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Transformed! Volunteer dads were


transformed into mummies with the help of their chil­ dren and rolls of toilet tis­ sue at the Happy Mother­ ing Sunday service at St Mary's Parish Church, Gis- bum. In her address, the Rev.


ing, members tucked into a chicken or steak supper. The birthday cake, made by Mrs G. Capstick, and decorated by Mrs V. Eccles, was cut by Mrs Barker. Entertainment was provided by Mr Stan Gray, of Hellifield, who sang Country and Western songs and recited mono­ logues. Mrs Brindle won the


After the business meet


Gill Hall then contrasted the useless, lifeless Egypt­ ian style mummies with present-day mums, who must be ever alert, awake and available to their chil­ dren and, on a higher level,


to God. At the start of the ser­


vice, the Gisbum Mothers' Union banner was carried to the sanctuary by mem­ ber Mrs H. Waddington. Bible readings were


members were back at the


village hall, a week later, attending a very informa­


tive talk from two mem­ bers of the St John Ambu­ lance Brigade. The evening concluded with the ladies practising artificial respira­ tion on "Annie," a St John Ambulance resuscitation device. The next meeting is


competition for "My Favourite Bracelet". Mrs Wilson thanked Mr Gray for a lovely evening. At the April meeting,


China CHATBURN


Contest contenders Chatburn Parish Coun­


given by enrolling officer Mrs C. Thisthlethwaite and chorister Matthew Lloyd, while Mr Douglas Hall led the congregation


in prayer. Each child and all


women in the congregation received a small flower posy and Mothering Sun­ day card to pass on to their mums or grannies. The posies had been


cil at its monthly meeting decided to enter the 1998 best-kept village competi­


tion After the meeting, a


made by Mothers' Union members and were present­ ed by Mrs J. Gornall and Mrs J. Parry. Family Communion was


celebrated and there was music by organist Mrs Diane Rice.


spokesman said: "The judges' encouraging report on last year's contest prompted the council to include the centre of the village for a certificate of merit. Over the last few years, this part of the vil­ lage has become much improved due mainly to the efforts of the residents and shopkeepers. "Full details of the com­


PC meeting Following this Sunday's


on April 1st, when Mrs Pat Ashcroft will talk on "The Nile Bike Ride." The meeting will take place at 7-30 p.m. at Chipping Vil­ lage Hall. New members


will be welcome.


Mr K. Geddes is scheduled to tell of his travels in


Springtime Sabden's two schools


were a riot of colour on Fri­ day when spring was in the


air.


show and around 100 pupils from both schools took part. Every pupil was given a daffodil bulb by Sabden Horticultural Soci­ ety to tend at home. Then on Friday they all had to be returned to school for judging to find the best


It was the annual bulb


blooms. Mr Herbert Britcliffe


morning service, the Gis- burn annual parochial church meeting will take place in the parish church


at 11-45 a.m. It will be followed next


Sunday at 6-30 p.m. by a presentation on the events of Holy Week, which will be given in words and music. All are welcome.


Sunday show At their March meeting,


members of Rimington and District Gardening Club welcomed Mr R. Frankland, who gave a superb slide show on his


petition will be included in the council's annual newsletter which will be circulated to all households prior to the annual meeting in the village hall on April


20th." The Ribble Valley Coun-


cil's scheme to enlist a member of the public to help with rights-of-way problems was again dis­ cussed and Mr Allan Richards expressed his interest in the proposed


scheme. Members said they were


grateful that the borough council had grant-aided the replacement of swing seats and chains and a section of stopper netting on the


made for this Sunday's annual spring bulb and flower show, which will be held in Gisburn Festival


travels in Europe. Final arrangements were


Hall.


opened at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Gill Hall. All are wel­


I t will be officially . „ come.


playing fields. It was reported that fur-


ther discussions were tak­ ing place with the Environ­ ment Agency's Rivers Divi­ sion regarding Chatburn Brook and an invitation was to be extended to the agency to send a speaker to the annual meeting.


from the horticultural soci­ ety was the judge, and he went along with society secretary Mrs Betty Clark­ son. He said the standard of entries was very good and produced one of the best-ever shows. The winners were: Sab­


den County Primary School - 1, Nicola Fairhurst; 2, Victoria Gun- ston. St Mary’s RC - 1, Grant and Antonia Armitage; 2, Michelle Dar­


win.Mr Britcliffe presented them all with trophies.


Winners At Sabden Over-60s'


Monday night social, the winning hands a t whist were played by Mrs E. Pearson (ladies) and Mrs


Miss Bernadette Taylor and Mrs Nora Hargreaves, and the raffle was won by Mrs E. Marsden, Mrs Hargreaves and Miss Tay­


E. Marsden (gents). Domino winners were


lor.On Thursday, whist win­ ners were: Ladies — Mrs Millie Moorhouse and Mrs E. Charnley. Gents - Mr W. Duckworth and Mr G.


Fellowship The Rev. C.C. Cheese- man presided over the


annual meeting of the Chatburn Methodist Church Women’s Fellow­


Posies Downham Parish


ship.


Church was full of families and friends for the Mother- ing Sunday service con­ ducted by Canon Len


Cragg.The lesson was read by choirmistress Mrs Kirsteen


Walmsley and the junior members of the choir sang a conservation song about the smallest to the largest of God's creatures and our part in their preservation They depicted this with


After the opening devo­ .


tions, the officers, commit­ tee and catering committee were re-appointed. Miss


Taylor gave the financial


report. A half-day trip to the


Harrogate and Harlow Carr Gardens is planned for June 3rd, setting off at 12-30 p.m. and a mystery trip is also planned for Sep­


tember 16th. Organisers are also hop­


their own drawings which decorated the church. All the children were


of the PCC.


ing to arrange to have meetings at Manor House and Greenside in the next


invited to present their mums with posies of flow­ ers prepared by the ladies


Birthday party The Brown Cow at


Chatburn was the venue for the 78th birthday party for Dowham WI, when the president, Mrs E. Barken welcomed 43 members and


friends.


there was to be a guiding day at Chipping in June and members were advised to book early because places were being filled


I t was reported th a t , . . . .


very quickly. Envelopes were distrib­


uted for the Heart Research Treasure Trove and members were asked


p, iv» * : ?


to put in old jewellery for sale at a later date. Mean­


while it was also an n ou nc ed th a t t ick e t s


were now on sale for the Bowland Forest Group meeting, when Downham


would be hosts and the en te r tainm en t would be


based on "A Day in the Life of a Victorian Cook and Butler". Reports on the spring council meeting, attended by five members, were given by Mrs P.


M^"Si’nging for Pleasure" session, attended by three members, was reported on


by Mrs B. Hunt, who said it had b e e n


Clergy all Members of Chipping


session.Mr Cheeseman closed


the meeting with a prayer and afternoon tea was served. Mrs Hudson was the pianist.


Daffodils The Mothering Sunday


service at Chatburn Methodist Church was conducted by Dr John Gordon, of Clitheroe. Scholars of the Sunday School presented bunches of daffodils to their moth­ ers and cards to all the ladies in the congregation. Mr Clifford Johnson was


the organist.


Clock back Residents, friends and


. Refreshments rounded off an enjoyable afternoon.


relatives enjoyed a sing-a- long at the Manor House, Chatbum. Mr Basil Hugh­ es entertained, playing old- time songs on his key­ board, while residents danced and sang along.


Holden. Dominoes - Mrs G.


Thompson, Mrs F. Lowe and Mr K. Thompson. Raffle - Mr Holden, Mrs E. Ireland and Mrs Gladys Walmsley.


who can help is asked to contact the vicar, or Mrs Sylvia Davies for the Sun day school:


SAWLEY.


Easter flowers Donations are wanted to


Building Stocks There was a good atten­


deck out St Nicholas's Parish Church for Easter. An appeal has gone out for money to provide flowers to decorate the church for this most important festi­ val in the church calendar. Donations can be given to Mrs Mary Cottam or Mrs Valerie Warburton.


Leisure Club Members of Sabden Age


Concern Leisure Club met at St Mary’s Hall for their monthly lunch. A minute's silence was observed in memory of the late Mr Geoffrey Ainsworth. Club chairman Mr Les


LANE ENDS


Full house There was a good atten­


dance at Sawley WI's open meeting, when president Mrs Rita Webb welcomed everyone. She introduced guest speaker Mr K. Ged­ des, who gave an interest­ ing and informative talk on the building of Stocks Reservoir. The talk was enhanced by his slide dis­ play, showing the start of construction in 1921 to its completion and the open­ ing of railways used to carry stone around the site during the building work. Mrs Ann Askew pro­ posed a vote of thanks on


behalf of all present. Winners of the competi­


White introduced Mrs Hilde Homer, who spoke on her early life in Ger­ many before marrying and settling in Accrington in


1933*Mrs Homer described


her visits to the USA and Mexico, where she spent time with her elder son and his family, as well as visit­ ing the well-known tourist attractions and dealing with hordes of petty traders at the frontier


crossing. Mrs Pat White proposed


a vote of thanks. Raffle winners were Mrs E. Jagg, Mrs P. Moulding, Mr H. Jones and Mrs N. Harg­ reaves.


tion for a local scene were Mrs Vera Giles, Mrs Rita Webb and Mrs Ann Part­


ington. A reminder was given


that tickets had arrived for the group meeting being held at Downham WI on May 6th. One member expressed a wish to go glid­ ing in June at Chipping Gliding Club along with other WI members in the area. The next meeting will be held on April 16th at 7-30 p.m., when Mrs Plumridge will speak on "Costumes of Yesteryear".


dance at a whist and domi­ no drive held at Lane Ends Community Centre. MCs were Mr N. Harrison and Mr Kenyon. Whist winners were:


Joint service There will be no services at St John’s Church, Read,


service win uc iiv-iu ■ Peter’s Church, Simon


Ladies - M. Cowking, D. Knowles. Gents - J. Moon,


H. Moon. Dominoes: P. Oddie, J.


Oddie, F. Eccles, G. Cap- stick, F. Lofthouse, M.


Pye. Raffle: D. Knowles, C.


Moon, P. Oddie.


Wiseman, M. Barton, D. Knight, G. Towler, J.


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Football Read United FC's first


Daffodil posies Mothering Sunday was


celebrated at Salem Con­ gregational Chapel, Mar­ tin Top, at the morning family service. Blessed with a glorious sunny, warm day, the service was led by Mr Norman Pear­ son, of Blackburn. During the worship, he gave delightful decorative posies of daffodils to Sunday school scholars to present to their mothers, grand­ mothers, aunties and oth­ ers in the congregation. The posies were made by


Salt dough Slaidburn YFC held a


Spring clean Ribchester Parish


Council is to hold its third Annual Spring Clean on Saturday, in association with the National Spring Clean, which has been organised by the Tidy Britain campaign. In previous years this


business meeting in the vil­ lage hall, followed by darts and pool in the Parkers


Arms.The club’s senior quiz team was congratulated on its success in the YFC semi-finals and wished similar success in the finals


this week. At the final meeting


has proved a most success­ ful event when members of many village organisations have joined together to rid the verges, hedgerows and open spaces in Ribchester of the disfiguring drinks cans, cigarette packets, fast food containers and other debris, which have accumulated over the last


12 months. As usual, the parish


Toad' time Musical play "Toad of


Toad Hall" is to be present­ ed in Sabden later this


year.The Friends of St


Mary's are producing the show in St Nicholas's Hall from September 9th to 12th, following on from the success of "The Ice Queen" and "Songs From


The Shows". In the meantime, howev­


er, the group has to raise funds to help stage the pro­ duction. This will begin with a jumble sale on Sat­ urday, April 4th, at 1 p.m. in St Mary's Hall, for which helpers are wanted.


Coffee time St Mary’s RC School is


appealing for support for Saturday's coffee morning in school from 10 a.m. to noon. Cakes or items to sell would also be appreciated.


Hoe-down A hoe-down in St


funds.


Nicholas's Church Hall last Friday got spring off to a lively s ta r t and raised around £70 for church


Linden Singers A special evening of


music takes place in St Nicholas's Church next month. The Colne Linden Singers will give a perfor­ mance of Faure s "Requiem" and other works on Sunday, April 19th, at 7


p.m.


Meetings The first of two ecu-


Women’s Institute thor­ oughly enjoyed a talk on "60 Years of Parsonage


Houses." Mrs Tomlinson, the


by all. A "Taster Day at Bilsborrow was attended


a day enjoyed


by four members and Mrs C Newhouse gave a humorous report on the three crafts they had


31 Birthday greetings were


IMumbridge, Mrs Inghmn, Mrs Musgrove and Mrs West.


speaker, explained how her grandfather, father and husband were all members of the clergy. She described the many different parson- ages she had lived in and gave accounts of her life in various parishes all over


the country. Mrs Margaret Fitzack-


erly won the birthday plant. The competition for


a bell was won by Mrs Gwenda Rich. Eleven


. Catholic Salford Diocese, who will help look at the way the role of the laity can be developed within the churches and the work­ ing relationship between the church and village life.


mencial evenings for all the village churches will take place in St Mary's Church tonight, at 7-30 p.m, with the second next Thursday. They will be led by repre­ sentatives from the


AGM The annual meeting of


St Nicholas's Church last week resulted in three appeals for more members. The church's Ladies' Circle and 100 Club are both looking for new members and the Sunday school teachers are looking for extra help on a weekly or occasional basis. Anyone


council will be supported in its efforts by Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council, which will give practical assistance in the form of providing refuse bags and will take the rubbish away after the event. So far, offers of help have come from a number of groups, including the Mothers' Union, RATS, the Brown­ ies, the Tennis Club, the Over 60s, the Conservative Association and the WI. Mr Tony Flanders, Pastor of the Evangelical Protes­ tant Church, has offered his services and parish councillors will, of course, be out in force. Volunteers for the spring


before the lambing break, members are to discuss the regional rally and make salt dough, when the win­ ner will be entered in the


rally."New members are always welcome a t the meetings," said a spokesman.


team beat Nelson and Foulridge Old Boys 10-1 on Saturday. Goal scorers were Damien Bruce (3), Matt Metcalfe (2) and one each from Craig Hull, Kristian Jeffrey, Sam Mar­ shall, Peter Shirtcliffe and Mark Baker. Man-of-the- match was Sam Marshall.


Whist winners Winners at the whist


drive held in Read Consti­ tutional Club on Monday were: Ladies - Mrs M. Fal­ lon, Mrs D. Birch. Gents — Mr R. Langton, Mr E. Dearing. Mr P. Redpath won the special prize and


Mr G. A. Holden was MC.


Sunday school teachers Mrs Kath Scott and Mrs Sylvia Ranee. Everyone sang "All things bright and


beautiful". In his address, Mr Pear­


son spoke about caring mothers, entitled 'Looking at the Child-like Faith of


Mary".Coffee and biscuits were served in the schoolroom. Afternoon worship was


conducted by the minister, Pastor Jeff Jones, and began with the singing of "Love Divine”. He spoke on the theme of God's love and mothers' special love and place in the home. Communion of the Lord's supper was observed


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