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drops in to prove its commitment to area


by Tim Procter


stration of the commitment The Countryside Agency has


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made to the area. What is not so obvious is the-


agency's total cash spending in the Ribble Valley and Forest of Bow- land in the past year - in excess of £200,000! Some of this was committed by


wide range of private sector organi­ sations," says Clare Warburton, the agency's Countryside Officer for


elicopter "drops" of stone on top of Pen- dle Hill last week provided a very public demon­


Lancashire. Indeed, the helicopter task was


part of a county council project, with money coming also from ERDF 5B European funds. The airborne operation could hardly be more obvious, visible to anyone looking towards the hill from the Ribble Valley, Pendle and Burnley areas. Stone was picked up in large white containers from a nearby dis­ used quarry and lowered for use in renovation work on the diagonal path on the main south-east face of


the former Countryside Commis­ sion which was replaced by the agency six months ago. The new body has a very wide brief, includ­ ing but far exceeding the obvious task of improving the countryside and making its pleasures easily accessible to all. Tackling rural dis­ advantage and the varied transport and agricultural problems experi­ enced is high on the agenda. Tourism might bring jobs and money but there is a "swamping the countryside" downside as well — the agency is keen to minimise that. This area is already benefitting from these varied policies and there


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such as Lancashire County Coun­ cil, the Community Council for Lancashire, parish councils and a


the hill. Another similar ease-of-safe-


access project is the Pennine Bri­ dleway, which cuts through the area. The agency has won a £1.8m. grant towards the £3.6m. cost of creating a route from Derbyshire to Long Preston, and supports rights of way work in general. It is leading a research prpoject, with the coun­ ty county council, into the demand for a network of green routes in the Forest of Bowland for use by walk­ ers, cyclists and horesriders. The agency is significantly con­


tributing to two local pioneering efforts, the countryside diversifying Bowland Initiative, and the trans­ port interchange by the railway sta­ tion in Clitheroe, where it is putting in £50,000 over three years. Money has also been made avail­


| Meanwhile,, still in the air...


Life-saving helicopter service seeks £lm. boost from a new lottery draw


A NEW lottery draw has just 1 started to;help fund, a life-saving service which has already bene- ,


I fited the Ribble Valley. 'The'air ambulance,' partly spon­ sored by the Automobile Associa­


tion; has swooped down.into the Valley on several occasions since it took to the skies in May. I t is based at Blackpool, staffed and mobilised by the ambulance service, and offers exceptional benefits to everyone. The lottery is being started with


the aim of raising £lm. a year to help fund the service and, if at all possible, expand it by adding-a'second machine. • Details.can be obtained from the Friends of North West Air Ambu­ lance on 01772 711424.


Pupils from all around the Valley benefit from CRGS expertise


| LAST week's item about Clitheroe Royal Grammar


I School and the remarkable num­ ber of students it sends to uni-


1 versity caused a lot of interest. The achievement has more than a


j passing relevance to the "abolish grammar schools" moves now being


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01200 422323 I the first time I had witnessed I


| such a scene. The way it was done was really


spectacular and very interesting to me. The contraption used was a cross between a crane and a vehicle. With four upright pillars support­ ing crosspieces, when empty it looked like an open-ended hollow box of steel on wheels that were | about a.metre high, with very thick


THE Ribble Valley's Mayor held the annual reception for parish council chairmen and clerks to thank them for


their work.


as the Mayor, Coun. Brian Collis, has a long record of service to his parish of Ribchester. It even includes receiving an award from Princess Anne for several decades of work to


This year the occasion was especially apt,


t h o u g h t fo r t ir e w e e k


watched quite a large boat being lifted out of the water the other day,


rubber tyres making them larger


still. It was big and strong, as was nec­


essary to carry such large boats with safety. The yacht sailed inside a narrow inlet, exactly the size of the lifting machine, with its cradle of straps that was out of sight under the water. When nicely in position, the


motor was started to begin to draw.;, up the straps under the huge boat.' Very slowly, but surely, the straps ;


tightened under the keel and_up came the boat yntil it was high


ahove the water and the dock. Now the wheels began to turn and the whole affair, holding the boat securely, moved backwards and then turned to take its burden to be propped up in an alloted place in the yard for repairs and overhaul. ■ This idea must have saved a


great deal of work and worry com­ pared with the old method of haul­ ing boats out of the water. Very safely held, the propping up was simply and quickly accomplished in ■ minutes, before the securing straps - were taken off. the vessel. ^ ■ :


thought and calculation to make this advance in the handling of large boats. But the everlasting, loving arms of God have been doing this for His children for ages. Who­ ever we are, and no matter how dif­ ficult, we are not outside the capac­ ity of those loving arms. Gently and lovingly they lift us out oF£ie mire and morass of hopelessness, that we may have the oppportuhi- ty to be renewed and given a ifew lease of life.


I t must have taken considerable ,S Joe Stansficld


the playing fields in the village. The picture shows Couri. and Mrs Collis, far


right, with Clitheroe Mayor and Mayoress Coun. and Mrs Alan Yearing and some of the reception guests. (070999/22/5)


| seen in some parts of the country. The head at CRGS, Mr Stuart


I benefit from the challenge offered by the grammar school set-up, even


Holt, is keen to point out that its sixth form college allows boys and girls to


though they were not selected for it at 11. In fact, about 60 per cent of this year's new students are from other places. Ribblesdale High School has the


biggest share, with 48. Although a much smaller school, Bowland High


has contributed 13, and there are 15 from St Augustine's, Billington, and 16 from Longridge High School. Smaller numbers come from Black­ burn, Accrington, Burnley, Nelson


and Colne. This wide spread of benefit from the sixth form centre is thought likely


to count very much in favour of CRGS, both in the eyes of the Gov­ ernment and the parents who, just possibly, may have to ballot for the school's future! Meanwhile, there will be a slight


dip in university entrance next year, as the current upper sixth has 240 members, against 254 last year. But then a big rise looks likely, for


308 boys and girls joined the lower sixth in September, and most will go on to higher education in 2001. That number could exceed Eton's!


able, where it can be effectively used, for other work - such as help­ ing to fund the Sabden-based lengthsman, whose work was fea­ tured in this newspaper recently. And where appropriate the


agency will help individual parish­ es, village hall committees and the like. But it also is strongly commit­ ted to other issues, varying from woodland to affordable rural hous­ ing. There is a scheme to help shops


which are the only ones in rural vil­


lages. One of the agency's hoard mem­


bers is the Bishop of Blackburn, the Rt Rev. Alan Chesters and another is Mrs Janet Bradbury, who is Director of Development at Pendle Borough Council. The regional public relations advisor for the agency is Mrs Olivia Assheton, who runs her own consultancy from Downham.


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NHS career spans 42


CLITHEROE man Mr; Mike Britcliffe hasi retired.from the NHSj after 42 years' contin’u- ousservice.


years $


locally at Brockhall Hospital, and since then; he has worked primarily' in the supplies side of. the service. Mr Britcliffe, who hasi


His career started1 •


lived in Clitheroe all his; life, has held senior man^ agerial positions in Lan,-j caster, Rochdale, Burn­ ley and Blackburn, and; since April this year held the appointment of. operations manager for, NHS Supplies - Eas^, Lancashire. During his career, Mr


Britcliffe has been involved in equipping a number of new hospitals, and has built up a repu­ tation for customer care and dedication.


ried to Christine, who works at Clitheroe ComT munity Hospital, and has two children.


Mr Britcliffe is mar,-, Civic thank you for parish council work 'a(


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