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Prize winning snapper goes f from cameraman to canvas


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Press photographer Malcolm Croft won prizes for his pic- tures, butafteraserious road accidentheturnedto brushes and paint.


He later moved to the south of France, where the landscapes have inspired his work, and his latest exhibition “The Beautiful


® . South” is currently on show at thd Art Decor Gallery in Whal-


ley. Newcastle-born Malcolm


was a Fleet Street photogra­ pher then moved to Manches-


.^ ..te r , where his coverage of the IRA bomb attack in 1997 won him the Press Photographer of the Year Award. After a serious road accident


Malcolm Croft, painterat work in France.


ended his photographic career artistsworkinginFranceatthe coloursto productively land- in 2005, he began to teach him- turn ofthe 20th century, Mai- scapes and vivid still lifes. . selftopaintattheageof4i.


. colm developed a distinct style, Hejoined an artists’ co-op- influenced by many ofthe using bold outlines and bright erative in 2007, and soon his m


work was in demand with art collectors and gallery owners, making him one of the North's


best-selling emerging artists. In 2009 he bought a house in


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Azille, a village in the Mivervois region of France, with the com­ pensation money he received five years after his accident, and this year he moved there permanently with his family. There, he has painted sub­


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jects such as rooms in his house, the boulangerie where he buys his daily baguette and views from his early morning walks. “I paint obsessively, every


day,” he sayds. “Although a sin­ gle painting might take days, weeks, months, or even years to complete 1 endeavour to retain a sense of immediacy and en­ ergy, of vitality and joyousness.” “The Beautiful South” exhi­ bition runs until October 3rd.


Accrington and District Bonsai Society's fine display at Clithe­ roe Garden Club’s show, (s)


Despite the poor summer weather, the gardeners of Ribble Valley produced a fine display for Clitheroe Garden Club’s Annual Show last month.


• ■ For the first time this year, high quality entries from the residents of This­ tle Manor helped boost the many fruit, flowers, plants, vegetables, cookery, pho­ tography and handicrafts entries. There was also an amaz­


ing display of bonsai trees by the Accrington Bonsai Society. The show was held at St


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museum during the morning session. After lunch, there will be the chance to edit Wikipedia and to write arti­ cles on Clitheroe Castle Mu­ seum, items in the museum’s collection and the site. All Wiklpedians are wel­


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training day will be held to­ morrow (Saturday Septem­ ber 19th). Attending one of these


sessions will help to equip anyone with the skills to participate in the editath­ on.


Booking is essential for


the training session and the editathon. To reserve a place, please call 01200 424568 or email: clitheroe- castle@lancashire.gov.uk People can also register-


and find out more about the event on the Wikipedia event page. For more information


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James’ C of E Primary school in Clitheroe where theTown Mayor, Coun. Sue Knoxpre- sented the prizes. Entry to the show was


free but the cost was offset by the' sale of raffle tickets and refreshments with the ever popular home-made cakes. The club now switches


its attention to autumn talks at Ribblesdale Wanderers Cricket and Bowling Club in Brownlow Street. There are some changes


to the published order of speakers. October 7th’s meeting


will now be Michelle Mar­ tin speaking on “Expanding Small Gardens - The Chi­ nese Way”. And on November 4th, Tim Smith will speak on


“Spring Bulbs”. Newmembers are always


welcome at any of the meet­ ings.


Piano perfection is paperless


The Fqjita Piano Trio return to Clitheroe Concert Society on Wednesday 7th October with a programme of works by Schu­ bert, Shostakovich and Men­ delssohn. The daughters of a much


respected and_admired Japa­ nese Ambassador to the UK and educated in London, they bring something exciting to Chamber Music by playing


from memory without sheet music. This gives a freedom of


sound which adds clarity and expression.


The programme starts with


Schubert’s Trio in E flat, con­ tinues with Shostakovich's trio in E minor and concludes with Mendelssohn’sTrio in D minor. More information is given


on the Society’s website www. clitheroeconcerts.org where


advance tickets (£15) can also be bought. Tickets can also be obtained at the Platform Gal­ lery. Full time students and ac­


companied children are admit­


ted free. The concert is at 7-30 pm at


the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School where there is plenti­ ful free parking. Entrance is on the flat. Enter from York Street.


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ENTERTAINMENT ‘Battle’ winners launch new album


Good Foxy’s live music has a mature sound which sizzles and crackles like a midwinter fire ® Beneath the Weeping Sky, a rolling thunder of a song from Good Foxy’s debut al­ bum by the same name and the sun-dappled graphics on the sleeve, conjures up images of late-night psychedelic con­ templation, writes Tony De- whurst. But Rick Wakeman’s com­


Good Foxy have come on


a lengthy journey since they lifted the Lancashire Reidy’s backed battle of the bands crown at Blackburn King George’s Hall 18 months ago, not long after their first gig at Clitheroe’s Kings Arms. “We’d not been together


munications centre is no­ where in sight, and instead the Clitheroe four-piece, formed over the shared love of music and their experiences a couple of summers ago, are just hap­ py to remind you of the heavy duty sonic sound of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Led Zeppelin, a dollop of Cream and even a slice of Jesus and Mary Chain. “We do like our funky


tunes, but we’ve all got our own way of seeing things,” said Freddie Bruhin Price, “Good Foxy’s bass and vocal’s man ahead of the band’s album launch party at Clitheroe’s Grand Theatre tomorrow.


that long when we entered the competition, and we all had our doubts, even during it, whether we should carry on,” added Freddie. “But we reached the semi­


final and we all thought, yeah we might have something here. I didn’t think we’d done well enough to win it, but it did put us on the map.” Good Foxy recorded their


GoodFoxy(s) “It does take a nod to Zep­


pelin, The Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, but that’s why we bonded together because they were the building blocks of our music. We are all very


passionate about music, but we are also quite restless and impatient guys who like to look ahead tod. “We are not about fashion, people looking cool or any­


thing like that, we just want to feel the music and see the audience enjoying that vibe, “It’s lovely, because folk


seem to be excited by what we do.”


latest work in Clitheroe, at the town’s Grand Theatre where Mark E. Smith and Bruce Fox- ton have worked in the last few months. But fo r many bands,


though, translating their stu­ dio experimentation into the live environment can prove a


challenging one. But Good Foxy’s sound is


mature beyond their tender years and live they sizzle and crackle like a mid-winter fire. They received further rec- q


ognition this summer, sup­ porting rock veterans Status Quo at Hoghton Tower, and their bruising set at the Beat- Herder Festival went down a *• 3 treat at Dockber Farm. “Status Quo were very


humble guys, and after the show Rick Parfitt came over and said, ‘keep going lads, you were terrific’. “Beat-Herder was so spe­


cial, and playing there gave us % another dimension to the fes­ tival because we all love going there." Freddie added: “We’ve had


a great year and we are very proud ofthe album.” Good Foxy album launch


party. Clitheroe Grand The­ atre, September 25th. Sup­ port from Kollide. £6.01200


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