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Blinkered and erroneous


YOUR correspondent R. Hayhurst, of Hol­ combe (letters, March 12th) is fully entitled, of course, to like his hilltops crowned with man­ made structures, although I find his attitude more aligned to the thinking of 1887 than to that of 1987.


had not gone into print expressing such blinkered and erroneous views as to the reasons for the volume of opposition to the Pendle cross application — thank­ fully rejected unanimously b y t h e P l a n n i n g Sub-committee. The objections, sir, have


I wish, however, that he


might be interested to le a rn how we w e re described, in a printed statement, by the cross’s proposers at the meeting in Sabden which received front-page treatment in your edition of March 5th. Like your correspon­


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sub-committee deserve our heartfelt gratitude for th e ir uncompromising stance on this issue and I thank them for defeating so comprehensively such an unhappy proposal. Residents of our district


no more to do with athe­ ism than the Nick of Pen­ dle has to do with Chris­ tianity. They are about aesthetics and the protec­ tion of a unique and much­ loved environment, con­ cepts clearly supported by the North East Lancashire Structure Plan, the Forest, of Bowland Statement of Intent and the RVBC’s own outline objectives. The planning officer and


Clitheroe LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


‘Buck passing’ on litter problem?


IT is not just for the sake of tourists that Clitheroc’s litter problem needs to be tackled. The residents themselves, the majority of whom do not drop the stuff, are quite understandably getting fed up of see­ ing the local environment becoming more and more strewn with rubbish with nothing apparently being


done about it. It seems to me that here is a case of adminstrative


“buck passing”. The cleanliness of the whole of the Ribble Valley is primarily the responsibility of the Ribble Valley Borough Council which has chosen to delegate the task to Lancashire County Council. There is a minimal level of general street cleaning


sent Clitheroe regularly point out that there is a litter problem but the out-of-town members who form the majority clearly do not appreciate the fact and choose to do nothing to alleviate it. The buck is then passed to the town council,


where at least a dccsion was recently taken to employ a mechanised pavement cleaner from April 1st. But this alone will not solvc the real problem. The evidence of gross neglect lies in the hedgerows


carried out by the county within Clitheroe itself, but it is obvious that much more needs to be done. At district council meetings the councillors who repre-


Hope litter lout reads this


ON Sunday morning, while upstairs, I saw a car come up Chatbum Old Road onto the lane lead­ ing to Tarmac quarries and car park. I could not see the re g is tra t io n number, but a man got out and tipped a bag of


We live on an industrial estate, yes, but not a tip. I ’ll be watching more closely next time he comes.


rubbish on the side. I hope he reads this.


OBSERVER.


on the approach roads to the town. One only needs to walk along Edisford Road to sec the appalling amount of rubbish which has accumulated in the hedgerow on the northern side of the road. No amount of mechanised street cleaning will


remove this, nor will an appeal to residents to tidy up their own patch. The patch I refer to is “no man’s land”, yet it is looking more and more like an over­ spill of the Hcnthorn tip and will be enough to deter any but the most unobservant visitor from treating our town with the respect it deserves. The fault for all this rubbish lies with the minority


who drop it. (Arc the police turning a blind eye?) The responsibility for clearing up the mess must lie with somebody; it cannot just be left there for ever. Is it not high time that the Ribble Valley Borough


Council members realised that the buck stops with them?


DAVID J. BUTTERWORTH “High Close”, 72 Fairfield Drive, Clitheroe.


22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) Support move


for fitting memorial


ON Saturday, March 28th, the Clitheroe Civic Society is holding a coffee morning at the United Reformed Church. The proceeds are to go towards the setting up of a Stanley Westhead room at the museum.


Clitheroe-bom Stanley Westhead contributed


much to the community life of the town through Rotary, Scouting and the Civic Society, where he was a founder member and its first


Peace, was a noted local geologist and historian and towards the end of a full life a valiant work­ er for the Hospice movement.


president. He served for many years as a Justice of the


before he died, he was sharing his enthusiasm and extensive knowledge of geology at a practi-, cal workshop for young people, held in the


It was typical of him that, less than a month


and organisations will wish to be associated with the idea of a Stanley Westhead room at the


museum. The Civic Society feels that many local people


museum. We therefore ask for your support at the cof­


fee morning and the society would be grateiul for donations from those who would like to con­ tribute but are unable to attend on the day.


BOB JONES, Press Officer,


Civic Society


STRONG OBJECTION TO SPEED LIMIT


I AM writing to object most strongly to Billington Parish Council even considering that the speed limit at Billington be reduced to 30 m.p.h. Given the road conditions, this is an extremely irresponsible request.


From reading the article


in the “Advertiser and Times,” it would appear that this request has been sent by someone parking on one of the estates, who washes to park on the main road. May I point out that


“parking on the highway” is illegal, wherever it takes place.


May I also say that, in


my considered opinion, to ask that the speed limit be changed for ALL road users who drive along that road, to accommodate one person who wishes to park without lights, makes one question the credulity of the parish council. If you choose to haveji car, you ensure that you


have the facilities to garage that car or comply with the rules of the high­ way — not ask that all other road users convene to accommodate you and your car.


MARY JACKSON, 108 Pasturelands Drive, Billington.


dent Mrs D. Barrow, I too had difficulty in reconcil­ ing the content of the news report with what I heard at the actual meet­ ing; as a native of Clith­ eroe, who has spent his whole career living in and serving the community, I particularly resented the reference made at the meeting to “ . . . the empty lives of 20th-cen­ tury Lancashire man" and forcibly expressed my views on this uncalled-for and insulting comment. Are we Lancastrians


really an insen sitive agglomeration of atheists, I wonder? D. G. TRIMBY,


,8 Eightacre Avenue, Sabden,


Ignored view of the Alliance


I MUST call into question the objectivity of your report of the Ribble Valley Borough Council Budget meeting.


introduction to the Budget by th e C on se rv a t iv e leader. You gave equal prominence to the lengthy criticism by the Labour representative, but you totally ignored Alliance comments.


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tulated the leader of the council on the good things in h e r s tatemen t. I expressed pleasure that there had been second thoughts about the cost of bus passes and that these were now to be reduced from £4 to £3 and hoped for further reduction at a later date. This is a matter which I had pressed for in committee. I pointed out that dur­


In my speech I congra­


ing each of the last four years I had supported unsuccessful amendments for a two pence reduction in r a te s ,


very unsatisfactory situa­ tion, receiving little back­ ing from the Ribble Valley Council and I moved an amendment that an addi­ tional £15,000 be paid to th e c ou nt y f or an


improved service. The amendment was unsup­ ported by Conservative, Labour and Independent members. COUN. HOWEL JONES, Ribble Valley Council.


Team effort raises cash for missions


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Continue the


crusade


IT was very reassuring to read one plaintive plea in support of a cross on Pen­ dle Hill and I hope that in spite of the Philistine pro­ test expressed in some previous letters, Fr Leon Morris will continue to crusade for his cause. Shrines and crosses con­


tribute intrinsically to the beauty of the countryside in the lands of our Conti­ nental neighbours — why should the Ribble Valley be denied th is same adornment? R. PARKER, 7 St Chad’s Avenue, Chatbum.


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Blow to head leads to


man’s death


t-HIRST Green man Mr James Crotty slithered to the floor several times during a night out in St Peter’s Catholic Club in the village, before falling backwards from a bar stool and knocking his head, a Southport inquest was told.


Woodfields, broke his neck during the course of the evening and died live days later, after being transferred from Black­ burn Royal Infirmary to the spinal injuries unit at Southport’s Promenade


Mr Crotty (62), of


Hospital.Coroner Mr Gordon Glasgow recorded a mis­ adventure verdict. Ac­ cording to pathologist Dr Frederick Crowley, Mr Crotty sustained a broken neck at some time during the evening of January


16th.


ever, that it was unlikely that the fall from the stool caused the injury. It was more l ikely that Mr Crotty had taken a blow to the front of the head, possibly caused by falling forward on to something


Dr Crowley said, how­ . , ,


soft. At the inquest, Mr


Crotty’s brother William, of Bilsberry Cottages, Avenue Road, Hurst Green, recalled the night of the incident. “He was making groan­


ing noises so we decided to take him home.” At home, where Mr


Crottv shared a house with friends Brian Marley and Dennis Plumber, he was left on the coach be­ cause no-one could ge.t him to his bedroom. The following morning


Mr Plumber was awoken by shouts for help.


the couch in the living room and he complained of feeling cold. He asked me to help him sit up, but he screamed out in pain," said Mr Plumber, who then called a doctor. Mr Crotty was found to


“I found him lying on


be suffering from hy­ pothermia and taken to Blackburn Royal Infir. mary.


Machinery


MEMBERS of Clitheroe YFC met at Econ-Atkin- son for a talk and demon­ stration on farm machin­ ery. Mr R. Kirk and Mr S. Thompson were thank­ ed by Brent Stansfield and Keith Roberts.


meeting will feature a talk on vintage tractors by Mr Richard Dugdale at Pend­ leton, starting at 7-30 p.m.


Ne x t Wednesday' s Fire damage


TWO Clitheroe engines attended a greenhouse fi re at Rock House, Church Street, where there was slight damage to a paraffin heater and panes of glass.


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New trophy for Reebok road race


MORE than 800 runners are busy polishing up their technique for Sun­ d ay ’s Ribbl e Val ley Reebok 10-mile road race, setting off from St Paul’s Church, Low Moor, at noon. For the first time,


new trophy will be pre sented to tne first Clayton Harrier home. It has been


tragically killed on Glen­ coe last year. Ribble Valley Mayor


tephen Brady, a runner


increasing reserves and the repairs and renewals fund. The accumulated total of such reductions would' have amounted to the approximate cost of the new Civic Suite. I have consistently sup­


ins t e ad of


ported the library/civic suite development, but thought it would have been better to have stated from the beginning why the extra two pence rate was being put on one side I p l e a d e d for open government. Finally, I considered the


Coun. John Walmsley will fire the starting gun and present the prizes at Roefield Barn at about p.m. All proceeds wall go to the Mayor’s charity the British Heart Founda tion. Organisers have been


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sum of £57,000 which the Ribble Valley Council intends to pay the county for street cleaning to be entirely inadequate. I mentioned the many


various bodies which had tried to improve upon the


THE wife of a former Whalley minister, Mrs Ann Joselin, returned to the Clitheroe Methodist Circuit to open a suc­ cessful missionary market a t Trin i ty Methodist Church on Saturday. It raised £245 for over­


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seas missions, thanks to a “good team effort” by all the circuit churches, said Supt Minister the Rev. Jim Needham. The opener, wife of the


Rev. Eric Joselin, now in Rochdale, was introduced by Mr Needham’s wife, Yvonne, who chaired the opening ceremony. Before brisk trade took


Brighter trade


at mart


THE week set off in bright fashion for Clitheroe Auction Mart.


Bulls sold well to 125p for a


Charolais from B. Breaks and for a Belgian Blue from K. Gomall. Limousins topped out at 119.4p from J. Morphet, Herefords to 108p from Messrs


Nuttall. Sound trade continued in the


place on the stalls, manned by representa­ t i ves of the var ious churches, a first-class pro­ gramme of entertainment was provided by Wadding- ton Methodist Church Choir, Charlotte Pomfret (guitar and songs) and Justine and Alison Hail­ wood (piano and violin). Mrs Joselin (right) is


pictured with guitarist Charlotte, Mrs Needham ( l e f t ) a n d o t h e r entertainers.


Cinema


TWO Oscar winning stars combine with an Oscar winning director to pre­ sent “Heartbeat,” starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson, at the Civic Hall Cinema, Clitheroe, from tomorrow. On April 4th, there is a


graded section with steers top­ ping at 104.2p for a medium weight Charolais from J. Mor­ phet and light steers at 101.8p from K. Hopkins.


again from Charolais, this time from T. and J. H. Wrennall. Medium weights, however, finished at 95.4p.


Cows were again in demand


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