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fall man


A B IL L IN G TO N man w a s r e c o v e r in g a t home a f t e r surviving a .‘55ft. fa l l on to th e


b an k s o f R iv e r Calde r f r o m a b r id g e in W h a l lcy . David I lo rs f ie ld


landed on so f t muddy jtround and paramedics believe this prevented his


o f Longworth Road,


in ju r ie s b e in g a lo t worse. Ho s u f f e r e d le g


in ju r ie s , a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs. It took two paramedics


and a team of six police­ men around an hour to carry Mr Ilorsfield up the steep banks of the river to the road.


man Mr Joh n Hornby said: “Mr Ilorsficld was


very fortunate that he landed where he did. Had


he landed in the river the s i tu a t io n would have been a lot worse. As luck would have it. he landed


on a so f t pa rt o f the bank.” Mr Horsficld slipped


off the King Street bridge around 12-20 a.m. last Thursday. The alarm was raised by a passer-by who heard him ca l lin g for help.


The emergency crew


faced difficulties getting Mr Horsficld to the wait­ ing ambulance. The crew used a special stretcher fo r c a r r y in g p eop le a c ro s s rough te r ra in , which had to be lifted up th e b a n k and ta k en through the gardens of houses backing on to the river.


At one stage, the para­


medics considered calling in the fire brigade to assist, but this was not necessary.


During the one-hour


ordeal, the Clitheroc- based paramedics, lead­


home from Blackburn Royal Infirmary on Mon­ day afternoon. lie said he had been lucky to escape more serious injuries and was glad to be home.


Tools theft


THIEVES stole a variety of electric tools when they sneaked into the shed of a house in Clitheroe. They opened the yard


door of an end-of-terrace house in Kirkmoor Road, between 11-30 p.m. on Monday and 10 a.m. on Tuesday, to gain entry to the shed. They then stole a Bosch


angle-grinder valued at £85, a Bosch electric drill valued at £25, and a Black and Decker jigsaw valued at £05.


ing ambulanceman Mr lan Barton and techni­ c ia n Mr Jo h n S ie c z - k ow sk i, were ab le to reassure Mr Horsficld as he remained conscious throughout the rescue. Mr Horsficld returned


Leading ambulance­


New policy may affect debate, MP tells Calderstones inquiry


TH E a re a ’s MP threw a spanner into the works o f th e public inquiry into plans to redevelop Calderstones Hospital. In giving his evidence on Thursday to the six-day


NHS Trust requiring land to expand on in the future, Mr Evans said: “We must take the recommendations of changing Government policy into account. There is not necessarily going to be just 130 people at Cal­ derstones with disabilities in the future. “We need a comprehensive picture of what is


happening with the Calderstones Trust. Its busi­ ness plan shows extra facilities for the hospital. We need a definitive statement from them.” The NHS Executive (North-West) has put two


planning applications before the borough council to demolish existing buildings and erect up to *100 houses and develop thousands of square metres for new business use buildings and open space. Government policy on care of the mentally handi- Government policy on care of the mentally handi­


capped changed in the 1980s, resulting in the run­ ning down of large institutions like Calderstones and Brockhall, and the rehousing of their residents in the community. Mr Evans claims that now, while a public debate into the sale of the massive site is the result of


this policy, a new policy might come into effect which could affect the debate. Speaking outside the inquiry, he said: “In April,


public inquiry, Mr Evans said that the Government is in the process of changing its mind on institu­ tional care for the mentally handicapped. Speaking on the possibility of the Calderstones


the Government wants a return to institutional care for the handicapped. Many people face difficulties when they are placed in the community and it is thought that medium-sized institutions could be the answer.”


Special report by Max Gardner then Minister for Health. John Bowis, said that


Evans said he was not saying no to some devel­ opment, but he believes there is a duty to uphold the quality of life of the residents of today and the future. He said: “More time should be given to see what kind of development is right for the area.” When the inquiry resumed in the afternoon, the NHS’s planning consultant. Mr Michael Courcier,


gave evidence which touched upon the issues dis­ cussed by Mr Evans. The borough council’s solicitor, Mr David Wal­


ton, in cross-examination, stated that Calderstones Trust is a business and he wanted to discuss the com­ prehensiveness of the plans for future development. Mr Courcier told Mr Walton: “National policy is


that patients will be looked after in the commu­ nity. At Calderstones, the concerns are how long it will take to run down the present hospital, not whether services can be built up. The only service left is the challenging behaviour service.”


is very well established and will not change. The days of the Victorian mental asylum are well over and that is good for all of us.” Mr Walton agreed, but maintained that Calder­ stones was still a business and could change.


He emphasised that: “The direction of health care In summing up his evidence to the inquiry, Mr


Billington man submits traffic photo evidence


A BILLINGTON man, annoyed by the sug­ gestion that there would be no serious conges­ tion in Whalley if the Calderstoncs redevelop­ ment went ahead, has photographed the present traffic and submitted his pictures as evidence to the inspector of the public inquiry. Mr Ian Robins, of Painter Wood, heard the


evidence of the NHS’s highways expert, Mr David Tucker. In a survey, carried out by Mr Tucker, there


was no evidence of overall parking stress in the village and, i f Calderstones was developed, both Mitton Road and King Street would easily be able to carry the additional traffic. “1 could not believe this,’’ said Mr Robins,


who then carried out his own survey on Fri­ da}' and photographed traffic in the village centre on Saturday.


Robins counted the parked vehicles in the Whalley Arms car park, in King Street, north and south, and in George Street. Between 12-50 and 1 p.m. on Saturday he took 15 photographs of the traffic congestion in


the village centre. He has submitted both sets of evidence to the the inquiry’s inspector, Mr Morris Turner.


Group wants development ‘without harm’


BUILDING 225 houses and 100,000 square feet of industrial space at Calderstones Hospital is accept­ able to a planning consultant fighting NHS redevelop­


ment plans. Mr John Willcock, the planning consultant repre­


senting Calderstones Redevelopment Awareness Group (CRAG), agreed to those figures while giving his evidence to the public inquiry, on Tuesday


morning. He was cross-examined by the NHS’s solicitor; Mr


Roger Lancaster, on his invitation to the inspector, Mr Morris Turner, to dismiss both NHS Executive


(North West) appeals on the grounds of a lack of comprehensive detail and a detrimental impact on the local community. Mr Willcock said that he hoped the inspector would


dismiss both appeals — which formed the basis of the inquiry — but expressed an opinion, which he described as a “fall back position”, if Mr Turner allowed an appeal. CRAG's planning consultant said that four and nine hectares of land for business and residential devel­


opment, respectively, would meet a balance which his clients want to retain between built development and


FOR the next 10 months some Stonyhurst College students will be all at sea — in their minds at least. They will be tracking


Students will track round-world sailor


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the fortunes of an old boy from the school who is the mate on “3 Com”, one of the 14 yachts taking part in the second race around the world the wrong way. Students will be practis­


ing their skills in geo­ graphy, design technology and information technol­ ogy as they follow the progress of Kicron O’Con­ nell. who left Stonyhurst in 1983. After graduating as a


civil engineer and taking an MBA, Kieron went to work in the United States. Now he has swopped his business suit for oilskins to take part in what is recog­ nised as the toughest event of its kind in the world. Each G7ft. yacht has a


professional skipper, but the rest of the crew are amateurs, paying as much as £18,750 to take part in the punishing event. Our photograph shows


Stonyhurst headmaster the college’s director of Mr Adrian Aylward with studies. He also met some Kieron O’Connell, who of the students who will be


visited his old school to incorporating his travels in discuss the voyage with their work.


open space at the hospital. Mr Lancaster said: “At the end of the day, you are


accepting that Whalley can take 225 houses and 100,000 square feet of industry.” Mr Willcock said: “I acknowledge that Whalley can


take that, but not necessarily without detriment.” In his evidence to the inquiry, Mr Willcock said


that CRAG’s involvement in this debate has not arisen through an absolute opposition to the re-use or development of Calderstones, but the group wants to ensure that development takes place without causing undue harm to Whalley and its surroundings.


Cattle freed from Langho barn fire


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nearly killed 16 catt le t r a p p e d i n s id e a Langho barn is being


treated as arson. The cattle were rescued from the barn at Riley’s


Farm, Chapel Lane, after a mechanical digger was driven into its concrete wall to make a hole to free them. Five fire crews fought


the blaze on Saturday morning, which at one stage threatened to engulf a diesel storage tank. After the arrival of two


appliances from Great Harwood f ire s ta tion around 4-25 a.m., two other appliances from Blackburn and one from Accrington had to be called in to tackle the


THE Ribble Valley has lost a premier event for motor cycle enthusiasts because it has become too successful.


The Ribble Valley Motorcycle Show


had been held for five years, the last four of them at St Augustine’s RC High School, Billington. In that time it had become the premiere event of its kind in the North-West, attracting enthusiasts from all over the region.


The success of the show meant that


organisers needed a new site which w;is not available in the Ribble Valley. The 1995 event, now renamed the East Lan­ cashire Motorcycle Show, will be held at


Quarry: air your views tonight


MEMBERS of the public will be able to air their views on the proposals for Bellman Quarry during a meeting tonight. Ribble Valley Borough |


Council, in consultation with Chatburn Parish! Council, has called a public | meeting, which takes place at Chatburn CE Primary School, starting at 7 p.m. A council spokesman said that the authority was


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Event too successful!


Glcnficld Park, Blackburn, on Septem­ ber 29th.


Jarvis, of Langho, said: “We have had a great deal of support from Kibble Valley residents and the local authority over the years, and the co-operation from St Augustine’s school in particular has been tremendous. Their help has enabled us to make the event a great charity fund­ raising success. “A good few of the entries for 199G


come from the Ribble Valley and I hope to see many of the area’s numerous


enthusiasts continuing to support the event.”


Plan ‘non-starter’


COUNCILLORS poured scorn on proposals to build a canoe lodge at a defunct Ribble Valley brick works. The borough council's Planning and Development


Committee turned down an application by Clitheroe Scout and Guide Canoe Club to build the lodge at a site in Waddington Road, West Bradford. Coun. Harry Backhouse (Waddington) outlined a


litany of problems and described the plan as a non-starter.


He commented: “The site isn’t good enough for a


project of this nature. It is a former tip, containing barely enough water to fill three inches, let alone thousands of cubic metres. “The site will have to be excavated and the amounts


of spoil generated will take a fair amount of moving — that is, hundreds of wagon-loads on a three-metre-wide rough track, through a farmyard, with five gates! “I don’t believe even the wagons will be able to turn


on to the road, never mind canoe-trailers. This project is a non-starter and we should kill it here and now.” Coun. Jenny Grimes (Billington) accused Coun


Backhouse of painting a negative picture and pro posed a site visit, to which Coun. Backhouse retorted that a site visit was a cop-out.


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