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by those eager to see the w o r ld ’s top p o l i t ic ia n s satirised. “Politicians to the slaughter” might be a better way of describing the action of Central Television’s puppet characters on the national network.


THE new Home Secretary has reached the ultimate pinnacle of true greatness. . . having made his “Spitting Image” debut before millions of tele­ vision viewers! It is a programme enjoyed


But our own David Wad-


Home Secretary’s debut in advance and made a point of watching the programme on Sunday evening. Their verdict was that Mr Waddington’s lookalike was hardly a spit­ ting image at all, from either,


dington and his wife, Gill, have weathered the cutting satire on “Spitting Image” and come up smiling. The couple got wind of the


-a physical or personality viewpoint.


by SHEILA NIXON And after the programme


they breathed a sigh of relief and announced that the satire had not been as brutal as they had feared. Mrs Waddington told the


“Advertiser and Times” that the Home Secretary, although portrayed as a Ku Klux Klan member, felt he had “ got away with it this time.” She said: “The puppet


didn’t look like David very much and we don’t think any­ body would have recognised him if ‘Mrs Thatcher’ had not addressed him by saying ‘Wh a t do y o u t h i n k , Waddington?’


“The portrayal wasn’t


exactly amusing, but then again it wasn’t absolutely revolting and disgusting.


Battle cry goes out to mums


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‘Brands Hatch’ village is still under siege


wife Linda, of Stable Close — right next to the mart — kept children James (11), Christopher (!)) and Lisa (5) indoors as usual. “We daren’t even let


them ride their bikes in our cul-de-sac because the village gets like Brands Hatch. Drivers roar about and if you object to them p ark in g across your


THE village of Gisburn was turned into “Brands Hatch” on Sunday by customers of the giant market on the auction mart site . . . as Ribble Valley Council’s legal and adminis­ trative officer Mr Paul Timson said he would consider legal prosecution if the situation were not resolved. Mr Geoff Bailey and his


gateway you get verbal abuse and the threat of violence,” said Mr Bailey. “When we bought our


home, we did not mind liv­ ing opposite an auction m a r t . . . but we have ended up living opposite a flea market. Some mar­ kets have been indoors, but there were 60 outdoor stalls, too, on Sunday and the whole area was in


Blackpool Pleasure Beach and we’re all totally against i t . . . it is only grudgingly and very reluc­ tantly that we agree to one a month,” he said. We recently reported a


motorists parked on top of no-parking cones and then denied having seen them. “It’s like living next to


chaos.” Mr Bailey said that


THE battle cry has gone out to local mothers to fight to save Whalley’s Bramley Meade Maternity Unit “before it is too late.”


comes from Ribble Valley Coun. Mrs Dorothy Pearson, who claims that plans for the unit’s closure are further evidence of the threat being faced by


who represents Slaidburn, Newton and Bowland, said: “If Bramley Meade closes, a visit to Queen’s Park Hospital would mean a round trip of at least 50 miles for mothers in my a r e a . T h a t is n o t justifiable. “I have decided to call


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plan formulated by Mr Timson and auction mart secretary Mr Richard Turner to limit the mar­ kets to one a month, after weary villagers submitted a petition objecting to their frequency.


Turner then put the plan to his directors and they agreed to restrict the mar­ kets to one a month, so I am very surprised to find that since that time there have been six Sunday markets out of seven.” On the other Sunday, the site had already been pre-let for a caravan rally.


Mr Timson told us: “Mr


suggestion by the market organiser, Ray Lyndon, that the event be res­ tricted to a weekly indoor market had been flatly turned down by Gisburn Parish Council, who repeated the request for a monthly market.


Mr Timson added that a


also made to me by the auction mart th a t an indoor market was an alternative, but I said we were not prepared to com­ ment and would consider it. However, they have already allowed this before our decision,” said Mr Timson, who reported on the problem to the coun­ cil’s Public Works and Health Committee on Tuesday evening.


“A casual comment was


be a question of legal pros­ ecution,” he added.


“If all else fails, it could


whose daughter received af ter care at Whalley when her baby had to be delivered at Queen’s Park because of complications, said: "The home was lovely and the care superb; it was also so much nearer to visit. Much is said nowadays about the early bond formed between mother and child — how much better if it is in a small, compact and homely unit.” She also added a warn­


on women’s groups and individuals because, let’s face it, they are the ones most concerned,” she said. Coun. Mrs Pearson,


ing that health care in the district was in danger. “I wonder how iong it


will be before the Ribble Valley is deleted from the


The impassioned plea


friendly, happy unit and many families had bene­


Terry is urged to skip to it


TERRY WOGAN will be getting up to some high jinks on Friday’s BBC Children in Need Appeal -— all because of a challenge issued by local busin­ esswoman Vicky Lee (pictured right).


She and 60 customers at the Clitheroe town


centre health studio she runs with husband Chris will be paying Terry £100 for every skip he can manage up to a total of 17 — representing £1,700 — provided that three of the skips are fancy ones!


The money comes from a sponsored skip run by


Vicky and 60 members of the Lee-Carter Health Studio, in Lowergate, in May, and issuing the chal­ lenge to Terry seemed to be as good a way of hand­ ing over the money as any.


When Vicky rang the producers of the pro­


the evening,” she said. “We can|t see the pro­ gramme till about 11 o’clock because of a netball match, so we’re just keeping our fingers crossed that he’ll agree.” The studio’s £1,700 is the highest sum members


gramme to suggest the challenge, they liked the idea and asked for confirmation to be faxed. “We’ve asked him to do it as late as possible in


have ever raised for charity. Most years they man­ age between £1,000 and £1,300 — last year for Cancer Research and the year before for Lepra.


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the biggest proportions of births were normal, yet it appeared that the health authority was prepared to sacrifice the GP unit at Bramley Meade to finance high-technology beds at Queen’s Park. Bramley Meade was a


recommending the closure so that finance can be diverted to urgent tem­ porary accommodation at Queen’s Park, now cater­ ing for a high birth rate much above the national average. Coun. Mrs Pearson said


at last week’s Ribble Val­ ley Council meeting, when members heard th a t officers of the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Val­ ley Health Authority were recommending closure and had adjourned discussions on the matter until next month. The health authority is


appealed to women read­ ers of the “Advertiser and Times” to write to the Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Health Authority, MP David Waddington and Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke MP and voice th e i r objections. She made a similar plea


health authority, because it seems to me that all that matters is Blackburrt and Hyndburn,” she said. Coun. Mrs Pearson


the temporary unit at Queen’s Park was con­ sidered necessary to fill a gap in facilities while a new purpose-built mater­ nity hospital at Queen’s Park was completed. Coun. Bert Jones (Clith-


fited from the excellent care offered there. Councillors heard that


closure for hospitals in the rural areas and the next one on the horizon could be Clitheroe,” he warned. Coun. Bill Fleming (Bil-


Government had, in real terms, increased health service spending, but felt that while the South East • continued on page 16


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the council should be opposing developments at Queen’s Park. The Ribble Valley's stand, he felt, should be for both Bram­ ley Meade and Queen’s Park. He appreciated that the


to take the stand that Mrs Pearson is asking us to take or we could lose this facility,” he said. This did not mean to say


lington) said he had reason to appreciate Bramley Meade, as three of his own children and three of his grandchildren had been cared for in the unit. “I really think we have


eroe) also pointed out that the closure recommenda­ tion followed a decision by the health authority to close Ribchester Hospital. “The policy seems to be


Future looks secure for sound archive


THE sounds of celebration rang out from the ramparts of Clitheroe Castle this week.


Council has provisionally agreed to run the archive as part of the Lancashire


tainty the future of the 85,000 recordings, housed inside the North West Sound Archive, looks secure. Lancashire County


After months of uncer- the councillors who have


Record Office and provide £11,610 running costs a year. The decision by the


a lot of work behind the scenes. Now we can start to look towards the future and get on with the essen­ tial recording work which is so desperately needed," he said. The venture has been


supported the campaign to save the recordings. “I know there has been


Coun. Mrs Pearson


Local support is sought in this hospital fight


A GROUP of campaigners fighting to stop closures at Accrington Victoria Hospital are now looking for support from people in the Ribble Valley.


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the maternity ward and two other wards and drastically reduce the hours of the minor injuries unit are being fought by campaigners who include members of one of the health servi ce u n i o n s ,


Proposals to close for


joined the protest, too — among them Mrs Carole Clark, of Green Park, Whalley, an SEN on ward five, who told the “Clith­ eroe A d v e r t ise r and


Times” she does not feel able to organise a Ribble Valley petition herself. Instead, she said, “it


would carry more weight if some public-spirited per­ son from the Ribble Valley were responsible.”


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THE p r o p o s e d £320,000 emergency centre at Clitheroe Civic Hall has come under renewed attack from the Ribble Valley Counci l ’s Labour


for Clitheroe people, who did not want the centre and felt the money could, be sjjent on other more pressing needs in the bor­ ough, said Coun. Barrie


Parker. The Clitheroe represen­


tative armed himself with a le t te r from another authority in support of his case when he urged the council to abandon the scheme. Colleagues heard that


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Coun. Parker (Clith­


Tewkesbury Council had turned its back on a simi­ lar scheme; despite a Government directive to provide a network of emergency centres as a preparation for nuclear


eroe) raised the matter when the minutes of the Finance and General Pur­ poses Sub-committee came before the council for dis­ cussion. The committee’s request for an extra £21,000 on the emergency centre, taking the scheme to £320,000, had earlier received the approval of the Policy and Resources Committee and was not


reversed. He was supported by


Couns Bert Jones, Labour group leader, and Ron Pickup (both Clitheroe), who commented on the fact that it was not known who would be eligible to take cover in the centre in the event of an attack. Coun. Parker hinted at


the fact that the council had earmarked the Civic Hall for a Government- subsidised emergency- centre network so that


much-needed repairs to the building could be in corpor at ed in the scheme. This, he felt, was a reflection on the council’s failure to keep the Civic Hall well maintained.


to Tewkesbury Council asking for confirmation of its decision not to go ahead with a similar scheme and the procedure used in tak­ ing the decision'— despite the Government directive.


He said he had written- Coun. Parker explained


that the Tewkesbury authority was a hung council, with the Conser­ vatives having the largest number of seats. He read the reply, which state’d that members had reached the decision through the normal channels.


“If Tewkesbury can do


it, so can we,” he said. “The money should be spent on much more immediate issues.”


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Libraries, Museums and Arts Committee is subject to ratification at next week’s meeting of the Per­ sonnel Sub- committee and provision will have to be made in next year’s bud­ get, but all the signs are that the archive has been saved. A rc h iv is t Mr Ken


H o w a r t h th is week expressed his thanks to all


Some other characters are much more beastly!” Mrs Waddington added:


“David can take that sort of satire. He’s seen much more offensive material about him­ self in ‘The Guardian.’ But we didn’t really think it was very funny. Every now and again you can have a laugh, but for most of the time the humour is laboured and so terribly juvenile.” Unabashed by the reactions of the real characters of the


action, Central Television will be continuing to feature Mrs Thatcher and her new Home Secretary during the next five weeks and the insults are expected to come thick and fast. There were a few below the


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Coun. Tom Sharratt said its importance could not be overestimated. “ I t is unique and we are the first generation who have been able to contribute.”


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