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Read man fined £1,000 for


indecent assault


A READ travel agent, who repeatedly spanked a schoolboy during interview for a work experience placement, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £100 compensation and £50 costs by Clitheroe


magistrates. Bryan John P e t e r


Fergus (39), of Whalley Road, pleaded gu i lty before the court to inde­ cently assaulting a 15- year-old boy in April. Miss Leslie Rossall, pro­


secuting, told the court that the boy wrote to Fergus’s travel agency r e q u e s t i n g w o r k


experience. As a result he was in te rv iew ed and


' / Does meeting rule still apply?


HAVING passed through Chipping and Ilurst Green on several occasions this summer, their achieve­ ment in the Best-Kept Vil­ lage Competition is well deserved and I congratu­ late both villages on their success. Your article interested


me further by way of the fact that several years ago Waddington Parish Coun­ cil gave rise to much criti­ cism for holding their council meetings in the homes of councillors and as a result the practice


T h a n k s t o a l l w h o


le t t e r s Editor,


the thoughtfulness behind Hurst Green Parish Coun­


ceased. 1 can well understand


cil’s wish to accommodate a councillor who has served the community faithfully for many years,


but the parish clerk’s


“biblc” states — “but a room in a dwelling-house cannot be required for the


now been relaxed, as it would allow parish coun-


purpose.” I wonder if this rule has


What about


MAY 1 please, through the kind auspices of your excellent paper, take the opportunity of saying a very warm and grateful thank you to all the good friends who kindly gave their time to collect on Saturday last, in both Whalley and Clitheroe, on behalf of Dorian House. Also to the friends who manned the collection centre all day from 8-30


gave process Ot consultation?


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YOU and your readers will be interested to know th a t ‘on August 3rd, 1992 the Depart­ ment of the Environment published a Consul­ tation Paper, which invited views on whether any further planning controls should be intro­ duced over the temporary use ol land tor among other things, markets and car boot


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sales. Responses were invited


a.m. to -1-30 p.m. 1 would also say a very


sincere thank you to all the generous people who donated during the lime they were in either Whal­ ley or Clitheroe. During these difficult times it is marvellous to


advise everyone that the total raiser! reached £890. 3p.


like Lo know that the building of the children’s hospice is ahead of sched­ ule and it is hoped that it w i l l be opened n ex t summer.


I am sure people would


JOHN N. CLAYTON, Chairman. Kibble Valley Support Group, 17 Downbam Road, Chatham.


Not in need PEOPLE not on the vot­


ing list should not be avail­ able for any Government, or council grants of any


kind. If they avoid voting to


avoid the poll tax etc., then they receive no cash handouts; ghosts don t


need money. P. SCHOFIELD.


from local organisations and individuals, not later than October 3rd, 1992. I write, therefore, to


enquire what has become of the consultation process on this topic in the Kibble Valley? 1 have seen no mention of it in your paper, parish councils have not been invited to comment, and 1 -under­ stand that the Kibble Val­ ley Council has not yet considered the topic, it indeed it is going to; and a l l th i s d e s p i t e the undoubted strong local views about markets and car boot sales. It seems to me that,


despite the RVBC’s recent p u b l i c a t i o n o f i t s


impressive charter, the council is only looking at one side of its responsi­ bilities to the people of the


Valley. it tells us about the ser­


vices and the standards tha t it is pledged to achieve, but it does not tell us about the other activities which it should be discharging on our behalf, including open debate and the exercise ol pressure on Whitehall and elsewhere, concerning contentious local issues. By this, 1 mean that, il 1 read local public opinion


c o r r e c t ly , th e r e is a majority g r o u n d s w e 11 against the way that mar­ kets and car bool sales are allowed to operate at pres­ ent and therefore our representative council should be taking the opportunity of the publica­ tion of the Government’s Consultation Paper to ensure that local views are both sought and passed


on. 1 b e liev e that a nil


response from the KVBC could ind ica te to the


Government that there is no problem here — and that would certainly be a


missed opportunity. 1 therefore urge the


RVKC to respond to the DoE on this topic, before October 3rd, as well as to encourage any individual who is so-minded to join the debate. The Consulta­ tion Paper is available from the DoE, Room C13/11, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 31B, or by telephoning (071 270 380b). Responses should be sent for the attention of Mr P. Goodwin. 1 understand, however, that the RVBG also have copies of the


Paper.


MR D. M. WALLER, Snowhill I louse. Gisburn.


Hurtful proposal to 1 remove war memorial


MAY 1, through your columns, add my voice and that of my husband, in strong protest against the proposal to remove cither in storage or otherwise, the war memorial from the classroom wall of Sabden County School. This war memorial is


th e o f f ic ia l v i l la g e memorial and many of the names will have passed through the village school. It was always a school tra­ dition to hold an assembly on the 1 1 th day of the 1 1th month at precisely 1 1 a.m., and to observe two minutes silence in addition to a service. Scholars were


taught to respect and revere those who had made the ultimate sacrifice


and were made aware of our debt to them. Rather than put the


memorial in storage, what a golden opportunity to teach patriotism, loyalty and selflessness to each generation by restoring this special school assem­ bly and why not invite relations and friends who could then place their own tokens of remembrance on the ledge provided. And would it be too


much to ask that access be made available to relatives


to enable them to see the names of loved ones and place their tokens to com-


den County School and am eternally thankful that 1 do not have any relatives’ names on the memorial. I can only think the sugges­ tion to move the memorial to use the space was made by someone whose roots are elsewhere. All credit to St Nicholas


1 am a supporter of Sab­


Church for creating its own memorial, but this one is special and non-den- ominational and is irre­ placeable in Sabden’s history. Come on governors,


think again, and apologise for the hurt caused.


memorate their own spe- cial anniversaries? After I). mSON,


all they have no village 31 Wesley Street, graves to visit.


Sabden


cils the opportunity for a I financial saving, though this practice could well inhibit members of the g en e ra l pu blic from attending parish council | meetings. Perhaps the Kibble Val­


ley Borough Council’s I chief legal officer would | care to comment.


JOAN PARKINSON, Beechthorpe Avenue, Waddington.


T h o u g h t s o n N H S T r u s t


I HOPE by now that the steering group taking us | into the “ Brave New! World” of NHS Trusts, h a s a l t r a c ted s o m e accountants ("Advertiser and Times,” 27-8-92). I hope that they do not


make the mistakes made by the Wellhouse Trust, in Barnet, among others (“The Guardian," 8-9-92, page 2). The regional health authority in that area is bailing it out, to the tune of £1.4 million! I The region’s director oi finance admitted the trust might have been d is ­ tracted from financial mat- j ters (sic) by the weight of opt-out preparations! Later in the same article


we are told that the trusL’s j position was not entirely


'its fault, as the financial | position had been poorly reported. But, of course, without doubt the service j p r,o v i d e d w i l l ha v e improved. That, alter all, is the ideology behind such


“reforms." In this particular case


“only" (IS people are Lo lose their jobs. 1 bet that | none of them will be accountants or administra­ tors. The “reforms” are | without doubt a con trick, the only objective is to save money and push peo­ ple (however poor) into | paying for all treatment. The NHS service was


i n t r o d u c e d w h e n w e needed a large, healthy working population. Now we do not. so why should the Government look after all of us?


MRJ.S. KENT. 5 Fairfield Close, Clilheroe.


W o n d e r f u l s u p p o r t


MAY I firstly thank your newspaper on behalf of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, for such wonderful support in organising the auction of the photograph, that our charity shop in C lithe ro e brought in recently, of the Royal Grammar School boys. I am sure no one expected it to raise so much money. Could 1 also, through


offered a placement. However, some weeks


later lie was told he would need a further interview and a geography test. On the day in question he was driven by Fergus to his Read home and, after completing a written test, was asked to sit next to Fergus on the sofa, in order that they might go through the answers. Mis s R o s s a l l th en


at this point the boy became very frightened. After the-ordeal the boy


asked to go to the toilet and was told by Fergus to try on a pair of trousers he would find in the "bath­ room. He discovered the trousers to be too long and was told by Fergus to try on another pair, which were too tight and in a “state of disrepair.” Fur ther te s ts and further slaps then took place. It was then claimed that


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Fergus told the boy to wear his school trousers “ next time," with no underwear, so that he might fe e l the s lap s better. The boy went home and


informed his parents of the incident, who in turn called the police. Mr Bill Maude, in miti


described how the boy was asked by Fergus to lie across his knee, with his face down, so that he might be slapped for every incorrect answer. She said


T i m e f o r a c h a t ?


V O L U N T E E R S are needed for a few hours each week to help frail and elderly people — at Clith- e r o e ’s now Day Care Centre, at the Trinity


Centre. The centre, which offers


activities and craft work to its 1 2 members, is open every Thursday, between 10-30 a.m. and 3-30 p.m. If you think you can


help, either with meals or s o c ia l i s in g w ith the centre’s members, Mrs Joan Charnock would like to hear from you (Clith­ eroe 29053).


Mgr t$ ! KIRBY — ROBINSON


Slaidburn catering manager Sylvia Margaret Robin­ son is to live in Bath, following her marriage to Harrogate catering manager Mark Richard Kirby, at St Andrew's Church, Slaidburn. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H.


H. Robinson, of Woodhousc Gate Farm, Slaidburn. The bridegroom is the second son of Mr and Mrs.].


shantung silk gown with a fitted bodice, which was decorated witli sequins and pearls and had a sweet­ heart neckline. It also featured a full skirt, forming a long train, which was edged with antique lace. She had a waist-length veil, also edged with antique lace and held in place by a headdress of fresh flowers, and carried a shower bouquet of Casablanca lilies, white roses, white i'reesia and white Singapore


Kirbv. of Ollev Road. Harrogate. Given away bv her lather, the bride wore an ivory


i orchids. 111 attendance were duel bridesmaid Miss Janet . . ,


Robinson, the bride’s sister, Miss Jane Mahoney, Miss Jennifer Towlcr, the bride’s cousin, and pageboy Thomas Brogden, the bride’s cousin. The bridesmaids wore three-quarter shepherdess-


style dresses of floral satin, over dupion silk cinna­ mon underskirts, and carried bouquets of cream and


rust (lowers. Best man was Mr Simon Kirby, the bridegrooms ........................


brother and the groomsman was Mr Owen Telford. Ushers' were Mr Raul Kirby, the bridegroom’s brother, and Mr William Robinson, the bride’s


brother. The ceremony, which was accompanied by organist


Mr John Cowking, was performed by the Rev. Roger Pollard and followed by a reception at the Moorcock


your columns, thank Mrs Cecil Riley, of Whalley. who 1 understand donated the photograph to the shop originally. Without such continued support, we could not continue to raise money lor vital cancer research.


M a n y t h a n k s again.


MRS KAREN LAWSON. Area retail manager. NW England, North and Mid Wales.


inn, Waddington. Photograph: Tennant-Brown, Harrogate.


Phone theft


A BUILDING labourer had his portable telephone stolen from the front door­ step, directly below the roof where he was work­ ing, in Peel Park Avenue, Ciitheroe, between -1 p.m. and -1-30 p.m. on Monday. The NEC 9A Etacs cellu­ lar plume, which is valued at £ 1 2 0 . has the number 0850752031.


G r e e n l i g h t f o r g a r a g e p r o p o s a l


C l i t h e r o e A d v e r t i s e r .


K i n g S t r e e t , C l i t h e r o e


16th September. 1992.


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gation, said his client’s guilty plea was solely in relation to the slapping incident and explained that the boy had been asked to try on trousers that were part of the estate agertcy uniform. He said there was nothing s in i s t e r ” about the


request. He said Fergus had no


previous convictions and had “suffered immensely” as a result of the allega­ tions. His client had, in fact, taken some convinc­ ing that an assault had actually taken place, as no force had been used, the boy had not appeared frightened and both par­ ties had been fully clothed


at all times. Mr Maude described


Fergus as a hard-working b u s in e s sm a n , o f the utmost honesty and integ­ rity, and pointed out that, had the incident taken place two weeks later, when the a g g r ie v ed


turned 1G, then his client would not have found him­ self before the court at all. A second charge against


F e r g u s , o f in d e c en t assault on a male under the age of 1G years, was dismissed.


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