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do this to a cat? THERE seems to be a large number of reports of missing cats recently. 11 found my lovely black cat dead in my


garden last month. Very sad and upsetting ; for all the family, especially my children. What was even worse was knowing its life had been cut short by the evil callous


. teenage boy who shot it from him bed­ room window with an air rifle. How do I know this? The cat had a shot wound on its side and the teenage boy


- (and possibly his mates) were seen doing this by a neighbour. The boy in question was confronted (before I found my cat) and said he was shooting birds. Does that make it OK? I don’t think


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We believe our cat


was taken... twice I AM writing to make pet owners aware of what some people are like. -


- -. Through whatever reason, how some people can do such cruel things is beyond me.


Two years ago whilst on holiday in Ten-


-. erife, over the Christmas holiday period, we returned to find one of our beloved


, pets missing. This was our 13-year-oid cat, who never strayed from the front of our home. ■


Considering that there was almost a


foot of snow on-the ground, it seemed baffling how such a tiny animal could find her way to the other end of town, one-


■ and-a-half miles away, down Low Moor. When we returned from holiday she


had not been seen for four or five days. Being very concerned, I printed some posters and flyers with her picture and de­ tails on and by pure coincidence a mem- her of staff from Myerscough Vets had seen the poster on Saturday morning in Thoroughgoods.


: A couple of hours later, a kind couple


. had taken her into the vet to see if she was missing and by three o’clock Tiggi had re-


• turned home safely, unharmed but a bit bewildered and confused.


The couple had found her in their ga­ rage on a Low Moor estate. How, why , and who would do such an evil thing? Two


years.on and this has happened again and Tiggi was found on Edisford Road, and


, much to our trauma Tiggi has now passed away. ■ :'


• Although she was returned to us, due to a plea inlast week’s edition of The Clithe-


, roc Advertiser and Times, we were lucky enough to have her at home for the last moments of her life. ■ When she arrived back she was with-'


. drawn, distant,’disorientated, with little : strength left in her little body at all.


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did not traumatise her so much that it shortened her life?


How do we know that the shock of this '■ ,


Maybe we are wrong and no-one took : her. Maybe we have suspicious minds, did


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combat dog mess . I AM appalled and disgusted with what is going on in Henthorn Park, where there is dog poo all over.' :


One has to keep looking where one is •


going otherwise, dog poo! Dear Lord, why on earth do they not put a vidoe all around? You would get


your money back in no time at all; - ......... I am fuming; I’ve stood in it this morn-


mg whilst picking up my own dog’s poo. What in this world are.the dog owners thinking of? I really don’t know. ' • The number of children that come on


this park is enormous and the dog owners know this, and still they don’t care.


.. This would not go on in other coun­


tries, believe me, I know, and so do a lot ot others. There is never a dog warden around


here and when he has been told he said isVvideoP100'’ -


answer> in one,


The dog pound is a disgrace. It was lovely at first, but now it’s an utter dis-


munity hall is everything is well looked af- H ^ w h°D


u£ur Th<ljeIS8'assaii °Ver, and litter. Well I could go on, but I’d get nowhere. ne-nnoticed that where thecom-


eV1r’-Which 8° es t0 show that is a neglected area. What


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someone take her? Maybe we are right, she was abducted!


' We would like to thank - Mr.-Bill


Braithwaite for finding and looking af­ ter Tiggi during the time she was miss­ ing, which hopefully prolonged her life enough for her to return home and spend her last moments with us.


- ■ , : We would also like to thank everyone


who has shown their concern, the man­ agement and staff at Ultraframe, who. were vigilant in looking for her and Myer­ scough Veterinary Surgery.


-. We are very distraught and saddened


by our loss. We had Tiggi since she was about eight weeks old and she would have been 16 next April. So, be aware pet owners, take care of


your beloved pets, they give you joy, hap­ piness and good memories. Enjoy them always.


: LIZ and STEWART, Clitheroe


Dickensian rock! TO quote the description of Pickwick Night in last week’s Advertiser: “The event will see the village soak up the sights and sounds of a Victorian Christmas dur­ ing a mammoth festive street fair with a Dickensian theme”. ■ ; T wonder how many Victorian residents


Did the organisers of this extravagan­


za of tat have any regard for the elderly residents, parents of young children, or indeed anyone who lives in the proxim­ ity of the village, who had to listen to this racket?


• ■


. The noise was as far removed from a Victorian Christmas as could ever be im-: agined. ■


I would suggest that if music has to be


. endured, then muted Christmas Carols would be far more appropriate. Perhaps if the organisers paid a visit to a real Christ­ mas markey they might get a flavour of what a Dickensian event should be.


J.G. FARNSWORTH, Woodlands Drive, Whalley


Follow the debate at www.clitherbeadvertiserxo.uk ‘Cinderella’ was a


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real treat A FANTASTIC, brilliant evening was


- enjoyed by a full house when Bolton-bv


Bowland Drama Group performed “Cin­ derella”.


. Lovely to see so many familiar faces in the cast along with many excellent new characters. The. set, costumes, singing


dancing and gymnastics were excellent as well as the hilarious comedy. The many children in the cast were su­


perb. The joy*, enthusiasm and happiness on their faces were delightful to watch. Well done to everyone behind the scene


as well. A perfect start to the Christmas season.


MRS M. HOWARD, ■


Cowper Cottage, Wigglesworth


Treated to blast of Quitting Europe


would help us all LAST week’s one day strike, in which


. reportedly two million public sector workers demonstrated against pensions and job cuts, was the largest demonstra­


of Whalley had to suffer a cacophony of extremely loud rock music during their, street fairs?


tion against a UK government for many years. However, while it may have been justi­


fied, it did not have much support from the private sector who are also suffering from the same problems, and the disrup­ tion caused to the rest of us did nothing to


• help their cause. What the unions should consider and


: the government have failed to admit is .the we pay the EU over £50m: every day


_ for our membership, i f we did not have to pay out that amount of money, then the cuts in pensions and jobs would be far less, if any. ■


- We. would also be able to pay off the country’s deficit within a much shorter timescale. What the union members, along with •


: the rest of the electorate should now realise is, by continuing support for the three traditional pro-EU political parties, nothing will ever change, and the political


• merry- go-round will continue, to the cost . of the rest of us.


PHILIP GRIFFITHS,


' North West Chairman UK Independence Party


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BILLINGTON


Community The service on the second


Sunday in Advent at Billington Community Church was taken by the Rev. Don Johnson who spoke on “Herald­ ing the Coming of Jesu’s Birth” with the second Advent candle being lit by Joseph Mason-Bax- ter. The hymns “Come and Worship”,‘"Infant Holy” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” were sung.


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Holy Communion was served with flowers for the communion table


provided by the minister and his wife. This Sunday at 10-45 a m. the service will be taken by Miss Margaret Duck­ worth, of Chtheroe, and all are welcome.


Tea and chat - It was a full house for the


tea and chat Christmas party last Thursday with Mrs Linda Sawley providing the entertain­ ment, but it is with sad­ ness that this was to be the last one due to ill health. The cafe bar is now closed until early February.


CHATBURN


Manor House November 30th is known


as St Andrew’s Day. St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, so in true patriotic fashion The Manor House, Chatburn, was deco­ rated with the familiar white and diagonal crossed flags on a blue background and the staff similarly dressed in blue and white.


BOLTON-BY- BOWLAND


Whist drive Whist winners at the whist


. and domino drive held in Bolton-by-BowIand Village Hall were: M. Wellock, B. Grainger, H. Garnett, M. Grainger, J. . Traynor, R. Fairburst.


The War Memorial Whist and Domino Drive will be on Thursday, De-‘ cember 15th.


Dominoes: J. Chew, E. Nowell, R. Chew, A. Fox, A. Taylor, J. Pye.


Young farmers Members of Bolton-by- Bowland Young Farm­ ers’ Club met on Mon­ day for a talk by Julian Silverwood on waste management. Julian is highly successful within this field and gave the members a very inter­ esting talk on the in­ dustry. An enjoyable


evening was had by all. The debate team missed out on the finals by just


five points, but did very well in the competition, congratulations to Jessi­ ca Townson, Catherine Gravestonand Abbie Lund for getting so far.


Next week’s meeting on Monday, December


12th is a talk by actor John McArdle, mem-


. bers to meet promptly at the slightly earlier time of 7-30 p.m. in the village hall.


CHIPPING


Young farmers Members of Chipping Young Farmers’ Club met at Francos restau­ rant, Longridge, for their annual meal and presentation night. For­ ty members, parents and advisory attended and a very enjoyable evening was had by all.


Next week’s meeting is a talk on showing hens by Alan Procter, of Ribchester, and mem­ bers should meet at St Marys Hall at 7-30 p.m.


GISBURN


Young farmers Members of Gisburn Young Farmers’ Club met in the festival hall on Monday and deco­ rated chocolate logs, winners were: Jun­ ior boys - 1st Daniel Heaton; 2nd Matthew Middleton; 3rd Isaac Wrathall. Junior Girls - 1st Harriet Robinson; 2nd Lauren Heaton; 3rd Annabellc Robin­ son. Intermediate —1st Chris Thompson. Sen­ ior boys - 1st Michael Newbould; 2nd Richard Hartley.


Next week’s meeting is the Christmas party, meet in the festival hall at 7- 30 p.m.


GRINDLETON


Successful fair The Christmas fair held in


Grindleton School hall on Saturday was a huge success making £1,235 for the Pavilion Project.


In spite of poor weather,' the recession and eve­ rything else lots of peo­ ple turn out on a cold and windy Saturday afternoon much to the delight of the stall-hold-'


■ ers. , The organisers would just like to say a very big


thank you to those who baked buns, cooked cur­ ries; sold stuff, wrestled with trestles and to eve-


’ ryone who supported the event in a host of different ways.


Carol service A reminder that the vil­ lage Carol service for Grindleton and Sawley will take place on Mon­


day, December 12th


at 6-30 p.m. in St Am­ brose Church. Pupils of Grindleton Primary School as well as villag­ ers will be taking part as the Christmas story is retold through inter­ views with travellers on their way to Bethle­ hem. Come and join in the singing of the well- known carols and meet afterwards for mulled wine and mince pies in the parish room and school hall.


Decorating - St Ambrose Church will be decorated for the Christmas festival on Saturday, December 10th from 9-30 a.m, on­ wards when everyone is most welcome to come and help. Gifts of green­ ery etc., would be much appreciated and can be left in the church porch.


Winter warmers Just over £500was raised at the supper evening held last Friday at the home of Alan and Liz Rown- tree, in Grindleton. It was a most enjoyable evening and ’’comfort food” which included shepherd’s pie, pheas­ ant casserole, vegetable, lasagne and hot-pot fol­ lowed by fruit crumbles, pies, sticky toffee pud­ ding, bread and butter pudding, nee pudding, trifle, chocolate torte and cheese and biscuits, was much appreciated by all present;


Centrepiece Emily Jones will be dem­ onstrating how to make a Christmas decoration for the table or mantle- piece at tonight’s meet­ ing of Grindleton WI. Members should bring secateurs, greenery and baubles etc. A competi­ tion is for the best effort. on the night.


There will be a £2 bring- and-buy Christmas par­ cel stall, proceeds to the Pavilion Project, and mince pies, mulled wine and carols will add to the festive atmosphere.


Those wishing.to go to “Hello Dolly” at St Mary’s Centre, should put their names down tonight, which is the last meeting before the deadline. The. show runs from February llth to 18th and tickets are priced at £10, £11 or £12 depending on the • day, time and seating.


: Details of the Lanca­ shire Federation trip to Denman College on October 8th to llth and application forms are now available.


The annual subscription of £31.50 is due at the January meeting. A board will be circulated at tonight’s meeting for members to indicate their choice of hot pie and mushy peas (£2)


which will be served at the first meeting of the New Year on January 12th, when Mr David Kay will talk about “Shire Horses”. The competition is for a Chi­ na model horse. -


HARROPFOLD


Fellowship On Saturday Harrop Christian Fellowship held their annual Christ­ mas meal and party in Chatburn Methodist Church. Carol singing, led by the Revs Keith and Diane Hunter, of Settle, were followed by a most enjoyable tradi­ tional Christmas meal.


- Afterwards party games were organised by Stu­ art and Janet Rogers, of Preston. The evening concluded with a short Christmas epilogue by Janet.


The Bible study will take . place at Lower Darwen on Thursday at 7-45 p.m.


On Sunday next evange­ list Barry Woodward, of Rochdale, who is a reformed drug addict working in schools and


All are welcome to the . meetings and services Inquiries, tel Frank 01200447665.


HURST GREEN


Fair success A big thank you to all those who supported St. John’s Church Christ­ mas fair. The event .raised over £2.000, an


. excellent sum which will be put.to good use over the coming year. '


Carol service All are welcome to join choir and musicians from Stonyhurst Col-‘ lege in the annual carol


. service at the newly refurbished St. Peter’s Church, Stonyhurst, tonight at 7 p.m. There


- will be advent readings and traditional carols. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served after­ wards.


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■ prisons will be guest speaker. The service will begin at 2 p.m.


On Sunday the Rev. Alan Reeve, International Bible teacher of Roch­ dale, was welcomed and gave another inspiring message on three things - Jesus came to give us forgiveness, transform mation and hope and worship a God who will not fail us. God can turn failures into victory.


A most enjoyable time was had by all. Thanks to Chatburn Methodist Church members for the use of their beauti­ ful modem premises. :


Hall will be hosting Va- mos Theatre’s produc-


■ tion, “Much ado about Much Wenlock,”. This


. is a show which includes music, dance and masks in a drama about going for gold on an Olympic theme. The production is suitable for those aged eight and over and is on Thursday, December


. 15th at 7 p.m. Tel. Kath 01254 826898.


Youth club Members of Hurst Green Youth Club are remind­ ed about the Christ­ mas party on Friday, December 16th in the Memorial Hall. The fun starts at 7-30 p.m. with dancing to a live DJ and a hot-dog supper.


Carol singing Carol singing around the


village will take place on Friday, December 16th. All are welcome, you don’t even have to be able to sing. Meet at St. Peter’s Club at 7 p.m., all donations are for THOMAS, at charity which supports home­ less and others on the margins of society.


Christmas parties The young people of St.


John’s Church, Hurs! Green, will be hold­ ing a Christmas part’ ■ for those aged three t< 1. eight years on Saturday December'17th. Con tact Nikki Bailey 82602; for details.


• Longridge Fell. Santa hats and fancy dress are encouraged tel. Chris Barnes for details 07816135743. Volun­ teers are also needed for marshalling. '


. help. KNOWLE GREEN


Profits are for the Memo­ rial Hall, refreshments will be on sale and do­ nations of baking will be gratefully accepted, contact Kath 826898 or Nancy 826903 if you.can


Trail race 1 The second Hurst Green Trail Race is taking place on Sunday, De­ cember 18th at 1 p.m. with a five mile climb up


Festive music The Longridge Valley


Singers will be perform­ ing in Knowle Green Village Hall on Saturday bringing a programme of Christmas music and readings to her­ ald the festive season. Admission is £5 which includes*a festive drinL and mince pies and the; evening commences at 7 p.m. For tickets tel. 01254 878447 or pay on , the door.


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