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14 Clitheroe Advertiser &Times, Thursday, October 9th, 2008


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Friends '


■The meeting ;, of . - Friends and Neigh-


. •; hours, in Bolton-by- . 'Bowland,- '- was opened by. Mrs Maggie Morgan. : Member, the very tal-


• . ented Mrs Glaire . Dakin, spoke about her studies of cre-


. Legion is organising a -winter quiz night in Waddington


: Bowling and Social ' Club on Tuesday, November 11th at 7-30 p.m.- Tickets cost £5 and include


: a hot-pot:supper.. ■ There >^1 be a raffle


. : and all funds raised will be sent to the RoyaL; British Legion ■ : Poppy Appeal to support.


■ : ative embroidery at :. City.; and ■ Guilds level and showed a stunning display of her work and files of> course work. She fol- lowed this by a demonstration of felt-making which was enjoyed enor­ mously by everyone. Mrs Pat Duckworth expressed thanks to .Mrs Dakin . on,


- behalf ol members. Trips for members to join'include,-.The. Witches of East- wick which is on Wednesday, and almost full, but plenty of seats are


. available for the trip . to see Mary Poppins in February.;; A shopping trip, to- Harrogate is being


. ‘ organised in Decem­ ber. . . r ‘ .


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The annual in-vitation party is being held on \ . ■ Saturday, November 8th. The list for offers of food for' refreshments was circulated and help was requested during the after­ noon and evening to serve the food and clear away.


Carol singing dates are Sunday, Decem­ ber 7th and 14th


• and the charities to be supported this year agreed.


-Thanks were expressed to the hostesses and mem­ bers reminded that there will be no meeting in Novem­ ber. The next meet­ ing in the village hall will be on Wednesday, Decem­ ber 3rd, which is a chocolate tasting party presented by


. Coco Moyo. .■ CHATBURN


Quiz night


Chatburn and Dis­ trict Branch of the Royal British


': serving and ex-serv- , ice personnel.-The Chatburn-branch includes, members from Bolton-by Bowland, Down- ham, Grindleton, Sawley


and


Waddington who are all invited together with non­ members ', and friends.


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The format is'teams -. of four, but teams . can be made up on the night if neces­ sary.


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Contact Philip' Hod- son, Mandy Bren­ nan or phone.01200. 429062.:If anyone


' has transport diffi­ culties and. needs a , lift let them know. ■


Fellowship!'; ; The meeting of Chat- burn; Methodist Church Women’s


• Fellowship; . was 'opened—b y . ■ Mrs ■Doris. Giles who


. 'introduced speaker • the ''-Rev. Ann Hardacre,


o f . CHIPPING Wildlife


Members and guests .of .Chipping WI were welcomed by


■ Mrs Margaret Gar- 'dener. She intro-


■ duced- Mr Peter Smith who gave a fascinating talk and slide presentation on


"Wildlife


Through the Sea­ sons".


A competition for an autumn photograph was won by Mrs Margaret Whitaker.


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•Mrs Pam Gornall and Mrs Hilda Cliffe won the raffle and the birthday. ..flowers were pre-


. sented to Mrs Gilly- j, Thompson. The birthday party will be held on Octo-


.'her 22nd at Alston Hall and'the next


; meeting on Novem- 'berSth." .


History society


Members of Chipping Local History SocU ety enjoyed a busy, and varied pro-, gramme during the summer. . These included a visit to


Clitheroe. Mrs* Hardacrc spoke about her life in Hull as an only child of elderly par­ ents.- Her.mother was a Methodist and her father a Baptist. She went to Sunday school in an Anglican church and loved every minute. She became a Sunday School teacher, but went through a number of personal tragedies before going, to Durham University to study theology. - She married Tim and they have two sons.


Mrs Hardacre was thanked by Mrs


: Giles and Mrs Mar­ jorie; Wilkinson accompanied the singing.


The next fellowship on Wednesday is an outing to the Grand in Clitheroe by invi­ tation of Age Con­ cern.


the site of the Chip­ ping Army Camp, a history day at Duxbury Park, walks around Thomley and Tarn- brook and a -visit to Liverpool, Euor- pean Capital of Cul­ ture.


The winter pro­ gramme


com­


menced with an evening visit to The


■ British Commercial Vehicle Museum, at Lcyland, which is dedicated to pre­ serving the history of the road trans­ port industry in the UK.


The first indoor meet­ ing is on Tuesday, October 21st at 7-45 p.m. in St Mary's Community Hall,


' when Mr Stephen Sartin, will talk on “The Living Condi­ tions in Victorian Preston”. New members and visi­ tors will be most welcome.


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CLAYTON-LE- DALE


Institute


President of Clayton- le-Dale WI Mrs Doreen Smart, was pleased to welcome 35 members and -vis­ itors to the annual open meeting. .


_ Speaker, Mrs Isobel Hamid,'spoke about the- “Life - of an Egyptian Woman.” She explained she w^


■. born in Bolton and following marriage and shortly after the birth of her daugh­ ter she went to live


; in Cairo for five years, where she became fluent in


-. Arabic. She lived as • an-Egyptian woman :and . observed


'. Ramadan, though : she is Jewish. She taught from 1978


: to 1983, and set up a secretarial training


' unit:from scratch without any assis-


. tance. Mrs Hamid spoke- about the hard life of the village girls,. living in mud houses alongside the ani-' mals. It was normal for them to marry at 12 and, when pregnant, to have scans in order to abort female foetus­ es. They were the maids of all work and their treatment seemed to be very cruel.


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She also' brought along some very colourful kaftans', some of which were very intricately dec­ orated.


Thanks were expressed to Mrs Hamid by Mrs Joan Mottershaw.


A competition for an Egyptian souvenir, was won by Mrs Valerie Jefferson, Mrs Joan Motter­ shaw,-Mrs Helen Hebden. ■ ,


Members were asked to consider, whether they would like a


': change of venue for ■ future meetings and the feasibility-of ■ • preparing a resolu-


• tion for the Nation- .. al Federation. •Raffle winners; Mrs .: Gill McDonnell and Mrs Lucy Wilkin-


■ son, of Hurst Green ■Wr, Mrs Marie Devoy, Mrs Kathryn Wildraan, of Billington and Langho WI and Mrs Joan Pember-


.ton.


The evening was rounded off with a delicious buffet sup­ per and thanks were extended to every-


‘ one who helped in anyway with spe­ cial .thanks to 'WI adviser, Mrs Anne Royle, who did the


: washing-up. DOWNHAM


Gookeryclub


Downham Cookery -. Club members were treated to a demon-


■ stration by Michael Heathcote, chef proprietor of the Duke of York, Grindleton, at their last session. The lively and informa­ tive session started with delicious chick-


' en liver parfait and special handmade thin croutons passed around for nibbles.


Michael’s main demonstration was boning a chicken leg and stuffing it with a mixture of chicken breast, seasonal mushrooms and herbs and rolled in cling-film to form a


• ballotine. Poached ■ in the cling-film to preserve flavour and


-then pan fried and cooked in the oven, it was served to an appreciative audi­ ence with mashed potato and cabbage. All appreciated the experienced chef’s ‘insider’ tips and ideas.


The next demonstra­ tion and tasting will be Jan Curtis of C h e e s i e •Tchaikovsky on ■. Wednesday, October


. 22nd at 6-30 p.m. Tickets are £7.50 for this session on


' baking the best bread and choosing


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• the nicest, cheese- please pre-book on 440492 .


or Garden club


Members of Down­ ham Garden Club were given an inter­ esting talk and slide show by Mr Jerry Stephen, of Poulton le ^Ide, his subject “The Wild Flowers of the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall”. Mr Stephen described a journey through the Cornish approaches then by helicopter to the Scillies and a sail around them.


. Along the way. he showed scenery, flowers and birds, giving a vivid pic­ ture of the isles and their wild life.


Members were reminded about the Christmas dinner on December 4th. The next meeting is on November 6th, at 7- 30 p.m. in the vil­ lage hall when the speaker will be member and florist, Mrs Kath Kenyon, on Christmas deco­ rations.


Calendars


Downham Village Hall calendars for 2009, depicting 12 views in and around Downham and Twiston, are now on sale and, at £5 to parish residents, they will make ideal Christmas gifts. They are selling well to visitors to the -vil­ lage at their retail price of £5.95 from the post office, pre­ school and Assheton Arms.


Harvest Canon the Rev. Rod­ ney Nicholson wel-


• corned everyone to the harvest family service in St Leonard’s Church, Downham, on Sun­ day. A baptism was part of the service and children offered their harvest gifts. Organist was Mrs


Adele Pridding and refreshments were served after the service. A harvest


; collection was taken for the Bishop of


■ Blackburn’s Appeal for the people of


Mali. GISBURN Young farmers


Members of Gisburn YFC .were Vinners of the annual Sem­ ple Trophy judging event held at Tewitt Hall by kind per­ mission of Mr and Mrs K. Whitwell for the original Settle


' Region of YFC clubs.


The winning team of eight members was: Dan White, Richard


- Hartley, Joseph Ormerod, Michael Newbould, Luke


■ Mellin, Tom Bol- land, Chris Thomp­ son and Bethany Harper.


Luke Mellin won the Individual Points Trophy.


YFC meetings are held on Monday nights in the Festi­ val Hall at 7-30 p.m. unless otherwise stated.


New members always . "welcome


GRINDLETON Waste paper


The usual waste paper collection will take place in Grindleton today. Contributions of newspaper, maga­ zines, junk mail and cardboard can be left in the enclosure at the top of Back Lane, near the chapel wall.


This is a fund-raising effort by Grindleton WI members.


Full house


There was standing room only for the harvest festival service in St Ambrose Church, Grindleton on Sun­ day conducted by the rector, the Rev. Canon D.W. Mewis who also gave the address. During the singing of the first hymn, harvest gifts were presented by the pupils of the pri­ mary school and members of the con­


gregation. Pupils sang two' songs “Beautiful World” arid ‘Picture ; of Autumn” and chil-


■ dren from Years 5 :and-6 told the con­ gregation'.about .“Harvest of Our-


■ selves”. The collec­ tion will go to the ■ harvest charity


■ .“Sightsavers Inter­ national”.


Afterwards the smell of bacon and onions tempted people into


. the parish room for brunch and the grand gourmet draw was .made.. First prize of a hamper was won by Andrea Wilkinson. The raf­ fle made over £400 for church funds.


Silent auction


A week tomorrow a cheese and wine evening will be held


;in Grindleton School hall at 7-30 p.m.


There will also be a silent auction of items and promises and already there are many; interest­ ing lots for auction as well as some good' promises.


Any offers of goods or promises please tel.


-the- rectory - on '441154. . ■


• with the a s s is t^ . . of Shackletons,^^! an appeal for dona­ tions has been sent out. Where possible these will be collect- 'ed on Friday, Octo­


ber 17th, but if not,


. event. WI The next meeting for


your donations can be left at the Buck Inn. Please support this popular village


. Grindleton WI will ..; be, on Thursday 'October 16th. Please note the- change of date. Members are asked to bring a plate of


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Members • of the Youth Club, parents


■ and , volunteers en jo y ed '. a trip around Blackpool


' Illuminations last Friday evening. Afterwards they travelled on to Bis- pham for a hot-chip supper. Thanks to all those :who helped • -with the trip.


^ndwiches for sup- j per, following the annual meeting.


. HARROP FOLD


Fellowstiip Guest speaker at Har-


■ rop Fold Fellowship ' was Ricardo Fer­ reira Cabral, who led worship, prayer and song. He spoke i about his outreach


- ministry with Reto. Reto opened its doors in Darwen in 2004 and is'a-house for people with alcohol


Enjoy ’ sampling appetising cheeses,: pates and wine while making your bids.


Tickets are £5 avail­ able from St Ambrose Church members or the rec­ tory.


Playing field


Grindleton Recre­ ation Ground AGM will be held in the


. parish room on Tuesday at 7 p.m. All are welcome to attend. The com­ mittee is always pleased to hear the views of those who use the recreation ground. It is also looking for people who are willing to help with particular events and who do not want to be full


• committee mem­ bers.


Bonfire night


There will be a bon­ fire and firework display on Grindle­ ton Recreation Ground on Wednes­ day, November 5th.


As usual there will be a fireworks display


; and drug problems. It is non-profit mak­ ing with a Biblical and Christian basis.


Over 40 people attended the fellow­ ship including men from the house and members of Elim Church, Blackburn. Afer the meeting


■ many stayed to i share a fellowship meal together.


Reto gratefully 1 receives donations I in the form of furni-1 ture, household items, bric-a-brac which are restored i and sold in charity shops to sustain the needs of the people involved in the pro­ gramme. For details tel 01200 447665.


Next . Sunday at 2 p.m. in Harrop Fold Chapel, the speaker is a former Indian guru; the Rev. Lex Thakur. He has appeared on Christ­ ian Tlf and minis-1 tered in Asia, Africa and the Holy Land.


A Bible and prayer session is held every Thursday evening


'at 7-45 p.m. This week’s leader is Mr j Rayrmond Moore.


School of Music are- to present a recital in Knowle Green ■Village Hall next 'Thursday for the first of the autumn series of lunchtime


Th°e"ciert starts at ^adies evening noon followed by Leonard’s CE Pri- lunch. Admission is


Panto! The next rehearsal for the pantomime, "Aladdin under the Sea”, will take place tonight at 7-30p.m.; for those in scenes 1-^ 7 and all dancers. It is imperative that everyone attends rehearsals as the performance dates are looming.


Village news


If you have any news about events in the village or reports of events which have taken place, please contact Nancy Bai­ ley 01254 826903 or n a n c y @ r iv e r s - mead.co.uk to see your news appear in this column.


£14 including luncheon, accompa­ nied children are £7 and for the concert only admission is £10 for adults. To book tel. 01254 826948.


Clitheroe lion A talk by Mr Stewart Lewis, in Knowle Green Village Hall, generated a great deal of local interest and many memories were revived of the lions that were kept in the corn mill at Alston, the rumor that the lions were to be kept in Dil- worth Bottoms and the burial of the parrot in the Knowle Green Bot­ toms. In his talk entitled, "The


ho. Parent Teachers Association are holding a fund-rais- ing Ladies Evening Ball on Thursday, Octo- Friends ber 23rd at 7-30 School p^.m., in- Mytton Fold Hotel, Langho. 'The


School Lang- evening


includes guest speaker 'The Bra Doctor” and a chil­ dren's fashion show plus many stalls and demonstrations of interest to ladies. Tickets £10, include cheese, pate and


entry into a free prize draw. Tickets can be obtained from Langho Post Office.


PENDLETON


Clitheroe Lion and i-. other ‘Tails’’ Mr Fun dancing Lewis spoke of these The Strictly


Whist drive Twentyrtwo tables were in play at a whist and domino


' p.ml and admission is £ 1, including tea and biscuits and all are most welcome.


. evening held r in Knowle Green Vil­ lage Hall. The next drive -will.be held on Monday..;at' 7-30


Local singer '


Tickets are available W a s t e p a p e r for a concert by Lor- The waste paper skip raine, in Knowle will be available on Green Village Hall on October 24th. They are £7 includ­ ing a pie,and peas supper obtained by tel. 01254 878447. ■ ________


The current students Proceeds to PTA from. Chetham’s funds.


Lunch concert


A JUNIOR football squad from Langho has made a surefoot­ ed start to the sea­ son with the help of a new sponsor.


Langho Juniors under-nines have


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been turning out in new kit sponsored by Newmans Footwear.


In their first three games of the new


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^son, they have n twice and ■ drawn once.


Picture here in their new kit, the team are: from the le f t ,' back row, Mark Bolton (assistant manager), William , Fildes; George Rus- sell-Carhey, Adam


Leonard’s CE Pri mary School, Lang­ ho, from tomorrow until Monday morning. All paper and card welcome.


events in his life as an Environmental Health Officer. The event raised over £90 for village hall funds.


The next talk will be


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Sabden to Trafford weekly classes are At Sabden Baptist Centre is on Tuesr for children aged Church, Tiiri and


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cooks from a very wide range of cuisines. Some of the chefs dress in the traditional cos-


re-started . They are held on ~Wednesdays in St Mary's Coni- munity Hall from 7- 30 to 9-30 p.m.


-------------- tymes of their cho-The class is suitable of R e a d !p f£ |° J g


arranged a ball on


Friday, October 17th at The Higher Trapp Hotel, Simonstone. It is open to anyone in Read and Simon- stone. Tickets are


office on 01282 771065 for details,


olive supper and'|-jg|-y0 s t


The harvest festival at St John’s Church, -


Read, will be held on Sunday. Children from Read . CE School will attend the 11 a.m. service and Key Stage years


events and other Dancing class in


on Monday, November 17th Society meets m the when local ladies hall at 7-30 p.m. “Doris and Elsie” Harvest lunch will be giving what Ladies of All Saints' should be a very Church, Pendleton,


humorous talk enti­ tled: “Still Alive and Kicking”.


____________ LANGHO


Pendleton Village Hall was postponed last week due to ill­ ness. However, the sessions will contin­ ue next Thursday at 7-45 p.m. as usual. Tonight the History Holy


Fun This Sunday is a Back to Church Sunday at all three services, so please bring a friend, maybe someone who has not attend-, ed church for some time.


Communion


\vill be at 9 a.m. and a joint harvest even­ song at 6-30 p.m.


harvest festival International service on Sunday. An International The excellent meal Night supper is was enjoyed by the congregation and Simon Read mes- nierized the diners with magic tricks.


provided a Jacob's Join lunch after the


RIBCHESTER .


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the car park at St The next item on the - ■ calendar is the Lan­


cashire Night on Tuesday, when Mr Mark Thornber will • show slides of old Clitheroe.- Tickets are available on 01200 426211- or


being held in St 'Wil­ frid's Church parish hall, Ribchester, on Saturday, October 18th at 7-30 p.m. This is an opportu­ nity for everyone in the village to join a social occasion and to sample cooking and food from all


round the world that has been pre-


Youngsters’ winning start to season pared by expert


have number! -Make sure you contact Peggy


878614 or Rose­ mary Sabben on 01772 783856 before they have sold out.


Ridge on 01254 on Local history


£25 which includes Ribchester Local His- a meal. Contact the tory Society meets


on October 29th, in the Ribchester Arms at 8 p.m. for the second event of its winter pro­ gramme. The cura­ tor of- Towneley Hall will be talking about the history and the families who have created this notable house. ..


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On Saturday, Novem­ ber 1st, Mr Bill Sharpies is holding a quiz night in Ribch­ ester Sports and Social Club at 7-30 p.m. Proceeds are in aid of the Rosemere Cancer Foundation which provides sup­ port for families as well as for those who have contracted the illness.


Tickets cost £2 per : person, payable at the door. Please reg­ ister your teams, of up to six playerSi with Bill Sharpies on 01254 878733.


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Coffee


The Macmillan Cof­ fee Morning held in Rimingtori Memor­ ial Institute raised


: £356.


'H wnrTd Organiser Toni Park- Hke" to


thank everybody -.who helped either by.donating goods or supporting the coffee morning on theday. .


Christmas fair Rimington Recre­ ation Association is ' holding a Christmas fair at the_White Bull, Gisburn, on Thursday. Novem­ ber.13th at 7-30 p.m. Stalls include Christmas produce, gifts, cards/,jewr. ellery and bags.


■ Anyone wishing to-| have a stall, contact Toni ■ Parker on 01200 445272


SABDEN


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Simon Brown • (manager).:


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Harry Newman, Taylor Linford, ;^ . . James Nightingale.


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can be contacted on Q^i children has SerVI.CeS 01282 455412 tor started on ~Wednes- The Rev. Chris Ster- S more information. days in St .Mary's ry will lead the 9-30


^ ^ hopping shopping trip from new class of Tai community Hall,


The annual ladies' Sabden^, from ^30 to 6-30 p.m. The


a.m. service in St Nicholas's Church on Sunday.


tg^cher is Mrs Jaj Qhj this trip ring Mavis


wel- on 01282 772267.


. day, November eight upwards and 11th.


cost £1.50.


Anyone interested in All inquiries to Sarah joining the trip and Goodall on 01282 having a day at the 779084. centre should tel. y o u th Club Sheila on 01282 773503.


Baptist


A trip is also being arranged to Chester


sen countries, which for both beginners " jjgggjjjber 6th. If K is for children aged in and all levels so you are interested in 11 plus who attend


p.m.


Church youth club purieitian Airi meets on Friday y n n S I ia n AIO


Joan Peagam will lead the 10 a.m. family service. St Mary's RC Church weekend Masses are 6 p.m. Saturday and 10-30 a.m. Sun­ day.


nights from 7 to 9 A concert for Christ­ ian Aid, featuring


high school. All young people in this age group are wel-


the Moorland Folk, will be held in St Mary's Community Hall on next Thurs-


a pie


and peas supper and tickets are £7, avail- able from Enid Boyd Martin.


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