16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, Aprii 24th, 2008
Liverpool Philhar monic and Opera North.
Marathon Man Cash is still rolling in to the playground fund inspired by Simon Bailey's Lon don Marathon run. Simon ran the marathon in three hours five minutes and has so far raised nearly £300.-
He is delighted with the response to his appeal and thanks all those who have generously donated.
If you would like to donate go to w w w . h u r s t -
green.co.uk and make a pledge or money can be sent to Riversmead, 1 Longridge Road, Hurst Green, Clitheroe, 01254 826903.
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Social time The fortnightly whist and domino drive will be held in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall on Mon day at 7-30 p.m. and all are welcome. Admission is £1, including tea and biscuits.
The monthly military whist and dominoes will be held on May 7th at 7-30 p.m.
Lunch concert The Auriole Ensem ble will be playing works by Debussy and Ravel
in
Knowle Green Vil lage Hall today. The trio are among the finest players of the flute, viola and harp in the North West being principal players of the Royal
The concert next Thursday will fea ture local young cel list, Jeremy Lam- burn together with pianist Nigel Spoon er.
Tickets at £14 includ ing luncheon,can be booked by tel. 01254 826948.
The cost to attend the concert only is £10 and for accom panied children Including luncheon the cost is £7.
Breakfast Another of the popu lar Bikers Breakfast and Brew events is being held in Knowle Green Vil lage Hall on Satur day.
Breakfast will be served to all bikers who call in from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
This event is becom ing a regular call-in point for motorcy clists throughout the North West and proving to bo a wel come break on their journey.
The following Satur day there is to bo another Men’s Breakfast to which all the men folk of the area are invited to come along at 9 a.m., enjoy break fast together and have a short talk and discussion.
Later some of the men of the fellow ship are going on a 30 mile sponsored walk to raise funds for a special project of the church. They will be camping overnight and any one wishing to spon sor them is invited to phone 01772 785480.
Cancelled The St George's Day celebration planned for Saturday at Low Moor Club has had to be postponed.
It will now take place at the club the weekend of May 3rd and 4th, with ail the same attractions and more spread over Saturday and Sunday,
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many local organi sations were declin ing and disappear ing.
Mrs Ethel Hartley thanked Mrs Robinson and pre sented her with an African violet plant.
A willing band of helpers staffed the stalls and served the teas. There was a variety of goods for sale with a cake and jam sale doing a particularly brisk trade. The room was enhanced as usual by a display of beautiful paintings and cards, which were for sale by Mrs Audrey Walker of Barnoldswick.
Spring Effort In spite of the cold weather, there was a large crowd of peo ple attending this year's annual Spring Effort at Salem C o n g reg a tio n a l Chapel, Martin Top, Rimington, which was held on Saturday.
The flower arrange ment in the chapel was given by the Taylor family.
The visitors met in the chapel where Pastor David Isaac led opening devo tions choosing the hymn “Lord for the Years”.
He then introduced Mrs Elizabeth Robinson, president of Rimington WI, to open the event. In her remarks, she said it was good to see the local chapel still active when so
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The highlight for many was the home-made buffet teas that were avail able.
It was an enjoyable day with many peo ple meeting old acquaintances.
The event raised a pleasing sum of more than £1,400 for chapel funds. Organisers are grateful and thank everyone for their support.
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Meeting The annual general meeting of Newton Village Hall will take place on Tues day (April 29th) at 8 p.m. Anyone inter ested in the future running of the hall is welcome to attend.
Young farmers Last week members of Clitheroe Young Farmers met at Pendleton Village Hall for a talk by the Farm Crisis Network.
The meeting on Wednesday, April 30th will be a talk by an auctioneer. Will all members meet at Pendleton Village Hall at 7-30 p.m. prompt.
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Age Concern The annual meeting of Sabden Age Con cern Leisure Club followed the month ly luncheon in St Mary's Community Hall.
Mr Keith Newmark will continue as president and Mr Barnard Parfitt as chairman, Mr Tim Boyd-Martin treas urer and Mrs Valerie Warburton secretary. The com mittee was re-elect ed en bloc.
Services Preachers this Sun day at Sabden churches are the Rev. Chris Sterry at St Nicholas's at 9-30 a.m.
This service will be followed by the church annual meet ing.
The Rev. Denise Free
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will preach at the Methodist Church, also at 9-30 a.m. and Mr Ernest Gor ton at the Baptist Church at 10 a.m. St Mary's RC Church Masses are at 6 p.m. Saturday when guitarist and singer Steve Robin son will be in atten dance and 10-30 a.m. Sunday when some of the children of the parish will make their first Holy Communion.
Dance Sabden celebrates in English style tomor row night with a St George's Dance and entertainment.
There will bo live music and song from
Sabden people who have all given their services free.
They are solo singing sensation Gemma Ferri, covers band The Kicks, mmsician Marco Galea, and patriotic songs and music to wave your flags to. England or St
George's themed outfits are optional, but will make the night extra special and there is a prize for the best.
There is no bar so take your own drinks and glasses.
Pay at the door or tickets, £6 including supper, are available from the Pendle Witch pub, also from Anne at 3 Whalley Road, or by ringing 772270, 778652 or 775023.
Memorial The new war memori al in the village cen tre will be officially dedicated at a serv ice on Sunday, May 25th, at noon.
School Pupils at Sabden Pri mary School are taking part in a musical event ''Dance At The Grand" in Clitheroe tomorrow from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Next week a party of class 1 pupils and staff will be staying at Hothersall Lodge from Monday to Wednesday. The PTFA met this week to discuss the annual treasure hunt and the sum mer term pro gramme of events.
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Oldtime dance There was a good crowd for an oldtime dance held in the community hall. Music was played by the Bon-Accords.
Thanks were expressed to those who had donated raffle prizes and given help and sup port in any way.
Raffle winners were; M. Head, M. Thwaite, D. Nelson, K. Bretherton, E. Booth, P. Taylor, R. Howker,
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Fairhurst, M. Beat- tie, R. Roe, T. Carr.
The next dance will be on May 6th.
Garden club The annual meeting of Simonstone Gar den Club will be held in the old school hall at 7-30 p.m. tonight. This will be followed by the Rev. Alan Reid speaking about “The Humorous Side of Clerical Life”. New mem bers welcome.
At the table There were 17 tables in play for a whist and domino drive held in the commu nity hall. MCs wer J. Kenyon and P. Metcalfe.
Winners were as fol lows. Whist: B. Garnett, 0. Holgate, M. Wellock, A. Shaw, S. Hogg, H. Moon, E. Ireland, M. Robin son.
Dominoes; E. Nowell, A. Taylor, M. Berry, J. Pye, J. Chew, D. Lowe, J. Thornber, J. Oddie.
Young Farmers Slaidburn Young Farmers will begin meeting again after their lambing time break next Monday, April 28th. This meeting is a first aid demonstration with Joanne Green in Slaidburn Village Hall at 7-30 p.m.
Raffle: P. Oddie, M. Robinson, D. Lowe, J. Stainton, J. Moni- gan, R. Knight, S. Tennant, R. Bowk- er.
The next drive will be on May 17th in aid of Dale Head Church.
Church service Worship on Sunday a t 2 p.m. in West
Bradford Methodist Church will be led by the Rev. Tim Thorpe and will include the Sacra ment of Holy Com munion.
Military whist In place of the usual monthly social a military whist drive took place in West Bradford Village Hall along with the normal dominoes.
Military whist win ners were: 1st, B. Barker, B. Duck worth, M. Fallon, J. Robinson. 2nd, J. Bullock, H. Loft- house, M. Loft- house, W. Loft- house. 3rd, D. Bris tol, I. Hartley, K. Tennant, B. Waddington. 4th, H. Hartley, J. Riley A. Shaw, S. Ten nant.
MC was Mr David Bristol.
Dominoes: E. Fox, J. Pye, J. Oddie, M. Pye, P. Metcalfe.
MC Mr P. Metcalfe. Raffle: G. Seedall, E. Aspin, P. Oddie, J. Thornber, E. Bark er.
250 Club Winners of West Bradford Playing Fields 250 Club draw for April were: E. and A. Gretton (£25), N. and G. Rosie, E. Marsden, F. Pye, S. and M. Woods, K. Sharp.
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Group walk The Whalley Christian Action group walk will take place on Friday, May 2nd starting at 7 p.m. from Whalley Methodist Church. Inquiries, tel. 01200426768.
Music returns An enthusiastic audience thoroughly enjoyed a n afternoon of music and songs at Whalley Village Hall on Sunday, following a tvinter break.
Cat Taylor and friends sang and played keyboard and organ. Cat hopes to have these impromptu sessions at the hall on about the third Sunday of each month, when anyone can take part.
For more information about the village hall ses sions, call Jean Miller on 01254 824312.
Christian Action An energetic organisation with representatives from all the local churches, Whalley Christian Action Group is once again arranging walks on the first Saturday of each month during the sum mer. Thanks have been expressed for all her work to Neta Wilson, who will be standing down next month. A new represen tative for the English Martyrs' RC Church is needed. Monica Ward is the chairman of the group.
Christian Aid Volunteers are needed to distribute and collect envelopes for the annual Christian Aid appeal next month. Anyone who can help is asked to contact one of the local churches.
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www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Popular chef dies
A WELL-RESPECTED and popular Ribble Valley hotelier, who had the privi lege to cater for the Queen, has died.
Tributes have been pour
ing in for Mr Giorgio (George) Flaminio Ronchet- ti, pictured, who died at the age of 69 with his family beside him. Mr Ronchetti had lived in
Clitheroe for more than 30 years and was described by family and friends as a “colourful figure”. A native of Como, Italy, he
had years of catering experi ence. During the Second World War his father was a member of the Partigini - a maverick group fighting against the dictatorship of Mussolini (II Duce). After learning his trade at
catering college in Switzer land, Mr Ronchetti moved to the Channel Islands where he had the privilege of serv ing Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip. He came to Clitheroe and
became landlord of the Starkie Arms Hotel in 1972,
where he and his wife, Valerie, and their four chil dren remained for many years. He also worked for many
years as head chef a t Martholme Grange, near Accrington. Mr Ronchetti retired some
years ago due to ill health. Loved ones and friends
gathered at Accrington Gre- matorium on April I5th to pay their final respects. Mr Ronchetti is survived
by his children Rico, Steven, Natalia.and Ilaria. (s)
Pupils speak up for themselves!
TWO teams from Clitheroe Royal Gram mar School competed in the semi-finals of a national public speaking competition. They had b a tt led
through to the la t te r stages of the Youth Speaks UK Competition, organised by R otary International Britain and Ireland, and acquitted themselves well by each gaining third place over all in the Intermediate and Senior Sections respectively. 'The event, held at For
est Hills Hotel, Frod- sham, was delayed due to three inches of snow, causing the M56 to be closed and with teams and judges travelling long distances they were then faced with trying to find their way on slippery country lanes. The Clitheroe teams had first to win the Rib
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A LOCAL lass currently s ta r r in g in the prime time hit TV series “Benidorm” is attending this weekend’s Bridal Fair a t Gisburn’s Stirk House Hotel. Hannah Hobley is a
classically trained sopra no and, when she is not appearing on television or working behind the bar of KoKos in Burnley,
loves to sing at weddings. Hannah, stage name
Chantelle Garvey, is the TV mother of Coolio cur rently the love of th e Oracle, alias Johnny Vegas. The event starts at 11-30 a.m. on Sunday to 4 p.m. Amelia’s of Clitheroe will be staging fashion shows a t 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and admission is free.
Ramblers’ snowy walk
ble Valley competition before being entered by Clitheroe Rotary Club for the UK event and also had to gain success in the Cumbria and Lan cashire round. With all competing
teams displaying excep tional public speaking skills they did well to achieve such a high plac ing and both teams
received praise from the judges for their individ ual and team perform ance. The Intermediate win
ners were from Col- bourne High, Wigan, and the Seniors from South Wirral High; They will compete in the,London Final on April 27th. Our pictures, by David Bleazard, show the two
Clitheroe teams. The Intermediate Team (below) are (left to right) speaker Kaat Marynis- sen, chairman Lucy Grime and vote of thanks giver Olivia Critchley, and the Senior Team are chairman Edward Bell, speaker Eleanor Geldard and vote of th an k s giver Thomas Fisher, (s)
DESPITE an unpromis ing weather forecast, 16 ramblers from Clitheroe led by Mary Thorpe set off from Langcliffe. April is the time when
there should be masses of primroses along the Ribble near Stainforth, but last weekend they appeared to be buried under Sin. of snow that covered th e ground. Although only one or two were seen in shel tered spots across the river, the waterfalls were magnificent. As the party reached
Stain fo rth , th e firs t heavy showers began, with hailstones as the ramblers went up the steep hill towards Catrigg Force. Umbrellas .were blown
inside out by the gusty winds, but down by the waterfall was a good sheltered place for lunch. The walk continued
via Upper Winskill up to the Malham, Langcliffe
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Road. There were good views of snow-covered fells, but only occasional moments of sunshine. After crossing the road, the ramblers continued up to Jubilee Cave. Limestone country is
usually dry underfoot, but the ramblers soon found their boots were covered in mud. Nearly everybody
skidded and sat down at times on the slippery melting snow, especially when going s te ep ly downhill. The route took them
past Victoria Cave now closed because of th e danger of falling rocks. After a brief coffee
stop in the shelter of Warrendale Knotts, the slippery slope down towards Settle was fol lowed, tu rn in g off to Langcliffe. In spite of - or because
of - the conditions, it was a walk to be remem bered.
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