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14. Pictured above are six of the eight team members of the South Ribble schools team who won the Under 14 Lancashire School Badminton Association Trophy. Left to right, back row: David Johnson, Christina Balchine, Robert Russell. Front: Alison Gregson, Lesley Dixon and Moira Keeble
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15. At their headquarters on the wooded slopes of the River Ribble near Church Deeps, Walton-le-Dale, the 1st Scout troop, whose ages range from 11 to 16, began their mammoth task of sawing 3,000 logs from trees which had been previously hacked down by Venture Scouts
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16. Marathon disco-dancer John Sharples put his best foot forward - to entertain visitors to Ingol Pool House primary school's annual Christmas fete. John, of Queens Road, Walton-le-Dale has been in constant demand since he set up a new non-stop dancing world record of 15 and a half days
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