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travel miles in sear™ o( soUJetimig to do at the weekend when there is so much on on our Ribble Valias doorstep’ On Saturday afteruooO decided m
was about time stayed closer to home and explored Clith®roe's historic Castl®- Much has beet} ^ i t te o over the P^st few years about t™ ruulti'®®^*Pu potmo
trankonnation of the tovvP'® "dO^year-oW Castle und its ipri®®Utti int® ^ Uew-look
visitor attraction’ jtestoration work has b®®® ®^rried out
on the 12th Centos ICeep> ^ atrium has been constrU®*'®d iinldpS the castl®® museum with tb® North "®st Souud
Archive and P^^^iding ®P^ce for a “cafetessen", wh»® intera®*'^® display® have been incorp®*^^^ into th® ejdiibitiou space which focuS®® op the history of the Kibble Yalley
In my opinion ®^®ry pepny spent was
well worth it. Our visit with fri®ods on a ^®t Saturday afternoon started m the caf®i^pasen wbare
our order was.d®ait with ®^^^®iently f^y attentive, poute staff, ^ho ouspred the
As I See It... by Natalie Cox
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home^°°ked food was delivered to our table guickly. From the eatery we made our way downstairs to the museum entrance where our four young intrepid explorers donned colourful backpacks
compl®t® with pith helmets and magnify ing glasses as we paid the modest entry f®® before setting off to learn more about the area in which we liva There were plenty of "hands-on" activi
ties to entertain the youngster^ with flaps to lift > buttons to press, outfits to wear, stories to listen to and things to find as we adults read about the Valley's geological history, industrial heritage, the folklore and customs of the Valley-not forgetting of course, the infamous local witches. As well as catering for younger visitors,
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drunk in charg® a horS®’ Pq Walsh had been on duty hi King street, Whal- ley, when he saiV the mebri®'t®d mau. Stanley Street, ^lackbo™’ leading ® horse. He was <jnlte deafly drunk and stagg®rtng about m the ®hd so was taken to Whall®y Police station wb®f® he was locked nP’ ^Hce sob®h he told the court he’d had two pjnts wNle waiting for the horse and aoujeone had paid him for a gill. He waS Uped fiv® shiUjjjgg plus costs.
Looking Back 50 Years Ago
BY choosing his own town for the set ting of his play and by incorporating in it many references to local events. Der rick Gr®®n, a Clitheroe chemist, took a gamble, but it was a gamble that came off and “Home to Roost” was enthusi astically received in the Parish Church school. The play was the third to be written
by the chemist in the “Midwinter Madness” series of entertainment pre sented by the Parish Church 55 Soci ety.
the museum provides lots for adults to read and learn. Such fantastic use has been made of the
available space, with the displays housed in lots of different rooms, that you almost always feel that you have the place to yourselves. On the odd occasion when we did happen upon a room where there were other visitors we simply moved on and then went back to catch up on what we had missed.
By the time we reached the end of our
tour the rain had abated and we headed outdoors. Standing above the town's war memorial the views of Pendle Hill were amazing, with low grey storm clouds framing the famous landmark. We then went up the Keep and made
use of the new walkway from where we enjoyed the panoramic scenes of the Kib ble Valley before letting the children loose in the Creative Activity Space. Our afternoon ended in a local hostelry
where, over a pint or two of locally brewed beer, we came to the conclusion that our afternoon out at Clitheroe Castle had def initely provided excellent value for money.
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Clitheroe Advertiser & T im e s , Thursday, November 19th, 2009 7 arriet s art exhibition
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exhibited at Whalley Library throughout November. The display, which runs
L 25 Years Ago
MISS Royal British Legion - Anne Jackson, of Chatbum - took part in the annual Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She led a procession of the Poppy Appeal Com mittee, poppy sellers and the Legion's Attendants Company across the arena. • The resignation of Grammar School
headmistress Miss Barbara Bingham was announced, but she said her decision had nothing to do with plans rubber stamped by the govenors to amalgamate the town's two grammar schools.
Thought for theM^ek Christmas is coming
shops, lor as s®®n as lowe’eu was over, they blew th®
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dust off their Cht*®^as tr®®® and told
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shopping da5.s left’ You can Purchase bbace pi®®
whose use-by d^t® is ^el! *n advance of Christmas, just as you can buy hot-crpss buuS ^ year round.
But perhaps W® ougjjt to h®
grateful for Hanoiye’eU. ^® bizarre as it jg,. at leag|. pre
vents the Christmas peri®d from beginning nt thg g^d ®f August! Some na'Sht think that Bing Cmsby’®^®naracter m the film “HoUday fnn” had th® right idea - and f nj showing
my age here: b® ®nly had to Work the eq^jY5Je^t of ^ of weeks a year. '^®®ause h’s
oneyour Christiuas ®hoppiug Yet? iSl®’ l^hen dou I* Name tl*®
hot®! ®P®Hed only on special hoUdays.
We do the opposite. We “cel ebrate Christmas over and
over again with “ festive” or “seasonal” displays (politically correct ways of avoiding “ Christmas” ), office parties and such lihe way. way before the actual occasion ever arrives. So much so that I would hazard a guess that by the time Christmas finally arrives, many people, particu larly hard-pressed Parents, are heartily sich of it. And that is a shame. Christ
mas is literally wonderful. Pocusmg on the birth, in poverty, of a child who was
destined to change the world, it is a time ^ if we allow it to be - of loving, sharing and all the
best elements of human kind ness. An Oasis in a desert of
casual incivility and indiffer ence. We just need to prepare for the occasion rather more thoughtfully, rather than cele brate it to death before it actu ally arrives! The Church pro vides this opportunity in the season of Advent. Beginning this year on the last Sunday of November, the season uses deliberately sombre themes so that when Christmas finally arrives we are, by contrast, lit up by the joy of it. The fasting
(of a kind) is over; let the feast ing begin! Is this (I hear you say) just
impractical? We’ve got to do our preparations: turkey, pres ents, cards and so oh. Yes - of
■ course we have; and those of us who keep Advent still have to do all those jobs as well. But what Advent means is space - space for the heart to consider
why it is that we are bothering to do all these things in the first place; space to stand aside from the “in-your-face” Christ- mas-before-Christmas; space
to pause and anticipate what is to come, without the panic. Advent means “coming”. As
we trudge though the cold days of December we know Christ is coming in a special way; so when he does arrive, we can greet him energetically rather than collapse from exhaustion. One final thing - keeping a good Advent means that Christmas can go on beyond December 25th, through Epiphany to Candlemas (Feb ruary 2nd), really brightei^g up the mid-winter period. You
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P E T E R SHEPHERD, St M a ry Magdalene
until the 30th of this month, features landscapes, mixed
a n d s c a p e s by Lon- gridge artist Harriet Salisbury are being
media abstract works and portraits, as well as icons on wooden panels. When asked what makes a successful painting, Harriet
said: “ If the viewer feels that they understand the emo tions of the subjects in my
paintings, whether it is through the use o f colour, technique or facial expression, then the painting is a suc cess.” Harriet, who is studying
fine art and textiles at New man College, plans to contin
ue with her work at universi
ty.’ • The exhibition will run in
the gallery at Whalley Library until November 30th and is free to the public dur ing normal library opening
hours.
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Cutting the risk put of driving F
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challenges attitudes and influ ences the behaviour of young drivers and their passengers, by adopting a completely fresb, innovative peer-to-peer
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Top reader Liliana Poetry launch W
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e e p in g it in the family is our latest Relay'Reader 11- year-old Liliana Smith.
Following in the footsteps of her
younger sister Matilde, the Ribbles- dale High School pupil is the latest winner of the awato run by the East Lancashire library division in con junction with this newspaper. A former pupil at St James's CB
School, Liliana is a member of the Guides, she enjoys in-line skating and attends the Whizz Kids youth group. Her award-winning review was of “Girlfriends: Girls Stick Together”
by Jean Ure. Liliana wrote: “Girlfriends, Girls
Stick Together is a great story. It is about when the girls go to. high school, but they all go to different schools and Polly makes loads of new friends and is earning a new social life, but the meetings with her new friends clash with meetings with her old friends. She solves the problems by getting a diary and writing in it every time she had something to do. And eversrthing goes fine after that.
“ I like this book because it was
exciting, humorous and helps when you are starting a new school and it gives you lots of courage. I would def initely recommend this book and love to read the rest of the series. “ I give Jean Ure and her book 10 out of 10 and a five star rating.”
‘X T TORDSMITHS who band together a
ORDSMITHS who band together as Clitheroe Writing Group are inviting the public to the launch o f “ Hard
Lines” , their 2009 anthology of short stories
and^Joems. Submissions were tought from writers across
the region and this year there are stories and poems by 22 selected authors. The anthology contains work by members and non-members alike. This year, the Clitheroe Castle Museum Caffetessen is hosting the event next Friday, November 27th, with food and drinks served from 6 to 7 p.m- followed by readings from con tributors starting at 7-30 p.m. Foimded in 1999, Clitheroe Writing Group
offers stimulation and support to its members with their writing. Members are invited to bring their work for discussion - this can be poetry or a short piece of prose. The group also arranges speakers and workshops. The “Hard Lines” anthology is the annual showcase of work by writers in the area. Copies will be on sale at the launch, priced at just £3. The group welcomes new members ^ d inter
ested visitors to its meetings, which are held on the fourth 'Wednesday of each month at Clitheroe Library, the next planned for Novem-. her 25th. For more information about the group, contact Gary Wilson on 01200 427988.
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