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A local mum does her


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Castle Cement plans set to wreck family


PLANS for a new Castle Cement quarry have shocked no one more than the Chat- burn family who, for the past 27 years, have been farming the 120 acres of land that would be affected.


It’s a disgrace, say the Collinsons by Elizabeth Huffman


linson (53) and his wife, Ruth, have everything to


lose.


ment will probably have little bearing on whether Castle Cement is given planning permission to reopen and extend Bell­ man Quarry, Mr Jos Col­


Although their predica­


tenants of Bellman and Club Farms, off Chatburn Road, only learned of the application half-an-hour after plans were fded with the Lancashire County Council and half-an-hour before they were released


But the couple, who are , ,


to the press. The Collinsons were


told about plans for the


quarry, around which they have farmed for most of


their lives, when a land agent for Castle Cement knocked on their door at 9-30 a.m. last Tuesday. He carried with him a


letter explaining that Cas­ tle Cement had applied for planning permission and a booklet containing details of the application. The Collinsons were left vir­ tually speechless. “ To walk into your


house, shake your hand, open a brown envelope


and tell you not to be too worried — I think it’s a disgrace,” Mrs Collinson said. “He wished us a Happy New Year and then the bombshell.” “If we hadn’t been in, he


said Mr Collinson. “Farm­ ing is a long-term busi­ ness. We’re inseminating cattle now whose calves won’t be coming into the dairy herd for another three-and-a-half years.”


‘We’re up in the air,”


something that happens overnight. The land itself is built up over a great number of years.”


He continued: “It’s not


family could be forced to leave their home and live­ lihood behind had never even occurred to Mr Collinson.


T h a t some day his


I had been hoping to finish the rest of my days out'


“I was totally surprised.


here,” he explained. “I had hoped there would still have been something for


would just have pushed it through the letter-box,” she added. ' But Mr and Mrs Collm-


my son to farm.”


son, who run the dairy and sheep operation with their 28-year-old son Andrew, who is married and has three small children, have been given no idea about when they would have to move if planning permis­ sion is granted. Under th e ir tenancy


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IOB COLLINSON and son Andrew, who seem 'certain to lose then- livelihood if Castle Cement gets the go-ahead for its expansion


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agreement, Castle Cement only needs to give them three months’ notice. For a family with 100 cattle and 200 sheep, along with a milk round in Chatburn, Downham and Worston, th e p r o s p e c t is a nightmare.


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Telephone: 25308 DARREN — as a lrisky feline in “Cats E MANY BARGAINS


I Get tough on the joy [riders


TOPICAL debate show “Kilroy” has been respon­ sible for prompting Ribble Valley MP Mr Nigel Evans to call for stiffer | sentences on so-called joy


| at the attitudes of the joy riders featured in the pro- I gramme, screened on Jan-


riders. Mr Evans was appalled


I programme to be for­ warded to Home Secre-


u a r y 1 1 th , and has requested a video of the


I tary Mr Kenneth Clarke. | On the question of the video, Mr Evans, said: “They showed no remorse for their actions, confident that if caught the penalties would be minimal. The joy riders think that the gains from their adrenalin fixes far outstrip the costs of | being caught.


land must be enforced. Their addiction to dicing


“The penalties of joy riding must be stiffened


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I with death must be halted by long and tough custo­ dial sentences. “This is the best adver­ tisement I have seen for


GISBURN’S Sunday market operators, Ray Promotions, are at the centre of new moves to develop a neigh­ bouring hotel as a major leisure and


exhibition centre. Ml- Ray Lynden, the


i St Annes-based firm, this week unveiled plans to form a consortium to pur- chase the Coronation Hotel, in Horton-in-Cra- ven, which has been in the hands of liquidators for the


managing director of the


past two years. Mr Lynden told the


1 stronger penalties for joy I riders. They condemned themselves every time they opened their mouths — it was sickening.”


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I The intention was to see whether they could raise enough capital to x*elaunch


“Advertiser and Times” that an offer for the vacant building and land had already been accepted by the liquidators and he would now be reporting back to several local busi­ ness people interested in forming the consortium.


the hotel, aiming it specifi­ cally at tourism, with ad d it io n a l o v e rn ig h t accommodation and new leisure and exhibition


facilities. He declined to divulge


the purchase price or the figure needed for the redevelopment scheme. Mr Lynden said that the


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vincing a consortium that the country’s financial cli­ mate is steadily improving to an extent that it will be a worthwhile proposition to continue with the scheme,” he said. The site is part m the


venture had no connection with his Sunday markets and car boot operation, based at Gisburn Auction Mart, adding: “We are not looking for an alternative site and our popular mar­ kets are to continue in Gisburn.” He explained that the


B ID D IN G for the Coronation Hotel, Mr Ray Lynden, who says the venture has nothing to do with his Sunday markets and car boot operation


Ribble Valley and part in Pendle, with the buildings falling on the Ribble Val­ ley side of the boundary. Mr Lynden said that, if


is also adamant that his Sunday market and car


Meanwhile, Mr Lynden


boot sales are an asset to the borough and is confi­


hotel, situated just off the A59 outside Gisburn, now h a d a r u n - d o w n appearance, which many local people would like to see improved. “We are now at a stage of dotting the i’s and con


all went well, the next stage would be to submit an outline planning appli­ cation to the Ribble Valley Council. He believed that a “leisure theme” at the hotel would be good for the Ribble Valley, bring­ ing s.pin-offs for the locul


economy.


' the past, he felt, was b e c a u s e i t n e e d e d


The reason the hotel had encountered difficulties in


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improved facilities, par­ ticularly for leisure.


dent of making out a con­ vincing case at a public inquiry into the future of the Gisburn operation. “I am not looking for an


of stalls and an increase in


car parking spaces. The markets were, he felt, offering a valuable service and the fact that they were very popular was proof of that.._______.


alternative site for the markets,” he declared. “These have been going on now for 12 years and I don’t feel that if an inquiry does develop it will result in a sudden end to these


facilities.” He claimed th a t the


tra f f ic


the Ribble Valley Council . ‘ » 1 ?,0 w n had resulted in a reduction mal KULb-


improved since talks with s i tu a t io n iniaa


A CLITHEROE thespian has finally been iriven his big break, landing a dream part as a frisky feline in the hit West End musi-


A purr-feet part in West End


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lough (stage name Stori James) had to turn down a leading role in another Cameron McIntosh pro­ duction of “Moby Dick,” because he only had a


through his place in the “Moby Dick chorus, Dar­ ren was finally equipped U> audition lor a major


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vear-long conlract for the part of Bill Bailey, but is understudy for the scene-stealing role of Mungo- jerrie — a character he has been playing for a week now, after another actor suffered a back injury.


had


gestions that the markets had resulted in up to 50% loss of trade for some Clitheroe market traders.


He refuted recent sug­


been the in c re a se in | supermarkets and hyper­ markets that has caused the loss of trade for them — and not us," he added. “Many of our commodities just cannot be bought on


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B nfspTrcnts, Mr and Mrs Jim McCullough, saw


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RIBBLE VALLEY’S mayoralty could be affected by cost-cutting — to enable the boi- ough council to avoid Government rate capping. Members of Ribble Val- £11,030, the mayoral car


| guidelines on spending. Council leader Coun.


ley Council’s Finance and General Purposes Com­ mittee met to discuss ways of reducing the 1993/94 budget so that it can com­ ply with Government


Bill Fleming (Billington) said that council officials had asked councillors to look at areas where sav­ ings could be made in a £3.9m. b udget which includes, among other things, the cost of the mayoralty.


■ The cost of the office of mayor is included in a bud­ get which covers council-


, lors’ expenses and staff I costs, which are set to rise 1 in the new financial year 1993/94 from £191,040 to


| £223,120. A breakdown of the


| 1992/93 figures shows that civic entertainment by the I mayor cost the borough


and attendant cost a fur­ ther £18,320 and the civic regalia £650, which, with the mayoral allowance of £4,970, brought initial costs to £34,970.


whose responsibilities include the preparation of council ag en d a s and reports for council meet­ ings, total £118,600. Coun­ ci 11 o r s ’ a t t e n d a n c e allowances and expenses amount to £43,270 and use of the civic suite costs £14,640.


Support services staff,


Fleming, that ways of cut­ ting at least £10,000 from


A proposal by Coun.


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be sought, was agreed. His further proposal, to


increase the income of Ribble Valley Council by looking at ways of increas­ ing its fees and charges, also won approval.


TWO family victims of a horror smash on the A59 have been released from hospital.


Road,' Sabden, and her granddaughtei Claie Heakl (4) have now returned home. Clare’s mother,.Mrs'Salimi Heald (32) is still


Back home after crash Grandmother Mrs Brenda Jones - ^ , of Wdley


detained in Blackburn Royal I n f i rm a r y , wheiehei condition on Tuesday was described as satisfactory.


The accident occurred on December 21st, when the Ford Sierra driven by Mrs Heald, of Blackpool


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