Clilheroe 22824 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 22831 (Classified)
\Tiew from the T W by L o rd Wadding tott JLJ
o f R ea d
I SERVED under Margaret Thatcher in one capacity or another throughout all her years as Prime Minister and I found her a very different person to the one so often portrayed in the Press.
and used to go to great lengths to help anyone in difficulty. But she knew what she wanted, she did not suffer fools gladly and she expected results from her Ministers, not wind-baggery.
She was always concerned about others Putting a case to her was hard work. She tried to
test your arguments to destruction, but when eventually convinced that what you wanted was right, she supported you all the way. Indeed so keen was she to show that support, that she often attracted to herself the odium for unpopular policies when lesser Prime Ministers would have made sure it stuck firmly to their subordinates. So i t was with the poll tax.
leadership which stood the country in good stead at times of crisis and she was a giant on the world stage.
Margaret Thatcher showed great qualities of The trouble with high political office is that it is
very difficult to shed it with dignity and when Margaret Thatcher failed to win the leadership contest against Michael Heseltine in the first ballot, I was filled with foreboding. The outcome I feared most was a humiliating defeat for her in the second round. I could not bring myself to withdraw my own support, but I doubted whether she could win, or win with a convincing enough majority to carry on. That must have been the view of many who saw her on the fateful Wednesday and at Cabinet on Thursday, November 22nd, she told us she was going to stand down.
with dignity, delivering a speech in the House of Commons that same day which made her opponents
And, in spite of all my fears, she did indeed leave
look like novices — enjoying herself hugely as she tore into tatters the censure motion the Opposition
had so rashly tabled. The next Tuesday, Michael Heseltine and Douglas
Hurd conceded victory to John Major and a few hours later I received a message asking me to get round to 11 Downing Street without delay. I then learned my own likely fate and was formally offered the job of Leader of the House of Lords when the new Prime Minister returned from the Palace the following morning. I am sure that 1 will find plenty to do in my new
will continue to hold surgeries and anybody who wants help or advice can get in touch with me, either by writing to me at the House of Lords or through the Conservative Office in the Kibble Valley. So it has been a time of turmoil for the Waddington
family and we had a rather sad Christmas as a result of the death of Gilly's mother. Gilly thanks all those who sent messages of sympathy, which were much
appreciated. NOW I am back at my new job, which is going to take a bit of learning, not least because of the very different way in which peers conduct themselves in debate. 1 he Rules of Order actually require “ All personal, sharp or taxing speeches be foreborn and whosoever answereth another man’s speech shall apply his answer to the matter without wrong to the person: and as nothing _ offensive is to be spoken so nothing is to be ill taken." None of which sounds very much like the style of debate to which 1 am accustomed.
Commons standards, there can be no doubting the standard. I made my maiden speech in a debate on a criminal justice subject and no less than six former Home Office Ministers spoke, as well as a former Home Office Permanent Secretary. You would not get anything like as well-informed discussion in the Commons.
But while the style of debate may be over-polite by
Conservative Party in the House of Lords simply does not exist. In terms of pure numbers there are fewer peers who take the Conservative Party Whip than members of the Opposition parties and the non-aligned peers together: but even the pure numbers exaggerate the strength of the Conservatives, because the Opposition parties’ strength is made up to a far greater extent of life peers who are dedicated party politicians, the Conservative ranks containing many hereditary peers who may be Conservatives but do not feel under any obligation to be regular attenders. I can see plenty of difficult days ahead as the Government programme gets into its stride.
Incidentally, the alleged permanent majority for the Nothing makes me more angry than the persistent
bleats from our grossly improvident, spendthrift and incompetent county council that it is short ot money. I f it is so short of money, why is it despoiling a bit more countryside and destroying a pleasant country lane in Chatburn, turning it into a route for lorries
from Chatburn to the bypass? Every county councillor who bleats about the poll
tax should be asked what he or she is doing to keep it down this year and why he or she voted for the vast increase in county spending last year?
post, but it would have been nice to have had longer in the Home Office and to have been able to see some of the things I had started come to fruition. What makes me really sad is to have lost my Parliamentary seat. No one could have had a grander constituency to represent, with grander people, and, while I have helped to the best of my ability those who have come to me, it is I who should be thanking them for giving me the honour of representing them and thanking them for the courtesy and consideration they have always shown both to me and to Gilly. I am no longer Member of Parliament, but have no
intention of leaving the Kibble Valley and I will continue to do what I can to serve the area. In the immediate future, and until the new MP is elected, I
£75 fine follows cycle collision
A MAN in a pick-up who collided with a pedal I cycle was fined £75, with £15 costs, by Clith- eroe magistrates.
Andrew John Collinson Mr B ill Greenwood,
(26), of Bellman Cottages, representing Collinson, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, said that two pedal cyclists admitted driving without came along the road as his due care and attention.
client was about to turn Mr Angus Craigen, pro- right. One was in the mid
scenting, said that as the die of the road and persis cyclist was pedalling along tently refused to move to
Lowergate towards Moor the left. Lane he saw Collinson’s Collinson estimated that pick-up edging out from a his speed at the time of
junction into Lowergate. The pick-up came up
behind the cyclist as he was passing a number of parked vehicles and then collided with the bike’s
rear wheel, pushing the machine forward. The bike was quite badly damaged.
the collision was no more than ‘1 m.p.h. He admitted he got too close and “ s lig h tly touched” the bike. There was damage to the rear wheel, but the cycle stayed upright and tile rider was not knocked off.
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| became available and the school snapped it up. The vehicle, which was officially handed over last
week, wilt be used for trips and excursions, as well as a shuttle service for pupils who live in remote areas of
the Ribble Valley with no transport. In 1990, the association raised almost £5,000 and is
aiming for a bumper total of £7,000 for 1991. To help with the fund-raising, a number of events
Our picture shows Ribble Valley Mayor Howel Jones handing over the mini-bus keys.
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A look back on significant
year in NHS
I THE closure of Bramley Meade Maternity Home and Ribchester Hospital and the removal of the Mobile Child Health Service were three of the major medical talking points in the Ribble Valley in 1990. “This was an extremely put forward an alternative!
significant year in the his- of providing " in ,w“ ,/ /1/ to ry o f the N a tio n al unit, "'•t*''
Health Service, with the introduction of the most far-reaching reforms since the establishment of the Health Service in 1918," said Mr Hcdley Pointon, chairman of the Black burn, Hyndburn and Rib ble Valley Community H e a l cil.
t h C o u n - ‘The proposals con
tained in two of the con sultation documents on the re-provision of services at Ribchester Hospital and the closure of Bramley Meade Maternity Home were opposed by the Com munity Health Council and resulted in delegations being received by the Secretary of State, when alternative proposals were vigorously argued by those present.”
Mr ’Pointon was disap
pointed that, in both instances, the proposals contained in the docu ments were approved by the Secretary of State, a disappointment which was shared by the respective action groups.
with ’ one delivery'
deaf ears. Over the years, child
health services to some of| the areas of the Ribblei Valley have been provided from a mobile unit, which was towed to suitable locations. I t had been crit icised because of its size and unsuitability to pro vide the full range of ser vices and, in some areas, attendance was very low. With the unit at the end
of its practical life, it was decided not to replace it, but to provide the service, where needed, in suitable premises such as church halls. The introduction of the
National Health Service and Community Care Act means that health authori ties will become purchas ers of services and will be expected to set the stan dards of care they require for the patients for whom
they are responsible. Hospitals will become
providers of the services and will be expected to maintain those standards,
I very hard with the sincere alter and the introduction belief, in union with the of new contracts for gen- Community Health Coun- oral practitioners means cil, that the alternative that there should be more proposals put forward emphasis on preventative were in the best interests medicine and th a t, in | of the community.”
"Members had worked Family health services wit theory at least, patients
I the beds at Ribchester more efficient services, were reduced to 15, for
Following the decision, should receive better and “ I look forward to meet-
I tioners pending the out- and a fu r th e r year of come of discussion with vigorous activity to ensure
use by the general practi- ing the challenges of 1991
| the private sector on the community gets good provision.
When the closure of health services in this dis- value for money from the
I Bramley Meade seemed trict — and at the same | imminent, the Community time 1 seek to maximise 1 Health Council and the the quality of service for I Maternity Home's Action all users,” concluded Mr I Group finally agreed to Fointon.
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Only taste of things to come
THE recent gales wore only a taste of things to
‘come — that’s the opinion of expert weatherman Mr
William Eoggitt. “ The barometers are
still swinging wildly and I am q u ite sure th a t , although it is calm at the moment, we are in for a spell of very unsettled weather,” said Mr Fug- g it t . " I anticipate that there will be a mixture of ra in and snow r ig h t through the month."
Despite winds of SO
m.p.h., the Ribble Valley e s c a p e d r e 1 a t i v e 1 y unscathed, a lth ou g h several trees were blown down throughout the area and some hit power cables in Grindlcton, leaving homes in darkness lor more than half a day.
Mr Foggilt, speaking
from his Thirsk home, said that the problems had been caused by warm air rising and cold air rushing in
from.the Holes.
However, he did have
some comforting news lor February: “ As the days get longer, there is more sunshine and this means that, if it does snow, it is less likely to stick."
Covenant signed
A UNIQUE covenant was signed by Clitheroc Mayor
Coiin. IJat Shepherd at last week’s town council meeting.
The legal doeumen
allows the Ribble Valley Council to build on Clith eroe Town Council land in order to link its Churc W a 1 k a d m i n i s t r a t i v offices with the town hall on Church Street.
Delicate negotiations
have been going on for some time behind th scenes, but agreement has at last been reache between the two councils
signed by the Deputy Mayor, Coun. B a r ri Parker, and witnessed by town clerk Mrs Dorothy Kane.
The covenant was also
Churches united in song and prayer
TWO Ribble Valley churches shared choirs and congregations for a joint civic service on Sunday morning. The service, at Chat-
burn Methodist Church, was for both the Method ist Church and Christ Church. It is not the first time their choirs and congregations have
joined forces — they worshipped together last Easter and Christmas. T h e s e r v i c e w a s attended by the Mayor
md Mayoress of the Rib ble Valley, Coun. Ilowel Jones and his daughter Helen, and members of the parish council. It was conducted by the Rev. Graeme Halls, with a sermon by the Mayor. Lessons were road by parish councillors Ted linden and Mrs M. Birch and the prayers were led by the Rev. Walter Drain. There was special
singing by the jo in t choir, plus an introit, “ On this civic day,” taken from a hymn com posed by the late Mrs Gladys Chamley for the Methodist Church's cen tenary in 1988. The anthein, “ Father
butcher Mr Roy Porter, who is the chapel's choirmaster. "Oh, I wonder if I 'll
see my Saviour today," a hymn’ composed by Mr
S t a n 1 e y W a 1 k e r , o f Christ Church, was also
sung by the choir and congregation. Mi* Clifford Johnson was the organist and the
collection of £101 was donated to the Crisis in
Africa Appeal. Our picture shows the
Mayor and his daughter (on the right) with mem bers of both churches.
Mayoral restored
chain to be
CLITllEROE’S Mayoral chain is to be restored to its former glory after the discovery of a cheap “ bodge-up” solder repair on the 18-carat gold antique. Nobody knows who is to
of Heaven," was’ sung to another local tune, “Mar tin Top,” composed by Mr Harold Hargreaves, the son-in-law of a for mer minister of Martin Top Congregational Chapel. I t was in tro duced to the joint con gregation by Chatburn
Uses of herbs
AN interesting and often amusing insight into herbs
and their medical histories was given by the Rev. Stuart Trimble to mem bers of Clitheroe Young Framers’ Club, at Fendle- ton Village Hall. He explained how his
interest in herbs and wild flowers began while he was at clerical training college and also catalogued the nutritional values of certain plants. A vote of thanks was proposed by Louisa Cotton, seconded by Daniel Adams. ’ Next week’s meeting at
blame, or when exactly it happened, but an official Mayoral photograph hang ing in the tow n Hall shows the chain without its damaged section. The gold crown atop a
crossed halberd on the 1 0 0 -ye a r -o ld ch a in ’ medallion dropped off at a recent lunch engagement, when Mayor Coun. Fat Shepherd caught it on a table. It revealed a cheap, badly-done lead solder underneath, where it had already been repaired. N ow i t is to be despatched to well-known
jewellers Fattorini’s, but the discovery has brought a call for regular and expert scrutiny of the
chain. The priceless chain was
bought for 1,999 guineas in 18S7 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee the previous year. “ I was u n d e l* t h e
Fendleton Village Hall will include a talk about a sil ver jubilee trip.
impression that the regalia was regularly examined," said Coun. Eric Bracewell at the last meeting of the town council, proposing th a t th is be done by experts in the future._____
ayors visit two grand old ladies
TWO grand old ladies clocked up ISO years between them in Clith eroe on Monday . . . and as a birthday treat received visits from the Mayor and Mayoress of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Howel Jones and his daughter Helen, and the Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe, Coun. and Mrs Pat Shepherd.
Their first port of call was to wisli
happy 90th birthday to Mrs Mary Oddie at the Lowfield House Home for the Elderly in Railway View. Mrs Oddie came to live in Grindleton as a girl.
She married Mr Tommy Oddie and
the couple ran the butcher’s shop in the village for many years, continuing to
live there after their retirement. Mrs Oddie, who moved to the home
after her husband’s death three years
ago, bad been a lifelong member of the Methodist Church in Grindlcton. A party was held at the home on
Monday. The next mayoral visit was to 90-
year-old Mrs Ruby Thornton, at the Beech Grove Residential Home in St Raid’s Street, Low Moor. Mrs Thorn ton, a native of Birkenhead, worked at Boots the Chemists in Liverpool, until her marriage to her husband, Arthur, in 1926. Mr Thornton died five years
ago. Mrs Thornton has three sons —
Geoffrey, a scientific research officer, Brian, a self-employed cabinet maker and Roy, a personnel manager — eight g l* a n’d c h i 1 d r e n a n d f i v e great-grandchildren. A surprise party for family and
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Remanded in custody
AN lS-year-oId girl of no f ix e d a d d re s s was remanded in custody for seven days by ( ’ litheroe Magistrates on Thursday, charged with two house burglaries in the town. Sharon Barnowski is
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