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Generosity abounds among


JOHN RIDGEWAY was justified in taking me to tesk for my suggestion of hyprocrisy on the part of Castle Cement over the Chernobyl effort. This year, Slaidbum School, Clitheroe FC and Roller Hockey (there may be more) have been recipients of Castle Cement sponsorship, and I read this as just one more. Generosity of mind and spirit clearly abounds in the Ribblesdale workforce, to whom I tender my apologies. I make no apology,


workforce


Thanks from the local Lions


CLITHEROE Lions say “thank you” to Clitheroe and its surrounding vil­ lages for their generosity. To the town hall, companies,


businesses, supermarkets, shops, milkmen and ladies, the Advertiser and Times and local radio, all which contribute reg­


ularly - Clitheroe Lions say


how to raise funds for deserving caus­ es, without your help we could not function. As recently reported, we raised


“thank you.” We meet twice a month deciding


£15,000 last year and every penny has already been handed over to those in need. We urge all volunteers simply to


BRIAN MULLIGAN, Clitheroe Lions.


Will Castle Cement be prosecuted for putting people at risk?


though, for my reference to Chernobyl, to which there is a parallel. Chernobyl was a huge explosion resulting from bad maintenance, scattering colossal clouds of radiation far and wide (remember the Welsh sheep ban?). Similar tragedies, with dioxins, occurred at Seveso in Italy and at Bhopal in India, with many deaths. What guarantee can there be, given the shambles over the “Cemfuel” farm, that such a scenario can be dis­ counted here, with fall-out, including dioxins, likely to ground wherever the pre­ vailing wind decrees? Only 30 miles away, people


IN view of the recent admission that the Cem­ fuel storage tanks at Cas­ tle Cement — the 2 x 250 tonne ones — ARE cor­ roded and th a t the pipework between them has been damaged enough to cause leaks, did all the authorities responsible stand back and for once put the children of the Ribble Valley as the numNo. 1 priority? Not a bit of iti 1. Lancashire County


“petroleum” once pumped into the tanks. As such, the county council, in the form of the fire brigade petrole­ um licensing officer, is responsible. It is my belief that there is no limit to the amount of benzene or other chemical as a percentage of any batch, just as long as it remains within the calorific


value range. Sludges from industrial


Council is responsible for the transport safety to the works and classify it as haz­ ardous waste on the road in transit—but claim it to be


who as children lived and played in the shadow of Hebden Bridge’s Acre Mill, which closed in 1970, are still dying from the effects of inhaling asbestos, as did those making gas masks for Boots in Nottingham. It may be that in both cases the danger was not fully appreciated, but that is not the case here. Loyalty to one’s employer


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is understandable, even when up to £ 10m. of his profits comes from pay­ ments for incinerating haz­ ardous, toxic waste, leaving plenty for local sponsor­ ships, but, with those in positions of responsibility to industry and to us deter­ mined to see only indus­ try ’s side, the omens are ominous.


Don’t Ribble Valley’s chil­ dren, including those of Mr Ridgeway and his associ­ ates, have the right to grow up in the healthy condi­ tions this valley used to enjoy? Isn’t it their right, a right which is being sold for foreign profit? No one has yet told us we are wrong to campaign for them, the very opposite in fact, but few will speak out. But how long before Ribble Valley becomes “Chemical Val­ ley”; or has it already?


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J.D. MORTIMER, Green Drive, Clitheroe.


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CAROL ANNE STRANGE, 35 Dunkirk Lane, Leyland, Preston PR5 3AX.


A FORMER Calderstones Hospital patient


Probation for ‘horrible’ offences


committed sex offences after being returned to the community 25 years ago, a court heard. His victim had since


Journey along the Silk Road


ANCIENT cities of the Silk Road were visited, through words and pho­ tographs, by members of the Clitheroe Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild. Chairwoman Mrs Evelyn Spain introduced guest


speaker Miss Mary David­ son, who lectured on her travels along the ancient trading route. She showed slides of her


become a sexual pervert and was serving a prison sentence for male rape.


Judge Brian Duck­


worth told Gabriel Leigh (67) that the offences were horrible. He said the victim had


become a sexual pervert,


adding: “One cannot say tha t it is solely down to you, but common sense dictates that what you did must have had a knock-on


effect.” Leigh, who admitted the


journey, which began in Moscow’s Red Square and then proceeded to Samarkand, Buchara, Tashkent and Almata in


S K ^ o f the talk, a


vote of thanks was pro­ posed by Mrs Edna


^hcfminutes of the previ­ ous meeting were then read bv Miss Doris Yates, with


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indecent assault offences, walked free from court, after the judge said that sending him to prison could have been a death sentence. The offences were said to have happened in the 1970s. The Judge described the partially-sighted Leigh as


frail and vulnerable and said that the courts were not in the business of sen­ tencing people to death. The court heard that


processes are allowed — there is no limit on percent­ age solid, ash pH or specific gravity. Pesticides are not tested


for. 2. The Health and Safety


Executive cannot supply chemical analysis of any spillages, so effects on workers or residents can only be guessed at. Section 3 (i) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 is designed for the protection of residents, schoolchildren, hospital patients and staff, etc., who will be affected by these spillages. The HSE has used this act to prose­ cute in recent cases of negli­


gence. How can the risks at Castle Cement be ignored any longer by the HSE? 3. The Environment


Agency has refused to ban the use of these wastes even NOW. It passed the 2 x 250 tonne storage tanks not only for the storage of wastes but also for the receiving and preparation and mixing of hazardous wastes on site at Castle Cement on August 18th last. Within three days, there had been leaks in the pipework and in a pump and there could have been a major disaster due to the corrosion in the storage tanks. Apparently they signed yet another “get- out” to allow Castle Cement to continue to burn toxic wastes — this time via the two reception tanks which only hold one tanker load at a time. They would be safer connecting the tanker to the kiln to avoid further spillages. Will Castle Cement be


MARY HORNER, Heights Farm, Bolton-by-Bowland.


• A spokesperson for the


Environment Agency says that Cemfuel is very simi­ lar to petrol and can be safely handled in a similar


way. “I t quickly vaporises in


prosecuted for putting peo­ ple at risk? I suspect the Environment Agency will


the open air and presents no more hazards than petrol. Filling stations have large quantities of petrol much nearer the general public than Cemfuel is, but the industry has a very good safety record,” said, the spokesperson, repeating points it made in response to similar statements by Mrs Homer, and reported in this newspaper, just a year ago. The agency apparently sees no cause for concern, provided prop­ er procedures are followed.


serve the community, raising funds, goods and services to help. We are always short of funds and volunteers, but with your help, we


will survive. Thanks, Clitheroe and surrounding


villlages, for your amazing generosi­ ty, you are marvellous. Thank you and God bless you.


Don’t leave the deaf out of things


IN this, Deaf Aware­ ness Week (October 13th to 19th), I would like to utilise your let­ ters section to inform people what they can do when communi­ cating with people who are deaf or hard


of hearing. 1. Attract the person’s


be looking to cover its own back for its own lack of


action. Anyone interested should


write to John Prescott or Tony Blair.


attention before you speak. 2. Speak a little slower


and clearer than usual, but do not exaggerate. 3. Do not shout—this can cause great embar­ rassment. 4. Have patience — it takes time for people who lip read to adapt


to different lip shapes. 5. When in a group,


talk to the person who -


is deaf—everyone else can eavesdropl If you try to follow the above points, the deaf - person will be grateful because, so often, they are left out of conver­ sations. I teach lip reading at


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