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( E d i t o r ia l .) , 2 2 ,12:1 ( A d v e r t i s in g ) . B u r n l c i / 48211:11 (C la s s i f ie d ) ' PARKING for disabled dri-


park m places clearly marked *‘dis- able(] just downright selfish and


>’e,'s Clitheroe is near impossible at present. Are. able-bodied drivers who


t n c o n sH le r a te , o r m e re ly jM th e r ^w a y , t hey ma|!c ijfe


houghtless? -


extremely difficult for those who •ue unable to walk very far, up lulls or up steps.


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Growing- sense of


sadness


I READ-Joe Stansflcld’s recent “Thought for the Week’L.with a growing sense of sadness. Joe is entitled to hold


judging by the pervasive tone of the article), the fact is that there are many Christians who actually find it quite unhelpful “to think of the representative of evil as Satan”. Indeed, there are many of us who •find th a t route leading ultimately to a dualism that is quite unchristian. Of course, it may or not,


his mythological world view, but it really does lit­ tle to help the spread of the Gospel to be quite so condescending to those who do n o t sh a re i t . Whether or not the uni­ versity student did “gulp” at Joe’s interrogation (this seemed just a little smug


be., I am content to recog-' nise the possibility that my view is wrong. The w h o le te n o r of J o e ’s Thought for th e Week makes me wonder whether he should do the same. Perhaps it might be an


:-------1 ---------------------------— Offenders too lazy to walk


take; parking places for the disa­ bled. on almost every car park in the.;town, as well as the town cent.re, and I have been informed by .a very reliable source that, alth ough there is a fixed penally of £20., there are frequent repeat offenders. These people are too lazy to


always vigilant, but she cannot be everywhere at once. I have seen able-bodied drivers


I iknow that our traffic warden is


walk a few disabled dr fuel looking ing place. Come on,


hundred yards, while


ivers waste precious for a convenient park-


Give us bach the “powers of th em ‘'improved”


it our parking places — , that be” took enough away when th e y the town centre!


you lot. Have a heart, Heather F. Jackson (Mrs),


Trafford Gardens, Harrow.


Depressing Confusing comments situation


I FOUND .found Bill Fleming’s com­ ments on recycling depressing, particu­


leader of this Ribble Valley Council, he must know 'that recycling cannot be an optional activity for the council.


larly since he works in a recycling business. , With his; background and as ex­


authorities rto be actively involved in recycling, having set a target of recy­ cling 25% ;of domestic refuse by the year 2000, and the Ribble Valley Coun­ cil has now developed a strategy, approved by all councillors, to achieve that target..


The Gov,eminent expects all local


sets out to preserve and encourage the activiti es of voluntary groups, but recognises that this will not be enough to reach thiB 25% target.


The strategy takes account of and


Contrary to his assertion, local sur­ veys and I :rial schemes show that the


public is vory keen on a wide variety of recycling initiatives. The Rib’blc Valley Council is now


idea to share, the column among others in the town, who are equally committed to faith in God, so that a somewhat broader range of spiritual experience and reflection might be made available to re ad e rs . I have no doubt that.such experience is abundantly available from many dif­ ferent faith perspectives, which would be stimulat­ in g , c h a l le n g in g and enlightening. ■


P E T E R SH E PH E RD (Rev.), Homestead, Easthain Street, Clithcroe.


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have 1st or 2nd printed on them — and not lflp or 25]) stamps, otherwise you’ll be asked to pay more once the prices go up.


ERIC BRACEWELL, Chairman, East Lancs. Post Office Advisory Committee.


DO you know that the cost of postage is going up? From Ju ly 8th, it is


throe or four years behind most other local au t h o r itie s in its recycling achievements, thanks in large part to its inactivity when Mr Fleming was leader. Wo arc now working very hard to recover lost ground. .


g r a h am : sow t e u , Chairman:, Communi tv Committee, Ribhlc VaJley Council.


WE refer to the article headlined “Action Group wants cash to put vil­ lage case” which appeared in the Clith- eroe Advertiser anti Times last week. We are very appreciative of the arti­


cle, but think a gremlin crept into the third paragraph which explained that a planning application for the Calder- stones site was turned down by the borough council last year. In fact, neither of the two identical


outline planning applications submitted by the Health Authority last year has been put before the borough’s Planning and Development Committee. Rather the applicant has lodged an appeal for non-determination of one of the appli­ cations within the eight weeks allowed by statute and it is this appeal which is the subject of the public inquiry in September. To make an already confusing situa­


Arrival of Ribble Cement godsend to the area


I CAN well appreciate Coun. Jones’ opinion that my letter was destructive claptrap were I complain­ ing as to his long service to Clitheroe — but such is not the case. If-he recalls, my previ­


ous complaint was the ridiculous situation — not of his making — whereby, as leader of the opposition, a party of one, lie was able to decide the policies to be adopted. Despite his assertions


“ are we to be termed Quarry Town?” This town is bu ilt on limestone, re su ltin g in two main means of employment in my younger days — the mills and the quarries. These facts you would be aware of were you a true Clithcroninn and would qualify you to hide under the noni-dc-plumc, a sig­ nature I deplore. •


the 15 abstentions by his fellow councillors in the important matter of park­ ing fees. So why doesn’t he exercise that right and tell the two parties to sort out their own problems. I, for one, would respect him more, and so would many townspeople.' However, I have known Be rt long enough to term him a true Clitheronian, so let’s leave it there. To return to the title


tion even worse, the outline planning application not subject to the appeal has been amended and a third out­ line planning application submitted which mirrors the amended applica­ tion. Thus, so far we have three cur­ rent planning applications for the Cal- derstones site. Is it any wonder our group urgently


wishes to raise funds to employ a plan­ ning consultant for the inquiry?


PETER J. KIRKMAN, Secretary, Caldcrstoncs Redevelopment Aware­ ness Group, Mitton Road, Whalley.


Cai.i you help us trace oiir family history?


to take up employment with Gerald Bentall, who owned a 'department store in Kingston-upon-Thames. This will have been around 19J5/JG and we feel that this may have been at the instigation of Dr de Lisle Shortt. Hlis departure is recorded-at the library and the name of Bcntall "was "recalled by people we met. Nowhere could we find documentation of what we understood to have been a fairly large migration at


this time. Given -that the event is just within living memory,


easy task. We met with genuine interest from the people of Clitheroe and were given a lot of practi­ cal help. ’We were fortunate enough to meet an aunt and a cousin, but drew a blank on the reason why he left Clithe roe.1 My information'was that our father travelled south


DURING]the recent Bank Holiday weekend, my sis­ ter and I fvisited Clitheroe in the hope of tracing the family hist ory of our father, George Taylor. From th e information available to us, it is not an


W h a t h a v e w e t o f e a r ?


ONCE more, members of Ribble Valley Borough Council pull on their jack- boots and goose-step into action. Again they have “cleansed” our area of the gipsies who, like their ancestors, are on their way to the Appleby Horse Fair.


Why are the authorities


: them? The answer is noth­ ing, apart from the fact that they are “different” from us.


so scared of these people? What have wo to fear from


we would be interested to hear from anyone who recalls what took place or were themselves involved. Our fa.ther married, served at El Alamein as a


I write; to you in the hope that your readers may be able to assist us in our quest.


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appalled at the “ethnic cleansing” being carried


While we a re all so


military jpoliceman and was invalided to South Africa, returning; to father three daughters before dying in 11)57.


MAKGA1RET MORSE (Mrs), . 1 Fiddlcr*s Green, Hnmplon-in-Arden, Solihull KU2 0EZ.


out in the former Yugosla­ via, perhaps we should ask ourselves if we are so dif­ ferent. Is this country, which we so proudly claim to be a model democracy really what we think it is?


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


B attle lines are drawn THE news that Cemfuul


has received a clean bill of health from the Govern­ ment is exceedingly bad news for the people of the


Labour’s prospective can­ didate for the general elec­ tion, 1 have been over­ whelmed by the strength of feeling locally over this issue. Wherever I go in the Kibble Valley and to whoever I speak, the con­ cern is always the same: C a s t l e C e m e n t in Clitheroe. What b e t te r example


Kibble Valley. Since my selection as


taking the urgent steps to


find outl the true scale of the problem,.it decides the


stuff is s afe! Ask atnyone locally and


can there be of a govern­ ment which has lost touch with the wishes of the peo­ ple who elected it than


this?


ment Select Committee publishes one of the most disturbing reports in its history oiv the Cemfuel issue and what does tile Government do? Far from


The Commons Environ­ .


they arc; almost certain to tell you about a friend, n e ig h b o u r , re la tiv e or child who has to make more fr equent trips to the GP. Aslk anyone who lives close to the plant what they th ink and the reply is generally not printable in a family newspaper. And ask an;/ GP or pharmacist about i:he health of Clith­ eroe people and they will expres s private alarm and, frequeintlv, public concern. I t simply is not good


to elect, the people of this area are now going to have to win this fight without the backing of those you would have expected to support them. I will most certainly be


there to offer any support or assistance which I can because, ultimately, it will be people power which will win this battle. The battle lines are now


clearly drawn. On one side is the Government and a


company only interested in maximising its profits. On the other side are the peo­ ple of the Kibble Valley who are rightly concerned


enough for the Govern­ ment to assume every­


thing i.n the.Clitheroe gar­


den is rosy; it isn’t. The; public inquiry is


now tlhe best hope open to the pe;ople of Clitheroe and the K ibble Valley.'Aban­ doned by the Government, which some of them helped


IT was stated on Radio Four’s “Face the Facts” programme that neither the Department of Health in London nor Dr S. Mor­ ton, of East Lancashire Health Authority, have


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unanswered question is, which cam]) the local Tory MP will be joining? Will it be the people, or will it be the fat-cats, Nigel?


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suspect that people power at the ballot box come the next election will help resolve th a t particular dilemma for him.


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M AKCUS JOHNSTONE, Prospective Labour Par­ liamentary Candidate, Kibble Valley.


Not enough research


ever given the burning of Cemfuel at Castle Cement in Clitheroe a “clean bill of health”. Dr Morton also repeated the statement at


the recent meeting of Rib­ ble Valley Borough Coun- e i 1 C o m m u n i t y Committee. Andrew Bennett MP.


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"Clitheronian”, the nom- de-plume used by the cor­ respondent eomplninine


WHO are these people who reside in the back


that he discusses the mat­ ters with his Labour col­ leagues, this does not jus­ tify the position of power to which he has been ele­ vated, not always to the benefit of the town. 1 am sure he will recall


therefore the arrival of Ribble Cement in the mid ’thirties was a godsend to the area. Many successful businesses have resulted from its arrival and many families have been pro­ vided with a good living. This is no longer the


the grammar school when employment was scarce —


Coun. Jones and 1 left


“fairyland” of H. V. Mor­ to n ’s “ In S e a rc h of England” , but the hard facts of survival in the 20th century.


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Passport to controversy know what was coming


the Passport to Leisure is quite unbelievable. I called a t the town hall four times, then was told to ring before going again. On the Bank Holiday,


office at the town hall, leaving others on recep­ tion to face the flack? The controversy over


next! I got the new passport


when the pool reopened, I discovered that one man already had the new pass­ port. I went again the fol­ lowing Wednesday, only to be told the paperwork was not ready. I was given a telephone number to ring. In the meantime, I was told at the pool that I must renew the passport before weekend. Little did they


on tne Friday afternoon When I presented it at the pool, I was told I would have to pay 80p every time I used it. We never had to pay before. The passport is now £3.30 and is open to almost anyone, not ju s t the disabled. It was not made clear we would have to pay more. So far as’I can make out we do not fare much bet­ tor than people who did not buy one. Money under false pretences?...........


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