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® BILLINGTOH


'^yWI festive meal V Billington and Langho WI


- brought a flourishing and suc-


K ' cessful year to an end, with a celebratory Christmas meal at


” Mitton Fold Hotel. Forty mem­ bers enjoyed the entertain­ ment provided by Liverpool


singer Linda McMurray, who gave an insight into her long


0 showbiz career entitled “Born 1 toSing".Thistinyladywith the big voice concluded with a sweet rendition, in full cos-


. tume, of “Send in the Clowns”. . For the January meeting on Tuesday 13th, the speaker will be Roland Hailwood. His subject, a Journey with my Father. Join us at 7-30 pm in St Mary’s Church Hall, Langho. Newcomers welcome and members please remember


Q subs arid resolution voting slips in WI Life.


CHIPPING


.Christmas party - Chipping Welfare Com­ mittee (CHAOS) annual Christmas Party will be held on Saturday January 3rd in Chipping Village Hall starting at 4-30 pm. All residents ofChipping,


Thornley, Leagram, Little Bowland and Chaigley aged 60 and over are eligible to attend withpartners.Anyonewho would like to come along, but have not been formally invited


, by Thursday January ist, " * please call Martin and Barbara Butters on 01995 61586.


KNOWLEGREEN


Q Short service ® . There will be a short serv­


ice on Christmas Day at the . village church. Commencing at 11 am we shall be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the saviour of the world. All the young ■. - people attending are invited . / to bring along one of their *


^linew toys in celebration of this • special birth.


■ ' Whist and doms


0 The usual fortnightly whist and dominoes will be played at the village hall on Monday December 29 th with play com­ mencing at 7-30 pm. Everyone


is welcome and admission is , £2 including tea and biscuits.


December 31st Military whistand


0 mencing at 7-36 pm. Admis- , sion is the usual £2 including tea and biscuits.


^ ,}Line dancing Suffering from the ex­


cesses of Chris tmas? Want to


■ ge t fit in a happy and friendly way?.Then come along to the villagehallonTuesdayJanu- ■


'+ ary 6 th at 8 pm arid join the


(dominoes will be played at the village hall on Wednesday January 7th with play com-


. January 7th at 10-30 am from the Rose Gardens (war memo­ rial) after a month’s break. • ■ Anyone is welcome to join


them for a walk in the local- area which is suitable for all abilities.-.! / ! ' 7C / ;. :7 ' ... . Please meet at the veriue • or call leader Kitty Garnett on


. 01282 776042 for more details. Carol Concert ' '


j ■ . The annual village Christ- - I mas Carol Concert was held ; in a candlelit St Mary’s RC -: :


1 Church last Tuesday evening; Around 70 people attended, and epjoyed a mixture of sea-


I sonal carols interspersed with readings telling the nativity • story.


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- Adults and children from St Mary’s, the host church, ; also played out the nativity story in costumes provided by Susan White. Readers were Peter White, Caroline . Muldoon, Pat Whitwell, Mavis Wiseman, Amanda Taylor, Enid Boyd-Martin, Annabelle • Pilling, Tim Clarkson, Damian Buggie, Doreen Wright and Andy Brown. Afterwards ' coffee and mince pies were served in the hall.


TUeamazingyoungsong- stress Grace O’Malley wowed uie audience in St Ma^ComnnuutyHall, Sabden.


“Blow The Wind Southerly” from the audience. unaccompanied and also


Christmas songs and got the , sangamovingversionof“0 Co had been hit by illness


ThesoSomethingTheatre audience involved in “The 12 Days of Christmas”. Mark


HolyNight”andfinishedher andwereunabletoattend-a .recited “The Night Before secondsetwith“TimeToSay replacement actnasfirand Christmas” to which Eric


Shewastopofthebillina Goodbye”, receiving an en- but she went down with a Beardsworth from the Flat variety concert ANight.


Before Christmas which from the very appreciative beforecurtainupi# wasalovelyfestiveeyening. . audience.


thusiastic standing ovation stomachbugjustafewhours CapPackrespondedwithhis ownamusingversionof“The


None of this detractedfrom Morning After Christmas”.


Soprano Grace, who is train- The evening also featured an excellent evening, how- Special thanks to Eric who mg to be a professional op- amusingperformancesfrom ever, and MC for the evening stoodinatveryshortnotice erasuiger,sanga variety of the Flat Cap Pack, three men MarkWoodwardandBen popular songs ranging from who put a comedy Lanca- a selectionfrom Les Mis-


Parsons sang a lovely har- lentiy entertaining and also in the festive mood. .


Lucaand Christopherplayed individually. The finale saw' Jordan, Chloe and Jaxx play-; ing “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed


:


■ Sheeran.' ~ - The school carol service _


READ AND SINIONSTONE


St John's It has been a very busy


week at St John’s School at Read beginning on Monday with a guitar and ukulele as­ sembly. It was led by Mr Marco


Galea, who teaches music at schools, and is employed by Xancashire’sWCIT which


■ stands for Whole Class Instru­ mental Tuition. This year’s -; ukuleles have been provided to Year Four.' They began with scales followed by chords and. will eventually move on to playing tunes. Mr Galea told everyone present the history oftheukuleleinstrument.- The guitar players attend after school one day a week. Max,: Chloe, Jordan, Jaxx, Olivia, * ; •


was held in the hall with all the children and staff present. Itwas opened with narrator ' Jordan who told of “The Angel Gabriel Visits Mary”. Year One then sang “Little Donkey”. Narrator Alex continued with the birth of Jesus followed by Year Three singing “Silent Night” with soloists Amber and Indie. Louis was the narra- torfor “The Shepherds on the Hillside” and Year Four sang “While Shepherds Watched”. Narrator Chloe continued mkL Year Five sang “O Come All Ye' f i Faithful”. Year Two then sang •• “MaryHadaBaby”.Reception ■ sang “Away in a Manger”. Nar­ rator Jenna told ofthe three


- king’s visit from afar. Every­ one sang “We Three Kings” with solos from Ollie, Jaxx and Ruby. The last narration was given by Alicia. Year Six and


erablesto Some Enchanted ; RatPack.Theywereexcel- Christmas” to get everyone Theproceedsof£4ixarefor Evening , to operatic anas.


theupkeepoftheCommu- Shesang DannyBoy”arid . . receivedagreatreaction


line dance group. New dancers are always very, welcome-. • Sharon will soon have you ■ dancing like a pro. Admission • is £2-50 and includes drinks - and biscuits.


They also sang a number of nityHali.-


• the school choir sang “In the Bleak Midwinter”. The soloist for the final verse was Chloe and Calum read the prayers.


St John’s began the Christmas and New Year holidays and the new term will begin in January.


SABDEN


Batteries At this time of year when


we seem to have unlimited supplies ofused batteries, please remember to save them to donate to the two village schools. Both collect batteries for recycling. Just give them to one of their pupils, a member ofstaffordrppiritoschool. v:'.-. The collecting containers are


just inside the front doors.


Please note they do not collect used hearing aid batteries.


Christmas Services . On Christmas Eve there . \


will is a 4 pm children’s Crib Service and 11-30 pm Midnight Mass at St Nicholas’s Parish


Church. The Christmas morn­


ing service is at Whalley. St Mary’s RC Church parishion­


ers can attend Christmas Eve Mass at 6 pm at SS Michael - and John's in Clitheroe or 8 pin in Sabden, with carols sung from 7-30 pin! Christmas Morning Mass at 10-30 am is at SS Michael and John’s. At Sabden Baptist Church, the


Rev. Peter Cox, who will lead a ' Christmas day family worship atio-30am.


Stamps Please save your used


stamps from your Christmas cards as they can raise funds for a charity called “Occupy Till | Come” which helps needy 5 families in the UK and abroad.


Please leave them at St Nicho­ las’s Church or with Eileen • Pearsonat4Alston Close, who will send them offto the charity. ‘


Walkers Sabden Walkers are step­


ping out again on Wedne?day


and gave three Noel Coward songs, and to Marcel Galea


shire twist on the Las Vegas monised version of “White who was in charge of sound, WHAllEV


Crib blessing The crib at Whalley Parish Church will be blessed in a


service at 4 pm on Christmas Eve.


In ajoint service with


Whalley Methodist Church, there will be a service of midnight Holy Communion, . beginning at 11-30pm. ' A Book of Common Prayer


Holy Communion service will be at 8-30 am on'Christmas


Day and a family toy service at 10am.


FirstMass The First Mass of Christ­


mas will be celebrated at 5 pm on Christmas Eve at English


: Martyrs’RC Church, Whalley. The Mass of Christmas Night will begin at 8 pm. On Christmas Day at 11 am


the Mass of the Day will be celebrated.


There will be Mass with


hymns at 10 am during Christ­ mas week.


Methodist services Mernbers of Whalley


Methodist Church will join worshippers at Wh alley Parish Church at 11-30 pm


on Christmas Eve, when the


preacher will be Rev. Tony Davies. ;,;'


wor¥<T


shipatWhalleyMethodist Church will be led by the min­


ister, the Rev. Tony Davies and- will begin at at 10-30 am. On Sunday December 28th, local preacher, Anne Smith- ■


I 10-30 am.


. urst will lead the worship ail; Whalley Methodist Church; -. The service will commence at-


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