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1 NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES • From page 15


. , team defeated Rim- ■ u-i : ington B 10-2. The JUDllee B team lost-8-4 to There will be a meet


Snooker Low Moor snooker A


V. defeated Darwen -■4-2.


; In their first game in Football


. ; the-match. -’r ‘-


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■ Rimington A In the . first round of the '■■■Lancashire Small • Tables, Low Moor


Pendleton Village’? Hall on Thursday, March 8th, at 7-30 p.m.


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ing in Pendleton’ Village Hall on Wednesday, March 7th at 7-30 p.m. to^ make further arf -


the Queen s Dia- mbhd Jubilee.


V TO weeks Low Moor Vyast© p ap© f unfortunately lost 2- paper day m Pend-


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Stell was man-of- P'®ase leave papers A competition for a ‘“ The white bags


0 to Coppice. Shaun leton on Tuesday, . provided ’


A service to mark 'OUng Tarm©rS The next meeting is ■ i Women’s World Last Wednesday Clit- ' on March 20th and


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i!3:»iPay of Prayer is being heldTh St


■■.Paul’s Churth, Low Moor, tomorrow : at 7-30 P-in. The


, speaker will be the , Rev. Anne Hardca- cre and all are wel­ come.


NEWTON


Parish council The annual meeting ^ -'for’Newton Parish


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- at 7-30 p.m. in the United Reform Church. Everyone is welcome to attend.


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- - Hall on Saturday, W


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A.very successful , evening was spent in Newton Village


Hall, Young farmers took part in a “Blue- Peter Challenge”; which was enjoyed by all.,Many thanks


Council has been Good luck to all mem-,


re-scheduled for bers who will.be tonight (Thursday)


competing at the Northern Area weekend on March 3rd and 4th.


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^vlage hall committee. “Twist and Shout” a Beatles tribute band entertained every­ one with Beatles’ songs and a disco was provided by Steven Thompson. Among the prize-


winners were: Mrs Having previously The 40 days of Lent,. T


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L. Blakeman, Mrs J. Smalley and J. Fisher.


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Quiz night A quiz night, arranged by Newton Village Hall committee was held on Monday night. Questions were set by Mrs M. Beattie and Mr Neville Pearson who acted as question master. Refresh­ ments were served during the interval. Winners of the quiz


through the busi­ ness meeting Karen Rainford and Joe arrived, apologising for being lost. How­ ever what followed was well worth wait­ ing for.


Studi©s in L©nt been involved in which culminate in I--- ;U


-.winners were Eliza­ beth Scott, Caitlin Dickinson and Mar­ tin Beattie.


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History club The next meeting of Clitheroe History


were “Bright’s Close + One” of Neil and Marie Beat- tie, Mrs M. Pinder and Mr Geoff Mer­ ries. Second were: “B.A.R.S.” of Ben. and Sarah Johhsbn,. Mrs Alice WhitweU and Rachel Carr. The best young farmers’ team was “The Foxy Ladies”. Among the raffle


children with family This year, the season members with dis- of Lent is being abilities or parents who are ill miss out on days out, going to the shops or to the cinema. So with a small group of sue people, Karen; and her friends went:; out to raise morieyl; and started “Miles; of Smiles” for chiU^ dren who needed a’" bit of special atten-; tion and pampering; ‘ One of the boys en-. joyed being a mas­ cot for his fivourife football team.’The little girls chose to be dressed as a fairy and enjoyed going shopping and to a restaurant. It was a


money-raising for the charity “Make a Wish” Karen de­ cided to start a simi­ lar charity for local children. Many


at the same time, stories of so many happy smiles. Mar­ garet Wright gave a very touching ex­ pression of thaScs.' ■ The quiz teams were


congratulated, on a successful and enjoyable contest


veiy moving and in- Nearer is a series of spiring evening, b u t; Jour Lenten-talks .


of Christ’s sayings, based on quotations from St John’s Gos­ pel, that define his teachirig on eternal problems, ;such as love, suffering and sin.


. in conjunction with its Christian Ac­ tion group.’There


are being held each Wednesday evening in Whalley Abbey at 7-30 p.m. These are based on the - Whalley Abbey Spirituality gtbup;


the great festival of Easter Sunday bn April 8th, started with the solemnities of Ash Wednesday last week.


'.. menically, by all the ■ Christian churches ; in the city. They are Ag© ConC©m


marked in Guild Year by a series of talks at The Minster Church of St John, in Preston. The talks are supported, ecu-


AP.rganised by the vil- ■ - speaker had not n


Next week niembers are to meet at the health centre car park at 7 p.m. for, a trip to Guy’s Ma­ chinery.


heroe Young Farm­ ers’ Qub hosted the- regional meeting a t . Hurst Green Village ■


by Chnstinei^Vood- wr^^a ^


- with dirV faces” READ


t6 all those'who at- Bpwlingiclub? icnueu.,


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Twist and Shout Thfrb werJT few ^ ^


^ and Simbnstbhe: ■ r along their favour- Pleasbieave waste ite bedtime,book


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is.waste;papef:colT^;'‘' ^ a


: , p white hessianibags -i ^-Lady and the Tramp


or carrier bags. RIBCHESTER


: March 20th, from i 10 a.m. to ribon. -y There vvill be a raf­ fle, bihgb and cake stall and admission is £1 which includes refreshments. It is open to all and sup- port is requested. -


mbrnihgTm'Read Cricket Club pa­ vilion on Tuescfay,


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Club takes place in ’. 'at Hu’rstJGreen bjfw' is a small charge I


. namely the Queen’s In Ribchester, there Diamond'Jubilee will be a Lenten


Hostesses were Gill HanHAo. Jsheila


Hartley and,Enid Boyd-Mhrtin; A S ^ang©© red stall was run by The village of Ribches- Christine Bailey.


cking;


celebrations, Pend- letoh-iWI’s 90th birthday and a pos­ sible Visit to Man­ chester to See Phan­ tom of the:Opera.


sresidehtjMissvGi' Vqf £10 for the four- Brown and plans week course, which were outlined for includes refresh: forthcoming events,' ments.'


ice at 10 a.m. each '-'OUmCII Wednesday morn- Sabden Parish Council


meditation at the midweek Holy Communion serv-


ing, led by the rec­ tor, the Rev. Gill Henwood. . ~


coat of Tarmac­ adam to Church Street, from The Spar shop down-to theriverbank; ,


HeatherPayis4alk~,;>.,^^^ ing.;ab'our“Ahgels ' -


the speaker'wiube Lancashire County arrange-


' and the machinery completed the job _ ^


of the appalling .weather, the team


;old scarred setts are covered again with a smooth new fin­ ish. All on schedule and well organised indeed.


SABDEN ® , . IVorld Book Day


y fbr’Read . wear and be taking the kitchen has


meatballs and spa ghetti, or Peter Pan pizza with Alvin and the Chipmunks chips and Jack and the Beanstalk beans and a Very Hungry Caterpillar salad


The school had start­ ed a cheerleading


‘ club after school on Wednesdays. There will be an FSA meeting next Tues­ day and a full gov­ ernors’ meeting on Wednesday, both at 7 p.m.


;f£being'given each Sabden Age Concern ;:;Monday evening at members' met for ; ; 7-30 p.m. by a dis- their monthly lunch-


dlyumptious cake or a Run, Run as Fast as You Can Ginger­ bread Man.


ments and in1 spiiite allin


‘^r has been trans­ formed by, a new


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usually followed by a speaker or dem­ onstration. The next luncheon, on March 21st, starts at 12-30 p.m. Contact Bernard Parfitt on 01282773759 if you wish to know more. ,„„ji


will each take along a book and they will go into a swop box. Staff and children will also read ex­ cerpts from their


welcome and they are welcome to speak or raise any is­ sue at the beginning of the meeting. A representative from the Little Green Bus Company will give a short talk and other items concerning planning and issues affecting the vil­ lage will be oh the agenda.


..1001last Saturday. All R©tfO flight f


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will meet on Tues­ day, March 6th, at 7 p.m. in the Sabden _ . Link Room at St ThGatf© Nicholas’s Church Pupils in Class 3 en- Hall. Residents are joyed a production


children are not al­ lowed on Facebook before the age of 13 and that all visits on the internet should be supervised.


,» markings The organisers of UOnaROH


Hall wish to say a massive thank you to everyone who attended and sup­ ported- Sabden woman Lisa Parker who is running the London Marathon for her charity “Childhood First”. Organiser Lisa Lin- gard said they had been able to present runner Lisa with a spectacular £401.50 from ticket sales, donations, stand-up bingo and the raf­ fle etc. The evening also raised £547 to­ wards the Sabden Live fund for 2012 from bar takings. Lisa said the out­ fits from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s were spectacular and the evening was a huge success.


followed by Willy ClaSS©S The Sabden Link is


last week’s Retro Children at Sabden Night in St Mary’s Primary School


raised £70 for St Ni- chola’s Church Re­ pair Fund at a non- uniform day before Christmas. Last week the money was presented to church­ warden Mr Bernard Parfitt who passed on his thanks to parents, pupils and staff. Next month the school is taking part in a Bikeability scheme aimed at in­ stilling the skills and confidence needed to cycle in modern road conditions. The bodyzorbing classes have been


now be open to all school years and start today, Thurs­ day (March 1st) for three weeks.


S ab d en ’s Panto


hoping to put on classes in the Link Office, formerly St Nicholas’s Insti­ tute, and is look­ ing for people who could run classes on digital photog­ raphy, using ebay, Internet shopping, Skype, genealogy, Facebook, Internet safety for Children., Please contact John Shorter on 01282 771878 or e-mail johnisneverin@ya- hoo.co.uk


v tinguished series of eon last Wednesday W nm a n ’e na»/ ' speakers. The talks in St Mary’s Com- WOmanS D ay are^n;eig,loration munity^Hall when they had an inform­ ative talk on bowel cancer by a repre­ sentative from Age UK. The 27 mem­


;:and it costs £5 for lunch and this is


roast pork and veg­ etables, followed by trifle and there was a raffle; Win­ ners were Barbara Warburton, Maud Nugent and Mar- Wor ld BookS garet Sefton. The Today (Thursday) club, for the.over- Sabden Primary 55s, meets monthly ■ SchooLpupils'will on Wednesdays ' '


bers who attended Ofst©d enjoyed lunch of Sabden


School has been rated good by Of- sted inspectors who visited the school recently.


Primary take part in a book ' ' '


St Nicholas Church Hall tomorrow (Fri­ day), at 2 p.m. for Women’s World Day of Prayer.


“Snow White And The Seven Sabden Dwarfs” opens to­ night (Thursday) in St Nicholas’s Hall at 7-30 p.m. Tonight you can pay on the


panto


performances so please call 778652, 772270 or 777868 to check availability.


eft for the other


Op©n gardens St Nicholas’s Church


during the sum­ mer. Organisers are looking for offers from people willing to Open their gar­ den, large or small, front or back, allot­ ment or plot to raise much needed funds for the church re­ pairs. This event in


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door (£6), but there S©rvlC©S are only a very small Morning service on l number of tickets Sunday in St Nicho-


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will be taken by the Rev. Gill Dyer. The Baptist Church has a 10 a.m. service and Mass at St Mary’s RCisat 11 a,m.


las’s Church Hall


is hoping to hold an ThurSdaV Club t


e young people’s Thursday Club at St


Nicholas’s Church is holding a Mother’s Day coffee morning on Sunday, March 18th, after morning service. Admission is £1.50 and there will be a raffle and cake stall.


the past has raised W a lk e rs substantial funds The next outing for


so they are hoping the Sabden Walkers for support to run is on Wednesday another event. Any morning. Please


mow .


and workshop by Saltime Theatre at The Grand, Clit- heroe, all about e- safety. They were 7715341 reminded of the dangers of giving COlu CHlIifig out personal infor- The police, trading matron, also that standards and neigh-


and at assembly, showing clothes. Book vouchers have jewellery and acces- been given out and sories from Fizz of the school is prepar- Chester and these ing a special book will then be on sale, themecilunch. The show starts at 7-15 p.m. in St Ni­ cholas’s Hall and there will be light refreshments. Tick­ ets are £5 from Ber­


favourite books or There will be models poems in lessons strutting the catwalk


lous Fashion Show” and sale in aid of St Nicholas’s Church Appeal Fund, on Thursday, March 22nd.


nard Parfitt (01282 i i _ .i,. 773759) or Tricia HOftlCUltUr© Newmark (01282 Members of Sabden


of the Cross every Tuesday at 7-30 p.m. during Lent. Tomorrow (Friday) churchgoers from St Mary’s are lead­ ing the Stations at St Michael and St John’s in Clitheroe at 7-30 p.m^ On Sunday there was a talk during Mass by Fr Jan Klaver about the APF Mis­ sions. The latest £20 bonus ball winners have been Joan Thompson and Ushi Muller.


Calling area fol­ lowing a number of recent incidents of bogus callers and distraction burgla­ ries. Questionnaires have been circulated in the areas affected and people are urged to make sure they are returned, in the envelope provided, as soon as possible. The areas are St Nicholas Av­ enue, Alston Close, Stubbins Lane, Lit- tlemoor and Sab­ den Brook Court, Wesley Street and Crowtrees, Eighta- cre, Homeacre and Timbrills Avenues. “No Cold Calling” stickers have also been provided.


will meet oh Tues­ day at 7 p.m. in the Sabden Link room at St Nicholas’s In­ stitute (top door). The public are wel-


raise any issue wth the council. There will also be a short talk by Donna At­ kinson of the Little Green Bus Co.


bourhood watch have recommended making parts of Sabden a No Cold Chairman "Mr John


the evening such Raffle: M. Davies, a pleasant event. P- HoSS> H- Loft- He also thanked the committee for their input which resulted in success during the preced­ ing year. He hoped that the coming


Pilkington, in his first year of ten­ ure, thanked the staff of the Calf's Head for their serv­ ice which, he said, helped to make


The next whist and


house, J. Traynor, E. Fox, R. Edan, M. Edmonson, F. Taylor.


dominoes is on March 24th.


season would prove Youiig farmers 1 cc f


put back due to lack COUncll of interest and will Sabden Parish Council F>°wers were pre-


Pilkington thanked the secretary for her input to the running of the organisation and this was rein-., forced by the people present.


cess for the society and the village. Mr


s e n ted to the president's wife Mrs Merle Rimmer and chairman's wife Mrs Janet Pilk-


come and there is ^ “™8ftisaddrKS,the ®, jjgjj byali.


joint one with other regional clubs at Hurst Green Vil­ lage Hall, kindly hosted by Clitheroe Young Farmers. Everyone took part in the “Blue Peter Challenge” and in groups created an animal out of re­ cycled materials. The animals were judged and fun was


of Slaidburn Young Farmers’ Club was a


slaidburn Yom


an opportunity to chairman advised Qn Monday night -------— , members that the Slaidburn Young annual potato grow- Farmers met at mg competition was Newton Village in hand and that Hall for a quiz ni^t the seed potatoes held by the villagers, would be delivered There were several to members in the rounds covering a next two weeks. He wide range of sub­ advised anyone who jects and members wished to become a . enjoyed tea and member to contact cake refreshments, the secretray Mrs The young farmers’ Betty Clarkson on team with the high- 01282 772762. The est scoring included: school bulb grow- Anna Blakey; Katie ing competition was Handley; Rachel well advanced. Blanc; Rachel Har-


The society is spon- risen; and Erica soring a talk and Sowerbutts.


be entitled “Gar­ den Photography” and will be held at Sabden Bowling Club on Wednes­ day, March 21st at 7-30 p.m. All are welcome. Entrance is free and light re - ------------- -------


TOSSIDE


frwhments will be Wh is t driV© served.


SLAIDBURN


enquiries or offers, ring Kitty Garnett a °^282 776042 Annual show


swoptomarkWorld F a s h io n s h ow S t M a rv ’Q Book Day. Pupils There is to be a “Fabu- TiiAr« A ^


There are Stations This year’s produc- o* • their annual show.


if you wish to join Slaidburn Players are them.


busy putting the finishing touches to


, , , : ■ T h e r e were 12 tables |


■ Community Hall- 'Whist winners: La-


nant, Low D. Hogg;


in play at a whist and domino drive held in Tosside |


dies — M. Wellock, S. Tennant, M. Dav­


ies, Gents -T. Piko> A. Taylor, K. Ten­


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New Clothing DepL


slide show by Sue Next week’s meeting is Marsden. This will swimming at Wave’s in Blackburn. Mem­ bers are reminded


-“f ' Last week’s meetingha


The Calf’s Head, WhlSt dflV© Worston which was Results from the whist very well-attended and domino drive and the evening was held in Slaidburn enjoyed by all. Village Hall on Sat- urday were: Whist, ■ Ladies - A. Shaw,


Horticultural So­ ciety held their annual dinner at


. . , . Dominoes: M. BrealB,


D. Hogg, J. Hartley. Gents-S. Hogg,M. Davies, I. Hartley.


J. Pye, R. Edan, P. Metcalf, R. Knight.


-tion is “Bombshells”


m a Second World - War bomb factory


The story provides


many laughs and in- ?lufies well-known 1940s songs such as “In the Mood”


show will take place tonight (Thursday) tomorrow and Sat­ urday at 7-30 p.m in Slaidbum Villaee Hall. There will he a matinee on Sat­ urday at 1-30 p.m. Tickets costing £5 are available from 01200446112


and “Chattanooga Choo Choo”. The


at the lives and loves of a group of girls


a humorous look


Dominoes: A. Pick-' ard, K. Noweli, J. I^e, H. Wolfenden, A. Sutcliffe, R. Knight. Low M. Berry. Raffle: F. Mason, M. Wright, J. Sagar, B. 'Gar-


■ nett, A. Pickard, A. Pike, K. Nowell, A. Lowe. The next drive is on Satur­ day, March 17th at 7-45 p.m.


Dane© The next dance in Tosside Commu­ nity Hall is with A. Cookson is on Fri­ day, March 23rd. at 8 p.m to midnight. Tel 01729 840272.


Jazz In Tosside Commu­ nity Hall on Sunday at 7-30 p.m. The Stu Brown Sex­ tet will be playing widely recognisable Twisted Toons: The music of Ray­ mond Scott. Popu­ lar with audiences of all ages and backgrounds from jazz fans to gen­ eral music lovers, film and animation fans. Tickets are £7 and £4 Tel. 01729 840272.


WEST BRADFORD


Zumba Zumba fitness classes are returning to the original venue, in West Bradford Village Hall com­ mencing Tuesday, March 6th, 7 to 8 p.m. Contact Jackie (01200H25008.


Thank you to Chat- burn CE Primary


Op©n Day On Sunday West


School for the tem­ porary use of the hall.


Bradford 'Village Hall committee is holding an open day for village resi­ dents to go along to the village hall and look at the re­ furbishment which has taken place and also see the various activities that take place in the hall to­ gether with the next phase of upgrading the kitchen and toi­ lets. Although an official opening is not planned Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans plus all the local councillors have been invited to see the work car­ ried out by the man­ agement committee from 1 to 4 p.m.


WHALLEY


Flow©rclub The next meeting of Whalley and Dis- trict'Flower Club is next Thursday, March 8th at 7-30 p.m. in St.Michael and St John’s Social Centre. -


S©rvic© On Sunday the 10- 30 a.m. worship in Whalley Methodist Church will be led by the Rev. Harry Jones. The serv­ ice will include the Sacrament of Holy Communion.


Arrangements for the spring outing will be made after the talk. Everyone al­ ways welcome.


Tr©foil Whalley Trefoil Guild’s next meet­ ing will be on Tues­ day, March 6th in the meeting room at Whalley Methodist Church at 7-30 p.m. The speaker will be Carol Jonnson, and her topic “Honey Bees and Jam”.


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Tickets, at £6 can be had from Whalley Post Office, Grace Gemmell on 01254 823402 or at the door, subject to availability. It starts at 7-30 p.m.


dance songs and other classics.


Exhibition There is a paintings and crafts exhibi­ tion by local artist M. Kelly in Whal­ ley Library from March 2nd to 31st. These hand-crafted and artistic items will make ideal gifts particularly if visiting friends who want a memento of the Ribble Valley.


Country tun©s The sound of country


This will be a flow­ er arrangement d em o n s tra tio n by NAFAS area demonstrator Ros Harrison entitled “New Ejgiressions”. Members free, visi­ tors £6 including refreshments. In­ quiries tel. 01200 428470.


Traditional classic country is his fa­ vourite style, but his vast repertoire also includes the new country line


and western music comes to Whalley Village Hall on Sat­ urday night as Jim Tracy pays a return visit. He last played at the hall four years ago.


Tomorrow is CA- ■ FOD Lenten Fast day and envelopes should be returned by the weekend. This year the Gov­ ernment will match giving pound for pound.


Liturgi©s list Rotas for the Holy Week liturgies at English Martyrs’ RC Church, Whal­ ley, are now avail­ able and young people especially are invited to take part. Those inter­ ested are asked to volunteer early to enable the neces­ sary preparation.


The group has been involved in organ­ ising the, Wom-


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, en’s World Day of Prayer service at Whalley Parish Church tomorrow at 2-15 p.m.


N©w class©© Whalley CE Primary


John and Pat White- side are organising an Easter egg raffle and gifts or prom­ ises of Easter egg prizes will be wel­ come.


L©nt lunch David Borland spoke on the -Bethany project after the first of a series of Lent lunches or­ ganised by Whalley Christian Action in Whalley Method­ ist Church hall on Tuesday.


• and equal recep­ tion and Year One classes, two classes with Year One and Year Two pupils, tree lower junior classes of Year Three and Year Four pupils and two upper junior classes with children from Year Five and Year Six.


The proposals would bring: two parallel


School is carrying out a consulta­ tion on proposals for new classroom organisation from September. The school is looking at proposals or organ­ ise the children into mixed age classes.


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A lunch of soup, cheese and bread will be served again on Tuesday at 12- 15 p.m., followed by a short talk on the mission of the


Details of the propos­ als are available on the school’s web­ site. Tomorrow, all children will be given a £1 token to mark World Book Day. The token can be used to buy books available at major booksellers at£l or as part pay­ ment for any book costing more than


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