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12 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, September 4th, 2008


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Exhibition marks the end of an era


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SS MICHAEL and John’s RC Church circa early 1900s(s)


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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk proves a affair for couple by Faiza Afzaal


S E V E N T Y - E I G H T members of a family gath­ ered under one roof to cele­ brate 60 years of wedded bliss of a well-respected Clitheroe couple. Relatives'and close friends


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with the 7th Clitheroe St Paul’s Guides for eight years when her children were younger. A founder member of Rim-


attended a special lunch at the Eaves Hall Hotel, in West Bradford, to celebrate the diamond wedding anniver­ sary of Mr and Mrs Peter and Margaret Garnett (both 80). The couple, pictured, who


have spent their entire mar- . ried life in the same house in Henthorn Road, were also delighted to receive a con­ gratulatory card from the Queen, as well as almost lOO cards from well-wishers. “ Bom in Hawthorne Place,


Batts, Maureen Booth, Rosalie Hargreaves, Constance Raweliffe, Helen Turner, Joan Preedy, Maureen Winterbottom, Palsy Bithell, Sheila McNally and Josephine Jackson (s)


THE dancing troupe from the 1949 pantomime Mother Goose; from left to right, Pat McNally, Vivienne Calvert, Ena by Julie Magee


AN exhibition looking at life over the past 200 years at St Michael and St John’s RC Church will be held this month to mark the departure of the Jesuit Order. A wide variety of photographs,


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we must reduce our commitments overall,” Fr Duggan explained. “But as a missionary order we must also, be ready to move on to where the needs are greatest, and to works that cannot be done by others. “It follows that we must withdraw


artefacts and memorabilia, some dating back to the mid-19th Centu­ ry, will provide a visual display of two centuries of life at the church, parish and school. The Society of Jesus, otherwise


from many of our well-established works) such as the Catholic parish in Clitheroe; this latter is a work that can be dohe by others, and indeed the Bishop of Salford has already appointed a priest to take over when' we leave in September.” Clitheroe’s long association with


known as the Jesuits, has been serv­ ing the church’s parishioners for more than 210 years. • It will hand over the reins to the Salford Diocese in September due to the dwindling number of Jesuit mis­ sionaries available in today’s society. St Michael and St John’s priest Fr


Joe Duggan explained that at the moment there are only around 200 Jesuits in the British province of the society compared with triple that number 30 years ago.


. “This lack of numbers means that


the Jesuit Order can be traced back to the late 18th Century when Jesuit missionary Fr John Lauren- son founded the parish of St Michael and St John the Evangelist ■ in the town. ■ Fr Laurenson had travelled to the Ribble Valley from Rotterdam in 1794 and subsequently established the mission in 1796 from a loft only four yards square from where he conducted Mass to a small congre­ gation of around six parishioners. From these humble beginnings the new mission grew with great


speed thanks to the backing of Thomas Weld, a real “friend of the Jesuits”, who had been educated at the Jesuit college at St Omers and had inherited the Stonyhurst estates, which he placed at the dis­ posal of the Society of Jesus. , He presented the new mission


with several acres of land adjoining Lowergate in July 1798 and the new chapel of St John the Evangelist was subsequently completed in the November.


• . ■ Despite a resident priest being


absent.until 1843, the mission flour­ ished and in 1818 there was a con­ gregation of 100. The chapel was then extended to form a school in 1823 and a new


. church built in 1850 dedicated to St Michael and St John the Evangelist. Subsequent changes have included


the extension of the old chapel and school in 1870, the building of a new school in 1897 with the addition of a Catholic club in 1904, which is now part of the school, and finally the conversion of the old chapel and school complex into a social centre for the parish. .


LOYOLA troup Scouts 1968 taken at Bowley Camp with Sir Charles MacLean (Chief Scout). Pictured in no particular order arc Peter Sutcliffe,. Paul Sut­ cliffe, M. Ryan, S. Ryan, A. Dubowski, T. Dubowski (s)


The exhibition will be open to the


general public from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., and 6-30 p.m. to 9-30 p.m. on Wednesday,.September 17th, then from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6-30 p.m.


■ to 9-30 p.m. from Thursday Septem­ ber is th to Saturday, September 20th. On Sunday, it will be open after Mass at 11 a.m. and close at 4- 30 p.m.'


gBlmohg them were Year 3 pupils at St


schoolchildren took part in “The World’s Biggest Lesson”, a global initiaitve aimed at increasing awareness of the 72 million children in the world who do not Jave access to education.


CLASS sizes m i^ t be increasing, but 7.5 million is pushing it a bit! Tha t is the estimate of how many


' Ireonard’s Primary School, Langho. As part of the record-breaking initiative, schoolchildren around the globe were encouraged to write to their national


leaders.


In Langho the pupils sent special post­ card to Prime Minister Gordon Brown,


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. " THE May Procession in 1939, above, and right, the girls’ club netball team 1940s: back row, from left to right, Margaret Rowker, Eileen Pollard, Pamela Dewhurst, Barbara Jackson and Mary Leigh; front row Jean Goodbicr, • T , ^


J Betty Penny, Josephine Kelly and Rita Bailey (s) - --


'showing what children who cannot go to school are missing out on and reminding him of the'promise world leaders have made to solve the global education crisis


by 2015.


Pupils take part in a global lesson The children also wrote and asked


mary school, the Knitting Club was delighted to invite Edna Ragnall, a resi­ dent of Castleford Home for the Elderly, to their end-of-week achievement assem­ bly. They presented Edna with a colour­ ful hand-knitted rug, which was the cul­ mination of many weeks of hard work and patience. Each child knitted a square (or two) over lunchtimes, assisted by a team of parents and grandparents. The school thanked everyone involved in running the club, plus Castleford’s Resi­ dential Care Officer Christine Willis, and care assistant Carol Kemp, for joining Edna on her visit. Edna thanked the children and entertained them with songs she used to sing in her youth.


their own MP, Nigel Evans, to fill in a postcani. • In other news from the busy pri­


headteacher Mrs Anne Pickup and Year 3 pupils Isabelle Emmerton, Farah Patel and Ruth Edwards, (s)


MR EVANS is pictured with his postcard during a visit to the school, along with


Clitheroe, Mr Garnett has spent most of his life living in the town, excluding a few years as a child when his fam­ ily lived in Waddington. An old boy of Clitheroe


Royal Grammar School, he worked at Chaigley Dmry for 12-and-half years before working a t Rufus Carr Ltd a t Bawdlands Garage, Clitheroe, which belonged to garage founder and Mrs Gar­ nett’s father, Mr Rufus Carr. He worked his way up the


company to becoming a sa,les director. He retired in 19i93 ' after more than 30 years of


ington WI and the Clitheroe Committee of the Save the Children Fund, she is an active member of Wadding­ ton WI and a former presi­ dent of Pendleside Soropti- mists.' She is also a member of


The Clover Club of Clitheroa Her hobbies include knitting, reading, walking and all aspects of the countryside. Meanwhile, Mr Garnett is


service at the local Ford deal­ ership. Mrs Garnett, a former


pupil of Gisbum School, was bom in Rimington. The cou­ ple met a t a dance at Clitheroe Conservative Club when they were both only 17 and hit it off straight away. They married three years


later on August 21st, 1948, at St Mary’s Church, Gisbum, followed by a reception at the Black Bull, Rimington. Recalling fond memories of their special day, Mrs Garnett said: “We had a lovely time and enjoyed a five-day honey­ moon in Southport. “The cost of our reception


in total was just over £11, but we were happy with every­ thing we had. “I t’s amazing the amount


of money young people spend on weddings these days.” The newlyweds moved into


their home in Henthom Road where they raised four chil­ dren - Elaine, Susan, Anne and Andrew. Sadly, Andrew died in May 2006. Mr and Mrs Garnett, who


have seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, have always enjoyed an active social life and have played a pivotal role in the local com­ munity. Mrs Garnett was a Guider


a Freema^n and member of the St Michael in Castro Lodge and chairman of the Clitheroe and District Masonic Fellowship. He is an ex-member of the


Rotary Club of Ribblesdala His hobbies are gardening and game shooting. When asked about the


secret of a long and successful marriage, they replied: “never to have a silent breakfast


.together”. Garnett added: “There


is a lot of give and take in marriage. We admit we’ve had our ups and downs, but we’ve always made up before breakfast.’/ Our picture shows the


happy couple having celebrat­ ed their milestone anniver­ sary.


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