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developer AS a homeowner in Bar- row 'who has been adversely affected by Mr Geddes' egocentric dev elopment strategies, I was alarmed to read his recent letter. This man obviously
gain - and no matter how he tries to dress this
up, the fact remains true. I am, however, pleased to
hear that Mr Geddes is committed to a dialogue
has no shame! Does he realise how transparent he is to
those who can remember events of the last two years? Let me quote the letter I respond to : "The park will generate lots of car traffic and provide no benefits for Barrow". I am sure that he did not mention this when applying for planning permission for this devel opment! What I believe is his
with residents and that he uses the word "reason able". However, his pro posals for a small village to be turned into an industrialised mini town are far from that, although I am sure his bank manager would
disagree with me. If you really care, Mr
Geddes, take your fast food restaurant to some where it may be req uired. I am sure that you are more likely to find your 3,000 jobless people there too.
SUSAN SCRIM1NGER, Chorlton Terrace, Barrow.
newly-adopted attitude of concern for the resi dents of Barrow is wast
Ridiculous
ed on most of us - the overwhelming attitude of those who live here is that we are opposed to the development. We would not choose to live in a small Ribble Valley village if we found pollu tion, traffic chaos, indus trial estates and McDonalds desirable! In my opinion Mr
situation IT WOULD appear that
Geddes is attempting to exploit Barrow for his own personal financial
our council has become very unpopular over the past few months with decisions taken about the felling of trees sur rounding the Castle Keep and another tennis centre at Roefield, being two of the topics cur rently in the limelight. The rights and wrongs
decide upon, but I can not understand why
local councillors will not take any notice of public
opinion (to hold a meet ing about the trees after you have cut them down is an insult). The people making
causes great embarrass ment to the footballing community of Clitheroe. Are these matches
Low Moor. I have nothing against
cancelled on the back of a long-term weather forecast, or because, if it rains on a Thursday, the pitches cannot be
these decisions do not have the best interests of Clitheroe people at heart because they live out of
town. To add further fuel to
the fire, I would like to ask why football match es scheduled for Satur
day and Sunday at Roe- field are called off on Thursday lunchtimes. For two weeks of this rel atively new season, games have been called off on Thursday. Then Friday, Saturday and Sunday have been glori ous late summer, early autumn days and all games at Roefield are cancelled. I have been at Roe
tennis, and would encourage the playing of
marked out? Whichever is the
answer, it is a ridiculous
situation. We now find the
Memorial League, which plays on Sundays, will no longer allow its mem ber teams from Clitheroe to play their home matches at Roefield. Given the current situa tion, who can blame them as fixture backlogs are commonplace for leagues due to genuine inclement weather, with out calling games off for no apparent reason. The other teams to
field when teams have turned up only to find out the matches have been called off. One manager from a visiting team enquired whether or not we in Clitheroe had any interest in foot ball, given that the pitch conditions were perfect and the sun was shining. Whoever makes the
of these decisions are for individual people to
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decision to call these games off on a Thursday
any sport, but it has to be asked, why do we need more tennis accom modation when that we already have is not used to its full potential? The only answer can
defend to the death your
right to say it". I t is also important to
recognise that alterna tive views about the
be that with a hard sur face area there will be no need to maintain the football pitches or mark
them out on a wet Thursday afternoon.
STEVE RUSH, Mearley Syke, Highmoor Park, Clitheroc.
Irony out
use the facilities at Roe field are our children who represent Clitheroe Wolves. How long will it be before the leagues they play in become tired of these stupid postponements and stop them playing their matches at Roefield? Perhaps the council
of tragedy THERE was a certain irony in the letter from Martin James in which he denigrates those who may wish to question the current UK policy in relation to recent tragic events. Surely, one of the
lors are trying to stop football in Clitheroe and the start of this venture is to take away another chunk of football pitches at Roefield by building
appropriateness of a pol icy does not imply criti cism of, or a lack of con cern for, those who have to implement that poli cy, in this case our armed forces. There must have been many individual and collective acts of bravery amongst US Forces in Vietnam, yet I doubt whether even Mr James would think, in retrospect, tha t their involvement in that country was either appropriate or effective. I must say, however, it
session and approved tough new measures to fight global terrorism
and those who finance it. They agreed to set up
a new anti-terrorist branch of Europol. Newly-created joint investigation teams will use national intelligence data to draw up a Europe-wide list of pos sible terrorists and the organisations that sup
port them. A new European
was a change to read a letter which was not about trees or harmful emissions, though, on second thoughts, per haps Mr James' letter was one of the latter.
TREVOR MARKLEW, Sandilands Farm, Rimington.
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aspects of "freedom and democracy" th a t he believes is being protect ed is the right to express views that may be differ ent from his own. I would remind him of the saying, attributed to Voltaire: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will
’flu jabs TOO many people these days like to knock the excellent National Heal th Service. Recently, the Clith
arrest warrant will replace the old, painfully slow extradition system between EU member states. I t will allow "wanted persons" to be handed over from one national judicial authori ty to another, adding a powerful new weapon to the EU's anti-terrorist armoury. However, fun damental rights and freedoms will still be guaranteed. Europe is also acting
Public f protest
OPPOSITION to t felling of trees on t Castle Mound w voiced at a meeting the Ribble Valley B' ough Council.
to cut off terrorism's financial lifeline. New laws on money launder ing, currently in the pipeline, will be extend ed to cover any form of funding for terrorist activities. Mindful that Septem
eroe health centre organ ised several 'flu jab ses sions in Clitheroe Parish
Church Hall. I am sure many read
REMARKABLE YEARSF0R LOCAL COPAYM N
THE LAST FEW YEARS have been fairly eventful for F H Brown. The company, which was founded in Burnley in 1929 by Fred Harold Brown, was sold to the London based Dudley Group in 1997. David and Andrew Brown, sons of the founder, both left the company in 1999 and, later that year, the management team of the Office Automation division - the side of the business involved with the selling and servicing of computers, telephone systems, copiers and fax machines completed a management buyout from Dudley UK Limited.
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name of F II Brown Office Techno lo g ie s, their company is thriving. Indeed, the last Financial year to June 2001 was a record and, to top that, the usually quiet month of July, this year gave the com pany its highest turnover figure in its history despite the back ground of gloom and uncertainty in the
economy. M a n a g i n g
Now, under the Director, Ian Kelly to over one thou is delighted with
their progress, "The team at F II Brown has worked incredibly hard to make the business successful. We have made mas sive inroads into markets which weren't tradition al areas for F H Brown. Education, for example, is now a significant part of our turnover and, despite the fact that wo have sup plied IT solutions
F H BROWN SUCCESS ONE of F H Brown's
IAN SHARES top
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flight I.T. sales people has been rewarded with share options in the company worth £5000. Education sales consultant, Ian Crowther, who has been with F H Brown for three years, won the award for achieving the best sales figures for the company over a twelve month period.
Ian has been
particularly suc cessful in secur ing orders from City Learning Centres (CLCs) which are ven tures
jointly
funded by the government and local education
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sand schools, there is still a tr em en do u s amount of poten tial in this sector." By taking
advantage of the changes to the way the national telephone net works are operat ed, a whole new area of trade has been created for Browns. The com pany can now offer their own network solutions which reduce the cost of local,
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NEW TECHNOLOGY is finally see ing the demise of one of the class room's longest serving pieces of equipment - the humble blackboard. Schools such as St Leonard's
Primary School in Moor Lane, Padiham have found that teaching using interactive whiteboards has dramatically improved the quality of lesson delivery from both the pupil's and the teacher's point of view. "Interactive whiteboards are are great tools for raising standards of teaching and learning. They can add life to any area of the curriculum and we are seeing a far greater degree of involvement from all the children , said head teacher, Julie Bradley, "It is profoundly easier to teach IT in schools in this way. No number of PCs can compensate for the effectiveness of just one interactive whiteboard.”
| went like clockwork. During my time at the
ers of the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times who attended will join me in congratulating the Health Centre and the very hard working staff for the efficient way they organised this year's 'flu jabs. The whole project
Parish Church, the aver age wait was approxi mately seven minutes. Well done, and many thanks to all concerned.
| MARTIN JAMES,
Meadowside, Grindleton.
Tough new
measures WITHIN days of the suicide attacks on Amer ica, EU heads of govern ment met in emergency
I Felling began jil
hours before questicl about public consul! tion were to be pla<| before the council by j Jo Harding.
As a result the coui| j
was castigated by Harding for its decis| to start the felling. He asked the com
ber 11th has made peo ple fearful of flying, the special EU summit agreed to strengthen air craft security. The mea sures include technical training for aircrew, more stringent baggage checks and better cock pit protection. Europe has also recog
why it had not consul the people of Clithe before starting the o: ation, particularly as claimed, the couiT knew from the vari petitions and letter the Advertiser that
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nised the need to tackle the causes of terrorism, especially by humanitar ian action and by work ing with international partners to reinvigorate the Middle East peace
process. Though the world now
faces great dangers, it also has a rare opportu nity to build a better future, based on peace, tolerance and the rule of law. To repeat Tony Blair’s recent tribute to those who lost their lives on September 11th: "Let that be their memorial".
GARY TITLEY (MEP), L ab o u r M em b e r for the
North-West of England, lfi Spring Lane, Radcliffc.
The F H Brown Office Technologies board from left to right, Steve Callow, Steve Daniels, Tim Roberts and Ian Kelly
national, interna tional and mobile calls for businesses. Ian Kelly is cur
rently reviewing their entire head office operation
which may result in the company making a multi- million pound relocation in the near future. But, whatever hap
pens, the company will remain in the East Lancashire area and Ian expects to see many additions to the workforce over
the next eighteen months, "F H Brown is very much a Burnley based company and as such we are always very
Education key *
F H BROWN'S commitment to IT in the education sector has never been greater than it is today and, as a result, over 1000 schools and colleges in the north have placed orders with the company within the last two years.
R e c e n t mm F H Brown IT Sales Director, Steve Daniels
presents Ian Crowther with his share option certificate
a u t h o r i t i e s whose aim is to promote learning excellence using innovative IT.
The CLC facili
ties provide opportunities for school children during the day and members of the
general
public in the evenings. Web design, anima tion,
internet
publishing, desk top publishing, multimedia and even computer maintenanc e , upgrading and troubleshooting are all part of the courses on offer.
north l-’V-'''. -r', . A
CLCs in the have
recently placed orders for over £1,000,000 of equipment with F H B r o w n including net worked copiers, laptops,
Home Secretary, David Blunkett talks to a
pupil at the opening of the Yewlands CLC in Sheffield
ware.
approval as a supplier for com puter hardware and peripherals to Lancashire County Council (NGFL tender 165) means that F H Brown can now supply orders
which reflect the authority’s mas sive
buying
power and from the strict trade guidelines which have
been
agreed. F H Brown has
of
£120,000 or less without
them
having to go out to tender. This means
that
schools and col leges in the area can easily benefit from prices
The
WHEN compa nies are asked whether they would like to reduce the cost of their
local,
national and international
tele
phone systems printers, work stations and soft
telephone calls as well as the cost of calls to mobile phones there can only be one logical answer. This is one of the reasons that
F H Brown's new 'least cost routing' network service has proved to be so popular with its customers. The other main reason according to Sales Manager, Gavin Roper, has been 'fear of cow boys', "A number of companies have been offer ing lower cost alternatives for
telephone calls for some • time now, but most of these
are
unknown, new start companies who often employ very aggressive salesmen. When you consider the importance of voice and data communications in today's busi ness environ ment, it is not so
established a team of IT spe cialists dedicated to the needs of education. All team members have extensive knowledge of IT within this mar ket and can advise schools and colleges on
the best systems for
network
learning as well as helping to establish the most efficient IT network. That is why so many schools and col leges have bene fited from F H Brown's all round expertise
in
hardware, net works, applica tions, security, installation and maintenance. Whatever the
ICT require ments of a school
or college, F H Brown Office Technologies will offer unbiassed advice, complete ly without obliga tion, on the full range of solutions which are avail able. Top quality,
top brand, high spec ific at ion
products, a proj ect management team fully con versant with equipment, appli cations, networks and connectivity together with
' f f t t - & r r
p v' > / ' j : iK’i maintenance and
support teams who pride them
selves on their speed
of
response, ability to solve problems and their levels of knowledge are all aspects of the F H Brown pack age.
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surprising that most respectable companies are very wary of this type of operator." F H Brown has
been offering the service to selected customers from their existing database and has been able to demonstrate sub stantial savings in most cases Gavin told us,
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"Some of our customers are reporting overall savings in excess of 30% which can make a big differ ence to the bot tom line of virtu ally any business. But, apart from the immediate cash saving that our
solution
offers, we also supply detailed m a n a g em e n t
i n f o rm a t i o n about telephone usage which can easily help to identify other areas where costs can be reduced."
For further
i n f o rm a t i o n regarding lower priced telephone calls, contact Gavin Roper on 01282 463261
Towneley High Schools
Ivy Bank and in
Burnley were amongst the first of F H Brown’s customers in edu cation and the company has now grown to be the largest independ ent IT provider to
education Lancashire. To find out
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why FH Brown is the first choice of many of the region's schools and colleges, con tact Paul Sutton on 01282 463313
pleased when our growth results in new jobs being created for the region."
Recalls sad loss of buildings in the ’sixties
MEMBERS of Cli theroe Civic Society enjoyed the first meet ing of the autumn sea son with an illustrated talk on conservation by Mr Charles Wil son, former head of planning at Lancaster City Council and Rib ble Valley Borough
founder member of the Clitheroe Civic Society. He recalled some of
Council. His father was a
the sad losses of the 'six ties, when to destroy the old buildings was the vogue. He praised some of the sympathetic restoration work carried out today and the innov ative uses made some of some church and indus trial buildings. Many former mill
architecture can fit well into an old historic set ting. Conservation en courages craftmanship. but it also requires capi tal, he said. Some relatively mod
Good contemporary
ern buildings are now being listed rather con troversially, including some multi-storey flats regarded as being of his torical and architectual interest. Arguably, twentieth
w a
century Clitheroe has not produced anything of outstanding architec tural interest - a very
neutral period. Mr. Wilson was
houses are now valued as solid housing and no longer regarded as squalid and redundant. He expressed some concern about the
change of use of many farmsteads to private
dwellings and felt that some of the modernisa tion carried out on them was not sympathetic to their countryside loca tion.
thanked by the new chaiman of the Society Philip Bailey for his interesting talk and members were given the opportunity to ask ques tions which led to an enjoyable informal dis cussion. The next meeting will
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be held on Monday, November 5th , at St. Mary's Parish Hall at 7.30pm, when the speak er will be Geoff Holmes on "Chernobyl's Chil dren" and the part Clitheroe plays. New members and
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Monday- Saturday i 9am-5.30pm
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