Cl i t h , J J .UJ , (Editorial). dd.Hd (Atlcerlisimi). Burnley 2J.Ui (Chmsijud) ti ( ’liflu nic A<ir< rtixrr X‘ Times, Apri l 1 ht/i, HWJ


TRUCK OF THE YEAR 1992


HAPPINESS is . . . not a cigar, but the del ighted s ta f f at Cl i theroe Heal th Centre whose "Stop Smoking” event on Saturday morning has been hailed as one of tlie town's major health successes. The event, which the "Advertiser and


by Kaye Moon


videos and look round an exhibition ol posters, information and leaflets. Health visitors then talked to people on a one- to-one basis to assess their needs and


Times" helped to organise, has culmin­ ated in a firm commitment from -ID local smokers to attend group therapy or one- to-one sessions with health uoikeis to help them overcome their life-threaten­


ing habit. .lust as important, local youngters


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Good support for ‘our’ hospital


ON lichnlf (if the Kriemls of ('lit borne Hospital, may 1, through your columns, thank all the people who helped to make tile gala day such a resounding success this


vear. l-'irst of all. thanks are due In the .Mayor and Mayoress of Clitheroe. Colin, and Mrs 1'. Shep­


herd, and the Jlavor and .Mayoress of I lie Kibble Valley. Conn, ail'd Mrs A. kay. who made the hospital one of their main charities this year. Next. 1 should like to thank all the organisations


who manned stalls and gave help in so many ways and also the hospital staff who worked so hard


towards the gala. Finally. I should like to thank the public who


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MUS JOAN .MYERS, Secretary. The Friends of Clithcroc Hospital. 1:: ( 'larcinont IIrivc, Clilhcroc.


measur ing equipment <>n show. Here Mrs Doreen F e r ­ guson, of Holland Prospect, Clithcroc, watched hy other visitors and heal th centre staff, checks whether smok­ ing has affected her lung capacity


LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We don’t want a bypass-


GlSRl'KN has always been a thriving


commercial and market village, where members of the farming community meet on Thursdays to conduct their business, as they have done for generations. Tile villagers have


already lost one general retail shop— which is a disaster for the elderly residents. Between them, the village businesses employ at least 10G of the population of the village on a part-time basis; these jobs would be lost if traffic w as


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taken away from the village. Tw enty-five years


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ago. we remember the village always congested lit w eekends with motor coaches. This is now no longer the ease as this era has passed hy, leaving the road quieter, with the


Give countryside chance to heal the wounds


ON 01 needs go


] again we are at that time of the year when the countryside a rest from thousands upon thousands of anglers, many ol whom out into the co u n t ry s id e and leave l i t t e r and d e s t ro y the


vegetat ion need a rest from us anglers. Until J anua ry 1st. lfifiO. the catching of coarse fish was banned from March loth to June 15th. both days inclusive. But. alas, this hits now changed, its still- water and canal stretches throughout Lancashire have been opened up lor the coarse fishing. Barrow Lodge, along­ side the A5!> near (.'lith­ e-roe. W i t s


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The reproduction shows the County as it was four centuries ago and includes illustrations o f : -----------------,


wildlife. But. as more peo­ ple with fishing rods have now descended upon this quiet wa te r to t ry and catch it few more spawn- bound fish (1 (hi not class them as anglers), the wild­ life tire the victims. Let's give them a sanctuary tit jhis time of the year; other sports have a close season. I like to think of till


those who tingle as being nature lovers and protec­ tors of the environment. But it seems not so these days. The close season was


first introduced by MB Mr Mumlella in 1 STS and was known as the Mumlelln Act; this was an age when few people fished as com­ pared with today. It was in t ro d u c ed to p ro te c t spawning fish and the countryside. The c lose s e a so n is


badly needed to protect the countryside from the dir ty habits of so many people who go out with a fi-diinr rod and cull them-


• i r imment . fish and


all manner of rubbish, swee tcorn, cans, meat tins, beer and soft-drink cans, nylon line, plastic bags and. in many eases, human excrement. During the months of


April and May. everything is reproducing — insects, birds, animals and vogeta- t ion. The c o u n t ry s id e needs a rest at litis time of year so t lut it can heal its wounds. 1 urge all fishery owners


and a n g l in g cl it Its to impose the close season on their Witters at this most impor tant t ime of the vear. Let's consider the eountrvside and its ani­


mals. insects, creatures


a n d f i sh b e f o r e th e in te re s t s ot those who want to st ick hooks in spawn-swollen fish. We hold the countryside


and its contents in trust for till those generations not vet born. Be a true naturalist ami angler — think of the future and not


just today. Most farmers and landowne r s . 1 am sure, like to give the coun­ tryside a rest and heal its wounds and mend the


scars.


MARTIN JAMES. !) .Manor Road. Clithcroc.


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traffic flowing frcclt through. The safety of the present AMI speaks for itself, with very few accidents in living memory. As for the few vehicles which come through rather fast, we arc sure the Department of Transport, in its wisdom, can soon solve this with its spoed-ealming measures. This would involve very little cost. The destruction of


■ r ru ii li


the green belt, south ol Dishorn, woidd he cata­


strophic; the views and walks from Bcntlea Rotid gone for ever. Instead, the residents will end up looking at a motorway. In conclusion, the


cost of a bypass would be horrendous to the taxpayer and could no way he justified. It is neither needed nor wanted — anti we object most strongly.


M. R. and W. L. FARNWORTTI,


MR I. KKANKLAND MR and MRS M. K. HUDSON, MR K. HUDSON, M and K. GREEN.


(On behalf of the business community of Gisburn).


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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A DEAR OLD LADY


I READ in the pa ami DIB years old!


She was B lac kb urn


1 the other day that Kathleen Harrison was alive 1 was staving in London


horn, hut usually played cometlv Cockney roles.


She left the town when she was just six weeks old, hut lias' lived in London ever since. According to the paper


she is now quite frail and bedridden and lives with Iter son. Happy birthday


to the dear old lady. Site often acted in plays


by Noel Cowa rd and F.mlyn Williams. Accord­ ing to "Who’s Who in the


for s tage at the Koval >. Famous roles


Academy of Dramatic Art in I *> 15-1 C


for her were ill "Tim Corn is (liven" tas Mrs Watty).


“ Night must fall." The Winslow Boy. "Watch it and "Waters ot the — this last one was stars, such as Edith a n s a n d S y b i 1


Sailor’ Moon" full o f : F


Thorndike. Site appe a red in tile


C h i c h e s t e r F e s t i v a l Theatre ill 11 >


to see her and Laurence Olivier that season.


1 > — and 1 went


at that time for a few theatre visits, but went to Chichester on the train, hooking return fare. When I got the tickets for the two plays I bail no idea iiow far it was from Lon­ don to Chichester and was qu i te shocked when I a sk e d for th e r e tu r n ticket. Much more than I thought it would lie! This was tile days of the


old-fashioned trains, not a corridor one. and as I sat ill the t rain before the return t r ip back to the city, my car r iage door opened and who should get in my compar tment blit Kathleen Har r ison and Athene Sevier — just me and them for the ride


home. I was a bit shy at that


time of my life and so I did not get ill conversation with them. It was when I was reading about being a 11)0-v e a r - o l d t h a t I recalled my nearness to the two stars. In the shows in the King


Lane Hall just a l ter the second world war my part­


vninTEN DETAILS ON REQUEST (/-■ Al’K


ner was usual ly Mary Brown — a lovely girl and the ideal lady for "The Quaker Gi r l" in Hint). Mary told me that Kath­ leen Harrison was slightly related to her mum, Mrs Brown, and I used the relationship to wr i te to Kathleen to ask if it was possible to visit a film stu­ dio in the London area. This was her reply of August 2-lth, sometime in


the IHilOs. ■


ter. I am very sorry, but there is no chance at pres­ ent of my being able to help von to see over a film studio. "I t is a most difficult


‘Thank you for your let­


thing tu ar range at the best of times and now, with so many of the stu­ dios being closed, those that are working will be closed for holidays at the time you mention. “1 ant not working on a


film myself at present, or I would have tried hard to


have got passes for you to come and see me in the studio. Perhaps another time we may be luckier. "Thank you again for your kind letter.”


EDMOND CAMB1EN, 45 Holland Prospect, Clithcroc.


IVECO TRUCK


were brought along hy their parents to look at a variety of machines, including a see-through mannequin called “Smokey Sue,” which showed them exactly what smoking would do to their lungs if they ever felt pressured by their friends into


starting the habit.


response," said a health centre spokes­ man. "It takes a lot of courage to put your name down to try and give tip a habit when you know it will he a very hard process, but 1 think people realised that they will have a lot of support and sympathy to help them overcome their


••We are delighted with Saturday s ,


difficulties.” People attending the event all morning, were invited


' ' 'sa id' the spokesman: "We will now be contacting all the people involved to arrange either group therapy sessions, which most of them want, or one-to-one meetings, which some prefer. Most of the people who have commit­


ted themselves to group therapy ale women aged around .10, although ages as a whole range from early 20s to late Oils It is likely that the therapy meetings will


he belli in the early evening. ••The staf f at the heal th centre —


especially the health visitors — have put in a lot u'f work into organising the event and the staff as a whole are delighted that it has been such an overwhelming


success,” said tile spokesman. If you are interested in joining the


clinie and could not make it to Saturday s . exhibition, it is still not too late to join,


whatever age you are. Write to the “Advertiser and limes, .> king Street. Clitheroe. BBT 2EW, and we will pass your name to the organisers.


m s i i i iS iM a m p ld j


Jjasal FOLLOWING your story in last week’s issue. 1 led


that during the run-up to this election it herame clear that 'there was much disillusionment m Lon


gridge about its role within the Kibble Valley. Since the election I have discovered that these teel-


iogs are not without foundation and not routined to l .u n u r id i r c


Valiev ( o i im - i l people alone. 1 last December, following; the sad was eleeted to tile L id d Io


dcath'of John (Tiff, and I am of the firm opinion that . since reorganisation, true integration ill the Kibble Valiev has not taken place. Many entrenched atti­ tudes still reflect pre-renrgauisatinu thinking ami


Longridge lias been left in a void, struggling tor a


real iilentitv. Recent Kibble Valiev anil Red Rose consortium


tourist literature lias added the final confirmation to litis worrving problem, as there is virtually tin treog- nilion that Longridge even exists. At the recent KYISC Recreation and Leisure meet­ ing. attended by your reporter. I spoke, not Inr the


first time, about the worrying problem ol Kibble \ al­ ley unitv and there was support for addressing the problem'. I also raised another point: perhaps Hie time is appropriate for the "Clitheroc Adver t iser anil Times" to reassess its roll- within the Kibble \ alley. A newspaper which enjoys high respect could play


a vital part in the full integration ot the district with a change in editorial policy. Such a policy that excludes Longridge is not interpreted as a circulation or terri­ torial issue, hut as a rebuff and adds fuel to the inte­ gration issue. The policy contributes to nog.itito


feelings.


suggesting, bill perhaps in tile light of recent changes in the ownership of local papers, some solution can tie found. Perhaps then there can lie a real contri­ bution to tile eftorts ot many other people to limit, promote and develop tin* whole Kibble \ allot. There are positive implirations. Perhaps Longridge


I l’ullv understand the implication ol what I am .


people would come to regard ( iitlieroe a.-, tile centie of a region to which they belong anil use the many facilities e.g. Civic Hall. Such changes in perception would take time, though with careful marketmg_ it is not mint tamable. Lintgridge could equally benefit, as it lias much to offer people in other parts ,d tlie


vallcv. When I joined the council. I placed a regular order , ,


for the "( ’iilheroe Advertiser and Times” in order to keep up with local current affairs, helping me to con­ tribute positively to debates. I have learnt tnore


about the area in the last six months than in the whole of inv 25 rears since coming to Loogridge. But


I ,1,1 wonder how other councillors are aide to take a similar interest in l.niigridge, should they so wish.


COIN. DAVID SMITH.


The Farthings. (Tuncragh Lime. Longridge.


Please put up — or shut up!


DURING the last 12 months, everything lias gone well at Waddington Parish Council meetings iifiG of


the time — everything discussed by all and a unani­ mous vote taken in full view of the public. Kveryoite has a different view of chairing a meet­


ing. Some like a nice, orderly, business-like approach. Some like shouting and abusive techniques! The clerk lias resigned due to personal changes in


ids own workload anil the chairman has kindly helped him to sort out the many matters arising. One coun­


cillor resigned for his own personal reasons. Problems caused at one per cent of meetings lias


arisen when the council has unanimously agreed to ask for a small donation from teams using the play­ ing field. The request is something that has hap­ pened for a long number of years, with the donations been put back into running costs. We have now bowed to pressure Irom these peo­


ple and. in the light of the new playing fields commit­ tee. the donation request is now withdrawn. I lie field will become self-supporting and those using it will now have to sort themselves out. The chairman of the parish council will no longer


fie available to organise matters for two teams want­ ing to play at the same time or to clean out the pavilion.


column hy a nameless person trying to discredit the council and the village, but obviously aimed at the chairman. 1 say this: lie man enough to go and see her vourself and sort it out. If you wish to come on the parish council to have


As to the personal vendetta carried out in tins .


your say. hy all means do so. bill for. goodness sake, either put up or shut up.


DONALD MLODGE Waddington parish councillor, Colthurst Bungalow. Waddinglon.


Pension equality needed


THERE are men who wish to ret i re at lit), far health, family, or other reasons, but cannot do so because the state pension is not available to them. Many have worked at laborious jobs and paid


their national insurance contributions for upwards of -It) years. They would like the chance to enjoy more leisure and maybe wish to help in the volun­


tary sector. Earlier nude retirement can increase job opportun­


ities for younger people. The Campaign for Equal Sta te Pension Ages


(CESPA), which is not a party political organisa­ tion, aims to bring about the same pension age for


both sexes. Anybody wanting to know more about the cam­


paign should write to Mr John Hipkin, 45 Alder- wood Crescent, Newcastle upon Tyne. NEti -ITT.


MR LEWIS CREED, 27 Norfolk Street, York.


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