quarian and Out-Of-Print Book Pair takes place. Building on the success of previous


fairs, it will be held at the St Mary’s Cen­ tre, in Church Street, on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. As part of the event, people are invited


to take along books for a free valuation by professional antiquarian booksellers. Specialist dealers in a range of fields


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including antiquarian, fine bindings, chil­ drens books, Lancashire local history, crime fiction, literature, natural history, illustrated, military and more will share their knowledge ivith visitors. The popular event is run by the PBFA,


weekendpius B a n d o n t h e r ise ! To advertise in Weekendpius, call


Gina Morris, of our entertainments team, on 01282 422331


WITH a new name, a new line-up, a new EP of songs, a new website and a growing army of fans, 2008 could be the break­ through year for an up- and-coming Clitheroe band. A name clash with another


outfit led the indie folk/pop band to change their name from The Rascallies to The Ragamuffins, but it certain­ ly hasn’t hindered their progress. Recently one of their tracks was played on BBC Radio Five Live during the half-time interval at Anfield in Liverpool’s Cham­ pions League win over Inter Milan! They have also been interviewed and had their music aired on BBC Radio Lancashire, with an excellent


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GAME PLAN (U)‘ 2hrs 20mins Daily 12.15 3.00 5.40


5.40pm show Tues Sublitled - Audio Descriplion available all week


THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL (12A)* 2hrs 15mins Daily 12.25 3.00 5.35 8.10


VANTAGE POINT (12A)* Ihrs 40mins


Daily 1.20 3.40 5.40 0.00. S al morn 11.20, Sat Late 10pm THE BANK JO B (15) 2hrs10mins


Daily 12.40 3.10 5.40 8.15, Sat Late 10.45pm


KITE RUNNER (12A)' 2hrs 30mins Daily 2.00 5.00 8.10-


JOHN RAMBO (18) 1 hr SOmins


Daily 12.30 2.40 5.40 8.00, Sat Late 10.30pm No 12.30 2.40 Show Sat/Sun


THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND (12A) Ihr SOmins Daily 1.25 3.40 6.00 8.25, Sat Late 10.50pm No 1.25 3.40 6.00 Show Sat/Sun


NATIONAL TREASURE; BOOK OF SECRETS (PG) 2hrs 2Smins


Sat/Sun only 2.00 Sat Morn 11.00am UNTRACEABLE (18) 2hrs


Nightly 8,30, Sat Late 10.50pm


THE WATERHORSEtLEGEND OFTHE DEEP (PG) 2hrs10mins


Sat/Sun only 12.30 3.00 5.30 SEMI - PRO (15) Ih r SOmins


Saturday’


Daily 1.30 3.40 5.50 8.00, Sat Late 10.10pm s Little Oscar show Hlh March 2008


AUGUST RUSH (PG) Ihr 55mins, Fun & Games start at 1 tarn


ONE ADULT FR EE WITH ONE CHILD ADMISSION


The DIrerdors Auditorium (Normal Ticket Prirjrsl BE KIND REWIND (12A) 2hrs


Daily 12.50 3.20 5.40 8.15, Sat Late 10.40pm feti.'Mi.w.w.yiiB.BCTnrBBT.¥TOii.ii.iag>i


For more details call the Box Office on: 01282 664400. Or book online at: www.burnlevmechanics.co.uk


Thursday 13th March 8pm KARINE POLWART


BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Winner TickcLs: £13 / £12 on the door


Friday 7lli March 7.30pm, Tickets: £9 /£7 PENDLE OPERA Gala Concert From Bizet to The Beatles


Saturday 8lh March 7.30pm Tickets: £61 £5 SHELL’S BELLES - Cheers Show


Tuesday 1 llh March 2.30pm, TickcLs: £11 /£9 WE’LL MEET AGAIN


Comedy music & .song from tlie wartime era


including Vera Lynn, Bing Crosby, George Formby, Gracie Fields & many more


Saliuday IStli March 730pm,'IlckeLs:£14/£i2


BUDDY HOLLY & t h f : CRICKETERS Fast, furious and ver)' funny rock & roll show


with special guest appearances by oilier legends of the golden age of Rock & Roll


16th Burnley Municipal Orchf.stra 27th Stewart Lee (Stand Up)


28th The Lancasihre H ot P ots 29th Shine On (Nol Pink Hoyd Tribute)


30th Northern J azz Orchestra Burnley National Blues Festival Coming Soon


Clare Teal - Tim Vine - Horse & Bamboo Theatre


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response from listeners. The band will also play


live on the opening night of Clitheroe’s new multimedia arts centre. The Grand, on March 29th, earning a place in the history of their home­ town. The talented new line-up is


Paul Heck on bass, trumpet and vocals, Richard Nichol­ son on drums and percussion, and David Jaggs on vocals, organ, piano, harmonica and guitar.


■ In recent months they have played venues in Man­ chester, Liverpool, London, Newcastle, Sheffield, Devon, South Wales and more, but are looking forward to The Grand’s opening night - their first Clitheroe gig for almost six months. As David Jaggs


commented: “Despite play­ ing further afield, we certain­ ly don't want to lose touch with Clitheroe - the place we grew up in. There's nothing like a hometown gig to excite! “We've also got a brand


new EP out and are current­ ly looking through a number of interested parties with regard to securing a genuine ‘release’ of it as a record.” Until then you can hear


the band’s music, listen to the Radio Lancashire inter­ view and find out more about The Ragamuffins on new website/myspace page: www.theragamuffins.co.uk Tickets for The Grand


opening night gig are avail­ able at £5 each from: www.ticketline.com


The White Horse Inn 01200 423660 S u n d a y M a rch 9 th


Pool Competition 1pm start £100 winner S u n d a y M a rch 2 3 rd


Karaoke with Gaz 4 till 12 T u e s d a y M a rch 2 5 th


Texas Holdem Poker Night 8pm start C om in g S o o n


Friday nights Karaoke/Disco


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the country’s biggest antiquarian trade association. Organiser Neil Summersgill, of Mellor, said: “Our members are experts in a wide variety of areas and the Clitheroe fair will be a chance for people to bring along books and manuscripts for a free valuation by knowledgeable special­ ists. Details of other PBFA fairs throughout


the country can be found on the website at: www.pbfa.org


Passion for crafts?


IF crafts are your passion, why not ven­ ture into Pendle on Saturday, March 15th. On that day, the New Road Communi­


ty Centre, in Earby, will host a Village Craft Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will include demonstrations of a wide


variety of crafts, including card making, mask making and many more. There will also be the opportunity to purchase various craft items to have a go yourself. Refreshments will be available through­


out the day and admission will cost just 50p.


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^ b ble Valley compiled by Marcia Morris


All entries For inclusion in these columns should he on a listings form, available from Main Reception, Ribble Valley Borough Council, Church Walk, Clithcroc, (01200 425111) and handed in by (he 10th of Ihc month prior to the event.


Braille It, meets in Clitheroe Library


each Thursday at 9-30 a.m. to noon. Tel. 01200426063. Ribble Valley Visually Impaired


Group meets every Monday evening in the Catholic Social Club. Tel. 01200 426822. Pendle Club, Lowergate, sequence


dancing for over-55s each Tuesday at 7- 30 p.m. St Wilfrid’s Hall, Ribchester: Line


dancing Mondays at 7-30 p.m., Junior and senior RATS Wednesday and Thursday a t 7-30 p.m., Ju Jitsu Friday at 7 p.m.. Brownies, Cubs and Scouts together with church groups also meet inthehaU.Tel. 01254 878473 7th - Stepping Out, meet Highmoor


car park a t 1.^0 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484. 7th - Clitheroe United Reformed


Church, Women's World Day of Prayer at 7-30 p.m. Tel. 01200 422757. 7th - Clitheroe Mountaineering Club


weekend meeting at Gian Dena in the Ogwen Valley, Snowdonia. Inquiries, tel. 01200427044. 8th - Clitheroe Ramblers' Associa­


tion, meet Chester Avenue car park at 9- 30 a.m. for Horton-in-Ribblesdale. Tel. 01254 729113. 8th - West Bradford Village Hall,


ON Tuesday, Clitheroe Country Market will be held in the United Reformed Church Hall, in Moor Lane, from 10 to 11-30 a.m. . At this popular attraction, formerly called


the WI Market, you can buy delicious home­ made baking, preserves, plants, crafts and at the same time enjoy a cuppa. The following Sunday, March 9th, the


annual Memorial Luncheon will take place in Knowle Green Village Hall from 12-30 p.m.


EVENTS - MARCH 7TH TO MARCH 13TH


Acorn Steiner Kindergarten, craft day for four to 10 year-olds and open day for parents from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Inquiries, tel. 01282 774118. 8ih - St Michael and St John's Parish


Hall, Lowergate. KSC dancing to Bob Fairclough.TeI. 01200 427029/427096. 9lh - Stepping Out, in Longridge.


Meet at the Duke William Inn (Chapel Hill) at 2 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484. 9th - Knowle Green Village Hall.


Memorial lunch with Lancashire folk group "T'other’arf". Tel. 01254 878447. 9th - Whalley Methodist Church


Christian Action Group present music and readings for Passiontide by Renais­ sance Singers, 7-30 p.m. 10th - Stepping Out. Meet at Plat­


form Gallery at 1-30 p.m. Tel. 414484. lOth - Ribble Valley Diabetic Group


meeting in Clitheroe Rugby club, Little- moor Road, a t 7-30 p.m. "Looking After Your Heart”. Tel. 01254 245611. lllh - Clitheroe Ramblers' Associa­


tion, meet at Chester Avenue car park at 1 p.m. Car share to the start point at Sabden. Tel 01200 441346. ilth - Knowle Green Village Hall,


line dancing. Tel. 01254 878447. llth-United Reformed Church Hall, Moor Lane, Clitheroe Country Market,


formerly WI market, 10 to 11-30 a.m. Tel. Mrs Backhouse 01282 776115 or Mrs Monk 01200 425264. 11th - Stepping Out. Meet at the


Viewing Point, Jeffrey Hill, Longridge, at 10-30 a.m. Planned stop along the route so bring a packed lunch. No dogs permitted. lllh - University of the Third Age


meeting a t 2-30 p.m. in Trinity Methodist Church Hall. Dr Malcolm Petyt "Accents and Dialects". 12th - Bowland Transit Walk,


Bashall Eaves to Ing Wood. Six-miles. Meet Clitheroe Interchange at 9-20 a.m. for BIO bus. Tel. 0113 2645920. 1.3th - Stepping Out, meet Downham


car park. Tel. 01200 414484. 13lh - Whalley Methodist Church


Hall, Whalley Flower Club, a demon­ stration "Kaleidoscope", at 7-30 p.m. Tel. 01200428470. 13th - Knowle Green Village Hall,


lunch concert featuring David Aspin on viola. To book tel. 01254 826948. 13th - Clitheroe Naturalists' Society,


annual dinner. Tel. 01200 446847. 13th - Clitheroe and District Record­


ed Music Society, meeting in United Reformed Church, common room at 7- 30 p.m. Speaker Mrs J. Bishop.


fl Further details of some of the above events can be found in the advertisements in Weekend Plus. A booking sen ice for theatres and events throughout the region is available at the Tourist Information Centre, Market Place, Clitheroe, tel. 01200 425566.


Take a bus trip to see The Grand


opening THERE will be a free bus touring the Ribble Valley villages on Satur­ day March 29th taking residents to the opening of The Grand in Clitheroe. With just three weeks


to go, the team behind the York Street project aims to ensure that any­ one with transport diffi­ culties is able to take a look a t the £3m. makeover. The bus will operate between 10 a.m. and 4-30 p.m. In the evening, Man­


chester-based band “Bluebird Kid Clark” - winners of T4’s Popworld competition will headline an event supported by The 99s and local band


Ske Ragamuffins. ticket hotline has


been opened for the Fri­ day night launch event


. and others scheduled to take place in April, May and June. Tel. 0871 424 4444 or visit: www.ticket- line.co.uk for more details and special promotions. For information on vil­


lages at which the bus will be stopping and times, email: grandin- fo@oasisuk.org or tele­ phone 01200453051.


14th - West Bradford


Village Hall, food bingo and pie and pea supper at 7-30 p.m. T ic k e t only av a ilab le from 01200 426272., 14th Stepping Out,


meet Platform Gallery at 1-30 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484. 14lh - Roefield Leisure


Centre, primary schools’ indoor athletics competi­ tion for five/six year-olds. 10 a.m. to 12-30 p.m. 14th - Swan and Royal


Hotel, A59 Club music night a t 8 p.m. 15lh - Mayor's Parlour,


coffee morning. Proceeds to the Bible Society. Tel. 01200 458019. 15th - Mellor Brook


Community Centre. Fid­ dle Day. R e g is tra tio n starts a t 10 a.m. 15lh - St Peter's Church,


Ribchester Road, Sales- bury, a concert by the A Cappella Singers a t 7-30 p.m. Tickets from Clare Harding on 01254 240127. 15th - Bowland Transit


Walk, Middle Lees to Dunsop Bridge, moderate seven miles. Meet Clitheroe Interchange for 9-20 a.m. bus BIO. Tel. 0113 2645920. 16lh - Clitheroe Ram­


blers' Association, meet at Chester Avenue car park at 9-30 a.m. for Rossendale Valley. Tel. 01254 822802. 16lh - West Bradford


Village Hall. Antiques and collectors fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stalls and inquiries tel. 01200 424311. 16th - Clitheroe Castle


field, Sports Relief activi­ ties from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 17th - Knowle Green


Village Hall, whist and domino drive a t 7-30 p.m. Tel. 01254 878447. 17lh - S tep p in g Out,


meet a t Black Hill car park, Sabden, a t 1-30 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484.


The Bullfrog's on stage


ON stage in concert a t the Thwaites Empire Theatre, in Blackburn, on Friday March 28th is one of the North West’s favourite faces, Bernard


Wrigley, pictured. Bernard - affectionately known


as The Bolton Bullfrog - is known as an actor, singer and storyteller. Many will remember him from Emmerdale a few years ago when he played Barry Clegg, the hapless rocket builder whose tvife Lisa left him for Zak Dingle. Over the years he has played no


less than seven different characters in Coronation Street. He was also in three episodes of Victoria Wood’s “Dinner Ladies”, where he complained about the food, danced and sang and played the concertina. Recently he played the part of Dodgy Eric in Peter Kay’s “Phoenix Nights”, where he sold a mechanical bucking bronco to the club (with disastrous results). In the second series he insisted that Brian Potter hire a bouncy castle.


complete with a 15ft. phallic extension - “Sammy The Snake”. He's no stranger to Blackburn,


having presented many of the morning shows on BBC Radio Lancashire, as well as four of his own series. Recently, BBC Radio 2 listeners


could hear Bernard guesting on the Mark Radcliffe show four times. He released his book “Shorts For All Occasions”, being a collection of daft one.-verse poems, in 2006. A new one will fol­ low later this year. His one-man show a t the


Thwaites Empire on March 28th will feature his unique blend of songs, stories, monologues and guitar playing, culled from almost 40 years of singing in the folk music world. Tickets cost £10 and are available from the box office on 01254680137. You can find out more about


Bernard and his eclectic world at his website: www.bernard- wrigley.com


stunning show will take your breath away


A VISUALLY stunning produc­ tion of “Beauty and the Beast” on ice will be staged at the Vic­ toria Theatre, Halifax from Wednesday, March 26th to Sat­ urday, March 29th. The show features the world


famous Russian ice stars, who will bring this much loved fairy tale spectacularly to life in a


breathtaking show suitable for all ages. It boasts a new musical score


from acclaimed Italian compos­ er Silvio Amato and wonderful choreography by Guiseppe Arena, who choreographed the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Playing the role of the hand­


some prince who turns into a beast will be Andrey' Chuvilyaev. Recognised as the tallest pro­


fessional ice skater, standing at 2m., he will be partnered with the beautiful Olga Pershankova as Belle. Tickets for “Beauty and the Beast on Ice” are £22.50,


£18.50 and £14.50 with a spe­ cial £10 ticket price for children. There are also discounts and family tickets available. They are on sale now from the


Victoria Theatre box office on 01422 351158, Monday to Sat­ urday 10 a.m. to 6. p.m. during March or on line at tvww.victo- riatheatre.co.uk


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Village Hall, line dancing a t 8 p.m. Inquiries , te l. 01254 878447. 18th - Clitheroe Ram­


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blers' Association, meet a t Chester Avenue car park a t 10 a.m. to car share to Chipping. Tel. 01772 865578. 18th - Stepping Out in


Longridge, meet by Dino's a t The Alston, Inglewhite Road, a t 10 a.m. Tel. 01200414484. 19lh - Bowland Transit


walk, Dunsop Bridge to Slaidburn, five-and-a-half mile moderate walk. Meet Clitheroe Interchange a t 11-30 a.m. for BIO bus. Tel. 0113 2645920. 19lh - St Michael and St


John's Social Centre, Low­ ergate, tea dance from 2 to 5 p.m.. Instruction, after­ noon te a and singalong. Tel. 01200 426769. 191h - St Mary's Centre.


Hull Truck Theatre, per­ forming "One". Tel. 01200 427612 or www.stage- screen.org.uk 20lh - S tepping Out,


Thursday, meet Kemple End car park (forest car park), a t 1-30 p.m. Tel. 01200414484. 2O1I1 - Clitheroe Moun­


taineering Club, indoor meeting a t 8 p.m. in Clitheroe Cricket Club. An illustrated lecture about the Balkan Peace P ark. Tel. 01254 884035.


Big ballet


BREAKING all com­ mon notions of what cho­ reography should be like. The Big Ballet will be at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax on Friday, April 11th for an evening of grand and astonishing dance! This professional


female dance troupe, with each member weighing more than 17 stones, has enchanted audiences across the UK. Winning hearts with their grace and passion for dance. The Big Ballet is a huge and impressive phenome­ non akin to a hurricane. During this unforget­


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table evening, the dancers will perform a mix of clas­ sical and modern ballet pieces, showcasing their amazing skill and grace in a show full of fun. Tickets for The Big Ballet are priced £17.50 and are available from the Victo­ ria Theatre box office on 01422351158.


Historic talk AN illustrated talk enti­ tled "North Country Folklore" will be given by Peter Watson in St Peter's Church, Church Street, Burnley, on Tues­ day at 7-30 p.m. Organ­ ised by The Pendle For­ est Association, this talk will be about historic cus­ toms and the real reasons for ancient practices.


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