12 Clitheroe Advertiser ifi Times, September 15th, 19!)/, Advertisement Feature . . . . Advertisement Feature
THE WELLSPRINGS IS BACK! One of
IE Ea st
owners and a completely new look. It’s back selling good
beer and good food, the staff are friendly, the set ting magnificent, and if you don’t believe us it’s well worth a drive over the Nick o’ Pendle to se e for yourself. The Wellsprings has had
its ups and downs in recent years, changing hands several times until it closed down and went on the market some time ago. But now it's well and
truly back and bubbling in the capable hands of Rib- ble Valley couple Paul and Elaine Brown. They know the area and
the people and are deter mined the inn will once
more become a popular spot for locals, for tourists,
and for anyone seeking a
' leisurely drink and a tasty meal.
If you love good food
head for the "Springs" — just over the hill from Sab-
den and a couple of miles from Clitheroe — because food, with traditional fish and chips top of the menu, is Paul and E la in e ’s speciality. They've run fish and
chip shops in Whalley and more recently in Clitheroe for the past few years, so catering is their business.
New look at Wellsprings L an ca
shire's most popular eating and drinking spots — and certainly one of its most elevated — has new
And how many p bs ca boast a full size traditional fish and chip range in their kitchen? None we would hazard a guess.
And how manv nuhs nan Which is why the Well-
springs is fast becoming a diner's paradise. It’s only been back open a few short weeks but already word is spreading about the delicious food. It's served every day except Monday between noon and 2 p.m.and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and all day Sunday, and, of course, the bar is open during normal licensing hours. It really is a fish and chip
lovers’ delight with Paul serving up fresh battered haddock and chip shop style chips, and for those with a monster appetite there's the Wellsprings Whopper — a huge 9oz. fresh haddock with chips and all the trimmings.
scampi, Wellsprings fish cake, plaice and chips, there are daily specials such as swordfish steak freshly cooked with home made parsley butter. Or if you are not tempted
by the fishy menu, there's a full range of meat dishes from steak and kidney pie and pudding, to chicken and hot-pot, plus a range of salads, sandwiches and sweet courses. There's a children’s menu and a full range of wines on offer to complement any meal. And for anyone who
hasn't time to stay and enjoy the surroundings
There’s fisherman’s pie, TASTY fare on offer at the new-look Wellsprings
th e re 's a ta k e aw a y service.
For those who know the
inn of the past, the large witches' hat feature which once took up a large part of the lounge has gone to make way for a family din ing area. There's also a quiet dining area and together they can seat 70. The function room with its dance floor remains for discos and private par ties,and doubles as a large family room where the chil dren can play to their heart’s content in the play corner which has a slide and large play and climb
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ing bricks. They've tried to cater for
all tastes, with the family area, quiet dining area and
large restaurant area, and the bar which is now sec tioned off for those just popping in for a drink. The large window with
its picture postcard view over the whole of the Rib- ble Valley remains as much an attraction as ever, but the remainder of the inn has been totally refur bished with new carpets and fittings. Dining areas have been tastefully sec tioned off with stained glass effect fittings which
are also on the bar. Paul, who is also a well
known local photographer, designed the fittings him
self and the pub's whole new look is the work of himself and Elaine — who make the perfect team to run the We l l sp r in g s because it's where they first met many years ago. The former tap room is
now a state-of-the-art tem perature controlled cellar to ensure the beer and wine on offer is served in perfect condition, and under the expert eye of head barman Frank Mason of Clitheroe.
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We wish Paul a n d E la in e e v e r y su c c e s s a t th e \A/ellsprtngs.
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jwrt involving FE students, as they do not require any daytime child care, travel arrangements or lunch-time provision during strike action, because of m their maturity. Secondary education beware! You
However, it is very difficult to attract public sup-
around new working contracts, following incorpora tion, whereupon colleges are no longer controlled or funded through the local authority. Colleges (now known as corporations) would have dearly loved to rewrite a number of contracts immediately, but for one small point! It is illegal, as employees un tected under European law involving “tr:
and an era of political thuggery, courtesy of this Government.
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The new contracts being imposed at a number of colleges call for a minimum of 37 hours in college, an
forcing its staff to choose between a new imposed contract or their P45! It would appear that we have returned to the days of the post-Victorian mill owners
ure to sign may result in no pay rise for the rest of your working life. One college in particular (not mine, I might add) is
declared that signing is voluntary, which at first sounds socially acceptable, until you realise that fail-
l i r o f n Q inm m a i r f a o n U ?** v . « —* . r ____i t . . .
dertakings." Having realised this, some colleges have now
transfer of are pro
tered engineer and recently-appointed European engineer, with over 18 years’ experience in industry prior to moving into education in 1985. Unlike many educational “experts,” I have experienced life in the real w°rld’ on the other side of the fence, so to speak. The reasons for the strike action are centred
ay be the next Government target. May I start by also explaining that I am a char
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Letters
There’s no room left for residents to park
Street and Church Brow also park all day, along the top of St Mary’s and Brennand Streets and outside our front doors. Add to them the constant stream of shoppers and tourists and the street is almost always full, with no room left for the people who live there.
Now, to cap it all, there is a proposed planning application for permission to turn the house next to
our homes, but have been, on occasion, downright rude and ignorant in their attitude towards us.
These people not only abandon their cars outside
paper keep telling us that there is a wonderful, prac tically empty car park on Chester Avenue and so there is. Why then do people who work at the coun cil offices continue to treat Brennand Street and the surrounding area as a long stay car park and still leave their cars day after clay outside our houses for eight and nine hours at a time? Of course, they are not alone. Workers from King
the areas of Brennand Street, St Mary’s Street and Railway View — not a new problem, I know. Recent letters by council representatives to your
MAY I ask, through your newspaper, if the people who make the decisions at the council offices actually listen to what the people of the town tell them. I am referring to the problem of parking around
the chemist’s, on Railway View, into a doctor’s sur gery. May I ask, where are the staff, the patients, the reps and anyone else having business at a doc tor’s going to park their cars? And please don’t tell us Chester Avenue!
Chester Avenue and use the current health centre site as a car park!
MRS E. H. TOMLINSON, 3 Brennand Street, Clitheroe.
Lifeguards tread a fine line
IN the letter entitled “Why act like little gods?” certain criticisms were levelled at the Ribblesdale Pool, which I feel obliged to reply to.
annoyance at her chil dren’s abilities being ques tioned. It must be said that some parents do resent interference by the lifeguards at the pool, even though it is in their child's best interest. However, many parents
The mother expressed
greatly appreciate the queries and advice from
when asked if her (laugh ter could swim a length, s h e replied: " l don’t know,” but later states that she would not let her children go swimming unless she was sure of their capabilities. This discrepancy high lights the fine line which
Staff courteous and helpful
I AM appalled that “angrv mother and swimmer" has taken the attitude that the staff at Ribblesdale Pool “act like little gods."
ity of families seem to have a lack of considera splation for other pool users, regarding jumping in and
shing about.
mother and swimmer" go out of town to swim, it wiil be no great loss to those who enjov swimming in the Ribblcsdaie Pool.
I feel that, if families with the attitude of “angry
ANN HARGREAVES, 20 Pimlico Road,
Clitheroc.
cashiers and pool attendants extremely pleasant, courteous and helpful. At weekends, l have found that a small minor
manner. themselves in a safety-conscious and reasonable I* or the last seven months, I have been swimming at Ribblesdale six times a week. I have found the
into difficulties and the pool staff did not come to their aid. They are there to ensure that everyone conducts
She would no doubt complain if her children got
menting the vigilance of staff. The mother says that,
the pool staff and have made a point of compli
to a second member of staff questioning her sons. Children often say they can swim, but it is the dif ference between being able to swim and being a good swimmer that is important. The lifeguard in ques
lifeguards have to tread. They may have to risk offending p a ren ts to ensure the safety of the swimmers in their care. Reference is also made
tion, having only the child's word to go on, must
exemplary safety record. This excellence is not achieved by staffing the pool with incompetent people. At tendants undergo rigorous training to achieve the level of pro- ficency necessary to gain the required qualifi cations. The primary aim of a
the mother equates this safety check with the member of staff treating her son like “a performing seal." Ribblesdalo Pool has an
just deal with an accident should one occur. Swimmers cannot be
lifeguard is to prevent incidents taking place, not
expected to be aware of all the dangers which exist. It is, therefore, the job of a lifeguard to point them o i , particularly where appropriate policies vary
Sensible rule on safety
I FELT that I must put pen to paper in defence of da the staff at the Ribbles
children to the pool for many years and cannot fault the service. The staff are very friendly and help ful and the pool and chang ing areas are kept clean — far cleaner than some other local pools.
le Pool. I have been taking my
child must be able to swim a length before being
As for the rule that a
allowed into the deep end, it really is a very sensible rule and imposed with the safety of children in mind.
an attendant can find out if a child can swim a length is to ask. Both my children have been asked about this and, at the appropriate time, have swum a length and received a badge to prove it. (The staff will watch the length and the b a d g e s a re sold in reception).
Of course, the only wav
!et s praise the staff for a their vigilance and caring
So rather than criticise, ttitude.
people swimming, I’m sure that this will vary tremen dously and perhaps you should count yourselves qu lucky to find the pool
iet!
SATISFIED MOTHER AND SWIMMER (MARY BRASS, 28 Lowergute, Clitheroc.
As for the number of b
have decided to satisfy any remaining doubts that the child was sufficiently safe in the deep end. It is a great pity that
from pool to pool, becausi of the different emphasi in activities.
example quoted by th( mother, is a fun pool, : completely separate entirt from the Ribblesdale Pool which is a swimming poo!.
“Waves,” to use th<
difficult task which carrie: a great deal of responsibil ity. While the children art in the pool, they are theii parents' responsibility, Should something g( wrong, however, it is the resp o n s ib ility of thi lifeguards.
RIBBLESDALE POOL LIFEGUARD.
Keep up good work at pool
incident with any one o: “angry mother’s” childrer and the attendant had t( perform a rescue and per haps resuscitation, 1’ir sure her attitude wouk have been very different Children who cannot swin two lengths or more of the pool should, in my opinion, be nowhere near the deep end, and no matter how many medals a child has, accidents still happen.
and that’s what they art paid to do. If there had been at
lesdale Pool every week. It is a lovely clean, well- attended pool, unlike some I have been to in this area. So, Ribblesdale atten dants, keep up the good work.
NICOLA COX, 33 Salthill Road, Clitheroe.
Nothing ‘cushy’ about this stressful lifestyle
muttering about how “cushy" their life is, with all the at 9daJm
ex,L( HfeTo be?’1 WOmT veTT ’ K “HoW easy <io they
I .J / ,0.n'y .^is were the case. Alas, this is rather like the old adage that vicars only work on Sun-
the public of sweeping changes taking place in further education, pay and conditions and wiiy it was con- sidered necessary to strike. Had these changes taken place in secondary education, prior to affecting fur ther education, there would have been a huge public
W0,000 a year for writing out prescriptions. I wish merely to put the record straight and inform
-r b0bby’s job and GPa receive
IN the aftermath of the lecturers’ strike on Mon- t ,uy, at j )
c.cn,,fcrt°n and Rossenriale College, I know
hat certain members of the public will already be a sh°rt workinS week, starting
the general public and, hence, the comment involvinc a cushy life.
by those who have never experienced teaching as a profession.. I am cuirently working 60 and 70 hours per week
the hideous amounts of preparation and adminis tration that recent changes have brought about
working nights and weekends, in order to deal witl
year more than I did in industry. Based on an eight-hour day, this amounts to 75 days more, despite
form as professionals in the interest of your sons and daughters? u 1 d? bla,me college management for the recent
m i n T i f UtT*VCr » Government can now hold a gun to the heads of all the corporations and dictate make these changes or we will cut your funding ” The Government desperately needs to make these
“ *v“w •«“ ' using these as a means of redressing the balance
n„Tp’„“ a "ati0n’ ,have fewer educated adults than T Ea™Pean counterparts and, without going into the details of NVQs and GNVQs, the Government if
Id!lraf-er th<S T l nCe Is. redressed through quality education, or whether it is redressed through S r -
? S nL°n A Cheap and through slave if bo™ c£i- support. P Uponyou’ the Public, and your Remember, education is for life — a week is a Inner
h Z tfTeLPT S nsid^ank y°U f°r t3king the time to
J.K.WILMOT, “Pcndle C o u r t ,” Claremont Avenue, -
Clitheroe. ■ ■ .
e 30 days I received in industry. How on earth can we be expected to deb'ver more, more, more and per
th ;?e £.ct, that 1 currently receive longer holidays than
nrest. Their hands are tied as a result of changes in legislation and the way in which they are funded and
MPs don’t know). I now find myself working over 600 hours per
L ^ meJ5S"S.ration* BTEC assessment criteria, NVQs, GNVQs, etc. (Don’t ask what these are, even
is a very stressful and demanding lifestyle, which on numerous occasions has reduced mature men and women to tears — a point conveniently overlooked
e certainly work longer than 37 hours per week. It wHowever, teaching is nothing like “real life" and
working, plus a reduction in holiday entitlement tc oo days. Even at first glance this does not seem too bad to
increase in teaching hours, Saturday and Sunday 6 I go swimming at Ribb
REPLYING to the “angr mother and swimmer” ii last week’s edition, I thin! “mother” should be grate ful that the attendant: were paying attention t< her children. After all that is part of their jol
The lifeguards have ;
some time watching the traffic on Railway View, Brennand Street and St Mary’s Street, then per haps they will finally understand when we say that there is a traffic problem in this area which needs relieving and not adding to. As a tongue in cheek suggestion, maybe one solu tion would be to build a bigger health centre on
the people of Chester Avenue and the surrounding area. Would someone from the council actually spend
people who actually make it as far as this car park are actually parking on the road and not even on the car park, thus creating problems and inconvenience to
It has been noted recently that some of the few
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