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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1986 No. 5,230


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YOURSELF FRED READ


9 MARKET PLACE, CLITNEROE El. 22562


IT’S time for “action not words” on the at­ mospheric dust prob­ lem which has well and tru ly earned Clitheroe the nick­ name “cement city.”


IT’S TIME FOR ACTION NOT WORDS’ by Alan Barnes


thing for Clitheroe people who are on the receiving end of the fall-out when the wind changes.” Another Ribble Valley


o th e r th an fo rm e r Clitheroe and Ribble Valiev Mayor, County Coun. Leo Wells, who de­ scribes the fall-out from the three abstraction com­ panies, based at the Pim­ lico end of town, as “an absolute disgrace.”


Who says so? None


took some pictures of a cloud from the industrial area which he saw drift­ ing down the valley to­ wards Blackburn on a day which he described as “one which should have had a blue sky every­


County Coun. Wells


where." He told a full meeting


of the Ribble Valley Council that it seemed to him that the management of the companies "couldn't care less” about how much dust was pushed out into the atmosphere and he questioned the effect on people’s health.


He commented after­


wards: "1 feel sorry for people living in Chatburn because they suffer the most with the prevailing


wind canning the dust to­


wards them. “But it's also a bad


councillor, Chris Holtom (Wilpshire) has brought the matter to the attten- tion of the Blackburn, Hvndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority and the Officer for En­ vironmental Health for Clitheroe, Dr Gwynne Williams, is to make en­


quiries. Chatburn CE School


headmaster, Coun. Ted


Boden, has campaigned long and hard for reduc­ tions in emissions from all, abstraction industries in


the area. “ It isn’t just Ribble


Cement, but also Tarmac and Horrocksford Lime Company,” he said.- “Now all three are under con­ stant surveillance from , the public, the Ribble Valley Council and the alkali inspectors.”


Managing director of


Now plan to visit plant


COUNCILLORS decided on Tuesday to arrange to visit the Ribblesdale Cement plant and take a closer look at the dust problems. Members of the Ribble


Valley Council’s Public Works and Health Com­ mittee felt they had not heard all the facts and wished to meet the firm's management, along with the District Industrial Air Pollution Inspector, at the plant. The committee saw a


received correspondence from the council that al­ leged, in effect, that Rib­ blesdale was guilty of in­ efficiency, indifference and negligence. Coun. Mrs Joyce Lil-


bum (Bolton-by-Bowiand) | said the council should not jump to blame Ribbles­ dale for the dust prob- lems.


letter from managing di­ rector Mr Alan Tetlow. In it, he said his firm had


(Clitheroe) agreed and hoped committee mem­ bers would be invited to visit neighbouring plants belonging to the Horrock-1


Coun. Mrs Pat Hall |


sford Lime Company and Tarmac.


Minilink bus service hailed a success


nominal fares of lOp do­ nated to the Clitheroe Mayor's Welfare Fund, extra mini-buses were put on to cope with the in­ creased demand.


special breakfast


V au xh a l l Bigger


.By design.


Better. B v far.


CLITHEROE’S new Minilink bus service was With the half-price


hailed an instant success on Saturday. launch on T u e sd ay ,, a cheque for £53.25 was handed to th e Mayor,


Coun. James McGhie. Ribble's distinctive red,


vellow and white vehicles have received the thumbs- up from local residents.


greaves and Lily David­ son, of St Ann’s Court, were delighted by the ser­ vice and the fact that the fare had also gone down. "We'll use it every day," they vowed, adding that the drivers were very helpful.


Pensioners Edwin Har­


Moor, found the service "superb." "It takes me right to the door,” she idde '


Doris Barnes, of Low


CLITHEROE milk­ man Robin Sped- ding proved he’s "gotta lotta bottle” after his marriage to Olwyn Shaekleton on Saturday. For on emerging


from St P a u l 's Church, Low Moor, after the tieing of the knot by the Rev. Brian Steven­ son, Clitheroe Lion Robin was con­


f ro n te d with a guard of honour comprising several Lions colleagues, all dressed in standard


milkman's uniform and brandishing bot­ tles of prime gold


top! After that grand


surprise, Robin, of Henthorn Farm, and his bride, who formerly lived at Wesley Cottage, Chapel Lane, West Bradford, accepted an invitation to go for a tour round the town aboard a milk float gaily decorated with balloons and “ ju s t m a r r ie d ” signs. That was followed


A spokesman for Ribble


said that the new buses were proving very popu- lar. People had praised their increased frequency and the better penetration of the housing estates, along with the slight re­ duction in fares.


We have received a lot


of favourable comments," he added.


Buyer of Langho Centre


mystery


MYSTERY still su r ­ rounds the future of Langho Centre, following the news that it has been sold by Manchester City Council.


A spokesman for the


council said the pur­ chasers of the 38-aere complex did not want their identity revealing and he was unable to say why, or what their future


been on the market for £750,000, at its peak housed more than 500 epileptics from the Man­ chester area, but closed in


plans were. The centre, which has


198-1. Ribble Valley council


planners have stated that thev would like to see the site used for leisure pur- | poses, but no planning ap­ plications have been made


yet. Speculation was that


the complex was too big for a single use and that individual buildings might be sold off, possibly as homes, with the remain­ der of the site put to mixed use.


FOUR Clitheroe teenagers put on their dancing shoes to help raise money for Manchester Chil- dren's Hospital, which treats scriously-il! local


youngsters. I’artners Vickv Crook and Jason \\ nrcllcworth


(centre), both 13, Karen Wnrdlcworth (15) and Nigel Kirk (19) gave their display of bnllroom


dnneing ns part of n charity concert organised by I I1C IUI1LCI VSIMWS1


Clithcroe Social Club. The concert, which raised £200 for the hospital,


also included performances hv vocalist Norccn Bond nnd impressionist Simon Entwistle. both of


• • Clithcroe, and Grent Harwood vocalist Brian


Eldee.At the end of the concert president Mr Kay Ashford presented the proceeds to a hospital representative. Fronts were boosted by a monster raffle, for which 2S prizes hod been donated by


local business people. "We were highly delighted with the support we


received from the entertainers, businesses nnd other tow nsfolk," said a committee spokesman. The young dancers are pictured with other performers and committee members.


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‘ D e a t h t r a p ’ Ramblers claim lives at risk on Ribble Way


bv furious ramblers. walkers,


STRETCHES of .


. they < 1


the Ribble Way have been described as “d a i _ e i


Instead of being allowed access to the river banks, t


: say, must


country roads. They believe it is only a


matter of time before an accident occurs on the Ribble Way and are cam­ paigning for the Lanca­ shire County Council to alter its route. Mr Malcolm Smith, co­


put their lives at n n n A o c f a fV» o m v o p h u n l f c risk by using dangerous by Peter Bainbridge


seems very strange that we have a beautiful river, yet cannot see most of it and are forced to walk on bu , narrow roads which


ordinator of the Ramblers’ Associations’s Mid-Lanca­ shire “Forbidden Britain" campaign, said that al­ though the county council had the power to make public access orders, more than half of the Ribble's banks between Preston and Clitheroe were still


by a reception at the farm and an evening function at the Three Rivers Caravan Club, West Bradford, where a disco was provided


couple return from a honeymoon in London. Picture: Robin


by Phil Case. Tomorrow the


and Olwyn can only laugh as fellow Lions provide a “seven pint salute" outside St Paul’s.


strictly private. "The ro u te of the


Ribble Way is higgledy- piggledy," he said. "It


are death-traps.” One of tnio problem


sy.


s tre tc h e s is between Stonyhurst and the As- pinall Anns, Mitton. Although the r iver


Clitheroe branch of the Ramblers Association, Mr Frank Parrott, described the road as “very dicey.” "We took a party on the


route and were very pleased when we had finished and could leave the road," he said. "The County Council


banks in ‘ the area are open to the public, the footpath is routed along the mile-long stretch of road because there is no footbridge across the Calder. Cha irm an of the


May be on TV


CLITHEROE'S Meteor Club for the mentally hand­ icapped could be featured in the BBC current affairs


series, “Brass Tacks". Programme officials are considering including footage


of a meeting to highlight the pros and cons of closing mental hospitals and sending residents out into the


community. Reccntlv about 30 members of the club enjoyed a


week's holiday at Butlin’s Holiday Camp, Ayr, though the vacation was not without problems, as two of the three mini-buses transporting members broke down on


the MO. ‘death tran pss” „ ,


Ribble Cement, Mr Alan Tetlow, said it was dif­ ficult to totally eliminate dust. No plant had been developed in the world which was capable of en­ suring that no dust was discharged, but Ribble Cement had the best av­ ailable.


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that can be- discharged is' governed by law and Ribble Cement is within the maximum quite com­ fortably. Certain accusa­ tions of dust clouds are misinformed. The clouds are merely steam,” he claimed.


“The amount of dust


Mr Tetlow also refuted County Coun. Wells' com­


ments and particularly his photographs, which he argued “were not of dust but steam." “County Coun. Wells


was shown round the Ribble Cement plant and also inspected charts from the day he took his pic­ tures," which clearly showed that there was no abnormal discharge ,” added Mr Tetlow.


They’ve gotta lotta bottle Sacking row


at luxury private hospital


A DISPUTE has erupted at the luxurious private Gisburne Park Hospital


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| after the sacking of a “highly qualified para­


medic.”


alleged “incompetent man­ agement of her caseload” — is being backed by the Chartered Society of Phy


The woman fired — for


sio th erap y , which is pressing for compensa­


tion. The society cannot take


the case to"an industrial tr ib u n a l because the woman had only worked at the hospital for five months.


when the hospital sacked the woman for reasons, the society claims, of al­ leged incompetence


The row began in June


says there was no ques­ tion of the woman’s ability to handle her job. It has


However, the society


received supporting let­ ters from her previous


Council drags its feet’ over taxi stands


A ROW is brewing between Clitheroe taxi firms and the Ribble Valley Council over the length of time it is taking the local authority to provide hackney licence stands in town.


Taxi boss Mr Granville


B r i t to n , who ru n s Clitheroe Town Taxis from its Candlemaker's Croft base, claims that the council has been "dragging its feet for far too Tong" over providing


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stands. He feels that his critic­


ism is justified because he has spent in the region of £7,000 adapting three vehicles to conform with the laws of the licence — including spraying them yellow and fitting tripme- ters and roof signs. Mr Britton says that


issued and says that the decision to provide just two stands is farcical, be­ cause of the numbers of taxi firms operating in the borough. He added: “We re ­


quested stands at several places in the town, includ­ ing Booth’s car park, out­ side the Bridge Inn and the Civic Hall, but all that


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the council should have provided stands from the start, in April, of the new law covering provision of hackney licences. He argues that al­


employers and the real reason for her dismissal was her objection to crammed timetables and working on her own too often, when she felt there was a need for more staff.


relations officer, Mr Mike D'Arc.v, has written to the hospital in the hope of obtaining some corrective


The society's industrial


measures. But the hospital is


standing by its decision, stating that there is no­ thing more to say about


Galoshes at the ready


though he is not losing money as a result of the delay, he could have been boosting business. Air Britton’s son, Gary


(2-1), a director of the family firm, is equally dis­ pleased. “I've heard that the stands are to be pro­ vided from the beginning


of this, month, but we haven’t received any notification," he said. Gary is also in the dark


about the numbers of hackney licences to be


the issue. Chairman of the hospi­


talked about providing a footbridge across the Calder and then of rein­ s ta t in g the Hacking Ferry, but both schemes seem to have fallen


through." The Mid-Lancashire


section of the Ramblers' Association is organising a rally at Ribchester on Sunday to protest at the problems on the Ribble


village, ramblers will walk in single file to Ribchester Bridge along the B62I5, which is on the Ribble Way route. They will then split into three groups for rambles of varying lengths, the longest of which will go to Edisford Bridge.


Way. After speeches in the


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tal, Mr Christopher Hind- ley, said that the decision had been made and that was the end of it. He could not comment on the sacking because it was a personal matter, but he dismissed claims by the society that the phy­ siotherapy section at the hospital was poorly staf­ fed and often unsafe.


tion is extremely success­ ful and well run," he said. "Most of the patients and doctors are very happy and I’m sure the consul­ tants would let us know if there were any problems.


“The physiotherapy sec­


standards of safety and would tell us if they felt more staff were needed "


"Our employees have Mr Hindle.v challenged


the society, saying that if it had any worries it should visit the phy­ siotherapy section for a look. “It’s the showpiece | of the hospital," he said.


Smoke damage AN Aga cooker at Higher


| Green Head Farm, Gis- burn Road, Sawley, was slightly damaged bv smoke when it caught fire. Two engines from | Clitheroe attended.


Debbie’s face fits


' nated “Face of the Place” at a Black- bum nightspot. Debbie U » . of


CLITHEROE wait­ ress Debbie Booth has been nomi-


Fairfield Drive, won a magnum of champagne and a £100 holiday, vou­ cher in the compet­ it ion at Black- bum’s Peppermint


Place. A former Rib-


blesdale School pupil, she is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Booth and wohks at the Caifs Head H o te l,


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HAVE your umbrellas and galoshes ready, the Ribble Valley is in for a mild, wet winter. That is the prediction of


renowned amateur weath­ erman William Foggitt. whose detailed forecast for the months up to next March is on display in the Ribble Valley Tourist In­ formation Office. Mr Foggitt, of Thirsk,


makes his forecasts from past records and signs in nature. He expects this winter's weather to follow- patterns set in 1929, when folk took shelter from per­


sistent downpours.


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