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V?Ope^jDhd?y*I^rid^^j^^p^(Opfen^SMufdaV.9art^1pm)-;i V i t t i l to - i i t lm u t Change this parking botch-up
I UNDERSTAND that you have received a number of letters concerning car park
ing in Clitheroe from resi dents and, unfortunately, I also understand why irom my visits to my mother’s house. The residents living opposite
the grammar school in York Street have a very wide, one way road in front of their houses and. consequently, they cause no restrictions or inconvenience to anyone else whatsoever when ever they park in front of their own houses.
In addition to paying for the
upkeep of the council, they pay for the upkeep of their houses, which the council does not own, and pay more than their share of road maintenance when they pay their road fund licences. My visits to my parents* house have been plagued in the past by parking problems due to the res tricted’ parking in place in Lower York Street, but, now that park ing charges have been applied to the nearby North Street car park, the situation is even more u n a cc ep tab le and is now
intolerable. The difference between road
REPLY FROM MP WAS TYPICAL OF POLITICIAN
LAST Friday, local MP Mr Nigel Evans ans wered questions for cash, in aid of Children in Need, on the Andy Peebles show on Radio
Government on an issue if he knew his constituents did not agree with it or would be adversely affected by
I asked him if he would ever vote against tile .
he voted for VAT on domestic fuel when there is a high percentage of pensioners in his constituency. His reply was typical of a politician, because even on air he evaded the question by saying that he also voted for extra measures to help people pay their bills. He added that, regarding the proposed new gun laws, he had talked at length with Whips, because of
He replied that he would, so I asked him why ■ . . . .
his conscience. Perhaps, when the people of the Ribble Valley
consciences win this time!
DAVE WYNNE, ISillington Gardens, Billington.
TUBBS of Colne 82 Albert Rd, Colne
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They achieve high standards, but at personal cost to small teams of staff who fulfil all requirements suc cessfully, despite insufficient numbers to share the
IF I had known that pupils and parents from a tiny village school were to protest to the area s MP, call ing for rural schools to be on an equal footing with town schools, I would have joined them. Small schools are a vital part of the community.
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maintenance, curriculum and in-service result in strained resources and unrealistic, unreasonable demands on time, energy, personal lives and, at times,
Small school budget allocations for staffing, school
the well-being of staff. Children at rural schools and their teachers deserve
fair provision for equal opportunities.
PAMELA PAIU>EN( (former head teacher of a rural school), Bishop’s House,
Whitendale Hoad, Dunsop Bridge.
Don’t let loyal dogs down
THIS is the time of year when people let out their dogs, under the cover of darkness, to foul their neigh
those who wish to see love, affection, friendship and, above all, loyalty.
Please don’t let them down and you will gam the respect and friendship of your neighbours.
.
A. DICKINSON, Whittle Close, Clilheroc.
LETTERS for publication are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed he Editor's discretion.
bours’ footpaths and gardens. The dog has an important message to convey for
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vote in next year’s general election, they, too, will wrestle with their consciences — and let’s hope their
it in any way.
Lancashire. I thought I might at hist get an answer to a ques
tion 1 have put to him a number of times in your letters column.
side parking situated in front of a line of shops and roadside park ing situated in front of residen
tial houses is total and could not be greater. The reasons given for placing restrictions and charges on parking, while ignor ing the reasons against and the problems caused, do not justify the arrangements, which it would seem to me are imposed by the council more to serve council greed and council job creation than Clithcronians* needs and real jobs, and the blanket restrictions of this sort reflect a very poor level of prac tical consideration and a misap propriation of the roadside and abuse of power. I would be interested to know
how many of the councillors either live outside residential
Secrecy has resulted
in distrust
HOW can Mr I. Sutheran, general manager of Castle Cement’s Ribblesdale works, state that the firm has an “open door” policy over its use of Cemfuel? The firm’s original
application for authorisa tion to use the fuel was vested in secrecy and referred to as “a separate and confidential applica t io n to an e x is t in g process”. The composition of
areas with restrictions and charges, or are fortunate enough
to have off-street parking or garages, and who, therefore,
potentially do not care. I urge C lithe ronians to
increase pressure on those coun cillors to either change this botch-up to their satisfaction or go back to square one and start again. Clitheronians should not be worried about the cost of any changes to the system, which this might involve for the coun cil, since council mistakes are the collective responsibility of the councillors themselves.
I \ E. HOCK, West Beckton, London.
Residents should object to county council to get concerns aired
IF any reader is sceptical about my claims that the Government itself profits by incineration of wastes in local cement kilns, I suggest they examine the proposals required for “improve ments to the dispersion, visibility and odour of
the plumes.” Firstly, the proposed requirements under the
Cemfuel has been secret until very recently (in July, 1996, the Health and Safety Executive pub lished its components). For four years, the resi
dents of the Ribble Valley have not known what Cas tle Cement has been burning. It was 18 months after
“cone” failed completely on the other stack to improve dispersion, and there is nothing which will make it work on this. It will defini tely not improve the visi bility or the odour.
which continue to burn hazardous waste. The
Strained resources not allow the Press to be Why did Castle Cement
the Cemfuel operation by C a s t le C em e n t has resulted in distrust and suspicion between the firm and residents of the Ribble Valley.
J. SOUTHWORTH, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe.
Not prepared for Cemfuel
MR I. SUTHERAN, gen eral manager of Castle Cement, states that
public was informed about * the
Cemfuel was referred to as a carbohydrate fuel, approved as an alternative fuel by HMIP and Lan- .cashire County Council.
Cemfuel, as far as I can recall, was at a meeting on March 27th, 1992, when
the start of the burning of the fuel that Mr Peter del S t ro th e r , of C a s t le Cement, referred to it in the Press as a “light fuel oil”.
present and report at its meeting with the House of C om m o n s S e l e c t
“wet scrubber” on kiln seven will definitely not improve plume-grounding. Its very proposal is com plete admission th a t plume-grounding in the Ribble Valley cannot be
Secondly, the proposed
Committee? In fact, the secrecy of
“cone’’ for the tall stack Environmental Protection from kilns five and six Act 1990.
Why, therefore, did the Government accept these
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So much for more openness and participation!
AN extraordinary’meeting^WaddmgtOTP^ has gone by
and still no information The article suggested
that £20,000, plus ongoing
costs, was to be used to make the Waddington Arms car park available to the public.
fusion in the village as to whether the money is to be allocated for one car park or for car parking throughout Waddington.
been in the pipeline over the past few years. These have included the Higher Buck car park, Wadding ton Arms car park and
Three schemes have There seems to be con
pie of years ago. Our parish councillor
said this was quite typical. People were constantly being told what they were going to have, regardless of public opinion or consul tation and most councillors seemed to be out of touch with people’s opinions and
feelings. On a question of all the
new purpose-built car park p ar- -.
best.The parish council has been in constant touch
.needs of Clitheroe. One arish councillor said it
by the public toilets, which was strange when, on one the parish council favoured
, np with Ribble Valley Bor- ^ e v e i y
ough Council, but has told each time that no
money was available or, in the case of the public
proposals? Why indeed! I refer Clitheroe resi
dents to the Government’s own guidelines to be used by site inspectors: “The cost of a wet scrubber, to remove sulphur, is £8 to £10 million, with an annual running cost of £2.9 mil lion, giving an approxi mate cost per tonne of £6 to £0.10.” (Table 0, page 32).
solved. The plume will be cooled
and so reduce even the lit
tle buoyancy it has. In other words, all pollutants will fall around the imme diate vicinity. In addition, it will be heavy with water v a p o u r , which will increase visibility. It will also increase carbon diox- ide emissions from the
r , . e ^
operating costs of environ mental control which the in d u s t r y m ig h t a f ford . . . would be less than £1 per tonne.” Any more and “companies could opt to import cement, thus leading to closures of the least profitable plant.” Since Castle Cement’s own corporate literature says its import terminal at Avonmouth supplies the cement
“The total capital and
kilns, as carbon dioxide is mina, at ThurrocUi on the produced from the mix of limestone and sulphur in the scrubber.
and its import tel- iu foir n ou
the wet scrubber is that it cement for the North, is YOUR correspondent, Bill will reduce sulphur emis- the writing on the wall for ,.p j e m i n (-1 e t t e r s
The only “guarantee” of berside for imported
sions. This will not remove the odour. The National
the burning of Cemfuel phur and the chemical committee. th ro u g h i t s l ia iso n responsible was not identi- The first mention of
Physical Laboratory last year »)r0ved that the cause of the odour was not sul-
responsible i fied. This, was admitted by th e M in is te r of th e Environment, Mr Clappi- son, in answer to a Parlia mentary Question by Mr Gordon Prentice, MP for
The burning of Cemfuel 30th, 1996, paragraph started in May, 1992, just n .4i: “It is clear that the two months after
document, dated April
first mentioned at a liaison js not meeting.
it was use 0f a scrubbing system the use of Best
H. Backhouse asked about Also paragraph ILdo. the burning of tyres. Peter The BPEO (Best Practi- del Strother replied: “If cable E n v iro nm en t^
,
Please note that at a Entailing Excessive Cost ecent liaison meeting, (BATNEEC)". February 9th, 1996, Coun.
any changes were to be Option) made and implementation demonstrates that the use
Pendle. In Castle Cement’s own
Clitheroe as a cement works? I t appears to me, by
November 14th), rightly co n d em n s c a r p a rk in g
reading the Government’s own literature and Castle Cement’s own statements, that the only way this pro posal could be financed is for kiln seven a t the cement works to be pri marily a hazard waste incinerator. R e s id e n t s sh o u ld
charges, but contrasts it with the “shining example of partnership” with the Platform Gallery winning the Ian Allan Award. I am not sure what
the South u
Thames, supplies the South East, with addi tional facilities on Hum-
councillor, who attended the extraordinary meet ing, admitted plans had been drawn up for the
ago. Our local Ribble Valley
h
taken place with RVBC. Great embarrassment
new housing estate, over 70 per cent of the people were from out of town and that over 200 houses are advertised for sale in the
week.
On the question of car parking in Clitheroe, it
house car parks “no nego, was suggested the coined s r a r a r v a a ;
veplied:
Waddington Arms car difficult for refuse wagons, park and discussions had
and the local people”,
several villagers wanted to f 2< -°00 ^RVECfor know what was gomg on
no information. So much for more open
parks are empty, but every road in town has become a huge car park,- including back service roads in certain areas,- which is making it very
Yes, the car 4 »A 's
houses being built in Clith eroe, regardless of the fact the infrastructure could n o t c o p e , we w e re informed it was for the
and an
and then disbelief Gvr)ianation of what was we had to tell them we had * P ___._____
ness and public participa tion promised prior to the local elections only a cou-
way.
going on, in order to con sult with our villagers in an open and democratic
“DISGRUNTLED PAR ISH COUNCILLORS”
GALLERY IS CLEARLY NOT AFFORDABLE
running costs alone for an art and craft “gallery”., are. clearly not affordable, whatever the beauty of th e su r ro u n d in g s or kudos/buzz in operating such a facility/luxury. •
Available Techniques Not not working properly, I
object to Lancashire County Council and get these concerns aired at the planning stage.
suggest residents
MARY V. HORNER, Bollon-by-BowIand.
of burning tyres was to be of j* scrubbing system introduced, then Ribble without a comprehensive Valley Borough Council effluent treatment plant would be consulted first.” ('oes not represent the Will Ribble Valley Bor- best practicable envn en
ough Council and the gen- mental option for the man- eral public be prepared for
this, as we were not pre pared for the burning of Cemfuel?
jG. TGWNSON, Pimlico Road, Clitheroe.
Ribblesdale.” From Castle Cement’s
cement at
own mouth comes the admission that this pro posal is neither BAT NEEC nor BPEO, both
Youngsters should get off backsides
I READ in “News from the Villages” last week that Sabden teenagers are bored because of lack of facilities.
days with football, cricket and roller-skating, etc. We created our own entertainment, simply because
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we had no other choice. When I was a teenager, if we had a night out 111
Whalley or Clitheroe, we had to walk back home. Taxis were not available then. The word “bored”
did not come into our lives. I would say to the bored teenagers of Sabden, you
live in a beautiful area, so stop moaning, get off your backsides and learn to appreciate what a lot of youngsters would love to have. Don’t wait for others to solve your boredom. Get out there and do it yourselves!
.1. GREEN, George Street, Gt. Harwood.
Come in what takes your fancy
MEMBERS of Ribble Val ley Youth Theatre are being invited to let their imaginations run riot when they design their costumes for this year’s Christmas party on December 9th.
operatic and dramatic society is holding the party in tile Clitheroe Par
The junior section of the
ish Hall at 7-:i(> p.m. and organisers hope th at
everyone will come in fancy dress — and say that anything goes.
themselves their dream costume, partygoers are asked to b r in g a £1 entrance fee and enough food for one person to make a Jacob’s join sup per. All members are wel come and there will be music, games and prizes.
Apart from designing
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everyone that the decision to implement car parking charges in the Ribble Val ley was supported by only 17 of the 49 borough councillors. For such a major policy
I WISH to thank Bruce Dowles for reminding
Deplorable situation
beware, because it is only designed to reduce sul phur; all other pollutants' emitted will be immedia tely around the plant. Once the money has been spent, this Government is hardly likely to say it is
“partnership” Mr Fleming is alluding to, but the revamp of the former sta tion building, set to exact ing architectural stan dards, amounted to a six-figure sum. That was
Eublic money, with the
district council. Within 12 months, there
ulk provided by the local
was a shortfall in the forthcoming budget of around £400,000, leading to 11 staff redundancies. As we near the next
budget, there is a further shortfall of £200,000. The
“gallery” not only contri buted to the redundancies, but also the ill-judged decision to g e n e ra te income from the car parks; or at least some of them.
It must be said that the
careful note of a statement, made at a public meeting in the summer on lottery funding when, in answer to a question as to how the district council could find its required financial stake in another scheme, an offi cial stated: “We’ll ju s t have to pull the wool over their eyes!”
Mr Fleming should take ‘‘FOSSA DEI LEONI”
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change to be implemented on a minority vote, with no attempt to consult the public, is a deplorable situation. This is a typical example
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