I I iwww.clitheroetoday.co.uk; Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)i www.clitheroetoday.co.ukr i v J Still going strbrig 40 years on


church. All members are urged to attend if possible, when plans will be outlined for the coming year. The vicar, the Rev. Dr Alan Sowerbutts, will give the address and light refreshments will be served. Transport can be provided it necessary.


Readstone Singers The Readstone Singers


“ Prelude to Christmas” con­ cert held in St John’s Church, Read, raised £720 to be shared between the Cystic Fibrosis Society and the Motor Neu­ rone Disease Society. The choir also raised money for the Motor Neurone Society from a concert -in S t ' Leonard’s Church, Padiham. The choir meets every


Wednesday at 7-30 p.m. in St John’s Church and new lady members will be welcome.


Parish council At the meeting of Read


Parish Council it was reported that two metal dog waste bins will be sited to replace those damaged on Straits Lane and George Lane in the near future. Also new playground equip­ ment will be installed on the play area in the ne.\t few weeks. McDonald’s has responded


to the council’s concern about litter saying it is company poli­ cy to carry out litter patrols and to replace waste recepta­ cles both inside and outside restaurants. Lancashire County Council


has still not responded to a request to take action to improve the Stork footpath


I and also failed to keep an apointraent to inspect the


[ path. PC Gallagher reported on'


I police matters. Councillors I were particularly concerned


I about motorised scooters I which are illegal on the roads


j unless the owner/rider is I insured and has passed a dri- [vingtest. Mr Nigel Evans MP is to be


Jinvited to meet the parish jcouncil to discuss the A671 I where accidents are happening lalmost daily. •'


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jSt Nicholas ■The long-awaited re-opening of


1st Nicholas’s Parish Church in ISabden takes place next


I month, after the completion of 1 extensive refurbishment. A. service of rededication will


I take place on Saturday, Febru- I ary 21st, at 3 p.m., followed by


j a buffet celebration. I Dinner


jSabden Horticultural Society


I will hold its annual dinner on I Friday, February 27th, at the jShireburn Arms, Hurst Green. The society’s next commit-


Itee meeting is on February jlOth and this j'ear’s summer ishow is on Saturday, August |21st.


jSpot on


The next Spot On production I in Sabden will be “The Nut-


I cracker” on Sunday, February 122nd, in St Mary’s Hall at 3


j p.m. It is suitable for children and


I adults and features music and I puppetry. It costs £2.50 for I adults and £1.50 children.


[unity Sabden’s Week of Prayer lor


I Christian Unity ends tomor- I row (Friday) \vith a service at 112-15 p.m. in St Mary’s Hall followed by a hunger lunch. Services have been held at all the village churches this week and tonight will feature St


I Nicholas’s Church at 7 p.m. j when everyone is welcome.


Collection A collection for Spue, the [Society for the Protection of


j Unborn Children, at St Mary’s IRC Church, raised £62.39.


Bowling Club The annual meeting of Sab-


I den Bowling Club will be held


j in the club house on Tuesday I at 8 p.m. It is very important I for all members and new mem-


I bers to attend as all the com- I mittee is up for re-election.


1 Schools The two village schools are I appealing for residents to help


j with ongoing collections. Sab- jden Primary School is collect- ling used printer cartridges, [while St Mary’s is collecting I Persil stars and tokens from [packs of Nabisco breakfast [cereals. ’Phese can be left at [either school or at St Mary’s [church. © FOR More From The Vil-


j luges, turn to Page 10.


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DAMES, widows, genies, ugly- sisters, principal boys and a mayor who was once a bear all converged on Clitheroe for a perfect panto pals reunion.. v ’ Forty years of booing the viH


lains, cheering the heroes and call­ ing out “He’s behind you!” were recalled at the reunion, held at the Trinity Methodist Church Hall on Saturday. It marked four decades of what has


become an annual institution in Clitheroe, in some cases involving


four generations of the same family. ' The first ever Trinity pantomime


was staged in 1964, a version of. Aladdin produced by Bertha Brad-


shaw. ■, At the end of this month, a new


version of the same show will be staged as the group’s 40th anniver­ sary production.


, f-.' Around 300 people attended the ' thrown open to the public and the fol- reunion, many travelling from far lowing day it.was much enjoyed by :, and wide to meet up with old friends ' members of the Trinity congrega- _ they hadn’ t seen for 20 or even 30 tion. years.


‘ ' On Sunday the event also featured


Organisers had been busy prepar- on Joe Wilson’s show on BBC Radio . ing a wonderful display of old pho-. Lancashire, including ‘‘selected high-


tographs, programmes and o th e r , . jjgij'ts” from the forthcoming produc- - memorabilia, with a separate board yon.


. for each o f the 39 shows to date. ;


They proved extremely popular, often prompting lon g-fo rgot ten memories to resurface.


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panto costume, while others were, persuaded into the “make-up room” and emerged transformed! Above all else, it was an occasion


filled with smiles, laughter aand happy memories. .‘' V Both the borough and town may­


ors and mayoresses attended, with Clitheroe Mayor Coun. Joan Knight able to recall the times she trod the T r in ity boards, once as one of Goldilocks’ three bearsi At 3 p.m. the exhibition was


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Roland Hailwood commented: “Quite honestly, the reunion was a ; terrific success. There’s always an ele­ ment of doubt when you’re organis­ ing these things over whether they .' will come off, but it was a fantastic ' day.” The 40th anniversary production


of Aladdin will be staged at the Trin­ ity Methodist Church Hall on Janu­ ary 30th and 31st and again on Feb-’ ruary 5th, 6th and 7th, with matinee: performances on the two Saturdays. For tickets, especially block book­


ings, call Michael Britcliffe on 01200 ■ 424328.


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' ,S'ji: Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 22nd, 2004 7 Confusion over horse passports


"OH no, you don't need a vet to apply for a horse passport" said DEFRA. Oh yes you do" DEFRA now says, f The Country Land and Business


Association has expressed surprise at DEFRA’S about turn on horse pass­ port applications which has thrown horse owners and the equine industry into a state of confusion. . Contrary to advice given to its


Passport Issuing Organisations, DEFRA has now announced that


: owners will no longer be allowed to complete the silhouette section of the horse’s passport application by them­ selves after January 31st, unless the horse is microchipped. . Instead the silhouette must be com­


pleted by either a vet or a person authorised by the passport-issuing organisation (PIO). • See Vailey Equestrian, free with next week’s Advertiser and Times.


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