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page 8


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It’s not all doom and gloom as far as trade in Clith­ eroe is concerned, says Chamber of Trade president l’eter Favcll.


— p a g e 17


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THIS small but committed army of council employees is set to do battle for Kibble Valley unitary authority


status.


than 300 workers, vet it administers everything from refuse collection to sheltered accommodation, parks


realised.


CAN go it alone and prove to the rest ol the country that ours is the blueprint for effective and efficient


Mach and every one believes the Kibble \ alley _


local government. S “ Valley c an run its own show” — page Hi.


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| shatter the identity ot the area.


ANOTHER slice o the Kibble Valley cake is up for grabs in the latest crazy move to


knives are trained not on the lace of local govern­ ment in Lancashire, but on Kibble Valley Parliamen­ tary boundaries. The most recent proposal would make residents of 10 vil­ lages constituents of the PendleMP. Voters living in Whi-


This time, the political . Ten of area’s hamlets would switch to


Pendle Parliamentary constituency by Elizabeth Huffman


plea before the Parliamen­ tary Boundary Commis­ sion inquiry at County Hall in Preston. It was only thanks to


tewell, Dunsop Bridge, Newton, Slaidbiirn, West Bradford, Grindleton, Hawley, Bolton-by-Bow-


West Riding of Yorkshire, the Rowland Rural Council offices were in Clitheroe,"


Coun. John Travis (Simon- stone), who has been bat­ tling on behalf of Sabden, Read and Simonstone resi- d en ts , th a t site was alerted to the surprise proposal. Coun. Pearson, who


land, Kimington and Gis- burn would have to drive as far as 25 miles across the Kibble Valley const ltu- ency to reach their Parlia­ mentary representative —


currently Labour MI Gor­


don Prentice. Wielding the scalpel are


the North West Kegtonal Conservatives, who have recommended the move as an alternative to transfer- i-injr Subrlun, Ruud und Simonstone into I’endle. But, just as the war is


she continued. Coun. Pearson pointed


represents Slaidburn, Newton and Rowland, which includes Dunsop Bridge and Whitewell, expressed her horror at the latest attempt to frag­ ment the Kibble Valley. “I have been alarmed to


out that, just as residents of Sabden, Read and Simonstone believed they should remain part of the Kibble Valley because of their Clitheroe postal address, so the Bowlaml area had always had the BB7 postcode.


She further noted that


bear over the past few day* that proposals were being made to move the area I represent into the Pendle constituency. Row­ land, Newton and Slaid- liurn have no affinity whatsoever with Pendle,


being waged against Local Government Review proposals which include making a section of the area in question part of a L a n c a s t e r u n i ta r y authority, Kibble Valley residents are fighting tooth and nail to retain their Parliamentary con­ stituency intact. Kibble Valley councillor


Dorothy Pearson (Slaid- burn) was among those making an impassioned


n a i u n g a n


Dunsop Bridge, as the centre of the United King­ dom, was used as the Kib­ ble Valley logo and that most secondary school pupils and workers had strong connections with


Clithcroe. “But the greatest tie ol


she told the inquiry. “The residents of New­


ton and Rowland always travel to Clitheroe to get on the A5‘) to go to Pen­ dle. This will mean they have to travel through the Kibble Valley constitu­ ency, a distance of 25 miles or more. “Clitheroe has always


all is that the River Red­ der flows through the length of Slaidburn, New­ ton and Rowland to join the River Kibble at Mit­ ten, just outside CHth­ eroe,” she added.


been the centre for the people of Howland, New­ ton and Slaidburn. Even when the area was in the


come today, but the over­ whelming concern that has been expressed to me at the weekend has made me cancel previous engage­ ments to come and put forward my case. “Please leave us in the


“I had no intention to — _____ ___________________________________________________—------------------------


Kibble Valley constitu­ ency, where we are at home and belong."


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AN impassioned plea from Coun. Dorothy Pearson to th e P a r l iam e n ta ry Bounda ry Commission


been acting on behalf of the North West Regional Conservatives at the inquiry, defended the pro­ posal. He argued that, unless the commission was prepared to accept a small Pendle constituency, wards from another area would have to be added.


Mr John Walsh, who lias O continued on page Ik


Bull ring is saved


THE or igina l bull r in g lias gone from th e old Clithe ro e Auction M a rl s ite —


Imt not for good. Kibble Valley


Council ch ie f en g in e e r Mr Graham


.1ag g e r said th e s tone s had been tak en up and put away to lie s tored for re-use in th e au c tio n m a r l s ite redevelop­ men t scheme. T h e circle o f


collides was the o r ig in a l hull r in g for th e old Clilh e ro e


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