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l',ecL'nt C(llt*»n of your paper by our MEP,
ing mo along the many corridors that exist in Brussels mut was generally helpful in every respect without tak
tin politu-al heart that each wears on their sleeves. » lion the complaint first arose, our MEP was the onservative Michael Welsh. He assisted me in point
•iuties as a constituency MEP in helping me, his constituent.
Manchester one. I telephoned on three occasions, leav ing messages each time. No response was forthcoming, r but. as a newly-elected MEP, he must have been
through the local Labour Party office in Pendle for a ^ephone number and was provided with a
abruptly about how I had come across his personal home number and pointed out that, if I had a com plaint, I should only ever comtemplate ringing his new office in Blackpool. He promptly put down the
upnn — not this time to an automated voice, but to i1
ather busy. l ime went by and in 1995 I made contact once
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Federation of Small Businesses, which has 90,000 members, and probably 15,000 leaseholding licensees all over the UK who are the people who put the genu inely long hours into the industry and who ply their
cle 169 of the Treaty of Rome and the central issue is a matter of law. It will be decided by either the UK Government conceding the issue or the European Court of Justice. Our complaint has the support of the
consumer in the UK prefers draught beer and the choice for the consumer who prefers cask conditioned beer is wide and many pubs stock these beers from prices as low as 99p per pint. But, typically, £1.35 is a common price.
made progress with an issue and he feels sufficiently qualified to take a view without checking up on our side of the story. I find this stance to be unacceptable beha viour from an elected MEP, as well as discourteous. Mr Hendrick,^ for your information the facts are that the complaint is an official inquiry under Arti
phone. Needless to say, I did not bother making the call to Blackpool. Now, all of a sudden, one of his constituents has
ing sides on the issue. He clearly carried out his * fa
Mark Hendrick was elected in 1994. I made inquiries ‘i’V!111’1<ur ducted representatives, irrespective of
h.!,P1iicncC r f our
well-publici.sed guest beer com- keen, from » business perspective, fascinut-
products can be as high as £4 per pint pro-rata to draught beer.
Bavaria and was available on draught, hence the signif icant saving to the consumer. It was not forced upon anyone. It sold if a fair demand existed. It did not enjoy guest beer status, as it did not meet a composi tional requirement in a selling arrangement, which is the legal point in question as, whether you like bitter, mild, lager, stout, porter, these are all beers and no type of beer should enjoy discriminatory advantage in the single market of Europe. I used to be suspicious of European interference.
Ingobrau, retailed at £1.45 per pint, was brewed in
Churchill said about democracy, far worse. While the interest hv the kite Horace commission has existed and grown there have been no Cook Y wars. It is the price of peace and, let us hope, it will During that time I have N in fringing peace to our comer of Europe in known the channel, in the
Central Lancashire people in the European Union. If his example is to take a view without consulting both sides of the argument, then his representation is clearly flawed and does not do us justice as it is based upon ignorance of the facts.
orthern Ireland. Mr Hendrick has a role to play in representing
the biggest European issue of all — BSE — and with the -single currency debate looming as one of the key
if he As we live in a rural area which is clearly affected by
lactors in the forthcoming general election, I take no comfort in knowing, from experience, that our MEP is potentially not up to the job. In my view, and before he starts rattling off his letters to all and sundry, would care to study the case law of the European Court on Article 30 issues, he may just see why the Commission has reached its conclusions in our dispute anti why, if the UK Government decides to defend its position, it may be putting at risk a great deal of tax payers’ money because a licensee’s rights to stock a guest beer are enshrined in his lease and will continue for the length of that
another 15 years. When you have about 15,000 of these leases all over the UK, then you can begin to under stand that the issue is a little more complex than Mr Hendrick’s initial inexperienced assumptions would have us believe.
lease, which is typically for
trade directly in the hardest environment oi all — the high street. The issue is not forcing any beer on anyone. The
The Iiavarian Lager Company Ltd., Unit 12, The Sidings Industrial Estate, Station Road, Whalley.
ANDREW RONNAN, Director,
desire to carry on drinking real ale, is the consumer in action, and Mr Dodd will still be able to do just that in the future, as long as he has a manufacturer to pro duce it. It is up to the manufacturer to decide whether
there are enough Mr Dodds around to make it a profit able venture. On the other side of the coin is the lager drinker
who has a choice of several well-known “brewed under licence” brands, which are no dearer to produce at the brewery than bitters, but are more expensive because they are widely advertised. If you don’t believe me, then refer to the MMC reports into the industry itself. A lot of lager consumers now are switched to the
lagers brewed at source, hence the rise in bottled sales of imported beers. The typical price for these
The letter sent in by Mr Dodd, which stresses his'
feet, the alternatives to not having a relationship 25 years ever since I was understanding between our neighbours is, like told of its ornithological
I am no longer, as, while the commission is not per- __„ ,
WERE the proposed foot bridge over Skirden Beck to be sited where the cap tion to the photograph in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times said it would be, 1 agree that the bridge would be outflanked or destroyed very quickly. I have been visiting this area regularly for the past
TOWNSON — CURRIE
Clitheroe couple Miss Susan Currie and Mr Christian Townson tied the knot at Clitheroe Register Office. The bride, a checkout operator, is the daughter
grid reference placed the proposed footbridge in the area of the cobblestoned ford,
received a copy of the planning application, the
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north of Mr Nierop’s posi- tion in the Dhotoeranh.
have known this stretch of river, it has continued to run over the ford without shifting sideways, and I think it unlikely that a bridge at this point would interfere with the geomor- phologieal changes further downstream.
also quoted to me when I was consulted on the application by the County Council’s ecological unit. During all the time I
ANTHONY A. COOPER, I’cel Park Avenue, Clithcroe.
House-to-house collection not supported by our group
AS chairman of the Ribble Valley support group for Marie Curie Can cer Care Nurses and on behalf of my committeee, we wish to disassoci ate ourselves from the house-to-house collection which has been arranged nationally from head office during August.
Had we been we would have said no, as the people of the Ribble Valley have already been so generous during Daffodil Month and by supporting other func tions we have arranged. As members of a funtl-
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like to thank Gladys for her help over the years and especially with my recent teaching qualification.
bring to everyone’s attention the fact that, although myself and Gladys share the same surname, we arc not related in any way at all, contrary to the story in last week’s Clithcroc Advertiser and Times, where it was wrongly assumed that we are a family concern. I would personally
I WOULD like to say a big thank you to all the Sutcliffe Theatre School pupils for their hard work over the last 12 months and congratulations on the excellent IDTA exam results. I would also like to
without our knowledge and most certainly against our better judgement. We were not consulted.
This was organised raising committee, our aim past and apologise to is to provide interests
goodwill and wish to reit erate our grateful thanks for your generosity in the
and, particularly, your
pleasureable events, while raising money to help pay for Marie Curie Nurses. They care for cancer patients in th eir own homes free of charge. We need your support
anyone who has been embarrassed or offended by being approached with regards to the house-to- house collection.
MRS M A RG A R E T DUGDALE, Chairman of Marie Curie Cancer Care Ribblc Val ley Support Group, Eastham House, Milton
A n a n sw e r p le a s e , M r E v a n s
HOW heartening to read of the success of the reo pened Clitheroe railway line.
telling us we must cut road use to reduce global warming, did MPs reject, by 172 votes to seven, a Bill to link the Midlands with the Channel Tunnel, along a former railway route, which would have been reinstated, with a lorry-carrying railway? Perhaps our MP can answer that one?
S.J. DODD, Howe Croft, High Moor Park, Clithcroe.
Concert finale will mark three
anniversaries
WHEN Slaidburn Silver Band'strikes up at the Hark to Bounty Inn, Slaidburn, tonight, it will be closing its summer season of concerts throughout the Ribble Valley and beyond and marking three special anniversaries.
there for the past 21 y e a rs , wh a tev e r the weather.
JANET SUTCLIFFE, Mitchell Street, Clithcroc.
ured, particularly the march, “Slaidburn”, com-
band has obtained the this century. Rimmer, "key of the door” to Clith- who became a legend in croe bandstand, having the brass band world, died performed annual concerts in 1936 and the 60th anni-
years, the^ compositions of band will feature some of t William Rimmer have fea- his music as a tribute to
Among the music per formed over those 21
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In tonight’s Hark to .....„ pirogramme,
the
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the style of “The Last Night of the Proms,” will feature music fitting to these three anniversaries and will also see the use of the band’s new music desks, purchased following a donation from Coun. D o ro th y P e a r s o n ’s Mayor’s Charity Fund during her year of office, when the band presented two fund-raising concerts for her.
Slaidburn band who has probably conducted the march more than 1,000 times is John Cowking. This year he celebrates 25 years as conductor and has directed the band at more than 800 engagements over those years. Among many memorable perfor mances, he counts the per formance before HM the Queen, on her visit to the Duchy of Lancaster Estate at Dunsop Bridge in 1989, as one of the highlights. The concert tonight, in
the man who put Slaid burn on the map with his march, which is still played by brass bands all over the world. One member of the
versary of his death is being commemorated this year.
It might be said that the posed in the early part of Why then, at the time when the Government is COLES — BANCROFT
University sweethearts Miss Linda Bancroft and Mr Simon Coles were mar ried at St Mary and St Joseph’s Church, Hedon, near Hull. The bride is the daugh
University College of North Riding, where Miss Bancroft graduated in reli gious education and his tory and Mr Coles in environmental science. Given away by her
chief bridesmaid Miss Janet Bancroft, the bride’s sister, Miss Amy Coles, the bridegroom’s sister, and Miss Claire Lund..
place by a headdress of ivory roses and pearls and she carried a nand-tied bouquet of rust and ivory ro s e s , b e r r i e s and gypsophila. In attendance were
father, the bride wore an ivory taffeta gown with a crinoline sk ir t, fitted bodice and trimming of roses. Her veil was held in
son of Mr A. Coles, of Pauli, near Hull, and the late Mrs M. Coles. The couple met at the
ter of Mr and Mrs K. Ban- croft, of Waddington Road, Clitheroe. The bridegroom is the
Alexandra Hall, Hedon. The couple are to live in Hull.
Nr Hull. Photo: R. Kirk, Hessle,
formed by F r Patrick Hartnett and family friend Fr John Bury. A reception was held at
and M r D ave Holmes. The ceremony was per
This same position was
some 350 metres photograph.
area shown in the photo graph, to shift laterally by as much as 25 metres as a result of a single winter flood and, over the years, the. total shift has been considerable. H ow ev e r , when I
Mr and Mrs C. Townson, of Limefield Avenue, Whalley.
of Mr and Mrs J. Currie, of Clifton Street, Lytham St Annes.
The bridegroom, a roofing fabricator, is the son of
dresses and circlet headdresses of fresh flowers, and carried hand-tied bouquets of fresh flowers. Danielle wore an ivory dress, trimmed with satin roses, and a matching bonnet. Also in attendance was pageboy Master Jack
ter, and flower girl Miss Danielle Townson, also the couple’s daughter. Sarah and Stephanie wore cotton floral print
Heywood, who is the bridegroom’s nephew. Best man was Mr Garry Massey.
Eaves, and the couple honeymooned in Scotland. Photo: D. Maher, Sabden.
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the-shoulder ivory raw silk gown, featuring a trim ming of rosebuds and a bow at the back. Her shoul der-length veil was trimmed with drop pearls and held in place by a circlet of fresh flowers. She carried a bouquet of ivory roses, freesia, gypsophila and greenery. In# attendance were chief bridesmaid Miss Sarah Phillip, Miss Stephanie Townson, the couple’s daugh
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