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Vegetable Society Lancashire District Association was held in the Black Bull Hotel, Ribchester. Mr Simon Midg- ley, of Skipton College, gave a talk entitled "An expert's advice on the structure and management of soil".


Down to earth A meeting of the National


l place in the Black Bull Hotel, Ribchester. The event starts


Funds through fun On Thursday next, a ladies' charity evening will take


at 7-30 p.m. Tickets are £1 and proceeds will go to Der- ian House Children's Hospice and will include a raffle, tombola and the sale of hand- I made chocolates.


A busy school Manchester Actors' Com­


I and funded by the PTFA. The PTFA also organised a


pany presented a production to the whole of Ribchester's St Wilfrid's School, organised


beetle drive. Tomorrow pupils from the


school will participate in the Preston schools' swimming


Day is being celebrated by everyone coming to school dressed completely in red. The cost is £1 per family and proceeds will be sent to Comic Relief.


RIMINGTON


Choice cuts ' : V At the start of the meet­


many and varied items on the theme of Royal purple. Mr Porter judged the win­ ners to be Mrs Jackson, Mrs J. Duerden and Mrs


Knowles. All those who attended


ing of Rimington WI, presi­ dent Mrs II. Keighley wel­ comed Mrs M. Bridge into


full membership. Stepping in a t short


notice, Mr Roy Porter, of Chatburn, gave a most entertaining and informa­ tive insight into the life and work of. a village butcher. He outlined his own. intro­


gala.Tomorrow, Comic Relief made a lovely picture with


duction and training into the meat trade, recalling amusing incidents along the way and the changes that have taken place over the years with the many rules and regulations which apply todayi Mr Porter answered questions from his interested audience and Mrs Jackson thanked him for his lively talk. A competition table


the performance of "Mack and Mabel" a t Clitheroe Parish Church Hall thor­ oughly enjoyed a superb evening's entertainment. Secretary Mrs C. Knowles gave news of


made on a two-storey rear extension at 48 Wesley Street, the building of a bun­ galow at Oakhill, a two- storey extension at 4 Lamb Row and an illuminated sign outside the Spar shop.


Best-kept gardens Sabden Parish Council has ^started to. prepare for its


'annual competition. Council lors discussed the possibility of producing a new-look


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She informed members that .«anging baskets. Judging win ; d ’ special features and


the spring bulb catalogue ^ .p iacem July and August. was available for members i_i_.im o FiplH to order blooms..........


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or slides. Delegate Mrs E. Jackson


gave an interesting report on the annual spring coun­ cil meeting in Southport when the guest speaker was Mrs Helen Carey, chairman of the National Federation of Women's Institutes. Town crier Mrs K. Briscoe announced several fortthcomiing local events. A bring-and-buy stall did


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funds. Vice-president Mrs C.


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Waddington, Mrs L. Bark­ er, Mrs E. Barker. Gents - Mrs J. Cowperthwaite, Mr W. Barker, Mr I. Hartley. Dominoes: Mr J. Oddie,


Mr F. Giles, Mrs Woods, Mr W. Wilson, Mr P.. Met­ calfe, Mrs A. Lowe. Raffle: Mr J. Kenyon,


Mrs Calverley, Mrs M. Jackson, Mrs J. Duerden.


SABDEN


Council The March meeting of


£oottau being played


; on the field, and it had been ' suggested to him that the bins should be moved to the


outside edge of the field to stop them being used as goal­ posts. Councillors agreed that if this were done people would stop using the bins.


Signs At the previous month's


brisk trade raising funds for , r ow. But he was told thenew the Meningitis Trust.


oad could be moved back to original site before Lamb


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meeting, Coun. Bernard Parfitt asked if the "Welcome to Sabden" sign in Whalley l Rioa


Richard Eden, Mrs Millie Moorhouse and Mrs E.


Hutchinson. The socials are held in St


Mary’s Hall on Monday and Thursday evenings and are open to all.


New season. The bowling season gets


under way on Saturday, March 31st, with a chair­ man's coffee morning followed by the opening of the green. A busy season is in store


Southport which she attend­ ed. Two members, Mrs R. Procter and Mrs E. Airey, received certificates for 50 years' membership of the WI, and birthday greetings were extended to Mrs Rita For­


rest.


the coffee day which will take place next Thursday, and of the group meeting on April


Members were reminded of


with a lot of top-class compe­ titions lined up. Subscriptions have been held at £15 for playing members, £13 for over-60s, £8 for ll-to-18s and £5 social members. These are now due and should be paid to the treasurer, Mr Alan


Whalley. Following the recent


AGM, there are still two vacancies on the committee. Anyone interested should contact the chairman, Mr John Boocock, or secretary Mr David Beesley.


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sign is too big for Lamb Row and had to be moved to its new site.


AGM This will take place on


May 1st. Councillors hope Insp. Bob Ford will be able to speak at the meeting on the futue role of village policing.


Theatre A trip is being arranged to


the Palace Theatre in Man­ chester next January to see "Miss Saigon" if anyone is


interested. Mrs Sheila Haworth has


secured a block booking and there are still seats available for the performance on Mon­ day, January 28th, 2002. The musical has had a long suc­ cessful run in the West End and should be a big attraction to Manchester. Anyone who is interested


for more details.


Over-60s Sabden Over-60s met last


Sabden Parish Council was held in the Methodist Rooms, when Couns Roger West­ brook (chairman), John Shorter, Gordon Higham and Anthony Graham attended.


Traffic Double yellow lines are to


be placed along Clitheroe Road opposite house No. 139 to allow easier access for vehi­ cles turning in and out of Top


Row. The "keep clear" markings


in front and at the side of the old St Mary’s RC School are to be removed, and the dou ble yellow lines at the junc tion of St Nicholas Avenue and Padiham Road are to be


extended. Coun. Anthony Graham


met with Lancashire County Council h ig hw ay officials to discuss the possibility of. a gateway signing scheme to help prevent speeding traffic through the village. Lan­ cashire County Council has not yet agreed to finance the plan and, until money is available, the problem of parking outside the Spar shop cannot be rectified.


Joyriding T h e problem of teenage


joyriders, driving go-karts, blamed for ploughing up the Lower Holme field, has stopped. Councillors heard the owner of the go-karts has sold the machines.


PlansRibble Valley Council has approved plans for a barn conversion at Dawson Fold, a replacement roof at 81 Padi­ ham Road, and a single­ storey extension at Brookside Garage. No decision has been


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Thursday and held a whist drive and social. The winning hands at whist were played by: Ladies - Mrs E. Hutchin­ son and Mrs E. Charnley. Gents - Mrs M. Edmondson and Mr J. Traynor. Raffle winners were Mr


stone with Read WI, in the old school tonight,; Mr T. Briggs will talk about Deriah House Children’s Hospice. The competition is for an unusual egg cup, and there will be a children's stall.


Derian House At the meeting of Simon-


THORNLEY


Losing pounds At the meeting of Thorn-


11th.At the April meeting, guest speaker will be Mr D. Carr on the "History of gold jew­ ellery", and the competition will be for a piece of old jew­


ellery. WADDINGTON


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B E T T E R HEARING HEARING AID EXHIBITION at


ley Rail's annual dinner, the borough's Mayor, Coun. Chris Holtom, said he felt 60% of Valley resi­ dents wanted such a ser­ vice to be installed, as well as seeing development over the northern end of the line to Hellifield and


beyond. During the evening,


which was held at Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho, and was attended by Mrs Dorothy Shaw, the May­ oress of the Ribble Valley, along with Mr Chris Green, chief executive of Virgin Trains, and Mr Paul Bunting, commercial direc­ tor First North Western, a


minute's silence was observed in memory of the victims of the recent tragedy near Selby, York­


shire. RVR chairman Mr Peter


Moore thanked First North Western and Railtrack for their support of the 150th celebrations, and congratu­ lated their managing direc­ tor, Mr David Franks, on receiving the Rail Manager of the Year award at a pre­ sentation ceremony in Lon­ don, where Clitheroe Inter­ change had also received an award for the most Innova­ tive Transport Develop­


ment of the Year. Mr Moore also made a


presentation to Mr David Butterworth, who recently retired as secretary of RVR, in recognition of his work over the previous 14 years. In his speech, Virgin


vatisation had been lost overnight.


tion of the rail network by politicians had been a big mistake, especially the divi­ sion of "rail from the wheels" - however, he added that there was now no point in going back and th a t it was important that the rail industry made the present


He felt that fragmenta­ , i i


system work. Mr Green added that he


felt that in its 10-year plan the Strategic Rail Authori­ ty should provide a real incentive for rail develop­ ment. He also praised the work of RVR, saying that such groups were very important to the railway in providing information and ideas on their local commu­ nity transport needs. Mr Bunting began by


Trains' Mr Green said the last year had been extreme­ ly difficult and that passen­ ger gains made since pri­


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praising Clitheroe's Inter­ change, saying it was well deserving of its National Rail Award. In praising the work of


RVR, he said th a t FNW had been delighted to invite Mr Peter Moore to the awards and later presented him with the first aerial photograph of the newly- emerging Blackburn Sta­


tion, which is to be finished later in the year. In a "tongue-in-cheek" finale to his speech and in keeping with past traditions of guests from FNW, he "sang" the virtues of RVR.


Pictured, from the left,


are Mr Alex Green, Mrs Jane Bunting, Mr Green, Mrs Shaw, Coun. Holtom, Mr Brian Haworth, Mr Moore and Mr Bunting. (0130301/1/23)


Waddington Methodist Church Network meeting was Mrs Beverley Jones, of Clitheroe. Her talk was about hymns and songs, old and new.The speaker at the meet­ ing next Thursday will be Mr Peter Cunlife. This will be the first for this session and there will be a special collection and a Jacob's join tea. The meeting will com­


mence at 2-30 p.m. and all are welcome.


ygir.j: ley-with-Wheatley WI, Mrs


in going can contact Mrs Haworth at 53 Whalley Road


Grace Cheetham gave a talk on her 16-stone weight loss. She told members she had had a weight problem from the age of nine, and at age 15 she weighed 15st. which grad­ ually went up to 27st. One night, a friend told her to go home and take a look at her­ self in the mirror, and from that day she felt she had to do something about it. Mrs Cheetham showed a series of photographs taken as she lost about a stone each month. Thanks were expressed to Mrs Cheetham by Mrs J. Tomlinson. A competition for a knit­


ing of Whalley Flower Club was Mrs Sheila Chadwick who gave a demonstration entitled "Down Under". She took her audience on a jour­ ney round Australia through her floral designs and exotic blooms incorporating a boomerang, a piece of coral, a painted Aboriginal qloth and much more. The next meeting of will be


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at Chatburn School, on April 12th, where the fantastic flo­ ral designer Mr Graeme Arm­ strong will demonstrate his art. Tickets for the evening are available from Mrs Jane Brown tel. 01200 441949, at


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Abbey social Whist winners at the


ted garment was won by Mrs T. Clarke and Mrs B. Procter. Raffle winners were Mrs E. Airey and Mrs I. Airey. Delegate Mrs Jean Tom­


linson gave a report on the spring council meeting in


Abbey senior citizens' drive, in Whalley, were: Ladies - Mrs G. Walmsley, Mrs V. Heald, Mrs M. Cottam (cons). Gents - Mr H. Holt, joint 2, Mrs D. Farnsworth and Mr J. Wooff, Mrs M. Naylor (cons).Dominoes: Mr F. Peel, Mrs J. Bishop, Mrs J. Riley (cons).


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