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luld not be linual spring ■ear, it was lage the late


J on Septem- IRimington


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Tive whist and


organised by


91 takes place Memorial


"nturday at 7- | will be a hot ill are wel-


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lyalty Jy king and ficashire pro- ■tcrtainment Ikers at Feb- ng of Simon- Read WI,


I pearly king Imtside the 1. Jil has res- liimals in her lievotcs much 1) her numer- lila modelled lis outfits, all I.- Jil, demon- Kuperb sense find design her lovely


[tition for the ion was won


Iret Preston; Bhorrock; 3,


lion, whose ■belonged to liber Alice


|iay, March i t Ascroft's out "Adven-


heeting will


llk le Mothers' pt in the old


lalley Road, Ihe speaker, en meeting Is welcome.


ordinator for,‘the events. People are also asked to start buying or making bunting so that the vil­ lage can be decorated for the weekend! Everyone interested is


welcome to attend meet­ ings to plan the events, the next one being on Wednesday at 7-30 p.m. in the Methodist Rooms. Anyone with ideas, or support, or who is arranging an event, is asked to go along.


Sunday i . - A Mothering Sunday


service will take place at 9-30 a.m. in the chapel in St Nicholas's Hall. The preacher will be the Rev. Alan Reid,.and flowers and biscuits will be dis­ tributed during the ser­ vice.


Pedlars' Fair Children of the Sun­


day school at St Nicholas's Church will


hold their annual Ped­ lars' Fair on Saturday at 3 p.m. when they will sell items and goodies they have made themselves. It will be held in the church hall, and refreshments will be on sale.


Guitarist Guitarist Steve Robin­


son will play at G p.m. Mass in St Mary's RC Church on Saturday night.


WHALLEY


jiesday at 7- ISusan Ash- "House of


Abbey Senior Citizens' Club was attended by 15 members at Whalley on Saturday and was fol­ lowed by competitions. Winners of the ladies' whist were; Mrs E. Charnley, Mrs P. Woof, consolation Mrs G. Walmsley. Gents: Mr M. Holt, Mrs D. Farnsworth, consolation Mrs M. Naylor. Domi­ noes: Mrs M. Maden,


■ prize quiz Jiday, March |p.m. in St


Jsupper, and |r. Teams of |e invited to


[ including a


, names are imorrow to


5: or Peter St |4 825289.


Imittee met Golden


| rt for a day |y events on


|ve gone out businesses Ltions look-


lie 3rd. It is ■have a car- la ts followed liarty/picnic Ine. I t also jiuals to join ; on foot, on |iy form of ad hopefully


Jlarkson on catering.


potball Club general


day at 6-45 p.m. Morning coffee1


Senior citizens The annual meeting of


Aids village chapel is dedicated


A C L ITH ER O E v ic a r h a s d ed ic a ted a chapel and b a p t is tr y a t a Johannesburg AIDS village.


V James'


Money donated by St Church,


Clitheroe, was used to help sponsor the building of the church in South Africa's first designated village for people suffer­ ing from AIDS. As well as conducting


the dedication ceremony, the Rev. Ron Philpott, Vicar of St James', and his wife, Rose, also attended the official opening of the Sparrow Rainbow Village during their vis it to South Africa. The ceremony took


T H E 1 0 th is su e of th e R ib b le V a l le y Explorer was laun­ ch ed in C h ip p in g sh o r t ly a f te r n ew s th a t i t had won y e t another award. The Explorer, a


to u r ism p u b lic a tio n produced by East Lan­ c ashire Newspapers an d compiled by th e Clitheroe Advertiser and Times for Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil, ha s been named Regional Independent Media "Supplement of the Year 2001". I t is quite an accolade


and one of which all involved are very proud. The Gibbon Bridge Hotel, itself an award-


Dinner will honour a


fund-raiser


Mrs M. Harrison, conso­ lation Mr, J.‘ Hartlis'.'The next meeting is on Satur­


J


morning will be held at Whalley today between


10 a.m. and noon.


Well attended A good attendance,


despite poor weather, at the la te s t meeting of Whalley Women’s In s t i tu te was en te r ­ tain ed by Whalley Handbell Ringers. Sorrow was expressed


An Age Concern coffee d


journa lis t P a t Seed, diagnosed with cancer and told she had six .months to live, founded


an appeal to buy,a CT Scanner for use a t the Christie Hospital. During the eight years


A-DINNER in a Rib­ ble Valley Hotel will mark the 25th anniver­ sary of a brave decision by a remarkable wom­ an. I t is 25 years since


Official launch for popular ‘Explorer’


winning venue, hosted the launch of the 2002 publication. A total of 35,000 copies have been printed, welcoming visi­ tors back following a bleak 12 months for tourism due to the foot and mouth outbreak. Copies were distrib­


uted to guests by Clitheroe Town Crier Mr Roland Hailwood, who had composed a special "cry" for the occasion. Towards the close of


proceedings, this news­ paper's Gisburn and Rimington correspon­ dent, Mrs Christine Thistlethwaite, read a ' dialect poem she had compiled specially, enti­ tled: "Is ther onny grander spot ner't' Rib­ ble Valley?", and those present were invited to take part in an easy-to- answer Explorer compe­ tition based on the new publication. The first correct entry was sub­ mitted by deputy Ribble


Valley Mayor Coun. Mrs Joyce Holgate. Readers will be able to


read the Ribble Valley Explorer for themselves next week, as it will be free with your Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. Among those present


at Friday's launch were th e Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. Mrs Gwen Pye, her deputy, Coun. Mrs Holgate, and consort Mr Nor­ man Atty, representa­ tives from Ribble Valley


and North-West tourism, the borough council, printers News In te rn a t io n a l, East Lancashire Newspapers managing director Mr Chris Skelton, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times editor Mr Leigh Morris­ sey, Explorer editor Mrs Vivien Meath, ELN business development manager Mrs Sharon Hamilton, ELN produc­ tion editor Mr Paul Watson and others involved with the publi­ cation in some way. Pictured during the


launch is Ribble Valley Explorer editor Mrs Meath with Clitheroe Town Crier Mr Hail­ wood, Mrs Hamilton, Mr Watson and guests. (C010302/2a)


A pancake party raises £128


which is currently under construction, will be used to house groups of children and adults. Mr Philpott, whose


place a decade after the Rev. Corine McLintock founded the Sparrows' Nest project and began welcoming AIDS suffer­ ers into her own home. Since 1992, she has been campaigning to obtain a piece of land where she could build a hospice offering home-based care. Work is now under


way on the site, and eventually the village will comprise of two sep­ arate areas; one where a cafe and workshops will be located and the other,


church, together with St Paul's, Low Moor, sup­ ports the organisation, said about 40 "domes" are to be built altogether. He added th a t a dozen are complete and work on another 20 is already under way, and officials hope to move some chil­ dren into the finished area next week, provid­ ing kitchen facilities are ready. The eagerly-awaited


opening ceremony was attended by many, including South African television personalities and doctors. • A South African


children's home support­ ed by the Clitheroe- based Lancaster Foun­ dation looks set to bene­ fit from a decision by the Gauteng province to make a specific drug available to HIV posi­ tive pregnant women in a bid to prevent mother- to-child transmission of the disease.


Market’s welcome return


THE ever-popular Clitheroe WI market makes a return to town next week for its traditional sea­ sonal run. Stalls selling home-made cakes, pies, biscuits, pre­


serves, produce, plants and crafts will be set out for business every Tuesday from 10-30 a.m: to 11-45 a.m. in the lower hall of Clitheroe Parish Church schools until December. Coffee is served from 10 a.m.


‘Cannot be soft on


criminals’


THE possibility that there will be an early r e le a se sch em e for c r im in a ls has b e en condemned b y Rib­ ble Valley MP Nigel


she survived the illness, £3.25m. had been raised, and since her death another £8.5m. has been added to the appeal. The work of the


■


a t th e recent loss of Una Duerden, whose encouragement 12 years ago resulted in the for­ mation of the handbell team. She was one of the founder members of S tan d fa s t WI in Calderstones Hospital. Refreshments were


served by members, who also discussed the forthcoming celebra­ tion dinner and the TGM at Brighton.


Iren's fancy tition. pe Commit­ planning


I the Holme, I service has Id by Sabden Biuncil and a 1 entertain- l\ge Concern u. The com- I ting as co-


une 1st in a


Mr Dennis Cairns will be giving a slide show and talk at Whalley Library entitled "Up a River and Down a Dale". He will describe a


Slide show On Monday evening,


appeal still goes on, with groups all over the North-West still staging


minsteH Mr Evans said he "wholeheartedly con­ demned" any speculation th a t prisoners may be released early from prison. He said: "With the number of violent crimes rising dramatical­ ly throughout the coun­ try in recent weeks, any early release could put fu r th er stress on our


Evans. , . Speaking from West-


fund-raising events. The dinner at Mytton


police force. "The police face fur­


Fold Farm Hotel, Lang- ho, will be a £20-a-head affair with comic Gerald Holden as speaker. Appeal organiser Mrs Pauline Heaton said:


‘event and want to become involved in the appeal in the future." Tickets are available from the hotel reception -on 01254 240662.


;time. We hope many people will support the


"The dinner is a celebra­ tion of 25 years of fund­ raising and a huge thank-you to the people of the Ribble Valley and Lancashire for support­ ing us throughout tha t


T H E fund to p ay for cele­


brations of th e Queen's Jubilee a t Rimington and Middop was boosted by th e exertions over a hot


stove by Mr Jim Downing. He donned an apron and


spent Saturday morning cook­


journey starting at Saw- ley Abbey, passing through Ribblehead over Pen-y-Ghent to Litton- dale, Wharfedale and Bolton Abbey. Entrance is by ticket,


priced £1, available from the library. The slide show starts at 7-30 p.m.


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{'given a t Clitheroe i L ib ra ry by M r and ! Mrs Hirst, of Nelson, j The are a 's geology i was visible in slides of ! the area around Ingle- ' borough and Pen-y- ! Ghent formed by th e { action of water during i and after the Ice Age. ! The h is to ric p a s t of • Upper Wharfdale I remains in the form of a | 2,000-year-old stone cir- i cle from th e Iron Age


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J and th e Viking settie- | ment a t Yockenthwaite. i The Romans left their ; mark a t the fortress at i Bainbridge and by the j Cam high road travers- i ing the fells to Ribble- | head and beyond with I Malhamdaie's Celtic j fields in evening light | evidence of continuous ^Vanning.


visual images titled w a s p r e sen ted to


bary Road and there were pictures of the for­ mer glacial lake below. Dentdale's ancient High Hall was an example of an early farm building needing urgent restora­ tion.


i In contrast the audi­


ence was taken to dales where industry has made a mark with slides of Calderdale, the water­ mill at Hard castle Crag- gs and Heptonstall, abandoned as a working village as Hebden Bridge developed during the Industrial Revolution. There was, and is, so


j along slides of the plant ^ life thriving on the lime-


■ Mr Hirst also brought


* stone.; J-.\ Slides of Kingsdale in » the shadow of Whern- “ side showed the many potholes along the Tur-


• Chairman Mr Don Lloyd thanked Mr Hirst and Mrs Hirst, who was the projectionist. • ■


much variety to be seen in the 600 dales of York­ shire, from the sheep- inhabited moors to the artificial waterways of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and the cleverness of the construction of the locks a t Bingley. This made an interesting evening’s entertainment, accompanied by Mr Hirst's humorous asides.


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100 pancakes and the event at Halsteads Cottage for the jubilee committee raised £128. The community is holding a


fund-raising event each month to pay for the festivities of the weekend of June 1st and com­


memorative stone signs for approaches to Rimington and Middop. Last month villagers staged a quiz and on April 6th there will be a Hoe Down. Our picture shows Mr Down­


ing showing his pancake-tossing ability to some of those who attended the pancake party. (J020302/3)


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