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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified) 16 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, March 25th, 1999


Farmer to press home right-to-roam views when NFU chief visits during county tour


by Sheila Nixon


A LOCAL farmer is to spell out his objections to right- to-roam proposals at a grass­ roots meeting with the NFU deputy president, Mr Tony Pexton. The NFU official is expect­


ed to visit Mr William Slinger, of Dickinson's Farm, Pendle­ ton, tomorrow morning dur­ ing a fact-finding tour of Lan­


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cashire. Mr Slinger's farm adjoins the


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SCHOOLS in the Ribble Valley are to benefit from £1.268 million of Govern­ ment money for new books. The award is being made


to Lancashire County Council and is the largest single allocation for any education authority in the


country. Said County Coun. Mrs


Hazel Harding, chairman of the Education and Cultural Services Committee: "I am delighted that Lancashire County Council has been awarded this money, which will benefit every pupil in


the county. "It is vitally important


that children get the reading habit at a very early age if they are to get the most out of their education and this round of funding will give a real boost to our schools in achieving this aim."


THERE was a mix-up with one


of our photographs last week. Consequently we are pleased to feature the event again, with the


correct picture. Above is the team of local doctors,


known as the Docathletes, who have boosted the Clitheroe Heart Machine fund even further, raising £850.50 from a series of sporting events last year, which they presented to fund treasurer Mr Robin Atkinson at Clitheroe Health


Centre. Our picture shows Dr Ron Iligson, Dr


Alistair Carter, Dr Barry Smith, Dr


Andrew Brown and Dr Ian Ibbotson handing over the cheque to Mr Atkin­


son. (020399/13/22) Below are members of Clitheroe


Lions, whose photograph was involved in the mix-up, they presented a cheque for £1,000 to a delighted Mr Simon Nanson, Activities Co-ordinator of the Friends of Chernobyl group. The money was raised from a celebri­


in the summer. Our picture shows Friends of Cher­


ty cooking evening, held at Stonyhurst College in November, which attracted over 150 people. The proceeds from the event will go towards providing an activity-packed holiday for children from Chernobyl, when they come here


nobyl secretary Dr Fiona Ritchie (left) with fellow committee member Mrs Marion Lund and Mr Nanson, activities co-ordinator with the prized cheque. In the background of the picture are Clitheroe Lions chairman Mr Roger Williams, activities chairman Mr Tony Smith and club secretary Mr Geoffrey Braithwaite. The group is pictured out-


' side Text House, which will be the day­ time base for the children when they arrive. (100399/5/11)


Celebrity cook-in raises £ 1,000


tice, MP for Pendle, who, on the same day in the House of Com­ mons, will be pushing forward his Private Member's Bill on


access. The Government has already


announced that it favours legisla­ tion on a statutory right to roam over mountain, moorland, com­ mon land, heath and downland. Mr Slinger, who is a member of


Pendle Common Grazers' Associ­ ation, told the Clitheroe Adver­ tiser and Times th a t he had no objection to managed access but opposed "unlimited access" on the common. The NFU regional policy advis­


er, Mrs Veronica Waller, said: "William Slinger’s farm already has a number of footpaths and he


has rights for grazing sheep on Pendle common. "The commoners' association


has a managed access agreement on Pendle Hill which includes access arrangements for hang gliders and horse riders. This is working well, but the new Gov­ ernment proposals may mean th a t other land adjoining the common may now be opened up for access. "Mr Pexton will be able to hear


first-hand the concerns of farmers and use the information to contin­


ue to lobby the Government to show a greater understanding of the needs of the countryside." Mr Slinger said other farmers in the area wiith grazing rights on


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Pendle common shared his con- has previously been denied.. cerns. They feel that unlimited access could lead to abuse of the countryside by people with no genuine interest in its manage­ ment and preservation. The Ramblers' Association has


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welcomed the proposals and does not believe that any abuse of the system will be widespread. Said Mr Frank P a r ro tt ,


spokesman for the association, which speaks for ramblers, rather


There has been no promise so \ „ 4.


than for people using vehicles: "T h e y mean\that, a t long last,


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walkers will be able to go oh those parts of the Bowland fells and Boulsworth Hill to which access


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so far had produced only a limit­ ed response, he\ said, and he pointed out th a t the Govern­ ment's proposals, as’distinct from Mr Prentice's, were not yet before Parliament.


far that they will be debated soon, although it is hoped it will be


some time before the next elec tion.


Docathletes’ heart machine cash Thanked for


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SOME 60 members of Clitheroe Probus Club met for their 30th annual meeting, at the Pendle Club, in Lower-


gate. In his review of the


year, the acting chair man, Mr Brian Banks, gave an apology for absence from the chair­ man, Mr Peter Tranter, who was in hospital, and submitted the chair­


man’s report. On Mr Tranter's behalf,'


Mr Banks thanked mem­ bers for th e ir excellent attendance and expressed appreciation to the offi­ cers and committee for their enthusiastic support throughout the past year,


j The treasurer's accounts revealed a healthy profit on


I the year's events and reports on the club's various activities were received. Mr Jim Parker, of


Twiston, was welcomed as the new chairman and Mr Tom Duff was appointed vice-chairman. Mr George Glendinning


was elected to the commit­ tee in place of Mr Brian Banks whose term of office had expired. Other commit­ tee members and officers were elected en bloc. After the meeting, mem­


bers enjoyed an excellent lunch and fellowship at the Moorcock Inn, Waddington Fell. Mr Barrie Lancaster, president of Clitheroe Rotary Club, was guest of


honour. Mr Leonard King, hon-


| orary life member and one of the founders of the club, proposed the loyal toast


Councillors’


‘no’ to house conversion


PLANS to convert a house into two separate dwellings


have been turned down by borough councillors. An identical application


to alter the listed building at Edisford Bridge Farm, Edisford Road, Clitheroe, was submitted in 1993, but was refused due to the effect of the restrictive policies which apply to new dwellings in the open coun­


tryside. In a report to the Ribble


Valley Borough Council's Planning and Development Committee meeting, plan­ ning officers confirmed that no changes have been made to the restrictive policies, within the Districtwide


Local Plan, since then. Coun. Harry Backhouse (Waddington) queried


whether the sub-division of the property, would count as new dwellings, as they would be inside an original


building. In response, Mr John


Macholc, RVBC's forward planning manager, com­ mented: "The fundamental issue here is that it is con­ trary to policies in the open countryside and is clearly a new development." The proposals also


included constructing a car park a t the front of the properties, but the report considered that for it to be positioned at the rear would be ■ "received more


favourably". Both Coun. Ted Boden


(Chatburn) and Coun. Peter Redpath (Read) questioned whether the application could be accept­ ed if the car park plans were revised, but Coun. Redpath added: "This application has to be refused in this context." Mr Macholc added: "I do


feel if we allow this to go ahead, with car parking at the back, it would be an invitation for larger dwellings to be converted."


Admits stealing from cars


A CLITHEROE man was remanded on bail until April 12th by Blackburn magis­ trates after admitting steal­ ing from cars in the town. Michael George Richards


(22), of Stanford Place, Clithevoe, pleaded guilty to stealing a Makita power saw worth;£200 and a Nokia mobilephone worth £90, and asted for two further offences to be taken into consideration. The magistrates ordered


the preparation of pre-sen­ tence reports.


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Councillors squabble over allocation of local community grant


THE announcement of over £51,000 worth of grants to community organi­ sations by Ribble Valley Borough Council was soured by a squabble between


two councillors at a meeting of the authority's Community Committee. what it was about to the


Cash awards of up to


£8,000 to 38 Ribble Val­ ley organisations were approved by councillors from a purse specially earmarked for recre­ ational and cultural


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ough council committee meeting at which the grants were approved, two councillors who sat on the four-man working group which discussed the 51 applications made for the grants were involved in a row over distribution of


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(Waddington) accused Coun. Graham Sowter (Billington and Langho) of abusing his position on the committee by securing a £6,000 grant for a pro­ posed multi-purpose sports wall, put forward by Billington and Langho Parish Council. Coun. Backhouse said to


working group. His con­ stituency had received very few grants from the fund over the last few years and the parish council had offered to put up £2,000 match-funding towards the sports wall. The wall, it was hoped, would provide a highly valuable asset to the local community, particu­ larly for youngsters, by pro­ viding a wire-fenced surface on which to play basketball, football and cricket. "All the decisions made


by the working group were arrived at as a consensus. If Coun. Backhouse had seri ous objections about the proposal he should have voiced them a t the time. Coun. Backhouse is not used to thinking strategical­ ly about the interests of the Kibble Valley as a whole. He prefers, instead, to trade off one village against another," said Coun Sowter. The remainder of the


Coun. Sowter: "You declared an interest in the application, but then failed to shut up about it. I think it is unfair that you took advantage of your position to put something through on your patch. They were actions which I do not admire you for.” Coun. Sowter replied


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