CHtheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, September 30,2010 New chapter in 400-year history


THE Duke of Gloucester officially opened a new sixth form boarding facility at Stonyhurst College this week.


The new house consists of 40 en


suite study bedrooms and is named Weld House after Thomas Weld, who gave his Stonyhurst mansion and estate to the Jesuits in 1794. His heir and major donor to the project, Mr Henry Weld Stuart, a former pupil, was present at the ceremony, as was the Provincial of the Jesuits in the British Province, Fr Michael Holman, SJ. Headmaster Andrew Johnson


Mid; “We are delighted to be open­ ing Weld House, which is needed to accommodate an increasing number of boarders. It has been carefully designed to harmonise with Stony- hurst’s historic buildings.”


ROYAL APPOINTMENT: Deputy Head Boy Henry Taylor, from Windsor, and Head Girl Naomi Jackson, from Barrowford, present HRH the Duke of Gioucester with a framed print of Stonyhurst Coilege.


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JACK-POT: Ken Ashby (centre) receives the cheque from bowl- ingclub repre­


sentatives Pauline


Stansfield, Alan Whal- ley, Mary Griffiths and John Pilkington.


WINNING ENTRY: Proprietor of the Gibbon Bridge Hotel, Janet Simpson drawing out the winning entry for the Ribble Valley Explorer competition to win a luxury overnight stay.


by Margaret Parsons


BOWLERS rolled up with a £700 donation to Derian House Chil­ dren’s Hospice after an annual competition at Sabden in aid of'the charity. Ken Ashby, represent­


ing the Chorley hospice, received the cheque from members of the village’s crown green club and thanked them for their continuing support. The money was raised at the Alan and Anita Whal-


ley Rosebowl doubles competition, in which 32 pairs from across East Lan­ cashire and further afield took part. Bacup’s Dave Walker


and Chris Livesey won the trophy and £160 to share after defeating OswaldUvis- tle Conservative Club’s Cliff Hope and Tony Sin­ gleton, who shared the £80 runners-up prize. Losing semi-finalists


were Pat and Jack Holt, who lost to the eventual winners, and Mary Grif­ fiths, of the Sabden club, and Jack Palmer.


The competition, spon­


sored by Bailey and Gar­ rett (Chemists) Ltd, of Kiddrow Lane Health Cen­ tre, Burnley, and Intersoft Communication Solutions, was held over two days. Sabden’s Pauline Stans-


fieid, one of the organisers, thanked the competition sponsors and the raffle prize donors,"who included Clitheroe’s IJooths super­ market and Dawson's de­ partment store. She also thanked the


bowlers and supporters for the “absolutely superb” competition.


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VAVw.clitheroeadvertlser.co.uk Explorer readers win


A JEWEL in the heart of Ribble Valley, the award-winning Gibbon Bridge Hotel, in Chipping, gener­ ously donated a magnificent prize for readers of the Ribble Valley Ex­ plorer magazine, published earlier this year by the Clitheroe Advertiser


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CLITHEROE’S latest cinema, show­ ing films in high definition and sur­ round sound, is set to officially open in an unusual setting. The “House of Fun Cinema” has been


developed in the music room of The New Inn, in Parson Lane, by a dedicated band of film buffs known collectively as the Rib­ ble Fun Club. It will be officially opened by the Depu­


ty Mayor and Mayoress of Ribble Valley, Coun. Simon Horc and his wife Grace, on Sunday at 7-30 p.m., followed by a spe­ cial screening for members and official guests. The significant upgrading of the cin­


ema to incorporate the latest teehnology is thanks to a £5,000 grant from “Grass­ roots” via the Community Foundation for Lancashire. It is also thanks to loeal


j County Councillor Allan Knox, who used some of his allocation under the county council’s Member Grants Scheme, ena­ bling the club to buy Blu-Ray format high definition DVDs. The Ribble Fun Club (RFC) has


evolved from the former Ribble Film Club and changed its name because of one of the conditions of the necessary licence to show DVDs. It is a members’ club with membership set at just £5 for the year, but increasing to £10 in 2011. Screenings are free every Sunday evening from Septem­ ber until May. Project co-ordinator and former Rib­


ble Film Club projectionist Bruce Dowles said: “We are totally amazed at the Im­ proved quality- it’s almost as if we are in- the pieture too! This benefit to members will totally enhance our showing of World Cinema with the occasional Art House of­ fering thrown in.” Ribble Film Club started at the turn of


the millennium at the old Grand Cinema in Clitheroe, showing films in 35mm for­ mat.


“When that closed we moved to the St


Mary’s Centre where we screened again in 35mm up until December 2007, when that closed too,” explained Bruce. “We moved to The New Inn for screenings commenc­ ing February 2009 in DVD on a huge screen in their Music Room. “It is not just thanks to our funders, but


also the pub for their understanding and tolerance each Sunday with the surround •. sound. Our Members are extremely well behaved and have forgone popcorn for liquid pleasures of amber nectar and vari­ ous shades of vino collapso.”


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