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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 20th, 1997 .11


New objections from council over mineral mining policy


FURTHER changes in the county council’s mineral mining policy are being


Waste Local Plan, still to be fin­ alised,. will take the county’s quarrying projects through into the next millennium, laying down guidelines for such things as further extraction at Castle Cement’s Bellman Quarry.


Council01' by ™bble Valley ,The Lancashire Minerals and


ng on Wednesday.


The plan is now available for a i second consultation period end­


principle of further extraction at Bellman Quarry we requested certain provisos be added to the policy,” explained Sarah Wes­ twood, a member of the council’s planning department and author of a detailed report to the com­


mittee. “These comments have not been addressed. We also


ning and Development Commit­ tee last week approved a further set of objections to the ones they expressed when the plan was first put forward for public con­ sultation in 1995. “While we did not object to the


The borough council’s Plan­


object to wording in the plan which members said seemed to give Castle Cement more leeway than other businesses involved in quarrying. Their other objections concern


questioned the la s t of an environmental appraisal which has since been earned out.” The committee agreed to


the area was too “environmen­ tally sensitive” and had taken it out of the latest draft. The leader of the Conservative


problems with sizes of buffer zones to lessen the impact of working areas. It was reported that since they


objected to land at Sawley Brow being included in the plan, the county council had agreed that


group on the council, Coun. Chris Holtom (Wilpshire), said that the effort required to detail the objections had been the “big­ gest” of its kind the council had ever undertaken. He thanked the author of the


by Joyce Plumridge, Downham WI Press Officer •


report and the borough planning officers for . their work and also paid tribute to the county plan­ ning department for “taking a lot of time and effort to produce” the local plan.


FUND-RAISING SWINGS BACK INTO ACTION


'centenary. ■ ; Contrary to belief, the


ON February 19th, the WI, perhaps the best-known, ana best­ loved women’s organi­ sation, celebrated its-


WI was not an English concept. I t was, in fact, founded in Canada, in' a small village, called Stoney Creek, in Ontario.


had spoken at a large farmers’ meeting in 1896. Men had their organisa­ tions, why not the women?


Mrs Adelaide Hoodless


Mrs Hoodless spoke to a women's gathering and by the end of the afternoon the Women’s Institute had been born. It grew with rapid speed throughout Canada.


On February 19th, 1897,


England, villages once • busy and prosperous became for many, hard and bleak. The Industrial


Meanwhile, in rural


Revolution, along with,, cheap corn and meat imports, ended the golden age of agriculture.


Watt, a founder member of Metchosin WI, Canada, travelled to England to attend an agriculture con­ ference. England at;that time was at war, so farm­ ing was vital. Mrs Watt sat in the front row, lis­ tening and k n itt in g . Towards the end of the meeting, she put her knit- tin g as ide, rose and addressed the Agriculture Organisation Society. The secretary, Mr Nugent Hams, felt that here was precisely what was needed in B r i t a i n ’s r u r a l community.


In 1915, a Mrs Madge


Children win ice cream


CHILDREN from three local schools have had their painting skills judged by the Mayor of the Ribble Valley, Coun. Mrs Eileen Lowe, to help celebrate 50 years of Hudson’s home­ made ice cream.


are to receive free ice cream every week for the remainder of the anniver­ sary year and will have tea and biscuits in the Mayor’s Parlour.


The winning children


gina Walker (nine), of hatbum County Primary


First place in the under Xls section went to Geor-


first prize went to Sam Hadcroft, of Year 8 at Bowland High School.


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been dormant for a couple of years,” said a spokes­ man. “We thought it would be a good idea to announce our disco as a comeback so that we could start the money rolling in again.” About £75 was raised


Guides, Brownies and Cubs fund-raising commit­ tee staged a night of nos­ talgia for parents and friends, with a '70s and ’80s disco at St Michael and St Jo h n ’s Social Centre. “The committee has


A CLITHEROE parents’ support group danced backed into action after a two-year break. The Loyola Scouts,


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Valley Borough Goun- cont ains 20,000 cubic Now th e P lan n in g c i l P l a n n i n g and metres of silt, which will Inspectorate, following an Development Commit- COst £260,000 to remove. inquiry into the Ribble tee heard th a t the A plan by Blackthorn Valley Local Plan, has


Momw 'f THhhlp mentally-rich habitat, has ties might be the best way n ntoers oi MDoe faj)en jnt0 disrepair and forward.


The lodge, an environ- nership of interested par- was suggested that a part-


Planning: InspectoratG Homes to build 47 homes stated that up to 30 houses •


thumbs-down on the He said: “The inspec- grounds th a t the site torate has concluded that would be over-developed, securing and enhancing


The plan was given the ject of public consultation,


Woone Lane area want to subject to extensive public tu rn th e b eleag u red consultation."


Residents in the nearby any future development be element. It is vital that opment would be the sub-


je c?o f agstormy public meeting last year, when.it


_at the site was rejected by can be built at the site. the council, even though it Planning officer Mr would have raised the John McHolc told council- much-needed cash for res- lors that any such devel- toration work.


create a serious flood-risk, the ecological and amenity be detrimental to highway value of the lodge necessi-


was of food production, and over the years this has become the single most successful commercial operation which the WI has been involved with. The first WI market began at Criccieth, North Wales. WI Markets is still a thriv­ ing enterprise. In 1988, it was recorded as having a turnover in excess of £8m.


The immediate business


the nation’s food supply depended considerably upon women. Then, as now, a large part of the farm economy relied on the farmer’s wife.


During both world wars


by the WI in two world wars has given the move­ ment a media image which has tended to obscure its real contribution to the women of the countryside. Over the years, the WI has been involved with many schemes and enter­ prises. The 1927 campaign argued for a telephone kiosk in every village and piped tap water has been an issue.


The production of jam


the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.


safety and generate too tates a modest housing much noise and dust.


schools scheme accepted. In 1954 it gave birth to


The ’30s saw the milk in


jects, such as venereal dis­ ease and birth control in the 1920s to Aids in 1986.. Today; smear tests* are widely available due in part to WI endeavour.


WI has brought public attention to taboo sub­


impetus to so many projects throughout the last 100 years, for we have a voice that is welcomed and listened to by Govern­ ment and many organisa­ tions. We have a diverse membership, different backgrounds and all age groups. We try to speak with an unprejudiced voice, encompassing the whole view of our society.


The WI has added


a WI priority. Denman, College, in Oxfordshire, is1 devoted to short courses open to all members at very reasonable cost. It .covers such diverse sub­ jects as advanced driving, music,. golf, glass engrav­ ing, art, dance and his­ tory, to name only a few.1 Members can work for GCSEs and A-level qualifications.


Education too has been orange


much change during the last 100 years; the disap­ pearance of many of its much loved traditions. The village school is now almost extinct, many vil­ lages no longer have a vicar and the village “bob­ bies” and nurses have diminished in number. But, despite all of these changes, the WI trundles on valiantly, the members


The village has 'seen


determined to remain by adapting to change and moving with the times.


toast Adelaide Hoodless and all the gallant ladies who worked so hard to make this organisation possible for us to enjoy today 100 years after its birth, So, happy birthday WI!


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