Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 11th, 1996 5 ® N e w s f r o m th e V i l l a g e s Bowling club Sabden Bowling Club will Road closure
; ? ! '"?>» Whalley Road ™l ? S“ bl>en is to be dosed to traffic for a month while
L0ifmbRmv.take place close t0 The temporary closure is
from February 19th until March loth, Sabden parish councillors have been told in a le t t e r from L a n ca sh ire County Council’s Surveyors’ D e p a r tm en t . H ow e v e r , delighted councillors have no complaints, as the work tak ing Place is to rid the road of the flooding problem which motorists and the council have complained about for years. While the work is taking
place, traffic will be diverted through Read.
We ve campaigned for this work to be done for years,” T said Coun. Marion Procter.
motorists parking by a bench in front of Mount Pleasant and obstructing the view should be resolved by the village
policeman, parish councillors decided. At last month’s meeting
members mooted the idea ot asking for double yellow lines in the area, as once the first o f fe n d in g m o t o r is t had stopped parking there another one had started to do so. But borough councillor Mrs
Eileen Lowe said they would be a laughing stock i f they asked for double yellow lines.
She suggested leafleting the area, asking people not to park in front o f the bench. Coun. Roland Nicholson said it should be left to the police man. A suggestion that the bench
should be removed was also rejected. Councillors again discussed
the matter o f the proposed sale of the bowling green area to the bowling club, and agreed to the intended sale area to include the land behind the pavilion. The adjoining footpath will
stay the responsibility of the council, however, and some
members were concerned at suggestions
that the club
sufficient parking space fur ther down Pendle St East where
cau s in g
they would not be o b s tru c t ion s
nearby households.
Annual meeting The annual meeting of the
parish council will take place at 7-30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30tn, to be followed by
the monthly meeting. The February meeting will take place at the Methodist Rooms on February 6th.
Feet first Cooke’s Tours, the Sabden
walking group, had an exhi larating Boxing Day walk • when 12 members went on a seven-mile hike led by Colin Cboke. It was a beautiful frosty
winter’s day as the group left Sabden and walked along York Lane and past the now almost-empty Churn Clough reservoir. Reaching Stainscombe Dali
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hold its AGM at the White Hart on Tuesday, January 30th, when future plans.will be outlined and the committee elected. All members are asked to attend. The club’s next fund-raising
A delicious supper of beef
— W e ’re lo o k in g f o r— cor resp on d en ts
social will be “An Evening with Roger Westbrook and Company” .on Friday, March 8th, at St Mary’s Hall.
Flood St Mary’s RC Church in
Sabden is counting the cost of the recent bad weather which resulted in a serious flood in
the parish hall. Tne ceiling in the gents’ toi
lets came down following a burst and flood water got into
the main hall and affected the wooden flooring. Parish priest Fr Michael Fairclough didn’t discover the damage until several days later. Last week’s meeting of the
village Over-GOs’ had^ to be cancelled while clearing up took place and it is honed the hall will be back in use later in the month.
Waste paper The monthly waste paper
collection takes place tomor row afternoon when waste
paper and cardboard will be collected if left on doorsteps. Alternatively it can be
taken to the skip which will be on St Mary’s Church car park until noon on Saturday. Please support the collec
tion as it provides valuable funds for St Mary’s School.
RIMINGTON ‘Lady Muck’
wanted to build a car par* park on . n the site. They felt there
Mrs Edith Peel wished everyone a happy new year and thanked all who helped with the pre-Christmas carol concert and carolling round the village. She also gave pre liminary notice of the LFWI council meeting on February 29th at Southport when guest speaker will be the intrigu- ingly named “Lady Muck” ! It is planned to arrange a coach from the area. Speaker for the evening Mr
President of Rimington WI
David King, of Rimington, told of long-distance walks he (walking club
of~the school where he was headteacher. He recounted their experiences as they tackled the coast to coast walk
• from St Bee’s Head in the west, to Robin Hood's Bay,
• illustrating his narrative with excellent slides. Mrs E. Hart ley expressed thanks. Mr King judged the compe
tition for a walking stick, choosing those of Mrs E. Jackson and Mrs A. Seed. A new variety o f fuchsia,
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BLO-B-BWAD OTNY OLN
Silent tribute At the annual Christmas
party of Bolton-by-Bowlund
IWI, held at the Cony Nook Hotel, president Mrs Iris Gregson welcomed all and wished everyone a happy New Year. Mrs Gregson asked mem
bers to stand for a silent trib ute to a loyal member of the community, Mrs Eleanor Sanderson, who died in December. Members er\joyed a very
good supper and the raffle was won by Mrs Jennie Wil kinson, Mrs Gertrude Hel-
. liwell, Mrs Alice Pickard and Mrs Dorothy Wells. Carol-singing round the vil
lage on two nights before Christmas raised £300 which
will be divided between Clith-
eroe Hospital and the Super- Scan Appeal. A reminder was given of
a whist and domino drive, in aid of Cancer Research,to be held on February 8th and the spring council meeting to be held in Southport on
February 7th, Mr Rowland Hailwood will talk on “Aid for Romania” and gifts of toile tries will be collected. The competition will be for a child- ■ hood memento.
compi RIBCHESTER
Diamond The date was January 4th,
1936, and inside Knowle G re en C o n g r e g a t io n a l
Church, Richard Fox shuffled his feet while his brother and best man, John Fox, stood beside him, holding the ring. Minutes later, Alice Forrest
the bride, and bridesmaids Evelynn Troop and Marjorie Forrest swept up the aisle and the wedding ceremony began.
; LlAVI. It was announced by Mi's E.
named “Adelaide Hoodless” in honour of the founder of the women’s institute movement may be ordered from the
Hartley that a creative sew ing class will recommence each Wednesday at 1-30 p.m. in the men’s club. All interested welcome to attend. The annual children’s party
years to the day, those five people met again and joined over 40 relatives and friends at the New Drop Inn, Knowle Green, to celebrate Richard
' and Alice’s diamond wedding. The bridesmaids have also
' had a change o f name since then, Evelynn Troop is now Mrs Berry, of Water Street, and Mariorie Forrest is Mrs Morton Martin, o f Clayton- halgh.
they looked down on the old Stainscombe house, which is
being restored, before walk ing down Watery Lane to Sabden Fold, past Old House Farm and Lowerhouses, to Height Top and Sagar Hill and into Higham. They stopped for a festive
drink and pie and peas at the
Four Alls and began the walk back through Stump Hall,
1 along the snow-covered ridge 1 overlooking the Dean Valley and Stainscombe. before returning to the village after the four-and-a-half hour out
f i t was a great day.
Everyone enjoyed it,” said Mr Cooke.
Restoration The work involved in the
restoration o f the church organ at St Nicholas’s Parish
Church will be described to members of Sabden Women s Fellowship at their January meeting on the 25th in St Mary’s Hall. The speakers will be Mrs Jillian Nicholson
. and churchwarden Mr Ken Hodgson.
United services
. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Sabden
starts on Thursday with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at St Nicholas’s Church. The week’s diary continues
‘ with prayer times at the Bap tist Church on Monday, Jan
uary 22nd, and St Mary’s the following day, both at 7 p.m., and a united service at the Methodist Church on Wednes-
. day the 24th. GRINDLETON
Collection The usual waste paper
collection will take place in Grimlleton today. Contribu tions of newspaper, magazines and cardboard can be left in the space provided at the top of Back Lane, near the chapel
wall. mm
S A T & S U N Plus open daily
Late night Thursday till 9 p.m. 8.30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m. NO one missed out on their Christmas dinner in Slaidburn and Hurst Green thanks to the
Meals-on-Wheels service. As a special festive treat for service users, pubs in the villages opened their doors and laid on a
Christmas dinner for elderly residents. Staff at the Hark to Bounty, Slaidburn, and the Punch Bowl, Hurst Green, which provide
meals-on-wheels in the two villages, decided to throw a party for the old folks. And, for those housebound, Christmas dinners, with all the trimmings, were delivered to their front doors. Joining in the party was Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. Dorothy Pearson, who sampled the fun at the Punch
Bowl. Our picture shows the Hurst Green villagers ready to tuck in to their dinner at the Punch Bowl.
Thank you party for Contact helpers
and fancy dress parade will be held on January 20th in the' memorial institute at 2-30 p.m. to which ail Rimington and Middop children are invited. Birthday greetings were
expressed by Mrs J. Duer- den, and Mss? M. Bairstow outlined forthcoming events to be held in the memorial institute: a whist and domino
• drive on Saturday and a slide show by Canon and Mrs G.
• Walker on January 23rd at, 7-30 p.m. The Rimington and Middop Luncheon Club will meet on January 31st when the popular "Anne’s Mobile Fashions” will attend. There will also be an optician in attendance and everyone is welcome. A keep-fit class is held each
Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the institute. Mrs Peel reminded mem- bers that the meeting on
February 6th will be an open one when everyone will be welcome to see the acclaimed audio-visual show "Solitude” by Mr Mike Berry.
Dance Please note that the num
ber to ring for tickets for the New Year dance at Rimington Memorial Institute on Jan uary 19th is Mr D. Seed on 01200 445342.
Fond farewell A man who dislikes fuss and
goodbyes is Fr Sean Horgan. After celebrating his last
Mass at SS Peter and Paul’s RC Church, Ribchester, on
Sunday morning, he would
have preferred, like the Arab in H. W. Longfellow’s poem “The Day is Done” , to pack his tent and silently steal, away.
Last Saturday, almost 60
February 29th. At the next meeting on
gan's move was made known, a clandestine collection was held among parishioners and the Ball family had a special ca rd p r o d u c e d , w h ich everyone signed at the New Year services while the recipi ent holidayed in his native
Ireland. At the end of Mass, as Fr
Horgan was preparing to read the announcements, Miss Marv Holden stepped from her bench and informed the startled priest that she had some announcements of her
own to make. In a succinct manner, Miss
Holden traced the history of
the parish’s success since Fr Horgan’s arrival almost 10 years ago; she praised his ability to motivate people, which is the main reason why the parish is as shipshape as it
is today. The signed card was pre
sented to Fr Horgan by Mr Chris Bennett, together with a cheque for £1,800. Fr Mor gan thanked everyone for his gifts and used a little apt antithesis to describe his time at Ribchester and his last Mass before leaving— heaven and hell. Following a 10-year period
of change, it was no surprise when voices which usually
. sing hymns and carols gave a ' lusty rendition of "For Tie s a
Jolly Good Fellow” . And he is too!
WHALLEY
Commitment On Sunday morning the
Christ and His church.
Abbey seniors Whist winners at the Abbev
senior citizens’ drive, in Whal ley, were: Ladies — Mrs L. Barker, Mrs B. Preston. Gents — Mrs M. Naylor, Mr G. Hawthornthwaite. Dominoes: Mrs K. Holden,
Mrs M. Parkinson. During the social a buffet,
made the t
.pr "ovided by Abbey Cateringing, evening pleasantly
“ fiSSSnuU general meeting will be held on February 10th O v e r - 6 0 S in the village hall at 6 p.m.
PENDLETON
Panto trip A trip to see the pantomime
“Aladdin” in Manchester was enjoyed by members of All
Saints’ Church., Pendleton. Tne party travelled by coach to tne entertainment and included people of all ages.
At a social evening, held
in West Bradford Village Hall, the playing field man agement committee enter tained the over-60s of the vil lage, welcoming guests with a
glass of sherry. Entertainment was pro
vided by Kate on piano accor dion and magician Mr John Pye who brought gasps of amazement with his card and magic
tricks. Everyone
enjoyed a game of bingo for food* prizes and a raffle was held.
petition. graph
Rev. Brenda Leigh officiated at the annual covenant service
at Whalley Methodist Church, when the congregation ren ewed its commitment to
of the last nine years were not prepared to let him get away us easily as that! As soon as news of Fr Hor-
Howevert his parishioners GISBURN
Drive winners There were 14M* tables at a
whist and domino drive organised by the Gisburn Fes
tival Hall Management Com mittee. The MCs were Mr S. Hogg
(whist) and Mrs T. Bell (dominoes). Whist winners: Ladies —
Mrs B. Fa rrow , Mrs D. Mason, Mrs M. Edmondson. Gents — Mrs J. Cowperth- waite, Mr H. Lofthouse, Mr A. Moorhouse. Domino winners: Mr J.
Oddie, Mr D. Seed, Mr J. Pye.
Raffle winners: Mr A.
Moorhouse, Mrs M. Woods, Mrs M. Bairstow and Mrs D. Speak.
Young farmers On Monday evening, mem
bers of Gisburn Young Farm ers’ Club enjoyed an enlight- e
oninK talk by. Mr Churlus Frankland on nis working I
g as a gamekeeper. Next week’s meeting will ill
be a trip to Waves at Black burn, leaving Gisburn at 7 p.m.
Ocean waves Members of Gisburn WI
thoroughly eiijoyed a talk by Mrs Pat AscrofL on her "Life
on .the Ocean Waves” . .Her' enthusiasm shone through as she described her sailing experiences round Scotland and those when she had the opportunity to sail in much warmer climes. Thanks were expressed by Mrs Susan Gra-
veston. Members volunteered to
attend the spring council meeting and were informed that the birthday party will be held at the BueTt Inn, Payth- orne, in March. Gisburn’s A and B teams have been drawn
in the Lan- dart
rts corn- a photo-'
‘ a boat or ship,
judged bv Mrs Ascroft, was won by Mrs Graveston with Maureen Bowe coming
second. Collection of waste paper was encouraged.
Whist drive There will be a whist drive
in Simonstone Old School on Tuesday evening at 7-30 p.m.
of St Peter’s Church, Simon- stone, Mothers’ Union have organised an open meeting when Mr J. H. Robinson, of Southport, will be guest speaker. His illustrated talk is entitled "Jordan and Petra” . There will be a pie and peas
supper, followed by cakes. Tickets costing £3 each are
available from Mrs B. Youles, Mr It. Harrison and Mrs J. Law.
Mayor samples village hospitality
MU meeting On February 13th members
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A CHRISTMAS party was held to thank kind- hearted volunteers who gave up their time, during 1995, to help physically disabled Ribble Valley residents. Members o f the Contact Club, a group o f physi
cally disabled people who meet weekly, held the festive bash at West Bradford Village Hall. Club member Mrs Pat Bailey said the party was
held annually to thank the drivers who take mem bers to and from eventB and the ladies who provide refreshments at their weekly meetings. Mr Hugh Clark, o f Clitheroe, entertained mem-
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bers and volunteers with his guitar playing and singing. A Christmas dinner was served. The club meets at the West Bradford Village
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enjoyed at Dunsop Bridge vil lage hall, when Country
A full house for (lancing was
Shades, from Garstang. per formed. The proceeds of £217 will be divided between St Michael’s
Church,
Whitewell, and St Hubert’s Church; Dunsop Bridge. The competition winners were Mrs N. Cowell, Mr B. Marsden and Mrs M. Gledhill.
Successful The WI Christmas party for
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youngsters ana
hich was 'organised dancing organii
iy Mrs F. Nelson Mr Parkinson and helpers.
enjoyed at
the
children and grandchildren was a huge success. The ener-. getic
sandwiches, sausage rolls and cake was served by the com mittee. Thanks were expressed to the hosts h.v Mr Oddie.
9 CHATBURN
Hymn sing It is hoped that the roof
will be raised at Chatburn Methodist Church on Sunday when a sponsored hymn sing will be held from 2-30 p.m. onwards. People have been invited to pay 50p to choose a
cups of tea will be served at intervals. Proceeds are for Methodist
favourite nymn and already many favourite and well- known hymns have been requested. To revive the vocal chords
Homes for the Aged who are building two new homes for the care of people with Alz heimer’s disease.
SLAIDBURN i, Mrs J. W i n n G f S Winners of a whist and
domino drive held in Siam- bum were: Ladies — B. Wad dington, F. Jeffs. Gents — I.
Repair fund Chairman of Downham Vil
lage Hall Management Com mittee Mr Geoffrey Braith-
waite was delighted to receive a donation of £5 towards the ■pair fund from the Capstick
children of Chestnuts. They raised the money from
a stall* in their garden selling fruit from the family orchard to visitors to Downham.
S e r m o n
Read, was guest preacher at the annual Assheton Sermon
on Sunday morning in St. Leonard’s Church, Downham. The service was conducted by Canon L. Crag g and
'organist was Adele Young. i i u
waste paper will take place on Saturday morning between 9 and 10-30 a.m. outside Read CE School, Straits Lane.
Waste paper The monthly collection of
Whist drive Winners at Monday eve
ning’s weekly whist drive, held in Read Constitutional Club, were: Ladies — Mrs M. Dearing, Mrs M. Pollard. Gents — Mr G. Law, Mr E. Lax. Special prize was awarded
2 1 st
to Mrs R. Langston and MC was Mr G. A. Holden.
The Rev. Alan Reid, of
Peel, F. Mercer. Dominoes: M. Pye, P. Met
calfe, F. Pye, J. Chew. Raffle: M. Oddie, W.
Brown, B. Waddington, G. Raw, E. Robinson, A. Lowe and A. Lofthouse. The next drive will be on
January 27th.
YFC members enjoyed a games night followed by a
Games At the meeting of Slaidburn
delightful supper provided by president Mrs Mary Parker. Next week’s meeting will
be a visit to the Ribble Valley Mayoris Parlour, Clitheroe.
Members should meet at the Parkers Arms, Newton, at 7 p.m.
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