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% Clltheroe Advertiser & Times, August 5th, 1999 Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) \KThe Clitheroe g Ml I Write to: The Editor. Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Stre^Clitheroe BB72EW | The town"^council
deserves support IN reference to the recent troubles within the council chambers, may we offer a vote of confidence in the town council. We feel that it has acted with the resi
dents of Clitheroe truly to the forefront. The councillors made a unanimous decision and we, the people of Clitheroe, should support them. They have had a hard task put before
Valley ‘flooded with housing’ fears
WITH reference to "As I See It" in your paper last week, Tim Procter writes that developments by large building companies are "a drop in the ocean."
them, and could have easily turned a blind eye and the people of Clitheroe would have been none the wiser. Instead, they have made a difficult decision and made it pub lic, allowing themselves
to.be scrutinised, without a hint of secrecy. We therefore feel they deserve our sup
port. TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTERS - HENTHORN AREA.
Stand again under
your new banner WITH regard to McGowan versus Clitheroe Town Council, it would appear Coun. McGowan has acted in the best interests of his electorate over the past nine
years.
of office he is, he cannot resign from the Liberal Democrats and just choose a con venient party or label to continue for the next three years or more. He should resign from both councils, and
However, no matter how long into a term .
can create a river of developmmts. whim will eventually ensure that the Ribbk Val ley will be flooded with housing and is no longer the desirable area it is today. This has already happened in the
This ignores the fact that many drops
parking solutions. And yet stiU “ O'"® ing developments are planned, at Calder
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t‘h;uV.ndV:rciul>; have p.r»h.d. With ~ l„V m aS fb 3S rd ead *e‘d proud of the fact that it is still alive some
122 years later, a period in which many by the inspectors 1----
fidence and maybe, have many more "big games".
TERRY NELSON, Treasurer, Clilhcroe FC, Shawbridgc, Clithcroc.
Democrat should
Billington, Whalley and Barrow sprawl of buildings. As a result, the village of Whal ley is choked with traffic at peak times, polluting the atmosphere and requiring car
stones and at two sites in the centre of the Lk
ning application for The Coppice, Queen Street, will be dismayed to see councillors who oppose developments they truly believe are wrong being pilloried in the Press (the letter from G. Hitman) and held responsible for costs incurred at appeal The electorate relies on Ribble Valley
^ I residents fighting against the plan
right decisions. CONCERNED WHALLEY RESIDENT.
® Tim Procter replies: People have to
live somewhere. If our correspondent, or anyone else, rings the council planning office, 01200 425111, staff there will be
stand under his chosen banner, whether it be Independent, Labour or whatever. This surely must be the way fonvard after only having stood as a Liberal Democrat less than three months ago.
IAN BROWN, Chalburn Road, Clitheroe.
Personality clash
at town hall I DO not have complete confidence in Mr
Wells, Clitheroe Town Clerk. In my view, he abused his position in his
use of the council's facilities and should have taken care to make official calls on the office telephone and not his own. There was obviously a clash of personal ities between himself and a very conscien
tious ward councillor. Mr McGowan’s electorate is very satis
and to just do his job properly. Clitheroe,''
GRACE HULBERT, Nelson Street, Low Moor,
Writer with his
eyes wide shut? IN reply to your invitation for comments about last week's "As I See It'i article, Mr Tim Procter would appear to have his eyes wide shut, judging by what he wrote. The item's context doesn't give the
was to discredit "some statements about planning by Ribble Valley MP Nigel
Evans." Tim Procter, in a rather misguided , . . . .
attempt at witticism, likened the observa tions of Mr Evans to a "Monty Python re
write of 'How Green Was My Valley'" Unfortunately, what could be more true
than how green WAS our own valley. But still our intrepid reporter blundered on and, quoting Mr Evans' remark "What is the use of talking green while the cement is pouring over our Valley" answered: Not
so."lNot so? Is it possible that Mr Procter is unaware that "a summons has been issued against Castle Cement, alleging breach of pollution laws? The action follows exten sive investigation by the Environment Agency, including the taking of many statements. The case is due to come before magistrates at Blackburn." (Augi^t 1999). The above was printed m the Chtheroe
Advertiser and Times on June lYth, 1999. Don’t you read the paper as well as con
tribute to it, Mr Procter? Also this evening (Thursday, July 29th)
on the front page of Lancashire Evening Telegraph we are informed that oasue Cement faced Environment Agency action the Government pollution watchdog
Agency and to Mr Nigel Evans, thank you. Please continue to watch out for us, let s hope it will be true for us - and our children and grandchildren - to say "how green is
So, to members of the Environment .
our Valley"! JEAN ENTWISTLE, Osbaldeston Lane, Osbaldeston. O Tim Procter replies: The Valley mat
ters very much to me, personally as well ^ professionally. That is why I chose to high light what I see as the MP's serious over statement of his case. In my experience, the effective protests are the temperate, measured ones, ideally keeping some ammunition back. Going
the top
allows your opponents to points and appear hard done b ^
comes to "cement pouring over the Valley , I thought Mr Evans was refernng ^
,ng w A not problems at Castle « wWch are due to haze and odour, not m this case cement dust. I have not blundered anywhere and as for being unaware of the Environment Agency action, I wrote the article quoted and have written another this week. But it has nothing to do with Mr Evans' viewpoint article about ning and the dangers of too much budto^^^ or my suggestion that he would serve us hoff-pr bv being less emotive. I cannot Sndersta^d why the correspondent thanks rE n Z n m e n t Agency for watching out i - t t o taken years to act on t^e h ^
It would seem that the objwt of his piece , . ■ , , . . ! .
fied with its councillor's work on its behalf and ward residents expect Mr Wells to ignore any personal relationship difficulties
pleased to explain that they '''*** not allow the Valley to be "flooded with housing, that many communitip every where are choked with traffic at tunes, an that there has been no building in Whalley and very little anywhere else m the Valley, except on land zoned for housing. It's a small world - one of the local resi
sign with his name YOUR letters page on July 29th contained
"Democrat."
should have the courage to sign his name instead of hiding behind some pseudonym. Other writers with unpopular (but not unpleasant) views give their names. If he will not, perhaps you should have a policy
If he wants his views published, he . ui- u
Borough councillors to do more than token listening to their objections and have the courage of their convictions to take the
JO HARDING, Salthill Road, Clitheroe.
Pilot seemed to be
looking down at us THANK you Lilian Coulter. For the recol-- lection of the bombing of Chatburn is still vividly clear in my own memory. I have often wondered what year it was. So, it was
as early as 1940. My mother was working in the inill. i
dents fighting in Queen Street, Whalley, had the benefit or otherwise of my views at an early stage. He is a son who sometimes does listen to his father, though on tnis occasion he very properly fights on with his
neighbours.
councillors' convictions is, I am afraid, out of place in the surprisingly legalistic world of planning. Governments want to be the ones making the laws, and do so, leaving little room for local choice and local convic tions, especially in areas zoned for housing.
All this emotive stuff about courage of . ,
Grandma’s memories of the 1927 eclipse
WHEN my dad was reading the Advertis er and Times last week, he was telling me about an article he was reading about the last total solar eclipse there was in this
school.' ^ ‘ ■
Elsie, who lives in Accrington, and I w^ telling her that we had been discussing the eclipse at school. I asked her if she knevv when the eclipse was. To my surprise and delight, not only did she know when it w^, she went on to tell me tha t she could vaguely remember the last one in 1927- My grandma went on to tell me that she
The day after, I went to see my grandma ,
impression that the Valley matters to him very much.
had been discussing the eclipse and learn ing all about it during the previous week at
country, which was in June, 1927. I found this very interesting, because we
was a child at my granny and grandfether s house, then number 6, now 18, Bridge
^^After the explosion of the bombs, from the window at the back of the house the plane could be seen as it flew so slowly, and so low, above the trees on the other side of
the brook. It was not a big plane - and I can sLll
distinctly picture the form of the pilot. He seemed to be looking down at us-;- though this, no doubt, was my childhood imagina-
*^'°I had always understood three bombs were dropped, one with accuracy that exploded a petrol tanker passing through
the village.
and we ventured out of our homes agaih, the centre of the village, by the post office, was still a blazing inferno. A large house had been crumbled in
Long after the plane had flown away, , ,
ruins to the ground. On this area ^ere now stand the cottages of Crow Tree Gardens.
two anonymous letters. Everyone can understand why A very concerned parent" should wish not to have
P.oc.e, have m
some applications are much too complex to be decided in around 30 minutes on a crowded planning agenda when the only alternatives are "Yes" or "No." At an | inouiry, issues can be investigated in more depth. The view that local people always knw best, even in the most complex c^es, is based on a spurious appeal to councillors
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^Thope that the Ombudsman will vindi cate many of the views I have expressed, | but it is sadly too late to overturn the Plan-
her or her son’s name known. But the ^me
j.gpj.esent the interests of present and j arguments do not apply to the letter from
hope, I represent the rest of the parish.
GRAHAM SOWTER (Coun.) Whallcy Old Road, Langho.
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national anthem being sung, but I recall often walking among the debra of broken - and contorted masonry to marvel at the. colour and beauty of the flowers that
sprung up from the ruins. It was their beauty that prompted my
to bloom ..."
remembered playing out with her friends m Water Street, in Accrington, which was very near to where she lived, when every thing gradually went dark. She recalled that she and her friends
R. PARKER, St Chad's Avenue, Chatburn.
could not understand why it should go dark in the middle of the day. I suppose it could have been quite frightening for my grandma and her friends when this occurred. Today, though, things are quite different ivith all the publicity surrounding next week's eclipse, with today s children having a greater understanding of the eclipse than my grandma had 72 years ago, when she was seven years old.
SARAH BLEASDALE (10), Henthorn Road, Clitheroc.
Please support your town soccer club
AS we approach the Millennium, Clitheroe Football Club can be proud of the fact that it is one of the oldest clubs in the country, touching the 19th, 20th and soon the 21st
centuries.
many crises, the most recent being at the end of the 1980s when severe financial dif ficulties and a ground that was far below the standard required at North- West Counties level put the future of the club in
Formed in 1877, the club has survived , ^ jeopardy.
served an enforcement notice on the com pany at 4-30 p. m. yesterday, July 28th. I rest my easel
out finances and getting the grouiid improved up to a standard that is equal t° any ground at our level of football. I his has been achieved by the hands-on involve ment of local men and women in the
The last decade has been spent sorting ^ improvements.
Vase and took 3,200 supporters with us. The name of Clitheroe has been taken to
In 1996, we went to Wembley m the FA . ,. r-A
the North, the Midlands, London, the South Coast and South-West through the
travels of the football team. What of the future of Clitheroe Football
Club? A question I have been asked many times. The club would like to progrep to a higher grade of football, but is in the old chicken and egg situation. To compete at a higher level, it needs more money to attract better players. This means more supporters paying at the turnstiles, but to get more people paying at the turnstile, we
need a better team! It is fair to say that we have a base ot
some 150 supporters, many of whom are season ticket holders, who are as dedicated as any supporters of any team in the land. But to contemplate further advancement, we need to double this figure and step up
our commercial activities. Clitheroe Football Club is ambitious and
will do everything in its power to progress in the football pyramid, but we need new supporters coming to Shawbridge and the return of many who have been supporters in the past. We also need the continued, splendid support of the business communi ty. So the progress of the club is, as it always has been, tied to the ambition of
odour near Castle CementI But of course ?Kp PcPnev the MP, councillors and the
K S i ' r “ » t .11 b . .1 ." ro, th . future, and are.
, ‘Rogue’ councillor’s
Ombudsman hope NOW that my identity as a "rogue council lor" is clear, despite Gerald Hitman s valiant efforts to preserve my anonymity, 1 should perhaps say a few words to justily
my actions over Brockhall. I have never been opposed to re-develop-
ment at Brockhall, only concerned at the form it took. My stance has always been "green", i. e. concerned over its environ
mental impact. - I felt there was scope to do something
exciting and innovative. To be avoided was the provision of housing from which most people would drive out to work, and con ventional work units that would generate traffic and be staffed by people from out side - that is, creating a cornbination of commuter village and industrial estate. Instead, I felt, the development should
mother to compose a poem, expressing the wonder of nature's survival, even after the
evil of war’s destruction. "If the flowers of the earth should cease
But, for a long time, the area w ^ a i n ^ ,
..CLAKE Q'NEILL,, rubble and ruins. I don't Recall the IBIS C> Go-ordinator.
Democrat’s life in a ‘dark universe’
NEWS at Eleven: Demented Democrat deluges world newspapers in global letter hate campaign against all humanity. He is quoted as saying: "You will be
assimilated. Resistance is futile." Just who is this international man ot
mystery? Exclusive report later. Are you afraid Democrat? Why do you
hide your identity? Afraid to stand up for your views or beliefs? So you claim to be a Democrat? Please, pass the Prozac, quick! And the moon is made of fluffy cream cheese and mashed potato. You cannot escape inevitability. Not forgetting, of course, that the world is going to end at the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve, 1999. Clarity in reality, please. Or, put another way, exposing yourself to the cold, harsh
light of day.
Please tell us alt. We are so interested in gaining just a small insight into your world. What was it. Democrat? Did you have your Teddy bear taken away from you when you were three? Or, worse, schlock-horror, you were jilted by a pre school pubescent love of your life? Is life, sorry existence, so unbearable for you/ Maybe, you were dropped on your head as
Where do you come from Democrat. , ®95 October 2nd, 4 days
a small child? My, oh my, I can just see you now, reap
try and cater for people who wanted to live AND work in pleasant green surroundings, and much of whose production would be delivered by telephone wire or post, cer-- tainly nothing much larger than a parcel
"tele" village might attract people from publishing, computer software, paphic design, architecture and many other pro fessional, knowledge- based sectors. Former hospital buildings could have
Trends were indicating that this sort of
ing this letter, seething away at the audaci ty of someone attacking your clear apnda in life. You see, to most sensible people it is clear you have a phobic reaction to any thing and everything that doesn't agree in your small, tiny and insignificant part of what must be a very, very dark corner of the universe. The truth is, more simply, that you hate anyone or anything getting something you don't have. Quite simply, you condemn and denigrate it. After all, why should anyone else have it when you can’t? Whoops, did I hit a very r^v ne^e , I , -M em b e r -1st, 6 days there? Sorry, but I just couldn t resist. You r
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been adapted and re-used for a variety ot residential, work and community uses. Initial indications were that Mr Hitman
was attracted to this idea, and in your paper in 1994 he was quoted as ' having plans to develop the site as a complete vil- lage community similar to Lord Lever-
you are.
hulme's Port Sunlight in the Wirral. This commitment to community now
rings very hollow. Many readers may remember the tne-
atre-assembly hall at Brockhall, a priceless community asset that might cost around £500,000 to build today. It has been flat
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Open your eyes, you might learn some- thing. I guess that's probably asking too much of ■ you, though, isn't it. Do you see a pattern forming here? No, oh dear then.
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What can I say? I just bet you are really angry by now
aren't you? Can't wait to retaliate next week? People like you are just an open book to me. Sadly, the world seems to bo
saddled with you. The right to freedom of expression is,
tened to make way for housing. Langho residents remember the building
to be provided for a Scout meeting place, provided 170 local youngsters and their parents could raise £10,000 to refurbish it - which they did, through grants and volun
tary effort. But the agreement was never finalised, and the project collapsed. Your readers may also recall the appoint
ment of ex-Coun Stan Thomas, a former Planning Committee chairman, to spear head the commercial development of the site. After very few months, his efforts were nullified as buildings were being demol ished faster than he could find occupants for them. I believe it was a case of the agen da having changed, but no one told hirn. To cut a very long story short, what we
support for the "big games", but this alone
thno^i'eommuAity We know we can get nities and minimal community to l l t o ____ A r_"Kin namps". but this alone
will not ensure the club's future. The gentlemen of the town who formed
Various points made relevant to BrocK hall by the county
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this club in November, 1877, at the Swan Hotel in Castle Street would, I am sure, be
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