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den centre was followed by plenty of time to wander among the well-tended plants. A pleasant summer evening outing ended with home-made refreshments as Mrs Jane Spurgeon thanked the hosts. The next meeting is at


Women's Institute were accompanied by friends on their visit to Garden Makers of Wigglesworth. A short talk about the gar­


Green-fingered visit Members of Bashall Eaves


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Cricket Club travelled to Hes- keth Bank for the first time.


Bashall Eaves village hall on Monday, July 7th, when Mr Graham Wilkinson will be showing slides and speaking about the River Hodder.


In association with


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A new feature packed lull of horsey features, local pony


[local events .ys and navel.


tucked into pork sandwiches supplied by Mitchells Butch­ ers and then danced it off to music provided by A.C. Road­ show. Thanks go to all who sup­


Farmers’ Club held an excep­ tionally successful hog roast and disco on Saturday night. More than 300 people


ported the event, especially the Whitwell family for host­ ing the disco. Proceeds will be going to a charity to be chosen by members at a later date.


Hog roast Bolton-by-Bowland Young


grind out the runs, supported by Whittaker, who scored 11, and Wellock, on 17. A fine knock of 62 came to an end in the penultimate over with Grindleton seeing out its innings to finish on 164 for five. Hesketh Bank got its


land won the toss and elected to bat. Despite losing two quick wickets, the visitors began to assert themselves with Crossland and Grindle- ton’s talisman Ainsworth shar­ ing a stand of 85 before Cross­ land, on 45, fell to Marques. Ainsworth continued to


Grindleton skipper Cross­


can engage their taste buds and enjoy the company of old and new friends. The next serving will not be


until Wednesday, September 3rd.


val is almost here and the intrepid gardeners brave


Gardens and art Knowle Green garden festi­


enough to open their gardens to the public are making last-


minute additions, alterations and fine tuning. In total 13 gardens will be


Whittaker helped the visitors clinch a well-deserved victory by holding three very difficult chances. A fantastic effort saw the


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Transport There will be a public meet­


ing on Thursday, July 3rd, at 7-30 p.m. in the village hall to discuss modification of the community transport services provided to the village by the Bowland Transit project. The organisers of this ser­


vice are very keen to ensure that they provide what the community actually wants and would therefore be most grateful if anyone with any views on this topic could come along to join in the discussion.


' DOWNHAM


meeting was Mr Bob Kitchen, master cheesemaker of Chip­ ping, who demonstrated his skills with limited equipment and good humour.


GRINDLETON


Wickets pitched On June 15th, Grindleton


“Bom and Bred”, two visiting WIs are to be entertained at the village hall in July and August, and a change of speaker for the September meeting is planned. Mrs Iso- bel Hamid will talk about the life of an Egyptian woman and show costumes and items from her life in Egypt. The speaker for the June


events have been planned and 10 WI members will attend the “Ample Bosom” lunch on June 30th. The evening coach trip to Astley Hall on August 21st is open to both members and friends, and can be booked at the July meeting, while trips to the summer buffet at Myerscough and “Calendar Girls” film are also planned. Due to the popularity of


Women’s Institute, Mrs Kay Hopkinson, was in Downham to outline her visit, as link del­ egate, to the annual meeting. She was thanked by Down­ ham president Mrs Eileen Wilson, who urged members to enter the area show in July. Many interesting trips and


Visiting president The president of Grindleton


with Booth and Tomlinson taking the home side past 200. Tomlinson fell victim to Brig­ gs four short of a century, but the damage was done. Despite a brief flurry of wickets Downham posted 307 for seven.


about the unenviable task of chasing 308 for victory. It was a big task but they gave it a real go.


After tea Grindleton set


wicket, Hutchinson and Crossland put on 85 for the second wicket. Hutchinson, on 59, looked in fine form before falling to Booth. Although behind on run rate, Wilkinson was determined to take the fight to Downham, hitting several boundaries in the most


Despite losing an early


Grindleton was Phil Wilkin­ son.


for six, a score that would win most matches, but fell short of Downham’s total. Man of the match for


at home to Chatburn in the David Pollard Memorial Match. Spectators are advised to arrive early.


Next week Grindleton are


will be the Methodist Church where the soup, along with a bread roll, piece of cake and tea or coffee, will be served for just £1. The appetising smell will be in the air between noon and 1-30 p.m. when lunch is served in the hall. All villagers are encouraged to follow their noses so they


soup will be wafting down Chapel Lane in Grindleton on Wednesday for the last time before a summer break. The source of the aroma


Soup lunch The smell of home-made


entertaining innings of the day. Grindleton finished on 228


and, with the sun beating down, made Grindleton toil in the field. Grindleton’s bowling attack, weakened by the absence of Leach, took a beat­ ing. Tomlinson made 96 and Parker 51, scoring 100 runs in the first 10 overs. By the drinks interval the home side had reached 170 for one and Grindleton’s woe continued as Ainsworth left the field with a dislocated finger. The runs continued to flow


Cricket Club were away for the second consecutive Sun­ day, but only travelled as far as Chatburn to lock horns with Downham. After the heroics in Hesketh Bank the team was looking forward to the fixture with optimism. Downham won the toss


Cricket fixture This week Grindleton


innings off to the best possible start with Ecclestone scoring 63 and Millington 35 piling on the runs. However, once the openers were back in the pavil­ ion Grindleton grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. Jefferson ripped through the middle order taking five for 42. Catches win matches and


were open two years ago when the last festival was held, but there are a number which have never been open to the public before and, as last time, a


open in and around the village on July 12th and 13th. Some


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10th, organised by Friends of St Mary’s RC School, with separate discos for infants and juniors who attend the school.


S. Mailer, of Accrington, lessons were read by Mrs M. Cooke and Mrs M. Beattie and the organist was Mrs E. Waterworth. After the service refresh­


visitors win by 16 runs, skit­ tling the home side for 148.


about their plants and gar­ dens, so visitors who tour the village during the festival are ensured a great time. Tickets at £3 can be bought from the village hall from 10 a.m. each morning or from any of the gardens which will be sign­ posted. They will include a map showing the position of each garden, together with a short description. Refreshments will be avail­


number of different styles of gardening will be on display. All gardeners like talking


be displays, including a stand on compost making, as well as an art exhibition displaying the work of the local art group. Paintings will be on sale and there will be a pre­ view evening on July 11th, from 7 p.m., when admission will be £3, including wine and nibbles.


hall will celebrate its 80th anniversary with a dance. Dancing is from 7-30 p.m.


Village dance This Saturday the village


at the door, including supper. A licensed bar has been applied for.


until midnight to the music of the Mark Kitto Band, making its first appearance in Knowle Green. Admission is £7.50, payable


and domino drive will be held in the village hall on Monday at 7-30 p.m. Admission is £1 including tea and biscuits, a ll. welcome.


Whist drive The usual fortnightly whist


LANGHO’ -


will be the visiting priest at the 9 a.m. Holy Communion service at St Leonard’s Parish Church on Sunday. He will also minister at the 10-30 a.m. parish communion.


Visiting clergy The Rev. Brian Stevenson


will be jiving for the last time at the summer disco on July


Mary’s RC Primary School will take place on July 9th, at 1-30 p.m., when pupils from each class will take part in a) range of fun races. Refresh­ ments will be on hand: ■ Year 6 dancers at the school


RC Primary School are arranging a treasure hunt on Wednesday which will involve solving clues around Langho. The only deadline is to get back home before dark! The annual sports day at St


School teachers and pupils, are holding a summer fete in the school on Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m. Proceeds will he split between the parish and school. The Friends of St Mary’s


Summer fete St Mary’s RC Primary


able at the village hall and, on the Sunday, Carrie Steingold will play the piano. Refresh­ ments will also be available at some of the gardens, others will have plant stalls. In the village hall there will


Church held its anniversary last Sunday, which was also the joint service with Barrow and Clitheroe United Reformed Churches. The preacher was the Rev.


Anniversary The United Reformed


will be held in the garden of St Mary's Church on Sunday at 3 p.m. The event is for the whole village and refreshments will be served afterwards. Any donation of cakes will be wel­ come.


Songs of Praise An ecumenical Songs of Praise


ments were served in the Sun­ day school.


dent of Pendleton WI, wel­ comed members to the June meeting before introducing Mr Geoff Braithwaite. She presented him with a cheque for £500, the proceeds from the coffee morning held on May 5th, for the East Lan­ cashire Hospice, of which he is chairman. He expressed thanks on behalf of the hos­ pice and told the audience about it.


outing in May to Ripon and Richmond. It was a lovely day and thanks were expressed to the organisers. The competition for a


good report of the annual meeting at the Albert Hall, London, which she attended as delegate. Everyone enjoyed the WI


Tuesday, August 19th in Pendleton Village Hall when the speaker will be Julie Mullins and . her subject “Making Yourself Heard”. The competition is for a pair of sunglasses and there will also be a jar and bottle stall.


honey recipe was won by Mrs G. Walmsley, the flower stall was manned by Miss J. Broom and Mrs M. Ireland and the tea hostesses were Mrs C. Finch, Mrs L. Croft and Mrs M. Capstick. The next meeting will be on


;; READ


mums and toddlers w ith . Edward Bear will be held at St John’s Church, Read, next Wednesday at 11 a.m.


Edward Bear The monthly service for


SABDEN


introduced Mrs Millie Moor- house, a member of the club, who spoke about her life in music and played several items on the keyboard. Mrs Grime thanked her on


behalf of members. Raffle winners were Mr John Rad­ cliffe, Mrs Dorothy Britcliffe,


Mr Arthur Shaw and Mrs Pat Frost.


social was held in St Mary’s Hall where members enjoyed a meal prepared by Mrs Joyce Grime, Mrs Christine Davies and Mrs Shirley Radcliffe. Chairman Mr Harold Jones


Age Concern The monthly lunch and


the guest speaker Mr John Zamorski, of Clitheroe, who gave an excellent talk and demonstration on “Living with 10,000 Bees”. He explained bee-keeping in this country and brought a model hive and honeycomb equip­ ment with him. A vote of thanks was given by Mrs J. Fenlon. Mrs B. Collinge gave a very


Mrs Bristol also welcomed


Hive of activity Mrs Jean Bristol, the presi­


first Holy Communion during morning Mass at St Mary’s RC Church on Sunday watched by a packed congre­ gation, iricluding family and friends. Fr Peter Birmingham conducted the service, which included hymns and readings by the children. Afterwards they enjoyed a communion breakfast in the church hall.


Communion Ten children made their


for sponsorship for an 136-mile cycle from Workington to Sun­ derland on Friday, July 11th. David Bradley and Danny Braid are raising funds to buy a specially-adapted bicycle for Rebecca Cockshotts, a pupil at St Mary’s RC School, who is confined to a wheelchair. Sponsor forms are available at St Mary’s School and church.


Cyclists Two cyclists are appealing


Singers was greatly enjoyed in St Nicholas’s Hail last Wednesday. After the concert guest enjoyed wine and short­ bread and the event raised £282 for the church roof repair fund. Special thanks to the singers for supporting'their neighbours, and to those who helped.


Singers A concert by the Readstone


month’s garden party and crowning of the rose queen at St Nicholas’s Church was a very welcome £1,525.


Party The final total from this


meet on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. in the Methodist Church Hall, off Wesley Street, and the public are welcome to attend.


Council Sabden Parish Council will


for children at a family picnic in the grounds of St Mary’s Church, Whalley Road, on Saturday, July 5th, from 1 p.m. Amusements and stalls such as roll-a-penny will be provided as well as musical entertainment and a stall sell­ ing home-made produce such as cakes, jams, preserves etc., if anyone would like to donate items. The event is a free social


Picnic There will be fun and games


event for the whole village, rather than a fund-raising one, but any proceeds realised will go to St Mary’s Hall refurbish­ ment fund. Everyone should take along their own food and drink.


s a w l e y ; ■


Grindleton, had attended the 82nd annual meeting at the Albert Hall as the local repre­ sentative and gave a full account of her experiences. The resolutions were passed with little discussion and the meeting said a fond farewell to Helen Carey as national chair-


seven famous people have fall­ en into this category since the days of Henry VIII, making significant contributions to the worlds of literature, archi­ tecture, religion, sport, explor­ ing and even spying. The speaker herself had enjoyed 60 years in a clergy house, both as a daughter and a wife, and was well qualified to com­ ment. Kate Hopkinson, of


members of Sawley Women's Institute heard a talk by Felic­ ity Tomlinson on “Famous Children of the Clergy”. The speaker said that one in


Famous children At their June meeting,


Kelly were hostesses and the vote of thanks was given by Joan Porter.


SIMONSTONE hailand talk


On Thursday Simonstone with Read WI enjoyed a


return visit by Miss Mary Davidson who gave a talk about Thailand, illustrated with colourful slides. Competition winners for the


photo by a famous clergy child was won by Kate Simms. Mandy Adamson, Joan Crad­ dock and Christine Lord were runners up, while Pat Ratcliffe won the raffle. Joan Porter and Helen


there will be a trip to Hoghton Tower to see “Twelfth Night” on July 11th and a trip to Cas­ tle Howard has been arranged for July 30th, meeting on the car park at 8-30 a.m. The prize for a book or


man. She gave encouragement to use the publicity from the “Calendar Girls" film to recruit new members. Sawley members were told


Whist winners were: F.


Jeffs, M. Riley, V. Duckworth, J. Kenyon, M. Renswick, M. Parker, J. Hartley (low).


Eden, M. Berry, C. Wiseman, J. Pye, F. Calverley (low). Raffle: R. Martin, M.


Dominoes: J. Carr, R.


Kirby, K. Metcalfe, M. Wellock, W. Duckworth, M. Davies, M. Cowking.


WEST . : ' Br a d f o r d ;


Tricks and spots There were 18 tables in play


Green, B. Waddingcon, J. Holden, J. Hartley; M. J ack -


son. Gents - W.' Carr, J. Bul­ lock, I. Holden, I. Hartley, H. Loft house. Dominoes - G. Thompson,


D. Knight, J. Pye, J. Ainsworth, M. Pye, W. Cooke, I. Whalley. Raffle - W. Marsden, J.


“most decorative Oriental object” were: 1, Jean Ander­ son: 2, Marjorie Lawley; 3, Peggy Livingstone. An enjoyable concert on


held on Thursday, July 17th when “Russian Dolls” will be the subject of the talk given by Mrs Glenys Grimshaw.


Green-fingers Simonstone Garden Club shop will be open on Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon. It will not be open during July.


Gala day Following the leavers’ service the annual gala will be held at St Peter’s School in Simon­ stone from noon. There will be family fun for


all and attractions will include Punch and Judy, stalls, coun­ try dancing and a penalty shoot out. Ploughman’s lunch­ es will be available costing £2.50.


SLAIDBURN


Slaidburn Young Farmers’ Club took part in a seven-a­ side football competition against other clubs in the Bowland region.


Ltle netted On Monday members of


Monday, is the last before the club finishes for its summer break. It will take the format of a family walk around the salmon release ponds at Dun- sop Bridge.


competition on Dunsop Bridge playing fields and the winners were Slaidbum A. Next week’s meeting, on


Six teams took part in the


School service The annual school leavers’ ser­ vice will be held at St Peter’s, Simonstone, on Sunday at 11 a.m.


Wednesday, June 18th, given by the Readstone Singers, raised £280 towards the repairs at St Nicholas’s Church in Sabden. The next meeting will be


Proctor, T. Pike, J. Holden, M. Lofthouse ad J. Pye.


WHALLEY


Bishop’s visit The Presiding Bishop of


Kenya, the Rev. Dr Stephen Kanyaru M’Ipwii and his wife, Mercy, were guests of Whalley Methodist Church. The Rev. Chris Cheeseman,


the Clitheroe Circuit Superin­ tendent, welcomed the guests and after singing songs a dia­ logue took place between Stephen and Mr Howel Jones who had worked in Kenya. Points made were that


Kenya was a democratic country with 450,000 Chris­ tians, but only 300 ministers (in Britain there are 300,000 Methodists to 2,000 Minis­ ters). Sadly, although people offer themselves for the Min-' istry there are insufficient resources for them to be trained.


Methodists, is one of the main hospitals in Kenya. Many people are dying from Aids and children left on their own cannot receive education. Peo­ ple are very, very poor, but on the positive side, the church is growing and more and more are accepting Jesus Christ as their Saviour. Mercy spoke of the role of the Women’s Fel­ lowship and the practical work it did in the church and com­ munity.


Maua Hospital, run by the


served, Mr Alan Bowles pro­ posed a vote of thanks. Offer­ ings for the work in Kenya amounted to £200.


After refreshments were


Church will welcome the A Cappella Singers on Saturday at 7-30 p.m. to perform a con­ cert of music from “Iolanthe”.


Vocal entertainment The English Martyrs' RC


Members and friends are all welcome. Anyone interested should meet on Dunsop Bridge Village Hall car park at 7-30 p.m.


Two christened On Sunday morning at


Whalley Methodist Church Joel James Howarth and Lotti


Elizabeth Nutter were chris­ tened.


Mrs Maureen Cookson pre­


dance for the monthly whist and domino drive held in the village institute in aid of funds. MCs were P. Metcalfe and J. Kenyon. This was the last drive to be held in the pre­ sent building. The next event, on Saturday, July 19th, will be held at Stephen Park, Dale Head.


Monthly drive There was a good atten­


sented baptismal certificates to 13 people who were wel­ comed into membership and Mrs Joan Davies gave each a certificate of. membership. Instead of a sermon, a dia­ logue between Rev Chris Cheeseman' and Miss Suzanne Davies called "City Breaks” provided a strong message. Extracts from the • musical "Hopes and Dreams" were played. The organist was Mrs Sue Stanworth.


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at the whist and domino drive in West Bradford village hall. The next drive will be on July 16th at 7-30 p.m. Whist winners, ladies - M.


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a ttend WASPS, the after-lessons group which meets a t the school, had decorated paper flowers which were placed on a tree in the function room. This provided a focal point for the event. A saxophonist sere­


naded guests during pre-dinner drinks and following the meal some excellent raffle prizes came from the tree. Two corporate


entertainment Man­ chester United tickets, a signed Blackburn Rovers shirt and Rovers tickets were auctioned. The group is very


grateful to all who helped.


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bailers to Clitheroe at the w There were 64 teams compel day in the huge event organisec


A TWO-DAY feast of sport dren attracted 1,200 youi


club Clitheroe Wolves at the Leisure Centre. A squad of 32 referees was k


over both days as the youngsters Ribble Valley, Blackburn, Burr son, Colne, Accrington, York ; from as far as Peterborough too the keenly-contested seven-a-sidi Ribble Valley Mayor Coun A:


ing kicked off the first game on : morning.


There were competitions for b


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