14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, April 13th, 2006 ew§ from the Tillages RlMlNGTON Duck race
Rimington Recreation Association’s major fund-raising effort, a duck race, is to be held atBridge End Farm, Rimington, on Monday, May 1st, at 1-30 p.m. Ducks will cost £1 and there will be a prize for the best
duck name and first prize is £50, second, third, fourth and fifth will all receive prizes and last duck home gets £5.
The kiddies’ duck-dash starts at 2-30 p.m. and ducks cost 50p. Also with prizes for the winners and the for the best duck name. The corporate race, with only 10 ducks, starts at 3-
30p.m. These ducks cost £20 and there are only a couple left. First prize is a mag num of champagne and the best duck name gets a bottle of wine.
Ducks are available from committee members and from the Black Bull, Rim ington, (tel. 445220).
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Great-Grandfather’s [ Day” was the theme t of a talk given by Mrs i Christine Thistleth- i waite to fellow mem- ; bers of Rimington i WI. She told of meth- j ods of farm work and | daily life in remote ) farms, and customs i long since disap- f peared. She had pho- \ tographs and book f illustrations tor the j members to muse [ over. Thanks were ‘ expressed to her by • Mrs E. Jackson.
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This year the NFWI annual meeting will be held in Cardiff on June 7th and 8th. Pre liminary details of the 2008
revealed that the sub ject will be “Art Work”.
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tions. Mrs Nina Healey appealed for members to support Clitheroe Area WI Show coffee morning on May 6th in the Mayor’s Parlour.
Catalogues for the spring bulb scheme are available from Mrs L. Duerden.
Vice-president Mrs ) Jackson thanked all I those who had helped s at the whist and . domino drive. Mem- ; bers enjoyed a visit to s Pendleton WI and Mrs Katherine Briscoe gave a report on the Spring Council Meeting in South- port, at which the guest speaker was Baroness Betty Boothroyd. Many were surprised to learn that in her youth she had been a member of the Tiller Girls dance troupe.
World Cupi ball nets £2,000;for school
; WORLD GUP fever has arrived inlthe . RibbleVaUey!
^fMore than 160 staff and'parents from ’ ■ Simonstone Primary ScWl descend-;: ed into Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho, <
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which was organised by Mrs Jeh:He addd&fTgwd tiirie was had by all Read, a member of the Friends of and theimohey raised will be spent : Simonstone Primary School, includ- on sch^Lprojects. Cash raised from ed a raffle with prizes donated by ,
p.reyiqii$'fundiraisin local: businesses, a disco, a game of been spent'to buy new books,
:;The:glitzy event,':at which-all the ^.' raised lots of money. : :
for the kick-off of a ball with a ivheadsand: tails and a magnum of “I want to:person^y thank Jen Read- :j Champagne, which was weighed and: > for all her kelp ^ d support in organ-. ising the event; l am also grateful to
i ; guests donned red and white outfits,-Entertainment was provided by local everyone'who bought tickets and • raised nearly £2,000, which will be singer Russell Shaw.
attend^ the function;”-
• ' spent onivarious projects to benefit . Headteacher Mr Howard Brindle said Our picture shows staff and guests ' ! the school pupils.I .
Attractionson-thefun-packed night; :' evening and eveiyone “had a ball”.
village events and display of royal mem- birthday greetings orabilia and a short were expressed by entertainment. Mrs Briscoe. Mrs All are invited to join in Thistlethwaite judged and wish the Queen
the competition for a table mat. Winners of the fabric ones were Mrs E. Jackson and Mrs J. Hemingway. Solid ones - Mrs C. Tficks and SpOtS
Mrs Christine Knowles, Besides the delicious as town crier, desserts, there vrill be announced local and quizzes, a cake stall, a
were invited to sub- The 80th birthday of mit suitable lllustra- the Queen will be cel ebrated in style in Rimington Memorial Institute on Friday, April 21st, with a cheese and wine and pudding tasting evening, at 7-30 p.m.
Members Royal birthday
happy birthday. Entrance is £8 for adults and £1 for chil dren. Call 01200 445451 for tickets.
Knowles, Mrs A. ^ good crowd of enthu- Seed, Mrs B. Greig.
Rimington Memorial Institute Manage ment Committee. Mrs Ethel Hartley was MC for dominoes and the whist was overseen by Mrs Edna Jackson. A pie and peas supper was served.
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01200429066 Friendly Circle At the April meeting of . Reformed Church
Hall, Donald Stan- worth gave an audio visual presentation entitled “Our Own Countiy”.
Pendle”, followed by PlSyUfS an insight into the Sabden FC is still look- II''Lake District, an ihgifbr ndwiplayers |
The audience was cap tivated by excellent slides depicting the beautiful countryside on our doorstep, I including pictures of Pendle Hill played to the music of “Old
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Dominoes: Mr F. Met calfe, Mrs J. Joyce, Mr R. Knight, Mrs V. Giles, Mrs Thomber, Mr J. Pye. Raffle: Mrs E. Barker, Mr W. Barker, Mr Oddie, Mr B. Stott, Mrs Pickles.
Whist winners: Ladies - Mrs D. Hogg, Mrs A. Shaw, Miss Wellock; Gents - Mr H. Davies, Mrs E. Ire land, Mr W. Carr.
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excursion to Black pool and a short sequence of slides in London. The. final meeting of the season is on Tuesday, May 2nd, when Margaret Helme will give a talk accompanied by music on “Great Modem Composers”.
siasts gathered for the Whist drive whist and domino The MC at Tuesday drive organised by the night’s whist drive in
highly successful ready to kick-start the event. ' (T020406/1)
and a new manager. The club runs a team in the second division of the East Lan cashire League and is
Wrathall; consolation, £20 bonus ball win- Claire Kay; Gents - 1, George Pollard; 2, Gladys Walsh; conso lation, Mrs Green.
Edna Simpson won the special prize. The
next whist drive will be arranged by Eileen Vernon and held on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.
Quiz Held at Read and Simonstone Constitu tional Club, the win ners in a tie-break were The Fick Five. Second place went to the Tunstead Avenue team On All Fours, third were Andrew Mashiter’s Six of the Best and the booby prize went to Cliviger Clowns
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the Salford Diocesan pilgrimages to Wals- ingham on May 6th, Ladywell on May 20th, a trip to Lour des from July 28th to
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the Old School Hall, Simonstone, was Mr George Pollard. The results were: Ladies - St Mary’s l. MmCharnley;2, J. The last two weeks’
' also needs a new man ager for the extra team. Anyone inter ested from within the village or further afield should call Tim Boyd-Martin on 01282 773838 or Chris Dunderdale on 01282 773574.
ners at St Mary's RC Church have been the Shorter family and Mrs Margaret Wood.
August 4th, or a trip to Poland from August 7th to 17th, should contact Fr Peter Birmingham.
seeking new players so The Easter weekend it can expand and services are the Good field two teams. It
Friday Passion at 3 p.m., the Holy Satur day vigil Mass at 8 p.m. (instead of the usual 6 p.m. Mass) and Easter Sunday Mass at 10-30 a.m. Last weekend both Masses were busy for Palm Sunday and the reading of our Lord's Passion and crucifix ion. Palms were dis tributed and blessed in the church hall and the congregation processed into church for the Mass singing a hymn. The children had their own liturgy and on Sunday morn ing the Passion was read by Fr Peter Birmingham, Mr James Hindle and Mr Peter White.
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There will be a farewell service for Fr Trevor Vaughan, who retires at the end of the month and is moving to Ripon. A special service, jointly for the congregation from Pendleton, is on Sun day, April 30th, and will be followed by a buffet lunch in the church hall, to which everyone is welcome. Following his depar ture, Sunday services will be taken by a team of clergymen including' the Rev. Chris Sterry, of Whalley Parish Church.
Vouchers Supermarket vouchers from Tesco and Sains- bury's are being col lected by the village schools to help obtain
■ new computers and equipment. Please save your vouchers and leave them with any pupils or parents, at the schools or the churches.
Easter The wooden cross is now in place at the end of St Nicholas's Avenue following last Sunday's Palm Sun day procession. Today there will be an ecumenical service for all at the cross at 11 a.m. There will be readings, prayers and hymns.
St Nicholas Last Sunday, palms were blessed and dis tributed and then the congregation walked from the church hall into church for the morning Eucharist when the Passion was read. There will be a Good Friday litany and ante-Communion at 9-30 a.m. and an
afternoon event for the children from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Every one is invited to help decorate the church on Saturday from 10 a.m. and in the evening the Easter vigil service is at 8 p.m. Easter Day Eucharist is at the usual time of 9-30 a.m. and will include the blessing of the Easter garden. On Easter Monday, Communion will be taken to the sick and elderly in the village.
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Coming events in the ■village include a fami ly bingo night on Fri day, May 12th, in St Nicholas's Hall; ■ Christian Aid 'Week begins on May 14th and ends with a con cert by Tony Berry of the Houghton Weavers in St Mary's Hall on May 19th.
The rest of the year's St Nicholas's Concerts are on Fridays, June 2nd, September 1st and December 1st. Sabden Horticultural Society's summer show is on Saturday, August 19th, in St Mary's Hall.
Services An Easter Day wel come will be given this Sunday at Sab den Baptist Church to Joan and Tim Peagam at 10 a.m. and at Sabden Methodist Church at 9-30 a.m. the Rev. Laura Hardy will take the Easter Holy Communion service.
simonstone;
WI The next meeting of Simonstone and Read Women’s Institute will be held in the Old School Hall on Thurs day, at 7-30 p.m.
www.clitheroetoday.co.uk ews from the Villages Landlord’s 2,000 mile ‘banger’ drive for charity
A PUB landlord is compet ing in a banger rally around Europe to raise money for Macmillan Can cer Relief.
Ian Gee, of the Stork Hotel, Simonstone, will be setting off on the infamous Staples to Naples rally with his son, Andrew, and his friend, Kevin Dawson on- September 21st. They will join more than 100 other cars covering jnore than 2,000 miles in just four days.
Money raised will help fund the charity’s range of serv ices, which includes Macmillan nurses and doc tors, as well as other health and social care profession als, new cancer care cen tres, a range of cancer information, practical help at home and help with money.
Staples is short for Staples Corner, the junction at the bottom of the Ml. The idea of meeting here on a
Members will wel come the return of guest speaker and television celebrity Simon Entwistle for his “Ghost Walks II”. The competition will be for the scariest mask and the meeting
bers, including men.
Services At St Peter’s, Simon stone, there will be
Ian and his team want to hear from local businesses and organisations who might be interested in sponsoring the car, people who might be interested in insuring the car and any one who would like to make donations to Macmillan Cancer Relief.
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ond out of nine schools in the Ribble Valley Large Schools’ Tournament. In the St Wilfrid’s (Black burn) Feeder Tour nament, the team had a mixture of wins, defeats and draws.
Bibles were presented to representatives of each class. Every child will receive a Bible from the chari ty Bibles For Chil dren, which has its roots in Whalley.
Presentation During the annual Easter service for Whalley Primary School in the parish church, a presenta tion was made to Mr Preston, who has been filling in for one of the teachers dur ing her absence.
dren and parking on them is forbidden in any circumstances. The CCTV cameras may capture the offenders
Anyone observing tres passers or wrongdo ers around the school or in the grounds should immediately ring the police on 01254 51212.
For CAFOD The recent Fast Col lection at the English Martyrs’ RC Church has raised £410 for Catholic Aid for Overseas Develop ment.
Dinner money From Monday, April 24th, when Whalley Primary School resumes, dinner money will be increased by 25p per week to £8.25.
Friday morning at 7 a.m. is something close to a motorist’s nightmare. The rally really starts from Calais and apart from France takes in five coun tries - Belgium, Luxem bourg, Germany, Switzer land and Italy.
Mr Gee, who has been the
ante-communion at 10 a.m. on Good Fri day and Family Com munion at 10 a.m. on Easter Sunday.
SLAIDBURN
is open to new mem- BeautV Update bers and non-mem-
At the meeting of Slaidburn WI, presi dent Mrs M. Parker proposed a toast to the Queen on the
Valley can grab part of £1.8m. windfall
A CASH windfall of £1.8 million is heading for rural Lancashire, including parts of the Ribble Valley. The money is coming
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from the Northwest Regional Development Agency as its investment in delivering the Lan cashire Rural Pathfinder Project, a unique scheme which aims to create a dynamic rural economy for Lancashire. Funding was awarded to
the Lancashire Economic Partnership for Pathfinder in Practice, a pilot project that will improve access to local services by develop ing community resource centres or small-scale service hubs in 10 rural areas across the county. In addition to this, a
Rural Premium Fund will help to encourage a vari-
providers, including Pri mary Care Trusts, Social Services, tourist informa tion and children’s centres, to locate to the new CRCs. This will be further-
enhanced by a Communi ty Transport Innovation Fund, which will identify the specific transport needs of rural residents accessing services and help to develop appropriate, efficient and community managed transport for their use. The project will also
deliver the Sustainable Bowland project, which will look at sustainable tourism and community- led initiatives to encourage rural enterprise and boost the local economy. Steve Heaton, NWDA
Head of Rural Affairs, said: “The NWDA is g L4j^ig.l\ted3(
Pathfinder in Practice, an important project that will help tackle social exclusion by developing innovative ways of delivering local services in Lancashire. “This scheme will make
a real difference to the lives of those living in remote and rural areas across the county and will help boost the rural economy.” Janet Barton, Lan
cashire Economic Partner ship's Tourism and Rural Director, said: "We are delighted to receive this level of funding support from the NWDA. “The funding will go a
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long way to ensuring that delivery of services in rural communities actually hap pens in Lancashire. The Community Resource Centres and service hubs are crucial to achieving
landlord at the Stork Hotel for the past nine years, admitted that none of them had ever competed in a rally before, but thought it would be good fun.
‘It will certainly be an adventure,” said Mr Gee. ‘If we get across Europe in a
occasion of her 80th birthday.
Guest speaker for the evening was Mrs Lucy Baron, who gave a talk and slide show entitIed“An Area of Outstanding Beauty Update”. She was thanked by Mrs Parker. A competi tion for a photograph of the Hodder Valley was won by Mrs M. Bolton, with Mrs A.
Anyone wishing to sponsor Ian can contact him on 01282 772100 or call into the Stork Hotel, in 'Whal ley Road, Simonstone.
£100 car it 'will be a mira- clel”
Our picture shows Mr Gee, Andrew and Kevin with' thecar. (G080406/1)
Sutcliffe second. The birthday meeting wll be held on Wednes day, May 3rd, in
Newton Village WADDINGTON
Bunny hunt Waddington Sports and Social committee will hold its annual Easter egg and bunny
hunt. The hunt takes place on Easter Sun day, starting at 2 p.m. from Coronation Gardens. Maps are £1 and all ages and families welcome.
WHALLEY
Football The football team from Whalley Primary School finished sec
Competition Children in Key Stage Two at Whalley Pri mary School are entering a competi tion organised by Lancashire Library Service in connection with the World Cup. To add even more interest, Whalley School has been twinned with the Ser bia and Montenegro team.
Parking The majority of par ents are very angry that some parents are completely ignoring the rules of the road by parking on the yellow zig-zag lines outside Whalley Pri mary School. Head teacher Mr Brian Beresford, points out that the zig-zags are for the safety of chil
More people are need ed to join the rota for cleaning the church after the 10
a.m.Mass on Mon days.
Drawings Black and white draw ings of animals are now on sale to raise money for the Bethany Project through Whalley Methodist Church. To buy a drawing, costing £22, call 01254 248344. ■
No games There will not be be a whist and domino drive for Whalley senior citizens on Easter Saturday.
Last week's winners were: Whist, ladies - 1 (joint), Mrs E. Charnley and Mrs H. Hardy. Gents - Mrs D. Farnsworth and Mr R. Bailey. Mrs Charnley also won the raffle.
The group meets each Saturday in the Methodist Church Hall at 6-30 for 6-45 p.m. For inquiries, call 01254 822988.
Church celebrates £5,000 Lottery ‘win’
THERE were celebrations at a Read church after it received a £5,000 cash windfall. The grant has come
from the Lottery’s Award for All fund and it means that work can now begin on a major refurbishment project at St John the Evangelist Church. A new toilet, kitchen
and meeting room is to be created there. Steered by members of
the Church Development Fund, which is led by war dens Mr Ron Harrison and Mrs Eileen Wilson, church members have already raised almost £6,000 towards the proj ect.
Mrs Wilson said:
“Receiving the money means we can now get cracking and the work can begin. “We still need around
another £30,000, but we will getthere.^” ' «•«
Mrs Eileen Wilson is
pictured receiving the Awards for All certificate from Coun. John Hill, the Leader‘'of'Ribble'>Valley“
Borough Council, watched (from the left): Church Development Fund com mittee members Ellen Nesbitt' " “and Joyce
Andrews, Barbara Lord (the enrolling member for the Mothers’ Union), and the ■vicar, the Rev. Dr. Alan Sowerbutts. (s)
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The management of Whalley Abbey has requested that cars should not turn at the entrance, as the cobbles are being damaged.
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