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…
We held another fantastic holiday club this week – activities included drumming, football and a visit from two beautiful police horses and a police car (plus their riders/drivers). Besides this up to 30 kids were given breakfast, lunch and a snack every day. Well done to our amazing helpers and our fantastic holiday club kids!…
Wednesday’s Community Christingle was great fun, and included festive refreshments, activities and, of course, the St. Oswald’s puppets! For the service, the children’s craft group had created this superb giant Christingle! …
The 2016 Christmas Services leaflet is now printed and copies are available at church and schools in the parish. Take as many as you need for family, friends and neighbours. Download a pdf copy HERE …
Our All Souls and Harry Potter Holiday Club is on its second day. We started by having fantastic fun playing an incomprehensible game caled SPLAT! Then the owls came… they took your breath away! …
We had a fantastic time at our holiday club this morning including breakfast, snack & lunch. Our theme revolves around All Souls or Halloween but with a wonderful Harry Potter twist. Today, the Sorting Hat came and we were put in our Hogwarts houses! Here are a few photos of today’s activities……
St. Oswald’s Heritage Open Days were part of the Diocesan Crossroads celebration, highlighted in a schools event at Ewood Park football ground. The Church Times newspaper was there and mentioned St. Oswald’s School in the process. Read the report HERE Photo Credit: Blackburn Diocese…
The ‘Bring Your Memories’ event with Stanhill Heritage Group was well attended. People enjoyed themselves relaxing and chatting about times gone by and local history while David Disley gave demonstrations and a talk on James Hargreaves’s historic Spinning Jenny. Cakes and cups of tea flowed from the kitchen courtesy of the St. Oswald’s Mothers Union! It was a lovely day…
We were pleased that the weather was dry after all the rain last night. It was an enjoyable guided walk around the new Stanhill Heritage Trail in the morning, led by Andy Barnes and David Morris. Such a lot went on in this area from 1750 to 1850 with great changes in the textile and agricultural spheres. It left an impressive heritage. At…
It’s been a busy week setting up for the weekend events. Tonight was the final lap. There was a bit of fun in getting the Spinning Jenny down from Stanhill Methodist to St. Oswald’s in the pouring rain. The jenny had swollen so much in the damp weather that it had jammed. So its builder, David…