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Clitheroe 422324 (Editorial), I


Editorial e-mail; clilhcroc.cditorial@rlm.co.ukJ | Writ0 to; The Editor, Clilheroy Adverser and Times, 3 King Street, Clltheroe BB72EW


i Damaging myth about intensive farming


NO sooner docs a new disaster hit us: BSE, swine fever, flooding and now foot ana mouth disease, than a host of instant experts pop out of their boxes to blame it all on


"intensive farming". From the tone m which this phrase is gen­


erally used, it is clearly meant to bo a con­ demnation. But what does this phrase


mean? And is it true? Mar 19


DNHAUWA unscawa"


I take intensification to mean producing .


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more from the same, or lower, inputs. I could use the terms "efficiency" or "conserving resources" or "reducing waste". Whatever we call it, it is a process which has gone on since agriculture was first practised. And thank goodness, otherwise the planet could only support a fraction of its current popu-


London - riilMlc la Some people like to link "intensive farm­


ing" with the CAP and blame the one for causing the other- ignoring, of course, that


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the unsupported sectors of pigs, poultry and horticulture are by far and away more "intensive" than beef, sheep or cereals. Others see intensive farming as the expla­ nation for the series of disasters that have afflicted British farmers in recent years - ignoring the fact that our beef production is, in European terms, actually very extensive. Wo don't have the intensive veal production, I or animals V/\r\f SwrlnniHj fnr fill their llVGS» fed on maize anu cuiia-uuavw


in aurupuuii


rightly so. But I notice that golfers are still playing on the golf links immediately next P . . . to Springwood. Fishermen, ramblers and


open LINDA SAWLEY, Read.


We must support our


Third World Agencies I GREATLY respect Peter Lancaster for generously giving four years to training teachers in Africa, and I share his concerns for the Third World and his desire to end


« mi.* j S & s s s a s a s s s f i s f i Lancaster to write to


many others have not been able to pursue MP to \upport ™y>|;eoverninent by Amnesty international


auDDOrt the pressure currently


their hobbies. Why ^e golfers different? It is ^e'ng etye International and Oxfam to not the only golf links that still appear to be


change the laws onarms export controls., arm ~— --- -


specifically in order to regulate arm broker ing, licensed production and end use con trols. This is currently a cornerstone of their current campaigning work.paidfor.of course, by the monetary aid he so roundly


C°wfth regard to Mr Lancaster's side swipe


Iur Wle x _________________s desire to end “ S f b y poverty (reference last week's Clitheroe


Advertiser ana limes aruciv a is better for Third World than dubious pro-


Advertiser and Times article "Practical help . .


lU n n r l i iK in n q n**n« For many different reasons, we are not all


in a position to go out to poor countries and give practical help. Though giving money may appear to be an easier option, at least it does allow people the opportunity to con­ tribute to the funding of those who can go and to fund projects which improve the qual­ ity of life and independence for the poorest


in the world and enable them to fight against injustice in their own country. The idea of bringing Third World people


Eduction, production^


I land, Germany and Italy. Nor do we have anything remotely like the concentrations of


kept indoors for all then lives, loci u«,.«


pigs that they have in Belgium, Holland or


the Brittany region of France. I could also point out that areas in the


world where foot and mouth is endemic gen- a:


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" ‘i r r s s s r t S a ' i t n . o . t o disease outbreaks - and of course we need urgent answers now on FMD. But the rush to judgment of the instant experts and their facile blaming of intensive farming does


I nothing but obscure the real issues. II is a real and damaging myth.


BEN GILL, President, National Farm ers' Union, for | England and Wales.


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I said walker on field IIOW selfish can people get?


Tm a vegetarian,’ .


Notices have been put up saying Keep


Out", "Don't use this canal footpath , Dont use this Ribble Way footpath", 'No fishing , etc but of course some people have ignored some of these signs. Then we have some very arrogant dog walkers who, because they have walked their dogs in a certain area for


I mountain piKeraaru -


In rnie area of North Lancashire, some caUses of poverty and we should suppo ^ e mountain bikers are very upset because they them in whatever way we can. .. "


| the past few years, still think they can do so. - r


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o Dasi lew years, still think they can do so. both practical help and t^kle the stroctura. ____n<nui*fv nnri we should SUPPOrt


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Mar 25 Rydc-Isle of Wight St.lves & Cornish Explorer Solves-St. Ives Bay


Wester Ross & The Isle of Skye Dornoch & North Highland Line Sl.Ivcs & Cornish Explorer


The Isle of M ull & Iona


| when asked to leave simply said: It s OK, i am a vegetarian."


Dornoch -Dornoch Hold Solves-St. Ives Bay


Crai gnure—Isle of Mull Hotel


Sorrv, but we all have to give up our plea­ sures in the countryside at this critical time.


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I It's very noticeable that anglers are acting very responsibly and are staying away from the rivers and streams. One farmer seeing me putting up "No Fishing" notices sa^. It s


| nice to see how quickly you anglers have St Some anglere have in fact offered their ser-


I vices to the farmers. We have a duty to keep out of the countryside I cannot go fishing.


I DO I bitch - of course NOT. It make com­ mon sense to stay away.


| MARTIN JAMES, I Grindleton.


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To make a booking ring 01942 824824 quoting Ref R10008


Why are some golfers


still playing on? AT the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, the Countryside Rangers were quick to close off the entrance to Springwood car park, ana


:ar park, and


haven't been out for three weeks. Some have qiaNA LAYCOCK, said; "We arc not going to put up with these qu buci{ Lane, restrictions on our freedom." One woman walking m a


ip—. urnnVa Snmfchave tat a xt a t AVPnPTr ---------- Wiswell.


Unchristian views on foreign aid


foreign aid* d ti . . . such g a good one f, as


Pthem on our spare land may not be onG iti ^ the article suggests, our


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.re his concerns tourist guides and restaurant initiatives are their wicked ways, v countries, and that at least some lowly bene-


at pleasure holidays, I hope he would acknowledge that huge clusters o ! employ ment in the form of hotel support staft.


f riitf rnn(,hea the otherwise impoverished. s tn leas su o shed


Sadly, the current percentage °f Pra® ^Pg Christians in the country would provide a


miniscule pool of volunteers offering the "practical help" which he suggests as an


alternative to holidays taken abroad. Spiritual salvation by the long route of


prolonged suffering is a barsh sentence to proclaim on the otherwise Third World


recipients of aid. Such a cynical view fails to recognise the acknowledged achievements of suchcharities as Medians Sans Frontieres,


Action Aid Child Support and Oxfam, all of whom will provide specific. pbaervable and


and orphans into our homes and accommo- measurable examples m the field of a healthy i *


schools, hospitals and public services are in such a bad state of decline and that levels of


teenage pregnancy, u. crime in this country are among the highest


in the world. This might indeed be another classic case of the middle class tryingto do good and, to quote Lord Salisbury’ again It is difficult enough trying to do right without


trying to do good". The article suggests that giving money to ,


the Third World is evil, as it perpetuates evil, and we should leave the poor to die as it


. is suffering that will change phi osophy and governments. Is it really likely that the cries of the oppressed will ever bnng a stop to evil


g°And™o\vmuch suffering would have to


ta It certainly never stopped Hitler, and our inaction cost the lives of six million Jews. Eventually the world had to go to war to stop the Nazis, but still the problem does not disappear. The playwright Bertolt Brecht in


"The Resistible Rise of Alberto Ui ends his play with the words "the bitch which bore him (Hitler) is still in heat". The words are meant to shock. Evil leaders continue to revisit our world; history bears this out. The Gospel demands that we must fight


evil, promote justice and peace and protect the vulnerable. Christian,Aid agenC1es and


ogs in a certain area for other organisations work hard to proviae tne vuinerame. « " »• ■ « “


p ^nd, as a point of Information, Mr Lan- ter may


proportion of the aid given. - £ ndl


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teenage pregnancy, drug abuse and violent ments> h u3es ex-pats in the field to super- vise all its projects, and screens all


prontiercs does not give aid direct to govern- ents. It uses


to know that Medians Sans sup


corpo­


rate donors to check they have no arms con- n°Glving money is not an easy option, nor is


it evil. It is one small way in which those who cannot commit themsdvatofouryem in Africa (withasalary probablypaidforby the church) can extend a helping hand to fel­


low human beings. Cynicism, such as Mr Lancasters, is cur­ -


ety. LESLEY MARKLEW, Sundilnnds Farm , Rlmingfnn.


Thanks for efforts


on questionnaire THE Whalley Car Park Steering Group


would like to thank residents and other members of the public for completing the parking questionnaire, which was recently


placed in Whalley Library. One hundred and twenty-three question-


ri j „ r,airP, were completed and returned. 1 he th ^ , .


rently a very fashionable attitude which promises to stifle much that is good m soci­


France - are all our European neighbours


SP u S c om e Ibout that Sunday worship is now more openly practised at our supermar­ kets (and we have four worthy temples of this nature in our town) rather than in the time honoured ,way, in our churches and


ChBut, examine the heart and soul of our


PeMillions - every year, millions of pounds sterling to Red Nose Day, to Red Cross, Cafod/Oxfam appeals for Mozambique, India, Ethiopia - wherever a need calls for a response from our hearts - and from our


P I also believe in God, and I live in the con­ viction of the life, crucifixion and resurrec-


'^tion^is presentljr being collated, tion of Jesus, called the enced in the village


MRS C. BROWN, Woodlands D rive,


Whnllcy. Bus problems at p e t e r La n c a s t e r ’s article "As i see the Interchange - - / ^


es of any denomination would want to be a n & l S - associated with such unchristian view


^ 01 monetary aiu Jg&&ttl£li2SSSZ>


reaching positive ones. It is ironic to think that he may actually discourage people from making small donations, many of which pay the salaries of the very field workers he feels


■- - “ o----- --- are of value. Realistically, every government m the . . . ._


[uick to close work aDroaa in ui uei m of arms?rms?


world misuses a proportion of the money it receives. Are we to reduce our humanitarian aid to the form of a few Christians wiling to work abroad in order to undermine the evil


^ a s i i 'S i d m . a . t t e b u ^ t o d w t ^ ^ i d^s,spiri“ j iwstm' on time! Clearly I must have been dreammg, P Jt .g among these poori yet spiritually as must have been the people with ™pm i powerful peopies, that the disease of foot and exchanged greetings; one being a prominent |^outh moat prominently festers, expands, local baker not known for'hallucinating!


Mass hysteria? Indeed, the only buses!


saw go through the Interchange did NOT stop except for one Blackburn transport


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IA SU FFERE R from Parkinson's disease who


had two falls died from a pulmonary embolism, an


inquest heard. A verdict of accidental


death was recorded on Mrs Marjorie Alker (86), of Hippings House, West ' who died in


’ , Everytliing from flowers v-


t ..... tQ fagiTions, hats To ' (;’ homes, cakes;to cars


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SaIMARSDEN btitldniii aoneJy


A- >A‘ , Burnley General Hospital wMartcmr of Parkinson's


on February 27th. Her son-in-law, Mr


Michael Bennie, of Mead- oweroft, West Bradford,


' told East Lancashire Coro­ ner Mr David Smith that she was totally independent and most of the time men­ tally very alert. She lived alone, although she had a


long history of Parkinson's disease, as well as rheuma­ toid arthritis and osteo­


225, which picked passengers up at a pom. 11- I ~


25, which picked pa sengers up at about 1- got it in for us. ' >


don,t think that God, or Allah, has just . . -


LUX FIAT (Let there be light).


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A c c i d e n t a l d e a t h v e r d i c t o n P a r k i n s o n s s u f f e r e r _ . _________


few days' holiday. When they arrived at the


porosis. She had been having peri­


ods of confusion and got


quite agitated. Mr Bennie said that on


Februaryl17th he had taken Mrs Alker to the doctor, and then taken her and his


hotel, she decided she want­ ed to go home. They drove back, but inside her home Mr Bennie heard Mrs Alker fall. She had banged her head and could not get up or move her leg. Her made her comfortable and she


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-iSS Saturday1.30pm. -4gpm. ftl /V i ‘ k X, -.-A 0 s m i family to Windermere for a was taken to Burnley Gen was taken to Burnley Gen­


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leg was carried out, but Mrs Alker was very agitat­ ed and confused. Two days after the operation she was found on the floor next to her bed. It was found that she had a dislocated hip, and she later died.


unchristian views on My wue aroppeu me ncnnstia


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It" in the Clitheroe Advertiser of Marchbth pH0NE call to tbe interchange informed S £ “ o” “ o


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interesting points were raised, and the overwhelming historical bac^ ° ^ “ df ewiU be use{gui in helping the group to evidence. And u ^w f -^M M en n h im


Rome, so that within the first Millennium Christianity becamei, undisputed, Roman and catholic, "universal" in the context of


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Mohammed challenged the prerogatives of Jesus, and now Christians, to claim a monopoly of God. As he explained in the dic­


At* the beginning of the eighth century, tated writings of the Koran, called Allah.


Arabs be deemed too inferior? They too had a spiritual right to know and honour the "omniscient, omnipotent" God whom they


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■ ,aven and will forgive their sin, and will Humanity^ failure, as a race, is in its


, and will and 271 - hence "called by His name .


Britain could well be labelled- though not Mmplete?y accurately - "a Christian coun-


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THIS big-screen version of the children's television favourite is a must-see for


all "digifans". Digimons - or digital


monsters - are computer­ generated gremlins which start off good, but "digi- volve" into more powerful monsters when they fight. Following a flashback to


the first hatching of a "digi- egg", the film moves for­ ward to introduce Diabor- mon, a computer virus that is set on destroying the world via the Internet. On opposite sides of the


globe are Izzy and Wallace, who begin their fight against their spider-like nemesis using Digimon whose skills range from fire­ breathing to headbutting, but will they succeed?


Proof of Life (15); March 23rd


THIS film sees Russelll Crowe return to the big| screen as Terry Thorne, 1 an ex-SAS hostage nego-I


tiator.. I Following the kidnapping


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