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: launch, of the first Spring’ Country Fair at Stonyhurst. . ■ The country living event


THIS weekend will see the


..will be staged on Saturday and Sunday, April 6th and 7th, with more than 100 exhibitors ■; from across the country. Visitors are invited to


browse at their leisure, while enjoying: the magnificent splendour ofn h e historic school and grounds.


be exhibited at the fair rang- ■ ing from fashion and textiles to arts and crafts, gifts and accessories, soft furnishings and garden crafts. Live cook- - ery demonstrations, courtesy - of Carl Josef Kitchens and Bedrooms, music and various workshops will also take place. Award winning chefs, in­


An array of products will


cluding Paul Heathcote from Heathcotes Brasserie, Lewis


■ Wiswell, will be demonstrating their talents in Stonyhurst’s historic Top Refectory. Other- demonstrations and work-: shops include the Wirral Uku­ lele Fanatics, twice-daily wood turning demonstrations, hand bells, live recitals from Bare­ foot Books, and an exclusive Needle Felting Workshop. ■


Gallagher from Stanley House Hotel and Spa, and Steven Smith from the Freemasons at


■--ing craft will be on display in ■ the beautiful grounds.- : Tickets are priced at £5


for adults and £3 for children and concessions. They will be available.to buy on arrival at the college and car parking is free.


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ment for the children with magic shows and face paint­ ing! Top-of-the-range Lexus cars and small traditional sail-


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EARLY DAYS: A Bibby’s of Ingleton Bedford milk wagon from the days" before the family firm Sieved into coach transport.


X ITH ERO E Lady Farmers


bad a v e ^ entertaining week vith th e ir monthly meeting 3n the Monday and a charity ^-vening the following Friday. Guest speaker at the monthly


fcon„who gave a very amuing and [intefesting about the coach holi­ day business “Bibby’s of Ingleton”. Chris gave a brief history of the family business, which began with pis great grandfather who after hhe war began a milk haulage busi­ ness, collecting milk in kits from pocal farms and delivering it to the 'dairies. He later started delivering other goods, including fruit and yeg and the business evolved from


neetingwas Chris Bibby of Ingle-


of his experiences as a driver, but was full of praise for all the drivers they employ, describing them as the company’s greatest asset and


travelling all over Europe as well as many English trips. They even run educational trips to the poppy fields and other historical world war places. Although they have several collection points where passengers can join the tour, it has been necessary to move from their original premises and they now have a new covered area where passengers can be protected from the Yorkshire weather. Chris told many amusing stories


there with the acquisition of a sin­ gle coach back in the 1960s. The company now has coaches


acclaimed Lancashire folk group The Houghton Weavers and was a sellout event. The Weavers sang traditional songs and told jokes for the first half of the evening.. After this everyone enjoyed a meat and potato pie supper with a wide choice of home made des­ serts. The'second half was made up of requests from the audience, with eve^orie getting a.chance to hear their favourite song. It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening and raised lots of money for the Lady .Farmers’charities.


saying it would not be possible to have a successful coach holiday company: without.the support of their dedicated drivers.;, , The charity evening featured the


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vi;,tractive rural ’ location on:the. out- -s iij skirts of Ribchester and comprises : u nconverted farm buildings which now sjiprovlde a quality high-tech business , ; environment. • ' ' ^


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• ‘The Chieftain: Victorian True Crime Through the Eyes Of A Scotlani Detective.’ ■ George Clarke was the


TALES of murder and terrorism were told to members of Clitheroe U3A (University of the Third Age) by Dr Chris Payne OBE, speaking about his ancestor. De­ tective Chief Inspector George Clarke. Dr Payne has written a book which is entitled


Tales of a Victorian s career


worked on was The Plaist- ow Marshes Murder when a headless corpse was fourid. This led the detec­ tive to visit Germany to collect evidence as both the murderer and victim were immigrants frorii that country. - On a lighter note he


A n o th e r . c a se he


Yard - the royal family! Clarke was very in­


had to find the thief who stole silk bed linen from


some of the most famous of these cases starting with catching the criminal who killed Thomas Briggs in 1864 - the first person to be murdered in Britain on a train. -


-Muller was hanged in public watched by 50,000 people.


by boat to New York but George Clarke and an­ other detective went on a faster vessel. They had to work with the American, police and authorities to get him extradited, not easy as this was the time of the American Civil War.


Franz Muller escaped ,


variety of cases which without the use of mod­ em forensic science made solving crimes much more difficult than today; Dr Payne mentioned


son of a agricultural la­ bourer and was to become one of only 10 detectives at Scotland Yard during the 1860s and 1870s. He was involved in a


volved in investigating the the Fenian Conspiracy whose ringleaders were operating in both Ireland and the USA organising arms and support for the cause. They wanted Irish In­


of Elizabeth Brigham oc­ curred in Lymm, Chesh­ ire. It was thought that her husband Henri Perreau was to blame but it was


Balham Mystery about the poisoning of Charles Bravo. His wife and oth­ ers were under suspicion but could not be proved. The suspicious death


Tichbome Claimant Case - a famous case of fraud at the time. In 1876 there was The


dependence from Britain but the uprising was final­ ly quelled. One of its sup­ porters, who went on to be an MP and hero for those who wanted an independ­ ent Ireland was Michael Davitt who had spent his early life in Haslingden. In 1872 there was The


, George Clarke was finally tried for taking bribes and although other police officers were found guilty he was not. He was re-instated on full pay but then asked to retire. So was he innocent of


was also co-ordinating investigations into illegal betting at horse racing meetings where' much money could be made so he* was not popular in those circles., ,


not until later when an­ other woman died in Aus­ tria that the Chief Detec­ tive was able to establish it was the same man who murdered her. From 1869 T876 Clarke


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about Clitheroe U3A and how to join visit u3asites. org.uk/clitheroe'


Club’s new ‘surprise’ chair summer season


■APRIL marks the start of ■the Clitheroe Ramblers’ Iprogramirie of spring land summer walks on I Wednesday evenings. I At about four to five Imiles long, these walks Istart from locaWillages I cUid follow tracks Md foot-' Ipaths through the country- . ■side. All the walks are led


byour ejqiefiericed leaders.:, terday (April 3rd) starting Md are open to non-mem- from Sabden and led by bers. Well-behaved dogs Tan Gorst. The Wednes- are also welcoriie, though: ’ day evening walks then they need to be able to ' continue every week un­ cope with stiles.- ^


,.A spokesman for Clit- of a similar length are til August 28th. Walks


heroe Ramblers corn- merited: “It’s a great way to unwind after the day’s work and offers the oppor­ tunity to make new friends and enjoy the wonderful scenery on our doorstep, plus the opportunity for refreshment in a local pub afterwards!” The first walk was yes-


also part of the Clitheroe Ramblers programme- on the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons each month throughout the year. These start at 1 p.m., meeting at Clitheroe’s Chester Avenue car park . to share transport. . New for 2013, the group also has an occasional- Sunday aftemobn.walk in ., the programme. These will be about six miles in length , and the first one takes place on Sunday April 21st froni Lorigridge. These walks are great for farai-^ biers,co.uk


. heroe. You can also check out the walks through the Clitheroe Ramblers web- / site: www.clitheroerairi-


walks are published week­ ly in the listings section in this paper, or keep an eye open for the posters at various places around Qit-


lies and children are yery welcome. Meet at 1 p.m. at Chester Avenue car park to join this walk, or call Josie Pickup on 07545 270599.fqr more informa­ tion. : ■ Details of all these'


tional way, dealing vrith the annual busi- ’ ness of the club before retiring to The- Swan and Royal, Clitherpe, for the A’GM lunch.


fore the AGM to be the new club chair­ man, effectively by-passing the position of vice-chairman. He conducted the rest of the meeting with humour, skill, and impressive confidence. The meeting proceeded in the tradi- .


trict Probus Club will be held in the Pen- dle Club, Lowergate, Clitheroe, tomor- - row (April 5th) when Mr Peter Wfigley will give a musical presentation on “Keys and Pedals”. For more information about the club phpne 01254 823982.-


The next meeting of Clitheroe and Dis­ • -


David Sleight, had, only the day before, , agreed to become the secretary, because the secretary of many years, jMan Dan­ iels, wished to relinquish that position. TIius Hany was' asked only the day be­


CLITHEROE and District Probus Club chairman Raymond Halfpenney wel­ comed Rotary President David Blea- zard, in his position as President of both Clitfieroe Rotary and Clitheroe Probus Clubs, to the Probus annual general meeting. . An excellent attendance of Probians witnessed the President briefly take over the chair from the outgoing chairman and then install the new Probus chair-■ man,-Rev. Hany Jones. The hitherto vice-chairman of the club, i


next Tuesday, April 9th, at 2-30 p.m. is Sid Calder- bank, speaking about the history of Lancashire and the development of its dialect. . , For more information


tion proved to be a fasci­ nating insight into early Victorian Britain and that Scotland Yard was work­ ing with the authorities in other countries at a time ' when communication methods were much more limited. This month’s speaker


corruption or not? How­ ever he did go on to set up a successml private in­ quiry agency which his son continued to run. Chris Payne’s presenta­


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?'■ 1 i# REV. HARRY JONES +


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