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FASCINATING and some—: times grisly yarns dug up from ■


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the region’s graveyards provide, the bones for a new DVD fea­ turing the Ribble Valley’s font of folklore, Simon Entwistle. 'Adding historical flesh to those


WeekendpTus To advertise, call Gina Morris on 01282 422331


; bones. Simon and fellow local his- . torian Steve Chappies, of Burnley,- will tell the stories of those lying six feet under, some famous, others infamous. Entitled “Tales from Northern


Graveyards’’, the DVD is being produced for the BBC, with filming now under way. Among the stories featured will


be that of William Southworth, a former landlord of the the Lower


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Saint Michael's Church Whitewell


A SERVICE OF MINE LESSONS AND : CAROLS -


Slaidburn Silver Band with .


14th DECEMBER 7.30PM


SUNDAY


There will be no morning service that day.


LOCAL BROTHERS : ■ Lindsey’& Andrew Blackledge COMPARED TO WHAT


SATURDAY 13th DECEMBER Low Moor Club, Clitheore > Everyone Welcome v • ,,


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CLITHEROE CHRISTMAS MARKETS


6th and 13th December •


Enjoy entertainrrfent , i,.‘ and tasters


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SANTA will be here between 10am and 2pm on both days FREE Hamper draw for all "


■ donated by Clitheroe Market Traders ■ ' . .


• Buck, Waddington, now resident in the cold hard ground of St Mary’s Parish Churchyard, Clitheroe. ^ On May 16th, 1833, Elizabeth Southworth, wife of the unfortu­ nate William, was horrified to dis­ cover her husband stone dead behind some beer barrels in the front room of their public house.


■ He had been cruelly murdered at the age of just 42. • The West Riding Authorities


arrested a rogue by the name of Dockray, who was subsequently sent to the gallows in Leeds. What marks this story out is th a t the


; deprived of a husband and a father..


• grief-stricken Widow Southworth,.. ■


■to their six children, insisted on the story , being chiselled, on his grave­


stone. Even today passers-by can , read how a good man was struck down by.a bad neighbour in a . moment of unforgivable passion. Other stories featured on the-


DVD will include those of; - , • Wallace Hartley, bandmaster ■


on the RMS Titanic, who, legend has it, played on to calm the pas­ sengers as the great liner sank slow-. ly into the icy ocean. His body was recovered from an Atlantic swell some two weeks after the tragedy and is buried in Colne Cemetery. • Brigadier-General Sir James


S carlett, who led the famous charge of the Heavy Brigade at. Balaclava in.October 1854 - a tru e . British herd whose body lies at rest


■in Cliviger. • Thomas Dunham Whitaker,


who wrote the history of Whalley, Craven, Lonsdale and Richmond- shire. Ordained in 1785, he was the vicar of Whalley and Heysham and planted some 422,000 trees in the Cliviger Gorge. At his own expense, he built his own chapel at Holme in 1788, received a gold medal for his conservation work and had a 100% attendance from his parishioners.


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s o much more goes into successfully s t ^ n g a play than most audiences ever


/realise... which is perhaps as it should be, for a ma^c trick can lose its “magic” once you know how i t ’s done. Yet Ribchester Amateur Theatrical Sod- ety (RATS) dedded to run the risk of letting their regular and appreciative audiences in on a few of their backstage secrets and, jud^ng by feedback so far, they pulled th is trick off mcely. Here P ete r Ruddock


^■ves us his review of the “RATS exposed”:


WHAT a g re a t idea to show the audience a peep


' behind the scenes of put- tingonaplay. There was an opportu­


SIMON Entwistlc at the unusual grave of William Southworth at St Mary’s Parish Church, Clithcroe (B041208/2) •


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ONE of Britain’s classic song writers is to perform in Clitherqe tomorrow. Chris Eaton, who has penned 12 songs for Sir Cliff


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THURSDAY 18 th DECEMBER 7.30PM -. •


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.L -A N C A SH IR £ L IF E C O O K E R Y E D IT O R P H I L J F F A J A M F F a n ta s t ic Festive F o o d & D r i n k ' T ra d i tio n a l C h r is tm a s L u n ch e s


: Richard, including the 1990. • number one hit “Saviour’s Day’’/ will be performing


: alongside ' the Stankov Ensemble from Bulgaria at


■ St James’s Church; ^ / .:/i/.The concert is set to be.a,; real t re a t for fans of Sira


/C lif f ’s truisic and also for • those who enjoy classics, / ; with the evening featuring a ■; -. blend of cla^ic and conterh- ■ porary music; a real “Cele­ bration of Christinas’’!'


: The concert begins a t 7- 30 p.m.'ahd tickets, priced.


.' £10 or £8 for, concessions, are available on the door or -: by calling 01200 423608;


Festive markets


A FEAST of festive fun takes place a t Clitheroe Market on Saturday.. The market will host entertainment through­


out the day, including bell ringing and choral singing. . The Clitheroe Dance Group will perform from


9-30-to 10-30 a.m., followed by local bell ringers from 10-30 to 11-30 and the Clitheroe Choir from 11-30 to 12^30 p.m.' From 1 p.m. onwards, the Clitheroe Town Band


will perform festive music,-while -Father Christ­ mas will hand out sweets. ~


, Shoppers in Clitheroe are also being 'ad'vised of


festive opening times for the market. I t ■will open as usual on Tuesday, December 23rd; and Tues­ day, December 30th. '


. There will be limited cabins an d s ta lls on Wednesday, December 24th, and the marketiwill be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and on Saturday, December 27th. - Business will resume as normal on Saturday, ^


January 3rd. ■ Valley art is on the 'net


' 'CREATIVE a r t is ts in Ribble Valley are remind­ ed tha t they now have a - dedicated website featur-.


■ ing a feast of Ribble Val­ ley dance, drama, music,


. ■visual arts and poetry, m The website (-www.:


; ribblevalleyarts.org) has been set up by the Ribble


/Valley Arts Alliance to : highlight-the breadth and/ depth of artistic talent in .


-Ribble Valley. The alliance hopes i t '


- will be used as a'network- ing tool and encourage; collaborative working. ■. ::/; , I t lists venues; perform­


ers and ar tists, produc­ tions and "workshops, and includes a What’s On sec­ tion, which is updated, weekly. Ribble Valley Borough


Council’s a r ts develop­ ment officer,-Zoe Fagg,- said: .“The website is a - fa n ta s t ic ; new ven tu re'


‘ wide range of events and activities, as well as raise


-the profile of Ribble Val­ ley a r ts /a c ro s s Lan-


. cashire.” - The Ribble. Valley Arts Alliance is a public and


' aimed at promoting locaL artists, organisations and ■ venues,.and improving' community participation in: creative and cultural - actmties. : ,“We hope it will help


artists and organisations work -in partnership on a


- • private sector, partnership : co-ordinated by: Ribble Valley- Borough, Couuyl and the '^Ribble-V »P/ : S tra teg ic :■


-P a r tn e r i^ p


V aimed at-promoting arts in Ribble Valley., . F u r th e rd e ta i ls - /a re available from arts devel-


' opment officers Zoe.Fagg or: Katherine Rodgers on 01200 443071.' ' - "


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nity in the first part of the evening to see the make­ up! artists a t work and for . the more creative to design costumes and do some play-reading.';Then into the action "with the very talented young RATS ha"vihgra.fantastic time and enter taining us all with the dance routines and "Abba" numbers from "Mamma Mia". Well done to Laura Frost for the cho- reography and to the young performers: Isabelle Astley, Jane Byers-Wood, Olivia Chamley, Alexan­ dra Finch and Johnny Humes. 'There "was a break for a


trad i tio n al Lancashire hotixit (generous portions provided by Ribchester Catering Company’s Marc and Sara Swinburne) and then in the second half "we were entertained w ith a sh o r t • play en titled "Between Mouthfuls", by -Alan Ayckbourn. I t was a wonderful performance by Rob EEndle, Guy Mason, Rebecca Parkinson and - Mick and Jane Fl3mn. / For those th a t missed


the play: it: is: se t -in a- restaurant and revolves


around the "waiter and two couples. Rather cleverly we can only hear the con- ■versation when the "wmier is mth each coupla I t -was made the more entertain­ ing as the couples know each other, b u t d on't realise that the other cou­ ple is thera I t is further complicated by the fact th a t the two guys work with'each other, one as the boss. Oh, and then the boss has been having an affair with the other guy's wife! The two couples never


stop arguing, even when the waiter moves away (that must be really hard to do with all those Vrhubarbs"!) and i t seems th a t neither of the guys can get anything right. The prompter (Sue Cron- shaw) sat front of stage, b u t (sadly) no prompts were needed — they were ju s t too good! Maybe a demo was needed for this bit? - ■ I t was great to be able


to talk to the cast after­ wards and ask questions. The Flynns did assure me th a t they were playing totally out of chai^terfor them and th a t this cer­ tainly did not represent life on Greensada I hadn't realised that the food was real, although I had spot­ ted that the wine served to the Flynns-was.


added to our ever-growing m a i l in g - l is t and also acquired some keen new members. The evening highlighted.


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the need for enthusiastic people to become involved in RATS behind the scenes as well as on the stage. 'We had make up demon­


I have to say th a t the


wine that Guy and Rebec­ ca got looked like, well let^ say "coloured water". Well done to the play directors Claire Davies and Judy MallamV No play would happen without all the set and costume makers ^ d the make-up team; and of course the front of house and box office staff. .As well as entertaining us all it has, as intended, gener­ ated interest from a num­ ber of people to become involved with RATS in ■various ■ways. Well done to" Viki Mason for pulling this off. Another success for RATS and we look for­ ward to the next!" PeterSuddock


HERE VUci Mason, of


the RATS, explains how this unusual evening of backstage enlightement and onstage en ter tain ­ ment came about: “We decided to hold a RATS “ta s te r” evening


- way back in September and the committee began to plan the event. We are a thii"ving society, but felt we "wanted to expand our network of members and friends a l i t t le further afield. “The response to the


evening was fantastic, with people'travelling from all over the region. We have successfully


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strations, play readings from “Alio AIlo” - com­ plete w ith h a ts and a moustache — lighting demonstrations, a RATS histoiy display with scr^>- books from over the years, and a popular costume design competition. The winner will be awarded two free tickets to see then- costume on one of th e cha racters in our pan­ tomime, “Aladdin”, which is on February 6th, 7th, 12th, 13th and 14th. “'The event was


extremely well received and we are delighted that so may people enjoyed it. If anyone would like to become invol"ved in RATS ■we welcome new members all through the year. Please caU 01254 878813 or come to the Parochial Hall in Ribchester a t 8 p.m. on a Wednesday or 'Thursday evening. We hope to see you soon!” Our picture shows the


normally concealed back- stage preparations before the performanca (s)


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AROUND 120 Simon- stone villagers gathered together for their f i r s t . Christmas tree lights switoh-on. 'The event was


opened th e chair- • man of Simonstone Parish Council, Coun. Peter Lambert, who thanked the school, St Peter's Brownies, the Rev. Dr Alan Sower- butts and the residents of Simonstone for attending. He went on to say:


“The Christmas tree is a t the centre of aU our


homes during Decem­ ber and this tree ■wiU remain a t the centre of our -vill^e throughout the festive period.” Two Year 6 pupils


from St Peter’s Primary School in Simonstone, Joe and Olivia, were given the honour of turning on the Christ­ mas tree lights. The schoolchildren


and Bro-wnies then led the residents in .singing carols around the tree. Rev. Sowerbutts then


-gave a blessing and after the final carol "was


sung everyone retired to th e ■village Old School for coffee and mince pies, served by the Brownies. Coun. Lambert said


i t had been a wonderful turnout and something to build on for the future. Pictured are children


singing carols and Joe and O livia, from Simonstone Primary School, who shared the honour of turning on the •village Christmas . lights, (s)'


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