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Whist drive
Remembrance ' Ladies whist winners A service of remem- were: A Shaw; M. brance was held on Sunday at Ebenez- er Baptist Chapel. The ■ Rev. Don Johnson -. spoke about “Love’s Cru cial Judgements”, drawing compar isons with life part
‘them there days long gone when we did a bit of court ing”.
Parker; M; Wellock. Gents; M. Robin son; J. Procter and S. Hogg. Dominoes, ladies: R. Chew; H. Wolfenden;; R. Knight. Gents: V. Giles; J. Oddie;j G.. Berry.
Bring-and-buy The chapel fellowship is holding a bring- and-buy sale today in aid of the Lep rosy Mission.
Cafe Bar
If anyone would like to know more about. the group, they can ’ join: them for a munch or a brunch, from 10-30
a.m.to • 1-30 p.m. .
Appeal Can you play a musi cal instrument or sing?
Do you like to express your faith melodically? - •
Have you the feeling of being restrained in your spiritual musical expression? The Rev. Don John-
He says he may just be able to help you break out of the unadventurous tra dition and into the freTmdicai way'of '
Baptist Chapel would like to hear from you.
, faith (Jesus in the 21st century). Give him a call on 01282 859 727.-
Billington Communi- QoHeCtion ty Cafe Bar, at Ebenezer Baptist Chapel will be at your service again this Saturday. Members will serve customers.
,£3,622.57 from home ’. collecting boxes, envelopes, boxes in hotels, shops and .dona tions.
The Spring half-year ly collection made by the Chatburn Group tor Black burn and Ribble Valley District tor Cancer Research UK raised a total of
nerships, communi- The annual village ty relations and cancer whist drive will take place on Wednesday, May 27th. There will be a barbecue at the
villagehall.The event starts at 7-30 p.m. and admission is £3.
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Concert Today’s Lunchtime Concert at the vil-
• lage hall presented • by
johntravis.events limited will feature The White Trio and
iMike Kneafsey on guitar.'Mike is an established guitarist and singer-song writer.
Using a finger-style guitar pick mixed with subtle strums, Mike plays a mix of insightful original material, pop bal lads, country blues and folk.
Celebration marks Sunday school centenary
MEMBERS of Salem Congregational Chapel, Martin Top, celebrated the centenary of the opening of the Sun day school building on April lOtb, 1909.
' The morning service was led by Mr
everyone to stand firm for Jesus in Mr David Tattersall projected Sankey the uncertain times which lie ahead, hymns on the screen for the congre-
Herbert Moorhouse, a past Sunday In the evening, the Sutton Brothers School scholar.
and Friends, a choir from Preston,
Part of the time during the service was were introduced to a good gathering spent reminiscing over events which of members and past scholars by had taken place. Highlighted were Pastor David Isaacs. ■ the significant influence of several Miss Margaret Kenyon, joint chapel The pastor thanked everyone for a outstanding Christian leaders: Mr secretary, informed the congregation wonderful celebration before the Edgar T. West (resident minister of the work that had taken place over evening ended with a buffet supper from 1933-57), George W. Curry the past year.
Mrs Hartley, another past scholar was ■ gation to sing many old favourites, organist. The service closed with the During the evening the co-ordinator hymn “We've a Story to Tell the Mrs Ethel Hartley arranged for memoirs of past stalwarts of the chapel to be read by Mr John Parker, Mrs Joyce Smith, Mr Roy Porter, and herself, who read the memories of Mrs Mary Tyson, who was in attendance.
Nation”. and time to browse over the display
(Dale Congregational Minister 1953- This Included re-slating the Sunday of Sunday school memorabilia 65), and Dr J.W. (BUI) Ashley Smith school roof, refurbishment of the arranged by Mrs Kathleen Scott,
Chairman Mrs Sheila Blackburn.. and committee mem bers sincerely thanked everyone’ for their generosity and continuing sup port.
. CHIPPING Concert
Cheshire yCuitar Ensemble presents .a free community
"concert of cl^sical and Spanish guitar music ranging from solo works to full
the event is the acclaimed Royal Academy Of Music guitarist Antonis Hatzinikolaou,
. ing on Monday due to the bank holiday. The concert; .will be but the previous held on Sunday,
Young Farmers There was no meet-
j Blood Bank' all ; about: donating blood and organs. .
Monday members enjoyed a talk by a representative the:
At next week’s meet- f ing members will be : going ice skating in ; Blackburn and are
; who will round off the event with a professional solo recital of the high est calibre.
■ of the members:of CGE, who are in town for a weekend guitar workshop. :.
May_17th, at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Chipping, at 3 p.m. and* is only free as a result of the contributions
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Federation 1983-84) plus the Rev J. D. (Don) and Mrs Molly Cullingford (part-time ministers from 1976-81). In his message Mr Moorhouse asked
(president of the Congregational interior and installation of a new Our photograph shows some of the ■ “ ■ ceiling in the chapel. She expressed friends and members at the cente- thanks of the fellowship to all who nary celebration at Salem Congrega- had worked tirelessly to be ready for tional Chapel, Martin Top. this weekend.
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donation to the There will be a plant church's fabric fund . stall to augment the in lieu of an admis-. Flower Fund and a sion fee, and fur-, book stall to sup- thermore, if they portOxfam. . feel inclined, they Bulb scheme orders may wish to con- should be handed in
However, in essence this, is a unique
tribute a, small amount to Antonis’s travel and subsis tence costs.
member. Today there will be a Bible Study session taken by Norman Pear son, of Blackburn. The meeting will
at the May meeting and members are Next Sunday, Ken reminded to take Hall, of Preston,
along a small plate of sandwiches for a Jacob’s join supper.
opportunity to hear QuiZ ©VOning one of the world s gj.jjjjg^gj.g pgj; (;g
finest young musir . the test at the quiz cians in a superb
setting, and all for free.
GRINDLETON
: Grindleton School Hall; Question mas ters were Mrs Val • Mewis. and. Mrs
evening., held : at
HURST GREEN
who also devised Many thanks to all ' b^n formed to help the quizzes.
Glenis '. Latham, Memorial Hall . .
were served after morning service at St Ambrose Church- prior, to the AGM; During the meeting,;
Bridge and £112-Most areas of-the --contact-vice-chair- SuppertHikS was raised for the S t .. building were given a spring makeover
was . Brow, rand’ Memorial H a l l . -
Ambrose' Church- Fund.
.' Mr Donald Wilson-; ■ and ' Mr '. Philip' -- Latham were elect- - ed as church war- - dens for the year. ■' :
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-The resolution to be ■>discussed at the- .next ^meeting .of.; Grindleton WI on;
! reminded to meet in The audience is - the village not later '• invited to make a
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HARROP FOLD
Fellowship
‘.Thursday concerns funding tor research. into .the health of : the honeybee.
afternoon. After the:) service there was a double celebration for. the anniversary of two members and birthday of another
and;’j;Jthe;eus'ual aihbuht; of 'dumpbd property dealt vniiii- Bpecial. th’ahks't'b Bill; David' and Gill,
. . . , ■ j. n man
826649 if you can help.
KNOWLE GREEN
On Sunday, Harrop' WI--.' ;'-Christian Fellow-'A re'ininder to all The usual fortnightly ' ■■'ship met : in'; the :;memhers that at whist and domino the meeting on May 28th there is to be a plant i sale. iTake aldrig any uh want'-' ed and ' surplus
-Whist , drive'will be held in
; .the village hall on ; Monday, with play, commencing at '7-30 p.m.
•plants'from your Everyone is most wel-
garden and choose. new ones to fill the gaps. ^
Tim Smith will give a talk on planting ideas for the garden.
start at 7-30 p.m. Youth Club v
will take the after noon service.
■Ken frequently visits India and everyone is looking forward
come to go and share in an enjoy able evening.’ Admission is £1.50, which includes tea and biscuits.
Production
The next meeting of A. and P. Produc- the youth club will> tions, supporting be at the
Memorial.Trinity Hospice in Hall next Friday, May 15th. Young people over the age of nine are welcome, and parent helpers
stage “The Great There will be a book- British Music Hall” stall and more infor- mation can be
the Fylde, are to
please contact This is a professional Steven Whalley on 01254826962.
in the village hall nextFriday, May 15th.
Best:Kept. A working party has
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Tasty bacon baps The winning team out to help clean the. Preparation lor inis ;• wa«-.:'
..Brow.-and’’.-Miri,«ria1W«ir« • - competition. Please
those who turned tidy the village in preparation for this:
878394.
production and EnCOURter admission is £8 Tomorrow evening,
with concessions at commencing at 7-30 £7. The evening commences at 7-30 p.m. Call 01253 592159 for tickets dr pay at the door.
p,m. there vull be a - chocolates a ti meeting of the 10.30
n, -11
Howarth on 01254 gj-'o! the popular supper talks on
There is to be anoth-
. Monday, May 18th, ; at 8 p.m. in the vil lage hall.
for young people from 11 to 16 years of age and again more information can be obtained from Chris.
With his unique style, humour and intensity, he has become popular
school hall. The ] event has been I organised by FORS j (Friends of Read i School) and there | ■will be activities on i
the school field until I 2 p.m.
These will include j stalls selling plants, i bric-a-brac and books. There will be j lots of games to play, plus face painting and foot ball.
The event is to raise j funds for FORS’ next project, which will be to put safety surfaces on the | school playground.
Christian Aid The annual Christian I
with local audiences Aid week will be I and respected by held between May ] fellow North-West 10th and 16th.
acoustic circuit.
To book for this con cert, call 01254 826948.
musicians on the The special envelopes j will be distributed I and collected that] week. ■
Special visit Knowle Green Church is looking, forward to a visit from Creation Min istries International this weekend.
'
ous. The theme this | year will be “The] lifeblood”.
This group give the TT'TT'T”
ask: Were Adam and Eve really our ancestors? If God is love, why do bad things happen? ..
biblical perspective oataPI SUppei
RIBCHESTER _
to the sort of ques- A splendid s^ari sup- j tions that we .all • per was held. Near-j ly ,70 people gath-j
The event com mences on Saturday at 1 p.m. and there
ered in the parish j hall at 6-30 p.m. for] sherry and nibbles. J Then everyone went j to different houses I in the village for j their first course.
will be three differ- After that, new ent topics discussed instructions were
with a short break, in between each and then again on Sun day morning at 11 a.m.
handed out by each | hostess, and every- j one set off for! another destination j for the main course, I where they met a j new selection of| guests.
obtained by calling The process wasi Chris on 01254 repeated to a care-]
fully co-ordinated j timetable, lor the! last course, andl they all met back at 1
the hall tor coffee! t
Encounter Group ^^herg was a well-i deserved round ofi
applause for OlwenI Hazell’s organisa-l tion, plus a vote of] thanks to each otl the cooks for thel ' excellent food pro-|
The speaker on this occasion is to be Mr Alan Davis, of Lon- A demonstration of gridge, and the title traditional maypole of his talk is “The . dancing will take. ed surroundings. Welsh”. Admission place this weekend. And it is fun to seel is £3.50, , which Read School Choir^ inside people’s! includes a glass of will sing and there' homes instead of! wine on arrival and \vill be group danc- ' just admiring thel a light supper at the ' ing on Saturday flowers in their| close.
from 11 a.m. in the front garden.
vided. No-one got lost and] everyone enjoyed! meeting friends and I newcomers to the] village in unexpect-|
People are being j asked to be gener-j
Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 426161 (Advertising), Burnley 01282 422331 (Classified) RIBCHESTER
Parish walk This year’s annual parish walk will
, bounds” at Roga- tiontide and so mark its bound aries.
rat 1-30 p.m. It is a longstanding tradition for the parish “to beat its
The walk is a family occasion, so every one is welcome (with dogs on a lead, please). This year everyone will
. be walking towards Hothersall and will be back at the parish hall in time for tea by 4-30 p.m.
take place on Sun day, starting from the church car park
subject will be the First Responders.
SABDEN
Draw winners The winners of the May draw at Sab-
. den Bowling Club were: £30 (74) E. McGinley, £20 (36) G. Ashworth; £15 (17) P. Shipston, £10 (19) P. Wright, £10 (20) W. Reid, £5 (13) A. Whalley.
Services Sabden Baptist Church’s Sunday service is at 10 a.m. and will be taken by Mr James Booth.
The Rev. Anne Smith will officiate at
100 Club draw
. In Rimington Recre ation Association’s 100 Club draw for April, Mark Winck- ley won the £50 first prize, Martin Jones won the £20 second prize and S. Redman the £10 • third prize.
'Fashion show A fashion show pre-
■ sented by town and country fashions of Carnforth will take place at Rimington Memorial Institute on Tuesay, May 19th, at 7-30 p.m. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs B. Downing on 01200 445384 at £3 each.
SIMONSTONE
St Peter’s MU The May meeting for St Peter’s Mother’s Union will be held in the Old School Hall on Tuesday at 7-30 p.m.
The speaker will be Mati Woods, whose
• Holy Communion at St Nicholas’s Church at 9-30 a.m. and weekend Mass es at St Mary’s RC are at 6 p.m. Satur day and 10-30 a.m. Sunday.
There is a children’s liturgy most Sun days in the vestry during Mass. This Sunday there is also a confirmation service for parish children at 3 p.m.
Help the fund Please try to support a prize bingo evening tonight at 7-30 p.m. in St Mary’s Community Hall. This is suit able for all the fami ly and admission is just £5 for adults and £2 for children, which includes all your bingo tickets and supper of sand wiches and cakes, tea and coffee.
There will also be a raffle. The event is to raise money for the ongoing work to improve the com munity hall as well as being a fun social event.
Open Garden A popular Sabden garden ' is to be opened to the pub lic again to help charity.
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interesting themes - English, Italianate, Japanese and wood land.
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Refreshments will be served on both days and there will be a plant stall. Admis sion is £3 with chil dren free.
Tea dance There will be a tea dance on Wednes day from 2. to 5 p.m.
in St
Nicholas’s Hall at the top of Wesley Street. Admission is £3.
Church While St Nicholas’s Church currently has no priest in charge, to arrange Christenings, wed dings, funerals etc.,
■please contact Mrs Sylvia Davies or Mr ■ Bernard ■Parfitt.
A COMEDY of Brils abroad is the iaicst produclion from (he Ribchesicr Amateur Theatrical Society.
RATS’ package holiday production very funny comedy, which
Anyone who embarked on a package holiday in (he ’70s or ’80s will recognise the characters presented in Derek Bcnfield’s success ful comedy “Fish out of Water”.
Set on the Italian Riviera, it has the stand-offish wife of the retired brigadier; who knows (hey should have had “a villa in Corfu, as usual" to avoid the riff-raff.
Then there is the “Merry" Widow” intent on spending the inheritance from her late, unlamcnted and stingy husband, and accompanied by her dump ish, xenophobic sister.' ,.
Hazel and Rowland Lansdell are open ing their secluded one acre garden on Sundays June 7th
Friends’ £3,340 gift for village school
A WAD of cash is winging its way to Waddinglon and West Bradford Primary School, (hanks to its wonderful Friends._
The Friends are a group of volunteer parents who organise events in order to raise money for school funds. Over the past few months, they have held an Easter egg raffle, cake stall, Christmas fair, hand night, Christinas extravaganza, and signed up with (he “Giving machine" among other
As a result, (his week the Friends were aide to present the school with a cheque for the sum of £3,-140. It means the school can send classes on (rips they would not otherwise go on and can pav for visitors to the school, such as the man who recently talked to Year 5 and 6 pupils about the rain for-
events.
The school is currently buying gardening equipment with Friends money and saving up to pay for a multi-purpose
est. f • . ' . 1 ,
nXllcacIier Sarah Tuley commented: “All the staff and Dupils at (he school would like to say a big ‘Thank you to the parents and friends who support our fund-raising activities.
Our picture shows members of (he Friends association pre- senting their cheque to Mrs Tuley and some pupils from tlie
Reception class, (s) ■ ■ ' ■ ' ■
waitress, looking eagerly for her lips and nips, and her
bo.ss, (he cver-absent but charming Lothario of an hotel manager represent (he “natives”.
Trying to square the circle is the wonderful Tour Rep, who would love to be any where else and who copes badly with all the usual ingredients of an idyllic summer holiday; flight delays, over-booking, bag gage handlers, demanding clients and sunburn.
Holding all this anarchy together is the sex-starved brigadier, who is both more and less than he seems, lusting after (he waitress while trying to keep upper lip as stiff as his snobbish wife.
The flighty, flirty Italian Robin Simmons directs this
, does not rely on (he obvi ous stcrcotypycs for its developing storyline. A very experienced cast of RATS regulars includes Dave Procter, Jean Skilbeck, Anne Lang, Rebecca Parkinson, Guy and Viki Mason and John Royle.
I t takes to the stage at Ribchestcr Parocial Hail tonight, tomorrow and Sat urday (May 7(h (0 9th) at 7-30 p.m. nightly and tick ets, costing ju s t £5, arc available from 01254 878530.
Our picture shows the cast during rehearsals for “Fish out of Water”. They are, from the left, Anne Lang (seated) Jean Skilbeck, Dave Procter and Rebecca Parkinson, (s)
and July 12th, from various charities,; Pendle Street East, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for including ones con- has opened to the the National. Gar- cerned with cancer. public before and dens Scheme, which The couple’s garden people flocked to raises money for at Aureol House, see and enjoy its
Bowling event The men’s'singles competition at Sab den Bowling Club attracted entries from members aged from 12 to late 60s and ended with a new name on the winner’s trophy.
Neil Mitchell is the 2009 holder of the Brenda Thomas Shield after he defeated Colin Embley 21-8 in the final.
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, May 7th, 2009 21 entries.
The next big event is the inaugural Peter Lambert Open Charity Doubles on May 16th and 17th. Spectators will be welcome and there will be plenty of refreshments avail able.
Bag-2-School The Bag-2-School collection is being run again a t St Mary’s RC School next week. This is a major fund-raiser and the school is appealing for vil lagers to help out by donating items.
The school is paid by weight, so people are asked to fill the blue bags being sent out by the school, or black bin bags, with clothing, bedding, curtains, soft toys, shoes, belts and handbags (no bric- a-brac) and take them to school next Thursday before 9- 45 a.m. or the previ ous day after school. It you are struggling to take them to school yourself, call 771009.
Good weather and plenty of support ers helped make the competition an enjoyable day for everyone.
Semi-finalists were Alun Parfitt, who lost to Colin 21-6, and Rory Boyle who lost to Neil 21- 16 in a closely- fought match.
Club president John Boocock presented the winner’s trophy. All raffle prizes were claimed.
The Thomas Light- bown Salyer women’s singles competition was cancelled as there were not enough
After school The school is current ly running a num ber of lesson time and after school clubs including a Sport-S-Cool oh Tuesdays, music lessons and after school netball and gymnastics clubs on Wednesdays, ' a lunchtime Reading Buddies’Club on Thursdays and on Fridays there is weekly Mass at church and after school football.
The school FSA is holding a. line dancing event next Friday.
WHALLEY New-to-you
The sale on Thurs day of clothing and
other goods raised £445 for the 2010 scheme at Whalley Methodist Church. Many of the models were from the local Girl Guide troop.
The next 2010 fund raising event is a jumble sale, includ ing curtains and bedding, on Satur day, May 16th, from 10 a.m. until
•noon. The superintendent minister . of the . Trinity Circuit, the
- Rev. Tim Thorpe, will lead worship on Sunday, at ,ld-30 a.m."
For residents Residents of the area are reminded they may attend the annual parish meet ing for the Whalley area in the village - hall tonight at 7-30 p.m.
Hong Kong Visitors from Hong Kong Diocese, including the edu cation adviser to the Archbishop, vis- ited Whalley Pri mary School.
The group, which is visiting the Black burn Diocese, shared in worship, so they could observe what takes place in church schools in this area. Because the school’s book quiz team reached the final,
. Alison Mitchell, of the . Lancashire Schools’ Library Service; presented ■the school with £75 worth of books.
Following the book fair organised by the Friends, which raised £150 for the school, another one will be held in June.
Because of the wet Weather, a multi skills session for Year 3 pupils has been postponed. The club will next meet on June 8th. As 2009 has been designated the Year of Astronomy, the theme for this week’s worship was the universe.
Rosary During this month at the English Mar tyrs’ RC Church, the Rosary will be said on weekday mornings, starting at 9-40 a.m. and fol lowed by mass at 10 a.m. V Names should be put on the list at the back of the church for the outing on Wednesday, May 13th to Helmshore
: Mill rand textile museum. .
Action Group A Jacob's join supper follows the AGM of Whalley Christian Action Group next
Thursday.at the Presbytery at 7-30 p.m.
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