12 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 17th, 2005


Parish Council The meeting is open to local residents, with the added attraction of a talk by Mrs Jan Graffius, the curator at Stonyhurst Col­ lege, on the renowned collections within her care.


Memory Lane It has been a trip down Memory Lane this month for some of Hurst Green's older residents. In March 1955, the Hurst Green branch of the WI was formed, with the first meeting tak­ ing place in St Joseph's Primary School in the village. The Memorial Hall had yet to be built.


Fifty years on, the local members are celebrating their golden jubilee, with a birthday meal at the New Drop Inn next week and a party at the end of April. Mrs Lucy Wilkinson, a lifelong Hurst Green resident, is one of the eight members who has clocked up 50 years of singing Jerusalem, and has


Younger members will have the chance to recreate the days of homemade entertain­ ment at the party next month, when they reprise "Operat­ ic Operations", a short skit with tunes from Gilbert and Sul­ livan.


Last month's talk in the Memorial Hall was entitled "Keep Young and Beauti­ ful", guiding mem­ bers through many of the popular 21st Cen­ tury therapies cur­ rently available. Although such inter­ est in appearance may seem a very modern issue, a talk of the same name fea­ tured on the first year's programme. According to Mrs Wilkinson, the for­ mat has changed lit­ tle over the years. Members have con­ tinued to enjoy talks, demonstrations, out­ ings and "wonderful concerts", including a ballet.


been looking through her archives to recall what membership meant then.


Hurst Green WI. One lady only attended for a short while then, but decid­ ed to rejoin two years ago. Mrs Wilkinson attributes the WI's early popularity to the days before mass TV, with fewer women drivers and limited options for going out. Nowadays, the branch is edging towards a membership of 40, enjoying a renais­ sance among some of the younger ladies of Hurst Green.


Some things have changed though: no one turns up in a hat now for meetings, and fifty years hence, no one will first have to think of the hus­ band's initial before working out which particular Mrs Hold­ en or Wilkinson is being referred to in this year's memora­ bilia.


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Green Village Hall tomorrow evening at 7-30 p.m. Admission is £7.50 and includes coffee and short­ bread. Pay at the door.


Social time The usual fortnightly whist and domino drive will be held in Knowle Green Vil­ lage Hall on Monday at 7-30 p.m. Admis­ sion is £1, including tea and biscuits. Everyone is most welcome.


A total of 105 ladies signed up to become members at the inau­ gural meeting of


Swing band The well-known and highly regarded Clitheroe Grammar School Swing Band is coming to Knowle


Easter services Easter will be celebrat­ ed in Knowle Green C on g r eg a t ion a l Church in the now traditional way with a short service at 11 a.m. on Good Friday morning followed by a united service of Witness with friends from the Church of England and Roman Catholic churches in Ribchester at noon. The service will be held in the open in the centre of the vil­ lage of Ribchester and everyone is most welcome to share in this joint service. At 2 p.m. the Good Fri­ day Easter walk will leave the church car park and again


Easter Sunday celebra­ tions will commence with the Sunrise ser­ vice on Jeffrey Hill near Cardwell House and again you are asked to come sensi­ bly dressed for the early morning start of 6 a.m. Please remember the hour has changedl This open-air service will be followed by break­ fast in the church hall to which everyone is invited. The main family service will be held in the church at 11 a.m. when the favorite hymns of Easter will be sung. Please come along and share in this cele­ bration and then stop for a while at the close and enjoy a cof­ fee and a chat.


LANGHO Skipping day


staff of St Mary’s RC School, Langho have organised a skipping day for the children, led by professional coaches.


This great physical challenge coincides with National Skip­ ping Day tomorrow.


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Special ropes will be on sale for the children to buy to encourage physical fitness.


Easter eggs Hundreds of chocolate eggs have been col­ lected at St Mary’s RC School, Langho, as an egg-citing way of raising money for the school’s annual St Joseph’s Penny Col­ lection. Children have donated eggs and are feverishly buying raffle tickets to win them back again.


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Catholic Children’s Rescue Society, along with £212 from a non-uniform day and coins saved by the children in collection | boxes.


Sad farewell staff and children of St Mary’s RC School, Langho, will say farewell to several special friends as the school closes for Easter.


Caretaker Mr Jack Oddie retires after four years in the post and will be missed for the extra special sup­ port he has provided for the school. Lol­ lipop man Peter Stones will also be


everyone is very wel­ come on this five-mile walk around the area. Please wear stout footwear and cloth­ ing and take a drink and something to eat.


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Special presentations will be held after Mass on Wednesday.


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On the same theme next Wednesday chil­ dren will have a chance to meet fire­ men and see the fire engine in action.


Reception pupils at St Mary’s RC School will be on best behaviour when PC Andy Lang visits their class on Mon­ day as part of the topic “Who Wants to Help Us"?


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The Passion Ladies’ Day was cele­ brated at Salem Martin Top Chapel on Sunday, March 13th - Passion Sun­ day.


The morning service was led by Mrs Jane Mansergh, of Settle. She spoke on act nine from the bible about the 1st century Christian woman Tabitha.


At the close, the hymn Make Me a Captive Lord and Then I Shall be Free was heartily sung.


In the school room, warm fellowship was enjoyed over coffee and biscuits.


The afternoon service was led by Pastor W.


Pupils and staff see red!


PUPILS and staff at Gisburn Primary School all saw red for Comic Relief, when they dressed in shades of red and donned their red noses. Many wore the official big


hair noses, while those who could not get hold of one had a red nose painted on by their


Jeff Jones speaking on the theme of Remember Lot’s Wife closing with the


Class 3 teacher Mrs Dugdale. Everyone enjoyed a lunch­


time disco, and a total of £140 was raised for the chari­ ty.


Pictured are headteacher


Mr Symonds with pupils Bradley, Rachael, Claudia and Jonathen. (s)


hymn Dear Lord and Holy Communion was Father of Mankind conducted at the I Forgive Our Foolish close. Mrs E. Hart-1 Ways.


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Pat Larkin. Special prizewinner was Babs Dennis.


Annual meeting The annual general meeting of Pendleton Village Hall commit- Pie and peas tee takes place on There were 15 tables March 31st at 8 p.m. in play for the annual whist and domino drive, organised by Rimington WI, in the memorial insti- tute.


RIMINGTON Palm Sunday


On Palm Sunday at 6- ^ P*® ^nd peas supper 30 p.m. the choirs of


St John’s Church, ™ere Mrs E. Jackson Read, and St Peter’s


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Church, Simonstone, Hartley dominoes, will perform “The Hmungton WI presi- Crucifixion” in St dent Mrs Jean Kerr,


John’s Church. This will be the first time since the year 2000 when the last Stain­ er’s Crucifixion was sung. Sir John Stain­ er, who wrote the work in 1887, was at that time organist of St Paul’s Cathedral.


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be held in Read CE School next Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.


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presented the prizes and thanked every­ one for their support.


The meeting of Read Dominoes: Mr J. Parish Council will


Whist winners: Ladies Mrs M. Edmondson, Mrs M. Jackson, Mrs H. Grainger, Mrs E. Barker. Gents - Mr M. Grainger, Mrs J. Thornton, Mr F. Fallon, Mrs M. Robinson.


Oddie, Mrs V. Giles, Mr P. Metcalfe, Mrs F. Lowe, Miss M. Pye, Mrs P. Oddie, Mr H. Moorhouse.


The annual Good Fri- Raffle: Mrs J. Stain- day walk, organised ton, Mr C. Wiseman, Mr W. Barker, Mr H. Moorhouse, Mrs M. Wright.


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Pendle Street East at 2 p.m. People from all four church­ es will take part and carry a large wood­ en cross around the village stopping for short prayers and hymns before the cross in placed in the village centre on St Nicholas’s Avenue. On Good Friday morning there will be a service for all at the cross at 11 a.m.


by Clive Bennett will begin at 11 a.m. on March 25th. This is the first social event for Read Cricket Club, and is basically _________________ like a treasure hunt with clues to follow LIvG band along the walk. Local band “Vivid’ always popular with will be playing live S a b d e n P r im a r y


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parents, children, toddlers in buggies and dogs.


Pie and peas will be available in the pavil­ ion at lunchtime at a cost of £1.50. In the afternoon there will be fun and games plus a quiz. This event is always very well-supported and everyone will be most welcome.


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Their versatile music includes classic rock, soul and modern and material from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.


Hart, Sabden, on Saturday, starting at 8 p.m.


The guitarist in the band lives in the vil­ lage so should be known to many.


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Plant sale The final total of the plant sale held in aid of Rossendale Hos­ pice at 78 Whalley Road, Read, was £245.


Bowling club Read Bowling Club will re-open at Easter


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drive held in Read Constitutional Club on Monday were: Ladies - Laura Green, Sarah Law. Gents - Fred Green.


Palm Sunday ser­ vice at 10 a.m. on Sunday, led by Mrs Landriau. The Rev. Laura Hardy will take the special ser­ vice to herald the beginning of Holy Week, at the Methodist Chapel, Wesley Street, at 9- 30 a.m.


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St Mary’s Palms will be dis­ tributed at both Masses at St Mary’s RC Church this weekend, at 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10- 30 a.m. on Sunday. On Maundy Thurs­ day there will be Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7-30 p.m. and the church will stay open until 9-30 p.m. On Good Fri­ day the Lord’s Pas­ sion is at 3 p.m. and the Holy Saturday Easter Vigil is at 8 p.m. Easter Sunday Mass is at the usual time of 10-30 a.m.


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spoke to Sabden Parish Council about his work. For the past 18 months he has been bring­ ing the mobile police station to the village and says he tries to spend as much time as possi­ ble here. He is also an ECSO -Emergency Com­ munity Support Officer - working for the fire and ambulance services when necessary, attending emergen­ cies and in the case of the fire service carrying out free home fire safety checks and talking to children at the two schools. On behalf of the ambulance service he has a pager and acts as a First Responder with a defibrillator and oxygen on hand to deal with medical emergencies as well as


supporting


dren brought deco- p^i: rated eggs into runt'C school for an Easter Community police- display and received man PC Paul Sher-


a chocolate egg from the PTA.


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by Sabden Christian Council, the proces- OOUnCII sion will begin at The Police Gommuni- the bowling green in ty Sunport Officer


This weekend’s Palm Sunday service at St Nicholas’s Church is at the usual time of 9-30 a.m. There will be a craft stall where you can buy Easter cards and gifts. Donations for East­ er flowers will be welcome a.nd volun­ teers to help clean the church on Mon­ day should contact either of the church- wardens, Kevin Barrington or Bernard Parfitt. The Thursday Club ran a coffee and cakes stall last Sun­ day and raised £195. During Holy Week next week there is Holy Eucharist at 7-30 p.m. on Tues­ day and Wednesday. On Maundy Thurs­ day the Last Supper service is at 7-30 p.m. followed by a one hour vigil. 'The Good Friday service is at 9-30 a.m.


paramedics at major incidents, such as recent acci­ dents on the A59. He also deals with any behaviour around the villages,


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who works in the Youth Sabden area, PCSO youth worker Kerry Nigel Williams, Valentine told the


parish council about the youth service’s work in Youth come each Wednes­ day evening, some­ times with the mobile information bus. They are encouraging young people from 13 upwards to take part in outdoor activities and pro­ jects such as the Duke of Edin­ burgh’s award. PCSO Williams said he was looking to bring mobile BMX skate ramps for the young people to use in a super­ vised environment with their parents’ permission. St Mary’s Church car park or the village school playgrounds were suggested as possible venues, and the parish council agreed to make inquiries. He also asked for permis­ sion to use the Holme for a sports day for the young people.


Parish plan anti-social decided that it did "'’.'"‘J The parish council


ratt gave his monthly report to the parish council. He said it had been relatively quiet apart from some thefts of stone from the Whins area. The CCTV in the village was s t ill proving successful and as a result police had deter­ mined that a man who had claimed to have been raped recently in the Black Hill area had been lying and the i n v e s t i g a t i o n dropped. Residents had thought there had been vandalism at the village toilets because they had been locked, but in fact the door had been left open and the wind had caught it and smashed the door.


not need a Parish Plan but it did need a business plan so that it could make more long-term plans. All parish councils are being urged to have parish plans, which means more public involve­ ment, but after con­ sidering the matter for some time Sab­ den has decided that it would not proceed, but would engage in more long-term planning in the future. The clerk also reported that the Undiscovered Bow- land grants scheme that promised large sums of money for communities that came forward with


organisers had found that the money


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PC Sherratt was full of praise for the Resurfacing young people in the Workmen will be village and said returning to com-


thought would be available was not now forthcoming and the project had been scrapped.


that during half- term he and a group of teenagers had undertaken a 22- mile cycle ride around Pendleside taking in Barley, Newchurch etc.


plete the resurfac­ ing of Whalley Road from Lamb


half- day training reflexology by Mrs course in Preston Anne Parkinson, about quality Thanks to the hosts


Sabden. Plans workers Councillors are to register an objection to replacement plans for garages at the back of Pendle Street East. They had objected to original plans which had been rejected by Ribble Valley Borough Council, but applicant David Warburton had appealed and won and started building work. However, the building was found


parish councils, at a were given by Vanes­ sa McCarney and Richard Wells.


cost of £40.


The Slaidburn junior quiz team of Robert


and Andrew Harri­ son and Daniel Park­ er was congratulated


ty final after defeat­ ing Samlesbury A team in the semi­ finals.


Richard Wells was also congratulated on rep­


to be not in line Next week’s meeting is


with plans passed and the matter had gone back for fur­ ther approval. The parish council objected again because they felt the new plans narrowed the gap even further between the garages and nearby homes. Local residents are 1 very upset at the plans being passed


they should object because the appli­ cant should stick exactly to the plans passed.


Seat THE Horticultural Society had asked the parish council to take over responsi­ bility for a seat that had been placed in the wood. The soci­ ety, in conjunction with other agencies had provided the seat for walkers, but did not realise there might be insurance implications and asked the parish council to take over responsibility. How­ ever, the council said it was not its responsibility and turned down the request.


SLAIDBURN proceeding. The young Farmem’Club Members Of Slaidburn


met at Langden Holme Farm, Dun- sop Bridge, at 7-30 p.m. by kind permis­ sion of Mr and Mrs Allan and Mr and Mrs James Carr for dairy cow judging. Master judge was Mr David Kay.


Row to Whins Seniors - Richard Avenue, councillors Wells, Steven Walker, were told. Approval John Walker, was given for the The girls had a clerk to attend a demonstration on


Results. Juniors - Robert Walker, joint 2, Thomas Barlow and Daniel Parker, 3, Philip Whitfield.


My Bluff” team which came second in the northern area finals in Scarbor­ ough.


in Slaidburn old chapel for silk paint­ ing with Mrs Tracy Ankers. Members are asked to bring a small picture frame, minus glass, no bigger than six inches by eight inches and £1 to cover costs. Also wear old clothes.


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addmgton WI president Mrs Eva


Ellison welcomed four visitors and introduced guest speaker Mr Jeffrey Caretoot. He spoke about “Remember­ ing the Great War”, explaining it was 90 years ago and lasted four years and why we should never for­ get. He and a group


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of Longridge men travel to France and Belgium every year visiting war graves and places of inter­ est. Mr Carefoot,


the Methodist Church schoolroom when “Adventuring” with Mrs Pat Ashcroft should be a fun evening.


who collects memora- Tea hostesses Miss bilia, has two uni- Nutter, Mrs Semple forms that were made and Mrs Sowden. in Yorkshire and A ladies’walking stick which he wears on disappeared from the


occasions, he also had colourful posters, trench maps, a gas mask, bully beef and other food items. Mrs Marian Barrow thanked him for a enlightening and l interesting evening.


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Miss Mary Bridge is writing a scrapbook


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reminded of a walk to Downham on Wednesday meeting in the village club at 10 a.m.


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