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too strongly YET again we have had another application for 26 Holden Street to. be changed into a place of worship, this being the


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tenth time an application f lems. In the papers concerning this property - recently, we haveTead has been made over the ;• that the applicants for


years. ,


Again, it has been rejected by the common, sense of the elected coun-, cillors on the ground of - noise and traffic prob-


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which although not directly saying that these apyiuacu aim


this property have come1 out with statements that 1 border on the very edge of pushing their case too \


strongly. We have read articles,: . • 1 Write to: The Editor. Clithcroe Advertiser and Times, 3 King Street, Clitheroe BB72EW Editorial e-mail: cmhcroe.cdUorial^.cauk


tion-then-you-are -out ! "Borriand Bred" is due to approach and stop thisx start in five minutes.


councillors are racist; ^ongoing nonsense that we IAN OSELAND- indicateit^quote:"lam- ^venow.


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not saying it is racism,' CONCERNED i ' but I feel that we have - CLITHERONIAN,


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■ Other statements indi­ cate that the applicant objected to the council­ lors -using i the - words [’them? and ."they" in the.,.----------o debate: I was at the meet-


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Playing ‘the Keep up the race card wood work ..


r w. ".ssfueao Irae . ••• rePiy to Mr. Sheraz' .'ON the celebration of the


ing and did not notice Arshad, I would like to ’’Queen's Golden Jubilee, anything of,the sort being pojnt out that he, the Sabden Holme Com- used.]


throughout his letter,con- mittee celebrates its silver


i iTu,®’ applicant a*so tinually plays "therace1,, anniversary,'‘Yes, this stated that.the.bad press card”. How can he oneVcbnnnittee'Jwas formed pf'the Islaimc a t^ t e on minute state he'‘is :Sh**jfbr ttie.^ueen's Silver the’USA'did riot help; Asian (presumably he Jubilee,''and'has been their cause, indicating to was not born here) arid ’ ' going ever since. Some of me that the applicant thenextminute state he’s -the' committee has held the view that the a ciitheronian?


councillors' judgment was swayed by the attack of September 11th, another


unfortunate remark., ;.: The applicant did not


take into accourit that a similar Christian applica­ tion was turned down years ago on exactly the same grounds as this one. Does he think that his application requires more lenient treatment? . After attending that


you are an Asian; anyone bers.' of any colour born in During the commit-


If you are bom in Asia,


American, but English. The sooner the "Asian"


'changed, but it still has 0f the original mem-


England is English, not tee’s 25 years, it has Asian or South African o r ..............


meeting and reading the press reports, I feel that the elected councillors are on a hiding for nothing. They are elected by the people to do their duty. Taking into consideration the wishes of the people,


community understands this fact the sooner they will be accepted: it is they who create the "them and us", not the indigenous population. There is incidentally


plenty of room on the industrial estate to build a mosque of any size with no problems. Why riot build it there? It is only, a decent walk from where it is proposed to build it.


lor on. his own front doorstep.


not to be influenced by remarks from outsiders. We even had a case some years ago when the same people behind this appli­ cation strongly put then- point of view to a council­


1 thecoundllors our and appreciation • and stop in its tracks this sub­ tle, veiled and worrying approach that we have seen over the last few


'Clitheroe. •


R. BARKER, Moor Lane,


It is quite possible to be


an English person of Asian heritage-Editor.


A Hobbit


years. I am in favour of a


change in planning laws that forbids any ongoing multi-application like the


one we have seen. Let us have a three-time applica-


THE knee-jerk reac -r commitment and also tion of many people at carefully chosen facili-


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So let us for once give p rO V O C a t e U T ^


' organised : fun days, dances for ;V;E and VJ days, and street markets which were the fund-rais­ ers for these events. It also held bonfire and fire­ work displays and carols • round the Christmas tree.


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Poppy’s card


BUDDING young artist Poppy Rushton has had her jubilee card sentl to the Queen after being picked as thef winner of our design-a-card competi-j tion.


Six-year-old Poppy, who attends Stl


John the Baptist RC Primary SchooJ in Padiham, was presented with an £ set courtesy of W.H. Smith, and : replica of her card by Lord Shuttle worth at a school assembly. Her card was voted the best in i


readers' poll when we published th(J entries for our special competition t<|


Busy time foi


:. .I feel that at this special time the'-;'committee deserves a big "thank you" for all its hard work,


..... It has also supported many charities by mak­ ing donations.: It works very hard to achieve these events, and


old and present members ^ . Without them, the vil­


' easy to take things for -. granted, but these people . . . . 'give up hours of their


lage would not be the same. Some people might disagree, but you cannot please all of . the people all ; of the time;'Again it is so


THE Hobbit wakes once spare time, more and invites us to do , So can I say, and I am likewise and join him for sure there are many who coffeel Another letter and would support this: "Con­ gratulations on your 25th anniversary. Keep up the good work. Thank you


again I fail to see the point (or am I being sim­ ple?). Surely if he is far


• too busy to read the many replies to his origi­ nal letter, then why indeed write a response himself?


We do, however, begin to see his original point -


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again." A LOYAL FAN.


srsSfle"‘(£*g5 «52gi'gS± s sK a s a ja g t j s s w a s y u j


Stranded in a recliner


ing the responses to his . about pne hour- at tea letters even before .they


were w r i t t e nm in d , . v only contented with using restored. .


but now refers to the many extras as mere amateurs - amateurs they may be, but their conduct was professional throughout; perhaps our friend could take a lesson


menucumu lane»


phrases such as villagers When I reported the in a patronising manner, power cut, I was informed


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that due to my postcode I am under the Yorkshire


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area. I pointed out to the


or two (incidentally I was insisted I report the fault not an extra).:


----TV.—, -■ to a Yorkshire supplier. Not enough,iwe are ;! : With two power cuts at |


told that we have been ;.the start of-the summer, engulfed in hysteria-not . ,what do wejlook forward here - a little hype . to? Maybe. Yorkshire maybe, but then unusual occurrences do tend to create some interest and, having a television pro­ duction based in your back yard is (believe it or not) interesting, but then our friend does make it clear - been there, done that.


Perhaps then he would .


like to nail his.colours to the mast and name th e ; productions he has so proudly worked on. We too could then cast a crit-. ical eye over the content,


New council l s e x j


SO the new'chairman of Whalley Parish Council says that Whalley desper­


ately needs a toilet facili­ ty, with wheelchair access, nappy changing


checking for historicai, facilities and other fea- article an inthe Clitheroe


g A K t K i . j s - S E . - 3 a I think that anonymity; area at Vale House Gar-


rather suits ourfrierid ; ; dens was deemed suit- (unlike me), but then I - a““r7


can say that, as I have no _ We can only assume fear of him reading this, that this facility is for yet another un-thought;; peoplevisitmg the village,


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out reply — must dash,. and not residents, who " cari pop home should the


need arise, but the age old problem, aris^, where do these'pe'opie park their


' - Iri a'sbparate article we


read that the parish coun­ cil, wants.; Lancashire County Council to adopt the bus station, but mak­ ing i f dear that car park­ ing cannot be part of any


IGR4ND


i arrangement.", v. o-Is it, just.coincidence


1 they come-up for re-elec­ tion next year?,.


that suddenly the parish councillors want rid of the responsibility of the bus station, just before


“V Handing it over to the county council, with a proviso that it is not used for car parking, effective­ ly tying the hands of the newly-elected parish council, which is in­ evitable, given the past performance of the pre-:; sent parish council.


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A FLURRY of activity entering, heralded the close of the nearly t l Ribblesdale Camera increasing! Club's winter season. good nT First there was a cof- obtained I


fee morning held in the suspectsT Mayor's Chambers by Bury and I permission of the In the el Mayor of Clitheroe, daleneed| Coun. Mrs Mary ried.asgo Robinson, who wel- awarded corned the many guests, entry, wlj


The event raised £150 them ar for club funds and was group, enjoyed by both mem- The big bers and passers-by who busy we went along for coffee or annual d| to natter about photog- Sparth raphy.


ClaytonJ Tuesday's meeting total of 3a


was the black and white guests wel folio of the Inter-Club the guesl Photographic Alliance, were the! a mainly East Lan- LancashI cashire grouping of pho- Cheshire | tographic clubs. As the Union, judge considers the Dougher prints in the alphabeti- who hadl cal order of the clubs the Wirii


Ramblers put


UNDETERRED by way, wWl dire predictions of dread- his collitf


ful weather, 10 members flock of i ’of Clitheroe Ramblers Beyond!


. ! M;r ';- Parker i;'had ipmg-stf planned an 11-mile route- Gill,’ which climbed out of the moss-c(j village to the north west on whic along the slopes above packed l | Wharfedale, giving the After walkers a bird's-eye-view was led I of the numerous stone Glen, walls and meandering leafy d| river below.


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through Starbotton, and on| then climbed higher onto church: the fell side before mak- one of o| ing a steep descent into in the cc Buckden, pausing on the has a i


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. joined leader Mr Alan walk coif ■Parker, at Kettlewell, in. Rakes ’ the South East^ Yorkshire ’ Buckde Dales.


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