Uitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley Y22331 (Classified) Ovation for Party stalwart


CL1T1IE ROE’S Mrs Mary Dawson was given a hero­ ine’s welcome at a big Labour Party rally in Southport on Saturday, when she received a long service award from leader


John Smith. The occasion was the


North West Labour Party Conference in the Floral Hall, when national figures in the Party and grassroots workers irom around the region gave her a thunderous ovation. Retired teacher Mrs


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and envelopes (lining elec­ tion campaigns — and has also done her share of doorstep deliveries in her


had to return immediately after carrying out his duties.” Born i n W o o d f o r d


time. “There is no end of leal-


lets and envelopes to address,” she said. "I always try to do what they ask of me.” M rs Da wson was


always done,” she added. During the war, her


escorted to the conference by local constituency s e c re t in 'y M r M i ke Richardson and was one ot


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joined the movement 02 years ago, was awarded ihe certificate of merit for outstanding voluntary ser­ vice to the Party by the N atio n al E x e c u t i v e Committee. awNominated for the


Dawson (81). of Hodder House, Clitheroe, who


Bridge, in Essex, near Epping Forest, Mrs Daw­ son belonged to a family with long links with the Labour Party. One rela­ tive, Ellen Wilkinson, was MP for Jarrow at the time of the famous Jarrow Hun­


four Party stalwarts from various parts of the North


husband, Robert, a tool- maker in the engineering industry, started work in Clitheroe on Sir Frank Whittle’s now famous jet engine. Mr Dawson built the air intake equipment for the very first jet air­


craft to fly. she recalled. Meanwhile, Mrs Daw­


West to receive long ser­ vice awards and the thanks of their leader. “It was a great honour


Valley' Constituencey Labour Party, she specia­ lises in addressing leaflets


ard by a grateful Ribble


to receive such an award from Mr Smith,” she said. "He actually had to make a special journey from Scot­ land to attend the presen­ tation. One of his relatives had been taken ill in Scot­ land before the confer­ ence, but he still came down to Southport and


1 HAVE lived in Clith­ eroe for 23 years, during


which time planning applications for urban d c v c 1 o p m e n t w e re usually refused.


Our planners couldn’t plan their own back garden


strosity to he built next to the swimming pool. 0 W e all o w C a s 11 e


0 We allow a on­


view, criminal. The lodge was built to


change and large areas of Clitheroe have become building sites for new


Now, it seems it’s all estates.


to provide housing is bad enough, but to fill in Primrose Lodge to pro­ vide housing is, in my


Digging up green fields


provide water for a mill long ago and is a feature which will never be built again.


a tourist town, but if you want to see how a council can transform a derelict evesore from the past into something worth­


We are supposed to be


Why does it take so long?


always seem to come up with a reason.


Lodge site. The “powers that be”


shops” has opened, but manv soon closed.


complaint about the even longer amount of time which the Ribble Valley Council is taking to son out the Clitheroe Town Plan. It has been going on for years and a lot of rate­


I would like to add a


payers’ money has been spent, apparently to no avail.


sight, with many shop premises up for sale or rent. I now read in the “Advertiser and Times” that Coneron and Leem- ing, in business for nearly 100 years in the town, is closing — a sad day,


Moor Lane is a sorry


to boost trade in Clith­ eroe, or must we wait for its complete demise?


Is anything being done


do just that and to give a boost to shops and shop­ pers. But is that all now


past history? Our local government


of Clitheroe must be main­ tained, but the Ribble Val­ ley Council has been pay­ ing the so-called experts to


Obviously the character


while, you only have to travel to Oswaldtwistle — a mill town with little prospect of attracting tourists, but with a detcr- mination to provide something to add to their


quality of life. Oswaldtwistlc con­


verted a large derelict site, which included two lodges, into a haven for


Let’s get back to basics


querying Ihe amount of Ume yhich is boing " ^ . ‘^ taken to sort out a scheme foi the Piinuose


a r ig s& f t y a ; »»»• r r t -i -s local government


“ S .S i i . n structure?


enough for it to send the lead local government commissioner a Valentine card, but now we have an officer, no doubt well paid, presumably the chief exec­ utive, enacting his fanta­ sies as a large rabbit!


I t ’s em b a r ra s s in g D aw s o n s


D e p a r tm e n t S to re ,


equal o p p o r tu n i t ie s employer but, even so, some fetishes are best left at home.


OK, so the council is an


seems to be no better than our national Government, which one of your letter writers called “the worst Government since the


second world war.”


indeed. Your headline blames


the recession, but 1 believe that is only part of the reason. The council must be partly to blame. It seems that the tremen­ dous amount of overheads which small shops and businesses have to bear are crippling them. High business rates are paid, but for what? The individual shops can


MRS JOAN MARSH, 13 Lancaster Drive, Clitheroe.


‘‘back to basics” and indeed the real world and “cost and efficiency consid­ erations when deciding which structure of local government” we prefer!


Can we possibly get BUGS BUNNY. Keep this play area


I JUST have to reply to the article in the “Advcr- tiser and Times” about Ultraframe wanting balth- ill play area for a car park.


frame more suitable for its cause. It made me wonder why the firm donated money to


WHY? There must be other land round Ultia- . . . . . .


only do so much to encour­ age shoppers — they can’t organise car parking arrangements, they can’t reorganise the town, they can’t stop the sad decline in the variety of small shops. Perhaps a "spate of


Salthill Plav Area Improvement Committee m the first place. Was it a softener to try and stop anybody


opposing its plans? 1 used to live near Salthill play area and to say that


ANON, Clitheroe. HAS OUR MP NO ANSWERS TO GIVE? 1


him at his offices on Bail- In reply to Mr Harris s wav Terrace. Why, oh letter (3-3-94) praising


page. I have also written to wonder.


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vou are a public‘servant If there were 200 apply do not believe this, whose wages are paid for cants for the job, weie by the taxes paid by your none from the Ribble constituents, of which I Valley.


■im one


Could it be that you local business man stand- jn an election, I exercise an sw e rs io y


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I FEEL that 1 must comment on the remarks m ^ ^ ' • [ ^ p r o L f i n g . ' ' visitors condn^intlfdie^tow’n and thi^nee^Ho attract P l ^ e — ' .........


Mum’s thumbs down short periods at a time, due to the lack of facilities


f° There ^^i^any^cafe^buTthere does not appear to be one that provides suitable facilities, with easy access for prams/pushchairs, clean, roomy toilet faci- lltips and high chairs for older babies a n d


of a quiet private area for br^ t-fe«img and Chanpnga “ ooMd,Vehef« r1


I do not. WISH


roomy, SUI d°oSnot wish to criticise all the Clitheroe cafes and


l am reluctant to mention perhaps the provision a ^ archanged there, I


children. . re very welcoming and ties for these guests.


MRS. P. M. MARSHALL, Swindlchurst Barn,


Grindlcton. _I seem to remember a this. When I cast my vote alley:


not being a friend of the Tory Partyty, leit me tell you


represent me best in Par-


Need I remind vou that selection process for MPs. the KIBBLE VALLEY . On your point about me ten


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hiivo no sa tis fa c to ry ing as an independent my right to choose the „ rs to give? I Tory candidate because of Party that promises to


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IN recent weeks I have asked our MP some questions via the letters the arguments raging in


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your Party at the time. Are you saying there |


was not a decent enough Conservative candidate in


it is not used is a load of rubbish, so come on, Ultia- frame, leave the park for the children and find some­ where else for your car park.


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wildfowl and. with its n u m e r o u s pat h s a n d n atu re t r a i l , it is a delight to walk round. O p e n e d b y 1* r i n c e Charles in 11I1M, the site will he a lasting testi­ mony to those who care about their environment.


What is going wrong'.’ • We are becoming one large building site.


Cement to burn what? • We are going to


extend the one-way sys­ tem to baffle yet more


our local businesses are


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“KENILWORTH.”


tourists. • A large proportion of


ners" couldn’t plan their own back garden and a


ger March.Mrs Dawson joined at the age of 22, in 1932, at Dagenham, where she worked as a primary school teacher. “1 had 52 children in my class, most of whom were slum clear­ ance children from East and West Ham,” she said. ‘‘N early everyone in Dagenham was a Labour Party voter in those


i world’ war she has concen- .trated her efforts on behind-the-scenes work. “Some people do not


days.”In her younger days she often argued her Party’s case in public debates, but since moving to the Ribble Valley during the second


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even know that I belong to the Labour Party, so I suppose they might get a surprise when they learn


son obtained a teaching post at Downham School and remained there for 18


years, before becoming a supply teacher at schools


in various parts of East


Lancashire. Tragedy struck when


her older daughter, Jean, who had emigrated to Australia, died from can­ cer in 19(54 — and again two years ago, when her younger daughter, Cath­ erine, died from another form of cancer. Catherine, who was an accomplished musician, used to have a music shop in York Street, but later took over a wool shop in the same locality. Mrs Dawson, a widow


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for 21 years, has lived in various parts of the Clith­ eroe area, including Wad- dington and Low Moor, and helped her daughter in her businesses. She has four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren in


Mrs Dawson says she has never been in doubt where her loyalties lie and will go on fighting for the Party as long as she is able. “1 supposed they will be


totally fresh approach is what is needed.


coming with 500 or so envelopes to address dur­ ing the Euro elections in June — and I’ll press on witli the work, just as I’ve


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