Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 9th, 1989


Living proof of need for ‘Heart Start’


I SHOULD be most grateful if you would publish this, letter to express my deepest gratitude to all those citi­ zens of Clitheroe and district who contributed towards the appeal for the purchase last year of the local ambu­ lance “Heart Start” machine and training of the crews in its use.


Use bunker cash for elderly


I READ with interest each week the letters sent to the Editor, but with reference to the nuclear bunker may I say “yes” to all the suggestions of spending the money in far better ways than a bun­ ker, which can only be used for a few people. One suggestion would


be to spend the money helping Clitheroe senior citizens, who always seem to miss out on the neces­ sary things in life, not just the extras. The money could be


used to install or replace double glazing in the Clitheroe senior citizens’ council homes, especially the Henthorn sheltered accommodation, where most of the windows of all the bungalows are in need of attention to prevent cold draughts, noise and dust. About three years ago,


cen tra l h ea t in g was installed, but most of the heat, which is very costly on pension allowance, is lost through ill-fitting win­ dows and homes are still


cold because of this. I say to Ribble Valley


have done so much to help Clitheroe and are part of our heritage. Give a little comfort and make their lives'in Clitheroe up to the standards of today.


CONCERNED SENIOR CITIZEN.


Borough Council, and I speak for many pension­ ers, think about giving a. little back to the people who have paid full rent and rates all their lives. Why not build a senior citizens’ community hall at H e n th o r n , as o n c e promised? Help care for those who


A RECENT letter in your paper referred to the dismissal o f one o f our staff at Tesco, Clitheroe. Perhaps you would allow us' to put the record


straight. The young man concerned was taken on as a


part-time trolley collector and, because o f his par­ ticular needs, was given extensive training and at­ tention. Unfortunately, as soon as the store opened it became obvious that he was unable to carry out his job and was not safe to work unsupervised in the car park. In fact, he was at grave risk o f seri­


ous personal injury. It was with great regret that we reluctantly


decided that, for his own safety, he had to be dis­ missed. This was done in full consultation with his


family, who were assured that, if more suitable employment became available, we would be glad to offer the young man another job at the store. That offer still stands.


Tesco has an excellent record in the employment


o f handicapped-people and, indeed, Tesco, Clith- croe, has some disabled people on its staff. We care for our staff and our customers, and it is pre­ cisely because we do care that, in this case, we had to act as we did.


MRS SUSAN SPENCER, Senior Public Affairs Executive for and on behalf o f Tesco Stores Ltd.


At teatime on Wednes­


day, December 7th, I col­ lapsed in my home with a heart attack.


The ambulance was^


called and, as I was laid in ' the vehicle, I lost con­ sciousness as my heart stopped functioning. Two applications of the “Heart Start” equipment were necessary to restore my circulation.


I owe my life, therefore,


to the prompt action of the Health Centre and the doctor who attended me, to the equipment in the ambulance and the skill of the crew in its use and to the excellent care and attention received whilst in B la ck b u rn R o y a l Infirmary.


Once again, may I


e x p re s s on b eh a l f o f my se lf, my w ife , our family and friends, our sincere thanks to all who supported the Clitheroe “Heart Start” and training appeal. I am the living proof that all your efforts and g en e r o s ity were greatly appreciated.


MR D. BRADLEY, 11 Chatburn Park Drive, Clitheroe.


Letters to the Editor Don’t let us become a memory


AS a representative o f the market traders o f Clitheroe, I attended a meeting held by them to consider the new market site. We were astonished to see that the Ribble Valley Council pro­


poses to decrease the amount o f stalls available by 25, as we currently have 39 cabins and 44 stalls.


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The council proposes that only eight “ open fronted cabins” and just 50 “ spaces for stalls” , will be made available in the pro­


posed new plan, a total o f 58. As we understand the “ cabins” will be controlled by a private


developer, this only leaves a large open space provided by the council on which those traders who are lucky enough to find portable stalls and vans, somehow, will be able to haphazardly create a pitch. Consequently, gone will be many o f the familiar faces who have


traded on Clitheroe Market for many years, as also will be one o f the town’s major tourist attractions.


We agree that it has some faults — the cabins are old.and in ■


need o f updating and maybe it is unattractive on non-mar­ ket days. However, we feel sure that today’s_ “ caring architects” could design an attractive country market, in keeping with the rest o f Clitheroe; that does not destroy the livelihoods o f the pres­ ent long serving traders and, also provides a useful area on non- market days, giving due importance to one o f the major assets of .


the town. After all, there are not many towns left,in the north o f England


now that can, boast I o f being a true market town — don’t let our friendly market become a past memory on a Christmas card.


IAN A. SHAW, Market trader,


38 Waddow Grove, Waddington.


THE councils and planners have succeeded where Hitler’ s bombers have f a i l e d . T h e y h a v e despoiled and destroyed much of our pleasant mar­ ket town and replaced it with a veritable herd of white elephants. Now they propose to put the largest


Our planners where


nience of customers and traders — those traders, incidentally, who give Clitheroe its character and who stand there twice- weekly, 52 weeks a year, in all weathers. They propose: • A car park — there is


■ one of all on the cleared auction mart site. They rejected the pur­


pose-built library because they know it is more fun to have books on two or more levels. Instead o f easy access to a building for everyone, why not incon­ venience the disabled even more by providing them


with a lift? T h e y r e j e c t e d an


extended covered market which is badly needed for the comfort and conve­


a large one across the road deserted after 5 p.m. every day and all day


Sunday. • A Continental-style


cafe — no doubt they will provide the Continental weather to go with it. 9 Moving the Physio­


therapy Centre and join­ ing it to yet another of “God’s waiting rooms.” • Acres of flagstones and Victorian (?) iron


railings. O A row of arty, crafty shops — when shops in


town are either empty or ■occupied by businesses which change with bewil­ dering frequency. • Accommodation over


said arty shops for young people — everyone knows from house prices in town that young people will not be able to afford the rents. (P ro b a b ly th e se will become plush pads for more out-of-town yuppies or muppies). O As for the “ street


theatre” and the bronze statue in the old auction rails — well that is just a load of old bull! What Clitheroe needs is: • A p u r p o s e -b u i l t


library (the Roefield Lei­ sure Centre people didn’t take no for an answer). The old library building at present being “ gutted”


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AS a reader of your excel­ lent paper for the last 18


years, for the first time I feel that I have to take issue with one o f your items, namely the review by your critic, Vivien Meath, of this year’s pro­ d u c t ion o f “ Summer Song.” Having spent ah .enjoy­


able night at the show, last Thursday, I was left won­


our review of ‘Summer Song’


dering if your. critic‘had seen the same show. To say the songs were unme- morable in a day and age when any media micro­ phone blaster is referred to as a “megastar” seems


absurd. I have no connection


with the show other than that of a member of the audience. Through your column I


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MY surprise and dismay on seeing the headline “Mediocre songs make this show unmemorable,” splashed across your paper this morning, have prompted. me to write to you. ,


Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society that I found their production o f “ Summer Song” a delight.


- May I, through your columns, assure members o f the Clitheroe rarisn ; ____


. „ The lovely Dvorak melodies, the colour, the enthusiasm -and humour com-, '


c o u ld a c c om m o d a t e another building society or estate agents which has not yet got a base in .town. • A dance hall for fund­


raising organisations and weekly Saturday night dances and a theatre for the multi-talented thes- pian groups who put on wonderful productions despite pokey stages, non­ existent dressing rooms and cramped and uncom­ fortable auditoriums — surely-the King Lane Hall provides the requirements of both of these? • Something for the


young people, like a plastic “ ice” rink and ten-pin bowling. The council and plan­


ners in whichever suite of mayoral offices they hap­


pen to be sitting at pres­ ent (with or without the photographs on the wall) should build at their own expense the nuclear bomb­ proof bunker as soon as possible, then go inside (taking the expensive con­ sultants with them) and firmly close the door. So will the real Clith­


eroe people stand up and speak up to save our town centre site and our market (for future generations) from the' developers at a peppercorn or any other k ind o f r e n t . R a l ly together with that old bat­ tle cry — “Niver let it be sed thi muther bred a jibber.”


L A N C A S H I COMMONSENSE.


Market is a vital


asset to town AFTER reading your article in last week’s “Advertiser and Times” headlined “Crisis meeting for market traders,” I can understand the concerns which the present traders express and I feel moved to write in their


defence. It is surprising to learn


that Ribble Valley Council members have not met and discussed with the stallholders the needs and possibilities of a redevel­ opment scheme for the market. I believe the market to


be an essential asset for the town, both economic­ ally and socially, as a centre for trade and a meeting place, a tourist


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historic heritage. ‘ The stallholders have a


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good reputation, offering both quality and service. Many have been stall­ holders over a long period and are old friends to their regular customers. The goods are of a high quality and reasonably priced. People meet at the mar­


ket, relatives and friends from the villages get together to chat, as they have done for many years. Tourists come because of


the “ old fashioned” feel of a market area with charac­ ter, unlike the street mar­ kets com p e t in g with


traffic. What appears necessary


is a market area with a sufficient number of suit­ able stalls and buildings, at reasonable rents, and a cafe to serve the people on the market, if we are to preserve the best of what we have today — as Mr


attraction and part of our Shaw rightly says, “ by L ! _ i


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reputation, one of the best markets around.” . , Without this facility,


and all that it now offers, people will shop in other towns. Surely we do not want


our market replaced by a chaotic, characterless,


“free for all,” hardly more than a minor priority in the development?


MRS J. BRADLEY, 11 Chatburn Park Drive,


Clitheroe. R E


thank all concerned. MRS ALICE L. KENYON,


23 Well Court, -., Well Terrace,


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bined to provide a most enjoyable evening o f lively and first class enter­ tainment. I, for one, shall remember it with pleasure for a long time and I


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I CANNOT imagine why Vivien Meath was so critical of “Summer Song.” ' I, and many people to whom I have spoken, found the mediocre s°ngs


extremely lively and tuneful, so much so that I am still humming Just around the Far from it having a weak storyline, it enthralled me by the development of the In an'amateur production one should make allowances for minor inaccuracies such


plot, which was superbly carried out by the whole cast. as accents. It was thoroughly enjoyable.


MRS MARGARET KIDGER, 8 Moorland Crescent, Clitheroe. .xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


MAY I, through your columns, give well-earned praise to the Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society on its production o f Summer Song.” This was something different and it must have taken a lot o f very hard work on everyone’s part to make it the success that jt was.


_ I was there on Friday evening and the audience said it all with the


applause. It was a most enjoyable evening and certainly one to remember. In my opinion, professionals could not have done it any better.


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I FEEL I must refute the criticism meted out by your reporter about the musical “Summer Song.”


On Tuesday night I attended the show with a group from Slaidburn WI . ■ TlrT


and we all thoroughly enjoyed the show. We came away full of praise for the brilliant cast, who gave of their very best to make our evening an enjoyable one. I know I am speaking on behalf of my fellow members when I say a very big


“thank you” to all concerned for making our evening a very happy and memorable musical event.


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R E G A R D IN G y o u r critic’s view of the show “Summer Song,” I think that she must have seen and heard a different ver­ sion than the one we so enjoyed on Tuesday. We all agreed what a fast moving show it was and Dvorak’s music cannot be called mediocre in any way. The headline was very


cruel and certainly wrong. Should the edito r not check before agreeing to such a statement? One of a very satisfied


audience.


MRS V. GILES, Sawley Grange, Sawley.


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WHAT a delightful eve­ ning my friends and I spent on Friday watching Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society’s “Sum­ mer Song.” The cast was enthusias­


tic and obviously enjoying themselves. The orchestra played beautifully, with feeling and control. Thank you, everyone


concerned.


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• LETTERS fdr publica­ tion are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at the Editors discretion.


I CERTAINLY don’ t agree with your headline “mediocre songs — show unmemorable.” “ Summer Song” had enough storyline to carry


the delightful Dvorak tunes. The orchestra and the chorus were excellent and doubly so, with such well-known music, where any weakness would soon


show.


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AFTER seeing “Summer Song” once, my sons, aged six and four, were singing all those lovely Dvorak melodies and clamouring for a second chance. Mediocre? Unmemorable? Never.


PAMELA DAVIS, 8 Shays Drive, Clitheroe.


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Civic hall repairs are in order


TO an old campaigner like myself it is heartwarming to see the steady growth of your letters page.


t ru e d em o c r a t i c nature o f B rit ish society and growing local interest m issues that affect us all.


This reflects the However, a democracy


means one can at times disagree with statements made by politicians.


In fact, I strongly dis­


agree with Coun. Barrie Parker, (last week’s let-


I WAS distressed to read a let ter from “ A Con­ cerned Father” in last week’ s “ Letters to the Editor,” regarding his son being given a job collect­ ing trolleys in the new su p e r s to r e , re cen t ly , opened in Clitheroe, then being dismissed, after a sh o r t p e r io d as n ot suitable.


There but for the grace of God . . .


h ou r s . The lad only- worked eight hours a week. Surely his hours could have been arranged so that he worked when a caring supervisor was on ; hand,to keep' an eye on him.


The reasons given for.


his dismissal were, in my- view, unfair— no fiill-time supervision available: due. to extend ed working


Another reason — he


was a danger to himself and others in the car park. Then take him out of -the


car park and find him-


another job. Discarding and stacking empty car­ tons, washing, up in the canteen — surely they have a- su p e rv is o r in there? Or sweeping the shop after closing hours.


During my working t days I was reponsible for


he_recniitment 0f many


staff and always gave a sympathetic ear to the needs of our less fortunate


Cannot disregard law of the land


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I WOULD suggest to your read­ ers that it is Coun. B. Parker and not me who is being economical with the truth in his comments regarding the proposed emer­ gency HQ at the Clitheroe Civic Hall.


' Whilst he is quite correct that the regulations which impose a statutory requirement on the council to provide such an emergency headquarters date back to 1983, he omits to state that the Government has more re cen t ly imposed a timetable within which such a headquarters: must be up and run­ ning. Hence my statement, which you clearly reported and which he chose to ignore, that the council does not have


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' If the logic of Coun. Parker’s letter is followed through, he is clearly, call­ ing upon, the council to disregard the law of the land. Whatever he, as a for­ mer police officer,'may think about this, it is not a course which, as the council’s principal officer, I am pre­ pared to recommend to them, and my


discretion on timing..


" the proper concern o f the Borough Council. - ' ' .


MICHAEL JACKSON, V f \ ; Chief Executive and :


-. 'Director o f Corporate Services,


' Ribble Valley Borough Council, Clitheroe.


WILL thecorrespondents signing themselves “ C.M.T.” a n d “A Concerned Per- ..


son” please contact the Editor. i ’■ . i , ' .■•■.all."


Eersonal views on the matter have no 1 on this issue, as on any subject which.is ,


earing on my clear duty. I will con­ tinue to give full and factual advice


Of course, if we had had


friends. I have recruited and taken care of epilep­ tics, mentally disturbed people and mongols and trained and instructed the rest o f the staff to look after them. You may say you cannot run a business on sympathy, but you cer- ta in ly can n o t run it without. ; Tesco has opened its


business in what I call a caring town and it will not do its business any good by not showing a caring attitude to one of the com­ munity. After all, it is only


one boy among so many able-bodied and able- minded staff. ' Tesco could not dismiss


another member o f its staff without them taking the matter up with the Unfair Dismissals Depart­ ment. Does this boy not have the same protection? After all, he was inter­ viewed and accepted by the . firm. The interviewer at the time knew all the facts; the lad did not come under false pretences. I do not know either the


a Labour Government since 1983, we would have completely scrapped our nuclear defence systems — the white flag strategy — and would now be in danger o f becoming an


annexe of the USSR. Fqr is it not our Government’s


determination to speak from strength which has brought Russia to the negotiating table?


j But if we return to the


other strand o f Couii. Parker’s letter and the proposed increases in rates, it is entertaining to see that the only councillor reported as opposing the Policy and Resources Committee’s determina­ tion to limit rate rises to 2p in the £ was Coun. Bert Jones.


. P r e sum a b ly th e n ,


Labour locally would echo th e 1 8 .5% in c r e a s e imposed by the- Lib/Lab coalition at County Hall last year? Or the 50% increase over the last four years — even at a 'tim'e when Central Government has increased its-grants to the County. Council over the level of inflation?


boy or his family, but I will not be shopping in this superstore. As one who has always tried to help the less fortunate over the' years, I found this incident, i


: most distressing. Remem­ ber, whoever was respon- -. sible for this act — there, but for the grace of God,-^ go I.


MRS K. J. BARBER, 15 Candlemakers Court, . Clitheroe.


MR S. WHITTLE,: 13 Central Avenue, - Clitheroe.


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TO . enable us to in­ clude a: wide cross- section '-.of - views and subjects in our Tetters column ,; co r re sp on ­ dents are asked to make .their'points as briefly as possible and


’ certainly no longer than..'300 Swords in


total.


ters). Why should the Rib­ ble Valley Council not try to reduce the; cost o f improvements fo r the Civic Hall to the local ratepayer’-if, indeed, his assumptions are correct on the nuclear bunker? What is so w ron g in this? Labour councils have done it elsewhere. They call it productive usage of avail­ able grants!


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would like to wish the society every success in next year’s production of “My Fair Lady,” with a hope that on that occasion your critic may think a lit­ tle longer before putting her entitled opinion into print.


MR G. E. ORMEROD, 1 Ennerdale Road, Clitheroe.


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