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day) will feature The Irwel] Sestet mating a welcome return visit to the village halL Their programme will rncfade Souvenir De Florence and i!
ozsttsCspticaosextet.The Christmas Special Concert on Thursday December i3th wffl featme The Eric Ains worth Trio 2nd win feature Lyn
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very popular concert so eariy booking is advised. Admis sion to the concerts, which commence at noon, is £15 incfading hmdiemi with con cert only £10. To book please
telephone GST Concerts on 01200425629. LANGHO
St Mary’s Blackburn Food Bank has
said there is a need for tinned meals, Christmas fare as well as the usual items. The box is in the church porch. St Mary's Parish Christmas Fair is on Sunday December
7th from u am in the parish centre. All the usual stalls along with hot sausage butt ies and a free raffle for the children. St Mary's School is hold ing a Christmas Market on
Tuesday December gth in the schooL During the afternoon
the children will hold their own market. Parents, family - members and parishoners are
invited into the school at 3-30 pm for the market at which ' there will be stalls of all kinds.
StLeonanfs Tiny tots started on Mon-.
day Novembenoth at St Leon ard’s Church and will now be each Monday thereafter dur ing term time for all parents or anyone who cares for a small child. Come along and join in for play, painting, story time... and light refreshments. ■ The Christingle service '
was held onSunday and was well attended. On Sunday December 7th, the Mothers’ ■! _
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Union are holding their an nual Christmas Family Party' in the community centre. The services for that
Sunday are; 9 am Holy Com munion and 10-30 am Parish Communion. All welcome.
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Live music On Sunday, December -
7th from 4 pm, theyoung and energetic local band Earl and the Apple will be appearing for
the second time at Low Moor - Club. Entry is free of charge. PENDLETON_______
Enjoyable trip Members met for a trip
around Agri Weld and the night was thoroughly enjoyed • bealL
Next week, members are
to meet at Pendleton Village Hall at 7-3opmfor an indoor,. meeting.
obstruction. Owners are being
| sentwaminglettersandifthe problem persists they will be
I issuedwithafixedpenalty for obstruction. Anti-social behaviour at Black Hill picnic
I site has again been reported. I Vehicle registration numbers I wifi be taken and letters sent to owners’ addresses outlin ing the problems. Youths
Christian Aid coffee morning topped £400
^ Q m ^ a^ ro e e em o rn h ig k s tS a t- Committee’s appeal for the Ebola crisis. This urday^CmheroeUmted Reformed Church year the Kibble Valley Christian Aid Gtoud raised£4QLSi.VmaFebrtiaryeththeGov- sent more than £13,000 raised by the house- ’^ ’P^ffTaSsedtar
^CAChristmasAppealwinchpestosup- car washing, cogee mornings and the Feed port rehable local partnerships in many
READ AND SIM0NST0HE
Mothers’ Union There was a good attend
ance at S t John's M others’ Union meeting held in church on Tuesday evening. Matthew and Yvonne Pinder arrived with a variety ofmusica] in
struments which Matt played and Yvonne gave the full his tory of the songs and music.
Matt, who works for Eagle Musicin Huddersfield, gave
everyone present a very enter taining evening competently
demonstrating his prowess on the ukulele, mandolin, harmonica and banjo. Agreat deal of the evening involved the audience with guessing the titles of the music also encouraging a sing-along. He
began with the ukulele, which is now proving to be very •
"popular with young people and schools. The group were treated to “Has Anybody Seen My Girl” made popular in the
1920s by Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, plus other songs including George Formby’s “When I’m Cleaning Win dows’ . Following this section
the group all sang accompa nied on the mandolin “The Leaving of Liverpool", “Wild Rover” and “Galway Girl". Then Matt demonstrated his prowess on the harmonica with theaudience guessing the titles of the popular tunes he played. Throughout the evening Yvonne gave a very interesting and competent historyofeverysongand piece of music played. Finally, Matt played, on theyet more
to-house red envelopes, church collections, a Friend conference last May. Pictured are
atuntoes around the world and for major GeogHolmes with his granddaughter Lydia disasters such as the Disasters Emergency holding the cupcakes she baked to selL
popular and old time tunes banjo. Supper was served and final arrangements were made for Saturday’s Mothers’ Union Christmas fair.
Read Parish Council The parish council meeting
was chaired by Mrs Doreen Collinson with clerk Shirley Bridge, vice-chairman Gill Rostron, councillors Gerald Nichols, William Harrison, Alun Davies, Richard Hanson, Lisa Snape, borough council lor John Hill, Simonstone parish councillor Grahame Melloy and two members of the public, in attendance. Items discussed were the bor ough councillor’s report, the clerk’s report, reports from external meetings, a report about broken glass found on
the children’s play area, the overhanging trees in Fort Street, the garages on the Fort Street/Straits Lane site, the Read Motor Body Lease and the Senior Citizens’ Party.
Church news The Christmas tree festival
at St John’s and St Peter’s Church will be held from Wednesday December 17th to Sunday the 21st. The service will be opened by Canon Mike Chew. Arrangements so far in clude the opening at 6-30 pm with the lights switched on by the Rev. Michele Jarmany, of the United Reformed Church, Read, and a concert with music by Baxenden Concert Band. On Thursday December 18 th there will be a joint carol
service by St John’s and-St
Peter's Primary Schools at 1-45 pm and the barn sendee at Holkers Farm, Whins Lane, at 7*30 pm, but if wet in church. The service will be taken by
I the Venerable Julian Hender son, ofBlackbum. On Friday December 19th at 1 pm there will be the Christmas Medley with Eleanor Palmer, after noon tea and in the evening at 6-30 pm Martin Johnson accompanies local singer Kel- say Gill. On Saturday at 2 pm Bob Wooding, Wendy Frost’s Theatre School and entertain ment on the piano by William. On Sunday 11-30 am Sunday Praise Christmas Party, 6 pm Carol Service led by Archdea con John Hawley and 7-45 pm the finale fireworks sponsored by Fort Vale Engineering, Simonstone.
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St Mary’s RC Church on Sat urday. Father Christmas will open the fair at 2 pm and stay until 3 pm to meet the chil dren. There will be Christmas stalls and refreshments and tickets for the grand draw will be on sale to win the first prize of a weekend break and lots of other prizes.
St Mary’s Fair It is Christmas Fair time at
Crime report In her monthly crime
report Community Beat Man ager PC Sally Biggar said po
lice are receiving complaints regarding vehicles parked
fully on the pavement on St Niohnlne
»'n.«iuta*/ivciiue, causing an - - •
I have been causing a nuisance I outside premises on Watt Street. Criminal damage has been caused to the public toilets an d a youth has been shining a laser pen in houses on Whalley Road. A shed on allotments offPadiham Road was entered and searched but nothing taken. A vehicle parked on Stubbins Lane was entered but nothing stolen. A house was broken into, vehicle keys taken and the vehicle then driven off and has not been recovered. A man was reported in the village looking, suspicious and a man was issued with a fixed penalty no tice for possession of cannabis at Black Hill.
SabdenFC Sabden remain in fourth
place in the Harry Dewhurst Memorial League despite be ing beaten 4-3 away to Rhoden Inn on Sunday morning. Sabden's goalscorers were Foxall, Buggie and Parker and man of the match was Tom Diggins who made three top class saves to keep his side in the game.
Service of Light Around 80 adults and
I children took part in a Service of Light at Sabden Baptist Chapel. Families from all three village churches attended the
ecumenical service to begin the Advent season. Pastor Pete Cox led a family-friendly serv ice which included telling the nativity story through an ani
mated film that the children loved. He interspersed it with carols which he accompanied
on the guitar and by asking the children questions about the story, for which they received
I small prizes. The adults joined in with a 12 Days of Christmas
song. The children carried their Advent candles through the church which is decorated for Christmas. The lovely serv ice was followed by coffee and cake and mince pies provided by the very welcoming Baptist members. The service is ar ranged annually by Sabden Christian Council, who pro vide the Advent candles, and each church hosts it in turn.
Grace O'Malley f Teenage soprano Grace
O'Malley, who wows crowds each year when she switches on Padiham Christmas
lights and also those at local hospices, is coming to Sabden to star in a Christmas Vari ety Concert. “A Night Before Christmas” is ngv* Friday
Decembemth, at 7-30 pm in St Mary’s Community Hall. It
also features the Flat Cap Pack (Lancashire's answer to the
Rat Pack), the 50 Something : Theatre Co singing Christmas,
wartime and popular songs and sketches, and entertain
ment from Sabden’s own Mark Woodward and Ben Parsons. Tickets are £7-50 adults and £5
for under-i6s and include sea sonal refreshments, but peo ple can take their own drinks
for during the show. There will also be a raffle. Tickets are on' sale from St Mary’s after Mass
I onSundayorfromPatWhit- | well (01282 774588), Margaret Waling, Jean Haythomthwaite (772270) or Margaret Parsons
(778652). All proceeds are for the Community Hall Fund.
Fair success St Nicholas’s Church
Christmas Fair on Saturday af ternoon proved a huge finan cial success even though num- bers attending were slightly down. The vicar, the Rev. Gill Dyer, performed the opening, • one of her final duties before she retires in the New Year, along with the church Rose Queen Lily Davies and her retinue. Hot lunches served by the ladies proved very popular and there were some lovely Christmas stalls. The grand draw first prize of £100 was won by Fran Howarth, with Carol Houghton winning second prize of a meal at the Calf’s Head and third prize of a Christmas hamper went to Liz Smith. Bonus ball winners were Linda Lonsdale and June Weaving. The final total raised
was £2,135 to wards church funds.
Sunday sendees Services for the second
Sunday in Advent are at St Ni cholas’s CE Church at g-30 am, led by the Rev. Gill Dyer; 10-30 am service at Sabden Baptist Church with Pastor Pete Cox I and Sunday Mass at St Mary’s 1 is at 11 am.
Primary school There are vacancies in
all years at Sabden Primary Schooh If anyone is interested
in looking round please call the school on 771000.
Lights Switch-On Sabden's Christmas tree
is in place and all ready for the big switch-on on Sunday evening. The crib and tree lights will be lit during an
.outdoor carol service at 6-30 pm at St Nicholas’s Avenue/ Padiham Road. There will be music from Sabden band The Kicks who will lead carols and Christmas songs. Fr Frankie Mulgrew from St Mary’s RC Church will lead proceedings which have been organised by the Holme Committee. Fr Christmas will make an ap pearance with chocolate for the children and there will be
I 8 bucket collection towards I thecost. ■ '
Quiz night St Nicholas’s Parish
Church has a quiz night in the church hall tomorrow night
(Friday) at 7-30 pm. £5 admis sion includes supper. On Sunday there will be a concert
by The Grand Ladies’Choir in the hall at 2-30 pm. Admis sion £5. Refreshments will be served. Tickets for both events
are available from Bernard Parfitt on 01282 773759 or pay on the door.
Baptist Church Sabden Baptist Church is
holding a special Memorial Service on Sunday December 14th at 10-30 am. People can remember loved ones who have died by placing a star bearing theirname on the Christmas tree, or lighting a candle in their memory. The service will be led by Diane Isherwood. The church has a Family Carol Service and cel ebration with refreshments the following Sunday, and a Christmas Day thanksgiving service. All at 10-30 am.
Parish council Sabden Parish Council’s
November meeting was chaired by vice-chariman John Shorter and attended by Couns Michael Calvert, Kelly Eardley, Marion Procter, Susan Clarke and Michael Hodds, borough Coun. Ricky Newmark and four mem bers of the public. Apologies were received from Couns A. Haworth, P. Newmark and M. Woodward.
Traffic issues The speed of traffic and
parking on Clitheroe Road was discussed after residents explained problems being experienced. One said the traffic mirrorglass at Top Row has become obscured and asked if it could be replaced. The highways department . and County Coun. A. Atkinson will be contacted. Vehicles are parking very close to thejunc- tion of Top Row with Clitheroe Road making it difficult for emerging traffic and speed on Clitheroe Road is also an issue.
Planning There were no objections
to an application for a dormer extension to the front of 19 Crowtrees Road. An appli cation for screening for a 2okW wind turbine with a rotor diameter of up to 13.1m, hub height of 15.43m and a maximum upright vertical tip height of up to 21.97m. at Rattenclough Farm has been received. Councillors noted this application is for screening, but also for a wind turbine smaller than that in
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will be held in the village hall on Sunday December 7th at7 pm. Tickets are £7and include mince pies and wine. Enter tainment will be provided by the South Pennine Singers and there will be a tombola.
Christmas services Celebrate Christmas at
St Catherine’s Church. The carol service will be on Sunday December 21st at 6 pm. The Crib Service, a short service for children, will be held on Wednesday December 24th at 5 pm and on Christmas Day a Family Eucharist Service will start at 9-15 am.
WHALLEY
PickwickNight Tonight (Thursday) Whal
Home is where the art is for Steve
Local Artist Steve Rostron is enjoying a suc cessfultime, having recently sold 13 pieces through The Longitude Gallery in Clitheroe. Basedin Sabden, Steve captures the dramat ic Lancashire countryside. Working from his small studio, which has a clear view of Pendle Hill, he paints with oils, acrylics and pastels and also enjoys photography. Steveis fasci
a previous application which was turned down. The turbine can be transported in sections on lorries no larger than those which transported logs a few months ago. Councillors voted 4 to 2 in favour of making no objections to this applica tion or the erection of a wind turbine. Councillors queried if Ribble Valley Borough Council has a policy on wind turbines. Members.weretold that permission has been given for a wall to be built at the entrance to Black Hill View and an outline application for one property off Pendle Street East has gone to appeal.
Recycling Regarding plastic recycling
on the village car park, once the borough council gives a date when the collections of mixed cans and plastic bottles will start, councillors will advise residents. They will - -' also emphasise that the facil ity is only for plastic bottles! If it is contaminated with other plastics the facility will be removed.
Request denied Councillors turned down
a request to make a financial contribution to the Good News for Sabden magazine as they hadjust set up a council website and wanted to share information this way.
TOSSIDE
Whist and doms There were 13 tables in play
at the recent whist and domi noes. MCs were T. Robinson and P. Metcalfe. Winners: Whist, ladies - H. Lofthouse, E. Jackson, A. Barge; gents - W. Mitchell, V. Jones, S. Hogg; low - P. Parrot; dominoes - E. Fox, P. Metcalfe, M. Briggs, A. Rob inson, L. Robinson, P. Dowson; low- E. Nowell; raffle - B. Garnett, F. Taylor, P. Witowski, T. Taylor, D. Robinson, G. Berry, M. Berry, M. Davies, A.. Sutcliffe. The next drive with Christmas prizes is Saturday December 20th at 7-30 pm. All welcome.
Dance There will be a dance this
Saturday, December 6 th, with Denis Westmorland at 8 pm. It will cost £6 including supper.
Bandconcert The very popular Slaid-
burn Silver Band returns with their Christmas Concert this . Sunday, December 7th, at 2-30 pm. The concert costs £4 including tea and a mince pie.
WESTBRADFORD
Bridge group Winner: 1 Carol Cowell and
Chris Pierce, 2 Joan Scott and Eileen Wood.
nated by the constantly changing weather and even painting from memory, which in
forms the end result. His artwork can also be seen at the Derby Arms at Thomley-in- Wheatley as part of The Longitude Gallery Art Menu initiative. You can find out more about Steve’s work online at:
www.thelongi-
tudegallery.co.uk
The next meeting is tomor
row (Friday) in the village hall starting at 1-30 pm (please note earlier starting time). This will be the last meeting of 2014 and the group will resume on Friday January 2nd ati-30pm. Newmembers are welcome, but experienced or improvers please. For details please phone Marilyn on 01200422097..
Carol singing Carol singing round the.
village will be tomorrow (Friday). Will singers and col
lectors please meet at the top of Southfield Drive at 6-30 pm. Please come along to support this event as the proceeds will help finance the Senior Citi- . zens’ Christmas meal. There will be refreshments and a licensed bar in the village hall afterwards.
Whist and dominoes The next event will be on
Wednesday December 17th starting at 7-30 pm.
Extravaganza Please note this special
evening of dining and enter tainment will be on January 31st 2015. More details and tickets will be available soon.
Festive draw St Catherine’s Church
Grand Christmas Draw event
ley Methodist Church will be open during Pickwick Night in the village between 6
andgpm.Comeandsitfora while in church andjoin the carol singing with the choir. Refreshments will be available so come in and get a hot drink to keep warm. There will be various stalls selling lots of gifts for Christmas. Father Christmas will be making his usualvisitinthe church hall between 6-30 and 8 pm.
Tea dance Tomorrow (Friday) Whal
ley Methodist Church is holding another afternoon tea dance in the church hall from 2-30 to 4-30 pm. Come along with friends and enjoy a social afternoon with easy dances forbeginners. Admission £3.
Methodist service On Sunday morning at
Whalley Methodist Church worship will be led by local preacher Mr Tim Broughton, beginning at 10-30 am.
Fairday Whalley Parish Church
will hold its Christmas Fair at 10-30 amon Saturday with proceeds going to the restora tion appeal and church funds. There will be stalls, a games room and refreshments and Father Christmas will visit. • Midweek Holy Commun-
ion at the church is today at 10 am and tomorrow there will be Holy Communion in the Abbey Chapel at 9-30 am and meditation in the Abbey, Libraryat io-3oam.
A Book of Common Prayer
Holy Communion service is on Sunday at 8-30 am, Parish Communion and Sunday Club at 10 am and Evensong at 4-30 pm.
The House Group meets on
Tuesday at Clitheroe Road at 10 am and there will be Holy • Communion at Abbots Croft at 2;i5pm.
Garage crowd The visit by Whalley-based Garage Band to Whalley Vil-
' lage Hall oh Saturday is near ing a sell-out. Organisers are ' preparing a “‘standing only” area to cater for an overflow. - The show begins at 7-30 pm and the band will entertain with its usual mix of Lanca-' shire and Irish songs. Tickets, at £6, can still be had from Whalley Post Office and Jim’s Garage in King Street.
Seasonal music The annual concert of
carols, readings and Christ mas music by the Renaissance Singers at Whalley Abbey will be on Tuesday at 7-30 pm. It is organised by Whal-. ley Christian Action Group. Tickets at £10 include mulled wine and mince pies and can be had from John Hudson on 01254 824481, Sylvia Ireland on 01254 822325, Denis Cas-
, sidy on 01254 822345 and Alan Bowles on 01254 823331.
Food collection Acollectionoffoodfor :
the Ribble Valley Food Bank will be made from English Martyrs’ RC Church, Whailey, at the weekend. The church’s walking
group will have its last outing of the year on Wednesday. A packed lunch is required and the group will leave the King Street bus stop at 11-26 am for Barrow and a walk to Clitheroe via Henthorn and Edisford, three-and-three-quarter miles on the level. The return will be from Clitheroe by bus. ' The children’s nativity pro-
duction is in rehearsal after Mass on Sunndays and will be staged on Monday December 22nd at pm. Mass is at 5 pm on Saturday and at 11 am on Sunday. Weekday Masses are at 10, except Tuesday.
Talentshow Children at Whalley School
will show off their talents tomorrow at the final of its ‘Whalley’s Got Talent” compe tition. Parents are invited to
see the three acts in the final at 1-15 pm. The day is a non-
uniform day and children are asked to bring chocolate for a stall at the church’s Christmas fair. Fifty boxes of Christmas presents for needy children were collected from the school this week.
The whole school will at
tend the Christmas panto mime at The Grand, Clitheroe, on Monday and on Tuesday there will be the dress re hearsal for the school’s own'; production “The Innkeeper's Breakfast”, which will go on stage at 6-45 pm on Wednes day and 1-15 pm on Thursday. \
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