Clitheroe 2232J> (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) 10 Chtlieroe Advertiser & Times, June 8th, 1989


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Letters to the Editor Stop this loss of heritage


IT seems unbelievable that anyone could con­ template demolishing such a fine set of stone buildings as the Abbey Corn Mill at Whalley. I thought that deve­


ing, them into th e ir


plans. It would be a crying


lopers had at last learnt the value of reusing old buildings to retain their character and history, whilst still incorporat­


shame if the Ribble Valley planners allowed the demolition of such an important and his­ toric part of the village. Surely it could be possi­ ble to develop the mill, reusing the old build­ ings and restoring the


waterwheel,, and end up with a project the whole village could be proud of.


being in a so-called “conservation area” if it doesn’t protect his­ toric buildings like these from destruction. I hope people in the area will write letters of


What is the point of


protest to the Ribble Valley Borough Plan­ ning Office before it is too late and par t of Whalley’s heritage is


gone forever.


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The health of bride Miss ■Jane Noble and bride­ groom Mr Sebastian Lyte was proposed in a toast by Government Chief Whip the Rt Hon. David Wad- dington at their wedding reception at the Inn at Whitewell. It followed a ceremony


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Noble, of Oaktree House, Rimington. She was given away by her father. The bridegroom, who is


a film director, is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Lyte, of Carter’s Corner Place, Hailsham, East Sussex. The bride, wearing a


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BLANKET WEED IS THE REAL FISH KILLER


FOLLOWING your article on June 1st, outlining the loss of


a n d c o r r e c t i o n t o g e t h e r wi t h a response from North


West Water. The manner in which


fish in the Ribble, I other things, with the feel ce rtain points change in farming prac- require clarification tices from hay to silage


new one, but has wor­ sened noticably in recent years, coinciding, among


The problem is not a


for a London wine mer­ chant’s' which supplies the Queen, is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Martyn


gown of hand-beaded ivory duchesse satin and carry­ ing cream roses, myrtle, freesia and lily-of-the-val ley, had six attendants. Small bridesmaid Miss


Alice Mycock, the bride­ groom’s niece, wore a d re s s of champagne coloured wild silk with roses down the front and a sash to match the bride’s gown. Miss Tessa Wood, Miss


the subject was presented is likely to create confron- ta t io n b e tw e en th e Angling Club and local farmers, whereas the pur­ pose of informing the “Advertiser and Times” was to bring to the atten­ tion of the general public the serious problems occurring locally, in the hope of interesting the various bodies concerned in tackling the problem in a constructive manner. This is not just a local


gathering. Silage is often cropped twice during the season, occasionally three : times, each time normally FamI l lm / i t *


involving the application of backing of the Country M l tu A t / i


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nitrate-rich fertiliser. Additionally, much


improved land drainage now allows excess rain­ water to flush the land quickly, taking with it any excess nitrates not imme­ diately utilised by the land. T h e N o r th W e s t


T .o n f ln i iT T iA i 'C ^ A Q C f if* l l lt" lf in


Food in its “Guide to the Code of Good Agricultural Practices” and ADAS leaf­ let entitled “Nitrate and Water — The Farmer’s


in 1985 and the latter, which accompanied a spe-, cific campaign on this sub­ jectvwv in 1987, received the ---


Role.” The former was printed


Landowners’ Association and the National Farmers’ Union. The concluding state­


Who cares about


Mearley Brook?


I WOULD just like to add a little to what the gentle­ man wrote about the. brook that runs behind Pimlico Road and comes under the road and behind Princess Avenue.


sel oil has twice come down the brook and also someone is regularly washing cement and grit


This past fortnight, die­


from a lorry and putting this into the same brook. Someone daily takes water from this brook and then puts it back, because I notice the shallowness and then the rising of the


water often. Do these people contam­


feed. This ranunculus is as prolific higher up river, where blanket weed is not a problem as it used to be locally, and further down stream, prior to the blan­ ket weed taking over. Is


this a coincidence? This problem concludes


Elizabeth Kay, the bride’s cousin, Miss Nicola Hop- wood, Miss Tessa Keunen and Miss Amelia Smeeth had dresses of similar material with intricate pleating on the sleeves, ruching at the back and gathers topped by a large rose.Best man was Mr Tim Cooke, who had travelled from New Orleans for the wedding. Groomsmen were Mr Charles Noble, the bride’s brother, Mr Benedict Lyte and Mr Seamus Lyte, the briode- groom’s brothers, Mr James Waddington, Mr John Mycock and Mr Vic­ tor Keunen. The choir of Malsis


problem, but one which increases in intensity as you travel down river from Settle. The blanket weed becomes more and more prolific and I can assure you that the deaths of 300 trout at Brungerley represent a minute faction of the total number killed


Water’s pollution control manager, Mr Macauley, states it is excessive plant growth r a th e r th an nitrates which cause the problem. I feel he is con­ fusing cause and effect — surely it is the presence of excessively rich nitrates in the river which bring about this growth. Also for him to say that


i gniori dieted by the guidelines


the washing of nitrates into the river is not a problem, is clearly contra


ment from this leaflet, as s ta ted by the Royal Society Study Group says “The loss of nitrate from agricultural land is of no benefit to the crop. It is a financial loss to the farmer and can result in water pollution. It is desirable on agricultural and environ­ mental grounds to mini­ mise it.” Need I say more, Mr Macauley? This blanket weed not


only de-oxygenates the water at night, it also


appears substantially to reduce the quantity of ranunculus weed which


used to benefit the fish population by providing cover and an ideal breed-


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Why this enormous growth in weed?


I AM writing to correct the impression given in last week’s “Advertiser and Times” that the major fish kill in the River Ribble recently was


directly caused by farming practices.


School, directed by Mr David Hope, sang and Ben Kay gave a solo of “The Holy City.” The cornet was played by Mr Kenneth Lee, head of brass at Malsis. Organist was Mr Matthew Beetschen, assis­ tant organist of Leeds Parish Church. After a honeymoon in St


the Water Authority that the direct cause of fish deaths was high water temperature combined w ith m a s s iv e weed growth. The point we would like


to make is that there has been an enormous increase in weed growth over the


Lucia, the couple will make th e i r home in London. Photograph: David Sim­ mons, Clitheroe.


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We would agree with sjiage production, with tinues, the Ribble will be consequent too frequent unable to support a perma- accidental discharge of nent population of trout, s i l a g e l iq u o r in to Once this has gone, so has watercourses.


age and water abstraction resulting in quicker rain­


• Increased land drain­


fall run-off and lower w a te r flows in dry


last few years. In times of low water this reduces the


Ribble locally to an unpleasant mass of green weed and algae. The question we would


like answering is why has this step change in the r iv e r e n v i ro nm e n t occurred? The only answer can be that there is a sub- s ta n t ia l in c re a se in nitrates and phosphates in th e r iv e r a c t in g as fertilizer. We would suggest the


weather. The second question to


be asked is what can anyone do about it? The loss to this association from the recent fish deaths in terms of value of fish plus loss of amenity would be a four-figure sum in cash terms. Many other local associations have suf­ fered similar losses. However, as there is no


origin of the problem to be a combination of: • Treated sewage efflu­


ent from sewage works and domestic sewage over­ flows into side streams finding their way into the main river. • Changed agricultural


p r a c t ic e in v o lv in g increased use of chemical fertilisers combined with


the deterrent to greater pollution, because it will not be possible to sue for its loss. The only change on the


horizon is that the new National Rivers Authority will be responsible for both water quality and fisheries. Whether it can reverse the trend, when it does not have a single point to focus on, is questionable. Perhaps it would care to


reply?


single cause, there is no one to sue in civil law. If the d e te r io ra t io n in environmental quality con-


JOHN BAILEY, Secretary, Ribblcsdale Angling Association, 56 Moorland Crescent, Clithcroe.


• WE are satisfied that the manner in which we dealt with the subject last week was both fair and accurate. The claim that the death of 300 fish had been caused by agricultural nitrates was made not by us but by Mr Fred Higham, vice-chairman of Ribblesdale Angling Association, and we were quick to point out in the story that North West Water’s Mr Roy Macauley refuted the claim. Mr Macauley went on to blame the deaths on “excessive plant growth which starved the water of oxygen” — Editor.


SWEEPING STATEMENT


IN your issue of June 1st, the Black­ burn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority states that it believes it has “a right to reserve the value of preventative measures such as fluori­ dation.” Quite a sweeping statement for an unelected body!


ride, it wants to study the reports of many major countries of the world which have practised fluoridation and found it very much a toxic element and no conducive proof as to reducing den­


Regarding safety and efficacy of fluo­


tal decay. Contrary to what “it” thinks, areas


that are unfluoridated can more than match fluoridated ones and beat them in reduction of dental decay. There can be unsightly effects on teeth and side effects from fluoridation. The so-called


Lord Jauncey report in the Edinburgh High Court in 1983 is taken out of con­ text. Late worldwide research will not paint fluoride as the great benefactor by any means. Regarding practical implementation,


in the USA, water pipes in the system are corroded easily by fluoridation and the keeping to a minimum of one part per million is difficult in practice, many times finishing with too strong a concentration. Watford has abandoned the practices


after the. level kept amounting to two parts per million — a very serious overdose and one even pro-fluoriders would consider most unsafe!


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Important to cast your Euro vote


county election we witness a 50% vote in Clitheroe, less than 40% in many out­ lying villages and under 30% in parts of Blackburn. I. know, this is supposed


to mean one of two things (a) those who do not


SIMON BLACKBURN raised an extremely important point last week. At' a. well-supported


struggle of the valiant uni­ versal Suffrage movement to gain the right to vote, it is important that everyone able to cast a vote does so.


Not to vote means that Emmeline Pankhurst —


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vote are the silent and Tj^o eventually became content majority or '(b) Conservative Parhamen-


what has become the vot­ ing norm for Euro elec­ tions, it is highly likely tha t there will be an abstention rate of 60% plus throughout the Euro constituency. However, given the


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army of the day, some starving to death — did so


in vain. That the Parliamentary


years — from 1886 to 1928 — to gain votes for women was merely frivolous. Therefore your vote —


struggle waged over 42


no matter in whose favour it is cast — is too impor­


tant not to be utilised. I hope those considering


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temporarily when heavy floodwater lifts the blan­ ket weed, forming an almost continuous barrier for the fish, once again killing many more fish apparently by choking. I have certainly seen dead fish following a flood, their mouth and gills clogged with blanket weed. Since commencing my


inate the water in this way? Or in some way.


I have informed the water authority, but little is done. Minnows have been seen, but they are dimin­


Over a number of years


ishing yet again. Now the political parties


are becoming “Green,” it would be interesting to know if our local council will take up these matters. Mearley Brook is an


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COUNCILLORS have given the thumbs up for more music making and entertainment at local pubs next Christmas. The decision means that


music, singing and dancing can continue from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. but this does not affect the drinking hours, which still have to be determined by the local Licensing Bench! The Ribble Valley Bor­


Clitlieroe 22321, (Edt


ough Council’s Finance and General Purposes Sub-committee heard from borough solicitor Mr Paul T i m s o n th a t many requests for the extension were anticipated in view of the fact that Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve will fall on a Sunday. The first request for the


extension had come from the Spread Eagle Hotel. Sawley, and he recom­ mended that, in approving this application, exten­ sions should also be granted to all existing public entertainment licences in the Ribble Valley. Chairman Coun. Bill


response to your article, you will have seen much publicity at national and international level con­ cerning the quality and purity of water. If fish can’t live in it, what will it do to our children who fish, swim and play in it? Como on, North West


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absolute disgrace. What was known as Brook End is spoilt and unsightly. Only the part of the brook fronting a painter’s store looks tidy and cared for. The rubbish tipped on the sides of the brook never gets removed and the whole area, apart from the one tidy spot, looks like a


tip.


Water, what are you going to do about the problem?


in both these brooks, but there is little evidence oi these, now in Mearley Brook and nothing at all in the Pimlico Road brook. Who really cares?


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Bowker (Chipping) reminded members that the hours when the pubs were likely to stay open for entertainment were d ep en d en t on hours granted by the Licensing Bench.


Rate relief


THE Citizens’ Advice Bureau in Clitheroe has been granted rate relief by the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil’s Finance and General Purposes Sub-committee. The premises at Wes­


to hospital THE local committee the Christie Hospital Holt Radium Institu women's trust fund forwarded a cheque to hospital for £(>.250. This magnificent t


has been raised over Past 12 months by var efforts, donations f: local charities and nn in lieu of flowers f> families of the herea’ All the money raise used for the daily v and rese arch at hospital. Chairman. Mrs E. O


leyan Row, Parson Lane, has qualified for both dis­ cretionary and mandatory rate relief because of its charity status.


expressed the committ gratitude for the gene support received f people in the Ribble ley. The next effort wi a s tree t collection


August 5th.


Traveller tales


ABOUT 20 guests i organisations in the ( were welcomed to an > meeting of C1 ithi Evening Townswom Guild. Guest speaker was


Barbara Taylor, who an amusing talk on travels round the wor connection with her c; in the Post Office, vote of thanks was g by Mrs A. Roberts, o Afternoon Guild. Members are remi


that the Hospital Gala will not be held at ( eroe Hospital, but a Parish Hall, on July Gifts for the kitchen wall be welcome. The next meeting


be on July 6th, wi bring and taste evi and fresh fruit for the table.


TUNE


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