fiiiSfiii®iiSillililKl^ lU O’tiffteTioe Advertiser and ’l^mes, JJecember 15i}i, .1977 GOOSE SUPPER GROUP’S NOSTALGIC NIGHT AT W B & S


IN the ;1940s, members of Pendleton Women’s Institute formed their own cycling club and e v e r y T u e sd a y or Wednesday evening during the summer they set off for a pleasant ride round the district.-


light for the group, whose ages ranged from teens to f3ties, was a goose' supper.


1949, but' last week, more than 30 years since the club’s final meeting, nine of the lady cyclists gathered to


They disbanded about


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'The junior members, aged eight to 11, also gave a


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The seniors gave a sketch


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sketch entitled “10 Green Bottles” and a poem “Ten Little Christmas Trees.”


MacMillan (14), who also took part. He also produced another short sketch in the co n c e r t, and this was followed by a one-act play “Grannie’s A Hrmdred.’’


concert given by the drama group, which was formed earlier this year under the direction of Miss Val Parker and Mrs Marjorie Saberton.


This was the second


B o ro u g h T r e a s u r e r , explained that the hitherto vacant site had been bought for £60,000 and interest was being paid on this. By build­ ing houses on the land the council would be fulfilling its primary obligation to people m need of houses; offenng the houses for sale on a half- and-half basis would be to th e best advantage of


everyone — taxpayer, ra tw aye r and purchaser.


Whitehall for> permission to pay the administrative and professional fees.


Sewerage scheme


A TOTAL of £97,000 is to be spent on a sewerage scheme for Sawley by the Public ■Works and Health Commit­ tee of the Ribble Valley Council. The cost, however, will be repaid by the North West Water Authority.


would be sold at cost, but the council was asking


Mr Onslow said the houses


OFFERING the houses on the Riverside estate at Low Moor on a “half buy-half rent” basis will call for a smaller subsidy than if they were sold outright, Coun. Tom Robinson (Clitheroe) Finance Committee chair­ man, told the Ribble Valley C o u n c i l’s Policy and Resources Committee. Mr Gordon Onslow,


/A r Each Christmas, the high­


enjoy once again one of their famous goose suppers and to recall some of tne hilarious adventures that befell them in their cycling-days.


. was there that the first few goose suppers were held in the group’s early years.


will soon be moving from the village to live at Bashall Eaves, prepared the goose supper, which was followed


Miss Worsley-Taylor,who


Townhead, Pendleton, home of one of the group’s members. Miss Dorothea' ■W'orsley-Taylor — an appropriate setting, for it


The reunion was held at


sit-up-and-beg machines, so it was perhaps fortunate that the ■ roads were free


Mrs' Alice Banks, Mrs Elizabeth Collinge Snr, Mrs J e a n C r a b t r e e , Mrs Elizabeth Parker, Mrs Dorothy Perrings, Mrs Addy Sunger, Mrs Emma Thomber and Mrs Frances Thistlethwaite — retired to the morning room for a good chin-wag about the livMy times they had. Many of the cyclists rode


by wine jelly, lemon mousse and hot mince pies. She was presented with flowers from the other members. ■ Afterwards, the group —


from other traffic, due to petrol rationing. One of the incidents they


machines and went to! the pictures. Once, they ordered 20


all remembered was when one of the group, descending Birdie Brow at speed, disco­ vered her brakes had failed. Luckily she managed to stop by turning up the, slope towards Ghaigley.


■ Although some of the cyclists had young families, they managed to meet each week without fail; If the weather was fine, they would cycle to a nearby village, stop at a pub and have tea. If it was raining, they simply parked their


would cycle to Malham. ■ I t iiwas at-Malham that


cups of tea at a Hurst Green pub, but after' a long wait and no sign of the tea arriv­ ing, they left. One cyclist, realising she


had forgotten her raincoat,- went back tO the pub with a friend to collect it — and found the 20 cups of tea just arriving. Needless to say, they grabbed , the coat and fled.


ventured further afield, loading their cycles on to a train at Clitheroe boimd for Hellifield, from where they


Occasionally the group '


they once saw chicken salad teas ^vertised at a cafe — an unusual treat for war­ time. They decided to forego their ;pwn sandwiches m favour of the chicken, but were bitterly disappointed when it turned out to be paste mth limp lettuce.


two or three of its members contitiued to meet for outings! on foot.


After the club disbanded,


such an enjoyable night that the group may well decide to make it an annual event.


[—Bungalow plan


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Valley Council’s Develop­ ment Sub-Committee, Chief Architect and Planning Officer Mr Charles Wilson said Mr W. D. Beswick plan­ ned to put up the bungalows on a plot behind Rose Cottages and Mill Street. But residents in nearby


Fox Cottage and Brook Cottage had objected because the development would create extra traffic and lead to loss of privacy. The application was


MORE than 25 youngsters from the kindergarten section of Clitheroe Parish Church Sunday School


entertained parents and friends to a nativity play in the Parish Hall at the weekend.


superintendent, and several teachers. During the production, a congregation of more than 200 joined in singing carols.


The play was produced by Miss.Kitty Pye, section


the New Testament for tHose going from the junior to senior section. Certificates were also presented to youngsters who completed the Diocesan Sunday School project. Mrs Hall was thanked by 12-year-old Sunday School pupil Ian Rimmer.


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was held for the kindergarten and junior sections. Prizes were presented by Mrs Pat Half, whose late husband, the Rev. James Hall, was a former curate at the church and a teacher at Ribblesdale County Secon­ dary School. About 60 prizes were presented, including copies of


After this, the Sunday School prizegiving ceremony


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took over last week, has managed several local h o u s e s inc lu d in g the Victoria Hotel, Clitheroe.. He has also been at the


THE new manager at the Three Fishes Hotel, Mitten, will be a familiar face to many local people. For Mr Jim Lesser, who


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AT Clitheroe Garden Club’s meeting Mr W. Green, of Baxenden, well-known local grower and Southport Show' winner, gave a talk on begonias. Mr Green took his audi­


ence through the life of a begonia from a dormant tuh«r.to a prize flower and plant and described his growing compost and feed­ ing techniques. He also showed many slides of different-named blooms, with comments on their merits. He appealed for more people to grow begonias and presented a member with some tubers to encourage him. Mr Mayer thanked Mr Green on behalf of the Garden Club.


Christine Ann Taylor was married to Mr Robert Hewitt', a mechanic with Ribble Cement, at St L e o n a r d ’s C h u r c h , Downham. The bride is the third


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the bridegroom’s nieces, wore floral Viyella dresses. They carried posies of yellow! and white flowers and wore matching head­ dresses. Best man was Mr John


her father, wore a white Polyester jersey gown trim­ med with lace, and a Juliet cap and shoulder-length veil. She carried peach and white roses \vith lily-of-thervalley. Brid esmaid was the


bride’s sister. Miss Audrey Susan Taylor. She wore a dress of brown Polyester jersey. The other atten­ dants, Michelle Taylor and Sharon Marie Baldwin, the bride’s nieces, and Veronica ■Wrigley and Clare Hewitt,


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