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www.ciitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Cliliieroe 422324 (Editoriai), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Bumiey 01282.422331 (Classified) Brownies’ Change World MBgSinl:-?V by Duncan Sm ith ' - VV f'-bv.-Tsit Fupils going ‘batty•!;


YEAR Four youngsters at Brookside Pri­ mary School,Clitheroe, have made their otvn bat and bird boxes. ' Phil Dylces, of the AVildlife Trust, visit­


ed the class as part of a topic looking at the pupils’ home town and its habitat. With his help, the children put together four bat boxes and two bird boxes, which have been sited iii the school grounds. Our photograph shows Mr Dykes %vith


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AS part of Girlguiding U K ’s “Changing th e World’! challenge, the 1 s t . ; ^ ' Wad Bro^vnies group chose East Lancashire Hos­ pice a s its. charity for the year.


; The Brownies have


taken part in several proj­ ects to raise awareness of' the hospice, including, making biscuits of sad and happy faces, planting bulbs and giving them to friends and family. Now the BroTOies have


presented a cheque for- £50 to the Hospice, the money raised from hold­ ing a treasure hunt. Sharon Crymble, commu­ nity fund-raiser of the hospice, was invited along to talk to the Brownies and enjoyed watching the girls make posters for fund-raising events.. Sharon said: “It was


lovely to be invited along to chat to the Brownies, and see how they are


•■\yorking towards their badge for the ‘Changing the World’ Challenge. We are also very happy and. honoured that the girls have chosen us as their.


' charity.” East Lancashire Hos-


;pice is' this year marking • its 25th Anniversary since


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'first opening its doors in 1984.'- After becoming


■independent fr om lh e NHS last year, it relies bn. the continued support of the local community to • fund its work in caring for the people of Ribble Val-'i ley, Blackburn, Darwen and Hyndburn who have . a life limiting illness,'and also offering support to their families. . In excess of £ 2 .8m.


must be raised every year in order to continue to provide these services and support from the commu-


. nity is essential and much . appreciated.


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• pice fund-raiser Sharon Crymble receiving her. cheque from the 1st • Waddington Brownies, (s)


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SICK children in hospi­ tal will take comfort from handmade blan­ kets, thanks to the ere- ■ ative hands of Clitheroe Brownies. •In order to achieve


their- Brownie Craft Badge, 24 Brownies


• knitted 12 blankets and • donated them to Alder Hey Children’s Hospi-. tal, in Liverpool. Wool was donated by


parishioners at St Mary’s • ■ Church, Clitheroe, as was a box full of knitted squares. All the girls, aged


between seven and 10, worked together as a team and were.taught' how to knit by unit helper Hannah 'Tindall, •as .well as leaders.


mothers-.and grand­ mothers. Helpers Mrs Dins-


dale and Mrs Bleazard went along to the meet­ ings to teach sewing. •


Brown Owl Carol


-Dinsdale and Tawny ■ Owl Trina Boswarth Lomax even took the squares along to'a Rib- ■ ble .Valley District


Guiders Training week­ end at Mytton Fold Hotel, where a group of guiders helped to sew them together! The Brownies have


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been presented with Alder Hey Rocking Horse Appeal badges. .Pictured are the


Brownies showing off their handiwork, (s)


All set for Ribchester Field Day -THIS year’s Ribchester


' Field Day - the 49th - ■ takes place on Saturday, June 20th.


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■ .Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School pupil Olivia


' Charnley is especially - looking forward to the big - day as she is'this year’s Field Day Queen. The l^year-old is a for­


mer pupil of St Wilfrid’s Junior School, in Ribch­ ester.


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-. : Her hobbies include bal- “ let, drairia and’playing the trumpet. .


Her attendants will be:


Tia Tyrrell, Danielle Jackson, Rebecca Holgate' and Nell Tomlinson; Her-


pageboy will be Rowan; Bond.


; Olivia will be crowned by retiring Queen Alexan- ■ dra ■ Fin ch ,; who alsoi attends Clitheroe Royah Grammar School.;'; -’ -V .


: ' Alexandra’s attendants'


are Grace-Talbot and- Dora Green and pageboys


Dominic Finch and Archie Crossley. Everyone will be hoping


for better weather this year - after last year’s del­ uge. As usual any help on the


recreation ground on the eve of the show or on Sat­ urday morning would be most welcome. Please con­ tact any committee mem­ ber or go along to the rec. on the night.: Also watch out for the Field-Day pro­ gramme - announcing details of the day’s events- and marquee classes.'The parade \vill kart^at 1 p.m. from Bee Mill. - • ''


Ribbie Vailey business'in focus;-'^,^' • . ,. • __ , - usmess i ers 9 '.team oii_01200 422324orc-mail:duncan.sniilh(geustIancsnews.co.uk^ ‘- by Duncan Smith


SE V E R A L Rib b ie V a l ley ■ businesses have been recog­ nised for doing their b it to help L ancash ire become a green tourism county They were among 15 of Lan­


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cashire’s greenest tourism busi­ nesses celebrated at a special awards ceremony held as part of a new project to develop Lancashire as a green tourism county.


. Of the 15 award recipients, an


Jenny’s designer yarns enterprise


AN Aladdin’s cave of designer yarns has opened at Backridge Farm, Waddington. Embroidery kits and pro'ducts for textile artists are


among the many being stocked at Jenny Scott’s Designer Yarns. Speaking about the launch of her new business


Jenny said: “The Ribbie Valley was crying out for a retailer that specialised in designer yarns. As well as stocking ranges including Noro and Debbie Bliss, I have specially selected a number of Fairtrade yarns from Araucania and Mirasol, plus a wide range'pf-cre-


' ative embroidery kits and products for textile artists.” Jenny will also be running a range of courses aimed


at those who are keen to learn the craft or improve their existing skills. Although her first course is already booked up, she


plans to run others in the future for novices, as well as seasoned knitters and embroiderers, (s)


Learn about Armagnac


CLITHEROE wine merchants D. Byrne & Co, of. King Street, are running a special promotion to try and unveil the mystery surrounding the custom-made fine spirit Armagnac and increase awareness mth edu-


• cational tastings of one or two samples. ■ . Byrne's stocks a huge selection of Armagnacs, rang-


• ing from £20 to the most expensive bottle in the store at £1,000, and Andrew Byrne will be on hand to give any ad vice you might need. • The promotion mil start on Monday, June 15th and mil run until Father’s Day. ■


. . . . Pre-school hours boost


■ A PRE-SCHOOL group in a Ribbie Valley village is thriving and will extend its opening hours froni Sep-


• tember to offer a full school hours care package. From September, the popular facility will extend its daily term-time opening hours to offer places for two-


and-a-half to four-year-old’s from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pre-School manager Susan Carter said: “Positive


■ feedback from parents past and present has led us tq increase the hours we’re open to include lunchtime and afternoons. We are gearing up our facilities and staffing accordingly for the start of the Autumn terni. ' Downham Pre-School is a registered charity and qualities for Nursery Education funding. For more information, contact Downham Pre-School on 01200


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impressive eight are based in the Ribbie Valley. They each won either a bronze, silver or gold standard Green Tourism Business Award after meeting a rigorous set of criteria, covering areas such as energy and water efficiency, waste management, and biodiversity. Ribbie Valley-based winners


of the highest level gold award were Foxhill Barn, at Gisburn, and Lower Gill Holidays, at Tosside. Silver award winners from the Valley were Pinfold Farm (Ribchester), Slaidburn Village Hall, Cobden Farm (Sabden) and Samlesbury Hall, and winners of the bronze


■ award were the Old Post House Hotel (Clitheroe) and River- • bank Tearooms (Slaidburn). The awards were presented at


the Hornby Institute by David Jackson, from the Northwest' Regional Development Agency . (NWDA), and Katie Read, from Natural Economy North­ west The Green-Tourism Busi­ ness Scheme (GTBS) is a . national sustainable tourism


, certification scheme. It is the largest and most established


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Valley businesses win green tourism awards


-ronmentally friendly manner to achieve the GTBS and promote Lancashire as a sustainable tourism destination.


• Lancashire County Council-,


lor Mary Wilson said: “We’re delighted that so many busi­ nesses have been successful in meeting the rigorous standards that are se t by the Green Tourism Business Scheme. This is an important step towards achieving our aim of making Lancashire a genuinely green county.” Among the Ribbie Valley


winners was bed and breakfast provider Cobden Farm, in the Sabden valley, where the own­ ers have taken a number of environmental measures includ­ ing recycling as much waste as possible, using eco products for cleaning and washing clothes and using low energy ligh t bulbs, recycled paper and bin bags. Maggie Wright, from Cobden


Farm, said: “We’re delighted to have won a Green Tourism Award. The Green Tourism scheme has really helped us to focus on en-vironmental issues. “We have also been given a


scheme of its type in the UK. The businesses taking part leen supported by the ■e Green Tourism Pro-


have all bee Lancashire


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ject - a three year project. ’ designed to help tourism busi- nesses and organisations that wish to operate in a more envi-


lot of support and some really, good ideas, both by the Green Tourism officers and the team at the Forest of Rowland AONB. We hope th a t our award will broaden our appeal as a business and attract new customers.” ■ Our pictures show two of the Ribbie Valley winners, (top) . Jackie Howard, from Slaidburn Village Hall, and (left) Peter an Janet Moorhouse, of Foxhill Barn, receiving their awards from David Jackson and Katie Read, (s)


Paul is a Hot Shot young chef NOT only has "Britain Got


' : Talent", but the Ribbie Val­ ley has got talent too, in the -/form-.a: young sous-chef


-.- named Paul Gamble who is j hailed as the next under-25 -- "Hot Shot"'on the county’s


. culinary scene. ' Paul (pictured), 24, is the talented sous-chef of Cassis


' at Stanley House Hotel, near . Clitheroe, and he will cele"- . brate'the announcement,' • made;by-Lancashire and :i Blackpool.TouristRoard,' /with a special dinner for 50


: guests in the fine dining '. restaurant in Mellor on Tues-


. day, June 9th. . Paul joined the award-win- ■ ning restaurant at Stanley


House in December 2006 and was promoted to sous-chef within a year. He has previ­ ously worked at two Michelin starred


an - restaurants,


Edmunds in Henley-in-Arden and Heathcote’s


in Lon­


gridge. In 2003, he won the Coventry Chef of the Year and EgonRonay Student Chef of the Year awards.


“We’re delighted that Cas- “We’re delighted that Cas­


sis at Stanley House has joined the initiative and we wish Paul all the best for his celebratory dinner. It will'be a pressured event, but I ’m sure he’ll enjoy the experience and I look forward to tasting his menu on the night.” • -


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“ Mike Wilkinson, chief . . executive of Lancashire and


.- Blackpool Tourist Board;- is' Rosting'a table atthe dinner.' He said: “Hot Shots aims to raise the profile of young chefs across Lancashire and Blackpool and to highlight- some of the fantastic talent we have in the region;


- . Oliver Cooke, general man­ ager of Stanley House, com­ mented: “It’s fantastic that Paul has been recognised in-


■ this way,-and it ’s a credit to Vhis skill and determination to succeed.


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; “He’s a great asset to the kitchen team and I hope his achievements inspire others to think about training for a career in hospitality.”


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