I y 22331 (Classified) Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 23rd, 1989 11 Clitheroe 2282L (Editorial) 22328 (Advertisino) Burnley 22331 (Classified) DELIGHTFUL EASTER MUSIC FROM THESE LANGO PUPILS


TWO delightful eve­ nings of spring and Eastertide music were produced by junior pupils of St Leonard’s CE Primary School, Langho. The choir sang, and the children played


recorders and per­ formed an Easter play to e n t e r t a in th e audience. P a ren ts were also given the chance to sing along. Among the songs


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THANK goodness we have intelligent councillors like Eric Bracewell within Clitheroe. His letter on litter hooli­


ganism hit the nail right on the head. For far too long the art


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of gentle persuasion has been attempted. It has been wasted on the mind­ less yobbos who think dustbins and refuse tips are meant to be ornamen­ tal, and only brought into use when we are all chok­ ing on mountains of their excrement and rubbish blowing round town streets and country lanes alike. Their behaviour brings a visual and sense­ less desecration of our habitat. When it comes to clean­


Letters to the Editor


VITAL NEED FOR LOCAL SKILL SHARE CENTRE


I WAS very sonry and angry to read in your paper that the Ribble Valley Council’s Policy and Resources Com­ mittee had decided not to give any financial support to the Clith- e r o e s k i l l sh a r e


and foremost, in some ways, are the creche facili­ ties. The creche gives par­ ents, who often have no family back-up, a chance to go to work, to the doc­ tor’s, to the hospital, or often just the chance to go shopping without a toddler


in tow.


scheme. I do know that you have


given the scheme a lot of publicity in the last few weeks, but I would like to reiterate the good work that is being carried out by the scheme organiser and the volunteers. They are fulfilling three different functions. First


lines, six-year-old children behave better than many adults. This must be because schools have for some time adopted the attitude of “teach ’em


There is no other estab­ lishment like it in the Rib­ ble Valley. There are, of course, playgroups, but they, unlike the centre, do not operate on a “drop-in” system. They are more expensive and require a commitment to regular attendance, which most of the parents who use the


centre do not need and, moreover, cannot afford.


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cerns the mentally and physically handicapped. These people are being forced out into the commu­ nity because of the closure of mental hospitals. They need to be taught how to look after themselves in the community and how to become part of that com­ munity. The skill share centre and its dedicated volunteers are doing quite a lot to help in th a t direction.


The second function con­


cerns people like me. I am able bodied and I wanted


Don’t sell ourselves short on Roefield


young.” However, when given


I WOULD like to add weight to Mr Briggs’ letter, following the aban­ donment of all the Whitbread League football matches on two recent


the example set by adults of emptying ash trays, dumping beds and scatter­ ing chip papers around the streets and countryside children soon become just as untidy in their own habits. Therefore, another generation of litter louts is created. It is high time our politi­


cians at both local and national level considered introducing legislation (and Ribble Valley could start with local bye-laws) for on-the-spot fines large enough to deter. An exta deterrent would be the


‘new 2.6 litre engine < i unleaded petrol, s, without affecting


ndows, four speaker udard.


weekends and the playing of only two matches in the Last Lancs League.


ences in the quality of playing pitches at Roe- field, i.e. the difference between those on the swimming pool side of the road, compared with those on the car park side, and he requests readers to “ask Clitheroe Ladies’ hockey and football teams,” because they have found better, more reliable pitches elsewhere. As a member of Clith­


eroe Ladies’ Hockey Club, I can confirm that we have been fortunate enough to


stigma of names printed in the local press of those who break the law, high­ lighted on page one if possible! Punishing the few to


MR S. WHITTLE, 13 Central Avenue, Clitheroe.


ORS SY MITSUBISHI tIutkcs) MOTORS EADED V .


have the use of an all- weather pitch for almost


benefit the majority is surely correct!


He refers to the differ­ up having a mud bath ■ . .


when it was fit. In the season prior to


our move,


called hockey, with condi- neighbours at Hyndburn tions dictating the stan- and Blackburn where


which coulid hardly be ut n


following a game u iiaiuij


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know, we have now been promoted to Division Two of the Lancashire Central Ladies’ Hockey League, having dropped only one


dard of play. As readers will probably


n


two seasons. We did have a pitch on


the car park side of the road at Roefield, which had had a considerable sum of money spent on draining it, but it seemed to be of no avail — it was unplayable week after week and we often ended


Paying for centre silent majority do not need


IN connection with the election of parish coun­ cillors recently held in Billington, I would like to reply to the comments of Mrs Birtwistle.


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is quite true the two candi dates who styled them­ selves “community centre” campaigners had a total of 127 votes between them. It is also equally true that the two elected candidates had together 222 votes, and if we are adding things up that way, this represents an overall majority of 95 — an almost two to one majority. If the result was applied to the electorate as a whole, I am sure poll analysts would give a 60 to 40 verdict against the centre. It is also quite true that the parish council voted by a majority of five to three to apply to the Public Loan Board for sanction to raise a loan of £60,000 in order to make a grant of that amount to the com­ munity centre. This. was done at an extraordinary meeting of council.


Yes, Mrs Birtwistle, it


nary in more ways than one, in that it was hastily convened — with the mini­ mum legal notice — at the request of members of the community association. No written notice of the meet­ ing, or the agenda, was delivered to members three days before


It was extraordi­ the parish


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meeting. Extraordinary also that by a majority of five to three the members refused to take the matter to a public meeting of the parish. Extraordinary! C e r ta in ly


the extraordinary meeting I


have ever attended n the newspaper is whingeing whole of my 33 years as a ahd carping, Mtrs Birtwis- the.dajrt.me and at night,


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member of the council. It was also extraordi­


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nary that five unelected members could plunge the parish into a massive debt that will take 25 years to pay off; more extraordi- ........ .... ......... ~ nary too, when, a couple of don’t want or need.


tie, then you are dead right again — I’m whinge­ ing all right. Think of the children


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and their children too who will be paying for some­ thing the silent majority


t could not afford to lay 37 Billington Gardens, cushion-safety flooring Billington...


year. of revenue cou llic


under the playground equipment at a mere cost of £6,000. Members of the council


h av e n o t y e t b e en informed if loan sanction has been granted. When they are they will then no doubt discuss again the loan. At the time of the meeting in October, interest rates were quoted by a spokesman for the community association as nine per cent. The new formation of the council may decide that the pres­ ent rates of 13.5% are far too high and unacceptable. Regarding the meeting


point and conceded only the game of hockey in par- u u u uiuj* unc ------ --—----- .


played only one home game at Roefield and each player came off coated in mud, n


the First XI


an astroturf-type surface. These could include soc­ cer, hockey, tennis, net- ball, volleyball, cricket and even American football. All these are capable of


raising genuine income to support such a capital investment. Our near


they are building a second such facility — have already seen the benefits. Whilst we are ade­


The third function con­


to learn a skill. There is nowhere in the Ribble Valley able to give me the opportunity to do that during the day. Skill share has also


Soccer club says thanks a million


taught me something else. It has taught me to mix with the handicapped. The able bodied need to be taught how to integrate. It should not be necessary, but it is a sad fact of life that the majority of us shy away from contact with people who are not as for­ tunate as ourselves. If we want to create a


centre.


MRS L. C. DOWLER, Sabdcn House, Sabden.


What skill sharing is all about


WHAT a breath of spring our loyal player’s wife, through her letter last week, has brought to Shawbridge.


is still hope in the good people of Clitheroe. You need a town


It shows that there


better, more outward­ looking community, we need people like Cathy Byrne and places like the


team and the commit­ tee is striving like mad to g iv e you one, although it is s till hampered by financial


problems. Nevertheless, progress


has been made and the current committee is pre­ pared to meet the club’s debts, which it is eroding as fast as it can. On the ground side,


thanks mainly to the Ground Preservation


Valley who have no con­ cept of what “skill shar­


FOR those in the Ribble


ing” is about, may I try to remedy this. Trinity Youth Club in


quately catered for at the moment, this type of sur­ face would be of benefit to


two goals in that match ticu la r . If. Cntheroe out of the last 19 games. boasted one, it might even I do not think that we generate the formation of


would have improved and a men’s hockey club, as held such a standard of local players, at present, play if we had had to play have to travel to Black-


at Roefield. One thing is certain — Division Two opposition would not be prepared to play on such a surface. The other week, Mr


Graham Jaeger, of the Ribble Valley Council,


said it wanted clubs “to play on good quality pitches with grass on them. The pitches look superb from the road but often they are saturated.” He could not have said a truer word! He went on to say how


burn or further afield to


play. Don’t let us sell our­


Parson Lane, Clitheroe, is the venue where, under the dedicated guidance of Cathy Byrne and her staff, various free classes are run successfully. The added bonus to the Clith­ eroe skill share scheme is the integration of the men­ tally and physically handi­ capped with the able bo­ died, the whole point being, as the title sug­ gests, the sharing of skills, some to teach, others to learn. A creche run by quali­


Committee, formed this week from a team of volunteers, the club has progressed in a matter of weeks from an ungraded ground to one with a “D” grade. These hardworking guys have given an assurance that they will get at least to grade “C” before the end of the season. If hard work, enthusi­


asm and dedication is any y a rd s t ic k , th is tvill


happen.


On the financial side, although still bogged down with debts incurred before the formation of the pres­ ent committee, the club is


making progress. The club has had spon­


selves short as a local com­ munity. Let us be bold and go for the best option available to us. Is it not possible, therefore, for this idea to be included with the Roefield devel­ opment at some time — ideally sooner, rather than later? •


costly it was to maintain the pitches and, unfortun­ ately, the money spent is so often wasted when games are called off. We should not ju s t


M R S F R A N C E S GRIFFITHS, 11 Claremont Avenue, Clitheroe.


fied staff is also available, Monday to Friday, when pupils from a local school join the staff for a few hours each week. The Manpower Services


Commission, which funds this project, is withdraw­ ing its support in April, so, to replace this, pledges from local groups and businesses are badly needed. A little from you means a lot to us.


M. LUND, “Marwin,” Clitheroe Road, Whalley.


sorship offers to erect three of the floodlight stanchions, leaving only three to sponsor. A few local firms — including Tarmac Roadstone, Wad- dington Fell Quarries, Allens Paints, Neotechnic, the Bridge Inn, Station Hotel and Whitbread Breweries — have given a lifeline for survival. These have been instru­


in a viable position before the start of next season, possibly with a floodlit ground. This is not a pipe dream. With your help, it |


the local football leagues, primary school and sec­ ondary school leagues to play the finals of their competitions in the atmo­ sphere of professional con­ ditions in the heart of their own home town. The club will have the facilities at your disposal, so please


can be a reality. A floodlit pitch will help


- TDmDRRDliJ’S TECHiHULDGY ---- -


is made up of dedicated individuals, led by its present chairman and vice chairman, who have the future of Clitheroe Foot- | ball Club in their hands. They would like to progress out of the trou­ bles of the recent past into the hope and sunlight of |


use them. The present committee


the future. Come on, you su p ­


porters of the Blues, local firms, individuals, commit­ tees, pubs and clubs. Sup-1 port the club and get behind the Blues of today, leaving behind the blues of I yesterday.


small, is welcome. Please contact chairman Charlie Murphy (Rossendale 215076), secretary Colin Wilson (Clitheroe 24370)


mental in the progress the club has made in the past three months, and for this it is extremely grateful. If this could be multi­


plied by 10, the club would be out of the mire by the end of this season and be


our loyal player’s wife for echoing the sentiments of the current committee. Without the dedication of | manager Dave Morris, assistant manager Peter Lee and the club’s pool of | players, who have all given support beyond the bounds of loyalty, Clith­ eroe Football Club would not now be in existence. Thanks a million.


My thanks once again to


BARCLAY WALKER, Commercial Manager, Clithcroe Football Club.


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grumble about the situa­ tion, we should all get together and do something positive about it. It is aU very well to suggest that we only “pay when we play,” but I assume that all the players, like myself, are involved in their sport and want to play every week — cancel­ lations which have to be rearranged, often else­ where, are no substitute for the weekly match.


called by the community association, it is true to say 77 people attended, of whom some, like myself and borough councillors, were present as observers and to gain information. Some even came from a neighbouring parish and should not have been regarded as entitled to comment. No vote was taken so one couldn’t decide how many were for or against. Assuming 70 approved, this figure is about two per cent of the electorate, and less than two per cent of our total


everyone is wasting their time. We should formulate a policy of providing pitches which are suitable


Given our local climate,


to enable play as often as possible. For example, if there were one or two astroturf-type pitches available with floodlights, in the event of normal pitches being rained off, it would be possible to trans­ fer many of these games to this surface from morning till night.


population of over 4,000. The attendance at that meeting was reflected in the number of votes cast for “community centre” candidates. If making public my sin­


cere thoughts and opinions and presenting facts in the


the co-operation and understanding of all con­ cerned, this could be done at short notice and, by uti­ lising both Saturday and Sunday within the hours of, say, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. or la te r , at leas t six matches could be played


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