14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, December 6th, 2007
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BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND
Informal event An informal evening of “Music, Mistletoe and Wine” is being held in St Peter and Paul’s Church, Bolton-by-Bowland on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. The evening of music, prose and poems with a Christ mas flavour will be led by Gerald Mack, the Mitton Singers, and others.
Tickets are available on the door priced £3, which includes mulled wine, mince pies and coffee. All proceeds to the church organ fund.
Whist drive Whist winners at the drive held in Bolton- by-Bowland Village
Raffle: G. Berry, M. Davis, K. Nowell, E. Nowell.
Dominoes A.Lowe, F. Giles, F. Taylor, V. Giles, K. Nowell, M. Pye.
Hall, were: ladies - H. Lofthouse, M. Davis, J. Riley; gents-J. Hartley, N. Davis, J. Proctor.
The annual war memorial whist drive will be held on December 20th.
CHATBURN
-ellowship The meeting of Chat- burn Methodist Church Women’s Fellowship was opened with prayers said by Mrs Doris Giles. The hymn singing was accom panied by Mrs Mar
She said that, with the help of churches, the Bishop of Sudan, Elias Taban, had set-up a project to build Gola Hospital in the capital Khar toum a t a cost of £50,000, which in the end became £86,000. It took four years to build, but is now up and running and providing a cen tre for food and facil ities for vaccinations and treatment.
jorie Wilkinson. Mrs Giles introduced speaker Mrs Rita Keys, who spoke about the wonderful work being done in Sudan, although there has been armed conflict there for 40 years.
Mrs Giles thanked Mrs Heys for an interesting talk.
The next meeting will be on Wednesday when Mrs Christine Thistlethwaite will be reciting some of her poems.
CHIPPING
Exhibition An exhibition by artists from Made in Lancashire is cur rently being held in Chipping Post Office Gallery. All the products have been totally crafted in Lancashire.
DOWNHAM
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Organist was Mrs Adele Pridding, who also joined the church choir for its annual Advent Sun day lunch, which this year was held at the White Bull Hotel, Gisbum.
Everyone received a Christingle after a talk about the ori gins and donations to the Children’s Society were collect ed.
ingle service in Downham Parish Church on Sunday. He also christened three babies.
GISBURN _a Locanda
Gisburn' residents came together at the village’s La Locanda restaurant and
The fund-raising evening was attend ed by over 40 resi dents, who paid £25 per head for a three course gourmet meal with all proceeds going to the charity.
raised £1,500 for Gisburn Playing Fields Association.
La Locanda owners Cinzia and Maurizio Bocchi also donated a variety of prizes for a raffle. These included a night’s one-to-one cooking lesson from chef Maurizio, which was won by Mr and Mrs Boothman, Bamoldswick.
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Established to bring a brand new purpose built playground to the village, the chari ty has set itself a fund-raising target of £110,000 in order
Cinzia says: “It was a fantastic evening and everyone enjoyed themselves. I t ’s a pleasure to support the associa tion, especially as the playground will be a huge benefit to the children in the local community.”
to purchase the land and play equipment, and so far has secured £85,000 in funding, promises and grants.
Extensive landscaping is due to begin on the field next week.
GRINDLETON
Wl crafts The meeting of Grindleton WI will take place next Thursday, not tonight, when there
will be a demonstra tion of craft making for Christmas. There will also be a £2 Christmas parcel stall and members should bring a con tribution to the fes tive Jacob’s join.
HURST GREEN
Christmas fair St John's Church is holding it Christmas fair on Saturday from 11-30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Hurst Green Memorial Hall.
This is a traditional fair, with items such as chutney and cake, toys and puddings. However, this year the organisers have something a little different -120 ener gy fuel efficient light bulbs which will be
As usual Father Christmas will be in attendance from 12- 30 p.m. and would love to see the chil dren of the village. There will be the popular antique linen stall for collec tors and unusual Christmas presents. Festive wreaths and grave wreaths will be on sale and these can be ordered in advance from Gill MacDonnell 01254 826378. Donations of cakes for the cake stall and books will be
given away free in return for recipients signing a simple green pledge.
received - please take them along on Saturday. Admission is 50p for adults and free for children.
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HURST GREEN
Youth club Members of Hurst Green Youth Club are planning a fund raiser for the Play ground Appeal dur ing the final meeting of the year, on Fri day, December 14th. There will be a cake stall in place of the usual tuck shop and members will be charged a higher entrance fee of £1.50, with 50p being donated to the appeal.
There will also be a stall selling books, DVDs, CDs so members are asked to check out their bedrooms
unwanted items to sell. These should be passed on to Jonathan Whalley, James Rimmer or Grace Bell or brought along on Friday evening. Donations of cakes and biscuits will be warmly welcomed and most of all members are rem inded to bring along some extra spending money to snap up the bargains. Mums and dads can also pop in and buy.
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Wl visitors Members of Hurst Green WI and guests from Traw- den WI attended the Stonyhurst Col lege production of “Les Miserables”. The ladies were treated to a fantas tic production which many felt compared with professional productions in Man chester and London.
Mrs Pauline Lamper was elected presi dent and Mrs Rachel Eyre secre tary.
the treasurer's report and ’Mrs Kate Ackroyd thanked the commi- tee and members for their help and sup port during the yea.
The next meeting will be the Christmas party in St Peter and Paul’s Commu nity Centre.
Mrs Lamper gave a detailed account of the autumn council meeting held in the Guild Hall, Preston, saying it had been a most entertaining afternoon.
Children’s party The children’s Christ mas party will be held in Knowle Green Village Hall on Sunday at 4 p.m. All village children are invited, together with the young fam ily members of vil lage hall members, to share in the fun and laughter. There will be lots to eat, plenty of games and dancing with Andy Magee and Father Christmas has promised to come along and give out some early Christ mas presents.
ation, so the money raised will be well spent.
In recent weeks the fellowship has enjoyed talks by various missionary o rg a n is a t io n s , including OMS and the Boaz Trust from Manchester which provides housing, holistic care and support for refused asylum seekers.
Members and friends have been taking part in a new ALPHA group meeting, been busy filling shoe boxes for under privileged children and collect ing bedding for the Fox Street Night Shelter for the Homeless.
It is requested that, if at all possible, a responsible adult stays with the child. For more informa tion, call contact Gemma Holden on 01254 820764.
During the interval Hurst Green mem bers hosted wine and nibbles for guests from the Trawden club and members were able to renew friendship made during the belly dancing trip to Trawden earlier this year.
KNOWLE GREEN
Annual meeting At the annual meet ing of Ivnowle Green and Dutton WI, Mrs Sheila Brown gave the yearly report, recollecting on the year’s speak ers, activities and outings, and con cluded that it had been a very enjoy able year.
Mrs Cameron gave
Whist drive The usual fortnightly whist and domino drive will be held in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall on Mon day at 7-30 p.m. This will be the last drive this year. Admission is £1, which includes tea and biscuits.
Christmas fair The Christmas fair held in the village hall in aid of Knowle Green Congreation- al Church was well- attended, despite the dreadful weath er. People came from far and wide to meet up with friends, have a light lunch, purchase Christmas goodies from the well-stocked stalls and share in the happy occasion.
The financial result to date is a healthy £900 for church funds. There are lots of plans to improve, expand and update the building and join the computer gener
Lunch concert The autumn season of lunchtime concerts in Knowle Green Village Hall draws to a close next Thursday when there will be the spe cial Christmas con cert with David Routledge on violin and Harvey Davies on piano. These two celebrated musicians will be playing a surprising mixture of classical and popular. This concert is always very popular ,so you are advised to book early by calling 01254 826948.
LANGHO Holy service
Tickets cost £3, which includes refreshments.
MELLOR
There was a bumper turnout when Janet Slater, of Potter 'n' Paint, brought her equipment to the meeting of The Lit tle Angels in St Mary's Church. Children aged from
ittle angels
The Mothers’ Union will present “Christ mas Cocktail” in church on Sunday at 7-30 p.m. This is a collection of Christ mas music, old and new, together with readings presented by members of the MU.
The Rev. David Noblet will conduct both the 9 a.m. Holy Communion and 10- 30 a.m. family com munion with parade services on Sunday at St Leonard's Parish Church.
The group meets again on Monday, December 17th when the reception class from St Mary's School will sing Christmas carols.
a few weeks to four years painted baubles to hang on their Christmas trees. A footprint in paint was taken from Corey, aged eight weeks, and will be sent to his daddy, who is serving with the forces in the Falkland Islands.
Early risers During Advent, the Rev. Will Grady will conduct a short Advent service every day at 7 a.m. and again at 9 a.m. in Wilpshire Methodist Church.
Wesley Wives The Wesley Wives have organised a concert by the Blackburn People's Choir tonight at 7- 30 p.m. in Wesley Hall, Blackburn.
The group meets from 2-15 to 3-15 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month during school term time in church and all pre school children and their carers are most welcome.
Carol concert Parishioners of St Mary's Church were treated to a selection of Christmas carols played by the Salva tion Army Brass Band. Soloist Doreen Moore, was accompanied by organist Frank Ash ton. The event raised £280 for church funds.
MU Party Rehearsals are under way for the enter tainment at the Mellor Mothers’ Union Christmas Party on Tuesday in school. Members of the drama group are preparing a “Christ mas Miscellany”, with poems, songs and sketches.
Ladies from the four local churches in Balderstone, Mellor and Osbaldeston are invited to the party, with a turkey supper and additional entertainment pro vided by school pupils.
Fairytale The not-to-be-missed annual Christmas concert, “A Fairy tale Christmas”, is to be presented today and tomorrow in St Mary’s School hall.
Methodists Advent meditative prayer services will be held on Friday afternoons from 2 to 2-30 p.m. in Mellor Methodist Church on December 7th, 14th and 21st.
They will be led by the Rev Will Grady.
MITTON
Service of hope After a wonderful Ser vice of Hope on the first Sunday of Advent, the choir of All Hallows’ Church is practising for the carol service on Wednesday, Decem ber 19th.
Mr H. Moorhouse, of Martin Top, gave thanks to the New ton ladies for their hospitality.
PENDLETON
Young Farmers Members of Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club met in Pendle ton Village Hall for an informative and enjoyable talk on the Royal Agricul tural Benevolent Institution.
Next week’s meeting, on Wednesday, will be a talk by Ben Towers. Members to meet in the village hall at 7-30 p.m.
and Tosside attend ed the event.
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Also during the evening, Mr and Mrs Alan Cliff drew out the winning names for the 84 Club’s bumper Christmas draw. Winners were: £125 - Christine Eaves (number 44), £75 - Dean Ferri, Pendle Witch (79), £50 Eileen Dyson (34), £25 - Peter Ship- ston (17), £15 - Pauline Harper (60), £10 - Gordon Ashworth (36), £10 -Beverley Finnegan (82), £5 - Glenda Pilkington (77).
Nugent, Janet Pilk- ington, Margaret Boocock and Tony Haworth.
tomorrow. I t will feature a return visit of soprano Ruth Tuson and Naomi Whittaker (treble).
James Booth will take the Sunday service at Sabden Baptist Church at 10 a.m., and at St Nicholas's Church the congre gation will welcome the Rev. Norman Atty to take the 9- 30 a.m. family Eucharist.
I t will be joined by the Mitton Singers and Slaidburn Silver Band. The concert starts at 7-30 p.m., but people should go early to ensure they get a seat.
NEWTON Dales Rally
The rallies were start ed in 1954 by the Rev. G. Curry, the Dales minister, and the Rev. S. French, minister at Newton.
The annual Christ mas get-together for the Dales Christmas Rally was held in Newton Reformed Church.
Sunday school St John’s and St Peter’s Sunday School, which is held on the first Sunday of each month, now has 25 members aged three to 11- years.
They are all very busy rehearsing their Christmas Eve Nativity play, which will be held in St John’s Church, Read, at 4 p.m.
SABDEN ights
The event was con ducted by the Rev. Norma Johnson, assisted by Mrs Michelle Jarmany.
After the singing of carols, supper was served, during which everyone discussed the “Twelve Days of Christmas" and the meaning behind it.
Everyone was wel comed with a glass of non-alcoholic mulled wine.
Sabden’s Christmas tree and crib lights will be switched on during the annual village carol service on Sunday evening at 6-30 p.m. at the junction of St Nicholas's Avenue and Padiham Road.
To end, more carols requested by the congregation were sung.
Mrs Johnson related the meanings behind the 12 days which have a religious conotations, after which everyone sang the song.
Friends from Settle, Martin Top, Holden
Bowling social About 40 people enjoyed Sabden Bowling Club’s Christmas cheese and wine evening, the club’s last social event of the year. Thanks go to all supporters and helpers and to everyone who donated raffle and tombola prizes.
Ten £20 Christmas bonus prizes were also drawn and were won by: Jack Bir- kett (8), John Pilk ington (69), Joe Wright and Chris Hackett (64), Tony Howarth (71), John Robinson (24), Nor man Harrison (22), David Beesley (48), Eric Bywater (30), Fiona Croxford (81) and Peter Lambert (15).
Concert There is to be an organ concert in St Nicholas's Church
The Rev. Karen Hoyle will be guest preacher a t the Methodist Church at 9-30 a.m.
Bingo St Mary’s RC School FSA had to cancel its Christmas bingo evening planned to be held in the school hall this Wednesday.
Festival Adults and children packed Sabden Pri mary School on Sun day afternoon for the village’s annual Festival of Light. For the first time it was not held in one
Services Mass at St Mary's RC Church will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday and 10-30 a.m. on Sunday.
The village Christian Council organised the event and repre sentatives of all four village churches took part.
of the village churches, but was out in the communi ty and the idea proved a success.
The service was led by the Rev. Denise Free of
The children then lit their candles in the holders which they had decorated at school and the lights were turned out to see the effect of the lanterns shining out.
Methodist Church, Fr Peter Birming ham of St Mary’s RC and the Rev. Chris Sterry of St Nicholas’s CE Church and there were prayers and readings and chil dren's Christmas songs were sung.
Sabden
This was to signify Christ’s light shining out through Advent. Every family received a special peace candle to take home and light until Christmas.
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