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And the town’s plan for a nuclear bunker . . . . ,


council resources. Money has been allocated towards the cost


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used to equip such a headquarters. - But he stressed the pointthat it was a stat- utory requirement on all district councils to provide and equip an emergency headquar- ters to a standard acceptable to the Home Office. In effect, borough councils had no choice in the matter, they simply were required to make the provision. The Home Office was imposing timetables


some'digging of its own to try and find out more about the controversial nuclear


bUTher Chief Executive of Kibble Vqlley Council, Mr Michael Jackson, said he would expect many readers to echo the criticism that a very large sum of money was being


benefit structurally from the work. “I well appreciate that this will not per­


suade the scheme’s critics that it is any more worthwhile than they originally thought. It should, however, persuade them that the bor­ ough was acting under statutory instruction and not ill-considered discretion,” he added. Information from council officials and the


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NO R TH WEST Water has given an assurance th a t 800 brown trout killed by an accidental poison spillage at Sabden are to b e re p la c ed as “swiftly as possible.” :..


: A spokesman for. the authority: said that :the


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Tenants’ choice issue is aired


THE controversial issue of tenants’ choice was raised at Kibble Valley Councils Housing


tor of community and com- mercial services, had received a letter from the Government-backed Hous­ ing Corporation. This is responsible for administer­ ing the provisions of the Housing Act 1988, which includes the ten an ts ’ choice legislation.


Committee meeting. Mr Dave Morris, direc­


tion is to allow council ten­ ants the freedom to choose other landlords for .the property they are living in.


The idea of the legisla­


posal, then the application would terminate at that point.


the legislation which pre­ vented or restricted a fur­ ther application.


There was nothing in


tion would approve a land­ lord for an application where te n a n ts have expressed a clear wish to remain with the council.


the initiative to change to another landlord should originate from tenants, who have to contact the Housing Corporation. The culmination of the applica­ tion would be the tenants’


The letter stated that


ballot, and if the tenants voted against the pro­


al tern at iv e landlords would be interested in pursuing tenants’ choice where there was little chance of success and the Housing Corporation would not waste time in such situations.


It was also unlikely that


ants are paramount, explained Mr Morris, and the desire for change must , be tenant-led. Coun. Bert Jones (Clith eroe) disagreed with what Mr Morris suggested, say­ ing that he believed the initiative would not come


The wishes of the ten­


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A N EWSLETTER keeping West Bradford villagers informed and involved with their play­ ing field project is one of the f irs t schemes to receive help from- a new Lancashire rural fund b ack ed by B r i t i s h


Telecom. The £250 g ran t from


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Playing Fields Manage­ ment Committee is one of seven organisations to


ning to build a village hall on the playing fields. In the newsletter it is also hoped to feature views on the scheme from all the village


The committee is plan­


A PLAN for the erection of four semi-detached houses and one detached, plus provision of a new car park and access road on land at tne side and rear of the Black Horse Inn, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, is among applications lodged with the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning Department (number 0036). Other plans include: Clitheroe: Erection of a satel


transAtlantic flight path, no-one could say that another Lockerbie might not happen right on Clitheroe’s doorstep and who is to tell what those planes might be carrying But it is the ultimate scenario, World War


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Three, that has gripped people’s imagina­ tions as to what role the HQ might play. Officials stress that it is not intended to survive a direct hit by rocket attack, being


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merely a group of rooms at basement level. There would be accommodation for at least


MOOR LANE and WOONE LANE, CLITHEROE. Telephone 22683;


30 people, with sleeping facilities and sup­


plies to last a minimum of 14 days. Staff manning it would be “certain desig­


nated people” whose individual skills would ensure the best possible survival of any civi­ lisation that remained. In charge most likely would be the bor­


Also many SALE BARGAINS in Electrical Department


ough’s chief executive, Michael .Jackson, who would have to oversee an horrendous range of duties, including food supplies, pre­ vention of disease, keeping public order and re-establishing communications. Exactly how this would be done remains unclear, but infrequent civil defence exercises are held


with this in mind.


senior police officers, but whether they would be armed and told to shoot “trouble­


Bunker personnel would proably include .


through landline and two-way radio link with the sub-regional headquarters at West Leigh in Preston.


makers” is unclear. Communications would be achieved


communications centre, with a staff of at least 200, who might be supervised by a senior civil servant from Whitehall if central Government could be dispersed in time. It is uncertain whether Clitheroe would


West Leigh would serve as a countywide . explosions.


that have already exist at centres in Taylor Street, Clitheroe, and in Longridge would be


Organising food supplies from stockpiles .. , ,


a more immediate priority. Radiation monitoring would be done with


iiiig


Royal Observer Corps posts in Bolton-by- Bowland and near Longridge to work out which areas were likely to be contaminated


in the coming hours. It seems unlikely that Ribble Valley would


receive a direct rocket attack, unless there


are secret sites known only to the Russians or that Clitheroe’s cement-making capacity was considered a priority target by thern. More likely, Manchester —_ despite its


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nuclear free zone claim — and skj'ikii" areas would be blown up and Ribble Valley would serve as an evacuation area or an al ternative highway route across the


lite dish at 1A Chatburn Road (0022). Re-roofing using new Welsh blue slate and rebuilding of chimney stacks reusing exist­ ing masonry at 18 and 20 Parson


Lane (0033). Chipping: Replacement of


existing wooden porch with stone-built construction at Mill Cottage, Hesketh Lane (0024). Renewal of timber windows to front and side elevation of Bra- bins Old School, Windy Street


(°027>N -ewton: Retention of hohday


groups. Lancashire towns and


villages with fewer than 10,000 people can qualify for the grants, up to a maximum of £250 towards local projects which' will give lasting social, ecomomic or environmental benefit. There is still money in


four bungalows, 12 two-bedroom flats and six one-bedroom flats at Victoria Mill, Whalley Road.


Read: Erection of six houses, , „ . .


(0030).West Bradford: Extension to. the rear of 20 Westfield Drive to form dining area/sun lounge and e n la rg e e x is t in g bedroom


(0038). Aighton, Bailey and Chaig-


| from the tenants as the letter suggested, but from the housing associations. Mr Morris promised to keep the committee fully


| informed of any further developments.


Centre plans .■ I Langho Community a s s o -


Ib I L L INGTON and 1 Langho Community Asso-


the fund and applications for grants can be made to Sarah Downes at the Community Council of Lancashire, 15 Victoria Road, Fulwood, Preston. Our picture shows Mr


ley: Demolition of disused .laun­ dry outbuilding at Stonyhurst College and provision of new building for kitchen storage and staff facilities (0039). Billington: Single and two-


Edward Townsend, of British Telecom, and Sarah Eiownes with Mr David Sharp, chairman of the West Bradford Committee, and Mrs E l l a l i n e A s p i n , president.


Fewer crackers ITHERE was a slightly


Christmas cracker swim ming offer. In 1987, sale of the spe


cial contracts, which allow people to swim for less money, was 216, but last year it fell to 189.


New Road (0040).


Thieves kick open door


PROPERTY worth almost I £1,000 was stolen after j thieves kicked open a rear door at a house in Wiswell Lane, Wi swel l , last


Friday.


video recorder (serial number 613798), worth £340, a Samsung 14in. por­ table TV (model number C1338F), worth £150, and a 9ct. gold charm bracelet with five charms,- valued


They took a Sharp VHS at £500. P o i s o n r iv e r so o n


accident'happened while th e wo rkme n we r e engaged on the long-run­ ning scheme to improve Sabden’s water supply and stressed that at no time was there any danger to residents. The men were flushing


out a tank with fresh water, not knowing that there was a quantity , of caustic soda at the bottom. The brook turned white with foam and bubbles by • the side of the village post, office and then a pool near, the Propax factory began to : fill with.: dead trout,-


is flushed into special con­ tainers, but a dipstick used by the workmen did not reveal the caustic soda, so they flushed the ■contents of the- tank- into the brook,” he said. - “We would like to reas­


frogs and small fish. ‘■Normally caustic soda


sure residents that-it will not happen again. The


‘Our biologists -and fish experts were down in the village investigating the


river quickly cleared itself.


loss as soon as possible' and are now making plans to restock the brook.”


.


caravan on a permanent basis at Robinsons Farm, Easington | (0025).


PeButnthere are too many imponderables for anyone to say with certainty exactly what the outcome would be. Much would depend on how the prevailing wind carried the radia­ tion from devastated urban areas. If Hey- sham nuclear power station was hit, it seems that in the Ribble Valley we would all be


doomed to a slow, agonising death. Both Home Office and pacifist sources


agree on one thing. Preparations for the unthinkable are well advanced and have been constantly updated since 1945. Irrespective of the morality of the atom bomb, it is clear that if nuclear war came, the powers that be would fight to survive and fight to win — and, presumably, Clitheroe’s controversial nuclear bunker would have an important


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