Thursday,October23,2014 www.clitherooadvertisor.co.uk


CUTHEROE ADVERTISER & TIMES


23 new


byEricBeardsworth eric.beardsworth®j'press.co.uk Twitter®clithadvertiser


An exciting spell at top TV chef Raymond Blanc’sschool has inspired apprentice chef Elliot Mullins in his catering career.


Elliot, 18, an apprentice at the Assheton Arms, Downham, successfully applied for a sum­ mer school place at Blanc’s Michelin-starred Belmond Le Manoir in Oxfordshire to learn new cookery skills from top chefs. ■ He worked alongside Mark'


Peregrine, who is head of the cookery school and started his own career as an appren­ tice at Raymond Blanc’s first restaurant. Now Elliot is hoping to in­


corporate what he learnt at Le Manoir as he completes his training at the Assheton Arms, part of the Seafood Pub Company. “I learnt how to work more


efficiently to save time and I also picked up a few ideas


which we’ve been trying out here,” said Elliot, who hasjust finished his level 3 catering course at Blackburn College. Elliot has high career aspi­


rations and hopes to open his own restaurant one day. “I prefer working at more


high end restaurants, as there is more risk, more pressure and more money,” he said. Fred Ciesla, general man­ ager at the Assheton Arms,


was happy for Elliot to go and work at a Michelin star res-


■ taurant, and said he was now using that knowledge and experience in the Assheton Arms. . He said: “Elliot is an ideal


apprentice. He’s been with us for.nearly a year and he’ll be here for the foreseeable future. We encouraged him to go as you’re always going to learn something new ifyou go somewhere else. “He’s very well organised,


conscientious and works well with other members of staff. “He has a great attitude to


work and we’re lucky to have him.”


Elliot putsjiisknowledgefromLeManoirtogooduse at the Assheton Arms.


of area’s ‘turnpike’ roads was explained


Given by Brian Jeffrey and Sam Rae, a talk on “The Pa- diham to Whalley Turnpike” proved both informative and fascinating for Clitheroe Civic Society. Full of facts, their talk


ranged from the 11th and 12th centuries, when early roads and trackways first made their appearance on maps, to the medieval roads which abounded in our area, to the King’s High­ ways and then the turn­ pike roads. Roads ran from Darwen and Blackburn to Clitheroe, transporting coal in and limestone out. Teams of a dozen or more'


ponies, named “limestone gals”, would be fastened together in a long string to ease the winding of the old cobbled or flagged routes which theyjourneyed over. Such medieval tracks are


often found to be running on thesamelineasour modern roads. The base and cobbled


ford of one such road can be found about 250 yards


upstream from the “new” Read Bridge at1 D e vil’s Elbow, between the toll house at Portfield and Read. Other traces of old road


have been found behind the Stork Hotel, Read, and behind the toll house on Accrington Road, Whalley. In the Padiham, Read and


Simonstone area there have been problems with roads going over old coal work­ ings. Huge holes can appear, one 30ft across and goft deep eventually filled with old telegraph poles and other debris. Positions of toll houses


were explained and the tolls' to travel the King’s Highway. Whalley alone had six toll houses, one demolished as late as the 1950s and two still in position. And the meaning of the


name turnpike? All gates on the turnpike roads were de­ signed to turn non-payers away and employed obso­ lete military pikes fixed to the gate with the pointed end facing forward.


Fantastic Offers 4 ^ ^ ^ ^ a lercj and abeto" joint venture northern your local newspaper


Advertiser and Times @clifhadvertiser


Unlimited rail travel /s £10 Hop on and off all day long!


Visit Blackpool, Manchester, Southport or anywhere you like with Northern.


To qualify for this special offer: ' • Collect 2 tokens from this newspaper, printed until 23 October 2014. • 2 tokens allow you to buy up to 4 Northern Rail Day Ranger tickets. • Travel available 20 September - 24 October 2014. All tickets must be for travel on the same date. ’ • Tickets are valid on trains departing after 0845 Monday to Friday. Valid anytime at weekends.


OFFER EXTENDED UNTIL 24 OCTOBER 2014 To stay Informed about Northern Rail spec ial offers follow i?


person per


Due to popular demand we have teamed up with Northern Rail again to bring you this amazing offer. For just £10 (£5 for kids)* you can travel anywhere on the Northern Rail network for a day.


X $> ' ' X £ j-


7


•' •rorthemrcAira/O^ How to cfalm your special offer:... ■ • :.r. • ■. • • -a- - .. ■v.-vr** ■■ - • ■ Simply vis!) the website nodhemraD.org/Oclobef2014 and register. Your application form wffl then be automatically populated with your details..


• simply print H, affix your 2 tokens and visit any staffed station on the Northern Rail network from 18 September 2014 to purchase your tickets. - For full terms and conditions visit northemrail.org/Oclober2014.‘ Children 5-15 years Inclusive. .


% TOKEN RAIL OFFER


.... >> •! n o r t h e r n


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41