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A FIERCE battle for Ribble Valley health care was launched this week, following the announcement by district health authority chiel' executive Mr David Kenny that he


intends to apply for NHS trust status. His intention to “ opt


trust status


Breaking promise


THERE has been a ren­ ewed call for maternity provision at Clitheroe Hospital. Discussing relations


between the health authority and Ribble Val­ ley Council, Coun. Frank Dyson (Clitheroe) told the Public Works and Health Committee that, at the time of Bramley Meade’s closure, mention was made of budget provision for maternity care within Clitheroe Hospital. The health authority


had saiil it would look at it this year. Coun. Joyce Lilburn


( B o 11 o n - by - B o w land) expressed regret that nothing had been heard since that meeting.


‘On your bike’ move by Mayor


CLITHEROE motorists are being encouraged to 'take to two wheels by the Town Mayor, Coun. Denis McWilliam, who told Ribble Valley councillors that more drivers should become part of the push-bike


brigade. He aired his views at last week’s meeting of the


Ribble Valley Council, saying that every effort should be made to prevent the ecological damage of exhaust emissions on the area.


week that lie also holies to persuade planning clueis to introduce newly designated cycle tracks in an effort to encourage more drivers to take up cycling.


Coun. McWilliam, whilst admitting that his days of cycling are probably over, said: “ I think that the traf­ fic people should make it possible for cyclists to have


their own tracks. Pcertainly plan to keep this issue on i i . „


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out” was announced in the authority’s in-house bulle­ tin “For Most,” but angry Ribble Valley health workers are calling for the Valley to “go it alone.”


Local doctors, among


them Whalley’s I)r Ian Whyte and GPs at Clith­ eroe Health Centre, are concerned by Mr Kenny’s proposal which, they fear, mighL lead to more cuts in


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provision. Dr Whyte, who cam-


p a i g n e d v o c i f e r o u s I y against the closure of Bramley Meade maternity home, said: “The benefits of the Ribble Valley being a trust are obvious. It would mean local control


of local facilities and better provision for rural health


care.


“ Running rural health services isn’t the same as running a busy hospital. It’s the difference between running a chip shop and running a garage.” He continued: “ It would


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also mean less bureau­ cracy but, more impor­ tantly, it would mean Rib­ ble Valley funds being used in the Ribble Valley, rather than in Blackburn.” A spokesman for Clith­


eroe Health Centre said: "This is an option which the doctors here want to pursue and 1 know that Dr Whyte’s concerns are shared by many other practitioners in the Ribble


Valley.” However, Mr Kenny


disagrees with the doctors and says that his applica­ tion for trust status will not lead to cut-backs in Ribble Valley health care


at all. He said: “The Ribble


Valley is already under district control and I don’t see any changes with trust status! except good ones. It would mean increased freedom for the district to do whatever is appropriate to provide health caiv for a l l s e c t io n s o f the community. “ It would also allow the authority to borrow more money and set its own pay


and conditions, which _ . t .1 . . . .1 . . t . -. 1 . I / t l * I 1\ »•


/ Running ^ rural health


services isn't the same as running a busy


hospital. It's


the difference! between


running a chip


shop and running f| a garage /


D r Ian Whyte


low paid workers.’ When asked what the


Ribble Valley had to gain I from being part of a dis­ trict trust, given the recent controversial clo­ sure of Bramley Meade and the uncertainty sur-| rounding Ribchester H ospital, Mr Kennyl replied: “To be honest, I don’t see district trust sta-1 tus as causing so many changes and, at the end| of the day, it’s up to the NHS management to|


decide.”


An emergency public meeting, to be chaired by | Ribble Valley Mayor Coun. John Travis, has been called next Wednes­ day, to see if Ribble Val­ ley trust status would enjoy popular support] among local people.


Dr Whyte said: “ lt|


might not even be feasible for the area to go it alone, buL it’s something that should be thought about| and something that'Valley people have the right to |


decide upon.” He added: “ i f the area .


decides that it wants to stay within d is t r ic t authority control, all welll and good. But people should have a choice. A f t e r a l l , t h a t ’ sl


PUPILS from Howland High School (pictured before their holiday departure this week) made it to their Normandy destination without a hitch


Battling with the French roadblocks


A RIBBLE V A L L E Y haulage company found itself trapped in the gigantic road blocks that brought France to a standstill at


Stuart Taylor International Haulage, of kibches-


ter had a total of 11 lorries trapped across the Channel, each of which was carrying perishables,


particularly fresh fish, scampi and fruit. Seven of the lorries managed to make it home


by Monday, but yesterday four were sti trapped. ‘ m,. Taylor said: “Our loads included i!)0,U00 win 1


1 1


of prawns and fresh fish. This dispute has cost us dearly and 1 daren’t add up how much. 1 have no option but to keep operating, but we can only lasta


certain length of time.” Three of Mr Taylor’s drivers are believed to he . .


stuck near Lvons, the main centre ol the siege laid bv France’s furious truckers and fanners. Mr’ Taylor said: “We have already lost one wag­ gon, which careered down a mountain pass and burst


into Haines alter the driver made a detom. "The waggon was worth £ J 2 ,0 0 0 and was carrying


£12,000 worth of fresh fish — all ruined._ If this goes on much longer I ’ ll have to shut up shop.


Meanwhile, (ill pupils from Howland High School,


led bv the school’s head of modem languages, Mr Kim Crovdon, reached their intended destination or bt


Helier. in Normandy, on Monday night, without any delays.


'Mr Croydon rang the “Clitheroe Advertiser ami . ,


Times” on Tuesday, from St Helier, and said: Much to our surprise, we reached our destination without a hitch, but we are expecting problems when we travel


on to Rouen tomorrow.” Mr Derek Stuttard, who is manager of Althams, in


King Street, has this advice for Ribble \ alley holi­ daymakers bound for French resorts and Euro Dis­ ney He said: “Cheek with your travel agent, or the AA or RAC, before setting off. ’file ferry com- panics are certainly operating as normal, nut the situation in France is changing, literally by the hour.


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EASE up on the use of sprinklers and hosepipes — that’s the message from North West Water, which is appealing to customers to use water wisely as the hot weather continues. The demand for water


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has reached record levels over the last few week­ ends and water supply manager Mr Peter Bir­ twistle warns: “This is putting tremendous strain oil our distribution sys-


Itcm, leading to unaccept- \ ably tow pressure. “I f the rate of demand


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overnight will use enough water to supply a family of four for a fortnight. Mr Birtwistle advises that, if you have to use one, put it on in the evening after S p.m. when pressure is greater and the watering is more efficient and bene­ ficial to the garden.


' Coming second in the


competition was the chil­ dren's firm Original Designs by Sara, with Harrison and Kerr butch­


ers coming third. Like Alpe’s, both King


Street shops are small enterprising businesses run by individuals who never 'fail to put the cus­ tomer first.


While the designer chil­


dren's wear shop was opened by Sara Collinge


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....... ............ year, the butchers, owned by Stuart Kerr for the last two decades, is one of the town’s oldest established firms, best known for its brisket.


Winning the £25 shop­


ping voucher was Mr W. Wolstcnholme, of War­ wick Drive, Clitheroe, who cast his vote for first place winner Alpe’s.


O u r p i c t u r e s h o w s


“Clitheroe Advertiser and Times” advertising repre­ sentative Lisa Rudgyard handing over the trophy to Mr Michael Alpe


I


by us last week after being cruelly dumped on a Ston- yliurst. farmstead have purred their way to happiness. As we reported, the kit­


tens and three grown eats were found in a bclea- gured state by Jim and Marion Stephenson, of Chilsey Green Farm, in one of their fields. However, kind-hearted


Ribble Valley eat lovers rose to the kittens’ plight and, in less than 24 hours, homes were found for all of thorn. Mrs Stephenson said: “Four or five readers rang


straight away and most of the kittens were snapped up. Our children chose one of the kittens to keep, leaving two eats, one of which is elderly and we m a y a 1 s o k e e p , a n d another which has two families interested in her.” She continued: “ 1 am


very pleased with the arti­ cle and with the wonderful


response it received. Your newspaper did a good job and Ribble Valley folk have shown once again how kind hearted they are.”


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Theft shocks rock group


.’HE theft of £7,000 worth


of musical equipment has left Clitheroe rock group The Mirrors in a state of shock only two weeks away from a major concert


in Burnley. The bright orange tran­


sit van where all the equipment was kept was taken from outside a ter­ raced house in Woone Lane between -1 and 11 a.m. on Sunday. Items stolen — none of


which were insured — included bass and guitar amplifiers, two bass gui­ tars, an effects board, var­ ious speakers, a Hammond organ and a Rhodes piano. “We’ re in a state of


shock,” said band member Mr Andy Wilkinson. “ It’s so depressing and annoy­ ing at the same time.”


The incident couldn’t


have been more poorly timed, with big breaks finally in the pipeline for the fledgling group and gig just two weeks on Saturday at Burnley Mechanics.


In hopes of tracing the


gear, Mr Wilkinson has alerted area music stores and friends in the business about the incident, but believes it may take a local sponsor to help equip the band for the forthcoming


concert. Anyone with informa­


tion about the equipment or the van, which has the registration number Bo 10 BCK, is asked to contact Clitheroe Police. Mr Wil­ kinson can be readied on Clitheroe 23853.


Dentists appeal to local patients not to panic


LOCAL dentists have issued a “don’t panic” pleu to patients, fol­


lowing national moves Vo Ytar tU-\.S patients over a confrontation with the Government.


The situation seems to


he somewhat vague in Clitheroe and Whalley, as some dentists are planning to de-register all NHS patients except those who qualify for free care and ask them to go private, while others are planning only to bar new N11S patients.


The action f o 11 o w s resentment over a seven


per cent cut-in charges o v d c v c d h y t h e Government. Instead of the reduction


due to come into effect yesterday, the local den­


tists have formulated their own scale for patients


forced to go private. But they have vowed that their hiiis wi\\ “ oniy he slightly higher” than the previous NHS charges. “The scale of charges


quoted in the national press has spread a great deal of alarm,” said one dentist, who preferred to remain anonymous. “Our feos will be based closely on the previous NHS scale. There w i l l be


increases, but they will not he a great deal more than b e fo r e fo r the


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average patient.” Most local dentists have


taken part in the national baWot caWed by the pro­ fession’s biggest union, the


British Dental Associa­ tion. Members nationally voted SOTo in favour of uot a c c ep t in g new NHS patients of any age. But the more militant


union, the General Dental Practitioners’ Association, is in favour of de-regis- tering all NHS patients except children and those exempt or p a r t ia l ly e x e m p t fr o in N H S charges.


Some local dentists have c*......... i .......i J,.,,,,, S l i ir iTG S tG f/ t h i l l


a way and every effort will be made to consult patients before action is


adopted the second option, hut stress that it w\\\ not be introduced straight


taken. The spokesman said


that all local dentists have been incensed by the seven per cent cut ordered by the Government. “We


suggested that private patients could be paying up to £4a for a fitting, com- pared with the NHS charge of £!). 75, or £20 fot\ a scale and polish (NHS charge of £o.oo).


Meanwhile, charges in Clitheroe and Whalley,


according to the local spokesman, are likely to he £11.110 for a scaic and polish, £6.4S for a small


still have the same over- silver filling, LV.SO for a heads and we just cannot largo silver filling, £ 1 - .— afford to cut our charges for a small white filling by that amount,” he said. “There has been a lot of


talk about ‘greedy den- The examination fee for lists/ but that description' private patients is likely to is far from the truth.”


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