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The village church is celebrating a Com­ munity Award for the Biker Break­ fasts held on the last Saturday of the month. Worth a massive three thou­


On Easter Sunday a sunrise service will be held on Jef­ frey Hill followed by breakfast in the church hall and later at 11 a.m. there will be a family service in church. All are welcome to these services. Also on Good Friday there will be the now tra­ ditional walk leav­ ing the church car park at 2 p.m. Tltis is suitable for families, across fields, but not too long, but please wear suitable cloth­ ing and footwear.


Good Friday Members of Knowle Green Church are looking forward to celebrating the res­ urrection of Jesus from the dead in traditional style. On Good Friday there will be a service at 11 a.m. continuing with a joint serv­ ice with Christians from Ribchester with a short service on the Hillock by The White Bull in the centre of the vil­ lage.


sand pounds, and only two have been granted throughout the country, it is in recognition of the uniqueness and suc­ cess of this outreach to the biker commu­ nity. The next biker breakfast will be held on Saturday, April 30th when a film crew will be coming to film the event and of course all bikers are most welcome


Line dancing The line dancers who meet each Tuesday in Knowle Green Village Hall are to celebrate the Royal Wedding at the last of the dance session before Easter. All dancers are invited to wear red, white and blue in celebra­ tion of this event and to share in the Jacob’s joint sup­ per. The dances will recommence after the Easter break on Tuesday, May 3rd at 8 p.m. New dancers are welcome from 7-30 p.m.


HURST GREEN


Round the green Look out for the vil­


lage newsletter landing on door­ mats this week. This issue, skilfully put together by Agnes and David Bland, is full of interesting information, memo­ ries and news. Ifyou


live in the village and do not receive a copy please contact Agnes 826559 or Nancy 826903 who will arrange for one to be delivered.


There will also be archery and craft stalls. Help and do­ nations of goods are always needed con­ tact Kath or Gill on the above numbers.


Kidzone St John’s Young peo­ ple have a Good Friday workshop on Friday, April 22nd 10.30 a.m. to noon in St John’s Old School, this will be crafts and baking. All young people are welcome, con­


New this year is a five mile trail race, de­ tails of which can be found on www. ukresults.net.


Fete The village fete to be held on Sunday, July 17th is the 50th summer fete to be held in Hurst Green. This year’s fete queen will be Grace Brown and her attendents are Gait McLennan and Kathryn Mann. Details of the popu­ lar competition for adults and children are now available from Kath 826898 or Gill 826378 and include a 50th birth­ day cake, four deco­ rated cupcakes and a 50th anniversary card.


tact Nicky Bailey 826027 for more details.


Wl Hurst Green WI will be on Thursday, April 28th in at the Memorial Hall. Derek Jones will be giving a talk on chutney and pre­ serve making. The competition will be for a cruet set.


LOW MOOR


The ladies’ team also won 6-3 against the Black Bull, Old Langho.


Club news The men’s darts team at Low Moor Club defeated Craven Heifer 6-3. Man-of- the-match was Ty­ rone Henshaw.


Family walk The next monthly


Bonus ball Winners were M. MacQuarrie, I.


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Anyone wishing to take part is very welcome to join in. The meeting starts at 7-30 p.m.


Snooker The A snooker team lost in the semi-fi­ nals of the League Cup on the last frame to the Catho­ lic Social Centre. Good luck to the team in the final.


Poker night Month two took place with 32 entrants. Winners were: Stephen Tandy, Michael Hitchen, George Wadding- ton. Anyone wel­ come to play at the games each month. Check dates on Facehook LMC Poker.


History group Pendleton History Club meets tonight, in the village hall to start researeh into the records of All Saints’ Church.


family walk will take place on Easter Sun­ day, April 24th. Full details next week.


On April 2nd Clithe­ roe Young Farmers’ hosted the annual muck haul where they sucessfully raised over £400 for charity.


Next week, members are to meet in Pend­ leton Village Hall at 7-30 p.m. for a talk on photogreaphy by Robin Haworth.


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Waste paper It’s paper day in Pend­ leton on Tuesday, April 19th. Please leave papers in the white bags provid­ ed.


Swan fizz The Swan With Two


Neeks, Pendleton, raised £135 for Can­ cer Research with a Mothers’ Day raffle to win a bottle of House of Commons Champagne. Thank you to everyone who supported the event.


Young farmers Last week members of Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Club met for a tour round Cornthwaite’s Farm


There will be lots of activities in the vil­ lage hall during the day together with sandwiches and cakes for lunch.


There is also a prize for the best deco­ rated egg themed house or garden for residents of the vil­ lage. Please support this local event.


Complete the day with egg catching at the Parker’s Arms at 4 p.m.


Festival Children and adults are invited to take part in the Newton Festival of Eggs on Easter Monday from 12 o’clock un­ til 4 o’clock. Take along to the village hall a decorated hard-boiled hen egg, a decorated cup cake or an Easter bonnet, all labelled with name and age between 9 and 10 a.m. All entries will be displayed and judged on the day.


READ


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board out early next Monday morning for the waste pa­ per collection to be held in Read and Si- monstone villages.


Palm Sunday Services on Palm


The Maundy Thurs­ day service will be in St John’s Church, Read, at 7-30 p.m., celebrating the Last Supper and Institu­ tion of the Eucha­ rist.


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The gentle exercise class will be held on Monday afternoon between 2 and 3 p.m.


day in Read United Reformed Church will be held at 10-30 a.m. The Lent Bible Study group will meet on Wednes­ day, April 20th at 7- 30 p.m. in the Sun­ day Schoolroom.


Sunday in St John’s Church, Read, are 9 a.m. Holy Commun­ ion and 11 a.m. fam­ ily service. Palms will be distributed to the congregation. Instead of the Even­ song service there will be a service of readings, hymns and choir anthems for Holy Week at 6- 30 p.m.


meet on Tuesday, April 19th at 12-30 p.m. Please let Ann Wild know in ad­ vance if you will be attending and the over-50s meet on Thursdays between 2 and 4 p.m.


RIBCHESTER


Services in Holy Week are between Palm Sunday, April 17th and Easter Day, April 24th.


Easter services Easter eards are be­ ing delivered to every household in Ribchester by mem­ bers of the church, containing infor­ mation for Easter and the year ahead. If you have not re­ ceived a card tel. the rector, the Rev. Gill Henwood, on 01254 878352 or one of the churchwardens listed in the parish magazine.


distributed with cof­ fee and tea after the service.


traditional Simnel cake with its mid­ layer of marzipan to mark the middle of Lent was presented, and subsequently


Duck race The annual duck race on the river is a ma­ jor part of the fund­ raising for Ribches­ ter Playing Field


Mother’s Day Last week St Wilfrid’s Church was packed with parents and children from the primary school, together with the youth organisations in Ribchester, who each played their part in the Mother­ ing Sunday service. Bunches of daf­ fodils, prepared by the Mothers’ Union, were given by the children to every woman in the congregation. A


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for the plastic ducks that compete. How­ ever, a notice ap­ peared outside the SPAR last week, which alleged that some sharp practic­ es were being used to shorten the odds of winning. Traces of Teflon were said to have been dis­ covered on certain ducks, to give them an extra^turn of speed, according to an investigative


Trust which involves selling 2,000 tickets


Henwood, on 01254 878352 or by e-mail to: ribchesterrecto- ry@hotmail.co.uk. With the welcome return of warmer weather, the horde of visitors who come to Ribchester each year is about to begin, so we want to give them a warm welcome in the church. Oc­ casional help with the flowers is most welcome, and there are specific dates throughout the year from whieh to choose. Help with decorating St Wilfrid’s on Satur­ day, April 23rd at 10 a.m., for Easter Sunday would be greatly appreciated too.


Flower help Everyone in the village and parish who en­ joys flower arrang­ ing and who woufd like to be part of a team which is com­ mitted to keeping St Wilfrid’s Church beautifully deco­ rated, is asked to get in touch with the rector, the Rev. Gill


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Afternoon tea The Sunday afternoon home-made eakes and teas available in Ribchester Vil­ lage Hall will also begin again on Sun­ day, May 1st, but will be organised slightly differently this year to spread the workload and the commitment more equally. For information, con­ tact Hilda Bentley on 01254 878480 or Jo Ratcliff on 820770.


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Invasion At, the meeting of Rimington WI B e k k a C lo s e opened members’ eyes to “The En­ emy Within”, as she outlined the increasing number of non-native inva­ sive species which are coming into this country, putting British plants and wildlife at risk. Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed and giant hogweed have colonised riv­ ers and railway banks and spread at an alarming rate. In lakes, streams and rivers too, al­ ien species of cray­ fish and beetles are devastating native creatures. Con­ stant war is waged against these in­ vaders by conser­ vation groups and Government-run campaigns. Bekka showed slides of the various plants and animlas on the black list and gave tips on how to help halt the spread.


Mrs Barbara Spen­ cer gave an excel­ lent report on the business and guest speakers at the an­ nual spring council


As WI walks co-ordi- nator, Mrs Spencer went on to describe the delightful stroll alongside the Rib- ble from Brunger-


, meeting at South- port. Michael Por­ tillo had kept the eapacity audience enthralled with his anecdotes on the many different phases of his life.


ley to Low Moor, luckily escaping the showers, with a welcome cuppa and cake at a members’s home to complete an energetic after­ noon.


The border group meeting at Wad- dington on May 17th and a visit to Rufford Old Hall on May 23rd are two dates to look forward to. A bring- and-buy stall was well-patronised and a cheese and wine buffet tickled eve­ ryone’s taste buds.


Whist drive A pie and peas sup­ per was enjoyed by patrons of the monthly whist and domino drive or­ ganised by the man­ agement commit­ tee of Rimington Memorial Institute. MCs were: Mrs E. Hartley and Mr S. Hogg.


Whist w in n e rs were: Ladies - M. Wellock, J. Hart­ ley, H. Lofthouse. Gents-J. Stainton, S. Hogg, B. Gar­ nett.


Dominoes: A. Taylor, D. Knight, J. Oddie, H. Moorhouse, J. Sharman, V. Giles.


Raffle: H. Moor­ house, J. Shar­ man, F. Giles, M. Wellock.


SABDEN


Elections Sabden will go to the polls to elect a new member of Rib- ble Valley Council on Thursday, May 5th. Conservative Michael Fielding is not standing for re-election as the sitting councillor and in his place as Conservative can­ didate is Richard Newmark, of The Old Coach House, The Whins. Stand­ ing for the Liberal Democrats is Mr Andrew John Ber­ ryman of Highfield Road, Clitheroe. Polling will take place in St Mary’s Hall. Sabden Par­ ish councillors are due for re-election, but as there are not enough candidates for the nine’ places the seven residents who have put their names forward will be automatically elected to serve for the next four years. They are Michael Calvert, Tricia


. Cunliffe, Antony Haworth, Richard Newmark, Bernard Parfitt, Marion Procter and John Shorter.


Winners Winners of the April monthly draw at Sabden Bowling Club are £30 J. Whitwell, £20 P. Stansfield, £15 C. Sutcliffe, £10 P. Harper, £10 J. Ke­ ogh, £5 J. Robin­ son. Subscriptions for the bowling sea­ son for new and ex­


isting members can be paid to the treas­ urer Alan Whalley as soon as possible.


Paper Next Tuesday will be waste paper collec­ tion day around the village.


School Sabden Primary School re-opens after the Easter holidays on Tues­ day, April 26th. For the summer term there will be foot­ ball coaching with Adam Lakeland, who is the Black­ burn Rovers ladies’ team coach. The next meeting of the school PTFA will be held on Thursday, May 5th, at 7p.m. m the White Hart.


Toddlers Sabden has a toddler


group each Tues­ day morning from 9-30 a.m. in the Baptist Hall, Clit­ heroe Road. All pre-school age chil­ dren and parents or carers are welcome. There are lots of toys for the children to play with and toast and drinks are served.


Live music The Pendle Witch pub in Whalley Road has more live music on Saturday night with band Stealer and on the May Bank Holiday weekend they have Satch on the Sat­ urday night and the second Sabden Live music festival fea­ turing many local bands, on the car park on the Sunday afternoon.


Palm Sunday Palm Sunday will be celebrated in Sab- den’s churches this weekend. St Nicho­ las’s CE Church has a 9-30 a.m. Holy Communion with the Rev. Norman Atty. Sabden Bap­ tist Church has a 10 a.m. service led by Joan and Tim Peagam and at St Mary’s RC Church there is Sunday Mass featuring the blessing and receiv­ ing of palms at 11 a.m. with Mgr John Corcoran.


Marathon Sabden’s own super-


woman, Kitty Gar­ nett, will be running in her 24th London Marathon on Sun­ day. Kitty (73) is one of the oldest of the 35,000 competi­ tors and will be run­ ning for the Alzhe- imers Society. If you wish to sponsor Kitty please call her on 01282 776042.


St Mary’s The next fund-raiser


for St Mary’s Hall Fund is a table top sale on Saturday, May 7th, from 10 a.m. Anyone wish­ ing to book a table should call Dee El­ lis on 01282 773984.. Anyone wishing to book St Mary’s Hall


for an event should call Tohy Hargan on 07711635084.


Council Sabden Parish Coun­ cil’s April meeting last Tuesday was attended by Coun. Tony Haworth (chairman) and Couns John Short­ er, Marion Procter, Jean Haythorn- thwaite, Michael Calvert and Frank Goss. The secretary of Sabden Holme Committee, Mrs Enid Boyd-Martin, said the committee was still looking at getting a perma­ nent base for the annual bonfire on the Holme, but as it was getting late in the year the site of last November’s fire would now have to be re-turfed for the summer. She would report back to the council later in the year with any developments.


Councillors accept that more housing is to be built, homes are also planned


schools and medical facilities, utilities, phone lines in Sab­ den cannot cope.


Council had a long discussion on the new proposals for housing on the Marbill site which have been re-sub­ mitted to Ribble Valley Council and were the subject of public viewing and meeting with


■ the developers the previous Saturday. Around 50 villagers had attended and the council chair­ man reported that there had been a lot of positive com­ ments from the public, along with negative comments that generally the developers had scant regard for existing villagers. The plans involve completely rede­ veloping the site of the former Victoria Mill, with 70 houses and flats, includ­ ing four bungalows for the elderly and affordable homes. Conservation area consent is needed for the partial dem­ olition of Victoria Mill and the plans involve keeping the mill chimney, offices and spinning block, which will be con­ verted into homes. Councillors agreed that they wanted the site redevelop­ ing as much of it is derelict and the Marbill company will soon be moving out to new premis­ es in Simonstone. However, they are very concerned that the development is too big - too many homes are planned and they feel it will destroy the feel and character of Sabden. There is already too much traffic through Sabden, which is used as a rat run between Clitheroe and Burnley and Padiham, and they feel the impact of so much new housing will be detrimental to people’s qual­ ity of life and the infrastructure - i.e.


A planning applica­ tion for a dropped kerb outside a house on Padiham Road caused a long discussion about the lack of parking spaces in the vil­ lage, particularly on Padiham Road, and this would only exacerbate the situation. How­ ever, as nine out of 12 houses on the stretch of road have either disabled ac­ cess or dropped kerbs, councillors felt they could not object to this appli­ cation. The issue at this end of Padiham Road, above Mount Pleasant, is that one side is restricted be­ cause of the access issue and the other side, 91 to 111, has double yellow lines, so many residents have nowhere to park. Councillors also felt that hav­ ing double yellow lines further down Padiham Road, near the shop, is en­ couraging speeding through the village and that parked cars would slow down motorists. Councillors said the


' on the old Cobden Mill site (Contrast) close by and fur­ ther down Whalley Road opposite the Whins, but they sent a resolution to the borough coun­ cil that they strong­ ly objected to the scale and size of this development, on highway safety and lack of infrastruc­ ture. The applica­ tion is due to be considered by plan­ ning councillors in Clitheroe in June, There were no ob­ jections to plans for a golf practice tee and green within existing plot at Hol­ lins House, Clerk Hill Road.


lem in Sabden for very many years and that the highways authority had done little to resolve the problem, while Rib­ ble Valley Borough Council imposing parking charges on the village car park had made things much worse. The council resolved not to object to the planning applica­ tion but to write to the borough council with their concerns about the issues raised. The issue of highways manage­ ment and parking will be put on the agenda at a future meeting.


Carking issue had een a major prob­


in a competition to design flyers to promote Sabden’s efforts in the Best Kept Village com­ petition this sum­ mer. There will be prizes of WH Smith vouchers.


Bull Bridge Councillors'nave re­ ceived complaints about problems being experienced by motorists follow­ ing the work on the Bull Bridge to make a new footpath and priority road mark­ ing. Residents felt that the signing for the new prior­ ity give way was not prominent enough and the buses had been experiencing difficulties with the new system, which is causing backed up traffic at peak times. Councillors said it was too soon to get a clear view of the new system and would review it again in June and take it from there. Coun. Michael Cal­ vert reported on the Sabden Action Plan which is looking at environmental im­ provements and the development of the village. Both schools were involved and Sabden Primary asked for help with planting in front of the school while St Mary’s RC was to tidy up the area around the benches at Red Gate at the top of Watt Street. The village lengths- man will be given time to support both schools in their projects. The local Scout group had of­ fered to plant a lot of trees around the village but this had not yet taken place.


Vandalism One of the quad


Willow trees, which had been fairly newly planted and just “taken”, had been damaged and stakes ripped out along the Holme path and council­ lors felt the same adult or adults may have been respon­ sible. It is costing the ratepayers in the village a lot of money and this sort of vandalism needs stopping.


springers, a piece of equipment for young children on the park, had been damaged by a “drunken adult” one weekend and now needs expen­ sive repairs.


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the White Hart on Wednesday, April 27th, at 6 p.m.


SIMONSTONE


Palm Sunday Family communion will be held in St Peter’s Church, Si­ monstone, on Sun­ day when palms will be distributed to the congregation.


WADDINGTON


Royal wedding An invitation is ex­ tended to all to see the Royal wedding live on a big screen in Waddington Vil­ lage Club on April 29th. Starting at 10 a.m., the wedding will be shown at 11 a.m. and wedding breakfasts will be available at £5 per head to include a glass of bucks fizz. A raffle and Royal bingo will also be held. Tel. 01200 422262 to book.


Witness walk Christians from Wad- ington and West Bradford will be taking part together in a Walk of Wit­ ness on Good Fri­ day morning, April 22nd. The walk will start at 9-30 a.ra. from The Square, Waddington, and will be followed by a united service in the Methodist Church, West Bradford at 10-15 a.m. Every­ one welcome.


WEST BRADFORD


Service The Palm Sunday service in West Bradford Method­ ist Church will take place on Sunday at 2 p.m. The service will be led by Mrs Wendy Bridgeman and a warm wel­ come to all.


WHALLEY


Palm Sunday On Sunday at Whalley


Best-kept Pupils at the two vil­ lage primary schools and members of the youth club are to be asked to take part


Play equipment on the park is to be repainted soon. A lamp outside 89 Padiham Road had been taken out and not replaced. Residents were re­ minded that they can report street light faults on the Lancashire County Council website.


PACT The next PACT meet­ ing with local police will take place at


• start the day with a quiet and peaceful communion service for Palm Sunday. An all age worship will be held at 10-30 a.m. Both services will be led by the minister, the Rev. Katy Thomas.


Methodist Church there will be an early contemplative time at 9 a.m. for those who wish to


Thanks were ex­ pressed to the band and to the Meth­ odist Brownies, Whalley Rangers and all the visitors for a very success­ ful evening, which


Trefoil The Whalley Tre­ foil Guild’s coffee evening was well- attended and the Whalley Garage Band were great entertainment.


raised £333 for funds.


Soul night A Motown Northern


DJs Male Jackson, Ronny McCarthy, Dave Lowe and Ste­ ve Wilde played to a packed audience for this fund-raising event and organis­ ers Steve and Ann Wilde thanked all the DJs who played for no fee.


• Whalley Village Hall was a huge success raising £678 for the Save the Vil­ lage fund.


Soul Night held in


Thanks also to the vil­ lage hall committee for the reduced hire rate, Gillmartins Hardware shop for help with ticket sales, local shops for displaying post­ ers and those peo­ ple who organised a raffle. Not forget­ ting all the people who attended to make the event so successful.


Graphology After a late cancella­


After LFWI news, outings and sum­ mer events were discussed. Lyn Jones gave an en­ tertaining report on the spring coun­ cil meeting. Four members had en­


There were three win­ ners in the competi­ tion for an Easter bonnet and the president thanked Freda Haynes for the arrangement of spring flowers.


joyed the evening celebrations at Hurst Green’s 56th birthday party with warm friendship and exc ellent food.


tion of the speaker, Sheila Wheatley came to the rescue and members were not disappointed as she told of her interest in graph­ ology which is the art of handwriting. She explained how writing is individual to each person and tells how people think and react to different situations. Each shape and size of letters reveal a person’s personal­ ity. She displayed copies of handwirit- ing of famous peo­ ple which members found fascinating. Mrs Jacqui Hesketh expressed thanks.


There will be mid­ week Holy Com­ munion at the church at 10 a.m. today and tomor­ row Holy Com­ munion in the Ab­ bey Chapel will be followed by medi­ tation in the Abby Library.


ley Nab before the descent into the vil­ lage! A service, con­ ducted by the vicar of Newchurch-in- Rossendale, the Rev. Sue Davies, was held in the parish church and tea and cakes were served by Whalley parishioners.


On Sunday, a Prayer Book Holy Com­ munion Service at 8-30 a.m. and Par­ ish Communion and Sunday Club at 10 a.m. will be followed at 11-30 a.m. by the annual parochial church meetings.


Blooming cash Donations to Whal­ ley of Chamber of Trade with respect to the Britain in Bloom competition and the Best-Kept Village competition are on the agenda for discussion at next Thursday’s meeting of Whalley Parish Council at 7- 30 p.m. in Whalley Methodist Church Hall.


There will be a period for public discus­ sion and for addi­ tional public con­ tributions after the close of the meet­ ing.


Egg numbers An Easter egg raf­


Rotas for the various ministries, includ­ ing readers for the Holy Week litur­ gies, can be collect­ ed from the table at the back of the church. Planned giving envelopes for the next financial year are also ready for collection.


At the next meet­ ing on May 4th in Whalley Abbey at 7 p.m. guest speaker Maureen Snenten will talk on “The Von Trapp Fam­ ily”. New members welcome.


Welcome bells The bells of Whalley Parish Church rang out on Saturday af­ ternoon to welcome “pilgrims” from the parish of New- church-in-Rossen- dale, who were cel­ ebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of their church. Their pil­ grimage included a crossing of Whal­


fle will be drawn at English Martyrs’ RC Church, Whal­ ley, after Mass on Easter Day. People who want to sell tickets should con­ tact Pat and John Whiteside.


Passion music The Renaissance Singers led Whalley Christian Action Group’s traditional Music for Passion- tide in Whalley Par­ ish Church on Sun­ day evening.


The group’s Lent lunch will be served today in the Meth­ odist Church Hall at 11-45 a.m.


Tables offer Booking are now be­ ing taken for the next table top sale at Whalley Village Hall on Sunday, May 5th. Inquiries to Grace Gemmell on 01254 823402 or Honey Balfour 01254827350.


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