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Waves of protest on ‘totally abhorrent’
rivers bridge plan A nglers join landowners to spearhead
WAVE upon wave of fierce objection is about to descend on Lancashire County Council's £500,000 design for a footbridge near the former. Hacking
Ferry site at Little Mitton. As we reported before
Christmas, the three own ers of the land at the con fluence of the River Rib- ble and the River Calder are ^all amazed that the county is not planning a rustic-style design sympa thetic to the beauty of the area. . Instead, it is proposing a
cam paign for h istoric b ea u ty sp o t s ite report by Tim Procter
three "feet", nearly 100
yards long and rising to 30 feet above the water. The footway will have chain link
fencing. The landowners weregiv-
Y-shaped cantilever steel and concrete structure with
en prior notice that consul tation both with the public and with various statutory bodies is about to start. At the moment the county is hoping that the application can be dealt with by the March meeting of its plan ning councillors, but this is not certain. So far, only plans of the
' The Mid-Ribble Angling Society has branded the design "an eyesore^' and "totally, abhorrent" in its impact on an area of out standing natural beauty
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L UNRULY passenger be: i ' on school buses is increas ; county councillors are
| mined to nip it in the bu ‘ Because of the high inci
f - reports of anti-social beha •!; school buses throughout th i; members of the Highw 1 Transportation Committ ^operators for a change in th TT ing system to enable a dat j: be created to determine ’ extent of the problem, f
T” 4th, there were 54 incident wide involving damage to bi
In the autumn term to
- and historical importance. Even if the need for such
bridge are available, leaving members of the public unused to reading them unable to visualise what it
will look like. A county spokesman says
that it is possible that, an artist's impression of the bridge may be prepared, but this is not yet certain.
the county council makes no secret of the fact that it is defending its own inter est, fishing, and it makes various points about fish
Its objection lodged with •
and birds. "At a time when almost
everyone is aware of the huge effort and public and private money being put into game fish conservation it is surprising that Lan cashire County Council
an expensive and detrimen tal structure could be proved, there are more sym pathetic locations, says the society.
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THIS plan gives some idea of the proposed bridge’s size, though not its height above the water. Opponents say two smaller spans would be easier, cheaper, less damaging and more in keeping with the beauty of the area.
appear n o t 'to want to understand the completely damaging and unnecessary effect that this particular bridge would have and which the alternatives could avoid." But it claims that consid
erable danger will be caused to the public by the bridge's location, compared to the alternative sites. People
would be enticed into Calder Foot Pool, even jumping in from the bridge, at a dangerous stretch of water where- there have been drownings in the past. The bridge would be
the damage caused by con- sturction work, which could be avoided by a more tradi tional structure at a differ ent location. Mr Richard Cornish, a
located at a floodplain demonstrably located where there are damaging floods, says the society. It is also very concerned about
partner in land agents Ing ham and Yorke, says that all three landowners are against the scheme and are objecting. It would be possible for
any group or individual to ask the Government to "call in" the application to make a decision itself. Such requests are usually only . granted when planning pol icy is at risk, but some objectors at least may think that this is the case. The plan is to be adver
tised in this newspaper, and elsewhere, shortly.
Heartw maiden’
PRO FE S S IO N A L skater Victoria Schnitzer found romance not on the ice, but on a sunny French beach! On Tuesday a different
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spotlight was on the Whalley personality when she married her French sweetheart, Mr Laurent Catherin. The couple met while
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Miss Schnitzer was work ing at a specially bui't plastic surface rink in Deauville. She has also danced in
the Azores and Spain as well as in this country, putting in hours of train ing to keep her skills pol ished. A former pupil of
Whalley CE School and St Wilfrid's CE High School, Blackburn, Mis; Schnitzer is the daughte of landscape gardene Mr Christophe Schnitzer and his wife
ready for the game of his life
YOUNG goalkeeper Stephen Jones is eagerly looking for- .,. ward to the biggest game of his
football career. Stephen (16), of Wiswell, is a fifth
form student at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn. At the end of the month he will be hoping to keep a clean sheet as his team meets Bury Grammar School in the semi final of the Independent Schools' FA
Cup.Stephen (pictured) will be making his ISFA debut against Bury follow ing injury to the regular keeper, Alex
New Year C ourses 2001
Starting Monday 15th January 2001 Courses will run for 1 □ weeks ~
unless otherwise stated. Half term break: week comm. Mon., February 19th,
Mon 4.00-5.00pm Junior Football, under 6s .£25.00 Mon-5.45-7.OOpm Yoga..................................£27.00 Tues4.00-5.00pm Beginner Netball...............£25.00 Tues 5.00-6.00pm Improvers Netball
............... . . . . . .£25.00
Tues 6.00-7.00pm. Advanced Netball . . . . . . .£25.00 Tues 5.005.00pm Street Jazz (
11-14.year olds) £25.00 Wed 1.00-2.30pm Yoga
.£27.00
Wed 4.00-5.00pm Junior Beginners Cricket . .£25.00 Wed 5.00-6.00pm Adult Golf Course . . . . . .£40.00 Wed 5.00-6.00pm Aero & Contact Work.. . . .£25.00 Wed 7.15-8.15pm- Contemporary Dance . . . .£25.00 Thurs 4.00-5.00pm Short Badminton .............. .£25.00 Thurs 5.00-6.00pm Improvers Badminton ........£25.00
MONDAY
5.45pm 7.00pm
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Thurs 6.00-7.30pm Yoga................... ..........£27.00 ^ Fri 4 00-5.00pm ' Junior Football,- under 10’s £25.00 | Youth Theatre/Drama . . .£25.00 j Modern Jazz . . . . . . • • .£25.00 g Musical Drama Workshops
Fri 5.00-6.00pm Fri 6.00-7.00pm Fri 10.00-12noon
■ (10 week £25.00] £3 pay on day | CLIMBING COURSES STARTING 20TH JANUARY
Sat 12.00-2.00pm Adult Beginners Climbing (5 weeks]......................... £44.00 |
Sat 2.00-3.00pm Junior Beginners Climbing (5 weeks)
Sat 3.30-5.00pm I Junior Improvers Climbing
.............. .£25.00 1 1
(5 weeks] . . . . . . . . . . . .£30.00 1
Aerobics and Dance Programme January 2001 '
10.30a amBody Conditioning.............. .................. m Yoga Course
mBod TUESDAY
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WEDNESDAY 1.00pm Yoga Course ............^
5 00pm Street Jazz 10wk course (teenagers] . . .£25 r
....- ' ' • £3,2° £3 20
; .£27 or £3.2 5.00pm'- Aero and
Contact.Work. 10wk coprsejc^^ Fitness Suite lj I s
FRIDAY 10.00amAero Step
• £3,23 6r7pm • Modern Jazz. 10wk course (6-1 Oyrs] .£25.00
SATURDAY iOam-12noon Musical Drama Workshops............
. . . . . . . . . . .£25 for 10 wk or £3 on day
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Guy, who has helped QEGS into the semi-final. After wins away to King’s College, Chester, and at home to Lancing College, they overcame Ard- ingly College, Sussex, on penalties, then soundly beat Eton College 8-0. The team has conceded just one
goal m the competition so far, and QEGS spokesman Mr Roger Davies says he has been delighted by its
progress towards the final. The game, on January 24th, will
be refereed by Premiership official Stephen Lodge, of Barnsley, and is a repeat of the 1996 final when QEGS
Ann. Her father's famil,
was originally fror Poland, and relative
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standard first aid course week today on Januai
won 1-0. Mr Lodge was also the ref eree on that occasion and the QEGS team hopes he might prove a lucky omen for it once again. The game starts at 1-30 p.m. at the Lammack Sports Ground in Blackburn. QEGS has a long tradition of
sporting success, and among its pupils in recent years have been James Beattie, currently scoring goals for Southampton in the Pre miership, and Andrew Bell, who joined Blackburn Rovers full-time last summer and is an England Youth international.
Good news is that there were few arrests for drink-driving
CHRISTMAS came and went with the chill blast of winter around our ears.
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Those of us working nights suffered temperatures
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well below freezing. For tunately, such weather is the finest deterrent to the criminal fraternity and reported crime has been fairly low. The story on our roads, however, was not quite so lucky as many people fought with heavy snowfalls and icy roads. Quite a
few.acci dents occurred which kept us busy, mostly moving damaged vehi cles and, in most cases, there were no serious
No matter what the weath er, some people will go to any length to steal some items, and we would ask you all to be on the look out for some ornate snake bench ends. Ten pairs of these were taken from the Castle grounds just after the New Year and would have taken quite some shifting.
injuries. A regular column to help fight crime I
The benches are painted black, gold and dark green. Any information about these bench ends would be appreciated.
The bench ends are quite heavy and shaped in the form of an uncoiling snake to form the base and back of the bench ends. A vehicle,must have gone into the Castle grounds to remove them.
COMMENTS have been passed about our road safety unit doing speed checks in the town. Some motorists who were stopped and issued with . tickets argued that it was unfairly done, as the officers doing the tests were not clearly visible to the oncoming motorists. The other argument is that we should be out catching burglars and thieves. One of the most promi nent complaints that comes to us from any public meetings we attend is that of speed ing and what are we going to do about it?
It is commonly agreed that speed is a cause of acci dents and that the greater the speed the
greater the injuries
Believe us that, if you had to attend a road traffic accident where someone
incurred at such acci dents. The argument of the officers being visible is hardly valid, as it is the speed that is in issue and not the one that if you see an officer you slow down so as not to get caught.
On this subject, the more observant among you will have realised that the speed limit signs on
is fatally injured and deal with the aftermath, you may think different ly about the issue of speed. Having to tell a relative that a family member is dead and then undertaking a trip to the mortuary to identify them is a side to this problem that many peo ple, fortunately, never see. So, those of you with tickets, please appreciate the message before a seri ous accident happens.
Chatburn Road have been moved further out from the town centre, and the 30 m.p.h. restric tion now starts near the grammar school. Don't be caught out with this
one! i
ANOTHER area of con cern to us is the use of the pavement in Well- gate as a car park, espe cially that in front of the shops on the right-hand side. We appreciate that the street offers limited parking; however, driving on the pavement is a very dangerous thing to do and yet, every day, people blatantly take this risk.
. vide instruction on how care for someone suspect of suffering a heart atta or stroke, as well as givi advice on how to cope other emergency situ
18th. Open to all, it will pr
TV • VIDEO flARl
The street is well covered by our cameras and fixed penalties will be issued if people persist. For those who are not aware, this particular fixed penalty will now cost you £30, a very expensive purchase or trip to the cash point.
THE good news over the Christmas period is that there were very few arrests for drink-driving and that has got to be very good news and means that people, for the most part, managed to enjoy themselves
without having to drink and drive.
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