Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, September 18th, 2008


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Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classified) ‘Working our socks off’brings rewar^ i


CHILDREN and staff at a village school have been jump­ ing for joy after receiving a


glowing Ofsted report. Both Ofsted and diocesan


school inspectors delivered their fourth consecutive set of glowing inspection reports to Chatburn


; Primary School. •. Inspectors visited the school in July, right at the very end of the last school year and were impressed with what they saw ■ The report stated: “This is a good school with many outstand­ ing attributes, not least its aca­ demic standards.”


• The inspectors talked to pupils, ' parents and staff and witnessed


PICTURED is Mr Maudc.with pupils celebrating the glowing Ofsted report (A150908/4) ■


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■ lessons and examined children’s


books. The report added; “The care,


guidance and support provided for pupils is excellent. Conse­ quently, their attitudes, behav­ iour and their personal develop­ ment are exemplary.” Top marks were given to the


standard of teaching. The report said: “Teachers make learning interesting and positive relation­ ships throughout the school are a real strength. A strong feature is the excellent progress made by pupils with learning difficulties. “As a village school there are


excellent links and consultation with parents and pupils speak of


their school as a family, fun, excit-


ing and interesting”. Headteacher Mr Robert


Maude received particular praise. “Outstanding leadership by the headteacher has led to sustained


high standards,” the report added.. The head is thrilled with the


splendid report. He said: “We are delighted to receive our fourth set of glowing reports. I can do no better than quote from the report which says one chid commented T always work my socks off’! “This applies to everyone at


Ex-CRGS pupil Nancy’s first novel is in print


A FORMER CRGS pupil has penned her first novel. Nancy Shaw, who was at


the Clitheroe school between 1976 and 1981, has published . “Nobody’s Perfect” using her pen name Penny Black. The novel is a fictional


story centred around a young woman who found love with two men. Said Nancy: “I t was very


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painful to write as although the book is fictional a lot of it is.based on truth and it was upsetting at times to write, re­ read and then edit.” She added that the book


delves deep into her own life and the pain she has suffered over the years - especially the death of her ex-boyfriend, Jason Hampshire, who com­ mitted suicide in.l989. Said Nancy: “I have recent­


ly met a wonderful man, my soul mate, which is something I never thought would happen after Jason, especially the continuing heartaches I have had, but that's in the next novel!” Her book is currently avail­


able through: wordclay.com. but Nancy hopes it will soon be available on amazon.co.uk and in book stores throughout the country.


• FORTY-ONE members of the Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Masonic Fel­ lowship enjoyed a talk bythcRcv. A. Reid called


■ “Humorous Aspects of a Vicar’s Life”. ■: Hc began by


telling his audience how he became a


vicar, and spoke of the many places where he had lived. The next meeting will be at West


: Bradford Village Hall at 2-30 p.m. on October 13th when Jim Halsall and Alan Parkin will be speaking on York- shire Dales No. 1.


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Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 18th, 2008 11 Club enjoys a ‘journey’ to Chernobyl


•teacher dies at 89


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A WELL-RESPECTED former Clitheroe teacher has died. Mr George Todd, pictured,who was


born in Primrose Street and taught at Glitheroe’s St Michael and St John’s School for some time, died in Rugby, aged 89.


On leaving school, he attended Preston


Gatholic Gollege and he thrived there to the extent of becoming school captain. Between leaving Preston Gollege and the outbreak of the war in 1939, Mr Todd did some teaching and then when war broke out he' volunteered immediately. He was told to wait until he was called


up and eventually he was taken into the Royal Army Medical Gorps in Ormskirk'. From there he went to the North Stafford­ shire Regiment and was then posted to the King’s African Rifles in Kenya. After being demobbed in 1946, Mr


Todd took advantage of the Government scheme for teacher-training for ex-service personnel and did an accelerated one-year course at Alsager Training College. His first teaching post was in St Albans,


Herts, where he met his wife-to-be, Annette Goodchild. They married in April 1955 and moved


to Crawley, where Mr Todd became deputy headteacher of St Francis’ RC Pri­ mary School. In 1959 he was promoted to head­


teacher at Our Lady Queen of Heaven, a three-form entry Catholic primary school. During this period Mr Todd spent a year at Cambridge doing a Diploma in Educa­ tional Studies, which latdr led to an M.Ed. In 1966 he became a lecturer in the Soci­


ology of Education at St Paul’s Teacher Training College in Rugby. On retirement in 1978, Mr Todd was


able to pursue one of his major interests, which was travelling, and he and his wife became inveterate globe-trotters. The couple had four children, Andrew,


Damian, Francesca and Jeremy and nine grandchildren.


His family has this week paid tribute: ' '


“George was a man of principle with a deep and abiding faith and an unswerving devotion to Annette and his children and grandchildren. “He had a wicked sense of humour and


a penchant for tinkering with old cars caused by the ever-present need to keep the family’s latest ancient vehicle on the


road. “His intellectual life was a deep and var­


ied one as his collection of hoo^ reveals, but he never lost his love of people and was always prepared to involve himself in


his community. “He had a life-long association with the


Scouting movement, which began in Clitheroe when he was young,' then Scout­ master with the Castle Scout Troop and culminated in his last position of Scout Group Leader in his own parish of St Marie’s, Rugby, where he was also chair-


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of the governing body of the Middle bl. He followed the fortunes of Black­ burn Rovers wherever he was and was


thrilled when they won the Premiership title in 1995.”


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