APRIL   NEWSLETTER  2009

 

Produced by Parbold Community Association,

Registered Charity No. 507386

 

Any opinions expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the PCA

 

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DOUGLAS DRAMA GROUP - Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to postpone our April production of “Caught on the Hop”. We are rescheduling the production for our November slot and hope that you will be able to join us then. We hope this change of plan will not cause too much inconvenience, and thank you for your continued support. Keep an eye out for further updates in future Newsletters and for revised posters and ticket details which we will publish in the Autumn.

 

Parbold Library Is Coming Of Age!

On 21st June 1989 Parbold library was officially opened.

In 2010 we will be 21 years old.

To celebrate we would like to collect any photographs you may have of the site before the library was built, the mobile library that served the area or old pictures of the library itself.

We would also like any reminiscences you may have of using Parbold library or the mobile library in the past. 

Please write down your reminiscences and hand them in, send them in an email to parbold.library@lcl.lancscc.gov.uk or tell them to the staff.  Photographs can be scanned in the library by staff members then returned immediately.   Maggie, Marjorie & Linda

 

 

Parbold Community Association, in conjunction with the Rural Touring Network, will present an evening of entertainment on Saturday 23rd May from Cumbrian Ceilidh Band ‘ Striding Edge’.  The first half will be a concert of folk songs and the second will be a ceilidh or barn dance, with a caller to guide you through the dances.  An evening of fun for all the family.  Bring your own drink. Tickets will be available by the end of April from Anne. Tel 462176.  £6 for adults.

 

PACT

The next PACT meetings will be held at Parbold Douglas School on Tue 7th April from 7 – 8 pm and on Tue 12th May from 7 – 8 pm .  All members of the Public are welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Steve Hackney on 01257 462239

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PARBOLD WI - Tuesday 7th April is our monthly meeting and the speaker is Miriam Wadge.

Her talk is entitled "The Victorians’ - starting at 7.30
 Friday 24th April Junior Disco 7.30 - 9.30pm ¯¯

 

CAN YOU      Bake a cake, make sandwiches or give an hour a month?

DO YOU      Teach art, dance or languages?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO     Take some kids on a fun day out, and learn about a new culture?

IF SO, COME AND ENJOY FREE TEA & CAKES WHILST YOU FIND OUT MORE !

Despite the fact that 23 years have passed since the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, the effects are still felt today and sadly will continue to be felt for centuries to come.  The Parbold and District Group of M&C (UK) brings groups of children to Britain for recuperative visits because it is proven that children who spend a month away from their contaminated homeland are able to strengthen their immune systems. We are holding an OPEN DAY at the Parbold W.I. Saturday 25th April, 9a.m. until 12 noon. Please come and find out more about our organisation, the host of activities we run in order to raise the much needed funds and how we plan the visits.  There are so many different ways in which you can help!!  Please contact Simon/Nicky on 464915, Marie on 464461 or Janet on 462634 to know more.

 
Text Box: PARBOLD HALL – GARDEN OPEN DAY – SUNDAY 17TH MAY & between 12 noon and 5 pm. (Proceeds will be donated to the Appley Bridge Girls and Boys Brigades from the Vale Methodist Church. Last year the day raised nearly £6,000.) All the usual stalls and attractions and of course the beautiful garden and views. Admission is £2 and accompanied children are free. Any local Group or person interested in having a stall to raise funds for the organization – please ring 464830 – all we ask is for a donation of at least 10% of takings. For more information about the Brigades in Appley Bridge, please contact Sandra Morris on 01257 255675 　  

 

Portrait classes  At Parbold WI Hall

Fridays from 11 am to 1 pm

Drawing from live models.  Guidance and Tuition given.

All you need is a sketch pad and pencil.

For more information contact Gloria on 01772 455723 or 077637 17544  !¥

 

 

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION ™

every Wednesday in April at 7.15pm at Cedar Farm, Mawdesley. Admission £2.00, families £3.00.

For a free information pack or more details contact 01695 51213 or www.t-m.org.uk

 

 

Live Music at the Weekend

                                                    DOUGLAS music PARBOLD Lancs    Reg. Charity No:506675       

Saturday 18th April at 7.45 in the Village Hall. Preston Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents

Two Pots of Song: a potted “Mikado” with narration, & a pot-pourri of songs from the shows including, Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ivor Novello & Lionel Bart. 

Co–presentation with the PCA

Tickets available from the: The Box Office: 01257 421526, or 462382.

 
Text Box: HILLDALE COFFEE & CAKE MORNING Hilldale Village Hall Sat April 25th10.30 to 12  Home made cakes, and Tear Fund Stall  u ALSO PARBOLD FRUIT & VEG with pre-packed selection bags.  Do come and join us Red Lion Railway Circle  v Tuesday 28th April at 7.30 pm  The Red Lion, Newburgh. Tel 462641  Parbold & district flower club Wednesday 8th April in the WI Hall At 1.45 pm ‘Just imagine’ by Liz Broad Tel: 01704 893124  r

 

 Text Box: Our Lady and All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Lancaster Lane Holy Week and Easter Service Times 2009  V Sunday 5 April 10.00  Blessing of Palms and Procession into Church. Children’s dramatisation of the Gospel Monday 6 April 19.00 Holy Week Service of Reconciliation Thursday 9 April 19.30 Maundy Thursday Mass.   Renewal of Eucharistic Ministers, Mandatum              20.40 Watching at Altar of Repose 22.40 Vigil Office of Readings for Good Friday Friday 10 April 14.00 Solemn Liturgy - The Passion of Christ, Stations of the Cross.  Holy Communion and Veneration of the Cross Saturday 11 April 20.00 Easter Vigil. Blessing of the Easter Fire, Candle and Font.  Reception and Renewal of Baptismal Vows Sunday 12 April 10.00 Mass of the Resurrection.  Baptisms and Renewal of Baptismal Vows          

 

 

PARISH COUNCIL NOTES

 Clerk:  Mrs Elizabeth-Anne Broad, 1 Pinewood, Skelmersdale WN8 6UZ.Tel  01695 557678  Mob:  07973 340254  e-mail:  parboldpc.clerk@yahoo.com

Parbold Parish Council meets on the first Friday of each month except August at 7.30pm at

Parbold Village Hall.

Annual Parish Meeting:

The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Wednesday 6th May 2009 at 7.30pm.  This is an opportunity to hear a review of the Parish Council’s work for the year and to express any views you may have.  Please come along and support it if you can.  If you work for one of the many voluntary groups in the village and wish your group to be featured in the annual Parish Report please contact the Parish Clerk for details.

Dog Fouling:

More complaints have been received from people walking their children to school and having to avoid dog excrement on the pavements of Tan House Lane and Lancaster Lane.  Please remember to clean up after your dog or you may be liable to pay a fixed penalty of £75.

Contact details of Parish Councillors are on the Parish Council Notice Board on The Common

 
 

Text Box: CHRIST CHURCH, PARBOLD - EASTER SERVICES V GOOD FRIDAY - SERVICE OF MEDITATION AND REFLECTION 10.00 am EASTER SUNDAY -8.00 am HOLY COMMUNION 10.00 am HOLY COMMUNION You would be warmly welcomed to join with us at any of these services. After a long period of time without a vicar the Reverend Simon Glynn will be licensed as Priest in Charge of Christ Church and Priest in Charge of All Saints Appley Bridge on 29th April at Christ Church. Simon comes to Parbold from St John the Baptist, Burscough where he has been curate for the past five years; he is married to Claire and they have two sons. You may have seen Simon around the village as the family prepare to move into the vicarage, do make yourself known to him, the children at school are already on very friendly terms with him.  

 

Frogs need help!  More garden ponds are needed to help the declining population of amphibians due to

habitat  loss.  It is estimated that half of the one million  ponds found in the countryside 100 years ago has disappeared. Frogs are good for gardens – their diet  includes slugs, ants and woodlice !  However the RSPCA have asked people not to move frogspawn from their ponds to other areas as this can spread disease. “It is really important to let the spawn achieve a natural balance – the chances of eggs surviving is very low and tadpoles are a vital food source for many creatures.’  More advice can be found at www.froglife.org ‘Froglife’

are running a campaign called ‘Just Add Water’.   (Parbold Wildlife Group – Secretary 462909)   

Text Box: Rail Travel Update for　April - BEWARE buying through Advance tickets for Parbold The very cheapest ones may only cost £1 more than from Wigan, but you will normally find a better range from Wigan,　with Parbold fares　frequently costing about £8 more each way even when they are offered. A single from Parbld to Wigan only costs £3.10. The line North on Saturdays and Sundays is closed beyond Lockerbie on Saturdays, Carlisle on Sundays until 16th May. Travelling to　Birmingham on Sundays a diversion will add about half an hour to the journey from Wigan: with poor connectional times there consider travelling via Manchester instead for the South Coast and SW. On Easter Saturday and Sunday AVOID WIGAN NORTHWEST. Travel south via Manchester, but there are no train beyond Rugby, and perhaps north via Bolton AVOID　parking at Wigan NW for the next year if possible: the building of　a new car park means a 15 minute walk to an alternative site. David Gelder, Tel. 01257 462716  
Text Box: WALKING AND OTHER LOCAL EVENTS Parbold Ramblers: First Sunday in the month. Tel: 463057, 01942 200967 West Lancs Footpath Group –tel: 01704 880782 Life Long Learning – Group Walk Fridays with Pub lunch tel: 01695 579095 West Lancs Ramblers Assoc. Wednesday 22nd at 6.30 pm. Meet behind the shops (Parbold) for an evening ramble of 4 miles – approx 2 hours. Tel 01772 812034 West Lancs Countryside Events for APRIL - Friday 10th from 8 – 10 pm ‘Star Gazing’ with Liverpool Astronomical Society. Meet at Carr Lane Car Park, Beacon Country Park. Sunday 19th Fairy Glen circular Walk - 8 miles. Meet at layby off A5209 at 10 am with packed lunch. tel: 01695 622794. email: beacon.park@westlancsdc.gov.uk Rufford Old Hall – Fri/Sat 10/11th 11am-4 pm. Easter activities. Craft sessions and Gnome Hunt in the gardens For more information tel: 01704 821254. Sat/Sun 4/5 April – ‘INTRODUCTION TO BEEKEEPING’ Course (Call 05601 484388 ) LOCAL FARMERS MARKET - Cedar Farm First Sat. in month. Back to top The money raised for the Bone Cancer Research Trust by Joe Davies, who competed in the Parbold Hill race on 14th February, was in excess of £2100.  He would like to thank all his  sponsors for their contributions.  

Bone Cancer Research Trust

The money raised for the Bone Cancer Research Trust by Joe Davies, who competed in the

Parbold Hill race on 14th February, was in excess of £2100.  He would like to thank all his  sponsors for their contributions.

 

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