Brother Brian Hargreaves' funeral arrangements

A message from Brian's daughter, Kate.

Some 'suspicious' characters!

Is Billy Connolly in town ?????

Hello Father Christmas Jim  !!!

Maxine, watch that hairy person next to you !!!!!!!!

The Funeral of Brother Brian Hargreaves R.I.P.

The funeral for Brother Brian is at 12:00 on Thursday 3rd December at St Mary & St Michael Church, Bonds Lane, Garstang, PR3 1ZB.

The burial will be in the Church Cemetery (behind the church).

The (extended) family  will organise seating.

The Brothers of North Lancashire and Westmorland Circles are invited to line the route outside the church following the Mass but not before the Mass. This means leaving the church immediately after the Mass (before the coffin).

Noreen wants everyone  to be seated before the coffin arrives rather than lining up outside the church for the arrival of the coffin. This will enable Brothers to sit with their ladies.  It will help the ushers to fill up the benches and will not need any seats to be reserved.

Enquiries to Brother John Calnan.

Brother Brian Hargreaves R.I.P.

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of

Brother Brian Hargreaves

of North Lancashire Circle
and a joint member of Westmorland Circle

May he rest in peace

Please remember Brother Brian, Noreen and his family in your prayers.

The funeral will be on Thursday 3rd December at St Mary & St Michael's Church, Garstang. More details to follow.

Don't Miss.....Preston 144 Circle's Panto!

Preston & District Circle (144)
present the
'The Gross Players' (gross=144, get it?)
production of
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
(with some of the tallest dwarves you've ever seen)
following their December Circle meeting
on Tuesday 1st December 2015 at Bartle Hall

"Mirror, mirror on the wall,
which is the best panto
of them all?"

"144's !!"

Broughton in Craven members have a night, which is hard to remember.

Eight Broughton in Craven circle members enjoyed an excellent evening at an Annual Whisky tasting held at the Rendezvous Hotel, Skipton.

This is a very enjoyable and educational evening giving us the opportunity to sample and taste seven specially selected Scottish Malt Whiskies chosen by an old traditional Scottish distillery with the history behind each diffferent but wonderful malt whisky. 

Mind you, when it got to the seventh the eduactional bit didnt matter any more as you can see from the picture!

This was a thoroughly enjoyable social evening with a great atmosphere and rounded off with a Lasagne Supper. 

Looking forward to next year's event already.

The task before us -  to taste seven (expensive) whiskies!

L to R.  Brother Chris Nash (Circle Membership Officer) enjoys a comment or two with Brother Ron Lyons.

The Pals - three years and counting

This exclusive group for widowers, set up by Brother Director Phil Morris of the former Ribble Valley Circle in November 2012, following the death of his wife Pat, still meet once a month for a memorial Mass with a lunch afterwards at a nearby hotel.

The Pals with Fr Tom Forster after dining on 4 November 2015

The Sun sets after a decade of entertainment with a huge glow!

Preston 14 Circle once again held its annual charity fundraiser at Preston Grasshoppers, which was well attended by the brothers of the circle, families, friends and of course our favourite band No1 Sun.

The boys from over the Scottish border have been entertaining us for a decade and last night was no exception with a fantastic eclectic mix of songs, a charity raffle with 'top drawer' prizes and of course dancing and having fun well past the midnight hour!

So the sun sets on our friends in the band, Billy, Dave and Brian. We thank the guys for taking the time to drive so far to support Preston 14 and now our team of agents reach out into the music world to hopefully find a new band to support us at next year's event.

Watch this space and keep your diary open for November 2016!

Anyone else?

Bro. President Adrian Crook and Bro. Robert Thompson, in his role as School Liaison, were invited to attend St Bede’s Catholic High School’s Presentation Evening.  Lytham St Annes Circle presented a shield a few years ago for the school to award to the pupil(s) who they consider have been outstanding in helping both the school and community.   There were three recipients.  

The photograph shows Clara Hickford-Martinez and Ryan Molyneux from Kirkham, President Adrian Crook, Councillor Peter Hardy, and Natasha Godsiff from St Annes-on-Sea.  Whilst Robert, with his Press & Publicity hat on, was taking the photograph after the ceremony, he was approached and asked if the Mayor of Fylde, could be included!

Clare’s experience helped by the Bursary Fund

Clare Plasom-Scott gave an impassioned, interesting and inspired presentation to North Lancashire Circle about her visit to Zambia.  She applied for a grant after seeing our poster at Lancaster University having already planned a three month visit to a community of Catholic Sisters in the Monze Diocese of Zambia, and was already raising funds.  Bro. Bill Arnold, Charity Officer, and Bro. President Wilfred Gill, presented her with £400 from the Bursary Fund at Mass at St Catherine's, Penrith.

Clare had planned her workload with the Sisters including working where she would be of most use, putting her faith into action and increasing her faith in community life.  So she found herself working amongst the poor, in the school and hospital, caring for those confined at home with disease and working in the local health clinic.  Returning with stories, having increasing her knowledge, she was able to strengthening the links between the Diocese and her parish so that they can better support them.

Clare also spoke about her time at university where she came across many difficulties in practising her faith, because it is such a secular institution.  Clare is now working for the charity LIFE in Manchester.

President Eddie Hignett, Clare Plasom-Scott, Immediate Past President Wilf Gill