Yg), Burnlei/ 22381 (Classified)


Quitting town in disgust


causing tlio blockage? Tlierc seems to bo one rule


I for one and another nile for the other."


He concluded that,


I sadly, such is the price of I success.


-■\sked to comment on


[ ,Mr Hargreaves’s claims, Ribble Valley Council’s


I body, the public as well as the council, that heavy


I hazard. It is a pity Mr Hargi-caves is relocating,


vehicle parking in that area has been a severe


but it would have needctl relocation anyway from the point of view of road safety."


.■ath


Wynne Darwin com ­ mented: "Of course we symi)athise with anyone who does have parking dif­ ficulties and we under­ stand the p r o b lem s involved when vehicles c:innot get close to prem­ ises to load or unload. "Htit if parking restric­


Clitheroe Police Insp.


tions are necessary for the free How of traffic, then they have to be. and if they arc contravened then


all


Ison. I the


we have to do our job. It is certainly not up to us to


comment on what the council does." .Mr Hargretives will not


be leaving the Kibble Val­ ley behind completely. The father-of-two is to keep on the home he and his wife have in .Mitton Road, Whalley. Their daughter Kate (lb) is away at uni­ versity and son Jeremy (IS) is s tu d y in g for ■■^-levels. Even though he has sur-


I'endered his own empire, .Mr Hargreaves promises to continue to be a formi­ dable figure in the busi­ ness world. “ I did not put in years of


work just for everything I have pioneered to elie overnight. Hopefully my e.xpertise will be of use to a large company like Booker.”


Firm trade at mart


THERE were otJ calves and 240 ewe?: and Iambs forward at Clitheroe Auction Mart’s Tues­ day sale. Y*riesian bull calves made to Charolais bulls to £182,


Limousin buiis to £200, Limou­ sin heifers to £122, Hereford


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AS a ratepayer and library usei, I have read the


recent coirespondence and article in your paper regarding future phns in the Borough with interest and would like to add my comments.


iThe consultants Ecotec


have been paid £10,000 of oar money to recommend that the council spends £3m. o f our money to develop the auction mart site into a tourist trap to attract 425,000 visitors. They recommend the pro­ vision of an information centre and craft workshop on the site, but we already have an excellent informa­


tion centre in the new town hall. The new town council


chamber, civic suite and other luxuries are already going to cost the ratepayer £700,000. I suggest that our elected representa­ tives should consider very carefully before spending any more of the rate­ payers’ hard-earned cash. I assume that the auc­


tion mart site land will be available for purchase by the council and I suggest that it is purchased at the lowest possible cost — bearing in mind that the buildings will need demol­ ishing — and that the site is used for a car park with no restrictive time limit.


R.W.G. BOXALL, 5 Peel Park Close, Clithcroc.


Best for women?


REGARDING your article last week about the area’s new breast s c re en in g s e rv ic e (BSE), I do wonder how many women will take up the “offer” to telephone Blackburn to make an appointment at the local health centre for an hour-long teaching session, after which they ring Black­ burn to make another appointment for a 10- minute session at the centre. We are all busy with


work/children and if a telephone is not avail­ able, it all sounds too much trouble. After the final session it’s a


DIY self-examination, return if you are hav­ ing problems. I would like to know


what other people think. Is the scheme best for women — or the health authority? I know what I think. ’


CONCERNED. Sight to shock


NOW I’ve seen it all. Youngsters riding their ponies on the pavement at the junction of Whalley Road and Moor Lane! It must have been a shock for the poor pedestrians who were coming round the comer.


AMAZED. Letters to the Editor Vision — and windows — clear


DISCUSSING the library project, your correspondent, the myopic Mr Pickup, sug­ g e s ts that I have gazed through this “Whalloy Win­ dow” of mine when it was “run­ ning with, condensation” and that, as a result, I suffer from “bluiTod or streakky vision.” Alas, how short can memory


be! Mr Pickup should think


again. He will recall that it is little more than two years ago


that that same window was fit­ ted with double glazing by an excellent local firm with which, I am certain, he is not unac­ quainted. why, he was stood not a couple of yards away when my wife and I completed the transaction! Thus, at all times we enjoy


clear and undistorted clarity of vision, whatever the atmo­


spheric conditions. Nor, let me add, unlike one or two correspondents on this


same issue, am I blinded, albeit temporarily, by the sparks that fly as laboriously they grind their own little axes. 1 have no axe. Perhaps Mr Pickup would


care to read my letter again. If he can find one statement — I repeat, one statement — he is able to refute, perhaps he’ll let me know. An interesting exer­ cise, surely, for that very ingenious mind. Finally, the one question pul


A tourist trap? Perish the day!


FOR tourism to be favourite in the consultants’ report is not sur­ prising, since tourism is the present “in” thing. It is suggested there could be 425,00 visitors tramping around on the outskirts, all waiting for an initial £600,000 to be spent on brightening up Clitheroe.


The glibness with which ter on any town, and lead carrying out of


these and other imaginary to its attraction because of a Midland city-tyi)e trans­ figures are produced gives its difference, surel.v must plant on a Northern coun- rise to caution, at least. not be th ought ie ssly If Clitheroe is unique, it changed so that casual is because it is different, tourists can feel more


try market town. “The greater the influx


and it is a gi'oat pity that com fo r ta b le . Anyone encouragement was not interested in Clitheroe is enough to secure the con- eitlier already here or will tinned use of the Cattle come anyway. Some shop Auction Mart site for its in the town where, desiiite original purpose. The what the report suggests, removal of sites' which they get the most helpful stamp an unusual charac- and friendliest of services.


THERE is no gainsaying the fact that the Government is putting more money than ever • into the National Health Service. There is no doubt that vital research into several


Cash for NHS rather than tax cuts


more patients than ever are being treated and that


the costs have escalated, as more sophisticated and expensive drugs have become available to save lives and to improve stan­ dards of health. (I wonder i f the Government is watching the profit mar­ gins of the drug companies as diligently as it is pursu­ ing its policy of privatising some hospital services?) There is no doubt that


the frustrations with which th e y h a v e to contend. The certainty is that


waiting lists in many cate­ gories have lengthened. 'There is no doubt that hospital d o c to rs and nurses are agonising over


crippling diseases and pro­ vide much needed care and


attention where NHS r e s o u r c e s a r e n o t available. Much of their income is


from covenanted giving, with the a s s o c ia ted reclaimed tax. A reduction in income tax is therefore a crippling blow to such charities and iseffectively a tax on their work. I wonder i f this is


another indication of the Government’s “caring atti­ tude?” I only hope that our MP might read this and be prompted to use any


more resources are urgen­ t ly needed than the Government appears to be willing to furnish, despite the reservoir of “ spare cash” at its disposal. I am confident that I am


among a vast majority of taxpayers who would


influence he has to per­ suade the Chancellor to get his priorities right at the first opportunity. GE OR GE C . BRAITHWAITE, 11 Eshton Terrace, Clitheroe.


of tourists, the richer the lifestyle of the residents” is too often a myth for unquestioning b e l ie f jilacod in the advice which consultants, brought in on a fleeting visit, might recommend on tourism. Clitheroe has a reputa­ tion of hospitality to the


stranger within its gates. Perish the day when the label is changed to “Tour­ ist tra)).” SINCERETAS


to me: “Do I consider council­ lors who fail to attend mcL'tings best qualified to judge on mat­ ters discussed at those meet­ ings?” The answer, of course, is no. It is a simple matter of logic, a science all councillors, actual or aspiring, would do well to study. Some have, it would seem; others haven’t.


JIMMY FELL, 7 Limefield Avemue, Whallcy.


Unnecessary legal action


ONCE again your column has included a some­ what misleading and, dare I say, mischievous letter from Mr Pickup, the “concerned” rate­ payer who has just landed ratepayers with the cost of a solicitor and barrister to represent the town council in the London courts with his unnecessai’y legal action.


After reading the pleased with the


le t te r , I rang Mr Pickup. What he meant was that the four new councillors elected last May had not been privy to as many discussions on the Moot Hall etc. as he had been over the past two years or so from the public gal­ le ry . This is, o f cou r s e , true and personally the deci­ sion I came to on the information to hand at the time was, I feel, the right one. In the passing of time, I hope everyone will be


results of the whole project. Finally, speaking


for myself, I have attended every full Clitheroe Town Coun­ cil meeting and every Ribble Valley full council meeting. I have only been unable to attend two Hous­ ing Committee meet­ ings and two police liaison meetings to date. I rest my case.


IAN BROWN 39 BIcasdalc Avenue, Clitheroe


A monument to civic vanity?


DESPITE repeated assertions by councillors old and new and the Chief Executive of the Ribble Valley Borough Council, that developments either side of Church Street are the fruits of sound judgement, the more we learn, the more this must be doubted.___________


Two facts mentioned


recently in your iiajier seem to put these mat­ ters into context. Firstly, the town


council, in voting to vacate the Moot Hall and move over the road, did so against impartial professional advice. Secondly, a writ


These two facts do


not tell us that the orig­ inal decision was born out of indisputable evi­ dence and consensus. They tell us the very opposite — that it was a highly debatable move.


No amount of avun­


taken out against the town council doing this


was not summarily dis­ missed. The arguments w e re l is t e n e d to


seriously and felt suffi­ ciently strong for the


judge to summon the town council to court to answer them.


cular condescension or affronted dignity from


the resijonsible council­


lors can disguise the fact that their decision has been a contentious one and light years away from the self-evi­ dently wise judgement they have pretended. I am sure the coun­


cillors responsible acted from honest motives, but I also think that they have been unduly influenced by the need to build that monument to civic vanity, the civic suite. In so doing, they have sought to buttress this original flawed idea with other schemes that would have been better left as separate issues.


This is the root cause of our present troubles.


KEITH FAWCETT, 4 Park Avenue, Clitheroe.


A POLL TAX SMOKESCREEN


NOW that the local councils have begun to discuss the inequalities and unfairness of the poll tax, it is


gladly forego tax cuts if time for the local population, upon whom it will be the money could be allo­ cated to providing better training facilities for nurses in vital areas and greater incentives as a reward for their dedication and loyalty to the NHS, for which I shall be eter­ nally grateful, following a prolonged hospital stay. We should not lose sight


of the fact that many char­ ity organisations carry out


which is equally disturbing. For, where business premises are also used in part as living accommoda­ tion — e.g. by the landlord of a public house — the ))oll tax will be collected, in addition to UBR, on every member of the household over the age of 18. Thus, two lots of taxation and two departments


needed to collect it — as one will be a Central Government tax and one a local tax. The pensioner, quoted extensively throughout


David Waddington’s election tour, who at present receives (depending on financial circumstances and in equal treatment with all others on low income) uj) to 100% rate rebate, will have to pay at least 20% jioll tax. This payment will be met from the new Social Fund, which will be lower than present supplemen­ tary benefit levels because items like extra help with heating, laundry, diet, etc. will have been withdrawn. Central Government talk of help with iiaying poll tax via the Social Fund is rather a smokescreen, as


enforced, to do likewise. Coun. John Cowgill, as a local businessman, is cor­


rect to attack the unified business rate portion of the tax. Paid direct to Central Government and real­ located on a head count, it will be useless to the Rib­ ble Valley. We have a proportionately high business property level, but a low head count, and will thus pay heavily in to London and receive little back. However, there is an additional aspect to UBR


the budget for the fund is set to decrease from next year onwards.


To illustrate the point, the first act of the Tories


in power was to end the index-linking of State pen­ sions established by Labour and this means single pensioners are now £9 a week worse off and couples £14 worse off.


From April, the Tory Government will end the


discretionary right of the county council to provide free school meals for children from low-income fami­ lies, thus costing tliose who can least afford it an extra £3 or £4 per child per week. Probably those on better incomes will say “So


what?” But remember that we could all, through no fault of our own, find ourselves in the same position.


So it becomes obvious that the intention of the


poll tax is to force down living standards of the middle and lower income brackets to improve the bank balances of the wealthy. To achieve this end, the intention is to even levy the tax on farmers who


previously have escaped the present rates or proji- erty tax. Thus the Tories will be attacking their pres­ ent sui>i)orters.


Having started the discussion on this subject, 1 feel sure others will want to make a contribution and


may want to set up a group to oppose the poll tax.


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attractions RIBBLESDALE Camera Club members enjoyed a talk and slide show on “Around Blackburn,” from Gordon Fairweather, of Blackburn Camera Club. The slides were origin­


ally developed to show the attractive places the North West had to offer to people considering moving to the Blackburn area. The slides focused on


places reachable in a day from the Blackburn area , including Lytham, the Lake District, the York­ shire Dales, the Pennines, Derbyshire and North Wales. A club spokesman said


that the slides were of the “ highest quality and showed to the full the attraction of the area.” Next Tuesday, John


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Bernard’s weighty battle


FIGHTING the fiab for charity in a tough battle for the last six weeks has been Bernard Stanley, of Edisford Road. Clitheroe.


The Central Working


Men’s Club member went on a sponsored slim in aid of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and ended up losing 21 pounds of flesh and raising 104 pounds of money.


The cheque was pre­


sented to Mr Stanley Snape, who is the official agent for the charity in Clitheroe.


Bernard found the first


two weeks the hardest, but now that his weight has come down he intends to keep it that way.


Former clerk of works


A LONG -S E R V ING Naval Officer during the second world war, Mr Walter Masterson, has died in hospital, aged 74. Mr Masterson, of Whal­


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and moved to the Ribble


Valley in 1961. He worked in Nigeria


for many years and finally was clerk of works for the local authority in Clith­ eroe, before retiring. A past master in the


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