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Aladdin pulls in crowds EVERYONE KNOWS the story of Aladdin, or at least the Disney Version. For their annual panto the cast of the Birstall Methodist Men's Pantomime performed a more traditional version, where Aladdin is a poor boy from old Peking. He lives with his mother the Widow Twankey and his adopted brothers Wishee and Washee in the town laundry. The wicked Abanazar is seeking someone trustworthy but gullible to retrieve a magic lamp from a deep dark cave. Aladdin refuses to give Abanazar the lamp until he is out of the cave, but instead Abanazar locks him in the darkness. With the help of a magic ring Aladdin escapes and summons the Genie. It all works out well in the end. The men’s panto group meets for rehearsals, at the Methodist Church on Wanlip Lane from the end of September, on Thursdays from 7.45pm until about 9.30pm. New members are always welcome. “Singing, dancing and acting abilities are not necessary” said Richard.
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Schools receive funding TWO BIRSTALL schools have been awarded grant funding from the Governments Priority School Building Programme (PSBF). Highcliffe primary school and Longslade College are two of 227 schools in England chosen to benefit from the funding, which is for schools in "urgent need of repair". Only two other schools in Leicestershire will receive funding. The 277 schools will share £2billion, the equivalent of £7.2million per school. At Highcliffe the money will be spent on refurbishing the school. At Longslade it will be used to either refurbish or demolish and rebuild the main administration block. The chair of the Lionheart Academies Trust Chris Swan said: "This is good Continued on page 3
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