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in St John’s Church. Carol service


' Parents, grandpar­ ents' great-grand-


' parents and friends : enjoyed ■


the Read


CE School’s annual : • carol concert, which


■ this year was held in the school hall. Year Six opened


■ '. V - • the service by carry; 1 ing lit candles as the congregation sang


;


. ' “O Little Town of Be thlehem’!; Joe


:Noonewas the first narrator when Year One sang .“Little.


:. Donkey”. As Year Three assembled to: sing “Silent Night” Dean Moorhouse . was the narrator. :


ple':will;be;lcd,byt Roger; D o lp h in,i


, Services as usual in ; -the New Year.:


; for the 22nd,time|f on -Tuesday,: De­


i:: End in the centre o f : -; Ribchester at Ip.m; It’s free, so just turn' up. The whole route


, is about seven miles/. t: :via Barley;Hall to? s; Hurst Green,:but|


' ; aged, tired orTof young legs. Eve?


“Whoops-a-Daisy


' ’’Angel” was a huge hit with the audi? ence with its tune-;


cember 28th.Tt will,, start from the Dam2


'/iful,.bouncy.songs and sparkling angels


‘.'and the cast and .producers received special thanks. '


Tea'and mince pies were served.:and , Mrs. Robinson an-


; • there are two short-?' cr return routes for


•;; : ryone is welcome/ ' ^ including well-be-{: haveddogs.


Candlelight In the few remaininjg


few days of Advent, there is a wide va-


• riety of chances to reflect on the time-


The school choir sang ;. and the so lo is ts were Maeve Peters,: Jame-Lee Scott and Garley Bonds with “When a Child is Bom”.


William Wrathall read the narration for


Mi;


■ Year Four and the audience joined in


• “While Shepherds Watched T h e ir


V Flocks by Night”. John Huson was the


; narrator for Year Five who sang “O Come all ye Faith­ ful”. GeorgeTumer


. was the final narra­ tor afterYear Two ; had sung “Mary had


; aBaby Yes Lord”. - -The tableau was per­ formed by the re-, . ception class who re-; ■ enacted the Nativity


' and sang “Away in : a Manger”. Finally . Bethan Andrews; ; Harry Burrows and


. Merrill Tsang were 1 - the soloists for “We •Three Kings”. '


PrayersVwere- said


, - and Maeve Peters -V and,Olivia Tayior • brought the service


: . , . to a close. The last . ! carol . was “Deck . : the Halls”: and as -


; ended with prayers, . Helen Butterworth . :v and Lauren Catley


Ii:'


’I € - 4


, : sang solos to “In the 'Bleak Midwinter”;


•;.: accompanied by the , whole school.


Pact meeting !' :The next . Read and


. . ; on Januaiy.lOth in Read Constitution- . al Club from 6 to


; iJ p.m. Everyone is - invited to go along


fjfe' I


. i:-and discuss their , concerns with com-:


If' - - '


f munity beat officer PCSallyBiggar.: ::


There will be another. PACT meeting on February 7th.


■ less story of Christ-, : mas at St Wilfrid’s Church, Ribches? ter. The traditional; Festival o f Nine ' Lessons with Carols : ■ by Candlelight was - held last Sunday. J


'On Christmas Eve,' • there will be a new ..service, at 3 p.m. for,


- families and chil? : ■ dren to take part in;


1 -. making, and bless-/ : ■ ing the Crib, as the’


' first part of the sto- . ry, when the angels ; visit the shepherds


; )will:be:told.Chil- dren are asked to?


. . go dressed as shep- . :. herds or angels. :;;; At 5 p.m. at St Sav-5


.. of: carols;, poems! and readings. Take/


. 1 ; a candle, in a jam-- i jar and dress very warmly.


At ,l l -3 0 pm,: there - ■ will be the midnight ; Eucharist of the Na-' i 'tivity by candlelight


.‘ ‘ in St Wilfrid’s; with Holy Communion


, on Christmas Day :: atSa.m.andlOa.m;. :! Note the. ea r l ie r time.


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For further details of. all these events, see: , . the notices that are:


village. Utter'


.Thanks are.extended - .. to the litter picking - party of 16 volun-


. K Simonstone PACT i meeting will be held •


V • teers whose' efforts '..-are appreciated by . the rest o f the vil- ' lage.


, . RIMINGTON


S'/nouhced that £230. ".was raised from the


; v'Collection to sup- - port the .“Help for.


:.'!;Heroes”, charity. .•p;She. thanked eveiy- .one who had con- tributed or helped in very many ways to make the evening a happy and finah-. cial success.


? SABDEN


Kicks Popular Sabden band : The Kicks are sup- porting Herman’s


■ Hermits: at The Grand in Clitheroe tonight. The band,


" Mark and Anniei • Woodward, Ben


: Parsons ;and new drummed .Rory,


-■ will be bringing an! ■ •evening o f music and dance from the.


" Herman’s Hermits : era and they went . ' down a storm when'


FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS: Children at Bowland Montessori Pre-school learn about Hanukkah. (s)


Young learn about Hanukkah


YOUNGSTERS at Bowland ■ Montessori Pre School learnt about traditions associated


■ with Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights.


This is an eight day celebration which began on Tuesday, De­ cember 1st.


; -and doors locked.


;: . They are also ap- ■ '.pealing for informa- , tion from residents who may have seen -


• " they appeared with : the Hermits at the:


.; iour’s, Stydd, there, will be the tradi-;


. anyone acting suspi­ ciously or anj; unu­ sual vehicles in the


, ' same venue last: . year. The Hermits ■


; also have a.strong : Sabden connection;


; t ional'miscellany: ■ as keyboard player


; and singer: Kevan : Lingard also hails;


■ area over the past month. They want, to knowifany resi- "


:■ . and ask people to be vigilant and keep an


. j from the village! ■ , ;‘; You can pay on the - door. •


Police . The "next, Sabden; :, P A C T ; m e e t i n g ; :: - Police and Com-?


■i munities Together; -w ill be held at the " White Hart Inn on


:: .Wednesday,;-Janu-; ■ ' .ary 5th, between . 6 ■ :and,7 p.m.iThere '.-.have "beenrquite . a few incidents o f


. posted around the :■!, Mime in the village ■ in recent weeks so


. people are urged to ■ go along and meet ; - the community beat '-o ff ic e r 'PC 'iS a lly .


i.j-Biggar.to hear her monthly report and!


; ;;; raise any issues you " may have". ‘


Carol concert' ‘ Rimington Memorial ; Institute was filled


; : to capacity for the annual village carol


■: ev ening . -Pres i- dent of the WI Mrs


I-. Elizabeth Robinson welcomed everyone


;.. and there followed . a programme o f Bible readings, po


RIBCHESTER


Annual walk A'winter’s walk,for : r.i DuddinEfull 'beo-


-I' etry, prose,' solos ::- and plenty of,well- .. loved carols for eve­ ryone to join in; A


:■ delightful presenta- tion bv the children.-


;There have been three burglaries, a number of insecure vehicles had property taken from them and two vehicles have been s to len , in:'recent


: weeks.-A' man was arrested regarding the theft of a hand-


; bag from the White: - Hart pub, and two: men were arrested •


'r. for the .the ft o f ■ ■ catalytic converters


:■ ■ from :Watt Street.' An (insecure;.van


■.K parked on St Nicho- :' :;:.las Avenue has had :.:vall the tools'stolen; , SO;’the police are' reminding residents: to' keen vehicles


, eye on neighbours’ properties, vehicles


f; ■; etc. Suspicious ac- -


; tivity should be re­ ported to the police


;.. on 01200 443344 o r - ■' ring 999 if you see : a crime being com­ mitted.


Quiz • ■ Christmas quiz sheets .' are available from .St Mary’s Church


."■members’or John " Shorter, on 01282 ,- 771878. There are


.. of Britain and c o s t . £1. All proceeds will


■ :;go to the improve-. ,i.. ments to St Mary’s w.CommunityHali. ■"


Services ' • Christmas services’a t ; '• Sabden! churches:;


'". this weekend are:.: , St;Nieholas’s'CE::


on Christmas Eve, led v b y .th e 'R e v . Barbara Knight. T h is 'w i ll 'b e 'fo l- lowed by Midnight Mass which begins at 11-30 p.m. with


. .. the . Rev.'Norman "' "‘Atty. On Christmas


■


Joel Hames-Clarke, a parent vol­ unteer at the pre school, look in a menorah to show the chil­ dren. They lit the candles then played a traditional game of


■ spinning the dreidel. ' Joel shared out chocolate coins ■ -' with all the children.


tion are invited to a combined parish Holy Communion


. service at Whal- ■ ley Parish Church' at 10 a.m. Sabden


:.:dents have CCTV on their properties ■


: Baptist Church has 10 a;m. services on Christmas and Boxing Day, both led by, Joan and Tim Peagam. The Christmas-Mass at St Mary’s RG is at at 8 p.m. on Christ-. mas Eve, which will be preceded by a - carol service at 7-30 p.m. The Christmas morning Mass for the parish will be ' at SS Michael and ■John’s in Clitheroe


variety show in aid of charity. All the entertainment was


themselves, in St


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ity gave a short talk Cpof:. ,p f, .r, about their work to r e S I VG TUH .


open the show and Despite waking uji to


i warmly thanked : the girls afterwards. . The four young or­ ganisers ended the evening by thank­ ing their parents for their support and presenting' them with gifts.


TOSSIDE


Dance time A pleasant evening was spent dancing to


’ the music of organ­ ist Alan Cookson in Tosside Community Hall. Thanks were expressed to those who donated raf-


in any way. Spot prizes were won by E. Waddington and D. Coates, Mr and MrsB.'Wellock,Mr: and Mrs B. Shuttle- worth, K; Morphet and M. Glover. ■


provided by yilhge Tije pgxt dance will be children, including


Nicholas’s Church hall, and they put on a great show to a sell-out audience . ________________


WADDINGTON


who gave them a c h r lq t ln n lp ■ rousing ovation, y I'louiiyiG ..


Erin and Eliza Everyone is invited to Fielding, who are theChristinglesaer- 12, Maisie Yerkess (11) and Ella But­ ler (13) also did all the auditioning


vice at 6-30 p.m. in


^ t 10 a.m. There.is - ■no Christmas Day service in Sabden. Boxing Day Sunday Mass will be at the usu,al time of 11 a.m. at St Mary’s : with Mgr Corcoran. ■


: 50 questions based Nightsafe ontowns andvillag- A collection for the


es around the c o a s th om e le s s is being


held in Sabden and donations of tins of food can be left at St


"Nicholas’s Church : or with Carol Mel­ lows-and will be ■given to Nightsafe in Blackburn which helps homeless peo­ ple.


..... .,. .


Church has a 4 S t a m p s ' p.m^-Crib service , Please save your used


■'. postage stamps to S: help a charity which* helps needy people ■’called “Occupy Till I:Come,”,';by Mrs


■


> Eileen Pearson, who collects them at her


morning there Will ‘ . • ■ , - /be; 10 a.m. Holy Chnstmas show


■


jhome'at 4;Alston Close, Sabden.


‘"(Communion with Sabden was really in' " the. Rev. Gill Dyer, t


!"-'the Christmas spirit


;:;.iThere is no Sunday ■•" last Thursday when ■ service at St Nicho- . four young Sabden ■


q , las’s on Boxing Da;^i girls got together to .'i’. but the consreea-.iC DUt on a Christmas ;


• and organisation, choreographed the routines and made the costumes them­ selves and it was a wonderful effort


, St Helen’s Church; ■ Waddington, on Christmas Eve and ■ the midnight com­


munion-service at 11-30 p.m.


■ sound and lighting' D|ere are no serv- and refreshments, tees in St Helen’s on


"from the youngsters whose parents acted as crew on the night and helped with ■


*here are com- . ■.: .


■ Greenhalgh, Heidi Walker, Samantha


. dance and song and it ended with a fun


.; rendition of The 12 ■Days of Christmas. There was a raffle


' with prizes'includ- ing an Apple TV,


I ' a Christmas ham- : per and a £25 wine


■ ■voucher:; All. the ;procceds are for a '.'charity called One


: Can Make A' Dif '


children with Duch- ' "\^‘ ^merme’s. ■ enne muscular dys- N o S e rv lc© '


ference which helps f"c r r


LTiSa'Sg " S 'feS 'f ' . _


■ , eccmber26th.


WEST BRAD­ FORD


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The collection at the . Christingle: serv­ ice, will, go to the Children’s Society


on Friday, January 'Hie 250 club for De- 21st to Mark Kitto. : cember was drawn' • . thewinnersbeing- : R. Homer (£100),' S. Greatorex (£70), A; Purnell (£50),T.


- • • •


' and M. Leyboum :■ : (£25). Mr and Mrs


■;Cooper(£25L:‘- ‘S.Pym(£20),J.;S": Somerville (£15),' /


;B.Statham(£10),'i ;j. and R.Bryan ■


Jim c T


. the day Christmas : carols were sung..' and everyone'i r. ;; received a small.'■ present.


Raffle winners: F. Joel, T. Carr, K.- Morphet, E. Elli­ son, M. Glover, D. Nelson, R. Coates, P. Taylor, R. Mid­ dleton.


about four-inches of snow on: Satur­ day morning the West Bradford vil­ lage senior citizens’


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are invited to join with other Meth­ odists from around the circuit at the 10-30 a.m. service in Trinity Methodist Church, Clitheroe.


party in the village Dn-Sunday January hall went ahead ; 2nd the 10-30 a.m.


. with a good attend-, service will be led ' ance. Unfortunately " by. the Rev. Katy


■ a lot of the residents - : Jbomas. The serv- -from -Eaves Hall " . will include the Lane.were unable Sacrament of Hoiy


■ to attend due to the- Communion and ■ road being unsafe: the Covenant Serv- ■ to drive on. The ics-:


- m wo'^M'iike' Scouts entertain ’ to 1 thank. Rodger, Marsden for clear-


\‘ule® eriith


ing the snow off the village hall car park with his tractor and bucket.


flc prizes and gave A three course lunch help and support . was provided, pre


pared and served by members of the committee, with ladies and children from the village helping to serve. Entertainment was


. provided by Lanca­ shire folk singer Phil Knight,, with two games o f bingo the full house winners were P. England and T. Pike each re­ ceiving a lamb din­ ner for two.


ber 11th, the senior citizens ofWhalley were entertained in


Decern-


. Whalley Methodist .Church hall by the


■ . Scout and Explorer . Groups to a potato


' pie supper. This was followed by enter­ tainment by several talented members


: of the group and the . ■ evening concluded . with bingo. The supper was free of


: charge, but donta- tions were given to the Scout’s charity.


A wonderful evening which was enjoyed - by both the Scouts


and their guests was a great success and much appreciated .. . by all who attended.


Nativity play A nativity production by the children of English Martyrs’RC Church, Whalley, on Tuesday night . ■ began the Christmas ' programme at the ■ church. The produc­ tion of “Busy, busy Bethlehem’V was


ni n m Christmas'Eve.Mass.


- in church will beat ■ . 5 p.m. and there will • ■be a Midnight Mass


■'? - .with carols from 11-:


" The girls taking part, Christmas Day., who all deserved the Dn Sunday, December applause, were Eiia


■;Sie Yerkess, Betha-


;ny Ashton, Heather B a r low , Emily


for their work with disadvantaged chil- wish allVillage resi­ dents a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New ;■ •


Butler, Eliza and munion services at 8 Erin Fielding, Mai- ®nd 10-45 a.m. ■


them for their sup port during the past year. ‘ - ’’ • • .t j


w h a Ll e y


celebrated at 11 a.m. on Christmas Day, . but there will be no


„ at 11 a.m. on Sunday


•' - and at 10 a.m. daily ■throughout Christ- ■v: mas week.


Services ' ' At 11-30 p.m.' on ;


Christmas Eve; the ;


At the farm Living Crib services at Hawthorne Farm,


. congregation from.: Whalley.'Method- . *v.j. * u,,.... ---------


■ ' Barrow, were or­ ganised by the con­ gregation of Whal: ley Parish Church.


ine’s Church, West ■ ist Church will join A crib service will be Braddford,at5p.m.


on Christmas Eve. ■ • at S t : Mary: and • ? tomorrow at 4 p.m This is a short re­


: with worshippers c ’held a f the church All Saints Parish : ' ’and at 11-30 p.m.


laxed telling of the. ■ v-.iui,,,., Yyuaiicy,',;aiiicic wm ui" Christmas story for " for a united service;"'?;' midnight commun young children and


their families with ■■■Communion.'- ''■f. - on C h r is t -C h u r ch .


Church "'Whalley, ■ there will be a joint of midnight Holy ■Sriph' service in the


parish church with


.three; well-known At Whalley Methodist Whalley Methodist ^


■!: mas Day the: m in - ,There will be Holy


at 9-15 a.m.,: ister, the Rev.’Katy .'v, Communion at 10 - a.m. on Christmas


’ Thomas, will lead a Christmas service of


' .®?*®{’7ation at 10-30


" Day and on Sunday ■ there will be a joint


■.'Service at the sish church wit.- - ■iNichola's^: Church,


■'"Sabden,'and All 'S a in ts ’ Church,


church members ' ' Pendleton.


lar-' St


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Follow the debate at www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Significant change


to Henthorn plan GLADMAN Developments are up to their tricks again. •


-■ .:■ • " Not content with holding a badly adver- tised public consultation on the original ". ■ housing proposal off Henthorn Road, the


. , i company is now seeking to amend the ap- ' plication itself. The original propokl has ■ " been modified to include the provision of a . ■: two-room doctors’ surgery within the site,


. ; ."Ostensibly in response to the Primary Care , Trust’s claim that more health facilities are : ■ needed in the area.'


■ , whjeh was the’basis of the original consul­ tation, constitutes a significant material change to the whole concept, yet the com- ; pany h'as chosen not to make this aspect of


theproposalknowntothewiderpublic. ' a need for addi­


tional health facilities, but it is the role of the PGT, after due public consultation, to


" determine what form it should take and where it should be sited. There is little point in constructing a facility as proposed on te very edge o f town, well away from the ■ main centre of population. ■


■ ' ■ ■ ■ ? A similar style of facility is all that can be


■ provided in a village like Slaidburn; but a town like Clitheroe gains from a concen- '


- tration o f healthcare at a central site where ; many ancillary procedures are immediately available.


.-„"wi.The,Clitheroe Health Centre is'liighly . „ respected for: the wide range of tis facili- . ties and the efficiency o f its services, so the creation o f a small satellite surgery would dilute this provision and be costly to run.. ■ •Only a well structured public consul­ tation will guide the PCT to determine


: . where its new facilities will serve the great- . est need. Gladman Developments are not ■ qualified to make this decision alone.


- : :-;If-the present threat o f 270 houses off Henthom Road is not enough, I have just : ■ discovered that Gladman Associates (an-


. " . othe r arm o f Gladman Developments) are now putting out feelers with a view to V developing the land for further housing on ■


" the south side of Henthorn Road as well; :. •'■ No prizes are offered for guessing just


; ■ ;,how much more traffic congestion there . ■


f " it’s just out to make money. ■ '


■ will be if both sides of Henthorn Road are : developed.' , 'It'ismow even more obvious that,the. ,: ■ Gladman empire had no social conscience; ■


. DAVID J. BUTTERWORTH, ’ , Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe


No U[IQP presence in chamber... yet


t’ • ’ • ^ ; ■


- www.clltheroeadvertiscr.co.uk Mummers’ dramatic entrance! DRAMATIC am afraid that I will not compromise my


. own honest standards. I will not cheat, tell lies and be a turncoat for anyone, just for the sake of a part-time job.


. Again Ian is correct that no UKIP coun­


cillors have attended any RVBC meet­ ings... yet. May I also take this opportunity to wish


all the staff and readers o f this worthy newspaper a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.


RONLOEBELI^ Edisford Road, ; . Clitheroe


' : 'This change to the original application, Grit crews should '


get priorities right HOW difficult it is to carry on normally


; in the extreme weather conditions we are experiencing, where snow and ice have caused much disruption. " I am a widowed pensioner and have been


. unable to get my car off the driveway due to snow and ice and have found it very dif-' ficult to walk on the untreated pavements and side roads. , So you can imagine my annoyance when; on Sunday afternoon, obviously attracting


• double pay, two council workers were at­ tending to a council office car park off Pim­ lico Road with mini snow ploughs; grit and shovels for at least an hour;Do the council


..tax payers o f Glitheroe back th'e couricil’s decision to prioritise the safe^ of their car parks over the treatment fo the pavements, and side roads-I don’t think so.


- ■


MAUREEN GOLDSMITH, :■ Pimlico Road, . Clitheroc


Blanket of snow


quiets the Valley I KNOW all this snow and ice has caused lots of problems, but have you noticed how QUIETitis?


: To walk over the hill with the golden sun­ rise illuminating the snowfields UN accom­ panied by the constant roar o f traffic on the A59 is a rare pleasure, to be savoured. ■ Silent night...


:


ALANBROOKMAN, : '


Costly fiasco of EU diaries for schools


"


vIA N Brown-is correct.in his assumption :;: that jhe Lib-Dems are not the only ones •


..-with a questionable attendance record (at'.; Ribble Valley Borough Council).


-■;■..■" If one looks at the attendance log for the :■ past few.years one will find that there are. ■ 21: councillors who have failed to turn up


,."to between 20% and 50% o f the, allotted; meetings.'.'


■'.aideaidline of six months; we should be;. looking at attendance records every three ,;;


-i. aMay l'Suggest that instead of having, ■


i' months; with a slap on the wrist for anyone missing more than 10% and automatic dis- ?, qualification if this applies to a second pe-,;"- riodinsuccession-'v'"'-'


i,' . i My main objection to the statement by.;,


■sthe Lib-Dem spokespeople-is this; when..." ii living: in glass. houses one should never.


■ IT’S bad enough than more than 330,000 copies o f glossy diaries have been doled out to British schools by the.EU commis­ sion at taxpayers’ expense. L''


’


' But what’s worse is that they exclude mention of Christmas Day and all other Christian festivals, but include Muslim,'' Hindu, Sikh, ‘Jewish and Chinese festivi- ■


'ties. And, of course, Europe Day and other; key EU anniversaries.


' ''


;... Christianity is the EU’s majority religion' • but even on the.Commission’s Christmas; cards there is'no reference to religion and'


just bears the words “Season’s Greetings’.’.'^ " This is out o f order-and■Lam highly; sceptical about the diary omission/being described by.a^Gommission'spokesman as “a blunder!’. And their proposal to correct ■


'this in future years? To make no mention; o f any religious festivals at all. ' ' ' - ‘ ‘


5 So the EU communist bloc rolls on. •t'Vvi'’ . .1 !


I .„ "


,, PHILIP GRIFFITHS, North West Chairman, UK Indenendence Party,'


A SENSE OF THE PAST: Youngsters explore the fireplace at the college’s Great Hall.'(s)


SOME pf.Stonyhurst College’s .-; Stonyhurst when it was a private ; ’ youngest pupils took a step back in house.


- ■ "


time and looked into historic col- ;\-.i,r'Stonyhurst’s curator;iMrs Jaii'./ lections..'"


Graffius, showed the children


• As part of their history project,. 5 various forms o f lighting- ranging;; Homes in the Past”, the children ;; - from nips that held'grass to fish 'i alLfrom Stonyhurst’s .Hodder .-i! oil lamps; and candle olders from”; House Reception c la s s - tr ied t o - .a ship.,,. > .


. imaeiiie what it was like to live at-*,?::...,. Asookesman for the erouDsaid: ,


■ -,!‘They also looked at a horn paddle ' for reading, a 400-year-old .book ■


and some huge letters written on animal hide. “The children were "mesmer-


i ised by an old telephone with no " numbers and loved the novelty of ■ standing in the huge fireplace oL the Great Hall.”


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A TROUPE o f traditional “mum­ mers’! hijacked the last day o f term ■ at Stonyhurst College! The heavily disguised sixth-form-',


ers, dubbing themselves the Hectic Rhetoric Mummers; stormed in to : classrooms to entertain pupils with: enactments o f St George and the Dragon and other tales. ■«:


Not only was it a lot o f fun, it


raised money for. Stonyhurst’s charity Learning to Care, as pupils and staff donated money when the inevitable hat was passed around. 1‘Mummers” are troupes of ac­


tors who perform seasonal folk plays, sometimes in the street; but more usually as house-to-house


visits and in public houses; It is a tradition which stretches back to medieval times, with many of the storylines and their central charac­ ters little changed over the years. • : ! Stonyhurst headmaster Andrew Johnson said: 1‘This raucous group


• gave us drama ‘in the' raw’ - a per­ fect end to the term!” - .


iSfp really... it is warmer


FEELING the chill yet?


. Well despite the second real cold snap o f this winter - and last ■' January being one o f the c o ld - ' est months in years - North’West MEP Chris Davies says that tem- '. peratures across the planet during the first sbt months o f 2010 were the warmest on record. The latest report from NASA;


: based on evidence from satellites ■ and taking into account both air and sea temperatures, claims there. has been no reduction in the glo­ bal warming trend that began in the 1970s. Mr Davies, whose constituency :


includes Ribble Valley, says.that.' people should not confuse day- ''- to-day fluctuations in our weather:?


>with long-term'changes in the- planet’s climate.


" The Liberal Democrat MEP


.■,cornmented:.“Fewof uswill notice an increase in just two degrees in average temperatures, but the ef-


. fect will be to accentuate the ex- " tremes/bringing drought and ag­ ricultural collapse to some regions ■ ' and floods to others.”


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ENTRANCE: • the Hectic •; • Rhetoric


- Mummers,- " ■ whose’ ■ linpromptu , perform-. ances


' ambushed; " . their audi-- - encesat


■ Stonyhurst College.


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