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CiKheroe Advertiser &Times,Thursday, January 26,2012 NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES
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Snooker Low Moor Club snooker B team won 4-1 against Waddington to book a place in £ e quarter finals of the League Knockout Competition...
Pool The Low Moor Club pool team had a convincing
7-1 victory against Hurst Green’s StMary’s in the Cup.
Bonus ball winners were George .Tyler and Brett Stirling.
PENDLETON
Get a hat President of Pendleton
: corned members and in- .. traduced guest speaker Sarah Rhodes of “Get Ahead Hats”. Sarah told members bow her business started in a
WI Miss G. Broom wel- . i s - - --------
----- TiicmVjetb'fcll-piivlitgcd-- to try them on. Sarah was thar&ed by Sue Kirk. Competition winners were M. Wright, C. Woodward and G. Walmsley.
- branches-all over the country.. Housed in a converted barn near Great Harwood, alto gether thousands of hats are available to buy or to hire for that special occa sion, weddings, Bucking ham Palace garden par ties. Ascot and many are available to complement any outfit in any colour. Some of the hats Sarah had brought with her had been worn at the Royal wedding last year and
1 very small way in Ilkley and has now almost 20
The resolutions were dis cussed and voted on and future meetings, includ ing the 90th birthday party in June, were also discussed.
The next meeting will be on February 21st when the speaker Karen Rainford will talk on “Miles of
Smiles”. READ
: involved quickly moved- on when they realised they were going to be apprehended; Tools and a steam power cleaner
: were stolen from an out- building in Simonstone. A car in Harewood Av enue had been scratched down each side and the wing mirrors damaged.
There was an attempted stone theft in. Railway • Terrace, but the two peo ple who appeared to be
PACT meeting There was a disappoint ing attendance at the last PACT (Police and Community Together) meeting held last Thurs day evening when PCSO Dawn Roberts reported on quite a number of. crimes which had taken place in both Read and Simonstone.
Tea hostesses were G. Hacking, M. Wigan and C. Woodward. A stall for winter warmers was run by M. Procter and J. Butler.
I, ey sent is not returned. Please contact Trading Standards for further in formation.
; to be aware of flagstones . being stolen. A problem : for young newly qualified car drivers has come to light. A firm calling itself European Wood Ltd., is offering very cheap car insurance to young peo ple who have recently passed their driving test. This company is not valid . in England and any mon-
■ ted and cavity wall insu lation. Everyone is asked
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The next PACT meeting will be on Wednesday, February 22nd bet\5« e s i- TJubi l ee
Dog fouling appears to be on the increase again possibly due to dark nights and mornings. Please contact the dog warden at RVBC if you can provide any informa tion regarding the dog owners mvolved.
Street, Read. RIBCHESTER
A story The festival of Candlemas will be held in St Wil frid’s Church, Ribches ter, next Sunday, at 10- 30 a.m., formally ending Christmastide for anoth- - eryear.
Candlemas remembers the time when Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to the Tem ple for dedication and thanksgiving, much as little ones are brought for Christening today. The name “Candlemas” reminds of the baby born to be “a light to enlighten the nations”. Candles will be lit at the end of the service. Two figures will be added to the Christmas crib: Simeon and Anna, who greet the new family. They were wise people in them com munity and is a reminder that older people offer a deep resource of wis dom for today. So it’s a story of four generations:
. baby, parents, Simeon, of grandparent age, and Arma, who was 84.
Flood fair Last week, a flood fair, un-
, Ribchester Village Hall. Both organisations were well represented, to gether with various trad ers offering specialised flood-protection prod ucts.
- Environmental Agency and the Ribble Valley Authority, was held in
der ’the auspices of the
A portable binding had been broken into on the car sales site and at the same time a fire door had been forced and the alarm broken at the nearby shop. An inse cure shed was entered and a motorbike stolen and in both villages there has been a spate of thefts of gully grate coverings, presumably for their scrap value. A window _ above a shop in Read ' was smashed also one in Buckingham Drive and a motorcross bike stolen from a house in Whalley Road. Retired and eld erly people in both vil lages are being targeted by bogus sales people offering cheap alarms fit-
As flooding is a perennial problem in vanous parts of the village, there was widespread interest in what was being offered. It proved to be a useful exercise in public rela tions.
. be aware of the provi- : sions of the Local Flood . Plan, and of the statistical risk of property affected. The overall message, like the motto of the Scouts, is - Be Prepared! ■ If in doubt, contact the
Residents need to be reg- .: istered on the Floodline, . on 0845 988 1188 and to
.- agency as above, or the local authority on 01200 414487.
Talk for all On Saturday, February 25th at 7-30 p.m. in Ribchester Village Hall, Mike Pear son and Colin Cunliffe
: ner Appeal. The talk is called “The Splendour of
: are giving an illustrated talk to raise money for the Royal Preston Scan-
. of the Arkakus Moun tains, a world-heritage site, and the LJbari Sand Sea. Colin will contribute his typically humorous memories of Libya where he served while doing his National Service.
Any help, or contributions for pnzes to be raffled in aid of the appeal, will be veiy welcome.
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PACT The venue of the police and community PACT meet ings has been changed due to the temporary clo sure of the White Hart pub. The next meeting will be on Monday, Feb ruary 13th, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the police office m St Nicholas’s Church Hall. At last week’s meeting issues raised in cluded cars jumping the
; temporary lights at Bull Bridge and the danger to pedestrians having to walk in the road. At the request of PC Sally Big- gar the site supervisor has arranged for some of the street furniture to be removed and signsput up to encourage pedes trians to cross before the bridge and walk on the pavement. The sequence of the traffic lights, which was causing motorists to jump the lights, has also been altered and will be monitored for the next month. Problems at the changing rooms at the football club were also raised and police are also looking into this.
, locally by a company named Aston Midshires who have been selling insurance.policies un derwritten by European Wood Ltd. Recently mo torists have been stopped at the roadside and been
Bogus Sabin’s Neighbourhoold . Watch co-ordinator ■John Shorter is warn ing drivers, particularly new young drivers, to be aware of an insurance scheme being operated
■ Libya”. Mike will show pictures of two of the best preserved Roman cities in the world: Lep- tis Magna and Sabratha, plus the desert scenery
'. told that their insurance is not valid. Neither of these companies are reg istered with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) or the Motor Insurance Bureau (MIB) and so any policy “sold” by them is void. They do not ap pear to occupy the office where they claimed to be based and have been uncontactable since be fore Christmas. The FSA is investigating. If you come across this, please report it to Action Fraud at
www.actionfraud.org. uk or on 0300 123 2040. They will log it and give you a crime reference, number. Also contact the Financial Services Au thority at
www.fsa.gov.uk or on 0845
6061234.You can check your car is on the insurance database ■ by going to
www.askmid. com. If you have a policy with this company, you will see that it is shown as being uninsured.
Roadworks The major roadworks in Sabden should be completed by the end of March. Lancashire County Council says the rebuilding of the retain ing' wall on Padiham Road, which collapsed last June, is progressing and should be substan tially complete by the end of March. The stonework has taken some time, but as it is the main element that will be visible it is not being rushed. Thankfully the weather has been reasonably kind and the
to be in the region of 2,500 tonnes of wood to extract, a total of 100 loads, four to five loads per day on long wheel base vehicles. The LCC says it is making arrange ments to ensure that the vehicles can move freely with the least disruption to residents and busi nesses.
Snow White Tickets are going well for the forthcoming pro-
■ duction of “Snow White And the Seven Sabden Dwarfs” by Sabden New Village Folk from Thursday to Saturday, March 1st to 3rd, in St Nicholas’s Church Hall. It starts at 7-30 p.m. and admission is £6 on the ' Thursday when light re freshments will be avail able. On the Friday and Saturday evenings it is £8, including potato pie supper, and the Saturday afternoon matinee at 2 p.m. costs £5 for adults and £3 children. You can take your own drinks to the evening perform ances and sit around tables. Tickets are avail able from Kay Galea on 01282 775567, Jean Haythornthwaite on 01282 772270, Margaret Parsons on 01282 778652 or Diane CoIIinson on 01282777868.
.LCCiS'kee^pingVntpM---'* ish council and nearby residents informed of progress. Sabden Parish Council has commented that the temporary trafiic light system has helped to control speeding in the village and is deter ring the normal volume of traffic which uses the route as a shortcut
Culvert Next month LCC will be
closing Wesley Street during daylight hours to carry out repairs to the culvert joints which are leaking. The clo sure could last for up to two weeks although it is hoped the work will not take that long. It is de pendent on dry weather to apply the waterproof ing material. Letters are going out to residents and the refuse collec tion service has been informed. Following on from this work the coun ty council’s drainage sec tion will be replacing the section of culvert which collapsed behind the houses on Wesley Street. This is not expected to cause a disruption to residents.
Stubbins Lane A landslip on the road
above Wesley Street . along Stubbins Lane is being investigated by LCC officers. This could affect the estates depart ment which is due to cut down the diseased trees around Churn Clough Reservoir, on land which they lease from United Utilities. The trees have to be removed by the
. end of March and It was Elanned to use Stubbins
ane. There is expected
Services This Sunday’s 9-30 a.m. Holy Communion in St Nicholas’s Church hall will be taken by the Rev. Barbara IMghL The 10 a'.m; service at Sabden Baptist Church will be led by Gareth Earnshaw and at St Mary’s RC Church Mass is at 11 a.m. with Mgr John Corcoran.
SAWLEY
Born in 1859, Arthur Ig natius Conan Doyle,
Elementary The inaugural speaker for 2012 at the meeting of Sawley WI was Peter Houldsworth, a self- confessed frustrated historian. His subject was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930). Many members knew the famous creator of the super sleuth Sherlock Holmes was schooled at Stonyhurst College, but due to Peter’s extensive knowledge of his subject they learned a great deal more about this intelli gent, multi-talented and accomplished individual.
first bom of 10 children, showed no early sign of his later medical or lit erary prowess. A school report described him as stubborn, awkward and lackadaisical. Conan Doyle went on to study medicine at the Univer sity of Edinburgh under taking work experience as a ship’s doctor on an Arctic whaling boat and later travelling to the West Coast of Afiica per forming physician duties
_ with very little experience to draw upon. University friends included future famous authors such as
write between treating patients when he quali
James Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson. Conan Doyle found his time to
At the next meeting on February 16th members will enjoy an evening of Chinese culture to cel ebrate the Year of the Dragon.
SLAIDBURN
Next week’s meeting is Bam Owl Bill.
TOSSIDE
Music A pleasant evening was spent dancing to music played by the Mark Kitto Band in Tosside Com munity Hall. Thanks were expressed to those who had donated raffle prizes and given help and simport in anyway.
The next dance will be on Friday, Febmaiy 17th to music by Alan Bedale.
WHALLEY
Services On Sunday at Whalley Methodist Church, the 10-30 a.m. worship will be led by Mr David Bowker.
At 7-30 p.m. the Rev. Tim Thorpe will lead the Cir cuit Praise Night. This will be a contemporary praise service. Do come along and join members from across the Clithe- roe Circuit as they wor ship this evening.
Piping hot The skirl of the pipes will
Accrington Pipe Band will play traditional Scottish i airs, reels and marches i
be heard in a Whalley pub to celebrate Bums’ night tom'ght.
Tickets for the night from 7-30 p.m. are £15.
as guests at The Dog Inn I dine on haggis, tatties and neeps, accompanied byaweedram.
Loc^ businesses have given prizes for a raffle in aid of a cystic fibrosis charity.
Raffle winners: R. Procter, K. Fairhurst, A. Polkin- horne, O. Holgate, B. Wellock, K. Monihet, B. Shuttleworth, E. Ne- whouse, D. Coates, I. Alderton, N. Healey, G. Berisford. ■
Young farmers Members of Slaidburn Young Farmers’ Club met this week for a night of Zumba in the village hall. Thea took the en ergetic session and mem bers enjoyed the Latin- inspired dance. Thanks were given by Annis Schofield.
fied as a doctor. Readers were first introduced to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson in 1888; the rest, as they say, is history, l i e s e characters made Conan Doyle interna tionally famous and his fans have spanned many decades. Benedict Cum- berbatch’s contemporary portrayal of Sherlock Holmes guarantees a new fan base for an au thor who died in 1930; not to mention a 300% increase in the sales of trench coats. Thanks were given by Mrs Kath Fothergill and refresh ments were provided by Mrs Anne Askew and Mrs Margaret Baines.
Hospital plea Members of the congrega tion at English Martws’ RC Church, Whalky have been invited to work
with the Royal Blackburn Hospital’s chaplaincy
team. Anyone who wants
to volunteer as a visitor , or eucharistic minister
should contact Fr Paul Blackburn at the hospi-
talon 01254 73301 or at St Philip’s presbytery in Padiham.
The church has its largest group of children for some time on its sac ramental programme. Dates for the programme
are: Reconciliation, Thursday, March 22nd at
6-30 p.m.; Confirmation ' on Sunday, May 27th at 11 a.m.; first Holy Com
munion on Sunday, July 1st at 11 a.m.,
Sheets for the Dingbats quiz on film titles are available from Pat Mor ris at £1 per entry.
The Thursday Group resumes today in the presbytery. New mem bers welcome.
New role Mr Doug Beattie, a volun teer helper at Whalley
' CE Primary School for some time has joined the staff as a teaching as sistant in Junior 3. Miss Katie Postlethwaite, who has been training at the school is joining the staff team working in Infant 1 as a special needs sup port assistant.
. terested should contact the school office.
The school has a vacanty for a lunchtime supervi- sorAvelfare assistant five days a week. Anyone in-
Friends of Whalley School are organising a half- term disco in school on Thursday, February 9th, infants from 6 to 7 p.ra. and juniors from 7-15 to 8-15 p.m. Flashing rings will be on sale at £1 and fibreoptic hairpieces at £2. Parents able to help on the night should contact Suzanna Nut ter on 01254 824841 or e-mail friendsofwhalley-
school@gmail.com
Services Midweek Holy Commun
at 10 a.m. today. Tomor row, Holy Communion in the Abbey Chapel at 9-15 a.m. will be followed by meditation in the Abbey Library at 10-30 a.m. A Prayer Book Holy Com munion service will be held at 8 a.m. on Sunday and parish communion and Sunday Club will be at9-30a.m.
ion will be celebrated at Whalley Parish Church
Top spots Domino winners at Whal- ,
ley senior citizens’ social evening on Saturday were
will be on Saturday at 6• - 45 p.m. in Whalley Meth-: odist Church Hall.
J. Whitehead and G. Pit- lovitz. The next meeting
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Mrs Christine Holland, the school’s learning men tor, is available before and after school and also monitors the playground at break times, i^yone wishing to know more about the role can ar range to speak to her by phoning 01254 8223348.
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Business turns up the heat...
by Duncan Smith
RIBBLE Valley’s MP Nigel Evans officially opened the latest development by Bow- land Bioenergy. Based on the Downham Es
tate, the business supplies wood chips and wood pellets for en- vironmeritally-friendly heating systems right across Lancashire and its surrounding counties. Its new 8,000 sq. ft storage
and processing unit, based on one of the estate’s existing farms, has been built with the help of a £29,000 grant from the European Agricultural Fund’s Rural Development Pro gramme for England (RDPE), administered by DEFRA (De- partmanet for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). This sees the company into a
new development phase, ena bling it to increase the quality and quantity of its product, re gardless of the weather. Bowland Bioenergy already
supplies 10 Lancashire schools and a number of similar large customers with wood chip and pellet, as well as more than a dozen smaller users. All the timber from which the fuel is produced is harvested from lo cal and sustainable woodlands. Director Mike Ingoldby
GOOD TO WOOD: Bowland Bioenergy director Mike In goldby (left) gets a helping hand from Ribble Valley’s MP Nigel Evans, heavily disguised under all the correct safety gear.
commented: “Wood chip and pellet heating is an increas ingly popular option in both the public and private sector, as everyone drives to keep heating costs down while sourcing envi
ronmentally friendly solutions from their local area. We are seeing a real boom in demand at the moment as our products are significantly less expensive than most fossil fuels, and also
attract government support through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).” The company currently em
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ploys two full-time and two part-time staff, as well as hav ing transport contracts in place with local haulage firms. Two further part-time staff have now been employed by the business to help meet the growth in de mand. . On opening the latest de
velopment, Nigel Evans said: “This is a great new Ribble Val ley business that uses resources from previously undermanaged local woodlands, and turns them into useful and environmentally friendly heating solutions. “Bowland Bioenergy is cer
tified to the highest industry standards for the. quality of its management and product. It is always worth re-iterating for the public that for every single tree in this country that is felled for fuel, at least two new ones ’ are planted. Another good, and long term, reason to choose Lancashire’s own wood to keep you toasty warm in this cold weather!” For more Information on
Bowland Bioenergy visit www.
bowlandbioenergy.co.uk or contact Ralph Assheton on 01200441219.
A new view of Vietnam
MOST of us will remem ber Vietnam for the war which devastated the two halves of the country and emotive photographs from its battles. But in their lecture to
Clitheroe Naturalists at the St Mary’s Centre, Steuart and Anita Kel- lington presented a very different picture o f this fascinating country. They described Vietnam as they saw it in 2005, traveling its whole length. The popu lation is now 78 million, 65% of whom are under 80 years old. The journey, covered
1,000 miles from Hanoi to Saigon and the Mekong delta. In the cities the ab sence of motor vehicles made motorcycles the main means of transport, in their turn replacing push bikes. The architecture was
for a spectacular land scape, peaks rising from the rivers and inlets in gro tesque shapes. Vietnam is a great e^orter of rice - backbrealang work for the workers at the time of planting. But it was the people who, in spite of the results
French in character from the colonial days. The Buddhist religion pro duced colourful shrines with offerings of fruit and vegetables in the temples. A beautiful puppet theatre was staged, the puppeteers taking three years to train. Limestone Karst made
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of war, showed no resent ment of the past strife and ■ made a great impression on the Kellingtons. There was a friendly atmosphere with smiling people, hard working who led a seem ingly simple life. Colour ful markets of vegetables, fruit and fish in profusion were characteristic of town and villages. The journey included
a trip to the hill folk, the Kellingtons staying in a traditional communal hall house set on stilts, above snakes, other animals and insects. Coffee and rubber were
also produced in Vietnam. A crossing of a fast flow ing river was made on the backs of elephants. A palace celebrating the re unification of the country contained the inscription on a stake “You cannot give up what you do not have”, encapsulating the philosophy of the people. After seeing the won
derful photography, the audience was left with memories of a smiling, happy and hard-working country in contrast to their neighbours in Cambodia. Chairman Muriel Car- ruthers expressed thanks for a most interesting evening. The next lecture at St
Mary’s Centre will be on Thursday January 26th at 7-30 p.m. when the speak er will be Charlie Liggett and his subject “Bats in > Lancashire”. .
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