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PARK BAN UNFAIR
Improved facilities costly
I WISH to make a few observations in reply to Mr Newton’s recent letter about the condition of Whalley New Road, Langho. As a resident of the
Blame dog owners
TO RIDERS
WOULD the council please tell me what harm my friends and I are doing riding through Brungerley Park?
I have been riding
through for the past five years and have had no complaints. On the con trary, many children come up to me and, make a fuss of my pony.
haved and give walkers priority.
We are always well be Come on, councillors,
isn’t it time you gave a thought to your riding community, which is large and expanding?
Hillcrest Road estate in Langho, I suffer as much as anyone from the appal ling junctions of York Lane and Portland Road with Whalley New Road, where the removal of the offending bend is long overdue. A speed limit of 30
m.p.h., instead of the pre sent 40 m.p.h. (and its enforcement) is required. The residents of Long-
worth Road, Billington, may now enjoy improved road surfaces and street lighting. But at what cost? I know of one resi dent paying £700 for the privilege. To my know ledge, local and district councillors had little to do with the resurfacing ’ de velopments. Now proposed indust
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rial premises on Long- worth Road will take ad vantage of the new road surfaces without paying towards the cost, much of the bill instead being footed by some residents.
D.W. THRELFALL, 1 Kirkdale Road, Langho.
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ruin the countryside we have to ride through. We have enough problems with motorists who obvi ously think we shouldn’t be on the roads, judging by the way many of them think a horse is like a car and not liable to jump in front of them.
We don’t go all out to I have had cars pass me
down the fell road doing at least 60 m.p.h.
to ride peacefully through the countryside and enjoy
it. So how about helping
us to do just that. Don’t ban us.,Help us!
MRS A. INGHAM, 1 Holme Head Cottages, Dunsop Bridge.
• A spokesman at
Ribble Valley Council’s Borough Engineer’s De partment said that as a result of complaints, a notice had been put up prohibiting horse riders, motor cyclists and pedal cyclists from using the park. “While we appreciate
that most horse riders take considerable care with th e ir an im a ls , others do not consider the safety and pleasure o f people using the park,” he explained.
MP’s protest over factory expansion
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MP Sir Charles Fletcher- Cooke admitted this week that he was powerless to stop a Clitheroe engineer ing firm from expanding in Billington. The expansion plan for
the Judge Walm,e3ley Mill by Harrison Engineering has been approved by the Ribble Valley Council’s Development Sub-Com
mittee, despite opposition from local residents. ■ In an effort to reverse
the decision, they con tacted Sir Charles, -MP
fdr" Darwen, who de scribed the plan as “abso lutely ridiculous.”
He said he was con
cerned at the problems that increased traffic using the mill would cause at the Longworth Road junction.
Sir Charles now intends
to lodge his protests with the county surveyor, but added: “As the plan has been approved, it will be very difficult to change anything.”
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. now 37'/2p, or 10 cigarettes, anyone can be licensed to keep a dog — any sort of
DOG Lover is not only anonymous in last week’s paper, but shows ignor ance about animals. . It is a fact of life in this country that for 7s. 6d.,
dog. What we fail to do as
dog-keepers is to under stand and be made to understand that a dog should never be unat tended. Once it is, it is not inno
cent. It is a menace to all forms of livestock; to chil
dren; old people and traf fic on foot and on wheels. Dog Lover’s feelings
should be diverted against the owner of the dog. Anyone who lets a dog out any time and does not go with it is a potential murderer. I suggest the licence fee
be index-linked from the middle 1800s to today’s values, all dogs should wear a licence disc and the fee should be doubled for dogs that have not been neutered. The proceeds from this
should be used to police the dog law, in which the penalty should be the loss of the dog and licences for varying periods with suit able exemptions.
A. K. HIGHAM, Buckley Hall, Ribchester.
Inconsistent action
I SEE that the Ribble Valley Council’s Develop ment Sub-Committee' re cently decided to grant permission for a Langho man to operate a taxi ser vice from his home. Yet the week before, it
was reported in the Ad vertiser and Times that the Finance and General Purposes Sub-Committee had denied a well-estab lished Clitheroe taxi firm, Station and Valley Taxis, a private-hire licence be cause it was not operating from separate authorised premises. In other words, they
are operating from the proprietor’s home. It would appear to me
that the council is acting in an arbitary manner. Either that, or one sub
committee does not know what another sub-commit- tee is doing.
PUZZLED.
Enterprise stifled
MAY I, as a regular user of Valley Taxis for my staff, say how disgusted I am that they are being
ousted from an area which is quite a prosperous part of Clitheroe, from where many businesses are run effectively and enterpris
ingly. Why in this time of re
cession is the Ribble Valley Council allowed to put people out of business when they are hard work ing and prepared to put themselves out for the be nefit of their customers?
MRS N. GORNALL, Bleak House, Kemple End, Stonyhurst.
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Elected to cut spending
MANY people must have been dismayed by the re marks of Coun. M. Carr, of Sabden, about public spending. Mrs Thatcher and Mr
Carr were both elected to cut public spending. I would remind Mr Carr of this. If he does not now believe in it he should resign from the council. Why has this not been
refuted by the other Con servative councillors, or do none of them believe in cutting spending either? Thank goodness for
Lancashire County Con servatives and their nine per cent rate rise. Let us hope that the Ribble Valley Council can do the same. I hope they re member their election
promises.
CONCERNED CONSERVATIVE, Wilpshire. '
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We can’t trust our neighbours
WITHOUT any wish to enter into a long correspondence on the question of nuclear dis armament, please allow me a few. inches to answer the views expressed by some readers in your last issue.
It is just possible that I
may be better informed on the technical and medi cal aspects of a nuclear holocaust than your sever-, al correspondents having, in the course of my former employment, at tended an in ten s iv e course of study at a Royal Navy Medical establish ment on the “Medical as pects of atomic warfare” and subsequently had to prepare a series of lec tures on the subject. I am compelled to my
present attitude by that experience and because I have a long memory and recall with revulsion the dreadful carnage wrought in World War I by the
use of poisonous gas.. Other people, too, re
membered and in the months leading up to World War II the then government ensured a degree of protection for both civil and military populations by the issue of gas masks. I, personal ly, fitted many hundreds of these. Knowing the state of
our preparation, the enemy realised the futility of employing these obnox ious chemicals and, wisely, refrained from so
doing. Let me ask your read
ers for plain and honest answers to four very simple questions: Do they honestly think
that any disarmament treaty entered into by Soviet Russia would be rigidly ahered to in a state of war by that country? Have events in recent
years shown that country to be an honest, trustwor thy and reliable nation? Do they think Russia
would have invaded Af ghanistan had that unhap py country been in a posi tion to employ the nuclear deterrent? Do they consider that
America and Britain would have instituted the atomic bombing, of Hiroshima if Japan had been able to reply in kind on London and New York? I suggest that even a
perfunctory study of modern history compels the answer “No” in every instance. And, sadly, however much we would wish the contrary, we cannot trust our neigh bours. Thus, with a true and
sincere abhorrence of every form of warfare, for the safety and future of my fellow men and all I love and care for, com- monsense dictates my present attitude. History and experience
compels id e a l is t s to become realists.
JIMMY FELL, 7 Limefield Avenue, Whalley.
Lovely grub
AS a result of Mrs Harri son’s letter on school m ea ls , I v is i te d St James’s CE Primary School last week to see at first hand what the chil dren had for lunch. The meal consisted of
two sausages and chips, followed by apple crumble and custard. Without ex ception, the. children ap peared to be perfectly happy with their meal and, to my mind, it con stituted excellent value for money, as well as being perfectly adequate nutritionally. . I think Mi’s Greatorex
and her ladies in the can teen should be congratu lated on their efforts,, and certainly, by the use of such a d je c t iv e s as “super,” “smashing” and “great," the children left me in no doubt as to their views of school dinners.
COUN. DAVID COULSTON,
“Heatherlea,” 5 Springs Road, Longridge.
Renounce horrific weapons
THE Clitheroe Consti tuency Labour Party tot ally supports the views expressed by your corres pondent from the C lith e r o e CND and Clitheroe One World Group condemning the fai lure of the Ribble Valley Council to designate this area a nuclear free zone. The Clitheroe Labour
Party is affiliated to Labour Action for Peace, whose policy is to oppose the siting of Cruise mis siles on British soil and the purchase of Trident, and to resist any increase in arms expenditure. Talk of peace without
action to achieve it is empty rhetoric. Talks on multi lateral disarma ment, despite years of discussion, have not re sulted in the laying down of a single rifle. The first step back from
the brink must be the re nunciation of horrific weapons of war which pose as great a threat to those who accommodate them as to those at who they are targeted. Only a Labour Govern
ment will take this step. That is why we invite those who support the policies of CND to join us, to work to ensure that the next Labour Government carries out these policies. On Friday, March 13th,
the Read branch of the Clitheroe Labour Party is showing the film “The War Game” at the Read United Refoimed Church. We invite all your readers to support us at that meeting.
ALAN BARTON, Press Officer, Clitheroe Constituency Labour Party, 18 Jubilee Street, Read.
Quiet area again
ON behalf of the resi dents of Chester Avenue, I would like to express gratitude to the council lors and all who sup ported our campaign to stop the parking of lor ries in this area. The closure of the
lorry park has re-estab lished Chester Avenue as one of the quiet resi dent i al areas
of
cerned, including the Advertiser and Times.
JOHN BROWN, 59 Waddington Road, Clitheroe.
HIGHER RATES
FAT cattle were in demand at Clitheroe Auction Mart on Monday at higher rates than last week. Sheep again found a brisk demand and
were.also up in price.
374 sheep forward. Light steers made to 92.8p
There were 72 fat cattle and
per live kilo (average 87.4p), medium to 91.2p (86.5p), heavy to 8G.2p (85. Ip), light heifers to 85.2p (82.8p), medium to 87.2p (82.6p) and heavy to 84.4p (80.4p).
79.2p, steers to 88.8p (86.op) and calf bulls to 92p (88.8p).
Uncertified heifers made to
(156.29p), standard to 166p (162.35p), medium to 161p
Light hoggs made to 178p
(151p). ' Horned ewes made to £17
(£14.10), half-bred ewes to £30 (£24.20) and horned rams to. £20 (£17.30).
Pendle Club
WINNERS at Clitheroe’s Pendle Club bridge ses sion were Mr T. Adey.and Mr J. Harrison, Mrs R. Pye and partner.
MORRIS MEN’S TOUR
CLITHEROE Morris Men will be making their first tour of the year on Saturday.
The dancing will be - in
Clitheroe and invited guests will be ladies' group “Country Fayre.” They will meet at the
or condensed at the Editor's discretion.
par park near the Castle museum at 10 a.m., and
will be dancing at Castle- gate (10-15), the market (10-30), New Inn (11), Starkie Arms (11-30).
After lunch at the Vic
toria Hotel, they will con tinue in Market Place d p.m.), Dog and Partridge (1-30), Swan and courtyard (2 p.m.).
Royal
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TOP TWENTY c m l iv in g
(2) “Vienna” — Ultravox. (1) “Woman” —John Lennon. (3) “Shaddup you face” —Joe Dolce. (5) “I surrender” — Rainbow. (7) “Oldest Swinger in town” — Fred Wedlock.
8. (14) “Rock this town” — Stray Cats. - 9. (9) “Antmusic” — Adam and the Ants.
10. (8) “Rapture” — Blondie. 11. (12) “Romeo and Juliet” — Dire Straits.
12. (11) “Don’t stop the music” — Yarborough and Peoples.. .
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13. (17) “We’ll bring the house down” — Slade. 14. (16) “A little in love” .— Cliff Richard. 15. (13) “Fade to Grey’.’ — Visage. 16. (6) “Imagine” — John Lennon.
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17. (19) “Sgt Rock is going to help me” — XTC. 18. (15) "Young Parisians” — Adam and the Ants.
'19. (28) “Message of love” — Pretenders.
20. (39). “Do the hucklebuck” — Coast to_Coast. National placings are in brackets. Tip for the toj
: “Fawlty Towers — Second Sitting.” Chart compiled by Ames Record Bar.
“Bye, - bye, now” —i. Leo Sayer, LP of the wee -
fk:
(4) “In the air tonight” — Phil Collins. (10) “Return of the Los Palmas 7” — Madness.
Clitheroe. Thanks to all con
Working at the
records office
AN insight into local his tory was given to mem bers of Clitheroe Sorop- timist Club by Mrs L. Hall, of the Lancashire County Archivist Records Office. P r e s id en t Miss K.
Hanson introduced Mrs Hall, who described the work of the office, consist ing of cleaning, repairing, sorting and cataloguing documents for preserva
tion. It is open to the public
for the inspection of docu ments and people can trace their family trees, properties and the history of buildings. Mrs Hall brought sever
al ancient documents which related to local his tory, including the ear lie s t Parish Register s ta r t in g in 1570, a Clitheroe weaver’s diary of the 18th century and an old engraving of a print of Clitheroe Castle dated 1727. She also showed details
of the 1659 quarter ses sions relating to the Poor Law, when some of the poor were petitioned to move to Chipping. Mrs Hall was thanked by Miss M. Dutton.
Three-year
*; ban for ‘depressed’ driver
FOR driving a car with excess alcohol in his blood, James Hodges, lodging at the Brown Cow, Moor Lane, Clitheroe, was fined £100 and disqualified from driv ing for three years by the town’s magistrates.
He was also ordered to
pay a doctor’s fee of £18.30 and £5 costs.
For failing to produce
test certificate he was fined £5.
prosecuting, said ■ that Hodges (49), had 295mg of alcohol in 100ml of blood, the prescribed limit being 80mg.
Mi’ Graham Gertson, Hodges said he had bor
rowed a friend’s car to go to look for a job down south. He had had a lot to drink as he was depressed at being unemployed. He had been unable to pro duce a test certificate for the car as his friend was a shift worker and he could not see him.
Chimney fire
C L ITH E R O E F ir e Brigade quickly dealt with a chimney fire at a house in Garnett Road in the town and little damage was caused.
Charities benefit
TWO local charities are now £75 better off, thanks to' Clitheroe Chamber of Trade. Representatives of the
Ribble Valley Talking N ew sp ap e r and the Meteor Club received che ques from Chamber of Trade president Mr John Robinson during a break in last week’s, executive meeting. ' Mr Robinson said both
HOST of money-raising events are being
organised to help send Clitheroe couple Tom and Marina O’Neill on a dream holiday
Switzerland. Mr O’Neill, of Union
Street, who is legless, and his wife Marina, an in valid, have never been abroad together. But all that will change
— hopefully at Easter — thanks to the Across Appeal Team of young people at Calderstones. They are busy raising
funds to enable the O’Neills to travel to Swit zerland in a specially equipped giant ambu lance, known as a “Jum- bulance.” Two workers at Calder
stones, Mr Bob Kay and Mr Tony Wilson, are al ready making their con tribution to the appeal. They are taking part in
a sponsored slim, aiming to lose two stones apiece. They have an added in centive to fight the flab, however, for every time they gain a pound in weight they will have to pay a cash forfeit out of their own pockets. Also b o o s t in g the
appeal will be the pro ceeds of a grand bingo e v en in g held at Clitheroe’s Royal British Legion Club, Whalley Road, on Tuesday. .. Another effort is a dinner dance at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Sawley, a week tomorrow (8 p.m. to 1 a.m.) with tickets priced at £7. Events in March in
clude: a film of previous Across Appeal holidays showing at the Catholic Club, Clitheroe, on March 1st; the Jumbulance open for inspection on Clitheroe market and a coffee morn ing in the Mayor’s Parlour on March 7th and, the following day, a giant antique fair in Calder stones ballroom, to be opend by an as yet un named celebrity.
Volunteers thanked
VOLUNTARY organisa tions at Calderstones Hos pital, Whalley, were thanked for their help at a reception given by the hospital authority. Fifty-six representa
tives from the organisa tions were welcomed by Mr F. C. Parr, the dis trict administrator, who had a chance to thank them for their help before he retires at the end of the month. A buffet supper w
served. Adventure
WALT DISNEY’S “The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark,” an adventure set in the South Pacific islands, comes to Clitheroe Civic Hall next week.
It stars Elliott Gould
and Genevieve Bujold. An added bonus for cinema fans are matinees on Wednesday and Thursday starting at 2-15 p.m. The evening show, between Monday and Saturday, starts at 7-30 p.m.
UNDER the Deer Act, 1980, anyone shooting wild deer of any species anywhere in Britain must have a game licence, Mr G. K. Whitehead told the Bowland Deer Manage ment Society.
The only exception is
the killing of deer on en closed land by the owner or occupier or someone with his permission.
Mr Whitehead, who
was reporting on the pro visions of the Act, which came into force last November, said a game licence authorised the holder to sell venison to a game dealer.
A dealer’s licence can
be bought at the Post Office, but permission to hold one has first to be obtained from the local council.
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