Clitheroe i 6 Clitheroe Adveiiiser & Times, February 26th, 1987


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MORE than 140 people jazzed it up at the Swan and Royal Hotel, Clith­ eroe — and in the j)rocess raised over £300 for Clith- eroe Hospital’s Megapulse api)eal!


The jazz night was


organised by Clitheroe Lions, with financial back­ ing from members, the Swan and Royal and Pen- dle Carpets.


(pictured second left) and four friends played to a most appreciative packed house.


Pianist Eric Ainsworth Pictured trying his hand


at a few bars is Lions president Mr David Hep- worth (second right).


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Low Moor man dies in New Zealand


A LOW MOOR man has died while on holiday in New Zealand. Mr Frank Beaumont


(59), of St Ann’s Square, was with his wife Dorothy visiting his brother, Ray and his famiily near Wellington. Mr Beaumont had been


to help establish a road roller section at Atkin- sons. Ho worked there for three years before joining tbe NWWA. Mr Beaumont enjoyed


He moved to the town


there only two days before becoming ill. The funeral service was held in New Zealand. Mr B e a um o n t , a


superintendent with the ETW division of the North West Water Authority, came to Clitheroe from Leeds 11 years ago.


Searching for men


Tony D e w h u r s t as Hobson and the play is being produced by (3ab- rielle Co.x. Stage manager is Graham Cheshire.


THE classic comedy “Hobson’s Choice” is to be presented by Calder- stones Revue and Drama­ tic Society at the hospital theatre on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th. A cast of 12 is led by


sperate for men to join the chonis of “Carousel” which it hopes to present in May. Anyone in ­ terested should telephone Whalley 2421 or come along to rehearsals, which are held every Monday at 7-45 p.m. in the hospital theatre. Teenagers and men will be made very welcome.


The Society is still de­


e.xploratory trip to the South Island before trout fishing in the north. Fish­ ing was one of his great loves.


travelling and had been to Now Zetiland once before. Ho was going to htive an


Delays expected


up the road in certain spots as work on the new Clitheroe relief sewer reaches a climax. A spokesman for Ribble


OVER the ne.xt three weeks motorists can expect hold-ups when using Greenacre Street and Eshton Teirace. For men will be digging


Clithcroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified)


' Justices for Ribble Valley and in my general position as Clerk to all of her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for Pendle and Rib­ ble Valley, I am quite familiar with criticisms ))eople make about magis­ trates and courts.


AS Clei'k to the Licensing


criticisms because almost all of them are made by people who do not know the true facts of a situa­ tion. They do not know because they do not need fo know and usually are merely observers with a very limited knowledge of the law or court related matters.


I normally ignore those


imagine the vast areas of law covered by magis­ trates and their profes­ sional advisers and, unlike


Most of them cannot


In praise of bus drivers


REGARDING your arti­ cle urging motorists to take care when passing horse riders, I am in full agreement with Coun. Mrs S. Maw, of Whalley, but would like to give p r a i s e w h e re i t is deserved.


Valley Council said that although the roads would not be closed, traffic lights would be used and motorists could expect delays.


vers are always courteous to mo when I i-ide out, particularly the new Mini- Link drivers who often meet me on the road, w hether in the town centre, at Henthorn, Chatburn or Low Moor. Their politeness is a credit to their service and our community.


Our dustbin wagons are gi’eat too! “'Thanks, lads.”


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Speaking out


THE number 13 proved not to be unlucky at the Clitheroe Ladies’ and Men’s Speakers’ Clubs joint meeting hosted by the ladies, for that was the number attending.


chaired by Stella Black- bum, whose husband Stan was topics chairman. Win­ ner of the topics trophy was Yoland Marsden.


The m e e t in g was


club, Brian Allison, gave a witty speech entitled “In the name of the law” and ladies’ speaker was Betty Brown.


President of the men’s \


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An invitation for people


to j'oin the speakers is again extended. The next ladies’ meeting is on March 3rd in Low Moor Club, starting at 7-30 p.m.


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The Clitheroe bus dri­


Justices are only applying licensing laws


the people they criticise, are incapable of adopting an objective and judicial attitude.


last week remarking on recent comments of the Licensing Justices for the Ribble Valley. The writer clearly does not under­ stand that magistrates do not make the law, they only apply it.


You published a letter


agree that our licensing laws are in need of revi­ sion. Until they are, the legislation as it stands can only be complied with. To do otherwise would be fos­ tering anarchy.


Few people would dis­


Letters to the Editor


seems to accept that the existing restrictions are there by statute. There is only one way to alter the situation and that is to change the law and only Parliament can do that. Until the Licensing Act


Your correspondent


of the land. His suggestion tha t uniformed police officers should join in out- of-hours drinking sessions can hardly be serious. Should he, as seems to


1964 is altered, Mr Parker may slee]) easy knowing that the police and the courts do enforce the law


be the case, be experienc­ ing difficulty in bujnng a drink to en ter tain his friends outside permitted hours, I hold the licensing registers and can direct him to a wide choice of off- licences which may sell intoxicants from 8-30 a.m. to 10 p.m. — which seems to be quite long enough for most people.


IDRIS J.MOORBY,


Barrister, Clerk to the Justices.


Farming demands long-term planning


Ribble Valley farmers were impressed by his comments, coming in a month when the NFU, at its annual meeting, jiassed a unanimous vote of no confidence in a Conserva- t i v e M i n i s t e r o f Agi'iculturo. Behind this unprocen-


DAVID WADDINGTON’S contribution to the debate on farming, reported in your columns last week, came as little surprise, bearing in mind the old adage that attack is the best form of defence. 1 doubt, however, if the


dented vote lies a series of events, the first being the imposition of milk quotas. Everyone, including farm­ ers, accepted that the problem of increasing milk su rp lu s e s had to be resolved, but the way it was done caused lasting resentment. A similar situation is


Alliance, in contrast, has a policy that balances the needs of farmers with the preservation of our land­ scape and environment, while curbing some of the present incentive to jiro- duce more and more regardless of demand. Our policies for farm


'The SD P / Li be ra i environment at undue


risk. It is time for farmers to


looming over grain sur­ pluses. There is talk of a need to take several mil­ lion acres of land out of production in the next five to 10 years and farmers on marginal and hill land will be worst affected. Politicians must recog­


nise that farming is a busi­ ness which demands long­ term thought, planning and commitment, both personal and financial. The Conservatives,


income support would favour smaller units and those farming the more marginal land. We plan to encourage conservation and low energy input farming. We would also encourage rural devel­ opment to s t im u la te employment in ru ra l areas, without putting the


r e th in k th e i r o f ten unquestioning allegiance to the Conservatives, who have consistently failed to develop a policy with the long persiiective needed in agriculture. If farmers seize the chance offered by an election year to com- Iiare the agi’icultural poli­ cies on offer, I am confi­ dent they will support the Alliance in large numbers.


GRAHAM SOWTER, Vice-chairman, Ribble Valley SDP, 10 Whalley Old Road, York, Langho.


Apologies!


IN my letter last week I inadvertently created the impression that parish councillors, e.g. those who attend Clitheroe Town Council and the four extra ones proposed from certain quarters, were eligible to claim attendance allowances. The true situation is, of course, that only district


however, have a natural aversion to planning and have never developed a long-term policy for agii- culture. Encouragement one year to expand and invest, followed by reduc­ tion in farm support the following year, is neither fair nor sensible and has n a t u r a l l y c r e a t e d resentment.


Agricultural policy shift


needed


I REPUDIATE MP Mr David Waddington’s views on the consequences of the rating of agiicultural land. Labour’s objective is to


bring a radical shift in the nature of agricultural policy. A fundamental first step will aim to introduce


a system of national long­ term progi'ammes for agin- culture and the country­ side with, as their basis, the need to relate produc­ tion more closely to the needs of the consumer to take proper account of environmental concerns and to be sensitive to T h i r d W o r l d considerations. A Labour Government


tural land is just a small part of a comprehensive package of much needed reform designed to bring freedom and fairness to an industry and society which has served this nation with great patriotism in war and peace, now clearly being abandoned in its hour of need by a Conser- v a t iv e G o v e rnm e n t hooked on the horns of a candyfloss manifesto, all puff and wind with little substance to sustain noth­ ing more than a bellyache. The present declared


would seek to ensure that the burdens of agi’icultural support are spread more equitably. The rating of agricul­


councillors and those at a higher level ai'e reim­ bursed for expenses incurred, parish councillors giving their services on a purely voluntary basis. Apologies;-


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S ^ ^ rT T L E , 13 Central Avenue, Clitheroe,


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Other countries better governed


IN order that none of your readers may be mis­ informed by Mr Whittle’s letter last week, I would like to make the following points clear.


tional rep re sen ta t io n being a system found lack­ ing in many Western E u ro p e an co u n tr ie s . Wrong, Mr Whittle, so many European countries choose to elect th e ir g o v e rnm e n ts by PR because it is the only sys­ tem which ensures that each person’s vote counts. In short, it is the only fair system. In contrast, our present


system allows a minority of voters to impose their wishes on the majority and it effectively disenfran­ chises a large number of people by rendering their votes meaningless. For in s ta n c e , in a


national election at pres­ ent, Labour votes in the Ribble Valley count for nothing since the Conser­ vative majority is so gi-eat. A similar situation occurs, of course, for Con­ servative voters in Labour strongholds. It is hardly surprising that so many people rightly feel disillu-


Follow old proverb


I REMEMBER long ago my grandmother quoting an old saying; “If eveiyone before his own door swept, the village would be clean.” If all who are able follow


' RON PICKUP, 9 Lingfield Avenue, Clitheroe.


put Mr Waddington out to pastures new, more that he should become a back­ woodsman in the House of /Lords.


policy of Mr Jopling is likely to result in large tracts of agricultural land being left to the land spec­ ulators and the green belt dodgers with the probable consequences seen in the days of Rachman when market forces alone were left as now to solve the housing problem. The time has come, to


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the dictate of this old proverb, and Mrs Parker’s shining example, our town will be clean.


E. CHATBURN Queens Close, Clitheroe.


TO enable us to in­ clude a wide cross- section of views and subjects in our letters column, correspon­ dents are asked to make their points as briefly as possible aiid certainly no longer than 300 words in total. ,


He refers to proper- sioned by such a system. Mr Whittle goes on to


and indecision” has, how­ ever, been with us in this country for some time. We need look no further than


the two old political par­ ties to find it in great abundance.


MARGARET KELLY, The Old Vicarage, Whalley.


suggest that PR leads to “constant squabbling and indecision.” Wrong again. I must say I have not noticed this as a particular feature of the German, Swedish or French politi­ cal scene. In fact many people would be inclined to think that such countries have been rather better governed than we have over the past 20 years or so, which perhaps explains why their progress has been so much gi’eater than ours. “Constant squabbling


^Jobs for the boys’ idea is naive


IN reply to your front page article “Strangling building trade” in last week’s Advertiser and Times, I find it incredibly naive of Mr Ford to expect the council to operate in a manner which effectively would increase the rale.


As explained by Mr


Jackson, the two contracts were offered for tender and subsequently the lowest tender, 1 assume, was accepted.


contractors based out of town be more competitive than local builders, when they have to bear the trav­ elling expenses from their out-of-town base to the site?


How then can building


ratepayers of the Rihble Valley can be expected to subsidise the non-com|)cli- tivo pricing strategy' of Mr F o rd ’s local building fraternity.


I fail to see how the I appreciate that local


builders are quite capable of carrying out the work, but it must not be forgot­ ten that local government is being pressurised to become more cost effec­ tive and therefore Mr Ford’s “jobs for the boys" is of no benefit to the ratepayer.


BEMUSED.


Defences critically weakened


NO, Mr Waddington, Neil Kinnock and the Labour Party are not prepared to le a v e th i s c o u n t !• y defenceless.


Britain in the 1980s that the party which claims to be for strong defence (Mr Waddington's) governs a country whose defences have been c r i t ic a l ly weakened. The Government has


It is a bitter paradox of


already announced that over the th re e years 1985/86 to 1988/89 defence spending will be cut by six per cent in real terms. Over the same period, spending on non-nuclear defence equipment will be cut by around 30 per cent. I t is an inc red ib le


defence strategy which puts our loved ones, their futures and civilisation itself in constant jeo|)ardy of nuclear annihilation. Britain’s defence policy


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cannot be determined in iso la tio n from other Government policies, 'riic ap p ro a ch which any government brings to defence should be shaped by what it wants to achieve with its economic policy and what perspec­ tives it has on world poli­ tics. The military dimen­ sion has a pla ce in security, and an important one, but it must be kept in its place. Our fore ign policy


o b je c t iv e s a re b e s t achieved through mutual understanding and respect among states, through regional and world eco­ nomic growth, not least among the poorer coun­ tries, and through a deter­ mined effort to wind down the global confrontation between East and West. Our defence policy must


be consistent with these goals. Mr Waddington’s and this Conservative Government’s is not.


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