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Next Wednesday sees the return of a collaborative partnership between four Ribble Valle}’ schools. Bowland High School
at Grindleton, Ribblesdale High School, Clitheroe, St. Augustine’s RC High School, Billington, and Clitheroe Royal Grammar School are
joining forces for an inspir ing event The four Ribble Valley
Schools have once again teamed up to organise the BRAG About Your Future event Year 11 pupils from all of
the four schools are invited to attend the event, which will be held at The Grand, Clitheroe, and will be open to pupils and their parents/ carers from 3-30 to 6-30 pm. The fundamental objec
tive of the event is to help young people obtain im-
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partial careers informa tion to enable them to make well-informed and realistic decisions about their futures beyond school, whether it be in further education or employment. Pupils will need to register upon arriv al at The Grand. The event will provide an
opportunityforpupilstofind out information from sixth forms, colleges and training providers on how they will be able to achieve their individ ual career aspirations. Anyone who would like
any further information re garding the BRAG About Your Future event should contacteitherHelenDakinat Bowland High School (email: hdakin@bowlandhigh.
lancs.sch.uk) or Julia Bill ington at Ribblesdale High School (email: jbillington@
ribblesdale.org)
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In this column a few weeks ago, my old mate Eric Beards- worth drew attention to the way familiar pronuncia tions of words and titles were suddenly being mangled by TV. ' Well Eric, my lad, I'd
thought I’d throw in my two penn’orth and have a rant at what I can only describe as the utter debasement of the English language by the news coverage. Every night I sit and goggle
at the sheer dumbing down of coverage, the appalling lapses in grammar and syntax and the proliferation of “experts” and “specialists’ who seem to earn their keep by, in Basil Fawlty’s phrase, “stating the bleeding obvious”. But what gets up my nose
most is the proliferation among newsreaders of a way
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of speaking - 1 can’t call it an accent because it’s artificial - which contorts vowels and nasalises them into an ugly w’hine. Thus the “00’ vowel, for
example, loses its resonant roundness and words like “look”, “book” and “hood” be come “lick” “hick” and “hid”. The whole thing comes,
I suppose, from a seeking to imitate the accent of the “up per clahsses". But the whole thing founders on the inevi table rock of ugliness. I was speaking to that won-
derful arbiter of taste and common sense Humphrey Lyttelton not long before he died.
He told me of returning to
his hotel after a gig and realis ing he was hungry. So he rang room service and asked for a sandwich. The reply from the young
lady taking the order was “We have, ham, cheese or cheena”. Humph, contemplating an exotic treat, inquired what “cheena” was The reply: “You know,
cheena. Fish that comes out ofatin”! Please BBC in particu
lar, can you get rid of those adjectival clauses which aren't followed by the subject, those scattered prepositions like “meet up with” and “up until now”, stop describing any one you’ve just about heard of as “iconic" and stop those howlers o f sentence con- s t r u c t io n l ik e som e one being “accused of sex
o f fen ces at Blanktown Magistrates’ Court” - all aberrations which would have brought a junior reporter scorn and ridicule from a sar castic sub-editor in my day. I hold up my hand to having played both roles. Let’s return to those days
when BBC English set the standard for a way of speak ing - clear, unfussy and the perfect way to convey news whether weighty or trivial. There were the melliflu
ous tones of Frank Phillips, Angela Rippon, who was said to read the news like it was your fault, McDonald Hobley, who could navigate with unruffled skill through a minefield of tongue-twisters, and the silky tones of Sylvia Peters. They really made the news
worth watching. When the Royal Engineers marched for the last time
This week we look back to a historic occasion 40 years ago on September 29th, , 1974, when the Royal Engi neers paraded through town for the final time. The Number 1 Training Battalion of the Royal Engi neers had been stationed at Low Moor during the Second World War. Men came from all over the country for the dedication of a Royal Engi neers’ Chapel at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor. The picture shows the Royal Engineers’ Association and Army Cadets parading along Eshton Terrace. The chapel has since been dismantled, this happening when the church was altered to become more of a commu nity centre. If you have memories of the Royal Engineers at Low Moor and would like to share them, email them to dun can. smithi@jpress. co ,uk or post to Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe, BB7 2EW.
FRE E A weekly lookatlocal issues, peopleand places Subway man’s on top
Sandwich franchisee Martin has won top regional award
The man who owns the Clitheroe Subway shop is ery oying the taste of success after scooping a top regional award. Martin Gibson, who owns
Subway stores in Clitheroe, Cleveleys and Bispham, has become Subway Owner of the Year for the Cheshire, Cum bria, Lancashire, Merseyside and Isle of Man region. Since Martin opened his
first store in Cleveleys, near Blackpool, in 2009, he has worked tirelessly to become the best performing fran chisee in the region. His Clitheroe store, in
Whalley Road, opened in July, 2010, and earlier this year he began sponsoring local swimming club Clitheroe Dolphins. Martin employs 25 people
across his stores and is due to open a fourth one in Kirkham in November. Martin said: “I am really
pleased to have been awarded the Owner of the Year award by the Subway regional devel opment team. I love myjob and 1 have a great team of people working with me across all three stores. “I enjoy working in the
local communities close to the stores, and the recent partner ship with Clitheroe Dolphins is a great example of that - we try to do our bit wherever we can.” Neil Denny, regional
development agent for Subway added: “Martin has proved himself to be an incredibly hard working fran chisee and we are delighted to have been able to present this award to him in recognition of his dedication to his stores and the local communities in which he operates.” Martin was presented with
a trophy and certificate at a re cent owners’ rally for Subway franchisees in the region.
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Police sergeant Rob Evans gained an unlikely new re cruit at The Mall in Blackburn -former “Queenofthe Jungle” and “X Factor” finalist Stacey Solomon. The “yummy mummy” and singing star, who was celebrity
. guest at the shopping centre’s Lancashire’s Got Style fashion show, posed for photographs with six young East Lanca shire police cadets and signed autographs. Sgt Evans, of Clitheroe
Police, who was in charge of the group, said: “The cadets were really excited when they found out Stacey was going to be at The Mall and so we had to come down andmeetherin person. Stacey was very down-
LOOKING BACK
1 0 0 YEARS AGO Onthesafeside
“NOW WE MAY all feel a M e off cotour for a day, orpossibly two, but if anyone you know complains
for three days that he is no better, be onyour guard. Typhoid is one of those diseases that give doctors much worry. You go to the physician and complain of
feeling’rotten’, as you may put i t The wise man knows very well that one of the possibilities is typhoid, but no-one can tell. Better be on the safe side and
watch
thepatientforadayortwo.Intwodaysallthe symptoms may have gone and all is well; it was only a slight indisposition after all. But no harm has been done. If the patient gets worse though, the doctor will beglad he recommended restThedisease may have declared itself, but it has been takenin time."
5 0 YEARS AGO War on rabbits
“IN A NOTORIOUSLY rabbit-prone area, 23 Bowland farmers are waging war bygas,snaresandshotguns on the rabbit population. The farmers, all members of the Lower Hodder Rabbit Clearance Society, formed the society about three years ago, and since then have drastically reduced the number of rabbits in the Bashall Eaves area The society covers an areaof about5,000acres and works in conjunction with the - neighbouring Bowland and Chaigtey society, which
brings the total acreage coveredup to some 20, 000.
ItsissuchsocietiesastheLowerHodderonethatthe • Minister of Agriculture would like to see more of. He
appealed to landowners with no society nearby to go ahead and form one."
25 YEARS AGO Treacle miners on T V ?
“SABDEN’S FAMOUSTREACLE miners could soon be as well-known as the Wombles or Paddington Bear... For the lovable little creatures are on the threshold of a television debut The owner of Sabden’s Rainbow Enterprises, which created the characters, said that an ITV company was considering a demonstration video, and its decision was expected within a few weeks. The video, made by independent producers, wasayear in the making and features 12 characters, including minersSilas, Willy Wizzle and Little Mitton. It has its own theme tune and incorporates the Treacle Miners Rock’. If accepted, it would lead to a starter series of 12 programmes."
X-Factor finalist Stacey Solomon with Sgt Rob Evans and police cadets.
to-earth and spent time chat ting to the group and posing for photographs. There were a lot of smiles that day! ”
The star sang a selection of
her favourite songs and pre sented the seven winners of the county wide competition,
Ladies’ group presents ‘Maundy money’
A cheque for £600 raised by the St Michael and St John’s Ladies Group was presented to a drop-in centre that helps people in need. Maundy G rang e, at
Accrington, makes a meal at lunch time for those in need and also distributes food parcels to people in the local area who need them. The ladies’ group, which
would like to thank all those people who continue to sup port its regular events, raised the money by holding a cof fee morning at the Mayor’s Parlour in Clitheroe and a raffle.
Sgt Rob’s cadets meet X-Factor Stacey If-if J
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Lancashire’s Got Style, with £150 Mall Gift cards. Stacey said: “It’s been an
absolute pleasure being a part of The Mall Blackburn’s Lancashire’s Got Style fashion show. It was a brilliant day - the crowd was really friendly and the atmosphere was fan tastic. “All the models looked
great, especially the seven winners who strutted their stuff down the catwalk like professionals! Mall manager Loraine
Jones said: “Stacey certain ly was a crowd pleaser and kept shoppers entertained throughout the day with her incredible voice and bubbly personality.”
A month o f sp o o k y fu n
St Michael and St John's Ladies' Group members Barbara Parkinson, Susan
BroughtonandPatsyHo!gatepresentachequefor£600toarepresentati- ve from Maundy Grange, (s)
a t th e Castle “Witches”, a month of fun- fiUedHaUoween-themed events will run at Clithe roe Castle Museum from next Wednesday, October 1st, to November 2nd. There will be sp ells with “Witch Demdike”, a Halloween party, chil dren’s crafts, story times, and a hunt to find hidden witches and win a goody bag. Adults £4, conces sions £3,
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gov.uk/museums or call 01200424568.
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