oe 2232b (Editorial), 22323 (Advertising). Burnley 422331 (Classified) Letters HYNDBURN & CLITHEROE Lots to admire in our lifestyle


Marsh (March 7th) seems to be one of several Clith- e ro mans who can find nothing to admire or eniov in our quality of life.


“ /respondent Mrs claimsTffUte S°me o f h er


„ J ' Th£ tei?nis dome- though not pretty, is actively provid­ ing quality coaching and sport-


ujg enjoyment to a wide ran ere of young people.


6 2. Windmills are unlikely to


be allowed in areas of natural beauty (planning committee. March 7th).


the town and won a Civic Design Award in 1995.


3. The new market enhances


4. All new housing in Clith­ eroe is in areas specifically


designated in the approved local plan. I agree with Mrs Marsh on one point only and regret any


diminution of service at the


local police station. This, how­ ever, was a decision outside the control of the borough council, to which we objected strongly at the time.


I f Mrs Marsh finds her life


here so miserable, why does she not leave? There are hun­ dreds, if not thousands, of peo­ ple who very much want to come and live in the Ribble Valley.


Thank you for bringing shame to our notice


WE are indebted to Helen McKinlay and to Lucy Leoni for reminding us tnat the_ continued export of British arms to the murderous regime m Indonesia for use in its illegal occupation of East Timor involves deceit on the part of our leaders and shame for all of us. I , too, have written to


our MP about i t . He passed the letter on to the Fore ign lOffice, which repliecf that it1; kept a very gtreful check on the use of British weapons (I blush to write it), that the Hawk was a training aircraft, not suitable for, air-ground strafing and bombing (con­ t r a ry to the evidence given on TV by Alan Clarke, formerly minister fo r m i l i ta ry p ro cu re ­ ments), that her Majesty’s Government preferred to work by bringing quiet


P


ressure to bear on the ndonesian government


(which in '21 years .has achieved nothing whatso­ ever for hitman rights, though many aircraft have been sold and maty East Timorese slain in the meantime). The firal argu­ ment was that jols were at stake. No one wishes to


reduce British jobs by a time reduced arms exports single place, but the pro- to Indonesia, whereupon tection of jobs cannot be th e Un ited Kingdom used to justify production gratefully took up the or export which is itself slack. This is the shame immoral, such as porno- that Helen McKinlay and graphic magazines, drugs, instruments of torture, or arms to the IRA or to Indonesia. Although this takes us


Lucy Leoni are bringing to our notice.


far beyond the confines of the Ribble Valley, readers of the Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times have rea­ son to be particularly con­ cerned, since it was a local man who five years ago had the courage to follow th e p e a c e f u l E a s t Timorese demonstrators into the graveyard at Dili and to keep his camera going while they were shot dow n, c lu b b e d and dragged off all around him. After his film was shown to Congress, the


United States for the first


Still waiting for reply from the planners


I HAVE seen no reply to Mr and Mrs A. D. Caunce’s letter, or mine, .regarding essential services being over-stretched die to indiscriminate house building, and the recent leter from Mrs Joan Marsh, puts the matter more eloquently than I. So why don’t the planners grasp (he nettle and give a reply through your newspaper'


A. DICKINSOh, Whittle Close, ' Clitheroe.


'


Do yojU remember — like we friends do?


THE other evening I was with sane friends who were at school with me long ago.


At our advanced y e a r s , most of our thoughts vere of yes­ terday —: the future was not d?velt on!


You knew how it is —


do you iemember . . .? Some of is tried to recall


market. We seemed to remember that on Satur­ day nights everything was open until nine o’clock. A night out would be the first house at one of our three cinemas, followed by supper at Thompson’s chip shop at one end of the ma rk e t a re a. Do you


the shops: that were once along each side of Castle Street. You get so far and then come to a blank. We tslked of our old


r em em b e r th e long wooden building — chips to take out or eat on the premises? The long space was used for tables and forms to sit on. Oh, one could go on and on. . . We then switched to


some of the characters in our town; lots of folk we knew. Then one of our group said: “Mary Pick- ford — fancy not talking of her!” Did she live in Low Moor? She was always walking around the town; always cheerful. Some­ times one came across her in clubs or Boots. Sud­ denly a picture of her came to our minds. Who else was about?


Any other character to bring out of our stock of memories? Come on, just have a think. . .


EDMOND CAMBIEN,


Holland Prospect, Clitheroe.


Maiden speeches o f new members are enjoyed


NEW members of Clitheroe Speakers’ Club made their maiden speeches at the recent


meeting. The1 chairman for the Mrs Mairaed Mahon


ivening, Mr S ta n le y described “Typical days in Jlackburn, introduced my life,” everyone listen­ ers Margaret Banks, who ing as she described vari- ihose “Life’s experiences” ous stages and her plea- is her title. She was fol- su re s in th e fie ld of owed by Mrs Mary Eglin, freelance writing,


— happy childhood and C a r r and Mr Kev in n ------------ r . - . .„ i . ------ v . Crowther


ng conditions of yester- r e a r . . S h e e n jo y s mmerous sporting activi-


ies and is the current lady aptain of Clitheroe Golf Hub.'


Bridge results


ers were as follows. NS: [r G.'anc! Mr. C. Pollard, id Mr. B. Ghua and Mr. ,. Singer equal first,, with [r L. Garner and Mr O. apstick third. EW: Mr


id Mrs J . Pawlicki, with lual second Mrs K. Hig- 3ii and Mrs I. Park, and


[r F. Haydock and Mrs 1 iLtAfl


t


/INNERS of Clitheroe Iridge Club’s contest on londay were as follows. IS: Mr and Mrs G. Pol- ird, ■ with Mr L. Garner nd Mr G. Caps tick ;in 2cond place. EW: Mrs I. ark and Mr B. Ghua, and [rs K. Higson and Mrs J . owker equal first. On Thursday the win-


emories of tough work- Mr Stephen Clarke,


topics chairman for the first time, chose as his theme “The f i r s t . . . ” . Members were asked to speak on the first time they discovered music, got a job, left home, first year o f m a r r iag e , mode of transport and first reac­ tion to declaration of peace in 1945.


Club pre sident Mrs


Penny Ogden reviewed the session and awarded the topics trophy to Mrs Freda Driver for her mov­ ing reply to "My firs t


love”. Assessing the evening,


Mrs Margaret Wilkinson congratulated all who had


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Incidentally, one group who may not be so anxious to stay


here are those who have reason to fear the town’s CCTV sys­ tem. Although we are aware that one outstanding success, does not finally prove that it will reduce crime, especially in town c e n t r e sh op s , and increase the number of crimi­ nals caught, nevertheless your front page article last week must be most encouraging to our local police and indicates


the wisdom of the Conserva­ tive view that, despite the present financial crisis facing the borough, the system must- not be scrapped and forgotten.


PETER EVANS (Coun.),


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Here’s to next order for British aircraft


HOW refreshing it is for someone to sup­ port our local military a i r c r a f t b u s in e s s instead of knocking it. Ye s, I mean Nigel Evans — well done, Nigel. The knockers who wrote


millions in the local econ­ omy which keeps countless others in work. There’s never been a complaint about that, has there?


Never mind screaming


condemning the sale of Hawk aircraft to Indonesia must not realise that Brit­ ish Aerospace indirectly, through the workforce and the workforces of many local suppliers, spends


that the Hawks are used to kill innocent people, thousands are killed every year in our own country, but not by Hawk je ts . What about the deaths being caused by traffic — but I ’ve never heard of groups of people protest­ ing about these deaths outside the car factories,


never mind breaking into those factories to damage their cars. Let us not forget that, if


British Aerospace did not sell planes to Indonesia, somebody else would and our out-of-work figures would be much higher. Here’s to the next order


for military aircraft to Br itish Aerospace and long may they reign.


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