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L-driver fined £115
Grindleton Water talk
„ Membere of Grindleton WI heard a talk by Dr J. B.- Leeming on water, • from its source to the kitchen tap. Dr Leeming, a rep
resentative of the North West Water Authority who stepped in at the last minute, was thanked by Mrs R. Cann. The competition for
e best Ribble r body ble.
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, went to Mrs J;. Shepherd, Mrs F. Peel. Mrs L. Marsland and Mrs J. Winter.
'
Welcome Under the leadership of
Guider Mrs H. Metcalfe, a Guide.Unit has started in Dunsop Bridge village hall, 'meeting each Tues day from 7-30 p.m. to 8-45 p.m. Girls over 11 years
b e s t-k ep t hands was judged by Miss Jennifer Hogg, who awarded points to Mrs A. Aspin, Mrs D. Taylor and Mrs K. Taylor. Details of Federation
and birthday greetings Waddington
teamwork and support from villagers and friends from n e ig h b o u r in g ' parishes, the sum of £210 was raised for St Helen’s Church, Waddington, at a coffee morning and evening. It was held on Thurs
Raise £210 As a result of good
from the surrounding dis trict .who would like to join will be very welcome.
events were announced and members asked to bring to the August meet ing items for the craft sale on Diamond Jubilee celebration day. Mrs D. Bate, delegate
holme RC School, Dunsop Bridge, enjoyed an outing to Blackpool Zoo, accom panied by infants teacher Mrs S. Rushton. They had a picnic lunch and had the miniature
At the zoo Children from Thorney-
rides on railway.
to the AGM in London, gave a report and was
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thanked by Mrs E. Green wood. A letter was read from
Mrs M. Miller
..thanking members fo r . a gift of flowers. On display was cotton material which is to be sent to the Solomon Isles; A social evening will be
held ,at the Duke of York, Grindleton, on September 8th.
Bolton-by-Bowland
Tour nurseries Members of the Bolland
Gardening Club met at Holden Clough Nurseries by permission of Mr and Mrs P. J. Foley, who showed them round the gardens and greenhouses. Chairman Mrs M. A.
Martin Top
the afternoon by Miss Olive Hull, of Walton-le- Dale, whose theme was “The wonder of God’s cre ation”. Sunday School scholars
held on Sunday at Salem Congregational Chapel, Martin Top. - They were’conducted in
Flowers Flower services were
brought vases of flowers to the front of the church while the congregation sang “For the beauty of the earth”. The evening service
was led by Mr Robert Pickles, of Barnoldswick, assisted by Stephen Brown. The message was a plea for more prayer. Miss Alice Parkinson
Bosonnet thanked the couple and presented them with a gift voucher. A short business meet
D uth,
was organist. Flowers were later distributed to the sick and elderly.
ing was held at the Copy Nook Hotel. A letter of resignation was read from founder member Mrs D. Dinsdale, who is moving from the district. Members were re
minded that the next meeting will be held in the village hall on August 13th, at 7-3,0 p.m., when Mr Cottam will talk about chrysanthemums.
Dunsop Bridge
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Appreciation Pewter work was de
monstrated to Dunsop Bridge WI by Mrs D. Birnie, of St Annes. She was thanked by Mrs M. Pinder. Mrs M. Beattie was co
Sabden
midweek w h is t and domino drive, the follow ing were prizewinners. Dominoes: Mr W. Brown, E. Brown, E. Prescott, Mr T. Graham. Whist: Ladies — Mrs
Lucky At Sabden Over 60s
M. Ream, Mrs B. Birt- well. Gents — Mrs M. Procter, Mrs Denny. Raffle: Mr J. Simm.
Monday night’s social for Sabden Over 60s" were: Mrs I. Metcalfe, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Boocock. Whist: Ladies — Mrs
Prizes Domino winners at
opted on the committee as secretary to replace Mrs A. Barton, who is leaving the district. A gift in ap preciation of her work was handed over by presi dent Mrs M. Pinder. - Mrs Finch, of Slaid- burn, delegate to the AGM in London, gave her report. A “Beautiful flowers”
Leeming, Mrs Marshall. Gents — Mr C. Howarth, Mrs M. Procter. Raffle: Mr V. Woodend.
Read
Turn up trumps Winners at Monday’s
competition was won by Mrs S. Mason, Mrs .A. Hodson and Mrs J,. Winter. The raffle was won by Mrs M. Cow king
ien
money way.
oose from.
6.99 S.99
£1.99 ’2 . 9 9
50p
Guides raised £70 for their funds at a coffee morning on Saturday at the home of leader Mrs Pamela Crisp, Kelryd- ding, Rimington;
Guide funds The 1st Rimington
the -event was well-sup ported and the Guides manned stalls selling cakes,bric-a-brac ana crafts tliey had made. Or
Despite bad weather,
ganisers were Mrs Crisp arid, their other leader,
Mrs C. Files. There were various
competitions and raffle
whist drive in Read Con stitutional Club were: Ladies — Mrs R. Har greaves, Mrs M. Pickles, Mrs S. Hensby. Gents — Mrs E. Hutchinson, Mrs V. Lambert. The special prize
won by Mrs E. Kay was Miss E. Ennis.
was MC
Rimington-
winners were Mrs P. Holden, Miss G. Wrathall and Mrs E. Taylor. Susan Ingleby and Helen Duck worth were the winners of a “guess the number of currants” gariie.
and supporters of Riming ton Football Club took to the hills on Sunday in a 15-mile sponsored walk to raise money for club funds. Everyone managed to
Sponsored walk More -than 40 players
surely fashion, but two more energetic members, Colin Taylor and Terry Braithwaite, decided to run and completed the course in just two hours.- The favourite of the day
iunction with Mrs Mary
enabling visitors to enjoy the beauty of the garden, which is renowned in the village. There was -a fancy
lugdale, of Leawood, Waddington. The weather was fine,
' given aboutentries: for- the Clitheroe: show on August 16th. Members v is i t in g ,
Denman College in the autumn are Mrs F . Coates, Mrs E. • Weaver, Mrs J. Rowbottom, • Mrs G.. Walker and Mrs E. Downhill. A report of the AGM
day at “Meadowcroft”, 1 West Bradford, home of Mr and Mrs James Cow- gill, and arranged in con-
• “Fake o r . fortune”. He was thanked by Mrs M. Wigglesworth. The competition for ,a
was given by West Brad ford delegate Mrs. Joyce and Mr R. Sambrook, of Padiham, then told mem bers how to invest in pic tures in a • talk ■ entitled
goods stall and an attrac tive garden and plant stall run by some of tne men; Coffee and biscuits and
home-made scones were served. Competition win ners were Mrs Olive Hey- wood, Mrs Margaret Breakell and Mrs H. Taylor.
duced the speaker, Mrs Sheila Sheppard, who re cently attended the Con ference of African women in Botswana. She was a representative chosen by the Central Council of the MU to help African mem bers draw up a new con stitution for the Central Province of Africa. Mrs Sheppard visited
Canon C. F. Goodchild began the meeting of St Helen’s Mothers’ Union, Waddington, held in the Sunday School. Mrs Goodchild intro-,
In Africa Prayers ■
conducted' by
news of an international evening on Norway on October 30th and warning of an increase in subscrip tions next year to £2.75. At the next meeting a
favourite picture was won by Mrs S. Baron, Mrs S. Armstrong and Miss. H. Whittern. From the LFWI came
Chipping Birthday *'
'-'Members of Chipping > Hanpy: Days Club cele brated ‘its ninth birthday at the meeting. Four new., members; Mr and Mrs Walls and • Mr .and. Mrs-; Fisher,'were welcomed. The d u b has been , in
vited to Ribchester Happy Hours Club on Oc
Holker Hall on Tuesday, leaving from the car park at 1 p.m. Next year’s summer holiday will be to ■Eastbourne. . Members ■ sang •. “happy
tober 2nd. There will be a trip to
. Grimes, Jenny -Rostron, Fiona ;Bond, Jacqueline Williams; Helen Parker and Susan Graham. Kathy Wrathall carried':the shield.
new; queen and her re tinue walked in procession with the church organisa tions and Pamela read the lesson. Sunday School i pupils led the prayers and i took up the collection. The preacher was the
On Sunday morning the i ■ ■ i
vicar of St Gabriel’s Church, Blackburn.
birthday” for Mrs- Beck and played bingo. Tea was served by the. com mittee and the afternoon ended with Mrs Hall play ing the piano for a sing
song..1
talk “Along the canals” will be given by Mr-Ben nett. Tea hostesses will . be Mrs H. Carnie, Mrs C. Cowgill, Mrs1 S. Cowgill, Mrs A. Coleman, Mrs Coates, Mrs M. Cowman, Mrs A. Cooke and Mrs E. Cook. • . : ~
Wiswell
was given by Mr W. M. 1 Johnston, of Barrow-in- Furness, to Wiswell WI a t th e i r meeting in Barrow School.
Victoriana A talk on “Victoriana”
gaiety of meetings, which generally finished with singing and dancing, in spite of members living in dire poverty. Mrs Bird expressed
made for members to help with the cleaning of the Sunday School and for a forthcoming visit by Bail- don MU. ’
thanks. Arrangements were
the August meeting craft items for sale at the LFWI diamond jubilee day was given to mem bers of Waddington WI. The celebration will be
Craft items A reminder to bring to
branches in Malawi, Zim babwe and Botswana and wherever she went was impressed by the devotion of members to the Christ ian faith and ideals of the MU. She also referred to the
eral items to hear more about their age and value and the speaker was th an k ed by Mrs D. Laycock. P r e s id e n t Mrs J.
Members brought sev 1 ' . - ;
series of educational visits which have taken children to Blackpool Zoo, Cliffe Castle, Keighley and the Worth Valley railway, Skipton Castle, Bolton Abbey, Lancaster Castle and Morecambe. The upper junior prog
Brabin’s' Endowed School, Chipping, climbed Parlick Pike on Friday, as part of th e i r environmental studies programme. The walk concluded a
School outings Fourth-year juniors at
Clayton-le-dale
■ thanked her on behalf of members. A report of the Albert Hall AGM was read.
Clayton-le-Dale WI told 40 members and three visitors of her experiences as a refugee during the 1914-18 war, escaping with her family from Rumania through Turkey, Russia, Sweden and Norway and eventually to England. Mrs Mamie Isherwood
Wartime escape The visiting speaker at
Whalley
ramme included a day m Preston, where the chil dren had a guided tour of the Harris Museum, fire station, railway and bus stations and shopping pre cincts.
Chocolates Two road safety teams
S. Sharpies, gave an ac count of her visit to the NFWI annual meeting in London. She also an nounced, as Age Concern' representative,"that the senior citizens’ party in December would cost £1.
B. Gladwin read a letter of thanks from Mrs H. Embley for the gift on'her retirement. Wiswell’s delegate, Mrs
held at Lancaster on Sep tember 6th. ' Next year’s program
me,
announced.to mem bers, includes talks on the Japanese way of life, anti que jugs, quilting and cake icing, and slides on the Lake District. Ideas were requested for a one- day school, car mainte nance and Danish pastries proving popular. . Thanks were received
sary for next year, for a member to visit Denman College, was won by Mrs S. Wooff, with Mrs M. Clegg runner-up.
clude a visit to Levens Hall on August 19th.
The draw for the bur Langho Forthcoming events in
Victorian spoon was won by Mrs C. I M. Lytle
Fenlon" A raffle was won by Mrs J. Tomlinson.
from the village sports committee for a £10 dona tion and a reminder was
Clegg, Miss E. M. Foster, Mrs D. Hacking and Mrs N. Williamson.
Hostesses were Mrs M. . 1 4 Hurst Green
Tricks and spots Members of Hurst
was 20-month-old Sarah Hacking, who walked part of the way .herself and managed to finish with more than1 a' little help from her dad Alan. The walk ended at
complete the walk to Barley and back in lei
Green Conservative As sociation made £22 for funds when they held a whist and domino drive as their monthly effort. There was a good attend ance.
Martin Top'Cottage, home of the club chairman and his wife, Mr and Mrs Tom Jackson, who pro vided refreshments of tea and parkin.
. B re th e r to n , Mrs :M. Holden. Gents — Mr H. Jackson, Mrs S. Hay- hurst, Mrs J. Holden.
. Whist: Ladies — Mrs R. Smith, Miss’ H.
Mrs Greatorex, Mr A. Wentworth; I. Briggs, Mr W. Greenhalgh.
Dohunoes: Mrs Jackson, Raffle: Mrs Smith.
lothwell, Miss and Mrs J.
The competition for a
. . thatrs Billington and Langho WI. Members celebrated
Celebration; Twentv-one this week .
with a piece of birthday cake ana a glass of sherry at a party in St Leonard’s School, Langho. They were joined by guests from Brindle WI. Miss R; Mundy, of
Fenlon welcomed several visitors, including Mrs R. Ayres, of Ribchester, who is a member of the LFWI council. She spoke about the forthcoming county event at Lancaster Uni versity on September 6th and urged members to take their families along for an exciting day out. Assistant secretary Mrs
from 'Brabin’s Endowed an d St M a ry ’s RC Schools, Chipping, who were defeated semi-final ists in a Preston road safety competition for the Chris Miller Trophy, re ceived book tokens and chocolates when they at tended the final. In the Brabin’s team
were Martin Lord, Jill Whitaker, Gary Duncan- son, Andrew Moulding, William Pye and Rachel Wilson. St Mary’s team com
prised Andrew Preston, Andrew Bailey, Jane Hester, Louise Bailey and Martin Dewhurst. The contest, organised
Abbey senior citizens’ whist and domino drive in Whalley were: Miss N. Wolstenholme, Mr Frank- land, Mrs Hindle, Mrs Sutton and Mr Whitaker. Whist: Ladies — Mrs
Winning hands Domino winners at the
M. Whitaker, Mrs F. Jolly. Gents — Miss N. Knowles, Mrs R. San derson.
Chatburn
^Woodward expressed thanks to parents and helpers.
by the police, was neld‘at Queems. Drive' "Courity Primary School, Fulwood. Sixty-two schools entered.
Chipping hairstylist marries
THE wedding took place at St Bartholomew’s Church, Chipping, of Miss Carolyn Cole and Mr Sid Shaw.
The bride, a hairstylist
is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs V. S. Cole, of Broad Meadow, Chipping. The bridegroom, a post man, is the eldest son of Mrs S. Shaw, of Deepdale House, Preston.
president Mrs Mary Jack- ,son and decorated by Mrs Walker Smith. A raffle, was won by Mrs Audrey Smith, Mrs Nora Ashcroft and Mrs M a rg a r e t Patchett. A competition, for the
Bashall Eaves, talked about her career in cook ery. She was thanked by Mrs Eileen Green. > The cake was;made by
by her father, wore an 1860-style gown : with short puff sleeves and trimmed with flower motifs and frilled lace. She carried a dolly bag decorated with pink and white daisies and chrysan themums.
The bride, given away
nicest pair of hands was won by Mrs Wallbank, Mrs L. Bell and Mrs Clara Hale. Birthday, flowers were presented to' Mrs Lily Midaleton.
'Mrs Bell gave a demonst ration of floral arrange ments. These were raffled and
ship Club, Langho, on Monday, Mrs Hesler and
• Bullock and Mrs Shaw. The meeting, , in St
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won by Mrs Bell’ herself, Mrs Moffatt, Mrs Drink- water, Mrs Bush, Mrs
Leonard’s School, was or-: ganised by Mrs Wendy Smith. —
members held th e i r annual party on the school field after the crowning of the new- rose queen Pamela Chadwick. There were various
Centenary party . St Leonard’s church
Friendship At St Leonard’s Friend
Claire Hunnable, the bride’s cousin, who wore a blue pinafore dress with a broderie anglaise frill and carried daisies and chry- santhernums. Page boy was Master ■ Anthony Monks.
Bridesmaid was Miss
ducted jointly by the Rev. A. P. A. Furness, Vicar of Longridge and the Rev. J. ■ Salsbury, of Clitheroe.
The service was con
Chatburn Cubs in the Barn, Crowtrees Brow, attracted 90 young people and raised £22 for funds. Cub leader Mrs Jackie
Disco A disco organised by
School art show is
ART work by fifth-year pupils at Ribblesdale School, Clitheroe, has been under the spotlight' this week."
painting, printing, draw ing, three-dimensional and constructional work, even blown and .painted eggs, and various other art forms done by pupils for their GCE and CSE work been the subject of a
Pottery, clay sculpture,
Jem Lees, deputy head of the art department, who was delighted with the re sponse to the exhibition, the third of its kind.
school exhibition. It was organised by Mr,
• The play
other Ribble Valley schools and about 500 chil dren and teachers toured the work during its two- day showing.
He invited pupils from
'take an A-level a r t course. Admiring some of the
some are continuing to
about pupils, left
th the
125 items on dis- were produced by 50 Ribblesdale Many have now school, although
more unusual exhibits with Mr Lees (left) are pupil;
County Primary School with headmaster Mr Peter Shorrock.
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Guides • had a princess,’ Susan; Duerden. Her at tendants were Caroline
PROVISIONAL licence holder Steven Peter Tilley was fined £40 at Clitheroe magistrates’ court for driving without due care and attention.
Drive, was fined a further £50 for having no insur ance, £10 for driving while unaccompanied, £10 for having no L-plates and £5 for having no test cer tificate.
Tilley (19)'of Eastmoor
Tilley, who admitted the summonses, said his client had been repairing the car with a friend, who had insured the car. However, the policy did not cover Tilley.
•Mr Robert Hirst, for
arranged, but because be was carrying out repairs, it had not taken place. The L-plates had been taken off while parts of the car were resprayed.
An MoT test had been
visional licence holder Michael David Harris, who was in the car with Tilley for aiding and abet ting him to use the car without L-plates and to drive while unaccom panied by a full licence holder were dismissed.
Summonses against pro-
Harris (20), of Mayfield Avenue, Clitheroe, said there was no evidence that his client had aided and abetted Tilley.
Mr John Lumley, for OPEN AS USUAL DURING a t St Mary’s
FOLLOWING a lifelong association with Clitheroe Parish Church, regular worshipper Miss Ellen (Nellie) Hitchen, of Brennand Street, Clitheroe, died in hospital on Monday.
Hitchen (86) was a member and president of the church’s Townsend Fellowship, retiring 18 months ago. She was also for a long time Superin tendent of the middle grade department of the Sunday School. Born in Clitheroe, Miss
For many years Miss
,kie Hitchen, a colliery agent for local coal mer chant Mr ; W. L. Grime. For a time she worked in the firm’s offices. Before that she was a overness to Miss Rhoda ravis-Clegg at Whalley
Hitchen was the daughter of the late Mr James Star-
Abbey. During the war she
worked for local govern ment, being employed in the food .office, dealing with ration books ana permits. In the early 1950s, Miss Hitchen gave up work to stay at home and look after her father. • She leaves a sister,
take place tomorrow at Clitberoe Parish Church, prior to interment in Clitheroe Cemetery.
Summons dismissed
A SUMMONS against Christopher John Wood, of Queen Street, Whalley, for driving without due care and attention - was dismissed by Clitheroe magistrates. Insp. Bill Moore, pro
at the village hall, Whitechapel, tne couple left for. a touring honey moon.
Following the reception caster; They are to live at Lan
Padiham bypass ready
’ Mrs L. Hargreaves. Winners;- were Christ opher and Richard Harrop
stalls and sideshows and a competition for the best decorated wheeled vehi cle, which was judged by
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fin a wheelbarrow and - Jason Holden ■ with: "The fun machine.”, ^ There was-brass band
’ with “Ship Ahoy,” Petra Lambster with a ‘garden
Blackburn Aces; Morris dancers and children’s sports;, arranged by,:,Cub: "master; ,Mr Brianv;WiL:
; music: a demonstration by, ■
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’. l i a m s . !V , • To , c e le b ra te , , th e ! church’s'' centenary .fyear, |the f* 1 st;-'St i* Leonard’s;;
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THE icompleted final sec tion of the Padiham north westerly by-pass, which connects with Blackburn Road was opened on Friday. ■
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from .Blackburn Road A678 to W^halley Road A671 completes the by pass west of Padiham. The opening- enables
The section of the road ■
; ley Road junction immedi- ately-; west/of ■
traffic; to .‘avoid . the: Blackburn Road — Whal-
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Miss Mary Hitchen, who shared her home. The funeral serviceWill
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that there was insufficient evidence as to what .had happened and the case was dismissed.
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