t 28 Clitheroe Ad vert iser & Times, Thursday, November 5th, 2009 www.ciitheroeadvertiser.co.uk Weekendplus what’s on in the


Kibble Valley compiled by Marcia Morris


All entries for inclusion in these columns should be on a listings Tonn, avaiiable from Main Reception, Kbble Valley Borough Council, Church Walk, Clithcroe, (01200 425111) and handed in by the 10th of the month prior to the event


crafts exhibition entitled “Mirror- ball”


Platform Gallery, Christmas :


Braille It, meets in Clitheroe


Library each Thursday at 9-30 a.m. to noon. Tel. 01200 426063. Ribble Valley Visually Impaired


Group meets every Monday evening in the Catholic Social Club. Tel. 01200 426822. Information from the Pensions


Service in RVBC offices. Tel. 01200-414453. Pendle Club, Lowergate,


sequence dancing for over-55s each Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. Sawley Village Hall, Bowland


Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers, meet first Satiuday of the month 10-30 a.m. to 4-30 p.m. Waddlers carer and toddler


group meet Waddington Methodist Church, Fridays from 10 to 11-30 a.m. The Grand, Come Dancing


Wednesdays 10-15 to 11-45 a.m. Yoga Monday and Thursdays 2-30


CHRISTMAS has come early to the Platform Gallery with the launch of a spectacularly glamorous craft exhibition entitled “Mirror- ball”. The gallery, has been transformed into an exciting festive exhibition space with exhibits from some of the most talented craft makers in the UK. Breathtaking, handcraft­ ed jewellery through to imposing and irre­ sistible ceramic sculptures, hand-made wood- "en toys for children and gifts for all the family.


EVENTS - NOVEMBER 6TH TO NOVEMBER 9TH


p.m. Streetfeet, Thursdays'4-30 p.m St Mary’s Centre, lower hall.


Ballroom and Latin American dancing for beginners and improvers on Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. Tel. 01200 442987. Tai-Chi, Fridays from 7 p.m. Tel Chris Holden 07970598851. Clitheroe United Reformed


Church, 20 minute reflective serv­ ices at 12-30 p.m. each Tuesday. Gth - Stepping Out, meet at The


Grand, York Street, at 1-30 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484. 7th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Asso­


ciation, meet Chester Avenue car park at 8 a.m. for Langdales. Leader David Taylor on 01200 427905. 71h - St Michael and St John’s


Parish hall. Charity jumble sale. Jumble to be collected tel. 01200 427029. 7th - Gisburn Festival Hall,


whist and domino drive. Meat prizes. Tel. 01200 445304.


7th - Whalley Village Hall.


CRGS Swing Band. Tickets from Whalley Post Office or tel. 01254 822555. 7th - St Mary’s Centre Church


. Street, Talk on cuba arranged by Transition Clitheroe at 2 p.m. Tel. 01254823376. 8th - Clitheroe Ramblers’ Asso­


ciation, area coach walk. To book tel. Hazel Dean on 01282 449979. 8th - Tosside Community Hall,


Pampered chef cooking show at 2- 30 p.m. Tel. 01729 840272. 8th - Stepping Out, meet Plat­


form Gallery, at 2 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484. 9th - Billington and Langho


Community Centre, children’s cen­ tre drop-in from 3 to 5 p.m. for ad-vice on 0-5 years. 9th - Stepping Out, meet Slaid-


bum car park, tel. 01200 414484. 9th - Ribble Valley Diabetic


Group meeting in Clitheroe Rugby Club at 7-30 p.m. Speaker Dr Chris Bundy. Tel. 01254 245611.


■ Further dclail.s of .some of the above events can be found in the advertisements in Weekend Plus. A booking service for theatres and events throughout the region is available at the Tourist Information Centre, Council Ofllces, Church Walk, Clitheroe, tel. 01200 425566.


Parade honours Calderstones war victims


A HISTORIC remembrance tra­ dition took place at Calderstones Hospital on Saturday. Those who died of their war


wounds at the Whalley-based site were remembered at a parade, church service and wreath-lasdng ceremony. More than three decades ago


branch.. Members of Balderstone


administrators at Calderstones approached the local branch of the Royal British Legion to ensure the lives of their patients were remembered. The annual service is now organised by the Royal British Legion county


Band led the parade of 20 stan­ dard bearers and the salute was taken by the Deputy Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Lois Rimmer, and her consort Mr Gordon Rimmer, Calderstones Chief Executive Russ Pearce and Coun. Joyce Holgate, among others. Following the parade a service


took place in the former St Luke's Chapel at Calderstones before poppy wreaths were laid at the war cemetery.


EVENTS - NOVEMBER lOTH TO 14TH 10th - Clitheroe Ram­


blers’ Association, meet Chester Avenue car park at 1 p.m. for Paythorne. Tel. 01i200423881. 10th ^ Hurst Green


Memorial Hall, children’s centre drop-in from 10-30 a.m. ton 12-30 p.m. for 0-


5 years. 10th-St Mary’s Cen­


tre, U3A presents “The In com pa ra bl e


Cotswolds” at 2-30 p.m. 10th - St Peter’s


Church, Burnley a talk by Judy Popley “Vernac­ ular Architecture” at 7-30 p.m. National Trust


group. 10th - Knowle.Green


Village Hall, line dancing. Beginners from 7-30 p.m. Tel. Jean Procter on 01254878447. 10th - Stepping Out,


meet Hurst Green Hall car park. Packed lunch, no dogs. Tel. 01200 414484. 10th - Conference


House. Whalley Abbey Fellowship coffee morn­ ing. School Recorder Group play at 10 a.m. Tickets tel. 01254 828400/01254 824620. 11th - Bowland Transit


Walk, meet Interchange for 11-25 a.m. BIO bus to Slaidbum. Tel. 443561.


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Sunday 15 Nov


Des O'Connor


A wonderful evening of comedy,


laughter & music


01282 661234


Methodist Church hall, “Christmas from the Gar­ den” demonstrated by Jacqueline Iddon. Tel. 01200 428470 or 426769. 12th - Stepping Out,


meet Carwags car park. Beacon Fell, Tel. 01200 414484.’ 12th - Clitheroe Natu­


ralists’ Society, winter lec­ ture in Clitheroe Library a t 7-30 p.m. entitled “Offa’s Dyke” by Alan Plowright. 12th - Knowle Green


Village Hall, luncheon concert with Qian Wu on violin, accompanied by Russell Lomas. To book tel. 01254 826948. - 13th - St John’s


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St John’s Social Centre, floral designs, for Christ­ mas, festive demonstra- tion/workshop by Jane Brovra at 7 p.m. Tickets tel. 01200 441949. . 11th - Knowle Green


Village Hall, sequence dancing. Beginners wel­ come. Tel. Jean Procter- on 01254 878447. 12th - Whalley


Church, Hurst Green. Warm songs for a winter evening charity event. Tel. Gill McDonnell on 01254 826378. 13th - Stepping Out,


meet Platform Gallery, at 1-30 p.m. Tel. 01200 414484. 14th - St Michael and


St John’s Parish hall, Lowergate, modern sequence and old time dancing to John Lancast­ er. Tel. 01200 427029/427096. l4th - Waddington


Social Club, jumble sale. Tel. 01200 424809.


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UK vyere crippled by its powerful but thirsty petrol engine. Now there's a more


and tax bUls generated by its 258bhp timbocharged engine. Conceived primarily


manageable diesel in situ and Mazda's compact 4x4 rivals have a much tougher competitor on their hands. Other modi­ fications have stiffened the body and upgraded the interior, while the CX-7's high equipment levels remain. Sometimes, cars arrive


in UK showrooms that are destined to be over­ whelmingly ignored by the car buying public. ■When such a vehicle arrives, the press know it, the dealers know it and, assuming they've done a modicum of research beforehand, the public know it. Even the manufacturer


knows i t but will have weighed up the situation and for a -variety of plau­ sible reasons, decided to go ahead anyway. In 2007, the Mazda CX-7 was just such a car. It was an impressive crossover 4x4, tightly priced and extremely well equipped. It was fast too. In fact,


there -was -very little cause to dislike the CX-7, until you to tted up the fuel


for the American market where 27mpg economy is enough to get you com­ plementary membership of Greenpeace and an in-vite to A1 Gore's house for fruit tea and lentil burgers, the CX-7 alwas^ looked in dire need of a diesel engine to UK eyes. Sales were slow as a


result but now that the all-important oil-burner has arrived, Mazda will be looking for the CX-7 -value proposition to start bringing home the bacon. While its fellow Japan­


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ese manufacturers were in the vanguard of the UK's burgeoning market for lifestyle 4x4s, Mazda has tinkered around the edges. The forgettable Tribute and a series of rough and ready pick-up trucks were about the size of its involvement until the CX-7 came along. En-vironmental consid­


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400Nm of torque to call upon from 2,000rpm, so even stepping straight from the petrol model, nobody's going to com­ plain that the sensible CX-7 is underpowered. The bald statistics are


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. There's four-wheel-drive, Mazda's Active Torque- Split system no less, but the CX-7 is no mud-plug- ger. Its low ride height and lack of body protec­ tion see to that. What you do get is enhanced grip and ability in slippery conditions as the 4x4 system automati­ cally distributes torque to the axle that can best use it. There's also fully-inde- pendent suspension to bring added finesse to the


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