You Can’t Beet A Good Edukation


Once again Greetings from the Rotary Club of Great Harwood and Rishton and a very big ‘Thank You’ for your generous donations to Santa, total over £2,800, which will be used to fund our projects. Thanks for Life - Focus on the Crocus – Part 2 You will recall that in last November’s edition of the Herald we told you of the scheme to plant nearly 6 million crocus bulbs in the UK and Ireland to promote Thanks for Life, Rotary’s world wide polio eradication project. In partnership with our local communities, schools and other organisations we planted some 17,000 Ruby Giant ‘purple' crocus bulbs on sites in Great Harwood and Rishton, representing the dye colour dabbed on children's little ‘pinkie' finger to indicate they have been immunised against polio. We now approach the time when the two towns should see large displays of purple as the bulbs flower. In anticipation of this, and to mark the 106th anniversary of the founding of Rotary on 23rd February, we shall be promoting a week of activities in the towns. On Saturday 19th February we will join with Rishton Festival Committee in presenting a concert by the Burnley Silver Alliance Band at the Rishton Conservative Club at 7.30pm. Tickets are £3.50 including supper and can be obtained from Peter Norman’s Butchers and Delicatessen (Pete the Meat) in High Street, Rishton, any Festival Committee member or member of the Rotary Club. At the concert there will be a display depicting the effects of polio and the work to eradicate this dreadful disease. During the following week displays will also be mounted, in partnership with the staff, in our two public libraries. The staff will enhance the Rotary material with photographs and literature depicting the effect of polio in our area in years gone by. Many older readers will recall the effects of polio on their families and friends in the years after the war, and the dreaded ‘Iron Lung’ treatment. Our aim is to drive out polio worldwide and prevent such suffering. After 25 years we are nearly there with only some small but difficult areas left to clear. The patches of purple crocus should remind us of our good fortune, the work being carried out and the contribution made by our communities in support of the project. Hopefully as they bloom year by year they will become a symbol of how caring people can overcome a worldwide scourge. The Rotary Club of Great Harwood and Rishton meet weekly at 7pm for 7.30pm on Tuesday evenings at the Sparth House Hotel, Clayton-le-Moors. For more information telephone Secretary Graham Charnley on 01254 235142 or e-mail rotaryinghr@aol.com


Two women called at my door and asked what bread I ate, when I said white; they gave me a long lecture on the benefits of brown bread. I think they were the Hovis Witnesses.


Sports Quiz. Answers on page 20. What is “Pulling a Nooner” ?


What number would you associate with a Mashie-niblick ? What is Toxophily ?


What was first performed at a rugby match in England in 1888?


Mark Roberts claims to have made almost 200 appearances at major sporting events. What as?


Who beat Steve Davis in the 1985 World Championship Snooker Final on the final black?


In 1981, Sue Brown became the first women to participate in which race?


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Some women are never happy. My Girlfriend is always complaining. Last week I took her out for tea and biscuits, but she kept complaining about having to give blood.


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