The Mayor and Mayoress of Burnley at Friday evening's preview.

The beautiful weather on Saturday, 2nd August 1975, brought a large number of visitors to Worsthorne for the first day of the 10-day art exhibition. The Mayor of Burnley, Councillor Mrs S. Ennis, enjoyed a private preview of the exhibition, which is in the church rooms, on Friday evening, but it was not until Saturday that the event was open to the public.

One of the main attractions at the exhibition, which ends on August 10th, was a number of tea towels designed by retired art teacher Mrs Lola Judson. The towels show the 140-year-old church of St John the Evangelist in Worsthorne and were produced by Monitor Designs Ltd in Burnley. Mrs Judson is also exhibiting a number of pen and ink sketches along with several paintings. Local conservationist Mr Duncan Armstrong was on hand on Saturday to explain about his Half-Cab Bus Preservation Society, and he also contributed a number of drawings of Padiham centre, steam trains, the first bus to run in Burnley and a number 40 half-cab bus, which he and his partners, Raymond Holcroft and Clifford Hindle, have recently purchased. Another popular exhibitor was Susan Triggs, of Brunshaw Road, who last year left her job in Mullard to work full-time as an artist. Her charcoal and pen and ink drawings of animals were as popular as ever, and by the end of the week most of them will no doubt be sold. A great attraction for teenage girls was the large selection of home-made jewellery carved from local stone on either sterling silver or rolled gold. Exhibits included pendants, bracelets, rings, ear-rings and cuff-links.

The exhibition has been organised by the parish church council in the hope of encouraging an interest in various types of art within the village.