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BILLINGTON Party time •


It’s party time! That’s what the atmos­ phere was like in Billington Commu­ nity Church on Sun-' day when a fellow^ ship member cele­ brated a birthday. A cake with candles was shared with all present.


The theme for last Sunday was “Per­ fected Love”, a les: son in how God’s love is honed to per-


. fection as our love for each other is practised and refined.


On Thursday at the fellowship tea and chat a bring-and- buy sale in aid of The Leprosy Mis­ sion, raM £90.


Billington Communi­ ty Cafe Bar will be open on Saturday from 10-30 a.m. to 1- 30 p.m. ’


BOLTON-BY- - BOWLAND


■ May 27th, at 7t


Whist drive The annual Bolton- by-Bowland cancer whist drive will take place on Wednesday,


'■ mists in Thailand; Nationally, Soropti- mists raised nearly


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mainly female work­ ers. ' , - ' , '


The money, was used to pay for girls to


: attend school and for ■ the development of


DOWNHAM million to sup- Qgiebrity visitor


the most popular giiest of ; the year on BBC Radio 2s Chra


This inci^ibly talent: ed lady with a huge


AIDS is a problem in all the villages, but education and the lower numbers o f


: women working in the sex trade has


. lessened the number of people catching the virus each year.


Mrs Helen Powell expressed thanks to the speaker. ; ■ . •


Members voted to support the'national ■WI resolution to ask the Government to support research into bees. The num­ ber of bees is declin­ ing and because they pollinate plants, they play a vital role in the survival of human beings. It is estimated tha t if


the human race


' would die out within fouryears. - \


■ p.m. in the village hall. Admission is £3.


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Raffle-winner was Mrs Kitchen and Mrs Margaret Heane won the competition for a thimble.


personality, travelled from the ■ Black Country to appear, iatGisburn Festival Hall . where she entertained a large audiencewith her amazing ■


memory,-


: story-telling humour • and songs. ■ , - As a member of the • 'WI in her own area, Gabriela gave


■ humorous examples -■of traditional 'WI ■ formalities . and activities. Describ­ ing her appearance as only a time filler before the cling film was ripped off the sandwiches and cakes, Gabriella also gave numerous votes of thanks through­ out her performance.


there were no bees ^ ‘^°r°"Bhly enter: taming evening,


which ended with a delicious home-made supper.


Barbara A competition for a paperweight was


won by Mrs Mau-. reen Bowe, Mrs Shaun Cole and Mrs


meeting at noon in the village hall car park on Wednesday.


Local history : • : At the meeting, of Chipping Local His-' tory Society, Mrs Janet Nelson gave an illustrated talk on “Shopping in Lan­ caster and District - 200 years ago”. She focussed on the development of shopping from the primitive markets of the early 18th Cen­ tury.


During the summer months, members are invited to par­ take in the many interesting local walks and trips to venues further afield. New mem­ bers will be most welcome.


The next informal ses­ sion takes place on Sunday, June 7th, in St. Mary's Hall, Chipping, from 2 p.m. Visitors can seek information from members about local and family his­ tory issues. For details, call 01772 864289 or visit the website.


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Soroptimists , At the meeting of Chipping WI, Mrs Margaret Gardener welcomed members and guests. A minute’s silence was held in memory of Mrs Betty Berry, who died recently.


Guest speaker Mrs Kathleen Jones gave a presentation on-


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Chipping WI will hold a coffee morning on Thursday in Lon-


0I ’M a ^ M a ; T S u n e meeting of brae stall and the


Items for a bne-a-.


tombola are needed. The walking group


26th, at the village hall. .


The next meeting will , be on June 3rd when Mr John Natlacen will give a presenta­ tion called”Church- mouse Cheeses”.


GISBURN ^re-school


From September, Downham Pre- School will be extending its daily term time opening hours to offer places for 21/2 to 4 year olds from 9 a.m to 3 p.m.


Manager Susan Carter reported that posi­ tive feedback from parents past and present had led to the increase in hours to include lunchtime and afternoons. -


The last OFSTED report highlighted the high quality of care and education provided for the pupils. Downham Pre-School is a regis­ tered charity and qualifies for Nursery Education funding. -


For more information, call 01200 441665.


meeting


will be held at Rim- ington. Memorial


Gisburn WI will be held at Gardenmak- ers, Wigglesworth. Visitors are wel­ come.


GRINDLETON


Treasure hunt Friends of Grindleton School and Bolton- by-Bowland School would like to invite parents and friends to a family treasure hunt next Thursday.


It will start at Bolton- by-Bowland village green between 6 and 7 p.m. and finish at the Buck Inn, Grindleton. Hot food will be served between 8 and 9 p.m. Tickets are £4 per adult and £2 per child. Food is £4.95


■ per adult and £3.95 per child.


Please let Louise Knowles on 440126 or Carolyn Doherty.


' on 447759 know by •Monday if you are 'entering.


Cricket score On Sunday, Grindle­ ton CC entertained local: nemesis Waddington. .


Kathleen Calvert ■Joan Long, Pam Entwistle, Susan Holden, Lesley


WCnt td


:Marklew and Doreen Hollins.


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Grindleton skipper post, as C. Stott (10) bat, but Grindletonb Crossland lost the and Bristol (6) man of the match toss, and the homer . limped over the line ,\yas skipper yross- 'side was put in to with four balls to land. Not only did


.ton bowlers enjoyed ■ the.better of the early exchanges and


■a mix-up between the openers Jackson


■ and Wilkinson saw ^ “the Rhino” trudg-


bat; The Wadding- ■ spare. It had been a he take three wickete great effort in the field by the home- side, in particular — .. Sam Cherry, who ■ put of semi-retire-


bowled as well as he menf has ever bowled for Grindleton. ' - -


ing Lack to the Grindleton man-of- pavilion having been .th'e'-match was


HARROP FOLD runout." -! ' ‘ ' Charlie: Jackson, Fellowship


Middlebrough and :,'.whqnarrowly miss- H^rrop Christian Fel- Crossland soon fol- - ed out on a century 'lowedthebigfellow, ; with the bat, and


.leaving,the hoirier .a bowled seven accu- side stru^ling at 277:-:',rate oveis despite a 3. '


' ■ ''backinjury.


Fortunately, Grindle- The previous Sunday, ton have unearthed Grindleton opened a gem in the shape of • theseason by hosting


■young Jackson;; good friends from ■ aided by Taylor (19) i Rathmell.The home and Nuttall (24), he . side, although .with­ held the innings out several key play- together. With ers, welcomed back patience and con- Frank Ainsworth.


trolled aggression Grindleton skipper the Grindleton open- Crossland won the ;


er carried his bat throughout .the innings, enabling the home side to post a .very respectable


.score of 166-6. Jack- son finished on 96, just four short of a


■ much deserved cen- tury..


After tea, Grindleton set'about the task of bowling . out


. Waddington. The opening batsmen Drinkall and M. Stott, got the visi­ tors off to a tenta-


• tive start, taking the score to 20, before


' Stott fell victim to Wilkinson.


Four overs later “the : Rhino”, struck for a


toss and put the visi­ tors in to bat. Rath- melt made steady


progress, putting on 38 before Crossland with the assistance of a good catch from Ainsworth sent Wal­ pton back to the


and he took great delight in smashing numerous sixes into the adjoining fields.


day when the guest speaker was Mr Ken Hall, of Bethel Evangelical Church,


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53 on the sacrifice of Christ at Calvary, which resulted in the offer of salvation for all mankind. Mr Hall will irisit again in July and October when he will speak on his forthcoming trip to India.


mel made stead^ On Thursday at 7.30 gun-


tomorrow at 7-30.-; p.m. for football, table tennis, pool and a -tuck shop.7 Young people over i the age of nine are welcome, aind parent


helpers are always needed-please con­ tact Steven Whalley'; 01254826962 . ‘;


and play a superb BOSt Kopt . innings, but he also In the not too distant


dragged Ainsworth past, Hurst Green ' ■ has been a wnner in


Spring concert This is an open meet-


ing and any gentle­ men who.vyish to lis­ ten to this talk will '


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A dm is s ion IS £ 1 , .,7 on w h ich : ..- ' in c lu d e s 'p^ VP-'"- refreshments.'. ■. --.s:


be very^ w e lco in e . ....... . , entitled “Music and is


Magic in May” and w i l l be held in St


. John’s Church on Mond^ at


COUDCll


;.A m e e t in g of Read Parish Council will


;be held in Read CE ' S ch o o l hall on


However, in recent years it seems stan­


dards have slipped. This year the parish


council wants to see a return to form.


This is an initiative, which instead of ask­ ing for donations will


cost nothing but "H S d S tie spare time is the bags provided. .


asked to contact C o f fe e breaK_ vice-chairman Jere- Some £420 was raised my Howarth 01254 at the Pendleton WI 826649.


KNOWLE GREEN


Aitcheson will pres- MUSlC hall ent a missionary The Great British p . j


avilio. This brought. me speax Barton to the crease- Sunday at 2 p.i


coffee morning. The WI generously decided to help the village hall's fund­ raising efforts for' improvements to the' building.


video on India. All Music Hall is com- bOKJen JUDliee are welcome Mr ing to Knowle Green Plans for the golden Aitcheson MU again tomorrow at 7-30 jubilee orPendleton, be the speaker on ; p.m. _,- : _ Village Hall were .m. Admission IS £8, con- made at a meeting cessions £7 and tick- last week. . etscanbe booked by The big day.is Satur- ; calling - 01253, day. May 23rd, when to celebrate the 50th


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cess reducing the vis-; itors to a total of ;'194.


After tea, Grindleton skipper Crossland sent Nuttall,-'and


pavilion. Sadly for the pair, despite car- the home side, the rying a combined early successes only age of 107, got the hastened the arrival home side off to a of Hoperoft to the solid start, sharing a crease. Despite wick- stand of 37 before ets for Cherry and Ainsworth , was Jackson, Hoperoft caught behind.


left off last season, peppering the boundary at will.


enjoyed some sue- anniversary services


With Barton gone, Anniversary Grindleton’sbowlers Sunday.


■ school


592159 or yoii can pay on the door. This is a professional pro­ duction and is'siip-


w x u - u porting Trinity Hos- ere held in Holden pjgg jhe Fylde.


Chapel on Sunday, p n efnnnpr l Preachers for the r-OSipUfieU ^


aftenioon were Mrs Unfortunately, the C. Taylor and James


second time, sending. Ainsworth biit to children of the Sun- Drinkall back to the open the inning and


Taylor. school, Ethan continued where he Middlebrough joined The evening service


The visitors had got to within 30 runs of the Grindleton total, when Crossland, bowling unusually


Nuttall a t the crease, and a part­ nership of 40 ensued before Nuttall (49) was caught on the boundary one run shy of a deserved half-century.


early in the innings. The score had reached had Hoperoft caught 89 when Middle- in the deep by Wilkinson; a catch that wilMive long in the memory as a


• result of the attempt by “the Rhino” to catch the ball in his mouth.


This act of fielding heroism galvanised the home side. Cher­ ry and Crossland aided by a half-fit


. Jackson took five wickets in the space of 20 runs.


At 152-9, the home


improbable victory. Sadly, this was as close as Grindleton. got to the winning


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brough was caught in the covers. At this stage the game was


Grassland produced some attacking stroke play that wrestled control back in favour of the homeside. Despite losing a couple of quick wickets Grass­ land (64no) and Raw (15no) saw the home side to victory with two overs to spare.


side was in touching 'There were good per- distance, of an formances


Robinson, as mean .YoUth Club for


as ever with the ball, Hurst Green Youth and Nuttall swing- Club meets in the ing freely with the Memorial Hall


Issac and Ailsa Bury and Hannah and Eleanor Binns, took part in a sketch about Noah and his wife and sang “Old Man Noah Built and Ark”.


was led by the Long- ton family, the chil-, dren took part in a sketch “A Slice of


poned, as has the Planning permission History of Warfare


Monday in Knowle Green Village Hall, has had to be post-


scheduled for


Group meeting scheduled for Friday May 29th, due to the illness of the speaker.


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In light of.this , the management com­ mittee meeting has been re-arranged for Monday at 7-30 p.m.


Talent” and were LUPICh COflCGrt joined by Rachel The lunchtime con- Harrison, Anna cert in Knowle


evenly poised. How- ^he Longton family ever, Taylor and


Blakey, Andrew Harrison, and Han­ nah and Eleanor Binns. They sang “Jubilate, Every- The body”.


gave an amusing sketch about Roman soldiers guarding Jesus’d tomb and their theme was John 3 V 16, “For God so Loved the World”. Collections were taken for Sun­ day school funds.


HURST GREEN


a new entrance niodern dance, porch opposite, the The Mayor and May- car park and i t is


, - gf Nibble


hoped to start work after the celebra­ tions. - ,


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Dates ■ for diaries include a strawber­ ries and champagne event at Standen Hall on Sunday, July 12th, and a village


June 20th;


G ^ ^ n V i lh g rH ln T ^ ! - ! - ^ ^ ^ today will feature Mike Kneafsey on guitar. concert next


be at 7-45 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24th.


Valley, Coun. John Hill and his wife, Philippa ,attended.


RIBCHESTER


sports evening on Ribchester Amateur Theatrical Society


□A-fC n lau ^ Pl“ y


gave its first-night performance of a


.


Thursday will fea­ ture Panes Karan on' piano. He will be , , , playing part of the Wast6 papGT programme tor his The collection for forthcoming Cam- Read and Simon- stone will take place oh Monday early in the morning.


egie Hall; New York recital.To book, call 01254 826948.


LANGHO


Friendship The Ladies. Commu­ n ity Friendship New m em b er s w e l- C lu b w i l lm e e to n come for a .m ea l ,-a


Church. The speaker 772810 for details.


Lunch club The lunch club will be held on Tuesday in Read: ; : United Reformed Church hall.


Whitehall farce “Fish out of Water" by Derek Benfield, to a capacity audi-


I t was a triumphant success for the com­ pany'scast and pro­ ducer Robin Sim-


’ ence.


monds. logue was fast and furious, and its tim­ ing was impecca- bleas each episode of the plot developed


. its own crazy logic and consequences.


Gales of laughter threatened to drawn theiactors' lines, from the outset.


----------- rent season. ,


Monday at 2 p.m. in quiz and a chat. Call I t was the last play ol Langho Methodist Ann- W i ld 0 1 2 8 2 th e company's cur-


the Best-Kept vil- Histoiy group lage Competition. . -pendleton Historical On the agenda is the


Society meets tonight in the village hall a t 7-30 p.m. Members will once again be preparing for the village “Past and Present” exhibi­ tion on Saturday May 23rd.


p a p e r


Wednesday at 7-30 p.m.


proposed Strategic Housing Land Avail­ abil ity Assessment, which is the proposal by RVBC to build 700 houses on land lo c a l ly known as Hammond Ground, bounded by George Lane and Hammond ■ D r iv e . The public are welcome to attend.


Pap^r J ^ y « SchOOl neWS


Pupils in years land 2 .of Read CE School


visited Manchester


■ Cathedral to learn about its history. Rune' Bruce- Rodgers was allowed to try on the bishop’s robes and Scarlet


’Houston, Declan Conway, Louise Col- lison. Abbey Rayner and Ciaron Bradwel wore various robes.


Museum where Joshua Waddington was chosen to model the prayer shawl and


anniversary of the gpj(.g gj (.j^g opening of the hall, gj. j.jjg ggijogi family


, ,, skull cap.


there is to be a duck race a t 2 p.m. and the “Past and Pre­ sent” exhibition, staged by the history society, from 1 p.m. Entry will be free - and there will be refreshments.


been granted for


fun day was an out­ standing social and financial success. There were various stalls and competi­ tions and Year 2 pupils gave a demon­ stration of maypole dancing, followed by the School Street dancers performing


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Christian Aid Volunteers are out in Ribchester this week collecting for Christian Aid. The charity funds long­ term developments and helps people of all faiths and those who have no faith. So i t is very well worth supporting, please give generous­ ly..:


Animal blessing A special service for the blessing of ani­ mals will be held in St Wilfrid’s Church, Ribchester, on Sun­ day, at4 p.m.


Take along your own pet-dogs, cats, rab­ bits, chickens, lambs and ponies. After the service, refreshments will be served in the parish hall, and each pet will receive a present.


RIMINGTON


Disco Grab your platforms and flares and head on down to Riming- ton Memorial Insti­ tute for a '70s and ’80s disco plus live music on Saturday, (please note not Fri­ day) at 7-30 p.m. There will be prizes for the best fancy dress. '


Tickets cost £10, which includes sup­ per. Take along your own drinks and glasses. Proceeds to institute funds. Call 445423 or 445500 for tickets.


Fun quiz


' There was much laughter


scratching of heads at Rimigton WI’s meeting when in place of the speaker members took part in a fun quiz. Form­ ing into small groups they endeavoured to


■ complete three quiz sheets, set by Mrs Jean Kerr and Mrs Carole Little.


The resolution to be voted on at the NFWI AGM in the Royal Albert Hall in June, concerning the plight of bees, was discussed by mem-


■ bers. After listening to the wording, which asks the Gov­ ernment to provide


'. more funding for research into the causes of the decline of these vitally important insects, all were in total agreement of the merits of the case. Delegate Mrs Dorothy Heaton was instructed to vote for the resolu­ tion.


Members thoroughly enjoyed a ■visit to the WI border group meeting, hosted by Gisburn, when entertainment came from Gabriella and herukelelcs.


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The WI walking group had a bracing


ramble round Rim- ington.


Show representative Mrs N. Healey said that the coffee morn­ ing in the Mayor’s Parlour had been most successful, rais­ ing funds for the Clitheroe Area WH Show on July 25th.


A competition for a sign of spring, judged by Mrs Alice Seed, was won by Mrs C. Thistleth- waite, Mrs E. Jack- son, Mrs M. Silver- wood.


At the meeting on Tuesday, June 2nd, Mr Steven Watson ivill demonstrate the art of origami with a session for members to have a go.


Dominoes There was a good turnout for the whist and domino drive organised by Rim- ington Memorial Institute Manage­ ment Committee.


A pie and peas supper was serv^ and MCs were Mr B. Stott and Mr. Kenyon.


Raffle: Mrs H. Wolfenden, Mr R. Pye, Mrs M. Loft- house, Mrs F. Tay­ lor, MrsR. Knight.


Dominoes: Mr E. Fox, Mrs V. Giles, Mr R. Eden, Mrs R. Knight, Mr H. Wolfenden, Mrs M. Pya


SABDEN and Dorothy


■Villagers are mourn­ ing the death of Mrs Dorothy Houghton, who has died aged 86 after a long illness. With her late hus­ band, Dan, she ran the village newsag­ ents for very many years and they are both fondly remem­ bered by “old” Sab- deners, as “Dan’s” was a traditional old style village shop.


She leaves a daughter, Susan, and three grandchildren, her son Brian having died some years ago. She was a lifelong member of St Nicholas’s Church where her funeral service will be held on Friday, May. 22nd, at 11-15 a.m. followed by crema­ tion at Accrington at 12-20 p.m.


Bingo Fifty people went along and enjoyed a fun family bingo night in St Mary’s Community Hall on Thursday. Mr Jack Haythornthwaite, as' ever, was the enter­ taining bingo caller, who threw in a few songs at the interval for good measure, and he was assisted by Marcel Galea, who provided back­


Whist winners: ladies - Mr J. Waddington, Mrs J. Hartley, Mrs J. Stainton; gents - Mrs J. Riley, Mrs A. Shaw, MrT. Shaw.


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up on Pendle Hill. Sabden' had done well in the Best- Kept Village compe­ tition and he hoped the success would be built on this yean. .


A tiered planter is to be placed at the ■Watt Street bus stop and he hopes eventu­ ally th a t“Sabden” In Flowers can be grown on the bank­ ing by the brook in ■Whalley Road.


Work on the riverside walk wall will be complete soon and a Green Partnership Award grant has been applied for. He said the rebuilding of the wall and the new footpaths had brought much enjoy­ ment to residents and visitors and they should be proud of the achieve­ ments.


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BREAD making, a trip to a local brewery and a visit to a local landmark were all on the agenda for this year’s civic lour of the Ribbic Val­ ley.


Ribbic Valley Mayor, Coun.


. John Hill, welcomed civic dignatries from across Lan­ cashire who enjoyed a day


ground music. There were lots of prizes for the eight games of bingo and in the interval sand­ wiches, cakes and biscuits, tea and cof­ fee were served.


There was also a raf­ fle and the event raised £311 for St Mary’s Refurbish­ ment Fund.


Waster paper Next Tuesday ' is waste paper collec­ tion day in Sabden when old newspa­ pers etc should be left outside, in the white sacks or carri­ er bags, for collec­ tion.


Garden party The annual garden party and rose queen crowning a t St Nicholas’s Church is on Saturday, June 6th, at 3 p.m.'Walk­ ing day follows on the Sunday at 2 p.m.


While the church cur­ rently has no priest


' in charge, to ari^ge Christenings, wed­ dings, funerals etc


• please contact Mrs Sylvia Davies or Mr ■: Bernard Parfitt.-.


St Mary’s • After this weekend, St •Mary’s RC Church car park will not be available, as the scaf­ folding has gone up and work is due to


Following the St George’s dance, the bingo and a'-£20 donation, the fund- raising total for the community hall refurbishment now stands at £27,896. 1


■ begin on the new roof. . • :


The £20 bonus ball winners for the past two weeks have been


Dignitaries shown delights of Valley villages bakery demonstration at the


louring the Valle}’.


The tour started at the Calf’s Head, Worston, and visited the Bowland Brewery before heading to Backridge Farm to sec the many artisans and specialist retailers who have based their businesses at the former Waddinglon farm before guests look part in a


Fr Peter Birming­ ham and Mrs Pat Doxey. The church’s annual garden party is on Saturday, June 13th. Items for the stalls, raffle and tombola prizes are wanted. Last Sun­ day a number of parish children were confirmed in a serv­ ice taken by Fr Birmingham.


Littlemoor • ■There is to be a coffee morning for Macmil­ lan Cancer at Little- riioor House on Sat­ urday from 10-30 a.m.


Services Sabden Baptist Church’s Sunday service is at 10 a.m. and will be taken by Tim and Joan Peagam. The Rev. Michael Ackroyde will officiate at Holy Communion at St Nicholas’s Church at 9-30 a.m. and week­ end Masses at St Mary’s RC are at 6 p.m. on Saturday, when singer and gui­ tarist Steve Robin­ son will take part, and 10-30 a.m. Sun­ day. There is a chil­ dren’s liturgy most Sundays in the vestry during Mass.


Bowling Some excellent bowl­ ing is in store this weekend when Sab­ den Bowling Club holds a new'cqmpeti-: tion, the Peter Lam­ bert Open Charity Doubles, with £400 in- prize money. Some .32 pairs of bowlers are taking


i part in the event, which is in aid of Pendleside Hospice, where club member


- taslc@backridgc cafe.


Following a trip round the Rib- ble Valley, the civic tour ended the day at Brow- shoImcHali.


The Mayor, is pictured taking part in the bread making demonstratoion. (G230409/3a)


and regular bowler youth club. • ’ Peter was cared for Coun. Haworth before he died in praised the hard December, 2007, work of the Play aged 60.


A grant is also being applied for to fund the proposed foot­ path near the white railings on Simon- stone Road.


Work by Lancashire County Council on providing a footpath over the Bull Bridge is due to begin in July.


SLAIDBURN Park Trust, who had


Matches start at 9-30 made considerable a.m. on Saturday improvements to the and at 1 p.m. on play area, but has Sunday. Spectators now disbanded and are welcome and handed over respon- refreshments are on sibility for mainte- sale. Club members nance and upkeep of are reminded to add the new equipment their names to the to the parish council, lists in the clubhouse The youth shelter, for the vets’, the the roof of which has men’s and women’s . deteriorated due to doubles, and mixed vandalism, has had doubles competi- the roof and part of tions, being held this the walls lowered, month and next. The council felt that it The next committee could not keep


meeting is next Thursday in the clubhouse.


Line dancing


St Mary’s RC School FSA is holding a line-dancing event tomorrow night.


Plant sale Plants that people have


- ordered


through the Holme Committee should be delivered on Sat­ urday. They will be left in the garden if people are not in. All the proceeds go to community events in Sabden.


AGM' A report on Sabde'n


spending money on the structure only to have vandals contin­ ue to damage it by throwing roof tiles onto the play area etc causing a hazard.


Twenty . planning applications had been considered over tbe year, including controversials ones for housing on the Marbill site and the garage on Clitheroe Road. Both had been passed by Rib-


. ble Valley Council, but due to the cur­ rent economic cli-


■ mate they had not yet been proceeded with.


Parish Council’s He was disappointed work over the p a s t.- th a t promised year was given at the annual meeting held


• in St Nicholas’s Hall. ■ last Tuesday. Coun. Tony Haworth gave • his fourth


repairs to the culvert in Wesley Street to prevent the whole village being flooded again had not been .carried out.' , ; , ,


annual report as He was pleased that chairman and weU‘/i last year’s Halloween corned the newestL celebrations, had member, Coun.'; been a lot less rowdy Martin Yeoman,; ;• for Sabden people, as


; who works with' commercial opera- young, people and tions had been runs the village : banned from setting


Kiwi talk' Slaidburn Young Farmers met on Monday for a talk by Liz Scott on her trips to New Zealand. Thanks was expressed by. Chris Dodd.


Members were con­ gratulated on their successes a t .. the Bowland Regional Rally, hosted by Slaidburn YFC at


-Croasdale Farm, Slaidburn, by kind permission of Mal­ colm and . Marty Handley. Slaidburn was seebnd overall on the day.


Next week’s meeting is stockjudging at Crawshaw Farm, Newton, by kind permission of Mar­ tin and Jayne Bris­ tol, at 7-30 p.m.


Birthday party The 65th birthday meeting of Slaid­ burn WI was presided over by Mrs Pat Garnett. She introduced guest speakers Mrs Angela 'Talbot and Mrs Vanessa Townson, who were thanked by Miss Isobel Bris­ tow.


The Leila King Wilkinson Cup for most points in the year’s competitions was presented to Miss June. Carr. Mrs Alison Grimes was, runner-up.


The birthday cake -was cut' by-Mrs Betty Walker, who was celebrating her own birhday, and a


■ Jacob’s join supper was enjoyed by all.


new law was won by Mrs Benny Bradley, Miss Bristow and Miss Carr.


WEST ■ BRADFORD


Church service On Sunday, the 2 p.m. service in 'West Bradford Methodist Church will be led by Mr Peter ‘ Howard.


Parish council The AGM of West Bradford Parish Council will take place next Thursday, May 21st, at 7-30 p.m. in the village hall.The public are welcome.


WHALLEY


Oboe and me . In the absence of the president of 'Whalley with Mitton WI, member Mrs Mar­ jorie Mitchell wel­ comed members and thanked Mrs Freda Haynes, for the arrangement of spring flowers.


She introduced Mr Edward Lawton, of Kendal, who gave an interesting account of how, at the age of 14, he became fasci­ nated with the oboe and in his early


■ youth played in a military band which took him to many


: parts of the world. He later became a


■ member of the Lake­ land Sinfonia Orchestra.


He gave a demonstra­ tion of popular clas-: sical music which members easily


- recognised and enjoyed. Mrs Lesley Lohou thanked Mr Lawton for an inter­ esting musical evening.


helping in the village as last year. , ■ -


He invites volunteers ■ to join him, mem­ bers of the parish council and other groups on two clean­ up days - Satur­ days, May 23rd and June 20th.


Please meet in The Square at 10 a.m., wearing suitable clothing


and


footwear and com­ plete with suitable tools if possible. Organisers will then decide which areas • to tackle first.


Flag person After more than 11 years, the flag man at Whalley Parish Church, Jeff Duck­ worth, has decided to retire, so a replacement needed.


is


The flag is flown from the tower on occasions such as


.Christmas, Easter, the Queen’s official birthday and anniversaries of the Coronation, and at half-mast to com- meorate the Twin Towers disaster in New York.


The job entails climbing up a lad-


' der on the church roof.


Writing in the church newletter, warden Clifford Ball said: “The new assistant must not be afraid of heights and maybe a bell-


.. ringer could do it.” Anyone able to help '


. is asked to contact Mr Ball via th e parish church office or on 823233.


The joint service for Ascension Day will be in the parish church this evening at 7-30 p.m.


Mrs Mitchell gave a report on the spring council meeting and thanked Mrs Dorothy Hollins for organising a success- ■ ful Blackpool trip.


The evening closed with Mrs Lyn Jones reading one of her own poems.


The next meeting is at 7 p.m. on Wednes­ day, June 3rd, at Whalley Abbey when Mrs Killop will tell the history of the hat pin.


Clean-up As previous winner of the large -village class in the Lancashire best-kept village competition, Whal­ ley will be taking part in the^champi- ons section this year.


Organiser of the vil­ lage’s .-effort---on


: behalf oT the Parish Council, Don Nicho-


vson, -says he. was delighted with the result last year and a


. leaflet to household­ ers asks that they


, show the same com- • mitment to tidying


A competition for a . their properties and


New to you Bargains from the large collection of clothes and acces­ sories not sold two


. weeks ago may be obtained on Satur­ day from 10 a.m.


' until noon at Whal­ le y ' Methodist School.


Join in New players are invited to join Whalley Senior . Citizens’ whist and


. domino drives, - held on Saturdays at 6-30 p.m. in the Methodist Church


. Hall. Contact Plelen Hardy on 01254822988. :


Last Saturday, whist wdnnerswere: ladies - P Wooff and M Capstick; gents - J. Hull and J Teller.


. Dominoes - M -Maden and J Peel.


■Preacher ; On Sunday a t 10-30 a.m at Whalley Methodist Church,' the preacher will be, David Bowker, o f Clitheroe. ■


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