Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 12th, 1987 7 Chtheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified\ 1331 (Classified) m m Letters to the Editor ! f n :*


No thought for other road users


THE other night, at about ~ p.m., we set off along Langshaw Drive, where we live, and turned along Peel Park Avenue to go down Turner Street. Some cars were parked on both sides of the road.


We then drove into


Queen’s Road to find cars parked on both sides of the road from the top right down to the junction.


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when we came back, Brownlow Street was just the same. First of all, I thought it


was an offence to double- park and also an offence to park a certain number of yards from a junction. I don’t want the excuse


that it was a one-off occa­ sion. I have come to the conclusion that the people who go to Ribblesdale Adult Centre at night have no consideration for other road users. What would happen if the emer­ gency services wanted to get past?


ALAN JOHNSON, 35 Langshaw Drive, Clitheroe.


VILLAGE HALL IDEA IS A WINNER


HOW pleasing to read in your paper of January 29th that a meeting was being called for Whalley residents to voice their opinions regarding a village hall. Unfortunately I shall be away, therefore, through the cour­ tesy of the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” I wish to give my opinion. Now about possible


Quite a few years ago I


voiced my opinion, stating then the necessity for Whalley to have a commu­ nity centre in keeping with many other villages, where they catered for all ages — for example, where they hold whist and domino drives. I know that they hold


such drives each week in Whalley, but what is miss­ ing is a hall big enough to hold functions, concerts and dancing. Yes, dancing, because if people, espe­ cially pensioners, attended dances, I am sure they would have a new lease of life, that is if they are fit enough. I shall give you an


example. My wife has arthritis and, if she let it get the better of her, she would, I am sure, be mov­ ing about like a zombie. That applies to many peo­ ple who we know suffer from similar complaints. We have to visit surround­ ing areas to follow our entertainments.


sites. The one I mentioned previously was opposite the grammar school, but alas this is now taken up by a building which resembles a barracks. The other site could be that area where Vale House was in the past. At the moment this is used more or less for dogs to relieve themselves. So where else is there? If, yes it is that word


“i f ’ again, many years ago the parish council of the day had had some fore­ sight, it could have had the old Assembly Rooms if it had 'ventured then with the future in mind. The. reason why a fail-


sized hall is required is the ever increasing population of Whalley.


MRT. G. REYNOLDS, 90 Mitton Road, Whalley.


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Pseudo-historical smoke screen?


CONCERNING the latest act of vandalism planned against Pendle Hill, could it be that your correspondent “Veritas” (Letters, February 5th) has clouded his or her perspectives with a little too much vino?


afford any credibility to the single-track, narrow- gauge views expressed in this letter. “Veritas” pro­ duces a sonorous pseudo- historical smokescreen, 2,000-year-old names dropping as liberally as the litter at the Nick of Pendle itself. I presume the purpose


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o f this effusion is to obscure the fact that a particularly ill-judged planning application is now with the Ribble Val­ ley Borough Council which, if allowed, would permit the construction of a 20ft.high cross on one of the most environmentally critical parts of the Bow- land Forest Areas of Out­ standing Beauty — the Pendle scarp. This impressive ridge dominates our valley, and has, by fortunate chance, survived the centuries of set t lem ent v ir tu a l ly unscathed: even the clear­ ance of the wildwood has, in the event, served a use­ ful scenic purpose. O ur h e r i t a g e is


enhanced by the presence of this high and handsome, long and lonely eminence; its skyline is of altogether exceptional elegance, its colours varied and unfail­ ingly beautiful. I am at a loss to under­


stand how any sentient inhabitant of the area c o u ld p r e s um e to “improve” the prospect by erecting a monolith at one of the most prominent and


scarp and am forced to the conclusion that the cross’s proposer attaches no importance to environ­ mental despoliation, so long as the “presence” of a minority interest (whether you l ik e it or n o t , “Veritas,” that is what it is today) be established. Where “Veritas” and I


do see eye to eye is in regard to the unfortunate precedent on Waddington Fell; here, however, I have to admit that the argument of a notional public benefit does carry a certain weight. But “Veritas” (if one


further railway-derived image might be allowed) goes completely off the rails by assuming that one set of beliefs of values may be thrust willy-nilly at the rest of the community without any ev id ent regard either to the conse-


. quence or to the possibility of causing deep offence to those of other persuasions. I am, at the time of


writing, experiencing a certain difficulty in estab­ lishing the precise stated reasons for the proposed defacement of the ridge; but the reports I have had during the last week from both official and public sources are of such a nature that I dare not repeat them for fear of being accused of having invented them. (I shall merely observe that I would dearly like to exam-


of certain early 17th-cen­ tury ladies of local origins and premature termina­ tions, to see if the inhabi­ tants show any signs of rotating!)


I hope sir, that the plan­


ning department of the Ribble Valley Borough Council is disappearing under a flood of objections to this preposterous proposal.


If, “Veritas,” you are


seriously concerned to enhance the attraction of the Nick of Pendle, then I would be glad to meet you there to demonstrate how this might be accom­ plished. (Please bring your own plastic sacks and shovel).


D. G. TRIMBY, 8 Eightacre Avenue, Sabden.


many to very shortly r e p la c e M a r g a r e t Thatcher — she who must be obeyed — would offer some solace. “ Nobody with a con­


science votes Conserva­ tive.” Obviously I leave it to the readers to draw their own conclusions.


AMUSED.


Cross is a local issue


I AM glad “ Veritas” is incensed by the iron tower ruin o f Wadding­ ton Fell. Had the tower been a stone cross o f similar proportions the result would be still the same — blight o f the environmental outline. The fact that a similar


mess up of Pendle could be so calmly considered, without any concern as to environmental conse­ quences, is damning. At the moment, all


such matters are in the guardianship of the plan­ ning committee and, when the committee meets to discuss this item, I hope that among its members there is not the reincarnation o f a J o s e p h u s t r y in g to detract from the fact that this is purely a Lancas­ trian local and environ­ mental case and has n o th in g to do with ancient Jewish or Roman history. SINCERETAS.


ENVIRONMENTAL VANDALISM


I HOPE that you will allow space for one more letter on the subject of the proposed cross for


Pendle Hill. Lancashire has such a


variety of scenery, from the wild and rugged moors to the pretty streams and bluebell woods, that it is, or was, potentially one of the most beautiful coun­ ties in the country. Much of this beauty was


grievously scarred during the Industrial Revolution


Let’s protect area’s natural beauty


I ALSO was appalled to hear of the proposed erec­ tion of a 20ft. cross on the Nick of Pendle and feel that I must, lodge my objection to the scheme.


No doubt the people


connected with this idea are doing it for what they consider the best of rea­ sons, but are they correct?


Pendle has long been an


area o f ou tstan d in g natural beauty that looks down over the Ribble Val­


ley and, as such, has been enjoyed by people from a wide area who come to visit its wide open spaces and the uninterrupted views of the landscape. So far as I have been


able to discover, there are no religious connections with the Nick of Pendle and I feel strongly that, far from adding to the attraction of the area, it would completely spoil the outstanding silhouette of the hill.


A selection test a nonsense


I HAVE been following the grammar school furore with great interest and some sadness, as another year of 11-year-olds sat the “pass or


fail” test last week. Whatever the education


experts murmur about suitability and selection, this is how the children see it — and, unfortuna­ tely, so do many parents, for the corollary to “gram­ mar school” is, of course, “secondary” in both senses of the word. When one looks at thd


very good external exam- nation results obtained by pupils from Ribblesdale County Secondary School, one realises what a non­ sense it is to separate chil­ dren at 11 who are going to achieve much the same standards of excellence at 16.


)> This is further rein­


forced by the fact that many children from both of Clitheroe’s secondary schools embark on com­ mon sixth-form courses.


Is it really common


sense to condemn over two-thirds of our children as “failures” when the evi-. dence is overwhelmingly to the contrary, and when current limited financial resources could be far bet­ ter employed to benefit all Clitheroe’s children?


JILL HAMILTON, 11 Alderford Close, Clitheroe.


It would also encourage


the hooligan element that already makes its pres­ ence felt by the amount of litter and rubbish depo­ sited on verges and lay­ bys. They are, I am sure, likely to vandalise the cross causing distress to many people. It will certainly be an


expensive project and I would be interested to know where the money is to come from. Surely, if this amount of money is a- vailable, it would be put to better use in providing a regular cleaning arrange­ ment for the area. I understand that the


proposal is due to come before the planning com­ mittee in March and I am sure, if the same idea was proposed for Kirkstone or Honister Pass, or indeed for any other area in the Lake District, public opin­ ion would demand an inquiry. So come on, Ribble Val­


ley lovers, ramblers, naturalists, etc. — protect the natural beauty of your area. We surely have enough man-made objects on our fells already. Make your objections known to, the council and anyone else who will listen before it.is too late, and please don’t be afraid to sign your name to show your vieWs.


MRS DOROTHY


BARROW, 1.Eightacre Avenue, ‘ Sabden. .


but there remains still, even in the heavily built- up areas, pockets of natural beauty to be treasured. Just such a one is Pen­


dle Hill. Its dark and brooding skyline is distinc­ tive and rightly famous. To top it with a gratuitous cross seems to me to be an act of gross environmental vandalism, akin (but far worse) to carving initials upon a tree or spraying graffiti on a wall. Man has claimed and despoiled quite enough of the Lancashire country­ side without defacing the skyline with religious sym­ bols, be they Christian, Moslem, Buddhist or whatever. Pendle Hill is one of the


few places locally where one can distance oneself from man-made reminders of the 20th century. Please leave it that way.


MRS HELEN M. ROBINSON, 16 Westminster Close, Simonstone.


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‘Tricks of political gimmickry’


CAN’T we picture it all in our mind’s eye — Mr Waddington nodding with all his Conservative col­ leagues in blissful acquies­ cence to the mandates of the party.


Or, if he’s not present,


knowing there is a com­ fortable margin of Conser­ vative MPs to do the nod­ ding for him — spending cuts here, spending cuts there, spending cuts here, there and everywhere.


But whoops! Red lights!


Danger! Voting down Lancashire’s educational requirements offends local interests. Votes at stake!!


No panic! Mr Wadding­


ton exercises the tricks of political gimmickry. The columns of your paper swell with vows and reso­ lutions that the interests of his Clitheroe voters — the grammar school — will not be affected. S o m e m a y


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impressed. But I remain VERY UNIMPRESSED.


Worried for


safety


I THINK the roads in Clitheroe are in a very dangerous state for motor cyclists, especially Bawd- lands, which has a very bad camber.


I have four in my family


who have scooters and I worry about their safety on these roads every day. It’s about time the council did something.


WORRIED MUM.


WELL DONE


CONGRATULATIONS to the Ribble Valley Council. A litter bin has now been placed in the passageway between Kirkmoor Road and the railway bridge. Now everyone who walks that path should use it and stop scattering litter.


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