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- 1 Clitherae Advertiser & Times, March 7th, 1996 3 Clitheroe 22321, (Editorial), 22323 (Advert bising). Burnley 1,22331 (Classified)


Vigilance call on plume-grounding ‘Health is a major concern and always has been/ councillor tells meeting


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THE council must remain vigilant on the issue of plume-grounding at Castle


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Cement, borough councillors were warned. Speaking at a full council meeting, Coun.


Frank Dyson (Clitheroe) said plume-grounding was still taking place and the public was con­


__________ — by Stewart Pimbley


has consistently answered the fresh concerns, and fresh concerns arise at every meeting.”


cerned. He was speaking in response to the minutes of January’s Environmental and Social Services Committee, at which HMIP represen­ tatives spoke about Cemfuel.


pollution inspectorate, HMIP, was contin­ uously faced with worries about Cemfuel.


Coun. Charles Warkman (Mellor) said the.


He commented: “Health is a major concern and always has been. I would say that HMIP


eroe) say that the public needed answers about the effect of plume-grounding by different fuels. He said: “I would like someone to come forward and say the plume is less harmful when coal is used or is less harmful when Cem­


Councillors heard Coun. Bert Jones (Clith­


fuel is used.” At the same meeting, Bolton-by-Bowland


occurred in kilns five and six.


continue to bum Cemfuel in kilns five and six. In the light of the minister’s comments, she questioned why the council’s. Director of Environmental Services, Mr David Morris, had not put in a formal request to the Department of Environment to stop the use of Cemfuel.


resident Mrs Mary Homer quoted a letter from Environment Minister Earl Ferrers, who said that HMIP accepted that plume-grounding


Social Services Committee, Coun. Harry Back­ house, said Castle Cement must comply with the variation notice. However, on the question


The chairman of the Environmental and


variation notice and a HMIP letter to provide evidence that, in particular, kiln five was not normally subject to plume-grounding.


o r . .She said Castle Cement was required by a :j r> * - u,» « of v>iitmirnT rpmfiiel in the two kilns, he said


of burning Cemfuel in the two kilns, he said he did not know why Castle Cement was allowed to do so.Coun. Backhouse said: “However, I will say that if HMIP has authorised Castle Cement to bum Cemfuel in kilns five and six, it can only withdraw such an authorisation if it has sound evidence that the burning of Cemfuel is


harmful.”The chairman said the council was aware of plume-grounding and the variation notice took


this into account.


He added: “Castle Cement must submit proposals by April 30th, 1996, which have to be agreed in writing with HMIP, for improve­ ments to the dispersion, visibility and odour of the plumes. The necessary remedial works must be completed by December 31st, 1996.


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revelations of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, how­ ever, it seems the Kibble Valley has literally become the talk of the world! The area has been featured in newspapers across the globe, as former Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress Coun. and Mrs Howel Jones discovered during a r e c e n t t r ip to New


• Oman Daily Observer! While in New Zealand, Coun. and Mrs Jones


woman Mrs Janet Baker, now resident in the North- East, also discovered the area’s virtues extolled — in none other than the


: visited the Bay of Islands, where they were engaged in conversation by an


expatriate couple. Mrs Jones explained:


Dunreigning Jueen’s secret valley of dreams


l“The couple emigrated to Auckland from Britain 30 years ago and, when we said we were from Clith­ eroe, they replied that they had just read about the area in the Interna­ tional Express.


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“We promptly bought a (ESTABLISHED OVER 35 YEARS) - j


was brought up in Clith­ eroe and lived in Grindle­ ton for 20 years, contacted the Advertiser and Times and described how her husband, Mr Peter Baker, discovered a two-page spread on the area in tne Oman Daily Observer.


Mrs Janet Baker, who


"Dunreigning”, describes the Ribble Valley as an


The article, headlined


a re a of o u ts tan d in g natural beauty, with swirl­ ing mists that did little to affect its scenic majesty and neat stone walls lining winding roads on which it was rare to see another car.


Mrs Baker, who has lived in the North-East for


10 years, said: “My hus­ band came across the arti­ cle and brought it home. I was really quite amazed, although not altogether surprised, as the Ribble Valley is a lovely area.” Ribble Valley tourism


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COUN. and Mrs Jones with the New Zealand newspaper Art on show


LOCAL painter Susan Tattersall has six paint­ ings in this year’s Spring Exhibition being mounted by the British Society of Painters at Ilkley. The show is described by the organisers as the largest exhibition in Britain. Susan, who lives in Bawdlands, Clitheroe, will be one of 223 artists exhi­ biting 1,395 paintings in the show, which opens on March 16th.


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appreciated.” The splendid landscapes


and picturesque villages of the Ribble Valley star in the new film, which is soon to be on general release.


the Ribble Valley, pro­ duced by Mr Bamber, who owns New House Farm — a bed and breakfast estab­ lishment — along with his wife, June, in Ribchester.


It is a tourist guide of


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copies bought at the pre­ mier will have £3 donated to the MacMillan Fund.


The video costs £12, but


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