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Another round in
estate battle A RIBBLE VALLEY councillor intends to object to a planning application at a counci meeting tonight — despite advice not to do so from the council’s officers. Coun. Mrs Barbara
Speak is determined to address members of the council’s Development Sub-Committee who will be considering an applica tion for 39 houses on land next to Clitheroe’s Moor land Estate by Broseley Estates, of Leigh. But not being a member
of the committee,, she has been advised to declare her personal interest in the issue.
Undaunted, Coun. Mrs
Speak said this week: “I started this campaign before I became a council lor. I would be disloyal to my family and the other residents if I stayed silent now.” She is secretary of the
Moorland-Pimlico Resi dents’ Association, which has maintained, in a year long campaign, that addi tional building would create traffic hazards — even if it involved only 39 houses, as in the latest application. Two previous applica
tions have been turned down by the committee
after pressure from the association. Refusal of the first,, for
54 houses — against coun cil officers’ advice — is the subject of an appeal cur rently before the Depart ment of the Environment. The firm will take no
further action if the pre sent plan is approved; I f not, the appeal will go ahead.
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R I B B L E V A L LEY householders are being asked to help out with another population survey to prove the
G o v e r nme n t ’ s
s t a t i s t i . ci ans wrong. According to the latest
Government figures, the population is 53,000, but the council’s own survey puts the figure at 55,100. As the total determines the size of the annual grant
from the Government' there is about £20,000 at stake. ’
Register Results of the .council’s
first voluntary survey will be examined by the Plan
ning and Transportation' Committee at its meeting tonight.
Meanwhile, steps are
being taken, to carry out another survey: During the next few weeks, cen sus forms will be delivered to about 18,000 homes in the Ribble Valley. They will be sent out in
the same envelopes as those containing the forms
for the annual register of electors.
Chief Executive Officer Mr Michael Jackson
said
that there was no compul sion on people to complete the census forms, but ne is
h o p i n g . . fo r . .a . .g o o d response. “Last time the response
was 85 per cent, which has given us the ammunition to challenge the Govern ment’s figures,” he said.
Confidence “ I f our figu re s are
accepted, the borough could be £20,000 better off
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and that is a very signific ant figure at a time when we are being exhorted to save.” Mr Jackson said that the
information would be treated in the strictest con fidence. For the purpose of the survey, householders will be asked the same questions as last time:
• How many people
live in the house. ® The age of the
males. ® The age o f the
females. • Whether they are
" married or single.' ® The number of
cars and vans in pri vate use.
• Th e p r e v io u s
address if the family has moved in the last 12 months.
The 1978-79 survey brought to light some
interesting statistics about life in the Ribble Valley. Between 1971 and 1978,
the to ta l p opu la t ion jumped by 3,590 to 55,100, compared with the Regis trar General’s estimate of 53,000 — a difference of 2,100. This includes an increase
of numbers in private households of 4,468 (from 45,693 to 50,161) and a
Ups and downs-
THE Ribble Valley Council is also somewhat at loggerheads with the county planning depart ment over another population figure for the
borough — this time a small drop in numbers which is forecast by 1981. Estimating future population trends in Lanca- shire, the department anticipates that the Ribble
Valley’s 1976 figure of 52,600 will drop to 52,200 within two years. But according to the department the picture
1976 figure for the Ribble Valley. “ The Register of Electors list alone shows that
numbers are increasing,” he said. “ Our own census should show if numbers are falling and
also indicates how the population trend is devel oping.”
looks brighter by 1991, with the population rising to 52,850. This is because the area will continue to attract commuters. Chief Executive Officer Mr Michael Jackson J1
.owever» that the council did not accept the
decrease in the number of people living or working in
hospitals, homes and schools of 900 (from 5,828 to 4,928).
The increase in total
population has, in turn, produced 1,949 more pri vate households, although the average household size has dropped by .06. The borough’s age struc
ture has also changed over the seven-year period. The number of children aged . nine and under has drop ped by 1,196; workers'bet- ween 16 and 64 have increased by 3,516 and
there are 1,072 more pen sioners. Such figures influence
the councirs policies over schools, housing and emp loyment.
Gap The survey also says
that more people are mak ing their home in the borough. During the 12
months before it was con ducted, 2,398 changed home within the Ribble Valley and 2,093 moved in from outside, mainly from Blackburn, Hyndburn, Preston, Burnley and Gre ater Manchester.
' . According to the survey, families on the move mostly comprise the age groups under nine and bet ween 20 and 39. Y e t strangely, the gap in num- b e r s b e tw e e n th e borough’s younger and older citizens is widening towards the older end of the scale. Finally, the survey show
that more households have a car, the' percentage of those without a vehicle having dropped by 8.5.
THE rifle range was one of the most popular attractions at the Bank Holiday “ family fun day” organised by the newly-formed 6th Clitheroe (St James) Guides. It was held in the garden of “Radley,” Ribblesdale Avenue, Clitheroe. On target are (from
the left): Ieston Hughes, Andrew
Pollard, Paul Atkinson and Michael Gate. Watching are Alec Monroe, Ian Smith, Philip Brass and Philip
Broadhurst. For more details and
another picture, please turn to page 3.
£4,000 THEFT
TH IE V E S stole nearly £4,000 worth of goods when they broke into Tru- View Radio and TV Ren ta ls , C a s t le S t r e e t ,
Clitheroe, on Thursday night. They entered the pre
mises through a basement window; Articles taken included video and cassette re c o rd e rs and music centres.
Condolences
THE Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Jimmy Fell, has sent a telegram to Buc kingham Palace on behalf o f the people o f the borough, extending their deepest sympathy to the Queen and members of the Royal Family following the tragic murder of Lord Mountbatten of Burma on Monday.
Local youngsters sing drama
THREE local teena gers were among
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600 passengers and crew winched to safety from the decks of the storm-lashed ferry Winston Churchill when it ran aground in the North Sea. Y e s t e rd a y they
spoke to the “Adver tiser and Times” of their four-hour ordeal on board the wrecked ferry waiting to be rescued. The three youngs
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Supermart plan on agenda
P LAN S for a £500,000 supermarket on the rail
way sidings ,in- Station Road, Clitheroe, will be considered tonight by the Ribble Valley Council’s De v e lo p m e n t Su b - Committee.......... The scheme, by the old-
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the long-stay ^parking ■ places in Station Road, but they would be replaced by a car park for 50 cars or 23
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with the 74-strong Lancashire Schools’ Symphony Orchestra.
Appropriately it was
music they turned to for comfort while helicopters, mines weepers and launches
‘ raced to their rescue. With true British grit
lorries at the station end of the site. There would be another car park for shop pers with 123 places. B o o th ’ s have been offered a 125-year lease of ■ the' site. I f approval is
given, existing, tenants on the sidings would have to
be given notice by British Rail.
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greeted with- cautious optimism by Clitheroe Chamber of Trade. Booth’s chairman, Mr John Booth, contends that existing food .businesses would not be hit
’. The proposals have been
if the supermarket, was built.
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they began an impromptu sing-song, which included hymns and selections of Bach and Elgar from a con cert they haa hoped to per form in Lancaster on Sunday. -
• Now there seems little chance of ,the concert or a
recording session the fol lowing weekend - taking • place, unless the orchestra can borrow instruments'to re p lace th o s e 'w o r th thousands ■ of pounds, left
on the ferry. • . ... Personal belongings,
including clothing, Jiand- bags .and gifts, are also unlikely to oe recovered. Sarah, Alison and Peter
told how they were eating their; evening meal - when
the ferry on its 24-hour
voyage from Gothenburg to Newcastle suddenly lurched a couple of times, throwing the food on the floor.
, The ferry had ploughed into the base of a new lighthouse outside Gothen burg harbour, tearing a gaping hole in the hull, which began taking in 700 tons of water an hour.
The.lights went out, but
after the first initial panic, passengers stayed fairly calm and the captain assured them they would be taken off the boat.
P e t e r , a p u p i l at
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, said they sat in semi-darkness wearing lifejackets for about four hours, before struggling in
the gale-lashed sea down a wet rope, ladder to the lifeboats. ■
A tug transferred them
to the island on which the ferry Had crashed and they were - later -taken on - :a
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i Catastrophic’ season for the pigeon
CLITHEROE pigeon fanciers are counting the cost of one of the most disastrous young bird racing seasons in living memory.
Scores of birds have
failed to return home and losses are calculated at several thousand pounds. Some fanciers . have been so badly-hit that they have dropped out of racing to preserve stock for flying and breeding next year.
President of Clitheroe
Homing, Society Mr Derek Kay described the situa tion as “nothing short of catastrophic.”
bad weather was partially to blame, the main 'cause was a- series of "crashes” — a situation w h e re Clitheroe-bound pigeons have joined, up with larger flocks flying to other desti nations. !
He said that, although “They are only youngs
ters and when they come across a larger group of pigeons they join up with
them,” he said. “It is just like children - playing : fo l- :-. low-my-leader except it is far more costly. “ I, personally, have had
to stop racing because I have only seven birds le ftv out of 19 and others are in the same boat.”
...... He said that fanciers
were particularly badly hit in the race from Gloucester on August 18th when only 21 out of a total of 212 birds returned on the day
of the race. . In last Sunday’s race
from Mangotsfield, near Bristol, local fanciers were able to muster only 93 birds compared with the normal 250 and the number will be even less in the last race. of the season from Weymouth on Saturday. Still flying despite heavy losses is Mr. Harry Chat--
burn, of Newton Street, this year’s leading conten der fo r the s o c ie ty ’ s chaYnpionship trophy. “ I have been racing for
over 20 years and it is the w o rs t s e a s on I can remember,” said Mr Chat- burn. “ Some members ha ve had to g iv e up altogether to keep some
. stock in hand: for next season.’
Out of 24 youngsters Mr
Chatburn has lost 15, including 10 in the Glouces ter race alone. He - esti mates the value of the lost birds at £300,
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THE Ribble Valley Coun cil’s Public Works and Health Committee has given its approval to street names for two new housing developments, in the area. At Tuesday’s meeting,
members agreed to a sug gestion from Clitheroe Town Council to name a development off Pimlico Road as “Bridge Court.” There is no objection fo this from the Post Office, which argued against
“Pimlico Court,” the origi nal choice.
^ . Members also backed a
recommendation by the council’s Housing Commit tee to call the new shel tered accommodation at Stubbins Lane, Sabden, “Littlemore House.” However the committee
deferred a decision to call a similar scheme at Low
Moor sidings, "John Wall Court,” until the views of Clitheroe Town Council are known. .
Chief Technical Officer
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