In 1967, Blackburn Town Team lifted the Lancashire Schools’ Trophy and now the team is organising a reunion, except they can’t trace Stewart Cameron, who played for the Shadsworth High School team. Can you help? The article is here.
You may have noticed the new buses these past few months. They are pretty fancy with on-board wireless and gizmos like automatic announcements of each approaching bus stop. Here is a Lancashire Telegraph article about County Councillor John Fillis checking them out.
The St. Oswald’s Knuzden War Memorial has been made a statutory listed building by Historic England. This means that it is now a protected monument. The decision was made because of it’s special historical interest as a lasting memorial to the Knuzden soldiers who gave their lives in the two World Wars. The official documents…
Huge congratulations to Stephanie Baron who won Best Femal Lead in the National Operatic and Drama Associacation (North West) for her role as Geraldine in The Vicar of Dibley with the Oswaldtwistle Players. Stephanie is a member of St. Oswald’s Knuzden and even borrowed some of the Vicar’s vestments (and other props from around church)…
Carol Ratcliffe, a very committed member of St. Oswald’s, keeps meeting herself in all sorts of strange places. This isn’t because she’s busy – meeting herself coming back (although she is a very busy person), but because she is one of the ‘faces’ of Cancer Research’s new poster campaign highlighting bowel cancer testing. Carol was…
The St. Oswald’s Santons have been on display during the Advent and Christmas seasons and will continue into January. They were created by potter Peta Whiting and the Vicar in the autumn of 2016 (Click Here for the post on this). Rev’d Chris and Linda Colton then created a lovely setting for them which has…
Renewal and Reform is the current process of structural change in the Church of England; ‘an ambitious programme of work, which seeks to provide a narrative of hope to the Church of England in the 21st century’. The main aims are to contribute as the national church to the common good, to facilitate the growth of…
I was away for a few days this week visiting a friend in Suffolk. One of the things we did was to visit the ancient church in Grundisburgh where a very busy Crib (Nativity) Festival had been running all week – over 1400 people had come through the church doors! On Monday, after most of…
Crowds flocked to our Get Ready For Christmas Fayre this afternoon making it a real community event! There was lots to do with several tombolas, jewelery, craft and cake stalls, a magic advent calendar which gave out chocolates and sweets in abundance (Well done Brownies!), a lovely stall selling Christmas Stockings and Gingerbread Houses full…
Last week, I went on an icon painting retreat at Rydal Hall, which is the Diocese of Carlisle Conference Centre and home of the Rydal Hall Community. The retreat leader and tutor was Rev’d Christopher Perrins. Painting icons is done in a prayerful and thoughtful way and the images are always strictly copied, you never…