8 Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, February 24th, 2000


Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 422323 (Advertising), Burnley 422331 (Classified), www.eastlancsnews.co.uk


Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Majority of claims


were misleading I R E F E R to Wayne K ilner's le t te r ab o u t Bowland High School in last week’s paper. In my opinion the letter was seriously inaccurate and misleading in the majority of its claims. © I do not have access to any informa­


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tion not generally available and I resent the implication that I have. © A planning notification is posted up


publicly 20 metres from Mr Kilner's prop­ erty and the democratic process has been


followed. © School numbers are not increasing by


90 this summer. 0 There are provisions for parking.


© No decisions have been made regard­


ing a possible new school. ® There are new buildings on site


already, namely a new library, an IT suite and two classrooms. 0 There are not 20 bus journeys made to


Bowland High School. Bowland is the local high school, and has


been for 50 years. 1 do believe it is important that, as a


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community, we all work together - I have already tried to do that within the first few weeks of my appointment. The one thing about which I do agree with Mr°KiIner is the high level of standards achieved by the teaching staff. Perhaps the only "injury" is to the school


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reputation, which in this instance is based upon personal beliefs and no factual sub­ stance. It would be interesting to speculate on


the effect on the local environment now if the site had either remained as a hotel or if it were developed commercially should the school move. \\ hatever happens, 1 do guarantee that


the school will continue to serve the local cor.uimnitv to the best of its ability. M A U1!ICE GRAIIAM, Headteacher, Bow land High School, Grindleton.


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earth is for all I FEEL very inadequate, and write with profound appreciation for all the com­ mitment of those devoting their time and energies to keeping accessible the pathways of our Ribble Valley. It is beyond comprehension; there are


those among our community who presume God the Creator - or the miraculous won­ der of nature, whatever - has created the beauty of the earth, and of our Ribble Val­ ley, merely for the monopoly of a few. As a little boy, many years ago, with my


little dog, I used to romp freely, unchal­ lenged along the banks of our River Ribble. Now insiduous elements presume to


pleasure to those few who do. But why should those few presume some divine grace, to deny to the many of us, the plea­ sure of sharing with them, the river bank? More specifically, I cite the river bank


erect notices, “No Path. Angling Club”. I refer to the west bank of the river between West Bradford and Brungerley Bridges. We who do not angle, do not deny the


(eastern side) below the Grindleton Bridge. When we returned to this area around 20


years ago, we took our children unchal­ lenged to play along the river. Many years further back, my granny


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and grandad used to take me along this same bank - my mother was in the mill, weaving. I was in Chatburn when the bombs


dropped. The Nazis, with their dreaded Luftwaffe, did not succeed in denying us our freedom of wandering along the banks of "our river" that is, or was, everybody’s river. Now it is evident there are elements


within our own society who are trying to succeed where the Nazis, with their bombs, couldn't. This is serious indeed. It. PARKER, St Chads Avenue, Cliathurn


Some of these facts


were untrue! I WOULD like to draw attention to the article which appeared on the front page of last week's Advertiser and Times, headlined "Teen Drunks in Running


Battles at Village Event". I attended both of the parties mentioned


in the article. Although I admit that cer­ tain events were unacceptable and avoid­ able, I feel your article is exaggerated and contains certain facts th a t are untrue, which cast a bad light on the teenagers of


the Ribble Valley, including myself. The paragraph which says "alcohol-


fuelled running battles, fought after they divided into opposing factions" is untrue, as I am aware of basically everything that happened at that party and know that, although there were a couple of isolated fights, there was definitely no huge fight between two large groups. Even if I hadn't seen the fight, I'm sure I would have heard about it! Next, I would like to draw attention to


the fact that local residents tried to "qui­ eten their frays" was slightly false, unless the elderly man I saw threatening to boat people with a golf club, which ho had raised behind his head, calls such actions "fearing for the youngsters’ safety", and worrying "that any vehicles passing through the vil­ lage could be a danger". I certainly don’t. It's no wonder a man threatening violence with a golf club was greeted with abuse! I even heard him complaining to the


police about this and noticed that he had got rid of his weapon when they arrived. So while I admit the behaviour at the


event was unacceptable, and certainly was­ n't a fair thing to bring upon a quiet village like Sawley, the reports are greatly exag­ gerated and I would be thankful if in future your reporters check the reliability of their sources before printing false information. I do not appreciate reading an article


which portrays a majority as gangland thugs, when the trouble was caused mainly by an isolated minority. A RIBBLE VALLEY TEENAGER.


© WE stand by the accuracy of our


report, which was based on information from several sources, who witnessed events in Sawley. Among these were police officers from Clitheroe, who were so concerned by the amounts of alcohol consumed at the party, evidenced both by the number of empty cans and bottles left behind and by the drunken behaviour of some of its guests, that they made the issue of under­ age drinking the subject of their "On the Beat" column. We did not report a large fight, but


rather that some guests divided themselves into groups to fight one another. Nor was it our intention to cast a "bad light" on all Ribble Valley teenagers, as we sought to balance the story by reporting the clearing up efforts, which the event's young organis­ ers participated in, their offer to help con­ tribute to the repair bill for damage caused within Sawley Village Hall and their claim that "gatecrashers" were to blame for spoil­ ing the party.


Editor Campaigners back


fight to save school I AM writing in response to the article in la s t week's newspaper ab o u t the numerous posters th a t have appeared around Tosside village. As a campaigner to save Tossidc School,


I can say that the people who erected the posters had, and still have, the full backing of the campaign group. Wo all know that we have to move with the times, but we are talking about primary schoolchildren being


transported miles away from home. We believe as a campaign group that this is not the way forward for our village, but back in time.


Young working class people are finding it


very difficult to make a living in this rural area and the closure of the school adds to more isolation and stress. Life in Tosside is very different from


towns and cities and, therefore, we believe that people who make the decision to close the school don’t understand. Village schools everywhere are a main artery in rural areas. When all the young families have moved away-and the elderly and the rich folk are left, someone will wake up in the government and realise there is no one left to maintain our beautiful countryside. IIow can the local authority ask people to pay community tax when our community will be left with nothing? SUPPORTIVE CAMPAIGNER, Tosside village.


We never had the


chance to say no SO, according to Castle Cement's head office, Mrs Horner has, "single handed", indoctrinated the whole of North Wales! Castle, you may like to reflect how for­


tunate you were that you did not have to go through public consultation time; you would certainly not have got permission for waste burning here either, but the people of the Ribble Valley were never given the


Church goes for record-breaker! A CHURCH challenge in Whalley could see world records broken to


raise cash for restoration work. Worshippers a t Whalley Parish Church have set their sights on gaining two


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entries in the Guinness Book of World Records which would raise sponsorship money for the ongoing appeal to raise money to rewire, relight and redecorate


the church. The vicar, the Rev. Chris Sterry, is considering an attempt on the world


preaching record which currently stands at 36 hours, and the church organist could be challenged to play all the way through the hymn book non:stop. These are just some of the ideas which will be considered by a new fund-rais­


ing committee which was due to meet for the first time this week. Co-ordinating the church's money- making efforts over the coming year will be Catherine Duckworth who has agreed to lead the committee.


opportunity to say no. So, lucky Padeswood, you have a voice


now at a public inquiry. Use it to get the answers you require to make a decision. Could Castle Cement tell us what the


£ 8m. was for th a t we are now being deprived of? If it was to upgrade kiln 7 and "mothball" kilns 5 and 6, then, in the view of the pending court case for four breaches of the haze and odour condition and the fact that it is my belief there were at least three breaches of said condition last week, maybe a rethink about any investment which would improve our environment


would be wise. LYNDA ENGLAND, Secretary, Residents Against Toxic Sub­


stances, The Meadows, Worston.


‘Screening out’ is


not the answer OUR technological coming-of-age impresses with new wonders of telecom­ munication, new politics and faiths, new drugs and therapies, new hardware and software, new gadgets and gizmos for work and leisure - the latest "status of the art" that science, politics, medicine or religion has to offer the technically aware, financially independent, political­ ly astute and spiritually secure. Far less exciting, and more difficult to


embrace, is that the answer to most of our problems lies not in "screening out" others, but in relationships, where trust in our­ selves and other people, in actual commu­ nication, in how we handle our feelings and conflicts, in how we find meaning in our lives, is nurtured, valued and affirmed. Deep down we all have the wisdom to


work alongside others, yet our desire to dominate, deprecate and divorce ourselves from real life disregards fellowship and increasingly focuses our lives on the disease of escapism. P. J. GAGEN, Sliiiwbridge Slreet, Clilheroe.


A big thank-you to


all who helped us ON behalf of all involved with the East Lancashire Hospice, I would like to thank everyone who has supported us in raising over £ 200,000 in our first year of


day therapy centre, which is urgently required in East Lancashire. Most of our support has come from indi­


our appeal. Our target is £1.3m. for a new specialist


vidual donations and events which people have organised and held on our behalf. We are also most grateful to all those compa­ nies who sponsored our very successful bal­ loon launch: most have already been pub­ licly thanked, except 3M Neotechnic of


Clitheroe. I very much hope that we shall continue


to receive the support of the people from the Ribble Valley. Our aim is to double the amount raised this year. Please do not hesitate to contact our


appeal office on 01254 GG0900. GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE, Chairman, The East Lancashire Hospice.


Pat on the back for


building workers AS a resident living close to Railway View, where work has been taking place over the last few months and when com­ pleted will be a bus station, etc., I would like to say "well done" to the building


contractors. They have kept the main road and foot­


paths so tidy and clean from the beginning of working on this site and they are contin­ uing to do so, despite the very bad periods of wet weather they have had to endure. On behalf of myself and many more who


share my view, well done and thank you. M. PROCTOR, Chester Avenue, Clitheroe.


© The Editor welcomes letters on any sub­ ject, hut correspondents are reminded that contributions mav be edited or condensed.


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