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mas Jacob’s Join. It’s a chance to chat and look through the ' club’s archives. The evening starts at 7-30 pm and all are welcome. .
Paper day It’s paper day in Pendle
ton today (Thursday). Please
leave papers in the white bags provided. REAP&SIMONSTONE
Christmas Fair St John’s Mothers’Union
held a very successful Christ mas Fair in St John’s School Hall. There was a good variety of stalls and Father Christmas made a mid morning appear- I ance for the children. The winner ofthe Bonus
Ball was Mavis Butterworth who had chosen number 17. Tea, coffee or orangejuice was available plus a good selection of biscuits and mince pies. The raffle was drawn by Rev Brian Tonge and all 17 prizes were claimed.
St John’s Sunday Services will be
held at St John’s Church with Family Communion at 9-30 am and Parish evensong at
6-30 pm. RIMINGTQN
lOOClub Winners in Rimington Rec
reation Association’s 100 Club draw for November were: 1st prize £50, C. and D. Wood; 2nd prize £20, M, Ashton; 3rd prize £10, C. Woodall.
Whist and doms k The Christmas whist and
domino drive at Rimington Memorial Institute will be this Saturday, December 13th, starting at 7-30 pm.
Carols and readings The annual Rimington and Middop village carol concert
, this Sunday, December 14th, starting at 6-30pm. (Please
note change of date and time thisyear).
Tea and mince pies will
follow, and proceeds are for Rosemere Cancer Foundation. All are welcome.
Mirth ninth Martin It was fun and laughter all
the way at Rimington WI’s De cember meeting, with guest speaker Martin Wrench.
His topics ranged from cars
to hedgehogs, sat-navs to den tal operaions and much more, with hilarious anecdotes and audience participation to
create a happy party atmos phere. The members sat at beauti
fully decorated tables to epjoy ■ a delicious Jacob’s Join supper and the now traditional “log basket* was circulated for each lady to select a prettily- wrapped parcel.
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-with readings will be held at Rimington Memorial Institute
-I Grindleton Brownies thrilled the elderly struments. celebrated at The Manor House with the
residents at The Manor House, Chatbum conservatorytrinunedwiththe traditional with theirsinging and playing of musical in- colours of Scotland,
Some of the team also wore the blue and
Theresidentssangalongwiththetradi- white to complete the theme. Scotch broth .taonal carols. Earlier,StAndrew’sDay was wasafavouritechoicefromthemenu.
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Christmas market Get along to St Mary’s Hall
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on Sunday afternoon where there will be Christmas stalls galore packed with all kinds of goods, home-made gifts and crafts. The market opens at 3 pm and runs until 7 pm and Father Christmas will be
in his grotto with gifts for the ' children. There will also be hot dogs and refreshments.
StMary’sFair The Christmas Fair at St
Mary’s RC Church bn Saturday featured a visit from Father Christmas, stalls and refresh ments and has so far raised more than £1,770 for church funds. The winner of the guess the weight of the cake compe-, tition was Mary Miller, while [ Kay Galea won the mystery
prize competition which was a hairdryer. The grand draw ! prize of a weekend break for
. two was won by Fiona (nee , Hindle). Second prize of a Christmas hamper went to David Wharton, and a store voucher to Liz Sharkey. Other- prize winners were: M. Wells, the Wiggins family, Georgina Lambert, S. Pepper, Ian Wal ing, Roy Aspin, C. Holden, Cathy, Brenda Kay, Pauline Stansfield, Sally Dahmke, Anne-Marie Williams, Steph anie Beardsworth, Shepherd ■ family, Melanie Pilling and . Margaret Waling.
Village carols After braving the outside
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elements for the crib and tree lights switch on carol service, villages can take part in a .'...
much warmerindoor one next
Tuesday. This is for the whole village and takes place in St Mary’s RC Church at 7 pm. It will be followed by refresh ments in the hall.
Grace O'Malley Tickets for a Christmas
variety concert with soprano Grace O’Malley are available on the door tomorrow (Friday) night at St Mary’s Community Hall. The concert “A Night Be fore Christmas” starts at 7-30 pm and also features the Flat. Cap Pack and the 50 Some thing Theatre Co. Tickets are ’ £7-50 adults and £5 for under 16s and include seasonal refreshments, but people should their own drinks for during the show. There will be a Christmas raffle. Tickets are also on sale from Pat Whitwell (01282 774588), Margaret Waling, Jean Haythornthwaite (772270) or Margaret Parsons (778652). All proceeds are for . the upkeep of the Community Hail.
Lights switch-011 Sabden’s Christmas
lights were switched-on in a fun-filled service on Sunday evening which attracted a record turn-out of several hundred people. The crib and tree lights are now brighten- ing up the village centre after a carol service interspersed ' withjokes, a spot ofjuggling.- dancing and even a Mexican
wave, led by Fr Frankie Mul- grewof St Mary’s RC Church, who also spoke about the . '
Christian message.of Christ mas and asked people to think ofotherslessfortunatethan
themselves over the festive
season. Annie, Ben, Mark and Seanfrom Sabden band The Kicks led the carols and Christmas songs until the arrival of Father Christmas with chocolate bars for the children. The switch on was performed by Sabden Parish Council chairman Tony Ha worth who thanked the organ isers, volunteer helpers and the Kicksand Fr Frankie. The event is organised annually by Sabden’s Holme Committee
and the tree was donated by Hackings.
Quiznight St Nicholas’s Parish
Church had a fun-filled Quiz Night organised by Bernard
Parfitt in the church hall on Friday which raised £420 for
church funds. The quizmas ter was John Shorter and the win ning team were Bah Humbug, with the losers being Dumb and Dumber.
Choirconcert Ina busy weekend forthe village there was an after
noon concert by The Grand Ladies’ Choir on Sunday in St Nicholas’sChurch which was tremendously enjoyable while also raising £190.
Church services Sabden Baptist Church’s
10-30 am Sunday service this week is a Memorial Service where people can remember loved ones by placing a star bearing theirname on the Christmas tree, or lighting a candle in their memory. Guest
speakeris Diane Isherwood.: Services for the third Sunday
in Advent are also at St Nicho las’s CE Church at g-30 am, led by Canon Norman Atty and 11.. am Mass at St Mary’s. .....
Stamps needed v • Please save used postage '
stamps to help charity. They, can be left at St Nicholas’s - “ ' Church or at 4 Alston Close.: / The church is also colllecting' -
■ warm clothes, bedding and y tinned and packet foods and
■ toiletries for Nightsafe home-. less shelter in Blackburn. St,:
. Mary’s Churchis collecting ^ food items for the Ribble Val-' ley Food Bank.
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SUUDBURH Craft evening
■ ' Members met at Slaidburn Village Hall for a craft night. '
Members decorated jam jars with tissue paper, sequins and feathers members then put tea lights in thejam jars.
. Thejam jars were then judged by the club of the year judges Garry and Sue Davis. The win-
1 ners were Henry Thornber in thejuniors and Stephen
Harrison in the seniors. Next- week’s meeting is a carol service in St Andrew’s Church, Slaidburn. All friends and family are welcome and there is a 7-30 pm start.
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Parish Council At a recent Parish Council
Meeting of West Bradford Parish Council the following items were discussed:
Parking on Chapel Lane: The council is to invite PC T
Walsh to the next PC Meeting for his views and opinion. Road subsidence, Bowland
Gate Lane: Clerk to contact L.C.C. Highways Department. Defibrillators: Discussions
took place regarding purchas ing a defibrillator to be placed in the centre of the village and also one for the village hall this
item was deferred until more
information and costings are available. Parish liaison: Councillor
Best reported she had at- tended this meeting and gave
a report as to what had taken place. Christmas tree: Council
lor Bristol reported he had I obtained a tree this has been
erected on the Coronation Garden . West Bradford Bridge: The
clerk read out an e-mail he had received from the Senior Engineer Bridges L.C.C. that prior to the new warning signs being installed the baseline traffic count showed that' there were 200 weekly HGV movements over the bridge. Since the new advance warn ing signs had been installed two traffic counts had taken place showing a dramatic de
crease in HGVmovements on the first count this was down to 47 weekly movements. The second count showed
a further decrease down to 4s weekly movements.
had been installed there had been one recorded strike of the bridge which had slightly . dislodged the coping stones.
Since the warning signs
The council will monitor the situation and report any inci
dents to the Senior Engineer Bridges. War Memorial: Following
the very successful memo rial service and the planting of the memorial oak tree, the
councillors feel that a more - permanent memorial should
be erected in the village to mark the sacrifice too those village boys who gave their lives in the two world wars.
. Various suggestions were put forward and the councillors
would welcome any sugges tions from village residents. Sewage: Councillor Wood
reported that a village resident had pointed out to her that
the brook had a large amount of raw sewage in it below
the pump house. She had reported the matter to the Environmental Agency and
the matter has been dealtwith satisfactorily, thebedofthe
brook having been cleaned. The councillors would like to thank village residents who report such matters to them. Children’s Play Area: Coun
cillor Fox stated that the fence ' round the play area was in a poorstate of repair and asked if the council contribute to wards the cost of replacement This will be discussed in more detail at the next meeting.
Ecumenical carols The parish council will
host the annual ecumenical carol service on Sunday De cember 14th in the village hall at 6 pm, everyone welcome. Giftsoffoodstuffwillbe
collected for the local food bank this year. As in previous years all the
local churches will be taking part and the parish council lors look forward to meeting all village residents, their families and friends.
Bridge group The winners for the meet
ing held on Friday were: 1 Joan Harrison and Phyllis Tuxford, 2 Joan Scott and Mavis Whit taker. The next meeting is Friday
January 2nd in the village hall starting at 1-30 pm (please note earlier starting time). New members are welcome, but experienced or improv ers please. For details please phone Marilyn on 01200 422097.
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Whist and doms The next event will be on
Wednesday Decemberi7th starting at 7-30 pm.
Extravaganza Please note this special
evening of dining and enter tainment will be on January
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31st. More details and tickets will be available soon.
Carolsinging : Many thanks to all those -
who braved the cold weather
to sing around the village and - to the villagers for their gener ous donations;
St Catherine’s Church: The carol service will be ’
, 24th at 5 pm and on Christmas Day a Family Eucharist Serv
ice will start at 9-15 am.
St Hubert’s Mass . St Hubert’s Mass will take
place in the village hall on Wednesday December 24 th starting at 8 pm.
WHAILEY
Methodist service v On Sunday morning at
Whalley Methodist Church the worship will be led by Rev. Harry Jones and will
include the Sacrament of Holy Communion. The service will
begin at 10-30 am. The theme of Harry’s Advent sermon will be: “Has he been; are we still
Success on the cards at new-look post office
The Mayor and Mayoress of Ribble Valley, Coun. Michael and Jeanette Ranson, post a parcel after officially reopening the Whalley
Post Office on King Street after a two-week refurbishment. They are pictured passing theparcel to retail manager Susan Parker and Postmaster Azim Shaikh. “The sales areais nowmuch bigger and
brighter, and there’s more space and more stock,” said Mr Shaikh. “People have told us how much enjoy coming here specially for - cards, and now we’ve a bigger stock of cards
thenever.”Mr Shaikh is in thefamily busi ness with his brother, and they also have the successful main post office at Colne, with plans for further outlets.
oriSundayDecember2istat 6 pm. The crib service, a short ' service for children, Will be held on Wednesday December
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waiting; or should we look for another!”
Carol service The carol service at Whal ley Methodist Church is NOT
this Sunday December 14th as advertised locally. This date
is a mistake, as the service is ' scheduled to take place on Sunday December 21st at 6 pm.
Christingle v
. :. Whalley Parish Church ' will have a Christingle family service on Sunday at 10 am.
' Also on Sunday will be a Book of Common Prayer Holy Com- •
' muiori service at 8-30 am. . ; - MidweekHoly Commun- • ionafthechurchistodayat 10 am and tomorrow there will be Holy Communion in
the Abbey Chapel at 9-30 am and meditation in the Abbey Library at 10-30 am.
The House Group will meet
at 10 am at Clitheroe Road on Tuesday at 10 am and at the
same time there will be Holy Communion at Vale House. The Ladies’ Prayer Group will meetatthe Vicarage at 2-15 pm.
Wreaths Christmas wreaths or
dered from English Martyrs’ RC Church, Whalley, are now
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ready for collection. The in come from sales will be added to the Christmas fair total. , There is a flower bucket at
the back of the church for con tributions towards the cost of
• flowers to decorate the church - for Christmas. Money given above the cost of Christmas flowers will be used to provide flowers throughout the year. Winners in the 200 Club
. December.draw were: 1 no. 95, 2 no.’40,3110.184. The nativity production
will be staged in church on ■ Monday December 22nd.
Mass bn Saturday is at 5
pm and on Sunday at 11 am.'
Weekday.Masses are at 11 am, except Tuesday.
Friendlyhelp . The Friends of Whalley
School are to help with the de
velopment of the KSi play area as part of the reordering ofthe Early Years department. ’ So far this term the organi
sation has provided 10 record ers for whole class instrument sessions, subsidised a trip to Brockholes, paid for a “mad science” morning a Great Fire of London day and decora tions for the Christmas tree. New furniture and rugs for the school library is on order.
VOWS to turn Masons make donation his school around
By FaizaAfzaal .
faizaafzaal@jpress.co.uk ©ClithAdvertiser
The headteacher of a village primary school says he is “dis appointed, but not surprised" after Ofsted inspectorsfound improvement is required.
Ofeted inspectors recently vis ited Whalley Primary School and were a little concerned at whattheysaw. H owe ver , ac ti ng
headteacher, Mr Richard Blackburn, has vowed to turn things around and an action plan has already been drawn - up for the popular school to return to its “good and then outstanding” standards. The school received an outstand ing Ofsted report in 2007. - While the inspecting team
praised the clear direction from the acting and assistant headteachers and stated that thepupils’spiritual,moral,so cial and cultural development is good, they highlighted early years provision required im provement. ;.'" • It said: “Not enough pupils.
throughout the school make good progress and achieve the standards they are capable of.-
This is especially so in writing and mathematics. Over time,' there has not been enough consistently good teaching
to ensure all pupilsachieve as well as they should. • '••• The guidance given to pu
pils during lessons and in teachers’ marking does not
. help them to improve their , work quickly enough. Chil dren in the Reception class do notmakefastenoughprogress in writing and mathematics. “The role of middle leaders has not had a good impact on
improvingteachingandlearn- ing. ' ,
“The governing body has
not monitored the work of senior leaders effectively in the past or held school lead ers to account for pupils’ progress. Governors are pre paring to appoint’a perma; nent headteacher. Plans for the leadership of the school are not yet finalised and this isslowing the pace of improve ment.” v ■ Responding to the report,
- Mr Blackburn, who stepped up to the role of acting head a f- ' ter previous headteacher Mr
Steve.Austin resigned a few days before the beginning of the autumn term due to ill health, said: “We recognise ■
- v'" • • ; that the overall Ofstedjudge-
ment that the school’requires improvement’ will come as a
surpriseand disappointment to many of our families. How-
. ever, the identified areas for development are already at the heart of the school im- provementplan. • “While we accept most of
the findings, we are extremely disappointed with the judge-
. ment that our Early Years
provision ‘requires improve ment’. “Exciting plans are already
in place for reorganising the EYFS department next year and these will improve the provision even more. An ex ternal review of governance Has already been, commis sioned and a robust plan for schopl leadership is in prepa
ration.” : Headded: “We would like
to personally thank all of our pupils for their super behav- .
iour and attitudes to learning during inspection and all the
parents/carers who answered ’ the Ofsted Parent View ques tionnaire. .-.
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our way back to being a ‘Good’ school”
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• , '“A continuationofthis sup port will be essential over the ; coming months as we work :
Achequefor£2,440 has been handed over to East Lanca shire Hospice.
The donation by the East
Ribble District Freemasons Grand Charity, who hold their meetings in Clitheroe,
was presented by chairman David Lightbown. East Lancashire Hospice
is one of 242 hospices across England and Wales current ly receiving grants from the Freemasons Grand Char ity totalling £600,000. Since 1984, the charity hasdonated more than £nm. in support ofhospices. Freemasons in the prov
ince of East Lancashire are thrilled that Freemasons Grand Charity continues to support local hospices. The care, compassion and
David Lightbown from the Freemasons hands over the donation to nurse
Heather Joss,headofinpatientsGaynorBarfowandeventsfund-raiser DeniseGee.(s) '
support they provide to the community is outstanding and are delighted that they are able tp show continuing
dedication to the cause. ; Event fund-raiser Denise
Gee said: “Although the fi nancial support is huge and
ourpatients truly benefit,the
Freemasons give more than a donation.
“They give their time as
volunteers and advice when it’s in their field of expertise. They are .truly great ambas sadors and wearie delighted
to be chosen and continually supported by them.”
MP welcomes Core Strategy
MP Nigel Evans has wel comed the re c en t an- ; ' nouncement that Ribble Valley. Borough Council’s' ■ Core Strategy has been ac cepted as sound by the Gov- ernment Inspector. The. Core Strategy is a
^ document which has the .purpose of establishing the
‘ vision,objectiyesarid princi ples that will guide develop- ’ ' ment in the Ribble Valley up
to 2028. It will set how many
new houses are needed in - the area in that period, and
where they may be built;' . Speaking from Westmin- -
ster the Ribble Valley MP said: “I am delighted th a t ;.
■ the Core Strategy has been - approved and that its im plementation will bring the: certainty to the planning '
" “I do think that the proc ess ofapprovalhas taken too long, through no fault ofthe local authority, but this is still .welcomenews..'
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process that thepeopleofthe Ribble Valley need and want.';
. , , “This document will fi-
..nally enable the council to say no to developments that do notfit with the vision out- lined in the Core Strategy arid . Uiat the presump tion will no
,. longer be in favour ofapprov- al of applications."'
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