Clillirroc JJJJJ, (Hditnritil),
{Ailct'rlisi)i(/). Il /mi lci / JJ.1JI (Classi f ird)
Our council needs to make better use of other
people’s money
A I /m o ir c i ! it may anpoar from llu* content ol sonu* of my letters tnat 1 am dead set against the Uihble Valley ( ’mmcil, 1 must Ik*
at pains to point out that this is not so. I kimw from tin* cnninipiits revived Unit many
jM-npli* siiaiv my views and well remember tlu* public meet ing. held at t he Parish ( ‘hurt'll I ball many years at’.n. when it was staled quite lategiinvully that the new set-up within the purpnse-built offices would leail to inereasetl effieieney and a pooling of resources, with the relevant savings to the eommunity in terms of money and manjiower. To I he layman, it would appear t hat in the
intervening years that, far from reducing the burden tot he ratepayers poll ta\ payers tor non payers),
just the opposite has occurred and that the U\ PC M‘e!iis to prow in power and purpose, without bring Mibject to the roust faints placed upon the rest ol society. 1 tt tile past . We have been t old to re,pan I the council as briny, a business. Put I wish we had
similar advantages to enjoy. If the local uovermnent reorpanisat ion proposals
come about. as t hey surely must. t hen it is t ime lor t lie Pibble Valley ( \ >ulieiI (and Lancashire ( ‘ounty i ounril for that matter) to male* nuieh better use ol ot her people's money. ! feel stronply that we must attempt to retain as
Hindi influence over local affairs in ( ‘litheroe as possiblr, Imit t hen- is a real dan,low t hat wc may lose this coinrol and become a part of IJlackburn. H\ ndburn. or Puruley councils. So come on. chief ex cent ice and the inner circle,
of the following, so that we can all work together for what is best for l he Kibble \ alley as a whole and end this "us and them” situation: O Why is Piy Prut her is uaiching when it should
be helping.' O What is the current state of play as to t he chief
excel it i\ e’s loan and the house in Pirminyhum.' O Why. with all the increases in bills, do we
have hardly anybody to sweep the si reets and empty
the bins more frequently'.' © When will someone be employed to cheek that
ear park restrictions are bring adhered to, si that visitors ami locals can have somewhere to park in the town centre, rather than the current situation, which >e. s most car parks filled with all day parking? © What are the pros and con.- h>r the retention
uf the lalely-conu* Kibble Valley mayoralty when we already have ! .oupridpe and ( ‘lit heme town mayors, with ail t he accordant I radii ions anti trappings? ©Can the benefit of t he various t raininp courses,
seminars, conferences ami assorted junket s be
assessed and proven? © Will t he council, in its world tips, endeavour to
use the facilities it has to hand for meeiinps etc. anil will it can it adopt a lorals-tirst policy lor work to lender?
DAVID KRASS. Previous I‘arliamcnlary candidate.
Castle Street. Clithcrne.
L e t’s h av e fo r a n d a g a in s t
am until October a postal vote and 1 continue to read with iutcrest the on poinp saya ot 1 he development ol the market site. Past year there were at least two orret surveys on the subject and. according to at least two councillors, opinion was heavily loaded against l he development. 1 think it is now pcuerally understood what the
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New ton Ahlmt. 1 k u m .
Come along to special
adult learners’ day XI IK week of March bth to Imh has been designated Adult Learners’ Week ihmupliout tlu* country and special events are heinp planned to celebrate the achievements of adult learners.
Accrington and Rosseu-
dale College will he hold inc an adult learners day from in
a.in. until p.m. on Thursday. March 12th. at lhe Sandy 1 .ane centre for all current .-indents and local adult.- to find out what the college has to
offer. Staff will lie there It*
advise and refreshments will be available through
out the day. The college serves tlu*
combined areas of l he Kib
ble Valley. Ilyndburn anil Ko.-sendale, and l trust all current and prospective
-.indents will take advan tage of this opportunity to visit the college on this special occasion.
ERIC ISRACEWELL. Chairman. Adult Kducat ion Advi sory Committee. Primrose Street, Clitheroe.
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electorate want. So. Imw about a list of councillors for and apainst (lie project or won t they toll US.
O u t r a g e o u s s l u r o n t h e f a r m e r s
WHAT an outrageous slur on the local farmers by !). Itobin- s o n ( l e t t e r s , February 27th), liv ing in a market town in the centre of the beautiful Kibble Val ley, whose green fie ld s are almost
impossible to see for our hedgerows and trees.I would suggest that I).
L e t t e r s t o t h e E d i t o r
Kuhinsun (jets out and about in our countryside and while there, looking upon the scenery, pon ders the fact that no one has the Cod-given right to expect someone else to produce food for them. Almost nightly on TV we see populations of
Kuropean cou n tr ie s queueing and often fight ing each other for some meagre scraps of food, because their farmers have ceased to produce the food rcituired, follow ing the total economic collapse of that country's agriculture.
NOT IN TOUCH WITH THE REAL WORLD
IT would seem from a report in the Conservative newspaper. the “Leader,” that the Tory prospective Parliamentary candidate lor dib ble Valley is as out of touch with the real world as leading- menthols
claims to have "saved’ hall tile trees due for felling on llayhnrst Road. VVhal- ley, and to have arranged for new trees to he planted in nlnre those that will
let Us have tlu* fads on expenditure, manning levels, etc in simple terms in I his newspaper for all to see. And let us have some si raiglit answers to a lew
of his party in Westminster are. In the report, Mr Evans
he lost. The facts are that when
the lease of land at Hay- luirst Road, owned hv North West Water and leased to Ribhle Valley borough Council, was due
This springtime madness will kill wildlife
WKI.l., it's spring again. Everything in nature is awakening and bursting nut all over. How sad I am. "Why'.''' because each coming spring the haunt ing call uf the curlews that have nested in nearby
fields for years will he no more. Never again will 1 see startled squirrels run up
the trees nr see woodcock dash Irani the hedgerows or snipe zig-zag from a galley and the dippci will soon he evicted from his little stream. Tree creepers, blue tits, blackbirds, thrushes,
shrews, voles, field mice etc., are all soon to lie killed or made homeless, all in the name of progress, for the property developers and the wise men ot the kibble Valley planning office, in agreement with the revcnue-lningrv council, have, in their wisdom, decided it would he OK to build 2211 Ionises cm the land off I’endle Road, all the way across to the i!M
with many wild flowers and herbs. What a waste of prime farm land! It just doesn't make sense. It was only last week that I read in the press there are oyer lilld,(Kill houses up for sale and people are struggling to sell them. Some have been for sale lor years: even in the local newspaper there are well over 2nd houses of all shapes and sizes lor sale every week.
factory, llpbruoks. All tlie above wildlife could he seen there, along
What madness! BRIGHT 1CV MS.
Ihr renewal it was disco vered that the trees had been planted in contraven tion of the original lease. NWW considers the stipulation that no trees
are to he planted on the site essential in order to protect the Haweswaler aqueduc t — a major artery displacing tour tonnes of water per second — from possible damage hv tree roots and/or soil movement. Any leak could obviously result in a major f looding incident lor Whalley.
b e t w e e n R V R V a n (1 NWW. it was agreed that tlie felling of the trees would be carried out in stages over a two-year period and that a replace ment sof t land s cap e scheme would hi- imple mented. This will involve a variety uf shrubs and hushes hut, for obvious reasons, no lives.
A f t e r n e g o t i a t i " n
residents and the parish council have been kept informed of what is hap pening and why. These til a l t e r s w e r e tils o reported in the local press several months ago. Per haps someone should keep Mr Kvans informed'.’
At my request, local
CORN. MRS MAH- CARKT KKI.l.V, The 01(1 Vicinage, Whalley.
fortunate indeed to live where the supermarket shelves are, so to speak, overflowing with milk and honey and, while this situation prevails, may or m a y n o t h e e d m y warning.
1). Robinson is very NO FRO F IT , NO FOOD.
MR.1. (I. WIIITWELL, Lime House harm, Pendleton.
Leave the rabbits to the
poachers
FI KST of all I would ask Mr Tom Robinson (chairman of the Lan cashire Hill Farmers) to get riel of rabbits in a proper way. for good ness sake, and to save the little things having to die a terrible death. Has Mr Kobinson has
King Lane Hall Knowing about holiday* - Caring about people* i i H i flooding back
RECENTLY sonic of us old 'tins mot at my flat for a bit of supper and chat . . . all nice and oomly. soltoos, armchairs, the odd glass of sherry etc. Soon the conversation got round to “Are von going to buy one of those fiats where the Ixing Lane Hall used to he. We all ans wered “no." You see, most of us had taken part in the operettas there and so the mention of King Lane Hall sends shudders down our spines.
it sold and now pulled down? This hall was used by everyone in the town at some time or other, be it cinema, ball, musical, so
" Why did it go? Why was it was like being on home
territory. Once tlie musicals were
startl'd on, well, that was it. “Now which was the first one after the war?"
So out came my pro grammes and 1 could say,
"The Vagabond King.” “Oh yes. it was. and
ever seen the result of this terrible “ virus myxomatosis?” 1 have seen dozens of rabbits groping in the grass, as the virus strikes them blind and they cannot fiiul their way home. During the last four
years I have read in the paper many times of men young and old who have been fined for poaching and t r e s passing on farmers’ land. Had the farmers given in to this game, maybe there wouldn’t be as many rabbits
around. Another thing is that
people used to love a rabbit pie, especially on Christmas Kve. So please, farmers,
use your common sense and let these poachers
on to your land with guns and nets and that would r e su l t in a sh a rp e r and more humane death for the rabbits.
ANIMAL LOVER.
then what?" 1 turned over the pages quickly and. as 1 have such a good filing system, the answers were there. Perhaps a few names of the musicals m i g li t b r i n g b a c k memories to my genera tion . . . Pm getting senti- m e n t a I a ga i n . . . b u t anvwav, here they are: ID IS "Wild Violets.” then "Maritza.’’ “The Quaker Oirl,...... t he Maid of tin* Mountains." "The Kelle ol New York,” "The Student
Princ e." “ Kio Ri ta." “Oklahoma,” revival ot “Viktoria and her Hus sar,” “TTilip ’rime.” “The Merry Widow” and a repeat of"Wild Violets." Then, in February lDC»L
we had a new show. “Wedding in Paris.” I remember t hut at t In* finale tlie future of t he hall was in doubt and some of tlu* committee were hop ing that we might got there again, but we did not and tin* hall closed down for entertainment. We all know tlu* rest. After all the shows were
spoken about came the n am e s o f th e Ine a 1 favourites taking part, all
happy names, all happy evenings. That ended tlu* first part of our chatter and then 1 recalled the biggest "con" ot my show- business life. Some years on, at the
IT has surprised me that it has taken the lories si long to look at county archives. They represent a possible source of revenue. This could be obtained by selling off "redundant” documents (as has been done with library books) or charging "economic" rates for
access, or both! Americans especially are interested in our archives
and they have the money. Even the most obscure of their universities could allord to purchase our
archives, IF we let them. I am worried about the archives because I am a
family historian. I edit, with my colleague, the jour nal of the Manchester and Lancashire Family History Societv. The Ciovcrnment has now set up a commis sion. It will be headed, of course, by an industrialist and its remit will be so proscribed that it will deliver what the (Jovernmenl wishes it to deliver. If you do not believe me. then take note <»f t!)e
chairman of the Society ol Archivists writing in l he (luardian" on February 27th. He stated: ". . . the collections in County’s Record Otfices will
either be dispersed or left stranded . . . unless the new unitary authorities in the area choose by volun-
tary (sic! action to provide joint funding — with all the uncertainty that brings." Far he it for me to point out that what we, i.e. the
people via the state, should he doing islooking after our archives, as they belong to all of us. We have already paid for them. Some of us have donated them. Some of us, as family historians, use them extensively. As leisure time increases, that usage grows; usage by people in the main who have paid
rates/taxes/poll (axes lor years. Thev arc our records and are not. like Edward Heath's "family silver" privatisation, to he sold off
their Mi' and the Secretary of State for the Knyiron- ment, at Masham Street, London, to voice their dis pleasure, UK FORK it is too late.
to the highest bidder. I suggest that all those concerned users write to
STKWAKT KKNT,
Kditor, Manchester and Lancashire KtlS Journal, b Fairfield Close, Clitherne.
Popular comedy could have packed them in again
Holden Mile at Rlackpool. on the prom, then* used to Ik* little booths presenting things like tlu* bearded lady, strong men. dwarfs and such. You name it, they had one. We were taken up by a
shell. She had been exa mined by all the leading medieal experts and they had to agree that they had seen “newt ” like t hat before. 'rile crab lady was taken
into hospitals for examina- t ion and t h mtig h 1 lie workings of super minds
they had taught this crea ture from tin* depths to
understand the English language anti she could hear all that was said to her. A gasp cairn* from us . . . and some doubt>? (>f coiir.-e. we had not seen her yet. At the rumble of a drum
the curtains opened and there before US. behind glass showcase, there was thi> huge crab about o: vard across, with claw shell and, in the middle of the shell, sure enough, there was a lady’s head. 1 recall some imitation
seaweed hanging round her and a little bit ol water painted on a screen under neath her. The compere started off again: "Ladi and gentlemen. I would like to introduce you t this lady from the deej She can understand what 1 >ay and to prove this 1 will toil her to shake her hea« (which she did to and Iro) She will demonstrate l you t he proof t hat she can work the claws” (probably pulling some string insidi the plastic crab shell). \Ye Were ail taken abaci
with this creature am wondered in amazement how this lady could now In in I Mackpool on t he < loldett Mile, which had a repula
tion of you being taken > “done.” The show oil lasted a few minutes, but what can you expect for sixpence? As the final the compere said: “Now ladies and gentlemen. I am s u r e y o u a r c m o impressed with this lady crab and. before I closi the slow, slu* will spe: few words to you." \Yc waited, then stid
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picture outside one little booth, which pointed out the thrills of seeing the "crab lady,” the miracle of the ago. Rather weird looking drawings of this creature were on display,
too.
sixpence, we thought, and wont into this smal l scruffy booth. There wen- just a few folks inside, this increased a bit. then the compere (or whatever) came in. I n front of us then* was a sort of ros trum with curtains drawn across to prevent us see- ing just there and then the "ln(iy." I thought:..“Well, we're in fur it new." • This serulTy hluke
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dciily from t he lady’ moutil above the shell w heard: “Well. I ‘ope you have a right nice ’ollid; Quirk curtain and a choru of "Rubbish" from us all !>y the way. the naim given t" this creature by t he compere was “< >oii Kalian" . . . coming from China, you see. She was no more Chinese than am. I shall never forget thi
little show and it alway brings a smile back to How daft we wen* to lit taken in. However, it gav us something to talk about
on the way home . . . that showlmsiness.
EDMOND
CA.MHIEN. |.*i Holland Prospect, ( ’litheroe.
started with an introduc- tiun, saving that suine fishermen fishing off the euast of China had a big shock one day as they were out in the l ’acific Ocean. When they pulled up their rateli. along with their fish there was a huge crab with the lace of a lady on top and attached to tile
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thn l ’riiilnct Di'vi'lnpiiu'iit tVntiv nt Accriiuitim mid Kussi'tidali' Ciillo.uv. Mi'JiiIhts of thi* Uiblilv
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techniilu.cieal support to companies and individuals workin.e to develop new products. Local companies such as
Castle Cement, Neotcch- nic, Format
Kn.nineerini; and Cl i th e ru e I.ijrht Fnuineerine; were all cur rently receiving helpful and useful advice from the
centre. It was reported that the
centre was a valuable hi- tech facility and holies were hi.uh that new indus tries would be attracted to the Kibble Valley.
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T1CKKTS for Whalley Church Flayers’ produc tion of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy, “IIow the Other Half Loves," were so much in demand that scats for another performance could have been filled to capacity, said secretary Mrs Sylvia Ireland.
Alan Ayckbourn play last year and it is thought many of those who attended this year’s had been drawn to it because they enjoyed that production
The players had a similar success with another
so much."How the Other Half Loves” centres on a young couple who become involved with two older couples
and calls for a difficult set, which shows the insides of two homes side by side. That, according
to Mrs Ireland, took the audience time to get used 1°.
year, but have been bedevilled by the lack of a regular "home.”
run on Saturdav night, was at Whalley Adult Edu cation Centre, but last year’s autumn production fell through because of the lack of somewhere to
This year’s spring production, which finished its .
Holden. They are, hack row, from the left: Alan Mercer, Doreen Grimshaw, Alan True, and Barry I’hillips. Seated: Erie Holden, Carol Dewhurst,
Our picture shows the cast with producer Erie _ and Heather Martin. hold it.
The players normally stage two productions a .
.
Barn plan rejected
A PROPOSED barn con version at New Hey Farm, Roman Road, Dun- sop Bridge, has been turned down by the Ribble Valley Council’s Planning and Development Com mittee. Members heard that the
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