BBC Songs of Praise will be filming ‘Congregational Singing’ and the ‘Young Choirs Festival’ at Victoria Hall, Bolton on the weekend of 8th to 10th March. Victoria Hall are aiming to fill the hall with as many people as possible on the 3 dates: Friday 8th March, 6-30pm: Congregational Sing (The congregation will...
A Circular Walk Around Anglezarke A very Happy New Year to everyone. For our first walk of 2019 we met up on Horrobin Lane Rivington on a gloriously sunny morning. 13 of us started from the Bowling Green and headed off down the path towards Yarrow Reservoir. Where the path...
Sunday School News and Messy church Messy church – All things bright and beautiful The first Messy church on the 2nd March exceeded our expectations by some way! Our theme was “All things bright and beautiful”. Thanks to Margaret there were 5 crafts for the children to make, there were...
Christmas hats, sparkly earrings and good cheer set the tone for today’s Christmas season walk. Sixteen of us and a dog set off from the Crown pub at Horwich. Up Lord Street and Green Lane before crossing the river Douglas to Roynton Road, we were on our way up...
If you enter St Katharine’s Church and turn left into the room at the base of the Tower you will see two large painted wooden tablets attached to the wall. These tell the story of how the Popplewell Charity first began. In the early 1800’s, Mr. John Popplewell was...
We were 16 and no dog this month. We all gathered at the Jumbles Reservoir car park on a bright and sunny morning. A few minutes were taken to remember Anne McMillan who sadly died in October. Anne had been the founder of our walking group back in 2013...
On Sunday 14th October, Sunday School went for a walk in the rain. We went past the library and school, to Vicarage Road, then up Half Acre Lane to the farms. We saw two lovely horses who followed us in their field as we walked up the path. We jumped...
Commemoration of WW1 Hopefully you have been able to pick up a programme showing all the events which are happening in Blackrod between 3rd and 11th November to commemorate peace at the end of WW1. A lot of the events are ticketed to help with catering and space, and some...
Haigh Hall and Lady Mabel’s Wood On a bright and sunny morning, ten of us gathered at the Balcarres Arms for a walk round the Haigh estate. Haigh was part of the Hundred of West Derby Township. This is said to be an area that could support a hundred...
On behalf of the Blackrod Cemetery/Gardening group I would like to give heartfelt thanks to all members of “Ladies who Lunch”. I was invited, nay summoned, by Janet Hollick to attend their August get together where I was presented with a very generous donation of £90 on behalf of the...