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It's not everyone that gets an audience with the Pope, let alone perform a clog dance for him. But Sally Ann Lawless, from Poulton, did just that, as part of her Duke of Edinburgh gold award. She was one of several dancers who went to the Pope's summer residence - Castel Gandolfo - to present a programme of traditional dances
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Play scheme organisers got more than they bargained for in an effort to help parents during school holidays. Nearly 100 excited youngsters turned up on the first day of the week-long, free venture at Lancashire Polytechnic. The children, aged between five and 14, were kept busy at the huge "creche" with a variety of activities
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Staff from The Tickled Trout Hotel at Samlesbury, where Mrs Betty Fletcher has worked as a cleaner for more than 12 years, paid a toast to her as she prepared for her first-ever flight. The jet-set pensioner flew from Blackpool Airport in an all-expenses paid trip to the Isle of Man, paid for by her employers
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Eager beavers are proving right on the ball as far as top handicapped table tennis stars are concerned. For youngsters - aged from six to eight - from the 1st Broughton Beavers colony have taken on the back breaking job of picking up mis-hit table tennis balls during a fortnightly training session at Fulwood Leisure Centre. They are pictured with leisure centre administrative officer Barry Travis