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Decision day in


fire


dispute by Max Gardner


d -d a y C l i t h e : service.


lo om s fo r o e ’ s f i r e


out one if Lancashire’s chief fire officer imposes his county-wide rostering system for retained fire­ fighters on Monday.


left Mr Gordon Russel in i no doubt about their


Clitheroe’s firemen have . — dictating turns of dutv


ntentions. If he introduces his plan


. save the county fire ser­ vice almost a third of the


— which lie states will


‘ required £193,000. they are considering a mass resignation.


. Other stations around the county have followed Clitheroe’s lead and are


• contemplating similar action.


' would not take everyone to resign, but only four or five to make the rostered s y s t e m c r a c k . T h e pressure on the men — who work full-time and give either 1(58 or 120 hours of fire service cover a week — would even­ tually bring out more and more.


men spoke to the Adver­ tiser and Times on Tues­ day. They said that it


A number of Clilheroe


to Mr Russel is that ros­ tering is a further and unacceptable imposition on pr ivate life. And his reliance on the good will of the retained service has been stretched too far.


The message being sent


Clitheroe has lost five men, one of whom was full-time. And to roster . fire-fighters does not take


In the last five years,


• into account their unpaid work carried out around


this action would destroy m o r a le an d a f f e c t


th e s ta t io n and th e oorougi All the men agreed that


today. • Mr Russel has been on a two-day ^coiir.ar and was unable to make a com­ ment. He now faces two meetings, which have been arranged for the weekend, to try to find a solution to the problem. Both are to take place at the Fire Service’s Chorley-based training centre. Lancashire County


a g a in s t Mr R u s s e l’s 1!1 county-wide initiative is poised on a knife’s edge


recruiting. The Clitheroe-led revolt . *


The town could be with­ Financial support for feasibility study


Cross-border rail link bid underway


by Vivien Meath


A MAJOR step is underway in a l bid to brine back the Kibble Val­


just one of the authorities giving finan­ cial support to a professional feasibility study which will investigate the poten­ tial market for rail services along the Blackburn to HeUifield line.


ger trains between Clitheroe and llelli- field, withdrawn in the early ’sixties even before the Beeching outs, are receiving the support of councils, rail groups and regional rail companies. Kibble Valley Borough Council is


North East are involved and money has already been pledged by Cumbria Council, Lancashire County Council, Greater Manchester PTE. Friends of Settle to Carlisle, Craven District Council and local rail users' group Kib­ ble Valley Rail, which has put £1,000 of its funds into the survey.


Both Regional Kail North West and


been generated so far and it is thought that at least £20,000 will be needed to finance the study, which will involve in-depth research into passenger demand and revenue, operating costs and model timetables. Craven District Council


Around £13,000 has


ing, albeit indirectly, the two castle towns of Clith­


It would mean the link­


has agreed to a contribu­ tion oi £2,000 and believes that the re-introduction of regular passenger services on the line would tap into a large market in Greater Manchester and Lanca­ shire, where the popula­ tion cannot at the moment conveniently travel to the Dales by rail.


eroe and Skipton, and local to u r ism c h ie f s a re extremely enthusiastic about the potential which they believe the re-intro­ duction of regular passen­ ger trains could unlock. DalesRail has offered a


eys cross-border rad link. Moves to reintroduce regular passen­


.THE l»R( )POSEI ) -NEW RAIL LINK


‘DalesRail is a very popular, well-subscribed service. This is excellent news’


— Mr Ron Birch


will run from Blackpool to Carlisle almost every Sun­ day and from Preston to Carlisle every Sunday f r om J u n e u n t i l September. The possible expansion


summer service on the line since 1975. In recent years, especially since the re-opening of Clitheroe’s passenger service and the supporting network of sta­ tions, the service has seen packed t ra in s every weekend. Between April and October this year trains


of the DalesRail service will be examined if the fea­ sibility study goes ahead, as well as the possibility of regular trains between


Hellifield, Carlisle and Appleby to Clitheroe, M a n c h e s t e r a n d Blackpool. Exciting developments are already planned at


unstaffed and near-dere­ lict. I t would become a heritage-type centre, spe­ cialising in steam. A link­ up has been suggested with the National Railway Museum at York. Kibble Valley Rail mem­


fact that various councils are willing to progress it shows that we have moved on from there,” said the rail group’s treasurer, Mr Ron Birch. “DalesRail is a very popular and well-sub­


bers were obviously delighted by the news and were in celebratory mood during their annual dinner at Mytton Fold Farm Hotel on Saturday. It is just two-and-a-half


Hellifield station, once an important junction open


round the clock, but in the future of the railway more r e c e n t t im e s beyond Clitheroe. “The


years since the Leeds Uni­ versity study, carried out before the re-opening of the local line, which did not give a lot of hope for


£ 3 0


scribed service. This is excellent news.” 9 Even in the heyday of the Ribble Valley railway service, local passenger traffic between Clitheroe and stations to Hcllifield was slender. The main purpose of the line beyond Clitheroe was to provide connections at Hellifield into main line trains on the route between St Pancras, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and intermediate points.


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area’s booming tourist industry are now guaranteed to have tourists coming back time and again, after attending a one-off training session at


Employees in the


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Cottages, Clitheroe, and local self-catering establishments were put through their paces at the session.


improving customer service skills.


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North-West Tourist Board, ran the Welcome» Host session, a scheme


Mr Keith Littler, of the Staff from Red Rose


supported by the English Tourist Board and ELTEC.


proprietor of Red Rose Cottages, said the day was an ideal opportunity to improve on the Ribble Valley’s already high standards of service in the tourism industry.


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THE price was definitely wrong for Ribble Valley television personal­ ity 'Brian TattersaVi wiien magistrates at Macciesfieid ordered idm to pay £1,500 compensation for scratching a man’s car. “Price is Right" star Rater that night, Tat- mitted the offence, but


Local TV star scratched car


Tattersall was ordered to tersall said: “You know refused to say why, for pay the sum, as well as a vfho scratched your car, it what he described as the £100 fine and £75 court was someone you owe sake oihis own welfare, costs, at a rate of £100 a money to.” Mr Legal] then He had subsequently month, after magistrates described how he stood up been threatened and told rejected his offer of £20.


jn front of 50 people and the court: “I have two wit- Tattersaii (291 earlier asked if he owed anyone nesses, but they will not


outside a Cheshire night- that he would take the car ‘h,nk this Is the end of lt club. Sentence had been to a garage, get a quote , , ^ -en j did it x saw


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