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New-look church brings young and old together
HUNDREDS of people are benefiting irom a scheme to renovate a Ribble Val ley church. Brownies, young adults, women and men in
club, among many others, can now meet in comfort. More than £62,855 was raised by friends of
fellowship groups, and members of a budgie
Whalley Methodist Church and it has been spent on improving facilities at the King Street premises. The main hall has been modernised, with the central heating being upgraded, more storage space provided for equipment and the kitchen being renovated. Mr Alan Bowles, the chairman of Whalley
years ago. Talk of modernising had been going on for a number of years. Then a member of the congregation had the vision to put this talk into practice and we started making progress.”
He designed the alterations and his former employers, Grimshaw and Townsend, of Accrington, completed the work.
Mr Jack Butler is a former church architect.
cuit and from other churches, and further money was raised by holding festivals, film shows, craft fairs and sponsored walks. The new floor in the main hall is now being
Grants were obtained from the Methodist Cir
And the design is down to one of the church’s members
A WHALLEY man came out of retirement to design the changes needed to bring his church into the 21st century. Mr Jack Bu tle r , of
passion for designing and Building churches. He said: “I try to be a practis-’ ing Christian and, con cerning building churches, I could not imagine doing anything else.”
Woodlands Park, was described by Mr Alan Bowles, chairman of the Whalley Methodist Reno vation Committee, as a “man of vision.” He put into practice the ideas other parishioners had to renovate their church. Mr Butler (64) was an archi tect who, for much of his working life, was lucky enough to do something in which he was passionately involved.
who loves churches, he was able to go to work and impierse himself in his
As a lifelong Methodist,
job and attending, on a part-time basis, Manches ter School of Art.
Butler, who is originally from Accrington, worked for his home-town com pany, Grimshaw and Townsend, for 44 years. He started training on the
shioned apprentice sys tem, as he called it, Mr
A product of the old-fa _
small houses and out-kit chens, before progressing on to industrial properties and shops.
His career began with
The f irs t church he worked on was Antley
GISBURN AUCTION MART PRICES
THERE were 63 newly-calved dairy cattle forward at the Gis- burn Auction Mart Christmas show and sale. The champion was G. H.
Best newly-calved shown by a bonafide farmer — R. and D. Duckworth, E. H. Southwell (N/S), Mrs D. Carter (£1,020). Best newly-calved heifer, no more than four BT and one calf, shown by a bonafide farmer — Newton Hall Farms (£1,050), H. Airey and Son (£930), J. H. and I. M. Seed (£970). “Henry Brad ley Memorial Perpetual Trophy” — Newton Hall Farms (£1,220). Prices: Cows — First quality
or blue cow — G. H. Speak (£1,380), R. H. Drinkall (£1,300), A. W. Wade (N/S). Best newly-calved b/w no more than four BT calf — Newton Hall F; (£1,220), R. H. Drinkall (£1,310), M. J. Gillette (£1,490).
cows and heifers forwa heifers due February and J making to £570 (£490). The champion of the calves
First quality to £1,490 (£1,115), second to £800 (£737.50).. There were three in-<
and S. Bethell (£165), 2 and 3 D. J. Denby (£102 and N/S). Best Simmental X or Charolais X heifer — 1 and 2 H. A. Bradley (£142 and £78). Best other conti- n e n ta l X bull — W. T. Dewhurst (£322), J. E. and J. G. Cowperthwaite
bull — R. H. Vickery :- (£138), 2 and 3 R. F. ami S. Be thellll (£274 • — R. F.
class was >V. T. Dewhurst (£322) and the reserve champion was R. H. Vickery (£338). Prizes: Best Belgian
m uiue a and £230). Best heifer — '
Shuttleworth (£165). Best other continental X heifer — R. and E. Wilson (£125), D. J. Denby (N/S). Best non-continental bull — 1 and 3 J. Pinder and Son (£103 and £103), R. H. Vickery
(£195), D. (£132).
Prices: Calves — Charolais X bulls to £145 (£80), Limousin X.
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bulls to £322 (£165.60), heifers to £145 (£88.50), Belgian blue X bulls to £338 (£196.60), heifers to £165 (£88), Simmental X bulls to £202 (£137.30), heifers to £142
to £1,390 (average £975), second to £850 (£793.50). Heifers
i\jh n-calf dairy
(£109.45), heifers to £85 (£45.40). There were 467 cattle and
Speak (£1,380) and the reserve champion was R. and D. Duck worth (£1,200). Prizes: Best black and white
2,267 sheep forward, including 227 young bulls, 240 steers and heifers, 1,838 lambs, 429 ewes
the top kilo row ( i
The top sale price for a bull t to J. Pythian (£953.33) and to J. E. Bur-
54 0kg a t 144.5p =
or blue, The top sale price for steers and one and heifers went to T. Mattin- son (£802.73) and the top kilo price to J.T \ Forrest (485kg at
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to 126.5p (112.f>p), heavy to 120.5p (111.Go), other light to 119.5p, medium to 113.5p (98.7p), heavy to 111.5]) (lOlp),
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continental light to 112.5p (110.9p), medium to 128.5p (106.Ip), heavy to 130.5p (110.4p), other light to 107.5p, medium to 107.5p (9G.5p), heavy to 123.5p (9G.8p). Lambs — Light to 150p
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ONE of the longest-serving policemen in the divi sion which serves Ribble Valley is PC John Barber. The 46-year-old, who is Slaidburn’s village bobby, has served in the police force for almost 30
years. He feels he has found his niche in life and
describes himself as a “country boy at heart”. He is the second man to be profiled in our series
Photography by
areas and, when the changes come about, in April, he hopes his new boss will take some of these
featuring the rural-beat bobbies, prior to the divi sional reorganisation of the police. PC Barber has strong views about policing rural
views on board. ‘ The bobby, who originally comes from Cumbria
but spent much of his childhood in Berkshire, has been Slaidburn’s rural beat policeman for 20
years in the New Year. He says policing rural areas takes a certain type
(123p), standard to 145.4p (129.4p), medium to 142p (127.2p), heavy to 125.7p (118.1:)), overweight to 113.3p, horned ewes to £50 (£33.55), other ewes to £66.50 (£49.85), rams to £69 (£50.40). - At the Beacon North-West Electronic Market, there were 5,450 sheep and 168 cattle forward, including 240 lambs, 64 cattle and 34 cull calves. Prices: Sheep — Standard
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of person and certain things must be taken into account, things which do not easily fit in with policing towns. He said: “When policing rural beats, you have got to take into account the sea sonal changes. You have to think about the seasons.” “For example,” he says, “now is the poaching
^3kelwoo$ at Church, in Accrington, in
11)60. “They liked the work I did on that so I was asked to do others,” com mented Mr Butler, who is married with a grown-up daughter.
the Wesley Hall, by the technical college in Black burn, which replaced the Queen’s Hall Mission, and other works have taken him around the country. Mr Butler renovated
He designed and built LVffflJ
Methodist Renovation Committee, said: “The present premises were designed more than 100
used by all types of groups based in Whalley. Joint ecumenical meetings for the Whalloy MOO celebrations were held in the hall.
including one for the disabled, a new cooker in the kitchen and a new path outside.
The extra facilities include new toilets,
.come along to our fund-raising events over the past two years and given very generously. How ever, of more importance is the spin-off from all this work, which has led to the deepening of fel lowship, not only among members of the church, but among fellow Christians in the Kib ble Valley."
Mr Bowles said: “The amount raised was due to the wonderful support from friends who have
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time of the year. When it’s a full moon, I could decide to work evenings to try to catch poachers. If I am restricted to covering in Clitheroe, people are not going to see much of me during the days.” PC Barber takes his village responsibilities
lambs to 300p, medium to 296p, heavy to 274p, stores to £46. Cattle — Steers to 208p, young bulls to 200p, heifers to 196.5p. Stores — Steers to £520, young bulls to £478, heifers to £360, cows and calves to £685, cutl calves to £96. Sheepdogs —• Unregistered to £150, pups to £60.
(£67.70), B'. (TAquitaine X bulls to £188 (£153.80), heifers to £30 (£26), Hereford X bulls to £132 (£98.65), Friesian bulls to £100 (£101.30), Angus X bulls to £17o
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Meeting tinged with sadness
Whitehead, asked them to remember Mr Jack West, the group's founder chair man, who died in May; Mr Bernard Parrington, a regular weekend walker with his wife, June, a for mer committee member and group representative on the area committee, who lost his battle against cancer a fortnight before;- and Mrs Cathy Course, press and publicity officer for several years, who died suddenly following a* hip operation. Sympathy was expressed to all their families and the business of the meeting began in an atmosphere tinged with sadness.
MEMBERS of the Clith eroe group of the Ram blers’ Association began their annual general meet ing with a period of silence to pay their respects to three of their number who had died in the previous year. The chairman, Mr John
Brown, re p o r te d an increase in attendance on Tuesday walks, a contin ued strong following on Wednesday evenings and an increase in the number
The secretary, Mr Ben
. _Mrs Pat Parrott, and Mr Norman Thorpe both gave reports on the significant contribution of their whole team on the footpaths secretariat throughout the year. In total they handled 120 new complaints and were responsible for 118 clearances, with 60 cases still outstanding. One of the most notable
of walks leaders, which has reached a record 48.
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Care. Area fund-raiser Mrs
to th e m e e t in g for. someone to replace the
ciency, without the use of a car. Members were told that her boots were being filled by Mr Bill Kembery and Mrs Diane Kembery, who hope to continue her good work. The chairman appealed
at the resignation of Mrs Ellen Parker, long-serving footpath secretary for the parish of Billington. Mrs Parker covered this large parish with admirable effi
became a problem 25 years ago; the restoration of the 100 Steps at West Clough, near West Bradford; and the path through Drake House Wood, also at West Bradford. Regret was expressed
and thanked him for his work. Mr Alan Richards later volunteered. All other office holders were re-elected unopposed and Mr John Hudson was appointed countryside officer, a new post to deal with rural issues. Mr Whitehead con
cluded the meeting by commending the forthcom ing year’s extensive pro gramme of over 80 walks to members and thanking them for their support. Mr Wells and Mrs Parrott then gave a short slide siiow illustrating problems a n d o b s t r u c t i o n s encountered. Anyone interested in
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founded 50 years ago as the preparatory school for Stonyhurst College.
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