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Valley " celebrated 5^ ™ d^ ° bsonp


'S e p a t i f laS widh COn" Church> the four Christ-') gregations and „ num-». mas services’ drew 400 -


"despite the * bad.) , -T,here was,a good atN) weather ‘


At some churches, not-. Eve> when th e ^ vicar“ *l a b ly S t ■: J am e s ’s,


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Clitheroe, attendances' were up on last year. But the wintry conditions af­ fected the more isolated villages, such .as. Slaid- bum, where attendances at festive services were “decimated” because 'of the difficulty in reaching the parish church from outlying homes.»vmvdi


in g services. In C l i th e ro e ,1 SS


Ribble Valley churches, with children taking part in many Christmas* morn­


bers; of rcommunica- communicants * — '?an in-' nts which compared crease,of more than*20 on '; well; with, last’1 year, . the previous two years. * -


’.tendance at midnight com-'1 t '• munion-.. on’’ Christmas'*;


..Canon John Hudson,' was' assisted by the Rev. Stan-,-, ley Birtwell. Organist was 1 ’ Mr Charles Myers. V . S . [ 'At;the three .morning/ services’, the1 vicar’ was; as- ’ ; sisted by' the churchwar-V dens and licensed reader/-:


Mr Campbell Hopwood. , 1,. ' '


was a happy Christmas in service on Christmas Eve at St James’s Church,; Clitheroe, was higher; than last > year;, a fact’;


Generally, however, it munion* at the midnight


choir, the young people’s some 300 people attended folk group participated in the/family service — an., the; Midnight Mass, which , increase of about 100 on . was celebrated by parish the previous year. There' priest Fr Edmund X. Wil- was singing by Linda loughby, assisted by his ' Whitfield and a talk enti- fu tu re - su c ce s so r ,Fr. tied “Opening the door of


Michael and John’s RC Church was packed to capacity, with a number of people standing for MidnigHt, Mass, preceded by the traditional Christ­ mas Eve carol service and opening and blessing of, the crib,. The five Christ-; mas daytime Masses were. also well attended. As well as the church


U UIE wiuaw> . On Christmas Day,


Broadhurst. i “It was a very happy service, fully representa­ tive of the sp ir i t of Christmas; with more ' than. 130 people taking communion,”, said -Mr*. Broadhurst, who was as­ sisted by lay readers. Mr Malcolm Blackburn and - Mr Malcolm Brewer.


J parishioners buiuii will , ; VThe


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your heart .to ‘Jesus” by ■ churchwarden’s . wife * and-,, day; school: teacher .' Mrs ,!-' Margaret Bleazard. ‘ .


■ !. Childrenlalso took their.''; C h r is tm a s , g if ts ; ar id . showed them* to the rector and his-wife.’


" • •


.family service and-later in the day 60 people'went along to .the church to watch a film strip entitled “The Dream,” which told the Christmas story.


which d e l ig h te d .the Rector, the Rev. Kenneth'■


another fine attendance’of about 300 people at the


On Sunday, there ' was - congregation paid v their.'


annual/visit-*/to; Clitheroe' Hospital to* sing carols on' the wards.


,


10-30 service von.-Sunday morning was the Rector of-St James’s CE Church,. th e Rev. K en n e th Broadhurst.


j- Guest-,' preacher.*: at • the.


T r in i ty M e th o d is t Church, Clitheroe, wel­ comed Christmas with midnight communion and a morning family service, both led by the Rev. • James Needham. Attendances-were simi­


The congregation at-


lar to last .year and - Mr , Needham said he was pleased th a t the bad weather had mot affected' the turnout as badly as he had feared. At the 9-30 a.m. family


celebration of Holy Com­ munion at' C l ith e ro e United Reformed Church on Christmas Eve and on Christmas morning a ser­ vice of family worship. On Sunday, members of


There was a midnight


the congregation shared in reading the lessons at a service of lessons and carols led by Mr Ed Hill. A festival service the


.Sunday before Christmas, was led by the minister, the Rev. J. Salsbury. The children and young.people of all the * family church departments developed a theme unfolding different aspects of the meaning of Christmas. A highlight was' the


service, the children sang round the Christmas- tree and Mrs Ruth Mitchell gave a solo carol. After­ wards ' members of the .


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playing for the first time of the church’s junior or­ chestra, conducte'd'by Mrs Evelyn Gorst. I t ' per­ formed two carols and ac­ companied the congrega­ tion in a third.


just in - time for services on Christmas Eve, though attendances were still' slightly down because of the weather. The heating was lost because of a burst pipe which flooded, the Lady Chapel, damag­ ing, the* carpet, and it was icy cold for .services on th e S u n d ay b e fo re Christmas., Sunday School children


Heating at St Paul’s; Low’Moor, was restored


performed a Nativity play in the morning produced by Mrs Kathleen East- wood. Narrator was Mrs Maureen Berry and read­ ings- were given by the young teachers. ' In the evening, there


• two: village. churches . toured' Ghatbum; - singing '•


, to\the sick and-elderly. A ••collection' of £41. will be; • shared, between ,the Tear Fund and the Junior Mis-r sionary Association of ,the Methodist Church. There was* a good at­


tendance at the midnight s e rv ic e a t C h r is t Church, Chatburn,' con-


. ducted by the vicar, Canon ,C. R. Butlin, with assistance from his wife, Muriel. Traditional carol§ were sung and organist was Mrs D. Brewer. On Christmas Day,


there was a “Christmas praise,” which included a brief communion _ service


-and at Sunday’s' family service, Christmas cards * designed by the children of the . parish were on display.


, through so steadily that a faithful band- of parishion­ ers gathered in the vestry to. hold the evening ser­ vice. But temperatures dropped again before Christmas, and as the . snow froze again, it pre­ sented no problems over ' the festive period. Christ Church has now


caused by snow gathering in the gutters, meant there were buckets all over the church for the carol service the weekend ‘ before Christmas. In. fact,, the melting snow was d r ip p in g


raised £100 for the Tear Fund Third World, relief organisations through re­ tiring collections taken a t ' services in the latter part of the year. ■ v.


W e s t B r a d fo rd M e th o d is t C h u rc h ’s


was a service of nine les­ sons and carols. Readers were Mrs Florence Guy, Mr Len Dickinson, Mrs Stella Smith, Mrs Pauline Burgess, Mr Colin Scott, Mr Arthur Chappell, Mrs C a th e r in e Sandham, licensed reader Mr Ken Guy and the vicar, the Rev. Arthur Siddall. "Solo contributions were


. by, Julie Holden (Once in Royal David’s City); Kevin Cookson, guitar, and Diane Scott, glock­ enspiel (Still' the night); Kevin Cookson and Miss Lisa Ellis (Mary’s boy, child);- Diane Scott and Julie Dean, sleighbells (Christmas bells). Christmas Eve celebra­


tions started with carols around the crib at.6 p.m., led by Mr Siddall. He also


- conducted midnight com­ munion, assisted by Mr Guy.


' ’


’ during which all the chil­ dren received an orange with a candle during the final carol.


vice took the form of a Christingle celebration,


Church was one of the' relatively few where 'at­ tendances at Christmas services were .down on- previous years. Midnight communion was conducted by-the minister, the Rev. - Graham Vickers, who'also led-dhe : Christmas morn­ ing service. Organist was Mr Norman Yates. * ■ Christmas morning ser­


numbers at midnight and C h r is tm a s m o rn in g Masses at- the - English Martyrs’ .RC Church, Whalley, Parish priest Fr Thomas Murray, who led both services, said the a t - ; tendances were “less than average.” Whalley Methodist


8 a.m. , communion was conducted by the curate, the Rev. George Parker, and 11 a.m. communion by Mr Ackroyd, who also conducted the 10 a.m. ser­ vice at St Luke’s Church, Calderstones. The. weather affected


*


j ^Retiring' co llec tions . !taken; at the Christmas . services raised • £47.66vfor > Methodist Homes for the! Aged,. L 1


* singing i' party from «th e ' • was taken by ’Archdeacon


Monday ■ and ( Wednesday v evenings,’"-a joint'- carol-


'•On ( the- : p rev io u s ' ■ ■’


vice a t ' C h a tb u rn Methodist Church, con­ ducted by- the Rev.- T. J. Bradshaw,1 was well at­ tended;' Sunday, School scholars each brought1 a present they had received and were given a choco- ■; late novelty from ' th e ; Christmas tree; ^Organist ‘ was Mr C.' C.-Jofinson..


Whalley Parish Church, th e v ic a r , th e Rev. Michael Ackroyd, con­ ducted midnight commun­ ion on Christmas Eve and was surprised to find that despite the weather,. at­ tendance was only slightly down. On Christmas morning,


In his first Christmas at • Christmas morning ser­


’morning [carol service,! held on the. Sunday before Christmas, was conducted by Mrs Yvonne Needham. Mrs Rosemary Lancaster sang “The road to Beth­ lehem.” •


' were read, by Mrs Christ­ ine Beggs,; Mrs Noreen Knowles and F ra n k Taylor. Carols were ac­ companied by Mr Joe Roberts on the organ and by four trumpeters. '


come the Christ Child” and two youngsters pre­ sented . a sh o r t play, “Angel Space.” Lessons


The children sang “Wel­


attendance at the Christ­ mas m o rn in g Sung E u c h a r is t" a t St C a th e r in e ’s C h u rch , West Bradford, taken by the vicar, Canon C. F. Goodchild. The church was well decorated - and Sung E u c h a r i s t on Sunday was also well at­ tended.


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.played "Once in Royal David’s City” on the flute and violin and Mrs i A. Lodge .sang "The Little; Roaq to Bethlehem.” Or-* ganist was Mrs S. Baines and the offertory , was for


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vicar, Canon C. F. Good- child, and the congrega­ tion-joined in the singing of familiar carols. At this service and- the mid-mom- ing one on Christmas Day, Canon Goodchild was assisted at the altar by Mr Aidan Hughes.; * On Sunday, .the church'•


: The church had been at­ tractively decorated, com­ plete with a crib and tastefully decorated tree and, despite the weather, the church was largely full for the service which began just before mid­ night on Christmas Eve. I t was! taken by the


gregations at St; Helen’s Church, Waddihgton, for th e th re e ; Christmas c e le b ra t io n s o f . th e Eucharist.


■ The church’s motto for the coming year will be “Jesus said you shall wor­ ship for the ’ Lord your God”--and cards depicting this have been given out : to parishioners. Leaks in th e ro o f ,


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The service of lessons


On Sunday evening1 the" Christmas Day 'ser- 'there’ was a Christmas vice'.at-10-30 'a.m. were.


D ownham P a r i s h Church began with the first Communion of the Holy Nativity on Christ­ mas Eve at midnight and continued on- Christmas morning. The celebrant was the vicar, the Rev.' F. E. Chard, at all ser­ vices, which were well at­ te n d e d ."


Christmas services at


Songs of Praise, carols old b°th taken by the vicar, and new being sung by ’ the Rev. George Wood, the choir and congrega- " but attendances were


Smith, a former member1 There was midnight of the choir.


, 1


tion. Soloists.were Mrs D. somewhat sparse owing to Braithwaite and Mrs S. -’ the weather;


Mass at St Mary’s RC; The church choir' and Church, Chipping, as


friends sang carols round wel1 as services at 8 a.m. the village I on Christmhs and tO-20 a.m. on Christ- Eve, proceeds being for mas Day, all conducted by the Hospice appeal and : parish priest Fr ' Vincent


choir funds.'


60 communicants at the candlelit midnight service a t St J o h n ’s; H u rs t Green. I t was' led by the


' morning. There were more than • ’


Whelan. The poor w e a th e r


meant that'there were no Christmas services at St M ic h a e l ’s C h u r c h , , Whitewell.


■vicar, the Rev. " Brian /drfwV^SIm'Hhurn1 on Ghnstmas , ice> according to the


„i„» *_i, .i. ' I, drew s, oiaidnum, were affected by the snow and


Rector, the Rev. George


flavour 4o the first of the the carol service before Christmas services at St Christmas was half the Nicholas’s,. Sabden. At normal number and at­ the building of the crib, ' tendance at the Christmas attended by children arid Eve midnight service was parents, .the main enter- depleted.


There was a German Gaze. The congregation at ';


• tainment was provided by On top of the travelling six youngsters.


"They were accompanied down, leaving the church in :a song and dance very cold. Said Mr Gaze:


problems, the boiler broke .


routine by Katrina and Heinrich Kranzlin, daugh­ ter and son-in-law of the" vicar, the Rev. Denis McWilliam, who are on holiday from Germany. A record number of 104


communicants took part in the Christmas Eve mid-


night service. In addition' 'Methodist Church'> was­ te .the Christmas, morning HTeia on. Sunday; 'although celebration," Mr McWil- some people were still liam led a short service at unable to attend because the old people’s accommo-' of the weather. Leader dation, Littlemoor House, was Mr Brian Clark, of


“We rang people and told them it .would be under­ standable i f : they idid not come to a service. I didn’t blame them for not turn­ in g up in such bad weather.” 'The postponed carol service - at Slaidburn


Christmas morning ser- Cross, Miss Michael* vice in Sabden Baptist Chapel, led by Mr A. D. Briddock. Organist was Mrs M. Moorhouse. A col­ lection for the Sabden Disabled Appeal . Fund raised £20. ..: / 3.1'


-The Methodists and were sung and lessons Baptists held a united. read by Miss Rosemary


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School te a c h e r ;M is s Cross, presented read­ ings, verses and a carol “Let your star shine over


Brown, Miss Peggie Star- kie, Mrs B. Clark, Mr Paul Stevenson and Mr Clark. ’/Children, led by Sunday


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electric’ organ. They also sang “Once in Royal David’s City” and the con­ gregation joined in. ■ T ak in g p a r t were


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■;* Record numbers packed St-John’s Church, Read, for Christmas services. - Despite the weather,


there was a ■ service of nine lessons and carols, with lessons read by the vicar and members of the choir. All services. were conducted by. Canon: S. A. Selby; with Miss M. Lord at the organ.


about 100 children and their parents attended the blessing of the crib on Christmas Eve. The chil­ dren sang “Away in a Manger” and the vicar, the Rev. Alan Reid,'.dedi­ cated a memorial-flower- stand given 'by Mr and Mrs A.. Preston, of Whins Lane, in memory of their


Hallows’,. Mi'tton, the choir joined forces "with th a t- of- St John the Evangelist, Hurst Green.


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WORSTON resident Mrs Kathleen Mary Kay-has died in hospital — just over a month .before her 84th birthday. Mrs Kay, -of “Hall


Reuben and Esther Par­ sons, Linda, Stuart and Rachel Raw and Joanne and Claire Slinger. ■ At a carol service at All


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l Sunday evening, lessons • ’ were; read by Carol Ar- m i tag e / (B row n ie s ) ;


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. capacity,' with extra’ seat-’'-" »-ring at the-back. :The vicar"■: ' , was * assisted • by Dr Hugh ■ Pollard.


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.Lessons: were read by Mr- J ; Entwistle,- Mrs K. Hill, Mrs V. Cave, Mr J.-'Spur-


. geon! and Mr R. Birtwis- itle. The /Rev;. Brian * Cave, -‘led . the . service and organ- ist-was Mrs J; * Spurgeon.'- /Afterwards .mince pies


; Laycock, of Mitton Old Hall.


arid cups , of coffee 'were served by- Mr -and Mrs A:


•c Michael; A rm s tro n g ■ (Cubs);- Derek* Atride. (choir), Tony Ashton .


(sidesman), Mrs C. Arm­ strong (MU), Mr J. Kitch­ en (churchwarden). The choir and junior choir sang.


vice was conducted by Mr „ U n i te d R e fo rm e d ' H. Jones, of Clitheroe. " Church. The collection


- 'Fifty Christingles were given to the congregation at a-service in Read


was for Christian Aid. At Sunday' morning’s


carol service, carols and readings were chosen by the congregation.1 Some of the carols were performed by Jane and Susan Wil­ kinson, who sang and played the guitar.- • Midnight Communion at S t B a r th o lom ew ’s Church, Chipping, and


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raised by carol singers who toured the village and surrounding area. Proceeds are to go to Christian Aid, the RNLI and Poland. There was a good at­


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ICTpRIA TAN Y LD Manufacturers of sheeoskln


NER T and Leather Clothing iin»iQ39


Victoria Mill, Trafalgar Street, Bumtey. Tel. 25664


Open dally including SATURDAY z Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, December 31st, 1981.


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40% OFF SECONDS IN DENBY TABLEWARE O K C /


AND CUTLERY WHISPER, RONDO, ARABESQUE, MEMORIES &0 /C OFF ALL DENBY TABLEWARE AND


CUTLERY.................- COTSWOLD, CHATSWORTH, ROMANCE,"C "


- TROUBADOUR, POTTERS WHEEL,-VENICE, GYPSY, WINDFLOWER


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