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HARROPFOLD
Fellowship Sunday last Harrop Christian Fellow ship’s guest speaker
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Next Sunday the speaker will be Mr Norman Pearson, of Blackburn. The service starts at 2 p.m. and all are wel come.
HURST GREEN
Youth Club The next St Joseph’s Youth Club will
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. be at the Memo rial Hall tomorrow (April 1st) at 7-30 p.m. Young people over nine years arc well to go along and try out the many activities on offer. Volunteers are al ways needed for the rota, please contact
One Voice There is to be a con- ; cert by “One Voice Choir” at the Cen-
On Thursday there . will be a return visit by Mr Martin Light- foot, of Knaresbor- ough, who will give a PowerPoint presen tation on “Science and the Bible’’ from a Christian perspec tive at 7-45 p.m.
, ceive Him. Mem bers were pleased to welcome visitors to the chapel.
. was Mr Eric Bain- bridge, of Chip ping. He spoke on “Hands”, encour aging us to put our hands in the hands of God as Jesus touched our hands and hearts to re-
j ^PU P IL S ^ a t 'fG h a 't- ’J .-a hundred books; these7 - ' burn Primary School ' range-from the New. , ‘a re benefi'ttmg,from's7‘W^y-books, Oxford,.;';
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•' , ^be residential care^ buffoT pupils in years ' elderly peo^ ^’ to^come.'^As a parent I ^
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-. pl®. IS run by, Cantebuiy,7:,f; know how important it^^: forUocal parents and'
. Association I found out.jiX resources/^
the kind donation'of* ^ Reading Tree books, ' £500 worth'bf i-ead-K. books about world,
^ ■ ing b o o te by tiTe Rivj;- i-
^®’^^T®.’’^•''b6bks will benefifthe^fe^ children, not only now >
Gail Ainsworth com-^*«iocaLcomniunities to* " mented:/Through thC'^.^^help support the school
Friends. of ChatburnT.j to enhance and replace '^ Parents and Teachers„^,. equipment, books and, -
that the school wanteiJ 5?/,Mr Robert Maude, ' ! ; agreed: to dona te, the i' iichildren to read has al-’ ;.. •- sum, of £500 to buy a =
j , variety.of . new, books ' for the children. I
: spoke with the teach ' ers at the school and < they, put together a list, of books they would' like and we placed the
■ order. We have man-'i . aged to purchase.' over-*
and treated to a free raffle in which they all got a prize! Events like this one take a good deal of organisation and goodwill. Gill and Agnes would like to thank the many people who helped and donated to wards the evening; including Rita and John Holden, Bunty and Phil Armstrong, St Peter’s Club and Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Parish Council.
- wine and nibbles. - Tliis choir are billed as the North Wests
. is to raise funds for Phab, a group which
, te n a r ie s Th ea tre, .Stonyhurst. The concert is on Wednesday, April 13th, and tickets are, £8 adults, £4 chil dren and include
.'leading commu n i ty gospel choir. ■ The performance
; supports adults and '.children of all abili ties to enjoy life to gether. Tickets are available from Gill Jacques 878222.
■ .'the delicious food .on offer.
: three-course meal ' .with wine. They '.,jwere,' ably.:enter- «;tained by musicians ,)!from St Mary’s Hall
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Forty, villagers' sat .'down. to'.cnjoy a
Over-65s party The'pafty 'held last ; Friday was a great success with lots of ■ compliments about
KNOWLE GREEN
. and sing songs from the shows, light classical as well as more popular. The choir is performing in Knowle Green Village Hall on Sat urday. Admission is £5 including coffee. and shortbread and all are welcome. Pay at the door. :
Goncert Based at Poulton-le- Fylde, Sylvan Sound is a ladies’ choir of great renown. It has a wide repertoire
Friday, May 6th;Tn the meantime check out their web site and listen to, their music and sec the wide range of ven ues they are playing at and then book the date. Another
been postponed and will now be held on
- to refresh their readingVxHeadteacher at Chat-.'5„if , and learning b o o k s . , i ;* b ’urn Primary School, - “ T h e c o m p a n y ''^ s a id : ,“ E n c o u ra g in g /7
; .has been used to buyr ■
; date to book is Fri
day, October 28th when the ever pop- . - ular folk group the
Houghton Weavers are appearing in the village hall. Tickets on sale shortly.
Whist drive Military whist and or dinary dominoes will be played in Knowle Green Village Hall on Wednesday. Ad mission is the usual
: Riverside Care Centre ■ arranged for us by Mrs i Ainsworth; Tlie money'
. ways been a
priority.at'; - our school.'We are very k 'grateful for this gen- '■'erous-donationfrom':
! books for the benefit o f ' , all our pupils.”
; r e a d ALL ABOUT IT: Riverside Care Centre's manager Gail Ainsworth;; Care Centre Manager with pupils, from the left, Luis Winckley, Drew Roberts-Aihs- worth, Maya Worrell-Nelson and Alexander Hughes.
• District second divi sion league with still one game to play.
Table tennis Low Moor B team won the Hyndburn and
Congratulations To air the members of the team at Low Moor Club in win ning most o f the competition titles this season.
■ £1.50 including tea and biscuits and play commences at 7-30 p.m. All wel-., come.
LOW MOOR
Darts The men’s team won 5-4 against the Swan and Royal. Tyrone Henshaw was the man of the match.
Ladies The team lost; 6-3 : to. the Rose .and Crown..
Folk evening The folk evening with • “Blackheart”, has ■
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championship..The . B team defeated the Kings Arms 7-5.
, . The young man of the match was Scott Kenyon. ' ’
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■" one championship again.
The B team finished third-in'Division
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Snooker ’ Low -Moor A team ; won: the: snooker le aguerdivision
Pool Low Moor A: won the premier league
PENDLETON
Paper Day It’s paper day m Pend leton on Tuesday. Please leave papers in the white bags provided.
READ
Waste paper The next collection of waste paper for the villages of Read and Simonstone
', rier bags out early in the morning at the
; Please leave your , hessian sacks or car-
Using percussion in struments, display cards, song, papier mache animals, col lages and food, each year presented their knowledge end ing with the whole school singing “llie ■Tree of Life”. After assembly, everyone was invited to visit each class room to see the various dis plays and exhibits. ■
coach drivers on their good behav iour and manners. Last Wednesday morning, the whole school held a full as sembly for parents, grandparents and friends, where they gave a presentation on what they had learnt of the past term.
Church Next Tliursday evening will be the third part of the Lent course
■ will take place next Monday morning.
. edge of your prop erty where it can be clearly seen by the collection crew.
, successful trip by the. whole of Key Stage .Two, visit to Ches ter, View where the children of St John’s were congratulated ; by the 200xtaff and
School This term has been : . devoted to the rain forest of the world. Following
the.very
.' for this week will be “The New Testa ment: What does it tell us about God as
■: Read, at 7-30 p.m. RIBCHESTER
: well as the church”. This will take place in church or the .vestry at St John’s,
, lication of the King James authorised version. The title
commemorating the Year of the Bi ble, the 400th anni versary of the pub-
• a symbol of their love.
at 10-30 a.m. in St Wilfrid’s Church, Ribchester, on Sun day to mark Moth ering Sunday. As usual, the school- children of the par ish will be playing a significant role, and the Mother’s Union members will be providing bunches of daffodils for the children to give to their mothers, as
PCC meeting The annual Parochial Church Council meeting will be held next week im mediately after the morning service on Sunday, April 10th. This will encourage as many as possible to gather in the vil lage hall for refresh ments, to celebrate the year’s reports, and to thank every one involved. Ifyou want to take part, make sure that you are on the Electoral Roll by completing an application form at the back of the church.
Royal do Members of Ribches
Mothers’ Day There iwill be a spe- . cial festival service
' the Royal Wedding, with entertainers, stalls and food. It
Then, from 8 p.m. till
will run from noon to 4-30 p.m. :
te r Sports and Social Club are organising a great big street-party for the whole village on Saturday, April 30th to celebrate
late, there will be a Royal Wedding themed evening party at the club with comedy and dancing. For more information con tact Annie on 01254 878234.
The parish council
Spring clean As the weather warms up and visitors start to reappear in the village of Ribches ter, all kinds of actions are being planned.
has decided to hold its annual village “spring clean”: on Saturday, April 9th. Full details are on the newly-refur bished notice board outside the Spar shop. The regular group of 16 volun teers who pick up casual litter, week by week, throughout the village are being urged to come out
ers waded out to the island in the river, and cleared off all the flotsam and jet sam that had been deposited in the trees by the winter floods over the past
took two years. They also away two enor
the island no longer looks like a rubbish dump. Grateful ' thanks go to Simon and Will, and to Jo, they turned the ■ whole effort into a most enjoyable ex ercise, and thanks
mous bags of plastic debris. Suddenly,
of hibernation. Last Sunday, four villag
to Maureen who loaned her hus band’s waders.
SABDEN
: look at plans for the proposed housing development on the Marbill site in Watt Street.and Whal ley Road. From 9 a .m. 19 noon the developers; Bowsall (Sabden) Ltd, will be available to an swer any questions fealting to the plans, which will be on dis play .The develop ers have kept Sab den Parish'Council “in the loop”.from the outset about their proposals, but councillors, on behalf of residents who have voiced their opposition to the proposal for so many homes in the village, have serious
■ reservations that the current plan shows an increase in dwellings from 53 to 70. The increase is taken up by not proceeding with the
proposed dedicated mill premises for the Marbill com pany, which is mov ing to Padiham and adding more houses on that part of the
' three riverside cot tages and English.
site. The mill offices will be returned to
Housing There is an impor tant meeting in St Mary’s Community Hall on Saturday to
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. Tfic old .spinning mill on Whalley Road will be turned into fiats.
Tltisis the latest hous-
..tng development
•40+ houses passed, plans for five houses on the old print works on Stubbins Lane, and eight houses for which plans arc passed
on Whallev Road facing the Whins. Many residents and the parish council feel there are too many dwellings be ing built in Sabden and that the infra structure, schools, utilities etc cannot cope, on top of the major increase in traffic.
' its coffers boosted when the club hosts the Alan and Anita Whalley open dou bles on August 13
• th and 14th and is also restricted to
. 32 pairs. Entrj; for both competitions is £10 a pair and can
be made to Pauline Stansfield on 01254
824520 or 07843 630765 or Mary Griffiths on 01282 774082 or 07901 992497.
Parking Sabden Primary .
' school in Whalley •; Road or on the zig-
’ .remind parents • and motorists not to park in the bus ..' bay opposite the
:■ zag lines, especially - at school dropping
:' off and collection ••
: times, as it is poten tially putting their
School wishes to
, which is restricted to 32 pairs. Later in the season, Derian House Children’s Hospice will have
Bowling Sabden Bowling Club kicks off the sea son on Saturday, weather permitting, after the President’s Coffee Mot;ning in the pavilion from 10 a.m. to noon. Ev eryone is welcome to the coffee morn ing and any new members will be very welcome. Ex isting members are urged to attend and pay their annual subscription. The club will be hold ing its annual open doubles competi tions again this year starting with the Pe ter Lambert Open Doubles competi tion to be held on May 21st and 22nd. Pendleside Hospice will again be the beneficiaries in the popular competition
planned for Sabden in addition to the old Cobden Mill site which has had outline planning for
heritage has de creed that the mill chimney has to stay.
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, congestion in the area, being the ; centre of the vil-
children in danger. There is so much
: lage, that the school ■ and local police are concerned for the safety of children crossing the busy road.
- egg models will ; be accepted into school from next Monday to Thurs day when’the judg ing will take place. ■
Easter Pupils at Sabden Pri mary School are getting cracking with their annual Easter Egg compe tition. Their Easter
Waste paper Next Tuesday is waste paper collection around Sabden when waste paper should be left out side in the white hessian sacks pro vided.
Sabden Live Sabden Live is back for a second year - on Sunday, May 1st, on the car park behind the Pen- dle Witch pub. Last year’s first event at- ■ tracted a line up of bands for the open air event and was a huge success.
Services Sabden churches this weekend
have.the following services: St Nicholas’s CE
Church has a 9-30 a.m. Holy Com munion with the Rev. Jim Holt. Sabden Baptist Church has a 10 a.m. service led by Alan Williamson and at St Mary’s RC Church there is Sunday Mass at 11 a.m. with Mgr John Corcoran. .
Council Sabden Parish Coun cil will meet on Tuesday, April 5th, at 7-30 p.m. in the top room at St- Nicholas’s Church Hall, Wesley Street. The public are wel come and there is an opportunity at the beginning of the meeting to raise any
’ issues.
Circle Sabden Ladies’ Cir cle' will meet on Wednesday at 7-30 p.m. in St Nicho las’s church insti tute. Alt women are welcome.
: £10 and admission . for buyers is £1 inc :+ luding a free raffle
■ ;; ticket for a bumper ,1; food hamper. Stalls
. sale in St Mary’s ' Community Hall on 5 Saturday, May 7th. ! Tables are £7 or
Table top Tables are going well • for the table top
CHILDREN belonging fo Grindieton
, Primary School's Eco Club were given three seeds and a special growing gel to grow their own "Moon Tree".fol- ’ lovring on interesting and informative talk by Mr David Hewitt, Ribble Valley Borough Council's countryside officer.'
- He explained to the children how im portant trees ore to the world, describ-
can be set up from 9 a.m. on the day and the event will run from 10 a.m. to noon'. To book a table call Dee Ellis on 01282 773984. '
SIMONSTONE
: - Joseph Haworth. Word Search - Sam
. liams. Colouring ' competition - boys. Rowan Magnall, ■girls Claire Cun- .. liffe. Crossword,
; Claire Cunliffe; un der four'boy, Toby Magnall; under . four girl, Kitty Wil-
Beetle driife As usual, the family beetle drive organ ised by Simonstone St Peter’s Mothers’ Union was a great success. The win ners were: 1st man, Raymond Bradley; special prize male. Jack Mellor; 1st woman, Liz Aizle- wood; special prize female, Margaret Simpson; boy 15 to 18 years,'Marcus Greenwood; spe cial prize, Lewis Tillotson; girl 15 to 18 years, Izzie Price; special prize, Lydia Aiziewood; boy ILto 14 years, Toby Burrows; special prize, Sam Anon; girl 11 to 14 years, Francesca Mills; special prize, Chloe Cunliffe; boy five to 10 years,- Joseph Haworth; special prize, Ro- wen Magnall; girl five to 10 years,
Walton.
‘ aBd Sunday School children will be performing various duties. •
SLAIDBURN
The next whist and dominoes is on April 23rd.
TOSSIDE
Dancing a pleasant evening ■ : was .(pent dancing to organist Alan Cookson in Tost side Community Hall. Thanks were expressed to those who donated raf fle prizes and gave help and support in
Raffle: F. Giles, J. Hartley, D. Hogg, T. Pikex2, E. Fox.
Dominoes: 1, A. Lowe, 2, D. Knight, 3, P. Metcalfe, 4, A. Fox, 5, C. Knight.
Whiet The results of the whist and dominoes drive held at Slaid- burn VMage Hall on Saturday are as follows: Whist - La dies: 1, J. Hartley; 2, D. Hogg; Gents: 1, J.- Stainton, 2, S Hogg, lowest score A. Pike.
Services Mothering Sunday services will be held at 10 a.m. at St Pe ter’s, Simonstone, and-11 a.m. at St John’s, Read. At both services the Mothers’ Unions
The next dance will be on Friday, April 15th to the Bon-Ac- cords.
WADDINGTON
Service An evening of Sankey hymns will be held in Waddington Methodist Church at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Light refreshments will be served after the service. Every one welcome.
Karaoke A karaoke evening held at Wadding ton Social Club
proved to be a great success. Organised by the owners of the village’s Dove cote'Tea Rooms, the event doubled as a charity fund raiser. Over £200 was raised for Cancer Research UK, thanks to do nations, proceeds from a delicious pie and pea supper and the sale of raf fle tickets for prizes kindly donated by local businesses.
• ering a proposal for a village memo--
Garden Waddington Parish ' Council is consid-
rial garden, from an
Raffle winners were: K. Lonsdale, R. Procter, C. Whipp, M. Gornall, M. Hargreaves, R. Middleton, R. Kenyon, H. Barton,
F.Joel.
any way.
, ing different aspects of his job and how . 'core con be token of trees, especially in the Ribble Valley.
; - Tbe^^ asked several questions ' '
which helped them to understand how slowly most trees grow and the need ■ '■
; to core’ for the ones we hove; As port ; ' of Mr Hewitt's talk he explained how' ‘ the children could plant "Moon Trees"; ’
. ish council on Mon day, April 11th..
WEST BRADFORD
Service The 2 p.m. service on Mothering Sunday will be Ied_by the Rev. Katy Thomas and worship leader Fiona Tomlin. A warm welcome to all.
WHALLEY
Service On Sunday the 10-30 a.m. Mothering Sunday service in Whalley Methodist Church will be led
, Translators in Pa- pua New Guinea
- porting the work of the Wycliffe Bible
■ by the minister the Rev. Katy Thomas. The worship will include the Sacra- mentofHolyCom-' munion. As part of the “Year of the Bible” initiatives Whalley Method ist Church is sup-
■ below the Coro nation Gardens, whilst providing a new'amenity for the village. Discussions are at an early stage and will be con sidered at the next meeting of the par-
idea put forward by Mrs Kathleen Whit ney. The plan pro poses to improve the appearance of the east bank of Waddington brook,
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Church, Whal ley, to celebrate Mothering Sunday. There will also be hand-made greet ings cards and fash ion scarves for sale. The piety stall has' Easter cards for- sale
MOON-
TR E ES : Grindieton
:PrImary - School Eco Club mem bers w ith ' their Tree ' Course certifi-.'^^
‘ c a te s . ' ' ,
The planned giving re newal finished last weekend and new envelopes for all in . the scheme are be ing issued.
'-' from second generation seeds which' : s an astronaut, Stuart Roosa, took on ’■
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.. the Apollo, 14 mission on January 31st ‘ 1971.
< The Eco Club members feel very privi- ''
.. leged that they hove been given th e se " ’ ;. : seeds and hope one day people of the > Ribbje Valley will be able to see these ' special historic trees growing.
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and Burkino Faso. During Lent dona tions can be made each Sunday to this District Lenten Ap peal.
. tainable from Guild members or on the door. Everyone veiy welcome.
Historical Whalley and District Historical and Ar chaeological Soci ety’s AGM will be held next Thursday, April 7th in Whal ley Abbey at 7-30 p.m. This will be followed by a talk by Ian Ramage on “Village Life around the time of the Black Death”.
•• the end of January but made a rapid recovery because of the care and ex pertise of staff at ' Royal Manchester
School news Whalley CE Primary .School is backing a “thank you” run by the father of one of its pupils; Joe Geldard was taken very seriously ill at
Entertainment will be by Whalley Garage Band, a bumper raffle 'and coffee served by Whalley Methodist Brown ies. Tickets £5 ob-
Trefoil The annual coffee evening of Whal ley Trefoil Guild will take place in Whalley. Method ist Church hall on Tuesday, April 5th at 7-15 p.m.
The school assem bled for the official switch-on of Radio Burst and listened
The effort for Comic Relief at the school raised more than £457. Toast was provided by a bak ery and cakes and buns made by pu pils were on sale. The whole school took part in a work
A launch cake made by Mrs Steer and Mrs Porter and decorated by Nath aniel Bate and Amy Whadcock of Year 5 was shared. Par ents were invited to the school to view the project.
. to pre-recorded broadcasts from all the’classes.
The school’s new ra dio venture got off the ground with a “shout out” by Chris Evans on his Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
Children’s Hos pital. His father, David Geldard, wanted to repay the hospital in some way. and will take part in the Great Manchester Run on Sunday, May 15th, in aid of the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital charity. The school is helping him to find sponsors and donations can be handed in at the school office. Spon sors can also donate online through the web page www.just-
giving.corn/David- Geldard
The county council is increasing the cost of school meals to £2. from the begin ning of the summer term, on Tuesday, April 26th. The . payment for the summer half-term is £44. Dinner mon-
Children from Mrs Whiteman’s class were part of the 300- strong choir which gave a concert in King George’s Hall, Blackburn. They had been trained since September by Blackburn Cathe dral’s Music Out reach Project team.
A dinnertime celebra tion for the royal wedding will be held on Thursday, April 28th. Children who usually have a a school meal will be included and no extra payment is required. Those who have packed lunches should re turn £2 as payment by tomorrow to the school office.
Mothers’cake Simnel cake with tea
and coffee will be served af ter the Sunday m o rn ing Mass at Eng lish Martyrs’ RC
. ey balances can be checked with Mrs Stockton at the of fice. .
The Friends of Whal ley School met in the Swan last night to plan this year’s Summer Fair.
out by “Mrs Moti vators”, Mrs Robb and Mrs Bennett.
. Tickets are now available from the churches and cost £6. A Christian Ac tion Group Lent lunch will bo served in Whalley Meth odist Church Hall today..
Garage sounds Whalley Garage Band will play folk tunes in Whalley Meth odist Church Hall on Tuesday. The audience is asked to attend at 7 p.m. for 7-30 p.m. Tickets are £5 and include coffee and biscuits. The proceeds of the evening’s entertain ment are for Whal ley Trefoil Guild.
Clever stuff Award-winning com edy act Clever Pe ter will perform at Whalley Village Hall on Saturday from 7-30 p.m. The act was nominated best comedy show at the Brighton Fringe in 2008. Tickets, at £6 can be had from Whal ley Post Office. Fur ther information on' 01254824392.
There will be Holy Communion in the Abbey Chapel at 9-30 a.m. today fol lowed by medita-- tion in the-Abbey Library.
The Sunday Club will . supply the sermon for a family serv ice for Mothering Sunday at IQ a.m. There, will-be a Prayer Book Holy.
; Communion serv ice at 8-30 a.m.
Whalley P a r ish Church is to hold a beetle drive and po tato pie supper in the school tomor row night from 6-30 p.m. Admission is £5 for adults and £3 for children.
Best beetles
Passion Music The t r a d i t io n a l evening of music for Passiontide or ganised by Whal ley Christian Ac tion Group will be in Whalley Parish Church on Sunday, April 10th and will feature the Renais sance Singers.
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