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16 • ' Clitheroe Advertiser &TImes,Thursday, May 20,2010


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“ww.clllheroeailvortlser.co.uk news SIMONSTONE •ills


Garden club Mem bers o f . Si- . monstone Garden. Club will hold their May meeting in Si- monstone Old School


; hall at 7-30 p.m. next Thursday when Julie


^ Brandon will be talk­ ing about “Roses and ■ Castles”. All are wel­ come.


SLAIDBURN


. Hodder Luncheon Club will be held in Slaidburn Vil­ lage Hall every third Wednesday of the month. Three dates have been agreed June 16th, July 21st and August 18th,


Lunch club At a meeting of the . ; Hodder Community Tt was agreed that a


. commencing at 11-30 a.m. Membership will


■ cost £4.50 to include a mid-day meal. If any­ one would like to join please contact Jackie on 01200446555.


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. Members of Slaidburn Young Farmers’ Club met on Monday for a visit to Bashall Barn. Thanks were given by JoshThomber.


Farmers’visit


' peted against clubs ■ from Clitheroe, Chip­ ping, Pendle, Samles- bury and Bolton-by- Bowland. Members . took part in a variety -


- Rally held at Gisburn Auction Mart last Sunday. They com-


. - events such as stock- ' judging,-cookery, ■


■ of competitions rang-, ing from the tradi­ tional young farmers


. flower arranging and crafts to the more unusual ones such as - nail art done by the lads and writing and performing a Lanca­ shire song. Slaidburn were first overall on the day.


Next week’s meeting is either stockjudging a t . Manor House Farm, - Newton, by kind per-,. mission of Mr and Mrs John Harrison,: or flower arranging -


P li


. in Slaidburn Village'■ - Hall. Anyone wishing to flower arrange is to bring a wine glass, scissors, some green- . ery and £4 to cover


.'the cost of flowers. TOSSIDE


Old time There was a good


. crowd for an old time - dance held in Tos-


- . Dennis Westmor- ■Tand. Thanks were


side Comunity Hall; - Music was played by


■-■expressed to those who donated raffle ; prizes and gave help


• and support in any ^ way. •


' lor, D.'Nelson, A.:' ; Pittman, E.' Robin- ' - son, H. Garth,' C; ; - Bainbridge, E. Wad-';


Raffle winners: P. Tay-


- On Saturday, May , ; . 29th a live band will


' Valley Band. Live band


" ' be performing in Tosside Commu-:


. £8.50 or £15 for two, and include a pie and peassupper.'


Tickets available from Emiline Drachen- berg 07809489282 or


' Hall. . V I


WADDINGTON


Members had a very successful day at the ■ Bowland Regional ,


■ ' debate. The resolution urges HM Government to - introduce clear and • mandatory country • of origin labelling on ■ all meat, poultry and '


Resolution At the meetingof Wad- dington 'WI Miss Hylda Emsden wel­ comed everyone and asked Mrs Ruth Seed to read the resolution ■' for this year’s AGM


‘ fish products sold in • ■ this country. Mem­ bers voted for the resolution.


Guest speaker was Dee Ellis, of Read, on


“ How I became a Red Coat”. She explained it all started when she went to Butlin’s.- at Filey with friends


; and correspondence ■, : Billy Butlin invited her to Clacton-on- •.


I and entered the com­ petitions. She had always wanted to be a Red Coat and after - a lot of persistence ’


: Sea for eight weeks. She said she enjoyed it so much that the


■ following year she worked at Skegness . and lived life to the ■


' bers it was a great ex- . perience and so much .


■ Rivers” and his war / dance. She told mem- '


■ ' at Rimington and a - garden visit to Craig; • Bullock’s in July. -


Tickets were sold for - he group meeting •


The next meeting will '


: take place in the. ■ Methodist Church.; ■ schoolroom on June' 8th.The speaker will ; •


■; be Mrs Zena Herbert ’ ; on “Hats.'Histori-:'


• full on theatre duty.; . She even enjoyed the '. wrestling matches' watching “Billy Two , '


: nity Hall. It is a local group called “Char- Tie Brown Band” and the evening starts at ' 8 p.m. Tickets are


• The next dance will be • ■ on June 18th to the - ■ music of the Lyne


; dington, R. Lodge, J. Sharpies.


WORLD CUP COHTEST thevi


are also invited. There will be a raffle and tea hostesses are D. Hollings, M. Lup- ton and V. Finder.


WEST BRADFORD


Parish Council. The annual meeting of


West Bradford Par-. ;: ish Council will take


.. All village residents - : . of voting age are in- ■ vited to go along with '. their views and opin-


-. place on Monday, May 24th in the vil- i lage hall at 7-30 p.m.


■ : ions for what is best' for the village.


; Lancashire Best-Kept Village Competition' and yet again will be in the championship


- Tosside Community • ■


: class which means the competition will be extremely tough.


- The parish council­ lors are requesting that, as, residents, everyone assist the ; village lengthsman in keeping not only the streets, pave­ ments and public places clean and tidy by picking up litter


- and dog droppings, ; but also gardens as


- all these areas are taken into account by :: the judges. To win a -


- category in this pres- ■ .tigious competition is to show civic pride in . your community.


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Church service The 9-15 a.m. informal : worship with Conti-' nental breakfast will', take place in West Bradford Methodist


The village has again : been entered in the


held next Thursday, ■ May 27th’in Whalley Village Hall with the


■: title “Whalley Going; Green” The meet- :


: ■ ing starts at 8 p.m.' and all villagers are •


: welcome. Tel. 01254 ; 823376.


- A fabulous evening of - ' fizz, fashion and fine j


Fashion f iz z . -


; fare is being held ; ■•in Mitton Hall o n -


'There will be fizz and canapes, a fan­ tastic catwalk show by Precious, CC- 2Moda, Pucker and , Blush, Cosgroves,"


' • tonight.


school hall at 7 p.m. '


: There will be a meet- ' ing of Whalley Par­ ish Council at 7 p.m. in . the Methodist. Church schoolroom tonight. Members of


Council meets :


. the public are invited, to attend.


; - Thursday, June 3rd, ' • with proceeds going - to the “Keep Pick­ wick Night Fund”. ■


. Ten young people will be confirmed at the Pentecost Mass at English Martyrs’RC Church, Whalley, on Sunday at 11 a.m.


Confirmation by Duncan Smith


- Hansel and Gretel, Checkmate, Mau­ reen Cookson and , hair by Kelly Hughes '


: and Saks, finally in-, dulge in purchases from sensational re­ tail stalls while being


• : entertained by live • music. Tickets are ■ just£15.


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. Children can bottle feed goats and see chick- ' ens, piglets calves


Farm fun


: and a miniature pony close up at a.“Milk- : shake Morning”, or­ ganised by Whalley Parish Church and . the Sunday: Club at Hawthorne Farm, Barrow on Saturday from 10 a.m to 2 p.m.


■' a scavenger hunt. ■ Refreshments on ■ sale will include milk­ shakes, juices, tea and coffee, sandwiches, • biscuits and cakes.


' Church on Sunday.. Everyone is invited to take part'in the ■ service of God’s word , and music led by Mr Howel Jones. - •


. WHALLEY .


;. hall a 7 p.m. Entrance ' ' ■ is £6 per person, - : which includes sup- . ' ■ per and a commemo- :' : rative pen. Everyone


Quiz night A quiz night will be held ■ on Saturday in Whal-' : ley Methodist Church


■ - will be organised into :; teams of six people,: . sojust come along on . the night and you will beverywelcome. ■


; fun. Thanks, were':- •' expressed to Dee by - Mrs Seed for a very.:: entertaining talk. ; ■


Pentecest ' On Sunday there will be ' . a short contempla-


■ ; tive communion for.- ■ Pentecost Sunday i : at 9 a.m. in Whalley -' ■- Methodist Church,


• ;-followed' at 10-30 ■ : a.m. by worship for -■ Pentecost. Both serv-


' ices will be led by the minister the Rev.'■; Katy Thomas. ’ ’ ’


• cal and Hysterical”. • • Friends and guests ■


Gcing green A public meeting will be


There will also be story­ telling sessions and


Tom Hardwick, who completed the Lon­ don Marathon, raised more than £1,600 for Jesuit missionary- work in Zimbabwe by sponsorship. He ■ thanks all who sup­ ported him.


Our Lady’s Oil burns this week for newly- elected MPs. ■


■ Worker wanted Whalley CE School


needs a part-time play worker for the : busy Out of School


.: Club and also new committee mem- bers to help with the running of the club. Anyone interested can contact Dawn on 07930153530.


;. adult and no dogs are • allowed. ■ • • ' Help is needed for a three-day book sale


, ' tomorrow will be fol- . lowed by meditation in the Abbey Libraiy. On Sunday, which is


,v Whit Sunday, there , , will be Holy Com- munion services at 8- ■ 30 a.m. and 10 a.m.


Mrs Bill will speak on ; “A Taste of India” at


■ ' the Mothers’ Union meeting on Tuesday


.•• at 7-30 p.m;


;v' the East Lancashire Hospice, will speak


Chaplain The- Rev. Kelvin ; Howard, chaplain to


'.V about his role after the annual meeting • ‘ t? of-Whalley Christian;


., I ' Action Group in the ' '■


- . Methodist Church.-


: ‘ 24th. Holy Communion in ;,;the Abbey Chapel -


■ church. Books can be left at the church • from Monday, May


; help should sign the list at the back of the


• in the church from Saturday, May 29th.' Anyone willing to


Admission is £2 per ■ child and £1 adults. Children must be : accompanied by an


. class. Only a handful of chil­ dren have joined PC Justin Brown on the Monday morning walk to school. The walks start at 8-30 p.m. by Calderstones Park entrance and


, continues down Mit- . ton Road on to Sta­ tion Road and across the zebra crossing into Abbey Road and through the Spar car park to school.


Friends of Whalley School have organ­ ised a treasure hunt - from the school; from 6 p.m. tomor­ row evening. A fam­ ily ticket costs £5 and money can be sent in


. , an envelope marked “Treasure Hunt” to the office. Cheques


■ should be made pay­ able to Friends of Whalley School. A child’s name and form should be in­ cluded. '


Choir night Valley Voices will re­ hearse as usual at 7- 30 p.m. on Monday at English Martyrs’


■RC Church but will take a break on Bank Holiday Monday. The choir is prepar-


. ing for a concert at . the church at the end of June. Inquir- , ies about member-


■: ship and bookings'to -01254 824312.'


Mrs Watson needs long cardboard tubes, like kitchen roll and plas­ tic film middles, for a DT project with her


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WITH the World Cup on the horizon, we are launching a fan­ tastic competition to find the Ribbie Vailey's most fanatical football family. We're looking for a footy-mad famiiy with a pas- sion for the beautiful game. All you need to do is send us


a picture of you and your family demonstrating your support for Fabio Capello and the Engiand team to: Nuttiest Footbaii Fam- ' ily, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times c/o LEP, Olivers Piace, Fuiwood, Preston, PR2 9ZA.; Show us what the World Cup


means to you. It can be anything from you on the pitch at your, favourite club, the whole family in their football shorts or even the family pet and you. ■ The winner will receive a print


from a professional studio pho­ toshoot in a limited edition wall frame worth £500, courtesy of Autograph Portraits; a £200 > voucher to spend at ieading sports venue Oakhiil Academy on spa treatments, personal training, and sports hail hire; AND a tabie for four, including food and drinks, at an exciusive • screening of the Worid Cup final at The Grand in Clitheroe. Aii other shortlisted entrants


wili receive £50 gift vouchers for Autograph Portraits as run- ners-up prizes.


Our judges wiil draw up a ' t g x n d


AT THE DOUBLE: above, Ian Townson (left) and show sponsor Mike Redfern, of Townson Fuels, with Ian’s Skipton reserve champion Limousin-cross bullock and, below, with his first prize Limousin-cross heifer.


. prizes at the Gisburn Auction Mart’s Spring Dairy Show and Sale on General Election day. Show, judge. Frank


Wrathall, of Gisburn, chose a second-calf cow as champion from J. Dugdale, of Stackhouse, Settle, who won £50 in prize money and the Tom Southwell Memo­ rial Trophy. His cham­ pion cow later sold to D. Coulthurst, of Goosnargh, for a respectable £1,760. Heading the in-calf


; IAN Townson, of High Brake House, Clitheroe, was re­ sponsible for the first prize Limousin-cross bullock and reserve show champion at the Spring store cattle with


, show potential fixture at Skipton Auction Mart. The 12-months-old juvenile caught the eye of show


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judge Jeff Burrow, of Kirkby Malham, both in the show ring and at the ringside. He acquired the runner-up for the joint top priceiof £1,100. Ian also exhibited the first prize Limousin-cross heif­


er, knocked dowrcfpr £1,060 to East Coast show woman Mrs Hannah Jeffe'iy, of Broxa, Scarborough. Overall champion was an 11-month-old British Blue-


. cross heifer from Yorkshire Dales farmers J. and G. Huck, of Church Farm, Hubberholme, Skipton, a sec­ ond aquisition at £1,100 by Mrs Jeffery. The fixture was sponsored byTownson Fuels, of Chatbum, represented by sales manager Mike Redfern.


will be noon on Thursday, June 3rd. ■ Oakhiil Academy runs two


five-a-side football leagues, on Wednesday evenings and Sunday mornings At Autograph Studios the aim


is to capture that special bond you share in a photo session that wili hold pride of place in your home forever, whether you are an individual, a family, a couple, best friends, celebrating your newborn or simply really love your dog. V


- ; Even the most camera-shy will enjoy their time in the studio and be delighted with the


shortlist of the best entries. ■ Shortlisted families wiil be invit- • ed to recreate those images in ' r a free photoshoot with leading ■ photographer Jason Broadhurst. ’ Those pictures wiii then go on ; display at The Grand in Clithe­


roe, when you can vote for yo u r , overaii winner.


f The closing date for entries '


final results because our pho­ tographers aren't just techni­ cally skilled, they also have the ability to put you at your ease. As a young, family-run business our combination of personal at­ tention and professional service is seldom found in the rushed, impersonal environment so common to franchised photogra­ phy studios.


cattle was Elslack farmer J. Mawson with a heifer due in late May, selling to Hague Speak for £1,800, Mr Mawson won £50 worth of Allfiex vouchers and the J. H. Howard Me­ morial Trophy.. Trade for. the other


prize winners was good, with Pete Dakin selling his second prize heifer for £1,880 to John Clowes, of Macclesfield. M. Alpe, of Whitewell, sold the sec­ ond prize in-calf heifer to


. David Berry, of Thornton in Craven, for £1,820. Young stock sold very well, with a pair of Moet


JUST CHAMPION: the first placed In-calf heifer with, from the left, show judge Frank Wrathall, sponsor Jane Chapman of Allflex Executive, and vendor J. Maw­ son, of Elslack.


Melody heifers that had been out wintered and served in January selling for £850 each to J. Whit­ taker, of Tabley, Chesh­


ire. Heifer calves sold to £340 and averaged £300. ■ May will be a busy


month in the dairy ring with two dairy herd dis­


persals on the 20th and 27th, totalling more than 150 dairy cattle. Auctioneers were Rich­ ard Turner and Son.


Prime lambs on show at Gisburn


■:Mart’s annual. May Spring Lamb. Show was very well attended, with 75 spring lambs ;; forward, split between


two classes. . ' .. Winning the overall


• championship and lifting • the £50 prize money and ■ James Parker Memorial ' Trophy was R. J. Lam- ■;bert, of'Wigglesworth, ■>vith his pen of five Con- tinental. lambs. They


. achieved a huge £164 per head for 34kg lambs, av­ eraging 482p/kg and sell-


; ing to Accrington butcher G. Cropper.


< • 'Second prize in the ' Continental class went to • N.W.&'J.'M.Coulthurst-


:'&' Son, of Goosnargh, •'with their pen of five. lambs weighing 40kg and


iSPONSORED by the Farmers Guard­ ian, Gisburn Auction


selling for £112 per head to S. Howarth. Third in the class went to G. A. Hewitt & Son, their lambs weighing 39kg and sell­ ing for £87 per head to A. ^ Birtwistle & Son. Class 2, for the Best ■ Five Native Lambs, w a s ,


won by S. P. & V. Morris, of Dutton, with their five Suffolk lambs, weighing 38kg and selling for £86 per head to A. Birtwistle , & Son. Second prize was : taken by H. Procter & Son, of Longridge, also ., with a pen of Suffolks,. these.weighing 37kg and selling for £74 per head to BlacklidgeBros. ■ •’


.' Third prize was taken • by T. & J. Fitton, whose 36ke lambs sold at £80 per . head to R. C. & B. Binns. Overall average for new season lambs was 250p/


' kg. Auctioneers were Ri- , chard Turner and Son. •


PRIMEUMBS: Vendor R. J. Lambert (left) with his championship pen of Conti­ nental lambs and delighted buyer, Accring­ ton butcher G. Cropper.


MORE than 30 dairy cattle competed for the


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■ Contact Duncan Smith or Faiza Afzaal with yoiirfarming news’. Caii 01200 422324 or emaii duncan.smith@eastlancsnews. • ; co.uk or faiza.afzaal@eastlancsnews.co.uk'


World shec dog trials


AN expert from the Rib­ bie 'Valley.is playing a key role in organising the fourth World Sheep Dog Trials, which take place for the first time in Eng­ land in September 2011.


' Although more than a .year away, the countdown is fimly on and event co­ ordinator and English National sheep dog tri-


■ als stalwart John Palmer, ; of Higher Higson Farm, Twiston, is already busy planning the prestigious event. It will take place


, ;at Low’ther Park Estate, : near Penrith in Cumbria, on the edge of the Lake • District, from September


■15th to 18th, 2011. . Mr Palmer said: “We can expect around 30,000 people over the four days, which will provide a tre­ mendous boost to the regional economy, in par­ ticular accommodation providers and catering establishments. “The event needs fi­


nancial help in the form of sponsorship. There is little doubt that the World Trials offer a high profile platform for funding bod­ ies, commercial organisa-


• tions and others with a product to sell. These in­ clude major sponsorship roles, trial field displays, trade stands and pro­ gramme advertising.” The World Trials are


the pinnacle for work­ ing sheepdog enthusiasts around the globe. They take place every three years, with previous trials having been held in Wales, twice, and Ireland. Visitor numbers have been be­ tween 20,000 and 30,000, bringing in an estimated £3m. to £4m. into the local economy. A committee organising


the event is headed by the International Sheep Dog Society’s English presi­ dent and renowned trialist Tim Longton, of Rooten Brook Farm, Quernmore. While organisers are


planning a number of fund-raising events in the countdown to the trials, opportunities remain for event sponsorship - in­ cluding a frontline spon­ sor. Those Interested should contact World Tri­ als secretary Clare Savins at Lowther Park Estate on 01931 712516, e-mail: clares09@btinternet.com Full details will also be posted on the English


.World Trials website at www.worldsheepdogtri- als.org


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