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THURSDAY, MARCH 17th, 1988 No. 5,306 Price 22p


Keeping an eye on cable TV


these facilities to come to our area, but we want to do it in such a way that it does not spoil the Ribble Valley. There is no way we can refuse cable TV, but we want to safeguard ourselves." C o u n . B i l l B o w k e r


lages will not get cable at all. because of the techni­ calities of linking them up. Satellite TV always has the advantage, in my opinion."


Back in use


renewal scheme, was reo­ pened to traffic yesterday. However, the stretch across the front of the Bridge Inn and White­ side’s will remain closed for another week or so.


hriilge Street, which has been closed for about eight weeks during the sewer


CLITHEUOE’S Shaw-


(Chipping) said: “I am sure that we and Lancashire County Council will keep this well under control We either say no. or take it step by step." "In any case, the vil­


cewell (Clitheroe): “They will submit their initial observations on the plan­ ning application for cable and. after proposing to let the contract for cable in this area, they will con­ su l t aga in with the committee." He added: "We all want


the chairman and vice- chairman of the council’s Planning Committee to work in consultation with Borough Planning and Technical Officer Mr Philip Bailey. Said Coun. Eric Bra-


cil’s Policy and Resources Committee decided that a group should be set up to keep an eye on th e scheme, with a view to possible harmful effects. They agreed to delegate


determined that when the new TV service does arrive, it will not spoil the beauty of the area. Members of the Coun­


CABLE television may well be on its wav to the Kibble Valley. But local councilllors are


A CLITHEROE tun- Prisoner in his own home


neller feels a pris­ oner in his own home after contracting a “bone death” disease dreaded by all under­ ground workers.


received up to £100,000 each.


court settlements for col- l e a g u e s w h o h a v e


compensation and is opti­ mistic in view of out-of-


He is suing for massive


mond Cox, of Victoria Street, there is the stark fact that he will never work again after 33


But for 52-year-old Mr Ray­ by JOHN DOVER


incurable disease is some­ thing I will just have to learn to live with. But if any good is to come out of this sorry mess, 1 hope it is that legisla­ tion is tightened up to prevent


years tunnelling in major civil engineering projects all over the world. “ The fact th a t it is an


der jo in ts arc crumbling away, the result of working in c o m p r e s s e d a i r w h i l e


tunnelling. Like divers, tunnellcrs can


it happening to all the other lads doing the job,” he said. Raymond’s hip and shoul­


• Deprived of blood supply, the bod}’ tissue dies, and the only way to avoid this is grad­ ual decompression. A colleague of Raymond’s


cause acute pain and can be fatal.


bis left in order to sign his name. When he walks to the end of the street, his knees grind as though he were walk­ ing on a shingle beach.


who is also affected has a shoulder joint so loose that he has to hold his right arm with


get the “bends,” with nitro­ gen dissolving in the blood and forming bubbles which


necrosis, is progressive, and fo rm e r tu n n e l l c r s a re demanding that the Govern­ ment tightens up operating rules until they are as strict


The disease, called bone


of the most outstanding engi­ neering projects, ranging from the Hartford Tunnel under the Thames to Hong Kong’s Mass Transit system. But he has had to turn down invitations to work on the mighty Channel Tunnel project.


as those for divers. Raymond has been on some


tell-tale signs, which arc often attributed to rheuma­ tism. He continued working in pressurised conditions for years, but problems arose after the Hartford Tunnel work in the 1970s.


No-one told him about the


long delays between leaving the airlock and entering a decompression chamber. As


He said he was subjected to


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he wailed, the deadly bubbles were exploding in his joints and he had the bends five times.


tractors and has been helped in compiling evidence by a Clitheroe firm of solicitors. This has been no easy task with routine medical records and X-rays having to be obtained from all over the world.


Street specialists and leading diagnostic radiologists and will he glad when the whole thing is over. In the meantime, a detailed


He has been seen by Harley


case has been prepared which he hopes will spare others the anguish that he has had to endure.


He is now suing the con­


SUING for massive compensation...Mr Raymond Cox


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Quitting town disgust


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BIDDING a bitter farewell to Clitheroe... Peter Hargreaves out­ side his Parson Lane premises


Auction Mart report is


THE controversial consultants’ report into the future use of Clitheroe’s town centre Auction Mart site has come under attack from two local groups.


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tongue in cheek, if a solution for the site has alre ad y been decided, Clitheroe Labour Party poses the question: “Why the haste? The auction mart owners have


Asking, perhaps


A public meeting


taken three years to determine their move. Why are the towns­ people of Clitheroe only being allowed three weeks?”


Chamber of Trade lias taken “strong exception” to several parts of tile report. It claims it con­ ta in s a “ l ib e l lo u s inference” that existing businesses offer inferior service and sub-standard p a y a nd w o r k i n g conditions.


Clitheroe and District


tradition are, say the trad­ ers, unfairly compared with premises in towns with a different atmo­ sphere and part of the report on retail devel­ opment is a “slight on business premises in the town.”


Shops of character and


lacks any focal point for s o c i a l , c u l t u r a l a n d


Party feel the 73-page report prepared by consul­ tants at a cost of £10,000 is far too limited. The town, they say,


Members of the Labour


environmental activities. “The Clitheroe Town and Kibble Valley Councils will soon have new chambers, Kibble Valley staff have fine working accommoda­ tion, so why shouldn’t Clitheroe residents have a civic meeting place of their own?’’ they ask in a hard­ hitting statement. They would like to see


James McGliie and Barrie Barker, who believe the timescale offered for con­ sultation is too short and


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ing would inject life into tile town centre for all age groups, the statement adds: “The improvement to the open market, with the p e d e s t r ia n link through to Castle Street and addition of craft work­ shops, should also be included in the scheme.” The views are those of Conns Bert


centre capable of accom­ modating public meetings, exhibitions, concerts, dances, rallies and special meetings. Believing such a build­


the site developed for a multi-use civic and arts


A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the propos­ als in the Auction Mart report has been called by Ribble Val­ ley Church Council and Clitheroe Town Council. R e s i d e n t s a r e


invited to exchange ideas and views at Sunday's meeting, which starts at 8 p.m. in Clitheroe Parish Hall.


suggest there should be an opportunity for a more visual presentation of the proposed developments in the form of models, artist’s impressions and architec­ tural design features. The Chamber of Trade,


A CLITHEROE businessman claims that harassment and pressure from local councils have driven him out of the town where his family has traded for more than 200 years.


greaves and Sons, W h o l e s a l e I t a l i a n


Mr P e t e r H a r ­ greaves, oi' C. R. Har­


Warehousemen, Par­ son Lane, says he has been forced out by the restrictions placed around him.


ter indeed against this town. I work from 5-30 a. m., sometimes until 11 at night, and the secret of my success is the fact that I am a workaholic. It is because of that success that they have got me o u t . ”


recently sold the business, which supplies hotels ami catering establishments, to Booker Pood Services PLC, who are to transfer it lock, stock and barrel to Blackburn. I t will be k n o w n


Mr Hargreaves lias


town is losing out to places such as Preston, Black- b u r n , 1? u r n 1 e y a n d Accrington is criticised. “The uniqueness of


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on refits and refurbisli- ments at many main street shops, and the chamber claims it is untrue that there will be a decline in retail activity if the town’s r e t a i l b a s e i s n o t expanded. The inference that the


ill its observations on the report and recommenda­ tions for the site, says there are many assump­ tions made related to retailing which are not borne out by local facts. Money lias been spent


to leave Clitheroe, he insists. “1 have probably one of the most successful businesses this area has ever seen. 1 did not want to leave this town. I decided to sell out because I’ll soon be 50 and still


m y name, t h e y s a y , because of the reputation it carries with it,” said Mr Hargreaves, who is to work with the company in a s e n i o r e x e e u t i v e capacity. But it was not his choice


Booker-Hargreaves. "They are incorporating


a s


word,” he said, pointing to old newspaper reports of several council attempts to ban unloading at the exact spots where his five tran­ s i t vans pick up and deposiL goods. “But now I am very bit­


ment for three or four years and never said a


moving out next Saturday, he declared his decision finally to give voice to the feelings of injustice he lias nursed for some consider­ able time, but has held back until now. “I have bad this harass­


As he made ready for


by Rachael Collinson


there is all the pressure put on me by both local councils and even Lanca­ shire County Council they clubbed together. “Nobody from any of the


c o u n c i l s h a s e v e r approached me to say there is a problem.They have had every oppor­ tunity to come and talk to


park outside Allen’s the decorators, so if anything is unloading here at the same time there is a block­ age. So wliy am I singled out as tile person who is


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On an attempted murder charge


A CLITHEROE woman appeared before Pendlc Magistrates on Saturday charged with attempted murder. Sheila Hilton (37), of Highficld Road, is accused


of attempting to kill her common law husband, Derek Turner, on the night of March 10th. Hilton did not speak at the brief hearing. Her solicitor, Mr Andrew Church-Taylor, made


no application for bail and the magistrates remanded her in custody until today, when she is to appear before Clitheroe magistrates.


problems along Parson Lane and Station Road, saying: “Despite all the reports of’ council warn­ ings, there has never ever been a major accident on this corner. We police the situation ourselves, as well as possible, and keep any hold-ups to the minimum “People are allowed to


thetic. They could not believe that council repre­ sentatives had not both­ ered to come and see me.” He spoke of the traffic


“Tile police have visited me and were very sympa­


never to be bridged and as a result, a business established in the town prior to 1771, which now lias 20 staff and an annual turnover of £2.5m., is to be lost from the Kibble Valley. Said Mr Hargreaves


kept me in Clitheroe. If only they had approached me, I would even have been willing to move, per­ haps to somewhere like the Saltliill Industrial Es ta te , where loading would have bee n n o problem.” As it was, the rill was


me, but didn’t. "The counci l s 'coulci have


AVHAT ’S t h i s ? O u r - d i s t i n g u i s h e d M P in d i s g u i s e , cavorting with two beauties from the court of good Queen Bess! Mr David Waddington, cutting a fine figure as an Elizabethan, is pictured with his wife Gill and daughter Victoria during an evening of Tudor-style merrymaking at Pendleton. Find out more on page )>.


Cash needed to run Heart Start


CLITHEROE ambulancemen are all set to give their support to a new charity, due to be launched next month as a back lip to the Heart Start.


Service launched the Heart Start Appeal last y e a r to p u rch a se 50 m a c h i n e s , c o s t i n g


can Lifeaid and money raised from this source will be used to maintain equipment bought by cash from the Heart S ta r t Appeal and train staff to use the equipment. Lancashire Ambulance


It will be known as Lan-


£250,000. Two will come to Clitheroe and leading ambulanceman Alan Slater


Traffic to be diverted


diverted on the AG82 Long Preston road, then to Skipton on the AGS, when


diverted at West Marton on the BG252 and then tile A5G.


this month and scheduled to take 18 weeks, during which traffic diversions will be in operation for nine weeks.


The work is due to start


repairs are carried out to the double arch bridge at East Marton. Light vehicles will be


TRAFFIC diversion signs have been erected in Gis- burn in readiness for work taking place over the co u n ty b o u n d a ry in Yorkshire. Heavy vehicles will be


get generous support for Lancan Lifeaid. which, like t li e H eart S ta r t Appeal, is being supported by all Lancashire crews. We haven’t yet set a tar­ get. but we are hoping Ribble Valley will take the appeal to their hearts and support all fund-raising activities in a big way." The Lifecan Lifeaid


Appeal will be launched on Aprill 22nd.


Guarantee over damp premises


a million


As a result, she was voted a “Mum in a Mil­ lion" by town centre store Woolworths at the weekend and received a magnum of champagne, chocolates and a framed certificate.


NOTHING is too much trouble for Clitheroe mother Mrs Ann Spencer.


Mrs Spencer’s success was till due to daughter Claire. She took part in the store's competition to match the daughters of famous soap opera stars with their mothers and completed the tie breaker “My mum is a mum in a million because.....” by adding “nothing is'too much for my mum.”


Now Mrs Sponccr, of Green Drive, Clitheroe, lias the chance to win one of 10 weekends for two in Amsterdam when her name, along with other competitors, is put into Woolworths' national prize draw.


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vacated the York Street premises last Wednesday and moved into Castle House, which will tempo­ rarily accommodate the town clerk’s office and meetings of Clitheroe Town Council and its com­ mittees until the new civic suite is ready.


Ribble Valley Council, the town council has gained two car parking spaces, access to the rear of its new premises at 9 Church Street, as well as emer­ gency access, and a 30- year guarantee that any problem with damp at 9 Church Street will be dealt with at the borough council’s expense. T li e t own counc i l


IMPROVED terms have been secured by Clitheroe Town Council prior to moving out of the Moot Hall and Mayor's Parlour. After talks with the


the Heart Start Appeal can only be used for the purchase of the machines. “But now we need cash to maintain the defibrillators and train staff to use them at local level. I am expect ing lo take an exam at the weekend which should lead to qualifications in the use of the defibrillator. They are used by ambu­ lancemen to start hearts that have stopped and will prove invaluable. "We hope that we will


ap p e a l is n e c e s s a ry because the British Heart Foundation tells us that


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Homes plan incenses residents


WHALLEY residents are incensed over a planning application they claim could be the first step in the destruc­ tion of their rural environment. The outline applica­


tion relates to a large area of agricultural


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land at the rear of M a n o r F i e l d s a n d


Woodlands Drive. It has been submitted to


the Ribble Valley Council by Preston-based Chadd- lewood Homes, part of tile New City Design Group. Although no indication


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ning application, yet the closing date for comments on the Southern Fringe Local Plan is still two weeks away. The site is one of two earmarked for residential development in the plan.


lopers have jumped the gun, for Wednesday is the latest date for comments on the controversial plan-


Why such merriment?


is given of the density of th e p roposed d e v e l­ opment, if the Southern Fringe Local Plan is adopted, the land would be considered suitable for 59 houses. Residents feel the deve­


of King Street. Whalley: “A letter dated March 9th was pushed through our letter-boxes last week. It gave us two weeks to make objections. A lot of people do not realise the potential changes. There are two sites in Whalley where there is going to be high density building of 127 homes if the plan is approved."


Said Col Eric Prothero,


the proposed development would destroy the rural environment, seriously affect educational and medical services and lead to in c re a s e d t r a f f i c congestion. His views are shared by


an application should be postponed until the South­ ern Fringe Local Plan is resolved," said Mr Cooke, adding that residents intended to exercise their right to have a public hearing to discuss the plan before an Inspector from the Department of the Environment. “This sort of devel­


described the present application as “putting the cart before the horse." “Any decision on such


opment is unnecessary to the village of Whalley. It will prejudice the rural environment and turn the area into a high density dormitory suburb," lie added.


New City Design Group said the firm was not will­ ing to comment.


A spokesman for the Col Prothero said he felt


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