Clitherde Advertiser & Times, Thursday, March 9th, 2006
HURST . GREEN , . ,
British Legion Members of Hurst Green British Legion were delighted to
receive a certificate
proclaiming branch first runners- up for the George Hassner Poppy Tro phy. The award is given for the biggest
poppies. Mrs Lucy Wilkinson, secretary to the Hurst Green British Legion branch, said: "Every one has worked very hard to achieve this success.
the village in the SO round
in the shops, pub and Memorial luDch village school.
lead-up to Remem brance Sunday, and poppies are also sold
percentage increase in N ew s le t te r
money raised over The latest edition of three years selling ■ Hurst Green's own
With music from the pupils of Carrie Steingold throughout luncheon and a won-
life's little treasures
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• derful entertaining and informative talk from Mrs Maureen Baxter to follow, a great time was enjoyed by all who attended the Peter Morgan Memorial Luncheon in Knowle Green Village Hall.
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Mrs Baxter, who was a friend of Mr Mor gan, told something of her exciting life first as a shorthand typist, then as an air hostess and, finally, as one of the few women commercial pilots - when she qualified as a pilot in the late 1970s there were only three women commercial pilots.
Sunny talk On a cold and frosty evening, Mrs Pat Parrott, of Clitheroe, entertained an appre ciative audience in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall with lovely slides and enviable pictures of warmer climes.
In a presentation called “Islands in the Sun’
free newsletter. Round the Green, is now being delivered to local householders. If you have not received your copy, contact Mrs Gill McDonnell on 01254 82G378.
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk
Cfithefoe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 ■(AdVertising),Burhleif 422331 (Classified) March 18th, at 2-30 these would be dealt
lews from the Villages
,p.m. in Read School- with'as^^^ when hall.
they arose.
Easily portable items At the moment there is for the auction would no date set for Sab-
be appreciated - not large furniture or electrical goods.
' Items can be taken to the school on the Fri day evening before between 6 and 7-30 p.m.
start of the auction and items will be sold on a pay and take away system.
den to s ta rt on the new system. The
present waste system, with sacks and the
new waste system with bins, are not compatible and there will be no opting out.
Viewing will be held Councillors were disap- one hour before the pointed that the bor- ough council had not
got the infrastructure in place and could not answer all the ques-
Any unsold items will be taken to nearby charity shops unless the person who has donated goods wishes them to be returned. The auctioneer will
Agents, Chtheroe. :Sawley artists putIheif work on show^
, AN exhibition of: the work-of-sTheme and.we are lucky to fi guest to open the event; The.f ?> Sawley7Art;Group is on dis-!:‘> have permission to take up;e,group had a Christmas dis-i :play a t the gallery
ihv.Whal-Bimore.space in the'gallery s; play a t the gallery,';'which4 ley Library through March than is normally allowed.” ' was popular. and April..
' ' , •Vikki .Wood, secretary of the i
- mainly traditional and mod ern canvasses.
;. group, said: “There are a l l ; - sorts of styles on ‘display,
: The amateur: artists from: Our picture shows Sawley. Art fthroughoutithe.Ribble Val-'4|Grbup’merabers;Made^^^ :ley are'based atSawley^Vil|^ I lage Hall and tliis year they will hold their fourth exhibi tion at May Bank Holiday,
-“I t 'h a s a seasonal;'spring : ■ahd:a'reho^^^
day at 7-30 p.m., with these lunchtime con- music by Brian Tay- certs, call john- lor and friends.
travis.events limited
Tickets cost £5, which on 01254 826948. includes a pie and ChUfCh S e rv Ic e peas supper. Those
along drinks.
she showed a tour of ConCCrt the Mediterranean A recital by students islands, with wonder- from ful shots of enticing beaches, mountains and great flora and fauna.
The next audio-visual MITTON ggrvice last Sun- The cold weather did Titanic attending should take day in Knowle Green not deter members of
C o n g re g a t io n a l Church was taken by Mr Peter Booth and friends.'
Chetham’s Mr Booth told what it
School of Music, was like on his recent Manchester, is being visit to Ethiopia, held today in Knowle working in a volun- Green Village Hall at tary capacity with noon.
the charity Vision
presentation will be The lunchtime concert AM Overseas. Mr on April 24th when next "rhursday, will Booth, an optician in
entitled “Crusader Castles and Desert Cities”.
Musical feast A jazz evening will be held in Khowle Green
Mr Thorpe, of Whal- feature Ian Buckle on Preston, is a member ley, will show slides piano. The pro-
the fellowship.
gramme by this long- The preacher on Sun- awaited and popular *^^y at H a.m. will be artiste will include
Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and
music by Mozart. Village Hall on Satur- To book for any of
church for younger people.
and junior r \
Mitton WI attending their meet ing.
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members Miss Rum- sey and Mrs Friend for the afternoon of nostalgia plus com mittee members for providing the refresh ments.
Mrs Sagar told of her
™ trip to Sierra Leone, which had been a wonderful experienca
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Mrs Whalley, of Livesey, told the fas cinating and tragic story of the Titanic and the memorable night 94 years ago when a disaster at sea of unbelievable mag nitude affected peo- TTi 7 pie worldwide, incl- vVaSt© papG f uding some from The fortnightly collec- Lancashire.
PENDLETON tion of waste paper
Mr Peter Wilkinson, Mr Whalley’s depth of of
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takes place in Pendle ton o n ' Tuesday.
the is the result of being taken as a small boy to see the film “A Night to Remem ber”, which left an everlasting impres sion on him. He gave WaSt© p a p e r
The Rev. David Noblet ' will conduct both the 9 a.m. Holy Commu nion and 10.30 a.m. parish communion and parade services in St Leonard's Church, Langho, on Sunday.
At noon there will be a rose queen lunch in
; the community cen tre - adults £6.50, children £3.50.
Coffee, cakes A spring coffee morn ing will be held in Langho Methodist Church on Saturday from 10-30 a.m. to noon.
Stalls will include cakes, Easter eggs, books and bring-and- buy. There will also .'.be a raffle.-.
L i n ship was constructed
and the luxurious first class accommo dation. ■
A model of the ship helped to. explain how, despite many7 weather warnings of
^ taking with i t so "
many human lives. '
Mrs Sheila Sagar expressed thanks to Mr and Mrs Whalley. Winner of the compe tition was Mrs Jen nifer Lockwood.
After supper, arrange-
T;« n .x . meeting .111 be on April 5th m
Whalley Methodist Church hall at 7-45 p.m.
:' Greenbank,'Reta Lord and,;i r;'Vikki ,Wood at their, exhibi-7i tion ' held a t Whalley' Library.
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Day of prayer Despite the atrocious weather on Friday afternoon, around 20 ladies attended the Womens’ World Day of Prayer service at St John’s Church, Read. The service was led by Mrs Linda Leadbeater, of Clitheroe.
Pancake quiz It was quiz night with a difference at Read Constitutional Club, arranged by quizmas ter Mr Ramon Bell.
Winners were “The Fick Five”, who beat
the “Four Gals and a Guy” into second place. “The Lemon Tossers” were unlucky to lose out on a “fry break” and were placed third.
On a night when sever al teams found the quiz a little too savoury, the team who found it too hot to handle were “Just the Three of Us
and Billy putting on a “crepe” perform ance for the booby.
SABDEN Householders should gabden parifh council- Recycling
cil's recycling officer, to discuss the bor ough's proposals for the future of waste management,
waste paper in the Councillors were white hessian sacks informed that when
provided early on Monday morning for collection. Plastic carrier bags will suf fice if you do not have the sacks.
dangerous ice, this L-OntirmatlOn “unsinkable” cruise Seven candidates were ship met its final end, confirmed on Sunday
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morning at Salesbury by the Bishop of Burnley. They were Lewis Stowell, Ruth Hudson, Isabella Price, Lavelle Stow ell, William Newby,
Paul Rushton and Ruth Pogson.
Pp>i1 Church is holding an
wheelie bins were introduced to the vil-
containers per house hold with three sepa rate waste streams. The bins for garden waste and recyclable material would be collected together on a fortnightly basis; the other, termed as problematic waste, would be collected weekly.
A pilot scheme IS being carried out in other
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ments were made for AUCtlOn future events and the The development com- ■ LFWInewsletterdis- mittee of St John’s ' cussed.
areas, including Read and Simonstone. Mr
. tions. The meeting ended with council lors agreeing to keep in touch with Ribble Valley in order that they were kept informed.
be Mr Ian Lloyd, of C o u n c i l Sal^den Parish Council
met for the February meeting chaired by
Coun. A Haworth and attended by Couns M. Procter, J. Shorter, A. Finn, M. Sefton, several mem bers of the public, Lisa Harvey, of the Youth and Commu nity Service, and PC Paul Sherratt. Apolo- gies were received from Couns. K. Bar rington, A. Watson, J. Haythornthwaite, B. Parfitt and bor ough councillor M. Fielding.
nity Service, spoke about the provision in Sabden each week for youths who are main ly aged 10 to 16.
Harvey of the Commu-
She confirmed the youth service did not provide the pens which were used to scrawl graffiti in the youth shelter. The youths were to clean the shelter at half- term.
with Duncan, Ian Contrary
belief, the youths did not clean the shelter last time, a member of the community did it and wanted it to be thought the youths did it. The group the youth service is work ing with are. not responsible for all the damage and mess.
Peter McGeorge, the The main issue the Ribble Valley Coun- youths were con-
cerned about is that they seem to be expected to be at the shelter all the time and not elsewhere in the village. PC Sher- ratt moves the youths on if they are causing
a nuisance.
lage, there would be Lisa Harvey was aware no more than three of the drugs educa-
tion taking place with
the youths and is made aware of drug- related issues. She did point out that many things are reported, but not all are true. She confirmed the shelter was a commu
n ity facility to be used by the commu nity and the youth service would not take over responsibili-
, ty and maintenance for the shelter.
The president thanked '.-auction-on Saturday,- - assured' councillors • ‘attending.
McGeorge agreed The chairman exp- there were problems ressed the council s to be sorted out, but thanks to her for
Pact PC Paul Sherratt
• reported lots of bur glaries in Read and Simonstone, damage to two .vehicles in Sab- :den and reported the police had received complaints about vehicles belonging to one company being parked all over the ■vil lage. A police officer walked around the ■village and found only one vehicle belonging to this company and this was taxed.
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Garage PC Sherratt wished it to be known that defi nite improvements had been made around Sabden Ser vice Station and the garage area now lookd a lot better. Linda Jones, of RVBC, had confirmed tha t no monitor forms had been received from residents and she therefore had no out standing issues to fol low up. She confirmed she was satisfied with the way Mr Harg reaves was working and at present had no outstanding issues with the business.
Planning An application for a rear two-storey exten sion and front porch at 53 and 55 Whalley Road brought no objections from coun cillors. A rear two- storey extension at 74 Padiham Road had been approved, as had the application for the proposed war memo rial, which involved the relocation of the existing stone memo rial and landscaping at the rose gardens.
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Other matters On the proposal of Coun. Procter and seconded by Coun. Finn, all were in favour of leaving the electricity supply on at the youth shelter as the disconnection charge was excessive. A RVBC officer was to write to Huntroyde Estate, outlining the problems around the culvert in Wesley Street.
Resident Mr CoUinson asked if the public could be involved in the council’s traffic sub-committee and was told that public
Input was always wel come. Coun, Shorter reported tha t there were several stones on the Black Hill Road and the county coun cil was to be contact-
. ed; Complaints had been received about the service provided by
: the street lighting department and LCC was also to be con tacted about this. •
The chairman suggest ed th a t the joiners who made the notice- boards near the Methodist church be contacted, with a •■view, to them making
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a noticeboard for the car park. He had received complaints
• about rubbish outside 52'Whalley Road.
In her absence, Coun. Watson sent written comments. She is still concerned about the state of the bridge from the top of Wes ley Street to the allot- - ments. :
Collection Next Tuesday is waste paper collection day when paper should be placed in the white sacks provided and left outside. Please check the guidelines on the side of the sack to see what should be recycled. ,
St Patrick’s Next Friday's St Patrick's Night chari ty show offers a night of entertainment and music. Tickets are now on sale, priced £6.50, and ail pro ceeds will go to the British Heart Foun dation.
There will be music from Sabden band The Kicks, and also from experienced entertainer and MC Randy Blue. A pie and peas supper will be served. It starts at 7-30 p.m. and there is a bar. Tickets are available from Anne Parsons on 775023 or from 3 'Whalley Road, or by ringing Ben Par sons on 778652, or
. calling at 1 Pendleside Close. The event, on Friday, March 17th, is in St Mary's Hall, ■Whalley Road..
Services Sabden Baptist Church welcomes lay preacher Mrs Pat Spurin to its 10 a.m. service this Sunday.
The
Methodist church will have a service of sacrament led by the Rev. Laura Hardy.
School Sabden Primary School had restarted its after school activities, which include dance on Mondays, cheer leading on Tuesdays, and sport and ICT on Thursdays. Village residents are welcome and details can be obtained by ringing the school on 771000.
St Mary’s Oliver Twist, Dennis the Menace and Buzz Lightyear were just some of the characters children transformed themselves into as pupils and staff at Sabden’s St Mary’s RC School celebrated World Book Day last Thursday. Everyone joined in the spirit of the day, even the staff who came as the White Witch from Narnia, ^Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, characters from Alice in Wonderland and Captain Hook.
Following a parade and photograph session of the colourful charac ters, the pupils wrote about their characters and favourite books. In the afternoon, they
:a CHAPEDdn the Valley is singing of the praises of Thwait-; esBreweryl .-
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i.The chapel,' part of the Wadding- tori'Hospital Almshouses’at
B-West.Bradford,' has become the :; latest in a long line of eharities
':: to benefit from the Blackburn- :: based brewery’s renowned Char-' itable Trust. ‘
' „ A donation from the Trust:has
Chapel’s praise for brewery. ’of hearing
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;Rey.' A.iine Smith wid: “The sys-= terns m'e very expensive;'so the;
%d6natioh .was very much appre- -'ciated.'.Witho'ut Thwaites.we Bcertainly wouldn't have been. . able' to-afford it. We are absolutely delighted.” '
:, i purchased a special loop system '• for the chapel, which is specifi-: : cally designed to assist the hard
about the trolls of Norway through
' books and musical activities.
The school also bought new books for the occasion and gave out
. book tokens to the children. The celebra tions were led by new headteacher Mrs Karen Blacoe.
Concert The seventh St Nicholas Concert fea turing organ and choir music had to be postponed because of the bad weather last, Friday and will now take place on Friday, March 31st, in church at7-30p.m.
Jumble A jumble sale is to be held in St Mary’s Church Hall on Sat urday, March 25th, at 1 p.m. Anyone with items to sell can leave them a t the hall on the morning of the sale.
Village folk ,
Two ■village groups are to benefit from the entertainment provid ed by Sabden’s Village Folk in recent years. In addition to more than £2,500 already handed out, and £400 of donations to chaii-
■ ty from last month's two shows, the group has decided to'distrib- ute all the money it has in its funds. Asa result £883 will be shared equally between the Sabden Play Park Trust, which is raising money for new play equipment on the park, and the fund to ■provide a war memo rial to remember Sab- den's war dead.
.enjoyed ,,.learning i neys.And Coronets',',, , and F. Mason.
The decision was taken at a meeting last week following the recent successful two-night show "Cups, Cock-
-The.minister is pictured; with ••some of, the ladieswhb attend- .'Bthe chapel, trying out the new* : : sound system with Joan Halse; : r (top right) of Thwaites Charita ble Trust, (s)
when producer Mrs Joyce Grime announced her retire ment. She has written and produced all the past eight productions and now wants to take some time out. She said she wanted to thank everyone who had been involved in the group in the past eight years, especially those who had been there since the beginning.
The group will meet again on May 25th to discuss how to take
• things forward and anyone interested in joining will be very welcome.
SIMONSTONE
\/IU Fairtrade Guest speaker Mrs Marjorie Saberton will address members of Simonstone Moth ers’ Union in the old school on Tuesday, at 7-30 p.m. Her subject
. will be Fairtrade and Traidcraft products.
WI The meeting of Simon stone with Read WI will take place next Thursday a t 7-30 p.m. in Simonstone Old School. Mr John Zamorski will tell members of his “Life with One Million Bees”. The competi tion will be for the most unusual honey- pot.
. SLAIDBURN
Whist drive Whist winners at a drive held in Slaid- burn Village Hall were Mrs Jackson and J. Kenyon.
Dominoes: P. Oddie, D. Lowe, F. Taylor, P. Metcalfe, A. Lowe
Raffle: P. Metcalfe, J. Kenyon, F. Mason and G. Parker.
Young Farmers On Monday, members of Slaidburn Young Farmers’ Club met at Croasdale House Farm, home of Mr and Mrs M. Handley. Members had the
*; choice of a flower arranging demonstra tion with Mrs J. Carr or judging fat lambs, breeding ewes and belted Galloway heifers. The results of the stockjudging were: juniors - 1, James Harrison; 2, Stephen Harrison; 3, Seth Blakey. Seniors- 1 (joint), Richard Weils and Steven Walker; 3, John Walker. Heather Alpe and Steven Walker expressed thanks.
Bowling club Present members and new ones are invited totheAGMof Hod-
. der Valley Bowling Club. The meeting will take place in the bowling club at Slaid burn on Monday at 8 p.m.
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Services The preacher at Sun day afternoon’s wor-
, ship, in West Brad ford : Methodist Church, in Chapel
. Lane, at 2 p.m. will be the Rev Chris Cheesemain. ’ The
■ service wili include the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Everyone welcome.
WHALLEY
New website, A new website for Whalley Primary School (www.whal-
ley.lancsngfl.ac.uk)
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk has now been estab-
■ lished. This follows a great deal of hard work by teacher Richard Blackburn and the Computer Club, resulting in a website containing news, information, photographs and the
. school's newsletter, sent out with children each Friday.
The Friends All parents and friends of Whalley Primary School are invited to
- attend the next meet ing, which has now been rearranged for Tuesday, March 21st, a t 7-30 p.m. at The Doginn.
Book sale A sale of books is to be held on Saturday in Whalley Parish Church from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Books will be 50p and chil dren's books 25p. Books may be brought to the church office this morning, left in the church between 2 and 4 p.m. today and tomorrow, or taken on the day.
New group A new group, the Men's Christian Study Group, meets on Mondays at 8 p.m. in the fellowship room at Whalley Methodist Church.
Lent The Lent lunches organised by 'Whalley Christian Group are held on Tuesdays in
• the Methodist Church Hall from 11.45 to 1 p.m. The soup, bread and cheese lunch costs £2 and there will be a dif ferent speaker each week.
On Fridays in Lent at the English Martyrs RC Church, there will be the Stations of the Cross at 7 p.m. and on Sundays at 2 p.m. there will be the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Communion with Benediction will be at 4 p.m
'The CAFOD fast day is
tomorrow.
Envelopes should be returned in the next two to three weeks.
Communion Visitors are always wel come to the Commu nion service at The Croft Nursing Home, on King Street, at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays.
Village parade The service for uni formed organisations will be held at the Methodist church on
' Sunday at 10-30 a.m. I t will be conducted by the Rev. Pauline Basterfield.
Tape ministry A volunteer to deliver tapes of the services a t the Methodist Church to 14 people unable to get to the church is urgently required.
Abbey coffee A coffee
morning.is being held by the Whalley Abbey Fel lowship on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until
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noon. Stalls will include gifts, bric-a- brac and tombola. Admission costs £1.
Bethany Project Retiring collections over two Sundays at Whalley Methodist Church have raised £801.37 for the Bethany Project in Tanzania.
This will be sent to the project to replace maize, given by Bethany to starving local people who have no food because of drought.
Christian Action Tonight at 8 p.m. there will be a meeting of
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Whalley Christian Action Group at The Presbytery. Mr John Thorpe ■will speak on "The ■ Bible and Archaeology"-,
Extra meeting Members and officers of Ribble Valley Bor ough Council will attend an extra meet ing of Whalley Parish Council to dis cuss local matters on Monday. This will take the form of the usual parish council meetings, but will be held in the upstairs room at the village hall at 7-30 p.m.
The agenda includes
• ply and emptying of public, wheelie and dog waste bins and the open space at Calderstones. There will be opportunities for questions and comments by mem bers of the public.
•The extra meeting has been
arranged
because borough councillors and offi cials have other com mitments on Thurs days.
The normal March meeting will be held in the Methodist Church Hall at 7-30 p.m. on March 16th.
B IN next week’
s.Clitheroc Advertiscr.and Times,-DownYour Way:* visits Ribchester. Reporter Tracy Johnson will be meeting residents i and local groups and our photographers will be out and about in thisi,
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