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N o r w e b s h o u ld o p e n c a n d le f a c t o r y in o u r v i l la g e


MANY thanks for publishing my letter on electric­ ity to Gisburn and also for your article on the


same. I would like to comment on the statement by a


Norweb spokesman that engineers were not aware of any long-running problem with the supply.


our then MP, Lord Wadddington, in Februai*y, 1991, apologising for the service and promising to


If so, why did the Norweb chairman write to . .. .


do better in future? Why, in May, 1991, did the Preston area man­


ager write to our then'MP, Mr Carr, promising full investigations into the constant supply


failures7


April, 1992, and later confirm by letter, to tell me that a new, lai-ge-capacity cable would be mstalleo along the main street in Gisburn by autumn, 1994. This has not yet been done. He also assured me that major reinforcement of the high-voltage sys­ tem would take place in 1993/94 after all the necessary consents had been obtained (whateve


Why did the Preston area manager nng me m ■ ■ ! qqqqi /Y1//rsi?i/lcrfJ ■ * W^m Digging to find Centre of Kingdom?


MAY I ta k e th is o p p ortun ity to a i r


some th o u g h ts a t th e s ta r t o f th e


New Year? At last we have


leapt into the 20th century. Our councillors and


officials must be very pleased to have got the Zeppelin hangar built and I await the first flight. Also, there must be


hibernation and, by some miracle, a


derelict smelly mill lodge in which the flotsam and jetsam of


an election creeping up on us, as our county councillor has awakened from


the town’s industrial heritage is gently


festering has now become a nature


reserve. The best is yet to


it is saving by grounu.


come. Our largest employer, it seems, is attempting to hold us to ransom. The money


reducing the workforce is to be put into a hole in the


the year 2000. “Visit the Kibble Valley, the centre of the kingdom. Look, we are trying to find it, if we dig deep enough.”


I can see it now, in t A RESIDENT.


F I G H T I N G F O R H I S P O L I T I C A L L I F E


IN May we shall have ele c tio n s fo r L an c a ­ shire County Council and County Coun. Ron Pickup will be fighting for his political life. Through your columns,


L e t t e r s E d i t o r


that means, apart from delaying tactics). I am afraid that Norweb is only mteiestecl m


profit and the provision of a supply to an outlying area, with little political


clout, comes very low on its list of priorities. If I am wrong, perhaps a senior official of Noi- web would attend a public meeting in Glsburn to


explain to the inhabitants just what ls> °r wrong and what, if anything, it intends to do


^One'Vmal thought: if Norweb really wants to maximise profits, might I suggest that hestabbsh a candle factory in Gisburn. It would make a


bomb. Wm. W. WHITTAKER, I I Church View, Gisburn.


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W e l l d o n e — n o w l e t ’ s a d o p t m o t t o ‘ r e d u c e , r e - u s e a n d r e c y c l e ^


I WOULD like to congratulate Theresa Rob­ son on h e r enthusiastic fr™!, Page a r t id e last


week on recycling in the Kibble Valley. I am pleased to hear “coated"objects end up? In


that the council intends to the dustbin and from achieve the recycling tar- thence on .the tip. g e t proposed by th e when are we, the Brit- Government of 25% of all jsh public, going to come domestic waste by the our senses and realise year 2000. I shall be even that jt js not just up to the more interested to hear Government and local the d etai ls on how i t counc;is on their own to intends to achieve these sort out these problems? results with its limited \ye are quite capable of resources.


supermarkets cannot fail packaging, refusing car- to notice the quantity ol r ier bags,'returning to unnecessary packaging, w a s h a b le n a p p i e s , most of it plastic, that is demanding that.the soft evident on every shelf, brinks manufacturers pro- Mushrooms are sold in duce th e i r d r in k s in plastic boxes, eggs in plas- returnable glass bottles tic cartons, soft drinks and and lobbying our MP when mineral water in plastic we fe e i something is


Anyone who shops in jng products with excess bottles, meat on plastic amiss. The list is endless.


trays, not to mention all Our motto should be the cleaning and dairy pro- REDUCE, RE-USE, ducts in plastic containers. RECYCLE, with the


much if one was able to follow the recent legisla- return all this plastic for t;on jn Germany on pack­ recycling, but as yet there agjng, where all packaging is nowhere locally to dis- js Gie responsibility of the pose of this instant waste retailer/manufacturer and product, except into the can be taken back to them dustbin and hence into a for disposal. If this legisla- landfill site.


I t wouldn’t matter so q^e Government should emphasis on REDUCE.


really bothers me is dis- would very quickly find a posable nappies. Eight way to reduce the unnec- million of these are used essal.y packaging and thus on babies’ bottoms every j*aduce the problem at a day in the UK. And where st,.0ke. do these soggy, dirty, At present there are unhygienic and plastic- bottle banks, can banks, ------------


The other product which uK, private enterprise tion was introduced in the


' Tt i s r i g h t a n d pitches are concentrated proper th a t this should


‘Do as we say, not do as we do?’


WITH the erection of the indoor tennis courts at Edisford, can we now assume that it is no longer n e c e s s a ry to use natural materials on rural buildings in the


Ribble Valley? Are co r ru g a ted


iron and plastic sheet­ ing now considered to be acceptable for lei­ sure building in sen­ sitive landscape, or is it another case of “do as we say, not as we


do?” D. M. PEACOCK, Sunderland Peacock


and Associates, A r c h i t e c t s a n d


Designers, Lowcrgate,


paper banks and occasion­ ally collection points for plastic bags, but doing the rounds of all these sites takes time, planning and the use of a car. To make the recycling programme more efficient, these items should be sorted at home and collected from there


by the council. T h e re a re so many


things that we in the Rib- ble Valley could be doing


to help with this ever growing problem, which


will not go away without commitment from each


and every one of us. As a social anthropolo­


gist said at the Rio Sum­ mit: “Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world, indeed it is the only thing that ever has.”


WENDY DOUGLAS’


(MRS), Station Road, Whalley. _____________


Blackburn >


VERY stro n g views have been expressed recently in yo u r le t te r s column about th e new tennis centre a t Roelield.


be so. I am concerned, gristing car park, however, th a t nothing jjad the centre been has been w rit ten deal- sited elsewhere, it would in e with the other side have been necessary to of th e s tory, namely, find additional land and tt h a t Hipv p m a v b e create a new car park,


h a t th e i e m a y oe costingpossibiy £40,000.


som e b e n e f i t to b e Certajn rather disturb- derived irom provid- • eiements emerge from ing th e structu re.


the correspondence, how-


Ribble Valley enjoys a ever, and it is with these proud reputation as a pro- tha t I now propose to


vider and supporter of deal, sporting excellence. Our Both Couns. Holt and young sportsmen and McGowan advance the s p o r t s w o m e n a r e separatist argument that encouraged in many ways Clitheroe councillors ' ----- should be empowered to decide Clitheroe issues.


and many benefit from financial grants. It is essential to recog­


•the case of the tennis centre has a number of significant advantages: all the major sporting facili­ ties — swimming baths, sports centre and outdoor


nise that all planning deci­ sions are prone to contro­ versy, since they depend on s triking a balance b e tw e e n a h o s t variables. The location chosen in


May I remind them that there are 10 members to represent Clitheroe, while most rural wards have only one or perhaps two o f members. On purely math­


ematical grounds, there- n ,1__ _111 nlumlio ko


fore, they will always be


“on a loser.” Clearly, this does not


h ap p en — dec is io n s reached depend on the strength of the arguments put forward and on the very considerable con­ straints of planning law. It is not possible, for exam­ ple, to refuse an applica­ tion just because you may


near the truth when he argues cogently for the borough-wide viewpoint.


. shopping carefully, avoid-


he has already started his campaign and the venom which exudes from him tow a rd s th e L ib e ra l Democrats gives me confi­ dence in the strength of our position. As one Con­ servative remarked to me: “He is doing our job for


us.”I do not wish to write at the same length or in the


same tone as County Coun. Pickup. My purpose is to state the position that Liberal Democrats have taken on the various issues


mentioned: O Tennis courts at Edis-


ford. The planning applica­


tion was opposed by Liberal Democrats on Clitheroe Town Council and Ribble Valley Bor


ough Council, who spoke and voted against the application.


opment. Liberal Demo­ crats proposed that the response of Clitheroe Town Council to the draft proposals should be:


O P r im ro s e D ev e l­


environmental improve­ ments and the nature


1) We welcome the


reserve. 2) We request Ribble


Valley Council to explore all possibilities of achiev­ ing these improvements and associated works, without the necessity for the residential element of the scheme.


need for highway improve­ ments and traffic calming


3) There is an important


measures. If the costs of these works were to be covered by Lancashire County Council, being the Highway Authority, then there would be no need to generate income from a residential element. Rib­ ble Valley Council is urged to investigate alternative sources for funding the highway works, rather than through a residential development. • Civic Hall. Liberal


closure of the cinema. ■ • Auction Mart. Liberal


Democrats voted against the present proposals. While the scheme has much merit, it does not meet the aspirations of the people of Clitheroe in its present form.


from being lukewarm in its support, Liberal Demo­


O Leisure Centre. Far


crats on the town council, within a few months of coming in to o f f ic e , increased the proposed g ran t from £5,000 to


£7,500. Finally, County Coun.


P ic k u p a v o id s an y reference to the library. Had we taken his advice at


the time, we would not now have the magnificent library which is enjoyed by so many of your


readers.


HOWEL JONES, Leader, Liberal Democrats, , Clitheroc Town Council


Democrats are on record as having spoken in both town council and Ribble Valley Council against the


Fo cu s ’ newsletter said it all • • •


mt? rat?rtf PARKER accuses local councillors of failing to communicate ^ h lota^ r e c e n t S d i n g Uthe new tennis dome, before planning permission


Grasp nettle and take up ease for the town council


ONCE again we are reminded of our indiscre­ tion in voting o u t th e C o n se rv a t iv e s from Clitheroe in f i e 1991 Ribble Valley Borough


Council elections. ward councillors are against this development, together with the footballers.


COUN. ANDREW METCALFE, Shircburn Avenue. Clitheroe. COUN. JOHN McGOWAN, Whitewell Drive, Clitheroe. B o t h t i r e d a n d i r r e l e v a n t


te r s 31.12.92) re a l ly believe that a Conserva­ tive borough councillor representing Clitheroe would do anything other than toe the party line on contentious issues, even if thev directly concerned Clitheroe? How refreshing to hear


Does Pat Shepherd (let­


points like size, height or environmental impact


mentioned by these peo­ ple; that fell to the Clith­ e ro e lo t , who t r ie d desperately to get the committee to look at plan-


S S S g j S T J f f lM S ® . t E S i r s™ * Knoltl, and irrelevant Labour attitudes. j » » « Primrose


ClMay ^suggest* ttatt^iroughout the Valley citizens are questioning the perpetua- tion of tired T o r y i s m


COUN. FRANK DYSON, Carters, Carters Lane, Bolton-by-Bowland.


Borough-wide ethos vital in the fight for unitary status


In the run up to the fight for unitary status for the Ribble Valley, Clitheroe must gird itself round with th e s t r e n g th of th e parishes and look to its borough-wide ethos. It cannot stand alone!


COU N. C H A R L E S WARKMAN, Hob Green, Mcllor.


“their voice (i.e. Clitheroe) will always be over ridden by the majority party (i.e. Conservative),” and, even better, “voting is a serious business and all the impli­ cations of th e conse­ quences should be taken into account.” Sounds more like a hint


THERE were 105 newly-calved dairy cows and heifers and 1«» f in-calf dairy cows and heifers


orward at Gisburn Auction Mart.


£ First quality cows made to q1,215 (average £999.52), second quality to £8(55 (£803.75), first ( uality heifers to


GISBURN- MART , , , .


c£1,003.00), second to £<o0, (ows springing to £l,lo0 ££915.45), heifers springing to


1,040 (£955). f There were 304 calves


torward: Charolais X bulls mac e (o 1255 (£187.30), heifers to £138 ££98.85), Limousin X bulls to (225 (£151.85), heifers to £125 ££70.20), Belgian Blue X bulls to (274 (£218.05), heifers to £200 ££152.90), Simmental X bulls to


mBlonde d*Aquitaine X bulls t ade to £198 (£139.15), heifers bo £110 (£85.15), Hereford X (ulls to £135, heifers to £78 ££71.50), Friesian X bulls to £100 (£94.05), Angus X bulls to


. , C o n s u l t


202 (£105.55), heifers to £134 (£98.80).


the E x p e r t s ! S t e v e R o e & S t e v e H u g h e s a t :


M.U.l. bulls to £180 (£145.05). a There were 51 weaned stirks Lulls/steei-s made to £458 (£394),


70 (£07), heifers to £110 i£<>4), bnd stores forward. Charolais X


(£330.45), Belgian Blue X bulls/steers to £415, heifers to £308, other Continental X bulls/steers to £395 (£357.3o), heifers to £220, Hereford X bulls/steers to £1110 (£207.o0), Friesian X bulls/stecrs to £322. wForward at the futstock sale 2ere 088 cattle (232 young bulls,


imousin X bulls/steers to £44 AT EMPRESSMILLS


a59 steers and heifers, 197 cows hnd bulls) and 2,493 sheep (2,129 eoggs, 11 shearlings and 352


t Bulls: Continental light made wes and rams). .


150p (132.2p), heavy to 138.8p (128.3))), other light to 130.2p (117.9p), medium to 12U.2p (118.1p), heavy to 118.8p (115p). Steers: Continental light


o 142.5p (131.2p), medium to


and Ribblc Valley Bor­ ough Council.


made to 135.8p (122.2))), t medium to 143)) (123.0p), heavy


WE'VE G O T IT ALL SEW N UP! —


d e s ig n e r j o in e r y Unit 16, Barnfield Business Centre, Brunswick Street, Nelson.


F o r t h e F i n e s t Q u a l i t y F i t t e d F u r n i t u r e a n d A r c h i t e c t u r a l J o i n e r y , D o o r s , W i n d o w s , B e d r o o m s a n d K i t c h e n s e t c .


o 129.8)) (120p), other light to 117.2p (108p), medium to £119.8p (114.Ip), heavy to 113.2n(111.3p). Heifers: Continental light


- VS*? ..


made to 133.8p (119.Op), medium to 130.8)) (119.Op), heavy to 149p (119.3p) other light to 117.8p (108p), medium


to 118.8p (102.0p). Cows and bulls: Grade one


bows to 90.8p (83.5p), mature culls to 112.2p (100.8p). Overall, ' ows averaged 89p.


cows made to 158p (102p), grade c two to 97.2p (89.Op), feeding


m Sheep: Super light hoggs 9 ade to 70.2p (G1.7p), light to


(89.5p), medium to 90.Ip (87.8p), heavy to 91.3)) (83.1p), overweight to 80)) (72.2p),


2.5p (S2.Gp), standard to 98.1))'


shearlings to 70.9p Half-bred ewes made to ioZ.ZU (£34.25), horned ewes to £34.20 (£23.30), rams to £58.20


(£42.70). t In the produce section, 15.541


£40 per tonne. There were 912 hoggs


onnes of wheat straw made to


forward for the Beacon North West Electronic Auction. Stan­ dard made to 194.5p, medium to 197p (190.78p), heavy tolSOp.


ning aspects rather than 1 recreational ones! Once I again the “out-of-towners


won the vote. May I commend Pat


Shepherd and the rest of Clitheroe Town Council to grasp the nettle and take up the case of Clitheroe with the Ribble Valley Borough Council to trans­ fer those bits taken away in 1974 back to centralised control, i.e. the town


of Yugoslavia and all that entails — are heavy weap­ ons to be trained on Clith­ eroe from the surrounding hills occupied by “ the


majority party?" However, Pat Shepherd


does put his finger on cer­ tain planning issues which are now totally governed by councillors from parts of the Ribble Valley out­ s ide C l i th e ro e , who apparently know what is


right for our town. At the auction mart


debate, Clitheroe Town Council was officially described by the Conser­ vatives as “extremely n egative” — in other words, when asked for their comments, members


“out-of-towners.” At the Roefield tennis


b y t h e


council. This will allow Ribble


Valley to concentrate on its unitary status bid and other strategic matters. As far as Clitheroe is


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concerned, it means the possible return of facilities like the Ribblesdale Pool, cemetery, museum, Civic Hall, parks, camp site, outdoor recreation; indeed a return to the oid “bor­ ough” days and, under current legislation, no fear of rate capping either! At the last Ribble Val­


said “no thank you” to the scheme as proposed and the Clitheroe councillors


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courts debate these same p e o p le r e p e a t e d l y


reminded the Clitheroe representatives of the benefits of such a facility, in fact Clitheroe should be


ley Council meeting, the chairman of the Recre­ ation Committee chided Clitheroe Town Council for not handing over cash to keep the cinema going. Coun. Bert Jones rightly riposted that the town council would look at operating such a facility and others, given half the


chance. Well, there’s no time


like the present, especially with a local Government commission to visit Lanca­ shire later this year.


grateful etc. Not once were the finer


BRUCE DOWLES, Whallcy Road, Clitheroc.


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I n o r d e r t h a t th e E a s t L a n c a s h i r e e c o n o m y is d e v e lo p e d t o i t s f u l l p o t e n t ia l , i t is c r u c ia l t h a t e a c h m e m b e r o f t h e c o m m u n i t y , r e g a r d le s s o f e t h n ic o r ig in , g e n d e r o r d is a b i l i t y , r e c e iv e s t h e m a x im u m h e lp a n d e n c o u r a g e m e n t n e e d e d to e n s u r e th a t e a c h in d iv id u a l c a n m a k e h is o r h e r f u l l c o n t r ib u t io n .


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