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St Mary's The Blackburn Food Bank * say there is a need for tinned %


. meat* tinned potatoes,’ tinned • vegetables along with the usual goods. There isa box at. fci the back of church. Thankyou" for your ongoing generosity.' ■ ... •'v The 200 Club had its first • <


: draw last Sunday after Mass.' It", now returns to its usual spot at j


[the coffee morning on the first "' Sunday of each month. There ■■■ • is a list in the porch for volun- ■'


. teers to “boil the kettle” at the monthly coffee morning. The Wednesday Club .•


'meets on February 19th at 1-30 pm in the parish centre. This week it is bingo and quiz along with refreshments and good ■ company.


. ... St Maiy’s Ramblers next


walk is on Thursday February 20th, starting at Gawthorpe


. Hall, Padiham, then to Park Lane,-Burnley, on to the canal. ' at Barden and back along ■ : -


- the River Calder to Padiham, . about 6.5 miles in length. Meet


..in the church car park at 9-30 ' | am; Leaders Nuala Hanson,


rand Susan O’Hara. Niialahas - : arranged a meal at tKe Stork ' . Hotel,Read.’; .


PENDLETON


HomeSweetHome talk entitled “Home 1


Sweet Home” uncovering the history of local houses, is •


; tobe given to Pendleton His­ tory Club’tonight (Thursday) [ February 13th, in Pendleton ; .Village Hall at 7-30 pm. All are


- welcome, admission is £2 on thedoor....^ ,. - . r : "


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Butcher’s day TheYoungFarmersniet’- - -


.lastweekforatalkbyRoy-; - : Porter, from the Village Butch­ ers in Chatburn, who told - ' f:


- all about a day as a butcher • :4 and how being a butcher has ’ ' £ | changed since he started. ? Members enjoyed listening to ; Mr Porter telling them about- '; the meats he uses and what he ; believes is the best meat to use' in a village butchers.?';; e


ar r Next weeds'meeting is a . X talk by James Russel from the; •


RVBC Environmental Health.- ■■ MembersaretomeetatPend- ,leton Village Hall at 7-30 pm. • •


Paperday ’ It’s paper day in Pendle- ' ton next Tuesday, February


. i8tli. Please leave papers for- recycling in the white bags - " .provided.


. Lady golfers’ morning helps child charity


The annual coffee morning inin by the ladies’ and savoury items, hand-made cardsby section of Whalley Golf Club had an excel- . Mrs Agnes Flanagan, good-as-new costume ^ent response andraised £1,183 f °r this year’s j jewellery and accessories organised by Mrs lady captains chosen chanty, ChildAction — Helen Hamer and Mrs Patricia Marshal, a Northwest. .;: .


'■ ■ ■ ■ ;■ <■ bring-and-buy stall, tombola and raffle.


Lady captam-elect Mrs Margaret BreakeU Cofifee, tea and biscuits were served and welcomed members.and visitors, and the: ' manyvisitorsstayedoriforlunchprovided stalls included delicious home-made sweet - by the in-house catering team.


Any ladies who would like -


to learn more about the WI ; ' and make new friends are wel-; come to come along as a visitor;


. to one of the meetings. The group meets the third Thurs- ' day of every month at 7-30 pm . at Simonstone Old School,’ ~ - Simonstone Lane. Anyone . • > interested should contact the


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' secretary Sue Ogden on 01282- 773060.


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I .Afternoon tea - : ^ -, All Read and Simonstone . i


residents are invited to attend « a tea party at the United Re­ formed Church, East View, on Saturday afternoon 2 to 4 pm. Village organisations will be; •-


- in attendance. Admission and-.- refreshments free.-


- PACT meeting


■ ... -The Police and Community Together Meeting (PACT) will,


• be held on Monday February •- - 17th at 4 Jubilee Street from 6


' to 7 pm. A police representa­ tive will be in attendance to give local crime information. -: '


Panto timel - The Read and Simonsttn^ ■


READ ANDSIMONSTONE | Egghead '


ti^i^enejrtmeetingofthe 'SimbhstoriewithReadWI' * will take place on February > 20th when the speaker will be ■ [ .David Grainger and his subject-,


~ii“How I became an Egghead”." .The competition'will be for -- the most unusual eggcup.


j


Players are busy with rehears-- ’, als for their pantomime “Ciri-: v- derella”. It will be performed:; >


. from Thursday to Saturday,. ’' • ' February 20th to 22nd, at 7-39 r pm each evening plus aapmitff?


' Saturdaymatineein the Unit- ;; ed Reformed Churchin East'' View, Read. It has been writ-,,


: ten and produced by villager -• • Doreen Collinson. Admission ’ is £4 adults and £2 children, payable on the door,'or you can '■■ . book in advance with Doreen ■


on 01282 778582. RIMINGTON


Charitycoffee ’ A coffee morning at Rim-


. ington Memorial Institute last Saturday, with home-made •' sweet treats and biscuits for: sale and a raffle, raised £200’ forthe British Heart Founda- tion.


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100 Club draw The Rimington Recreation Association ioo Club Draw


winners for January were: 1' (£50) Barry Swarbrick, 2 (£20) C. Holgate, 3 (£10) Ron George.


SABDEN


PACT ■ ■ Villagers are urged to at-!' : tend a PACT (Police and Com- ; munity Together) meeting next Thursday, February 20th, - at the White Hart from 6pm - to 7pm, tq hear the monthly.- police report from the village


officers or raise or discuss any issue with the police." ’ 1 •


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Panto time .. Tickets are available for ;-


the panto “Jack And The ‘ : Beanstalk” being produced


• by Sabden’s New Village Folk from Thursday, February 5- ’ • 27th to Saturday, March lst/i • ■ -The show is being produced '■■■' by Ben Parsons and Mark * :


Woodward, who also appear-1-- in it, and village teenagers !«’-*■ Maisie Yerkess and Bethv <'


' Ashton are the principal boy-J .- and girl. Saturday is a sell-out'Y: but there are tickets available


for the shows on Thursday and Friday at 7-i5pm in St Mary’s ^


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Community Hall. Tickets are £10 adults and £8 for under


-16s and OAPs, which include a potato pie/cfieese and onion pie and peas supper. They are available from Margaret Par­ sons on 01282 778652, Diane Collinson on 0794 4868088 or Jean Haythornthwaite on 01282772270.


Circuit training There is circuit training on


Tuesday evenings in St Mary’s Community Hall from 6-30 to


7-30 pm. Yoga pilates classes are held at St Mary’s RC School in Watt Street on Thursday


evenings from 7-15 pm for men and women. Beginners


welcome, cost £5, payable on the night. "


Weekend services The Regional Minister


from the North West Baptist Association, the Rev. Phil Jump, will take this Sunday’s


10-30 am service at Sabden Baptist Church. St Nicholas’s


CE Church has a 9-30 am Holy Communion and will welcome


back former vicar the Rev. Ro- -


land Nicholson. Sunday Mass' at St Mary’s RC Church will be taken by Fr Frankie Mulgrew at 11 am.


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STAN the Van • •; The Ribble Valley Council


handyman service; STAN' < ••: the Van, will be parked up on ’


Sabden’s village car park next " Friday, February 21st; from i ’ 10 am to 4 pm: Villagers can


pop along ifthey are in need of ’


: help or advice on household ■ issues.. ~ ~


~ • - .. C. .. Youth Club


' The village Youth Club meets for all teenagers from 13


■ to 19 on Thursday nights in St Mary’s Community Hall from


I; 6-30 pm led by youth leader .'Simon Capstick. Admission


v £1: Refreshments are avails 'able and a range" of games and - activities, or just go along and meet up with friends. • - - : -


[Floodlighting ' ' An appeal has gone out for


I 'helptowardspayingforthe '-’ . floodlighting of St Nicholas’s Church during the evenings.


. The church is still having to-. . * raise funds for the final bills .■» for its major refurbishment ; and repair project^ so has to • rely on donations to keep the ■ lightsonforthebenefitofthe - whole village.


’ • -■ Contact Bernard Parfitt


I on 01282 773759 ifyou wish to make a donation.


Swing concert GetintotheswingatSt --


Nicholas’s Church Hall on Saturday, March 1st, with the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Swing Band. They are performing in aid ofthe church repair appeal. It starts ■ at 7-30 pm, and tickets are


available from Colin Hartley or Bernard Parfitt and cost £10


| which includes supper, but take your own drinks. -


Day of Prayer St Mary’s RC Church will


host this year’s Women’s : World Day of Prayer which is on Friday March 7th at 2 pm.


Lennon lesson Sabden’s two primary


schools break up for half-term I tomorrow. This week pupils


at St Mary’s RC have had a ’ visit from the police to discuss safety and the environment. Last week, as part of their ’ history topic, they had a visit - from teacher Mark Wood- ? ward, who lives in the village •


I and is a singer and guitarist. - He gave a talk, played guitar


and sang John Lennon songs. The fascinated pupils asked


lots of questions and joined in thesongs. • ■ ■ s. SLAIDBURN


Panto time The Slaidburn Players’


2014 pantomime is “Franken­ stein the Panto” at Slaidburn


Village Hall, performed from Thursday to Saturday, Febru- • ary 27th to March 1st. - • ; - ’


, ^ This is a traditional panto- ; mime but with a slight twist'.;


There’s a hero-although he - is green - a heroine, a couple; ! of vampire villains, a prince;


a mad professor and a very ' ' rowdy group of schoolgirls, v


The citizens of Bavaria


don’t know what’s hit them. Evening performances start at I 7-30 pm and all tickets are £6. |


■ ,There is a matinee per- • formance at 1-30 pm on Sat-


| £6 for adults.


urday 1st March with tickets ' priced at £3 for children and -


’ ." : For tickets, contact Kareir -


(01200 446487) or email slaid burnplayers@gmail.com ■


WI events - At the February meeting- ’;


ofSlaidburn W.I. Mrs Mary Cowking congratulated teams that had taken partin theW.I. fim quiz, one team having - - taken third place.


Dunsop Bridge W.I. had


extended an invitation to ? members to attend Dunsop 0 - Bridge village hall on Februaty 24th, when the W.I. centenary' baton would be present. Slaidburn W.I. will


celebrate its 70th birthday at'■ the May meeting, and anyone' with information regarding - I past members is requested to


contact Mrs Susan Farrand on 01200446518. The £225 proceeds of the


carol singing, when W.I. mem­ bers werejoined by Brownies and Guides, had been sent to the Air Ambulance. The guest speaker, Angela from Vanilla Angel, demon- •


| strated beautiful elaborate chocolate cake decoarations1 and was thanked by Mrs Val Sharpe.


A competition for “A Dish


For Sweets” was won by Mrs 1 Cowking, With Mrs Sue far­ rand second and Mrs Jennie- Bradley third. ?


Wood carving Slaidburn Young Farmers


met on Monday, February 10th, for a fascinating talk byColinEtheringtononhis ’ hobby as an amateur wood carver. Members were able •’ to ask questions and observe his work for themselves at the end of his talk. Next week’s ' meeting is a Games Night at Slaidburn village hall at 7-30 ■; pm.


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Bridge group The winners for Friday


February7thare:iPhyllisTux- ford and partner,joint 2 Bill Iphofen and Helen Kelly, Anne


Iphofen and partner. The next meeting is tomor­


row (Friday) in the village hall starting at 2 pm. New mem­ bers are welcome, but experi­ enced or improvers please. For details please phone Marilyn


on 01200 422097.-


Organist entertains ; ■ The Blackpool Tower


organist John Bowdler will be playing for dancing, listening and socialising on Saturday - ^ March 8th in the village hall. Tickets, priced at £10 ,v including a hot supper, can be - obtained from any committee member by phoning Joyce ■ on 01200424311 or Hilda on 01200429947.' • continued on next page


Food bingo This popular evening is


on Friday March 7th starting


at 7-30 pm. Admission is by , ticket only and these are now ' available from any commit- tee member or by phoning -, ; - David on 01200 426272. Price includes supper and there will be a licensed bar.


Antique fair The next antiques and


collectables fair will be held


in the village hallonSunday March 23rd. Home-made refreshments will be avail­ able throughout the day. For


information concerning stalls, phone Joyce on 01200 424311-


Bumper Jumble Sale ■ St Catherine’s Church is . ..


holding a Bumper Jumble Sale


in the village hall on Saturday February 22nd. The doors . will open at 11 am with an


v admission of sop. Homemade


■ refreshments will be on sale. ■ - WHALLEY


Trefoil Guild Members of the Whalley •


Trefoil Guild attended the - : Annual General Meeting on 1 Tuesday February 4th, when . it was decided to increase the subscriptions to £20 a year - due to the census costs. It was - also agreed to move the meet- ingtimeto7pm.


” The next meeting will be


in March, when the visit­ ing speaker will talk about “TrenchArt”.'Membersare-- -requested to bring a friend to • the meeting. •■•”


Smart thinking' 1 Whalley Parish Church • ■


will again run a Smartie tube scheme during Lent to col- - y; ■, ■ '


lect money for the Bethany: - Project, supporting an orphanage in Tanzania, and - hopes to have girls from the project taking a service next : - month.


1 There will be midweek


Holy Communion at the church today (Thursday) at 10 am. ■ Tomorrow there will be. Holy Communion in the Abbey Chapel at 9-30 am


. and meditation in the Abbey Library at 10-30 am. On Sunday there will be a


-. Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion service at 8-30 am and Parish Communion and Sunday Club at 10 am. The House Group will meet


on Tuesday at Clitheroe Road at 10 am and at the same time there will be Holy Commun­ ion at Vale House. The Ladies’-


; Prayer Group will meet at 2-15 pm.


Snowdrop idea While the snowdrops are


in bloom, English Martyrs’ RC Church, Whalley, will host


'afternoon teas on three Sun­ days; this Sunday, February 23rd and March 2nd. Volun­ teers are needed to serve and' to bake cakes.


them for a toy stall at a future event.


New sets of envelopes .


are being prepared for the .- , planned giving scheme. An application form is available at the back ofthe church. .• -. Mass on Saturday is at 5


-• v" , ..V A St George’s Sunday lunch


is planned for after Masson Sunday, April 27th, the Sunday after St George’s Day. A po­ tato pie lunch will be served. . Tickets \yill be limited to 50 and will be available from the' beginning of Lent. > • The plans came out of a-


meeting ofthe social commit-


- tee which reviewed last year’s summer fair and Christmas ; fair and the social life of the parish generally.


. A quantity of good quality


r toys has been given and un- -- ’ wanted toys in good condition • are being sought to prepare


pm and on Sunday at 11 am. Weekday Masses are at 10 am, exceptTuesdays.'


Sorrytale . : Dean Taylor Productions


comes to Whalley Village . Hall on Saturday, March 1st, - with a comedy by John Cargill Thompson, “The Actor’s Apol­


ogy”- It tells the story of George •


Frederick Cooke, the 18th Century classical actorwho - ' was ofteii held to be drunk in performance.


‘ f " ; He was ordered by the .. ’ ;


theatre management to make.. an apology to his audience.


• The piece was written for


“Last of the Summer Wine” ac-. tor Gordon Rowe, fromChor- ley, who died of cancer in 2007. His wife, Dorothy, passed down the play to Dean Taylor at her husband’s request.. The play begins at 7-30'pm


and tickets at £6 can be had from-Whalley Post Office, from Jim’s Garage in King Street, or booked on 01254 - 822350:


Tablesoffer ‘ . Bookings are still being: ,


taken for tables at the table : top sale which will be held at" - Whalley Village Hall on Sun- . - day February 23rd between k C am and 3 pm. 'T The sale, with free entry, • • : ,


will have a wide variety of ■■■■: household goods, clothing, an- ■ tiques and collectables, books


■ and bric-a-brac. Inquiries to , .; 01254822350.


b y J o a n n a G a v a g h a n


joanna.gavaghan@jpress.co.uk Tw’tter:_Longridge.Ne\w:. _


Itwasbilledas “a very special charity day” and the pre-lunch visitofPrincessAlexahdrato ah eventatThornley made it justthat. .;


The Princess had been invited to attend the charity lunch at Ferrari’s Country House Ho­ tel to mark the anniversary of the visit, a century ago, of the widow of Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, to what was then known as Black-Moss Man­ sion.- During her visit, Queen


Alexandra planted two horse chestnut trees at the entrance to Black Moss and 100 years later, on Another blustery winter’s day, her great grand­ daughter Princess Alexandra followed those royal footsteps back to the same location and she, too, planted a horse chest­ nut tree. , The Princess was greeted


by the Ferrari family, their staff, Longridge Band and 250 well wishers, including the Mayor of Ribble Valley, Coun Richard Sherras, Mayoress Lynne Pate and various other dignitaries who were attend­ ing the charity lunch in her honour. . , Dressed for. the weather


in a green velvet suit, black boots and fur trimmed hat, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy, the youngest granddaughter of King George V and Queen Mary and 44th in line to the throne spent time chatting to the cheerful and delighted throng. Alice Turberfield. from


Broughton, said: “Isn’t she a lovely person? She is so gen­ uine. She has been shaking


a . was a v ' - Charity,:a-hospital charity


; started by Queen Alexan- . dra; the North West Air Am-


. bulance,.Lancashire First Responders.LongridgeCom- munity Hospital and Great Ec-. cleston Cancer Research. • ■ -: - Thanking Princess Alexan­ dra - who signed the visitors’ book during her stay - for at-


■ . tending^Susan Ferrari said: “We are most honoured.” However, the princess re­ plied: “I would like to thank


Princess Alexandra in high spirits


hands with everyone, not just those with chains on.”'. - And Carole Houghton said


that the Princess had com­ mented to her on the beauty of the area, to which she re­ plied: “Yes all the Ribble Val­ ley is lovely, but we don’t tell everybody!” ■ Lancashire Young Farm­


ers’ president Doreen Wilson, from Goosnargh, attended with a number of friends from Preston Lady Farmers. A keen royalist, she said one of her first glimpses of royalty was when, as a four-year-old, she was taken to see the Queen at the Harris Museum, Preston, by her auntie, and she had only been able to see the monarch’s legs! Another group represent­


ed at the lunch was Preston North Rotary Club. Founder member Tom Croft said it was important they were there be­ cause of their services to the community, and Rotary wife Lesley Sumner explained why she was there, saying: “I am a royalist andalsolhave always wantedtoattendaroyalrecep- tion.”


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The lunch was to raise funds for the Alexandra Rose


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E ig h t - y e a r -o ld Am e l ie V a ra c h e p re s e n te d a p o s y o f f lo w e r s to P r in c e s s A le x a n d r a .


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All photos: CAROLINE HOLDEN


■ you all for coming to see me”, also congratulating everyone for raising funds for chari­ ty,.adding there were-a lot of needy causes. Susan Ferrari’s eight-year-old granddaugh-


■ ter Amelie Varache present­ ed Princess Alexandra with a posyofflowers. ;


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