Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 12 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 4th, 1999 A We Clitheroe rn> dvertiser and I imes
Car parking charges farcical for market town like Clitheroe, say traders
by Vicky Carlin
THE car park charging scheme introduced in Clitheroe two years ago has been described as a "dead donkey" by the town's Chamber of Trade presi
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dent. Mr Nigel Pratt has accused
Babble Valley Borough Council of having a farcical attitude by introducing parking charges to a market town like Clitheroe, which is dependent on trade from the many shoppers and tourists who
visit every year. 1-Ie commented: "The Chamber
of Trade does not agree with the charges, which have led to the
streets of. the town being clogged with the sheer extra volume of traffic. The old joke that if you want to find somewhere to park in a hurry, park on a car park, is cer tainly true in Clitheroe.” But Ribble Valley Borough
Council Chief Engineer Mr Gra ham Jagger said he was surprised and amazed at Mr Pratt's com
ments. "I would agree with him if the
car parks were always empty, but more vehicles are now parking on the short-stay car parks than ever before, with a significant turn over of spaces. Our statistics show that each space is used on average seven times a day, whereas before each was used only twice a day," said Mr Jagger. "In 1998, 357,000 tickets were sold from Clitheroe car parks,
with figures increasing by 10%
each year. "People have commented on
how cheap the charges are com pared to other nearby towns, and how much more convenient it is now to park in the town centre." Mr Pratt said that he believed
the council would have to make £30,000 a year for the scheme to be a success, but Mr Jagger said it was not the council's primary con cern to make it a big money-mak ing scheme, but to implement a better management of the spaces
available. As a result of the charges, many
of the town's workers who used to park in the town centre spaces have now been displaced to the long-stay car parks, creating more town centre space availability. Mr Jagger continued: "When
the scheme was introduced, it was suggested that it would be the death of Clitheroe, but I certainly do not think that is the case. I have spoken to both traders and local residents and I am con vinced it has had the exact oppo
site effect." But Mr Pratt argues that prob
lems with out-of-town motorists parking on side streets to avoid the car parking charges are still as bad as when the scheme first came into operation.
-. When the scheme began, in
October, 1996, many residents were incensed at people parking outside their homes and one put traffic cones outside his home to deter people from parking there. Now, plans to introduce residen tial parking permits are currently being reviewed by Lancashire
County Council, which is due to canvass residents for their views
in the near future. Mr Jagger said: "There is
bound to be a knock-on effect if we stop people parking on these streets all day. But whether they choose to use the public car parks or other streets instead remains to
be seen." The implementation of parking
charges in some Ribble Valley vil lages has also been under consid eration by the borough council since the scheme was introduced in Clitheroe. Mr Jagger comment ed: "That is certainly something to consider for the future, but there is no pressing need at the moment, although we may look at those villages which have traf fic problems."
Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Please support
our town band IN September, 1998, in response to the wishes of his worship the Mayor of Clitheroe, Coun. John McGowan, rehearsals of the new Clitheroe Town Band started at Ribblesdale High School. Ours is a concert wind band,
comprising woodwind, brass and percussion. The musical repertoire of the band covers a wide range of styles and degree of difficulty and includes music from the shows, film themes and popular music of the
day. Bill Carter, who is the head of
instrumental studies at Stonyhurst College, is the musical director. Having studied at Kneller Hall, he was awarded the Worshipful Com poser of Musicians' Medal after winning prizes in conducting, com position and instrumentation. Bill is supported by a committee
of enthusiasts; musicians and coun cillors, who can be congratulated on the progress that the band has made, having played its first con cert at Ribblesdale High School on December 16th last year and now preparing for what we hope will be a busy time, playing concerts to cel ebrate the approach of the Millen nium. The band now has 35 registered
players and has recently been invit ed to take part in the torchlight procession in September. Ultra frame has very kindly offered to provide a unit and decorated trailer to carry the band on that occasion. The band has applied for charita
ble status and, in the meantime, financial support has been given by
Castle Cement, B. Dugdale and Sons, Rectella and Massey Tankers. British Aerospace, at Samlesbury, has been approached for support and, of course, it is hoped that some support will bo forthcoming from Clitheroe Town
Council. Next Wednesday, at Ribblesdale
School, will be a special occasion when the band will be visited by a manufacturer of band uniforms to discuss the future of band dress and when it is hoped the parents of the younger members will be present to offer their support in future ven
tures. Special thanks must go to the
authorities at Ribblesdale School for providing rehearsal facilities for the band, to Bill Carter for his untiring efforts, and to the commit tee for its support and, very impor tantly, thanks must go to our spon sors for their financial support. I am very privileged to be associ
ated with the Clitheroe Town Band, having had 60 years as a musician and show producer, and now being able to offer assistance and advice to the musicians of the future.
RON TOOTHILL (Coun.), Acting chairman, Clitheroe Town Band.
Brilliant staging
of Carousel WE would like to thank Clitheroe Parish Church Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society for its pro
duction of "Carousel". It was a brilliant show, and so
professional, too. The cast deserved
a standing ovation. Many thanks and appreciation
also to Mr Mick Dawson, the pro ducer, and to all who were involved in this magnificent production. With much appreciation.
MR AND MRS G. SANDERSON,
Valley Gardens, Hapton, Burnley.
All ears for stories
of the top stars I'VE always been stage-struck and my spare room - apart from a bed and a sot of drawers - is piled high with books about the theatre, shows and the stars taking part in
them. One evening I opened a few
drawers to find some shirts I would need when it gets sunny, but on top of some garments, I found a copy of "The Stage" newspaper. It was a big issue, celebrating 100 years of the weekly publication, which I’ve been getting since 1946. My inter est in the theatre started when I was in the RAF. I shared an office with a gentleman who was a "backer" for London shows, putting money into show business. He knew so many of the produc
ers and the stars, and I was all ears for the stories of the people he knew well, like Charles Laughton, Peggy Ashcroft, Evelyn Layc, Emlyn Williams, Noel Coward and John Gielguid. To me these were "real
stars". The headmaster of Clitheroe
Royal Grammar School, Mr Lawrence Hardy, who was also a producer of the musicals in King Lane Hall and pageants on the Castle bandstand, was interested in my theatre anecdotes. In a newspaper this week, I saw
Prince Edward was to unveil a life- size statue of Noel Coward, in New York, to mark the centenary of his birth. This will stand in the The atre of Fame in New York.
EDMOND CAMBIEN, Rollund Prospect, Clitheroe.
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Good wishes for town’s
new solicitor
FRIENDS and former colleagues have joined family members in offering good wishes to new Clitheroe solicitor
Mrs Ruth Moores. People have been calling
in and sending cards after she put up her plate in Moor Lane, just on the top side of the Shelter shop, after years of legal experience elsewhere. Mrs Moores has a very
good knowledge of the area and was brought up on a farm near Grindleton. As our feature on her last in which a slip of the
week -
pen gave her the wrong Christian name - described, Mrs Moores started her legal career as assistant to respected solicitor the late Mr John Lumley. Mrs Moores is keen to
compete for any legal work and has this week been deal ing with inquiries generated by Thursday's advertising
feature.
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THERE were 35 newly-calved dairy cows and heifers forward at Gisburn Auction Mart's show and sale on Thursday, with first quality cows making to £770 (average ,£636) and first quality heifers to £790
(£639). Second quality cows made to
£560 (£550) and second quali ty heifers to £600 (£549). Best prices were achieved by
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FOOTBALL success has put Waddington and West Bradford CE Primary School in the premier league of local schools' soccer. Its fivc-a-side team (pictured)
retained the cup for the second year in succession as winners of the Ribble Valley Junior Five-A-Side Tourna ment, played at St Mary's Hall,
Stonyhurst. Sixteen teams from throughout the area took part, with Waddington and West Bradford championing by a goal to nil over the competition's hosts. The team is made up of Year 6
pupils, led by captain Joe Garner. His colleagues are goalkeeper Martin Jef fries, Daniel Turner, David Walmsley,
Sam Dean, Edward Stockton and Oliver Creighton. Coach is class teacher Mr Victor Nelson, who saw his efforts pay off when the team also triumphed in a November seven-a side tournament. Now the boys, joined by some of their classmates, are in training for an 11-a-side contest later in the year. (280299/09/11)
R. II. Drinkall, bought for £790 by II. Southwell and Son, and 11. E. Airey, bought for £770 by J. C. Young. There were 56 rearing calves
forward. Top prices for bull calves under four weeks was £150, sold by A. Moorhouse and Son to 11. Lord, and for heifers, £108, sold by R. R. Wade to J. Townson. Calves: Limousin bulls
calves made to £130 (£71.15), heifers to £52 (£28): Belgian Blue bulls to £150 (£121), heifers to £108 (£51.55); Sim- mental bulls to £132 (£86.30), heifers to £38 (£24); Friesian bulls to £92 (£62.75); Angus bulls to £90 (£53.80). Forward in the fatstock sec
tion were 327 cattle (inc. 144 young hulls and 183 steers and heifers) and 1,231 sheep (inc. 933 lambs, 298 ewes and rams). Top kilo price for bulls was
140p for 430kg (£602), sold by J. E. Burrows to Edwards Butchers. Bulls: Continental X light
bulls made to 140p (105.3p), medium to 125.5p (102.3p), heavy to 112.5p (97.4p); other medium bulls to 96.5p (84.2p), heavy to 92.5p (84.7p). Top kilo price for steers and
heifers was 116.5p for 490kg (£570.85), sold by II. Isher- wood to R. Schofield. Steers and heifers: Continen
tal X light steers made to 94.5p (89.3p), medium to 108.5p (94.7p), heavy to 109.5p (96.2p): other light steers to 65p, heavy to 67.5p. Continen tal light heifers made to 113.5]) (84.8p), medium to 111.5p (90.6p), heavy to 116.5p
(92.7p); other medium heifers to 67.5p (61.7p), heavy to 88.5p (74.4 p). Top kilo price for sheep was
96.2p for 39kg (£37.50), sold by D. J. Lambert to D. Stamper, and top sale price was £39.50, sold by J. R. Marginson to A. Brown. Sheep: light hoggs made to
82.5p (72.3p), first quality standard hoggs to 96.2p (79.4p), second quality to 80.6p (74.Ip), first quality medium to 90.2p (82.5p), second quality to Sip (74.8p), other standard hoggs to 73.7p (65.5p); heavy to 87p (74.6p); horned ewes to £20.50 (£10.80), other ewes to £33.50 (£24.05); rams to - £39.50 (£18.10). There were 61.10 tonnes of
straw and 21.50 tonnes of hay forward in the produce section with wheat straw making to £39 per tonne (£36.33), barley straw to £52 (£50), rye straw to £43, and hay to £84 (£74.04). Forward in the Beacon
North-West (Gisburn) Elec tronic Auction last week were 1,146 sheep and 40 cattle. Light hoggs made to 165p,
standard to 207.5p, medium to 200p, heavy to 182p; steers to 190p; young bulls to 19-lp; heifers to 183.5p. There were 42 cattle and 36
sheep forward at the twice monthly sale of store cattle. Breeding cattle: cows with
calves at foot made to £408; in- calf cows to £255. Store cattle: Limousin bulls
to £450 (£316.55), heifers to £452 (£246.35); Hereford bulls to £405 (£392.50); Simmental bulls to £260, heifers to £265 (£228.30); Belgian Blue bulls to £260, Charolais bulls to £260, heifers to £200. Sheep: Tcxel Shearlings with
single lamb at foot made to £36; in-lamb Gritstone ewes to £26; broken-mouthed in-lamb half-bred ewes to £3; broken mouthed in-lamb Swaledale ewes to £3.50; Suffolk tups to £14.
SEVERAL residents of Grindleton are concerned since they discovered that the two flowering cherry trees in the centre of the vil lage, opposite the Buck Inn, have been designated for
removal. Last May, Grindleton
Parish Council asked Lan cashire County Council to inspect the area where the
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trees are situated and the con dition of the adjoining pave ment, as councillors felt there was a hazard to pedestrians. The area,where the rear pave-
ment has lifted and water lodges in the depressions, was inspected by the highways department and the advice of Ribble Valley Borough Council countryside officer Mr David Hewitt was sought. Eventually, it was decided the only solution
was to remove the trees, repair the pavement and replant with a single replacement tree of a different variety, which would not cause root problems in the future. The recommendation is for a 12-14cm bare-rooted stan dard o f the species Sorbus Sheerwatcr seedling. In the opinion of the experts, it
was thought root pruning would not solve the problem completely as this could impair the growth of the trees and, even if they sur
vived, the problem would recur. Flowering cherry trees and similar plants with rapid root growth are now considered unsuitable for planting in highway locations. Members of Grindleton Parish
Council agreed with the findings of Lancashire County Council
■ and asked for the urgent removal of the trees and their replacment with an alternative species. An officer of Lancashire Coun
ty Council said money had been allocated for the project and
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explained that his department preferred to fell trees in the dor mant season. Following an objection to the
felling of the trees by a resident of Grindleton, the council has post poned the work until a later date, probably before the trees come into bud. Objections to the proposed plan
should be directed to the parish council, which will meet on Wednesday in the Methodist Chapel schoolroom at 7-30 p.m.
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