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by Don can Smith , duncaasmith@jpress.co.uk


• @ClithAdvertiser Real ale and real music


: combine once again for the latest Middle Earth Beer and Music Festival, which starts■ today at Hurst Green'.


Inspired by J.R.R.Tolkien’s connection with Stonyhurst College, the four-day Hobbit- themed event based at Hurst Green Memorial Hall will feature 40 beers from all over the country, some f am i l ia r and some rarely seen in this part of the country, along with- c r a f t c i ­ ders Live performances run from this evening (Thursday) through Friday and Saturday until after 4pm on Sunday, with evening and afternoon sets o f swing, jazzi hillbil­ ly, rock, blues and original acoustic songwriters. ■ On Saturday'and Sunday


there will also be family fun days in the adjoining field and marquee. - ■ Local craftspeople will


give displays and offer prod- ucts:for sale and there will be “have a go" sessions with Blackburn Archeryv wood s c u lp to r and ch a in saw


artist Ian Freemantle,E and M Glass Blowing and Stokes ■■■-; traditional blacksmiths. ' The music line-up is:'.- ■ ‘ T h u r sd a y : Acclaimed-v


s ing e r-songwriter Emma^ Stevens' plus.young Whal-£


ley-based duo Remedy. Doors , open 6pm, music 8pm, tick-' • ets£8.


: - Fr iday: Rambunkshus; :


lively. Motown and North- ern Soul covers band, plus . soul DJ. Doors 6 pm, music , around7pm,tickets£6. : £ •Saturdaydaytime (£3 en- r . - try ,' c h i ld r e n free) from 10.45 - am: Mike IGieaf---' sey of Sweeney A s t ra y , P e te r :• Aldridge,-Blari--’ ty, Mog Stanley^; G e o r g e f la r r i s ,? :


Bad Cardigan, Western Val­ ley Hot Club. Saturday evening: Swing Commanders p re sent ing


jazz, 1940s classics, boogie- woogie, western swing, 50s


jump ja z z and more. Doors 7 pm, music from 9 pm, tick­ ets £10. - Sunday (£3 entry, children


free) from 1 1 am: Colin Lip- trot, Brother Bastion, David Jaggs o f The Ragamuffins, Sean Keefe and the Hostag­ es, The Jack Ratts. .. Weekend tickets cover­


ing all events are £ 2 2 /www. middleearthbeerfestival.co.uk


A history book of Blackburn and the Ribble Valley towns written more than 130 years • ago and going back to the days o f the Romans has been re-


. printed. ' Seen by many as the defin­ itive book on Blackburn and


- its surrounding area, “The History of Blackburn, Town and Parish”,was written by William Alexander Abram and first published in 1877. It details the old manor


houses and the gentry and all the important details of life in the Clitheroe and its sur­ rounding areas and villages, . through the centuries, y . It traces the archaeology ofthedistrict, the Civil War, - the memorials of men of pub­ lic fame, and the early domes­ tic architecture in some of the area’s fine old halls and man­ sions.


- It was only after the Roman invasion - the first by Julius Caesarjn 55 BC and then Agri-,■ :


; cola-that historical accounts of Britain or Lancashire were - recorded.


Romans, royals, gentr; tom


*r J N ■ ■ r-r"'.-'1- i - - ‘ Rib ch e ste r became an


importantRoman city and ; station, known as Bremeten- nacum Veteranorum, and in r 1796 a remarkable batch of relics of the period was discov-. ered nine feet below ground. It included a bronze helmet, . richly ornamented with em- bossedfigures.’


^ ; During the wars of-the


roe in 1464 by partisan follow­ ers of Edward IV, the Yorkist Prince, who then forcibly pos­ sessed the throne.-


' During his period of hid­


Roses, it is known that Henry < VI was captured near Clithe- i ;


ing,- he is said to have visited Whalley Abbey and was also entertained at Waddington Hall, Mitton; the home of Sir John Tempest. The hall had a room known as the King’s Chamber, and a field between : the hall and the river is called - King Henry’s Meadow. • Henry was betrayed by


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supposed friends, includ­ ing Sir James Harrington, of Hornby, and John Talbot, of Salesbury Hall, and was cap­ tured at the ford of the Ribble, anciently known as Brunger-


• ley Hippingstones, as he tried to flee.


They were suitably re­


warded for their treachery by Edward. Sir Thomas Tal- bot of Bashall received £100


and Sir John Tempest and Sir James Harrington 100 marks each.Sir JohnHarringtonwas


granted alarge swathe of land. ■ The book also tells of the


area’s wealthy families, such


. as the Slaters, who were ten­ ants ofWhalley Abbey, both in


f


. Billington and Whalley. John Slater in 1538 held 18 acres in' Billington and a pasture in


" Whalley called Roger-ashes. - “The History of Black­


; ■ t iq n s , £26.99, is available from Clitheroe Books, Moor Lane, Lesley^ Newson Blackburn Market or. by calling 01539 -' 295195.


burn, Town and Pqrish”, TeprintedbyHeritagePublica-


w ® i -^ b'eV^,eykhi9MstfEd^ Wm A Abram’s book


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