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’ / ~ V 116 I Clitheroe'Advertiser & Times; Thursday,- December 4th, 200 8 ' e - ' , on^w www.chtherogad^ /.>- • ews from the


Crafty Wl ' Friends of Manor The monthly meeting ^ ' House, Chatburn" of Billington and - ^joined residents for Langho WI saw the ■


BILLINGTON ix


Manor house’ ■ a : great' evenings


members turning -entertainment by : crafty when Botmie “The B Naturals”. Kramrisch showed • Lots of props and how to make a table decoration from


action songs proved


■ parchment materi­ als..


It was a fun evening, finishing off with a


’ fun quiz and refreshments.


The competition ■win­ ners were: Jean Price, Nora Downes and Pauline Board- man.


The next meeting is on January 13th 2009 at the new venue, St Mary’s- Parish Centre, ■ Langho at 7-45 p.m.


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Whist


Whist winners at the drive held in Bolton- by-Bowland Village Hall were: Ladies - M; Davis, J. Waddington, H.


: Waddington, A. Dugdale.


' .


;Dominoes:, : '; 'R. V Knight, J. Oddie,'.E.


■ Weaver, R: Eden, . M. Askew,, M.


: ; Sm i t h. ;;.The - war . ". memorial whist and. ' ■. domino drive will be ■ : held in the village


: ■


' hall on December - 18th at 7-30p.m.. 'y '


CHATBURN


Jackson,.Gents - J. Everyone who Traynor,


^


v'lect a form from ;,:;eithert|ie post office,; f or Porters Butchers. 5


. to be a huge success. Residents dressed for poems like the “Owl and the Puss Cat” for everyone’s amusement." \ Great fun was had by . . . . . ■ residents, staff and-Wl r ,.: day care.visitors ofiPresident Mrs Dor­ een ; Smart'; and memberspf iClay- tonfle-Dale';' Wl have twice'yisited- Radio Lancashire.


CLAYTON-LE- DALE


the Manor House with . their "huge- pyjama party, in aid of Children in Need. : A pillow fight, an: : auction of promises The first-time was to and a singfa-long the “Ladies at with Steve, was fol­ lowed by a buffet tea and raised over £150 for the charity.


Lunch” programme hosted by Sally


Special event: A very special event


.Naden and Carol ' Turner, with guests Glyh-Strong and :. Michelle Clerk. .


was held at -i'the.Glyn Strong a press Manor House to cel-'' officer for the MOD


ebrate B il l’s dia­ mond. wedding; anniversary and to ■ raise money for


„ T CancerResearch. ■ B. attended.wore their:


best and staff, wore - wedding:dresses..'


table ; . flower arrangements were made by residents.


: Singing was pro'vid- :ed- - by Anna .[Woodruff and a tea


' dance followed the $;','evening’s buffet.


Choir concert! T h e . fund-raising - committee at Christ Church, Chatbufn; . .- ,„ i : , , .„ would'like.to thank’^


everyone; ■ who attended the per-.v formance ' ;of,; Haslingden Choir.L„..;,


____ _


. raised for church funds.


.


/Talent' '-.Today at 6-30 p.m..


, staff of the Manor - House has a huge show prepared'to} entertain residents}


had worked in Bosnia


and


Afghanistan. She spoke about some of her experiences in those war zones and about thevcondi- tions and difficulties of women in' those


There was cham-^;; j!?8i9.?Jf- pagne at the wed- Michelle Clerk was


ding reception and - originally a.Marks


<; and -Spencer man- : agement trainee who was promoted to Bangor, Northern Ireland and arrived there to the bomh-


- in g -o f : the^ High Street.


She';.now. runs the “Step Up Founda-


;.; tiqn” in Blackpool, ; which-.i-jiinspires


.: teenagers from all sorts- .of *' back­ grounds.-


fnends. Ihe Christ- - mas number ones ' wilrb'e performed


on Friday when’a ^ are £2 at the door. total of £430 was


j CHIPPING


. The audience enjoyed^,- -a varied repertoire L-hriStmaS ta if


- from the choir with Are you still strug-


' musical ; director gling for ideas for, Susan Hargreaves and an excellent


. soloist in Maureen Kelly.


- Refreshments were served at the inter­ val.'


Senior citizens The Christmas party . for senior, citizens in ' Chatburn will be


iv-: ; held on Saturday, D e c em b e r -1 3 th


Christmas, if so why not. gO:,along to Chipping Village Hall o'in Sunday to the annual Christ-; mas fair,-open from 2 p.m. There will be a variety of.stalls, sellingyC.hristmas


toys, cheese • and , Christmas cards.


to; take part in the Steve Royle show to


and .treasurer Mrs Vivienne Dugmore took along some


. scones, home-made bramble jelly and a Victoria sandwich cake for the presen­ ters to sample. The goodies received the stamp of approval and were greatly appreciated.


DOWNHAM


plants and wreaths, Q o n c e r t ! jewellery, cakes, ^ concert entitled


- from.4: to 7 p.m. CBTW3Sh ■ - : . - '“ Anyone wishi'ng to Chipping Scout group r attend should col- ; , will be washing cars:


:‘‘Christmas Words and Music” bySere- nata will be held in St ' Leonard’s Church, -Downham,-


visit was


‘ 4. ! O'- 1 , talk about the WI: ; - Vice-president Mrs


Joan;Mottershaw'


at Chipping's Christmas fair on Sunday - to V raise money.'.'Tor club funds.'The car wash, will start at 11-30 a.m; and continue throughout ?':-.the afternoon so if you have a dirty car just turn up on the vil­ lage hall car park and leave it to the lads to make your carshine." . ’


onrSaturday at 7-


■ p.m. Refreshments will be served after - the .performance.'.


Tickets' available' ... from!Downham


^Advent service: The baptism of Sofia Rose Pickles formed


: , part of the Advent Sunday Christingle service conducted by . Canon Rodney Nicholson in St Leonard’s Church, Downham, on Sun­ day morning.


Mrs Cate McNulty, of Liverpool, the regional community


, fund-raising manag­ er for the Children’s Society, involved some of the children from the congrega-' : tion to explain


' aspects of the soci­ ety’s work.


Christingles were


ed out to all the childen with suit­ able hymns and prayers being siing and said. . i'. .'-.


explained andJiand- The service was con- • MacDonnelL and ’ ladira’ team Won 5-4'^ are every^Monday,,-*^™ 6r30rt'o'i7-i5;pi'm® ?


I • j - J U A rvu ■ evening Mrs ■ GilI-ii:Par.tfidge. while the;-'; Brown


against;.-;, - Judge' Walmsley. -.


Guest organist was;n-Josie Guthrie. The Mrs Dorothy Bre’w-;'L lessons were


'er, who has stepped in while the usual organist is -._6n maternity leave.' * •} „ The collection will^be' . J 4. J ^ - .rtu-i-


enjoyed by all after. the service.___


enioved^bV'all after, 1 ■ ' fl.-’' GISBURN


Mrs , Marg^et^jge^l-gh^gS Hogg, ..Mrs,,.;E^^ Tomlinson r^ r sy /jg -^^^^


■Kr- ■■•■■


drens Society.and-' mincevpies...were- ' 1


donated to the Ghil-^ dren’s So'cietyiand^


HARROP FOLD


phd 3 ,recton-^Coffee^^^^^


'^"j^i?^*/,'^’-^V?^^''''bc'8btening aware- White Hor^ 7-5. Md the flautist w as ,. ^ggg gf (.jje impor- P a n tom im e


__ -im-u,; -7 k local prdducers“and


the.; children o f ' members of L ow : -;'Moor,':Club,


has Gill


refreshments were;::servedafterwards;^fe^4;Ki^ ' •


!f'


^^yOffCC,breHk..;;;^T7 the Rev Alan'Reeve -Cl 4.1. nL •'


,heen cancelled due -.to lack of interest.- ,


•--- • * »*■ I- -■ -r.WMVOOlUlU-H jrwu aiC '• .Christmas party fo .


826378 as soon as - ’^"® s.The committe „e is : now plannming


^ not already. sign^ th e children on L n : - - ^ | ‘®Wr ght o n 9hn?tmaspartyfor ' Christmas pa ' To attend and receive


Father Clmistm^i^,r was guest speaker,’: ttfe mainly'young be present at the jJaccompam^ by his;- a-udience-,: ' , who


-was well received by .. ^..., MITTON


Christmas' coffee-.^.wJe M ^ o t at B^ar-r attended the puppet_____________ morning on Satur-'?rop Fold Gh^^


, .


" Festival :'<j: -:_Hall. Home-made cakes,'


- raffle and tombola with the 2009 Gis- burn WI. calendar


GRINDLETON


Jacob’s join Grindleton, ' WI’s Christmas meeting is on -’December 11th, so members are reminded to


day from 10,a:m. to ;'.FellowshipiJ^:'He ^pijjall.‘ Skilful noon in Gisburnv,v spoke of.his recent ^ 'j^anipulatb^ of


»nuSIC vis it to ■Eth'i'dpia, ; puppetsandaliveljr ^’^eing held atrthe night is


.The congregations^, script, drew in thdseV«'^P*"^ Arms,’M%; was challenged.by,.},, .^^tching this enterr' -^^®^’ ®®*-^'Tlm^sda;y Alan's powerful ' - address.


on sale.- Everyone Tonight at 7-45 p.m/ w e l c o m e ,^ :^ there will be a pres­ entation by-Chris


ston, accompanied Knowle Green Vil- ,I^i,riheroe lage Hall, will be held on Sunday at 3 p.m. •.


S S S f S :


by Mr Dave Nelson' on the piano.


; bring food for the Jacob’s join supper and a. C h r i s t m a s . -parcel to the value O h n S tm aS .fa ir ;';'


HURST GREEN


. of-£2 for the lucky St John's Christmas dip (only buy,one if , fair takes place'on you bring one).


Mrs Beryl Thornber .will demonstrate .“Scrapbooking”. Members are asked - to bring a two inch : square photograph ’


,: -or picture of a win- ’ , . ter scene and £2 for


Whist drive Whist and dominoes


» S S l i i " .


lage Hall on'Mon- day at 7-30 p.m..


Saturday from-11- 30 a.m. to 2-30 p.m. .The Memorial Hall biscuits. - will .be transformed Lunch concert into, a Christmas The. ever popular market.place with' r Christmas luncheon all the tastes a'nd concert, in Knowle smells of a tradi- Green Village Hall


Admission is i l . including 40.


class at Pendleton ■Village Hall, starts ing at 7-30 p.m. Please can all mem-'


tional yuletide. ^ • will be held a week. Well done to both'of


bers.dress approp'rK a t e l y / ' ' ' ............'


taining"one mari’’:i'.?™“* ® P-”*- show. ,


;.Richards6h .theJife) ;' of Martin Luthen 'pjj The speaker on Sun- _


KNOWLE GREEN


pince pie and glass PENDLETON “ y“ ‘„ Y°H.ng fe™ers Young


Farmers’ , .Club enjoyed an interest­


ing talk by Heatoer Coar oh her discov­ ery trip to New


was giveii by Hazel .Lonsdale. : ; and


^


>L6f mulled'wine as .^ybii listen::’/ ‘ .


very Christmas fair and coffee morning last Saturday. ThereVas a good variety of stalls and trade was brisk.


to the many chil­ dren who had their Christmas wish list.


nnwI-Tr Tr .aW tionv.'please- ring ''ton ” Recreation a'; ■


o;-------- 'iday , December I s ® S S ° l t f e e ' d -


[’transfer tO:GuidesJ"fl 0 0 CIUD ; ' Forfuri;her inf6niS-;l;W^ in Riming-


pack? A number^f -S.. Brownies at: Simonr'#-’' stone and.Read are approaching, vlOy years-old/rthe'age .when


B rpwhies


Associa tion’s monthly 100 Club


draw for November £50 -


- C. and D. Wood. SABDEN


; Father Lights


; Christmas was:in.Sabden's Christmas his grotto listening . tree lights and crib


'Coffee-and mince pies were served and . over £900 was ' raised for the M U,.'


..funds. Thanks to- everyone ': • who" helped in any -yvay and those from the two villages 'who attended.


RIBCHESTER M . » S Of Elb»


will be switched on at 6-30 p.m. on Sun­ day by.Sabden Pri­ mary School's new head teacher, Mrs .Titchiher.The event ■will also be attended by; the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. John- and Mrs Phillipa Hill, who will join -village'folk singing ■ carols accompanied by the Earby Brass Band. Holme Committee


History Society ..'o chaihnari Mrs Dilys "tembers ot-Ribch--./.Day./, wishes


ester History-Soci- - /thaiik'all the people ety met at/the... ’whd, helped with


D i,


Ribchester Arms to putting the tree up hear Mr Jim H a lsa l lp n a.very bitter Sat- give an animated-; 'urday morning, and talk based on a local/: , to Hacking's Cara- series of Edwardian,yans,of Billington, postcards." These -who -have: kindly, had originally been;:’ donated a tree again taken with a plate-; ’ this year./The Rev. camera .between -. -Jim Holt will lead 1906 and 1913 by a ; the service. • ;


to The trip to.a,pan-,-'‘>'^s‘a''«"8? Guide^” ^ ^ ^ RIMINGTON


duced.by.th® rector ; Clare Hind led the Rey.,.Canon,D.’ ,;-q .idiscussion-


W. Mewis,'organist " -Living! • -L^'ocal” The pool team-beat ‘the old school hall, f *®*’ was-Mr.J.'E.-'Pve .


the materials pro- Qarol SSfViC© yided, if they wish "pijere will be a carol


to participate. The:, .gervice in St Peter's competition will.be


: for - a'.. Chistmas cracker joka


(Post Office or tel. Advent service ’ 01200445401;'


St Ambro'se Church,


Church, ;• Stony- hurst,- on Wednes-


*day at .7 p.m. This service is open to the public to join in .


’.Grindleton, was in-- ^■with this traditional semi-darkness for - Christmas worship. ■


_


the start of the Wl’cked pud Advent carol service


on Sunday evening. Green - WI were The Paschal Candle


was lit and the light passed to the can­ dles of the choir and the congregation.


Church, Bolton-by- Bowland and St Ambrose, sang a selection of Advent carols including “Come and see the shining hope” which had the accompani­ ment of . tam­ bourines for the last chorus. .: ,


The joint choir of St -Ricked puddings and Peter and.St Paul s ^ine were also on


treated to a deli­ cious feast of hot food made by the committee at the annual meeting.


today at noon.This special concert will feature the Scott "Brothers Duo, makr ing - a welcome


Clitheroe’s debating teams for qualifying through to the hotly


-contested;:. semir finals.' ’ ' '


programme of duets The -’ meeting . of for four hands at one piano. To book ;, tel. 01254 826948.; The concert today will be a recital by students


• of


Chetham’s School of Music in Manches­ ter.


- . LOW MOOR Help needed


the menu as p'r'esi-.-QI^^ dent Mrs Barbara


Mrs Fran-, Aherne 'drew 6-6 with Chat-- years old’„who.vis took . ! members


Herd gave a'review-;'- snooker A team,'.,^.are looking-for. a of another success- >- beat Slaidburn.8-4. y o u n g l e a d e r ful year. Treasurer -


.


St • PeterfSj'.’ Simon- stone'Ist'Brownies


.


team-.'between 14 and 16 , -interested-in train-;


through the healthy In the darts match ,» -irig for the Leader- accounts, -and to ■ : the men. won.,,7-3 a ship Training Quali- round off-^:-;the-::-’ againsti Dog-;andj,;;;fication in Guiding.-;


: Blackburn, father : and son, the Shaws, - -who. were profession- - .-al photographers.


return with a festive tTlistOfy. gfOUp *v. Pendleton Histori-'w


The:'quality; of the .-•original plate? was


..... ....... ^ __ : ;so ;gbod;-'that Mr been


cal ’ Society- takes ^ple to convert them , place next' Thufs'-^ >


day, at 7-30 p.m. in: -'d istan ce from Mr the village hall when o Alan Ormand,


!!. slides, and with


Mr Duncan Arm- pansh council clerk, strong will give a talk.


to enlarge-details from many of them. Many of the views were well-known to members 'of the audience, who were encouraged to com­ ment on the changes that had obviously taken place since the photos were ■taken.


This dialogue, com- . bined with Mr Hal- sall’s animated com­ ments, made a lively


^ ® meetinv ^ii , Fair


’sThe annual Christ- maS' fair:/at ■ St Nicholas's Church


■ on Saturday proved ■ popular with, its


■ change to a morn­ ing opening and the church .’hall was


'. - packed with stalls selling.', out very early.’!


■Rev. Brian Steven-


. son and Rose Queen .Natalie Bristol and her attendants who


. sang two Christmas ■ carols to get people into the festive spir­ it. ;■


■


There were numerous ■ stalls and refresh­ ments and it raised more than last year, an impressive £2,100. The first


er, was won ,by Sabden's White was won


Kirby Gough and bonus ball winners


• were Dave Slipper, -David Bruce and Susan.Cropper.


Services St Mary's RC Church weekend Masses for the sec­ ond week of Advent are 6 p.m. Saturday when a guitarist


Sunday, both taken by Fr Peter Birm-


- ingham. The Rev. B. Knight will lead the 9-30 a.m.


Eucharist at St Nicholas's Parish


■ Church on Sunday and Graham Bald­ win will take the 10 atm. service at' the Baptist Church.


Society Sabden Horticultural Society's annual school bulb growing


shown how to plant bulbs in pots by Mr and Mrs Clarkson and Mr Boocock, and had taken the pots home to watch their progress over the winter. Mr Boocock said the children had been very enthusiastic; about the project.


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SABDEN


" Will be held'on Fri­ day, March 20th, at the Shireburn Arms, Hurst Green. Details and book/


.: ing from Mrs Betty ■ Clarkson, on 01282 .-772762.-


Quiz


A Christmas quiz night will be held in St Nicholas's.^ Church Hall tomor­ row at 7-30 p.m. _


Itjvasopened^by the The church' Christ^: mas fair w ill-h e


St Mary’s


prize in the grand Race flight I n i ’ r The race night at


opened on Saturday by Father. Christ/ mas at 2 p.m. in the; hall. Teas will be served and there will be Christmas stalls, gifts and cakes, toys and plants and wreaths and bric-a-hrac. The grand draw, with the £100 first prize, will be drawn.


Hart pub proved a ' huge success. The pub was packed and £562 was raised for football club funds. It was a very enjoyable evening and thanks go to those who supported the event and sponsored, races.


and singer will take NightSafe


part, and 10-30 Tinned food and toi- a.m.


Another wonderful village show


ONCE again the village of producer, music, lighting, lot. Keep going and I’m HurstGreenhasproduceda.’. sound,*wardrobe, scenery, -looking forward to next


wonderful show. , props - even the ladies sell- year’s show. .


The whole cast of ■S'AIaddin; ing raffle tickets. .Village life - under the Sea”-was great - is good when you’ve got you


letries are wanted to help the home­ less and needy at Christmas. A col- « j lection for Night- AOVeflT safe in Blackburn Special ecumenical which helps the meeti-ngs . ' for


space around the stamps.


homeless is,being organised by Mrs Carol Mellows. Tins and other, items can be left at St Nicholas's Church, or the other


village


churches, or with parishioners.


competition is S t em p S


ensure that they have the correct postage. The chari-. ty. Occupy Till I Come" helps the WI./'; ' -‘ needy at home and A delightful evening abroad.Please leave entitled.


SIMONSTONE “An evening with Spell- ,wi;


Advent have begun Spellbound was not a at St Mary's Pres - ' on witches, but


b'ytery in Whalley Road ,and will con­ tinue on Wednes­ day, "December 10th, and the fol­ lowing 'Tuesday,-. December 16thj at 7r30 p.m. All wel- come.


■underway. Thechil- An appeal is going FlOOdlightS • dren have been out from Mrs jj y ^


Eileen Pearson for ^ donate to the more used postage


stamps for her coU lection to help char­ ity. They can he left at St Nicholas's Church or at 4 Alston Close., If


: people send pack­ ages of stamps through the pqst w ill /th ey -please


Fire at dog kennels


FIREFIGHTERS 'were called out to dog kennels off Trough Road, Dunsop Bridge,' on Saturday.; .;


: "i Two fire engines attended the small fire, which started at 8-46 p.m., but a local resi­ dent had a lr ead y , ex t in ­ guished it with a pressure,


■ washer. Firefighters chewed the scenewith a thermal imaging camera to ensure it. was safe and free from hot


, spots. An investigation is ongoing.


MATHS wizards at Stony- . hurst College will pit their , wits against some of the. •: country’s best young brains: a fter w in n in g ,th e N o r th ^ West heat of a, n a tion a l 1. mathematics challenge.: . ,<; Pupils at Stonyhurst took :.


part in a competition organ-- ised by the United King- • dom Mathematics Trust and scored-154 points out of’... a possible 180. ■


! The event-was hosted by if, Lancaster U n iv e r s ity a t , :


Stonyhurst and the final . will.be staged.in London,;; with prizes presented by;: Professor '.'Marcus-’ ’ du : Sautoy.


-.'. :The S ton yh u r s t pupilS:, will go on to' represent the f North West of England at ■ the finals next February.:; .


;


i ’ .The pupils, Joe Lea (cap­ tain), Pawel.Rzemeineicki, H a ru k i .; T Kawano." and Alamin D a g g a sh 'b ea t a team frpm-Rossal school by!/ 23 points.- Other, schools ini;


the strong field included; Lancaster Royal Grammar School, QEGS Blackburn,' Casterton, Giggleswick and; Arnold. V In the individual maths; challenge medal winners from S ton yh u rs t were: James Chiu, Padraig Alton,


. Przemek Gotfryd, Constan­ tin Landers, Lucy. Wang


; Silver-medals went to ! John Leung, Andrea Yung,;


Joe Lea, Vivian Tong and Abby -Xu. Bronze medals i were also awarded, to: Win-.


' ston Obi, Anson Leung, - Tony Lee, Mark Millrine ' and Ayodeji Dabiri. ■


;•• “. • “This was a fantastic;


’ result,-and well done to the pupils for all their:Lard


: and - Marc.-Lessman.who ■ won gold medals. ■


. work,” said Mr.Rawkins, Head of Mathematics. “We : are all looking forward to ’ the finals of the competition ; in February.”


beautiful films shown by Annie Binns and Gordon Sharpe depicting some of the best views shot in the Ribble Valley. Some wonderful pictures of Switzerland in winter and others of winter wonderland. N o t a -witch in sight! .


LAURA QUINTON, Clithcroe


January 15th at 7- in Diinsop Bridge 30 p.m. in Simon- Village Hall (not at stone Old School. Slaidburn Village Members will be Hall as usual) at 7- notified but other 30 p.m. ■


_ ; bound”, was had by 773060.


ladies would be wel- Whist drive come if they con- -winners at the whist Sue Ogden on and domino drive held in Slaidburn


members of Simon- Everyone is invited , Village Hall were:, stone with Read


Singers’ “Prelude to Barker, M. Christmas” in St ■ E d'mundson,G. John’s Church, Parker, E.Treland, Read, on Monday, 'S. Hogg.


Readstone -whist, D. Hogg, E. '


December 15th at Domino winners: G. 7-30.. p.m. An Berry, R. Knight, evening of carols ' y. Giles, A. Pickard, and readings will be 'J. Oddie, A. Fox, rounded off-with ; M. Berry, F. Giles, sherry and mince Raffle: S. Hogg, F. pies and hopefully a Taylor,’M. Briggs, generous collection for Multiple Sclero­ sis.:.-;/-. /.,■’ ■


SLAIDBURN


cost'-.of ! Sabden There . were- three Parish : Church entries for the com-' . . . being floodlit on . petition for a Pen- Dlfigo ! winter evenings, die Limerick which Slaidburn : Young


wonderful glow, will; members, they please leave it No meeting in with Bernard December the next Parfitt of Pendle-. will be the birthday- side Close.. '4 ;


/s.party onThursday,'


F. Giles, C. Lawson, M. Bolton,' E. Barker, J. Kenyon, E. Booth and D. Knight. '


WADDINGTON u, H


giving the village a were appreciated b y ;. Farmers attended ollVeP u a n d -, ’


’ the annual bingo at Slaidburn Silver Newton ' Village : Bahd ah(l St Helen’s


Hall on Monday. Church Christmas Next week's meetr -. raffle will be held ing is "Top Teams"- ’ tonight in'Wadding-


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ton Social Club at 7- 30 p.m. ,


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Church service The service on Sun­ day in West Brad­ ford Methodist Church at 2 p.m. ■ will be led by Mr


. Alan - Bowles. Everyone welcome.


WHALLEY


New lamp A new lamp for Our- ■ Lady was blessed by the children at the English Martyrs


; RC Church on Sun­ day morning. Con­ structed of wrought iron by The Forge at


. Simonstone, the lamp, which incor­ porates a lily, has


A bucket has been put out to collect donations to buy flowers to decorate the church over Christmas.


'been placed on the wall next to 'the mediaeval statue of Our Lady of 'Whal- ley.


Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, December 4th, 2008 .1 7 to helping on 10 half


. dents . may • ring Terry ; on 01254- 822103.


The next session is on February-1st.


Winners At Saturdays senior .citizens


social


evening whist win­ ners were: Ladies - P. 'Wooff and H. Hardy. Gents - J. Hull and J. 'Walms- ley. Dominoes - J. Pitlovitz and E. ■ Grindley. ■


Dramalogue A- must for several years for members


■ of Whalley and Dis­ trict Archaeological and Historical Soci­ ety, the latest dra­ malogue to be pre­ sented by Lizzie Jones is on Thurs­ day, December 11th, in Whalley Abbey at 8 p.m.


At the last meeting, an insight into the intelligence system during the . last


. world war was given by Ron Challen.


Anyone wishing to join should contact Helen Hardy on 01254822988.


Baking Donations of home baking are reque'st- ed for the Parish Church Christmas Fair to be held in the Primary School on Saturday. Those bringing produce are asked to take items to the stall before the opening at 10-30 a.m.


Other stalls include hyacinths ■ and plants, gifts - but not^bric-a-brac - toys and books. Father Christmas •hopes to arrive and a games room will be set out.


The following morn­ ing a cooked or con-


- tinental breakfast will be served in the school by the men of the parish at 9 a.m.


Last surgery The final surgery of • the year run by bor­ ough councillors


■ Terry Hill and ;■ Joyce Holgate is on


- Saturday from 10- ' 30 a.m. until 11-30 in the village hall. No appointment is necessary and resi-


Goat gift Instead of giving cards to each other, children at Whalley Primary School are again asked to send one card to the class and make a dona­ tion of 50p which will go towards the purchase of a goat for a village in Africa through an Oxfam scheme.


Any surplus over £25 received in a goat shaped box which will tour classrooms, will . go to the Bethany Project.


In other news from the school, as part of the chess tourna­ ment for schools in the North West, the Whalley team played host to a


. team from St Matthew's School, Aughton, who have recently played in Cologne. The visi­ tors won 4i2.


More volunteers are ■ needed for the Right Start programme to


. teach children about pedestrian safety. Training will be given for volunteers who need to commit


; days next year..


Bars of. chocolate for a stall at the Christ­ mas fair on Satur­ day are requested'to be handed in today or tomorrow.


There is no. after school service today because of Pickwick Nighti


Voluntary contribu­ tions of £1.50 per child in a'named, sealed envelope, are requested tor The Electricity Show tomorrow after­ noon.


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Choir notes Valley -Voices choir will rehearse as usual on-Monday night from 7-30 p.m; at English Martyrs'


■ RC Church, 'The Sands, Whalley.


The next engagement is a concert at the Manor House,


. Chatburn, on Mon­ day, December 15th.


After that the choir will take a break until the first Mon­ day in the New Year.


Inquiries about mem­ bership or booking the choir to 01254 824312. ■


Amnesty cards Next to the Fairtrade stall at -Whalley Methodist Church is a list supplied by . Amnesty Interna­ tional of people


. imprisoned for reli­ gious or polical beliefs. If you want to write to any of these people there are guidlines about to whom letters should be sent and


• what to write. Worship on Sunday morning o n . the theme of "Running the race" will be led by the Thursday housegroup. There will be no house- group or prayer meeting evening.


this


A print by John Chapman of "Whal­ ley in Winter" and packs of Christmas cards featuring the same painting are available from the back of the church,


■ raising funds for the East Lancashire Hospice. •


Theft charge//


LANGHO teenager Simon Mark Bury was remanded on bail by Blackburn magistrates charged • with theft of games consoles and ■. games worth £1,135, a gold chain and pendant worth £250 and a lap­ top; computer worth. £350, all belonging to his mother, Carolann . Bury. >


;■ Bury (18); of Rogersfield, previ­ ously, had conditions attached to


’ his bail prohibiting him from con­ tacting his mother or entering the Ribble Valley. However, these con­ ditions were lifted after the prose- .


. cutor spoke to the defendant’s par- ■ ents, who -were in court. -


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