,4- 12 ‘r Clilheroe Advertiser & f in ie s , Thursday, March Slh, 2 0 0 9 : www.clilheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clithef()e’422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advising), Burnley 01282 422331 (ClassMed)^ , Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advertsing), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classified) vvww.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 5th, 2 0 0 9 :13 usmess 1 ' by Duncan Smith ■ ^THOMAS PICKERING, C-


-A QUARTET of.cooks from a . Ribble Valley pub famed for its


- food have made it to the finals : ofithe ■


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COMPETITORS, from the left the young orators with their certificates; the team from Clitheroc Royal Grammar School, who triumphed in the Intermediate Class at the District Final and the teachers who guided the Youth Speaks teams.


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. The standard of the youngsters’ presentation skills was incredible as ■ they held their audience captive with humour, reasoned argument and confidence. ■


.. y. The judges, all members of . Clitheroe Speakers Club under the


' moted by the Rotary Club. ■. y-:.;The local,round-was held^at ■■;Brookside.vPrimaryr School, C li theroe,..where i: the' subj ects ■


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: chairmanship of John Adey, gave assessments of performance and guidance for the future. As an extra test, all teams were asked a ques­ tion to see how they worked “off ■


. the cuff”, i In the Intermediate Class only _ . Clitheroe Royal Grammar School fielded a team of 11 ; and 12-year-olds. Their sub- '


■ ject was “Necessary Nessie?”, ’' ;. a thought-provoking talk ask- i ing whether it was tradition or money that kept the myth,


,' Or otherwise, of the Loch ' ; Ness Monster in the public J eye.


, ' ‘ Pictures by David Bleazard. words As the only team in their class, ■■‘chairman respectively. Last on the y


they progressed unopposed to the District Final where - this time fac-' ing tough opposition ^ they t r i - : umphed again to win the Interme­ diate Class. ■ Back a t Broqkside, there was


stiff competition in:the Seniors Class.


' ' First up was a team from Moor-'


y; platform was Clitheroe Royal : Grammar SchemTs team, who again


• gave a.teenage 'view of a much .debated topic - abdication and suc-


V cession - concluding th a t good- : ■ looking Prince William was prefer- . able to grey-haired Prince Charles.!


land School, Clitheroe,'who made' their audience think hard about the ■ Olympics and their true place arid value in the world today. '; ■yyyy.’ .’ -y , Next on the platform was a team


from St Augustine’s RC High School,Billington, whose slant on the battle of the sexes was a funny, well thought out and well present­ ed speech as seen through the eyes of a t e e n a g e r . : I t certainly entertained the


judges and organisers (all of more mature years!) and the team’s Sally Holden and Tom Pickup won the prizes for best speaker and best


, : ; .Zoeyah Shaheen, who gave the : - vote of thanks in the team, won the • prize for the best proposer.


. ' As local winners of the Seniors 'Class,' the St Augustine’s team pro-


. gressed to the District Final, where they performed well. ■ But they narrowly lost out to the team from Albany Science College, Chorley. ; Prizes were presented to the local


, winners by president of the Rotary ■ Club of Clitheroe Alan Yearingand . all participants received a person- alised certificate.-The teachers who . guide the teams, all too often for-


• gotten, all received flowers from the president.' ■ i


[Following jn dad’s footsteps A CLITHEROE hairdresser is keen


. to support training in the workplace by hiring apprentices from Black­ burn College, especially when one of them is his daughter. Garry Standr ing, owner of


Garays and Hairways unisex hair­ dressers, has been train in g up


•youngsters from the college for the past few years, as he believes gain­ ing practical skills is the way for­ ward for the workforce of the future.


■ The hairdresser, who has over 40 years’ experience under his belt, said: “Apprenticeships e n a b le . youngsters to develop hairdressing and communication skills by meet­ ing paying clients in a realistic busi­ ness en-vironment. “With apprenticeships, young­


sters are not only getting a qualifi­ cation; I ’ve found that youngsters’- confidence and social skills improve drastically from interacting with - customers.”


■ • Many employers share Garry’s


positive experiences and national Apprenticeships Week seeks to raise the profile of the scheme for stu­ dents and encourage more employ­ ers to recruit this way.


Garry’s daughter, Alex (18), is


currently studying for a NVQ Level Two Hairdressing Apprenticeship at Blackburn College, for which she tra in s a t Garays four days and attends college one day a week. Alex said: “I ’ve grown up with


hairdressing because of my dad’s businesses; I used to help out on Saturdays, in the school holidays and wherever I could. “I like to be hands-on and every


day at work there is something new to be learned and it adds a realistic dimension to what l am taught on the day I go to college,” she added. The former Rowland High School


pupil will work full-time a t her father’s salon next year and hopes to own her own salon at some point in the future; For more information on courses


available at Blackburn College, con­ ta c t S tu d en t Services on 01254-, 292929 or visit them on: www.black- burn.ac.uk. . Our.picture shows apprentice


Alex with her father, Garry, in his Clitheroe salon, (s)


Booth’s slashes plastic bag use


BOOTH’S; the leading northern retail­ er which has operated a store in


. Clitheroe for more than 25 years, has ' ■slashed the number of plastic bags used in”all its stores over the past two years. . By the end of 2008 Booth’s had suc-


; cee’ded in cutting the number of envi- '. ronmentally unfriendly plastic carrier


; ".bags used in.its stores by a massive '48.5%.


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In 2006, Booth’s was giving out 29,201,250 carrier bags a year. This fell


• to 15,044,500 in 2008. With Booth’s ■' achieving a cut of nearly 600,000 bags : ■ a month it is likely that it has already-


.' reached the 50% cut that retailers have promised to achieve by the end of May. Customers have also been return-


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ing used bags to the in-store carrier bag collection bins which are sent for recy-


; cling, further reducing the'amount of bags that end up going into landfill. .: •'Booth’s has introduced a range of


innovative measures. I t removed plas­ tic bag dispensers from the checkouts at :-all its 25 stores. Instead of routinely


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-' '. In addition. Booth’s has offered cus-' . tomers eco-friendly jute bags, and Bags for Life as alternatives. The jute bags_ have proved a big hit with customers,' : and more than a quarter (28%) of all;


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dence Awards ,-; the industry’s “Oscars”. ' The four talented chefs from The Three Fishes, at Mitton, a re : .


r ' • Thomas Pickering, pictured, shortlisted in the Poultry Catego- -


- ry for his dish of devilled breast of comfed Goosnargh chicken, served with chunky chips, onion rings,' watercress and field mushrooms. • Richard Upton, whose;


heather-reared Bowland lamb hot­ pot has secured him a place in th e : Pub Classics finals. ' • Calum Wilcock, who came through in the Bar Dishes catego­ ry with his game faggots with pumpkin and a cider and ginger dip. • Tamara Cookson, finalist in


the Dessert Category for her lemon meringue pie with Simp­ son’s whipped cream and candied peel. All four finalists came through


the initial “paper” judging before competing in the national “cook-; offs’’ in Milton Keynes, where they had to prepare their chosen dish before a panel of judges in a set time - an hour for the Bar Dishes and 75 minutes for the other categories. The winner of each category,


and the overall Pub Chef of the ; Year 2009 title - selected from the [


Retailers’ reason to


be cheerful A CLITHEROE retailer ! ; has won a highly presti- : gious award. ' Automotion, based in


-Highfield Road, has been voted Car Accessory .


.. Retailer of the Year for ,; 2009. ‘ ; The award was '


announced at the;; :-3 . . Autosport International .


. Show, at the NEC, in •; Birmingham, and was ; judged from retailers across the whole of the UK. The judges took -


> handing out plastic bags, staff now ask; each customer: “Do you need a carri­ er?” ■ '


V, into account many crite- ria including the quality of the store and customer service.


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-i;:.-:. Aiitomotion has had a : {.cpr^nce in Clitheroe for.. f.more than 30 years, mov- ing from Mqor Lane to a - 1


' the jute bags sold so far were in the last ■ two months of 2008.


■ vnew and purpose-built :. , ■ ■


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[ 'store in nearby, Highfield Road in 2007.


Its owner Julie 'Watson


said: “This award is a ' massive boost to our hard working and dedicated team, andaskeeping trade local is even more important in the current -


. climate, we would like to . thank all our customers for their loyalty and sup­ port. ; “Since the move we


■have introduced a full ■


range of bikes and acces- soriesand, recently, on­ site cycle repairs. We ' ' have also expanded our leisure and camping facil­ ities, which is proving . very successful for our . locals and tourists alike. ' Our wide range of Thule roof systems, roof boxes and cycle carriers are also


. proving very popular for people to transport cycles


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and leisure accessories.. ■ “We now plan to con­ tinue to work on improv-


- ing the shopping experi- •. ence for our customers and look forward to con­ tinuing our success in : 2009.” .;: Pictured from left are


, Steve Davis, Julie Wat- ■ son. Dean Eddies, of ; Haynes Publishing, and


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category w in n e rs — will be announced at a glittering awards ceremony and dinner at Plaister- ers’ Hall, London, next Thursday, March 12th. The PubChef Food Excellence


Awards are widely regarded as the most challenging contest for pub chefs. Jo Bruce, editor of PubChef magazine, commented: “The stan­ dard of this year’s entries was the highest we’ve seen in the five years


of PubChef Food Excellence Awards. At a time when the pub sector is feeling the impact of the credit crunch, i t is heartening to see that culinary skill and creativ­ ity are still thriving in so many pubs. I t ’s no t su rpris ing-that increasing numbers of customers are choosing to eat high quality,


. locally-sourced and value-for- money food in the pub rather than a restaurant.”


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