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New faces behind the bar
AFTER 12 years of distri buting beer to pubs, Bob Meadows has now decided to sell direct to the public.
Hob has taken over the
tenancy o f the Swan Hotel. King Street. Whal- ley. He is hoping that major alterations will be made, while retaining the oriirinal character of the Swan, which is a listed building.
In the long term he
intends to re-open the sleeping accommodation to make it into a fully-fledged hotel attain.
Boh used to work as a
distribution manager for a major brewery in London, where lie met his wife Sue. who was a stock- taker. so they both have plenty of experience in tile licensed trade.
Hailing originally from
Leigh. Bob was a keen footballer and cricketer with Atherton Collieries, but now hopes to play golf, if he can find the time.
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Active Fellowship The Women’s Fellow
ship of Whalley Methodist Church held a jumble sale in the schoolroom on Saturday raising over £130. The Rev. James Need
ham was the speaker at W h a l le y M e th o d is t Women's Fellowship on Wednesday. He took as his text “ Rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who wee))” , emphasising that we should always show concern in the welfare of our neighbours. He was thanked by Mrs Norah Foster. Mrs Mary Whitehead
was the pianist and tea was served by Mrs Anne White. Mrs Moya Ainsworth
spoke to the Whalley Methodist Ladies’ Eve ning Fellowship on Jewish customs. She told of her experiences as a nursing sister in a London Hebrew hospital, giving fascinating details of many lesser known traditions of the orthodox community. She was thanked by Mrs Glen.vs Nolan. Pianist was Mrs Marjorie Vines.
TV series The schools’ television
programme “How we used to live", produced for Yorkshire Television by Ian Fell, son of Mu and Mrs J. Fell, of Whalley, is described in the Times educational supplement as “One of the best educa tional series of all time". It can be seen each
Tuesday and Friday morn ing until December 9th and resumes when schools reassemble on January 12th.
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Whist At the Abbey senior
citizens' drive in Whalley, whist winners were: Ladies — Mrs H. Turner, Mrs T. Cosgrove. Gents — Mrs N. Walmsley, Mrs M. Flack. Dominoes: Mrs M. Parkinson.
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gu e s ts from Dunsop Bridge and Bashall Eaves to their October meeting, when Mrs Christine Moss, of the Potato Marketing Board, demonstrated some mouth watering dishes. Everyone was amazed
at the versatility of the humble potato and went home with some unusual recipes. The dishes cooked dur
ing the demonstration were raffled afterwards and the winners were: Mrs N. Jackson, Mrs J. Bargh, Mrs S. Beggs, Mrs Hol den, Mrs Catlow, Mrs W h o w e 11 and Mrs Waddington. The winner in a potato
quiz was Mrs Croft. The bring and buy stall realised £6.43. During the social half hour another quiz was won
News from villages C
Meet your correspondent ■for Barrow and Wiswell—
BARROW and Wiswell correspondent is Mrs Catherine Bridge, of 4 Cockcrill
Terrace, Barrow. Mrs Bridge, a housewife, is a member of Wiswell Women’s Institute and
enjoys knitting. Born in Billington, she was educated at Whalley CE School until the age of
14. She left the area with her family when Barrow Print Works closed down in 1932, moving to the village of Marple in Derbyshire. She met her husband Samuel there and 31 years ago the family moved back to
Barrow to be nearer her mother, whose eyesight was failing. Mrs Bridge and her husband have a married son and two grandchildren.
by Miss Spurgeon and Mrs M. Gornall.
The competition for a
decorated potato was won by Mrs S. Preston. Second was Mrs Croft, who also gave the vote of thanks.
Bridge, and Miss Spur geon, of Bashall Eaves, each thanked Pendleton for an enjoyable evening.
ing the tea hostesses will be Mrs H. Boot, Mrs S. Beggs and Mrs S. Monk.
At next month’s meet The competition will be
a sketch of an animal and the stall is a bring and buy.
Repairs The steps at the bottom
of the ginnel at Rock Ter race, Pendleton, have been repaired,. it was reported at the village parish council meeting.
The steps, which had
b e com e sunken and unsafe, were repaired voluntarily by Mr Chris Wilson and Mr Steve Hol- lingworth, who both live in the village.
The parish council is to
pay for a hand rail to be placed beside the steps.
It was also reported
that it is hoped to clear up the green opposite’ the post office. A lay-by has been constructed and once the grassed area has been tidied it is intended to put shrubs and plants there.
Sell out All tickets have been
sold for the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute Women’s Trust Fund cheese and wine evening at Standen Hall, Pendleton, tomorrow night.
Entry is by ticket only. Sabden
PTA effort A jumble sale, bric-a-
brac and cake stall, organ ised by the PTA at Sabden County Primary School raised £140.
Discos restart The underteens discos
have resumed every Mon day evening from 6-30 to 7-30 p.m. in St Mary’s Hall, Sabden.
den Over 60s Monday night meeting were Mrs Lightbown, Mrs N. Har greaves, Mrs E. Spencer, Mrs L. Knowles and Miss A. Alston.
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Simonstone
School friends The “ good as new"
clothes sale organised by the Friends of Simonstone School raised £50 for their
funds. The organisers would like to thank all those who helped in any way.
Flower demo Simonstone Garden
Club have organised a flower arranging demon stration in the Old School tonight at 7-30 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
be organised by Mrs A. Mellor and friends, will be held in the Old School, Simonstone, on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. Regular sup porters and new players will be welcome.
Next drive The next whist drive, to
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Sefton, Mrs A. Howarth. Gents — Mr H. Parker, Mrs J. Helm. Raffle: Miss A. Alston.
Thursday’s dominoes:
Mr Burrows, Mrs L. Knowles, Mrs E. Spencer and Miss E. Prescott. Whist: Ladies — Mrs D. Houghton. Mrs G. Walms ley. Gents — Mr E. Wil son, Mr C. Holden. Raffle: Mrs A. Howarth.
Clothing sale A clothing sale is to take
place tomorrow night in St Nicholas’s Hall, Sabden.
Over 60s Domino winners at Sab
Mrs Carr, of Dunsop Rimington
Happy gardeners At a well attended
annual meeting of Riming ton and District Gardening Club, held in Gisburn Fes tival Hall, chairman Mr Tom Jackson thanked the committee and members for their work and support throughout the past sea son, and treasurer Mr Ernest Sedgwick gave a satisfacto ry financial report. Secretary Mrs Edna Jackson said that the spring and summer shows had both shown improve ment after their move from Saturday to Sunday. A warm invitation was
e x ten d e d to anyone interested in horticulture to join the club and the visits to gardens and nur series are open to all. Mrs Mary Bairstow
resigned as president but other officers and commit tee were all re-elected. Mrs Lily Pratt, of Clith
eroe, gave a demonstra tion of Christmas arrange ments and decorations. She was thanked by Mrs Jackson. Some o f the arrangements were raffled and winners were Mrs D. Eccles, Mrs M. Mitchell, Mrs C. Wilson and Mrs E. Pate. The next meeting will
be on November 17th in the Festival Hall when the speaker will be Mr W. Hargreaves on the subject “growing vegetables.” The sum of £298.80 was
raised from a house-to- house collection in Riming- ton fo r the Scanner Appeal. Collection organ ise r Mrs E. Jackson thanked the collectors and residents for their gener osity. This brings the total raised so far in Rimington to over £1,000.
Chipping
Aptly dressed Some members of Chip
ping WI wore dresses from the 1920s at a dinner to celebrate their 60th anniversary. The prize for the most authentic cos tume was won by Mrs Helen Powell.
Everyone at the dinner,
at the Dog and Partridge, Chipping, was given a pot pourri sachet, made by members of the commit tee.
q A message of greeting was read from Dunsop Bridge WI by president Mrs Gwenda Rich. Past p resid ents had been invited and a welcome was extended to Mrs Ann Seed, Mrs Jean Hartley, Mrs Powell and Miss Betty Billington, who was invited to cut the birthday cake.
The cake had been made
and decorated by Mrs Syl via Lathom.
After dinner, the musi
cal group “The Magpies” entertained. The president expressed thanks.
Memorable year The AGM of Chipping
Young Farmers’ Club was well supported by 58 mem
bers, both new and old. with John Neary and Julie
Seed, club chairman and secretary, reporting on memorable and successful moments of the last year. Tim Hardman gave a
report on behalf of the club leaders and the chair man thanked club presi dent Mr Francis Mercer for his valuable work.
Special mention was
made of Peter Rogerson for his efforts in club, regional and national" events and for winning the
.Shell Trophy. The tug-o’ -war team
was congratulated on com ing third at the Royal Show and Neville Harri son thanked the club on behalf of the region for its valuable contribution to the Young F a rm e rs ' movement. The fo l low ing club
officers were elected: Mrs Ellison (president), John Neary (chairman), Jimmy Hardman (vice-chairman), Rachel Hester (secretary),
Anne Stott (assistant secretary), Philip* Procter (treasurer), Peter Roger-
’son, Tim Hardman, Sarah Stott, Liz Kay and Julie Seed (leaders), Rachel Stott and Julie Gornall (noticeboard), Mandy Stott (catering secretary), Rachel Stott (camera sec retary), Peter Rogerson (inter-club competition secretary), Catherine
Robinson (Press secre tary).
The club committee is
made up of Steven Wall- bank, Steve Taylor, Michael Ellison, James Holden, Richard Seed, Stuart Marginson, Chris tine Holden and Rachel Stott.
The advisory committee
was re-elected en bloc with the addition of Sam Hardman and Mr and Mrs Farraday. Trustees are Mr Seed, Mr Mercer and Mr Heaton.
On the county executive
committee is John Neary, the show com mit te e Michael Ellison, the vil lage hall committee Stuart Marginson and James Hol den and the regional com mittee Jim Hardman, A n ne S t o t t , P h i l ip Procter, James Holden and Julie Seed.
The new subscriptions
are £2 for juniors and £5 for seniors.
Steve Morris, county
chairman, thanked the club for its efforts and Phi lip Procter gave a comfort ing review of finances.
Bolton-by-Bowland
Fashion on show Bolton-by-Bowland Vil
lage Hall Committee held a fashion show by Freda’s Fashion, of Settle, in aid of funds. Compere was Mrs C. Lilburn.
Mrs G. Billows thanked
Freda Tomlinson, the models and Mrs Lilburn, who was presented with a potted plant.
Raffle winners were
Mrs R. Howard, Mrs P. Billows and Mrs H. Lund.
Drama activities The Bolton-by-Bowland
Drama Group meeting took place in the Coach and Horses Hotel. Chair man Mr R. Wright dis cussed the forthcoming comedy play entitled "Chase me Comrade” by Ray Cooney.
It is proposed to per
form the pantomime Alad din in April next year. The next meeting will be on January 5th, 1988.
Talk on doors St Peter and St Paul’s
Mothers’ Union, Bolton- by-Bowland held an eve ning meeting led by Mrs Ann Vaughan. Members enjoyed an interesting talk by Mrs Greta Moir enti tled “ Doors” . She was thanked by Mrs Jean Bowyer.
Members agreed to
make clothes for the Mother Teresa Homes. The next meeting will be on November 12th.
Farmers on ice A trip to Bradford ice-
skating rink proved to be very popular with mem bers and friends of Bolton- by-Bowland Young Farm ers.
Read
Council concern . Read Parish Councillors
who met on Thursday were thanked by Mrs Dee Bottoms for their efforts in the house-to-house collection for the Scanner Appeal which realised £473.05 in the village. During the meeting con
cern was expressed over the erosion of the small triangular island at Cob Car Nook. The Highways Authority is to he asked to consider kerbstones to deter careless motorists. There was also criticism
of the Ribble Valley Bor ough Council in considera tion of judges' comments
in the Best-Kept Village Competition. It was pointed out that
weeding of the gutters should have been done by the council in the spring as part of its responsibility to the ratepayers. After thanking the Show Society for its efforts in the plant ing of bulbs round the vil lage. it was decided that it should be consulted in the spending of the Parish Council’s £21) runner-up garden centre token.
Party date The date set for the
senior citizens' Christmas party is December 12th in Read CE School. Parish c o u n c i 11 o r s who hold tickets will call on known p e n s io n e r s d u r in g November. They should also be contacted regard ing new residents who may qualify.
Dressing up A collection of witches,
wizards, vampires, pop singers and television characters made their way to the United Reformed Church, for Read Brown ies’ Hallow-e’en party. Pop and crisps sustained the girls through various games, including apple dunking, musical chairs a n d b a n d a g in g t h e mummy. Prizes for the best costumes went to Sarah Walker, who was a bonfire, Caroline Ormond “ Listen, I will say zis only once” from Alio, Alio and witch Jane Hindie.
Speaker ill Due to illness Helen
Henshaw was unable to talk to Read Mothers’ Union about her “Journey with spoons” . Instead the ladies spent the evening discussing television guided by a questionnaire from a new M U folder.
Bonfire plans Tickets for the annual
bonfire are now available from members of Read Scout and Guide Parents’ Committee, as well as from leaders. The bonfire w i l l ta k e p la c e on November 7th at Barnes' Field. Whins Lane.
Chatburn
Dominoes Some members of the
Ribblesdale Club, Chat- burn. played dominoes
while others chatted. Birthday greetings were sung for Mrs Bowskill and Mrs Hornby and tea hos tesses were Mrs Tittering- ton and Mrs Green. There will be a domino
drive today at 2-30 p.m. prompt.
Fellowship The speaker at Chat-
The next meeting is on meeting will be Mr Brian
November 5th for the vil lage bonfire.
Billington
Outings A talk entitled “Days’
g iv en by Mrs Anne Holmes and Miss Muriel Kay played the organ. Tonight a musical quiz
will be followed by supper organised by the social committee, and next Tues day a film will be shown by Mr C. Staveley.
Slaidburn
Book fair Teachers, pupils, par
ents and friends of Bren- nand’s Endowed School, Slaidburn, enjoyed a cof fee evening which featured a book fair staged by Kay D®» of Clitheroe. A large sele6tion of books were on display and there were
various stalls, tombola and games. The event was well
attended and proceeds were in aid o f school funds.
outings” , by Mr Wilf Tay lor, of Clitheroe, was thoroughly enjoyed by members of Ebenezer Baptist Church Ladies' Social Hour, Billington. The vote of thanks was
ship and anniversary was held on Sunday morning when the preacher was the Rev. Elaine Halls, her subject being “Water.” Lessons were read by
Rev. Graeme Halls bap tised Jack Anthony Bow man the son of Mr and Mrs Tony Nelson, of Worston.
Family service The congregation at St
Hurst Green
John’ s Church, Hurst Green, family service on Sunday was augmented by a party o f Guides and Brown ie s from Pen- wortham, who were on a weekend camp in the old schoolhouse. The speaker was Mr
Stan Evans, who spoke of the work of the CE Chil dren’s Society. He brought leaflets and collecting boxes and a collection rea lised £50 for the society. Miss Alison Hoyle, the local representative for St John’s was also present. ' A f te r the s e rv ic e ,
Miss Gladys Parkinson anil Miss Ida Dugdale and the collection was taken up by Mrs Mashiter, Mrs J. Ridgway and Mrs Ruth Hudson. During the service the
burn Methodist Church Women's F e 11 o w s h i p meeting was Miss Gladys Parkinson. Mrs Doris Gil es presided and the pian ist was Mrs Ruth Hudson. The speaker at the next
Slow, of Whalley, and there will be a bring-and- buy stall. The Women's Fellow
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refreshments were served by Mrs Valerie Cave.
Allsorts Sixteen members of
Hurst Green MUMPS were welcomed by Mrs Val Cave who introduced the speaker, Gwyneth Ashworth, of Radio Lan cashire. She played a tape of children, teachers and tlie vicar of Lea Endowed CE Primary School, Pres ton, and said she would be delighted to hear of church news for her Sunday m o r n i n g r a d i o p r o - gramme. She was thanked by Mrs Cave. Notices were given out
and the house groups are well under way. Tuesday evenings at Holly Hall and Wednesdays at Jack Peel's. A Christmas Fair is to be held on November 28tli ami the next meeting will he entitled "Christmas Allsorts."
’ Members enjoyed inter viewing each other and it proved a great success.
Waddington
Child teaching Deputy head of Wad
dington and West Brad ford School, Mrs Barbara Milne Redhead gave an interestiiTg talk on the education of a child to a group of young mothers, and even one father, at Waddington Vicarage. She begun by describing the education of a child (luring the first five years of its life, and the importance of the mother to the child since they learn more proportion during these impressionable years than any other time in their life.
During the discussion
which followed, many points were raised and amusing anecdotes were
related about children they grow up.
Fund raiser A jumble sale held in St
Helen’s Sunday School, Waddington, on Saturday raised £170 for church funds.
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