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Thanks from this ‘back


number1


NOW that my appeal for the B re a th Fund, has topped the first £1,000, it seems an appropriate time to express my sincere thanks to everybody, who has helped to make this possible.


to the editor and journal­ is ts of the '‘C litheroe Advertiser and Times” for the enthusiastic support they have given to the campaign from the start, without which I should have found it difficult to get it offthe ground.


I am especially indebted


mention other particular donors, as these have been numerous and donations have come in from a wide section of people from Clitheroe and beyond, the notable donation being, of


It would be invidious to


course, the gift from the Queen Mother, for whose generosity and support I have been overjoyed.


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Clitheroe friends to sup- fort this "back number" ry helping her to light more fires and earn my sincere gratitude.


May I appeal to my


MRS J A N E T .M BROOK, Chatburn Avenue, Clitheroe.


Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22331 (Classified) ■ ■* V 3


Thereby hang? __a story v../-_


THERE was a happy ending this week to the long saga of where to hang the official portraits


of the Mayors of Clitheroe. Portraits of past mayors,


had to bo taken down and put in storage, after .fears


were raised over the sta­ bility of a wall in the b rand -n ew C li th e ro e Mayor’s Parlour,; where


they were to be hung;... 1 Since then,, experts,


have carried out a minute examination and a picture rail has been attached to


the wall. The .present Mayor of


C li th e ro e , Coun. Pat Shepherd, said:, “I. am glad to see there has been a happy outcome after all the criticism. These, por­ traits form an important p a r t of C l i th e r o e ’s


heritage."


portraits dating back to Victorian times would not be put on display caused bitter disappointment i" the town. But now there i enough -space in th Mayor's Parlour for now portraits to be hung over the coming decade. The reception area and council chamber are also being used, so that tho town’s civic heritage is displayed to its fullest advantage.


Mayor ceremoniously hangs the official portrait of his predecessor, .Coun. James, McGhie, with the Mayoress looking on.


lii; our, p ic tu re , th


Letters to the Editor Flood which has defied generations


AN old report dating back to the early days of the railway in Clith­ eroe remarked “flood water under the Wad- dington Road bridge is sometimes so deep, a boat is needed to navi­ gate it.” >


A similar report could


Pity the poor


elderly!


■ can be heard all (lay and night — pity the poor elderly people who may- have to live and try to sleep in the new units with all the accompanying noise. Obviously, not much


deaden the noise to some extent, but what happens in the warm summer days and nights when the win­ dows are open for fresh air? At the other side of the


Coun.; ,Boden camps out one night on the proposed site to see if he is able to sleep after midnight, when all but the mill is quiet. Double glazing will


units would be Chatburn Playing Fields and the football pitch. Elderly people want


peace and quiet at all times and they certainly will not be getting it on this site. So come on, Ribble Val­


ley Borough Council — look at the site again and re-think the pros and cons.


A C O N C E R N E D PENSIONER.


thought has been put into the siting of these units. Might I suggest that


door to the local mill, which works 24 hours a day non-stop for five days a week. The noise of the looms


scheme for 10 smaller units for elderly people at Chatburn, I would like the Ribble Valley Borough Council to think again be fore g ra n t in g th is scheme on the -proposed site. ‘ " The site is almost next


AFTER reading about the proposed planning applica­ tion for a low cost housing


‘amphibious vehicle is needed to navigate it. Unfortunately, very few residents under the bridge own an amphibious vehicle and those who think they might have often change their opinion at the mid­ point mark!


innocent little dip in the road going under a railway bridge that has defied the efforts of men and machines for the best part of 130 years?


months a great deal of road work has gone on along Waddington Road and at least one.week was actually spent under the bridge itself.


D u ring th e la s t 12


e i th e r th e Highways Department or North West Water please explain to the mystified residents of this area exactly why modern technology has failed to solve this recur­


Can someone from


be written today remark­ ing that-water under Wad- dington Road bridge is sometimes so deep, an


ring phenomenon that has the water closet to be persisted since the time “ such a c o n v e n ie n t Queen Victoria declared invention.”


DAVID BOWKER, 8 Park Avenue, Clithcroc.


Job well done as old old road uncovered


Just what is it about this


MANY and, grateful thanks to. Mr David Threlfall and his team of young volunteers in their efforts to clear the old pack horse road that ascends the Nab.


for 50 years or more,' over­ grown with bramble and small saplings. In winter it became a shallow stream and walkers preferred the higher ground alongside it.


native of Billington and cares about the village even more than I do and it is great for a young man like him to encourage the next generation to care


David, like me, is a


mity of their task it is But no marks at all for necessary^to visit the site, newspaper re p o r te rs , The road is a deep cobbled estate agents and even a gully eight feet at its resident, who gave the widest part and four feet address “Bridge End, deep at its shallowest.. Whalley,” in a letter to It has been impassable your columns recently.


To appreciate the enor- also. Full marks! .


end of Billington Moor) which is itself part of the high ground known as “Billinge” (from which, no doubt, the palish derives its name, the ‘ton’ of Bil­ l in g e ) th a t r i s e s a t Hoghton Tower and separates the Ribble Val­ ley from the industrial south-east of Lancashire. On maps and books of history of the Saxon parish


The Nab is the eastern NO PANIC NEEDED


FROM a recent report in another local paper, it would seem the silly season is approaching when the annual sightings of hogweed surface.


, tal burns units waiting for treatment. Maybe that is because the Danes are more relaxed and sensible in their approach to their environment, which says a lot for their IQ. Country children, gen-,


about it — no screaming campaign for its destruc­ tion — neither are there any queues outside hospi-


ei-ally, are more used to respecting unusual plants in their surroundings, but in 1989, even town chil­ dren are more into videos and computers than pre­


its Heracleum growth, for it grows widely in Den­ mark and is in almost every country garden. There is not any terror


mficent giant hogweed” and before this year’s deli­ berately biased material is pumped out, perhaps'a lit-; tie light could be shed on the matter. Britain is not unique in


is found, it can be called “a ig -


Depending on where it


In recent years, fox- they too jmist have a high gloves, deadly nightshade ,IQ! „


tend telescopes fashioned forests deal with much from Heracleum stems, more lethal plants quite one of the so-called dan- successfully, simply by gers of this plant.


th e i r spell of adverse of poison is a crude attention. Now it is the turn of the statuesque Heracleum and the least one can do is give room for its individual make-up and enjoy its presence. Indians in Amazonian


and laburnum have! alt had - SINCERETAS. ' Relying on a knapsack


approach and adds to an already over-polluted environment: not all of us wish to live in a clinical desert.


walking round them — ,


■ of Billington, you will find the prominence referred to as “The Nab, The Nabe” or the “Na-ob” and even “le-Nabe.” A couple of weeks ago I


when the merits of his birthplace are not known or ignored.


JACK CARR, 37 Billington Gardens, Billington.


Patronising remark


outside Parliament as in it, if not more!


fact th a t is making Mrs Thatcher more unpopular. She seems to be


It is the apparent ignoring of this


WITH reference to the Euro election results report in your paper, how patronising Miss Pamella Roberts’ remarks sounded: that “the Socia­ list success could be put down to not enough voters ap p re c ia tin g the importance of the Euro elections.” There is just as much intelligence


completely out of touch with the peo­ ple and many are fed up with unpopu­ lar policies being steam-rollered through, regardless. .


o th e r p a r t ie s and Miss Roberts should wake up to this. It would seem that Mrs Thatcher is the one who has got it wrong on Europe!


MRSJ.E. MARSH, 13 Lancaster Drive, Clithcroe. .


That is why voters are turning to ...........


Abbot of Whalley, writing in about 1300 A.D., says of the Manor of Billington: “The people of the Manor are untamed and wilde and the land abounds with a multitude of foxes and other harmful beasts.” This lad gets a bit wild


Nab are in Billington, the third largest parish in the Ribble Valley, and it will take an Act of Parliament to alter the boundary. Adam de L y n d le y ,


lington —.correct; postal address, Billington, near Blackburn, BB6 9NU. The house had been incorrectly advertised by the agent. Bridge End and The


had a phone call from frustrated house buyer trying to find “Bridge End,” Whalley. I was able to tell him there are two “Bridges” in Whalley. “ Bridge C o t ta g e ” by Calder Bridge and “Bridge Terrace” in the Calder- stones area. “Bridge End” is in Bit


Pears that a long line of


Celebrating decade of entente cordiale


h o s t in g a vis it by :j» French pupils from Bozel. in Savoie, and tonight ;i special presentation will be made to the French teacher who helped to establish the exchange link between the two schools in 1979. A gift to mark the anni­


versary will be presented to Mme Jbsseline Quanl by headmaster Mr Phil Morris at a disco at the school for teachers.pupils and their families. Also in the spotlight is


PUPILS at St Augustine's RC High School, Billing, ton, are this week cele­ brating 10 years of entente cordiale with a school in the French Alps! . The school is currently


Clitheroe 22321, (Editor


A frie of p


RESIDENTS of West] took to the river for ; of fun and colour wl at least £3,500 for


Bristol, of Hillside. Wei was the first held to boosl


and attracted a bumper [ nearly 4,000 plastic ducks) Very low river levels


th e birds of a fe a th l together around half rocks and through eddic| tual winner being the e John Cherrv, of Dove ) West Bradford. There were thrills and


blowing against the cun{ make for plain sailing, many of the tiny ducks 1 one another to form a vas| There were anxious


Mrs Margaret Rey. head of languages at St Augus­ tine’s, who has organised the exchanges since they first started.


Wigan Pier and Liverpool have been planned, in addition to many activities a rran g ed by the host families.


SILENT


TRIBUTE RIBBLE VALLEY coun­ cillors stood in silence at Monday night’s meeting in memory of Dilworth ward councillor Gordon Taylor and former Ribble Valley M ay o re s s Mrs Ellen Robinson.


added, “has thrown Lon- gridge into a state of shock which has spread to the entire Ribble Valley." He said Mr Taylor was “a progress-chaser par excel­ lence,” as his business as an electrician had shown, and had served the council with diligence. Coun. Tay­ lor had also worked hard to try to save Ribehester Hospital from closure.


Coun. John Cliff said Mrs Robinson had been “a g r e a t s e rv a n t of the people." Coun. Taylor’s death, he


Ribble Valley Mayor Cinema


the role of Holmes and the storyline attempts to con­ vince us th a t “ behind every great detective is one even greater.” Perfor­ mances start at 7-30 p.m.


Watson, played by Ben Kingsley, has a chance to shine brighter than the great detective. Michael Caine takes on


TH E 'n ew S h e r lo c k Holmes film with a differ­ ence is showing at Clith­ eroe Civic Hall from tomorrow until Thursday. In "Without a Clue," Dr


who are staying in the homes of pupils and teach­ ers. until next weekend, were given a civic wel­ come by the Ribble Valley Mayor, Coun. John Clifi'. in the Mayor’s Parlour on Monday. Visits to Alton Towers.


pupils have been involved and some families have k e p t up t h e i r own exchanges. I t ’s been a very successful scheme.’’ The current visitors,


said, "and we have no trouble at all in getting pupils to take part in the exchanges. “Brothers and sisters of


have been established (lur­ ing the past 10 years." she


“Many firm friendships


hall fund. A duck race organised 1


in a raft race in which loci organisations competed. I spectators lined the lmn(


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Expansi mean m at lo ca l


EXPANSION at a Cll ducts factory could cr{ as well as solve a traffil


the Ripun-based company which took over Atkin­ son's Lime Street factory, at Salthill. in 1981, is grad- | uallv increasing the plant's size' from 40.000 to 50.000 |


The Econ Group Ltd. . ... .


■ facturing and office space, blit how much mor el depends on interest rates.


expansion plans sees the completion of a new store by the end of July. Phase I two at the same time next I year will see more mami-1


complete the project this I year, but had to split it I into two phases because of I the increase in interestf rates." explained Econj chairman Bill Lupton.J "What we are doing, ini effect, is turning the fac-l tor.v round so it faces away! from the town, and access J is from the link road.I which should solve thel traffic problem that)


“We were hoping to I The first phase of the I


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