December 2024

Your official monthly newsletter for the Pendle villages of Barley, Newchurch, Roughlee, Sabden Fold & Spenbrook.

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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

At a Glance: Christmas Dates for Your Diary

Wed 4th Dec, 7.30pm – Barley WI Christmas Party at Barley Village Hall
Thurs 5th Dec, 12pm – Roughlee Seniors’ Christmas Lunch at Roughlee Village Centre
Sat 7th Dec, from 1pm – Christmas Fayre at Roughlee Village Centre, then tree lighting, carols and shanties from 5.15pm and live music from 7pm
Sun 8th Dec, 11am – Barley Chapel & St Mary’s Newchurch joint Christingle Service at Barley Chapel (no 9.30am service at St Mary’s)
Sun 8th Dec, from 5pm – Christmas Festival including lights switch-on in the centre of Newchurch Village
Mon 9th Dec, 6.15pm – GBPC Parish Council meeting with mulled wine and mince pies at St Mary’s Church
Tues 10th Dec, 1pm – Pendle Patchers at Barley Village Hall
Fri 13th Dec, from 2.15pm – Roughlee CE Primary School Christmas Fair
Sun 15th Dec, from 3pm – Barley Children’s Christmas Party – meet at the Village Hall and follow Santa to the Chapel for Christmas fun, followed by Barley to Bethlehem from 5pm starting at Barley car park
Wed 18th Dec, 7.30pm – Pendle Forest History Group Christmas Social at Barley Village Hall
Sat 21st Dec, 7.30pm – Roughlee Christmas Party at Roughlee Village Centre
Sun 22nd Dec, 6pm – Carols by Candlelight at Barley Chapel
Tues 24th Dec, 10pm – Welcoming Christmas service at St Mary’s Newchurch
Wed 25th Dec, 9.30am – Christmas Day service at St Mary’s Newchurch
Sat 28th Dec, 7pm – Cinderella Returns! Big Screen Panto at Roughlee Village Centre

Read on for further details…

St Mary’s Newchurch

Advent…

When our children were younger they used to start singing Christmas carols somewhere around the 15th of October, or so it is in my memory. By the time it got to December they were desperate to put up the Christmas tree and decorate the house. They would say ‘It’s Christmas now Dad.’ And in my memory I would patiently explain that ‘No it isn’t Christmas yet, it is Advent’. Apparently in their memories this conversation wasn’t so patient or gracious!

In any event this time of Advent is often lost to many of us. It’s supposed to be a time of expectant waiting. A pregnant pause …

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Barley village

Barley Parish Council

Christmas lights, Events, Master Chef, Cross Lane, Announcements...

Our annual remembrance service graced us with a bright and clear day and it was good to have over 50 people attending. It was wonderful to hear the brief histories of all those whose names appear on the Barley Memorial stone read out by Angela Hargreaves; where and when they died and how young they all were, brought to life the sacrifice they made for us. Thanks to Nigel Turpin, who used his passion for ancestry to provide us with some background of those named. The vicar conducted the short service and John Connor laid a wreath for the Parish Council along with representatives of …

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Goldshaw Booth Parish Council

Halloween & Bonfire, Picnic Tables, SPID...

What an excellent time was had at the Halloween and Bonfire events. The Winning pumpkin is pictured below and the Houses of Halloween was won by Church Lodge which featured a very large inflatable witch!

This month sees the Christmas Festival on Sunday 8th December, with the Christmas lights being switched on at 5PM followed by a visit from Father Christmas. Tickets still available from Laura Standring or Hailey Hermansen.

In previous years the Parish Council have not met in December, but we will be doing so this year, and are providing Mulled Wine and Mince Pies, on Monday 9th December in St. Mary’s Church from …

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Roughlee Parish Council

Storm Bert, Power generator, Wall tiles, Seniors' Christmas Lunch...

Storm Bert has just passed us as I write this and compared to some parts of the country we have got off very lightly. The snow and ice that preceded him did cause its usual problems on Blacko Bar Road and rest assured that we are once again making a nuisance of ourselves with the relevant authorities. The flooding outside of the Bay Horse Pub struck again with its associated problems, regarding this one, we are in contact with the Environmental Protection Team at Pendle Council to try to exert some more additional pressure on United Utilities. Both of these problems are not easily …

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Roughlee Christmas Fayre 2024

Roughlee Village Centre

Christmas Fayre (7 Dec), Christmas Party (21 Dec), Big Screen Panto (28 Dec)...

At the Village Centre we have a vey busy month ahead of us in December. First I would like to thank Graham Hill for hosting the very successful Witch Wines event and the ‘angels’ who served wines and nibbles. In the last week we have had a generator fitted with funds of the Storm Anwen grant – this will allow the centre to be used in times of prolonged power cuts. Parish Chair Martin will have notified you of this in his comments above.

Our December events will be kicking off on Saturday 7th. Santa Claus arrives at 3pm till 5pm, grotto and stalls inside, our …

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Barley Village Hall

LED lighting, Fell Race, Repairs, Christmas Party, Thanks...

It’s been a busy month at the Village Hall over November. We’ve been finalising details for the new LED lighting that we’ll be having fitted throughout and have been engaging with the PC about a nice outside Christmas surprise that should be seen in the coming days! Saturday 16th November saw the Hall hosting the 40th Tour of Pendle Fell Race in the village. This event is run by Clayton Harriers and is one of 4 fell races throughout the year. This is the longest race of the season and a good opportunity for the Hall to raise some funds for reinvestment. This year we …

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St Mary’s CE Primary School

Moon, Sports, Branching Out, Christmas activities...

A handful of our junior children were invited to attend the Cidari Moon Conference at Blackburn Cathedral, they had an amazing day admiring and reflecting about the moon with Mrs Nightingale. Most of the schools in our Cidari Multi-Academy took part and it was a great way to meet new friends. Each of the children took part in a different activity around a big question about the moon with children from other schools. Reverend Ben led an opening worship where we learnt about how God created the moon by hand and crowned us all with honour and glory. Bishop Philip encouraged all of the children …

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Roughlee School Christmas Fair

Roughlee CE Primary School

Christmas Fair

Friday 13th December
2.15-3.30pm
at Roughlee CE Primary School

All welcome!

Planning Applications

Applications validated in Nov 2024

For full details, or to comment, please enter the reference number, keyword, postcode or address on the Pendle Borough Council Planning system

Barley with Wheatley Booth parish

  • Ref. No: 24/0790/VAR – Salt Pie Farm Barley Lane Barley Lancashire BB9 6BS – Variation of Condition: Vary Condition 2 (Plans) and Condition 3 (External Materials) of Planning Permission 22/0152/FUL.

Goldshaw Booth parish

  • Ref. No: 24/0749/TCA – 10 Osborne Terrace Newchurch In Pendle Lancashire BB12 9JJ – Works to Silverbirch.

Roughlee Booth parish

  • Ref. No: 24/0756/FUL – Laund House Farm Noggarth Road Roughlee Lancashire BB12 9PU – Full: Erection of an agricultural storage building.
Pendle Patchers

Events in Barley: December 2024

Dates for your diary...

  • Barley WI – Wed 4th Dec, 7.30pm at Barley Village Hall – Barley WI Christmas Party, sure to be a lively event with a little encouragement from a professional singer to get you all into the Christmas spirit! Looking ahead to 2025… if your new years resolution is to get out, do more and meet some great people put this date in your diary… Wednesday 8th January – Katy Carmichael is going to kickstart to the year with folk/belly dancing! Meeting at Barley Village Hall at 7.30pm start.
  • Pendle Forest History Group – Wed 18th Dec, 7.30pm at Barley Village Hall – Christmas Social with items of interest. Members £2.00, Visitors £3.00 – Email →
  • Pendle Patchers – Tues 10th Dec, from 1pm at Barley Village Hall – At one of their meetings in November, Pendle Patchers enjoyed a Pie & Peas lunch from the Cabin which set them up nicely for a very productive and congenial afternoon’s work. Anyone is welcome to drop in to meet us and see what we do and enjoy a mince pie and a brew. For any more information, just call in or contact Gil Beeke on 01282 602449 / Email →
  • FOG Club – Thurs evenings, 6.30pm-7.45pm at Barley Chapel – For children aged 6-11 years. Contact Angie on 07967 121031 or just come along
  • Card making class – 1st and 3rd Mon of each month, 1-3pm at Barley Village Hall – for details contact Valerie on 01282 691850
  • Coffee and Chat – 2nd Wed of each month, 10am-12pm at Barley Village Hall – All welcome, not just the old folk – £2 gets coffee (or tea) and cake!

From the archives

Keeping East Lancashire in the Picture

‘KEEPING EAST LANCASHIRE in the Picture’ is a new two-year Lancashire Archives and Local History project that will make the wonderful collections of historic photographs in East Lancashire Libraries more accessible.

▼ Roughlee – Stanley Bracewell Collection (n.d.). The lower end of Pasture Lane from Stang Top Road. The bridge over Pendle Water is at the bottom of the photograph, by the sign post. Just to the right of the photograph is the former mill lodge for Judson’s Mill (demolished in 1961). In the early 20th century the lodge was a boating lake and pleasure gardens, it then became a trout fishery.

Roughlee – Stanley Bracewell Collection (n.d.)

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St. Mary's Church

December 2024 Services

Everyone is welcome to join us for worship. There are activity bags for children.

All services are Holy Communion at 9.30am unless indicated otherwise:

  • Sunday 1st December – Service delivered by Bishop Philip North
  • Sunday 8th December 11am at Barley Chapel – Christingle Service (no 9.30am service at St Mary’s)
  • Sunday 8th December 6pm at St Thomas’ – Institution of Rev’d Nick Murray as incumbent for the Benefice of St Thomas’ Barrowford and St Mary’s Newchurch-in-Pendle
  • Sunday 15th December 9.15am – Rev’d Nick Murray’s first service at St Mary’s
  • Sunday 22nd December – Holy Communion
  • Sunday 22nd December 6pm at Barley Chapel – Carols by Candlelight
  • Tuesday 24th December 10pm – Welcoming Christmas
  • Wednesday 25th December 9.30am – Christmas Day
  • Sunday 29th December 10am at St Thomas: 10.00am – Shared service (no 9.30am service at St Mary’s)

For more details, contact Doug Bull (07907 458894 / email) or Gin Crewe on 07887 844025 / email). From 9th December Rev’d Nick Murray can be contacted on 01282 613 206 or email.