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LADIES’ DAY AT ROYAL ASCOT


A spectacular and exciting da/ of classic horse racing and high fashion plus a visit to the ancient city of Oxford.


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What we include in the price • One nights accommodation in a 3 Star hotel •Three course dinner • Full English breakfast • Visit to Oxford • Entry to Royal Ascot • The attendance of an experienced Tour Manager • Executives coach transport throughout


2 days - 22nd June


Silver Ring Grandstand


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A days - 29ch May


Imagine a land that's dedicated to children. A land that inspires adventure, excitement and fun, where the entertainment is hands-on and children are in control. This is Legoland Windsor - a different sort of family theme park. This really is a break not to be missed, a treat for all the family, as Legoland begins the new season evergreen and with a selection of exciting new rides. Our super value two day itinerary includes not one, but two visits to the fabulous fantasy world of Legoland Windsor.


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morning is hoping to raise some hot cash to heat up St Nicholas's Church. The Easter event is on


Tuesday, April 18th, from 10-30 a.m. to noon at the vicarage in Wesley Street. All the proceeds will go towards the cost of provid­ ing a new heating boiler for the church.


Over-60s The winning hands at


whist were played by Mrs Millie Moorhouse and Mrs Gladys Walmsley at Sab- den Over-60s' social. Domi­ no winners were Mrs Flora Cooke and Mr William Cooke.


Music hall Last week's popular old-


time music hall presented by the Village Folk in St Mary's Hall raised £100 for two Sabden organisations. The money will be shared between Sabden Playgroup and Age Concern.


Bowling club Sabden Bowling Club


rolls into the new season on Saturday with an opening day coffee morning from 10 a.m. to noon. The green will then be


open for the season, weath­ er permitting, as the league fixtures have already begun. Coffee morning admission is 50p and any cakes, raffle or tombola goods would be very wel­ come. Subscriptions are now


due and playing members pay £15, veterans £13, juniors £8 and social mem­ bers £5. A day out to Fleet- wood to compete in the Sabwood Cup has been arranged for Saturday, May 6th, and a coaching day on May 14th. Details of both are on display in the pavil­ ion.


Paper Tomorrow is waste-


paper day in Sabden. Please leave old newspapers and magazines outside in the morning for collection and recycling.


4 days - July & October from


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School St Mary's School is


appealing for support to provide extra books and equipment. Villagers are being asked to collect tokens from the various ongoing promotions in national newspapers and on some crisps, snacks and bis­ cuit wrappers, and also the tokens from the Burnley Express and Clitheroe Advertiser. The tokens can be left at


school, church or with any pupil.


Musical The Easter musical,


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4 days - 5th May


"Thirty Pieces of Silver" - based on "Jesus Christ Superstar" - takes place next week. It is being performed by


villagers to mark the new Millennium and takes place in St Nicholas's Church Hall next Friday and Satur­ day, April 14th and 15th, at 7-30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now from the butcher's, St Mary's and St Nicholas's Churches, Mrs Betty Clarkson (772762) or Mr Ken Hodgson (779163). They cost £3 and £2.50 concessions.


CAFOD Almost £200 was raised


to help the needy in the Third World in a collection for CAFOD at the two Masses in St Mary's RC Church last weekend.


Age Concern A coffee morning held in


St Mary's Hall last week gave a £170 boost for Sab­ den Age Concern Leisure Club. A number of interesting


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Table top sale If you are stuck for some­


thing to do on Saturday, why not go along to the table-top sale in Whalley Methodist Church Hall and find yourself a bargain or two? There will be sever­ al bric-a-brac stalls and a book stall. Members of Whalley


Tennis Club will also be running a stall to raise funds for their group. The event is being organ­


ised by the Whalley Ladies' Evening Fellowship and will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.


Men's Fellowship At the AGM of Whalley


Methodist Church Men's Fellowship, secretary Mr


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stalls sold Easter and Mothering Sunday gifts, plants and jewellery, and coffee and biscuits were cheerfully dispensed by Pat Frost, Ruth Shaw and Hilda Dewhurst. A raffle was won by Rose


Warburton, Catherine Eaves, Tony Haworth, Bar­ bara Warburton, Alma Bywater,' Karen-Goss and Keith Newmark.


Coffee evening There will be a coffee


evening, organised by the Waddington branch of the Royal British Legion, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The event, in aid of the


village Millennium project, will be held in Waddington Village Club and there will be bring-and-buy, cake and book stalls.


on the year's activities. Treasurer Mr Cyril Royle proposed the fellowship should donate £200 to the church. Officers were re-elected


and ideas for next season discussed. Thanks were expressed to all officers by Mr Alan Bowles. The fellowship is open to


all men of the village and will reconvene in October for anyone interested in joining.


Recycling Recycling officers from


Blackburn and Lancashire County Council will be "Talking Rubbish" to Friends of the Earth and any interested member of the public in Whalley Vil­ lage Hall on Wednesday at 7-30 p.m.


Musical evening The Haslingden Choir,


with musical director Mrs Maureen Kelly, was in con­


cert at Whalley Methodist Church on Saturday. The event, in aid of the


Mozambique Disaster Fund, raised £290. The guests were wel­


comed by the Rev. Chris Cheeseman on behalf of the churches of Whalley. Com­ pere was Mr Steve Colling and soloists were Mr David Clarey (bass), Mr Martin Colam (organ) and Miss Susan Hargreaves (accom­ panist). Thanks were expressed by Mr Alan Bowles.


Craft fair Whalley has been the


centre of a great deal of fund-raising activities in recent months. Two local students are


raising funds to go to South Africa with the World Chal­ lenge Organisation, in July, and have hold a quiz night, beetle drive, slide show, craft fair and a sponsored fun run, to name but a few of their activities. On Sunday there will be a


craft fair in Whalley Village Hall which is being organ­ ised by Mr Paul Fitzsim­ mons. Anyone wanting fur­ ther details of this and future craft fairs can con­ tact Mr Fitzsimmons on 01254 822694.


A heartfelt thank you


RELATIVES, friends and colleagues rallied round to help a Ribble Valley man's "thank you" to the hospital which rebuilt his face. Mr Geoff Smith, of


Waddington, was working in Yorkshire when he was badly injured in a fall from his lorry in January. Surgeons at the Royal


Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, used metal plates to help rebuild his face. Mr Smith wanted to


express his thanks, so a fund-raiser was organised at Waddington Social Club for the hospital's neuro-care appeal. It made £1,350, £445 of


it by David Boothman's sponsored head shave. And there were tribute acts to many artists, including the Mavericks, Freddie Mer­ cury, Elvis, Right Said Fred, Rod Stewart and Chubby Brown. Sponsors included the


club itself, Acoustic Explo­ sion Disco, which provided music, the Waddington Arms and Mr Smith's employers Barnes and Tip­ ping Ltd. Mr Smith is seen with


the cheque and some of the helpers.


Tackling rural crime issues


KEEN to tackle country­ side as well as urban crime, Lancashire Constabulary has launched a Tack Track scheme. Microchips are inserted


into equipment, making its ownership indisputable if it is recovered after being stolen. Inquiries about the scheme can be made on 01744 889889.


Users petition Norweb to help out with an extra card outlet


ELECTRICITY users have launched a petition calling on Norweb to give extra consideration to elderly and low-income families - by providing an extra charge- card outlet in Clitheroe. One of the petition organisers, Mr


Simon Entwistle, of Littlemoor Road, said that at present there was only one outlet in the town for processing Norweb's pre-pay­ ment "Power Card". He explained: "This is at the Spar store


at Henthorn on the south side of Clitheroe, too far away for many people on the north side of the town." Mr Entwistle is backing an application


for a Power Card outlet from Mr and Mrs Edward Bullock, of Joan and Eddie’s Top Shop, of Hayhurst Street, and names for the petition are being collected at the premises. Mr Entwistle said: "The card was intro­


duced to help the elderly, single mums, and others on low incomes to budget for their electricity. But those without cars face a walk of two miles. "If a young mother runs out of electrici­


ty, it is difficult for her to walk from the north side to the south side."


The scheme, operated by agencies


appointed by Norweb, allows cards to be credited with cash amounts handed over at counters. The cards are then used in meters in people's homes. The cards have replaced pre-payment


tokens which used to be purchased at post offices. An earlier application from the Bullocks


was turned down by Norweb on the grounds that "another payment facility is not required". The company says it sites agencies with­


in one mile of 95% of its customers in urban areas and within five miles of 99% of its customers in rural areas. Mr Entwistle said he felt that Norweb


had treated Clitheroe as a village instead of a town. Mr Ian Carroll, based at Norweb's


agency management centre at Warrington, told the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times that Norweb would be having another look at the matter. The company would be conducting an


exercise to assess how many people using the cards lived more than a mile away from the existing agency.


It’s all change at village school as facelift begins


A TOTAL transformation is under way at Whalley CE Primary School. Work is being carried out


was awarded a grant to cre­ ate a new classroom in order to co-operate with government guidelines which come into force from September. The new rules stipulate that schools can only accommodate 30 pupils in Key Stage One classes. However, admission numbers at the Whalley school mean it could take


for the next nine weeks to transform a disused base­ ment into a new classroom- cum-computer suite. The Church Lane school


up to 35 pupils in each of its three Key Stage One class­ es.


Work has started to


vided by the school's holi­ day club which is attached to the after-hours club, together with an anony­ mous donation, has enabled the work to be extended to provide a computer suite, • kitchen and toilet facilities. Once complete, the school's out and holiday club will be able to make use of the new room.


modernise the basement in a bid to create extra educa­ tional space to cope with the additional numbers. Additional money, pro­


Face change


behind counter ONE of the oldest post offices in the country has been sold. Chipping Post Office has


had opportunity to diversi­ fy, and incorporates a craft centre. It is in a Grade One listed property built by John Brabin 330 years ago. The post office has been


acquired by Mrs Andrea Crawley, of Simonstone.


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