Clitheroe 22324 (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified) Letters t> B e d r o o m s Splendid journalistic Arthur Whiteside.


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have attended his funeral and to have paid my per­ sonal respects. I commend the splendid report writ­ ten by Vivien Meath and the tributes.


I would have wished to


manager of the "Blackburn Tunes” and later the "Clitheroe Advertiser and Times,” I worked closely with Arthur for over 35 years. I always welcomed his editorial and splendid journalistic talents.


As the former general


friends and I well remem­ ber when both of us returned from active ser­ vice in World War II and shared many of our over­ se a s memor ies a n d experiences.


We became personal


comed his final return as ed i to r at Cl ith e ro e , amongst the people, town and district lie loved so dearly.


FRED E. GREEN, Former Mayor, Ribble Valley Borough Council.


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An ill wind spoils my outdoor* pleasures


I MOVED to the Rib­ ble Valley a few years ago, thinking what a nice place it was to live.


gardening and generally enjoying the outdoors and the fresh air.


My pleasures are few, fishing, walking my dog,


the wind is blowing the nasty smoke and fumes in our direction, one can definitely smell it and fresh air is no longer an enjoyment. It gives me a sore throat ana what fur­ ther harm is it doing me and other people in the Ribble Valley?


ning hours the output belches out almost double that of daytime hours.


kilns burn old paint thin- ners etc. and smoke pours out all over the Kibble Valley, spoiling the nice place and others’ lives.


others? I believe that cement


Peter del Strother a few questions through your paper.


waste incinerators for toxic waste; why were you


The cement kilns are not I would like to ask' Mr


Cement to experiment with my health and that of


What right has Castle Now, due to Cemfuel, if


given permission to use them for this purpose? How many tankers per day are bringing hazard


waste to the cement works? I believe seven or eight.


hazardous waste from the Government or other sources? What would happen if


Do you get paid to burn


one of these tankers was involved in an accident?


will not solve the problem, ju s t make a n o th e r eyesore. Would it not be better


Extending the chimney


to use gas — with no smoke or other effects?


I am not asking you to stop making cement in this


area, just go back to coal or maybe gas and take the fear of residents in the Ribble Valley away for­ ever, because I am con­


vote for or against Cem­ fuel in the Ribble Valiev?


J. TOMKINSON, Ribble Valley Country Lover.


ON page nine of vour paper of October 20th is a news item with the heading “Recreating jubilant


\ E day should be perpetuated. Let us not forget when the .Japanese surrendered and let us pay our due respects to all those men and women who fought, died and suffered in the Far East.


TOM BOOTIIROYI),


11 Langdale Avenue, Clilheroc.


•W e are sorry ir our mistake of last week offended Mr lioothroyd and others.


paign” to promote itself during the local govern­ ment review. Ju s t to


county council expended £1.23 billion on a “cam-


demonstrate that this was not a misprint, he goes on to repeat the above figure. Just in case any reader


entire annual turnover of the county does not (exceed


was foolish enough to believe this, it is worth pointing out that the


letter from It. J. M. Loo- bell, of K.V.I.P (whatever that might be). He s ta te s tha t the


issue, however, hits new heights in the form of a


THE letters columns of all local and regional newspa­ pers produce some eccen­ tric views and no doubt this is why some people find them compelling reading. Your October 20th


Observations unhelpful


ill billion. It is hardly likely to spend £1.28 billion on an advertis- ing/promotional campaign.


value of the UK advertis­ ing industry does not exceed £1.5 billion.


Furthermore, the entire


cerned about how the taxes of all the residents of the Ribble Valiev are


As I am always con­


spent, I questioned the controlling Labour group at County Hall about the half-page advertisements th a t it was runn i ng throughout the Lancashire p re s s . T h e r e p 1y I received was that all'the costs were being met by donations and did I want to make a contribution? Your observations. Mr Loebeil, could be con­


IT appears that I may have misread the context of Mr Dowles’ letter of October 13th. Of course he was referring to the £1.28


sidered amusing in normal times, but I suggest that they are very unhelpful at this sensitive time in Lan­ cashire’s history.


11 Hollowhcad Close, Wilpshire.


CHRIS IIOLTOM, Member of Lancashire County and Kibble Vul ley Councils,


A p o lo g ie s fo r u s in g w ro n g f ig u re


from certain quarters on the subject and tile usual dose of verbal abuse. HUT will


billion to be spent on the reorganising of local government (according to some reports that were bandied about). For this I apologise to your worthy readers. Of course, one can exited criticism


we receive the true figures of the amounts that the Lancashire County Council actually sjtent on its campaign, or will it be another total silence when­ ever clarification is asked for?


It. J. M. LOEBELL, Kibble Valley Independent Party, 111 Edisford Road, Clithcroe.


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the administrative shire county, as this figure is for


(Mr Loebeil) continues to suggest how his local authority would spend the local taxpayers’ money and yet, when I show him how


the total county council revenue budget. The RVIP spokesman


not spend £1.2 billion defending its position as


num to understand the financial The county council did


bers.


like the Liberals, jumps on every bandwagon that passes down his way (i.e. Wiswell/Barrow School). The Raving Loony


support for Tory policies (I’m all right, Jack) and,


In every way he shows


MR LOKBKLL, of the Kibble Valley Indepen­


are his inputs to the qual­ ity of life to the folks of Clitheroe? Talk is cheap, "Advertiser and Times” and the “Lancashire Kve- ning Telegraph” in the local l ib ra r v e v e r v Thursday.


tile county council has spent the people's money in Kibble Valley, he damns me with praise. I ask him again, where


about Wiswell/Barrow School. One of my first tasks as Clitheroe county councillor was to make sure that £-1,-100 was spent on a minor works pro­ gramme creating some ex tern al extensions, together with the removal of external toilets and the


Let me tell him a little


held this county seat and each successive Conserva­ tive county councillor has proved to be totally im|x>- tent in obtaining any change to this school.


lead plumbing.from the water supply. The Tories have always


school can claim to have increased its numbers in such a dramatic way with­ out damaging the quality of education of the chil­ dren and I have now raised the matter with the


I am surprised that the


have not been accepted into the school just for financial gain to the school budget.


chief education officer. I trust these children


School, Howland High School, Gisburn County Primary School.


four or five years, have done little t’o help the county council secure a pro|ier allocation from the Government of scarce capital borrowing power to enable not only Wis­ well/Barrow School to extend, blit also to make good the shameful tem- (>orary accommodation in a number of County Coun. Atkinson’s divisions — Sabden County Primary


The Tories, for the past


influence with the Govern­ ment is nil desj>erandum.


MR RON PICKUP. Co-operative and Clith croc Labour Party, Lingfield .Avenue, Clitheroe.


I CAN understand Ron Pickup being pleased that the recent camuaicn of mMorifv'in fatn'm oMh''C' ?mi th<i Piekul,/E1'man partnership produced a 4% majontj i l l


how much the Pickup/Ellman partnership has done for Ribble Valiev bypass­ ing the elected county councillors who represent us. Is this not the most powerful argument in favour of a unitary Ribble Valley?


BILL FLEMING, Barnacre, Langho.


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Argument in favour of unitary authority fat our of the status quo — a campaign, incidentally, which reminds


have intervened to relieve the immense pressure on the educational services being given to our chil­ dren, resulting from inac­ tion by the Tory MP and, in my view, inept countv c o u n c i l lo r s , whose


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performed by Fr Thonuis Murray, a reception was held at the Fox fie Ids Country Hotel, Hillington. The couple spent their


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entries than ever before for the poster competition and the winner's name will be announced at the event. Between 1-30 am. ,


Ic.v, the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. There have been more


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THK third Ribble Valley Education Business Part­ nership exhibition takes place at Clitheroe Parish Hall on Wednesday. Invited guests from all walks of life will he wel­


A ft e r l he ceremony,


1015, but continued for a further three months, dur- nitf which many thousands of troops continued fight- ing in the I* ar East and prisoners-of-war continued to live and die under atrocious conditions until after the Japanese surrender on August Mth, 1015. It is sad that the myth that the war ended with


V E day for town,” informing vour readers of plans to celebrate the end of World War II. World War II did not end with VE dav in May,


cerned for health and the future of our children. Could this paper have a


Sometimes in the eve­ MYTH PERPETUATED cannot disagree with this


debate between those for and against the Bill. Speaking for the Bill was our very own Nigel Evans, who states that the vast majority of people in this country were for the Bill. Well, I must say that


time. There was a heated


address is the type of crimes that the people of this country are worried about, such as burglary, crimes of violence and sex­ ual crimes. These are the types of crimes that the vast


statement. However, the vast majority of people in this country do not realise the ful| implications that this Bill could have on their lives. What the Bill does not


reduce. Stopping people from travelling up and down the country, gath­ ering to either protest or enjoy themselves, is not


majority of people would like the Government to


I WATCHED the Robert Kilroy-Silk p r o g r a m me on October 20th, when the topic was the new Criminal Justice Bill being taken through Parliament at this


Criminal Justice Bill is an attack on civil liberties


the priority people would like to see.


its priorities wrong. What it should be doing is not eroding people's civil liber­ ties, but weeding out the sleeze and corruption that is so evident in its own ranks.


who as far as I know is an honest MP, that the vast majority of people in this country have lost all faith in anything this Govern­ ment says, because it is till lies and corruption perpe­ trated by some of his colleagues.


1). WYNNE, 3 Q u e e n


Whallcv. Marv Terrace,


How can we trust this Government that wants to curtail people’s rights when, at the same time, allegations of insider trad­ ing and bribery made against some of its own inembers are investigated in secrecy. Let me say to Nigel,


in empty houses do so because of the lack of houses — which could be found if the Government would allow local authori­ ties to invest the money raised from the sale of council properties. We seem to have a Government that has got


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