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. Clitkeroe Advertiser & Times, November SOth, 1905 7 news work at pool on cost of
service for 20 years and councillors have decided th a t the work can no longer be put off. Original estimates put
REPLACING the air handling unit at Ribb-1 lesdale Pool, Clitheroe, is going to cost £237,016. - The unit has been in
His comments were rei
te rated by Coun. Mrs | Eileen Lowe (Sabdon), who said that the replace
the scheme at £150,000, leaving a shortfall of
£87,000 to complete the .she said.: whole scheme. n -uuia rv U!i'
Ribble Valley Boiough .
ment of the unit hnd been put off for long enough. "If I we have the money, it | should be done at one go",
, .. _. A feasibility study has been carried out, indicat-.
Councils Recreation.and effective method of pro- Leisure Committee weie
facetj with making saving £jon [0 the pool hall was
jh at tjJe most cost jjeating and ventila-
i? ?tAer arfns t0 eJ 'a„u,J e using an air conditioning that the work goes ahead. .un^. waa feit necessary ,neP ^ \^ n^ , i ^ ei?nann ie ito undertake the complete
PLANNING IN THE
PLANS for a new illumin a te d a d v e r t is em e n t scheme .at C li th e ro e Motors, North S treet, Clitheroe (0729) are among the la te s t applications lodged with Ribble Valley Borough Council Planning Department.
P IPE L IN E
WITH fingers crossed for a successful National Lottery application, £600 from a fund-raising dinner and lots of events in the pipe line, Whalley is on the way to having a superb sports facility.
use of agricultural land to form new driveway and park ing area (re-submission) at Hurst Green RC Primary School and Walker’s Castle, Whalley Road, Hurst Green (0735).
Other plans include: Aighton Bailey: Change of
extension at 20 Calder Avenue (0732).
Billington: Two-storey f Extension to dormer to ■ ary for dwelling purposes at
Dinckley
Hall.at Dinckle' Hall Farm, Ribchester Roar
turelands Drive (0736). tuExtension to former mor
orm shower room at 15 Pas-
former mortuary building, Langho Centre, Longsignt Road, Langho (0737).
Dinckley: Access road to Dinckly (0738).
Ambrose Church (annexe), Sawley Road (0727).
acility building at St
Fold Farm Hotel last week, attracted 90 people and brings the total raised towards the Queen Elizabeth II Playing Fields Charitable Trusust’s community changing facility project target of £30,000 to £13,000.
A dinner, featuring comedians Peter Brown and Jimmy C;annon, held at Mytton A
complete for a National Lottery fund application and the trust is also look ing at a separate FA grant scheme for hard-surface playing areas, floodlight-
By Christmas, members of the committee hope to have their submission . .
athletics facility on site in the future and the hard-working members are- quietly confident that the village playing fields will, in time, be among the best
*biscussions are taking place with regard to the possibility of creating an in the country. ' £ f Grindlcton: Unisex WC
• Pendleton: Outline ai l tion for a retirement bunga
ow at White Lodge, Main Street (0731).
servatory at Newiield Edge Hall, Gisbum Road (0734). >. I-
Rimington: Proposed con Our photograph shows guest artists with members of the committee. . ... , ...
VANDALS caused £500 worth of damage when they threw a brick at the window of a photographic shop in York Street, Clith eroe, between 5 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. Thursday. Following the attack,
Vandals strike Escort van
THIEVES stole a red Ford Escort van, contain ing £1,500 worth of electri cal tools, from outside a house in Henthorn Road, Clitheroe. The van was valued at
wall, estimated at £10,000, have been deferred until next year and councillors reluctantly agreed to defer internal painting at Clith eroe Civic Hall, a job which would have cost £11,000. Said Coun. Ted Boden
scheme to ensure adequate temperatures within the changing rooms.
(Chatburn): “Twenty years ago we were told that there was only one way to do it and that was to do it properly. With 20 years’ service, it has done H I ."
the window at Pve’s of Clitheroe was left with two large holes in it.
co u n c il’s Policy and | Resources Committee for a supplementary estimate I of £66,000 to make up the shortfall. Coun. Harry Backhouse
It was agreed to ask the I
(Waddington) asked if it would be possible to make inquiries about the provi sion of solar heating at | Ribblesdale Pool.
M a r q u e e p l a n i s n o w w i t h d r a w n
NOISE disturbance was just one of the objections cited by Chatburn residents to a plan for a function marquee to be erected on a
garden in the village.
£750 arid had the reg. No. C937 RCH. It was stolen between 1-30 and 6-35 a.m. on Thursday_____ _
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I But rolling programme will take 15 years Stewart Pimbley reports
LOCAL c o u n c i l houses are set for a facelift, thanks to a, £6.5m. rep air pro gramme given the go- ahead by Ribble Val
'of ; repairs for. the Ribble
ley Council. The rolling programme
Valley’s 1,523 council houses is set to take place over 15 years, starting
bathrooms since 1949.” I t was revealed that
next April. Borough council housing
committee members gave , th e i r backing to th e scheme, after a survey revealed that many of the council houses, bu il t between 1949 and 1974, still have their original bathrooms and kitchens. The work will focus on
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THE national chair-; ; man of the Ramblers’. Association has called for the resignation; of . the Duke ofWestmin- ster from the newlv- formed Countryside Movement because,; she claims, he will not allow the public access to some of his land........ Kate Ashbrook.spelled■
out her grievances against the; duke. at: th e : AGM of; Chtheroe Ramblers/at the Red Pump Inn, Bashall
Eaves. She said that the stance; by' Britain’s ■
by Sheila Nixon
; about public^access/to closed areas.
try side Movement’s launch on November 16th,: Sir David Steele, its executive chairman; : said; that .the movement .‘..would* be d e l ig h te d :to.- ta lk . to interested ■ organisations
She said: “AL the Coun
landowner,, was; damaging the credibihty of the Coun-; tryside. Movement, accus- ing the organisation o f," beuigtwo-fwed.
were barred i from thou-” sands of acres of moorland ’ David Steele, said
that.the
Walkers, she claimod, 1
wealthiest1 most ofhisland/We asked Johnston;, footpath secre-; negotiate. . iv , , <
‘the Duke of.Westmmister, • who owns about 26 square . miles of rolling moorland . in the1 Forest'of Bowland. rbidden:
;; “One
of.the; movement’s directors 'and backers is
I t is forbidden to walk , on • pubicity. officer, , Gillian all: - . ' resign from the movement } call upon the duKe to
r members’ secretary;' June ■Parrington; press and
the duke/to talk.about, tariate, Pat-Parrott,' Nor- access,' but‘,he refused to . man, Thorpe,• Bert>Wells;
“I-call upon'the'duke to ..'Bradbury/-committee members,". Bernard 'Pari;; r i n g t o n - a n d ;.;J o h n
- , minute secretary, Dan After the. meeting,- Sir Earnshaw.
which the duke ownslrin duke had access agree-: the Forest of Bowland. ' ments covermg 1,600 acres.
•some 'Of tn o s e , ‘who ■ attended the meeting.
i i i a i i i i B
i, Our photograph shows /
r of his . land ■ and accused Kate Ashbrook of acting in
' duke gave the ramblers < permission to cross ■ his :land on the Bowland Fells as - part of their access .campaign. The officers elected dur ing the AGM were: chair
an unmature way. . Two month*'ago;.' the
m an ,- J ohn Whitehead; secretary, ■ Ben'Brown; treasurer, Angela- Barker;
..........
the council’s 931 houses built between 1949 and 1974 which the four-month survey revealed needed a higher number of repairs. Charles Holden (Chip
1,080 properties will have new kitchens installed, at _ However, solejabour a;cost of £1,071,900, and councillor Coun. Bert 845 will get new bath- j ones (Clitheroe) put ro om s ,' a t a c o s t of forward an amendment, £633,750.
t Councillors were told
able for the modern kit chens, due to be installed, to have a life expectancy of 10 years and the bath room Buites an expectancy of 20 years.
hat it would be reason
ping) said: "Council house tenants who have lived in these houses since 1949 are to be commended for caring for their property. When you expect 10 years out of a modern kitchen and 20 years from a bath room, some of these ten ants have made do with the same kitchens and
manager, Mr Paul Mac- Neall, said: "While we are providing high quality kit chens, we are not provid ing supreme quality kit chens which last longer.”
The council’s surveying
will be spent on wall ren dering and £450,000 on new windows.
A further £1,071,900
■ Councillors read in a report that the council wanted to finish the work
as soon as possible, but, due to finances, i t is l im i te d to sp e n d in g £450,000 per year. This means the programme will take 15 years to complete.
calling for the whole pro gramme to be completed within 10 years.
that, if the finances were available, the programme could be completed in 10 years.
Coun. Jones suggested
opment Mr David' Morris pointed out that the level of finances depended on the availability of funds
D ire c to r of Devel
from the Government. Councillors rejected
Coun. Jones’ amendment, agreeing tha t the pro gramme should take place over 15 years. It was agreed that regu
Call for landowner to resign
from group
Development Committee heard that the the plan to change the use of the garden from residential to occasional function use at The Rookery, Crow Trees Brow, had been withdrawn. The applicant wanted to allow the rear lawn to be used for occasional functions, which would take
Members of the borough council Planning and . . . UYour Local
place in a marquee. In a report to the committee, members read that
the council had received 10 letters and a 15-name petition objecting to the plans. Among the objections was a claim that the plans would lead to increased noise and traffic problems and an observation that the marquee would not be suited to a residential area.^ _ Chatburn Parish Council submitted a list of simi lar objections to the borough council.
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