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KNOWLE GREEN
Dominoes
Lovers of whist and dominoes are invited to Knowie Green Village Hall on Mon day at 7-30 p.m. for the usual fortnightly event. Admission is £1 including tea and biscuits and everyone is most welcome.
Wednesday talk The monthly evening talk in Knowie Green Village Hall will be
Concert The lunchtime concert in Knowie Green Vil lage Hall next Thurs day will feature the popular local organ ist and pianist, Nigel Spooner. Commenc ing at noon, Mr Spooner will be play ing Beethoven’s Sonata in G, Opas 14 No. 2 and Liszt’s Consolations and Liebstraum.
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grogational Church hall Tuesday at 7 p.m. The headstones are in a dangerous condition and the kerbstones may have
held on Wednesday ix -__ fn- at 8 p.m. The speak-
burn, of G.B. Antiques, Lancaster, and the title of his talk will be “Experi ences on Radio Lan cashire” where Mr Blackburn is the antiques expert. He will value free of
To book tickets tel. 01254 82694S. The concert the following week will feature the Kinston Quartet.
er is Mr Allan Black- Line dancing will be P '' ^
held in Knowie Green Village Hall on Tuesday evening while sequence danc ing will be held on November 4th. Com mencing at 8 p.m. everyone is most wel come to either group,
charge the first 20 IfTipOrtSnt items brought on the Anyone with an inter-
loved ones buried in the
has graveyards
should attend the meeting or contact 01254
878132 878447
The annual fund-rais ing Christmas fair for the church will be held in the village hall on November 2Gth at 2 p.m.
information.
evening. Admission is est in the village n u iy bcl £3.50 including a graveyards is invited The Rev. Da
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Knowie Green Con- at both the 9 a.m. for more ir
Hoi}' Communion service and the 10-30 a.m. family commun ion service on Sun day in St. Leonard’s Church, Langho.
to be removed to This Sunday is known make the mowing of as All Saints Sunday the graveyards easier. Anyone who
and there will also be a special service at 6- 30
p.in., where loved ones and friends whom we have lost are remembered,
or All are also welcome to join the growing con-
30 a.m. service, par ticularly children who have their own corner of the church for their. Sunday School.
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glass of wine and a to a meeting in Noblet will officiate At the meeting oi light supper.
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Ray Holmes gave bring-and-buystall, members an insight The annual meeting into the history of will be hold on wireless. He demon- November 15th. strated how his sub ject was developed and improved over the years by playing recordings of Sandy Friendly CifCle Powell, Gracie Fields and Neville Cham-
berlain’s broadcast on September 3rd 1939. Mrs J. Fenlon thanked the speaker on behalf of the members.
Competition winners were Mrs A. Sparks, Mrs G. Walmsley
celebrate the WI’s special anniversary and a toast was pro posed.
Friendly Cir- nieeting of
cle, to be hold in the United Reformed Church, at 7-30 p.m. Canon Spurin will take his audience on “A Visit to Kenya". He will talk about a remote tribal area with rural poverty and ways in which the people of Eng land can help. All are welcome.
and Mrs M. Procter, '- 'a n c e r Cdfc Hostesses were Mrs With October being S. Brown, Mrs M. the month of Breast Billington and Mrs E. Rhodes. Mrs M. Wigan and Mrs E. Thornber held a
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Edward bear The Edward Bear serv ice for babies and tod dlers svill be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday in St John’s Church, Read.
Coffee morning A coffee morning, held in St John’s Church, Read, on Saturday raised £300 for the Development Fund.
Joan bids a happy farewell
A MUCH-LOVED governor said goodbye to a rural pri mary school after nearly four decades of service.
Friends, colleagues and pupils gathered at Gisburn Primary School to wish Mrs Joan Cradock a very happy retire ment.
Mrs Cradock served as a gover nor for 39 years and the past 20 years as chairman of the school’s governing body.
“Despite the fact that much of her work has been done behind the scenes, the role that she has played in guiding the school and supporting the work of both staff and children should not be underestimated.”
important factor in creating the school, of which we are all proud.
Paying tribute to her years of hard work and dedication, headteacher, Mr Andrew Symonds, said: “Mrs Cradock’s dedication, commit ment, skills and hard work have, over the years, been an
Quiz Congratulations to the • “Cliviger Clowns” for winning first place for the first time ever at Tuesday night’s quiz in Read Constitution al Club. Second on a tie break were “Four Gals and a Guy”, third the evergreen “Fick Five” and booby the predictable “Eb and Flo”.
Race night Read United Football Club is holding a race night to raise money for club funds next Friday in Read Con stitutional Club.
To mark Mrs Cradock’s retire ment and to celebrate the important role she played, the school hosted a special open afternoon. Our picture shows retiring governor with Gisburn Primary School pupils William Fryers and Freya Humber- stone.
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organisers and work ers. The event was the first of its kind and was sponsored by the village Deli, ft raised £442 tor the church hall redecoration fund. On Sunday the church held a retiring collection tor the 'Vol unteer Missionary Movement after one of its workers came to Mass to talk about its work in Africa. She also appealed for peo ple to go out and work voluntarily in Africa for two years to pass on their skills to local people. Recent collections have raised £40 for THOMAS to help the needy in Blackburn and £260 for Cafod, the Catholic Fund tor Overseas Develop ment. The past two weeks' bonus ball win ners at St Mary’s have been Mrs Sheila Holmes and Mrs Sue Aspin. The church is looking for one volun teer to join a new cleaning rota, which involves an hour’s work once a month.
This proved a great success last year. Sponsorship of the runners is available with cash prizes for the owners, trainers and jockeys. Contact committee members for further details.
Plant sale With fingers crossed for an improvement in the weather for Saturday, the plant sale in aid of the Air Ambulance Service will be held between 9-30 a.m. and noon at 78 Whalley Road, Read. As well as plants, baskets and pots of flowers, jams, marmalade and pick les will be available.
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Trafford Centre A shopping trip to the Trafford Centre is being organised by Mrs Sheila Howarth on Wednesday, November 9th. There are places available. The coach leaves the village at 10 a.m. and returns at 5 p.m. Call Sheila on 01282 773503 if you would like to go.
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There will be early Hal lowe’en antics in Sab den on Monday when the elderly residents of Littlemoor shel tered housing hold a coffee morning in aid of Cancer Relief Macmillan. It begins at 10-30 a.m. and there ivil be a tombo la, raffle and stalls. Admission is £1.
Gift Day On Saturday St Nicholas’s Parish Church is holding its annual Gift Day when Fr Trevor Vaughan will be in church from 10 a.m. to noon to receive donations tor the work of the parish.
Meeting Sabden Parish Council holds its November meeting on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. in the Methodist School room, Wesley Street. The council still has a vacancy for a council lor. Anyone interested should contact the chairman, Coun. Tony Haworth, or the clerk, Mrs Angela Whitwell, on 01282 779376.
Bonfire Sabden celebrates Bon fire Night on Satur day, November 5th, with the communal bonfire, this year on the Lower Holme field. The fun starts at 6-30 p.m. when the fire is lit and there will be a Guy Fawkes competition with cash prizes before the fireworks display. There will also be a collection towards the cost of fireworks. The event as usual is organised by the Holme Committee Trust which is now a registered charity. The Trust is asking any tax-payer who will be making a donation at the bon fire to collect a Gift
from the Govern ment. This extra amount will mean that the committee will have greater funds to finance vil lage events.
Services The last weekend in October will see the Rev. Jack Leach visit ing
Methodist Church to take the Sunday serv ice at 9-30 a.m. At the Baptist Church the 10 a.m. service will be taken by Joan and Tim Pegham. At St Mary’s RC Church there will be Holyday Masses next Tuesday at 9-30 a.m. and 7-30 p.m. for the feast of All Saints. At St Nicholas’s Church there will be an All Souls' Day Requiem Eucharist on 'Wednes day, November 2nd, at 7 p.m. This will be followed by a meeting of the church Ladies' Circle.
Sabden SAWLEY
Antiques The president of Saw- ley WI welcomed everyone to the meet ing held at the Spread Eagle and thanked Ysanne and Nigel Williams for the use of the room and for kindly providing tea and coffee.
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The next dance will be on November 18th.
Alderson, T. Carr, E. Wood, A. Robinson, B. Wellock.
WEST BRADFORD
Church The preacher at West Bradford Methodist Church on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. will be the Rev. Chris Cheeseman. Every one welcome."
WHALLEY
G and S A concert of popular music and singing by the Gilbert and Sulli van Music Society of St. Leonard’s, Pen- wortham, will be held on Tuesday, in the newly-refurbished Conference House at Whalley Abbey.
Quake relief Donors are thanked for the blankets and clothing received at Whalley Primary School for the Pakin- stan earthquake relief.
Investment Club If you are interested in stocks, shares and investments the Whalley Investment Club welcomes you
Described as a hobby which brings fun and excitment, hours of pleasure, a wider understanding of stocks and shares, new friends and hope fully an excellent return on invest ments, the club has achieved all this, handsome profits and an impressive portfo lio since its formation in 1997.
Tickets £6, include a hot-pot supper, avail able from the Abbey coffee shop or ring 01254 824620.
In harvest heaven!
She introduced Mr Derek Sanderson who gave a very lively talk on the subject of antiques. He showed his audience some unique items from his own collection of antiques and then proceeded to enthral them further by dis playing his great knowledge and expertise in identify ing the origin and date of the many and varied objects brought by members for appraisal. Sincere thanks were expressed by Mrs Pat Mahlich and the hostesses for the evening were Mrs Ann Askew and Mrs Elizabeth Thomber.
Up to 50 elderly people attended the festival and were entertained by youngsters in the brass group. ’
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CARING pupils at Sabden Primary School invited senior citizens to their Harvest festival.
Headteacher, Mrs Sandra Dundon, said the event was a big success and a good time was had by all. She added that the senior cit^ens left with harvest gifts and any remaining were donated to Littl^ moor House, Sabden. Entertaining pupils are pictured with guests at the festival. (B061005/7)
Children and visitors were transported back in time when teachers spoke about rationing during the Second World War.
A competition for an antique was won by Mrs Ann Moyle and runners-up were Mrs Rita Webb and Mrs Margaret Baines. The annual meeting will be held on November 17 th, again at the Spread Eagle, as the village hall will be closed for refurbishment. The talk will be "Tall Ships Adventure" by Mrs Pat Ashcroft.
Aid envelope from j one of the village | shops prior to the event. Just write your name and address and the amount donated on the back
Lunch A Sunday parish lunch at St Mary's RC Church proved a big success. The hall was full and everyone enjoyed a right royal feast thanks to the hard work of the
of the envelope and put it into the collect
ing bucket on the night. Doing this will mean that for every £ l donated, the Holme Committee Trust will receive £
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that it can reclaim SIMONSTONE
AGM Members of Simon stone with Read WI re elected Mrs Pam Jelley as president for the coming year at their annual meeting. Mrs Anne Atkinson and Mrs Doris Moffatt were re-elected vice- presidents, together with Mrs Sue Ogden (secretary) and Mrs
Evelyn Haworth (treasurer). In her address Mrs Jel ley thanked all mem bers for their efforts during the year and special thanks were given to the commit tee for its hard work. Mrs Betty Eddie- stone also thanked the committee on behalf of all the other members.
Mrs Ogden gave her secretary’s report reminding everyone of all the speakers enjoyed throughout the year, the events held and outings.
- Ladies - Mrs Muriel Auld, Mrs Edna Simpson, Mrs Beryl Pollard (cons). Gents - Mr Fred Green, Mrs Gladys Walsh, Mrs Pat Larkin (cons). Special prize was won by Mrs Walsh and MC was Mr George Pollard.
Simonstone Old School hall on Tues day. Winners were:
The next drive will be on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. arranged by Mrs Margaret Simpson.
Competition winners for the year were joint 1st, Mrs Hazel Wharf and Mrs Hilary Clarkson, joint 2nd, Mrs Ann Lennox and Mrs Jelley.
SLAIDBURN
Members enjoyed a Jacob’s join supper.
The last meeting of this year will be held on November 17th when Mrs Elaine Borridge will demonstrate “Gift wrapping with a difference”. The competition will be for the most original gift tag.
Whist drive Organised by Mrs Katie Greenwood, 18 people enjoyed a whist drive held in
Country practice Friends of Slaidburn Country Practice held their AGM in the health centre. The secretary and treasur er gave reports and it was agreed to write and thank Mrs M. Handley for auditing the accounts.
Dr Wilson reported that Dr Donnelly was to leave the practice to work at the East Lancashire Hospice and that Dr Andrew Lyons would be join ing the practice on November 7th. The committee agreed to the purchase of a number of items requested by Dr Wil son. The friends will hold their usual Christmas draw at the health centre to be drawn on Decem ber 21st.
Schofield, Mrs A. Cook (Newton), Mrs Pickard, Mrs I. Par sons (Tosside) and Mrs G. Raw (Slaid- bum).
TOSSIDE
Chairman Mrs D. Pearson, secretary Mrs J. Lilburn and treasurer Mrs Jean Lawson were re-elect ed. Other committee members are Mr and Mrs J. Nayler (Dun- sop Bridge), Mr L. Lewis, Mrs J.
Old time dance There was a capacity crowd for an old time dance held in Tosside Community Hall. Music for dancing was played by Alan on his accordion. Thanks were expressed to all those who had donated raf fle prizes. Raffle win ners: W. Simpson, J. Lodder, J. Roe, F. Joel, K. Woodruff., I.
For relief A retiring collection will be taken at Sun day morning’s service at Whalley Methodist Church in aid of the Methodist Relief and Develop ment Fund for work in the South East Asia earthquake area.
Out of action The meeting room at the English Martyrs' Presbytery is out of action this week while it is being decorated.
The borough council emptied the bins before the county council took over the site from the parish council.
pointed out that the bins had been emp tied for 15 years at Clitheroe bus station and they were also dealt with at the bur ial ground. It was understood that the bus companies paid business rates so inquiries are to be made there.
It was suggested that the bins be moved next to the stone cir cle round the tree, but would bus users use them? More inquiries about the whole situ ation are to be made.
An annual race trip, a Christmas get- together and other social events are organised.
Anyone interested should contact the chairman, Mick Mahon, on 012254 823006 or the secre tary, Eric Filbin, on 01254 823386.
A member of the public pointed out that the bin next to the Abbey gateway, on land owned by the Abbey, was emptied as were others, so why not the ones on the bus sta tion?
Coffee trade A talk about trading in coffee will be given by Mr T. Bagland at the meeting of Whalley Methodist Ladies' Evening Fellowship in the school on Mon day at 8 p.m. Every one is welcome.
Buy a cow? A cow, a few chickens, and a toilet are among the presents available for the per son who does not have everything this Christmas. A certifi cate to commemorate such a gift to the Third World is now available via the CAFOD leaflet at the back of the English Martyrs' RC Church.
Bridge New players are wel come to Whalley Bridge Club which now meets in the Dog Inn, King Street, at 6-30 p.m. on Tues days. Winners last week were Mrs P. Woof! and Mrs E. Frost.
The cost of a cow, a bargain at £72, could be purchased by parishioners, it is sug gested.
Christmas Child A very moving DVD showing children who expected nothing receiving the’
Mothers' Union At next Tuesday’s meeting of Whalley Mothers' Union, in the school at 7-30 p.m., the speaker is Mr Adrian Whalley on "The Lite of an Instructor".
For Sierra visit
Shoe boxes, with lid and box wrapped seperately, marked for boy or girl and filled with small suitable gifts, toys, writing paper, pens, coloured pencils and toiletries should be taken to the school by Wednesday, November 16th.
mas gifts, was pre sented by the Rev. Chris Cheeseman, minister at Whalley Methodist Church, at Whalley Primary School.
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To support the church’s volunteer working party’s visit to Sierra Leone in January, the Hyndburn Singers will give a perform ance in Whalley Methodist Church on Sunday, November 6th at 7 p.m. Tickets costing £4 are avail able from 01254 824325.
War Memorial Reporting that the War Memorial had now been cleaned and pointing work done, Mr George Hardman, who regularly cleans and looks after the edifice, said inore work had yet to be done.
The question of grants for Remembrance were discussed and it was agreed to contact the Billington and Whalley branch oi the Royal British Legion tor their views, as before and after certain dates any money granted had to go to the National Poppy Appeal and not the local branch.
Depot move Rumours were circulat- ing tha t the Lan cashire County Coun cil Highways Depot in Riddings Lane, just off Station Road, is to move to Burnley, but nothing definite was known yet.
Members of the public remarked that the present site would be excellent as a long stay car park.
Saplings Tree planting would take place at Calder- stones when the saplings were ready, it was reported.
Rubbish Whalley Bus Station is not private land, it is owned by the people of Whalley and there fore the rubbish bins on it, which are marked Ribble Valley Borough Council, should be emptied as were others.
At the English Martyrs RC Church, boxes are being taken in this weekend. Others are being collected at the other churches in the area.
Private lighting As a private lamp stan dard in Queen Street could cause a hazard, the county council wishes to remove it. The lamp had been erected when the road was access only but the scene had changed now there was a through road.
This was the unani- - mous view of mem bers of Whalley Parish Council at the October meeting and a further letter is to be sent to the bor ough council.
Parish councillors
A letter stating that the parish council had no objections to the lamp being removed is to be sent to the county council, but council- lors would first look at
Once again there was the site.
still no sign. • For More News from the Villages, turn to page 31
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