Parish News

On Sunday 6th August around twenty members of St Mary’s and St Thomas’s congregation went along to the Diocese of York, Celebration of Ministry, with the collation and induction of The Reverend Julie Lesley Smith as Vicar of the Parish of St Mark, Marske-in-Cleveland. I am sure everyone enjoyed the service, with rousing hymns, plus lovely refreshments afterwards.

At St Mary’s we have been experiencing quite a lot of changes in church – a brand new boiler fitted in the tower area, several pews have been removed at the back of church, a new floor put down and reflagged over and a mini kitchen has …

It was just one year ago we were completing drainage works on the Village Green and they have been tested this last couple of months, the north west having its wettest July since records began back in 1891. The only comfort we take is that the drains were put in last year and not this year – hopefully we will have an “Indian Summer” with better weather in the autumn.

The County Council have told us that the resident parking could be operational in September and I am sure this will be welcomed by many residents. Once installed we will see more frequent enforcement officer visits …

Pendle Halloween Festival – Sun 29th October – Choose your spot and start preparing your spooky scarecrows! Get them up by 10am for judging at 11.30am. If you don’t live on the route, scarecrows can be placed at bus stops, benches, railings or larger plots at Roughlee Village Centre.

During the afternoon of Sunday 29th October there will be spooky fun for all the family at Roughlee Village Centre – further details in next month’s Parish News, and get it in your diary now!

Future autumn and winter events for your diary:

• Witch Wines (date TBC – more details next month)
• Dickensian Xmas Fayre Fri 1st Dec in conjunction …
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This season it’s time to look out for orange in the leaves around. Can you see a lot or a little? Are some leaves in a state of change? Where does the orange begin? Who knows, you might even manage to catch a falling one.

72 Seasons is a creative project, which can encourage a deeper connection to nature and improve wellbeing at the same time. In addition to the seasons profiled each month in Parish News, you can find out more about the project in detail at www.72seasons.co.uk, or follow along on social media and explore the rest of the 72 Seasons: …

• Pendle Forest History Group – Wed 20th September, 7.30pm at Barley Village Hall – A presentation by Mike Clarke titled “Coal, Canal and Cotton”. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal in East Lancashire. Members £2.00, Visitors £3.00. Email →
• Pendle Patchers – 12th & 26th Sept, from 1pm at Barley Village Hall – Patchers have continued to get some work done as well as chatting. Jenny’s quilt is ‘work in progress’ and although she says progress is very slow, we all thought it’s looking good. Please note the ‘flying geese’ at the top and bottom which, although have been the cause of …
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• Delivered by Dr Rick Peterson – Reader in Archaeology, University of Central Lancashire – Tues 3rd Oct, 7.30pm–9pm, Tithe Barn, Browsholme Hall

Since 2011, the University of Central Lancashire has been excavating newly discovered prehistoric sites around New Laund Hill in Whitewell. With the final season of excavation completed in 2021, we are now starting to see how this landscape was used from the Late Mesolithic (around 7000 years ago) until the Middle Iron Age (around 2500 years ago).

This lecture will review the results from the project and include recent work such as the discovery of a whole new Middle Iron Age settlement site and a …