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Clitheroe Acfverttser &TImes,Thursday, August 30,2012 • Continued
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Walk Despite the excite
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ment and late night celebrations of Sat urday’s Torchlight Procession, a dozen walkers managed to brave the uncertain- weather conditions the following Sun day morning. They , set off on a four-
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The group followed a wide farm track before climbing gradually to Padi- ham Heights. Fine views were enjoyed of the valley below, Sabden village and the Nick o’ Pendle. Fortunately the big gest sections were tackled towards the end of the route.- Persistant rain then ensured that eve
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den starting from St Nicholas’ Church.
cular walk of Sab- break there was a full attendance at
and-a-half mile c i r - s u m m e r
ryqne was quite The speaker. Bill relieved to arrive Honeywell, last back at their vehi cles though all had been impressed by the varied scenery and different views ofSabden.
PENDLETON
Lasagne lunch Tickets are still on.
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Standen Hall on Sunday Septem ber 9th. Following the lunch, at 12-30 p.m., there will be entertainment by ---- Clitheroe "Town Most caravan sites of- Band. Admission " ’ is £10 for adults, £2 for children. There will also be a raffle and tombola. Tick ets are available from PCC members or by ringing 01200 426211.
sale for .All Saints, Church, Pendle ton, iubilee lasagne lunch to be held at
modation when the Preliminary notice wardens realised
fered fre xcicu lice accom- IPaper day
t’s paper day in Pend leton on Tuesday September 4th. Please leave papers in the white bags provided.
Fell race Nearly 80 runners headed for Pendle-
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Bill kept his audience The day course on a selection of his
the charity Bill was supporting, some even taking round a bucket to other people on site for donations.
photographs taken along the way. He was thanked by C. Finch. A competi
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: 'rocks from Clayton - o le Moors Harriers - in 43.11; 1st Vet 60
was Peter Booth
In the age catego ries -men; IsfVet 40 was the second place runner Paul Crabtree; 1st Vet 50 was Brian Hor-
third went to Helen Fines of Vegan Runners in 41.52.
fell race to the top of Pendle Hill and back. The race was won by James Tit- muss from Pudsey and Bramley in a time of 39.48. Sec-^ ond place went to , . Paul Crabtree from WI meeting Wharfedale Har- From Burnley to a riers in 40.49 and '
ton last Saturday to tackle the five mile ^
RIMINGTON Slate
won by E. Sliinger, Jean Butler and M. Wright.
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September 18th and the speaker, Franc es King, will talk about Meny Ships.
meetmg is on
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tion for an interest- DohllnOeS A pie and peas supper
■ Slater at Riminotnn' MrPu#*'nv'naa- 'WI.,After spotting Raffle - D. Hogg, J an advertiseement m The Lady maga- zine for a nanny to
royal palace in nant, 3 Mr M. Ed- Saudi Arabia - that mondsori. was the fairytale Dominoes - 1 R. come true for guest Barker, 2 M. Berry, speaker_Heather
Rimingtbn Mr Pye, 6 V. Giles Chew, H. Moor- -
house, M. Robin- son.
care .for a young MCs were'Mrs. E. member of the Hartley for domi- Saudi Arabian royal noes and Mr S. family. Heather de- Hogg for whist.
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Whist, ladies - 1 Mrs D. Hogg, 2 Mrs M. Robinson, 3 Mrs J. Metcalfe.
trons of the monthly whist and domino drive organised by the management committee of Rim ington Memorial Institute.
future events, and a plant stall by A. Hall and S. Hartley was full of interest ing items.
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year cycled 4,500 miles in 69 days, mainly on roads close to the coast of England, Wales and Scotland, rais ing £31,000 in aid of Cancer Research UK. He deseribed
in Pendleton Vil lage Hall. President Gillian Broom in troduced Sue Kirl^ who gave her per sonal report on the AGM at the Alibert Hall. The newslet- ter was circulated giving dates
rtvjivi i m o for-
the August meeting in Pendlptnn 'v/ii.
from Darvyen Dash- As nanny to young ers in 53.38 (Jac- queline was also second lady over all); 1st Female Vet 60 was Linda Lord of Qayton le Moors Harriers in 54.35.
- — uuavY lege and wealth. aiin Prince Khaled,
Heather became part of the huge royal household, ■ joining in their luxu
rious social life with banquets, holidays aboard the family yacht and fabulous camping forays in
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toms and traditions of the country and brought along a selection of^head- dresses, robes and
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also from Clayton le moors Harriers in 44.55; 1st Vet 70 was Phil Martin from Bowland Fell Runners in 65.32. Women - 1st Fe male Vet 40 was Jacqueline Shaw
cided to apply and after a lengthy proc ess of interviews and meetings she L'UCk faCO was successful and Sabden Football Club was whisked away by private jet to a. life of luxury, privi ic c auu
football match and duck race on Sun day despite the atrocious weather until the.early af ternoon. The an nual Sabden FC v Sabden Veterans’ match at the Nutter Barn pitch kicked off proceedings and it was followed by the duck race when hundreds of plastic ducks were released into the fast flowing Sabden Brook from Bull Bridge down to Cobden Mill bridge, - and they have nev er swum as fast.
annual fun
scarves of beautiful W aS te DaDGr SinrVTnnf-ArJol
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proposed a vote of thanks. A number of WI members from the former T raw d en an d Wihewall branch were guests at the meeting, and there was also a pleas ant surprise with a -visit from Mrs Jen Whawell, oyer in ______ _ England from her . _____ home in Tasmania. VaCanCy A former Riming- Sabden Parish Coun ton member, Jen cil has a vacancy for
McPherson,
kept the cyclists well fed.
and other accom- Mrs Elizabeth Rob- modation for a mo- torhome which was used a base. He had a team^of friends and family, some of whom cycled while others drove the motorhome and
planning the route _ .welcome, and caravan sites
president
inson read a letter from Mrs Pam Jel- ley, thanking all those who sent en tries or supported Clitheroe area WI show, with special thanks to Mrs Nina Haley, who is Rim- ington representa tive on the show committee.
2013 Border Group meeting will take place on Wednes day May 22nd with' Rimington WI as hostess branch.
was given that the
recieyed a warm welcome.
The waste paper col lection around Sab- den is due to take place next Tuesday. Please leave your paper out
morning. If for any reason the collec tion is late and runs into Wednesday please try to avoid leaving it outside overnight if it can blow about.
in the
a new member fol lowing the resigna tion of long-serving councillor Bernard Parfitt. It is hoped to co-opt someone at next Tuesday’s meeting which takes . place at 7 p.m. in Sabden Link Room at St Nicholas’s (top room). If you are interested you must contact the clerk, Mrs j^gela Whit- well, in advance in writing, preferably by email to arfiw@
tiscali.co.uk The public are welcome to attend and there is an item on the agenda when they can raise any issue they wish.
interested with cooking with herbs Parish COUncll takes place on The August meeting
Wednesday Sep- of Sabden Parish tember 12th from 2 ~ " to 4 p.m.
was enjoyed by pa
, Calvert, who sent his apologies, along with Coun. Dean Lindsey. Members present were Couns A. Haworth, M. Hodds, M. Procter, R. and P. Newmark and three residents. In the public part of the meeting there were queries from residents regarding suitable sites for al lotments and how to progress with al lotment provision for the village.
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cation had been received for the demolition of a ga rage and store and construction of two homes at 54 'Whal ley Road. There were some eoncerns
■planning appli .
• the absence of the chairman Michael
Council was chaired by vice-chairman John Shorter in
Sab
NEWS FROM THE VILLAGES SABDEN
. & Yorke in Clithe roe. The applicant is alloweci access over the road and has a requirement to maintain a part of it. There is some doubt over the own ership of part of the land included in the proposal and Ingham & Yorke are also aware of the issues, it was reported. The ac cess road serves a number of proper ties but is the only
' flow onto Whalley Road on a right hand bend. Over Intensification of the rite - the pro posal to build two properties will be an overcrowding of the space available and be detrimental to other properties
■ road to the medical centre. The medical centre has the same rights of access and the applicant also has a require ment to'maintain a part thereof. An increase in prop erties and traffic flow along this road will impact upon access to the medi cal centre. It will also increase traffic
hides is required at all times, although there have been oc casions in the past when access has been restricted. It was resolved to con tact the planning of ficer with the parish council’s concerns as outlined and it was unanimously agreed to object to the proposal for the following reasons: Highway Safety - the access to the site is along the only vehicular access
been advised that the applicant does not own any part of the access road and does not have any parking rights along it. The access road is owned by the Standen estate which is managed by trustees whose agents are Ingham
ham & Yorke) had
parish council (via LiUlVert land agents
on it. However, the p, .
as councillors said the design and ac cess s tatement contains some in formation which is inaccurate. The statement refers to the applicant own ing part of the ac cess road and hav ing parking rights
vehicular access to Sabden Medical Other itemS Centre and access Young people had of fer emergency ye- fered to paint the
.Couns Michael Calvert and John Shorter met with Mr P. Finch from Lancashire County Council’s High ways Department as ownership of the area is unknown. The LCC will as sist in trying to find ownership. There are problems with extending the pave ment as the levels are different and more consideration will need to be given to the improve ments in the area once ownership is sues are resolved. As a result the par ish council has been unable to apply for grant assistance at the moment.
Youth Shelter and the Young People’ s bus was to be visit ed. Borough Coun. Ricky Newmark re- ported that Hima layan balsam re moval will continue and that despite the signing HGVs are still using Sabden as a short cut. Regard ing the Cobden Mill development it was reported that there is already a substan tial list of interested people who have family connections with Sabden. The list will remain open until September. Work was progress ing well and storm drains were being laid. Coun. A. Ha worth was thanked for the clearance work near Jubilee Bridge. Overgrown hedges and grass was reported in the following locations -the bench at Hey- houses, Whalley Road around the Sabden sign, Oithe- roe Road from the school to Crowtrees Road and Whal ley Road near St Mary’s Church. The next meeting was set for Tuesday
within t h e 'S ^ : • SeP‘«'"'’ef4th.
Council will be asked j if! it is mind ed to approve the application, to in clude clauses which restrict parking on the access road and ensure it is free from obstruction so that emergency
The parish council F u n d - r a ls e r believe one prop- A cheese and wine erty would be more evening held in aid appropriate. Rib- ” ................. ' le Valley Borough
Church Restora tion Appeal, and hosted by Eileen and Raymond Lowe at their Whalley Road home, raised £756. More than 70 people attended. Coming up next are ajiimblesaleon Oc tober 6th, a fashion
of St Nicholas’s
nance of the area near to the culvert at Wesley Street.
on the mainte-
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vehicles can attend the medical centre at all times. Also to include a clause which prevents any business from op erating from either of the properties and which prevents commercial use in anyway. .
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show on October 30th, a Big Band Night on Decem ber 7th and a Quiz Night on December 14th.
Get-together TTie first monthly get-
together for villag ers at the White Hart proved very successful. Nearly 20 people went along from 12-30 p.m. for a social af ternoon and chat and some took ad vantage of a pen sioners’ lunch for £5. The next meet ing of the Sabden Lunch Club is on Wednesday, Sep tember 19th, when everyone is wel come.
Trail race A Sabden Six-Mile
las’s Church Ap peal fund. Villager Shaun Livesey (38), who is a member of Accrington Road Runners, is organ ising the run which starts at Ham in Stubbins Lane, and goes to Churn Clough Reservoir, Badger Wells, back into the vil lage, back to Chum Clough then back to the church. Run ners can enter on the day for £5, and there will be a raf fle afterwards with a t^prizeofanXbox
Shaun is appealing for any volunteers as race marshalls or other helpers, and any more raf fle prize donors, to contact him on 01282 771577 or 07787515070.
Thursday Club The young people’s
Thursday Club will resume again next Thursday at 6pm in St Nicholas’s Church Hall after the summer b rei.
Walkers Sabden Walkers are due to set off on
. their monthly ram ble on Wednesday
details on 01282 776042.
Services St Nicholas’s Church has a 9-30am Fam ily Service on Sun day in the church hall with the Rev. Gill Dyer. The fol lowing week there
Church has a 10am service and Mass at St Mare’s RC is at 11am this Sunday.
SUIDBURN
Results Results of the whist
and dominoes held on Saturday. Whist, ladies - H. Davis, H. Pickard. Gents—
A.
IS no service in Sab den. Sabden Baptist
morning. Please contact walk leader Kitty Garnett for
Trail Race is tak ing place on Sat urday, September 15th, forStNicho-
Dominoe - J. Pye, B. Metcalf, F.Tayior, A. Fox. Raffle - F.
Dinsdale, M. Davis.
The next whist and dominoes is on Sep- ■ tember 22nd.
John Bowdler Black pool Tower Organ ist) concert at St Andrew’s Parish Church on Satur day September 1st at 2 p.m. Admission £6-50 including re freshments.
Concert
Young Farmers Members of Slaid-
- burn Young Farm ers travelled to The Sandcastle at Blackpool for a Bank Holiday trip. Next week’s meet ing is Hodder Val ley Show set up at 6 p.m. Also, an indoor meeting at 7-30 p.m., all lo cated at Blue Butts, Slaidbum.
WADDINGTON
Cheese, wine St Helen’s Church
is having a cheese and wine evening at Waddow Hall on Wednesday Sep tember 5th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets cost £7-50 including a glass of wine and sup per. For tickets call 01200 427797.
WHALLEY
SIng-along Tonight (Thursday)
Whalley Method ist Church is hav ing another of its popular singalongs. If you enjoy singing hymns old and new and have favour ites you would like to sing then come along to this sing- along at 7-30 p.m. This is not a choir so everyone is wel come. The evening will finish about 8-45 p.m.
New Minister On Sunday at 10-30
. ter Rev. Tony Dav ies. The service will include the Sacra
a.m. worship at Whalley Methodist Church will be led by the new Minis-
ment of Holy Com munion.
Little Fishes On Tuesday the Lit-
. 9-15 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Trefoil Guild
Whalley Trefoil Guild will hold its next meeting on Tues day September 4th in Whalley Meth odists Church at 7-30 p.m. The topic
tie Fishes group restarts. This is for toddlers, babies and their parents or carers, which meets every Tues day morning during term time between
. Pye, M. Wellock, G. Parker, E. Ireland, F.Tayior.
Von Trapp Family I speaker Maureenl
Shenton.Everyonel most welcome. *
Leave taking , The congregation at I English Martyrs’!
RC Church, Whal ley, has expressed
with the children’s liturgy over the years. She and her husband, Mark, will |
^ re tu rn in school hohdays.
The children’s liturgy
be teaching abroad forthenextyearbut
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Ann was responsible | for producing chil dren’s nativity plavs at the church.
preparation team will meet on Thun-
day September 6th in the presbyteiyat 7 p.m. The meeting’ will involve all in volved in the lead ership team.
Church diaries for next year are now on sale from the pi ety stall.
On Sunday there will be a reunion of those from the church who went on the Rome Pil grimage with the party from Newton Heath. Lunch will be served to those who went on the pil-
■ grimage and mem bers of the congre gation are invited to a screening of photographs from 2-30 p.m. A devo tional service with Benediction will be held at the end of the afternoon.
INight of songs
The show starts at 7-30 E.m. Tickets can be
Post Office, from - Grace Gemmell on 01254 823402 or at the door, subject to t availability.
ad from Whalley
Rushbearing The traditional rush
bearing service at Whalley Parish Church will be held
A Prayer Book Holy Communion serv
Parish Communion and Sunday Ciub at 10 a.m.
ice will be at 8-30 a.m^ on Sunday with
Midweek Holy Com- munion at the church will be today at 10 a.m. and to morrow there will Holy Communion at 9-30 a.m. in the Abbbey Chapel, fol lowed by meditation at 10-30 a.m. in the Abbey Library.
on Sunday Septem ber 9th and will be followed by a jubi lee lasgane lunch at Standen Hall.
rish singer-songwrit er Anthony John Clarke makes a return to Whal ley Village Hall on Saturday night. De scribed as one of the folk scene’s nicest guys, Clarke regu larly tours the UK and Ireland with his blend of original songs and gentle humour.
thantetoAnnRus. sell for her work I
show despite rain by Joanna Gavaghan
! flocked to the showfield, braving inter mittent downpours, and for a number of hours, the worst of the weather held off. Once again, there was something for
everyone, agriculture and horticulture as strong as ever.
year stint as chairman, felt the new, main ring attraction of sheep racing - each sheep saddled with.a teddy bear ‘jockey’ and given a name such as lamb chop - had been hugely entertaining. Everyone had been able to place bets
from the weather it has gone fantastically. Entries were good and the exhibits were second to none. Attendance also looks good and I think everyone enjoyed the day.” Len, who has now completed a three-
for the winner of each of the three sheep races and even the last race - following a torrential downpour-was still able to go ahead, as did the very last event of the day, the egg catching. Even the lawn mower racing “crew” were able to make a lap of honour.
licious fayre, including pies from Pilling or hog roast butties from the Cunliffe’s of Belmont Farm and the Longridge or Young Farmers’ tent brimming with
the show - be it sheep, cattle, cheese of horticulture - there were popular dog and baby shows; children’s races and crafts. There was a produce tent boasting de
Besides all the traditional elements of -
be cancelled and the mist, which earlier had enveloped the fells, cleared in time for the Preston Harriers organised fell race - boasting 56 entrants - to go ahead. “Those who come to Chipping Show come prepared,” p id show president David Heane, adding that, when he emerged from the president’s lunch tent, he had been amazed to see such a large crowd gathered around the main ring. Chairman Len Rogerson said: “Apart
Only the ridden horse classes had to
SHOW OFFICIALS; Left, Chipping Show chairman Len Rogerson with pres ident David Heane and Angeia Heane.
Photos: KEVIN McGUINNESS
chocolate hedgehogs and painted wellies. A whole selection of other attractions and interesting trade stands included anything from mole or financial advice through to a magnificent display of flora and fauna from the Hardy Plant Society, fresh from success at Southport Flower Show. And when replenishment or a rest was
Young Farmer’s tug-of-war between two teams from Bilsborrow, Chipping and Longridge; Bilsborrow “A” being the win ners and Chipping runnefs-up, as well as tradesmen’s turnouts, vintage farm ma chinery and the Grand Parade. Then at the end of the day, committee members and helpers were there with
Excellent turnout of all the cattle breeds
. pacity.'Chief steward Christine Hold- - cn said: “We have had an excellent: turnout in all breeds ” Quality.had been high. Judges, travelled from Yorkshire, Cumbria j
' THE cattle marquee was tilled to ca> ^ Cattic
^’^'Holstein Friesian, ana W.P. brewer,’ :,t/and Sons, from Bleasdale, won the.; beef interbreed championship with a
Limousin."-
: ten breeds and more than 200 entries / - the weatlicr forced a newrlook lay-:> out which proved popular,
IN the sheep section t which boasted Sheep
k' /;Walker,’ of Longridge - also saw her ' wiiming the best m the Beltex section..
’.'/ the Bcltcx classes - introduced for ;* * the first time at the request of Hayley <
* Quality was as high as ever and:
i;- Supreme champion sheep; judged by •? '"•Geoff Lawn, was a Gritstone exhib-M/ ited by S. and P. Scriven, and show” i committee member, past president
> - and past chairman, John Stott, won -- ' the reserve champion with a Blue - Faced Leicester ewe. ■
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: CHIEF steward of the light horses, Louise Aircy, said: “It was well sup-*-; < V ported and a local lady, Mrs
E-J.Paul;
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;and Qieshirc. There were good wins “ for local farmers. J.- and N. Hall and : :Sons; from Winmarleigb^ won the .' . /dairy interbreed championship with a
. Knowlc Green. In the Shetland pony y-section; Mr J. D. Kay, from McIIor, '’d ' won the overall champion with Ox-o ..i -'cndale Jules, and his pony Oxcndalc : v - Jilly won the veteran title.* There had
. Side Glory, to gain reserve champion -^4 in the in nand section. She lives in .:^
.{ ■ did well with her Highland marcMoss'^yj
ON SHOW: A horse is put through it’s paces in the main ring.
^ been nearly 30 entries in the Shetland : ponies, more than before, and more than 50 in the light horses.
:'. .cven morc-mwhat has become Lan-: ^i^ •>> cashirc’s larcest cheese show. He said Carron Lodge, from Inglcwhitc, woo
v', the supreme champion^ip with Lan-:'; Hi cashireBluc.'They had been pleascdrii: ^ with the children’s choices, judged by
‘ ShannoiHlich; a pupil at St Mary’s School, Chipping;
• : particularly pleasing. The award for -'•the best euiibit in the horticultural . section went to FrankiHoyle; from - ' "Chipping, with bis vegetable display, .1 :valso chosen as the chairman’s choice ;-;] for best in the show. .
‘•».THE WI and children’s section boast- . cd a bumper entiy of 1,026 exhibits.
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SECRETARY .Aimic Smgleton said ;• j they had “a nice tumouCwith lots of r i ' colour; Qiildren’s potatoes had been v<^
> ■ Horticulture ^
•'. THERE were more than 100 entries ■/< in the cheese sectioiT. Organiser Bob v i ' ' Kitching said there could have been •'!
’■ Cheese i
needed, there was plenty to choose from, be it a cuppa and cake enjoyed courtesy of the friendly faces of Chipping Congrega tional Church, or cookeiy or cheese dem onstrations in the cheese tent. There was also a hotly contested
• long may it continue.” • More pictures and results, page 21
and are hardy and make the best of what we are given. Chipping Show will go on and we will now move on to next year...
“An awful lot of work goes into the show - the committee and a whole team of vol unteers freely give their time to produce this one day event - and it has been great. There is lots to do and see, but it has been a shame what the weather has done to us. “But the Chipping people are used to it
lucky,” said one committee member as he surveyed the scene at the end of the day, adding: “The torrential downpours could have come much earlier.” And Mr Heane concluded by saying:
tractors and muscles at the ready, to lend a hand pulling or pushing any vehicles stuck on the field. “All things considered, we were very
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TAKING A LOOK: One of the entrants in the horses section beingjudged.
I DEDICATED organisers of the 85th Chipping Agricultural and Horticul tural Show were rewarded when loyal supporters in every section turned up to produce another stunning event, despite the poor weather forecast. In turn, a healthy crowd of visitors
JUDGING TIME: One of the cattle entrants is led round the main ring.
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BIG CHEESE: Cheese marquee organiser Bob Kitching of Leagram Dairy, near Chipping, with his Jubilee Cheese.
LEADING THE WAY: A youngster joins In the competition at Chipping Show.
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