.Clitheroe AdveHiser and Times, February 26th, 1981 3


The road to ruin


WHAT a fuss people are making over nuclear arms. It is quite obvious that the human race is going to annihilate itself sooner or later.


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seem hell-bent on seeing to it on our behalf. Of course they see to it also that we have far more worrying things to fill our time with — unemploy­ ment, public spending cuts, etc.


The people in power


lear arms will make is that the superior race (the good old give-us-a-slap-on-


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the-back-human-race) is going to kill the earth sooner rather than later. On a more optimistic


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note, however, i t ' will be very consoling to know that if the neutron bomb is used, our lovely new council offices will still be


— well really it is so in­ significant I hardly dare mention it — who is going to pay for it? Because we will all be dead! The dictionary should


left standing in all their glory. The only problem being


The only difference nuc­ I H I


HISTORY shows that governments of nations .need external enemies as a drug addict needs drugs. Normal people, who only want to live and let live, do not. So the answer to Coun.


The deterrent theory is


bound to fail


Fell’s truly simple ques­ tions is that no govern­ ment is to be trusted and they will all pursue any policy they think they can get away with. The vital single issue


for us today is to ban all nuclear weapons from Bri­ tain, for reasons which no thinking person of normal intelligence needs exp­ laining. Petitions are of little


MORE and more people these days just can’t accept the traditional nuclear; deterrent theory as propounded by Coun; Fell — not least because it has no logical conclusion except ultimate failure.


A change sc in theenario


use, except to feed the egotism of ministers. Only votes count. Therefore more to the


point would be a covenant to vote only for candi­ dates who will pledge themselves to reject nuc­ lear arms, regardless of party bosses.


really find a new defini­ tion for CIVILISED — the ability to wipe out one’s enemies at the touch of a button. S. WILSON, Clitheroe.


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or “mutually assured des­ truction” (MAD) has long been a credible argument in the preservation of peace. However, Cruise missiles are deliberately designed to be first-strike weapons. American m i l i ta ry


WHILE accepting the sincerity of Coun. Jimmy Fell’s letter, I cannot help wondering if the technical information h e . possesses includes any detailed knowledge of the Cruise and Pershing II weapon systems. I agree that deterrence


being told that nuclear war is winnable, hence the civil defence pamphlet — “protect and survive” — and the rebirth of CND. This presents an entire­


strategists now envisage limiting a possible nuclear conflict to Europe — the chosen “theatre”. The British public are


ten that NATO is the only military alliance commit­ ted to the first use of nuclear weapons. The NATO catch-phrase is “negotiation from a posi­ tion of strength”. Hence Cruise, the resurrection of the neutron bomb, the ditching of Salt II and Reagan’s posturing on chemical and biological warfare. Yes, Coun. Fell, his­ tory and experience do


ly different scenario from the deterrence strategies of the last two decades. Never let it be forgot­


compel idealists to become VOQ llc fc


M. A. RICHARDSON, 27 St Paul’s Street, Low Moor.


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PLANTS SPEAKER at the after­ noon meeting of Clitheroe Ladies’ Conservative branch, at the Conserva­ tive Club, Castle Street, was Mr George Barker (sen) of Primrose Nurse­ ries. His talk and demonstra­


tion entitled “House plants and gardening” was enjoyed by members and friends. He was intro­ duced by chairman Mrs R. Parsons. Mrs Gill Waddington,


' your bomb” forever or we won’t be able to move for bombs. Someone, sooner or later, is going to try one out and when that happens the rules of the game say we all have to join in.


We can’t go on playing. “My bomb’s bigger, than


Letters to the Editor


Use trust to break vicious circle


gests that it could be America, not Russia, who starts the ball rolling with their very aggressive stance on the relatively minor El Salvador con­ flict, and this doesn’t seem particularly out of character.


■News this week sug­


there is in fact little to choose between the two Superpowers when it comes to honesty, trust­ worthiness and reliability, and I for one deplore the supporting role we are ex­ pected to play as a kind of static nuclear aircraft car­ rier conveniently moored off the coast of mainland Europe, a strategic step­ ping stone which bolsters the military confidence of the fanatic Right, when rattling sabres at the fanatic Left.


Recent evidence shows


valuable training in the horrific effects of nuclear attack on the environment and the individual and our front-line position in any war which might possibly occur, how can he advo­ cate any further develop­ ment of this absurd arms race?


In view of Coun. Fell’s


reported this week as saying that Russia’s inter­ nal economy is in a very bad way, and to be seek­ ing disarmament talks. Surely if they really mean to reduce the threat, the Western powers could be channelling resources into further undermining of the Soviet system rather than the costly production of more lumps of murder­ ous hardware which are intended (so we are told) never to be used.


President Brezhnev was


wife of MP Mr David Waddington, presented raffle prizes and light re­ freshments were served. Miss Mary Dutton, Con­ servative agent, also at­ tended.


ogy, after all; it seems a lot more rational to attack the opponent’s ideas by introducing subversion, disillusionment and finan­ cial instability, than to threaten to blow him to bits. Such underhand methods may not be “cric­ ket” — but then we don’t seem to be too good at cricket at the moment. Who’s for sending Milton Friedman to the Kremlin? Six months of Thatcher


The clash is about ideol­


monetarism would bring them to their knees!


SIMON RICKARD, 19 Bridge End, Whalley.


voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept — if you desire peace, pre­ pare for war. This is abso­ lute nuclear nonsense! The world now stands on the brink of the final abyss. Let us resolve to take all practical steps to­ wards disarmament, to ensure that we do not go ’ over the edge”. Mr Fell says “History


with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our peril, because of the illusions which they have generated. There are powerful


and experience compel idealists to become real­ ists”. Earl Mountbatten — an idealist? Brigadier Michael Harbottle OBE, former British Chief of Staff of all the UN Forces in Cyprus — an idealist? He is the general secret­ ary of the World Disarma­ ment Campaign, which


THE Editor thanks readers for their letters on the , nuclear issue. This cor­ respondence is now closed.


has drafted the petition on disarmament to be cir­ culated to ■ all houses in Clitheroe in the near future. This petition calls on all


b e t te r informed than ourselves and other cor­ respondents on the techni­ cal' and medical aspects of nuclear weapons. So he may be, but o th e rs , better informed even than himself, believe that nuc­ lear disarmament is not only a necessity but is absolutely essential to the world’s survival. Wars cannot be fought


WE are concerned that a fellow Christian, Coun. Jimmy Fell, should state, in his letter supporting Britain’s ' possession of nuclear weapons, that “we cannot trust, our neigh­ bours”. Cannot? Jesus says quite unequivocally “Thou shalt love thy neighbour”. Can Mr Fell, tell us how one can love without trusting? He also claims to be


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protest over cuts


AS head teachers and representatives of a large majority of the teachers in; Ribble Valley schools, we feel compelled to protest publicly at the swingeing cutbacks into the education ser­ vice in Lancashire.


latest savings will cause considerable damage to the education of our chil­ dren in the foreseeable future. Cutbacks, particularly


It is now clear that the


in staffing, maintenance of buildings and school allo­ wances for books, equip­ ment, stationery, mate­ rials, etc., will ensure that standards will fall. Are parents aware that


them will come from other children’s allowances. There is to be no allo­ wance for books and materials of any kind until the April of the year after their admission (i.e. 15 months).'


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this group of children is also to be withdrawn until after they reach the . age of five. On the county’s own fi­


Teacher provision for


from now on, under the latest proposals, children born in May, June, July and August each year trill be educated without any contribution from the county education service? Where they are admit­ ted, the money to sustain


The right place for criticism


IN an account of the last Ribble Valley Council meeting you reported a reminder from Coun. Hairy Riding that “there was a proper time and place for such criticism, particularly during the present delicate staffing review.” As I understand stand­


ing orders, such criticism as has been made of cer­ tain officers at council meetings, has been car­ ried out without those orders being breached. If th a t is so, then


surely the occasion of a committee meeting or council meeting is the only avenue through which such criticism can be made. Thus, it was not correct


for Coun. Riding to imply that it was wrong for cri­ ticism to be raised during council or committee meetings. .1 do not understand the


relevance of his reference to the “delicate staffing review.” In my view the


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that if Afghanistan had p o s s e s s e d n u c l e a r weapons, the Russians would not have invaded. Presumably, therefore, he approves of all nations having nuclear weapons, as we have? What price Iran and Iraa? Secondly, lie calls into


asked four questions to which he said “that even a perfunctory, study of modern history compels an answer “No”! Indeed, it would be a perfunctory study, which would arrive at such simplistic answers to complex questions, some of which are hy­ pothetical anyway! To answer them properly would require more space than is available, but two observations need to be made. Firstly, Mr Fell implies


governments and the United Nations to abolish nuclear weapons, to work toward general disarma­ ment and to divert the funds saved, to world de­ velopment. In his letter Mr Fell


ratepayers of Clitheroe are fortunate in having Couns. Nuttall, Ains­ wo r th , Cowgill and Braithwaite to speak up without fear or favour when they think some­ thing is wrong.


J. L. LUMLEY, Littlemoor House, Clitheroe.


Hands off the Civic


WHAT a terrible sugges­ tion for Coun. Geoffrey Ainsworth .(Clayton-le- Dale) to make about dis­ posing of the Civic Hall. Little usage indeed! We


have good family films every week. It is a clean, well run and comfortable cinema, with reasonable prices. At the drama festivals,


been told that savings made are to cut out waste. Mr A. J. Collier, Chief Education Officer, sta te s in a le t te r to teachers dated February 12th: “It is inevitable, therefore, that further savings will affect the classroom more directly.” How does this support


gures, we believe that the administration side of the education service is not taking a fair share of the proposed, cuts — £80,000 out of a proposed saving of £7,800,000, or one per cent. In the past we have


dn the Castle grounds or Hen th o rn P a rk in Clitheroe, so what makes Brungerley Park so diffe­ rent?' 'One would have


I DO not understand the mentality of Mrs A. Ingham (last week’s let­ ters). She would never dream of riding her pony


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marred by fouled foot­ paths •— not by dogs but by horses. As for the Crosshills part, the paths were deep in mud, not only because of horses, but motor cycles, and there were tracks all over the place. Goodness knows what is


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ROBERT O. JONES, Pendle County Primary. JOHN HINDMOOR, St James CE Primary. BERNARD WARREN, SS Michael and John’s RC Primary. R. HOWEL JONES, Br o o k s i d e Co u n t y Primary. JOHN CAVANAGH, Read CE Primary. H. E. BODEN, Chatburn CE Primary. SYLVIA M. MALONE, Hon. Sec. NUT Ribble Valley Association.


Accessories for flowers


CERAMICS and Italian glass were used as acces­ sories by Mr Hilditch, of Liverpool, in his demonst­ ration to Clitheroe Flower Club on Friday. Roses,' freesia, ger-


beras, iris and enchant­ ment lilies were some of the flowers arranged, along with a wide variety of greenery and plant material from Mr Hil- ditch’s own garden. The meeting was well


attended and thanks were expressed by Mrs M. Heaton. There is a jumble sale tomorrow.


Wins appeal


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• Will it respond to this initiative or hide behind the excuse of not being able to trust the Rus­ sians? Let us hope and pray


week called upon the new American administration to meet him to discuss strategic arms control. Our government needs to be involved.


that our leaders still nave some of that idealism which Mr Fell apparently rejects.


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cial policy is “to bring about disarmament based on security,” and few would disagree with that. But it doesn’t happen be­ cause of fear. Fear is the reason for armaments, and armaments produce even greater fear. The only thing which can break the vicious circle is trust. Mr Brezhnev has this


the West? Our government's offi­


question Russia’s trust­ worthiness. Certainly we have reasons for distrust­ ing them, but have they not reasons for distrusting


at which I have assisted, people have said how lucky we are to have such an excellent th e atr e where teams from other towns can put on good plays to appreciative audi­ ences. Coun. Ainsworth,, we


once had three cinemas in Clitheroe. One is now a supermarket, the other a bingo hall. What, I wonder, will be


the fate of the Civic Hall if that is disposed of? MISS N. BRIGGS, 16 Corporation Street, Clitheroe.


Promise to curb noise


ON behalf of, the Long- worth Road-Sunnyside Avenue Area Residents’ Association, I would like to thank everyone who, in any way, helped in our unsuccessful campaign to stop the , development at the Judge Walmesley Mill. I would also like to


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inform the residents that at a recent meeting, Mr Paul Harrison, of Harri­ son Engineering, stated that he appreciates the residents’ concern and will endeavour to keep noise


A CLITHEROE woman has won her appeal to Preston Crown Court against the decision of the town’s magistrates not to grant an off-licence for her shop in Waddington Road. The application, by


Miss Margaret, Brenda Ha r r i son, who sel ls sweets, confectionery and cigarettes, was rejected by the magistrates, de­ spite the support of a 47- name petition.


the argument of the pre­ sent administration, na­ tionally and locally, that education cuts could be made without reducing educational provision in the classroom? Parents, over to you!


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B I L L IN G T O N and Langho Community Coun­ cil is seeking the support of villagers to raise money to build a hall or commun­ ity centre. At the annual meeting


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