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3 9 K I N G S T R E E T , W H A L L E Y We hardly qualify for traitor insult
HOW surprised and saddened I was on reading Mr Clegg’s letter last week.
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Valley and Craven and those who support a return of the traditional boundary as traitors. We are not small in numbers who support this thinking — perhaps this is why he finds it necessary to use such strong lan guage. The definition of traitor is “one who is false to his allegiance.” Those who support a merger between Craven and Kib ble Valley in its entirety hardly qualify for this
hose who support a merger between kibble
Christmas” ran the edito rial in the "Craven Herald and Pioneer,” following Kibble Valley Council’s meeting on January d 1st to consider the options for l o c a l g o v e r n
small to be a unitary authority, borne out by Craven’s late, and, there fore, should be choosing an option to suit the area that would be a realistic propo sition for the Commission to consider. A merger with Craven is both realis tic and sensible and would enable a two-centred administration to operate, i.e. Skipton and Clitheroe. All this talk of distance is laughable when we live
reorganisation. Kibble Valley is too
m e n t
ARE TOWN’S STANDARDS SLIPPING?
market and a view of the splendid castle.
eroe— a stroll through the town centre, the purchase "f (h-li'-'-uis produce from the sausage shop, .. ■
• ■'.oder through the
character with the style of this ancient town. I refer, of course, to the flag fluttering from the top of the castle.
town coat of arms, or even the Ked Kose of Lancashire. 1 was dismayed to see a pathetic white flag with the words Kibble Valley printed on it in green.
Instead of a grand medieval standard, or the Clitheroe's Neivest and most Prestigious
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CORDON K. WHYTK. LOW ICR WAY.
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© Being a visitor to the town. .Mr Whyte is prohahlv not aware of the fact that Clitheroe is currently flying the flag as part of the Cam paign Against Kibble Valley Kxtinction and. once we have won the battle for unitary status, it might well he a good idea to come up with the sort of "standard" he refers to — editor.
On my visit last weekend, however, there was one eyesore which was completely out of
I ENJOY my frequent visits to Clith
insult and most people in Howland know where their allegiance lies after 1,000 years in Yorkshire. "Turkeys voting for
with modern technology, ea r , te lep h o n e , fa x machine, payment by Giro, direct debit, stand ing order, credit transfer, etc. People travel to Pres ton and Manchester daily to work and some think it nothing to travel miles for an evening meal out or a visit to a pub.
nient to attend regularly Kibble Valley Council meetings or travel to Skipton Council meetings and I am not in receipt of attendance allowance to make it more attractive! I would remind Mr
I do not find it inconve
of the Kibble Valley peo ple in respect of the auc tion mart redevelopment, the nuclear bunker, the civic suite and the fiasco over the Civic Hall — and yet the people of Kibble Valley are now expected to give their total support. Not once have we heard
Clegg of how little atten tion was paid lo the wishes
ple of Kibble Valley have had no real choice and can not express their wishes according to how much they personally can afford. We will continue to
for that matter. These figures will have to be given to the Commission, so they are available, but evidently not for public consumption. In other words, the peo
how much it is going to cost to support a unitary authority or any of the other options put forward,
shire and, if our elected ward members are failing to express our views, then a note to the Commission must be in order and we must think twice about paying, so promptly, our increased council tax come
April and about whom we elect to represent us in 1995. Meanwhile, I respect
racy, ours too.
your right to an opposing view, Mr Clegg. I believe it to be a Conservative principle in our democ
Let’s get back to county borders
PEOPLE of the Ribble Valley, or possibly Lite people on the council, to coin a phrase, wake up and smell the coffee.
hie Valley will be split up unless a coherent plan is made and Ribble Valley Borough Council cannot do it by itself.
local parish meetings, it was put forward that a good plan was a partner ship with Craven but, when it was put to the council, the thoughts of you, the people, were passed over, as if you did not count.
I believe that, in most
I myself am looking for a return of the county bor
ders, so that Lancashire is hack to where it should
It looks as though Rib- have always been, but it
does look (from a layman’s viewpoint) as though the Ribble Valley will be split up to Lancaster, Preston, Blackburn, Hyndburn and Burnley. Sorry, Burnley does not want Clitheroe, so where will Clitheroe go?
k e e p K i b b 1 e V a 11 e y together and get the boun daries back with, dare I say it, some co-operation and a coining together with Craven?
Or would it be better to
B. MITTON, 11 Brook Street, Clitheroe.
Thank you all round
AS a newcomer to the town I would like to say "thank you” to the people of Clilhcroe, in particular those at tile health centre and Mr Brin Joynson, of the Koval British Legion, for their help and kindness.
campaign for the return of the historical boundaries of Yorkshire and Lanca
A. DICKINSON, 27 Whittle Close, Clitheroe.
caused mass paranoia among society and the assump gtion that anyone knocking on our door is up to no
borne purely out of her having nothing better to do llum brood on her visitor's intentions, not from ant- threatening behaviour on the part of the young mail.' It is exactly this type of scaremongering which has
into something more constructive than suggesting that we waste police lime by criminalising young peo ple trying to make an honest living.
ood. Perhaps "Worried" should channel her spare time
MRS C. BROWN. Princess Street, Whalley.
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up my time when I explained I wasn't interested, a point which “Worried” fails to mention. I can only assume, therefore, that her fear was
IN response to “Worried’s” letter of February 17th, 1, too, was visited by a young man selling ui’VC windows. He may not have been immaculately dressed, but he was polite and courteous and apologised for taking
SCAREMONGERING
so kindly respect — we pay our taxes,
JOAN PARKINSON, Campaign for Re-entry into Yorkshire, Wnddington.
Only option is unitary status
I CONSIDER it very regrettable that Conn. Dyson and his wife should attempt to use Kibble Val ley’s bid for unitary status as a political football. Only one option com
voting on all other options and, if I wished to name names I could do so, but suffice it to say that not all Liberal Democrats voted for Craven, even as a fifth option. I say to Coun. Dyson
manded unanimous sup port, namely Kibble Val ley as a unitary authority. There was cross party
.Stream off awful
.language^ “ S A D D E N E D ,”
Langho, remarking on the behaviour of .some of the pupils
from R ib b le sd a le H i g h S c h o o l ( “ A d v e r t i s e r a n d
T im e s” F e b ru a ry 17th), does a t least have the consolation of l i ving sever al mi l e s f r o m the
and his wife that Kibble Valley Borough Council will put forward a first class submission to the commission and. with the help of CARVE and the support of the public, we will win.
Borough Council, Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe.
COUN. WILLIAM FLEMING, Leader of Kibble Valley
tors, along with tile- staff, cowered inside the school buildings each time the children were
unleashed into the playgrounds.
“EVEN MORE SADDENED," Clitheroe.
Are interests of public secondary to profit?
accepted the results of “tests” undertaken by a body which was commis sioned, and paid for. by Castle Cement.
deni tests on the Castle Cement. H M IP has si m ply
duly studied these results, stated that the emission of sulphur dioxide would he reduced by the use of Cemfuel.
The inspector, having
of results from the public- registry, it appears that, on this occasion at least, the emission of sulphur dioxide was increased by 280',7. The release of dioxins also was increased by oO'.T when Cemfuel was
Having obtained a copy
IN REPLY to Mr Honeywell’s question, "Why do they not believe HMIP? it is my understanding that HMIP has undertaken no indepen-
emissions put out by the burning of Comfucl by Faw-
used and there was 100'., increase in the emissions of lead, arsenic, chromium and tin.
the population of the Kib ble Valley, I imagine, was unaware tha t Castle Cement had been burning Cetnfuel for the past IS months.
1. together with 99'J of
that “Cemfuel” is hazard ous waste.
1 must also point out
hazardous waste on the health of local communi ties, even when burned in specially designed incin erators, is already known.
The effects of burning
viz Ellesmere Port, ley. Pontypool.
using a specially designed incinerator. It is burning hazardous waste in cement kilns and being paid for the privilege.
Castle Cement is not
am no Luddite. 1 am sim ply a very concerned mem ber of the public whose “gut feeling” is that the interests of the public come second to the profit motive.
1. too, like Mr Warmer,
.1. V. HOYLK, Moorland Crescent, Clitheroe.
A few answers, please Good guys
GOULD the councillors and council staff who attended the recent Castle Cement liaison meeting please confirm or deny the following:
(Cemfuel) would otherwise have to he disposed of bv incineration in a toxic waste incinerator.
1. The chemical wastes burnt by Castle Cement
mately £>()() a ton at an incinerator. pro. Castle Cement burns six tons an hour at
of -12 tons of sulphur per year. Castle Cement has no upper limit on sulphur, but it estimates its own
(but Castle Cement doesn't charge the full rate). o. A toxic waste incinerator has an annual limit
esent. •1. This would amount to about
about 20 emissions to atmosphere. Castle Cement has only two upper limits to air.
emission limits considered necessary to protect the people of Ponlypoul and Ellesmere I’nrt have not been applied to protect the Kibble Valley?
MILS MARY V. HOKNKR, Bolton-by-Bowland.
If true, can I ask the liaison members whv the
release at approximately 8.000 tons (from two kilns) per year. O'. A toxic- waste incinerator has upper limits on
a week 2. T he current charge to dispose of them is approxi
another superb perfor- me really did, you know, was to pour scorn over their accents. How petty. A little praise and con structive criticism would
ONCE again I had the pleasure of seeing the Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society give
worked very hard and f, on behalf of the very many people who attended the show, say “thank you for a lovely entertaining eve ning” or should I say (with Lancashire accent) ” i’ were reight good” or then again (New York drawl) “Great show, guys.”
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I must have hit a nerve to have saddened MP
I must have hit a nerve for the letter to have sad dened him.
issue, Nigel. We have been told by an adminis trator at Calderstones that it was on Government instructions that they need not sell the rest of the houses if they did not want to. This saddens me.
this saddens me. I wonder how many people in the Ribble Valley knew this. It certainly adds credence to my last letter about the Tory Party wanting to get you into Parliament, doesn’t it? About the housing
an item in another news paper, in which he was paying tribute to Stephen Milligan, and it became apparent that the Ribble Valley was not his first choice — in fact, he only came here because he lost the nomination to repre sent the Conservative party in Mr Milligan’s constituency. Second choice, Nigel —
I also read with interest
Times”5 W*th interest Nigel Evans’ recent letter in the“Advertiser and I’ll begin by saying that
to broken promises from your party and elected officials. If we cannot crit icise you when we feel we have a genuine grievance without upsetting you, then maybe you are in the wrong job. Perhaps you should be getting upset
about more important things like: • The billions of pounds
company cars in the health service, when the number of nurses lias dropped since 197!) by over 5,000, yet the administration side
wasted on the poll tax issue. • The £90m spent on
campaign, one of our resi dents actually raised the matter with you and you assured him tha t you would get back to him. You never did. How sad. Of course, we are used
nearly eight weeks for an MP to make an appoint ment to see the chief exec utive of a trust board? Are you sure you did not for get, Nigel? During the election
Just why has it taken
Just over one million then. Broken promises, high
taxes. These — and the above — are the things that sadden me, Nigel. There are many more besides, but I feel I have given you enough to think about for now.
'MR DAVID WYNNE, Queen Mary Terrace, -Milton Road, Whalley.
are nearly three million people unemployed, when your Government got in in 197!) on the backs of prom ises to reduce the queues a t th e dole of fices . Remember the posters?
OAPs will suffer in the cold over the winter because of VAT on fuel. • The fact that there
set-up — no, i t ’s the accountant. • The fact that more
longer is the matron or chief medical officer the most important person in the hospital management
lias grown by 20,000. • The fact th a t no
writes that 11 school inspectors who visited for a week last year found behaviour and dis cipline excellent. Docs she mean that these inspectors arrived unan nounced and that the pupils were unaware of their presence? Perhaps the inspec
the foul language has to he endured twice a day at break times during term. Boisterous high spirits are natural, hut not the stream of awful language. The pupils arc- on school premises at these times, but any kind of supervision appears to be nii. The headmistress
school. For nearby residents,
Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified)
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