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Trim traU opens at transformed park Clitheroes flourishing Brungerley Park now has new feature to help you keep fit
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YOUNGSTERSflockedtothe official opening of Brunger-
’ leyPark'snewtrimtrailon Saturday.
The new feature was opened by Edisford Primary School
pupil Lucy Beard (nine),
s Ithadbeeninstalledbyher father, Nick Beard, who owns Woodstoc UK Ltd, which is based at Backridge Farm, Waddington. : All the work on the park
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Thousands of jazz and blues fans converged on'the Nibble Valley from all overthe UK for a May Bank Holiday week end of great music.
. There was music and merri ment in the streets, in pubs, clubs and the bigger venues as more than 300 of the finest Britishand international mu sicians served up a treat over the three days of the Ribble
Valley Jazz Blues’4th Annual Jazz Festival. The festival has brought a multitude of visitors to Clit-
heroe, and while most were from the North West, oth-
: ers were from towns and cit ies across Britain, and from • as far away as London, Bury
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- thanks to good networking. The area’s hotels, B&Bs
and caravan sites were heav ily booked and there was a scarcity of accommodation in Clitheroe town centre; ' Town centre pubs and res
taurants experienced good- trade, especially those host-: ing free jazz or blues gigs as
part ofthe weekend festival. ' ' The Blues Stage at The
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Rose and Crown Hotel was full of festival fans on all three
' afternoon sessions. ■ .: : ; The Saturday StreetFesti- ^ val based in Castle Street, or
ganised by Valley Gigs, staged free jazz from mid-morning to late afternoon.- ; -: ■:
Big crowds enjoyed trad
jazz from Bourbon Street Roof Raisers. ■ : ..-
Morejazz came from com-
. munity bands, Blowjangles, The Jam Factory, and the young local band. Pacific Lamppost.
' ; : Bands and community
choirs played at other ven ues around town, at the Rib- : ble Valley Art Studios, and in
- Clitheroe Market. / Jazz fans experienced fes
• Bar.'' ■ The James Taylor Quar-
after a fine session from The John Wickham Trio, a local youth ja p band, had thrilled the audience with original compositions.
- Organ star James Taylor
commented that The Grand was the best small theatre
he had experienced outside London. .. ■ . ; • '
: Four headline bands per
formed at The Grand during the weekend. In addition to JTQtherewasastunningper-
formance from Liane Carroll, UK Jazz Vocalist ofthe Year 2012.
She thrilled a packed au
dience with inspiring songs, fine piano playing, plus wit and charm that brought a to tal standing ovation I ' _ Attractive performances from Georgina Jackson ahd the Northern Jazz Orchestra were backed by the hew local big band, the Ribble Valley -
Jazz Collective, and got big audiences.
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tival highlights at The Grand Theatre and The Atrium Cafe
tet’sjazz-funk had fans danc ing for most of the evening
i The Atrium Cafe Bar in
Clitheroe Castle Grounds has proved to be a fine festi val venue over four years. For Fest20i3 it hosted six
bands, with notable contri butions from double head er, Matt Holborn and Tantz, and from The Wonderful Sound ofthe Cinema Organ, ayoung band from Leeds Col lege of Music, whose gig was enjoyed by the Ribble Valley MayorandMayoressinoneof- their last civic engagements. . Financial support from
both Ribble Valley Borough Council and Clitheroe Town Council helped Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues promote the festival more effectively this year, and enabled the intro duction of new features in: eluding the Street Festival, and Freebird’s outreach gig at Chipping Village Hall. Sue'Lightbown,-chair
woman of Ribble Valley Jazz and Blues, was pleased the festival had been a huge suc cess, delighting local and UK
jazz fans. She said: “Our ob jectives in organising the An nual Jazz Festival are to make a social, cultural and econom ic impact on the town and borough.- : “We feel we have done this,
especially by attracting new : visitors from far afield, many of who have vowed to return in 2014.’’ ' - - Sue added: “Thanks to widespread support and co operation we have already : been talking about Festival 2014 and intend to start plan ning after a review of 2013 on
Friday this week.’^ h •
had been coordinated by the Friends of Brungerley Park. Its chairman, Dorothy
Jackson, said: “We would like to thank Nick, of Woodstoc UK Ltd for all his help and en thusiasm on this project and of course, his lovely daughter, Lucy, who made such a good
job ofeutting the ribbon.” : Funding for the trim trail
Foodbank is set to be )ened in litheroe
A NEW facility will open in Clitheroe to distribute food to those in need. Clitheroe Foodbank will
open on July 8th in partner- shipwiththeTrussellTrust. The Trust is a Christian
organisation and in the last 12 months it has seen the biggest rise in numbers giv-: en emergency food since the charity began in 2000. The rising cost of living,
static incomes, changes to benefits,underemployment and unemployment have meant increasing numbers of people in the UK have hit a crisis that forces them to go hungry. This dramatic rise in food bank usage predates. April’s welfare reforms, which could see numbers- increase further in 2013-14.
. : .This national picture is reflected in the Ribble Val-
■ ley. Local churches in par ticular havereportedgiving out more emergency food parcels than ever. Clithe roe Christians in Partner- shiphasforsometimebeen considering the establish ment of a food bank linked with the Trussell Trust, and it will open in July, with the r- distribution centre at Trin ity Church, Clitheroe. .• . Ruth Haldane, the food bank’s manager, said: “Feed-;; backfromlocalagencieshas: been that there is a need for a food bank in this area.” ?, • For details visit: WWW. .
clitheroe.foodbank.org.uk. ‘
Hannah takes the title Dressage rider Hannah Grummett (17), from Clitheroe,
, won the high achiever award at the Petplan Equine Area Festival championships at Hartpury, Gloucestershire. , Riding her six-year-old gelding Quivantos, she scored
. 78.18% in the first round qualifier to earn her place in the 30-horse ride-off, then 74-32% to win the festival final.
was provided by a National
Lottery Awards For All grant. This also paid for refresh ments and goody bags filled with packets of plant seeds.
. Further funding has been secured from the Royal Horti
cultural Society Harrogate for wildflowerseeds which willbe sown in beds around the trim trail next week. RHS Harro-
Fum&^fbrthe trim t
ri al was Iffovidedlqfa N a t io n a iL o t^ AwardskH*An^4nt gate also funded the planting
of an avenue of sorbus trees which will attract bird life. The Friends have raised
more than £40,000 in fund ing in total, with a grant from Defra for £25,000 paying for new footpaths, theopening up of the bathing hut area and an information board. Ribble Valley Borough-
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NEWS IN BRIEF ■
DotheTimewarp Get set fo r a new at Atrium Cafe Norman invasion!
Afree “Tuesday Time- warp” event takes place- : at the Atrium Cafe at Clit-
• heroe Castle nextTues-- . day, May 14th, at 7-30 pm. ; Historic films of Clitheroe - over the past 100 years . willbe shown, includ-.
: ing skaters on the Ribble ; inthe1920sandthe1928 . : . Whit walk. JFree tickets are
- availablebycalling01200 .v 424568.
“Normans” will invade Clit heroe Castle Museum next
: Friday,May 17th-andyou .. could be among them. “William the Conqueror”
. hassetaseriesofchalleng-.. es as part of his “Familia-
. Regis Williams’! warrior : elite. Four sessions take : >
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"4 f, 'Y '*' J Thelaunch o f the newTrimTrail in Brungerley Park.
Council has also promised to , match fund the £450 raised during the recent tidy up day. Funds are now being raised
by the Friends for some new wooden sculptures based on the wildlife that visits the park to be enjoyed by the disabled and partially sighted.
: The Friends would also
like to have made a willow for use by those who enjoy the bat walks and wellie walks through the park lead by East Lancashire Reserves Officer for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust Phil Dykes. I f you want to help with
fund-raising or make a do nation call Dorothy on 01200 424628.
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