OJs End of Summer bash

Friday 28th August

After a little lull in Mayoral duties I found myself getting more involved in this party than originally anticipated.

OJ's (http://www.ojscare.com/) end of summer celebration was scheduled for 28th August and the weather did its' best to scupper the outdoor part of the Fun Day. So the night before I agreed to lend our party tent and on the morning of the event we set up a refuge from the impending torrential rain. Naturally during the party itself it remained dry and it was only when the extremely efficient team and I were taking it down did it rain and we got wet!

So after scooting off home and making myself look a bit more like a Mayor I re- arrived at Hillside School to find our local bobby, Paul Worsick, supervising a load of small people pretending to be the police in his van with the blues and twos activated and making a right racket!

Next to them was a climbing wall - highlights being Mr and Mrs Donoghue racing and the girls in purple gassing instead of climbing!

Indoors Leaping Liz struggled to compete with little Paddy karaoke king but no one seemed to mind and the parents were still talking about the magician an hour after he'd left!

I make no secret of my admiration of this charity and the team that Lisa has pulled together to provide such a valuable service for families with autistic children - congratulations to you all.

Clitheroe Mayors Proms Concert

Saturday 8th August

The weather stayed fine and the Clitheroe Town Band together with the Ribble Valley Choir entertained a big crowd in the Clitheroe Castle grounds.

The chain gang were out in force and it was good to catch up with some familiar faces as well as some new ones!

Thanks to Mary and the Clitheroe Town Council with special mention to flag seller extrodinaire red white and blue man Alan Yearing for tireless endeavours flogging dodgy Union Flag hats for the sing song bit at the end.

And a thanks too to Messrs Knagg and Shuttleworth for the photos...as is often the case at the moment I left the house without the camera even though it was right next to the car keys!!

100 yrs of Houghtons

Saturday 1st August

Bill and Nick Houghton hosted a small gathering at their interesting building opposite St Lawrence's Church in Longridge where I unveiled the new date staone that had been refurbished to commemorate Houghtons hundred years of funeral directors.

Some of the Longridge Partnership Heritage Committee joined the party and we risked becoming new clients of the hosrs when the Longridge News phototgrapher asked us to stand in the middle of Lower Lane for a pic!

This pic was taken from the safety of the pavement on the other side of the road which is why you can't see very much and illustrates why newspapers prefer their own photographer to be there!!