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Aiming for screen and stage careers


TWO former pupils of Ribbles­ dale High School, Clitheroe, are forging careers in the world of drama. Chris O’Reilly has been offered


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. York for an audition at the world-re­ nowned Julliard School of Drama; of which notable alumni include Robin Williams and Kevin Spacey. Chris and Sarah are currently


a place, at the prestigious East 15 Acting School at the University of Essex, which has produced a wealth of talent for British stage and screen, including actor and Ribble Valley resident John McArdle. Meanwhile, fellow cx-Ribbles- dale pupil Sarah Green flew to New


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studying drama and theatre studies and performance studies A-lcvcIs at St Ma^’s College, Blackburn. Chris said: “Studying performance


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lliard, Sarah added: “It was a great experience to go to New York and audition and soak up the sights and sounds of New York, Times Square and Broadway.” • For more about courses at St


and theatre at St Mary’s College has inspired me to pursue my dream of being an actor”. Speaking of her audition atthe Ju­


youngsters per­ formed on piano, keyboard, and in song, whilst Paul himself rounded off the concert with organ'solos. . The event


his pupils, aged behveen seven to 17, entertained an appreciative audience of fam­ ily and friends, which packed the Low Moor church. The talented


ACTING UP: From the left, former Ribblesdale High School pupils Sa­ rah Green and Chris O’Reilly with fellow St Mary’s College drama stu­ dent Morgan McBride.


will be a nearly • new sale on Saturday, March.. 10th. '


raised £170 and this money will go towards the ■' ongoing work of the church. The next evcht


church THE Friends of St Paul’s Church, Clitheroe, got off to a flying start with their first event of the year, a concert hosted by popular music teacher and or­ ganist Paul Lee. Twenty-six of


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the rapist’s victim was later subjected to a campaign of verbal and online abuse by people who did not believe her after the youth initially denied the


offence.


A very large number of people said to have taken that view be


pie were because


r a p in g a 13-year-old girl while al­ ready on bail for a similar sex attack has put a Clitheroe youth behind bars for around two-and-a-half years. Preston Crown Court heard that


rapist is


; pleaded guilty and since then some people had come forward to apolo­ gise to the victim and her family.


' case to be resolved. . Later the youth, who was 15 at the time of the attack in January, 2011,


.. The judge dealing with the case Mid the teenage girl had been treated in a way no victim of rape should ever be treated. Others had jumped on the bandwagon, thinking that the boy was


of the length of time it took for the


' by order of the court. During the casereported in last


innocent. The boy cannot be named


week’s Clitheroe Advertiser, the court heard how a group of young peo­ ple, including the defendant and the 13-year-oId girl, had walked around Clitheroe that evening drinking, chat­ ting and listening to music. The girl became drunk. She later described being pushed over and held down by the boy, who.


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in a national pub contest by Duncan Smith


A VILLAGE pub in the Ribble Valley has finished as runner-up in a national pub of the year com­ petition.


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tion, but instead have to be nomi­ nated by a local CAMRA branch. Almost unbelievably given its repu­ tation for real ales, this was the first time the Swan With Two Necks has feamred in the competition. First it won the East Lancashire


round, then the Lancashire heat, the regional West Pennines competition and the Super Region Pub of the


delighted Steve and Christine Dil- worth, licensees at The Swan With Two Necks for 25 years. Pubs cannot enter the competi­


heart of PendlSton, narrowly missed out on the title'-to the Bridge End Inn at Ruabon, near Wrexham - the first Welsh pub to win the national com­ petition run by CAMRA, the Cam­ paign for Real Ale. But finishing as runner-up has still


The Swan With Two Necks, at the Nice sw a^


Year for Scotland, the North East and Lancashire. That saw it through to the national final with just three other pubs from across the UK. “We’ve never been in it before, so


to have won it, but to get to the na­ tional final is a tremendous achieve­ ment. It’s our 25th year here, so that


to get so far all in one year has been amazing,” said landlady Christine. “We are a tiny bit disappointed not


■ in no small part to her husband Ste­ ve’s passion for serving the perfect pint of real ale, but that the award was also down to a real team effort from all the staff and the tremendous support from the pub’s loyal custom­ ers. “We’re delighted for ourselves, our staff and our customers - it’s been a fantastic year,” she said. Among the regulars propping up


the bar at the Pendleton hostelry - and someone who has wholeheart­ edly backed its bid for the national ti-


just makes it even more special. It’s not every day a little local village pub achieves this award.” Christine said the success was due


CHEERSI: Nigel Evans MP (centre) with Steve and Christine Dilworth, long-serving licensees of the award-winning Swan With Two Necks, at Pendleton.


surprised when The Swan with Two Necks was announced as CAMRA’s regional winner for the West Pen- nines and I am now so pleased to know that they have been announced national runner-up for pub of the


tie - is Ribble Valley MP and Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, Nigel Evans. “I was so delighted and frankly un­


pub to have won, but to be the run-’ ner-up in this competition is a fantas­ tic achievement and a real testament to just how hard they have worked to make The Swan with Two Necks such a wonderful, charming and weir coming pub.”


year,” said Mr Evans, whose constit­ uency home is in Pendleton. “Obviously I would have liked the


How pub got its name


cided that vintners’ swans should have their beaks marked with two notches, or nicks.


spotted that a swan with two necks could afford them a rather clever pun, and a striking pub sign.


In those days, “neck” was another form of “nick” and so the vintners


five pumps to real ale and one to cask cider, and rotating them often so ; that regular customers can sample a wide range of the country’s finest


cooked fare, from bar snacks and chePs specials through to the full Sun­ day roast, prepared using the best local ingredients wherever possible.


brews. The pub also enjoys an enviable reputation for its excellent home


in BBC TV contest


Sunday at 8 p.m. on BBC3, he was set sev­ eral varied tasks. In the final challenge he had to use his knowledge and ability to produce a garden for the modem day busy family. John impressed the judges with his in-deoth knowledge for someone of such


folk, competing against three other final­ ists and under|oing a series of gardening challenges, while being filmed. In the programme, which was aired on


■ FROM PAGE 1 He spent a week at Woodbridge, Suf­


a young age on such a variety of subjects, his overall knowledge being judged su­ perior to the other contestants who had backgrounds in garden design and garden maintenance.


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terials carefully, plus it had to be low maintenance. The mdses esoeciallv liked .


said: “I am over the moon. I was given three hours to design and build a garden from scratch for my final task. “I had to select all the plants and ma­


Delighted with his achievement, he


the garden because the plants were in the right place.


ning. I don’t have any formal gardening qualifications and I dropped out of col­ lege to take over a landscape business, so it’s a-fantastic achievement to have won a national gardening competition.” Looking ahead, John hopes to open a-


“ I am really proud of myself for win­


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the right to ownership of some swans to the Worshipful Company of Vintners. In order to be able to tell which swan belonged to whom, it was de­


WHAT’S |n a name? Since Pendleton is not renowned for it’s two-head­ ed swans, just where did the village’s acclaimed pub get its name? In England, swans have traditionally been the property of the reign­ ing Monarch. However, in the 16th Century, Queen Elizabeth I granted


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censees who are devoted to running a really successful community pub.” For more information viat: www. swanwithtwonecks.co.uk


RA spokesman Jon Howard, who said of The Swan With Two Necks: “It’s a fantastic community pub and it serves the needs of the whole area. “It has two really enthusiastic li­


There was praise too from CAM­ Clitheroe Adve r tiser & Times, Thursday, February 16,2012 ^ to 2% years


■ and shouting “stop” and “no”. At the time of the offence the de­


fendant was already on bail over a sex­ ual assault on a 13-year-old girl, which resulted in him receiving a custodial term. His barrister had told the court the boy wanted to apologise through him for what he had done.


then raped her. Her mother, who went out looking for her, had appar­ ently heard the end of the rape when she rang her. The teenager was crying


harrowing experience” for her parents to contact her via a mobile phone and hear their daughter’s saying “stop it” and “no”, as well as other voices. The girl had been entitled to say no. ■


in detention. Judge Norman Wright - told him: “Having had your wicked way with her, you then abandoned her in the condition she was in to wander the streets in a hysterical state.” He said it must have been a “truly


Sentencing ihe youth-to 31 months


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