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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, November 18th, 1993 15 Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified) Letters D IY festive spirit


W H E N w a l k i n g through the streets of the town on Sunday mo rnin g , I came across a small band of workers fastening up the Christmas lights. They spent the daylight


hours of their “day of rest” thus o c cu p ie d . The thought crossed my mind, do the people of Clitheroe know that these public spirited young men are out in all weathers every year trying to bring the festive spirit to our town? A more im p o rtan t thought — if one of these volunteers fell from a lad­ der, would the authority’s insurance cover them? If not, the situation becomes more outrageous. During the past two weeks I have seen many men similarly occupied in the surround­ ing towns, with one differ­ ence — they were local authority employees. The comment has been made in the past that to do


this service in Clitheroe would bring down the wrath o f the Ribble


Valley. Now I wonder how


Hyndburn manages to d e co ra te A c c r in g ton centre, or Blackburn its town centre, or Burnley, or anv other town one


cares to mention, without starting a civil war in the remaining parts of their


areas? A further thought — do


we have to have the wood­ land “tip” outside the for­ mer railway station? The sight o f old logs and mounds of sawdust does


nothing for the town and, as for the land at the rear of the station, it is nothing short of appalling! Can we get a few priori­


“THINK ON THESE THINGS.”


Castle Cement must remain


DO the pe ople of Clitheroe want to go fur the r down the poverty track? Shops are closing down


houses and rented their farms with full knowledge


that Castle Cement was situated in the town. As a second generation,


and others are finding it very hard to keep going. It seems to me that most of the closure complaints are from outsiders who commute to and from work, who bought their


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this has in no way affected my life. In fact my quality of life has been better for the prosperity Castle Cement has brought to the area. If people want to keep the value of their homes at the present level, to keep employment up, keep the shops open and keep our recreation centres in full attendance, then for the sake of all manufacturing companies in the area, Castle Cement must remain. Our council finds it diffi­


cult to balance the books now, so what would hap-


pen when the major con­ tribution paid by Castle Cement is no longer avail­ able? We, the people of Clitheroe, would have to bear the extra expense in one form or another. Do not let people from


outside the town and sur­ rounding villages or citi­ zens who have finished their working lives decide our future. We do not want to follow in the foot­ steps of other towns in the country in letting a minor­ ity close down our major industries, allowing a mas- s i v e


unemployment. r i s e


JEAN KENYON, 39 Katy Lane, Waddington.


Express fuel fears by writing to MP


1 WONDER what the soldiers who fought in the wars and who we remembered this week would have thought of us now. They fought foi our freedom to live and freedom from lear.


In the Ribble Valley, *»***»>*


this beautiful green coun­ tryside to which those men longed to return, we have created a toxic waste dumping ground for Europe in the heart o! the


kingdom. Whatever merits there


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for only with


interest


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are in quarrying, there are none for the locals in a hazardous waste incinera­ tion plant — just lear and


dread. We are allowing a for­ . ,


eign company, should it get full authorisation in the next few days, to incinerate in Clitheroe the


I equivalent of the whole of the legal imports of haz­ ardous waste into the whole of the UK each year — for not one job more. Private citizens of the


Ribble Valley have to bear the health effects, environ­ mental degradation and decreased quality of life from toxic emissions from this facility, as well as suf­ fer property devaluation


and be in fear of a road accident involving one of the many tankers carrying the hazardous waste along the A59 and down the link road to Castle Cement. These super-solvent


trucks will soon be joined


|on the last leg of their journey by dumper trucks coming out of Bellman Quarry, loaded with stone, with the additional hazard of an extra roundabout. Is this still to be a public road as well? What would our fo r e b e a r s have


thought? I urge you to write to


your MP at the House of Commons to put a stop immediately to full auth­ orisation and an immediate


stop to Cemfuel. Why? Because I believe


we are in danger from the product’s emissions, both from the chimneys and


around the kilns. Because Castle Cement


called this toxic concoction a "fuel,” it bypassed nor­ mal planning permission. The incentive to the firm is that it is paid to burn it — condemnation of the product in itself — as well as saving fuel costs. Fine, but NOT at our and our


children’s expense. Our councillors and


council staff presumably swallowed the excuse that the fuel’s constituent parts


could not be divulged because it would-be “com­ mercially sensitive” to do so. Too true! Castle Cement would never have had the slightest chance of achieving authorisation as a true hazardous waste incineration plant. Cemfuel can contain


quantities of PCBs, mer­ cury, halogenated solvents — which are the cause of the highly toxic dioxins formed AFTER heat incineration — cadmium,


thallium, lead, etc. Express your fears by


letter just saying “STOP IT, NOW.” Our soldiers gave their lives for our future, you owe them five minutes of yours, for our


children’s sakes. Address your letters to


Nigel Evans, Ribble Val­ ley MP, House of Com­ mons, 3 Deans Yard, Lon­ don SW1 P3NP. ■ DO IT NOW!


MARY V. HORNER,


Heights Farm, Bolton-by-BowInnd.


Potential markets for stolen goods


I WAS most pleased to read in the “Advertiser and Times” that the council is looking at the legality of car boot sales etc., at Clitheroe Auction Mart. I have always been of the opinion that these are


potential markets for thieves to sell their stolen property and others to sell pirated goods. The sooner they come to an end, the better.


It is noticeable that, as car boot sales have increased over the years, there has been an increase


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in thefts from homes and cars. I have on more than one occasion written to the


Minister involved and asked for car boot sales to be made illegal and I am more than sure that the


police would welcome such a move. What about the shopkeepers, not only in LUth- .


eroe but countrywide? They pay rates, carry the goods we require and, in most cases, offer a good service. If they don’t, they are soon out of business. Let’s support them, not the car boot sellers, who


are here today, gone tomorrow. We don t need them. MARTIN JAMES, '


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Meadowside, Grindleton.


They did us proud


I WOULD like to thank all those who attended the charity night at Mytton Fold Farm Hotel, Langho,.


^T^^event" raised nearly £1,400, which will go a long way to helping to transport vital equipment


to Bosnia and Romania. The event was supported by local companies, . . , ,


national companies and individual people, who don­ ated prizes to the raffle and auction. In addition, entertainment was provided by Blue Flame disco and Accurate Bentley, who did us proud for a very


"Tastiv^thanks are due to Mr and Mrs Hargreaves


and them son David and staff at Mytton Fold Farm Hotel for their donation to the event. I hope to organise a similar event,next spring


if it will be supported. SHAUN PRICE,


Walmsley Brow, ^illington.


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C L U T T l i l tS for pnbliea- tiun must be accom­ panied by name nirrf address as a«_ indica­ tion of good faith, even if the writer wishes to nsjjf h nom de plume.


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ties right? Clitheroe used to be an attractive town.


Roefield taking a large slice of council funds


IN a letter written to me on October 22nd, Mi Pickup (chairman of Roefield Leisure Centre) refers to “the generous revenue support given


by the town council.” It comes as something of


a disappointment, there­


fore, to read in last week’s “Advertiser and Times Mr Pickup’s comment that


“we are about to be aban­ doned by the controlling


group on the town council. They are abandoning the youth of the town and the p e op le who use the


centre.” He goes on to say: A


contribution of £20,000 (from Clitheroe Town Council) paled into insig­ nificance compared with contributions from the borough council and


Sports Council.” During the last five


years, the town council has given donations total­ ling £39,075 to various organisations and individ­


uals; £28,500 of this has gone to Roefield. As £17,500 of that sum for Roefield was agreed by the present controlling group, which has been in office for two-and-a-half years, claims of having been abandoned seem to


be misplaced. The donation of £2,500


to Roefield planned for next year is more than twice the amount to be given to any other organi­ sation. It will be necessary to increase the precept


(the amount paid by tax­ payers) by 15%, from £37,000 to £42,500, our balances having been seriously depleted, due to an unbudgeted £5,000 given during the course of the present year — to |


Roefield. The council felt it could I


not ask for a greater increase from taxpayers. 1 We have been unable to plan certain improvements to various play areas and £1,000 has been agreed for improvements at Trinity 1 Youth and Community Centre. We would have liked it to have been much |


more. We have had to turn


down financial support for additional floodlighting at the parish church, for additional video camera (security) at Christmas and for allotment paths. Always, we are sorting


priorities. Roefield has taken a very large propor­ tion of available , funds and continues to receive more support than any other cause. The town council has the responsibility to consider the needs of all sections of the community.


COUN. HOWEL JONES, Clitheroe Town Council.


Fuel bill worries send a shiver


SOME years ago, a friend of mine, sadly no longer with us — a man pos­ sessed of a streak of home- spun philosophy, with attendant utterances — asked me and others, on many occasions, a perti­ nent and difficult question. He would ask, as he


often did when there was a chill in the wind: “How many people in Clitheroe will go to bed tonight with barely enough shelter to keep out the cold and a meagre ration of broth in


the pot?” I could give no definitive answer, although there


must have been dozens. Recently, I have asked myself again the question


which was posed by my deceased friend some time be fo re , prompted by announcements in the press about VAT. How many people will


sioner’s basic needs for winter — food, shelter and warmth. These should be available to all in a civi­ lised society at an afford­


able price. I was reminded tne .


other day of my late friend’s words when the first of the autumn tints were piling up on street corners and gathering in colourful heaps beneath


the hedgerows. Before long now, the


hard times my friend and many others experienced


will be with us again, boon we will be able to equate ourselves with times remembered. VAT will


see to that.


W. B. CO T TAM, 52 Brownlow Street, Clitheroe.


go to bed in Clitheroe tonight, cold and hungry, worrying about their fuel


bills? The cold and wintry


weather will be with us very soon and we will be thinking about the pen-


Interested in Paslew


family PLEASE may I ask if any of your readers have any knowledge of any book or document, indeed any­ thing, about the Paslew family who lived at Wis- " Hall in the 15th t ^


well century.


John Paslew, the last


Abbot of Whalley Abbey, was the son of Francis Paslew, of Wiswell Hall. They came from the West Riding of Yorkshire and John entered Whalley Abbey as a novice in 1487. I am interested in the


estates of the Paslew family, rather than one particular member. The family has connections with East Riddlesden Hall, near Keighley, as well as Wiswell Hall.


MRS MARY FLETCHER, 49 Higham Hall Road,


Burnley, BB12 9EY.


Threat to the


Ribble Valley IT behoves all citizens of the Ribble Valley to pay great attention to the Local Government Review


now in process. If Lancashire County Council is disbanded, the Ribble Valley Council as such will disappear, as it will be too small to stand |


on its own. Our council tax will


up, in order to absorb the I changeover, and specialist 1 s e r v i c e s w i l l be| fragmented.


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