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ing. Mr James Robinson was organist as the large congrega tion enjoyed singing familiar harvest hymns. The ladies of the Parish were again busy serving coffee and biscuits after the service. Rev. Froud will be officially
welcomed and licensed as the priest in charge of St Leonards in a service on November 3rd, to which everybody is welcome to attend.
Gift wrapping One thing we all have to
do from time to time is wrap a present for someone. Some people have a real talent for gift wrapping and Elaine Cuzneris oneof them. Elaine, the September speaker at Downham Wl, explained that gift wrapping was “a hobby that got out of hand”. • Elaine’s talk, “Gift Wrapping with a Difference”, was lively, extremely amusing and gave members excellent tips and imaginative ideas on how to improve gift wrapping skills. It was a very enjoyable talk and the members came away with many good ideas. WI members are looking
forward to the autumn council meeting, on Wednesday October 22nd at King George’s Hall, Blackburn. Other forth coming events and trips are: “Art in the Park”, a day trip to Yorkshire Sculpture Park; “Making Willowltemsfor Christmas” a course at Hurst Green and Grindleton; Mak ing Christmas Cards, a course at Leyland; Lancashire Day on November 27th at Parbold Vil lage Hall; Bingo Night with a Christmas Theme, December 1st, Downham Village Hall. A report of a recent trip to
Dunsop Bridge was given by Barbara Lewis. The meeting was taken by vice president, Susan Whittaker. The next meeting on
Thursday October 16th is the AGM. There will also be a “Swaps or Swishing” stall where members brihg a couple of items of clothing or accessories to swap.
GISBURN
Billy’s band Around 70 people packed into Gisburn Festival Hall last
Friday for a great night of mu sic from Wigan-based band Billy and the Temperamen- tals. The event was organised by the Festival Hall Committee to provide a social evening for local people but also to raise funds for the upkeep of the hall. Almost £700 profit was made and this will be used to improve facilities at the hall.
Farmers'market The monthly Gisburn
Farmers’ Market will be held
this Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at the Festival Hall, Burnley Road. There will be the usual great range oflocal produce, gifts and crafts on
free and all ladies are wel come. There will be a variety of stalls designed to help get Christmas shopping under way including jewellery, cloth ing, cosmetics, manicures, gifts and card. There will be a cake stall and donations for this will be gratefully accepted from 6pm on the night.
Village news To place any items in Hurst
Green village news, please contact Nancy Bailey, 826903 or
nancy@rivers-mead.co.uk.
KNOWLEGREEH
Annual meeting The Annual General Meet
Friends play football to remember
The annual Brian Hodgson Memorial five-a- side Football Tournament saw the Grindle ton team victorious for the third time. Brian, who died in August 2011, is theinspi- ration for the charity tournament which raises money for Bowel Cancer UK and is or- ganised by Brian’s friend Lee Robinson. 2014 runners-up were the Men Behaving
offer and the community cafe will be serving breakfast from 10 am. There will also be a licensed bar available for mar ket customers from 11am. .
Whist and doms The results ofthe whist
and domino drive held at Gis burn Festival Hall on Saturday October 4 th were: whist, men - B. Garnett, S. Hogg, M. Wright; ladies - A. Dinsdale, M. Davis, E. Turner; dominoes - H. Wolfenden, J. Hull, S. Walker, D. Knight, F. Taylor, M. Berry.
Harvest thanksgiving The annual harvest
thanksgiving service at St Mary’s Church, Gisburn, takes place on Sunday, October 12th, at 11 am. The church will be decorated tomorrow (Friday) from 10 am. Help with this will be most welcome, as will gifts of flowers brought to church at this time. For more information, ring Mrs Gornall on 01200 445644.
GRINDLETON
Next meeting The next meeting of
Grindleton WI is on the gth. Jacob’s join supper will be served and a book stall held. The competition is for “an animal made from vegetables”. Members may bring books for sale on the evening. Any further members wishing to attend the November birthday meal at The Three Millstones are requested to bring pay- . ment of £10 to the October
Badly team. Player of the Tournament was awarded to Matthew Musgrove and top goal scorer was Gary Hickling. Players from the winningGrindleton team are pictured above, from the left, Daniel Musgrove, Jon Lee Fielding, Daniel Siecz- kowski, Anthony Gawthorpe, Martin Ryan and Simon Hodgson.
meeting when final numbers need to be confirmed.
Harvest Festival Pupils ofthe Primary
Schooljoined the congrega tion in St Ambrose Church for the Harvest Festival Service last Sunday. During the first hymn, harvest gifts and altar requisites were presented at the altar. Later the pupils gave a presentation based on the colours ofthe rainbow and the “very hungry caterpil lar”. The Harvest collection was donated to the Bishop of Blackburn’s Appeal to help the poor in Angola and Myanmar. After the service, brunch was served in the Parish Room and School Hall. The Harvest gifts were later distributed to some Grindleton residents and the Clitheroe Food Bank.
Cookery demo On Thursday October 30th
at 7-30 pm a cookery demon stration will be held in The Pavilion, presented by Michael Heathcote of The Duke ofYork Hotel, Grindleton. Michael is a renowned chef and is guar anteed to demonstrate some tempting recipes and impart some useful and interesting tips. Tickets at £10, which include a drink and nibbles, are available from Carol Pye Tel 01200 441507 or Doreen Wilson Tel 01200428385.
HOLDEN
Thanksgiving Holden chapel will hold its harvest thanksgiving
services on Sunday October 12 th. Preacher Mr Mark Sleet will lead the 1-30 pm service and the evening service at 7 pm will be lead by the Sutton Brothers. Everyone welcome.
HURSTGREEN
Hedgehog visit Members of hurst Green
WI were treated to a fascinat ing talk by Sue Lewis, from the Rochdale Hedgehog Hospital. Sue brought along a couple
of animal friends in the form of a barn owl and a hedgehog to enhance her talk about how she and her late husband set up this essential service. The hedgehog Sue brought was blind; a disability caused by slug pellets arid reminder to all to exercise caution when using chemicals in the garden. Members are reminded
that they can pay a deposit of £10 next meeting (Thursday
October 23rd) toward the Christmas Meal on December 11th and this will also help to spread out the cost.
Youth Club The next meeting ofthe
youth club will be Friday October 10th at 7-30 pm in the Memorial Hall. All young people from the age of nine are welcome.
Ladies’ night . The latest fund-raising
event planned by Friends of St Joseph’s RC Primary School will be a ladies’ night
at The Bayley Arms on Friday October 24th at 7 pm. Entry is
ing ofthe village hall will be held next Monday, October 13th, at 7-30 pm. Everyone is very welcome to attend the meeting. Additional people are wanted tojoin the manage ment committee and all ideas and suggestions for future events will be most welcome. Anyone who would like to know more about the village hall or join the committee should please contact the chairman, Mike Redmayne, on 01772 782681 orjust come along to the meeting.
LANGHO
St Mary's Blackburn Food Bank has
said there is a need for tinned vegetables, ravioli and coffee as well as the usual items. Help is requested at a supermar ket collections on Saturday October 11th at Tesco, Great Harwood. Volunteers are asked to ring 01254 672756. “Edge nights” continues
on Wednesdays until Octo ber 22nd in St Mary’s parish centre from 6-30 to 8 pm. The nights are for young people in Year Six and above. So far the average attendance has been 46 young people per session. A home baking stall has
been arranged for this week end in the church porch at
each Mass. All contributions will be welcome. A mini raffle has been organised with tick ets on sale before Mass, and the draw will be made at the end of Mass. Proceeds will go to the CAFOD Harvest appeal.
St Leonard’s The Harvest Service was
held at Old Langho Church last Sunday. PCC Standing
Committee met on Tuesday evening. This Wednesday the Mothers’ Union held a Quiet Hour at Whalley Parish Church, and tomorrow the paper skip will be on St Leon ard’s primary school car park. Services for this week are: 9 am Holy Communion and 10-30 am Parish Communion with Church Parade.
LOMOWOR
Familywalk The final familywalk of
2014 from Low Moor Club this Sunday is a five-mile circular
taking in Waddington Fell and Easington. Walkers will enjoy excel
lent views of Dunnow Hall and the entire ridge of Bowland
Fells, with Gisburn Forest to the north and the three peaks. Meet at Low Moor Club at
10 am and drive to summit of Waddington Fell (15 minutes). Park next to the cattle grid. Route: Waddington Fell,
Brown Hill, Padiham Barn, Robinson’s farm, Manor House, Broadhead farm, Skel- shaw, Fellside, Easington Fell, Waddington Fell. Suitable clothing and
footwear are essential. Take a packed lunch and keep dogs on a lead where necessary. Bad weather will not lead to can cellation. Care is needed on the moorland and Low Moor Club accepts no responsibility for accident or injury.
PENDLETON
History club Artist and historian
Duncan Armstrong will speak about “My life of walking and art” when Pendleton History Club meets in the village hall tonight, (Thursday) at 7-30 pm. All are welcome.
Harvest gifts Thanks go to everyone who
donated gifts at the harvest festival service at All Saints' Church, Pendleton. They have been taken to the Clitheroe food bank.
Table top sale To raise much-needed
funds for All Saints’ Church, Pendleton, a table top sale is to be held in the village hall on Sunday, October 26th, be tween 9 am and 2 pm. To book a table, ring 01200 425823.
READ&SIMONSTONE
Annual meeting The next meeting of the
Simonstone with Read Wl will be the annual meeting, at 7-30
pm on October 16th at The Old School, Schdol Lane. There is to be a Jacob’s Join supper.
RIMINGTON
Annual meeting All residents of Rimington
aged 18 and above are entitled to vote at the Village Hall’s annual general meeting on Wednesday October 22nd at 7-30 pm. It will be followed by a normal committe meeting, which anyone is welcome to attend and give their views although they cannot vote. The present committee is
seeking new members to help move forward and provide facilities that the villagers will enjoy. The message is: “Your village hall needs you!”
Winners The Rimington Recreation
VALLEYVILLAGES
Association 100 Club Draw winners for September are: 1 (£50) Richard Sherras, 2 (£20) Tim Ogle, 3 (£10) Michael Pate.
SABDEN_________ _
Annual meeting Sabden Bowling Club’s
annual meeting takes place on Tuesday at 7-30 pm at the Pendle Street East clubhouse. All members are urged to at tend. The green is now closed for winter maintenance.
Coffee morning ■ Lots of people popped in
for coffee and cake at St Mary’s Community Hall on Saturday morning. There was a raffle and a very well stocked cake stall and the social event, organised by Mrs Pat Whitwell and Mrs Margaret Waling, raised around £250. The money will go towards new figures for the crib in church at Christmas.
Baptist church A “Caring and Sharing”
group is held at io-3oam every Tuesday morning for allvillag- ers at Sabden Baptist Church in Clitheroe Road.
Jumble sale Last Saturday’sjumble
sale in St Nicholas’s Church Hall proved a bumper success raising a fantastic total of £1,487 for church funds. The organisers give a big thank you to all who helped in anyway to makeitsuchasuccess.
Motown night A Motown Night is taking
place in St Mary’s Community Hall on Friday, November 14th with DJ Roman, from 8 pm. Tickets are £5 on sale now in the newsagents, from Adam and Lisa Korol or at St Mary's on Sunday mornings.
Church services The Rev. Peter Cox will lead
a io-3oam morning service at Sabden Baptist Church on Sunday. St Mary’s has Mass at 11am with Fr John or Fr Frank ie. The Rev. Barbara Knight will take the g:30 am family service with Holy Communion at St Nicholas CE Church.
Bonfire Bonfire Night isjust
around the corner and Sabden’s Holme Committee is holding a village bonfire and fireworks display on the Lower Holme field on Saturday, November 8th from 6-30 pm.
Gettogether The monthly village social
at the White Hart takes place next Wednesday at noon. Lunch costs £5 and all are wel
come. For details ring Barbara Warburton on 01282 772183.
WADDINGTON
Pole positions Dance teacher Emma
Meloy is teaching a new Pole Fitness class at Dance Finesse Studios, Backridge Farm, Waddington. It starts at 6 pm next Wednesday, October 15th, and will last one hour. The class is suitable for begin ners and costs £8 per session. It is followed by a “drop
in” session at 7 pm which is suitable for beginners and intermediate levels. The aim • is to create a happy, relaxed and above all fun environment for people of all ages, sizes and ability, to get fit and healthy. Health benefits include a total body workout, increased flex ibility, weight loss, build-up of strength and stamina and above all fun. Further details can be
Link is a great venue, says businessman Tony
Businessman Tony Balko has praised Sab den Link, which opened its doors around 18 months ago as a small business and commu- nityvenue. “I live locally, so for me its location is ideal,” said Mr Balko, of international sealing busi ness James Walker, who is a regular user of Sabden Link for business meetings. “My visiting team members also find this a great venue - away from it all, good facilities, and everything you need for a successful
Presentation Sabden Bowling Club held
its annual presentation night at Whalley Golf Club with en tertainment from Level Two and an excellent buffet sup per, stand-up bingo and a raf fle. The chairman, Leo Clark son, thanked all who attended and reported on a very good year for the club. The red team and Burnley team were both - promoted as champions, the A team and black teams were also promoted, the B team were runners up in the top division arid Trevor Wildman won the League merit award. President Pauline Stansfield thanked everyone for making the season memorable before the prizes were presented to all the competition winners from the season.
Macmillan coffee Villager Jane Davies
opened her home and served coffee and home-made cakes and sweets and ran a raffle in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, as part ofthe World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event.
Floodlit finals Six Sabden players were
among the 16 finalists in Sabden Bowling Club’s floodlit competition. Sabden’s Adam Wallace went on to lift the
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trophy beating Mick Burns 21-14 in the final. Dave Sullivan and Tom Connell, both village players, were losing semi finalists. President Pauline Stans
field presented the prizes and thanked the sponsors and John Robinson thanked all who had taken part or helped. Dave Parsons won first prize in the raffle.
SLAIPBURN
Whist and doms Results from Saturday
September 27th: whist, ladies - P. Parrot. D. Hogg; gents -B. Peel. S. Hogg; dominoes - S. Walker, P. Metcalf, A. Taylor, G. Berry, S. Dawson, A. Lowe; raffle - P. Witowski, A. Taylor, P. Parrot, M. Wellock, D. Hogg, E. Jackson. The next whist and dominoes is on October 25th. ■
Card making SlaidburnWImeton
Wednesday last week when members enjoyed making Iris folded Christmas cards with Heather Harrison. Avote of thanks was given by Christine Blakey. The competition for a verse
for a card was won by Karen Bozier, with June Carr coming second. Birthday flowers were presented to Kath Mason. Members were reminded
about the WI meal on October 15 th at Ferrari’s Country House Hotel, Longridge and the shopping trip to Harro gate on November 20 th. The next meeting is the AGM and pudding night on Wednesday, November 5th.
Young Farmers Slaidburn Young Farmers
met at Slaidburn Village hall for a beetle drive. Members played two rounds of beetle and the winners were Neve, Rob and Tom. Next week’s meeting is a
trip ice skating; more details to follow. On November 10th there will bean extraordinary business meeting to discuss the role of treasurer.
TOSSIDE
Harvest and auction On Sunday October 12th,
the harvest festival will be held at St Bartholomews Church, Tosside, at 6-30 pm in the church then over to the vil lage hall for a buffet supper. This will be followed by an
auction of produce with local celebrity auctioneer Stephen Knowles. Donations of produce will
be gratefully received on the night and all money raised go to church funds at Tosside. All welcome.
obtained from Emma Meloy (07815567770) or by contacting Serena at Dance Fitness on 07896 573550, email serena@
dancefinesse.co.uk
WESTBRADFORD
Bridge group The winners on Friday
were: 1 Ken Holding and partner, 2 Pat Haydock and Ian Harrison. The next meeting is tomorrow (Friday) in the village hall starting at 2 pm. New members are welcome, but experienced or improv ers please. For details phone Marilyn on 01200 422097.
Whist and doms The next whist and domi
noes evening is Wednesday October 15th in the village hall.
Jumble sale St Catherine’s Church
is holding a jumble sale in the village hall on Saturday October 18th starting at 11 am. Homemade refreshments will be on sale,
Harvest St Catherine’s Church
Harvest Service will be held on Sunday October 12th at 10-30 am. This is a family service where children are invited to bringtheirgifts.
Food bingo The next food bingo will
be held in the village hall on Friday November 7th starting at 7-30 pm. Tickets are now on sale and admission is by ticket only. Donations and raffle prizes for this event would be greatly appreciated. Please phone David on 01200 426272.
WHALLEY_________
Methodist services On Sunday, join Whal
ley Methodist Church for a quiet Communion Service
i SENDTOUS f(> You can email your news from the villages to:
valley.viHages@
jpress.ccr.uk at g am followed at 10-30 am
,by morning worship. Both services will be led by the Rev. Ian Humphreys, Superintend ent Minister ofthe Clitheroe Circuit.
New-to-you fashion On Saturday October 18th,
Whalley Methodist Church will hold a New-to-you fashion event. The church hall will be open from 10-30 am to 2-36 pm for people to come along and browse the autumn/winter ladies’, men’s and children’s clothing and accessories.
Reunion English Martyrs’RC
Church, Whalley, will hold a pilgrimage reunion on Sunday. Lunch is at 2 pm and will be followed by thisyear’s photographs and a devotional service at about 4-30 pm. - Sunday’s leaders for the Sunday morning children’s liturgy will be Joanne and Louise. Envelopes for the Cafod
fast day should be returned as soon as possible either in the collection box or through the presbytery letter box. More than 11 kilograms
of old and foreign coins have been collected through the SVP appeal. Any more will be welcomeinthenextcoupleof weeks. A list of all the activities for
the Christmas Fair on Satur day, November 22nd, will be in church this week The raffle this year will be for a Christ mas hamper A bottle tombola is planned and bottles of all kinds will be welcome. Mass on Saturday is at 5
pm and on Sunday at 11 am. Weekday Masses are at 10 am, exceptTuesday
Services Midweek Holy Commun
ion at Whalley Parish Church is today at 10 am and there will be Holy Communion in the Abbey Chapel at 9-30 am and meditation in the Abbey Library at 10-30 am. A Book of Common Prayer
Holy Communion service will be on Sunday at 8-30 am and Parish Communion at 10 am. On Tuesday there will be
Holy Communion at Abbots Croft at 1-45 pm. The church is appealing
forvolunteers to welcome visitors to the church between 2 pm and 4 pm throughout the week. Anyone who can spend one hour each month should contact Reg Tugwood on 01254 245010.
Sale day Whalley Village Hall is to
hold a table top sale between 10 am and 3 pm on Sunday, Oc tober 26th. Bookings for tables can be made with Honey on 01254822350
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