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DUNSOP BRIDGE
West coast At the meeting of Dun- sop Bridge WI vice- president Mrs M. Beattie welcomed
She introduced guest speaker Mr Peter Sandiford whose talk was entitled “Califor nia Dreaming”.
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was won by Mrs S. Singleton, Mrs J. Parkinson and Mrs S. Winstanley.
members and gave ^ birthday greetings to Transport Mrs R. Johnson and arranged. Mrs J. Jones.
Members were remind ed about the annual dinner on October 13th at the Shirebum Arms Hotel, Hurst Green.
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Medicine” and she explained how a wide ClOthOS SalO selection of plants priends of Grindleton
can be used to help treat 'various illnesses and problems,
be Samples of some of the The annual meeting p ^ ^T rom ^ ^ som e ^
will be held in Novem- well-known and some ber and members are not so common,
His talk was illustrated' with slides and music and gave a photo graphic journey
among other places and was most enjoy able and informativa
A competition for an American souvenir
reminded to bring a After the talk many gift for charity. GISBURN
Herbalist
through San Francis- At the meeting of Cis co and Las Vegas burn WI members
and guests spent a pleasant evening in the presence of speak er Mrs Ingrid O’Don nell, a medical herbal-
questions were asked and answered and thanks
sale next Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the school hall.
expressed to Mrs o a ta r i lUnCM O’Donnell.
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October 7th at 7-30 p.m. guest speaker' will be Leonora Bro- phy, of Centre-Piece Ceramics.
New members are wel- coma
dren’s wear there 'will be refreshments and a raffle. For further information tel. Mrs Jill Lloyd on 01200 440191.
^ branded chil- Tickets are still available At the next meeting on for a safari lunch
organised by members of St Ambrose Church, Grindleton, on October 10th at 12- 30 p.m. in the parish room.
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remed.es CE ^ o o l , are holding ^ T e k e ^ l i z and can a childrens clothing
be obtained from church members or teL Mrs Carol Pye on 441507 or Mrs Doreen Wilson on 428385 for details.
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Waste paper The fortnightly collec- ? tion of waste paper f takes place in Pendle ton on Tuesday. Papers should be left in the bags provided.
HURST GREEN
For the second year run ning, the bowling green won the Best Kept award in its cate gory.
Mrs Lucy Wilkinson, preadent of the Bowl ing Club, paid tribute to the work of Mr Bill Atkinson, Mr Ronnie Hayhurst and Mr Bill McGahey in main taining it in such good condition all year.
Mrs Mary Agnes Card- well, who last year won the Best Kept Toilets award for her work, entirely voluntary, in keeping the village's public loos pristine, expressed amazement at her Highly Com mended award this year.
For the past few months the toilets have been under
out by the council to John s is holding a add disabled facilities. Harvest Supper on and she has not been able to attend to her labour of love with her usual dedication.
while work is carried u-
She is looking forward, however, to competing and hopefully reclaim ing her title next year.
For Mr and Mrs Mark and Ema Leyland, there was reward for all their hard work this year, when the -village's war memorial, which they tend, was award ed the Best Kept prize in its section.
"Hurst Green should feel very proud of the Ley- lands and their band of helpers for keeping the memorial looking so good," a spokesman for
He paid particular trib ute to Mrs Cardwell for her hard work, and emphasised what an asset the bowling club, with its prize-wiiming grounds, is to the -vil lage.
WI Members of the WI will discover whether any of their number is unwittingly the owner of a precious antique when they hold their meeting tonight. This
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Best-kept Hurst Green is celebrat ing its recent success in Lancashire's Best Kept ViU^ Competi tion.
P a rishione rs’ e c o - fr ien d ly day
ALMOST 30 people turned up to lend their support when parish ioners of St John's, Hurst Green, donned wellies to clear the church grounds and plant spring bulbs on Sunday.
The current project also involves 'cultivating wild flowers, to enhance the natural appearance ofthegrounds. .
The parishioners have become an “Eco Forum” award last Jan-
The churchwarden, Mr David
month's speaker is Mr D. Sanderson, of Burnley, a specialist in antique china, who will be assessing some of the ladies' heir-
. uary, and are keen to maintain the appearance of their place of worship.
JacquK, explained that they par ticularly want to involve children in making the graveyard sur rounding the church a place for alltoenjoy. ;
course will be served in parishioner’s homes before returning to the parish room for sweets and coffee and the drawing of the grand autumn raffia
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in Southampton by I the shipping compa ny White Star, cost ing $7m., it was built for speed, style and luxury and was to be the very best of its kind, hence the slo
gan Titanic, the ship - of dreams.
I t was decorated like a palace, with every
comfort you could 'wish for.
The fare to travel on board the Titanic
The epic crossing from Belfast to New York began on April 1st 1912, the Captain Mr Edward J. W th was determined to race across the Atlantic in the fastest possible time, and after three days out to sea he ignorrf repeated iceberg
varied from £660 for the luxury accommo dation for first class passengers right down to £7 for the steerage passengers.
The parishioners' next environ- inent-themed day is in Novem ber, when they vrill host a speak er from Hedgehog Rescue and Mrs Nora Cammeran several of his ctorges.
Katie Dewhurst and some of the parishioners who helped with the Worship in Wellies event a t St John’s Church, Hurst Green;: ; (C190904/4)
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helooms. The meetmg is Tranir Titanir
Hall, at 7-30 p.m., a n d t h e meeting of The Titanic was built newcomers are irndted to attend,
ld in the Memorial ' ' “ y'C UianiC C ^^re ta p a
Friday, October 1st, at 7-30
p.m.The event, in the church hall, is intended to celebrate the harvest, with games, a raffle and a hotpot supper.
Tickets, costing £5, are available from Mr Da'rid Jacques (01254 878222). Proceeds will go to church funds.
On Sunday, October 3rd, the parishioners will hold their Harvest Festival in St John's Church at the 11 a.m. service. All those attending are asked to bring along non-per ishable foodstuff, for donation to a local soup kitchen.
the parish council MSGtifig commented.
The next meeting of
Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Parish Coun cil will take place on Monday, at 6t30 p.m., in the Village Hall. Members of the public are invited to attend.
Choir is coming On October 9th, at 7-30 p.m., the village hall will host the Great Harwood Male Voice Choir. There will also be a hot pot supper. Tickets costing £5 are available from Mrs
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Whist drive
Ladies - Sarah Law, Maureen Fallon. Gents — John Hull, Sally Birmingham. Special prizewinner was Laura Green.
Knowle Green and Dutton WI Mr and Mrs L. Whalley gave a vivid account of the
. warnings for fear of losing valuable time, which eventually led to the tragedy. The ship sank in only 90 minutes, of the 2216 people on board only 705 were rescued.
envTronmentaliy aw^ winning 0 “'' Picture shows eight-year-old competition for a 1
expressed thanks. A ship was won by
Kath Young (01254 826361).
history and tragic Pendleton on Tues- maiden voyage of the day. Papers should Titanic.
be left in the bags proirided.
Miss D. Latter and Mrs R. Eyre Next month’s meeting will be held on October 13th in Knowle Green Village Hall, the speaker, will be Mr P. Smith on "Owls" New mem bers always welcome,
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KNOWLE GREEN
Annual meeting At the annual meeting of Knowle Green Vil lage Hall Mr Dennis Bowyer was re-elect ed chairman for the coming year and sec retary and treasurer were also re-elected.
Retiring committee member Mrs B Payne was thanked by the chairman for
Church.
Playing a t home Collection against Borrowdale, The second waste Read United FC first paper collection of team won 1-0. Goal scorer was Marc Barnes and man-of- the-match was Dale Markham. Unfortu nately the second
team lost 4-2 a t ConCOrt home to
Read scorers were Jordan Neary and Paul Braddock, man- of-the- match was Mick Holliwell.
The financial report
her work on behalf of QuIZ time the hall over the All the teams playing years, all other com- in Tuesday night’s mittee members were re-elected together with Mrs Jean Hoole.
quiz held in Read
questions were more difficult.
2nd Return
' captained
Members of the public are welcome to the monthly meetings, the next is on Octo ber 11th at 7-30 p.m. in the-village hall.
History of war The first meeting
3rd were “The Hope fuls” captained by Tom Carter. For the second week running the booby prize went to “The Fick Four”, Don Oates was the captain.
in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall was well- attended and many varied and useful suggestions were made as to the future running of the event. Initially it is planned
Union, Read, will meet on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. in Read CE School when the speaker will be Mr
his subject Awareness”.
to hold four meetings annually, the firs t
“Street
^ meet- ^nd everyone is
being on December welcome. 3rd in the haU at 7-30 BeSt-Kept p.m. when the sub- Members of Read ject will be “Major Parish Council are Battles of the First World War”.
delighted
Piano concert Tickets are still avail able for the concert by pupils of Carrie Steingold, in Knowle Green Village Hall on Saturday a t 7
p.m. NEWTON Harvest festival
The annual harvest festival service was
The preacher was the Rev. Martin Smith, of ' Blackburn. Lessons were read by Mrs M. Binder and Mrs M. Cook. Organist was Mr John Cowking.
bn Sunday.
After the friends
announce th a t the village of Read will receive a highly com mended certificate
to
The council also won a highly commended in the notice board sec-
Kept Village Compe tition.
chairman’s report will be forwarded to the Charity Com missioners.
the month takes place on Tuesday morning. Please leave your waste outside in the white sacks pro vided.
Constitutional Club Marv’S said this week the ^
was circulated and Winners were: “The together with the Cliviger Clowns”, “Shaun’s
Houghton Weavers. Guitaris ^t and singer __
the
tickets left for the Christian Aid con cert in St Mary’s Hall on Friday, Octo ber 22nd, a t 7-30 p.m. The entertain ment is by Tony Berry of
ew s fr om t h e Y i l la g e s ^ These blooms are easi-
given to the two vil lage schools for the annual bulb-growing competition.
er for children to handle. The society agreed to make a donation to St Mary’s School to buy growing requisites in line -with a subject on their curriculum.
by Shaun Porter and T ^ S v e been no
Steve Robinson will be taking p ^ t in Sat urday evening Mass a t St Mary’s RC Church at 6 p.m. on HarVeSt The harvest service at St Nicholas’s Church
members are asked to attend.
weekly Masses this week but weekend services are back to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10-30 a.m. Sunday, with Fr Peter Birm ingham.
Mothers’ union
ejiloring the “Hist(> Members of St John’s ry of Warfare” held Church Mothers’
Age concern Sabden Age Concern Leisure Club wel comed Mrs Dee Bot toms, a native Sab- dener who now lives in Read, to its September meeting.
Church, Simonstone, on Saturday to help set-up for the harvest festival to be held on Sunday. Harvest ser vices will be held at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
They can be contact ed at the hall during the day on 01729 840272 or in the evening on 01729 840249
or 07754584852.
Harvest goods will be There are established distributed in the vil lage on Monday in the usual way.
The annual meeting _________________ takes place a t the White H a r t on Tues- Young farmers day, November 9th, Members of Slaidbum at 7-30 p.m. when all Young F armers’
SLAIDBURN
by a luncheon in the Thanks were expressed church hall.
will be a t 10-30 a.m. on Sunday instead of the usual 9-30 a.m. and will be followed
Services
will take the 9-30 a.m. service a t the Methodist Church on Sunday. Guest preacher a t the Bap tis t Church a t 10 a.m. will be Mary Robinson.
Bernard Parfitt and gave an Interesting account of her work I as a guide at Stony- S in g e rS hurst College and
WADDINGTON meeting of
answered questions Haddington WI welcomed
gagsts.
from the audience, president Mrs Eva Mr Parfitt proposed
a vote of thanks to everyone including the speaker and all
who had helped clitheroe members preparing the room
for the large village Raffle winners were class in the Best- Mrs Edna Tagg, Mr Harold Jones, Mrs Ursula Lord, Mr Tim Boyd-Martin and Mr William Cooke.
and the meal. tion and the third 3oci6tV
highly commended ^he committee of Sab- award went to Read Horticultural Cricket Club in the
cricket ground and surrounds category.
held in Newton Unit- The village has always ed Reformed Church tried hard to achieve a high standard in the various sections of the competition.
Read first won the Best-Kept Village
Competition for large villages with a population of over 300 in 1979.
service Waste paper from The kerbside collec-
Clitheroe, Barrow and Martin Top enjoyed refreshments and a chat in the Sunday School.
tion for waste paper will take place on Monday morning for Read and Simon- stone residents. Please leave your white sack out early.
SABDEN
Winners at the Mon- day night whist drive H e e iS held in Read Consti- An appeal has gone tutional Club were: out from Mr John
The show accounts Miss Moira Walker were presented and thanked Mr Jelley found to be satisfac- and the choir for a tory. It was generally most enjoyable agreed th a t i t had evening.
Society met in the White Hart last week when the main sub ject on the agenda was last month’s annual show.
poems and readings.
introduced the enter tainment for the evening “The Read- stone Singers”, con ducted by Mr Peter ' Jelley and accompa-
Bncknall. The choir j^ ^ r t in , D. Oddie, sang a selection of jyj p ^ p j
® songs by Cole Porter
and arrangements by Edward German
N. Fox’, J
with a few Negro on October 16th. spirituals and Amen- .
can folk songs, inter- LiaiSOn OTTICer spersed with amusing The Tosside Commu-
drive will be n f f io p r
nity Link has appointed two com munity liaison offi cers to promote the use of the new com munity hall.
been one of the best A delicious supper was The hall has wonderful to date with served by Clitheroe facilities and is avail
,
increased numbers of entries and visitors. This was in spite of the fact that a num ber of other shows At the next meeting on were taking place on October 12th in the
members and Mrs Ellison thanked the ladies for a happy evening.
the same day and a small number of out side exhibitors natu rally supported their
Shorter for empty cotton reels for use in his work with Young Enterprise in East
Mrs Betty Clarkson, the long-serving sec retary, thanked the committee for the inscribed vase pre sented to her on show day in recognition of her sterling service. Next year’s show will
own.
Lancashire. They can This year, miniature Everyone is invited to be left at St Mary’s daffodil bulbs will be go along to St Peter s
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Methodist Church Schoolroom, there will be a talk by “Gardenmakers”, of Rathmell. 'Tea hostesses will be Mrs Holding, Mrs Hollings, Mrs Lup-
ton and Miss Nutter. SIIVIONSTONE Harvest festival
Community liaison officer Ann Groves and her as s is tan t Lesley McCabe are based in the hall for p a r t of the week.
able for hire. There is a meeting room for use by smaller groups and a large main hall which is available for wedding parties, birthdays, anniver saries, dances and discos. The setting is beautiful and would lend itself to any of these social events. There is a well- equipped kitchen for those who wish to self-eater and there are bar facilities.
WESTHOLME SCHOOL
BLACKBURN "IS
Club visited Castle Cement for a guided tour looking a t the quarry and the pro cesses involved in the making of cement to it finally being put into bags a t more than one per second.
to the tour guides by Richard Wells.
Old Chapel, all mem bers and ad-visory are welcome.
TOSSIDE
Social time There were 21 tables in play for a whist and domino drive held in the new Tosside
Whist winners: M. Pickles, M. Coulthard, S. Cook, M. Wellock, S.Hogg, A. Adams, J. Traynor, W. Carr.
P. Metcalfe.
Dominoes: J. Pye, R. Knight, C. Wiseman, F. Lowe, R. Eden, R. Martin, F. Giles, D. Knight,
V® Raffle: M. Wellock, R.
groups already using the hall, but ideas for new actmties would be welcome as there are times when the building is not in use.
A parent and toddler group is to be held every Thursday morning beginning on October 7th at 9- 15 a.m. Come along on the day or contact one of - th e above numbers if you require further details.
WHALLEY Parish Ccuncil
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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, September 23rd, 2004 13 safety aspects of Jumble
using Broad Lane, Customers a t a jumble which has no foot paths, would be
informed of the parish council's efforts.
Churchyard Trees which could be causing cracks in the wall a t the funeral gate on Church Lane were to be inspected. Cut grass had not been removed, possi bly because i t was very wet. The Churchyard Com mittee hoped to speak to the contrac tor a t their next meeting. Cyclists had been seen riding over the grass and grave stones and a seat installed recently by a local resident in memory of his wife had been vandalised.
The chairman urged anyone seeing such anti-social behaviour should immeditaely inform the police, using the central number in the tele phone directory.
Parish Council, Coun. Steve Barker presided and Couns Eric Ronnan, June Brown, Jill Taylor, Mike Fallon, Alan Holgate, Bob Bolsover and Nor man Atty were also present. Coun. Joyce FlOOuing Holgate sent her xhe trash grid across apologies.
Community Hall, in B ro a d L a n e aid of funds. MCs information had been were J. Kenyon and received from the
Coimty Council that i t was considered th a t the verges on Broad Lane were not overgrown enough to receive attention. I t was necessary to find
He gave the same advice to those who had observed manure being sprayed over a wide area from vehi cles travelling on Mitton Road.
The churchyard is pri vate land and the gates are closed on one day a year to maintain this.
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the stream ju s t off King Street had now been modified and Coun. Alan Holgate had observed th a t there had not been the flooding experi enced by other areas, which he felt would have happened pre'vi- ously.
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out who owned the YellOW lineS hedges and the inten- As there had been one tions of the coimty’s objection to yellow
Countryside Officer. The Youth Group, who had done a great deal of work on the
lines at the bottom of Accrington Road, these could not yet be installed.
recycled. £180 was raised for the funds
sale in the Methodist Whalley Mothers’ School on Saturday umon.
found many excellent I TeeS bargains and the rest Work on the trees of the goods will be which needed cutting sent to other fund- in Vale House Gar- raising groups or dens has been done.
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