Here are the GCSE results for schools across the Fylde Coast.
AKS Lytham
Ten passes
M Bittar, A Bowker, D Brenner-Lawton, J Cowburn, N Forster, I Fraser, O Gavin, A Naeem, A Park, R Pickersgill, S Reams, L Rigby, C Shaw, S Southern, J Willcox, J Wood.
9 passes
A Abbott, I Arnold-Turner, G Aspinall, S Baines, C Barcock, A Broadbent, H Bux, H Bux, C Cadley, E Chambers, J Chopra, J Clayton, M Clayton, M Cookson, D Cooper, A Counsell, G Dale, A Douglas, S Drinkwater, I Eastham, R Ellis, R Evans, N Frankel, N Gallagher, E Garstang, C Hall, E Hall, J Harvey, J Heaton, J Howland, H Hudson, K Iqbal, A Iredale, J Kurtis, J Lowther, A Lusher, L Macaulay, A Marrs, L Meek, R Mill, J Moore, R Newman, O O’Neil, G Powlesland, J Pyrah, B Smyth, F Stanier, D Stone, M Storton, J Taylor, T Taylor, M Turpie, I Walton, S Wen, R Whitaker, O Wilkinson-Gray, J Worsley, G Wyatt, T Wyatt.
Eight passes
S Barker, M Cherry, A Foulds, M Haythornthwaite, S Kyle-Clay, O Lea-Taylor, J Moreau, G Powell, G Wallace.
Seven passes
M Baker, B Dagger, J Duncan, O Fagan-Weston, L Halliwell-Fletcher, R Spurway.
Six passes
A Shelmerdine.
Montgomery High School passes
Eleven passes
O Bach, R Halliwell, R Hartley, S Hartley, K Holmes, G Hope, T Kambouri, B Loder, M Mills, W Murray, A Platt, M Rigby, B Singleton, C Stokes, K Szepecko, A Tumalty, J Waters, L White, J Williams, A Wood
Ten passes
Y Abdali, D Adshead,P Allbutt, S Almond, S Anderson, J Arliss, H Austin, E Bailey, E Banks, M Barclay, J Barratt, B Berresford, L Berresford, V Blackburn, L Brook, R Brown, T Brownrigg, J Bryan, E Bunting, R Burgess, J Byrne, R Cable, D Carr, M Carter, R Cato,G Charlesworth, J Cheeseman, M Cherry, A Christy, A Clarke, M Cooke, L Cooper, J Cotton, E Cross, J Cullinan, J Cunliffe, C Danson, M Davies Clarke, A Devonport, C Dickman, Z Dickson, L Donnelly, M Dooley, J Downs, C Edge, J Ellison, C Evans, H Evans, J Evans, E Farquhar, E Farrell, C Fearon, K Fenton, H Ferguson, R Fielden, M Fielding, S Formosa, J Fox, E Froggett, M Froggett, B Fuller, E Garlick, B Gaunt, B Green, C Grogan, C Haines, C Hanson, M Hayhurst, N Heller, S Hill, B Hindle, K Hodson, C Horrocks, D Hughes, K Hughes, S Hughes, L Hulton, C Isherwood, C Jackson, N Kelemen, C Kendrick, N Kenworthy, S Khanum, G Lomax, E Luce, G Luckett, Z Machen, L Marshall, E Masterton-Taylor, G McClean, H McCready, H McCreedy, G McGonagle, S Mercer, H Moore, C Moran, M Morris, K Moulson, L Moulson, C Mulhall, A Mulvey, J Nash, M Noble, D Norwood, J Nuttall, R Oldfield, D Park, T Parkinson, S Pearson-Brown, H Peel, S Pepper, D Percival, C Phasey, J Pickavance, L Poole, J Priestley, N Pyatt, C Richards, M Riedel, M Roberts, T Robinson, E Rose, K Rothery, M Rothwell, C Sanderson, K Sandiford, R Shepherd, G Shobayo, M Shonhiwa, B Smith, M Smith, M Smith, N Smith, S Smith, R Stewart, A Stirk, J Street, J Sykes, D Sykes-Livingstone, D Taylor, A Thornton, J Tolley, W Tomkinson, L Torralba, S Wainwright, R Walkden, K Walsh, H Whitehead, H Whitworth, D Wiles, R Wilks, C Williams, L Willis, J Wilson, J Wilson, K Wilson, C Winrow, M Worster, J Wright
Nine passes
E Alexander, M Balcerak, E Bartle, C Burgess, K Caine, C Cardwell-Wilsdon, A Clark, L Craddock, M Crumpton, E Day, X Devere, S Eaton, L Eckersley, C Eland, J Fenton, L Fleming, N Frankland, L Galloway, C Gibson, B Hall, S Hall, J Harrington, S Howarth, A Hutchings, P Iddon, E Jacklin, M Jackson, H Kadic, Y Knapman-Fletcher, R Linley, A Maillot, M Masters, J Maxwell, T McGawley, D McMahon, N Mew, A Mills, B Mullaney, H Nester, C Owen Steeden, J Parry, S Priestley, N Rhodes, C Rourke, S Sanderson, A Sisson, A Smith, E Smith, H Smith, W Townson, I Wild
Eight passes
L Bicket, B Bury-Young, M Da Costa, L De’Ath, Y Hegarty, T Higgins, M Jones, K Kirkman, I Mather, A McCabe, J McKnight, N Moody, N North, C Portlock, H Pugh, T Roberts-Rembowski, K Rossington, L Scotland, C Stott, L Thomas, E Tomlinson, K Walker-Earnshaw, L Webster, K Williams
Seven passes
M Crook, M Kennedy, T Knowles, J Laverty, B Standaloft, A Tattersall, E Wilcock
Six passes
C Elliott, S Sawers, B Scott
Five passes
L Gaulter, C Nelson, M Smith, C Spencer, J Willis, B Wright
Four passes
A Scott
Three passes
A Ashford, J Matley
Two passes
S Faulkner, V Johnston, L Leary
One Pass
A Hurwitch, L Mellad
Cardinal Allen High School
Ten passes
J Ballam, J Basquill, S Bennett, K Bradley, O Brady, B Carmichael, M Clark, L Grassie, C Haigh, H Hampson, T Hardman, R Heyes, L Male, D Morgan, P Paul, E Rapaccioli, O Rhys-Rowley, E Roberts, S Sherrington, L Waite.
Nine passes
F Ashworth-Prescott, A Atkin, J Beanland, C Benson, E Bleasdale, W Blunt, E Bradford, F Burgess, O Cattle, D Clerkin, K Cody, A Colebourne, T Fearnley, L Flemington, L Franklin, V Fusco, J Graham, D Hopkins, A Jewitt, J Jones, A McCaskill, H Miller, E Mooney, C Moyle, O Mullen, W Myers, A Ogden, L Oldman, J O’Neill, E Orr, M Pumphrey, T Scantlebury, H Seed, R Sharpe, J Short, C Simpson, M Sinclair, J Smith, L Smyth, K Wade, M Waldermar, B Watson, M White, K Wilson, K Wright.
Eight passes
R Anderson, C Andrew, J Austin, M Bardsley, J Beaton, L Black, S Blair, E Bradder, J Bradley, L Brayshaw, K Bruno, E Bulmer, S Bunn, T Callighan, P Carter-Barnes, T Clarke, R Corcoran, J Croston, C Devine, L Donnellon, R Garrett, L Gibson, J Greaves, Y Gregson, M Hargreaves, M Kaur, L Knights, M Lee, F Leonard, K Logan, L Mangan, H Martin, J McCann, K McCann, J McCaul, J McKevitt, O Mellor, K Mercy, T Metcalf, J Mizon, H Monaghan, R Moody, A Moran, C Newsham, E Noble, C Nuttall, T Parker, L Patterson, J Pinder, R Poole, K Rhodes, J Richardson, J Roberts, G Roney, O Salthouse, N Sintes, M Southward, T Stones, B Symons, C Thornborough, D Warren, M Watthey, E Webster, E Webster, T Welsh, K Whipp, C Williams, H Wilson.
Seven passes
J Bedford, O Bridge, N Cossey, A Crowford, E Hadgraft, B Hay, C Holden, J Holland, K Lane, B O’Keefe, L Peake, A Price, S Scott, S Simms, E Tester, R Thomasen, C Young.
Six passes
J Almond, C Barker, J Dale.
Five passes
M Waterman
Four passes
J Silver
Three passes
C McLeod
One Pass
J Tyler
St Mary’s Catholic College
Ten Passes
Barczynska L, Gierczak N, Machowiecki M, Tomas W, Wiecha N,
Nine Passes
Anderson F, Arnold C, Ashton T, Baker A, Baker C, Barclay C, Beardall N, Berrett-Phillips R, Bezaras D, Bibby J, Biju S, Blakey C, Boccaccio A, Boyne D, Bradley J, Brattley-Farnell T, Brown G, Brown T, Brzozowska K, Burgess C, Calle-Calatayud M, Clossick M, Copp E, Cornwell C, Cornwell J, Critchley S, Daniels L, Davey C, Davidson C, Devaney K, Devonald R, Dillaway C, Donnelli-Hunn K, Fearnley C, Fisher B, Flete E, Foster M, Galvin B, Garaba M, Gavin L, Gibbons D, Giddings C, Glover B, Graham G, Hannibal G, Hannibal R, Hawkins G, Hearsum L, Henderson D, Herbert L, Hester D, Hodge W, Holt A, Hoyle L, Hughes B, Humphreys L, Hutt C, Ireland E, Johnson F, Johnson O, Kay E, Kershaw J, Kilgallon J, Kucinski A, Lea -Sain J, Lewis B, Leyland M, Lightbown S, Lloyd C, Lonsdale P, Lovell S, Lowe J, Martin E, Mathew J, McCluskey S, McKenna K, McMullen J, McNeill A, McNickle N, McWilliams J, Molloy R, Montague J, Moonemalle M, Nelson Colsey J, Ney J, Parriss-Riley L, Partridge J, Patten L, Payne E, Perrett K, Plummer N, Puthenpurayil A, Pyper C, Riley K, Robb G, Rodaway J, Ronson A, Roper C, Rowley E, Salt L, Scot-Curwen H, Shahsavari Z, Sheta Z, Sieradzki N, Skivington C, Slater A, Smithurst S, Stambridge A, Stephens A, Stevenson C, Tench M, Towers R, Turley M, Turner J, Tyrrell C, Utomi V, Valentine P, Veitch M, Verma M, Verzo V, Vincent M, Walsh C, Walton B, Watson M, Welsh C, Williams M, Wilson E, Winder M, Wood J, Wren K, Ygona R, Zafar J, Zhi Yang C,
Eight Passes
Blackwell L, Brownwood R, Cardwell E, Cheetham J, Costello M, Cubitt C, Dale H, Dela Cruz D, Dent-Watson E, Dewhurst O, Drake A, Evedon J, Fahey J, Gallagher K, Godwin S, Greenop O, Grimes S, Hodgkinson S, Houghton R, Hughes M, Ingram K, Innes A, Johnson C, Leaf C, Madden N, Martin L, Meechan J, Moreau K, Ogiogwa G, Orritt J, Oscar M, Richardson J, Sharlet B, Simpson K, Smith W, Starkie J, Tanner C, Taylor M, Thomson R, Tribe O, Wells C, Williams J, Winter N, Wrigley J, Young G, Zielinski K
Seven Passes
Allen R, Carney H, Grant C, Grindley T, Henshall L, Keogh A, Koziol D, Lister J, Marshall-Fitzpatrick C, O’Brien, Gleeson L, Parsons K, Shaw M, Slachciak O, Smith G, Smith M, West S
Six Passes
Craven S, Haney C, Kerry E, Lea-Sain F, O’Neill M, Taylor J, Wood R, Woodhouse J,
Two Passes
Kersh S
Fleetwood High School
Eleven passes
A Barlow, A Douglas, J Hall, A Poole, C Riding, A Stevens
Ten passes
S Adams, C Bidle, C Bradford, R Chelton, F Coates, A Coventry, J Cummins, T Delves, A Entwistle, L Fox , T Gotto, D Harrison, E Hassall, N Hogg, E Houton, N Howell, J Hunter, S Hutcheon, A Hutton, J-F Jones, L Jones, M Khan, A Leach, B Marriott, A McCarron, J O’Connor, K O’Rourke, B Pearson, R Reddington, L Samson, T Sargeant, T Sharratt, T Smith, K Shaw, L Simm, L Thomas, C Wardle, Ben Wilson, Bethany Wilson, A Wright H Youngson
Nine passes
R Andrews, D Baker, A Bainbridge, R Beech, C Bidle, T Briggs, L Bowman, C Cawley, D Clough, K Crewdson, H Cygal, M Emsley, R Garrett, D Haworth, S Heron, L Hutchings, J Impett, C Jones, J Jones, E Jorgenson, M Kennedy, C Lynn, J Manning, S Nicol, J-L Paine, J Paterson , A Price, C Slater, L Stark, A Stewart, D Underdown, K Valentine
Eight passes
J Barrow, A Blyth, D Burns, C Dawson, B Flowers, L Gaynor, C Hall, S Irvin, C-E Jones, C Lee, J Marshall, J McLaughlin, C O’Malley, B Parker, K Parker, R Robinson, K Rouse, M Stoney, C Tomkins
Seven passes
E Barkworth, C Duncan, J Harrison, T Howard, J Joyce, R Oldcorn, J Rudge, B Tripp,
Six passes
J Davies, C Driscoll, C Ethell, K-A Ethell, F Macklin, A Royle,
Five passes
M Ellis, A Heaton, M Rawcliffe - McDermott
Four passes
C Burgess, L Feike, A Mills
Two passes
J McLaughlin
One pass
J Crane, O Douthwaite
Millfield
11 Passes
L, Allison,L Deery,A Jolly.
10 Passes
J Allinson,E Ball,E Bond,A Boyle,K Bradshaw,E Brown,H Brown,E Buckley,I Chantrell,D Chettoe,A Chisam,T Choudhury,L Crane,C Croft,H Cudlip,A Daly,E Davies, C Dickinson,J Ellwood,R Evans,
T Farrow,E French,O Gorman,E Gouldin,B Green,C Grogan,A Hayes,S Hepworth,C Hill,L Hogarth, J Hurst,E Johnstone,J Joyce,L Kidd,T Kirkman,N Lee,W Liptrot,A Mayall-Buckley,L Moyes,T Nuttall,A Owens,
C Payne,A Potts,F Railton,C Ratcliffe,L Riley,S Robinson,J Schofield,L Schroeder,B Sharp,E Simms,R Simpson,L Smith,C Tarpey,R Trott,H Warne,M Wright.
9 Passes
M Ball,R Bamber,C Barclay-Smith,E Blair,J Burr,C Buston,E Cartmell,L Cooper,J Cresswell,K Daniells-Tarry,D Evans-Bowker,M Fisher,A Gratton,K Gudgeon,C Hannigan,C Haslam,J Hind,L Kelly,C Kight,
L Kilmartin,N Latus,G Lumley,R Munro,R Pogson,C Porter,J Pye,J Raina,C Richardson,M Ronson,R Shaw,T Slater,G Stansfield,D Street,A Todd,C Tregonning,J Wilkinson,L Wilson,S Wright.
8.5 Passes
R Jones.
8 Passes
K Ablett,D Ainsworth,D Baker,E Berry,S Carr,N Casey,O D’Arcy,M Diack,L Eccles,A Foster,M Green,J Hampson,B Handley,M Hindle,B Ingham,J Johnston,L-J Kennedy,Z Kirkman,L Lowe,E Lucas,L Matthews, R Midgley,F Mooney,H Naylor,K Pipe,S Potts,O Quinnell,L Rumming,W Singleton,S Slapp,J Thompson,M Turner,J Twyford,O Van Bogerijen,C Watson,L Whyment,J Williams.
7 Passes
A Bowker,A Campbell,A Carr,T Crane,S Ellis-Graham,A Gibson Swarbrick,E Gregory,T Kirby,J May,D Norton,S Rushton,M Sielski,D Smith,C Stead,E Thomas,T Thornton,F Vickers,M Wilcock,J Willis,R Wright.
6 Passes
L Foster,A Keay,T Potts,A Reeves,W Young.
5 Passes
C Sielski.
2 Passes
M Thompson.
Blackpool Aspire Academy
Ten Passes
S Alikasa, A Deroxinska, N Radzanowska
Nine Passes
J Adamson, J Barker, M Black, J Booth, C R Bullen, D Bullough, L Cameron, C Casey, S Clegg, J Curran, C Davis, E Davis, J Eadie, R Ferguson, E Fletcher, M Goodinson, J Harrison, C Heath, K Hill, Z Hill, H Hilton, L Hurley, J Jackson, S Joliffe, J Lee, M Lion, J Lu, J Lyle, D Moore, K Morgan, C Murphy, K Ostrowska, K Pentony, C Ralph, C Regan, H Rudd, K Walerowicz
Eight Passes
L Abbass, C Atkinson, L Bailey,S Beatie, S Bioletti, S Bowe,C Boyes, J Bradford, C J Bullen, C Chapllin, L Chinn-Batten, H Coffey, C Crolla, E Derbyshire, C A Dowling, C M Dowling, D Duffy, F Dyson, K Faulkner, J Fay-Southall, C Fisher, H Folger, M Gordon, N Guy, V Hague,T Hamer, N Hassall, D Heaton, S Henson, C Hiller, N Hirst, J Jones, M Jones, S Kirby, E Langridge, S Lavelle, A Lens, M Lidgley, R Lindsay, J Linton, E Longthorne, A Mallinson, A Marchant, M Marcus, C McCartney-Page, K McKenzie, M McLellan, C Morris, C Papp, M Parker, L Partridge, J Pearce, L Perry, J Porter-Thomas, K Priest, R Rhaman, C Riches, M Richmond, K Ridings,L Rogers, C Ronson, E Rowe, R Ruddock, B Ryan, S Scanlon, E Scowcroft, C Smith, J S Smith, Jacob Smith, J Smith, Z Smith, A Smith-Griffiths, S Staff, A Strickland, D Strother, A Taylor, D Taylor, G Taylor, R Taylor, S Taylor, H Trask, L Vaughan, M Vowels, R Walmsley, B Walton, H Waterhouse, M Weilding, C Whatmough, S Whiteside, J Wilmore, S Worthington, C Wylie, J Yardley
Seven Passes
S Burns, N Casson, J Cook, R Currie, D Daly, C Dodds, G Folger, J Hanby, L Harrison, C Keogh, P Langley, M Mahoney, C Palin, A Parfitt, R Riddick, S Roney-Wilton, T Sparks, A Taylor, C Walker, C Wright,
Six Passes
K Dickinson, S Flynn, C J Mcdonald, E Owen, K Philipson-Grant,D Sanderson, A Sharif, M Yates
Five Passes
S Brewster, L Butterworth, A Hartley, D Porietis, E THomson, R Turner
Four Passes
R Miller, E Muir,
Three Passes
A Clare, S Mitchell
One Pass
E Roberts
St George’s
Twelve Passes
M Burgeen
Eleven Passes
S Ardrey, A Brocklehurst, P Cartledge, T Davis, A Dixon, J Eaves, C Gill, G Gray, C Gregory, C Henderson, E Khan, E Lawrence, B Leonard, J Lock, L Martin, R Morris, L Nixon, C Pound, E Robinson, A Sagar, P Salanki, J Toal, E Walsh
Ten Passes
D Andrews, C Baggaley, D Bailey, M Barker, K Baron, C Baxter, C Berry, L Bowden, R Bowler, E Briggs, A Brown, J Burke, M Butler, K Campbell, C Carter, C Clough, K Clough, H Colledge, M Conn, W Cottam, E Counter, J Cowling, T Cox, L Crewdson, G Cubbins-McCorry, B Davidson, C Davidson, A Dixon, D Dixon, S Dodd, C Emery, K Fairlie, R Fisher, L Frain, P Froggett, R Gibson, S Gilligan, C Good, K Green, H Greenhalgh, C Hammond, E Harwood, J Healey, J Hemming, J Higgins, J Hill, M Holmes, H Hughes, Z Iglesias-Blackburn, J Jackson, D Jones, J Jones, L Jones, M Langley, A Lenton, K Lewin, C Lonsdale, C Mason, K May, J McAnena, D McCulloch, E McKay, L McNaught, L Mills, C Moorhead, D Moorhouse, L Mundow, M Norton, M Nuttall, H O’Brien, A Pemberton, L Phillips, K Piper, L Quinn, R Randell, J Richardson, L Richardson, C Riding, T Rogerson, E Rowland, K Rutherford, N Salmon, C Searle, H Simpson, T Singleton, L Smith, O Smith, W Sontowska, J Southern, T Stewart, G Stillwell, J Sudell, E Taylor, L Thorpe, L Topham, D Townson, J Webster, M Wilson, B Yiu
Nine Passes
L Aaron, F Allan, M Atkinson, A Bamber, B Bayman, A Campbell, S Ellis, J Green, C Gregory, C Harrison, S Heyes, L Marsden, T May, M McGregor, O Millard, L Morgan, E Nixon, C Roberts, K Shaw, R Thomas, C Tyldesley, E Wasp, C Wildon
Eight Passes
E Burgess, J Dodd, R Everington, S Frankle, P Jones, S Macfarlane, T Roberts, A Scarlett, J Taylor, M Wood
Seven Passes
R Ahmed, C Barkworth, M Bracewell, M Burgoyne, A Fisher, A Hart, B Lindley, C Murphy, L Thomas, C Whitaker, J Wright
Six Passes
B Burgess, G Everton-White, J Fielding, B Gillett, J Hamilton, P Holyoake, H Mylroie, C Norton, K Sarjantson
Five Passes
D Bristow, L Logan, T Nugent, M Preston
Four Passes
R Baldwin, L Webb
Three Passes
A Merchant, J Stock,
Two Passes
Z Elkirat
St Aidan’s
Thirteen Passes
T Lord
Twelve Passes
R Born, D Burke, LEagles-Martin, C Ellam, K Hesketh, E Holden, B Holding, E Kearton, I Long, E Marks, E Nagle, V Scragg, J Thompson, F Thompson-Jolley, I Unsworth
Eleven Passes
C Abram, P Abram, H Allen, K Anderson, C Bennett, A Betteridge, L Bradley, B Brignall, S Brown, J Clarkson, C Conley, J Corkery, R Davison, O Fivian, M Gair, F Galloway, S Green, M Guerin, J Guthrie, N Harrison, A Haworth, M Head, M Hill, A Hinchcliff, J Houldsworth, A Howard, K Hoyle, A Hughes, H Hunt, G Isles, H Jackson, G James, A Jenkinson, L Jones, S Kelly, W Lewis, T Nelson, C Palmer, R Platt, T Preston, H Saunders, A Sealy, K Southern, E Street, C Swarbrick, D Szcypiorska, E Thompson, M Thornhill, T Townley ,J Twiss, O Verity, G Wareing, S White, A Wilkinson,
BD Acton-Higginson, D Ashworth, S Atkinson, H Boothby, J Cardwell, W Clegg, S Coop, A Curtis, G Dixon, L Dooley, L Goodfellow , C Hirst, R Horvarth, B Hutton, A Jeffries, H Johnson, J Jones, M Jones B Mason, C Miller, L Morgan,
H Moulding, S Nowotarski, E Oakey, J Penswick , M Ralph, M Sandford, J Simey, D Sutton, E Wood, A Wyatt
Nine Passes
A Bleakley, P Cox, O Crisp, T Cross, N Danson, M Denny, B Gardner, C Houghton, G Howard, T Jenkinson, S Johnson, E MacGregor, J Ogden, S Patten-Clayton, S Proctor, B Redmond, A Richardson, J Ronson, C Soothill, B Whalley
Eight Passes
C Andrew,J Bamber, A Bowers, D Cowgill, B Crellin, D Devonport, O Evans, L Guerin, R Hargreaves, B Johnson, P Manikum, C Marsden, M Peace, A Pope, O Shaw, J Wall, C White
Seven Passes
B Britton, A Chard, L Dalton-Lee, J Galt, B White
Six Passes
S Riley, D Sarre-Bamber
Five Passes
K Marsden, N Roskell,
Four Passes
C Butler, A Waters
Three Passes
J Allison, J Jackson
Baines School
11 Passes
J Churms, H Clayton, I Cooper, C Cronshaw, M Crooks, L Eyres, G Faulkner, E Fielding, C Hurt, J Knowles, R Monks, E Neath, D Ricchiuti, C Simpson, G Stephenson, J Strain,.
10 Passes
G Ainsworth, E Asiliskender, D Balshaw, A Barton, J Bedell, B Bloxham, J Brewer, E Bridge, A Brookes, R Causer, A Ellis, E Fredrick, E Hessey, E Hume, J Lau, A Manders, J Marshall, E McGawley, L McIvor, M Miller, R Moss, M Newiss, C Norton, T Pagen, C Parr, E Pawson, N Pinkney, E Pymm, H Stringfellow, B Tinkler, J Watson.
9 Passes
T Alston, M Asquith, R Atkin, M Barrett, T Bateman, J Bethell, H Blackhurst, A Boulton, J Boulton, H Broughton, J Carroll, S Carter, M Cartmell, P Clegg, D Collins, S Collins, E Copp, S Cross, B Daly, A Davies, J Davis, T Dowie, M Dowman, M Eaves, L Eccles, E Fitzmaurice, O Fitzpatrick, I Fletcher, A Flynn, I Foote, K Gannon, G Gerrard, H Gigli, K Webster, K Harris, A Hasan, L Higham, M Holdip, S Holland, J Jacobs, B Jones, M Jones, N Joynes, A Kershaw, A Key-Otero, J Knott, E Leadbetter, D Lee, M Lee, E Lees, N Malhotra, B McCain, J McCausland, C McIlwaine, J Middleton, J Mitchell, B Molyneux, C Moore, T Mottershead, C Moynes, J O’Connell, J Pickup, D Porter, T Robinson, C Sheridan, C Skivington, A Smith, A Swann-Holmes, O Tattersall, C Thomas, C Thomas, L Thompson, A Vallance, A Waters, H Watkins, J Whitehead, Z Zampini.
8 Passes
A Biviano, T Connor, L Dunn, L Durow, J Fletcher, C Hall, K Harper, G Jones, J Kielty, J Maskery, O McVicar, S Rathbone, L Raynor, J Robinson, S Swan, O Tattersall, M Tierney, D Trent, R Tupman-Bell, B White,
7 Passes
C Lee-Hardman, C Humphreys, J Leak, R Mace, R McGawley, J Newton, J Rogerson, A Sumner.
6 Passes
R Bellew, M Fleming, O Hey, J James, J Power, W Whitaker
5 Passes
D Benson, A Douglas, J Sharples, T Rogerson, R Wood.
4 Passes
L Turner,.
3 Passes
K Bambrook.
2 Passes
M Knapman
Hodgson Academy
Eleven Passes
W Brown, J Hill, A Hogarth, R Morten, M Zubowicz.
Ten Passes
N Adshead, C Akram, C Allsopp, M Baldwin, O Banks, Y Barker, O Bennett, J Bonsell, J Bowley, N Broadbent, C Brow, A Callaghan, B Cardwell, A Carter, A Carter, S Cartmell, J Churchouse, J Cookson, H Douthwaite, C Eaves, B Edwards, A England, E Fitzpatrick, T Galler, H Gardner, J Gregg, J Guy, W Haddow, E Hadwin, C Hall, K Hargate, E Hayton, J Heaton, J Hester, M Holland, S Hopkinson, E Hoyle, J Hughes, L Jackson, C Kay, L Killingbeck, C Kimberley, C Kimmance, R Lambert, G Latham, H Lester, A Lewis, J Lydon, J Macdonald, C Manifold, G Markham, A Marmo, H Maskill, R Maxwell, T McFadyen, R Moore, E Morden, O Mulhall-Taylor, J Mullin, C O’Connor, C O’Neill, J O’Neill, T Pearson, M Peill, T Poole, A Pople, T Preston, C Roberts, K Rodgers, E Rose, D Russell, C Scott, J Shaw, D Siddall, V Smith-Payne, S Strutton, R Swarbrick, A Thomason, J Thornton, M Tingey, B Whiteside, E Whittaker, A Whyatt, J Williams, J Williams, A Wooton.
Nine Passes
L Armstrong, A Atkinson, L Atkinson, L Bailie, N Beardsall, S Beckett, T Berkeley, L Bradley, L Bramhall, C Buchanan, W Butler, L Cantona-Murray, J Carbutt, C Chippendale, G Clark, N Clark, E Clarke, C Clewlow, C Coates, C Collinge, C Condron, L Connearn, H Crawforth, T Cryer, N Curran, E Demar, A Dixon, J Doherty, L Eastoe, S Eaves, T Eckersley, J Edgington, R Falkingham, J Fisher, H Foster, A French, E Galloway, M Gardiner, J Gardner, R Gardner, D Glover, J Graham, K Grant, C Green, E Green, S Green, G Guy, H Haddrell, J Haigh, L Hartley, E Haslam, G Heath, X Herschell, J Hindley, H Holland, L Hudson, J Hulme, A Jackson, O Johnson, J Kanuritch, S Kenyon, P Kiernan, S Knight, S Langer, S Lawson, S Laycock, J Layton, M Leonard, T Lewis, J Marsden, C Masters, T Miller, G Mitchell, D Molloy, J Molloy, J Moore, M Moshona, J Murray, E Newman, A Norazlan, G Norman, R O’Connor, A Partington, T Paterson, M Penswick, C Pilkington, J Porter, C Portman, L Price, A Rashid, O Reading, O Renshall, J Roe, W Saunders, M Scullion, D Seville, D Shorrock, G Simms, L Slater, E Smith, R Smith, I Sutcliffe, M Swarbrick, E Tax, L Taylor, D Thornton, E Threlkeld, R Walker, M Webster, M Wild, C Williams, D Yates.
Eight Passes
R Barrot, A Black, R Bradwell-Pritchard, Y Brown, C Clegg, J Dodd, D Fisher, B Gregory, O Hills, K Markham, J Maycock, J Monk, J Weiss, A Whelan.
Seven Passes
R Barrot, K Cardwell, C Dewsnap, J Green, H Mcgrath, B Stubbs.
Five Passes
B Thompson.
Four Passes
L Cooper.
Three Passes
T Armer.
Two Passes
B Brookes.
One Pass
S Martin.
Highfield Leadership Academy
Ten Passes
L Baldwin, M Bourne, L Calvert, J Faber, E Jenkinson
Nine Passes
M Alcock, C Allan, T Anthony, C Aspey, C Barritt, H Barron, C Beadsley, L Bellew, N Bend, A
Birch, T Bowen-Price, C Brannan, B Bremner, L Britnell, G Brown, D Buckley, L Buckley, A Butcher, C Byrnes, C Campbell, E Carr, L Chow, K Chudynka, C Clough-Texel, L Connell, E Cottenden, C Coulburn, R Crawford, O Cubbins, B Culpan, A Curran, L Curran, C Daly, J Dempsey, B Dickinson, J Dodson, T Drew, C Driscoll, M East, A Eaves, H Eccles, C Edwards, M Eldershaw, H Errington, J Escott, R Farrell, L Farricker, T Figg, C Finlayson, B Fitzpatrick, J Frodsham, I Frolov, M Gibson, N Gibson, O Grant, C Green, B Gregson, C Harnett, K Haworth, S Heaton-Gilmartin, J Heighton-Lewin, S Hemmings, K Holden, B Holland-Ball, O Holmes, K Houghton, J Hunt, T Hyndman, A James, D Jenskins, E Johnson, B Jones, J Jones, K Kelly, N Kenny, K King, C Kirk, G Knight, K Leonard, K Lindeman, M Livesey, H Lloyd, J Lomax, B Lowin, M Lui, K Machin, A Mackay, A Marshall, T Marshall, L Mather, R McAdam, J McGonagle, G McKay, G McLean, J Meszoly, L Mills, K Monaghan, R Monkman, B Montgomery, A Moran, K Morris, E Morrison, D Mulligan, J Nelson, K Openshaw, C Parker, B Parker-Starkie, D Penn, B Phillips, K Pilling, N Powell, S Ralston, E Rata, C Rawes, C Roberts, N Roberts, H Robinson, J Robinson, L Ross, C Rowlands, K Ryan, O Samways, B Sarjantson, M Schofield, C Scott, M Senior, B Shearing, C Sheldrick, J Shiel, H Simpson, S Simpson, S Singleton, A Smith, B Smith, C Smith, D Smith, E Smith, K Smith, L Smith, J Snelson, H Speight, D Stead, C Straathof, E Summerfield, E Taylor, J Taylor, L Teale, O Tetlow, J Thompson, B Turner, C Walker, C Walsh, M Watts, T Webster, K Weir, J Wilding, G Willoughby, C Worrall, C Yates,
Eight Passes
J Brooks, S Carr, R Casey, K Ceesay, C Cope, J Dutton, C Flood, R Hall, J McGibney, J Meadows-Anderson, J Morris, J Murray, J O'Donnell, S Smith, H Weber, L Witts, K Wood
Seven Passes
M Bowerman, E Briggs, E Cheetham, J Cooper, N Dawber, J Glass, S Haworth, C Hurd, R McDonald, S McGuire, J Perry, Q Ravalli, J Reid, E Ryan, A Shah, L Withers
Six Passes
C Taylor
Five Passes
D Conroy, K Wright,
Four Passes
D Gray,
Three Passes
S Harnett, A Mackin, C Robinson
Two Passes
D Beresford, K Carlyle, B Jones, K Kennedy, L Williams
One Pass
C Waldron
Rossall
Eleven passes
G Fackler, P Gaud
Ten passes
J Amor, L Bannister-Nunn, A Eastham, U Gaultney-Udjo, O Gregory, C Jordan, M Klebais, S McGailey, J Sharratt, H Stott, E Tikoisuva
Nine passes
C Avery, T Beaumé, A Brown, M Finney, Y Gan, B Greenwood, E Hall, I Hockings, B Hoggmascall, H Mercer-Jones, C Metcalfe, H Monteiro, R Purnell, E Robinson, J Sangha, B Sharples, F Smith, C van Blerk, R Wright
Eight passes
N Ivanchenko, E Pastore, M Rave, K Swarbrick
Seven passes
J Braidford, L Jagger, D Meiffert, K Porter, M Shagina, O Surikov
Six passes
A Dürrmüller Acosta, H Hockings, H Kwong, J Ostler, M Ott, Y Pan, H Stansfield, I Timokhin
St Bede’s Catholic High School
Eleven Passes
M Solarska ,J Wilkinson ,G Zinna
Ten Passes
B Anderson, G Anderson-Shepherd, L Ashton, M Baker, F Ballout, L Banks, G Bennett, E Beverley-Shaul, H Boardman, O Booth, I Boxwell, A Bradley, R Brow, M Cairns, B Cardwell, W Clancy-Collins, G Collings, C Collison, L Couvaya, A Cross, R Cusworth, G Dalton, F Davison, H Dennison, J Desborough, C Dickason, G Dodd, C Duffy, G Dunford, K Durnan, J Edmondson, J Ellison, R Elsender, T England, H Fisher, M Gardner, V Glowczewska, A Greaves, G Griffiths, C Hargreaves, R Hart, H Hay, M Hayes, C Heron, A Hills, J Hirst, M Hoare, M Howley, V Ingham, K Jones, N Keegan, G Lanzani, D Lardner, T Lawrenson, A Lee, K Lee, P Linley, K Malihi-Shoja, M Manning, A McAvoy, M McGivern, A McGrane, J Mercer, M Murray, E Myerscough, E O'Farrell, E Ormerod, J Parry, J Plant, S Price, K Pritchard, J Prout, T Rawcliffe, J Ribaya, A Roberts, L Rooney, N Rourke, M Sane, B Schofield, J Simpson, L Simpson, C Smith, O Squire, H Taylor, S Teale, T Thompson, A Tolley, L Trickett, E Walsh, A Ward, D Webb, J Westhead, C Wilson, D Wojkiewicz
Nine Passes
H Ailsby, L Belton, C Bramma, C Britton, E Disley, J Doddemeade, C Francis, S Gajos, A Green, C Griffiths, L Hargreaves, D Jones, R Jones, R Lewis, T Makepeace, E Marsland, S McCluskie, E Melvin, E O’Dea, S Oldfield, D Richards, J Riding-Chapman, W Salisbury, E Sanders Fox, V Singh, M Taylor, S Thornton, J Treasure, A Whittlestone
Eight Passes
S Bowman, R Bragg-Jensen, O Dodd, G Fawcett, H Fiddler, A Green, A Harrison, B Jones, L Lewis, A Murray, J Richardson, S Rule, H Sagar, R Smith, A Thompson, P Travis, C Turner
Seven Passes
S Dean, A Naylor, C Oueslati
Five Passes
C Taylor
One Pass
L Laughlin, S Nicholson
Unity Academy
eleven passes
J Brown, K Literska
Ten passes
C Aldren, K Allen, A Begum, A Carter, B Cooke, A Drury, B Duckworth, C Egan, N Ferguson, J Gibbons, A Gillespie, B Gomersall, S Goodwin, L Hallett, S Hancock, C Harvey, L Hornby, A Howarth, S Howarth, D Howell, Z Hudson-Williams, O Hughes, K Jenkins, T Jones, B King, R Kumar, A Logan, T Lynch, M Mainds, D Makinson, J Mallinson, S McAllister, A Mitchell, A Mitchell, K Mongan, S Morrissey, L Robinson, D Rooney, R Sadler, B Seel, C Shepherd, M Smith-Wilkinson, D Stretton, L Strickland, C Tatters, B Taylor, L Tite, J Wallis, E Ward, K Warnes, N Westwater, B White, C Willis, P Wooderson
Nine passes
W Akponwei, L Barrett, S Foden, S Gray, D Harding, AJ Jackson, L Kenyon, T Lee, K Parsonage, C Phelps, W Quilty, R Rosie, S Rosie, C Scheepers, T Taylor
Eight passes
L Kearsley, B Mason, J McIntyre, A Rowley, T Simmons, D Wilson
Seven passes
D Beard, H Fleming, L Gibson, G Hughes, L Walsh
Six passes
N Harwood
Five passes
M North
Lytham St Annes High
Eleven passes
C Cunningham, L Deveney, D Santos, A Shipton, M Tinsley
Ten passes
G Allen, T Bailey-Shields, B Bainbridge, L Bainbridge, J Barrow, B Baxter, J Bishop, S Booth, M Boyce, B Bradley, H Brett, R Buglass, A Butterworth, L-M Cain, R Canham, E Caswell, A Cessford, A Charnley, D Connolly, E Cooper, E Crowther, J Cuff, C Da Silva Grave, B Davies, N Dawber, R Dawson, J Deveney, E Dobson, H Drysdale, A Dunn, T Edington, S Fish, K Fisher, M Fisher, N Fletcher, R Frankland, J Gallagher, M Galloway, H Gill, R Gill, H Glover, A Greenman, P Greenman, B Gregson, G Grierson, C Hagger, L Hales, E Halsall, R Hamilton, E Hammond, I Harrop, C Heath, L Hesketh, E Heslop, A Houghton, O Houghton, R Howarth, K Hughes, J Hughlock-Williams, S Hunt, W Hunt, L Irving, H Jamil, N Jenkinson, P Kelly, S Kember, A Kirkham, A Leivers, K Levin, L Lockhart, S Lord, A Loveday-Binks, H Lucking, R Mackay, C Maddox, K Marsh, M Maunder, E Mawdsley, E Maycock, J McKenzie, S Modi, A Morgans, M Morris, F Moxham, O Muir, T Nunez, O Palser, M Parsons, G Payne, K Pennington, C Perrey, C Pickersgill, E Pixton, E Plunkett, W Plunkett, S Potton, O Price, T Pumphrey, G Randles, B Rawling, E Revill, I Riley, L Robinson, J Sanderson, K Shaw, K Skelly, A Smith, O Smith, J Sooriyakumar, D Sparrow, A Springford, S Stewart, J Street, J Sumpton, H Thompson, F Tierney, H Toates, E Tracey, H Trott, S Tsang, C Turnbull, C Wallbank, S Walsh, A Waterfield, H Webber, J Webster, C Whatmough, J Whitehead, L Wilson, J Wood, J Wragg, E Wright, J Wynn, M Yeadon, S Zahmat Keshan
Nine passes
C Baker, K Bavidge, K Beacher, L Blower, J Bradley, S Burgess, M Cavanagh, N Chandler, R Collier-Baker, O Coulter, L Docherty, J Downie, C Dunkerley, K Elliott, E Fewings, P Fleming, M Foster, H Graham, C Harkin, C Heffernan, J Hodson, S Johnstone, L Kelly, T Kirkham, S Komorovskis, L Lawrenson, J Levin, X Li, J McGlue, E Monk, D Parr, K Ritchie, I Roffey, A Rutter, J Shaw, J Slater, R Smethills, C Smith, G Smith, H Smith, M Smith, C Stephenson, E Swindells, W Tang, P Thompson, A Thornborough, L Thornborough, C Turner, H Windsor, A Winter, S Allan, K Hornby
Eight passes
S Ackrill, B Beesley, J Bhakta, C Choi, B Coker, Z Faraj, D Franklin, A Joyner, J Kirkham, L Martin, J Nelson, R Roache, E Shaw, Z Shepherd, C Sullivan
Seven passes
J Bell, N Burroughs, K East, C Harvey, R Lanyon, E McQueenie, S Morrison, L Thompson, D Whatmough
Six passes
D Glover, E Laver, R Oglesby, J Parkin, L Sandiford, B Smith, S Vaughan
Five passes
L Dainty, T Young
Four passes
H Buckley-Mills, D Clark, O Geraghty, Z Linton, J O’Sullivan
Three passes
S Sommer
Carr Hill High School
Thirteen Passes
L Bonney, T Collinson, S Cope, M Davis, A Fraser, O Groom, O Hall, L Irwin, R Kareckas, H Manley, H Mulholland, B Needham, F Orme, S Royle, L Simpson, M Stothard, L Swarbrick, H Walker
Twelve Passses
M Armstead, L Bailey, E Benson, E Binns, J Brett, C Camilleri, E Chang, C Charlton, J Chatfield, T Christie, E Cowell, D Edmondson, C Edwards, S Evans, J Fellows, J Forrest, I Gibbins, O Greenwood, S Hartley, A Holloway, F Hubble, A Hughes, N Hurst, W Keenan, E Lennie, J Lio, A Marshall, W Martin, R Moore, C Shaw, J Short, A Singleton, E Sowden, A Statham, L Steele, L Stretton, J Taylor, E Thomson, L Timms, L Welch, B Wilson, R Wilson, L Wyatt
Eleven Passes
Z Aleksejevs, S Charoenwijitkul, E Gregoire, K Hmelnika, V Lasinskis, K Reed, C Rushton, E Staimilere,
Ten Passes
A Aberdeen, K Anderson, M Atkinson, L Bates, S Bishop, P Bourne, C Burrow, K Cartmell, L Chiwanda, J Collier, O Cooper, E Coppersthwaite, T Cunliffe, J Curtis, L Curtis-Monk, R Davenport, M Dewhurst, J Eckman, I Ellison, P Entwistle, E Fellows, S Ford, K France, J Francis, O French, A Gaskova, R Gayle, B Green, K Hall, B Harrison, D Harry, C Higginson, M Holt, V Hughes, G Humphreys, K Johnson, J Jones, A Kirby, E Leaper, A Lowe, J Marshall, P Mason, A McCaffery, I McDonald, A Myers, W Ochieng, E Parker-Hodskinson, T Parkinson, C Porter, A Price, M Richardson, J Roylance-Moore, R Saiger, A Sheriff, M Snape, M Spafford, C Stanley, N Stuart, I Sungurova, M Tattersall, S Taylor, E Tiffen, J Turvey, R Widdows, M Williams, C Wilson, N Wilson
Nine Passes
J Craven, C Finlay, K Fryett, S Hartshorne, N James, P Jaundrill, P Lees, J Morris, J Naftel,S Normington, J Parkinson, A Robinson, L Smethurst, C Stocker, Z Thomas, Y Tierney-Bordewijk, J Tucker, A Unsworth, L Ward, M Williams, R Woods
Eight Passes
G Bretherton, A Colquhoun, D Coogan, T Fishwick, T Goulding, L Gray, E Holden, A McFaulds, R Minshull, L Parker, S Parker, J Rossall, G Taylor, M Watkinson
Seven Passes
C Bonney, K Burns, L Coburn, M Gerrard, N Ivanov, M Keegan, D Lowe, C Shaw
Six Passes
L Christian
Five Passes
N Dawes, H Fort-Smith, B Knibbs, F Mullard, D Pownall, C Rowson, L White
Four Passes
A Baggaley, G Blackwell, E Crossley, M Newby, J Reid, C Rodowicz, M Watson, J Whiteside
Three Passes
L Lote, G Preston
South Shore Academy
Twelve Passes
L Horrocks
Eleven Passes
N Amin, K Green, P Nabil-Islam, T Tongue, A Tredinnick, W Yekeh
Ten Passes
L Ainsworth, H Aounallah, R Ashworth, C Blank, K Boyce, L Bucher, J Burke, H Chapman, A Csonge, F Culley-Wright, R Devine, B Draycott, K Edwards, C Erskine, M Finglas-Coats, E Gee, S Geraghty, J Gledhill, T Graves, J Gurung, D Hall, M Hall, R Horrigan, L Howard, S Howard, H Howarth, A Ingrey, R Johnston, A Jones, K Karpinska, N Kelham, S Kenny, J King, J Kinmond, C Kirby, P Knaur, P Krawczyk, S Murphy, R Nicholson, D Paster, N Payne, I Phimphasoi, A Pugh, A Rawcliffe, G Robson, C Self, A Smith, D Straine-Francis, E Stuart, C Sutton, A Thom, S Tongue, L Truckel, K Wanyo, P Wilson.
Nine Passes
C Bailey, J Baron,A Barrett, C Beardall, N Blackburn, T Blackwell, B Borland, T Bostock, C Bumby, L Casey, R Chick, J Clarke, M Conway, R Cowden, C Cox, M Crowther, L Davenport, E Dugmore, K Edwards, J Foley, E Francis, C Gellatley, J Green, S Greenwood, J Hall, T Harper, L Holden, S Hughes, K Ingham, C Jepson, B Johnson, L Johnson, L Kenny, A Kidd, C Luby, C Maden, J Manser, D Marsden, N Marsh, G Mercer, A Miller, C Nice, C Owen, C Page, A Parker, S Plank, M Pritchard, I Raistrick Jones, J Rayner, A Reid, A Stirling, D Taylor, S Taylor Bushell, E Till, J Walford, R Wareing, N Wheatcroft, R Whitaker, K Whitehouse, C Whittaker, L Wrigley.
Eight Passes
K Bell, C Rodgers, M Senghore, B Wilson.
Seven Passes
E Smith, D Waddington.
Six Passes
J Pickin

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Academic work was never a strong point for young Joseph Scott.
When Joseph, of Kenilworth Avenue, Fleetwood, was at school he was trying to cope with the twin challenges of autism and epilepsy and struggled with lessons.
But his life was transformed when teachers at Cardinal Allen RC High School realised he had an incredible talent. Despite his disabilities, Joseph excelled in art and the school encouraged him and told his parents that this was an area he could do very well at.
And that’s certainly been the case since he left school. Joseph, now aged 20, has just been short-listed for the prestigious National Open Art competition with one of his oil paintings, called Reeling In.
And Joseph, about to embark on a BA honours degree in fine art and professional practice at Blackpool and the Fylde College, will launch an exhibition of his work at the Solaris Centre on South Promenade, Blackpool in October.
Joseph and his parents believe his story can inspire others who may not be naturally academic or may even be disabled but have other skills.
His mum, Kathryn Dale, said: “The school told us Joseph was unlikely to be academic but when they realised he had a real gift for art, the teachers were brilliant and really encouraged him. “
Joseph, who signs his work as JP Scott and works in many mediums such as oil, acrylic and water colour, said: “I really enjoy oil painting and the different textual effects. My goal is to become an independent artist selling work online.”

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Tommy Cooper’s hand-written jokes, and a poster of him topping the bill in Blackpool, are set to go on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Tommy Cooper Collection does not contain the star’s trademark red fez, but does feature props, posters and contracts, including those which went unfulfilled because of his sudden death following a heart attack in 1984.
The poster of Tommy Cooper's show in Blackpool
It also features a metal cabinet containing Cooper’s hand-written jokes, filed alphabetically.
Curators at the V&A said that the cabinet shed new light on the “previously unknown, scrupulously organised” working methods of the entertainer, best known for his bungling stage persona, hilarious one-liners, and his catchphrase, “just like that”.
Vicky Cooper, the daughter of the late entertainer, said: “It is wonderful the V&A has acquired the collection and that the public will get to see some of his material o later this year.”
The V&A has not revealed how much it paid for the collection.

Just like that - Tommy’s Blackpool show in exhibition


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It is never a good start for any performance when ‘technical difficulties’ delay the start, particularly for half an hour in a particularly humid, packed theatre on an August Bank holiday Monday night.
And it was clear when curtains finally came up just after 8pm, that the enforced delays had left several of the cast as well the audience a tad discombobulated.
Sister Act. Directed and Choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood
Nerves were apparent in the opening scenes but as the the cast got into their stride the audience went along for the ride, making for a memorable performance by a truly talented cast.
Alexandra Burke of X Factor fame was perfectly cast as the outrageous singer on the run Deloris van Cartier, making the role made famous by Whoopi Goldberg her own, and once again proving she has the vocal chops to shine on stage following her extremely successful run in the Bodyguard.
There is no doubt that she and the other nuns are the stars of this piece, juggling Craig Revel-Horwood’s (of Strictly fame’s) witty choreography, with some roof-raising and memorable numbers.
Sarah Goggin’s performance as Sister Mary Robert constantly drew the eye and raised the roof with her remarkable voice..
Sister Act. Directed and Choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood
But set pieces and solos by the male cast members, gave the production a depth and context that set up the exhilarating ensemble numbers.
Under Revel-Horwood’s direction, the comic acting and singing by Aaron Lee Lambert, Ricky Rojas, Sandy Grigelis, Jon Robyns andSamuel Morgan-Grahame has the audience sniggering and laughing out loud.
All the music was produced live by the cast and small band, meaning some characters were singing, dancing, acting and playing a variety of wind and string instruments. There was so much going on it was difficult to know where to look on stage ( in a good way).
If I was being super critical I would say this approach left a slight disconnect between some of the scenes, possibly due to the multi-role playing and hard-working cast being tasked with moving scenery and performing simultaneously.
But like all good productions the niggles seem to melt away as the performance progressed.
The audience were on their feet for a well-deserved standing ovation at the end as the production ended on an extremely enjoyable high note.
Sister Act is on at Manchester Palace Theatre until September 3.

REVIEW: Sister Act at Manchester Palace Theatre


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A Blackpool born globe trotter is heading back to his roots to launch a book about his American dream ride.
Motorbike-mad Steve Starling is back in Lancashire once more to tell the tale of a 5,000 ride through some of the most iconic countryside in the States
Travel writer Steve Starling as a teenager in Blackpool
Steve, who was born in South Shore and went to Hawes Side and Highfield schools, now lives in Perth in western Australia having emigrated in 1971, aged 23, as one of the so-called £10 Poms looking for a new life down under.
Steve was an electrical engineer working for Norweb and rode to work on his beloved motorbike every day.
His love of bikes continued when he worked as an engineer in Western Australia and other places around the world specialising in mining and later as a consultant.
Steve, who regularly returns to Blackpool to see relatives, his wife Sally is also from Blackpool, said the road trip in the US was a dream for him and his two mates Jim and Peter. He said: “We are members of a motorcycle club for older riders called Ulysses.
“We had this idea to go to the US and ride Harley Davidsons through some of the legendary locations and also to see how the ordinary people in the USA are faring
“We had this idea to go to the US and ride Harley Davidsons through some of the legendary locations and also to see how the ordinary people in the USA are faring. To see if the American Dream is still alive and well.
“As a kid a I grew up in Blackpool listening to Alistair Cooke’s Letter from America programme on Radio 4 and was fascinated by the lifestyle over there. So on the ride we sought out real Americans - trappers in Utah to millionaires in Southern California.
“The different people and places could be almost countries from different parts of the world instead of living in the same country.”
Steve’s book is available at Waterstones and on Amazon.


A band nominated for Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards are the special guests at St Annes Folk Club on Saturday.
Jaywalkers are a three-piece consisting from Lancashire, who play guitar, double bass and violin and who have been described as the rising stars of the folk world.
Regular performers at the Cambridge Folk Festival and Sidmouth Folk Week, they have released three successful albums and are heading to St Annes after a summer spent touring the UK.
“It’s pretty exciting to have a band of this calibre coming to play St Annes,” said Steve Canavan, who runs the folk club and is also a Gazette columnist.
“They are a really talented group who have become pretty successful in the last few years.
“I like them because not only are they great musicians and sound terrific – I defy anyone not to tap their feet along to the tunes – but they stay true to their Lancashire roots and a lot of their songs are about the north west.
“It should be a really good night.”
The folk club takes place at the Pavilion Café in Ashton Gardens, St Annes, and tickets for the concert are £7 – available by emailing lsafolkclub@hotmail.com or by buying direct from the venue.
Doors open at 7.15pm on Saturday September 3, the music starts at 8pm.

You’ll want to cross the road to watch this folk band


American rapper RZA elegantly sums up the fleeting nature of fame during his cameo appearance in Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone’s musical mockumentary.
“The higher you get, the harder you fall. Ask any coconut,” sermonizes the hip-hop superstar.
These words of wisdom are aimed at sweet, yet corruptible, Conner Friel (Andy Samberg), who sells out his childhood pals to land a solo record deal and secure his moment in the social media spotlight.
Part cautionary tale, part buddy comedy, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping gleefully lampoons music documentaries, including Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, by offering a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into the life of an icon as he prepares to launch his second album.
Schaffer and Taccone festoon their tongue-in-cheek expose with real-life music industry figures, plus colourful supporting performances including Justin Timberlake as a singing chef, who juliennes carrots with pride.
Thus Simon Cowell offers his glowing assessment of Conner - “I think he’s incredible. He’s the real deal!” - and the likes of Mariah Carey, Usher, Carrie Underwood and 50 Cent wax lyrical about his impact on their careers.
Andy Samberg as Conner4Real
For the first 40 minutes, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is hysterical, but then like the preened and polished subject, the film loses its way.
Conner and childhood buddies Lawrence Dunn (Schaffer) and Owen Bouchard (Taccone) achieved considerable success as the trio The Style Boyz.
However, it was clear to everyone in the cutthroat music business that Conner was the glittering star in the firmament.
He went solo and The Style Boyz disbanded.
Lawrence turned his back on celebrity to settle on a farm in Big Timber, Colorado, while Owen remained in the background as Conner’s DJ.
Following the rousing success of Conner’s debut LP entitled Thriller, Also, a documentary film crew shadows the pop icon in the days leading up to the release of the follow-up album, ConnQuest.
Flanked by an entourage including his manager Harry Duggins (Tim Meadows), acid-tongued publicist Paula Klein (Sarah Silverman) and “a guy who kicks him in the nuts so he remembers where he came from”, Conner feebly shoulders the mounting pressure flanked by actress girlfriend, Ashley Wednesday (Imogen Poots).
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is half of one of the best comedies of the year.
Opening scenes are a hoot.
“It’s like a tricycle. When you take away one of the wheels, what have you got?” scoffs Lawrence when someone suggests The Style Boyz could fracture.
Note-perfect music videos include Equal Rights featuring P!nk, which promotes same sex relationships, while Conner punctuates each line of the chorus with a defiant, “I’m not gay”.
Sadly, the filmmakers run out of ideas for a lacklustre second half and introduce outlandish new characters to sustain our interest.

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping - Half of one of the best comedies of the year


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A LANCASHIRE car dealership is leading the way in the industry by switching staff to a four-day working week.
After a three-month trial, the after-sales department at the Chorley Group in Preston has changed its shift patterns.
It is understood this is the first dealer group to implement such radical changes and address the work-life balance.
The firm also says it improves the service for customers.
Managing director Pauline Turner said: “I believe we are the first dealer group to do this.
“Preston started a three-month trial at the beginning of June. Although staff were initially apprehensive, after one month they requested we made it permanent.”
The new shift patterns mean staff work an extra two hours a day – equating to an additional 46.5 days less a year – and benefit from a three-day break.
The shift changes will now be rolled out at Wigan with a view to rolling it out to the other dealerships in Burnley, Blackpool, and Chorley by the end of the year.
Pauline said: “This change offers a range of benefits to both the business, the staff and the customers. The longer opening hours mean it is more convenient for customers to book in their vehicles. For staff, they spend less time travelling to and from work and the reduced number of days mean they have more family time at home.”
Pauline said the changes also meant that technicians could be more productive, provide a quicker turnaround of vehicles for customers, and provide better holiday cover. There was also less congestion on site.
The change in shift patterns also enables the master technicians to be able to spend more time coaching Level 3 apprentices at the Preston dealership.
The award-winning family-run Chorley Group is one of the biggest volume Nissan dealers in Europe. Pauline was promoted to the role of Managing Director last year.
She now heads up day-to-day operations at the group, which employs 230 people across its five sites in Burnley, Preston, Chorley, Wigan and Blackpool.

Driving change at top Lancashire car group


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Trapped in a marriage to an abusive, violent police officer, battered wife Joanna West has no one to turn to… until a stranger offering help walks into her life.
For the first time in years, Joanna and her young daughter have the chance to flee, but can you ever really escape from a brutal, vengeful husband?
Moved and inspired by the testaments of abused wives, former journalist Tamara Dietrich tackles the scourge of domestic violence head on in a highly original and powerfully imagined debut novel which melds menace with paranormal magic.
The Hummingbird’s Cage, a hard-hitting, page-turning thriller with an intriguingly soft middle, almost defies genre as Dietrich weaves seamlessly between gut-wrenching cruelty and spiritual sublimity in a tale of hope, despair and redemption.
Everyone in Wheeler, New Mexico, thinks that Joanna West leads the perfect life. She is married to Jim, the dashing deputy sheriff of McGill County, and has a beautiful seven-year-old daughter, Laurel.
But the truth is that Joanna is married to a monster who regularly beats her, subjects her to verbal and mental abuse and has isolated her from the people who live around her. Once upon a time she would have challenged him but now every time Joanna cries, ‘more of me washes away.’
Ten years ago, Joanna was swept off her feet by handsome Jim, her head turned by his uniform and ‘bad-boy grin’ but now she is trapped in a violent marriage and, with a young child to care for, escape seems impossible.
But then Bernadette, Jim’s feisty biker chick ex-girlfriend, turns up with an escape route. On the run, Joanna and Laurel stumble upon Morro, a charming and magical village that seems to exist out of time and place.
Farmer Olin Farnsworth and his wife Jessie offer her sanctuary and soon, between the comfort of her new home and blossoming friendships, Joanna’s soul begins to heal, easing the wounds of a decade of abuse.
But her past – and her husband – aren’t so easy to escape. Unwilling to live in fear any longer, Joanna must summon a strength she never knew she had to fight back and forge a new life for her daughter and herself....
Dietrich delivers a clever and compelling first novel, conjuring up a mysterious but idyllic town suspended somewhere between reality and fantasy, and juxtaposing this haven of peace with the terrifying threats that lie behind and beyond.
To read The Hummingbird’s Cage is to experience high emotion and high drama and to understand the visceral realities of domestic violence, but there is also the opportunity to marvel at the power of love and hope, and to rejoice at the human capacity to reach out and find redemption.
A heartbreaking tale written with insight, beauty and honesty…
(Orion, paperback, £7.99)

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Blackpool is in the running to host a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, showcasing the best of art, culture and design across the north of England.
The resort is one of four finalists hoping to stage the Great Exhibition of the North, with judges visiting next week.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen
Organisations from across the region are now being asked to throw their weight behind the campaign, to bring the two-month exhibition to Blackpool.
Marketing Lancashire, the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership and Blackpool Council submitted the joint bid to host the 2018 event, and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced the shortlist.
Blackpool’s Winter Gardens has been chosen as the “hub” that would host the exhibition.
The resort is now up against Bradford, Newcastle-Gateshead and Sheffield to host the event.
Blackpool is absolutely the right place to host this
Blackpool Council deputy leader Coun Gillian Campbell, said: “We are delighted that Blackpool has been selected to move into the next phase of this process.
“The Great Exhibition of the North is a hugely exciting opportunity and one that we firmly believe that Blackpool can deliver for the benefit of all of Lancashire.
“Blackpool has a long history of staging world-class events and we are confident that, given the chance, we can produce something that will truly capture the public’s imagination.
“We are the perfect location to celebrate the best of art, culture and design across the North of England.”
Ruth Connor, chief executive of Marketing Lancashire, said the team was working together to make the “best submission”, showcasing the latest design, innovation and “pioneering spirit”.
She said: “The heart of the exhibition would be Blackpool, but would have a hub and spoke effect in Lancashire and the north.”
She described the town as the UK’s favourite seaside resort, and said: “We know we already have a thriving visitor economy, we’ve got a large exhibition space in the Winter Gardens complex.
“For us, the core principle would be centred around pleasure palaces, because the original exhibition in 1851 was how the Crystal Palace was built. It’s all about culture, design, art and technology.”
The exhibition would have elements including a digital palace, a palace of dance, a palace of “new realities”, and Ruth described the event as a “real diverse offer”.
She said: “Part of it is the latest technology, robotics, product design and manufacturing, because of Lancashire being the home of advanced manufacturing.
“From a digital perspective, visitors can interact with the latest in IT and gaming and computing and digital arts.
“We are trying to create experiences where visitors will not only come and enjoy, but experience and explore as well.”
She added: “What better way to showcase the Winter Gardens than having this pleasure palaces exhibition, where people get to see it first hand.
“It is about using one of our most important assets from a heritage perspective, but actually bringing it to the modern day.”
She said hosting the exhibition would support the resort’s vision to “make the Winter Gardens a leading UK centre for popular culture”.
An interview panel will visit Blackpool next week, where they will be shown the Winter Gardens and “how the resort will deliver”.
There will be interviews with Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire and chairman of the Great Exhibition Board, and the winning venue will be announced this autumn.
Ruth said: “We are giving it our all, there’s tremendous ambition to secure this for Lancashire.
“Blackpool is absolutely the right place to host this.
“We believe we’ve got the strength, the right assets, and above all the people to deliver it.
“It’s about putting ourselves on the map, it’s saying we can do this, we want this.
“We’ve got a great foundation already with 63m visitors per year, and it’s about saying we can do more.”
Ruth said the team was bidding for a £5m initial fund.”
She added: “There’s a legacy attached of around £15m, so the idea is we create a reason to come, visitors come and spend while they are here, and also stay over.”
A new visitor economy strategy for Lancashire aims to grow visitor numbers from 63 million a year to 70 million by 2020.
Blackpool will play a key role in reaching that goal, as current host to 17 million visitors annually.
Support needs to be shown as part of the bidding process for the chance to stage the exhibition.
Tony Attard, chairman of Marketing Lancashire, said: “When asked if I would support a bid to host the Great exhibition of the North I had no hesitation.
“Lancashire has a great heritage of creativity and innovation and indeed was the powerhouse of the Industrial revolution that gave birth to the Great exhibition in 1881.”
John Barnett, High Sheriff of Lancashire, said: “Blackpool has undergone a major renaissance over the last 10 years with new attractions, the headlands, rejuvenated facilities like the Winter Gardens and I believe that attracting the Great Exhibition of the North to Blackpool would bring these improvements to the nation’s attention, to change outdated perceptions of the resort.”
Ruth Eastwood, chief executive of Grand Theatre Blackpool said: “As one of England’s most celebrated architectural gems and a fully-functioning theatre, we look forward to welcoming new and different audiences to both our beautiful building and our rich artistic programme.”
Daryl Platt, executive director of commercial development at Blackpool and The Fylde College said: “I welcome the news that Blackpool has been shortlisted.
“The exhibition would be a welcome opportunity for our students to be involved with a high profile event and gain valuable workplace experience in this dynamic and thriving industry.”
And Illuminations designer, Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen described the Winter Gardens as “The most magnificent palace of amusement in the world, a jewel box of architectural styles…Hollywood glamour”
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Police are appealing for information after a Blackpool man went missing.
Philip Martin, 38, was last seen in Reaney Avenue around 1.30pm on Friday, August 17.
Mr Martin has not been seen or heard from since then, with friends and work colleagues becoming concerned for his welfare.
PC Charlotte Bartlett, of Blackpool Police, said: “There have been no confirmed sightings of Philip for close to two weeks and we are now extremely worried about him.
“We would urge anybody who sees him, or who knows where he may be, to contact us immediately.
“Similarly we would appeal to Philip, if he sees this, to get in touch to let us know he is safe.”
Mr Martin is described as white with cropped, dark brown hair. It is not known what clothing he was wearing when he disappeared.
He is believed to have links to Cumbria and Yorkshire.
Anybody with information is urged to contact police on 101, quoting log number 0625 of August 23.

Appeal made as Blackpool man goes missing


Joe Hart is expected to finalise his proposed loan move to Torino by the time the transfer window closes at 11pm tonight.
The Manchester City goalkeeper was given permission to leave England’s training base, where they are preparing for Sunday’s World Cup qualifier against Slovakia, to resolve his club future.
Hull signed Manchester United's ex-PNE loanee Will Keane
Hart, 29, was photographed in Turin on Tuesday and is expected to seal a season-long deal with the Serie A side, having been relegated to third-choice stopper under Pep Guardiola following the arrival of Claudio Bravo.
Samir Nasri could also be on his way out of the Etihad Stadium, with Sevilla reportedly set to take the France midfielder on a season-long loan.
In another eye-catching potential loan deal, Tottenham have reportedly made enquiries about Real Madrid midfielder Isco.
Meanwhile, the total spent so far by Premier League clubs during the summer transfer window reportedly reached £1billion on Tuesday. The previous record stood at £870million.
Confirmation of Shkodran Mustafi’s switch to Arsenal from Valencia was Tuesday’s highest-profile transfer – for a reported £35million – and concluded Arsene Wenger’s near summer-long pursuit.
They had earlier completed the signing of striker Lucas Perez from Deportivo La Coruna for a fee said to be around the £17million mark.
“Coming here I’ve made a step forward, because Arsenal is a big club with big players and a great manager,” Germany international Mustafi told the club’s website.
While Arsenal’s supporters had been waiting for the arrivals of new players, Hull secured three in one afternoon.
Caretaker manager Mike Phelan began the season with only 14 fit senior players, but on Tuesday signed Ryan Mason, David Marshall and former Preston North End loanee Will Keane, the former for a club record.


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The finale of the open air theatre season at Lytham Hall will bring both joy and a tinge of sadness to visiting company Illyria this Sunday afternoon.
Illyria will be giving their penultimate performance of the Roald Dahl children’s favourite Danny the Champion of the World which has been playing to substantial family audiences at venues all over the United Kingdom.
Their 95-day tour has included a week at Cornwall’s famous Minack Theatre as well as shows at Fulham Palace, Hartland Abbey, Chepstow Castle and Tatton Park.
Illyria’s artistic director Oliver Gray who travelled from his base in Cornwall for his first visit to Lytham Hall in July feels that his cast of six are relishing the chance to return to one of their favourite venues at the end of their marathon tour.
“They simply love the calmness of the beautiful parkland at Lytham Hall and always find that the Lytham audience in August, many of them children, is always one of the most responsive on the tour. I was delighted to see Lytham Hall for myself and found it a most impressive setting for open air theatre,” he said.
Illyria stalwart Ffion Glyn who plays the pram-pushing vicar’s wife Mrs Clipstone pays tribute to the quality of Road Dahl’s writing.
“There is sadness and tension in Danny the Champion the World, as well as much humour, and that has surprised and appealed to our audiences all over England, Scotland and Wales this summer. We will be a little sad too giving the penultimate performance of memorable tour. It’s an eye-catching show and I think the families at Lytham Hall are in for a Bank Holiday treat.”
Open air theatre organiser Julian Wilde believes that Illyria will bring the season to a happy conclusion with one of Roald Dahl’s most appealing works.
“I am sure Illyria will do us proud once again. We have already sold a large number of tickets and I do advise everyone to book in advance as we are heading for a full house. ”
Gates which will be open from 2pm for picnickers, with the play starting at 4pm, and the audience should bring their own folding chairs or rugs. An area in front of the stage will be reserved for small children.
Tickets are £13, with concessions of £10, £6.50 and £3.
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It’s probably win or bust for Fleetwood in this afternoon’s derby clash with Blackpool after the Broadwater club lost further ground to their Fylde coast rivals in the Northern Premier League title race.
In what could prove a decisive double-header holiday weekend, Fleetwood lost by 79 runs at Preston, while Blackpool began an up and down 24 hours at Netherfield with a precious win. The Stanley Park club returned to the same ground for yesterday’s Readers Cup semi-final but lost by 30 runs.
Blackpool played their first match for three weeks in Cumbria on Saturday but were straight back in the groove, dismissing their hosts for 58 en route to victory by 64 runs.
Blackpool were put into bat and were quickly in trouble as three of their top four managed just five between them .
However, Andy Furniss and wicketkeeper Ben Howarth steered the visitors past the hundred mark, both making 25 before Blackpool were dismissed for 122 with 4.2 overs remaining. Mark Clarkson made Netherfield’s early inroads and finished with 5-63 from 15 overs, James Johnson taking 3-15 off 4.4.
This modest total proved more than ample as only two Netherfield batsmen reached double figures and they were all out in 32.1 overs. Blackpool pro Daryl Mitchell made 4-28 from 11.1 overs and Jake Muncaster an excellent 3-6 from five overs on his elevation to the first team.
Blackpool still hold their three-point lead over Leyland, who won at Chorley by four wickets, and the Stanley Park club have a game in hand. Leyland are at home to Darwen today.
South African Daryn Smit enjoyed an outstanding Fleetwood debut but couldn’t spare them a 79-run defeat at Preston. The all-rounder filled the shoes vacated by departed professional Travis Dean and took 7-47 from 15.3 overs of leg spin after Fleetwood put their hosts in.
Preston were all out for 173 in 46.4 overs after solid contributions from all their top-four, former St Annes all-rounder Lukman Vahaluwala leading the way with 47.
Smit, who had been playing for Rossendale in the Lancashire League, was Fleetwood’s best with the bat as well, scoring 21 at number six, but seven of his team-mates got out for eight or fewer as the visitors were dismissed for 94 in 36.3 overs, Lukman and Afzal Kapadia both taking three wickets. It means Fleetwood have slipped to fourth, behind a Barrow side that beat bottom club Morecambe by 68 runs.
Today’s game at Fleetwood is Blackpool’s third in as many days after they returned to Netherfield only to miss out on a place in the Readers Cup final. The hosts chose to bat in this semi and made 138-7 from their 35 overs,
Bradley Earl gave them a solid platform, top-scoring with 34 in an opening stand of 56 with captain Ben Barrow.
The Blackpool reply was soon in big trouble at 33-5 as the top four misfired for the second day running, scoring only nine between them.
Number eight Daniel Pile showed them how to do it with 31 but it was too late to save the game, Blackpool dismissed for 108 in 32.4 overs.
Tom Bruce took 3-33 from seven overs for Netherfield, who face Lancaster in Sunday’s final.
St Annes dropped a spot to eighth after a five-wicket defeat at home to Penrith.
The hosts struggled without professional Shadley van Schalkwyk and toiled to 123 in 43.3 overs after being put in at Vernon Road.
Number seven Henry Higson, with an unbeaten 37, showed his team-mates how it was done as seven of them mustered only six runs between them, Greg Hall and Zakhele Qwabe both helping themselves to four wickets.
Penrith wicketkeeper Chris Marrow then carried his bat for 68 as the visitors sealed victory in 31.1 overs at 124-5.
Lytham welcomed back Toby Lester for their Liverpool Competition match at Bootle but the Lancashire player couldn’t quite secure a draw as he got out to the final ball.
The hosts chose to bat at Wadham Road and made 190 in 53.2 overs thanks largely to opener Jackson Knight’s 85 from 92 balls, with 16 fours and a six. Taylor Cornall dismissed him on his way to 4-29 from 12.3 overs.
In reply, wicketkeeper Gary Knight was Lytham’s top scorer with 40, putting on 55 for the sixth wicket with Tom Morrison.
Lytham were always off the pace but looked like holding on for the draw with Lester at the crease.
Needing to see out the 51st and final over, Lester fell to Christ Liptrot’s last ball for 27 and the visitors were all out for 137, beaten by 53 runs.
Moore and Smalley SE+ Palace Shield results
Premier division: Fulwood and Broughton 223-4 (M Smith 56no, B Parkinson 53, M Smith 48) beat Garstang 161 (Mark Walling 36, U Sadaqat 4-10 ) by 62 runs, Fylde 28 ( Driver 6-11, S Marsh 4-16 )lost to Croston 74 ( D Smith 5-31) by 47 runs, Penwortham 69-0 beat Whittingham and Goosnargh 64 by 10 wickets, Thornton Cleveleys 155 (J Eade 60no, A Hogarth 5-47) lost to Freckleton 221-8 (A Hogarth 127no) by 66 runs, Torrisholme 93 lost to Longridge 96-1 by nine wickets, Vernon Carus 128-6 beat Great Eccleston 124 by four wickets.
Division One: Garstang 2 108-8 (A Egerton 30, D Billington 4-21) beat BAC-EE Preston 87 by 21 runs, Kirkham and Wesham 125 (D Moore 32, R McCutcheon 4-13) lost to Vernon Carus 2 129-4 (D Whittle 51no) by six wickets, Longridge 2 150-7 (A Simpson 31, I Davies 4-26) beat Norcross 149-9 (C Parker 41, W Baines 3-26, D Wilson 3-52) by three wickets, Rufford 88 lost to Eccleston 90-6 by four wickets, White Coppice 153-6 beat Hogton 145 by eight runs, Withnell Fold 93 lost to Fulwood and Broughton 2 96-3 by seven wickets.
Division Two: Great Eccleston 2 243-8 (I Dudhara 81no, J Whittle 49, P Harvey 40, J Bass 4-64) beat Thornton Cleveleys 2 93 (J Whittle 6-24) by 150 runs, Gregson Lane 112 lost to Penwortham 2 139-6 by 27 runs, Mawdesley 119 (C Gibbons 30, W Norris 4-12, T Phillips 4-31) beat Wrea Green 98 (M Wood 50, D Lemarinel 5-25 ) by 21 runs, New Longton 205 beat Tarleton 124 by 81 runs, Walton-le-Dale 138 (S Keely 34, M Cowburn 5-26, J Brown 3-38) lost to South Shore 139-1 (D Jardine 66no) by nine wickets, Whittle and Clayton-le-Woods 86-4 (C McMahon 51 ) beat Blackpool 3 85 (C Allison 30, T Markham 5-29) by six wickets.

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Lowther Pavilion is getting set for the opening stage of an exciting new era.
The Lytham theatre is closed until early next month as builders moved onto the site for the first phase of the venue’s refurbishment.
The sprung maple floor which has long been a feature of the Pavilion has been carefully lifted and prepared for relaying and strengthening in the form of concrete supporting walls to prepare for the installation of new seats which will be in place in time for the performance of the play Ball of Fire on September 8.
New roofing is also being fitted over the barrel section of the building and restoration work being carried out to its central lantern ahead of the Pavilion’s reopening.
The new seating will feature much more raking and the opportunity is still available for supporters to buy a seat and have their name engraved on the back under the Love Lowther fund-raising scheme.
The current work is largely covered by a £123,000 grant from Fylde Council and private donations.
But the whole project is set to cost more than £5m and the Love Lowther scheme has generated more than £150,000 so far - including a contribution of £20,000 from St Annes-based Beaverbrooks jewellers which has been key to the current floor-strengthening work – as Lowther officials look to generate as much cash as possible towards the future phases of a comprehensive refurbishment which it is hoped will be completed in time for the venue’s centenary in 2021.
Trust representatives, including chairman Tim Lince, Rosie Withers and technical trustee Dan Creasey met architect Andy Wolfe, Lowther’s operations manager Iain Orr and representatives of builders Eclipse Developments this week to view progress and Rosie said: “It is incredibly exciting to be under way with the first phase of the development and refurbishment of Lowther.”
Tim said: “The strengthening of the floor was something that caught us quite unawares as this could have stopped the installation of the new seating.
“Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust came forward and through a generous donation of £20,000 we were able to programme the flooring and seating to be completed as part of phase one of the refurbishment.”
The work is being carried out under the guidance of Andy Wolfe of Lytham-based architects Creative SPARC,


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St Annes Jigsaw Festival is facing an uncertain future as organisers mark its 10th anniversary.
The festival, which has been held at the United Reformed Church Hall on St George’s Road since 2007, has been reduced this year to three days’ duration from five because the organisers are now fewer in number – and fresh offers of voluntary help would be welcome if the popular event is to continue.
The festival continues up to and including Saturday and features more than 200 completed jigsaws on display, all for sale, with plenty more in reserve to take their place as they are snapped up.
The event regularly attracts hundreds of people, with many travelling from other parts of the country – but organisers’ spokesman Matthew Willey admitted there is a chance that this year could be its last unless more help is found.
“As with many things, it is an older generation which is involved in the organising and as each year goes by, fewer people are available to put in the extensive amount of work which is needed to keep the show going,” he said.
“It would be good if we could get some new help and we would be delighted to hear from anyone who would like to get involved.
“We always said we would do it for 10 years and this is the 10th. We have reduced it to three days this year and can only wait and see how it goes from here.
“When we started the event, a few people said to us that, with new technology, jigsaws were rather old-fashioned but they are as popular as ever.”
The festival is open from 10am to 4pm each day, with admission £2 for adults, including a free drink, and entry free for children. Details of how to get involved from Matthew on (01253) 724023.

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Do you think it’s okay to allow children to drink some alcohol at home?
A study has found that half of parents with children under the age of 14 allow them to drink alcohol at home.
And, perhaps more worryingly, one in ten respondents to the Churchill Home Insurance survey allow children between the ages of five and seven to drink alcohol.
While it is not illegal for a child between the age of five and 16 to drink alcohol on private premises, it flies in the face of advice from the Chief Medical Officer whose official advice warns: “Children and their parents or carers are advised that an alcohol-free childhood is the healthiest and best option. However, if children drink alcohol underage, it should not be until at least the age of 15 years.
“Parents and young people should be aware that drinking, even at age 15 or older, can be hazardous to health and that not drinking is the healthiest option for young people.”
The UK Chief Medical Officer highlights that “drinking, even at age 15 or older, can be hazardous to health and that not drinking is the healthiest option for young people.”


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Sobering political reality trumps blood-saturated fiction in the third instalment of James DeMonaco’s horror series, set in a dystopian America which has legalised murder for 12 hours every March to sate the population’s bloodlust and reduce crime levels for the rest of the year.
The original film, released in 2013, was a guilty pleasure fusing nail-biting tension with explosions of shocking violence.
A gruesome follow-up, The Purge Anarchy, fell short of expectations and now The Purge: Election Year polls a similarly lukewarm response by attempting to skewer the American political establishment.
Unfortunately, the real-life horror show of the 2016 race for the White House - a contest dripping with bile and intolerance - is far more disturbing than anything writer-director DeMonaco can conjure on screen for his beleaguered characters as they attempt to survive another night of wanton slaughter.
A potentially delicious subplot - the influx of murder tourists, who travel to America on Purge night to commit unspeakable crimes that are forbidden in their own countries - is undernourished and goes nowhere.
Eighteen years after her entire family was slaughtered on Purge night, Senator Charlie Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell) is poised to narrowly win the 2022 Presidential election by campaigning on a promise to end the annual cull.
Her rival, Minister Edwidge Owens (Kyle Secor), is a firm believer in the Purge and has the full backing of the New Founding Fathers (NFF), the shadowy political hierarchy led by Caleb Warrens (Raymond J Barry).
These men and women in tailored suits are distressed by the possibility of Roan winning over the electorate and they plot to eliminate her.
“We are going to use this year’s Purge to do some spring cleaning gentlemen!” snarls Warrens, who masterminds a scheme to undermine the security measures put in place by the Senator’s trusted bodyguard and protector, Leo Barnes (Frank Grillo).
Meanwhile, as the 7pm siren to signal the start of the Purge approaches, hard-working shop owner Joe Dickson (Mykelti Williamson) and his assistant Marcos (Joseph Julian Soria) have an ill-fated run-in with two thieving schoolgirls (Brittany Mirabile, Juani Feliz) that they might regret when the blood-letting begins in earnest.
The Purge: Election Year is one hack ‘n’ slash too far for DeMonaco’s neat premise.
Plotting is flimsy and characters are thinly sketched, so we don’t have a strong emotional attachment to them.
Williamson provides comic relief to dissipate tension, almost putting a bullet in the head of one friend, who creeps up on him.
“Good Lord! It’s Purge night. You don’t sneak up on black people!” he shrieks.
Fans of earlier films will get their kicks from the gory set pieces but the lack of new ideas and directorial verve is palpable.
It’s time for a complete reshuffle behind the cameras.

The Purge: Election Year - One hack ‘n’ slash too far


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Police in Blackpool want to speak to this woman after the theft of a pensioner’s handbag in the resort.
Money and bank cards were stolen from the elderly woman’s bag at an address on St Annes Road, Blackpool.
The victim’s son, aged 61, met the woman outside Ma Kelly’s Public House on Lytham Road at around 11.15pm on Friday August 19.
They travelled back to the man’s address on Lytham Road, when the woman told him she was going out to make a phone call.
However, the woman didn’t return and the man then discovered that bank cards and around £60 cash had been stolen from his 80-year-old mother’s bag.
PC Ian Byrne from Blackpool Police said: “If you recognise this woman or have any information that could assist us, please get in touch.”
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I’ve only just got back from my summer holidays, but it seems autumn is already here. Soon we will not be able to walk along a pavement without having to battle our way through a pile of mouldy old leaves, hoping something nasty isn’t hidden beneath.
How do we know this? By watching TV. The signs the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness has arrived are there. The X Factor ‘X’ is upon us, like some civilisation-ending asteroid of hyperbole about to create a crater of mediocrity on the national psyche.
Strictly Come Dancing’s annual sequinathon is also about to start, the celebs and Ed Balls already practising their rictus grins and desperate, ‘vote for me’ hand signals.
And the main TV channels are all pushing the new series of returning favourites and hoped-for hits, all of which we are expected to embrace as televisual hot water bottles as the nights draw in.
The BBC is first out of the blocks, with August not yet over. The first of their ‘major new dramas’ – all the BBC’s new dramas are major, it seems – is One of Us (BBC1, Tuesdays, 9pm).
At first glance, this is not comforting autumn viewing. A young pair of newlyweds, expecting their first child, are murdered, the families left to deal with the emotional fallout.
Then the killer pitches up in their hometown, a remote Highland fastness, and after a conveniently wild and stormy night, ends up dead in a barn.
It’s aiming for gritty and modern, there’s snot involved when people cry – which they do, a lot, and the famously mucus-y Juliet Stevenson stars – but by the end, when we’re left with a kind of locked room mystery, no shortage of suspects, and the police on their way, it’s all got a bit Agatha Christie, and what could be more comforting than that?
Well, the Great British Bake-Off (BBC1, Wednesdays, 8pm), that’s what. If you want something warm and snuggly this autumn, climb under the John Lewis 24-tog paisley comfort blanket of the Bake-Off with Mel, Sue, Paul, Mary and the 11 remaining contestants, and don’t get out until Christmas.
Play Mel and Sue innuendo bingo, guess whose Genoese sponge will collapse and marvel at Candice’s purple lipstick.
It’s what autumn nights were made for.


Lancashire’s poor run in the Specsavers County Championship continued as they lost by 10 wickets to Surrey at the Kia Oval
It means that they have not won in the Championship since May and coach Ashley Giles has warned that they could have a relegation fight on their hands.
Ten months into his Surrey career and having suffered early-season niggles and lapses in confidence, left-arm seamer Mark Footitt finally announced his arrival at the Oval with a career-best haul of seven for 62 to wrap up Surrey’s emphatic win.
Footitt mopped up Lancashire’s two remaining wickets within 40 minutes of the fourth and final day to set up his side’s fourth win of the Championship campaign.
Home openers Rory Burns (28 not out) and Dominic Sibley (11not out) duly knocked off the 38 runs required within 9.1 overs to secure the comfortable and deserved victory with more than two sessions of the game to spare.
By hitting the winning boundary with a reverse sweep Burns also marked his 26th birthday by scoring his 1,000th championship run of the season.
Earlier, Surrey’s attack required only 15 deliveries of the final day to dislodge Lancashire’s ninth man in the shape of Nathan Buck.
Prodding off the back foot at another testing delivery from Footitt, the right-hander followed and nicked to second slip where birthday boy Burns took a comfortable catch.
Lancashire’s last pairing of Simon Kerrigan and Kyle Jarvis extended their side’s narrow overall lead to 37 before Footitt, the former Derbyshire player, had Kyle Jarvis caught on the drive at mid-off to wrap up the Lancashire innings for 230.
While Footitt secured his career-best from the Pavilion End, Batty reeled off 27 overs at the Vauxhall End to finish with excellent figures of two for 67, having virtually locked down the run-scoring from one end.
Lancashire travelled home with four points while Surrey boosted their late title challenge with a haul of 23 having secured their third win in four Championship starts.


When the mercury soars, some gardeners enjoy the peace and calm of a cool, shady haven.
Yes, we can all crouch under the sun umbrella, but it’s just not very pretty, is it? And I’m afraid I don’t go for canvas gazebos either, even if they are practical, what with all those metal poles and coach bolts.
So how else can you create shade in a sunny spot?
Awnings are another option and can add a splash of colour if you need it. But they have to be situated in the right spot, can be expensive and if your patio is windy, they may be vulnerable.
One idea which can be effective is to train leafy climbers over an arch to create a retreat.
If you have a wooden bench, you could place some sort of arch over it and grow climbers in pots or in the earth on either side, to train up it and provide colour as well as some shade.
A light-roofed structure, such as a pergola, can also provide relief from the sun, as you can train climbers over the crossbeams, providing more hours of shade.
Pergolas are usually made from timber or metal, with a horizontal trellis laid on top.
They are usually built out from the house or a wall, often positioned directly above a patio and, as well as providing shade, they also put paid to nosey neighbours who may want to know what you’re up to. Ideal trailers to use on pergolas include sweet-smelling roses, honeysuckle or clematis.
You can buy kits from DIY stores and big garden centres consisting of timber uprights and cross pieces to put together yourself, or alternatively have a local builder do it.
If plants aren’t creating your shade, you can add colour and texture to a shady spot with hostas and ferns, heucheras and hydrangeas, adding further splashes of colour with shade-tolerant Busy Lizzies, stocks, violas and nicotiana.
Climbers which grow over a freestanding structure in the sun often do better than when planted against a wall or fence because there is no restriction of light.
If the structure - arch or pergola - is big enough, virtually any climber will be suitable, but if the gap is only small, avoid roses with sharp thorns or other bushy plants.
And remember that a combination of climbers which flower at different times will provide colour to your patio for longer and create an attractive mix. For big structures, you could train wisteria, laburnum and a late-flowering clematis.
Trellis is another useful commodity to help create shade in a sunny spot. Panels with curved tops are available to make useful screens to shelter the patio.
Arbours are another option for shade. They are open-sided structures, usually set over a sitting area in an informal part of the garden, and while they may not suit the patio area, you could always move down the garden to sit in an arbour smothered with fragrant climbers.
Remember before you start, though, to experiment with temporary shade before investing in time and money to create permanent shade.
If you have that old sun umbrella, move it around the patio to find out where it is most effective.


Plans are under way for a new maritime heritage centre in Fleetwood.
Peter Brady, founder of an organsiation called the Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust, says the facility will be aimed at people who want to carry out detailed studies into the port’s maritime history.
Frank Colley
The heritage centre will offer something different than Fleetwood Museum.
Premises in the town have been earmarked for the project and although Mr Brady says he is not in a position to identify the site, he is confident the centre can open in a matter of months.
He said: “The centre is the culmination of over 16 years of serious research work by members of the Fleetwood Maritime Heritage Trust.
“It will present the real story of how Fleetwood has evolved within this sector since the early 1800’s and specifically why today we are a seaport without any ships.
“Particularly how our economy has been tragically run into the ground by the gradual diminution of one or other of the elements of our long-standing trade.
“The Trust was established because of the lack of proper information about how Fleetwood developed.
“We are about to provide for the first time the real story of how Fleetwood has evolved within this field.
“This will be done primarily through a series of books highlighting the ups and downs of this sector.
“It will present information not just on fishing but also the cargo trade and in more recent times the ferry services to the Isle of Man and Ireland.
“Visitors to the centre will be able to sit down and peruse these at their leisure.
“In all there will be 12 published books, each covering a decade of developments in the greatest detail possible. From time to time there will also be exhibitions on specific subjects of this heritage.”
Mr Brady, who lives nearFleetwood town centre, says he did not just want to present the information on a website, but wanted to offer people a fuller experience.
He said: “The internet has its good points but we believe the printed word to be superior. Since the era of the Doomsday Book and the early sagas, scholars have managed to achieve the full learning curve in this manner.”
Mr Brady says the centre will include thousands of photographs to illustrate this information and visitors will be able to access these during their stay.
He added: “When the Trust was established in 1999 there were four trustees.
“Sadly three have in the meantime passed away and are being replaced gradually as the Centre nears reality.
“Within the current band of Trustees, in addition to local people there are now one each from Iceland and the Faroe Islands.
“Both have long-standing connections to Fleetwood and their presence highlights the important role that these nations played in Fleetwood’s development, particularly during the two World Wars.”
Mr Brady is a former trawler manager who ran several operations, including Fleetwood Deep Sea Fishing Enterprise.
He also edited a magazine called Commercial Fishing, but is now retired and is concentrating his efforts on the Trust.
Sadly one of the Trust members, Frank Colley, has just died aged in his late eighties, but Mr Brady says the work will continue.


A fundraiser is aiming to travel to all 62 train stations in Lancashire in under 24 hours.
David Chandler is taking part in the “Lancashire Challenge” to raise funds for a hospice.
The route depends on a lot of luck!
The 46-year-old admin officer will set off on a journey like no other on September 16 by visiting every station across Lancashire.
David, who works for Lancaster Canal Boats and is a volunteer radio station presenter , said: “I like a challenge and this has not been done before. I have got a friend who works on the railways, he is also a mathematician, he worked out the route for me and we think it is just about doable.
“It is actually difficult, as there are less trains and the stations are spread far and wide but it will be quite exciting when we start.
“I am not really a train buff, I know it appears that way but I am interested more in the people. I like the idea of travelling around all these places in one day.”
Covering hundreds of miles the “Lancashire Challenge” is David’s latest fundraiser for Lancaster’s St John’s hospice, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
Last year David completed a similar challenge, when he visited all 270 London Underground stations in 20 hours, eight minutes.
David said: “After the Tube challenge, I began to wonder if something similar could be done around the county of Lancashire.”
Lancashire has 62 railway stations and David has applied the same rules used on the Tube challenge for his latest venture.
He said: “We must visit each station on a scheduled passenger service. We can also travel between stations on foot or by public transport – but not by car, taxi or bicycle.
“The route we’ve put together depends on a lot of luck and services running on time.
“I’m hoping we don’t get any delays, or the day could be severely curtailed!”

Train odyssey around 62 train stations in Lancashire for campaign


It was the battle of the conservationists. In the red corner English Heritage proudly prepared its frontlines ready for the onslaught of the mighty National Trust limbering up in the purple corner.
So who would win this mighty fight? My two little soldiers , Ruaridh (9) and Flora (6) weighed up their options and after due consideration (as they tucked into an afternoon tea of scones and clotted cream), they declared it a draw.
English Heritage's majestic Homesteads Fort
They will no doubt make good politicians in the future, but for now they were concentrating on letting their young minds absorb as much culture and information as their mother (that’s me!) could persuade them to as we enjoyed a trip to see the historical gems on offer in the North East.
As parents we often find it hard to entertain the children during the long summer holidays, but these days there is so much to see and do, you just have to jump on board and have some fun.
And English Heritage and the National Trust have embraced this philosophy and these days their once stuffy (well that’s what we thought as children!) properties are now child friendly and laid out in such a way that the whole family really can have a good time together.
The North East of England has its fair share of places to visit and with such lovely rolling countryside and a short drive from Lancashire, it’s the perfect place to spend a few days exploring.
The National Trust's Wallington. Photo by John Millar
Ruaridh and Flora had enjoyed a taste of English Heritage’s Hadrian’s Wall trail last year and enjoyed it so much, they wanted to go back for more.
This time we headed for Homesteads Roman Fort, perched high on the hills above Haydon Bridge. The fort was built in Roman times as a blueprint for similar forts around the world so that everything would be set out in the same way at each site to make it easier for soldiers when they were sent around the world.
Homesteads is a fine example of a fort and after a short walk up the hill you find yourself in the visitor centre where an exhibition is dedicated to the fort and the items found over the years. Felix the soldier provides information for the youngsters on the same interpretation boards as the adults read. And its fascinating stuff, with Ruaridh and Flora’s minds in overdrive as they looked at the artefacts, such as tools and jewellery left by the soldiers and discovered by archaeologists over the years.
Outside you can look round the remains of the fort which sits proudly infront of Hadrian’s Wall, a UNESCO World Heritage site. We had great fun pretending we were standing in the soldiers’ barracks, commander’s living quarters and looking at the hospital and granaries.
From here we took a short hop to Birdoswald, neighbouring Cumbria’s Roman fort and also where the longest section of Hadrian’s Wall can be seen (or walked if you can persuade the children!).
A product of 1,800 years of occupation, this fort is different in that it stands just infront of a mock medieval farmhouse built in 1858. With stunning landscape surrounding it, it really is a lovely spot to visit.
After all that history, we were in need of some fun by the seaside (but with a spot of culture thrown in too) and so we headed to Tynemouth, a great wee spot with old-fashioned entertainment on offer. After a bracing walk on the beach we headed for the imposing priory and castle which dominates the town.
It was once the most fortified place in England and dates back 2,000 years. Its well spread out, so we all got to stretch our limbs as we headed back in history and took in all the fascinating parts from the beautiful and tranquil 13th century chapel to the restored gun battery and cannons. And some fantastic views of the North Sea to boot.
As with all the English Heritage sites over the summer, there are some great activities on offer from clash of the knights contests to kite flying.
And working just as hard as English Heritage to bring our history to life are the people working for The National Trust.
The North East has some great examples of this work and we headed for two of them. Our first stop was Seaton Delaval Hall at Seaton Sluice in Northumberland. This wonderful property was designed by architect Sir John Vanbrugh and home to the party loving Delaval family. It is of Georgian style, but with a mischievious past.
The Delaval’s were known for their high spirited and flamboyant lifestyle and everyone wanted to go to their parties. They loved to play pranks, some guests woke up to find their furniture stuck to the ceiling!
The hall has survived a fire and houses some lovely rooms and furniture for you to look round and the gardens are amazing, literally with a box hedge maze for the children to enjoy as you take in the gorgeous scents of the flowers.
From here we headed for our final stop of our adventure, Wallington, once home to the Trevelyan family.
Just outside Morpeth, this 13,000 acre estate is a joy to visit. Gifted to the National Trust by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, a controversial socialist MP, it is a wonderful place.
Another unconventional family, the Trevelyan’s home boasts huge pre-Raphaelite paintings telling the history of Northumberland and beautiful furniture and treasured collections in the rooms.
The house has a remarkable collection of dolls houses and some fabulous old children’s games to have a go at. Outside is a landscape of lawns, lakes, woodlands, parklands and farmland and a magical walled garden where you can relax and let your mind re-live all those adventures you have just enjoyed – long may English Heritage and The National Trust reign!
Fact file:
We are lucky in the Northern part of Great Britain to have so many national treasures on our doorstep. Throughout the summer both English Heritage and The National Trust have special events on to keep all the family entertained as you learn about the nation’s history.
For more information, log onto www.english-heritage.org.uk and www.nationaltrust.org.uk


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A host of musical theatre stars will join pop star Sarah Harding and TV heart-throb Andy Moss when Ghost – The Musical heads to Blackpool.
West End star Jacqui Dubois will take on the role of Oda Mae Brown which was made famous by Whoopi Goldberg in the film of the same name.
Jacqui Dubois
Also taking to the stage will be Sam Feriday as Carl, Leo Sene as Willie, James Earl Adair as the Hospital Ghost, Gary Lee Netley as the Subway Ghost, Tarisha Rommick as Louise and Simbi Akande as Clara.
Completing the cast will be Lori Baker, Ethan Bradshaw, Lauren Drew, Matthew Vinetot, Mike Ward and Kelly Hampson. They will join Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding who will star as Molly and former Hollyoaks actor Andy Moss who plays Sam.
Producer Bill Kenwright said: “Ghost is a story full of hope, and is one of those films which never leaves you. The book by Bruce Joel Rubin and score by Dave Stewart and Glenn Ballad come together wonderfully in one of my favourite new musicals in years.”
Winter Gardens Managing Director Michael Williams said: “We’re sure people are going to love the show when it arrives.”
Ghost is a story full of hope, and is one of those films which never leaves you
The double academy award winning film was a box office success when it was released in 1990 and starred the late Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg. The show will run at Blackpool Opera House from Monday October 3 to Monday October 15. Tickets are on sale now from www.wintergardensblackpool.com

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