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Lottery funds could help improve castle grounds


I WOULD, like to reassure Mr Lofthouse (letters, last week)-that Clitheroe Cas­ t le is n o t ab o u t to be a ttacked by an army of


“developers’ . The castle is protected as an


ancient monument,.it is owned, by the people of the town and is dedicated as a war memorial,


and so we can expect that it will be properly preserved.


lege of enjoying our heritage, we also have a responsibility to make sure that it is given the respect and care it deserves. Doing nothing is not good enough;' conservation requires action. ....... The castle attracts visitors from all over the world and


Help for


tourists SO many foreign tourists are visiting Clitheroe that Chamber of Trade tourism spokesman Nigel Pratt has had to offer advice to members on how to deal with various forms of -payment. , Sterling travellers’ che­


ques can be treated as normal currency and paid into banks, but Mr Pratt advises members that che­ ques in a different cur­ rency should be dealt with by an exchange, a service now offered by some post offices.


£2,400 damage


V A N D A L S c a u s e d damage valued at £2,400


to property at the Henth- orn Road Household Waste Disposal Centre


overnight on Thursday. They also smashed the windscreen and side win­ dows of a vehicle parked at the site.


CONSERVATORIES But, while we have the privi­ should be the highlight of any


trip to Clitheroe, but, sadly, I know that for many people the experience is disappointing.


Much could be done to care­ fully improve the site. For exam­ ple, the group of wonderful buildings below the keep, which at the moment have no public access, could be used to provide


interpretation of the history of the castle and the town and to


give a sense of the changes they have seen over more than 800 years.


the public toilets need improve­ ments and local historians would probably hope that the gents would not be rebuilt on its pres­ ent location, on the remains of the old chapel!


Any visitor would testify that


improvement. There is an entire upper floor of rooms here which cannot be opened to the public because of structural problems. Most of the building is unsuitable


The castle museum also needs


attractive for concertgoers. The castle looks magnificent


for disabled visitors and the full potential of this unique attrac­


when illuminated each winter, but at the moment, because of h the type of temporary lights that


be allowed up to the castle dur­ ing this part of the year.


ave to be used, visitors cannot


tion has yet to be seen. The old well area, at the back


of the museum, also badly needs attention and could provide an attractive new garden area. The large terrace above the memorial is now fenced off as a storage are a , but i t could provide another splendid viewpoint and resting spot for visitors. The castle bandstand is a real


asset for the town, but it needs a new roof and floor and the amphitheatre itself could be made more comfortable and


The point is that lottery funds can provide the means for us to


make many improvements to the castle grounds, on behalf of today’s visitors and future gen­ erations of Clitheronians. This is an important opportunity and I hope that all interested authori­ ties, organisations and individu­ als will work together to make it happen;


KEITH TAYLOR, Tourism Officer, Ribble Valley Council.


Glad of change of mind on Slaidburn War Memorial


IF I had not read in la s t week’s “Adver­ tiser and Times” that th e Slaidburn War Memorial was to be re scu ed, th e re has been no shortage of p eo p le an x io u s to draw attention to the news and with rather cynical comment. We learn that members


of the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil Planning Committee have agreed to make a grant of £2,000 toward the cost of re s to r in g the memorial arid. q u i te rightly, they should. We also learn that the


memorial is considered a Grade II listed building. So, what has changed? Is


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C l i th e ro e ’s memorial something else? When our identical old


soldier was in need of urgent remedial preserva­ tion, the need was a parish p r o b l e m . V iv e la difference!


the Clitheroe memorial finished and a rep o r t appeared in the “Adver­ tiser and Times", I was asked to attend a meeting in Slaidbum, where I was told of concern for the con­ dition and future of the old soldier there.


Shortly after work on


questions about the work done to p re s e rv e th e


After answering many


Clitheroe memorial, I offered to provide all the materials and advice if someone in* Slaidburn would u n d e r tak e the work.


of those present felt they ought to do nothing and,


However, the majority


as one person said, “Let the memorial, like an old soldier, just fade away”.


glad that there has been a change of philosophy and that the memorial will be saved and, one must add, honour recognised. _


One can only be very


saved six years of weath­ ering and cost with the added satisfaction of say­ ing with pride that they did it themselves.


But they could have


model for the casting was a Grenadier Guardsman, with 1918 equipment and size-9 ammo boots!


For the record, the


and strengthen some parts of the Clijtheroe statue came from the Bowland lead mines and it was sal­ vaged from inside Clith­ eroe Castle a long time ago. I t has a 22% silver content.


The lead used to repair


advised Clitheroe Town Council that, in one firm’s


The “ s p e c i a l i s t s ”


opinion, i t would cost £5,000 to re s to re the bronze statue, with no guarantee. Another firm, I was told, advised taking the statue down and put­ ting it in a museum.


ings in the UK, and the one which is part of the war memorial at Enniskil­ len stood up to the bomb outrage very well. The three weeks that it


There are 24 other cast­


Not easy to use the postcodes


WHAT is ha] On Satun


ippening to the service at the Post Office? ■day; !■ was sending a letter


me with the postcode. I was told by the clerk, “We don’t have them any


le post office staff if they could supply


for which the .


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more. Find it in the phone book, ring the inquiry line, or visit the library." He went on to say that post­ codes came from Royal Mail, and the post office had nothing to do with them.


. To my further annoyance, the information given to


postcode information to hand in the post office. If the library has them, why can’t the post office, the more logical place, have them, too?


Surely it would not be much of an effort to’-have


me, regarding where to find postcodes, was wrong.' Before I went to the post office, I had already checked .


the phone book, only to find that postcodes are no longer published. Why should we have to visit the library or ring an


inquiry line (for which we have to pay) every time we want a postcode? I t would be easier, when you buy a stamp, if you could ask for the postcode as well, or have we to go against the wishes of Royal Mail and post letters without a postcode?


that, if I did not use the postcode, my letter might be delayed. He seemed to know this, even though the Post Office and Royal Mail, which delivers let­ ters, are separate companies, yet he didn’t know much about actual postcodes!


I was even told by the clerk in the post office


If this is a foretaste of what it would be like if either of the companies are privatised, as I fear, just what will the service be like?


DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER


A moving homage


ON Sunday ev en in g , August 20th, myself and


service was perhaps not on the grand scale of, say, London or C l i th e ro e g ra n d s ta n d , b u t th e homage paid to mark the end of the war was just as poignant.


my family attended St Andrew’s, Slaidburn. The


took to restore the old sol­ dier looking down from Clitheroe Castle was hard and d ir ty work, but a labour of love and respect. The fact th a t the local authority in no way helped only seems to have made the task a greater personal c o n t r ib u t io n to th e community. BRINLEY J . JOYNSON, Whitewell Drive, Clitheroe


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congratulated on such fine renderings of the anthems and hymns. The homage at the war memorial, which was rededicated after res­ toration, was moving too.


I feel the choir should be CONSULTATION


Remember - Accidents are rarely accidents, there's usually someone at fault


they gave their all. Let’s n ot, for th e i r sakes , forget.


' Fo r our tomorrows,


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