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J Write to: The Editor, Cli.hcr.K- Advertiser and Times. 3 King Street, Cllthcroc HB72KW MUorial e-mail: dltheroe.editondgrijmca^i Shining example
by a decent man I WOULD like to share with your readers an experience which has restored my faith in human nature. I was in a very distressed state
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last Saturday lunchtime. I had arranged to meet friends for lunch in Barrow. I had given the taxi company plenty of notice, but no car came to collect me. When I phoned them to find out when I could expect the taxi, I was told that there was no record of my call the previous day. As an old man of 86, I was very upset at this news and feared my friends would feel that 1 was letting them down. On the verge of tears, I stood at my front door. Help was at hand! A young gen
has been broken for at least three weeks (a minute plastic box, which is totally inadequate). We pay very high rates for the
"privilege" of living in Whalley, and I am beginning to wonder why. With regard to yet another
effect these emissions have on the health of the residents of the Rib ble Valley. Neither has an environ mental study been undertaken. Will Ribble Valley Borough
roundabout being constructed at the junction of Station Road and King Street, could we also have a sign displayed, indicating how to use this - "give way to the right" for the benefit of those who have not studied the Highway Code.
PERPLEXED RATEPAYER, Whalley.
Is it Bawdlands or Brands Hatch?
tleman, whom I knew only by sight, asked me if everything was all right. I explained my problem and was astonished when he smiled warmly and said: "Give me 30 sec onds. I'll pop home, get my car and take you to Barrow myself." He was as good as his word. I arrived in Barrow just minutes late. I am sending you this letter
IS it time that something was done to slow down traffic through the "chicane" at Bawdlands - or is it Brands Hatch? A police van was parked there for
some hours, some days, a few weeks ago, outside the shops in Bawd
lands. Perhaps this did some good, but
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because I am sure that the young man is far too modest to want to make an issue of this kind gesture. In any case, I only managed to learn the bare minimum about him during the journey to Barrow. He is called Simon and works as a export manager. He will soon be moving from Clitheroe to Whalley, which is very much our loss and Whalley s
gain.It has always annoyed me when older people dismiss the younger generation as a pack of no-hopers. Certainly, Simon is a shining exam ple to people of all generations. While it is not always advisable to judge people by their appearance, he looks exactly what he is - a decent, well turned-out young man. He has a natural warmth and kindess that makes you feel that you have always known him. I wish him well. He will go a long way in
life.
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plants are stolen THIS is addressed to the proud new owner of the plants which have magically disappeared from the newly-planted war memorial gar den in our village this weekend. They have only recently been
bought and planted in the garden, in the hope that they would bring enjoyment to anyone passing by, as well as causing people to pause and remember the veterans of the wars. I am sure that the person respon- .
sible for this act has now long left the area, having briefly visited what is a very pretty part of the country. I t is just a pity that, besides asking visitors not to remove the wild flowers, we have to ask them not to remove complete plants, especially from a war memorial garden.
J. WOOD, Forest Houses, Dunsop Bridge, Clithcroe.
Not a well-kept
village now WHATEVER has happened to the
"well kept village" of Whalley? Wherever you look there is litter
Leigh Morrissey, Editor
lying around and along Station Road the hedgerows are overgrown with brambles, catching the unwary pedestrian (yes, there are pedestrians in Whalley). The only litter bin along the road
the budding racers continue to speed through.
speed limit on either side of the bridge. Of course, some drivers con tinue to speed down Henthorn Road, including various vehicles apparently going to the tip. I suppose these vehicles are the
To where? After all, there is a 30 m. p. h.
they were dazzled by headlights. He turned off his lights but could see the lovely animals vanish into the grounds of Gisburne Park. The story also mentions the mar
Council and its councillors, LCC representatives and our local MPs continue to turn a blind eye to what is planned for the Ribble Valley? As for the residents of Clitheroe
J. M. MORTIMER, Green Drive, Clitheroe.
Danger cracks in a busy walkway
WHERE are all the responsible,
conscientious and caring citizens of Clitheroe who would recognise an area of danger and do the obvious and dutiful thing, taking action to make this area 100% safe to all as swiftly as possible? The area I refer to is the walk
and beyond, will they just sit back and let it all happen as they have done for the last eight years?
ket in the village, which has been held since King Henry III granted its charter in 1260. The pubs do brisk business thanks to this licence and country life is seen at its best. The bleating of reluctant sheep
and the fast talking of the auction eer perched up on top of the pens selling the stock to the highest bid der, you could hear the whimpering of the collie dogs waiting for their new charges. Life was very active at the Gis-
burn horse races and they drew a goodly crowd to watch" 'orses jump
o’wert sticks." Talking about markets held in the 13th Century, how about prices
and book-keeping? Come to think of it, how did
way at the lower end of Wellgate, leading to Tesco. I have counted at least eight places where the pavings are sunken and/or badly cracked, causing raised edges from half an inch up to three and a half inches plus; one sunken and cracked very
badly. These are highly dangerous for
main reason why we have not had some decent traffic control mea sures in the area, except for ridicu lous amounts of red paint, in fact two coats of red paint! If we were talking about certain
everyone, but particularly the elderly and infirm, those with poor eyesight and even children who fre quently run around. I know of one elderly man who
areas of Blackburn, there would be dozens of sleeping policemen and allied obstacles. Why not in Clitheroe, where the traffic densi ties are similar? I don’t know, do you?
PETRIFIED PEDESTRIAN, Clilhcroe.
Nine incinerators
in our Valley IN the case at Lancaster Crown Court, it was legally established
that: a) There is no equipment any
where in the world which can pre vent plume-grounding from Castle Cement’s kilns 5, 6 and 7 and, b) Plumes do and will continue
Shakespeare and Dickens do all their writing? By hand, of course, and what about the paper? Were they using pen and ink quills, or what else? What about writing in the dark? I don't know, do you?
EDMOND CAMBIEN, Bolland Prospect, Clithcroe.
Tipping Hall links
are now sought TIPPING HALL, not very far from Blackburn, was the residence of this family in the 14th Century. Is there a history of the Tippings
tripped and fell and, although he was not badly hurt, he says his arthritic hips have not been the
same since. What are we waiting for? It
could be a fatality, someone falling and striking their head on the pave ment, old or young. Come winter, a covering of snow and ice will increase the danger a thousand
fold. Hundreds, if not thousands, of
people walk this passage every week. Why has no one tried to rec
tify the dangers? What about our council officials
to ground from all three kilns because of the topography and pre vailing weather conditions. There is no equipment available
to predict when this will happen and therefore no way of preventing
it. Castle Cement has applied to
burn Cemfuel in kiln 7. It is antici pated that the company will have to comply with the E.U. Waste Incineration Directive which sets a dioxin emission level of 0.1ng/m3. The Environment Agency has
authorised Castle Cement to re start burning Cemfuel in kilns 5 and 6 once the company has installed continuous monitoring equipment. However, the dioxin emission levels for kilns 5 and 6 have been set at 0.8ng/m3 - eight times greater than that for an offi
cial incinerator. Recent medical research from
various countries, including Ameri ca and Germany, has confirmed the relationship between dioxin emis sions and incidences of cancer. Yet in the near future it is anticipated that Castle Cement at Ribblesdale will be allowed to release dioxin emissions equivalent to nine incin erators in a valley where plumes regularly and persistently come to
ground. No health survey or monitoring
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and what about our voted-in coun cillors - have these people not noticed the dangerous and deplorable state of these pavings? If not, why not? Who is responsible for the maintenance of this area? Perhaps someone would care to respond to this letter to inform us. The deterioration of this area has not happened overnight; it has been like this for over two years, worsen ing week by week. An accident could at best be a
(anciently Typpynge) and their long association with the area? The extensive family can be
ROBIN ADAMS,
P.O. Box 18, Canterbury,
Victoria 3126, Australia. Emaikrobindacoslaadams
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msn.com.au Returned poms
can help project TWO university researchers are on the look-out for the hundreds of thousands of people who left Britain for a new life in Australia after the Second World War - but
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broken limb, at the worst, someone crippled for life, or a death. Either way, a hefty insurance claim. I would hope to see the necessary work carried out with the greatest possible speed and that no area of this town is ever allowed to become such a minefield of danger again.
MRS E. GROOBY,
Taylor Street, Clitheroe.
Historic journey
into Gisburn BOOKSHOPS in towns always attract like a magnet - the pleasure I get from reading is enormous. The stories of our lovely countryside, villages and rivers keep my interest going for a long, long time. A writer mentions his journey
more than a million, migrated from Britain to Australia in the quarter century after 1945. Most went as assisted migrants, paying £10 pounds for the journey. Now the British-Australian Post
Britain. An enormous number of people,
war Migration Research Project, conducted by Dr Alistair Thomson and I, aims to find out more about their experiences. If you migrated to Australia in the period 1945 to 1981 (whether under the assisted passage scheme or not) and then came back, we would like to hear
from you. The project, which is funded by
the Arts and Humanities Research Board, complements research at LaTrobe University in Melbourne. If you were a "ten pound pom”
home after a holiday in Scotland and it never stopped raining. He drove down the hill from
traced to Darley in Derbyshire in the mid-1500's and I am endeavour ing to make the genealogical link with the Tipping Hall members.
has ever been carried out into the water and their eyes were shining as DR LANI RUSSELL
Long Preston into Gisburn and suddenly was forced to brake, there in the middle of the road was a bitch otter and her cub. Their pelts were dripping with
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READERS may be interested to know that the Government's grant-in-aid scheme for war widows who wish to visit their hus band's grave overseas, due to end next March, will now run for a further two
years.The Government has extended it follow ing a request from the Royal British Legion who, having exclusively run the scheme for 15 years, believes that there are many war widows who are yet to apply. Grant-in-Aid enables war widows to
Widows’ subsidised trips to war graves widows to visit cemeteries in some 40 coun
tries. The legion will continue to ensure that
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A59 at Sawley was closed for most of day after spectacular lorry fire
A SPECTACULAR lorry fire led to the A59 being closed at Sawley
for most of Thursday. The 17-ton vehicle,
owned by a Knaresborough company, had been parked at Gisburn Auction Mart and the top of the full 10- ton load of straw was seen to be on fire when it reached
the Sawley turn-off. "When we arrived, the
whole vehicle and all the
MORE beds for seri ously ill patients are to be provided at Black
burn Royal Infirmary. The East Lancashire Health Authority is to
bales were totally engulfed in flames," says Station Officer Dave McGrath, in charge of Clitheroe fire fighters. "The decking burned
moved and checked for fire pockets, and the operation took more than five hours. "We can only think that
The straw had to be
away and the remains of' the straw collapsed into the
road." Putting out the initial
fire, with the aid of a water shuttle system from Sawley, was only the first step in a long and testing operation for the fire-fighters.
receive £2.02m. to improve critical care ser vices, and £1.2m. of it is to be spent at Blackburn Royal Infirmary Over the next three years
the fire was caused by a carelessly discarded ciga rette end. I t could even have been thrown from a vehicle travelling the other way," says St. Off. McGrath. Damage to the road sur
More beds for seriously ill patients
nine more high dependency beds and three intensive care unit beds are to be pro vided. The move enables an expansion of these services, for which there is~a high demand. -
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and would like to participate in the research project, please send your contact details to Lani Russell, telephone: 01273 877,774; e-mail:
l.russell@
sussex.ac.uk; or by post: Dr L. Russell, British-Australian Postwar Migration Research Pro ject, Centre for Continuing Educa tion, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RG.
face was checked by high way engineers.
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