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, was Mrs Muriel Sanderson, who showed slides and spoke


ley-with-Wheatley Womens Institute, the guest speaker


Picture show ■ At the meeting of Thom-


about Denman College. She was thanked by Mrs J. Tomlinson.


cussed and voted on and tickets were on sale for the,


Resolutions were dis­ .


300 people turned up and it was a huge success for our first event. The exhibitors were great and the stands were fan­ tastic. People got out of it what they put in." She added that anoth­


er event is being organ­ ised for October and again for school-leavers next year.


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Punchard, Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Mrs Mary Robinson and Clitheroe Advertiser and Times news editor Mrs Vivien Meath. The entries will be dis­


played at the Aquatic Hire Company’s Derby Street premises, with a prizegiving ceremony during its official open­ ing in June. Aquariums are the lat­


est city office and celebrity fad, with Pop Idol judge Pete Water­ man being a known enthusiast. Submit your entries to


group meeting to be held in Chipping. , Birthday greetings were


. Blackburn. The competition for a knitted garment was won by Mrs N. Procter and Mrs A. Roper. Raffle win­ ners were Mrs F. Donnelly and Mrs B. Procter. Social time was spent


extended to Mrs R. Procter,' Mrs E. Hayhurst, Mrs M. Sanderson and Mrs M.


ly came into existence soon after the second world war and were originally called the Memorial Gardens. To mark the coronation of- Queen Elizabeth II, the gardens were officially renamed the Coronation Gardens at a special cere­ mony on April 30th, 1953. The old rustic bridge


was replaced with a new stone bridge, incorporating a stone tablet inscribed with "EUR 1953". The Coronation Gar­


Lunch at ancient site


for walkers WEATHER rep o r ts were gloomy when a party-of Clitheroe Ram­ blers set out on Sunday to walk from Chipping just below the access area to the Bowland


hills. The route made use of


den's committee, chaired by the village historian, Mrs Mary Bridge, has decided to add a second stone tablet to the bridge to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. ’ The village is indebted


a number of green tracks and farm roads that run along the foot of the fells. Fortunately, the weather remained fine for most of the day-with occasional bursts of sunshine and a brisk wind. The group walked


playing bingo. , Speaker at the June meet­


ing will be Mr Peter Taylor who will talk about the work of the Galloways Society for the Blind. The competition will beforapieceof crochet- work.


WHALLEY.


Worthy.cause Have your purses ready


if you are out and about in Whalley this weekend. Staff of the three hostel- ries in the village and the local nightclub will be sell­ ing raffle tickets to raise funds for the Whalley and Billington Ambulance Service First Responders Heart of Lancashire Fund. The raffle draw will take place in the Dog Inn at 8 p.m. on Sunday evening. On Saturday at 10-30


the Aquatic Hire Com­ pany, Derby Street, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1NJ, with your name and school written clearly on the back.


loon is left on blocks LED Ford Fiesta was left standing


lating.


(eves stole its four alloy wheels, pok place in The Sands, Whalley, 1 9 a.m. and 1-30 p.m. on Monday,


to local stonemason Mr Brent Stevenson, who has provided the stone as a gift to the village, complete with the inscription "E11R 2002".


Forum on food hygiene


BUSINESSES in the Ribble Valley are being invited to take part in a forum on food control and health and safety issues set up by Ribble Valley Borough Council to discuss developments, exchange information and discuss areas of concern. For details ring environmen­ tal health manager Mr James Russell on 414464.


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from Chipping to Blind- hurst before having lunch at the Bleasdale Circle, an ancient Bronze Age settlement and bur­ ial mound. Formerly there was no


Tasty morsels At the meeting of


Waddington WI, held in the Methodist schoolroom, president Miss Hylda Emsden asked Mrs Eva Allison to read the resolu­ tions which were: support for small abattoirs and stricter controls on the importation of foodstuffs.’ Mrs Marian Wood gave


a good report on the spring council meeting in South- port, and Mrs Jean Entwistle spoke about being a VCO and what it entailed. The plant stall was kept


A WELCOME cup of lea for evacuee David Wade from WRVS ladies, Janet Monks, Coralic Giles, Irene Ramsbottom, Maralyn Harrison and Philippa McFall, during Saturday's emergency planning excercisc at Longridge Civic Hall (1805025-1)


‘Flood-alert’ puts teams on


for real emergency


busy, and at tea break flowers were presented to Mrs Sarah Baines on her retirement as pianist at meetings for many years. The next meeting will


' group by a representative of First North West Trains of money raised at the Pickwick Night. The presentation will take place on the Whalley Arms car park, where the new equipment of the First Responders will also be on show.


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terrific tennis treasure hunt on Sunday, starting from Whalley Tennis Club from 1 to 2 p.m. This event is fun on


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A MAJOR mock flood in Roch­ ester put volunteer response


teams to the test on Saturday. The aim of Operation Reassure


be a Jacob's join jubilee party-with a red, white and blue theme. A large number of mem­


bers from Gisburn, Rim- ington and Waddington


attended the Border group meeting in Waddington


ence what each cheese, pate and meats were made of and the special ingredi­ ents used to make them. Mrs Helena Keighley


as a shopkeeper and how he came to own his own speciality food business. He explained to his audi­


Hazel Short was among the guests, and Miss Ems­ den welcomed her and everyone before introduc­ ing guest speaker Mr Antess, a retired grocer from Shaw,'near Rochdale. He spoke about his life


Methodist Church school­ room. County chairman Mrs


Keeping warm, flood evacuees William and Linda Thompkins with their children Martin(12), Mark (10) and Victoria (nine) who played their part well during the excercise at Longridge Civic Hall (1805025-4)


was to see how one of the Ribble Valley's two "rest centres" would cope in a real-life crisis. Teams of volunteers played out the


mock drama as members of the Red Cross, Women's Royal Voluntary Ser­


vice, Raynet radio communications and others dealt with the aftermath. As the scenario unfolded more than


100 evacuees arrived at Longridge Civic Hall, having been forced to leave their homes in Ribchester after a major flooding incident. Members of the Red Cross dealt


Social Services, while pet provision was taken care of by the RSPCA and Raynet's amateur radio experts pro­ vided valuable communications back­ up.


As the day unfolded various mini­


dramas were played out in the centre to see how the volunteers would man­ age the various situations. Mr Graham Whipp, Ribble Valley Borough Council's Engineering Man­


ager and Emergency Planning Officer, was among those observing the prac­


tice run. He said: "My own role was to represent the council and see if we pro­ vided the right things for the right people at the right time." He added that it was reassuring to


with the registration process and the walking wounded while "TLC", together with tea, biscuits and hot meals, was provided by the WRVS. A crisis corner was set up by Lancashire


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public access to this important historic site, but there is now a con­ cessionary path and, as they ate sandwiches, group members speculat­ ed on what life would have been like in this remote place nearly 4,000 years ago. There were glorious


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views of the fells, and the walkers' enjoyed the peace and quiet of the lonely and beautiful places which have the ambience of the high fells, but involve none of the effort of slogging through the heavy peat­ bogs at the top. On the return to Chip­


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ping, there was some light rain, but it was not enough to disturb the pleasure in bluebell slopes, flower-filled meadows and trees cov­ ered in blossom.


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know there were willing volunteers in the community who give their own time to receive first-aid training through a variety of agencies which enables them to help in times of need.


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thanked Mr Antess for a most enjoyable and enter­


taining talk. A delicious supper was


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served while visitors and members tasted the spe­ ciality food.


paper sculpture AN arts and crafts work­ shop on paper sculpture is to take place at Glitheroe Library tomor­ row. Admission is free and


the tutor will be Kate Bellwood, of Lancashire College.


Karaoke and old time sing-a-long to mark jubilee


WELLIE throwing, a fer­ ret lottery and a jar bola are just some of the activ-. ities planned for Chip­ ping's golden jubilee celfr; brations. From Friday, May


31st, to Wednesday, June 5th, villagers will be mak­ ing the most of a packed programme of entertain­ ment to mark the 50th' anniversary of the Queen's reign. Tree planting, judging


of the best-decorated frontage in the Ribble Valley village and a "Kings and Queens Karaoke” are planned for the Friday. These will be followed on Saturday, June 1st, by a Women's Institute coffee morning and, between 2 and 5 p.m., an exhibition of old photographs in the com­ munity hall entitled "Cel­ ebrating Chipping". The school field is pro-'


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