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TWENTY children from Belarus will arrive in Clitheroe on June 4th in the now-annual visit organised by the town’s “Friends of Chernobyl’s Chil dren” group. The Friends group is now looking for more volunteer
teachers to help fill the rota. The teachers would be well supported by the interpreters and other members of the group. Anyone who feels they could help and would like more information should telephone Jean Holmes on 01200 428604.
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Pupils go on trial at magistrates’ court
by Duncan Smith
JUNIOR “legal eagles” from two Ribble Valley schools took on key roles for an intense and realistic courtroom drama. Teams from St Augustine’s
RC High School, at Billington, and Ribblesdale High School Technology College,
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Clitheroe, took part in the regional heat of a Na tional Mock Trial Competition. Organised by the Citizenship
Foundation, it was held last Saturday in the real-life setting of Leyland Magistrates’ Court. A team from Southlands High School, Chorley, won the heat, but both Ribble Valley teams acquitted themselves well. 'The mixed team of boys and
girls had been practising for the trial scenario for several months, having each been allo cated roles ranging from magis trates, clerk to the court, prose cutor, defence solicitor, witness es, usher and defendant. The scenario for this year’s
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Young farmers On Monday night, members of Bolton- by-Bowland Young Farmers’ Club
enjoyed an interest ing and informative talk on interview skills by Helen Dakin. Thanks were expressed by Mark Dobson.
Next week’s meeting is a sausage making d em o n s t r a t io n . Members wishing to attend should meet in the village at 7-40 p.m.
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ern Chile. As part of their preparation, the St Augustine’s team were coached in school by local magistrate David Bleazard. He also organised a visit to
Burnley Magistrates' Court to observe the court in action dur ing its normal day-to-day busi
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The Chamber’s international trade
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ness. The team also gave up their time and took over a real courtroom at Burnley one Sat urday to rehearse in a realistic environment. Mr Bleazard praised the
youngsters’ efforts, saying their commitment had been second to none and their behaviour.
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Music Chipping WI president Mrs Rita Joyce wel comed members to the March meeting in the village hall. Guest speaker was Mr Raymond Wat- ton, who gave an interesting talk on the history of record ed sound from the first experiments with Thomas Edi son's phonograph in 1877 to modern day multi track stereo systems. He played examples of recorded music from 1924 to 2001. Mrs Helen Powell expressed thanks.
A competition for a bell was won by Mrs Margaret Whitaker. Mrs Barbara Kitchin won the raffle and birthday flowers went to Mrs Rosie Gravestock. The luncheon club will meet next Wednes day and the walking day will be on March 21st.
At the next meeting, on April 6th, the speaker will be Mrs Dorothy Swinson, who will talk about bobbin lace making. The competition will be for a piece of patchwork. Guests and new members will, as always, be very welcome.
C H A T B U R N
Outreach A Citizens’ Advice Bureau outreach ses sion will be held in Chatburn Methodist Church from 2 to 3- 30 p.m. next Thurs day.
Day cr prayer The Women’s World Day of Prayer was celebrated in Chat burn Methodist Church with a ser vice prepared by the women of Poland. Bread and salt are symbols of hospitali-
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Dutton and Mitlon. The front page article detailed the fund raising effort so far, with tlie main feature inside being an account of Hurst Green's former shops, prompted by the sale of the current post office.
Village event’s £3,000 boost for Childline
A FUND-RAISING night held at Bolton-by-Bowland Village Hall on Saturday raised more than £3,000 for the children’s charity ChildLine.
The funds raised from the evening of entertainment, which included vari ous performances, a raffle, disco and supper, will help the charity to pro vide a free and confidential 24-hour helpline for children and young peo ple.
The event was organised by former Bolton-by-Bowland resident Angie
ty and friendship in Poland. Bread is something very pre cious and not to be wasted but shared, and salt is treasured for its flavour and its power of purification and preservation.
Mrs Doris Giles wel comed everyone, including visitors from Downham and Christ Church, Chat burn, and distributed gifts of salt and bread. The preacher was Mrs Joan Marsh, of Low Moor, Clitheroe, and organ ist was Mrs Marilyn Yates, of Whalley.
The service concluded with refreshments.
Guest speaker at the meeting of Chatburn Methodist Church Women’s Fellowship will be Mrs Karen Sleet, of Wadding- ton.
Smith, whose friend Chris Pollard (23), of Cswaldtwistle, has signed up for a sponsored trek in the Himalayas to raise money for the charity.
Mrs Smith said: “I would just like to thank everyone who supported the event. It was a complete sell-out, with aU 150 tickets being sold.”
She expressed particular thanks to Jill Armer, of Bolton-by-Bowiand, for providing the'potato pie supper, singer/songwriter Walter Brown for his performance, the Boogie Night
on Tuesday. Mr Braithwaite held all positions on the com mittee during his 30 years in Downham, finishing as presi dent.
The income from the BBC has covered the cost of repairs and redecorating, upgrad ing the kitchen and the disabled WC.
Chairman the Hon. Ralph Assheton gave a short report and this was followed by the treasurer's report, read and explained by Mrs Alison Hold en.
Lenten service On Sunday at 10 a.m. the church anniver sary united service will be held in Chat burn Methodist Church. The preach er will be the Rev. Canon Ken Phillips, a former minister.
The short joint Lenten services will continue on Wednesday at 7- 30 p.m. at Chatburn Methodist Church.
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Saci farewell A minute’s silence was observed in memory of Mr Geoffrey Braithwaite MBE at the start of the Downham Village Hall Management Committee's ACM
Election of officers fol lowed, with the Hon. Ralph Assheton resigning a chairman due to other commit ments and Mr Shaun Roney being elected in his place. Mr Roney will also con tinuing as bookings secretary.
Mrs Judith Nixon was elected secretary and Mrs Holden agreed to continue as trea surer.
The committee was re elected en bloc, apart from Mrs Barbara Lewis replacing her husband, Brian, due to his work commit ments.
The next committee meeting will be held on April 25th at 7-30 p.m. and members were reminded that Downham Hall gar dens will be open to the public on July 23rd and 24th, with proceeds to be shared between the village hall and the East Lancashire Hospice.
G IS B U R N
Comic concert The children of Gis- burn have been busy rehearsing for their concert to be held on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Festival Hall.
On stage will be a rock band and a singer, children playing var ious instruments and dance performers.
During the interval there will be ferret racing to amuse the audience.
All this is to raise funds for Comic Relief.
Tickets are £1.50 for adults and 50p for children and are available from Gis- burn Post Office.
Mothering Day The Rev. Canon Phillips led the fami ly communion service for Mothering Sun day in Gisburn Parish Church, with Mr Michael Pain at the organ.
Gisburn Mothers’ Union member Mrs Hilda Waddington carried the branch banner in the opening procession and later in the service, togeth er with Mrs Joanne Lloyd, read passages from the Bible.
Mrs Lloyd gave a thoughtful address and special interces sions for Mothering Sunday were led by Mrs Con Nicholson, Mrs J. Gornall and Mr George Bargh.
MU members Mrs Christine Knowles and Mrs Jennie Gor nall gave out posies of flowers and cards
dancers, The Bowland Three Bs, Danni Smith for her solo piece, Nic Holden for his disco, Mick Cowking, for the lighting and sound, compere Phil Hambley, Alan Hamhley, back- stage and raffle, Chris and Alex Pol lard, door, Susan Hamhley, raffle. Beryl Tomlinson, programmes, Jonathan and Jack Hambley, raffle, and Ysanne Williams, the choreogra pher, who also donated a raffle prize.
Our picture shows members of the Boogie Night dancers group, (s)
to the children to pre sent to their mums, grannies or aunties and every lady in the congregation receiv ed a posy.
Following the happy service, everyone enjoyed coffee and biscuits with a slice of Simnel cake to mark the special day.
On Sunday, at 11 a.m., the preacher will be the Rev. David Brier- ley, who is a mission- er for the Bradford Diocese.
Historical The next meeting of Gisburn Historical Society will be held next Thursday at 7- 30 p.m. in the Festi val Hall. It is hoped to organise a display for a stall at the craft fair on Easter Sun day in the festival hall. Anyone with anything of interest for this display is invited to attend the meeting.
G R IN D L E TO N
Bingo night Members of Grindle- ton WI will be hold ing their annual bingo evening in the Pendle Hotel, Chat burn, on Monday at 7-30 p.m.
Members are reminded to bring their contri butions of prizes and groceries to the meet ing tonight.
The WI Market has now been renamed “The Lancashire Country Market”. Only the name has changed, and the market reopens in the United Reformed
Church, Clitheroe, on Tuesday. Plans for a Fairtrade
stall
tonight have been postponed.
Waste paper The usual waste paper collection will take place in Grindleton today. Contributions of newspapers, maga zines and cardboard can be left in the space at the top of Back Lane, near the chapel wall.
This is a fund-raising effort by the village WI members who appreciate the sup port given by v il lagers.
H U R S T G R E E N
Shop sold Sharp-eyed villagers will have already noticed that the "For Sale" sign above Hurst Green's shop and post office has changed to "Sold". It will be several weeks before the sale is com pleted, but the reas suring news for vil lagers is that a post office service will still be available in Hurst Green. Further details should be available within the next fortnight.
Newsletter The latest edition of Hurst Green's own newspaper, "Round the Green", was delivered to house holds last week. Being the first edi tion since the forma tion of the Hurst Green and District Tsunami Appeal, copies were also cir culated to Chaigley,
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The grant has now been used up, howev er, and the editors, Mrs Nancy Bailey (01254 826903) and Mrs Agnes Bland (01254 826559) are hoping to attract sponsorship to cover the minimum £50 needed to publish each edition.
Easter’s coming The younger parish ioners of St John's have been continuing with their Lenten
preparation. Seven teen attended " the Kidzone session on Monday after school, and left with home made cakes. Contain ing lard, seed, cheese and sultanas, these culinary creations were destined for the bird table!
Kidzone has allowed the children to
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