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we. - \ X E T T E 5 s 16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, April 24th, 1997


Spare places for com m em orative


IN Julv this year, special commemorative ceremonies will be held in Flanders to mark the 80th anniversary of the terrible Passchendaele offensive. In that dreadful summer of 1917, the British Army suffered more than 280,000 casualties in the Flanders mud. Over the weekend of July llth-12th, the few


visit to Flanders


remaining veterans will be gathenng at the Menin Gate in Ypres. At the same time, ceremonies will be taking place in France to mark the 81st anniver­


sary of the Battle of the Somme.


Belgium and France to take part in the ceremon­ ies. We will also visit points of interest on the two battlefields and there will be an opportunity fin individuals to visit a particular war grave it they


I will be leading a coach party from Cumbria to .


W*The visit is open to anyone who would like to join us and we still have a number of spare places available. If any of your readers would like furthei


details, perhaps, they could contact me.


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01200 442656 Allcare Home Care Agency Ltd., 28 Wellgate, Clitheroe^ Thanks for help with ‘Songs of Praise’


DURING all our recent visits to the Ribble Valley, as we prepared the recent edition of “Songs of


Praise” , we were overwhelmed by the warmth of the welcome we


received. We were greeted in the street, pointed in the right


U S e t r e e t , p o in te d in in c riRut.


direction at every opportunity and really made to feel as though we were honorary, if temporary, residents of a secure and close-knit


community. It was a good experience for


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us all and the response from the audience so far has been tremendous. I’ve even had one


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phone call from an ex-Lancastrian in Surrey who


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said it brought tears to her eyes and she’s now determined to visit the valley this spring. So, can I say thank you to everyone who helped us make


the programme. Hundreds of local people


were involved in a great deal of hard work. Some were seen on


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screen, others were not; but each one supported us


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throughout and, for that, we will forever be grateful.


NORMAN IVISON (Rev.), Producer (on behalf of the pro­


duction team), BBC Television, Religious Programmes,


Manchester.


I -LIS TENED wi th interest to the recent pro­


Use anonymity o f ballot box Thunderous roar.up been scientifically proven


■ ON seeing the reunion pic-.


Europe what is, in my view, the systematic


gramme on Red Rose Radio, in which the sub­ ject of the burning of hazardous waste, in par­ ticular Cemfuel, in cement kilns was debated by Mrs Mary Horner, of Air Watch, and Mr Ian Suth- eran, of Castle Cement,


Clitheroe.


ference and inefficiency, the residents of the Ribble Valley are fortunate to have individuals and organisations such as Air Watch and RATS. For over three years, and la rg e ly a t th e ir own expense, they have stren­ uously campaigned to bring to the attention of local residents, politicians, the media, the rest of the United Kingdom and


In this climate of mdit- .


environment. Air Watch is aware of


t h e


destruction of the health of the local people and the p o l l u t i o n o f


scientific evidence that clearly indicates that the burning of hazardous waste in kilns releases toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. Small quanti­ ties, admittedly, but with highly-toxic chemicals, which is all that is needed to contaminate the air and soil with disastrous conse­ quences for the health of the local population. t I t would also appear


available which could immediately stop Castle Cement from burning hazardous waste of any description until it has


hat there is legislation


S e r v ic e i s m u c h n e e d e d stations at Whatley or Langho (terrible if you have ..


I WOULD use the train if it were nearer. I live at ,.u„ far en(j 0f Billington and face a long walk to


3 Tknow oFmany5elderly people who also cannot use fhp trains because of the distance.


such a promise when the rail idea was first put forward We don’t need anything grand.


We have a regular bus service, but, being a mum with an energetic toddler and a pram,


Why can’t we have access? I remember reaclmg ■


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get on a bus or coach. I can just push the pram o the train without any problems.


it wonderful. ALSO A RAIL USER.


0n


I know a much-needed service in ^lllingto:n is a dream, but I am not the only one who would think


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to be safe. So why do our elected


representatives, local and national, and government officers charged with the care and protection of the population allow this industrial practice to con­ tinue? Are they totally unaware of the real situa­ tion in this valley? I can well understand local people being fright­


ON seeing the reunion pic-, tures of the men who worked on the jet engines, I am surprised no one has mentioned the noise the engines made. As a pupil at St Michael


about 13,000 or 14,000, which they said was phe­ nomenal in those days. As we went out the


I think it went up to


ened of speaking out against Castle Cement, but, with both local and national elections due, it is an ideal time for the elec­ torate to make its wishes and concerns known. Can- didates whose primary concern is the health and well-being of their constit­ uents should make the banning of the burning of all hazardous waste in the kilns of Castle Cement, Clitheroe, their number one priority. There can be no better opportunity for the people of the Ribble Valley to use the anonym­ ity of the ballot box to rid themselves of those who show no interest or con­ cern for their welfare.


MRS J. M. MORTIMER, Green Drive, Clithcroe.


• LETTERS for publica­ tion are accepted only on the understanding that they may be edited or condensed at.’tlie Editor's discretion.


and St John’s on Lower- gate in late 1943 or early 1944, I remember when, without warning, this thunderous roar broke out. Everyone was star­ tled and you could not hear the teacher, so les­ sons were suspended while someone found out what it


was. tory.


It seemed to be testing every day, sometimes for


It was the aeroplane fac- ’


, ,


hours. After a few weeks, the


class was taken to see what made the noise.^I remember standing in the room where the control panel was and being told by the engineer to look


through the glass at the object glowing on the


other side and also to watch the needle on the rev counter.


back, we were stood at the side of what we called the wind” and allowed to throw pieces of brick into i t. This was whipped against a sloping banking, which they said was to turn the wind or it would have blown the wall down. . Eventually we got used


to the noise, but how the people living in that area managed I don’t know. I


unci ui


at the time and I thought, “Good, the sooner they


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think they just had to put up'with it.My father was a pris­ oner of war in Gemmany


make the engine and the plane to flatten Germany


the better.” If these protesters we


HAROLD PUNCHARD, Manor Road, Clitheroe.


C h i ld i s h b e h a v io u r


I HOPE the mindless person who let down and damaged my car tyre in Littlemoor Road, Chtheroe, is


Droud of their, behaviour.


P I am temporarily disabled and this pathetic act left me without transport for a couple of days. Con­ sequently, I was late for one of ray many medical


, ,. .


' T f this person derived any pleasure from their chil­ dish behaviour, then I feel extremely sorry for them.


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Our procedure has no room for any hard-sell style


I WOULD like to point contact Avalon direct, out the following relating „ customers to whom to the recent article pub- wg are referred, we sim- lished about Avalon.


, . . f0r the immediate family


Ion was built upon two criteria:


The foundation of Ava- ^ viee or leave a leaflet ............outlining the benefits of


ly offer the free advisory 1 that we would be . , . _


completely independent. 2. that we would .be a


home service company. Avalon is an indepen­


Avf i A " i p ~ P > e * purchase an Avalon plan direct from the associate


dent provider of guaran­


teed funeral plans. We are not funeral


directors and therefore we allow the customer


ect. iu. u.«= b—


full choice of nominated funeral director. As we


their


are not a funeral directing croup, we are speak


Ipeak direct with the gen- eral public offering our


able to independence.


comment , via our ^ questionnaire on the quai


ity of service they receiv from our associates and how they Prefer to de^


with us r a th e r th a n directly with a funeral


diw fw o u l d lik e to eeu


emphasise that our- sensi­ tive and professional pro­ edure has no room lor style, which


" we deplore and distance


providers who operate tely. If any associates solely by direct mail are were found to be hard-sell directly confusing the gen- ing) their employment


We believe that other ourSelves from eomple-


eral public by omitting would be te rm in a te d c e r ta in fundamenta l issues, . ile. the effect of plans not. being guaran­ teed, there being no choice of funeral director, and how some provide r s involve families travelling, not through choice, many miles to visit the allocated funeral directors.


• forthwith. Our ' procedure does not contravene in. any


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have today were about then we would never have had a jet engine.


zsm Avalon, therefore, is


stances, where an associ- associates a ate introduces Avalon into


In c e r ta in circ.um- emphasise .


sheltered housing, it is standard procedure for the associate to introduce themselves to the super- vising warden. It is fur­ ther procedure to inquire as to any vulnerable peo­ ple who should not be con-, tacted, leaving leaflets instead with the warden


brokers.


MIKE COOPER; The Avalon Trustee Com­


pany Ltd, Portland Street,. Manchester.


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on a free, “no obligation ou^ e™ uld lik e to basls-


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way the NAPFP Code of Conduct for' funeral, plan


providers. ' As with some other .pro-


viders, Avalon brings security to its customers. All monies are placed in a separate trust fund run by Barclays Bank pic;, who


act as custodian trustees.


emnhasise that Avalon’s full.time ”


employees of the company and are not insurance bro­ kers, although some of them have had previous c a re e rs as insurance


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contact Tony Totham or Gerry Hughes on


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