6 ’ Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, January 26th, 1989


Clitheroe 2232b (Editorial


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No provision for those cared for at home


I FULLY agree with Mrs B. Davies, in your letters column last week, in what she says about


community, It is not going well for


hysicalnly handicapped sons and daughters in the community.


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the parents in the Ribble Valley who have been car­ ing for them in their own homes, 24 hours a day, all year round, for a long number of years.


cally handicapped daugh­ ter who has been cared for at home for 55 years by myself and my late wife.


I myself have a physi­


ents is that no provision is being made to care for our sons and daughters when we can no longer care for them at home.


b e in g p ro v id ed for patients at present in local hospitals, so why is the same not being done for our handicapped sons and daughters who have been born and bred in the Rib­ ble Valley?


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just that our sons and daughters will have some­ where to go in the Ribble Valley where they will be well cared for and parents will be able to keep in touch with them.


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MR FRED ECCLES, 38 Newton Street, Clitheroe.


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Will rock be obstacle to mart site plans?


NOW that the council has bowed to public opinion regarding the hanging of the pictures of former mayors, as the walls have


LTdThem isn’f under the Civic Hall. Letters to the Editor ft a,sg0 the case that they Would ll n(


should drop the matter of building a nuclear bunker


As the hall itself is propped up, it seems the height of lunacy to build anything under it.


revealed the plans for the auction mart site and has


The council has now


=trnnir requested the public to not be benefi­


pared to pay for. One thought comes to


cial to call a public meet­ ing, where opinions given and questions asked could be noted and answered by Mr Philip Bailey and mem­ bers of the Planning Committee. The council would then


Cultural centre is desperately needed for area


IN answer to the request for suggestions on the Auction Mart site, may I suggest, nay plead, for a cultural centre, something this area desperately


needs. The only thing near to it is a tiny space in Whalley


Library, where over recent weeks we have been able to see some very beautiful crafts, paintings, photography, pottery, embroidery and wooden fur­ niture, all made by people from the Ribble Valley or


instead of practising the three-minute mile down York Street to the obsolete “white elephant” fall-out shelter, our esteemed council could take a trip to Kendal and see the Old Brewery Art Centre. Note that families are welcome.


Pendle. This is the sort of thing tourists want to see and


JEAN RIDING, 21 Nelson Street, Low Moor.


Parents deserve peace of mind


1 FULLY agree with Mrs Davies regarding the scheme for integrating the mentally handicapped into the community. Could someone explain why mentally handicapped people who already live in Clitheroe with their elderly parents are not catered for? After devoting their lives to looking after their


own children, parents should have some peace of mind, knowing their son or daughter will be able to carry on living where all their friends are and where they feel


secure. To move them away from their area must undo


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Hard job for small returns


I WOULD like to make known my feelings about how childminders are taken for granted and used by working mums. I felt compelled to


explain my feelings after a conversation with a fellow childminder, who was told she was not needed any longer and asked if “today and tomorrow will do as notice?” So, now I urge parents not to take childminders


mind as to the suggested underground car park. I presume that thorough tests have been carried out and that rock will not be an obstacle. I am also of the opinion


have an all-round view of what the ra tep ay e rs actually want and are pre­


req u ired . Three are already to*let in the centre of town and many have changed hands a t an alarming rate during the last year.


Lane Hall, Tesco’s shop, which I gathered had been sold and was to be an arcade of shops? Enough is enough.


What about the King that more shops are not OLD CLITHERONIAN.


‘Chosen few’ will decide our fate!


SO_ i the chosen ones are going to run down


Spend to benefit citizens


REFERRING to the let­ ters about the Civic Hall in York Street, I wonder why the councillors of the Ribble Valley and Clith­ eroe are spending so much money on a building which is, if the back of it is any­ thing to go by, falling down?


20 years ago to purchase King Lane Hall, which now looks like being avail­ able again. I think, like many of my friends, that it would be a very much bet­ ter deal to spend money on something that would be of benefit to Clitheroe peo­ ple than to spend it on the ruin of the Civic Hall, which in most people’s opinion is of no use at all.


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for granted. I would like to ask them


to treat them with- some respect, as without them they would find it very difficult to go out to work. Many people may not


hall in Clitheroe, which I understand was for the 1914-18 war veterans, which is now a large shop. A lot of people perhaps don’t know th is , but Queen’s Hall (now Daw­ son’s) is the place in ques­ tion. It was up for sale at one time and missed by the council.


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know that we work for very small returns, yet it is a hard job and I must emphasise that looking after someone else’s child s a lso a v e ry b ig


York Street in four minutes flat, are they? This is how they will


reach the most privileged position of deciding what to do at the appointed time with the rest of us. Do they think we are children of a lesser God than they? Come on, religious lead­ ers, please don!t remain silent on this last bastion of human arrogance. I remember the time a


few years ago when the four-minute warning went off by mistake, right here in the North West. Some people thought it was. a new C a s t le Cement h o o te r , o th e rs ju s t laughed. But the chosen one in


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‘complex’ life


AS the newly-appointed manager of the Ribble Valley Citizens’ Advice Bureau, I welcome this opportunity to introduce myself to your readers. However, I am concerned by some of the ideas expressed by Mr J. S. Kent in your letters column last week. The Ribble Valley certainly needs a Citizens’ Advice


Bureau. Life is complex and many people need help with their problems. CAB enquiries in Clitheroe have increased by 14% during this financial year and we hope to develop our service to meet this increas­


ing demand.However, while it is true that there are greater numbers of women than men among the voluntary advisers, our National Association is committed to a policy of equal opportunities and can demonstrate that positive steps are taken to implement this. Our management committee, whose members are


representative of the local area and all of whom are voluntary, is predominantly male. Finally, we are proud of our non political, impartial


. MURIEL WEBBER, Bureau Manager, Ribble Valley CAB, 19/21 Wcsleyan'Row, Parson Lane, Clitheroe.


Come on, lads don’t give up!


THROUGH the letters page of the “Advertiser and Times” I have been both entertained and informed by diverse subjects from the pictures of mayors to a nuclear bunker for the elite, from the excellent new plans for the Auction Mart site to the new challenge of the leisure/sports centre appeal. But the one major thing which keeps my attention


most is the inside back page and wondering when Clitheroe Rugby team is going to score some points, let alone win. Several years ago I was involved with a football


charge at Burnley, should it have been the real thing, was unable to hear it because he worked in an office with double glazing! These are the so-called superior people to the rest of us, who are mere "chil­ dren of a lesser God.” Have we to rely on


team and during its short life in the Blackburn and District Under 18 Youth League, the best result was a 3-1 defeat, the worst a 28-0 thrashing — and that was with the help of the referee finishing the game after 80 minutes to save our respect. Our top goal scorer was a player with two own goals to his credit. So come on, Clitheroe Rugby team, keep at it and


I am sure the points will come eventually. SPORTSMAN.


these people to rise like a phoenix from the ashes to save us? Who was it who said “Absolute power cor­ rupts absolutely?” He was right!


S.A.D.


LETTERS for publica­ tion must be accom­ panied by name and address as an indica­ tion of good faith, even i f the writer tvishes to use a non-de-plume.


Don't pass buck on bypass route


jobs pay this sort of money? In fact, I can’t think of


looking after a child (due for renewal in 1989) was £1.30 per hour. One must surely ask how many other


responsibility. The 1988 charge for


one. May I also stress that I know of childminders still only charging from 85p per hour. Surely they a re due for a well- deserved increase? Even though parents get an annual rise, they seldom consider paying one for their childminder. Childminding is a very


WHERE is Waddington’s planned bypass to go? Is there a map? I trust it is not planned to pass Wad- dington and West Bradford Primary School (where congestion at the start and end of a school day is hazardous), along the road to West Bradford (where there are no pavements for pedestrians), past the bottom of Eaves Hall Lane on a dangerous double bend (where turning right out of Eaves Hall Lane is already a nightmare) and over West Bradford's nar­ row winding bridge to Clitheroe. While I sympathise with Waddington’s problems, I


don't think “the buck” should be bypassed to West Bradford. Our village may not be as picturesque, but our safety and th a t of our children is very important.


A CONCERNED WEST BRADFORDIAN.


tieing job, restricting many mums from outings on which they could other- wise take th e ir own offspring. I t is also a v e ry


rewarding job to know that other people’s chil­ dren can come into a minder’s home and be hap­ pily settled, even though their own parents go out to work, either for finan­ cial reasons or by choice. It is for financial help in


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their own home life that they choose this occupa­ tion instead of going out to work and leaving their own children. Many minders are


Public must monitor adult education


I SHARE Coun. Pickup’s hopes that the administration of the Ribble Valley adult edu­ cation service may one day be returned to the


looked on as “ second mums” by these children, so I urge parents not to leave their children with­ out a thought for their minder. Surely the more considerate the parent is, the happier the relation­ ship with the minder and the happier the children must feel.


DIANE M. JACKSON, 29 Bleasdale Avenue, Clitheroe.


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RIBBLE VALLEY plan­ ners have deferred a deci­ sion on whether or not to grant permission for the change of use of Broxup Barn, Holden, Bolton-by- Bowland, to a dwelling. The council’s Devel­


opment Subcommittee was told in a written report that the site lies within the Forest of Bow- land Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where the policy is to resist development unconnected with an existing rural- based industry. The application also


assurance given at the “cant and hypocrisy,” public meeting th a t because even as she spoke “Funding for the adult education service in the Ribble Valley District could be withdrawn from the college and separate __________ ______ provision re-established as where a vote was taken a last resort if the expec- and all her Conservative tations of the authority in colleagues voted against respect of the service were h e r . County Couns


to monitor any inadequa­ cies and make their views


not being met. So it is up to the public


known to the Education Committee. , However, as Coun.


Pickup says, there is a “potential annual saving of £14,750 for the authority — through reduced staff­ ing levels. Presumably this means


Ribble Valley. I base my hopes on the did accuse Mrs Lea of


in the meeting, she knew perfectly well that her own party was against her, but at the Education Committee meeting,


Whipp, French and Orrell and a co-opted Democrat, Ronald Marshall, all sup ported her case, so she was aware of Democrat support.


fewer classes and the pos­ sible transfer of classes to the Hyndburn area, thus putting travelling costs etc. on to the individual user of the services and effectively putting them out of reach of any hard-up students. Coun. Pickup states


that there was no evidence of support at the County Council meeting for County Coun. Mrs G. Lea from the Democrats. County Coun. D. Whipp


went against; the policy on barn conversions, as the barn does not form part of a settlement of three or more'houses in close proximity. Members agreed to


defer their decision until they have visited the site and seen the. situation at first hand.


DRAINAGE work is now nearly completed on the £ 8 0 0 ,0 0 0 C a r l to n Place/Highfield Road project, Mr Philip Bailey, director: of development and client services, told the Ribble Valley Housing


last paragraph, may I remind him that Kenneth Baker himself said that Paddy Ashdown on his own had provided a better opposition to Mr Baker’s Act than the whole of the Labour party.


As for Coun. Pickup’s


Pickup has declared his candidacy for the County Council elections in May, he has started his cam paign very early. It is to be hoped that the tone of his last letter does not presage a dirty campaign.


Noting th a t Coun


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