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HURST' GREEN
Wl It has been a busy week for members of Hurst Green’s WI. After appearing on stage in Hmst Green on Saturday evening, they were off to
Blackburn on Sun day afternoon to take part in the 75th birthday celebrations of the North-West Federation. The Tiller girls, together with their chorus line of Hula girls, were the last act, and attracted much attention and laugh ter.
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At the previous evening’s Cabaret evening, members had also performed “Operatic Opera tions”, which they had performed at their own 50th Birth day celebration in April as a reprise of a skit first performed several decades ago by other members.
Tonight is the annual meeting of the Hurst Green branch, begin ning at 7-30 p.m. in the Memorial Hall. There will also be a talk by Mrs Made- laine Adey, a Cruse Bereavement Coun sellor.
Variety club The Ribble Valley Branch of the Vari ety Club of Great Britain is hosting a Virgin Vie ladies evening on Wednes day in the Shirebum Arms Hotel, Hurst Green.
The evening com mences at 7-30 p.m. and admission is £3 so bring along a Christmas present list, you are sure to find the perfect pres ent.
Proceeds go the the variety club and the children in this area.
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Tricks and spots The usual fortnightly whist and domino drive will be held in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall on Monday.
The following Monday the Christmas domi no drive and grand draw will be held. Both events com mence at 7-30 p.m. and everyone is most welcome.
Concert The lunchtime concert in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall today will feature the award winning Adam Walk er on flute with Rus sell Lomas on piano.
Next Thursday the concert will feature a recital by students from Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester. Com mencing at noon tickets can be ordered by telephon ing 01254 826948. The concert the fol lowing week will fea ture the 16-year-old James Redfern on piano.
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be held in Knowle Green Village Hall on Sunday, December 4th at 4 p.m. Enter tainment will be pro vided by Andy Magee and Father Christmas has con firmed that he will find time in his busy schedule to attend. There will be a buffet tea and admission is free. The event is open to all village children, those who attend the village church and the young family and friends of members of the village hall. How ever, this year because of Health and Safety concerns we are asking that wherever possible a responsible adult stay with the chil dren or else a contact number be left. It would also be a great help with the arrangements if par ents could tel. Jean Bailey on 01254 878619 or Alison Goosens on 01254 878755 prior to the event.
Seasonal fair Knowle Green Congre gational Church Christmas fair will be held in the village
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hall on Saturday at 2 p.m. The event will ; be opened by the Okpoti family, of / Manchester. Chris is ^ the church’s student ; pastor. There will be • lots of Christmas goodies for sale and : refreshments will be :■ available. Come ^ along, share in the ; fun, buy a few ; Christmas presents, > maybe a home-made ■ Christmas cake or ■ Christmas pudding, meet your friends and enjoy afternoon : tea. Everyone is wel- , come and admission ' is free.
Quiz night The quiz night held in : Knowle Green Vil lage Hall was great fun and raised over £130. Quizmaster was Mr Tom Mellor with assistance from Mrs Karen Holmes. Everyone who attended had a great evening and the two winning teams kind ly handed their cash winnings back toward hall funds. The new kitchen extension is now almost complete and the new equipment is installed.
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Seasonal gifts The Christmas fair organised by mem bers of St Leonard’s
community centre on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be many stalls including a bottle, tombola, cards, sweets, and books plus lots of other attractions.
Eyes down for charity
A TOTAL of £570 has been donated to the North West Air; Ambulance after a prize bingo night was held in Hurst Green.
Peter’s Club, in aid of the worth-; while charity.
Thanks have been given by the bowling club committee to all those who kindly donated
the Langho and Billington WI meet ing on a very foggy and frosty evening.
alongside the river Thames from source to sea. She was thanked by Mrs Marie Smith.
Church, Langho, Birthday flowers were takes place in the presented to Mrs Margaret Walker-
■money and prizes, as well as to Mr Chris Phillips; the bingo
ealler Mr Jeff Moon and St Peter’s Club for the use of the
The lively event, organised by venue.; : members of Hurst Green Bowl-Our picture shows president of the ing Club; was staged at St bowling club, Lucy Wilkinson,
presenting the donation money to Violet Leach from the North West Air Ambulance at St Peters Club. (D181105/2). Photo: Daniel Martino
Guest speaker was Mrs Pat Ascroft who Auctioneer Steve spoke about her walk Knowles and his
Paythorne, raised (minutes secretary), over £2,000 at their The committee was annual charity auc- re-elected en bloc, tion on Friday night Miss C. Bailey gave a for Children in Need, special vote of thanks
team auctioned items generously donated by local businesses. Home-baked cakes and all kinds of unusual and interest ing goods were also auctioned.
Smith and raffle Other shenanigans prizes won by Mrs included one young Noreen Turner, Mrs Mary Jackson, Mrs Jean Baldwin and Mrs Maureen Tom linson.
Name the Teddy cor rectly and win him as a prize. Refresh ments will be avail-
is 50p for adults and 50p for children which includes a -visit to Santa's grotto.
able throughout the Forthcoming events afternoon. Admission include the Read-
Competition winners were Mrs Josie Brad ford, Mrs Teresa Nel son and Mrs Doreen Gibson.
stone Singers in con cert, Clitheroe Youth Theatre
and
Holy services The Rev. David Noblet will conduct
Clitheroe Operatic and Dramatic Soci ety ’s “Crazy for You”.
10-30 a.m. parish com munion services in St Leonard's Church, Langho, on Sunday.
There will be a Christ- ingle service at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
On Wednesday at 8-30 p.m. Compline for Advent will be held
14th.
On December 4th at 7- 30 p.m. the Mothers’ Union Christmas . Concert will be held in church.
New president Mrs Charity aUCtiOIT Mary Jackson wel- Regulars and staff of corned everyone to the Buck Inn,
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ident at the LFWI Celebration 85 event in King George’s Hall, Blackburn, along with two other members. She gave a detailed account of the wonderful after noon’s entertain ment.
man braving the freezing weather by having his hair and one eyebrow shaved
and a raffle and tombola were also held.
During the interval a delicious hot-pot sup per was served and all agreed that it had been a very enjoyable fun evening.
PENDLETON
to the officers and members of the com mittee for their serv ices during another successful year. In particular Mrs J. Bristol was men tioned for her long service of 32 years.
The cup for most com petition points was awarded to Mrs E. Honesrwell with sec ond Mrs M. Procter and third Mrs E. Slinger.
off. Staff dressed as Names were taken for doctors and nurses the Christmas party
and members were reminded to bring a small present. Supper was served by Mrs E. Thomber and Mrs F. Hancock. Mrs J. Jelpke and Mrs E. Rhodes were in charge of the bring- and-buy stall.
both the 9 a.m. Holy Mrs Lilian Hargreaves AGM Communion and the reprinted the p ^ At the beginning of the P a r ish COUncil 82nd annual meeting A new parish clerk is
The competition for a limerick was won by Mrs G. Walmsley, and Miss G. Park.
of Pendleton WI members held a silent tribute to Mrs Bar bara Gill, chairman of the LFWI who died recently.
in church and again The next meeting will on December 7th and be the Christmas party at Mytton Fold Hotel on December 12th.
PAYTHORNE
Retiring president Mrs M. Gornall and sec retary Mrs A. Sparks gave reports on the successful year and Mrs S. Kirk gave the financial report.
needed by Pendleton Parish Council. The post involves organising and recording the min utes of meetings, keeping the accounts, writing the corre spondence and liais ing with other coun cils and official bod
Officers elected were Mrs G. Hacking (president). Miss C. Anyone Bailey (vice-presi- should dent). Miss G. Park (treasurer) Mrs E. Collinge (secretary) and Mrs A. Spark
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Nicholas Starkie on 01200 442699 or Robert Whitwell on 01200 422687.
PENDLETON Collection
Slight changes are being made to the refuse collection serv ice in Pendleton. Due to the closure of the landfill site at Hen- thorn, waste is being tipped at Whinney Hill landfill site near Accrington, from November 25th. As there will be more travelling time involved, from today, refuse will be collect ed at 7-30 a.m. not later in the day.
Sacks should be left out to be collected from that time. Thursday remains collection day.
become an annual event. The club wish es to thank the spon sor “Hairiginals at Rehab”, all the race and runners sponsors and the constitution al club for the use of their facilities.
Retired treasurer Mrs Jannete Lynagh was presented with a memento to show the club’s appreciation for all her hard work over the years.
RUFC is looking for ball sponsors this sea son. Details available from Ramon Bell or Russell Bennett.
SABDEN
Cricket club Sabden Cricket Club is reforming for the 2006 season.
Christmas fair The annual Christmas fair arranged by St John’s Mothers’ Union will be held on Saturday in Read School from 10 a.m. to noon. Members have been busy with handicrafts and bak ing, selling raffle tick ets. Father Christmas will be in attendance for the small children and the raffle will be drawn at 11-45 a.m.
Quiz The Tuesday night quiz held in Read Constitutional Club was won by “Jet Dag gers”, captained by Carol Newby, second Karen Fairclough’s “Fick Five” and third on a tie-break was Billy Wood’s “Three Musical Fools”. Booby was Tunstead Avenue’s “Just the
One”.
An open meeting is to be held in the White Hart on Friday, December 2nd at 8 p.m.
Anyone wishing to become involved either playing or just helping out is invited to attend.
If you can't attend, but are interested in get ting involved then
please contact John Hargreaves (772501) or Kristian Shipston (771091).
Cricket club It was with great delight that vice- chairman of Read Cricket Club Mr Clive Bennett attend ed the council cham ber in Clitheroe Town Hall. He was there to receive the certificate for the Best-Kept Cricket Ground (highly commended) 2005 in the Lan cashire Best-Kept Village Competition.
Memories Anyone who was living during the Second World War is in-vited to Sabden Primary School next Wednes day. At 9-30 a.m. Class 2 children are to sing wartime songs and afterwards would like to share memo ries -with older people about life during the Second World War. Anyone with wartime memorabilia or pic tures they could show the children -will also be welcome to enjoy the songs and meet the children and have a chat over tea and biscuits.
Turn up on the day or ring school for details on 01282 771000.
This was a great hon our and the award reflects the tremen dous hard work undertaken by the ground committee.
The hours of toil by Malcolm Grainger,
Tony Dodgson and Tommy Hadwen had been incredible and it was pleasing that this had been recognised by the judges. 'The AGM of Read Crick et and Bowling Club will take place on December 8th at 8 p.m. in the pavilion.
ies. An honorarium of £300 a year, plus sta tionery costs is
Football club Read United Football Club held a hughly successful race night in Read Constitu tional Club to raise funds.
Concert The sb:th St Nicholas’s Concert takes place in St Nicholas’s Church, Sabden, on Friday, December 2nd, at 7-30 p.m.
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ond World War exhi bition at Preston Museum.
Services Visiting preachers in Sabden this Sunday are Mr Gerald Nor- cross, who will lead the Baptist Church service at 10 a.m., and Mr Les Jackson at the Methodist Church at 9-30 a.m.
Lights The village Christmas Tree lights will be switched on at the annual carol service around the tree in St Nicholas’s Avenue on Sunday, December
4th. SAWLEV Jacob’s Blue Peter badge
YOUNG writer Jacob Atherton wowed judges and won himself a much-coveted Blue Peter badge.
The 10-year-old Read Primary School pupil, who is a talented TOter with a vivid imagination, entered a Blue Peter short story competition with his entertain ing tale of someone being pos
Mr Brian Hughes, the author of a book on the Laycock organ, will again be present with a selec tion of his written works on organs. Admission is free but there is a retiring col lection towards the maintenance of the church organ.
Christmas Fair
Get ready for Christ mas tomorrow with the village’s second Christmas Fair of the season,
Church organist Mr Roger Britnell is the mastermind behind the series of quarter ly concerts and over the past 18 months the church has wel comed, among oth ers, soprano Nicola Thorpe, trumpeter Matthew Hargreaves and the Great Har wood and Bolton Male Voice Choirs.
It proved so popular that it is now to
The soloist at the December concert is Anthony Hunt, the organist at Salford Roman Catholic Cathedral, and the visiting choir is the nine-voice vocal ensemble Octavius. Mr Britnell will also play the electronic organ and the church’s splendid John Laycock organ.
Nicholas’s Hall, to be opened by the church Rose Queen, Miss Lauren Bywater, at 3 p.m. Stalls will sell gifts, games, cakes and toiletries, the Brownies will run a yellow stall and there will be a jarola, tombola and grand raffle. The ladies of the church will also sell their celebrated refreshments and it should prove a happy afternoon and hope fully a good fund raiser for the parish church.
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■ 33,000 entries, Jacob’s shone through and he was a runner-up.
His prize is a Blue Peter badge and annual as well as a certifi cate. Our picture shows writer Jacob, who was runner-up in a Blue Peter competition. (B021105/2)
tival of Light involves Christmas songs and hymns, the children’s lanterns are lit and each family is given an Advent can dle to take home to shine out through the Christmas season.
All denominations and ages welcome.
Play park An early Christmas Fair at the weekend raised £400 for Sab den Play Park Trust. The event was held in the Baptist Hall in Clitheroe Road and a team of hard-working volunteers manned stalls and tombolas and ran a raffle.
Car park The second public meeting to discuss the introduction of car parking charges on the village car park takes place on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Methodist Schoolroom, Wesley Street.
The Trust is now well on the way to raising £28,000 to give the village play area a major facelift with new equipment. The fund-raising committee thanks the volunteers, every one who went along and companies who sponsored the event. A further fund-rais ing event is planned for tonight in St Mary’s Church Hall, in Whalley Road, where pop band Vivid will entertain. Admission is £5.
Wine and Presenta tion Evening in the pavilion on Saturday, December 3rd, at "7- 30 p.m. Entry is £2 and the evening includes a fun horse racing game, a raffle, tombola and a short presentation of the team trophies.
Special talk Members of Sawley WI were guests of member Mrs Ysanne Williams, at the Spread Eagle, for the annual meeting, as the -village hall is stili being refurbished.
At this special evening a highly professional speaker Mrs Pat Ashcroft enthralled members with her very lively talk on “Tall Ships”.
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U1 members are asked to put the carol singing date in their diaries on December 18th and 19th, meet ing at 6 p.m. in the village hall car park.
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Ladies of the village who would like to join this lively group at the start of the new year should contact Mrs Blakemore or Mrs Cosgrove.
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Whist drive A whist drive was held on Tuesday evening in Simonstone Old School organised by Mrs Brenda Grice. Winners were: Ladies - Mrs Sally Birming ham, MrsMuriel Auld. Gents - Mrs Tilly Malpass, Mrs Pat Larkin, Mrs Eileen Vernon (cons). The special prize was won by Mr George Pollard who was also the MC for the
evening.The next drive will be arranged by Mrs Barbara Youles on December 6th.
Festive theme Members of Simon- stone with Read WI enjoyed a festive theme at their meet- ing.
She told her audience that her love and expertise in these ships led to a presti gious invitation to take part in a re enactment of the
All villagers are in-vited to give their -views.
Advent On Sunday the special children’s service for the whole village to herald the beginning of Advent will be held in St Nicholas’s Parish Church at 4 p.m. The annual Fes
Quiz night Get your thinking caps on for a Christmas Quiz Night in St Nicholas’s Church Hall on Friday, December 9th, at 7-
Age Concern The monthly luncheon meeting of Sabden Age Concern Leisure Club was held in St Mary’s Hall when chairman Mr Bernard Parfitt asked everyone to stand in silence in memory of the late Miss Elizabeth Brit- cliffe. The speaker, Mr Frank Gibson, read poems he has written on “Aspects Of Love” and a collection was taken for Derian House Children’s Hospice at Chorley, which he supports. Raffle winners were Mr Arthur Shaw, Mrs Edna Tagg and Mr John Newby. The chairman thanked the speaker and all who had helped in preparing the hall and the meal. The Christmas limch will be on December 14th when Read Pri mary School choir will sing Christmas music
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Bowling Sabden Crown Green Bowling Club is hold ing a Cheese and
, journey made 200 years ago to report both the victory of Trafalgar and the death of Lord Nel- son.
At the end of the adventure the crew was given a momen tous reception on arrival in Cornwall and at Admiralty House, made espe cially, memorable by the Princess Royal’s contribution to the welcome.
Members were hugely impressed by Mrs Ashcroft’s dyna mism, physical courage and sense of adventure, all con veyed with modesty and a great sense of humour.
Mrs Kate Sims thanked her for a wonderful presenta tion. Mrs Carol Cow ell and Mrs Pat Rat- cliffe were hostesss for the evening.
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Bingo Sabden Primary School is holding a Bingo Evening tonight organised by the PTFA at 7 p.m. Next Thursday, chil dren in class 3 are vis- iting Queen Street Mill at Harle Syke. Last week Class 2 pupils visited the Sec-
Mrs Pat Mahlich won the competition for a tall ship memento with Mrs Sims and Mrs Ann Moyle run ners-up.
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President Mrs Alison Blakemore was uni- mously voted to remain in office and eight members and two co-opted mem bers were nominated and accepted for the committee.
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