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senior citizen last Friday. We often read in the national
Press about this type of crime, but not usually in our home town . . . what is happening to our society
today? May I through your columns
| appeal personally to anyone who knows anything a t all about the assault, no matter how trivial the information may seem, to contact Clitheroe police (01200 443344). Anyone contacting the police will
be able to speak in private to the officer leading the inquiries. As president of Pendle Club and
as a person who is in regular con tact with senior citizens, I appeal to Clitheroe people to help stamp out this type of crime before another vulnerable person faces a similar
ordeal. Also, I would like to warn the
elderly n o t to open th e i r door unless they know who the caller is
| and to use a chain lock while check ing the identity of a caller. If you are at all unhappy with the identity of a caller, contact the police or a neighbour. Let this be the last incident of its
kind in Clitheroe. I appeal to townspeople to help
the police nail the offender and get justice for the victim of this cow ardly attack. Then the rest of the people of our town can sleep a t night without fear.
| JOHN McGOWAN, Mayor’s Parlour, Clitheroe.
Ex-vicar man of
many talents I MUCH appreciated your sympathetic - and swiftly produced — notice of the death
of the Rev. Denis McWilliam. You could not, of course, cover
all aspects of the work of so varied a man and I feel someone should call attention to his foundation of a meditation group, which still meets in Whalley Abbey, which he revis ited with great happiness during his last return to Clitheroe in October
of last year. I mention this not only because
the group has afforded solace and direction to a good number of peo ple of varied religious affiliations, b u t because i t offers th e key to Denis's own ex trao rd in a ry life. E v e ry th in g he did - climbing mountains, piloting aeroplanes, s tu d y in g theology, teaching, becoming a parish priest, going into
politics and becoming Mayor of Clitheroe - and all the migrations he undertook — from Scotland to England, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Lancashire and back to Germany - were none of them based either on a career plan, nor on irresponsible impulse: all issued from his deep and continuous prayer-life and were his responses to the spirit which bloweth where it listeth. Denis followed this spirit to the end, and it led him through a life of ceaseless interest and diffi culty to eventual fulfilment. I t also brought him to a wife who was will ing and able to accompany and cheer its unpredictable course.
PETER HARDWICK, Waddington Rond,
Clitheroe. 9 We apologise for inadvertently
referring to the late Mr McWilliam as a former Mayor of Ribble Valley in last week's obituary. He was, of course, a former Mayor of Clitheroe. Editor.
Does MP never
get stiff neck? I AM always amused when I see the Ribble Valley MP, Nigel Evans, join his leader, William Hague, and the "nodding marionettes" on the Front Bench a t every opportunity. Does he never get a stiff neck?
DAI BACH. An accident only
a matter of time WHAT is happening to our
country lanes? Elker Lane, Billington, was once
a lovely lane to walk or drive on, but not now. The state of this lane has deteriorated considerably oyer the last few years. With the build ing of houses, etc., at Brockhall Vil lage, this lane has a constant flow of vehicles, including heavy goods vehicles. The verges are disappear ing and one ash tre e is dying through being constantly hit with
transport vehicles. What a pity the owner did not have the intention of building an
access road. Perhaps Ribble Valley Borough
important an issue until an acci- 1H p la n n in g I OW dent occurs. Because of the speed a t which some vehicles travel this
Council does not consider this too
lane, it is only a matter of timel Thank you Coun. Chris Holtom
for your diligence in bringing this to th e a t te n t io n of the public and authorities concerned.
E. PARKER, Fells View, Billington.
9 All road matters are the responsi bility of the Lancashire County
I READ the Advertiser and Times's article regarding a hard standing in Back Lane, Grindleton, with amazement
Council. The local council does do some work, but only on an agency basis and decisions and money all come from Preston. Last week, local councillors voted to write to the coun ty about this issue. Editor.
No disregard of
need for consent REGARDING the article (February 11th) on my plan ning application for a garage and hardstanding, I would
like to clarify a few points. When I bought the land in 1995,
I spoke to a member of the plan ning department of Ribble Valley Council and was told that permis sion was not required for a hard- standing area and parking. There was no "flagrant disregard of the need for consent" and the land has been used in this manner for the
last four years. Local residents have also been
more than happy to see my "large van" whenever I have attended to their plumbing needs. There is much support in the vil
lage for the creation of additional off-road parking and I feel th a t a successful appeal can only be of benefit to my neighbours. My application, far from estab
lishing a precedent, is actually fol lowing precedent created by a simi la r garage b u il t recently on the
same site. I firmly believe th a t a garage
built to the local vernacular and with fu r th e r landscaping and a hedge would not detract from the rural beauty that is Grindleton. Remember, it's my view, too.
PHILIP POOLE, Back Lane,
Grindleton. 9 As our report made clear, the appli cation was for agricultural land. It is not known if the conversation with a member of the planning department made that clear. Normally, hard- standing and garages are permitted on residential curtilages. A garage has been built nearby, but not on land zoned for agriculture, as in Mr Poole’s application. Editor.
Mounting anger
and mounting anger. As a resident in the village for some 42 years, I wish to put across
my point of view. Mr Poole has lived here for sever
al years. He has virtually single- han d ed ly tran sfo rmed a small, uninteresting cottage and barn into
a very a ttra c t iv e house, more in keeping with the village require ments th an many of th e nearby houses. He recently purchased a small piece of land opposite in order to have a garden and somewhere to park his van - again the work is
immaculate. For my terminally ill and physi
cally handicapped late husband, Mr Poole installed an automatic shower with the minimum of noise, inconvenience and charge, th u s allowing him to enjoy the pleasure and p riv acy of a daily shower, which he had very much missed, and thereby adding to his quality of
life. For we Grindleton widows, he
will down tools to come and fix overflows, leaking taps, etc. He is a very kind and caring young man. In this village there are several
"bungalows", for which planning permiss ion had been g ran ted , which sprouted another storey dur ing th e building process. Where were the councillors? Every village, over the centuries,
has developed its "grot spots” - they add to the charm. Mr Poole's hard standing is not one of these. Please let him get on with his busy life unhindered.
SHEILA YOUNGS (Mrs), Meadowsidc, Grindleton.
Scandal of inept
recycling policy IT is a scandal that, due to the inept, misguided, environ mental and recycling policies exhorted by the Government and implemented at local level by councils, many volun tary and charitable groups have lost invaluable fund
raising potential. We have the ludicrous situation
th a t where, until recently, volun tary groups were able to benefit by a significant payment for waste- paper, they are now being asked to pay £10 per tonne to have it col lected by the multi-national paper and board firms, who persuaded the Government to adopt these partic ular policies which provide these multi-nationals with free raw mate rials at the expense of charities, vol untary groups and the ratepayers. Perhaps our local councillors
would like to tell us what the real cost of their actions is and what steps, if any, they are tak in g to compensate the voluntary groups and charities for the losses they
have brought about.
BILL FLEMING, Ifillcrcst Road, Langho.
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Church and business
THERE have been many tributes to a ded-
icated servant of the Church and local busi ness, retired accountant
Mr Arthur Farnell. Aged 87, Mr Farnell was
in th e choir a t C hris t Church, C h a tb u rn , for more than 60 years - follow ing boyhood service a t St Michael’s, Foulridge, from
1920-6. His funeral was a t the
Chatburn church on Friday. Mr Farnell’s father was
in business in the village, b u t he himself chose accountancy as a career. In 1926 he s ta r ted out as an office boy and, after taking evening classes, passed out top of Britain and the Com monwealth in his final examinations. He p ra c t ise d in King
Street for many years, retir ing in 1977, having seen many changes in his profes sion, some directly affecting many farming clients. Mr F a rn e l l joined the
church choir a t Chatburn in 1935, and was elected to the
PCC in 1937. He was church treasurer
for more than 45 years after the war, and was also peo ple's warden and la te r vicar's warden. On his retirement from
the post, Mr Farnell, who was not married, was elect ed vice-ch airman of the PCC, only finally stepping down in 1997 when he was 86. He received several pre sentations over the years for his service to the choir, in which he was a tenor. Mr Farnell, who was con
nected with the Indepen dent Order of Oddfellows, lived quietly and was great ly respected by generations of people. He was prede ceased by his sister.
Flats plan for village
church site
ALTERATIONS can be made to create four self- contained one-bedroomed " soc ia l n e ed s" f la ts a t S la id b u rn M e th o d is t
Church. Members of the Ribble
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TOP gardener Tony Burrows passed on some tips to the green-fingered people of Sabden when he was guest speaker a t the
village's horticultural society. The well-known Barrowford man, who
has regularly featured on the television, gave a talk and showed slides on how to grow various vegetables and produce excel
lent results. Mr Burrows has a wealth of gardening
experience and has app e a red on p ro grammes such as "Country Concerns" and as one of the Tool Dudes on Granada s
"Muck and Jeff". Following the talk at the village's White
Hart Inn, Mr Burrows answered questions
which were put to him by members. Our pho to g raph shows Mr Burrows
(centre) and some of the keen gardeners who attended his talk. (090299/I6/I7a)
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