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GREAT DAY IN HISTORY OF THE PARISH CHURCH


of enforced inaction after the disastrous fire of May, 1979, the church, which has stood on its present site, proudly overlooking the town, since 1122, was being rehallowed by the Bishop of Blackburn, the


Rt Rev Robert Mar- tineau.


Ribble Valley, Coun. Miss Agnes Melling, the Mayor of 'Clitheroe, Coun. Leo Wells, his deputy, Coun. Mrs Barbara Speak, and Clitheroe division MP Mr David Waddington QC, were among the civic guests at the ceremony.


building back to its true function. The Mayor of the


included a number of people who have long as­ so c ia t io n s with th e church, which was last re­ built in 1828.


The congregation also


former Vicar of Clitheroe the Rev. Stanley Birtwell and among the congrega­ tion was Mr Joe Wrigley, whose fath e r, Canon Joseph Wrigley, was Vicar of Clitheroe bet­ ween 1903 and 1932.


The lesson was read by


r e p r e s e n ta t io n of parishioners, many of whose families have ‘been worshipping at the church for generations, many dis­ tinguished visitors were present to welcome the


And, as well as a strong


Saturday, the bells of St Mary Magdalene welcomed more-'than 600 people — parishioners, visiting clergy and distinguished guests—to an histone service at the town’s Parish Church. After almost two years


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and still an active member of the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Old Boys’ Association, travel­ led from his home in Che­ shire especially for the service and spent the weekend with his son’s family at Holden.


Mr Wrigley, now 80,


the ninth Joseph in a line of eldest sons which stretches back 400 years


to the family’s origins in West Yorkshire.


couple of weeks after the fire and it was most up­ setting,” said Mr Wrigley, “but I am delighted with all the hard work which has gone into making this rehallowing possible. It is a great day in the history of the church.”


“I saw the church just a


Bishop said how appropri­ ate it was that the church should be rehallowed on Easter Eve.


During the service, the


occasion and indeed a nos­ talgic one for many mem­ bers of the congregation,” he said. “ The live s of the


“This is a very happy His son, incidentally, is on


ward and permanent re­ minder of the fact that God dwells among the people of the town.”


d re s s , the Vicar of Clitheroe,, Canon John Hudson welcomed the parishioners and guests,- including Mr Wrigley, patron Mr Robert Peel and all who had contri­ buted in any way to re­


nation of many months of hard and dedicated work on the par t of many people and we are all very ■ grateful,” he said.


storing the church to its former glory. “This day is the culmi­


formed the rehallowing ceremony, the keys to the church were handed to him by architec t Mr Gordon Thorne and in turn on to Canon Hudson and churchwardens- Mr Peter Houldsworth and Mr Derrick Holmes, to mark the beginning of a new era in the disting­ u ish ed h is to ry of Clitheroe Parish Church.


ferred to a photographic record of the work on the church oyer the past two years which has been kept by organist and choirmas­ ter Mr Charles A. Myers. After the Bishop per­


gratifying to see the en­ deavour and enthusiasm by which more than £25,000 was raised by the restoration fund commit­ tee under the chairman­ ship of Mr John N. Clayton. Canon Hudson also re­


I t was also very SISi In his introductory ad­


families of Clitheroe are at one with the lives of the families of • God through,this church and it is most appropriate "that the rehallowing of , this church should be held on Easter Eve — the eve of the assurance of new life. “The church is an out­


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A WEALT perience and know-how into the ch task of r< Cli the roe Church to i glory.


■The church I its current site


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although th( building dati from 1828.


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WARDEN Mr Derrick Holmes (right) and the Bishop of Black­ burn lead the proces­ sion out of the church


after the service


two years, c from all over West — inch from Clitheroc have been busi in repairing the damage caused in May 1979. Under the d


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architect Mr Thome, of Ha terbottom and ' Manchester, s! sympathetic < have cleaned an stonework blac the fire or stair water used to the flames.


Canon John Hurl tends to strikl entry to the ehul much lighter i | that the work completed.


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