Parish News

By the time you read this we will have travelled the path to Easter, surrounded by the optimism of the Risen Christ and the brightness and colour of increasingly longer, warmer days. I hope you saw the beautiful daffodils in bloom round the churchyard, planted by children from St Mary’s Academy?

Preparing for the appointment of the next vicar, the Parochial Parish Council (PCC) is drawing up a snapshot profile of the parish for applicants. It is really encouraging to look at all the work going on and record the achievements, whilst acknowledging there is still much to do.

This year at St. Mary’s we are celebrating …

Over the last month, visitors to Barley Village Hall will have noticed the new wooden panelling works that have now been completed in the lower main hall. This is part of the Committee’s ongoing improvements to the Hall, and the second project to be completed after the new air conditioning that was installed in the two main rooms. The work was completed by Andrew Read Bespoke Joinery Ltd who did a fantastic job from start to finish. We hope you all agree that it looks superb!

The next phases of our improvement plan will include some new flooring in the downstairs corridors and new lighting throughout. …

Join us to plant the Parish gardens! We have donations of elderberry, gooseberry and raspberry bushes as well as funds for the Gateway to Spenbrook garden and for trees in Sparable wood. Fresh air and exercise followed by brews, butties and buns – what’s not to like? Look out for dates on the FB page.

The Best Kept Village Competition is here again. Last year Sabden Fold was noted as a runner-up. This year, with our new garden team and increased community effort, the Parish might be in with a shot?!

• Events
  Plans are building across the UK to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings …
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Barley Village Hall Committee would like to thank John Connor for his many years of service. After 20 years John has decided to step down from the Committee, over the years John has been instrumental in helping complete various projects and helping putting on events. He was always on hand to nip down to help out whenever a problem arose. You’ll be truly missed by the Committee – thank you!

With this in mind, we have some vacancies for some new members to join the Committee. I understand time is valuable these days, especially for those with young families, but we do need a few more …

• Table Tennis Club – every Wed (from 3rd April), 7-9pm at Barley Chapel – all welcome
• Pendle Forest History Group – Wed 17th April, 7.30pm at Barley Village Hall – Business Meeting with items of interest. Members £2.00, Visitors £3.00. Email →
• Pendle Patchers – Tues 9th & 23rd April, from 1pm at Barley Village Hall – Pendle Patchers had a very successful Jacob’s Join lunch recently, it was good to see some members of the group who had been unable to attend for a while but managed to pop in to see everyone. For our meetings we will be concentrating on …
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