Olitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified)


Sand on cars - as wind blow s from Sahara


THE "give a dog a bad name" syndrome struck on Sunday when fine sand rained on the Ribble i Valley.


Several residents rang


MP joins battle for


sterling


THE pound in your pocket will stay there, if Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans has any­ thing to do with it. He is joining a cross­


party campaign to fight the introduction of the European single curren­


cy. Alongside Lady


Thatcher and leading figures from business and the arts, including Lord Hanson and Fred­ erick Forsyth, Mr Evans is set to counter the pro European Mon­ etary Union lobby. He said: "The Euro­ pean Parliament has


approved a £45 million budget to try to force monetary union through. With our "Save the Pound" cam­ paign, we can still pro­ tect the UK's economy by preventing the enor­ mous damage that the Euro will cause."


Castle Cement suggest­ ing there was a problem at its works - and off- duty employees also got in touch expressing con­


cern. But sand was obvious on


cars and even houses and pavements across much of


the North West. Local people who won­


dered if the deposits had come out with the emis­ sions from Castle Cement's chimneys were reassured that they came from the Sahara Desert - as has happened at least twice in recent years. Freak winds take the


sand up into the atmos­ phere and it comes down in light or moderate rain, as happened on Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Castle Cement's general manager, Mr Ian Sutheran,


went on local radio to explain the situation. "It's


not us” he emphasised. The car wash industry benefited from the boom - but care was needed to get the sand off without scratching paintwork. Allegations that deposits


left on cars on other occa­ sions came from Castle Cement have never been


proved. Lord and Lady Waddington pop in for cuppa


Housing estate ob je ction from parish council


PLANS for a housing estate behind Sabden's old folk's complex are to be "strongly objected to" by the village parish council. At its monthly meeting,


the council voted unani­ mously to object to the proposal by Ribble Valley Council on access grounds. Borough councillor Mrs


Eileen Lowe moved that the council objects in the strongest terms to the pro­ posal — despite the field behind Littiemoor House being earmarked for hous­ ing in the District Plan. "Things have changed


since the plan was drafted. Sabden now has a major problem with car parking," she said, adding that access to the site was particularly difficult, along a private road with only room for one vehicle to pass. She said a housing develop­ ment there would cause major access problems for Alston Close, St Nicholas Avenue, Wesley Street and Stubbins. She said the parish coun­


A KEEN supporter of the Scout movement locally, Lord Waddington, was welcomed to a fund-raising coffee morning on Saturday. The event was at the Ribble Valley Borough Council Mayor's Parlour and


Lord and Lady Waddington joined the Mayor, Coun. Jenny Grimes, her con­


sort Dr David Grimes and other guests. The Clitheroe District Scout Fellowship organised the event and £125 was raised


towards the cost of the new sports hall at the Bowley Camp, Great Harwood. Lord and Lady Waddington were able to renew acquaintance with a number ot


people from local Scouting.


They are pictured with the Mayoral couple and some of the others present. (140298/12/10)


, .. .. ___ Questions for the council?


HAVE you a point you want to make to your borough council, or a question to ask? A public participation session will start off the regu­


lar meeting of the Ribble Valley Borough Council on Tuesday. Anyone can make a point or ask a question. The meeting is at the council chamber in Church Street,


Clitheroe. Questions to be asked, or points to be made, should be notified in writing to the Chief Executive, Church Walk, Clitheroe, by Monday.


cil should also insist that, if development went ahead, there should be a condition that a substantial bound­ ary be put between it and Littiemoor. Members moved her


proposals unanimously. Ribble Valley Borough Council owns the land and had intended to extend the sheltered housing. But it has now decided that it cannot afford more accom­ modation for the elderly and plans to sell the land with outline permission for building. At their monthly meet­


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ing, parish council mem­ bers welcomed proposals to turn the former shop in Watt Street into housing, as they said the site had become an eyesore. They also had no objections to a conservatory planned for the back of 12 Pendle


Street West. Work on improving and


resurfacing the village car park is due to begin soon. Residents of back Garden­ ers Row and Padiham Road have also been offered the opportunity to have the back street sur­ faced while the workmen are in the area - at a cost of £48.40 per household. Parish councillors need the agreement of householders before the scheme can pro­ ceed, however. Young people in Sabden


have offered to paint the graffiti-strewn bus shelter and toilets in the village centre. Councillors wel­ comed a letter from the local youth worker request­ ing that the youth group carry out the work, and councillors offered to pro­ vide paint and brushes. Resident Mrs Gladys


Walmsley requested that the two benches at Red Gate be repaired and the grass and weeds around them removed. The council agreed to look into the matter. Coun. Bernard Parfitt


complained that water board workmen had dug up drives in Pendleside Close looking for a leak - which they did not find - and then failed to reinstate them properly. Coun. Margaret Sefton complained about the state


of the footpath by the brook in front of Contrast


Upholstery. The meeting was attend­


ed by Couns Frank Goss (chairman), John Shorter, Anita Whalley, Margaret Sefton, Eileen Lowe, Bernard Parfitt, Marion Procter and Roger West­ brook.


New policeman in at deep end with break-ins


SABDEN’S new bobby deep end when burglars raids in one night. PC Paul Worswick


arrived at his new job to discover intruders had


[ struck at two Sabden busi­ nesses on Sunday night. PC Worswick said: "I came from Blackburn


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where, to be honest, a cou­ ple of break-ins are nothing but obviously to Sabden it's a big issue. Hopefully it is a one-off - we can only wait and see." Intruders broke into Castle Sheet Metal, in Vic­


toria Mill and stole indus­ trial equipment worth


| £6,000 and a company van. The firm’s boss, Mr


William Clough, said: "I suppose I have been very fortunate for the last 18 years, but there is always a first time. They smashed into my computer cabinet, but the computer is so filthy they have left it and gone to Birtwells. I think the dirt is what saved it - the police said 'who would want to pinch that?' The police found the van on Monday night outside the White Lion pub in Hun- coat, but there was no gear inside." The same gang is


believed to have also car­ ried out the raid at Birtwell and Co. Printers, at the Excelsior Printing Works, where they broke down three doors and made off with an Apricot computer


| worth £1,500. PC Worswick said: "I presume it is the same peo-


[ pie. There are not very many break-ins in Sabden and on the same night there were two."


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Record for the Dales service


A RECORD number of passengers were carried on the weekly DalesRail ser­ vice via Clitheroe last year. A total of 4,783 people,


including 1,777 from the four Ribble Valley stations, used the service during the six months of its operation. Following pressure from


Ribble Valley Rail, North Western Trains agreed to double the capacity of the first train to four carriages, following overcrowding on the first few Sundays of the season. As a result, RVR mem­


bers were told that passen­ gers enjoyed more pleasant journeys with no shortage of seats. Facilities at Helli- field, Horton and Dent stations have also been improved. Improvements to con­


necting bus services have extended the range of walking possibilities, par­ ticularly in the Howgill Fells and around Appleby. In the current RVR


News, Craig Ward writes that the continuing success


of DalesRail is a reflection of the hard work put in by all associated with it and a strong indicator to North Western Trains that the formula is one with which it might experiment to other destinations, for example North Wales. The DalesRail season


starts again on Easter Sun­ day, April 12th.


Yellow lines plan for danger road


MEASURES to reduce the risk to children’s lives on an"horrendous” Read road are desperately needed. Read Parish Council has applied to Lancashire County Council to extend the yellow lines in Straits Lane and stop


the road becoming a twice-a-day danger-zone. Five days a week, 210 pupils arrive and leave Read


Church of England Primary School and residents fear inconsiderate parking will cause an accident.


Headteacher Mrs Carol Harrison said: "We have had


words with police in the past and appealed to parents. W e write to them to ask about sensible parking and like to keep it in their minds. At the end of the day there is con­ gestion and we have been concerned about children’s safe-


i Parish council clerk Mrs Sheila Sturrock said: It has always been an absolutely horrendous place to get up and down especially when the kids are coming out of school. It


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is getting worse and worse. If you have to cross the stream of traffic into Straits Lane and there are two cars on both sides of the road you arc in danger of having a real acci­ dent stuck in the middle of the road; We have not had any j serious accidents there, but it is only a matter of time.


We have applied to the council, but it could take years. It u-n ir. ihmimK so manv channels." .


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