Cllthoroe Advertiser & Times, Thursday, January 5,2012 NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES


• Continued from page 15 :


Festive meal - Members of. Read ' Bowling Glub met for the first time fol­ lowing the end of the bowling season to enjoy a three-


. much needed funds for the work which


- is being carried out around the green in preparation for


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^:lhe; 2012'season. . The next event will be the pre-season coffee morning in


• March, date to be confirmed..


RIMINGTON


Carol singers , A group of ei^t ladies .. were in excellent voice as they walked through,Riming- ton singing carols at all the houses along the way, the generous villagers donating a total of £245 for the.Ribble


, Valley and White ■ Rose Ladies charity in aid of.Research into Children’s Cancers. Sally and Robm Knipe again -■Warmly welcomed


Balloon fun at after-school club


, course Christmas meal.at the Stork-: Hotel, Simonstone. ■ A raffle raised


: a magic trick performance fol­ lowed by a balloon workshop and an. • amazing festive ' balloon story with. a life size Father ' Christmas made' - ■ out of balloons. • ■


THE Chipping Children’s Com­ munity Alliance • After School Club enjoyed an evening of enter­ tainment by Betty Balloon. - Bettygave


HAVING FUN: The Chipping. . AfterSchool < Club children enjoying en­ tertainment by Betty Balloon, (s)


.■ .11 a.m. Meet other ■ mums, have a cup


, friends. This group- . meets every Tues-


: day morning. Change


vTliedemonstration for -f’,Whalley , and Dis-


i ';,-::heroe .United Re- Sformed Church arid ;;-vhot in:St Michael


, -and St John’s Cen- • tre. Inquiries 01200 .428470.


Coffee break Whalley Golf Club are , to hold its annual


. . coffee morning and i-. bring-and-buy on


. - 12th from 11 a.m. ■ to 12-30 p.m. in - aid of Cancer Re­ search UK. Tickets


. s including Precious T


them Ifor mulled Subscriptions for 2012 wine and'mlllcepies' ' • are now due, unless during the evening paid by standing or- and Dorothy Cos­ grove, treasurer of the charity, offered them refreshments as they finished


(£50), C. and D. Wood (£20), Aidan Grimshaw (£10),


der. RIBCHESTER


Top Chapel, a to tal of almost £500 was raised for this worthwhile cause. ■


Hair of the dog Around 30 intrepid souls, including


t . ' l l


with the carol sing- Traditionally,' the ers from, Martin Three Magi, the


their tour. Together T h r e e KinOS


: windy weather arid ; completed Ri min g- - ton’s annual hair of the dog NewYear’s , IDay walkl:Xxircu- \ .


■ children and dogs, braved the very wet~


; then followed field edtojointherii. paths back to Rim- The.parishjs also or- ington. The walk :ganisirig’a Twelfth


On arrival back in the village: hot mulled wine and mirice pies were enjoyed at Spencers Cottage, courtesy of Mr and Mrs Alan Nuttall. Thanks to all who


was led by Allen . Hollingworth. ■ ■


■ attended and con­ tributed and £60 was raised for The .^Salvation Army.


Club draw ' ' Winners of the Rim-


V


i ington Recreation .^'Association 100


Road crossing Ings . wthafanulyEucha- Beck, walking up- . nst at 10-30- a.in. hill alongside, Twis': .TJ.ejprimary.school ton Beck to Twistori - children have been Mill. Turning left- learning carols to the group took the sing at this service; road to Lowergate so everyone is invit-


llar routewas fol- ' ■ owed from Statiori-?y> A^huary. 8th,


Wise Men from the East, arrived on January 6th, on the feast of the Epiph­ any, or Twelfth Night; twelve days after the birth of the Christ-child,: after following the star that had guided them to Bethlehem.


s C-hurch,


Building operations are also in hand at The Ribchester Arms, judging by the scafelding that. is now covering the front entrance and the fear roof-area. It will be interest­ ing to see how each contract turns out.


SABDEN


Badminton ■ Menibers of Sabderi


. ,.at:Pendle Antiques Centre in the vil-


, Night party tbriior-■ . row, with a Jacob’s^ join at the rectory at 7 p.in..This is a personal invita­ tion from Gill and Steven. Those who would like to go, please send an: RSVP to ribches- terrectory@-.hot- mail.co.uk. There is


,-MobrKouse (£250), NGW Sign Stephen Johnson The Whitef.Bull has


-. Club were: Herbert , . .


' also a list in church; for you to let them know what you can help to provide -sa­ voury or sweet - but you will be, most welcome.


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> in St Nicholas’s Church Hall from


■ ■ and riibst enjoyable evening. The club, which meets every Mbriday evening


. lage for a lovely - Christmasvriieal


,j;‘ary 9th, after the Christmas break; New members, aged: over 16, are always; -welcome.


; ,7 p.m., will resume on Monday, Janu-


Services. This Sunday’s 9-30


, ■ munion in St Nicho- las’s Church.Hall


■ a.m; Holy-Com-


. pie are.-asked,;,tb': take along toys (ho


;; will bea special toy; service:wnen peo--


: .;their; trainers arid . racquets at hbriie as they gathered at • the' Cauldron Cafd


Badminton Qub left


• put up some new- signage, to replace’- the old blockboard' letters' that have been crumbling away on its Water Street wall.- New windows have also; been fitted to the bedrooms upstairs; It augurs well for in­ creased business in theNewYear.


: soft :toys please) . for Derian House , Children’s Hospice, Ghorley. Th'e Rev.


, at ,11 a.m. with Mgr John Corcoran.


, by, Gerald Norcross and at St; Mary’s ■ RC Church Mass is


■ Jim Holt will take : the service. Sabden Baptist Church has a 10 a.m. service led


PTFA The parents, teachers and friends of Sab­ den Primary School will hold their AGM on January 19th, when new mem­ bers will be made very welcoriie. The school is holding a fun quiz night on Friday, January 27th.


Council Sabden Parish Coun­ cil will meet on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Sabden Link, the former institute at St Nicholas’s Church Hall. The


. public are invited to attend.


Celebration More than 100 people


; i orie of the;Hermits’ i . classic songs. Po­ tato pie supper was


: storming show from ; Sabden band The ; Kicks - with Kevan, who is a member of Herman’s Hermits, joining them, for


attended a, village New Year celebra­ tion in St Mary’s Community Hall. The event was or­ ganised by Kevan and Lisa Lingard to provide a night where ■ families could come to ­ gether to see in the New Year. There was a disco and a


made and served by Jimmy Balmbra and Paula Leather who also were involved in organising,the event and helped on the night, along with Jim Fort and Rox­ anne Leather. There was. a fireworks display at midnight and all the proceeds will go to this year’s Sabden Live mu­ sic festival in aid of the North West Air Ambulance. Special thanks to 'all those involved for their hard work in organ­ ising the event.


SIMONSTONE


Parish council The next meeting of


The parish council has made a donation to the Little Green Bus scheme of £150.


SLAIDBURN


Young farmers Members of Slaidbum Young Farmers’ Club are reminded that the annual din­ ner dance at The Spread Eagle, Saw-. ley, is this Saturday. Meetings will com-; mence again bn the January 9th with' a talk by Autumn-


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For the foreseeable future every parish council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on the second Thurs­ day of the month. For further infor­ mation the website is www.simonstone. org.uk -


. Thursday, January 12th at 7 p.m. in the old school hall.


Simonstone Parish Council will be on


from Lather and Lite.


TOSSIDE


Good crowd There was a good


The next dance will be on Friday, January 20th to the music of Mark Kitto.


Raffle winners: R. Kenyon, R. Coates, M. Newbould, D. Coates, V. Towler, S. Greenwood, E. Heeley, D. Dick­ inson, M. Head, I. Wright, E. Ellison, M. Sedgwick.


BRADFORD WEST


Festive party Seventy senior citizens


. sang and cracked jokes. At the end


- everyone received ' a small present. The


;qf the afternoon


; ..'mittee;would like ■ : to thank the young ladies of the village who served on the


village hall-comr


of 'West .Bradford enjoyed a three course meal pro­ vided by the village hall committee. Glen South ran a fun quiz, he also


■ those who had do­ nated raffle prizes and gave help and support in any way.


crowd for the Christmas dance held in Tosside Community Hall. Music was played by organist Alan Cook- son who also gave spot prizes. There was a raffle and a buffet supper was provided. Thanks were expressed to


tables.


Whist drive There were 12 tables


Whist winners were: Gents - S. Hogg, I. Peel, R. Fairhurst, J. Procter, B. Wad- dington, V. Jones. Ladies - D. Hogg, M. Wellock, H. Grainger, B. Peel,


Raffle: J, Oddie, J. Crabtree, J. Traynor, J. Oddie, J Procter, P. Oddie. J. Pye, R. Fairhurst, F. Taylor, M. Wright.


Dominoes: J Chew, M. Pye, G, Berry, H. Proctef,:-V. Giles, H. Wolfenden, R. Eden, P. Metcalfe, J.Pye.


J. Crabtree, E. Jack- son.


were in play at the Christmas whist and domino drive held in West Bradford Village Hall.


^ - are £2 each and will . .j-'be available at the door. There will . be various stalls


•5 new clothes, hand- ■ made cards, cake. stall, tombola and raffle.


2- of Whalley, nearly


The Jubilee committee would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who purchased a duck If any of the winners: have not received their prize money please ring 01200 423424 and present your ticket.


The winning ducks were owned by: M. Hogg (£100), A. Thornton (£75), Mr Howarth (£50), C. Chatburn (£15), E. Smith (£10).


downstream. WHALLEY


Bag and brew On Saturday Whalley


250club Winners of the 250 Club in December were: G. Firth (£25),


The 250 Club Christ­ '


mas draw winners were: A and H. Best (£100), E. White (£75), A. Chippen­ dale £50, T. Sykes (£25).


Duck race West Bradford com­ mittee responsible


' for raising funds to enable the village to celebrate Queen Elizabeth 11 dia­ mond jubilee held a


; duck race down the


; ; the banks to watch the ducks swimming


brook where a good crowd assembled on


Rich (£10l E. and P. Burgess (£7.50), K. and J. Chippen­ dale (£5).


J. Bristol (£20\ W. Howard (£15), E.


- morning from 10-30 a.m. to noon. Fill a bag with clothes, handbags and shoes and bring it along to exchange for a cup of tea or coffee. This weigh-in event has always proved' to be a great money maker in the past.


Methodist Church will be having an­ other Bag and Brew


Service On Sunday the 10- 30 a.m. service at Whalley Methodist Church will be led


. ice and will include the Sacrament of Holy Communion. During this service we celebrate all that God has done for us and affirm that we give olir lives and choices to God.


This will be the an­ nual covenant servr


by the minister, the Rev. Katy Thomas.


Welcomeplea Wha l l ey Parish


: ' arid for prayer out- ' side normal service times every day be- iween2and4p.m.


i;? and possibly more, ' should contact Reg Tugwood on 01254


People who can spare ■ an hour each month,


. 245010. 'Midweek Holy Com­ munion will be cele­ brated in the church today at 10 a.m.


, be Holy Commun­ ion in the Abbey


Tomorrow there will


- munion at Abbots Croft at 2-15 p.m.


The House Group will meet at Whittam Road at 10 a.m. on Thursday and there will be Holy Com-


. Club Christmas . draw, at Eng­ lish Martyrs’ RC


Cash winners Winners in the 200


; Church, Whalley, were: £50, number


• Ton Suridays and at 10 p.m. on Mondays, ,


; at 5.p.m. on Satur- .. ' ' days,'at 11-30 a.m..


Masses are celebrated in the parish church


.42; £25, number 189; £10, number 3.


For more information or to speak to an advisor piease contact: Student Services on 01282 440209 Nelson and Colne College ‘A highly successful institution ’ Micliaol Gove, Secretary of State for Education


Little’fishes This group for babies;


and toddlers and their carers starts :


.Tuesday, Wednes­ ■ days and Fridays.: :


Thursday. Masses are in the presbytery ■ at 10 a.m.


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On Epiphany Sun­ day, there will be Holy Communion at 8 a.m. and family communion at 9-30 a.m.


. Chapel at 9-15 a.m. followed by medi­ tation in the Abbey Library at 10-30 a.m.


Church is seeking volunteers to wel­ come visitors to the church. The church - is; open- to visitors


Adult Centre of Excellence New Year Part-Time Prospectus Now Available


Returning to education and training can change your life Learning can be enjoyable and it’s a great yvay to catch up on anything 'you missed out on at school - or prepare for your next career move. Skills are important in today’s workplace; by returning to education you can improve your prospects within your existing job or make a fresh start for a totally new career. We offer a range of programmes for adults to help you reach your goals in life and work.


Choose from a range of courses to improve your Professional Skills in areas such as Teaching or Beauty Therapy.


Courses for Personal Development Include, French, Spanish, Art and Design, Photography and a range of courses within our School of Culinary Arts. Essential Skills for life and work are included with our 'Get Started’ and 'Move On’ programmes for English and Maths.


We work with many local employers to offer high quality training and development including: Apprenticeships, NVQs, Professional Skiljs, Legislative qualifications and Leadership and Management programmes. Advice Event


: Thursday, January


.• . tfict Flower Club on ;-■■■ will be: held in Clit^


; .‘.Thursday, January .'12th.at 7-30 p.m ■


' . a n d let the children' ; play and make'


of coffee and a chat


: Methodist Church ; on Tuesday 9.15 to


again in Whalley


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A bird’s eye: ^ viewof Cllt-


; which are home to Clithe- roe’s war memorial. To the top left are the


. skateparl^ while also easy - to make out is the castle bandstand and, beyond it, the children’s play­ ground.;


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ner is the Booths store, next to the railway line. Graham doesn’t say what year the photo was taken, but you might spot a few changes which have taken place since t h e n . ,


NELSON'-'N'’COLNE COLLEGE


of the castle can be seen Moor Lane, making its way d o ^ to the rounda­ bout by The Brown Cow, opposite The Emporium. At the top right cor­


Outside theboundaries


the Norman castle keep and its adjoining build­ ings, including the North' West Sound Archive and the Castle Museum. Also clearly seen are the tiered gardens below the keep


cal hot air balloon enthur siast Graham Cannon, of Foulridge, for sending in this fine photo, taken from his balloon “Snow­ man” on a fine summer’s morning over Clitheroe. Central to the photo is


bowling green, multi­ purpose games area and


heroe Castle NOW here’s a view of our historic castle and its sur­ roundings that you won’t- see every day. We are indebted to lo­


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