12 Ciitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, April 6th, 2006 SABDEN


Competition Sabden will not enter


this year’s Best-Kept Village Competition, councillors decided.


Traffic


A traffic sub-commit­ tee report was given by the chairman. It was hoped to arrange a meeting with coun­ ty council officials and suggestions to be put forward are improvements to the


' junction of Black Hill and Padiham Road, removing dou­ ble yellow lines on one side of Padiham


Road and placing double yellow lines at the junctions of St Nicholas Avenue with Padiham Road, Pendle Street East with Watt Street and Top Row with Ciitheroe Road.


Environment


The environment committee is to sur­ vey the village to assess for bulb and shrub planting in the autumn.


Bottle Banks


COUN. Sefton said the bottle banks had been overflowing and, despite ringing Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council (as sug­ gested by Mr Peter McCeorge of the bor­


ough council), there was a long delay before emptying. Pre­ vious arrangements of ringing direct to the contractor seem to have a faster response - contrary to information given by Mr McGeorge.


Coun.


expressed concern that the light near the medical centre and youth shelter is still not lit.


Parfitt


Branches have been broken off the adjoining trees and thrown behind the shelter and he said staff at the medical centre are feeling intimidated by the numbers of youths “hanging around and


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A special planning meeting of Sabden Parish Council was held on Tuesday, March 14th, in the Methodist Rooms. Coun. Parfitt was in the chair and attend­ ing were Couns Proc­ ter, Barrington, Sefton and Shorter and six members of the public to discuss a controversial retro­ spective application for change of use of land behind Pendle Street Bast to allow for parking access for mixed commercial and residential use, and use of former access for parking associated with com­ mercial use.


Residents made vari­ ous comments and Mark


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explained his con­ cerns at the change of use to mixed private and commercial. He pointed out that nowhere in any of the paperwork relating to the site does it refer to commercial use of the site and feels commercial use has big implications. The application for the garage went through as a private development for pri­ vate use on a private site. The formal deci­ sion on the original application states that the application was granted with conditions which state it is for private and domestic purpos­ es only and no trade or business should be carried out.


Councillors had fur­ ther discussions and, following a short adj ournment, resolved that the application be approved on grounds of safety but with the condition that no commercial parking is to take place on the site of the private garage.


There were no objec­ tions to an applica­ tion for a replace­ ment kitchen and front porch at 14a Whins Avenue and plans for a three-car garage at Hollins Farm Barn, Clerk Hill Road.


Services


At the parish church of St Nicholas the 9-30 a.m. service will include a procession from,the church hall


Palm Sunday services to mark the begin­ ning of Holy Week will be held at all the yillage churches this weekend.


Councillors expressed concern that the application was ret­ rospective. The appli­ cant, Mr David War- burton, explained the application and said it is only a technicali­ ty as the architect who prepared the plans for the private garages had omitted to outline the whole site on submission.


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News from the Villages


.WHALLEY. Clothing


Tlie collection of cloth­ ing to be sent to des­ perate people in East­ ern Europe has been arranged by Whalley Christian Group for April 22nd in Whal­ ley Primary School between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.


Youngsters are well-versed in poetry


PETS, farms and space were just some of the poetry topics chosen by pupils at a Ribble Valley primary school.


Junior pupils from Brennand’s Endowed School in Slaidburn sub­


On Monday and Wednesday of Holy Week, next week, there will be Holy Eucharist at 7-30 p.m. and on Maundy Thursday there will be the commemora­ tion of the Last Sup­ per at 7-30 p.m. fol­ lowed by an hour’s vigil and compline.


into church and the blessing and distribu­ tion of palms. The Eucharist will include a dramatic reading of Our Lord’s Passion. There will be an Easter stall in the hall afterwards.


Littlemoor


There was a fun night at Littlemoor House last Friday when pro­ fessional narrator Dave Sealey present­ ed a little bit of nos­ talgia entitled “Stan­ ley Holloway: With A Little Bit Of Luck.” He took the audience through Holloway’s rise to fame and sang some of his best loved songs from musicals.


Good Friday sees a 9- 30 a.m. service in church and the Thursday Club will hold a children’s proj­ ect from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the church hall with hot-cross buns and orange juice. All children, whether members or not, are welcome.


At St Mary’s RC Church palms will be blessed and distrib­ uted at Saturday night and Sunday morning Masses and the Passion will be read.


Maundy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper will take place at 7-30 p.m. and the Good Friday afternoon Passion service will be at 3 p.m. Sabden Baptist Church will welcome Mr Paul Carter to preach this Sunday at 10 a.m.


The Methodist Church’s Palm Sun­ day service at 9-30 a.m. will be taken by superintendent min­ ister of the Burnley Circuit the Rev. ,1 lEeitJi Richardson;!. n


Concert There was a good audi­ ence in St Nicholas’s Church on Friday night for the seventh in the series of con­ certs arranged by organist Mr Roger Britnell. Along with Mr Britnell on the Laycock organ there was music from St John and St Augus­ tine School Choir in Accrington and soprano Ruth Tuson.


SAWLEY


Calligraphy There will be a callig­ raphy workshop on the theme of "Spring" in Sawley Village Hall on Saturday April 29th. It is to be given by John Ward on behalf of the East Lancashire Calligra­ phers. There are some places available on this workshop and anyone interested should contact Mr Norman Kelly on 01200441320.


SIMONSTONE


Easter bonnets Guesfespeakeri ati^.t^ie


mitted pieces for the Young Writers footsteps of their predecessors and “Poetry Now” competition.


win one of the individual prizes allo-


Seventeen had their poems chosen for cated for each publication, publication in the Lancashire edition Our photograph shows the competi- of “A Pocketful of Rhyme”.


tion winners. Pupils are now hoping to follow in the


monthly meeting of St Peter’s Church Mother’s Union Mr Ron Bolton will give a talk on “Easter Eggs, Bonnets and Bunnies”. The meet­ ing will be held on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. in Simonstone Old School.


WADDINGTON


Procession Christians


Waddington and West Bradford will take part in a Walk of Witness on Good Friday morning, starting from West Bradford Methodist Church at 9-30 a.m. This will be followed by a united service in W a d d i n g t o n Methodist Church at 10-15 a.m. This ecu­ menical service, at which the preacher will be lay minister Mr Mark Sleet, will be followed by refreshments in the church hall. A warm welcome to anyone.


from BRADFORD WEST Spring fair


A spring fair will be held in West Brad­ ford Methodist Church, in Chapel Lane, on Saturday afternoon, beginning at 2 p.m. Stalls will include bring-and- buy, cakes, pick-a- gift, raffle, toys and Traidcraft goods. Refreshments will be available throughout the afternoon.


Proceeds for church funds; i m n i >. i c j


(B310306/4) Sunday worship


The preacher at Sun­ day afternoon’s wor­ ship, at 2 p.m. in West Bradford Methodist Church, will be the Rev. Pauline Basterfield.


WHALLEY


Palm Sunday Holy Communion will be held at 8 a.m. in Whalley Parish Church on Sunday, with parish commun­ ion and the blessing of palms at 10 a.m. At 3 p.m., there will be Liturgy of Palms around Calderstones Park.


In the English Mar­ tyrs’ RC Church


• there will be a palm procession arid Mass at 11 a.m., while at the Methodist church morning wor­ ship will be led by the Rev. Chris Cheese- man at 10-30 a.m.


On Maundy Thursday, the Mass of the Last Supper will be at 7- 30 p.m. in the Eng­ lish Martyrs’ Church followed by Watch until midnight


A reflective commun­ ion service will take place at 7.30 p.m. in the Methodist Church Hall.


Skipping A sponsored skip and a


workshop took place in Whalley Primary School andchildren who took part gave a wonderful demonsra- tion of their skills.


Egg rolling Children are asked to bring hard-boiled decorated eggs tor tomorrow’s annual egg-rolling competi­ tion at Whalley Pri­ mary School.


This year the Friends of the School are run­ ning a decorated hat competition.The hats will be worn during the egg-rolling, prizes of Easter eggs being then presented to the winners.


Musicians Young violinists will take part in this morning’s assembly at Whalley Primary School at 9 a.m. Par­ ents of those children are very welcome to attend


Trial A lecture "The Trial of


Christ" will be given by Judge Gerald Humphries in the English Martyrs’ RC Church on Monday


Starting at 7 p.m. there will be an Anglican Commu­ nion in the primary school hall, followed by a Maundy meal.


No meeting


There will be no meet­ ing of Whalley and District Historical and Archaeological Society next Thurs­ day ji j ) 1


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The retired circuit judge is a noted speaker and will bring a lawyer’s per­ spective to the sub­ ject.


at 7 p.m.


The Passion The controversial Mel Gibson film about


the last 12 hours of Jesus’ life,’’The Pas­ sion of the Christ", will be shown in the Methodist church at 7-30 p.m. on Wednes­ day;- J J ' '


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Holy Week On Good Friday, at 11am, there will be a United Walk of Wit­ ness leaving English Martyrs’ Church at 11a.m. It will follow a route through the Whalley Abbey gate­ way to the parish church, then to Whal­ ley Methodist Church and conclude in Vale House Gar­ dens. The walk mil be led by the Slaidburn Silver Band and there will be an open-air act of worship in Vale House Gardens at about noon.


The annual Good Fri­ day walk, organised by Whalley Christian Action Group, will follow the procession.


Holloway A large audience was entertained by Dave Sealey in his role of Stanley Holloway, bringing to life again the roles of the enter­ tainer. He recited some of his mono­ logues - "Brown Boots" arid "Albert and the Lion". Mr Sealey, who has appeared in films and on television and radio, says he often feels he is, in fact, Stanley Holloway, the star, who was born in 1890. The show bore the same title, "Witli a Little Bit of Luck", as one of the songs from "My Fair Lady", in which Hol­ loway played Eliza’s father. Dustman Dolittle. The next First Saturday enter­ tainment in the hall is on May 6th when there mil be a return visit by the Hunt Roberts Theatre Co. In "Molly of Scotland Yard", Rachel Lau­ rence and Sandra Hunt present a roj^s- tery with touches of Conan Doyle and Angela Brazil.


Blackjack Tables are being booked for a black­ jack charity card night next Thursday at the Dog Inn, Whalley.


Requiem


A performance ■ of Mozart’s "Requiem" by the Renaissance Singers, organised by Whalley Christian Action Group, was held raising £380 split between Christian Aid and the Catholic Fund for Overseas Development;. ,


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Sporting pupils run to support their teacher


THE London Marathon is a bit beyond them, but even the youngest chil­ dren at a Ribble Valley preparatory school want­ ed to do their bit to sup­ port one of their teachers taking part in the gru­ elling race. So, they took part in their


own mini-marathon - and when you are aged between three and seven a milecan be as much of a challenge as 26 is for an adult. The children from Hod-


der House, St Mary’s Hall, at Stonyhurst College, ran in support of the school’s charity Children for Chil­ dren, and teacher Helen Johnson who is preparing to run her first London Marathon to raise money for the charity. She has already corrfplet-


ed two half-marathons - the Great North Run last Sep­ tember and the Liverpool Half Marathon last week­ end - but, despite her suc­ cess, she says she finds the idea of running a full marathon a little daunting. “I don’t quite know how


I ’m going to run the other half,” she says. The young runners in the mini-marathon all ran the


Appeal after


raid on lorry POLICE are appealing for witnesses after £130,000 worth of electrical goods were stolen during a lorry jacking at Altham on Tuesday. Shortly after 3 a.m., a


58-year-old driver parked up outside Shorten Brook Way was attacked inside his cab by three males wearing balaclavas. After smashing the cab window and threatening the driv­ er, the men, who had Liv­ erpudlian accents, placed a pillow over his head, before driving him away and bundling him into the boot of a dark saloon car. He remained locked in the boot until 6 a.m. before being dumped in the Park Road area of Billinge. The tractor unit of his


mile-long course, cheered on by the rest of the school, with the sponsorship money raised going to Chil­ dren for Children. Pupil Jack Agnew, who is


a member of the Children for Children Committee, suggested the mini­ marathon as a .way of involving the children and raising awareness of the charity. It was established by the school in September 2004


and now has registered sta­ tus. It is essentially a chari­ ty run by children for chil­ dren. The pupils of St Mary’s


Hall think up fund-raising ideas and put them into action, with the adult Board of Trustees oversee­ ing the administrative side of the organisation. The money the charity


raises goes towards reliev­ ing the suffering and pover­ ty of children around the


world, with close links to the Jesuit Musami Mission in Zimbabwe. Events that the pupils


have organised in the past, such as fairs, discos and selling Christmas cards have aimed to raise money for books at the schools and a new ambulance for the hospital which makes up part of the mission. The mini-marathon is the latest event to continue the school’s charitable work.


While Helen admits


she finds the prospect of running a full marathon “scary”, hopefully the children’s success and the prospect of raising money for Children for Children will help her to the finish line! Our picture shows


youngsters from St Mary’s Hall taking part in the one-mile run in aid of charity. (A220306/1)


vehicle was found shortly after 7 a.m. burnt out at Hardwick Grange, Wool- ston, Warrington. As yet the trailer, which has “Norfolk Line” written on the sides and rear in white lettering, remains out­ standing, along with its contents. These consisted of 48 Olympic 19" moni­ tors, 48 Olympic 20" mon­ itors, 360 VA912 19" mon­ itors, 40 17" silver/black LCD display monitors, 32 19" LCD monitors, 32 20" LCD monitors and 192 black multimedia LCD monitors. Anyone with informa­


tion should call Accring­ ton CID on 01254 353742 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.


Entertainment was spot on Lucky Luke wins top BMX bike


ONE young person in Ciitheroe is avidly looking forward to the new skate park due to open dur­ ing the Easter holidays. Luke Wells (12), of Balmoral


Avenue, was the lucky winner of a competition in the Ciitheroe Advertiser and Times for a fan­ tastic new Diamondback BMX bike donated by Mr Gareth Mor­ ris, of Burnley Cycle Centre, 30- 34 Briercliffe Road, Burnley. A pupil at St Augustine’s RC


PENSIONERS in Sabden were entertained by a professional per­ former thanks to Sabden Spot On. Dave Sealey entertained a full


house at Littlemoor sheltered accom­ modation in Sabden by telling the life story of Stanley Holloway through monologues and songs. This performance was in addition


to the two events the group normally holds each year with funds from a raf­ fle and a grant from Ribble Valley


Borough Council enabling the event


to go ahead. The group expressed thanks to the


residents of Littlemoor for donating generous raffle prizes and to warden Gillian Gould. Our picture shows from left to right


Dave Sealey with Sabden residents John Newby and John Radcliffe. Nine-year-old Raye Gould, the war­ den’s daughter, who helped out on the night; is'.pictured at the front, (s) >;


School, Billington, Luke is a keen cyclist and spends many happy hours on his bicycle. This latest top-of-the range Diamondback BMX bike will make him the envy of his cycling friends at the skate park being assembled in Clitheroe’s Castle grounds. Burn­ ley Cycle Centre, which has been established for more than 25 years, specialises in BMX bikes and components and stocks a wide range of exclusive brands such as Mongoose, GT Hoffman and Diamondback, also acces­ sories by Primo, MacNeil, Odyssey DK, Snafu and Shadow. Ciitheroe resident and propri­


etor Gareth, himself a keen road and mountain bike cyclist, is keen to serve the needs of young BMX riders and stresses the need for safety by wearing the correct clothing and keeping bikes in good working order. Pic­ tured is Luke receiving his Dia­ mondback BMX bike from Gareth Morris, of Burnley Cycle .Centre;.(.A040406/10) . . -------


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