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THERE was some quite thick mist for a select group of intrepid ram blers from the Clitheroe area who were led by Mr John Webb from Ingle- ton village to ascend Ingleborough, 723 metres
high. Due to the mist, the
good views which can be obtained were not visible
as the party ate their lunch in the stone-seated
shelter at the top. How ever, as the group descended the mist lift ed, as did their spirits, and a stop for refresh ment at the Hill Inn was a welcome bonus. The route should have
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then taken the party up through Chapel-le-Dale to a path on the slopes of Whernside, but some footpaths had been closed only that morn ing, so an amended route was taken past a number of potholes (in lime stone, not in the road), so the group enjoyed this added interest. The 12-and-a-half
lose market WE wish to express our strong opposition to the proposed site for the new civic centre, and make it clear that our objection is not the civic centre itself, a development we welcome, but the inevitable closure of the car park while construc tion takes place. This is wholly unacceptable. We demand that the council chooses an alternative site.
to put forward a similar scheme a few years ago. A public meeting at the time attended by the developer and Ribble Valley Borough Council officials left no doubt whatsoever that large- scale housing develop ment in Barrow was not wanted by the majority of Barrow residents, While realising a cer
implying that Barrow does not warrant the same level of planning protection afforded to all the villages of the Ribble
We ask the council to consider the following
points: 1. The town's car park
mile hike was completed by 5 p.m. when the ram blers returned to their cars for the drive home.
is also the market's biggest single asset. Many of our customers are new visitors to the town, and the proximity of the car park orien tates them naturally towards us. If it is taken out of action for a signif icant period of time, there is the serious risk of losing the market altogether. This is not scaremongering, but is based on our experience of the previous redevel opment where trade was seriously affected, taking many years to recover in an era when trading cir cumstances were far healthier than they are
today. 2. The car park is not
tain amount of future housing development will be needed in the Ribble Valley, this pro posed development of 560 houses in one village in a rural area is way over the top and would completely swamp the local community and also probably have major consequences for nearby small villages and settlements. The proposed housing
land areas as shown on the printed map would, I assume, require a land classification change for development of any kind and, if the change were approved, would this not allow developers to build
similar housing develop ments in other Ribble
Valley villages? Perhaps, if this hous
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adequate for the town currently - on many occasions it is full by 10 a.m. The proposal to build the civic centre on stilts with a car park underneath doesn't address the issue of capacity. The question arises of where the civic centre patrons would park their cars once the car park is full. For the civic centre to be suc cessful, it needs a car park of its own.
3.There is a serious
health and safety issue. Many of the stalls on the market sell fresh food stuffs; the council needs to consider how these businesses will be able to continue to trade with the dust and dirt in the atmosphere th a t the building work will inevitably generate. 4. We would also ask
ing development is allowed, developers might think it viable to combine Barrow, Whal- ley, Calderstones and any nearby small settle ments to form a new town. Who knows? Future employment is
Valley.Development is not the word to use for a scheme of this size. Tripling the size of any village will destroy what it is now, what it has been in the past, and cre ate a new town in its
place.
PAUL ELMS, Whalley Rond, Barrow.
Council’s
contempt THE article in last week’s Clitheroe Adver tiser and Times said: "Felling of the Castle trees is to go ahead despite public outcry". "After half of them have been removed, a period of assessment will take place". I read on. I t beggars
God bless you all
TO all the people of Clitheroe - We here at Sparrow Nest AIDS home have just discov ered how inadequate the words “thank-you" can
be.
may say a great deal, but fall far short of even beginning to express our thanks to the wonderful folk of Clitheroe. The kindness and generosity of people in a small town so far away from our city, of Roodepoort defies description. In addition to assis
These two small words
who it is you are helping. The website is:
www.sparrow.org.za
the monetary donations and for all the very wel come gifts of clothing. God Bless you all.
Thank you again for
FROM ALL AT SPARROW MINISTRIES,
PO Box 91790 Auckland Park 2006.
Sidelined
tance over the past year, we have just received an amount of £10,310.00 from the bank account that had been opened, in Clitheroe, for Sparrow Ministries. Due to the weakness
belief, this arrogance and contempt for the
caring citizens of a wide community expressed by
those who find them selves in power. They offer a "sop" of consulta tions when their hench men have already done the job, paid by ratepay ers by the way I I t is easy to see how
very important, and it is good to see the Enter prise Park at Barrow now eventually develop ing and, hopefully, start to create new jobs for local people. I should think, however, the developer's projected fig ure of 3,000 employees has been well over-esti mated and no justifica tion for building more new houses in Barrow. On the surface, the
disease MAY I ask why the issue of the threat from foot and mouth disease seems to have been side lined lately? In recent weeks I have
"tennis dome" would be built, but not to worry as it would be built nearer the river. Then, before you could say Jack Robinson, the garden and seats were ripped out and the planned dome appeared, almost
Then we were told a
overnight. When locals saw it,
one of the many protest ers said it looked like a decrepit hangar from an
airfield. Ribble Valley Bor
ough Council said the rules about putting it up had not been followed correctly but, "Aw heck, fait accompli", it was there and it would have
of the Rand, this will convert to about R123, 700, a magnificent amount. The “Sparrow” coffers are quickly emp tying due to the building of the new Rainbow Vil lage, and quite a bit more will be needed to finish and equip the vil lage. The money from Clitheroe will really help us to complete the vil lage sooner rather than
the tyrants emerge, if they are not stopped, by the voting will of the rest of us, if we are lucky to live in a democracy. I have a very pretty,
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colourful leaflet pro duced by Lancashire Country Council stating "places to go, things to see - Clitheroe, intrigu ing town with Castle set in lovely gardens". Could the powers that
th a t consideration be given to our elderly and infirm customers who are able to enjoy the market experience because of the proximity of the car park; its removal for even a brief period will severely restrict their access to this amenity. 5. Ribble Valley Bor-
, attractive, especially with the offer of "wide spread benefits" for the community at large. Reality, however, is usu ally different and, to date, the experience of most Barrow residents with the developer has not been good, with little or no consultation etc, and no benefits. I think the people who
developer's proposal might appear very
selvesl A CONCERNED
BARROW RESIDENT.
ough Council, not to Objectivity
mention English Her itage, advertises Clith-
I eroe as an "Ancient Market Town", and we
understand that part of the funding for this pro ject comes from the Government's Market Towns Regeneration
Fund. It would be ironic if the result of the injec tion of such funds were to be the permanent loss of the market for which the town is justly famous.
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row. This type of proposed
| dents, as the same devel oper tried unsuccessfully
housing development is not new to Barrow resi-
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missing I WOULD like to com ment on your front-page article, headlined "Over 500 new homes to triple
village size". The manner in which
the article was written implied to me whole hearted support from your newspaper for the proposals. It read more like a slick marketing document promoting the scheme, rather than a journalist's report on it. Where were the opin
be, when they have fin ished with their vandal ism, change the wording to Clitheroe Castle on the bare mountain, just to avoid misrepresenta
tion?
IRENA ZALASIEWICZ, Reluctant tourist, Bury
‘Ludicrous reasons’
will definitely benefit most if this new housing development is allowed are the developers them-
THE reasons given by Ribble Valley Borough Council for felling the trees surrounding the Castle become more ludicrous by the week. First it was that the
Clitheroe will go a long way to making life a great deal happier for those with terminal AIDS. Patients arrive at Sparrow ill, destitute, malnourished and aban doned by their relatives. Animal Welfare inspec tors, while looking for neglected animals, have at times found a very sick person lying on a rubbish dump and brought that person to us.
noticed various articles and reports across all the media which highlight the return of walkers to the countryside. Many groups have stated that they NEED to return and have given varying reasons for this, from the NEED to exercise to the NEED to meet with friends. Forgive me if I am
to stay. Do the speculators,
planners and developers live near this eyesore and, if not, why don|t they take it and build it near where they live? Prince Charles once called a building a "car
ial walkway between it and the Grand Cinema was met with enthusi
asm. Alas, a link with an
evangelical Christian centre for young people (not my words, but those actually used in official discussions), which is what the Grand is to become, means that any such aspirations have been knocked on the
head. To speak as Trinity
does of a twin-site approach to arts provi sion is disingenuous to say the least. The loss of the Grand prior to alter native permanent rep lacement will be a body blow to the arts here. Any temporary provi sion will lose the clientele that has steadily built up.
Drug us for ‘nast on a ma
A DRUGS user wi "an appalling recor h a s been sent prison, for a ye after knocking a nr of 74 unconscious th e grounds Clitheroe Castle. Tyrone Bridges (2
of Curzon Strei Clitheroe, admitt assaulting Mr Dei Parker causing acti bodily harm. Passing sentence
Preston Crown Cou Judge Barbara Wat. highlighted Bridg criminal record, wh included a custodial s tence for assault, said that he had comr ted a "nasty" offence. Mr Nigel Booth (p
ers and shakers of this town cannot wait until the arts centre is in situ before we lose the Grand
It is sad that the mak
wrong, but surely there are other ways to exer cise (the use of a gym, perhaps), and I am posi tive th a t friends can meet in an alternative situation to walking through the countryside. I know that there is no proof to suggest that walkers aid the spread of foot and mouth, howev er I have my reserva tions: *The soles of walking
buncle" and here we have a monstrous carbuncle. Now these planners want to add extensions to their folly. One solution would be to take the hangar et al
and put it on the field behind the car park, where it would be screened from the cara van park by the hedges and trees already there, and anyway the park is closed between October
and March. The players could
Sparrow orphaned and abandoned, some found in dustbins. Many have
Children come to
been abused. Sparrow provides all
the patients with a safe and loving environment, nourishing food, good medical care and, above all, a stress-free environ-
. ment. You, the loving, caring
view of this small, four- walled, empty shell was being obscured by the much lovelier trees. Then it was that it gave cover to vandals. And now, as I expected, their tree expert has decided that most of the trees are diseased or decayed, despite having stood up to a decade of severe
winter gales. Why is it that when
the local populace objects strongly to some thing, the council digs its
heels in even more strongly? I have lived in Clitheroe for more than 20 years and have yet to have a councillor call arid ask my opinion of anything, or even to ask
for my vote. I suspect that the real
ions of local politicians and/or residents? Where was the objectivity or the alternative point of
view? The piece spoke about
"developing Barrow properly" and about how Barrow can be "a high- quality place". Is it not those things now? The article made the
reason for the council's determination to fell
these trees is that awful disease imported from the USA, namely "litiga tion". If someone slipped and injured themselves on wet autumn leaves they could claim com pensation. While they are about
point that developing Barrow would ease the pressure on the other vil lages in the borough,
LIVE AND LET LIVE, Clitheroe.
people of Clitheroe, are helping us turn the dream into a reality by building the first village in the world caring for those with AIDS. The main part of the
boots are made of much the same materials as vehicle tyres. I would like to know how vehicle tyres can be said to be the principle means by which this unforgiving disease spreads, yet the soles of walking boots cannot. *To go on a walk you
park their vehicles on the car park and walk into the field, thus sav ing life and limb by not having to cross that part of the Clitheroe formula car racing circuit, known as Edisford Road. However, the "perfick"
Cinema. Once gone, we can
ecuting) said that assault happened May when Mr Par had been walking his in the Castle ground; Mr Parker could c
only have faith that something wonderful will replace the cinema in the town. After all, it was bought from the council with the benefac tor's money in Trinity's name and with Trinity's business plan, before being handed, at the benefactor's request, to his charity with Trinity to manage. No one at the time,
remember setting and then coming ro at Blackburn Rr Infirmary. Howe three other people had been walking t dogs saw what pened, said Mr Boot Bridges was wa
his arms about and Parker was heard L repeatedly: " nothing to do with
Rambl to Riv
including myself, con templated that it would be taken away. Cinema has a long his
tory in Clitheroe. I have my doubts for its future.
BRUCE DOWLES, Whallcy Road, Clitheroe.
have to walk across dif ferent farms. One foot path can take you across
1 leading off infected farms are, in some cases open. Any walker com ing off an infected farm poses a very real threat to any farm untouched by the disease which they subsequently visit. *1 personally have
at least four or five farms. The footpaths
(as Pa Larkin would say) solution would be to put the whole complex on the leisure park at Bar- row, where there is an excellent road extended from the bypass. Recently it was
A prevalant
reported that a multi national burger chain wanted to build a fast- food outlet in the Ribble Valley and the leisure park was suggested as a suitable site. Having all these facilities in one place should surely suit
everyone. The original protest
Rainbow Village will provide the patients, children and adults, with a secure haven in lovely surroundings. There will be gardens, an orchard and a craft area to enable the village to be more self-sufficient. In the craft centre,
seen people walking straight past signs which ask people NOT to go through fields which contain livestock, but stick to bridlepaths, etc. I have seen these peo
patients will be able to use their skills - thereby
regaining self-respect and a sense of belonging. The hospice itself will be a fully-equipped medical facility, in a garden set ting, where patients will be loved and cared for in their last days, and where they can die with peace and dignity. Sparrow Nest present
ple ignore the disinfec tion points and not dip their boots, and then go on to walk through live stock. I have also heard these people shouting abuse at the farmers, who only want to pro tect their whole life's work. The people I have witnessed do this are unfortunately NOT in the minority. DEFRA has declared
ers of the tennis dome were told tha t the hangar would produce countless tennis champi ons. Perhaps the specu lators, planners and developers could refresh our memories by telling us how many of these champions have played at Wimbledon, where the courts are not indoors nor are they floodlit?
LOW MOOR RESIDENT.
Doubts on
Lancashire a high risk area. This means there is still a high risk of con tracting foot and mouth
here. I don't feel that stick
ly houses 44 patients, 30 of them children, at the house in Roodepoort. Scores of needy people are turned away every week due to lack of space. On completion, the village will house over 200 patients and this is only possible through your generosity. The Sparrow website
it why don't they just fell every tree on council- owned land?
ing to the roads is much of a sacrifice to make - after all, the loss of a footpath for a few months is nothing com pared to the loss of a whole life's devoted
work. CONCERNED, Clithcroe.
D e c re p it
is now being updated and you will be able to see the progress of the Rainbow Village. There
are also some new pho tographs of the patients so that you can see just
hangar RIBBLESDALE POOL was built with a rose gar den and seats in front of it which blended into the environment.
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the cinema I HAVE every sympathy with Clitheroe Parish Hall and trust that it is indeed incorporated into the cultural survey of this township. There is some hope in
cancer AS this is breast cancer awareness month, sho-ld residents in Clitheroe and the surrounding areas not be given an explanation as to why the disease is so preva
lent here? The standardised
rates for breast cancer in women — with the national average being 100 - are 106 for East Lancashire, 106.06 for Ribble Valley, 121.07 for Clitheroe and 133.93 for the four wards of Bolton-by-Bowland, Chatburn, Grammar School and West Brad ford and Grindleton. These figures cover
the combined years 1993-8 and are from the recent East Lancashire Health Authority Report on Health Status in and around Clitheroe,
July 2001.
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MEMBERS of C eroe Ramblers enjo 10-mile walk in the ington area on Sati foot and mouth re tions having been there. The 10 walkers.
in dull, misty comb but enjoyed a war sunny afternoon fo return to Rivingto The walk, led 1
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