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A LONE voice was heard at the end of a packed, stormy public meeting which saw Barrow residents clos ing ranks to oppose new plans for the vil lage’s former print
Heather Jackson, who courageously stemmed the
works site. It was th a t of Mrs
parish council chairman Mr Albert Fenlon deftly brought the meeting to a close — but not before Kibble Valley’s director of development and client services. Mr Philip Bailey, who was subjected to a b a r rag e of c r i t ic ism throughout the evening, appealed to the 150 resi dents to look again at the proposals constructively. Monday night’s meet
tidal wave of protest to speak in favour of aspects of the development. Following her remarks,
ers’ fears of additional traffic, noise, pollution and speculative development. It also demonstrated,
•lT'/e-acre site have been submitted by London-
and a number of people went home before the meeting started, unable to find room, as residents packed the tiny school hall, corridor and adjoin ing rooms. Outline plans for the
albeit unintentionally, the need for a village hall. Every seat was taken
LAURA’S winning design
based developers Pilot Properties Ltd.
vide office and light indus trial accommodation, a hotel and business centre, plus housing for key workers. The parish council has
already lodged an objec tion to the plan. Ribble Valley Council
The scheme would pro
Oldest car in RAC Rally
CLITHEROE rally co driver Bill Honeywell will be competing in this year’s Lombard RAC’ Rally — in the event’s oldest car.
representatives Mr Bailey and Mr Stuart Bailey, the principal planning officer, were asked to explain why the authority had deviated from original proposals for the site, where a single user had been specified. Accusations that resi
Cressey, from Long Preston, he will be ral lying in a 1980 Vaux-
With driver John
hall Astra in the up to 1300cc Group A class.
dents had been “misled’,’ by the local structure plan were levelled at the two officers. Objectors pointed to an increase in the area of the development site and said they had missed
attracts a lot of com petitors, but the duo remain confident and are hoping for a top three finish.
T h i s c a t e g o r y
books and maps in preparation for the famous rally.
Motor Club member, is currently studying road
Bill, a Clitheroe
ing, called by the parish council, highlighted villag
STORMY MEETING OPPOSES PLAN FOR THE PRINTWORKS
presentation, villagers Michael Echvardson and Julie Perkins, of Cockerill Terrace, demonstrated the impact the development could have on the village. Traffic, parking restric tions, loss of property
stones are ready made for a development of this kind,” the couple told the
value, structural damage to terraced homes and a request for access to the site to be made from the bypass were emphasised. “Brockhall and Calder-
out on the chance to com- m e n t a t th e r e c e n t inquiry. In a carefully-prepared
by VIVIEN MEATH
meeting. “Single block b u ilding s , roads and houses are available on these sites. There is lots of room on the Salthill and Up Brooks industrial estates. If there is all this industry waiting to flood the printworks site, these sites would be full." In reply, Mr Philip Bai
chartered town planner, spoke on behalf of several residents opposing the scheme and said the appli
ley said there was not much land available. Mr Roger Foreman, a
was opposed to any increase in traffic, she was expressing the views of many local people in wel coming aspects of the development in Barrow, where she had lived for 30 years. “There are a lot of us
a close, Mrs Jackson spoke out. Stressing that while she
cation bore no relationship to what was shown in the local plan. Justifying a refusal would be “an easy task,” he claimed. As the meeting drew to
Jackson was congratulated by a number of local peo ple for making her stand. A former employee of
who are in favour of some thing like this. All the opinions tonight seem to have been n e g a t iv e , although there are some positive thinkers in Bar- row. Some of th e s e proposals are not too bad.” After the meeting, Mrs
the printworks, she said Barrow had become “not a v i l la g e , b u t a ro a d between Whalley and Clitheroe,” adding: “This would secure the future of our school, our traders and our children. There might
OFF to York Minster to see the Queen on Friday was Clitheroe Royal Grammar School pupil Laura Smith.
Date with the Queen
P a t r i c k Avenue, Read, designed one of the hand-carved ceil ing bosses for the newly-restored south transept of the Min ster, badly damaged by fire four years ago.
L a u r a (13) , of
media, the Ribble Valley schoolgirl answered the Queen’s questions and pointed out the location of her prizewinning design.
In front of the world’s
Primary School pupil entered the Blue Peter children’s TV programme competition several years ago — and, to her sur prise, she won. Her design depicting the red and white roses of Lancashire and Yorkshire surrounded by flames and titled “The Rose Window Survives the Flames” was selected from more than 30,000. Meeting Royalty is
The former Read CE Thieves busy
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No danger posed by ICI leak
A POSSIBLE leak of highly flammable ethylene gas from Clitheroe’s ICI plant posed no danger to the public, local residents have been assured. Police and fire crews were called in as a precau
tionary measure, but left after it was confirmed that no hazard existed and no evacuation action was necessary. Said works manager Mr Martin Hill: “ICI owns and
operates a pipeline which carries ethylene gas and passes through the Clitheroe factory, where we com press and boost the pressure of the gas. “The pipeline control centre is in Wilton, in the
superintendant was summoned from Runcorn to assist personnel investigating the matter. We will have to excavate round the valve to discover why a malfunction has been indicated.” Although flammable, ethylene is non-poisonous and
North East, and they had an indication that a valve had malfunctioned within the Clitheroe factory. “We could not detect any leak and the pipeline
becoming'll way of life for Laura, the daughter of Dr and Mrs Martyn Smith.
A year ago the Queen
Mother travelled to the Minster to look at renova tion work and during the visit Laura presented her with a replica of the boss she had designed.
sister Rowena (11) and parents spent several days in York, a c ity th ey already know well. Mrs Betty Smith was born there and Laura’s grand parents still live in the city.
Last week, Laura, her
was my design and where it was on the ceiling,” said Laura. “I pointed it out. She seemed very pleased; she was smiling all the time and said, ‘Yes, it’s really nice.’ I was very excited.” A final surprise during
Laura’s day came while chatting to a lady-in-wait-
service of rededication in the morning and Laura’s big moment came in the afternoon when, along with other prizewinners from the programme and Biddy Baxter — a name synonymous with Blue P e te r — she met the Queen and the Duchess of Kent. “The Queen asked which
The family attended the
ing to the Queen, who asked her where she came from.
lage near Clitheroe and she told me that she came from Downham.”
able to relive her memora ble day again when Blue Peter filmed part of the ceremony.
On Monday, Laura was
LAURA with the winning designs now adorning the oak beam in the south transept
Action on area’s worst blackspot
mattresses and ovens in someone e ls e ’s b a c k y a r d — but
environmental health and h o u s in g o f f ic e r , Mr Richard Isherwood, has called “time” on the illegal tipping. The site in question is a
culprits are not towns folk clumping their old
farmers. Now Ribble Valley’s
A R UB BI S H dump in the heart of the Ribble Val ley countryside has been branded the worst local beauty blackspot. What’s more, the
‘We’ll clean it up,’ say the Scouts
“Lancashire County Coun cil is trying to achieve some cleaning up of sites throughout the county. We were asked to put forward suitable areas. Several are industrial and
deep, access by foot is vir tually impossible and the proliferation of unsightly rubbish co n s t itu te s a danger. Says Mr Isherwood:
in-hand, but we felt the one at Holden deserved action.” Mr Isherwood said the
clough had become a receptacle for rubbish dumped by local farmers
for years and years. The owner had been ashamed of it for a long time. “It is very difficult to
get at, as there is a drop of 40 to 50ft,” he explained.
Scouts in their onerous task, Mr Isherwood has
To assist the Venture
asked local people for help in locating the where abouts of any old cane bas kets, around 3ft Gin square and 3ft deep, which were used in cotton mills.
ideal for lowering into the hollow to load rubbish.”
“One of those would be
eyesores which are a blot on our rural landscape? Drop us a line and we will pass on the details to the Ribble Valley Council.
© Do you know of other
junk into what was once a picturesque ravine. Now Clitheroe and Dis
clough at Holden, near Bolton-by-Bowland. It is privately owned by an elderly resident, who is unable to stop the culprits throwing their unwanted
trict Venture Scout Unit has come to the rescue and members have pledged their help in Ribble Val ley’s clean-up operation. With a lorry, hydraulic
NURSES from Calderstones Hospital were due to go to Burnley General Hospital yesterday to lobby health authority officials over pay regrading.
Angry nurses lobby chiefs
crane and lifting gear and large amounts of determi nation, they intend to restore the site to its for mer beauty. If they succeed, it will
is used as basic raw material for the manufacture of many chemicals.
certainly be a feather in their cap. The ravine is
organised a work-to- rule at Calderstones and Brockhall hospi tals and claim they are receiving support from 1,500 nurses there, including members if the “no strike” Royal College of Nursing.
Union officials have
agreed that staff represen ta t iv e s should go and lobby the meeting of the Burnley, Pendle and Ros- sendale District Health Authority to stress their point th a t psychiatric hospitals have fared much worse than other hospitals in the national regrading.
A mass meeting has JUST FANCY THAT FOR POPPY APPEAL!
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officer of the National Union o f P u bl i c Employees, said: “Our members at Calderstones are upset because they have been awarded the lowest possible pay scale grade.
Mr Neville Davies, area 5 f t . x 7 f t .
really incensed is that our employer, th e health authority, has not been given a free hand to talk to us so we can see what money there is at local level.
“What makes them
“There has been direct political interference from the Government to stop any form of compromise.”
Calderstones, some G75 have been put on the lowest grade with a salary range of £5,000 to £6,300 for a 37'/z hour week.
Out of 985 auxiliaries at
some staff with 25 years’ experience now find that they are receiving only an additional 30p a week, while sisters in charge of four wards at night have found that they have been put on the lowest grades. There has been a large
Union officers say that
DONALD DUCK and Andy Randy were among the characters who took to the streets for a fun run and raised a handsome £350 for the Poppy Appeal.
Twenty-five members of the youth section connected with the Clithcroc Royal British Legion branch completed the course,
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^ Special praise went to Melanie Ridgeway (10) and Sean Thompson (11), who were the youngest participants. “Everyone completed the course and everything went like
which took the runners, some in fancy dress, from St James’s CE Primary School to Edisford, Mitton and Whalley.
clockwork, thanks to the thoroughness of the marshals who manned the route,” said chief organiser Mrs Joyce Bailey.
Mr Keith Evanson and treasurer Mr Stephen McCullough. MThe run was officially started by the Clitheroe Mayor and
Assisting with the organisation were youth section chairman
with the Mayor and Mayoress waiting to send them on their way.
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ayoress, Coun. and Mrs Ian Brown. Our picture shows some of the runners lining up at the start
number of appeals against grading and both NUPE and Confederation of Health Service Employees s ta f f were completely demoralised, they claim. As a result staff were refusing to take on work
previously undertaken by higher grade staff, but vulnerable psychiatric
patients would not be hit, assures Mr Charlie Wil
r
son, branch secretary of the COHSE union.
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“I said it was a little vil
become complacent. “I t’s so easy to say we have- only 4.5% unemployment. We rely on one or two very large employees — Castle Cement, the local ho sp itals and B rit ish Aerospace. The younger element of the population cannot afford to live in the Ribble Valley and this might be an opportunity for people to purchase properties at the lower end of the market.” No date has yet been set
as “a very brave lady,” Mr Philip Bailey said he saw advantages to the scheme. He warned people not to
for the proposals to go before the council’s Devel opment Sub-committee.
be a chance of a village hall; we need some com munity facility.” Describing Mrs Jackson
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THIS was the plan, drawn up by two objectors, which was circulating at Mon day’s meeting. Shown is a proposed roundabout and spur road which local people feel may become a reality if the scheme goes ahead
Family tells of cancer ‘miracle’
CLITHEROE couple Kevin and Karen Shep herd will be telling their story of bravery to give hope to other parents of children suffering from c a n c e r on TV t h i s morning. The Shepherds, whose
form of cancer five days after her birth just over a year ago, will be appear ing on the BBC 1 pro
daughter, Kimberly, was diagnosed as having a rare
.children with terminal ill nesses and the Shepherds, of Derby S tre e t, have
gramme, “Kilroy,” at 9-20 a.m. The programme is about
MP’s takeover concern
RIBBLE VALLEY MP Mr David Waddington has written to the Director of Fair Trading, Sir Gordon Borrie, expressing con cern over the possible takeover of Scottish and Newcastle Breweries by Elders 1XL and the effect it might have on jobs with Matthew Brown. He has expressed the
hope that Sir Gordon will take the view that it would be appropriate to recom mend a referral to the Monopolies Commission.
been invited to appear to tell of th e ir personal “miracle.” After an operation and
before Pendlebury Chil dren’s Hospital completely “releases” Kimberly, but her parents, who also have a son, Keleigh, are now settling down to family life again and happily bringing her up as a normal baby.
treatment, the doctors told the Shepherds that Kimberly’s cancer had receded and she was clear of the illness. It will be five years
Population rising
of 272,000 will rise to 279,000 by the year 2001. The age group 0-14 is expected to show the lar gest percentage increase from 57.000 now to more than 66,000 by 2001.
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THE population of the area covered by Black burn, Hyndburn and Rib- b 1 e' Va l l e y He a l t h Authority, which includes Clitheroe and Whalley, is set to show a steady rise between now and the end of the century, according to figures issued by the Office of Population Cen suses and Surveys. The current population
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