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Eaves WI, held in the village hall, Mrs J. Spurgeon presided and welcomed everyone. The officers and committee remain in office for another year. Members were advised that
there would be'a federation fun quiz in Clitheroe Parish Church Hall, Church Brow, on January 26th at 7-30 p.m. and notice was also given of the
spring council meeting in Southport Theatre on March 17th, 2004. The competition was for a
favourite piece of poetry, with members reading their own choices. Supper of tea and cakes was
served by Mrs Clegg, Mrs Colley and Mrs Hacking. A raffle, organised by Mrs
Clegg, was won by Mrs R. Wood. The Christmas dinner on
December 1st will be held at the Red Pump Inn.
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HURST GREEN
THE Clitheroe Advertiser and Times has a new village correspondent for Hurst Green. Mrs Helen McKell, of 12 Woodfields,
Stonyhurst, has lived in the village for five years. Her husband, Laurence, is a member of
the teaching staff at Stonyhurst College and she has four children aged between one and seven. Two of the children attend the village
school, one is at nursery and one still at home. The family also attend St Joseph’s. RC Church. Although Helen certainly has a busy life
looking after her family, she is keen to be involved in village life and at the same time keep her brain working by writing about various a ctivities taking place in and around Hurst Green.
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slides and covered various aspects of vegetable growing, with particular attention paid to onion and tomato culture. Members are now very well informed on the subject of growing vegetables to exhibi tion standard. Their expertise will, hopefully, be displayed at next year’s show. Thanks were expressed by Mrs K. Dyson. During the following busi
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ness meeting, deputy chair man Mr Philip Nierop thanked the hostesses, Mrs Middleton and Mrs Corless, and reminded members that the next meeting would be on November 12th when the sub ject will be garden security and crime prevention.
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Annual dinner On Wednesday, Dunsop
Bridge WI members went to the Craven Heifer at Chaigley for their annual din ner.
Members were reminded of
the whist and domino drive on October 25th at Dunsop Bridge Village Hall at 7-45 p.m. Prizes to be provided by members, also a pie and peas supper.
Celebrate Locals turned out in force
on The Crescent recently to celebrate the wedding of pop ular locals Malcom and Elaine. Drinks, music and a hog roast were provided and more than £500 was raised for the Air Ambulance.
GISBURN
Thanksgiving The bells of Gisburn Parish
Church rang a merry peal on Sunday morning as a large congregation gathered for the all-age harvest thanksgiving service, led by the Rev. Eric Kyte. The beautifully decorated
church included harvest dis plays by the young people of the Tower Club and pupils of Gisburn Primary School. The lesson was read by Mr
Andrew Todd and the well loved harvest hymns were led by organist Mrs Diane Rice. Children of the Tower club
sang “Thank-you, Lord” accompanied by recorders and flute, and members read harvest prayers which they had composed. Mrs Joanne Lloyd led the intercessions. The young people helped
Mr Kyte with his address on the theme of “Sharing the Harvest" and the collection is to be donated to the Arch bishop of York’s Fund for “Children in Distress”. Following a happy service
the congregation chatted over coffee and biscuits.
Hole in one Members of Gisburn
Young Farmers’ Club enjoyed a v is it to the golf driving range at Stirton on Monday night. • Next week’s meeting will he sheep and cattle judging at the home of Mr and Mrs Old field, at Newsholme. Mem bers to meet at the farm at 7- 30 p.m.
bers of Bolton-by-Bowland YFC enjoyed an evening stock judging at Tewitt Hall Farm. Thanks were expressed to Mr Keith and Mrs Susan Whitwell for providing the venue, stock and refresh ments. Many thanks were also expressed to master judges Mr Keith Pilkington and Mr Michael Cornthwaito. Next week’s meeting will be
a trip to Dunsop Bridge Mountain Rescue Centre, members to meet in the vil lage at 6-40 p.m. Members are also reminded that pay ment is now due for the coun ty ball.
happenings in the village, success stories, fund-raising efforts, special awards or issues concerning rural life, can contact Helen tel. 01254 826179. Tell her about your event or pass on your report for her to forward to the office.
GRINDLETON
Recreation ground The annual meeting of
Grindleton Recreation Ground Charity will be held tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Methodist Church school room. Discussions will take
place on the plans for the children’s playground and work done so far, future fund-raising efforts as well as events such as bonfire night. All the committee mem
bers have worked hard over the last 12 months and any one wishing to join the com mittee should attend the meeting or inform Carolyn Doherty 01200 441105. Everyone with children is urged to attend and give as little or as much help as they can, it would be very much appreciated.
Good support The president of Grindle
ton WI, Mrs Kay Hopkin- son, welcomed members to the AGM, held in the Methodist schoolroom. She thanked them for their sup port throughout the year and committee members for their contributions to anoth er excellent and enjoyable year. Officers presented their
annual reports and Mrs Iiopkinson was thanked for another year packed with fun and interest for Grindle ton WI. Mrs Hopkinson was re
elected president, with Mrs Elizabeth Rowntree contin uing as treasurer and the secretary’s duties being shared between Mrs Judy Cowling and Mrs Cynthia Openshaw. Members enjoyed a hot
pot supper and participated in a chocolate quiz, organ ised by Mrs Sheila Hail wood. The 71st birthday party
will be held at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley, on November 13th at 6-45 for 7 p.m. Mrs Mandy Brennan is organising a trip to Handel’s “Messiah by Candlelight” at the Palace Theatre, Man chester, on December 3rd. Mrs Hopkinson reminded
members that Tai Chi con tinues in Sawley School at 7- 30 p.m. on Wednesday evenings. Grindleton WI will be
fielding two teams in the federation fun quiz on Janu ary 26th, 2004. '
KNOWLE GREEN
SpeciaLchildren Once again Knowle Green
Village Hall was alive with activity as members of the Friends of Children of Cher nobyl charity welcomed 15 children and two inter preters from Belarus. Dur ing the morning the children enjoyed dressing-up as char acters to perform a play entitled, “My Secret”, which had been written specially for them. The children also enjoyed
a cooked lunch and tea pro vided by members and the highlight of the day had them roaring with laughter at the magic show by enter tainer Andy Magee. The two groups of chil
dren who visit every year stay with local families and receive free dental, eye and general health checks, thanks to professionals who give their time for no reward other than seeing fitter and healthier children. Anyone with special dress
es that the children could use for dressing-up at any future performances are asked to
contact
Mrs Jean Hoole (01254 826515)- Gifts of children’s clothing and toiletries are always welcome for the chil-
dren to take home with them and can be taken to the vil lage hall any time. Anyone wishing to know
more about the charity “Friends of Chernobyl Children" is asked to con ta c t Mrs Karen R iley (01254 820119).
Royal footman Many interesting anec
dotes were on the menu at Knowle Green Village Hall for the annual dinner. Guest speaker was Mr Paul Kidd, former senior footman to Her Majesty, the late Queen Mother, who whetted appetites with titbits about the Queen, revealing some juicy bits about Prince Philip, and quotes from the Princess Royal. He told sto ries of the love, concern and dedicated service expressed by the late Queen Mother and how he left royal service over 20 years ago when he was treated for cancer. How ever he is s t ill invited to share in the servants’ Christmas party.: , .:.V
Students’^doncert Music students of local
teacher Carrie Steingold entertained an appreciative audience in Knowle Green Village Hall on Saturday. The packed hall heard music from Beethovenrto Rogers and Hammerstein by little tots whose feet could not reach the pedals to the intre pid adults. Proceeds from the raffle will go to the Motor Neurone Research and other profit to the vil lage hall. A masterclass for s tu
dents, with renown concert pianist Ian Jones, will be held on November 1st from 1-30 p.m. Inquiries, tel. 01995 640077.
Whist,dominoes The usual fortnightly
whist and domino drive will be held in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall on Monday.
Lunchtime concert The lunchtime concert
next Thursday in Knowle Green Village Hall will fea ture Angela Barnes on horn and Russell Lomas on piano. To book tel. 01254 826948.
LANGHO
Back to school An ICT curriculum
evening is being held at St Mary’s RC Primary School, Langho, next Wednesday at 7 p.m. Parents, governors and other interested adults are invited to find out more about how information and communication technology is taught and how it is used as a powerful teaching and learning resource across the curriculum. A demonstra tion of the new interactive white board will be a high light of the evening.
MARTIN TOP
Special Sunday Men’s Sunday services
were celebrated in Salem Congregational Chapel, Martin Top, with morning worship conducted by Dr Paul Standley, of Barnoldswiek, who read the open verses of Psalm 95. The congregation sang
with vigour “Jesus is King”, “Lord of the Cross of Shame” and “Christ Tri umphant Ever Reigning”, accompanied by organist Mr Philip Peel. A Bible reading was given by Mr William Smith. In his address Dr Stand-
ley spoke of the need to remind ourselves of God’s goodness and read St Paul’s letter of encouragement to the Ephesian Church. Pastor Jeff Jones conduct
ed the afternoon service opening.with verses from Psalm 93. He led a good sing accompanied by Mr Don Carson on the organ. Hymns
included “All Heaven declares the Glory of the Risen Lord” and for the communion hymn “As we are gathered, Jesus is Here”. He spoke of the blessings that the fellowship of the Holy Communion brings in remembrance of Jesus. Refreshments were served at the close of each service.
correspondents are set to village news as it happens
WHALLEY
THERE is also a new village correspon dent in Whalley. Mrs Jean Miller, of The Sands, has lived
in the Ribble Valley all her life. She was born in Whalley and subse
quently lived in the Simonstone and Clitheroe areas before returning to the vil lage 10 years ago. She has a background in newspapers as
her father, Mr Carey Chatburn, was a journalist with the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, later becoming its editor and she also had an uncle who was an editor. Mrs Miller has many interests including
a special connection with children and one morning a week she helps pupils at Whal ley CE School with their reading. She is also secretary of the Ribble Val
ley Branch Diabetic Support Group, a committee member of Whalley Village Hall and secretary of Whalley Village Players. Anyone with news of events or happen
ings in the village, success stories or. fund raising efforts can let Mrs Miller know, or pass on their report to her. Her telephone number is 01254 824312.
M. Middleton, Mrs E. Jack- son, Mr H. Lofthouse. Dominoes: Mr D. Lowe,
Mr P. Metcalfe, Miss M. Pye, Mr E. Fox, Mr J. Pye, Mr F. Giles. Raffle: Mrs M. Edmond
son, Mrs A. Day, Mr H. Lofthouse, Mrs Calverley, Mr J. Kenyon.
SABDEN
Mothers’ Union The monthly meeting of
Read Mothers' Union will be held in Read School on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. when Pat Taylor will be speaking about her holiday.
SIMONSTONE
Whist Winners at the whist drive
in Simonstone Old School on Tuesday were: Ladies - 1,
Mrs S. Law; 2, Mrs E. Hutchinson, consolation, Mrs'E. Simpson. Gents - 1, Mrs M. Malpass; 2, Mr G. Holden, consolation, Mrs P. Larkin. The special prize was won by Mr F. Green and the MC was Mr George Pol lard. 'The next whist drive in
the old school is on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.
RIMINGTON
Cordially invited The AGM of Rimington
Memorial Institute manage ment committee will be held on Wednesday at 7-30 p.m. in the hall. All interested in the hall's welfare are cordial ly invited to attend.
Blue moon Members of Rimington
WI and several interested visitors were taken on a rocket-trip to the moon at their meeting. Guest speaker Mr D. Gethins, with the aid of slides, gave a most inter esting insight into the US Apollo Moon Missions in the 1960s and early 70s, explain ing the development of space exploration, culminating in the historic moon landing itself. He himself had wit nessed one of the mission launches and had met with astronauts. After answering questions, Mr Gethins was thanked by Mrs C. Parker- Cale. Vice-president Mrs Jean
Kerr was in the chair and announced there was an LFWI trip to Paris in the spring and a request fo r . members’ favourite recipes for’possible inclusion in the LFWI calendar for 2005. The LFWI fun quiz will be on January 26th in Clitheroe Parish Church hall and Rim ington and Middop carol concert will be on December 16th in the Memorial Insti tute Town crier Mrs B.
Spencer announced local events including the autumn fair in Salem Congregation al Chapel, Martin Top, Sat urday, with hot-pot lunch being served from noon until 2 p.m.. Winner of a competition
judged by Mr Gethins, for an article on the theme of space, was won by Mrs M. Bridge : and Mrs C. Thistlethwaite. Members were reminded
that the annual meeting will be held on November 4th at 7 p.m.
Games There was a good atten
dance in Rimington Memor-. ial Institute for the monthly whist and domino drive on Saturday. A pie and peas supper was served and MCs were Mr B. Stott, dominoes, and Mrs E. Jackson, whist. Whist winners were:
Ladies - Miss M. Wellock, Mrs J.’ Hartley, Mrs E. Waddington. Gents - Mrs
Council The monthly meeting of
Sabden Parish Council was chaired by Coun. Bernard Parfitt and attended by Couns Anita Whalley, Mar
ion Procter, John Shorter, Tony Howarth, Kevin Bar rington and Frank Goss, along with several visitors and members of the public.
Trees Mrs Gladys Walmsley, of
Padiham Road, has offered the parish a rowan tree to replace the Peace Tree in
Pendle Street East which h a s died.
Best Kept results In Lancashire’s Best Kept
Village competition Sab- den’s St Mary’s School and the village toilets had been highly commended.
Bus shelter Money has been put aside
for a new bus shelter in Whalley Road, on the school side, borough Coun. Michael Fielding reported.
Lorries Couns Whalley and
Haythornthwaite had spo ken to the bosses at Ship- ston Joinery and Marbill Developments about the dangers and traffic conges tion caused by heavy lorries unloading at the factories in Whalley Road and they were all concerned to find a solution to the problem.
Woods Coun. Whalley reported a
recent problem when elderly residents of the Simonstone Road area reported a fire in the woods near their homes and the police failed to attend. Coun. Whalley said the couple stayed up all night because they could see a fire and hear banging in the woods and did not know what was happening. She said there had been prob lems in the woods and was very unhappy at the police response. Insp. Bob Ford who attended the meeting apologised and explained that police had experienced a problem in communica tion that weekend which had been the fault of BT. But he stressed that peo
ple should continue to ring 999 if they, were in any dan ger or saw a crime being committed.
Recycling Coun. Frank Goss
thanked Ribble Valley Bor ough Council for quickly putting Badger Wells Cot tages on the waste paper recycling route following the parish council’s request.
Police warning PC Paul Sherrat warned
the public to he vigilant fol- lowing-the theft of coping stones from a house in the Whins Avenue area in broad daylight. He said people, should contact the police immediately if they see ■ anything suspicious.
Traffic It was agreed to ask the highways authority to erect.
■ a 7.5 tonne weight restric tion sign on the Black Hill road as heavy lorries fre quently tried to use the
1 narrow road. Concern.was also expressed by several councillors about the Sab den road junction with the
-A59 and the police shared their concerns.
Hallowe’en ^ • The Nick o’
Pendle.road
between Sabden and Clitheroe will be made one
way on Hallowe’en night and there will be a tempo rary speed restriction, Insp. Bob Ford of Clitheroe Police told the meeting.
Plans A plan for an exercise
room at 1 Clitheroe Road had been re-submitted to
Ribble Valley Borough- Council which had previ ously turned it down. Members welcomed plans
for the conversion of the former witches shop, then a picture framing works, in Padiham Road, to be con verted to three dwellings as it had become an eyesore. There were no objections
to plans for a police anten nae on a building at Hill side Farm, which would be no higher than the present buildings, and would give police communications a much better reception. An application for three
holiday cottages at Cobden Farm had been re-submitted, plans for an extension at 113
Clitheroe Road and a dis abled ramp at Sabden Bap t ist Church had been approved, an extension at 40 Wesley Street had been refused and no decision had been made on an extension at 35 Pendle Street East.
Meeting The next parish council
meeting will be on Tuesday, November 4th, in the Methodist Rooms.
Exhibition An art exhibition by Miss
Elizabeth Foster will take place in St Nicholas’s Hall on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in aid of the St Nicholas’s Roof Fund. £2 admission includes cheese and wine. The exhibition will then
be on display all week and people can make donations in a collecting box.
SLAIDBURN
Ten-pin bowling Members of Slaidburn
Young Fanners’ Club had an enjoyable evening ten pin bowling on Monday night. Next week’s meeting will
he a games night in Slaidbum Village Hall at 7-45 p.m. competing for the Fred Waddington Memorial Shield.
WHALLEY
Abbey winners Winners at the Abbey
senior citizens’ drive, in Whalley, were: Ladies - Mrs P. Wooff, Mrs E. Charnley. Gents - Mrs D. Farnsworth, Mrs J. Walmsley. Dominoes: Mrs J. Peel,
Mrs H. Hardy. Raffle: Mrs E. Charnley. Members are reminded
there will be no meeting on Saturday.
Wind and water A talk illustrated with
slides was given by Mr C. Dickinson on “Wind, Water and Steam Power” to mem bers and friends of Whalley and District Historical and Archaeological Society. From early Saxon times he gave an informative talk about the power of water wheels, wind mills and finally steam. - V. At the meeting next
Wednesday Mr Ken Geddes will talk about “The Building of Stocks Reservoir”, in Whalley Abbey at 8 p.m. Inquiries, tel. Mr Chris Ward 0125453866.
Council ’• Members. of Whalley Parish Council meet in the village hall tonight and, as usual, local people are invit ed.
The controversy about
maintenance of Whalley Parish Church, graveyard will be among'subjects dis-
. cussed at the meeting, which starts at 7-30 p.’ m.
Permission granted
PLANNING permission has been granted for a new detached house off Chapel Lane, West Bradford. Members of Ribble Valley
Borough Council’s planning committee followed the advice of their planning officers in approving the application for a single house on land next to
Pickering Croft. Development control man
ager Mr John Macholc remind ed members that the site already had an existing permis sion for a single house, estab lishing the principle of residen tial development. The latest application was
for a two-storey house measur ing approximately 14 metres by eight metres and with a single storey lean-to structure at one side. A planning officer’s report to
members stated: “In terms of nearby residential amenity, I am satisfied that there are ade quate safeguards in terms of distance between adjacent
properties to avoid any signifi cant overlooking. “In relation to visual impact,
I consider that this amended plan, following the refusal (of a previous plan), is now signifi cantly different and reduces the amount of built form so that it fits comfortably within the site.”
Holiday home
A GARAGE and store at Field House Farm, Slaidbum, will be converted into a holiday cot tage suitable for disabled peo ple.
Because the main farmhouse
is a Grade II listed building and the garage is linked to it, listed building consent was required before work can proceed. Ribble Valley borough coun
cillors were happy to grant that consent at a meeting of the Planning and Development Committee. The conversion will involve
the blocking up of a garage door to create a separate door and window, plus the installa tion of a small roof light. The council’s development
control manager, Mr John Macholc, reported that Slaid burn Parish Council had no objection to the plan.
Barn approval
A REVISED plan for a barn conversion in Grindleton met with approval from Ribble Val ley councillors. Members of the Planning
and Development Committee gave a green light to the pro posed change of use of Stone- hill Bam, off Main Street, to a single dwelling. They were told that the
amended plan included retain ing a lean-to at the rear, build ing a detached garage and a covered sitting out area. Permission was granted sub
ject to 15 conditions regulating all aspects of the development, especially the building materi- alstobeused.
Special guest
AWARD-WINNING French horn player Miss Angela Barnes will feature at the lunchtime concert to be held in Knowle Green Village Hall next Thursday.
‘ . Miss Barnes was a finalist in
the brass section of the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition in 2002. She will be accompanied by Russell Lomas on piano. >. ■. The concert begins at mid
day and will be followed by a • luncheon of lasagne and
salad.To book tel. 01254 826948 and leave your name, number of tickets required and a contact telephone number.
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Driv< acts land
NO kidding - a go- ahead coach driver from Sabden relaxes away from the job by keeping
goats! For Steve Whitehurst
(37), who initially studied to become a farmer, is rel ishing the challenge of his new role as operations manager with Fraser Eagle Coaching Group. Mr Whitehurst began as a
driver with East Lancashire group travel specialists Fras er Eagle Coaching over six years ago.
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a clear path from the driving I seat into management.
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