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Catherine Crook |
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Written by Dibble
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It is noted with the deepest of regret, the passing of Mrs Catherine Crook of Lund Hall on Sunday 7th March 2010
For more years than we can remember, Cath was a stalwart to the Centre, together with Jim, both served on the Community Centre Committee, ran the Wednesday night Whist Drives, the Jumble sales and supported the community at large.
The sincere condolences of the whole community are extended to Jim, Christine, Pat & John and their respective families. |
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Big National Ceilidh |
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Written by Ian
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On Saturday 17th October, the Mellor Brook Community Centre played host to the 2nd Big National Ceilidh. Dances took place throughout the UK in a co-ordinated effort to raise awareness and funds for the charity Water Aid. The local event raised £784.
The event was organised by the musicians of The Union Street Band and was supported by local business, the Community Centre management and the dancers themselves. A hot pot supper was donated by Blackburn bakers, Sandersons, the venue was offered rent free, the musicians and caller gave their services for nothing as did the bar and venue staff. There were many donors of raffle prizes including Blackburn Rovers who pledged a signed football.
At 10pm, the Union Street Band were joined by Mellor Brook-based fiddle group, The Palatine Fiddlers and, in co-ordination with all the other ceilidhs across the land, the North East tune Jamie Allen was played for a dance based on the Circassian Circle. For other dances, the band was joined on bodhran by Niamh Boadle. The 15 year-old from St Annes is the youngest member of the Palatine Fiddlers and in early October won through to the final of the BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award to be held in London on 4th December.
The following night, Niamh Boadle will return to Mellor Brook to front her trio, TRI as special guests of Edinburgh harpist, Ailie Robertson. The organisers thank the local radio and press, the volunteers on the night, raffle prize donors and all those who attended and made it such a worthwhile event.
Seamus.
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Womens Institute Newsletter |
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Written by Ian
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The November 2009 Edition of the Balderstone and Disctrict Women's Institute Newsletter is now online, you can find it on at the bottom of the Main Menu to the left of the page. |
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New Photo Section |
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Written by Ian
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Greetings!
Thought it would be a nice touch to add a photo section. Here registered users can upload their own photographs to be shown, it also contains some other photographs relevent to the Community Centre.
You can access the photo section through the link on the top menu.
If you want to upload your photo(s) simply select the section, either 'Mellor Brook & Locality' or 'Miscellaneous' and the scroll to the bottom of the page and you will find an 'Upload' tab, here you can upload several images at once using the Java Uploader, or at the very bottom of the page, you can simply upload just one image.
Have Fun!
Ian |
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* Summer Closure of Community Centre |
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Written by chisel
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The Centre will close its doors on the 18th July 2009 for all users. During the summer break the builders will move in and set to work on replacing the heating system and also complete the alterations to the upstairs room, roof. At the same time the ceiling in the large room will be opened up again. If all goes well it will re-open at the end of August.
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