Good news in post


THE C l i th e ro e Civic Society has for sonic time been interested in the res­ toration of the Waterloo Lamp, now residing in bushes on th e North Street car pari;.


from several that were erected by the Clitheroe (las Company in 1>S90 and is a fine example of its type and well worth the e f fo r t needed for its p re s e rv a t io n .


This is tile only lam]) left


We have received much co-operation from the


£ L i J -H U ' **■— «i l r - - - ? i £ . L r : ‘V. wssw


Clitheroe Town Council and the Kibble Valley Bor­ ough Council — so much


so that we have now pit to the stage where restora­ tion could start, providing we have evidence of the top finial feature, which is missing.


\VK (lipped into our Hies and came up with this


photograph of the Waterloo Lamp. We intend loaning it to the society, so that it can reproduce the missing feature.


anyone who might have an old photograph of the entire lamp, so that tin* necessary details can he incorporated in the reno­ vation scheme.


1 am a p p e a l in g to


15KRYL II. CASSIDY. Chairman. Clithcroe Civic Society.


I AM writing with regard to your recent arti­ cle about threats to rural post offices as a result of the plan recently announced by the Government to privatise Royal Mail and Par-


celforee. Your readers and the general public can rest


assured that our national network of 10,500 post offices will be in a better position to serve its cus­ tomers as a result of proposals announced in the Government’s recent Green Paper, while Royal Mail and Parcelforec will be able to compete successfully within all sectors of the communications marketplace. Under the proposals, Post Office Counters, which


force services will continue to be available at post offices. The Government proposals spell good news for the


Post Office’s three main businesses. They afford Royal Mail and Parcelforce the type of commercial freedom they need to develop their full potential and give Post Office Counters the ability to safeguard its existing services and network. This is the means to improving services, not reducing them.


will remain in the public sector with greater treedom to carry out a wider range of business, will be allowed to expand its services and all Royal Mail and Parcel-


ANDY STEELE, Retail network manager, Post Office Counters Ltd, North Wales and North West, Birlcv Street,Preston, PR1 1AZ.


Wild estimates from civil servants


YOU can be sure that, when Socialists are cor­ nered. they will resort to ignoring the only true facts ami start throwing personal insults. Such is the letter from


lowing questions: 1. Why is it that the


public will have to wait until February, 1995, to


Mr Ron Pickup (August 18th) regarding the facts I gave your readers from the published accounts of the Lancashire County Council (August 11th). Since Mr Pickup is such


get a published copy of Lancashire County Coun­ cil accounts for the year ending March, 1994? No good business can run on this basis.


an a u th o r i ty on local government, perhaps he will now answer the fol­


Pickup, who publicly sup­ ported giving county coun­ cil senior officials a 30C pay rise a few years ago, has not criticised them for


2. Why is it that Mr


increasing expenditure by £17(!m. in just two years? In industry such a bad performance would mean dismissal.


anced the private cam­ paign to save County Hall? Can Mr Pickup honestly say no one with a vested in te re s t has put down money for all the mislead­ ing and expensive adver­ tisements? What sinister secrets would a list of sub­ scribers reveal? Come on


3. Who has really fin­


Mr Pickup, answer the question. All the figures that Mr


Pickup uses are wild esti­ mates from civil servants. My figures (£2,200 per household is the annual cost of County Hall) are based on the audited pub­ lished accounts of the council.


ARTHUR HOLMES, Whins Lodge, Whalley Old Road, Langho.


Where does health chief get figures?


IN th e “Clitheroe A d v e r t is e r and T im e s” dated August 4th, there was a headline: No


evidence of asthma increase” — health chiet. The chief was Dr Ste- often simply not available phen Morton, East Lanca- for individual areas of the


shire director of commu- county, nity health, speaking at


th e R ib b l e V a l le y give me was for G eat Environmental and Social Britain and was a 1992 Services meeting.


T h e latest figure it could


I recently wrote to the So where does Di Mor- National Asthma Cam- ton get his evidence ~ r -»- paign.'of whVch'l


deaths figuie. g e t , m o


member, asking if it could Campaign said it often ten, oi ich i am a t i T" e National Asthma


find out from any health gets le t te r s on source whether there had issues from f ru s t ia tc d been any in c re a se in people around the country


asthma in this area of the about the .lackn ‘"^ ''T ir Ribble Valley.


Its reply was: “Unfor- author it>. tunateiy there are difficul-


ties relating to collecting J. HAI CKLAVIj,S. figures for asthma preva- 4 Kibble Avenue,


lencc and the figures are Grindleton.


No vision and no policies


THE leader of Ribble Val- Clitheroe recreation areas ley Borough Council’s and has no ability to per- Liberal suade the borough council,


opposition party, Democrat County Coun. which has a concurrent


R. Howel Jones, promotes responsibility for these and supports a Tory pro- particular services, nor to posal from the Ribble Val- support any real improve- ley bureaucrats to gag free ment to local government speech and to prevent in the Ribble Valley. proper accountability from The R ib b le V alley the majority Tory party in Liberal Democrats^ sup- control of the council.


Pcndle Company require Apprentice Toolmaker


Must have GCSE Maths, English, Science. ‘C’ grade or above


Qualification on completion ONC or City and Guilds


National Vocational Qualification 111 Pendle Company require


Apprentice Fabricator


| Must have GCSE Maths, Engineering, Science. ’C’ grade or above Qualification on completion ONC or City and Guilds


National Vocational Qualification III Burnley Company require


Trainee Printed Circuit Board Test Engineer


| Must have GCSE Maths, Engineering, Science. 'C' grade or above Qualification on completion


ONC-HNC/Possible Degree Pendle Company require


I Apprentice Machining I Engineer


Must have GCSE Maths, Engineering,


Science. ‘C’ grade or above Qualification on completion ONC or City and Guilds


National Vocational Qualification 111 Burnley Company require


Maintenance Engineer Must have GCSE Maths, Engineering,


Trainee Electrical


Science. ‘C’ grade or above Qualification on completion


City and Guilds Electrical Engineering or BTEC Electrical Engineering and National Vocational Qualification III


Burnley Company require Train ee


M a in ten an c e E n g in e e r


Must achieve satisfactory grade in Engineering Aptitude Test


Qualification on completion


National Vocational Qualification II Burnley Company require


Trainee Electrical/Electron ic Maintenance Engineer


Must have GCSE Maths, Engineering Science, ‘C’ grade or above


Qualification on completion ONC


National Vocational Qualification 111 Barnoldswick Company require


Tfrataee Anat© Electrician


Must have good litcracy/numcracy skills


Qualification on completion City and Guilds Auto Electrical Level 1I/II1 Colne Area - (1 vacancy)


U§)IM No entry requirements


Qualification on completion NVQ Level ll/lll


j Ig ew o ia jTrainivra] Netherfield Road, Nelson. Telephone (0282) 695186 ^ ( 2 <=~>rM J jcoj VccQraf ci"- Colne Fast Food Oar Trainee Cook Applicants must have a high level of


personal hygiene and tidy appearance Qualification on completion


NVQ Level II Food Preparation and Food Service


Burnley Area


Lab Assistant/ Quality Control


Must have GCSE Maths, Engineering, Science. ‘C’ grade or above


BTEC National Pharmaceutical Level III


Burnley Cate - (2 vacancies)


Trainee Cook/ Customer Services


Applicants must have a high level of


petsonal hygiene and tidy appearance Qualification on completion


NVQ Level II Food Piepaiation and Food Service


Burnley Hotel require Trainee Chef Applicants must have a high level of


personal hygiene and tidy appearance Qualification on completion


NVQ Level 11/111 Food Preparation .1 A cJJ& Jnyi . ’ - ;


on behalf of well Established Local


1.3 0 pm - 7 .3 0 pm For more information contact


Heather-Melford or Pauline Firman Netherfield Road, Nelson*


If you are aged 16 or 17 Pendle Training are holding a


THERE IS A JOB FOR YOU


Coun. Jones misrepre­ Burnley Area - (2 v acancies )


IMgM No entry’ requirements


Qualification on completion NV'9 Level ll/lII


Burnley Public Service Sector require 2 |


Information Technology Trainees


Qu a lif ica tio n on completion City and Guilds Information Tech. Ill


(Must have -t GCSE 'C' grade or above) o r City and Guilds Information Tech. Level ll (No entry requirements)


Barnoldswick/Earby - (2 vacancies) Business Administration


(Clerical Word Processing) Trainees


Qualification on completion


j or Secretarial/RSA Administration Level II | (No entry requirements)


BTEC National in Business Studies Level III (Must have 4 GCSE 'C' grade or above)


Nelson/Colne • (5 vacancies) Business Admini s t r a t ion


Wednesday 31 st August i from , | >


Companies - ^ on


[ (Cl er i cal Word Proc e s s ing) ] T r a i n e e s


Qualification on completion


| or Secretarial/RSA Administration Level II (No entry requirements)


BTEC National in Business Sludies Level III (Must have 4 GCSE ‘C’ grade or above)


Bumley/ILidiham - (13 vacancies) Business Administration


(Clerical Word Processing) Trainees


Qualification on completion


or Secretarial/RSA Administration Level il (No entry requirements)


BTEC National in Business Studies Level IU (Must have 4 GCSE ‘C grade or above)


Burnley/Padiham - (5 vacancies) Care Assistants in


| Nuising/Residential Homes |


Applicants must have good communication skills


Qualification on completion NVQ Direct Care Level II or


NVQ Special Care Needs Level II


Barnoldswick area - (3 vacancies) Care Assistants in


Nursing/Residential Homes


Applicants must have good communication skills


Qualification on completion NVQ Direct Care Level II or


NVQ Special Care Needs Level II


Nelson/Colne area - (3 vacancies) Care Assistants in


|Nursing/Residential Homes|


Applicants must have good communication skills


Qualification on completion NVQ Direct Care Level II or


NVQ Special Care Needs Level II Burnley Bakery require


Trainee Baker


| Applicants must be reliable and punctual | (early morning start)


Qualification on completion


National Vocational Qualification Level II/III Baking skills


has no policies, no vision ough council could be man-


for the future of the bor- »B«d bv a management ough and no regard for the board of three counci lo r and a council le a d e r ,


ough and no rega people who elected them an<1 a


to office on the promise of together with three chief a breath of fresh air in


. . . . . . . .


the management of the chief executive as manag- puhlic affairs of Ribble


Valiev, particularly in o th er nine councillors Clitheroe


officer directors and the d ire c to r , with the


being political voting fod-


J ones and his six members directors, on Clitheroe Town Council have co n tro l of local government in Clitheroe aware that the Liberal and I again challenge any Democrat party is quite re s id e n t to show any prepared to support and improvement they can find


Valiev should now be


in the general manage- ment of Clitheroe town. ”” “ We know that the town


council will not fund any , floodlighting of the parish (caveat emptoi). . -,


church, will not fund the RON PICKUP, necessary safety surfaces, Clitheroe Labour Partv, nor replacement of chil- Lingfield Avenue, dren’s play equipment, in Clitheroe.


Dictatorship, not democracy


IN your correspondence about Ribble Valley becoming a unitary authority, no one has ever mentioned the fact that, if this happens, the people of Ribhle Valley will be represented by only 13 councillors, instead of 39 as at present. This is to be headed by an executive board. In the


County Coun. Howel tier for the elite board of The people of the Ribble


an elected dictatorship of the future. Let the buyers beware


succour to the Ribble "


sents the standing orders and finds the necessary excuse for his party’s total failure to improve or chal­ lenge the services of Rib­ ble V a l le y B o ro u g h Council. He and his party (crypto


ioi>, -u ^ Kibble \ alley, Coun. Beit c m qq (.nnneilinrs and


Jones (Labour), ftom even j-(|U1. countv councillors to testing the motives of he COUIK.jUors.


■ from 39 councillors and majority I ory pat ty in the Th


management of council y ,lev' m'ust hold these affairs.


n u " ?. V


p o r t ab o li tio n of the county council, knowing that a unitary Ribble Val­ ley will not be recom­ mended by th e Local Government Commission. The people must not let


Tory) are now supporting people’s case to the com- a mot e that ill prt


this party off the hook and make them accept their share of the responsibility for the proposition in the


t ission to m iuee the size of the borough council


)le of the Ribble


s h ° w " by p e o p le , ,


people's case, submitted to the commission by Ribble Valley under the heading: “Achieving effective' deci­ sion-making,” we could retain the same number of councillors as now. However, to use its own words, Ribble Valley Coun­


cil thinks it is a much more exciting alternative to have 13 councillors plus an executive board. This would not be about democracy, but about a dictatorship. The council will not and does not listen to the par­


ish council now, so how can this be called the peo­ ple’s case? It is still not too late to write to the com­ missioners; they will listen to vou, the people of the Ribble Valley. '


II. READ, 2 Kayley Terrace, Grindleton.


IS THIS REALLY CRICKET?


I HAVE just read last week’s “Advertiser and Times” report of our MP’s trip to Sri Lanka to supervise the elections there and ensure that thev were “free and fair.” I am now listening to Test Match Special on Radio


Four, where it has jus t been announced that the Second Test Match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan (in Sri Lanka) has just been cancelled because of the post- election curfew. Is there something that we should deduce from


this?


ALLAN M. KNOX, U Alma Place, Clithcroe.


Gardening question time


I WONDER if any of your readers could answer a gardening question for me. Why is it that my hydrangea and many more in the


surrounding area where I live have plenty of healthy growth on them, but only one or two flowers, when in past years they have had numerous flowers on them around this time? In the case of my hydrangea, 1 have not pruned or done-anything with it since I planted it five years ago.


B. It. BLEASDALE, 24 Henthorn Road, Clithcroc.


Site very dangerous


abilities on the garage site at Bawdland Whilst I am totally in favour of the scheme, I


the building of a facility for^young people with dis~ ids.


I AM writing to you to clarify my views regarding


would definitely oppose the use of the Bawdlands site for this purpose. The site is very dangerous, as anyone living in the area knows, and will cause a great deal of hardship to the residents of Bawdlands who have no other parking area.


COUN. JOHN McGOWAN, (


4 Whitewell Drive, Clitheroe.


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