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FUND-RAISER: The president of Ribble Valley Crossroads Care, The Lady Clitheroe, together with Clitheroe Town Mayor and Mayoress Alan and Susan Yearing, Bill and Val Honeywell and members of the winning team, along with Howard Blackburn at the charity event, (s) ^
General knowledge quiz in aid of RV Carers
A QUIZ night raised approximately £1,100 for Ribble Valley Crossroads Care.
; . The event was held at West Bradford Village Hall and saw more than 100 peo ple turn out in force to have their gen eral knowledge tested by quiz master Mr ■ Bill Honeywell andhiswife, Val.
; x- The winning team was “Two Brains
andaNumpty”. ■ ; ■ Crossroads Care is one of the chari ties which Town Mayor Alan Yearing, is supporting during his year of office. ■ Members of the organisation would
like to thank all those who attended for their support.
AN internationally renowned martial arts master will visit Clitheroe this week end./
_Lao Tzu James McNeil, a Califor
nia-based martial arts master who es tablished the Little Nine Heaven Kung Fu school, is considered by many to be
one of the foremost martial artists in the world. ■.
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RECYCLING to create works of art has earned prizes for pu pils at three Ribble Valley pri-
maryschools. In a competition run by Clithe-
roe’s Platform Gallery, pupils from all of the area’s primary schools were asked to make imaginative use of recycled materials to create a picture on the theme of recycling. Prizes of acrylic colour boxes,
were awarded to three winning pupils at each school and the top entry from each school was then entered into a competition to de cide the winning school and trvo
He will be sharing his knowledge in
a three-hour seminar, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Lower Hall at the St Mary’s Centre, in Church Street, this Sunday, July25th.;
Tickets for the event cost £20 and in
clude refreshments. For more informa tion contact Chris on 07970 598851 or by e-mail at:
chris@cctaichi.co.uk
’ runners-up. The high standard of entries
gave the judges a tough task, but they chose the winner as Wadding- ton and West Bradford Primary School, thanks to pupil Harvey Lee’s work. • The runners-up were John Dent from Barrow Primary School and
by Duncan Smith
Megan Cummins from St Leon ard’s Primary School, Balderstone. The winning school was awarded
a quad seat planter and the run ners-up each received a planter for their'school, all made locally from recycled plastic. Ribble Valley councillor Ian Say
ers, who helped judge the competi tion, said: “What a marvellous col lection of original pictures on the topic of recycling. . “The understanding of the con
cept by pupils across the age range was really impressive, making se lection of the winners a very diffi cult task.” The selected entry from each
school and the three main prize winning entries will be on show in the Platform Gallery from July 24th to August 21st. Also opening this Saturday, July
24th, is the gallery’s summer exhi bition, “Precious”. It features work
by 19 artists who use unusual meth ods of recycling in their work.
Estate agent signs, beer cans, organ pipes and electric cable are
justsome of the materials that have been turned into extraordinary pieces of art and craft. Nothing in this exhibition, which
• runs until September 4th, is what you expect..
/ There are also free activities tak ing place in the gallery for the du ration of the exliibition, suitable for all ages.
Under-16s can enter a “Spot the
■ Art” competition and win some fantastic art materials. Visitors can also create their own creatures
' from recycled materials at a “make it” table. The gallery, in Station Road, is
open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4-40 p.m. and admission is free.
LINK TO THE PAST: T f iTO p rd f i i? Winston Churchill’s war chair and the plaque detailing the donation.
A RIBBLE Valley golf club has been presented with a special captain’s chair. Arthur Wilkinson, a founder member of
in the Bayley Room at Stonyhurst College when 92-year-oId Mr Wilkinson presented the club with the specially commissioned mahogany seat. Mr Wilkinson, who was 22 in 1940, said:
“He was a great leader Sir Winston Church ill. Without him we would not have won the war. His phrases made the nation.” . On reading a book about the War Cabi net Rooms, Mr Wilkinson saw a pho-
•tograph of former American President George Bush senior sitting on Churchill’s
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■ chair: “George W. Bush senior is a life member of Stonyhurst Park Golf Club and his grandfather, George Walker, who founded the amateur golf competition the Walker Cup, went to Stonyhurst in the 1890s,” explained Mr Wilkinson.
. With all these coincidences in mind, Mr Wilkinson made contact with Cressida Finch, exhibition manager at the Cabinet War Rooms, and she gave him permission to have a replica chair made. . Mr.Wilkinson engaged Ray Harrison, a
cabinet maker from Bretherton, to make the facsimile of the famous chair. ’
. ' It has been inscribediwith'the words: “A facsimile of Sir Winston'Churchill’s war cabinet room chair‘Cometh the hour cometh the man’ Battle of Britain 1940, presented to Stonyhurst Park Golf Club by Arthur Wilkinson, chairman 1993 - 2001”. ■/ Mr Wilkinson said: “From a thought
came the reality and this replica will give cherished memories and represents a part nership with the president and the past.” ,
Activity group’s welcome gift
AT a recent meeting of the Meteor Club, committee members John Hoperoft andj Amy Pinder. accepted a cheque for more
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. than £600 from Chris Mellin, chairman of .-The Bowland Farmers’Group. The Meteor Club caters for all ages and abilities and has been running for more
: than 30 years, meeting eveiy Wednesday in Clitheroe Cricket-Club pavilion from 7 to 9 p.m'. to arrange a wide range of activities from rock climbing to talent competitions. - The members organise their own pro
gramme tailoring it round different events and special occasions during the year.. : :
'i/' The subscriptions are £1.50 per week to pay
for.the rent of the room. New mem bers are always welcome to go along and join in.
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