Clltheroe Advertiser &Tlmes,Thursday, May 6,2010


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interesting talk for Probus


. and entertaining talk was ' enjoyed.by members o f .


:'AN interesting, amusing! -


. school emergencies would ^ be impossible today. ; •


■ Clltheroe and District Pro- ■ bus Club;- '


!, Mr Hugh Burkinshaw- !: addressed.members with ■: a talk titled “Goodbye Mr- : Chips” which gave a clue


■ to its contents as he re­ counted memories from •


, his teaching career. . ’Although he has been retired for six years, Mr Burkinshaw had been a > : headteacher at various pri- •


maty and junior schools. - His audience learnt that,


.'back in;the.days before health and safetj', his meth- • ods of dealing with various.


V-; For example; he said, if there was to be no school dinner because the dinner


i van could not get through ' the snow, he would put the six pupils present in his’’ mini-van and take them for fish and chips. • . . . ■ H e said he never' ever .


, used a cane; but the sane-. • tion was available and dis-, cipline was good; He added ; that the day the sanction v was removed, standards • very guickly dropped as­ certain pupils and their;;. families quickly learnt they : could run wild with impu­ nity.


proves -The vote of thanks was


given by Probus member Cliff Astin who also had - been in the teaching pro-


; Session and had shared • many similar experiences.'.' Clltheroe and District


! Probus Club meets on the first and third Fridays of


i the month, at 10-45 a.m. in the Pendle Club, Lower- gate, Clltheroe; At the next meeting


tomorrow. May;7th,' Ms Sheila Shaw will speak to


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;■ gripped St Maty’s Hall, the ,! prep school for Stonyhurst


.College. , Mirroring today’s General :


'-Election, it is holding its own. , mock election, with parlia-? ' mentaiy campaigns mounted;


=- by pupil-candidates represent­ ing each of the main parties, all vying to'capture the votes


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; oftheirpeers. . . Posters, rosettes, competi­ tions and campaigning have.:


, all featured throughout the ; school in the run-up to the' election. When the country


•. goes to the polls today. Stony-.. hurst St Mary’s Hall will do


. .,.too, with the Tolkien Library serving as its polling station - for the day. • . This is not being taken as


just a bit of fun either. All the candidates take their roles very seriously and are fully aware of all elements of their mani­ festos, a fact which was amply ■ demonstrated in front of the school when some of the real candidates for the Ribble Val- ' ley constituency paid a visit.


. . Conservative Nigel Evans,' who has served as Ribble Valley MP since 1992 and is standing for re-election to­ day, was so impressed with the speeches that he stood to con-


. gratulate the junior candidates on their performances! Also full of praise were the Liberal Democrat candidate Allan Knox and a senior member of the Labour campaign team'


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representing its candidate Paul Foster, who unfortunatley was unable to attend.


. Whatever the outcome of today’s poll, the pupils at St Mary’s Hall have learnt a lot


about politics and had fun do- ingit.


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THAT’S MY BOYI: Nigel Evans advises the St Mary’s Hall Conservative candidate Giles Gabbutt (12) from Mellor.


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the gala concert? ARE you in good voice? Westholme school is inviting members of the com­ munity to join its choir for the Gala


In good voice for


Concert which will take place on Sat­ urday. ■


■ ■; - , The choir, which will be performing


Vivaldi’s “Gloria”, always asks mem­ bers of the public to join in. Rehears­ als will take place in the Westholme Theatre tomorrow at 7-30 p.m. and on Saturdayat2p.m. ; Tickets for the concert which will


also feature “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens, cost £4 for non perform­ ers (£2 concessions) and are available: from the box office at Westholme School, Meins Road, Blackburn or by ringing 01254 506073 between 9 a.m.' and 1p.m. ’


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FUN FAIR: Catherine Lister with youngsters Sophie and Max having fun on one of.the fun fair rides. ;


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MR MEN: Nicola Harper with Mica and Kira Bradley, and Mr Tickle.


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HOGWARTS HERO: Ellie Christian, Lindsay Christian and Gemma Gill with a Harry Potter scarecrow.


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A STREET full of Mr Men, Harry Potter, The'Cat in the Hat and Roald Dahl’s The Twits were among the many book characters who came to life at Waddington’s annual Scarecrow Festival. Many householders had taken


on the novel theme of reproduc­ ing characters created by some of the country’s best-loved authors and these adorned gardens, ga­ rages and hedgerows around the village. - -


The Gingerbread Man could


be seen running through more than one garden, while Alice in Wonderland and the Mad Hatter enjoyed a couple of tea parties. The Borrowers; Where’s Wal­


ly, Dorothy’s Tin Man and 007, together with Kipling’s Mowgli and Cinderella, also added to the attraction. Throughout the bank holiday


al race of home-made boats, with some imaginative entries making their way along the brook. There was a record' number of


weekend, visitors flocked to the Valley village to view the scare­ crows and enjoy the many activi­ ties which had been organised to entertain young and old. Saturday saw the now tradition­


as egg and spoon, wheelbarrow and sack races. . And Monday saw the culmina­


tion of festivities with more than 3,000 visitors making their way to the croft for the fanners’ market and fun fair, as well as to see the crowning of the new May Queen, Grace McMeekin, and the May- pole dancing. ■ A display of old pictures


entries boosted by boats made by Cubs and Brownies who had cho­ sen to camp at nearby Waddow Hall to ensure .that they could - take part in the race. . Family sports on Sunday after­


noon saw young and old compet-' ing in three-legged races, as well;-:


of Waddington at St Helen’s Church provoked great interest - particularly the images of the village’s Church of England and Methodist churches before they wererebuilt. • Just before 3 p.m. attention '


turned to the brook which runs through Coronation Gardens at the heart of the village, as first the'


=Champagne Stakes saw a'limited -field of sponsored ducks navi- ;


gate the watercourse.This set the


, : scene for the main event of the day, the annual duck race, which drew hundreds of visitors to the waterfront to cheer on thousands of bright yellow plastic ducks which bobbed down the brook. For the second year organisers


ensured that the village was kept free of vehicles for most of Mon­ day, enabling visitors to view the scarecrows in a traffic-free envi­ ronment.


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the Rev. John Brocklehurst said: “It was a very, very enjoyable event for a great many people and only possible because of a: small and superb band of volun­ teers, as well as the ingenuity, creativity and very often humour from the people that make the :scarecrows.” :


The vicar of St Helen’s Church, . '


TEAM SPIRIT: Allan Knox with the school's LIb-Dem team of il2. year-olds Freddie Timmins, from Read, candidate Edward John-' son, and Matthew Miller, from Hurst Green. -


j^ACE: Hundreds of visitors watch the duck race at Waddington Scarecrow Festival. Village was full of


MAY QUEEN: Grace McMeekin (10) with com­ petition winners.


MAKING FRIENDS: the Cat in the Hat makes a new friend at the scarecrow festival.


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