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Langho WI Mrs Marie Smith welcomed new members and visitors to the monthly meet ing.
Philip Ainsworth, of Ainsworth’s Jewellers, who gave a most interesting and informative talk on "The His tory of Diamonds” and he was thanked by Mrs Barbara Charlson. The three resolutions for
Guest speaker was Mr
the NFWI were discussed and voted on.
Birthday flowers were pre
sented to Mrs Mabel Holt. The raffle was won by Mrs Anne Brewer and Mrs Doreen Penny. Details of various events
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attend computer taster ses sions on July 14th to 17th and 27 members will learn to make hanging baskets at Oak Nurs ery, Goosnargh. The annual dinner will be
held at Mytton Fold Hotel on June 4th.
The next meeting will be
held in the community centre on Monday, June 16th at 7-45 p.m., when the speaker will be “Barn Owl Bill”. Visitors will be most welcome.
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Gardening Club, Bolton-by- Bowland, was Miss Rachel Sullivan, of T.H. Barker’s Nurseries, Haverthwaite, Cumbria. Her talk was enti tled "All About Clematis” and was illustrated by slides and samples of clematis she brought along. All aspects of clematis growing were cov ered, particularly the type of pruning required by each dif ferent group, which always presents difficulties to ama teur gardeners. There then fol lowed a question-and-answer
All about clematis Guest speaker at Bolland
session during which members gained further enlightenment. Thanks were expressed for an interesting and informative evening by Mrs K. Dyson. Hostesses Mrs Shaw and
Mrs Lord were thanked. Next month’s meeting will
be a trip to East Riddleston Hall.
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and-buy stall held on Satur day raised £102 for Chatburn Methodist Church Building Fund. The next coffee morning
organised by the LFWI were circulated, including walks from Ribchester on June 13th and 16th, a craft taster day at Ramsbottom on July 11th, a summer buffet and concert in Myerscough College on August 20th, a Lancashire day trip on August 20th and a four day visit to Glasgow in December. About 20 members will
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from the roof. Live coverage of bells will
be shown on a TV monitor in church and there will also be a home-produce stall.
DALEHEAD
and Mr P. Metcalfe. Winners were: M. Jackson, J. Stainton, M. Edmondson,
held in Tosside Institute on Saturday was well attended and raised £104 for St James's Church, Dalehead. MCs were Mr J. Kenyon
.J. Waddington, I. Hartley, R. Brown, M. Davies, G. Parker, E. Fox, W. Hustwaite, J. Oddie, Sammy Joe Deeley, J. Sager, M. Woods. Raffle: Rachel Taylor, G.
Parker, M. Pickles, J. Kenyon, J. Traynor, F. Taylor, B. Waddingon.
Social drive A whist and domino drive
mowing of the football pitch and concern was expressed about the lights that have now been connected, but are not working properly. Also under discussion was the possibility of producing a
Councillors discussed the HURST GREEN
Special service A special Holy Communion
( local parish plan and the prob lem of traffic speeding
’ and ask for a 30 m.p.h. speed limit. The planning application
for a workshop in the village was discussed and concerns raised were noise pollution and access to the workshop.
Musical evening A music night held in Dun-
sop Bridge Village Hall on Saturday was a great success. The duo “Stoup” entertained, playing authentic country blues and Ian’s vocals and Simon’s lead guitar compli mented each other and con
tributed to a memorable evening.
ham Women's Institute spe cial guest Mr Geoffrey Braithwaite accepted a cheque for £350 on behalf of the East Lancashire Hospice. The money was raised by a cake stall held in the village on Easter Monday. Village organisations are
Charity fund At the meeting of Down-
Ruth Neild, who is the repre sentative of the Bradford Diocesan MU Project “Away From It All Holidays” at the
Holiday time Members welcomed Mrs
invited to take part in a Christmas fair in the village hall on November 29th. Con tact a committee member if you would like a stall for this event. Link delegate Mrs Kay
Hopkinson was present to record votes for resolutions at the annual meeting in Lon don, and the meeting conclud ed with members reading their favourite humorous poems and articles The June meeting will take
place in Chatburn Methodist Church.
meeting of Gisburn Mothers’ Union. With slides and a warm
hearted commentary, Mrs Neild showed the attractive caravan, which is based on a holiday village site at Filey, where disadvantaged people, families going through trau matic times, or those just in need of a complete break, can stay and be “away from it all” for a while. The caravan project is
funded by MU branches with in the Bradford Diocese, and the Gisburn members enjoyed seeing the good work of the project which they support through their annual silent auction. Members are looking for
Teddies came too Dunsop Bridge WI presi
speaker. Her talk was entitled "And the Teddies came too". She took along some of her
dent Mrs Marjorie Pinder welcomed members and guests from Pendleton WI to the May meeting. Mrs Pat Hayward was the
collection of Teddies, many of w h ich sh e has' m a d e h erself , and all with a story to tell.
Everyone had a most enter taining and enjoyable evening.
given to Mrs S. Singleton, who received the table flowers. Mrs J. Weisters, from Slaid- burn WI, who will be repre senting Dunsop Bridge WI at the annual meeting in Lon don, discussed the three rolu- tions to be voted on. There will be no meeting
Pendleton WI, and third Shirley Singelton from Dun- sop Bridge WI. Birthday geetings were
next month as members will be on their evening outing.
Village hall The village hall is now open
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on Sundays throughout the summer from 12 to 4 p.m. serving teas. There will also be various stalls.
Dunsop Bridge Parish Coun cil Mr John Nayler and Mr Barry Singleton were re-elect ed as chairman and' vice- chairman respectively.
Village matters At the annual meeting of
Teddy bear was won by Mary Wigan from Pendleton WI. Second was Jean Bristol,
The competition for a
£3,000 was raised for playing field funds.Future events include a sports day on June 21st, when the theme for the fancy dress will be “What I want to be when I grow up”. In September, the commit
tee is planning to hold a horti cultural show for villagers to show off their green fingers, so they are asked to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers ready for the big occasion which promises to be a very special event.
Recreation Ground Charity Committee would like to thank everyone who took part in the successful galloping gourmet evening, especially all the hosts, Mr Tony and Mrs Ruth Cann and Mr Denis and Mrs Mandy Bren nan. Also thanks go to all the people who donated items for the auction. The magnificent sum of
Successful event Members of Grindleton
ward to the Bowland MU Deanery Festival on June 2nd at Coniston Cold St Peter’s Church and, later in the year, on August Bank Holiday weekend, to staging a display as part of the Gisburn Parish Church exhibition weekend. Names were taken for the
June 10th evening outing, which leaves the Festival Hall at 6 p.m. Anyone wishing to
join the trip or has any queries should telep hon e Mrs H. Waddington, 01200' 445374.
through the village. It was agreed to write to Lancashire County Council
service to celebrate God’s wonderful world and to con sider man’s place in creation and role as steward will be held in St John’s Church, Hurst Green, on June 1st at 11 a.m. Due to St John’s Church
ing in the service, to which everyone is invited.
having no incumbent, mem bers of the house group have arranged the service entitled “Creation Celebration”, which will be led by the Rev. Sam Randell, the Bishop’s officer for social responsibility. Children will be participat
brate the life of the late chair man of the village hall, Peter Morgan MBE, will be held in Preston Parish Church on Saturday, June 21st, at 2 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend.
Memorial service A memorial service to cele
June 22nd, at 2-30 p.m., the village hall and car park will be officially opened by Lord Alton. There will be afternoon tea and the planting, by James Prosser, of a fir tree in
The following day, Sunday,
■ memory of Peter, who lived at Fir Cottage, and the presenta tion of a portrait of Peter, painted by local artist Jean Hoole, to the village hall. Everyone is welcome. Anyone who does not
Chernobyl children The village is gearing up to
receive another party of chil dren from Belarus, the area affected by the giant nuclear explosion of Chernobyl. The children are coming to
Knowle Green on Wednesday, May 28th, and during their stay they will be taking part in a drama and art workshop, will be entertained by a chil dren’s entertainer, go for a walk around the area and end up having tea at the home of a local family. Anyone willing to help on
the day is asked to contact Jean Procter or Jean Hoole.
concert presented by John Travis Events Ltd will this week feature the Kingston Quartet of Louise Latham on violin, Jeremy Bradley also on violin, John Goodsfadt on viola and Mary Dainton on cello. They will be performing music by well-known com posers for string quartets. Admission is £13 (conces
Making music The Thursday lunchtime
sions £12) including a lunch of home-cooked ham and salad
with new potatoes and a sweet. To book, ring 01254
826948.
Theatre show The Fiftysomething The
atre Company, from Burnley, is making a welcome return visit to the village hall on Sat urday, May 31st, at 7-30 p.m. to perform the play “As Time
Goes By”. Tickets are priced a t £ 4 , including coffee, short bread and fudge, and may be
purchased in advance by ring ing 01254 878447.
Workshop Another of the popular jew
ellery workshops with tutor Ellen Darby is being held in the village hall on Saturday, June 14th, from 9-30 a.m. until 3-30 p.m.
ing a bangle with beads and silver wire, all materials for a bangle being included in the workshop price of £20. This will also include a light lunch and all drinks. To book a place, phone 01254 878447.
The students will be mak
Church clocks The Wednesday evening
talk at the village hall will be held on June 4th, and the
speaker will be Mr Stewart Whillis. An accomplished and enter
taining speaker, he will be talking about church clocks, a subject on which he is very knowledgeable. The evening will begin at 7-
30 p.m. with a welcome glass of wine and the talk itself will start at 8 p.m. To book a ticket, ring 01254
878447.
receive a personal invitation to this event with their new copy of the Gazette, and who wishes to attend, should con tact Jean Procter as soon as possible and an invitation will be forwarded to them.
Attic sale Knowle Green Congrega
tional Church is holding an attic sale in the junior church room at the church on the morning of Saturday, May 31st. There will also be a cake stall and light refreshments will be served. All proceeds are for church funds.
Resolutions At the meeting of Knowle
Green and Dutton WI, the resolutions were discussed and voted upon prior to being pre sented to the Government. These included the improve ment of children’s diet, return to apprenticeship schemes and improvement of care for the elderly. Mrs Diana Procter spoke
the LFWI County Show at Garstang Country Hotel on September 17th and the Royal Lancashire Show at Dinkley in July - cakes are needed and volunteers for stewarding. After tea and cakes, mem bers enjoyed several games of dominoes. At the next meeting on
June 11th, Mr Walmsley will speak about “Ringing through the change” in the village hall. New members will be welcome.
on behalf of Goosnargh and Longridge Agricultural Show, urging members to enter vari ous exhibits and asking for help with the show in July. Entries are also wanted for
PENDLETON
Hobbies Final arrangements are
being made for the hobbies exhibition to he held in Pendfeton Village Hall on May 31st. The various talents of
parishioners of All Saints’ Church will be on display from 11-30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Waste-paper • The fortnightly collection
of waste-paper takes place in Pendleton on Tuesday. Papers should be left in the bags provided.
paper collection day in Sab den. Leave paper outside in the white sacks provided, but please make sure any personal financial details are shredded beforehand, for security rea sons.
Collection • Next Tuesday is waste-
Spring fair A spring fair and garden
party will be held at St Mary’s Church on Saturday, June 7th, at 2 p.m. Donations of cakes, groceries, pots, bric- a-brac, bottles, costume jew ellery, home-made jam and preserves, in fact anything that will sell, along with prizes for the raffle and tombola, are urgently wanted. Please leave them at church or with any parishioner. The church has launched
ebrated the choir’s 20th anniversary with a concert on May 12th at St John’s Church, Read, attended by the Mayor of the Ribble Val ley and the county chairman of the Lancashire Federation of Women’s Institutes. The singers are also helping
to raise funds for St Nicholas’s Church roof in Sabden with a concert to be held there on
Wednesday, June 18th, at 7-30 p.m.
Good voice The Readstone Singers cel
“operation church hall” to raise money for a complete renovation of the hall. Follow ing the upgrading of the kitchen, work needed now includes a new heating sys tem, disabled toilets and redecoration. Proceeds from the spring fair will go towards this and, as the hall is used by many village organisations, it is hoped there will be lots of support.
Services The 9-30 a.m. service at
Bazaar The poor weather was
blamed for a disappointing number of visitors to the Holme Committee Bazaar in St Mary’s Hall on Saturday. However, those who did go
seemed to have a good time and picked up some bargains from the plant stall in addi tion to trying their luck on a range of stalls from tombola to marble challenge. The grand raffle was won
Sabden Methodist Church on Sunday will be taken by Mrs Erica Atkinson. At the Bap tist Church, Mr Gerald Nor- cross will lead the Sunday ser vice at 10 a.m.
den Parish Council for grass cutting in the back section of the parish graveyard at St Nicholas’s Church. Anyone interested should
Graveyard Tenders are invited by Sab
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apply to the clerk to the coun cil, Mrs Angela Whitwell, of Law Farm, Trapp Lane, Simons tone.
would like to thank everyone who contributed to the day - helpers, stallholders and the visitors - which made more than £500 for Holme Com mittee funds for the cost of
by Dawn Walmsley (sold by Enid Boyd-Martin), with sec ond prize going to John from LG Philips (sold by Michael McCrerie) and third to post master Andrew Hartley. A full list of winners is on dis play at the newsagent’s. The Holme Committee
the bonfire and fireworks dis play in November.
Bowling An entry of 19 players com
Visiting priest On Sunday, the Rev. Brian
Rogation Sunday will be con ducted by the Rev. Alan Reid and shared with farming friends. It will also incorpo
Stevenson will he the visiting priest at the 9 a.m. Holy Communion service in St Leonard’s Church, Langho. He will also minister at 10-30 a.m. morning worship and conduct a baptism service. The Evensong service on
rate the sidespersons admis sion. The rose queen festival will be held on June 14th.
peted for the Brenda Thomas Trophy, Sabden Bowling Club's men’s singles competi tion.
A pleasing number of enthu
siastic spectators braved the weather to watch the morning start of the preliminary round. There were several keen contests in the early rounds, but the pick of the day was the semi-final between Trevor Wildman and Kevan Lingard with some first-class bowling to be admired. In spite of being 16-19 down at one stage, Trevor emerged the winner 21-19. In the other semi - final, Dennis Mather was the victor by 21-12 against David Parsons. The final took place in con
Christian Aid A coffee evening for Christ
ian Aid, held in Newton Unit ed Reformed Church Sunday School, raised more than £70. Ladies from St Andrew's Church, Slaidburn, looked
after the bring-and-buy stall, while ladies of Newton Church served coffee.
tinuous rain, which clearly made it difficult for both play ers, but Trevor Wildman managed to overcome them to run out 21-7 against Dennis Mather. Chairman John Boocock congratulated both players for their efforts throughout the competition and presented the trophy to the winner.
made a very enjoyable visit to the Bowland Rescue Centre, where they were warmly wel comed by two of their volun teers and very well fed by the two lady chefs. Following a meal, Sawley ladies were given a comprehensive tour of the rescue centre, which has been superbly equipped for accept ing many kinds of groups wishing to spend either train ing weekends or weekends of outdoor pursuits. The fifth call of the week requesting help from the rescue volun teers came during this visit. Members were reminded of the group meeting in Grindle ton and two outings in July were discussed, the first to "Shakespeare at the Tower” on July 11th and secondly to Castle Howard on July
30th.President Mrs Rita Webb invited members to consider this year’s resolutions for the AGM in London, which were approved.
Rescue centre Members of Sawley WI
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St Mary’s Pupils of St Mary’s RC
term tomorrow and after the holidays has a girls’ football match at Mellor on June 3rd and parents’ night on June 5th.
took part in a concert “Joyful Noise” at Preston Guild Hall. Well done to them. School breaks up for half-
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