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Sabden last week when “Something Special” was afoot.


I t was all happening in


St Nicholas’s Hall was a cast of 40 singing and dancing the sounds from the shows. And making a


Treading the boards in


guest appearance was par­ ish priest of St Mary’s RC Church Fr Michael Fair- clough, who admitted after his very short stage debut that it was much more daunting than preaching to a full church on a Sunday morning.


’ despite a major hitch when producer and director Mrs,


• was a g r e a t success


Dee Bottoms was rushed into hospital for major sur­ gery and had to leave the c a s t • t o c a r r y on regardless.


show must go on and although* Dee was not well enough to attend, even as a spectator, her enthusi­ asm had already rubbed off on everyone else. ■


They decided that the


Mrs Pat Morris stepping in as compere thanked


..“’.director,. Mary, Seaford, choreographer Sarah Bol- latr.and the other senior members who had taken


everyone who had helped out, particularly musical


.■ over to ensure a super i, show.


:y! ;] I t ' was so good to see t the newcomers,1 especially


their nerves and having a go.


he teenagers, beating \ ■: -


b u t with music from Oliver, The King and I, Mary Poppins, The Wizard of Oz, Jospeh, Les Miser- ' ables, Annie and Me and


It wasn’t the West End My Girl, and of course


1 Grease, it was the next ' best thing on a cold night


in Sabden. ’Pictured are members


B u rn in g tree CLITHEROE fire-fight­


ers took 10 minutes to deal with a fire on ground at a Clitheroe housing estate. They put out a fire on a


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burning, tree stump, in Highmoor Park by using a


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The show was presented 's . ./.ifv J - ih '! / :R ';^ v U i ' 'Jyv- ■ i:-' , v e J^ews from the Villages BILLINGTON


S i len ce The meeting of Billing-


ton and Langho WI opened with a minute’s silence as a mark of respect to Ros Davies, a much-loved member, who


Mike Berry. It was a slide illustrated talk on the Lake District, its flora, fauna and wildlife entitled “Solitude”. It was greatly appreciated and enjoyed by all. A vote of thanks was given by Jean Price. Birthday flowers were


died recently. The speaker was Mr


Lakeland, along with the present chai rman Mr Frank Dyde, unveiled a mosaic presented by the Arts Council and designed by village children’s draw­


THORNLEY- WITH-WHEATLEY


presented to Annette Thomas. The competition


was won. by Marion Gra- ham and the raffle by


Teresa Nelson. Names were taken for


18th.


go to the Bishop Auckland Craft and Flower Festival on June 13rd to 18th and reminded about the canal


Members were urged to , ,


trip in June. A sub-committee was


formed to arrange the craft exhibition and demonstration at the


forthcoming flower festi­ val on July 5th and 6th. •


M is sio na ry Members of Ebenezer


Baptist Church Social Hour, Billington, wel­ comed local resident Miss Edie Chew to their Tues­ day evening meeting. She told the story of Miss Joynt, who was living with her nephew, Dr Chavas- sey, in Barrowford, when Miss Chew met her in 1946.Miss Joynt had been a missionary in China before the First World War and this was the story of her experiences on an horren­ dous journey, taken in 1915, f rom China to England by train, travel­ ling through Russia and Siberia.Thanks were expressed


ings.In his speech Mr Lake­ land told how, during the First World War, a group of Hurst Green women organised various events for “Comforts for the forces”. After the war efforts continued towards a fitting memorial and the parish council supported a s c h eme to b u i ld a Memorial Hall. In 1947 the f i r s t committee was formed and Lancashire County Council negotiated a grant of one third the cost, in 1950, of £6,000. Work began in 1961 and voluntary helpers of all trades were welcomed. A 2 0 -y e a r d r e am,


the annual dinner at Myt- ton Fold on May 1st, also the annual walk on June


S ch o la rsh ip The president of Thorn-


ley-with-Wheatley WI, Mrs Jean Tomlinson, wel­ comed members to the April meeting and intro­ duced the speaker, Mrs M.


Barratt. A former district nurse


at Blackburn, she was awarded an overseas bur­ sary scholarship to visit Ghana in West Africa in 1993 for 10 days . Mrs Barratt gave mem­


bers a most interesting insight into the nursing


profession there and spoke about the dreadful poverty in some areas. She said


repair and Mr Dyde called for support for future


helped to fruition by the local community, was offi­ cially opened in May, 1965, at a final cost of £18,000. To commemorate the Ser­ vicemen who gave , their lives in the war, , a plaque was unveiled by the then Mr Simon Towneley, who became Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire The hall still needs


e v e n t s and in v i t ed everyone inside to enjpy refreshments and a chil­ dren’s puppet show. He was thanked by Mrs K. Molyneux. An exhibition of old


Church at 1 p.m. and there will be a conducted tom- of the beautiful parish church followed by after­ noon tea. Further infor­ mation from Mr A. G. Bowles (01254 823331). Any profit from the event will go towards Whalley CE School extension fund.


Drama Members of Bolton-by-


Duncan Greenwood. Under the direction of


producer Mr Tony Twist, the ca s t kept th eir audience entertained with their continued suspense, humour and comedy throughout the play. A 1 nine members of the cast gave excellent perfor


mances.Money raised by holding a raffle amounted to £200 which will go towards the cost of instal l ing new sound amplification and a deaf loop for the village


Bowland Drama Group played to capacity houses on all three nights of their spring production of “Cat Among the Pigeons by


that, despite that, the peo­ ple were very happy, reli­ gious and relaxed, even though 96,000 people lived


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photographs, supplied by Mrs M. Cartright and Mr and Mrs Kelly were also on display.


WADDINGTON C h u rch MU


enrolling member Mrs G. Pennington led the ser­


by Mrs K. Lowe, and organist was Mrs C. Wall-'


bank. Refreshments were served. Next week’s speaker will be Mrs M. Marsh, of Clitheroe.


HURST GREEN


M o sa icOn Sunday, in Hurst Green Memorial Hall, the first chairman of the build- ing committee Mr Dennis


• K. Wallwork whose sub­ ject was foreign stamps. She was warmly thanked by Mrs D. Edmondson, who was also tea hostess. Bring-and-buy and cake


vice.Guest speaker was Mrs


stalls raised funds for a hospice in Bradford. Guest speakers at the


next meeting on May 7th will be Mr and Mrs R. Oldroyd and members of Bolton-by-Bowland MU will be visitors. The Bow- land Deanery MU Festival will be held on May 19th at Bolton-by-Bowland at 7-30


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