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I WRITE in response to your article headed “ Drop in Young Readers” in your March 7th edition, on the subject of the decline in borrowing from Chatburn library. I am concerned that a


misleading impression may have been given inad­ vertently, regarding the school’s attitude to the local library. The report mentioned the need to “ encourage” the school’s use of the library, which could be seen as implying a reluctance ou the part of the school to do this. The contrary is the case.


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three years, litis sought to develop and extend the children’s interest in books and use o f l i b r a r y re s o u rc e s . ’P his has involved school book fairs, parental involvement in the reading programme, use of the schools’ library service and the setting up of an internal reference library. The school s t ro n g ly


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nerve by asking two sim­ ple questions on the waste of poll tax money. The f i r s t question remains u n a n sw e re d and th e second answer was just a lot of flannel. I will be interested in the answers to two more


questions. 1. I t is proposed that an


information centre is to be opened in the M a rke t Place. How much of poll tax payers’ money is this going to cost, to open and run? Why was i t not in c lu d e d in th e new l ib r a r y ? T h e p o l ic y appears to be that “ you are going to have one whether you like i t or not.” 2. How much o f my


money is g o in g in to reserves th is financial year? I believe i t was i l t im last year. I am not against poll


tax, just the amount that LCC wastes!


It. TOWNSON, Fellmongers Cottage, Shawbridgc Street,


Clitheroe.


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Saviour for all, and upholding the truth that he lived and taught


Continue to be held in ST. CATHERINES


SUNDAY SCHOOL West Bradford


on WEDNESDAYS: 20th & 27th March


at 7.45 p.m.


These meetings last for one hour, they are tree and undenominational.


All are welcome Conducted by


Mr N. Henderson and Mr S. Jackson


WHALLEY CHURCH PLAYERS


JUMBLE SALE


SATURDAY


MARCH 16th 2-00 p.m.


Whalley C of E School


Admission: 10p


RIBBLE V A L LE Y may well have dealt the fatal blow to the poll tax, but the Conservative party should not be deceived into thinking this was the o n ly re a s o n fo r th e resounding Liberal Demo­ crat victory.


I t would be electorally


dangerous for it' to think th a t as lo n g as th e Government sorts out the poll tax before the next election, then all the Tory voters will come running back to the fold.


Poll tax protest it may


have been for some peo­ ple, but the other underly- in g rea so n was th a t Michael Carr is a local man who understands local people and local problems.


There can be no doubt


that Nigel Evans is an excellent and honest politi­ cian, but tlie very fact that he has fought two other by-elections around the country surely indicates that his priorities lie first and foremost w ith the Conservative party and his own undisputed politi­ cal fu tu re , ra th e r than with local issues.


Presumably the local


Conservative party is in agreement with Michael Heseltine’s firm views on t h e d e v e lo pm e n t o I regional power in th is country. I f so, perhaps it ought to start by choosing a local candidate, who can contribute towards this aim.


May I emphasise again,


I have never been anti-Ni­ gel Evans, m ere ly in favour of the regional democracy in this country (as is tho case with many of our European neigh­ bours) and look forward to the day when local politi­ cians and county councils can exercise real power, instead of being dictated to by central government.


C A T II 15 R I N I’ODIiVYN, Acre Hill Farm, Bolton-by-Bowlaml.


S h o u l d t h a n k t h e p o l l t a x


, opportunity to vote, for him in 1983 and 1987, when the total number of his votes at the two elections could not equal David Waddington’s ; vote of 30,600 in 1987. . T h e r e fo r e , he.


MICHAEL CARR, rather than condemn­ ing the poll tax, should be grateful for it. The voters of Rib- ,ble Valley liad ample


LETTERS. . - to the editor N o r i g h t t o ‘ m u g ’ m e o v e r t h e t e l e p h o n e


WHILE heartened to some extent that the election in d u s try has brought much-needed employment to rural areas — the planting of forests, cutting them down, turning them into poles, decorating the countryside with them and so on, not to mention the innocent fun i t must afford to partisan vigilante groups who, dressed in the opposing side’s colours, roam the streets at night removing them — I do object to being mugged over the telephone by imperti­ nent strangers wanting to know who I ’m going to vote for.


I might mind less i f they displayed a m ..... tmmrinative philosophical commit-


ment to the candidate on whose behalf they do this, but when recently a t>er-


ore imagine


son of the female persuasion rang and explained that she was working for the Conservatives, I told her that then she should be thoroughly ashamed of herself.


There came a moment of reflection,


presumably to digest this observation, and then she said, “Oh, thank you,’ and rang off.


Wow! I ’m glad I ’m not embroiled in


the cut-and-thrust, knock-’em-down- and-come-up-fighting world of local


party politics!


RICK GRAVES, 39 I’ark Avenue, Clitheroe.


W e d o t h e w o r k w h i l e t h e y t a k e t h e c r e d i t


L IK E many o th e r re s id e n ts in my a re a , I rec eiv ed d u r in g th e by- election campaign r e g u la r o u tp o u r in g s from th e L ib e ra l D em o c rat can­ d id a te , who claimed to b e d e a lin g w ith many local h e a lth and highway problems.


I think it is fair to point


out that I already deal with most of these mat­ ters, in co-operation with my fellow Conservative councillors and even the Labour Party. The Liberal Democrats have been


nowhere in sight. May I highlight a few?


The p e a k -tim e t r a f f ic problem at Brownhill will soon be dealt with by a positive scheme approved by both the Department of Transport and the County


I n c o m e t a x f a i r e r t h a n ‘ p o l l ’ t a x


THE problems which Mr Michael Heseltine appears to have in finding some replacement for the “ poll” tax appear incomprehensible. The fairest and simplest method of financing the


cost of local government services is to increase income tax by (say) five per cent, a system which has the following advantages: 1. Unlike the “ poll" tax or any other form of rating or property tax, such a system is based, fairly, on


the ability to pay. 2. An increase in the rate of income tax would


involve no increase in the staff of the Inland Revenue. 3. There would be little, i f any, increase in the min­ istry staff, which already contributes the greater part


of the cost of local government from taxation. 4. The cost of local government would be reduced


when staff would no longer be required to operate the community charge, rating system or property tax.


FESELENE.


should be grateful for the poll tax, which has enabled him to get to Westminster;? an ambition be would never have otherwise achieved.


L O Y A L ^O T E R .


T O R Y


Is opt-out fetish and a folly?


E Y E S w o r l d w i d e a r e f o c u s e d o n t h e o v e r th row of ram p a n t ty ra n n y an d h o p es for n a s c e n t democracy in f ir s t E a s t an d now Mid­ dle E a s t. Here in the North, the


would-be or would-rather- not-be “ political football” of CRGS (Ribble Valley’s


Complain to d warden


og


MA Y I r e s p o n d to t h r e e l e t t e r s w h ic h ap p e a red in re c e n t is su e s of th e “A d v e r tis e r and T im e s” co n c ern in g com plaints of dog foul­ ing in specific a re a s of Whalley and C lithe roe .


1 am rather surprised could be investigated, with


that after all the publicity given to the appointment of a (log warden, the resi­ dents concerned did not feel able to bring th e ir complaints to the notice of the warden so that they


CLITHEROE SOCIAL CLUB


SATURDAY MARCH 16th


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a view to a p p ro p r ia te action being taken.


The campaign to obtain


the services of the war­ den, Miss Penny Busing, took some two years and on the basis of “either use it or lose i t ” I trust that where residents are aware of persistent problems caused by dog excrement they will not hesitate to contact the warden by te le p h o n in g C lith e ro e 25111 and asking for the Dog Warden Service.


C O U N . E R BRACEWELL, Primrose Street, Clithcroe.


Delightful concert


THE lunchtime concerts held in the Moot Hall at Clithcroe Library have been delightful. The performers, the


organisers and the setting have been memorable.


MRS CATHIE S. COURSE, 14 Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe.


THE uPVC SPECIALISTS Going from Strength to


Strength TS5"" ' A < 3 I C


first opt-out and all that) has now, by the -alchemy of by-election fantasies, become a trophy, a flag­ ship. Or is i t a fetish and a


folly? May we not have here


as much a p o r te n t o f creeping tyranny as of t r i­ umphant parent-power and democracy-widening? Those of us CRGS par­


ents who attended the AGM of the Friends of CRGS during the ballot lead-up heard the retiring headmaster opine with a strangely ambiguous open­ ness: he would not expect


the parents to vote against the stated wish of near!


master (and/or staff) and governors that the school opt out.


Did he prove ra th e r


more right than he would be proud to admit? Only three-quarters as


many voted NO (374) as YES (500), yet despite having postal ballot papers to hand, a whole one-third (432) o f the electorate


declined to vote. W h a t c o n s t itu te s a


“ s ile n t m a jo r ity? ” The crowds admiring the Royal new clothes? How unre­ p re se n ta t ive was th a t shrill small voice that bela­ tedly punctured the rogue weavers’ diffidence trick? .T h e o p t-o u t decision


may or may not prove a folly, but the way i t was b ro u g h t a b o u t s a d ly deserves careful docu­ menting: i t cannot have enhanced th e school’ s reputation or self-respect. Is any threat more insi-


duously tyrannical — even i f vicar ious or merely implied — than ‘How dare you upset me’?


A N D R E W GARDNER-CHAN, 29 Hamblcdon View, Read.


Tel: Cl Harwood 883606


to my entire satitfactioiL The men who did the job are truly professionals


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Council. I t can s ta r t as soon as the various legal formalities are completed The Liberal Democrat failed to recognise this along w ith the in te r im improvements that wen introduced during 1991).


As the local county


c o u n c illo r , I am fu l ly aware of the problem of the bus turn-around out­ s id e S t A u g u s t in e ’ s School, Billington, and I am in constant touch with county officers about it. Again, the Liberal Demo­ crat candidate failed to recognise this.


The Liberal Democrat


candidate recognised that traffic calming measures were about to take place at the dangerous junction at Painter Wood. Unfor­ tunately, once more, he did not point out that this was a d ire c t re su lt of action by Conservative councillors. F in a lly , the L ib e ra l


Democrat candidate men­ t io n e d d i f f ic u l t ie s at Bro c kh a ll and Calrler- stones. I t is encouraging that Conservative council­ lors are already acting, along with Nigel Evans, the Conservative candi­ date, who was in touch with the relevant people at both district and regional level. The fact of the matter is


that local councillors are doing the business, while the Lib e ra l Democrats take all the credit. Where has Mr C a r r been for the past four


COUNTY COUN. CHRIS IIOLTOM, llollowhead Close, Wilpshirc.


Clitlierde Advertiser & Times, March


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B i l l i n g t o n h o u s i n g p l a n o v e r t u r n e d


R E S ID E N T S of Billington packed th e council c h am b e r to h e a r R ib b le V a lley co u n c illo rs o v e r tu rn a planning applica tion for a re s id e n ­ tial d ev e lo pm en t in th e village. The outline application


for houses on land off Sun- nyside Avenue, Billington was recommended fo r approval by planners. Councillors heard that


18 letters of objection had been received, the main concern being highway safety and that the pro­ posed access had poor visi­ bility splay and sight lines. Other issues concerned


the possible devaluation of p ro p e r tie s and loss of views. F ur th e r concern was raised by the loss of allotments. The application had pre­


viously been refused in the interest of highway safety. Councillors heard that the p re s e n t a p p l ic a t io n showed th e re was no longer a link road lo Sun- nyside Avenue, only pro­ v is io n fo r emergency access. The width of the r o a (1 had a ls o 1)een reduced to a 5.5 metre carriageway w ith two- metre pavements on both sides. Planning officers said


the site had been allocated fo r re s id e n t ia l d e ve l­


opment and the county s u r v e y o r ra is e d no objection. Councillors voted, how­


e v e r , to re fu s e th e application.


Red light for car park


LOCAL planners will not be t ry in g to use Clith- eroc’s gas-holder site as a car park, after all. Changes considered for


the town’s draft local plan had included an idea to use the gas-holder site for parking instead of its orig- i n a 1 (1 e s i g n a t i o n f o r housing. But to use the gas­


holder site for anything other than housing would incur a huge penalty — the Department of the Environment would want much of its grant money back, say the planners. So, instead, things are


to remain as they are — subject to the Kibble Val­ ley Council’s approval.


T h i r d y e a r a r t s g r o u p b i d s f o r s t a r d o m


BUDDING Thespians at a Rihhle Valley school have taken the f irs t tentative steps to national stardom. Artists in Residence, a


theatre group of th ird years at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, has been informed that it will make up one of 2(10 outfits to be assessed for the Lloyds Bank Theatre Challenge


1991. The students w ill he


ju d g e d by th e Ro ya l National Theatre Asses­ sors, whose job it is to find new talent from every cor­ ner of the country. After each performance


lias been evaluated, the original 200 will lie whit­ tled down to just 30 and then again to 12 com­ panies, who will be invited to perform on stage at the Royal National Theatre next duly. The th ird years have


w r it te n the scr ipt and composed all tile music themselves for "A r k . ” which they are performing at school tonight, before an audience of parents and friends, for assessment by adjudicator dan Wood, ol ^ The Crucible T h e a t re , ’ Sheffield. The performers w ill


then have to wait until A p r il to find out i f they have impressed enough to be included in the next round.


Bungalow plan


A DETACHED bungalow is to be built on land off Rriors Walk, The Rad- dock, Sawley. Rcrmission was granted


by the K ib b le V a lle y Council’s Planning and Development Committee.


O f f i c e r s a r e e l e c t e d


THE retiring chairman of Clitheroe Evening Towns­ women’s Guild, Mrs Alice C o llin g r id g o , thanked members at the annual meeting for their support (luring her term of office. Officers elected were:


Mrs M. Ireland (cha ir ­ man), Mrs R. Robinson (vice-chairman), Mrs F. Hancock (secretary) and M i s s N . B r i g g s (treasurer). Committee members


are: Mrs M. Billington, Mrs M. Chappell, Mrs A. C o l l in g r id g e , Mrs .1. H e m i n g w ay, M rs M . Jones, Airs G. Rarker, Mrs J. Rlumrirlge, Mrs M. R o s s a n (1 M rs C . Washbrook. Several members had


been to see “ Oklahoma" and some also attended


tho Women’s World Day of Rrayer.


The next meeting will


be on April 4th, when the speaker will be Mrs Edna Hothersall, of the St John Ambulance. There will be a bring-and-lmy stall and n e w m e in b e r s a r e welcome.


Mill site theft


CONSTRUCTION equip­ ment valued at £2.3(11) was stolen from a West Brad­ ford housing development. Thieves took a red 12-


inch s t ill saw, a Dumpy ranging site level and a heavy duty Kangri demoli­ tion hammer from River­ side Mill. Anyone with any information should contact Clitheroe Rolice (23818).


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