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minority are imposing their wishes on the vast majority who do want a community centre for all and we were on the point of being able to provide it. “What I want to know is


what alternatives do Couns. Beniston, Carr, Hughes, Robinson and Yates have to offer? “Do they really believe


that the area of Billington and Langho does not need


a non-denominational recreational facility avail­ able to all, contrary to what exists in most other parishes in Lancashire, and as the cost can be met from the existing precept, on what grounds do they deny this facility to our children, our senior citi­ zens and our community as a whole?”


BRIDGE CLUB


WINNERS o f the duplicate giune at Clitheroe Bridge Club on Wednesday night were: NS Mrs V. Wilson and Mrs Taylor, Mr darner and Mr Holden; EW Mr and Mrs Meakin. Mrs Gilli- brand and Mrs Hollander. The fo l low in g hand was


usually played in three clubs and five duos, generally making 10 tricks. Occasionally it was played in four hearts, making 10 or i l tricks. As can be seen, the hand


poses bidding problems. Throe no trumps should not be bid because of the s|iades, but five clubs, if bid, should always be made. After losing the first two


spade tricks, declarer has to make all the remaining tricks and therefore it can not be right to finesse the uueen of hearts on the first ruunu of that suit, as even if it wins, west will have hud to have the bare king jack, as only this combination will allow 11 tricks to be made. As the odds are very much


should be finessed on the first round and the queen on the second. Again, the odds are very much against this, but this is much more probable and offers the only hope of success. N deahI dealer, EW vul.


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Thursday night’s winners were: NS Mr C. Pollard and Mrs


Jones, Mr and Mrs Webster; EW Mrs A. Pollard and Mrs Gieral, Mrs Russell and. Mrs Wood. Winners on Monday night


were: NS Mr Garner and Mr Capstick, Mrs Webster and Mr Bradshaw; EW Mr Webster and Mrs Patterson, Mr and Mrs J. Pawlicki.


R. K. A. Cadet course


MORE than 50 St John Ambulance cadets from all over Lancashire con ­ verged on Clitheroe at the weekend for a residential course at Trinity Youth and Community Centre. The visit was arranged


by Mr Pino Pozzi, who is both a youth worker at Trinity and a leader with St John Ambulance in Clitheroe. A c t iv it ie s included


photography, ski-ing and self-defence sessions. The visitors also joined centre members at their Friday night disco.


CLITHEROE’S town centre Oxfam shop opened its doors on a brand new look this week. . . after its first refurbishment in 13 years.


Ornithology is not a con-


in the way that the RSPB eserves, runs no campaigns rectly to influence public it does do is to harness the


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rveys are collated and ana- ark o f regional representa- e, and then by a small num- i’O’s offices in Tring. This amateur and professional suited in the build-up o f a


i which is the envy of every orld. Organisations such as vernment’s Nature Conser- ivily upon this accumulated


t surveys are based on the Ordnance Survey National : 25.2 km squares or tetrads re. The current survey is to


of tawny owls. At this time Is are driven away by their stablish territories o f their thly vocal disputes. Rather ad nationally, a daunting sked to cover 15 specified ne of the 10km squares, vey involves standing for ear as possible to the centre ime during the two hours night. A record is made of


Is heard hooting and o f the ird calling in return. From number of pairs present


nation on the habitat is also me treeless areas are unsuit- combination o f vocal and


be possible to obtain a good 1 population. e involved in this area is SD lmlesbury to Wilpshire and tton. One o f the specified Ige itself. Standing outside '.dark and seeing the occu- uously made me wonder ght drive up before my 10


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THE Clitheroe and Dis­ trict Bible Society is hop­ ing for good support for its musical evening with the Blackpool Salvation Army band on October 14th, at St James’s Church, Clith­ eroe, beginning at 7 p.m. Bible Society committee chairman Mr Jack Tagg is delighted that the band can fit the visit into its busy schedule.


Fined £40


A RIBCHESTER man, who failed to comply with a “No vehicles except for access” sign at Wilpshire, was fined £40 by Clitheroe magistrates. Terence John Cronshaw


(38), of Ribbledale Road, Ribchester, submitted a guilty plea in writing to the court, after being stopped by po lice on Knowsley Road.


Ribble Valley MP David


Waddington cut the ribbon in an opening ceremony on S rd£atu day morning, sur rounded by a crowd of w e l l : -w i s h e r s an d volunteers. The shop, b r igh t ly


painted in Oxfam’s colours of-yellow and blue, now features a larger retail area and the stairs to the f ir s t f lo o r have been altered to make access easier. Said district organiser Mr Murray Winters: “The


result is more pleasant for volunteers and customers alike.” The shop, which is


always on the look-out for extra helpers, is to extend its opening hours by o^ien- in g on W e d n e s d a y mornings. And aid Mr Waddington


make a purchase? “Yes, said Mr Winters,


“ he bought a lacquered box from Indonesia and commented on how colour­ ful our foreign display was."


Where income goes


EACH year, 7.5% o f Clitheroe Parish Church’s income is allocated to mis­ sions and charities. To date, £100 has been


sent to Whalley Abbey, St Wilfrid’s CE School, the Board of Social Responsi­ bility, Blackburn Diocese, the CE Children’s Society, the Church Army and St Luke’s Hospital for the Clergy. A further £750 is'ear­


marked for the USPG, £500 of which will be used


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to further work at Kwa Mkono Polio Centre, Tan­ zania, which is the parish’s current p r o je c t . The remaining £250 is for USPG general funds, to be allocated where there are urgent needs; The PCC has sent a che­


que, for £1,555, including £386 given in memory of the late Betty Robinson, to the Church Urban Fund, so the parish is on target for its total of £2,335..


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Crossroads Scheme


meets man at the top


THE director of the Asso­ ciation of National Cross­ roads Care Attendants Scheme, Mr Ian Croft made his first official visit to the Ribble Valley to speak at the second AGM o f the Ribble Valley Scheme. More than 50 ca re


attendants, members of the management commit­ tee and representatives of lo c a l o r g a n is a t io n s attended the meeting, held in the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil chamber. The Mayor, Coun. John


Cliff, presided and reports were given by chairman Mrs Mollie Hood, co-or­ dinator Mrs Kathleen Eas­ twood and treasurer Mr Ken Taylor. V ice chairman Mrs


Christine Helm retired and was replaced by Mr Roy Dewhurst. Other offi­ cials, including secretary Mrs Pauline Howarth, were re-elected en bloc. Seven other committee


members were also reap­ pointed and Mrs Molly Curtis, of Clitheroe Citi­ zens’ Advice Bureau, was elected to fill a vacancy. Mr Croft, who lives in


Harrogate, spoke on the progress being made by C r o s s r o a d s a s i t approached the 1990s. He also probed the implica­ tions of the Government- commissioned Griffiths Report, which suggested that disabled people be allowed the choice o f organising their own care, and described how this would affect the help that Crossroads gives. Mr Croft was thanked


by Mr Dewhurst and Mrs Hood thanked the Mayor.


Skateboard petition


THE issue o f sk a te ­ boarding in Clitheroe is to be discussed at Ribble Valley Council’s Recre­ ation and Leisure meeting on Tuesday. The discussion follows a


call by local youngsters for a safe place for their hobby. The skateboarders presented a 650-name petition in support of their cause to the council, via local councillor Howel Jones, and some of them then met council officers to discuss their needs. Council officers have


even been to a skateboard park in Bury to see what f a c i l i t i e s c o u ld be provided.


robbed of its village hall


THROUGH your letters page I would like'to make it quite clear to the electorate of Bil­ lington and Langho that a majority of their parish council, led by Couns Carr and Mrs Robinson, has acted to deprive them of a facility widely enjoyed elsewhere in Lanca­


shire — the village hall. Quite why they nave done so is not clear: as far


as I could tell at the parish meeting, they did not bring forward any arguments of fact which would lead me to believe that this parish is any less enti­ tled to such a provision than any other. Even those people, and there will be many, who


may not see any immediate personal need for a vil­ lage hall will recognise the potential benefit of such a facility for their children or their children’s chil­ dren, their elderly neighbours or some other group in the community. It is not, despite what Coun. Mrs Robinson has


implied, as if the ratepayers need to be protected from a further rise in rates. The fact is that the parish council is already charg­


ing us enough to cover the modest contribution it is being asked to make towards the overall cost of the project. You may well ask why these councillors are now preventing the parish council from “coming up with the goods.” Both Coun. Mrs Robinson and Coun. Mrs Hughes,


who also opposed the project, were elected on a Conservative “ticket.” It seems to me that both are now bringing that Party into disrepute by voting against a realisable community facility and particu­ larly by doing so after the electorate, at an extremely well-attended parish meeting, voted so overwhelm­ ingly in favour of positive action by the parish council.


RICHARD JARVIS, 27 Whalley Old Road, York, Langho.


Support grows for hospital


FRESH support for retaining Ribchester Hospital came from a county council committee only a week before the District Health Authority was due to make a final decision on the hospital’s future. “The Clitheroe Times and Advertiser” went to press


before the outcome of yesterday’s crucial District Health Authority meeting was known. But we are able to report details of the latest call for keeping the hospi­ tal, which came from the Heath Service Liaison Sub­ committee of the county's Social Services Committee. At its meeting last week, the sub-committee urged


its parent committee to: • Reaffirm its opposition to the closure of Rib­


chester Hospital. 9 Call for the provision of modern health care faci­


lities at Ribchester Hospital (including enhanced com­ munity health services). • Instruct officers to continue to investigate in


depth the possibility of appropriate Social Services support. Yesterday, the District Health Authority had to


decide whether to close Ribchester Hospital and pro­ vide replacement services at Longridge in partnership with private medical services, or to keep the hospital going and look at new or different ways of using the property. Lancashire County Council was sending a repre­


sentative to yesterday’s crucial meeting to make its views known. ■ 1


' ■ ' " ' Letters to the Editor


Disgusted with narrow-minded councillors


I ATTENDED the public meeting at St Leonard’s CE School on Wednesday to witness the debate about whether Billington and Langho Parish Council should help towards the building of a community hall by means of a loan. To say I was disgusted


by the narrow-minded and autocratic attitude of some of the councillors is an understatement. Although the meeting


was called for the general public to put forward points of view, very few were given the oppor­ tunity to speak, mainly because Coun. Jack Carr took 20 valuable minutes to perform an oration that could have been given in one, and also because Coun. Mrs Kath Robin­ son’s attempts at public speaking were so melo- quent that few were able to comprehend her point of view. Couns Robinson and


Yates came up with the amazing claim that they had suddenly received many telephone calls from people who were against the motion. Who are these people? Certainly not the youth of the area, many of whom took the trouble to attend the meeting and who would wholeheartedly support the venture. The motion was passed


with an overwhelming majority in favour by the public present. Our feeble­ minded councillors drew back in dismay. Coun. Y ates voted


against the motion because he claimed the atmosphere was hostile. Poppycock! There was no hostility whatsoever from the pub­


lic gathering at that time. Coun. Carr would not


acknowledge the motion because only a minority of the electorate was present — and yet 200 people were enthusiastic enough to attend.


The sooner we have par­


ish council elections and vote these feeble-minded


people off, the better. And remember, Couns


Carr, Yates, Robinson et al, that the, youth whom you choose to ignore today are those who will be eligi­ ble to vote tomorrow.


AMY M. ASTRIDGE, (age 17), 143 Pasturelands Drive, Billington.


Government has stolen our heritage. In time, there will be no need for council offices and mayors’ , par­ lours, because what will happen is that all the dic­ tate will be from the Houses of Parliament, not from the ordinary people, We are slowly beirig deprived of any say in how


‘Secret forum’ at work again


THERE was a time — up to 1974 — when a councillor’s allegiance to the town and electorate was never in doubt.


Once again, however,


secrecy in council matters has been uncovered which questions the trust placed in some council members, the “secret forum,” shall we say. It would seem that loy­


alty has been switched from town to consultants and developers, who claim to know exactly what is good for Clitheroe. In godlike infallibility,


the Midland city cash- m o t iv a te d b o d y has decided beforehand that anyone unconvinced after the secret schemes are made public will be suf- f e r i n g


f r o m


“misunderstanding.” There is a danger that


under the protection of council secrecy there might be found a minority who, for mark or dollar, are willing to betray the


More housing not needed


RIBBLE Motor Services has closed the allot­ ments on its land on Pimlico Road; a spokes­ man says “no decision has been made on the future use of the land.”


Thwaites Brewery has


given notice to the Town Council to quit the allot- : ments on the other side of


New Oxfam shop opens for business


Pimlico Road. I was told by its estates department that it. has no specific


plans, either. It offered the land to McCarthy and Stone for more sheltered housing, but it was turned down. In this week’s “Adver­


tiser and Times” there are 57 houses for sale in Clith­ eroe and 63 in the villages. Over 20 houses are being built on Church Brow; more than 60 are likely to be b u i l t on Knunck Knowles; land on Pendle Road is zoned for more housing. The schools covering


this part of town have par­ ents appealing to the county council for places for their children. There is no need for more housing here, for young or old — in d u s t r ia l u se r s are catered for out of town — could these philanthropic land owners possibly be preparing to donate the land to the town for orna­ mental gardens?


JANET HOLDEN, 18 Pimlico Road, Clitheroe.


town’s change of use areas to the highest bidder. _


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gested is a multi-storey is merely a pretty word car park — this but one for .. t rid of it it is in year after the aenal mtru-


ideas sug- down for “relocation.” This . , »


sion of the gasometer was Rer/ 0'ving the auction removed.


So much for experts, ring to a place where it A source of surprise to has never been before is a


them is the lack of car sure way to destroy its parking charges; that we significance, do not necessarily accept' what is the norm else- where is not understood.


supposedly with Clith- eroe’s heritage at heart.


Clitheroe has its own individual character and it is a puzzle why there is a lack of confidence in the expression of it, to such an extent that city consul­ tants are engaged. Surely this is a useless exercise if there are sufficient able councillors with the essen­ tial local sensitivity and background — something


Let’s have fair play all round


R E F E R R IN G t o 'th e recent letter from “Curi­ ous,” about town hall spending, I have spoken to a lot of local peo pile about this extra accommodation and staff the Ribble Valley Council says it needs to carry out all the work it has to do ■


t — and they are


of the same opinion as me. The R ib b le V a l le y


offices are over-staffed and over comfortable and at this present moment the council needs neither more accommodation nor more staff.


I am sure that if the


councillors of the Ribble Valley took a good look at the workload, they would be of the same opinion as 80% of the people they represent.


Let’s have fair play all


round. ADMIN.


□ Correspondents should include theirfull name and


address as a guarantee of good faith and, whenever possible, a daytime phone number so that letters can be verified.


CAR OF THE YEAR 1080.


Please do not destroy past


SOME four years ago, as I read back numbers of “.The Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” in search of items in respect of my maternal grandfather, I came across a bonus, the item in respect of the marriage of my parents. The value of the article


pie of months ago, when a recently contacted cousin produced a previously unknown photograph of the wedding. I was, till then, in mistaken belief that no photographs of the wedding existed, as it took place during special leave from Germany. It contained exactly the


people quoted in the notice and immediately a 1919 sepia photograph took on full colour, for the item described in detail the bride’s and bridesmaids’ dresses and their bou­ quets, together with a wealth of detail, even to the hymns sung at the service. All this shows the


importance to history of the most minor of details and leads to an appeal on behalf of your local branch of the Lancashire Family History Society.


f make the appeal, was brought home a cou- hopefully at a time which


is non-sensitive, for con­ sideration at a time which is likely to be so. For it is usually following a death, or preceding an emigra­ tion, or something similar, that material o f this nature comes to the sur­ face. In the urgency to clear things up, such valu-, able information is con­ signed to the fire or dust­ bin, as no other place is known.


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bly remember the value of papers, documents) photo­ graphs and other ephem­ era, do contact our secre­ ta r y , Ann Maudsley (Stonyhurst 291). She will be pleased to arrange for the items to be collected.


MR ROY PRESTON, Ribble Valley Branch, Lancashire Family His­ tory and ' Heraldry Society:


Rearranged


A MEETING of Clitheroe Garden Club has.had to be. rearranged. Instead of next Monday, (it will now take place on October 16th, at 7-15 p.m., at Ribblesdale School.


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The speaker will be Mr


Ben Andrews, o f Gar- stang, whose garden mem­ bers visited earlier this year. The October sneaker on the syllabus will now come in November.


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FURTHER to your article about water priva­ tisation, I have received many fasvourable remarks, agreeing with what I have been doing since the Queen made her opening speech last year. ig


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, October 5th, 1989 11


our own affairs are run. Why should we bow down to big brother — we, who have always boasted of the best water in the country, until the powers that be mucked it all about?


Local authorities should


be left to their own affairs to employ the best avail­ able, who are capable to do the job, not put out the work to the lowest tender. Yesterday I received a


letter from a lady living in Chatburn, who is con­ cerned about privatisation and about the role of Mem­ bers o f Parliament at Westminster. They are there to represent the common people, but when they get in are for them­ selves.. She thinks if MPs’ brains matched their salaries we would not need to bother. The lady also asks what


more can be done after all my e f fo r t s . The only answer is to keep up the p r e s s u r e u n t i l th is Government comes to its senses and returns to the local authorities what is theirs by right of owner­ ship — the land, water and sewage works which our forefathers paid for.


MRS ETHEL PENNY, C l i t h e r o e O A P Association, 79 Hayhurst Street, Clitheroe.


The ‘poison pen’


WHILE I can understand the need for letters sometimes to be anonymous, c.g. when a tenant is complaining about a landlord, I am curious about the present spate o f such epistles. Never a week appears to go by without at least


one politically-motivated letter appearing in your columns and I wonder if the “ poison pen” belongs to the same small group o f individuals who abuse


the privilege o f anonymity? Yours, who could choose to be “Anon.”


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