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Valley churches packed for Easter celebrations
HOLY WEEK culmi nated in packed con gregations at Easter Day services in beaut i ful ly de corat ed churches throughout the Ribble Valley.
lowing, Clitheroe Parish Church had better than usual attendances at all four morning services by the vicar, Canon John Hudson.
ticularly happy Easter for us, having the church back in use again,” he said.
able attendance” at the ■ E as ter Masses at SS Michael and John’s RC Church, Clitheroe, taken
dall also reported “a very happy and busy day” at St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, where there were record attendances. There was a “remark
ing services, which at tracted an attendance of about 100, were taken by the Rector and the Rev. W. Jenkins. The Rev. Arthur Sid-
tended family communion on Easter morning, faken by Mr Broadhurst and lay reader Mr Malcolm Black burn, who preached at Evensong. The two earlier morn
rated with an exceptional ly large number of flow ers, Easter banners and posters, and on Sunday evening 60 bunches of flowers were distributed to the elderly and house bound of the parish. About 400 people at
making the most of. the good weather to take a weekend break, he said numbers had remained constant and not in creased on those of previ ous years. The church was deco
Clitheroe, the Rev. Ken neth Broadhurst said: “We’ve had a very suc cessful weekend with quite a lot of people fol lowing the Easter story right through the Holy Week services.” With many parishioners
Evensong was Fr Ernest Smith, Reader of Wad- dington Hospital. At St James’s Church,
The visiting preacher at “Obviously it was a par After Saturday’s rehal
by Fr E. Willoughby, Fr B. Dobson and Fr J . Grif fin. There was also a 10-' 30' Mass at Low Moor Club.
. churches in the town. Local clergymen, led by
the Rev. James Needham, the Methodist Circuit Superintendent, read the lessons and prayers and Canon John Hudson was the'preacher. '
priest-in-charge at Whal ley Parish Church, the
tracted a good congrega tion of all denominations and the service was high lighted by music from Slaidburn Silver Band, which accompanied the singing. The Rev. G. Parker,
Rev. Tom Watson, of Darwen Baptist Church. There was also an early
Saturday on one of the ancient stones in the ruins and this was used to light the Paschal candle. This was followed by a cand lelit service in the chapel which included the Easter renewal of Baptismal vows. W h a lley P a r is h
vice when a Liverpool Jesus Christ” and inter drama group gave read- cessions w ere' led by ings from St Jo h n ’s Gospel. A small fire was lit on
celebrations with a tradi tional Maundy Thursday meal, followed by com munion and an, all-night vigil. On Good Friday there was a very moving ser-
h ig h e r a t Wh a lley Methodist Church, where the Rev. Graham Vickers took 8 a.m. communion and the later morning worship was led by lay
Letters to the Editor
Scheme not made centre safer
Mr Moore to say that “someone has to suffer for the common good.” He is not affected by the heavy
sion that the A59 is the outer bypass, the old A59 through the town now being the A671. Therein, of course, lies, the 'answer' to the problem. The “heavy foreign traffic” re ferred to by Coun. Cow- gill could be forced to avoid Cl ith e ro e . a l together. Would Mr Moore tell us
not, as Mr Moore claims, achieved its object of re lieving the town of traffic and rendering it safer. It has made certain areas more congested and con siderably more dangerous. I was under the impres
The reconstruction has
how the experiment will be judged to “prove or disprove itself’? Will the death of a child or an old person be taken as evi dence of its failure?
JOHN GIDLOW 46 Chatburn Road, Clitheroe
junction of Whalley Road and Queensway do abso lutely nothing “to over come the problem of easing the flow of traffic through the town”. They simply divert the flow of traffic from the one-way system in Moor Lane, Castle Street and York Street on to the two-way inner bypass. Of course it is cynical of
IN his lengthy letter in last week’s Advertiser and Times, Mr Sid Moore once again managed to miss the point and evade the issue. The alterations at the
Do something about this blackspot
RECENTLY I was travelling along Wellgate towards the junction with Shawbridge and Duck Street, which is rapidly becoming a black spot in Clitheroe, when I sensed that the car in front was not going to stop.
Abstentions not closing schools
increase in the volume of councillors abstaining traffic passing through from the vote on the re- Waterloo.
• economic policy before the interests of the people who have elected them and their children. Let us look at what the
gations on school closures, I agree that there is no reason for abstaining. But I think the residents in the Ribble Valley should realise that these schools are not being closed be cause of abstentions. The reason is council lors who put their party’s
tention of village schools. Haying attended ‘
I WOULD like to reply to County Coun. David Colli sion's letter on Labour
dele
sibility of two vehicles going through a shop front which was recently “entered” by another vehicle. The number of times I,
and there was a collision with a car legitimately coming out of Duck Street at some considerable speed. Again one saw the pos
Unfortunately it didn’t
ducted the morning, ser vice at St Luke’s, Calder- stones. Numbers were also
morning service in Whal ley Abbey Chapel on Easter Day, attended by villagers and residents on an Easter gathering at the Abbey. They began the Easter
Rev. G. Vickers, of Whal ley Methodist Church, and Mr J. Beardwood, of Billington Baptist Church, all took part. The preacher was the
tion was the setting for the annual Good Friday united service organised by Whalley Christian Action Group. The sunny weather at
In Whalley, the bus sta
the weekend was the Good Friday united ser vice at Trinity Methodist Church, attended by parishioners from all the
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AFTER attending early morning communion on Easter Day at Christ Church, Chatburn, about 50 members of the congregation enjoyed an Easter breakfast in the school hall. It was the second year the ladies of the church had provided the 1
breakfast. The vicar, Canon Cecil R. Butlin, is seen serving the meal to some of his parishioners.
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Church was decorated with beautiful floral ar rangements provided by a team of ladies led by Mrs Ada Smithson.
large congregations at all, four Sunday services taken by the priest-in- charge, the Rev. George Parker.
These were admired by
number of communicants was greater than in previ ous years, the' highlight being the parish commun ion, in which he was as sisted by Mr Derek Hart ley and Mr Lionel Anthony.
Mr Parker said the
it, “Blessed be the God arfd Father of Our Lord
The choir sang an intro-
members of the group re sident at the Abbey. Mr - Parker also con
preacher Mr R. Howel Jones, of Clitheroe. '
communion service began the Easter vigil at Christ Church, Chatburn. The vicar, Canon C. R. Butlin, took the service, and the preacher was the Rev. David Bracewell.
A Maundy Thursday
gregations at all the ser vices including the Friday morning united service at tended by the choirs and congregations of Christ Church and Chatburn Methodist Church. The vicar again con
There were good con
Maundy Thursday, and oii Good Friday there was a children’s service in the morning and an evening service. All the services were
corated with a mass of • "j|ne 'vel’e carl'>edt0 the flowers on Sunday and 2.kar by Mr and Mrs Phil
ducted the service and the preacher was the Method ist minister, the Rev. Ward Jones. Christ Church was de-
the early , morning service was followed by an Easter breakfast in the school hall. , At the 10-30 service of
praise, the Sunday School children sang “Low in the grave He lay.” The evening service
' sop Timothy, who played the guitar, sang “I serve a risen Saviour” and “Al leluia, alleluia, give thanks to the risen Lord.” Mrs Dorothy Brewer
Church in Clitheroe also held a morning service, conducted by Mr Fred Ashworth, of Clitheroe. Holy Communion was
evening service was taken by the Rev. Ward Jones, of Chatburn, and' Mrs Alison Lodge was the soloist. Low Moor Methodist
anyone who has not seen something similar at this junction and I feel it is
time- that the authorities did something about it. One appreciates that
personally, have seen ac cidents and near-misses at this corner is unbeliev able. One hardly speaks to
the main reason for the right of way being given from Duck Street into Lowergate is because it is used by buses. However, in the opinion
C o n s e rv a t iv e s havev achieved since taking office: Olits in meals’ stan dards, cleaning levels, staffing, domestic employ ees’ hours; attempts to cut travel allowances and school closures . . . what’s next? I was pleased to read
the comment of a Sabden school girl who praised her cook and kitchen staff. These employees are
of many, buses come round the corner too fast and one of these days there is going to be an accident between a bus and a heavy commercial vehicle. Presumably when some
one is killed the au thorities will do some thing, but then it is too late. The whole junction is a
' dedicated
to.the children and not party politics.
doing a magnificent job simply because they are
• Edisford Hall Cottage, 1 Edisford Bridge, Clitheroe
MR J. T. Wilkinson, 9 LETTERS for pnblica-
: rtion are; accepted only : on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at the . Editor's discretion.
this is their fault, but nevertheless it is the whole junction which is wrong and causes These accidents'. Perhaps if others would
JOHN N. CLAYTON, Flixton, 20 Shays Drive, Clitheroe.
disgrace to any modern road system. The people I saw involved in the acci dent were strangers to the town'and had not even seen the halt sign. One appreciates 'that
E u c h a r is t ’ at St C a th e r in e ’s Church, West Bradford, Mrs Mar garet Sleath was the or ganist and Canon Good- child took the service. There were two morn
cluded a Sung Eucharist when the vicar was as- s is ted by Mr Aidan Hughes and the organist was Mrs M. Parker. There was also 'Sung
ist Church’s afternoon service, Mr Brian Clark, of West Bradford, was the preacher and organist was Mr J. A. Wooff. At St N ic h o la s ’
ing services and an Easter Day Evensong at St Andrew’s Church, Slaidburn, conducted by the Rev.'G. H. Gaze. At Slaidburn Method
a. particularly well at tended children’s service at 9 a.m., followed by Mattins and Litany at 11 a.m., taken by Canon C. F. Goodchild. Fr Ernest Smith, of Waddington Hospital, led the afternoon devotion, which was' followed by Evensong. Organist for the day was Miss Edna Bannister. Easter Day services in
celebrated every day during Holy Week at St Helen’s Church, Wad dington. Good Friday began with
M e th o d is t C h u rc h ’s Easter morning service, led by the Rev. G. Vic kers, the soloist was Mr Gordon Whitfield. A very well attended
was the organist for all the services. At W ad d in g to n
consisted of hymns and readings of the Resurrec tion. The vjear and his
hal candle, from which those of the congregation were also lit, and baptis mal vows were renewed. The church was packed
for a celebration of Holy Communion on Easter Day, when the bread and
Ramsey and their son. After the service the vicar gave all the children and young people an Easter egg. The church had been
tion of about 30 at an E a s te r vigil at St L e o n a rd ’s C h u rch , Langho, conducted by the vicar, the Rev. Paul Warren, on Saturday. The vicar lit the Pasc
conducted by the Vicar, Canon S. A. Selby. There was a congrega
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A display of decorated
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burn, was beautifully de corated with lilies and' daffodils for Easter Day. There were, three'^ser
vices of Holy Communion during the morning and another after Evensong.. • Holy Communion was
also-celebrated' in the. morning and' evening oil
Church, Sabden, the Rev. Denis McWilliam conducted se rv ic e s throughout the week lead- ' ing to Easter Day, when there were more than 100 communicants. St Mary’s Church, Gis
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Alan Reid conducted all the Easter Day services including the two early morning Eucharists at which there were more than 200 communicants. Attendances were up on
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began with a meeting at the home of Mr and Mrs Wood hall, when the speaker was Miss Grace Gornall, of Chipping. A Good Friday service was also well attended. A service of morning
heard the Easter message at Knowle Green Congre g a t io n a l Church on Sunday morning, when young people of the junior church and the singing group sang Easter songs. Holy Week celebrations
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Choir sang “This joyful Eastertide” and “Thine be the glory” during the Easter Sunday afternoon service at Salem Congre gational Chapel, Martin Top. The service was con
beautifully decorated with daffodils and Easter lilies by the . ladies of the church, who were thanked for their efforts by the vicar. The Rimington Glee
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