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appease everyone who may suffer from conditions, such as diabetes, which the school seems to regard


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A. M. ROSE, Highmoor Park, Clitheroe.


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and lift the bi IT was with astonishment read about Clitheroe Grammar School's decision vent the diabetic pupil White, from participate school trips, ft is an insi only to Tom, but also to a diabetic people who live ai admirably with their co- hut who, by association, a: branded a liability by the If it really is unable I


with Tom on these trips also, no doubt, be banning from future trips who is a ic, epileptic, or who suffc severe allergic reactions, they too create any "diff which the staff are not p


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to be an outcast I AM writing this letter in response to the article in last week's Clitheroe Advertiser and Times about the discrimination against a Clitheroe Royal Gram­ mar School pupil who was told he was unable to attend further school excursions due to a hypo- glycaemic attack he suffered on a


previous school trip. I, personally, find this disgust­


ing, as I attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School and, while at


the school, a pupil was going to be in a wheelchair for a number of months. The response to this was that a ramp was built for the pupil to use so they could still attend the school without as much difficulty. I don’t see how this is any dif­


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of unfair discrimination against Tom White, when only eight months ago the school included him, a known diabetic, in a ski


trip.


that occasion, surely it is appro­ priate for the school to reassess


In view of what happened on , the risk.


GERALD HOOD, Denbigh Drive, Clitheroc.


A normal life


for diabetics AS chairman of the Ribble Valley Diabetic Group, I read with dis­ may that CRGS is refusing to allow a diabetic pupil to partici­ pate in outdoor activities because of his medical problem. To cope with diabetes is hard


more than another field - except that there were one or two bright­ ly-coloured flowers which were strewn across the grass in stark contrast to the dullness of the


November day. As I stood in the silence, my


eyes alighted on a small stone and, investigating further, I found that it was engraved with the words "Edward — age 4 . Looking round, there seemed to be little else in the "field" and I continued to savour the quiet stillness and walk slowly along the little path. I then found myself standing in


enough — to lead an active life as well is a tremendous achievement. I do not know the full circum­ stances, only what I have seen and read, but there are several questions that have not been


addressed. Firstly, is Tom under as good a


ferent. They did not discriminate against someone in a wheelchair, but they seem to see no harm in discriminating against a child with diabetes. Having something like diabetes


can affect someone in a severe psychological way. This can make them feel different from the rest because of having special diets and not being able to do what all their friends do. Refusing to let the pupil attend a school trip is just going to make them feel even more of an outcast, they could then be a victim of social exclu­


sion.Also, I feel that this is unfair, as a lot of people with severe asthma are allowed to attend school trips, and an asthma attack can be just as severe as a hypoglycaemic attack. It is also unfair that they state to everyone that they do everything they can to help their pupils get a good education, and to stop a pupil doing a GCSE in German from going to Germany is only holding them back. A lot of pupils who take part in trips to places such as France and Ger­ many will say that it does help a


lot. I think that to deny a pupil the


chance of widening their opportu­ nities is totally contradicting the concept of helping pupils to obtain a good set of GCSEs.


that an A FORMER PUPIL. School should


reassess risk IT seems to me illogical to accuse Clitheroe Royal Grammar School


control as is stated? Is he aware of symptoms leading up to a hypo? Does he always carry glucose tablets to combat this problem? Is he a member of Diabetes UK and does he attend the group at Blackburn Royal Infirmary espe­ cially for teenagers with diabetes? Secondly, is CRGS aware of the problems of diabetic pupils? Does the school know how to recognise the symptoms of a hypo and do staff know what to do in an emer­ gency and, most importantly, have they been instructed correct­ ly on this issue by medical advis­


ers? This is why the Ribble Valley


Diabetic Group was started - to inform, advise and give practical information to people with dia­ betes, so they can lead a normal life and not be discriminated


against in any way.


GORDON DIXON, Patient representative on Local Diabetes Services Group, Blackburn, Hyndhurn and Ribblc Valley Health Authority.


The stillness of Brockhall peace


IT was a damp, cold November afternoon when I decided to explore my new environment. I had just moved to Brockhall Vil-


lage.Finding myself a little off the the beaten track and walking over rough ground, I was drawn towards a small unused gateway. My curiosity led me into what seemed initially to be nothing


front of a granite slab. This was obviously Mr Hitman's recent addition to the "field". I began to read the words engraved on the top of the memorial, which explained very clearly where I was, and then I discovered that the four sides of the plinth were filled with the names, ages and dates of people, young and old, who had lived a very isolated life away from the care and love of a family, and who were buried around where I was standing. This was a most moving experi­ ence and one which will stay with


me. I cannot believe that this space


can be considered for a business proposition. These people have at last been given the recognition long due to them. Let us not allow their dignity to be lost again. If you have not yet shared my


read as follows: "In an isolated institution


the gathering of life. It is the LoM who is their heritage. MAY THEY BE AT PEACE IN THEIR PLACE OF REST."


MARY JONES, Brockhall Village.


Chaos beyond


redemption AT last we are now being present­ ed with the farcical suggestion that the QEII playing fields on Mitton Road, Whalley, be used in part for car parking. Apart from the possible illegali­


ty of the proposal, it is not viable and merely demonstrates how desperate the parish council is to find any solution, however ridicu-


ious.After 35 years or so of a combi­ nation of greed, expediency and lack of foresight by the landown­ ers and local authorities involved, every available open space in the village has now been built upon. The resulting chaos on the aver­ age weekday has to be seen to be


believed.Every available on-street park­ ing space is occupied, King Street is virtually impossible, lorries pound through the village from yet another building site, Calder- stones, and the only alternative for residents is 50p for even a short stay on a dirty and unswept


experience, go and look a little further into Langho cemetery. The words on the memorial


located to the north-east of this stone there lived from 1904 to 1992 a large number of people who were thought to be too strange, too different or too chal­ lenging to be cared for in their own communities. The institution in turn was called Lancashire Ine­ briates Reformatory (1904), Brockhall Hospital for Mentally Defectives (1915), Brockhall Hos­ pital for the Mentally Subnormal (1959), Brockhall Hospital for Mentally Handicapped People (1974) and Brockhall Hospital for People with Learning Disabilities (1991). Although those who lived there carried heavier burdens than most, they were part of our common family. "Brockhall Hospital closed its


doors in 1992 and the land on which it stood was acquired by Gerald Simon Hitman, of New­ castle upon Tyne, who raised this stone as a memorial to those who ended their days in the hospital


and are buried here. "God full of compassion grant


perfect rest beneath the shelter of your presence to these your chil­ dren who have gone to their eter­ nal home. Master of mercy, cover them in the shelter of your wings forever and bind their souls into


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D. CRABTREE, Milton Road, Whalley.


Human rights


and streaking "BUT now that the school is co­ ed, such behaviour is entirely


inappropriate. . . ” • I inferred from this quotation from the recent front page story that Stonyhurst College had con­ doned the practice of "streaking by leavers - as long as they were


boys.Having allowed custom and practice to be established, they should now consider very careful­ ly whether attempts to stop it, now that girls are also taking part, could be construed as sexu­


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ber 2nd. TREVOR MARKLIDW, Sandilunds Farm, Rimington.


I Councillor


was unkind WIIAT a pity Coun. Patri­ cia R. Rawson can't find something better to sharpen her claws on than trying to do down a fellow councillor for merely using your letters column to clarify to "the people", as she calls us, what his circumstances are


now. It was a most unprofes­ sional and unkind thing to


do: her pen would be put to better use replying to some of your readers' letters regarding the many prob­ lems in the town, for exam­ ple vandalism, rampant building developments, parking problems and, by no means least, the traffic congestion on Holden Street, which I understand some think doesn’t exist - but that's another story. As for Coun. McGowan,


parties are exercising their "right to Ireedom ol expression", embod­ ied in the Human Rights Act, which became effective on Octo­


I and I'm sure many more readers would like to thank him for his many informa­ tive letters and for the car­ ing work he has done, and is doing, for our town. I t’s a pity there aren't more local councillors like him. I feel that if he was in our


ward, which is the Upbrooks side of town, it wouldn’t be in the state it is now - it seems we only see our ward councillors when there's an election coming up.


John, and with the kind permission of the editor, keep us informed regardless of snide comments.


Keep up the good work,


BRIGHT EYES, Clitheroe.


I — it is sometimes impossible to check it, due to insuffi­ cient details and no means


© RECENT controversies have increased the number of letters submitted for this page which have no indica­ tion of the writer's identity. This has also applied to information being sent to us


I of obtaining more. All letters for publication


must have with them, on either the same or a sepa­ rate piece of paper, the name and address and sig-


| nature of the sender. We relish a vibrant and


controversial letters page and Us columns are open to all - with local topics earni- ing priority when space is I limited.


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