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Eyes down The annual food bingo
organised by members of St Bartholomew’s Church, Chip ping, will be held in the village hall on Saturday. Doors open at 6-30 with eyes down at 7-45 p.m. Donations of prizes would
be very welcome, and all vil lagers and friends are invited to the event.
Safe farming
ping Young Farmers’ Club met in St Mary’s Community Centre for a talk on animal health by a representative of DEFRA. Members enjoyed the annu
al Christmas dance held recently in Chipping Village Hall, which was well-attend ed.
Next week’s meeting will be
the regional tenpin bowling competition at the Megabowl, Preston. Those taking part should meet a t the church steps at 7 p.m.
CLAYTON- LE-DALE
Faraway places At the meeting of Clayton-
le-Dale Women's Institute, president Mrs Joan Motter- shaw wished all members a happy New Year before intro ducing guest speakers Mr Steuart and Mrs Anita Kellington who gave an illus trated talk on “Exploring Thailand and Laos”. Mr and Mrs Kellington told
of their month-long stay in Thailand and Laos and showed wonderful^ pho tographs. They said they had been very impressed by the kindness and hospitality shown to them by the Thai people and the children in par ticular were delightful. They explained the only drawback to visiting this area is the number of innoculations and vaccinations required. Members enjoyed the inter
esting slides and fascinating talk. Thanks were expressed to Mr and Mrs Kellington by Mrs Mottershaw, who remark ed on the splendour of the temples and other buildings and also on the magnificent clothes and jewels worn by
Eleven members of Chip
bers of Bolton-by-Bowland Young Farmers’ Club had an entertaining tour of Sains- bury’s Supermarket, in Clitheroe. Special thanks were
On Monday night, mem
- some of the dancers and pub- ■ lie figures, while the ordinary ■ people had very little in the way of clothes or creature
. comforts. A competition for an East
At the next meeting there
. will be a talk with slides on antiques by Mr D. Sanderson
• competition will be for a favourite glass ornament. Ladies interested can join members in the village hall at 7-30 p.m. on February 10th.
DOWNHAM Exhibition The “real” team from Lan
was discussed and the priori ties identified. Villagers are invited to an
“action planning workshop”, to be held at the village hall on February 5th at 7 p.m., for anyone interested in helping with the changes which have been suggested.
Healthy lifestyle Guest speaker at the meet
ing of Downham Women's Ins titute was Mrs Angela Moseley who told members about the healing properties of aloe vera products. She advised members on the cor rect product to use for various conditions.,,; A competition for a medi
extended to Mrs Eunice Hook, Mrs Gladys Parkinson and Mrs Jill Cragg. Treasurer Mrs Eileen Parker announced the finances were in a healthy state after a fund-raising event. Members were informed of
cine that worked for them was won by Mrs Elizabeth Wrigley who extolled the virtues of “Virol”. Birthday greetings were
tion staged in September, resi dents were asked their thoughts and concerns about living in Downham and Twiston and how the villages- could develop over the next 10 years. A summary of these ideas
cashire County Council made a return visit to Downham Village Hall on Wednesday evening. At the community exhibi
Memberaof Gisbum Moth- - ; : The meeting of Knowle ers’ Union met m the Spread Green Women.s ins titute
Special lunch _
the election of officers was held, with Mrs C. Thistleth- waite, Mrs C. Knowles and Mrs H. Waddington being
returned as branch leader, sec retary and treasurer respec tively. Sincere thanks were
expressed by Mrs Thistleth- waite to the secretary and treasurer for all their hard work throughout the past year
and to all members and friends for their loyalty and support, and all showed their appreciation to Mrs Knowles for arranging the sociable and enjoyable occasion.
GRINDLETON Car boot sale
ed funds for the upkeep of Grindleton CC, members have decided to attend the Clitheroe car boot sale at the end of January and beginning of February. They urgently need goods
to sell, giving people the great opportunity to start the New Year off by getting rid of any thing that is no longer of use (no children, husbands or live
stock).^
courses and events to look for ward to and reminded to book a stall at the Christmas fair in.. November. A visit to the East.;, Lancashire Hospice is also planned for spring. The “Downham Ducks”
and “Downham Diamonds” teams were both wished good luck in the forthcoming LFWI fun quiz on Monday. •
DUNSOP BRIDGE
Youth club At the meeting of Dunsop
Bridge Youth Club, the older girls reformed their dance group and rehearsals are now under way for a concert in February. The pool competition was
won by Simon Wells and Robert Walker, and a five-a- side football competition was enjoyed by the boys.
Parish council Members of Bowland High
School’s young Citizens’ group, along with John Kirkham, of Lancashire Youth and Com munity Service, have been working-in Dunsop Bridge doing jobs with' the parish
.council - bulb planting and painting the goalposts on the football pitch.
to donate can contact David and Lizzie Briggs (tel. 440584), Mike Crossland (tel. 440038) or Andrea Olleren- shaw (tel. 440588).
KNOWLE GREEN
Village tribute A shocked and saddened
community came together on Friday to pay respects to the memory of the late Mr Peter Morgan, chairman of Knowle Green Village Hall and former chief executive of Lancashire Youth Clubs’ Association. In; the presence of the Lord-
In order to raise much-need Sad loss
Eagle Hotel, Sawley, for their 0pened with the very sad annual lunch and annual meeting. Following an excellent meal,
announcement of the death of Mr Peter Morgan, a key figure in the refurbishment of the vil lage hall and car park. He will be greatly missed by everyone in the community and beyond. Guest speaker was Mrs Pat
photograph was won by Miss Latter and Mrs Vera Hilton. The post-Christmas dinner will be held in the Ribchester
Hey will talk about Vancouver and new members are wel come.
Arms on Wednesday at 7-30 p.m. At the next meeting Mr C.
MITTON _ v ton, was the venue for villagers
The tower room and gallery at All Hallow’s Church, Mit-
Help and care Anyone who has anything wto hear dental practitioner Mr
Nick Taylor relate to his audi ence of all ages about his time spent on the mercy shop Anas- tasis. He explained that the ship
is a haven of hope for people needing medical attention. The Anastasis sails from Cen tral America to West Africa and the medical practitioners on board give of their skills to help others in need. Those present found the
talk very enlightening and fel lowship followed over tea and biscuits. The next social event will be
Lieutenant of Lancashire and his wife, Lord and Lady Shut- tleworth, together with the Deputy Lieutenant and his wife, Mr and Mrs Keith Gled- hill, and Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans, the whole village crammed into Knowle Green .
on February 26th at 7-30 p.m. when Miss Clare Hyde will explain' why environment issues relate to the Christian faith and everyone’s life in gen eral. Everyone is welcome.
with Mr Morgan’s many Members of Read friends and representatives from the organisations he was involved with. Thanks were given for the life of a man who was a friend and an inspiration to so many. He will be greatly missed.
Congregational Church, along Annual meeting . .
Mothers’ Union will hold their AGM in St John’s Church on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.
RIMINGTON Budding chefs
left on the children’s cookery workshop to be held in Knowle Green Village Hall on Saturday with tutor Clare
There are just a few places Children’s party
children’s party and fancy dress parade will be held on Saturday beginning at 2-30 p.m. in the memorial institute.
Rimington and Middop
Ashcroft who gave a very live ly and interesting talk entitled “Four Black Beauties" to her audience of members and invit ed friends. She relived her car riage drive travelling along the banks of the River Ribble and down the Lime raising £11,000 for Mencap and RABI. She told how many farmers, church members and, of course, WI members, provided good food, accommodation and company along the route. A competition for a holiday
: who will value a limited num ber of items for £1 each. The
ern memento was won by Mrs Elsie Coar with her ivory rick shaw. .
Live music A fund-raising event will be
held in Dunsop Bridge Village Hall on February 1st at 7-30 p.m., proceeds of which will go to the village hall funds and the local youth group. An evening of real blues with Robert Johnson and Howling Wolf will take the audience on a journey through the blues, featuring live music by “Downside” as well as multi- media images showing the evo lution of the blues.
Hyde. The class is aimed at seven to 11-year-olds and begins at 10-30 a.m. and fin ishes at 1 p.m. The cost is £5. Inquiries, tel. 01254 8787447.
Social time
domino drive will be held in : Knowle Green Village Hail on Monday at 7-30 p.m. - Line dancing will be on Tuesday and sequence danc ing on Wednesday as usual.
• The fortnightly whist and Classical concert GISBURN
Tickets are £5, including Knowle Green village Hall supper, available from the post next xhursday at midday ^ office.
The lunchtime concert in
feature the Berdette Trio, with Benedict Holland on violin, Elizabeth Davies on horn and Nicholas Oliver on piano. To book, phone 01254 826948.
SABDEN Luncheon
Sabden Age Concern Leisure Club was held in St Mary’s
The monthly luncheon for
Hall. V A hot lunch of broth and
rolls, apple pie and custard was prepared by Mrs Joyce Harrison and Mrs Doreen Wright and greatly enjoyed. Chairman Mr Harold Jones gave birthday greetings to sev eral members and thanked all who had helped preparing the. room and meal. There was entertainment
by the Waddington Players, Elizabeth Bradley, Nina Fos ter, Joyce Grime and Doreen Edmondson, with accompa nist Peter Cunliffe on key board. They presented a var ied programme of songs, solos and recitations which went down very well, and Coun. Frank Goss proposed a vote of thanks on behalf of everyone. Raffle winners were Joyce
UnityThe Week of Prayer for Christian Unity ends tomor row with a 12-15 p.m. service in St Mary’s RC Church fol lowed by a hunger lunch in the hall for Christian Aid. Meet ings have been held at the other three village churches during the week when people come together to pray for one united church. Tonight, this will take place at St Nicholas’s Church at 7 p.m.
CircleMembers and guests of St Nicholas’s Ladies' Circle will hold their annual dinner at Abbots Court, Whalley, tomorrow evening.
Services The Rev. D. Wotherspoon
will take the 9-30 a.m. service at St Nicholas’s. Church on Sunday. In the absence of a vicar, any church matters are being dealt with by church wardens Mrs Val Darwent on 776962 and Mr Bernard Parfitt on 773759. This Sunday, the Methodist
church welcomes Mrs Mar jorie Coyle as guest preacher, and Mr Gerald Norcross will take the service at the Baptist Church.
Tickets for "The Panto At The OK Corral” are on sale
Show time
.from’; ‘ Betty Clarkson (772762)i'a Dee Bottoms (773984) or the butcher’s shop. The show will be presented
in St Nicholas’s Hall next Thursday, Friday and Satur day at 7-30 p.m. If anyone can donate raffle
prizes, they will be very wel come.
SAWLEY Stately homes An expert on stately homes,
Mr Cliff Astin, was welcomed to Sawley WI by president Mrs Rita Webb. He gave an informed and interesting pre sentation on 12 stately homes in the North of England. ' His talk inspired members
to want to visit the homes. Mr Astin was thanked by Mrs Margaret Heynes. The competition for a pho
tograph of a stately home was won by Mrs Joan Porter, with Mrs Kate Sims and Mrs Rita Webb as runners-up. Host esses for the evening were Mrs Pat Mahlich and Mrs Yssan Williams. The raffle was won by Mrs Christine Thurston,
Harrison, Elizabeth Bradley, Valerie Warburton and John Newby.
Mrs Joan Porter. • The next meeting will be on
..competition will be for a Mediterranean souvenir.
Flowers, poems
Thursday, February 20th, when Mr Dennis Cairns will; speak on “Malta, Crossroads of the Mediterranean”. The
■ ^ He also mentioned the
. pastoral care in the farming community. Mrs Marion Wood thanked
. A.R.C. Addington Fund for tenant farmers, with which Prince Charles is very much involved, and talked about
Mr Cheeseman for an inter esting talk. A walking group has been
An enjoyable evening was
had by all members of Simon- stone with Read WI at their meeting in January. Three different members
entertained with a flower arranging demonstration, an amusing poem and an award winning short story. A light supper was supplied
by the committee and a com petition and raffle followed. Members were advised that
the Readstone Singers’ “Pre lude to Christmas" event in December raised the magnifi cent sum of £805 for the North-West Air Ambulance. Members were reminded of
the special anniversary dinner to celebrate the institute’s 40th birthday in February.
SLAIDBURN Young farmers Members of Slaidburn
Young Farmers’ Club met at Manor House Farm, Slaid- bum, by permission of Mr and Mrs Harrison for an evening of stock judging. Master judges were Mr Martyn Bris tol for dairy cows and Mr David Harrison for lambs. Winner of the senior com
petition - Mark Parker. Juniors - Elizabeth Scott, with Thomas Barlow and Thomas Wells joint second. Thanks to the judges and
Slaidburn next week due to the regional tenpin bowling competition. The following Monday,
set up in the village. Walks will be on Tuesday mornings, with those taking part meet ing a t 11 a.m. a t the social club with a packed lunch. The next meeting will be
the birthday party with hot pot supper in the Methodist school, room on February 11th. Tea hostesses will be Mrs
M. Garnett, Mrs P. Entwistle, Mrs D. Hammond and Mrs O.
Heywood. WEST BRADFORD Social drive
domino drive took place in West Bradford Village Hall when there were 17 tables in play. Whist winners were: ladies -
The monthly whist and
J. Holden, Mrs Green, J. Waddington, E. Jackson, S. Tennant, J. Hartley. Gents-J. Procter, H. Lofthouse, J. Bul lock, J. Trainer, D. Bristol, J. Kenyon. Dominoes: M. Pye, F.
Lowe, F. Pye, W. Hustwaite, E. Fox, F. Cooke, M. Parker, G. Berry. Raffle: J. Pye, E. Aspin, W.
Marsden, J. Riley, J. Oddie, J. Bullock. The next drive will take
place in the village hall on Wednesday, February 19th, at 7-30 p.m.
New floor
hosts were expressed by Eliza beth Scott. There will be no meeting in
Bradford Playing Field man agement committee it was agreed to have the floor in the main hall refurbished and to buy a public address system. Winners of the 250 Club
At the meeting of West
February 3rd, Mr Jim Read, of Waddington, will speak about his rabbits and ferrets in the village hall at 7-45 p.m.
TOSSIDE Social time
worth, M. Robinson, H. Grainger, M. Edmondson, B. Waddington, N. Fox, M. Wellock, S.Tennant J. Pye, A. Fox, F. Taylor, F. Eccles, E. Fox, Sammy Jo Deeley, Rachel Taylor, B. Bainbridge. Raffle: M. Wellock, F. Loft-
house, N. Fox, F. Mason, B. Bainbridge. The next drive will be on
February 15th. WADDINGTON
White paper At the meeting of Wadding-
tonWI, held in the Methodist school room, the new presi dent, Mrs Eva Ellison, wel comed everyone and intro duced the speaker, the Rev. Chris Cheeseman of the Methodist Church. He told how, during a sab
batical, he became involved with the Government White Paper on the countrysidedeal ing with the effects of foot and mouth epidemic, with all its tension, grievances and confu sion.
domino drive held in Tosside Institute, the MCs were Mr J. Kenyon and Mr R Metcalfe. ■ ■ Winners were: V. Duck
At the monthly whist and
were: A. Hartley (£25), A. Meyler (£20), R. Cottam (£15), J. Dixon (£10), Mr Dugdale (£7.50), Mr Tyson (£5).
Gardening club An illustrated talk will be
next Thursday at 7-30 p.m. in the village hall. Visitors are welcome.
WHALLEY Theatre visit The ladies of Cranford, as
featured in the novel by Mrs Gaskell based on Knutsford in Cheshire, will tell the story of their lives in Whalley Vil lage Hall on February 1st. Members of the HRT The
atre Company Sandra Hall and Rachel Laurence will tell the story of the ladies in the early years of Victoria’s reign who met to take tea and dis cuss, but only for a certain length of time, the happen ings of the time with a beguil ing mixture of humour, pathos and astute social com ment. “The ladies of Cranford"
and some of the men are con jured to exuberant life in a new adaptation of Mrs Gaskell’s famous novel by Miss Laurence and seen through the eyes and ears of one of the ladies, Miss Matty Jenkins. Tickets are £3.50, available from Whalley Post Office.
given to members of West Bradford Gardening Club by Mr John Lamb, of the Wildlife Trust. The meeting will be held
Valley dairjl
under micri FARMS in Chipping, Whitewell are to be put uni microscope as part of a f improve farm practices. As part of the DEFRA-1
Farming Project, five dairy] beef and sheep farms in the I become "demonstration" far! project, it is hoped to encol iearn from each other in th | way - farmer to farmer. The project is to be spearhl
of four agricultural colleges| Myerscough. Once the monitor farms ;
will be regular "on-farm" me] to disseminate technical, vl and environmental informal mote good practice. The Myerscough College r
split into beef and sheep and| spread throughout the Ncl farm will host four events th l of the project. I t will run i | until April next year. The fa l been audited and informatil against known standards for I hoped that the farm events formation of cluster groups, I together for discussion to i | further. In the North West, farl
Kendal, Salmesbury, Applef ton have been identified, ale at Whitewell, Walker-Alpe| M. Handley, Slaidburn.
Open Comi
the weekenl A CALL to open the Hoi to the public at weekend! by Ribble Valley’s MP. Mr Nigel Evans has crl
ernment’s decision to cul the House of Commons isl lie for tours following th | working hours of MPs. "The openness of the I
mons to members of t l important feature of brirl to the people and open| ment," said Mr Evans. "It is their Parliament |
be allowed to see it. In a i is a non-sitting Friday, • hours and 50 minutes thl open to the public and wl| ting on a Friday, the Ho open for four hours and 40| ment needs to rethink its] up with new and more in] bilities of opening up t i l public. It should seriously] sibility of Saturday and S | "The Government wii]
and smell the coffee and r i | astrophe has been ere changes. I hope it is sooj later."
Fight Euro
CUSTOMERS of a Ribble} outlet signed with a vengeand has been presented to the Ho] The petition, fearing that [
Supplements Directive will s<| number and range of health f] signed by 3,700 people. It was presented to the Cd
Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans| lected by Helen Kimber, dii Rack, a health supplement sil Mr Evans said: “In this co]
probity of the manufacture] sense of the consumer. No industry to be entangled in n]
sels.” He described the petition i
signal” from the people of 1 that they do not want their | taken from the shelf “by facq
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