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Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising): Burnley 22331 (Classified).


Letters to the Editor • i


A word of encouragement from health chief on Bramley Meade?


Mr Ian Woolley, cliair- by the’ Community' Healti man of the .Blackburn, ?°un,ci‘ a"d tko Bra“ ley Hyndburn and Ribble


IN la s t week’s le t te r • sure document drawn up ’


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Y -a ,n 6 y ■ H e a 11 h -the situation is as follows: Authority, confirmed: ; i. The D is tr ic t and


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r>^uui^ Meade Action Committee. 0ur interpretation of


once-again that he lis- Regional Health Authori- tens to no c o u n t e r ties conveniently arranged


jumping the gun in the we e k t h e H e a l t h Authority received the joint response to the clo-


‘Outlook’ was right


IN last week’s edition of “Outlook” you high­ lighted Bodnant Gar­ dens, in North Wales. As it happened, the Clitheroe Conserva­ tives had arranged a visit th e re for la s t Saturday and a most enjoyable outing it proved to be. The massed banks of


azaleas in an astonish- ng a r ray of colour


were truly breathtak­ ing. The laburnum arch, although not quite in its final glory, was still spectacular. The manicured lawns, the 100-year-old trees and magnificent views all added to the plea­ sure of the visit. Parking and picnic


argument and .selecti- a short fall in extra fund- vely uses statistics.


He is also guilty of costs of .Bramley Meade. 2. The hospital consul­


ing to_equa!I the running


tants were outmanoeuvred and backed into reluc­ tantly agreeing to the clo-


sure- of Bramley' Meade. Queen’s Park or Accring- 107, with an unusudly low. The*general practitioners ton, nor is that what the figure in 1988 which, ot were not even consulted. mothers wish.


3. Is the temporary unit , 5. No effort has ever but in 1989 92 nibble Val- course Mr Woo ley uses,


at-Queen’s Park the only been made to encourage ley °.irthA 0 jCUrr wav to r e l ie v e th e GPs o rm o th e rs to use Bramley Meade and the


pressure? Surely making Bramley Meade; in fact, more


from an economic point of view. Mr Woolley has been


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Meade would have made case, rep e a ted ly dis- su re sense, especially couraging bookings at December.


Bramley Meade. Figures for the last 10


told many times that Rib­ ble Valley GPs cannot pos­ sibly use a GP unit at


years show that Ribble Valley births at Bramley Meade , are remarkably consistent, between 89 and


POLL TAX FIGURES ARE PURE FICTION


IN a town guide, there is a reference to Clitheroe being half in heaven and half in fairyland; if Mr Loebell wishes to indulge in fairy stories


him out and most do understand his remarks, “true blue Clitheronian.” The facts remain and I


about the councils, then so be it. ■ People will soon “sus”


areas are provided out­ side the gardens with the result that there was absolutely no litter to be seen, or perhaps it was the perfection of th e s e t t in g which defied anyone to drop so much as a sweetie paper. I c a n h e a r t i l y


endorse your advice to visit Bodnant.


J E A N ENTWISTLE, Valentine Cottage, Waddington Road, Clitheroe.


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acknowledge that many residents cannot believe what is happening to their council services, resulting directly from the Govern­ ment’s action. The bor­ ough council is now impo­ tent in what it can do and there is little political will among the Tory-»members to challenge the Govern­ ment in its determination to curb public services. Mr Loebell’s figures on


32 of the 39 members, so please Mr Loebell ask them about the poll tax; lack of low-cost housing, lack of recreational facili­ ties compared to su r ­ rounding authorities.


lor why 1 have to beg for charitable donations to


Ask your Tory council­


help provide a new leisure c en tre , while all the money n e c e s s a ry to extend the Council Offices (£500,000) can be found without even having to


the poll tax and rates are pure fiction and have no relevance or purpose to Clitheroe nor anywhere else. The real figures are available. I can referen c e my


levy a penny on the poll tax.


ple in the s treets, but refuse to commit myself to projects which will not be' provided by a council now moribund by direction of an u n c a r in g c e n t ra l government.


I too, listen to the peo­


RON PICKUP, C l i t h e r o e C o u n ty Councillor, 9 Lingfield Avenue, Clitheroe.


WHO is “Anonymous” to suggest that the mass of the working people with their paltry wages, in their small cramped houses,' should subsidise the affluent few in -their spacious mansions, villas, parks and


True measure of wealth


observations to the cur­ rent state of the law and its application by the Tories who control RVBC. There is a Tory Govern­


gardens? If each of us could indulge such extravagance


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ment with 11 years of power behind it now devestating the economy after wasting a big legacy like North Sea Oil. We have a Tory council with


there would -be no room left for agriculture or pasture.


of wealth and the assessment of it and rates have, hither to, been the justifiable assessment of this


Land and property have always been the measure


wealth. And so it should remain.


ANON. Debt of gratitude | Opposed to access j


THE Appeals Committee of Sabden Crown Green Bowling Club last week received the excellent news that it had been allocated grants of £15,000 by the North West Sports Council and £10,000 by the Ribble Valley Borough Council towards the cost of construct­ ing a crown green in Sabden. This, together with our £7,000 raised


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who have turned out to support the fund-raising activities, to date. So, to all the residents of our community from businesses to pensioners, all we can say is a sincere thank you.


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to date, wdl enable a start to be made in late May or early June. The con­ struction will be carried out by Barton Grange Landscaping and will be super­ vised by Mr J. Hacker, of Professional Sportsturf Design, who have been responsible for the design. The committee owes ah enormous debt of gratitude to all the local people


the Sports Council and the Commu­ nity Council of Lancashire and all out­ side our community who have assisted us, we again offer our thanks. We still have a way to go in our fund-raising, but we have no doubt that our bowling green will be ready in 1991.


To Ribble Valley Borough Council,


ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SABDEN CROWN GREEN BOWL­ ING CLUB.


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WITH reference to the article in last week’s paper, regarding.,a planning application for the conversion of a barn to a private dwelling at.the rear of the Black Bull, it was stated that Rimington Parish Council had not made any comments on this matter.


did send a letter to Mr P. Bailey, the borough coun- ■ cil’s director of development and client services, stat­ ing that we did not object to the barn conversion, but we were opposed to access on to Back Lane, Riming­ ton, as several previous applications had been turned down because it was stated that no more access to Back Lane would be granted.


We would like to point out that pur parish clerk


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in February to consider the closure proposal Mr Woolley was repeatedly asked by certain members to go back to region for. more funding to honour the undertaking not to threaten Bramley Meade until phase three was com­ pleted, but he repeatedly refused. How can he then state, in his letter that the DHA has appealed for extra money? . On a more optimistic


6. At the DHAs meeting


Clitheroe Aducrtiser & Times; May 17th,•1930r


Lot struggling- to make ends meet


IN reply to last week’s letter signed “Anony­ mous,” I thought I would-get just one or


■two facts straight.


did not read my letter pro­ perly or else-you would have realised that I was not speaking specifically about myself wanting to pay a lower poll tax.


Firstly, you obviously


people’s poll tax, then that Eerson could be twice as


of people m general, but I times more than they did did use myself as an exam- last year. Then perhaps I pie of what a lot of us will might stop whingeing now be doing — struggling about it. to make ends meet. This is You seem somewhat something I understand confused in your reply, as from your letter you know firstly you say that we are nothing about, as you say paying for the facilities your ra te s were over that we use. Then at the £1,000 last year. So you end of your le tte r you will be one of those people agree with me that there who, presumably, live in a are very few facilities for lovely big house with a big what we are paying. I had garden and are now far better off than the likes of us in a terraced house, who bought just what they could afford and took into account the fair rates they


I was speaking for a lot, having to pay two or three


to ask myself, did you agree with me or not? I would ju s t like to


note, I was so incensed by Mr, Woolley’s letter last week that I contacted him by phone. He promised that if he has evidence that the continuing use of Bramley Meade consti­ tutes more than just an amenity, then the DHA will go back to region for the funds to keep it open. We believe that we have shown there are more than sufficient grounds for the continuation of Bramley Meade, so the battle is not over.


your support for Bramley Meade in any way you can.


Please continue to show ’


DR I. D. WHYTE, Bramley Meade Action Committee.


LETTERS for publica­ tion are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at the Editor's discretion.


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


“earner” in your household this money to better use then they obviously do not by building a youth centre work as a lorry driver or for the teenagers of the mechanic or bus driver town? It would put a stop etc. Otherwise, without to the kids having to insulting the above, they, gather on street corners would not be able to afford and the encouragement of your type of house with under-age drinking which your rates of over £1,000 a is going on, but only so year. Therefore, your they can use the pubs’ income must have suited facilities, your house and rates when Surely the council could you bought it.


I f th e re is only one Could the council not put having an extension built. make do with the building


wrote about who now something for the young thinks that they are pay-


ing what you call back 30 keen t° forget?


As for the person you that it already has and do ltSeemS


pay, well p e rh ap s if M R S D E L Y S E they’ve got so much spare BROOME, money they wouldn’t mind 48 Wilson Street, - paying one or two other Clitheroe.


Miss Lila Cowman dies aged 93


THE last surviving member of one of Clith-. eroe’s best known families passed away peace­ fully ,at her King Street home on Monday night.


who was the 13th child of Mr John Cowman and his wife Mary Ann, was born in Castle Street in 1896. Miss Cowman was the


Miss Lila Cowman (93),


youngest of five boys and eight, girls. She was edu­ cated a t the National School in Clitheroe and then went to the Higher Grade CE School, situated near Blackburn Cathedral. During the first world


T re a s u re r ’s office Church Street. She then I devoted her life to looking I after her elder sisters. At the time the family lived I a t York House, Yorkl Street — Miss Cowman’s home for a total of 41 [


years. At one stage, she was I


war, she worked at the old Clitheroe Post' Office, now the new Post House Hotel, in King Street; She also helped in the family butch­


er’s business. Miss Cowman th en


worked for the late Dr Barker, of Hill Crest, a partner of the popular local firm, Squills and De Lacy, which specialised in pills and.medicines for pigeons. • Before her retirement


Organist P a u l


THE experimental Sunday evening organ con­ cert season at Clitheroe Civic-Ha.' an encouraging send-off.


lau n ch e s Civic H a ll conc er ts


was given


Mother and son fined


A MOTHER and son appeared before the court at Clitheroe for motoring offences. Ian Michael Loebell


(18), of Edisford Road, Clitheroe, admitted two offences of using a motor


car with defective tyres and failing to illuminate a rear registration. Vivienne Loebell (42), of


the same address, admit­ te d p e rm i t t in g th e offences. Each defendant was fined a total of £75 and ordered to pay £15 costs. Mr Stephen- Barker,


Hammond organ on loan to the borough council was given by the talented 21- year-old Paul Lee.


The'first concert on a


enthusiastic 70-;strong audience with music from well-known shows and the big band sound. He also ilayed a selection by Irv- ng Berlin. The instrument is on


He e n te r ta in e d an


loan to the Civic Hall a decision by the


council to purchase it Meanwhile, the level of support for organ con­ certs, particularly on Sun­ day evenings, will be monitored.


defending, said Ian Loe­ bell, who was driving his mother’s car had been stopped five days earlier by police in Burnley, who had warned him to put the car right. He was stopped again in


Moor Lane, Clitheroe, during the 10 days’ grace.


I Advocacy CITIZEN Advocacy was the topic of Mr.C. Gather-, cole, who spoke to the United -Reformed - Church W om e n ’ s. G u i ld Clitheroe. His interest and work


Citizen


play a prominent part in the organisation, in which ordinary citizens get to know people who are in some way handicapped. Mrs M. R o b in so


porters of the experiment is Coun. Eric Bracewell (C.litheroe), who was delighted with the initial response. .


One of the chief sup­


on the committee of the I Women Unionists’ Asso-1 ciation and later in life she I w.as a member of the I Clitheroe1 Evening Towns-1 women’s Guild. •' Miss Cowman was very | accomplished at tapestry, needlework and handi-l crafts and she taught an| evening class in the sub- je c t s a t B o l to n -b y - | Bowland.


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% J^fews. from the Villages PENDLETON


Archdeacon P a r ish io n e rs of All


Bannister.


Saints’ Church, Pendleton, were among those present at the Archdeacon’s visita­ tion for the swearing-in of churchwardens and sides­ men for the ensuing year. The service was held at


gregation and during the service, the burial'of the ashes of the late Mr Henry Wood took part. Organist was Miss Edna


There was a large con-,


sored- organ marathon throughout the day and, at the conclusion,, a special “Songs of Praise” service was held to dedicate the hymn books.


tional blessing of the farms in Pendleton on Rogation W i n n e r s id.


Farm blessings There will be the tradi- Lw m


Whalley .Parish Church' and attended by represen­ ta t iv e s from' se v e ra l churches in the diocese. Two ch u rchw a rd en s , together with seven sides­ men from Pendleton were there. Taking part were the Archdeacon of Black­ burn the Ven. William David Robinson; the vicar of Whalley, the Rev. Michael Ackroyd and the Rural Dean the Rev. Quentin Wilson. The v ic a r s of th e


paid for the size of prop- believe the town hall is erty they owned.


make one more point about the recreation for our youth of Clitheroe. I


Sunday this weekend. BlSl


a.m., church organist Mr was Mr L. Grime. John Cowking set out to play selected verses from each of the 533 hymns in the Ancient and Modern New S tandard Hymn


Hymn marathon Taking his seat at 8


Book.


churches taking part in-the swearing-in were also present, including the new vicar of Pendleton, the Rev.Roland Nicholson.


First service The new vicar of Pend­


leton, the Rev. Roland Nicholson, took his first service at All Saints' Church on Sunday.


than the anticipated 12 hours.The PCC of St Andrew’s Church, Slaidburn, hopes to buy copies of the new hymn book with proceeds from the event, which are expected to be well in excess of the amount required. Parishioners and visi­


tors supported the spon- READ


Constitutional Club were: Ladies — Mrs M. Red- path, Mrs M. Pickles. Gents — Mrs Cropper, Mrs E. Hutchinson. Special prize was won by Mrs D. Birch and MC


Whist winners at Read


Christian Aid This week is Christian


He completed his task. w‘orthwhile'work. If with ease in slightly less any01le has not been given


Aid Week and most houses in Read will have received envelopes to help support


an envelope they can con­ tact the vicar to make their donation.


Mothers Read Mothers’ Union


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at the age of 63, Miss Cowman was employed at the Clitheroe Borough


Clitheroe Parish Church, I where her mother was I prominent in the Mothers’. | Union. The funeral servicel


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takes place tomorrow at I the Parish Church, begin-1 ning at 1-30 p.m., followed by interment at Clitheroe j Cemetery.


Bad advice lands girl in court


A LICENSEE’S daughter I took bad advice from her friends and drove on after I colliding with the back of a car waiting to turn into a


trates’ Court, Cassandra Wendy Busby (18), of The I Assheton Arms, Down-1 ham, was fined £100 when she admitted driving with- o u t d u e c a r e a n d | attention. She was further fined £200 for failing to stop | -after an accident.


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secuting, said the accident happened at 10-50 p.m. in Whalley Road, Clitheroe. Mr Stephen Barker, for I


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' to them and accepted that she was not concentrating! on the road.


by those attending the concert1 it would appear that they will certainly come again and b r in g ; others with them.” he j declared.


“From, comments made “My own comments are


. After the collision she panicked and drove away, responding to bad-advice from her friends, he said.


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start to what* I hope will be a series of similar con­ certs leading to the council acquiring tne organ as a permanent feature.”


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