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www.eastlancsnews.co.uk 10 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, September 16th, 1999 {ihe Clitberoe vertiser and 1 imes /T\ Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW | It was an ‘absolutely GARDA October 7th, 8 days '
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brilliant night’ HAVING played the role of Carnival Queen in the previous five torchlights, this year I had to abdicate, which was a great
disappointment to me. However, knowing the royal throne was
in the safe hands of King Bill the 1st, Queen Bess the second and Squire Ed the jester, I sat back to enjoy the entertain
ment. What a nightl It was an absolutely bril
liant night; as the song goes, we were all
singing in the rain. Having been part of the local theatrical scene all my life, I know how much work goes into a production. Every one of the 60 or so floats was its own show, needing pro ducer, director, choreographer, wardrobe, costume, make up, lighting, sound, chippies
and sparks.
there were on show. I was particularly impressed with Titanic, 3M Circus and Mearly Night. As the song goes: "Every
And what a tremendous variety of floats . ' ,
One’s a Winner." It was great to see so many young peo
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light tradition. A big thank-you also to the forgotten
ple carrying on the unique Clitheroe torch
heroes, the drivers who skilfully negotiate their vehicles large and small around the streets of our town. Also, the marshalls and police who kept everything running smoothly, and the organising committee for the excellent job they did in co-ordinat ing the event; not forgetting the collectors whose hard work on the night helps to pay
for the fireworks. - Clitheroe torchlighters - you can be
proud of yourselves in the way you kept our unique procession up to, and in many cases, above our wonderful town's high
standards. Now, Clitheroe Town Council and Kib
ble Valley Borough Council, follow the peo ple's example and do your duty and bring us some Christmas lighting displays in town to welcome the new Millennium. Thanks once again to all involved for a
wonderful evening. P.S. Thank you to the young lady from
the Ladies' Circle who gave us an impromp tu cabaret! Was she doing a wear test for a major underwear manufacturer?! If so, she passed with flying colours! Finally, what a brilliant firework display to end ah unfor
gettable night.
JOHN TURNER AND FAMILY, Railway View Road, Clitheroe.
Resounding success
of the procession I WOULD like to thank everyone involved in any way with the Torchlight Procession and Firework Display last Saturday. The event was a resounding success and
this must be the result of the efforts of all those involved in its creation, organisation
possible themes, with a few ideas, some good, some bad, but we eventually man aged to reach an agreement - "Let's go as witches."Most people we told said it wouldn't be , difficult and wouldn't need much make-up! Anyway, we agreed we would call our
float "Pendle Millennium Magic", quite simply the idea being witches enjoying their very own Millennium party. We had the idea, but no wagon, no driver, no lights. That's really where the truly magical
school and the Festival Hall. Our car park proposal is ideally located to help solve parking problems for these two buildings and was only put forward after consulta
people came in and we would like to say a huge thank-you to Miles and Richard Fox for lending us the magnificent vintage wagon and for all their help; also to Ken Brass and Ferns Joiners for making the frame for us; and Dave Bolton, who, in spite of the fact that he had never met any of us before, and was already working on other floats, came and did our lights for us. Thanks also to the people who donated
would be unsafe. In saying this, he is going against the advice of his own planning offi cer, the highways authority and the local police, who all support the proposal. We wonder how he can be so confident in chal lenging the advice of these professionals. Anyone who doubts that a car park is
tion with the school governors. Coun. Dyson believes our car park
bagging their garage doors and their cars were also washed by the spray. ON-THE-SPOT REPORTER, Clitheroe.
Pointless railings
both necessary and a major road improve ment should visit the village at the begin- ning or end of a school day. The safety of our schoolchildren is of utmost concern to the parish council and, for that reason, we will continue to pursue the construction of
our car park.
or lent things to us, including Henthorn Post Office and Henthorn News, Trutex and Primrose Garage. Our grateful thanks also to Steven Tomlinson and Ian Taylor for driving us on the night and keeping everything going. You both did a wonder ful job; also special thanks to Margaret for coming to the rescue in our moment of need. Thanks also to everyone who helped; both before and after the procession, and to everyone who cheered us on. We hope you liked our float. We tried
Thanks again to all.
LIZ, KAREN, BARBARA, KAREN, KELLY, ADELE, MICHELE, EMMA, SAM, TRACEY, PAM AND DELYSE, Pendle Millennium Magic Float - No. 53.
Skatepark helmets
are so important! I THINK the skate park is a great asset to the kids, but felt your picture in last week's Advertiser and Times of the boy, stripped to the waist and wearing no safety gear whatsoever, did nothing to promote safe
skating.
casualty with a child who had a nasty fall in the skate park and consequently lost his memory for 24 hours, I can't stress enough to parents the importance of children wear
After spending last Sunday night m . , . ing helmets.
JUDITH A. HOYLE, Grindlelon Road, West Bradford. @ Skate park co-ordinator Mr Steve Proc
ter says that he has made repeated warnings to youngsters to use helmets and shin and . knee pads when using the facilities. Notices at the park also clearly state that the rules include use of protective gear. He pointed out (hat the young man in last
week's photograph was one of the best skaters in the area and was taking part in a special demonstration when the picture was taken. He was wearing protective pads on his legs under his track suit at the time.
people from Clitheroe and the surrounding communities who came out to watch, for without them the evening would not have been such a success. The whole atmosphere was one of fun, friendliness and enjoyment. A thoroughly good evening was had by
and implementation. We must not forget the thousands of
COUN. ALAN YEARING, Mayor of Clithcroc.
Our thanks to ‘truly O O O O O O O O
magical people’ TWO or three months ago, on a girls' night out, it was suggested: "Why don’t we do a float in the torchlight?" It seemed like a
good idea at the timel We started having meetings to discuss
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Inn. Parish to pursue
car park plans AT last week's Ribble Valley Planning and Development Committee meeting, council
all. The Torchlight Procession is a tradition to be proud of.
lors once again rejected Gisburn Parish Council's application for a village car park. In so doing, they were led by Coun. Frank Dyson, who accused the parish council of a lack of consultation with both the school governors and the villagers of Gisburn. Let me, as vice-chairman of the parish
LINDA FARNWORTH, Vice-chairman, Gisburn Parish Council,
Main Street, Gisburn.
‘I will be happy to
confirm the facts’ I WOULD like to clear up a few points raised in Mrs Horner's letter which appeared in the Clitheroe Advertiser and
our best and, in spite of one or two prob lems, we had a most enjoyable night.
Times.The results of the emission testing car ried out by the Environment Agency’s con tractors in October, 1998, suggested an apparent breach of the Kibblesdale Works limits for one material, chromium. However, two values were determined by
versus public safety ON the backs running parallel to the bot tom end of York Street, Clitheroe, there are six large stone slabs, each measuring three feet by two feet by three inches thick, cov ering a brook which runs underneath them. Earlier this year, one of these slabs col
lapsed into the brook. The council said they could not afford to
replace this slab and so they covered it with a temporary metal plate. Last week, anoth er large slab, measuring three feet by two feet by three inches, collapsed, leaving another hole temporarily covered. I have noticed quite a big job going on to
Residents resorted to the norm by sand
put railings down the side of North Street car park off Chatbum Road. I wonder how much they have cost and what is the pur
pose of them? I feel the money spent on these pointless
RAYMOND DICKINSON. Inaccuracy on the
the contractors, one of which was 370 times greater than the other. Such a result is an indication that the sampling and analyti
cal work was flawed. Castle Cement challenged the accuracy
of this figure some months ago and the Environment Agency has agreed that the value is obviously incorrect. It is Castle Cement's understanding that
North West Frontier IT was good to read about the CRGS pupils' trip to North India, but a pity that you can't report with more accuracy. The photo of the pupils around what you describe as a "Hindu shrine" is actually a Tibetan Bucldhist Stupa, or Choerten in Tibetan: the symbol of the Buddha's
enlightened mind. Tibetan Buddhism spread to all of the
the contractors concerned are no longer used by the agency and, as a result, no re
test work could be done. I am pleased, therefore, to report that
the emissions testing demonstrated that Castle Cement remained well within the
terms of its authorisation. Mrs Horner concludes that the wet gas
Himalayan Kingdom such-as Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim,—Ladakh and the Himalayan foothill areas that now fall within Indian's borders. It is still the dom inant religion of the areaT Just to set the record straight!
scrubber installed on kiln 7 does not work. In fact, the results of the test work carried out are so impressive that the manufactur ers of the scrubber have received orders totalling $25m for further installations on
cement kilns. In Mrs Homer's letter a further claim is
made that the velocity of the emissions leaving the chimney is now half of that before the scrubber was installed. This statement is entirely untrue as, in
fact, the velocity has almost doubled - thus further improving the dispersion of the
direct, I would be happy to confirm the facts to avoid any further misunderstand ings and your readers being misinformed. .
gases from kiln 7's chimney. In future, if Mrs Horner contacts me
IAN SUTHERAN, General Manager,
Castle Cement.
on road flooding ATTEMPTS by Lancashire County Council to alleviate flood problems outside the Edisford Road, Chtheroe, houses Nos 59, 61 and 63, utterly failed again recently, just as all other attempts have previously
lished a village appraisal entitled "Gisburn 2000," after very extensive consultation throughout the village. The need for a car park was one of the most important rec ommendations of that report. The most difficult parking problems in the village occur m the vicinity of the
council, set the record straight. Two years ago, the parish council pub
KATE MURRY, Lime Street, Clitheroe.
9 We would like to thank Kate Murry for setting the record straight, but our report - and our reference to the "Hindu shrine" - was based on information supplied to us. There arc very many of these religious edi fices in that area and it was merely a back drop to a photograph; the party was on a trek, not a religious pilgrimage - editor.
Candidates should
mark, If the candidates keep us all in the dark. How many constituents saw only one .
meet the people YOU can't expect the voters to make their
face? Giving the impression it was a one-horse .
County’s ‘utter failure’ tion
on this problem and on obtaining compen sation have been somewhat fruitless. Recently, cars again had to queue to pass the trouble spot and early morning walkers were drenched by the spray of speeding vehicles, which failed to slow down for the
failed. The 20-year-old battle with the county
hazard.
race. If the candidates gave us more informa
We wouldn't be accused of being an apa
thetic voting nation. No doubt the electorate would have
given voice, If only they had known they had a _.
choice. So ALL candidates should please take
note, Before they make it compulsory to vote.
stickl MRS J. R. HAMMOND,
Main Street, Bolton-by-Bowlnnd.
Don't keep attacking the voting public, Instead give the candidates a dose of the
railings could have been more wisely spent on public safety, i.e. a proper reinforcement of the slabs in York Street backs.
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A PROJECT to mark the Millennium, which will carve a niche in the histo ry of Ribchester, has been
given a cash boost. Four stone sculptures,
created by artist Fiona Bowley and designed in part by villagers, will form the centrepiece of a yew garden at the Church Street entrance to Ribchester's
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gridge branch of the National Westminster Bank, which will pay for the sundial - part of the project which will reflect on the past and look forward to the future - has been pre sented to the committee. Coun. Mrs Caroline
branch. Mrs Hull said: "We are
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