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and the other parents involved, Mrs Karen Boulting, of Stocks House, and Mrs Pam Burgess, of the village post office, have refused to return the passes.


dangerous road,” said County Coun. Mrs Lea. “There is no footpath and it is unlit. There is also a large amount of traffic using the road first thing in the morning when the children are on their way to school.


“ I wouldn’t allow a child


of mine to make the journey.


• 'T h e e d u c a t i o n


authority has laid down provisions for free school travel where conditions are hazardous, so the cri­ terion in our case is the hazardous nature of the journey; the distance is not in dispute.”


Involved in the dispute


are John Boulting (12), Jamie Ferguson (13) and Sarah Burgess (12). Other children in the village, liv­ ing three miles or more away from school, are not affected. Another villager not


directly involved has lent her support to the cam­


paigners. Mrs Rachael Rushton, of School House,


whose four children have not yet reached secondary school age, said the deci­ sion would affect future pupils of Bowland School and she was therefore keen to see it go in the parents’ favour. The v is it in g party


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included County Coun. Ken Spence, vice-chair­ man of the Schools Sub­ committee. and Mr John Hudson, Chief Assistant Education Officer for Schools. After their trip to Bowland School, they dis­ cussed the parents’ griev­ ances at the Coach and Horses Hotel. Said Mrs Ferguson:


“The visitors took pains to point out that they exam­


ine many claims about hazardous journeys and that ours didn’t seem any more dangerous than others, so we have been left in the dark until next


week.” “ The parents have


agreed that, if the decision goes against us, our chil­ dren will not be walking to school, although we have not planned what our next move will be if we find ourselves in that position.” County Coun. Mrs Ker­


shaw, who lives in the Rochdale area, told the “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” that the matter would be fully discussed by members of her com­ mittee and all that the visitors had seen and heard would be taken into account before a decision was made.


STORY "This is an extremely


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


Letters to the Editor WRITERS IGNORANT OF THE FACTS


AS a former dis­ trict councillor for over 20 years, it is not unnatural that I take partial-


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letters, especially and council, at which these saw more than two or maj 0rity of ratepayers, -


lai* interest m your the meetings, committee ing that service, I rarely -


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guess and very frequently they guess wrongly. Perhaps those same scribes, if they sit down to think, will agree that the only fair way to reach a decision on controversial inauA rs is


mattters is to attenid all u ullui u an - v . . . v v


those 1 elating to hear all the reports and to the public gallery the activities and read all the relevant Finally, the proposed /lAm o i ’ nrto


local authorities. What hns Iw n v p i -v


•evident in le c e n t eVery law court through- weeks is how many of out the land, these have been writ-


Frequently I read, c r it ica l anti some-


decisions OI our all the evidence and, on library: It may interest ratepayers to know that, for at least four years prior to my retirement (and that retirement was over four years ago), the question of library facili­ ties in the town was dis­ cussed on numerous occa­ sions. Many different sites were considered (including $ the C iv ic Hal l, . „ a


rvnv, minutes. In short, to hear new Clitheroe public that evidence alone, reach


wnat nas been veiy commonly practised in a decision; the procedure


ten in a p r o fo u n d “Councillors are elected to ignorance o f the fac- do what the public wants” , tual situation in their Wrong! I beg to disagree.


ti m e s , v i t i i o i i c political party, oeeause, in rejected by one or other of content.


the opinion of the elector- the bodies affected; either So frequently I read, ate> they are those men the County or borough


“This is — or is not — (or women) who are best councils, what the public wants.” qualified and can be It is the duty of the How, I wonder, do trusted, having considered county council to provide


these corespondents really every aspect of the busi- and finance the appropri- know “ what the public ness, to take a decision ate facilities and they do wants”? They conduct no which, in their honest and this out of monies raised in plebicites; they merely sincere opinion, is in the their area as a whole; not make assumptions. They best interests of the com- from any individual give us personal opinions munjty as a whole. supported, on occasions,


borough, jn short again, the can- The decision to extend


by the thoughts of their djdates best endowed with the present library into workmates,perhaps, or a that ve ry uncommon the adjoining premises is, handful of people met on quality,commonsense.


in my view, a good one. It social or other occasions.


These may not be the a(lVantage of the facilities very long period when views of the publicjis a available to them, are not every relevant factor has whole. Most of those cor- jn a position to judge, and been considered, reconsi- respondents can only they cannot reach a judi- dered and considered


Bad bargain made under duress


AS the Hall development the other side of the argument. Let us first consider the lined by the surveyor


broad principles involved, consulted. Since January, 1985, He further told the


Clitheroe Town Council meeting that he could not has. in its w isd om , advise the council that it employed a local solicitor was bound in law, or in to look after its interests honour, to accede to the in connection with the terms put forward by the


above scheme. He has RVBC. spent many hours in con- The terms offered by


sultation with Clitheroe the RVBC were: Town Council Sub-corn- • Only one car parking


mittee (of which we are space.


gaining with the RVBC, our solicitor advised the town council to seek the advice and services of an independent surveyor to look at our proposed new home, 9 Church Street. This we did.


of the Ribble Valley Bor­ ough Council. As a result of hard bar­


v The damp-proof course j.wo years complete. A , __ ,


two Clitheroe town councillors who voted against the new Town velopment scheme, we feel it is only fair that we now piesent


comprising office accom­ modation, meeting room and Mayor’ s Parlour. There will be no Council Chamber.


the town council a mini­ mum of £11.GOO, plus the cost of expensive damp­ proofing, plus legal fees


This exchange will cost


both m em b e r s ) and 9 No pedestrian access to modified structure, officers and sub-committee the rear of the building.


library, Clitheroe will get which will take at least


and removals. With regard to the


and any other improve- tenipoi'ery library will be ments now to be financed hou‘sed -;n the United !iy oue ,t-nnnCT ClL


be borne by the town ... council for “ extra work


done » ‘


Had the town council '


in order for the building to woldd be disposing of land clitheroe would not be los- be a fully viable office (near the Moot ftaU) for


The surveyor found that believe the town council ma(ie ;n these columns “


unit, the town council the best consideration by b y‘


should insist on a mini- accepting these terms. Indeed, assurances from mum of two car parking Tbe council mUst take full the chairman of the library


spaces, together with accoUnt of its responsibil- committee of Lancashire pedestrian access to the jty jn this matter and it County Council mean that rear of the building. As far was w;tb regret that, after a modern purpose-built as the structure was con- suc), a lengthy period of library on one level would cerned, the walls, which negotiations, he could not be provided at a similar did not have a damp-proof a()vise the town council cost for our town within a course, should have one. Following on from this,


at the December, 1987, meeting of the town coun­ cil, our solicitor advised all members present that


whatever C m to thc


townspeople might occur from a new library, that was not sufficient consid­ eration to enter into a bad bargain under duress. It is not a good reason


to pay through thejiose for something which is not in accordance with the minimum provision out-


that would be properly discharging its responsibil­ ity by acceding to the terms.


not.


Six councillors voted this advice. We did


So what are the implica­


tions now? Clitheroe Town Council will lose its ancient historical heritage, its Mayor’s Parlour and Council Chamber.


• £11,600 °n /°P ° f with extremely difficult original cost of £68,000 to


Reformed Church Hall, for ung and o]d


.. Our solicitor summed up Qhurch Street, contrary to . . by saying tnat he did not ppptain remarks alreadv . not decided to move to 9 The public, not taking is a decision taken over a


JIMMY FELL, 7 Limcfield Avenue, Whallcy.


More books to fill


library shelving


.: May I now'deal" .with ithe'vspecific questions raised ’with regard • to the opera-; tion of the improved; and extended library.1 T'am.-informed by.the; County^Librarian that addi t i onal resources'>will be made:available for: extra staff and books., Indeed; so far:as the letter is concerned,


IN response to “Book­ worm," can I first: of all thank the contrib­ utor for the temper­ ate, and refreshing language: used, in .a most “'interesting', letter. .•■’ •


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■provision: has already, been made ion, this. :yearls:;estimates; for more books to fill the enlarged shciving.rAs envisaged,•.there.! will •be; a: ’greater i demand for thetuse' of. the


cial decision from the necessarily abbreviated accounts offered by the media. Those are the principles


I tr ied to adhere to throughout my quite lengthy service and, dur-


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again. Over and over again.


over-riding consideration has been to give Clitheroe nothing but the very best library facilities in a cen­ tral position as convenient as possible for the great


J matters are debated, to three ratepayers sitting m whether they walk, run or


travel by car. And to do that as economically as possible.


Land sale debated


IN a lively discussion, Whalley and Little Mitton parish councillors debated a request to purchase the extended garden area at the back of 12 Mitton Road, Whalley, presently leased by Mr David Taylor on a six-monthly basis.


Coun. Mrs Clara Hors­


fall said that the land belonged to the playing fields and they had no right to sell it. They must retain any land held in trust.


Coun. Arthur Pearson suggested that the matter


be put on the agenda for a meeting in three months’ time, so that research could be made into the fea­ sibility of such a purchase, but this proposal did not receive a seconder.


It was decided to wait


for the results of a survey on the field before any fur­ ther action is taken.


THE fifth international evening and candle light ing ceremony organised by the Ribblc Valley Business and Profes­ sional Women’s Club was held at the Red Pump Inn, Bashall Eaves.


representatives o f seven other Business and Pro­ fessional Women’s clubs and three lo ca l wo- men’yyyys groups.


Among the guests were Also present was the


Ribblc Valley Mayoress, Mrs Eileen Nevett. They joined members


in lighting a candle for each country within the International Federation or affiliated to it. After the ceremony,


Miss Barbara Bingham, of Clitheroe, spoke about


her visit to China. Sand­ wiches and coffee were served later.


Red Pump on the first and third Monday o f each month at 7-45 p.m. Any ladies interested in join­ ing should contact the secretary, Mrs Claire Cow k in g (C l i th e r o e 41051).


The club meets at the


A PAINTING of a little goose girl, one of a sparrow hawk and a 3D decoupage picture have taken the honours in the Whalley Library and “Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” art and craft competition. In the art section, joint


Arts and crafts winners


winners were Mrs Phyllis Ackroyd, of Abbots Crait, Whalley. and Mr Erie Hadfield, also of Abbots C r o f t . Mrs A ck royd painted the goose girl and Mr Hadfield the sparrow


hawk. Joint runners-up were


Mr John Buckley, of Fair- field Drive, Clitheroe, with a painting of Slaid-


Close, Waddington, with a picture entitled “A corner of Sherwood” . In the craft section, the


winner was Mrs Bonnie Kramr isch, o f Tudor Close, Langho, with a decoupage picture entitled “The village baker". Joint


runners-up were Mrs Helen Thornber, of Chat- burn Road, Clitheroe, with an embroidery, “The water garden” , and Sarah Baron, of West Bradford Road, Waddington, with a Georgian dolls’ house. Members of the public


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Censorship claim is


nonsense YOUR column last week contained some interesting letters, not to mention characters, i.e.“The Lone Ranger,” “ Frustrated," “ Man of Id ea s ,” and “Bookworm,” and I would like to comment that if Mr Whittle (“ Tonto” ?)had read my letter properly, he would not have replied in the way he did. I said the issue of the


three to five-year period. We consider the terms


outlined and voted for, against legal advice, are not in the interests of our town and are certainly not value for money.


COUN. BERT JONES, 45 Kemplc View, Clitheroe.


C O U N . PARKER,


B A R R I E


It will get a second-hand 66 Fairfield Drive, building (9 Church Street) Clitheroe.


ANT TRADE > again


te Auc- sale. cattle


rward. reach


m from •olais to te farm. :o 120p ion, and ■m W.P.


met a topping


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2p for a om S.F. ocks to •weight d, and


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eek ago. -andard at 176p, and hea- Overall 42.67p, .ek. ade to


i 108.4p heavy to ifers to medium


Give public chance to get involved


to 111.9p (107.73p), overall average was 107.73p. Bulls made to 128.9p


IN joining the controversy regarding the new library, may I suggest


(113.47p), cows to 84.9p (74.38p). Standard lambs made to 176p (142p), m e d ium to 1 G 0 p- (14G.op),heavy to 155p (139.89p), overall average 142.67]i. At Friday’s special sale


of store cattle and fort­ nightly sale of calving cows, there was a very good entry of 187 store


cattle, including 30 young bulls. A main feature was the


quality entry of Charolais, Limousin and Hereford bulls, bullocks and heifers. A large attendance of


buyers promoted a brisk selling trade throughout the sale, and calving cattle found an excellent demand for the seasonal entry on offer.


Charolais X young bulls


made to £472, bullocks to £510, heifers to £490, year­ ling bullocks to £447, heif­ ers to £387, Limousin X young bulls to £450, year­ ling heifers to £395, Here- ford X young bulls to £387, yearling bullocks to £3G0, heifers to £275, 18-month- old heifers to £432. Frie­ sian yearling bullocks made to £365, February calving cows made to £GG0, March calvers to £575 and m-calf heifers to £G40.


that this paper is per for the proposed alterations of the building.


New tenant sought


A NEW tenant is being sought for the Bowling Green Cafe in the Clith­ eroe Castle grounds. Members of Ribblc Val­


ley Council’s Recreation and Leisure Committee were told the present ten­ ant was leaving the cafe after two years. The mat­ ter of a replacement was urgent as it was hoped to have the cafe open for


Easter. Deputy planning and


technical officer, Mr Mal­ colm Walker, said a fair amount of interest had been expressed and the closing date for the posi­ tion was tom o r r ow ,


Friday. i d i n n e r


RIBBLE Valley Rail group is holding its annual dinner at the Stirk House Hotel, Gisburn, a week on Saturday.


This would give the their representative how


ra tep a y e rs , who are they wish him or her to expected to finance the vote and take the matter project, a chance to study back to the full council, what they are getting for Sur.ely it is better to their money and what leave the library in situ improvement, or other- while a new one is built on wise, it will be to the pres- the auction mart site than ent library.


to have a temporary one in After a short period of the basement o f the


time to consider this plan, United Reformed Church, should not a public meet- a most unsuitable place — ing be Held to discuss the for two years! Will it take matter and state whether so long for alterations? we want the alteration or If WhaUey can have a a purpose-built library on purpose-built library, the old auction mart site. surely Clitheroe deserves Better still, let each one, and not the hotch- councillor hold a meeting potch that is suggested,


in his area and the rate- In the past, councils payers would then have have lost the town the old the opportunity to inform Queens Hall (Dawson’s _____________________ironmonger’s shop) and


• LETTERS for publica­ tion must be accom­ panied by name and address as an indica­ tion of good faith, even if the writer wishes to use a non-de-plumc.


recently the Co-op Hall, King Lane. We have no decent


library, no concert hall. What a wonderful complex we could have on the Auc­ tion Mart site. Don’t let us miss this opportunity.


OLD CL1THERONIAN.


TO enable us to include p wide cross-section of views and subjects in bur letters column'rcorrcspondcnls arc asked to make their points as briefly as possible and certainly no longer than 300 words in,total.


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c iv i c su ite was to o involved to go into in your paper. I also added that I would be happy to give information to anyone on this or any other issue. To date, nobody has con­ tacted me, so do 1 take it only a few are concerned? For Mr Whittle also to


suggest that I am propos­ ing censorship is, of course, nonsense. In reply to “ Frus ­


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trated,” I have to say I feel the same way only because there were only tw o p e o p le in th e “audience,” and it is frus­ trating to be left won­ dering which of the two is using the pseudonym. Had he, or indeed Mr Sharp, been to the “ right meet­ ing,” in December, of the Town Council when this matter was the subject of a long debate and passion­ ate speeches, I feel sure they would see the situa­ tion differently. Finally, I would like to


mention that both commit­ tee and council meetings


t v that this paper is permitted to publish the outline ot the plans one wouj(j \\klike to see


more people in the public gallery at all meetings. I feel sure they would find it very interesting as well as entertaining. IAN BROWN, 39 Blensdale Avenue, Clitheroe.


A


CHARITY EVENT


A BRANDED seconds party was the fund-raising event held by the Wednes­ day Club at Waddington Methodist Sunday School. There were cake and


bring-and-buy stalls and £64 was raised for charity. The sale was organised by Mrs Enid Smith and refreshments were served by members. The next meeting will


be a film show by Mr Sweet, of the National


• Trust, entitled "West of Eden." It will be held at the Duke of York Hotel, Grindleton, on March 16th, at 8 p.m. Names arc now being taken for the thcatr trip to see "Winnie” i April.


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