Clitheroe 2232J, (Editorial), 22323 (AdueHi,im Letters


IF YOU’RE NOT HAPPY — MOVE


IN reply to Stephen Dodd’s letter of June 27th, I must agree with him entirely. Although our family has


never relied on Castle Cement for employment,


Give us breathing space!


THE choice of words by Mr Geoff Sainsbury in his letter last week is ironic — “Give Cas­ tle Cement breathing space” .


pany has sought to deny people of the Ribbie Val­ ley for four years now. He completely misses the point of the views of local people opposed to Cemfuel — no one wants to close down Castle Cement,


yet, that the company is about to do so and, I believe, it is supported by Government agencies, such as HMIP, now the Environment Agency,, simply because increased profits are at stake. No one is suggesting the


arrival of Ribbie Cement was other than a God-send in the mid-’30s, but we are now in the mid-’90s and Castle Cement is burning Cemfuel and not coal. My own letter to this


because, I believe, there is so much to distrust about statements from Castle Cement. No, Mr Sainsbury, I am


merely to burn a safer fuel. There is no indication,


it is surely obvious that if it were to close down,


Clitheroe would become little more than a ghost town.


These people complain­


ing about emissions etc. have not given a thought to the thousands o f people whose lives depend on this company’s employment and obviously could not care less. . Castle Cement is spend­ ing millions on trying to solve this problem (if there is a problem). After all,


(]). Burnley 422381 (Classified)


Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, July 4th, 1000


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No close-down, just an end to burning toxic waste


incorrect assumptions made by Mr Stephen


Dodd in last week’s


Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. He accuses the RATS


I AM w r i t i n g to country. It seeks to pro- grandchildren, redress some o f the test at the highest national Finally, I take exception and European levels, in to Mr Dodd's first point on order to bring pressure to another issue. He assumes bear to stop tne burning of that, because the three


toxic waste in cement kilns women he saw petitioning across the country — not the general public “were only at Ribblesdale.


well dressed and well spo- (Residents Against Toxic Cement provide this news- ha ving husbands


Thirdly, he states that ken” , it followed that they “the moans about Castle “enjoyed the lifestyle that


An impression we believed correct


I THOUGHT y our newspape r printed


fact, not hearsay. I had no idea that you were writing an article on


the Manchester bomb and at no time was I asked to comment about it. To print my name and


say that I was too upset to comment is therefore a mistake.


Peace must come from the


'anrl vne AT^


This is what the com­ w e o k k h ^ a bit thin.


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g ueai protest against the burn- long-term worries and whole, who (a) choose to mg of toxic waste (Cem-


,^G l)ai*t of RATS nity has not had its fears there are many dynamic bout i\ge"da to c,ose (lown Cas' allayed about the safety of women in the Ribbie Val- tle dement, but rather to Cemfuel, but has genuine ley, and the nation as a


eoneerned about chemicals ment-making process mrrl nmiccmno hnim. U —


and emissions being harm ful to their ’


„ -• n .Hu n? im" Secondly, he accuses the against the burning of equal share with their ,■ H 1


il r y 1S shopping Y a rd ) . RATS is an — concerns about their those who (c) choose a inem nom moving away, environmental pressure own health and the pres- more conventional (but HERO E group, affiliated to other ent and future health of equally valuable) role of


lfnmv«-iln,m fK r n - I y lYr™G,? t o l's o f b e in g Cemfuel at Castle Cement partners in supporting ;jje ^ o9,s\ NIMB^s (Not In My Back share the same concerns their children; as well as


RESIDENT


Just clean up your act is all we ask of Castle


I GOT the impression from Mr Dodd’s letter that he was either try­ ing to f latte r us or


sidcred coming to live in the Ribbie Valley.


As it is, I have lived in the Ribbie Valley all my


implying that we were f ^ c f s t l e Cement boied and had nothing When the cement works


paper some weeks ago else to do except stand was burning coal there rvey


asked for an independent on th e s t r e e t s o f was no problem. Now, SUlVey to be carried out


Clitheroe. I f he had done his


homework b e fo re he


not going “ to breathe the air available and hope for the best” ! I shall support


every effort to stop the started mixing it with burning of Cemfuel. CONCERNED


moved to the area, he would have found that Castle Cement used to burn coal up to four years ago. Then the company


toxic waste. If I was him, I would not have even con-


whnn t.Vio wiml is in nin*


when the wind is in our direction, I have to keep


fills with a chemical smell. I cannot sleep with the windows open at night, I cannot spend time in the garden, my windows are covered in grease, and after four years of this I have various health


Providing a gipsy site must be cheaper than always moving them on


( FU R TH E R to the three letters published last week, I am fully aware o f the. problems caused by lack of pub­ lic conveniences and facilities for disposing


o f rubbish. I looked round the area where the gipsies were


camped and the majority of rubbish had been placed in bins. However, these were not big enough, so obviously there was an overflow. Contrary to what R.


Cornish, G. Whitwell and “Fearful Local Resident” , of Pendleton, assume, I do sympathise. I have spent most o f my life in the countryside and the area


we lived in suffered from a considerable litter prob­ lem. This was not caused by gipsies but by so-called “law-abiding” citizens who drove out at evenings and weekends to enjoy the country and left us to clean up after them. This was not an occasional problem, it occurred 12 months of the year, so I am well-experienced in the problems caused by litter. Perhaps the situation


should be approached by Ribbie Valley Borough Council in a more level­ headed and common sense manner by providing these people with a designated site as they travel through this area. I am sure that R. Cornish, G. Whitwell


Windmills must be better than a power station


M- s o r r y M r oughton still can- t accept the pres­ et o f windmills in e R i b b i e Va l l e y Wind farm subsidy •ong*\ June 13th).


'he thought that this v venture is subsidised ms to send him in rap- ous longing for Drax .ver Station; surely he m o t be advocating :h a construction in 3 area? Subsidies arc often iuired to kick-start v technologies so that inomics o f scale can


ng the price down, a tc usual event with


innovations, cars, com­


puters, etc. The price o f ’electricity


generated by windmills is expected to match that of the best power station within the next 10 years. It might also be worth


reminding ourselves of the indirect subsidies paid to fossil fuel elec­ tricity in the form o f health costs and anti-pol­ lution measures. Surely it is better to


invest a little now so that in the future we may all enjoy a lifestyle:which does*not depend on harm­ ing the rest o f the world.


W. A. KEMBERY, Knowsley Road, Blackburn.


• LETTERS for publication are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed


at the Editor's discretion.


and “Fearful Local Resi­ dent,” of Pendleton, would be quick to point out that the site should be situated at Woodlands Drive, Whallcy, however imprac­ tical. The cost of providing a site would be negligable compared to the thousands


of pounds that have been, and will continue to be,


squandered on removing the gipsies. As a law-abiding and


tax- paying citizen of the Ribbie Valley I feel this would be a much more humane approach to our fellow men.


C. BROWN (Mrs),. Woodlands Drive, Whallcy.


complaints. So you see Mr Dodd,


such groups across the th e ir ch i ld r e n and caring for the home and family, while their partner goes out to work. There were eight RATS


If these NIMBYS are so fuel) as part of the ce- , h -nir.


concerns. have careers of their own;


Many of the 2,000 peo- (b) choose to support pie who signed the petition themselves and/or take an


pulpit


T H O U S A N D S o f C h r i s t i a n s , b o t h Protestant and Cath­ o l i c s , wil l at t end chur ch serv ices on Sund ay s and hear their priests pray for p ea ce in Northern


Ireland. IIow many of them will


hear their priests call


volunteers petitioning the public over three weeks — four men and four women. One is unemployed, one is a night-shift worker, one is a houseperson and five are retired.


it:


E L I Z A B E T II GARDNER,


is not a question o f Ribbie Lane, NIMBYS, it is a question Chatburn. of having the right to live where I do with fresh air and not air filled with chemicals. I am not trying to close


down Castle Cement and take away people’s jobs. I


all the doors and windows just want Castle Cement closed because the house to clean up its act and


leave me some clean air to breathe. Incidentally, my husband does not work — he had to retire through ill health 11 years ago.


S. HARGREAVES (Mrs), Ribbie Avenue, Grindlcton.


F o r those who dare


to complain


“ EVANS" above, I have no great love


When they com­ p la in , i t ’ s all such a pain,


For the folk who give me the ir tally.


A Langho address, I infer is a mess.


P o m p o u s w i t h p o w e r I l o v e every hour


O f sh o u t in g at s e r f s in th e gallery.


’Councillor, sec — I ’m top o f the tree


So everyone else is a wallie!


LANGOLIAN


I tell them to leave Ribbie Valley.


And make it my latest Aunt Sally.


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A REPORT has been submitted to Ribbie Valley Borough Council oil behalf of the NHS at Calderstones which claims that only minor .^Iterations will be needed to Whalley roads to allow a minimum of 350 houses and a business park to be built on


the site. The report claims that there will be no major traffic problems along King Street because the


road can carry 1,900 vehicles per hour (twice as high as existing levels) and half the drivers travel­ ling to Preston/Blaekburn will use Wiswell Lane rather than go through Whallcy and Biliinglon. These assumptions are clearly wrong and must


be rejected by Ribbie Valley Council to avoid fur­ ther traffic chaos in Whalley and Billington. Local residents already have to put up with


daily parking and traffic congestion which could turn into an even bigger nightmare if a devel­ opment of this kind takes place. Residents of the villages should make their con­


cerns known to Ribbie Valley Borough Council and tile planning inspector before the September public inquiry.


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upon the more militant o f the congregation to s top k i l l in g fe l low Christians? Peace has got to come


from the pulpit. It makes one wonder


whatever happened to the love God gave to the world and that which His son died for.


A. DICKINSON, Whittle Close, Clitheroe.


Of course the bombing was a horrific act and


thousands of people must have been badly shocked, as well as the many who received severe cuts and injuries to ears and eyes. I got on the train and


arrived at the cordon. One second I was asking


what it was about and the next it happened. In that second of poten­


tial death, I was not afraid — a Christian isn’t. 1 am sorry for the peo­


ple who were badly injured and I hope they will be strong again very soon. I have been back to


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will be a financial one, but the people of Manchester who I nave seen are not


submitting to the IRA and I have not met anyone too upset for anything.


K A T E B E L L A M Y (MISS).


9 While investigating the story, our reporter was given the impression that Miss Bellamy was too upset to talk about her e x p e r ie n c e s and we accepted that informa­ tion in good faith. On this, basis, we made the decision not to contact her. We apologise to Miss Bellamy for any distress caused by our wrong assumption and we thank her for taking the time an d .e f fo r t to set the record straight — editor.


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