14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, November 29th, 2007
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Next week’s meeting is Christmas card decorating in the village hall at 7-45 p.m.
Please can all mem bers attend and wear club shirts. Afterwards there
Young farmers Members of Bolton- by-Bowland Young Farmers’ Club this week went to Rath- men’s Horses where they had a tour of the yard and heard all about the tech niques used to help the race horses improve and also recover. I t was a really informative evening and great for all horse fanat ics!
will be a committee meeting at approx imately 8-45 p.m. Any problems please contact club secretary Diane Cornthwaite.
DOWNHAM
Many thanks to all who gave so gener ously.
CHIPPING
Market A Victorian Christ mas market will be held at the Tillot- sons Arms, Chip ping, next Thurs day, December 6th from 4 to 8 p.m.
poppy appeal The Poppy collection in Downham raised £163.04p.
For further details tel. 01995 61568.
To get you in the Christmas spirit there will be stalls with food and crafts, but also mulled wine, mince pies and carol singing during the evening.
Christmas fair Everyone is invited to go along to Chipping Village Hall on Sunday for the annual Christ mas fair, which will be opened at 2 p.m. and will once again play host to a vari ety of stalls stock ing festive items. Feel free to come along whether you are in need of a few last presents or even if you just feel like getting into the Christmas spirit.
For more details please contact Kate on 01995 61033.
GISBURN
Historical Guest speaker at the meeting of Gisburn Historical Society tonight is Mr Coates who will be giving a slide show and talk on “Lan cashire and York shire Railways.” This promises to be a really interesting evening and every one is welcome at
Yoga class Two spaces are still available at a yoga classes held in Chipping Village Hall from 7 until 9 p.m. on Monday evenings.
.GRINDLETON
All that for a dona tion of at least £1 to cover costs and the work of the church. Everyone is welcome.
100 Club draw Results for the recent Grindleton Recreation Ground 100 Club draws are:
Soup lunch A warming bowl of home-made soup with a bread roll, a piece of home made cake a cup of tea or coffee and a friendly chat awaits visitors to Grind le ton Methodist Church lunch on Wednes day between 12 noon and 1-30 p.m.
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7-30 p.m. in the Festival Hall.
Many thanks to Mike and Mar garet Bartle for organising this event which raised £88 for the MUGA appeal. Thanks also to Peter, Helen and the staff at the Buck Inn for host ing the event.
The draw for Octo ber was held at the AGM and winners were
• Garry Fawcett (£15). The annual draw was held on bonfire night and the winner was Roy Fearnhead.
Rawkins (£30) and Judith
Winners of the draw held a t the horti cultural show in August were Gra ham Cowking (£30) and Roy Fearnhead (£15). The draw for Sep tember was held at the Buck Inn and the winners were Mark and Viv Leslie (£30) and Eileen Flatley (£15).
Refreshments will be served throughout both days.
The weekend finish es with an Advent carol service in church on Sunday at 6-30 p.m. to which everyone is welcome.
Entry to the event is £1.50.
HURST GREEN
The 100 Club is run on behalf of the recreation ground and the financial support by the sub scribers is much appreciated by the committee. For fur ther information please contact Gill Sutton on 01200 440718
Wine draw The lucky winner of the draw for six bottles of wine was Mr Paul Newton, of Cockermouth.
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Craft session The Kidzone craft session at St John's Church, Hurst Green, held last Saturday, was a fantastic success with many young people attending and making pres ents for their fami lies and friends. The event raised an excellent £182 for the playground appeal.
Delicious A small number of members attended the annual meeting of Hurst Green WI due to the change of date, but those in attendance enjoyed a delicious hot-pot supper with a variety of
There will also be a craft fair in the school hall with many stalls selling hand-made crafts.
Tree festival The Snow Queen, Baboushka, Away in a Manger, these are some of the Christmas stories and carols to be depicted by deco rated trees at the Christmas Tree Festival to be held in St Ambrose Church on Satur day from 10 to 4 p.m. and again on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mrs Herd reported on a very successful year in which the WI went out and about to Trawden and Elswick; enjoyed paella and held a very success ful recycled fashion show. The next meeting is the Christmas meal held at the Shire- burn Arms Hotel, on December 13th, all attending are to bring a wrapped gift to the value of £3.
All members are urged to attend. Inquiries, tel. Steve Whalley 01254 826962.
Paper skip The paper skip which is situated on the Memorial hall car park raises small amounts of money for St John's and the Memorial Hall. At present there is a competition run by the suppliers of the skip to find which of their skips can show the biggest percentage increase in usage between October and the end of March. The winning skip will receive £250. This skip is particularly useful to those who
Youth club The Hurst Green Youth Club meets tomorrow in the Memorial Hall. The final meeting of the year is December 14th and this will be a fund raiser for the play ground.
The committee was re-elected and all officers will remain in their posts: Mrs Barbara Herd (president), Mrs Mary Mann (vice- president), Mrs Gill MacDonnell (secretary), Mrs Frances Aherne (treasurer) and Mrs Rita Holden (programme secre tary).
sweets all prepared and provided by members of the committee.
do not have the white bag collec tion of paper and it can take newspa pers, magazines, directories, cata logues, office and school papers, but not card or envelopes.
KNOWLE GREEN
Music To put you in the mood for Christ mas there is to be an Evening of Christmas Music with the Lan cashire folk group, T’other’arf, in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall on Satur day, December 15th, at 7 p.m. The evening will be an eclectic mix of tra ditional and mod ern folk and Christ mas songs and tick ets are now avail able priced at £5, including mulled wine and mince pies. Tel. 01254 878447.
Tickets are £25 including a carvery buffet and bacon butties at 1-30 a,m. Tel. 01254 878447.
Tickets ready New Year’s Eve is fast approaching and tickets are available now for the par ty night being held in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall with dancing to live music from the Mark Kitto Band.
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Christmas fair St Leonard's Church, Christmas fair, held last Saturday in Billington and Langho Communi ty Centre, was well- attended.
The children also met Santa and his helper and he let them into a few of his secrets.
Service The Rev. David Noblet will conduct both the 9 a.m. Holy Communion and 10-30 a.m. parish communion services on Sunda in St Leonard’s Church, Langho.
The Christingle serv ice will also be in church at 4 p.m.
The Mothers’ Union will
"Christmas Cock tail" in church on Sunday December 9th at 7-30 p.m.
present
This is a collection of Christmas music old and new, together with read ings presented by members of the MU. Tickets are available and cost £3
including
refreshments. LOW MOOR
Concert The lunchtime con cert today in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall will fea ture the students from Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester. The concert
Thursday will fea ture Ian Buckle on piano who will per form a recital of well-known piano music
next by
B e e t h o v e n , Debussy and Chopin. To book telephone 01254 826948.
Charity game Members of Low Moor Club Marc Holmes and Peter Mercer played dou bles at snooker for Lancashire in a charity game held at the Royal British Legion Club, in Clitheroe. Peter Mercer was voted man-of-the-match. A fund-raising effort is being held at the Kings Arms, in aid of a girl called Samantha who is suffering with R e tt Syn drome. Members of Low Moor Club raffled a large ham per. The winner was Neil Kay and £163 was raised.
Songs of praise Blessed with fine weather there was a good gathering and a gradelysingatthe annual Songs of Praise evening held in Salem Congrega tional Chapel, Mar- tin Top on Sunday. Christmas Sale Mr Herbert Moor- There was a good
NEWTON
house welcomed attendance at the everyone and Mr Roy Porter the “Singing Butcher” of Chatburn most
fee and cake in Mel- lor Methodist Church. A good time was had by all. There is no meeting in December, mak ing the next date to meet up the last Sat urday in January.
ably led the singing. The various stalls did Because it is 300 a good trade and years since the birth of Charles Wesley all the hymns sung, except the final one, were composed by him. Mr Porter spoke of the life of Mr Wesley and how many of his hymns
Organist was Mr Don Carson, of Barnold- swick. Afterwards
lines. The final hymn was “Jesus Shall Reign” to the tune “Rimington.”
expressed muchof Proceeds of the day God’s word in their
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n memory
warm fellowship was shared by all.
MELLOR
The library and clinic are working together to collate informa tion on how medical treatment was received in Mellor After before the NHS was formed in 1948, to include as part of the 60th anniversary celebrations next year. Appeals for any memories or old stories have been cir culated around the village and will be gratefully received by Mary Keefe in the library.
Memories
Coffee ’n’ cake Friends and neigh bours met up on Saturday morning for the monthly cof-
report Mrs M. Gor- nall was thanked by all for her work for the WI over many years, as she now wishes to hand over
expressed the regret of all members at the death of Mrs Sheila Beggs. She was a very popular lady and had been a member since 1978. A two minutes’ silence was held in her memory. her annual
N. Breaks, Mrs A. Hargreaves, Mrs M. Cook, Mrs Jean Howard, Caitlin Dickinson and Diane Parker,
Christmas sale held in Newton United Reformed Church on Saturday,
She then welcomed three new members, announced arrange ments for the Christmas party at the Spread Eagle, Sawley on Decem ber 11th and pre sented Mrs E. Slinger with the cup for most points in the competitions
during the afternoon over the year, teas were served. Teams for the fun Raffle winners: Mrs Quiz at Hurst Green
in January were dis cussed, a busy stall for Christmas cards and decorations was held and a Jacob’s join supper was enjoyed by all.
with donations were W a s te p a p e r
I t ’s paper day in Pendleton on Tues day, December 4th. Please leave papers in the bags provid ed.
refreshments and At the 85th annual Festive Concert meeting of Pendle- Favourite songs and
ton WI president carols will be on the Mrs Gill Hacking
programme at "Christmas with the Pendleton Singers", an evening in the vil lage hall on Thurs day, December 13th. The event starts at 7-30 p.m. and tick ets, priced at £2 for adults, children free, are available from Clitheroe Music, choir members or pay at the door.
her position as Festive party
Miss G. Park gave A ? bnsf™a? par^ the treasurer’s
local WI meetings Qulzzes and a buffet and celebrations and supper.
busy year she has a t ' -1 had; visiting other
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the highlight of the bdward bear year, her attendance Edward Bear and his
report and Mrs United Reformed Hacking told of the
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at the AGM in the Royal Albert Hall, London. By a unani mous vote, she was elected president for a third year. Many members congratu lated her on a very successful year as president.
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Carol service All children and young people who wish to take part in the Rimington carol service on December 18th are invited to come along to Rim ington Memorial Out and about Institute on Sunday .\ video evening with next at 2 p.m. For Ron Harrison and
SIMONSTONE
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Dance Troupe sets the standards
THE third Stars in their Lollypop and Ian Eyes competition was held McDougall - Brown Eyed in Slaidburn Village Hall Girl, on Saturday evening when All the acts were of a very seven acts performed in high standard making vot-
front of a packed audience. Neville Harrison acted as compere.
The acts were Mike Bamford - The Holy City; Slaidbum Dance Troupe - Fame, The Health Centre - Staying Alive, Slaidburn Young Farmers - Girls just wanna have fun, WI - Abba,
Slaidbum Girls — My Boy While the votes were being
friends Hope, John Peter and Shepherd are looking forward to meeting their lit- collection crew,
day at 11 a.m. in St John’s Church, Read, after the 10 a.m. communion service.
Waste paper Collections of waste paper for both vil lages will take place on Monday morn ing. Please leave your white hessian sacks or carrier bags out early at the edge
ing for a winner very diffi cult. Eventually, after great deliberation the win ners were announced as the Slaidburn Dance Troupe who were made up of 22 local children ranging in age from three to 10 years who performed dancing to the music from “Fame”.
Pictured are Slaidburn Dance Troupe.(s)
dearly seen by the s t John>s Chub
tie friends, parents, Coffee fair grandparents and The Mothers- Union carers next Wednes-
coffee morning and Christmas fair held in St John’s School Hall, Read, raised £1,030. Despite the atrocious weather it was very well attended. Stalls did a roaring trade and Father Christmas was in his grotto to hear what the many children had asked for on'their Christ mas list.
A big thank you to everyone who took part and helped on the evening. The evening was a huge success and raised £800 for the new drama group “The Slaid bum Players”.
counted Neville ran his ver sion of Family Fortunes or Village Fortunes as it became; when the young farmers pitted their wits against the WI. The WI were the eventual winners.
SAWLEY
Care home A Ribble Valley care centre has retained its Investors in Peo ple award.
of your property M o th e rs ’ Union large green leaves where they can be The open meeting of
Mothers’ Union was ments were raffled very well-attended a*
by members and _evemn&
rch All the arrange- " en^ °f the
guests. Enrolling P a n tom im e member Mrs Bar- Tickets are still avail- bara Lord welcomed able for Mrs local florist Beverley Richards and her assistants Tracy and Kate. One of Bever ley’s main show pieces was a large outdoor wreath using greenery, cones and apples. She also demon-
Collinson’s pan tomime “Hansel and Gretal” to be held in
strated a classical Tickets can be bought arrangement using from “The Fuzzy
hall next Thursday, Friday and Saturday night at 7-30 p.m. with a matinee at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Read United Team members were Reformed Church
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share ideas to help develop the home and their roles and if management recog nised the contribu tion staff members
a sinSle flower-
An assessor inter viewed 12 staff from the manager to the ancillary staff, to
The Riverside Care Centre in Sawley had to prove that it was stili meeting the necessary standards, had business targets and plans with measurable objec tives and perform ance indicators.
Training needs were also assessed, as was the centre’s induc tion programme for new staff.
the organisation impacted the com pany and its targets.
made and whether they were kept informed about company develop ments. After mak ing the grade the Riverside Care Cen tre, which is now owned by Canter bury Care, was again awarded an Investors in People Certificate.
Burnley Camcorder Club will be held in Simonstone Old School Hall a week tomorrow, Decem ber 7th, at 7-30 p.m. This year the video group plans to visit places far and near and will include some excerpts from the recent comedy evening. A hot-pot supper will be pro vided by the ladies of the church. Tick ets, including sup per, are £5 and £3 for children. Pro ceeds are in aid of church funds and Burnley Camcorder Group and are avail able from Anne Mel lor or Ron Harrison.
ensure they all understood how At the meeting of
WI doll
their contribution to Simonstone with Read WI president Mrs Ann Lennox donated a doll she had entered in the fairy doll class at the Clitheroe Area WI Show, to be raffled in aid of the Heart Foundation.
asked whether they Member Mrs Mar- were encouraged to jorie Lawley won the
doll by guessing her name was Wanda and £52 was raised for the charity. ® For more village news I urn to page 16
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