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lews from the Villages Items for inclusion should be sent to': Village News, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Chtheroe BB7 2EW. BASH ALL EAVES


i Institute i I t was AGM night at I Bashall Eaves WI on Mon-


iday. ! The initial business part •of the evening, dealing with iprevious minutes and j announcements, included i Bashall Eaves winning the i Best Kept Hamlet contest, ! information from local and : national WIs, and a ! planned trip to Downham j to see the play "The Village | Fate” in November. Next ■


|cussed, encompassing a •range of topics from • acupuncture to a trip round i Stonyhurst College. During !the AGM there was a i report by Mrs Fox from the j Autumn Council meeting i held at Bolton. The trea- • surer’s report containing the j audited accounts was l adopted. Thanks were ( expressions of thanks on j behalf of the chairwoman, ' Mrs. Gladys Whowell, to I iSrs. Alice Fox (secretary) ‘•and Mrs Dot Miller (trea­ su re r ) for all their hard • work and to all the mem- ! bers for their continued loy- ) alty to the institute. The election took place


year’s calendar was dis-


run by volunteers, specially trained to give counselling and support to victims of burglary, rape, theft, fraud, sexual assault and to wit­ nesses in the Crown Court. This also includes practical help to finance, compensa­ tion, and the right way to proceed after a burglary but, most importantly, to listen to the victim, who may be feeling helpless, angry and insecure. Thanks, were expressed fpr the inter­ esting and informative talk by Mrs Louise Furnell. A competition for a per­


fume bottle was won by Mrs Liz Moorhouse, Mrs Mary Pickles and Miss Margot Downer-Bottom-


j and the present committee > remained the same with the i exception of Sheila Hartley ‘ stepping down as events i organiser and Mrs Annette i Duxbury bravely stepping irinto the breach. The raffle .ryvas won byMiss Worsley- Taylor and the competition fpr a limerick was won by [Mrs Gladys Whowell. This


!,is her verse. On Monday at the WI, A VCO had come to spy,


: rhitth •


.-November 1st at 7-30, when ; Mr Wolfenden will talk ' ‘about "The Good Old


Our next meeting is the the 57th birthday party on


And we all went home on a .


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BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND.


t Members of Bolton-by- iBowland YFC met on (Monday for an interesting 'and educational talk on Old iQlitheroe by Stephen and (James Thornber. I At next week's meeting (in the village hall at 7-45


iQJd Clitheroe


III Shegave us a bottle, :(,i Which made us all topple,


ley.Mrs Moorhouse thanked the hostesses, Mrs Marion Howard and Mrs Helen Tomlinson, for providing an excellent supper, and Mrs Josie Fawcett and Mrs Nancy Cornthwaite for running the bring-and-buy stall to raise funds for the senior citizens' party on November 13th, when vol­ unteers are needed to help. Mrs Moorhouse suggested that the charities to benefit from the carol singing in December will be the Clitheroe Heart Machine Fund and the visiting chil­ dren of Chernobyl. Members were reminded


3rd. DOWNHAM


Blooms in season Once again Mr Doug


Cottam enthralled his audi­ ence at Downham and Twiston Gardening Club with his tales, tips and experiences of entering and winning classes in shows countrywide, but this time with his chrysanthemums. He illustrated his talk with slides of his beautiful blooms. Mr Cottam's name will go down for ever in the history of chrysanthemum growers with his own cre­ ation - a large deep red flower, tinged with yellow, named, of course, after


him. He told members he no longer grows plants him­ self, but tutors other would- be exhibition growers. Raffle winners were Mrs


burn Parish Church rang out a tuneful welcome as the congregation gathered for the annual harvest thanksgiving service. Flow­ ers, greenery and harvest produce were tastefully arranged to provide a colourful setting for the family service, led by the Rev. Gill Hall and Mr Dou­ glas Hall.Children took to the sanctuary their gifts of practical household items which were later donated to the Hyndburn Christian Stable, a local charity con­ cerned with helping home­ less teenagers. Mrs Hall’s address emphasised that we must give thanks for all God's gifts, not just for fruit


and corn. Organist in the morning


was Mrs D. Rice, who also played for the evening "Songs of Praise". Parishioners had spon­


kitchen table to read it and consider making a pledge; any amount will help us on our way, large or small. Have you made your pledge


yet?"


WI annual meeting The annual meeting of


Grindleton WI will be held tonight in St Ambrose Church parish room at 7-30 p.m. Voluntary county organiser Mrs Jean Duck will be present to oversee the election of officers. A shepherd's pie supper


will be served.


Waste-paper The usual waste-paper


collection will be held in Grindleton today. Contri­ butions of newspaper, mag­ azines and cardboard can be left in the space provid­ ed at the top of Back Lane, near the chapel wall.


sored their favourite hymns, and the resulting programme of the most popular ones was intro­ duced by Mrs Hall, who gave a brief history of each hymn before it was sung


heartily. More than £240 was


raised.


Safari lunch An intrepid party of


that the annual meeting will be held on November


members of Gisburn Parish Church went out on safari on Sunday, but it was not big game they were after, but their lunch and, as a result, the church fabric fund will benefit by £225. The expedition began at


Gift day On Saturday, the Rev.


David Mewis will be in St Ambrose Church, Grindle­ ton from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to receive any gift day envelopes. All contribu­ tions, which will go towards the work of the church in the parish, will be very gratefully received.


Table-top sale A table-top sale will be


held in Grindleton CE School hall on November 13th from 9-30 a.m. to 12- 30 p.m. Tables may be hired for £5 and proceeds will go towards St Ambrose Church funds. Further details from Mrs


the Newfield Edge, Mid- dop, home of Mr Don and Mrs Con Nicholson, for a choice of soups or pate. Their appetites whetted, the group pressed on to Newby, where the main course awaited them at the home of Mr David and Mrs Katherine Briscoe. The final trek took them to Gis­ burn to hunt down a selec­ tion of mouthwatering desserts, cheese and biscuits and coffee with Mr Neville and Mrs Eve Pate. Raffle winners were Mrs


HURST GREEN


Bowling final The final match between


Men’s Sunday Men’s Sunday services


ladies and gentlemen of Hurst Green Bowling Club was won by the gentlemen. Prizes were presented by


were celebrated at Salem Congregational Chapel,


; ras, Mrs J. Duerden, Mr P. Smith'and Mrs H. Wolfend-


S. Graveston, Mr W. Grave- ston, Mrs M, Saunders, Mr D. Hall, Mrs A. Jackson, Mrs G. Hall, Mrs J. Sher-


eri.


Florence Smithies, Mrs Karen Mulloney, Mrs Emily Edgar, Mrs Val Hall and Mrs Margaret Smith. Mrs Roney provided an


•;p.m., there will be a talk by : • Chief Officer Robins about (the Royal Navy,


; ents and advisory as well as • j YFC members.


[:! ,Prizes were presented


j ' to:— "j " Ju n io rs : Boys - Richard | i ihiracs. Girls - Lucy Whitwell. .Seniors: Boys — Thomas


t J Whitwell, Girls-Nicola Dobson, f,i , Billows Riiscbowl: Heather


• ‘ Dakin. R. J. Howard Cup: Richard


j i Wilkinson. ; ' v Dr Wriglcy Trophy: James


, ' Walton, William Lancaster and I ■


! Ian Mason. Bibby Tankard: Michael


: ' Thornber and Adam Thornber. Jimmy Nixon Trophy: Danielle Burke and Georgina


Burke. Stockjudging shield: Mark


Dakin. \ Cornthwaite Trophy: William


! Lancaster. | : i‘ McAlpine Trophy and J • Regional Trophy: Nicola Dob-


r son. I I ■' Regional Trophy: Girls - All-,


1 .son Barnes. 1 Valerie Pickard Memorial


j Trophy: Andrew Bullock and j Thomas Whitwell.


I Interesting talk 1 At the meeting of ! Bolton-by-Bowland WI,


! guest speaker was Mrs Pat | Morgan, scheme manager of the Preston Victim Sup-


! port Group. She explained that the group is mainly


i! -‘The annual dinner-dance 'Held at the Moorcock Inn, iWaddington, on Friday ’'was well-attended by par-


,ouni ra iisu burn Parish Church, the , runner-up.was Mrsi Mar- Priest-in-charge at Gis­ : . "


Mr Robert Young to Mrs Teresa Crotty and Mr Stephen Hayhurst, on behalf of the Royal British Legion. Bowling prizes were pre­


• Memorial Shield, given in memory of the late Mr Jack


and Mrs Flo Burgess, was won by Mrs’Eveline 'Ford,


excellent supper of sand­ wiches and cakes, tea and biscuits, helped by Mrs


Jenny Aspinall. The November meeting


will be instead of a Christ­ mas gathering and will be a beetle drive for all members of the family. Everyone is welcome, especially chil­ dren, starting at 7-30 p.m. Supper will have a festive


flavour.


Silent auction Everything from carriage


lamps to clockwork toys, from teapots to a TV set, came under the hammer at the silent auction held on Saturday at Downham Vil­ lage Hall by the Chatburn, Downham and Twiston Conservatives. The event produced bargains for every taste and every pocket and made over £500. Coun. Keith Hall announced the winners of the raffle. "It was a great start for our rejuvenated branch," said chairman Gary Scott. The next event is the mill shop sale on November 8th at the Greendale.


GISBURN


Bellringers The recently re-formed team of bellringers at Gis-


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/Stickiwith the old and., bHngin the;n6W- •


Rev. Gill Hall thanked' garet Eccles and semi-final- organisers, hosts and all ists Mrs Lucy Wilkinson concerned in making it such and Mrs Frances Wilcock. a successful social occasion. Miss Tipon presented a bouquet to Mrs Kathleen Young and Mr Ian Young thanked the ladies for sup­ porting the event for the


Woodland appeal The race is on to raise the


last 10 years. The end-of-season dinner


remaining £6,000 to enable the Woodland Trust to cre­ ate a new community woodland in Grindleton to mark the new Millennium. If the appeal is success­


at the Eagle and Child Hotel was enjoyed by 40 members and thanks were expressed to Mrs Wilcock for arranging the event. Reminders were given for


ful, the Grindleton wood­ land would be only the sec­ ond in Lancashire and the first of its kind in the Rib- ble Valley. The appeal has already


received more than £2,000 of pledges from local peo­ ple, and anyone who is con­ sidering supporting the pro­ ject should act as swiftly as


possible. In a message to the resi­


dents of the village, Millen­ nium Committee chairman Dr Anne Huson said: "We are extremely pleased with' the initial response. I would ask anyone who has an appeal pledge form on the


sented by Miss Laura Tipon. The Karen Young.


Martin Top, on Sunday. Morning family service was led by Mr William Mars- den, of Chipping. He used bars of chocolate when talking to the children to illustrate how God gives us grace. In his message he stated that, as people were either inside or outside


Theatre time The Pentabus Theatre


Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Memorial Hall on October 28th. The theatre company,


Company will be visiting


funded by the Arts Council of England, is touring the country with the play, a supernatural thriller by Alex Jones entitled "The Bridge", which is suitable for anyone over the age of 14.


explained how they had been encouraged to help the children in 1995 by Olwyn Keogh from Wilpshire, who had already started bring­ ing the children for holidays from Mogilev in Belorus- siya on the Russian border. The Clitheroe committee


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Harvest services Harvest thanksgiving


services were held at Hold­ en Chapel on Sunday, when the preacher was Mr Roy Cook, of Blackburn. The young people of the


had such a good response that it had organised the first visit by September 1996, when 20 children and two interpreters arrived. The children are aged from eight to 11 and stay with host families for one month. In this time there is a pro­ gramme of educational vis­ its from Text House in Clitheroe from Monday to Friday, with social gather­ ings with families at week­


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Sunday school sang "Praise Him" and "Lord of the Harvest", and the choir sang "Fill your Hearts with Joy and Gladness" and "Higher Ground". The evening service was led by Mr Eric Bainbridge,


of Chipping. Organists for the day


were Mr Fred Waddington, Mrs Brenda Harrison and Mr Mark Blakey. Collections were for


chapel funds. The celebrations contin­


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ued on Monday with a har­ vest supper and sale.


the children have good food and plenty of fresh air. A film of their living condi­ tions was shown which was very poor by our standards. On a happier note, there was one of them having the time of their lives on their Lancashire holiday. Miss Gwen Park thanked


the speakers for giving a wonderful insight into a worthwhile cause. President Mrs Edna


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Clarkson thanked everyone for their suppport at her "Pop In" Sunday lunch, which raised £330 for the Hospice appeal, and last month's collection of £50. Members were asked to


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consider being on the com­ mittee, as the annual meet­ ing is next month. Also, a delegate will be required for the triennial meeting at Wembley in June 2000. A thanksgiving service


will be held at Whalley Methodist Church on Octo­ ber 31st at 10-30 a.m., all members are welcome. The last walk led by


Eleanor Friend will be on October 20th at 10-30 a.m. from the Nick of Pendle over the hill. If the weather is inclement an easier and lower route will be followed, friends are welcome. Marian Dust, delegate at


Noah's Ark, so are we either in God's Kingdom or not,, , Soloist was Mr David


Cornall on guitar, who sang "Wide, Wide is the Ocean", with the youngsters and congregation enjoying singing and learning the actions. His last song was "It Matters to Him about


You". A Bible reading was


given by Mr William


Smith. The afternoon service


the Lourdes Dance tomor­ row in Hurst Green Memor­ ial Hall.


Prizewinners Whist winners at Hurst


Green Over-60s' Club were: Ladies - Mrs D. Umpleby, Mrs A. Howarth. Gents - Mr H. Moon, Mrs J. Meyler. Dominoes: Mrs E.


Jacques, Mr R. Eden, Mr R. Knight, Mr A. Holden: Raffle: Mrs M. Parkes,


Mr R.Wilson, Mrs B. Boardman, Mrs E. Jacques. The next meeting will be


held as usual in the village memorial hall on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.


was conducted by Pastor Jeff Jones, and the opening hymn was "Guide Me Oh Thou Great Jehovah". In his message he used the advice of a rugby coach to illustrate how we should live the Christian life.IIoly Communion was observed at the close. Guest organist for the day was Mr Philip


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Young visitors A talk entitled "Children


of Chernobyl" brought a good attendance for the meeting of Mitton WI at Whalley Methodist Hall. The presentation was a joint effort from Mr Geoff Holmes and Mr Steven Holt from the Ciitheroe organisation. They


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