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CLITHEROE  FINE   FOOD  & CRAFT  STREET   MARKET

Castle Street, Saturday August 14th 2010

9.00am – 5.00pm

Clitheroe Chamber of Trade and Commerce will be celebrating Clitheroe town’s new status as official food capital of Lancashire on Saturday August 14 with a Fine Foods and Craft Street Market.

Clitheroe Fine Food & Craft Street Market will be filled with an eclectic mix of the very best of Clitheroe & the Ribble Valley’s local producers providing fresh locally grown & produced artisan food & drink treats.

The theme of the street market will be essentially local  artisan fine food and crafts,  unique bespoke arts & crafts and gifts and a superb choice of fresh foods and home baking, hot hog roasts, sizzling sausages,cute cupcakes, artisan breads,  delicious cheeses, jams and preserves, meats, organic fruit and vegetables, home grown honey and a wonderful array of tempting treats for all the family to indulge and enjoy!

Over 40 stalls will tempt your taste buds with a mouth watering array of delicacies and culinary delights including:

• Cowmans World Famous Sausages
• Woods Craft Bakers Artisan Bread
• Martasha
• Ribblesdale Rotary
• La Locanda
• The Stable Trading Co
• Piccolinos
• Brioche of Wellgate
• The Little Cake Stall
• Food Hero Tours & Buns of Bowland
• Atrium Cafe Hog Roast
• Key Street  – Jack Daniels BBQ & Live Harley Davidson Roadshow
• King Henry VI English Spring Water
• Bowland Beer
• Molly’s Cafe
• Castle Chippy
• Shirleys Homemade Pies
• Susan’s Farmhouse Fudge
• Park Farm Tea Rooms of Ramsbottom
• Seasons Of Clitheroe
• Genesis Hair & Beauty
• Clitheroe Fair Trade Group
• Fitzpatricks Traditional Drinks
• The Inn At The Station
• The Rose & Crown Beer Garden
• Ribble Valley Radio Live
• Craftstastic & C Beebies Bizi Lizi
• Longridge Natural Dairy Ice Cream
• Coco & Me
• Sainsbury’s Taste The Difference
• Reedy’s Naturally
• Cheesy Tchaikovsky
• Phoenix Cards & Gifts
• Lilybet Cakes
• The Grand Venue
• Harrison & Kerr Butchers
• Sawley Art Group
• The Coach & Horses, Bolton-by-Bowland
• Aphrodite
• Backridge Farm
• Farmer’s Wife Preserves
• Lancashire Pasty Company
• Mydas Touch
• Platform Gallery
• Pots ‘n’ Pies
• Twyn Ghyll
• The Little Cake Stall
• Era Photography
• And many more!

Clitheroe’s iconic Market will be co-ordinating a host of activities, INCLUDING A SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY BRITAINS BEST CHEF & OWNER OF THE FABULOUS NORTHCOTE MANOR- NIGEL HAWORTH!

Nigel will be discussing ‘Seasonality’ and advising on the best fruit & veg – fresh from our very own market & how to get the best out of them for the summer season! A must see and exclusive one to one special moment with Nigel Howarth – live at the Market.

LIVE MUSIC & FACE PAINTING and food related fun – look out for Little Jimmy Clitheroe Jr who will be making surprise appearances throughout the day at Jimmy Clitheroes Cafe!

There will  be a fantastic PRIZE Winning Mad Hatter Tea Party Fancy Dress Competition at The Rose & Crown Beer Garden from 2pm onwards

Giddy Up! It's The Clitheroe Cowboys !

Theme is Mad Hatter Tea Party & Foody Fun – Dress to impress!!

Dressed To Impress - The Medieval Babes!

The Queen Of Hearts will tempt you with her tarts!

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Castle Street will be closed to all traffic on Saturday 14th August from 6am to 6 pm to accommodate the street market

Road Directions

From the M6 junction 31, follow signs for the A59 Clitheroe. Enter from the A671 and follow the signs and diversions for Town Centre Parking. Please note Castle Street will be closed off to vehicles and therefore diversion signs will be in place all day on 14 August.

Public Transport Directions

Nearest railway station Clitheroe.

Nearest bus station Clitheroe. For timetable information please contact the Clitheroe Visitor Information Centre on 01200 425566.

PR and Publicity Campaign

We have a high profile local PR & Marketing activity campaign to support the event.

See local press for more details and our press archive below,

www.clitheroeinbusiness.com will be featuring regular updates, along with Facebook, Flickr and Twitter pages.

Twitter

Follow us at:  ClitheroeFoody

Web Sites:

www.clitheroeinbusiness.co.uk

www.penninelancashirefestivals.com

www.visitlancashire.com

www.visitribblevalley.com

www.enjoyengland.com

www.foodnw.co.uk

www.thegrandvenue.com

Recent Press Coverage

LIVE  RIBBLE  VALLEY  MAGAZINE – JUNE  2010

CLITHEROE   ADVERTISER  & TIMES   June 17th 2010

Lancashire Telegraph  Weds June 16th 2010

Taste@The Grand be hosting an afternoon of live interactive cookery demonstrations, tasters, samples and a cup cake workshop for children.

Clitheroe Market are co-ordinating a host of activities and food related fun there.  There will also be related art & craft activities going on at The Platform Gallery. And look out for the medieval reenactment at The Castle & Museum!

Your taste buds will be treated to a delightful array of the finest produce in the Ribble Valley and a host of local food & drink producers, top chefs and award winning food gurus will be joining the celebration!

Make it a whole day out with all the family – so much to taste, see and enjoy!

If you love food and you love Clitheroe – do not miss this great day out!

Castle Street will be closed to all traffic on Saturday 14th August to accommodate the street market –  this applies from 6am – 6pm

Road Directions

From the M6 junction 31, follow signs for the A59 Clitheroe. Enter from the A671 and follow the signs and diversions for Town Centre Parking.Please note Castle Street will be closed off to vehicles and therefore diversion signs will be in place all day on 14 August.

Further announcements and a full event schedule and line up will be announced shortly.

For further information please contact:

Samantha Turner,

Street Market Event & Project Co-ordinator

Fern Court Business Centre on: 01200 429 717

or email: samturner@ferncourt.co.uk

For Press & PR / Street Market Event Management please contact:

Pearl Mina

PR & Media Creative.

Tel: 07901 696 490

 Or Email: pearlminapr@googlemail.com

Clitheroe Fine Food & Crafts Street Market 2010

Organised & supported by:

Clitheroe Chamber of Trade & Commerce

Ribble Valley Borough Council

Ribble Valley Strategic Partnership

Lancashire County Council – Revitalising Town Centres Initiative

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Grateful Thanks to all our members at Clitheroe Chamber of Trade & Commerce, especially our generous supporters for taking part in our special event brochure, our banner sponsors & all our voluntary helpers.

Our thanks also go to the kind generosity and food & drink donations & hospitality provided  for our press Launch & VIP at The Rose & Crown.

Our roll call of honour & thanks goes  to:

Clitheroe Chamber of Trade & Commerce Members

Nigel Haworth

Ribble Valley Inns

Cowmans World Famous Sausage Shop

Barclays

Park Farm Tea Rooms

Brioche

Ian Sowerbutts

Sainsburys Taste The Difference

Exchange Coffee Co

La Locanda

HSBC

Mortimers

Dawsons

Genesis

King Henry VI English Spring Water

Taste @ The Grand

The Rose & Crown

Fern Court Business Centre

Genesis

Clitheroe Social Club

John Houldsworth Solicitors

Key Street Music Venue

John Turner, Independent Financial Advisor

Design 360

Ribblesdale Rotary

St Michaels & St John RC Church

St James School

The Grand Venue

Ribble Valley Radio

Clitheroe Advertiser & Times

Live Ribble Valley Magazine

Radio Lancashire

Pearl Mina PR & Media Creative

Samantha Turner

Emma Turner

Little Jimmy Clitheroe Jr

Cllr Michael Ranson

Rebecca Kay

Melissa Watts

Chris Hughes

Syd Chamley

Theresa Robson

Roland Hailwood

James Russell

Kaye Mathew Northcote Group

Peter Moore

Gemma Vaughan

Jamila Mulla Hounslow

Phil & Bev Knight  - KeyStreet

Cliff Cowburn

Ian Lloyd

Nigel & Sarah – Rose & Crown Hotel

Clitheroe Police

Our Volunteer Marshalls & Stewards

Made in Lancashire

Food North West

Continue reading »]]> A new era and a new President for Clitheroe Chamber of  Trade and Commerce was announced to local traders and businesses at the 83^rd Annual General Meeting of Clitheroe Chamber of Trade and Commerce, at The Grand Venue, last Tuesday evening.

A packed audience of Chamber members voted in their new president, Mr. Ian Lloyd, a Director of Mortimer’s Chartered Surveyors and Estate Agents. Mr Lloyd is a stalwart and established figurehead in Clitheroe and the Ribble Valleys business community with over twenty seven years living and working   in the area, as well serving the community as a highly active charity and event fundraiser, with his pro-active personal involvement including the Clitheroe Lions, Honorary Surveyor to the Clitheroe Citizens Advice Bureau, and Trustee on the Board of Clitheroe Castle.  Mr. Lloyd’s passion and commitment to the future of Clitheroe Town centre is also reflected in his role as an advisor on the Town Centre Regeneration Committee.

The new Vice President role will be jointly run by executive members, Jacqueline Wadge from Jwl Contemporary Jewellery on Wellgate and local business development coach John Garrod, from Ology Business Management.  Sam Turner of John Turner, Independent Financial Adviser in Fern Court Business Centre will remain as Secretary and Coordinator, Karin Wilson from Tax Assist Accountants is Treasurer and Pearl Mina, from Pearl Mina, PR & Media Creative, continues as the Chambers PR & Press Officer.

The Chamber has had a complete internal restructuring and now benefits from a full Executive Committee and several fully active area cluster groups with members overseeing Press & PR, Marketing, Special Events, Social and Networking, Civic Affairs, Web Site and Internet Development, Financial and Membership.

Mr Ian Lloyd is delighted in his new role as President and said:

“To all those members who attended the Annual General Meeting at The Grand last Tuesday evening, may I thank you for your support and your confidence in electing me as a suitable candidate to take over the presidency of the Chamber from Nigel Pratt.  Nigel has lead the Chamber through a difficult period over the last twelve months and I thank him for his guidance and leadership over the last three years.

The Chamber has gone through one of the most turbulent times in recent years and we continue to work through the most difficult of trading conditions.

The enthusiasm and zest I have encountered from new members and traders in the town has been overwhelming and it has been very gratifying to see the amount of hard work that has been put in to rebuilding the Chamber over the last few months.

This is a great time to take stock, refresh our team spirit, develop new strategies and for the chamber to be re-invigorated and rejuvenated.

Finally there are some brilliant ideas in the offing for the next twelve months and I do hope that all members of the Chamber will join in and support where ever possible.

We now have over ninety five members in the Chamber and are seeking to continually improve the calibre, expertise and variety of members and to significantly increase and extend the membership over the coming year. Our priority goal is based upon consolidation and growth and to actively build upon and support our relationships with the local council and tourism board and associated agencies, attractions and venues.

The regeneration of Clitheroe town centre starts from within and we must make Clitheroe a pleasurable shopping destination and stand out experience for visitors and local people as soon as they arrive. Our members have encouraged, motivated and inspired each other and more than ever there is a remarkable sense of civic pride, camaraderie and a new hope for the future.

However there is still much work to be done. The recession and other economic and social factors mean that we are still trading in unprecedented times.  As traders and individual business owners we need to be bold and adapt to survive and together we can be a formidable force for change and development if we stand firm together.

We are looking to encourage growth and confidence in our membership and  our main  strategy throughout 2010 is to reach out  to the many shops, supermarkets,  boutiques, cafes, bars, restaurants and also the commercial and corporate businesses in Clitheroe and district and together we can make a long lasting, quality and empowering impact to the future of our beautiful, historic and unique town.”

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Jacqueline (Jwl Contemporary Jewellery on Wellgate) and Sam Turner invite you to join them for the Sports Relief Mile.

Calling all members – this Easter season you are invited to hop to it over at the Castle Field for this year’s Sports Relief – a great opportunity to raise money and meet up with other members for memorable afternoon. Put down those hot pots & just do it !

Sam Turner says:

“Now some of you may have seen our running mentor, Jacqueline, pounding the streets, however, I’m a complete running novice!”

Please join us for a speedy walk/run, some company and a good effort for Clitheroe Chamber of Trade & Commerce members on Sunday 21st March at 12.30pm on the Castle Field.

http://www.sportrelief.com/the-mile/clitheroe-castlefield-mile

You’ll need to submit your own individual entry on line via the above link, then let us know.

Could be an excuse to get you back in the step, or kick start to a new you!

“Must run!”

Sam

PS. Don’t forget if you can’t join in the run you can always sponsor us.