M 2 2 . i l (C l a s s e d ) CUihemc 2,22.m (E ditoria l)■ial), 422X28 (Advertising)- Burnley * 12 C l i t l irn ir A i l r n l ix r r X- Timex, Ani/nxl ..'.'ml. lum, The Last
Night of the Proms '96
AT CLITHEROE CASTLE BANDSTAND | The Lancashire Under-21's Charity Orchestra
| Playing rousing music to clap, sing, dance and whistle along to: BRING:
Led by Alex. Johnson DO NOT BRING:
i) A torch i) A cheese grater
ii) Something to sit on ii) Your Goldfish iii) A sense o f humour iii) Something to read iv) Lots o f money
In aid o f the Cancer Research Campaign & NCH Action fo r Children 30th August ■ 7.00 p.m. iv) Your left-over francs
An open invitation to discuss sport issues
A This brings us to our principal objective in respond-
W E felt we must respond to the column headed “As I see it,” by your columnist, T .U
While much of what he wrote was personal opin
ion, it was quite misleading. The Government has quite firmly put sport in schools
on the curriculum through the national report liaising
the Game.” Had T.C. been paying attention during the Atlanta
Olympics, we are sure that lie would have been aware of the issues surrounding this report.
More importantly, we feel that it was entirely appro
priate for our sport and leisure manager to report on the issues facing the council with regard to Clitheroe
| Civic Hall. I11 general, our officers will report to committee to
frame a subject su that elected representatives can con sider the arguments from an informed standpoint.
I11 fact, the report referred to by T.C. was intended
simply to remind councillors that the existing manage ment contract expires in March and that we need to
think about the future of the cinema rather than wait-
I ing until the last minute. T.C. may well speak for the majority in the implied
opinion that sports development should take prece dence over arts development at all times.
However, the feedback that we have received from
people in Ribble Valley — particularly in response to a questionnaire we sent out last year — suggests tnat people in Ribble Valley prefer to see a balance struck.
Announcement:
OUR BELFAST EXHIBITION HOTEL BLOWN APART IN AN EXPLOSION, OUR FURNITURE STAFF IN BELFAST HELD UP AND ROBBED. OUR TRUCK BLOWN
UP IN NORTHERN IRELAND. EVEN OUR B A N ] ™ LONDON BOMBED AND NOW THE ARNDALE CENTRE MANCHESTER. Bomb AppeaL Notice of final appointment of loss adjuster.
ing to such a shallow comment. It is apparent from many of the comments made
about council decisions that we have failed to explain that our role is fundamentally about balance.
We have to match spending to resources supply to demand and, of course, the needs of individuals to the
needs of the majority. Since the council became politically balanced, this
has become even more important. Although some correspondents find it difficult to
accept, we on the council believe that, by negotiation, we can find the right answers to the many problems
that we face. We will never be able to please everyone and we
don’t expect to, but we do make decisions which we are prepared to stand by. Because we haven’t managed to convey this mes
sage, we would like to issue an invitation to T .U
We will arrange a public debate in the council chamber here in Clitheroe. The topic will be public spending and priorities and we would like T.C. to participate.
We are prepared to argue our ease in public. Is T.C.?
IIOWEL JONES, Leader o f the Council, CHRIS IIOLTOM, Leader o f the Conservative Group.
> Tony Cliff replies on page 4.
Why stop at a bap on hand gunh
their children from acquiring b
be done about knives. murdered by stabbing » There are as many Pe"? 'eS ‘mUrder that con-
as by shooting, or ,,s,‘Should ^we ban knives and cerns these, people? S h ou h ^ ^ ^ have b n used
return to using Janus. to murder, long bef ° ^ £ L
How many murders ha so far? Should the
. jnventcd.
place this month . nnnrehended,
what then? Sentenced to w h a t ^ ^ __ llke
and have always been much more at the young.
Murderers will .be hospital P r id e d .
and cared for, then gain •niiv *he old, who are the law-abiding l tlzen’ X ^
than
hosnitaliseJ, their health , entertain.
needs given prionty. Food, h> g ^g v At , coun- ment, exercise, education, all free,
oil tax or any other money womebascbaU baU> or Banning guns, knives, cars, ^ munlerous
anything else will not st P ^ j ; would also intent. The death penalty.^
make more money ayall,‘‘b’?ith „ few shillings per who, iii their day made do with a few
g ^ tbe 0]tl, ^
8 E ? £ ? 2 & i
J. ROBINSON, Corbridge Court,
Clitheroe.
MORE TRAGIC THAN HEROIC
ON August 15th, you minted a short article fol- owing the death o f Sir
Frank Whittle, describing Clitheroe’s links with the development o f the je t
engine. Sadly, this story is more
tragic than heroic, and the article, understandably
jerhaps, in its “ local nterest” context, does no more than hint at the diffi culties experienced by
Whittle. He was indeed consis-
tently denied funding by the Government, and some individuals in the. estab lishment were quite hos tile towards him. A t one point, through lack o f money, one of his patents was allowed to lapse, although I believe he took out others at a later date.
The shadow o f World
War I I goaded a reluctant Government into action but, incredibly, as a condi tion o f sanctioning the development programme, Whittle was required to surrender all his patents, most of which, i f not all, I believe went to Rolls- Royce. This meant that Whittle lost control over the development o f his invention, and he became little more than a figure
PLEASE NOTE: This Is not an Auction
permission received for them to be sold. The entire stock has been removed for your convenience and the entire 1st and 2nd floors
This important sale has been sanctioned by the official owners of these goods and
of the Vine Mill, Oswaldtwistle have been commandeered for 72 hours only.
All must be sold! 1st Come 1st Served
Our deepest gratitude to the doctors, nurses, police officers, security and personnel who did these Jobs above and beyond their normal requirements in Manchester. •
^We also offer our thanks to the ferry companies Irish Ferries, Pandora, P & 0, Stenna for transporting all our trucks and drivers home from Ireland. were applied. •
SJ j .
head, which may explain his infrequent visis to this
area. After the war, Whittle
left this country, ind set tled in North Anerica, and one can only inagine what his feelings were at that t ime . He rarely talked publicly abort his experiences, but it i; pro bably significant thit he never returned to this
country. In his later yean, ,he
was offered financial com pensation, and honoired with a knighthood. In iela- tion to the billions
b.ing made in the aero engne indus try , the sum o f £ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 , w h ich he accepted (he was not a ich man), was an insult. T I think that most peojle
would be happy to sec a permanent display abert the his to ry o f the j ;t engine somewh ere’ ii
Clitheroe, and the indiyi- ual workers who weje involved in the Initlil project can feel justifiabV proud, but it should ala be remembered that it wa the brainchild of a gifted engineer who was treatet disgracefully by successivi Governments.
L. P. DARWENT, " " \ Clitheroe Road, Sabden.
Residents’ road rage bike fury
READING the articles on “ road rage” prompts me to write regarding the angry residents oT the Henthorn part of Clith eroe, who are being driven mad by the noise of motor-
Charity shop
replies
3 000 framed prints only £1 each. Ladybird children's canvas boots, £1.50 pair. St Michael handbags £3. MI LS f o o t g Z e " f o r m a l £23 sale price £7, also S, Michael * * » * £ ; - s *
«Mle nrice £7 3 000 framed prints price not to exceed £1.70. Hand inlaid dining tables and c a bases to seat 4-6-8-10-12, all at 80% off. 34 sideboards to be sold regardless, 2,000 pieces of hand cut ciystal
S d y . wfne whtky, sherry, champagne, brandy, £15 box of 6. Also " " f ' ’
80% all at £15 each. Tool kits 1,400 only 100 pee in a case, a too £25 each Silver plated tea/coffee sets complete with tray, sale price £25 each. £200,000 of clock sets. Miver
p fald o b je S otter objects d’« t A„ must go with savings of up to 80%. 1 0 * . 1 0 * of " ™ a ,
marble commodes, leather top desks, Italian Jardinieres, shell suites from £199. Marinetook sets, <mnetre carpets, ship decanters, chesterfields, 2pc, 3pc leather yewtop desks and chairs, 3pc deagner^su.ts. 2 mirrors, dozens of shapes and sizes, some costing up to £500, from only £5. Chmese paintings, French, Dutch, German, Irish, Scottish, Asian, English scenes from all over
d ^ 6d' S°
the thousands and thousands of pieces that will be sold. All goods subject to availability. Many
This is only a small selection of
of these works of art cost up to £10,0000, all must be sold from only £25 for the cheapest._________ Beyond the call o f duty
The Blackpool Citizen reported die terrifying problems when my drivers were held at gunpoint and robbed by the IRA in Belfast and, o f course, then the Army blew up our truck because o f the fear that it contained a
famous names cannot be printed. A small delivery charge has to be made of only £25 within a 25 mile radius, over that to be agreed. Security by Securicor.
NO DEALERS PLEASE
FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
bomb. „ r ,
Tliroughout the last few weeks, regardless o f the possible horrific situation, my entire staff, who are under no threat o f dismissal i f they did not want to
work in Ireland, carried on. Even one hour after the robbery, they still returned to
base and immediately went out in another vehicle on a delivery.
Sir, may I take this opportunity, on behalf o f my family
and company, not only to thank my staff, but to thank all the Withers, mothers, uncles and aunties, wives,
Girlfriends and children, who relied on me and trusted me to take care o f their loved ones tliroughout the Northern Ireland irip.
MR B HOWARD
INTER UK Sales and Marketing S Waterfront Marine Dock Road L y t h a m _________________
The sale w ill commmence this Sunday and Monday a t the I A-'
VINE MILL, BROOKSIDE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, OSWALDTWISTLE, L I NEAR BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE. Tel: 01254 393240
THIS SUNDAY 25th AUGUST 1 1 a.m . - 6 p.m./MONDAY 26th AUGUST 1 1 a.m . - 6 p.m
price £190 to £700, from £50 each. Cottage suites, wine tables, coffee t a b l e s , j a v m g £ 'k^ “ ^ec,sd chairs, shabby suits, dining tables with chairs, wall units, corner un,B from « 0 0 . T V “
tock s e tT S n e s e '
bikes travelling at speed. The joy-riders are con
stantly riding the area, even until well after J1
....... p .m ., most days and
_ E N J O Y E D y o u r thoughtful article entitled Need so much charity
begin at home” , which raised several important points. As ours is the ol dest-established charity shop in Clitheroe, I would like to reply to a couple of them. The Clitheroe Oxfam
sh op, l ik e th e v a s t majority of Oxfam’s shops around the c o u n t ry , remains entirely volunteer run and led and depends entirely on the efforts and goodwill of its dedicated team. We do sell new goods
and have done for many y e a r s . H o w e v e r , in
O.xfam’s ease, these are products sourced p r i marily in developing coun tries and are an integral part o f Oxfam’ s p ro gramme of work. Goods are purchased
from small-scale producers at a fair price and sold
driven nights, using Henthorn Road and Central Avenue as a racetrack and a mini biking circuit. They can be heard at least for half-a- mile coming down Henth orn before they zoom into Central A ven ue , turn round and race out again back the way they came. There are occasions when they freewheel down the pavements, and some times (even though they are “ L” drivers) have been seen carrying passengers. Many times they do not wear safety helmets. What can be done to stop them? I think the answer was shown last Sunday on TV. I watched an excellent two hour heart-rending, mind- blowing programme o f a young man who had suf fered brain damage in a motorbike crash and I was more than sorry that the young “motorbikers from hell” hadn't watched the reality of the horror of the man’s life it portrayed. I know they didn’t see the programme because they were joy riding the area and I could hear them! all night, and have heard them every day since. These “bikers” have par ents, I am sure, who are aware of what is happen ing but obviously choose to ignore the facts. I am not
without p ro f it by the organisation through its shops and mail order cata-
against motorbikes driven in the correct manner, at a safe speed, when all road
logue. Any surplus cash is sidered, and accept that no ploughed back into helping bike is totally quiet__but
safety aspects are con-
the groups with training I feel justified in complain- and produet, development, ing to stop these “ L bikere
We believe that we pro
vide a unique opportunity for the people of Clitheroe to become involved in directly helping individu als throughout the world to help themselves by pur-, chasing genuinely exclu sive gifts at value-for- money prices in the know ledge that their purchase
tantly flouting the law and frpttinfT QU’nv
getting away with it too often.
from heir who are "bla ,.
l ‘ ANGRY RESIDENT ‘
Parking i nightmare
has c h a n g e d a l i f e THE-traffic along Bawd somewhere.
....— fair trade” , which is freely available.
District Retail Manager, Oxfam, Victoria Road,
WaIton-lc«I)ale, Preston.
lands is appalling i i 7" The shop holds further really dangerous moving
information about what we away from parldng • “ mean by “ fair trade” , Would a park and ririe
system at Edisford car park be a help?
MURRAY WINTERS, movement o f cars and rierw
Pje there would perlfans also deter thieving" > p
CATHIE S. COURsE : Kirkmoor Road, Clitheroe.
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