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d of our rivers.
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JAMES,
■r, m.
astating ahead
riling in response to cle carried in your ith regard to water ion from the River
nnouncement by
Utilities last year of tion to build a new umping station on ver Hodder near filled me with hor- alarm. mblic must be made f the devastating
ro the veins of a muntry. They are a for wildlife.
L e t te r s to th e ‘Swampy’ is
approved but only at an
needed here THERE were four letters in your recent issue, all deplor ing the incomprehensible proposal to annihilate a large number of trees round the Castle by Ribble Valley Borough Council. I could not believe what I
extra cost of thousands of pounds. Thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money. So not only is the RVBC
unmoved by pubic opinion and by common sense, it also applies double stan dards. No wonder it is only rated a one-star local authority!
was reading. Those of us who have no
JO HARDING, Shawhridge Slreet,
privilege to live in the beau tiful leafy areas come to see your castle and your beau tiful trees, to spend a pre cious hour resting in their shade, or admiring the colours of autumn, or even smile as the wind is chasing the leaves. Does the council, in
Clitheroe. Q We were not aware of
this - but trees cannot easily lie compared with each other and the health centre one may well have had some merit, as far as the council was concerned, not seen in the Castle ones - Editor.
charge of all this beauty, not invite the visitors? And what are we supposed to see and admire? Just a green desert? Stark wall of stone? I can assure you that those of us who leave oppressive cities for a short while have enough of our own deserts - mile after unending mile of roads and pavements and brick, and (sometimes arti ficial) stone where a rare tree, or what passes for a tree, is rarely above ten feet. Dear friends of our pre
his would have, not the rivers but on the ecosystem, which
;s otters and other ide mammals and as well as many of birds and insects
lost importantly on antic salmon, which ecoming an endan- species in its own
ed to create Stocks oir and provide
30, the River Hod- eadwaters were
for Blackpool. Fur- ownstream, three aries of the River >r have extraction to supply water to urn, but in times of
w these rivers nearly with just a trickle
ew shallow pools, se should in fact be tant spawning and grounds for salmon
a trout. ■ area is a site of Spe- cientific Interest, so nvironment Agency ted appropriate plans h were taken up by d Utilities. I am there-
Poet’s view on
two issues THE following poem seeks to address two of the issues currently foremost in the concerns of Clitheroe peo
ple.(With apologies to who ever it was who wrote the "Sound of Music.")
High on a hill stands a ruinous castle,
cious nature, if you would propose some sort of "Swampy" opposition please let me know. I am one of the war dis
abled, but I could still man age to stand and protect a
tree. However, as my recent
experience has taught me, the "Powers that be" will come, like thieves in the night, and leave us stand
ing. Evil deeds do not like
light. IRENA ZALASIEWICZ, Hebburn Drive, Bury.
One tree costs us thousands
-submitted to improve '•Clitheroe Health Centre
■ is going to fell all 41 trees on the Castle Mound and will not reconsider, despite the flood of opposition. Now we learn that a planning application was
ON its own initiative, Rib ble Valley Borough Council
and was refused. Why? Because, it seems,
ppalled that the corn- can ignore the rele- facts when proposing te of the new pumping
n.
ners, landlords, fishing and residents conclud-
cus group consisting . .
lat the most logical to site a new pumping
on would be close to outh of the river at
the plan included the felling of one tree. To save the tree, the application had to be resubmitted. I t was then
No more of use to Lord or Vassal.
What can you do with a crumbling castle,
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Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroc BB72EW
People intend to be heard
WE residents of Low Moor have been informed by Rib ble Valley Borough Council that they intend to build six floodlit tennis/multi-pur-
pose courts. If it is not bad enough
having to put up with the monstrosity of the existing tennis dome (which we did n’t want in the first place), surely we don't need any more eyesores. We feel the intended
second point is one I strong ly object to, the apparently now withdrawn 82-foot mast close to residential
property. People choose whether to
have a mobile phone and the length of time they use it, thereby proportionalis-
where else, but I'm sure it
isn't. I am a great believer in
speaking as I find and, on the whole, I'm happy to be part of the Henthorn com
munity. As far as the alarms go,
ing the risk further. However, the residents
are correct to protest. Such a mast would clash directly with the fine Georgian house and would introduce a potential health hazard. So I support Mr Gerald
structures will take away the football, cricket and many other activities the
field is used for. It is a playing field, and
fenced off, the use of flood lights at night will make it a target for vandalism. The lights will also be
Even though it will be .
should remain a playing field.
G. R. TAYLOR, Mayfield Road,
Ramsgreavc. Heart given
by white rose THE reports and signs marking the Yorkshire Day demonstrations on the A59
annoying to people in the surrounding area. The people of Low Moor
MRS KATRINA PATCHETT, St Paul's Street, Low Moor, Clitheroe.
Involving the least in expense and hassle?
Support for
Put a few benches and flow ers around it,
Trusting the town to leave it as they found it?
Haven't you left out of this calculation
Why not push on the decline that has started,
The taste for destruction so dear to our nation?
Total removal and nothing half-hearted?
Pour in some concrete to shore up the strata,
Wiswell house THERE are two points to comment on recently. First, the proposed man
sion near Wiswell. This in my opinion would be com plementary to and enhance
the Ribble Valley. Consider that it does not
present a health problem. Any water flows, etc., can be incorporated in the design so that no problems
Then look to the archives, consider the data.
arc created. There have been a lot of
What was it built for? To shield them from danger,
To give them a chance to look out for the stranger.
A satellite dish and a US golf ball
So goodbye to sentiment, no procrastination;
tion!
MARGARET POWELL, Wellgate, Clitheroe.
For star war logistics and space travel tactics.
And a circle of masts for the mobiles to call,
These are the state of the art prophylactics
Not Clitheroe Castle, but Advance Warning Sta
development works in the Ribble Valley, not least the soccer academy at Brock- hall, which looks similar to an aircraft hangar. Even this has been tastefully hid den by surrounding trees. Numerous housing devel
at Sawley must have given heart to those residents of
do not want the tennis courts in any shape or form, and we intend to be heard.
Bowland and West Craven who care for history, tradi tion and real country iden
tity.Although they are administered by Lancashire County Council, communi ties such as Slaidburn, Dun- sop Bridge, Sawley, Grindleton, Waddington and West Bradford - including all other places north of the Ribble and east of the Hodder - are part of the true county of York
shire.Residents of these vil lages - indeed, anyone who would like to help the cam paign to gain recognition of the Yorkshire identity of Bowland and West Craven in any way - are invited to contact the address below.
GEOFF HOYLE, 38 Burnside Crescent, Skipton, Yorkshire BD23 2BJ.
Happy to live
opments in the villages have been created and so have industrial sites such as the one off the A59, but it blends
in.Now with the expertise gained at Brockhall, Mr Gerald Hitman's proposed mansion will, no doubt, sat isfactorily blend into the environment, so I would not object to it. On the other hand, the
in Henthorn I AM writing in reply to the article last week about the Henthorn area of
who answered the survey and, while I agree that
Clitheroe. I am one of the residents
there are problems here, I still do go out in the evenings and use the local
bus service to go into town. There are problems wher
ever you live, it seems. Henthorn is always being
painted as worse than any-
we were all given the chance to buy one about 18 months at £5 each, which most peo ple in my area purchased. Why did Ribble Valley Bor ough Council not sponsor these before? It would have saved us £2 50p each.
Hitman and Mrs Letizia Stephenson.
LAURA BAILEY, Henthorn resident.
Misleading headline
October 5th-7th. Nigel Evans will open the festival in church on Friday night, and there will be a commu nity service on the Sunday evening, followed by a barn dance to live music in the parish hall from 7-30 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Lord Bishop of Blackburn will preach on the Sunday evening at 6-30 p.m. It is in the nature of the
olds who wore short pants and gym slips 50 years ago. j I t is planned to hold the
reunion within the next three months, so speed is important for any contacts to be made. Thanking] everyone for their help.
DAVID WISEMAN, The Manse, Norden Road, Rochdale OL11 5PQ.
churches to stand shoulder to shoulder with people in the work place, be they suc cessful or going through changing and difficult times. Jesus Christ was brought up in the work place but he certainly never ignored the needs of the unlucky and unfortunate.
WELL done! I think you have won the "Misleading Headline of the Year" con test ("Pat on the back for ( Castle Cement after shut- down following com- plaints", August 2nd). The plant was shut down
after the plume ran out of control for almost 11 hours AND the evidence of the pollution was recorded at the council offices and at the Environment Agency for the few hours it hap pened to be blowing on the
monitor. I t is unfortunate that
some of the kilns on the Clitheroe site are allowed to pollute eight times more than many around the country. Isn't it time a replacement was found for the toxic waste used as a fuel to make the cement? Could gas be used, or elec tricity, or even wood? I'm sure our beleaguered farm ers would appreciate a new
cash crop. The hazardous waste
could then be sent back around the country (or world), from whence it came, to be redistilled in the cracker and recycled. It might also be burned in an "onion" where the exhausts are contained. I don't want the lungs of the valley to be used as a
cheap dump. Surely they don't expect
people to be stupid enough to walk around in a weak solution of lethal gases
THE REV. CANON PHILIP DEARDEN, The Parish Church of Si Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe.
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"being struck by the evi dent talent of a skinny boy, with a sad, pierrot face and
without complaining? Coun Backhouse accuses
people of crying wolf; that is, creating a fuss without cause.He needs to check at his own council offices and see that on the odd occasions when the wind blows the cement plume on to the monitor — March 20ih and July 17th, for instance - pollution levels soar to more than three times the
allowed limits. Local observations show
kley. United Utilities reed with this, quoting xtra cost involved in xtraction of pumped
t the focus
group.pro- d that the extra cost lved could be offset by g "green" energy gener al Stocks Reservoir by
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bigears". Some months before
him for advice. Gielgud responded kind
that, Guinness had found out Gielgud's telephone
number and boldly rang
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does. W. A. KEMBERY,
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year.Farming may contribute a very small percentage towards the nation's econo my but so does manufac turing (19% employing only 14% of the nation's workforce). Statistics like these are no reason in them selves for being dismissive of what is actually pro duced and the people who it is produced by. Having had a lifetime of work in the church, I know what it feels like sometimes to be under valued for not contributing to figures that can be put
down on paper.. Ironically, we have been
I before the first outbreak of foot and mouth), an event which will hopefully bring together people who work in all types of industry from farming to manufacturing. It is important to affirm all that is good and all who work hard and honestly. It 1 is important to encourage
arranging at St Mary's since last winter (well
each other and it is impor tant to be humble about it. There will be exhibits in the church from Friday,
son.What followed highlight ed not just Gielgud's gen erosity, and keen eye for tal ent, but also his generosity towards other actors. "He was friendly and kind", Guinness remem
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proverbial half a crown", Guinness recalled. On the side of Gielgud's make-up table was a neat pile of £1 notes. "The next time I do a play, I'll give you a part", Gielgud promised, "but you are far too thin, here's £20 - for God's sake, go and eat
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