Clilheroe Advertiser & Times, June 23rd, W4 13_ eroe Utim (Editorial),
Thanks for your
support
MAY we take this oppor tunity, through tlie letters page’ of your newspaper, to express our apprecia tion to everyone who offered and gave their support so generously to our junior five-a-side loot- ball tournament, at Hoe- field, last weekend. In particular, we would
(Advertising), linrnleij ),'223Jl (Classified^ Should advertise properly
1 FEEL th a t someone out there wants us to lose it and not use it! I am so so n y th e tc was no audience "'hen liarliaia la>lo went to see a plav at Clitheroe Gimc Huh* but how'can people he attracted to go when they don’t advertise properly'
1 realise there is an advert in your newspaper, probably weekly, but 1 find it
uninformative. So 1 use tho.umdhl Mhats n
like to thank the Mayor of Kibble Valley, Conn. Kate Hodkinson, for opening the event by kicking otj the Blackburn Rovers and Burnley Veterans celeb rity match with such great enthusiasm; our sponsors from the local business community: Clitheroe branch of St John Ambu lance Brigade, and to the Kibble Valley Borough Council for the use oi Roe- field — a first class facil ity, which we at Head stone are only, too happy
to support. And finally, to the 301)
bovs - aged between 10
and 15 — from the Kibble Valley and surrounding area who, together with their parents and sup porters, made the tourna ment such a great success, despite the inclement weather, and have spurred us on to repeat the exer cise again next year.
DAVID KAVKS, Tournament Organiser,
Readstone United, Junior Football Club. 5 Kightacre Avenue.
Sabden. or two, know we have a cinema.' 1 don t expect On"
guide to keep me in touch. Neilhei the Muj 1 .lone issue even mentions the Civic lull.!h h‘ . can the tourist, dropping in on th e 'a lL N l r . du>
they buy the local newspaper (no disrespect, or t 1 tnt\ llici-ocnofl . of
C°l‘r they walk past the Civic Hall they .nay notice the tattv home-made notices on the building and
nrolmbly think it’s closing down! Surely, if llyndburn can tell us what s going on
tourists!”
1*AT CHEW, Kdisford Road,
Clitheroe. Library days of long ago
TH E other day I went to our library to see il 1 could get an album of music hall songs lor a sort of sing-along. As 1 browsed through so
many albums of songs and musicals, all around me
were ca s se tte tapes, videos and photocopiers
etc. 1 realised that we have a marvellous library — fiction, non-lictioii. reference books, com puters recording the books we bring in and take out ami the security barrier, as we leave with our vari
ous items. Now and then, the
ant and helpful.
ladies tell me the com puter is "on the blink, but
As 1 s to od t he r e ,1 recalled library days long,
much smaller. rl he system to get a booU seemed sim- pie, but not always satis factory. There was a cata logue which you had to look through, the books all had a number and you laid vour own card — n piece of cardboard about two
long ago. The library was much,
inches long. When you selected a book, vou had to complete
a little slip with the book number (this number was obtained from the catalo gue). There were several display stands showing the numbers of the hooks. 11 the number oil the display was red, it meant the book was out: if blue, it was in. The librarian would go
it all gets sorted out — the staff are always so pleas
Sometimes vou read the There were two gents m dav to exchange it.
first page and it was not the library — one was Mr what you really wanted, Rushton, but 1 forget the but you had to try another name of the other
was not a good system, as more
sjtisf.ii.tui.. one. Au we all wanted to look this shows my age — well, through a few pages to see never mmd.
At the time 1 thought it if it was the book we really system?
wanted. Do any of your readers remember this Jo Holland I inspect,
LI.theme. Rise up and protest CITIZENS of the Kibble Valley, rise up and protest
Vir S e with llyndburn is a nonsense Local i
m.winpv u •»! stake Slav with Laneashne Count> Council*. We need its overall finance to support social services, education, museums country pal ks the Kibble Valley rail line — everything that needs eaie
ful planning and input.
behind the desk to bring the book back. Once he handed it over to you. that was it, you had to take it.
Barbecue’s minibus boost
MRS CATHIE S. COURSE, Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe.
Don’t knock service
WAS it reallv necessary to contact the local .paper;U> renort that a train had been delayed by .„> minutes. S re we can be a little more tolerant and unde - standing, particularly as the service has only been
efforts which have been made and not knock it at me first opportunity! S. M. ROBERTS.
I UTTUHS (nr nidilirntion tor mer/ib'd on/;/ on tlir luntcrstiiiidiiiij that thru ""'II b<
’ '■, h l r ' 1 "rrmnlrnsrd wntlRN | wonder when the old
in their’palch in the May issue, and the June issue has Lancaster Theatre productions, we must haee the Civic Hall on the pages of the July and August issues for the sake of the locals and the important
Still waiting for action from Nigel
lions,
DURING the run-up to the Eui'opean elec- I was visited by a Labour MP canvas
sing on behalf of the this area. M'1' h e lM 1' w a s I a n
Front Bench spokesperson on the N11S. While he was at my house, I took the opportunity to discuss our dispute over the right to buv and ‘ the extortionate rent rises that Calder- stones NHS Trust is about to impose on us. He took down our particulars and promised to make some enquiries on our behalf. Ill less than a week, 1
cCartney, Labour s
have received a letter tell ing me that he is in the process of contacting peo ple in order to see what he
can do to help us. It is now It) weeks or
Labour candidate
utive of the trust. 1 do not believe this, as
one of the residents on Bridge Terrace went up to his office two weeks ago and saw him without one. Nigel can certainly
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a p p e a r on TV a t a moment’s notice. I wondei if anyone was watching TV oil Sunday, June 12th, at dinner time. Nigel appeared on three differ ent programmes between
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12 noon and 2 p.m. Surely, if he can find
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more since Nigel Evans came to see me and he too promised to see people on our behalf. Since then I have had one telephone call saying he has seen no
une.Why, oh why, can our elected Member of l'arlia- ment not fulfil his prom ises? He says he cannot get an appointment to see Mr Abbott, the chief exec-
THE search is on for a Kibble Valley animal lover willing to coordinate Ani mal Action Week in the
area. The event, which will
take part throughout the counirv. is being spear headed by the Interna tional Fund for Animal Welfare, which is looking fur a Clitheroe organiser.
The IFAW’s volunteer organiser, Marion Jenkins,
said: "l uni sure that someone in tiie Clitheroe area, who cares about ani mals, would he willing to
time to pursue his career through the media, then he should find time to do the things he was elected for in the first place — namely, represent the people in his constituency and help them where he
can.Perhaps there are no votes to be gained in tak- ing on the trust board foi
us.
MR D. WYNNE, S Queen Mary Terrace,
Milton Road, Whallev.
Action in aid of animals
spend a little time and effort to organise an
event."It could range from a simple coffee morning or a sponsored swim to, per haps, several ideas. It does not have to be a mas- si ve commitment and should be a lot of fun.”
in Hlljil, to campaign against the brutal Cana
The IFAW was founded
dian seal hunt. If vou feel you could coordinate Animal Action
Week in the Kibble Val lev, vou can contact Mrs Jenkins (0033 830888)
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