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News insight Young farmers met on
Monday night and enjoyed a talk on journalism from Mr Nigel Bunyan, the northern correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Next week’s meeting is
frey Braithwaite, they were thanked for their efforts by the Hon. Ralph Assheton, chairman of the committee.
ebrated at St Leonard's Church, Downham, on Sunday morning. Canon Geoffrey
on Monday at 6-45 p.m. Members are asked to meet in the village to go tenpin bowling. Anyone requiring tickets for the dinner-dance on. October 8th should con tact Nicola Dobson on 01200 440488.
Harvest gifts Harvest festival was cel
Williams conducted the service in the beautifully decorated church and
received the harvest gifts brought by the children. The harvest hymns were
sung with gusto by the con gregation of all ages, accompanied by Mrs Adele Pridding on the organ. Coffee and biscuits were
served by the ladies after the service.
Grateful thanks At the*harvest festival
Quiz There will be a quiz
held in Ebenezer Baptist Church, Billington, a total of £350 was raised. This will be forwarded to the Harvest Operation Agri Appeal for the Street Ahead Project in Brazil, where the Baptist Church link mis sionary is stationed. Mrs Connie Wallbank
thanked everyone who donated gifts or money at the harvest weekend.
CHATBURN
Bingo social A bingo and social
evening attended by mem bers and friends of the Chatburn and District branch of the Royal British Legion, held at the Pendle Hotel, raised £268 for the Poppy Appeal. Chairman Mr Bill Wil
evening in Downham Vil lage Hall on November 12th. Book your table early by tel. 01200 440051.
’GISBURN;
Ossy Cloggers ' At their September meeting, members of Gis- burn WI were hosts to visi tors from Gargrave and Bolton-by-Bowland WIs. The entertainment was
the dancing of the Ossy Cloggers, which everyone found a delight to watch. An enjoyable supper fol
lowed. The competition was for
an ornamental shoe. At the meeting next
son thanked the host, Mr Leon Quinn, the ladies of the branch who served sup per, and the donors of the 20 prizes for the evening. Mr Wilson also expressed
services will be held on Sun day in Chatburn Methodist Church, when the Rev. Chris Cheeseman will con duct the morning service and the Rev. Richard Atkinson the evening wor
Harvest time Harvest thanksgiving
ship^ Harvest gifts will be
received on Saturday between 2 and 3 p.m. and will be distributed to the sick and elderly of the vil lage on Monday.
(.DOWNHAM j
Male voice choir Downham Village Hall
funds benefited by about £220 after a very enjoyable evening in St Leonard's Church, which resounded with applause from an enraptured audience after a concert by Nelson Arion Male Voice Choir. A very varied pro
gramme by the choir, with their conductor Mr Frank Smith, was appreciated by all who attended. Introduced by the presi
Thursday, Mrs Pat Hay ward will speak on "What do you do with it?" The competition will be for a favourite cookery book. Hostesses will be Mrs T.
Waste paper There will be a waste
Harper, Mrs D. Rice and Mrs S. Peel.
thanks to Mr Horace Hud son, the caller, and Mr Neville Croasdale, who loaned the PA system.
paper collection next Thursday on Gisburn Fes tival Hall car park.
GRINDLETQN;
service will be held in St Ambrose Church, Grindle- ton, at 9-30 a.m. on Sunday. Pupils of Grindleton Pri mary School will be taking part and harvest gifts will be presented during the ser
Harvest service A harvest thanksgiving
vice. The church will be deco
rated for the harvest on Saturday from 2 p.m. and any help would be most welcome. For details, con tact Mrs Barbara Leeming
tel. 441376. Collections from the ser
vice will go towards the Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund.
Grindleton Parish Council an appeal was made by the chairman Mrs Joan Crad dock for volunteers to deliv er the council newsletter. The speed of traffic
Parish meeting At the meeting of
the highway authority and police for traffic calming measures in Main Street. No objections were raised
by councillors to several planning applications in the village or to a barn conver sion at Smalden Lane. Following the meeting, a
representative of Lan cashire's Best-Kept Village Competition, Mr Donald Coates, described how the competition is judged before making a presentation to three, recipients in the Grindleton parish. There were 38 entries in
the small village class and Mrs Craddock received the highly-commended award on behalf of the parish council. In the Best-Kept Public House section, the Buck Inn received a highly commended award out of 86 entries and licensee Miss Margaret Evans received the certificate for the second
time.Harrop Fold also received a highly commended award in the first time entries sec tion and the certificate was presented to resident Mr Fred Robinson. Special thanks were
s Hems for inclusion should be sent to: Village News, Clithcroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB7 2EW.
started the fund-raising appeal with a substantial donation made through their Landfill Tax Credit Scheme. In addition grants have been obtained from the Millennium Commis sion, the Forestry Commis sion and the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Chairman of Grindleton
Millennium Committee Miss Anne Iluson was delighted with the turnout at the public meeting and said the opportunity to have a Millennium wood in Grindleton is a unique one, not to be missed. If success ful it will be the first of its kind in the Ribble Valley. If successful the commu
nity will be invited to help in the design of tl\e new wood, select its name, choose a suitable Millenni um feature and celebrate the creation by planting the first trees.
iHURST! GREEN;
extended to the village lengthsman Mr Bunting, for his hard work in keeping the village tidy.
Woodland I t was standing room
only at the Grindleton pub lic meeting held by the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conserva tion charity, as plans were discussed to create a new community woodland in the heart of the village. Residents backed the
Over 60s The prizewinners at the
proposed scheme and agreed to work in partner ship with the Woodland Trust in launching a local fund-raising appeal to help raise the remaining £8,185 required for the project to go ahead. The 12 acres of land identified, off Duck Street, behind the Duke of York, would form part of the national "Woods on your Doorstep" scheme, which aims to create new community woods to cele brate the Millennium. So far Lancashire is the home of only one community woodland which is at Fence. However, several resi
latest meeting of the Hurst Green Over 60s were as fol lows. Raffle: 1, Mrs B. Boardman; 2, Mr P. Henry; 3, Mr II. Moor; 4, Mrs F. Lofthouse. Ladies whist: 1, Mrs E. Hartley; 2, Mrs A. Howarth. Gents: 1, Mr W. Carr; 2, Mr J. P. Mon aghan. Dominoes: 1, Mr R. Eden; 2, Miss J. Ainsworth; 3, Mrs M.A. Cardwell; 4, Mr A. Holden. The next meeting will be held as usual in the Village Memorial Hall on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.
dents expressed concern at the access points which will pass close by their homes and if the wood would attract large numbers of visitors and where they would park. Several points were raised regarding the up-keep of the site such as hedge cutting and keeping the grass and weeds under control. Concern was also expressed regarding the wood becoming a dog foul
ing area. Regional fund-raising
dent of Downham Village Hall Committee, Mr Geof
through the village is still causing concern and coun cillors and PC Woodcock have been monitoring the situation to see if the warn ing signs have made any difference. It was agreed that a request be made to
officer for the Woodland Trust Judith Stuttard explained: "With the help of local people, we hope to transform the land into a new wood offering free pub lic access and create a brand new wildlife habitat. Volun teers are busy distributing information leaflets in the village asking everyone to consider making a pledge to the appeal, before the end of October. Any amount will make a real difference to the
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speaker being unable to attend the Hurst Green WI meeting, members visited the Sainsbury's store in Clitheroe. Ladies wore shown behind the’scenes, which they found very interesting. The delivery procedure plus storing and refrigeration were also explained and found to be quite remarkable. The ladies were shown the closed circuit television cameras which reveal everything which happens in the store. The group was given a short talk about the background of the Sains bury business, from the early beginnings to the pre sent day, and cheese and
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wine were served. The evening ended with
a supper at the Castle
Hotel. After the annual evening
ramble in August, led by Mrs E. Jacques, members enjoyed supper at the Eagle and Child Hotel.
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H a rv e s t s e rvices Harvest thanksgiving
services were held at Salem Congregational Chapel, Martin Top, on Sunday. The chapel had been
the match. NEWTON-
Harvest festival On Sunday, the harvest
festival was celebrated at Newton United Reformed Church. Preacher for the day was the Rev. Sally Thomas, of Nelson, and the organist was Mrs E. Water- worth. The congregation was
Chatburn at home and drew 1-1. The goal scorer was Rob Astin, and Derrick Lynagh was named man of the match.
The second team played ,
Society After 15 years, Read
swelled by visitors from Clitheroe, Barrow and Mar
tin Top. After the service, refresh
Sunday school. On Monday evening,
ments were served in the
there was a sale of produce followed by refreshments.
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Club held its knockout finals ,day recently. Semi finalists were Mr D. Law- son, Mr II. Marley, Mr B. Dixon and Mr II. Sharpies. The finalists were Mr D. Lawson and Mr B. Dixon, with the latter winning the King-Wilkinson Trophy. The weather was glori
Bowls tournament The Ilodder Valley Bowls
Show Society has had to fin ish,'owing
to.lack of support and also a lack of new com mittee members. Thanks have been expressed to all who have helped in any way over the years.
Toddlers Edward Bear will be at St
John Church, Read, on Wednesday at 11 a.m. wait
ing to meet his young friends at the mums and
toddlers' service.
Winners The winners at the whist
drive held at Read and Simonstone Constitutional Club on Monday evening were: Ladies - 1, Mrs S. Law; 2, Mrs M. Pickles. Gents - 1, Mr R. Elliot; 2, Mr T. Shaw, who also won the special prize. Mr G. A.
ous, so a barbecue tea was enjoyed by players and spectators. Mr M. Beattie was in charge of cooking and the ladies of the com mittee provided sweets.
Show time . The excellent and amus
ing Lancashire comedy group "The Tatlers" will be the star turn at the Hodder Valley Show President's Evening, to be held in New ton Village Hall on October
8th. The evening's entertain
ment will begin at 7-30 p.m. and tickets, costing £7-50 including supper, are avail able by telephoning 01200 447239 or 446642. All proceeds from the
Holden was MC. sa b d e n ;
Peter Pan Because of technical
problems, St Mary's and Friends has had to post pone until next year the planned production of
"Peter Pan". Rehearsals were well
under way, but producer Dee Bottoms has reluctant ly had to stop the show due to insurmountable produc tion difficulties.
Council Sabden Parish Council
evening will go towards the costs pf staging the show.
^PENDLETON;1
Visiting guests President of Pendleton
will hold its monthly meet ing on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. in the Methodist Rooms and the public are welcome to attend.
Successful More than £230 was
raised for St Nicholas's Church funds with a suc cessful performance on Fri day by the church players. They presented "Murder
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WI Mrs Anne Hall wel comed members and visi tors from Grindleton, Gis burn and Iligham WIs to the meeting. She also wel comed area leader Mrs Pam Jelley.
guest speaker Mrs Bernadette Atkinson, of Gargrave, near Skipton, who gave a very delightful talk entitled "Frills and Furbelows". She displayed several items from her col lection of clothes and cos tumes dating from 1760 through the 19th and early 20th Century. Thanks were expressed by Mrs B. Collinge. A competition for a
Mrs Ilali introduced ' f'
at Dunferham Hall", by Sue Dodd, and from a capacity audience only four people correctly guessed the murderer and the weapon. A draw between the four
correct verdicts was made resulting in Mrs Mildred Pounder becoming the
prize-winning super sleuth.
Over 60s Last Monday Mrs
favourite pair of shoes or slippers was won by Mrs A. Starkie, Mrs L. Croft and Mrs E. Slinger. A white elephant stall
Dorothy Houghton and Mrs Gladys Thompson played the winning ladies' hands at whist when Sab den Over 60s ran a whist and domino drive. Gents winners were Mrs Gladys Walmsley and Mrs Eva Marsden. Dominoes:Mr Richard Eden, Mr William Cooke and Mrs F. Lowe. Raffle: Mr Cooke, Mrs
was run by Mrs E. Thorn- ber and Mrs E. Rhodes. Several members are to
beautifully decorated by members and friends with a glorious array of autumn flowers, fruit and vegetables and other edible gifts, enhanced with greenery, hips and berries and a sheaf
of barley. The morning family ser
vice opened with the singing of "Great is Thy Faithfulness". The young people of the Sunday school presented gifts while "All Things Bright and Beauti ful" was sung. Pastor David Isaacs, of
attend the autumn council meeting to be held at the Victoria Hall, Bolton. There is to be a European evening on November 3rd at the Harris Park Confer ence Centre, Preston, and a homo economics day at Longridgo Civic Hall on November 15th from 10-30 a.m. to 3-30 p.m. A buffet supper was served and enjoyed by
everyone. The next meeting will be
Ley land, accompanied by his wife, led the morning service and used the parable of the sower for his message and encouraged the congre gation to live fruitful lives. Pastor Jeff Jones led the
evening service and spoke of how wheat and weeds grow together but, when the har vest comes, they will bo sep arated. Among the hymns
heartily sung was the har vest favourite, "We Plough the Fields and Scatter". Mrs Ethel Hartley and Mr Don Carson were
organists. On Monday evening, in
the absence of Pastor Jones, Mr II. Moorhouse led open ing devotions before intro ducing Mr and Mrs John Knapp, who gave an excel lent slide show on Sorrento, Paris and Spain. Harvest produce of fruit
and vegetables was later auctioned in the Sunday schoolroom in the capable hands of Mr William
Smith. Refreshments and fellow
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ship followed each occasion, and proceeds of the week end raised more than £300 for chapel funds.
held on October 19th at Pendleton Village Hall when the speaker will be Mr Paul Commander and his subject "Traditional Toymaker". The competi tion will be for a^i old toy and there will also be a plant and flower stall.
Thompson and Mr Eden. , Thursday's whist winners
were as follows. Ladies: Mrs.E. Charnley and Mrs E. Marsden. Gents: Mrs S. Law and Mr W:- Duck worth. Dominoes: Mrs Gladys Thompson, Mrs Frances Lowe and Mr Richard Eden. Raffle: Mrs S. Lord, Mr
George Holden and Mrs Millie Moorhouse.
Shelter Work to build Sabden's
new youth and community shelter has been put back and Will begin on the week- j end of October 9th and
10th. Anyone willing to help
the local builders who have volunteered their time should turn up at site on the lower Holme on the Sat urday morning or anytime they are available over the weekend.
SLAIDBURN
Slaidburn YFC, there were many new young people taking up official positions. Officers elected were: Mr
New officers At the annual meeting of
J. Parry (president), Judith Robinson (chairman), Hazel Parkinson (secre
tary). For more
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Whist Twenty people played
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Jumble A jumble sale, including
a good-as-new-rail and bric-a-brac, will be held in Simonstone Old School on Saturday at 2 p.m., pro ceeds to the NSPCC.
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