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Letters
I HAVE written to the Clitheroe Adver tiser and Times in the
| past cr it icis in g the a r r a n g em e n t s for policing our area. To see the police again on
pur streets and to be I able t o phone our own
police s ta t io n is a great relief to many of us — and I would like to express apprecia tion of the present arrangements.
system. As with many other policies which have changed our society over the years, it has been proved that change is not always for the better. The other matter over
Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley *
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Can no one stop this insanity? More relevant 24 years on
development. Nearly every week in the Adver tiser there is a report of more and more housing in the pipeline. Is no one able to stop this insanity?
Of course, it is only reverting to the former
which I and others have expressed concern is still going on apace — more
MRS JOAN MARSH, Lancaster Drive, Clithcroc.
I ask again — has Castle Cement insurance cover for future?
IN January you kindly published a letter lrom me asking the ques tion as to whether Castle Cement had adequate insurance in place to cover possible h ea lth claims that might a r ise in the future (even if it is far distant) from our chil dren and grandchil dren, if it is proved that the noxious fumes from the chimneys have, in fact, damaged
their lungs. I can but presume that
the total silence from the normally-active public relations department means that there is no such cover in place. To emphasise the point I
tract diseases from air pollution if they are able to prove injury in the future. Turner and Newall have
already paid out hundreds of millions as compensa tion for asbestosis type of claims. And tobacco com panies are talking of a set tlement in America alone of some £180 billion for to bacco-related diseases. These are of course world wide settlements.
that when the products of the companies, mentioned
It has to be remembered
in this letter, were initially manufactured, they were
not seen as health risks. Time proved otherwise. All I would like is a sim
s u b s t a n t i a l
| ing gas masks. The ladies inserted asbestos pads into the masks. As a result, it seems some employees’ lungs were infected and a form of cancer has deve loped which, it is said, has caused death, and con tinues to do so. Boots is a very substan
made last time, you will be aware now, from recent Press coverage, that Boots the Chemist is facing legal claims from ladies it employed during the last world war in manufactur-
tial company and is not trying t o e v a d e
responsibility. It causes me consider
able distress as I move around the Ribble Valley and see our children and grandchildren in their school playgrounds enjoy ing themselves, while at the same time breathing in the possible health-damag ing fumes that often seem to hang over what should be havens of safety. None of us knows what
I will be some form of finan- Icial compensation “guaran teed” to people, who con
the future holds, but it would be of comfort to know that at least there
We’ll miss / charms of
village tree ON Tuesday April 22nd, 1997, and of Gis- burn Churchyard, a sycamore t r e e of m a tu re y e a rs was felled on the spot where it had graced the village for many years. Throughout its life time, and beneath its tender foliage, people of all ages, and at vari ous stages of life had passed by. Its charms are no more. Sadly missed.
M. L. D. P. LETTERS for publica
tion are accepted only on. the understanding
that they may be edited or condensed at the Editor’s discretion.
CATERING staff at local schools were in the education spotlight when they received awards for hygiene. St James’s CE
School, Clitheroe, was the venue for a number of Initial Catering Services’ staff, who were presented with the Royal Society of Health
certificates, the staff had to undertake an examination and, in the
in Essential Food Hygiene certificates on Monday afternoon. In order to obtain the
long term, the company, which has the contract for school ' meals throughout Lancashire, is working towards all its catering staff holding the qualification. (CAT
8725)
SOLO whist winners at the Pendle Club were Mr E. Holden, Mr A. Leonard and Mrs Underwood.
Solo winners
Lesson in what life was like ‘below stairs’ in Victorian times
TWO local people are taking part in a recreation of Vic torian life to show schoolchildren what life was like below
stairs”. Maureen Fen ton ,
from Clitheroe, and William Hemingway, from Simonstone, will be acting out the parts of housekeeper and butler in role-play ses sions set up as part of the National Curricu lum Key Stage Two.
take part in the new-style history lessons being
Local schoolchildren will
staged at Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, to gain an
insight into how a grand Victorian house was
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organised. They will take part by either helping the butler below stairs with his tasks or assisting the housekeeper upstairs. Mr Hemingway is one of
the butlers who will meet the children on arrival and will show them how dinner was prepared, and how to lay place settings and fold napkins. In session two, the
were launched yesterday, are based on day-to-day records of life at Gawth orpe Hall and have been
The sessions, which
devised by the Lancashire Museum S e rv ic e to
Schools.Museum Education Officer Mr David Chad
housekeeper will prepare the children for work as a housemaid or oddman, and lead them to the second floor bedrooms to show them how fires were laid.
wick said: “A visit to Gawthorpe Hall can now provide a stimulating experience of the way of life of the servants in a large Victorian house, while illustrating the fact that houses were built for two separate families.”
Annual meeting
THE annual public meet ing of the Ribble Valley Council will be held at Salesbury Memorial Hall
should be received by chief' executive Mr David Mor ris by noon on May 16th. Further details from
on May 20th at 7 p.m. Wr i t t e n ques t ions
Mrs Carol Harrison on 01200 452401.
insurance in place to cover this eventuality and that the premiums already paid will cover claims into the next millennium.
On the other hand, per il a p s a n ad m i ss i o n
insurance is in place may mean t he c o m p a n y believes there is a possibil ity of claims arising!
R. M. EDWARDS, West Bradford Road, Waddington.
Yes to Trutex Railway Station
I AM writing to add my support for a second rail way station on the Trutex factory site at Henthorn.
Henthorn and Whalley Road areas, but could also perhaps be momentous for all the ex-Trutex workers who spent years working at that factory.
ing easier for the people living in the Low Moor, paper and let’s have a Trutex Railway Station.
ple public statement from Castle Cement announcing i t h a s
MRS A. ROBINSON, Park Street, Clithcroc.
ellBuilding a station there would not only make trav
mention of its history. Come on, all you ex-Trutex workers, put pen to
It was sad to see it pulled down with hardly a
recent letters published in the A Times.
Firstly, Mrs Sunter in he ^ te 1 ^ t0 road Trutex site mentions the dismpti°n jce.
I TEEL it is a|)|>ropnatc .
. regarding the
traffic twice an hour by the present < * t tjon on the One of the many advantages ol a stu delays to
south side of the level crossing - considerably road traffic by inbound tnuns w oul “auW oniy need
reduced by the fact that the ban, Hfi,»s the signalman to be lowered once the guaid not!
that his train is ready to proceed
l The Road Traffic Act which s ‘■'“^ n g - t e rm ! .
Secondly, the writer of the lettei nom deserves support.
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from Billington i become '
to an„w ,
aw, will require local authorities to set out long plans to reduce road traffic.
more people access to exjsting Pub l<; .‘ l sts Gf the ■ stations, Without increasing the operational coses
There surely can be no boUt.V' :,^nsnort via new ' ,
beMy first letter to British Rail asking( sihilitv of a service to Chthcioe \\*is in „or.i:«ri
January 24th that ycar, a stating, among other thmgs, that many ie believed that tQ
the Cntheroe service was (lehbei ately b le,( °I couic] heavy losses”. He added: “One way that. losses: cornu
have'been cut at the time would have b^ ' . ° ” ‘^ X ; diesel railcars and to have opened additional halts,
years. If this was true 24 years ago, then it must b even more relevant today.
PETER .1. BRASS, Whalley Road, Clitheroe.'
Catering ladies receive awards f .6
Billington and Henthorn seemed obvious 1”;^®: n Mr Tomlinson had worked for BmL'sh Rail fm m y
It would then take only a few seconds to pass the crossing.
newrstation, (jie train to
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Richard W illet t ,
Pulling . power of our paper
is clear THE man in charge o f one of the Ribble Valley’s newest businesses is......‘ ^ keen to
recommend this
I have spoken to since our advertising feature last week has mentioned it,” says Mr Richard Willett, sales director of Sheard and Willett cars in Pcndle Road, Clitheroe. “We have had
potential customers ringing up and calling in, and clearly the benefits: of the feature will last some time. And I know that people read the Advertiser and Times, because many had noticed the error you made in one of the picture captions! You gave me the Christian name of Paul.” Mr Willett has
many years’ , . experience of Peugeot cars, and
4 vehicles as well. Today marks the
opening of a car t rental operation at
he
extensively-refurbished premises, formerly a storage area for
Pendle Mill. There • will be a range of late model cars at
very competitive rates.
ones, though it sells other makes and 4 x
the firm specialises in top-quality used
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