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, The concert will be held n the village hall if the weather is wet..


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Prom Concert in the garden behind the village hall. Admission is free and there will be a licensed bar. Please bring your own pic-. nic. Tea and coffee will be available.


Picnic Newton Village Hall is hosting a picnic on Sunday August 12th at 2 p.m. in the gar­ den behind the vil- _ . ■ lage haU. Slaidbum PHfish Council Silver Band are to Simonstone Parish provide the enter- Council meets to- tainmeht. Admis- ■ night (Thursday) sion is free. There at 7 p.mi at the Old


will be a licensed bar, but please bring your own picnic. If the weather is wet things will be moved to the village hall.


PENDLETON


History SbciGty Pendleton History So­ ciety takes a break


season in Septem­ ber.


RIMINGTON


RGSUltS Rirnington Recrea­ tion Association 100 Club July 2012 draw winners: 1,


• Brent Taylor (£50); 2, Louise Birchall (£20); 3, Andrew Woolfall (£10).


READ AND SIMONSTONE 1 /


. be held on August .16th at Simonstone ■ Old School at 7-30


1 i .


■ be a entry price of £1 for non members which includes lea and biscuits served after the meeting. The competition


■ with a panel of lo cal experts - Phili Calvert from Ree_ ley Garden Centre and BBC Radio Lancashire, John Foley from Holden Clough Garden Centre and BBC Young Gardener of the Year and Diane Harrison from BBC Radio Lancashire. All are welcome. There will


OpGn MGGting Simonstone with Read .WI is holding an Open Meeting to


■. Lane. Ihe agenda is available here www. sinionstone.org.uk.________________ __ The parish council


School Church building on School


SABDEN


has now added to *-<nGGS6 . a Twitter feed @ Eileen and Raymond siinonstone_pc and ’ Lowe are holding


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. hopefully this event, will complement the lunches held every month at the. United Reformed Church held once a month and is sup­ ported by residents of Read and Si monstone villages.


a service for the community and


Hopefully this will become a monthly


p.m-. The meet- Youth council mg .IS a Gardeners’ Do you want more Question Time


years. This is a new group led. by local teenagers. They are going to hold regular meetings and discuss how to liven up the local area for teenagers.


social activities for young people in Read and Si­ monstone? Would you like to join in with organising new events in the area? Would you like to have a say in what happens in our lo­ cal community? • The youth council is for young peo­ ple aged 12 to 17 -


survey highlighted the need for such


bread and cakes LUflCh Club on sale. A recent A new monthly Sab-


- --------- -----— will be welcome. refreshments plus ,


Read, will be hold­ ing a coffee morn­ ing on Tuesday August 14th in St John’s. Church from 10 to 11-30 a.m. There wilt be


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at.The White Hart. Anyone can go for a drink and a chat and a pensioners’ lunch is available for £5; There will be no joining fee or speak- ersy just a friendly get-together once a month.


win in the Clitheroe Midweek Cricket League last week.


a great


: Ramblers batted ■first after a delayed start and made.81 . off their 15 overs;


■


: In reply . Sabden slumped to 4-4 but Nick Burton (26) and Paul McKenna (16) led the recov- eiyand.in the end it came down to the very last ball when' a scrambled 2 made the scores level, but Sabden won by los­ ing fewer wickets. . :


theirs was the only game played, a great match against Chipping Ramblers.


. Appeal. It starts at 7 p'.m; and the,T7-50 admission includes a glass of wine.


a cheese and wine party at their home at 26 Whalley Road on Saturday night in aid of St Nicholas’s Church Restoration


■There is a tombola and raffle and any donations to. these'


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for WI members is for “A Decorated ■Wellie”. If you are interested in join­ ing the Simonstone with Read W.I p lea se contact Its secretary Sue Ogden on 01282 773060. The group meets on the third . Thursday monthly at Simonstone Old School at 7-30 p.m. and there; is a var­ ied. programme • throughout the year which should ap­ peal to everyone.


They will strive to. WinnOfS


NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES ...........“ schedule or to


monstone Parish Councils. Initially they need to raise


£7,000- through fund-raising events. . Would you be will­


ing to help? For fur­ ther details please contact Doreen Collinson on 01282 778582.


heard so that they can .help to have a positive impact on village life. This is a chance to be heard and make improve­ ments. Plans are al­ ready to change the! park area on Read; Recreation Ground Duck raC6 with the help o f Tickets are on sale both Read and Si- for Sabden Foot-


make the opinions August draw ' return any trophies, of local teenagers winners at Sabdcn from last year.


Village diary


•Nicholson, £10 (69) J. Pilkington, £10 (20) W. Reid and £5 2) G. Higham.


water, £20 (3j d . Sab den. walker Parsons, £15 (66) J.'


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ball Club’s an­ nual duck race oh Sunday, August 26th, down Sabden Brook./Tickets to buy a duck are £1 and available,in the shops arid from club ■members. This will follow the friendly Sabden FC V Sabden Veterans’/ match at the Nutter i Bam pitch at noon.


ServicGs This weekend St


at 11 a.m. and 9-15 a.m. Friday morn­ ing Masses have now resumed. At


den Lunch Club be­ gins next Wednes- BoWllriQ The Alan and Anita


Barbara Knight will conduct morning service on Sunday at 9-30. a.m. in the church hall. Sab­ den Baptist Church in Clitheroe Road welcomes Brian Drury to preach at the 10 a.m. Sunday service. •


inrhoro ir„:„i,f


supporters are very welcome.


Withjust two games PotatOGS to go Sabden are The potato dig will be m third place and held-this weekend


Whalley charity doubles competi­ tion in aidofDerian House children’s hospice at Chor- ley takes place this weekend at Sabden Bowling Club start­ ing at 9-30 a.m. on Saturday with the finals on Sunday. Refreshments will be available and


Mary’s RC Church has Sunday Mass


Hall, 22nd.


Christmas Fam- There were 14 tables ily Party, St Mary’s P*?? a.t a


St Nicholas’s Hall, December 14th;


December


St Nicholas’s Par- Porfrinn T ish Church the Rev A , ; / ; ' '9 ,


-At the latest meet- QflVG


stands that parking spaces are at a pre­ mium but woultiask residents to keep the car park clear at weekends.


Community Hall on Saturday Au­ gust 18th. The show will be opened by


. Bernard Parfitt at 2-15 p.m. Members and non members can enter all class-


society secretary Mrs.Betty Clark­ son (01282 772762)


for the heavyweight potato class at Sab­ den Horticultural Society’s annual B gG kGG show. It will take Slaidburn Wl mem place in St Mary’s bers met in the vil


SLAIDBURN


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lage hall with Mrs Mary Cowking pre­ siding. She read a report of the AGM, which had been at­ tended by Mrs Jan­ et Carr, of Dunsop Bridge.


Christine Blakey


the subject of Bee Africa talk - - - by Mrs


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ing of St Mary’s RC Church parish forum concerns were raised about residents using the church car park at weekends when it is needed for social events and Sunday Mass. The Sunday congrega­ tion, which usually numbers around 80, are struggling to find enough park­ ing spaces because some residents park there inconsider­ ately. There is also a problem at week­ ends when the car park is needed for _ events are taking DanCG place in the hall. Around 50 people The church under- enjoyed the recent


and domino drive at The Community Hall. MCs for the evening were T. Robinson and P. Metcalfe. Winners - whist ladies: M. Robinson, H. Pick­ ard, A; Pike. Gents: T. Shaw, J. Stainton,


ber 9th; Quiz Night,________ ^


ber 22nd and 23rd; Jumble sale, St Nicholas’s Church Hall, October 6th; Sabden Live Soul Night, St Mary’s Hall, October 20th; Fashion show, St Nicholas’s Hall, Oc­ tober 30th; Bonfire . and fireworks dis­ play on the Holme, November 3rd; Big Band Night at St Nicholas’s Church Hall, on Decem­ ber 7th; Christmas Tree and Crib lights switch on. Decern-


monthly ramble, Wednesday Sep­ tember 5th; Show “What Has Hap- Youpg Farmers pened”, St Nicho- Members met on las’s Hall, Septem- Monday night for


the regional annual car treasure hunt, kindly hosted by Clitheroe Young Farmers’ Parents, advisory and mem­ bers enjoyed a well planned route fin­ ishing at the Calf s Head at Worston for supper. Mem­ bers are asked to check Facebook for the judging evening on Monday August 13th.


TOSSIDE _________


and a competition for a recipe using honey was won by Miss June Carr, with Mrs Jean Park­ er in second and Mrs Ann Swindle- hurst third.


. will be made by Tom White, a lo­ cal and well-known former pupil of Clitheroe Royal Grammar School. Entitled “From Waddington Fell to the African Bush”, Tom’s presentation will be held in Wad­ dington Methodist Church, with pro­ ceeds to the Church


£5 including light refreshments and all are welcome. For more information call 01200428470.


in i n linh WEST BRADFORD


Annual show The annual village show will be held this Sunday, with doors opening to the public at 12-30 p.m. and trophies presented at 3 p.m. ■ ■ ■ 1


Admission is Se but children must be accompanied by an adult. Refresh­ ments will be avail­ able.


free,


Sagar, A. Sutcliffe, An extra attraction P. Sharpies, B. Peel, will be a car boot M. Robinson, A. Pike, M. Davies, J. Traynor. The next drive is on Saturday


August 18th at 7-45 p.m.


dance with Kenny Bell. Raffle win­ ners: A. Polkin- horne, R. Procter, 1. Alderson, D.


------


. be Roe Valley. This IS a charity dance with funds being raised for brain tu­ mour research in the name of Jack Lambert, a child


from the Tosside area.


es. Schedules are Guest speaker was WADDINGTON available in village Mr Joe Birkby, on --------------------- shops. Please ring


gust 16th, at 7-30 p.m., a PowerPoint


Au.


dance is on August 17th. The band will


Torchlight Preparations for the Torchlight Proces­ sion are under way,


but more volunteers would be welcome to help prepare the


part in the event.


K d d S i ." '® 80th birthday Whipp. The next “


go by, that’s certain­ ly true.


school days are the happiest years of your life, and if an event in West Brad­ ford is anything to


that


B.Garnett.Low:E. Completed entry Ireland. Dominoes: forms need to be A. Sutcliffe, E. Nowell, R. Chew, J. Sagar, A. Fox, E. Fox. Low: H. Wolfenden. Raffle: T. Pike, T. Taylor, J.


W. Marsden, 3 Grindleton Road, West Bradford, BB7 4TE, by 8 p.m. today (Thursday).


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sale on the village hall car park. For details, contact David Sharp on 01200423424.


delivered to Mrs


about his experi­ ences working for International Aid in the African bush


„ . Fifiresentation and tion to learning, ascinating talk Not only were her


family and friends there, but also many former pupils and colleagues. Typi­ cally, her great love, ' children, benefited from her special day, vvith £1,090 be­ ing donated for the NSPCC in lieu of gifts. Edna thanks


tory of our Calder through Burnlev


to Whalley. Mr Frost, a previous Mayor of Burnley IS a very loyal and


ev e r y on e , who He had seen a very


shared in making, old photographic her day so special. record of Burnley


WHALLEY


Disabled Access T attn n talfr Fund. Admission is 'a l io n laiK


ton WI was Janet Bradshaw. Over the past 20 years Janet, an interpreter at Cprx/irQ


Whalley-with-Mit-


Tatton Park, has nh Cnia told the history o


f


this ancient ances- tral home to visit­ ing schoolchildren. With the help, of theatrical drama


J ° - w.®* ___


scenes and had traced the steps of tothe photographer


find and photo­


graph the equiya- lent present day views. This made for a most interest­


ing and enjoyable talk.


. 3 OIVJCC K 0


led by Rev. Geoff Nadin.


or_experience the Elizabethan and Victorian eras, to the days of the Sec­ ond 'World War, and lastly to our new world of the in-


i-'Orotny H o lm thanked Janet for a


TJ I-


float and/or take After business, mem­ bers discussed the birthday party and


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When Mrs Edna Brown, former deputy head and , reception teacher LoCGI hIstory Guest speaker at the


and West Bradford School, celebrated her. 80th birth­ day with a party young and old alike dressed in school uniform to mark her huge contribu-


will celebrate the A meeting will be held WI’s 87th birthday. later in the month The party takes place at Whalley Abbey at 7 p.m. on September 5th.


Alice Wallis was winner of the com­ petition. At the next meeting members and invited guests


latest meeting of Whalley and Dis­ trict Local History Society was Mr R. Frost. His talk, en­ titled “Lancashire’s Calderdale”, was the story and his-


to finalise arrange­ ments for the coffee morning in Septem­ ber. Raffle prizes, bottles and goods for stalls will be wel­ come. Jam jars and soft fruit will also be welcome. Rotas for readers and minis­ ters of the Eucharist for several months are being prepared and will soon be available in church.


life that no longer Lucky numbers —


fascinating evening and congratulated her on her artistic interpretation in bringing the histori­ cal past and our an­ cestors’ way of life into modern times. Members agreed on how much the schoolchildren be- ing.able to take an active part would be a wonderful and memorable expe- rience of a way of ,


exists. , ,


and costumes of K n lgh ts ’visit the era, the children Whalley Parish could take part in Church will host the life and times a visit by Knights of a Saxon village. Templar to the


church on Satur^ day. There will be midweek Holy Communion at the church today at 10 a.m‘. Tomorrow there will be Holy Communion in the Abbey Chapel at 9-30 a.m., followed by meditation in the Abbey Library at 10-30 a.m. On Sunday, Holy Com­ munion is at S-30 a.m. and Parish Communion at 10 a.m. The House Group will meet at Whittam Road at 10 a.m. on Tuesday and there will be' Holy Communion at Abbotts Croft at 2-15 p.m.


The last draw of the


current year for the 200 Club at Eng­ lish Martyrs’ RC Church, Whalley has been made. The winners were: £50, no. 39; £25, no. 129; £10, no. 88.


41V*.


at Whalley Method­ ist Church will be


The band, which are based in Clit- her-oe and rehearse every week are


p r S s io ir 'w '^ takinj^part M the use nf We were promised the use of a wagon by a local firm, but


the f “"^“.rtunately been let down at the last minute. We have tried all the


contacts we know of, but with no suc- Itw^ldbearealshameiftheClit-


m their own town’s torchlight profes­ sion. Some of you will be saying “well


M Fhe-^°'^


why not march round”? Unforfenate- option due to the dis-


otec procession covers and the . ages and abilities of our players so a float is reaUy our only optiom ’


the a!?® blow as soon as pos-


Yours in hope and anticipation CLITHEROE TOWN BAND members


I’m delighted by


festival’s success 1 AM delighted that the Food Fes­ tival held last Saturday was so well


North of England. I would like to thank all those who


support^ with thousands of people M


from all over the


helped m organising the Festival; staU holders, traders and local businesses tor making the Festival such an over­ whelming success.


Chairman of Clitheroe Food Festival


MICHAEL RANSON, ^elp in any way let Food Fest was a ' ble Valley, Coun; Ian Sayers and


of Ribble Valley Borough Coun­ cil Coum Michael Ranson, plus the many otter volunteers, stallholders, shops, food demonstrators etc. for


.Whalley and Leader


credit to town ^^ayoress ofRib^:


MrsJean Hayes, would like to thank celebrity guest Michael Fort, event o P S i" JV«1


Shop got into Olympic spirit


^ wife and I have lived in Clithe­ roe all our lives and we have watched Dusmesses come and go.


Recendy vye seem to see new shops, cafes and bars whenever we go into


the town, which we do at least two or three times each week. It makes tor interesting mornings wander-


The sunny weather definitely everyone’s mood was ex- only from .


port, LjJham, Huddersfield and even wsitors from abroad. Let us hope that they all return to our lovely Ribble to support us'in the future.


Reformed


AN ex-addict who had a potential £43,600 cannabis farm at his house in Padiham walked free from court after a judge said his case was exceptional. Burnley Crown ,Court heard how 109


plants were being produced upstairs at the property on Bright Street, by 26-year-old Ashley Gregspn, a former pupil of Clithe­ roe Royal Grammar School.


He claimed the drugs would have been tor his own personal "use and were a cost-


10-year habit and who works 12 hours-a- day, SIX days-a-week, as well as being his mctther s carer, could have been facing up to five years behind bars. Instead he re­


' l i " '


ceived a community order, with 300 hours unpaid work. Recorder Guy Mathieson said he was


t VI ,>


prepared to take what many would say was a veiy lenient coursej based purely on the facts of the defendant’s case.


Mr Stephen Parker (prosecuting) said


when police officers arrived at the prop- ertv on December 17th last vear. Gregson


cutting exercise._The defendant; who told police the humidity was so great in the rooms that he had to sleep downstairs, later o ^ e d up to producing cannabis on tte bMis he would have sold any excess to friends for no profit.:: Gregson, said to have now kicked his


***iff* ■ but Liverpool, South- I have been quite interested to see


how the towi supported the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympics. The'Jubi-


- lee was a lovely time and very well supported. .


^ However, we don’t seem to have


COUN. IAN SAYERS and MRS JEAN HAYES .


much interest in the Olympics and shops have not had much in the way ot decorative windows in support of our team GB. I know there are re- stnctions on the sale of memorabilia.


part S' r m


very proud of the present tree cover mow to be seen which he has en­ couraged.


enthusiastic citizen of that town. He is


Band's parade transport plea


•


Wrt1eio:XneBdl.„r CUme B a n d ’ s p a r a d e


ClltheiDo Advertiser &T Imes,n,unKiay, August 9.2012


W S C A l T a .......... FOOD


FESTIVAL: Among the many visitors to Ciithe- roe Food Festival were, from the left, Town Crier Roiand Hailwood, Ribble Valley Mayoress Mrs Jean Hayes, Mayor Coun. Ian Sayers and MP Nigel


____ Evans.


but a few decorations here and there would have been good


■ Today, much to my delight, I wan- passed


tew occasions to have photocopying and printing done, so I popped mf head around the door to offer my congratulations.


^ I was greeted with the usual smile


from the lovely lady who works there part-tune and who thanked me very much.for my kind words. I would still like to make a point


still ^ v e and well in the town and we oni 1


should support them as much as pos- Mb e for our printing and stationery.


-^^ fashioned” little shops are


put into making the window very sup­ portive of Team GB. I have frequented this shop on a


A huge smile spread across my face when I saw the effort which ha/been


A ®°rough Printing. ........................................ Long may this business and the ex-


tremely excellent service offered by tne staff continue to be a part of our community. Well done ladies!


IRENE and ALAN TAYLOR, LowMpor


Avoid the ^not-


I welfth rapidly approaching, let us *he many roasoL


so glorious 12th' .so-called “Glorious


I f


■ A large number of native birds and mammals who ‘interfere’ with grouse


snared. Victims include stoats, wea­ sels, and even iconic raptors such as buzzards and golden eagles.


ronment is created because grouse thrive on young heather shoots. To


N h


and damage the environment Furthermore the harsh ‘manage­


boom and bust is the norm on Brit­ ain s grouse moors.


wldhfe. In short, the 12th of August


b u S r io u l^ ° “*" To order a free Anti-Shooting In­


formation Pack, visit wwiv.ammMaid. .org.uk or call 01732 364546.


ANDREW TYLER,


Director of Animal Aid The Old Chapel,


Bradford Street, Tonbridge, TN91AW


Schools sellout show cannabis farm


claimed he didn’t have a key, but eventu­ ally said: _ Okay, I’ll come clean. There is cannabis in there and I have a key at mv sister’s, just up the road.”


^ ^ Police discovered 109 plants in the


front upstairs bedrooms. They described 53 plants as being of medium size and 56 were smaller plants, or cuttings. One of the, rooms was a nurseiy, the windows were covered and fighting and heating was being used. Mr Parker said the potential


the plants for his own use, as he spent a lot of money w t t dealers. He said he did not


pnee. .


expect to be as successful as he was and had far more cannabis than he could use himself. As some of his friends were also users, he decided to carry on and any ex­ cess could have been sold to them at cost


. rates and would have only sold to mv mends who already use it.”


_ Miss Rachel Cooper (defending) said Gregson had been smoking cannabis since he was 16, but in January this year he had ouit altogether. ■, ,


1 would not have charged commercial ^


defendant claimed:


guilty on t te basis that he was a heavy can- tlf»’*i


Mr Parker said Gregson had pleaded J® and began growing


was £43,600.


habilitation has already taken place ” * Passing sentence. Recorder Mathie­


• The judge continued: “The pre-sen-


. on your behalf, makes it very difficult to ■ consider that there is any benefit to sdei-


.;,ety,, otter than thepunishnient level in sendmgyoutopn'son.


“


that ff he messed up” the community or- der, he would be back in court and there


or fom th^^f


ued. Many people will say you don’t de­ serve the one chance you are getting to-


uerf“ down, don t let vour mother down.” down, don’t let yourself warned Gregson second chances. He contin­


“Make no mistake about it, you are not' “ 3’ way, shape


, pnee report, rightly described as a glow- everything that is toged


a veiy difficult dilemma, as to whether I sentence tte offence of tte offender ”


o Vftrv Hiffi/’Mii* _____ “f am faced with


dpon.his mother. He no longer associate" i.® somebody for whom the re­


dered a heavy burden and if he was sent to have a devastating effect


Cooper said the defendant shoul­


son told Gregson he had been growinga quite astomshini” amount of cannabif ' a He told the defendant: “I a ‘


LUVVERLY”: The cast of Simonstone’s My Fair Lady I A


iiimonstpne, for their sum - . ' “ ®rous to mention, plus a frier concert.,


against a London backdrop with the title role o f Eliza Doottttle played by Ella Boys


■ ^


t te role of Professor Henry Higgins and Lee Wild played the part of Colonel Pickenng ro perfection. Retaining his Cockney accent throughout and realty enioving himself


: Key Stage Two children ^ sang and. acted their hearts put. Excellent acting and im- waiuiacs were set


who was perfect for tte role. ’ Max Benedetto excelled in


®"°™® 9f servants, buskers and dancers.Every was word


pressive^ costumes were se t - : rofl of enthusiasm/c . , / ; jiffaiTicf.^ T — .1


■ ■:


^pencer once again brought out the best in the cast. Staff


*»^usic teschcriCfr Dehcer n n ^


inember Mrs C. Smith direct­ ed the actmg and co-ordinated the production. Thanks were


Sally to i th for an outstand­


ing performance to a seU-out audience. Parents and friends in the audience could have . danced all night”.


^ f“ne and was cayuci ivrr Malcolm ^ i- U


quantities of lead which is toxic to


ment of moorlands causes grouse numbers to boom. But, as they over­ burden the landscape, they become weakened and fall prey to a lethal parasitic infection - strongylosis. Consequently’ a cycle of population


)-• *>arm wildlife heather • An unnatural, heather-rich envi-' * W d , poisoned or


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